Manager effectiveness surveys critical, but what do you do with the results?
Here's a fun fact for all the kids out there — you never stop getting report cards.
Sure, you don't have to take them home to get signed by your parents. But once you're outside the hallowed halls, the judgment of your work never truly ends. It just goes by different names — performance reviews, 360-feedback, manager effectiveness surveys.
I'm fresh off completing my performance review self-assessment, and still digesting the results of my Manager Effectiveness Survey. I always find this process fascinating. But here's the rub for me in 2017 — my effectiveness as a manager declined from past years.
•demonstrates a genuine interest in employees' career development.
These ratings really struck a chord with me, and it raised a question: What do I do about this?
My role has changed quite a bit in the past year. I spend less time on editorial issues and more time on short- and long-term strategy. In real terms, that means I'm spending less time with my employees and far more time with our customers. And while I wouldn't say I neglected my team, there are certainly more days than I can count where I never interacted with them.
The areas where I regressed are significant — core engagement items where I was letting my team down. Sure, I can point to numerous accomplishments for the business and a healthy bottom line. But that's not the only part of my job that matters, and it's why I'm thrilled we do these types of surveys. It's a reality check.
So what did I do? I called my team in to my office, one by one, for an informal, open and honest conversation. I told them my scores had slipped, I showed them the bar charts and highlighted the problem areas. I made it clear I had no interest in determining who gave me what score — that would be a disaster and completely misses the point of these anonymous surveys.
Sometimes, I am the obstacle. I get a lot of emails. Hundreds upon hundreds flood my inbox every day. Sometimes in that sea of information, I miss an item or two (or 10). Sometimes those items are internal emails that need review or signoff.
If I'm not around, or if I miss the emails entirely, it causes delays. And then it causes people to go hunting for me, or someone on my team, to get an approval. I need a better system to track and address emails, whether it's blocking off time in my calendar every day to read email or coming up with a new classification system.
I need to ask more questions. There are quite a few introverts on my team (being led by my own introverted self). They're not likely to storm into my office and tell me about a great new product idea or a new, more effective way to get the job done. I need to formally nurture that process, which means perhaps setting up a brainstorming session — giving lots of notice and ensuring each of them is called upon to speak.
I need to call out good work. The team at Canadian HR Reporter does phenomenal work. We have talented editors, writers, videographers, art directors, sales and marketing professionals. I've been here for nearly two decades, so it can be easy to take this for granted. When I read a particularly good story, or the team pulls off an exceptional event like the National HR Awards, I need to loudly brag about that internally.
When I finished my work as the emcee of Canada's Safest Employers, our CEO took time to come over, shake my hand and tell me I did a fantastic job. It meant a lot. As leaders, we all need to remember to do that when warranted.
I need to challenge my staff. It can be difficult, in a day and age where there is often not a lot of job movement, to discuss career development. If there is nowhere to go, then maybe it's better to not even open that can of worms. But that's a mistake — even if there is no obvious promotion opportunity in the next 12 months, you can still challenge staff to grow and learn new skills. This will keep them engaged, challenged and ready to step into any new opportunity.
This is our last issue for 2017. On behalf of the staff at Canadian HR Reporter and Thomson Reuters, I wish you and your family a happy holidays. We will see you in the new year!


Welcome to today's edition of Nerd Alert, where we have all the quirky, nerdy news that you crave in one convenient spot. What do we have in store for you on this wonderful Wednesday? The Martian gets an honest trailer, teenagers react to the first Captain America: Civil War trailer and seven things you didn't know about Back to The Future. But wait, there's more! A new Google Chrome filter will block every mention of Donald Trump and Star Wars: The Force Awakens villain Kylo Ren gets a new parody video. Sit back, relax and check out all that today's Nerd Alert has to offer.
Star Wars: The Force Awakens is now a verified blockbuster that has reinvigorated the fans' fervor for this franchise, under the direction of J.J. Abrams. One of the many franchise traditions he upheld is the use of bizarre names, which College Humor explores in a new animated parody. The video shows Kylo Ren explaining to the First Order that he needs to put a team together to crush the Resistance, but he finds himself obsessed by how "stupid" all of their names sound. If you've ever chuckled after hearing the name Bib Fortuna, then this video is right up your alley.
The First Order Stormtrooper TR-8R has become a cult figure in the weeks after the release of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, with a unique baton that he uses to fend off Finn (John Boyega). If you've been wondering how to construct your own version of this "riot baton," then Controlled Choas has you covered, with an extensive four-minute video that shows you how to construct this unique weapon.
Screen Junkies is back with their first Honest Trailer of 2016, delving deeper into Ridley Scott's blockbuster The Martian. Much like an entry from last week's Nerd Alert, this honest trailer pokes fun at the fact that Matt Damon's characters often need to be "saved" in his movies, and his character Mark Watney is no different. This five minute video pokes fun at all of the resources Mark has at his disposal while stranded on the Red Planet, and much more.
It's been just over a month since the first trailer for Captain America: Civil War has debuted, with many fans getting ready for the highly-anticipated May 6 release. Fine Brothers Entertainment gathered a group of teenagers as part of their React series, where they all watch this footage for the first time. Several of these teenagers knew what the movie was right away, while others wondered why this is a Captain America movie and not an Avengers movie. It's a fair point, since almost every main character from Avengers: Age of Ultron is present in Captain America: Civil War. It's interesting to see what these youngsters are excited about, and what confuses them about this footage.
Before 2015 came to a close, the fine folks at Cinefix decided to put together a "sequel" to their original Back to The Future video, presenting seven more things you didn't know about this 1985 classic. In case you missed the first video, you can also check that out above. It was a great year of celebrating this iconic movie, and these two videos ring out 2015 in the right way.
Even if you haven't been following the 2016 Presidential race too closely, you'll certainly know that Donald Trump is one of the Republican party's front-runners for the upcoming election. The entrepreneur and former Celebrity Apprentice star has been getting constant coverage from the media, but if you're sick of seeing his name all over the internet, the web browser Google Chrome has a solution, the TrumpFilter. The new Google Chrome extension will block every mention of his name from the Internet, with three different settings, mild, aggressive, and vindictive. The extension is preset on mild, where Donald Trump's entire Twitter page goes blank, but the highest setting, vindictive, blocks entire news sites such as CNN, Google News and even InStyle. You can download the app at the Google Chome Store.
Screen Rant has a new video breakdown that explores 10 movies that "stole" iconic sound effects, including the often-used Wilhelm Scream. This video also shows how Steven Spielberg re-used a sound effect from his first film Duel for his iconic masterpiece Jaws, and much more.


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Residents, traders express shock over demolition of FESTAC Town market
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Some Festac Town residents and traders in Lagos State on Tuesday expressed shock and anger over the demolition of the Oyinlola Market popularly called "23 Road Market" by government.
They said the demolition showed the state government's "insensitivity" to the plights of the people, especially as the Coronavirus (COVID-19) had brought untold hardship to them.
Some traders, in separate interview with our correspomdent, said they had yet to ascertain why the market was demolished as they were not officially informed by the market leaders.
According to them, the demolition occurred a day after the market leaders said everything was okay.
Recall that the market was demolished on Dec. 12 by the Amuwo Odofin Local Government.
A trader, Mrs Chidinma Ifyaku, said it was sad that the traders were not told the main reason for the demolition.
"Some people say the market has been sold. Nobody knows exactly what the problem is.
"Even the day before the demolition, the market executives were ringing bell, telling us not to worry because there would be no demolition. They are just adding to our frustration.
"Even if they wanted to demolish the market, knowing how rough the year has been as a result COVID-19 lockdown and #EndSARS protests, they ought to have been considerate.
"They sould have waited for us to finish Christmas sales since they were bent on demolishing the market," she said.
Another trader, Olusegun Ogundipe, said the reasons for the demolition were not enough to warrant an action of such magnitude.
He said: "What we heard was that the market was demolished because some people were selling drugs and living in the market.
"Why can't government deal with the situation without demolishing a well-built structure?
"Do they know how many people took loans from microfinance banks to trade in the market or how many people that have lost their sources of livelihood because of this action?"
Another trader who spoke on condition of anonymity lamented her loss and said many traders had already stockpiled their shops in anticipation of Christmas sales.
"The market leaders are our problem; they hid everything from us. We just heard it like a rumour.
"The matter had been on for years but they didn't tell us about it, rather they sold their own shops.
"If we knew it was this serious, we wouldn't have stocked up in anticipation of Christmas sales. Now I have to depend on orders and home deliveries," she said.
A trader who simply wanted to be referred to as Elizabeth said it was difficult to believe that the government would demolish an already constructed market, just to rebuild.
"Can you believe that? The market was well-structured. The ones they demolished have yet to be rebuilt and the ones built are not affordable," she said.
One of the residents, who also spoke on condition of anonymity, expressed disappointment over the "insensitivity" of the local government for "the questionable decision it took."
"When will they learn to engage the community in their so-called dialogues or do they think that residents won't feel the pains of this action?
"Did they stop to consider what our alternatives are?
Reacting, one of the leaders, "the Iyaloja General" of Amuwo Market, Mrs Osinatu Adebayo, told NAN that the reason given for the demolition was the unhygienic condition in the market.
"They said anytime it rains, sewage flows out from the back side of the market, a situation which had caused the traders to evacuate their shops.
According to her, the local governmnet had notified the market executives about the demolition and proposed redevelopment of the market.
"We 've had several meetings; infact we've had about six meetings at the council secretariat.
"In one of those meetings, I was angry. I reminded them that the market had received the neatest market award in the state in the past.
"They said the project would take four months and that after the redevelopment, those with allocation papers would be given first priority for spaces," she said.
A source at the local government council, however, told our correspondent that the market was demolished because it did not conform to the standards of the Lagos State Market Regulations (LSMR).
According to the source, the council held several meetings with the market leaders concerning the nefarious activities taking place in the market, all to no avail.
"When the Commissioner for Local Governments and Community Affairs came for an on-the-spot assessment of the market about two weeks ago, he saw the living condition.
"He saw how the supposed market was converted into a residential place.
"This has been going on over the years. It has been labelled a black spot where hoodlums stay and other nefarious activities take place.
"Government cannot keep quiet and allow such things to happen in it's domain. That is what gave rise to the need for the redevelopment of the market," the source said.
Attempts by our correspondent to reach the local government Chairman, Mr Valentine Buraimoh, on phone proved abortive as his aide who picked the calls said he was attending a meeting.
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March 16, 2016 / Senior News
JOHN CAMPBELL BEATS CHARLES SYKES' 1993 WILSON RUN RECORD
John Campbell (SH) has broken Sedbergh School's historic 133rd Wilson Run record, beating Charles Sykes' 1993 record by just under two seconds. Last year's winner, Campbell, whose brother Archie won in 2014, gave another winning performance on March 15th in perfect conditions.
18-year-old Campbell (School House), from Horncastle, Lincolnshire, came in with a time of 1.08.02 and triumphed ahead of second-placed Joe Bird (Evans House), from Penrith (1.11.02) and Fergus MacMillan (School House) (1.15.05).
Phoebe Whattoff (Roberston House) who took gold for the girls, came 14th with a time of 1.25.00. She was ahead of last year's girls' winner Charlie Neate (Lupton House) (1.32.02) and Isobel Page (Robertson House) (1.37.16).
In total 167 pupils aged 16 to 18 competed in the school's historic annual fell race this year, the highest number ever qualified.
Campbell, who is also Head of School, said: "I started to think it was possible I might stand a chance of breaking the record when I came off the fell three minutes quicker than I had last year – I thought there was a chance anyway, when I looked at my watch.
The noise coming from the crowds on Library Corner was absolutely incredible, really overwhelming. I remembered the crowd went crackers last year but this was even more. I just can't wait to come back next year and be able to just watch and cheer."
Headmaster Andrew Fleck said: "John's relaxed and gentle manner belies extraordinary determination to succeed. This combination, which has made him a popular and successful Head of School, was evident in his record breaking win yesterday.
It was incredibly nerve-wracking as the seconds ticked away. We are utterly delighted to see Sedbergh athletes reach new levels of achievement and so pleased for John."
Jim Fisher, Race Organiser, said: "It was wonderful to see easily our biggest entry ever to the Wilson. Though sunny, with the ground drying nicely, it was still spongy underfoot, there were strong winds, significant bogs and slippery slopes to contend with.
As numerous stopwatches verified the outcome Campbell's astonishing achievement rippled down the home straight. Several of the lead runners also achieved times that might have won under different conditions. In 30 yrs this is just the second time I've seen the record fall.
Less than a minute separated Pheobe Whatoff's time from the girls' previous record."Joe Bird (E), 17, recently secured 8th place in the National Schools Cross Country Championships and this was his first Wilson Run. He said: "It feels so good – an amazing experience to take part.
It's one of the toughest things I've ever done – you have to be so resilient to make it through the run and I'm so happy to share the experience with Johnny, who's a good friend – he should be very happy."
Charles Sykes OS (SH), who works in Financial Services in Cheltenham, broke the record in 1993. He was spectating the race for the first time in five years. He said: "It's so good to see the record go to such a lovely chap. I've met him briefly today and we spoke about our experiences. It's a very tough run and though I no longer run, it is fantastic to see the crowds and support again."
Ranald Campbell, Johnny's father, a former GP in the Kirkby Stephen area, said: "Sedbergh School has produced many fine runners over the years but Johnny Campbell and Joe Bird are two of the very best. It was a privilege to see them run and witness the fall of the 23-year-old record.
Charles Sykes, whose record was unbroken for so long, was at the run. For the last year John had set his sights on the record so it was particularly special for them to meet.
Previous record holders, since 1881 when the Wilson Run first began, are:
Record holders
1883 C P Charlesworth 1.15
1894 W P Hamlyn 1.12.15
1898 W B Grandage 1.12.13.6
1899 C E Pumphrey 1.10.16.6
1993 C Sykes 1.08.41
Watch Johnny Campbell finishing this year's Wilson Run here


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Andrade Lisa
455 N. BERNARDO AVENUE
MOUNTAIN VIEW CA 94063
2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
11/01/2021 3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
NeuroPace Inc [ NPCE ]
4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)
Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)
No securities are beneficially owned.
/s/ Irina Ridley, Attorney-In-Fact 11/02/2021
Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints
Michael Favet and Irina Ridley of NeuroPace, Inc. and Mark Weeks, Seth Gottlieb,
Felipe Campos, Noel Ripberger-Scheik,  Debbie Wilkins, and Brian Suzuki of
Cooley LLP, or any of them signing singly, with full power of substitution, the
undersigned's true and lawful attorney in fact to:
(1)		execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's
capacity as an officer, director or beneficial owner of more than 10% of a
registered class of securities of NeuroPace, Inc. (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4
and 5 (including any amendments thereto) in accordance with Section 16(a) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act") and the rules
thereunder and a Form ID, Uniform Application for Access Codes to File on EDGAR;
(2)	do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned that
may be necessary or desirable to execute such Forms 3, 4 or 5 or Form ID
(including any amendments thereto) and timely file such forms with the United
States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar
authority; and
(3)	take any other action of any nature whatsoever in connection with the
foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit, in
the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being
understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the
undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall
contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such
attorney-in-fact's discretion.
The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and
authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite,
necessary or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers
herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or
could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation,
hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such
attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein
granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in
serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming,
nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply
with Section 16 of the Exchange Act.
This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the earliest
to occur of (a) the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5
with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities
issued by the Company, (b) revocation by the undersigned in a signed writing
delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact or (c) as to any attorney-in-fact
individually, until such attorney-in-fact is no longer employed by the Company
or Cooley LLP.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be
executed as of this 1st day of November, 2021.
/s/ Lisa Andrade
Lisa Andrade


Maybe I'm slow, but I've never understood what "deep calls to deep" means. What does it mean?
This isn't a deep theological explanation for it, and I'm not sure if it's necessarily correct, but I've heard it explained as something like "the deepest part of me calls out to the deepest part of God." A yearning to know and be known, so to speak.
In our life in Christ I believe the "deepest part of us" is always close to the "deepest part of God," spiritually speaking, because we have been brought near to Him by the blood of Jesus. But on a soulful level we still yearn to grow and to know Him more intimately. Deep calling to deep.
I reckon that's probably true! We're one body, and as the Head leads, the deepest part of each other reaches the deepest part of each other.


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Oklahoma State's baseball team beat South Florida 9-2 in the first round of the NCAA regional in DeLand, Florida, on Friday.
The Cowboys banged out 15 hits and got solid pitching from starter Reza Aleaziz and six innings in relief from Carson Teel.
OSU fell behind 1-0, but got an RBI double from Andrew Rosa in the third inning to tie it and never trailed again.
Carson McCusker put the Pokes on top with a solo home run in the fifth inning, then OSU added three runs in the sixth.
Christian Funk hit a 2-run home run and Michael Neustifter added an RBI single to make it 5-1.
OSU put the game away with a four-run 9th inning.
Matt Kroon drove home a run with a single, then Jon Littell doubled in Rosa and Kroon, before Trevor Boone capped the scoring with an RBI single to make it 9-2.
Oklahoma State will play Saturday night at 6:00 pm against the winner of Friday night's game between host Stetson and Hartford.


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'There are dead bodies floating in the sea'. More than 200 feared dead as boat sinks off Libyan coast
Lucinda Borkett-Jones 15 September 2014 | 9:51 AM
Migrants cling to a fence at a temporary camp in the Italian island of Lampedusa. A boat carrying African migrants toward Italy sank yesterday. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
A boat carrying up to 250 African migrants seeking asylum in Europe sank off the Libyan coast on Sunday.
Only 26 passengers have been rescued so far, navy spokesman Ayub Qassem told Reuters yesterday.
"There are so many dead bodies floating in the sea," he said.
The boat capsized near Tajoura, 15kms east of Tripoli, the Libyan capital. Most of those on board were Africans; Libya has become a major port for migrants trying to leave for Europe.
Those who do arrive in safety end up in Italy, Greece, Spain and Malta. An Italian government official said in August that almost 100,000 migrants had arrived on Italian shores so far this year.
Numbers leaving Libya have increased amid growing unrest in Tripoli and Benghazi.
The United Nations said earlier this month that 150,000 people had been forced to flee the violence between rival militant groups, and a further 100,000 people had been internally displaced.
Human traffickers are thought to be taking advantage of the political turmoil within the country.
More than 100 people died in a similar incident in August, when a boat sank off the Libyan coast. Many on board that boat were Eritreans and Somalis also seeking asylum in Europe. At least 50 passengers were never recovered.
About 800 migrants died in boats crossing the Mediterranean between January and July, the United Nations Commission for Human Rights said. Numbers trying to make the crossing are about 60 per cent higher than the whole of last year.
Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi said in June that the EU must take responsibility for rescuing migrants attempting to cross the Mediterranean.


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St Albans Civic Society reinforce support for BHS redevelopment after officers recommend refusal
Fraser Whieldon
Published: 11:00 AM July 16, 2018
British Home Stores on St Peter's Street. Picture: Danny Loo. - Credit: Archant
St Albans Civic Society have reiterated their support for the building of a hotel on the British Home Stores site after district council officers recommended refusing planning permission.
The society's chair, Tim Boatswain, has written a letter to Andrew Wright of the council's planning department ahead of a planning committee meeting on Monday, July 16, which will decide whether the redevelopment can go ahead.
Prof Boatswain wrote: "The community needs to be attracted by diverse social and economic activities located in appropriate spaces, surrounded by good quality architecture.
"With the opening of the Town Hall Museum+Gallery, alongside the city's avowed tourist policy, there is an anticipated increase in visitors, which makes the construction of an hotel on the BHS site wholly appropriate
"In the society's view it is entirely unrealistic and short-sighted to believe that any retailer could successfully occupy the whole site.
"Furthermore, a refusal of the application could put a blight on that part of St Peters Street for years to come. It should be noted that the Consumers' Association in their July 2018 edition of Which magazine state that, 'BHS closed all of its 163 stores in 2016. Some 60 per cent of these plots still remain vacant today'."


In September a group of interested ATC people met to map out our multi day trips for next year.
It's going to be a helluva year !
There is now a draft plan out for our weekend and longer trips for next year, and it looks stunning. Make that STUNNING!
· To wind down after your busy summer programme, you can head over to Gisborne and climb Mt Hikurangi.
· Then at Easter you can tackle the Central Ruahines. If you feel so inclined, join the Easter/Anzac extended trip for a 8-9 day loop taking in Sunrise Hut, Ruahine Corner, Mokai Patea, Te Atua Mahuru & more.
· White Island, Matemateonga and Kai iwi Lakes are in there for you during the colder months. Plus of course the winter trip, which this year is eyeing up the Abel Tasman and Queen Charlotte.
· You can traipse over your old favourites Mt Taranaki and Mt Ruapehu, and you can pencil in the Ureweras for Labour weekend.
· After then you can knock off the full Kaimai Ridgeway traverse and chalk up another weekender in the Kaimanawas. You couldn't get better training for the upcoming summer than that.
Just as well we're all young and fit, eh!
Of course the programme is still to be finalised, so may still change. More details later.


One of the reasons people want the best lightweight laptops is that they are so portable you actually forget you are carrying them. Back in the days this meant spending thousands and thousands of dollars, fortunately for us all, new materials and the popularity of laptops have driven the price down.
What to expect from the best lightweight laptops?
There is no real choice in between. If you build a normal laptop with cheap – but light – plastic, it won't last long. There are too many fragile parts that need to be protected. That's why the best lightweight laptops come with quality, high-tech materials that will make the casing light and sturdy.
For this article on the best lightweight laptops, we stayed away from mini laptops since they are a little too small to be used as a daily productive computer. To do that, you need a screen 12-inch or bigger. (It doesn't mean that mini laptops are not useful in some situation and I do love them as road companions or second laptop).
You'll find everything from 12 to 15-inch, but most lightweight laptops will be equipped with a 12 or 13-inch HD screen. That makes them portable and equipped with a screen big enough to work efficiently. You'll also find a few 15-inch ultra-light laptops.
The weight of an ultra-light laptop is between 1.5 and 3 pounds. I consider anything under 3 pounds to be lightweight. And if the laptop manufacturers manage or produce a quality laptop under 2 pounds, it's really an extraordinary achievement.
To be able to produce a lightweight laptop that will withstand everyday assaults, you need a very high-quality material. All the laptops in this list are made of a metal alloy that is both durable and light. This comes at a price, so expect your laptop to be more expensive than others.
This is definitively my favorite and best lightweight laptop. The whole ZenBook series is awesome, but this one is incredibly light at 2 lbs for a 12.5" screen. Seriously, think about it. 2 lbs for a quality laptop that sacrifices nothing on performance with an i5 processor and 8 GB of RAM. Not only that, it is also one of the most gorgeous laptops I've seen. So light you can carry it around and simply forget it's there, no wonder it's at the top of the best small laptops on the market.
Samsung is not always part of our lists, but the Notebook 9 really deserves to be part of the best lightweight laptops. Here they really build a great light product. The fact that they managed to build a quality and quite powerful 13-inch laptop that weighs so little is very impressive. It's definitively the best lightweight notebook on the market right now. It's a classy, quality laptop with a great 13-inch HD screen.
If you're looking for an ultra-light hybrid tablet, look no further. Microsoft really did a great job with its 4th version of the Surface Pro. It has the size of a tablet so it's very easy to carry around but is still powerful enough to power any applications you need. Read our full review.
This laptop looks so sleek! As a 12-inch sturdy business laptop that you can carry around anywhere, it's tough to find better. HP really made a quality product with a crisp display and a good audio system. Performance is ok, more than enough for most people and the price range is surprisingly good. Read our full review.
LG is a small player in the laptop industry but they've managed to get noticed with the Gram series. While the first release of the 15-inch version was a pretty good thin laptop, it had it flaws. Here, with the 14-inch, they've managed to improve and offer a quality product. It's still not perfect, but now they really compete with the other premium laptops on the market. If you're looking for an ultra-portable 14-inch with a great screen, this one has to be on your list.
At 2.45 pounds for a 13-inch laptop, HP really managed to create an ultra-light, classy and premium laptop. The only downsides might be its price and the fact that it runs pretty hot, a consequence of being that thin. Otherwise, the screen and audio are great and the performance on par with the rest of the high-end laptops. Read our full review.
Acer is not known for its premium line, but here they did a really good engineering job by creating the thinnest laptop on the market. The fan-less chassis is classy and solid and the performance is pretty decent for a laptop that is ultra-thin. Read our full review.
You have to give it to Apple, they know how to build a nice looking, ultra-light, classy and sturdy laptop. Usually Apple is the champion of responsive keyboard and trackpad, but this time I have to say I find the keyboard too shallow. Otherwise you can expect the high quality and performance that all other Apple computers have and of course, an amazing display.
When it comes to being lightweight and durable, the Lenovo ThinkPad Carbon X1 leads the pack. With its unique magnesium and carbon fiber casing, it can withstand serious assault and still stays slim & light at 2.6 lbs. That's impressive. And as a business laptop, it will power up most of your applications and browsing needs without a problem.
You have to hold the Lenovo 710s to see how light & thin it is. And it feels solid. Pretty impressive that they managed to pack that much power in a 2.6 pounds notebook. It's been one of my favorite for a while now and thanks for being lighter than most, I've put it at that position. Read our full review.
Another of my favorite. Not only does the UX330UA has one of the best value / quality / performance ratio in the lightweight laptops, it comes at a tiny 2.64 lbs. Not bad for a full performance 13.3" with an HD screen! It's really one of my favorite laptop on the market both for its quality and look. Read our full review.
You know that Lenovo did an incredible job with the Yoga 900 as soon as you pick it up. The convertible chassis is solid and well-engineered, the screen beautiful, it's powerful with its i7 processor and the overall quality impressive. You can feel it's a premium hybrid notebook.
I warmly recommend the Dell XPS 13 for its quality and size. With a footprint closest to a 12-inch than a 13-inch, Dell really did a great job here. Look at that thin bezel… there's almost none! It's the lightweight laptop with the longest battery life, the HD screen is one of the best and the quality is top-notch. Read our full review.
While it's not the lightest and thinnest of this list, I've still put it in the best lightweight laptops list because it does what the others can't do: gaming. With this ZenBook, you get an ultra powerful i7 processor with 12 GB of RAM, a 512 GB SSD and – most importantly – a NVIDIA graphic card that can power games and 3D applications. For anyone that is into high-res graphics or movie editing or who is looking for a lightweight gaming laptop, this should be your choice. Read our full review.
I really like the HP Envy 13! While HP has a history of having good and bad quality laptops, this one falls definitively in the first category. They really put a great screen and sound system on this one which makes it a great college laptop at a very reasonable price. Read our full review.
I've already put its big brother – the Swift 7 – in this list but this lower priced 14-inch also deserves to have its place on this best lightweight laptops list. It's a quality, light and beautiful 14-inch with a long battery life that will be powerful enough for pretty much everybody.
This one needs no introduction! Apple was probably the first to create an ultra-portable thin laptop that delivers enough performance for designers. It's still the case nowadays. The built-quality is undeniable and at 3 pounds, you can carry it around anywhere!
The Acer Aspire S13 is another notebook from the Taiwanese manufacturer that delivers a lot of value. It's a mid-range notebook that has a good built-quality, screen and look. It's one of those laptop that is a no-brainer if you're looking for portability without breaking the bank.
You will find the HP Spectre at many prices, but this version is the one that delivers the most value. It's actually a budget laptop that competes with the Microsoft Surface Pro. If you're looking for a quality, budget 2-in-1 laptop that still delivers good performance, this is it!
If you're looking for a small budget laptop to surf the web and answer emails, this Chromebook might just be your best choice. It's definitively one of the lightest laptop on the market and it won't break the bank. The quality is there and it offers a lot of value for the price.


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Einstein's brain: Slices of genius at Philadelphia's Mütter Museum
Stolen in1955, and now on permanent display
By Meeri Kim
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Science Anatomy
The Mütter Museum fully embraces its reputation as a disturbing — and sometimes disgusting — collection of unique medical oddities. "Don't eat shortly before visiting" is a common warning given to those touring the museum for the first time.
Of the more than 25,000 objects in its possession, only a small percentage goes on display at any given moment. But its permanent exhibitions, while relatively small in number, pack a major punch. A plaster death cast of conjoined twins' Chang and Eng accompany a glass container preserving their fused livers. The famous Mega Colon is a nine-foot-long diseased colon, formerly owned by a man who died from chronic constipation at age 29 with 40 pounds of feces in his intestines. And a glass coffin contains the Soap Lady, a Philadelphia woman whose body turned into a wax-like substance called adipocere.
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As a contrast to its other high-profile exhibitions, one of the Mütter's most prized specimens is a humble box of 46 neatly organized glass slides. The wooden box and its contents — slices of a human brain — aren't gruesome or outrageous in the least. What makes this a treasure is that these slices originate from one of the greatest minds of human history: Albert Einstein.
The Mütter Museum, part of the The College of Physicians of Philadelphia, is the only place in the world where the general public can see Einstein's brain on permanent display.
The world-renowned physicist and Nobel Laureate actually wanted his body cremated after death, to discourage "Einstein groupies" from worshipping his remains. But a Princeton Hospital pathologist named Thomas Harvey went rogue and brought his brain to Philadelphia, where parts of it have been circulating for 60 years, finally landing at the Mütter in 2011.
"After Einstein passed away, Dr. Thomas Harvey was the pathologist in Princeton who performed his autopsy — and without the family's permission, he took the brain," said Anna Dhody, curator of the Mütter Museum. "His brain was removed from his body without initial consent."
On April 18, 1955, Harvey effectively "stole" Einstein's brain along with his eyeballs (which were gifted to the scientist's eye doctor). A few days later, he managed to receive permission from the family given that it would be used for scientific research only. The brain was then brought to Philadelphia to be turned into microscope slides in a lab at the University of Pennsylvania.
"The woman who prepared the slides, Marta Keller, was a lab technician at Penn Medicine's Department of Pathology," said Dhody. "She was one of the best in the area, and with Penn being one of the foremost medical schools in the world, this was apparently the woman to go to if you wanted your brain made into slides."
Keller and Harvey carefully whittled down the precious specimen into 1,000 slices thinner than a human hair, then stained and mounted them on glass slides. Boxes containing several slides were gifted to prominent neuropathologists, including Philadelphia's own William Ehrich. As chief of pathology at the Philadelphia General Hospital and Penn's Graduate School of Medicine, he kept his box of 46 slides until his death in 1967. Then Ehrich's widow passed it along to pathologist Allen Steinberg, also at Philadelphia General Hospital.
"Dr. Steinberg gave the slides to Dr. Lucy Rorke-Adams, a noted neuropathologist who is still alive and a longtime Fellow of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia," Dhody said. "She had these slides on her desk for decades and decided in November 2011 to donate them to the Mütter Museum."
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The slides of Einstein's brain were studied to determine whether the brain of a genius differs in structure from that of the average person. A 1985 experiment found that Einstein had more glial cells — those that support and maintain neuronal abilities — in a particular area of the brain when compared to a set of control males.
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The vast majority of slides shows parts of Einstein's motor cortex, but some depict slices of the spinal cord as well. The National Museum of Health and Medicine (NMHM), a Department of Defense museum in Maryland, possesses another box with nearly 350 slides, but only brings them out for the public occasionally. Dhody remains unaware of the whereabouts of the other three boxes.
The slides have also been studied to determine whether the brain of such a genius differs in structure from that of the average person. A 1985 experiment found that Einstein had more glial cells — those that support and maintain neuronal abilities — in a particular area of the brain when compared to a set of control males. Another study concluded that his prefrontal cortex had more neurons packed into a thinner layer of brain tissue than normal.
But such results explaining Einstein's superior intellect have been disputed. Hanoch Gutfreund, an Einstein scholar at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, dismisses this line of research and states that every brain is different. As the academic director of the Einstein Archives, he pays more attention to the vast amount of output that this brain has produced in its lifetime, rather than the anatomy of the brain itself.
"His secretary at Princeton after his death lived on for 25 more years. In that time, she transformed a bundle of disordered documents — tens of thousands of them — into an ordered collection that was classified and categorized," said Gutfreund. "And that collection has become the archives."
Hebrew University's Einstein Archives contain an incredible 80,000 documents, including his most groundbreaking academic manuscripts, his Nobel Diploma, travel diaries and personal correspondence. The Einstein Legacy Project, spearheaded by the not-for-profit organization Canadian Friends of Hebrew University, includes the creation of The Einstein Archives, Research & Visitor Center in Jerusalem. The building will house the extensive collection of documents, along with a visitor center that celebrates the life and work of Einstein for the general public.
"Everybody knows that Einstein was a great scientist, maybe the greatest of all time. But Einstein was also an individual who expressed his views by writing on every issue that was on the agenda of mankind," Gutfreund said. "No other university has these writings, and so we are working to share this treasure with the world."
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A Prologue
The very first section of House Made of Dawn creates the mood for the story. Set in a canyon at sunrise, the protagonist of the novel, Abel, is introduced. Thematic issues that will appear throughout the book are also presented: Abel's isolation and his struggle to communicate, as well as the communion of man and nature. In addition, it introduces the image of Abel running, which will also be the final image in the novel.
B The Longhair
In 1945 Abel's grandfather, Francisco, rides his horse-drawn wagon into town and picks up Abel from the bus station. The young man is returning from his service in the army during World War II. So drunk that he does not recognize his own grandfather, Abel stumbles off the bus and into his grandfather's wagon.
Waking the next day at Francisco's house, he recalls frightening images from his early life on the Native American reservation: the mournful sound of the wind blowing over a hole in the earth; the sight of a snake carried up into the sky by an eagle and then dropped, wriggling in its fall to the hard ground. He then reflects on his wartime experiences.
The story shifts to Father Olguin, the Catholic missionary assigned to the reservation at Walatowa. He is visited by Angela St. John, a pregnant white woman from Los Angeles. Mrs. St. John is pregnant and has come to bathe in the local mineral baths to soothe the soreness in her back. She asks Father Olguin to recommend a local person looking for work who can chop wood for her. A few days later, Abel comes to her house. He chops the wood, but does not talk to her.
At the feast of Santiago, Abel participates in a competition that is based on a folk story about Santiago, who founded the town by sacrificing a rooster. The townspeople believe that the discarded feathers and blood of the rooster produced plants and animals from the ground. At the feast, contestants ride horses toward a rooster that is buried up to its neck in the ground, trying to reach down and pull it out. Abel does poorly at the competition. The winner is an albino on a black horse, who takes the rooster over to Abel and beats him with it.
A few days later, Abel walks to Angela St. John's house. She invites him in, gives him coffee, and asks if he would like to make love to her. He accepts, and the two become lovers. Father Olguin comes to talk to her about her sin a few days later, but she does not regret her actions.
After a festival in town, Abel sits in a bar and has a few drinks with the albino. They leave together, and, while walking up the street, the man puts his arm out to Abel. Abel pulls out his knife and stabs the man, killing him.
C The Priest of the Sun
Seven years later, the story shifts to Los Angeles. Reverend John Big Bluff Tosamah, the pastor of the Holiness Pan-Indian Rescue Mission and the Priest of the Sun, preaches to Native Americans in the city. Tosamah is a Kiowa, and he recalls stories told him by his grandmother, who had been present for the last of the Kiowa tribe's sun dances in 1887. He passes these Indian stories along to those in his congregation, many of whom are from other native groups.
Abel has served his jail time for the murder of the albino. He is trying to start a new life in Los Angeles at the urging of the Indian Relocation Service. Abel has a close friend, Benally, who is an Indian also transplanted from the reservation to the city; Abel also has a girlfriend named Milly, who is the social worker assigned to his case. He struggles to stay out of trouble and survive in a white man's world.
D The Night Chanter
Benally clarifies some of the details of Abel's life in Los Angeles. He is familiar with many of the members in the Native American community and mentions their names in the process of telling the story. He remembers that after his release from prison, Abel was brought to the factory where Benally worked. Feeling sorry for him, Benally gave him a place to live and went out to bars and to the beach with him.
One night they are stopped by Martinez, a local police officer. When Abel does not respond appropriately, Martinez hits his hands with his nightstick. His bones are not broken, but Abel's pride is-soon he stops going to work, and spends his days drinking and wandering the streets: He went downhill pretty fast after that. Sometimes he was here when I came in from work, and sometimes he wasn't. He was drunk about half the time, and I couldn't keep up with him … Pretty soon I wouldn't give him any more, but you know what he did? He started asking Milly for money.
He loses a succession of jobs, and eventually is attacked and beaten up on the street.
Benally contacts Angela St. John. She visits Abel in the hospital and tells him that she has told Indian stories to her son Peter about a man born of a bear and a maiden. Benally puts Abel on a bus back to the reservation.
E The Dawn Runner
When he returns to the reservation, Abel discovers that his grandfather is dying. Abel listens to him murmuring in his delirium for six days about a bear hunt from his youth. The old man dies on the seventh morning.
Abel wakes Father Olguin before dawn and makes arrangements for the old man's funeral service. He takes off down the road south of town. When he spots the figures of men running, he strips off his shirt and runs after them.
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Airline inaugurates daily service on the occasion of the twin islands' 50th year of independence
CALGARY, Nov. 16, 2012 /CNW/ - WestJet today launches daily, non-stop service between Toronto and Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. The inaugural flight from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Port of Spain departs tonight at 11:30 p.m. EST.
Following are schedule details of WestJet's new service between Toronto and Port of Spain:
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Flight Departure Arrival
From Toronto (WS 2772) 11:30 p.m. 6 a.m.
From Port of Spain (WS 2773 7 a.m. 12 p.m.
"We're very pleased to offer daily service to Trinidad and Tobago, especially as the islands celebrate the 50th anniversary of their independence," said Peter Tong, WestJet Director, Schedule and Network Planning. "We look forward to further cementing the strong ties that exist between the large Trinidadian community in Canada and their homeland. We also know that vacationers will enjoy the many events and attractions for which the islands are famous, including Carnival, the new Tourism Park 2012 and more."
"We are pleased once again to see WestJet continuing to grow their service at Toronto Pearson," said Howard Bohan, Vice President, Aviation Services for the Greater Toronto Airports Authority. "It's great that our passengers will now have additional choices when planning their upcoming vacations."
Full schedule details and affordable fares to Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, are available by visiting westjet.com, by calling WestJet's Sales Super Centre at 1-888-WESTJET (937-8538) or through your preferred travel agent.
As WestJet's 81st destination, Port of Spain joins Antigua, Curacao, Costa Rica and Manzanillo, Mexico, as part of the airline's 2012-2013 winter season offerings.


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Q: Can I parallelize this nested for loop? (Python 3.5) I recently found out that the bottleneck of my code is the following block. N is of order 10,000, and L (10,000)^2. RQ_func is just a function that takes indices (tuples) and returns float V and dictionary sp_dist of {index : probability} format.
Is there a way I can parallelize this code? I have access to cluster computing from which I can use up to 20 cores at a time and would like to use the option.
    R = np.empty((L,))
    Q = scipy.sparse.lil_matrix((L, N))

    traverser = 0        # Populate R and Q by traversing the array
    for s_index in state_indices:
        for a_index in action_indices:
            V, sp_dist = RQ_func(s_index, a_index)
            R[traverser] = V
            for sp_index, prob in sp_dist.items():
                Q[traverser, sp_index] = prob
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Part 1: The Important Details
If you follow my Twitter account very much, you already know that, in early January, I was really suffering. I was grading law exams for my Copyright course that I had taught at Vanderbilt University Law School. The problem wasn't what the students had written. Many of the exam papers I received were excellent. The suffering was largely self-inflicted. I could have written a shorter, simpler or narrower exam, and spared myself a lot of grief. Had I known how hard the grading would be, I might have quailed when I was preparing the exam.
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And, yet, I don't regret how I structured the exam. It was structured to test the ability to analyze core copyright concepts (e.g., substantial similarity, originality, authorship, ownership, fair use, the exclusive rights, etc.) and the many small but important details (e.g., termination rights, duration, restoration, misuse, minor defenses, etc.), plus stuff in between (useful articles, statutory licenses, architectural works, etc.). By and large, I think it succeeded.
One can't cover everything, and traditionally law professors have tended not to sweat the details. But I felt I had to. In copyright law, details matter. And I remember how frustrated I was as a junior associate that I didn't know details not important enough to merit mention on the law school exam but very important to understanding your client's legal position. There's a certain amount of walking-around knowledge that even a first-year copyright lawyer should just have. Law school costs a lot of money: you might as well make it count.
I was also concerned that what was sufficient for a first-year associate to know in, say, 2000 (when I graduated), is no longer sufficient today. Back then, there was a shortage of law school graduates. Law school was supposed to teach you to "think like a lawyer"*, and you learned the substantive details when you got to your major law firm. Law firms weren't, at the time, all that keen on specialized knowledge in law school, even as they complained about how they lost money on junior associates. They liked the flexibility of sticking their new associates where they were needed. Things have changed since 2008. There's now an abundance of law school graduates, and firms are no longer tolerant about losing money on their junior associates, and they've gotten better about assessing their future needs. Logically, then, law schools should start producing better-rounded graduates. As a teaching practitioner, I saw an opportunity to do my part.
* No, this doesn't mean…well, whatever you're thinking it means. It means to apply law to facts dispassionately, while also passionately advocating one point of view. It's a useful skill, really. It's also about 10% of a successful lawyer's total skillset.
In order to cover this "walking around knowledge," the exam was broken into three parts: (I) short answer (for the really small details that don't fit well in essay topics), (II) short essay (for important issues that don't fit well in traditional spot-the-issue-type essay topics), and (III) traditional spot-the-issue long essays (which focused on the core concepts). Analysis is still more important than details, so the long essays accounted for about 50% of the score, with the other two parts splitting the remaining 50%. Because the students had only three hours*, I let them have the short essay topics in advance—only there were eight of them, but they'd be answering three (out of four that I chose). This also forced the students to prepare for a wider range of issues, so I think there was more pedagogical bang for the buck.
* I never seriously considered a take-home exam. I hated those when I was in law school because you never knew when you were "done."
This blog post and the next two will set forth each of the three parts of the exam that I actually gave my copyright class, with comments from me about how I think the questions should have been answered or the topics addressed, and trends I saw in the answers.
If you'd like to see the exam without the comments (or for some reason want to take the exam!), you may access it here.
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This exam has three parts. The first part consists of 24% of the total grade, the second part 27%, and the third part 49%. It is recommended that you spend no more than 45 minutes on Parts I and II, leaving at least 90 minutes for Part III.
Part I: Short Answer
24% of total grade.
Answer eight (8) of the following questions. Each answer is worth three (3) points. Try not to spend more than 45 minutes on this Part.
GENERAL COMMENT: Very occasionally, I actually awarded 3 ½ points for an answer. However, no student did better than 24 points (out of 24) in this section.
1. If Congress repealed 17 U.S.C. § 107, would fair use likewise disappear? Why or why not?
COMMENT: Unless you have something very persuasive to say, the correct answer really should be NO. There are two bases that you could use. The basis I was expecting was that Eldred and Golan fairly clearly held that the right to free speech was embedded into copyright law, in part through the doctrine of fair use. Thus, so long as there is a right to free speech, there will be a right to fairly use copyrighted materials (in some form). The other approach was to note that fair use predates section 107, having its origin in Folsom v. March, which is also the origin of the four factors. Thus, it is part of the fabric of common law. This approach surprised me somewhat because we didn't cover Folsom in class, but several people took it, and it's legitimate. (It's not perfect, though, because statutes can override common law, but it works because my question only contemplated the repealing of section 107, not an Congressional abrogation of fair use.)
2. John and the Ram is an orchestral musical work composed in 1936 by the Russian composer Sergei Puriskov, who was then a resident of the Soviet Union. The work never received copyright protection in the United States because, under the Copyright Act at the time, residents of the Soviet Union were not among those eligible for copyright protection. It is currently protected by Russian copyright law. Ron and the Jam is a jazz-like work by the American composer George Schwinn, also composed in 1936. It was published without notice in 1937, placing it immediately into the public domain. Are either of these works now protected by U.S. copyright? Why or why not?
COMMENT: This question tests your knowledge of copyright restoration. John and the Ram is protected under the Uruguay Round because it was not copyrighted on technical grounds (nationality). Ron and the Jam is not protected because its failure to be copyrighted isn't due to a technicality.
COMMENT ABOUT QUESTIONS 3 & 4: I accepted as correct any year within one (1) year of my calculations. This is because I didn't provide exact dates, so you could legitimately be "off" by a year. Also, it's not a math exam.
3. A work was created and published with notice in 1975. The author transferred the copyright in the work to BigCo in 1979. The author is still alive. When must the author give BigCo notice of his intent to exercise his termination rights? Briefly explain how you arrived at your answer.
COMMENT: There were a couple of ways to approach this. The most popular way was to give the whole range, i.e., the very earliest you could give notice, if you terminated as soon as you could and gave notice as soon as you could, and if you terminated as late as you could and gave notice as late as you could. This would make the final answer: 2004 to 2017. Another approach was to pick one date within the termination period, and base the notice period off of that. In any event, you needed to show that the termination right had to be exercised between 2014 and 2019, and notice had to be exercised any time between two and ten years before the date selected for termination. The most common mistake was to key the termination period off the duration of the copyright, rather than off of the transfer/grant date.
4. A work was created and published with notice in 1975. In 1976, the author transferred the copyright in the work to SmallCo. The author is still alive. When must the author give SmallCo notice of her intent to exercise her termination rights? Briefly explain how you arrived at your answer.
COMMENT: Same comment as for no. 3 above as far as the two approaches. The most common mistake was to key the termination period off the transfer/grant date, rather than the quasi-duration of the copyright. Also, I gave a bonus ½ point for people who mentioned the "Sonny Bono second bite."
5. John bangs out some awesome computer code for his employer NimbleCo in 2007. NimbleCo promptly and properly registers the copyright in the code. Under current law, when does the copyright in the code expire?
COMMENT: I didn't provide any information about publication, which meant you had to analyze this assuming publication and assuming no publication. If we assume no publication, we add 120 years to the creation date—thus, the copyright doesn't expire until 2127 (assuming no further extensions by Congress!). But that date could change if the code is published in the next 35 years. If so, then the date is 95 years from publication (again, assuming no further extension by Congress!).
6. LegacyCo sells computerized assembly units (sometimes known as "robots") that help build cars. It owns the copyright in the software that controls the units. CarCo has purchased a number of these units. The sales documents make clear that LegacyCo is licensing the software to CarCo. The sales documents provide that only persons authorized by LegacyCo may service the units, and it specifically conditions the copyright license on this provision (i.e., the license terminates if CarCo violates this provision). Is this provision enforceable? Why or why not?
COMMENT: This question is about copyright misuse. Whether your answer was ultimately "yes" or "no," you really had to recognize and discuss misuse. In those jurisdictions the recognize copyright misuse, this is a classic case: an attempt to tie the maintenance to the copyright license would be an improper extension of the copyright monopoly.
7. Same fact pattern as No. 6 above. Sales documents forbid transfer of the license but do not otherwise restrict how CarCo may use the units or the operating software. May CarCo re-sell the units without LegacyCo's permission?
COMMENT: This question requires you to analyze the sale under Vernor and its three factors: the First-Sale Doctrine applies unless there are (1) explicit license, (2) significant use restrictions, AND (3) significant transfer restrictions. I really expected the answer to be "YES" because the question specifically said that there were not restrictions on use of the software. Many people simply missed that. Others mistakenly thought only one of the Vernor factors was required to defeat the First-Sale Doctrine. It helped to actually mention the First-Sale Doctrine and/or section 109.
8. You own the copyright in a published novel that is properly in its second (renewal) term as of 1978 and would have expired in 1982 under the old 1909 Copyright Act. When did/does the copyright expire? Briefly explain your reasoning.
COMMENT: This question involved a lot of math! The way I approached it was to figure out when the renewal term started (1954, which is 28 years before 1982), then adding 67 years (which gives us 2021). Another popular way was to figure out when the work was first under copyright (1982 – 28 years – another 28 years = 1926) then adding 95 years to that. By far the most common mistake was to miss that the work was in its renewal term.
9. You purchase a painting by a local artist. May you display it in your home? May you display it at a shopping mall? May you take a digital photograph of it and upload it to Facebook for your friends to see ("Look at this awesome painting I just bought!")? Briefly explain your answer.
COMMENT: Under the First-Sale Doctrine, you may display the painting at home or at the shopping mall. Many people had a hard time believing in the right to display at the shopping mall and came up with imaginative reasons why that's an infringement. You may NOT display on Facebook because you necessarily have to make a digital copy of the painting, and the reproduction right isn't covered by the First-Sale Doctrine, unless it's a fair use. More than one VERY sharp-eyed student noticed that section 109(c) has a relevant built-in limitation: the viewers of the copy must be "present at the place where the copy is located," which arguably doesn't apply to Facebook. I'll admit I hadn't considered that possibility, because we didn't get into that level of detail in class, and it was worth a bonus ½ point.
10. You are preparing a complaint for copyright infringement. The copyright in question was timely registered. In addition to facts you allege constitute infringement, what jurisdictional and factual elements must you sufficiently allege to survive a motion to dismiss under Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6)? What if the copyright in question had not been timely registered?
COMMENT: The key here is to remember that a work registered within five years of publication is prima facie evidence of all kinds of elements you would normally need to allege in your complaint. Since the copyright was timely registered, you can just attach the work and plead the identity of the work, the chain of title, subject-matter jurisdiction under § 1338(a) and venus under § 1400(a). If the work were registered after five years of publication, you're stuck having also to allege copyrightability, authorship, citizenship and compliance with formalities.
11. Which of the following has standing to enforce a properly and timely registered copyright, where the alleged infringement consists of illegal distribution of digital copies of the work over the internet to every state in the United States? Assume London-Sire v. Doe 1 governs. (a) one with a perpetual, world-wide non-exclusive license; (b) one with a one-year exclusive right to distribute copies of the work in Tennessee; (c) one who receives royalties from sale of the work; (d) a 10% owner of the right to distribute copies of the work; (e) one who has purchased the right to sue from that 10% owner. Briefly explain your choice or choices.
COMMENT: Only legal, beneficial and equitable owners have standing to sue. (a) no standing: non-exclusive licenses don't provide equitable ownership, even if perpetual; (b) yes, standing: exclusive licenses provide equitable ownership, even if temporary; (c) yes, standing, under Cortner (the Monday Night Football case), right to royalties confers beneficial ownership; (d) yes, standing: any portion of ownership of any exclusive right is legal ownership; (e) no standing under Wolf v. Righthaven.
12. What is the Essential-Step Defense, and on what key legal issue are courts split?
COMMENT: The Essential-Step Defense gives the owner of a copy of a computer program the right to make copies (a) necessary to use the software and (b) to make an archival back-up copy. Courts on split on what constitutes an "owner of a copy," especially whether that includes licensees.
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IOWA CITY — Iowa City High girls' soccer coach Phillip Hansen figured freshman Mia DePrenger had 20 or 30 runs at the goal.
The last one netted the Little Hawks another win over their crosstown rival.
The victory was the first this season for City High (1-2, 1-0 MVC), and the first with Hansen as head coach. Hansen was previously an assistant coach with the City High boys' team and will begin his term as City High Athletics Director on July 1 following the retirement of Terry Coleman at the end of the school year.
"I'm excited, but it doesn't beat the excitement of this," Hansen said.
After not beating West (0-3, 0-1) at all from 2008-17, City High has now claimed the last three meetings. Just as it appeared overtime would be needed to decide the 2019 installment, DePrenger fielded a pass from Iowa recruit Sam Schroder, steadied herself and fired past West goalkeeper Julia Bernat with 3:31 left in regulation.
The goal was the first in three games for City High, which started the season with narrow losses to 3A No. 11 Pleasant Valley and 1A No. 4 Union Community.
Goal — Mia DePrenger (1).


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How Israel became a water superpower
Seth M. Siegel, author of 'Let There Be Water,' hopes Israel's world-class water practices create a ripple effect of peace
By Simona Weinglass	1 December 2015, 2:08 pm 15 Edit
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Simona Weinglass is an investigative reporter at The Times of Israel.
Hikers near the Sea of Galilee, Israel's largest freshwater lake (Yossi Zamir/Flash90)
When Seth M. Siegel, author of "Let There Be Water: Israel's Solution for a Water-Starved World" began his book tour, he expected to get a lot of questions about Israel and the Palestinians. He didn't even rule out the possibility that pro-Palestinian activists, angered by the book's message that Israel is a world leader in water management and conservation, would demonstrate at his lectures.
But that didn't happen. Instead, "I have been dumbstruck by the response."
Siegel has been traveling around the United States speaking on university campuses, to Jewish groups, to policy groups, at the UN and to groups of business executives and water engineers. He estimates the number of interviews and lectures he has given since the book was published in September to be at least a hundred, and he is still touring, with dates being scheduled to next October. In addition, the book has appeared on the New York Times and Los Angeles Times' bestseller lists.
"People are excited by the message of the book — that there is a solution for the coming global water crisis — and they come up to me afterward, I don't mean one or two, but significant numbers of people. They tell me they want to come visit Israel and learn from Israel."
What they want to learn, explains Siegel, is how a country that is 60 percent desert and whose population increased tenfold since 1948 not only has enough water for itself, but in fact has a surplus and even exports water to its neighbors. In the 1930s British economists predicted that all of Palestine — including today's Gaza, Israel and the West Bank, had enough water to sustain 2 million people. Today, the area is home to more than 12 million people, a feat that Siegel attributes in large part to Israel's first-class water planning and management.
Seth M. Siegel (Courtesy)
"In addition," Siegel writes, "Israel provides large amounts of water from its own supplies to both the Palestinians and the Kingdom of Jordan and even exports billions of dollars each year of peppers, tomatoes, melons and other water-intensive produce."
"That the British economists were wrong," he sums up, "goes without saying."
How did Israel do this? Even before the establishment of the state, leaders like David Ben-Gurion and Levi Eshkol realized that Zionism would only succeed if there were enough water to fill the needs of masses of immigrants and expand the economy. Over the years, Israel has implemented centralized water planning andreal pricing, appointed regulators, educated citizens to conserve water, desalinated sea water, used drip irrigation and treated nearly all of its sewage, recycling it for crops.
The result, Siegel tells The Times of Israel, is that while Israel has many problems, "in this one narrow area it's a world leader." Frequently faced with incredulity from Israelis who think this sounds too good to be true, he adds, "some Israelis won't take yes for an answer. Israel celebrates its army and immigrant absorption process. It should add to that a celebration of its water."
From Startup Nation to Water Nation?
Siegel maintains that Israel's water accomplishment is more unique and more deeply part of what it means to be Israeli than its identity as a high-tech powerhouse.
Indeed, one could argue that the ancient nation of Israel was forged out of water insecurity. In Deuteronomy 11:10-12, God helpfully explains that there is no big river in the land of Israel for the nation to irrigate its crops, and instead it will have to rely on rainfall.
"For the land that you are about to enter and possess is not like the land of Egypt from which you have come. There the grain you sowed had to be watered by your own labors, like a vegetable garden; but the land you are about to cross into and possess, a land of hills and valleys, soaks up its water from the rains of heaven."
Indeed, this water insecurity preoccupied rabbis throughout the Mishnaic and Talmudic periods, and they developed a detailed body of water law that specified ownership of wells, rules governing public water pipes, canals and reservoirs, the rights of travelers to waterholes, a ban on pollution of water sources and detailed rules for keeping sewage away from drinking water.
Drip irrigation in Israel (Facebook)
Siegel points out that Zionist settlers were overwhelmingly secular but arrived with a familiarity with the Bible and Jewish tradition. This no doubt contributed to their obsession with water security.
Siegel, 61, is the grandchild of Jewish immigrants to the United States, "none of whom were economically successful." His parents made a "decent, but hard, living." But Siegel got a break when he was accepted to Cornell University and later received a law degree there. He started a branding and trademark licensing business, which turned out to be phenomenally successful and counted Coca-Cola and celebrities like Paris Hilton among his clients. Siegel has also produced Broadway shows, including a revival of "Man of La Mancha." Since selling his company more than a decade ago, he has been involved in community service and outreach, including serving on the board of AIPAC.
The idea for this book came about when Siegel attended a meeting at the Council on Foreign Relations. He heard a US government official tell members that the world was about to enter a period of prolonged water shortage.
"I came away with a feeling of, 'My God, why don't I know any of this?' I asked senators and congressmen who were my friends — and they didn't know about it either."
Israeli schoolchildren learning about water conservation (Facebook)
Siegel began to educate himself on the subject of water, quickly realizing that Israel, his other passion, was an outlier in water management. He interviewed over 220 people — mostly in some aspect of Israel's water sector but also heads of NGOs, Palestinians and others — to understand the story.
"Israel overcame seemingly insurmountable obstacles. No other country with a growing population, growing economy and falling level of rainfall has been able to achieve anything remotely like what Israel has done," he says.
Dalia Tal, head of campaigns for Zalul, an environmental NGO in Israel, is somewhat less effusive.
"In terms of the dry facts, Israel is a leading water management country. We are a semi-arid country and we don't have a water crisis like our neighbors. We have a high percentage of sewage purification, water reuse, and desalination. We have water security and the quality of our water is good."
"But from an environmental point of view, most springs are appropriated for the use of agriculture and homes. Despite the fact that we have desalination and reuse of treated water, water doesn't get returned to nature the way it should. I was at Nahal Betzet yesterday — it was as dry as a stream in the desert. There are giant plane trees there and not a drop of water."
Another fear, says Tal, is that when the treated waste water is returned to the fields, it makes the earth saltier, and this can lower agricultural yields over time.
Water diplomacy
Israel exports $2.2 billion annually in water-related tech and know-how. Siegel quotes an industry source who predicts this amount will reach $10 billion in a few years.
Not only is this good business, but it has enabled Israel to overcome some of its diplomatic isolation. For decades, China's communist regime refused to have contacts with Israel. But during the 1980s, the country realized it needed help combating massive water leaks and pollution. At first, Israeli water engineers were allowed into the country in secret. Then, China agreed to buy drip irrigation equipment and seeds from Israel but insisted that any "Made in Israel" labels be removed. In 1991, China invited Israel to send a renowned water expert to be resident in China and to train Chinese water people in best practices. A year later, the two countries established diplomatic relations.
Something similar happened in India, says Siegel, and water assistance also helped cement relations between Israel and Iran prior to the Islamic Revolution. In fact, according to Siegel, Israeli water technology is being used in over 150 countries, including some that have no formal ties with Israel.
In terms of the Palestinians, the Palestinian Authority signed water treaties with Israel under Oslo II, which Israel not only continues to honor but to which over time, Israel has added more water provided to Palestinians beyond the treaty obligations. Even so, many still claim that Israel takes more than its fair share.
Siegel indicates that in June 1967 only about 10 percent of the West Bank was connected to modern plumbing while today about 96 percent of Palestinians in the West Bank have clean and safe water piped to their homes, even if, as he points out in the book, more volume and better water is needed.
He laments what he calls the PA's "politicization" of water and its recent policy of not cooperating with Israel on water issues in an attempt to score political points.
In Gaza, controlled by Hamas, the water situation is much more dire, says Siegel. Gaza is only a few years away from a water crisis so severe that its people may have nothing to drink.
Israel's National Water Carrier (Facebook)
"Water problems are a proxy for bad governance," he claims, and since its takeover of the Gaza Strip in 2007, Hamas has mismanaged the area's water supply, allowing residents to dig too many wells, pollute their aquifer and dump untreated sewage into the Mediterranean Sea.
Arab affairs analyst Pinhas Inbari tells The Times of Israel he believes Palestinians in Gaza are already dying from the bacteria-laden brackish water but that Hamas would sooner let their people die than ask for help from Israel.
At some point, Inbari believes, Israel will have to step in, but he hopes that Israel will make such assistance contingent on Hamas dismantling its missile infrastructure.
"Water is a strategic issue," says Inbari. "We can't give them water while they continue to shoot us."
Beating swords into water pipes
Siegel is confident that water can build bridges. The most moving interview in the book, he says, was with retired executive Moshe Gablinger of the TAHAL water engineering and construction firm, who initiated water projects in underdeveloped countries.
"It was an honor that we could help poor people and poor nations and improve the quality of their lives," Gablinger says in Siegel's book. "It was almost like a commandment from the Bible, this feeling we had of wanting to help people all over the world."
Israel celebrates its army and immigrant absorption process. It should add to that a celebration of its water
Siegel says that sometimes, an angry pro-Israel questioner will get up at one of his lectures and ask why Israel doesn't use water as a weapon.
"I say that Israel's origins and heritage are to be light unto the nations. The desire is to do justice is part of Israel's heritage. But pragmatically, Israel has seen time and again that its water smarts help open doors."
Siegel acknowledges his background as an American-Jewish success story may have influenced his writing of the book, conceding, "I'm a big believer that hard work, ethical behavior and a value-added service will over time pay off."
But "Let There Be Water," which tells the story of many hardworking, resourceful Israeli water planners, is "also a purely Israeli and Zionist story," he says.
"Look at these water engineers who went into careers not assuming anyone would know their names. Look at David Yogev, who transformed Israel with his vision of re-using treated sewage. Or Simcha Blass, who gave the world drip irrigation. Or Sidney Loeb, who reconceived desalination. In my book, the reader meets a lot of people like these, people mostly without big egos, people unfairly forgotten to history. Their credo was 'I'm here to serve.' And Israel, and now the world, are both better for their vision and sacrifice."
Seth Siegel
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