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1999 Rocca delle Macie Ser Gioveto ® Toscana, 75% Sangiovese, 15% Merlot, 10% Cabernet Sauvignon, $38.99, 13.5% alc.: Named for Sergio Zingarelli (son of the late boxer, spaghetti western producer and Rocca delle Macie owner Italo Zingarelli), this dark garnet isn't showing a lot on the nose when first poured, but gives nice, earthy dried sour cherries with subtle sticky undertones in the mouth, being medium full bodied, with a nice Tuscan personality. No flash or extracted characteristics here, just a solid, well balanced, substantial wine that shows more earth and sticks with air, and that's a good thing. From the Rocca delle Macie Le Macie and Sant'Alfonso estate vineyards, with soil composed of calcareous limestone. Grapes are destemmed and softly pressed; fermentation is completed on the skins at 75º - 79ºF, with malolactic fermentation occurring in the spring. Aged 6-12 months in small 225L barriques made of French oak, and then further maturated in the bottle for about nine months prior to release.
2000 Rocca delle Macie Chianti Classico Riserva di Fizzano, 85% Sangiovese Grosso, 10% Cabernet Sauvignon, 5% Merlot, $28.99, 13.5% alc.: Produced exclusively from Rocca delle Macie's Fizzano vineyard, this dark garnet grudgingly gives up some reticent licorice and black fruit on the nose, but on the palate, it's much more generous, with its sleek, lovely dried cherry, blackberry and black currant flavors, accented with earth, sticks and licorice and a nice, long finish. The good structure promises a nice future, but this wine is sexy already; excellent Chianti Classico Riserva, and its best days are still ahead. This wine is only made in "exceptional years;" after the traditional fermentation, it is matured in French oak barrels for over two years, and then spends close to a year in bottle before release.
2000 Rocca delle Macie Roccato ®, 50% Cabernet Sauvignon, 50% Sangiovese Grosso, $45, 13.5% alc.: Like the other Rocca delle Macies tasted here, this dark garnet doesn't give much on the nose on this occasion, but it delivers plenty of earthy, sticky black currant, dried sour cherry and dark chocolate flavors that are dense and concentrated, but not over – extracted. It shows impressive structure (tannins show most on the long finish), and even with extended air, it's obvious that this is a big wine whose best days lie well ahead of it. While it's approachable now, and likes food to bring out its best, it really needs to be left alone until at least 2010, and probably well beyond. Sourced exclusively from the Rocca delle Macie estate vineyards in Castellina, in Chianti, and only made in the best vintages; the wine undergoes traditional maceration of the must for 15 days at 86°F, followed by 12 months in small 225L French oak barriques, and about one year in the bottle before release.
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Thu, 25 December 2014
When historians look back at the year 2014, what events or cultural changes within New York City will historians consider significant? In this special episode, the Bowery Boys look back at some of the biggest historical headlines of the year -- the opening of the National September 11 Memorial & Museum, the troubling trend of mega-condominiums along 57th Street and the continuing gentrification of several New York City neighborhoods.
We also answer some questions from listeners and present some resolutions and thought on how you can help protect and preserve the historical landscape of New York City -- whether you live here or not.
And a big cheers and our hopes for great things in 2015!
NOTE: We recorded this episode on December 17, and so were unable to make note of events from the recent few days including the tragic shooting of two NYPD officers on December 20, 2014.
Direct download: 175_Bowery_Boys_2014_Year_In_Review.mp3
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Thu, 11 December 2014
The Radio City Rockettes are perhaps America's best known dance troupe -- and a staple of the holiday season -- but you may not know the origin of this most iconic of New York City symbols. For one, they're not even from the Big Apple!
Formerly the Missouri Rockets, the dancers and their famed choreographer Russell Markert were noticed by theater impresario Samuel Rothafel, who installed them first as his theater The Roxy, then at one of the largest theaters in the world -- Radio City Music Hall.
The life of a Rockettes dancer was glamorous, but grueling; for many decades dancing not in isolated shows, but before the screenings of movies, several times a day, a different program each week. There was a very, very specific look to the Rockettes, a look that changed -- and that was forced to change by cultural shifts -- over the decades.
This show is dedicated to the many thousands of women who have shuffled and kicked with the Rockettes over their many decades of entertainment, on the stage, the picket line or the hallways of Grand Central.
Direct download: 174_The_History_of_the_Rockettes.mp3
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Thu, 13 November 2014
The ruins of the New York State Pavilion, highlight of the 1964-65 World's Fair in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park, have become a kind of unofficial Statue of Liberty of Queens, greeting people as they head to and from LaGuardia and JFK airports. Its abandoned saucer-like observation decks and steel arena have inspired generations of New Yorkers who have grown up with this oddity on the horizon.
The Pavilion holds a great many surprises, and its best days may be yet to come. Designed by modernist icon Philip Johnson, the Pavilion was saved from the fate of many of the venues in the World's Fair. But it's only been used sporadically over the past 50 or so years, and the fear of further deterioration is always present.
For the first part of this very special episode of the Bowery Boys, I take you through the pavilion's presence in the World's Fair, a kaleidoscopic attraction that extolled the greatness of the state of New York. In its first year, however, a battle over controversial artwork was waged, pitting Robert Moses and Nelson Rockefeller against the hottest artist of the day -- Andy Warhol. Other controversies at the Fair threatened to derail the message behind its slogan 'Peace Through Understanding'.
In the show's second half, I head out to record at the Queens Theater -- the only part of the New York State Pavilion that's been rehabilitated -- to explore the venue's 'lonely years' with filmmaker Matthew Silva, a co-founder of People For The Pavilion, an organization that's successfully bringing attention to this weird little treasure. Matthew gives us the scoop of the pavilion's later years, culled from some of his interviews in the film Modern Ruin: A World's Fair Pavilion.
This is crucial time in the history of this spectacular relic. With public attention at an all time high, we may now be at the right time to re-purpose the Pavilion into a new destination for New Yorkers. What do you think should be done with the New York State Pavilion?
Direct download: 173_Ruins_of_the_Worlds_Fair.mp3
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Wed, 15 October 2014
Brooklyn is the setting for this quartet of classic ghost stories, all set before the independent city was an official borough of New York City. This is a Brooklyn of old stately mansions and farms, with railroad tracks laid through forests and large tracks of land carved up, awaiting development. These stories also have another curious resemblance -- they all come from local newspapers of the day, reporting on ghost stories with amusement and more than a little skepticism.
-- The Coney Island and Sea Beach Railroad took passengers to and from Brooklyn's amusement district. But nobody was particularly amused one evening to be stopped by a horrific gangly ghost upon the tracks near the neighborhood of Mapleton.
-- In Clinton Hill, a plantation-style house built in the early years of the Brooklyn Navy Yard has survived hundreds of unusual tenants over the years, but certainly the scariest days in this historic home occurred in 1878 with a relentless, invisible hand that would not stop knocking.
-- The Oceanic Hotel was one of Coney Island's first great hotels, an accommodation for almost 500 near the increasingly popular beaches of Brighton Beach. But in 1894, the hotel was virtually emptied out and reportedly haunted. Did it have something to do with the murder upstairs in Room 30?
-- And finally, the area of Bushwick nearest the Queens border are populated with various burial grounds like the Evergreens Cemetery, borne of the rural cemetery movement which transplanted thousands of previously buried bodies from Manhattan to Brooklyn. In 1894, with Bushwick prepared for a spate of new development, the sudden appearance of an oddly dressed spirit threatens to disrupt the entire neighborhood. During one evening, a drunken party of 300 ghost hunters, brandishing swords and revolvers, come across one terror that proved to be very real indeed.
ALSO: Secrets of The Sentinel, a 1977 horror film set in an old house along the Brooklyn Promenade.
Direct download: 172_Ghost_Stories_of_Brooklyn.mp3
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Thu, 18 September 2014
Gramercy Park is Manhattan's only private park, a prohibited place for most New Yorkers. However we have your keys to the history of this significant and rather unusual place, full of the city's greatest inventors, civic leaders and entertainers!
Literally pulled up from swampy land, Gramercy Park naturally appealed to the city's elite, a pocket neighborhood with classic old brownstones so vital to the city's early growth that two streets sprang from its creation -- Irving Place and Lexington Avenue.
In this show, we give you an overview of its history -- a birds eye's view, if you will -- then follow it up with a virtual walking tour that you can use to guide yourself through the area, on foot or in your mind. In this tour, we'll give you the insights on an early stop on the Underground Railroad, the house of a controversial New York mayor, a fabulous club of thespians, and a hotel that has hosted both the Rolling Stones and John F Kennedy (though not at the same time).
ALSO: How DO you get inside Gramercy Park? I mean, really?
Direct download: 171_Gramercy_Park.mp3
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Thu, 21 August 2014
Rudolph Valentino was an star from the early years of Hollywood, but his elegant, randy years in New York City should not be forgotten. They helped make him a premier dancer and a glamorous actor. And on August 23, 1926, this is where the silent film icon died.
Valentino arrived in Ellis Island in 1913, one of millions of Italians heading to America to begin a new life. In his case, he was escaping a restless life in Italy and a set of mounting debts! But he quickly distinguished himself in New York thanks to his job as a taxi dancer at the glamorous club Maxim's, where he mingled with wealthy society women.
He headed to Hollywood and became a huge film star in 1921, thanks to the film The Sheik, which set his reputation as the connsumate Latin Lover. Throughout his career, he returned to New York to make features (in particular, those as his Astoria movie studio), and he once even judged a very curious beauty pageant here.
In 1926, he headed here not only to promote a sequel to The Sheik, but to display his masculinity after a scathing article blamed him for the effeminacy of the American male!
Sadly, however, he tragically and suddenly (and, some would say, mysteriously) died at a Midtown hospital. People were so shocked by his demise that the funeral chapel (in the area of today's Lincoln Center) was mobbed for almost a week, its windows smashed and the streets paralyzed by mourners -- or where those people paid by the film studio?
ALSO: We are proud to introduce to you -- POLA!
Direct download: 170_The_Life_and_Death_of_Rudolph_Valentino.mp3
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Wed, 6 August 2014
One World Trade Center was declared last year the tallest building in America, but it's a very different structure from the other skyscrapers who have once held that title. In New York, owning the tallest building has often been like possessing a valuable trophy, a symbol of commercial and social superiority. In a city driven by commerce, size matters.
In this special show, I give you a rundown of the history of being tall in New York City, short profiles of the 12 structures (11 skyscrapers and one church!) that have held this title. In several cases, these weren't just the tallest buildings in the city; they were the tallest in the world.
Skyscrapers were not always well received. New York's tallest building in 1899 was derisively referred to as a "horned monster." Lower Manhattan became defined by this particular kind of structure, creating a canyon of claustrophobic, darkened streets. But a new destination for these sorts of spectacular towers beckoned in the 1920s -- 42nd Street.
You'll be familiar with a great number of these -- the Woolworth, the Chrysler, the Empire State. But in the early days of skyscrapers, an odd assortment of buildings took the crown as New York's tallest, from the vanity project of a newspaper publisher to a turtle-like tower made for a sewing machine company.
At stake in the race for the tallest is dominance in the New York City skyline. With brand new towers popping up now all over the five boroughs, should be worried that they'll overshadow the classics? Or should the skyline always be in a constant state of flux?
ALSO: New York's very first tall buildings and the ominous purpose they were used for during the Revolutionary War!
PICTURES, SOURCES and RECOMMENDED READING will be available at boweryboyspodcast.com
CORRECTION: Ack, I keep saying Crystal Palace Exposition when it's actually Crystal Palace Exhibition! I mean, they basically mean the same thing, almost, right?
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Direct download: 169_The_Tallest_Building_In_New_York.mp3
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Thu, 10 July 2014
Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr met at a clearing in Weehawken, NJ, in the early morning on July 11, 1804, to mount the most famous duel in American history. But why?
This is the story of two New York lawyers -- and two Founding Fathers -- that so detested each other that their vitriolic words (well, mostly Hamilton's) led to these two grown men shooting each other out of honor and dignity, while robbing America of their brilliance, leadership and talent.
You may know the story of this duel from history class, but this podcast focuses on its proximity to New York City, to their homes Richmond Hill and Hamilton Grange and to the places they conducted their legal practices and political machinations.
Which side are you on?
ALSO: Find out the fates of sites that are associated with the duel, including the place Hamilton died and the rather disrespectful journey of the dueling grounds in Weehawken.
CORRECTION: Alexander Hamilton had his fateful dinner as the house of Judge James Kent, not John Kent, as I state here.
Direct download: 168_DUEL_Aaron_Burr_vs_Alexander_Hamilton.mp3
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Thu, 26 June 2014
Cleopatra's Needle is the name given to the ancient Egyptian obelisk that sits in Central Park, right behind the Metropolitan Museum of Art. This is the bizarre tale of how it arrived in New York and the unusual forces that went behind its transportation from Alexandra to a hill called Greywacke Hill.
The weathered but elegant monolith was created thousands of years ago by the pharaoh Thutmose III. Thanks to the great interest in Egyptian objects in the 19th century -- sometimes called Egyptomania -- major cities soon wanted obelisks for their own, acquired as though they were trophies of world conquest. France and England scooped up a couple but -- at least in the case of the ill-fated vessel headed to London -- not without great cost.
One group was especially fascinated in the Alexandrian obelisks. The Freemasons have been a mysterious and controversial fraternity who have been involved in several critical moments in American history (including the inauguration of fellow Freemason George Washington.) A Freemason engineer and adventurer named Henry Honeychurch Gorringe discovered an incredible secret on the remaining Alexandria obelisk, a secret that might link the secretive organization to the beginnings of human civilization.
But how do you get a 240 ton object, the length of a 7-story building, across the Atlantic Ocean and propped up in New York's premier park which had just opened a few years before?
We let you in on Gorringe's technique and the curious Freemasons ceremony that accompanied the debut of the obelisk's cornerstone.
PLUS: We have a secret or two to reveal ourselves in this episode. This is a must-listen podcast!
Direct download: 167_Cleopatras_Needle_and_the_Freemasons_Secret.mp3
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Thu, 12 June 2014
On June 15, 1904, hundreds of residents of the Lower East Side's thriving German community boarded the General Slocum excursion steamer to enjoy a day trip outside the city. Most of them would never return home.
The General Slocum disaster is, simply put, one of the greatest tragedies in American history. Before September 11, 2001, it was the largest loss of life of any event that has ever taken place here.
This is a harrowing story, brutal and tragic. The fire that engulfed the ship near the violent waters of the Hell Gate gave the passengers a horrible choice -- die by fire or by drowning. In the end, over one thousand people would lose their lives over an horrific event that could have been easily prevented.
But in this tale are some surprising and even shocking stories of human survival, real stories of bravery and heroism.
Direct download: 166_General_Slocum_Disaster.mp3
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Dayton, OH (PRWEB) January 23, 2014
The content of a press release issued Tuesday, January 21, 2014, by Woolpert inadvertently omitted a critical detail of how a test flight of an unmanned aerial system (UAS) for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Mobile District was conducted. The unmanned aerial system was flown by Sinclair Community College's pilot-in-command (PIC). This fact was not included in the release, which also incorrectly reported the UAS tested as the Altavian Nova Block II; the model flown was the Altavian Nova Block III.
While Woolpert provided the data collection requirements to test its UAS sensor for possible use by USACE, Sinclair's PIC was in charge of the flight mission and flight operations as required by the FAA-issued Certificate of Authorization (COA).
Through its partnership with Sinclair Community College, Woolpert is able to obtain test flight data by leveraging Sinclair's COA and flight crew until which point the national air space is opened to commercial operations. The test flight occurred at Wilmington Air Park under a COA issued to Sinclair Community College, with Sinclair's pilot flying the unmanned aerial system.
Woolpert, a national geospatial, architecture and infrastructure firm headquartered in Dayton, and Sinclair Community College are strong partners in the UAS industry and have worked closely together on this and many other projects. This statement serves to clarify that Sinclair pilots operated the craft in accordance with the COA and FAA regulations.


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Content Skill: Multiplication Common Core State Standards: CCSS.Math.Content.3.OA.C.7 - Fluently multiply within 100, using strategies such as the relationship between multiplication and division or properties of operations. By the end of Grade 3, know from memory all products of two one-digit numbers.


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2014 Academic All-Big 12 Gymnastics Team Announced
March 18, 2014
Twenty-five Big 12 student-athletes have been named to the 2014 Academic All-Big 12 Gymnastics Team, the conference office has announced.
Iowa State and Oklahoma each placed nine members on the team, while West Virginia represented with seven selections. The Sooners' nine members are all first team honorees.
Iowa State's Henrietta Green and Michelle Shealy become three-time first team honorees after earning the distinction from 2012-14.
First team members consist of those who have maintained a 3.20 or better GPA while the second team selections hold a 3.00 to 3.19 GPA.
To qualify student-athletes must maintain a 3.00 GPA or higher either cumulative or the two previous semesters and must have participated in 60 percent of their team's scheduled contests.
Freshmen and transfers are not eligible in their first year of academic residence. Senior student-athletes who have participated for a minimum of two years and meet all the criteria except percent of participation are also eligible.


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Fret Nice harmonizes the unity between music and the 2D platformer. As you control your character through the artful stages, you play the game as if it were a jammin' rock song. Rock out by blasting enemies with riff combos and creating your own soundtracks with each "strum" of a chord. Each time a stage is repeated, you will have an ever-changing experience.
The Vibrant Chordblasters have been touring the world and spreading their unique style of music, which constantly has won over new fans. That is, until it gets into the ears of the Hair Bängers. They are vicious hard rocking people who, upon hearing the new type of music, go on an outrageous rampage in disgust, invading the whole world trying to spread their own heavy metal music and heavy metal hair wherever they go. With the whole world blaming the Vibrant Chordblasters for angering the Hair Bängers, the band has no other choice but to chase all of the Hair Bängers back to Heavy Metal Kingdom using the most powerful weapon in the world... Rock'n'roll!
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- Audio Dynamics: Notes you play in Riff Combos are relative to the current key of the stages' songs, allowing for user-generated audio-tastic soundtracks.
- Riff Combos: When a note is played in the air, a Riff Combo will be activated to help defeat enemies.
- Facial Attribute System: A fun and visual way to interpret riff combos. For example, if there are three eyes and two tentacles on an enemy, you have to "strum" three of the same notes and two same other note in the riff combo.
- Cooperative Play: Play cooperatively with a friend (locally or over network) to clear stage levels and compete with each other for high scores. The catch is that you are connected by an instrument cord, preventing both of you from getting too far from each other on a shared screen.
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RONALD E. PEARSON Memorial services for Ronald Edward Pearson, 59, of Temple, Texas, formerly of Abilene and Borger, will be 11:00 a.m. on Saturday at Christ Episcopal Church in Temple, Texas with the Rev. Mitch Tollett officiating. Mr. Pearson died Monday, October 14, 2013, in Port Aransas, Texas. He was born April 18, 1954, in Borger, Texas, to Thomas Edward Pearson and Maxine McDowell Pearson (now Maxine Parkhurst). He married Mary Black on April 20, 1991. Pearson and his wife established the law firm of Pearson & Pearson. He was preceded in death by his father, Thomas Edward Pearson. Survivors include his wife, Mary Black Pearson, his Mother, Maxine Parkhurst of Amarillo, and his daughter, Elizabeth Ann Pearson of San Antonio. Scanio-Harper Funeral Home in Temple is in charge of the arrangements. Visitation is 5-7 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Families In Crisis, Inc., P.O. Box 25, Killeen, TX 76540, to the Scholarship Fund of Port Aransas Boatmen, Inc., P.O. Box 501, Port Aransas, Texas 78373 or the charity of choice.


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Lionel Trilling once commented that "if ever we want to remind ourselves of the nature and power of art, we have only to think of how accurate reactionary governments are in their awareness of that nature and that power…. Intensity, irony, and ambiguousness [are seen as] a clear threat to the impassivity of the State. They constitute a secret." More than any other composer of the twentieth century, Dmitri Shostakovich wrote music with the qualities of "intensity, irony, and ambiguousness," and more than any other composer, he possessed a secret.
In 1979, four years after the composer's death, the content of that secret was divulged to the world through the publication of a shocking book called Testimony, which purported to be Shostakovich's autobiography "as related to and edited by" Solomon Volkov. The Western readers who would eventually pore over Volkov's riveting exposé discovered a vastly different picture of the composer from the one they had known. During his lifetime, Shostakovich had been seen as the consummate loyalist to the Communist Party and a strident defender of Socialist Realism. Testimony, however, revealed a dissident composer forced into public subservience to the party but privately hardened into rebellion and vehement protest. And not only had Shostakovich shared his feelings of protest with Volkov and other confidants: Testimony suggested that he had encoded anti-Communist messages into his compositions all along. Cloaked in the garments of party fidelity had been the ironic creation of an emancipated mind.
But the story did not end there. In 1980 Laurel Fay, an independent scholar of Russian and Soviet music, attacked the authenticity of the memoirs in a now famous article in Russian Review titled "Shostakovich versus Volkov: Whose Testimony?" She argued that Volkov had duped the composer into signing off on Volkov's own narration of the composer's life and that the memoirs could definitely not be trusted. Fay's argument gained exposure and allies, but the feud was not over yet. Two years ago in an edited volume of essays titled Shostakovich Reconsidered, musicologist Allan Ho and pianist and lawyer Dmitri Feofanov marshaled more formal evidence in defense of Volkov. The dispute has dragged on for two decades, sometimes at a very shrill pitch, and has threatened to drown out a sober discussion of Shostakovich's music and legacy.
Now Laurel Fay has returned to the fray with a new biography, Shostakovich: A Life, though many readers will be relieved to find little of the Testimony imbroglio within its pages. Rather than continue a debate in which "the true-believing Communist citizen-composer is inverted into an equally unconvincing caricature of a lifelong closet dissident," Fay sets out to describe the composer based on the existing factual record of his life. She has delved into the archives and sifted through newspapers, concert programs, letters, diaries and other miscellany with an eye toward straining out the bias of the Soviet hagiographers, the Testimony-inspired revisionists and, not least, Shostakovich himself. (By the end of his life, he had ample reason to recall selectively his years of self-loathing service to the party.) The resulting biography is both a success and a disappointment for the same reason: It is a remarkably straightforward, nonsensationalized treatment of the composer's life and work. As such, it is a sorely needed contribution to a field that has been overheated with controversy, the flames of which have been stoked by the very paucity of reliable facts about the composer's life. On the other hand, in presenting a balanced and meticulous picture of her subject, Fay has also painted a fairly flat one. She does little to probe the guarded inner spaces of this notoriously private man and provides readers with scant personal context for his vast creative output.


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Beatles legend Sir Paul McCartney is reportedly set to make a cameo on hit TV show Mad Men.
Series producers had initially approached the British icon about using music from his latest album Kisses on the Bottom in the 1960s drama, but discussions soon led to talk of a guest appearance - and now McCartney's agreed to film a walk-on part for an upcoming episode, according to Britain's Daily Mirror.
A source says, "It's a perfect, perfect fit."
It is not known what McCartney's cameo will entail, but he has also reportedly given producers permission for his tracks to be included in the series.
Britain's The Sun reports, "It's perfect timing because his new music suits the program perfectly. Action in the show has now reached the Swinging Sixties. So it's only right that the man who was pivotal to the era is involved in the show."


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Williamstown High School invites everyone to join students Jan. 26 in celebrating "The Hunger Games" Community Reading Challenge with an activity-filled event.
From 5 to 7 p.m. at WHS, attendees can participate in a variety of games and activities surround the popular book, including archery, a simulation video Hunger Games and a mass "Cornucopia Game."
There also will be student-led book club activities to discuss themes, characters and opinions of the books.
Grant County High School students will soon not be the only ones in the community utilizing the new $10 million Career and Technology Center on campus.
The school district is making plans to offer community classes likely beginning in February at the 34,000 square-foot addition to GCHS that opened in August 2011.
Bethany Findley never really cared for reading.
The Williamstown Middle School sixth grader would rather watch TV than turn the pages of a novel.
"I used to not be able to read that well," Findley said. "I used to be one of the lowest people in the class in reading."
That has changed since she joined a specialized reading class taught by Kasey Kennedy with assistance by
Carleen Ficker, Response to Intervention (RIT) coordinator for Williamstown elementary and middle schools.
Easton McClanahan is the Williamstown High School Youth Performance Award winner for December. He is a senior at Williamstown High School and is the son of Donna McClanahan.
(Editor's note: The following story is partly satirical, partly true and some facts may have been embellished.)
Christmas-time is not the same right now for Sandy Cook.
The Williamstown High School instructional assistant is feeling like she was given a lump of coal in her stocking.
Cook brought a decorative snowman to bring holiday cheer to the halls of Williamstown, but only after a couple days, he was gone.
The snowman had vanished without a trace, leaving behind only a note pleading for Cook to hurry to save him.
Paradise Forbes was skeptical when she learned several Williamstown Independent School classrooms would be getting iPad computers.
She was concerned the tablet would be a novelty that would die off quickly with students.
That all changed with one visit to Woodford County High School, which introduced the device to students earlier this year.
Forbes loved what she saw and can't wait to get started in her social studies classroom after Christmas break.
The Grant County High School is having a toy drive sponsored by Health Occupation Students of America through Dec. 9.
The items collected will be delivered to the patients at Children's Hospital in Cincinnati.
The items must be new and in original packaging.
The drop-off location is at the front office of the Grant County High School.
For more information contact Grant County High School at 824-9739.
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What, you haven't watched Intelligence?
If one experience prepared me to enjoy the Vancouver crime series Intelligence, it was a Toronto wedding I attended several years ago, where the groom's father, a kind and soft-spoken lawyer embarking on a second career as a history teacher, digressed from the ceremonial pleasantries to remind me that, in the War of 1812, Canada humiliated her American invaders.
I didn't argue back. I had to appreciate the unexpected flash of national pride. It's not that I hate or disavow my own country. I'm kind of a nationalist, actually, but I'm also a connoisseur of what you might call other people's nationalisms, the civilized tribalism of countries we like. I think that appreciating our friends in the world means affirming not just the values they share with us but also their surly and combative national stories, the specific antagonisms they cultivate to bind themselves at the gut level, even, or especially, when the ritual villain is us. I figure it's the least we can do.
Intelligence, which was canceled by the CBC in 2008 after two seasons of acclaim and awards, tells several combative stories, and in all of them the galvanizing bad guy is the United States. The show follows Mary Spalding (Klea Scott), a brilliant Vancouver detective quickly promoted to Canada's national intelligence squad (CSIS, or Ceesus), and Jimmy Reardon (Ian Tracey), the city's leading wholesaler of high-quality weed. Creator Chris Haddock takes the old mirror-image conceit of cops and criminals and makes it explicit in the first episode, when Mary approaches Jimmy with a simple proposal—that they agree to tip each other off on occasion, share helpful bits of that eponymous intelligence. Mary and Jimmy's allegiance anchors Intelligence and grows into a stolid friendship that defines the show's muted pathos.
More than one critic has called Intelligence "the Canadian Wire," because of its rigorous long-form storytelling and its divided focus on cops and dealers (and also, I suppose, because the police are always plugging and unplugging various wires). But Vancouver is not Baltimore, obviously. The raw material for The Wire's sprawling and fine-grained urban storytelling simply doesn't exist in temperate and pleasant southwest British Columbia. So fans of David Simon are likely to object—that the resemblance is merely superficial and structural, that Intelligence is nowhere near as gritty, as manifoldly tragic, as Dickensian, as bitter and blackly funny as the original. But the phrase also carries within it a perfectly sound rejoinder: "Um, I said it was the CanadianWire."
But why watch it, then? Devoting 26 breathless episodes to the machinations of an ambitious lady cop and a scrupulous dealer of wholesome bud in blessed Vancouver—where a hockey riot is quickly redefined by a kiss, a hail of thank-you notes, and a rioter's apology—seems almost perverse, a comedy of odd priorities. The first reason would be the breathlessness itself, the sheer narrative velocity. Jimmy Reardon limits himself to selling weed. The creator, Chris Haddock, on the other hand, seems like he might be tweaking. The show wastes no time, in other words. Scenes hit quickly, waiting half a beat before a character starts talking, and often ending before a speaker has closed his lips on his last syllable. You almost expect someone to turn to the lens and say, "Will you let me finish." Haddock and his editors pull this off with surprising elegance. You rarely notice how quickly the script pages are flipping past. Schaun Tozer's loungy score helps, too. It runs almost constantly, and its slow, crisp beats and drowsy sitar lines act as a coolant for the churning story.
The show's vivid cast puts a heap of ghost into Haddock's excellent machine. Ian Tracey makes Jimmy an easy criminal to bond with. * His craggy face expresses worry more than menace, and his voice is a grainy baritone that lets him underplay through two entire seasons. The other criminals are mostly sympathetic guys like Jimmy, businessmen trying to make a buck and maintain peace in the anarchy of a black market.
The really indelible sickos are Mary's fellow cops. Her main antagonist and her closest aide are both bulb-headed men with skeezy and depressing sex lives. Mary's not as creepy as they are, but there's still a lot of "anti-" in her heroism. She drinks too much and has chilly sex with unworthy men. She spends less time fighting crime than she does entrapping other agents. Indeed, the "intelligence" she gathers is used almost entirely to bluff and blackmail people on her side of the law. Half of Mary's job seems to consist of sitting down for prickly meetings with her superiors, and lying to them.
Klea Scott is exquisite in these scenes. With her high cheekbones and somewhat mannish chin, Mary projects a steely front, but when someone wants a glimpse into her secret knowledge or deeper motives, she seems to squirt a milky layer over her visage and disappear behind it. Her face goes blurry and she drops her gaze to neck-level, but she holds the defiant smirk on her upper lip. A powerful man then leaves her office knowing only that he's suffered some ambiguous defeat.
But if Mary's just one of several Machiavellian operators, doing stings on other agents and consorting with drug dealers while fighting very little actual crime, you might ask how she claims any allegiance from the viewer. The beauty of her tactics is part of it, but Mary is a hero primarily because of what she stands for, which is linked entirely to what she stands against.
She stands for Canada, which means she stands against the United States. Intelligence is part of a subtradition of shows and movies through which American allies vented their rage at the Bush administration. Among these, the signal artifact was BBC's 2006 miniseries The State Within, in which an American secretary of state (Sharon Gless, appearing as an uncanny hybrid of Hillary Clinton and Dick Cheney) plots terrorist attacks against British citizens to pull the U.K. into America's wars. With its midfiasco yearning for British innocence, The State Within is, frankly, pathetic. Indeed, it's tempting to read it as a geopolitical version of David Lynch's Mulholland Drive—a dejected country with an aching memory of its lofty intentions falls asleep to ugly war footage on the telly and dreams of itself as a Kantian ingénue corrupted and roughly fondled by an evil superpower.
Intelligence largely rejects fantasies of national innocence and victimhood. Canada deserves protection by Mary Spalding, and Mary is redeemed by her efforts, not because Canada is pure of heart. Indeed, if Mary herself is any sign, Canada has a nasty streak it's rather proud of. Canada deserves protection because it's Canada. What Mary defends her country against is disrespect, the blatant violation of Canada's sovereignty by agents of its southern neighbor. Mary doesn't complain about this disrespect, or even mention respect at all. She merely claims a degree of it back through stealth and orneriness.
Mary's rivals are thus defined by their slavish cooperation with the U.S. Her sleazy colleague Ted sics a murderous DEA agent on Jimmy, forcing Mary to shield him from both the rogue DEA and the arrogant FBI. And then, late in Season 2, she learns of a shady American conglomerate called the Blackmire Group. Blackmire has CIA ties, a network of lackeys in Ottawa, a lust for Canada's natural resources, and a leading role in the "North American Unification Movement" (NAUM). Sleazy Ted moves back into the show's good graces by standing with Mary against this group, stepping up and naming NAUM for what it is: the first step in "a silent coup d'état."
OK, so the "O Canada" thematics get a little ripe with the Blackmire storyline, and this subplot points the show in a self-romanticizing direction as well. But Haddock has the good taste to use a vaguely Freudian symbol for Canada's threatened virtue, instead of invoking it directly. Thus, the resource Blackmire covets isn't the gunky tar-sands of Alberta. It's those clear and frigid Canadian waters—glacial ice and alpine snowpack, virginal meltwater freshly trickled in from Canada's pure arctic heart.
But if Haddock resorts to a corny water-virgin figure of Canadian innocence in this storyline, he plays to harder feelings in a parallel subplot involving Jimmy and his fellow dealers. While Mary is bugging Blackmire meetings and learning of America's illicit thirst for Canada's bodily fluids, Jimmy hears that a dangerous new gang is moving into the Vancouver drug trade. This gang is—you guessed it—American, up from Los Angeles and willing to kill for a piece of the action. The second and final season of Intelligence thus ends with a string of episodes in which the phrase "the Americans" is used exclusively to denote a ruthless and possibly brainless criminal invasion.
For Jimmy and his competitors, "the Americans" are not a moral or legal threat, to be denounced by Anglican vicars, enjoined by the International Court of Justice. They are an existential threat, which demands merely brute solidarity, a steeling of communal will. So Jimmy calls a meeting where Vancouver's drug bosses pledge to set aside their grudges and fight the fucking Americans. It's a rousing moment for all Canadians, real or—like me when I'm watching this terrific show—imagined. When the biker guy raises his glass to toast the new alliance, you can't even remember when you thought he was kind of a fascist, and he can't even remember when he wanted to kill the Vietnamese guy for killing his nephew, and the Vietnamese guy has completely forgiven him for killing his cousin, and that beefy Arab-looking dude is totally someone you'd want on your side when confronted by an existential threat, and seeing the show's dealer-hero accept the mantle of leadership at the head of the table is thrilling: Comandante Jimmy.
Haddock is making a boldly antinomian statement here. He's restaging the social contract as a war council, a criminal sit-down. He's saying Canadians, each and every one of us, should identify with these brave and violent felons. We need to wake up and face our ancestral frenemy. The Americans have breached the southern border. It's looking like 1812 all over again.
Correction, July 5, 2011: This reference to Ian Tracey originally misidentified him as Ian Scott. (Return to the corrected sentence.)


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Refuel your life with AllHipHop.com's new "Daily Word" column from Ash'Cash!
Happy Wins-Day, my great people!!
Continuing on our "Occupy Wall Street" theme, today's Daily Word is dedicated to occupying struggle! Realize that there is no such thing as positive or negative! Whatever happens in your life becomes what you perceive it to be!!! You can take what is normally the worst situation and realize that there is good to be seen! As you sit back and reflect on the struggles that are currently in your life know that life isn't about learning how to avoid the storm but instead about how to dance in the rain.
Struggle builds strength, character, and prepares you for your victory! You can either sit down and complain, or you can take advantage of the power that struggle gives you! Occupy Struggle!! Embrace it and understand that everything happens for a reason!! All situations are here to make you stronger!! Positive or Negative is a choice!!! Choice to be victorious and choice to live the life of your dreams!! You are never given more than you can handle! The sooner you realize that fact the sooner life starts to make sense!! You are stronger than you think!!
"Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength." -Arnold Schwarzenegger
"For better or worse, our future will be determined in large part by our dreams and by the struggle to make them real." -Unknown
"Yesterday I dared to struggle. Today I dare to win." -Bernadette Devlin
"Always remember that striving and struggle precede success, even in the dictionary." -Sarah Ban Breathnach
"Success is not measured by what you accomplish, but by the opposition you have encountered, and the courage with which you have maintained the struggle against overwhelming odds." -Orison Swett Marden
"Whatever the struggle, continue the climb. It may be only one more step to the top." -Diane Westlake
"In order to succeed, people need a sense of self-efficacy, struggle together with resilience to meet the inevitable obstacles and inequities of life." -Albert Bandura
"Once all struggle is grasped, miracles are possible." -Mao Tse-Tung
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Dream of a Nation reaches across political party lines and religious beliefs and focuses on what we have in common, what is possible.It is comprised of a book and an initiative, with special focus on providing educators with hands-on, standards based, spot on lesson modules. Essays, video clips, and guides are designed to flip the switch from toe-dipper to full-on, change-the-world citizens.
The book's 12 chapters explores contemporary problems, new ideas, and successful models. Its stellar collection of essays and illustrations are authored by more than 60 individuals and organizations, such as YES! Magazine, Veterans for Peace, and Green for All.
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The book's 12 chapters explores contemporary problems, new ideas, and successful models. Over 60 individuals and organizations, including YES! Magazine, Veterans for Peace, and Green for All, authored this stellar collection of essays and illustrations.
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For each of the 12 overarching issues (chapters), at least four related issues are identified and explored. Essays authored by partner organizations about their efforts to address the challenge help connect your student with the real world. "What If?" and "What Can I Do?" questions deepen understanding and inspire students to action. Explore solutions here.
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Donald A. Smith, 80
Donald A. Smith, 80, of 277 Jack Oak Point Road, in St. Marys, died at 6:27 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 18, 2012, at Lima Memorial Health System.
He was born on May 11, 1932, in Wayland, Ky., to Virgil and Rena (Slone) Smith, and his father preceded him in death. His mother survives him in Allen, Ky.
On Sept. 24, 1952, in Martin, Ky., he married Elsie Hall, who survives.
He is also survived by three sons, Dwayne (Sue) Smith of San Miguel De Allende, Mexico, Derrick (Lisa) Smith of Vandalia and Mark (Tami) Smith of St. Marys; four grandchildren, Dawn Houser, Craig Smith, Dylan Smith and Presley Smith; three great-grandchildren, Drew Houser, Morgan Houser and Reagan Smith; three brothers, David Smith of Langley, Ky., Dingus Smith of Allen, Ky., and Doug Smith of Allen, Ky.; a sister, Dolores Conn of Allen, Ky.
He was preceded in death by two brothers, Daniel Smith and Dareld Smith.
He was a 1950 graduate of Martin, Ky., High School and also graduated in 1952 from Mayo State Vocational School.
He was a veteran of the U.S. Air Force, having served during the Korean War.
He retired from Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. in St. Marys, where he worked as an electrical technician.
A member of Hillsdale Baptist Church in St. Marys, he had served as a teacher and superintendent of its Sunday School program.
His favorite pastimes included woodworking, traveling and genealogy.
Rites are scheduled to begin at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Miller Funeral Home, 1605 Celina Road (Ohio 703 West Chapel), St. Marys. The services will be co-officiated by the Rev. Harold Liess and the Rev. John Dodds.
Burial, with graveside military honors, will follow at Elm Grove Cemetery in St. Marys.
Visitation will be held from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. today and one hour before services Wednesday at the funeral home.
Memorial contributions may be directed to Hillsdale Baptist Church.
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What a crazy day of college football. I'm in Chicago right now, half delirious because I didn't sleep on my red-eye yesterday (or is it today?) and the other half delirious from seeing all the upsets. I guess I shouldn't be as cocky as I was, but I'm a slow learner. On that note, today's NFL picks, with home team in caps….
Monthly Archives: September 2007
Saturday picks somewhat quickie
I'm pressed for time, but as per my duty, here are my college and Big Bear picks for Saturday. I went 8-3 in college last week and while I can't guarantee similiar success, if I do, you'll make some mad cash.
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It's Friday…..
After watching Colton destroy Marina in the OC last night, somewhat (but not entirely) validating my existence as a prognosticator, I've decided to give some more picks for tonight's games.
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Thursday picks
I already had this entry written, but I lost it in the excitement of seeing Erin Andrews on the blue turf at Boise State. You can't really blame me for that, nor can you blame me for my 7-4 week in predicting high school games. You can, but I will pull a Mike Gundy on you if you do.
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My ballot
I'm doing this as sort of a tribue to Bulletin writer Clay Fowler and Dumb and Dumber character Lloyd Christmas , but more because I liked Fowler's idea for doing this than the wit of the irrepressible Christmas. I'm biting Fowler's style a bit, but he gave me the OK, so here's my Top 10 ballot, complete with semi-educated comments and other cool banter.
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Fair or Foul? Give me your thoughts
I'm sure you guys have heard this, whether on Sportscenter or on the web, but Oklahoma State coach Mike Gundy ripped into a Daily Oklahoman columnist during the postgame press conference after the Cowboys' 49-45 victory over Texas Tech Saturday. The video is below….
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Cajon CIF championship 20th anniversary
Cajon has set its date to honor its 1987 CIF championship team for Nov. 2, when the Cowboys host San Bernardino High School.
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Monday night pick
Well, at 4-7-3 this week, (I forgot to pick the Cleveland-Oakland game) I'm really off to an awful start to the NFL season. Not really sure what I need to do to turn it around. Um, let see if we can get the Monday nighter at least.
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Sun Top 10
The new area top 10, fresh out of the oven….
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Sunday NFL quickie picks
Being that I'm in Vegas and its 5 a.m., these picks are going to be brief. But since I was awful with the elongated version last week, that might be a good thing. So here we go, with home teams in all caps.


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Gin Blossoms go acoustic for FTC show
For a while in the 1990s, the music of The Gin Blossoms was seemingly everywhere, with wildly successful albums, chart-topping singles and high-profile concert tours. But in 1997, the band members walked away from it all for what turned out to be a four-year hiatus -- a near-eternity in the world of pop music.
Since re-forming in 2001, The Gin Blossoms have proven to be a steady draw on its concert tours, even though its albums and singles don't approach the band's earlier spots near the top of the charts. That's just fine with guitarist Jesse Valenzuela.
"It doesn't really bother me," he said during a recent phone interview from his Los Angeles home. "I think our music is getting to the people that want to hear it. We've been there, and everybody gets their chance. Kids want their own heroes, and pop radio belongs to the young. I don't want to be one of those middle-aged guys clinging on at the margins trying to get back in to the party.
"We really enjoy performing and we've got this great situation where people want to hear us play. Shows sell out and people are still interested in what we have to sing about. It's really a blessing. I can't be anything but grateful."
The Gin Blossoms are heading back on the road and the band's itinerary includes two stops in the region -- an acoustic show at StageOne at the Fairfield Theatre Company on Sunday night, Jan. 20, and their traditional electric show at the Mohegan Sun's Wolf Den on Friday, Feb. 1.
"Some of the shows are full electric; some are acoustic, as some of the venues wanted something a little quieter," Valenzuela said. "It's a good situation to play acoustic. I like it a lot.
"The Gin Blossoms' songs play really well acoustic because they're all written on acoustic guitars and presented that way in the very beginning. I think sometimes if the song is particularly chock full of tempo, it can be kind of tough. You kind of have to make a conscious decision to drop the tempo and then it finds another kind of really good groove and it feels nice that way, almost like a different song."
The Gin Blossoms spent the summer on a package tour that included several other bands who were big in the '90s -- Everclear, Sugar Ray, Lit and Marcy Playground. The Summerland tour was a positive experience, according to Valenzuela.
"(Summerland) was kind of a new thing, a `Hooray for the '90s' revue and it was a ball," he said. "People were really entertained and everybody seemed to have a good time.
More InformationStageOne at the Fairfield Theatre Company, 70 Sanford St., Fairfield. Sunday, Jan. 20, 7:30 p.m. $68 advance, $73 day of show. 203-259-1036, www.fairfieldtheatre.org. Wolf Den at Mohegan Sun, 1 Mohegan Sun Blvd., Uncasville. Friday, Feb. 1, 8 p.m. Free. 888-226-7711, www.mohegansun.com.
"All of the musicians really enjoyed themselves and we all got into each other's act a little bit."
The band members live in different states, so getting together for a tour should be problematic. But Valenzuela said the band is used to dealing with logistical problems after so many years together.
"We get together a couple of days before the shows and just knock around ideas," he said. "We do this a lot, so we don't usually have to rehearse too much.
"The band used to be of the mind that we would rehearse a lot, and now everyone's got this freewheeling 1950s jazz thing where we're willing to just throw it out there and see what happens. It really lends itself to some brilliant mistakes."
When their present tour is over, there has been talk about a new Gin Blossoms record, which would be their first since 2010's "No Chocolate Cake," which peaked at No. 73 on the Billboard album chart.
"For me, it was fine," Valenzuela said. "The record company, I think, had good intentions, but it's a different world out there. To think you're going to blow the lid off the music business these days is a little short-sighted.
"We're at this point where we have these great people that want to hear what we record and we sell to them. I think the idea of a big radio hit and that sort of business is past us.
"Some of the guys have collected some songs, and there's been some sort of rumor that maybe we'll work on a record. I've had a couple of things come up for film and TV and I want to get in the studio, but it's just impossible right now with the tour coming up."
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StageOne at the Fairfield Theatre Company, 70 Sanford St., Fairfield. Sunday, Jan. 20, 7:30 p.m. $68 advance, $73 day of show. 203-259-1036, www.fairfieldtheatre.org. Wolf Den at Mohegan Sun, 1 Mohegan Sun Blvd., Uncasville. Friday, Feb. 1, 8 p.m. Free. 888-226-7711, www.mohegansun.com.


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Back in the summer, which seems to have ended just a few weeks ago but in truth petered out sometime in late September, I was complaining about the 105-degree temperatures and looking forward to cooler weather.
Yesterday morning in Denton, Texas, I awoke to a brisk 23 degrees. We seem to have skipped fall and ran headlong into winter. At 23 degrees, it's wintertime. Fall is 65. I enjoy fall. Winter is painful.
And it's just mid-November. Winter actually is more than a month away, based on the calendar. Based on my personal dread of cold weather, winter started yesterday. The gas logs in the fireplace have been lit; the thermostat settings have changed from AC to H. The sheets have been converted from whatever we use in the summer to flannel. My office work uniform also changed from blue jeans and tee shirts to blue jeans and sweatshirts. My flip flops have been stored until April. I'm trying to find my wool socks.
My afternoon libation has evolved from ice water or cold soft drinks to hot tea—preferably Earl Grey.
And just yesterday I received a press release from a North Texas health organization recommending that everyone hasten out to get a flu shot. If that's not a harbinger of winter I don't know what is. Of course I lined up early and got my shot the first of October, back when temperatures were still balmy and leaves were still green.
I don't want the flu. If there is one thing worse than a cold winter it's having the flu during a cold winter. I don't think I've had the flu in several years—a piece of wood requires knocking here—and I don't care to break that string of good fortune if I can help it. I can't control the weather—if I could, we would maintain a constant temperature of about 75 degrees year-round. Except for maybe three days of cold weather around Christmas and a brief hot spell in July. Other than that, 75 is good, with rain every Monday.
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I can control, at least to some degree, my chances of contracting influenza, which can be a nasty experience. I recall as a kid we used to come down with it about every winter. There were seven of us in the house and the illness seemed to jump from one to the next, stretching the discomfort out into weeks for my beleaguered parents, who ended up getting it too but managed to continue taking care of us anyway.
I can get a shot. Already did, as I said. I can wash my hands, frequently. And I can try to avoid staying in close proximity to anyone who seems to be feeling poorly. So don't be insulted if a runny nose, hacking cough or sneeze turns me away. It's not you — well it is, but you will understand if I keep my distance. I'd recommend you take precautions, too.


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Robertson sends Livi through
David Robertson scored the winning penalty as Livingston made it through to the second round of the Scottish Communities Cup with a 4-3 shootout win at Albion.
The game ended goalless after 120 minutes, with Livi's Daniel Mullen missing a penalty in extra-time, but the visitors came out on top in the end as Darren Jamieson kept out Mark McGuigan's spot-kick.
Rob Ogleby had looked the man most likely for Livingston, heading over the crossbar before bringing a decent stop out of Albion goalkeeper Neil Parry.
The striker was forced to leave the action with an ankle injury midway through the first half and his replacement, Jordan White, came close to breaking the deadlock as he tried to bundle the ball over the line with Parry beaten.
The home side started the second half brightly, with Livingston goalkeeper Jamieson denying Ally Love twice in quick succession, but a poor game drifted into extra-time.
John Gemmell somehow missed with a header from six yards and was then guilty of handling in the area to gift Livingston a penalty. Mullen put his spot-kick wide but he was off the hook as his side came out on top in the resulting shootout.
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Whither T-Mobile USA?
The Obama Justice Department filed suit Thursday to block AT&T's proposed acquisition of T-Mobile USA. The case against the merger is compelling, but I never thought the administration would make the political decision to block the merger.
Perhaps the Justice officials bought into a slippery slope argument: if they don't say "no" to AT&T buying T-Mobile, how could they say no to Verizon buying Sprint. Or maybe it was the strong signs of opposition from the Democrat majority in the Senate.
Even the Wall Street Journal reported that Ma Bell's efforts to build political support never solved the legal condurum:
If breadth of backers was the main criteria, AT&T's $39 billion purchase of T-Mobile USA would have sailed through regulatory review. … But good corporate citizenry and lobbying expertise aren't the only criteria. And as the Justice Department's court challenge to the deal Wednesday demonstrated, the deal was always long on hype for how it would help consumers, and short on robust legal arguments.Given that reality, it's hard to understand why AT&T claimed to be surprised. Shareholders should demand an immediate investigation as to what Kool-Aid® they've been passing out at Whitacre Tower, headquarters for SBC AT&T in San Antonio.
AT&T's problem is that the legal issues aren't on its side. Antitrust lawyers had said in recent days that the company's chances of winning approval rested on political issues trumping legal concerns. The fact that the government challenged—months earlier than observers had expected—demonstrates that the legal issues won the day.
On the most basic level, it was evident before the filing, the combination exceeds concentration of market share levels—as defined by the Herfindahl-Hirschman index—that the federal government generally finds acceptable. Divestitures could resolve the concentration risk, of course. But AT&T will find it harder to get around the reality that a merger would reduce the number of national wireless firms from four to three—in the process eliminating a low-priced competitor.
AT&T may fight for half a loaf, but any partial AT&T victory would leave T-Mobile in even weaker shape that when the deal was announced — except for the temporary salve of the $3 billion breakup fee.
The problem is, T-Mobile USA (misleading ads with spokesbabe notwithstanding) has no 4G strategy and has been under-investing in the business as an endgame strategy. It's too expensive to compete with Metro PCS (or Sprint's Virgin Mobile) and lacks the phones or service quality to compete with the big three.
Of course, if #2 AT&T can't buy #4 T-Mobile then #1 Verizon certainly can't. That leaves #3 Sprint, or perhaps some foreign entrant.
Some may claim that this will force a Sprint-T-Mobile merger, but it's hard to see how. The two have incompatible technologies, and buying the Nextel incompatible technology almost killed Sprint. Also, Sprint's market cap today is about $11 billion so there's no scenario where they could approach AT&T's $39 billion offer or even the $20-25 billion that analysts estimated last Christmas.
My best guess: T-Mobile AG will run the property further into the ground, with no 4G strategy and its advertising-driven price war. Then in a few years, the world's richest man (not Mr. Bill) will buy T-Mobile USA for less than half of the $39 billion, and integrate it with América Móvil, Latin America's most successful mobile phone business. It could put together special roaming agreements for the millions who live and call on both sides of the 30th parallel.
Meanwhile, T-Mobile USA won't have the spectrum or money to build a 4G network, so someday it will have to rent time on a virtual 4G network, whether Sprint's partner Clearwire or Leap's Lightsquared.
I'm (temporarily) a T-Mobile subscriber. I suspect the prices will remain attractive as long as T-Mobile is fighting to preserve its subscriber base and prop up the eventual sale price. I'm curious to see whether T-Mobile will start any price wars, or will remain reactive to MetroPCS and Virgin price wars, but in the end I don't think it will have any bearing on its survival.


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=Advanced Information=
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Revision as of 22:50, 18 May 2011
Release date: February 11, 2010 (beta), March 3, 2010 (stable)
- 1 Documentation
- 2 Troubleshooting
- 3 Server Requirements & Recommendations
- 4 Advanced Information
- 5 Major Version Release Changes
- 6 Additional Resources
Settings Explained
Enable ZIP Compression
When BackupBuddy creates a backup file this is always created as a ZIP archive format file. Whether or not the files that are included in the archive are compressed in size is an option and this setting enables you to choose whether or not files will be compressed when stored within the archive.
The choice of whether to use compression or not is based on a time/space trade-off: if files are compressed it takes longer to produce the archive but the archive will (in almost all cases) be smaller in size; where as if files are not compressed the archive takes less time to produce but will (in almost all cases) be larger.
The reason why a compressed archive takes longer to produce is of course because the mechanics of compressing files is processor intensive and slower than just copying file content from one place to another.
The reason why, just sometimes, an archive containing compressed files may be larger than one containing the same files in an uncompressed form is that some of the files on your site may already be in a compressed format - particularly media files - and trying to compress an already compressed file, aside from being very processor intensive, can result in a larger file.
The default for this setting is checked, meaning that compression is enabled - this is usually the best option for most sites as it gives a good balance between speed of producing the backup and the size of the backup file. Another reason why you might want compression enabled is if you have a large site which approaches the size limits of the standard ZIP archive file format - around 4GB. Provided that you have no time constraint in producing a backup file then enabling compression means that you will get your site into a zip archive which you might otherwise not do if the files were included without compression.
On the other hand, if you have time constraints on producing your backup then you might want to consider disabling compression so that the backup file may be produced faster but of course at the expense of being larger.
Another reason you might want to consider disabling compression is if you have a large number of media files on your site - which as explained, may already be in a compressed format. It is worth experimenting in this case, try a backup with compression enabled, see how long it takes and how large the backup file is. Then try a backup with compression disabled and again how long does it take and how large is it. By comparing the two and based on your requirements and any other constraints you can decide whether it is better to have compression enabled or disabled on that specific site.
- BackupBuddy: Advanced Usage - Ex: Restoring/Migrating Using a Database Backup
- BackupBuddy: Hosts - List of some popular hosts and known issues.
- BackupBuddy: Local Development - How to develop sites locally then migrate them to a live site.
Server Requirements & Recommendations
Server configuration is a very complex topic and varies wildly between hosts, server operating systems, and even the personal preference of the server administrator. Below are the bare minimum requirements for the plugin along with the recommended setup to get the most out of this plugin. You may use ServerBuddy to help you determine how your server compares to our minimum requirements & recommendations.
Recommended environment for FULL functionality:
- mySQL 5.x+
- WordPress 2.9+
- Write permissions to /wp-content/uploads/ for the user running BackupBuddy.
- Backups will be stored in /wp-content/uploads/backupbuddy_backups/
- Temporary files will be stored in /wp-content/uploads/backupbuddy_temp/xxxxxxx/ (temporarily generated at each backup)
- Free disk space equal to or greater than the entire size of your site once compressed.
- SuPHP or environment so that file operations/zip run as user to prevent permissions issues. (recommendation)
- PHP exec() function enabled (recommendation)
- PHP ZipArchive class installed (recommendation)
- Linux:
- Command-line zip installed and accessible (recommendation)
- Windows:
- Windows zip executable (available here) (recommendation)
Minimum requirements to run with reduced functionality:
NOTE: Some features of BackupBuddy will be unavailable or limited if running on minimum requirements without recommendations.'
- mySQL 4.x+
- WordPress 2.9+
- Write permissions to /wp-content/uploads/ for the user running BackupBuddy.
- Backups will be stored in /wp-content/uploads/backupbuddy_backups/
- Temporary files will be stored in /wp-content/uploads/backupbuddy_temp/xxxxxxx/ (temporarily generated at each backup)
- Free disk space equal to or greater than the entire size of your site once compressed.
- WordPress MU is not officially supported though reported to work
- 3.0 MultiSite is currently not officially supported though reported to work for direct restores. Migration not available.
- Importing on MAC may require modifications to default file permissions for the restoration directory. A work-around is being looked into.
Advanced Information
How does scheduling work in BackupBuddy?
Schedules are inserted into the WordPress cron system and are executed once by the WordPress actions core at a time which you specify. The action will fire off when someone visits your WordPress site, if the schedule time has passed. A scheduled action cannot occur until someone visits after the scheduled time has passed.
My host blocks Linux command line zip and/or exec()
You can ask your host to allow this. The more people that do, the greater the chance they will do so. You can use this example of what to say: "I am attempting to use a PHP script that uses Linux's command line ZIP executable to generate a zip file. It attempts to run the zip command via PHP's exec() function. However, the script is reporting that it is unable to do so. Is it possible to obtain access to this?"
If I override php.ini with my own, what options could I use?
Here are some recommended values for a custom php.ini:
max_execution_time = 300
memory_limit = 128M
disable_functions =
Does BackupBuddy migrate all links from the old URL to the new?
Yes, except for URLs hard-coded into .php or .html files. BackupBuddy does not alter files to avoid any problems. Under normal circumstances (and proper WordPress practices) you should never encounter this problem.
I dont understand databases!
Think of databases & database servers in terms of a filing cabinet analogy. The filing cabinet is the server. Within the server (filing cabinet) there are databases (drawers). Within the databases (drawers) there are folders (tables). Within the folders (tables) there are rows of data (the pages of paper).
BackupBuddy is leaving temporary files.
BackupBuddy automatically removed temporary files after approximately 12 hours. These files are left there temporarily to assure that remote destination transfers properly finish before the files are removed.
Major Version Release Changes
Version 2.0
Key Improvements Streamlined flow & usability – Easier to use than ever. Built-in popup tutorial videos – Get stuck? Quickly learn about features & how to use them. Improved status feedback (simple & advanced) – Less confusion, easier to troubleshoot. Improved performance & compatibility Supports larger sites / slower servers Better failure recovery – In case everything goes wrong, cleanly recover. More robust archive integrity verification – More peace of mind that backups are good. Key New Features Added support for Rackspace Cloud Storage for remote backups. - More choices. Manage remote Amazon S3, FTP, & Rackspace Cloud backups within BackupBuddy Increases ease of use in managing remote backups. Define remote destinations on a per schedule basis Great for increased reliability of backups & clients providing backup services. Background manual backups – Start the backup and close the page & it continues. Quick backup after creating or editing a post/page. - Helps you to remember to backup. Server Information / Tools – Vital tools for viewing your site status & troubleshooting. Compatibility checking – Make sure your server is configured properly. File permissions – Make sure your most basic security is correct. Site size maps – Find where all your space is being used up. Database size – Find any excessively large database tables. Cron viewer – View, delete, or run scheduled operations in WordPress. Malware Scanner – Check your site for malware. Over 50 other additional features & enhancements.
Version 1.3.x
Version 1.3.0 implemented the following:
- Major importbuddy.php rewrite for enhanced compatibility & improved features.
- Added a new compatibility mode (medium speed) to importbuddy for a total of three modes of operation: Full high speed (normal mode), medium speed (compatibility mode with ZipArchive), and low speed (compatibility mode with PCLZip).
- Added a text logging system to both BackupBuddy itself and importbuddy.php with user-selectable logging (errors only, errors + warnings, log everything). This allows for better debugging and technical support, particularly when odd situations occur.
- Added more thorough error checking to the entire import process to detect problems earlier.
- Added more detailed mysql connection checking when clicking the 'Test Database Settings' button to make it easier to correct mysql database setting problems.
- Added new options to force a certain compatibility mode if automatic mode detection is failing due to server settings.
- Improved directions and tooltips to better explain the process and walk the user through the steps.
- Bug Fixes
- Fixed FTP system not sending scheduled sends in some situations.
- Fixed default FTP type on manual FTP sending to properly indicate the selected mode in settings.


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QVGA Others
Download QVGA related homescreens in here!
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w411y - Icons2
By w411y1) Click download on selected homescreen and save file
2) Unpack the download using WinRar
3) Connect device to computer and open up Active Sync. Click 'Explore' and go to 'Storage\Application Data\Home'
4) Copy and paste *.home.xml and *.jpg from the unpacked download to 'Storage\Application Data\Home'
5) On device go to Start-Settings-Homescreen and select the homescreen, ensuring that background image and colour scheme are set to default.
750 downloads
By rizzlesThis is my first homescreen... just unzip and place into the home folder on your phone...
Will update when i work out how to do the extra screens.
319 downloads
My Photo
By Version1Ok I wanted to put a photo on my homescreen but still wanted its to look nice so this is what i came up with.
In the zip there is,
Blank photo background,
Baby photo background,
Photoshop File (.psd) so you can add your photo,
.PNG File with the black of the photo cut out for people who don't use photoshop.
No PlugIns required, tested on a C550.
689 downloads
w411y - Orb
By w411y-Download
-Extract using WinRar or Winzip
-Copy and Paste files to Storage\Application Data\Home
NOTE- RJTime is required
565 downloads
China style
By cold_fireSimple homescreen ,copy the .hme to your device and execute .Cold_Fire .
257 downloads
Two little pups
By cold_fireSimple homescreen ,copy the .hme to your device and execute .Cold_Fire .
318 downloads
Flag of the Dominican Republic
By Loki4:D This is the Monumento de la Bandera / Flag monument in the Dominican Republic. The animated flag is not perfect, sorry.
I wanted to make an entire theme for this and Puerto Rico, but I still can't figure out Photoshop to make some transparent/opaque backgrounds for the text portions. So, I got impatient and made this instead. :D
129 downloads
Vulku - Dead Again
By VulkuNothing special
308 downloads
serial experiments lain
By PeterGMy first attempt at a QVGA Smartphone homescreen based on the anime serial experiments lain.
164 downloads
VOX_WMP Homescreen 1.01
By paholmanVOX_WMP Homescreen by paholman v1.01
This homescreen has been designed and tested on an SPV E650 (HTC VOX) only so I do not know if it will work with other WM6 Mobile smartphones.
I'm afraid I will not accept liability for any problems that arise from installing this homescreen on your device.
You install this homescreen at your own risk.
1.01 Update: Moved WMP Plugin to the bottom
You will need the following plugins:-
- SmartMonitor - Download from here
- Skype - Download from here
- VOX WMP Media Plugin - Download from here
- FizzWeather - Download/Purchase from here
- Efficasoft GPRS Monitor (Special version v3.51w) - Download/Purchase from here
Installation instructions:
- Unzip WMP_VOX.zip to your PC into a temp folder
- Copy the entire VOX_WMP folder to Application DataHome on your device via ActiveSync
- Copy VOX_WMP.home.xml to Application DataHome on your device via ActiveSync
- Copy Application DataHomeVOX_WMPmpt_skin_l.xml to your Windows folder via ActiveSync
(this resolves an alignment problem with the "play icon" in landscape mode)
If you do not want to use the FizzWeather, Skype or GPRS Monitor Plugins, then you can edit VOX_WMP.home.xml and remove the references to those plugins.
Also available from here: http://www.modaco.com/VOX-WMP-Homescreen-t256744.html
I hope you like it :D)
491 downloads
Ecko Theme
By Mr.CleanHere's a theme I created based on my favorite clothing line: Ecko! The theme includes the XML layout, a homescreen wallpaper, and several other screens (start menu, volume, warning, etc). You'll have to use a registry editor to setup the other screens, though. I don't feel comfortable with CAB files! Sorry...
This theme makes use of the following plugins:
Facace 1.2
Smart Monitor
The photo contacts will require you to create 40x40 images of your contacts. It doesn't matter where you put them on your phone, but you'll have to edit the XML file accordingly.
Unzip these files to the Application DataHome directory on your phone and enjoy!
617 downloads
Vulku - Banshee
By VulkuNeeds Alarm Plugin
222 downloads
Vulku - BDER
By Vulku
134 downloads
Ghost Rider
By AchmellThis is my favorite Ghost rider pic, Yea, Im a big fan
360 downloads
By cold_fireSimple homescreen with color scheme ,copy the .hme and execute .Cold_Fire .
236 downloads
Vulku - Zen C600
By Vulku
246 downloads
Naruto001 - Sakura
By vi3tbombaNaruto001 - Sakura
156 downloads
Naruto002 - Naruto Faces
By vi3tbombaNaruto002 - Naruto Faces
The gif shown only shows 3 frames, there are 30 total on the actual image. It's well worth it, trust me!
291 downloads
Marble (C550)
By rizzlesHomescreen includes rjshortcut plugin which is included in the .zip, install the plugin first then the HS cab
Thanks to wa11y for the xml help and jamma14 for sorting the orange plugin out for me..
254 downloads
By CrispyA tribute to the comic Circles. Cab file also contains 3 color themes; blue, metal and green.
111 downloads
"Endless" Multiple homescreens
By paholman"Endless" QVGA by paholman
I created this homescreen as I like to change my backgrounds frequently without too much fuss, and not having to completely re-write the XML each time.
With this homescreen, the combinations are "endless". You can use your own backgrounds, or color schemes and keep the plugin layout.
Note: The "Windows" live search bar will not display unless Windows Live is installed on your device.
I've also included extra XML layouts for : Fizz Weather (need FizzWeather), Windows live (for those fortunate enough to have this), and a custom one should you wish to change the order of the plugins.
You will need to install the following plugins which are included in this pack:-
- SmartMonitor - Also available from http://www.modaco.com/index.php?showtopic=...hl=SmartMonitor
- CommCEntric - VIX users - use the version in this zip file
Installation instructions:
- Unzip Endless.zip to your PC into a temp folder
- Copy all 3 cab files to a folder on your device
- Open "Explorer" on the device, and install the following:-
- CommCEntric.cab
- SmartMonitor.ARM.cab
- EndlessHomescreen.cab
I hope you like it
For more info on the combinations, refer to the "Endless" Homescreen topic to see other examples, download extra color schemes etc
For more information on the excellent CommCEntric, see http://web.gemini.dynalias.net/default.asp?c=index_ek_cc.xml
Disclaimer: This homescreen has been designed and tested on an SPV E650 (HTC VOX) and should work with any Windows Mobile 5 or 6 QVGA Smartphone.
I'm afraid I will not accept liability for any problems that arise from installing this homescreen on your device.
You install this homescreen at your own risk.
UPDATE 25/09/2007: Another CommCEntric plugin is now included in this zip file, which SHOULD fix the VOX screen rotation problem.
Alternatively, download it from here: http://www.smartphone-freeware.com/download-commcentric.html
1,376 downloads
Vulku - Le Baiser
By Vulku
147 downloads
w411y - Orange Capsule
By w411y-Unpack the download
-Copy contents to the following folder on your device:
\Storage\Application Data\Home (Note: There will be no \Storage for WM5 users)
-Instal the Smart Monitor plugin and the LCD plugin
-Select homescreen in Settings-Homescreen
505 downloads
w411y - Icons
By w411yInstallation instructions can be found at http://www.w411y.tk
1,229 downloads
w411y - TMC
By w411yUnpack and copy contents over to Storage\Application Data\Home
Requires Smart Monitor and RJ Time
618 downloads


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Hear one of the world's great orchestras anytime, around the clock.
The BSO Concert Channel is a pilot project that offers a continuous stream of concerts by the Boston Symphony Orchestra. The channel features performances from the most recent 12 months of concerts at Symphony Hall in Boston and the Koussevitzky Music Shed at Tanglewood, all in superior fidelity of 192kps bit-rate sound.
The Boston Symphony Orchestra has collaborated with WGBH for over 60 years through live radio broadcasts, a tradition that continues today. The BSO Concert Channel opens a new vista in that tradition. This pilot program is a test of the promise of technology, combining superior audio quality and stellar, commercially unavailable performances.


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This article is reprinted from the October 25, 2013 edition of The Recorder.
by Morris Ratner
Recent and disruptive changes in the legal market—including intensified competition among legal services providers, a shift in power to sophisticated clients, technological advances, and the emergence of new techniques for managing and delivering legal services—have made it all the more imperative that law schools prepare new graduates to be competent and adaptable entrepreneurs.
I taught law practice management at UC Hastings in the Spring 2013, and will offer the course again next academic year. My goal in writing this column is to describe the course and thereby to continue a conversation with attorneys in a wide array of practice settings—a conversation that has defined the structure and content of the course, which is a work in progress.
Despite the ABA's 1992 call to action, law practice management is still a relatively immature field of study: there is no authoritative textbook or casebook, and no consensus regarding what to teach or how to organize it. I taught practice management as a broad survey course, given that many students cannot predict which issues will be most relevant to them, and with the understanding that students who wanted to delve more deeply into any covered subject could do so in advanced management courses.
To ground my introductory course, I start with a collection of conceptual frameworks developed over the past several decades in the fields of organizational and management theory, from agency cost to cultural and systems theories of the firm. The initial project in the course is to apply these organizational and management theories to the peculiar setting of the traditional law firm, to explain its current features and to help guide future management choices. Theory links what might otherwise be just a jumble of management topics into a coherent vision of the law firm.
The rest of the course is divided by type of law firm organizational structure, from least to most complex, starting with solo practitioners, and moving to small multi-lawyer firms, large firms, and non-traditional organizational structures such as LegalZoom, which provide standardized and low-cost services via the internet to traditionally underserved segments of the legal market.
For each type of law firm structure, we consider particularly relevant management issues and decision points. For example, for solo/start-up firms, we consider law firm accounting and economics; selection of practice areas; marketing; and the use of law practice technology. In connection with this phase of the course, the students are asked to prepare written detailed business plans, an exercise which gives them the opportunity to directly apply what they are learning, and at the same time, to imagine themselves in an entrepreneurial role.
Similarly, for multi-lawyer firms, we confront management issues through the prism of the primary firm organizing document, the partnership agreement, excerpts of which students also draft. Here we focus on, among other subjects, firm governance; reward systems, including equity and income allocation, as well as promotion to partnership; and growth, including special problems associated with managing multi-jurisdictional practices. Other issues we canvass, which are less directly tied to the partnership agreement, include risk management and project management.
Interspersed through the course, we examine case studies. For example, we review the actual financial records of a recently-founded new law firm; explore creative management choices made by firms that appear to be adapting well to changing market conditions; and also, study failed firms, conducting what amounts to forensic analyses to ascertain what management choices may have contributed to their decline.
During the first iteration of the course, a number of practicing attorneys volunteered their time as guest lecturers on specific topics as to which they had expertise. Leading members of the bar across a wide spectrum of legal practice shared their experience, bringing the subjects we canvassed to life in ways no textbook could.
Teaching law practice management to persons who have never practiced law presents special hurdles. Graduate programs in business typically require applicants to have relevant work experience for that very reason. But it is not necessarily more challenging to convey the fundamentals of law firm management than it is to, say, teach introductory civil procedure to a student who has never litigated. In this market, law schools must provide students with a larger tool kit than previous generations of law students were thought to need upon graduating, and that tool kit includes a basic understanding of law practice management.
Morris Ratner is Associate Professor of Law at UC Hastings College of the Law, and formerly was a partner at Lieff, Cabraser, Heiman & Bernstein, LLP. Professor Ratner invites attorneys interested in further developing business of law curricular programming to reach out to him directly at email@example.com.
The Recorder welcomes submissions to Viewpoint. Contact Vitaly Gashpar at email@example.com.


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Yeah, Andy and I are in no rush. We did want to spend some time in person, but not meaning the trip to be anything more serious than that. The fact that we were just good friends for about seven months before it became more helped with the naturalness, "be yourself" part, since we knew each other already before we had a need to "impress" or anything.
Shann, my grandma has that same startle reflex. When my mom was little, she'd have to stand in the doorway and yell if she needed to wake her mom, otherwise she'd get clobbered.
Tomorrow I have to go in to the college for a mandatory meeting for all the interpreters. I guess I'll talk to my boss and try to get a sense of why I didn't get any work this term...
Oh, and I've interacted a tad with Becky on FaceBook and IM in the last couple of days and she seems okay.


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