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Why do people insist on judging by appearance?
Why do people insist on judging by appearance?
Why is it acceptable for people to
judge someone on how they look? I keep hearing people arguing that
even if someone has a valid point it doesn't matter because they
don't look the part. It is bullshit and those people are so full of
themselves. They find judging by appearance acceptable. I think that
is complete nonsense. Most religious types tend to, how did I hear it
again? Oh yes, "people need to wear their Sunday best, in order to
be taken seriously. " A lot of the ones that I have known look like
they came out of a catalog. By all appearances they look like they
are the kindest people you would ever meet. In reality they are the
most perverse and cruel people I have ever known. Not true in all
cases but you would be surprised. (Look what happens to priests when
they go against their nature. It tends to be a common phenomenon
because boredom causes perversity. One way to relieve that nature is
by masturbation. Also if you think its funny that is fine, but maybe
you need to research a bit more. It is healthy to do and there is
nothing wrong with it.) In any case I never trust anyone that looks
good on paper or wears that fake smile. Unfortunately, I myself look
like a conservative asshole most of the time. The only time I really
get annoyed is when people smell, I will still listen to what they
say but at a distance. At least what is "acceptable" is changing
anyways. Tattoos are far more common then they ever where before.
Still I think people should focus on why they think that it is good
to treat someone poorly just because you are not used to how they
look. People really need to rethink their assumptions.
"No matter how old or young everyone is worth it, everyone can learn and no one is beneath you unless they claim to be above you." -Myself
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RE: Why do people insist on judging by appearance?
I don't like your avatar picture, I am not listening!
Anyway, yes that's a problem.
I found out that a whole lot of the people who look like shit, dress in rags, smell, drink,.... that a lot of these people are very intelligent or at least very interesting to listen to.
Unfortunately at least as many people are actually very stupid and full of shit. So it is hard to give them all a chance...
There are people who I don't like from the first time I see them. Those people who look so perfect, like they just bought the clothes they are wearing, and the hair is always freshly cut, and they are always in fashion, with clear skin, and good make up (on girls), and the fake tein (however to spell that).... They act all smeary and too nice and too calm to be true. And most of the time, these people bad mouth you behind your back, get drunk on a party and fall asleep under the table. And next day they come back to work or whatever, and look just as perfect as always... gosh can't stand these. I tried having conversations with such people because I give everyone a chance, literally everyone. But when all I hear is about stuff that was on the radio and that the neighbour bought an ugly dress, and that the new perfume smells too cheap... sorry... ... Be perfect and leave me alone
For the records, I don't look perfect at all, never. I have a big belly, I wash my hair twice a week, and my clothes are not new
RE: Why do people insist on judging by appearance?
Your appearance is not your own. Individuality is a deception. The superorganism that is society requires a form of lubrication in commonality, that of desirable dress and speech and tradition. The gears that turn the motor of the lawn mower do not turn the propeller of the ship. These words reflect the commonality of language and grammar. The wrong you perceive and seek to redress appeals to the commonality of shared moral outrage. This, I read from an atheist.
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RE: Why do people insist on judging by appearance?
I would actually argue that judging based on appearance is part of a human being's fight or flight instinct. It's hard wired into our DNA and has helped us to make it to the top of the food chain.
Let's take a pit bull for example. I believe that pit bulls are not naturally a mean breed of dog and that a lot of pit bulls are often owned by shitty owners who mistreat them. Does that mean that I'm going to walk up to a random stray pit bull on the street and pet it? Of course not, it may be one of the aggressive pit bulls that came from a shitty house hold. I'd be a lot more likely to pay attention to a stray if it were, say... a basset hound.
The same holds true for humans, people develop their frame of reference based on life experiences and it helps us to survive our day-to-day lives.
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RE: Why do people insist on judging by appearance?
(09-07-2012 03:18 PM)StatiK Wrote: I would actually argue that judging based on appearance is part of a human being's fight or flight instinct. It's hard wired into our DNA and has helped us to make it to the top of the food chain.
I suppose I could agree when met with another species, but not when stumbling upon another human being. I don't think it would be all that hard wired into our DNA for us to avoid our own species... doesn't seem logical.
Maybe if the other human looked like or behaved like something we "feared" -or were taught to fear- but then, that would be a learned thing.
Attraction and/or repulsion seems to be quite subjective, and even one's own reaction to those things can be influenced by a variety of things all very subjective to the influence. Manipulation of influence can certainly thwart our natural curiosity when it comes to socializing with our fellow human beings.
I do think curiosity is hardwired and very much a part of human socialization. I'm personally curious about things and people which might be considered "different", possibly only because I want to figure out why there is even something considered a "difference".
Maybe societal "difference" is instituted, in order to deter our natural curiosity about one another. I think very much of what we call "difference" is a manipulation of the subjective and subjective influences. I can't speculate to what end... but "differences" certainly seem to separate us and cause us to judge one another, that's for sure.
A new type of thinking is essential if mankind is to survive and move to higher levels. ~ Albert Einstein
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RE: Why do people insist on judging by appearance?
It also has to do with evolution. If you were a guy you would look for a woman with an hourglass shaped body because she would probably be more likely to survive child birth. Women would look for a man with broad shoulders and a chiseled face as they were more likely to be able to defend her and the child.
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RE: Why do people insist on judging by appearance?
(09-07-2012 04:13 PM)kim Wrote:Sure it makes sense to do the same thing with human beings. A group of black men dressed like gangsters are staring at you and talking among themselves from across the street from you. A skeevy looking guy in a trenchcoat is following you down a dark street at night. An obviously agitated middle eastern man wearing Muslim garb sits next to you on an airplane while whispering to himself about Allah. A sex offender moves into the neighborhood and knocks on your door, as registered sex offenders are expected to do, explaining that he has spent time in jail for aggrivated sexual assault.(09-07-2012 03:18 PM)StatiK Wrote: I would actually argue that judging based on appearance is part of a human being's fight or flight instinct. It's hard wired into our DNA and has helped us to make it to the top of the food chain.
There are reasons that human beings avoid other human beings: It is logical.
RE: Why do people insist on judging by appearance?
Now that we are talking about judging stuff: I have had quite a few experiences where people have pulled the "you can´t judge x", or "judge x by x´s own standards" card.
Not only with Christians saying "Judge not lest ye be judged", but also in general, secular society and among neo-pagans telling me I can´t judge their gods.
I wonder if the idea that you can´t/don´t judge gods and men, originates in Christian influence of cultures? What do you think?
Oh, and for the reference. If I see someone walking down the street, I will judge that person by his appearance, the way he walks, who he walks with, what he does while he walks - and when he opens his mouth to say something, I will judge him based on what he says... and I will hold him against standards which he might not agree with or recognize.
RE: Why do people insist on judging by appearance?
"I am judging that the person who is looking at me is judging me"
Explore this thought....... I imagine the answer and further personal understanding lie in it.
I feel so much, and yet I feel nothing.
I am a rock, I am the sky, the birds and the trees and everything beyond.
I am the wind, in the fields in which I roar. I am the water, in which I drown.
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Dec 4, 1918 Sibley Gazette Tribune: Death of John Graves
John Graves was born in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, May 19, 1854 and departed his life at the hospital in Sibley, Iowa after an operation for stomach trouble. November 27, 1918 aged 64 years, 6 months and 8 days. He came to the United States with his parents in 1868 and settled down in Clinton County, Iowa. In 1874 he came to Osceola county and settled on a farm in Ocheyedan township. Four years later he married Miss Dora Bremmer who survives him after journeying through fory years of wedded life, most of which has been spent in Ocheyedan township.
He was confirmed in the Lutheran Church in Germany, and was a member of the church. About thirty two years ago, in revival held under the auspices of the Evangelical church he was converted and united with the Evangelical church, and maintained his relation with that church, until 6 years ago, when he became a member of the Methodist Espiscopal church in Ocheyedan, Iowa of which he had been a devoted member until his passing into the better country.


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The 10 Most Shocking Diss Tracks of All Time
What's Beef?: The truth is you can stop at 1993's 12 Play and Tre Songz still wouldn't amount to the sheer career impact of R.Kelly. But that doesn't mean Kellz' pandering use of Auo-Tune didn't deserve to be called out as lazy pandering. Frankly, R&B fans should thank Tre for sparking Kelly to a return-to-form as heard on his soulful 2010 effort Love Letter.
Stole On You Moment: "Put that Auto on, yo' homie should of clowned you…you trying to be the-Dream."


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I often wish my profile page on SO shows me the diff in votes for my questions / answers since last time I checked.
Since the SO team has more important things to worry about I decided to add this myself using a greasemonkey script: Stack Overflow: New Votes.
After you install the script , the first time you visit your user page it remembers how many votes each of your questions/answers has.
Upon every subsequent visit, if any of your questions has new up votes or down votes they are displayed next to the number [(+2) 14 votes] instead of just [14 votes].
The data is saved locally and updated every time you visit you profile page.
I have only tested with Firefox3 on WinXP but it should work across OSes and FF versions.
I hope you find this useful, if you have any problems bugs / feature requests let me know in the answers.
Edit: Now also shows the total reputation increase / decrease.


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Barley yellow dwarf virus (BYDV) is an annual threat to wheat throughout the U.S. and wheat growing areas of the world. It can routinely cut yields 10-20 percent and double that in moderate to severe cases.
Though it has been around a long time, there are still few remedies for the viral disease.
The virus is only known to be transmitted by aphids, and Virginia Tech Entomologist and IPM Coordinator, Ames Herbert says managing the aphids offers growers the best opportunity to manage the virus.
Symptoms of BYDV vary from crop to crop. In wheat, the most common symptoms are yellow to red discoloration that begins at the leaf tip and progresses to the base. The last leaf on the plant, or flag leaf, often becomes permanently discolored.
When wheat is infected by BYDV at an early growth stage it often becomes severely stunted and reduces head size.
Barley yellow virus is yellow when it infects barley, but when wheat is infected the leaf tips tend have a reddened coloration. An undulating stand of wheat is a tale-tale sign of barley yellow virus. The low areas of the field represent areas that are infected by barley yellow dwarf virus.
In the upper Southeast four species of aphids are known to vector BYVD. These include: green bug, English grain aphid, cherry-oat aphid, and corn leaf aphid. Herbert points out that each of these aphids has its own life cycle and biology. Any of these aphids can vector the virus.
BYDV is a complicated virus. Five different strains are known to infect wheat. Any of the vector aphids can carry any of the strains or combinations of strains.
The two most prevalent BYDV-carrying aphids in the upper Southeast are the English green aphid and the cherry-oat aphid — sometimes called great cherry-oat aphid or bird cherry-oat aphid.
Herbert says these aphids typically infest crops like fescue. When these crops begin dying out in the late summer and early fall, aphids move on to other crops. In the upper Southeast, he says October is a critical month for aphid migration into wheat fields. Spraying foliar insecticides in late October and November is critical to management of the insects and hence BYDV management.
BYVD is a disease that growers can manage by managing aphids, Herbert says. "Our research over several years and several sites, show that November application of Warrior almost eliminated BYDV. We tell gowers to spray for BYDV-carrying aphids by Turkey Day or by late November.
"By comparison, if Warrior, at the same rate, is used in February, we saw very little control of the virus. And, by waiting until March to spray was a waste of time and money," he adds.
"If you spray in February, you are spraying dirt, and you have to spray insecticides on green plants to get aphid control and BYDV management. It is an amazing thing that we can spray wheat in November and get aphid control through April," Herbert stresses.
Herbert notes excellent results from seed treatment using Gaucho. This treatment, he says did a good job of eliminating aphid buildups and subsequent yield data indicated it had a positive effect on BYDV management.
Since the original research was conducted several more options have become available to growers to control fall aphids in wheat.
Baythroid and Mustang Max are new pyrethroids that have shown to be excellent in fall aphid control. In addition, a new seed treatment, Cruiser, has also shown good control of aphids in wheat.
Growers can also decrease risk to BYDV by planting wheat later in the fall.
Herbert explains that early planted wheat is green and growing when aphids are at peak movement. It only takes a few aphids to spread BYDV in the fall, making scouting and control essential to managing the disease.
Though growers aren't likely to pick a variety based on BYDV resistance, Herbert says it is important to know which varieties are most susceptible and manage aphids more intensely in the more susceptible varieties.
Low seeding rates and/or low plant populations make wheat more susceptible to BYDV simply because the aphids can move around the plants more easily and pick and choose feeding sites.
A late, warm fall allows aphid populations to stay in the field longer and build up higher populations. Likewise, a mild winter allows aphids to survive cold weather, as does a warm spring.
Herbert says fields with a history of virus problems are more susceptible to future outbreaks because the virus is surviving in the summer in summer host plants. So, unless adjacent pastures and other host sites are removed, the virus is likely to reoccur in these fields year after year.
Little can be done to save diseased plants after infection. Losses to BYDV will depend on variety susceptibility, growth stage at the time of infection, and persistence of cool weather conditions that favor disease development.
Scouting and identifying aphids in the fall can give growers some insights on insect management. The primary aphids vectoring BYDV in the upper Southeast are easily identified and distinguishable from one another.
The English grain aphid is green, yellowish-green, red, or purple. In the adult stage these aphids are 2.5 to 3 mm long. Cornicles and antennae are black, legs mostly black.
These aphids infest leaves early but suck sap from grain heads as soon as heads emerge, causing stunting. Among the many host plants are cereals, roses, cattails and wild grasses.
The cherry-oat aphid is olive-green with a red-orange patch surrounding the base of each cornicle. Old, wingless, over-wintering adult aphids may appear black.
BYDV is one problem that growers can definitely manage by managing the aphids that carry the disease. The primary weapons in aphid management are either seed treatment or foliar sprays. And, the key to foliar sprays is to get these insecticides on the plant after the plants are up and growing, but before aphids can transmit BYDV.


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text: This story is all over the place, so, of course, I feel the need to comment. Basically, ThruVision has come up with a non-invasive, passive technology for scanning people for hidden weapons, etc. And it does sound cool: Unlike current security systems that use X-rays, the ThruVision system exploits terahertz rays, or T-rays. This electromagnetic radiation is a form of low level energy emitted by all people and objects. These are able to pass through clothing, paper, ceramics and wood but are blocked by metal and water. The system works by collecting these waves and processing them to form an image which can reveal concealed objects. "If I were to look at you in terahertz you would appear to glow like a light bulb and different objects glow less brightly or more brightly," said the firm's spokesperson. "You see a silhouette of the form but you don't see surface anatomical effects." So, let me get this straight: It can find stuff made out of metal and water. 1. Metal detectors seem to work pretty well. 2. So this is for finding liquid explosives? If I'm right with assumption 2, I guess I can see the point of this. After all, anyone who wanted to hide a liquid strapped to an inner thigh could do so at any point right now and walk it onto a plane. But the applications are pretty few - aviation only, right? What are you going to do, stop all people from bringing drinks into public spaces? I'm just not sure this technology upgrade is all that interesting application-wise.


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The priest of the slum dwellers of Nairobi
- 15 مشاركة
Korogocho is a sprawling slum in Nairobi; the fourth largest after Kibera, Mathare and Mukuru kwa Njenga, with over 2 million people living in an area of 2 square kilometres according to UN habitat.
Like any other slum in urban cities, Korogocho has a myriad of problems: alcoholism, drug abuse, prostitution, crime and many diseases including waterborne diseases, malaria, HIV and Aids topping the list.
I was recently in Koch as the slum is commonly known to meet Fr John Weboosta a Comboni missionary who has given up the comfort of living in a parish house to live and work deep within the slums.
The slum is a beehive of activities, women frying fish along the road, young men on motorbikes playing loud music speeding up and down , some welding in metal workshops, children playing along the road as yet another lot of youth idle away time conversing amongst themselves.
My guide, Paul Mwangi a member of St John's Catholic Church Korogocho points out a shanty, a rickety board nailed on its wall reads 'Holy trinity Church'. The rickety building has been converted into a changaa den and people are trooping in.
"This is where both the old and the young meet and by evening you will find many people staggering out of there and others sleeping along the road," he laments as we walk away.
It's a life one would like to walk away from but Fr Weboosta has finally fit in. He says it was hard at first. He was attacked severally and robbed of his valuables but he says the gang members have realized that he is here to help them.
"Now I have sleepless nights not because of fear of insecurity but thinking of the solutions of the people of Korogocho, I really want this place to change," he says.
Despite being born in a military navy camp in Mombasa where his father was an officer, his heart has always been to help the less privileged in the society. It is not his first time working in a slum though.
"While studying in Peru, I volunteered in Phorrilloa, a big slum in the capital Lima. My heart has always been to work to uplift people in the slums," says Fr John.
He says he chose to live in Korogocho because he believes that if you want to change people you must be ready to live with them, it is much easier to know their problems.
Today the Comboni missionary has founded many Community Projects that seek to better the lives of slum dwellers. With the help of donors from Italy he has managed to tarmac the main road that cuts through the slum opening it up and making it accessible.
"With the tarmac incase of fire, the fire brigade crew is able to access this area. We are so grateful to father for what he has done to us" says Paul a resident. The priest also runs a waste management project where young men and women are employed to recycle waste materials from the nearby Dandora dumpsite.
"From this waste management project I earn a living from where am able to feed my family" says Wanjiku who makes beads from the waste plastic materials. Fr. John has also helped many youths go back to school, especially young girls, who had dropped out of school because of early pregnancies. He has built three primary schools, a health centre and several water kiosks for the dwellers. He continues to champion for the relocation of the nearby Dandora dumpsite through a campaign dubbed "stop dumping death on us"
The missionary who has worked in the Korogocho slums since 2005 says he has seen a lot of positive change.
"I have seen youths leave crime, prostitution, and other evil things that happen here, they have embraced a good life where they are earning a honest living from now." Fr John's efforts have not gone unnoticed. In 2012 Fr he won the inaugural Franco-German Human Rights award, for being a champion of human rights. According to him, this gave him the platform to be able to tell the story of Korogocho to the world.
"I was the first Kenyan to get this award. Through this award; I had a chance of making Korogocho known to the world". He; however, does not have kind words for organizations that he says misuse slum dwellers.
"Every year the government and non governmental organizations get
a lot of donor money to start projects to empower these people
but most of the time it goes to the wrong pockets and the little
that they are given is in form of handouts so as to cheat donors
when they come around .This is why the slums keep on increasing
day in day out," he laments.
According to Fr John the Church should follow the example of Pope
Francis and enhance pastoral life within the slums. People should
not see the slums as places of violence and crime as people in
the slum are much alive in terms of their faith.
"We have a Pope who thinks of the people in the slums. This a
revolution and we are expecting a lot of support from the Church
now," he concludes.
Reblogged from: http://www.joomag.com/magazine/fall-out-the-soldier-bishop-exits/0509792001375792867?page=24.


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An operating system in which knowledge, rather than files or tables, is the primary representational basis. Used to implement BioBike.
Document location: http://nostoc.stanford.edu/Docs/KnowOS.html
Whereas Unix and Windows are operating systems for ASCII strings and files, and there are operating systems for tables (such as Oracle), a knowledge operating System (or "KnowOS") is an operating system for knowledge!
Currently used to implement BioBike, a biology-specific programming language embedded in an integrated biological knowledge-base, made available over the web. This implementation has many of the facilities of an operating system, including an integrated file system and multi-processing, but the representational basis for BioBike is knowledge, not files or tables.
The KnowOS is essentially a web-based Lisp environment, providing apparent persistence of complex data and processes, internal and external application integration, multi-user management, and user interface tools for dealing with networks of complex objects. We explain the KnowOS vision, how we approached it, the pros and cons of what we did, how the implementation stands up to the vision, and where we are going with this project.
The linked web page is a summary of a longer paper: M Travers, JP Massar, and J Shrager (June 2005) The (Re)Birth of the Knowledge Operating System. International Lisp Conference, Stanford, CA. [pdf]
Jeff Shrager | JP Massar | Mike Travers
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Eastern Pequot chairman quits amid questions of fund misuse
North Stonington - The chairman of the Eastern Pequot Tribal Council has stepped down amid the apparent misuse of $65,000 in tribal funds, tribal members say.
Brian Geer's resignation as chairman was communicated to tribal members who attended a monthly meeting with council members June 22, according to Eric Croft, a tribal member who attended the meeting.
Dennis Jenkins, the council's vice chairman, is serving as acting chairman, Croft said.
Brenda Geer, Brian Geer's sister and the council's corresponding secretary, told a reporter who visited the tribe's offices last week that the tribe had no comment on the situation.
Jenkins, of Norwich, has not responded to phone messages.
Sources who spoke on condition of anonymity confirmed Croft's account of the council meeting. They said they understood state police have been asked to investigate what they described as the "embezzlement" of the $65,000.
A state police spokesman said he had no knowledge of any investigation of the tribe.
On Wednesday, the tribe's website made no mention of Brian Geer, listing 11 others as members of the council and identifying Jenkins as vice chairman. According to the site, Jenkins, a retired Connecticut state trooper, is a 25-year veteran of the Statewide Organized Crime Investigative Task Force.
Another council member, Joseph Perry Jr. of Montville, is a former state police commander.
Brian Geer was elected a year ago to a three-year term as chairman. He had previously served as the council's treasurer. His election followed the tribe's revival of a bid to win federal recognition.
In January 2012, the tribe filed a lawsuit against U.S. Department of the Interior officials, seeking to overturn the Bureau of Indian Affairs' 2005 denial of recognition, which could have entitled the tribe to sovereignty and the right to apply for certain federal aid. The denial reversed a 2002 ruling in which the BIA had granted recognition.
A judge dismissed the lawsuit in March.
The tribe is scheduled to hold council elections at its annual meeting later this month. Brenda Geer is a candidate for vice chairwoman, according to tribal members.


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GPSOLO January/February 2008
Breaking Up Is Hard to Do:
Ethics Concerns When Your Firm Splits Up or When a Lawyer Leaves for Another Firm
A four-partner law firm engaged in general practice is undergoing changes. One partner intends to retire in six months while a second partner is contemplating leaving to join another firm with a similar practice. The remaining two partners are considering whether to continue on as a partnership with the retiring lawyer as a named partner or to go their separate ways as sole practitioners. The situation raises several ethics questions:
- If the original firm dissolves, under what circumstances can the departing or retiring partners solicit clients of the former firm?
- If the remaining partners of the original firm do decide to continue on as a partnership, is it permissible for the departing partner to solicit clients to accompany him to his new firm?
- What are each partner's responsibilities toward client files?
The Ethics of Breaking Up
When lawyers leave law firms or when law firms dissolve, many thorny ethics issues arise. As Kentucky Bar Association Ethics Opinion E-424 (2005) points out, there also can be many legal issues, including:
the allocation of fees, the notices the departing lawyer must give to the firm, and entitlement to various firm assets. Lawyers who practice together have fiduciary responsibilities to one another and they have the duty to conduct themselves ethically, keeping in mind the mandates of RPC 8.3 [Kentucky's version of ABA Model Rule 8.4, Misconduct, prohibiting conduct involving dishonesty, fraud, deceit, and misrepresentation] and 5.6 [prohibiting restrictions on the right to practice law].
When all the partners decide to end the partnership and either retire, establish new separate practices, or join other firms, the firm enters dissolution. Under such circumstances, the "winding up" of the firm's business and the distribution of the firm assets are typically governed by the applicable provisions of the Uniform Partnership Act (UPA), which is in effect in nearly every state. Note, however, that the UPA allows partners considerable latitude in crafting partnership agreements in such areas as the causes and consequences of dissolution, the compensation to be paid for work involved in winding up the partnership, partners' rights to an accounting, and the valuation of partnership shares. (For further information on this topic, see the discussion in the chapter "Withdrawal and Termination" that appears at page 91:701 of the ABA/BNA Lawyers' Manual on Professional Conduct. This chapter also provides a checklist of items that should be included in a partnership agreement.)
Bar Association Ethics Opinions
There have been several ABA, state, and local bar association ethics opinions addressing the ethical obligations of lawyers when changing firms. In general these opinions address the obligations of lawyers to inform clients of their impending departure (Rule 1.4, Communication), the types of pre- and post-departure notices they can send to their clients (Rule 7.3, Direct Contact with Prospective Client), the duty to protect client interests (Rule 1.16(d), Declining or Terminating Representation), and the need to avoid conduct involving fraud, deceit, or misrepresentation (Rules 8.4, Misconduct, and 7.1, Communications Concerning a Lawyer's Services).
In 1999 the ABA Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility issued Formal Opinion 99-414, Ethical Obligations When a Lawyer Changes Firms.At page one of the opinion, the committee provides the following thumbnail sketch of the ethical issues it considers critical when a lawyer leaves her law firm for another:
- disclosing her pending departure in a timely fashion to clients for whose active members she is currently responsible or plays a principal role in the current delivery of legal services;
- ensuring that the matters to be transferred with the lawyer to her new firm do not create conflicts of interest in the new firm and can be competently managed there;
- protecting client files and property and ensuring that, to the extent reasonably practicable, no client matters are adversely affected as a result of her withdrawal;
- avoiding conduct involving dishonesty, fraud, deceit, or misrepresentation in connection with her planned withdrawal; [and]
- maintaining confidentiality and avoiding conflicts of interest in her new affiliation respecting client matters remaining in the client's former firm.
Recent state bar ethics opinions include Alaska Bar Opinion 2005-2 (2005), Kentucky Bar Association Opinion E-424 (2005), Oregon State Bar Opinion 2005-70 (2005), Joint Opinion 2007-300 (2007) of the Pennsylvania and Philadelphia Bar Associations, South Carolina Bar Opinion 02-17 (2002), and Virginia Legal Ethics Opinion 1822 (2006). (Links to the ethics opinions websites for the issuing state bar ethics committees are available on the ABA Center for Professional Responsibility website: www.abanet.org/cpr/links.html#states.) The Florida State Bar has adopted an ethics rule that specifically addresses procedures for lawyers who depart from or engage in the dissolution of a law firm (see Rule 4-5.8 of the Florida Rules of Professional Conduct). With near unanimity, these opinions state that under Rule 1.4, Communication, a lawyer who has played a significant role in a client's representation must notify that client of his pending departure. However, Connecticut Bar Association Opinion 00-25 (2000) states that a lawyer may but is not required to notify clients of her upcoming departure from the law firm. Most state and local ethics opinions also agree that although it is not always possible, a joint notice from both the firm and the departing lawyer is preferable. All opinions note that both the departing lawyer and the firm must make it clear that clients have the ultimate right to decide who will represent them in the future.
Pre-departure Notice
The content and timing of departure notices and other communications to clients are frequent sources of contention when lawyers leave law firms, and such notices may implicate legal as well as ethical issues. As stated at page two of ABA Formal Opinion 99-414:
The departing lawyer also must consider legal obligations other than ethics rules that apply to her conduct when changing firms, as well as her fiduciary duties owed the former firm. The law of agency, partnership, property, contracts, and unfair competition impose obligations that are not addressed directly by the Model Rules. These obligations may affect the permissible timing, recipients, and content of communications with clients, and which files, documents, and other property the departing lawyer lawfully may copy or take with her from the firm. Although the Committee does not advise upon issues of law beyond the Model Rules, we must take account of other law in construing the Rules; so must the departing lawyer before determining an appropriate course of action.
Subject to the "legal obligations other than ethics rules" as summarized above, most ethics opinions state that lawyers can send pre-departure notices only to those clients with whom they have a current professional or personal relationship, but that lawyers are free to contact any firm client subject to the restrictions of Rule 7.3 after they have left the firm. For example, according to ABA Formal Opinion 99-414 at page 4:
[t]he departing lawyer nevertheless may contact the client through written or oral recorded communication pursuant to Rule 7.2(a), subject to the limitations in Rules 7.1, 7.3(b) and 7.3(c), at least after the lawyer has departed the firm and joined the new firm.
See also Joint Formal Opinion 2007-300 (2007) of the Pennsylvania and Philadelphia Bar Associations and Alaska Bar Opinion 2005-2 (2005).
Other state bar opinions hold that lawyers may send written pre-departure notices to clients at the firm but caution that a lawyer may violate Rule 7.3, Direct Contact with Prospective Client, if he were to make in-person or live telephone contact with a firm client with whom he has no existing lawyer-client or personal relationship. For example, Kentucky Bar Association Ethics Opinion E-424 (2005) states:
The departing lawyer may wish to advise former clients, as well as firm clients with whom the lawyer has had no association and others, of the change in affiliation. In such cases, the lawyer must consult Kentucky's advertising rules, contained in SCR 3.130-7.01-7.50 and SCR 3.130-8.3 (misconduct). Of particular applicability is SCR 3.130-7.09 (direct contact with prospective clients); SCR 3.130-7.15 (communications concerning a lawyer's services).
ABA Formal Opinion 99-414 lists the following principles that are applicable when the departing lawyer drafts pre-departure notices to her clients at the firm:
- the notice should be limited to clients [for] whose active matters the lawyer has direct professional responsibility at the time of the notice (e.g., the current clients);
- the departing lawyer should not urge the client to sever its relationship with the firm, but may indicate the lawyer's willingness and ability to continue her responsibility for the matters upon which she currently is working;
- the departing lawyer must make clear that the client has the ultimate right to decide who will complete or continue the matters; and
- the departing lawyer must not disparage the lawyer's former firm.
Duty to Protect Client Interests
ABA and state bar opinions agree that both the departing lawyer and the firm must take reasonable steps to ensure that client interests are protected during a period of transition, and that the interests of the clients in active matters are handled in accordance with Rules 1.1, Competence; 1.3, Diligence; and 1.7, Conflict of Interest: Current Clients. Under circumstances where either the departing lawyer or the law firm withdraws from the representation, Rule 1.16(d), Declining or Terminating Representation, states:
Upon termination of representation, a lawyer shall take steps to the extent reasonably practicable to protect a client's interests, such as giving reasonable notice to the client, allowing time for employment of other counsel, surrendering papers and property to which the client is entitled and refunding any advance payment of fee or expense that has not been earned or incurred. The lawyer may retain papers relating to the client to the extent permitted by other law.
Fiduciary Duties
Lawyers who change law firms also have fiduciary duties toward the lawyers they leave behind that may overlap with their ethical obligations. For example, in Graubard v. Moskowitz, 653 N.E. 2d 1179 (1995), the New York Court of Appeals provided the following "sliding scale" analysis it applied to a withdrawing partner's conduct it found to be objectionable:
At one end of the spectrum, where an attorney is dissatisfied with the existing association, taking steps to locate alternative space and affiliations would not violate a partner's fiduciary duties. . . . As a matter of ethics, departing partners have been permitted to inform firm clients with whom they have a prior professional relationship about their impending withdrawal and new practice, and to remind the client of its freedom to retain counsel of its choice. . . . Ideally, such approaches would take place only after notice to the firm of the partner's plans to leave. . . . At the other end of the spectrum, secretly attempting to lure firm clients (even those the partner has brought into the firm and personally represented) to the new association, lying to clients about their rights with respect to the choice of counsel, lying to partners about plans to leave, and abandoning the firm on short notice (taking clients and files) would not be consistent with a partner's fiduciary duties. ( Graubard at 120)
Client Files
The extent to which the departing lawyer can remove client files from the firm also poses tricky ethical and legal issues. At page eight of ABA Formal Opinion 99-414 (1999), the ABA Ethics Committee states:
To the extent that these documents were prepared by the lawyer and are considered the lawyer's property or are in the public domain, she may take copies with her. Otherwise, the lawyer may have to obtain the firm's consent to do so.
The Committee is of the opinion that, absent special circumstances, the lawyer does not violate any Model Rule by taking with her copies of documents that she herself has created for general use in her practice. However, as with the use of client lists, the question of whether a lawyer may take with her continuing legal education materials, practice forms, or computer files she has created turns on principles of property law and trade secret law. For example, the outcome might depend on who prepared the material and the measures employed by the law firm to retain title or otherwise to protect it from external use or from taking by departing lawyers.
Client files and client property must be retained or transferred in accordance with the client's direction. A departing lawyer who is not continuing the representation may, nevertheless, retain copies of client documents relating to her representation of former clients, but must reasonably ensure that the confidential client information they contain is protected in accordance with Model Rules 1.6 and 1.9.
Some state bar opinions have addressed the joint obligations partners have with regard to client files when they retire from a partnership or when their partnership dissolves. For example, New York State Bar Opinion 623 (1991) states that a lawyer who leaves a law practice either because of retirement or dissolution of the firm has joint and several responsibility with other firm members for the proper disposition of the client files.
Nassau County Bar Association 93-23 (1993) discusses the joint ethical obligations of the lawyers who were formerly partners in a now-dissolved law firm. The lawyers who withdrew made arrangements to store their inactive files with the lawyers who remained to form a successor law firm. The successor firm then contacted the former partners and gave them a list of the files the firm had in storage. The former partners instructed the firm to send them approximately 30 percent of the files and to destroy the rest. The successor firm inquired as to its obligations with regard to the remaining files in its possession. The opinion states:
Neither the fact that the law firm has dissolved, nor the fact that inquiring counsel and his present partners have no knowledge of the files which remain in their custody changes their obligations with respect to the files.
Moreover, if there are any members of inquiring counsel's current firm who are not members of the predecessor law firm in dissolution, they are nonetheless equally ethically bound since the present firm, of which they are members, has custody of the files. . . . [A]n attorney voluntarily assuming custody of the files of another lawyer's client has the same ethical obligations for the files as if they were his or her own files.
Thus, while the private contractual agreement may have the effect of allocating among the former partners the economic burden of dealing with particular files . . . it cannot shift the ethical burden which is joint and several as to (a) all the former partners, both "withdrawing partners" and those remaining at the successor firm and (b) any new partners of the successor firm.
A similar conclusion was reached in State Bar of Wisconsin Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion E-98-01 (1998).
The Committee on Legal Ethics and Professional Conduct of the Ohio State Bar Association Informal Opinion 98-2 (1998) provides the following guidance to a retiring lawyer who inquired as to the proper disposition of original client wills that he assumed responsibility for upon the death of two senior partners:
It is the Committee's opinion that your ethical obligations with respect to these wills is to ascertain whether the makers are still living and, if so, to return the wills to them; and, if the maker is deceased, then your obligation is to locate and deliver the will to the maker's personal representative. Your ethical obligation is to make a diligent effort to locate either the client or, if the client is deceased, his or her personal representative. If, after undertaking this effort, there remain clients whose whereabouts you cannot determine, then, the Committee is of the opinion that you must preserve and retain the wills. You should leave instructions that upon your death, if there is no responsible party willing to assume appropriate responsibility, then the wills should be delivered to the chair of the local certified grievance committee or Disciplinary Counsel.
A similar conclusion was reached in The Association of the Bar of the City of New York Opinion 1999-5 (1999).
Illinois State Bar Opinion 95-02 (1995) addressed the circumstances under which a lawyer who has left a law firm can have access to the closed files of clients she had represented while at the firm. The opinion states that her former firm should grant her access but that she would have to bear the costs of retrieval and copying charges.
When lawyers leave law firms or when law firms dissolve, all lawyers involved have legal and ethical obligations toward their clients and the law firms they leave behind. For information specific to your jurisdiction, check your local rules of professional conduct, case law, and ethics opinions.
Further Resources
Below are some recent law review articles and treatises that summarize the legal and ethical issues that typically arise upon departure:
- Ellenhorn, David N. "Legal and Ethical Issues Relating to Lateral Hiring," Practicing Law Institute New York Practice Skills Handbook Series 155 (2005): 175.
- Hillman, Robert W. Hillman on Lawyer Mobility: The Law and Ethics of Partner Withdrawals and Law Firm Breakups. 2d Ed. New York: Aspen Law and Business, 1998.
- Long, Alex B. "The Business of Law and Tortious Interference." St. Mary's Law Journal 36 (2005): 925.
- Rotunda, Ronald D., and John S. Dzienkowski, Legal Ethics:The Lawyer's Deskbook on Professional Responsibility. 2007-2008 Ed. St. Paul, MN: West Group, 2007.
- "Withdrawal and Termination," in ABA/BNA Lawyers' Manual on Professional Conduct, (Chicago and Washington, D.C.: American Bar Association and Bureau of National Affairs, 1993), 91:701.
Peter Geraghty is director of ETHICSearch for the American Bar Association Center for Professional Responsibility. He may be reached at email@example.com.


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On our Star Wars podcast a few weeks ago, I was threatening that I was going to write a monograph about Ewan McGregor's hair in films, and I'm sure Benjamin Light thought I was just joking. He probably – rightfully? – hoped that I was.
I wasn't. Thought Catalog was nice enough to publish a piece by me the other day: "A Selection Of Films Rated On The Quality Of Ewan McGregor's Hair In Them."
Here's the sad thing: I could have gone on and on, and in quite a big of greater detail than I did. Their might be a strange little e-book on this topic in the future so, you know, beware.
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At some point, I feel like I could write another piece (though a much shorter one) on the hair of prominent comic book writers, especially those in the Marvel bullpen. In short: They're all bald! Sometimes they have the wall of hair on the side, a power move that I'm sure is called "The Captain Picard" in barber college. Sometimes they just go for the shave and shine, electing to try to convince us that they chose to shave their head, not that they were losing a war with genetics. ("Make it SO!")
Oh well. These are the people who decide who of our favorite four color heroes will die (like Peter Parker recently) or get raped and stuffed in a refrigerator.
FYI: TV Tropes informs me that it is actually referred to as "Bald Of Awesome."
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Benjamin Light informed me tonight that Ewan McGregor was rated as #5 on GQ's list of Most Stylish Men. I could tell you who was rated higher than him, but it's bullshit. At least it wasn't Michael Fassbender or Channing Tatum.
Fucking Channing Tatum.
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The blog is just days away from ending!
And, as always, I'm going to ask and suggest that you check out our podcasts…
Time Travel Murder Mystery is on a very short hiatus currently, but I imagine that you can expect new episodes again in early January. Meanwhile, Greedo Shot First, our Star Wars podcast for people who hate Star Wars fans, is still going strong. I believe that the subject of our next episode will be a rewatching of The Empire Strikes Back. The haircuts in that movie were really just so so.


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Is risking extinction a bad thing?
Writing about this system that we can't understand isn't always an easy task, but it never lacks for subject matter. If I can write five to ten minutes worth of amusing or at least mildly entertaining bathroom reading, then I've had a good day.
However, today's topic is probably neither amusing nor entertaining because it is about world leaders who toy with our lives and mess with our heads with impunity, and still expect to have credibility at our expense.
I'm sure everyone has either read or heard about the "Killer Asteroid Tracking Project Faces Hurdles" article in the New York Times. It said that "NASA can find and track most of the nearby asteroids that could hit and damage the Earth, but there is not enough money in its budget to finish the project within a 15-year deadline mandated by Congress, according to an agency report."
The report said "there were about 20,000 asteroids and comets orbiting relatively close to our planet that could deliver blows ranging from destroying cities to ending all life." Hmmm . . . sounds serious to me. I'd say that is rather significant.
Apparently, NASA runs a program called the Spaceguard Survey that tracks the largest potentially hazardous objects, those greater than 3,300 feet in diameter that could devastate most life if they hit. That is what scientists believe happened to the dinosaurs some 65 million years ago. This program, using ground-based observatories, is budgeted at $4.1 million a year through 2012. The problem is that such an undertaking would cost more than $1 billion that the agency does not have.
The article, along with related articles went on to say that although scientists don't know exactly how they would handle the situation if a collision course with an asteroid were imminent, but they would probably attempt to either destroy it or divert its course. That would be nice, because if they don't, life as we know it would no longer exist at worst, or a large city could be destroyed in the blink of an eye at best.
Do they actually expect us to believe that they are going to allow us to die because they can't come up with two-hundred million a year for five years? This same group just spent $1.7 trillion to date on a war that many feel is questionable at best. This altercation is currently costing $4.8 billion a month, and the authorities are having difficulty reporting any progress.
Hey - just in case they forgot, there are nine billion people on this planet. I think we should be able to come up with the money if everybody contributes a few cents. Here's my dollar. Never let it be said that I was unwilling to do my part.
Call me unimaginative, but I am having difficulty believing that our congressmen are sitting around in their wood-paneled offices saying to their secretaries, "Let's see, should we continue the war or save the earth from extinction? Wow - that's a tough one. If we stop the war, everybody with stock in defense companies will lose money. That's most of us. Not good. However, if we don't save the world, we won't be around to spend it. That's not good either. I guess it comes down to, do we want to be alive and live like paupers, or do we just want to party it up until we get annihilated? That's why this job is so hard - we gotta make the big decisions."
I do not believe this is happening for so much as a heartbeat. They are probably saying: "Save the world? What an opportunity. That's fabulous. Bring in some experts and let's figure out how we can make some money from this little problem, and save our dying political careers at the same time."
When they say "bring in some experts," they're not talking about rocket scientists from NASA; they're talking about political strategists. They'll feed NASA the money from some obscure account and make sure they're ready to send the rockets when the time is right. Then they'll tax everybody with a job so they can replace the funds and hope the earth needs to be saved just before election time.
I have no idea if the scenario I just described is anywhere close to the truth. However, I do not believe that our world leaders are going to stand by and allow the earth to be destroyed without taking appropriate action. Why they handle situations like this the way they do is why I can write about a system that we just can't understand.


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By filling out a survey card or making a phone call, anglers can provide Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) biologists valuable information about red snapper and other reef fish.
Biologists distribute survey cards year-round to anglers along the Gulf coast, to gather information about fishing trips targeting red snapper.
Cedar Key police were kept on the run Memorial Day weekend when two people — an 18-year-old man and a juvenile — from Chiefland broke into several cars and at least one, possibly two homes in the Paroda, Whiddon and Shellcrest avenues area.
But the thefts are on the way to being solved with the arrest of one person and the search for a second person — a juvenile, said Police Chief Virgil Sandlin.
Kindergarten graduation: Class of 2024
By Lauren Bartholemy
Shark Correspondent
By Eileen Bowers
I was settin' at this restaurant
When the waiter came up and said, "What do you want?"
I looked at the menu — it looked so nice.
Till he said, "Let me give you some advice."
He said, "Spaghetti and potatoes got too much starch,
Pork chops and sausage are bad for your heart.
There's hormones in chicken and beef and veal,
Bowl of ravioli is a dead man's meal.
Bread's got preservatives, there's nitrates in ham,
By LOU ELLIOTT JONES
Four candidates — two for Levy County Court judge and two for Levy County Supervisor of Elections — made their introductions to about 35 Cedar Key residents at a political forum sponsored by the Cedar Key Lions Club last week at the Cedar Key Community Center.
Dale Register, president of the Lions, introduced the candidates — incumbent James T. "Tim" Browning and challenger Cyndee Munkittrick for Levy County Court judge, and Tammy Jones and Brooke Ward for supervisor of elections.
Ashlyn Allen and MacKenzie Kirkbride are the newest members of the Cedar Key FFA chapter to bring home a state champion FFA trophy.
The dynamic duo earned first place state honors in the Marketing Division of the FFA Ornamental Horticulture Demonstration contest. The state OH Demo contest was held at the University of Florida last month.
Researchers from the University of Massachusetts say there's something special about Cedar Key dolphins.
"They have unique feeding behaviors not seen anywhere else in the world," said PhD candidate Stefanie Gazda in a phone interview Friday.
Gazda heads up the Cedar Key Dolphin Project, a program that operates in the area for a few short weeks each year aimed at a better understanding the creatures and the environment they live in.
Front row, from left: Jessi Robinson, Claire Brown, Courtney Daniel, Miranda Fanelli, Caroline George, Jenny Bierman and Miranda Haire. Back row, from left: Stephen Bainbridge, Gary Spain-McIntyre, Brandon Register and Steven Smith. More scenes from Cedar Key's graduation can be found on Pages 8 & 9.
At 55 miles per hour, the wind is strong enough to tear down power lines, tree branches and material from homes and businesses. The debris is blocking access along key roads into the city. Homes have flooded. Power and utilities are out. People are taking shelter in schools. Looters have hit several homes, and emergency workers— police, fire and EMS—even if they could get inside the city, are not allowed to be out in such high winds.
This was the scenario presented at the Cedar Key Community Center May 24 as part of a hurricane tabletop exercise.
Farewell banquet brings
fond memories
By Sarah Bartholemy
Shark Correspondent
"The Junior/Senior Banquet went out with a bang!" said Junior Class Vice President, Chloe Reynolds. The event took place at Cedar Key's very own Island Room, beginning with a house salad followed by the main course of shrimp scampi, pork or chicken and vegetables.
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Composting firm will cover bounced check to Taft Chamber of Commerce
Synagro Technologies, the company that operates the organic composting facility on South Lake Road near Taft, filed for bankruptcy last month to seek a court-approved restructuring of its mounting debt.
In addition, a $10,000 check, Synagro's annual sponsorship for the Taft Chamber of Commerce, bounced, the Taft Midway Driller learned.
A Synagro spokesperson, who asked not to be identified, told the Taft Midway Driller that Synagro intended to make good on the payment and said the bankruptcy filing was merely for reorganization.
Earlier this year Synagro donated $5,000 to Conley School which was used to purchase laptop computers for the students to learn with, plus several hundred dollars in gift cards from Kmart to the winners of art and essay contests.
According to media reports, Synagro, which is owned by the private investment firm Carlyle Group defaulted on its debt.
It has debt of about $100 million and assets of only $10 million, according to media reports.
Synagro has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
Synagro has operated a composting plant about 11 miles east of Taft for several years.
Sewer sludge, most of it trucked in from outside of the area, as well as grass trimmings plus tree trimmings are composted their for use as commercial fertilizer.


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One of several sleeping postures best described by its namesake "Le proporzioni del corpo umano secondo Vitruvio" drawn by Leonardi da Vinci circa 1490. This resting position is the opposite of the fetal position which was popularized in French culture between the years 1859 and the present day. Most likely developed in Ireland, this "posturi vitruvio" came to an abrupt halt when eagles began tearing the nuts off of all Irishmen. Word soon reached the new colonies, and it was nearly unanimously decided that the eagle was the the most terrifying creature, subsequently adopted as our national sigil. Vitruvian sleepers will bloom best in comfortable conditions, with a solid roof to prevent talons through testicles.
Mary soon discovered that after waking up several times with a faceful of Brad's armpit hair, she was beginning to enjoy the outdoorsy taste of Gillette sport. Mary then accepted that she would live with this vitruvian sleeper for all time, and suckle the sweet residues of man dew every morning until the end of her life.
by Mieshter April 24, 2014


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This week in Island history
The news of 10 and 15 years ago is from the Jamestown Press. The news of 100 years ago came from the collection of the Newport Historical Society.
100 years ago From the Newport Daily News, March 11, 1908
The Whitewood cottage is being moved on the lot on Walcott avenue where it is to be located.
From the Newport Daily News, March 12, 1908
A number of blackbirds and robins have been seen on the island the past few days.
From the Newport Daily News, March 13, 1908
Another party of cottage seekers was on the island today.
The children of the Grammar school were given a fire drill yesterday and although the first practice of that sort held at the school the building was emptied in one minute.
From the Newport Daily News, March 14, 1908
The pleasant weather last evening brought out the largest attendance at the Gardner House hall since the hall has been opened for roller skating.
From the Newport Daily News, March 16, 1908
A number of Newport contractors crossed the island yesterday to watch the laying of the Fort Greble water main across the channel.
75 years ago From the Newport Daily News, March 13, 1933
A coupling challenge between members of the No. 1 and No. 2 pumpers of the local fire department was held Saturday evening, the No. 2 doing the stunt in three minutes, 45 seconds and No. 1 in 4:42.
50 years ago From the Newport Daily News, March 10, 1958
Fire of undetermined origin yesterday morning destroyed a barn and its contents on the Jamestown farm of Ernest R. Vieira. Losses estimated at between $6,000 and $7,000 was partly covered by insurance. (Twelve cows were safely led from the barn.)
From the Newport Daily News, March 11, 1958
The Rhode Island Supreme Court reserved decision yesterday after hearing arguments on the petition of certain property owners that action of the Town Council in abandoning part of Eldred Avenue for use by the Commerce Oil Corp. be quashed.
The Jamestown Town Council last night asked the Jamestown Ferry Authority to request the state Public Utilities Administration to authorize free ferry passes for Jamestown high school pupils attending school in Newport and for a reduction in rates for service personnel.
25 years ago From the Newport Daily News, March 11, 1983
The R. I. Congressional delegation will try to convince federal officials that federally owned parcels at Fort Wetherill and Beavertail are best suited for park and recreational use. U.S. Rep. Claudine Schneider is host to the tour Monday of the two sites to provide General Services Administration officials a close up look at the land the Reagan administration has earmarked for sale to the highest bidder.
From the Newport Daily News, March 14, 1983
Efforts to inspire federal officials with the beauty of federal land at Beavertail and Fort Wetherill were made easier with clear skies and bright sunshine this morning. Officials from the General Services Administration said they were impressed with the beauty of the area, but were reluctant to make any commitment on future action. A 6.8 acre parcel at Beavertail and 7.6 acres at Fort Wetherill, were slated for public auction under recent presidential order.
From the Newport Daily News, March 15, 1983
The property revaluation approved by voters at the annual financial town meeting will get underway in about a month.
From the Newport Daily News, March 16, 1983
A 60 to 80 year old sewer system and a week of heavy rains just don't mix. … Last week's rain was more than one of the town's three pumping stations could handle. Water from the sewer lines backed up onto the streets.
15 years ago From the Jamestown Press, March 11, 1993
Homeowners will have to have their septic tanks pumped out every three years or risk fines of $100 a day, if a proposed wastewater management ordinance becomes law.
The Jamestown Philomenian Library will close for five weeks starting March 27. According to librarian Judy Bell, the library will be closed for public safety because the walls between the new addition and the older section must be demolished.
Town officials want to meet with Bridge and Turnpike Authority officials to discuss the possibility of their agency paying a user's fee in lieu of taxes.
10 years ago From the Jamestown Press, March 12, 1998
Monday the town started using water brought over from North Kingstown through the emergency pipeline that was built by the National Guard after the summer drought of 1993, when North Pond reservoir almost went dry.
The Friends of the Conanicut Battery received a grant last week (of $25,000) that will enable them to get rolling on the restoration of the revolutionary War-era fort off Battery Lane.


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Smartphone Software - Journal Bar for Blackberry
|Oct 21, 2007
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Journal Bar for Blackberry by Omega One
by Michael E. Callahan aka Dr. File Finder
Note: Since by definition "smartphones" are phones that are also PDA's, the software reviewed here should work with personal digital assistants that are not "smartphones". Check the operating system because we'll be reviewing software for both Pocket PC and Palm devices. -- Editor
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Journal Bar is a tool that I had on all of my Windows Mobile smartphones and when I saw it was available for the Blackberry I was ecstatic. It's such a handy tool. I use it a lot when I'm someplace where I have to wait. The doctors office or the dentist for example. It gives me a way to keep up on the latest news if I'm stuck in traffic or waiting for someone.
Journal Bar also helps you keep up on stocks and other financial information. It has a currency converter and brings you the latest information on mutual funds and other currencies. Journal Bar is a winner of the Shareware Industry Awards in the Best PDA Program or Utility category.
Because Journal Bar is automatically updated on my Blackberry I know the information I get is always fresh and hot off the presses. So, if you'd like to get first-rate information on your Blackberry device, this is your solution. CHeck it out. I give it my highest recommendation. In fact, it's not only one of my Picks, but I'm also making it one of my Dr. File Finder Favorites and those are few and far between.
If you have software you use on your "smartphone" or PDA, come and talk about it with us in the Forums. We look forward to seeing you there.
Michael E. Callahan, known around the world by the trademarked name Dr. File Finder, is regarded as the world's leading expert on shareware. Dr. File Finder works with software programs and developers full-time, and in the average year he evaluates 10,000 programs. Since 1982 he has evaluated over 250,000 software and hardware products. Mr. Callahan began evaluating software online in 1982 and no one has been at it longer. He currently works doing online PR and marketing for software companies, and is the Senior Content Producer for Butterscotch.Com.


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I got asked the question in the title to this blog yesterday. The person asking the question was sincere. She was wondering if she should start a blog. Her intent was to try and identify some mystery photos. I spent some time and helped her get a new blog open and ready to publish and it will be interesting to see what she reports back to me about her experience. I also started talking about having a blogging presentation and workshop at the Mesa FamilySearch Library.
I guess one of the real questions is who are we talking to as bloggers? Each other? Do we really attract new genealogists? Or do we just plow the same ground over and over? My reality check is working with patrons and volunteers (missionaries) at the Mesa FamilySearch Library. As far as I can tell, with over 150 regular volunteers at the Library, I can think of about a half a dozen of them that have ever mentioned my blog or anything about reading blogs. These are people that do genealogy every day, week after week. In classes for the missionaries, I still have people regularly say that they have no idea what a blog is or does.
If this is the case, then why do we blog? From my standpoint, I would probably blog even if I didn't have an audience. It is comforting to find out someone reads the stuff I write, but I would write or teach regardless of the numbers. I had someone show up early to a class yesterday; one person. She asked if the class would be cancelled if she was the only one there. I have never cancelled a class because there were "too few" attendees. My ultimate goal is changing the world one person at a time. So I think it is a privilege to teach and the numbers are not a criteria for how or what I teach.
On the other hand, because we have genealogical content to our blogs, we have had huge successes in contacting relatives and obtaining vast quantities of original records and photographs. In short, the genealogy blogs have proved to be immeasurably valuable to the expansion of our genealogical information and collaboration with relatives. The benefits are enormous. For that reason alone, I would have a genealogical blog. That is also the reason why I started writing for my daughter's blog, TheAncestorFiles.blogspot.com, to increase the genealogical content of my writing.
I could go on with reasons why I blog, but most of them are very personal. I also enjoy meeting and corresponding in some fashion, with other bloggers. It has been an amazing experience and absent being sent off to the care center, I will probably keep writing. Constantly as usual.
Thursday, May 23, 2013
Why do we blog about genealogy?
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I think some folks are born natural writers so that is the percentage of the genealogical population that would want to blog. Some genealogy bloggers do not like to write but do genealogy & want to report their research so they try to blog,and thanksful that there are good bloggers out there to show them how it's done !ReplyDelete
Yours is the first blog I read each morning -- not only because I always learn something, but because you don't just write about your family. I can always count on your blog to have new and interesting content.ReplyDelete
I want to let you know that your blog post is listed in today's Fab Finds post at http://janasgenealogyandfamilyhistory.blogspot.com/2013/05/follow-friday-fab-finds-for-may-24-2013.html
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LONDON (AP) — Former News of the World editor Rebekah Brooks moved from the defendants' dock to the witness stand Thursday, arguing her innocence of phone-hacking charges in public for the first time.
Almost four months into a court case that has put Britain's tabloids on trial, Brooks began her defense, claiming that while editor she had never even heard of the private investigator who has admitted prolifically hacking phones on behalf of her underlings.
Brooks, the former chief executive of Murdoch's British newspaper unit, spoke in a quiet and occasionally hesitant voice and gestured frequently with long-fingered hands as she began what is expected to be weeks of testimony.
She said that, as editor of a Sunday tabloid with a staff of 170, she had not known that phone hacking was taking place.
"It's impossible for an editor to know every source of every story," Brooks said.
She said the News of the World's investigations unit, depicted by prosecutors as a hotbed of illegal activity, used subterfuge and "investigative tools ... but always with a very good public interest."
As for Glenn Mulcaire, the private eye who has pleaded guilty to eavesdropping on voicemails, "I never heard his name."
At the start of Thursday's session Brooks was acquitted of one of five charges she had faced — a claim she illegally paid an official for a photograph of Prince William in a bikini.
Judge John Saunders ruled that there was "no case for Mrs. Brooks to answer" because uncertainty had arisen about the source of the photo.
Brooks, 45, still faces one similar charge of conspiring to commit misconduct in a public office, as well as charges of conspiring to hack phones and obstruct police.
She and six others are on trial on charges stemming from the revelation that News of the World staff eavesdropped on voicemails of celebrities, politicians and even crime victims in what prosecutors have called a "frenzy" to get scoops.
All seven defendants deny the charges.
Brooks' testimony recounted her rapid rise in the rough-and-tumble world of tabloid journalism. Hired as a researcher at the News of the World in 1989, she became the Sunday paper's deputy editor six years later, when she was 27. She served as editor from 2000 to 2003.
Brooks suggested that her youth, gender and inexperience had heightened the rivalry among newspapers in Britain's fiercely competitive and macho Fleet Street.
"It was a tough world," she said, in which papers would go to extreme lengths to secure scoops.
She recalled spending up to $250,000 in 1995 to get an interview with Divine Brown, the prostitute arrested with actor Hugh Grant, and taking her to a desert hideout to keep rivals from finding her.
"It all seems so silly now," Brooks said.
The hacking scandal led Murdoch to shut the 168-year-old News of the World, sparked wide-ranging police investigations and exposed a web of ties binding police and politicians to Murdoch's media empire.
Brooks — as one of the most powerful people in Britain's media and a friend to prime ministers Tony Blair and David Cameron — was near the center of that web.
On Thursday she recalled advice Murdoch had given her early in her career: "Work hard ... and don't court any publicity."
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No walk in the park
Walking Home: A Traveler in the Alaskan Wilderness, a Journey into the Human Heart
Lynn Schooler
272 pages, hardcover: $25.
Bloomsbury, 2010.
Hoping to gain perspective on his troubled marriage, the deaths of friends, and the vagaries of male middle age, Lynn Schooler (author of The Blue Bear) embarks on a walkabout along one of the wildest stretches of coastline in Southeast Alaska. What starts as a journey of introspection turns into a grueling march -- through pelting rain, thick brush and knee-busting boulder fields -- that climaxes in a protracted face-off with a rogue bear and the terrifying crossing of a meltwater torrent. Just getting to this trail-less wilderness in Glacier Bay National Park tests Schooler's perseverance; waves pound his small vessel, and notorious boat-eating currents threaten his entry into Lituya Bay.
Choice bits of Southeast Alaska history complement Schooler's adventures: tales of castaways and frontier justice, explorers and hermit settlers, earthquakes and monstrous tsunamis and the recently discovered 500-year-old body of a hunter encased in ice. Deftly interweaving personal and natural disaster with nature observation, Schooler never succumbs to self-pity or self-aggrandizement.
In one of the book's key scenes, he gets caught up in the northward migration of thousands of shorebirds, which move "like a boneless creature or a gossamer curtain blowing loose on the wind." Acknowledging that nature can be "medieval" in its disregard for individual human and animal lives, he ultimately finds consolation in community and in acceptance of life's overriding agenda -- the continuity of species. "What matters is the effect we have on those around us and those who come after us." Simply the fact of our existence declares us winners in evolution's gamble, the heirs of ancestors who survived long enough to procreate. And the best tool for human survival, Schooler shows, is simply our brain, our inventiveness.
A beautifully paced, compassionate and understated memoir, Walking Home will please fans of Seth Kantner and Richard Nelson. If the book has one shortcoming, it lies in its portrayal of Schooler's wife, who remains a blur -- as if Schooler still ached too much at the time of writing to closely scrutinize one of the reasons he set out on this adventure in the first place.


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Todd - a catch up would be great... send me a message directly and we can go from there. BTW, you HAVE to go to Boustan restaurant on Crescent. Great Lebanese food! I used to live around the corner and got to know the owners quite well - great price, great food if you like Lebanese! :)


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Ebola Boo Hoo: Best of 2007
And finally… the best moment of the year. Could there really be another moment to top this? Did we all not stand up and cheer and cackle and get rip roaring drunk on June 8th when Rocky Delgadillo hauled Ebola's diseased ass back to jail?
Let's recap the best day ever, shall we?
So Paris is in jail. And rumour has it, her herpes gets so outta control she gets a doctor to recommend that she serve the rest of her sentence at home. This displeases Rocky. So Rocky calls up a judge and demands she be dragged back to court and sends a few squad cars over to her house to pick her up.
This is the photo that made us all so happy.
And then in court when they ruled she had to go back to prison, Ebola cried out for her mommy and was heard sobbing down the hall as they took her away.
Of course she is a free virus now. More powerful than ever. Which is why at the time, I called for us all to enjoy it while we could. To revel in her misery. And so we did. And it was good.
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Viticulture research at California State University, Fresno suggests a strong market potential for two table grape varieties recently introduced to commercial growers.
Autumn Royal and Sweet Scarlet were introduced through a long-term table grape development program operated jointly by Fresno State and the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Leading the program are Fresno State viticulture professor Sayed Badr and USDA geneticist David Ramming. The pair has collaborated on the development of other table grape varieties including Crimson, Princess and Summer Royal. Ramming's specialty is breeding for desired characteristics and Badr's is evaluating viticultural practices.
In today's breeding programs, care must be taken develop a varieties that not only appeal to consumers' taste preferences, but fit well into retail marketing strategies, Badr explained
"Retailers like to have a mix of colors in their table grape displays, such as red, green, and black. A good display of colors has eye appeal to consumers," he said. Timing is also a key element in marketing. Newer varieties have the best opportunity for success if they ripen later or earlier than existing popular varieties — that way retailers have a continuous supply of California-grown, good tasting grapes that are available through the summer and fall months.
Of the several varieties Badr and Ramming have been testing, Autumn Royal is growing in popularity because it is seedless, has a large berry, a neutral flavor, and it comes in at the right time in the marketplace, Badr said.
Production trials at the Fresno State campus vineyards have shown that the Autumn Royal grows well in the San Joaquin Valley — so well in fact that limiting vine production is crucial for producing a high-quality crop.
"With over cropping we can delay fruit maturity, inhibit color development, and reduce berry size and sugar levels," Badr said. "So you can have a large crop, but the quality tends to go in the other direction."
"For Autumn Royal we are recommending quadrilateral training with spur pruning five to seven spurs per cordon and one to two nodes per spur," Badr said.
While Autumn Royal is a late-maturing variety, Sweet Scarlet is a mid-to-late season red grape that has become popular among retailers and consumers since its release in 2003.
"It has a special flavor, a light to medium Muscat flavor with a pleasing aftertaste," Badr said. And because of its color and earlier maturity, it tends to compliment rather than compete with the black Autumn Royal.
Viticultural research trials on Sweet Scarlet over the last three years have focused on the effect of pruning methods, gibberellic acid (GA) application and girdling on yield and fruit quality. Different treatment combinations produced varying effects on berry size, weight, and titratible acidity, Badr noted.
"Girdling or GA alone caused a slight increase in berry weight or size. However, girdling plus GA at 20 or 40 mg/L significantly increased berry weight and berry size."
The results should be valuable to growers, not as exact prescriptions, but as guides for leading to optimum production, Badr emphasized.
"Every vineyard has its own climate, soil, and rootstock conditions. That's where the variability comes in. the grower has to fine tune these practices depending on his particular vineyard conditions," he said.
Details of the viticultural trials for both Autumn Royal and Sweet Scarlet are available in poster presentations on display at Fresno State's Viticulture and Enology Research Center (VERC). Complete written reports are to be released later this year. Call the VERC library at 559-278-2089 or visit the website at http://cati.csufresno.edu/verc for more information.


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Burgos cheese
Burgos cheese
Which area of Spain is it typical?
- Autonomous region: Castilla y Leon
Fresh Burgos cheese is the most typical one from the province. Nowadays, because of its many uses, it is commonly eaten throughout Spain.
The so-called Burgos cheese takes its name from the Castilian city where it is made. It is a fresh, soft, watery cheese made with sheep's milk. It is considered to be one of the most prestigious cheeses from Castilla y León, together with Villalón. It has a cylindrical shape, with grooves channelled down its sides and grooves marked on its surface. It does not have rind and has a compact, white paste, milky white in colour. It smells of fresh milk with a slight hint of acidity and salt. It is sometimes allowed to mature. Whether fresh or mature, it is an excellent product. It is generally accompanied by other products, like honey, quince or walnuts, and it is often present after dinner, as a dessert.
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Product information
- Type of product: Others
- Season: All year round, especially in the summer months..
- Origin: The area of manufacture and production is concentrated in the province of Burgos and nearby towns.
- To drink with it: Although its flavour is mild, it goes well with sparkling, dry white or young red wines.
- Where to buy: Burgos cheese can be bought in all specialised shops, supermarkets, hypermarkets and cheese shops in Spain, especially in the Castilla y León autonomous community.
Nutritional information
- Energy: Low
- Cholesterol: Low
- Comments: Rich in calcium.


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Customers looking to buy Apple's (NASDAQ:AAPL) new iPhone 5 online through Apple in the U.S. will need to wait two weeks for it to ship, according to Apple's website. Pre-orders for the September 21 debut became available at 3:01 am ET Friday and sold out within an hour.
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In comparison, the iPhone 4S, which represented a smaller upgrade, took nearly a day to sell out.
Apple did not immediately return requests for comment on the subject.
People looking to snatch one up on launch day can still do so at Apple's retail stores at 8 a.m. local time. Historically, there have been long lines at these events, although Apple has worked to increase staff and inventory levels ahead of these releases in recent years.
Verizon Wireless, AT&T (NYSE:T) and Sprint (NYSE:S), the three carriers that will support the new phone, all say on their websites that it is possible to pre-order for arrival on launch day on September 21. It is unclear, however, if those measures represent current inventory levels.
The process reportedly didn't go off without its flaws. Danny Sullivan, a tech writer, dispatched a tweet showing a screenshot of Apple's website that says "we're currently unable to reach the carrier systems to process your order, but will reserve an iPhone for you."
The new phone represents a substantial upgrade to the iPhone 4S. It is made completely of aluminum and glass, with a taller screen, faster processor, better camera and a host of other improvements.
Analysts across Wall Street are bullish on Apple and the new device. In fact, Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) boosted its price target on the tech juggernaut to $810 from $790 following the announcement earlier this week. The biggest American company by market capitalization is forecast to see sales of $156 billion this year, and $193 billion the following year, according to estimates from Thomson Reuters.
Shares were up 1.8% to a fresh all-time high at $695.21 in morning trading in New York.


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Manchester woman accused of shoplifting in Salem for second time in a monthBy JAMES A. KIMBLE
Union Leader Correspondent
January 18. 2013 11:09AM
SALEM - A woman arrested for shoplifting on Thursday was caught as she tried to wheel a 55-inch television out of the exit of a Walmart, police said.
Police say it was the second time Nadia Ibrahim, 30, of Manchester had stolen pricey electronics from the store inside of a month. Ibrahim also allegedly stolen four iPads valued at $1,516 on Jan. 4, police said.
Salem police say they have apprehended several suspects in recent months at the store who are simply loading merchandise into carriages and wheeling it out the front door.
On Nov. 21, Richard Kuchinsky, 42, pleaded guilty to theft and criminal trespassing charges for taking two large flat screen televisions out of Walmarts in Salem and Epping. Those thefts happened April 23 and 25. He is now serving a 2½- to 5-year state prison sentence.
Eric Erosa, 36, was sentenced this month to 1 to 2 years in state prison, admitting that he and his friend, Jeremie Stefan, 33, stole a Dell computer and Sony Bravia LCD television from a Walmart in Newington over two days last March. During another theft, Stefan walked out of a Walmart store in Portsmouth with a 47-inch LCD high definition television. Stefan also hit a Target store in Greenland and Walmart stores in Newington and Portsmouth during a three-week period, making off with hundreds of dollars in valuables on each heist last March, according to prosecutors.
When police were called to Walmart on Thursday at 4 p.m., Ibrahim had allegedly left the store with the LED TV and several other items without paying for them. The total value of the stolen merchandise was $1,064, police said. Detectives were later able to identify her as the woman who had stolen 4 iPads valued at $1516 on Jan. 4, police said.
Police say Ibrahim was able to take $2,580 worth of goods during the two thefts. After a brief struggle, Ibrahim was taken into custody without incident. She was charged with two counts of willful concealment and released on $950 bail.


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I'm so glad I found this recipe! Since my surgery I am trying to avoid foods high in fat, so I've been trying out different low fat recipes.
This banana bread is awesome! It's so moist and full of flavor, it's hard to believe that it's low in fat. It made 2 smaller loaves. I added nuts to one loaf, so that would bring the calories up. But the other loaf I left plain, and it's delicious too. You can find the recipe here.
I wanted to try to see how well it froze..but I didn't get a chance...we ate it already!


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Industry group argues for repairs, says poor roads are costing NH drivers millionsBy Garry Rayno
State House Staff Writer
February 12. 2013 3:06PM
CONCORD - New Hampshire's road and bridges are deteriorating and will get worse unless the state commits more money to its infrastructure, according to a national transportation research group founded by industry.
The average New Hampshire driver spends $323 annually in vehicle operating costs due to the conditions of the state's roads and bridges and southern New Hampshire drivers pay $503 annually, according to a report on New Hampshire's roads and bridges released by TRIP.
The state's vehicle owners pay $333 million annually in maintenance and repair costs because of the poor condition of state roads, the report states.
The group estimates the state needs to spend $1.3 billion to address the current backlog of needed pavement and bridge work.


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LEWISBURG, Pa. — Bucknell University has received funding for an endowed professorship in Environmental Studies, President Brian C. Mitchell has announced.
The David and Patricia Ekedahl Professorship in Environmental Studies is the gift of David '56 P'79 and Patricia Ekedahl P'79. A current faculty member will be selected for this position, which begins in September and will be awarded in terms of up to five years.
"We are grateful for the Ekedahls' generous support of Environmental Studies at Bucknell," Mitchell said. "As a liberal arts university, we have an extraordinary opportunity to examine complex issues, like the environment, from many perspectives. This professorship will provide lasting resources to strengthen our academic program."
Teaching and collaborative research
The professorship will be open to any current Bucknell faculty member whose scholarship focuses on the study of human effects on the environment and environmental effects on human life, health, culture, commerce and civilization. The recipient of the professorship will lead students through teaching and collaborative research and scholarship. He or she will also collaborate with faculty peers and students in both specialized and interdisciplinary study of environmental issues.
Endowed professorships are established in perpetuity and awarded in three- or five-year appointments. They are used by universities to reward outstanding teaching and scholarship by current tenure-track faculty and to recruit superior faculty from other institutions. These positions provide recipients with opportunities to pursue scholarly research and are often accompanied by a related research fund.
A retired financial analyst, Mr. Ekedahl has served on Bucknell's Board of Trustees since 1993. The Ekedahls' gift marks the fourth professorship established at Bucknell since the comprehensive campaign began in July 2007, following the David Morton and Leanne Freas Trout Professorship of French and Francophone Studies and the Ellen P. and Samuel L. Williams Professorships of Music.
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