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SULAA Board of Directors
Meet your SULAA Board! Click on the names below to view each member's virtual bio.
President - Adam J. Katz, L'04
US Attorney's Office
Northern District of NY
Albany, NY
Adam Katz is a 2004 graduate of the College of Law and president of the Syracuse University Law Alumni Association. In October 2012, Adam moved from Washington, D.C. to upstate New York to begin service as an Assistant United States Attorney. Before that, Adam served as a trial attorney with the United States Department of Justice's Environment and Natural Resources Division, as an associate for a large law firm, and as a law clerk to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. While in law school, Adam spent the majority of his free time courting his classmate, Michelle Cavalieri. Michelle eventually agreed to date and later marry Adam, and they currently reside in the Albany suburbs with their young daughter, Ellie.
Immediate Past President - James P. Kidder, L'01
Smile Brands Inc.
Irvine, CA
Jim Kidder, L '01, is past president of the Syracuse University College of Law Alumni Association. He is senior counsel at Smile Brands, Inc., where he practices health care law. He previously worked as an attorney with O'Melveny & Myers LLP.
At the College of Law, he was Notes and Comments Editor of the Syracuse Law Review, where his student note was selected for publication. He was also a member of the Justinian Honor Society. His favorite memory of SUCOL is meeting his wife during his first year of law school through a law school classmate.Jim resides in Cypress, California with his wife, Jamei and their children, Thomas and Angela.
1st Vice President - Sarah M. Oliker, L'03
CONMED Corporation
Utica, NY
Sarah Oliker attended Colgate University (B.A., 1998) and Syracuse University College of Law (J.D., 2003). At SU, she founded the Health Law Society and was an active participant in student government. After law school graduation, Sarah joined Epstein Becker & Green's Health Care and Life Sciences division in their Washington, DC office. In 2008, she married Ryan MacGregor and moved to NYC where she worked as Senior Counsel for ProCure Treatment Centers, Inc., a company that builds and operates proton radiation therapy facilities. In 2014, she returned to Central NY as the Assistant General Counsel at CONMED Corporation, a global manufacturer and marketer of thousands of healthcare products.
Sarah has been active on the SULAA board since 2007, and is happy to fill the position of 1st vice president. She resides in the Syracuse area with her husband Ryan, twin sons Kellan and William, and their dog Charlie.
2nd Vice President - John F. Luman lll, L'95
Bracewell & Giuliani LLP
Houston, TX
John F. Luman III, L'95, is a partner at Bracewell & Guiliani LLP's Houston office where he is a member of the firm's trial section. John is a member of the Houston and Texas bar associations as well as the Houston Intellectual Property Inn of Court. John has national litigation experience focusing on diverse and complex business disputes, primarily those related to intellectual property claims of patent, trademark, trade dress, and copyright infringement, as well as misappropriation of trade secrets. John defends and prosecutes patent and trademark infringement and other IP cases for clients ranging from Fortune 100 companies to start-up companies in state and federal district courts across the country, including heavy patent jurisdictions such as the Eastern District of Texas, the Northern District of Illinois, and the District of Delaware. John's clients are found in a wide range of businesses and include Internet retailers, computer software developers, computer hardware manufacturers, telecommunications providers, energy corporations, oilfield companies, oilfield service companies, pipeline companies, banks, and financial services companies.
At the College of Law, he was a member of Law Review and held externships with the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York with the Honorable Neal P. McCurn, and the U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of New York. He was also part of the Law, Technology, and Management Program. His favorite memory of Syracuse is surviving the blizzard of 1993, which cemented his future practicing law in the south.
John resides in Houston with his wife, Rebecca Peterson Luman and their children, Ariana and Zane.
Executive Secretary - Benjamin F. Sidbury, L'01
Bryan Cave LLP
Charlotte, NC
Ben Sidbury is a partner at Bryan Cave LLP in Charlotte, NC, where he focuses his practice on intellectual property litigation. Ben enjoys hanging out with his 4-year-old son, and he is an avid runner, hiker, and Syracuse basketball fan.
Recording Secretary - Carey W. Ng, L'02
New York County
District Attorney's Office
New York, NY
Carey W. Ng, L'02, is an Assistant District Attorney in the New York County District Attorney's Office, where he works in the Rackets Bureau. In law school he worked in the Honorable Frederick J. Scullin's chambers at the Northern District of New York and at the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York.
At the College of Law, Carey was a member of The Digest, the ATLA Trial Team, and the Thomas Tang Moot Court Competition, where he and his teammate beat Harvard Law to win the 2000 Northeast Regional.
Carey resides in New York City and enjoys reading, tennis, and architecture.
Treasurer - Amy M. Vanderlyke, L'06
Syracuse University
Syracuse, NY
Amy Vanderlyke, L'06, is treasurer of SULAA and Copyright Adviser at Syracuse University, where she oversees University copyright policy and matters. She is also an adjunct professor at SU's Newhouse School, where she teaches media law to undergraduate and graduate students. She is a former associate at Sugarman Law Firm, LLP, where she worked in the firm's litigation department representing seriously injured persons in products liability, labor law, wrongful death, and related cases.
At the College of Law, Amy was a member of the Moot Court Honor Society, Communications Law and Policy Moot Court Team, and Syracuse Law and Technology Journal. She also participated in the Law and Technology Management Program.
Amy received the Syracuse Business Journal's Forty Under 40 award in 2012 for her involvement with the Say Yes to Education Legal Task Force, The Advocates for Upstate Medical University, Make-A-Wish of Central New York and other philanthropic and community groups.
Amy received the Syracuse Business Journal's Forty Under 40 award in 2012 for her involvement with the Say Yes to Education Legal Task Force, The Advocates for Upstate Medical University, Make-A-Wish of Central New York and other philanthropic and community groups.
Amy resides in Syracuse and enjoys running, rowing crew, perfecting her gluten-free goodie recipes, and spending time with her husband, Ryan Dygert (PhD'10), and handsome yellow lab, Scooby.
Member - Michael J. Allan, L'98
Steptoe & Johnson LLP
Washington, DC
Michael Allan is a partner in the Washington and New York offices of Steptoe & Johnson LLP, where he is a member of the Intellectual Property and Litigation Groups. Michael has a diverse intellectual property practice involving the prosecution and defense of trademark, trade secret, copyright, unfair competition, false advertising, publicity rights and patent claims. Michael's clients cross a number of industries including manufacturing, wine and spirits, pharmaceutical, entertainment, financial services and professional sports. He has litigated cases in district and appellate courts throughout the country as well as administrative proceedings before the U.S. International Trade Commission and the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board.
Michael has developed particular expertise in the luxury goods space where he engages in brand protection for several leading fashion houses worldwide. His work for fashion houses has led to a number of interesting and precedent-setting matters. For example, he recently brought and successfully prosecuted the first luxury brand trademark infringement case before the International Trade Commission on behalf of Louis Vuitton. He also successfully prosecuted a civil trademark infringement matter, simultaneously with a criminal prosecution spearheaded by the DOJ, against what the DOJ called the largest counterfeiting conglomerate in U.S. history. His brand protection work has also involved large-scale counterfeiting raids and international judgment enforcement efforts.
Michael is a frequent commentator on intellectual property related issues. He has appeared on Fox Business News and has served as an expert commentator for Law360, the American Intellectual Property Law Association, DealFlow Media, International Trademark Association, the ABA and others.
While at Syracuse, Michael was a member of the Syracuse Law Review and the Moot Court Board. He recently joined the Syracuse University Law Alumni Association (SULAA) Board.
Originally from Skaneateles, NY, Michael now resides in McLean, Virginia with his wife, Lorin, and their three boys, Thomas, Lucas and Nathan – all of whom are avid SU sports fans.
Member - Andrew P. Bakaj, L'06
U.S. Federal Government
Arlington, VA
Member - Dennis P. Cleary, L'83
Duke Holzman Photiadis and
Gresens LLP
Buffalo, NY
Dennis Cleary concentrates his practice in the areas of business and corporate law, trusts and estates, and taxation. He is also a Certified Public Accountant and a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants. He is a former instructor at the State University of New York at Buffalo School of Management Graduate Tax Certificate Program. He received his JD and Master's Degrees from Syracuse in 1983 and his LL.M. in Taxation from New York University. He has been a member of the SULAA Board since 2005 and acts as the regional contact for the Buffalo/Western NY area.
Member - Michael J. Drayo, L'01
The Vanguard Group Inc.
Wayne, PA
Member - Sarah M. Feingold, L'05
ETSY inc.
Brooklyn, NY
Born an artist, Sarah Feingold decided that the best way to protect creative folk like herself was to go to Syracuse University College of Law. She currently serves as counsel of Etsy, Inc. (etsy.com) and specializes in intellectual property, business and ecommerce law. When she's not practicing law, she's speaking or writing about legal issues (Sarah penned the ebook "Copyright for Artists") or she's hammering silver in her tiny Brooklyn apartment kitchen (feingoldjewelry.com).
Member - Michael A. Fogel, L'04
Brown Sharlow Duke & Fogel, P.C.
Syracuse, NY
Michael Fogel L'04, is a Partner and founding member of the firm of BROWN SHARLOW DUKE & FOGEL, P.C. with offices in Syracuse, NY and New York, NY. Prior to this he was a Partner at Gilberti Stinziano Heintz & Smith, P.C., where his practice focused on environmental litigation, land use, and zoning. He previously served as Law Clerk to the Honorable Fred H. Kumpf, J.S.C., New Jersey Superior Court, Civil Division.
At the College of Law, Mike was senior associate editor of The Labor Lawyer. He graduated Magna Cum Laude and was a member of the Order of the Coif and Justinian Honorary Law Society. His favorite memory of SUCOL is meeting his now-wife, Danielle Mikalajunas Fogel, L '04.
He is a member of the New York State Bar Association's Environmental Law Section's Committee on Mining and Oil & Gas Exploration and Committee on Global Climate Change. He is also a member of the New York Construction Materials Association, Inc., Counsel's Environmental and Associate committees and a member of the Council of Counsel and Young Leaders committees of the National Stone, Sand and Gravel Association.
Mike lives in Manlius, New York with his wife, Danielle Mikalajunas Fogel, and their sons Anthony and Mason.
Member - Robert E. Futrell, L'94
Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP Raleigh, NC
Rob Futrell, Jr. is an attorney in the Raleigh, NC office of Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP. Rob's practice focuses on a variety of corporate transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, corporate financings and general corporate and business matters across a broad range of industries. Rob has represented both lenders and borrowers in debt financings, including syndicated credit facilities, acquisition financings, cash flow and asset-based financings and mezzanine financings. In addition, he has represented clients on a variety of environmental issues, including environmental due diligence and underground storage tank compliance. Rob began his legal career in New Bern, NC, where he practiced environmental law, drafted construction contracts, and represented clients in general civil litigation.
Rob received his Bachelor's degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He received his J.D., magna cum laude, from the Syracuse University College of law in 1994. Rob was an Editor of the Syracuse Law Review and is a member of the Order of the Coif. He has been a SULAA Board member since 2008.
Outside of his legal career, Rob enjoys watching hockey - his sons' travel and rec-league games and the Carolina Hurricanes. He is also a tech guy at heart and enjoys checking out the latest and greatest items to hit the market. Rob looks forward to returning to Central New York each summer to spend time at his family's cottage on Lake Ontario.
Member - Suzanne O. Galbato, L'98
Bond, Schoeneck & King
Syracuse, NY
Suzanne O. Galbato is a Litigation attorney at Bond, Schoeneck & King who handles litigation throughout New York state courts and in federal courts across the country, including multi-district litigation. She counsels and represents a wide variety of clients, including individuals, manufacturers, media companies, pharmaceutical companies, financial institutions, municipalities, not-for-profit organizations, small business owners, school districts and universities
Ms. Galbato's practice also includes representing clients in administrative hearings and resolving disputes through mediation. She has extensive experience arguing appeals in both state and federal court. Ms. Galbato represents a variety of public and private companies as well as non-profit organizations in complex civil litigation. She handles commercial disputes, breach of contract, employment discrimination, unfair competition, trade secret and antitrust matters. Her practice also includes complex environmental litigation, encompassing defense of personal injury and property damage claims in multiplaintiff cases arising from the contamination of soil and groundwater. Ms. Galbato has experience defending personal injury claims based on exposure to hazardous substances in consumer products. She also represents clients in white collar criminal matters and False Claims Act litigation.
Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Galbato clerked for the Honorable Rosemary S. Pooler, of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
Member - Douglas J. Gorman, L'06
Crisafulli Gorman, PC
Syracuse, NY
Douglas J. Gorman concentrates his practice on corporate, commercial and business matters.
He provides counsel to businesses at all stages of development. He assists start-up companies and emerging businesses with formation, choice of entity, structuring and financing, including equity crowdfunding. He counsels all businesses, including family businesses, professional entities and not-for-profit organizations, on corporate governance, shareholder and member relations, fiduciary duty and shareholder and member disputes. He also advises companies, their owners and executives on exit strategies and succession planning.
In his commercial practice, Mr. Gorman drafts and negotiates domestic and international commercial contracts for both consumer and business-to-business transactions, including distributorship and representative agreements, leasing agreements, warranties, licensing agreements, non-competition covenants, management and independent contractor agreements. He also counsels clients on compliance with the Uniform Commercial Code, Magnuson-Moss Act and Convention for the International Sale of Goods, as well as matters involving United States Free Trade Agreements, import and export issues and Harmonized Tariff Schedules.
Mr. Gorman's corporate practice involves structuring and negotiating numerous types of asset and stock acquisitions and mergers of all sizes and complexities, leveraged acquisitions, stock-for-stock transactions, private placements, stock issuances, financing transactions and recapitalizations.
Mr. Gorman is also a regular author and lecturer on various business matters. Prior to co-founding the Firm, Mr. Gorman practiced in the Corporate, Banking and Finance departments of a large Upstate New York law firm and in the Mergers and Acquisitions group in the Wilmington, Delaware office of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP.
Member - Malcolm C. Grace, L'97
Wexler & Walker Public Policy Associates
Washington, DC
Malcolm C. Grace graduated from Syracuse University College of Law in 1997 and earned his undergraduate degree in History from Syracuse University.
Since August of 2006, Malcolm has been the Vice President & General Counsel at Wexler & Walker Public Policy Associates, a bi-partisan lobbying firm in Washington, DC. Prior to joining Wexler & Walker, Malcolm served in the 108th and 109th Congresses as Legislative Counsel in the office of Congresswoman Linda T. Sánchez and as Legislative Director in the office of Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee. Before transitioning to his political career, Malcolm was a class action civil rights attorney.
At Wexler & Walker, Malcolm represents healthcare, telecommunications, technology, intellectual property, financial services, and energy clients. Directing day-to-day client communications, monitoring legislative, administrative, and policy developments, and assisting in legislative and policy strategic development, Mr. Grace advocates extensively on Medicare, health information technology, stem cell research, patient costs, telecommunications reform, copyright policy, and media access issues.
In addition to federal lobbying, Malcolm is involved in federal elections including his work as a voter protection attorney. Malcolm has experience working on several Democratic Congressional races during 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, and 2012 as well as the Presidential elections in 2004, 2008, and 2012.Malcolm's fondest memory from Syracuse College of Law is being a member of the National Trial Team his second and third years of law school. During Malcolm's third year the team swept the New York regionals and sent two teams to compete in the National Finals in Houston, Texas.
Member - Becki D. Graham, L'05
Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
San Francisco, CA
Becki Graham has devoted her entire career to providing litigation and counseling services to employers. She has represented clients in all areas of employment law, including, but not limited to the Family and Medical Leave Act, California Family Rights Act, Americans with Disabilities Act, Fair Employment and Housing Act, Title VII, and various provisions of the California Labor Code.
Ms. Graham partners with her clients to determine the best way to meet their needs, whether it be assisting in the implementation of necessary employment policies, negotiating early case resolutions, or aggressively and cost-effectively defending her clients against claims brought in state or federal court.
Ms. Graham has extensive experience litigating cases for private and public employers of all sizes and from all industries. She has represented clients against allegations of discrimination, retaliation, harassment, wrongful termination, failure to accommodate, defamation, breach of contract, and other violations of state and federal law. Ms. Graham has also defended clients against alleged violations of wage and hour laws be it misclassification or rest break and meal period issues. Ms. Graham has additional experience advising employers on wage and hour compliance, employee handbooks, termination and job elimination, family and medical leave, and other forms of state mandated time off work. She represents clients before various administrative agencies such as the California Division of Labor Standards Enforcement, the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing, and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Ms. Graham is admitted to practice in California. She is a member of the State Bar of California (Labor and Employment Section), the San Francisco County Bar Association, Northern California Human Resources Association and joined the Board of Directors for Syracuse University Law Alumni Association (SULAA) in 2013.
Member - Amy M. Hawkes, L'01
Ernst & Young
Los Angeles, CA
Amy Hawkes, L'01, is a partner at Ernst & Young in Los Angeles where she works in the firm's Fraud Investigation & Dispute Services department. She has more than 20 years' experience in accounting, forensic investigations, litigation matters, and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) matters.
She focuses her practice in the areas of forensic accounting, financial fraud investigations, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) matters, and litigation support engagements. Amy's experience includes leading a significant number of investigations for special committees, advising clients on technical accounting, and restatements, and financial reporting disclosures, and compliance and FCPA matters. She has worked with SEC registrants and other private and non-profit enterprises across a number of industries including financial services, oil and gas, engineering and construction, manufacturing, high tech and colleges and universities. She also has extensive experience conducting interviews and testimonies of accounting professionals, corporate directors and company executives.
Amy spent several years with the SEC's division of enforcement where she was responsible for the performance of investigations for securities violations primarily related to financial fraud and insider trading. These matters involved investigating potential securities actions involving accounting, financial reporting and disclosure.Amy also earned a bachelor's of science degree, magna cum laude, in accounting and economics from the State University of Oswego College at Oswego. She is a certified public accountant, a member of the California Bar, and a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
Member - Tyson E. Hubbard, L'08
Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC
Boston, MA
Tyson E. Hubbard is a 2008 graduate of the College of Law and an Associate Attorney at Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC in Boston, Mass. Mr. Hubbard's focus is on commercial civil litigation, toxi tort and products liability defense. He also has experience in the energy industry related to utilities and electricity suppliers. Mr. Hubbard in a 2004 graduate of Harvard College and a 2000 graduate of Port Byron (N.Y.) High School. Mr. Hubbard and his wife Jessica live in the City of Boston.
Member - Bert E. Kaufman, L'07
Business Forward
Washington, DC
Since graduating from SUCOL in 2007, Bert E. Kaufman has been involved with a number of innovative start-up endeavors. He also has extensive experience in corporate, non-profit, legal, political research and management.
Mr. Kaufman is currently Executive Director of Business Forward, a non-profit organization he helped start in 2009, which fosters important partnerships, discussions, and connections between the public sector and the business community. Under his leadership, Business Forward has grown to become sustained by 40 mostly Fortune 100 member companies. It has a $2 million annual budget, and conducts programming in more than 40 cities across 30 states. Mr. Kaufman is also Vice President of Portico Policy Advisors, a Washington, D.C.-based policy research firm that works with entrepreneurs, investors, philanthropists and other corporations to produce research that target audiences can act upon.
In 2011, Mr. Kaufman helped start Press Pass Mentors, an educational non-profit that pairs Washington Post journalists with inner-city high school students in a two-year mentoring program. He currently serves on the board of directors.
While in law school, Mr. Kaufman helped launch the Institute for the Study of the Judiciary, Politics, and Media (IJPM), a first-of-its-kind interdisciplinary center created to produce scholarship and national programming on the interaction between courts, politics and the press. He served on a cross-disciplinary planning committee of judges from federal and state courts, deans, and professors to conceptualize and launch the institute. He also served for two years as the research assistant to Dean Arterian. Mr. Kaufman was a member of Moot Court and editor at the Syracuse Science and Technology Law Reporter.
Mr. Kaufman received his undergraduate ('04), Masters (in Media Management) and Law ('07) degrees from Syracuse University.
Member - Patrick M. Kennell, L'02
Nelson Levine de Luca & Hamilton, LLC
New York, NY
Patrick is a proud alumnus of Syracuse Law. He was a member of the National Trial Team and other Moot Court trial teams at Syracuse, having won the prestigious Tiffany Cup in 2001. And he's carried that renowned Syracuse trial advocacy tradition into private practice in New York City, where he is a partner in a litigation firm. Patrick married fellow Syracuse Law alum Dawn Krigstin (2003), and they can often be found chasing their two sons around the playgrounds of Manhattan or intensely cheering on the Orange at Madison Square Garden.
Member - Thaddeus L. Pitney, L'06
Shearman & Sterling LLP
New York, NY
Thad Pitney is an associate in the Capital Markets Group of Shearman & Sterling LLP and regularly represents investment banking and corporate clients in leveraged financing, acquisition financing and high-yield debt offerings. His practice also includes public offerings and private placements of common and preferred equity and investment grade and convertible debt securities, as well as liability management transactions such as tender offers and consent solicitations.
Mr. Pitney was previously a corporate associate with Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP where his practice included representation of investment banking and corporate clients in a broad range of capital market and corporate finance transactions, public and private mergers and acquisitions and general corporate matters.Mr. Pitney graduated from Princeton University (A.B., 1999) and Syracuse University College of Law (J.D., summa cum laude, 2006), where he was the notes and comments editor of the Syracuse Law Review.
Member - Matthew R. Policastro, L'02
Lionel Sawyer & Collins
Las Vegas, NV
Matthew Policastro, L'02, is a shareholder at Lionel Sawyer & Collins, in Las Vegas, where his practice is focused on estate planning, probate, and taxation. He previously worked for Deloitte's Tax Controversy Group.
At the College of Law, Matthew participated in the Community Development Law Clinic, the Syracuse University Law and Technology Journal, and the Albert R. Mugel Tax Moot Court Competition. He was also a member of the Order of the Coif. Professor Robert Nassau was his favorite instructor and his favorite classes were Estate and Gift Tax and Federal Income Tax II. His favorite memory at SU was the men's basketball team beating UCONN to start the season 16-0.
Matthew resides in Las Vegas with his wife, Holly, and their son, Ethan.
Member - Leah T. Ricci, L'05
Dock Street Capital LLC
King of Prussia, PA
Leah Ricci graduated from the University of Pennsylvania (B.A. History, 2000) and Syracuse University College of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2005), where she was editor-in-chief of the Syracuse Science & Technology Law Reporter and founder of the Student-to-Student Mentoring Program. She earned her master's degree from Syracuse University Maxwell School of Citizenship in public administration (M.P.A., 2005).
Leah joined the Philadelphia office of Cozen O'Connor in September 2005 as an Associate in the Business Law Department. Her practice focused on mergers and acquisitions and securities law issues, including investment adviser and broker dealer compliance. In May 2009, Leah joined Dock Street Capital, LLC, a private investment company and serves as the company's Director of Legal Affairs. Leah and her husband Justin (SUCOL J.D. and Maxwell M.P.A., 2006) currently reside in Haddonfield, NJ. Leah is admitted to practice law in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. She and Justin are parents to son Justin James.
Member - Kevin J. Roggow, L'05
Shearman & Sterling LLP
Toronto, ON
Kevin Roggow is an associate in the Capital Markets Group of Shearman & Sterling LLP and regularly represents investment banking and corporate clients in domestic and cross-border capital markets transactions and ongoing U.S. securities law matters. His experience includes public offerings and private placements of common and preferred equity and investment grade, high yield and convertible debt securities, as well as liability management transactions such as tender offers and consent solicitations. Mr. Roggow also advises corporations with respect to corporate governance, compliance and other general corporate matters. Mr. Roggow has also practiced in the firm's Mergers & Acquisitions Group where he represented a broad range of clients in domestic and international corporate transactions, including acquisitions and dispositions of publicly and privately held corporations and their assets.
Member - Heather M. Schroder, L'07
ATMI, Inc.
South Norwalk, CT
Heather Schroder graduated from Syracuse University College of Law in 2007 and also earned a Master's of Public Administration from The Maxwell School at Syracuse University.
Heather works as corporate counsel for ATMI, Inc., where she practices corporate, international, and intellectual property law. She is a member of the New York and Connecticut state bar associations, the Westchester and Fairfield County Association of Corporate Counsel of America, and their young lawyers' section.
While a student at the College of Law, Heather served as president and vice president of the Senate, as well as Class of 2007 class senator. She also earned the Outstanding Graduate Award and Senate Special Service Award. Her fondest memory from the College of Law is being escorted as marshall for the College of Law by Professor Surratt at commencement.
Heather currently resides in South Norwalk, Connecticut, where she is an adjunct professor of political science at Sacred Heart University and president and founder of the Sono Place Homeowner's Association.
Member - Catherine "Cady" Sinnwell Gerlach, L'13
Meardon, Sueppel and Downer
Iowa City, Iowa
Catherine Sinnwell Gerlach graduated from Syracuse University College of Law and the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs with a JD and MPA in 2013. She is an associate at Meardon, Sueppel and Downer in Iowa City, Iowa, with a general practice focusing in municipal law. Originally from Greeley, Colorado, Cady received a BA from Ripon College in Ripon, Wisconsin, in Political Science and Peace and Conflict Studies. After college graduation, she worked as the Assistant to the President and CEO of API, a major oil and natural gas trade association in Washington, DC. Cady and her husband Peter served in the United States Peace Corps in Mongolia from 2007-2009 and moved to Syracuse to begin graduate school.
While at the College of Law, Cady served as the Pro Bono Fellow, the Executive Director of Moot Court Honor Society, a member of the National Appellate Team, and an Associate Editor of the Journal of International Law and Commerce. She received the New York State Bar Association's law student award in 2013 for over 600 hours of pro bono service in Onondaga County, serving low income populations in eviction court, a pro se divorce clinic, and local talk to a lawyer clinic.
In her free time, Cady enjoys swimming, reading, and catching up with old friends near and far.
Member - Aaron M. Tidman, L'07
Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
Washington, DC
Aaron M. Tidman, L'07, is a senior associate with Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC in Washington, D.C., where his practice focuses on white-collar defense, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act compliance, internal investigations, and securities litigation. He has extensive experience handling a variety of white-collar matters, including insider trading investigations, corporate governance investigations, Arms Export Control Act investigations, and other financial fraud investigations and enforcement matters brought by the SEC and DOJ.
Additionally, Aaron has years of experience representing companies under investigation for potential FCPA violations, including Siemens AG's Audit Committee in connection with a world-wide investigation into possible corrupt payments to government officials, which led to a successful early settlement. He also has advised hedge funds, private equity firms, pharmaceutical companies, and other companies on FCPA compliance programs.
In 2011, Aaron was honored as a Member of the Capital Pro Bono High Honor Roll, awarded by the D.C. Court of Appeals and Superior Court of D.C. to attorneys who provided more than 100 hours of pro bono service. In 2012, he served as a panelist at Harvard Lambda's 7th Annual Legal Advocacy Conference at Harvard Law School, where he spoke on the topic, "Defending LGBT Rights in Socially Conservative States," and as a panelist at Georgetown University Law Center on "Government Enforcement Investigations: A Study at the SEC." He also has been published in Law 360, Business Crime Bulletin, Financial Fraud Law Report, Westlaw Expert Commentary Series: International Bribery, and LexisNexis Corporate Compliance Practice Guide.
Prior to joining Mintz Levin, Aaron spent five years as an associate with Debevoise & Plimpton LLP and, most recently, served as the Obama campaign's Regional Voter Protection Director for Northern Virginia.
At the College of Law, Aaron was the Lead Articles Editor of the Syracuse Law Review, creator and organizer of the 2006 Law Review Symposium: "A Nuclear Iran: The Legal Implications of a Preemptive National Security Strategy," and a member of the Irving R. Kaufman Memorial Securities Law Moot Court Competition team. He also worked as Teaching Assistant for Prof. Kathleen O'Connor's Research and Writing Course.
Aaron met Christopher Westcott, his partner of nine years, while in Syracuse, and enjoys cooking, politics, and poker.
Member - Kevin M. Toomey, L'12
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
Washington, DC
Kevin M. Toomey joined SULAA after serving for two years as the Class of 2012 Student Representative. Kevin is an associate at Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP in Washington, D.C., where he works with the Financial Institutions team, focusing on a wide array of corporate, securities and regulatory matters, including mergers and acquisitions, public and private securities offerings, corporate governance, Securities and Exchange Commission reporting and corporate reorganizations. Kevin also represents foreign and domestic banking organizations and other financial services clients in regulatory, compliance and enforcement matters in front of the federal bank regulatory agencies, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and the Office of Foreign Assets Control. Kevin enjoys playing soccer in his free time.
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Under Pressure
When atmospheric pressure increases, the sea level is slightly lowered in the highpressure cell. When pressure is lower, the sea level is slightly higher. The changes are only in inches and fractions of inches.
Approximate number of statute miles a cold front moves in a day (more in winter, less in summer). Warm fronts move approximately 200 statute miles a day.
Avoidance Technique
Avoid a storm's center by tracking its movements in relation to your course by putting your back to the wind and pointing to the left; that's where the center of the storm lies.
Rule of 1/12
Tides do not rise or fall at an even rate. Divide the tide's range by 12. A change of 1/12 occurs in the first hour, 2/12 in the second hour, 3/12 in the third hour, 3/12 in the fourth hour, 2/12 in the fifth hour and 1/12 in the sixth.
The Weather Clock
If you're in the Northern Hemisphere as you face the wind, and it changes in a clockwise direction, it is generally an indicator that fair weather is on the way. Counterclockwise movement means just the opposite.
Navigation by Estimation
Helm Time
The attention span of the average helmsman working at peak efficiency is 30 minutes, dropping off considerably until four hours, after which he is more a danger than a helping hand.
Night Crossings
In a crossing situation with another boat at night, note the other vessel's position relative to a low star. If the boat and star don't separate, take evasive action.
Give 'Em the Fingers
The "three-finger rule" says that when an object, such as a lighthouse or tower, appears as tall as three fingers held sideways at arm's length, it's about 10 times as far away as it is tall. If the chart says the lighthouse you see is 150 feet tall, when it appears "three fingers" tall you're about 1,500 feet or a quarter of a nautical mile away from it.
Sound Navigation
Since sound travels at a known speed, you can tell how far off an object is by timing your echo. Every second of delay equals 200 yards. Use this in fog or at night against cliffs, buildings or even large ships.
Go to the Light
White navigational lights appear first when approaching a shore at night. Red and green lights have about three-quarters of the range of white ones.
Rule of Thumb
Nautical legend has it that the phrase "rule of thumb" came when ship masters never allowed themselves to get closer to an obstacle than the width of their thumb on a chart.
Edge of the Earth
Distances over the water seem greater than on land. When standing eight feet above the waterline, as you might in the cockpit of a cruiser, the horizon is barely 3¼ miles away. At six feet up, it's only 2½ miles.
Roman Mile
A statute mile is the distance a Roman soldier covered in a thousand (mille in Latin) steps, which is now 5,280 feet. By convention, statute miles are used with charts of inland waters and the Intracoastal Waterway. A nautical mile is 6,076 feet, which corresponds to one minute of latitude, and so makes navigation computations easier.
Shifting Gear
Balancing Act
On most planing boats, stow heavy gear to maintain a center of gravity on plane that's about 60 percent of the boat's waterline length aft of the bow.
12 seconds
Discharge time for the average fire extinguisher. So aim at the base of the fire and get as close in as you can before discharging. Better yet, carry two or three.
Bow and stern lines should be as long as the boat, spring lines 1.25 times the length. This will accommodate even the most extreme tidal ranges.
Big Eyes
The eye splices in your dock lines should be at least two feet long to make them easier to place over a piling and to put less strain on the splice.
Long Horn
Allow one inch of cleat horn length for each one-sixteenth inch of rope diameter. This provides enough room for the rope to make a gentle curve without pinching, which weakens the line.
Hey, Big Fender
How big a fender do you need? A good guide is one inch of diameter for every five feet of overall length. A 25-foot boat needs at least a 5-inchdiameter fender.
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The U.S. Coast Guard is asking all boat owners and operators to help reduce fatalities, injuries, property damage, and associated healthcare costs related to recreational boating accidents by taking personal responsibility for their own safety and the safety of their passengers. Essential steps include: wearing a life jacket at all times and requiring passengers to do the same; never boating under the influence (BUI); successfully completing a boating safety course; and getting a Vessel Safety Check (VSC) annually from local U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary, United States Power Squadrons(r), or your state boating agency's Vessel Examiners. The U.S. Coast Guard reminds all boaters to "Boat Responsibly!" For more tips on boating safety, visit www.uscgboating.org.


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why not stop charging to dump leaves and limbs. they wanted to charge me 42.00 to dump one load of limbs and leaves and charge you for mulch which has the potential for fleas,termites,ants and every toxin you can think of. Victoria will never see a decrease in their waste fee. Those in charge will always have an excuse not to lower your bill, like- fuel cost have risen, insurance cost are up etc.August 8, 2010 at 10:22 a.m.
Controlling monthly costs to city trash customers is one option.
That would be a great idea, considering my trash disposal fee's have doubled in the last two years.August 8, 2010 at 9:41 a.m.
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[Ledger-smb-users] Migration Note: "isZero" errors Victor Wren Mon Apr 02 12:01:03 2012I realize that 1.2 may be a "dead issue" at this point, but I just thought I'd bring up a couple of things that I've encountered while trying to confirm that my upgrade was successful.
In my migration from 1.1.12 to 1.2.26 (passing through on my way to 1.3), I have been running into a number of these with 1.2.26:
menu.pl:92: Can't call method "is_zero" on an undefined value at /usr/lib/perl5/5.14.2/Math/BigInt.pm line 1197.
with a POS transaction I get something a little different:menu.pl:92: Can't call method "is_zero" on unblessed reference at /usr/lib/perl5/5.14.2/Math/BigFloat.pm line 507.
I am wondering if this could be due to uninitialized fields in columns added during the last schema upgrade (fields that contain "Null" instead of zero?). Is there a script I missed which might sanitize the databases once they're brought up to the current schema? Or a suggestion to which columns might be altered to make it happy?
About the only errors I see in my server logs are things like this:Math::BigInt: couldn't load specified math lib(s), fallback to Math::BigInt::Calc at LedgerSMB/Form.pm line 36, referer: http://ledger/ar.pl
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John Warner Retirement Watch: Another Lackluster Fundraiaing Quarter
by Jonathan Singer, Sat Jul 14, 2007 at 12:06:35 PM EDT
I've been on the John Warner retirement watch for the past few months, particularly since it emerged that he raised only $500 in the first quarter -- a rather stunning achievement for an incumbent, one that requires deliberate and intentional moves to shun potential donors. Since that time, the signals (for instance here and here) have continued to point to the strong possibility that Warner will not, in the end, run for another term representing Virginia in the Senate. Now The Hotline's Quinn McCord reports that Warner's latest campaign finance filing is not convincing many that he will run this cycle.
2ndQ FEC reports have been filed today for 3 GOP senators widely rumored to be considering retirement in 2008: John Warner, Chuck Hagel, and Larry Craig.
Warner had nowhere to go but up, considering he only raised $500 in the 1stQ, and indeed, his campaign brought in $71K in the 2ndQ ($60K of it from PACs), raising his CoH to $734K. Still, that's nowhere near the amount that an active re-election campaign would have raised at this point, so don't expect those retirement rumors to settle down anytime soon. Craig's fundraising was slightly more active in the 2ndQ ($201K), as was Hagel's ($388K), giving them CoH totals of $549K and $483K respectively. For Hagel, this is an uptick from the $144K that he raised in the 1stQ. (Craig raised $125K in the 1stQ, so he was a bit more active too). As reported earlier, Thad Cochran (also a retirement possibility) raised $312K for the 2ndQ.
Based on these numbers, it seems that most of these senators are merely keeping their options open. With the arguable exception of Warner, they haven't completely shut down their fundraising apparatuses, but they obviously don't feel the need to raise money in earnest yet (i.e. the $1M-$1.6M range that targeted incumbents are raising). Some may simply feel safe enough that they don't believe they need to build sizable war chests to win re-election, while others may indeed be leaning towards retirement.
The fact that Warner raised just $11,000 from individual donors is rather remarkable -- not as much so as raising $500 in total in the previous quarter, but nevertheless remarkable. Warner has, in effect, "completely shut down [his] fundraising [apparatus]."
McCord is correct in suggesting that Warner -- or any of the other two Republican Senators he mentions in the article above -- could turn on the campaign rather quickly and probably raise $1 million or more in a quarter should they decide to run for reelection. But they are going to have to make that decision at some point. And in the absence of any change, it still appears likely that John Warner is about done with Washington and ready to move on with his life.
In other Senate news... The Nashville City Paper's blog takes a look at the rumors apparently flying around Tennessee that freshman Republican Senator Lamar Alexander won't be running for reelection this cycle and instead will potentially accept a position as president of Vanderbilt University. They stress "that does not mean Alexander has even mentioned it but that people at the school are talking his name up" -- but it's still something worth keeping an eye on.
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Diablo Views: Snow brings out our inner photographers
Original post made by Dolores Ciardelli on Dec 10, 2009
I crunched out over the grass in the back yard to check out the fountain. Frozen. Even hours later a sad little scrub jay was fruitlessly pecking at the ice hoping to find water to quench his thirst. OK, perhaps I'm reading into that. Maybe he was happy to have a bowl of ice on which to work out his aggressions. But he certainly was peck, peck, pecking away.
The day before, Monday, we awoke to a blanket of snow over the house and yard and it was cold, but not this cold. The snow was fun. I grabbed my camera to go out and take a photo of our home, and neighbors were out with their cameras, too. Next I bundled up to take photos in Alamo and Danville for the Danville Express and to check out San Ramon for the San Ramon Express. Everywhere in our neighborhood, kids were playing in the snow before heading off to school.
That's when the reality hit me of the area's micro-climates. In southern Danville I found nary a snowflake, ditto San Ramon, including Dougherty Valley. Of course by the time I got there, after stopping to take photos at Hap Magee Ranch Park, it could have melted. But later phone calls proved this was not the case. Let's move to San Ramon fast, I told my husband: It's warmer there.
My son in Germany heard about our snow and immediately IM'd to note it was colder in Danville than in Berlin. Had he seen it on DanvilleExpress.com? No, a friend on Facebook mentioned it was snowing here. But he soon checked out DanvilleExpress to enjoy a snow-covered Mount D.
Photographer Chris Scott who grew up in Danville tells me there hasn't been this much snow around in 41 years - he remembers it as a teenager. Although he had been out of town, he hurried back to take snow photos of Mount Diablo to add to his collection. Any local photog works his/her lenses has a collection of our landmark in every season.
Beverly Lane, curator of the Museum of the San Ramon Valley, recalled that in February 1976, the snowfall in the valley was even heavier than this week. She recalled the principal at John Baldwin Elementary just sending all the kids home, and that her sons slid down the hill in back of their house on cardboard boxes since no sleds were around. That time, she reported, it snowed during the day, too, not just in the evening.
Speaking of history, the photos that people took of their houses during snowfalls throughout the last century in California have proven helpful to historians. In years past, as now, this was often the only time people thought to photograph their homes. I wish we'd taken a picture of our house when we first moved here in 1981. We have a row of eucalyptus trees in back of our house and I'd like to see how much they've grown. Of course we took plenty of snapshots inside and outside, most including family members. We thought to document our kids' growth but not that of the trees!
But now I have plenty of photos of our house in the great snowfall of 2009. And I'm sure I'll have a record PG&E bill to document the cold snap.
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on Dec 10, 2009 at 4:18 pm
Dear Dolores,
Thank you.
I applaud your writing and appreciate the return of Diablo Views (Diablo Vista if you are in my neighborhoods). But this writing is delightful quite like a story book.
You again today made my day,
on Dec 14, 2009 at 11:52 am
The snow was beautiful and I would love to see other's photo's. Is there a way, folks can post their best Mt Diablo photo for all to enjoy here online. Or is that too risky an invitiation for folks to misbehave?
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Guard James Harden, acquired by the Houston Rockets from the Oklahoma City Thunder on Saturday, told the Houston media that he will sign a long-term extension with the Rockets.
Yes, I do," Harden said. "I'll let them figure that out right now, my agent. My focus is with Houston to try and figure out how to make them better."
Harden, who is heading into the final year of his contract, has to sign an extension by Wednesday or he becomes a restricted free agent after the season.
He's thrilled to have this decision off of his radar.
"Just to be secure," Harden said. "I feel like I'm in a great position with a great team, great young guys. It'll work itself out."
The Rockets landed Harden in that blockbuster deal that had Houston sending guards Kevin Martin and Jeremy Lamb to the Thunder plus two future first-round picks and one future second-round pick.
The Rockets get back three additional players including center Cole Aldrich and forwards Daequan Cook and Lazar Hayward.
Harden, who won the NBA's Sixth Man of the Year award last season, said he is ready to be one of the faces of the Rockets franchise.
"Yes I am," Harden said. "It's going to take some time, obviously not starting and not having as much attention on me, but I think I'm ready for it."
Rockets coach Kevin McHale is certainly ready to have a weapon like Harden at his disposal.
"It helps a lot," McHale said. "I'm a big fan of his. I loved him coming out of Arizona State.
"I like the way he plays. I just think he's got a pace to his game that I like. He's not playing at warp speed. When I was working for TNT we used to always laugh, Chris Webber and I said he plays an old man game.
"He really takes his time. Goes when he wants to go. Stops, Starts, Stops, he's really a sophisticated player."
McHale said players like Harden, who went to the conference finals with the Thunder, and Omer Asik, who went to the conference finals with the Chicago Bulls, can bring that winning culture with them to the Rockets.
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Lifeguards to offer tips on escaping rip currents, safe snorkelingTuesday, May 22nd, 2012
For those who enjoy swimming and snorkeling Palm Beach County's clear ocean waters, the county's Ocean Rescue staff is offering free training in honor of National Beach Safety Week.
*At 1 p.m. Saturday, May 26,Ocean Rescue lifeguards will review snorkeling safety and gear, then lead a snorkeling tour at Coral Cove Park, which is north of Jupiter Inlet in Tequesta. Participants should bring their own masks, snorkels and fins.
*At 11 a.m. Sunday, May 27, Ocean Rescue lifeguards will discuss rip currents at Jupiter Beach Park, which is just south of Jupiter Inlet. Lifeguards will review the conditions that create rip currents as well as how to spot them and how to escape them.
The beach-safety seminars are free.
Visitors to county beaches are encouraged to read beach advisories and to ask lifeguards if they have questions, said Julia Leo, north district captain for Palm Beach County Ocean Rescue.
Beachgoers also are invited to pick up free information at the North Ocean Rescue Headquarters in Juno Beach Park and the South Ocean Rescue Headquarters at Ocean Inlet Park, which is just south of the Boynton Inlet in Ocean Ridge.


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A friend introduced me to Type-O Negative quite a few years ago. At first I was reluctant to listen to it because I thought the band was a bunch of vampire-wannabe freaks. Back then I knew nothing about Gothic music, but I was a huge metal fan–listening to everything from Metallica to Pantera and Halford in-between. Since my first listen and thousands more this album has grown on me exponentially to the point of being the one album I can listen to over and over and never get tired of. The music is just so full of emotion. At first some of the songs depressed me, but now it's like coming home. It actually cheers me up and puts me in a melancholy mood that fits perfectly with who I am. Type-O doesn't take themselves or their lyrics seriously at times, which is a waste in my opinion, because this album is a pinnacle that may never be reached again by any Gothic band. It's *that* good. I've been searching all over the place for something similar, but the haunting mood of this album can't be matched. In my opinion October Rust is the epitomy of Gothic music and Type-O hit the nail in the coffin (er on the head) with this album. Words can't express how good this album is. Buy it and let yourself be taken away to a world you never knew existed. "Die with Me" and "Love You to Death" are two songs I can relate to; love in its deepest form. "Red Water (Christmas Mourning)" is so sad that you can't stop listening to it. "Haunted" is by far my favorite track. I could listen to Peter's deep singing all day. The interlude in the middle of the song is just perfect. "In Praise of Bacchus", "Burnt Flowers Fallen" and "Wolf Moon" are powerful. "Cinnamon Girl" and "My Girlfriend's Girlfriend" are typical Type-O fun. If you've never heard Gothic music before and want to hear the best right up front this is the only album you will need. It will leave you wanting more. The other Type-O albums don't reach this level of perfection and emotion. They broke the Gothic mold and nothing else compares. 8 years since its release it's still best. Stop reading this review and buy the album now. If you don't you'll be missing out on something truly monumental in music.
Broke a stereotype today. Listened to gothic metal, nothing like what I imagined. Heard `Love You to Death' by Type O Negative.Gothic music is very reflective of the people behind it, there is a very dark upset atmosphere surrounding it. It is sad to me that the people behind the music have `allowed' the depression to be so dominant of their lives but it has allowed them to create what I currently feel is the most beautiful form of music as they express their uphappiness. It is dark, harsh, gothic and has a clear rough edge to it. It is certainly not neat tidy clean music. Music from the soul, but also dangerous music as it is very inflential in encouraging negative emotions.Although I don't relate to the negativity of the group, I have never heard music so conveyant of emotion. I find it bizarre how so many love songs appear in the charts which are supposed to be beautiful and moving, but the image to me is fake starched and artifical. I know another one will appear next week sung by another pretty girl/boy in a clean neat voice. It sounds pretty, white and clean…is that a love song? Hearing Pete Steele sing in his dark sad deep emotion wracked voice to the heavy gothic metal tones of `Type O Negative' brought a tear to my eye which no chart song could ever do.
Everything comes together perfectly on this album, there really isn't a weak point or song anywhere. This is one of the best gothic albums I've heard, though I wouldn't neccassarily classify Type O as a gothic band. Pete Steele is an amazing singer and gots a real deep voice. He's one of five singers I've ever heard do the extemely deep vocals really well, Johan Edlund of Tiamat, Dust of …How Like A Winter, Nick Holmes of Paradise Lost and Dan Swano of too many projects to list being the others. The music is dirgy, slow and ambiant, almost like someone threw Black Sabbath, My Dying Bride and Paradise Lost in a blender and Type O is what came out. If your into gothic or interesting music in general you'll probably love this album. I also recommend checking out Tiamat, Katatonia, Paradise Lost, Lacuna Coil, and Anathema in addition to this.
There is much debate over what the best Type O Negative album is. Most opinions center around the Heavy Gothic Rock of "Bloody Kisses". Some prefer the neanderthal trashing of "Slow Deep & Hard". My personal opinion, however, is that "October Rust" has been Type O Negative's shining moment of glory. October Rust is by far the most eclectic, complex and sensual of Type O's LP's. The album twists and turns through a path of light and darkness unlike any other before (or after) it. The songs fall into either one of four categories: there are the heavy, dark, powerful 'Black Sabbathesque' like songs, such as "Burnt Flowers Fallen", "In Praise of Bacchus", "The Glorious Liberation…", and "Wolf Moon". Then there are the psychadelic, up-beat and funky songs such as "Be My Druidess", "My Girlfriends Girlfriend", and "Cinnamon Girl". Next there are the ambient, spiritual, and beautifully melodic songs such as "Love You To Death", "Green Man", and "Die With Me". Finally there are two hauntingly dark, depressing and morbid epics in the form of "Red Water (Christman Mourning)" and "Haunted". All in all, "October Rust", although slightly more commercial than Type O's other recordings, is their best album. You can hear their hearts, emotions, souls and passions poured into the uplifting music. Experience the enchantment today.


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i come here to tell you a story a story of a lonely robot.... and a robot hating bitch
who would dare hurt such an innocent robot.... mark my words, Hotshot, you will be avenged
i come here to tell you a story a story of a lonely robot.... and a robot hating bitch
who would dare hurt such an innocent robot.... mark my words, Hotshot, you will be avenged
i just dont understand how people can be so heartless
a cunt punt is always the best solution to cure someone of their bitchassness
also i thought of that song the first time i seen that video..... kinda creeped me out when you posted it
she's jealous she does not have a robot vagina.
Thanks for watching out for me Alpha-q / appreciate you rolling correct. There were usually 2 or 3 daily haters, who don't matter up against every awesome encounter I did have. Sad to not be around the polo grounds for 2014:DSC_0291.JPG. I don't tweet,instagram or tumblr, but my tv show and Coachella vids on youtube and still fb and have my outdated website if you get lonely for some robot action.
I get lonely for robot action .
Spicy pie is mainstream shit.
didn't make the art cut this time around
That's horrible news, but hopefully that means we'll be getting some awesome art this year.
I will miss you terribly, HotShot.
the arts gotten better and better, especially over the past few years. would love to return someday as well, perhaps to set a guinness record for possibly drinking and maybe even "how many humans can a robot meet". will miss you terribly as well.
I feel like I need to make a cardboard cut out of Hotshot to take with me to the festival, either that or we demand him, I don't know how I feel about venturing the Polo fields without knowing Hotshot is making someone's day
It is seriously disconcerting.
the only question is
how can we get him back?
Flood the MOD.
hotshot the robot has a posse
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That is EXACTLY why you NEED him to be there.
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"It's a delight to have him back, him being away really strengthens your prayer life," says K.W. Rantz, Sergeant Rantz' older brother.
The unit deployed from Salisbury in late October of 2012 for several weeks of training in Fort Bliss, Texas, and left for Afghanistan shortly after on Christmas day. On September 19th, Sergeant Rantz flew home, and although his flight did not get in until after 11:30 PM, he was greeted by a large group of family, friends, and local military support groups.
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The Wicomico County Sheriff's Deputy has been involved with law enforcement and the military for eighteen years.
"He's a person that's always given for his community and his country," says Cheryl Rantz, Sergeant Rantz' wife.
This was Sergeant Rantz' third deployment in the military, but that did not make it any easier for loved ones, especially his family.
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PolitiFact's guide to Obama's birth certificate
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Published on Wednesday, April 27th, 2011 at 9:00 a.m.
Originally published April 8, 2011
Nothing we've published in the four-year history of PolitiFact has generated as much interest as our coverage of President Barack Obama's birth certificate.
New allegations from Donald Trump (new from Trump, at least; most of them have been explored by PolitiFact and other fact-checkers) have prompted fresh interest in the subject, so we thought we'd provide a handy guide to our coverage.
The main stories
Obama's birth certificate: the final chapter was our first major examination of the issue, focusing on how questions about Obama's birth were spreading. It was part of the entry that won the Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting in 2009.
Obama's birth certificate: the final chapter -- This time we mean it! explored additional angles of the story and included an explanation from Hawaiian officials and confirmation that the birth certificate posted by the Obama campaign was legitimate.
Truth-O-Meter items
We've published 18 Truth-O-Meter items on various claims about the birth certificate and collected them on this page. It's worth noting that we've found most of the claims to be False or Pants on Fire.
Some of the significant ones:
Donald Trump earned a False for his claim that Obama's grandmother said he was born in Kenya.
Donald Trump earned a Pants on Fire for his claim that classmates did not remember Obama.
A Texas state legislator earned a False for saying Hawaii's governor can't find anything that says Obama was born there.
A chain e-mail earned a Pants on Fire for a claim that Obama's college transcript indicates he was an Indonesian citizen.
A chain e-mail earned a Pants on Fire for saying that Obama's middle name is Muhammed.
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GW's School of Media and Public Affairs in association with the Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress (CSPC) present "Scandal and Silence: When the Watchdog Doesn't Bark".The discussion was lead by Robert Entman, the J.B. and M.C. Shapiro Professor of Media and Public Affairs at GWU, and feature panelists Michael Isikoff, National Investigative Correspondent, NBC News; Egil "Bud" Krogh, Former Nixon Staffer & Senior Fellow, CSPC; and Mara Liasson, National Political Correspondent, NPR.
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For the 2013-2014 academic year, (roughly August 2013 through July 2014) I am on sabbatical. I will be going to Grenoble (France) in late August.
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How can we use our understanding of human perception and artistic traditions to improve our tools for communicating and comprehending?
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