Rachael Chen '19 builds a case for becoming a lawyer >> Above: Rachael with Mock Trial coach Steven Kennedy '88.
Individual award winners at the 2017 Mock Trial invitational included (from left) Zoe Brammer '21, Marlee Faranetta '21 and Rachael Chen '19.
At the 2016 Mock Trial sub-regional tournament, Clark went up against teams from St. John's College, Swarthmore College, Tufts University and UMass Lowell. McKenna Hunter '17 (above left) won a Best Attorney award, while Ray Carville '17 (right) won a Best Witness award with the only perfect score at the tournament.
In the intercollegiate mock trial competition, students role play lawyers and witnesses and are judged on their persuasiveness and ability to analyze arguments. Clark team members take LAS 038, Trial Advocacy, for credit in the fall semester. Both the fall class and the spring competition are currently taught by a practicing attorney and trial lawyer, Clark alumnus Steven C. Kennedy '88.
Visit our student-run Mock Trial team website.
Clark University students hosted an invitational mock trial tournament on Oct. 21-22, attracting eight college and university teams from as far away as Iowa.
"The Clark students organized the tournament themselves, including inviting the competing schools and advertising the tournament through the American Mock Trial Association," says Mark Miller, professor of political science and director of Clark's Law and Society Program. "The students also worked very hard on preparing for this competition, and we are all very proud of their team and individual accomplishments in the tournament."


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Q: Prove $\lim_{n\rightarrow +\infty }\mu (\left \{ |f|>n \right \})=0$ given: $(X,A,\mu )$ measure space and $\mu (X)<\infty $ and $f:X\rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ measurable function
my work: let $B_{n}=\left \{ |f|>n \right \}=|f|^{-1}(]n,+\infty [)$
then $B_{n}=X-|f|^{-1}(]-\infty ,n])$
as $n\rightarrow \infty $,$B_{n}\rightarrow X-|f|^{-1}(]-\infty ,+\infty [)=X-X=\varnothing $
$\mu (B_{n})\rightarrow \mu (\varnothing )=0$
Is what I did correct ?

A: Setting $A_n=B_{n}-B_{n+1}$ for $n=1,2,\dots$ we find that $$B_k=\bigcup_{n=k}^{\infty}A_n\text{ for every }k$$where the $A_n$ are measurable and disjoint.
Then for every $k$:
$$\sum_{n=1}^{k-1}\mu(A_n)+\mu(B_k)=\mu(B_1)<\infty$$Taking the limit for $k\to\infty$ we find:$$\mu(B_1)+\lim_{k\to\infty}\mu(B_k)=\mu(B_1)$$This assures that: $$\lim_{k\to\infty}\mu(B_k)=0$$

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Mayra Joli Wiki, Biography, Age, Nodding Woman, Family & Facts
Mayra Joli Wiki Facts – Mayra Joli Biography
Mayra Joli Bio
Mayra Joli is the woman who was sat behind Donald Trump during the Miami town hall broadcast and was enthusiastically nodding her head and putting her thumbs up.
She is a native of Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic. Mayra's page says that she now lives in Coral Gables, Florida, five miles west of Miami, where the NBC town hall took place. Mayra is the immigration lawyer and former congressional candidate who was dubbed 'the nodding lady' by viewers of Donald Trump's NBC town hall. They couldn't take their eyes off her as she nodded approvingly to many of Trump's statements.
Get somebody to support you like how this Black woman behind Trump was supporting him during the town hall pic.twitter.com/dliK21wRTX
Mayra Joli Age
She is 55 years old as of 2020
Mayra graduated from regulation college on the Autonomous College of Santo Domingo, in 1989. She now works for a regulation agency and on their official website, it says that she "practices exclusively" in immigration regulation. Joli's specialty is in "detention and removal proceedings."
The profile additionally reveals that Joli is among the most lively immigration legal professionals in South Florida and that she has litigated instances throughout America. Mayra has additionally based The Joli Legislation Agency in 2012.
Earlier Life & Education
She graduated from the law school of Santo Domingo Autonomous University in 1989. she is currently working at a law firm, and on his official website, he says he "applies exclusively" to immigration law. Joli's specialty is "detention and deportation procedures".
The profile also reveals that Joli is one of the most active immigration lawyers in South Florida and has filed lawsuits in the United States. Mayra also founded the Joli Law Firm in 2012.
Joli was inspired to become a lawyer after watching Paul Newman's movie The Verdict. "I'm going to be a lawyer! Yes, it was a movie! I'm a lawyer today, thanks to Paul Newman. "In her 2018 interview, Mayra told Welum.com that the woman she most admires was First Lady Melania Trump. First Lady was" simple, happy, familial, unrepentant, unrepentant, cool and very American. " As per a Voyage Miami feature, Mayra participated in beauty contests and won the Miss Coral Gables pageant in 2015.
Mayra Joli Husband, Children
in 1995 She is married to her husband Steven Before. her husband also works in the Law department and is a professor at the University of Miami Law School, according to his LinkedIn page. The couple has a son together and had a bulldog named Chester.
Mayra Joli Nodding Woman
She was the woman who sat behind Trump and was nodding her head and giving a thumbs up throughout his speech. On her Facebook page, Mayra posted a live video before the start of the town hall and the angle of the video shows her located to the left-hand side behind Trump's seat.
Mayra wore a red face mask during the broadcast and has become a hit on social media earning the nickname "nodding lady". Mayra even has her own Twitter parody account now.
After the town hall broadcast, she shared a video of herself speaking to the president on her Facebook page, "We have your back! You see, you see, you are the best," she's heard saying.
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On the other hand, if you don't need an ECHO, and you are determined to start a new Project FI service, then ignore our previous Moto X + ECHO offer, and instead take advantage of a new limited time promotion at Google's Project FI that gets you the new condition Motorola Moto X4 in the "Android One" version for $250 but that's not all. You also get an $80 Project FI service credit if you make a purchase and activate the phone by March 17 in 2018. The $80 service credit is only good for NEW FI customers.
This is a pretty good deal, since ProjectFI only charges you data "by the pound". So you are essentially getting the phone for $170, assuming you will like the Project-FI service and stay with them long enough for the promotional credits to be applied to your account. Regardless, the Moto X4 is an "all carrier" phone so you can use it with other carriers in the future.
I am currently using Project FI with a Nexus 6 [yes, I am on the cutting edge!] and to setup a second Data-SIM only phone as an actual backup to the line. More on that in future blog-posts.
If you happen to want an unlocked smartphone that will work with all major US carriers, and you also want a second generation Amazon ECHO device, and you are a Prime member, $350 will get you the aforementioned ECHO device along with the new condition Motorola Moto X4 smartphone from Amazon actual. This is an unlocked smartphone with a USA warranty, and it will work all four major US carriers, and also Google's Project-FI, currently the only non-Google phone that is compatible with the service.
This is a limited time offer, but they don't mention when it expires.
PS: speaking of unlocked smartphones, I just posted an unboxing of the Sony Xperia L2, with more posts and review action coming up in the next few days.
If you need a smartphone right now that will work on all four major US carriers, and don't want to wait to see what the Fall of 2017 will bring us, and want to stay under $300, there is a pretty good deal right now on the fifth generation Motorola Moto G Plus, in the more advanced 4GB RAM and 64GB storage option, in the Lunar color scheme, going for $250.
This is factory unlocked, with a USA warranty, and it is sold and shipped by Amazon actual. This is the standard version of the phone, NOT the Prime ad-subsidized model with Lockscreen offers.
So, other things equal, this phone has the best resale value. It is unlocked, a USA model, and works with all four major carriers. Yes, even the CDMA duo of Sprint and Verizon. This is partially thanks to the Snapdragon 625, a chipset that is getting quite a lot of good reviews in bang for the buck phones.
But wait, there's more! The Amazon website may also offer you an option to purchase it with a five installment plan. There is no interest, and no credit check. The Amazon computers predetermine eligibility for these type of offers based on a customer's Amazon account history and status and offer them automatically. They will simply charge your credit cards $50 for five consecutive months.
In addition to the previously mentioned LG Stylo 2 sale, the official Virgin Mobile USA online store also has a sale on the new condition Motorola Moto G (3rd generation) for $50 with free shipping. That's it, you own it!
You don't even have to start service with it, but it will pester you to activate when you reboot it. There are ways to make this less painful [see our post for the LG Stylo 2].
Note also that this is the entry-level of the third-generation Moto G models. Unlike most other smartphones, the entry-level model has half the RAM and half the on-board storage from the more advanced models. So with this one you get 1GB RAM and 8GB on-board storage.
I haven't used this smartphone, but I have the first generation Moto G, and it's holding up rather well considering it was a $20 phone when I bought way back then.
This is a nice deal, especially if you have available Virgin Mobile balance to pay for it, the third generation of the Motorola Moto G is on sale for $85 with free shipping, in new condition, without contract requirements, at Virgin Mobile. Please note however that this is the lower end model with 1GB RAM and 8GB on-board storage, so if you are reading reviews, make sure you pay attention to the distinctions. Motorola makes a 2GB RAM with 16GB on-board storage model, unfortunately that's not available at Virgin Mobile.
Note that these are locked to Virgin Mobile which runs on the Sprint network, so if you are fond of the more open GSM systems, these won't work there. You may or may not be able to run them on other Sprint systems, check the various Android phones to see what else you can do with them. Do not assume they will work anywhere else unless you find out for sure.
But if you don't want to use the cellular part, these definitely make good budget Wifi-only device for lightweight use at the home, eg a remote control of different media and internet of things products.
After the holidays ended, the prices jumped up at Virgin Mobile, but of course in the fast-paced world of smartphones, that wouldn't last long. And indeed, there is a new sale now, headlined by the iPhone 5S (16GB) going for $150, and the 3rd-generation Motorola Moto G for $100. This is the latest model, however, this is the entry-level model with 1GB RAM and 8GB on-board storage. There's also a model with 2GB RAM and 16GB on-board but unfortunately Virgin Mobile does not carry that one.
Also on sale is the Huawei Union for $30, while Windows Phone fans have their Lumia 635 down to $50 (it had gone as low as $40 at some point in the year).
These are no-contract phones, you own them, however, they are locked to the Virgin Mobile network, which is part of the Sprint 4G LTE infrastructure. Check the various phone forums to see which one of these phones can be hacked away to work on other Sprint MVNOs.
If you have the first generation Motorola Moto G smartphone, and love turquoise type of color shells, you are in luck! The official Motorola shell, only in the turquoise shell is now down to $3.19 with a limit of three per customer at Amazon.com, where it averages 3.9 out of 5 based on 400+ customer reviews.
Now the bad news. This is an "Add-In Item", so you must place an order of $25+, otherwise the shopping cart will not let you buy it. This restriction includes Prime members.
One easy way to get to $25+ is to pick up some microSD cards for your other phones/tablets/devices, for example, this 64GB Kingston goes for $19 (and in frustration-free packaging), while this 64GB Silicon Power goes for $20.
NOTE: the first generation Motorola Moto G does NOT take microSD cards. But most households have multiple mobile devices, so chances are you can use microSD cards – that's why I'm mentioning them.
This is a good news / bad news type of a thing. The good news is that the third generation (latest model as of writing time) Motorola Moto G has arrived at Virgin Mobile USA and it is available for purchase for $150.
The seller is offering a 30-day money-back guarantee but obviously no warranty.


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Photo Flash: Bergen County Players to Open MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD in September
by A.A. Cristi Aug. 20, 2018
Bergen County Players (BCP), one of America's longest-running little theater companies, is proud to open its 86th season with the Tony Award-winning musical, The Mystery of Edwin Drood. With Book, Music and Lyrics written by Rupert Holmes, The Mystery of Edwin Drood is based on an unfinished novel by Charles Dickens. Under the direction of Steve Bell, The Mystery of Edwin Droodwill be performed at the Little Firehouse Theatre in Oradell from September 8th through October 6th, 2018. Shows will be on Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm and Sundays at 2pm. Tickets can be purchased online at www.bcplayers.org, by calling 201-261-4200 or by visiting the box office at 298 Kinderkamack Road in Oradell during regular box office hours.
Winner of five Tony Awards in 1986, including Best Musical, Best Book and Best Score, The Mystery of Edwin Drood is a musical comedy about a theatre company attempting to stage a musical comedy of the story Charles Dickens was writing when he died. Because the story was never finished, the mystery of who killed Edwin Drood is left to the audience to solve. Depending on the audience's votes, the last half-hour of the show changes at every performance. There are literally hundreds of possible endings.
Rupert Holmes, a former Bergen County resident and an ardent supporter of the Bergen County Players, is perhaps best known as author-composer of the Tony award-winning Broadway musical The Mystery of Edwin Drood and the Edgar award-winning Broadway comedy-thriller Accomplice. He was the first person in theatrical history to be the sole winner of Tony Awards for Best Book, Best Music and Best Lyrics forDrood, which also won the Tony and Drama Desk Award for Best Broadway Musical. His comedy-drama about the life of comedian George Burns, Say Goodnight, Gracie, earned him a Tony nomination for Best Play. His stage comedy-thrillers Accomplice and Solitary Confinement broke box office records, with both shows enjoying runs on Broadway, while the musical comedy Curtains won Holmes the Drama Desk award for Best Book of a Musical, as well as two further Tony nominations. In a unique collaboration, Holmes wrote the original comedy thriller Thumbs! expressly for BCP, which had its world premiere at the Little Firehouse Theatre in 2001.
A Life Member, Past-President, and Board of Governor, director Steven Bell of Hackensack has been active with the Players for over thirty years. He has directed numerous BCP productions, including The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940, The Drowsy Chaperone, Ruthless! The Musical, Urinetown, Modern Orthodox, Curtains, and The King & I, to name a few. Steven also served as musical director for various shows, including Cabaret, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Aladdin, Man of La Mancha, Beehive, The Music Man, and Company. As a performer, he appeared in such shows as Guys and Dolls, Follies, Anything Goes, City of Angels, Into the Woods and Forum. Steven teaches vocal music atTeaneck High School, and is the Artistic Director of the Teaneck Community Chorus.
The talented cast of The Mystery of Edwin Drood includes Larry Brustofski as The Chairman (of Oakland), Jessica Gundlach as The Stage Manager (of Woodland Park), Eric Schrager as John Jasper (of Paramus), Nancy Feldman as Edwin Drood (of New City, NY), Taylor Rose Rizzotti as Rosa Bud (of West Nyack, NY), Elaine Thoman as Helena Landless (of Ridgewood), Steve Munoz as Neville Landless (of Caldwell), Bryan John Morris as Rev. Crisparkle (of New Milford), Janica Carpenter as Princess Puffer (of Old Tappan), Jim Kelly as Durdles (of Park Ridge), Louie X. Aiello as Cricker, Jr./ Deputy (of Hillsdale), Debbie Zika as Florence Gill (of Hillsdale), Dan Loverro as Horace (of Parsippany), Bill Kaufman as Bazzard (of Paterson). The cast is rounded out with ensemble performances by Ariel Sanchez of Bergenfield, Rafaelle Danta ofNewark, Elisabeth Erdmann of Nutley, Amanda Jean of Teaneck, Alexis O'Neil of Astoria, NY and Joanna Sigurdsson of Bergenfield.
The production team is comprised of Steve Bell (Director), Michele Roth (Producer), David Luke (Producer), Jalm Vanamo (Music Director), Diana Baer (Choreographer), Mark Rinis (Asst. To The Dir.), Kathy Ruland (Stage Manager), Michele Roth (Stage Manager), Staci Block (Improv Coach), Gerard Bourcier (Set Design), Marci Weinstein (Décor), Ron Siclari (Member At Large), Allan Seward (Lighting Designer), Joe Halajian (Sound Designer), Bunny Mateosian (Costumes), Ruth Morley (Costumes), Larry Landsman (Publicity), Jennifer Cottone (Publicity), Peter Simpson (Lighting Operation), John Gregory (Lighting Operation), Terry Noel (Sound Operation), Steven Mintz (Photography), Barbara Mintz (Photography), Joanne Lamneck (Makeup), Iris Weinhouse (Makeup), Christine Francois (Props), Annette Jacobs (Props), Larry Kaiser (Dialogue Coach) and Marci Weinstein (Program Notes).
All performances take place at The Little Firehouse Theatre at 298 Kinderkamack Road in Oradell, home to the Bergen County Players since 1949. Performance times are Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm, and Sundays at 2pm.
Tickets for The Mystery of Edwin Drood are $24 for all performances, and can be purchased online at www.bcplayers.org, by calling 201-261-4200 or by visiting the box office at 298 Kinderkamack Road in Oradell during regular box office hours. Visa, Master Card, and American Express are accepted.
BCP's popular Questions & Artists talkback session will be held following the performance on Friday, September 14, 2018.
BCP offers seating to accommodate patrons who are mobility impaired. These seats can be purchased by calling the box office at 201-261-4200 and will be released for public sale two weeks prior to performance.
Advance discount tickets for students age 25 and under with proper ID are available for $14 by phone or walk-up only, and student rush seats can be purchased for $5 (cash only) starting 30 minutes before curtain at every performance, pending seat availability. There is a limit of one rush ticket per student.
Further information can be found at www.bcplayers.org.
(l-r) Rupert Holmes & Nancy Feldman (Drood) (photos by Barbara & Steve Mintz)
(l-r) Taylor Rose Rizzotti, Rupert Holmes, Nancy Feldman (photos by Barbara & Steve Mintz)
(l-r) Steve Munoz, Rupert Holmes, Elaine Thoman (photos by Barbara & Steve Mintz)
Drood Cast with Rupert Holmes (photos by Barbara & Steve Mintz)
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Let's face it — life can get really crazy sometimes, especially when we're trying to balance work, family, a social life, and whatever other real-world obligations come our way on a daily basis. For that reason it's vital to understand ways to make a better to-do list, in order to keep us organized, understand what things absolutely need to be completed, and to actually be able to finish them in a timely manner.
It seems like an easy enough thing to do, right? Sit down with a pen and a piece of paper and jot down the things we need to get done that day. However, there is really an art to creating the best of the best to-do lists — ones that will truly help us to meet deadlines and ultimately feel less stressed and more accomplished.
I know plenty of people who tell me they never make to-lists because they feel they're a waste of time. These are the same people I encounter in my life who forget to follow up on emails, or send things when they say they will, or even return phone calls or texts. Their head is always in the clouds, so to say. They live in the moment — which is fine for certain types of work and living situations — but definitely is a challenging way of life for those of us with more regimented jobs and family responsibilities. For those who live for structure, I've got you covered in this article. Following some of these tips could be a game-changer for you, as I know they have been for me.
Here are seven ways to make a better to-do list.
I am notorious for making extremely long to-do lists. For one, I love the feeling of being able to cross something off the list, so even the little things bring me joy. Secondly, I have a million balls spinning at once all day so without these lengthy lists sometimes I honestly will forget to drop off clothes at the dry cleaner if I don't write it down.
According to Forbes, a good way to prevent us from bogging down our lists with meaningless items is to remember that by focusing on the big things (quality vs. quantity), we'll be much more effective at our jobs, and in our broader lives as well. Forbes recommended keeping your list as short as possible, and really weighing a task before considering if you need to write it down. I'm not going to recommend you eliminate a task that you might genuinely forget to do. Rather, if you know every morning you start your day by responding to emails, no need to write that at the top of your list for tomorrow. Try your hardest to focus on the bigger things.
It's such a nice feeling waking up and already knowing what you need to accomplish that day, rather than spending the first hour flustered as you respond to emails and scribble a list. To achieve a level of uber-organization, try making your to-do list the night before. This will prevent you from having to waste your energy in the morning figuring out what things need to get done, according to Reader's Digest. Also, making the list the night before can help calm your mind before you sleep so you're not waking up in the middle of the night feeling anxiety over little things you might otherwise forget to do the next day.
Have to talk to your boss today about a failed project? Likely you're completely dreading it, so get it over with at the start of the day. By tackling something difficult first thing you can create a sense of achievement that you'll take with you for the rest of the day, according to foundr. Also, that hard thing will be done. It will feel so nice. It doesn't always have to be uncomfortable conversations to start the day, just try to think of which task is going to be most difficult, and move it to the top of the list.
It's only been in recent years that I've been such a crazy organization freak, but prior to that I used to create to-do lists by writing the day at the top of the page and then jotting down items as they came to my mind, rather than by when they needed to be completed. For a writer, this is a horrible approach because you're constantly working against deadlines. You need a sequence!
Real Simple suggested a sequential approach to list making that organizes tasks by morning, afternoon, and evening. If you want to make it even more granular, the outlet suggested breaking down whether it will be completed at home, work, or wherever else. Keep our first tip in mind her, though, and try to keep your list of items short and sweet.
This tip is a personal recommendation for those like me who despise ending a day without being able to cross every item off their list. I always keep a side list of "Other" items — things that don't necessarily need to be completed that day, but that I don't want to lose sight of completely. If I finish my must-do tasks early on a given day, I'll move to the "Other" section and start ticking those off.
This last one isn't a tip for writing the list, but rather a way to help ensure you can achieve the items on it. Ever have one of those days where you've created an achievable to-do list, as the day goes on you're pulled into meeting after meeting, then by 5:00 have not been able to complete one of your list items? It happens to us all from time to time.
Where possible, try to limit the amount of meetings in your day. TheMuse.com recommended before you schedule a meeting considering whether the issue could be resolved with an email, phone call, or a quick few minute conversation by the water cooler. If you absolutely need the meeting, try to keep it focused on the fewest number of key agenda items as possible, least number of participants, and the shortest amount of time possible, according to the outlet.
By taking the time in advance to make the right kind of to-do list, you can ultimately be much more productive, deadline-oriented, and overall effective in your work and home life. Take note of these tips, get yourself organized, and start getting things accomplished!