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Pump me up wrote: ↑Tue Sep 12, 2017 11:50 amThanks for asking VMAN. Here's the link:
Inflatables are vastly superior to ram airs. I've summarised the reasons for the superiority of inflatables:
Rams have HUGE drag ("D") compared to inflatables for 3 reasons:
a) Increased friction at the "boundary layer"; ie interface between air & kite, because of minute ripples in ram air kites.
b) Bridle drag.
c) Thickness. Ram lovers describe the diameter of inflatable leading edges as a liability. However, the thickness of ram airs is typically two to three times as great. Worse, much of the thickness is near the trailing edge, causing gross aerodynamic inefficiency. An inflatable trailing edge, in contrast, is thin and aerodynamically efficient.
Ram airs contain a huge mass of entrapped air; consequently inertia is HUGE. Large ram airs (eg Flysurfer 19m & 21m) contain ~5kg of air in their cells vs 0.5kg in the tube structure of inflatables (e.g. calculation: 21m2 x 0.2m x 1.2kg = 5.04kg). The huge inertia of ram air kites, sitting at the end of ~25m lines, causes a multitude of problems including poor acceleration, slow turning, difficulty kitelooping, and inferior dynamic power (the power generated with sinusoidal kite movement).
The semi-rigidity of inflatables improves consistency, stability, turning, handling, and aerodynamic profile. Ram airs are soft and floppy.
Birds, wasps, stunt kites, and planes are rigid. ALL high performance aircraft (eg hang-gliders vs paragliders) have rigid structures. Rigid hang gliders out-perform soft paragliders on all measures. Interestingly, the trend in paragliders is towards increased rigidity, e.g. stiff mylar reinforcements, plastic stiffeners in the leading edges and carbon fibre rods sewn into the ribs. These stiffening innovations have resulted in paragliders that are so successful in competition that old-style soft gliders are no longer competitive. Similarly, kite manufacturers are always looking for ways to make kites more internally rigid, eg by joining the struts firmly to the leading edge, adding fifth lines, and mini-bridles.
Semi rigidity enables inflatables to withstand gusty conditions better than ram airs. Ram airs deform, fold, collapse, and twist in gusty conditions.
e.g. http://www.foilzone.com/phpbb3/viewtopi ... sc&start=0
e.g.Read the full admission at viewtopic.php?t=2394491&p=953414windmlv wrote:The foil kite went down. No problem except it now had a twist (an hour glass in my old spinnaker sailing days ).
Worked on it for a while but eventually rolled up the lines and then tried to roll up the wet, soggy kite and place it on top of my board.
Not easy when it has water in it. Swam for a while but another foiler dragged me in, thankfully. I was way too far out.
Any tricks to remove the twist? I couldn't think of a way to do it but assume there is.
Another major weakness of the soft structure of ram airs is a lack of tactile feedback. Ram air kites are soft so the feedback is soft, sloppy, and imprecise. Rigid inflatables, in contrast, provide a wealth of nuanced feedback to the rider, e.g. kite position, speed of turn, and gradations of power delivery.
After several weeks of use, ram air bridles typically stretch and deform, further compromising aerodynamic performance: viewtopic.php?f=1&t=2358958&start=0Kamikuza wrote:Have you done a mixer test and checked your SPL length? SPL = spare parts line = the bright yellow lines that go through the pulleys... they can shrink A LOT and bork up the handling…joffaburger wrote:Moved to a foil kite 5 years ago (flysurfer pulse 10m)... I found after 6-9 months that the RAM started performing very poorly especially in gusty conditions I assume this was due to bridle stretching, I did manage to trim the bridle regularly to what I thought was intended spec however as already stated these are complicated bridles with many attachment points and I'm not sure if I did a perfect job! In the end I couldn't get the kite to feel anywhere near how it performed during the first 3 - 6 months of it's life. I think the kite and the bridles became quickly blown out...The kite was expensive and an attempt to resell the kite at half its purchase price failed...For the complete discussion on the diabolical problems associated with "resetting the mixer," "compensating for line shrinkage," "adjusting the adjuster," "adjusting lines "C", "B", & "Z," & trying to stop ram airs from back stalling, check out: viewtopic.php?f=1&t=2378918&p=778491#p778491gmb13 wrote:I am assuming a few things:plummet wrote:Hey bro's. I'd like to make my speed 3 less stally. Apart from resetting the mixer what else do you recommend?
Is it simply a matter of lengthening the rearlines or shortening the front?
Should I lengthen the Z line abit?
1) You have reset the mixer to 0
2) You have compensated for Back line shrinkage by shortening your front lines using the Black Line above the adjuster. Front and Back lines should be the same length when the Adjuster is fully open and the bar is pulled all the way down to the chicken loop. Best to tie up the end of the lines to a tree or other solid stationary object to test this.
So. If the kite is still to backstally, try lengthening C. B will adjust itself harmonically by itself. This will sacrifice a bit of stability, but will give you less backstall. Lengthing Z will just make the kite turn slower and will also reduce the Low end of the kite.
TURNING & SLED EFFECTwedge wrote:Yeah that looks like the opposite of fun. We've all been there. Far from shore, wind dies. The difference with an inflatable is that you can wrap the lines and swim it home.Hawaiis wrote:Foil kite and foil board are not very compatible
Foil board need more power to start, less power after planing
Foil kite is the opposite, gutless to start, overpowered when going.
20140701 Flysurfer Speed 3 deluxe21m backstall
Wingtip folding
Board Carafino 2008
Wind 6-7 knots
I had a Speed in 2007 and it always seemed to stall in the first power dive. Wing tips would curl in, kite would drift back into the power zone, and just as my ass was falling back in the water BAM, it would fill with air and yank. I'm sure it was partially low wind and user error, but damn. Inflatables always just felt more intuitive to me.
The tips of inflatables act as rudders, enabling faster, more controlled turns. Also, they enable a "sled effect", leading to better stability and predictability. This "sled effect" is pronounced in C-kites and is noticeably poorer in bow kites and ram airs. Check-out this ram air kite loop http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LARmwsfL338 The rider is slammed into the water because of 3 main reasons: 1) Slow turning speed (because of excessive inertia), 2) Lack of internal rigidity, and 3) Poor "sled effect".
Luff curves vary extensively. Inflatables with flat luff curves sit forward in the window whereas inflatables with deeper luff curves sit further back in the window. Those from sailboarding backgrounds can appreciate the analogy: For more "bottom" end with a sail, you deepen the luff curve by releasing the outhaul. Fore more "high" end, you make the luff curve shallower by tightening the outhaul. Inflatable kites are deliberately engineered with different luff curves and this determines many performance differences, eg deeper luff curve kites are better for "wakestyle" because they sit deeper in the the wind window and generate more constant pull whereas shallower luff curve kites sit more forward in the window, jump higher, have lower bar pressure, and go upwind better.
The excessive drag and inertia of ram airs causes them to sit further back in the window compared to inflatables. Also, when ram airs move too close to the side of the window, they start collapsing and deforming. Hence, there is less scope for ram designers to modify the luff curve.
Because of the semi-rigid structure inherent to inflatables the luff curve and overall aerodynamic profile is much easier to standardise and maintain.
Ram airs can be VERY difficult to relaunch e.g.
It took a long time for the guy in the video to relaunch his Flysurfer and the kite almost bow-tied on two occasions. If only ONE wave had landed on it, he would have had to swim in, dragging his waterlogged kite with him.
Beginners find relaunching inflatables easy after a few sessions. For advanced beginners and above, relaunching should not even be considered in the equation because a) they won't be dropping the kite much anyway and b) Relaunching inflatables is EASY. Commonly, ram airs will not relaunch properly because of twisting, bridle tangles, or waterlogging. These aren't such big problems with inflatables. Check out these links about ram airs sinking or becoming un-relaunchable:
eg viewtopic.php?f=1&t=2346569
eg viewtopic.php?f=1&t=2358958&p=608890#p608890
eg viewtopic.php?t=2359156&p=617396
eg viewtopic.php?t=2358602&p=704984
eg http://www.foilzone.com/phpbb3/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=8130
e.g.e.g.Hawaiis wrote:One swimming session will ruin your perception of the kite ... the Flysurfer ended up in the water … It was an hour long and 5 hours to sort out the spaghetti.Indeed, the Chrono is massively over-rated and just another example of the overhyped bs that ram lovers have been repeatedly regurgitating since 1999. The Chrono is NOTORIOUS for balling up, collapsing, wineglassing, instability (esp in gusty conditions), and near impossible water relaunch. It is grossly inferior compared to similar inflatables.joriws wrote:Well I've always said Chrono is a bad copy of other foil kites. Many probably has tried it and did a conclusion that foils kites ball up in the sky and are hard/unsafe to launch, requires high line maintenance and cannot water launch.
Inflatables are safer than ram airs because:
a) Downwind launches are SCARY and can be dangerous. Eg viewtopic.php?f=1&t=2359529 . Because only a small bunch of slightly weird people use ram airs, there is confusion about their correct use, leading to potentially dangerous situations eg viewtopic.php?f=1&t=2360971
b) Because they lack rigidity, rams deform, twist, wineglass, and jellyfish in the middle of the power zone when they are downwind of obstacles or in gusty conditions. This is VERY dangerous. Ram airs can become uncontrollable in gusty conditions, endangering the rider and other beach users. E.g.c) Surf conditionsHawaiis wrote:Totally agree, that is exactly what happens to my FS Speed 3 deluxe 21m.Peter_Frank wrote:How does the Chrono turn ?
And how does it handle "overflying" - meaning when you ride underneath the kite, or in gusts ?
As with the foil kites I have used, they turned in a way, so with sharp turns the inside tip could fold...
Nothing crazy happened though, so just an observation and you get used to it, so can be avoided.
Regarding gusts, or when you ride towards the kite - I have seen foils (both the really old ones, and also new ones), that can "fold" and fall down - instead of drifting back steadily (as good LEI's does).
That is my only concern, as otherwise only pros
While it is always a gamble if a kite gets caught by a wave, at it has a fighting chance if it is an inflatable. Ram airs can be EXTREMELY difficult to relaunch in the surf (see above - "Relaunch").
Bridle tangles and breakages are disturbingly common with ram airs. Check these threads http://www.foilzone.com/phpbb3/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=5437 and viewtopic.php?f=1&t=2354115&start=30
In particular:schmoe wrote: A bridle tangle on flysurfer can mean that you do not go out... For me I had many lost hours where the wind is cranking because of the bridles. I rather inflate 5 tubes and know that the setup time is exactly 10 minutes, no more no less, than have setup time that is 70% 5 minutes and 30% an hour. And now with one pump, the setup time of a tube is less, so it is not an advantage of the foil anymore.Ram air bridle tangles can be very dangerous. A lot of riders have reported how their ram airs caught seaweed in their bridles, causing their kites to wineglass and spin out of control. Breakages can be expensive (US $500 plus). eg "Flysurfer Warrior Exploding" viewtopic.php?t=4612flaps1111 wrote:I had a FS speed2 19 mts SA and its effective range was 8 to 12 knots with a door. I sold the first day it hit the water and then the beach sand and i had to activate the 5th line, what a mess with all that bridles¡¡¡
In flight the LEIs are infinitely better than the foils. Now I have a Dyno 18 with a range 8-18 knots with 85kg and I can't be happier with this kite.
Last summer I flew alongside a FS speed3 21 mts in 8-9knts and was so slow and boring and I don't think at all it had the same high end they say when the wind picked up lets say 5-6 knots more the Fs guy had to went out to the beach he was clearly over power with a 137x42 board.
Ram users struggle to pre-inflate in a lot of situations eg cross-offshore conditions and downwind of promontories. I once witnessed a Flysurfer ram lover trying to launch on the lee-side of a headland in cross-offshore conditions. A friend grabbed one tip while he grabbed the other tip while they ran up and down a narrow strip of beach, trying to pre-inflate, to no avail. He packed up and went home while the inflatable riders drift launched.
Contrary to the propaganda of ram lovers, ram airs have inferior lifespans compared to inflatables. The initial cost of ram airs is ~ 2-3x that of inflatables and their relatively greater depreciation over 2-3 years means you LOSE a lot more $. Also, a major determinant of lifespan is obsolescence. In 2-3 years, today's kites will be superseded and won't be worth much. In addition, bridled ram airs lose performance quickly because of bridle stretching (see "bridle stretching" above).
Ram airs are shockingly complex. They have over 1000 parts, many of which require regular tweaking e.g. viewtopic.php?f=1&t=2374470 Ram air repairs are a LOT more expensive eg viewtopic.php?t=4612 Trained PARACHUTE repairers are often needed for big rips. Bills >$1000 are common, eg viewtopic.php?f=1&t=2348790 Ram air companies sometimes refuse to honour warranties, e.g. the case above where the kite was <1 year old.
Ram lovers are all talk and no action when it comes to competitions. NO ram riders have ever made it into the top 20 on the PKRA http://www.prokitetour.com/ or placed in a SIGNIFICANT well-attended event. The top pro riders ALL choose inflatables because of superior aerodynamics. ALL world records and titles (hang-time, speed, freestyle, waves, height, course-racing) are held by inflatables.
Inflatables are also superior on snow and land. More and more riders are recognising this:
Ram airs are inferior light wind kites for the following reasons:
a) Excessive drag (bridles, lack of internal rigidity, excessive friction at the "boundary layer", and trailing edge thickness), compromising the Lift/Drag ratio
b) VERY slow turning
c) Inertia. See above.
d) Bridle failures and tangling
e) Wind dropouts and gear failure
ALL kiters experiences a few gear failures (eg broken lines) and COMPLETE wind dropouts every year. Inflatables can be "sailed" (self-rescued) or swum to shore. If things are REALLY bad, the inflatable structure can support your weight, eg viewtopic.php?f=1&t=2368004
In contrast, ALL ram airs eventually become hopelessly waterlogged, un-relaunchable, and unable to support body weight.
eg viewtopic.php?f=1&t=2346569
eg viewtopic.php?f=1&t=2358958&p=608890#p608890
eg viewtopic.php?t=2359156&p=617396
eg viewtopic.php?t=2358602&p=704984
eg http://www.foilzone.com/phpbb3/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=8130
The following is an example of "diraklib's" experience with ram airs in wind dropouts:For the full epiphany, checkout viewtopic.php?f=1&t=2360979&start=40diraklib wrote:"the SA-19 is huge and can whack you silly if you let it get down wind of you in a low wind launch. It is downright scary - be ready with the QR at all times if not up and riding!!! I can't say I agree with claims that you can ride the SA-19 in anything lower than a steady 8 knots. I made a personal choice to not ride the SA-19 any more. It went down twice in lulls and managed to bow-tie on the way down - there was no way to relaunch. I was not as lucky as others that self rescued. My kite was full of water by the time I dragged my very tired and frustrated a$$ to shore. It sounds simple, "wrap the lines around the bar, fold the kite in half, roll it up on your board and paddle in"... noooo... there are lines everywhere under water that wrap around your feet as you are trying to manipulate the kite. You just pray that a gust won't pop the kite up and slice of an appendage. The kite ... is just too scary when it goes down. My attitude now is - if my LEI won't fly, I shouldn't be on the water. Anyone interested in a slightly used SA2-19m??? Cheap???"
The following is the experience of "pmaggie" with ram airs in wind dropouts:For the full story, checkout: viewtopic.php?f=1&t=2376332pmaggie wrote:I rode foils only a few times, so these are really my two cents. The problem I experieced with foils in very light wind when they suddenly fall. In my home spot, in very light wind days, sometimes the wind really goes to zero for 1 minute or so. When this happen, both foils and inflatables suddenly fall. In this cases, my inflatable, since it's far heavier than a foil, fall directly into the water with no line tangling and I just have to wait for a gust to relaunch (when possible, that means about 7 knots for my Core 17). When a foil falls with no wind, being very light, it's common that its lines roll over it and became completely tangled. At that point, it's not that easy to relaunch.
The other big problem with foils in very light wind is when the wind completely stops. With an inflatable, you just get your kite and swim attached to your little floating boat. With a foil, you have 20 sqm of tissue to carry home with you!
Here is the experience of "FredBGG" with a line failure:For the full admission viewtopic.php?f=1&t=2362065FredBGG wrote:The other day I had a front line fail.
Wind was slightly off shore...
I really needed a tow to the beach.
I had the kite safely on the 5th line folded in half (flysurfer Foil)
I waved down two kiters.... both expert judging by their riding.
Both refused to help.
One even yelled if you can't relaunch it's your problem.
Anyway after a difficult ordeal in the surf and current I got back to the beach.
I had to rest a bit but my board was still out there.
The problem here isn't with the other kiters, it's with Fred's choice of kite. If Fred had an inflatable, he would have been able to "self-rescue" by grabbing the tips and "sailing" to shore. The other kiters refusing to help is understandable: Fred opted for less safe equipment. It's his problem and he shouldn't impose on others to make up for his equipment deficiencies. Also, towing a ram air to shore is like towing a sleeping bag full of water - difficult and dangerous.
f) 8 knot limit
Despite the lies of ram lovers, you won't really get going on any kite (ram air OR inflatable) unless the wind is over ~ 7-8 knots and won't really have fun until ~ 10 knots.
This video may prove the 7-8 knot low limit. Both kites - the 21m Flysurfer and the smaller (?17m) inflatable are FAILING TO STAY UPWIND and, by the look of the flag, there's about ? (hard to say) 8 knots of wind.
It's interesting to note that the ram air and the inflatable are both struggling IN SIMILAR CONDITIONS.
Ram lovers have been shown to lie repeatedly about their light wind capabilities:
eg "jumping 8m in 8 knots" viewtopic.php?f=1&t=6349
eg viewtopic.php?f=1&t=2350141&p=539227#p539227
egWind moving at <7 knots (13km/h) simply cannot deliver enough power for ANY kite to perform; certainly NO KITE WILL PERFORM AT 5 KNOTS. Gunnar's exaggerations can be found at viewtopic.php?f=1&t=2361421gmb13 wrote:My Speed 3 19 DL gives up under 5 knots... - Gunnar Biniasch
g ) BIG INFLATABLES are better than BIG FLYSURFERS in Light Winds[/color]
See this thread about the poor light wind properties of Flysurfer viewtopic.php?f=1&t=2349064 , in particular:i) Peter Frank's opiniongobigkahuna wrote:I read all the same reports and reviews that everyone else here probably read and spent the "big bucks" for the S2-19, but to be honest was extremely disappointed and sold it…Flysurfers just plain suck in gusty, light winds…I had a hard time keeping the thing in the air much less getting enough power from it to go on the water… A couple months later I got an 07 Waroo 20m…and it is the best 20m I've ever flown. I am able to fly it in winds I would never have thought possible.
Peter Frank, a well respected commentator on the sport, says 8-9 knots is the bare minimum viewtopic.php?f=1&t=2365531RACINGPeter_Frank wrote:It depends a lot on your weight, how low you can go.Night_Thrasher wrote:What is the lowest wind condition I can go kitesurfing and what is the best kite brand and size for it?
If you are "average" around 80kg, the lowest you can go will be around 5m/s (10knots) with the right kite and board.
If you are REALLY experienced, you will be able to push the lower limit down to about 8-9 knots, but this is the absolute lowest wind possible to kitesurf in (holding ground/going upwind) with average weight IMO.
And talking about EXACTLY how "low you can go" is just pure bullshit - as you can not measure the windspeed at the kite, which is the only true value for this.
Sometimes you have a huge windgradient, sometimes a small one, and air temperature and height also influences.
But around 10knots is the limit for most kitesurfers, and just a small tad lower for the "extreme" ones
When you talk about windspeed - where is it measured then ?
At headheight, maybe around 2 meter above the water ?
Or at 10 meter height, which is our (Denmark) meterological standard height for wind measurements ?
There is a difference of typical 2 knots, so VERY important.
My point is - always take those claiming "this and that" as their minimum wind speed with a grain of salt
Ram airs are inferior race kites. They have not placed in recognised races for years. They tend to collapse on downwind runs and their inertia means they are too slow to turn and react.
viewtopic.php?f=1&t=2377938plummet wrote: In light winds on lumpy seas with big surf i'm finding the speed to be very annoying. The chop and swell slows you down so you cant get speed to boost. the slow turning and completely non existant down wind ability is a real pain in the waves. also when you do ride a wave upwind the extra speed powers the kite up and tears you off the wave face.... grrrrr.
I've come to the conclusion that it really is a flat water or land kite.jakemoore wrote:I am having mixed luck going downwind with speed 3 especially on the raceboard. When I lose line tension, I just fall right into the water, and it takes a minute to build it up again.Because of safety problems, ram air bans are being considered in racing viewtopic.php?t=2386845.plummet wrote: Yes i also loop downwind. which is fine unless your on a wave and the wave is pushing you faster than the loop..... then its tack upwind or have an expensive pile of fabric get washing machined in the surf.
Ram airs suck at racing.
Ram airs collapse and twist on downwind legs.
Ram airs suck in chop and waves - THEY ARE A FLAT WATER OR LAND KITE (if that).
Ram airs cause the rider to fall into the water on the downwind legs. Often you end up with an "expensive pile of fabric getting washing machined in the surf"!!!
Because of safety concerns, ram airs may be banned from races.
Inflatable riders tend to hang out and help each other; there's a high level of collegiality. Ram lovers tend to be regarded as outsiders and slightly weird. This is because ram lovers are a tiny minority on the beach, inflatable riders are unfamiliar with the special requirements of ram airs, and partly because, as a group, ram lovers DO tend to be weirdoes. Middle-aged slightly obese men with grey pony tails tend to prefer ram airs. One of the simple practical problems with being part of a weird minority is that it can be difficult to find people to help launch and land your kite, eg http://www.seabreeze.com.au/forums/Kite ... -on-beach/joffaburger wrote:Moved to a foil kite 5 years ago (flysurfer pulse 10m). As far as RAM air kiters being weirdos I can honestly say that you find out who your real friends are on a kite beach when you switch to a RAM air kite! Many of the people who used to help me launch suddenly lost their hands as I flew LEI kites for 3 years before trying a RAM air I would have to say the guys on beach changed their attitude towards me rather than I became weirdo overnight!It is unreasonable to expect inflatable kiters to have to learn the idiosyncrasies of inferior and dangerous ram equipment. "Foilholio" states that inflatable riders try to help him launch/land from the "centre" of his kite.... HOW DANGEROUS IS THIS!!!??? The risk of getting tangled in ram air bridles and having to learn the idiosyncrasies of ram air kites is unacceptable. It's interesting to speculate on the causes of weirdness in ram lovers… maybe their weirdness is self selecting, i.e. There must be some sort of psychological problem in the first place to deliberately choose inferior kites in the face of overwhelming evidence of the superiority of inflatables.foilholio wrote: I just dont understand how kiters cant grasp the concept of landing a foil kite... For some reason the center of the kite is their favorite place, especially after explaining it. Add in trying the turn it inside out after grabbing it. Or trying to land it from down wind, this happens way too often. But a random non kiter on the beach can understand and land it every time...?????
Kite propaganda.
And the lies.
Of ram airs ignore.
Pumpy ………………………
They are out there. Was one at my local spot 3 days ago. What a monstrosity
You might not know that PMU is as good or better at riding a ram-air , as most
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"For the love of God... NASA wasn't thinking one fucking bit when they launched the shuttle." said official Jenna Robinson. "There was a severe storm over the Cape when it was launched and lightning was striking all over the place. I mean, one bolt even struck that tree we have near the entrance to the Space Center."
After hearing Robinson's statement, she was promptly fired.
"We are not going to tolerate her lies." said another official who wished to remain anonymous. "She knows that lightning must not strike within 11 miles of the launch pad. Would we intentionally put our astronauts in danger? No."
NASA denied everything that proved that Atlantis was in danger when it was launched.
"If they want to be stubborn idiots, let them be stubborn idiots. They'll just be shut down by our government." said Robinson.
The situtation also got the interest in many mythographers. One mythographer, Johnathan Brooke, had this to say:
"You know, for many years I believed that the civilization of Atlantis was simply prophecised. I think that the shuttle Atlantis will spew metric shitloads of toxic waste into the ocean, causing the fish and sharks and everything to mutate into highly intelligent beings capable of forming their own civilization. The mystery of Atlantis may finally be solved."
None of Atlantis' astronauts survived the lightning strike, as the shuttle exploded immediately when the bolt of lightning struck the tip. Letters are being sent to the astronauts' families from Robinson stating the lost of their loved ones and also that Atlantis was in intentional harm and asked them in the letters to write to George Dubya Bush about NASA's evil ways.
- Wikinews "Successful launch of Space Shuttle Atlantis" Wikinews, September 9, 2006


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This data-base is freely available at http://www.poms.ac.uk/ although this morning when I attempted a search it still seemed to be on holiday! Hopefully this IT issue will be resolved soon.
Here is some more background information from the site:-
The period between 1093 and 1286 laid the foundations for modern Scotland. At its start, the king of Scots ruled no more than a small east coast realm between Lothian and Moray. At its end, his authority extended over the whole area of modern Scotland apart from the Northern Isles. During the same period, Scotland's society and culture was transformed by the king implanting a new nobility of Anglo-Norman origin and establishing English influenced structures of law and government. Rees Davies observed of Scotland that 'paradoxically, the most extensively English-settled and Anglicised part of the British Isles was the country which retained its political independence' (The First English Empire, 170).
The paradox could go deeper. Is it a coincidence that it was only in the thirteenth century, when Anglicisation became dominant in the lowlands, that the kingdom of the Scots ceased to be regarded by its inhabitants as a realm of many regions and began to be thought of as a single country and people? In one sense the kingdom was becoming more self-consciously Scottish; and yet its history in this period is typically seen in terms of native distinctiveness being eroded by the influx of English immigration, social institutions and culture. But, should this be seen primarily in British terms? How does this transformation relate to wider patterns of social and cultural homogenisation that have been identified in this period, embracing French-speaking elites, Flemish as well as English traders, and the religious life and institutions of Latin Christendom?There are also some useful links available on the site for those interested in early Scottish and English history.
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Newlywed rocker Ronnie Wood wishes he had met his third wife Sally Humphreys sooner as he is convinced there is no woman "more suited" to him than her.
The Rolling Stones guitarist exchanged vows with the theatre producer in a private ceremony at London's The Dorchester hotel on December 21 after a six-month whirlwind romance.
Wood is 31 years older than his bride, and admits he regrets not getting to know her earlier.
He tells Britain's Hello! magazine, "I wish I'd met Sal earlier. I can't think of another girl more suited to me.
"It was a wonderful day. She looked beautiful walking through that doorway. I feel very blessed to have a new family. My dad and brothers are no longer with us so it's really nice to be welcomed by a new gang. Her relatives are lovely."
Sir Paul McCartney and Rod Stewart were at the groom's side as best men, and Wood insists it was an honor to have his friends there on the big day.
He says, "They have always been very supportive of me and Sally. Paul was saying at (his wedding), 'Wow, this is wonderful, you two make a great couple.'"


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Bags. Bags. Bags. More bags. While still high from my jaunt to Jackson Hole last week, I discovered Buck Products out of Bozeman, Montana and am loving their simple roll-top backpacks ($100) and re-purposed totes ($60). While it's too late to get a custom order in (you can pick out any color combination your little heart desires) for Christmas, their stock bags are pretty great too. Everything is sewed from scratch by Alex Buck in the mountains of Montana and I love the old-school mountaineer aesthetic of his bags, but more importantly, as Buck says, "they hold a cubic-buttload and are wicked tough".
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I want to get one of these bags because they don't look like a retro hipster Brooklyn bag, they just look solid. Nice post, Lizzie.
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I have a basic question about components, to try to get my beloved 2002 Bianchi San Remo back in action (it was fine when I took it into the bike shop last week; now, according to them, it's a paperweight).
Sorry, a backstory's necessary: I don't ride long, but I ride regularly, though I've been neglectful of maintenance recently. I took it in for a tune-up and to replace worn cables. When I took it in, it was shifting fine by my standards (although not crisply, I suppose) . They said they couldn't guarantee the quality of the tune-up, since the Campy Mirage 9-speed drive train was worn. When I picked it up two evenings later, after just a short ride home on my bike rack, I tried to ride it and to my shock the rear derailleur would no longer shift AT ALL. Back to the shop the next day, where they said they had ridden it and it had shifted reasonably when they'd finished the tune-up. They messed with it a bit while I waited, and then said they couldn't fix it at all, said it would have to be sent to be rebuilt. Three days later, when I called back, they said their rebuilder doesn't touch them anymore, and that their supplier doesn't carry any Campy 9-speed shifters at all anymore.
I'm not in a position to change out all the components. What are my affordable options to replace the Campy Mirage 9-speed Ergo shifter? I realize there's probably no optimal inexpensive solution, so I need your capable help in finding the best practical ones. I'm still a little shocked that it went from a bike I rode daily to the wrench saying there was nothing they can do. Please help.


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• It's the smirk, stupid: The guy is being driven around Brazil by his supermodel wife and he's eating an ice cream cone to boot. Is the taunting really necessary? [Wicked Good Sports]
• Shut it down: Stephen Strasburg is the greatest college pitcher since Mark Pri.... uh oh. [Luke Kohler + Why's My Head Growing?]
• The People's Growth Hormone?: Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson admits that he tried steroids when he was young and naive—i.e., playing football at Miami. So that's why he calls it his "candy ass"? [Steroid Nation]
• A little help: Who are the best referees in MMA? I would say whichever one gets that guy to stop punching you in the face. [Cage Potato]
• This idea blows: An English rugby team puts inflatable fans in their stadium to try and create a little excitement. Hey, it always works at bachelor parties. [Fan IQ


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Wide receiver Demaryius Thomas and tight end Julius Thomas combined for 157 catches for 2,218 yards and 26 touchdowns in leading the league's top-ranked offense to an AFC Championship and appearance in Super Bowl XLVIII.
The Broncos made the decision to let Eric Decker walk in free agency this offseason with an eye toward being able to keep both Demaryius and Julius Thomas as focal points of Denver's offense long into the future.
According to Mike Klis of the Denver Post, discussions between the Broncos and the two Thomases have now begun. General manager John Elway expressed a desire Monday to get new deals in place before the start of the season.
"We'd like to get something done before the beginning of camp, We don't want to do anything once training camp starts. They're both in their last years and we'd like for them to stay and be Broncos for a long time."
Demaryius has been named to the Pro Bowl twice and was a second-team All-Pro last season. He also set a record for most receptions in a single Super Bowl with 13 catches for 118 yards and a touchdown.
Julius earned his first Pro Bowl selection last season in his first full season in the lineup. He had just one catch for five yards in nine games in his first two seasons in the league before breaking out last year.
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Simone Starr, Penthouse Pet Accused of Running International Drug Ring
The "face" of Ed Hardy and Penthouse Pet Simone Starr aka Simone Farrow was arrested after skipping bail a month ago and has been accused of running an international drug ring in which she mails meth disguised as bath salts. She claims she wasn't running away from authorities, but instead was running for her life because someone wants to murder her. Maybe she just misunderstood how badly her admirers want to tap that. The official sites listed on her Facebook are no longer active and her Twitter's protected. Though multiple outlets have reported she's posed for Penthouse, we can't find anything. She also made FHM's Sexiest Women in the World list three times and considers herself a singer/songwriter. Maybe she can conjure up a hotter musical version of "Breaking Bad" while serving time.
Here's some behind-the-scenes footage from her 2009 shoot…
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Whether it's "Quantum & Woody" or "Justice League Dark," Ryan Sook is known for his iconic and stylistic covers, and this year, he leant his artistic cover skill to "Hit," the newest BOOM! Studios miniseries by Bryce Carlson and Vanesa R. Del Ray.
"Hit" focuses on Harvey Slater, a Los Angeles cop in the '50s working as a sanctioned hit man for the police department, and the deep trouble he gets into when his ex-partner winds up dead. Things got worse as the noir-inspired series progressed, and for the final issue, Sook designed a cover featuring Slater walking away from a pile of devastation, beat up and bloody, but ultimately victorious.
Carlson Puts Out A Cold-Blooded "Hit" At BOOM!
With the final issue on the stands now, Sook spoke with CBR News about creating the cover for "Hit" #4. From his initial trio of thumbnail possibilities all the way through to the finished product, the artist explains how he, Carlson and editorial settled on the final image, what changes were made along the way and what had to be conveyed by the image greeting readers on the stands.
CBR News: Starting at the beginning, how did you work with the creative team to nail down the cover? How much story information do you get at that point?
Ryan Sook: As I recall, Bryce, who wrote the book, had a fairly clear idea of what he wanted for the cover. That is what the first thumbnail image is based on. I then read the script for the issue and gave some options based on Bryce's concept, as well as scenes from the script. I had a full script, so I had a pretty good idea of what material there was to work with. As with most of the "Hit" scripts, the difficulty was not coming up with something good to work with -- it was whittling down the options to just a few that might work as a cover.
So you work up thumbnail cover options and then send those to Bryce and editorial to figure out the final image.
Yes. I don't always do multiple options, but again, there was so much material to work with. With so many options, my approach was to give a few choices to the guys at BOOM! and let them make a final decision as to what they wanted on the cover. The modifications from the initial sketch were discussed then, and I began on the final image.
What were the important elements you wanted to convey about the story in the cover?
For this cover, the idea was to give a sort of finality to the story while simultaneously defining our main character, Slater, as a man that would come out on top at all costs. We wanted this image to show that the corrupt of Los Angeles would be stacked up in heaps alongside the wreckage of days gone by, and that the just would have to get their hands dirty to make it happen.
The hat in the thumbnail was taken out of the final version, and the badge was moved. What led to those changes?
That was a decision made by editorial. Though the badge is still in his hand, it is bloody and now gives us the impression that he may not only be walking away from a shootout, but maybe from the force as well. Not sure about the hat, but I think it was because without it, we get a better look at the man.
Once you figure out the composition and positioning, how long does it take to finish the pencil stage?
Usually, a day or two affords me enough time to get the pencils right. As I recall, with this image, I had a really good idea of what I wanted, so I began inking while the pencils were still fairly loose, as shown here. I probably spent a day pencilling it before moving on to ink. I always do the line art on the boards. I still love the process of laying ink on the paper with a brush and a pen!
And here's the final colored piece, as well as the cover image now in stores. Do you have a rule of thumb when it comes to leaving enough room for the logo and trade dress or does it shift depending on the project?
It shifts. I always try to do a design that will work with existing trade dress. That was the case here. Though I have to give credit where credit is due -- whoever centered the logo and enlarged it for the final print image did that after the artwork was completed, and I thought it was a great move!
Check out Ryan Sook's cover to "Hit" #4 from Bryce Carlson, Vanesa R. Del Rey and BOOM! Studios, on stands this week!


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By Bianca Haase
Obesity in humans is an escalating global health problem leading to increased mortality and comorbidities. It is associated with multiple diseases, particularly type 2 diabetes (T2D), cardiovascular diseases, obstructive sleep apnea, and osteoarthritis. Cats are among the most common household pets and they share the same environment with humans and thus many of the risk factors. Obesity is a growing problem for feline health for the same reasons as it is in humans and has become a serious veterinary problem. Multiple diseases, such as type II diabetes mellitus and dermatosis, are associated with excess body weight and obesity in cats and may result in a lowered quality of life and potentially lead to an early death. Appleton et al. demonstrated that about 44% of cats developed impaired glucose tolerance (pre-diabetes) with obesity. The prevalence of being overweight in cats has been estimated to vary between 6% and 52%. The most recent published study about the prevalence of obesity in cats classified 19% of cats as being overweight and 7.8% to be obese. The incidence of diabetes in cats is increasing for the same reasons as it is in humans – a decrease in activity and an increase in body weight. Risk factors such as castration, indoor housing and access to highly palatable food, lead to increased food intake and/or physical inactivity, resulting in a positive energy balance and finally in above-average body weights.
A striking overweight phenotype could be observed in an experimental cat population hosted at the Institute of Animal Nutrition, Vetsuisse Faculty, Switzerland. As all cats share common housing facilities and fed similarly, environmental factors can most likely be excluded as the cause for this observation. Differences in feeding behavior due to the order of precedence could also be excluded as at least two feeding places were available in each group. Preliminary investigations on a subset of cats revealed significant differences between the two observed phenotype classes. In lean cats an average body fat content of 8.0% (± 1.6%) was observed, whereas overweight cats had an average body fat content of 25.6% (± 1.3%). As the two phenotypic groups were clearly distinguishable from each other, the result prompted us to hypothesize that a single major gene may be responsible for a large fraction of the observed variation in body composition.
To test for the mode of inheritance all cats were classified into overweight and lean groups according to their lean body mass. A computer based complex analysis confirmed our hypothesis that a major genetic component is responsible for the observed phenotypic difference and that the condition is heritable. As a next step it is now necessary to identify the putative gene with large impact on body composition in cats. The new feline 70k genotyping array will allow testing of about 70.000 variable positions in a cat's genome and will give a high resolution genome map. Testing all individuals belonging to the experimental cat population will allow map comparisons between the two phenotypic classes. This comparison will highlight genomic regions that differ between the two groups. Subsequently, these regions will be further analyzed.
The study represents an international team effort including recognized experts with substantial expertise in clinical manifestation of the phenotype, nutritional and metabolic aspects of the condition as well as strong genome analysis expertise. The chance of revealing causal genetic factors regulating bodyweight in cats can be rated very high. Identification of a causative mutation would allow genetic testing to facilitate the breeding of healthier cats. A better understanding of the control of body mass may also highlight better management options, such as diet.
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Global Stocks Retreat on Syria Fears
Global stock markets retreated and oil prices hit a six-month high as investors shifted out of risky assets ahead of a possible U.S. military strike against Syria. Energy markets reporter Dan Strumpf reports on the News Hub. Photo: AP.
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CAMDEN, New Jersey (CNN) -- Camden, New Jersey, is not an easy place for a kid to grow up in.
Just ask 15-year-old Destinee Williams.
"Camden has this reputation of being dangerous because you can walk outside at 3 in the afternoon and hear gunshots," Destinee said. "Gangs and drugs are a huge deal. Kids get into gangs to feel safe so they won't get killed."
Unfortunately, Destinee has had to deal with too many killings in her young life.
"My father was murdered in Camden last year, and my cousin was murdered (last month)," she said. "In the last month, I know of at least three people getting killed. In Camden, I expect it to happen. I'm not surprised anymore."
For many people, the violence in Camden can make it feel more like a war zone than an American city, but the battle doesn't end there.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, about 42 percent of Camden's population is living below the poverty line, making it one of the poorest cities in the United States. The New Jersey Department of Education reports that nearly 90 percent of Camden's schools are in the bottom 5 percent performance-wise in the state.
"For too long, the public school system in Camden has failed its children," New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said Monday, when he announced the state would be taking over the city's schools. "Each day that it gets worse, we're failing the children of Camden, we're denying them a future, we're not allowing them to reach their full potential."
Camden may seem like a city without hope, but one of its native daughters is on a mission to change its downtrodden reputation and empower its youngest residents.
Tawanda Jones started a dance team, the Camden Sophisticated Sisters Drill Team, to entice young girls to stay off the street and do something positive with their lives. Over the years, she has incorporated boys into the team and also started a drum line program.
"People perceive Camden and its kids as garbage," Jones said. "We have so many gifted kids. They want more out of life. There's just nothing in our city to do. Therefore, what happens when a child has idle time and no positive way to channel that energy? They have to find something else. And it just may turn into the dark side."
Through the drill team, Jones aims to teach kids about discipline, dedication and self-respect, things she believes are necessary to survive and thrive in this rough community and beyond.
"Whether you need it for work, you need it for school, you need discipline, period," said Jones, 40. "Drill team is good as far as structure, because you have to be precise. You have to be on point."
Jones also stresses education, as kids in the program have to keep a C average in school.
"If they get too many Cs, we put them on academic probation," Jones said. "We don't want to kick a child out because they're not doing well in school, so on my days off I go to the child's school just to correspond with the teacher. I'll just make sure that the child is doing well or (see) what we can do on our end to help that child get to where she needs to be."
Only 49 percent of children in Camden graduate from high school, one of the lowest rates in the state, according to the New Jersey Department of Education. But Jones said all the children who've participated in her program -- more than 4,000 kids since 1986 -- have graduated, and more than 80 percent of them have gone on to college or technical schools.
"I don't think people really understand how important it is to have these children succeed as far as graduating from high school," Jones said. "That's a big deal in our city."
In addition to promoting education, Jones makes it mandatory that children commit to 200 hours of community service a year. They also have to write an essay about how to improve their neighborhoods.
"You have to keep that community base," said Jones, who the children call Wawa. "Keeping your neighborhood clean, helping the elderly, you bring that family feel back to that community. That is what Camden needs."
Jones founded her program when she was a teenager and saw many of her peers getting pregnant.
"I was a teen mother myself, but I had a great foundation. My family was there for me," she said. "They taught me how to love and respect myself, and more importantly, how to work hard. I saw that a lot of girls didn't have any of that, and I wanted to help."
Destinee joined the drill team after her father was killed.
"When my dad passed, I really didn't know what to do," she said. "The outcome of that was me to not act like myself. ...
"CSS changed me a whole lot. It stopped me from going out in the streets, finding bad people to hang with. My grades now are not straight F's anymore. I have a GPA of 3.0. I want to go to college and be a sports manager when I get older. ... Miss Wawa is my second mom, she's the best thing that happened to me in the past year."
Taron Green was on the verge of joining a gang before he became a member of the drum line. He now mentors younger members.
"We're in such a state of poverty and violence that it scares people from us when, honestly, we need the most help," Green said. "The best way for me to describe Wawa is like, if this was Gotham City, she would be Batman."
Jones, who often uses her own money to fund her organization, is still looking for a permanent place for her drill team to practice. She said she knows it's an uphill battle to turn her city around, but she's determined to do it one kid at a time.
"It's bad. But it can get better. I believe that with all my heart," she said. "These kids didn't ask to be here. They didn't ask to be put in this situation. But being that we're here, we have to make the best of this situation, and it's going to take everybody in this community to do it."
Want to get involved? Check out the Camden Sophisticated Sisters Drill Team website at camdensophisticatedsisters.org and see how to help.


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Prior to my actual birthday my family gathered in Panama City Beach to celebrate my son turning 9 and my 50th. My mother rented an exquisitely designed house on Oleander Drive that fit our needs perfectly. The d�cor put together by Bill Chatam over the years screams beach. The home survived Hurricane Opal and subsequent storms, so it surely would survive my son and his cousins. The design was such that even with 11 of us there it was possible to go hours at a time without running into a family member you wanted to avoid.
It was almost maze-like, with everything coming together on an outdoor patio that itself was split into a barbecue pit and table area, a sunning area and a spot with a porch swing, all of which funneled to a lower level with an outdoor shower.
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We managed five days there without mishap or damage. We enjoyed playing tourists in our hometown and playing hosts to our family, and had the rare opportunity of being reminded of why people come here in the first place while wondering why we don�t take advantage of it more often.
Yellow flags flew the whole time, yet the water was often as still as a lake. Lodged about midway between the county and city piers, we heard little of the traffic 20 feet or so above and to the north of us on Front Beach Road, with the exception of Tuesday night when motorcycles began rolling in for Thunder Beach.
That Saturday a large pirate ship sailed by, a reminder that there was a pirate festival, but we were so happy with our feet in the sand that day we did not venture out. That night there was an eruption of lights and explosions as dual fireworks shows began from both piers as part of the pirate weekend.
We watched, commenting on the quality of the show, which seemed as if it might go on for an hour. No one timed it, but it seemed to last 15 or 20 minutes. We all stood transfixed until it ended.
The five days reminded me of what we have here in Bay County that we so often forget. I could go from flying 300 feet above the gulf in a parasail, viewing fish and sandbars and tiny people while hearing nothing but the wind, to being out of cellphone range deep in the woods looking for deer sign with only a 30-minute drive.
We were minutes from a bevy of shopping and dining choices, even though our best meals were cooked on Chatam�s outside grill, which must have performed that duty thousands of times over the decades.
Chatam was there when Opal roared through in 1995 and introduced his home to several feet of salt water, and he remains there today. The beach, pulled by Mother Nature, tries to leave a few thousand grains at a time, but is ultimately returned home at the hands of man via dredging.
I left once, in 1999, but returned. My family left, but some are already making plans to come back now that they�ve experienced it up close.
A cousin who follows me on Facebook just picked a hospital job here in Bay County rather than one in a bigger city elsewhere because of location, location, location, and what she�s seen: white beaches and big yards for her, and hunting opportunities for her husband.
There are still some here who say they cannot wait to be rid of this place, to get to where they really want to be. I wish them luck.
Having reached the half-century mark, and having lived more than half of that here, I�ve decided my life is more than half-full, and everything I need to keep it that way is right here.
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"I had promised those five children that I'd be there for them, that I wouldn't let them go back into the system and I wouldn't let them be separated from each other," Summers, then the children's foster mother, says. "I decided the only way to do that was to adopt them myself." For the help she needed to make her heartfelt commitment to the five children legal, Summers turned to the MC Law Adoption Legal Clinic. The Adoption Legal Clinic provides free assistance to families who want to adopt children who are under the supervision of the Mississippi Department of Human Services (DHS). The work includes processing paperwork, coordinating court appearances, and handling legal details, but at its heart, the mission of the Adoption Legal Clinic is to make the dream of a family come true for parents and children. "Adoption is the only legal proceeding that's a win-win situation," says Crystal Welch '09, an MC Law adjunct professor and the staff attorney with the clinic. "Everyone involved in an adoption walks out of the courtroom with a smile on his or her face."
The Adoption Legal Clinic was founded in 2004, when a representative of the Attorney General's Office approached Shirley Kennedy '91, director of the MC Law Child Advocacy Program and asked if the law school would consider assisting Department of Human Services with some pending adoption cases.
What began as a special project for a few law students quickly evolved into a full-fledged legal clinic. In the nine years since its founding, the Adoption Legal Clinic has helped hundreds of foster children become family members.
"The Adoption Legal Clinic represents a win-win-win situation," Kennedy says. "Families who want to adopt receive free legal assistance to complete the process, DHS is able to provide children in its care with permanent, loving homes more quickly, and our law students gain valuable, real world experience."
"Adoption is a beautiful thing, but the adoption process is purely a creature of statute," Welch says. "The clinic is fortunate to have professors, attorneys, and law students who have both a heart for children and proficiency in adoption law."
Working under the supervision of Kennedy and Welch, MC Law students handle adoption cases for foster parents who wish to adopt children in their care. The children are already living in the homes and have already bonded with their soon-to-be-adoptive parents; the only thing preventing the parents and child from becoming a legal family is the paperwork.
A heart for children — Crystal Welch '09 Ever since she landed her first job in a day care center at the age of 16, Crystal Welch has known she had a heart for children. Following her graduation from Bowdoin College in Maine, Welch spent two years in Guatemala as a volunteer with the Safe Passage Program, a non-profit organization working to bring hope, education, and opportunity to children living in extreme poverty. Welch volunteered as a first grade teacher and librarian in a "garbage dump community," a poverty-stricken, drug-invested community where the children spent their days scavenging in a garbage dump. Upon returning to the United States, Welch enrolled at MC Law, where she participated in both the Guardian ad Litem and Adoption Legal Clinics as a student. Welch practiced criminal law before returning to MC Law in 2010 as an adjunct professor and attorney with the Adoption Legal Clinic. "I love the fact that I can use my legal training to bring families together," Welch says. "People think being an attorney is always adversarial. The Adoption Legal Clinic lets me use my professional training to do good for everyone involved."
In 2011, six law students working for the Adoption Legal Clinic finalized 71 adoptions. The clinic's average time from obtaining the file from DHS to finalizing the adoption is just two weeks.
Positions in the legal clinic are open to law students who have completed more than half of their graduation requirements and are licensed to practice law under the limited practice act. An average of 15 students apply for the three clinic positions each semester.
"The students chosen have to be compassionate and have great people skills," Kennedy says. "They'll be working directly with the prospective parents, many of whom have been waiting for a long time to adopt a child. For most of these parents, this is their first experience with the legal system, so there is some hand holding involved. The students handle legal issues, but they also answer basic questions, like where to find a notary or what to expect in court."
Law students walk adoptive parents through every step of the adoption procedure, from the day the initial paperwork is filed to the day the child becomes a permanent member of the family. In many cases, students appear in court and present the case before the judge. Because the Adoption Legal Clinic handles cases statewide, students also perform all of the background and legal work for volunteer lawyers throughout Mississippi, who then make the necessary court appearances in their local communities.
"This is a great opportunity for our students to gain experience and network with attorneys and chancellors statewide," Kennedy says. "But most of them participate because they genuinely want to help these children and families."
"In the Adoption Legal Clinic, students get to make a real difference, one child and one family at a time," says Courtney Wolfe '12, who works in the clinic as a law student. "What I enjoyed the most was meeting with adoptive families and their newly adopted children and seeing how happy they were that they had made it to the other side of the adoption process. I remember Professor Welch telling us that adoption was the only time you would see everyone walk out of the courtroom happy, and she was right."
FROM ONE ADOPTIVE PARENT TO ANOTHER Shirley Kennedy knows first-hand the excitement, anxiety, joy, and impatience an adoptive parent feels. Kennedy and her husband are the parents of two adopted children, 18-year-old Kyle and 17-year-old Kelly. Following the arrival of babies Kyle and Kelly, Kennedy left her practice with the Brunini Law Firm to become a stay-at-home mother. When the children began school, Kennedy accepted a position as director of the MC Law Child Advocacy Clinic. Today, one of her greatest joys is helping other adoptive parents through the Adoption Legal Clinic. "I feel such a connection with these parents," Kennedy says. "I know how nervous and anxious they are about the legal part — I was a lawyer and it was still an anxious time for me. My husband and I had to wait for some time for Kyle and Kelly,and I know how hard the waiting can be. I've seen tears of joy and relief in court, and I know exactly what that feels like."
When his current cases are complete, third-year law student Matthew Powers will have helped finalize nine adoptions through the clinic.
"I've loved every minute of it," Powers says. "I handled a case in which a family was adopting a little girl who had just turned three. When I walked into the courthouse, this little girl patted the chair beside her, asking me to sit there. She showed me a photo album that was filled with pictures of her from the time she arrived with this family up until that day. The families are appreciative, but I get so much personal reward out if it."
"One of the first families I worked with was adopting a four-year-old boy they had been caring for since he was born," Wolfe says. "The family was so excited that it was finally happening. The adoptive parents, their natural children, the adopted child, and the proud grandparents were all there at the courthouse. The judge asked the child if he wanted to be adopted. The little boy was shy — he nodded 'yes,' then buried his head in his mother's shoulder — but one of the natural children who could not have been more than 10 years old wanted to make sure the judge was clear. She spoke up and told the judge that yes, the child wanted to be adopted, and that she and the rest of her family were ready to officially have a new brother."
Lisa Robin '12 had a personal interest in adoption even before she began working with the clinic. Robin's cousin had adopted a child from Russia; another cousin had gone through the court system so that her new husband could adopt her daughter. Prior to beginning law school, Robin worked as a paralegal in family law, where she saw divorces and custody battles. Robin was interested in working on adoption, what she refers to as "the happy side" of family law.
"It was so rewarding to talk to these parents and to hear them explain why they wanted to adopt," Robin says. "In many cases, the parents had already been caring for the child for years, but they wanted that child recognized as legally their own. They wanted to be able to say, 'This child is mine."
Jessie Summers, now the legal mother of five siblings, was one of those parents.
"The people at the clinic were so much help to us," Summers says. "They helped me understand about going through the system, and when all five children decided they want to change their name to 'Summers,' they helped us do that. My oldest adopted daughter is going to college now, and she wants to be a lawyer. I think she wants to help other people the way the clinic helped us."


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LEWISBURG, Pa. — Emmy-winning film-maker Stanley Nelson will give the talk, "Documenting Jonestown," Wednesday, Feb. 20, at 7 p.m. in the Forum of the Elaine Langone Center at Bucknell University.
His film, "Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple," will be shown Tuesday, Feb. 19, at 7:30 p.m. in the Campus Theatre in Lewisburg. The film will be introduced by Vincent Stephens, director of the Office of Multicultural Student Services at Bucknell, and followed by a discussion. Admission to the film is $2.
"Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple," previewed in April 2006 at the Tribeca and San Francisco Film Festivals to sold-out audiences and won awards at both festivals. The film was shortlisted for the Academy Awards and won the International Documentary Association Award for its use of archival footage.
Nelson's visit is part of the university's celebration of Black History Month, "A Celebration in Blue," and the Griot Institute for Africana Studies' series, "Jonestown Reconsidered, 35 Years Later." While at Bucknell, he will participate in a lunchtime question-and-answer session with faculty, staff and students, and attend the Arts Entrepreneurship course.
The talk, which is free and open to the public, is sponsored by Film and Media Studies, the University Lectureship Committee, the Center for the Study of Race, Ethnicity and Gender, and the Departments of English, History, and Sociology and Anthropology.
Recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship, Nelson is co-founder and executive director of Firelight Media, which provides technical education and professional support to emerging documentarians, and co-founder of the for-profit documentary production company, Firelight Films.
Nelson has had five films in competition at Sundance in 10 years and multiple industry awards to his credit. His latest films include "Freedom Riders," which aired on PBS' "American Experience" in 2011 and "Wounded Knee," part of the landmark series on Native Americans "We Shall Remain," which aired on PBS in 2009. Both films premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2010 and 2009 respectively.
Other documentaries by Nelson include "Sweet Honey in the Rock: Raise Your Voice" (2005), "A Place of Our Own" (2004) and "The Murder of Emmett Till", which won the Primetime Emmy for Best Direction, non-fiction, the Special Jury Prize at the 2003 Sundance Film Festival, and the George Foster Peabody Award, the highest honor in broadcast journalism.
"The Murder of Emmett Till" also is credited by reopening the investigation of the 1955 murder of a 14-year-old African-American boy for whistling at a white woman. The U.S. Justice Department cited the presence of witnesses unearthed in the film as the major factor in their decision.Contact: Division of Communications


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