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The Pacific Legal Foundation is a Sacramento, California-based legal organization that was established March 5, 1973 [1] to support pro-business causes. In recent years, it has taken a lead in pursuing anti-affirmative action policies.
It is the key right-wing public interest litigation firm in a network of similar organizations funded initially by Scaife Foundations money across the USA to support capitalism and oppose environmental and health activism and government regulation.
The organization has been [2] partially funded by a range of corporations and conservative foundations, including by the Koch family Claude R. Lambe Foundation in 1998.[1]
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The Pacific Legal Foundation (PLF) was established in 1973-74 by a group of attorneys from California's Justice Department (then under the control of Attorney-General Ed Meese) to counter reform of the welfare system, and the liberal public interest legal groups that were pressing for better environmental and health regulations. Especially targeted were the Sierra Club and the Environmental Defense Fund.
Governor Ronald Reagan of California appears to have provided the required financial links to Pittsburg billionaire Richard Mellon Scaife who funded the initial office in Sacramento, and his friend and counsellor, Ed Meese (III) became one of the founders and its chief supporter. Its expressed aim was to use its financial and litigation power to "impact the public policy agenda."
An article in the Washington Post in May 1999 reveals that "Scaife's first grants in this area (conservative public interest law movement) were made in 1974 to the Pacific Legal Foundation. In its early years Scaife kept the PLF alive. Since the mid-'70s more than $20 million in Scaife money has gone to the conservative public interest law movement "on behalf of a market-oriented economics system, traditional property rights and limited government," in the words of an internal memo written by a Scaife aide in December 1980."
The day-to-day operations of the Foundation were in the hands of Ronald A Zumbrun, who's law firm Zumbrun & Findley ran most of the cases. Before his elevation to CEO of the PLF, Zumbrun had been a lawyer with the California Department of Public Works, the California Department of Social Welfare and the U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare.
By 1983 the organization was seen as a "growing force in public interest work" with an annual income of $2.5 million per year [3] and it had already begun to spawn other regional legal centers of a similar kind using Scaife funding. Not all of these, however, focussed on the aggressive use of litigation as did the PLF. According to a Philip Morris document urging the company to develop stronger links with the foundation: "It has participated in hundreds of cases at all court levels, winning the vast majority of those reaching final decision - including several before the U.S. Supreme Court."
It has also won many major social cases in California involving decisions to uphold ballot initiatives, ending state-aid to illegal immigrants, banning affirmative action, and replacing bilingual education with immersion in English.
As of March 2011, top PLF officers were:[4]
- Robin L. Rivett, President
- James S. Burling, Director of Litigation
- Richard P. Green, Chief Philanthropy Officer
- M. David Stirling, Counsel
As of March 2011, PLF trustees were listed as:[5]
- John C. Harris, PLF Board Chair, of Harris Ranch Beef
- Richard Albrecht
- Richard Geary
- George Kimball
- Warner C. Lusardi
- H. Dixon Montague
- Jerry W. P. Schauffler
- Charles W. Trainor
- Ronald E. Van Buskirk
- Jeffrey E. Warren
- Donald Joe Willis
- Thomas G. Bost, Vice Chair
- James L. Cloud
- Greg M. Evans
- Leonard S. Frank, Secretary-Treasurer
- Timothy R. Hall
- Lorraine O. Legg
- April J. Morris
- Bruce C. Smith
Former trustees
Tobacco Industry associations
PLF is listed as a "key third party ally" in a September 14, 1999 Philip Morris document.[6]
In 1989, Philip Morris began funding the organization through its Mission Viejo (gated-community land-development company) subsidiary, mainly because the organisation was active in the property rights area and had won cases limiting the States' ability to expropriate or regulate private property. The Mission Viejo subsidiary was interested in fighting a no-growth initiative which had been blocking some of their development projects. At this stage Philip Morris only gave an annual grant of $5,000 each year, just to keep the organisation on side and available, but it may have also funded specific legal projects.
By 1991 the PLF had a major budget crisis. It was in deficit to the tune of about $1 million, which was about a quarter of its $4 million annual requirements. Not long after, Roy Marden, the Philip Morris executive in charge of maintaining relations with the right-wing think tanks and advocacy institutes, joined the PLF board. Overnight the funding increased substantially to $10,000, and then $22,000 by 1993. Philip Morris also began to utilize the PLF to undertake hidden media and political activities on its behalf.
For instance, it enlisted the organization (together with think-tanks like the Reason Foundation, Hoover Institute, Heritage Foundation and Claremont Institute) to write op-ed pieces that were planted in newspapers attacking the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) over its determination that Environmental Tobacco Smoke (ETS) was a carcinogen and its attempt to regulate Indoor Air Quality (IAQ). (See page 4 of this planning document.[7])
At this time Philip Morris was also heavily funded two of PLF's unacknowledged offspring, the National Legal Center for the Public Interest and the Atlantic Legal Foundation. The Washington Legal Foundation was another of a similar kind favoured and funded ($200,000) by Philip Morris, but it was independent of the Scaife-funded, PLF-based network. [8]
The PLF also intervened successful in Keller v. California State Bar, where it established a legal precedent that California lawyers could challenge the use of their dues to the state bar for political purposes. This was an successful attempt to block collective actions by the more liberal Californian lawyers who were involving themselves in such policy areas as class-actions and product liability.
By the mid 1990s the PLF had offices in Sacramento, Anchorage and Seattle and ran several key issues and programs:
- Judicial Responsibility Project
- College of Public Interest Law
- Limited Government Project
It also sloughed off the Center for Applied Jurisprudence which focused on commercial "free speech issues" (i.e., the right to advertise harmful products) and "regulatory reform." Philip Morris was giving them a $25,000 retainer by this time (and presumably paying also for work done on their behalf).
In 1997-1998 the PLF joined forces with the $10 million funded (by Philip Morris) National Smokers Alliance, in a fierce and vindictive legal attack on Professor Stanton Arnold Glantz, a leader of California's main anti-smoking organization, Americans for Nonsmokers Rights[9] and attempted to brand him in the public mind as having something to hide ... a destroyer of legal document (a ruse the tobacco industry used itself on a massive scale). Glantz had received documents from the early tobacco industry whistleblowers, and he had established the first public-access Internet web site revealing how the industry operated.
Anti-Environment Policies
According to ExxonSecrets.org, the Pacific Legal Foundation has received $110,000 from ExxonMobil since 1998. The website goes on to state that:
Anti-environmental from the start, PLF's early actions supported the use of DDT, the use of herbicides in national forests, and the use of public range land without requiring an environmental impact review. They also supported at least six pro-nuclear power cases before the early eighties while accepting funding from Pacific General Electric (PGE), a utility which has gained a great deal through the development of nuclear power in the Pacific Northwest. In the 1980s, PLF won several cases that are considered landmarks by those working on property rights issues today: Nollan v the California Coastal Commission and First Church, both Supreme Court victories which provide precedence for the takings litigation pursued today (Oliver Houck, "With Charity For All," Yale Law Journal, 1993). In October 2003, PLF Vice President M. David Stirling had an Op-Ed published in which he defended President Bush's environmental record and condemned former President Clinton for endorsing the Kyoto Protocol.
Associated Legal Foundations
- American Legal Foundation (Founded by Daniel Popeo (of WLF) and run by Michael Carvin) - It says: "we deal exclusively with media issues."
- Atlantic Legal Foundation (PM supported) Run by James Richards with strong links to Stephen Whelan (husband of Elizabeth Whelan) and the ACSH - claims to be "committed to redressing the bias against business which manifests itself in favor of narrow "consumer" or "environmental" concerns."
- National Legal Center in the Public Interest - Ernest Heuter (It does no litigation work, but is PM supported) It was founded by PLF, and has no members-only a board of directors. It acts as an umbrella and communications hub.
- Pacific Legal Center (Sacramento) - Ron Zumbrun - This is the nation's oldest and largest with a 1983 staff of 20 (PM supported)
- Southern States Legal Center (New Orleans) founded in 1983 by Elizabeth Williams.
- Mountain States Legal Center (founded by the PLF)
- Great Plains Legal Foundation (founded by the PLF), and now called Landmark (Kansas City)
- Landmark Legal Foundation Run by Mark Levin. Scaife used this organization to fund the anti-Clinton Arkansas Project (He gave them $250,000 - and more than $1 million over a few years).
- National Chamber Litigation Center Inc. (Washington) - affiliated with US Chamber of Commerce - run by Stephen Bokat - and says it is "unabashedly pro-business." (PM worked with them and the Business RoundTable)
- Capital Legal Foundation (Washington) - run by Dan Burt and funded by Scaife
- Washington Legal Foundation - founded by Daniel Popeo (independent of the PLF but supported by both PM and its subsidiary, Kraft Foods)
Contact Details
Pacific Legal Foundation
3900 Lennane Drive, Suite 200
Sacramento, CA 95834
Phone: (916) 419 7111
Fax: (916) 419 7747
Email: plf AT pacificlegal.org
Web: http://www.pacificlegal.org/
Articles and Resources
External Links
- Bill Berkowitz, "Pacific Legal Foundation is on the wrong side of history: Partially funded by conservative foundations, the legal advocacy group is at the hub of fighting for the re-segregation of America", Media Transparency, December 11, 2006.
- Media Mouse, "Anti-Affirmative Action Legal Group Threatens Litigation against GRPS, Mediamouse.org, April 25, 2007.
- ↑ Guidestar, Claude R. Lambe Foundation 1998 990, organizational IRS form 990, 1998.
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But unlike black-on-black violence, which is tragic but typically punished through proper legal channels, killings of unarmed young people by law enforcement continue to happen with impunity. Instead of acknowledging the legitimacy of black anger over this, the President simply told us to calm down and stop looting. In doing so, he joined the chorus of far too many politicians and civil rights leaders who understate and trivialize righteous anger in order to show the public that they have "the people" under control.
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There is something very special about cellist Alban Gerhardt, and I'm not talking about his brilliant cello playing. Before last night's (Friday, May 20) wonderful performance, he joined Ken-David Masur in the pre-concert talk. He made a comment that really made me think. He was talking about young students who come up to him and ask for advice on becoming a soloist like him. He said he hates that question because it indicates the young musician is probably thinking about ego and not music. They often want to become a soloist for the glory. For him, it is a clear indication that young musician will not be successful. He always recommend they focus on becoming an orchestral musician, which he called the best job in music. He said young musicians must think about the music and not themselves.
Alban probably got this orientation from his father, who has been a member of the Berlin Philharmonic since 1966. In his excellent web site he writes:
I must say I was lucky enough not to have been pressured at an early age into making music too soon….When I was four years old my Dad tried to make me play the violin, an experiment which failed miserably, not only with me but with all of my four younger siblings. Frustrated by our father's perfect command of his instrument, all of us got started with the piano which I still think is the best way to "meet" music in practice….Sooner than planned came as well the big decision if to join an orchestra or not, since the principal cellist of the Berlin Philharmonics was retiring early. My childhood dream was right there, but against my fathers and his colleagues advice I did not take the audition for the job. Not out of arrogance, neither the fear to lose, but rather the knowledge of my own laziness convinced me that at 23 I was too young to be set up for life.
After a beautiful performance of the Schumann Cello Concerto (perhaps my favorite cello concerto), Alban did two things you don't often see. One of our musicians had brought many middle school cello students to the concert. Alban went out to meet them and sign autographs. This wasn't the usual buy-my-latest-CD-and-then-I'll-sign-it sessions. He just went out to talk to the kids. Then, in the second half of the concert, Alban sat in with the San Antonio Symphony. He quietly sat in the back of the cello section and played Schumann's Manfred Overture and Beethoven's Symphony No. 8. No fuss. No special recognition. Just a musician sitting with colleagues to play great music.
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In a second chance to make a first impression, MLB is set to implement blood testing for Human Growth Hormone in the minors later this year – according to sources quoted by the estimable Michael Schmidt of The New York Times.
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Great point. One thing — Don Fehr retired as executive director of the union. It's now Michael Weiner's ship.
If ordinary people have to urinate in a jar to get hired as a grocery sacker earning minimum wage, it's only fair that professional athletes with multi-million-dollar salaries get tested for PED's.
At the risk of lowering the rampant paranoia over this, it might be of interest to note that, if you actually do a little research, instead of reflexively flexing your collective knee joints, you might come across the fact that there have been eight major studies on the effects of HGH on athletic performance. Seven of them have found Zero correllation and the eighth found the correllation to be barely distinguishable. Don't take my word for it.
In other words, research to date has shown that HGH doesn't do a damned thing for athletic performance. Making an issue over this is patently ridiculous on both sides) and is pure form over substance.
The real question here is when are we as a baseball-consuming populace just going to admit the plain truth that HGH has incredibly therapeutic uses, and getting players back on the playing field quicker is a good thing, is indeed the whole point of sports medicine, and just allow the drug to be used and monitored by team physicians?
Silly to just ban useful technology.
Well EPO is a common blood booster that is given to cancer patients and helps them recover. However it is used by pro athletes as a performance enhancer and is a banned substance. So just because something causes a positive medical benefits doesn't mean athletes should use it when it has the potential to enhance performance in a sporting environment.
There are guys out there like David Wright who work hard and play clean…why can't all of Baseball be like that? Is it really that much to ask? For me (and I know others feel the same), you want guys like Wright to success and you want to see them play because they respect the game, give it their all, and don't need drugs to do so. Guys like Wright set a good example to the kids out there who idolize pro ball players. It sends a bad message to kids if baseball doesn't stop the dopers.
Since the Olympics are on, it is worth noting that the high use of PEDs in pro baseball in the US is why it has been removed from the summer games.
I am very supportive of testing for PEDs. I think it needs to be expanded, not to the extreme of professional cycling but make it stricter and more thorough. Also increase the punishments. I love baseball and hate cheaters.
This testing needs to be implemented for clean players more than anything. Considering the questions surrounding even Frank Thomas' Hall of Fame candidacy, there lies doubt amongst all players from the 90's-2000's.
As for HGH being useful, the health risks associated with it seem to mitigate benefits. Why should high school age prospects have to consider putting their health in jeopardy in order to succeed? When I was a freshman in high school, I weighed 120 pounds and got cut from the team the next year. Had steroid or HGH use been condoned by as large and reputable a group as MLB, maybe I would have been tempted. What baseball needs are undisputed talents whose numbers fans can trust again. The union needs to recognize that postponing testing will only continue to hurt their members' reputations if not their wallets.
It saddens me that this has been allowed to go on for so long. These PEDs are, in many cases, dangerous to the players. They look so attractive in the short term. I know that players are under pressure to produce. I know that professional baseball is a buisness. I just don't see the use of these drugs creating profits. Not in the long run.
I don't want my team to win that way. It cheapens the accomplishment. I don't care if, "all the kids are doing it," I was taught as a kid that cheating is wrong. Remember, "It doesn't matter if you win or lose. It's how you play the game."? I know, it's about making money.
We have been beating this dead horse for quite some time. We know they are dangerous. We know that it is cheating. It is also clear that it is going to continue to happen until the consequences of using PEDs outweigh benefits. I get career ending injuries, they happen. Players should not retire with broken bodies. It would be nice if the MLBPA stepped up. I hope they do.
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Hi Philip! I appreciate that, and you're right, a first name isn't going to raise any privacy issues.
I'll look forward to your further thoughts, and please don't feel rushed. Forge threads often bake for a while.
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Quote from: Ron Edwards on December 02, 2008, 11:31:18 AM
Hey guys,
Redfox, thanks for joining in and I definitely have a question for you. Looking back at the games during college, what was one of your best and most enjoyable experiences then? What game was being played, what was your character like, how did people speak and play together, and anything else. That'll help me a lot, so my thoughts here won't fall into the trap of being only relevant to me.
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Well first off my first name is Jim. No worries about disclosing that. :)
As to what happened when Phillip went off to college... well, I wasn't with him at the time. Our regular group broke apart in Phillip's absence, nobody really taking up GM reigns as it were. I tried playing in a few games at the local gaming shop (now closed) and was very disatisfied. They were D&D and World of Warcraft D20 games, and while I have nothing against those systems, I very much had problems with the way the games were run. There was nothing in those games that was character driven, and they were played with the sort of flavorless "I hit, I did 8 points" workman-like attitude that bored me into a stupor. I attempted to get what entertainment I could out of the game, and I was more or less pleased with my character (a goblin engineer in WoW) but with nothing interesting to do I eventually just stopped going after the game was put on a haitus.
I attempted to run a few Star Wars games during this time.and had very little success. One game fell apart at its inception and the other went extremely well for the first session, but nobody showed for the second (this last game was during a local convention, and the game had overflowed past our allotted time, so it was no surprise that nobody showed during the second session... which was both impromptu and unfortunately placed during another popular event).
As a hobbyist, Phillip's absence for college was a rather dark period of gaming. I understand he had quite a lot of fun with his group away at college however. The lucky S.O.B. :)
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I've been thinking about how to coax my players into a more cooperative play style, and I strongly believe that system matters. I run games almost constantly it seems (I get asked to run something like three days out of every week, and sometimes more often) right now I'm enjoying not running because various players are sick, but I'm prepping for SR4 and Star Wars SE, and also playing Nobilis Pbp.
What does this have to do with the OP? Just that since system matters so much to me, I usually run games straight. I don't house rule much at all, unless their is a huge problem that absolutely must be resolved before one or more people are willing to play. I short I realize that the players I usually game with have issues, some of them can be addressed openly and others seem to trigger much ill will when addressed at all. I admit some of the players are dysfunctional.
The point is I've decided that if they will not try cooperative games that I will simply add cooperative elements to every game I run until they get used to the idea. If they simply cannot deal with these modifications to the game, surely they will let me know. But I am sick of coddling adults, in order to play a game.
I've decided to add one of my favorite mechanics from Burning Wheel to just about everything I run starting with Shadowrun 4th edition, i.e. Circles. We will see how it goes, and I'm thinking of adding some of the mechanics I've found in other indie games and some from Levi's website
until the games become fun again or blood spurts from my eyes.
Further as I gauge how this exercise goes, I'm going to start running those games I really want to play. Especially stuff that makes the GM into a player, if people don't like it they can vote with their feet. Sharing can be fun dammit! Was I the only one who learned this? I think not. I'm also going to start promoting the players to play the NPCs in scenes that lack their characters, and maybe start giving them NPCs to play in scenes that nobody's PC is in. Maybe it will change how they view ownership of characters and of the story. Or maybe not.
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US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will not have to testify before a Senate hearing concerning the deadly attack on the US consulate in Benghazi after she fainted and sustained a concussion last week.
Clinton, 65, is currently recovering at home following last week's incident, when extreme dehydration caused by a stomach virus resulted in her losing consciousness on Thursday. The concussion that she sustained while falling further aggravated her condition, which required regular medical attention.
Clinton had to cancel a number of trips last week, as well as visits to North Africa and several Gulf countries scheduled to start on Monday because of her health. She promised to return to work soon, but has thus far carried out her duties from home.
The fainting incident occurred a week before Clinton was scheduled to testify in House and Senate hearings on the results of the investigation into the September 11 attack on the American consulate in Benghazi.
Clinton was expected to be grilled in the Senate hearing on Thursday by her Republican rivals over foreign security issues and US intelligence concerning the attack which killed Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other Americans.
Republicans have repeatedly attacked the Obama Administration for its handling of the investigation into the Benghazi incident, arguing that the incident could have been prevented.
The Obama Administration insisted that Islamic extremists hijacked a spontaneous protest against the US-made anti-Islam video 'The Innocence of the Muslims.'
Republicans criticized the White House's version of events, naming an inadequate reaction by the State Department to security threats to US diplomats in Libya as among the reasons the tragedy unfolded in the manner it did.
Now it has become clear that neither the Senate Foreign Relations Committee nor the House Foreign Affairs Committee will hear Hillary Clinton's scheduled testimony on Libya next Thursday.
Senator John Kerry, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations and the man most likely to succeed Clinton as Secretary of State, has announced through his communications director Jodi Seth that given Clinton's condition, she "could not and should not appear" for the hearings.
Earlier, it was the Republican chairman who insisted that Clinton "has committed to testify before the committee before the end of the session [of Congress]."
It is expected that at both hearings, Clinton will be replaced with senior State Department officials William Burns and Thomas Nides.
The US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has announced earlier she would step down from the Obama administration early next year. America's top diplomat has also denied rumors of a presidential bid for the 2016 elections.


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Course: AMES40: Nomads from central Asia to the Middle East
Instructor: Prof. Ken Bauer
Multimedia Research Project Assignment
The Multimedia Research Project is a film-based argument, with a hypothesis supported by
evidence. It integrates our in-class discussions and builds on close reading of articles and
lectures as well as the search for and analysis of multimedia sources on indigenous knowledge
and development. You will research any relevant topic of your choice and create a multimedia
The goal of this project is to increase the clarity of your rhetorical skills and flexibility using
images, words, film, audio, etc. The hope is that students will gain literacy in multiple media as
they sharpen their understanding of how arguments are constructed. As a result of this project,
you will:
• learn to do research with primary sources, including popular sources and peer-reviewed
• use multimedia resources to compose an argument, create effective transitions between
ideas, and develop your voice;
• add a set of multimedia skills to your toolkit for engaging the world beyond Dartmouth;
• consider critically your sources, assumptions, and ethics.
You should also consult Jones Media Center tech specialists whenever necessary.
To schedule equipment, email: email@example.com
To schedule time with RWIT tutors, email students.dartmouth.edu/rwit/
Dartmouth has many additional resources to help you as you are building this research project –
please take advantage of these resources as well as office hours for consultations with the
This project is pitched for an audience potentially larger and less specialized than the instructor
(though he will still end up grading it). Hopefully your research project will find a broader audience
and, potentially, engage with communities of scholars and net-izens across the globe. Keeping in
mind that this film will be publicly available, students are required to work consciously in achieving
clarity, straightforwardness, and concision in their arguments. Further, students will be expected
to create and communicate with respect using appropriate materials. Guidance on respectful use
of the Internet and media tools can be found at Dartmouth Information Technology Policy:
The research project is sequenced and will be completed in stages, described below.
1. You will meet with the instructor on April 25 or 26 to discuss your proposed
research project.
2. You will participate in one iMovie training session at Jones Media Center (April 22) in
which you'll learn video-making techniques. You can also learn about iMovie at
www.apple.com/imovie. There are also numerous Internet tutorials available through
www.YouTube.com, etc. We will have work sessions at the Jones Media Center on 5/3, 5/10, 5/15, 5/22.
during class on {4 check in sessions}
3. You will submit a RESEARCH PROPOSAL on …
4. You will submit a TREATMENT PLAN for your research project, due …. will
provide a form that will help you complete the treatment plan. Treat this as a "pitch".
5. You will participate in a library research session at the library on 5/1. You will
compile an annotated bibliography that includes at least 8 peer-reviewed journal
articles and two books in your bibliography, due 5/22. Your other sources can
include popular media, social media, video, etc. For each bibliographic item, write an
annotation explaining the resource and how it will support your thesis.
6. You will upload your film to the Jones Media Center by 9 am on May 30. Since film is
a public medium, we will screen our films in class at the end of the term, on May 31.
At the screenings, the filmmakers will not only to present their own films but also
assess their peers' work.
7. To your professor, you will submit on a Final Reflection due June 2 on your
filmmaking experience. In this commentary, you will address the following:
a. Problems you encountered
b. Solutions you found
c. Resources you used
d. Thoughts about your process and product.
Students will use iMovie or similarly accessible software as an editing program for this
assignment. Editing stations and portable hard drives are available for use through coordination
with the Jones Media Center. The instructor will arrange to make DV tapes available from Jones
for the taping and storage of projects. Students will present their multimedia research project to
their peers at the end of the term.
Running Time: (including credits) 6 minutes, 4 minutes minimum
Images: Use any appropriate images from digital archives. You must credit all image sources at
the end of your film. You are encouraged to use your own photos if relevant.
Audio: Any kind (voiceover, song, music, sound effects). Remember the time limit when you
choose audio. You are encouraged to compose your own music. You must credit all audio
sources at the end of your film.
Video: 4 minutes maximum. Use video advisedly. It does not correlate with a better film or better
grade. Remember that editing footage takes much longer than acquiring it. Keep it simple and
Credit and Permissions: Cite all of the sources – quotes, images, videos, or audio recording –
that you use in the credits. Credit everything and everyone. For educational use (such as showing
to the class), you do not need to get written permission. But if you plan post your film on a web
site or screen it at a public (non-educational) event, YOU HAVE TO GET WRITTEN
Final Submission: Save as a **Full Quality Quick-Time** file. Upload the project in the
"Multimodal Research Project" folder on the server space allotted to our class, which Jones
Media Center will provide.
This project will be assessed based on quality of research, organization, content, narrative, video
and audio editing, graphics, and production quality, among other criteria. The detailed evaluation
rubric will be available to students via Blackboard.


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MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — You may feel your allergies have been hitting you harder. Some doctors say it's not just in your head.
The prolonged winter followed by the rapid warm-up caused pollen counts to rise quickly.
With the quick output, doctors say even some people who aren't typically sufferers found themselves miserable.
In mid-June and into the summer, grass pollen and outdoor mold counts are especially high, according to Dr. Julia Montejo, an allergist at Fairview Clinics in Minnesota.
"It's been definitely a very high demand," she said, "people wanting to be seen right away."
Montejo said as people spend more time outside, they'll be exposed to much more pollen.
The good news is that there is help.
"I just deal with it. I take my Claritin or I go buy over the counter," said Darnell White, an allergy sufferer. "I carry it like a visa in the summer time. I don't leave home without it."
Claritin is a kind of antihistamine. Also on the list of summer allergy relief are sinus rinses and nasal sprays. Avoiding triggers is also very helpful.
According to Montejo, avoidance is key.
She recommends seeing an allergist to get allergy testing in order to find out exactly what your triggers are.
"Absolutely. If you find an allergist, you'll find relief. That's one of our slogans," she said.
As for how to prevent bringing pollen indoors, Montejo says keep the windows closed. And when you come in from outdoors, take a shower and change your clothes.
As for not spreading mold and dust, she says it's better to have central air than window or overhead fans.


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LA Unified faces 4 new lawsuits in Miramonte case
Attorneys representing victims of alleged lewd acts by a former Los Angeles third-grade teacher filed four lawsuits this week against the school district, after the lawyers refused to participate in negotiations to settle about 175 legal actions stemming from the same case.
Attorneys John Manly and Martha Escutia, who represent 26 alleged victims of former Miramonte Elementary School teacher Mark Berndt, said at a news conference Wednesday that they will not participate in the settlement talks because the district has refused to turn over documents in all cases of alleged sexual misconduct by all of its employees.
They said they believe the cases should be made public and turned over to the district attorney for investigation.
Attorneys participating in the talks have agreed to refrain from filing more lawsuits until March, Manly said.
The district is already facing three lawsuits filed by 33 current and former students and 11 parents. About 133 other students and parents have filed legal claims, excluding Manly and Escutia's clients.
The lawsuits Manly and Escutia filed this week are on behalf of three girls and one boy, ages 9 to 11, who are alleged victims in the criminal case pending against Berndt. The former teacher was arrested in January and charged with 23 counts of lewdness.
Prosecutors say Berndt fed semen-laced cookies to Miramonte Elementary School students over five years in what he called "tasting games." He has pleaded not guilty.
The district's general counsel, David Holmquist, said in a statement Wednesday that he hoped Manly and Escutia would join the settlement talks.
"Our sincerest hope is that through this process we can avoid the potential pain of lengthy litigation while promoting healing and improving trust with the community," he said.
Manly said 22 other lawsuits will be forthcoming as soon as the firms can file them, and he anticipates they will come to trial in the spring.
The purpose of the trials is to hold school officials accountable and expose the system's failings so such abuse will not occur again, he said.
"How do you explain to these parents that their kids drank their teacher's semen? That's a tough one," Manly said.
Superintendent John Deasy told reporters last week that an independent investigation headed by Los Angeles civil rights attorney Connie Rice and retired state Supreme Court Justice Carlos Moreno will examine the district's handling of the situation after the criminal case against Berndt is concluded.
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Suppose $X$ is a path connected space such that every connected covering space of $X$ is trivial (1-fold.) Must $X$ be simply connected?
Intuitively, the answer seems to be no (imagine taking a disk, cutting out a square, and gluing in $T\times T$ where $T$ is the topologist's sine curve.) But this is a rather weak intuition.


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Harrisburg men charged in high-speed chase, shots-fired incident
Suspects eluded police for several hours
Two Harrisburg men face charges in connection with a high-speed chase and shots-fired incident in the city Monday afternoon.
Carlos Smith, 24, is charged with recklessly endangering another person, escape, fleeing or attempting to elude, hindering apprehension, reckless driving and other traffic violations.
James Porter, 34, is charged with attempted homicide, aggravated assault, possession of cocaine, possession of drug paraphernalia and firearms violations.
Police said an officer spotted a car speeding about 2:30 p.m. Monday in the 600 block of Maclay Street and lost sight of the car after trying to catch up to it.
The officer saw the same car about 4:30 p.m. Monday near North Sixth and Maclay streets and was able to stop it in the 2100 block of Jefferson Street, police said.
Against the officer's orders, Smith and Porter got out of the car, police said. Porter then leaned over, picked up a revolver from the road and ran away with the gun, they said.
As Porter rounded a building, the officer heard a shot and ended his foot chase, police said.
Smith had gotten back in the car and driven away, police said. He was later taken into custody in Susquehanna Township, they said.
Porter was later taken into custody at a bar in Uptown, police said.
Smith and Porter are both in Dauphin County Prison.


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Building the World: Mapping Infrastructure Demand
A look at infrastructure demand around the world
Growth in income per capita and urbanization will drive demand for infrastructure across the BRICs, N-11 and GCC countries over the next decade.
At the high end, fast-growing and rapidly urbanizing countries like China and Vietnam could see annual growth rates of more than 15% in air travel, 8%-10% in electricity and technology, and 5% in roads. In already-rich and urban countries, such as Korea and the GCC states, annual growth could run at 1%-6%.
China will be the source of one-half to three-quarters of total incremental demand, although its share should decline slightly over the decade. India will be the dominant source of demand outside of China.
As a rough measure, total investment could be on the scale of $4.35trn over the decade. Of this, China would account for some $2.7trn (60%), India for $620bn (14%), and the N-11 and GCC together for $670mn (15%).
Our equity analysts identify a list of companies that should benefit from infrastructure investments. Sustained demand will have other important consequences for global markets, by intensifying pressure on commodities markets and fuelling the global expansion of firms based in the BRICs, N-11 and GCC. Financing needs could support the development of domestic capital markets, especially in China and India.


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DETROIT (AP) -- Mark Teixeira and Eric Chavez hit solo home runs on consecutive pitches in the eighth inning that put New York ahead, and the Yankees held on to beat the Detroit Tigers 4-3 Thursday.
Yankees manager Joe Girardi was ejected and threw his hat during a demonstrative argument with third base umpire Tim Welke after a fair-or-foul call in the fifth inning.
Rafael Soriano escaped a first-and-third, no-out jam in the ninth for his 27th save in 29 chances.
Alex Avila led off the ninth with a double and pinch-runner Gerald Laird advanced to third on Omar Infante's single. Soriano got Ramon Santiago on a soft lineout, retired Quintin Berry on a popup and got Andy Dirks on a flyball.
Clay Rapada (3-0) got the last two outs with one on in the seventh inning.
Joaquin Benoit (1-3) retired the first batter in the New York eighth before Teixeira and Chavez connected, the eighth time the Yankees have hit consecutive homers this season.
Teixeira hit a no-doubt line drive to right for his 21st homer. Chavez went to opposite field, clearing the left-field wall with his ninth homer in 35 games after hitting just three in his first 42 games this year.
Benoit has given up nine hits -- seven for homers -- in 10 games since the All-Star break.
New York led early, and late, for a second straight victory after dropping the first two games in Detroit. Girardi wasn't in the dugout at the end of this win.
Girardi became upset after Dirks hit a go-ahead double down the line because Welke put his hands up to indicate it was a foul ball, then signaled it was fair. Replays weren't conclusive as it to where it landed.
Girardi raised his arms several times, tossed his cap and had to be separated from Welke more than once by second base umpire Bob Davidson.
As he walked off, Girardi gestured that Quintin Berry should go back to first base and Dirks should bat again.
Girardi has been ejected three times this season, all against Detroit.
The Yankees scored twice with two outs in the second on Raul Ibanez's triple and Ichiro Suzuki's single.
Alex Avila's two-run homer tied it in the fifth and Dirks' double put the Tigers ahead and led to Girardi being tossed.
Detroit starter Doug Fister allowed two runs on eight hits over 6-13 innings. Hiroki Kuroda gave up three runs and 10 hits, matching a season high, over 6 1-3 innings.
NOTES: The game started after a 29-minute rain delay and it started raining again in the middle of the game. .. New York's road trip continues Friday night at Toronto. ... Detroit, which went 5-2 on its homestand, plays Friday night at Texas. ... Suzuki has at least a hit in 15 of 16 games with the Yankees. ... The Tigers outrighted OF Don Kelly's contract to Triple-A Toledo.


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Based on the authors' teaching and research at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, the second edition of this landmark text offers a general framework for students, researchers, practitioners, and policymakers for learning about vulnerable populations. It contains in-depth data and information on major health and health care disparities by race or ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and health insurance coverage. It is thoroughly updated to include the latest data and trends and provides a detailed synthesis of recent and increasingly expansive programs and initiatives to remedy these disparities. To keep current with recent trends it incorporates the latest Healthy People 2020 objectives, includes new sections on real-world clinical examples, and discusses the impact of health care reform on vulnerable populations. The book's Web site includes instructor's materials that may be downloaded. Praise for the First Edition of Vulnerable Populations in the United States An excellent primer for undergraduates and graduate students interested in vulnerable populations and health disparities. -- New England Journal of Medicine Combines thoughtful, coherent theory with a large amount of information available in a single source. It will prove to be a valuable resource for policymakers, researchers, teachers, and students alike for years to come. -- Journal of the American Medical Association A very worthwhile read for health care administrators, health policy analysts, public health and health promotion practitioners, students of public health, and health researchers. -- Inquiry It makes clear that, for political, social, and economic (as well as moral) reasons, the country must increasingly make vulnerable populations a national health policy priority. -- Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved I have reviewed a number of books looking for meaningful content to help my students understand and work with vulnerable populations. This is the most comprehensive, yet understandable book on the topic. -- Doody's Reviews Provides much-needed guidance to policymakers challenged with providing solutions to this embarrassing issue in the United States. -- F. Douglas Scutchfield , MD, Peter P. Bosomworth Professor of Health Services Research and Policy, University of Kentucky Companion Web site: www.josseybass.com/go/shi