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|Veterans Benefits to Become Available for Some Married Same-Sex Couples
New York, September 4, 2013) - Lambda Legal issued the following statement by Susan Sommer, Director of Constitutional Litigation: "The announcement that the Executive Branch will no longer enforce the so-called mini-DOMA within the statute governing veteran's benefits is great news for veterans and their same-sex spouses.Marriage, Relationships and Family Protections | Military
|Vermont Gives Marital Protections to Lesbian and Gay Couples
(NEW YORK, April 25, 2000) —Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund commended the Vermont legislature Tuesday for making Vermont the first state in the nation to extend to lesbians and gay men most of the protections and rights traditionally associated with marriage.
|Vermont Civil Unions Law to Take Effect, Putting Fairness in Full Swing
(NEW YORK, June 30, 2000) — As a groundbreaking new law takes effect this weekend, the state of Vermont sets a historic benchmark for the recognition of lesbian and gay families, extending to same-sex couples nearly all the rights, protections, and obligations of marriage, Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund said Friday.
|US Supreme Court to Hear Prop 8 and DOMA Cases
(Washington, December 7, 2012) - The U.S. Supreme Court today announced it has granted review in two of the cases concerning same-sex couples: Windsor v. United States, the challenge to Section 3 of the so-called Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) on behalf of Edie Windsor and Hollingsworth v. Perry the historic decision by the U.S.Marriage, Relationships and Family Protections
|Upstate New York School District to Allow Gay Straight Alliance to Form After Lambda Legal Filed Lawsuit
(Philadelphia, NY April 17, 2009) — Just days after Lambda Legal, with the assistance of Kirkland & Ellis LLP, filed a federal lawsuit against the Indian River Central School District, the District said it will allow Ashley Petranchuk to form a Gay-Straight Alliance (GSA).Youth and Schools
|UPS Denies Spousal Benefits to Employees in New Jersey Civil Unions: Lambda Legal to Represent Couples
(New York, July 9, 2007) — Today, Lambda Legal produced a letter from UPS that draws a startling distinction between civil unions and marriage in its denial of spousal benefits for employees joined in civil unions.Health Care Fairness
|University of Maryland Medical System to be Sued Wednesday by Gay Man Prevented from Visiting His Dying Partner at Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore
Patient, who had AIDS, died without being able to say goodbye to partner. Partner denied opportunity to tell hospital about patient's treatment wishes Shock Trauma Center violated national hospital accreditation standards classifying partner as family. There was even a health care power of attorney designating relationship between the men. Case shows importance of legalizing same-sex marriage, says Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, which filed today's suit.HIV
|United Airlines Is Official Carrier For Lambda Legal Defense
(NEW YORK, May 1, 2000) — Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund and United Airlines have agreed to a three-year commitment designating the carrier as Lambda's official airline and corporate sponsor. United's sponsorship will enable Lambda to extend the reach of its legal defense team in its work around the country assisting lesbians, gay men, and people with HIV and AIDS.Employment and Rights in the Workplace
|Unanimous New Jersey Supreme Court Strikes Down Boy Scout Anti-Gay Ban
(NEW YORK, August 5, 1999) -- A unanimous New Jersey Supreme Court has unequivocally rejected the Boy Scout's anti-gay policies, a phenomenal victory hailed by Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund both for its client, the exemplary Eagle Scout James Dale, and for all who believe in Scouting values.Youth and Schools
|Unanimous California Supreme Court Rejects Attempt to Limit Discrimination Claims by People with Disabilities
(San Francisco, June 11, 2009) — Today the California Supreme Court unanimously ruled that California's Unruh Civil Rights Act does not impose extra legal hurdles for people with disabilities, including people living with HIV who seek damages for discrimination.HIV


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In the Hammond 1553 enclosures series now can be found also types with a sufficient space for a keyboard and display.
Series of ergonomic handheld enclosures – 1553 is familiar to many of you. All types from this series provide a reliable grip thanks to a pleasant side overmold, they feature the same shape and they´re available in various sizes. That´s why, it is possible to choose the type exactly bespoken to your requirements. However there was a limitation, if you wanted to use a relatively large keyboard and a spacious display.
This problem is solved by the novelty – 1553T series. It provides a sufficient space for a keyboard and display and at the same time, it is somewhat thicker than other types of 1553 series, what enables to use several PCBs stacked on each other. That´s why, the 1553T series is ideal for various hand-held instrumentation, controllers, data capture and similar applications. The display and keyboard areas are recessed, what provides an additional protection (suitable also for membrane keyboards). 1553T enclosures are available in a black and a light-grey version and also with the battery compartment (battery contacts are included). Removable end panels (1 or 2 depending on version) enable easy modification and a trouble-free usage of connectors, IR components and other.
From a hand-held device, we naturally expect a higher dust and water resistance, what 1553T series with IP54 protection meets sufficiently. Last but not least – a relatively robust construction from a flame retardant ABS plastic and brass bushings give an assumption of a long lifetime and durability.
All 4 versions became our stable stock items, detailed drawings including 3D viewings can be found in datasheets at particular types. On the Hammond website, you can also find CAD files and 3D models. In case of interest in any HAMMOND products please contact us at firstname.lastname@example.com.
HAMMOND 1553T enclosures – keyboard and display in your hand – [Link]
Phoenix DIN-rail enclosures meet the most stringent criteria and offer a wide variability of PCB placing.
Top quality is a main advantage of Phoenix Contact products. With over 80-year tradition and 11000 employees belongs Phoenix Contact among leading producers of electric contacts and industrial automation technologies. In a portfolio of Phoenix Contact products we can find products covering almost all industrial segments.
Detailed information will provide you the overview of Phoenix BC and Phoenix ME series.
Find out the modularity and variability of Phoenix enclosures – [Link]
For an easier orientation in the CEM22 enclosures product line, we bring you an overview of suitable connectors and sockets for particular enclosures.
We introduced CEM22 DIN rail enclosures series to you in the separate article. As you can best exploit dimensions of enclosures when using appropriate connectors and sockets, we bring you this overview of suitable connectors. By their usage you gain a surety of mechanical compatibility and a professional appearance of a whole set. All below-listed types are already standard stock goods.
DIN rail enclosures CEM22 with complete accessories – [Link]
Regular octagon and a trapezoid are two new shapes of aluminium enclosures from Hammond. Serie 1590 offers a way how to increase attractivity and originality of your products.
Enclosures Hammond 1590 TRP a 1590 STPC from aluminium alloy offer unusual shapes. With their trapezoidal and octagonal shape they stand out of the line of usual rectangular enclosures. Trapezoidal 1590TRP series is produced in 2 versions – with the base on the shorter side (TRPB) and on the longer side (TRPC).
Advantages / features:
- unusual trapezoidal and octagonal shape
- robust aluminium concept
- ingress protection IP54
- joint lap construction – improved EMI properties
- version without coating as well as in 6 colours
- resistant polyester powder paint
- easy PCB mounting thanks to a low side wall draft angle
Enclosures are available without surface treatment (natural finish) or also painted with a smooth gloss polyester powder paint, in six colours – black, cobalt blue (RAL 5013), green (RAL 6024), light-grey (RAL 7035), orange (RAL 2009) and red (RAL 3011). Joints between both parts of enclosures are of a lap construction, what increases resistance against access of dust and a splash water – IP54. At the same time this solution improves shielding properties and decreases radiation of electronics placed into the enclosure (EMI/ RFI). Aluminium material makes enclosures sufficiently tough, yet easy to machine (drilling, milling,…). Machining is usable even at painted versions.
Hammond 1590 STPC and TRP offer an elegant way how to give your devices an anusual shape. In some cases enclosures offer a possibility to better use the inner space or to place connectors, switches etc. more conveniently. STPC and TRP enclosures are suitable for portable devices but also for peripheries with control elements, displays etc..
Hammond 1590 STPC and TRP enclosures will attract more attention – [Link]

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Hundreds of thousands of Nigerian youths who could not access education, now have the chance to benefit from a special scholarship grant.
The National Sourcing In-Coverage Global Technocom Ltd (NSICGT), a private initiative, has announced the take off of its first batch of scholarship grants before December 2008, with a view to creating a platform for the teeming youths to a access education.
Briefing reporters and stakeholders in Abuja yesterday, project Chairman and former Military Administrator of Imo State, Colonel Tanko Zubairu, said the dwindling fortunes of the educational sector and the inability of the less- privileged to access the tools of education, informed the resolve of the organisation to wade in .
Colonel Zubairu lamented that in spite of the enormous material and human resources, Nigeria have remained underdeveloped because of the poor attention given to the educational sector .
He cautioned that the project has an in-built mechanism to ensure that the hundreds of millions of naira earmarked for the grants were utilised."This project is not the usual Nigerian thing, we have the funds and we are poised to achieve this noble goal .We would not allow the Nigerian elite to hijack and frustrate the effort as it has been the norm in the past Nigeria's business climate can only boom with skilled-man power.This project would complement Federal Government's efforts in the provision of something missing " he said.


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Director of career technical education for Ventura County schools wins state honor
A county education administrator who oversees the Regional Occupation Program for high school students has been awarded a top state honor for her work.
Peggy Velarde was named the 2013 Career Technical Education Administrator of the Year by the Association of California School Administrators.
"Peggy Velarde is one of the top school leaders in California," said association President David Gomez. "The Ventura County Office of Education is very fortunate to have an excellent leader like her in this key area of education."
Velarde, of Ventura, is the director of career technical education in the Ventura County Office of Education and retires next month after 30 years of working in county education.
She said she is humbled by the award.
"It's just an awfully nice way to end up my career with that acknowledgment," she said.
Velarde started out as a research analyst in the office of education's special project research unit. After earning her teaching credential in the 1980s, she served as a substitute teacher in the ROP, rising to become principal of the program. She was appointed to her current post five years ago.
The state-funded program offers 40 kinds of training, including welding, graphic design, culinary arts and nursing assistance. The program serves 3,600 juniors and seniors at public schools in Ventura County. Instruction takes place at the ROP facility at the Camarillo Airport as well as at 20 high school campuses.
It's a program that is real and relevant, Velarde said.
"What students are expected to know to be employable has changed dramatically," said Velarde. "There are few jobs now that are mechanical without needing much thought. With college graduates struggling to find jobs, people are beginning to understand that you need to actually be able to do something."
Roger Rice, associate superintendent of student services at the Ventura County Office of Education, praised Velarde for her dedication and commitment.
"Nobody's been more deserving of an award like this than Peggy," said Rice. "Her passion for career technical education is unmatched in the state. She's dedicated her whole career to this. I'll miss her personally and professionally. She's a quality human being."
While other ROPs across the state have closed due to budget cuts, Velarde has worked tirelessly to keep her programs intact. She has also worked hard, she said, to dispel the perception that vocational and technical education is only for those students who are low achievers academically.
"I saw it as a way for students to make their way in the world," she said. "I think that's what's kept me going for so long. I feel my efforts to keep the programs alive and in schools have helped a lot of kids."
Part of Velarde's legacy will be the Architecture, Construction and Engineering Charter High School at the Camarillo Airport. She was a founding member of the school, which opened four years ago and offers training in engineering, construction and architecture.
"Peggy's expertise in (career and technical education) was and is instrumental in making our school what we envisioned," said Tony Skinner, president of the ACE charter board of trustees. "As president of the board, I have seen her total commitment to our students and staff."
Velarde will receive her award at a special ACSA ceremony in San Jose in November.
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RADAR: The Bronze Medal/
"Masters of slow build indie minimal" says The Times (U.K.) of The Bronze Medal, a Bristol-based band that have been, true to form, methodically constructing a growing cadre of critical support since their launch in 2009. A handful of artful folk-meets-post/rock EP's and online tracks have now led the band to Iceland where the recording of a proper full-length is underway, laying down new songs and (we hope) new versions of past favorites with producer/engineer Valgeir Sigurðsson. The intimate and dreamy "Milk" is a gently simmering gem that ebbs and flows at its own tip-toed pace, slowly peeling back one instrumental layer after another behind singer Robin Southwell's near-whisper delivery. Click through below to stream DC fave "No Hospitals" -- you'll wait nearly three minutes before the vocals arrive (be patient) -- and catch a few live videos.
The Bronze Medal - "Milk"
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October 31, 2012
Cape Town in the 1980s: Priceless photos
Fazielah Williams
Fazielah Williams has lived in and loved her Mother City since birth. Having lived all over the Peninsula during her childhood, she now calls the picturesque City Bowl home and likes nothing more than watching the sun set over Table Bay from the window of her apartment.
A lover of the arts and proud Cape Town fanatic, Fazielah began her writing career by spending many hours as a child conjuring fantastical stories that featured independent heroines from faraway lands who saved the Prince instead. This Capetonian princess has enjoyed stints as a magical arts PRO and TV publicist before finding her calling as a travel writer.
When not waxing lyrical about the Fairest Cape's most loved attractions and activities and embarking on unexpected adventures, Fazielah can usually be found taking in a show at one of the City's fabulous theatres.
We recently put the call out for long-forgotten images depicting Cape Town during the 1980s and boy, did her residents and fans respond in kind…
From the outrageous neon clothing to some of the Mother City's iconic attractions in their pre-development phases, 80s Cape Town was an interesting sight to behold.
These are just a few of the priceless images:
If you're feeling nostalgic for this decade of heavy eyeshadow, stonewashed jeans and leg warmers, tickets for the second performance of the Virgin Atlantic 80s Rewind Festival, featuring Rick Astley, Leee Johns, Tony Hadley and Nik Kershaw at the Grand Arena on Thursday, November 1, 2012, are no longer available at Computicket.


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Springleaf Finance sees changes to its board of directors
Compensation committee sets executive salaries
EVANSVILLE - Evansville-based Springleaf Finance Corp., which has struggled with layoffs and financial losses recently, has recently experienced some turnover on its board of directors.
In a statement filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Christmas Eve, Springleaf disclosed that four members of its board of directors had tendered their resignations and that two new members were appointed to replace them. The departures and new appointments were effective Dec. 19.
Springleaf is a consumer finance company formerly known as American General Finance. Springleaf's majority owner, with an 80 percent interest in the company, is New York-based Fortress Investment Group. Insurance giant AIG owns the other 20 percent.
The company closed branch offices in multiple states and eliminated more than 800 positions this year. In its most recent earnings report, posted in November, Springleaf reported a $50 million net loss in the third quarter. Its net losses for the first three quarters are $141.2 million.
On Dec. 19, board members Donald R. Breivogel, Jr., Robert A. Cole, Bradford Borchers and Susan Givens announced their resignations from Springleaf's board of directors, effective immediately. Breivogel's and Cole's intent to resign was previously disclosed by Springleaf, because the two men are also retiring from the company and that news was made public earlier this year.
In place of the four departing board members, Springleaf elected Roy Guthrie and Anahaita Kotval to the company's board. Kotval was also elected as chairwoman of a newly-created compliance committee. Background information on Guthrie and Kotval was not provided in the SEC filing.
Springleaf's board also approved reducing the size of its board of directors from 10 members to seven, effective immediately.
The Christmas Eve filing also included some other financial details relating to key Springleaf executives.
President and Chief Executive Officer Jay Levine's annual base salary was set at $400,000, effective retroactive to Dec. 10. The board's compensation committee also approved a lump-sum payment of $476,923 to Levine, to be paid by the end of this year. The lump sum compensates Levine for his work from the time he joined Springleaf in October 2011 through Dec. 9.
Incoming Chief Financial Officer Macrina Kgil, 37, who will replace Breivogel effective Jan. 1, will receive an annual base salary of $350,000. Additionally, Springleaf agreed that Kgil's total 2013 compensation (including bonus amounts paid in 2014 for 2013 performance) will be no less than $500,000. Kgil came to Springleaf from Fortress in October.
William Kandel, 55, who will become Springleaf's chief accounting officer on Jan. 1, earns a base salary of $205,000 and also participates in an annual discretionary bonus program. Kandel, who is currently Springleaf's assistant controller, will move into his new position after the current chief accounting officer, Leonard J. Winiger, retires.
New board members Guthrie and Kotval will receive annual fees of $75,000 for their service on Springleaf's board. Kotval will also receive an additional $10,000 as chairwoman of the board's compliance committee.
Springleaf's board also amended its excess retirement income plan, freezing it so that participants will not accrue any additional benefits after Dec. 31. The excess retirement income plan is a supplemental pension plan for key executives and certain other employees. The filing also said that Springleaf's CEO has been granted the ability to enter into agreements with individual participants who would not otherwise be vested at the time they leave the company. The company said it anticipates that Breivogel will be granted benefits under the excess retirement income plan.
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LULAC Honors 5 UALR Students
Five UALR students will be among those honored Friday, Oct. 26, at the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) annual Scholarship Banquet.
Gov. Mike Beebe will be the keynote speaker at the 5:30 p.m. event at the Arkansas Governor's Mansion Grand Hall.
He will present certificates to scholarship recipients. The event will include live entertainment.
UALR students who will receive scholarships at the event include:
- Ricardo Alvarez of Little Rock, management major
- Jazmin Martinez of Little Rock, criminal justice major
- Elsie Reyes of Little Rock, undeclared major
- Carlos Sepulveda of Cabot, economics major
- Olga Calderon of North Little Rock, international studies major
"We would love for more people to come and support these bright students – five of whom are UALR students," said Dr. Terry Richard-Trevino, president of LULAC Council 750 and a professor in the UALR Department of Sociology and Anthropology.
Proceeds from the scholarship banquet go directly to post-secondary education. In 25 years, LULAC Council 750 has granted more than $500,000 in scholarships.
To purchase a ticket, contact Tito Porter at 501.831.4240.


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Howard County could soon have the toughest anti-smoking laws on the East Coast.
Councilman C. Vernon Gray wants to ban smoking in all workplaces and two of the four other County Council members say they would support such a plan.
Howard County could soon have the toughest anti-smoking laws on the East Coast.
Councilman C. Vernon Gray wants to ban smoking in all workplaces and two of the four other County Council members say they would support such a plan.
County law already bans smoking in work spaces shared by smokers and nonsmokers, but allows designating enclosed areas for smoking. Mr. Gray, the architect of the county's tough anti-smoking laws, says that's not enough protection for nonsmokers.
"One of the chief functions of government is to provide for the health and safety of its citizens," Mr. Gray said. "My bill would exercise that role by protecting nonsmokers from secondhand smoke, which has been proven to cause cancer. Unfortunately, the smoking policy [allowed under the current law] has not worked as well as expected despite people's best efforts."
A constituent recently called to say that when she complained about secondhand smoke at work, she was told to keep quiet or risk losing her job, Mr. Gray said. "We can't have that. We've got to deal with that," he said.
Mr. Gray said he had been planning amendments to the smoking law for some time. But a Jan. 7 Environmental Protection Agency report persuaded him not to delay any longer. The EPA classified secondhand smoke as a Group A carcinogen, making it a killer on a par with benzene, arsenic and radon.
The report says 3,000 nonsmokers die each year from exposure to secondhand smoke, and that secondhand smoke is especially hazardous to children.
First lady Hillary Rodham Clinton has banned smoking in the White House.
"As far as we know, Howard County would be the first county on the East Coast to ban [all] smoking in the workplace," said Carey O'Connor, a legislative analyst at the Washington-based Coalition on Smoking or Health. But on the West Coast, the ban would not stand out much, she said.
"California is far and away the leader in smoking-control legislation," with about 40 cities, including Oakland, banning all smoking in workplaces and restaurants, Ms. O'Connor said. "Hundreds of other places [in California] have restrictions" similar to those in Howard. Mr. Gray said he based his original smoking bill on California law.
Mr. Gray, D-3rd, also wants to prohibit smoking in restaurants that seat fewer than 75 people. Restaurants that seat more are required to provide a separate area for smokers, but restaurants that seat fewer than 75 are allowed to seat smokers and nonsmokers in the same room.
The proposal also would forbid smoking anywhere in a house house used as a day care center.
Current law forbids smoking in the portions of a house used for day care, but allows smoking elsewhere.
If Mr. Gray's proposal passes, "it would put Howard County in the vanguard absolutely," said Eric Gally, director of communications and public affairs for the Maryland division of the American Cancer Society.
What would set Howard apart, he said, is a threefold thrust: no smoking in malls, workplaces and restaurants. No other city or county in Maryland has all three bans, he said.
Councilmen Darrel Drown, R-2nd, and Charles C. Feaga, R-5th, said they support the plan in principle. They said the EPA report helped convince them that the law needs revising.
Neither needed much of a push: Both joined Mr. Gray last April in casting the deciding votes in favor of a bill to prohibit smoking at enclosed shopping malls.
"I am very sympathetic to having no-smoking laws," Mr. Feaga said. "The risk of cancer is too serious. I'd certainly consider co-sponsoring the [Gray] bill."
Said Mr. Drown, "There's going to be more [anti-smoking legislation] coming down the pike." He added that he was thinking of proposing such a measure himself. "We can set the tone or wait. We can lead or follow. I prefer to be the leader."
Council Chairwoman Shane Pendergrass, D-1st, and Councilman Paul R. Farragut, D-4th, opposed the mall smoking ban last April, say it was an attempt to micro-manage people's lives and regulate private property. Both expressed reservations about the latest proposal.
"It will be interesting to hear the public response," Ms. Pendergrass said.
Said Mr. Farragut, "It's certainly a popular notion. I want to hear from the people -- the clean-air advocates and the restaurant owners. I want to know to what extent it becomes a problem [for restaurant owners]. It's such an emotional issue. I want to hear both sides."
Howard County became one of the first jurisdictions in the state to require restaurants and office buildings to set aside separate smoking areas when the council passed Mr. Gray's first anti-smoking bill in 1988. He said his current proposal should be ready for council action in a couple of months.
The place where Howard County has been "fairly innovative," said Ms. O'Connor of the Coalition on Smoking or Health, was its enactment last April of the Gray-sponsored law to ban smoking JTC in enclosed malls. The county's mall law has become a model for other communities, she said.


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- J.D., University of Texas, 2009, with honors, Managing Editor, The Review of Litigation
- B.A., Claremont McKenna College, 2004
- Intern to the Honorable Victor J. Wolski, United States Court of Federal Claims
- California
- Federal Circuit Court of Appeals
- United States District Court, Southern District of California
- United States District Court, Central District of California
- United States District Court, Eastern District of Texas
Mr. Mueller is an associate in the Intellectual Property and Business Trial Practice Groups in Sheppard Mullin's Del Mar office.
Areas of Practice
Mr. Mueller's practice involves patent litigation and general business and commercial litigation. His practice includes various types of complex litigation. Mr. Mueller represents clients in litigation regarding the infringement and validity of their patents and third-party patents, and matters involving trade dress and trade secrets. He also has experience in wage and hour class actions, legal malpractice defense, and contract disputes.
Mr. Mueller's litigation experience covers all major aspects of litigation, including pre-filing investigations, all phases of fact and expert discovery, claim construction, summary judgment, trial preparation, trial, post-trial proceedings, and appeals. His experience includes taking and defending expert and fact witness depositions and managing the day-to-day operations of major patent litigations.
Prior to beginning his legal career, Mr. Mueller worked in the United States Senate on a range of issues, including the judiciary and social security reform. In addition to his legal work, he is a Del Mar representative on Sheppard Mullin's Associate Forum and a member of the Recruiting Committee. He is also an active participant in the San Diego County Bar Association's Children At Risk outreach program.
- San Diego Rising Star, Super Lawyers, 2015
Intellect Wireless v. HTC: Obtained dismissal of a multi-patent infringement suit relating to sending pictures to a paging receiver after a bench trial on inequitable conduct in the Northern District of Illinois. Represented the defendant/appellee in the plaintiff's appeal to the Federal Circuit. Obtained precedential opinion upholding district court verdict on inequitable conduct. Obtained an exceptional case finding and attorneys' fees against the plaintiff.
Intellect Wireless v. HP/Palm: Obtained dismissal of a multi-patent infringement suit in the Northern District of Illinois relating to sending pictures to a paging receiver. The accused technology is multimedia messaging service (MMS). Obtained an exceptional case finding and attorneys' fees against the plaintiff.
Wi-LAN v. PCD: Represented a defendant in the Eastern District of Texas in a two-patent infringement suit relating to Wi-Fi and CDMA2000 technologies. Resulted in favorable settlement for PCD after filing three motions for summary judgment on PCD's behalf.
Wi-LAN v. Alcatel-Lucent: Represented HTC in a multi-patent lawsuit in the Eastern District of Texas relating to 3G cellular technology, including HSDPA, HSUPA, and HSPA. Successfully narrowed suit to a single patent being asserted against HTC. Obtained jury verdict of non-infringement and invalidity of all asserted claims.
Wi-LAN v. HTC: Represented a defendant in a multi-patent lawsuit in the Eastern District of Texas relating to Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Wi-Max and CDMA2000 (EVDO Rev. A) technologies. Obtained a favorable settlement of all claims after filing a motion for summary judgment.
Wi-LAN v. Apple: Representing HTC in a multi-patent lawsuit in the Eastern District of Texas relating to Wi-Fi, HSPA, LTE and CDMA2000 (EVDO Rev. A) technologies. Case now consolidated with Wi-LAN v. HTC.
InvestPic v. Calypso: Represented a defendant in the District of Delaware in a patent infringement suit related to financial and investing software.
Golden Bridge v. HTC: Representing a defendant in a two patent lawsuit in the District of Delaware relating to WCDMA 3G technology.
Millennium Labs v. Ameritox: Representing plaintiff in a trade dress and unfair business practices lawsuit in the Southern District of California.
Nyko v. PDP: Representing a defendant in the Central District of California in a patent infringement lawsuit relating to video game controllers. Won motion for summary judgment invalidating asserted claims of Nyko's patent.
LendingTree v. Zillow: Representing plaintiff in a patent infringement lawsuit in the Western District of North Carolina related to obtaining loan information over the internet.
Represented a national franchisor in San Diego Superior Court in litigation involving contract claims asserted by franchisees.
Obtained a motion to dismiss for a national transportation provider in the Southern District of California in litigation involving allegations of breach of a purported online contract.
Represented the seller of property in dispute over disclosures made during sale.
Pro Bono
Represented a women from Somalia in obtaining asylum in the United States.
Represented a man from Bangladesh in obtaining asylum in the United States.
Intellectual Property Law Blog Posts
- "Federal Circuit Affirms Inequitable Conduct Determination Under Therasense "But For" Exception and Reaffirms Significance of Rohm & Haas," October 9, 2013
- "Federal Circuit Declines to Adopt Test for Patent Eligibility Set Forth in CLS Bank," August 17, 2012
- "Federal Circuit Extends ResQNet and Allows Discovery of Settlement Negotiations," April 20, 2012
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And what young man, royal or common, would have had the willpower to simply look away?
I asked Lee Hirsch to name the most common mistake parents make when they believe their child is being bullied.
His daughter, Noelle, appears to have won a battle with substance abuse, a common subplot for many American families.
c.1300, "belonging to all, general," from Old French comun "common, general, free, open, public" (9c., Modern French commun), from Latin communis "in common, public, shared by all or many; general, not specific; familiar, not pretentious," from PIE *ko-moin-i- "held in common," compound adjective formed from *ko- "together" + *moi-n-, suffixed form of root *mei- "change, exchange" (see mutable), hence literally "shared by all."
Second element of the compound also is the source of Latin munia "duties, public duties, functions," those related to munia "office." Perhaps reinforced in Old French by the Germanic form of PIE *ko-moin-i- (cf. Old English gemæne "common, public, general, universal;" see mean (adj.)), which came to French via Frankish.
Used disparagingly of women and criminals since c.1300. Common pleas is 13c., from Anglo-French communs plets, hearing civil actions by one subject against another as opposed to pleas of the crown. Common prayer is contrasted with private prayer. Common stock is attested from 1888.
late 15c., "land held in common," from common (adj.). Commons "the third estate of the English people as represented in Parliament," is from late 14c. Latin communis also served as a noun meaning "common property, state, commonwealth."


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Feast Brings Warner Back to Stage after 30 Years
Editorial Staff • West End • 9 Jan 2002
Born near Manchester in 1941, Warner was a stage regular in the 1960s, particularly with the Royal Shakespeare company, where his work included The Wars of the Roses and title roles in Henry Vi, Richard II and a landmark Hamlet. His last UK stage appearance was in 1972 in the RSC's production of I, Claudius. The only time he's trodden the boards since then was last year when he made his New York stage debut in a production of Major Barbara.
In three intervening decades, Warner has remained a regular on film and television, where his wide-ranging credits have included Tom Jones, The Omen, The French Lieutenant's Woman, The Company of Wolves, The Planet of the Apes, Holocaust, Twin Peaks, The Choir and Hornblower.
The Feast of the Snails tells the story of a highly successful business tycoon who's preparing for a solitary gourmet feast in his sumptuous home when his plans are disrupted the arrival of a young stranger.
Warner is joined in the cast by Philip Glenister (whose TV credits include Clocking Off, Roger, Roger, My Wonderful Life and Soldier, Soldier) and Sorcha Cusack (who recently appeared in The Playboy of the Western World at the National).
Author Olafsson was born in Reykjavik and now lives in New York City. He's also the author of two novels, The Journey Home and Absolution. A Feast of Snails is directed by honorary RSC artistic director Ron Daniels and designed by Ashley Martin-Davis, with lighting by Peter Mumford and sound by John Leonard.
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While there are many coed programs focusing on the emotional issues faced by teens, many adolescent girls need a safe space where they could open up and work through their difficulties. SAGE hopes to address the more sensitive topics they may not have the opportunity to explore in other coed groups.
The SAGE program includes both individual and group therapy, as well as medication management and a strong family component. Evidence-based therapeutic approaches are applied including Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), a therapy that teaches coping skills through various modules including mindfulness, distress tolerance, emotion regulation and interpersonal effectiveness. Family members are offered a weekly evening session to gain a better understanding of family dynamics and how they can help support their adolescent's recovery.
Two levels of care are available through SAGE—a partial hospital program for girls whose emotional difficulties make regular school attendance difficult and an intensive outpatient program that runs after school. The partial hospital program (PHP) is held five days a week, from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., and includes two hours of school instruction each day. The intensive outpatient program (IOP) is held after school three days per week. On Mondays there is a family program from 5:30-8:30pm and on Tuesdays and Thursdays program is 3:30 to 6:30p.m.
For those individuals who are not able to attend school because of their symptoms and functioning they can benefit from the partial hospitalization day program. The staff will coordinate with schools to get school work and will also have a teacher on site to provide two hours of educational instruction so that students don't fall behind in school work.
The full day PHP program is generally 1-2 weeks long and then the afterschool IOP is about 4-6 weeks long.
Yes. Transportation is available to individuals living in the catchment area. Full day participants can be picked up and dropped off at home. Individuals attending the after school IOP can be picked up from school and will need to be picked up at the end of the program day. Call the centralized admissions department to find out if transportation is available to your home or school.
Families are an integral part to treatment and are required to be a part of the adolescent's treatment. Weekly family days are offered to both levels of care and private family sessions can be scheduled as needed.
A board certified psychiatrist will be on site to manage medications and oversee each individual case. A master's level clinician will also be assigned to each participant and will conduct individual and group sessions throughout treatment.


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Business North.com reports that , after having met regulatory approvals, the PolyMet (TSE:POM) project in Minnesota will advance.
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"You can't have hybrid cars, wind turbines and solar without a significant amount of these base and precious metals," Ongaro said. "You literally need tons of copper for the largest wind turbines – up to four tons. In a regular car, you need 50 pounds of copper, but in a hybrid car, you need 75 pounds. Every car on the road has a catalytic converter that contains platinum. These metals are being used for environmental purposes right now and will continue to be."


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Tour de France Time Trial Gear
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- Updated Jul 28, 2011 at 3:29 PM UTC
Cadel Evans' Tour De France Winning BMC TM01
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- Published Jul 26, 2011
- Updated Jul 27, 2011 at 2:29 PM UTC
After three weeks racing through the mountains of France, Cadel Evans trailed Andy Schleck by only 57 seconds entering the time trial on
Top Apps For Following The Tour de France
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The Superbowl of cycling kicked off this past Saturday and for die-hard fans of the Tour de France who cannot get enough of the action, you
David Zabriskie Going Vegan For The Tour De France
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- Published Jun 30, 2011
Elite cyclist consulted triathlete Brendan Brazier for guidance as he aims to compete in the Tour de France on a mostly vegan diet. To
CBS News Reports Hincapie Testified That He And Armstrong Supplied Each Other With EPO, Testosterone
- By John Chorlton
- Published May 20, 2011
George Hincapie, one of Lance Armstrong's closest friends during their time together at the U.S. Postal Service and Discovery Channel
Will Lance Armstrong Return To Triathlon Or Not?
- By Liz Hichens
- Published Feb 17, 2011
Seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong's announcement that he will retire from cycling for good has many questioning if it also
Lance Armstrong Officially Announces Retirement From Cycling
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- Published Feb 16, 2011
In a telephone interview with the Associated Press, Lance Armstrong announced what he is calling "Retirement 2.0" from cycling and says he
Lance Armstrong's Twitter Triathlon Alter Ego
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- Published Nov 9, 2010
- Updated Nov 9, 2010 at 7:57 PM UTC
While it has not been officially confirmed, some believe that the person operating the twitter account @juanpelota is Lance Armstrong.
Lance Armstrong To Race Ironman World Championships In 2011
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Seven-time Tour De France winner Lance Armstrong will be turning to triathlon and racing in the 2011 Ironman World Championship in Kona,
How Would You Coach Lance Armstrong's Return To Tri?
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4 People Injured When Alleged Drunk Driver Runs Red Light In Temecula
Four people were injured in Temecula Saturday when an alleged drunk driver ran a red light and caused a three-vehicle collision.
2 Family Members Repeatedly Stab Each Other In Pomona Fight
Authorities responding to a call about a possible stabbing found two Pomona men — family members — had repeatedly stabbed each other during a fight.
Man Accused Of Stabbing Himself, Ex-Wife's New Boyfriend With Machete, Scalpel
Authorities say a man stabbed himself with a machete and scalpel following an attack on his ex-wife and her new boyfriend in Woodland Hills Sunday.
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Pure Fun Revives Its Cult Classic Skateboarding Zine in Long Beach
Larry Ransom and his friend Eric Shugats started Pure Fun zine with nothing more than a typewriter, a pair of scissors and a shoebox full of photos of them and their high school friends skateboarding around suburban Lockport, New York. Twenty-four years later, Ransom is celebrating the 11th issue of the one-time teenage pet project on the other side of the country with a party and concert in another kind of skateboarding destination--Long Beach.
Mark Choiniere Modern day Larry Ransom at Paul Revere Jr High, Santa Monica
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Let's Test party is over - see you next year?
Let's Test party is over. I am back in London and still trying to absorb everything. I will need to write few blog posts to cover my experience @ Lets Test - this is just start :-)
Let's Test was on top of my must-attend list from past two years and I am glad I could attend this year. In my opinion, one of the biggest advantage of attending a conferences is being able to confer and Let's Test provides perfect environment for that.
I reached Stockholm on Sunday and thanks to the power of twitter - I met Richard , Christopher , Geir and Amy at the airport. See the usefulness of this medium? If you are still not on the twitter, come and join us :-)
After checking-in, I headed straight to the lobby and got few tips about the area and nature walk from Carsten . In the next half an hour ...
Best of TestingGeek - Blog posts I like about software testing
For quite some time I was thinking of improving blogs / articles I have written on TestingGeek in past. Many articles I have written in past do not reflect my current thinking. However I decided to leave that exercise. May be it's better to show that my thinking ( and writing) has changed. I might re-write some of the articles and link them from the old articles to ensure that folks landing on my old pages have opportunity to see what I am thinking now.
However, this thought process was useful because I ended up thinking about the opposite - which blog posts do I like?
So here is the list of blog posts (In no particular order) I like on TestingGeek. You may have read some of them earlier, if not it would be nice to know your thoughts on them.
Testers journey from Manual to Political
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Test Automation - How to handle common components with Page Object Model?
If you are working in web application testing domain and are interested in test automation, you might have used, come across or heard about PageObject Model in test automation. If you haven't heard of it, it might be a good idea to read this article.
In nutshell, a separate class is created for every page / screen of the application in the PageObject model. This class exposes methods to represent all the operations a user can perform on various elements on the page. For example, a class to represent LoginPage might have methods to enter userName, password and click on submit button. Tests can use this class to interact with the page instead of duplicating elements everywhere in the test scripts.
PageObject essentially decouples UI from the tests and as a result makes test automation suite a bit more maintainable. In my opinion, if you are not doing anything else ...
A Software Tester's journey from manual to political
Test automation is an interesting activity. When teams start their journey, interesting things happen. Teams become more efficient, test coverage increases, communication between software testers and developers increases, fewer defects are reported by customers and so on, isn't it? But does it happen every single time?
Let me tell you a story – BTW, all persons portrayed in this story are fictitious and any resemblance to living or dead, manual, automated or political tester is purely coincidental.
A small team of few developers and testers was working on a product at company X. Test team at company X wasn't experienced and lead tester of the team was Jim. Jim was a good tester. He was extremely good at finding defects - unfortunately he never got opportunity to work on the test automation projects. Management at company X had no interest in approach – they wanted results and they never pushed team ...
Gmail + IMAP – Automated testing solution for emails
Test automation around emails is pain, if not done properly.
Almost all the user facing web applications require user registration with the email and email usually serves as username in the system – which should be unique.
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- Generating unique email addresses
- Accessing inbox and content of the specific emails to check correctness of content and delivery
When I discussed this with evil tester, he pointed me to his blog post on getting disposable email addresses . When I followed the link to lifehacker ,from his blog post, first problem was solved.
It was easy enough to generate a random number such as current time stamp and amend it to any gmail address after adding a plus sign to create new email addresses which will go to the same inbox. So example @ gmail.com, example+123 @ gmail.com and example+321 @ gmail.com are ...
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Continuous performance Monitoring
Performance testing is an important and integral part of most testing projects. This type of testing corresponds to Q4 of the Agile testing quadrant. You can find interesting insights on the agile testing quadrants in this post by Lisa Crispin.
Usually performance testing teams are different from functional testing teams and their reports / data etc are not easily available to to the entire team. I wanted to have more visibility, integration and feedback about the performance of application - essentially I was looking for Continuous Performance Monitoring.
In this post I will discuss what is continuous performance monitoring and how useful it is to report performance trends for every build.
In my current project, I am using TeamCity as the build server. TeamCity supports custom charts for any data. I thought, It should be possible to have performance data from all the teams in a particular format and ...
What is Not Software Testing? - Exploring Myths
Software testing is a relatively new field and has changed considerably in past few years. It is not taught in many universities and when I moved from development to testing in 2001, I was confused about it. I tried to learn from internet, books, forums and was not impressed with the information I got. I even did my certification (CSTE, if you are interested) but that wasn't very useful either. During that time, I came across many interesting theories / concepts and after working in the industry, I know they are not true, and are myths. Unfortunately, some of these myths are still in practice and widespread.
Myths in software testing has done this field more harm than good. In this post, I will explore popular software testing myths, why they are myths and what wrong these myths are doing to our profession?
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Analytic code - is it such an interesting thing?
Web applications are everywhere and most of us test them to earn our bread and butter. Broadly speaking, there are two types of web applications or websites - One which provide service and another which provide content. Web applications such as emails, facebook, bank or blogging platform provide a specific service and BBC, Times and many such sites provide content.
Irrespective of the type of web application, all of them need to understand user behaviour on the site and gather key usage pattern. One common way of doing this is with the help of analytic code. As a tester, it is important for us to understand how it works and how it can be tested. In this entry, I will discuss this in more detail and show you how iCheckWebsite can be used to test analytic code.
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Arctic sea ice could be an early victim of global warming if a Swedish geologist is right. Gunilla Gard of the University of Stockholm believes that several times during the past 7000 years warm spells have melted large parts of the central Arctic Ocean. Today, the Arctic is covered by ice all the year round, except for holes up to a few kilometres wide which open briefly between the ice sheets.
Sea ice is more susceptible to global warming than continental ice because it is much thinner than continental ice. If the average temperature in summer were to rise by 4 oC or less, the ice could be melted completely within a few years, says M. I. Budyko, a Russian researcher.
Gard found fossil algae in shallow cores of sediment collected from the centre of the Arctic in 1991. Because algae need light for photosynthesis, Gard deduced that when they ...
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Although Disraeli is probably better known as a politician, his first choice of career was as a writer. His father wanted him to enter the legal profession but Disraeli preferred to be "a great man" rather than "a great lawyer". As a young man, Disraeli fell under the influence of the Romantic writers, as epitomised by Byron: he adopted ruffled shirts, colourful waistcoats and velvet trousers; he chose flamboyant jewellery and wore his hair in ringlets. Always something of a dandy, he once arrived at a dinner party wearing "green velvet trousers, a canary coloured waistcoat, low shoes, sliver buckles, lace at his wrists and his hair in ringlets" (Henry Bulmer). Disraeli's entry into literary circles c…
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To all our Top Gear fans in the US, let us channel James May for a second and bellow: "GOOD NEWS!".
Yes, BBC America is airing the first show of our brand new series tonight, Monday 4 February, at 9/8c – so you can see for yourself exactly why the TopGear.com regulars enjoyed our show opener.
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Interpol Release Live Footage
Posted: January 28, 2011
Interpol has released live footage of three songs — "Success," "Barricade," and "Stella Was a Driver and She Was Always Down" — from a show at Brooklyn's Music Hall of Williamsburg.
Saturday Night Live's Fred Armisen provides intros for each clip.
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D.C. Weather Forecast: Storms to start your weekend?
A cold front will approach the region tomorrow but storms do not appear likely until the late afternoon.
This Afternoon: Mostly Sunny, Warmer
Highs: Near 80 | Wind: SW 4-8 m.p.h.
Tonight: A Few Clouds, Mild
Lows: Mid 50s to Low 60s | Wind: S 5 m.p.h.
Saturday: Partly Cloudy, PM Storms Possible
Highs: Mid 80s | Precipitation: 30%
The end of the work week will be beautiful with mostly sunny skies and warmer temperatures around 80 degrees. Tonight, lows will be mild in the 50s in the suburbs to lower 60s in town under partly cloudy skies. A cold front will push into the D.C. area tomorrow, bringing with it a chance for showers and thunderstorms in the late afternoon and evening. There appears to be enough strength in the wind field aloft to allow for a few strong storms with damaging winds. Highs should reach the mid 80s ahead of the front. Sunday will be cooler as the front passes east with highs in the lower 70s under partly cloudy skies. Looking ahead to next week, Monday and Tuesday will continue to be cool with highs in the low to mid 70s.


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Eastman to Buy Sterling Chemicals
Zacks Equity Research reports that Eastman Chemical Company will acquire Sterling Chemicals Inc. for $100 million in cash in order to boost its plasticizer product line. The deal is expected to close in the third quarter of 2011. The transaction, which includes Sterling''s plasticizer and acetic acid manufacturing assets in Texas City, Texas, is expected to be accretive to Eastman''s full-year 2012 earnings per share in excess of its cost of capital. Regulatory and shareholder approvals are awaited. Eastman plans to renovate and restart Sterling's currently idled plasticizer manufacturing facility to produce non-phthalate plasticizers. This additional capacity will enable the company's performance chemicals and intermediates segment to serve the growing market demand for non-phthalate alternatives.


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Two years ago, Swara Kopparty had finished studying advanced placement chemistry in high school and was looking for a research project. That desire led her to Indiana State University and Eric Glendening, chair and professor of chemistry and interim chair of physics.
"I knew he had mentored other students from South,†she said. "I thought he would be willing to mentor me.â€
After meeting with Kopparty, Glendening suggested a project. Kopparty's research into that project is taking her to the national Junior Science and Humanities Symposium from April 30 to May 4 in Orlando, Fla. The symposium promotes original research and experimentation in the sciences, engineering and mathematics at the high school level and publicly recognizes students for outstanding achievement. The winner of the national competition receives a $16,000 scholarship. Kopparty already secured one scholarship after winning the statewide symposium competition at ISU in March.
Glendening said Kopparty's project -- "The Nature of Bonding in Metal-Carbonyl Complexes†-- has the potential to do well at the national competition. The project is one of several that Glendening said he has thought of pursuing.
"I have a series of projects in the back of my mind that I think would be fun to do one day,†he said. "They don't require a degree in computational chemistry or quantum mechanics. They usually relate to fundamental concepts that students learn in AP chemistry, yet they're publishable projects, which makes them valuable to work on.â€
Kopparty described her summer working in ISU's chemistry lab as an "enriching experience†and one that introduced her to a different type of chemistry.
"I learned a lot about computational chemistry,†she said. "I'd never heard about this field.â€
Kopparty said by using computational chemistry, scientists are able to examine molecules in a way that they couldn't in a regular laboratory.
"What I do is look at the structure of simple molecules,†Kopparty said about her research. "I try to find what holds molecules together.â€
"She did all the calculations,†Glendening said. "If there was a problem, she'd come and we'd talk about it. Then she'd have to go off and resolve the problem on her own.â€
Students learn problem solving in computational chemistry projects, just as they would in a "wet†laboratory.
"It's more than plugging numbers in a calculator,†he said. "The calculations are all done on campus using a high-performance computer. Without that resource, it would be difficult to tackle a project like Swara's.â€
Kopparty, then 14, worked in the lab with college students as she researched her project.
"I made friends with them,†she said. "It was fun.â€
Glendening said Kopparty and the undergraduate students interacted as peers.
"The undergraduates would help Swara with problem solving,†he said. "At the same time, Swara had the potential to help the undergraduates. It's not a one-way street, it's two-way.â€
For Glendening, Kopparty is the fifth high school student he has worked with on a project and the third to reach a national competition.
"These high school students are very talented,†he said. "They push themselves very hard. They're very articulate. One can have a conversation with these students at a very high level â€" the same as with a first- or second-year graduate student.â€
Kopparty, who hasn't decided where she will attend college in the fall, plans to study engineering or physics. She has already passed Glendening's name along to other students at South Vigo.
"A lot of them asked me how I got started on it. A few freshmen or sophomores are interested in doing research,†she said. "It was very nice of Dr. Glendening to mentor me. Not many professors would willingly give their time to high school students. It's uncommon and I really appreciate it.â€
Glendening enjoys working with the students.
"The students have the background knowledge in math and science that allows them to excel with these projects,†he said. "It's a pleasure to work with them.â€
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A Cowal householder has usefully underlined safety risks faced when dealing with approved installers of insulation under government subsidy schemes. The warning is probably more widely applicable to other home improvement incentive schemes.
The issue is not the competence of the installer in the work for which they are officially approved – but their competence in matters that are a knock-on from the work they do like, in this case, electrics, critical to home safety.
The householder in question, Jim Bamber, had internal insulation fitted to the exterior walls of his home, under a government scheme to encourage greater home insulation as part of energy and cost saving and as part of the effort to slow climate change.
The insulation was fitted by a company outwith Cowal.
Mr Bamber was happy with the insulation installation but while this is focus of the job, such work means the renewal of interior walls and associated joinery. He thought the plasterwork of the company staff was good, saw the joinery as a touch slapdash but was concerned with the approach to the safety of the electrical installation in his property during the operation.
Over the period the work was being done, live sockets were left dangling at the end of their electrical cables, exposing live connections and putting them under unplanned strain with the weight of the socket.
This situation went on for six days – and six nights. This is an important detail because it underlines the fact that Mr Bamber could not be sure that a fire might not be ignited fro any one of these sources during the night, when no one was around to deal with it in time.
At the end of the job, when the electrician arrived to fit the pattesses [the box that contains the space behind electrical fittings and isolates risks from live connections] his approach to fitting them came as a bit of a shock.
The normal procedure is, of course, to take out the fuses, disconnect the socket, feed the electrical cables through the hole at the back of the pattress box, reconnect them to the socket and screw the socket to the box.
What the electrician did was, literally, a hack job.
Rather than disconnect the socket, he took a section out of the boxes and then just slotted them back over the cables. He did this by using a pair of waterpump pliers to tear out an inch and a half section from the bottom of the box.
This clearly weakens the structure of the box. It also reduces the capacity of the box to limit the fire risk of exposed live connections with greater accumulation of dust and fibre within the box itself, enabled by the greater access provided by the sacrificed section.
Mr Bamber also believes that, in certain circumstances, this installation might make it possible, in pulling a resistant plug out of the socket, to pull the entire box out of the wall.
In the event, Mr Bamber insisted that the sockets and their pattresses were refitted correctly and notes that the electrician did this with good grace.
However, his concern is for the safety of the electrical installations that those, taking advantage of similar government home insulation incentives but less aware than he is of electrical safety, who might not realise the potential risks of this sort of short-cutting.
He is recommending that anyone who has had interior insulation retro-fitted to an existing home under any of these schemes – and by any installer, should have their power sockets and light switches checked by a competent electrician before the job is signed off.
In actual fact, this should be an automatic requirement of the contracts awarded by the government to approved insulation installers.


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Jewel Hutson was born November 28, 1925 in Checotah to Edward and Zona Elizabeth (Tow) Lucas. She passed from this life December 4, 2011 in Antlers at the age of 86. Jewel married John T. Hutson on October 14, 1945 in Bakersfield, CA. Together, they raised two children and remainded married until his passing. Jewel loved shopping and flowers, & she enjoyed spending time with family and friends. Jewel was preceded in death by her parents: Ed & Zona Lucas; husband: John T.
Tommy Louis Tuck, of Moore, passed from this life on Friday, December 2, 2011 at the age of 66. He was born September 19, 1945 in Ringold to his parents Coy and Lucy Tuck. He was a retiree of General Motors. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, and spending time with family. Tommy was a loving and devoted father and grandfather, who will be deeply missed. He leaves cherished memories with his: Two daughters, Tracy Pitt and husband Darren, Nicole Woods and husband Ray. Adoring grandchildren: Andrea and Abigail Pitt; Justin, Joshua, Jared, Joseph, and Jessica Woods.
John Walker was born November 26, 1935 in Antlers to Raymond Splawn and Jewel (Walker) Brewer. He passed from this life November 30, 2011 in Antlers at the age of 76. John married Charlene Turner on February 24, 1958 in Boswell. Later he joined the Oklahoma National Guard and then worked in the steel industry until his retirement. John enjoyed fishing, gardening, and riding around in the mountains. John also was a collector of many things but mostly: coins, guns and classic cars.
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A 1,700 mile bike ride to protest the TransCanada Keystone XL Pipeline has all but consumed Tom Weis since he set forth on his journey from the United States - Canadian boarder in Montana in mid-October of this year to follow the route of the purposed pipeline until he reaches Houston, TX towards the end of Christmas.
The Antlers Varsity Basketball teams played their first three games of the season past week with the first game at home against the Talihina Golden Tigers, November 29, the second game was against the Atoka Wampus Cats, December 1, and the third game at home against the Wilburton Diggers, December 2. No stats were available for the Lady Cats game against the Tigers.


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Now the much-loved animals have been discovered dumped in a garage two days after they were taken.
The couple's daughter Jasmin Spinks said on Facebook: "We got them back! I would just like to say a huge thank you to everybody that shared the post, watched the news told people to share and the radio!
Mr Kennedy even offered up to £1,000 for information that led to finding the puppies.
"The puppies are quite distinctive looking. They are white all over; they look like little polar bears. Some are only seven weeks old and they need their mum still."
The stolen puppies are from two separate litters born two weeks apart to the Kennedys' two pet dogs, Georgina and Ellie.
Two of the puppies, who are around nine weeks old, had already been micro-chipped while the other nine, who are seven weeks old, were still waiting to be chipped.
The puppies were staying in a heated room off a garage on the property, in Watery Lane, with their mothers when they were stolen.
Video: The golden retriever puppies before they were stolen
Mr Kennedy believes the theft was premeditated as a section of their fence had been cut a few weeks ago.
He said: "Someone could have had a look around the house back then, checking it out, and then come back Monday night for the theft.
At first they were living in a caravan on site, but moved to the house when the weather turned cold.
Mr Kennedy added: "We are here all day. We also come back in the evenings to feed the dogs. My wife is here every day and I am here three days a week. We reckon someone must have been watching us."
The burglary is believed to have taken place between 8pm on Monday and 8am on Tuesday.
Anyone with information on the raid is asked to phone police on 101 or Mark Kennedy on 07855 250606.
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Porsche doesn't just do great engineering, it knows how to plug the driver right into the heart of the machine. So your relationship with all the major controls is perfect, the level of tactility not far adrift from what's available in a decent racing car. It's an intuitive, instinctive car to drive. (All the more intuitive and instinctive if you order the Alcantara trim for the wheel, gear lever and handbrake, and short-throw shift, both optional, obviously - £349 and £372.)


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Conakry — His Majesty King Mohammed VI, accompanied by the President of the Republic of Guinea, Alpha Condé, launched, Tuesday in the town of Matam in Conakry, the construction works several real estate projects, which provide for the construction of three residential compounds of 3000 housing units.
These three different residential compounds, to be carried out by Moroccan development Group Addoha, will cost a sum of 2 billion dirhams.
The projects reflect the determination of His Majesty the King to enable African countries to benefit from the Moroccan experience in the fight against unhealthy housing.
On this occasion, the Sovereign, accompanied by the Guinean president, visited a one-stop service provider which includes sales, notary services, land conservation, and the distribution of water and electricity.
HM the King also visited two show apartments representing two models of the "economic housing" category.
Part of the Guinean government to address the structural deficit in housing, these three operations cover a total area of 9 hectares.
The first project, "Police", provides for the construction of a compound of 1,891 housing units for a total investment of 849 million dirhams.
Covering nearly 5 acres of land, this compound also concerns the development of local facilities, including a shopping center, a kindergarten and cultural services, and is expected to generate 2,000 direct jobs.
The second project, called "Douane", involves the construction of 761 housing units for a total cost of 404 million dirhams, and will generate 1,140 jobs.
The third complex, "Kipé", provides for the construction of 388 luxury homes for a total investment of 493 million dirhams. Built on a plot of almost 2 acres, this complex will help create 580 direct jobs.
These projects are to meet the increasing demand of the Guinean population in low-cost housing.
These three real estate projects, initiated in partnership with the Banque Centrale Populaire Group fall in line with the care of HM the King toward Africa and its needs for assistance, and his determination to develop mutually-beneficial partnerships in the framework of South-South cooperation.
They also reflect the deep ties between the two countries, and the unwavering commitment of Morocco to supporting economic and social development in Guinea.
On his arrival at the site, His Majesty King Mohammed VI was greeted by the Guinean Minister of Town and Country Planning, the Governor of Conakry, the Mayor of the municipality of Matam, the President General of Addoha Group, as well as the managers of the project.


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"Oil Rush" release date and special offers for Indie developers
UNIGINE Corp. announced today that global war for oil in the flooded post-apocalyptic world of "Oil Rush" will start January 25, 2012 on Windows, Mac OS X and Linux. 'Oil Rush' is an Indie real-time naval strategy game based on group control, that combines strategic challenge of classic RTS with sheer fun of Tower Defense, and features state-of-an-art visuals. Gameplay in 'Oil Rush' is easy to learn but hard to master and offers variety of different strategies for each map. Thousands of people, who pre-ordered Oil Rush, already got access to Beta version of the game and mastering their multiplayer skills – so join up and get ready for the big oil war in January! www.oilrush-game.com
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LONDON - New father Prince William says his mind has been stuck in "baby mode," including dealing with diapers.
William was taking a break from his parenting duties Saturday to play alongside his brother Harry at the Audi Polo Challenge in the English village of Ascot.
William and his wife, Kate, had their first child, Prince George, on July 22. The young father told guests at the event that it was "good to get out of the house" for the afternoon.
The 31-year-old managed to score the winning goal for his team and was later presented with a miniature polo stick for his newborn son.
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