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Route: 40I-ISZ-I69-40I
Weather: Scattered clouds, 86 degrees, wind 190 degrees at 3 knots
Freshly checked out in the Cessnas again, I decided to waste no time in hopping in one and going somewhere. Originally I had planned on flying down for a glider course that Sporty's was offering for WINGS credit, but I realized it was an all-day (9 to 5) course... and I simply didn't have time to be gone that long. Still, the weekly free cookout is always reason enough to stop into Sporty's and I decided that would be today's mission. I texted Jon (who I first flew last fall) to see if he was free yesterday night; he was, and thus I had a passenger for today's adventure.
We left Stewart shortly after 11 and first headed towards King's Island. I figured Jon would enjoy the view of the theme park from above and he did. As he said, "it's like RollerCoaster Tycoon!"
After passing over the park, I pointed the nose towards Blue Ash Airport. Although it's very close to Stewart - only 20 nm - I had never landed there before. Unfortunately, due to ongoing squabbles between the cities of Cincinnati and Blue Ash, there is a good chance the airport will soon be closed. While I certainly hope that outcome can be avoided, I also wanted to be sure to land there before I no longer had the opportunity.
A twin was departing Blue Ash as we approached, so I entered the pattern in an upwind over Runway 24 then flew right traffic for a smooth landing. I enjoyed the long journey back to the runway down their well-known, very wooded taxiway before we continued on our way. If you're interested in helping to preserve this great local airport, visit http://preserveblueashairport.com.
It was another short hop from Blue Ash to Clermont Co. Airport, home of Sporty's. Traffic was light; we were the only plane in the pattern. I touched down just past the numbers and taxied to parking, where a lineboy was waiting to push our little 150 into a parking spot. Gotta love that kind of service!
We spent 45 minutes or so on the ground, filling our stomachs with the always-delicious free hot dogs and brats and re-hydrating with something from the vending machines. I got the fan turning as quick as possible to stay cool in the heat and soon we were taking off on Runway 22. We continued out of the pattern from the downwind, headed north, while climbing to 3,500 feet.
Jon is quite interested in flying and I think he'll eventually get his pilot's license after he graduates from college. He flew the 172 for a while when we went up last fall and did a great job. After we left Sporty's he asked about doing some maneuvers so I handed over the controls for a bit. Then I asked if he wanted me to demonstrate and explain a couple things. He was all for it, so I showed him some power-off stalls and a forward slip - you can see both in the video below. I'm certainly no CFI but I think I did a decent job!
Once the educational part of our flight was over, we made a scenic detour on the way back. Jon's a student at the University of Dayton so he wanted to fly over campus. I obliged - we flew up towards downtown Dayton, circling over campus. He really enjoyed the view and I'm glad I was able to play tour guide.
As a final way of showing him something new and different, I set up for a short field landing upon our return to Stewart. I explained the differences - slower airspeed, using more power, etc. - and managed to touch down a couple hundred feet past my aiming point. Darn thermals on short final for Runway 26! Regardless, it was a great day of flying... I always get the most enjoyment out of showing other people the many cool things aviation has to offer!
Flight Track: Google Earth KMZ File
Today's Flight: 1.8 hours
Total Time: 218.2 hours


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Distraction seems to have got a hold of me & I'm compelled to blame the changing season this time. However, autumn and the glory of colors that entail aren't just mere distractions. Soothing greens change to glimmering golds and although it doesn't technically conform to the science of alchemy, they bear with them a promise of euphoria.
Summer is long gone and with it the burst of sunshine pouring through our diaphanous curtains. I awoke to a grey, gloomy sky and though for some it qualifies a few extra sleep hours, the silvery silky sky and the the soft rain behoove me to indulge in a walk. I don my long gray coat over a thick grey sweater only to realize my sartorial preferences are blending perfectly with my surroundings. Save for the fall foliage, the sky, the facades of historic buildings & the modern skyscrapers with glistening window panes are swathed in shades of grey. Drizzles of rain nonchalantly knock against my umbrella as I circle & navigate around the pathways of Toronto. A crisp breeze and ripples of chills accompany me. Neighboring pedestrians carry sprouted umbrellas and walk briskly while I amble tardily, permitting the rain to soak me. For the moment, Audrey Hepburn croons to Henry Mancini's 'Moon River' on my phone.
A dimly lit cafe beckons me to enter. Luckily I never leave home without a book. I'm soon sipping sweet, honeyed black tea, seated on a high chair, facing a massive glass window on which the rainy water drops have created bizarre patterns. Erin Morgenstern's, 'The Night Circus' absorbs me, only for a bit though. Soon, I'm engrossed in the picture painted outside. Streams of cars buzz across the street. People are wordlessly rushing while a poor, homeless man displays a sign for want of spare change. His furry labrador is snuggled close silently watching the scene in black & white. A man in a turquoise jacket waits under the cafe awning hoping for the rain to stop pitter pattering. A bicycle is parked right out front and it's saddle, a wet mess. The ground I imagine is gladly welcoming the rain after a parched three summer months. I click many mental pictures before exiting.
The hues of leaves appear darker in the rain, more vibrant, more pronounced. Most make their home on the tree as they gently sway in muffled whispers. The rest are drenched thoroughly but ornately studded over the concrete of the footpath….a beautiful disarray. I make a mental note to capture this in a water colour painting. These are after all, fleeting moments. Evanescent. Soon, barren tree branches will be laced by flurries of snow and the ground, a pristine white spectacle. The crimsons & golds will vanish in the blink of an eye because Mother Nature never falters. Autumn will valiantly bid goodbye and leave us wistfully waiting….
I will be back soon with Italian adventures. Until then, Ciao!

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According to Gizmodo alumnus and extraordinaire coffee connoisseur Matt Buchanan, this coffee maker seems interesting:
Oh, interesting. Haven't seen it [before]. It's an immersion brewer, like a french press or clever dripper... the coffee it puts out will be like a french press. I personally prefer paper filtration. It's cleaner—but yeah, it looks like a solid device. You don't have that agitation you get from plunging with a french press.
It's pretty too. Called the Cafino, this thing was designed for Luminaire by Tassilo von Grolman. It's made from stainless steel and glass. This is how it works:
Simply place finely ground coffee beans into the double stainless steel mesh sieve, insert into the heat resistant borosilicate glass cylinder, pour boiled water to capacity, and let the aroma unfold. After brewing and removal of the sieve, the bitterns are also removed from the coffee maker, and it is all done in an ecologically friendly manner, without filter bags.
Unlike Matt, I don't mind the residues of the french press, but if this thing avoids them, it may be worth the $165. [Luminaire via Uncrate]


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Review—Apocalypse: Shadow Asylum
There's not a dull moment in this novel. As you turn the pages unexpected events unfold in the lives of the major characters.
If you do not learn from your mistakes in the past they can haunt you in the future.
Ancient betrayal coming back in modern times is the theme of this fast-paced thriller Apocalypse: Shadow Asylum.
Guyanese-born author Sandy King combines romance with mystery and suspense in her new upcoming novel. Beginning in 1735 in Greenwich Village, New York, she takes the reader to simpler laid back days of love, work and play. All of this suddenly changes when betrayal and deceit visit two couples Jessica and Nick. Jessica's spirit becomes reincarnated into Rebecca 250 years later; Rebecca betrays her best friend Shimla by having an affair with her husband, John, a wealthy neurosurgeon.
There's not a dull moment in this novel. As you turn the pages unexpected events unfold in the lives of the major characters. Each page leaves you hungry for what's next while you are totally engaged in the lives of Shimla, Rebecca and John. For a little spice in your life, with intrigue, seduction and entertained; this is a must-read.
Sandy King takes us into the world of spirits, reincarnation and exorcism. Melded from the ingredients of her half-Hindu and half-Christian background, she entices you with mystical suspense as well as romance. Be careful if you are reading this book on the train because you can easily miss your stop—I speak from personal experience.
King combines the lives of modern day characters with the colonial era—an approach rarely attempted in these types of novels. If you enjoy this novel as much as I did, then stayed tuned for her next book: The Devil of Fifth Avenue. Her next book continues the saga of these unpredictable characters, with new individuals to entice your thriller palate.
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Editor's Note: The following opinion piece was provided by Andy Coyle, a resident of Laguna Beach, Calif., and a longtime RV dealer in Southern California, to the Riverside Press-Enterprise. It was published on Saturday (Aug. 29).
I am going to share with you one typical month in the life of a California small-business owner.
Business owners deal with the consequences of laws passed by state and federal governments. I own a recreational vehicle dealership with sales this year of less than $7 million. We provide sales, service, parts and storage to our customers and have been in business 17 years. Our business grew steadily until the current recession. We have shrunk from employing more than 70 employees to 14. We have experienced a devastating decline in business because we offer a discretionary product and we are located in San Bernardino County, the center of the housing bust.
All these factors make just surviving extremely challenging, and that's before adding the damage done to our business by our government. Huge obstacles Listed below are some of the obstacles I have encountered in the last 30 days doing business in California. These obstacles are mandated by the state and federal governments.
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, also known as the "stimulus" bill, forces small businesses like ours to prepay extended Cobra health insurance benefits for employees terminated this year. We will eventually reimburse ourselves by applying for a tax credit. That means my small business is lending the federal government approximately $10,000 for each Cobra-eligible employee. Do the math: number of terminated Cobra employees x $10,000 = huge cash outlay.
What's the solution for a small-business owner? The short-term solution is for our company to eliminate the company-provided insurance plan and avoid the Cobra liability. The unintended consequence of the "stimulus" bill is that companies will be forced to terminate insurance plans, leaving more people without insurance. What government should do is remove the restrictions on insurance sales between states so that free-market competition will drive down costs and increase the choices available. We do not need the government to tell us what to do, we need government to open up the insurance industry so we have more options to choose from — our choices, not the government's dictate.
Costly gimmicks
As one of the privileges of being a business owner in California, I am required to collect taxes and fees for the state. The undisciplined Legislature has been balancing the state budget for years with gimmicks. The June sales tax advance payment is a gimmick that requires small businesses to prepay sales tax 45 days early so that the money can be "pulled ahead" into the new budget. This gimmick provided a one-time revenue gain that small businesses now have to finance every year.
In an average month we collect $50,000 in sales tax for the state. In June of each year we have to send an extra $25,000 as an advance payment. That $25,000 is critical working capital that I use to operate my business. When the state takes $25,000, it restricts the growth and stability of our business and that leads to fewer sales, less employment and less tax revenue collected.
Our legislators are now considering adding even more hurdles for vehicle dealers. They must have decided that the current economic environment was not challenging enough. Legislation has been introduced that would increase overhead costs for dealers by raising the amount of the dealer bond, by removing protections provided by corporate law and by adding more rules on how dealers process sales transactions.
This continuous assault on small businesses will have grave unintended consequences resulting in even fewer sales, more unemployment, less sales and payroll tax income and ultimately even more businesses leaving California for states with a more business-friendly environment.
Shady lawsuits
Because of very generous and favorable legislation endorsed by the trial attorney lobby, we are frequently named in RV manufacturers' "lemon law" lawsuits that are little more than thinly veiled shakedowns by buyers who have fallen on hard times and are looking for a way to escape from the loan obligation.
Normally the manufacturer of the RV will pay to defend these lawsuits, but these are not normal times. More than 50% of the RV manufacturers have gone bankrupt, leaving us to defend these lawsuits. For many small businesses, defense costs could be the "final straw" to force them into bankruptcy or just closing down.
These are just four examples of the obstacles created by government that a typical small business owner is forced to deal with every day. As business people, we should be focusing our efforts on productive activities related to providing service (sales, advertising, marketing, personnel, planning and training) rather than distractions imposed by government.
Legislation pending in Sacramento would pile additional burdens on RV dealers and other small-business owners.
Finally, here is an overview on how much money we collect (in an average year with sales of $7 million) for various branches of government:
- Sales tax: $610,532
- License fees: $38,352
- Payroll taxes: $78,191
- Property tax: $51,114
- Total: $778,189
These taxes and fees that we collect in the normal course of business do not include the additional taxes employees pay when they spend their money, or when they pay their income taxes.
Crucial change
The point of all of this is to show that several things need to change for small business to lead the economy out of this recession:
- Put money into the hands of consumers and small-business owners by reducing all types of government taxes.
- Stop adding to, and begin removing, the layer upon layer of government rules, dictates, and restrictions that impede small business growth.
Government growth always results in business decline. Every dollar spent by government is one less dollar that the private sector spends. Every dollar spent by government results in less than one dollar reaching the public because of the inherent inefficiency of government. Every dollar spent in the private sector has a multiplier effect throughout the economy.
More intrusion
As a small business owner I am reminded every day that our state and country have taken a turn down the wrong road. A free market economy made this country what it is today and it is a key component in our personal freedom. A free market economy is far more efficient than a system of government redistribution controlled by special interests. We, individually, make better choices spending our own money than the government ever can. I have more faith in the American public than I do in government benevolence. Americans can reverse course by telling their elected officials to stop the ever-growing government intrusion in our lives.


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14 L.Ed. 334
December Term, 1852
THESE two cases were brought up, by writ of error, from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Louisiana, and were argued together by Mr. Allen and Mr. Ovid F. Johnson for the defendant in error. No counsel appeared for the plaintiff in error.
The points in the case were argued in the case of League v. De Young, 11 Howard, 188, to which the reporter refers.
Mr. Chief Justice TANEY delivered the opinion of the court.
These two cases have been argued together and depend upon the same principles. They were decided in the Circuit Court, before the opinion of this court was pronounced in the case of League v. De Young and Brown, reported in 11 Howard, 185. In that case, all of the questions which arise in the cases before us were fully considered and decided; and that decision is adverse to the doctrines now contended for by the defendant in error. Upon reviewing the opinion in League v. De Young and Brown, we see no reason for changing it in any respect; and these two cases must therefore be reversed, and a mandate issued to the Circuit Court, directing the judgment in each of them to be reversed, and the judgment entered for the plaintiff in error.
This cause came on to be heard on the transcript of the record from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Louisiana, and was argued by counsel. On consideration whereof, it is now here ordered and adjudged by this court, that the judgment of the said Circuit Court in this cause be, and the same is hereby, reversed, with costs, and that this cause be, and the same is hereby, remanded to the said Circuit Court, with directions to enter judgment for David B. Herman, the plaintiff in error.


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Ask anybody associated with the 1990-91 Bulls about that scintillating season, and be prepared to hear two things: No, it doesn't feel like it has been 20 years. And Detroit sucks.
OK, so nobody actually said the latter. But as the organization prepares to honor the 20th anniversary of the first of six NBA championships and the start of one of sports' great dynasties, overcoming the Pistons in the Eastern Conference finals en route to downing the Western Conference champion Lakers remained prominently on the principals' minds.
"For me, it was four years of hell," Scottie Pippen said of vanquishing the Pistons. "That was a huge relief, a guy who had suffered a migraine in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference finals the year before. It was a lot of joy, that breakthrough of finally beating your nemesis. And then winning that first championship was the most fun. It was new, so the celebration felt lasting."
The celebration begins again Saturday night during an extended halftime ceremony with former broadcaster Jim Durham serving as master of ceremonies. All 12 players, save for Suns assistant coach Bill Cartwright, are scheduled to attend. Phil Jackson and some of his same staff members are chasing title No. 12 with the Lakers. General manager Jerry Krause is busy scouting baseball.
But for one glorious night, most of the band will be together again.
"I'm looking forward to seeing who's going to come back," Michael Jordan said in a rare interview. "I want to see if everybody's fat just like me. It should be fun."
"I can't believe it has been 20 years," Horace Grant said. "It seems like it was just yesterday myself, Scottie, Bill, MJ, John Paxson and all of us were running up and down the court. But it has been 20 years.
"Overall, it was just the growing of togetherness of a group of guys who depended on each other on the court. Just the camaraderie, the respect, the learning process that we had is my memory. Specifically, getting over that hump called the Detroit Pistons. And then that championship, there's nothing like that first."
So many defining moments occurred during the Bulls' 61-21 regular season and 15-2 steamroll through the postseason. But most players pointed to the growing trust Michael Jordan displayed in his teammates and the triangle offense as a catalyst for such success.
"That was always the thing from Day One, the trust factor," John Paxson said. "I was fortunate because I had a lengthy run with Michael. It was more what Phil instilled in us that the team wins. Play your role and you can contribute to the success of the team. That's what Michael bought into. He was going to score his 30 a game no matter what. Phil's objective was for other guys to get involved. We became a team when Michael trusted us."
Paxson, of course, helped close out the Lakers in Game 5 with clutch fourth-quarter jumpers. Pippen hounded Magic Johnson throughout. ("I just tried to work him, force him to be more of a left-hand ballhandler where he wasn't the playmaker. Slow him down, take him out of their transition game," Pippen recalled.)
And the rest is Chicago sports history.
"I'm hoping this night reminds all our fans how special this was because this was our first," Paxson said. "I remember the energy from the fans when we won that year. It was really special. People not only embraced Michael but also the team. In all the other sports in Chicago, only the Bears had won in '86 and not much else had happened in the city before that for a long period of time. So winning was pretty special. There are a lot of Bulls fans out there now who are fans for life because of us winning that championship."
Just ask Will Perdue.
"Just a few days ago in Miami, I had people come up to me and say, 'Will Perdue. John Whoever. I used to love going to Chicago Stadium and buy standing room tickets. You put so much enjoyment in my life. I just want to thank you for that and tell you how much fun I had back in those days.'" Perdue recalled. "And you're like, 'Damn!' The impact it still has is amazing."
Grant, who also won a title with the Lakers, has had similar experiences over the years.
"Chicago has some of the most electrifying and passionate fans in the world," Grant said. "They understand what we accomplished is so difficult. They respected the hard work, the togetherness that we had. Each and every one of the guys who stepped on the court gave it everything he had. The fans appreciated that.
"Fifty years from now, they're still going to respect what we did as a team. That's never going to go away."
Ask anybody associated with the 1990-91 Bulls about that scintillating season, and be prepared to hear two things: No, it doesn't feel like it has been 20 years. And Detroit sucks.


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Fashion law roundup: Tiffany fights back; Condé cares about interns! (or labor regulations); new fur law; McQueen v. ... Snooki?
It was an unusually busy week for fashion lawyers, and the people who
love them begrudgingly tolerate their social media assaults. As usual, LAW OF FASHION will provide the highlights in this convenient roundup, but to stay current on your fashion law news, join the official LAW OF FASHION LinkedIn group (and go ahead and follow LOF's Twitter feed, @fashionlawblog, for good measure.)
And now, the news you can probably live without, but will read anyway because it's free...
"Tiffany Files Counter-Claim In Legal Spat With Swatch" (Wall Street Journal)
"U.S. luxury goods maker Tiffany & Co. has launched a counter-claim against Swiss watchmaker Swatch Group AG for damages related to a failed partnership between the two companies. In a statement Monday, Swatch said Tiffany is seeking 541.9 million Swiss francs ($589 million) from Swatch after the Swiss company and its affiliate, Tiffany Watch Co. Ltd, claimed 3.8 billion francs in damages from Tiffany & Co. in December...."
This is one of those disputes that seems like it would be glamorous to work on, until you find yourself employed as a junior associate at one of the mega-firms handling this arbitration, which happens to be taking place in the Netherlands, on behalf of either an American or a Swiss company, and "commuting" back and forth from New York and a Munich document retention warehouse on Sunday-evening red-eyes. (Speaking of which, I should give a quick shoutout to my long, lost friends at Debevoise!)
"FTC Seeks Public Comments on Agency's Fur Rules, Announces [Broader] Enforcement Policy" (Federal Trade Commission)
"The Federal Trade Commission is seeking public comments on its Fur Labeling and Advertising Rules – commonly known as the Fur Rules – and announcing upcoming changes required by Congress.... As of March 18, 2011, the 2010 law eliminates the FTC's authority to exempt fur products 'of relatively small quantity or value of the fur used' from its Rules (known as the de minimis exemption), and provides a new exemption for furs sold directly by trappers and hunters to customers in certain face-to-face transactions. Finally, the 2010 law requires the FTC to start a review and seek public comment...."
Um, yeah, you shouldn't be buying or selling fur anyway, for reasons explained by Vaute Couture's charming founder, Leanne Mai-ly Hilgart, in this LAW OF FASHION interview. But if you are, you better play by the rules, or the FTC (much like the rhythm) is gonna getcha.
"Condé Nast Overhauls Its Internship Program, Enforces Stricter Regulations and Mandatory Mentorships" (Fashionista)
"Now that a major publishing company [Hearst] has been sued by an unpaid intern, others may be reforming their own internship programs in the interest of avoiding a similar situation.... And from what we're hearing, it sounds like Condé internships are going to be some of the most tightly regulated in the fashion industry...."
See, now, way before the whole Hearst episode that prompted this, LAW OF FASHION ® was writing about "The legal minefield of unpaid internships". So just hire this writer's law firm already, and save yourself the heartache (and the potential damages.) Oh, and if you're a potential intern rather than a potential intern-abuser, check out this helpful article from Fashionista on "What Fashion Internships Are Really Like at Condé Nast and Hearst."
"Hailey Clauson Urban Outfitters Lawsuit Headed To Court" (Huff Post Style)
"Hailey Clauson, the teenage model who sued Urban Outfitters for $28 million, may finally be heading to court.... Clauson and her parents sued Urban Outfitters upon discovering that Clauson's image was being used on t-shirts and other merchandise sold at the store. [The lawsuit] contends that the pictures were inappropriate, showing the then 15-year-old model "in a blatantly salacious manner with her legs spread, without a bra, revealing portions of her breasts.... [Now, t]he retailer's efforts to get the lawsuit, filed back in August 2011, dismissed have been rejected by New York federal judge George Daniels...."
For some provocative, thoroughly amateur investigative journalism on this case, check out LOF's 8/22/11 post: "TEEN MODEL v. Parry (or 'Are TM's parents are just hitting up Urban Outfitters for some quick cash?')"
"Did Snooki Copy McQueen?" (The Fashion Law)
"The next set of knock-offs are going around the industry. This time, it's McQueen and Jersey Shore star, Snooki. The bags themselves do not share a similar structure. McQueen's version, released several years ago, is a compact box clutch, whereas Snooki's is a larger leather clutch. Regardless, the skull detail rings that both bags have are undeniably similar! This is an instance where McQueen may actually have a case. Fashion law buffs, read on: While it is widely known that utilitarian items (a/k/a "useful articles") are not copyrightable, there is an exception for separable design features [like, perhaps] the skull detail rings on the clutch...."
Blogger Julie Zerbo of The Fashion Law has been on fire these past couple weeks, breaking one knockoff story after another. But her commentary on this episode is particularly interesting because of the "separability" issues she raises. If that word doesn't mean anything to you in the copyright context, revisit this LOF post (and this one, too); if you're still lost, it's probably best to just go ahead and buy this book, which contains a 90-page chapter I wrote on intellectual property issues in fashion. (Psst- e-mail me at ccolman {at} lawoffashion {dot} com for a discount code that's good until March 31st.)
"Abercrombie Stock Weakness Invites Speculation" (Women's Wear Daily)
"Abercrombie & Fitch Co.'s sagging stock price has Wall Street speculating about a leveraged buyout of the racy teen retailer. The firm has been through the rumor mill several times now and Cowen and Co. analyst John Kernan ran the numbers for a buyout today and found that the economics of a deal 'can't be denied'...."
Damn, can't a racist, one-trick pony catch a break around here?
"Handbag Shopper Seeks Damages" (South China Morning Post)
"A 32-year-old woman is seeking compensation from [Hong Kong luxury retailer] Lane Crawford after she said she was locked in a VIP room at the luxury department store while staff looked into her request to authenticate a [Chanel] bag she had bought there.... She is seeking [$6,500 US], along with two Chanel handbags, to compensate for the distress she says she suffered...."
Without a doubt, the strangest fashion law story of the week. No, wait, on second thought, it's a tie between this story and the news that Donald Trump has licensed his name for use on a fragrance... not a hair product, mind you, but a fragrance -- as in, something you put on your body to smell a certain way.
Other stories
"[Labor law]suit against Alexander Wang in flux, to be moved to federal court with new lawyer" (New York Post / Page Six)
"[Blogger] Susie Bubble Calls Out Topshop For Knocking Off Young UK Designer [and TS Promptly Stops!]" (Styleite)
"Chanel Won't Make Crystal Cuffs Out of Respect for Pamela Love's Work" (NBC 4 New York / Thread NY)
"Counterfeit Imports: International Trade Commission Requests Comments on Louis Vuitton Matter" (Fashion Cloture)
"Warner Bros. Responds to Louis Vuitton Lawsuit Over 'Hangover II' Handbag" (The Hollywood Reporter / THR Esq.)
"An Uneasy Cultural Exchange" (or, "Further reflections on the Navajo Tribe v. Urban Outfitters lawsuit") (New York Times)
Upcoming events
Tuesday, Mar. 20th, 4:30 P.M. to 7:45 P.M. (Philly) - "Penn Intellectual Property Group Annual Symposium: Fashion Law" (a/k/a "The Panel that Louis Vuitton Unsuccessfully Tried to Shut Down")
Thursday, Mar. 29th, 6:00 P.M. to 8:00 P.M. (NYC) - "Why Copyright?" (sponsored by The Copyright Society of the U.S.A. and hosted by NYU Law School). Moderated by Eric Rayman, with panelists Julia Haye, Max Tonnone, and me.
Thursday, April 25th, 6:00 P.M. to 8:00 P.M. (NYC) - "The Margins of Copyright Law," organized by the Institute for Information Law and Policy at New York Law School. Details forthcoming.
Late April (exact date/time TBD): This writer will be moderating a fashion law panel at the Asian American Bar Association of New York (AABANY), tentatively featuring Marc Jacobs Associate General Counsel Kelly Koyama and other notable panelists TBA.
[This post is for entertainment and informational purposes only, and does not constitute legal advice or create an attorney-client relationship among any individuals or entities. Any views expressed in this post or at the linked web pages are those of the writer on a particular date, and should not necessarily be attributed to this writer, his law firm, or its clients. LAW OF FASHION does not and cannot warrant the thoroughness or accuracy of the content at the linked web pages.]


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Miley Cyrus Quits Twitter
Sorry tweens and creepy middle-aged men--I've got two pieces of bad news for you. First: Miley Cyrus apparently has a boyfriend now. Second: Said boyfriend apparently made the singer quit Twitter. Cyrus has effectively folded her microblogging account, attributing the decision to her beau/co-star, Liam Hemsworth.
Cyrus explained the decision in one of her final tweets, "FYI Liam doesn't have a Twitter and he wants me to delete mine with good reason."
Cyrus's fans naturally fired back with a Mileycomeback campaign, which has been a trending topic on the site since yesterday.


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Dark Corners and Social Forces
Last week I argued that because bugs hide in dark corners — that is, using tools in unusual ways tends to break them — there is social pressure on developers to avoid those corners. One important form of such pressure is stylistic restrictions, sometimes called "best practices." Such restrictions are sometimes imposed by tools that examine programs for violations, sometimes by code reviews, and sometimes in less formal ways.
An example of such a restriction might be: Never use an assignment as a condition. An example of a violation might be
if (n = f()) { /* do something */ }
It should not be hard to see what's wrong with this statement. As written, it assigns the value of
f() to
n and then compares that value with zero. However, its form suggests that its author might have intended to write
if (n == f()) { /* do something */ }
which compares the value of
n with the value of
f() without changing
n. This second form is much more common than the first, which tempts the reader to believe that the author made a mistake.
It is probably wise to avoid using assignments in this way. However, if an organization elevates such avoidance to a formal rule, it creates new problems that I think may not be widely appreciated.
To see where the problem lies, consider a programming shop with a rule that all programs must compile without warnings. In effect, such a shop is telling its people not to program in C++, but rather to program in a dialect of C++ that is restricted by the compiler. Worse, the dialect is defined by a particular version of the compiler.
What happens if a new version of the compiler comes out with a warning that previous versions did not have? Now in order to comply with the no-warning rule, developers may have to change large amounts of code to avoid the new warnings. How many new bugs will those changes introduce?
There is another hazard of programming in socially-imposed dialects: In general, different organizations will have different dialects. As a result, it is possible that when one organization sends code to another, the recipient may have to change that code in order to conform to local standards.
In short, by trying to avoid dark corners altogether, we have redrawn the map of where we can travel — but we have done so differently for each different programming community. Instead of one well-defined language, we are now programming in many vaguely-defined languages.
At this point, you may be expecting me to decry this situation and argue that programmers should always feel free to program in whatever style they choose: After all, what is the point of a language standard if it doesn't define the language that we use? But that attitude won't work either, because obscure coding is more likely to encounter compiler bugs .
I think the most workable alternative is to let usage inform judgment: If you are thinking of solving a problem in an unusual way, you should have a reason for doing so. The more unusual the solution, the stronger the reason should be. As happens in so many other context, the choice of how to express ideas should be a trade-off among conflicting advantages and disadvantages, rather than a list of inflexible rules.


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In the wake of Mary Honeyball MEP's efforts to push the whole of Europe towards adopting the so-called 'Nordic model' of criminalising the purchase of sexual services, the British media gave generous coverage yesterday to a new report by the All Party Parliamentary Group on Prostitution and the Global Sex Trade.
Most of the papers obediently parroted the line that after hearing expert testimony from 413 different witnesses and organisations, the MPs were recommending the 'legalisation' of prostitution but the criminalisation of buying sex and tougher policing of pimps. The current law, they reported, is an inconsistent mess which (pretty much) nobody thinks effective.
I have no intention of raking over the Nordic model debate yet again. I will quickly point out that to make the provision of a service legal but the purchase of the same service criminal would strike me as the ultimate example of an inconsistent mess. I would add that from what I have heard and read from sex workers themselves, the single greatest hazard to their safety is probably the legal bar on joint working and shared premises, which arises directly from efforts to combat pimping and brothel-keeping. Every sex worker I've heard comment on yesterday's report seems in agreement that the proposals would put them at greater risk and further marginalisation, and I see no reason to argue.
I would note too that yesterday's report, as a piece of research, is pretty dreadful. There is no attempt to record, report, quantify or evaluate the full range of evidence and opinion submitted to the inquiry, leaving a strong impression that the committee had simply cherry picked the snippets of testimony which fitted with their pre-ordained positions and ignored everything else. While the report admits to receiving contrary submissions, there is no attempt to explain or justify the route from evidence to recommendations.
Perhaps the most troubling detail is barely mentioned in the report itself. The All Party Group which funded it is made possible by the provision of a secretariat and expenses from a charity called CARE – Christian Action Research and Education, which spends more than £400,000 per annum purely on 'influencing public policy.' This not only includes supporting the All Party Group on prostitution, it also involves providing (at the last count) a dozen free interns for sympathetic MPs.
So who are CARE? To quote the Telegraph:
Care describes itself as a "mainstream Christian charity bringing Christian insight and experience to matters of public policy". A closer look at its website appears to contradict the claim to be "mainstream". The organisation's published doctrinal basis is distinctly fundamentalist and among other things talks of "the divine inspiration of Holy Scripture and its consequent entire trustworthiness and supreme authority in all matters of faith and conduct". In other words, the Bible is the literal truth.
CARE are furiously and proudly homophobic, to the extent that one MP (a gay Christian) once described them as 'a bunch of homophobic bigots.' They were heavily involved in lobbying against the introduction of gay marriage and against the repeal of Section 28, while they believe in prayer as a 'cure' for homosexuality.
Perhaps most disturbing is their position on abortion. They directly fund the network of CareConfidential crisis pregnancy centres in the UK, where counsellors were recently filmed undercover claiming abortions would increase chances of breast cancer and could predispose women to becoming child sexual abusers.
At this point, allow me to step back for some perspective. For those unfamiliar with British parliamentary process and convention, All Party Parliamentary Groups are not formal, official bodies. Unlike (highly influential) select committees, they have no official remit, no official authority, not even a budget (which is why they go cap in hand to 'charitable' lobbyists to pay the bills.) All it takes is 20 MPs or peers with a shared interest to decide to form a group. Consequently there are APPGs on everything from greyhound racing and crown green bowls to jazz appreciation. The report published by the APPG on prostitution yesterday carries no authority and does not compel the government to act in keeping with its recommendations.
However, what we have seen is a major new offensive in a long-running propaganda war. Few people reading the newspapers yesterday will have appreciated that the APPG is a self-selecting cabal, dancing pre-planned steps of religious and ideological conviction, to a tune played by bunch of extremist, fundamentalist bigots. They will be unaware that the recommendations of the APPG are, surprisingly enough, all but indistinguishable from the policy positions previously laid out in CARE's own documents. What readers of the press across the political spectrum, from the Mail to the Independent to the Guardian will believe is that a group of MPs has spent a year collecting and examining expert testimony then concluded that the Nordic model was the best approach to take.
This is a profoundly dishonest and disingenuous contribution to the debate. It is no longer a shock to find leftwing and / or feminist politicians jumping into bed with rightwing religious fundamentalists, accepting their favours and cash for the cause. Dworkin and McKinnon were doing the same with Reagan's pals on the fundie right back in the early 80s. However it is important for democracy that if these unlikely bedfellows are going to be engaged in such unholy relations, they do so in the full glare of sunlight, not skulking in the shadows.


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Georgetown Downs SAGU to Earn Second National Title, 88-62
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - (Box score) No. 13-seeded Georgetown (Ky.) dominated play in the second half to capture its second national championship in program history, posting an 88-62 win over sixth-seeded Southwestern Assemblies of God (Texas) at the 2013 Buffalo Funds-NAIA Division I Men's Basketball National Championship in Kansas City, Mo.
"SAGU is a good team, they just couldn't make shots," said Georgetown head coach Chris Briggs. "We guarded them; we got a lot of contested shots. They are a good team; otherwise they would not be in the championship game. You expect them to come back and make a run at you and our guys were tough enough to hold them off and I couldn't be happier for them."
The Municipal Auditorium crowd was treated to a game between the team with the most appearances in tournament history and fifth showing in the title game in Georgetown, matched up against SAGU, a team making just its second trip to the championship and first-ever berth in the title contest.
The Lions raced out of the gate with the kind of start a team with no championship game experience would want, scoring the first five points in the opening 95 seconds and forcing a pair of early turnovers to set the tempo. Georgetown settled the early nerves and scored the next eight points to claim a lead that would never be relinquished. The Tigers ran off a 17-2 spurt overall to grab a 17-7 lead at the midway point of the half.
SAGU would swing the pendulum back in its favor with an 8-0 run of its own, sparked by a pair of three-pointers by Dominique Rambo. The momentum would quickly swing back, however, and Georgetown would reclaim a double-digit advantage before settling for a 33-26 halftime advantage.
Georgetown would see its lead drop to six points early in the half, but maintained its distance from SAGU. The Tigers used a 14-2 run over the next 4:16 to stretch their seven-point lead into a 61-42 cushion with 8:56 remaining.
Instead of resting on its laurels, Georgetown continued to look to finish off the game and stretched the lead to 28 points inside the final five minutes. The 26-point margin was the largest in a championship game since the 1977 title game was decided by a 71-44 ledger for Texas Southern over Campbell (N.C.).
Georgetown dominated the game on the glass, collecting a 61-31 rebounding advantage, while limiting SAGU to 28.6 percent shooting for the game (24-of-84) on the way to 46 defensive boards. Three players posted double-digit rebounding totals for the Tigers, led by Vic Moses and Allan Thomas with 13, while Montavious Marc collected 12 rebounds.
The Tigers shot 73.1 percent in the second half (19-of-26) with three of the misses coming on four three-point attempts. Georgetown knocked down 16-of-19 free throws after intermission and finished the game 20-of-25 at the line to go along with a 58.2 percent overall field goal mark. About the only black mark on the Georgetown resume in the game was a total of 24 turnovers that SAGU turned into 22 points.
Tournament MVP Monty Wilson shared game-high scoring honors with 23 points, hitting 9-of-13 from the field and 3-of-4 three-point attempts. He also tallied six rebounds and three assists. Moses, Deondre McWhorter and Garel Craig chipped in 14 points apiece, while Thomas added 12 points, six assists, two blocked shots and two steals.
Dominique Rambo recorded 23 points and seven rebounds to lead the way for SAGU, which committed just five turnovers, but finished 8-of-32 (.250) from three-point range and missed 10 of its 16 free throw attempts. Caleb Gentry tossed in 15 points, four rebounds, four assists and four steals for the Lions.
Georgetown closed its season at 28-8 and improved to 59-30 all-time in 32 national tournament appearances. SAGU ended its season at 33-5 overall and fell to 4-2 in two appearances at the National Championship.
Game notes:
Georgetown - The Tigers became the 15th team to win multiple national championships with its first title coming in 1998 ... Of the programs with multiple titles, Georgetown snaps the second-longest drought between championships (16 years) as Oklahoma Baptist went 45 years between triumphs ... The Tigers became the fifth team to appear in five or more championship games, joining Oklahoma Baptist (8), Oklahoma City (5) and Concordia (Calif.) (5) ... Georgetown is the second Mid-South Conference school in the last three years to win the title after finishing third in the conference standings during the regular season - Pikeville (Ky.) pulled off the same feat in 2011.
SAGU - The Lions are the first team from Texas to make the title game since Texas Wesleyan captured the 2006 crown ... The 29 field goal attempts by Dominique Rambo was the most attempts by a player in the 2013 championship ... With 24 forced turnovers, SAGU recorded the second-highest total in this year's event ... The Lions had limited its previous four opponents in this year's championship to a combined 37.1 field goal percentage.
All-Tournament Team
Jordan Dressler, Columbia (Mo.)
Marshawn Norris, Culver-Stockton (Mo.)
Vic Moses, Georgetown (Ky.)
Monty Wilson, Georgetown (Ky.)
Brandon Davis, LSU Shreveport (La.)
Rodney Milum, LSU Shreveport (La.)
Darren Ballou, Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)
Jacob French, MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.)
Mike Nwelue, SAGU (Texas)
Dominique Rambo, SAGU (Texas)
Chuck Taylor Most Valuable Player Award: Monty Wilson, Georgetown (Ky.)
Charles Stevenson Hustle Award: Dominique Rambo, SAGU (Texas)
Dr. James Naismith-Emil S. Liston Sportsmanship Award: LSU Shreveport (La.)
Charles A. Krigel Award*: Kyle Blankenship, LSU Shreveport (La.)
Chuck Walden Memorial Trophy (given to Honorary Coaches of championship team): Kissick Construction
Frank Cramer Award^: Wilma Wilcox
2012 - 13 NAIA Division I Men's Basketball Co-Players of the Year: Vic Moses, Georgetown (Ky.) & Dominique Rambo, SAGU (Texas)
2012 - 13 Rawlings-NAIA Division I Men's Basketball Coach of the Year: Chris Briggs, Georgetown (Ky.)
* given to coach of the team that best exhibits respect, civility, integrity and fair play, the qualities that define sportsmanship
^ presented annually to the person or persons who has done the most for the basketball tournament during a period of years


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Colorado State men's basketball gets commitment from 6-9 post player
FORT COLLINS — Colorado State's men's basketball program has received an oral commitment from 6-foot-9, 230-pound Daniel Mulamba of Southwestern Christian (Junior) College in Texas, according to GoldandGreenNews.com, the CSU-based affiliate of rivals.com.
A native of South Africa, Mulamba averaged 12 points and 10 rebounds as a freshman at SWCC.
He becomes the second known commitment for CSU, joining 6-2 guard Jeremiah Paige of Aurora's Rangeview High School.
Per NCAA rules, CSU coach Larry Eustachy is prohibited from talking about specific recruits until they sign national letters of intent. But Eustachy told me Monday that he may sign up to four or five players for the current recruiting cycle.


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Jan. 20, 2007
SANTA CLARA, Calif. - For the second meeting in a row, the Santa Clara Broncos and San Francisco Dons needed extra time to settle their differences, and once again, the Broncos prevailed. Chandice Cronk's career-high 30 points led three SCU players scoring in double figures as Santa Clara pulled away in the second overtime period for the 89-83 win Saturday night.
The Broncos (11-9. 3-2 WCC) will now take to the road next weekend for the annual L.A.-area swing, battling the Pepperdine Waves Thursday night, Jan. 25 at 7 p.m. in Malibu before heading to Gersten Pavilion for a 2 p.m. contest Saturday afternoon, Jan. 27 against the Loyola Marymount Lions.
Cronk's 30 points led all scorers on the night, with 16 of those coming in the second overtime period. Jen Gottschalk added a double-double with 19 points and 10 rebounds and Tracey Walker scored 13 and had five big steals for the Broncos. Cronk and Ashley Gonnerman each grabbed seven rebounds while Kasey Monteith had six.
"In the second overtime, Chandice was not only making the big shots for us, but she was taking it a step further by doing such a phenomenal job of running her defender off of screens," said head coach Michelle Bento-Jackson.
"Teams are focusing a lot on our three-point shooting in conference play, so now we're just trying to find different ways to score," Cronk said afterwards. "Tracey's layup late in regulation and Anna's three in the first overtime showed how we can rely on anyone at any time to hit the big shot for us."
Despite holding a 12-point lead at 47-35 with 9:55 to play, the Broncos frittered away the lead in just under five minutes, as seven of Lisa Olden's 20 points on the night fueled an 18-6 USF run that tied things up at 53 apiece. Olden led four Dons scoring in double figures, while Nickie Warren, with 18 points and 10 rebounds, and Shay Rollins with 12 points and 11 boards each turned in double-double efforts. Dominique Carter also added 14 points.
Playing from behind to the end of regulation, the Broncos kept within a possession of the Dons, and after Olden hit only one of two free throws with 41 seconds left, Walker charged down the court and scored on a driving layup to tie things up at 63-63 with 33.2 second left. After Olden missed a pair of jumpers on the USF end, Ashley Graham's jumper for the win rimmed out as time expired.
In the first overtime, USF held the lead for the first 4:51, until Anna Martin completed SCU's comeback from a five-point deficit in the final 50 seconds by swishing a three-pointer. The defense then took over and denied the Dons a shot at the win on the other end.
"Our defense was a major factor tonight, every stop that we got was crucial, and that's what helped carry us to the win," said Walker.
Finally, Cronk took over in the second session of overtime, answering Olden's jumper with a three to give SCU its first lead since the 53-53 tie in regulation. After the teams traded hoops in the ensuing possessions, Cronk drilled another three to put SCU up 78-76 with 2:34 left. After Walker's steal with a minute and a half to play, Cronk hit her third three of the extra session to give SCU a five-point advantage at 81-76. From there, Cronk hit seven of eight free throws to ice the game for SCU.
In the first half, Santa Clara held the lead the entire way, building the lead up to 12 multiple times before taking a 35-28 lead into the break.


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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - The man accused of stabbing four churchgoers during Sunday Mass told police that he was after the choir leader because he thought the man was a member of a secret society.
According to a criminal complaint, Lawrence Capener, 24, said he was going after the choir leader at St. Jude Thaddeus Catholic Church because his "speech was different" and he was "99 percent sure he was a Mason."
He told the investigator that Masons are a group involved "in a conspiracy that is far more reaching than I could or would believe."
Capener said he stabbed the others who tried to subdue him because he thought they might be Masons, too.
The affidavit said Capener apologized for stabbing the others after he was read his rights and agreed to speak to police.
Masons are a fraternal group involved in charity and other community activities, but many of their rituals and symbols are secret.
The attack happened just before noon Sunday as the choir began its final hymn. Police and witnesses said Capener vaulted over pews and stabbed choir leader Adam Alvarez in the back.
Worshippers screamed as the shocking and chaotic scene unfolded Sunday with the attacker continuing the onslaught until he was tackled and held by church members for officers, police said.
In addition to Alvarez, three other parishioners were injured, including flutist Gerald Madrid, police spokesman Robert Gibbs said. All four were treated at hospitals and listed in stable condition.
Three other church members were evaluated by Albuquerque Fire Department on the scene and didn't go to the hospital, investigators said.
Capener was charged late Sunday on three counts of aggravated battery and ordered held on $75,000 bail.
St. Jude Thaddeus' pastor, the Rev. John Daniel, said Capener's mother was "very active" in the parish and serves as a Eucharistic minister there.
"He was here occasionally but not very often," Daniel said.
Daniel said that Capener had just graduated from a community college and appeared to be doing well after getting a job.
An off-duty firefighter and others at the church held Capener down until police arrived.
Madrid told KOB-TV that he tried to stop Capener by wrapping his arms around him but was stabbed in the neck and back.
"I bear-hugged him. We were chest on chest. I was wrapping about to take him down to ground, but I didn't have his arms. I had just my arms around his chest, so his arms were free. So that's when he started stabbing me," he said.
Madrid said he thought the suspect was punching him. It wasn't until other parishioners rushed the man that Madrid realized he had been stabbed five times.
The choir's pianist, Brenda Baca King, told KRQE-TV that the attacker was looking at the lead soloist. "I just remember seeing him hurdle over the pews, hurdle over people and run (toward) us and I thought, 'Oh my God, this is not good,'" Baca King said.
Daniel said he didn't see the attack because he had turned his back away from the congregation in order to return the sacrament in the tabernacle.
Archbishop of Santa Fe Michael Sheehan released a statement Sunday afternoon saying he was saddened by the attack.
"This is the first time in my 30 years serving as archbishop in the Archdiocese of Santa Fe and as bishop of Lubbock, that anything like this has occurred," Sheehan said. "I pray for all who have been harmed, their families, the parishioners and that nothing like this will ever happen again," Sheehan said.
Daniel said Mass schedule has resumed. A 6 p.m. Monday Mass is scheduled at the 3,000 member church, he said.


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If Carson Palmer is indeed on his way out in Oakland, he reportedly has an idea of a couple places he would like to land.
Palmer is said to like Arizona and San Francisco as potential new destinations, Mike Garofolo of USA Today reported Friday.
The situation remains fluid, of course. Palmer isn't yet on the market. And there's the issue of whether either team would want to add Palmer to their roster. ESPN's Adam Schefter reported Friday that he's hearing the Cards may not be the slam-dunk Palmer suitor many have speculated them to be.
In any event, Palmer's tenure in Oakland looks about at its end. Garofolo reported that Palmer remains firm on his unwillingness to take a pay cut from the Raiders. And there is much chatter about the Raiders' interest in Seattle's Matt Flynn.
From Friday's Pro Football Talk on NBC Sports Network, here's a look at how the Raiders could proceed if they can finish a deal for Flynn.


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Now, at 8, shes ready to move up from Jack and Annie and I downloaded a YA Sci-Fi trilogy for her .... David Weber's prequil to Honor Harrington's 'Honorverse' which has an 11 year old as the mail protagonist...an excellent move up from the excitement from Magic Tree House.
Meanwhile if you can grab these on special as I did, it's a good entertainment for your young children on trips or if they want 'just another story' at night and you are tired of reading. As my daughter and I are both totally hooked on audio books,this gives us time to listen to our own stories.
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Concast Metal Products Co., Mars, PA, launched a newly redesigned website to help customers navigate through a wealth of information on bronze and aluminum-bronze products. Visit www.concast.com to peruse specification sheets, cross-reference charts, tolerance sheets and size schedules. The site catalogs cast as well as wrought products—sheet, plate, bar, tube and wire.
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Reading in bed, once considered a relatively safe pastime, is now seen by some as a riskier proposition. That's because bedbugs have discovered a new way to hitchhike in and out of beds: library books. It turns out that tiny bedbugs and their eggs can hide in the spines of hardcover books. The bugs crawl out at night to feed, find a new home in a headboard, and soon readers are enjoying not only plot twists but post-bite welts.
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In her low-key way, she has managed to make him so comfortable that he now asks her to accompany him to doctors' appointments, and to go to the grocery store and the park with him. He has his life back, and we can't thank you enough!
Linda S.
Could this be you?
We live in a stressful world. With our family, our work, and often the added responsibility of our aging parents, there seems to be little time to take care of ourselves!
Do you ever think how great it would be if someone you had someone you could trust to do the research, find you a great practitioner… acupuncturist, physiotherapist, osteopath… and arrange for them to your home?
Dear Equinoxe LifeCare,
Having Acupuncture treatments once a week in the privacy of my own home is something I never knew was possible.
Rushing around to try to make it to appointments that were supposed to be stress reducing was just not working for me. This makes much more sense, and I really look forward to my sessions. Thank you!
Patti R.
Dear Equinoxe LifeCare,
I have suffered from Migraine headaches for many years, and Acupuncture is the first thing that has really helped!
I just wanted to say thank you because being able to have the treatments in the comfort of my own home made such a difference to me! And the doctor is wonderful!
Julie D.
Dear Maria,
I just wanted to thank you for the rehabilitation you provided for me after my hip replacement surgery. What a relief it was to have such wonderful professionals helping me out AT HOME during this stressful time!
I don't know how I would have managed without the Occupational Therapist during the first week, and the ongoing Physio has really facilitated my recovery. I have recommended you to all my friends.
Marie S.
Dear Dania,
My sister and I want to thank you so much for the help you provided for my mother over the past five years. Alzheimer's disease is so painful for the whole family, and your assistance was invaluable to all of us!
Knowing there were experienced professionals with our mother whenever we couldn't be with her was a great relief. Even towards the end of her life, when we needed around-the-clock care, your LifeCare Managers never let us down, and the caregivers were always so kind, and willing to do whatever it took to make sure she was clean and comfortable.
Thank you,
Maria and Kim M.
Dear Victoria,
Thank you for your great service! My father was always so resistant to the idea of a stranger coming to help him out, but after his heart surgery, we had to insist. A friend recommended Eqinoxe, and it really worked out well because Anna was so professional and experienced. She let Dad set the pace in what ended up to be a long-term relationship that is now going on 2 years!
She is so much more patient with him than I could ever be. It has made my father's life much better, and mine much less stressful. So, thank you.
John C.
Dear Ms. Pollack,
The first time I met with you, I asked "What do you do? And the response was "We can do anything!" And, your staff have not disappointed. I don't know how I would have been able to care for my mother so well, living as far away as I do without your support.
Everyone I have dealt with has been very professional, supportive and extremely helpful. When there was a crisis and/or need for extra care with little notice, they have always come through. Each time I called I was greeted in a warm and friendly manner, and whatever issue I was calling about was dealt with efficiently and competently.
Bonnie C.
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Our care givers provide comfort in a family setting where healing starts.
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Does Your Child Need a Tutor?
With more and more tweens and teens turning to tutors to succeed at school, will your child be left behind without one?
The Tutoring Boom
At the beginning of my son's first year at an academically rigorous middle school, teachers — unasked — sent home a list of recommended tutors in every child's backpack. It was assumed the kids would have trouble keeping up with their heavy-duty assignments. (They did.) It was also assumed their parents would turn to tutors for help. (They did.)
Now an accepted — even expected — part of middle and high school education, tutoring has grown into a $4 billion dollar industry whose revenues have increased by 15 percent a year since 2001. And it will continue to expand, according to Eduventures, an educational market research firm in Boston. In fact, if you include freelance tutors, who are not tracked by companies like Eduventures, the business may grow by as much as 30 percent a year, says Sandi Ayaz, executive director of the National Tutoring Association.
Why It's So Common
Not long ago, needing a tutor was viewed as a stigma, a sign that a child couldn't keep up with his peers. Today parents are often surprised to learn how common tutoring is, even among kids who are already bringing home terrific report cards. What's fueling the boom?
An increased emphasis on state testing. The No Child Left Behind Act requires testing students every year in reading and math from grades three to eight. Schools receive public funding based on the results. The fourth- and seventh-grade scores from these exams are often used to determine whether a child gains admission to a selective public middle or high school, or whether a child is placed on a vocational or academic track at school. Therefore, many parents tap tutors to improve their child's performance.
These tests also affect what's happening in the classroom. Lessons are often taught at a frenetic pace as teachers cram in everything kids will need to know for their state exams. "Teachers are driven by a timeline," says Ayaz. "They rush to finish the curriculum even if it wears out everyone in the room." It's easy for a student to miss something, and a tutor can help fill in any gaps.
Higher expectations to know more at earlier ages. Because standardized tests are so important, schools start prepping kids for them sooner. As a result, many middle schoolers are doing what once was considered high school work, while many high schoolers are taking college-level courses.
More kids than before also feel compelled to enroll in advanced placement (AP) classes, some as early as ninth or tenth grade. "At every information session colleges tell you that when deciding whether to admit students, admissions officers look at how much the students have chosen to challenge themselves based on the curriculum offered in high school," says Susan Zuckerman, a child psychologist in White Plains, New York, whose daughter, Emily, was tutored throughout high school. "If you've taken only one or two advanced classes, it doesn't look very impressive." But to keep up with college-level AP work, students often need tutors.
Curriculum gaps. Some states no longer emphasize spelling or grammar since that knowledge is not required for state tests. As a result, middle school children may know the definition of SAT vocabulary words such as "perambulate" and "quiescent," but they don't know how to spell such basic words as "independence" or when to use commas or semicolons. Parents turn to tutors to help their kids bone up on these fundamentals.
Greater competition for college admissions. In 2005, 16.7 million students enrolled in colleges, a 1.2 million increase over five years ago, according to David Hawkins, director of public policy for the National Association for College Admission Counseling. That figure is expected to increase another 2.1 million by 2013. "Because the competition to get into a good college is fierce, many families turn to tutors to help boost grades and SAT scores," says Alexandra Robbins, who talked to hundreds of students and parents across the country for her book The Overachievers: The Secret Life of Driven Kids (Hyperion).
Plus, in some states, scholarships are directly linked to a student's SAT scores. "Cash is tied to test performance," says Ayaz. "When you're talking about spending money to pay for hours of tutoring versus four years of college, parents are going to front-load their investment so their child does better on the SAT and has a better shot at that scholarship money."
Does Your Child Need a Tutor?
Although many parents are hiring tutors for kids who are doing fine in school, experts say the best time to enlist help is when you see the following signs that your child is struggling:
- She's behind her classmates in a skill she should have mastered in an earlier grade, such as spelling, grammar, basic math, or writing.
- His grades start to fall even though he's working really hard.
- Homework and projects are not complete or accurate, no matter how much time your child spends on them.
- She says she's not good at a particular subject. "Preteens and teens are forming a solid sense of self," says Tracey Frazier, a teacher at the Springs School in Easthampton, New York, who tutors middle school children. As part of that process, kids start to examine what they're good at and begin to put more energy into developing their strengths. But they also tend to avoid perceived weaknesses, which can make performance in those areas even worse.
- Your child's schoolwork is ruining your relationship with him. At about age 11, kids begin seeking more independence from their parents. That's why even if you know everything there is to know about a subject, your child will often resist your advice. "Preteens and teens often view what their parents have to say about schoolwork as interference," says Mitch Artman, a former middle school teacher who is now a tutor in New York City.
That's the problem Manhattan mom Mindy Garelick experienced with her 12-year-old, Ben. "Whenever I tried to correct a mistake on his homework, he would tell me I didn't know what I was talking about," she says. "Now that Ben has a tutor, we're no longer fighting all the time. He listens to his tutor in a way he never did with me."
When Tutoring Hurts
Some students may feel embarrassed about needing a tutor. If your child asks you not to tell anyone she is being tutored, respect her right to privacy. Take care not to hurt your child's self-esteem or make her feel as though she's bad at a whole subject by setting clear and specific tutoring goals, advises Barry Hoonan, a teacher in the Bainbridge Island School District in Washington State, who in 2005 was named outstanding middle school language arts teacher by the National Council of Teachers of English. "Once kids reach fifth and sixth grade, their sense of self is so important," he says. "They often come to the misguided notion that they are being tutored because they are stupid or because they are going to be dumb in math forever."
To avoid this problem, Hoonan advises parents to think small and tell their child exactly what skills the tutor will help her master. It's also important to stay positive. You might say something like, "I've noticed you've been struggling a bit with multiplying and dividing fractions. Let's get someone to help you really nail that skill." That way the child knows tutoring will not go on indefinitely.
"For a child to be able to target a particular outcome and get the results he wants is very fulfilling," says Hoonan. "It actually makes kids more enthusiastic learners." And experiencing success also makes a child more open to working with a tutor should a need for one arise again in the future.
In other cases parents hire tutors even though their children are doing well in school in order to gain an academic edge. That's fine, as long as your child wants to be a star, and doesn't complain about having to be tutored or say he's stressed by the extra study sessions. However, in recent years some parents have begun to expect children to perform at academic levels that are not age appropriate or that interfere with their ability to have a healthy, well-rounded life. "Parents want their children to know more, but knowing more doesn't necessarily make them smarter," says Susan J. Schwartz, clinical coordinator of the Institute for Learning and Academic Achievement at New York University Child Study Center. "Cramming kids' heads too full of information and not taking development into account will push and hurry a child — and potentially turn her off to learning."
To decide whether your child will benefit from tutoring that may propel him to the head of his class, follow his lead. Let him be the one to ask for a tutor or extra work in a particular subject. If your child doesn't request it, but you still feel you want to enrich his educational experience, make sure he will continue to have enough downtime for activities he enjoys, like sports, video games, or simply hanging out with his friends. Otherwise, you're putting your child at risk for academic burnout.
Hiring How-Tos
To find a great tutor, ask teachers, neighbors, and friends for recommendations. Also:
- Make sure your child is with you when you interview the tutor. She should feel comfortable with whomever you hire. If the chemistry isn't there, the tutor won't be able to help.
- Create a tutoring plan. Talk about the problems your child is having and ask the tutor what specific steps he will take to address those difficulties. Find out how your child's progress will be assessed, how success will be measured and what feedback will be provided to you.
- Let your child's teacher know you're hiring a tutor. He or she will be able to give advice on what to focus on and how to best work with your child's curriculum. Most teachers also appreciate any feedback tutors can give them regarding the child's strengths and weaknesses, which will help them teach better.
- Know when it's time to stop. Tutoring is expensive (from about $20 or more an hour in rural areas; $40 to $125 in big cities). Obviously, no parent wants to shell out that kind of money unnecessarily. So stop when your child has overcome the specific difficulties you hired the tutor to address, his grades have risen, and he's able to complete his course work independently.
Get Smart
Next time a homework assignment stumps your tween or teen, you can help her find the answers.
- Google it! I can't tell you how many times my son and I have Googled questions like "How do you solve inequalities?" and been directed to Web sites that have the explanations we need.
- Subscribe to edhelper.com. For $19.99 a year you can print out an unlimited number of K-8 worksheets in many different skill areas. For $39.98 a year, you get unlimited access to K-12 worksheets.
- Ask Dr. Math. Perplexed by pi, prime numbers, or probability? Go to Drexel University's math forum, where hundreds of college math students answer kids' (and parents') math questions.
Copyright © 2007. Used with permission from the September 2007 issue of Family Circle magazine.


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Have you read what AAA members are writing about on The Huffington Post? There are more than 40 AAA members who are contributing to the AAA Huffington Post blog throughout this year on a variety of anthropological topics.
Here's a sample of what has already been written:
Lifestyle Design: Parenting while Single
(0) Comments | Posted May 14, 2012 | 5:42 PM
Applied & Visual Anthropologist Gia M. Hamilton IS The Off The Grid Socialite
The Off the Grid Socialite, is a socially and ecologically conscious individual, she is a mother who cares about her children's environment, health and wellbeing, she also enjoys intellectual sparring, arts and cultural events, a good medicinal…
Albania: The Gay Movement You Never Imagined
(12) Comments | Posted May 11, 2012 | 10:33 AM
By Mindy Michels, Ph.D.
Not exactly the place that comes to mind for most people when they think of hotbeds of gay activism. But in fact, this small, formerly communist nation is currently exploding with advocacy and public debate about gay issues.
Next week Albanian activists will…
Defending 'Traditional' Marriage? Whose Definition? What Tradition?
(124) Comments | Posted April 30, 2012 | 4:04 PM
By Richard Feinberg
After years of argument a half-dozen states and the District of Columbia have legalized same-sex marriage. Several more, including my own, are considering it. Meanwhile, Republican presidential candidates, right-wing columnists and talk show hosts, evangelical pastors, and recently even Pope Benedict have called upon Americans to halt…
Why Societies Fail: The 'Other' Consequences of Debt
(6) Comments | Posted April 30, 2012 | 11:17 AM
By Richard H. Robbins
We will be hearing a lot about debt between now and the U.S. presidential election. What will likely be absent in the debate, however, is any consideration of the relationship of debt to the requirement for perpetual economic growth and its role in the dramatic
Should Animals Be Soldiers?
(1) Comments | Posted April 24, 2012 | 11:01 AM
Written by Jane Desmond
Steven Spielberg's latest heroic film, War Horse, is ultimately a sentimental love story between a young English man and his horse — a magnificent chestnut thoroughbred named Joey. Both man and horse go off to battle in World War I, get separated and barely survive the…
On Ending Racial Profiling in America
(1) Comments | Posted April 17, 2012 | 2:54 PM
By Jason Silverstein
On Tuesday, April 17, the Senate Committee on the Judiciary has scheduled a hearing on "Ending Racial Profiling in America." It is the first panel hearing on racial profiling since 9/11.
Supporters of racial profiling argue that it helps identify criminals, protect innocents,…
How to Listen and Talk to Iran
(16) Comments | Posted April 13, 2012 | 3:35 PM
written by William O. Beeman
The United States is about to enter into another round of negotiations with Iran. Previous attempts have been limited and unproductive. One major difficulty is that Iranians and Americans after 40 years of estrangement have forgotten how to talk to each other.
Americans often miss subtleties of communication in…
Afghan Women, Culture, and Development
(2) Comments | Posted April 9, 2012 | 5:55 PM
written by Melissa Kerr Chiovenda
A recent report from Human Rights Watch describes the situation of Afghan women who are jailed for committing "moral crimes." These women are accused of running away from abusive husbands or of committing adultery, while others were raped or were forced into prostitution….
The Syrian Regime and the Opposition
(2) Comments | Posted April 2, 2012 | 12:28 PM
Written by Faedah M. Totah
If one side is bad does this make the other side good? The number of civilians killed by government forces in the past year since the uprising began has exceeded 8,000, including infants. Thousands of Syrians have been forced from their homes and…
Troops Out, Now What?
(4) Comments | Posted March 29, 2012 | 2:42 PM
Written by Jose Vasquez
March 19th marked the sad anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq. Nine tumultuous years after "shock and awe," the people of Iraq struggle to rebuild their society while dealing with the aftermath of a disastrous occupation. When the last combat brigades pulled out in December…
Trayvon Martin's Death, Racial Tensions and Anthropology
(16) Comments | Posted March 28, 2012 | 3:36 PM
By Ashkuff
Many years ago, during my first biological anthropology class, I faced a major revelation: much of what we call "race" is culturally imagined, not biological fact. Of course, that's easily forgotten after tragedies like George Zimmerman's killing of Trayvon Martin. Indeed, I've heard a lot of…
Why the Cultural Conversation Should Never Stop
(6) Comments | Posted March 26, 2012 | 11:52 AM
by Melissa Rinehart
How can the work of anthropologists can be more meaningfully accessible to those outside the profession, yet maintain scientific rigor? I've asked myself this question for years. Working as a Native Americanist (a cultural anthropologist working with Native American communities), I've been especially troubled about the disconnects…
The Anthropology of Mad Men and Women
(3) Comments | Posted March 16, 2012 | 5:43 PM
By Robert J. Morais
In season four of Mad Men, Pete Campbell and Don Draper read The Chrysanthemum and the Sword by famed anthropologist Ruth Benedict in preparation for a pitch to Japanese Honda executives. Given their mining of anthropology for insight, a look at the show through an anthropological lens…