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Firefighters say the cause of that gas leak could have been avoided if the gas meter was cleared of snow. It's a dangerous heads-up to homeowners across the valley to make sure to clear the area around their meters at home.
If snow is piling up around your meter then your are putting your home in danger of breaking the pipes causing natural gas to leak into your house. Xcel says that it's also not just snow that can cause problems but ice build-up is also dangerous because that is harder to try and get off. Ice and heavy snow can clog or even break the pipes, flowing gas into your home.
"It can be a safety hazard, it can interrupt the gas flow to your home. If you're busy with your snow blower and don't realize your gas meters there you can damage it, so there are potentials for things to go wrong." says Mark Nisbet as the Xcel Energy North Dakota Principal Manager.
If there is a gas leak experts say there will be a 'rotten egg' smell, and you should call 911 and get out of the home right away.
"Make your call to 911 inside the home, get outside because a spark could ignite natural gas, at a certain concentration level." Nisbet says.
Xcel Energy says to inspect both natural gas appliances and venting systems to prevent monoxide poisoning. Excel says if you smell the gas don't use any electrical switches such as lights. Don't open any windows or door other than ones you go out of. And do not return to the home until a safety expert like a utility company or firefighters say its safe to do so.


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LOOGOOTEE — Barr-Reeve's hopes of winning the Class A baseball sectional championship at Loogootee disappeared into the glove of River centerfielder Austin Woodruff in the fifth inning of the Class A title game Monday afternoon.
The Patriots had taken a 3-0 lead in the first inning that starting pitcher Chase Allen had held into the fifth.
But the Vikings had loaded the bases in the top of the inning with two outs when Heath Graber launched a long fly ball into the wind in left center that leftfielder Collin Vieke missed as he attempted to run the ball down in the gap.
But Woodruff was also closing and as the ball just missed the glove of Vieke, it found Woodruff's webbing as he slid to make the catch before rolling over behind Vieke.
It wasn't certain at first where the ball had gone on the cloudy and windy afternoon, but Woodruff rolled over and flashed the ball in his bare hand for all to see.
"Their centerfielder (Woodruff) made a great play," Barr-Reeve coach Nathan Lester said. "That was three runs right there. You change the complexion of the game if he doesn't make a diving play."
That was one of three Viking rallies that fell just short after the early 3-0 Rivet advantage gained in the bottom of the opening inning.
The Vikings received a walk to Brandon Wagler in the fourth inning and Addison Wagler singled with one out. But Brandon Wagler was lost on a fielder¹s choice as was Addison Wagler without a run scoring.
Allen hit Stan Kemp with one out and Adam Graber chased him to second in the fifth with a single. Cain Miller walked to load the bases before Brandon Wagler flew out to left field.
That set the stage for what appeared to be a potential bases-clearing shot by Graber before Woodruff ended the frame.

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NFL Bottom Line: Stats That Defined Each Week 14 Game
Justin Henry breaks down all of the Week 14 action, including the Philly blizzard, the thinning of the NFC herd, and the crushing of Carolina
No Ordinary Joe: Flacco Completely Unique (In Good and Bad Ways)
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ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN – "Kraven the Hunter" – Spider-Man helps White Tiger come to terms with her powers and origin while she is hunted by a villain from her past. This new episode of "Ultimate Spider-Man" airs on SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 3 (11:00 -11:30 a.m., ET/PT) on Marvel Universe on Disney XD. (MARVEL)


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I just relased PulseAudio 0.9.11.
It's an awesome release. To learn more about why, read the linked email, and this and maybe this blog story.
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Iron Man 3 Cast
Robert Downey Jr - 'Tony Stark/Iron Man'
Gwyneth Paltrow - 'Pepper Potts'
Don Cheadle - 'Col. James Rhodes'
Guy Pearce - 'Aldrich Killian'
Rebecca Hall - 'Dr. Maya Hansen'
Jon Favreau - 'Happy Hogan'
Ben Kingsley - 'The Mandarin'
Stephanie Szostak - 'Brandt'
William Sadler - 'Sal Kennedy'
James Badge Dale - 'Eric Savin'
Paul Bettany - 'Jarvis'
Crew List
Directed By: Shane Black
Written By: Drew Pearce and Shane Black
Producer: Kevin Feige
Director of Photography: John Toll
Production Designer: Bill Brzeski
Special Effects Supervisor: Dan Sudick
Editors: Jeffrey Ford and Peter S Elliot
Genres: Action, sci-fi
Running Time: 129 minutes
Theatrical Release Date: May 3, 2013
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for sequences of intense sci-fi action and violence throughout, and brief suggestive content


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Castlevania – Symphony of the Night (Rom)
Friday, May 21st, 2010
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night is a 2D action-adventure game developed and published by Konami in 1997. Its Japanese title is Akumajō Dracula X: Gekka no Yasōkyoku (悪魔城ドラキュラX 月下の夜想曲,? officially translated as Devil's Castle Dracula X: Nocturne in the Moonlight). It is the 13th installment of the Castlevania series, the first installment released for the PlayStation and is a direct sequel to Akumajō Dracula X Chi no Rondo.
Symphony of the Night was an important milestone of the Castlevania series. It steered the series away from the standard level-by-level platforming formula of older titles and introduced a new style of open-ended gameplay mixed with RPG-like elements that would be emulated by most of its successors. A similar, earlier form of this type of gameplay existed in Castlevania II: Simon's Quest. The development of these features can be attributed to Koji Igarashi, the game's director and one of the team's newest members. Igarashi, a noted fan of 2D games,was instrumental in refining the game's control scheme. His primary motivation for the abrupt design change was seeing dozens of Castlevania games in the "used" bargain bin in Japanese video game stores, as linear Castlevania games offered limited replay value after completion. He also established an official Castlevania canon, in an attempt to tie up several loose ends in the series' time line during Symphony of the Night.Other notable staff include character designer Ayami Kojima and composer Michiru Yamane.


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MatheiuG has started discussing team/rider (non) selection, but I wanted to formally invite all of you to attend the first Protour race in North America (after the Quebec city one).
Here you can see the city's commitment to this race as they re-pave pretty much every stretch of road on the course. The race will come down and to the right before looping around to the start/finish line before coming back through this shot heading up to the left for the 2km climb of the Camilien-Houde
via lisareports.com
This is the lookout on the Camillien-Houde right where the climb kicks up to ~12% about 500m from the top. After tackling another short climb they will fly down Chemin Cote Ste Catherine (seen in the first pic) before tackling the uphill drag in front of the statue George-Etienne Cartier Statue.
After the race I will (depending on my work schedule) guide or direct the out-of towners, and locals to the best poutine place in Montreal. Where they serve over 25 varieties of heart-stopping goodness and a nice variety of local beers.
Book your travel arrangements now!


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At least one person was barricaded inside a San Francisco medical marijuana dispensary after an attempted heist early Wednesday morning that went wrong, leading to a tense SWAT standoff in the city's Bayview District. Police said two suspects were in custody and at least one more remained inside the building…
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By Andrew Liszewski
Don't get me wrong, I like the idea of multi tools. It's just that sometimes when you cram too many functions into a single tool the whole doesn't necessarily equal the sum of its parts. This Multi Meter though seems to strike a nice balance. It's primarily designed as a metal detector for locating metal objects behind walls but it also includes a laser and spirit level plus a whole list of other capabilities:
- Locates concealed AC power cables
- Locates concealed metal objects like pipes, nails, screws, cables etc
- Incorporates a Laser Level
- Incorporates a Spirit Level
- Incorporates a 'white-light' LED Torch
- Tests Light Bulbs including fluorescent and incandescent bulbs/tubes
- Tests Cartridge Fuses, Diodes, Capacitors, Heating Elements etc
- Locates breaks in an AC power cable
- Checks polarity on two cable (no earth) AC appliances
- Incorporates a 'self-test' battery check for added safety and piece of mind
It's currently available from BoysStuff.co.uk for about $36 but I'm pretty sure it will work just as well for any of our female readers.
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James only Brave not to be tendered
Atlanta offers contracts to six players, including Kotchman
ATLANTA -- Chuck James was the only arbitration-eligible player not tendered a contract by the Braves on Friday.
James, who is expected to miss all or most of this season while recovering from left shoulder surgery, now becomes a free agent. The Braves may later choose to offer him a Minor League contract.
The Braves tendered contracts to each of their other arbitration-eligible players -- Kelly Johnson, Matt Diaz, Jeff Francoeur, Mike Gonzalez, Omar Infante and Casey Kotchman.
When James notched 11 wins in each of his first two Major League seasons, it seemed like he might have a bright future. Now that seemingly depends on how the 27-year-old left-handed pitcher rebounds from the surgical procedure he underwent in August.
James' shoulder began bothering him around the All-Star break last year, and he consequently altered his mechanics. There has been a corresponding effect on his statistics.
During his first 39 career starts, he went 19-12 with a 3.73 ERA, surrendering 35 homers in 224 1/3 innings. In his past 16 starts, he's gone 5-7 with a 7.26 ERA and allowed 25 homers in just 74 1/3 innings.
Mark Bowman is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Wind Stakeholder Interview: Washington Rural Electric Cooperative Association
Wind Stakeholder Interview: Washington Rural Electric Cooperative Association
Date: 2/1/2002
Location: Olympia, WA
"It seems only natural for rural utilities to do everything they can do advance both farm-based renewable energy development and rural economic development in a cost-effective way. In my opinion, wind energy is the next great chapter in the rural electrification story." Aaron C. Jones, Washington Rural Electric Cooperative Association, Olympia, Washington.
Wind is happening. It is gaining status worldwide as a viable commercial energy resource. The public likes wind, and other clean, renewable energy resources. It tends to be rural and adds a valuable component to rural economic development. For these and other reasons, wind energy is the right thing for rural electric co-ops and other utilities to support. Their members want to see this industry develop, especially if it can be done cost effectively by consumer-owned utilities that put public service ahead of profit.
Wind is a particularly good renewable energy resource because we have it in our own backyards and because investor-owned utilities (IOUs) like Florida Power and Light (FP&L) are developing it and making a profit. If FP&L and PacifiCorp can team up to develop cost-effective wind, consumer-owned utilities can do the same and at a lower cost. Then, they can pass the benefits along to consumers instead of investors.
Although there's plenty of wind resources for everyone, the best sites provide advantages over less productive sites. That's why we started the Last Mile Electric Co-op (LMEC)--to get the public off and running. The Last Mile Electric Co-op uses renewable, distributed generation to serve that "last mile" where power lines were never built. Some 2,000 families in Washington and thousands in other states are too remote for affordable, grid-connected service.
The picture for energy co-ops in the Northwest is troubling. Although the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) has been a reliable, predictable supplier for most of the past 60-plus years, the forces of "allocation" and "tiered rates" are gaining strength. Service to smaller, more remote co-ops at postage stamp rates is very much in jeopardy. On the bright side, many of the rural co-ops are located in areas where the wind blows and the sun shines. Renewable energy holds a lot of promise, but it's still a stretch to say that it could compete economically during the short term. It will need financial help for the next 5-10 years as it develops and proves whether or not we can use a variety of renewables to meet future load growth. We know for sure that the hydro system is over allocated. The closure of direct service industries, like aluminum companies, would provide us a couple thousand megawatts that would carry us forward for a year or two, or until the economy picks back up. But from that point forward, we would struggle to maintain the status quo relative to receiving the level of service and the cost-based pricing we have received from BPA for so many years. Some co-ops feel it is time to look ahead and, if the worst case scenario happens, to be ready to meet our own load growth through a yet-to-be-determined mix of renewables and other sources. Some will argue that we can simply depend on the market to provide what we need at a competitive price. But recent history proves that depending on the market is as much, or more, of a risk than being proactive and looking out for ourselves.
The biggest barrier to wind energy development is money. The Renewable Energy Production Incentive funding is uncertain, making a commercial project unlikely until we have complete assurance that renewables will get the same financial support at the federal level that other fuels (coal, natural gas, oil, nuclear, etc.) get. Public power won't be able to compete until they get the same treatment as IOUs. Tradable tax credits are the best solution.
It appears that a growing number of elected officials are understanding the value of energy independence, clean energy, and farm-based renewables.The Senate version of the farm bill provides hope that more adequate funding will be forthcoming. But to really get the ball rolling in the Northwest, we need to prove that wind and hydro work well together, that wind and the transmission system work well together, and that the technology is reliable. LMEC, with 19 participants (mostly rural co-ops and other consumer-owned utilities), is in a great position to help meet those objectives, but with recent wholesale power rate increases, it's not fair to expect rural co-ops and other nonprofit utilities to fund this effort on their own.
We are just beginning to figure out how wind and other renewable energy sources fit into the future of the Northwest. As technology opens new doors, as the political will to place great reliance on renewable energy grows, as utility leaders understand how much their ratepayers want to support the effort, the effort will grow and become more successful. It's not likely to happen quickly. But, if wind proves to be as dependable and affordable as many of us currently believe, it will have a great future in our region. BPA needs to work closer with its consumer-owned utility customers (so far it has worked almost exclusively with private companies) to explore ways to move this opportunity forward in a cost-effective manner.
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Wednesday, December 12, 2012
Pizza & Plots Teen Book Club
Time: 4:30pm-5:30pm
Location: Choctaw
Choctaw Library has a book club just for Teens! Come enjoy pizza, snacks and drinks as we talk about awesome books. At each meeting, we choose the next month's book, so just call the library at 390-8418 to find out what we're reading.


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5 Stocks Raising The Financial Services Industry Higher
Editor's Note: Any reference to TheStreet Ratings and its underlying recommendation does not reflect the opinion of TheStreet, Inc. or any of its contributors including Jim Cramer or Stephanie Link.All three major indices are trading up today with the Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) trading up 12 points (0.1%) at 14,943 as of Thursday, Sept. 5, 2013, 12:50 PM ET. The NYSE advances/declines ratio sits at 1,432 issues advancing vs. 1,453 declining with 120 unchanged.The Financial Services industry currently sits up 0.1% versus the S&P 500, which is up 0.2%. Top gainers within the industry include CIT Group (CIT), up 1.3%, Bank of New York Mellon (BK), up 0.9%, TD Ameritrade Holding Corporation (AMTD), up 0.9%, Goldman Sachs Group (GS), up 0.9% and Discover Financial Services (DFS), up 0.8%.TheStreet would like to highlight 5 stocks pushing the industry higher today:5. State Street (STT) is one of the companies pushing the Financial Services industry higher today. As of noon trading, State Street is up $0.41 (0.6%) to $68.67 on light volume. Thus far, 567,934 shares of State Street exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 2.5 million shares. The stock has ranged in price between $68.25-$69.10 after having opened the day at $68.39 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $68.26. State Street Corporation, a financial holding company, provides investment servicing and investment management services to institutional investors worldwide. State Street has a market cap of $30.1 billion and is part of the financial sector. Shares are up 45.2% year to date as of the close of trading on Wednesday. Currently there are 14 analysts that rate State Street a buy, 1 analyst rates it a sell, and 5 rate it a hold.TheStreet Ratings rates State Street as a buy. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its solid stock price performance, impressive record of earnings per share growth, revenue growth, attractive valuation levels and expanding profit margins. Although no company is perfect, currently we do not see any significant weaknesses which are likely to detract from the generally positive outlook. Get the full State Street Ratings Report now.3x UPSIDE POTENTIAL: TheStreet Quant Ratings has identified a handful of stocks that can potentially TRIPLE in the next 12-months. Learn more.
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In a large bowl, whisk together oil, lemon juice, garlic, salt, and pepper flakes. Add kale and toss to coat. Let sit at room temperature for 10 to 30 minutes.
Add grated cheese and breadcrumbs and toss.
Garnish with shaved cheese before serving. Cover and refrigerate leftovers up to two days.
Had this today with blueberries and blue cheese.... it was amaxing!!!
This is my new favorite recipe. I get organic tuscan Kale from the local New Frontiers Market, and use a chef's knife to slice the leaves from the ribs. I omit the cheese until I am serving. I usually make a double batch as it keeps in the fridge for 3-4 days. Those who are complaining that it is too tart, use meyer lemons instead. I eat a big bowl at lunch, and pack it for my kids. I omit the cheese until serving. It doesn't need it, so it is nice to leave the option open to have cheese or not.
wow. The kale developed a silky texture after 30 minutes in the marinade. I added a bit more salt to counteract the lemon juice and used toasted panko bread crumbs and I had superior lacinato kale from MOMs market in Merrifield, VA
Just had this for dinner alongside some grilled chicken breast. I added an extra clove of garlic. The dressing is indeed a bit tart but still delicious.
Easy and delicious. I couldn't find Tuscan kale, so I used regular kale and it worked out well. Using a whole head of kale (about 14-16 oz.) makes a lot of salad, so for 3-4 people I'd use half a head and cut the dressing in half. It's easy to adjust the bread crumbs and cheese to taste. The dressing is quite tart; the next time I make it I'll try 3 T lemon juice to 1/2 c olive oil.


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Gonzalez started the second game of a doubleheader against the Orioles on Monday, but took the loss, 8-2. It was Gonzalez's fifth loss this season, and 11th straight going back to last year.
"He needs to go back and start,'' manager Lou Piniella said. "He needs to build up arm strength.''
Seay has been throwing very well for the Bulls. He was 2-1 with one save and a 1.72 ERA in 29 games.
"He's healthy and he's been pitching very well,'' Piniella said. "We'll use him in middle-to-short relief.''
Seay, who was 1-1 with a 5.73 ERA in 24 games with the Rays since 2001, said he did what he could to get back to the Majors.
"I was just trying to prove that I deserved a chance up here,'' Seay said. "I'm not pitching any differently. I'm just a little more mature. I've kind of figured out how to pitch [in the minors]. Now, I need to do that up here.
"I just need to go out and work hard. I've got to work hard and prove myself.''
After spending much of the 2003 season and the first three months of 2004 in the minors, Seay wasn't sure he would ever pitch for Rays again.
"I didn't say never,'' Seay said. "But I didn't think my chances were all that great.''
Torre talks Tampa Bay: Yankees manager Joe Torre said he has been surprised by the Devil Rays all year.
"I think we're surprised they have won as many games as they have,'' Torre said. "I was also surprised how far under .500 they were. We saw them earlier in the year and we looked around at how much they upgraded, with Tino [Martinez] at first and [Jose] Cruz, they had some experience.
"Their young players -- [Aubrey] Huff, [Carl] Crawford and [Rocco] Baldelli -- they're legitimate players. I guess I'm surprised at how hot they have been. I would be surprised at how hot we were if we were as hot as they were. The fact that they were so far under .500, that was more of a surprise. They struggled pitching-wise early, but they have really gotten some help from their organization.''
Torre said Piniella deserves much of the credit.
"No question,'' Torre said. "Lou's going to get your attention. He's not going to just let them wallow in themselves or let them just 'nice try' and stuff like that. Lou is used to winning and he's certainly going to let them know about that. I think the fact is, that you're not going to get in the dugout and the clubhouse and be satisfied with mediocrity.''
Down on the farm: Shortstop B.J. Upton doubled and tripled for Durham in a 7-6 victory against Rochester on Wednesday. Matt Diaz had two doubles and extended his hitting streak to 17 games.
Pitcher Willie Glen, who was in Spring Training with the Rays, moved from Double-A Montgomery to Durham. He was 3-4 with a 4.84 ERA in 18 games for the Biscuits this season.
Montgomery won a six-inning game, 1-0, against Huntsville as Vince Harrison hit his first home for the Biscuits.
At Class A Charleston, Delmon Young now has 68 RBIs, tops in the organization.
Quick hits: Saturday is Old-Timers Day at Yankee Stadium and Piniella will take part in a pre-game ceremony honoring former teammate Thurman Munson, who died in a plane crash. "I knew him well,'' Piniella said. "In fact, [Bobby Murcer] and I were with him the night before, trying to talk him into selling his jet.'' ... Trever Miller's wife, Pari, is out of the hospital and doing well. He said his daughter, Grace Elizabeth, who was born prematurely, is doing better but likely will be at All Children's Hospital in St. Petersburg until the end of this month. ... Julio Lugo's sister, Rhina, who lives in New York and is seven months pregnant, was at the game with his mother, also named Rhina. ... Don Zimmer has already started interviews and book signings while in New York.
Paul C. Smith is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Yuniesky Betancourt has negative WAR, plays every day anyway
Yuni's had some big hits and a couple game winning HR's, so if you haven't checked the numbers in a while, you might think he's carrying his weight and that his continued presence in the line-up is a defensible managerial decision. He's not, and it's not. Yuni's line stands at .248/.283/.423. That's good for a .299 wOBA and an 85 wRC+, 15% below the MLB average. If he were playing great defense at C or SS, you could stomach that offensive line, but instead, he's playing statue at 2B every day. I'll give him that he has good dexterity and he looks fine turning the double play, but he's fat and slow, and he has no range in either direction. Yuni seems to give up hits on balls that should have been outs almost every game. Please Ned Yost. Fight your primal urges, and remove this package of awful defense and a .283 OBP from our line-up. We'd like to win more, and Yuni is costing this team wins.


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Attention dessert lovers (particularly those of you who have put so much effort into slimming down for the swimsuit season).
Believe it or not, there are ways to satisfy your sweet tooth during the summer other than indulging in a thick slice of chocolate cake smoothered with mounds of vanilla ice cream. The alternatives are both tasty and nutritious. Just put aside your can of cocoa and bring out the fresh fruit - something no other season better provides us with than summer.


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Lucca DeOliveira, a Plainview-Old Bethpage UFSD senior, graduated from Nassau BOCES Long Island High School for the Arts on June 11.
Next year, DeOliveira, who studied theater at LIHSA, will attend Pace University where he received a $72,000 scholarship. In addition, DeOliveira was awarded the President's Award for Outstanding Student Achievement, which is presented to students who have maintained an average of 90 and have been on the Principal's Honor Roll for each quarter of the school year.
— Herald Staff
No argument here — the Plainview-Old Bethpage John F. Kennedy High School mock trial team defeated 45 schools in the courtroom to win the Nassau County Championship in the 2014 New York State Mock Trial tournament.
The Plainview-Old Bethpage Central School District congratulates students enrolled in Mattlin Middle School's sixth-grade band and John F. Kennedy High School's string and chamber orchestras for participating and earning distinction in the New York State School Music Association (NYSSMA) Major Organization Festival at Hofstra University.
JFK High School's chamber orchestra earned level six gold with distinction, JFK's string orchestra was awarded level give gold honors, and Mattlin Middle School's sixth-grade band was honored with level two gold.
The festival hosts students throughout New York State to perform three separate pieces in front of expert judges. The judges assess the student music groups on their tone, intonation, technique, accuracy, interpretation and additional musical elements.
The Plainview-Old Bethpage Central School District's Stratford Road Elementary School recently welcomed children's author Andrew Lieberman to speak to second and fourth grade students about his science fiction book, The Silversix. Lieberman read an excerpt from his book, explained how he was inspired to write and the importance of becoming a good communicator. The students also presented their own writing ideas to Lieberman, and worked on improving their reading and writing skills with the author.
Student Jamie Liebman (center) presents her writing samples
to her classmates as children's author Andrew Lieberman (left)
and teacher Maria Costanza (right) provide feedback.
The Plainview-Old Bethpage Central School District recently bestowed top awards on two of its seniors, with Reva Butensky named valedictorian and Nicolette Almer receiving salutatorian honors in John F. Kennedy High School's class of 2014.
"Reva's success has been driven by her determination and continuous desire to learn in and out of the classroom," said Dr. Lorna Lewis, Plainview-Old Bethpage Central School District Superintendent of Schools. "Reva has accomplished a tremendous amount in her four years at the John F. Kennedy High School and we are confident that she will succeed in her future endeavors."
The Plainview-Old Bethpage Central School District's John F. Kennedy High School Class of 2014 recently participated in the school's first "College Decision Day" event. Hundreds of students proudly wore shirts and sweatshirts signifying where they will attend college next year. The soon-to-be high school graduates filled out paper leaves, writing their college of choice, and placed it on the school's college decision tree, located in front of the school. JFK administrators and teachers also wore shirts representing their alma maters.
— Herald Staff
Three female students on the John F. Kennedy High School's Science Research Team were recently awarded "grand prize" distinction at the 2014 New York Institute of Technology Connect to Tech Fair.
More than 25 Long Island high school teams presented research and engineering-based projects to a panel of expert judges, and three grand prize awards were distributed to the most deserving presenters.Plainview-Old Bethpage Central School District students Kimia Ziadkhanpour and Nicolette Almer were awarded second place and a $800 prize for their stem cell tissue research and engineering project. Meanwhile, Reva Butensky won third place and $600 for her project on the reverse engineering of a biological redox cell.
The Plainview-Old Bethpage Central School District John F. Kennedy High School Moot Court Club recently won first place at the Nassau County Bar Association Tournament. The students competed against 47 public and private high schools throughout Nassau County, and will compete in the state wide competition on May 18-20, 2014 in Albany.
A team of seven seventh- and eighth-grade female students from the Plainview-Old Bethpage Middle School recently qualified to compete in the Odyssey of the Mind 2014 World Finals. The team won first place in the Long Island finals for acting out the problem, "The Not so Haunted House."
Four Plainview-Old Bethpage School District's John F. Kennedy student-musicians were recently accepted into the New York State Summer School of the Arts (NYSSSA) program based on their exceptional talent and musical accomplishments.
As part of the NYSSSA program, the students will study and enhance their skills from members of the Philadelphia Orchestra.
The District congratulates the following students for earning this tremendous honor: Crystal Kim, cello; Matthew Leo, percussion; Jessica Herman, violin; and Max Naftol, bass instrument.
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Tyler Fire Department:
UPDATE: TYLER (KYTX) - The Tyler Fire Department was dispatched
to a structure fire this morning at a residence at 2802 Pollard Dr. The initial
call was received at 9:45 a.m. Five engines and one Ladder Company, along with
a district chief and an investigator, responded to the scene.
Firefighters reported heavy smoke
conditions upon arrival and quickly worked to bring the fire under control. The
cause of the fire remains under investigation by the Tyler Fire Marshal's
Office. At least one occupant was in the residence at the time of the fire. However, no injuries were reported. Additional details will be released as they
become available.
The call came in around 10 a.m. on Dulse and Pollard Street.
According to Deputy Fire Marshal Jeff Tucker, the fire started in the kitchen of the home while the one occupant was in the shower.
The owner's puppy did not survive due to smoke inhalation. No other injuries were reported.
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Pasco could get its first public community garden by this summer.
Several community groups are willing to volunteer in building the project, to be in Kurtzman Park in east Pasco, just west of a housing development, said Rick Terway, Pasco's administrative and community services director.
Vendors have offered to provide needed materials.
The gardens are popular near apartment complexes or areas with housing in which residents don't have yards of their own, Terway told the city council at its Monday workshop meeting.
Pasco city staff members have taken numerous calls in the past couple of years asking for a garden in the city, Terway said.
Benton Franklin Head Start, in the nearby Martin Luther King Jr. Center, is a possible partner in the project, he said. Children from nearby Virgie Robinson Elementary School could also help.
The agency may apply for a grant for the project and seek help from residents of the surrounding neighborhood. In addition, Lowe's Home Improvement has pledged to make the garden one of its community action projects, where its employees work on the site. Lowe's Pasco store improved the Babe Ruth League baseball park last year and Peanuts Park downtown in 2012.
Volunteers with the Washington State University Extension's Benton-Franklin Master Gardeners Program, who work on plant-related problems, are expected to help with guidance and provide a $500 grant for materials, Terway said. The program will also give growers seeds and other materials for planting.
The city would donate land for the garden, if approved by council. Terway said the garden is expected to be about 6,000 square feet, with 15 raised bed plots.
The garden could be the first of several in Pasco, Councilman Saul Martinez said.
"I think it shows people to take ownership and be encouraged to take care of their community," he said.
The garden could help teach valuable skills, Councilman Tom Larsen said.
"If we have another Great Depression or recession or inflation, people will want to grow their own food," he said.
Benton and Franklin counties have at least 34 community gardens, though most of them are not open to the public, according to Herald archives. Richland has three public gardens and Kennewick has one, with hope of adding a second garden at Lawrence Scott Park in northern Kennewick.
Also Monday:
- The council discussed having the city issue $5.3 million in revenue bonds to the Housing Authority of Pasco and Franklin County, so the authority can build a 38-unit housing development on 2.5 acres at the corner of Fourth Avenue and Pearl Street. Director Andy Anderson said the authority and its partners would be responsible for the bonds in case of default, not the city.
The council also discussed a payment in lieu of taxes agreement on the development. The housing authority would be required to pay a total of $9,244 in 2015, with $6,060 of that going to the school district, $1,733 to the city, $1,165 to Franklin County and $286 to the Port of Pasco. City Manager Gary Crutchfield said the city hasn't received any tax money from similar housing authority developments.
- The council heard a presentation from engineer Tom Perry with Murray, Smith & Associates, which the city hired to conduct a study on the needs of its sewer system during the next 20 years. Perry, using a projection of 90,000 future users, said the city won't likely need to build a second wastewater treatment plant, this one in west Pasco, which officials had been concerned about having to do.
But Pasco will likely need upgrades totaling $39.5 million at its existing wastewater treatment plant on the east side of town, Perry said. Another $29 million in improvements to the city's sewer collection system will also be needed by 2033.
The improvements can likely be paid for with a 4 percent sewer rate increase in 2016 and another 2 percent increase in 2022, Perry said.
"If the economy picks up and you get a full head of steam, a lot of these projects might get pushed up a few years," he said.
- The council discussed lowering the speed limit on Oregon Avenue to 40 mph from the current 45 mph. Public works Director Ahmad Qayoumi said the street has been the site of 190 car crashes during the past five years, with eight deaths.
-- Geoff Folsom: 509-582-1543; firstname.lastname@example.com; Twitter: @GeoffFolsom


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For many, summer is all about grilling, but when you go to take off all those juicy ribs and burgers, they usually end of sticking to the grill. Well, there may be a way to enjoy cooking on the grill without the mess.
The propane tank is on, the flame is hissing, which means it's time to grill at the Emmert's.
"We are going to do two racks of very messy ribs and see how they work," says Jeff Emmert the grill expert.
There's a twist to this recipe. Instead of using the grill rack, we're going to put the Yoshi Grill and Bake Mat to the test to hopefully make grilling a little less messy.
"We'll close it and see what happens," says Emmert.
Each time we opened the grill, the ribs looked better and better.
"Oh yes, they are looking so good," says Emmert. "Look at that sizzle. Look at everything bubbling up and smoking nicely, and I think that would get a good smoke on these if I was trying to smoke them, but they are just about done."
You'll notice the mat is not moving around, it stays right in place. And, the best part, it is mess free.
"Well, that answers the clean up question. You can see how easily the burnt BBQ sauce just comes right off," says Emmert.
After much anticipation, we grabbed our tongs and the ribs were ready to come off the grill.
"If I can get up under them. They're done so well. They're going to fall apart on me. Wow, that's what you call good ribs right there," says Emmert.
You'll notice the plate of ribs is perfectly grilled, and they have the marks to prove it.
"I can pretty well guarantee if you put that under water right now and rinse it off, you would see everything I got off into the flames and you could have cleaned up later, so I think you can say that the product earns thumbs up at least from me," says Emmert.
I will admit I was a little nervous about this product because I didn't know what to expect, but it was great. It was easy to use and clean up was simple. If you like grilling, but hate the mess, this is definitely something you'll want to have around, especially for the summer months.
So, this week's Don't Buy It, Until We Try It, earns a thumbs up.
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Archive for July 2007
Mainstream media's lack of journalistic integrity
I saw this video today and had to write about it. It's a perfect example of what's wrong with the mainstream media in today's society. Before I go into my rant, I'll post the video here so you can watch it as well.
Now I've never done this drug or any other hallucinogenics so I can't really claim to have personal knowledge about them, but this story is completely over-dramatized. Here's a few reasons to question this story:
- The medical examiner found no traces of salvinorin in his system.
- He was on an acne medication that has been linked to depression.
- His parents were divorced, which has been shown to lead to higher depression rates.
- He was an alcohol user, a demographic that has nearly twice the suicide rate of non-alcohol users.
I'm not saying this wasn't a tragic event or that his mother was at fault. This post is mostly a criticism of the hysteria that mainstream media produces by distorting and/or omitting the facts. They wanted to produce a sensationalist piece that got under people's skin, so they only showed the things that would "shock and awe." The irony of it is that the local Delaware news presented all the facts and what happened, while the mainstream media outlets (CNN, ABC, NBC and USA Today) took the story and reported it as a "salvia suicide", even though there are no documented cases of fatalities from salvia use.
In reality, the mother believes that it was a wide variety of things that caused her son's death, which is probably the truth. CNN also took this quote from his journal:
"Salvia allows us to give up our senses and wander in the interdimensional time and space…. Also, and this is probably hard for most to accept, our existence in general is pointless. Final point: Us earthly humans are nothing."
Deducing that salvia killed him from that quote is purely a red herring. Anyone with any sort of intelligence has probably thought the same thought at one point in their life, even without drugs. You'd probably come to the same conclusion from reading a Stephen Hawking book, but no one ever blames that for killing people.
In the end, it seems that the news is becoming more and more of an entertainment source than a source of information. The well-informed are turning to other sources to get their information.
Office LipDub
The folks over at Connected Ventures made a music video to Harvey Danger's Flagpole Sitta in their office after work one day, and it really makes me wish I had an office to shoot a music video in! Check it out:
Quickly after there was a response by another office in Paris that made a video to Weezer's Undone (The Sweater Song). Here's theirs:
Is this the new Star Wars Kid? I think so. And it makes for one hell of a recruiting video for your company as it makes it looks like an awesome place to work.
Back to civilization
I just got back from a week in Michigan for a wedding, so that's why I haven't been able to post in awhile. That said, I learned a lot from that trip as I hadn't been to the midwest before. I'll summarize it all in a list:
- The travel industry needs some major reform. It's such a ridiculously complex system for something that really isn't that complex. Fare codes, price changes, etc. I nominate Apple to create iLine, the new lickable, streamlined airline that doesn't cause major headaches and makes you actually want to travel.
- Michigan is actually pretty cool. I met some great people there, saw some beautiful scenery and ate some great tasting, horribly unhealthy food. Which brings me to point #3.
- America has a huge health problem. As much as I'd love to have national healthcare here, I really think that the culture has to change first for it to be economically viable. The "all-you-can-eat" mentality needs to be destroyed and our sense of value needs to be represented by quality instead of quantity. However, a mindset change is much harder to do than just throwing money at a problem. I'm not really sure how to approach this as western culture has a "if it ain't broke don't fix it" mentality, but our personal health and healthcare systems are both broken but no one realizes it.
- People in rural areas get married much younger than in metropolitan ones. I knew this before, but I didn't see a single girl in her 20's in Traverse City that didn't have a wedding ring. I started thinking about it and I think there's two things that contribute to this. The first is basic economics. Since there's only a few girls in the city, the demand for them is much higher because of the fundamental lack of supply. In big cities, there's a virtually unlimited supply of new people to meet, so the pressure isn't really there. The second thing is that the local culture that enforces what the economics dictate. People get married just because other people are. I know I personally never even think about marriage until I realize that a bunch of my friends are getting married. I think, "uh oh, I better get on this before I'm Weird Uncle Curtis to all their kids!"
- Almost everyone in Michigan drives an American car, which is inversely proportional to California. Similarly, a lot of people in California have Apple computers, but that's not really the case in the midwest as they see them as "those hippie computers." I just find it interesting how products have such strong geographical influences.
That's pretty much all I learned. I had a great time at Emily's graduation party and at Shayna's wedding. I'll upload the pictures to my Flickr account soon. I'll be back to posting more regularly now as I have several topics ready to talk about.
The Future of TV and Movies
I've been saying for awhile now that television as we know it today is on its way out. With major networks putting their shows online for free and on iTunes for $1.99, the Internet is the future of video distribution. The TV itself might not go away as we still need a screen to watch everything on, but I think traditional broadcasting and the big media moguls' days are numbered.
There's a few reasons why this will inevitably happen. One reason is because of the insanely hectic schedules that people have now. No one has the time to religiously watch shows during the standard time slots anymore. TiVo and On-Demand were baby steps towards what is the grand Internet video paradigm of "anything I want to watch, whenever I feel like it, without having to remember to record it."
Another reason for the shift is because the Internet knows no bounds. Currently, there is 3 hours of primetime per night and only 5 major networks. There's a time limitation on the amount of premium content that can be shown, which makes it very hard to get into those few spots as an artist, but also makes it so networks can charge huge amounts of money to advertise during those shows. As Terry Heaton said in a paper of his, "Why pay a $500 CPM for a television ad that estimates the thousand people when an online ad will honestly deliver those thousand people? It makes no sense." A $500 CPM rate is unheard of in the online world (a $20 CPM rate is pretty good online), yet television shows garner huge dollars for untargeted audiences. That money is headed directly for the Internet once the business world realizes the power of online advertising, and it will be spread among a much wider range of content providers while being targeted specifically to the viewer of the show.
Another major benefit of the Internet is exposure. In the old model, even if you're an amazing actor, director or cinematographer you still have to jump through hoops and might never be able to make something that people see. With the ability to create and post all the video you want online, it's up to you to make sure people can see your creations instead of some suit with no creative talent at all. However, that begs the question of how does an aspiring artist market their work without millions of dollars behind it?
That is the real question, and it is currently being answered in a variety of ways. Creative marketing techniques are coming out of the woodwork by the creative people behind the works themselves. My favorite example of the new school of Internet marketing is a feature film put together by Arin Crumley and Susan Buice called Four Eyed Monsters. They made the film by putting $100,000 on their credit cards and posted the entire film on YouTube for anyone to view. However, they made a deal with Spout.com to receive $1 for every new user they created for Spout. So far they've made $35,443 from that revenue source. They also made it possible to download DRM-free, high quality versions of the film for $8, and you can also purchase extra materials as well. I threw down $8 for it because the first 20 minutes of it I watched on YouTube looked great, and I'm sure several others have out of the 724,198 people that have watched the YouTube version. Even if only 2% of those people purchased it, they'd make a profit just from that.
The technology is also driving the democratization of video. Miro, formerly known as Democracy Player, came out in its first public preview today and it looks amazing. It already has over 1,400 channels of video and all of it is free and created by independent filmmakers or organizations that support free video. It utilizes BitTorrent for downloads so there isn't server congestion for popular videos. It even searches all the major video sharing services like YouTube and can save them to your computer. All I have to say is…
This is the beginning of the revolution.
Gregarious plugin for Drupal
I talked with Ankur Kothari, creator of the Gregarious plugin for WordPress, and he's given me permission to port the plugin to Drupal. I'm pretty excited about this because I think this plugin is amazing and will be an excellent addition to the Drupal community. I'll post it here as well as on drupal.org once it's ready for testing.
Thanks Ankur!
Is capitalism sustainable?
Is capitalism really a sustainable economic system in an age of environmentally friendly practices and declining growth rates of populations? This question came up in my mind after reading about San Francisco's ban of both plastic grocery bags and plastic water bottles. The move by the city makes for less waste and forces people to reuse materials as opposed to just throwing away single use containers. However, the companies that produce these plastic bottles and bags are crying foul about the whole thing because it will cut into their profit margins. Hence my question about the viability of our current system, because capitalism promotes consuming more and more, while environmental practices promote consuming less and less.
The other factor against capitalism is declining growth in population. There have been many people closely studying the growth of the world population and the most common consensus is that we're seeing a phenomenon very similar to the shape of an arc tangent.
Now while population is still growing, the concern comes when it starts growing at much slower rates. Wall Street doesn't reward growth, it rewards growth beyond what is expected. So according to the above graph, we're rapidly approaching the cusp of the exponential growth we've been experiencing for the last 100-200 years, which coincidentally is about how long capitalism has been around.
So what's next? What economic system can support a slowly declining populous that reduces, reuses and recycles? And once we determine a system that can support that, when will the revolution come and how violently will it be opposed by those with money?
The Graphical Keyboard User Interface — Followup
Original post here.
It seems that there's a lot of active discussion going on about this right now. There's a new blog by Clay Barnes that seems to be focused solely on this issue, and he's posted two articles about the mouse's decline. He also references a couple of great posts by Jeff Atwood (I'm a huge fan of his blog). The first one talks about going commando and weaning yourself off the mouse. I think that's a great idea and increases productivity by leaps and bounds. As I said in my previous post, I only use the mouse when I absolutely have to. His second post about how Vista makes it easier to find things via the keyboard is good, but I wouldn't be a true Mac zealot without saying that Microsoft ripped it off from OS X's Spotlight feature, which was then copied and made better by Quicksilver.
I really like this new trend of research in the keyboard navigation arena. Perhaps the resurgence is due to the old school DOS/UNIX junkies getting nostalgic for the days when all you had was a keyboard. I remember using the a DOS word processor called Textra back in the late 80's, and it was controlled entirely using the Function keys. F1-F10-F7 saved a document. Each time you pressed a function key it changed the menu options along the bottom of the screen. Pico/nano in UNIX are similar, only they change the menu options along the bottom when using Control-key combinations.
I remember in college I was a total emacs guy, and got very adept at using all the various tools using Control-key combinations. I'm now lazy and use TextMate, but at least it integrates well into the shell and has bundles. I'm really hoping to get deep into vi, but I just haven't had the time to learn more than the basic shortcuts. Any great tutorials that people can link me to?
Computer science without math
There's an ongoing debate about this article over on Slashdot right now. While I completely disagree with the author of the book that math shouldn't be part of computer science, I do believe that a lot needs to be changed in traditional computer science education.
First off we need to look at the traditional definition of computer. Back in the day, the word computer referred to anything that performed computations, even a human. If I sat in a room and punched numbers into a calculator to perform computations, I was a computer. We then created mechanical computers that could perform those same calculations even faster than we could, and subsequently we created the electric computers that we all use today. But the basic word "computer" comes from something (or someone) that performs sequences of computations, and those sequences of computations are called algorithms. This is why when you major in computer science at a university, a good majority of the time is spent on analyzing algorithms and the math behind them.
So from a historical standpoint, I can understand why a degree in computer science is very math intensive. A pure computer scientist is only concerned with algorithms and how to compute them. However, computers have come a long way in the past several years and one could argue that even though there are underlying algorithms that power the programs we use, the majority of people do not use computers for computations anymore, but rather for communication. The computational aspect of computers has been abstracted for the most part.
For example, the average computer user only uses the computer to browse the Internet, instant message/e-mail friends, manipulate digital photos and listen to music. According to an NPR survey, 92% of Americans under 60 have used a computer, 75% have used the Internet, 67% have sent an e-mail and 68% use a computer at work. So while 20+ years ago the users of computers were mostly computer scientists performing calculations, today we're in the minority of computer users. In my mind, this means that the field of computer science needs to be broadened beyond pure algorithmic study.
Due to the acceptance of computers and the Internet by the mainstream population, we now have a great deal of non-computational issues that should be discussed that deal with the communication, business, and legal aspects of computing. Things such as privacy, security, intellectual property and media distribution are things that are studied in grad school, but yet seem to have no means for discussion in the current undergraduate system. Should there not be discussion on what a computer scientist creates before they create it, and whether it should be created at all? A similar ethics question is typically posed to traditional scientists as well in regards to things such as the atomic bomb and cloning. Just because we can create it doesn't necessarily mean we should, right?
I think that computers are becoming more than tools and are starting to actually shape society. People are using them for communication, personal connections, business and many other things. Even some people are proposing new job types such as Director of Metadata. Perhaps these things should fall under other fields of study such as communications, sociology and philosophy, but I find that those departments haven't adopted studying these new technologies very quickly. What can we do to educate people about the new fields of study in relation to computer science?
The Graphical Keyboard User Interface
I just happened to stumble upon Alex Faaborg's latest blog entry, The Graphical Keyboard User Interface. I think he makes a lot of great points about the tradeoffs between using a command-line vs. using a GUI. However, I don't think that command-line vs. GUI is necessarily the real debate as much as it is keyboard vs. mouse.
I think that GUIs are great, as they have made it possible for the masses to enjoy and utilize these great tools called computers that were once only used by those adventurous enough to learn all the various text commands. I grew up using DOS for many years so I guess I was one of those nerds, but nowadays my eyes appreciate a well-designed GUI since I spend a good majority of my day staring at it and manipulating it as I work. So in my mind it isn't the GUI that slows me down as much as it is the mouse. I use the keyboard almost exclusively for navigating between windows, launching applications and using shortcuts. I really only use the mouse when I'm feeling lazy or it's a faster means to accomplish something.
Needless to say, I'm really excited to see Alex's idea take place for navigating with the keyboard through Firefox. However, what I'd really like to see is a more unified framework built directly into the OS for accomplishing this very idea. For example, someone could use the new Core Animation framework in OS X to build a framework that provides an interface similar to Quicksilver that application developers could directly tie into for application navigation. It would significantly reduce the burden on application developers while giving a consistent UI feel across the various applications that utilize it.
If you've never used Quicksilver (or if you use Windows there are clones such as Enso), I highly recommend trying it as it will change your computing life forever.*
*Note: Side effects may include making you crazy when trying to use your friend's computer and they don't have it installed.
Sulfur Hexafluoride
I just came across a few videos on YouTube featuring sulfur hexafluoride. Where can you buy this stuff!?


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Registry bliss at Perfectbound
Anne at Perfectbound has been featuring bloggers over-the-top-dream registry lists, and mine went up today [mine were a tad selfish, but I'm sure Chad wouldn't mind sharing the car!]. Last weeks picks were amazing, and its been so popular she's making it a regular feature! If you've got some registry picks you'd never in a million years register for, send them her way….
[image from Volkswagon]
1 Comments to "Registry bliss at Perfectbound"
Wendy Says:
January 29th, 2008 at 8:20 pm
Was that fun or what?! I was loving the idea of a dream registry- and I am not even a bride!
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University of Chicago Law School graduates lead and innovate in government, activism, academia, and business, as well as law. For this reason, Chicago aims not to merely certify lawyers, but to train well-rounded, critical, and socially conscious thinkers and doers. Three cornerstones provide the foundation for Chicago's educational mission: the life of the mind, participatory learning, and interdisciplinary inquiry.
The Life of the Mind
What sets Chicago apart from other law schools is our unabashed enthusiasm for the life of the mind - the conviction that ideas matter, that they are worth discussing, and that legal education should devote itself to learning for learning's sake, not just for earning's sake. Chicago students enjoy their classes and do not simply endure them. Eminent faculty teach first-year courses because, as committed teachers, they want to share ideas with students. We are passionate - even intense - about ideas. Our energy creates camaraderie that spills over from inside the classroom to outside the classroom, where we continue our conversations in the more relaxed atmospheres of the student lounge, restaurants, clubs, and sports stadiums.
Participatory Learning
Learning the law at Chicago is a collaborative venture between faculty and students that begins in the classroom but extends far beyond it.
Inside the Classroom
In a Chicago classroom, students share the stage with the professor. The professor does not lecture the students but rather engages them in a dialogue. By asking questions about thorny legal concepts and principles, the professor challenges students to articulate and defend positions for themselves. Known as the Socratic Method, this dialogue presents students with questions, to which there are no easy answers, regarding some of our most complex legal and social problems. This method prepares students to think on their feet when the stakes are high in the courtroom, legislative chamber, or boardroom.
All first-year students participate in our legal writing program under the guidance of one of the full-time Bigelow Teaching Fellows. Through this program, students master a lawyer's most powerful skills - researching, writing, and presenting well-reasoned legal arguments.
In their second and third years, students complete two substantial pieces of writing, either class papers, pieces submitted to the Law School's scholarly journals, or briefs prepared for the Moot Court competition or one of the clinical programs. Also in their second and third years, students can take advocacy and clinical courses that allow them to polish their lawyering skills - such as managing class action lawsuits, negotiating, and arbitrating - under the tutelage of distinguished practitioners.
Inside the Courtroom
Housed in the Arthur Kane Center at the Law School, Chicago's varied legal clinics, the Mandel Legal Aid Clinic, the Institute for Justice Center on Entrepreneurship, the Young Center for Immigrant Children's Rights, and the Exoneration Project, involve more than 100 students each year and permit them to represent clients with real-world legal problems under the guidance of the clinical faculty.
The Mandel Legal Aid Clinic offers projects in criminal and juvenile justice, employment discrimination, civil rights, housing, and mental health. Students interview clients, investigate facts, negotiate with adverse parties, conduct discovery, draft briefs, draft legislation, and appear on behalf of clients in state and federal courts. The program maximizes its impact by focusing on cutting-edge advocacy that can change entire areas of the law.
For example, students in the Criminal and Juvenile Justice Project, in addition to representing children and young adults accused of delinquent or criminal behavior, are often involved in policy reform and community education.
Moreover, the Clinic is engaged in various class action litigation that challenges the restrictions imposed on people confined at state-operated mental health facilities and the lack of procedural protections afforded people who have filed claims of employment discrimination with the State of Illinois.
The Clinic also successfully drafted and sought enactment of state legislation to protect the rights of people with mental illnesses. Finally, the Clinic offers a social service component that allows graduate students from the University's School of Social Service Administration to collaborate with law students on selected cases.
Inside the Boardroom
The Institute for Justice Clinic on Entrepreneurship is one of the few law school clinics that offers free transactional legal services to low to moderate-income Chicago entrepreneurs. Students provide a range of transactional legal services to entrepreneurs principally located in the inner city of Chicago. This clinical experience is designed to give students exposure to transactional legal projects just as the Mandel Legal Aid Clinic gives students exposure to litigation projects. The services provided by the Clinic on Entrepreneurship include business formation; assistance with license and permit applications; contract and lease negotiation; landlord, supplier, and lender negotiation; advice on intellectual property; and basic tax and regulatory compliance.
Outside the Classroom
Chicago students also learn by meeting in groups to explore particular areas of the law, hosting distinguished speakers, attending faculty Works-in-Progress lunches, meeting with faculty, and organizing symposia.
Learning through lunch is a tradition at Chicago. Lunchtime guests have included Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, ACLU President Nadine Strossen, and attorneys that argued Michigan's affirmative action case. Other recent visitors have included Vernon Jordan and Carol Mosely Braun. Students are also encouraged to attend lectures, workshops, and symposia at other divisions of the University of Chicago. United States Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer recently participated in our Shakespeare and the Law conference.
Students seeking to help advance legal scholarship work as research assistants to premier legal scholars on the Chicago faculty, either during the school year or over the summer. Such work provides a strong credential when seeking clerkships and academic positions.
About one-third of the upperclass students produce publications that feature articles by the world's leading legal minds. The University of Chicago Law Review publishes articles quarterly on every conceivable legal subject. The University of Chicago Legal Forum, an annual event, concentrates each year on a single topic around which it organizes a scholarly symposium. The Chicago Journal of International Law brings a new perspective to international and comparative law.
The Moot Court competition is open to all second and third-year students who want to hone their appellate advocacy skills. Both students and faculty avidly follow the competition. In the first round, participants argue a case before panels of local attorneys. In the second round, ten students brief and argue a different case before a faculty panel. The four finalists work in teams to brief and argue yet another case before a panel that includes distinguished sitting federal appellate and Supreme Court judges.
Interdisciplinary Inquiry
Chicago's devotion to interdisciplinary inquiry is as old as the school itself. It grows out of our conviction that the law does not exist in a vacuum. We can understand the law and legal methods only if we understand both how the law affects the behavior of the society it governs and how the law reflects the values of that society. For this reason, students do not study law as an autonomous discipline. Faculty draw students' attention to insights from the social sciences, the humanities, and the natural sciences beginning on the first day of class. Faculty members include philosphers, economists, historians, and political scientists, and each year several law school classes are cross-listed with other departments of the University. While Law and Economics was the first interdisciplinary field for which the Law School became famous, our curriculum demonstrates that students and faculty forge ahead in many other disciplines as well.


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More than 200 students in the 120th graduating class from the UTMB School of Medicine, thestate's oldest medical school, received their degrees on Saturday, June 5, at Moody Gardens Convention Center. U.S. Surgeon General Regina M. Benjamin was the keynote speaker for the 2010 commencement.
"We are honored to have Dr. Benjamin as our commencement speaker," said Dr. Garland D. Anderson, executive vice president, provost and dean of the School of Medicine. "Dr. Benjamin's extraordinary effort in providing care to society's most vulnerable, and her leadership in advocating for increased awareness of the health care needs of rural communities is a true inspiration to our students and faculty."
Benjamin, who became the 18th surgeon general in January, has had a distinguished career, both as a physician and a leader. She drew national attention after founding a rural health clinic in the shrimping village of Bayou La Batre, Ala. — a clinic she rebuilt three times after two hurricanes and a fire.
Anderson congratulated the students for their compassion while excelling in the classroom and caring for patients.
"They have contributed so much to the community during their time here," said Anderson. "I salute our students who are joining a noble profession at a time when the profession, and the nation, really need them."
Several honors and awards highlighted the ceremonies at Moody Gardens, among them:
Patrick Aguilar received the Gold-Headed Cane Award, given to the student who exemplifies dedication to the health and welfare of patients.
Christopher York was awarded the William N. and Ida Zinn Alpha Omega Alpha Award for the highest cumulative grade point average.
Bernard M. Karnath, an associate professor in the department of internal medicine, received the James W. Powers Memorial Award. The award honors a teacher selected by the graduating class who, through his example and instruction, best embodies the mission of educating physicians capable of practicing the art and science of medicine.
Dr. Walter F. Hasskarl Jr. (posthumous award), Dr. Fred D. Castrow II, Dr. Sanford A. Rubin and Dr. Barbara L. Thompson were honored with the Ashbel Smith Distinguished Alumnus Award, the highest alumni honor bestowed by UTMB's School of Medicine Alumni Association.
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Salem takes two: Winning for the 11th time in their last 12 outings, Salem took both ends of a doubleheader against Newburyport with wins of 8-2 and 9-5. In the first game, Timmy Ryan went 2-for-4, Sean Curtain and J.L. Pena went 2-for-4 with a pair of RBi and two runs scored each and Anthony Levesque struck out four in five innings of work while allowing one hit.In the 9-5 decision, Ryan Grey led the offense with two hits, two RBI and two runs scored while Matt Ryan had a big RBI double and Levesque delivered a clutch RBI as well. Christian Montanez earned the win with five innings, including four strikeouts in one frame after a dropped third strike prolonged the inning, and Troy Curtain struck out four in relief.Salem finished the regular season 12-5 and will find out their playoff opponent after the other teams finish their schedules.
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North Shore wins pair: The Navigators completed a perfect weekend with an 11-3 win over Seacoast. Blaise Lezynski went 3-for-4 with three RBI to spark North Shore's offense, Andrew Brodbeck went 2-for-5 with two RBI and Tim Hendricks and Calvin Graves also had two hits each. The Navs (18-17) scored five in the fifth to pull away and Walker O'Conner earned the win. Saturday, North Shore edged out Old Orchard Beach, 8-7, by scoring four times in the top of the ninth. Ryan Grant earned his second save of the summer in the win.
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Champions sweep doubleheader: Peabody took two from the Lynn Brickyard Legends, 6-2 and 17-1, to extend their winning streak to give games and boost their record to 14-6 on the summer. Derek Lyons hat two hits and two RBI, Zach Keenan and Mike Giardi added two RBI each and Andrew O'Neill scored twice in the first game with Mike Moroney getting the win with eight strikeouits. In the second game, Lyons had three hits, David Ruggeiro had three RBI, Jon Blodgett and Bobby Dean each ahd two RBI and O'Neill scored three times. Ben Hart went the distance and allowed one hit.


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