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Resources for Middle and High School Teachers
What's Here
There are thousands of middle school (and quite a few high school) teachers who utilize ideas from The Cornerstone! This page will help you find resources on-site and off that are relevant for older students.
Does The Cornerstone Work for Middle and High School?
I'm frequently asked whether there's a secondary school version of my website out there somewhere. Unfortunately, if there is, I haven't found it yet. I'd estimate that 75% on online resources for teachers are geared toward the elementary grades.
However, pre-teens and teenagers still need clear expectations modeled, practiced, and reinforced. If you're not sure how to do this, check out the Routines and Procedures section of the website. Your students won't need you to go into as much detail as you explain your procedures and they'll catch on in half the time, but the general guidelines for creating and teaching expectations still apply. You can't assume that secondary students will enter your classroom knowing how you expect them to behave, so don't make the mistake of thinking 'they know what to do' and allow them to create their own class norms!
Middle and high school teachers usually tell me that the Organization section of the website and book are most relevant to them, so definitely check that out. They've also shared that the Planning and Assessment web section/book chapters were very useful, since those focus on creating long-term goals, keeping daily lesson plans, and surviving standardized testing.
Many of the ideas featured on other pages can easily be adapted for junior high and high school classes. For example, on the Math Journals page, I explain how journaling can be used up through 12th grade, and share examples of math journaling tasks I've done with the upper grades as a math coach. Also, as I add more pages to the Math and Literacy sections of the site, I'll be including a variety of links and activities for grades K-8. So, take a look around and explore–there are lots of possibilities!
Recommended Upper Grades Resources
As an instructional coach, I work with PreK-8 teachers on literacy and PreK-6 teachers on math. Below are some resources I recommend to the middle school teachers I coach.
Middle and High School Teacher Blogs
I read a number of blogs from secondary teachers. The following are some of my favorite, because they provide not only excellent resources and ideas, but honest reflections on what's working and what's not.
Confessions From the Couch by Miss Teacha, an urban history teacher (check out this blog post which share the best classroom activities she used in 09-10).
The Jose Vilson is a middle school math teacher, coach, and data analyst in NYC. His blog is deep and tackles not only educational topics, but reflections on race, gender, current events, and other important issues that affect the lives of teachers and students.
John Spencer's blog is one of THE BEST out there. He is a Christian middle school teacher who writes almost daily about a wide variety of educational topics from a really refreshing point of view that is somehow philosophical and deep and simultaneously practical and grounded. I think this post on how to stop kids from cheating is especially useful for secondary teachers. John has also written two books (which you can find out more about on his blog) called "Teaching Unmasked" and "Sages and Lunatics".
Web Resources for Secondary Teachers
The Teacher's Desk has loads of free lesson plans, printables, and activities for reading, writing, spelling, English, and more. It's designed for grades 5-6, but a 7th/8th grade teacher I've coached uses these resources with great success all the time. They're very adaptable for secondary classrooms.
Ten Great Sites Every Middle School Teacher Should Know from Education World. Very detailed descriptions.
The Teachers.Net Chatboards are a great place to go if you have a question you'd like answered by other secondary teachers. There are dozens of separate boards for each grade level and subject area. Most of the message forums are highly trafficked, so you can get input right away.
Classroom Management Resources for Middle and High School
Kim's Korner has not been updated for a few years, but there are a tremendous amount of quality resources there. Kim taught middle school Language Arts for 16 years and most resources are geared toward that, but are adaptable, of course. She has one of the very few sites on classroom management and organization for middle school teachers. Here's her site map.
Mrs. D. ('The Language Arts Expert') shares a number of middle school classroom management techniques she's used, and addresses critical but rarely-mentioned routines and procedures like your bathroom policy, late policy, etc. Mrs. D's conversational and practical tone shows you she's been there, and knows how to help you succeed, too.
More to come…
Books for Middle and High School Teachers
The slideshow below shows some of the latest and best-selling books for secondary teachers. The books I selected are primarily related to classroom management, but there are some other great resources there, as well.
What's Missing Here?
If you're a secondary teacher and know other places to find high-quality free printables, activities, and lessons for middle and high school on the web, please share in the comments!
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- 1 August 1, 2010 at 1:55 am
Math-drills.com (basic math worksheets), kutasoftware.com (pre-algebra and algebra worksheets), and starfall.com are regular staples in my room.
- 2 July 16, 2011 at 10:00 am
"Probably because upper grade teachers are focused more on their content area than on behavior management, organization, room arrangement, and parent communication. "
Wow! I was having a wonderful time looking through your site which is very very well done and then I saw this. Talk about a kick in the teeth. The book your site recommends, "Why Good Teachers Quit" should include a section on how the lack of professional respect from our peers can contribute to this exodus.
Having taught high school and middle school sciences for over 11 years thus far- I left the military and entered teaching at 48; I was shocked to see your statement above. We are VERY focused on all of the above AND content and all the other areas of teaching and standardized tests; not the focus of our choosing either. The entire professional community of secondary educators has been working on improving behavior, room arrangements, organization etc. I am not engaging in a who works harder debate, because I do not think that is the heart of this. However I think if you do some research on this one area in which you have serious lack of information, your guidance offered on your site will be the better for it. The comment is so off putting and insulting that it negates all the great resources on your site for those of us who are secondary teachers.
We also get into legal issues that have not spread to the elementary grades yet. We are not encouraged to blog while still teaching unless we leave out any humor, venting, frustrations or opinions. Most of us have small classroom stuffed with supplies and equipment. Pictures of our rooms drawn comments of our lack of neatness must be a sign of poor teaching. Science supplies for one lab with 33 kids requires an enormous amount of space. I was amazed at how large the elementary rooms were and how small our middle and high school rooms are. Some of us do blog but we get into trouble so easily with blogs; your pictures here of student photos you would like to send would quite honestly get us fired. Pictures of little kids misbehaving are seen as cute. Pictures of big kids misbehaving are seen as lawsuit material. Teachers with Facebook pages are actively discouraged from having them and the use of them puts a teacher at risk of kids hacking into it or taking info from it to attack a teacher's professionalism. Parents, administrators and supervisors come from all extremes of personality and some seem to spend their time looking for a reason to complain. Some parents comb our school websites looking for anything that seems to suggest a teacher is "Bad". Even posting about the normal frustrations in our days is a no-no since parents can accuse us of complaining about their child, even if we never mention names.
Our students have cell phones. Go on YouTube and search for "Teachers"; look at all the videos the kids in secondary grades have taken in a classroom and posted. Many who do not understand will say, "Well, that teacher has bad classroom management if a student can film all that and not get caught!" As LOL cats say, "Sersly?!" This age group spends a great deal of mental energy figuring out how to "Get" adults. It is the age, and then we have 30-40 students per class, and they love nothing better than playing jokes on the teacher. For a tween or teen that is what project based learning means. I am amazed sometimes at the planning and cooperation they put into removing all the mouse balls from my computers, switching the tops of all my white board markers or covering the tops of my many trash cans with Saran wrap so they can watch my face as the crumpled paper encounters a force field and bounces off onto the floor! Imagine all the times during your teaching career you made a mistake or said something wrong, had a button undo on your shirt or got into a "not covered in Harry Wong" moment. Now imagine if one of your students filmed it, put it on YouTube and shared your moment to his or her parents. Totally out of context. Totally unframed or explained. For all the world and your entire community to see. So now prove that is a rare exception or a simple misunderstanding. That is what keeps secondary teachers busy. We write up minor and major discipline infractions and often have multiples of these daily. Most of us spend the first 2 weeks of class teaching and the reinforcing over and over and over our class and school rules. Preteens, tweens and teens all act out in a variety of ways and hormones rage for these kids. Our kids show the effects of parental abuse and neglect by dropping out and running away. We have to do everything we can to get them back. Imagine if elementary students just walked out and drove off when they get frustrated like our high school kids do sometimes? Imagine if a temper tantrum involved not throwing a pencil but a desk? All this takes TIME to deal with because no matter if the child is 6 or 16 teachers are still responsible for them from 7:30 – 3:00pm. We deal with the conflicts that occur with kids who score more points on the athletic field then in the classroom. They still play even as they fail, but we have to keep them engaged and somehow motivate them to succeed. Teens ALL think they they are good enough to play college level sports and somehow science, English, social studies and math are just not as important as practice, physical conditioning and cruising the mall wearing their letter jacket. Some are that good; but if you can't pass high school you can't get into college. Kids and their parents don't seem to understand that sometimes.
Most of us call parents daily; in middle school we may have 160-180 students and will make contact for good or concerns with every single one of them within the first two weeks of school to introduce ourselves. Then many of them we need to call on a weekly basis, not just because we have to, but because it is the best practice for helping our students. Expression opinions, even humor, about parents, students or central office will get us a written notice in our file or at the least called to the principal's office. Most parents are great, many more are benign, they will help if asked but not on their own. Some are threatening and their kids mimic this; many are much larger in size and emotional volatility then elementary and can be a serious threat if you confront them even with the best behavior control techniques.
You sound like a wonderful teacher and person, please look into what I have shared and see if perhaps you can find evidence to help you understand why secondary teachers are so silent on the web. It really is so totally untrue that we only focus on content. Our world is much more restrictive, legally complex and professionally constrained perhaps? Our jobs now include the impact of student scores on our employment. I love to teach; I also need to pay my bills and that requires employment. I hope what I have shared is heard in the from the heart manner I intended it. I know the situations elementary teachers confront is as rewarding, taxing, funny and frustrating as those daily challenges and joys faced by secondary educators. Teaching at any level requires us, I think, to have "An one for all and all for one" relationship even with teachers we have yet to meet. Thank you for listening.
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Subject: a Star Wars Fanfilm - "The Duel" 2013.
I got a call from a client earlier this week, a guy who had seen my previous short Freedom liked the style and wanted something to show of his +10 years of skills doing martial arts, and i'll get paid for doing this project as well. So, we threw some ideas around and came up with a script for a 3-4 minutes Star Wars fanfilm and it will be executed and shot during January, February and edited in March 2013. Just in time for my own project to go into pre-production for a summer shoot of Al-Azif (a Lovecraftian action adventure short).
And since then i've worked on the Sith ship to be featured in the fanfilm, has a blend of Sith ship and Tie-fighters to it and i really like the over-all simplicity and design so far :)
beyondMyth () () posted at 6:14PM Fri, 18 January 2013 · @4032467
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beyondMyth () () posted at 9:40PM Sun, 20 January 2013 · edited on 9:41PM Sun, 20 January 2013 · @4033148
final update for tonight.. off to bed now :D
been working mostly on the sand/desert landscape texture in this last update, and some work on the animation itself as well but i'll post an animation tomorrow instead - too late now ;) lol
enjoy and good night :)
PS. this is a BIG render @ 2560 x 1440 so worth clicking for details! :)//Benny.
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Attached Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jiF_iZkor0s
Here's todays update + an animation of the first scene we'll see when the ship lands on a platform.. looking good so far :) more to come..
PS. follow the link to youtube to see the clip.//Benny.
beyondMyth () () posted at 9:20PM Fri, 25 January 2013 · edited on 9:20PM Fri, 25 January 2013 · @4034974
beyondMyth () () posted at 12:05PM Sat, 26 January 2013 · @4035103
beyondMyth () () posted at 12:06PM Sat, 26 January 2013 · edited on 12:10PM Sat, 26 January 2013 · @4035104
Attached Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJVRagQpPb4
and a bigger one of the post from last night, in its new format.. also attached a youtube clip of the animation -- though im not 100% pleased with the path of the ship, its banking too much back and forth but will take care of that later today :D
beyondMyth () () posted at 8:51PM Sat, 26 January 2013 · edited on 8:55PM Sat, 26 January 2013 · @4035198
Attached Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQXfv2-H6vM
Here is part of the intro for the short. It's far from done, just a rough draft of whats to come.. expect more soon :D and the music is just temporary to set a mood, nothing more!
PS. the clips above have been removed, this is the one now! :)//Benny.
amileduan () () posted at 10:25PM Mon, 28 January 2013 · @4035791
cool stuff!
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Mr. LOTT. If I could be recognized to speak on this amendment.
Does the Senator from New Mexico wish to modify his amendment? I would like to make sure I am speaking on the amendment that is before the body before I speak on this amendment.
Mr. BINGAMAN. Mr. President, yes, I do intend to modify the amendment, so that it strikes $118 million that was added by the committee for the space-based laser , and I will delete the portion of the earlier amendment that I offered which allocated those funds to the Air Force and the Navy flying hours.
Mr. LOTT. If I could ask the Senator to respond to this question: Would that knock out the entire funding for the space-based laser ?
Mr. BINGAMAN. Mr. President, that does not. It leaves the funding at the level the administration requested, which is $29 million, but it would delete the initial $118 million that was added by the committee.
Mr. LOTT. So in the bill now there is about $145 million?
Mr. BINGAMAN. Mr. President, $148 million in the bill at the present time, and this gets it back to the administration requested level of $49.
Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, just so the Members will understand fully what the Senator from New Mexico is doing, his amendment, as I understand it, would knock out $118 million, leaving only $28.8 million to be available for the space-based laser program.
I rise to offer my support for this space-based laser and to oppose the amendment to strike funding of this important program.
Clearly, one of the most serious threats facing us today is that of ballistic missiles. As rogue nations or terrorist organizations have the ability to develop more sophisticated means to deploy weapons of mass destruction, it is incumbent upon us, then, to develop the wherewithal to render those threats ineffective. Increasing funding for other programs, as the Senator originally intended, by taking it out of the space-based laser would have been a mistake, and I think to have this kind of cutback down to only $28 million reduces our ability to really develop the sophistication and the degree of the development of the program that we have the capability to reach.
It is time that we actually do something on this now. We have talked about it, we have had funding, we have had progress made, there has been real development capability reached, yet we continue to sort of shove it off and say, `Someday. Right now this threat is not serious enough.' I maintain it is very serious.
We currently have no effective defense to counter the ballistic missile threat, particularly in the early launch phases when defensive measures are the most effective. I think the American people would be alarmed if they had an opportunity to stop and think about this, the fact that we have not developed this effective defense to this threat.
Space-based laser offers potentially one of the most effective solutions to this threat, utilizing relatively mature technologies for boost phase missile defense because we have been working on this, because we have expended funds in this area. So not only does this capability provide an effective protective blanket, but it also serves as a strong deterrent against the launch in the first place, as the boost phase interceptor ensures a destroyed missile falls within the short range of the launch site. So that is a very important factor. It would be a deterrent to launching in the first place, if you knew it might, as a matter of fact, land generally in the area or in the country that fired such a missile.
This inherent capability offers the initial and most effective defense against ballistic missiles. Coupled with terminal and midcourse defenses that we are now procuring, it provides an architecture that is robust to a wide variety of threats.
Moreover, the program is achievable, it is achievable, within current technical and political constraints. The program received a very positive endorsement from the Ballistic Missile Defense Office Independent Review Team which has assessed the program as low risk and capable of achieving a 2005 launch goal, yet it is fully compliant with the ABM Treaty. It in no way commits to us an operational system, but it is absolutely essential to the research and development efforts that preserve our option for such a program in the future.
Space-based laser is clearly the future national missile defense system of choice. It affords us the opportunity to protect the Nation, our military forces and our allies against the ever-growing threat for ballistic missile-deployed weapons of mass destruction. In fact, I think it is the greatest threat that we face today in the world. We cannot ignore it. We should not delay taking actions any further.
The early boost phase negation potential that spaced-based lasers can provide is essential. It is a critical component of our future national defense. We must ensure that the
space-based option is carried forward with vigor and a sense of priority. If we cut it down to only $28 million, or something short of $29 million, we are not going to be able to go forward with this mature program in a vigorous way in one that gives it priority.
By the way, the people we have running this program now are very good and they are doing a good job. They have gotten the Secretary of Defense's attention to this program. So as this technology matures, I think it is clear that we now are at the point where we should build a demonstrator and show that, in fact, it will work.
I thank the Senator from New Hampshire for the work he has done on this, both in the committee and on the floor. Senator Smith is prepared to debate this issue further. Without his efforts, without his attention, this program would not be where it is today and we would not be able to go forward with it in the way we need to now.
I strongly urge my colleagues to oppose the amendment to cut the bulk of the funding for the space laser program.
Mr. President, I thank the chairman again for his support in this area. This is something we clearly should be doing. I hope the amendment will be defeated.
I yield the floor.
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Mr. BINGAMAN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that Dr. Robert Simon, who is detailed to my staff from the Department of Energy, be permitted privileges of the floor for the duration of the debate and during any votes occurring on that bill.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
Mr. BINGAMAN. Mr. President, I send a modified version of the amendment to the desk and ask that it be so modified.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The amendment is so modified.
The amendment (No. 799), as modified, is as follows:
At the end of subtitle A of title X, add the following:
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the total amount authorized to be appropriated under section 201(4) for the space based laser program shall be reduced by $118,000,000, and not more than $28,800,000 shall be available for the space based laser program.


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Imagine finding $3.5 million in a basement closet. On Feb. 23, 2012, Heritage Auction House of Dallas, Texas, sold a collection of 345 comic books found by a man in Martinsville, Va., while cleaning out his great aunt's basement after she died.
The collection sold for $3.5 million.
Included in this valuable collection was a copy of detective comics No. 27 issue, which sold for 10 cents in 1939, featuring the debut of Batman. That issue sold for $523,000.
Selling for $275,000 was another Batman comic that was published in 1940. A 1941 Captain America No. 2 issue with Adolf Hitler on the front cover sold for $114, 000.
Among the 345 well-preserved comics were 44 of the Overstreet Comic Book price guide's top 100 issues from comics golden age.
Most comics from the golden age of the late 1930s into the 1950s fell victim to war time paper drives, normal wear and tear, and mother's throwing them out.
A man in South Carolina bought a painting at a local Goodwill Store for $3. His daughter took it to the Antiques Roadshow, where it was appraised for $20,000 to $30,000. It just sold at auction for $190,000. The painting was Flemish and dated from about 1650.
An astronaut B model Pez dispenser recently sold at auction for $32,000. If you happen to find another one among your childrens' toys, write and tell me.
Auction prices
Washington County Telephone Company 1913 cast iron stamp seal, $20.
E.T. Rempe beer bottle, Marietta, $20.
1880s St. Cloud Hotel trade card, $22.
Five issues of The Tribune, New Matamoras High School newspaper, $13.
Larry Koon is the author of several price guide books on antiques and collectibles. His column appears every Monday on Life. Send letters to Treasure in the Attic, c/o The Marietta Times, 700 Channel Lane, Marietta 45750; or e-mail him at firstname.lastname@example.com. When writing, send a complete description of the item, along with size, color, any markings on the item along with condition the item is in, and how the item was obtained, and any other information. If possible, send a photograph. Letters will be answered through this column.


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News 12 First at Five, September 10, 2007
There have been 30 traffic deaths on Aiken County roads so far this year, and it's still only September. During all of last year, 30 people died on the roads. In 2005, there were 16 fatalities.
Aiken County Coroner Tim Carlton said he's worried about the increased numbers.
"But the crashes that we've seen have been just catastrophic and thats related to speed and the nature of the crash itself," Carlton said.
In 40 percent of those crashes, people were wearing their seat belts which is the first line of defense.
"I think when we go back and look at the wrecks, it's directly related to driving errors and when I say driving errors, speeding, inattention, things that the individual can correct," Carlton said.
Carlton said the biggest trend he sees is speed and bad driving habits like talking on your cell phone and being distracted by the radio.
"What we see a lot of times is when people leave the roadway what they do is jerk the steering wheel or they make a dramatic change in direction and once they hit the blacktop, the vehicle rolls over," he said.
Carlton said there are other trends among the 30 fatal traffic accidents this year, the actual DUI incident rate with traffic fatalities is down about 20 percent. But 50 percent of the accidents, still involved drinking.
"Enforcement is one thing and education is our other goal and we do over 100 classes a year in this county as it relates to driving," Carlton said.
One thing Carlton said is not a trend is age. He said the people involved in these crashes ranged from ages 23 to 70, and said they were locals that traveled back and forth through Aiken County every day.
"I think a lot of people realize that a vehicle is a dangerous instrument, but I don't think they realize how dangerous," Carlton said.
So what should people do to protect themselves while driving? The Aiken County Coroner said if you have the opportunity and the means to do it, take a defensive driving class because it could save your life.


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TogMeg is simple application to make the process of studying new words of foreign languages very efficient. You can use Text-To-Speech engines and follow the phonation and pronouncing of the languages.
With Mac OS X Lion you get the power of all speech engines available in Mac OS X Lion as:
* English (many voices)
* Arabic (voice: Maged)
* Chinese (voices: Ting-Ting, Sin-Ji, Ya-Ling)
* Czech (voice: Zuzana)
* Danish (voice: Ida)
* Dutch (voice: Ellen)
* Finnish (voice: Mikko)
* French (voices: Felix, Julie, Sebastien, Thomas, Virginie)
* German (voices: Anna, Steffi, Yannick)
* Greek (voice: Alexandros)
* Hindi (voice: Lekha)
* Hungarian (voice: Eszter)
* Indonesian (voice: Damayanti)
* Italian (voices: Paolo, Silvia)
* Japanese (voice: Kyoko)
* Korean (voices: Narae, Yuna)
* Norwegian (voices: Stine)
* Polish (voice: Agata)
* Portuguese (voice: Joana)
* Romanian (voice: Simona)
* Russian (voice: Milena)
* Slovak (voice: Laura)
* Spanish (voices: Diego, Monica)
* Swedish (voices: Alva, Oskar)
* Thai (voice: Narisa)
* Turkish (voice: Aylin)
Required OS: not specified
Tags: foreign , language , education , study , memory


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By 3d Sustainment Command (Expeditionary) Public AffairsOctober 19, 2011
FORT KNOX, Ky. (October 18, 2011) -- The 3d Sustainment Command (Expeditionary) conducted warrior tasks training Oct. 12-14 here.
The training was a part of the 3d ESC's train-up process as the unit prepares for its upcoming deployment to Afghanistan is support of Operation Enduring Freedom.
Warrior tasks covered throughout the training included land navigation, casualty evaluation, radio communications, and reacting to a chemical/biological attack.
While the tasks listed above are those in which Soldiers learn during basic combat, many have not performed them since then. With this in mind, the 3d ESC wanted to give its Soldiers a refresher course on these basic Soldiers skills.
"With the training, we were seeking to prepare our Soldiers for what they could encounter while deployed," said 1st Sgt. Michael Johnson, the 3d ESC's Headquarters and Headquarters Company senior enlisted leader. "Our overall intent was to refresh our Soldiers on the skills they acquired during their early years in the Army. If you don't use the skills regularly, you could lose them."
With the 3d ESC scheduled to deploy soon, unit leadership felt as if it was important for the Soldiers to brush up on their skills. The warrior tasks are important to Soldiers because they are essential to the Army's ability to win on the modern battlefield. Regardless of a Soldiers military occupational specialty, they risk exposure to hostile actions.
"Many of these Soldiers received the basic level of training when they first joined the Army," said Sgt. 1st Class Steven Barthmaier, who taught Soldiers how to effectively evaluate a casualty during the training. "Now with this training, Soldiers are now tactical and proficient on their warrior tasks and drills."
Overall, leadership was pleased with the training exercise. 1st Sergeant Johnson said that the training was just one of the many tasks the unit will face in preparation for its deployment.
"Overall, I feel that the training went well," said 1st Sgt. Johnson. "I was very pleased with everything from the knowledgeable instructors to Soldier participation."


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Category Archives: Bar & Bench
Justice Tongue — April 2013
Dear Justice Tongue:
I am a fledgling "trial lawyer" with only a half dozen jury trials. I think I'm getting the hang of things, but one aspect of litigation and trial practice is vexing me. The subject is experts. In my cases we can rarely afford them and I worry that I'm being out-gunned when the better funded side brings on some high-priced professional. With my budget I've had to always look for the smoking gun, not the hired gun. Any advice?
H. Smoke
Dear Mr. Smoke:
Did you really refer to the vast and increasing throng of academicians, clinicians, and leading lights we call "experts" as "hired guns"? Are you implying that they lack independence and compromise their intellectual integrity and honesty in pursuit of the advocacy of their patrons' claims? Is it your contention that their testimony is for sale and they understate the principles that, in other cases, they highlight; and highlight principles that in other cases they relegate, all to enhance the trial themes and theories of their handlers? Are you really suggesting that this vaunted role in the trial process is contaminated with the influence of money and that expert testimony is literally "for sale"? Well, let me just say I am aghast. Let me also say that you have a brilliant future in the trial practice because at a tender age, you are very perceptive.
In the ancient days, litigants would bring "compurgators" to the trial process to vouch for them. It was thought that the party bringing the requisite number of "compurgators" would have the day. Progress was made when the practice turned to the actual merits of the claim, you know, what actually happened. The rules were refined and improved such that they generally followed the principles of logic and focused on the reliability of the evidence. In some instances it was recognized that certain individuals, by dint of experience or academic prowess, could aid the judge and/or jury in understanding things beyond the laymen's ken. On came the paid expert.
Once you pay someone, they are not independent. They are paid. They may try to look independent, they may try to act independent, they may even try to give away little points here and there to seem independent. They are not so. I and my sage colleagues prohibit any reference to these paid witnesses as "independent" for these very reasons. And the more effective these "hired professionals" are perceived to be as witness/advocates, the more coveted is their performance and the greater the financial tribute they demand. Greater financial tribute equals less and less independence. In a sense the use of experts often now devolves into a new kind of "compurgation", namely that of paid witnesses who, under the guise of presenting "expert" analysis, provide advocacy for their clients.
You are rightly vexed, but all is not lost. It is true that in certain instances you must retain an expert to meet legal requirements. For example, in a medical malpractice case you must have an "expert" to establish the standard of care, the breach of standard of care, and causation. Those instances are relatively rare. Do not be intimidated by the paid witness. In my experience, juries understand that they are anything but independent. To make sure that no one misses the point, spend time both in the deposition and in the trial laying out calmly and systematically, the number of times they have testified for litigants on one side or the other, the amount of money they earn each year being professional witnesses, and the amount they have charged in the instant case to "prepare" their testimony, including the typically enhanced rate for their testimony.
When you cross-examine such professional witnesses, do not play in their ballpark. There are general principles that they must embrace that will be part of your central liability themes. Stay with those basic principles and present those aspects of your case through their mouths. The master trial lawyers appearing in my court have invariably turned the other side's expert into advocates for critical portions of their case. When they do so they are careful, they are selective, and they are prepared. It is not a game for amateurs nor is it something that you can do if you don't fully understand the subject matter of the expert's presentation.
Here is another hint. You may have a talented witness in or affiliated with your client that can be presented as a non-retained expert. Very often, treating physicians or experienced artisans in small businesses have specialized knowledge that qualifies them as non-retained expert witnesses and even though they may not be polished, the jurors are often very receptive to their common touch. Yes, I understand they are not independent. You will be the one to deal with that revelation.
Finally, you should know that some of the most famous, effective advocates err on the side of not hiring paid witnesses after all, many "experts" have to be told what their expertise is, what they know and what they should say. They typically write like challenged third –graders, very often cannot keep straight which side they're advocating for, and always contradict themselves in some critical phase. At such times they present what the learned men and women of the trial bar refer to as "targets of opportunity". Be prepared.
Well, my best to you Mr., I'm sorry what was it? Oh yes, Smoke.
Warm regards,
Apps for Attorneys
By Lincoln Mead, Utah State Bar IT Director
There are a number of great apps out there that can streamline your practice and help you catch a couple of extra billing hours a week. (If you do not have a tablet and are thinking of taking the plunge consider this: If you can find an extra 15 minutes of billable time a week using a tablet it will pay for itself inside of a year.) The iPad has the most robust selection of legal specific apps but Android is coming on strong and now, with Microsoft entering the market, you will see a number of legal software vendors releasing their apps for that platform as well. Below is a small selection of Apps that I consider essential tools for attorneys.
Integration Apps
What can make a tablet useful is the ability to tie all the data from all your devices together.
DropBox / SpiderOak: Web based data storage apps have been around for a long while but DropBox set a new standard in ease of use and power. Installing this app on all your phones, PCs, laptops and tablets will not only ensure that you have access to all your synched files but can create a great 'quickie' disaster recovery service. Spider Oak touts itself and a completely encrypted version of DropBox for those that want to go the extra mile to lock down data. If you are already using Google another related app to explore would be GDrive.
Evernote: The ultimate 'capture' app Evernote allows you to grab content from most applications and off of any device and store it for future recovery from the other devices in your arsenal. The tagging feature not only helps you sort the information but helps the app to highlight other associations inside of your archive. A quickie guide I send to attorneys getting started is located at http://www.attorneyatwork.com/getting-started-with-evernote.
The Basics
Day to day apps for general work.
GoodReader: A file manager that can open a wide variety of file types and has the ability to markup and annotate PDF documents. It can also be plugged into a number of data services such as DropBox , GDrive, and email providing access to all files in your storage system. Currently this app is only available for the iOS devices the developers are considering branching out to the Android and Microsoft world. An Android alternative to consider is ezPDF.
DocumentsToGo: While Microsoft has announced that they will be releasing MS Office apps for both the Android and iOS devices in 2013 DocumentsToGo has been a preferred app for a number of years to access Office documents from mobile devices.
Penultimate: If you are a yellow-pad lawyer looking for an app that comes close to the experience of that venerable tradition consider Penultimate. Currently written for the iOS platform Penultimate was recently acquired by Evernote and an Android product is in the works. If you do not want to wait consider, Quill for Android or Notability for iOS.
AudioNote: A refinement on the traditional note taking app is the ability to record audio as you are writing and have both of them in synch. Written for all platforms, AudioNote allows you to tap on a written note and be taken to the corresponding part of the audio recording. AudioNote is a great tool for client meetings and depositions.
No matter how good the device, there are some niche tools out there to make them better.
Divide: A common question is how to use a personal phone inside of an organization or firm. Divide creates a virtual desktop system that allows an attorney to separate their personal device information from the information services that may be pushed out from the office. An upside to this is that the 'office environment' is fully encrypted and does not mingle data or impact the operation of the rest of the device.
Bump: Written for Android, iOS, and PC platforms, Bump allows you to quickly send files between devices just by placing them close together. The PC version also makes it ideal for quickly transferring data from your device to a laptop without hassling with cables. It is also a great tool for sending contacts and your digital business card to others that you meet.
Legal Specific Apps
TrialPad: The gold standard for trial presentation management with a $90 price tag to prove it TrialPad allows an attorney to quickly call up exhibits and mark them up to help get the point across. There are some presentation alternatives out there that support such as Explain Everything and OneNote that can be used to provide a similar presentation experience.
iJuror: A rapid juror data entry tool for voir dire or trial you can select the juror seat to add juror notes. You can also use the drag & drop interface to manage or dismiss jurors and alternates. The system allows for the management of a jury pool of up to 60 candidates. The developer has just release a web based version called iJurorConnect that provides a free 30 trial to see if this technology is a fit for your practice.
Utah State Bar Modest Means Lawyer Referral Program
By Michelle V. Harvey
The Utah State Bar is launching a new program for those who are unable to afford full price legal services but are also unable to qualify for pro bono services. The Modest Means Lawyer Referral Program will provide members of the public who fall below 300 percent of the poverty line with a referral to an attorney who is willing to provide representation at a reduced rate. The program will benefit both people who need legal representation and attorneys who can use the program to build a client base and expand their practice areas. The courts will also benefit by having fewer pro se litigants.
The Modest Means Program will have three groups of participants: clients, attorneys, and an advisory panel. Each type of participant has a set of rules for participation. This article will describe each of the three groups and what is required from those taking part in the program.
Standard attorney fees are beyond the reach of the average family and the Modest Means Program is designed to help those who fall into the gap between being able to afford standard attorney fees and qualifying for pro bono assistance. Clients who take part in the program must be below 300 percent of the poverty line. To some this may seem like a high threshold for receiving reduced cost services however, the numbers demonstrate the need for the program. In 2013, for a single person 300 percent of the poverty line would equate to a gross income of $33,510 a year, for a family of five it would be $69,150. Those who fall below this level of yearly income usually appear before the courts pro se because they cannot afford an attorney for legal matters but do not qualify for pro bono legal assistance, which requires a client to be below 125 percent of the poverty line. The Modest Means Program will make it possible for those who fall below this line to have legal representation.
The potential client must fill out a Modest Means Referral Request in order to receive a referral for an attorney. The request form asks general questions to determine if the client falls below 300 percent of the poverty line. These questions include household size, sources of income, and assets, as well as questions regarding exempt money that may be used to pay child support or spousal maintenance. The potential client is also asked about the opposing party and their counsel to prevent conflicts in the referral. The potential client must submit the request along with the $25 referral fee to the Utah State Bar Modest Means Program. Once the request has been received and approved, the Bar will contact the potential client with a referral. It is then the client's responsibility to contact the attorney to whom they were referred.
In today's legal market attorneys are finding it harder and harder to find work. The Modest Means Program will help attorneys who are willing to take a reduced fee find clients and broaden their client base. In order for an attorney to be a participant in the program, he or she must be in good standing with the Bar, maintain professional liability insurance, and adhere to the Modest Means Program fee structure.
The Modest Means Program's fee structure is based on the annual income of those receiving the referrals. If the prospective client has an annual income that falls below 200 percent of the poverty line the attorney agrees to charge up to $50.00 an hour or 35 percent of their normal flat fee for a particular service. If the prospective client is below 300 percent but above 200 percent of the poverty line the attorney agrees to charge up to $75.00 an hour or 50 percent of their normal flat fee. This scale has been developed so that the attorney can determine what they believe the client can afford on an individual basis and charge accordingly.
The attorney must also fill out a registration form in order to participate in the program. The registration form asks for attorney's contact information, bar number, malpractice insurance carrier and employer. The form also asks the attorney to state which areas of the law and areas of the state in which they are willing to take referrals. The form is turned into the Utah State Bar Modest Means Program. After the Bar staff confirms that the attorney is in good standing, their information is put into a system used to provide referrals.
The Advisory Panel is a group of attorneys who are willing to help answer questions for those attorneys taking cases through the Modest Means Program. The attorneys on this panel must have at least seven years experience in the area of the law in which they are agreeing to give advice. Attorneys who have taken cases may contact the Modest Means Program stating that they have a question in a certain area of the law. Bar staff will then give them the contact information of one of the Advisory Panel members. The members of this panel should expect to field questions of varying magnitude and should know that it is on average a small time commitment, usually only involving a short phone call.
The members of the Advisory Panel will also have to register to be part of the Modest Means Program. Advisory attorneys must be in good standing with the Bar and must have practiced a minimum of seven years of practice in the area of the law in which they will give advice. The attorney will have to submit a registration form listing which areas of the law in which they are qualified to give advice. The registration form must be submitted to the Utah State Bar Modest Means Program and then the attorney will be put on the list of those attorneys who are willing to be contacted by attorneys taking modest means cases.
The Modest Means Program is currently looking to recruit attorneys looking to broaden their client base or those looking to mentor newer attorneys. If you would like to begin receiving referrals through the program please go to http://www.utahbar.org/modestmeans/modestmeansregistration.html and fill out the registration form. If you would like to be a member of the Advisory Panel, contact Michelle V. Harvey the Access to Justice Coordinator at the Utah State Bar by email at email@example.com or by phone at 801.297.7049.
2012 Holiday Party
The Salt Lake County Bar Association's annual holiday gala at the Salt Lake Country Club is a fantastic party, plain and simple. The event's popularity has soared in recent years, selling out almost as soon as the invitations are delivered. This year, SLCBA hosted more than 200 guests, including many judges from both the Federal and State benches. The signature cocktails and beautiful setting create a wonderful opportunity to share the holiday spirit with seldom seen colleagues before dinner, and the seated dinner provides everyone with a chance for more intimate conversation. After dinner, the atmosphere heats up as nearly everyone flocks to the packed dance floor, where even the most buttoned-up amongst us cannot resist the sounds of The Metro Music Club featuring the amazing vocals of Joslyn. In a season full of holiday parties and other social obligations, this one has become one of the finest highlights of the season.
Photos from this event are posted to our Facebook page here.
2012 New Lawyers Reception
The Salt Lake County Bar Association hosted its annual New Lawyers and Judges Reception on October 25, 2012 at the Alta Club in downtown Salt Lake. The event has become one of SLCBA's most popular events, and with good reason, as there is not a better opportunity all year to get to know one another outside of the confines of law firms and courtrooms. This year, more than 200 new lawyers, experienced lawyers, and judges gathered to eat, drink, and socialize in one of the legal world's few informal and relaxed settings. Chief Justice Durrant took the opportunity this year to remind the new lawyers of the valuable asset they possessed in their blank slate reputation, and of the need to protect that value from the discoloration that all too often results from the rough business of law. It would be hard to find a more valuable way for any attorney, new or experienced, to spend a few hours on a Wednesday evening.
Photos from this event are posted to our Facebook page here.
Justice Tongue
Dear Justice Tongue:
I was brought up short the other day when opposing counsel objected to all of my discovery because I had not first served initial disclosures. They also objected because my standard set of rogs and requests supposedly exceeded some new artificially low limit under the "new rules". "What new rules ?" I asked aloud, at which time I was informed by the receptionist that the discovery rules had been turned on their head. I immediately suspected a meddlesome committee of "liberal elites" bent on having the government interfere with the courts. Why can't they leave us alone to duke it out as we always have? Why fix something that isn't broken? What is the great Justice Tongue's take on these new and unimproved pesky products of committee chaos?
Yours Truly,
Dear DOZ:
Oh my! How exactly are you employing the term "new?" Or let me be more pointed in my examination. What percentage of your billable hours are logged during waking hours? You say your receptionist brought you up to speed. I suspect the janitor could have done so as well.
Oh, what a burden has been placed upon you as a member of the bar to actually have to read and implement something new with the hope and ambition of expediting the judicial resolution of disputes. Oh sure, you and your kindred have been endowed a legal monopoly in the right to represent the interest of others in court and the power to exact ever-escalating fees in endless senseless battles over information that rational minds would freely exchange. What an intrusion on your solitude just because clients are completely dependent on your efforts (or lack thereof) to represent and efficiently promote their interests.
Hmm, I just wonder if in your apparently few sentient moments you could grasp the larger concept that the practice of law is not just about you. There is that pesky problem of the clients' best interest and the fact that you may be doing as much harm to them as the corporate malefactors that drove them into your grasp in the first place. Ask your receptionist if he or she could afford to protect his or her rights in a system that spends most of its time and energy dancing around the universe of possibilities, all the while emptying the client's pockets long before the few and the well healed can taste the sweet relief of some measure of resolution. With increasing impatience I watch unprepared and distracted "advocates" going through the motions (pun intended) with little evidence that they have any intent or ability to bring matters to trial. It is as if they exist in an insular reality in which the process is the product, and the overweening reality is their status in the law firm's hourly billing marathon.
Do not get me wrong, the revisions to the discovery rules are far from perfect. But you need to hear the wake up call. If the hallowed system of distributive justice is not serving the interests of real people with real problems (you know the people that vote), they won't value it. This just in: people will not protect that which they do not value. In other words, they will allow your precious franchise to go bye-bye and the monied malefactors will have their way with this branch of government as well.
I am guessing that by now you are completely lost. Okay. Take this meager offering to your receptionist (or janitor) and let them continue to "bring you up to speed".
Fondly, Tongue
Judicial Profile — Justice Thomas R. Lee
The newest member of the Utah Supreme Court—Justice Thomas R. Lee—has been very active during the nearly two years since he was appointed by Gov. Gary Herbert. He has been an active questioner during oral arguments, has authored twenty-nine opinions (according to Westlaw), has continued to teach at Brigham Young University's law school, and still manages to find time to coach in his sons' basketball leagues. This high level of activity, however, has not transformed Justice Lee into a judicial activist. To the contrary, he remains committed to his longstanding belief that the "role of the judge is to say what the law is and not what it should be."
Justice Lee arrived at the Supreme Court with a wealth of appellate experience. After graduating with high honors from the University of Chicago Law School in 1991, he clerked for Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson, III, of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, as well as for Justice Clarence Thomas of the United States Supreme Court. During the course of a career split between private practice and Brigham Young University, Justice Lee argued cases before numerous Federal Courts of Appeals and the United States Supreme Court.
Although much of his private practice and teaching centered on intellectual property, the case Justice Lee argued before the United States Supreme Court, Utah v. Evans, 536 U.S. 452 (2002), involved a constitutional challenge—based on the rarely litigated Census Clause—to the methodology used by the Census Bureau in conducting the 2000 Census (which, as you may recall, resulted in Utah's loss of one congressional Representative to North Carolina). Justice Lee described his oral argument before the Supreme Court as both the most thrilling and the most intimidating experience of his professional career. During argument, all of the Justices—with the exception of his former boss Justice Thomas—peppered Justice Lee with questions about the statistical methods used by the Census Bureau, and under what circumstances those methods of data extrapolation were permissible. One line of questioning even revolved around what the Census Bureau could properly infer when pizza delivered to a particular house subsequently disappeared.
Reviewing the Evans argument online highlighted two things for me about Justice Lee. See Evans Oral Argument Transcript, available at http://www.oyez.org/cases/2000-2009/2001/2001_01_714. First, regardless of the area of law at issue, it is critical to appreciate the starting point of a particular right (for instance, whether it derives from the Census Clause, a statutory enactment, or the common law). Second, active oral arguments—even those involving unanticipated hypotheticals about pizza delivery—are ultimately much more helpful to the judges (and invigorating to the advocates) than those limited to a bland regurgitation of the briefing.
As to his experience on the Utah Supreme Court, Justice Lee praised the fabulous work environment and credited the other Justices for helping him acclimatize to the view from behind the bench. He described the current court as a group who take their jobs seriously, but thankfully themselves "not so much." The resulting camaraderie has made it possible for the Justices to engage in meaningful debate about matters of great importance to Utah and to respond to the competing interpretations of the law presented in every case with agility. In a nutshell, it is this "give and take" with both the other Justices and the attorneys appearing before the court (as well as the high level of activity that necessarily results from taking this approach) that Justice Lee has come to enjoy so much over the past few years since his appointment.
Judicial Profile — Judge Todd M. Shaughnessy
To newly appointed Third Judicial District Court Judge Todd M. Shaughnessy, the breadth of the legal profession is both its greatest reward and possibly, its saving grace. Judge Shaughnessy has always aspired to the true generalist in his own career, embracing the full scope of intellectual challenges that the profession offers. Now, as a trial court judge, Shaughnessy has the opportunity to fulfill those personal aspirations while simultaneously contributing to the enhancement of the legal profession's general ability to meet those diverse societal needs.
During his seventeen years of private practice, at both Van Cott, Bagley, Cornwall & McCarthy and Snell & Wilmer, Shaughnessy made every effort to build as broad a practice as civil litigation could offer, immersing himself in the details of any business, industry, or individual that would hire him, even at the cost of billable hours. It wasn't until he began his judicial career, in July 2011, however, that Judge Shaughnessy learned just how diverse the practice of law really was. The panoply of challenges he faced, from criminal to domestic to probate to civil, were as rewarding as they were foreign and difficult. Judge Shaughnessy has addressed his inexperience in those areas by leaning heavily on his colleagues on the bench, crediting his achievements thus far to their unlimited patience and willingness to help.
Judge Shaughnessy's private career and early experiences as a judge have made him quite aware of the limitations of litigation and the obstacles that have prevented the legal profession from reaching the full scope of society's needs for dispute resolution. He is hopeful that the new "proportional discovery rules" will open the doors of the judiciary to a wider variety of trials, litigants, and jurors, by reducing the cost barriers to litigation and by protecting attorneys who try cases upon limited and imperfect information. The increased level of participation, he believes, will vest a larger segment of society in the success of the system, and thereby elevate the profession, while creating new opportunities for lawyers willing to take cases to trial within the confines of the new discovery limitations, more like the trial attorneys of yesterday.
Judge Shaughnessy is similarly a man of many passions in his personal life, and he believes that the diverse personal interests of Utah attorneys play an important role in maintaining the close-knit, cordial bar that we are so lucky to have in Utah. He advises his colleagues in the bar to cultivate those interests, enjoy their short time with their children, and experience the world class landscape in which we live, as he does on his frequent motorcycle trips around Utah and weekends at his family cabin in Torrey. If the daily pressures of law practice start to take their toll, Judge Shaughnessy would advise the civil litigant to check their perspective at the criminal law and motion calendar, where lives are permanently changed on a daily basis. It is those proceedings, and the decisions they require, that now keep the veteran civil litigator, and aspiring generalist, awake at night.


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Can there be magic in a Little Black Dress? Susan McBride, author of The Cougar Club and the Debutante Dropout mystery series, answers with a resounding, unequivocal, "Yes!" McBride's mesmerizing tale of two sisters whose intertwined lives are torn apart by a remarkable dress that opens up doors to an inescapable future is an ingenious work of the imagination that recalls the novels of Claire Cook and Jill Kargman. A sometimes heartwarming, sometimes heartbreaking look into two generations of women, this Little Black Dress is something every fan of quality contemporary women's fiction will want to own.
Two sisters whose lives seemed forever intertwined are torn apart when a magical little black dress gives each one a glimpse of an unavoidable future
Antonia Ashton has worked hard to build a thriving career and a committed relationship, but she realizes her life has gone off track. Forced to return home to Blue Hills when her mother, Evie, suffers a massive stroke, Toni finds the old Victorian where she grew up as crammed full of secrets as it is with clutter. Now she must put her mother's house in order—and uncover long-buried truths about Evie and her aunt, Anna, who vanished fifty years earlier on the eve of her wedding. By shedding light on the past, Toni illuminates her own mistakes and learns the most unexpected things about love, magic, and a little black dress with the power to break hearts . . . and mend them.
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Critical Praise
"Written with touching insight into family relationships and what we call home, The Little Black Dress is a lovely and entertaining journey into the magical side of things. I bet you'll never look at your closet the same way again." — Sarah Addison Allen
"With a deft hand and a sensitive heart, Susan McBride spins a magical tale. A bittersweet, Gothic past melds perfectly with a tender and revelatory present. Part mystery, part love story. Emotionally satisfying, LITTLE BLACK DRESS is an enchanting escape into a magical and wonderful world. A delight to read." — International Bestselling Author M.J. Rose
"I'll read anything by Susan McBride." — Charlaine Harris, New York Times Bestselling Author
"Little Black Dress is big on heart, secrets and magic. This enchanting novel is a book-shelf essential." — Karin Gillespie, author of the Bottom Dollar Girl series and co-author of The Sweet Potato Queen's First Big Ass Novel.
"Susan McBride's LITTLE BLACK DRESS sparkles with magic! It's part love story, part mystery, part family saga, all wrapped together in the wonder of an amazing little dress that will leave you crying and cheering. I loved this book!"-- — Judy Merrill Larsen, author of ALL THE NUMBERS
"LITTLE BLACK DRESS is a luminous story filled with magic and hope. I loved this tender, touching and enchanting saga about the unique bond of mothers, daughters and sisters." — Ellen Meister
"LITTLE BLACK DRESS is a delightful, emotional and thoroughly engaging exploration of the connections that bind women together and the magic that's created when mothers, daughters and sisters learn to open their eyes and hearts to their truest desires." — Marilyn Brant, author of ACCORDING TO JANEMarilyn Brant, author of ACCORDING TO JANE
"I'm madly in love with this full-of-surprises story about secrets, family ties--and one magical little black dress. One of my favorite novels of the year." — Melissa Senate, author of The Secret of Joy and The Love Goddess' Cooking School
"With sparkle and wit, Susan McBride crafts both a family saga of painful secrets and a modern story of a woman who thinks she's got it all under control -- until everything she thought she knew blows apart. Little Black Dress is a beguiling story of fate, love, and magic." — Kristina Riggle, author of Things We Didn't Say
"...well-told tale of a mother-daughter relationship is fraught with secrets, disappointment, and unspoken love...well-paced love story to those who can appreciate three...sexy heroines who know history and have rich ones of their own." — Publishers Weekly
"Seamlessly weaving their stories together, McBride relates a tale of love that endures." — Southern Pines Pilot
Product Details
- Imprint: William Morrow Paperbacks
- On Sale: 08/23/2011
- Trimsize: 5.313 in (w) x 8 in (h) x 0.721 in (d)
- Pages: 320
- List Price: 14.99 USD
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Would You Like Some Punch With Your Lunch?
In Seoul, the city council is proving that the old cliché "There's no such thing as a free lunch" is something worth fighting over.
Seoul city councilors last week brawled over whether school kids should get free lunch next year, a $202 million project that is supported by the Democratic Party that controls 75% of the council's seats. The fist-throwing and abuse-hurling session ended when the DP councilors hurriedly approved the ordinance after members from the opposing Grand National Party were thrown out of the podium.
As is often the case in South Korea politics, one vote isn't the end of the matter. The council is now squabbling over how to pay for the free lunches. The city and Seoul office of education have only come up with about $126 million so far. And court fights are likely.
Public opinion is divided. A survey by Mono Research in the middle of last month found that 52.5% of the 1,007 respondents opposed free lunches for all while just under 40% supported it. At present, only students from families in the lowest 11% of income levels qualify for free lunches.
Mayor Oh Se-hoon, who is from the GNP, has been fuming about the way the voting happened last Wednesday. Over the weekend, he wrote in his blog, "I couldn't sleep that night. I took two sleeping pills but my head even more cleared."
"I got more and more frustrated when I think about how to stop city councilors' anti-patriotic populist behavior," he said.
By providing free lunches, DP councilors say they are removing the stigma of free lunches and spreading out the cost of lunches to the entire tax base, not just parents with children in school.
Kwack Roh-hyun, the city's school superintendent who got elected in June on a "free meal" campaign pledge, said on Monday that he would "never stop" the push for free meals. The policy is practically a "tax cut that relieves a big burden for parents," Mr. Kwack said.


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The invitation to a college all-star game, alongside well-known Division 1 NFL Draft prospects, came as a happy surprise to Chad Faulcon.
It also came late, meaning the All-America safety from Montclair State University had only about 48 hours to collect his equipment and ship it to Little Rock, Ark. But Faulcon soon learned that the school had already sent out his pads and helmet to be refurbished with the rest of the team's, so his only choice was to use a leftover set that swallowed up his track-athlete frame.
Maybe that wasn't a bad thing. A few weeks later, Faulcon's agent ran into a Jaguars scout at the NFL Combine and asked him about his player.
"He said, 'Is that the kid from Montclair State? The one with big shoulder
pads?' " recalled Bobby Brown, Faulcon's agent. "That sort of sums up his journey."
Faulcon is one of hundreds of college football players hoping to make the jump to the NFL this week — but his jump is even more daunting because he's coming from a Division 3 school.
The Cranford native doesn't mind if scouts know him as "the guy with the big shoulder pads," just as long as they know who he is. He blossomed in his senior year at Montclair State, a hard-hitting and speedy safety who was known as "the sniper" for making plays on every part of the field.
At the Players All-Star Classic in February, Faulcon was finally on the same playing field with Division 1 prospects, and he and his big pads turned heads with seven tackles, an interception, two pass breakups and a forced fumble. He was invited to the local pre-draft workouts with both the Giants and the Jets earlier this month, and his agent said the Jaguars, Browns, Dolphins and Packers have also been in touch about Faulcon.
Rick Giancola, the long-time Montclair State coach, keeps in mind a rule of thumb an NFL scout gave him years ago: For a small-school player to have a chance at the NFL, he must jump off the screen as soon as the game film is turned on. Faulcon did, so Giancola contacted one of his former players, Frederick DeFinis, who works for Brown's management company.
"There's a point in time where all seniors, they all want to be NFL players, so they ask, 'Coach, what do you think?' " Giancola said. "It's heartbreaking to say no. But not for Chad. For Chad, I thought so."
The odds are against small-school players, of course. Just one of the 254 players drafted last year was from a Division 3 school: Mount Union's Cecil Shorts, a fourth-round pick by Jacksonville. The last two before Shorts were Mount Union's Pierre Garçon and Wheaton's Andy Studebaker in 2008.
Montclair State's only draft pick is Mark Casale, a late-round selection by the Bears in 1984. Giancola said about 20 of his players have been to an NFL camp in his 29-year tenure, with only a handful sticking. The most encouraging example, of course, is the late Sam Mills, an undrafted success story who made five Pro Bowls and played 12 years in the NFL.
Faulcon was a late bloomer whose grades early in high school ruled out his top college choices, Monmouth and Stonybrook. He is both realistic and optimistic about his NFL chances, hoping simply to get invited to a camp and then show what he can do.
"If you would have asked me this time last year where I would be, I would have told you, 'Getting ready to be a phys ed teacher,' " Faulcon said. "We know it's going to be an uphill battle for a D3 guy to make it to the NFL. But everyone is confident I can do it, and that helps a lot."
Faulcon has spent the past four months morphing into the most NFL-ready version of himself. He trained up to six days a week at Joe DeFranco's Gym in Wyckoff, boosting his 6-foot-1 frame to above 200 pounds and adding 12 reps to the well-known draft measurable 225-pound bench press. He traced through hundreds of defensive back drills at top speed with former NFL cornerback Aaron Beasley.
He'll find out soon if his work pays off. Sure, Faulcon didn't draw any NFL scouts to Montclair State games last fall, at least that Giancola can recall. But his representatives said a handful of teams have requested his film this spring, including the Jaguars, who asked for six games minimum.
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Dec. 20
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Dec. 21
Poinsettia Bowl bands : Navy, SDSU bands battle it out at 6 p.m. on Fifth Avenue in Gaslamp; poinsettiabowl.com.
Dec. 22
"Little Fockers" : In the third movie, Ben Stiller and Teri Polo bring a new Focker into the world.
Dec. 23
Balloon parade : Big Bay Balloon Parade sponsored by the Port of San Diego; holidaybowl.com.
Dec. 24
Exile on Kettner Blvd. : Christmas Eve tradition of Stones covers at the Casbah; 619-232-4355 or casbahmusic.com.
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Two sides of David Lowery : Cracker and Camper Van Beethoven at Belly Up Tavern; 858-481-8140 or bellyup.com.
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Miranda Lambert : Second of two nights at Pechanga Resort & Casino; 877-711-2946 or pechanga.com/entertainment.
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Penguin Plunge : Hundreds of waders and swimmers brave chilly Pacific Ocean in Del Mar.


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Hi, I have some parts for sale if anyone is interested. All parts came out of S205 with a Franklin 220hp engine.
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