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Faculty News
Spring/Summer 2009
Associate Professor Bryan Adamson's article "Critical Error" was accepted for publication by the Yale Law & Policy Review. His article, "The Muslim Manchurian Candidate: Barack Obama, Rumors, and Quotidian Hermeneutics", has also been accepted for publication by St. John's Journal of Legal Commentary. Professor Adamson also made two presentations during the May 2009 AALS Section on Clinical Legal Education Conference, held in Cleveland. He addressed Clinical Directors on "Making the Most of the Carnegie and Best Practices Reports," and, at the New Clinicians Conference, presented "Allowing for Student Learning Through Reflection on Culture."
John D. Eshelman Professor Janet Ainsworth spoke at a panel held at the Linguistics Society of America's annual meeting in San Francisco. Her paper, "The Lawyer's Perspective: Ethical, Technical, and Practical Considerations Lawyers Face in Using Linguistic Experts," will be published with the other papers on this panel later this year. She made a presentation at "Making the Impossible Possible or Making Impossibility Palatable and How to Know the Difference", colloquium at the University of Tennessee College of Law. She facilitated a workshop for Tennessee judges on adapting pattern jury instructions to be better understood by jurors, in which judges crafted instructions for mock jury trials and then debriefed the jurors about their understanding of the law applied. She has signed on to two amicus briefs on cases pending before the U.S. Supreme Court. Professor Ainsworth had two pieces published this June: (1) The Social Meaning of Apology, in Paul Robinson, Stephen Garvey, & Kimberly Ferzan., eds., CRIMINAL LAW CONVERSATIONS, Oxford University Press; and (2) 'We Have Met the Enemy and He is Us': Cognitive Bias and Perceptions of Threat, in Stephen Garvey et al., eds., CRIMINAL LAW CONVERSATIONS, Oxford University Press. Professor Ainsworth chaired, and was a discussant on, the panel, "Interpretation and the Supreme Court" at the Law and Society Association Annual Meeting, Chair and discussant of panel (Denver, May 2009). In a separate panel, Professor Ainsworth also presented her paper, Linguistic Ideology versus Linguistic Practice: The Cognitive and Cultural Challenge of Code-Switching to English-Only Rules in the Workplace. She was a signatory on, and assisted in drafting an amicus curiae brief on petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Supreme Court in Padilla v. Kentucky (2009). Professor Ainsworth also assisted in drafting an amicus curiae brief in appeal to the United States Supreme Court in Flores-Figueroa v. United States.
Distinguished Jurist in Residence Robert Alsdorf gave several presentations, including "Campaign Conduct and Political Activity" at the American Judicature Society's 21st National College on Judicial Conduct and Ethics in Chicago, "Effective Communication with the Media" at the National Association of Women Judges Annual Conference in Portland, Ore., and "Demonstrating Procedural Fairness When Ruling From the Bench and When Communicating with the Public" at the American Judges Association Annual Conference in Maui. His article "Judicial Elections - A Personal View," was accepted for publication in AportesDPLF, a Spanish language publication of the Due Process of Law Foundation in Washington, D.C. has been appointed chair of the ABA's Africa Law Initiative Council for 2009-2010. Judge Alsdorf's article, Judicial Elections -- A Personal View, was accepted for publication in AportesDPLF (Revista de la Fundacion para el Debido Proceso Legal (DPLF), a Spanish language publication of the Due Process of Law Foundation in Washington, D.C. Judge Alsdorf also published a brief piece called "International Judicial Affairs" in the International Lawyer, Vol. 43, No. 2.
Assistant Professor Tom Antkowiak and two of his clinic students presented oral arguments before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights on July 3. Raven Lidman helped prepare the team members and accompanied them to Costa Rica. Subsequently, Professor Antkowiak negotiated an agreement with the Court's President that, among other things, establishes internship opportunities for SU law students.
Professor from Practice Bob Boruchowitz spoke at the 25th anniversary celebration of the Washington Defender Association. He was the founding president of WDA and served as president for 20 years. He also spoke at Temple Beth Am in Seattle on Law and the Holocaust and the Denial of Fundamental Rights and presented "The Implications of Bellevue v. E.S." in a Washington Defender Association CLE webinar on The Right to Counsel in Truancy Cases, a case in which the Court of Appeals ruled in his client's favor. His report on misdemeanor crimes, "Minor Crimes, Massive Waste," was featured in an article in the Seattle Times (April 2009). Professor Boruchowitz also participated in the first American Bar Association Criminal Justice Congress in Washington, D.C. He attended the Soros Justice Fellowships Conference in Chicago, and made a presentation on No Minor Injustice--Representation in Misdemeanor Cases. He also attended a meeting in D.C. of the American Council of Chief Defenders with Attorney General Eric Holder and several of his top staff on issues relating to public defense improvement.
Assistant Professor of Lawyering Skills Deirdre Bowen wrote "The Parent Trap: Differential Familial Power in Same-Sex Families," published in the William & Mary Journal of Women and the Law, and "Gender, Crime and Criminal Justice," published in the Encyclopedia of Gender and Society. Her article, "Calling Your Bluff: How Prosecutors and Defense Attorneys Adapt Plea Bargaining Strategies to Increased Formalization," was the lead article in Justice Quarterly. She has accepted an offer of publication for her article, "Brilliant Disguise: An Empirical Analysis of a Social Experiment Banning Affirmative Action" from the Indiana Law Journal. The journal plans to solicit comments on the article from other scholars, with a minimum of two pieces to be published with the article, and a goal of devoting an entire issue to Professor Bowen's article and accompanying commentary. She also participated in UCLA Law's Third Annual Critical Race Symposium, where she presented her study testing the claims of the anti-affirmative action camp regarding stigma and hostility. As a result of the symposium, she will be collaborating with the other presenters to develop a book. She also was a panelist at Columbia University School of Law's 15th Annual Paul Robeson Conference. Professor Bowen contributed a chapter, titled The Evolution of Affirmative Action in the United States, to AFFIRMATIVE ACTION: A LEGAL ANALYSIS, which will be published in November in Brazil. The book contains chapters from major legal contributors in Brazil on the issue of affirmative action.
Associate Professor of Lawyering Skills Mary Bowman gave a presentation "Making a Difference by Making it Real: Collaborating with Legal Services Organizations in Developing Legal Writing Problems," at the Rocky Mountain Legal Writing Conference. Based on that presentation, she was invited to participate in Central States Legal Writing Conference next fall, which is focused around new ways of energizing the legal writing curriculum and legal writing faculty.
Clinical Professor Lisa Brodoff presented a CLE to the King County Bar Association's Guardianship and Elder Law Section on "The Washington State Domestic Partner Registry Act: What you and your elder clients in committed relationships should know!" Her article, "Planning for Alzheimer's Disease with Mental Health Advance Directives," was accepted for publication in the Fall 2009 Elder Law Journal of the University of Illinois School of Law.
Distinguished Scholar in Residence Patrick Brown's article, "Ethics as Self-Transcendence: Legal Education, Faith, and an Ethos of Justice," was published in the Winter 2009 Seattle University Law Review. Professor Brown also gave a presentation, "History, Law, and Functional Collaboration," at a conference on Functional Collaboration in Halifax, Nova Scotia the week of July 6th.
Associate Dean for Library and Educational Technology Kristin Cheney was appointed as a mentor in the American Association of Law Library's newly created Leadership Academy. Fellows who participate in the year-long program are matched with mentors who are experienced law librarians known for their leadership skills.
Professor Robert Chang had several publication successes: "Making Up Is Hard to Do: Race/Gender/Sexual Orientation in the Law School Classroom" (co-author) will be published by Harvard Journal of Law and Gender; "Richard Delgado and the Politics of Citation" will be published by Berkeley Journal of African-American Law and Policy; "Half-Full, Half-Empty? Asian American Electoral 'Presence' in 2008" (co-author) will be published by Denver University Law Review; "Asian Americans and the Road to the White House: Musings on Being Invisible," the keynote address at the 15th Anniversary Celebration of Asian American Law Journal, will be published by that journal; and "Democratizing the Courts: How an Amicus Brief Helped Organize the Asian American Community to Support Marriage Equality" (co-author) will be published by Asian Pacific American Law Journal. In addition, an amicus brief for the Supreme Court of California filed by a coalition of Bar Associations in the "In Re Marriage Cases," which Bob helped to draft, will be published by Asian Pacific American Law Journal.
Reference Librarian Tina Ching spoke at Find it Free and Fast on the Net: Strategies for Legal Research on the Web, sponsored by the National Business Institute. She guided attendees through ways to locate deep web sources and old web pages and discussed how to utilize online government resources.
Associate Dean for Research and Centers Margaret Chon, the Don and Lynda Horowitz Professor for the Pursuit of Justice, had several publishing successes: "Marks of Rectitude" was accepted for publication by Fordham Law Review; "Copyright and Capability for Education: An Approach from Below" will be published as a book chapter by Cambridge University Press; and "Global Intellectual Property Pluralism and the Domains of Development" will be published as a book-chapter by Oxford University Press. She also presented her article, Marks of Rectitude, at the first annual workshop of the International Society for the History and Theory of Intellectual Property at the Universita Bocconi (Milan, June 2009). Professor Chon also concluded a two week course on International Copyright Law with the Munich Intellectual Property Law Center, a consortium of the Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property, Competition and Tax Law, the University of Augsburg, the Technische Universität München, and the George Washington University Law School in Washington, D.C.
University Professor Richard Delgado has several forthcoming articles, including "The Law of the Noose: A History of Latino Lynching," Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review; "Four Observations about Hate Speech" (co-authored with Research Professor Jean Stefancic," Wake Forest Law Review; "Liberal McCarthyism and Critical Race Theory's Stories of Origin," Iowa Law Review; "Watching the Opera in Silence: Disgust, Autonomy, and the Search for Universal Human Rights," Pittsburgh Law Review; "Rodrigo's Homily: Storytelling, Elite Self-Interest, and Legal Change," Oregon Law Review; "Crossover" (co-authored with Jean Stefancic), American Indian Law Review; "The Sincerest Form of Flattery," University of San Francisco Law Review; "Creating and Documenting a New Field of Legal Study," (co-authored with Jean Stefancic); Harvard Latino Law Review; and "The New Nativism: Proposition 187 and the Debate over Immigration," Aztlan: A Journal of Chicano Studies. He also contributed forewords to the several books by other scholars, describing the book and its contribution, outlining some of its themes, and situating it in current discourse.
Professor Sid Delong gave a presentation on the use of contract penalty clauses to regulate behavior in intimate relationships at the Law and Society Association Annual Meeting, (Denver, May 2009).
Professor David Engdahl's article, "The Classic Rule of 'Full Faith and Credit," was published in the Yale Law Journal.
Associate Director of Legal Writing Anne Enquist was a panelist for the AALS Section for Legal Research, Analysis and Writing As part of her presentation on "Appropriate vs. Inappropriate Collaboration: Where is the Line?" she wrote, produced, and directed a short video that "starred" several legal writing professors and students. She was also a plenary speaker at the AALS Beginning Legal Writing Teachers Workshop in Washington, D.C. Her talk "Finding Your Voice in the Legal Academy" focused in writing and publishing legal scholarship.
Professor Thomas Fischer's new book, What's Wrong with "Globalization"!?, was published by the Carolina Academic Press.
Clinic Director Paul Holland's article "The Distinctive Rhythms of Bench Trials" will be published by the Clinical Law Review. He was a presenter at a web seminar on "Challenging Confessions in Juvenile Delinquency Cases." His work in progress, Developing Reflective Practitioners in Problem-Solving Courts, has been selected for publication by the Washington University Journal of Law and Policy. It will be published in a special issue containing articles presented at a roundtable to be held this November, titled "New Directions in ADR and Clinical Education Theory, Teaching, and Practice."
Associate Dean for Faculty Development Lily Kahng presented a paper, "One Is the Loneliest Number: The Single Taxpayer in a Joint Return World," at the Critical Tax Conference, held at Indiana-Bloomington Law School. The paper has also been accepted for publication by the Hastings Law Journal. The article was profiled on TaxProf Blog (May 2009). Also, Professor Kahng's article, Innocent Spouses: A Critique of the New Laws Governing Joint and Several Tax Liability, has been published in Critical TAX THEORY: AN INTRODUCTION (Anthony C. Infanti & Bridget J. Crawford, eds.) (Cambridge University Press 2009).
LAW AND ECONOMICS: TOWARD SOCIAL JUSTICE, Volume 24 of the book series edited by Richard Zerbe of UW and Associate Dean for Faculty Development Jack Kirkwood, Research in Law and Economics, has been published. The volume includes papers presented at a 2006 symposium held by the Center on Corporations, Law & Society, and was edited by Dana Gold, former director of the center. It contains articles on a wide range of legal and economic issues by a distinguished group of contributors. including William Bratton, Devon Carbado & Mitu Gulati, June Carbone & Naomi Cahn, Claire Moore Dickerson, Thomas Joo, Kent Greenfield, Daniel Greenwood, David Millon, Robin Malloy, and Cheryl Wade. Associte Dean Kirkwood was named a senior fellow of the American Antitrust Institute. His article, "The Fundamental Goal of Antitrust: Protecting Consumers, Not Increasing Efficiency," was published in the Notre Dame Law Review. "The Path to Profitability: Reinvigorating the Neglected Phase of Merger Analysis" will be published by George Mason Law Review. He also prepared a detailed outline for and spoke at the 2009 Sports Law CLE, "The Business of Sports," which was offered to benefit The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. His presentation was titled "Antitrust and Sports: When Does Collusion Benefit Sports Fans?"
Professor Tayyab Mahmud presented a paper, "(Geo)graphies of Empire: Sea of Poppies and The White Tiger," at the States of Violence: Representations of Conflict in Film, Fiction, and Media of South Asia Conference hosted by The Clowes Center for Conflict and Dialogue and Comparative History of Ideas Program of University of Washington. He also made a presentation on "Activist Lawyering, Law Teaching and Law Learning" at the Roots and Reality: Grassroots Organizing, Law and Public Policy Workshop at American University College of Law. He was selected to be a Justice Faculty Fellow of the Center for the Study of Justice in Society of Seattle University and to participate in the seminar Race, Class and the Earth Crisis: Where Sustainability and Social Justice Meet. He also delivered the keynote address at the Annual Meeting of the South Asian Bar Association of New England.
Associate Professor Natasha Martin was selected as a 2009 Justice Faculty Fellow for Seattle University's Center for the Study of Justice in Society. She will participate in the seminar Having a Say and Leading the Way: Narratives of Distress and Visions for Success from Faculty of Color in the Academy. Her article, Pretext in Peril, has been accepted for publication by the Missouri (Columbia) Law Review. The article will be the centerpiece of a colloquium that will include responses and commentary by several prominent employment discrimination scholars. She also chaired the 2009 Lutie A. Lytle Black Women Law Faculty Writing Workshop, held at the Law School on June 25 - 28. Professor Martin organized the entire program, which included scholarly presentations by approximately 40 attendees, and also presented her work in progress, Caricature, Race and the Myth of Post-Racialism in America.
Professor Hank McGee was presented with a Commemorative Plaque at the Inaugural Global African Studies Lecture Series that bears his name. He was a pioneering director of the UCLA Afro-American Studies Center in the early '70s, and has written widely on the situation of peoples of African descent. He taught in 1999 at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Douglas R. Nash, Director of Center for Indian Law and Policy, testified before the United States House Appropriations Committee's Subcommittee on Interior, Environment and Related Agencies on the need to appropriated funds authorized for Indian estate planning work within the American Indian Probate Reform Act.
Legal Writing Program Director Laurel Oates and Legal Writing Professor Mimi Samuel organized and hosted the Conference on Promoting the Teaching of Legal Writing in Southern Africa at the University of Pretoria. The conference, which was the first legal writing conference to be held in South Africa, was attended by 65 South African academics, attorneys, and magistrates, and 20 U.S. participants representing 18 law schools. Professor Samuel presented a plenary session on Models for Teaching Legal Writing and a workshop on Writing Concisely; Professor Oates presented sessions on Writing Persuasively and Writing to Learn.
Associate Professor Catherine O'Neill's article, "The False Promise of Risk Avoidance" was published in the King County Bar Bulletin. She authored a chapter, "The Mathematics of Mercury," in the new book "Reforming Regulatory Impact Analysis." The book release provided an occasion for a symposium on regulatory impact analysis in the new administration, held in Washington, D.C. She was interviewed for an article on mercury in West Virginia's waters, published in the Charleston Gazette and aired on West Virginia Public Broadcasting (June 2009).
Associate Professor Rafael Pardo had three articles published: "The Real Student-Loan Scandal: Undue Hardship Discharge Litigation" and "Failing to Answer Whether Bankruptcy Reform Failed: A Critique of the First Report from the 2007 Consumer Bankruptcy Project" in different issues of the American Bankruptcy Law Journal and "The Utility of Opacity in Judicial Selection," in the NYU Annual Survey of American Law. His most recent article, "An Empirical Examination of Access to Chapter 7 Relief by Pro Se Debtors," was accepted for publication in the Emory Bankruptcy Developments Journal. The article was also selected for presentation at the Harvard-Texas Joint Conference on Commercial Law Realities, which was hosted by the University of Texas School of Law. He also was chosen to serve as secretary and treasurer of the AALS Section on Creditors' and Debtors' Rights.
Associate Director/Collection Development Librarian Kara Phillips participated in the China-United States Conference on Legal Information and Law Libraries in Beijing, China in May. The Conference provided a venue for Chinese and American participants to exchange information regarding legal research, legal information management, information access, professional development and formation of professional associations. Ms. Phillips is a member of the Conference Planning Steering Committee and Co-Chair of the Translation and Publication Committee.
Assistant Professor Russell Powell was named the chair of the Committee on Islamic Law for the International Law Association. His article "Zakat: Drawing Insights for Legal Theory and Economic Policy from Islamic Jurisprudence" was accepted for publication by the Pittsburgh Tax Review.
Assistant Professor Lawyering Skills Norman Printer was appointed vice co-chair of the American Society of International Law Teaching International Law Interest Group.
Professor Julie Shapiro published an essay on the future prospects for access to marriage for same-sex couples in the King County Bar Bulletin. Her blog, Related Topics (http://julieshapiro.wordpress.com/) has been viewed more than 25,000 times.
Professor David Skover set the stage for and moderated a televised debate between Justice Richard Sanders and former Justice Phil Talmadge, sponsored by the City Club Forum and held at the University of Puget Sound. The debate focused on erosion of civil liberties in the wake of the USA Patriot Act. David and his coauthor, Ron Collins, have accepted an invitation to publish the lead article "Paratexts in Praxis," for a special issue of NeoHelicon, an international and interdisciplinary peer-reviewed journal. They have also have signed a contract with the Cambrige University Press for the future publication of Dissent.
Associate Professor Ron Slye was appointed to the Advisory Council of the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company, a dance company based in New York City that explores a variety of social justice issues through dance and other performance art. He submitted an expert's affidavit in the consolidated appeal of Lungisile Ntsebeza v. Daimler, AG et al., and Khulamani v. Barclay's National Bank et al. The appeals, being heard in the 2nd Circuit, involve claims of complicity in the crime of Apartheid in South Africa by a number of multinational corporations. His affidavit concerned Apartheid as a crime against humanity and the legitimacy of the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission process. Professor Slye published a piece in the online version of Foreign Policy magazine concerning the nomination of Harold Koh to be Legal Adviser to the US Department of State. He was also a featured speaker at a CLE called "Truth or Consequences: The Bush Administration and the Rule of Law," with Professor David Boerner and Justice Richard Sanders. Professor Slye was recently appointed by the President of Kenya as one of nine Commissioners for the Kenyan Truth, Justice, and Reconciliation Commission.
Assistant Professor Dean Spade accepted the prestigious Haywood Burns Chair for spring 2010 at CUNY Law School. His article "Documenting Gender," in the Hastings Law Journal received a Dukeminier Award from the Williams Institute at UCLA Law as one of the best articles on sexual orientation and gender law. He presented "Trans Politics on a Neoliberal Landscape," at Northeastern Law School and "Trans Awareness in Law Schools and Trans Issues in Law Classes" at the AALS conference in San Diego. He spoke at the Rethinking Sex: Gender and Sexuality Studies State of the Field Conference at the University of Pennsylvania and presented "Discrimination, Recognition and the Politics of Impossibility" at Hofstra Law School. He also was the keynote speaker at the Queer Art/Queer Action (Politics of Possibility) Conference at the University of North Carolina, Asheville, and the Columbia Journal of Gender and the Law Symposium held at Columbia University School of Law, where he presented "Gender at the Margins." He was the plenary speaker for the Gender Futures: Law, Critique and the Struggle for Something More Conference at the Westminster University Center for Law, Gender and Sexuality, in London. He has been invited to deliver the James A. Thurber Lecture at Yale Law School next year. The lectureship was established in honor of Dean James A. Thomas '64, to provide for a lecture by a scholar whose work addresses the concerns of communities or groups currently marginalized within the legal academy or society at large.
Professor Jane Stoever's article, Stories Absent from the Courtroom: Responding to Domestic Violence in the Context of HIV and AIDS, was published in the North Carolina Law Review.
Fall/Winter 2008
Janet Ainsworth was the keynote speaker for the International Conference on Forensic Linguistics at Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, presenting, "Lessons from America: When Forensic Linguistic Expertise Makes a Difference in Law." She also participated in the colloquium held at the City University of Hong Kong, sponsored by the Research Grants Council of Hong Kong CERG Project: "International Commercial Arbitration Practice: A Discourse Analytic Study." She has several upcoming publications: "The Social Meaning of Apology" and " 'We Have Met the Enemy and He is Us': Cognitive Bias and Perceptions of Threat," to be published in the book Criminal Law Conversations; "The Performance of Gender as Reflected in American Evidence Rules: Language, Power, and the Legal Construction of Liability" to be published in the Proceedings of the International Gender and Language Association,Victoria University Press and "Linguistic Ideology versus Linguistic Practice: The Cognitive and Cultural Challenges of Code-Switching to 'English-Only' Rules in American Workplaces," to be published in the Proceedings of the TEMPUS Programme in Curriculum, Language, and the Law.
Assistant Professor Tom Antkowiak delivered a presentation at a confence on The Transcendence of the Judgments of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights at the Catholic University of Argentina in Buenos Aires.
Visiting Clinical Professor Bob Boruchowitz argued a case in the Court of Appeals advocating for a right to counsel for children in truancy fact finding hearings. He also spoke on "Misdemeanor Public Defense 36 Years after Argersinger" at the Washington State Bar Criminal Justice Institute and to the Washington State Association of Municipal Attorneys on providing counsel at arraignments. He also spoke to the Oregon Criminal Defense Lawyers Association on achieving and maintaining high lawyer performance and satisfaction. He was appointed to the American Bar Association's advisory group for the implementation of the Criminal Justice Solutions Project.
Legal Writing Professor Deirdre Bowen presented her paper, "The Parent Trap: Differential Power in Intact Same-Sex Families Based on Legal and Cultural Understandings of Parentage" at the Law and Society Conference in Montreal. She presented her paper "Calling Your Bluff: How Prosecutors and Defense Attorneys Adapt Plea Bargaining Strategies to Increased Formalization" at the AALS Dispute Resolution Section Conference at Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law in Tempe, Ariz.
Legal Writing Professors Mary Bowman and Janet Dickson presented "Communicating with the Millennials: Teaching and Preparing the Next Generation of Lawyers," at the Legal Writing Institute's Biennial Conference in Indianapolis. They have since granted permission for several faculty members from other schools to use their materials for full-faculty trainings and retreats at their home schools. Dickson acted as host for seven African members of APPEAL (Academics Promoting the Pedagogy of Effective Advocacy in Law), who traveled to Indianapolis for the Legal Writing Institute's Biennial Conference.
Clinical Professor Lisa Brodoff's article, "Lifting Burdens: Proof, Social Justice, and Public Assistance Administrative Hearings" was published by the New York University Review of Law & Social Change. She has made several presentations, including CLE for the Washington State Senate staff on State Administrative Law issues and a CLE for the Washington State House of Representatives Legislative Staff on Administrative Agency Creation and Rulemaking. She was a speaker at the Statewide Elder Law Conference and gave an update on legislative changes to the Domestic Partnership Registry Act and its impact on the elderly.
Professor Robert Chang delivered introductory remarks at the installation of Professor Adrienne Davis as the William M. Van Cleve Professor of Law at the Washington University School of Law, where he do a faculty workshop on his paper, "Differential Americanization during Wartime." He also delivered the keynote address, "Asian Americans and the Road to the White House: Musing on Being Invisible," at the 15th Anniversary Celebration of Berkeley's Asian American Law Journal.
Donald and Lynda Horowitz Professor for the Pursuit of Justice Maggie Chon was a panelist at the Third Access to Knowledge Global Conference in Geneva, sponsored by IQsensato and the Yale Information Society Project. She presented her project on "Marks of Rectitude: Fair Trade, Brand-based Regulation and New Global Governance" at the Eighth Annual Intellectual Property Scholars Conference, held at Stanford Law School. She was also invited to participate in a panel on "Knowledge Creation Systems on the International Stage," held at Fordham University Law School. She presented her draft article "Just Trust Us: Certification Marks, Standard-Setting and Global Governance."
Vice Dean Annette Clark made a presentation to the undergraduate Pre-Med Club on Initiative 1000, the Death with Dignity initiative. She also spoke at the National Association of Women Judges (NAWJ) annual conference in Portland, Ore. Her presentation was titled "Genetic Information and Privacy: the Increasing Tension between the Need to Keep Private and the Need to Know." She was also a commenter at the University program entitled "Physician-Assisted Suicide: A Catholic Perspective."
Associate Professor Sidney Delong published an essay "The Poetry of Law" in the Journal of Legal Education.
Professor David Engdahl did a CLE presentation for the Washington State Senate staff on federal preemption issues in the context of Congress spending and so-called "commerce clause" powers.
Associate Director of Legal Writing Anne Enquist spoke at the national meeting for the National Association of Appellate Court Attorneys in Portland. Her topic was "Building your Writer's 'REP' (revising, editing, and proofreading skills)."
Distinguished Academic in Residence Thom Fischer's latest book "What's Wrong with Globalization!?" will be published by Carolina Academic Press. The fourth edition of the "Sum & Substance of Conflict of Laws" is in press.
Ronald A. Peterson Law Clinic Director Paul Holland has been appointed to serve on a committee by the Washington State Bar Association that will look at APR 9 (Rule 9).
Associate Professor Jack Kirkwood spoke on "The Future of Private Antitrust Actions" at The 25th Annual Antitrust and Consumer Protection Seminar sponsored by the Washington State Bar Association. His book chapter, "Chicago's Foundation is Flawed: Antitrust Protects Consumers, Not Efficiency," co-authored with Bob Lande, was published in "Where the Chicago School Overshot the Mark: Effect of Conservative Economic Analysis on U.S. Antitrust". His chapter, "The New Kid on the Block: Buyer Power," was included "The Next Antitrust Agenda: The American Antitrust Institute's Transition Report on Competition Policy the 44th President on the United States."
Visiting Professor Joe Knight served as the keynote speaker at the Nebraska Bar Association's Legal Diversity Summit in Omaha and also spoke to students at the University of Nebraska Law School.
Clinical Professor Raven Lidman was a member of a panel on pro bono at a conference in Lima, Peru, on a proposed new ethics code for Peru. The conference was sponsored by a Peruvian NGO, Ciudadano al Dia, and the Vance Center of the New York City Bar. She spoke on the topic of how law schools can encourage an ethos of pro bono. An article on the same topic was published in the December 2007 issue of the law review, IUS, of Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru.
Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Development and Professor Tayyab Mahmud delivered the keynote address, "Lawyers & the Rule of Law: Lessons of Pakistan's Constitutional Crisis," at the Washington State Attorney General's Annual Conference at the Convention Center in Tacoma. He was co-conductor of a workshop for the candidates at the AALS Faculty Recruitment Conference held in Washington D.C. He also led a workshop and a Q &A session for minority candidates. He also delivered the keynote address, "Rule of Law: Challenges and Responsibilities of Lawyers," at the students' orientation of University of Wyoming College of Law. He was the lead organizer for the Thirteenth Annual LatCrit Conference held at the law school.
Associate Professor Natasha Martin presented "Debunking the Myth of Discriminatory Animus under Title VII" at the Third Annual Colloquium on Current Scholarship in Labor and Employment Law in San Diego.
Legal Writing Program Director Laurel Oates conducted a workshop for the Hearing Examiners Association of Washington at its annual conference. She and Legal Writing Professor Mimi Samuel sat on a workshop panel at the Legal Education at the Crossroads Conference held at the University of Washington School of Law. The panel focused on First-Year Reforms Supplementing the Cognitive, Skills and Professional Formation Apprenticeships. They discussed the law school's Legal Writing pilot program in a presentation.
Associate Professor Catherine O'Neill delivered a presentation called "Risk Assessment in the Tribal Context" to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's National Risk Assessors Meeting. She also delivered a presentation to the University of Washington's School of Public Health called "Risk and Rights: Issues for Risk Assessment in the Tribal Context." She also joined several member scholars of the Center for Progressive Reform in publishing the report "Protecting Public Health and the Environment by the Stroke of a Presidential Pen," which was delivered to President-elect Obama's transition team.
Associate Professor Rafael Pardo participated in the Annual Fall Symposium of the Ninth Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel, where he and co-author Jonathan Nash (Emory Law School) presented their research on appellate structure in the federal bankruptcy system. He presented his most recent empirical research on the discharge of student loans in bankruptcy, entitled "The Real Student-Loan Scandal: Undue Hardship Discharge Litigation," at the poster session of the Third Annual Conference on Empirical Legal Studies at Cornell Law School and at the Washington Bankruptcy Judges Conference. He also presented "An Empirical Examination of Access to Chapter 7 Relief by Pro Se Debtors" at the Annual Meeting of the Midwestern Law and Economics Association at Northwestern University School of Law.
Fredric C. Tausend Professor David Skover completed the manuscript of his most recent book (co-authored with Ronald Collins) over the summer months. "Mania: The Story of the Outrageous and Outraged Lives that Launched a Generation," is a narrative portrayal of the lives of the major Beat figures during their most creative period from 1949-1957. Focusing on the individuals and experiences that were depicted in Allen Ginsberg's famous poem, "Howl," the book culminates with the famous San Francisco obscenity trial, State v. Ferlinghetti, the first and last American prosecution for poetic vulgarity.
Associate Professor Ron Slye was appointed to the selection committee of the 2009 Rothko Chapel Oscar Romero Award, which awards $20,000 every other year to an organization or individual that "stands for truth and freedom, that demonstrates the courage to attack the roots of oppression and that displays commitment to the fight for human rights and justice." He was also appointed to the advisory board of the ICTR project of the Multi-Lifespan Information System Research Initiative, which will work with the ICTR (the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda) to organize and make accessible the tribunals materials for future generations.
Assistant Professor Dean Spade attended Europride in Stockholm and gave a lecture on "The Politics of Impossibility and a presentation of the film "Toilet Training: Law and Order in the Bathroom." He presented "Empirically Queer?" on a panel about "New Directions in Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Law Scholarship" at the Lavender Law Conference in San Francisco and at the Annual American Studies Association Conference in Albuquerque, N.M. He was the keynote speaker for Columbia School of Public Health's conference about health of marginalized populations and the keynote speaker for a symposium on transgender law at Temple School of Law.


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It's become clear that the Detroit Lions have developed a reputation as a feisty, borderline dirty team. And the poster boy for the "Dirty Lions" has clearly become Nnamukong Suh.
On Sunday, Suh was once again called out by players on an opposing team for his tact (or lack thereof). Falcons center Todd McClure and receiver Roddy White both said they'd lost respect for the second-year defensive lineman after he allegedly taunted injured quarterback Matt Ryan.
From the Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
"I had respect for Suh before the game," McClure said. "But when Matt was on the ground, the things he was saying and the trash he was talking was definitely uncalled for. There are certain things you don't do. [He said], 'Get the cart' and several other things that I can't repeat."
Roddy White said, "I lost a whole lot of respect for 90 [Suh] today, and also 92 [Cliff Avril], the [bleep] they were doing when Matt got hurt. That was unacceptable. … Like 92 was kicking [Ryan's] feet, saying, 'Get him off the field.' We don't do stuff like that. We don't rally over guys when they get hurt. It was just inappropriate behavior. I mean, 'Get the cart'? Are you serious? Come on. When you compete, you never want to see a guy get hurt."
Earlier in the game, Suh dodged a flag when he shoved Atlanta's Joe Hawley to the ground well after the whistle had gone. He also took a facemask penalty on Ryan.
As we documented in late August, this isn't the first time Suh has come under fire for his questionable antics. The 24-year-old has been fined on three separate occasions for illegal hits. But his mean streak is part of his game, and it's a big reason why he was the league's defensive player of the year in 2010.
That's why Suh isn't backing down. In fact, he defended himself against White in rather insulting fashion, telling the media on Monday that he didn't care for "Rodney White's" respect, according to Dave Birkett of the Detroit Free Press.
Either Suh thinks he was being ripped by a former Detroit Pistons forward, he doesn't know White's actual given name, or he's just tossing some more disrespect in White's direction. Either way, he's right. NFL players aren't here to make friends, especially with opponents. Why should Ndamukong Suh care what anyone but his coaches and teammates thinks of him? Oh, and maybe his mom.
And that's a good thing for Lions fans, because history would seem to indicate that he — and maybe the team as a whole — will never overcome the dirty stereotype that exists. Because now everyone else in the NFL is expecting shenanigans from Suh and Co. They're watching for it, and they may think they're seeing it where it might not even exist.
Suh defended himself today, urging anyone to watch the tape and identify any taunting. When he was asked why Falcons players would accuse him of mockery if he was in fact innocent, he wondered aloud if it's "because the media continues to call me a dirty player and yet can't prove it."
That's what happens when you lose the benefit of the doubt. Players are watching for Suh to act up, especially on plays like the one in which Ryan was injured. The slightest of celebratory-like movements might have been enough to make up White's mind. Same with McClure and whoever else was in the area with their taunt radar turned on.
So Suh will escape this controversy unscathed, but he's now taking heat for more than just his alleged tomfoolery between plays. The Lions are off to an unprecedented start, but surprisingly, Suh has very little to do with their early-season success. He's been struggling to get to the quarterback (three sacks in seven games after recording 10 as a rookie) and Detroit's run defense is surrendering an abysmal five yards per carry, which is half-a-yard worse than last season.
In his defense, Suh is facing more double teams than he did in 2010. But All-Pro defensive tackles find ways to overcome those obstacles. And the Lions are actually much deeper in the front seven this season, so you can't peg it on a lack of support.
In a column that can only be described as Grade-A BS, FoxSports.com's Jason Whitlock wonders if the new rules in the collective bargaining agreement restricting padded practices could somehow be playing a role, claiming that Jim Schwartz and his coaching staff "have unleashed Frankenstein, a monster they can't control and a monster who is playing a key role in destroying the Lions."
I don't think a lack of what Whitlock essentially calls learned toughness is what's hurting the Lions on defense, and I don't agree with the assessment that Suh is a "blind dog let loose in a meat house." I think Suh's level of aggression is right on the money (despite the obvious negative side effects) and I don't think his reemergence will require systemic changes.
Instead, I think he's dealing with the same thing that has infected Mike Williams in Tampa and Sam Bradford in St. Louis. It's a sophomore slump.
But with the offense starting to slow and Mattew Stafford hurt and the losses suddenly adding up, he'll have to find a cure quickly. Otherwise, the Lions will find themselves out of the playoffs for the 12th straight year.

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CARY ELWES, Westley: I first met Robin at Shepperton Studios [in England] during a costume fitting. I knew immediately that she was perfect. She had done [the soap opera] Santa Barbara. When you've done a lot of television, you become very seasoned very quickly. She was a pro.
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Board: 1 A Case Study of the Citizen-Centric Report Presenter: Doreen T. Crisostomo, University of Guam;
Description: How can we assist students in learning government accounting? Provide them real-life experience projects! The purpose of this presentation is to share ideas/resources when teaching government accounting in the classroom.
Board: 2 Assessment of Learning Outcomes in Hybrid and Online Principles Courses Presenters: Victoria Badura, Chadron State College; Jerry Haugland, Chadron State College; James Koehn, Chadron State College;
Description: Are you considering an online or hybrid program but do not know how to assess learning outcomes? Are you concerned about student learning based upon format? Learn how one college implemented a plan to assess Hybrid & Online format course. The details of the plan, assessment & results will be presented for online & hybrid format courses.
Board: 3 Creative Methods to Facilitate Learning of Complex, Inter-related Tax Rules Presenters: Cheelan Bo-Linn, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Anu Varadharajan, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign;
Description: Puzzled by students' failure to see the big picture when applying tax rules? Join us in a conversation to discuss the use of cases, decision trees, simulations, etc. to facilitate deeper understanding and application of tax rules. Handouts provided.
Board: 4 Do We Teach What We Say We Teach? Presenter: Gregory Clifton, Metropolitan State College of Denver; John Hathorn, Metropolitan State College of Denver;
Description: This presentation establishes a mechanism to ensure that what we teach in the classroom complies with what has been approved in the regular course, or master, syllabus.
Board: 5 Dr. PC: A Multi-Media Management Control Exercise Presenter: Norman T. Sheehan, University of Saskatchewan; Ganesh Vaidyanathan, University of Saskatchewan;
Description: The exercise helps students cross the threshold in terms of understanding why MCS are needed and how they help businesses succeed. Only when students understand this, can they move forward in the discipline. The video is integral as it brings a visceral element to what typically is a rational exercise of prescribing controls for businesses.
Board: 6 Effective Teaching Strategies for Large Classes Presenter: Raymond J. Elson, Valdosta State University; Sanjay Gupta, Valdosta State University;
Description: Budget and facility constraints have made it necessary for smaller institutions to start offering some lower level courses in large classes. Attendees will likely get some useful pointers on effective teaching strategies for large classes.
Board: 7 Effective Use of Google Apps for Education to Teach Graduate (and Upper Level) Accounting Courses Presenter: Lindsay Hackett, PricewaterhouseCoopers; Venkataraman Iyer, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro;
Description: Do you want your graduate course to be interactive, easily manageable, rewarding, amenable to intensive group work, and provide a great learning experience for students? We will show how to use Google Apps for Education to achieve these.
Board: 8 Ethics Education, State Boards of Accountancy, and How Ethics Can Be Taught Presenters: Rick L. Crosser, Metropolitan State College of Denver; Doug Laufer, Metropolitan State College of Denver; Erik Roth, Metropolitan State College of Denver;
Description: Numerous examples of ethical behavior breakdown occurred during the past. State boards of accountancy have not reacted to help correct ethical problems via required coursework. Accounting schools are complicit. Evidence of the above, plus how ethics can be taught will be demonstrated.
Board: 9 Free Stuff for Basic Excel Coverage Presenters: Brian R. Kovar, Kansas State University; Stacy Kovar, Kansas State University;
Description: Do you need to integrate quick spreadsheet assignments in your accounting course, but find getting students up to speed on the mechanics challenging? This presentation provides some quick assignments, along with free resources to help students to learn the details.
Board: 10 Group Examinations as an Engaged Learning Supplement to Individual Examinations Presenter: Carol A. Hartley, Providence College;
Description: Some students do "brain dumps" after examinations instead of re-studying material to figure out what they did not understand. This poster will present a group examination supplement to individual examinations to motivate students to reengage in the material.
Board: 11 Group Exercise: Introductory Chapter of Cost /Managerial Presenter: Jane Stoneback, Central Connecticut State University;
Description: Group exercise for the introductory chapter of Cost /Managerial that is an ice breaker stimulating student discussion about business decisions, motivating the course topics.
Board: 12 Inexpensive and Easy Techniques to Increase the Number of Accounting Majors at Your School Presenters: Genevieve Scalan, Texas State University; Carole Shook, University of Arkansas;
Description: Do you want to increase the number of Accounting majors at little to no cost? See how to create a brochure, video, Ambassadors program, and use social networking, etc. to create a recruitment program for undergraduate students.
Board: 13 Jensen Pharma: A Governance Role Play Presenters: J. Kay Keels, Coastal Carolina University; Norman T. Sheehan, University of Saskatchewan;
Description: While the demand for including governance in the accounting curriculum is increasing, there are few teaching materials that bring the topic to life to engage students. This role play is a highly effective way to get students to apply governance concepts and experience first-hand the pressures board members feel to balance conflicting concerns.
Board: 14 Mobile Cell Phone Repurposed Surveillance Audit HD Video for Effective Learning Strategies of YouTube's Innovative Social Media Networks for Wirelessly Auto-Sharing, Tagging, Embedding, Syndicating, Captioning, Subtitling, & Machine-Transcribing by Google Presenters: Avi Rushinek, University of Miami; Sara Rushinek, University of Miami;
Description: Users disseminate successful practices of the first course sequence in accounting that piqued their interest by FaceBook®, Twitter®, Reader®, Orkut®, MySpace® about accounting and pursuit of the CPA profession as a career. The session stresses those changes in content segment or a subset of skills rather that a programmatic or curricular changes.
Board: 15 Modeling Uncertainty in C-V-P Assignments: Going Beyond the Basics! Presenters: Terry Campbell, Kelley Business School - Indiana University - Bloomington; Paul M. Goldwater, University of Central Florida; David E. Stout, Youngstown State University;
Description: We combine a validated C-V-P instructional resource (Pack-and-Go) with Monte Carlo simulation to demonstrate the ease/necessity of incorporating uncertainty into C-V-P. We demonstrate its application in the 2010 Educational Innovation Award Winner Practice4Performance software program.
Board: 16 Optimizing Course Management System Resources in the Introductory Accounting Course Presenter: Michelle Li-Kuehne, College of Saint Benedict/Saint John's University;
Description: Learn how to improve the pedagogical efficacy of resources posted to Course Management Systems (CMS), such as Moodle. A study evaluating student preferences and comparing the use of CMS resources with student performance is presented. Examples of Camtasia videos, other student preferred resources, and methods to track resource use will be provided.
Board: 17 Playing a Game, Discovering IGAAP Differences and Exploring the Codification - Three Engaged Learning Activities in the Intermediate Sequence Presenter: Sandra Roberson, Furman University;
Description: Engage and challenge your students using the conceptual framework feud, an excellent icebreaker; a GAAP vs. IGAAP activity that highlights significant disclosure and presentation differences; and a series of Codification assignments with a focus on self-learning.
Board: 18 Proven Strategies for Increasing Student Involvement in Online and Blended Delivery Classes: Graded Online Discussion Boards as the Proxy for Traditional Class Meetings Presenters: Charles Leflar, University of Arkansas, Walton College; Connie McKnight, University of Central Arkansas;
Description: Online classes often struggle with low student interest and high attrition. How can this problem be mitigated? A carefully designed and well implemented graded online discussion board system may go far in eliminating these problems and increasing student learning in online classes.
Board: 19 Search Engine Optimization (SEO) & Domination Audit for Effective Learning Strategies of World Wide Web's Internet Sites: Innovative Methods for Teaching, Capturing, Storing, Distributing Lectures via Automated Uploading to Ad Hoc Network Hot Spots Presenters: Avi Rushinek, University of Miami; Sara Rushinek, University of Miami;
Description: Ad Hoc hot spot Lecture Captures (LC) to anywhere. Streamline LC workflow. Methods to automatically free up space once your lectures have been safely delivered. Upload on-the-go by personal Wi-Fi Hotspots. Automatically upload, geotag, back-up wirelessly share your lectures. Lectures are indexed and can be searched via the web.
Board: 20 Teaching Federal Income Tax with US Presidential Income Tax Returns Presenter: John D. Rossi, Moravian College;
Description: With presidential elections we are told allot about the candidates without telling us much at all. In the case of the Presidential Election, tax returns are one of the few sources of information that a politician cannot spin. If you understand tax laws and personal finance, a tax return offers interesting insights into a President.
Board: 21 Teaching Internal Control through Active Learning Presenters: Tammy Duxbury, Bryant University; MaryElla Gainor, Bryant University;
Description: Turn OFF the snooze button when teaching the topic of internal control!! This in-class project gets students excited about and engaged in the topic through active learning, teamwork, competition, and critical thinking. Attend this session to find out more…
Board: 22 The Mapping of an Accounting Department's Program to Various Professional Licensures' Body of Knowledge Requirements Presenters: Nishat Abbasi, Metropolitan State College of Denver; John Hathorn, Metropolitan State College of Denver;
Description: Help your students take the right accounting courses to capitalize on the knowledge specifications of various professional examinations.
Board: 23 The Perks and Pitfalls of Standardizing Your Introductory Accounting Course Presenters: Tammy J. Duxbury, CPA, MST, Bryant University; MaryElla Gainor, MBA, Bryant University;
Description: Introductory accounting course standardization requires planning and commitment. Without clear objectives, the process can be time consuming and drain resources without effective results. In this session, learn more about areas prone to error and techniques for success.
Board: 24 Using an Active-Learning Case in an Intermediate Accounting I Course Including Ethics with Value-Added Assessment Presenters: Judith A. Sage, Texas A&M International University; Lloyd G. Sage, Texas A&M International University;
Description: An active-learning financial statement analysis case incorporating over one-half of the competencies/elements of the AICPA Framework (1999) is examined. Pre and post tests are used to measure the case's effectiveness. There is a significant difference at p = .01.
Board: 25 Using an Online Business Simulation to Teach Management Accounting In a Global Team Environment Presenter: Stephen Salter, University of Texas at El Paso;
Description: This presentation is about making management accounting tools real to students in a global environment. Students learn to use calculation tools, strategic management concepts, negotialn and pricing while making global friends.
Board: 26 Using Cognitive Principles to Increase Student Learning in Accounting Presenters: John Hathorn, Metropolitan State College of Denver; Lesley Hathorn, Metropolitan State College of Denver;
Description: How to use cognitive principles to increase student learning in different areas of accounting.
Board: 27 Using Deloitte's Dbriefs U Webcasts in an Undergraduate Tax Course Presenter: Stephen Gara, Drake University;
Description: Limited class time prevents instructors from exposing students to the fullness of taxation. Deloitte's Dbriefs U is a free resource to help leverage class time and topic coverage, as well as expose students to taxation in a professional practice setting.
Board: 28 Using Online Discussion Groups with Cost Accounting Articles Presenter: Letitia M. Pleis, Metropolitan State College of Denver;
Description: Want your cost accounting students more interested in relevant accounting literature? Students often interact with others through online discussions, peak their interest in accounting by setting up discussion boards. This presentation will show you how to create, guide, and grade and online discussion.
Board: 29 What to Do When Your Students Find Fraud Presenter: Karen Grossman Tabak, Maryville University - St. Louis;
Description: What happens when an assignment to examine a 990 turns into finding fraud? How can you turn this into a learning experience? Go through the decision model, including research, codes of conduct, evaluating alternative actions, and a class recommendations.
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As I sit here munching on microwave popcorn surfing the net and dreaming of what I am going to plant next year, I suddenly realized that I could pop something I grew myself! But, is it really that easy? So, I have a couple questions... 1) I guess there has to be a better popping corn than others...? Which do you think is best? I would perfer non hybrid if possible. Does all corn pop? 2) I am also guessing that you have to dry it before popping it? Is there a secret to drying it? Should you husk the corn before drying? Do you dry it in the sun, cellar, garage? What is the process between picking and getting ready to pop? 3) This might sound like a stupid question, but does the colored corn pop white, or the color that it is? I think this is called Indian corn... Purple, red and brown popcorn would be neat during Thanksgiving! Thanks in advance for your help!
Popcorn is a separate kind of corn, not the same as field corn or sweet corn.
It's been too many years since I raise a patch of popping corn to remember the specifics but I do recall letting it dry on the stalk just like field corn. I know that popping corn has to retain some moisture or it will not pop but much more than the fact it was great fun to pop it right on the cob has gone from memory... It was a lot of fun....
Hmm, on the cob? How did you do that? Oven? Fire? Sounds cool and I would like to know more. I bet my 2 yr old would love that! Leave it on the stalk to dry? I tried that with some of my corn this year but it rotted? on the stalk? Got really bloated and looked like it was covered in mold? Did I do something wrong? So there is a difference? Do you buy popping corn?
What kind of corn were you trying to let dry? Field corn dries nicely on the cob, it's not unusual here if somebody doesn't get all the corn off in the fall to go out and combine in March when the frost is still heavy enough to hold the combine up. The corn will have dried more by then unless there was enough snow to knock it down. Sweet corn doesn't really dry very well, mostly just molds.
Yep that's field corn. We usually plant sweet corn in 5 or 6 different batches so there's some ready for most of the summer.
I haven't raised any since my kids left home but you just plant popcorn seed. Let it dry on the stalk and pull it like you would field corn that you were going to feed to livestock. When you want to pop some corn , grab an ear or two and shell it. You will think you had bought it at the store, it's real popcorn.
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Field corn is for livestock etc. It dries down on the stalk, needs to dry down to about 25% moisture to keep on the ear, or 14-15% moisture to store as kernals. Like to plant it at close to 30,000 plants per acre under good soil/ fert conditions. Strong stalks. Sweet corn stays soft, will shrivel down wrinkly if you can get it dry - pretty much only for seed. For human eating with butter, picked when tender. Probably plant it at 19,000 or so per acre? Weak stalks. Pop corn is different yet, probably plant similar to sweet corn, but let it dry on the stalk, harvest as ears, and let it dry into the winter on the ear. Then you shell it off without harming the kernals. There is an 'ideal' moisture content where it pops the best, but I don't know much about raising it. The neighbor does, it works well as soon as you learn the tricks of how & how long to store/dry it. --->Paul
There will be alot of hulls with home grown popcorn. Dont know if its the seed planted or what? Distance in spacing will not make a difference in taste, just in yield and weed control. I havnt planted any for near 20 yrs. Planted alot at the time. Got a 2 row planter that has popcorn plates for it Id plant it thick as the yield is so little for the ground used. Mark it on your calendar and in 100 to 120 days its ready, for the most older varietys. Make sure youve got fertilizer enough for the growth of popcorn. It takes alot, and it takes alot out of the ground. I would think that weed free ground in popcorn will make it taste better than weed infested as the corn would be starved for the nuitrants that the weeds was getting, not to mention moisture needed to grow that the weeds was sucking up
I used to grow popcorn but got tired messing with it for eating.It took over 100 days and if the weather turned rainy and cold mine didn't dry well on the stalk. I mostly grow the mini ears for fall decorations.The small colored hard shell would split from the little bit of moisture inside and the starch would explode out of the shell, a yellowish white delicious kernal! Now I pick it slightly green so the husk stays peeled back and bundle in threes for drying for thanksgiving/halloween at Paps Punkin Patch. With our short season there is no second chance for sweet corn.Last frost could be 1st week of June and first frost 1st week of Sept.So far it's only been down to 41. If you can get golden nugget try it for freezing.It's quite good fresh, but the best I found for keeping flavor frozen! Chas
How deep are you planting? Corn generally grows pretty darn easy, it's just a grass really, plant it fairly shallow (1.5 - 2"), get it some water, have the soil over 55 degrees, and it should take right off. --->Paul
my ma and I raised some one time when I was in my early 20's. All we used was store bought popcorn to see if it would work and it did. After successfully raising and drying it out we learned that you could pop it right on the cob in the microwave. I don't remember how long we had to pop it but I do remember we would place a cob in a small brown paper bag and then place it in the microwave. I was very good.
I grow japanese hull-less popcorn. I like it alot. Smallish kernals, but, very light small hulls. I'm actually going out to start picking it today. Second year for me. I'm pulling it because there are some bugs and I want to make sure they don't continue damaging any kernals. Hand shucking is not a problem. Earthway makes a nice push planter. Around $70- $100 dollars. Depth is adjustable and they come with different seed plates that drop seeds at optimal spacing. Ground has to be well tilled and fluffy for at least an inch. Otherwise, the unit (only weighs about ten pounds) won't actually dig into the ground.
Also, I found the seed in my local co-op in the novelty section of seeds. Rather expensive $2 a pack for very few seeds. First year only a few stalks grew (maybe 7 or 8), but, I got enough to pop one pan full and saved the rest for this year. One to two ears per stalk. This year I've got about 6 or 7 dozen stalks and will do the same. I'm going to build my seed base each year by splitting it in half between growing and popping. As far as moisture, I let the first crop dry on the stalk. Apparently hit the moisture right on [by guessing]. This year will be an experiment again since I'm pulling it for security. But I think if you shuck it when it's dry enough to easily hand shuck, the rest will take care of itself. I think it will dry to where it likes to be naturally as long as you don't seal it for awhile or use a dryer. Also, very nearly every kernal popped...maybe only 5 or 6 old maids. Kinda brought a tear to my eye.....tasty home grown....near perfect pop....what more do you want.
GREAT! Thanks for the help. I have now figured out that I really don't know that much about corn, but I know more now than I did yesterday! I found this site, they sell popcorn.http://www.victoryseeds.com/catalog/...corn/corn.html But now I have another question. You guys mentioned shelling it. What exactly is this? You mean husking it? (Removing the green outside?) Or is there something else? Thanks for the Earthway suggestion. I think my wife just found my Christmas present!!! As far as freezing corn, you just dip it in boiling water for 2-3 minutes and then drop it in a freezer bag, let cool and freeze?


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If the star players for the 'Basketball Wives' franchise don't get their contract dispute settled with network execs soon fans who secretly love to loathe the series (ahem, Star Jones) will be stuck watching reruns.
Sources tell TMZ the Ocean Drive pep squad want major pay raises, claiming the show does quite well for the network. Well, VH1 isn't here for that.
Before filming started, execs made it clear to Shaunie O'Neal, Evelyn Lozada, Tami Roman, and Suzie Ketcham that salary increases would not happen and if any cast member had a problem with that they could be replaced.
With filming for the new season currently underway and a deal still not being reached, word on the curb is that the cast is planning to walk out next week if their demands aren't met.
Shaunie is still set to receive her monthly manicure and more allowance from Shaq regardless. As long as Evelyn has an ice cold Jarritos in her fridge, she'll always be able to come up with her next money making scheme.
Now Suzie and Tami. Unless you two are collecting coins from ventures we know nothing about it would be a wise decision to stick around for that reliable check.
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Public meeting: The National Park Service is having a public meeting on the environmental impact statement for the Shoreline Restoration and Management Plan for the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 23, at Woodland Park's Sycamore Hall, 2100 Willowcreek Road. The 60-day comment period closes Tuesday, Nov. 13. Mail comments to: Superintendent, Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, Att: Charles Morris, Environmental Protection Specialist, 1100 N. Mineral Springs Road, Porter, Ind. 46304-1299.
Center for Women's Health opens: An opening reception for the new Center for Women's Health will run from 5 to 6 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 23, at Porter Regional Hospital's new adjacent Medical Plaza, 85 E. U.S. 6. The program, "Genetics of Breast and Ovarian Cancer," starts at 6 p.m. For more information or to register, call (800) 541-1861.
Community education seminar: "Alternative Medical Therapies: Are They Right for Me?" will run from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 25, at the Valparaiso Branch of the Porter County Public Library, 103 Jefferson St. No registration is required. For more information, call 462-0524.


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Our summer Mod Podge beach bucket is the perfect carryall for flip flops, towels, sunscreen and other beach (or poolside) necessities. Pick your favorite fabric and grab some rope or twine–you're a few simple steps away from creating the perfect way to carry your summer gear.
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DIY beach bucket
what you'll need
- fabric
- steel utility pail
- painter's tape
- newspaper
- fabric spray adhesive
- scissors
- Mod Podge
- foam brush
- 120 grit sand paper
- glue gun and glue
- rope or twine
- chalkboard paint
- craft wood plaque
- chalk
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- Measure fabric to fit height and circumference of pail . Get a little extra just to have a little wiggle room when adhering it to the pail.
- Cover all areas of pail that doesn't need spray adhesive with painter's tape or newspaper (use indentations on side of pail as guide).
- Lightly spray pail with adhesive.
- Apply fabric all around smoothing with hands and removing any bubbles as you go. Do small sections at a time so as not be overwhelmed with spray adhesive. You can always fix the fabric if it lays down wrong.
- Turn fabric under at edge to create a finished seam.
- Trim excess fabric along tape line.
- Remove paper and tape.
- Apply layer of Mod Podge to fabric once applied.
- Sand lightly once dry and apply another layer of Mod Podge. Repeat step 2 more times.
- Glue rope or twine along top and bottom edge of fabric with glue gun once fabric is dry.
- chalkboard plaque
- Sand wood plaque lightly to smooth any rough edges.
- Apply 2–3 coats of chalkboard paint.
- Glue chalkboard sign to pail with glue gun.


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- I am sure that SWs want to hear how convincingly parents can express their desire and ability to care for their four children, so that is a question that would be asked.
- Can the parents express assurances that they are able to and determined to provide reasonable safety from injury for their children?
- Can the parents supply substantive evidence that they possess the necessary resources to securely parent four children (resources: financial, residential, family relationships, community)?
- Do the parents believe that they not only can but that they will work collaboratively with the Ministry to make certain the safety and health of their children?
- Do the parents have a reliable and responsive resource network upon which they can and will call when and if the demands of parenting four children after 3.5 years without them, becomes strained?
- Are these parents able to present a demonstrable plan for a home setting, facilities and environment/atmosphere that speaks effectively to child safety, practicality and health?
- Have the parents adequately considered the needs of their children, specially a child with a special need, and are they capable of attending to these needs?
- When and if one of the children has an appointment with a medical professional for any reason, can the parents provide assurance that they will listen to and follow medical recommendations concerning that child's needs?
- Do the parents express an openness and a willingness to follow forthcoming recommendations with regard to further requisite activities and/or resources that will possibly derive from the Parental Capability Assessment?
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- AnonymousMay 3, 2011 at 11:25 AM
My Lawyer Explained just how these parental assesments can be played with especially thier Psychologist`s interpretations!
It could be better to remain silent at most times.RepliesAnonymous Feb 20, 2012 04:08 PM
It is unlikely that the Anon who wrote the above comment to which you made your request, will see this and respond. However, you asked another question in a later comment in this chain, so please look there because I have asked Alison to comment and perhaps she will have time to do this. You notice I trust that her comment was almost one year ago.
- AnonymousMay 3, 2011 at 4:27 PM
I think the government needs a parental capacity assessment. After all, they are the ones whose children (in "care") seem to be subject to a high rate of abuse and death. When will they be held accountable for their bad parenting? When will they be subject to what a US judge calls the "equivalent of the death penalty" (i.e., the termination of parental rights).
The whole business is so horribly Orwellian. What a way to make a living. As a student social worker, I had the opportunity to read one parenting capacity assessment during my practicum with MCFD. However, it was prepared by Dr. Paul Eirikson, not Dr. Bowden. In this particular instance, the parent has a diagnosis of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder, which is the source of the doubt for parenting capacity.
The MCFD referral questions included the following:
1. Review of documentation & files @MCFD office, specifically a review of reports from Project Parent.
2. Intellectual testing.
3. Home visit & analysis of family interaction parents, the roles & relationships & family members focusing specifically on the health & safety of the children.
4. Assessment of parents 'benefit ability' to benefit from parenting interventions on a short & long term basis.
5. Interviews to include parents, ministry social worker, foster parents, Project Parent worker and Support worker from the Band (family is Aboriginal).
Also included in the referral questions in the report was the parents referral question, which was regarding the return of the children to their care.
A big part of the report was the interview with the parent, including personal history, parenting plan, services for parenting, drug & alcohol history/current situation, criminal history, the children, psychological functioning/mental status/behavioural observations, & psychological testing.
I don't know if these subtitles were specific to this particular assessment, or if they are typical of most assessments.Replies- AnonymousFebruary 20, 2012 at 4:06 PM
where can i find out about more queston s in an assessment
Delete Anonymous Feb 20, 2012 04:06 PM
I have asked Alison to comment and perhaps she will have time to do this. You notice I trust that her comment was almost one year ago.Unfortunately, no, I do not know any more about Parental Capacity Assessments now than I did as a student. The one thing I DO know is that they cost a LOT of money (around 6K), and so are not used very often. I would hazard a guess that the social worker and team leader could customize the referral questions to the specific case, i.e., if parental capacity was in question due to a diagnosis of FAS, then an IQ test would be requested, but perhaps not always.
I am in Ontario, so my experience might be a bit different. I had a parenting capacity assessment done. The process was like this:
a) interviews with myself, the social worker, and my parents
b) phone interview with some support services we had been involved with
c) home visit (where the children lived but I did not) with interaction..
d) two clinical surveys, which apparently told the assessor everything she wanted to know
I did poorly on it, maybe due to the situation at the time. But I felt at the time (and still do) that the assessor didn't take a lot of the issues I was trying to deal with into consideration and didn't look at the situation and all of the factors involved.
An assessment is only as good as the assessor and from what I read about the assessor I had is that she tends to write her assessments in the same way, and about 95% of the time will recommend the parents losing their children to the courts.- AnonymousNovember 3, 2012 at 7:57 PM
Alison, could I have your contact information? I'm doing a literature review on parenting capacity and I would like to interview you or send some questions.
Thank you. MM - AnonymousJanuary 22, 2013 at 1:50 PM
I am curious as to whp has ever passd a parent capacity assessment
ReplyDelete - AnonymousMarch 26, 2014 at 7:36 PM
Im trying to find infirmation on what to expect on this evaluation. Im taking it on april 4.2014... Ive asked numerius amounts of times if the people who watched me interact. with my son now is 9months if they think i handel him approperatly. Ive been told since day one by case worker and many others they dont think my ability to raise my son is an issue in the care of his milestones and feeding and so on..but they still insisiting that i have this evalution. Its routine i been told. Also no one wants to even tell me what to expect. There issue is they r worried at first i might relapse but since they couldnt find any evidence to suplort that now they r goin after my mental health because i recieve ssi...i have anxiety..i like to jbow since when does that mean u cant take of a child and also at time i was grated the ssi my life and living was drasticaly diffrent from now..no one seems to hear me at the many evalutions ive hax and they all seem to b very generic and seems lime jyst the name at top was changed...i hope this is different
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