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July 15, 2012
Portland slams Boston 5-0 in finale
SCARBOROUGH, Maine---Boston Victory closed out the 2012 Premier Development League in dubious fashion but managed to avoid last place in the Northeast Division despite losing 5-0 to title contenders GPS Portland Phoenix. Midfielder Joao Santos was sent off for the second time in as many weeks.
The Maine hosts kicked off knowing they had to settle for second place in the standings behind division winner Ottawa Fury and the Victory knew matching the result of the Vermont Voltage would keep them out of the basement. Vermont went down 4-2 to CFC Azul as Boston was outplayed in the sweltering heat at Scarborough High School in Maine.
Only two minutes into the game that kicked off in 90-degree temperatures, Portland captain Jason Massie concerted a cross from Blaike Woodruff to steal a 1-0 lead. The Victory fell further behind after 10 minutes when Santos committed a foul just inside the penalty area and Eric Anderson stepped up to dispatch the spot kick.
Eight minutes later the Phoenix effectively sealed all three points as Itode Fubara threaded the ball through for Ben Havey to delicately lift his shot over exposed keeper Jason Katz for the home team's third goal.
It was rough justice on Katz, rewarded with his second straight start having kept a clean sheet on Wednesday night in his debut as Boston beat Worcester Hydra 1-0 to end their season at home on a winning note.
The Victory adjusted as Fabio Barros was replaced by Dan Ashman with only 20 minutes on the clock and the defender who had seen only one minute of previous action slotted in at right back as Nic Santarlasci moved into midfield.
Katz did well to save a well-placed goal-bound Anderson header in the 25th minute before the Victory enjoyed a rare foray forward as Manuel Veiga tested home keeper Will Dieterich from distance.
Things turned ugly eight minutes after the break as Santos squared up to Rory Kennedy, head-butted the home defender and then the pair traded punches as players from both teams joined the melee. The players were eventually separated and shown red cards, the dismissal for Santos coming in his first game back from a two game suspension after he was sent off in stoppage time of a 1-1 draw at Seacoast United on July 5.
Hayk Kaya might have pulled a goal back after 73 minutes but failed to generate power or direction as he fired a ball headed back across goal by Veiga straight at the home keeper.
Portland substitute, Keegan Ziada, converted a cross from fellow sub John Murphy with 15 minutes to play.
Dave DeMelo ventured forward for Boston in reply and found Mohamed Elsayed Amhed, but the Egyptian's finish was tame and held by sub keeper Aidan McParland.
Ziada turned provider from the left with a cross that Andrew Jones side-footed home from close range to complete the scoring.
The Victory's best chance of the game came after 85 minutes and fell to Player of the Year Hellah Sidibe, whose trickery took him into the Phoenix penalty area, but his shot flashed across the face of the goal.


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University Recognizes Award-Winning Scholars
May 9, 2014
Cal State Fullerton will be honoring its top graduating scholars and recent grads during the annual Honors Convocation Friday, May 16.
Among the honorees:
Chemistry major Julie Hofstra of Bellflower, a first-generation college student, is receiving the Alumni Association's Outstanding Senior Award. Hofstra has been awarded a $132,000 National Science Foundation scholarship for her future doctoral studies at Caltech. A Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation scholar, Hofstra will graduate summa cum laude with a bachelor of science in chemistry degree next week's commencement ceremonies.
Rachel McClanahan of Ventura, a member of CSUF's inaugural class of doctor of nursing practice graduates, is receiving the Alumni Association's Outstanding Graduate Student Award.
Stephen E. Johnson of Long Beach, who completed an M.F.A. in art-sculpture in January, is the 2014 recipient of the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute Betty Robertson Award, which recognizes older graduates for their achievements. OLLI, a self-governing university support group retired and semiretired individuals, named its award after Betty Robertson, former director of community and in-house programs for University Extended Education. She was 89 when she passed away in the fall.
Vivian D. Oh of La Habra, who will graduate with a B.F.A. in art-drawing and painting this spring, is this year's recipient of the International Understanding Award. Funded by the Emil Grieshaber Memorial Fund, the award recognizes personal contributions to increase international understanding through leadership activities.
Oh, who has traveled to Korea, Italy, Morocco and Dubai, has been a member of the International Student Association, represented the College of the Arts on the Associated Students Inc. Board of Directors, founded and was president of the Italian Language and Culture Club, and served as an orientation leader with New Student Programs. She was a curatorial intern at the Florence Biennale International Art Exhibition and is currently at work on a series of paintings based on childhood memories.
Emanuel Gluckman of Placentia and Jonathan Shapiro of Manhattan Beach are this year's recipients of the Miles D. McCarthy Health Professions Awards, which is named in honor of the founder of the CSUF Health Professions Committee and its interdisciplinary advising approach. For decades, the committee has been grooming students for successful admission to medical, dental and other health professions schools.
Gluckman graduated summa cum laude in January with a B.S. in biological science-cell and developmental biology. The scholar spent a year working in a microbiology research lab with Esther Chen, associate professor of biological science; shadowed an orthodontist, an endodontist, a periodontist, and an oral surgeon; and has volunteered at Linda Vista Elementary School, fostering children in difficult situations. He has been accepted to UCLA School of Dentistry to fulfill his dream in becoming a dentist.
Shapiro completed a pre-health professional studies certificate in January. Previously, he earmed a B.A. in economics at UCLA in 2009. Shapiro, former dental chair of the CSUF American Medical Student Association, was a Postbaccalaureate Admissions Committee member and a project leader with the Transformative Action Institute and Project B.R.I.T.E. He also volunteered as a dental assistant, crisis counselor and clinical assistant and will attend Harvard University to pursue a career in dentistry.
Paul Nguyen of Garden Grove, who earned a bachelor of science in biological science in 2013, was selected for this year's Kenneth Goodhue-McWilliams Award, given for outstanding contributions to the health professions. Nguyen served as secretary and treasurer of the Student Health Professions Association and was a volunteer with the American Red Cross, the Compton Initiative, and the Mexican American Engineers and Scientists Science Extravaganza. He shadowed health professionals at Western University's Patient Care Center, Cope Health Solutions St. Mary Medical Center, and Advanced Foot and Ankle Center in Irvine. He plans a career in podiatry to further limb-loss prevention.
Class of '13 biology graduate April Newlander of Arcata, is the 2014 recipient of the Giles T. Brown Outstanding Thesis Award for "Wash Flow Disturbance and Summer Wash Flow in the Mojave Desert: Influence on Dispersion, Production and Physiological Functioning of Dominant Shrubs." Her faculty mentor was Darren R. Sandquist, professor of biological science. The honor is named in for the former CSUF associate vice president for academic programs, dean of graduate studies and professor of history, who passed away in December.
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The Ohio Historical Society used to have /a searchable database for deaths
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Trial Lawyers Take Their Message Underground . . . Literally
If some version of tort reform ultimately gets tucked into a passed health-care bill, it won't be because the trial lawyers didn't get out the message — at least in one of the more widely trafficked corridors in our nation's capital.
The American Association for Justice, formerly known as the American Trial Lawyers Association, has bought up all the advertising space in Washington, D.C.'s Metro station at Union Station for the entire month of December. The point, according to this story in Politico: "to remind Senate staffers that 98,000 people die each year from preventable medical errors." The signs are reportedly getting installed today. (The picture is a photoshopped rendering of how they'll look.)
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The group . . . reserved the space to push back against a now-familiar Republican talking point that limiting the rewards from medical liability lawsuits would make health care more affordable for everyone. Republicans have seized on the potential savings to doctors and patients from capping these rewards as another reason to put strict limits in place as part of the health care overhaul. The Association for Justice wants to remind people why these lawsuits exist in the first place.
Panels blanketing the station's Metro stop will tell people passing through that, "98,000 patients may die annually from medical errors…That's like two 737s crashing every day for a while year…Tort law changes won't fix health care…Tell Congress to put patients first." End of post


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The diocese of Liverpool, England, has introduced a formal commissioning of laypeople to conduct funeral services. Diana Klein, The Tablet's Parish Practice editor, has written a blog post in support of this initiative. While the current shortage of priests is cited as the main reason, she also believes lay-led funerals are a practical option when a funeral Mass might be inappropriate.
Lay-led funerals could be "a way of bringing the Church to the bereaved" while encouraging laypeople to "exercise their role to bring the world into contact with the Church."
Klein first experienced lay-led funerals in Africa, where geographical distance, priest shortages, and a short time between death and burial often make it impossible to offer a funeral Mass. The priest's role is then reserved for celebrating a Mass for the deceased shortly after the funeral.
I live in a rural parish where the priest shortage is a stark reality. If the pastor is away, a replacement is not always available. Sadly, we have had pastors who made themselves unavailable, even when they were present in town. Their rectory phone numbers were unlisted so they couldn't be disturbed after office hours. Late-night visits to the bedside of a dying parishioner were not on their agenda.
Meanwhile, we are blessed with a faith-filled, committed woman who devotes many hours a week to pastoral ministry in homes and in the hospital. She visits patients and prays with them. When a priest is unavailable to anoint a dying patient, she brings viaticum, food for the journey. She is often asked to lead the funeral vigil prayers with family and friends.
Asking a layperson with this kind of compassion and commitment to lead a funeral service in the absence of a priest seems right and good. It is a logical extension of the pastoral ministry some laypeople are already providing.
New ways are seldom accepted without a challenge. Will lay-led funeral services be interpreted as an inferior or second-best option, even when a Mass is not requested by the family of the deceased? Are we able to overcome the traditional view that ordained ministers are best-suited to be leaders of prayer, even outside of sacramental celebrations?
Diana Klein asks the question that digs deep into our own personal expectations of funerals. Are you willing to have a lay-led funeral for one of your loved ones?
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Latic Acidosis
What is the definition or description of: acidosis?
Acid build up: Normally our body chemistry is kept in a narrow range, and in particular the amount of acid in the body is kept within a narrow range. The amount of acid is measured by a value called the ph. It is normally a value between 7.35 and 7.45, values below 7.35 are considered to be "acidotic" a patient with this value of the blood chemistry would have an "acidosis". ...Read more
Acidosis (Definition)
Normally our body chemistry is kept in a narrow range, and in particular the amount of acid in the body is kept within a narrow range. The amount of acid is measured by a value called the ph. It is normally a value between 7.35 and 7.45, values below 7.35 are considered to be "acidotic" a patient with this value of the blood chemistry ...Read more
What is diabetic keto acidosis?
DKA: A metabolic emergency for patients primarily with type 1 diabetes, DKA symptoms include those of high blood sugars initially. As the ketones build up, patients may have a fruity odor on the breath, get abdominal pain & vomit. Because they're already urinating a lot, dehydration can get bad. Some may breathe fast, get headaches, have altered consciousness. Without proper treatment, death imminent. ...Read more
What causes diabetic keto acidosis?
Dka: Diabetic ketoacidosis is a condition whereby glucose which is used by cells for energy is not made available to the cells due to a lack of insulin. The lack of Insulin causes a dramatic rise in blood sugar triggering a host of meatbolic derangemants including dehydration as well as the production of ketones which are toxic as it raises the bodies acid level and will affect potassium levels. ...Read more
What exactly is hyperchloremic acidosis?
Loss of fixed base: This is lost from the body when the proximal renal tubule does a poor job of reabsorbing bicarbonate, (sodium bicarbonate) drainage of pancreatic fluid, diarrhea (usually rich in potassium and bicarbonate), and a few less common entities. It's a sign on a lab report intended to guide treatment rather than a disease itself. Great question, and thanks for asking. ...Read more
What sort of problem is acidosis of the blood?
Let's get specific: In the absence of obvious disease / poisoning, perhaps you have been told you have metabolic acidosis (complicates a host of illnesses and especially some of the diabetes / metabolic syndrome pills) or renal tubular acidosis (mild-to-serious problem handling bicarbonate (sodium bicarbonate).) some charlatans diagnose "blood acidosis" without basis. ...Read moreSee 2 more doctor answers
What is hyperchloremic acidosis? What causes it?
Bicarb wasting: This is a physiologic disturbance when the kidney tubules don't do a good job of reabsorbing sodium bicarbonate. Or the bicarb may be wasted as diarrhea, or chloride overloaded by normal saline infusions, ...Read more
When you ascend to high elevation acidosis or alkalosis?
Respiratory: alkalosis by increasing ventilation reducing carbon dioxide ...Read more
Alkalosis and acidosis--is there a visual to see how they work?
Respir. alkalosis: There are. Try one or more of these visuals garnered by google. https://www.google.com/search?q=respiratory+alkalosis&hl=en&rls=com.microsoft:en-us&prmd=imvns&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=x&ei=k58eujrmomjc2wxz7ztibq&ved=0ceoq_auoaq&biw=1680&bih=869. ...Read more
What's lactic acidosis?
Lactate + low pH: Lowered ph in your blood accompanied with a build-up of lactate. ...Read more
How do we treat lactic acidosis ?
Lactic acidosis: Severe lactic acidosis (la) is often associated with poor prognosis. Recognition and correction of the underlying process is the major step in the treatment of this serious condition. Intravenous administration of sodium bicarbonate (sb) has been the mainstay in the treatment of lactic acidosis. Dialysis, peritoneal in particular, can also be used in some cases to avoid a massive sb load. ...Read more


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Published: May 11, 2009 at 11:06 AMCool story. I wish I had a stupid story of a cast member increasing efficiency. Instead, I have several stories of stupid cast members decreasing efficiency, specifically at Islands of Adventure, Universal Studios, and Busch Gardens Tampa.
At IOA, I see far too many empty seats on Dudley Do Right's, Incredible Hulk, and Dueling Dragons. Same goes for Sheikra at Busch Gardens.
The funniest incident, however, was one day at Universal. The line for Mummy was packed, so the single riders line was opened. The geniuses on the loading platform would load about three rows of the carts with people in the standby line, then they would fill the fourth row entirely with single riders! This means that a family of four could enter the single riders line and ride together with less than half the regular wait time. Sheer idiocy.
Published: May 11, 2009 at 11:45 AMGreat story, Robert. Thanks for sharing.
I don't have any of my own stories to tell, having never worked at a theme park, but, like Josh, I have had plenty of nightmares waiting in poorly managed lines.
At Holiday World, the ride attendants are overly serious about safely. So much so that their coasters are the slowest loading coasters I have ever ridden. Not only do you have to wear a seat belt and a lap bar, but you also have to get fondled by an attendant who tightens your lap belt every single time you ride. My advice to you all: tighten the lap restraint then hold the strap out for the attendant so he/she does not have to go groping around for it. Unless, of course, you are into that sort of thing.
At BGW's Apollo's Chariot, during my 2008 visit, the ride operators did a lousy job of filling empty seats. This ride had way too much traffic to have empty seats. However, there is no point in picking on BGW, as this empty seat problem is all too common with many of the coasters that have four-across seating and no (or seldom used) single rider lines.
However, the worst line I have waited in recently was at Six Flags Saint Louis for Xcalibur, a Bussink Evolution ride. It is not a Flashpass attraction and the line moved slower than any midway line I have ever experienced. The ride operator did a horrible job of filling cars, and seemed to wander aimlessly around the ride, sending people to various cars willy-nilly. Now, maybe there is some order that the ride has to be filled on slower days, but on days when the line is packed with hot, unhappy customers, just fill the thing up as fully as possible and let it go. I started timing each ride cycle, and this attendant was clocking in at ten minutes per cycle (load, ride, unload). These types of delays will suck the life out of your amusement park visit. And since I was already in a foul mood because of the lousy condition of the park, having to wait FOR-ever for a midway experience did not make me any happier.
On the other hand the associates at Adventureland in Altoona, Iowa, took a page out of Disney's book and micromanaged their coaster lines, filling every train as much as possible, and preventing the bottlenecks that frequently occur in the back and front cars. However, if you like to choose where you ride your coasters, then you have to be very clever and arrange your place in line accordingly before you reach the final queuing area.
I think on busy days, when lines are peaking out wait times, operators should employ every possible strategy to get things moving as quickly as possible. If that means jumping in the water, giving a POTC raft the old "heave-ho" and risking life and limb in the process, then so be it. Kudos to Disney for going above and beyond to increase throughput! ;)
Published: May 11, 2009 at 3:00 PMDid anyone else read this story expecting the cast members in the water to break out with some kind of flesh eating virus?
James - Holiday World HAS to be hardcore about that. There was an unfortunate incident a few years back that happened when they weren't hardcore about it (apparently, back in the day, it wasn't uncommon for folks to score "one-click" rides).
Published: May 11, 2009 at 3:22 PMWe did have one lead who threw a handful of Midol into the Pirates water every month, claiming that was the only way to keep the ride happy. And, having worked some Grad Nights (another story!) I saw plenty of other, um, stuff, dumped in that water, too.
Lisa Simpson's experience with "The Little Land of Duff" ride (can't find a YouTube link, darn it) resonates with me. There might have been filters, but I always washed very thoroughly after getting out of that water, whether it was for boat-pushing or one of the evacuations I assisted with.
Published: May 11, 2009 at 7:08 PMGood Story. I never worked inside the parks however I have worked at the Disney Resorts (All Stars, Animal Kingdom, Boardwalk, and a few others). One story I can tell is that the higher priced resorts, you get better tips (Grand Floridan). Meanwhile most of the cheap resorts like the All Stars, you get hardly any tips. One time I was working at the Boardwalk and some old person gave me a $50 tip for taking their bags.
Published: May 11, 2009 at 7:42 PMJames, regarding your comment about empty seats on Apollo's Chariot, I was at BGW yesterday, and AC's single-riders line was open--for the first time in two years, as far as I know. They actually made a big deal out of it when they shut down the line, posting a sign in the queue reading "single rider line no longer available." How long it'll stay this time is anybody's guess, but the ride ops were using it properly and filling all available seats (ditto for Griffon). Maybe BGW is becoming more comfortable with the single-rider line concept.
Wish I could say the same for Alpengeist--there are always empty seats on that ride.
Published: May 11, 2009 at 8:05 PMSorry guys no good stories at the Tower of Terror like Robert does. But I can say, like Robert, that I'am one of the top 10 fastest loaders there. Our capacity at the Tower is 1530 per hour which I was able to, at 1 of the loads, load 386 guests.
But nothing that I can compare to Robert standing in the middle of the water!
Published: May 12, 2009 at 6:40 AMSeems to me that it's a no-brainer for every high-capacity, high-interest ride to have a single rider line. Every one, and that's always open when there's more than, say, a 20-minute wait. And of course, that's enforced - unlike the Mummy story above. There's nothing more frustrating than standing in a 45 minute line for the Hulk at IOA and seeing a number of single seats empty, when - by myself - I could've ridden a half hour earlier.
I know Men in Black has a fantastic single rider line, that's very fast even when lines are long. My son rode for the first time in the single rider line and didn't mind at all that he wasn't with me (he's 13). We ended up riding MIB maybe 6 times, and never waiting more than 5 minutes while the regular standby queue was 30-45 minutes. Does anyone know the hourly capacity for MIB? It has to be massive.
At Dollywood, on Thunderhead at least and maybe Mystery Mine, they don't have a single rider line but they do call out for single riders when you get near the loading platform. It may not cut a lot out of your wait, but it does get a single rider on somewhat sooner. And keeps the hourly capacity up.
Disney seems to rarely do this - I know it would involve, in some cases, to redesign and refurbish the queue but there should be ways around this.
Published: May 12, 2009 at 11:45 AMA guy I used to work with (outside of theme parks) worked POTC at DL in the seventies and talked about the way they crammed (unsafely) as many guests as possible onto the boats, more of a challenge/contest for themselves. I don't know how long they got away with it.
Pushing the boats --- great story; funny, yet very scary that it went on at all.
Published: May 12, 2009 at 11:47 AMTo Barry Wallace:
You have to remember to Disney its not just the ride that there looking at but the whole story of the attraction in general. At the Tower of Terror at DHS for instance, they were contemplating putting in a single rider line and realeized it would take a lot from the story of the attraction.
Also the "Single Rider Line" is actually a new concept that Imagineers and ride designers have to beware of and draw it into there plans. All the older rides like the 3 mountains at MK, Dinosaur at DAK, Tower at DHS, and others may not have the ability to convert a line into a single's line only even though the attraction would be a candidate for the line.
Just think where would they put in the line at any of the mountains at MK?
Well I do know that loaders at those attractions do ask for single riders which I do and make a joke in the process which do get laughs! Of course the joke is what you would expect from a CM and you may or may not thinks its funny.
Published: May 12, 2009 at 1:25 PMI agree that the queue is part of the experience, and should be enjoyed along with the ride but for me (and I suspect a lot of people) I hate lines and just want to ride the ride. So any way to get me to load-through quicker is fine with me (especially after I've ridden the ride before and have seen the queue. I know my friend who took me to Universal the first time made sure I went through the queues for Spiderman, Men in Black, Mummy, etc because they are very well done (and they are) but in repeat visits and repeat rides, again, I want up there and I want up there now! Because there are many more things I want to experience at that park, and don't have time to waste waiting in a 45-60-90 minute line.
I know it would be difficult to retrofit a number of the Disney rides to include a single rider line, but they successfully put in FastPass lines at most (all?) of the Mountains so they could do the same with single rider if they felt the need.
Published: May 12, 2009 at 2:20 PMWith the fastpass line it was a little different. If you remember there used to be 2 lines which brought done the length of the gueue while keeping the wait times the same. They just didnt have the lines snaking through the park.
What they did do is close one of the lines and made it "Fastpass" and the other "Stand-by". For an example of this look at Pirates at the MK. This ride is not fastpass but has 2 queues that snake through a great themed castle! The mountains also snake through a great themed area but they closed 1 for fastpass holders.
But I'am in agreement with the newer e-ticket rides an attractions should have a single rider line especially low ride capacity attraction ie: Toy Story Mania!
Published: May 13, 2009 at 3:41 PMOne of the hottest summers on record at Universal Studios Hollywood, probably 1988 or 1989. Trams were backed up all over the backlot, so the tram loading area was really, really backed up (the old one, up top behind the ticket booths, sort of where the Universal Store is now at CityWalk).
Boarding passes were out well into the evening, and the actual wait in line, even after you brought your boarding pass, was at least two hours (these are the days before any "rides", kids... just the stunt shows and the tram tour).
One manager was convinced that all the situation needed was some entertainment, a costumed character to placate the near-rioting guests. He got on the radio and broadcast to everyone within earshot, "We've got a bad situation here, send in the wolfman."
To this day, me and many of my friends and ex-co-workers (and, from what I hear, even some folks who still work at the tour) use the term "send in the wolfman" when things are at their most ridiculously dire.


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Traditional industrial robots are rigid - mostly metal - and are fast, precise and powerful. Their speed and precision comes at the cost of complexity and can often pose a danger to humans who get too close. Soft robots are adaptable and resilient but slow, difficult to fabricate, and challenging to make autonomous because most motors, pumps, batteries, sensors, and microcontrollers are rigid.
But what if you could combine the autonomy and speed of a rigid robot with the adaptability and resiliency of a soft robot - and do it relatively cheap and fast?
Harvard engineers have done just that, developing one of the first 3-D printed, soft robots that moves autonomously. Described in the July 10, 2015 issue of the journal Science, the design offers a new solution to an engineering challenge that has plagued soft robotics: the integration of rigid and soft materials.
The robot's body transitions from soft to hard, reducing the stress where the rigid electronic components join the body and increasing the robot's resiliency. The body's monolithic design - created in one continuous print job, using several different materials - increases its strength and robustness. With no sliding parts or traditional joints, the robot isn't victim to dirt or debris like its more intricate cousins, making it a good candidate for use in harsh terrains.
"The vision for the field of soft robotics is to create robots that are entirely soft," said senior author Robert J. Wood, Charles River Professor of Engineering and Applied Sciences at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) and Core Faculty Member at the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard.
"But for practical reasons, our soft robots typically have some rigid components - things like batteries and control electronics. This robot is a demonstration of a method to integrate the rigid components with the body of the soft robot through a gradient of material properties, eliminating an abrupt hard-to-soft transition that is often a failure point."
The combustion-powered robot - reminiscent of a toy rubber popper - is comprised of two main parts: a soft plunger-like body with three pneumatic legs and the rigid core module, containing power and control components and protected by a semi-soft 3-D printed shield. The design builds from previous work of co-author and chemist George Whitesides, the Woodford L. and Ann A. Flowers University Professor.
To initiate movement, the robot inflates its pneumatic legs to tilt its body in the direction it wants to go. Then butane and oxygen are mixed and ignited, catapulting the robot into the air. It's a powerful jumper, reaching up to six times its body height in vertical leaps and half its body width in lateral jumps. In the field, the hopping motion could be an effective way to move quickly and easily around obstacles.
"The wonderful thing about soft robots is that they lend themselves nicely to abuse," said Nicholas Bartlett, first author of the paper and a graduate student at SEAS. "The robot's stiffness gradient allows it to withstand the impact of dozens of landings and to survive the combustion event required for jumping. Consequently, the robot not only shows improved overall robustness but can locomote much more quickly than traditional soft robots."
The robot's jumping ability and soft body would come in handy in harsh and unpredictable environments or disaster situations, allowing it to survive large falls and other unexpected situations.
This new design demonstrates the possibilities of 3-D printing in soft robotics. Traditional methods of fabrication - custom molds and multi-step assembly - are costly and slow. The ever-increasing variety of materials compatible with 3-D printers is allowing engineers to prototype new designs faster, and increased complexity does not necessarily lead to increased cost.
"Soft robotics is a relativity nascent subfield and 3-D printing is adding to the repertoire of things we can do in a really practical way," said Wood.
The co-first author of the paper is Michael Tolley, of University of California, San Diego. Coauthors include Johannes T.B. Overvelde and Katia Bertoldi of SEAS; James Weaver of the Wyss Institute; Bobak Mosadegh of Weill Cornell Medical College; and George Whitesides of Harvard and the Wyss Institute.
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Baroness Scotland of Asthal: My Lords, I certainly empathise with the thrust of what the right reverend Prelate said. However, the current legislation is fairly robust. The right reverend Prelate will know that the 1997 Act provides for victims of harassment to apply to the High Court for a civil restraining order. In the past such orders have successfully been obtained by victims of animal rights extremists. They include a requirement for the removal of information about individuals from websites. We shall reconsider the matter to see whether there is anything further that needs to be done although obviously I cannot guarantee what the outcome of that review will be.
Lord Janner of Braunstone: My Lords, following what the right reverend Prelate said, with all of which I fully agree, are Her Majesty's Government taking positive steps to engage and bring together people of all faiths, whether they are Christians, Muslims, Jews, Hindus, Sikhs or other, to recognise the danger that is emerging from the far Right, the fascists and Nazis, and to fight against that growing racism?
Baroness Scotland of Asthal: My Lords, I certainly reassure my noble friend that there are many initiatives which seek to bring together people of different faiths to talk about issues of this kind. I refer not just to government initiatives but also to those instigated by non-governmental agencies. Opportunities to continue that process must be seized by us all as it is a
Lord Renton: My Lords, have the Government no intention of ensuring that websites should exist only for lawful purposes?
Baroness Scotland of Asthal: My Lords, we have. The whole point of what many people seek to do is to fly very close to the wind so that they keep just inside whichever barrier is set for them. As I say, we shall continue to consider what we can do to make it increasingly difficult for them to adopt those positions with the facility that applies at present.
Lord McNally: My Lords, is the Minister aware of the study carried out by the chairman of the Internet Watch Foundation, Roger Darlington, into extremism on the Internet in which he draws attention to the fact that much of this poison comes from the United States where providers are protected by the First Amendment? As the Minister may be aware, Mr Darlington draws attention to the fact that the Council of Europe brought forward a convention on cyber-crime with which the United States and Japan were associated. However, a number of countries are now pressing for a protocol to the convention covering racism and xenophobia. Is that a matter that Her Majesty's Government would support and is it a matter that Her Majesty's Government would take up with the United States given that they want co-operation on other matters?
Baroness Scotland of Asthal: My Lords, we have initiated inquiries of the United States authorities to establish whether hosting such websites constitutes a breach of US law, regulations or industry good practice. We shall continue to work with all those who are engaged in this work in a positive way to create better security. I shall certainly consider what the noble Lord said about the convention. I cannot give the noble Lord an answer from the Dispatch Box; I do not think that he expected me so to do.
Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts: My Lords, is the Minister aware that in the early 1990s information similar to that now being put on the website we are discussing was produced in printed form and had to be stopped through criminal proceedings? As she says that the law is robust, why cannot the law now be used to inhibit similar material being produced on a website?
Baroness Scotland of Asthal: My Lords, noble Lords will know that it is for the CPS and the prosecution authorities to make a decision in any individual case, whether breaches of the law have or have not occurred. I cannot second guess the judgments. That is why I said earlier that although there have not been any prosecutions to date, that does not mean that the law
Lord Hunt of Kings Heath: My Lords, my noble friend mentioned the activities of animal rights terrorist groups in particular using the web. Will she give an assurance that, as part of her department's work in the area, efforts will be redoubled to protect lawful businesses, which necessarily undertake well regulated research using animals?
Baroness Scotland of Asthal: My Lords, I can certainly tell my noble friend that we have made huge efforts to protect lawful businesses. He will be very familiar with our work on abuse by animal rights extremists in relation to Huntingdon Life Sciences and others. Those efforts will continue. The amendments that we made in the Criminal Justice Act are helpful, and we hope that they will be used in future.
Baroness Sharples: My Lords, what is the estimate of the number of people involved in this situation, both those who receive and send the threats?
Baroness Scotland of Asthal: My Lords, we do not have figures. The noble Lord outlined the nature of the site and the number of people put on it. We are not able to quantify how many are engaged in the activity. If we have the figures, I shall certainly write to the noble Baroness.
The Earl of Northesk: My Lords, would the noble Baroness care to comment on whether websites that publish personal data without consent could be in breach of the Data Protection Act and therefore prosecutable?
Baroness Scotland of Asthal: My Lords, the Data Protection Act may not precisely cover such issues. It has been very helpful that the UK ISPs have been robust in terms of together putting forward contracts that tend to exclude such data. We absolutely endorse that good practice and encourage all ISPs to continue to look at it.
Lord Lamont of Lerwick asked Her Majesty's Government:
The Attorney-General (Lord Goldsmith): My Lords, acute public concern has been raised about prosecutions for homicide offences in relation to cases of sudden infant deaths, particularly in the light of three recent high profile cases. While the Lord
However, as Attorney-General, I have taken action to review the implications of the cases, with the support of the Director of Public Prosecutions. The action that I have taken includes establishing an interdepartmental group that is identifying and has already started to review relevant past cases.
Lord Lamont of Lerwick: My Lords, I thank the Attorney-General for that helpful reply. Does he agree that it is a poor reflection on British justice that Sally Clark, Trupti Patel and Angela Cannings should have gone through hell for child murders that they did not commit? They were put through hell on the basis of the evidence of the expert witness Sir Roy Meadows, and statistical evidence that the Royal Statistical Society wrote to the Lord Chancellor to say had no statistical basis.
How many cases are there of women in prison convicted in relation to cot deaths, and of women who have been through the family courts and been separated from their children, with both categories being based on evidence by Sir Roy Meadows or experts using similar methods? Some people have said that there could be up to 250 cases. Is it not vital that the review that the Attorney-General is undertaking happens very quickly? Does there not appear to be some need to advise the courts that convictions need to be based on hard evidence, not statistical probabilities or checklists of psychological symptoms?
Lord Goldsmith: My Lords, I of course entirely agree that the effects on mothers and their families of tragically losing children and then being accused orworse stillconvicted, in the event wrongly, of their murder are devastating. Obviously, it is the job of our police and child protection agencies to protect vulnerable children who are unable to protect themselves. The consequences of not acting or acting without due cause can be devastating, which is why it is so important to look very thoroughly at the implications of the cases.
That is why I moved swiftly after the Sally Clark verdict to establish the group. It is already reviewing 50 cases that concern the evidence of Dr Williams. We have not had the judgment yet in the Cannings caseit is expected shortlybut I have already asked the group to identify cases of sudden deaths of infants in the past 10 years. However, there is no central database.
There are different issues in relation to family cases, as the Crown is not a party to those. My interdepartmental review is concerned with criminal cases, and I cannot at the moment say how many cases
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George Michael Pleads Guilty to Driving While High
Former Wham! singer George Michael pleaded guilty to driving under the influence of drugs and possession of cannabis in London's Highbury Corner Magistrates Court on Monday morning, after crashing through the front window of a Snappy Snaps photo shop in the wee hours of the morning on July 4.
Subjecting Michael to a six-month ban from driving—not an issue, since the singer has voluntarily taken himself off the road since the incident—District Judge Robin McPhee told the defendant,
"It is a serious matter. Your driving was extremely poor and there was an accident. There is also your conviction from three years ago."
The 47-year-old Michael pleaded guilty to driving while unfit due to drugs in May 2007, after being found slumped over behind the wheel and blocking an intersection. The "I Want Your Sex" vocalist's extensive rap sheet also includes arrests for drug possession in 2006 and 2008, and a conviction for lewd behavior stemming from a 1998 sting operation in a Beverly Hills public men's room.
Michael will return to court to face sentencing for this latest incident on September 14.
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Pirates rookie Cole baffles Angels in victory
ANAHEIM, Calif. — Gerrit Cole's homecoming Friday night was nearly perfect — especially the first six innings, when he held the Los Angeles Angels to just two hits.
Pitching at Angel Stadium — about an hour's drive from the fields where he played Little League, high school and college ball — the Pirates' prodigious right-hander started strong against the Los Angeles Angels. Cole's fastball sizzled. His slider, a pitch that was kept hidden in his first two starts, was nasty.
Cole's bid for a shutout — in just his third start in the majors — ended in the seventh inning on a solo home run by future Hall of Famer Albert Pujols. No matter.
Homers by Pedro Alvarez and Jordy Mercer backed Cole's strong outing and powered the Pirates to a 5-2 win against the Angels.
The game was played about 44 miles south of UCLA's Drake Stadium, where Cole starred for three years, and close to his home in Newport Beach.
Cole handcuffed the Angels for the first six innings. Five of them were 1-2-3 innings. And he needed just 69 pitches to do it.
"He pitched like he was pitching in front of his friends and family," manager Clint Hurdle said. "He got after it. He was pitching in his hometown, and he wasn't going to let anybody down."
Over his first two starts, Cole got just three strikeouts. Friday, he whiffed three batters by the third inning, including Pujols twice. Cole (3-0) finished with five strikeouts. The final one came in the sixth inning, when he whizzed a 2-2 slider past Mike Trout.
Cole never used his slider — the pitch many scouts believe is his second-best weapon — in his first two outings. Friday, he finally unleashed it.
"The situation dictated it," Cole said. "(The Angels) have got the book on me, and that's a really good lineup."
A pair of sliders helped undo Pujols in the fourth inning. Pujols took the first one for a called strike and fouled off the second to even the count at 2-2. Cole came back with a 92 mph fastball, low and away, and Pujols went down swinging.
Pujols, a longtime Pirates nemesis, broke the spell in the seventh with a solo shot to left field. It was his 49th home run against the Pirates — the only club he's terrorized more often is the Chicago Cubs (54 homers) — and No. 488 in his career.
Two batters later, Cole took a line drive off his left thigh. He's got a big bruise but doesn't expect it to keep him from taking his next turn on the mound.
"It's pretty sore," Cole said. "It got me right on the thigh. Good thing I've got fat legs. I think I'll be all right."
He stayed in the game but not for long. The next batter, Alberto Callaspo, lined an RBI single up the middle and ended Cole's night.
The Pirates took a 3-0 lead in the second inning against righty Jered Weaver.
Alvarez began the second with a solo homer to right field. Weaver offered a full-count fastball a bit high in the zone, and Alvarez whacked it over the right-field wall.
With two outs, Travis Snider singled to center, and Mercer followed with a homer down the left-field line. It was Mercer's fourth homer and his first since May 11, when he mashed two against the New York Mets.
Neil Walker was nicked by a pitch leading off the fourth. When Starling Marte lifted a two-out fly ball to center, it seemed Weaver would escape unscathed. But Peter Bourjos lost the ball in the lights and it dropped behind him for an RBI triple.
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The newspapers have blasted Richard Moore's shaking down state pension fund managers for campaign contributions. Moore's response: He's pulling the 'old bait and switch.'
Moore, spewing statistics, claims it doesn't matter how much he's raised. All that matters, he says, is how the funds have performed. Which according to him is just dandy. Moore calculated 'what the market value of pension funds would have been over the last six years if the assets were invested as they were under former Treasurer Harlan Boyles' leadership.' Voi-la, he says, we made $4 billion.
But what's to say Boyles wouldn't have changed his investment strategy over six years as market conditions changed? If Boyles were here to defend himself he might say, Voi-la, we made six billion.
Worse from Moore's perspective, according to the News and Observer, his investment strategy has resulted in lower return for North Carolina than the average of pension funds nationwide. So much for hoo-doing the numbers.
Can't Richard Moore see just an itty-bitty conflict of interest in paying money managers $116 million, then soliciting $700,000 in campaign contributions from them? No. Is he going to stop? No. What consequences does he face? None.
The only elected officials with the power to hold Moore accountable are Democrats and Moore's version of pay-to-play doesn't seem to bother the Governor anymore than Jim Black's did.
But there's a silver lining in this cloud. If Moore's fellow Democrats remain silent long enough, he may actually win the Democratic primary for Governor – then Republicans will have plenty of fodder for TV ads in the next election.
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Scarlett Johansson e-mail hacker to plead guilty
LOS ANGELES (AP) – A Florida man has agreed to plead guilty to charges he hacked into the e-mail accounts of celebrities such as Christina Aguilera, Mila Kunis and Scarlett Johansson, whose nude photos eventually landed on the Internet.
A plea agreement filed Thursday in a Los Angeles federal court says 35-year-old Christopher Chaney has agreed to plead guilty to nine counts, including wiretapping and unauthorized access to a computer. Chaney faces up to 60 years in prison.
A hearing was set for Monday.
Chaney was arrested as part of a yearlong investigation of celebrity hacking that authorities dubbed "Operation Hackerazzi." Prosecutors say there were more than 50 victims, including Johansson. Nude photos she had taken of herself were posted on the Internet.
A phone message left for defense attorney Christopher Chestnut was not immediately returned.
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As classes begin Aug. 26, returning students, incoming freshmen and transfer students will utilize the new and renovated buildings on campus.
Although the Landmark Celebrations on Oct. 3 and 4 will be the official opening of these state-of-the-art facilities, both the Richard S. Shineman Center for Science, Engineering and Innovation and the renovated Rice Creek Field Station will be open to students upon their return to Oswego for the academic year.
Both facilities have been designed with an emphasis on sustainability. Solar panels, thermal heating and cooling, a green roof and water-bottle refill stations all express the carbon-footprint-free lifestyle the college community values.
The Shineman facility will be home to the already existing science and math programs as well as several new programs in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathmatics. Some of the highlights of the facility include the greenhouse, observation decks for meteorology students and a planetarium – above a cafe – in the 'nucleus' of the building.
The updated Rice Creek facility and equipment will provide the optimal research site for biology and zoology majors observing the plants and wildlife. A complex series of paths for walking, hiking, snowshoeing and more invite the campus and surrounding communities to the site.
These updates to campus maintain Oswego's long-held tradition of continuous growth, expansion and progression. It's a good time to study at Oswego.
- Tyler J. Edic '13


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Seven Signs Part 1, Series of Doubt
|Minimum Level:
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|Goddess of Destruction
|25 000 000 exp, 2 500 000 SP
- After the mentoring system was added, you can use the mentor buffs throughout the whole quest, including the transformed tasks and sneaking in the underground temple - so that should make it a little easier.
1 The quest starts at Oren warehouse with Croop. He is worried about his cousin who has not returned with a contract. He says dwarven contractors have been killed lately and he has no idea by whom.
2 You get a cutscene about a dwarf being killed and when you talk to Croop again, he tells you to go talk to guard Hector at the Northern gate.
3 Hector suggests you stay out of trouble but once he hears that you've got a letter from Croop he changes his mind and tells you to go talk to Stan at the Southern gate.
4 Stan tries to evade the talk but eventually tells you that the strange thing happened near Oren castle. The yellow pin on the map can be a bit misleading, you can easily run around the castle to the right spot.
5 You find a corpse that looks rather stinky but you still need to investigate it more closely to find a necklace that seems to be Jacob's. So you take it and return to Croop.
6 Tell Croop that Jacob is dead, he wants proof so give him the necklace. He asks you for one more favour and sends you to talk to high priest Hollint in the Einhasad Temple for a memorial service. He also says you will get your reward there.
7 Hollint has a list of quests, the ones you need are in the bottom (you get the next part from him as well after finishing this one). He promises to arrange the memorial service and gives you the reward set aside by Croop. You get 25 000 000 exp and 2 500 000 SP (this was significantly higher before the part 4 High Five update).
You can talk to him again to pick up the next part in the sequence - Seven Signs Part 2, Dying Message


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by Staff Writers
Dehradun, India (AFP) July 01, 2013
Construction along river banks will be banned in a devastated north Indian state amid concerns unchecked development fuelled last month's flash floods and landslides that killed thousands, the state's top official said Monday.
The Chief Minister of Uttarakhand, Vijay Bahuguna, also announced that a regulatory body would be set up to scrutinise future construction as the Himalayan state begins the herculean task of rebuilding following the June 15 floods.
"Permission will not be given for any kind of construction along the river banks," Bahuguna told reporters in the state capital Dehradun.
"All guidelines will be strictly followed," he added.
Raging rivers and landslides from torrential rains swept away houses, other buildings and even entire villages in the state known as the "Land of the Gods" for its revered shrines and pilgrimage sites.
Some 1,000 people died in the disaster and more than 3,000 are still missing, Bahuguna said on Sunday, while conceding that the exact death toll may never be known.
A state lawmaker has said the number killed could cross 10,000, as more bodies were recovered from under tonnes of debris and from rivers downstream, but this figure was rejected as "guesswork" by Bahuguna.
Thousands of soldiers, backed by military helicopters, have wound down rescue efforts after evacuating more than 100,000 people stranded when roads and bridges were destroyed.
Environmentalists and aid agencies have said rapid and unregulated development and deforestation was partly to blame for the floods in the state, which attracts thousands of pilgrims and other tourists every year.
Bahuguna announced that the Uttarakhand Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Authority would be established to spell out guidelines for all development activities in the state, keeping in mind the welfare of its residents for "the next 100 years".
International charity ActionAid said construction of hydroelectric dams and mining projects over the last decade in the state's many valleys threatened its fragile ecosystem.
"This aggressive and unregulated construction work has been playing ecological havoc for years," said Debabrat Patra, ActionAid's regional manager for Uttarakhand.
"With little forest left to hold the earth, another burst of heavy rain could be disastrous for the people living there," he said in a statement.
Top industry body ASSOCHAM said it was time authorities woke up to the huge losses incurred every year from floods as a result of the development of flood plains throughout the country.
"Encroachments into the flood plains over the years have aggravated the problem," it said in a news release.
"While we cannot do much about the natural phenomenon, we have to ensure that the nation remains always prepared for meeting any eventuality that can cause avoidable loss to human lives," ASSOCHAM said.
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Associate Dean Deborah Archer organized the Racial Justice Project in the fall of 2006. The goal was to create a legal advocacy initiative to protect the constitutional and civil rights of people who have been denied those rights on the basis of race and to increase public awareness of racism and racial injustice in the areas of education, employment, political participation, and criminal justice. Since then, the Project has worked to achieve these goals through the efforts of a growing number of faculty and student participants. To learn more about the individuals working on the Project, click their names below.
Deborah N. Archer (Project Director) | Tamara C. Belinfanti | Kirk Burkhalter | David Chang | Marissa Ellerin-Bossley | Amanda Gayle | Mercer Givhan | Chaumtoli Huq | Jesse L. Kearney, Jr. | Erika L. Wood
|Deborah N. Archer
Associate Dean of Academic Affairs
Director, Racial Justice Project
Specialties: Anti-Discrimination Law and Economic Justice, Civil Rights
|An expert in the areas of civil rights, racial discrimination, Deborah N. Archer directs New York Law School's Racial Justice Project and the Civil Rights Clinic. Associate Dean Archer was previously an assistant counsel at the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., where she litigated at the trial and appellate levels in cases involving affirmative action in higher education, employment discrimination, school desegregation, and voting rights. She was also a Marvin H. Karpatkin Fellow with the American Civil Liberties Union, where she was involved in federal and state litigation on issues of race and poverty. Prior to joining New York Law School, Associate Dean Archer was an associate at Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett LLP.As the Director of the Racial Justice Project and the Civil Rights Clinic, Associate Dean Archer continues to work to protect the constitutional and civil rights of people of color and increase public awareness of racism, racial injustice, and structural racial inequality. Associate Dean Archer has also participated as amicus counsel in several cases before the U.S. Supreme Court and U.S. Courts of Appeal, including Ricci v. DeStefano, Fisher v. University of Texas, and Hithon v. Tyson Foods. Associate Dean Archer graduated with honors from Smith College in 1993 and was awarded her J.D. from Yale Law School in 1996. Thereafter, she clerked for Judge Alvin Thompson in the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut. Associate Dean Archer is a member of the National Board of Directors of the American Civil Liberties Union and the Board of Directors of the New York Civil Liberties Union. She was selected as an Aspen Ideas Festival Scholar and has also served on the Association of the Bar of the City of New York's Civil Rights Committee, and on the Committee on Civil Rights of the New York State Bar Association.
|Tamara C. Belinfanti
Associate Professor of Law
Specialties: Corporate Law, Law and Culture
|Tamara C. Belinfanti joined the Law School in the fall 2009 semester and will teach Contracts, Corporations, and a transactional skills course entitled "Closing the Deal." Her teaching and scholarly interests are primarily in the fields of corporate law and law and culture. Previously, Professor Belinfanti was a corporate attorney at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP. While at the law firm, she counseled domestic and international clients on U.S. securities and general corporate law matters; was co-editor of a securities law treatise, U.S. Regulation of the International Securities and Derivatives Market (Aspen, 2003); and participated in a law teaching pilot program in New York City public high schools. Professor Belinfanti's recent article on the proxy advisory industry is forthcoming in the Stanford Journal of Law, Business & Finance. She is a legal aid volunteer and a member of the New York bar.
|Kirk D. Burkhalter
Associate Professor of Law
|Kirk D. Burkhalter '04 joined the faculty in the fall 2010 semester and teaches Legal Practice. Previously, he was the Visiting Assistant Professor of Academic Support at Hofstra School of Law, where he taught Legal Methods. In addition, Professor Burkhalter helped Hofstra students adjust to the academic demands of law school and develop the skills to enable them to realize their full academic potential through workshops, seminars, and individual counseling. He also conducted workshops and seminars that focused on the analytical and organizational skills specific to preparation for the New York State Bar Examination. Professor Burkhalter was formerly the Associate Director of Academic Affairs and an adjunct professor at New York Law School, where he provided academic counseling and taught The Principles of Legal Analysis. He has also taught at John Jay College of Criminal Justice. Before working in academia, he was an associate in the Corporate Securities and Finance practice group at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP. Professor Burkhalter also served 20 years in the New York City Police Department (NYPD), retiring as a detective first grade. He spent the majority of his career with the NYPD conducting long-term investigations into organized criminal enterprises and domestic, ecological, and industrial terrorism.
|David Chang
Professor of Law
Specialty: Constitutional Law
|At first glance, David Chang's reserved exterior belies the deep feelings he has for righting society's wrongs, especially with regard to racial discrimination. But his passion and commitment to addressing these issues quickly become clear not only through his conversation and writings, but also through his actions. Former cochair of the New York City Gay and Lesbian Anti-Violence Project, Professor Chang worked hard to combat some of the City's most heinous incidents of brutality and to push for legislative remedies through the passage of anti–hate crimes statutes. He has written extensively on hate crimes legislation and the constitutionality of affirmative action policies. He has also worked with the Los Angeles–based Center for Law in the Public Interest. He is the former chairman of the Board of Directors of Pratt Area Community Council, an organization that serves a wide range of housing-related needs for low- and moderate-income residents of Brooklyn.
|Marissa Ellerin-Bossley
Fellow, Racial Justice Project
|Marissa is currently a second year law student at New York Law School; she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from Syracuse University. Her concern for racial justice springs from her undergraduate studies and her observation of both economic and educational disparities in her hometown. Marissa is most passionate about eliminating such disparities because of the deleterious effect they tend to have on minorities in urban areas and the resulting societal dysfunction they cause. She hopes to focus on these issues while working with the Racial Justice Project.
|Amanda Gayle
Fellow, Racial Justice Project
Member, Justice Action Center
Co-Director, Street Law Project
|Amanda Gayle is a third-year law student at New York Law School with a profound interest in racial and social justice. Growing up, her interest in law derived from her discontent with the New York City Police Department's discriminatory practices and the numerous incidents of police misconduct she witnessed in her hometown of Brooklyn, New York. In direct response to her disapproval of stop and frisk practices, she serves as one of the Directors of the Street Law Project. Street Law, which is affiliated with the Racial Justice Project, educates middle school and high school students about their Fourth Amendment rights to counteract racial profiling in their Bronx neighborhoods. As a 3L, Amanda continues to cultivate her skills and knowledge on racial and social justice issues in Racial Justice Advocacy, a project based learning course which assists clients to overcome obstacles within the criminal justice system. This year, she will also serve as one of the Racial Justice Project's fellows, where she will conduct research on issues of racial discrimination. Upon the completion of her studies, Amanda would like to continue to advocate for minority rights through direct services in civil or criminal practice. Thereafter, Amanda wishes to pursue impact litigation as a civil rights attorney.
|Mercer Givhan
Associate Professor of Law
Faculty Advisor, Street Law Project
|Mercer Givhan, or "Monte" as he is commonly known, is an associate professor with the Legal Practice Program. Professor Givhan has spent virtually his entire adult life working with and on behalf of low income communities of color and has extensive experience in the fields of indigent defense, criminal justice, and community development. After graduating from Yale Law School in 1994, Professor Givhan clerked for the Honorable Nathaniel R. Jones on the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, then joined the staff of the Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia where he worked for nearly five years in the trial division. Professor Givhan has also served as a program officer with the Soros Foundation/Open Society Institute's Criminal Justice Initiative, managing a grant-making portfolio that included supporting efforts to abolish the death penalty, hold prosecutors accountable for misconduct, combat racial profiling by law enforcement, and raise the quality of legal services available to indigent criminal defendants nationwide.Currently, he is a member of the faculty of the Southern Public Defender Training Center. In addition to his work in the arena of criminal justice, Professor Givhan spent several years working in various capacities with Groundwork, Inc., a Brooklyn-based nonprofit organization that partners with community members to improve outcomes for children and families living in or near to public housing in East New York and Bedford Stuyvesant. Prior to joining the faculty at New York Law School, Professor Givhan spent two years as a clinical teaching fellow with Fordham Law School's Community Economic Development (CED) clinic and one year as a clinical instructor with the CED clinic at CUNY Law School. He is a native of Philadelphia, PA, a graduate of Morehouse College, and the father of a teenage son.
|Chaumtoli Huq
Associate Professor of Law
|Chaumtoli Huq joined New York Law School in the Fall of 2011 to teach Legal Practice. She recently served as the Director of Litigation at Manhattan Legal Services, an affiliate of Legal Services NYC, and through its offices in Harlem and Lower Manhattan provided free legal services to low-income New Yorkers on a wide range of legal issues, including housing, consumer rights, and employment.For more than 10 years Professor Huq has devoted her career to the public interest, serving in positions such as the director of the first South Asian Workers Rights Project (SAWRP) in the country at the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF), and as the first Staff Attorney to the New York Taxi Workers Alliance (NYTWA), a multi-ethnic immigrant worker–led labor organization of taxi-drivers. Professor Huq serves on the Council of Advisors for South Asian Americans Leading Together (SAALT), a national non-profit organization that elevates the perspectives on South Asian individuals and community based organizations through public policy analysis and advocacy.
|Jesse L. Kearney, Jr.
Fellow, Racial Justice Project
|Jesse L. Kearney, Jr. serves as the President of New York Law School's Student Bar Association and as the American Bar Association's Law Student Division Executive Lieutenant Governor for the Second Circuit. He is a third year law student and an associate with both the Center for Business and Financial Law and the Institute for Information Law and Policy. Mr. Kearney interned this summer with Louis Vuitton North America, Inc. and with Judge Marc J. Whiten. He also has interned with New York City Council Member Margaret Chin and with the International Advertising Association. At school, he is a member of the Black Law Student Association, Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity, and the Media, Entertainment and Fashion Law Association. Professionally, he is a member of the American Bar Association, the Dramatist Guild of America and the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers. His awards and fellowships include the Dartmouth College Senior Fellowship, ASCAP Musical Theater Workshop and the Jonathan Larson Musical Theater Fellowship awarded by the Dramatist Guild. Mr. Kearney received his AB from Dartmouth College and his MFA from New York University's Musical Theater Writing Program.
|Erika L. Wood
Associate Professor of Law
|Erika L. Wood teaches Legal Practice at New York Law School. Prior to joining the faculty, Professor Wood was the Deputy Director of the Democracy Program at the Brennan Center for Justice, taught the Public Policy Advocacy Clinic at New York University School of Law, and was an attorney with the Legal Action Center. She has designed and launched major reform campaigns around the country, litigated complex civil rights cases, and authored several groundbreaking reports and numerous articles. Professor Wood provides legal counsel and strategic guidance to advocates, legislators and policymakers nationwide, and is a frequent speaker and commentator on voting rights, criminal justice reform, and racial justice issues. In 2009, Rutgers School of Law awarded her the Eric. R. Neisser Public Interest Award in recognition of her efforts to carry forward the Law School's mission of providing liberty and justice for all. Professor Wood earned her BA cum laude from New York University, and graduated with honors from Rutgers School of Law where she earned the Kinoy-Stavis Fellowship and the Myron Harkavey prize.