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Fishing with Eric
Into a spring fishing pattern Eric Carpenter holds a massive 37-inch catfish. Photo courtesy Eric Carpenter By Eric Carpenter Welcome to my fishing column. I’m writing this May 20 and the drought continues. Now the upper lake on Twin Lakes is drying up. I’m thinking the fish in the upper lake may be moving into the lower lake. The high population of fish in the lower lake may lend itself to some good fishing. I’m thinking I want to fish it soon. Earlier this month Crystal and I hit Blue Mesa.
Atom-level Machine of Protein-glycan Interactions and Cross-chiral Recognition in Glycobiology
Abstract Cross-chiral recognition in glycobiology is the interactions between biologically conventional proteins and the enantiomers of biological glycans (e.g., L-proteins binding with L-hexoses) from organisms across all kingdoms of life. By symmetry, it also describes the interactions of chirally mirrored proteins with normal D-glycans.
It’s over; the name Los Angeles Angels is official
ANAHEIM Case closed. The name will remain the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. The California Appellate Court has officially closed the city of Anaheim’s case against the Angels; the city had sought to return the baseball club’s name to the Anaheim Angels.
He dove into ‘Shark Tank,’ emerged richer man
BREA – Rick Hopper had a simple idea: a magnetic clip attached to the shirt to keep reading glasses in place when not in use. He knew it could be huge, if only he had more money and help to market and distribute it. So he dove into the “Shark Tank.” And when he emerged five minutes later, he was on a course to become a millionaire. Hopper is the inventor of ReadeREST (“Reader Rest”).
Country and western venue headed to town
ANAHEIM – Country-and-western fans have reason to rejoice – not to mention enthusiasts of audio-visual electronics. Extron Electronics and city leaders put shovels to dirt and broke ground Tuesday on a novel idea to build a six-story electronics company headquarters that incorporates a first-floor steakhouse and country music venue open to the public.
GlyNet: a multi-task neural network for predicting protein-glycan interactions
GlyNet: a multi-task neural network for predicting protein–glycan interactions† Eric J. Carpenter,a Shaurya Seth,a Noel Yue,a Russell Greinerbc and Ratmir Derda *a Abstract Advances in diagnostics, therapeutics, vaccines, transfusion, and organ transplantation build on a fundamental understanding of glycan–protein interactions.
Mexican markets to build 22-acre HQ in OC
ANAHEIM What began as a single Mexican market in 1980 inside a small Anaheim storefront has grown into a successful family-owned chain of 29 stores in four counties. Today, officials with the Gonzalez Northgate Markets, which caters to the Hispanic market, kicked off a construction project that shows just how far the supermarket chain has come.
Review of Revolution in Our Time: The Black Panther Party's Promise to the People by Kekla Magoon
In October 1966, in Oakland, California, Black college students Huey Newton and Bobby Seale began to organize in reaction to rising police brutality in Black communities. Those plans birthed the Black Panther Party, established as a response to an unjust system and one of the most misunderstood political parties/movements in modern history. Revolution in Our Time: The Black Panther Party’s Promise to the People by Kekla Magoon Middle School, High School Candlewick 390 pp.
Review of Nina: A Story of Nina Simone by Traci N. Todd and Christian Robinson
by Sam Bloom Nov 17, 2021 | Filed in Book Reviews Pianist, singer, and composer Nina Simone was born Eunice Waymon in rural North Carolina in 1933, a child “who had music on the inside.” Treated by turns as a prodigy, curiosity, and nuisance, after high school Eunice left North Carolina for NYC and Juilliard. After a series of indignities and disappointments, she began performing at a nightclub in Atlantic City... Nina: A Story of Nina Simone by Traci N. Todd; illus.
Review of Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown by Steve Sheinkin
by Jonathan Hunt Nov 10, 2021 | Filed in Book Reviews Sheinkin returns to the milieu of his award-winning Bomb: The Race to Build — and Steal — the World’s Most Dangerous Weapon (rev. 11/12) for this equally compelling sequel. In the aftermath of World War II, the United States and Russia emerge as global superpowers, each vying for ideological, technological, and territorial dominance.
Review of The Message: The Extraordinary Journey of an Ordinary Text Message by Michael Emberley
by Eric Carpenter Nov 03, 2021 | Filed in Book Reviews What is going on in our brains, on our phones, and in the world when we send or receive a text message? Emberley’s skillfully crafted picture book answers this not-so-simple question in a delightful mix of illustrations, diagrams, and captions with a clear through-line narration that makes the complicated science behind our electronic interactions comprehensible.
Review of Playing at the Border: A Story of Yo-Yo Ma by Joanna Ho and Teresa Martinez
by Weileen Wang Oct 27, 2021 | Filed in Book Reviews “Feet planted on the soil of one nation, eyes gazing at the shores of another,” runs the refrain of this book, which uses one incident from cellist Yo-Yo Ma’s career to introduce a consideration of his life as a whole. Playing at the Border: A Story of Yo-Yo Ma by Joanna Ho; illus. by Teresa Martinez Primary, Intermediate Harper/HarperCollins 40 pp.
Review of The Genius Under the Table: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain by Eugene Yelchin
by Roger Sutton Oct 13, 2021 | Filed in Book Reviews When it becomes clear that unathletic Yevgeny is not going to follow in the footsteps of his figure-skating-whiz older brother Victor, their mother hopes — against all evidence — that he might make it in the world of the Soviet Union’s other big artistic export, ballet, where she herself works and even has the acquaintance of the rising star Mikhail Baryshnikov.
Review of Run: Book One by John Lewis and Andrew Aydin; illus. by L. Fury with Nate Powell
by Eric Carpenter Oct 06, 2021 | Filed in Book Reviews The story begun in the March graphic memoirs (rev. 1/14, 5/15, and 9/16) — events of the civil rights movement as seen through the eyes of young activist (and later longtime Congress member) John Lewis — continues in this first volume of a projected new series. Run: Book One by John Lewis and Andrew Aydin; illus. by L. Fury with Nate Powell Middle School, High School Good Trouble Productions/ComicArts/Abrams 160 pp.
Students, Disney star replant torched campus
BREA – The origins of this story can be traced back to a few seeds. First, it was seedlings planted by Disney stars and Storm Troopers at the Disney D23 fan convention last summer. Around the same time, three students at Brea Olinda High School had the seed of an idea to help their campus recover from a devastating fire.
O.C. sports center, nation’s largest, grows again
ANAHEIM – Already billed as the largest indoor-court facility in the nation, the American Sports Center on Thursday celebrated a major expansion. Home to the men’s and women’s U.S. Olympic volleyball teams and numerous regional and national volleyball and basketball tournaments, the center has grown from 150,000 square feet to 242,000 square feet. It houses 34 volleyball courts (up from 22) and 25 full-size basketball courts (up from 16).
Tiger Woods pays tribute to dad, challenges teens
ANAHEIM – Golf champion and Orange County native Tiger Woods came to the Learning Center that bears his name Monday to announce the launch of an online challenge to students to identify and celebrate their accomplishments. Woods chose Martin Luther King Day Jr. Day to announce the challenge in honor of his late father and biggest inspiration, Earl.
High-speed rail gets $194 million
ANAHEIM – Early plans to build a high-speed rail line between Anaheim and San Francisco got a boost Thursday when the state’s rail authority received a $194 million federal grant to plan the line. Those funds will be matched dollar for dollar with state funds. The authority, led by chairman and Anaheim Mayor Curt Pringle, is in the early stages of studying the proposed line’s feasibility and potential environmental impacts along the 800-mile line.
Service dogs take the bus
The Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA) held a Service Animal Training Day on Saturday, April 7 in Anaheim. Special buses took the animals and their trainers between ARTIC transportation center near Angel Stadium and popular destinations such as Downtown Disney and Anaheim GardenWalk shopping center. The bus rides allowed the dogs and their trainers to practice getting on and off public buses and to familiarize the animal with other passengers and loud noises.
Dog inspired her to help pets breathe in fire
ANAHEIM – Emma Zen came into Debra Jo Chiapuzio’s life as a puppy when the dog was displaced by a Santiago Canyon fire. Four years after adopting the Labrador/Great Dane mix, Chiapuzio is working with Emma Zen by her side to help other dogs survive fires. The Anaheim woman has raised enough money to equip all of Anaheim’s 17 fire trucks and engines with oxygen masks specifically designed for dogs – and other pets – to revive them after a fire. “Our instinct in a fire is to run for safety.
David Caouette: Friends recall parking-lot victim in Seal Beach shooting
When David Caouette’s friends saw his Land Rover on the TV news and learned its driver was a victim of the Seal Beach shooting that killed eight, their hearts sank. There was no mistaking the Land Rover Discovery with its custom off-road rack, lights and tires and a “Land Rover Mission Viejo” sticker on the side. The Rover was his passion, said his longtime friend Ed Testa.
Serial 2:Epilogue
« Is Publishing a Book Review in a Law Review Still a Worthwhile Pretenure Endeavor? (Jr. Law Prawfs FAQ) | Main | Yes (With Caveats), Publishing a Book Review is Still a Worthwhile Endeavor for Untenured Law Professors » Wednesday, April 06, 2016 Serial 2:Epilogue Last one! First, thank you to Howard and the crew for letting me comment on Serial.
PrawfsBlawg: Serial 2:11
« 2016 Texas Legal Scholars Workshop | Main Monday, April 04, 2016 Serial 2:11 The finale! (In my best Jim Gaffigan voice, “But eleven isn’t a good number for a finale. Why would she end a story on eleven?”) Below the fold, I’ll comment on Koenig’s conclusion about whether anyone died searching for Bergdahl, and I’ll give my thoughts on whether Bergdahl should be prosecuted.
PrawfsBlawg: Serial 2:10
« Bartnicki, Alvarez, and Hulk Hogan | Main Tuesday, March 22, 2016 Serial 2:10 I was wrong: this wasn't the finale. Looks like we’ll get to Episode 12! In this episode, Koenig deals with the politicization of the both the criminal case against Bergdahl and the trade of Bergdahl for the Taliban. Beware: spoilers below the fold. Remember that there are two independent issues here: the decision to court-martial Bergdahl, and the decision to trade him for five Taliban.
PrawfsBlawg: Serial 2:9
« Twiqbal boldly goes where no man has gone before | Main Tuesday, March 15, 2016 Serial 2:9 With most of Bergdahl’s story now told, Koenig turns in this episode to the negotiations that brought him back.
PrawfsBlawg: Serial 2:7-8
« Affirmative Consent and Interpreting Signals | Main | Remembering Influential Law Professors » Tuesday, March 08, 2016 Serial 2:7-8 This is the episode I have been waiting for. I’m going to give away the big reveals (at least, in my geeky way, I think they are big), so if you haven’t listened yet, don’t go below the fold. The first big reveal: Bergdahl has schizotypal personality disorder and probably has some degree of depression.
PrawfsBlawg: Serial 2:6
« Affirmative Consent—less than meets the eye | Main Monday, February 29, 2016 Serial 2:6 Okay, so I fell behind in my Serial assignment. Blame it on the February submission cycle. Things backed up as I worked to click “send” at exactly Feb. 16, 10:14am, because as everyone knows, that is the exact moment that maximizes your chances at a good placement. A minute too early or a too minute late and all hope is lost.
PrawfsBlawg: Serial 2:5
« Submission Angsting Spring 2016 | Main Tuesday, February 02, 2016 Serial 2:5 In the most recent episode of Serial, Sarah Koenig argues that the military (for that matter, the nation) really wasn’t doing everything it could to search for Bergdahl, even though officials were publically saying that they were doing everything they could to find him. She offers several reasons for this, and I discuss some of those below the fold.
PrawfsBlawg: Serial 2:4
« No one gets it | Main Friday, January 08, 2016 Serial 2:4 Okay, so it is pretty apparent that this season is not setting up as a big legal mystery. Fans of the first season are likely to be a little let down. After the breakout debut album, maybe we can write this off as the sophomore slump. Even more, there is a new band in town (Making a Murderer on Netflix) that is getting all of the attention. The third album is always the best, anyway, so we’ll see what the next season has in store.
PrawfsBlawg: Serial 2:3
« Should Tort Law be Used to Reinforce Intentional Violations of NFL Rules Aimed at the Safety of Players? | Main Monday, December 28, 2015 Serial 2:3 In Episode 3, Sarah Koenig argues against those (like Donald Trump) who claim Bergdahl is a traitor.
Serial 2:2, part 2
« A Trademark Is Not A License Plate? | Main Wednesday, December 23, 2015 Serial 2:2, part 2 The second half of this week’s episode gets closer to what I think will be the core of this season – the normative decision about whether the Army should prosecute Bergdahl and what the resolution of his case should be. In this part, Sarah Koenig documents the Army’s – indeed, the nation’s – efforts to find Bergdahl.
Serial 2:2, part 1
« The Goldbergs do Super-Chanukkah | Main Monday, December 21, 2015 Serial 2:2, part 1 I think we are officially in the blogging black hole -- those couple of weeks between semesters when we all shift focus to the other parts of our lives. For those of you hanging with us, here is the Serial recap. Thursday’s episode of Serial has three parts.
PrawfsBlawg: Serial 2:1
« Fantasy Football Law (and Playoffs)! | Main Wednesday, December 16, 2015 Serial 2:1 The introductory episode of Serial provides our first in-depth look at Bergdahl’s side of the story. As it turns out, over the last year, Bergdahl has been giving interviews to screenwriter Mark Boal. Boal then teamed up with the Serial crew, possibly to generate interest in the film that will be based on the screenplay.
And just like that, a Bergdahl update
« Serial, Season 2 | Main Monday, December 14, 2015 And just like that, a Bergdahl update Breaking news in Bergdahl -- the convening authority referred his case to a general court-martial. A general court-martial is the highest level of court-martial and can adjudge the full penalties authorized by the punitive statutes. Here is the Washington Post report.
PrawfsBlawg: Serial Season 2
« What the NFL Can Learn from Administrative Law | Main | Serial, Season 2 » Monday, December 14, 2015 Serial Season 2 Thank you to Howard for giving me another guest blogger opportunity, this time to comment on the current season of Serial. This season, Sarah Koenig and crew have turned their attention to the Bergdahl case. For those hoping for another murder mystery, this season won’t be that.
Upcoming issues in the Bergdahl case
« Supreme Court [Laughter] Update | Main | Mellow Out, Chad! » Tuesday, December 01, 2015 Upcoming issues in the Bergdahl case First, thank you to the Prawfs gang for letting me hang out this month. I'll close with a longer post on some issues that are coming up in the Bergdahl case. For the last six weeks or so, Sergeant Bergdahl and various media organizations have been asking military appellate courts to order the release of the report from the Army’s administrative investigation into the case.
Comparing the Arias and Holmes jury dynamics
« The Law is a Sith | Main Wednesday, November 25, 2015 Comparing the Arias and Holmes jury dynamics In an earlier Prawfs post, I talked about the holdout in the Jodi Arias case and how the holdout was able to get her vote out of the jury room because she had been “treated” with the Colorado method of capital voir dire. That jury deliberated for five days and when they were released, those who wanted death were pretty vocal about how angry and frustrated they were with the holdout.
Another military justice oddity comes under attack -- this time, guilty pleas
« Election Results? Lies! Let's Recount | Main Tuesday, November 24, 2015 Another military justice oddity comes under attack -- this time, guilty pleas The American military justice system has been under sustained, serious criticism for about a decade now. The primary criticism is that commanders do not take sexual assault cases very seriously.
T7, T17 instead of T14?
« Setting the Record State on Resettlement of Syrian Refugees | Main Thursday, November 19, 2015 T7, T17 instead of T14? One of the criticisms of the U.S. News rankings is the way it reports its results. U.S. News uses a process where they gather a lot of data, run it through the Willy Wonka gobstopper machine, and out pops some magical raw number.
In the words of Seth and Amy, "Really, Bloomingdale's? Really?!?"
« Office Space explains tenure requirements | Main Monday, November 16, 2015 In the words of Seth and Amy, "Really, Bloomingdale's? Really?!?" Bloomingdale’s is catching some flak for an ad in its current catalog (those still exist?) that shows a woman looking to her right, smiling and laughing, while a man is on her left, apparently without her noticing him. He is staring at her, and the caption says, “Spike your best friend’s eggnog when they’re not looking.” Really.
He must have asked for it
« RIP Betamax | Main Thursday, November 12, 2015 He must have asked for it I teach a seminar on sexual violence and I give the standard scope instructions -- this class will be about men assaulting women. Yes, men are also victims, usually by a male offender. Sometimes men are victims when women are offenders, but that is pretty rare and the woman is often acting in concert with another man.
Our student veterans
« Edison Cylinder Recordings & State Law Copyright | Main Tuesday, November 10, 2015 Our student veterans As we head into Veterans Day and reflect generally on the public service that veterans have provided to our country, I wanted to shift attention to some veterans that we see every day: our student veterans. About 7% of the American population has served at some point, and it may be surprising how many of our students are veterans.
Doctor v. esquire and the impact on students' internal motivation
« The Job Market Didn't Work Out This Year. What Now? | Main Monday, November 09, 2015 Doctor v. esquire and the impact on students' internal motivation Thanks to the Prawfs gang for inviting me back. I'm the ex-Army guy that tends to post about professionalism and teaching but I hope to branch out a little more this month. Present post excluded, of course.
The US News automatic stabilizer
« Separation of Powers and State-Building: The Leninist Case for an Independent Judiciary | Main Tuesday, March 31, 2015 The US News automatic stabilizer As I looked through Brian Huddleston's color-coded table of this year's US News data (h/t, TaxProf), I saw something interesting. In this time of gloom and doom, almost every school's overall score went up. Of the ranked schools, ten had the same overall score (not counting Yale -- you can't improve on 100) and nine went down in overall score.
The surprise in the Bergdahl charges
« Better Call Saul does law | Main Thursday, March 26, 2015 The surprise in the Bergdahl charges Yesterday, the Army formally charged Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl for leaving his outpost in Afghanistan (here is a link to the press conference, h/t CAAFLog). Shortly after he left, he was captured by the Taliban and spent five years in captivity before President Obama swapped him for some prisoners we were holding at GTMO.
Talk-show-do-test
« A Texas bill that is both stupid and unconstitutional | Main Monday, March 23, 2015 Talk-show-do-test A few posts ago, I discussed one of the teaching models that the Army uses: crawl, walk, run. Within that model, at each level, the Army uses another model: talk-show-do-test.
More categories: training v. teaching, and profession v. trade
« Would the Alabama Supreme Court prefer no marriage at all? | Main Friday, March 13, 2015 More categories: training v. teaching, and profession v. trade In this post, I gave a quick overview of Linda Edwards' recent article in which she discusses various categorical approaches to the doctrine-skills debate, advancing a "foundational, bridge, and capstone" model.
Crawl, walk, run
« Decarceration and Violent Offenders | Main Thursday, March 12, 2015 Crawl, walk, run I recently read Linda Edwards' article, "The Trouble with Categories: What Theory Can Teach Us about the Doctrine-Skills Divide", 64 J. Legal Educ. 181 (2014).
Teaching the importance of independent problem solving
« New developments in the Alabama same-sex marriage litigation | Main Wednesday, March 11, 2015 Teaching the importance of independent problem solving A few days ago, I wrote about my starting point for teaching professionalism, which is to cover the definition of "profession." Having decided to teach some aspect of professionalism in my courses, the next issue was what to cover and how to do it without being preachy or coming off as Rita Delvecchio-esque, "I'm keeping this ball now! Have...
The Arias holdout
« A Strikeout for ProPublica | Main Friday, March 06, 2015 The Arias holdout Yesterday, the jury in the Jody Arias trial split 11-1 on whether she should receive the death penalty for killing Travis Alexander. Whatever your position might be on the death penalty, this result is interesting for social psychology reasons. Research from the Capital Jury Project suggests that when the life votes in a capital jury are at 25% or below, those jurors will fold and vote for death.
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