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Virtual Coaching to Help Patients Talk to Doctors

Millions of people suffer from chronic ailments like heart disease, high blood pressure or diabetes and need critical information from their healthcare providers to manage those diseases.

Sometimes patients find it uncomfortable asking a doctor of another age, gender or race for information. Virtual coaching under development through a new National Institutes of Health grant to the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing at Case Western Reserve University aims to improve communications.

The nursing school is leading an interdisciplinary research team for the two-year, $1.3 million National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities study: "Electronic Self-Management Resource Training to Reduce Health Disparities" (e-SMART-HD). Read more.

Stephen Post to Share Reasons Why Good Things Happen to Good People on Nov. 13

Stephen Post, author of "Why Good Things Happen to Good People," will share his philosophy about why doing good deeds results in good karma during a talk on campus next week.

"An Evening with Stephen Post" will take place at 6 p.m., Friday, Nov. 13, at Amasa Stone Chapel. Tickets are $20 per person and $5 with a student ID, with proceeds supporting emergency relief programs for global communities in need that are sponsored by International Orthodox Christian Charities (IOCC) and Orthodox Christian Fellowship (OCF). Read more.

Campus News

The Office of Multicultural Affairs (OMA) is accepting donations for its Eighth Annual Turkey Drive. Since its inception, the drive has resulted in more than 1,300 turkeys donated to deserving families and shelters in the Greater Cleveland community. Monetary donations will be accepted until Monday, Nov. 23, in the Office of Multicultural Affairs, Sears 450. The Office of Student Activities and Leadership, New Student and Parent Programs and the Center for Civic Engagement and Learning are collaborating on this project. Call OMA at 368-2904 for information.

Prevention and Recovery Services, a division of University Counseling Services, hosts weekly self-help groups for people in recovery. The groups meet at 5:30 p.m. on Fridays and 8 p.m. on Saturdays. Call 368-5872 for information.

Phi Kappa Tau will host its annual Paul Newman Memorial Phi-K on Saturday, Nov. 7. Proceeds will benefit Hole-in-the-Wall Gang camps, founded by the late Newman. These camps provide a free summer camp experience for children with serious chronic and terminal illnesses. Go online for details.

Time is running out to donate to the Pennies for Peace campaign. It will end during Family Weekend, which takes place November 6-8. One of the Family Weekend community service projects will be rolling the last of the donated coins. Thus far, $5,200 has been collected to donate to Greg Mortenson's Central Asia Institute. Collection jars for donations are at various campus locations.

For Faculty and Staff

CAPS (Case Western Reserve University's Administrative Professional Series) will conduct "CAPS Week" Nov. 9-13. One of the core classes for the Financial Management certificate will be held every day beginning at 1 p.m. Go online for locations, registration and certification requirements.

The university bookstore will host a regalia sale on Monday, Nov. 9. Faculty will receive 10 percent off the purchase price of regalia. Representatives from Oak Hall Cap and Gown will be on hand to take custom measurements. Faculty who can't make it that day are invited to stop by the bookstore anytime during November to take advantage of the savings.

For Students

The Biomedical Sciences Training Program invites juniors and seniors majoring in science to its "Preview Day" on Friday, Nov. 13. Students will learn more about the doctoral programs in biomedical research. The event will feature faculty research talks, a student-led tour of research facilities, and a poster presentation on research opportunities. Lunch will be provided. Contact Debbie Noureddine for more information or to RSVP.

Educational Services for Students (ESS) is conducting a series of workshops to help students enhance their presentation skills. All workshops will be held from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. in Sears 462. Register online to reserve a spot. Contact workshop leaders Rhonda Moore or Van Bray, or call ESS at 368-5230 for information.

Events

The Law-Medicine Center at Case Western Reserve University School of Law will present Ezekiel J. Emanuel, M.D., Ph.D., special advisor for health policy to the director of the Office of Management and Budget, White House Office of Management and Budget. His brother is Rahm Emanuel, White House chief of staff. Ezekiel Emanuel is chairman of the Clinic Center Department of Bioethics, National Institutes of Health. Also an oncologist and author, he will be the featured speaker for the Oliver C. Schroeder Jr. Scholar-in-Residence Lecture entitled "High Touch Medicine: The future of the physician-patient relationship," at 10:30 a.m., Saturday, Nov. 7, in the Moot Courtroom (A59). Read more.

The Mandel Center for Nonprofit Organizations will host a discussion on "Regionalism–What's Next?" from 9 to 10:30 a.m., Tuesday, Nov. 10, Room 115. The presenter is David Abbott, executive director of The George Gund Foundation. The event will be facilitated by John A. Yankey, the Mandel Center's interim executive director. Go online for registration cost and more information.

The campus community is invited to enjoy "Mad Words: the Art of Kyogen," an improv farce in the style of Japanese comedic theater. The event will be performed by The Confused Greenies at the Japan Connection's Fall Anime Marathon on Saturday, Nov. 14. The performance will begin at 7 p.m. in Nord Hall 410, and the entire Marathon will run all afternoon in Nord Hall. All activities are free.

Mather Dance Center's Returning features an eclectic mix of choreography. Students and staff perform choreography by faculty and several guest artists covering a span of 20 years. Returning runs through Nov. 8. Ticket information and times are available online.

The views and opinions of those invited to speak on campus do not necessarily reflect the views of the university administration or any other segment of the university community.

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Lydia Fields, a junior accounting major, is the recipient of a $5,000 scholarship from Deloitte & Touche. Fields, also a Cleveland Scholarship Programs recipient, was chosen from a group of 10 finalists. She has made the Dean's List and is president of the African American Society. Fields is a member of the coordination team with the Saturday Tutoring Program at Church of the Covenant, and has tutored at John Hay High and Mary Bethune Elementary schools.

Four Case Western Reserve fall student-athletes have been named to ESPN: The Magazine's Academic All-District team. The football team had three players named to the District 4 College Division's first team: Ryan Kolesar, Mike Pelyak and Lee Sasala. The volleyball team had one player on the first team, Tricia McCutchan. The announcement was made on the College Sports Information Directors of America Web site. All four are now eligible for Academic All-America honors.

November 6, 2009

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Einstein's Theory of Gravity and the problem of missing mass

Science Magazine, Nov. 5, 2009
Glenn Starkman, director of the Center for Education and Research in Cosmology and Astrophysics, the Institute for the Science of Origins, and a professor in the Department of Physics at Case Western Reserve University, and Pedro G. Ferreira, Department of Astrophysics, University of Oxford, find that a theory based on the idea that changes in gravity at slow acceleration can account for the formation of galaxies without dark matter, requires something like dark matter to work for the formation of galaxy clusters.

Stimulus fuels gold rush for electronic health systems

Huffington Post, Nov. 5, 2009
The government's $45 billion plan to jump-start a national shift to electronic medical records has touched off a gold rush among scores of technology firms–even as many experts question whether the benefits of the products are being oversold. Sharona Hoffman, professor of law and bioethics at Case Western Reserve University, comments.

The science of aging from all angles

Topeka Capital-Journal, Nov. 3, 2009
A study receiving a lot of play on the Internet these days shows photographs of identical twins and how they have aged differently because of different lifestyles. The study was produced by a team led by Bahman Guyuron, a plastic surgeon at Cleveland's Case Western Reserve University.

Review: 'Wind' hits Play House stage with gale force

The News-Herald, Nov. 5, 2009
Inherit the Wind gets high praise, from the lead players and a core of experienced local professionals to talented and disciplined third-year students in the Case Western Reserve University/Cleveland Play House Master of Fine Arts Acting Program.

Abroad in Italy, art students find inspiration

The Lamron, Nov. 5, 2009
Geneseo art students who studied abroad in Italy this past summer celebrated with a showcase of their artwork. The exhibition, entitled "Italy, Italy: Art from the Summer '09 Geneseo Italia Program," features the artwork of Geneseo students. Students that participated in the exhibit had the opportunity take a special online course, Art History 399 "Italian Art and Identity," taught by Geneseo professors Lynette Bosch and Tom MacPherson, and Case Western Reserve University classics professor Charles Burroughs.

Higher Ed News

Bookless libraries?

Inside Higher Ed, Nov. 6, 2009
What started as a debate over whether brick-and-mortar libraries would survive much further into the 21st century turned into an existential discussion on the definition of libraries, as a gathering of technologists here at the 2009 Educause Conference pondered the evolution of one of higher education’s oldest institutions.

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November 06, 2009

Stephen Post to Share Reasons Why Good Things Happen to Good People on Nov. 13

Stephen Post, author of "Why Good Things Happen to Good People," will share his philosophy about why doing good deeds results in good karma during a talk on campus next week.

"An Evening with Stephen Post" will take place at 6 p.m., Friday, Nov. 13, at Amasa Stone Chapel. Tickets are $20 per person and $5 with a student ID, with proceeds supporting emergency relief programs for global communities in need that are sponsored by International Orthodox Christian Charities (IOCC) and Orthodox Christian Fellowship (OCF).

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November 06, 2009

Virtual Coaching to Help Patients Talk to Doctors

New E-SMART-HD Technologies to be Developed

Millions of people suffer from chronic ailments like heart disease, high blood pressure or diabetes, and need critical information from their healthcare providers to manage those diseases.

But, sometimes patients find it uncomfortable asking a doctor of another age, gender or race for information. Hopefully virtual coaching under development through a new National Institutes of Health grant to the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing at Case Western Reserve University will improve communications.

The nursing school is leading an interdisciplinary research team for the two-year, $1.3 million National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities study: "Electronic Self-Management Resource Training to Reduce Health Disparities" (e-SMART-HD).

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November 06, 2009

Gov Docs with International Aspects

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November 06, 2009

Finding the Right Firm… For YOU

For those of you concentrating your search on law firms, you might be finding yourself wondering the best ways to differentiate one firm from another. Perhaps you've looked at each firm's size, practice areas, and rankings and now find yourself with a lengthy list of firms that look all very similar to each other. How do you determine where you should focus your job search efforts?

All law firms, like all law students, have unique personalities and characteristics. It is important to determine the things that are most important to you in your work experience. Then do some research to find which firms best match what’s important to you. Here are some tips to help you get started:

• Talk with your classmates who previously have worked at the firm to get their opinions (check out the Inside Scoop on Blackboard for where your classmates have worked over the summers).

• Find out what you can about the firm's summer opportunities. Do students rotate through different practice groups, or do they assign students to one group for the whole summer? Do students have any input in their assignment?

• Who are the firm's clients? If you were to work there, would you be representing individuals, business entities, or municipalities? Does the firm mostly represent the pharmaceutical industry, banks, or technology firms? You can find this information through the firm's website and by searching for the firm’s name (or a particular attorney in the firm) in the caselaw databases on Lexis and Westlaw.

• Does the firm have a particular niche practice area that appeals to you?

• What opportunities does the firm offer for professional development? For third-year students, what are the firm's expectations for their new associate development?

• What type of work would you be engaged in? How is work distributed and how much responsibility are law clerks and summer associates able to assume? For third-year students, how aggressive must associates be about pursuing their own work?

When you visit the firm, either for networking purposes or for an interview, keep your eyes and ears open. You can gather a lot of information just from sitting in the reception area or while being led around the firm during your interview. What is the "feel" or "vibe" in the office? Are doors opened or closed? Is it silent as a library or is there lively conversation? Do the attorneys and staff seem relaxed and generally content, or is there a feeling of tension in the air? Watch the way people interact with each other. Try to speak with as many attorneys in the firm as possible to help you gain a well-rounded perspective.

These are just a few suggestions to help you find your best fit for law firm employment. You must determine for yourself what is important to you, weighing the plusses and minuses of each firm. Remember that the end goal is to find a place where you will be happy both professionally and personally.

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November 05, 2009

Case Western Reserve University Honors Patricia Kilpatrick with Special Painting

Case Western Reserve University recently honored Patricia Kilpatrick ((FSM'49, GRS'51) with a special painting. The portrait, which will be on display in Adelbert Hall, is in honor of her longstanding and ongoing dedication to the university.

Kilpatrick, who retired in 1992, was the university's first female vice president. Her career spanned three decades, and included time as a faculty member and as the University Marshal. Learn more about the role Kilpatrick has played in the university's history.

During the portrait unveiling ceremony, held during Alumni Weekend 2009, the campus community learned more about why Kilpatrick is such a special member of the university family. Case Western Reserve President Barbara R. Snyder said when she first arrived on campus in 2007, she was told Kilpatrick was someone she just had to meet. "They told me she was a beloved mentor to students, an exceptional administrator, and a person whose name was practically synonymous with what was best about Case Western Reserve.

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November 06, 2009

Ray Comfort's shamelessness

(My latest book God vs. Darwin: The War Between Evolution and Creationism in the Classroom has just been released and is now available through the usual outlets. You can order it from Amazon, Barnes and Noble, the publishers Rowman & Littlefield, and also through your local bookstores. For more on the book, see here.)

You may recall the series of posts where I critiqued Ray Comfort's introduction to his reissue of Charles Darwin's classic work On the Origin of Species (part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5). I said that the first part consisted of a brief biography followed by a timeline of Darwin's life. These sections seemed straightforward and so I did not say anything, apart from making fun of him for using the euphemism "went to meet his Maker" instead of the simpler "died". (The original document disappeared for a while and has reappeared in a slightly revised form. One of the changes is that "went to meet his Maker" has now been replaced by "died". I don't think my comments had anything to do with it.)

It was only the rest of the introduction, dealing with his laughably inane arguments against evolution and his final come-to-Jesus plea that I strongly critiqued. At that time, I thought that Comfort was merely ignorant and stupid, which are no crimes, but I now realize that he is also willfully deceptive and totally shameless. Eugenie Scott, head of the National Center for Science Education, called him out on the fact that his reissue left out four chapters of Darwin's book: chapter 9 where Darwin looks at transitional fossils, chapters 11 and 12 where he examines the powerful arguments from biogeography which he found so persuasive, and chapter 13 where he examines the morphological arguments (i.e., arguments based on the similarities in body structures of organisms). In response, instead of squirming with embarrassment at being caught, Comfort merely says that the second printing would contain the missing chapters, as if this were some minor issue and not a gross attempt at deception.

But the horrors do not end there. It now emerges that the reason his brief biography of Darwin was so inoffensive was that most of the words were not his own. Comfort seems to have cut and pasted large chunks of it from a handout prepared for Darwin Day by biologist Dr. Stan Guffey at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville without any attribution whatsoever. And even the timeline that followed the biography was lifted in its entirety from a press release from Britain's Natural History Museum, with only a footnote as to the source, rather than accompanied by the customary statement or other indication (such as indented text or quotation marks) that it was being used verbatim.

To judge how blatant is Comfort's appropriation of Guffey's work, I reproduce Guffey's text in its entirety below, with the bold portion being exactly the same words that appeared in Comfort's introduction. As for the rest, Comfort has paraphrased Guffey's text. The length of 'Comfort's biography' (I put ironic quotes since he cannot claim credit for it) is almost the same as Guffey's, so you can see how similar the two documents must be. (Comfort spells Guffey's "Downe" as "Down" and I have ignored that difference.)

Charles Robert Darwin was born February 12, 1809 in Shrewsbury, England. His family was of the newly emerged, newly wealthy, provincial professional class. Early in his youth he demonstrated predilections for hunting, natural history, and scientific experimentation. In 1825, after public school education, he enrolled at Edinburgh University. His intention was to follow his father in the practice of medicine, but he soon found such studies rather distasteful.

Two years later Darwin enrolled at Christ's College, Cambridge to study theology—a subject which he didn't enjoy either, with the intention of a career in the Church of England. As at Edinburgh, he often neglected his studies. In spite of this, he managed to pass his examinations in 1831 and left Cambridge.

While pondering his future and whiling away the time hunting and exploring local natural history and geology, he was presented with an opportunity that would change the course of his life. John Henslow, Professor of Botany at Cambridge, had recommended him for a position on a British Navy survey vessel. The HMS Beagle was outfitting to sail on a two year coastal survey expedition to South America, and her captain was anxious to have a naturalist and gentleman companion on board. The voyage ended up lasting [nearly] five years, during which time Darwin was able to explore extensively in South America and numerous islands in the Pacific Ocean, including the Galapagos.

On returning to England in 1836, Darwin set to work examining and disseminating the extensive collection of natural history specimens acquired during the voyage. He quickly established a reputation as an accomplished naturalist on the London scene. In 1839 he married Emma Wedgwood, and saw his journal of the voyage of the Beagle published. In 1842 he and Emma moved to Downe house, Kent where Emma would bear 10 children and she and he would live for the rest of their lives.

Shortly after his return England Darwin had begun the first of his “species transmutation” notebooks. On his great adventure as the Beagle's naturalist Darwin had noted and begun to ponder certain aspects of the morphology and biogeography of the many species of plants and animals that he had observed. In particular, he had begun to explore the possibility, and eventually concluded, that species exhibited varying degrees of similarity because they are to varying degrees related. It appears that by 1838 his concept of descent with modification by the mechanism of natural selection was largely formed. And then he mostly, but not entirely, abandoned the enterprise for the time being.

However, in 1858 Darwin learned that a naturalist working in south Asia, Alfred Russell Wallace, was developing ideas about the evolution of species similar to his own. At the urging of friends he prepared a brief paper which was read before the Royal Society along with the paper Wallace had written. He then published in 1859 On the Origin of Species, which he considered an abstract of a larger future work.

During the remainder of his life Darwin continued his research, publishing three additional books on explicitly evolutionary topics, and other books on topics including climbing plants, insect-orchid mutualisms, and earthworms. The gentle and unassuming Charles Darwin, loving and devoted spouse and parent, dedicated scholar, intellectual giant, died at Downe House on April 19, 1882 with his wife Emma by his side.

In his previous efforts to discuss evolution, Ray Comfort has shown that he is ignorant and stupid and a spreader of misery and fear. In this latest episode, this alleged man of god shows that he is totally shameless. Does he not realize that this kind of behavior discredits the very god that he wants to praise?

In the link to his introduction given above, Comfort also supposedly has the full text of On the Origin of Species. No one should trust Comfort to have reproduced it faithfully. He has shown that he is willing to modify that text to serve his purposes. If anyone is interested in reading Darwin's classic works which are all available freely online, I suggest that you go to a trustworthy source.

POST SCRIPT: The Daily Show on the vacuity of TV punditry

This was broadcast on election night Tuesday before the results were out.

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November 05, 2009

Case Daily

Kozmic Blues: The Life and Music of Janis Joplin to Take Place Nov. 9-14

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum and the Baker-Nord Center for the Humanities at Case Western Reserve University will celebrate Janis Joplin—one of rock and roll's most passionate and influential artists—during the 14th annual American Music Masters¨ series Kozmic Blues: The Life and Music of Janis Joplin November 9-14.

Events will be held at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum in Cleveland, on the campus of Case Western Reserve University and at other venues around the city. The campus events are:

"Rock and Roll Night School: A Spotlight on Janis Joplin," Monday, Nov. 9, 7 p.m., at the Baker-Nord Center for the Humanities, Clark Hall 309. Rock Hall educators Lauren Onkey and Jason Hanley will introduce the life and career of Janis Joplin with a multimedia presentation. This event is free with a reservation. E-mail education@rockhall.org or call (216) 515-8426 to RSVP. Read more...

University Honors Patricia Kilpatrick with Special Painting

Case Western Reserve University recently honored Patricia Kilpatrick (FSM'49, GRS'51) with a special painting. The portrait, which will be on display in Adelbert Hall, is in honor of her longstanding and ongoing dedication to the university.

Kilpatrick, who retired in 1992, was the university's first female vice president. Her career spanned three decades and included time as a faculty member and as the University Marshal. Learn more about the role Kilpatrick has played in the university's history.

During the portrait unveiling ceremony, held during Alumni Weekend 2009, the campus community learned more about why Kilpatrick is such a special member of the university family. Case Western Reserve President Barbara R. Snyder said that when she first arrived on campus in 2007, she was told Kilpatrick was someone she just had to meet. "They told me she was a beloved mentor to students, an exceptional administrator, and a person whose name was practically synonymous with what was best about Case Western Reserve. Read more...

Events

Contemporary French author Léonora Miano will speak at 12:30 p.m., Friday, Nov. 6, in Clark Hall 309. She has published several novels and short story collections and has won several literary awards. Free, open to the public. As part of Kelvin Smith Library's Community Outreach Services, area high school students will meet with Miano at a book discussion and reception. Miano's campus visit is sponsored by the Ethnic Studies and French and Francophone Studies programs.

Students Stories

Study Abroad Photo Contest: Vote for our favorite study abroad photo as part of celebrating International Education Week, an event sponsored by the Office of Undergraduate Studies. Stop by the display in Thwing Atrium to view photos submitted by Case Western Reserve students who have studied abroad. Photos will be displayed from November 16-19 and prizes will be awarded to the top three entries. Also two lucky voters will win $25 gift certificates to the University bookstore. Winners will be announced, November 19, at 7 p.m. in Thwing Atrium during the coffeehouse of culture event.

Et al

Chung-Chiun Liu, the Wallace R. Persons Professor of Sensor Technology and Control Professor of Chemical Engineering in the Department of Chemical Engineering, has been admitted as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry.

Professor of Law Matthew Rossman wrote the article, "The Past, Present and Future of Euclid Avenue," for the October issue of the Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Journal.

Scott Shane, A. Malachi Mixon III Professor of Entrepreneurial Studies and professor of economics at the Weatherhead School of Management, has begun penning a new column series for BusinessWeek.com. Check out what he has to say about entrepreneurship.

Energy experts Iwan Alexander, faculty director at the Great Lakes Energy Institute (GLEI) and the Cady Staley Professor of Engineering, and John Miller, principal researcher at GLEI and president of JME Inc., will address "Innovations in Energy Storage" during a special program tomorrow, Nov. 6, at 1:45 p.m. in Wolstein Research Building Auditorium on Cornell Road. The program honors the 125th anniversary of the New Jersey-based IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) and is hosted by Great Lakes Energy Institute, IEEE, and Kelvin Smith Library.

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Enhanced Interrogation: Tom Shutt

Cleveland Scene Weekly, Nov. 4, 2009
Tom Shutt is the Agnar Pytte Chair of Physics at Case Western Reserve University, and the principal investigator of a team of researchers planning the worldÕs largest dark matter experiment. Shutt explains the evidence that dark matter exists and the search for the ghostly substance.

Avo Photonics and Case Western Reserve University Are Pleased to Announce the Completion of a Design and Development Contract for an Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) Forward Imaging Catheter

Reuters, Nov. 5, 2009
Case Western Reserve Universitybegan a research program in 2008 to build an imaging catheter that would allow surgeons to monitor treatment and visualize structures within the hearts of patients suffering from arrhythmias. Avo Photonics, Inc., of Horsham, PA, developed the prototype of the forward imaging catheters. Andrew Rollins, associate professor of Biomedical Engineering, and Christine Fleming, a graduate research assistant, were key contributors to the design and development.

Lab Link club experience opens science doors

Chagrin Valley Publishing, Nov. 4, 2009
Giving students a sampling of the world of opportunities in science is the aim of the Lab Link club at Solon High School. Sloan Zimmerman, now a freshman at Harvard University, started the club after two summers of volunteer internships in the Case Western Reserve University microfabrication laboratory.

"The experience is priceless," said junior and co-President Trent Navran, who has been working at Case Western's Wickenden Biomedical Engineering Building with Professor Anirban Sen Gupta.

Animal Lovers Club at Mayfield school sends biscuits to soldiers' dogs in Iraq and Afghanistan: Animals in the News

Plain Dealer, Nov. 4, 2009
The Case Animal Rights & Ethics Society is hosting a screening of the documentary Fowl Play, which was voted best documentary short at the California Fallbrook Film Festival. The free screening starts at 7 p.m. Monday at Strosacker Auditorium, 2125 Adelbert Road on Case Western Reserve University's campus. The film includes undercover footage shot at an egg farm in Ohio.

Second Life Getting Enterprise Edition Hardware Appliance

Tech Fragments, Nov. 5, 2009
Linden Labs, the company behind Second Life, is launching a beta version of Second Life Enterprise, which will enable companies to run Second Life on their own servers and networks. Organizations now beta testing the new service include as IBM, Northrop Grumman, Case Western Reserve University, and Chicago Children's Memorial Hospital.

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November 05, 2009

Godort PowerPoint (cwru 2009)

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November 05, 2009

GODORT rocks!

Waiting

VCCR

Money

Guns

Favorite Things (Negativland)

Butter

Copyright

bad copyright

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September 15, 2009

New lawyers paid to delay start dates

Two recent Case law school graduates are featured in a Sept. 11th Plain Dealer business article on a new trend brought about by the economic downturn to postpone starting dates of incoming associates. Pictured in the article are Lori Weller and Erin Simmons, class of 2009.

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September 15, 2009

JIL ppt

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September 16, 2009

research checklist for Global Labor Law seminar

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September 16, 2009

Google acquire ReCaptcha

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September 18, 2009

medical ghostwriting

NY Times article

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September 22, 2009

social networking for lawyers (brief article)

Law.com article

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September 24, 2009

Trading DNA for Dropped Misdemeanor Charges?

WSJ Law blog article

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October 13, 2009

PWC Report on Costs (Oct. 2009)

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Businesweek article

Congressional Budget Office (CBO) health publications

Politico on Health Care Reform

Business Roundtable links

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October 19, 2009

Alabama Supreme Court on drug pricing fraud

American Lawyer article, with link to the opinion

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October 21, 2009

TARP quarterly report (Oct. 2009)

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NPR Planet Money (brief article)

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October 28, 2009

Voting Information

Cuyahoga County Board of Elections (ballot info)

Judge4Yourself.com (compiled ratings of judges)

Cleveland mayoral debate (City Club, 10/28/09) podcast

BallotPedia: Issue 3 (Casino Initiative)

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October 29, 2009

Affordable Health Care for America Act (House bill, 10/29/09)

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Washington Post article

NY Times article

Politico article

White House Health Care Reform Reality Check

Economist article

CRS report on health care reform (4/14/09)

Center for American Progress: Health Policy Briefs

Heritage Foundation: Health Care Issues

Wikipedia: Health Care Reform in the U.S.

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November 02, 2009

Law Alumnus, Class of 1918, in November 1, 2009, Washington Post

Public Affairs books has recently published The Great Depression: A Diary by law alumnus Benjamin Roth. Roth graduated from Western Reserve University School of Law (Class of 1918[?])and worked as an attorney in Youngstown while he kept the diary, which has been extensively excerpted in Slate-offshoot The Big Money and written up in the Washington Post. From the Post: "His diary, excerpted on The Big Money, has just been published as a book -- "The Great Depression: A Diary."

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November 03, 2009

The Supreme Court Database

The Supreme Court Database (Spaeth database) has a new website, http://supremecourtdatabase.org. In addition to giving users access to coded Supreme Court cases from 1953 to 2008, the site provides user with analysis tools.

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November 03, 2009

California Courts challenged by copyright and "public" access in case filings

Erika Wayne and Paul Lomio at Stanford's Legal Research Plus blog have been following a dispute regarding the California Supreme Court's practice of providing appellate briefs to Lexis and Westlaw, without the permission of the litigants or their counsel. Their batch of recent posts provides updates, and also links to reportage by the California legal press.

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November 04, 2009

29th Annual Charleston Conference

Today is the first day of the annual Charleston Conference, a gathering of librarians and publishers. Items of interest in the program this year include programs and presentations related to the challenges of the current economic climate, the (re)emergence of eBooks as a hot topic in the field, and the re-negotiation of the Google Book Settlement (about which there should be substantial news extremely soon).

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November 04, 2009

Tempest in a legal-information teapot?

The posting on a Thomson Reuters blog of videotaped comments by Bob Berring, U.C. Berkeley's long-time law librarian, distinguished professor, and former interim dean, have created something of a stir among followers of the legal-information marketplace. In the comments featured on LegalCurrent, a blog by West's parent company Thomson Reuters, Berring expresses measured but profound skepticism of the viability of both directly government-hosted free legal information and of free legal-information efforts based on "volunteer" efforts (i.e. not based on a commercial vendor's model). There has been a fair amount of online commentary in response to this video, and I've tried to articulate a few of my thoughts about the role of the emerging free sources, below.

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November 05, 2009

Librarians as key to open-access law reviews...

Tom Boone, of Loyola L.A., has a useful post on his personal blog regarding the challenges of implementing the Durham Statement on Open Access to Legal Scholarship, in which a group of directors of major law libraries called on law schools to move to publishing law journals solely in an online, open-access, format. The Durham Statement was drafted by a group of library directors meeting in November of 2008 at Duke Law School. Additional directors, law school CIOs, and other librarians subsequently became signatories to the statement, including our own Kathy Carrick.

Tom's post usefully reminds us, though, that promoting meaningful and robust subject access to journal content requires more than merely asking our journals to kindly publish online.

Andrew Plumb-Larrick

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November 05, 2009

Podcast talk about Law.gov

Law librarian Richard Leiter will devote this week's show on The Law Librarian, his blogtalkradio series, to a discussion with Carl Malamud, of Public.Resource.org about Law.gov, digital preservation, and open access issues.

Andrew Plumb-Larrick

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September 11, 2009

e-book readers

cnet e-book reader survey

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November 03, 2009

Urban Institute Paper affecting Community Initiatives by Coulton, Theodos and Turner released.

"New Evidence and Implications for Community Initiatives" by Claudia J. Coulton, Brett Theodos, Margery Austin Turner

Publication Date: November 02, 2009

The text below is an excerpt from the complete document at the Urban Institute. Read the full report in PDF format.

Abstract

Americans change residences frequently. Residential mobility can reflect positive changes in a family's circumstances or be a symptom of instability and insecurity. Mobility may also change neighborhoods as a whole. To shed light on these challenges, this report uses a unique survey conducted for the Making Connections initiative. The first component measures how mobility contributed to changes in neighborhoods' composition and characteristics. The second component identifies groups of households that reflect different reasons for moving or staying in place. The final component introduces five stylized models of neighborhood performance: each has implications for low-income families' well-being and for community-change efforts.

This research is part of the work that the Center on Urban Poverty and Community Development participates in for the Annie Casey Foundation's Making Connections Initiative.

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November 03, 2009

Reserachers team up with Federal Reserve to help nation respond to foreclosure crisis.

The economic epoch that has shaken the foundation of the American Dream and swallowed housing markets into a nationwide financial sinkhole has had several epicenters. One is the City of Cleveland.

Foreclosures and vacant properties in many neighborhoods have stock piled, values have plummeted, and numerous properties are being bought at below-market values of $10 thousand or less by real-estate speculators, most of whom are corporations that have no vested interest in planned and coordinated community development.

Now, Coulton and her colleagues are teaming up with the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland and The College of Urban Affairs at Cleveland State University in a multidisciplinary, multi-institutional partnership to provide a report to the nation, titled “Facing the Foreclosure Crisis in Greater Cleveland: What Happened and How Communities are Responding.” The new report is being funded in part by the Federal Reserve and Neighborhood Progress Incorporated. Coulton’s four previous reports were funded mainly by the The Cleveland Foundation and The George Gund Foundation, with additional support from Enterprise Foundation and Neighborhood Progress, Inc.

To see the full article from the Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences's Insight and Action please to here.

To see Foreclosure related research papers from the Poverty Center please go here.

Beyond REO: Property Transfers at Extremely Distressed Prices in Cuyahoga County, 2005-2008.

Pathways to Foreclosure: A Longitudinal Study of Mortgage Loans, Cleveland and Cuyahoga County, 2005-2008.

Behind the Numbers Brief Number 6, Houses in transition: a report on properties owned by financial institutions and real estate organizations in Cuyahoga County, 2007.

Foreclosure and Beyond: A report on ownership and housing values following sheriff’s sales, Cleveland and Cuyahoga County, 2000-2007.

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November 05, 2009

ESRI ArcGIS Updated To Version 9.3 On The Software Center

ESRI ArcGIS has been updated to version 9.3 on the Software Center. ESRI ArcGIS is available to all Case students, faculty and staff for Windows only.

This software is made available for download courtesy of the Center for Statistics and Geospatial Data (CSGD), located in the Kelvin Smith Library.

ArcGIS is an integrated collection of GIS software products. It provides a standards-based platform for spatial analysis, data management, and mapping You can use ArcGIS products throughout the enterprise on the desktop and via servers and mobile devices. You can also use ArcGIS to access online services. If you are a developer, ArcGIS gives you tools for building your own applications.

Visit the Software Center at http://softwarecenter.case.edu

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November 05, 2009

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, Case Western Reserve University Plan Series of Events for 2009 American Music Masters® Tribute

Kozmic Blues: The Life and Music of Janis Joplin to Take Place Nov. 9-14

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum and the Baker-Nord Center for the Humanities at Case Western Reserve University will celebrate Janis Joplin--one of rock and roll's most passionate and influential artists--during the 14th annual American Music Masters® series Kozmic Blues: The Life and Music of Janis Joplin November 9-14.

Events will be held at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, on the campus of Case Western Reserve University and at other venues around the city. The campus events are:

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September 11, 2009

CUSLI presentation

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November 05, 2009

Resume and Cover Letter Workshops for First Year Students

First year students, please remember that next week (the week of November 9th) you must attend one resume and cover letter workshop. Learn how to turn an incoming student resume into an effective legal resume and how to draft high-impact cover letters. You will leave the workshop with a better understanding of the purpose and format of a legal resume and cover letter.

The workshop is offered four times and each first year student MUST attend one session. Be sure that you RSVP through the Symplicity system.

Monday, November 9 at 12PM in A57

Tuesday, November 10 at 4PM in A57

Wednesday, November 11 at 1PM in A57

Thursday, November 12 at 12PM in 157

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November 04, 2009

Collecting Relics from Turkish Hillsides Provide Introduction to Archaeological Work as Participants in Antiquities Project

The rugged terrain of Turkey's Taurus Mountains served as a site last summer for two Case Western Reserve University faculty members from the classics department to introduce four students to archaeological field work.

Working alongside Assistant Professor Paul Iversen and former Visiting Assistant Professor Andrea De Giorgi (now at Rutgers University), Nathan Bensing, Jeremy Ondo, Philip Trochowski and Anna Wieser gathered antiquities left by ancient inhabitants and settlers on the land's surface for their course work in "Landscape Archaeology and Epigraphy."

The Case Western Reserve team also was a member of an interdisciplinary and multinational team of the Isparta Archaeological Survey (IAS) project.

The Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism granted a research permit in 2008 for the past summer's field work under the direction of Assistant Professor Bilge Hürmüzlü from the department of archaeology at Süleyman Demirel Üniversitesi (SDÜ) in Isparta.

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