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Reading skills, speed reading programs for children, adults to be offered in Idaho Falls by ISU Continuing Education
The Idaho State University Division of Continuing Education and instructors from the Institute of Reading Development will offer reading skills and speed reading programs for children and adults beginning Nov. 5 in Idaho Falls.
The classes will be held weekly on Saturdays, Sundays and Mondays at Idaho Falls High School located at 601 S. Holmes Ave. (more…)
Multiple Grammy Award-winning vocal ensemble Chanticleer to perform Oct. 10 at Idaho State University
Multiple Grammy Award-winning vocal ensemble Chanticleer will perform at Idaho State University at 7:30 p.m. on Oct. 10 in the Joseph C. Grand Concert Hall at the Stephens Performing Arts Center. (more…)
Idaho State University Homecoming 2011 events schedule
A variety of events sponsored by the Idaho State University Alumni Association and the ISU Student Activities Board are planned for ISU Homecoming 2011, running from Sept. 26 to Oct. 1.
For a complete listing of Student Activities Board events visit www.isu.edu/homecoming/ or call 208-282-3451; and for a complete listing of ISU Alumni Association Homecoming events visit www.isu.edu/alumni/homecoming.shtml or call 208-282-3755.
ISU 2011 Homecoming events are listed below, with the sponsoring entity in parenthesis. Student Activities Board activities are geared toward current ISU students.
Monday, Sept. 26 (more…)
ISU researchers awarded $195,000 NSF grant to support fundamental studies on novel bimetallic complexes
The National Science Foundation has awarded $195,000 to Idaho State University chemistry department researchers, Associate Professor Joshua Pak and Assistant Professor Andrew Holland, to carry out fundamental studies on novel bimetallic complexes.
Pak and Holland, along with ISU chemistry Professor Rene Rodriguez, have been engaged in research examining using nanoparticles to create next generation solar cells at a cheaper cost – with the help of university and high school students. (more…)
Idaho State University Psychology Clinic announces new faculty, services
The Idaho State University Psychology Clinic features new faculty and expanded services for the 2011-12 academic year.
The ISU Department of Psychology has added two new full-time faculty members, Kimberly Nylen, Ph.D., and Courtney Haight, Ph.D.
The addition of Nylen and Haight enables the ISU Psychology Clinic to offer additional psychological services, including more services for women and children, to the citizens of southeastern Idaho. (more…)
Idaho State University coming events, Sept. 23-Oct. 7
ISU Coming Events: September 23-October 7
The Idaho State University Office of Marketing and Communications distributes this event calendar to let the public and media know about upcoming non-athletic events at the University. This information is intended for release in print and broadcast events calendars. Various events calendars with more complete information are available online at the website www.isu.edu/calendar. A copy of this release can also be accessed via ISU's homepage at www.isu.edu. Information about ISU athletic events is available at www.isubengals.com. The area code for all phone numbers is 208 unless otherwise noted. The phone number for Marketing and Communications is 282-3620.
Friday, September 23
· Suicide Prevention Training: Idaho State University's Institute of Rural Health is accepting pre-registration for free suicide prevention training in Pocatello from 9-4 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 11. This training will be held in the Wood River Room of the ISU Pond Student Union. This training is free and open to the community, but seating is limited. Pre-registration is required. To register online, go to http://isu.edu/irh/. Email pre-registration to email@example.com or call Kristi Beck at 282-4436. (more…)
Nashville studio muscian Tony Rosario to sing, speak about Soldier Songs program at Idaho State University on Sept. 26
Nashville studio musician Tony Rosario, co-founder of the national program called Soldier Songs, will perform and speak about his program Monday, Sept. 26, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Hutchinson Quadrangle Amphitheater, located near the Pond Student Union.
Soldier Songs was established to serve our nation's military heroes with free music lessons, instruments when necessary, and a means of creative expression.
This event, which is sponsored by the ISU Veterans' Sanctuary, is on the first day of ISU Homecoming Week and is free to the general public.
For more information, contact Casey Santee at 208-282-4298.
ISU Graduate and Health Professions Fair set Oct. 4; Majors and Minors Fair set Oct. 5
Idaho State University Central Academic Advising, the Career Center, pre-Health Professions Advising, the Graduate School, and Office of Research have teamed together to create two separate career and major exploration fairs on Oct 4 and 5.
Both fairs are open to all ISU students, high school seniors, and community members interested in exploring major and career options at the undergraduate and post-graduate level. (more…)
Idaho Conference on Health Care, Thomas Geriatric Health Symposium set Oct. 21 at Idaho State University
The 24th annual Idaho Conference on Health Care and fourth annual Thomas Geriatric Health Symposium will run from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Oct. 21 in the Pond Student Union Ballroom and be available at ISU-Meridian via ISU's distance learning.
The conference's main sponsor is the Idaho State University Division of Health Sciences. Registration for the conference is required by Oct. 14. CEUs and continuing education credit are available and there will be sponsor booths. (more…)
Idaho State University OT students to provide safety tips for kids carrying backpacks at weigh-in Sept. 22-23
The Idaho State University Student Occupational Therapy Association will hold its annual backpack weigh-in on Sept. 22-23 at the ISU Rendezvous Complex on campus.
The weigh-in, held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. each day, is designed to help parents and students avoid injury and fatigue from backpacks that are overloaded or worn improperly. Students of all ages can be at risk.
September is National Backpack Month, in honor of students heading back to school each fall. (more…)


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Russia blogger charged as Kremlin widens crackdown
MOSCOW Russian authorities charged Alexei Navalny, one of President Vladimir Putin's fiercest critics, with theft on Tuesday, threatening him with a 10-year prison sentence as the Kremlin ramps up a crackdown on dissent. Navalny rejected the charges as baseless.
The 36-year-old anti-corruption crusader and popular blogger has played a key role in rallying Russia's young Internet generation against Putin's rule. Over the winter, the lawyer spearheaded a series of rallies in Moscow that drew up to 100,000 people to the streets ahead of the March vote that handed Putin a third presidential term.
Putin on Tuesday appeared to try to slightly mollify the opposition without actually giving ground, saying that his notorious likening of protesters' white ribbons to condoms wasn't meant as an insult to demonstrators.
But authorities showed Tuesday they are determined to crack down on any protests outside formally approved demonstrations, arresting 25 people at a rally in central Moscow.
The State Investigative Committee said Tuesday that it suspects Navalny of organizing a scheme to steal assets from a state timber company totaling 16 million rubles (about half a million dollars). He was ordered not to leave Moscow as the committee pursues an investigation against him.
In Russia, authorities file initial charges to open a criminal probe, long before reaching the trial stage. In any case, Navalny insisted to reporters that "the charges are absolutely absurd."
Since Putin's re-election, the government has struck back at the opposition, arresting some activists and using legislation to try to curb its activities.
Parliament, controlled by Putin loyalists, passed a bill that raised fines 150-fold for people taking part in unsanctioned protests. It was not immediately clear whether those arrested in the Tuesday unauthorized demonstration would be hit with the full force of that law which carries a maximum fine of 300,000 rubles ($9,300).
Another law passed this month requires non-governmental groups receiving funding from abroad and engaging in political activity to register as foreign agents.
In one example of the tougher line on dissent, three Russian feminist rockers have gone on trial for performing a "punk prayer" against Putin in Moscow's main cathedral. They face up to seven years in prison, and human rights groups have condemned the trial, calling the women prisoners of conscience.
The probe against Navalny focuses on events dating to 2009 when he served as an adviser to a provincial governor in the Kirov region. Investigators allege that he colluded with the head of a state timber company and a trader to rob it. A previous probe into similar allegations was closed earlier this year for lack of evidence.
Investigative Committee chief Alexander Bastrykin recently chided a local investigator for closing that case. Under the renewed probe, investigators reworded the charges, which carry a heavier punishment compared to those dropped.
"There is no motive, there is no self-interest, the amount of damage is taken out of the blue," Navalny said on his blog about the new charges. "The Investigative Committee has no shame."

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"Follow him friends. Tomorrow we'll hear a play." – Hamlet (II.ii)
Long Island Classics Stage Company: A Local Globe
The Greeks knew it. Shakespeare himself knew it. They knew the power of theatre and its vitality to their respective culture's development. Indeed, the theatre was the arena for public debate, the development of ideas, and inquiry into the human condition.
Today, we know that theatre can transform the lives of young people and inspire hope in the spirit of all people.
Long Island deserves live theatre that transcends and inspires individuals and communities so that we may collectively move toward greater awareness and a more global perspective.
But, where and how? The Long Island Classics Stage Company will actively perform in and around the community with the ultimate goal of constructing a permanent home that will become a landmark feature itself.
"The entire theatre, its audience arrangement, its other public spaces, its physical appearance, even its location within a city, are all important elements of the process by which an audience makes meaning of its experience." – Marvin Carlson, Distinguished Professor of Theatre, CUNY
We aim to create a reconstruction of Shakespeare's Globe Theatre that will provide an authentic and historically accurate arena within which the greatest plays ever written may be performed.
The idea to reconstruct Shakespeare's Globe Theatre at the original site surely came to many others before Sam Wanamaker began taking the necessary steps toward its realization. In 1970, he founded what would become called the Shakespeare Globe Trust, dedicated to the reconstruction of Shakespeare's Globe Theatre. In 1997, it was completed.
We, as Americans, can take pride in this accomplishment since Sam was an American. Sam's extraordinary achievement stands as an example to what commitment and dedication can create.
Today, the reconstructed Globe Theatre is one of London's most exciting attractions.
Since its inception in 1997, Shakespeare's Globe Theatre has developed into the kind of cultural organization any community would be proud to host. It boasts an educational program that reaches more than 100,000 people "of all ages and nationalities, from pre-school to postgraduates;" a seven-month performance season, research capabilities, and thousands of national and international audience members.
The value that the architecture alone holds is priceless. It exudes integrity, conveys the importance of history, and amazes young and old alike. Further, it makes possible an examination of theatre from a scholarly point of view as it might have been performed during the lifetime of the world's greatest writer.
The same dream – conceived on a local level – can happen right here on Long Island.


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The UT Law Immigration Clinic and Pro Bono Program are hosting a clinic to assist pro se petitioners in applying for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA).
The address is as follows:
Richardson Family Learning Center
Sierra Vista Apartments
4320 South Congress Ave, Austin, TX 78748
There will be signs up around the complex identifying the location of the Richardson Family Learning Center.
To sign up: Send an email to Andrew Hill at email@example.com.
For questions, please contact Andrea Meza at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Full event information: https://www.utexas.edu/law/calendar/2013/10/20/17501/
Prof. Sager's Fall 2013 #29477 class
Full event information: https://www.utexas.edu/law/calendar/2013/10/21/17560/
New location! Food will be served. Please RSVP by 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, October 17, to email@example.com.
Learn about practicing law for a union legal department, a workers' rights center, a law firm representing unions and workers, and a government agency regulating the workplace. Find out how to get a job promoting workplace justice. In addition, learn about the Peggy Browning Fund Fellowship Program, which offers 10-week funded summer fellowships for first and second-year law students, provides stipends to law students who dedicate their summer to advancing the cause of workers' rights, and encourages law students to consider labor law as a viable career choice. Panelists include Joseph Baniszewski, Deputy Assistant General Counsel, National Labor Relations Board; Richard Brean, General Counsel, United Steelworkers; Julia Penny Clark, '73, Bredhoff & Kaiser, P.L.L.C.; Glenda Pittman, Glenda Pittman & Associates, P.C.; William Beardall, Adjunct Professor of Law, Transnational Worker Rights Clinic at UT Law; and Kallie Dale Ramos, 2L, 2013 Peggy Browning Fellow. Moderated by UT Law Professor Jack Getman.
Full event information: https://www.utexas.edu/law/calendar/2013/10/21/17379/
The Chicano/Hispanic Law Students' Association presents its semi-annual FAJITA FIESTA to fund scholarships. We'll be selling plates of beef/chicken/veggie fajitas - grilled on site - with all the fixings in the Atrium. We usually sell out so come out, enjoy delicious food, and support this great cause!
Cash and credit accepted.
Full event information: https://www.utexas.edu/law/calendar/2013/10/22/17431/
The Health Law & Bioethics Society invites all UT Law students interested in the practice of health care law to hear about the practice from the following panelists: Steve Aragon, '88, Chief Legal Counsel, Texas Health and Human Services Commission; Carla Cox, '76, Partner at Jackson Walker L.L.P. (Austin); Beth Devery, Director of the Health Services Division of Travis County; Penny Hobbs, Partner at McGinnis Lochridge (Austin); and Lee Spangler, Vice President of Medical Economics at the Texas Medical Association and former Associate General Counsel/outgoing Chair of the Health Law Section of the State Bar of Texas.
Special thanks to Jackson Walker for providing lunch. RSVP by Monday, October 21, on UT Law Symplicity by selecting the "Events" tab. Space is limited! Co-sponsored by the Career Services Office.
Full event information: https://www.utexas.edu/law/calendar/2013/10/22/17244/
In celebration of National Pro Bono Week, students are invited to hear Trish McAllister, Executive Director of the Texas access to Justice Commission.
Full event information: https://www.utexas.edu/law/calendar/2013/10/22/17505/
Come have lunch with two Andrews Kurth real-estate lawyers: Center for Women in Law Founding Member Kathleen Wu and fifth-year attorney Kathleen Tarbox.
Kathleen Wu will share stories from her 30+ years' experience in real estate, finance, and business transactions. She will offer students invaluable insight from her vantage point as both Managing Partner and Hiring Partner of the Dallas office as well as member of the firm's Compensation, Finance, and Policy Committees.
Kathleen Tarbox, who has come to work closely with Kathleen Wu since her graduation from the University of Virginia School of Law in '09, will share experiences from her practice which focuses on commercial real estate and general business transactions.
The Center for Women in Law, through the Tuesday Power Lunch Series, aims to highlight prominent women lawyers from a wide range of career paths in the legal profession. Power Lunch attendees will have a chance to discuss their own career interests and goals in a supportive, informative, and judgment-free environment.
Full event information: https://www.utexas.edu/law/calendar/2013/10/22/17520/
Harry Reasoner will join the Hodges Society for lunch.
Full event information: https://www.utexas.edu/law/calendar/2013/10/22/17589/
Professor John Dzienkowski will host a small group lunch. By invitation and sign-up only.
Full event information: https://www.utexas.edu/law/calendar/2013/10/22/17729/
Prof. Sager would like to add refreshments for his Const. Law II: Religious Liberty class to be on Tuesdays (not just Wednesdays).
Full event information: https://www.utexas.edu/law/calendar/2013/10/22/17401/
Student volunteers will prepare parole packets for victims of domestic violence incarcerated for killing their batterers. They will use information from interviews with inmates conducted by students in the Domestic Violence Clinic to gather information to support the parole packet.
To apply: Submit resume to Andrew Hill at firstname.lastname@example.com
Full event information: https://www.utexas.edu/law/calendar/2013/10/22/17503/
Last day to submit an application to graduate in December; forms are available in the Student Affairs Office. Deadline to register In Absentia.
Full event information: https://www.utexas.edu/law/calendar/2013/10/23/16199/
Pizza and drinks for all who report Pro Bono hours!
Full event information: https://www.utexas.edu/law/calendar/2013/10/23/17506/
Andrews Kurth will be offering advice to summer and first year associates
Full event information: https://www.utexas.edu/law/calendar/2013/10/23/17731/
Prof. Sager's Fall 2013 class Constitutional Law II: Religious Liberty (#29477)
Full event information: https://www.utexas.edu/law/calendar/2013/10/23/17281/
Come to hear discussion of topics in intellectual property law.
Full event information: https://www.utexas.edu/law/calendar/2013/10/23/17742/
Full event information: https://www.utexas.edu/law/calendar/2013/10/24/17507/
Note: This event's full details are restricted to UT Law faculty and staff members only.
Full event information: https://www.utexas.edu/law/calendar/2013/10/24/16710/
Hodges Society small group lunch with Faculty Advisor Patrick Woolley (by invitation and sign-up only).
Full event information: https://www.utexas.edu/law/calendar/2013/10/24/17724/
Join ACS to discuss recent developments in the VRA.
Full event information: https://www.utexas.edu/law/calendar/2013/10/24/17568/
Join us as four prominent practicing lawyers from Austin and New York share their experience and answer questions about practicing law in the arts and entertainment industry. Panelists will also provide practical advice about how to jump-start your career serving the needs of artistic clients. Options such as solo-practitioner, biglaw entertainment attorney, taking artists as pro bono clients, and going in-house for a music label or film company will all be discussed. A catered lunch will be provided.
Panelists include:
Amy Mitchell, Amy E. Mitchell, PLLC, Austin
Sheri Hunter, Norton Rose Fulbright, Austin
Bill Hart, Proskauer Rose, New York, NY
Maria de Cesare, AMC Networks, New York, NY
Full event information: https://www.utexas.edu/law/calendar/2013/10/24/17583/
Catherine Jewell, the Career Passion Coach, will walk you through the networking process and provide a practical guide to building a strong network and landing a job. Catherine will give you many concrete tips on how to conduct yourself in networking situations and prepare you for Cocktails and Conversation, which takes place later in the evening, and beyond. Whether you are a 1L, 2L, or 3L, now is the time to begin laying the groundwork for a robust professional network, and this program will give you the tools to grow your network. RSVP by Wednesday, October 23, on UT Law Symplicity by selecting the "Events" tab.
Full event information: https://www.utexas.edu/law/calendar/2013/10/24/17540/
Are you an older student, second-career student, married and/or parenting student, or a student who otherwise departs from the mold of the "traditional" law student - or would you enjoy mingling with them? The Student Affairs Office is sponsoring an initial meeting of non-traditional students to help organize a student organization for interested students. We'll also talk about the great Halloween event the law school sponsors for the children of students!
Full event information: https://www.utexas.edu/law/calendar/2013/10/24/17702/
Hargrave Faculty Advisor Derek Jinks will have lunch with students in section 3.2.
Full event information: https://www.utexas.edu/law/calendar/2013/10/24/17730/
Sign-up at 9:00 p.m. on TUESDAY, OCTOBER 8 is on a first-come, first-served basis on UT Law Symplicity . Back by popular demand! Participating UT Law J.D. students will have the opportunity to network one-on-one with legal professionals from a variety of practice areas, as well as fellow students, during several short (8-10 minutes) speed networking rounds prior to Cocktails & Conversation. We request that students commit to attend the entire speed networking portion of the event. Please arrive no later than 5:00 p.m. Free parking available in the Museum Garage.
Then afterwards, join us for our 16th Annual Cocktails & Conversation. Your RSVP for Speed Networking will also be noted for Cocktails & Conversation. Dress is business casual.
Full event information: https://www.utexas.edu/law/calendar/2013/10/24/17011/
All UT Law J.D. students are invited to attend the CSO's 16th Annual Cocktails & Conversation networking reception, which provides the perfect opportunity to meet and network in a casual setting with UT Law alumni and friends. Free parking available in the Museum Garage. This is a great way to expand your network, so don't miss out! Dress is business casual. RSVP by Wednesday, October 23, on UT Law Symplicity by selecting the "Events" tab
Sponsored by the Career Services Office and the UT Law Alumni Association.
Full event information: https://www.utexas.edu/law/calendar/2013/10/24/17012/
Policy Leadership in the Anti-Trafficking Movement: How Texas' new laws fight slavery
Full event information: https://www.utexas.edu/law/calendar/2013/10/25/17396/
Jason Crandall with the Law School Writing Center will discuss how to write a strong and effective personal statement for your judicial clerkship applications. Many judges find these statements very helpful, so make yours as good as possible! Lunch will be served. RSVP by Thursday, October 24, on UT Law Symplicity by selecting the "Events" tab.
Full event information: https://www.utexas.edu/law/calendar/2013/10/25/17485/
Full event information: https://www.utexas.edu/law/calendar/2013/10/27/17747/
Registration for continuing and readmitted students for the Spring 2014 semester. Add/drop for students who participated in early registration. Check registration schedule for access times.
Full event information: https://www.utexas.edu/law/calendar/2013/10/28/16200/
Full event information: https://www.utexas.edu/law/calendar/2013/10/28/17748/
Full event information: https://www.utexas.edu/law/calendar/2013/10/28/17561/
Please join us for a talk featuring Donald Ferencz, Visiting Professor at Middlesex University and Convenor of The Global Institute for the Prevention of Aggression. He will speak on "Criminalizing the Illegal Use of Force: Tragedy or Triumph?" Light refreshments will be served.
Full event information: https://www.utexas.edu/law/calendar/2013/10/28/17082/
Community Fellow Senator Rodney Ellis will host students from the Hargrave Society for dinner and conversation at the Texas Capitol Building.
Full event information: https://www.utexas.edu/law/calendar/2013/10/28/17728/
Full event information: https://www.utexas.edu/law/calendar/2013/10/29/16201/
The timely postmark deadline for 1Ls and out-of-state transfers students to submit their TX Declaration of Intention to Study Law to Study Law to the Board of Law Examiners (BLE) is October 1st.
All students (including 2L and 3L late-filers) who submit their Declaration by October 1st, 2013 are eligible to have their fingerprints taken on location at The School of Law on Tuesday, October 30th—Thursday, November 1st. The BLE will accept the fingerprints taken at this session, though it is after the 10/1 deadline.
Qualifying students who wish to participate must follow the registration instructions and arrive promptly for their appointment with their FAST form filled out and proper ID on hand. Only registered students will be admitted.
Full event information: https://www.utexas.edu/law/calendar/2013/10/29/17052/
Full event information: https://www.utexas.edu/law/calendar/2013/10/29/17749/
Learn how to build a leadership portfolio from Janiece Longoria of Ogden Gibson Broocks Longoria & Hall, LLP. Janiece has held some of the most influential roles in Texas including: Chairman of the Port of Houston Authority, the nation's 2nd busiest port; Regent of the University of Texas System; Member of the Board of Directors of CenterPoint Energy, Inc., the third largest publicly traded natural gas delivery company in the United States; and Member of the Greater Houston Partnership's Board of Directors, Healthcare Policy Advisory Committee, and Transportation Infrastructure Committee.
Janiece has extensive experience in commercial litigation, securities litigation, and securities arbitration. She will receive the highly-coveted Texas Exes Distinguished Alumnus Award on November 1.
Full event information: https://www.utexas.edu/law/calendar/2013/10/29/17521/
Practitioners from both the public and private sectors will share their experience and advice on what it's like to practice trial law and how to get the skills, experience, and contacts you need to land a job. Panelists include Adam Schramek, '01, Partner, Fulbright & Jaworski LLP; Eleanor Ruffner '04, Associate, Fritz, Byrne, Head & Harrison; Ian Spechler, '07, Disability Rights Texas; and Corby Holcomb, Assistant Trial Director, Travis County Attorney's Office. Moderated by Professor Tracy McCormack. Lunch will be served. Please RSVP by Monday, October 28, on UT Law Symplicity.
Full event information: https://www.utexas.edu/law/calendar/2013/10/29/17602/
Full event information: https://www.utexas.edu/law/calendar/2013/10/29/17402/
The mandatory in-person safety education workshop for select student organizations will be held at the law school on October 29. Visit the main campus Dean of Students webpage to determine if your organization is required to participate. A minimum of three authorized representatives from each selected organization must attend.
Full event information: https://www.utexas.edu/law/calendar/2013/10/29/17554/
Full event information: https://www.utexas.edu/law/calendar/2013/10/29/17752/
Moot Court Round 1. Room reservation for pre-judging activities.
Full event information: https://www.utexas.edu/law/calendar/2013/10/29/17744/
Reminder for 3Ls planning to sit for the Texas February 2014 Bar Exam: in order to sit for the exam, your In-State Application to Take the TX Bar Exam must be post-marked by October 30. This deadline is strictly enforced.
Applicants who have not yet filed their Declaration of Intention to Study Law must do so prior to or with their In-State Application.
If you would like to hand deliver your completed application, their office is located at:
205 W. 14th St. Ste 500, Austin, TX 78701
You're encouraged to arrive well in advance of the 5 PM closing time.
Full event information: https://www.utexas.edu/law/calendar/2013/10/30/15558/
Full event information: https://www.utexas.edu/law/calendar/2013/10/30/16202/
Full event information: https://www.utexas.edu/law/calendar/2013/10/30/17084/
Full event information: https://www.utexas.edu/law/calendar/2013/10/30/17753/
Full event information: https://www.utexas.edu/law/calendar/2013/10/30/17282/
Come listen to a lecture on patent litigation and enjoy dinner at the same time.
Full event information: https://www.utexas.edu/law/calendar/2013/10/30/17805/
Full event information: https://www.utexas.edu/law/calendar/2013/10/31/16203/
Full event information: https://www.utexas.edu/law/calendar/2013/10/31/17085/
Full event information: https://www.utexas.edu/law/calendar/2013/10/31/17754/
Full event information: https://www.utexas.edu/law/calendar/2013/10/31/16732/
Full event information: https://www.utexas.edu/law/calendar/2013/10/31/17725/
Don't take your bag on the street...
Come to the Law School instead for tricks and treats!
Each year, the Law School opens its doors for faculty, staff, and students to bring their littlest ghosts and goblins on a haunted tour. The SAO will have a list of offices participating in the Trick-or-Treat Tour.
Costumes encouraged!
Full event information: https://www.utexas.edu/law/calendar/2013/10/31/17588/
Full event information: https://www.utexas.edu/law/calendar/2013/11/01/16204/
Full event information: https://www.utexas.edu/law/calendar/2013/11/01/17755/
Judge Nancy Atlas will join students from the Cadena Society for a Community Fellow lunch. By invitation and sign-up only, sponsored by the Student Affairs Office.
Full event information: https://www.utexas.edu/law/calendar/2013/11/01/17103/
Reception followed by panel discussion: "The Bloody Book of Law: Shakespeare's Othello." With Professors Angela Littwin, Law; Franchelle Dorn, Theater and Dance; Alan Friedman, Coordinator, AFTLS; James Loehlin, Director, Shakespeare at Winedale; and the Spirit of Shakespeare Players performing scenes from Othello. Reception at 6:30, performance at 7:00.
Full event information: https://www.utexas.edu/law/calendar/2013/11/01/17131/
Full event information: https://www.utexas.edu/law/calendar/2013/11/02/16205/
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CHICAGO (AP) — After tracking down a small alligator skulking in a baggage claim area at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport, authorities are now hunting for its traveling companion.
The Chicago Transit Authority has released a series of images showing a woman who they believe rode to the airport on a CTA Blue Line train with the 2-foot-long gator in the early morning hours of Nov. 1.
Thanks to one of the most extensive surveillance systems in the United States, officials know this about the alligator's trip to O'Hare: It boarded a train at the Pulaski stop — with the woman — at 1:17 a.m. The security camera captured the woman petting her little friend on her knee as she talked on her cellphone.
Blue Line rider Mark Strotman also snapped a picture of the woman and the alligator with his phone.
"She was sitting with it, petting it, letting people take pictures of it and telling everyone how she raised it from an early age," said Strotman, 23, who initially thought the alligator might have been part of some "crazy Halloween getup" because it on the train just an hour after Halloween turned into Nov. 1.
An hour later, the woman, presumably with the alligator, disembarked the train at the airport. At 2:44 a.m., she is again recorded by the security cameras near the O'Hare stop, but with no reptilian companion.
Strotman said given how fond the the woman seemed of the alligator, he suspects that it might have gotten away from her at the airport. Besides, he told The Associated Press, "You can drop off an alligator anywhere. You don't have to take it to O'Hare."
An airport employee found the alligator later in the day under an escalator near a baggage claim — insert alligator-skin bag joke here. Police captured the reptile by trapping it beneath a trash can.


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Israel, Palestinian Spokesmen: There Is No Ceasefire
Tuesday morning, it was reported that Egypt had announced a brokered ceasefire deal agreed to by Hamas, set to begin later that day. However, with Hillary Clinton visiting the region in just hours, Fox News' Jennifer Griffin reports that it's unlikely for an agreement to be reached before the Secretary of State meets with the leaders of the two groups. Now, Griffin shares word that Israeli and Palestinian spokesmen are saying that no ceasefire has been agreed to by their respective parties.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said earlier after meeting with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon that Israel will be a willing partner in a ceasefire. Netanyahu also thanked the secretary for
his 'consistent statements' condemning rocket attacks by Hamas militants on his country.
"I want to thank you for making it clear that Israel has the right to defend itself," he said, adding that he shares the secretary's concerns about civilian casualties in the conflict.
As for the White House, Griffin reports that it's very clear that the administration is taking the escalating tensions "very seriously," and that they would like to prevent a ground war at all costs, as 30,000 Israeli troops stand on the ready at the Gaza border.
WH Deputy National Sec. Adviser Ben Rhodes said Tuesday that their "bottom line" is an end to rocket fire. "We've discussed any number of ideas to accomplish that goal, but it's going to have to begin with a reduction of tensions and space created for the situation to calm," he told the press.
More on the Conflict:
- Rudy Giuliani, Former NYC Mayor, Says Israel-Gaza Conflict Is a 'Proxy War'
- Naftali Bennett, Fmr. Chief of Staff to Netanyahu: Israel-Gaza Ceasefire Is Not Yet Imminent
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Wheeler Parker, the cousin of Emmett Till, will speak Tuesday, Sept. 26, at 7 p.m. in Smith Auditorium at Willamette University. Footage from a 2004 "60 Minutes" program will provide background on the Till murder case. Wheeler will be accompanied by Olympia Vernon, who will read from her widely praised novel, "A Killing in This Town." The event is free to the public.
In August 1955, 14-year-old Emmett Till was accused of "whistling at a white woman" by Carolyn Bryant. Her husband, Roy Bryant, and J.W. Milam took Till to a barn, severely beat him and shot him through the head. A cotton gin fan was tied around his neck and he was thrown into the Tallahatchie River in Money, Miss. The boy was identified by a ring he wore that belonged to his father.
Till's cousin, Wheeler Parker, Jr., was in the house the night Milam and Bryant came for the boy. He will describe the events of that night and share intimate details about Till's childhood and the atmosphere in Money, Miss. at that time.
Olympia Vernon, the new Hallie Brown Ford Chair at Willamette University, will read from her third novel, "A Killing in This Town," which features Adam Pickens, a young white boy in Bullock, Miss., who must, upon his 13th birthday, lynch a black man in order to be initiated into the Ku Klux Klan. Kirkus Reviews wrote, "This is a powerful, difficult work by a writer absolutely determined to see," and Publishers Weekly wrote that the "fugue of folk idiom, blues, biblical diction and surreal imagery makes for lots of atmosphere." All three of Vernon's novels have been praised by The New York Times Book Review.
Vernon is a graduate of Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, La., and won the 2004 Richard and Hinda Rosenthal Foundation Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters Award for her first novel, "Eden." Both "Eden" and her second novel, "Logic," were nominated for the Pulitzer Prize. In 2005 Vernon received the Louisiana Governor's Award for Professional Artist of the Year.
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I had no idea what I was going to do. I thought traveling around the country would give me clarity. I thought I'd have found at least 3 or 4 cities where I'd want to live. I thought I'd be sick and tired of Kwai Chang Caining it around the US. But I had no clarity and I didn't want to stop. But none-the-less, I had to. I had projects and ideas and financial things to attend to. I needed to stay in one place for at least a few weeks so I could get my affairs in order, so to speak. My ex offered to let me stay with her for a few days, but the lease was up on our old place, so that wasn't a long-term solution.
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My last ride was sobering. And sad. And depressing. Getting onto the freeway I gave her wide open throttle through the gears, one last rush, one last taste of freedom for both of us. She thought that perhaps we were going to San Diego again, or Mexico, or even downtown. Or maybe to a new cool photo shoot location.
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About 3 years ago, our pavement in Edinburgh was resurfaced. This process took about eleven weeks, and had to be redone on several occasions owing to poor quality. Approximately one month ago, our beautiful new pavement and most of the road have again been turned into the surface of the moon. This time it is in the name of cable television.
Our pavement has a meandering scar down the middle. Grit, smoke, smell, dust, noise and inconvenience all abound. On some days it has been impossible to bring a car alongside one's own 'bit' of the road. Neither has it been easy for elderly people, and those with very young children.
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These Anamorphic Cups by designer Ross McBride are really incredible. The stainless steel cup has a polished mirror finish. The porcelain saucer is printed with distorted images or words. These graphics can only be viewed correctly though the curved, reflective surface of the cup. The image is indecipherable when the cup and saucer are separate. The Anamorphic Cups are the first in the Anamorphic Series range of products. Future items will include a creamer and sugar dispenser, and drinking glasses. Salt and pepper shakers are already available.
I can't seem to locate a retailer for cups or shakers, though I know they are available for purchase. If I come across one in the future I'll make an update.
Abby Jean Press.
I love these wedding invitations by Abby Jean Press. Beautiful use of color combinations and type. Let's put it this way: if I received one of these in the mail for a rodeo, which I despise, it would make me want to go to even that.
No. 10 Letterbox.
I'm in love. With a mailbox. That may sound wrong, but it feels so, so right.
The No. 10 Letterbox mailbox by PureDesigner is gorgeous (especially the brushed aluminun which isn't pictures here). It's severely unfortunate that they've been sold out since February and the site only holds empty promises of remanufacturing them (they've been bought out by houseArt).
Falling Garden.
The site is in German and the three years of the language that I took in high school are failing me. So I can't tell you what it's for or about, but i can tell you the obvious: that is that it's beautiful.
Pratt graduate Annie Lenon breaks into the product market with her Civilitea earthenware tea cups. The double-walled slipcast earthenware cups feature a cast silver boat hardware piece on the side. The tea drinker wraps the teabag string around the cleat, holding it in place. Genius. (Originally posted by core77)
Monday Goodness: Peanuts by Charles Bukowski.
This is incredibly hilarious. Enjoy.
Cupcake Bakeshop.
I came across a new blog today – Cupcake Bakeshop – written by a woman who tracks down cupcake recipes (as well as creates her own) and posts them all on her blog. Mmm…cupcakes.
Get Outta Here: Moleskine.
Lengendary notebook maker, Moleskine, has just introduced an incredible new line of City Notebooks. So far they exist for Boston, NYC, San Francisco, DC, Amsterdam, Barcelona, Berlin, Dublin, Lisbon, London, Madrid, Milan, Paris, Prague, Rome and Vienna. They cover all possible information you could need in a city you're only visiting or already live in. The Key Map summarizes the overal layout, showing the metro system and listing stations. That's followed up by Zone Maps that show large-scale maps of the city's center and an alphabetical street index. Up to 76 blank pages give you space to write notes, while there's also a 96-page tabbed section to organize information and thoughts. As if that's not enough, there are 32 removable sheets and 12 translucent sticky sheets to overlay maps and route as you go. Oh, and did I mention they're only hardbacked, 3.5 x 5.5″ and $16.95?
Kate Quinby.
Kate Quinby is an amazing little illustrator out of Seattle/Providence, RI that I came across in Communication Arts. (Seriously, a great issue.) By day she's working for the Man at Starbucks Global Creative (their in-house ad/design department) and by night for herself under the name Croak and Hum.
Her philosophy is as fresh as her illustrations, "Don't get caught. I feel as though I've tricked the universe into letting me draw pictures for a living, and I don't have to make any secret deals or sell my soul…I'm hoping that if I keep busy and work hard, no one will notice that I'm actually doing what I wanted to do as a child."
Naked & Angry.
Naked & Angry exists to create products from patterns submitted and chosen by the brand's audience. Anyone can come and submit a pattern design to be voted on by other N&A users. The design will be scored for 7 days at which time it will be given a final score. The highest scoring designs will be manufactured and products will be created inspired by the patterns. The winners will receive a $500 cash prize and 5 free Naked & Angry items. Pretty awesome. N&A was created by a team of web designers and developers called skinnyCorp who also created the Threadless community of t-shirts.


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Microsoft has received some reports of trouble with the update, a company representative said Thursday. Microsoft had already acknowledged that two of the other five updates it released on "Patch Tuesday" last week can, in some cases, cause problems for users.
Microsoft is still investigating the issues related to the Outlook Express patch. "Nothing is confirmed yet," the representative said in an e-mailed statement.
In discussion forums on Microsoft's Web site, users report several issues with the e-mail client after installing the latest update. The trouble includes inaccessible address books, problems opening and sending messages in the "unsent messages" folder and trouble using templates.
The patch for Outlook Express fixes a problem in the way the application handles Windows Address Book files. Opening a specially crafted WAB file can result in execution of malicious code, giving an attacker control of the Windows PC, Microsoft said last week in Security Bulletin MS06-016.
Other patches that have given some users headaches are a comprehensive fix for Internet Explorer, which can break some Web applications, and an update for Windows, which can cause trouble on computers that run certain Hewlett-Packard photo-sharing software or the Kerio firewall.
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- For the last 2 days I have received and update to outlook express, its for the junk filter.When I click to install it, it tries to install then says it failed and 3 minutes later it shows up again and says I need to update, I have tried several times but it keeps telling me it failed and then comes back, so now it just sits in my try at the bottom cuz it won't install and it won't go away. I went to the update windows thing and got the same thing it failed 15 times to install but it keeps insisting that I need to install it.. Any one have any suggestion???? Please help
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And here you'll find the manual on how to do this:
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Cohiba 1966 Leads Trio of New Cuban Edición Limitadas
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We have the names of this year's trio of Cuban Edición Limitadas, and the star of the group is a fat new Cohiba that is sure to grab worldwide attention.
The Cohiba 1966 Edición Limitada measures 6 1/2 inches long by 52 ring gauge. The shape, dubbed a cañonazo especial by the Cuban cigar industry, has the same girth as the Cohiba Behike BHK 52, Cigar Aficionado's Cigar of the Year. The cigar is meant to celebrate the 45thanniversary of the cigar brand, which originally was only available as a gift of the Cuban government.
Cuba releases three Edición Limitadas a year, announcing the lineup in late winter or early spring, and releasing the cigars worldwide much later in the year. The other two cigars are the Hoyo de Monterrey Short Hoyo Pirámides, a 5 3/8 inch long, 46 ring figurado, and the Ramon Allones Allones Extra, a 44 ring gauge cigar that's slightly longer than 5 5/8 inches.
The information comes at the very start of the 13th annual Festival del Habano, the largest cigar festival in the world. A team from Cigar Aficionado is heading to Havana to cover the event. To get all news coming out of Cuba, follow the website all this week.
For much more on the Edición Limitada program, read Gordon Mott's in depth interview with the top officials from Habanos S.A. in the April issue of Cigar Aficionado, on newsstands soon.
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Two articles. One from the Associated Press and the other from Star Tribune. Both are about a rally held Tuesday at the State Capitol by a group who called themselves United Hmong Stand for Justice. Both tried to show the size of the crowd that gathered and both tried to give a reason why the rally was held.
Both articles were written as straight news stating simply what happened and why it happened. I attended the rally as well so reading what other people wrote about it is certainly interesting.
The AP article used strong verbs. For example, in the lead, "Hmong refugees flocked Tuesday to the state Capitol grounds in a show of support for a revered leader who is accused of conspiring to overthrow the communist government of Laos." Having attended the rally and witnessed men and women running to cross the street to join the crowd, I believe that the writer's use of the verb is excellent. I think it conveys the urgency of the people who attended. The Star Tribune article used verbs like, "chanted," and "gathered"-which aren't as strong as the AP's but nonetheless, I believe it conveyed what it needed to.
What both articles imply is that the rally was to support Vang Pao. If the writer's were to have dug a little deeper and, I believe, talked to more people, they would have found that not ever person at the rally was there to support Vang Pao. Some people who attended the rally, mostly younger people, came to show their support for the Hmong in Laos who they believe are being persecuted by the Lao Government. I believe there was more to the story that just a rally. But, both articles did a good job of getting to the meat of it.
Television airwaves have been talking about it all week: a man cut off his wife's tongue over an argument about her smoking a cigarette while out for her birthday.
The Startribune and In-Forum News offer two very different styles of covering the story.
The Startribne goes more in depth to the story, giving the man and woman a real identity while In-Forum News turned the story into quick overview of the "juicy" facts.
The Startribune has a better lead-getting to the importance/unusualness of the story right away and then telling the story of the couple. In-Forum News' article has a fairly decent lead. It gets to the meat of the story but the writing doesn't grab a reader the same way the Startribune does.


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So this is my third year film!
Trappings -- Conventional outward forms or symbols; characteristic signs. ie: the trappings of progress. The title is a double entendre since the film is about the signs of technological progress and the traps that reliance on these 'trappings' create. We define progress and strive toward it, but at what cost?
I always feel stuck on the idea that people create their own problems, and that sometimes these problems just become so big that they can no longer be fixed, and it's ironic since we were the ones to create them in the first place. Not everyone is dealt a good or even a fair hand at birth, so I'm not saying people only have themselves to blame, but the problem extends to the dealer, who draws from a deck shuffled in a problematic casino. And the casino is not even the farthest reaching root of the problem, it's profiting from human nature.
Now I know that people don't really give a shit about the far-off future and maybe recycling and all that stuff would, at best, only slow down the inevitable. I take steps in the physical world to be a low user, but sometimes I also think the world is just going down the drain and nothing I can do would make a difference. And why should I even care? But I have no doubts when I think that progress will actually destroy us. Unless it's redefined, progress is directly correlated to capitalism and everything "wrong with the world." And people even know it's wrong, they know that pollution and destroying the environment is wrong on some level, but since it's also progress, there are just so many problems. Change starts with the individual -- but that's getting off topic so to get back on -- the really massive problem of progress (and tradition and many other things) and its 'trappings' is just something I draw on a lot, kinda like interesting places or waiting for someone who may or may not come. I'm not saying the meaning of life is to preserve the earth or anything, I just find it interesting that destruction has become necessary.
And I only feel like I had free range to just unload here because I GOT A TUMBLR FOR MY ART!
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On Thursday & Friday, September 29th & 30th, a local resident competed in the United Kennel Club's World Coonhound Championships in Wooster, Ohio.
Only the top 100 dogs from across the nation get invited to attend and participate in this event and Jody Goodson of Farris and his male Bluetick Hound, CH NITE CH 'PR' Goodson's Rowdy Bocephus were among them. This was Goodson's first time to ever attend this event and he and Bocephus did very well.
Jack Clay was born on August 3, 1922 in Durant to Arthur and Nora Clay. He passed from this life September 21, 2011 in Talihina at the age of 89. Jack came to Sobol around the age of 14 to work as a ranch hand where he met and fell in love with Ann Noel. He and Ann were married for 58 years until her passing. In 1942, he was drafted into the United States Army and served during World War II in the European Theater. He fought with the 10th Armored Division as a Tech 4 at the Battle of the Bulge.
Jessie Harold Taylor was born April 25, 1958 in Sobol to Wilson and Deloris (Billy) Taylor. He passed from this life September 23, 2011 in Hugo at the age of 53. Jessie Taylor married Angela Luper in Goodwater on February 3, 2006. The most important people in his life were his wife, girls, and his large family that he loved spending time with. He enjoyed gardening, fishing, and hunting. He was a shade tree mechanic, carpenter, and all around handy man.
Nola Versie Jackson was born April 16, 1918 in Glenwood, AR., to Jasper D. and Lou Ada Jane (Adams) Adcock. She passed from this life September 24, 2011 in Paris, TX, at the age of 93. Nola Versie Adcock married George Benjamin Jackson in Hugo on May 27, 1939 and together they raised three boys. She lived in this area all of her life and was a member of the First Assembly of God in Rattan. She enjoyed quilting, singing, cooking, and loved playing with her grandkids and great grandkids.
A verbal altercation led to gunfire and felony charges following an incident north of Antlers.
According to reports filed in district court, Pushmataha County Sheriff's Deputy Chad Wilkerson took a complaint on September 21 at a residence at K River Campground. The reporting party, Ed Bakemeyer, told the deputy that he and the shooter, James Scott Anderson, had gotten unto a verbal altercation, after which Anderson left and came back with a rifle.
On Saturday, September 24, 2011 at approximately 11:30 a.m. on a county road 7 miles south of HWY 271 and 3.5 miles east and 5 miles south of Albion in Pushmataha County a fatality collision occurred involving four motorcycles.
The 2011 Deer Festival and Outdoor Show is finally here! All of the planning and preparations are almost complete as the festivities are set to open this Friday, September 30th, and continue on throughout Saturday, October 1st at the Pushmataha County Fair Grounds in Antlers. The community is buzzing with anticipation as this year plans to be even bigger and better than the last. The festival will carry its normal outdoor theme with plenty of events, booths and entertainment to keep the entire family happy.
On Friday night the lights were once again burning at Bearcat Stadium as the Antlers Bearcats took to the field against the Talihina Golden Tigers. During the first quarter it was clear what type of game it was going to be as the Tigers put up a total of 16 points with little effort.
Thelma Jean Hamilton was born April 19, 1927 in Moore, AR., to Eddie and Dora (Kindlyn) Humphrey. She passed from this life September 17, 2011 in Antlers at the age of 84. Thelma Humphrey married Burnerd Hamilton November 6, 1943 in Lodi, CA., and together they raised three children. Thelma was an Associate Pastor with Reverend Andy Reed at the Finley Assembly of God for 10 years. She was a member of the Pentecostal Church of God where she was licensed to preach. Thelma enjoyed singing gospel music with the Hamilton Family Group, which she founded, and playing the guitar.


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Cooking and Baking
Where has all the Food Coloring Gone?!?!
After years of using the same box of food coloring (you know the one, little round plastic bottles with pointy tops lined up in a cardboard box?) I FINALLY ran out, and put food coloring on my grocery list. At my regular grocery store, it was nowhere to be found. Thinking they must be out of it, I go to WF; also nowhere to be found. A couple of weeks later I went back to the original grocery store, and find that not only are they out, but they don't carry it anymore! My mom said the same thing happened to her, and she had to order special fondant dyes from a catalogue.
Shouldn't food coloring be a staple in any basic grocery store? At least, I know it used to be! I don't use it often, but does anyone know of any reason it seems to be less popular than it used to be?
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YIELD: Makes 4 main-course servings
ACTIVE TIME: 35 minutes
TOTAL TIME: 35 minutes
Combine chicken cubes and hot sauce in medium bowl and toss to coat well. Sprinkle with salt and pepper and toss again. Whisk chicken broth, peanut butter, and tomato paste in another medium bowl to blend.
Melt butter in large pot over medium-high heat. Add chopped onion and zucchini; sauté until tender, about 8 minutes. Add chicken and sauté until no longer pink on outside, about 3 minutes. Sprinkle with flour and cook 1 minute, stirring occasionally.
Add broth mixture and tomatoes to pot. Simmer until chicken is cooked through and flavors blend, about 5 minutes. Season soup to taste with salt and pepper. Serve.


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By Kathryn G. Menu
Proposed changes to 7 Main Street, also known as the Provisions building owned by the corporation Sag Harbor Pooh, LLC, earned favorable reviews from the Sag Harbor Historic Preservation and Architectural Review Board (ARB) Monday night save for one issue — skylights.
On Monday evening, Robert Esnard, representing the corporation, walked the board through changes to the former Whalers Cleaners space — long vacant — and second floor areas above the former Style Bar on Bay Street.
While the board had little comment on minor changes to the interior of the former dry cleaning space or plans to reconfigure residential spaces on the second floor of the building, "roof windows" on the south side of the building facing Suffolk County National Bank, and four more facing Bay Street gave the board pause. ARB president Cee Scott Brown expressed concerns they may be visible from the bank or from cars entering Sag Harbor Village on Route 114.
While Brown had no issue with the skylights planned for the Bay Street side of the building, which will be hidden by a parapet, the skylights facing the bank and their appearance on a reconstructed roof bothered him.
"I am just concerned about putting skylights in the historic district at this point," said Brown.
Esnard wondered if the board would be open to dormers, but Brown was not appeased.
"I think the skylights would likely be the lesser evil," he said.
Esnard agreed to come back to the board for a visual presentation showing what the skylights and new roofing material would look like. The board approved the remainder of the application.
High Street resident Suzy Vasilov was approved Monday night for the installation of 14 replacement windows on her High Street home, although the ARB asked Vasilov install true divided windows rather than windows with snap-on interior muntins without seeing an example of what the windows will look like.
Michael Ferrara, a district manager with Home Depot, presented to the board on behalf of Vasilov and noted the wood, double hung full frame inserts were commonly used in historic homes, as they are inserted from the interior, preserving the exterior aesthetic of the window frame.
"It's expensive," he noted.
Ferrara added the snap-in muntins would only change the exterior look for those extremely close to the house, but noted a true divided window option was available, just more expensive, particularly for a project entailing the replacement of 14 windows.
ARB member Penny Ludwig suggested they could be required for the street-facing portions of the home and board member Christine Patrick agreed she would prefer to see true divided windows.
The board approved Vasilov for windows if they are true divided and left the door open for Ferrara to return to the ARB for a presentation on the snap-in muntins if Vasilov still wants to pursue that option.
In other ARB news, the board approved a pool, patio, deck and fence for Curto & Curto on Joels Lane, provided the pool equipment is enclosed; approved Sean Murphy for the relocation of his interior front door on Cuffee Drive; approved Barry Marcus and the Sag Harbor Pharmacy for a new awning; approved Al and Mary Giaquinto for a Gunite pool at their Montauk Avenue Extension home; and approved a floating dock for Madeline and David Haver on Redwood Road.
Under village law, all applications requiring building permits are now floated by the ARB for approval. As Brown noted, the village board has changed the code to ensure the ARB has the opportunity to vote on development projects outside of the historic district after building inspector Tim Platt determined the 2009 code revision took away any ARB jurisdiction over non-historic district properties — including large projects. This is why, said Brown Monday night, the ARB would weigh in on a proposed dock, for example.
"Either we lose it or we gain it," said Brown, who later added prior to Platt's determination the ARB always looked at exterior renovations inside or outside of the historic district. "And otherwise we cover nothing outside of the historic district, so I will take it."
The next Sag Harbor ARB meeting will be held on Thursday, September 12 at 5 p.m.


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21 February 2012
road testing a classic
Our editor-in-chief moonlights as our resident guinea pig by putting this popular skincare classic to the test.
For nigh on 30 years Estee Lauder's iconic Advanced Night Repair has been the go-to serum for women all over the world. With seven bottles of Advanced Night Repair selling every minute and a grand total of four million bottles per year sold somewhere in the world – it's hard to argue the popularity of this product. Like most women I have been known to become wooed by the promise of smoother clearer skin offered by the vast myriad of serums available on the market.
There was an all too brief time in my early 20s when I dabbled in Advanced Night Repair – but like most things at that frivolous time in my life, I didn't really stick with it long enough for it to make any lasting impact to my complexion.
Fast forward (quite) a few years and my cosmetic needs have changed dramatically. It's all about survival now, and fixing the wrongs of my misspent youth. In the quest for eternal radiance it's often difficult to sort the actual results from the promises. Which is why I have decided to embark on my own evaluation of the benefits of this hugely popular serum.
Having recently celebrated 30 years Estee Lauder's Advanced Night Repair continues to break new ground in terms of its effectiveness. When it first launched in 1982 as Night Repair the serum heralded a new era in skin repair, being the first skin serum ever created, the serum has gone on to become the leader in skincare repair. In a recent 12 month extensive trial, women who used Advanced Night Repair showed a dramatic reduction in the visible signs of ageing including lines and wrinkles, skin tone, skin soothing, clarity and radiance. The results continued to steadily improve throughout the 12 month study with the following results;
75% increase in skin tone
76% increase in skin clarity
68% improvement in lines/ wrinkles
Based on these impressive figures I am feeling seriously encouraged by what dramatic results lie ahead for me. Three weeks ago I added Advanced Night Repair to both my morning and night routine, applying four drops to clean skin before moisturising. The serum has a light texture similar to a gel that quickly seeps into the skin. I can happily say that I am already beginning to see an improvement in my skin's texture and tone and with a little tenacity I expect to see some great results.


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Episode 19 Show Notes
We're back! We heard a rumor that people are actually listening to the show so we should probably get back to doing show notes in case it's true!
For our nineteenth episode we have some very specials guests, our friends at Tours Departing Daily. Matthew Hansen, Michaela Hansen and Kevin Crone are three incredibly talented photographers who excell in the style of Disney "fine art" HDR photography at Disneyland. Seriously, if you are not familier with their work, please check them out right now by clicking here!
We discuss the concept of "fine art" HDR photography, some of their methods and processing, their equipment of choice (Nikon, unfortunately ) and various topics regarding upcoming events this summer at the Disneyland Resort.
We should be back up and running with weekly show notes and we will also gradually update them for past episodes as well.


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On June 1, 2011 the North Carolina School for the Deaf, Governor Morehead School for the Blind and Eastern North Carolina School for the Deaf transferred from the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) to the Department of Public Instruction (DPI.) Policies, forms, web site location, and other information will be updated to reflect this change. However, basic program information and contact information may be obtained by clicking on the links below.
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Guys ... guys ... seriously. Stuff like this happening over in the penguin petting zoo can only help us all out. After all, if any of you have been as busy as I've been lately cleaning up the penguin cages with the likes of python33, udev, systemd and a raft of other penguinisms, the more they're encouraged to stay clear of BSD's, the better off we ALL are!
udev is actually unportable to BSD cause 90% of the functions it uses can only be provided by the Linux Kernel and even FreeBSD's shitty Linux Emulation Layer can't support that.
If the BSD users and developers don't like that, they should commit mass suicide. It'll be entertaining for everyone.


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CHEM 645 Protein Structure and FunctionFall 2013, Wednesday 7 - 10 pm, 221 Brown Lab (computer classroom)
Prof. Brian Bahnson, 312A Drake Hall, phone: 302-831-0786, firstname.lastname@example.com
Course web page: http://www.udel.edu/chem/bahnson/chem645/
Office hours: by appointment, pdf of course syllabus
Class schedule - updated regularly
Outline of course: The course will begin with an overview of structural biology, including how X-ray crystallography, NMR spectroscopy, homology modeling and other techniques are used to solve structures and develop models of macromolecules. Then representative classes of proteins will be discussed in terms of how the protein's structure relates to its function. This class is meant for both people directly interested in structural biology, as well as those that plan to collaborate with structural biologists.
crystallography vs. NMR spectroscopy - Each method
has advantages and disadvantages. Also each technique supplies
information. Topics that will be covered include: crystal growth
and sample preparation, data collection and instrumentation, methods to
obtain phases or obtain NMR distance restraints, model building and
refinement. Next we'll go through a homology modeling
Your in class presentations and final projects will bring other related
topics into our discussion. Examples of information about
and dynamics from other methods include: CD, UV/VIS, raman, FT-IR, mass
spec, fluorescence, genomics, structure prediction, protein
can structure be predicted ab initio? Modeling the dynamics of
motion - molecular dynamics, potential energy functions, energy
functional role of proteins in biological systems- enzymes,
ion channels, energy transducers, signal transduction, molecular
structural scaffolds, gene expression, etc...
Required texts:
"Crystallography Made Crystal Clear, A Guide for User's of Macromolecular Models" by Gale Rhodes, Third Edition, Academic Press (2006) ISBN 0-12-587073-6
You should have and refer to a decent biochemistry textbook.
articles and primary literature will be used extensively.
Other useful texts - available to borrow short term from my office.
"Introduction to Protein Structure" by Branden & Tooze, Second Edition (1999).
"Protein Structure and Function" by Gregory A. Petsko and Dagmar Ringe, Sinauer Associates, Inc. (2003)
"Nuclear Magnetic Resonance" by P. J. Hore (Oxford Chemistry Primers, 32) (1995).
"Crystallization of Biological Macromolecules" by Alexander McPherson, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press (1999)
"Practical Protein Crystallography", by Dunan E. McRee, AcademicPress (1993)
"Protein NMR Spectroscopy: Principles and Practice", by John Cavanagh, Academic Press (1996)
"X-Ray Structure Determination: A Practical Guide", 2nd Edition by George H. Stout, Lyle H. Jensen, John Wiley & Sons (1989)
many others...
Grade breakdown for Fall 2013
Homology modeling assignment - 20% - will be problem set based and will utilize the primary literature, the world wide web, your laptops (if available) and classroom linux computers (in 221 BRL). You will be encouraged and instructed in how to load much of the software (freeware) on your own computers.
Research Paper Discussions - 20% - our 2nd half of the semester will be devoted to in depth discussion of primary litterature on selected topics of your choosing. You will each be assigned a portion of the topic to lead the discussion on.
Final Exam - 20% - take home
Class participation - 20%
Course prerequisites
Introductory biochemistry class, such as CHEM 527 or 641
Course objectives
The course presents a theoretical and practical overview of structural biology, including how X-ray crystallography, NMR spectroscopy, homology modeling and other techniques are used to solve or model structure of macromolecules. Representative proteins discussed in terms of how each protein's structure relates to its function. This class is meant for both people directly interested in structural biology, as well as those that plan to collaborate with structural biologists. Students will improve their abilities to read, understand and critically discuss primary literature related to structural biology. Students will likewise improve presentation stills, working with fellow students on joint tasks, and develop skills using computers to aid in structural biology pursuits.
Departmental learning objectives
This course meets departmental learning objectives 1, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9 and 10.
Chemistry & Biochemistry Home Page
http://www.udel.edu/chem/bahnson/chem645/ updated 8/28/13


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Shelagh McDonald is singing again at the age of 64, seven years after a re-release of her work without her knowledge. Her career had been expected to soar after she released a critically acclaimed second album, Stargazer, in 1971. Instead, she disappeared, with most fans not knowing whether she was alive, despite reports of sightings in Edinburgh, Bristol and even America.
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A VIRAL disease spread by mosquitoes has reached the Americas for the first time, infecting a dozen people on the Caribbean island of St Martin.
Chikungunya is rarely lethal but can cause chronic joint pain. Eight years ago it spread beyond Africa, where it originated, to Asia, making millions of people ill.
On 10 December, the World Health Organization announced two confirmed cases of chikungunya in the French half of St Martin, with 10 more suspected.
More cases – on the Dutch half of the island, for example – may remain undetected, says a risk assessment report by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) in Stockholm, Sweden. French St Martin may simply have spotted chikungunya first because it is a familiar adversary: the virus's first appearance outside Africa, in 2005, was on the Indian Ocean island of Réunion, also a French territory.
The ease with which people travel will make it difficult to break the transmission of chikungunya, warns Hervé Zeller, head of emerging diseases at ECDC. The virus can spread if an infected person flies into a new area and is bitten by Aedes mosquitoes. This is what would have happened in St Martin, where Aedes aegypti was probably involved.
Tiger mosquitoes (A. albopictus) can also carry the virus and could spread it well beyond the tropics. These mosquitoes can survive cold winters and are established in Australia, Europe and as far north as Connecticut in the US, says Ilia Rochlin, an entomologist in Long Island, New York.
Insecticide spraying could snuff out the outbreak in St Martin. But control of insect-borne viruses in the Americas has not been that successful. West Nile virus invaded in 1999 and is now endemic, and tiger mosquitoes recently spread dengue fever to a man in New York.
This article appeared in print under the headline "Chikungunya virus arrives in the Americas"
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Sarasota allocates $600,000 to help halt foreclosures
Mitch E. Perry
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Sarasota County Commissioners yesterday approved $600,000 to give direct financial assistance for families in the county facing foreclosure on their homes.
The funding â which ultimately could rise to $1 million - will be distributed in grants of up to $5,000 through a group of nonprofit organizations in the county.
Last month, deputy administrator Susan Scott said there were approximately 8,000 pending foreclosures in the judicial process and an additional 900 filings occurring monthly. But the goal here is to help save the 2,400 or so homes valued at less than $300,000.
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2012 Conference Presentations
Terry Plum
The Value of Digital Content in the Academic Library | Download PDF
Willie Miller
ARL Klout Study
Academic libraries are using the popular microblogging service, Twitter, to advertise events, recommend books, discuss collections, publicize library services, and deliver messages about the library in general (Aharony, 2010; Stuart, 2010).
Many libraries are enthusiastically exploring the use of this social media platform as a point-of-contact method of engaging the library user population; however, little more than anecdotal accounts has been done to evaluate the significance of Twitter for libraries. Klout, Inc. is a company that measures the influence of an organization's social media presence through actions such as likes, retweets, comments, and more (Klout, 2012). This ongoing study has two phases: In the first, researchers review and collect the monthly Klout Score of Association of Research Libraries (ARL) member institutions with active Twitter accounts for Fall 2011. In the second phase, this data will be used determine the top twenty-five influential accounts. The social media behaviors of the top institutions will be studied to determinebest practices for the use of Twitter in academic libraries.
Meagan Lacy
Evaluating the One-Shot
Despite the fact that the "information literacy" (IL) movement is in full swing – achieving visibility across college campuses nationwide – delivering information literacy instruction remains a challenge. While librarians have developed a number of creative strategies for teaching and embedding information literacy into the curriculum, the 50-minute, one-shot session remains the typical instruction method available to librarians. Given this constraint, librarians must maximize their time with their students. This study explores whether or not this format is working for students, whether they demonstrate any behavioral changes after a one-shot session, and whether instructors perceive any educational value from the IL instruction session. To investigate these questions, a librarian partnered with four English instructors who were teaching a required writing course and distributed surveys that gathered information about how they formulated their search queries. Results indicate that a short IL instruction session was not enough time to teach keyword searching.
David Thompson
Smartphone Use in Everyday Life: Understanding the Context of Information Behaviors through Electronic Diaries
This study focused on the contextual factors of smartphone use in everyday life and on the role of electronic diaries in qualitative, longitudinal studies. Seven participants used their choice of physical or digital diary format to record each smartphone use during the course of one week. Qualitative content analysis yielded data categories, and a tree analysis generated the most common combinations of contextual factors. Most usage occurred in the non-mobile settings of home and work. Top combinations of location, application, and connection showed participants checking the time while at home or at a friend's, contacting a significant other from transport via text or phone or contacting friends via social media while at home or work. Diaries provided valuable snapshots into participant smartphone use and revealed how smartphones have changed non-mobile as well as mobile information retrieval. Participants preferred electronic diaries, which lent proximity and authenticity to recording entries and facilitated data collection and analysis. Smartphone app diaries should be developed for field research.
Jared Harmon
Is it good to Share? An effectiveness study of the Indiana Share Program( Download Here)
This study explores the effectiveness of the Indiana Share program, an interlibrary loan borrowing consortium run by the Indiana State Library. The filled item rates from both Share and a sample of non-Share libraries that use OCLC resource sharing are compared to determine if Share is as effective as in-house interlibrary loan. A survey was also conducted of a sample of both Share and non-Share libraries to determine user satisfaction. This is once again meant to determine whether Share is a satisfactory alternative to in-house interlibrary loan.
The data is still being gathered, but once this has been accomplished, analysis of the data will commence. This study aims to fill a gap in the literature regarding user satisfaction in interlibrary loan. It also will be valuable to Indiana libraries considering whether or not to use Share.
Carri Genovese
Steaming up the Circ Desk: Are ebooks changing what our patrons read?
The pace of innovation in ereading has made it almost impossible for libraries to keep up with the technological changes. Most research that has been done has focused on how to support ebook readers and how libraries will survive in a digital age. However, as public librarians we cannot help every reader find his or her book if we do not have a clear idea of what the reader wants to read for pleasure. How has the emergence of ebooks affected the reading preferences of our patrons? There are a lot of rumors about how the romance genre has exploded in the ebook format, yet there is little hard evidence, such as numbers on the NYT Best-Sellers list, to back this up.
This presentation will explore genre and ebooks. Are romances more popular than the evidence suggests? The information presented will help librarians understand what their patrons are really reading. It will also provide librarians with the beginnings of an examination into how our changing mediums are changing our preferences. Following these trends will be imperative in the years to come if we are to stay relevant and innovative.
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Final Score: Cincinnati 15, Baltimore 10
Cincinnati, OH (Sports Network) - Mike Nugent kicked a career-high five field
goals, and the Cincinnati Bengals took advantage of the turnover-prone
Baltimore Ravens to post a 15-10 victory at Paul Brown Stadium.
Carson Palmer completed only 16-of-35 passes for 167 yards with no touchdowns,
but was not picked off, as the Bengals (1-1) recovered from a 38-24 loss to
New England in Week 1. The Cincinnati defense was able to force four
turnovers, while the offense committed none.
"5-for-5, that's big-time," Palmer said of Nugent. "We expect that of him, and
we gave him some chances that were make-able. We didn't stick him out there
with a 55-yarder and then give their team field position. He just did a
great job today."
Cedric Benson led a meager rushing attack with 78 yards on 23 carries, while
Terrell Owens had 57 yards receiving on three catches.
Joe Flacco was inconsistent, setting a career-high with four interceptions. He
completed just 17-of-39 passes for 154 yards and a touchdown for the Ravens
(1-1), who beat the Jets, 10-9, in Week 1. Ray Rice carried the ball 16 times
for 87 yards, while Anquan Boldin had five receptions for 35 yards in defeat.
"You cannot win in this league with turnovers," said Ravens head coach John
Harbaugh. "That's been proven time and time again. Minus-four is not going to
get it done. We did it with minus-two last week -- we got it done. We have to
get this straightened out fast."
Billy Cundiff's 38-yard field goal with just under six minutes left put the
Ravens ahead, 10-9, but the Bengals responded to go ahead for good.
Bernard Scott returned the ensuing kickoff 60 yards to gain the Ravens' 41,
and a roughing the passer penalty put the ball on the Baltimore 26. The drive
stalled from there, and Nugent drilled his fourth field goal -- from 38 yards
away -- for a 12-10 advantage with 4 1/2 minutes left.
Flacco tried to answer for Baltimore, but was intercepted deep in Ravens
territory on the second play of the next drive. Nugent added a 25-yard field
goal soon after for a five-point Bengals lead with less than three minutes on
the clock.
The Ravens had one more opportunity to score the game-winning touchdown, but
Cincinnati's Chinedum Ndukwe came up with an interception on fourth down from
the Baltimore 23, sealing the game's outcome.
Both offenses stumbled early, but the Bengals got going a bit toward the end
of the first quarter.
Cincinnati converted a pair of third downs on a Benson five-yard run and
Jordan Shipley 10-yard catch, and the 13-play drive ended in the opening
moments of the second quarter on Nugent's 36-yard field goal.
Flacco was intercepted over the middle on the next drive, and Adam Jones was
able to return it 10 yards to the Baltimore 35. The ensuing drive stalled
inside the red zone, and Nugent doubled the Bengals' lead with a 30-yard field
Baltimore's offensive attack continued to struggle, managing just 77 yards in
the opening 30 minutes while scoring no points. The second half, though,
proved to be a different story, as the Ravens came out with a quick, effective
Flacco hit Ed Dickson for a 17-yard gain on the third play from scrimmage of
the second half and followed with a 19-yard completion to Todd Heap down to
the Cincinnati 33. Two plays later, he lofted a perfect pass into the arms of
Derrick Mason for a 31-yard touchdown and a 7-6 Baltimore lead.
Each team failed on its next two possessions, but the Bengals went ahead late
in the third. The Ravens sacked Palmer on third down from the Ravens' 34,
seemingly putting Cincinnati out of field goal range, but Ray Lewis was called
for a tripping penalty to keep the drive alive. Nugent eventually added a 46-
yard field goal with 14 seconds on the clock for a 9-7 advantage.
Game Notes
Despite the loss, the Ravens have yet to give up a touchdown this
season...Both teams struggled on third down. The Bengals went 3-of-18, while
the Ravens went 4-of-15...After allowing the Jets to convert 1-of-11 third
downs last week, the Ravens' defense has allowed a 12.5 percent conversion
rate on third down (4-of-32) this season...Flacco finished the first half with
just 23 yards passing, a career-low for the first half...Cincinnati has won
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The children of Larry and Joyce Toth would like to invite family and friends to help them celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary Saturday, Nov. 17 from 2 to 5 p.m. at the American Legion, 525 Railroad Drive, Elk River.
Your presence is your gift.
Anniversary ~ Larry and Joyce Toth