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Women's Swimming & Diving Splits At H-Y-P, Hosts Senior Day Friday
The Princeton women's swimming and diving team has believed in its training plan from Day 1 this season, and several impressive performances this weekend showed that this team continues to move in the right direction towards the Ivy League Championships. The Tigers split their annual H-Y-P showdown, defeating a tough Yale squad but falling to Harvard.
While the Tigers would have loved to leave Kiphuth Pool in New Haven with a pair of victories, they also know that championships aren't determined in dual meets. After all, it was only one year ago that Harvard also completed a sweep at the H-Y-P meet.
Less than one month later, Princeton hoisted the Ivy League championship trophy for the 11th time in 14 years.
The Crimson will be a formidable opponent — and likely the overall favorite — again this season, coming off its 189-111 win over Princeton this weekend. Princeton earned a split with a 171-129 win over Yale, but the Bulldogs showed plenty of fight and have multiple swimmers that will contend for big points at the Ivy Championships.
Being pushed isn't anything new for this program, though. In fact, they wouldn't have it any other way.
The meet began Friday night with the 3-meter diving competition, where Tiger freshman Caitlin Chambers placed third, and less than three points off first, with a score of 279.95. Senior Rachel Zambrowicz, a former Ivy Championships Diver of the Meet, was also close to the top, but she finished fifth with 278.45 points.
The Princeton quartet of senior Lisa Boyce, junior Emily Yu, freshman Olivia Chan and sophomore Morgan Karetnick finished second in the 200 medley relay in 1:43.87, less than one second off Harvard's winning time.
The distance competition began with the 1000, and freshman Rebecca Fleming took sixth in 10:10.44. Classmates Katie Diller (1:52.12) and Isabel Shipman (1:53.39) followed up with sixth- and eighth-place finishes in the 200 free.
Both Princeton sophomore Sada Stewart and Harvard's Danielle Lee will be trying to end Boyce's three-year reign as the 100 back champion at Ivies, and the two led the field in that event at H-Y-P. Lee won, while Stewart took second in 55.94. Junior Shirley Wang followed with a fifth-place finish in 57.26.
The 100 breast also provided an exciting finish, with Harvard's Stephanie Ferrell holding off Princeton freshman Olivia Chan for the win. Chan took second in 1:04.92, while Yu was fourth in 1:05.22.
Sophomore Nikki Larson provided Princeton its first individual victory of the day, winning the 200 fly in 2:00.36. Classmate Beverly Nguyen added a fifth-place finish in 2:02.53, while both junior Courtney Ciardiello and Morgan Karetnick followed in the next two spots.
Boyce, the two-time reigning Ivy League champion in the 50 free, took second in the event in 23.14, while senior Laura Slater added a fifth-place time of 23.74.
Chambers opened Sunday's portion of the competition with a third-place finish in the 1-meter diving event (261.55), while senior Randi Brown followed with a fifth-place score of 241.15.
Boyce, also the reigning champion in the 100 free, took that event in 50.51, while Larson and Slater were 4-5 in the event (51.63 and 51.64, respectively). Ciardiello followed with a runner-up finish in the 200 back in 2:02.24, while Stewart was fifth in 2:03.13.
Yu placed second in the 200 breast in 2:20.72, while Chan took fifth in 2:22.55. Fleming followed with a sixth-place time of 4:59.47 in the 500.
Larson continued her terrific season by giving Princeton a double winner for the weekend, as she took the 100 fly in 55.11. She was one of two sophomores with Top-5 finishes, as Karetnick ended fifth in 56.14.
Nguyen took second in the 200 IM in 2:05.64, while Stewart was fifth in 2:06.23. The meet concluded with the 400 free relay, and the team of Slater, Larson, Elizabeth McDonald and Boyce finished second in 3:25.84.
Princeton will complete its regular season next Friday afternoon when it hosts Columbia at 1 pm. The meet will serve as Senior Day for the Tigers, who will then take two weeks off to prepare for the 2014 Ivy League Championships in Providence (Feb. 20-22).


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Computer, Guidance, Gemini 2
This is an on-board guidance computer designed and built for Project Gemini. This computer was flown on the second Gemini mission, which tested the basic spacecraft configuration in a brief, unmanned suborbital flight in January, 1965.
Gemini computers were digital, real-time, solid state computers, which provided on-board guidance, navigation, and control, especially to assist the astronauts in the rendezvous with other space craft in Earth orbit. They were built for NASA by the Federal Systems Division of IBM, located in Owego, New York.
Transferred from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Country of Origin
- United States of America
- Manufacturer
- IBM Corporation
- Type
- INSTRUMENTS-Computers, General Purpose
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- Electronic circuits mounted on resin circuit boards, connected to one another by wire bundles. Metal housing.
- Dimensions
- 3-D: 38.1 x 32.4 x 47cm, 26.1kg (15 x 12 3/4 x 18 1/2 in., 57 1/2lb.)

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|Alex Grant (top) and Collier Lawrence
Past Entries
October 24, 2007
The last month has been a hectic, busy time for the guys on the team. We've been training hard and spending our weekends traveling across the country. Our training and competition schedules, combined with the release of Halo III and our fantasy football league, has definitely put some strain on the 'ol schoolwork. We've got 18 alums and current runners in a fantasy football league which gives us something to talk trash about on our training runs out in the wheat fields. I'm on a bit of a losing streak, but after this weekend I'll have Larry Johnson and LT starting in my running back slots and will be a force to be reckoned with.
In a few days we'll be loading up the bus and heading for Corvallis! The bus will be a nice change of pace after the last couple marathon travel trips. I don't think any of us want to spend any more time in the Denver airport. Today we put in our last workout before Pac-10's this weekend. Ran some 600 meter repeats on the track just to get the legs working and break a bit of a sweat before shutting it down for the weekend. From here on out all that matters is being ready to roll on race day. The next few meets are what we call the "championship" portion of the season which includes Pac-10's, the West Regional meet, and NCAA's.
Pac-10's is all about pride and bragging rights; not to mention another chance to pick up at-large points for NCAA's. I really think that this meet illustrates the best aspects of our sport. It's simplicity. On one day, all the teams in the conference will be on the same course battling for the same prize. It's not like most other sports, like football, where a dominant team, like USC, can lose to a Stanford and still claim to be a better team. The game can just be chalked up as an "off game" and they go on to dominant the conference. Saturday is all that counts for us and every team knows that's the day when they have to show up and compete.
So far this season we haven't been able to put together a complete, all-around performance. In cross country the places of your top five runners are added together for a point total, low score wins. At our opening meet in Minnesota our top three runners took care of business and a couple of weeks ago at Pre-Nationals our three through five runners did what they needed to do while our top couple of guys were off (especially myself). It's difficult to pull it off, but if we can get five guys to take care of business on Saturday we can compete with almost any team in the conference.
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The folks over at A Comic Shop have decided to expand their offerings outside of comic books and role-playing games and will be opening a lounge on Aug. 24 called The Geek Easy.
I love that name. And I dig the guys at A Comic Shop, I recently got a chance to talk to co-owner Aaron Haaland about the new venture. He says that the idea is that it will be a place to relax. There will be game stations set up that include three Playstation 3s, two Xbox 360s and retrogaming. I hope they have a Colecovision, but I'm sure they're thinking in terms of Nintendo. The video games are free to play, and there will also be copies of volume ones of all graphic novels in the store to read for free. Of course they're hoping you'll end up buying subsequent volumes in the shop.
The lounge will serve beer and wine and will play host to live acts on a stage that is not built yet. But the idea is to have comedy, live music and poetry performed on the stage. Also not built yet is the bar. In the meantime they'll offer free kegs of beer or allow you to bring in beer that they'll chill for you at no charge. Food will be served too, starting off with a vast variety of grilled cheese sandwiches.
There will be soft opening in the middle of August with the grand opening happening on Aug. 24, with a screening of the movie "Kick-Ass."
A Comic Shop is located at 114 S. Semoran Boulevard in Winter Park. The Geek Easy will be 18-and-up and is attached to the shop, toward the rear of the space. To find out more, call 407-332-9636.


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If you have questions or comments on the material in this manual, please contact Human Resources Training and Development.
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Multifunction frying pan/skillet without lid
The multifunctional Demeyere pan is probably the most versatile cooking utensil there is available. This pan is generally suitable for any cooking process. You can grill in it, fry, deep-fry or boil. It can also be used for frying with or without fat. In combination with the clock lid, it is highly suitable for preparing roast beef, 2 chickens, roast or other large chunks of meat. The largest versions (28 & 32 cm) are often used as a paella pan. Discover here the advantages of the multifunctional pan:


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|Vandals now in ninth
GOODYEAR, Ariz. - The University of Idaho men's golf team slipped into ninth but is separated by only 10 strokes from second-day leader Brigham Young after 36 holes of the Desert Shootout at Palm Valley Golf Course (par 71, 7015).
Webb added a second-day 71 to his first-round 68 for a 139 and the tie for ninth with Cockerill, who went 69-70 for his 139. Also for the Vandals, Dylan Baker is teid for 40th at 144, Sean McMullen is tied for 70th at 149 and Alex Pounds is tied for 83rd at 151.
Brigham Young is at 559 after 36 holes and is followed by a logjam of teams in the hunt for the title. Illinois is second at 560 with Baylor third at 563, Tulsa and Wichita State at 564, Denver at 565, Colorado State at 566, Nebraska at 567 and the Vandals at 569.


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News: PCC Volleyball Captures Co-SCC Championship, Takes Mt. SAC in 4
The state No. 11-ranked Pasadena City College women's volleyball team used a powerful hitting attack in the opening two sets, then relied on defense and passing in rallying in the fourth set to become South Coast Conference co-champions with a 4-game victory over No. 18 Mt. San Antonio, 25-15, 25-15, 21-25, 26-24, Wednesday night at Hutto-Patterson Gymnasium. The Lancers won their second conference title in four seasons under their sixth-year head coach Tammy Silva after never before winning a title in the sport.
PCC (19-4 overall) shares the SCC title with No. 13 El Camino College, winners of now three straight conference crowns. Both teams closed out conference play with 13-1 records, splitting their matches v. each other.
Setter Kailey Faust recorded her PCC career high with 49 assists, including 30 in the first two sets alone. The 5-foot-6 sophomore (from St. Lucy's Priory in Glendora) added eight digs, three aces and four kills on dump plays as she continues to take charge as the team's quarterback.
In the fourth set, PCC fell behind 22-19, then faced set point, trailing 24-23. Instead of being pushed to a fifth game, the Lancers charged to victory on a combined block by Megan Callen and Nora To'omalatai, a nifty ace by Viridiana Gallardo, and Callen's kill on an overpass to clinch set, match, and conference title.
"Defense and passing makes our offense," Callen said on why the team attacked so well in the opening two sets. "We just finish off the kills. When we've played well, it's because of defense and passing."
The Lancers hit a remarkable .516 in the first set (17 kills) and then topped it with a .517 in game two as they only had two attack errors over two games. Silva said removing her starting lineup changed the momentum to Mt. SAC.
"It was sophomore night and I wanted to get our reserves some playing time, but the lineup changes just got us out of our groove," Silva said. "In the fourth set, Mt. SAC was riding the momentum and we took it back at the end. No way we wanted to go five sets. The starters wanted it, wanted that title. It's nice to win another one and in front of the home fans."
Overall, Callen pounded 15 kills, including six in the fourth set. She added three assisted blocks. To'omalatai also knocked down 15 kills while Jackie Valle-Acosta slammed 10 kills and had four blocks, including three solos. Libero Jennifer Estrada added 21 digs and Gallardo contributed eight kills and 16 digs. Opposite Yanise Joseph tallied nine kills. Defensive specialist Cassandra Delacruz came up big in the fourth set on defense with six of her eight digs. To'omalatai and Briana Hilton (two aces) are the only freshman in the regular rotation.
"We're obviously looking forward to the regional playoffs, but the girls have a right to celebrate this title for now," Silva said. "It was a lot of hard work, hard practices. I said early on when I got the job here that we were going to be a top program. Two titles in four years makes me feel good about how far the program has come."
PCC hit .342, but three players attacked at a .400 or better clip in Callen (.467), To'omalatai (.438) and Joseph (.421).
The Lancers will learn their playoff seeding this weekend, and their first round playoff opponent will be announced on this website some time on Sunday. PCC is 10-0 at home this season and a 13-match home win streak dating back to last year.
[Photo--Megan Callen (far left) celebrates match point with teammates from left to right--Kailey Faust, Briana Hilton, Nora To'omalatai, Jennifer Estrada, and Viridiana Gallardo--as the Lancers captured the SCC title Wednesday night, image by Richard Quinton, sports information photographer.]
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MORE: In an interview I did with you previously, you said that you saved all your old tapes from when you were writing or working on songs.
Stevie Nicks: I do. Two songs for this record were pulled right off of old cassettes. "Annabelle Lee" was pulled off of a demo I did in about 1995, and "Secret Love"--the single--was pulled from a demo from a cassette that I wrote in 1976.
More: You must be really organized to be able to find that.
SN: I'm not, but the people who have worked for me have been very organized. I bought a house in Phoenix in 1978 and from 1978 on, we have what we call "The Song Vault." It's a storage unit that's temperature controlled, and it's several big armoires that are shelf after shelf after shelf of everything from collections of tapes that I used to make-- that people make now for their iPods—to collections that I play when I'm on the road, starting when I first joined Fleetwood Mac. So I have all the old collections of whatever songs were hits at the time, and then there's just everything else I liked.
More: I love the new CD. Some of the songs are like short stories and some are like poems. There are certain themes that come across, like dreams, and ghosts and, it seems, memories of past relationships.
SN: Ghosts ... except the great thing is that they're not gone. Like in "The Ghosts Are Gone": the cassette ghosts remain forever.
More: What inspired that song in particular?
SN: I wrote that as a poem. I was on the road with Fleetwood Mac, I think it was the end of 2004. We were in London, and I met a singer-songwriter named Amanda Ghost. I just loved the fact that her last name was Ghost. So I just wrote that poem. It's not about her because I didn't really know her, but the main inspiration was her last name.
Lots of time I'll get an inspiration, like "The Ghosts Are Gone"-- that's just a sentence. Then I have to write a story around it. And so "The Ghosts Are Gone" song actually was about the end of a relationship, in the way that you say, "I'm done forever. This can never be again."
It's one of the most solid songs I've ever written. The ghosts are gone: all memories are gone, all feelings are gone, it's as if it never happened. And I don't write too many songs like that. I always have more or less a hopeful outlook, but in that situation it was like "you are gone to me."
More: Saying that through the song, did that help you get your head out of the relationship?
SN: Yes. At the end of it, it says, "like a golden rain, like a silvery veil, like a golden rainbow, like a song she's gone." It's like I'm gone. I usually build a way back in my songs, but in this particular song, there was no way back.
More: So you're able to write when you're on the road even though you're so busy. It sounds like a few songs came out of the 2000s with Fleetwood Mac.
SN: Yeah, that was the "Say You Will" Fleetwood Mac tour. I write in my journal almost every night. If anything happened that was great, or even if something happened that wasn't so great, I write about it.
More: You said you're keeping these journals for your goddaughters and your niece.


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No Decline in Drug Industry Gifts to Physicians
Mass marketing campaigns by drug and device makers that utilize gifts, free samples and free meals still reach more than nine in ten practicing physicians, a new survey shows. Among the 1,662 physicians who responded to the Boston-based Institute for Health Policy survey in late 2003 and early 2004, 94 percent reported some type of relationship with the pharmaceutical industry – usually in the form of free food or drug samples, which, in previous studies, were found to influence physician prescribing practices. More than a third received drug company funding to attend professional meetings or continuing medical education seminars, which are a requirement of continued licensing in most states. And more than a quarter were paid as industry consultants or lecturers or for registering their patients in clinical trials.
In 2002, the American Medical Association, the American College of Physicians, the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education, and the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers Association passed voluntary codes of conduct in an attempt to rein in excessive marketing. The results of the new survey seem to suggest those codes had little impact. "It's going to be up to doctors to clean up their act," Columbia University professor David Rothman told the Wall Street Journal(subscription required). His non-profit Institute on Medicine as a Profession funded the study.
Meanwhile, the movement to require the drug industry to disclose its gifts and grants to physicians is gathering steam. Five states and the District of Columbia have passed laws requiring disclosure. Vermont and Minnesota make those disclosures publicly available. However, a recent study in the Journal of the American Medical Association found those disclosures "incomplete" and of limited usefulness, and called for "more stringent laws with clear mechanisms for enforcement." Legislation pending in New York that is backed by the state AARP chapter would require companies to report gifts greater than $75.
Anti-Allergy Activists Fail to Disclose Patents, Corporate Ties in Journal
A report in the latest Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology that claims there is a "growing national problem" of food allergy fatalities failed to disclose the conflicts of interest of two of its authors. The report, which came in the form of a letter to the editor, documented 31 deaths from anaphylaxis in the past five years, the majority of which came from peanut reactions. Co-author Hugh A. Sampson of Mt. Sinai School of Medicine in New York failed to disclose his numerous patents in the field, including one for modifying proteins to reduce allergenic reactions. Co-author Ann Muńoz-Furlong, the founder of the non-profit Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Network (FAAN), has received grants from the Peanut Foundation, an arm of the industry's trade group. Sampson, whose patents have been licensed to Monsanto, is also the medical director of FAAN, whose website is supported by Kraft Foods.
New Communication Policy Muzzles Science Agencies, Advocates Say
A new Commerce Department rule limiting scientists' right to speak is drawing fire from advocacy groups. The policy, which governs the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the National Institute of Standards and Technology, limits scientists when talking to the media to their official duties only; it also requires scientists to secure permission before speaking about "fundamental research." If a scientist wishes to offer unofficial comments to the press, they must give 14 days advance notice to their managers and submit written materials for departmental review. The Union of Concerned Scientists and the Government Accountability Project blasted the policy as "unconstitutional and unnecessarily overbroad."
FDA Questions Eli Lilly on Zyprexa
The New York Times reports that the FDA will examine whether Eli Lilly, the maker of the controversial antipsychotic Zyprexa, withheld information about the negative side effects of the drug. The company's clinical trials conducted in 2000 showed patients were three times more likely to have high blood sugar as those not taking Zyprexa. Company data submitted to the FDA showed almost no difference in blood sugar. An FDA spokesperson told the Times that officials have not decided if the agency will take action against Lilly, which faces thousands of lawsuits over the drug.
Odds and Ends
The Financial Times reports one of Paul Wolfowitz's hand-picked deputies has been caught rewriting a World Bank strategy paper to downplay the threat of climate change . . . The EPA's acting Inspector General Bill Roderick plans to lay off 60 auditors, criminal investigators, and senior program analysts, and then give himself a $15,000 raise, Reuters reports . . . According to the latest Harris Poll, U.S. adults are less likely to believe human activity is causing global warming than the rest of the world's population.
Cheers and Jeers
CorrectionLast week's Integrity in Science Watch gave the incorrect first name for the director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. He is David Schwartz.


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Sebastian Junger's Tim Hetherington Doc to Premiere at Sundance
"Which Way is the Front Line from Here? The Life and Time of Tim Hetherington," Sebastian Junger's documentary about the life and work of his friend and colleague, the award-winning photographer, will premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in January in Park City, Utah.
Hetherington was killed in a rocket attack in Libya in April 2011 while covering the uprising there.
When the premier was announced earlier this week, Sundance Film Festival programming director Trevor Goth told CBS News: "For me, it just adds another layer to the human cost of what that these guys are trying to expose. I think it's going to be a very emotional moment at the festival."
When the project was announced last year as a joint production of HBO and Nick Quested's Goldcrest Films (Quested also produced Junger and Hetherington's Oscar-nominated documentary "Restrepo"), Quested told RealScreen that the film would be based on a wealth of existing material, including interviews with Hetherington and footage of him working. "Tim was one of the most well-documented people you could possibly imagine," Quested said.
According to Goldcrest Films, after the documentary premieres at Sundance, it will air on HBO.
Tags: Goldcrest Films, HBO, Nick Quested, Sebastian Junger, Sundance, Tim Hetherington, Trevor Goth


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A rich and creamy homemade dressing is the perfect base for the potatoes, celery and onion...and any other ingredients you might want to add to this traditional salad. It's always a hit. —Danielle Brandt, Ruthton, Minnesota
- 3 eggs
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup cider vinegar
- 3 tablespoons heavy whipping cream
- 2 teaspoons butter
- 1 teaspoon ground mustard
- Dash salt
- 2 cups mayonnaise
- 6 pounds potatoes, peeled and cubed (about 10 large)
- 5 celery ribs, thinly sliced
- 1 large onion, chopped
- Pepper to taste, optional
- In a double boiler or metal bowl over simmering water, constantly whisk the eggs, sugar, vinegar, cream, butter, mustard and salt until mixture reaches 160° or is thick enough to coat the back of a metal spoon. Remove from the heat; cool to room temperature. Fold in mayonnaise. Chill until preparing salad.
- For salad, place potatoes in a large saucepan and cover with water. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and cook for 10-15 minutes or until tender. Drain and cool to room temperature. In a large bowl, combine the potatoes, celery and onion. Add dressing and pepper if desired; stir until blended. Chill until serving. Yield: 18 servings (3/4 cup each).
Originally published as Mom's Special Potato Salad in Taste of Home June/July 2009, p65
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"This recipe reminds me of my grandma's. It was a bit sweet, so next time I would halve the sugar. I did add hard boiled eggs and used prepared mustard instead of ground. Over all a good old fashioned potato salad recipe."
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"I made this recipe Sunday & it was an extreme hit. It's not difficult, I did add hard boiled eggs. It's very good, different than any potato salad I have ever tried. Very creamy!! A must try!!!"
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Tim Tebow mania has been around for at least four years, but hit fever pitch in the 2011 NFL season.
From the Denver Broncos quarterback controversy with Kyle Orton, to the unexpected win streak with his electrifying fourth quarter finishes, to the bromance with ESPN's Skip Bayless, to the debate out his Christian faith and now yet another Sports Illustrated cover, Tim Tebow chatter has completely dominated media coverage of the NFL season.
Tim Tebow graced the Dec. 19th issue of Sports Illustrated making it his eighth SI cover since his college days at the University of Florida.
But one has to wonder if this gets under the skin of Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers a little. Rodgers is the reigning Super Bowl MVP and is leading an impressive campaign to the first undefeated NFL season since the 1972 Miami Dolphins. And let's not forget he's trying to accomplish this in the face of some pretty elite quarterback competition with the likes of Tom Brady, Drew Brees and Eli Manning (yes, I'm adding him to the list of elite quarterbacks).
Fans still consider Aaron Rodgers the favorite as he still has the top selling jersey while Tim Tebow's jersey jumped back into the top 10 last month after an impressive undefeated streak.
Should Aaron Rodgers be a little salty at the media for letting Tim Tebow take some of his shine? Or does this all just add to the hype of an exciting NFL season?


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The Best Test of a New Lawyer's Writing
Joseph Kimble
Thomas M. Cooley Law School
December 17, 2010
Michigan Bar Journal, Vol. 89, p. 40, December 2010
Before hiring a new lawyer from among the short list of finalists, organizations should assess their most important lawyering skill–their writing. The article describes various performance tests, as well as other indicators of writing ability. It also offers some tests for the tester (whoever does the assessing).
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Ah Utah. The story of Utah's founding beats out any state in the Union (except maybe Texas and those 13 original ones). We've got a Biblical-style Exodus tale, war with the Federal Government, occupation, polygamy, covered wagons and handcarts. Way better than all the other western states that follow the usual "we found (gold, copper, minerals, lumber) and went and got it" plot line. And once a year, two weeks after we celebrate Independence Day, we shove that tired old holiday aside with our own celebration of a State unlike any other. It may look and feel like the Fourth of July but it's not. It's the 24th of July, the Days of 1847, when Utah was Deseret and statehood was far, far away.
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Up in Bountiful the name of the celebration is Handcart Days, which gets things started Parade-wise with an evening event down Main Street on Friday. Parade starts and 6 p.m. and then everything ends up in the city park, where there's games and food, and warm flat sodas sold by the local wards. (I used to sell warm flat soda at this parade, so I'm not kidding.)
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For something more, say, authentic and Frontiery, check out Brother Brigham's Ball at This is the Place Heritage Park. Brigham Young threw many such gala events in his day (Briggy loved to Boogie) and the Ball is a revival of the tradition, featuring a brass band, dance instruction, poetry reading (huh?) and more. Bonus: The ball is held in one of Brigham Young's actual homes at the park. So you've got that going for you. Come dressed in period clothing if you want to really fit in (this may be mandatory). The ball starts at 7 p.m. Friday night. For more info, tickets etc. click here.
In fact, This is the Place, is really the place to get your Pioneer Day history on. They've got a full slate of P-Day events and activities including a pie eating contest. Check it out here.
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I love your activity. I can see how easily it would fit into my intro meteorology class and I will do this. I can see using the poster printer to make the charts to post on the wall, and your teacher notes are excellent.
I will be using this next semester!
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1) introductory demonstration ocean stratification (vs. atmospheric convection) (maybe use video of actual experiment so I don't have to schlep tank, etc across campus every day and deal with water in the lecture hall, and they can actually see what's going on??)
a) ~2x24x12in plexiglass tank filled with cold or room temperature water
b) add some dilute food dye (so it's not so much denser than the water that it just sinks anyway) to demonstrate that water is able to mix relatively freely by diffusion (during this slow part, some kind of discussion of heating the atmosphere from below, talking about air rising above a radiator, etc)
c) ask students to guess ("think, pair, share") what will happen when this "ocean" is heated by the "sun" (from above)
d) place immersion heater (small coil that boils a coffee cup in minutes) in top ~2inches of "ocean"
e) add more diluted dye
f) if all goes according to plan: stratification! there should be a clear surface convection cell, but no mixing with the deeper, colder ocean
2) ask students to hypothesize (TPS):
a) how the real ocean mixes to the bottom
b) how hurricanes would affect this scenario (?)
c) how hurricanes affect climate and vice versa
3) experiment part 2:
a) devise some kind of mixing device (probably just a small flat piece of plastic from tupperware or something glued to the end of a stick so it makes a 3D "T") and make analogy between mixing device and storms: what will happen to stratification if I "mix" upper third of tank (below level heated by electric coil)?
b) perform "mixing" experiment
3) student work with temperature profiles to look at actual hurricane-driven vertical mixing in the ocean (e.g. Sriver et al. 2007) and estimate heat transport deeper in the thermocline (??)
4) "lecturing" as needed throughout, never more than 15 min at a time...!
5) how in the world do I assess this?? I'm used to a multiple choice extravaganza in this class (sadly enough)... I think I'll stick with the same format but adopt a shorter test and administer it in two stages, including a collaborative session (as in Yuretich et al. 2001, JGE: "Active-Learning Methods to Improve Student Performance and Scientific Interest in a Large Introductory Oceanography Course"). I did try this once, but really wasn't prepared to make it work; I think the approach shows great promise but I need to think it through more carefully to implement it better.
Thanks for any feedback you all can give me on this!
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There are 7 of them as I write this, but more are coming in, hooray!
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I like the premise of your activity, and only in part because it's the same premise I used. I think it's interesting that we approached it differently, but in essence are asking for the same critical thinking. I really like the link to that discussion from RealClimate.org - I had forgotten about that but it would make a great reference for my activity as well.
I would make the following suggestion: Have you considered having your students look at Accumulated Cyclone Energy (ACE)? This is what the IPCC report used for their trend in hurricane analysis, and it shows a significant trend since 1970. Much more robust than the trend in major hurricanes. Please check my activity if you have any questions, and I'd be happy to point you to where I found data on Atlantic ACE.
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I like the fact that you will have your students look at actual model output! I sat through several wonderful graduate classes about climate in which we talked about models, and even sort of tried to write code (Marc Spiegelman's Myths and Methods in Modeling, where I learned most of what I know about physical oceanography from a mantle chemist!) but never actually looked at real model output. This seems like a great way for all those papers about modeling to make more sense for the students.
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I'm looking at your IPCC prediction activity -- looks like a great thing to have students doing. I think this is an activity you've used in the past -- how do students do with it? Do you have some tips on how to help the students work through the data?
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I noted your instructions to your students regarding Wikipedia with great interest... it surprises me how many students think they can just list 3 Wikipedia sources and consider it "scholarly." I just had a session with one of our library professors for my GEOL005 students to prepare them for their research projects. He defined "scholarly articles" (at an introductory level) as having 3 characteristics: 1) written by experts in the field (usually indicated by institutional affiliation), 2) written for experts in the field, and 3) complete references to all work cited (as opposed to news and popular articles, which may list a couple references but not many). He believes anything beyond that (including the concept of "peer review") for introductory students just confuses them... I'm not sure I agree, but it is simpler...
Could you try setting up the distinction that way for your students, rather than relying on "hard copy" vs. website? So many real scientific journals (G-cubed, etc) don't really have paper copies anymore these days anyway!
It's great how you give the students the data and have them calculate trends, and make extrapolations...
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This looks like a great jigsaw. It seems like this activity helps make the connections between the box model version of the energy balance and the actual processes happening in different places on the Earth. That is hard for students I think. Sounds like they are better at visualizing movement of energy after they do the exercise. Does it also help them understand the box model better?
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I'm really interested to see how you have the students work with the model. It is particularly nice to see how you have them consider what kind of model it is, what it is testing, and what constitutes equilibrium. Have you tried this before? I'm curious how easily they can get their feet on the ground and understand what they are looking at.
Going to the literature afterward seems like a nice way to get them beyond generating their own ideas and into the scientific community. Nice to scaffold their reading of the articles.
Thanks for taking so much care with the write up.
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Hi, Cathy! Thanks for your kind thoughts!
Yes -- I've used this activity each semester since F'05 -- I developed it as an outgrowth of the SERC Course Development online class which I took during that summer. As far as how well students do with it, to be honest, I get very emotional about seeing how engaged students get with the project -- it makes me glad I chose the career I did. During the following class, we build up on the Smartboard a table of individual working groups' responses to the queries, and the whole group gets engaged in discussions about trends, variations, outliers. It reinforces what we can do and can't do with scientific investigation. I then ask them to project themselves in the role of policymakers -- say a planning commission member in Miami or Galveston -- and invite them to speak about to what extent our collective uncertainty should inhibit good policymaking. All in all, I'm thrilled with how well this wraps up that unit's inquiry.
"Do you have some tips on how to help the students work through the data?"
Actually, not really. I find I have better success when I create 'cookbook recipes' for the Excel part of the activity rather than saying simply "Draw a linear regression line." However, by this time in the semester, the students are pretty facile with online data extraction and simple Excel tasks. They jump right into it. Moving to Office 07 last fall has thrown a curveball at our collective comfort levels with Excel -- more for me than for the students! -- but we'll get over it. As I mentioned to Dave D. several days ago, I typically have a few computer wizards in the class, so peer mentoring tends to be a resource we utilize pretty regularly.
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I just got your activity live and I like it because it guides the students through a process to answer their initial hypotheses about hurricane frequency. You address similar types of hypotheses and questions that my students have. I am wondering if I could adapt the activity and simplify it for my online course.
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Nice work on the Lake Effect Snow. What I really like about this is it moves students beyond sniping at the weatherman about how they missed the forecast to understanding what is hard about forecasting. The parallel activity here would be to try and predict where the freezing rain line will be in a particular storm.
Nice write up.
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Thanks for the enthusiastic response. I think your activity will get more use if you put some more of this in the cover sheet. Perhaps the five analysis questions. Some tips from your post about managing the data analysis. and something about what you are looking for in the assessments. I'd also add something about how the students get engaged and carry the assignment beyond what you expect.
Karin, we should put a link to his presentation from the activity sheet when you get a chance.
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Nice work on Hurricane Tracking. This shares with Lake Effect Snow the notion that you have them doing the same thing the weatherman on the TV does -- making a prediction about strengthening or weakening. Again I like that because it helps them understand both how this is done and when/why it is hard. Do they make the connection to the weatherman?
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In looking through your list of things that the students have learned before trying this, I'm wondering, does anyone have any great ideas for making the Clausius-Clapeyron relationship "come alive" in the same way Dave has used his bike tire to demonstrate the meaning of the Gas Law? I've started collecting sling psychrometer humidity data in different weather settings throughout the semester with my Field Methods students a few times but never really made it into anything exciting...
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I have often had my students look at climate model results - although, I admit I'm still trying to find the most effective way to do it! The activity I posted will be used in my Climatology class - we've been looking at basically the same model results all semester - I spend a class period to introduce the website and model results at the beginning of the semester (and some of these introductory aspects, I've included in the activity I posted)...I've also used GCM results (as well as simpler energy-balance models) in a class with non-meteorology majors. I find that students either really enjoy it, or really dislike it. Those who dislike tend to feel that way (I think) because they need a bit more guidance in looking at results - or they still aren't grasping the connection between the model and the real world...
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If by "box model" you mean figures like Fig 1 in IPCC AR4 WG1 (www.ipcc.ch/pdf/assessment-report/ar4/wg1/ar4-wg1-chapter1.pdf) or Fig 3-19 in Kump, Kasting, Crane "The Earth System," I do think this jigsaw helps them understand the meaning of those "spaghetti plots." The analogy of money coming into and going out of a bank account (something they're more familiar with) really helps too. The idea that "money is conserved" resonates more than "energy is conserved"...
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Was the infamous LeBron James fan was sending a distress call to his home state of Florida? Maybe so according to one blogger.
Matt Bellamy spoke with the Cleveland Frowns blog (it's not clear whether this was before or after his television interview with Fox 8 in Cleveland) about wearing a LeBron James Miami Heat jersey to a Cleveland Indians baseball game, which ultimately led to him being escorted out of the game earlier this week.
In the interview he mentioned that he was originally from Lakeland, Florida but moved to Ohio after his parents divorced. Bellamy, who told the blog he is a factory worker in Sandusky, also mentioned that he had been mugged before in the city and had a four-inch scar on the back of his head as a result of the incident.
Bellamy added that wants to live in Florida and understands why LeBron James left for Miami.
Granted Bellamy's methods of getting his message across was a bit extreme, but maybe there is a little something more to his story in addition to getting 15 minutes of fame.
In other LeBron James news, ESPN will definitely not run the LeBron James Las Vegas party story.


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Don't forget to pick up Lu's new album "Lasers" in stores March 8th! FNF UP!!
@ExposingTheWicked I applaud your effort to express the way you feel. Although, it's depressing that you are being such a pessimist. Yes, attire definitely gives an impression on someone, but skull and bone gloves does not make you evil. Moreover, I think you need to be introduced to Micheal Young History; that will release much tension.
Thank God for rappers such as Kanye, Lupe, Common, Mos Def, etc., cause most of the mainstream crap on the radio is like poison to your intellect. I simply refuse to listen to BS such as Gucci Mane and Wacka Flacka....I mean WTH is a Wacka Flacka anyway? Thanks for helping keep the integrity in hip-hop Lupe! You hot bruh!
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Thank God for good music! Just when I was losing interest in rap, you release this video & let us know there is still somebody saying something worth hearing. As a fellow black man hailing from the west side of the Chi. I'd like to say I'm proud of you & I encourage my young men to listen to positive music like yours. Glad you're repin' for us. Love, Big E (k-town)
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1. Abolition of private property and the application of all rents of land to public purposes. Americans do these with actions such as the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution (1868), and various zoning, school & property taxes. Also the Bureau of Land Management (Zoning laws are the first step to government property ownership) 2. A heavy progressive or graduated income tax. Americans know this as misapplication of the 16th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, 1913, The Social Security Act of 1936.; Joint House Resolution 192 of 1933; and various State "income" taxes. We call it "paying your fair share". 3. Abolition of all rights of inheritance. Americans call it Federal & State estate Tax (1916); or reformed Probate Laws, and limited inheritance via arbitrary inheritance tax statutes. 4. Confiscation of the property of all emigrants and rebels. Americans call it government seizures, tax liens, Public "law" 99-570 (1986); Executive order 11490, sections 1205, 2002 which gives private land to the Department of Urban Development; the imprisonment of "terrorists" and those who speak out or write against the "government" (1997 Crime/Terrorist Bill); or the IRS confiscation of property without due process. Asset forfeiture laws are used by DEA, IRS, ATF etc...).
5. Centralization of credit in the hands of the state, by means of a national bank with State capital and an exclusive monopoly. Americans call it the Federal Reserve which is a privately-owned credit/debt system allowed by the Federal Reserve act of 1913. All local banks are members of the Fed system, and are regulated by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) another privately-owned corporation. The Federal Reserve Banks issue Fiat Paper Money and practice economically destructive fractional reserve banking. 6. Centralization of the means of communications and transportation in the hands of the State. Americans call it the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and Department of Transportation (DOT) mandated through the ICC act of 1887, the Commissions Act of 1934, The Interstate Commerce Commission established in 1938, The Federal Aviation Administration, Federal Communications Commission, and Executive orders 11490, 10999, as well as State mandated driver's licenses and Department of Transportation regulations.


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Why is the University of Colorado know as CU and not UC or U of C?
The same applies at Kansas-KU, Missouri-MU, Nebraska-NU, Oklahoma-OU and Denver-DU. "Midwestern casualness," says former CU historian Fred Casotti. It has always been this way at Colorado, for whatever reason, and at the other five listed above-but seemingly nowhere else in the USA. In the 1950s, there was a concerted effort to eliminate the use of "CU" on the Boulder campus, both as a symbol and in speech, but Casotti said that no one would buy into it. "Nobody would change," he said. "It's easier to say than U of C, UC sounds like slang or something (as in 'you see'), and it was traditional. By trying to eliminate it, they reinforced it."
What? Black is not an official CU color, what are the official colors?
The official colors of CU are silver and gold. According to the book Glory Colorado, these colors were adopted by the class of 1888, as a symbol of the mineral wealth of this state. But in 1921, as football became more popular, there were complaints from the students that silver and gold did not look good on football jerseys. In fact, silver and gold ended up looking like dirty gray and dark yellow. It wasn't until 1959 that the football team changed its jerseys to black with yellow. And although the football team seems to have set the trend with its color choice, CU still has the official colors of silver and gold.
What or who exactly is Ralphie?
The University of Colorado has the most unique mascot in all of intercollegiate atheltics, a real buffalo named Ralphie. The live buffalo mascot, now "Ralphie V," will continue the tradition of leading the football team out on the field both at the start of the game and the second half. The buffalo first appeared in 1934, and since 1966 has been a regular at CU home and bowl games, and even a select few road and neutral site contests. Check out Ralphie's page for a complete history!
If the nickname Buffaloes started in 1934, what was CU known as before that and how did Buffaloes get it start?
A 1934 contest to select an official school nickname by the Silver and Gold newspaper gave us the mascot or nickname Buffaloes. The nickname was officially bestowed upon the school's teams at halftime of the Homecoming game against Utah that season. Prior to 1934, CU athletic teams usually were referred to as the "Silver and Gold", but other nicknames teams were sometimes called included Silver Helmets, Yellow Jackets, Hornets, Arapahoes, Big Horns, Grizzlies and Frontiersmen. The campus newspaper announced the contest in the fall of 1934, with a $5 prize to go to the author of the winning selection. Claude Bates of New Madrid, Mo., and James Proffitt of Cincinnati, Ohio, were co-winners for the prize as both submitted Buffaloes as their entry. Athletic Director Harry Carlson, graduate manager Walter Franklin and Kenneth Bundy of the Silver and Gold were the judges. Through the years, synonyms which quickly came into use included "Bison", "Buffs", "Thundering Herd", "Stampeding Herd", "Golden Avalanche", and "Golden Buffaloes".
Exactly what sports does CU offer?
The University of Colorado athletic department sponsors 17 intercollegiate, NCAA-affiliated sports. In alphabetical order, they are basketball (men's and women's), cross country (men's and women's), football (men's), golf (men's and women's), lacrosse (women's), skiing (co-ed but counts as both a men's and women's sport), soccer (women's), tennis (women's) track and field (counts as four sports, men's and women's, indoor and outdoor) and volleyball (women's).
Why doesn't CU have baseball or wrestling (or some of the other sports it doesn't have)?
Those sports, along with men's and women's gymnastics, men's and women's swimming and women's diving comprised seven sports that were discontinued on June 11, 1980; the 1979-80 season was the last year of competition for each. At the time, schools needed 14 sports (any mix, men or women) to qualify for Division I status, and the cuts reduced our count to that minimum number (eight men's, six women's). It was purely based on dollars, as which non-revenue sports would be able to survive on shoestring budgets while we recovered from over a $1 million debt; sports like wrestling (No. 8) and the two gymnastics teams were nationally ranked when they were disbanded. The implications of Title IX and the growth of women's athletics led us to add four women's sports: volleyball (1986), golf (1994), soccer (1996) and lacrosse (spring 2014), while budget problems resulted in our dropping men's tennis (2006) bringing our count to 17 (skiing went co-ed in 1983, but still counts as one men's and one women's). As to adding any of these sports back, or adding new ones such as hockey, lacrosse, men's soccer or men's volleyball (the sports we get the most E-mails about), it still basically all comes down to budget. Once we're in a financial position where the sports we currently have are fully funded, we will consider expanding, but remember with Title IX, we would have to add sports in twos, one men's and one women's.
I heard CU had really good baseball, rowing and mountain biking teams, among others, why are they not on this website?
The University of Colorado's club sports is one of the most successful in the nation, as its mountain biking teams have won several national championships and other sports such as men's volleyball, rowing, baseball, and countless others have had a lot of success on the national level. However, these sports are not NCAA-affiliated and within the University, Club Sports is not a part of the Athletic Department. You can find out about all the club sports on their website.
When are schedules released?
It varies depending on sport. Football is unique in that we release a tentative non-conference schedule 5-6 years in advance. The Pac-12 schedules in big blocks so we will usually know those several years in advance. Every other sport is released one year at a time. Fall sports (volleyball, soccer and cross country) are usually released in the early summer months. Most other sports are released around the beginning of the school year (sometime in August), but there are always extenuating circumstances and situations that play into the exact date of release.
Along with that, why does the football schedule always say time is TBA until about two weeks and sometimes just one week before the game?
We understand it is at times frustrating not knowing the time of the game well in advance, but we do not release the time of the football games until we know which of the television partners will carry the game per the Pac-12 Networks contract. As frustrating as seeing TBA is, if we announced all the games will kick off at a certain time and ended up changing for television (with the advent of the Pac-12 Network, it's a virtual guarantee that all games will be televised), we feel it would be more frustrating and confusing trying to figure out the correct time.


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Bintliff Falls In Overtime At Midlands, Completes 2012 Portion Of Season
Senior tri-captain Zach Bintliff was Princeton's last man standing at the 50th Midlands Championships, but his run to the medal stand ended in a 9-5 overtime defeat to North Carolina's Christian Barber.
After two wins in the consolation round during the first day of the Championships, Bintliff went head-to-head against Barber and nearly kept his season alive, though the overtime session would not go Bintliff's way.
His two victories at Midlands gives Bintliff double-digit wins this season, making him the third Princeton wrestler to achieve that mark. Freshman Scott Gibbons, who also won twice this weekend, leads the Tigers with 13 victories, while junior Seth Hazleton reached the 10-win mark during Friday's Wilkes Open.
Princeton will return to competition next Saturday when it travels to Lancaster, Pa., for the Franklin & Marshall Open.


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Hampstead Bypass will stay on schedule despite delay
Published: Sunday, July 14, 2013 at 6:46 p.m.
Last Modified: Sunday, July 14, 2013 at 6:46 p.m.
The environmental impact statement for the Hampstead Bypass will take a little longer than expected. The holdup shouldn't affect the project's overall time line, though.
Originally, planners had identified fall of 2013 as the document's completion date, but it will likely take until the beginning of 2014, said Kim Gillespie, a N.C. Department of Transportation engineer who works in the project development and environmental analysis unit in Raleigh.
"There was some other information that we found out we needed to look back at – a few things for the Hampstead Bypass, the alternatives and so forth – trying to make sure we all agree how we want to approach that," Gillespie said.
Right of way buying for the project is still set to begin in 2017.
One of the main reasons for the extended environmental document process was the decision to have two interchanges as part of the bypass.
"We're doing what we can, that's where we are right now," Gillespie said. "We've gone on and decided that even with both of (the interchanges) and with making some adjustments to the alignment as needed we can still make minimal impacts to the environment while getting traffic where it needs to go."
The right of way portion of the project has already been funded, but the construction is not and will, therefore, be subject to the state's new mobility fund formula.
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There are many ways to translate a literary text from one language into another. The nature of meaning in literature changes depending on words chosen to convey an idea, cultural contexts, and any visual imagery that is displayed. In this interactive day-long workshop, you will learn ideas behind interpretive and literal translation by exploring Chinese-, Japanese- and Korean-themed children's and young adult literature. This workshop will include hands-on activities, thoughtful presentations, and an exploration of library materials and teaching methodologies. Afternoon sessions have been co-developed by the International Institute team and University of Michigan librarians. Enjoy exploring the resources and spaces on campus that offer community extensions to learning and education. Take-home packets and lunch will be provided, and 5 CE credits are offered.
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Commission for the Control of INTERPOL's Files
The processing of personal data – such as names and fingerprints – forms a key activity at INTERPOL. It is carried out within a clearly defined legal framework in order to protect both the fundamental rights of individuals and cooperation among police internationally.
The Commission for the Control of INTERPOL's Files (CCF) is an independent monitoring body. It operates in line with a number of official rules and documents and has three main functions:
- Monitoring the application of the Organization's data protection rules to personal data processed by INTERPOL;
- Advising the Organization with regard to any operations or projects concerning the processing of personal information.
- Processing requests for access to INTERPOL's files.
In 2008, the INTERPOL General Assembly voted to amend INTERPOL's Constitution to integrate the CCF into its internal legal structure, thereby guaranteeing its independence as an official body of the Organization.
See full information about the CCF – how it works, your rights, and resources
L'actuelle Présidente d'INTERPOL est Mme Mireille Ballestrazzi
L'actuel Secrétaire Général d'INTERPOL est M. Jürgen Stock
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A memorial service for beloved UNCW professor Gerald Shinn will be held at 4 p.m. Saturday in Randall Library on the campus of the University of North Caroiina Wilmington.
Shinn, who taught philosophy and religion at UNCW from 1967 to 1995, died Jan. 26 at his home near Albemarle. He was 78.
While on campus, Shinn founded the N.C. Living Treasures program, the UNCW Museum of World Cultures and the forerunner of the Albert Schweitzer Honors Scholars program. Shinn Plaza on the UNCW campus and the Gerald Shinn UNCW Alumni Association Merit Scholarship were named for him.
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In the hallways of its corporate headquarters, the history of YESCO is depicted. An original painting by Thomas Young Sr. from 1919 hangs near a boardroom. A paint brush and a small tool kit he used to craft some of his earliest signs are part of a glass cabinet exhibit. Archival photos of the firm's beginning years, and its progression into one of the nation's largest sign manufacturers, decorate other walls. Re-creations of some of Young's original work can be found—remnants from the company's past and catalysts for its future.
"We've been given an amazing opportunity to come and work in this business," Paul Young says. "The customers love the product. When you build something and see its name in lights, that's very emotional for them. We've had many customers in tears—they're so happy when those signs light up."
"Our grandfather and father taught us the value of hard work," says Michael Young. "I know that sounds like a cliché, but it's true. There's a quantitative reward in this—signage helps other businesses succeed and make a name for themselves. So intrinsically, this is a very rewarding experience for us, who can help make that happen."
YESCO Timeline: A Sign of the Times
1895: Thomas Young Sr. born in Sunderland, England.
1897: Family converts to LDS church.
1910: Thomas, age 15, sails from Liverpool to Montreal. Family takes train to Ogden. The same year, Georges Claude exhibits first neon sign in Paris.
1914: Thomas begins working for Electric Service Co. and the Redfield-King Sign Co. in Ogden.
1920: With a $300 loan from his father, he starts Thomas Young Sign Co. It specializes in lighted signs, wall-painted advertisements, gold-leaf window lettering and coffin plates.
1925: Renamed company Young Electric Sign Co. and sells neon signs in Utah, Idaho, Wyoming and Nevada.
1927: Company starts making neon tubing.
1928: Thomas Young Jr. born on April 2.
1930: Even after the Wall Street crash in 1929, YESCO business was brisk and theater marquee signs were in high demand around the country.
1932: Business expands to Las Vegas where first sign is sold to Oasis Café on Fremont Street.
1934: Expanded with a branch in SLC. Family moves to city in 1937.
1945: The Boulder Club sign, the first of the spectacular Vegas signs, ushers in the "golden age of neon." YESCO starts Las Vegas branch.
1949: New manufacturing plant opens in SLC.
1958: By now, several Vegas clubs and casinos are customers, including The Mint, Silver Slipper, Stardust and Golden Nugget. The Stardust sign, at 216-x-27 feet, was the largest electric sign in the world at that time.
The 1960s: New acrylic plastic sign material revolutionizes industry.
1969: Thomas Young Jr. is named president of YESCO.
1971: Thomas Young Sr. dies on Sept. 11.
1975: YESCO opens new plant in Las Vegas.
1980: YESCO installs world's tallest freestanding sign (222.5 feet) at Sahara Hotel and Casino.
1982: Completes Epcot Center package in Florida.
1984: Caesar's Palace sign installed, the first of a new generation of four-color computerized electronic message centers.
1988: Michael T. Young elected president of YESCO.
The 1990s: Clients include World of Coca-Cola in Atlanta, Hard Rock Cafe in Vegas, Ford Motor Co., the Denver Performing Arts Center, the Nugget in Reno, McDonald's in the western region, Flamingo Hilton in Reno, the Venetian, Paris and Mandalay Bay in Vegas and baseball stadiums in Phoenix and Denver.
1996: The Fremont Street Experience in Vegas wins the Themed Entertainment Association award for one of the best-themed attractions in the country. Locally, Capitol Theatre's new sign installed and Villa Theatre's 1940s sign restored.
1998: Thomas Young Sr. posthumously inducted into the Gaming Hall of Fame.
2001: YESCO builds 1,700 new signs and modifies 249 others for First Security Bank's transition to Wells Fargo.
2002: An official sign vendor for Salt Lake's 2002 Olympic Winter Games, YESCO creates Olympic rings on SLC mountainside, high tower signs and building wraps for high-rises. Company now operates in 11 western states, with customers across the nation and world.
2009: YESCO moves into new 104,000-square-foot facility in western Salt Lake County.
2011: YESCO starts franchises in the U.S.
Young Electric Sign Co. is best known for its neon signs, but it also deals in several related businesses. The company, started in 1920, now employs more than 1,700 people, has offices in 11 western states, has 14 franchisees and operates in 33 territories. In addition to neon signage, YESCO works with:
Clients from around the country have utilized signs that were custom designed at YESCO's Salt Lake City headquarters.
Message displays, digital billboards and arena and stadium displays from YESCO can be found in almost every major market in the country.
YESCO has had a strong presence in Las Vegas since the early days of gaming began. It started in 1932 with a client in Las Vegas, a year after Nevada legalized gambling. In March, Young will adorn the new Aria Tower with a 260-foot-high sign, one of the largest signs in the world.
The company maintains a strong presence in highway billboards, their printed panel boards still found along most freeways and roadways.
Seeing opportunity in sign maintenance, YESCO is franchising partnerships with smaller shops. The franchising program was started in 2011.


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The members of Joy Division were post-punk visionaries. In contrast to the raw fury of the British punk scene that gave birth to the band, Joy Division created a more nuanced, expressive template for emphatically projecting discontent. Tortured lead singer Ian Curtis' introspective lyrics and melancholic worldview were reflected in the band's manic live performances and moody arrangements. This motif was captured in songs like "Disorder," "Transmission" and "Love Will Tear Us Apart." In addition to Curtis' vocals, Bernard Sumner's angular guitar work and Stephen Morris' frenetic drumming, the band's signature sound owed much to the bass of Peter Hook, who cultivated a lead-bass style that rejected the notion of a bassist's sole role as being backup. "I never did really play bass, because I always found it intensely annoying whenever some twat of a guitarist would turn around to you and say, 'could you play the root note?' said Hook during a 2010 interview at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum. "Luckily, I found a style."
That signature style involved playing lead lines high on the fretboard, creating melodies that were often mimicked in the vocals. "That came about early, when I paid £10 for my first bass cabinet," said Hook. "It sounded dreadful, so I played high up [on the bass' fretboard]. And Ian Curtis, God rest his soul, said 'That sounds great when you do that. Let's work on that. Right, Barney, you do some chords. Steven, you do those jungle drums.' And there you have Joy Division."
Among their more pop-oriented efforts, "Love Will Tear Us Apart" was released on April 18, 1980. With its waves of synthesizer and midtempo pace, the song's indelible melody was countered with Curtis' haunting lyrics on faded love – a despondent declaration that preempted Curtis' tragic suicide a month later, on May 18, 1980."[Stephen Morris] and I had done the drums and the bass," recalled Hook of the recording session that yielded "Love Will Tear Us Apart." "We did it one Saturday afternoon – how weird is it that I can remember doing it? – and Ian was writing. We were rehearsing the next day for another hour, and Ian said 'oh, I'll have some words by tomorrow.' And he came in, and we played it again, and he started singing 'Love Will Tear Us Apart,' and that was it, it was finished – it was done in like three hours." It was the last song the group ever recorded. Rather than disband, the remaining members – Sumner (vocals, guitar, synthesizer), Hook (bass, synthesizer), Morris (drums, synthesizers) – persevered as New Order, adding keyboardist Gillian Gilbert.
Their debut single was the brooding "Ceremony" in 1981. Early recordings continued in the vein of Joy Division, but the band's sound found inspiration in German electronic innovators, Kraftwerk, and New York's underground club scene, ushering in an era of arrangements that embraced sequencers and synthesizers as lead instruments. The proposition resonated with audiences and critics worldwide, as New Order became one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed bands, uniting an infectious synthesis of New Wave sensibility and dance hall grooves that ignited packed crowds at at the Haçienda, the legendary nightclub founded by New Order and their record label boss, Tony Wilson. Originally packaged in a 12-inch sleeve designed by Factory Records designer Peter Saville that cleverly replicated a floppy computer disk and included little information about the band (neither the name of the group nor the single title appeared), 1983's "Blue Monday" was a smash. Although rumored that the cost of producing the sleeve represented a loss on each single sold by Factory, the seven-minute-plus track would become among the best-selling 12-inch singles of all time.
"Blue Monday" was driven by a host of sequencer and synthesizer effects, including the throbbing synth bass line (overlayed with Hook's lead bass stylings), and drum machine beat. The song contained no chorus, instead revolving around a series of verses. "It does come down to songwriting," said Hook of "Blue Monday," which took nearly four months to record. "Whilst everyone may have the equipment in their little box, not everybody [has] the ability to write a song like 'Blue Monday.' It was quite odd, because we never thought 'Blue Monday' was that great. It was just another song. The vocal was done last – there was no vocal written, everything was on the song, even the bass guitar. It wasn't a huge hit when it came out."
Ian Curtis' handwritten lyrics to "Love Will Tear Us Apart," Peter Hook's Hot One 335 custom bass by Christopher J. Eccleshall that he used on various recordings, onstage with New Order and side projects Monaco and Revenge; the original "Blue Monday" 12-inch sleeve designed by Peter Saville and Bernard Sumner's 1987 Washburn D-12-12N acoustic guitar that he used on the 1989 sessions for Techniques are among the artifacts featured in the Joy Division / New Order Spotlight Exhibit in the Rock Hall's main gallery.


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UW Professor Challenges Capitol Access Rules
The American Civil Liberties Union of Wisconsin today filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of a University of Wisconsin-Madison professor, charging that a recent state Department of Administration policy violates the First Amendment.
The suit, filed in U.S. District Court in Madison, aims to block the agency from requiring permits for demonstrations held in the State Capitol and from punishing protesters who gather in the Capitol Rotunda without a permit.
The ACLU also filed a motion for a preliminary injunction blocking enforcement of the permit rules by DOA Secretary Mike Huebsch and Capitol Police Chief David Erwin.
Michael Kissick, an assistant professor in the UW-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health, participated in demonstrations in the Rotunda until September 2012, when Capitol police began arresting and citing people who participated in expressive activities without a permit. Kissick has since refrained from exercising his First Amendment rights in the Capitol for fear of being ticketed or arrested.
"I have always attempted to follow the law while expressing my political views," Kissick said. "I resent being treated as criminal for speaking freely in a public forum. This country was founded on dissent, so I view myself as a proud American exercising my rights to engage in the most protected of all speech."
DOA adopted the permit rules in November 2011, following widespread demonstrations in and around the Capitol earlier that year. Under the new policy, groups as small as four must obtain prior permission from the government before they engage in expression "for the purpose of actively promoting any cause."
The new rules also prohibit people from gathering in the Capitol for any performance, ceremony, presentation, meeting or rally without a permit.
The permit policy creates a chilling effect on free speech in the Rotunda, a public space with unique symbolic significance. Surrounded by legislators' offices, the governor's office and the state Supreme Court chambers, the Rotunda historically has been devoted to public debate of issues important to the people of Wisconsin.
"The State's overbroad permitting scheme burdens core political speech, which should receive the highest degree of First Amendment protection," said Larry Dupuis, Legal Director of the ACLU of Wisconsin. "It is preventing citizens from engaging in expressive activity and sharing their views where their leaders exercise power."
The ACLU lawsuit argues that the protests in the Capitol, including the well-known Solidarity Singalong group, which has never held a permit, have been largely peaceful and non-disruptive, rendering the DOA scheme unnecessary.
In addition to Dupuis, Kissick is represented by Madison attorney A. Steven Porter.


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Interesting landscape reading from across the web with some thought provoking material before you start your working week.
High Lines and park life: why more green isn't always greener for cities | Owen Hatherley | Guardian
"Transforming old industrial areas into urban woodland may look nice but can be conterproductive[sic] in the long run" – Interesting read, but still wondering how the Highline is conterproductive[sic] in the long run.
'Open spaces needed for meetings' | Riyan Ramanath V, | Times of India
"Lack of such open areas inside the city is forcing communities, political, religious and social groups to use smaller spaces, which is resulting in traffic congestion on the roads."
See How NYC Streets Got More Pedestrian-Friendly In 25 Years | Curbed NY | Zoe Rosenberg
Great images of before and after the implementation of pedestrian/bike friendly road design
How town planning can make us thin and healthy: Architects show that more green space and less housing density has a clear effect on public health | Charlie Cooper | Independent
"With responsibility for public healthcare devolved now from central Government to local authorities, it's vital that planners and developers take the lead in ensuring healthier cities," said. RIBA's president, Stephen Hodder.


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Sligo is a large and busy market town on the short River Garavogue, which drains Lake Gill into the sea. The town is surrounded by fine and varied countryside: green and wooded valleys, high mountains and sandy seaside beaches. Rosses Point (An Ros), on its sandy peninsula jutting out into Drumcliff Bay, has a championship golf course and two beautiful beaches for bathing and wind-surfing.
Tourist attractions Sligo : Things to see and do
Sligo Abbey
Abbey St. IRL - Sligo
The ruins, on the south bank of the Garavogue, occupy the site of a Dominican friary founded by Maurice Fitzgerald in 1252, and accidentally destroyed by fire in 1414. The nave has a finely-carved altar-tomb (north wall), which belonged to the O'Crea..
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The Mall IRL - Sligo
The Niland Collection, displayed on a rotational basis, contains some 200 works by Jack Yeats, acquired by former county librarian Norah Niland. The collection of Irish Modern Art includes paintings by George Russell, Maurice McGonigal, Norah McGuinn..
IRL - Sligo
Carrowmore is Ireland's largest Stone Age graveyard. It consists of 60 passage graves - dolmens and cromlechs, and one cairn, which is the largest grave. The oldest dates from 3200 BC, 700 years earler than Newgrange. The Visitor's Centre houses an e..
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Great Southern Hotel Sligo
Strandhill Road IRL - Sligo
Great Southern Hotel Sligo is located in Sligo city centre, beside Sligo Train and Bus Station. It offers a restaurant, free parking and a leisure centre with a pool and a gym. Rooms at the Great Southern Hotel Sligo feature TVs, radios and tea/coff..
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Ballincar, Rosses Point Road IRL - Sligo
With an 18-metre swimming pool and a sumptuous spa, this Radisson BLU hotel is less than 10 minutes' drive from Sligo. Free Wi-Fi is available, and Rosses Point Beach is a 5-minute drive away. The bright and modern rooms each feature deluxe Vogue ma..
Sligo City Hotel
Quay Street IRL - Sligo
Prix Prices from : 85 €
Ideally situated in the city centre of Sligo, the Sligo City Hotel is next to O'Connell Street, which offers extensive shopping, riverside restaurants and cosy bars. The hotel has free WiFi throughout, free daily newspapers and free limited private p..
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Market Yard IRL - Sligo
Smart, modern restaurant in the shadow of the cathedral, with a tiled exterior and wooden blinds. The French chefs prepare classic Gallic menus which follow the seasons. The all-French wine list features interesting, lesser-known wines.
4-5 O'Connell St IRL - Sligo
Hugely characterful pub with sloping floors, narrow passageways, dimly lit anterooms and a lovely "Ladies' Room" complete with its own serving hatch. Cooking is warming and satisfying, offering the likes of Irish stew or bacon and cabbage.
Ballindoon IRL - Castlebaldwin
Smart, modern hotel restaurant with a glass-fronted kitchen, brushed velvet booths, and lough and country views. Good-sized menus offer classically based dishes with personal twists; local growers and producers are credited on the menu.
IRL - Riverstown