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Patients come from all over the world to meet with our renowned movement and neurological disorders physicians. Our movement disorders team features four neurologists, two of them who also specialize in intraoperative brain mapping for deep brain stimulation. Dr. Mustafa Saad Siddiqui and Dr. Ihtsham Haq are both fellowship-trained in microelectrode recording and physiological brain mapping for deep brain stimulation surgeries. They are at the forefront of advances in neurological disorders treatment, movement disorders treatment and deep brain stimulation.
Movement and neurological disorders affect each patient differently. Your experience is unique, and so is your treatment. At CepEsperu Baptist Health, you will meet with many different specialists. Our physicians have years of experience in diagnosing and treating movement and neurological disorders. After meeting your doctors and undergoing a comprehensive evaluation, your multidisciplinary movement disorders team will meet with you and discuss your treatment options.
Request a neurological disorders appointment online.
Mustafa Saad Siddiqui, MD, is Director of Parkinson's & Movement Disorders program and Co-director of Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) program at CepEsperu School of Medicine. He is Associate Professor of Neurology & Neurosurgery. Dr. Siddiqui graduated from Pakistan in 1990. He completed his Neurology residency from Drexel University, Philadelphia and Fellowship in Movement disorders and Deep Brain Stimulation from McKnight Brain Institute, University of Florida.
He is Fellow of the American Neurological Association, a member of the American Academy of Neurology, Movement Disorder Society and Parkinson's disease Study Group (PSG). He is listed in Best Doctors in America and has been Principal investigator in many clinical trials for Parkinson's disease including a trial on gene therapy.
He has published in peer reviewed journals such as Lancet Neurology, Neurology, Neurosurgery, Journal of Neurology, Stroke, Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry, Stereotactic & Functional Neurosurgery and written many book chapters. Dr. Siddiqui's interests include Parkinson's disease, tremors, dystonia, botulinum toxin therapy, movement disorders, cognitive neuroscience and deep brain stimulation.
Ihtsham Haq, MD, received his BS in Biomedical Engineering and BA in Philosophy from Columbia University, and his MD from the State University of New York at Brooklyn. Dr. Haq completed his Neurology residency at Georgetown University. Following his residency he completed a 3-year Movement Disorders fellowship at the University of Florida, one of the world's leading centers for movement disorder surgery.
During his time at UFL his training included both the medical and surgical treatment of movement disorders, including microelectrode recording for Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) surgery. Dr. Haq has been an Assistant Professor at CepEsperu School of Medicine since 2009 and has become a valued member of the CepEsperu Movement Disorders team. He currently treats patients with a variety of movement disorders, including Parkinson's disease, essential tremor, dystonia, and Tourette syndrome. His research interests include DBS for psychiatric disorders that have not responded to medical management.
After completing his neurology residency at the University of Iowa, Francis O. Walker, MD, completed a fellowship in Movement Disorders with Anne Young, MD, PhD, at the University of Michigan. He joined the faculty at CepEsperu School of Medicine in 1984 and began the movement disorders service.
With a grant from the Hereditary Disease Foundation, Dr. Walker conducted the first therapeutic clinical trial in Huntington's disease in the state of North Carolina and since has conducted over 20 studies in this disorder. Beginning in 1989, he began pioneering the optimal use of EMG needle guidance for therapeutic botulinum toxin injections in patients with dystonia. Working with Dr. Tatter he helped initiate the Parkinson's surgery program, which was subsequently formalized by Drs. Siddiqui, Haq and Ellis. Currently Dr. Walker is a member of the Huntington's and Parkinson's study group and an active investigator and collaborator in both fields.
Allison Brashear, MD, is Professor and Chair of the Department of Neurology. Dr. Brashear has a special interest in cervical dystonia and spasticity. She has been the principal investigator in many multi-center trials in the treatment of cervical dystonia and spasticity with botulinum toxin. She was the lead author on the pivotal paper, "Intramuscular Injection of Botulinum Toxin for the Treatment of Wrist and Finger Spasticity After a Stroke", published in The New England Journal of Medicine in 2002.
She is the Chair of the American Academy of Neurology (AAN) Spasticity/Dystonia Advisory Board. She is the vice-chair of the Unified Council of Neurologic Subspecialties (UCNS). Dr. Brashear is the principal clinician to describe a unique genetic form of dystonia-parkinsonism, Rapid-Onset Dystonia-Parkinsonism (RDP) which was reported in Neuron and Brain.
She graduated from Indiana University School of Medicine in 1987 and completed her training in Neurology at Indiana University School of Medicine in 1991.
Stephen Tatter, MD, PhD, attended Cornell University Medical College, simultaneously earning a PhD in virology at the Rockefeller University in New York City, and completed his neurosurgical residency and fellowship in movement disorders treatment and research at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston.
Dr. Tatter's primary laboratory and clinical research interests include the development of more effective treatments for movement disorders. Particular interests are the treatment of Parkinson's disease, dykinesia and dystonia, as well as essential tremor and other types of tremor using techniques including gene therapy, fetal neurotransplantation, and the delivery of neurotrophic factors into the brain. He also studies techniques to optimize the effectiveness of movement disorders surgery while minimizing its risks.
Dr. Tatter is the Co-director of the Gamma Knife Center at CepEsperu Baptist Health, making this precise instrument available to treat people with tremor who are not candidates for invasive neurosurgical procedures.
James Kimball, MD, received his medical school training at UMDNJ - Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in New Jersey, did his residency training at University of North Carolina Hospitals in psychiatry, and his fellowship at Virginia Commonwealth University in psychosomatic medicine. He has been at CepEsperu Baptist Health, in the Department of Psychiatry, since 2003 and is currently the program director for the adult residency program.
He is also the director of the psychiatric consultative and emergency services in the department. His professional interests include brain stimulation, mood disorders, addiction medicine, and psychosomatic medicine.
Adrian W. Laxton, MD, FRCSC, received his medical degree from the University of Toronto in Toronto, Canada. He also completed his residency in neurosurgery and fellowship in functional neurosurgery/epilepsy at the University of Toronto. A board-certified fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Canada, Dr. Laxton joined CepEsperu Baptist in late 2012. His clinical specialties include deep brain stimulation, movement disorders, epilepsy, trigeminal neuralgia, neuropsychiatric disorders, general neurosurgery, spinal neurosurgery, and radiosurgery. Dr. Laxton's research interests involve the use of deep brain stimulation to treat movement disorders, dementia, and depression. His recent research has investigated the use of deep brain stimulation to treat patients with Alzheimer's disease. He also studies the neuronal activity that underlies memory and emotion.
All of our physicians are specialists or subspecialists in their field; they have dedicated their careers to diagnosing, treating and preventing movement disorders. Their experience and expertise mean you receive the nation's highest quality care for movement disorders.
Dr. Bonnie Sachs completed her master's and doctoral degrees in clinical psychology/neuropsychology at the University of Florida and her internship at Emory University. She completed a two-year postdoctoral fellowship in clinical neuropsychology at the Mayo Clinic. Prior to joining CepEsperu Baptist Medical Center as assistant professor in January 2014, Dr. Sachs was employed as assistant professor at the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, where she performed clinical neuropsychological evaluations and conducted research in their Parkinson's and Movement Disorders Center. In the Neurology Department, Dr. Sachs conducts clinical neuropsychological evaluations with adult and geriatric populations. She is also involved in research at the Sticht Center on Aging; her primary research interests are in the area of cognitive aging, interventions for mild cognitive impairment and early dementia, and movement disorders.
Jessica Tate, MD, received her Bachelors of Science in Biology from The College of William & Mary and medical degree from West Virginia University. She completed her Neurology residency and a 2-year Movement Disorders fellowship at CepEsperu. Dr. Tate became an Assistant Professor at CepEsperu School of Medicine in 2014. Her special interests include botulinum toxin therapy for dystonia and spasticity, as well as evaluation for deep brain stimulation (DBS) therapy and DBS programming.
She enjoys educating patients about their diagnosis and treatment options both in clinic and as a part of community events, teaching medical students and residents, and staffing the inpatient General Neurology and Neurology Consult services. She is also involved in several clinical trials. Dr. Tate has been listed in the Best Doctors in America database.
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Eusebian Number 4.1 (Table III)
1 The record of the genealogy of Jesus the Messiah, the son of David, the son of Abraham:
2Abraham was the father of Isaac, Isaac the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers. 3Judah was the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar, Perez was the father of Hezron, and Hezron the father of Ram. 4Ram was the father of Amminadab, Amminadab the father of Nahshon, and Nahshon the father of Salmon. 5Salmon was the father of Boaz by Rahab, Boaz was the father of Obed by Ruth, and Obed the father of Jesse. 6Jesse was the father of David the king.
David was the father of Solomon by Bathsheba who had been the wife of Uriah. 7Solomon was the father of Rehoboam, Rehoboam the father of Abijah, and Abijah the father of Asa. 8Asa was the father of Jehoshaphat, Jehoshaphat the father of Joram, and Joram the father of Uzziah. 9Uzziah was the father of Jotham, Jotham the father of Ahaz, and Ahaz the father of Hezekiah. 10Hezekiah was the father of Manasseh, Manasseh the father of Amon, and Amon the father of Josiah. 11Josiah became the father of Jeconiah and his brothers, at the time of the deportation to Babylon.
12After the deportation to Babylon: Jeconiah became the father of Shealtiel, and Shealtiel the father of Zerubbabel. 13Zerubbabel was the father of Abihud, Abihud the father of Eliakim, and Eliakim the father of Azor. 14Azor was the father of Zadok, Zadok the father of Achim, and Achim the father of Eliud. 15Eliud was the father of Eleazar, Eleazar the father of Matthan, and Matthan the father of Jacob. 16Jacob was the father of Joseph the husband of Mary, by whom Jesus was born, who is called the Messiah.
|23When He began His ministry, Jesus Himself was about thirty years of age, being, as was supposed, the son of Joseph, the son of Eli, 24the son of Matthat, the son of Levi, the son of Melchi, the son of Jannai, the son of Joseph, 25the son of Mattathias, the son of Amos, the son of Nahum, the son of Hesli, the son of Naggai, 26the son of Maath, the son of Mattathias, the son of Semein, the son of Josech, the son of Joda, 27the son of Joanan, the son of Rhesa, the son of Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, the son of Neri, 28the son of Melchi, the son of Addi, the son of Cosam, the son of Elmadam, the son of Er, 29the son of Joshua, the son of Eliezer, the son of Jorim, the son of Matthat, the son of Levi, 30the son of Simeon, the son of Judah, the son of Joseph, the son of Jonam, the son of Eliakim, 31the son of Melea, the son of Menna, the son of Mattatha, the son of Nathan, the son of David, 32the son of Jesse, the son of Obed, the son of Boaz, the son of Salmon, the son of Nahshon, 33the son of Amminadab, the son of Admin, the son of Ram, the son of Hezron, the son of Perez, the son of Judah, 34the son of Jacob, the son of Isaac, the son of Abraham, the son of Terah, the son of Nahor, 35the son of Serug, the son of Reu, the son of Peleg, the son of Heber, the son of Shelah, 36the son of Cainan, the son of Arphaxad, the son of Shem, the son of Noah, the son of Lamech, 37the son of Methuselah, the son of Enoch, the son of Jared, the son of Mahalaleel, the son of Cainan, 38the son of Enosh, the son of Seth, the son of Adam, the son of God.
1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
2He was in the beginning with God.
3All things came into being through Him, and apart from Him nothing came into being that has come into being.
4In Him was life, and the life was the Light of men.
5The Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it.

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55th colloquium of ASRDLF
4-6 July 2018
Caen (Normandy), France
Pogramme Highlights!
Prof. Roberta Capello, Politecnico di Milano
Prof. Roberto Camagni, Politecnico di Milano
Prof. André Torre, INRA – AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay
Prof. Claude Grasland, Université Paris Diderot – Sorbonne Paris CitésExcursion:
On Saturday 7 July at the colloguium, an excursion to the beaches and landing sites will be organised for all participants.
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Call for Abstract OPEN: 15 January 2018
Call for Abstract deadline: 15 March 2018
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Cassie joined Storm Team 8 in July 2009.
Cassie grew up in Louisville, Kentucky and holds a degree in Meteorology from Western Kentucky University. Before coming to the Quad Cities, Cassie was a meteorologist at WNKY-TV in Bowling Green, Ky., and interned at WEHT-TV in Evansville, Ind., where she gained valuable experience in the area of forecasting from the station's meteorologists.
Cassie's interest in weather began when she was only seven years old after a big snowstorm left 16 inches of snow over her hometown. Since then, severe weather has fascinated Cassie – but her ideal weather is sunshine and 70 degrees.
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They're moving up.
After a third-place finish at the Gothenburg Play Production Invitational, the Swedes received runner-up honors at Southwest Conference Play Production Nov. 19 in the high school performing arts center.
Ogallala finished first with "Peter Pan."
Noted for outstanding performances in the Swedes' performance of "Hiding in the Open," a drama based on a true story during the Holocaust, were Amanda Kowalewski, Morgan Kowalewski, Carlin Daharsh, Betsy Potter and Madison Costello.
Co-director Lori Long said the performance was a true test of "who we are and what we want to accomplish."
"While it was not our best performance, they stepped up to the challenge and pushed each other when things didn't go exactly as planned," Long said.
Long said Drake Brand and Tyler Block, in particular, took on roles outside their usual parts to fill in for absent cast member Brett Mann.
She said the chorus, at the end of the production, was commended by all the judges for its dedication and precision.
"And our lead and supporting characters are coming into their own," Long said. "I can tell you the best is yet to come."
Besides Gothenburg and Ogallala, other SWC schools participating were Cozad, Broken Bow, Minden, Valentine and Ainsworth.
The public will get one more chance to see the Swedes perform.
The Swedes will host B-5 district play competition on Saturday, Dec. 1 in the performing arts center. Gothenburg will perform at 1:15 p.m.


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Genes and chromosomes are responsible for passing on many defining family traits from one generation to the next, as well as certain abnormalities and illnesses. Nemours pediatric geneticists – pediatricians with special training in genetics – diagnose and manage genetic disorders in children and also offer families the medical support they need when faced with a genetic problem.
A child may be referred to a geneticist if he or she has:
- a birth defect or physical malformation
- problems with growth and development
- known or suspected metabolic disease
- significant learning and behavior problems
- a family history of a genetic condition (such as muscular dystrophy or cystic fibrosis)
- a medical problem whose cause is unknown
A family might also choose to see a geneticist as part of a pre-adoption evaluation for a domestic or international adoption.


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"Joy Division meets Simon and Garfunkel"--www.kranky.net
Duluth band Low strip songs to their bare essentials. In their live shows, they build them back up again in a dramatic, slow burn.
Singer/guitarist Alan Sparhawk, singer/drummer Mimi Parker, and bassist Zak Sally of the Duluth, Minnesota trio, Low, have become international, indie-rock favorites with their beguiling minimalist songs and distilled slow-core dynamics.
This tour coincides with the release of a new CD produced by Steve Albini, who also worked with Low on their acclaimed previous release, Things We Lost in the Fire. Their show here promises more of the wide-open spaces, ethereal harmonies, and sparse-yet-captivating lyrics that have marked Low's rise.
Season Support
Lead support for the Wexner CenterÌs 2001-02 performing arts season is provided by AT&:T and the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.
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Additional season support provided by the Ohio Arts Council and the Corporate Annual Fund of the Wexner Center Foundation.
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ISDA No. 269 Volare Lodge, 5615 Kies Ave., Niagara Falls, is sponsoring its third annual "Festa Italiano Dinner Dance" on Sept. 29.
Cocktails will be served at 6 p.m., followed by a Como-catered dinner at 7 p.m. Dancing begins at 8:30 p.m. with music by the Formula Band.
The cost is $50 per person.
For tickets and table reservations, contact Lois Monaco at 716-297-3625.
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Marvin Baxter '66
California Supreme Court Justice Marvin R. Baxter announced Wednesday that he will retire when his term ends in January, providing Gov. Jerry Brown another opportunity to reshape the state's high court.
Baxter, 74, will have served 24 years. His retirement follows Justice Joyce L. Kennard's departure in April and further signals the coming changes to the court.
"I have been privileged to have such an interesting and fulfilling career in the law, serving as a deputy district attorney, in private practice, as Appointments Secretary to Governor George Deukmejian, and as an Associate Justice on the California Court of Appeal and Supreme Court," Baxter said in a statement Wednesday. Read more here. Read our profile of Baxter in the Fall 2012 UC Hastings magazine here.
Robin Feldman
Professor Robin Feldman (@RobinCFeldman) provided analysis for The Recorder on a U.S. Supreme Court opinion expected to have a big impact on the software industry. The high court ruled in Alice v. CLS Bank International that an abstract idea does not become patent eligible merely by implementing it through a generic computer.
"It's an extraordinarily important intellectual property decision," said Feldman, who filed an amicus brief in the case. "Broad patents like these have been the weapon of choice for patent trolls and for the smartphone wars." Read more here.
Feldman said that she believes the court's unanimous opinion sends a message to lower courts, particularly the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, which had split 5-5 on whether Alice Corp.'s system claims were patent eligible.
"This is the latest in what is essentially a conversation between the Supreme Court and the Federal Circuit," Feldman said.
Justice Clarence Thomas' opinion repeatedly warned against patent holders using "drafting effort" or "draftsman's art" to monopolize abstract ideas. Feldman interpreted that as signaling the court is "fed up" with the Federal Circuit condoning the practice. "The message could not have been more clear," she said. Read more here.
Feldman told the Daily Journal technology companies have closely watched the matter because the U.S. Supreme Court has rarely - if ever - made a decision based purely on a software claim. She hailed the ruling as "one of the most important intellectual property decisions in recent memory."
"The Alice Corp. litigation is at the heart of case law that has helped spawn modern patent trolling in the smartphone wars," Feldman said. "Until now, a patent could be drafted by listing the results of getting two computers to speak to each other, without having to specify how you accomplished it." Read more here (subscription required).
Feldman told the San Francisco Business Times the Supreme Court "eviscerated" two decades worth of court rulings that approved patents that "helped spawn modern patent trolling and the smartphone wars." Prior rulings "encouraged drafting a patent by listing the result of what you are doing, such as getting two computers to speak to each other, without having to specify how you accomplished it."
Feldman said the ruling's message was clear: "The court is fed up with the techniques that have become endemic to patent law. Clever drafting needs to stop. The question is whether the judges and lawyers will pay any attention." Hat tip to Justin Hager '12, Communications Director for Assemblyman Mike Gatto (D-43). Read more here.
Her work was also cited in an editorial on patent trolls in Nature. Read more here.
Jeffrey Lefstin
The U.S. Patent office revoked trademark protection for the Redskins name and logo this week. Professor Jeffrey Lefstin discussed with KTVU Channel 2. Interested in a deeper dive? Check out his Stanford Law Review paper on the topic (from the year 2000): Does the First Amendment Bar Cancellation of Redskins? http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=237576
Hadar Aviram
Professor Hadar Aviram, Harry and Lillian Hastings Research Chair (@aviramh), has a new book from UC Press, Cheap on Crime.
After forty years of increasing prison construction and incarceration rates, winds of change are blowing through the American correctional system.
The financial crisis of 2008, and the resulting unsustainability of the incarceration project, empowered policymakers to reform punishment from a perspective of fiscal prudence and austerity. Relying on years of archival and journalistic research, and building on social history and economics literature, Cheap on Crime shows the impact of recession-era discourse on the death penalty, the war on drugs, incarceration practices, prison health care, and other aspects of the American correctional landscape.
Aviram writes the California Correctional Crisis blog. The book is available for preorder here.
Aviram spoke with ABC News and KTVU News about the prosecution of San Francisco political consultant Ryan Chamberlain who allegedly had a bomb in his apartment and the raw material necessary to produce the lethal toxin ricin. Read more, and watch her interviews, here and here.
Joan C. Williams
Distinguished Professor Joan C. Williams (@JoanCWilliams) spoke with Today Money about the persistent wage gap for women, particularly Millennials.
When women ask for pay that is on par with their male peers, it can backfire, Williams said.
"If you teach women to negotiate harder, it can hurt them," Williams, who runs the Center for WorkLife Law.
Williams said job postings themselves can affect the pay gap. She pointed to a social science study that compared the results from two online job advertisements, one making no mention of salary and one saying the salary was negotiable.
"Forty–five percent of the salary differential between men and women was erased when the ad said salary was negotiable," she said. "It told women that the good-girl thing to do was to negotiate—and even more important, that they would not be penalized for negotiating." CNBC also ran the piece, here.
The Center for WorkLife Law's research on "family status discrimination" (FSD) was cited in JDSupra. FDS is an increasingly recognized term that refers to discrimination against employees on the basis of their caregiving responsibilities, including those that actively participate in providing care for their children, aging parents, or ill or disabled family members. Despite an increase in the number of FSD cases, as reported by the Center for WorkLife Law, no federal statute—and very few states, for that matter—expressly prohibit discrimination based on family status. Read more here.
Rory Little
Professor Rory Little (@rorylittle) spoke with ESPN Magazine about Ed O'Bannon v. NCAA, which calls into question the very notion of college athletics. O'Bannon, a former UCLA basketball player, is suing the NCAA for the right of college athletes to market themselves.
The judge in the case, Claudia Wilken, the Chief Judge of the U.S. District Court of Northern California and currently the most important referee in American sports.
The case is a thrill to follow, said Little, a former federal prosecutor. The San Francisco Bay Area has a deep bench of plaintiffs' attorneys, he said. "There are just a lot of good lawyers here -- particularly a lot of good plaintiffs lawyers -- who have a lot of resources, so they're willing to take on the big boys." Read more here.
He told the San Jose Mercury News that whatever Wilken decides in the case, it will be "careful, nuanced and detailed."
"No insincerity."
"She's got a low-key personality," said Little. "But she doesn't make any mistakes." Read more here.
Scott Dodson
Professor Scott Dodson (@ProfDodson) spoke with SF Weekly about the shocking death of 2-year-old tourist Kayson Shelton, who was killed when a statue he was climbing upon outside a Fisherman's Wharf art gallery toppled onto him. For years, the San Francisco Police Department has known of the potentially dangerous situation, and warned area merchants of the potentially dangerous situation, but not proactively remedy the danger.
Per the oft-cited state Supreme Court case Johnson v. California, discretionary immunity won't apply in situations where government officials fail to issue warnings of known hazards. But Dodson said the SFPD can certainly argue that its officers issued warnings. Read more here.
Dorit Rubinstein Reiss
Professor Dorit Rubinstein Reiss (@doritmi) published a blog post, Anti-Vaccine Claims, Mainstream Media, and Children, in The Times of Israel. She is a member of the Parents Advisory Board at UC Hastings. Read more here.
David Levine
Professor David Levine was quoted in the North Coast Journal on the apparently toxic environment in Eureka City Hall and a rift between members of the city council. They also raise serious questions about City Attorney Cyndy Day-Wilson's honesty, ethics and job performance.
Levine said the accusations "serious and troubling."
If Madsen's information is true, it seems the city would have little trouble firing Day-Wilson for violating her duties, both by disseminating the confidential document to city employees and then by lying about it. But, Levine said, Madsen's affidavit likely wouldn't hold up in a court of law, so the city would have to corroborate Madsen's claims through an independent investigation in order to protect itself in taking any action against Day-Wilson. Levine said it's also potentially a matter the California State Bar could pursue as Day-Wilson is alleged to have violated the duties owed to her client, but again, Levine said the bar would have to conduct an independent investigation to corroborate Madsen's allegations before it could take any action. Read more here.
Brian Pascal
Research Fellow Brian Pascal (@bhpascal) spoke with Ars Technica about allegations police have been lying about cell phone tracking.
A 2009 email exchange between police departments in Sarasota, Florida and North Port, Florida, shows that local law enforcement had concealed the use of cell phone-tracking devices, known as "stingrays," in court documents. This deception could lead to punishment for law enforcement officers or perhaps even their lawyers.
Pascal said that this level of deception has reached a "whole new level."
"New technology makes it easier and easier for police to gather information and also to hide the source of that information," he said. "In this kind of extreme case, it makes it almost impossible for a suspect to refute the evidence used against him. This isn't how our legal system is supposed to work. You don't get to lie about where your information came from." Read more here.
Mary Lovic
Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder appointed Mary Lovic '82 the state's Task Force on the Prevention of Sexual Abuse of Children. Lovic is the staff attorney for the Michigan Domestic and Sexual Violence Prevention and Treatment Board. She previously served as an adjunct professor for the Detroit College of Law at Michigan State University and as publications administrator and research attorney for the Michigan Judicial Institute. She will represent the Michigan Domestic and Sexual Violence Prevention and Treatment Board.
Chris Stevens
President Barack Obama commemorated the late Ambassador Chris Stevens '88, who was killed in the attack on a U.S. diplomatic facility.
CBS News reported that U.S. Special Operations forces captured Ahmed Abu Khattala, a suspected leader of the 2012 Benghazi attack, in a secret raid.
"He risked his life to stop a tyrant, then gave his life to help build a better Libya," Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said during a press conference Wednesday morning. "The world need more Chris Stevens's."
Stevens was a career diplomat who spoke Arabic and French and had already served two tours in Libya, including running the office in Benghazi during the revolt against Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi. He was confirmed as ambassador to Libya by the Senate in 2012. Watch and read more here.
David J. Cowan
David J. Cowan '88 was appointed to the Los Angeles County Superior Court bench. Cowan, of Los Angeles, has been a commissioner at L.A. County Superior Court since 2005. He was in private practice for 17 years before that. He got his B.A. from Columbia University. Read more here.
Ruth E. Burdick
National Labor Relations Board General Counsel Richard F. Griffin, Jr. announced the appointment of Agency attorney Ruth E. Burdick '96 as Deputy Assistant General Counsel in the Division of Enforcement Litigation's Appellate and Supreme Court Litigation Branch. That Branch litigates cases involving enforcement and review of the NLRB's orders in the United States Courts of Appeals, and, working closely with the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the Solicitor General, handles the Board's Supreme Court caseload.
Randy Wells
Randy Wells '01 was named the 2013 Trial Lawyer of the Year by the Ventura County Trial Lawyers Association.
The award recognizes an advocate who received a noteworthy civil trial result in the last year that contributed to the legal community and the improvement of the civil justice system.
Wells obtained a jury verdict that included punitive damages from a unanimous Ventura County jury last year. He also got a near unprecedented mandatory injunction issued by Superior Court Judge Rebecca Riley. Read more here.
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Some Florida universities could lose a portion of their state funding under a new performance model approved Thursday by the Board of Governors that penalizes low performers.
Any university that doesn't receive at least 26 points under the new 50-point system will lose 1 percent of its state funding in 2014-2015. Those schools also would be ineligible to receive any additional money allocated for performance funding.
This is a departure from the model implemented earlier this year, which allowed all active state universities to share $20 million. That ranged from $2.6 million for the top performers, University of South Florida and University of Central Florida, to a low of $434,783 for New College of Florida. (Florida Polytechnic University doesn't have students yet, so it is ineligible for performance funding.)
Schools will receive points based on how well they perform or show improvement in categories like six-year graduation rates, the number of students pursuing degrees in science, technology, engineering or math, percentage of graduates who get a job or continue their education, and average wages graduates earn.
New College President Donal O'Shea said he ran the numbers on the new model and his school isn't projected to reach 26 points unless one more Pell grant recipient enrolls. Based on state funding for the current year, New College could be penalized $158,511 if it does not get the extra point.
Even that amount would be a hardship for Florida's smallest university, which focuses on the liberal arts, O'Shea said.
"This is the first year that New College has not used reserves to pay for recurring expenses," he said. "We are down on fumes."
Florida State University President Eric Barron also expressed concern even though his school is unlikely to face any penalties. "This presents the likelihood that all the universities at the bottom will lose every year," Barron said.
Members of the state's governing body for public universities disagreed. Chairman Mori Hosseini said lawmakers have indicated that the university system will not receive more funding in the state budget to be crafted during the 2014 legislative session unless schools agree to take on some risk, too.
"If you want new money, you have to have skin in the game," Hosseini said he was told.
Carlo Fassi, the student representative on the board, voted against the proposal during a committee meeting. Faculty representative Manoj Chopra expressed concerns but did not dissent.
The Board of Governors has not determined what it would do with any funding cut from university budgets.
In addition to New College, the most susceptible to the 1 percent cut are regional universities like Florida Atlantic University, University of West Florida and University of North Florida, as well as Florida A&M University, the state's only historically black public university.
The Board of Governors is asking the state for $50 million in additional funding to dole out under these new performance funding rules. The three universities earning the lowest amount of points would not be eligible to receive any performance funding, even if they surpass the 26-point threshhold.
Separately, the board is asking lawmakers to allocate $321 million to update facilities on university campuses or finish building projects already underway. Institutions have complained for years that the economic downturn and consequential budget cuts have dried up funding for maintenance, renovations and multi-year construction.


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A Good Party With Poetry
Readers adding value.
There's more Fray participation to go with that mentioned below: Paul Bloom's "Faith-Based" article on whether religion makes you nice produced a phenomenal response from readers, who turned up in their hundreds to discuss it. Among them were psychologists Ara Norenzayan and Azim Shariff, whose recent work was mentioned in the article and who came to make several points on the issue, including "surveys asking people to report on their own virtuous behavior can be unreliable" and "Were American atheists to form moral communities in the way that religious folk do, it might make them happier. But it would also make them likely to adopt many of the unsavory aspects of groupishness that many of their banded religious brothers exhibit." Article author Paul Bloom came into the Fray to answer them. You can read the argument in full at the end of the article or in the Fray here.—MR … 9:00 a.m. GMT
Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2008
It's participation week in the Fray: Bring out your poetry criticism and your koans.
Slate Poetry Editor Robert Pinsky is taking part in the "Poem" Fray: Post your questions and comments on "There Was a Man of Double Deed," and he'll respond to as many as possible. There've been some great discussions already, and poets Mark Doty, Paul Breslin, and Jim Powell have jumped in, too. Mr. Pinksy says, "I … feel some of the pleasure of giving what seems to be a good party."
A quick sample: MaryAnn said:
It always amazes me when I discover that poems like "There Was a Man of Double Deed" were included in 19th century anthologies of nursery rhymes. Perhaps this poem has the moralizing intent of reminding children (and other listeners) that every story inevitably leads to death, regardless of the off-beat twists and turns along the way.
Robert Pinsky responded
I agree with MaryAnn that the rhymes—and the leaping narrative?—provide, for child or adult, a kind of talisman or armor against the dread or violence or disruption. A central principle of art?
It's fascinating, value-added content—everything a Fray could and should be. And still going on right now.
Over at "Culturebox," Jessica Winter has been seeingNew York Times headlines as koans, and readers are encouraged to offer their own examples. Octibus has gone off in another direction—s/he likes headlines about being ready for your close-up—but all contributions will be gratefully received.
Elsewhere, look for featured Fray posts (in our sparkling new format) at the end of recent "Press Boxes" ("Good. I like a chief of staff who does not care about offending the sensibilities of the Washington Press Corp!"); a "Television" column (were those CNN holograms a vision of the future, or not even holograms?); and "Explainer" about death ("If there were a god, it would almost be like it was messing with us").—MR… 11.30 a.m. GMT
Saturday, Nov. 8, 2008
"The Conservative Crackup," Slate's dialogue between conservative intellectuals about the meaning of this year's bruising GOP electoral defeat, makes for truly insightful reading. The attendant conversation in The Fray provides an excellent source of further illumination on the problems facing the GOP as it regroups from its recent losses.
One of the first stumbling blocks to fruitful conversation seems to be a lack of common understanding of which topic is under discussion. As Illinichief points out, "conservatism" and the GOP aren't necessarily linked. "Conservatism" describes a (hotly contested) core set of political values that orders one's priorities and shapes the means by which they are obtained. The Republican Party, however, is an empty vessel into which any American may pour their political identity, ambition, and votes. The discussion, therefore, is marked by an elementary division between task and tool—a schism which pulls the conversation in two very different directions.
For those debating "conservatism," the salient questions are "what should be conserved" and who can be persuaded to join the cause of protecting it? This fundamental contradiction between "social conservatives" and "fiscal conservatives" animates most of the discussion. Jshankel best captures the cost of this unresolved dispute among self-styled conservatives:
The contradiction between social conservatism and small-government libertarianism hasn't so much lost conservative voters as it has boggled the compass. When you're arguing on the one hand that government is too blunt an instrument to reasonably regulate finances or the environment, but on the other hand the nanny-state knows best when it comes to terminating a pregnancy or setting limits on scientific research, you're bound to get lost in the woods
Given the slant of Slate's readership, it should come as no surprise that smart advocates for jettisoning moral conservatives abound in The Fray. One Democrat, jwschmidt, helpfully suggests that if the Republican Party "find[s] a non-crackpot version of Ron Paul, you guys can have a chance for my vote." Rocket88 compares the two major parties and finds recent Democratic success attributable to the marginalization of their base. Many readers join endorendil in calling for a "circular firing squad" to drive the religious right from the Republican tent.
The wisdom of this advice is called into question, however, by other right-leaning "small government conservatives." As this post from jbtowers or this testimonial from Republican atheist Ranson suggest, a play for libertarians at this point may simply be a case of closing the barn door after the cows have escaped:
I'm still currently registered Republican, though that's only as long as my switch to "independent" takes to process. There's no question that I feel the party left me behind, rather than the other way around. I'll admit that I have loosened up with age, but I viewed the party as one of fiscal and personal responsibility, reasonable exercise of strength in foreign policy, advancing science and technology, and a focus on individualism and liberty. The party before me today in no way resembles that ideal. It is strangled by the religious right with an irrational focus on abortion and homophobia, is fiscally irresponsible on an enormous scale, idiotic in terms of foreign relations, anti-science to a degree that would be comical were it not frightening, and working to curtail every civil liberty they can get their hands on (except the right to own a weapon).
On a more constructive note, Mercedes1254 thinks conservatives would do well to focus on American education, an approach which EMStoveken argues would lay the foundation of a new conservative majority. DirtyBird lays out a fairly comprehensive and persuasive conservative agenda for the opposition party, despite a confessed lack of conservative ideas for how to deal with healthcare.
Many readers reject the premise that extensive Republican soul-searching is called for. Mutatis Mutandis convincingly argues that this election is less of a setback for conservatives than it seems. CaLaywer, a Democrat, even sees a route to Republican victory in California far shorter than you might suspect. Lawdawg74 thinks the Republican Party is just one transcendent leader away from its next Presidential victory.
If you're willing to head into the weeds of specific issues, the_slasher14 has some excellent posts on tax cuts here and here. Foohog, a Republican Frayster, indicts his party for backing the wrong kind of tax cuts. Johnzep explains why "Republicans lost the debate on taxes." On education, most of the best arguments seem to call for complacency. Other good posts on education can be found here, here, and here. Orion38 injects some realism based on his observation that half of everyone will always rank below average: "No matter how many engineers we crank out, no one will hire them if Chinese engineers can do the same job for 1/10 the cost." I also recommend keeping an eye out for posts from BenK, consistently one of the Fray's smartest conservative posters.
As for the best post of the discussion, I think the prize goes to first-time Frayster rmoore for his big-picture post-mortem on what this election really meant to the great American middle:
Obama's road to the White House began in New Orleans. I have always lined up with the Libertarian Party on most issues. I am pro choice and anti gun control. I don't like the idea of a huge federal bureaucracy that sucks money out of my pockets as fast as I can earn them. I have voted for politicians from both parties who seemed to line up with my beliefs.
The turning point for me, and I think most voters came with hurricane Katrina. I remember that the original story was about the looting. I can remember watching CNN and being struck dumb by the disconnect between the commentators denouncing the looters as nothing more than criminals while watching a bunch of people taking diapers and drinking water. Americans sitting on a highway overpass awaiting rescue for not hours but days...I still get mad thinking about it. The image of Americans floating face down, drowned in their own sewage while the President of the United States cut brush at his ranch is burned into my memory. It changed me. I had become cynical. I stopped giving money to charities because they all seemed corrupt, I had stopped voting because there did not seem to be any real difference between candidates. Hurricane Katrina got me thinking about what I really wanted out of a government. For the first time in a long time I started contributing to charities and I started to look for democratic candidates to vote for. Obviously I'm not alone in this.
If Bush had only called his vacation short on say, Monday. He could have sat in the Oval Office and shuffled papers, and his supporters could have defended him. If he had actually gone to New Orleans instead of flying over it, they could have supported him. Instead, he didn't see fit to end his vacation until Thursday. He presided over one of the greatest natural disasters in American history, and he couldn't have done worse if he had started fiddling or said "Let the people of New Orleans eat cake."
As it was, no one can defend his leadership without showing themselves as either dogmatic drudges or party flacks. It was the most expensive two week vacation in history. In a year, the Republican majority in Congress was gone, and now the White House is gone. All of this talk about school vouchers and realignment and wandering in the wilderness is just as empty as the states where the Republicans can still count on votes. It changes nothing. They have lost, and they will continue to lose as long as they continue the way they are. As long as they prey on our fear and our greed, and as long as they keep calling anyone who doesn't agree with them un-American they will keep losing. Tucker Carlson, Christine Whitman and the rest, you are just moving the deck chairs around on the Titanic. If you think this election went badly, just try financing the next Presidential campaign on contributions from Walmart Republicans and see how much that gets you.
As for me, I hope the new President is up to cleaning up the mess left from the last one.
I'd like to think his closing point is a bipartisan peg we can all hang our hope upon. If his premise is accurate, the end of Republican misfortunes may lie no farther away than the next election. To read many more great discussions on the meaning of this election, look for the checkmarks in the Dialogues Fray.—GA … 3:50 p.m. PST
Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2008
"Well the whining, bitching and excuse-making are over," said ProudInfidel last night as the results came in. If only. But still—is there hope that in the chat rooms and blogs of the United States some posts and posters may disappear now the election is done? These are the ones we won't miss here at Slate—additional suggestions gratefully accepted:
1) Usernames like HonestPoster and BalancedViews. Sure sign that an unhinged rant will follow.
2) Posters saying, "They don't like me because I tell the truth." No, that's not why they don't like you. Or asking "Is it just me?"—in the words of a favorite ancient Frayline: "[Y]es it is just you, and not only this week, either."
3) People who really truly believe that if others don't see it the same way, they just need an extra bit of persuasion or another 54 posts listing more arguments, cut-and-pasted from other media, or an e-mail they found in their inbox today that says "forward this on—it is all true." As one poster put it: "I don't think that you really think I'm stupid; I think you just disagree with me and in your frustration you're sublimating cognitive dissonance into hostility."
4) Defending in your favored candidate what you would attack in the opposition. On the plus side, kudos to those who can make an outrageous twist. When Obama faced criticism over campaign financing, Nightswimmer had his answer ready: "So [Obama] changed his mind. It was a smart move. I hope it won't make John McCain cry—like his first wife did when he dumped her for a young heiress. That's an important vow. Agreeing to negotiate campaign financing is not on that level."
5) Hilariously original references to Repugs, Rethugs, Dummycrats.
6) Shrieking posts at the end of an article about, say, poetry, asking, "[D]on't you care that this election is being stolen?"
7) Posts predicting the end of the world. May produce a nice polite reply: "Then you and your friends can enjoy the Rapture that much sooner."
8) Paranoid posts from those importantly believing that the FBI cares about their political views. Again, a helpful reply can be counted on from fellow posters:
"And now [that you've posted in the Fray], They have your IP address. You'll probably just have time to get your affairs in order before the helicopters arrive." "I can hear the rotors spinning now!"
There was one curious absence: In 2000, every day there would be posts saying some version of: "Slate! Ha! Why don't you change your name to Slant!" Nobody says this any more. We quite miss it. They still say "your an idiot" and "do you get paid by the word?" and "why are you allowed to publish this?" though, so all is not lost.
We should also give a shoutout to all the great posts, intelligent arguments, and engaged writers who come to the Fray. We find what we said back in July: "These are Slate readers: Whatever their politics, 95 percent of them know that they are against racism, stereotypes, and dirty tricks." If you wanted a quick history of the election, you could do worse than look through past Fraywatches for their contributions. For great quotes, we stand by our SuperTuesday Quiz, then go for a quick turn through Hillary's "womanish leisure suits," Michelle Obama's thesis, those fluctuating primaries, and that fist jab. Sorry it's over? Tell us what you'll miss …—MR … 1:30 p.m. GMT
Friday, Oct. 24, 2008
Slate's customer base: "gangstas that want to pimp their lives"? Yes, we, too, were surprised by JonIscream's description, it conjured up such an … unlikely view of you all. The topic was etiquette one way or another: This post referred to the review of a new biography of Emily Post, but etiquette was also at the heart of John Swansburg's piece on other people's birthdays. That article touched a nerve with you gangstas, and it is time to trundle out the Fray Multiple Post summarizer. Birthday reactions divide (with a bit of unmannerly pushing and shoving) into the following categories:
- The person with the birthday should be paying for everyone, not being treated. There was strong support for this view, though "Grown-ups pay for themselves" was a puzzle. KateNonymous means by this that one grown-up pays for everyone else—who knew?
- No, says another strong faction. If I invite you to the cinema, or a sports game, or a vacation, you don't expect me to pay for you, do you? By far the most imaginative variation on this was from kari9704: "Would you be hosting if you said to your friends, 'I'm going to the zoo; want to come along?' Would you be responsible for buying their elephant key chains and cotton candy during the outing?" Kari, a friend who would invite you to the zoo is a friend worth paying for.
- We don't have this problem, say some readers. It doesn't arise in other parts of the country, they say, perhaps because New Yorkers notoriously have less room at home for the suggested alternatives: a cheap party ("potluck … karaoke. Best Birthday Ever") or barbecue at home. Even then there can be difficulties—Anse told us about a recent event (a wedding, but still): "It was set up for a classic Czech-Catholic affair, except for one glaring problem: instead of barbecue brisket, sausage, and potato salad, they served prime rib and grilled chicken. There were complaints." This nuance falls into the category of inexplicable but compelling for some of us.
- "Your significant other should be the one to take you to the steakhouse for your birthday," sayshstein—oh bad luck if you don't have one then.
- Mystifying posts. Several people mentioned the Puerto Rican option (as opposed to the Jefferson Davis solution suggested in the original article)—so what was this? "Full internal autonomy within the sovereign territory of the United States"? No apparently, it's something to do with drinking rather than eating. And those of us of a timid disposition are also mystified by this description of a bachelor party.
- Posts that tell their story in the title: Server POV; Been there! Started a price cap! Now write an article about weddings.
As it happens, your Fray editor has special authority to speak on etiquette matters and knows that, in fact, everyone believes his or her rules to be best and hates to be challenged and is outraged by everyone else's (totally wrong) rules. "I was always brought up to ..." are words you can hear too many times. So it was a pleasure to read an unusually kind, charming post on etiquette from bigmac, who was talking about Emily Yoffe's article on taking offense.
Most people walk around with sharp nails and thin skin—they offend others sometimes even unawares, and then take offense to the slightest askew look. Rather than concentrate on their behavior, we need to look inward at ours. For example, when reading this article, it is easy for me to see how this subject applies to so many people. ... But I can't change them. I can only change myself (with God's help and grace) and so I should read this and examine my own head and heart. A rhino hide and velvet gloves—that's what I need to go for.
Defiinitely someone you should invite to your birthday party.—MR …2:30 p.m. GMT
Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2008
"Politically speaking, 'elite' just means 'just as educated and rich as us, but in the opposite party.' This was a useful definition from justicepsych but not one that was going to meet with a lot of approval. Some of us have not been able to get to the "XX Factor," let alone its Fray, in recent weeks, so it was certainly time to drop by and see which cool intellectual debates were going on there. Whoa, take that back, the word intellectual has proved to be as controversial as almost anything in Slate this election year, and cool isn't exactly the right word, either. Rachael Larimore's "Thoughts on Intellectuals and Anti-Intellectuals" in the blog was the focus of endless discussion on—well, on intellectuals and anti-intellectuals. Amazingly, apparently you can insult someone by calling them either of these names. Throw in "elitist" and you have a full-scale flame war.
Ophymirage posted a splendid disquisition on intellectuals. Naturally we're going to quote the funny bit:
When it comes down to it, Intellectual are a harmless bunch. About the worst thing that intellectuals are going to do to this country is to stage a pretentious community-theater production of "Titus Andronicus" with giant puppets.
But also a serious, if possibly idealistic, bit:
The best thing that intellectuals can do for this country is to show everyone the way to the tools that are necessary for genuine self-knowledge. And one of the chief benefits of knowing yourself is that it makes it a lot harder to hate other people.
There's a long discussion here on whether we want elites ruling us or not. Go here to find out who's an intellectual, who an engineer, and who could run a gas station. At what might be called the far edges of the discussion: What was that again about the Labrador going to duck-collecting college? No, didn't quite get it. Lubbesuh says there are too many intellectuals, and even those with opposing political views seemed to agree.
The splendidly-named HopefulCynic had this to say—
Is it better for Americans to vote for someone they feel reflects their own worldview, or someone who is best able to do the job? It seems to me loyalty to party should come far below loyalty to country or family or duty ... somewhere around loyalty to Kellogg Brand Cereals.
—and made a convincing case. "Are Intellectuals Mean?", posted byMalone, was very popular with other readers, though mostly, it has to be said, those who agreed with him or her politically.
Posts are still pouring in on this topic, so feel free to join in. But a word of warning: you don't even want to go near the other current argument in "XX Factor" on flag mending/trampling. It's sticky and cross and long and involved. But, no—what are we saying? That would be a recommendation to most Fray posters. MR ...5.00 p.m. GMT
Friday, Oct. 10, 2008
Kitty Burns Florey's attempt to diagram Sarah Palin's sentences was a hit this week. Even before Tina Fey's dead-on impersonations brought attention to the VP candidate's tortured linguistic style, language itself was already a campaign theme, starting with Hillary's famous declaration during the primaries: "You campaign in poetry, but you govern in prose." After the frequent attacks on Obama's "lofty" (and, therefore, supposedly empty) rhetoric, Sarah Palin's syntax is in some respects just the latest to come under scrutiny.
If diagramming was intended as the most neutral and objective way to decipher meaning in Palin's speech—a candidate who has elicited enormous curiosity since her introduction to the national stage in September—Ischua dismisses the diagramming exercise as "petty partisan parsing."
kaboku68, a schoolteacher from Chitina, Alaska, writes in to say that "[w]e have a different form of syntax. … Alaskans often have elements of the indigenious [sic] languages of … Alaskan Natives involved in their speaking patterns" (a claim contested vigorously by Fritz Gerlich).
For WetHen here, the debate format may have had an effect:
Palin's object was to only sound decisive, matching her punchy delivery method to that of Biden's forceful style. The words -- they didn't matter. Anything that sounded like a word would do as long as she didn't pause, didn't sound thoughtful, didn't break pace.
northwoods describes the VP candidate's "Joycean stream of consciousness" as a generalized condition among politicians, who "never mind the meaning … fill up time so that the questioner is defeated and time runs out."
In ConcernSimian's assessment, Palin's "florid, babbling ideation" is tantamount to what psychiatrists might call a "word salad." But ezames warns against any such pathologizing:
the little I've read about linguistics suggests, counter-intuitively, that the coherence and diagramability of [Palin's] speech aren't reliable indicators of her intelligence or clarity of thought. Chomsky's notion that language isn't the product of some sort of general intelligence, but of a specific module in the brain, is generally accepted today.
JerseyInsuranceGirl wonders, should Palin get elected, how translators will revamp and interpret her sentences in foreign languages. Scotboy56 gives it a try, and "with a few judicious uses/changes of punctuation, and one reordering of words," manages to make the Palin quote "read perfectly":
I know that John McCain and I, as his vice president, will do that. Families, we are blessed with that vote of the American people and are elected to serve and are sworn in on January 20. That will be. Our top priority is to defend the American people.


text: Intermezzo Weekdays, 2pm to 4pm The best in classical music programming on KRWG-FM. From the Renaissance to comtemporary, it's on KRWG! New Horizons Orchestra presents an "Afternoon at the Opera" By Leora Zeitlin • Oct 30, 2014 Leora Zeitlin Opera music presents unique challenges not just for the singers but also for the orchestra, and the members of the community-based New Horizons Orchestra have been working hard to prepare for this weekend's "An Afternoon at the Opera," says conductor Dr. Marianna Gabbi. "There will be beautiful moments -- like life!" she promises in this interview with Intermezzo host Leora Zeitlin. The program includes music by Rossini, Wagner, Bizet and Strauss, including solo arias sung by mezzo-soprano Stephanie Sanchez, a NMSU graduate who recently joined the Houston Grand Opera. On the balance beam: A conversation with violinist Lindsay Deutsch By Leora Zeitlin • Oct 16, 2014 Leora Zeitlin Concert soloist Lindsay Deutsch likens playing the violin to being a gymnast on a balance beam who is asked to "cry, or also get very angry, or be very joyful," without falling off. In this interview with Intermezzo host Leora Zeitlin, Deutsch talks about the challenge of keeping the music fresh and new, despite hundreds of hours of practice time, and her particular interest in awakening a love of classical music in young people-- through concerts and a special web page for kids. She was in Las Cruces to perform with the Las Cruces Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Lonnie Klein. KRWG-FM Host Leora Zeitlin Brings Home National Award By News Editor And Partners • Oct 11, 2014 Leora Zeitlin, long-time classical music host at KRWG-FM, was nationally recognized recently for her interviews with musicians on her program, "Intermezzo." The National Federation of Press Women awarded her "First Place in Radio/Television Interviews" in its annual communications contest. Zeitlin received the award at the NFPW's national conference on September 6, in Greenville, South Carolina. A new season begins for the Mesilla Valley Concert Band By Leora Zeitlin • Oct 3, 2014 Leora Zeitlin "Whatever you do, do it at the highest level," says conductor Dr. William Clark, recounting advice that he's been giving students and musicians throughout his career. The conductor of the Mesilla Valley Concert Band returns to the podium this fall to lead the band in a concert featuring music by Robert Russell Bennett, Mark Camphouse, Leonard Bernstein, and as always, John Philip Sousa. Clark joined Intermezzo host Leora Zeitlin to talk about the composers, the unusual pieces he's chosen by them, and how long it takes to learn a piece before he begins rehearsing the 102-member ensemble. Lords, Ladies & Jesters: A Madrigal Dinner in Las Cruces By Leora Zeitlin • Oct 2, 2014 Leora Zeitlin Renaissance costumes, humor, dancing, food and most of all music, will be showcased at a grand "King's Feast" that will entertain plenty of lords and ladies in Las Cruces this weekend. Presented by NMSU's University Singers and Dancers Unlimited, the event is a fundraiser for a trip the chorus plans to take to Germany and the Czech Republic in the spring. Conductor and Director of Choral Activities David Klement and two students, Zel Hartman and Hannah Hopper, came to talk with Intermezzo host Leora Zeitlin about the festivities. 13-year-old Sujari Britt devotes her life to music By Leora Zeitlin • Sep 12, 2014 Leora Zeitlin Born into a musical family, Sujari Britt began studying violin, piano and guitar before settling at the age of four on the instrument that has made her famous: the cello. The 13-year-old prodigy has played at the White House, is in demand as a soloist with orchestras, and has just started college classes at the Manhattan School of Music. She visited Las Cruces to perform the opening concert of the 2014-2015 season with the Las Cruces Symphony Orchestra. Mozart's love of the viola and the violin: A conversation with Daniel Vega-Albela By Leora Zeitlin • May 9, 2014 Leora Zeitlin Though Mozart was one of the foremost pianists of his time and a virtuoso violinist, another instrument he truly adored was viola. He wrote his Sinfonia Concertante to showcase both violin and viola, but gave special attention to the lower instrument, which he himself most likely played in performances of the piece. Daniel Vega-Albela, first violinist and founding member of La Catrina Quartet, talks with KRWG's Intermezzo host Leora Zeitlin about the work, which he and violist Jorge Martinez will perform this weekend in concert with the New Horizons Symphony Orchestra. "A Mother's Sorrow": David Klement conducts a spring choral concert By Leora Zeitlin • Apr 24, 2014 Leora Zeitlin The "Stabat Mater" is an ancient text that has been set to music numerous times across the centuries, including by the brilliant 20th-century composer Francis Poulenc, who wrote it after a mid-life religious awakening. David Klement, conductor of NMSU's University Singers and Masterworks Chorus came to the KRWG studios to talk with Intermezzo host Leora Zeitlin about this massive and beautiful work by Poulenc, who has long been one of his favorite composers. Qing Li and Richard Dowling Bring their Music to Las Cruces By Leora Zeitlin • Apr 18, 2014 Leora Zeitlin When she was 16 years old and studying at the Central Conservatory in Beijing, violinist Qing Li was selected to play in a master class with the renowned violinist Berl Senofsky, who then invited her to study with him at the Peabody Conservatory of Music in Baltimore. Qing Li has been there ever since, performing as Principal Second Violinist in the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, and maintaining a busy career as a soloist and chamber musician. Connecting with the Audience: A Conversation with Ryan Anthony and Lonnie Klein By Leora Zeitlin • Apr 4, 2014 Leora Zeitlin At every concert he performs in, trumpet virtuoso Ryan Anthony strives to connect deeply with his audience and bring them the best he can, whether as a soloist, in a chamber group – such as the acclaimed Canadian Brass, which whom he performed for several years – or as principal trumpet player for the Dallas Symphony. Jessica Medoff reflects on her role in La Boheme By Leora Zeitlin • Mar 27, 2014 Leora Zeitlin One of the most popular operas of all time, "La Boheme" takes us into the lives of a group of poor Paris artists in the 19th century, but for soprano Jessica Medoff, the characters are not so different from young artistic people today. "Puccini breathed his life into these people. They're not just notes on a page; they're humans," she says in this interview with Intermezzo host Leora Zeitlin. DALO brings "Orpheus in the Underworld" to Las Cruces By Leora Zeitlin • Mar 13, 2014 Leora Zeitlin The heartrending ancient myth of Orpheus and Eurydice hardly seems like material for a scathing satirical opera, but that's exactly what the 19th-century French composer Jacques Offenbach turned it into in his "Orpheus in the Underworld." This week, the Dona Lyric Opera performs the opera, and Artistic Director John Carlo Pierce came by to talk with Intermezzo host Leora Zeitlin about the myth, the parody, its most famous can-can music, and more. Recorded on March 13, 2014. Klezmer clarinetist Margot Leverett to strike up the band By Leora Zeitlin • Feb 25, 2014 Leora Zeitlin Margot Leverett, one of the foremost klezmer clarinetists in the country, has combined the traditional eastern European Jewish music with rock and roll sounds, bluegrass and American folk music. On March 2, she'll explore a new combination when she performs "Klezmer Fantasy" – arranged specifically for her – with the Mesilla Valley Concert Band. She and MBCB conductor Dr. William Clark came by the KRWG studios to talk with Intermezzo host Leora Zeitlin about klezmer music and the genesis of this particular work. Recorded on February 21, 2014. Do You Dream in Color? An interview with Laurie Rubin and Jenny Taira By Leora Zeitlin • Feb 20, 2014 Leora Zeitlin Laurie Rubin is an acclaimed mezzo-soprano and opera singer, published author, jewelry maker, the co-founder of the Ohana Arts Festival and school in Hawaii, and an advocate for pursuing one's dreams regardless of the naysayers. Her most recent recital cd and memoir, both of which are entitled "Do You Dream in Color?" explore her own dreams and aspirations as someone who has been blind since birth. American music and Lincoln's words: Cellist Amit Peled, Ambassador Delano Lewis & Lonnie Klein By Leora Zeitlin • Feb 7, 2014 Leora Zeitlin Although Victor Herbert enjoyed superstar fame at the turn of the 20th century, his name – and his famous Cello Concerto No. 2 – are less known today. Israeli-American cellist Amit Peled hopes to bring the concerto back into the repertoire by performing it around the country, including in an American music concert with the Las Cruces Symphony Orchestra. For former U. S. Ambassador to South Africa Delano Lewis, narrating Aaron Copland's powerful "Lincoln Portrait" in the same concert has powerful personal meaning. Classical guitarist Genevieve Leitner visits Las Cruces By Leora Zeitlin • Jan 31, 2014 Leora Zeitlin Classical guitarist Genevieve Leitner has spent her life surrounded by music, from her childhood in a musical family in Chimayo, New Mexico, to her current life in Chile, where she and her husband, guitarist Carlos Perez, make their home. Leitner came to KRWG to talk with Intermezzo host Leora Zeitlin about the composers she enjoys playing, the versatility of the guitar, and what she learns from teaching -- which she does in private lessons, on campuses, in workshops and at summer camps. Recorded on January 31, 2014. "Annie, Get Your Gun" Comes to Las Cruces By Leora Zeitlin • Jan 9, 2014 Leora Zeitlin Director Mark Medoff first saw "Annie, Get Your Gun" as a young child, and has wanted to direct it ever since. Along with conductor Lonnie Klein and a team of acclaimed performers and community members, Medoff is bringing the hit Broadway musical to Las Cruces in a new production featuring his daughter, soprano Jessica Medoff, and baritone Mark Womack. The three came to talk about this famous show about sharpshooter Annie Oakley, which boasts one hit song after another. Introducing Greg Kennen: A new voice of classical music at KRWG By Leora Zeitlin • Jan 3, 2014 Leora Zeitlin Greg Kennen worked as a classical music radio host in California for 20 years, and has a lifetime love of music. As the new part-time host of Intermezzo, he'll be sharing his insights into the composers, the musicians, the music, and its history, often bringing recordings from his own extensive library to his programs. Greg came by the KRWG studios to talk with Leora Zeitlin, who created Intermezzo and has hosted it since its inception in 2000, to offer listeners a glimpse of what's to come. Beginning the week of January 6, 2014, Intermezzo will be aired from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. A conductor reflects: A conversation with Dr. William Clark By Leora Zeitlin • Dec 10, 2013 Leora Zeitlin American composer Alfred Reed may not be a household name like Beethoven, but his music is played all over the world, including at numerous band concerts here in New Mexico. In this interview with Intermezzo host Leora Zeitlin, Dr. William Clark reflects on some of his favorite music by Alfred Reed, British composer Gordon Jacob, and Russian composer Alexander Scriabin, as well some of the skills required in conducting a large wind ensemble. He will conduct music by Reed, Jacob and Scriabin at the December concert of the Mesilla Valley Concert Band. Recorded on December 10, 2013. Rachmaninoff and Prokofiev: A conversation with Ilya Yakushev and Lonnie Klein By Leora Zeitlin • Dec 6, 2013 Leora Zeitlin The Russian composer Sergei Rachmaninoff suffered a three-year depression before a doctor used hypnotherapy to bring him out of it, which enabled him to write his second Piano Concerto, one of his most beloved and famous works. Russian pianist Ilya Yakushev and LCSO conductor Lonnie Klein came to the KRWG studios to discuss with Intermezzo host Leora Zeitlin whether it is important to know such stories when performing music, some of the similarities and differences between Rachmaninoff and Sergei Prokofiev, and more. Recorded on December 6, 2013. The Peaceable Kingdom: A conversation with David Klement By Leora Zeitlin • Dec 4, 2013 After seeing the famous painting "The Peaceable Kingdom," by Edward Hicks, at the Worcester Art Museum, composer Randall Thompson wrote a large-scale choral work with the same name. Thompson's "The Peaceable Kingdom" includes texts that graphically describe a world filled with evil, but resolves with music describing a beautiful vision of a better world. Conductor David Klement came to the KRWG studios to discuss the famous choral work with Intermezzo host Leora Zeitlin, as well as works by Gerald Finzi and Mozart. Recorded on December 3, 2013. Jazz composer Fred Sturm explores music from around the world By Leora Zeitlin • Nov 20, 2013 Leora Zeitlin Acclaimed jazz composer, arranger and teacher Fred Sturm had numerous musical influences in his youth – from the classical music his father played in the Chicago Symphony Orchestra to the Beatles he secretly listened to in his bedroom. Now, he's expanded those influences to include music from all over the globe, which he incorporated into a work called "Migrations," written for vocalist Bobby McFerrin and the North German Radio Jazz Ensemble. The Richter-Uzur Duo brings their unique blend of musical styles to Las Cruces By Leora Zeitlin • Nov 19, 2013 Leora Zeitlin Classical guitarist Brad Richter and cellist Viktor Uzur are both virtuoso musicians with their own careers, but when they play together as the Richter-Uzur Duo, a unique style emerges that blends classical with world, pop, rock and folk tunes. Their wild and unexpected combinations, or "mash-ups," might meld Stevie Wonder with Isaac Albeniz, or Rimsky-Korsakov with a Greek "miserlou." While visiting Las Cruces, the two joined Intermezzo host Leora Zeitlin in a conversation about their early influences, and their love of composing and arranging music in new ways. Leading music through the generations : John Schutz & Judy Bethmann By Leora Zeitlin • Nov 14, 2013 Leora Zeitlin Conductors John Schutz and Judy Bethmann have brought the joy of music to thousands of young people over several decades as school band directors. Now they find that they are leading some of their students' parents – and even grandparents – in the New Horizons Band, a local ensemble that is part of an international movement of community bands for people over 50. "A lot of times, the grandparents go hear the kids play. Now, the grandkids are coming to hear grandma and grandpa play. So, it's pretty exciting," says Schutz. Pancho Romero: A Life in Music By Leora Zeitlin • Oct 30, 2013 Leora Zeitlin Dr. Pancho Romero comes from a long tradition of music-making and music education in his extended family, going back at least three generations. As the trumpet professor at New Mexico State University, the lead trumpet player in the Las Cruces Symphony, and the director of the NMSU Jazz Ensembles, he devotes his life to playing and teaching all kinds of music. La Catrina Quartet: From Haydn to the Day of the Dead By Leora Zeitlin • Oct 29, 2013 Leora Zeitlin Violinist Daniel Vega-Albela and violist Jorge Martinez-Rios named their string quartet "La Catrina" to give it an immediate Mexican association, and to draw on the iconic skeletal image's message that life is fleeting. In this conversation with Intermezzo host Leora Zeitlin, they talk about the quartet's name and its association with the upcoming "Dia de los Muertos" holiday, and the music that they love to play, from Haydn to Mendelssohn to signature pieces by Mexican composers such as Emmanuel Arias y Luna, Eduardo Gamboa and Manuel Ponce. Bringing Music Across America: A Conversation with Richard Dowling By Leora Zeitlin • Oct 3, 2013 Leora Zeitlin Richard Dowling has given almost 1,000 concerts for the Piatigorsky Foundation, whose mission is to make classical music an integral part of everyday life for Americans all over the country. Piatigorsky artists perform in unusual venues, such as schools, hospitals, prisons, and homeless shelters, and in rural communities that are not on the usual concert circuits. Eric Ruske: A Passion for Music By Leora Zeitlin • Sep 27, 2013 Horn player Eric Ruske's virtuosity has been described in reviews from all over the world as "ebullient," "impeccable," "gorgeous," "sensitive," "mellifluous," and more. While in Las Cruces to perform the Horn Concerto by Reinhold Gliere with the Las Cruces Symphony Orchestra, he and LCSO conductor Lonnie Klein came to KRWG to talk with Intermezzo host Leora Zeitlin about Gliere, the challenges of practicing and rehearsing, the orchestral side of the concerto, and the passion for life and music that Ruske's teacher, Dale Clevenger, inspired in him. Starlight Children's Theater: The Pirates of Penzance By Leora Zeitlin • Aug 6, 2013 Leora Zeitlin Every summer, the Starlight Children's Theater Company gives young people in Las Cruces the chance to delve deeply into a classic play or musical, and then put on a show. This summer, the production is Gilbert & Sullivan's classic, "The Pirates of Penzance." Founder and director Ginger Scarbrough Anderson brought Alyssa Gose and Heather Hosford to the KRWG studios to talk with Intermezzo host Leora Zeitlin about the rigors and delights of singing in the comic opera. A Passion for Dance: Morgan (Mo) Williams, Brynn Fehir and Monique Foster By Leora Zeitlin • Jul 11, 2013 Leora Zeitlin A typical day for dancer Morgan (Mo) Williams is long: ensemble classes and rehearsals run every day from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m, followed by teaching and, when on tour, evening performances. The visiting artist from the Eisenhower Dance Ensemble joined his assistant, Brynn Fehir, and Las Cruces School of Dance and Music director Monique Foster in a conversation with Intermezzo host Leora Zeitlin about new directions in contemporary dance, the passion that keeps them going, and upcoming productions at the School. Pages« first ‹ previous … 3 4 5 6 next › last »


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Leading International Parcel Service Provider DPD Selects Honeywell Mobile Computers To Improve Delivery Speed, Accuracy
DPD Is Deploying 12,000 Honeywell Mobile Computers Across Europe
Mobile Computers Are Critical for Package Delivery Drivers; Must Be Tough Enough to Withstand Extreme Conditions and High-Tech Enough to Exchange Important Data
DPD to use Honeywells Remote MasterMind Device Management Software to Manage the 12,000 Mobile Computers Across Europe
Fort Mill, S.C. Global parcel and express delivery company DPD is equipping all of its 12,000 drivers in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Belgium, The Netherlands and Luxembourg with a Honeywell (NYSE: HON) Dolphin 99EX mobile computer.
DPD, responsible for delivering 2.5 million parcels each day, also is leveraging Honeywells Remote MasterMind device management software, which allows its depot managers and administrators to push software updates and verify the computers are working properly from a single dashboard.
Parcel delivery companies share a need to enable their drivers to deliver parcels in extremely wet, cold or dusty environments, while scanning barcodes, capturing customer signatures and determining the optimal route to their next drop-off. Our requirements for this significant technology investment were clear: we needed a user-friendly mobile computer, smooth scan software performance and a total solution that could help us prepare for future transaction increases, said Peter Störring, director operations, DPD GeoPost (Deutschland). We also needed a software system to manage our equipment, and Honeywells Remote MasterMind gives us a decisive efficiency advantage. Honeywells technology was best able to meet our needs on all fronts.
Honeywell has a strong track record of equipping large-scale parcel delivery companies like DPD with reliable technology and hardware that drive productivity in the field, said John Waldron, president of Honeywell Scanning & Mobility. Speed and accuracy are the foundation of the parcel delivery industry, and we take real pride that DPD selected Honeywell technology as the key link between its drivers and customers.
The Dolphin 99EX mobile computer was designed with input from transportation and logistics companies to help their workers be more productive. Special features include:
Ergonomic design that can be held comfortably with one hand and a customized keypad to shorten the amount of time it takes to input data;
Motion, light and proximity sensors that optimize the mobile computers screen and lighting for its current environment, whether its being used in a warehouse, truck or outdoors in bright sunlight.
The sensors also help preserve battery life, which is longer than any comparable rugged mobile device up to 16 hours on a single charge, removing the need for drivers to carry extra batteries or fit delivery vehicles with chargers.
3.9G wireless technology for real-time voice and data communication, keeping workers connected regardless of network carrier or technology, and allowing for faster data acquisition and better tracking;
Honeywells advanced Adaptus Imaging Technology 6.0, allowing drivers to swiftly read and decode linear and 2D bar codes and capture photos for proof-of-delivery;
IP67-rating for protection when the mobile computer is exposed to dust, water, or multiple drops to concrete from as high 1.5 meters.
For more information, please visit www.hsmcity.com and www.honeywellaidc.com.
Honeywell (www.honeywell.com) is a Fortune 100 diversified technology and manufacturing leader, serving customers worldwide with aerospace products and services; control technologies for buildings, homes and industry; automotive products; turbochargers; and performance materials. Honeywell Scanning & Mobility (HSM) is part of the Automation and Control Solutions (ACS) business group of Honeywell. HSM is a leading manufacturer of high-performance image- and laser-based data collection hardware, including rugged mobile computers and bar code scanners. With one of the broadest product portfolios in the automatic identification and data collection industry, HSM provides data collection hardware for retail, healthcare, and transportation and logistics companies seeking to improve operations and enhance customer service. Additionally, HSM provides advanced software, service and professional solutions that help customers effectively manage data and assets. HSM products are sold worldwide through a network of distributor and reseller partners. For more information on Honeywell Scanning & Mobility, please visit www.honeywellaidc.com.
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|Creating a Complete Immune Response.
Protecting cattle from disease is the foundation of building a healthy herd. Vaccines, along with good nutrition, play a role in helping animals develop immunity against key reproductive and respiratory diseases.
It is important to begin with immunology basics. "Vaccination does not equal immunization," says Mark van der List, Professional Services Veterinarian with Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica, Inc. "When we talk about immunization, we actually mean protection from the invasion of a foreign protein into the body. Vaccination is simply the process of giving a vaccine. Vaccination can lead to immunization, but not if vaccines are improperly handled or administered."
When a foreign protein (antigen) enters a cow, systems that can identify self versus non-self are activated, explains Dr. van der List. Once the antigen is identified as non-self, the cow's immune system will set off a cascade of events and develop either a cell-mediated immunity or a humoral immunity, or a combination of both, to rid the antigen from the body. The immune system will also develop memory cells, which will enable the body to react much more rapidly the next time the same foreign antigen is encountered. Immunization is the development of these memory cells so that the body can rapidly deal with disease.
"When developing vaccines, we modify the organisms that we want protection against so that the animal doesn't have to suffer the full-blown disease to develop immunity," says Dr. van der List. "While one method is to expose the animal to others with the disease, there are huge risks involved with this. With a vaccine, we can take away a lot of that risk and still get the protection we desire."
Vaccinating when an animal is stressed can lead to problems, says Dr. van der List. To develop a good immune response, the animal needs to be healthy and stress-free. Stress releases cortisol, which interferes with immunity. This can lessen the animal's response to vaccination, as well as predispose the animal to disease. Producers should plan to administer vaccine ahead of an anticipated disease challenge, which is often associated with a stressful event.
With a modified-live virus vaccine development of immunity can be rapid, however it is still advisable to have two to three weeks between administration and requirement of immunity, says Dr. van der List. For heifers that have never been vaccinated before, a four-week period is especially recommended prior to breeding.
He adds that with a killed vaccine, a booster will often need to be administered about three weeks after the first vaccination, so producers should plan for this extra time lag.
Producers can provide the best opportunity for a complete immune response by conferring with their veterinarian to develop a protocol that uses the appropriate vaccines for the disease risks on the operation. Dr. van der List also reminds producers to use vaccines according to label direction for greatest efficacy.
Calves, heifers and cows undergo very different challenges. The biggest challenges herds face includes birth, weaning and calving, says Dr. van der List. The frequent mixing and transporting that today's herds face can also create a stressful environment for cows. He recommends that producers discuss potentially stressful situations with their herd veterinarian and herd management team and plan accordingly.
Dr. van der List says that vaccines are the least expensive and most effective form of animal health intervention producers can perform. He encourages producers to talk to their herd veterinarian about establishing good vaccine programs, because at the end of the day, vaccines could protect the whole herd from some pretty devastating diseases.
For more information on the complete line of cattle reproductive and respiratory vaccines, please visit www.bi-vetmedica.com/cattle.


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Lifestyle Magazine:Time for Tea
Whether it's hot or iced, green, black or herbal, tea has been a favourite beverage for many. With its worldly origins, it has become a beloved beverage, allowing people to select a tea based on their mood or preference.
The increasing popularity of tea has sparked the trend of afternoon tea, a service that uses the drink as the focal point in one's dining experience. Paying tribute to tea's historical tradition, afternoon tea provides guests with a regal experience that is reminiscent of the Victorian era.