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Looking Like a Lawyer, Part 1: Women
This is the first of a two-part series on cultivating a lawyerly appearance. Author Maria E. Harris is a member of the Young Lawyers Division Executive Committee.
The following tips are based upon interviews with female attorneys selected for their reputations as classy, professional and stylish members of the bar. They range in age from thirties to fifties and have practiced in a variety of settings, from government to private practice, both plaintiff and defense.
Know your audience. Dressing as an attorney depends not only on who you are but also whom you are interacting with. It can vary depending on whether you are going to court, a networking event, appearing at the office or simply going to dinner with co-workers.
Just because it's technically within the dress code doesn't mean it's a good idea. Having interviewed partners in their 40s and 50s, I have an intimate view of the expectations for dressing as a young woman attorney.
Dressing up a little pays dividends. Women lawyers who are more established and experienced feel that, as young women, we should be more cognizant of how the way we present ourselves affects others' impressions of us. [Ed. note: The Young Lawyer editorial board recently made this same point.]
Whether in the office, court, presenting to a client or networking, dress to impress! Don't get comfortable if your office allows "business casual." Remember that someone is always watching. If your office does not require a suit, at the very least, young female attorneys should be dressed in appropriately fitting slacks or a skirt of appropriate length (not more than an inch above the knee—pencil skirts are classy and always the appropriate length) and either a blouse or button-down shirt.
Avoid provocative attire. Another tip from those that are more established and experienced is that young women should "tone down the sexy." We want our peers to respect us, not lust us. Accordingly, short skirts, cleavage and tight clothes should be avoided.
Individualize your look in proportion with your professional profile. More established attorneys, who have developed a reputation in the community and with their clients, have said that they have more latitude to dress a little "outside the box." For example, they may wear jewelry and colors they do not recommend for young associates. The point is, they recommend as young lawyers, we should err on the side of caution. Until you have a well established reputation for professionalism, idiosyncratic dress may lead to undesirable assumptions about one's competence and professionalism.
Hosiery. During summer months, there seems to be a consensus that a woman—as long as you have somewhat tan, smooth legs—you can go hose free. However, if you choose not to shave or you haven't tanned, you may want to wear pantyhose.
Skirts vs. pants. Most females attorneys, regardless of age, believe that both skirts or pants are acceptable when it comes to appearances in court, the office, client meetings, and other consequential occasions. There are those that believe, especially when appearing in court or where there are court reporters (e.g., depositions), you should wear a skirt suit. However, the majority of women attorneys I surveyed do not believe that is the case. A pant suit is just fine, in fact, some believe that a pant suit is actually safer, as you avoid the judgment that comes with a short skirt.
Shoes. The consensus is that heels are preferred with professional attire, although some women do prefer wearing flats, and of course, that is acceptable. Heels are favorable because, as women, the truth is that many of us are shorter than men and the obvious reason for wearing them is to bring us to a "leveled" and "finished" appearance.
Platforms are perfectly acceptable as long as they don't reach the "weekend attire" level. There is no universal height maximum for the platform, or the heel in general, but women should remember that they are professionals and style is welcomed, but you are not going to a nightclub.
Open-toed shoes are acceptable during the summer. However, a female attorney should not wear "strappy" sandals to court.
Jewelry. The opinions when it comes to jewelry vary. Some say anything goes (again, as long as you're not dressing for a weekend night out), while others think that there is a strategy behind jewelry. The consensus is, when it comes to court, events, or working in the office: one ring per hand, tasteful earrings (I know, this is subjective), a tasteful necklace (again, subjective) and a tasteful bracelet (same). It's difficult to define "tasteful" because it depends on the jewelry and outfit. Ladies, you have to use your discretion on this. If you are wearing a suit or other outfit with a lot going on, you may want to choose less attention-catching jewelry. However, if your outfit is plain, the right jewelry can make you stand out.
Trial. If you are on the defense end, remember – you may be fictionally be representing money; therefore, don't actually represent money. You may want to go as conservative as possible. In other words, lose any diamonds, and keep it conservative. [Ed. note: Lawyers of all other stripes should also be mindful of flashiness. Judges and juries want to see lawyers project confidence and success, but overdoing it can be distracting and even off-putting.]
Clients. If you are meeting with a client, you may want to look modest, yet refined and of course professional. Pearls (black or white, depending on the outfit) are historically a good move.
Colors. Again, depends on where you are going. Some women believe that any color goes when it comes to wearing suits – whether for client meetings or court. The majority, however, believe that when it comes to young attorneys—especially if you are young or on a defense team—you must stick to dark, conservative colors, i.e., black and blue. This, however, depends on age. Female attorneys in their 40's and above feel that it is perfectly acceptable to dress "outside the box." As young attorneys we are expected to be neutral as we are still developing our reputations. Either way, young or old, at the very least, female attorneys should stick to muted shades and nothing bright.
Power Suit. We all need a power suit with accessories for that super important court appearance or client meeting. This is the one you save in the back of your closet. Dark. Fits perfect. You feel like a million bucks.
Additional resources:
—"A Young Lawyer's Guide to Professional Dress," The Legal Intelligencer (July 27, 2011).
—"Look Like a Lawyer: Dress to Impress," Lawyerist (Jan. 7, 2011).
Jbette01 permalinkJune 18, 2012 6:29 pm
I strongly disagree with the shoe advice. Open toed shoes are not professional wear, plain and simple. This is particularly true if you choose not to wear pantyhose. Slingbacks may be acceptable if conservative. Anything more than a 3inch heel is for going out, not for the office.
And yes, I spent several years in the legal industry and no, I'm not ancient – late twenties! Sharpen up ladies, we have an impression to leave.
May 4, 2013 6:29 pm
I completely agree. Besides, ladies, we have to actually be comfortable in the shoes we wear. Higher than three inches or open toe that are not already worn in will cause blisters. You will need to focus on your work, not on the pain in your feet.
Also, professionalism is key but remember that as a woman you need to stand out. Adding a touch of soft pink here or there shows you are feminine while adding a red shell under your suit jacket or red shoes displays confidence(please remember to color coordinate rather than color block) Know your color wheel and use it to your advantage.


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Live Review: John Zorn – Electric Masada at Yoshi's
Behold the great and glorious wonder of music and its neverending mindbend. Behold works of greatness trailblazing and incomprehensible. Behold Electric Masada last night at Yoshi's.
Last night, Zorn ended his five-day residency at Yoshi's with an explosive band that made everyone in the San Francisco audience feel giddy and made his famous hardcore-jazz albums Naked City and Torture Garden seem like mere novelties in comparison. Electric Masada, an 8-piece grouping of John Zorn, Jamie Saft, Trevor Dunn, Kenny Wollensen, Joey Baron, Cyro Baptista, Ikue Mori and Marc Ribot is not something that can be easily described in words.
Here's some: Celestial roadkill. Controlled chaos. Blatant intensity. Eruptive slaughter. Unbridled jubilation.
The hyper-prolific Zorn, aged 55 with no trace of mellowing out, spent the evening with his back to the crowd, "playing" the seven other musicians like instruments with a series of complex hand signals. He'd point to Saft to play a solo, then wiggle his outstretched fingers to Baron, who'd rattle on the cymbals; he'd pull his hands apart and chop the air, whereupon the band would fall on a series of whole notes; he'd shake his finger up and down for Ribot to trill two notes, swing his arms up to increase Wollensen's volume or point rapidly to individual members in succession to create a stereo ping-pong effect before pointing at his head to take everyone back to the top.
It was an full-body galvanizing experience, somewhere between Alan Silva's Seasons, Black Sabbath's Masters of Reality and Andy Statman's Jewish Klezmer Music. On Thursday, while watching the Masada Quartet, the crowd was enveloped inside Zorn's music, trying to place its brain inside of his and meditating on how it might be mentally constructed. Last night there was no choice but to sit in the chair and let the waves of sound rush by.
Electric Masada is the great and ferocious culmination of jazz's goal toward spontaneous composition in action. During the third song, Ribot took a solo, in fits and starts. After nothing really gelled he gazed up at Zorn with a look that said, "Well, I'm done." Zorn ignored him, and kept working the rest of the band, pulling his hand at Ribot for him to keep going.
There's a certain frustrated freedom that comes with doing something you've indicated that you don't want to do, and it was with such freedom that Ribot's solo immediately transformed from a standard-issue blues-rock housing to the totally unique Marc Ribot that Zorn well knows looms right under the surface.
Suddenly wailing, Ribot held it down while Zorn motioned around the room for certain sections to fall apart, to go half-time, to stop entirely for a few seconds. Each twist brought out even more invention and snake-like tenacity in Ribot, and soon he didn't want to stop. Zorn bit his reed, leaned into the mic and growled his approval.
Baptista swung a plastic tube over his head. Zorn and Mori traded high-pitched saxophone and laptop tweets. Wollensen and Baron thundered in and out of time on two drum kits. Saft and Dunn held down what shards of groove were left on a vintage keyboard and bass. And then, Zorn banging his hand against Ribot's shoulder, he swirled his palm around and brought the whole thing to a forceful, sudden, distorted end.
No one in the standing ovation that followed is likely to ever forget it.
Tags: 2009, Cryo Baptista, Electric Masada, Joey Baron, John Zorn, Live, Marc Ribot, March 15, Review, San Francisco, Sunday, Trevor Dunn, Yoshi's


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Let's face it, if you are going to enjoy a cocktail in Las Vegas you are going to pay a premium. Good, bad or indifferent, and some drinks are indifferent; the cost is going to be similar. If you are going to pay the price of a Las Vegas drink, make it a good one. MGM properties have recently rolled out some exclusive spirits that bring back the flavor and creativity that a cocktail is supposed to encapsulate.
A wide variety of MGM properties and restaurants have taken their own expertise and combined it with that of some of the best spirit architects in the world to bring exclusive spirits to you. This really sets your cocktail experience apart from what you are normally going to find and trust me; you will immediately be able to tell the difference.
"It gives MGM Grand the opportunity to hand select a fine spirit with the qualities and characteristics that we believe our guests prefer," Dan Adams, Director of Food & Beverage at MGM Grand, stated. "We have room for all sorts of spirits. Our selections at the restaurants and bars are very extensive. We will continue with these spirits and add others in the future. "
If you are looking for a classy and elegant bar that has a lineup of spirits like no one else in Las Vegas, the Hit Lounge inside of Monte Carlo is for you. The Hit Lounge is home to the Monte Carlo Single Barrel Bourbon. The name says it all, single barrel meaning that one barrel was picked out and that is it, when it is gone it is gone and as you can probably guess when you are only picking one you are picking the top of the line. This single barrel edition is the crème de crème of the Knob Creek distillery. Carefully hand selected, one taste will tell you why. As soon as it hits your tongue there is not a taste bud that is not brought to life, you can see and smell the richness but to taste lets you know what a great bourbon really is.
Monte Carlo Director of Beverage Michael Macdonnell was part of the decision making process and stated that six different barrels of the best Knob Creek Bourbon were tasted before deciding on the Monte Carlo version. The cocktail menu that Michael has created for the Hit Lounge is loaded with classic cocktails such as the Sidecar. If you really want a drinking experience just put yourself in Michael's hands, he is going to make sure you get the tasting experience you deserve.
If you really want an experience and a lesson in mixology, the Hit Lounge offers tastings and mixology classes that you can purchase or you can go through your M life card and try this for free. I would recommend the bourbon tasting as it will allow you to taste Monte Carlo Single Barrel along with Bulleit Bourbon and a few others.
The Mirage realized it was a no-brainer who to work with, the one and only Jack Daniel's. They combined to create the Single Barrel Mirage Personal Selection, Serving the world's first charcoal-mellowed single barrel Tennessee whiskey. If whiskey is your drink of choice you can't miss the opportunity to take in the flavors of caramel, maple syrup and a touch of rye and licorice.
With a number of great Japanese restaurants in Las Vegas ordering Sake is commonplace so MGM Grand's Shibuya decided to do something to make Sake anything but common. Shibuya features three specialty sakes crafted by world-class distilleries. Sake makers Oomuraya Shuzo, Sakata Shuzo and Shirataki partnered with Shibuya to create sakes that highlight a wide range of tastes exclusively for Shibuya. Shibuya also realized that sake is not for everyone, so it came up with its own private beer label, SHIBUYA Pilsner. This pilsner is made by Joseph James Brewing Company in Henderson, Nevada. A great local beer that has a flavor profile created specifically to pair with Japanese food.
ARIA Resort & Casino has for its guests the Barrel Select Custom-Blended Woodford Reserve. The combination of two barrels of Woodford Reserve pairs the classic flavor profile of traditional mature bourbon with a specially aged whiskey, showcasing tastes of toffee, spice and apple, with a lingering smokiness. So flavorful, you can use the Woodford Reserve to make any cocktail special or you can really take in all the flavor by just enjoying it on the rocks.
"Woodford actually created the program where in this case, for the Double Oaked Bourbon, their Master Distiller, Chris Morris, selected three barrels of Double Oaked that he felt were balanced and had different and unique qualities," Adams said. "Then four representatives from our property and three experts from Woodford and Brown Forman, panel tasted the three bourbons to select the one we thought best suited our guests' preference."
Wine pairing has become fairly standard, but Celebrity chef Michael Mina took this idea a step further for enjoyment. He put together his own personal wine label to pair with the cuisine he creates as this Las Vegas restaurants that include; AMERICAN FISH at ARIA, MICHAEL MINA Bellagio and STRIPSTEAK at Mandalay Bay. You will be able to find wines such as Chartogne-Taillet Cuvée Michael Mina and the Qupé Syrah Cuvée Michael Mina. Honestly, who could make a better pairing than the chef who created the food as well as the wine?
Next time you are in Las Vegas step outside of your cocktail comfort zone and give one of the MGM exclusive spirits a try. You will soon find out that there is more to life than flavored vodka or a poorly made drink, look at your mixologist the same way you do a chef and enjoy it your cocktail the same way would world-class meal. Cheers!


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OCA and Antiochian Archdiocese to Launch Web Site Dedicated to the "Feast of Feasts"
The Orthodox Church in America and the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America are teaming up to launch a web site offering articles, photo galleries, and audio files celebrating Holy Pascha, the Resurrection of Jesus Christ, the "Feast of Feasts."
"OCA Communications is very excited to be working with the Antiochian Archdiocese's Department of Internet Ministry on this project," said OCA Director of Ministries and Communications, Archpriest Andrew Jarmus. "Every common initiative brings us one step closer to the unity that is critical to the future of Orthodoxy in North America. It is my hope that this will only be the first step in an ongoing, common Internet presence for our two jurisdictions."
"We celebrate the Sunday of Orthodoxy this weekend, and remember the one faith and the one cup that unite the Body of Christ worldwide," said Douglas Cramer, Chair of the Antiochian Archdiocese Department of Internet Ministry. "Our prayer is that collaborating across jurisdictional boundaries will bear fruit for our Lord, and that by using new media to instruct and inspire we will provide those in the Church - and beyond - with more gateways to the truth, goodness and beauty of His Holy Orthodox Church."
To be found at www.FeastofFeasts.org, content for the site will include current materials from the two Churches' respective web sites and print media, as well as new material and resources from both jurisdictions.
"FeastofFeasts.org" will be launched during the sixth week of Great Lent. Both directors expressed their common hope that this web site will help teach and edify the faithful as they prepare for the greatest of all holy days: the Resurrection of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.


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Today, some television broadcasts featuring the news of a significant Star Wars auction in which Luke Skywalker's lightsaber sold for $200,000 showed a clip of Luke fighting Boba Fett in Return of the Jedi. Was it an accident that Boba Fett made primetime?
Maybe some television producers are Boba Fett fans.
Or else Lucasfilm was responsible, providing broadcast and online news outlets with Luke and Fett as motion picture, or in a less-dated case, Jango as publicity still.
The only online record may just be CNN, with first up in illustration: George Lucas and Fett, of the Jango variety.
The items were offered by Gary Kurtz, VP of Lucasfilm from 1973 to 1981, who producer of the first two Star Wars films.


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Virginia Real Estate Businessman Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Mortgage and Investment Fraud Schemes
WASHINGTON – Alexander Otis Matthews, a Virginia real estate businessman, was sentenced today to 10 years in prison in connection with mortgage and investment schemes to obtain more than $12 million in fraudulent loans.
The sentencing was announced by Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department's Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Neil H. MacBride of the Eastern District of Virginia, U.S. Attorney Rod J. Rosenstein of the District of Maryland, Assistant Director James W. McJunkin of the FBI's Washington Field Office and Special Agent in Charge Richard McFeely of the FBI's Baltimore Field Office.
Matthews, 46, of Dunn Loring, Va., also was ordered by U.S. District Judge Liam O'Grady to forfeit $7.9 million, which represented the proceeds of the mortgage fraud schemes. In addition, Judge O'Grady ordered Matthews to pay $5,055,250 in restitution to his victims, including three lending entities and 12 private investors, and to serve five years of supervised release following his prison term.
Matthews pleaded guilty on July 15, 2011, in U.S. District Court in the Eastern District of Virginia to one count of bank fraud and one count of wire fraud. Matthews was charged with bank fraud on Nov. 17, 2010, in an indictment filed in the District of Maryland and charged with wire fraud on Feb. 17, 2011, in an indictment filed in the Eastern District of Virginia.
In his guilty plea, Matthews admitted that between November 2005 and May 2011, he orchestrated at least three mortgage fraud schemes in which he used "straw borrowers" with good credit scores to apply for and obtain nearly $11.5 million in fraudulent loans relating to three northern Virginia residential properties. Matthews did so by causing lenders to receive false and inflated income information about the straw borrowers, and Matthews submitted forged and fraudulent documentation to lenders purporting to verify that false information. After attempting to refinance the loans and forestall foreclosure, Matthews ultimately defaulted on the loans for each of the three properties.
According to court documents, from approximately September 2006 through July 2011, Matthews also engaged in a fourth, related scheme to obtain more than $1 million in fraudulent loans from at least 11 residents of Maryland and Virginia. Matthews obtained the loans by promising those individuals high rates of return over short periods of time in exchange for money that Matthews claimed he would invest in various property ventures. Matthews later defaulted on each of those loans, generally paying back no more than 10 percent of the borrowed amounts.
Matthews perpetrated his schemes through various purported real estate entities, including American Investments Real Estate Corporation (AIREC), AIREC Realty, Kibra Construction, Ezana Corporation and Farmville Group LLC.
According to court documents, Matthews continued his criminal behavior after his arrest and while under court supervision. In December 2010, Matthews mailed $1,000 to known witnesses he had been ordered not to contact, and in March 2011, Matthews filed a fraudulent bankruptcy petition using an alias. Similarly, in December 2010 and May 2011, Matthews submitted fraudulent documents to one of the lenders for his northern Virginia properties in which he forged the straw purchaser's signature without authorization. In June 2011, Matthews was arrested and detained for these violations of his pretrial release conditions.
The case is being prosecuted by Trial Attorneys Ryan S. Faulconer and Peter A. Frandsen of the Criminal Division's Fraud Section, as well as Assistant U.S. Attorney Jack Hanly for the Eastern District of Virginia. The case is being investigated by the FBI's Washington and Baltimore Field Offices, with substantial assistance from the Montgomery County, Md., State's Attorney's Office and the Alexandria, Va., Office of the U.S. Trustee.
President Obama established the Financial Fraud Enforcement Task Force to wage an aggressive, coordinated and proactive effort to investigate and prosecute financial crimes. The task force includes representatives from a broad range of federal agencies, regulatory authorities, inspectors general, and state and local law enforcement who, working together, bring to bear a powerful array of criminal and civil enforcement resources. The task force is working to improve efforts across the federal executive branch, and with state and local partners, to investigate and prosecute significant financial crimes, ensure just and effective punishment for those who perpetrate financial crimes, combat discrimination in the lending and financial markets, and recover proceeds for victims of financial crimes.


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FeedHenry has just launched its Mobile Application Platform on the Cloud Foundry open Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS). The company wants to address the reality we now see where the majority of new application development is being done "mobile-first".
However, says FeedHenry, developers are building mobile frontend applications separately and then integrating them with backend services manually. To leverage the benefits of PaaS for mobile applications properly, developers need an easy way to develop cross-platform applications on the PaaS.
The company claims that its new platform is the only cloud-based mobile application route for developers to build HTML5, JavaScript, and CSS apps with a fully integrated Node.js backend on Cloud Foundry.
"We are seeing a shift to mobile-first development within enterprises, which requires their PaaS solution to provide an integrated mobile development and deployment platform," said Jerry Chen, vice president of cloud and application services at VMware. "FeedHenry's cross-platform mobile development solution can make it easier and faster for Cloud Foundry developers to build and deploy these applications."
The platform allows the use of any third-party JavaScript library on the client side and any JavaScript Node.js modules on the server-side. The server-side business and integration logic is developed using JavaScript and developers can use any of the standard FeedHenry APIs for integration, caching, storage, and encryption.


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I started teaching Python to 8th graders years ago. We were already teaching it to all of our 9th graders, so I talked the 8th grade computer teacher into it (pretty easy since a) she was as very smart woman, and b) I was sort of her boss 😉 ) so that we could build a little buzz for programming before kids made it to high school. I started them just with IDLE and some text based programs, followed by some stuff from the LiveWires lessons and it was a modest success.
However… I felt I was spending too much time on the mechanics of using the environment and not enough on the actual prorgramming. This mattered since we could only carve two weeks out of the existing curriculum for the programming unit. I'd also switched to a curriculum completely based on using Python's built-in turlte module, which became much easier when some us added several tweaks to the library for the 2.5 release, and even easier when Gregor Lingl's brilliant x-turtle was adopted as the replacement for the turtle library in Python 2.6.
Still, I wanted an even more supportive environment than IDLE. I wanted something that would take care of saving – kids forgetting to save was pain in the rear, and a good way to kill their enthusiasm. I also wanted something that would offer help on the commands as they were starting out. Not code completion, exactly – for novices that can more confusing, but something that would enable them to find the command they wanted easily without leaving the enviroment.
So… I created my own. I used it and thought it worked pretty well, but never really got around to promoting it. Then Simón Ruiz started using it to teach our 9th grade class. Simón polished and refined the interface based on his experience and testing, and the result, if I do say so, is worth a look if you want to teach Python to kids using the turtle. It has the great advantage of being a single file, so installation is easy, and its only dependency is that it requires Tkinter and IDLE.
At the moment Turtlelab isn't really under active development – I've since left teaching and Simón has other assignments, but I believe he's considering a blog post or two in the near future focussing on it.
Rather than explain it in great detail, I'm sharing the link to the BitBucket repository and you can go play with it yourself. And if you really like it and want to use it, please do. If you like it even more and want to take it over, please let us know – we love to have it in use and under development.


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Both Facebook and Google are looking to invest in music-video service Vevo, according to reports.
Sources say that the search titan and social network have been in negotiations with Vevo to buy an equity stake, the New York Post reported. Both are competing for ad revenue from the service. Vevo is a joint venture between Universal Music Group, Sony Music and the Abu Dhabi Media Co. and valued at $1 billion. It reportedly has $150 million in annual revenue.
Right now, Vevo does license its content already to Google's YouTube as well as streaming videos through mobile apps and its website. However, its YouTube deal -- which gives Vevo a third of the ad revenue -- is over at the end of the year. While it negotiated with Google, it also started talking with Facebook.
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Vevo does have some power in the talks. It had 48 million unique visitors in April and is the third-biggest online video destination (following Google and Yahoo.) But while a regular startup might consider just selling it all, it is partly owned by Universal and Sony, who may have different agendas. Currently, Universal has 51 percent and Sony has 29 percent of the service.
None of the companies involved commented on the report.
Music, along with music videos, is popular with younger users -- something that Google and Facebook know. So will Google be willing to take a hit on ad revenue rather than let Facebook get Vevo? Our vote here is yes, but Facebook's chief executive Mark Zuckerberg is known for making impulsive billion-dollar deals, so Vevo could find a more lucrative deal with the social network.


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Where is Corporate and Securities Litigation Headed Post-Crisis?
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Date and Time
- Monday, April 12, 2010 from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice
The University of San Diego School of Law's new Center for Corporate and Securities Law invites you to a panel discussion titled, "Where is Corporate and Securities Litigation Headed Post-Crisis?" featuring corporate and securities litigation experts:
Panelists will discuss trends in the aftermath of the financial crisis, including the changes in the nature and extent of state court filings in Delaware and the approaches taken in recent federal securities class action lawsuits against major financial institutions.
Brian R. Cheffins
S.J. Berwin Professor of Corporate Law, University of Cambridge, Faculty of Law
William S. Lerach
Founder and former partner, Lerach Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & Robbins LLP
Frank Partnoy
George E. Barrett Professor of Law and Finance,
University of San Diego School of Law
Admission is free of charge, but RSVP is required by phone (619) 260-6848 or e-mail. First-reserved, first-seated. If you wish to have confirmation of your reservation e-mailed to you, please indicate your wish in your reservation request.
The University of San Diego School of Law is a State Bar of California Approved MCLE provider and certifies that this activity is approved for one hour of general credit.
Directions & Parking
The panel discussion will take place at the Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice on the University of San Diego campus.
Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice
Peace & Justice Theatre, First Floor
University of San Diego
5998 Alcalá Park, San Diego CA 92110
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Not exactly "Stop the presses!" level stuff, but sometimes it's nice to know you can put down the worry beads.
Rob Marshall, who's Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides" is out May 20, has signed on to reunite with Johnny Depp for a remake of "The Thin Man," according to an oven-fresh press release:
Rob Marshall and John DeLuca have officially signed on to the Warner Bros. planned remake of THE THIN MAN. The pair will produce the film via their LUCAMAR Productions banner. Award-winning director Marshall is also confirmed to direct...
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Says Marshall, "John and I are overjoyed at the idea of working with Johnny again, especially on such a classy and classic project. We are also thrilled to be partnering this time with such wonderful producers as Christi Dembroski and Kevin McCormick, and we are looking forward to working with Warner Bros. to create a reinvention of a beloved story."
Remaking a film as funny, smart and great as "The Thin Man" is a daunting task to say the least, but having Depp in the role that made William Powell famous is a good start. Let's hope they do equally well casting his wife, who was played to perfection by Myrna Loy. As for Asta, my dog could play that part.


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Emission-Free Energy Certificates help commercial and industrial customers measure environmental benefit of purchasing low-carbon electricity
KENNETT SQUARE, PA (March 10, 2009) - Exelon Energy, the competitive retail energy marketing subsidiary of Exelon Corporation, unveiled a product designed to help customers demonstrate their commitment to limit air pollutants associated with the electricity they use. This new product, an Emission-Free Energy Certificate (EFEC), will initially be offered as part of a pilot program to select commercial and industrial customers who have existing agreements with Exelon Energy.
"Our customers have overwhelmingly expressed a need for low-carbon products," said Kenneth Cornew, Senior Vice President, Exelon Corporation and President, Exelon Energy. "We have committed to this program with the hope that the Emission-Free Energy Certificate will provide a convenient vehicle for our customers to purchase electricity in an environmentally friendly manner. Based upon the feedback we receive from the pilot, we plan to offer the Emission-Free Energy Certificate as part of our regular product offerings to the marketplace later this year."
PJM Environmental Information Services (PJM EIS), a company that reports and tracks environmental and emissions attributes for electricity suppliers, defines Emission-Free Energy as electric power output from a generating unit that does not directly produce any emissions of sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxide or carbon dioxide in the generation of electricity. Eligible fuel types include new and existing: solar photovoltaic, solar thermal, wind, hydro, nuclear, tidal energy and wave energy. Exelon Energy will issue EFECs at no cost to participating customers, allowing them to understand the environmental benefits of purchasing electricity supplied from low-carbon generation sources such as nuclear power. Customers who participate can use EFECs to compare the impact of emission-free generation sources to the standard blend of generation resources available in the region. For example, an Illinois customer holding enough EFECs to cover 100 percent of the electricity usage of a 500 kilowatt (kW) facility for a year could claim carbon dioxide avoidance equivalent to 359 acres of trees or 289 passenger vehicles removed from the road for a year.
David F. Vite, President & CEO of the Illinois Retail Merchants Association, whose members participate in an affinity group procurement program with Exelon Energy, says IRMA members welcome the opportunity to be partners in this first-of-its-kind initiative.
"We've received tremendous response from the leaders of both independent and national businesses operating in Illinois. They take pride in their role as good stewards of the planet, and this program gives them exactly what they've waited for - official certification of clean energy use recognized throughout the country," Vite said. "We salute Exelon Energy for being at the forefront of this effort and we're excited to move forward with them in this important project."
The Emission-Free Energy Certificates will be tracked by the Generation Attributes Tracking System (GATS), which is managed by PJM EIS. The GATS tracks the environmental attributes of electricity generation and supports reporting, compliance and verification requirements for environmental compliance and voluntary markets.
Exelon Generation's nuclear fleet, the largest in the nation, is the primary source for EFECs. In addition to EFECs, Exelon Energy offers Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs) generated by renewable energy resources. Exelon Generation's emission-free portfolio enables Exelon Energy to offer these environmental products at a competitive cost. Its assets include two hydroelectric facilities on the Susquehanna River and the second largest landfill gas facility in the country. Additionally, Exelon Energy's sources for RECs include power purchase agreements with wind farms in Pennsylvania, Illinois and West Virginia, and two solar facilities located in and just outside of Philadelphia.
Since 1998, Exelon Energy has been supplying natural gas and electricity to commercial and industrial customers in the Midwest.
"As we have for the past 10 years, we are committed to making a difference to our customers and the communities we serve," adds Cornew. "The Emission-Free Energy Certificate is another of Exelon Energy's contributions to our company's overall environmental policy and we're optimistic about the program's chances for success."
The EFECs program is part of Exelon 2020: A Low-Carbon Roadmap, Exelon Corporation's plan to reduce, offset or displace more than 15 million metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions per year by 2020. This is more than the company's current annual carbon footprint and equivalent to taking nearly 3 million cars off the road. The three prongs of Exelon 2020 are: (1) reduce or offset Exelon's carbon footprint by greening its operations; (2) help its customers and the communities it serves reduce their greenhouse gas emissions; and (3) offer more low-carbon electricity in the marketplace.


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Wild Inks Palmieri To One-Year Dealby Mike Doyle / Minnesota Wild
The Minnesota Wild has signed forward Nick Palmieri to a one-year, two way deal.
Palmieri signed an American Hockey League deal to start the season and posted 19 points (9-10=19), 33 penalty minutes (PIM) and a plus-9 rating in 36 games with Houston this season. The Aeros released Palmieiri from his AHL-SPC (standard player contract), allowing him to sign a new NHL contract with the Wild.
During yesterday's controlled scrimmage at Wild Training Camp, Palmieri skated on the wing with Jake Dowell and Stephane Veilleux.
The 23-year-old played in nine games with the Wild in 2011-12 after being acquired from New Jersey along with D Kurtis Foster, Veilleux, a second-round pick in the 2012 NHL Entry Draft (LW Raphael Bussieres) and a conditional pick in the 2013 NHL Entry Draft in exchange for D Marek Zidlicky on Feb. 24, 2012.
The 6-foot-3, 220-pound native of Utica, N.Y., adds size and depth to the Wild's roster. In 87 career NHL games, he has totaled 25 points (13-12=25) and 20 PIM. He was selected by the Devils in the third round (79th overall) of the 2007 NHL Entry Draft.
The Wild will host an Intra-Squad Scrimmage, with Houston Aeros players, on Wednesday, Jan. 16 at Xcel Energy Center as a part of "Wild Wednesday." The game will be broadcast on FOX Sports North and KFAN at 7 p.m.


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America's latest stealth fighter just got heavier, slower and more sluggish.
For the second time in a year, the Pentagon has eased the performance requirements of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF). The reduced specs – including a slower acceleration and turning rate – lower the bar for the troubled trillion-dollar JSF program, allowing it to proceed toward full-rate production despite ongoing problems with the plane's complex design. Under the old specs, the stealth fighter, due to enter service in 2018 or 2019, probably wouldn't pass its Pentagon-mandated final exams.
At the same time, newly identified safety problems could force F-35-smith Lockheed Martin to add fire-suppression gear that will only increase the plane's weight and further decrease its maneuverability. The JSF is meant to be a jack of all trades, equally capable of dropping bombs and fighting other aircraft – the latter requiring extreme nimbleness in the air.
For the pilots who will eventually take the F-35 into combat, the JSF's reduced performance means they might not be able to outfly and outfight the latest Russian- and Chinese-made fighters. Even before the downgrades, some analysts questioned the F-35's ability to defeat newer Sukhoi and Shenyang jets. Despite the JSF's lower specs, Lockheed bizarrely claims its new plane is now more maneuverable than every other fighters in the world except the company's own F-22.
In short, the F-35 program is losing altitude as Lockheed's claims grow loftier. The result is a widening gulf between expectations and reality for a jet that's supposed to represent the backbone of U.S. air power for the next 50 years.
The latest bad news came in mid-January the form of the annual weapons-testing report (.pdf) overseen by J. Michael Gilmore, the Defense Department's Director of Operational Test and Evaluation. The report revealed that the government's F-35 program office had changed performance specs for all three JSF variants: the Air Force's F-35A; the vertical-landing Marine Corps F-35B; and the carrier-launched F-35C flown mainly by the Navy.
"The program announced an intention to change performance specifications for the F-35A, reducing turn performance from 5.3 to 4.6 sustained g's and extending the time for acceleration from 0.8 Mach to 1.2 Mach by eight seconds," Gilmore's report stated. The F-35B and F-35C also had their turn rates and acceleration time eased. The B-model jet's max turn went from 5.0 to 4.5 g's and its acceleration time to Mach 1.2 was extended by 16 seconds. The F-35C lost 0.1 g off its turn spec and added a whopping 43 seconds to its acceleration.
The changes likely reflect higher-than-expected drag on the JSF's single-engine airframe, according to Bill Sweetman of Aviation Week. The implications for frontline pilots are pretty serious. Less maneuverability makes the F-35 more vulnerable in a dogfight. And the slower acceleration means the plane can spend less time at top speed. "A long, full-power transonic acceleration burns a lot of fuel," Sweetman explained.
This is not the first time the Pentagon has altered its standards to give the JSF a pass. In early 2012, the military granted the F-35 a longer takeoff run than originally required and tweaked the plane's standard flight profile in order to claw back some of the flying range lost to increasing weight and drag.
Despite the F-35 growing heavier, slower and more sluggish by the Pentagon's own admission, Lockheed insists its product is still the second most maneuverable warplane in existence. Company test pilot Billy Flynn told Flight's Dave Majumdar that the JSF accelerates better and flies at higher angles than every other fighter except the Lockheed-made F-22. "The F-35 is comparable or better in every one of those metrics, sometimes by a significant margin," Flynn said.
Majumdar promptly ran Flynn's claims past several active-duty military test pilots. The feedback was not surprising in light of Lockheed's history of overselling the JSF. One Navy aviator called Lockheed's boasts "fantastical." An F-22 pilot expressed his doubt that the jet manufacturer has accurate data on the F-35's flight energy and maneuverability so early in testing. "The reality is that I would be floored if they had accurate E-M diagrams right now," the F-22 flier said.
In any event, the F-35 is likely to get even less maneuverable as development continues. Gilmore's report warned that the F-35A's tightly-packed airframe has essentially zero room for weight growth without losing nimbleness. "The program will need to continue rigorous weight management through the end of [development] to avoid performance degradation and operational impacts."
But in the same report, the Pentagon admitted to a chain of safety problems that could force Lockheed to add weight to the radar-evading plane. Extra mass doesn't necessarily affect the JSF's ability to avoid detection, but it does impact maneuverability. Several years ago, to save around 50 pounds, the F-35's designers removed some fuel safety valves. As a result, the JSF is now 25 percent more likely to burn if struck by enemy weapons, making it "overall more vulnerable [to fire] than most" older warplanes, Jennifer Elzea, a DOT&E spokesperson, told Bloomberg.
The Pentagon should tell Lockheed to "immediately reinstall" the valves, Rep. James Moran, a Virginia Democrat on the House Defense Appropriations subcommittee, wrote in a letter to the Defense Department dated Feb. 5.
If and when that happens, expect yet another downward revision of the F-35's performance specs, as America's future jet fighter grows steadily more disappointing.


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Coldplay Light Up Stadium With 'Hurts Like Heaven' in 'Live 2012′ Clip
By now, Coldplay fans worldwide are probably set to watch the band on television, online, and on apps during their 'Live 2012' tour film, brought to us by Epix. The premiere of the original concert event will air on Nov. 17 and will be made available for purchase on Nov. 20, and with this clip of the band performing 'Hurts Like Heaven,' it looks as thought everyone prepping for the final viewing will be in for a helluva night.
Lights upon lights upon lights fill the audience and stage at Paris's Stade de France, Montreal's Bell Centre and Glastonbury Festival (we're not sure where exactly the band is in this clip), but Coldplay adds fireworks to their already amazing opening, and energetic lead singer Chris Martin doesn't disappoint in the enthusiasm department.
Perhaps most fun is watching the reactions from the crowd and seeing the numerous lighting effects the band chose to display on their 'Mylo Xyloto' tour. From fluorescent words scrolling across the screen to handheld lights and electric wheels, this concert proves to be one for the books.
Said Chris Martin about the tour:
The Mylo Xyloto tour has been the most fun we've ever had as a band. It's felt very uplifting right from the start; partly because we are proud of the music, the LED wristbands, the pyrotechnics, the lasers and all of that stuff, but mainly because of the amazing audiences that we've been playing for. Over the years, our crowd has become more and more a part of the concert itself. They're loud, diverse, full of soul, and make the songs sound much better than we can on our own. We wanted to try to bottle the incredible feeling that they give us, and hence our concert film."
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Beaufort native Joy Teel is the February Artist of the Month at the New Bern-Craven County Public Library.
Beaufort native Joy Teel is the February Artist of the Month at the New Bern-Craven County Public Library.
The annual Black History Month exhibit is sponsored by Delta Sigma Theta Sorority.
A public reception of the opening is scheduled, featuring Teel on Feb. 6 at 7 p.m. in the Hayden Jones Auditorium at the Johnson Street library.
Teel, who now lives in Columbia, S.C., is a graduate of North Carolina A&T State University.
Her preferred medium is acrylic paints, but she has worked with oils, pastels and watercolor. Her art training has consisted of YouTube videos, books and PBS programs.
She said her talents and skills are �a blessing from God.�
�The Black History Month artist exhibit is a time when the talent of an African-American artist is recognized,� said Tiffany Dove of the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority. �It also gives the artist exposure and a place to not only exhibit, but tell the story behind the art.�
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority was founded 101 years ago on the campus of Howard University by 22 undergraduates whose focus was community service.
The New Bern Alumnae Chapter was chartered 60 years ago with nine members and has been active in Craven, Jones, Pamlico and Carteret Counties since its inception.


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MONTREAL - Last week, Time magazine released its European issue with three chefs on its cover. Under a photo of these three men — David Chang, René Redzepi and Alex Atala — was the title: The Gods of Food: Meet the people who influence what (and how) you eat.
Inside is a family tree of sorts showing 57 restaurant "star" chefs (including Montreal's David McMillan and Fred Morin) and 13 international food personalities who are considered the most influential today. There's also a separate article about "The Dudes of Food," cover boys Redzepi, Chang and Atala. "They are three of the best and best known chefs in the world," said the magazine, "and also best buds. Their friendship and openness reflect the new, more open world of the haute cuisine, a positive step away from the secretive and egotistical realm of old."
It all sounds so exciting, doesn't it, this bold new cuisine that's so friendly and open? And yet as much as this new wave of chefs may be less secretive and egotistical, it appears to be as male-driven as ever.
The Time feature did not include one woman chef. Whoa.
No surprise, that omission caused an outcry. Where was the iconic Alice Waters? Where was the Californian superstar Suzanne Goin? Where was the queen of badass cooks Gabrielle Hamilton? Where was that French perfectionist Anne-Sophie Pic? Where were all the pastry chefs? Nowhere.
The blogosphere was on fire with women — and men! — rightfully claiming the list was a "bro fest," a "male love-in." On the LA Weekly blog, Besha Rodell wrote: "It's almost too depressing to ponder: Time Magazine has come out with a food issue, and it's as if the authors have forgotten that women exist in the world at all."
Though every scathing word is worth a read (my favourite is the awesome reply by New York chef Amanda Cohen of Dirt Candy, who calls the Time family tree, "a chart of the boys club" — touché!), the Time feature editor Howard Chua-Eoan tried to justify his all-male choices. To the website Eater.com, his explanation went as such: "We did not want to fill a quota of a woman chef. We wanted to go with reputation and influence."
Alice Waters almost made the cut, he said, but their choices simply reflected the "harsh reality" of the culinary world, and that the media has no obligation to "advocate for anything" when it comes to the gender gap among famous chefs. "There was no attempt to exclude women," he said, "we just went with the basic realities of what was going on and who was being talked about."
Truth is, Chua-Eoan is right about that reality. Take a closer look at the Time lineup and there's no missing that many of these chefs have spent a lot of time together bonding at international food symposiums like MAD and Cook it Raw, where the number of swooning journalists often outnumber the chefs involved and few female chefs are ever asked to join the fun. Yet, Time's decision to go with the "bro" flow is not only disappointing, but regressive. And Time is not alone in its evaluation. The highly influential World's 50 Best restaurants list ranks not one women chef in its Top 50. Same goes for Paris's L'Express magazine, which recently named its 15 new-generation bistro chefs with nary a woman among them. Closer to home, the Radio-Canada television program Les Chefs counts four male chefs in its cast — a shame considering so many of the contestants are female.
Yet, if Time's exclusion has done any good, it would be placing the question on the table once again as to whether women can break through the glass ceiling of haute cuisine. Or will their presence in the food world be limited to that of second-tier chefs, TV cooks and cookbook authors?
My money would be on the latter, and that's fine by me. Most of the food world is too politically correct to admit it, but women may never break through the top end of the chef stratosphere because of their personality. To get to the top, being tough is not enough. You have to be a barracuda. Maybe in interviews, star chefs seem charming, but behind that swinging kitchen door, they're hard as nails. And if a woman were to take on as intense a mental mind frame in the kitchen as, say, Thomas Keller or Alain Passard, good luck finding men to listen to them or work for them.
Take a hard look at how the world's best kitchens operate and it's clear that women don't dominate the upper echelon of the chef world for the same reason they aren't generals in the army and are rarely presidents of countries, movie directors, ship captains and orchestra conductors. It's not because of lesser intelligence, lack of creativity or inferior tastebuds. It's not even about the need for maternity leave or a lack of work ethic or ego. The best female chefs have put all of those prejudices to rest. But the reliance on soul-destroying methods to get the job done is better suited to the male psyche.
And, you know, why not give men that? The top male chefs are not only exacting and driven, they're mean. Yes, mean! To be one of a handful of the world's best chefs, you have to be a ball breaker. There will always be great women chefs, but I don't ever see a women being THE BEST because they don't have that frightening combination of blind ambition, nagging fanaticism, unwavering toughness, unflinching arrogance and desire to prove oneself no matter what. And there's absolutely nothing wrong with that.
I admire those qualities in the world's top chefs. They are generals, they are leaders, they are uncompromising. They don't just thrive on the power, they revel in it! Well, at least the best ones do. They have nightmares about unwiped plate rims, disorganized walk-ins, sloppy knife cuts and Michelin inspectors in their dining rooms on a daily basis. The stress is excruciating. It's a dog-eat-dog atmosphere in the professional kitchen, and the cooks not pulling their weight are up for destruction. A reign of terror rules. Who in their right mind wants to be a part of that? Maybe women are simply too smart to put up with that day in, day out.
So, let the Time magazine chefs continue to network together in their boys' clubs, seminars and symposiums, where they bond over topics like curtailing waste, vacuum-packing and hunting alligator while patting each other on the back between sips of craft bourbon. More power to 'em! It's a sport to get to where they are. They earned their top spots.
And as for the women getting the attention they deserve, here's an idea: How about the food journalists who hang on all these guys' every last thought about foraging and food trucks pay some attention to the countless brilliant women on the scene who are doing a bang-up job of finding a place in this male-dominated landscape. Let's put them on those judging panels, let's ask their opinion on high-end cooking instead of just, "what it's like to be a woman in the kitchen?" Let's get them in on the media action as part of the whole instead of sticking them in a ghetto of another lady-chef list. Let's stop treating them like the exception to the rule. Because unless Margaret Thatcher is reincarnated into the next Alexis Carrington or Camille Claudel of haute cuisine, the "bro and co." chef coverage is going to be male driven for years to come.


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What did I just do? I'm going to regret and everything I just said. I hope speaking my mind won't destroy our friendship or whatever it is that we have.
Saturday, May 19, 2012
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I work for Mozilla and my role since 2016 is to reboot the Firefox Nightly channel so as to get back the love of the geeks and get them involved in the very production process of Mozilla. Either we get them back or we disappear. If you feel like you have some technical skills that could help (and that doesn't mean coding!), help Mozilla get back to its roots compete and beat Chrome, contact me or ping me on IRC in the #nightly channel.
Mozilla contributor since 2001 in Events organization, Tech evangeslism, community building, extension writing, a few patches in Firefox UI, localization, support and marketing projects, Press Relations, QA and technical community building (yeah, you get to do a lot of different things in 15 years ;) )
I used to be the first Mozilla spokesperson for Spain and helped create the first sites in Spanish about Mozilla.
I created mozfr.org and am one of the French community leaders.
I participated in creating several major Mozilla portals, projects and tools. I wrote one of the first books about Firefox and Thunderbird published in France in 2005 :)
I am a FLOSS hacktivist, Linux user and as a PHP programmer I lead the Transvision project with a few other mozillians, patches welcome btw ;)
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For the last few months my genealogy research has taken a back seat while I finished my final semester of law school and studied for and took the Bar exam (and hopefully passed it!). Now I am finally free of school obligations. I am not completely free as I now have to go from excessive studying to be a lawyer to excessive working as a lawyer. Still, I hope to squeeze in the time for a post a week on this blog.
I have a large backlog of information that I have collected over the last few months that I need to process and organize into posts. Some of my finds have been quite exciting and I really hope to get the time to post about them soon. I have contacted other researchers who gave me a wealth of information on my wife's family. I also have received a large set of obituaries for the Frank family that I hope to post soon. There have also been numerous updates to other related families in my tree. I will spotlight some of the more interesting people in these less well known parts of my tree through regular "Spotlight" posts.
It will take me a while to get a lot of this information digitized and organized enough for publication. Until then, here is a status update on the various families of interest in my research:
Frank (my father's family): I have obtained numerous obituaries for my earliest Frank ancestors. These included the obituary of my earliest known Frank ancestor, Jacob Frank. His obituary (actually, several obituaries in various local papers) confirm many of my theories about him, including his town of origin and his occupations.
Sullivan (my mother's family): My mother has provided me her family photo album which contains a wonderful collection of old family photographs of ancestors going back to the Civil War. I am currently scanning these photographs when I have free time. Unfortunately, most all of the photographs are unlabled. I am trying to identify as many photographs as I can. I am hopeful this will help me identify some current Sullivan relations.
Dickson (my paternal grandmother's family): I have begun writing the story of this family for a blog post. I have one major missing link in this family that I am trying to resolve first. I was hopeful to answer some questions about this family when I took a recent trip to Raleigh, North Carolina for a wedding. Raleigh is home to the State Archives, which have the old court records for all NC counties. Unfortunately, the office was closed for an extended Memorial Day holiday while I was there. I will either write to them or contact other researchers that might have the information before I post.
Roberts (my wife's father's family): I have been in contact with a few researchers who have extensive information on this family. I am also going to a Roberts Family Reunion in Owensboro Kentucky next weekend. After this I will try and post my findings.
Ebelhar (my wife's mother's family): As I have previously mentioned, I found out a great deal of information on this family. My wife's mother's families have especially interesting stories to them, including murder and other shocking deaths. I simply have too much information to sort out right now, and will need to get that done before I write some posts.
I also have updated information on several related families in Missouri, Indiana and Kentucky, including the following surnames: Beasley, Gruenewald, Hickey, Kelley, Riney, Runge, Shelton, Shields and Weber. If you are a researcher interested in any of these surnames in these areas, please contact me!
Thursday, August 6, 2009
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Labels: Callaway County Missouri, Daviess County Kentucky, Dickson, Ebelhar, Frank, Roberts, St. Louis Missouri, Sullivan
5 comments:
- Ambar said...
I have Kelly/Kelley in the Union City, Randolph County, Indiana area who intermarried with Sullivans in lines collateral to me. See http://ambararabians.com/blog/2009/02/my-brickwall-ancestor-john-kelly-1840-1905/ for the top of my Kelly line currently --
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Thanks for the comment! I sent you an email with a research tip that might help you out. Hope it helps!
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Today we celebrate the unsung hero of the trade show, the creepy guy who stops at nothing to acquire the perfect shot of a girl who probably hates him.
The creepy SLR guy always carries a camera—often two or more—and uses amatuer cosplayers and paid models alike as some part of a bizarre mating ritual involving using a zoom lens (his not so indiscreet phallus) from three feet away.
So from now on, every time you browse some shady forum looking at a girl dressed up as a Final Fantasy character while showing a tad too much cleavage, know that this is how it really happened. Her legs aren't glistening in the light; they're covered in second hand sweat and geek pheromones. And a single hot shower can't undo that viscous coating. Sources: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20
A special thanks to Erica Ho for trudging through some truly nasty waters to acquire these shots.


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Longyuan's choice of non-Chinese wind turbines underscores the challenges faced by Chinese manufacturers as they seek to start exporting in volume.
Because Chinese original equipment manufacturers have almost exclusively gained experience only in their home market, their technology is still seen as too risky by most major developers and financers in North America and Europe.
"As the competition grows across the global wind industry, the most cost effective projects with the best technology will win," said Vic Abate, GE's vice president of renewable energy.
GE turbines will have to meet Ontario's requirement for 50% local content, as required under the province's Green Energy Act.


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Borders has announced the finalists for its 2003 Original Voices award, and Jennifer Government is one of them! I've never felt so warm and fuzzy toward a chain store. Although I can't help but wonder if the idea of going after Barnes & Noble with a private army really tickled Borders' fancy.
The winner is announced in March, so I have that long to arrange horrible accidents for Monica Ali, Mark Haddon, Khaled Hosseni, Audrey Niffenegger, and Julie Orringer. No, wait! That might trigger a sympathy vote. Maybe I should toss myself down some stairs.
Only a week or two now before my US book tour! I talk, I read, I sign books, I answer questions; it's like a wild and crazy party for librarians. You should come along.


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Bumpity Bump :)
Oh I'd like to know how to do this for blogger :)
Drop down menus can be a little tricky and usually involves some serious CSS coding and tweaking to ensure cross-browser functionality.
If you're ready to play around with code, there are a couple of tutorials out there. Here's a basic one that can get you started: http://www.htmldog.com/articles/suckerfish/dropdowns/
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Yes, that is correct. when you have page headers at the top of the page if that makes any sense.


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WASHINGTON, May 21, 2012 – Two men's and four women's Tewaaraton Award finalists will compete at the NCAA men's and women's lacrosse championships this weekend in Foxborough, Mass., and Stony Brook, N.Y., respectively.
The Tewaaraton Foundation will announce the award's 12th annual winners May 31 at the Tewaaraton Award Ceremony in Washington, D.C., at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of the American Indian.
Men's finalists to reach championship weekend include C.J. Costabile (Duke) and Mike Sawyer (Loyola). Tewaaraton finalists are represented among each of the women's national semifinalists, including Brittany Dashiell (Florida), Katie Schwarzmann (Maryland), Taylor Thornton (Northwestern) and Michelle Tumolo (Syracuse).
Senior midfielder C.J. Costabile (New Fairfield, Conn.) picked up 15 groundballs and won 14-of-20 face offs as No. 3 Duke advanced to the final four with a convincing 17-6 win over Colgate, marking the program's sixth consecutive championship weekend appearance. With two ground balls in Saturday's semifinal game against Maryland, Costabile will become the nation's ground ball leader.
Junior attackman Mike Sawyer (Waxhaw, N.C.) scored his 51st goal of the season in Loyola's 10-9 victory over Denver as the top-seeded Greyhounds advanced to their first NCAA final four since 1998, where they will face No. 4 Notre Dame. With the goal, Sawyer set a Loyola single-season record, eclipsing the 50 scored by Tim Goettelmann in 2000.
The five men's finalists are Costabile, Sawyer, Colgate attackman Peter Baum, Massachusetts attackman Will Manny and Virginia attackman Steele Stanwick.
Junior midfielder Brittany Dashiell (Bel Air, Md.) led Florida's balanced offense with three goals and two assists in a 15-2 quarterfinal win over Penn State. The top-seeded Gators, who will next face No. 4 Syracuse, are the second program in the 30-year history of the NCAA women's lacrosse tournament to advance to the final four in only its third season.
Junior midfielder Katie Schwarzmann (Sykesville, Md.) racked up a career-high eight points (4 g, 4 a) in No. 3 Maryland's 17-11 defeat of in-state opponent Loyola while adding seven draw controls and playing suffocating defense on the Greyhound's top scorer, Marlee Paton. The Terrapins have reached the national semifinals in each of Schwarzmann's three seasons and four consecutive seasons overall.
Junior midfielder Taylor Thornton (Dallas, Texas) turned in a solid all-around performance in No. 2 Northwestern's 12-7 win over Duke, grabbing four ground balls, causing three turnovers and winning two draws to go along with one goal. Thornton and the Wildcats have advanced to their eighth consecutive national semifinals and will face Maryland in a rematch of the last two national title games.
Junior attacker Michelle Tumolo (Mullica Hill, N.J.) led No. 4 Syracuse to a thrilling 17-16 comeback win against North Carolina. Tumolo recorded a team-leading four goals and five points, including the game-winning goal with five seconds remaining in regulation. Tumolo saved her best work for the game's final three minutes, rallying the Orange from a two-goal deficit and notching two goals, an assist and a crucial forced turnover. Tumolo and Syracuse will make their second final four appearance in three years.
The five women's finalists are Dashiell, Schwarzmann, Thornton, Tumolo and North Carolina attacker Becky Lynch.
The Tewaaraton Award annually honors the top male and top female college lacrosse player in the United States. Finalists were selected from a pool of 25 men's and 25 women's nominees. The selection committees are comprised of 12 men's and 10 women's current and former college coaches.
For more information on the Tewaaraton Award or to attend the ceremony, visit www.tewaaraton.com. Like and follow The Tewaaraton Foundation at www.facebook.com/tewaaraton and www.twitter.com/tewaaraton.
About The Tewaaraton Foundation
First presented in 2001 at the University Club of Washington DC, the Tewaaraton Award is recognized as the pre-eminent lacrosse award, annually honoring the top male and female college lacrosse player in the United States. Endorsed by the Mohawk Nation Council of Elders and US Lacrosse, the Tewaaraton Award symbolizes lacrosse's centuries-old roots in Native American heritage. The Tewaaraton Foundation ensures the integrity and advances the mission of this award. Each year, the Tewaaraton Award celebrates one of the six tribal nations of the Iroquois Confederacy – the Mohawk, Cayuga, Oneida, Onondaga, Seneca and Tuscarora – and presents two scholarships to students of Iroquois descent. To learn more about The Tewaaraton Foundation, visit www.tewaaraton.com.


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Figure 1: Schematic representation of the position of targets in a single well.
Figure 2: NIH/3T3 Cells were starved and stimulated with PDGF (100 ng/ml) for 5 minutes or IL-6 (100 ng/ml) for 5 minutes at 37°C. For UV treatment, exponentially growing NIH/3T3 cells were irradiated without serum starvation. Lysates were prepared and analyzed using the PathScan® Cell-Growth 4-Plex Array Kit. Luminescent signals were acquired using a Quansys Biosciences imager. Spot intensity was quantified using Q-View™ software. The bar graph shows measurements of four different target proteins. Corresponding Western blots obtained with the same cell lysates are shown at the bottom.
Figure 3: Cell extracts from unstimulated or stimulated NIH/3T3 cells were applied to wells at increasing total protein concentrations and analyzed. Luminescent signals were acquired and spot intensity quantified. The graphs show the relationship between the total protein concentration and the resulting strength of the luminescent signal for each target.
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CST's PathScan® Inflammation 4-Plex Array Kit is based upon the sandwich ELISA principle. Rather than one immobilized antibody, these PathScan® 4-Plex Array Kits contain four different antibodies in each well of a 96-well plate. This allows the researcher to measure four different target proteins from a single well simultaneously. In addition, the incorporation of multiple phospho-specific antibody pairs allows the researcher to measure the activation state of important signaling nodes. The PathScan® Inflammation 4-Plex Array Kit allows the detection of: Phospho-p38α MAPK (Thr180/Tyr182); Phospho-Stat3 (Tyr705); Phospho-p44 MAPK (Thr202/Tyr204); and Total Akt1 protein.
Briefly, 4 capture antibodies with distinct target specificity have been spotted onto the bottom of each well of a microwell plate. After incubation with cell lysates, the spotted antibodies capture the target proteins. Following extensive washing, a mixture of detection antibodies is added to detect the captured target proteins. An HRP-linked secondary solution is then used to recognize the bound detection antibodies. Chemiluminescent HRP substrate is used to produce luminescent signal.
Kit should be stored at 4°C with the exception of Lysis Buffer, which is stored at –20°C (packaged separately).
PathScan® Inflammation 4-plex Array Kit detects endogenous levels of all target proteins. As shown in Figure 2, stimulation of NIH/3T3 cells with PDGF promotes phosphorylation of p44 MAPK at Thr202/Tyr204 and a modest induction of Stat3 phosphorylation onTyr705, while p38 MAP kinase remains unaffected. Stimulation with IL-6 or UV induces phosphorylation of Stat3 or p38, respectively, while not affecting measured phosphorylation levels of the other targets. Levels of total Akt1 remain essentially unchanged with all treatments.
Cells must respond in an appropriate fashion to many complex signaling events. Extracellular signaling cues are organized into well defined signal transduction modules that control fundamental cellular behvior. Three prominent signaling modules that are among the best characterized are the p44/42 MAP kinase (ERK MAPK), p38 Map kinase and the JAK-Stat signal transduction pathways. p44/42 MAPK is activated by a wide variety of extracellular signals including growth and neurotrophic factors, cytokines, hormones and neurotransmitters. p44/42 activation occurs through phosphorylation of threonine and tyrosine at the sequence T*EY* by a dual specificity kinase called MAP kinase kinase (MEK). p38 MAPK is dually phosphorylated in response to pro-inflammatory cytokines or cellular stress. Stat3 (Signal Transducers and Activators of Transcription) is phosphorylated at Tyr705 in response to a variety of cytokines and growth factors. Upon phosphorylation, Stat3 translocates to the nucleus where it acts as a transcription factor. Phosphorylation levels of critical molecular switches such as MAPKs therefore serve as a reliable indicator of the activation state of the entire signaling module. The profiling of phosphorylation events using phospho-specific antibodies is now widely used to investigate diagnostic pathology (1,2). While profiling of protein phosphorylation events was shown to predict the progression of a tumor to a more invasive stage (3), it has been observed that the ratio between p44/42 and p38 MAPK may predict whether tumor cells will proliferate or enter a dormant state in vivo (4). PathScan® Inflammation 4-Plex Array Kit provides the researcher with means to profile numerous chemical compounds and obtain in-cell relative potency (5).
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Today's post comes from a Bell Curves guest blogger and former student. Kayla Baker is a first-year MBA Candidate at the S.C. Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University. Prior to business school, she worked at the JPMorgan Private Bank for 3 years as a Junior Portfolio Manager; most recently, Kayla worked as an Account Manager at the education non-profit, Citizen Schools. At Johnson, Kayla is a member of the General Management and High-Technology clubs. Kayla holds a B.A. in Economics from Bowdoin College.
In this, her inaugural post, Kayla shares some thoughts on how to best prepare for the rigors of business school and maximize your experience.
While top business schools attract some of the most ambitious, successful people, returning to school comes with a few challenges. Sure, there's a reward in the end, but in order to get there, I'd like offer a few considerations to help you prepare:
Beat the GMAT
I started studying for the GMAT on October 25, 2011 (yes, I still remember the date), and I finished one year later. While working on an equity desk at a bank in New York (a demanding job with long hours), I was putting in a solid 10-20 hours of studying per week. I was determined to do well on the exam because standardized tests are not about knowledge but basic concept mastery, and a good GMAT score would give me the best business school options. In the end, I received 4 admittances out of the 5 business schools I applied to.
Know yourself and your values
Although an MBA has its perks, attending business school is not just about getting a degree, it's about a journey…your journey. The application essays should feel like a sort of self-reflection/therapy session. This exercise isn't just about telling admissions officers what they want to hear, it's about you discovering who you are, where you've been, and knowing where you're going and why. It's also about redefining yourself. If your current job has you burned out because it feels more like a job and less like a career, then you have an opportunity to pick a new career for yourself. Take time to define this 'new' career.
Self-awareness is the most value asset in business school. There's a herd, group-think mentality in business school; for example, the top desired career paths at most top programs are banking and consulting. It's great if that's what you want to do with you career, but if not, walk your own path. It helps to map your path before you start walking. A path may be an exact career, or it make be a more general role within a couple of industries that interest you. The decision is yours.
When reflecting on who you are and what you want, take some time to talk with people who know you well. During the GMAT preparation process, I talked with my mentors, colleagues, friends, and family. I asked them questions about my personality, my strengths, my weaknesses, and what careers seem like a great fit for me. These conversations, along with my own self-reflection, were instrumental in my confidence to walk my path in business school and ignore the herds.
Your time is no longer your time.
I've always taken pride in managing my calendars and lists. Since business school has started, I've found managing my time very challenging. There are so many meetings for group projects, study sessions, company briefings, alumni talks (not just at Johnson, but at Cornell, in general), and, of course, I need to sleep. If you are like me, learn to flex your time for the important things. I've also learned to block personal time on my calendar because I regenerate best through alone time. If you aren't the organized type, business school will be a good experience to learn this skill. Business school, particularly programs like Johnson at Cornell, where the core curriculum is completely in one semester, are incredibly fast-paced, but definitely doable with perseverance, focus, and organization.
Studying for the GMAT for many is a test of perseverance; self-reflection will facilitate focus; and organization comes with the MBA territory. All of these things are integral in helping you get off on the right foot in your business school endeavor. Good luck!


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