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Governor Hickenlooper Appoints Judges to Second and Fifth Judicial District Courts
October 30, 2018 By Susan Hoyt Leave a Comment
On Tuesday, October 30, 2018, the governor's office announced Governor Hickenlooper's appointment of judges to the district courts in the Second and Fifth Judicial Districts.
Darryl Fitzgerald Shockley was appointed to the Second Judicial District Court. He will fill a vacancy occasioned by the retirement of Hon. William Robbins, effective December 31, 2018. Shockley is currently a Chief Deputy District Attorney in the Denver DA's Office, where he serves in the Economic Crimes, Family Violence, and Gang Units. He has been a prosecutor for 14 years and spent many years focusing on white collar crimes, including computer crimes, embezzlement, identity theft, securities fraud, and organized crime. Before becoming a DA, Shockley was a civil defense litigator with White and Steele, where his practice included construction defect litigation and medical malpractice. He received his undergraduate degrees from the University of Missouri and his law degree from the University of Missouri School of Law.
Catherine Jane Cheroutes was appointed to the Fifth Judicial District Court. She will fill a vacancy created by the retirement of Hon. Wayne Patton, effective February 1, 2019. Cheroutes is currently the managing partner of Cheroutes Zweig PC, where she primarily practices domestic relations law. She also represents clients in criminal defense, and accepts court appointments in dependency and neglect, juvenile delinquency, and divorce cases. She received her undergraduate degree from Franklin & Marshall College and her law degree from the University of Colorado School of Law.
Reed Wilson Owens was also appointed to the Fifth Judicial District Court. He will fill a vacancy created by the retirement of Hon. Frederick Gannett, effective January 1, 2019. Owens is currently the Lead Deputy Public Defender in the Dillon Office of the Colorado State Public Defender. His practice consists of criminal defense, including juvenile delinquency, misdemeanor, and felony matters. He received his undergraduate degree from Colorado College and his law degree from the University of Denver Sturm College of Law.
For more information about the appointments, click here.
Filed Under: Updates Tagged With: 2nd Judicial District, 5th Judicial District, Clear Creek County, court appointments, Denver County, Eagle County, judge appointments, Lake County, Summit County
Tenth Circuit: Unpublished Opinions, 10/30/2018
On Tuesday, October 30, 2018, the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals issued one published opinion and five unpublished opinions.
Kucera v. Central Intelligence Agency
Nosewicz v. Janosko
Bruce v. Pacific Specialty Insurance Co.
Blair v. Raemisch
Sweeney v. Allred
Case summaries are not provided for unpublished opinions. However, some published opinions are summarized and provided by Legal Connection.
Filed Under: Case Law Tagged With: 10th Circuit
Colorado Supreme Court: Balancing Test Appropriate when Deciding Competing Interests of Potential Parents in IVF Divorce Case
October 30, 2018 By CBA-CLE Staff Leave a Comment
The Colorado Supreme Court issued its opinion in In re Marriage of Rooks on Monday, October 29, 2018.
Divorce—Assisted Reproduction—Embryos.
In this dissolution of marriage proceeding, the supreme court reviewed how courts should resolve disagreements over the disposition of a couple's cryogenically preserved pre-embryos when that couple divorces. The court held that because the underlying interests at stake are the equivalently important, yet competing, right to procreate and right to avoid procreation, courts should strive, where possible, to honor both parties' interests in procreational autonomy. Thus, courts should look first to any existing agreement expressing the spouses' intent regarding disposition of the couple's remaining pre-embryos in the event of divorce. In the absence of such an agreement, courts should seek to balance the parties' respective interests in receipt of the pre-embryos. In balancing those interests, courts should consider the intended use of the party seeking to preserve the pre-embryos; a party's demonstrated ability, or inability, to become a genetic parent through means other than use of the disputed pre-embryos; the parties' reasons for undertaking in vitro fertilization in the first place; the emotional, financial, or logistical hardship for the person seeking to avoid becoming a genetic parent; any demonstrated bad faith or attempt to use the pre-embryos as unfair leverage in the divorce process; and other considerations relevant to the parties' specific situation. However, courts should not consider whether the party seeking to become a genetic parent using the pre-embryos can afford a child. Nor shall the sheer number of a party's existing children, standing alone, be a reason to preclude preservation or use of the pre-embryos. Finally, courts should not consider whether the party seeking to become a genetic parent using the pre-embryos could instead adopt a child or otherwise parent non-biological children. The court reversed the judgment of the court of appeals and remanded the case with directions to return the matter to the trial court to apply the announced balancing framework.
Summary provided courtesy of Colorado Lawyer.
Filed Under: Case Law Tagged With: assisted reproductive technology, Colorado Supreme Court, dissolution of marriage, domestic relations law, family law, health law
Colorado Supreme Court: Failure to Give Jury Instruction on "Penetration" Not Plain Error where Fact Not At Issue
The Colorado Supreme Court issued its opinion in People v. Lozano-Ruiz on Monday, October 29, 2018.
Plain Error—Criminal Jury Instructions.
In this case, the supreme court reviewed the trial court's reversal of a sexual assault conviction for failure to provide a jury instruction containing the statutory definition of "sexual penetration." The court concluded that because the question of whether sexual penetration had occurred was not a contested issue at trial, the county court did not plainly err by failing to give a corresponding instruction to the jury. Accordingly, the court reversed the trial court's order and affirmed Lozano-Ruiz's conviction.
Filed Under: Case Law Tagged With: Colorado Supreme Court, criminal law, jury instruction, plain error, sexual assault
On Monday, October 29, 2018, the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals issued two published opinions and four unpublished opinions.
Johnson v. City of Roswell
Elder v. Farris
United States v. Elliott
United States v. Underwood
Colorado Supreme Court: Announcement Sheet, 10/29/2018
On Monday, October 29, 2018, the Colorado Supreme Court issued two published opinions.
In re Marriage of Rooks
People v. Lozano-Ruiz
Summaries of these cases are forthcoming.
Neither State Judicial nor the Colorado Bar Association provides case summaries for unpublished appellate opinions. The case announcement sheet is available here.
Filed Under: Case Law Tagged With: Colorado Supreme Court
On Friday, October 26, 2018, the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals issued no published opinion and five unpublished opinions.
Collins v. Diversified Consultants, Inc.
Martin v. Greisman
Reid v. United States
Martinez v. Trani
Corley v. Commissioner, SSA
Poverty Gets Personal
October 25, 2018 By Kevin Rhodes Leave a Comment
"In the sixties we waged a war on poverty and poverty won." – Ronald Reagan
"Poverty is a 'personality defect.'" – Margaret Thatcher
The Gipper was referring to LBJ and his Great Society, but he got it wrong: the Great Society failed to eliminate poverty because it never got all the way to dealing with it. Instead it took a more politically acceptable path focused on education and community involvement — not bad things, but there's a difference. As for the Iron Lady, there's actually some truth in what she said (we'll look at that in a moment), but I suspect not in the way she probably meant it. She was more likely voicing the common attitude that the poor are intellectually impaired, morally flawed, prone to bad lifestyle choices, and criminally inclined, and therefore worthy of only the most grudging kind of help. That attitude and the Great Society's reputed loss[1] in its War on Poverty explain a lot about today's prevailing approach to poverty relief.
Rutger Bregman tackles this tough subject in his book Utopia for Realists: And How We Can Get There (2017):
A world without poverty— it might be the oldest utopia around. But anybody who takes this dream seriously must inevitably face a few tough questions. Why are the poor more likely to commit crimes? Why are they more prone to obesity? Why do they use more alcohol and drugs? In short, why do the poor make so many dumb decisions?
He continues with more tough questions:
What if the poor aren't actually able to help themselves? What if all the incentives, all the information and education are like water off a duck's back? And what if all those well-meant nudges [toward self-help and away from government assistance] only make the situation worse?
He then profiles the work of Eldar Shafir, a psychologist at Princeton, and Sendhill Mullainathan, an economist at Harvard, who formulated a theory of poverty based on the concept of "scarcity mentality." Their research shows that the chronic poor are really good at scrambling after short term solutions, but tend to be inept at sustainable long-term thinking. It's a matter of mental bandwidth: today's urgency gets all the attention, leaving other matters to go begging (sometimes literally). In fact, their research estimates that poverty costs a person about 13-14 IQ points. In other words, living in a chronic state of being poor can eventually rewire the human brain to the point where clear thinking and prudent behavior are challenged.
Hence the grain of truth in Margaret Thatcher's comment.
One problem with that attitude, though, is that it uses the terms "poor" and "poverty" interchangeably. But not everyone who's poor is also impoverished. At the simplest level, the poor are poor because they lack money. But poverty goes further: it's a chronic condition that generates a specific outlook and way of approaching life. When that condition is shared, it becomes a culture. You know it when you're around poverty; you might not know it when you're around poor.
Government assistance programs don't make that distinction. As a result, as Bregman states, social welfare has "devolved into a behemoth of control and humiliation."
An army of social services workers is needed to guide people through the jungle of eligibility, application, approval, and recapture procedures. . . . The welfare state, which should foster people's sense of security and pride, has degenerated into a system of suspicion and shame.
Is it really that bad? Try applying for food stamps sometime.
Our bank account was thin after a business failure and some health issues. Following the advice of family, my wife applied for food stamps. Her experience was everything Bregman describes. Case in point: after two mandatory daylong job search classes (how to write a resume, set up a LinkedIn page, use the internet to check out online job postings…), she had to prove her willingness to work by reporting for 8 hours per week of wall-washing duty at a church community center. She washed the same walls every week — the same walls that other people were also washing every week — the cleanest walls in Denver. Washing walls — pointlessly, needlessly, endlessly — to prove you're not a slacker.
Help with the grocery bill was bittersweet for a couple months, then we opted out. It's easy to intellectualize and debate about "all the information and education" and "the jungle of eligibility, application, approval, and recapture procedures." It's not so easy when they get personal. We were poor but not impoverished, and the system was just too demoralizing to continue. Maybe that was the point.
Plus, earning money reduces or eliminates benefits — a result which economist Guy Standing calculates is equivalent to the imposition of an 80% tax. The quandary is obvious: earn money or opt out of the system— either way, you pay the tax. Most people — even the cognitively-impaired — wouldn't agree to a deal like that.
How did "Brother, can you spare a dime?" turn into this? Curiously, the current welfare system derived from the same post-WWII economic surge that rewarded working people. We'll look at how that happened next week. In the meantime, have a listen:
This week's post uses portions of a LinkedIn Pulse article I wrote last year about poverty, crime, and homelessness. Next week's post will also tap that source. You might like to jump ahead and read the article: Why Don't We Just solve Some Problems For a Change?
[1] Not everyone agrees that we lost the War on Poverty. See this article that considers both sides.
Kevin Rhodes studies and writes about economics in an effort to understand the world his kids are growing up in, which is also the world he's growing old in. You might enjoy his latest LinkedIn Pulse article "The Fame Monster: Rockstars And Rockstar Entrepreneurs."
Filed Under: Job Satisfaction Tagged With: career satisfaction, economics, happiness, inspiration, job search, mental health
Colorado Court of Appeals: Announcement Sheet, 10/25/2018
On Thursday, October 25, 2018, the Colorado Court of Appeals issued no published opinion and 32 unpublished opinions.
Filed Under: Case Law Tagged With: Colorado Court of Appeals
On Wednesday, October 24, 2018, the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals issued no published opinion and two unpublished opinions.
Dopp v. Martin
United States v. Shaw
Colorado Court of Appeals: Sovereign Immunity Under CGIA Waived for Injuries Suffered During Operation of Jail
The Colorado Court of Appeals issued its opinion in Hernandez v. City & County of Denver on Thursday, October 18, 2018.
Negligence—Willful and Wanton Conduct—Colorado Governmental Immunity Act—Public Employee—Waiver of Sovereign Immunity—Jail Operation.
Hernandez sustained injuries while a pretrial detainee at the Denver Detention Center. She sued six of the jail's employees, including Deputy Sheriff Dodson, alleging, as relevant to this appeal, willful and wanton conduct. Following an evidentiary hearing pursuant to Trinity Broadcasting of Denver, Inc. v. City of Westminster, 848 P.2d 916 (Colo. 1993), and pursuant to C.R.C.P. 12(b)(1), the district court found that Dodson and another defendant had not engaged in willful and wanton conduct and therefore enjoyed immunity from suit on those allegations.
On appeal, Hernandez alleged that the district court erred in finding Dodson was entitled to immunity. The Colorado Governmental Immunity Act provides that a public employee may not assert immunity in an action for injuries resulting from the negligent operation of a jail, regardless of whether the employee engaged in willful and wanton conduct. Because the allegations of willful and wanton conduct here do not raise an issue of sovereign immunity, the district court erred in dismissing them before trial via Rule 12(b)(1) and a Trinity hearing.
The order was vacated and the case was remanded for further proceedings.
Filed Under: Case Law Tagged With: Colorado Court of Appeals, Colorado Governmental Immunity Act, litigation, personal injury law, tort law
Colorado Court of Appeals: Collection Agency's Bold and All-Caps Statement Would Be Confusing to Least Sophisticated Consumer
The Colorado Court of Appeals issued its opinion in Garrett v. Credit Bureau of Carbon County on Thursday, October 18, 2018.
Debt Collection—Colorado Fair Debt Collection Practices Act—Least Sophisticated Consumer.
Credit Bureau of Carbon County (Credit Bureau) is an agency that collects or attempts to collect debts owed, due, or asserted to be owed or due to another. It sent Garrett two collection notices demanding payment on a consumer debt. Garrett sued Credit Bureau, asserting that the language of its communications overshadowed and contradicted the statutory requirements of the Colorado Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (the Act). The district court concluded that Credit Bureau's notices had not violated the Act and denied Garrett's motion for judgment on the pleadings, granted Credit Bureau's motion for summary judgment, and dismissed the case.
On appeal, Garrett contended that the district court wrongly concluded that Credit Bureau did not violate the Act because the format and content of Credit Bureau's notices overshadowed or contradicted the statutorily required disclosures. The Act requires debt collectors to provide a debt validation notice describing the debt. It prohibits debt collectors from using false, deceptive, or misleading representations when collecting a debt. Overshadowing occurs when a collection letter contains the requisite validation notice, but that information is obscured or diminished by the letter's presentation or format. Contradiction occurs when language accompanying the validation notice is inconsistent with the substance of the rights and duties that the statute imposes. In Flood v. Mercantile Adjustment Bureau, LLC, 176 P.3d 769 (Colo. 2008), the Supreme Court adopted the "least sophisticated consumer" test to determine whether a collection agency's notice was confusing with respect to the statutorily required disclosures. Here, Credit Bureau's use of the bold and capitalized phrase "WE CANNOT HELP YOU UNLESS YOU CALL" in the second notice would confuse the least sophisticated consumer because it was capable of being reasonably interpreted as changing the manner in which the consumer was required by law to dispute the debt or its amount. As a matter of law, the notice was deceptive or misleading in violation of the Act.
The judgment was reversed and the case was remanded for the district court to enter judgment for Garrett and award her statutory damages, costs, and a reasonable amount of attorney fees incurred on appeal.
Filed Under: Case Law Tagged With: business law, collections law, Colorado Court of Appeals, Colorado Fair Debt Collections Practices Act, debt collection, Fair Debt Collections Practices Act


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Home » How To Cook Sweet Potatoes – The Three Secret Tricks!
These 3 easy tricks will revolutionize the way you think of sweet potatoes – If you're anything like me, prepare to become completely obsessed.
And if you think there's no way you could love sweet potatoes more than you already do, just wait. It's highly likely you'll suddenly find yourself craving sweet potatoes at every single meal and dreaming about them between meals as well. If you think I'm exaggerating… this is something you just have to try in order to believe the shocking difference in results.
Instead of only slightly sweet or unevenly cooked sweet potatoes, these three small changes in how to cook sweet potatoes will yield sweet, sticky, wonderfully caramelized sweet potatoes that taste almost like candy.
Okay, so if I've caught your attention, here are the 3 tricks!
While baking, the heat will evenly cook even the very center of the thinner potatoes, getting them all hot and caramelized; whereas with the fat potatoes, the outsides will be done well before the centers have a chance to cook through.
Don't just poke a few holes with a fork; use a large knife to slash about a third of the way into the potato 8-10 times on both sides.
Why this works: It helps the heat get all the way into the centers of the potatoes, once again ensuring they will cook evenly. It also allows moisture to escape so you don't end up steaming the potato and getting stuck with a watered-down result.
Just like with my tutorial on How To Cook Spaghetti Squash, you want to forget the tutorials that tell you to bake at 350. Go big or go home.
I'm talking 450 F – a full hundred degrees more. And start the potatoes in a non-preheated oven, which will cook them more evenly while also saving energy. Baking at a higher temperature will really caramelize the natural sugars in the sweet potatoes.
My all-time favorite way to enjoy the baked, caramelized sweet potatoes is slathered in tahini.
Please please please try it this way, at least once in your lifetime!
Seriously, you will not regret it!!!
One of the best things about sweet potatoes is that they can be frozen and then thawed quickly any time you haven't made a meal and come home hungry.
I'm pretty sure there are at least seven pyrex containers of roasted sweet potatoes in my freezer right now, and I don't expect the containers to be there for long!
Be sure to use parchment paper to line the pan. As they caramelize, the sweet potatoes release their natural sugars, which can be a pain to clean if you don't line the pan. With parchment, you can just throw the paper away, making cleanup super easy.
Line a baking pan with parchment paper, and set aside. Start with thin, evenly shaped sweet potatoes. Slice the knife into each sweet potato 8-10 times per potato, going about a third of the way down with each cut. Place potatoes in the pan, then place the pan on the oven center rack. Now turn the oven on to 450 F. Bake 30 minutes, then turn (unless they are very small, they're probably not done yet) and continue to bake until sweet potatoes are soft and you can see that some of the natural sugars have spread onto the parchment paper (see photo). This means the potatoes are starting to caramelize. Sweet potatoes can be served immediately, or you can refrigerate or even freeze for a later date. Serving suggestions are listed in the post – my favorite way to eat roasted sweet potatoes is covered with tahini.
*Instant Pot Version: Place the steamer rack in the instant pot and add 1 cup of water. Place 3 medium sweet potatoes onto the rack, and cook on high manual for 20 minutes. Finally, do a natural pressure release. Thanks to reader Jamie for creating this version and letting us know how to cook sweet potatoes in an instant pot!
Ah, perfect! Today I was going to bake a 10-lb bag's worth that I got at Costco (so much for selecting skinny ones), so perfect timing. I usually bake them at 400, so I guess I'll ramp up the temp this time. Cutting into them sounds like a perfect plan. When done like this, do they not bubble out all of the sweet juices that puddle under them and turn to rock afterwards? I really bake them a long time until the centers are soft, so they make a mess on my foil-covered pans.
Did you start at 450 or preheat it? It should not be a problem if you start it at 0 and then turn the oven on when the sweet potatoes go in. I've made them this way and have never had an issue, even with tiny potatoes. Even asparagus wouldn't burn that quickly if the oven is not preheated.
Some ovens use both the top element (broiler) and the bottom element while preheating. This may be why your potatoes burned.
Some amps only go to ten but mine goes to 11. 11!!!!
So simple yet fantastic! Upgraded my sweet potatoes!
Your tip about slashing them reminds me of the hasselback sweet potatoes I make! They definitely do get super tender. And 1000 times YES to cooking them at high heat. I ❤ sweet potatoes.
LOVE these tips Katie!! I've been baking them at 350 and wondered why they never turned out rhe way I wanted to. Cannot wait to try baking them again now with these tricks!
…baked sweet potatoes… I need to try this method!
Great guides! Like your thinner sweet potato suggestions, I've begun to buy smaller ones. No need to chop them up, just shove them into the oven and they still cook pretty quickly.
I'm definitely going to try "stabbing" my potatoes more the next time I bake them. 😉 And baking at high temps always makes them so gooey and delicious!
Thanks for posting this! Happy Thanksgiving!
You were not kidding! I made these last night and the sweet potatoes did caramelize so well that they were perfect as is and I did not actually put anything on them. My sweet potatoes were double the size of what you showed above so it took about 1.5 to 2 hrs, I think. The leftovers, I put in the refrigerator and they are going fast. Again, no toppings what so ever and eating them cold. Perfect, healthy dessert for me!
I've heard about quinoa brownies a couple times, do you have a recipe? If so, please share!
Have a great Thanksgiving, I will definitely try this recipe!
Maybe try quinoa flour in one of her recipes like the almond butter brownies?
I'll definitely try them with tahini. My favorite way is with plain yogurt and salt! So good!
I've heard of (and used) most of the tricks, and they work! They only one I haven't tried is not placing them in a preheated oven. Side note, roasted caramelized sweet potatoes (and cauliflower!) are to die for!!
When you say "bake 30 minutes, then turn", what exactly do you mean? Rotate the pan 180 degrees? Turn the potatoes upside down?
Turn the actual sweet potatoes so they cook evenly on both sides.
Hi Katie. this is unrelated to the post but helping you (or anyone else!) can help me out. I want to buy your new cookbook for my mom for Christmas but she's a grain free vegan and i'm not sure how many, if any, of your recipes in that book are grain free. So if you could let me know (ASAP please!) how many recipes that she could even use i'd greatly appreciate it….I don't want to get her a book that she wont be able to use 'cause that would be a terrible waste =( Thanks bunches!
Crock pot! Perfect every time.


The Human Exploration Research Analog at Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas.
The HERA debrief and conference room at Johnson Space Center.
HERA's Mission Control unit and display.
Crew member John Kennard works the controls of the flight simulator he used as part of the first mission of Fourth HERA campaign.
The center elevator and ladder which joins the floors of the HERA.
A glimpse into the HERA's elevator and ladder.
Crew member Mark Settles poses on the lower deck of the HERA after 45 days in simulation.
A metal hangar houses the HERA at Johnson Space Center.
New spacesuits inside Building 9's Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at Johnson Space Center.
A module within the HERA.
Leftover food supplies inside the HERA after the first mission of the Fourth Campaign.
A crew morale message and daily day tally left by HERA's 13th crew.
A replica of the International Space Station inside Building 9's Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at Johnson Space Center.
A Mars simulated rover display at Johnson Space Center.
The George Observatory in Brazos Bend State Park outside of Houston, Texas.
When Timothy Evans, Andrew Mark Settles, James Titus, and John Kennard touched down at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, they looked a little pale. The four men had just spent 45 days voyaging millions of miles through the galaxy to collect soil samples from a near-earth asteroid. Yet, they hadn't been to space. Instead, they'd simulated a fake mission inside the Human Exploration Research Analog, a 636-square-foot metal capsule that helps NASA understand how humans behave when cooped up in a spacecraft for so long.
Space may be infinite, but spaceships are kinda small. No one would blame you for feeling a little irritable after being trapped inside a 300-cubic foot metal capsule for days, though it might be a problem if you start picking fights with the crew, or stop communicating with ground control, or abort the mission completely. To minimize the risks, scientists have been studying the psychological effects of space travel for years, but NASA only began simulations inside the HERA in 2014.
Photographer Cassandra Klos visited the HERA in June, catching the end of the first mission of the program's fourth campaign; her cinematic images let viewers relive the experience. "I want this work to be a portal for the audience—to allow them to step into this fiction, this simulation, this virtual reality," Klos says.
The HERA-nauts set their bills to autopay and shut themselves away inside the stark, 2.5-story cylinder for six weeks. Using simulators and Oculus Rift headsets, they fly the spacecraft, control a robotic arm and perform a space walk on an asteroid. Food is the same freeze-dried, rehydratable stuff astronauts eat on the ISS (think cereal, meatloaf and the occasional crawfish étouffée). But the toughest part might be no internet access. "In today's society, we're a Google away from everything we want to know," says crew member John Kennard. "Our Google was mission control."
NASA tries its best to make it all feel real. At "blast off," speakers beneath the floor cause the entire capsule to vibrate. Computer screens serve as windows, letting the crew see the launch tower go by, then the moon. Then, for days, nothing but a star field—until Geographos, the asteroid they're targeting, appears in the distance. By then, there's a simulated 10-minute communications delay with mission control, but some things still break the illusion, like the daily delivery of The Houston Chronicle, or a thunderstorm, or the ladder running up the middle of the capsule. "One thing we can't do is turn off gravity," Spence says.
HERA isn't Klos' first fake-space rodeo. The self-professed Trekkie first stumbled across the phenomenon in 2015 while reading an article about the volunteers in space suits that spend a year living on a volcano for the HI-SEAS Mars simulation in Hawaii. She photographed it the next year and couldn't get enough, so she joined a similar experiment at the Mars Desert Research Station in Utah. "The simulations themselves represent an alternate universe, where humans are pretending to be engaged in technology we don't yet have," Klos says, "where they're imagining what it's like to be in a place where humans have not traveled."
Finally, the capsule began its "descent" to earth—which maybe looked a little different than a real one would. Friends and family gathered in the hangar for the minute-by-minute countdown as it broke through the earth's atmosphere and landed in the ocean with an epic splash sound effect. Everyone cheered. The crew members emerged from the airlock, in serious need of some sunlight. And no wonder. They had just traveled to an asteroid and back—without ever leaving earth.


It is difficult to "eyeball" the amount of water passing through a pump, biofilter, or waterfall. Because these flow rates are often critical to the well-being of a pond, it becomes necessary to accurately measure these quantities.
By measuring the amount ot time required to fill a five gallon bucket, an accurate flow figure can be established.
The following table shows the correlation betweeen the amount of time required to fill a five gallon bucket and the total Gallons Per Minute (GPM) and Gallons Per Hour (GPH) figures.
Converting from one unit of measure to another within the metric system is much easier than converting within the English system. The table below shows the most common conversion factors.
The ability of water to hold oxygen is a direct function of temperature. Briefly stated, cold water is capable of holding more oxygen than warm water. The table below shows this relationship.
Note: The chart above assumes standard sea level barometric conditions and a water sample containing not more than 0.1% salinity with normal KH/GH/pH values.


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Manufacturing: Backshoring on the rise
Executive summary: American manufactures are considering which manufacturing operations to be returned to the United States, writes William J. Holstein in s+b Exclusive. Higher prices on raw material, wages, transportation costs may move more American companies away from Asia and South America
Edited by Peter Horn
The offshores are going backshore: Recently, the maker of automated teller machines (ATMs) NCR has rejected a strategy of offshore manufactoring to trim factory costs, writes William J. Holstein in s+b Exclusive.
Last year, the company decided to reclaim responsibility for making one of its most sophisticated lines of ATMs from Flextronics in Brazil and instead manufacture the machines in Columbus, Ga., not far from the NCR innovation center, where its new technology is on display. The reason: The company was concerned that outsourcing distanced its designers, engineers, IT experts, and customers from the manufacturing of the equipment, creating a set of silos that potentially hindered the company's ability to turn out new models with new features fast enough to satisfy its client banks.
"You'll see a lot more people returning manufacturing to America," says Peter Dorsman, NCR's senior vice president in charge of global operations, who has been contacted by dozens of U.S. companies studying whether they should make similar moves.
Japan started the trend
NCR's change in direction has raised the possibility that U.S. manufacturers are getting serious about "backshoring" some of the production they shifted overseas in the wholesale offshoring movement that started in earnest in the 1990s. General Electric Company Chief Executive Jeff Immelt recently attracted attention for remarks he gave to a West Point leadership conference calling for U.S. companies to make more products at home. GE announced last the summer that it would build two new plants in the U.S. — a factory to make high-density batteries and a facility to produce hybrid electric water heaters currently made in China.
Dow Chemical Company CEO Andrew Liveris similarly has appealed for a renewed focus on manufacturing in the United States.
Backshoring is primarily an American phenomenon. U.S. manufacturers have been much more aggressive about outsourcing than their Asian or European counterparts. Japanese companies experimented with outsourcing high-end items to factories in Southeast Asia and China. They quickly changed course after growing concerned about the loss of intellectual property and the disrupting link between research and manufacturing. To-day Japanese companies generally farm out only the manufacturing of commodity products.
IBM: 90,000 employees - in India
Many U.S. jobs are still going offshore: The Whirlpool Corporation recently announced the closing of an appliance factory in Evansville, Ind., amid plans to move less-skilled jobs to Mexico. In the financial-services and information technology sectors, there is no letup in sight in the rush toward India: IBM has more than 90,000 employees in its Indian outsourcing operations.
The logic behind backshoring: Higher transportation costs as well as rising wages and raw materials prices in China, inevitable by-products of the huge gains that the developing country's GDP has made despite the global recession, have frightened some U.S. companies away from Asia.
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Step 1 is not the hardest, though it has a reputation for being such.
Step 2 and Step 63 are the most difficult, for very different reasons.
There is no step 72, for superstitious reasons.
There are 59 different steps filled with doubt.
Step 99 will boost confidence, but only if stepped on with both feet.
On step 147 you will realize whether you should be going up or down.
You may stop and rest whenever you need, revisit past steps or never look back.
The steps are what they are, for you to use as you decide.
Holiday greetings from warm climes with cold wine and no turkey! Cornish game hens with lemon and rosemary and white wine and garlic instead. They were an experiment but came out surprisingly well.
This has been a strange year. I think I am ready to wrap myself in the holiday season like a cinnamon-scented blanket and bid 2013 a slow farewell. If today was any indication, I am off to a delicious, cozy start with that.
For now I am going to pour espresso over toasted almond gelato and be filled with the sort of thanks that is difficult to put into words.
Wishing you all warm delicious cozy things.
they fret, concerned that when the time comes, their warnings may not be heeded.
So last night we stopped at FAO Schwarz after dinner and in the Central Park Zoo section there was a plushy fennec fox and we had to take him home. I mean, how could we not?
Also in adventures from last night: I very much enjoyed David Blaine's Real or Magic, I am fond of his style anyway and Ricky Gervais's lovely rambling reaction at the end about real things disguised as illusion reminded me of the circus.
In other news, off to warmer climes for extended holiday season stuff soon, though I can hardly believe it is so late in the year already. This year flew, like a little fast thing with wings. I will likely be even more MIA from the internet than I have been already due to the wonderment that is NaNoWriMo. (Current word count: 38,415.) I will probably Instagram Thanksgiving cooking adventures. Also I have downloaded Welcome to Night Vale to listen to on the road trip because I have heard endlessly good things about it.
There are lots of random things to post about and hopefully I'll find more time to post about them in December, and I'm keeping all my crossables crossed that 2014 ends up being a bit calmer than 2013 on several levels. I hope you are all well & wonderful.
I can feel them sneaking glances at me from across the room but they don't swivel their heads and fix their giant owl eyes on me until I get closer.
"We will share with you the Wisdom of the Ages!" one of them chirps.
"For less than 30 Euros!" the other adds.
"How much less?" I ask, even though I can read their price tag.
"One cent!" they chirp in unison before bursting into hooting laughter.
The shopkeeper thanks me when I buy them and appears to enjoy muffling their exuberant cries about going on "a box-journey" with tissue paper as she packs them up for me.
I put them on the mantelpiece when I get them home. They criticize my taste in furniture and complain that the fireplace makes their feet too warm.
I contemplate returning them and then they start doling out the Wisdom.
They punctuate each mind-expanding revelation with hoots and bad jokes but I'm too busy looking for a pen to care.
I have talked about the magic of Twitter here, but I don't think I've mentioned the time a burlesque dancer I'd never met before asked me to tea.
I am shy. (She ended up having to ask twice if I recall correctly.) But I am slowly teaching myself to be more adventurous and after the initial introvert hesitation I agreed.
That's how I found myself drinking tea in a 1920's train car that I didn't even know was in the middle of midtown Manhattan, having one of the most delightful afternoons I'd had in a very long time.
I am so very glad, because Veronica Varlow is one of the loveliest souls I have ever had the pleasure to meet & I have a feeling she will be my friend for a very long time.
So I'd like to try to send some magic back to her, if I can.
Veronica and her husband Burke (and their chihuahua Niney) are kickstarting the feature film they have been planning and preparing and pouring their dreams into for years, Revolver.
You can go to their kickstarter page to read and see lots more about the film (including their award-winning trailer) and follow their updates to see photos and videos from the road trip that they've been on for the past month while they've been fundraising.
But I want to put this video here, so you can see Veronica talk about why they're doing this herself.
There are only a few days left, they need to reach their goal by or before this Friday November 15th, and they're getting closer and closer, but they're not there yet. The wonderful thing about crowdfunding is that little bits add up, so even a $2 donation can make a difference if enough people pledge.
So, maybe we can spread some magic and make some dreams come true and on top of that, we'll get to have more wonderful art in the world.
Tuck them into coral-adorned recesses and between the curves of seashells.
Damp and salt-kissed and safe.
I probably don't have to tell you all that November is National Novel Writing Month.
But unless you follow me on Twitter you may not know that this year I'm participating again, for the first time since 2009.
I am cheating. Oh wait, no, I am a "NaNo Rebel" which is a nicer word for cheater. One is supposed to start fresh and write a new novel and I'm not doing that. I'm working on not one but two projects, my already started novel-in-progress and a secret new something. My goal is to get 50k of shiny new words written between the two of them before the end of the month.
This is the most I've been writing in bulk in awhile, for a number of reasons, and it's weird to get back into it. I am already failing at one of my old standard NaNo practices of getting a head start. I would always try to bulk up my word count on day one or two so I'd have that extra buffer of comfy words but I've been staying more or less right on pace through this first week, I only managed to pull a teeny bit ahead of daily average today.
And here is where I link to NaNo-related things.
This is the official NaNoWriMo site.
This is my official NaNoWriMo Pep Talk. It includes my best advice and tips and a tangent about a taxidermied marmot.
This is a post I did with other links and informative NaNo-related things last year.
I cannot fathom disparaging anything that encourages storytelling.
Get into the nuances of the issues or problems with it all you want, and I will be first to say don't dare start contacting literary agents on December 1st, but disparaging the entire endeavor makes me growly. Grr.
And this is an Instagram photo of me and NaNoWriMo founder Chris Baty.
flax-golden tales have been pre-written and prescheduled for the month (the one from the first of the month is, of course, for all the NaNo-ers), in-between blog posts will likely be photo heavy or NaNo progress updates.
This is, by the way, the tenth anniversary of my very first NaNoWriMo. I failed that year. Didn't fail the next year. I feel pretty good about this one so far, but it's only the 7th. We shall see.
They string histories and myths and fancies and fables together and hang them in the branches of the story trees.
The garlands of tales catch the light and shimmer in the branches, half-hidden in the leaves.
If you listen closely, you can hear fragments and quotations repeated by the wind.
They add new stories and old stories and retellings often.
Daydreams and nightdreams and wishes and lies.
Fairies rub story-shoulders with murderers and innocents and lawyers.
Happy endings lead to new adventures and lost loves and never-there loves and new loves and back again.
There are always more stories to add.
But the branches are strong.
There is room for them all.


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The tenth in a series of reports on Miles's live gigs from 1981-1991 that I attended or have seen on video.
This gig was broadcast in full on German radio and portions of it also appeared on television. This was an interesting period in Miles's musical development. By 1985, Miles was arguably at his peak in terms of health, technique and energy. By now, it was not unknown for Miles to play two concerts in one day, totalling more than five hours performance. But after this year, Miles's energy levels seem to slowly ebb away and in the following years, he made fewer performances and often played much less during the concert. It was also interesting because Miles had left Columbia Records during the summer and signed with Warner Bros. It was during this period that Miles was looking for material for his first Warner Bros album and this is reflected in the concert repertoire.
Miles also had his biggest band of the final decade, a nonet that included two keyboardists and two percussionists. Miles's band comprised of himself on trumpet and keyboards, guitarist Mike Stern, an original band member, who had left in June 1983 and returned in the summer of 1985; saxophonist Bob Berg; keyboardists Robert Irving III and Adam Holman (who had joined the band in October); bassist Angus Thomas, percussionists Steve Thornton and Marilyn Mazur and drummer Vince Wilburn Jr. Thomas and Mazur had joined the band in August 1985, with Thomas replacing Darryl Jones, who had left to join Sting's new band. There was a strong connection between the two bassists, as both hailed from Chicago, both were life-long friends, and in fact, Thomas had taught Jones how to play the bass. Mazur was the only woman member of a Miles Davis band. She had met Miles in January 1985 during the recording of the album Aura, and Miles asked her to join the band in the summer.
The Philharmonie Hall is vast and Miles and his band played with an audience that sat both in front and behind the stage. The band really gelled together and Angus Thomas describes it as the "baddest motherfucking jam band on the planet." There was certainly an energy and an intensity to the playing that kept you on the edge of your seat, even when the band was playing a ballad. There are many concert highlights. Miles's playing on the Chaka Khan ballad "Stronger Than Before," is simply moving. On "Pacific Express," Miles leaves the stage to flirt with a woman in the audience and at the end of the tune, Irving plays a short piano reprise. "Something On Your Mind" features a blistering guitar solo from Stern, but the most energetic tune is "Hopscotch," which includes a powerful Steve Thornton solo (his conga drums are brought to the front of the stage). He's joined by Mazur, who plays an African talking drum while dancing wildly. Then, Thomas steps to the front of the stage to take a solo, before throwing himself at Miles's feet. The next tune "Rubberband" had only been recorded a month earlier and was planned as the title track for Miles's new album (the Rubberband album would be shelved). An upbeat number, "Rubberband "sees Miles playing lots of discordant notes on the keyboard, much to the amusement of Stern, who grins wildly at him. The encore, Mr Mister's "Broken Wings" was not televised, which is a shame, because the band play an excellent cover version, starting with a catchy bass riff played by Thomas, which has the audience clapping away, before Miles joins in to play some strong trumpet. And then it was over. The nonet continued until the end of the year, until Thomas left, to be replaced by another Chicagoan bassist, Felton Crew. Stern would stay with the band until March 1986. The nonet also marked a time when Miles's band were playing much looser, because after Miles recorded the Tutu album in early 1986, the arrangement started to get more organized. This band is often overlooked when people talk about Miles's 1980s performances, but it deserves much greater recognition. Let's hope one day, that the Berlin concert is officially released.


Growing up in rural Alabama, Martina Edwards says helping your neighbor was a part of the community culture. Passionate about economic growth and empowerment for under-represented population, today she is dedicated to helping families and individuals reach financial peace and security. Martina, who is vice president of corporate partnerships at Points of Light, is a volunteer financial coach, inspiring, equipping and mobilizing others to live their best lives, free of monetary worry and debt.
Understanding basic money management skills is important for every individual, yet so many households struggle with budgeting, debt and investing in their future. Martina has become a source of hope for individuals and families who are trying to meet their financial goals. Through extraordinary volunteer work with her church, the local United Way and Junior Achievement of Georgia, Martina is relentless in investing in others with her time and skills, helping to address income inequality in the Atlanta community.
We spoke to Martina about her dedication to financial literacy, and her commitment to guiding people towards stability and brighter futures.
That's difficult to pinpoint. I grew up in a rural community, so I feel like giving back was embedded into the ethos of my family and helping your neighbor, in a multitude of ways, was a part of our community culture. More formal giving came when my family moved to the big city of Montgomery, Alabama, and I got involved in clubs such as Junior Civitan through school. I also participated in several Habitat for Humanity projects.
How did you become passionate about financial literacy and education?
There are a host of pivotal moments that I can point to, but a few are profound. Personally, my passion for organizations focused on economic growth and empowerment for under-represented populations, coupled with a keen awareness for community needs, comes from growing up in rural Alabama. There, I watched my mother undergo bankruptcy after a divorce, and eventually started my career as the only African-American female broker on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange in 2001. In many cases, I've been inspired to leverage my background and knowledge to create more access for minority women and business enterprises, as I am a walking example of how exposure and a roadmap can dramatically shift the trajectory of a career.
What organizations have helped you be involved with sharing financial education and money management skills with your community? What do you do within each organization as a volunteer?
One rewarding commitment I made in 2018 was completing, then facilitating a nine-week Financial Peace University class for my church on money management and debt elimination, which supported nearly 20 families on their financial peace journey. Through this process, 26 credit cards were closed and nearly $20,000 in debt was paid off. More importantly, attendees developed a support system and budgeting skills, which will pay dividends for years to come as they change the course of their financial path and begin to leave a legacy for their family. My reward is seeing the shift in their demeanor, confidence and overall resilience; seeing their renewed hope and faith. Studies show that financial coaching, financial education and access to low cost financial products has the potential to achieve changes in financial behavior and overall economic security. As a financial coach, I believe that my role is to inspire, equip and mobilize individuals to be their best selves by providing them with the resources that they need to create plans and take actionable steps toward their goals.
I committed to continue this type of work through my involvement with two United Way programs – "Making Wages Work" and an Individual Development Account project designed to help low-income individuals and families through matched savings. Both are six-month financial coaching commitments that provide access to financial education and resources for working families. Each month my coachee and I have done the work to ensure she stays on track, from navigating unexpected household challenges to converting her business goals into actionable goals. I'm proud to share that she is $300 and one month away from achieving her savings goal, which will allow her to receive $4,000 – a 4:1 match – for her nonprofit business!
I also enthusiastically serve as a member of the leadership council for Junior Achievement of Georgia, regularly volunteering for its Discovery Center and engaging in quarterly strategy sessions with leadership on organizational vision and direction to ensure that every year more than 30,000 middle school students will have the opportunity to experience immersive learning through JA BizTown and JA Finance Park. This is near and dear to me because talent is often broadly distributed, but unevenly developed. Junior Achievement of Georgia's mission helps to level the playing field and creates pathways to financial literacy and knowledge of basic life skills for our youth.
What has been the most rewarding part of your volunteer experience?
The ability to invest in others through my time and talent, as well as meeting diverse subsets of people whom I may have not encountered were it not for my civic engagement.
Do you have any favorite memories or stories of your service from the organizations or individuals you volunteer with?
Atlanta is ranked No. 1 by the Brookings Institute for income inequality and the gap between the city's rich and poor is growing at an accelerated pace, creating an unfortunate but true "tale of two cities." When I was selected to the board of AB67, Atlanta Beltline, I knew that I wanted to serve on its Empower Committee, which is focused on collaborating with residents. Through our committee, I am proud that we were able to identify a key issue, property tax increases, and ultimately help identify locations, neighborhoods and support the communications efforts for three separate two-and-a-half-hour workshops, in partnership with Legal Aid. These sessions not only helped residents better understand property tax statements, but also the options available if they wished to appeal.
Do volunteers need a financial background to help their community with financial literacy and education programs? If not, how can someone get involved?
The degree of knowledge one needs varies, but traditionally all that's needed is your will and energy. Most of the volunteer work that I am involved in consists of some orientation or volunteer training to ensure individuals are equipped and confident in supporting others.
What have you learned from your experience as a volunteer and leader?
The value of my own agency, empathy and compassion. In many cases the recipients of these acts of kindness have dreams and aspirations, but often just need guidance and direction on their journey to accomplishing them.
For as long as I can remember, I've been asking myself about my purpose. I could never quite pin it, but I've always known that helping others was central to it. I believe wholeheartedly that access to resources, exposure to places and mentorship from others provides a person with a different lens on life. Understanding that those acts of selflessness were done for me throughout my life, I have always sought to pay it forward. In many ways it has led me to my current role at Points of Light and former role at Sponsors for Educational Opportunity.
What advice do you have for others who are looking to turn their passion into action in their communities?
Go for it! Not only do you have the power to make a difference and be a force for good in your community, but you will also gain much more than you could have ever imagined from your acts of service to others!


The latest performers for the 57th Annual GRAMMY Awards telecast have been announced and include GRAMMY winner and current nominee Beck, who will perform a song from his GRAMMY-nominated album alongside Chris Martin, who holds three nominations this year with Coldplay; nine-time GRAMMY winner and nominee Mary J. Blige, set to duet with Sam Smith, one of this year's top nominees; country music singer/songwriter and nominee Brandy Clark performing with two-time GRAMMY winner Dwight Yoakam; GRAMMY winners Herbie Hancock, John Mayer, and Questlove in a special performance with current nominee Ed Sheeran; two-time GRAMMY winner, 20-time Latin GRAMMY winner and current nominee Juanes, who will sing in Spanish — the first Spanish language performance in ten years; internationally acclaimed pianist Lang Lang, who will add his musicality to one of this year's most infectious songs; the recently reunited, legendary Jeff Lynne's ELO, set to perform with Ed Sheeran; and current four-time GRAMMY nominee singer/songwriter Sia.
Entertainment icon and two-time GRAMMY winner LL Cool J returns as host. Taking place at STAPLES Center in Los Angeles, Music's Biggest Night will be broadcast live in high-definition TV and 5.1 surround sound on the CBS Television Network, Sunday, February 8th from 8 – 11:30 p.m. (ET/PT).
Nine-time GRAMMY winner Mary J. Blige is up for Best Dance Recording for "F For You" with Disclosure.
This will be the first performance on the GRAMMY Awards telecast for Brandy Clark, who is up for two awards: Best New Artist and Best Country Album for 12 Stories.
Two-time GRAMMY winner and 20-time Latin GRAMMY winner Juanes is up for Best Latin Pop Album for Loco De Amor (Crazy About Love).
Seven-time GRAMMY winner Chris Martin holds three nominations with Coldplay: Best Pop Duo/Group Performance for "A Sky Full Of Stars," Best Pop Vocal Album for Ghost Stories, and Best Music Film for Ghost Stories.
Previously announced performers include GRAMMY-winning band AC/DC; current nominees and GRAMMY winners Tony Bennett with Lady Gaga; nominee Eric Church; nominees and GRAMMY winners Common with John Legend; nominee Ariana Grande; nominees Hozier with GRAMMY winner Annie Lennox; nominee Jessie J with GRAMMY winner Tom Jones; GRAMMY winner and nominee Miranda Lambert; GRAMMY winners Adam Levine with Gwen Stefani; seven-time GRAMMY winner Madonna; GRAMMY winner Rihanna with GRAMMY winner Paul McCartney and Kanye West; nominee Ed Sheeran, nominee Sam Smith; nominee and eight-time GRAMMY winner Usher, and nominee and seven-time GRAMMY winner Pharrell Williams.


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Ditch the Debit Card, Android Pay Comes to ATMs
Android Pay is coming to ATMs and the London Underground, but even Google admits that cash is still king.
By Tom Brant
Tom Brant
Deputy Managing Editor
I'm the deputy managing editor of the hardware team at PCMag.com. Reading this during the day? Then you've caught me testing gear and editing reviews of laptops, desktop PCs, and tons of other personal tech. (Reading this at night? Then I'm probably dreaming about all those cool products.) I've covered the consumer tech world as an editor, reporter, and analyst since 2015.
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MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.—Cash is still king, Android Pay boss Sridhar Ramaswamy admitted at Google's I/O developer conference here yesterday.
"People are scared to leave cash behind," he said, before turning to an engineer who promptly demoed a handful of new Android Pay features—a sign that Google still hopes its contactless payment tech will knock cash's crown to the ground.
The most intriguing was an integration with London's public transit system, which allows Android Pay users to replace their Oyster Cards(Opens in a new window) with smartphones, tapping in and out of Tube faregates without launching an app. Android Pay will display a map of the journey and even alert you if you forgot to tap out, thus avoiding the penalty maximum fare.
Android Pay only launched in the UK yesterday morning, so it's far behind its rival Apple Pay, which has been in use on London public transit since last year, even offering free rides in partnership with MasterCard. But the seamless tap-in process demonstrated at I/O, complete with an actual Tube faregate (below), is a stark contrast to the less-than-perfect experience of using Apple Pay on the London Underground.
Here in the US, Google beats Apple by introducing the availability of Android Pay-equipped ATMs, something Apple was rumored to be exploring(Opens in a new window) in January. Starting today, Bank of America customers can use their phones to withdraw cash at 650 locations in the San Francisco Bay Area.
A Bank of America rep was on hand with an actual ATM to demo the process, which is nearly identical to tapping the London faregate, though you do still have to type in your PIN. The rep said more than 5,000 ATMs nationwide will be compatible by the end of 2016.
Ramaswamy also announced a few other Android App improvements, which include the ability for all developers to integrate the payment option into their apps and websites, something that was previously limited to hand-picked Google partners.
The ATM and Tube demos are welcome developments for those already using Android Pay, but Ramaswamy was silent on whether or not he thinks they'll help attract new users. And it's hard to ignore the simple fact that neither will actually reduce the dominance of cold, hard cash: Android Pay on the Tube replaces Oyster Cards, not cash, and its presence at ATMs simply makes it easier for people to withdraw those essential greenbacks.
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Innovation, Governance and the Institutional Environment
Edited by Birgitte Andersen, Professor of the Economics and Management of Innovation, School of Business, Economics and Informatics, Birkbeck College, University of London, UK
Publication Date: September 2006 ISBN: 978 1 84542 269 1 Extent: 384 pp
Intellectual Property Rights is cutting edge in addressing current debates affecting businesses, industry sectors and society today, and in focusing not only on the enabling welfare effects of IPR systems, but also on some of the possible adverse effects of IPR systems.
There is a growing need to understand the role of the regulation of intellectual property rights (IPRs), in order not only to achieve economic performance, growth and sustainable development at corporate, sectoral and global levels, but also to provide a higher quality of life for communities worldwide.
Intellectual Property Rights is cutting edge in addressing current debates affecting businesses, industry sectors and society today, and in focusing not only on the enabling welfare effects of IPR systems, but also on some of the possible adverse effects of IPR systems. The main areas covered in the book are:
• the global commons in an era of corporate dominance and privatisation of the public domain, including science, culture, and healthcare under TRIPS
• the rationales for IPRs, and the importance of an appropriate design of an IPR regime in achieving its objectives
• opening the black box of IPR offices and critically reviewing how they affect economic performance in both theory and practice
• coordinating the institutions (state versus sector institutions, knowledge networks, innovation systems) creating and extracting financial and non-financial value from patents and copyrights.
This book challenges the existing mainstream thinking and analytical frameworks dominating the theoretical literature on IPRs within economics, management, politics, law and regulation theory. It is relevant for policymakers, business analysts, industrial and business economists, researchers and students.
'. . . the contributions allow for a multi-sector, international and historically informed appreciation of the shaping of innovation by intellectual capital. This is a welcome addition to a vital but poorly understood area.'
– Mark Winskel, Science and Public Policy
'The book presents an impressive line-up of experts in the increasingly relevant field of law and economics, an area that has particular relevance to the issue of IP rights. The book comes precisely at a time when there is a growing debate about the role of empirical evidence in the field of IP. . . The book editor has done an excellent job producing a quality product. . . this is a highly recommended collection.'
– Andrés Guadamuz, Journal of Intellectual Property Law and Practice
'Intellectual property policy has been framed too commonly in terms of refining and strengthening legal rights. As intellectual property grows in scope and importance, the limitations of this narrow approach have become all too apparent. This important collection puts the policy problems in proper perspective by assembling the work of leading scholars and researchers who examine intellectual property rights in terms of how they actually work in legal, economic, and institutional contexts.'
– Brian Kahin, University of Michigan and formerly White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, US
'For a long time we have thought about IPRs as a policy instrument to avoid a "tragedy of commons". The essays collected by Birgitte Andersen show that in the XXI century economy there is another, and so far underestimated, danger: a sort of "tragedy of markets" where every knowledge or cultural expression becomes privatised. This will generate a greater knowledge and culture divide, with an increased corporate dominance. Those who are afraid of the dangers of exclusion and believe that open access to science, technology and culture will lead us in a more intriguing world will find convincing arguments and explanations in this volume.'
– Daniele Archibugi, Italian National Research Council, Italy
Contributors: B. Andersen, C. Bessy, S. Breschi, E. Brousseau, M. Camara, L. Cassi, J.L. Christensen, B. Coriat, L.N. Davis, S.J.H. Graham, O. Granstrand, F. Macmillan, F. Malerba, R.R. Nelson, F. Orsi
Birgitte Andersen
PART I: INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS AND THE GLOBAL COMMONS
1. The Market Economy and the Scientific Commons
Richard R. Nelson
2. Public Interest and the Public Domain in an Era of Corporate Dominance
Fiona Macmillan
3. AIDS, TRIPS and 'TRIPS Plus'. The Case for Developing and Less Developed Countries
Fabienne Orsi, Mamadou Camara and Benjamin Coriat
PART II: THE RATIONALES FOR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS REVISITED
4. If 'Intellectual Property Rights' is the Answer, What is the Question? Revisiting the Patent Controversies
5. Why do Small High-Tech Firms Take Out Patents, and Why Not?
Lee N. Davis
PART III: THE PERFORMANCE OF THE PATENTING PROCESS
6. Knowledge Spillovers from the Patenting Process
Jesper Lindgaard Christensen
7. The Determinants of Patentees' Use of 'Continuation' Patent Applications in the United States Patent and Trademark Office, 1980–99
Stuart J.H. Graham
PART IV: COORDINATING INSTITUTIONS OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS GOVERNANCE
8. Public and Private Institutions in the Governance of Intellectual Property Rights
Eric Brousseau and Christian Bessy
9. The Exploration of Knowledge Networks through Patent Citations
Stefano Breschi, Lorenzo Cassi and Franco Malerba
10. Intellectual Property Rights for Governance in and of Innovation Systems
Ove Granstrand
Economics of Innovation Intellectual Property
Advanced Introduction to Radical Innovation
Joe Tidd
The Changing Role of Property Law
Ernst Nordtveit
Art Law and the Business of Art
Martin Wilson
Innovations in Transport
Bert van Wee, Jan A. Annema, Jonathan Köhler


great post. I hope people share it.
You're welcome! I know, sometimes people are horrified to hear that funds don't simply go toward supplies… At the same time, it's hard for me to understand their shock because artists are people, too, and people have to live. Also, they're being honest with where the money is going. You've got to admire that.


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However, this isn't one suspect's first run-in with the law.
It's a shocking scene – sky high flames and flashing lights disrupting a peaceful summer night.
Law enforcement says Tuesday night allegedly started with this man – James Joseph Lanpher Jr. The 36-year-old is no stranger to police.
Sheriff deputies describe him as a "known meth user" who carries weapons. Tuesday night, officials followed Lanpher in umarked cars. He was driving a stolen Buick. Sienna Irons, 22, was a passenger in the car.
Officers say they saw a gun in that vehicle.
According to Gearman, Lanpher pulled into a garage. Then, deputies say he rammed their vehicle several times.
Lanpher climbed through a hole in the garage. On the other side, the fugitive task force arrested Lanpher. They also arrested the passenger, Irons, for outstanding warrants.
Gearman also says it was no accident that Lanpher headed to Ruud Lane. There, they arrested Rishaunna Kluever, 34, for harboring a fugitive. She also had outstanding warrants.
"The garage started on fire from the vehicle that was through the back wall," said Sergeant Ryan Qualseth.
Officials safely evacuated everyone in the building.
No one has hurt, but the fire destroyed the cars parked in these garages.
The Minnehaha County Sheriff's office does not have an estimate of the damage at this time. However, they are predicting a "total loss" for this structure.
Lanpher is facing a long list of new charges. They include aggravated assault and possession of stolen property.


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To Not Be Alone and Not Forgotten
My name is Randy Greenwald and I believe this: we read to know we're not alone.
This being the internet, with a little bit of luck that quote will emerge somewhere attributed to me and I'll be thought profoundly wise. But it would be a ruse.
I ran across this idea, that we read to know we're not alone, while at the same time reading Mary Karr's The Art of Memoir and I linked her with the quote. But it is not hers.
Online, it is linked everywhere to C. S. Lewis. That kind of sounds right, but, no. It is only 'his' because Anthony Hopkins speaks that line while playing Lewis in the movie version of the stage play Shadowlands. So in reality the credit belongs to the playwright/screenwriter/novelist William Nicholson, the author of the play.
Whether the quote was original with him, I'll not bother to research further. The idea itself is and has always been true. Those times when I have been most engaged in a story, particularly a memoir, are those times when I realize that the experience of the one about whom I reading resonates with my own. At that point I bond with the author and I realize that I am not alone.
This is the world's greatest birthday cake.
Lauren Winner in Still speaks of her obsessive anxiety and how that plays out in her life. I see myself in that. I am not alone. Thomas Oden details a significant change in his theological thinking in his memoir A Change of Heart. The details differ in important ways, but the wonder of renewed discovery of old truths crossed my own and encouraged me to know that this is a shared experience. I am not alone.
And I believe that Mary Karr did say somewhere that in her own life as a lonely, friendless, young girl that when she immersed herself in her books, she felt less lonely. The characters in her books became, at least for a time, her friends, her companions along the road, those who would hang out with her and share their hearts with her when no one else would.
So, yes. We read to know we are not alone.
Parallel to this it might be said that we write that we, or others, might not be forgotten. There is a wonderful insult placed into the mouth of Paul Bettany's Geoffrey Chaucer in the movie A Knight's Tale. Chaucer's only way to get revenge on those who have taken everything he owns is to write about them.
I will eviscerate you in fiction. Every pimple, every character flaw. I was naked for a day; you will be naked for eternity.
His motive was negative, but the idea in actuality is positive. What is written, we hope, will not be forgotten. All Over but the Shoutin' is the wonderfully engaging memoir of Rick Bragg, a Pulitzer prize winning journalist who, along the way, somehow managed to forget to go to college. In the prologue he shares a story about his interview with a mother in the projects whose young son had been killed by a stray bullet on his way to kindergarten. As he leaves after hearing her story she thanks him.He asks her why she would thank him.
"She answered by pulling out a scrapbook of her baby's death, cut from the local newspaper. 'People remembers it,' she said. 'People forgets if it ain't wrote down.'"
There is hope, longing, and wisdom in that.
And maybe, if it is 'wrote down,' another who has suffered such anguish will read it and not feel so all alone.
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Restoring the Lost Love of Reading – Randy Greenwald


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TULSA, Okla. – Oral Roberts Men's Basketball Coach Scott Sutton has announced the addition of Marc Stricker to his staff. Stricker will join ORU from Eastern Illinois, where he has been an assistant coach since 2013.
"I am excited to announce the hiring of Marc Stricker," said Sutton. "I've known Marc a long time since his playing days at UMKC and have followed his career up the coaching ranks. He brings a tremendous amount of knowledge and passion for the game and most importantly he is a great fit for our program and our university. He has strong recruiting ties to the Midwest and understands what type of player and person we need to recruit to continue to compete for championships."
"I've known Coach Sutton for a long time," said Stricker. "I've admired him since my playing days at UMKC. I have tremendous respect for him and how he runs his program and I am excited to be able to work for him."
Familiar with the Summit League, Stricker played basketball at UMKC, earning his bachelor's (2003) and master's (2005) degrees from there.
Stricker brings more than 10 years of coaching experience, having begun his career at his alma mater. He also coached two seasons at Maryville University, helping the Saints to 23 wins and a runner-up finish in the Great Lakes Valley Conference West Division. While on staff, Maryville beat No. 4 Bellarmine for the school's first win over a nationally-ranked opponent.
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Jimilang Tsho (also known as Sand Ox Lake) is a natural lake in Thimphu District of Bhutan.

Geography
This lake is situated at an altitude of 3870 m from sea level.

Etmyology
Jimilang Tsho (Sand Ox Lake) takes its name from a legend about a bull that rose up out of the lake and joined the cows of a family utilizing the territory as a summer grazing ground.

Aquafauna
Jimilang Tsho is additionally known for its giant trouts, which were introduced during the 1970s.

References

Lakes of Bhutan
Thimphu District

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12. University of Michigan Committee on the Flint Proposal Report
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This analysis suggests that the principal advantages of the proposal
lie with Flint rather than with the University. It may nevertheless be
the responsibility of the University, consistent with the principles
outlined above, to assist in finding a way to meet the needs of the
youth of the Flint area.
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Leaders in the Flint community, including members of the Board of
Education, believe that there is a splendid opportunity for the extension
of higher education in Flint. Whether there is such an opportunity depends
upon the present size and growth tendencies in the population to
be served, the present attitude toward higher education in the Flint
area, the facilities for higher education now available in Flint and
nearby cities, and the financial ability and willingness of the citizens
of Flint and the surrounding area to provide facilities for additional
collegiate training.
At the time of the 1950 census, Flint had a population of 163,143;
Genesee County, a population of 270,963. Between 1940 and 1950 the population
of Flint increased 7.7 per cent. Genesee County, in contrast,
increased its population by 18.9 per cent. While this growth was substantial,
it approximated the growth of all urban areas in the United
States, i.e., lS.7 per cent. Within these population data, individuals
in the age bracket from 18 to 21 years, inclusive, those most likely
to be interested in higher education, increased in the 1940-50 decade
from 10,971 to 11,296 in Flint or 3 per cent. In Genesee County the
increase was from 15,760 to 17,623 or 11.8 per cent.
Title 12. University of Michigan Committee on the Flint Proposal Report
Description A University committee responds favorably to the Flint Board of Education request for a college in this report to the President
Creator University of Michigan. President. Committee on the Flint Proposal
Source University of Michigan. Flint College. Dean. Papers, Box
Transcript -18- This analysis suggests that the principal advantages of the proposal lie with Flint rather than with the University. It may nevertheless be the responsibility of the University, consistent with the principles outlined above, to assist in finding a way to meet the needs of the youth of the Flint area. Evidence of the ~ !!! Flj_nt Leaders in the Flint community, including members of the Board of Education, believe that there is a splendid opportunity for the extension of higher education in Flint. Whether there is such an opportunity depends upon the present size and growth tendencies in the population to be served, the present attitude toward higher education in the Flint area, the facilities for higher education now available in Flint and nearby cities, and the financial ability and willingness of the citizens of Flint and the surrounding area to provide facilities for additional collegiate training. At the time of the 1950 census, Flint had a population of 163,143; Genesee County, a population of 270,963. Between 1940 and 1950 the population of Flint increased 7.7 per cent. Genesee County, in contrast, increased its population by 18.9 per cent. While this growth was substantial, it approximated the growth of all urban areas in the United States, i.e., lS.7 per cent. Within these population data, individuals in the age bracket from 18 to 21 years, inclusive, those most likely to be interested in higher education, increased in the 1940-50 decade from 10,971 to 11,296 in Flint or 3 per cent. In Genesee County the increase was from 15,760 to 17,623 or 11.8 per cent.
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John Lardner (Sportswriting. Born, Chicago, IL, May 4, 1912; died, New York, NY, Mar. 24, 1960.) Son of the fabled Ring Lardner, John Abbott Lardner was a general sports columnist, based mainly in New York, for the North American Newspaper Alliance (1933-48) and Newsweek magazine (1939-57).