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FIRST PHOTO: Kamalii Elementary School 5th-grader Henry Johnston, 11, hits a return while playing his first-ever game of tennis Friday morning during a free clinic conducted as part of the USTA Pro Circuit Maui Challenger at the Wailea Tennis Center. Tournament semifinal matches are scheduled for today and the finals are Sunday.
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Community building the Packers way | Opensource.com
Community building the Packers way
Unless you've been living under a rock, or don't really care about U.S. sports, you probably know that the Green Bay Packers are the champs of Super Bowl XLV. What you may not know is that despite hailing from a town of a little over 100,000 people, the Green Bay Packers are one of the most popular teams in the National Football League. So popular, in fact, that the current waiting list for season tickets informs new registrants that they might receive their tickets by 2074.
The Green Bay Packers have remained a successful franchise for multiple reasons,
including excellent coaching and several high caliber quarterbacks. Yet it's pretty easy to argue that the reason underlying much of the team's success comes from the stability provided by management and ownership style.
The Packers are the only team in the league that is owned by the community at large. Instead of one small controlling group, or one individual owner, Green Bay and the surrounding community have bought shares in the organization. Every member receives voting rights and no member can have a controlling interest. Furthermore, they operate under non-profit status while releasing their balance sheet to the greater public. This has kept the fan base from feeling shut out--at a time when many teams have gone by the wayside or moved across country at the whim of spiteful owners.
The behavior of the Packers organization echoes many of the essential values that most open source projects adhere to. We know that these values can do good things when implemented properly. Considering that Green Bay has survived longer than most NFL clubs, and has won more championships than any team in professional American Football history, it's pretty easy to see how the Packers are a shining example of what a community can do when it gets behind something they believe in.
So congratulations to the Packers and their community of fans! The Packers could not have had such success this year without the community underneath promoting and supporting the efforts.
What are your thoughts on the Packers' success and use of the community to build something great? Heard any good stories or soundbites about the hometown Packer pride? Sound off in the comments below!
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It's hard to tell which model works best for a sports team.
The most successful soccer team of all times, Real Madrid, and presumably the strongest one in recent years, FC Barcelona, are clubs that belong to their members, and they are open to anyone who seeks to join. So that's even more community-oriented than the Packers approach, which is more like a broadbased group of partly public and partly private shareholders. In the clubs I mentioned, members actually get to vote for their president, and each member has one vote. I guess it's not equally democratic in the Packers' case.
The problem with democracy in sports teams is that there's a huge impact of chance on every game and every season, so presidents who actually do a good job may be ousted. In Spain, what has happened is that successful presidents were replaced just because a candidate promised to sign up a top-notch player (in some cases those promises weren't even delivered upon).
By contrast, a club belonging to one shareholder is in the position to pursue a long-term vision. That structure provides a level of institutional stability that you just can't achieve with regular elections.
The commercially most successful and presumably strongest European soccer league is actually the (English) Football Association Premier League. All of its major teams belong to individual or small groups of shareholders. Some, such as Manchester United, were temporarily traded on the stock market.
In Germany there's a rule that a team must either belong to a club or to a company, and if it's a company, then a majority (50% plus one vote) of the voting rights must belong to a traditional club run by its members. In my opinion that rule contravenes European free movement (of investment capital, in this case) rules, but no one has challenged it in court. Although Germany has the largest national economy in Europe and a population that is very enthusiastic about soccer, German club teams rarely win European titles.
I'm really excited that we're able to talk about open source / community building in sports. There have to be more examples out there.
You mention that "Every member receives voting rights and no member can have a controlling interest." It would be of interest to learn more about how decisions are taken. Community ownership brings about a much richer depth of knowledge into decision appraisals and I'd be interested in understanding how this is evident in the Packers.


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on December 8, 2012 - 12:09 AM
As far as No. 1 overall draft picks go, St. Louis Rams quarterback Sam Bradford is about as inconspicuous as they come.
"That's kind of my attitude toward everything. I try to stay as low-key as possible. My goal here is just to come to work every day, get better and help our team win football games," he said. "We're trying to build this thing going forward and I think this organization and this team is definitely going in the right direction now."
Bradford's in his third season out of Oklahoma. He's on his third different offensive coordinator in that time, with Brian Schottenheimer in his first season with the Rams.
"Obviously, ideally, I'd be going into my third year in the same offense, but that hasn't been the case around here. It's the third one, but I feel like each week I get more comfortable in Schotty's offense," Bradford said.
"I really feel like actually having learned two prior offenses, that helps, too, in the fact that maybe I've done something similar. I may have run a play that's very similar to something that Schotty puts in that's new. So I might have some experience with it even though it's not the exact same."
Bradford ranks 22nd in the NFL with an 83.8 passer rating. He's completing 60.8 percent of his passes for 2,668 yards, 14 touchdowns and nine interceptions.
His numbers across the board are very comparable to Bills quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick.
At 6-foot-4 and 224 pounds, Bradford has prototypical size and strength for the position.
"He's improved this year. They started off really rough and as time has gone on I see him getting better and better, more comfortable with the offense and better with the reads," Bills coach Chan Gailey said. "They take six or seven shots down the field every game and hit a few more it seems like each game. I think he's becoming a better quarterback."
Gailey refused to say what his starting offensive line will look like Sunday.
"I mean, we know what we're going to do, but to be honest with you I don't want to talk about it right now," he said.
With center Eric Wood out and right tackle Chris Hairston placed on injured reserve, the Bills will have two new starters along the line. One of those, Sam Young, will be at right tackle.
The mystery is where the other, rookie undrafted free agent David Snow, will play. Snow has split time at center and right guard with Kraig Urbik during the practice week.
"We'll have five [linemen]. Every play we'll have five, and some we'll have six," Gailey said when asked how they'd line up. "But that's about as far as I'm ready to go on that."
For their part, Snow and Urbik said they don't know where they'll be yet, and aren't concerned about it.
"It doesn't really matter at this point. I'm just trying to help out as much as I can," Urbik said.
"It really doesn't make a difference. We're at home in both places. We've been playing guard and center for a long time," Snow said. "As long as I'm getting to play, it really doesn't make a difference."
Wood and defensive end Mark Anderson are out for Sunday's game with knee injuries. The Bills listed six players as questionable following their limited participation in practice Friday. Linebacker Chris White (back), receiver Stevie Johnson (hamstring), defensive tackle Spencer Johnson (ankle) and cornerbacks Justin Rogers (foot), Leodis McKelvin (back) and Aaron Williams (knee) are questionable.
White was a new addition to the report as of Friday.
"Chris White had an issue with his back. He went in, but came back and finished practice," Gailey said.
Johnson practiced on a limited basis for the second straight day.
"He was better [Friday] than he was [Thursday]. We're going to talk about it and see how he feels [Saturday] morning before we make a full decision," Gailey said.
It sounds like Williams will be a game-time decision, but the Bills are being cautious with their approach to him.
"It'll be close on him. I don't know if he'll make it or not, but he did better this week," Gailey said.
"I want him really close to 100. It's going to be close. I don't know if we're quite there yet."
The Bills listed 12 other players as probable.
The Rams' No. 1 receiver, Danny Amendola, is questionable with a foot injury and is expected to be a game-time decision Sunday.
Former Bills linebacker Mario Haggan (elbow) is also questionable for St. Louis, while tight end Mike McNeill (thigh) was ruled out. Running back Steven Jackson (foot) and center Scott Wells (knee) are probable after both practicing fully Friday.
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COLUMBIANA-It was right there, emblazoned for all to see across the big-screen television in the Crestview football locker room. Manchester 19, Ursuline 16.
Exiting the room earlier this week, one could not help but notice that frozen camera shot of the scoreboard from Akron Manchester's Jim France Field. It was a reminder-intentional or not-of the team blocking the Rebels path to an elusive regional championship and also of the team that has been cleared out of the way.
Saturday at 7 p.m. the second-seeded Rebels (11-1) will take the field at Minerva's Hines Stadium for the program's second regional final in three years, and second in school history.
To the surprise of many, the squad awaiting them will not be regional powerhouse Ursuline, winners of three state championships in the last six years and the team perceived by many to be Crestview's toughest obstacle in Div. V, Region 15. Instead the opponent will be the Panthers from Akron Manchester, who upset the Irish on a last-second field goal in round one.
"It was a little bit of a relief when Ursuline lost," Crestview senior defensive end John Davis said. "But we knew that if Manchester beat them then they were obviously really good. We know we'll have our hands full on Saturday."
Although Manchester (10-2) ran away with the top seed in Div. V, Region 15, many expected the eighth-seeded Irish-who played a schedule that would crush most Div. V schools-to brush aside the Panthers on their way to another regional title. However, Crestview coach Paul Cusick was not among the surprised.
"It was not a shock to me," Cusick said. "Manchester has a great tradition. Year after year when you looked at Div. IV they were always in the playoffs. With them dropping to Div. V we knew they would be a big factor this year. Without question they earned that top seed and we felt we would eventually have to go through them."
Getting through the region has proved to be a tough hurdle for the Crestview program. Every season from 2008-2012 the Rebels romped through the Inter-Tri County League upper tier and entered the playoffs as one of the top four seeds in Div. V Region 17. However, no matter how strong a team Cusick had, he always found an even more powerful one blocking the way.
In 2008, the Rebels were blown out in the regional semifinal by Kirtland-then an ascending state power. The next year, it was Ursuline pulling away from Crestview in the second round on their way to the state championship. In 2011 and 2012, the Rebels featured arguably the two strongest teams in school history only to be splintered again both times by Kirtland, once in the regional final, once in the second round. The Hornets cruised to the 2011 state title and were runners-up last season. Either Ursuline or Kirtland has appeared in the Div. V state championship game every year since 2007.
"Northeast Ohio features a ton of good football," Cusick said. "Once you get into the playoffs you are going to face a lot of quality teams and as you go through the rounds each team gets better. It's been special to have the opportunity to advance and play those schools, but we haven't yet gotten out of the region. Obviously it's a big step we still have to take."
This year, the Rebels were presented with a drastically altered landscape. Over the summer, the OHSAA announced the football playoffs would be expanding to seven divisions, causing a good deal of re-shuffling. Most of the schools in this year's new Div. V Region 15-including Manchester-were Div. IV teams a season ago. Crestview was one of only six teams from last year's Region 17 to remain, the rest dropped to Div. VI. Most notable among those dropping down was Kirtland, which will be playing for its third straight regional title against Mogadore on Friday.
"Kirtland and Ursuline were really strong teams that we had to contend with year after year," senior left tackle Clint Linhart said. "Coming into this year knowing we would be going against some different teams was nice."
"I thought that whatever region Kirtland wound up in they would be the favorite, right now they are just a special program" Cusick said. "In a way you want to see how you measure up against them, but at the same time we knew there were still going to be plenty of good teams to worry about."
One of those teams was Ursuline, which remained in Div. V for the seventh straight year. The debate over a parochial school with a loaded schedule competing against small public schools in the playoffs has been a hot conversation topic for years. As they have made their playoff runs, it is also an issue the Rebels haven't wasted much energy worrying about.
"Ursuline is always a great team, but we've never really thought about them being in our region the last few years," senior quarterback Collin Gilbert said. "You have to play whoever comes up. If we had to play them we would be ready."
That being said, the Rebels are also certainly not sad to be facing someone else.
"It was kind of nice to see Manchester knock them [Ursuline] off," Gilbert said. "At the same time that just shows you how good they are. We will have to come prepared and be ready to play our best game of the season."


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Lg Cosmos Touch...SUCKS
Sleek (unregistered) 08 Nov 2010, 19:46 posted on 0 0
From what I've seen the cosmos touch sucks. I had the cosmos and I hated. An ugly bulky featureless phone. I thought they'd make this one much better than the old. 2/3 megapixel camera, video capture, better keyboard, etc...
1. Zorin (Posts: 152; Member since: 26 Jul 2010)
This phone pwns gen. 1. Keep the hate at the door, dummy.
2. jblomdahl (unregistered)
this phone sucks. i love my enV touch much better.
the battery is horrible. it is the slowest phone ever.
i will be texting &im at the 19th word , annd its only at
the second word..!
i hate this phone. waarning* do not buy this piece of crap..! >.
3. Zorin (Posts: 152; Member since: 26 Jul 2010)
The cosmos touch just came out today (11/23). How can it suck? And if it does, why does it suck? Clarify please or just don't post stupid childish txt.
19. fghyab gf (unregistered)
warning: liar/:
4. Jocelyn (unregistered)
i had this phone for 3 months and it broke, the screen went blank and it wouldnt go back. this just proves to me that LG did a shit-job at making it and that i should just get a samsung
6. Eh (unregistered)
This phone came out 3 days ago, mate. Not 3 months.
11. rmthunder (unregistered)
How can you have had it for three months when it just came out in November??
18. fghyab gf (unregistered)
wow you kind of just got told because your lying. it came out in november, so have fun with that
32. lelu500 (Posts: 2; Member since: 26 Oct 2011)
It came out earlier in different places, smart one!
5. dctalk1181 (unregistered)
If the phone just came out the other day, how in the world did you have it for three months? stop posting stupid crap so that someone who's trying to find actual review can get a realistic poinion.
7. KATE (unregistered)
i'm hoping that this phone will be right, I just ordered it.. by the comments i see above ^^ not a very good phone!
hope too prove you wrong.!
and the thing thats awesome about the phone.. it doesnt have a data package!
:) someone please prove them wrong!
i think the phone will work amazing!
26. tabithaaaa. (unregistered)
i know me too.. ehh im scareedd haha i dont wanna down grasde to bad i used to have a Lg nv touch. hich now dies every time i send a picture mail or revice one.
8. KATE (unregistered)
the phone just came out in november!
how would you of had it!?
9. Mitch (unregistered)
I think some of the people saying they've had it for months are confusing it with the Cosmos. Anyway i played around with it in the store and I really think its a good phone, except for the keyboard which seems a bit cramped, but not that bad.
10. derek (Posts: 14; Member since: 18 Nov 2010)
so are you basing your opinion of the phone entirely on the old gen? why not try it out because its probably better than the old one, plus alot of people loved the old cosmos
12. Bruth Millionaire (unregistered)
i have one and i have to i hate because its made for no case but i also like it!!!
13. Wackman (unregistered)
This phone is a decent phone. It's far from perfect, but it's a good phone for basic use.
My mom (84 years old) just got it. She was due for an upgrade and she liked my Sprint Hero, so she wanted to try her first touch screen phone.There's been some growing pains, but she loves her phone.
The touch screen is VERY sensitive. I can't scroll through the contacts without accidentally selecting someone. I hope this can be fixed by firmware (at least give us the option to adjust it). The only option for the touchscreen is calibration, but you press cross-hairs that move from corner to corner until it's calibrated. It doesn't affect the sensitivity, though.
Although the camera is only 1.3 MP (or is that 1.5?), it's decent for casual usage. I took a picture of our Christmas tree and sent it to my sister's phone. My Hero's 5 MP camera isn't that much better.
On a scale from 1-10, I'd probably give it a 6 or a 7. It's a good phone, sound quality is good, build quality is very good. Just please, Verizon/LG, give us an OTA fix for the sensitivity!
14. SomeoneSpecial (unregistered)
This really scares me, My dad just bought me this phone, and now I feel like it sucks.. I havent even got the chance to use it...
15. FlamboyantFantasy (unregistered)
Hi, I feel the same way someonespecial, my dad bought me it yesterday and now im not sure, I can always bring it back. The crux looks like a good phone, but it oesnt have a good keyboard, and im kinda a heavy texter, but yeah, gen you either a lyer, or you mistakened this as the original cosmos, its not silly, i suggest posting that on the other cosmo. If it had only been out for 3 days, howcome you said you had it for 3 months, Some people are realy ignorant.
33. lelu500 (Posts: 2; Member since: 26 Oct 2011)
No, dude. The cosmos touch was out for more than 3 days in OTHER places. but in most places it came out 3 days ago.
16. katy (unregistered)
I got it December 3rd.. and its true.. it sucks... so slow when texting.. it cant keep up with you and freezes many times. and if your inbox is a little full then it starts to freeze.. slowest phone ever.. the lg dare i had before was a lot better!
17. fghyab gf (unregistered)
you are lying. obviously it has features. im getting it today. so you can bite me.
20. im always right (unregistered)
i have to say this. and dont be a hater. i got this phone on christmas eve. and i brought it back a few days after. because the battery lasted around 4 hours (which is pathetic). so i got the same phone, to give it another try. and now i have to take this one back because its a piece. every 3 or so text messages it works. but usually, when i press send, it shuts off and i have to re type the whole thing!!!!!! which is very annoying. and this battery lasts about a day. i suggest not to buy this phone. its a piece of poo. i absolutly hate it and want to chuck it at my wall. I HATE THIS PHONE!
21. you are always right (unregistered)
it is true. everyone should listen to you. because your right. always. and. i was in the same exact sitiation. so.... your always right. everyone listen to this brainiac. this person knows their stuff. i love you, your always right. and one more thing... i think we were made for eachother. ;)
22. random person (unregistered)
a little creepy... but yes. this phone is 210% shiz.
23. Ben (unregistered)
Got it for couple days, it froze twice at loading... text message and then reboots. Had similar problem with EnvTouch, and this replacement has the same problem...
24. LittleLovley (unregistered)
My dad just got me the phone too. It should be coming in the mail tomorrow or Wednesday. I played with it a little in the store but not much. I go through phones like crazy. Is it durable at all?
25. Alex (unregistered)
I had it for 3 days so far it automatically turns on and off on me and the screen went black permanently; Dear LG phones, suck my dick
27. anothersuckertobuyit (unregistered)
this phone was supposed to have video taping capiblity, WRONG! If it had it, I'd keep the phone, and deal with the touchscreen, and only because there is the keyboard letter pad etc. Since when do we have to be cheated out of the options from the older phones we had!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! R I D I C U L O U S! It is going back!
29. buysmart (unregistered)
Why dont you just buy a smart phone and get it over with
30. finestsounds (unregistered)
I've had this phone since April 11. Worst.Phone.Ever. I've been with Verizon for over a decade and this is the worst cell phone I've ever owned. Top of the list: Terrible reception! I pay extra for Verizon to get good reception and I never get a good signal with this phone. Sound quality sucks. Don't even bother getting a data package with this phone unless you like waiting several minutes for a page to load, it's a joke. Poor design throughout. This phone is a disgrace and there should be a class action suit for all owners of this piece of garbage. Phone does wierd things like start talking about subsribing to features I don't want out of nowhere - incredibly bizarre and annoying. I had Verizon ship me 4 different Cosmos Touches, and each one is equally crappy. Verizon refused to exchange it for a different phone even after owning it for only one week. As mentioned, I have beem a Verizon Wireless customer for over 10 years, paying on time and in full every month. I will be sufferring with this phone for another year and a half, then I am switching carriers. Any suggestions? Oh yeah, AVOID THIS PHONE!
31. mary (unregistered)
Several concerns about LG Cosmos Touch:The battery needs to be recharged every day even with little use. The scroll is too sensitive. It moves so fast and ends and places a call which is often to the wrong person! Embarrasing.
When answering or turning on I get a "Browse download list of add ons" which I never want but must press to move on to a calling screen. Today it offered a second annonying screen after Browse download: "What happened on this day". I really do not want to have to delete two screens to make a call. Help. Anyone know how to get rid of this? I took my phone to the Verizon store and they were no help as the "Browse download" would not come up for them. Must be intermittent.
34. crm089 (Posts: 1; Member since: 29 Nov 2011)
Have they upgraded the phone since then? Cause my mom just bought me one yesterday (11/28/11), and if it messes up like how you guys say it does, I'm gonna be so mad... I was really looking forward to getting one though, because my friend has one and it works perfectly. She absolutley loves it and she uses it all the time :) I'm sorry for boring you, but is there any chance that they might have fixed it? (I hope so cause I'm really looking forward to getting a new phone!)
35. bluewinds (Posts: 1; Member since: 14 Mar 2012)
Never liked LG phones...
stupid design without thinking about how you would use it.
I bought HTC instead


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text: Explore The far north The northwest The northeast Southeast to Lang Son Share In November 1953 General Navarre, Commander-in-Chief in Indochina, ordered the French Expeditionary Force's parachute battalions to establish a base in Dien Bien Phu. Taunted by Viet Minh incursions into Laos, with which France had a mutual defence treaty, Navarre asserted that this would block enemy lines through the mountains, force the Viet Minh into open battle and end the war in Indochina within eighteen months – which it did, but not quite as Navarre intended. His deputy in Dien Bien Phu was Colonel de Castries, an aristocratic cavalry officer and dashing hero of World War II, supposedly irresistible to women, although Graham Greene, visiting the base in January 1954, described him as having the "nervy histrionic features of an old-time actor". Using bulldozers dropped in beneath seven parachutes apiece, the French cleared two airstrips and then set up nine heavily fortified positions on low hills in the valley floor, reputedly named after de Castries' mistresses – Gabrielle, Eliane, Béatrice and so on. Less than a quarter of the garrison in Dien Bien Phu were mainland French: the rest were either from France's African colonies or the Foreign Legion (a mix of European nationalities), plus local Vietnamese troops including three battalions drawn from the Thai minority. There were also nineteen women in the thick of things (a stranded French nurse, plus eighteen Vietnamese and Algerian women from the Expeditionary Force's mobile brothel). Meanwhile, General Giap, Commander of the People's Army, quietly moved his own forces into the steep hills around the valley, mobilizing an estimated three hundred thousand porters, road gangs and auxiliary soldiers in support of up to fifty thousand battle troops. Not only did they carry in all food and equipment, often on foot or bicycle over vast distances, but they then hauled even the heaviest guns up the slopes, hacking paths through the dense steamy forest as they went. Ho Chi Minh described the scene to journalist Wilfred Burchett by turning his helmet upside down: "Down here is the valley of Dien Bien Phu. There are the French. They can't get out. It may take a long time, but they can't get out." In early 1954 Giap was ready to edge his troops even closer, using a network of tunnels dug under cover of darkness. By this time the international stakes had been raised: the war in Indochina would be discussed at the Geneva Conference in May, so now both sides needed a major victory to take to the negotiating table. French commanders continued to believe their position was impregnable until the first shells rained down on March 10. Within five days Béatrice and Gabrielle had fallen, both airstrips were out of action and the siege had begun in earnest; the French artillery commander, declaring himself "completely dishonoured", lay down and took the pin out of a grenade. All French supplies and reinforcements now had to be parachuted in, frequently dropping behind enemy lines, and when de Castries was promoted to general even his stars were delivered by parachute; at the end of the battle, 83,000 parachutes were strewn across the valley floor. The final assault began on May 1, by which time the rains had arrived, hindering air support, filling the trenches and spreading disease. Waves of Viet Minh fought for every inch of ground, until their flag flew above de Castries' command bunker on the afternoon of May 7. The following morning, the day talks started in Geneva, the last position surrendered and the valley at last fell silent after 59 days. A ceasefire was signed in Geneva on July 21, and ten months later the last French troops left Indochina. The Vietnamese paid a high price for their victory, with an estimated twenty thousand dead and many thousands more wounded. On the French side, out of a total force of 16,500, some ten thousand were captured and marched hundreds of kilometres to camps in Vietnam's northeastern mountains; less than half survived the rigours of the journey, diseases and horrendous prison conditions. More than fifty years on, the Battle of Dien Bien Phu remains one of the most significant military conflicts of the twentieth century, with its importance in Vietnam's struggle for independence commemorated in nearly every town by a street named in honour of that famous victory. Read More


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Canon 12.2-Megapixel EOS Rebel T3 Digital SLR Camera with 18-55mm Lens
Canon EOS Rebel T3 Camera Is Perfect for Photographers Wanting to Move Up You've gotten great pictures with point-and-shoots for a few years, but now that you're ready to take it to the next level it's time to meet the Canon EOS Rebel T3 SLR Digital Camera . Packed with features and backed by Canon imaging technology, this Rebel fits in nicely if you're interested in learning new skills, but it also plays as a very sophisticated automatic. The Canon EOS Rebel T3 Camera makes stunning photography and crystal clear HD video intuitive and easy. At the same time, it offers professional-quality technology that optimizes every pixel's light-gathering efficiency, allowing dawn-to-dusk shooting without blur. Its speedy nine-point autofocus system provides precision, while its sophisticated light metering system evaluates not only the amount, but also the quality and color of light to give you the best picture possible.
- Canon EOS Rebel T3 SLR Digital Camera combines powerful automatic features with high-end manual options, making it the ideal camera to grow with you
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This watercolour provides a vivid record of The Deepdene's delectable mingling of architecture and nature, of its conservatories, terraces, garden steps and sculpture galleries.
This series of watercolours were commissioned by John Britton for a book on The Deepdene as an expression of Picturesque theory in the country. This was intended to parallel the book that Britton published in 1827 on Sir John Soane's house, which showed the Picturesque in town. Unfortunately, the book on The Deepdene was never completed.


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Ashley Greene's West Hollywood condo caught fire on Friday, her rep confirms to PEOPLE exclusively.
"The cause is undetermined," said the actress's spokesperson. No further details were provided, but according to TMZ, who first posted news of the blaze, law enforcement says that an unattended candle started the fire on the couch.
A source tells PEOPLE that the Twilight star's two fox terriers were in the apartment at the time. Rescuers were able to save one.
TMZ.com also reports that 10 fire trucks arrived on the scene of the seven-story building after the fire began while Greene was asleep. Greene's dog reportedly died under the bed.
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Ok, just when we all had the WinFX name firmly stuck in our heads, they went and changed it! Why? What does this mean for you? What folders will you end up with in your Microsoft .NET directory? All these answers and more in this interview Duncan did with
Jason Zander from the .NET Framework team.
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Did I understand it correctly that .Net 3.5 will have red bit changes for all components, although in small numbers? You mentioned that .Net 3.5 will require some servicing on the .Net 2.0 stuff, especially for the compiler integration in case of Asp.Net
etc. You also mentioned that it will probably require some red bit changes to the .Net 3.0 stuff, i.e. the WPF stuff.
If I understood this correclty, this is a case where your decision is not a marketing decision any more. While you can be as careful as you want with those red bit changes (and I do appreciate this a lot!), this still means that we might end up in a situation where my app requires DLINQ stuff, therefore I have to install .Net 3.5, and then one of the red bit changes to WPF breaks some third app. Had you not bundled things, I could have installed the stuff needed for DLINQ without a need to apply the red bit changes to WPF. And, I would have preferred that
See now it all makes sense.... hopefully now this means that in the future this kind of stuff will be made clearer upfront....good job explaining the differences.
Chadk wrote:Was this interview edited? At 26:23 and 26:40(That is estimates), there are either small "jumps", or it was edited.
David – some answers to your questions:
1. The May CTP of LINQ is using simple copy only because setup was not prepared for that release. Our setup team is working on the net .NET Framework now so some future build will have it integrated.
2. OS support: we are not planning to have the NETFX partially installed on operating systems that cannot support the entire system. There are a couple of reasons for this including simplicity and our desire to reduce the overall test matrix. For this reason, "NETFX 3.5" will not support W2K as pieces of NETFX 3.0 do not support this sytem.
3. Red Bits: red bits are simply servicing changes (bug fixes in general) to components that have already been installed. When "NETFX 3.5" ships, we'll know what the final set of red bits changes are. It will be any rolled up bug fixes and a small set of changes required to help enable the green bits.
4. Packaging. I understand the benefits that come from packaging small pieces of a framework. This is not the overall design the NETFX has taken historically. We believe it is very important to be able to do central servicing of assemblies in the case of a security issue. It is also easier for a developer to write code that says "do you have NETFX 3.0 on the machine" instead of testing on a much smaller granularity. The trade off is the size of the overall package and the potential for impact of bug fixes installed by other applications. There are reasonable sides to this argument. I do hear and appreciate your feedback.
5. WPF for "NETFX 3.5". WPF is just another piece of NETFX. So just like any other component, it will have some red bits changes and will add some new green bits. The final set of features is TBD.
JasonZ wrote:
1. The May CTP of LINQ is using simple copy only because setup was not prepared for that release. Our setup team is working on the net .NET Framework now so some future build will have it integrated.
JasonZ wrote:
3. Red Bits: red bits are simply servicing changes (bug fixes in general) to components that have already been installed. When "NETFX 3.5" ships, we'll know what the final set of red bits changes are. It will be any rolled up bug fixes and a small set of changes required to help enable the green bits.
David - You are correct that to use LINQ you will need to provision the 'NETFX 3.5' release on the machine. It was never the intent to have a long term xcopy deployment for LINQ or any other component of the .NET Framework.
There are trade offs to be made in packaging. You can break things up into very small units and try to install them separately, however that explodes the test and servicing matrix. You could try to install the FX pieces with the application itself, but this leads to other side effects (can I find all copies to service them? what is the working set hit of having many flavors of the same code running on the machine at once?). I outlined some of these kinds of issues at the extreme edge of isolation, static linking of code (some examples: http://blogs.msdn.com/jasonz/archive/2004/01/31/65653.aspx).
The other thing to consider is the relationship between pieces of code in the system. When we ship LINQ, we want to make sure it works well with the existing components. You'll see data binding for example in UI frameworks. I know its hard to believe, but we often fine bugs or design disconnects when trying to hook up something new to something old (no no, its true ). That requires us to service the old code. Consider the spectrum of solutions people want to write:
1. Author a console app to use LINQ. No problem, this should just work by adding just LINQ to the machine.
2. Manually integrate LINQ into a UI app. This will probably work without touching the old stuff. You will be loading a new compiler runtime library (in the case of VB or other languages that add LINQ support), so that is the most likely culprit to break existing code and require a bug fix.
3. You want to do data binding with VS rather than plumbing everthing manually. Shoot, found a bug in that UI layer I shipped 1.5 yeas ago, need a fix to make it work. etc.
Given the broad spectrum of solutions people are writing, we need to balance all of the elements (simplicity, servicing, isolation/impact, security, working set).
davida242 wrote:I simply don't see how a quite high up manager will be able to evaluate how bad the impact on some little red bit change way down in WPF will be to deployed apps
In reality we aren't going to rely on any one person to vet the changes. We are following far more rigorous process (http://blogs.msdn.com/jasonz/archive/2005/04/25/411925.aspx).
Beyond that let's not paper over reality: making any change, no matter how harmless, can break an app. I have seen bugs exposed simply by making the engine perform faster. So your point on the danger of changes is valid. At this point I am not convinced,
however, that going to a point of pure isolation is the best answer on the whole.
On the comparison to Windows, we are following the same kind of guidelines they are. Windows has an even bigger compat challenge in that they really don't have a side by side solution. That means making WIN32 bug for bug compatible with the code written many, many years ago. We added side by side into .NET precisely for this reason. But it is not a total magic bullet.
Finally let me wrap up by saying that we are evaluating new models for this kind of problem space. In particular we announced at Mix'06 the WPF/E project including managed code support. This problem space is quite interesting and allows us to look at other models. I hear the feedback from the community, and I do want you to know we are working on ways to get the best balance out of the system.
gdesroches wrote:I would like to be able to compile once and use WPF only if it is available on the user's machine via the plug-in. As long as the user has 3.0, WPF should be available to my plug-in DLL, right?
JasonZ wrote:
Darn, looks like my pointy hair is showing too much these days. I could tell you about being a dev on the project for many years and writing a bunch of code that is in the engine today, but that's just me trying to sooth my ego
David - no worries, your point is valid and well taken.davida242 wrote:Sorry, thinking about this, my wording was not very nice. I guess I just wanted to make the point that regardless of the process you choose inside MS, there is no way that you can make sure to not break some apps out in the wild when you do red bit changes.
I don't believe your scenario is new to NETFX 3.5, however. This is how things work today. For example if vendor C, authoring a 2.0 application, requests the hot fix (QFE) for the error or makes the V2.0 SP that contains the fix a pre-requisite, then installation of 2.0 application C will break application A. It no longer becomes necessary to construct the transitive case of NETFX 3.5 being involved (app B).davida242 wrote:If this is the sort of servicing you are considering, it will end really, really bad.
We actually do have a level of shimming the .NET FX as well. As an example, we implemented deterministic COM apartment initialization in the 2.0 product. We found that too often in the v1.x product the "first one in wins" semantics would break applications in random ways. We added an app compat switch (e.g. a shim) that allows you to turn this behavior back to the old ways. We have a CLR version binding shim that allows us at managed code startup to check the registry to see if this process has overrides on which version of the CLR should be loaded. We can deploy the shim to make sure a particular version of an application is not broken by deployment of a new NETFX.davida242 wrote:In Windows. It just is an elite side-by-side story called skimming.
The problem here is that the simplest red bit change is just a bug fix. I think it becomes too constraining to never fix bugs in deployed DLLs. What we do instead is try to set a very firm bar on what is acceptable, we do due diligence on reviews, we test the heck out of it, and we fall back to shimming when we are truly between a rock and a hard place.davida242 wrote:1) Never ever do red bit changes to deployed DLLs because it will break apps on customers desktops
This provides insight on another set of tension points. One of the key values of Visual Studio + NETFX is the seamless integration of the entire stack. It really makes it far easier to author your applications. We could solve this problem by releasing a new SxS NETFX frequently with the features. This is not desirable to many of our customers: enterprises don't want to take big new releases very frequently, and ISV's like to see something get out to a lot of machines so they don't have to redistribute new versions along the way. Internally we have the pressure of servicing a lot of product versions in parallel (we only have so much capacity). So we need the right kind of balance here.davida242 wrote:3) In particular, don't service deployed binaries with red bit changes in order to enable cool new stuff, like integration of DLINQ with data binding.
LINQ has never been a feature of NETFX 3.0. LINQ will ship with NETFX 3.5 and will have Visual Studio support.raymond wrote:Does this mean both the Expression Suite and/or LINQ are not fully baked or ready for prime time?
The Expression folks are literally around the corner from me so I will pass this feedback along. Thanks also for your suggestions on more content links, that is a great idea.raymond wrote:The silence around the Expression Suite in terms of followup videos is beginning to disturb me.
Raymond - I spoke with the Expression folks and they pointed out they are releasing monthly CTP's. The sites to check out for the July CTP are here:
Interactive Designer:
Graphic Designer:
Web Designer:
The forums are also very active and a good source of information.
Another small point. My understanding was that the name WinFx was used because it was the underlying API of windows Vista which would be built on top of WinFx.
It is apparent that this didn't happen. Se la vi.
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on January 10, 2013 - 10:39 PM
, updated January 11, 2013 at 6:15 AM
Darn right, Mike Schatzel is relieved. Every night First Niagara Center was empty, the doors of his place stayed shut. Every night the doors were shut, about $5,000 did not walk in. Take that hit long enough, and the doors may not reopen.
Schatzel is co-owner, with Jason Davidson, of Liberty Hound. The restaurant/bar sits alongside the historic Commercial Slip, within a long slap shot of the arena. The place, with its heady view of the Buffalo River, opened last spring. As the first sit-down restaurant in Canalside, Schatzel and Davidson took a risk and were rewarded. Liberty Hound was packed all summer.
They planned to stay open year-round, with Sabres game-night crowds infusing cash. Those best-laid plans were driven headlong into the boards by the National Hockey League lockout. With no hockey, the Liberty Hound's doors stayed locked.
"We had 40 people who had to find other jobs," said Schatzel, who's 40 and defenseman-big. "Wait staff. Bartenders. Busboys. Chefs. It was a big hit. On a hockey night, we could bring in maybe $5,000."
While NHL owners and players battled over billions, Schatzel and Davidson watched their bank accounts dwindle. Their workers moved on to other jobs or went on the dole. The loss of the Sabres had the concussive effect of a Milan Lucic cheap shot.
"It's like we'll be opening up brand-new again," Schatzel told me Wednesday. "We have to put a whole staff back together."
Multiply the Liberty Hound story exponentially. Factor in the cumulative anxiety that comes with bigger bills and smaller paychecks. It is an equation for the pain that rippled across NHL cities. News of Sunday's settlement made headlines. But the real people story was written at the Liberty Hound and countless places like it. From arena ticket-takers who saw their holiday gift dollars vanish, to bartenders, servers and greeters whose jobs disappeared, the blow of the four-month lockout hit home – in a lot of homes.
Some of the Liberty Hound workers picked up hours in one of the Schatzel family's other restaurants – Cole's, Brennan's, Blue Monk. Not everybody got accommodated.
"By reopening the [Liberty Hound], we'll probably take a dozen people off of unemployment," Davidson said as we sat Wednesday at Cole's.
A cottage industry economy has grown around the hockey team. We're not talking about one afternoon a week, like the Bills. The Sabres play 82 games, mostly nights, sometimes plus playoffs. It adds up to real money for hotels, bars and restaurants.
Even for places not within skating distance of the arena, merely having the games on TV draws a crowd.
"At Cole's on a weeknight, instead of 50 people at the bar, we'll have 120," Schatzel said. "That's thousands of dollars."
NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman apologized to fans and businesses hurt by the lockout. It was good public relations, intended to salve wounds.
It also acknowledged that there was more to the dispute than millionaire players' contracts and billionaire owners' bottom lines. There are businesses people depend on for paychecks, businesses built partly around the promise of a responsibly run professional sports league.
Break that promise, and an apology is the least you can do.
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on February 5, 2013 - 1:00 AM
, updated February 5, 2013 at 8:29 AM
After the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in December, every teacher, principal, superintendent and parent looked around and wondered: Could it happen here?
It may be hard to stop an armed intruder intent on doing harm, but after the tragedy in Newtown, Conn., that took the lives of 20 first-graders and six educators, schools looked at their locked doors and security cameras and convened their safety committees to see what more they could do.
The answer: Not much.
The steps taken after the 1999 massacre at Columbine High School in Colorado, where 12 students and a teacher were shot to death, led many districts to look at school security with a critical eye for the first time. That incident led directly to the intercoms, buzzers and staffed entry desks now commonplace in school buildings.
But Newtown has led to schools making sure students are better prepared in case of an emergency and a refining of security policies that already restrict access:
• Union East Elementary in Cheektowaga is requiring parents to state their name, their child's name and their reason for being there before getting buzzed into school, and to show ID when inside to pick up their children.
• Newfane schools are adjusting automatic locks on school doors and compiling "go bags" at each school with information for first responders.
• The Williamsville district is hiring 13 new part-time monitors for schools.
"Its important we were able to do that," Superintendent Scott G. Martzloff said. "That's why school districts have a fund balance. You have to have money available in these types of emergencies."
The temporary monitors will work five hours a day, acting as another set of eyes and directing visitors. Existing staff will fill in the rest of the day, he said.
"This isn't somebody who could stop somebody with a weapon. It is another layer of security when school is in session," Martzloff said.
Whether the new positions will be put into next year's budget has not yet been decided, but the district also is adding more cameras.
Meanwhile, students already are seeing more drills in school, not only fire drills, but lockdown, lockout, shelter-in-place and evacuation drills.
In a lockout, daily activities continue in the school, the doors remain locked, and staff members meet visitors at the door, keeping them outside. Schools could use this if, for example, there were a bank robbery in the area with a suspect on the loose.
Students practice the lockdown drill in case there is an intruder in the building. Children stay in their locked classrooms with the lights off, quietly huddling in a corner or a closet. Teachers try to make the children as invisible as possible, said Newfane Superintendent Christine J. Tibbetts.
The key for children is to practice, so the first time they are told to huddle in the corner, it will not be when there is a gunman in the building.
"We tell them we're practicing in the event we want to hide the children from anybody who might be a bad person who is in the building," Tibbetts said.
Students would shelter-in-place, staying in the school, if there were a threat outside the school grounds, such as a weather emergency or chemical spill, and school was the safest place for them. Schools also have evacuation plans, to take students to alternative locations in an emergency at the school.
Niagara Falls city schools already have monitors and school resource officers. But in the wake of Sandy Hook, the district looked at every school again.
"We made sure everybody was on high alert," Superintendent Cynthia A. Bianco said.
That meant making sure staff members knew the procedures and practiced those procedures. The district had many drills, but they were all announced, she said. Late last month, the district notified parents that they will be having unannounced drills. The schools will contact parents after the drill, so they don't worry if they hear students were evacuated.
Cheektowaga police, like many local agencies, talked with principals and superintendents in the town after the Newtown shooting, said Capt. James J. Speyer Jr. The town has had an officer-school liaison program since 1998. Speyer said police did not change the plans at Cheektowaga schools, but they have taken steps to prevent incidents and to handle those that might occur.
One of the first rules: "You have to make sure your staff and faculty know what the plan is."
Cheektowaga police have trained in all the schools in the town, so they are familiar with the layouts. There are cameras at the schools hooked into the police dispatch office, so if police are called to the school, dispatch officers let them know what they will find when they arrive.
The Police Department also operates an anonymous tip line, and some districts have tip lines of their own. Police will complete a threat assessment on reports concerning those who might harm themselves or others.
"Nobody wants to respond to a situation; we want to prevent a situation from ever occurring," Speyer said.
After Sandy Hook, the Newfane district also began compiling "go bags" at each school with information for first responders, such as diagrams of the building, class lists and telephone trees with contact information.
At Cheektowaga Central's Union East Elementary School, parents are not allowed into classrooms unless they are there to volunteer, and staff members are much more visible outside and inside the school before and after classes.
"Everywhere a kid goes, they're going to see an adult," Principal Gretchen A. Sukdolak said.
The district also is being more vigilant about requiring parents to state their business before being allowed entry into the building, which could cause a delay.
"People don't complain because they know why we're doing it," Superintendent Dennis M. Kane said.
Despite the ongoing refinements since Newtown, and the more radical changes after Columbine, it's difficult to protect against someone intent on harming children who feels he or she has nothing to lose.
And no building can be 100 percent protected, said Donald A. Ogilvie, superintendent of Erie 1 Board of Cooperative Educational Services. Perhaps the most important factor is an alert, responsible staff.
"I would rather have a building full of adults who are aware of the emergency response plan, who are conscious of what is a normal part of routine, with internal communication," Ogilvie said. "I'd rather have that network than any electronic device lulling me into thinking I had absolute security."
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Hes b-a-a-ck. Hopefully all I need to say is his first name is Old.
And his timing is perfect, since Sharon Cook of Charleston asked about hot drinks other than the usual hot chocolate or hot toddies made with lemon, honey, and tea; with or without alcohol.
Ginny Garvin of Adams Run writes, Here are some recipes that might interest Sharon Cook.
The first is a recipe Ive had since college (50+ years ago) and I still keep a batch on hand during the winter months.
Orange-Spice Tea
3 cups (21.1 ounces) instant orange drink mix, Tang brand preferred
3/4 cup instant tea
2 cups sugar (or Splenda)
11/4 teaspoon ground cloves
11/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
Place all ingredients into a plastic bag and shake to combine. Pour into canister for storage.
Use about 3 heaping teaspoons per cup of boiling water, or more to suit your taste.
Additionally, Ginny shares more recipes: The following is from a food column in The News and Courier many, many years ago.
International Coffees
For basic mix:
1/4 cup powdered nondairy coffee creamer
1/3 cup sugar
1/4 cup instant coffee
Mix ingredients well and store in a covered container.
CAFE VIENNA: Add 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon to the basic recipe.
BAVARIAN MINT: Add 2 tablespoons cocoa and 2 pieces of crushed hard candy peppermints to the basic recipe.
SWISS MOCHA: Add 2 tablespoons cocoa to basic recipe.
ORANGE CAPPUCCINO: Add 1 piece of crushed hard orange candy to the basic recipe.
Erich Lipphardt of Johns Island has this offering:
Mulled Cider
1 gallon apple cider
2 cups orange juice with pulp
4 cinnamon sticks
8 cloves
Heat together in a slow cooker on low-heat for 90 minutes to 2 hours. Remove sticks and cloves.
Serve hot as is or spice it up with rum if you like. Refrigerate and reheat in microwave as needed.
Carol McDougall, who works in North Charleston, directed us to a special Slow Cooker publication this month from Better Homes and Gardens.
One of its sections was headlined Soothing Sips, touting slow cookers as the new punch bowl.
Fill it up with one of these playful sippers and place it front and center on the beverage bar, the article urged. Set out cups and a ladle, and let the drinks simmer while you socialize.
Great idea, I must say. Carol thought several looked interesting, but if she had to pick ...
(This is quite an indulgence, so be prepared to compensate in some way for the extra calories.)
Raspberry Cocoa With Chocolate- Hazelnut Cream
Serves 12
1 cup premium unsweetened cocoa powder
1/4 to 1/3 cup sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup hot water
4 cups half-and-half or light cream
4 cups whole milk
1/3 cup bittersweet chocolate pieces or 2 ounces bittersweet chocolate, chopped
1/2 cup raspberry liqueur
1 tablespoon vanilla
1 cup whipping cream
2 tablespoons chocolate-hazelnut spread
2 teaspoons sugar
Fresh raspberries (optional)
Shaved chocolate (optional)
In a 3- to 4-quart slow cooker combine cocoa powder, sugar and salt. Stir in the hot water until mixture forms a paste. Whisk in half-and-half and milk.
Cover and cook on low-heat setting for 5 to 6 hours or on high-heat setting for 21/2 to 3 hours. (Do not boil.) Add bittersweet chocolate, whisking until chocolate is melted.
If necessary, skim skin from surface; discard. Serve immediately or keep warm, covered, on warm-heat setting or low-heat setting for up to 2 hours.
To serve, stir in vanilla and raspberry liqueur.
Meanwhile, in a chilled bowl combine whipping cream, chocolate-hazelnut spread, and 2 teaspoons sugar. Beat with an electric mixer on medium speed until soft peaks form. Pipe or spoon cream mixture onto cocoa. If desired, garnish with fresh raspberries and shaved chocolate.
I also spotted something different in a new cookbook, Pure Vanilla by Shauna Sever (Quirk Books, 2012, $22.95).
Malted White Hot Chocolate
Serves 2
1 cup whole milk
1 cup half-and-half
3 ounces white chocolate, chopped
1/8 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup malted milk powder
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract or vanilla bean paste
Marshmallows for garnish (optional)
Combine milk, half-and-half, white chocolate and salt in a medium saucepan. Stir over medium-low heat until white chocolate is melted and mixture is just becoming hot to the touch. Transfer mixture to a blender and add malted milk powder.
Cover tightly and blend for 60 seconds. Pour mixture back into saucepan and reheat over low heat just until hot (dont let it boil). Stir in vanilla extract or vanilla bean paste.
Serve immediately, with marshmallows on top, if desired.
Sharon Cook herself contributed a recipe. She writes, This is an excellent recipe. I freeze the mixture in muffin tins and then place the muffins in a freezer storage bag. I use one muffin per mug. I replaced the hot (boiling) water with hot cider and with hot spiced tea and got yummy results with both. I like to top the mugs with a dollop of whipped cream and a sprinkling of freshly grated nutmeg for some real pizazz!
Hot Buttered Rum
Serves: 30
1 pound butter
1 pound powdered sugar
1 pound brown sugar
2 teaspoons cinnamon
1 teaspoon nutmeg
1 quart vanilla ice cream (at room temperature)
11/2 ounces rum
Boiling water, hot cider or hot spiced tea
Whipped cream (optional)
Ground nutmeg (optional)
Cream together all ingredients through the ice cream. Pour into muffin tins and freeze. When frozen, place muffins in plastic storage bags and keep in freezer until ready to use.
To serve, place one muffin in a mug and add rum. Fill with boiling water, cider or spiced tea to fill cup.
Garnish with whipped cream and a sprinkle of nutmeg, if desired.
Whos got the recipe
Linda Altman of Mount Pleasant writes, I was wondering if anyone had recipes for red rice, chicken or shrimp pilau, etc., that can be made in an electric rice cooker.
Carol Fellmy of North Charleston, a transplant from Michigan, would like a recipe for Congo brownies made with butterscotch morsels.
William Hearn is trying to find a lost recipe that he thinks appeared in this paper two or three years ago (I couldnt find it in the archives, though). The article featured three cookie recipes; one chocolate, one ginger and one hes not sure of. But the chocolate cookie is the recipe he is seeking; it was rolled in confectioners sugar.
Still looking: Ireacindia Frazier of Moncks Corner requests recipes for cupcakes and butter cakes.
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Sources: The Detroit News, The Detroit News
quote: .....but they won't kill the tax incentives to Big Oil? :)
quote: Personally, I think if the Volt was the same cost as its ICE-only counterpart, it would be a great idea.
quote: But please stop asking me to pitch in to pay for your car.
quote: However, spending an extra 15k (or more) on a car to save a few k on gas over several years is idiotic
quote: The Volt is more luxurious than a typical $25k compact, but even in your example, the payback period is 7.5 years, maybe 10 years with the cost of money. Not unreasonable.
quote: It's also a bad economic decision to buy a V8-powered Land Cruiser or to pay $1000 for "silver-buffed wood" on an Infiniti.
quote: Granted, it was cheaper under previous administrations.
quote: stifle exploration
quote: You expect a car with an electric drive and ICE to be the same price as one with just an ICE? That's not realistic.
quote: It's also a bad economic decision to buy a V8-powered Land Cruiser or to pay $1000 for "silver-buffed wood" on an Infiniti. Obviously buying a car is an emotional decision , so its not far to judge the Volt only on it's economic payback period just because it has one.
quote: I'm glad so many other people are willing to take that 50% drop in value in the first several years of owning a new car, though.
quote: However, spending an extra 15k (or more) on a car to save a few k on gas over several years is idiotic (meaning if the decision was purely economic, it's a bad decision to buy a Volt). The only reason someone would buy it would be to wear it as a "green" badge of honor. If you desire to wear that badge, by all means, buy a Volt. But please stop asking me to pitch in to pay for your car.
quote: So let me get this straight, you don't think there should be an incentive, but you outright admit that nobody is going to buy the car (outside of those wanting to wear the green badge) if it costs 40K.
quote: Many of the technological improvements you use everyday, could have been years away if not for government subsidy, just remember that...
quote: We have to continue to fund new technologies or we are doomed to go backward.
quote: At least I don't call part of my party TEA BAGGERS and not know what it means.
quote: Really, take a look at how many times the filibuster was used to block things that even included things rebublicans agreed with in the past.
quote: Poor people pay less in payroll taxes because they has less pay.
quote: And they have been dropping for 30 years.
quote: The Tax Foundation's annual study that calculate Tax Freedom Days in the United States has been criticized by other think tanks, such as the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP)[25] and Citizens for Tax Justice (CTJ),[26] citing repeated "methodological errors" and "reliance on early projections without hard data." CBPP has also criticized other reports by the Tax Foundation,[27][28][29][30][31] and in turn the Tax Foundation has responded or criticized CBPP reports.[32][33][34][35][36] The two groups have some areas of agreement, such as opposition to most tax expenditures[37] and sales tax holidays.
quote: In 2008, Paul Krugman wrote in his New York Times blog that the Tax Foundation was "not a reliable source" in response to a report by the Tax Foundation comparing corporate tax rates in the United States to those in other countries.[40] In 2011, Krugman accused the Tax Foundation of "deliberate fraud" in connection with a report it issued concerning the American Jobs Act.
quote: It's pretty Goddamned obvious that the only party even trying to be fiscally responsible is the Republicans lately.
quote: In the past 2 years they've shown so little responsibility they actually got america's credit rating downgraded! that was as much a republican failure as it was a democratic failure.
quote: Not that the general republican proposals make any sense. Taxes for EVERYBODY are the lowest they've been in 80+ years, and they refuse to raise taxes? You call that responsible?
quote: You can spin it all you want, we lost our credit rating because of Democrats. Plain and simple!
quote: It REALLY pisses me off that the media and the Democrats blamed the Republicans for that. First of all, we NEVER lost our credit rating until Obama and the Democrats came along and took power. Let's not forget that.


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Alumni Accomplishments
Erica Shell, '15, wrote "Petcoke: How an Outdated & Inconsistent Regulatory Framework Defeats Environmental Justice in Detroit." The article was published in the Spring-Summer edition of the Michigan Environmental Law Journal.
July 30, 2015
Nicholas Jones, '15, joins Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP's Corporate Department. He will be located in the firm's Detroit office.
September 16, 2015
Lauren Rennert, '15, has won the $1,000 third prize in the 2015 Founding Fathers Religious Liberty Student Writing Competition. Her piece, "Get While the Getting is Good: An Analysis of Civil Remedies as a Solution to the Agunah," is about the resolution of Jewish law and constitutional law in regard to a get (a Jewish divorce). Rennert works in patent litigation at Brooks Kushman.
September 29, 2015
Daniel Chojnowski, '15, has joined Howard and Howard Attorneys PLLC. He will focus on intellectual property law and will practice out of the firm's Royal Oak office.
November 23, 2015
Erica Shell, '15, has joined Bodman PLC's Detroit office as an associate with their litigation and alternative dispute resolution practice group.
November 30, 2015
Mercy Kotei, LL.M, '15, was promoted from a magistrate to a circuit court judge in Ghana.
February 3, 2016
Kiefer Cox, '15, joined Jaffe Raitt Heuer & Weiss as an associate in the Litigation Practice Group. He works in the firm's Southfield office.
February 10, 2016
Michael Yu, '15, has joined Antone Casagrande & Adwers PC in Farmington Hills as an associate immigration attorney. He earned his bachelor's degree from the University of Michigan College of Engineering in 2007.
April 29, 2016
Corey Neil, '15, was named an associate at Brooks Kushman PC in Southfield. He earned his bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from Kettering University.
July 14, 2016
Brian Gurta, '15, joined Potestivo & Associates PC as an associate attorney in the Landlord and Litigation departments. He earned his bachelor's degree from Grand Valley State University in 2011.
July 20, 2016
Elizabeth Gotham, '14, joined Honigman's Labor and Employment Department in the firm's Detroit office.
September 3, 2014
Maryam Karnib, '14, joined Honigman's Real Estate Department in the firm's Detroit office.
September 3, 2014
Kaitlyn Morin, '14, joined Warner Norcross & Judd LLP.
November 12, 2014
Patrick Tully, '14, was hired as an attorney at Warner Norcross & Judd LLP.
November 12, 2014
Courtney Williams, '14, joined Warner Norcross & Judd LLP.
November 12, 2014
Erick Hosner, '14, has joined Howard & Howard Attorneys PLLC in Royal Oak. He concentrates his practice in tax, corporate finance, and mergers and acquisitions.
December 5, 2014
Tanzania Jaysura, '14, had a unique swearing-in to the practice of law. Michigan Supreme Court Justice Bridget Mary McCormack administered the oath to Jaysura via video conference, so Jaysura wouldn't have to leave her military post in California. D'lorah Hughes, Wayne Law's associate director of clinical education, served as Jaysura's sponsor. Jaysura is a judge advocate with the U.S. Marine Corps at Camp Pendleton.
December 8, 2014
Suzanne Sutherland, '14, joined Hilger Hammond PC as an associate attorney.
December 8, 2014
Emily Mayer, '14, joined Jaffe, Raitt, Heuer & Weiss PC as an associate in the firm's litigation practice group.
December 8, 2014
Michael Khalil, '14, joined Sullivan Ward Asher & Patton PC as an associate attorney. He maintains a general transactional practice.
March 17, 2015
Meagan Drewyor, '14, joined Christensen Law.
April 28, 2015
Benjamin McCoy, '14, is co-author of Petroleum Coke in the Urban Environment: A Review of Potential Health Effects. The article was published in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.
May 29, 2015
Jason Tejani, '14, has joined Howard & Howard Attorneys PLLC in the firm's Royal Oak office. Tejani concentrates his practice in intellectual property law with a focus on preparing and prosecuting U.S. and foreign patent applications in the chemical arts.
May 29, 2015
Kathleen Howard, '14, co-wrote an article, "Tribal Court Peacemaking: A Model for the Michigan State Court System?" published in the June Michigan Bar Journal.
June 17, 2015
Nicholas Tloczynski, '14, has taken a position as a research assistant for the Michigan Court of Appeals in Lansing.
October 26, 2015
Rachael Kohl, '14, has joined Pitt McGehee Palmer and Rivers as an associate attorney. During law school, she was chancellor of Wayne Law's Moot Court Team and associate editor of The Wayne Law Review.
November 10, 2015
Melissa Brown, '14, has joined Pitt McGehee Palmer and Rivers as an associate attorney. At Wayne Law, she was active in Moot Court, Student Trial Advocacy Program and the Keith Students for Civil Rights.
November 10, 2015
Adam Taylor, '14, joined the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality as an attorney in the litigation division.
February 11, 2016
Vanessa L. Bailey, '14, joined Southfield law firm Maddin Hauser Roth & Heller PC as an associate. She earned her bachelor's degree from the University of Hawaii at Manoa in 2010.
March 31, 2016
Michael Butterfield, '14, was named an associate at Brinker & Doyen in Clayton, Missouri. He earned his undergraduate degree from Michigan State University.
July 6, 2016
Tishia Browning, '14, has been appointed director of employer development in Wayne State University Law School's Career Services office. She earned her bachelor's degree from the University of Michigan-Dearborn.
July 6, 2016
Meagan Jabbori, '14, of JD Advising mentored students and provided essay feedback as part of a Michigan bar exam course that boasted a 100% passage rate for the February 2016 Michigan bar exam. As part of The Heidemann Law Firm, she also helped to write nearly half of the passing appeals in Michigan for the February 2016 bar exam. For the July 2015 Michigan bar exam administration, the firm wrote more passing bar exam appeals than any law firm in the state. Jabbori earned her bachelor's degree from the University of Michigan.
August 3, 2016
Meera Patel, '14, was named associate director of admissions at Wayne Law. She earned her bachelor's degree from Michigan State University.
August 3, 2016
Leah Hougaboom, '14, joined Goodman Acker PC in Southfield as an associate attorney. She earned her bachelor's degree from Michigan State University.
August 9, 2016
Dan Ringo, '13, was chosen by the Michigan Chronicle as one of its 40 Under 40 for 2013. The selection honors 40 local people under the age of 40 who are creating a movement within their professional fields, personal lives and community connections.
October 8, 2013
Andreas Seidel, '13, an international attorney affiliated with Butzel Long for the past four years, is now an associate based in the firm's Detroit office. Seidel is responsible for consulting with U.S. companies entering the German/European market and German/European companies entering the North American market. He also assists clients in the retention of German citizenship. Seidel is a licensed attorney in Germany, which allows him to represent clients within the European Union. He is a native of Germany and fluent in English.
October 11, 2013
Dan Ringo, '13, was honored by inclusion in the seventh edition of Who's Who in Black Detroit.
October 16, 2013
Amy Fredrickson, '13, was hired by Warner Norcross & Judd LLP. Previously, she served as an intern for Michigan Supreme Court Justice Marilyn Kelly and as a consultant for Consulting Services Support Corp. in Troy.
November 20, 2013
Patrick Gunton, '13, was hired by Warner Norcross & Judd LLP. Previously, he served as a legal intern with auto supplier Robert Bosch.
November 20, 2013
Justin Spurlock, '13, has joined Brooks Kushman PC as a new associate. He focuses his practice on patent prosecution and litigation.
December 12, 2013
Sam Fares, '13, has joined Howard & Howard Attorneys PLLC. He focuses his practice in intellectual property law.
December 12, 2013
Kaitlyn Cramer, '13, recently became an associate attorney of Braun Kendrick in Midland after passing the Michigan Bar exam. Cramer currently serves as treasurer for the Women Lawyers Association of Michigan - Great Lakes Bay Region, and is a member of the Junior League of Saginaw Valley.
December 21, 2013
J. Parker Ihrie, '13, joined Southfield-based Jaffe Raitt Heuer & Weiss PC as an associate in the firm's Real Estate and Finance practice groups.
January 9, 2014
Adam Wallace, '13, joined Dickinson Wright as an associate. He is experienced in drafting and evaluating contracts, corporate legal research and entity formation.
January 16, 2014
Michael Skoczylas, '13, has joined Kerr Russell as an associate practicing in the areas of taxation, business law, mergers and acquisitions, tax controversies and estate planning. Skoczylas is also a certified public accountant.
January 16, 2014
Michelle Rubin, '13, joined Southfield-based Jaffe Raitt Heuer & Weiss PC as an associate in the firm's Estate Planning practice group.
January 16, 2014
Jordan Summers, '13, was appointed personal trust officer for Chemical Bank Wealth Management. He is responsible for the administration of personal trusts and investment accounts while focusing on developing solutions for new and existing Wealth Management clients. He brings more than three years of experience in the areas of estate planning, probate and trust administration. Summers served as a law clerk and associate for two years with Gandelot and Associates before joining the Chemical Bank team.
February 1, 2014
Paul Mardirosian, '13, joined Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP in its Detroit office. He is an attorney in the firm's Real Estate Department.
March 17, 2014
Katharine McCarthy, '13, joined Giarmarco Mullins & Horton PC as an associate in the firm's Municipal Litigation Group.
July 1, 2014
Kaitlyn Cramer, '13, has joined Zausmer Kaufman August & Caldwell PC as an associate.
August 29, 2014
Lisa Lucido, '13, has joined Hall Render Killian Heath & Lyman.
February 3, 2015
Robert Thomas, '13, is one of 17 finalists to fill a vacancy on the Detroit City Council. He is vice chair of the city's Board of Zoning Appeals.
February 4, 2015
Lisa Lucido, '13, joined the Detroit office of Hall Render Killian Heath & Lyman. Lucido practices in the area of health law with a focus on supply chain structure and operations, compliance counsel and corporate transactions.
February 26, 2015
Dylan Holland, '13, joined the Professional Liability Practice Group of Collins Einhorn Farrell PC. Holland focuses his practice on defending professionals from liability claims, including lawyers, accountants, engineers, surveyors and architects.
March 6, 2015
Dan Ringo, '13, was promoted to operations vice president for Chicago Public Schools with facilities management service SodexoMAGIC.
April 3, 2015
Ryan Carnago, '13, joined intellectual property law firm Darrow Mustafa PC in Northville as an associate attorney.
August 5, 2015
Alexander Showalter, '13, joined intellectual property law firm Darrow Mustafa PC in Northville as a technical advisor.
August 5, 2015
Justin Spurlock, '13, was hired as an associate by Cantor Colburn LLP. Spurlock, an aerospace engineer, is a registered patent attorney with experience in preparing and prosecuting domestic and international patent applications in the mechanical, electronics and electro-mechanical arts. He also has experience in litigation matters, intellectual property licensing, and patentability and infringement opinions.
August 18, 2015
Lindsay Schmidt, '13, joined Garan Lucow Miller PC as an associate attorney.
August 25, 2015
Michael Skoczylas, '13, has joined Jaffe Raitt Heuer & Weiss PC as an associate in the firm's Tax Practice Group.
September 2, 2015
Dan Ringo, '13, has been named chief operating officer of Continuum Services, a building maintenance and facility services company based in Southfield.
September 2, 2015
Sam A. Fares, '13, was named a shareholder in business law firm Howard and Howard, based in Royal Oak. He concentrates his practice in intellectual property law with a specialized focus on patent preparation, prosecution, and clearance matters in the electrical and computer arts.
December 22, 2015
Robert Thomas, '13, has been chosen as one of the Michigan Chronicle's 2016 Men of Excellence. He is a patent law clerk and prior art searcher for Darrow Mustafa and vice chair of Detroit's Board of Zoning Appeals. Thomas earned bachelor's and master's degrees from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University.
April 29, 2016
Adrian Musca, LL.M., '13, joined Kelly Services in Troy as a contract attorney for Kelly Law Registry. He earned his law degree from Universitatea Babeș-Bolyai in Romania and his undergraduate degree from College Emil Negrutiu Turda in Romania.
August 18, 2016
Kanika Suri Ferency, '13, joined the Institute for Continuing Legal Education in Ann Arbor as a staff attorney. She earned her bachelor's degree from Michigan State University.
September 13, 2016
Joshua Borson, '12, joined Southfield-based Jaffe Raitt Heuer & Weiss PC as an associate in the firm's Corporate practice group.
January 9, 2014
David Schelberg, '12, has joined Starr Butler Alexopoulos & Stoner PLLC in Southfield as an associate attorney. He focuses his practice on defense of employment claims, professional liability, commercial litigation and general litigation.
March 25, 2014
Stephanie Karisny, '12, joined the Great Lakes Environmental Law Center as a staff attorney. Prior to joining the center, she was in private practice at a law firm in Troy.
March 27, 2014
Chelsea Zuzindlak, '12, joined Honigman as a staff attorney in its Business Immigration Practice Group.
September 5, 2014
Caroline Gersch, '12, joined Traverse City firm Brandt Pezzetti Vermetten & Popovits.
January 5, 2015
Carolyn Noble, '12, joined the Mt. Clemens office of Kitch Drutchas Wagner Valitutti & Sherbrook. Noble practices in the area of medical malpractice defense, with a focus on birth trauma.
March 6, 2015
Chelsea Zuzindlak, '12, wrote a chapter, "Tell 'Em You're From Detroit," in the book Asian Americans in Michigan: Voices from the Midwest. She is a staff attorney with Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP.
May 26, 2015
Michael Klinefelt, '12, was appointed to serve out a term on the Eastpointe City Council. He previously served on the city's Civil Service Commission, which approves new hires, promotions and disciplinary action for city employees.
June 9, 2015
Kelly Blumline, '12, joined the Troy office of Hall Render Killian Heath & Lyman, the largest health care-focused law firm in the nation. She focuses her practice on real estate and business transactions.
September 11, 2015
Mallory Tomaro, '12, has joined Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP as an associate in its Real Estate Department. She will be located in the firm's Detroit office.
October 15, 2015
Mitchell McIntyre, '12, was selected to participate in the Detroit Metropolitan Bar Association Inn of Court program. He is an attorney with Plunkett Cooney. McIntyre earned his bachelor's degree from Central Michigan University in 2008.
March 30, 2016
Tim Murphy, '12, and his wife, Amber, were featured on the HGTV series "House Hunters." The couple was looking for their first home together and toured houses in Beverly Hills, Birmingham and Royal Oak. They chose the house in Birmingham. Murphy, a patent attorney with Carlson Gaskey & Olds PC in Birmingham, earned his undergraduate degree in 2008 from the University of Michigan.
May 6, 2016
Tim Murphy, '12, was elected shareholder at Carlson Gaskey & Olds PC in Birmingham. He earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Michigan in 2008.
June 6, 2016
Emily G. Thomas, '12, was a finalist for the State Bar of Michigan Young Lawyers Section's Regeana Myrick Outstanding Young Lawyer Award. Thomas is an associate birth injury attorney at Reiter & Walsh PC in Bloomfield Hills. She earned her bachelor's degree from Michigan State University.
June 29, 2016
David W. Schelberg, '12, has joined McDonald Hopkins LLC in Detroit as an associate in the Labor and Employment Practice Group. He earned a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from Purdue University in 2005.
August 22, 2016
Eric Berg, '11, was honored April 17, 2014, by the Transition to Independence Program, an initiative of Wayne State School of Social Work providing comprehensive academic and social services to students aging out of foster care. Berg was recognized as one of three "champions" of the TIP program for providing pro bono legal services to TIP students. He is a labor law attorney with Gregory, Moore, Jeakle & Brooks in Detroit. Read the School of Social Work writeup on its honors event here.
May 2, 2014
Rachel Sisco, '11, is the new associate general counsel and head of the litigation department for HealthCall of Detroit. She was selected for this position after having worked as a trial attorney at Bowman and Brooke LLP, defending corporations in high-exposure product liability cases.
July 1, 2014
Kimberly Seibert, '11, co-wrote (with 1980 alumnus Robert Seibert) an article titled Social Networking Sites and the Requirement of Authentication published in the July 2014 Michigan Bar Journal.
August 1, 2014
Deborah Fisch, '11, a legal researcher with the Program for Sexual Rights and Reproductive Justice at the University of Michigan Medical School, is vice president and chair of the Research and Advocacy Committee of the newly launched Birth Rights Bar Association.
September 30, 2014
Samantha Jolene Orvis, '11, of Law Office of Storck & Dinverno is on the 2014 Up & Coming Lawyers list recently released by Michigan Lawyers Weekly.
November 25, 2014
Glenn Ross, '11, joined Tomkiw Mackewich in Royal Oak.
January 21, 2015
Christopher Jacobson, '11, (LL.M.) was named deputy general counsel for investments and compliance for the Municipal Employees' Retirement System of Michigan.
March 3, 2015
Ruth Lyons Goldner, '11, and David Deeg have opened Goldner Deeg PLLC, a family law practice in Royal Oak.
May 12, 2015
Samantha J. Orvis, '11, joined Collins Einhorn Farrell PC in the firm's general and automotive liability practice group. Orvis will focus on the defense of first- and third-party automobile litigation.
June 15, 2015
Elizabeth Roberts, '11, was selected to the Super Lawyers 2015 Michigan Rising Stars list and nominated as one of the American Institute of Personal Injury Attorneys 2015 "10 Best" Attorneys in Michigan for Client Satisfaction.
July 24, 2015
Christopher Roelofs, '11, joined intellectual property law firm Darrow Mustafa PC in Northville as an associate attorney.
August 5, 2015
Paul Isso, '11, launched a law firm in Phoenix, Ariz. The Isso Law Firm focuses on legal ethics; criminal defense; civil litigation; and entertainment, media and sports law.
August 25, 2015
Bryan Robbins, '11, and business partner Matthew Licavoli announce the establishment of Robbins and Licavoli PLLC, a Bloomfield Hills law firm specializing in family law, bankruptcy and immigration.
September 28, 2015
Paul Isso, '11, owner and managing attorney of The Isso Law Firm, became a licensed sports agent in the state of Arizona. The Isso Law Firm, recently launched in Phoenix, focuses on entertainment, media and sports law; civil litigation; criminal defense; and legal ethics.
September 29, 2015
Paul Isso, '11, owner and managing attorney of The Isso Law Firm in Phoenix, was interviewed by United Brothers Entertainment, a media productions group with offices in Detroit, Phoenix and Las Vegas.
October 7, 2015
Reuben Metreger, '11, was promoted to the leadership team of Detroit Cristo Rey High School.
October 20, 2015
Paul Isso, '11, of The Isso Law Firm, was selected to participate in an event with the NBA's Phoenix Suns. The Isso Law Firm, an Arizona-based law practice, also focuses on entertainment, media and sports law.
November 11, 2015
Chris Jacobson, '11, has been named senior counsel at Grand Rapids law firm, Bloom Sluggett Morgan.
November 18, 2015
Kathryn Tignanelli Jones, '11, joined Starr Butler Alexopoulos & Stoner PLLC in Southfield as an associate attorney.
February 10, 2016
Paul Isso, '11, became a registered sports agent with Arizona State University. He owns The Isso Law Firm in Phoenix.
March 15, 2016
Kimberly Seibert, '11, was selected to participate in the Detroit Metropolitan Bar Association Inn of Court program. She is an attorney with Plunkett Cooney. Seibert earned her bachelor's degree from the University of Michigan in 2008.
March 30, 2016
Paul Isso, '11, relocated the Isso Law Firm to Tempe, Arizona. His firm focuses primarily on criminal defense but also accepts certain civil cases and entertainment law matters. Isso earned his master of laws degree from the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law at Arizona State University and his bachelor's degree from Wayne State University.
June 27, 2016
Ashley Heidemann, '11, founder of JD Advising, taught a Michigan bar exam course that boasted a 100% passage rate for the February 2016 Michigan bar exam. Her firm, The Heidemann Law Firm, also wrote nearly half of the passing appeals in Michigan for the February 2016 bar exam. For the July 2015 Michigan bar exam administration, the firm wrote more passing bar exam appeals than any law firm in the state. Heidemann earned her undergraduate degree from Wayne State University.
August 3, 2016
Anisa Allen, '11, joined Hackney Grover in Troy, where she will focus her practice on insurance defense. She earned a bachelor of arts degree in political science and international studies from Wayne State University's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences in 2008.
August 11, 2016
Rachel Smith, '10, has been hired by Brooks Kushman P.C. in Southfield. Specializing in preparing and prosecuting patent applications, Smith will add depth to Brooks Kushman's nationally recognized patent practice. Smith also previously practiced at Rader Fishman & Grauer prior to joining Brooks Kushman. Her experience goes beyond the patent prosecution arena and includes patent litigation, patent licensing and negotiations thereof, as well as freedom to operate and opinion work. Smith's practice is primarily focused in the automotive, electronics and medical device industries. Smith has prosecuted numerous domestic and foreign patent applications relating to medical devices. She has also performed due diligence and provided strategy and counseling to several medical supply companies.
October 17, 2013
John Wright, '10, joined Rogers Mantese & Associates as an attorney. He is joining the firm after serving as an assistant attorney general in the Michigan Department of Attorney General. While there, he represented state agencies, including the Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs. Notably, Wright represented the Health Professions Division of the Bureau of Health Care Services in matters involving licensed health care professionals. He also provided legal advice to state boards and commissions that oversee licensing of health care professionals. While in the Attorney General's Office, Wright was awarded the Michigan Attorney General's Staff Excellence in "Opinion Draftsmanship" Award and the Michigan Attorney General's "Rookie of the Year" Award. He also completed a Public Health Law Fellowship sponsored by the National Attorneys General Training & Research Institute and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
January 8, 2014
Johnny Hamood, '10, has joined Goodman Acker PC. He specializes in civil and personal injury litigation.
May 13, 2014
Stephanie Farkas, '10, joined the law offices of Shannon M. Smith PC in Bloomfield Hills. She serves on the executive councils of the State Bar of Michigan's Young Lawyers Section and the Criminal Law Section.
May 24, 2014
Michael McCandlish, '10, joined Bejin VanOphem & Beineman PLC. He focuses his practice in intellectual property law.
July 28, 2014
Melanie Van Antwerp, '10, was elected partner at Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP. She is a member of the corporate department in the firm's Kalamazoo office.
January 21, 2015
Fadwa Alawieh, '10, was selected as a trustee for the Dearborn Board of Education to fill a vacancy. She is a Wayne County assistant prosecutor.
July 21, 2015
Matthew Zmijewski, '10, joined the General and Automotive Practice Group at Collins Einhorn Farrell PC.
September 4, 2015
John Wright, '10, founded John Wright Law PLLC, a solo law practice based in Detroit focusing on trademark, copyright and business law.
October 14, 2015
Eric Jones, '10, has been named interim fire commissioner for the City of Detroit.
October 15, 2015
Michael J. Thomas, '10, was quoted in the Oct. 31, 2015, Albuquerque Journal about the resolution of a case involving the sale of property at a delinquent tax auction. Thomas had filed an answer brief in the New Mexico Supreme Court on behalf of the purchasers at the 2011 auction, who had previously proceeded pro se.
November 4, 2015
Bryan Schomer, '10, was elected a member of Dickinson Wright. He works in the firm's Troy office.
January 20, 2016
May Saad, '10, joined Jaffe Raitt Heuer & Weiss in Southfield as an associate in the firm's Real Estate Practice Group.
February 3, 2016
Tad T. Roumayah, '10, was promoted to shareholder at Sommers Schwartz PC. He earned his bachelor's degree from Oakland University in 2007.
March 31, 2016
Stefania Gismondi, '10, joined Foster Swift Collins & Smith PC. She is a member of the firm's Litigation Practice Group in the Farmington Hills office. Gismondi earned her undergraduate degree from the University of Michigan.
April 26, 2016
Rebecca Davies, LL.M., '10, was named a Most Valuable Professional by Corp! magazine. She is a shareholder in Butzel Long's Detroit office. She earned her law degree from Detroit College of Law in 1995 and her bachelor's degree from the University of Michigan in 1991.
May 13, 2016
Trevor M. Salaski, '10, has been named chief legal officer at Hello Innovation in Detroit. He earned his bachelor's degree in political science and government from University of Maryland College Park in 2005.
June 15, 2016
Adrienne Knack, '10, an attorney with Williams & Knack, PC, was appointed president of the Brighton Rotary Club. She earned her bachelor's degree from Kalamazoo College.
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Lake Tahoe seems to have a little something for everyone, and Lake Tahoe shopping is no exception. Diverse just like location, Lake Tahoe shopping blends sports gear shops, indie boutiques, galleries, gift shops and furniture stores, among others, to create an eclectic gamut of commerce. For example, Squaw Valley shopping mixes an eclectic little grocery experience with national name sporting gear outfitters, chocolatiers, jewelry and a pet emporium! Your visit to Tahoe City gives you a chance to treat yourself to new pair of skis from a winter sports outlet and a chainsaw-carved bear.
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Lake Tahoe shopping embraces the area's laid back West Coast vibe, reflected by individual stores. You can find shops that encourage a healthy body, mind and spirit in Incline Village shopping. If you want to get your hands on some locally handcrafted pottery, furniture or other crafts, the galleries and home furnishing stores found all around the lake will give you a piece of Tahoe to take home.
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At a CoderDojo, young people learn how to code, develop websites, apps, programs, games and more!
This event will be aimed at Grades 5-8 though older students are also welcome to attend.
Ongoing meetings will be held the second Saturday of each month from 2-4 p.m.
This event is open to the public.
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