Buffalo Wings and Toasted Ravioli

Linwood Tour of Homes
What’s the deal with Buffalo Rising?
The Chocolate Bar: chocolate martinis and seafood
Mexican Restaurant Search: El Palenque
Movies: Wing Chun (1994), The Forbidden Kingdom (2008 ), The Protector (2005), The Bride with White Hair 2 (1993)
Send good thoughts to Karen and Ross

We had a great turnout last night at the first Buffalo Tweetup. I think we had about 20 people in total. Pauldub was the first one there, waiting in the parking lot when Kristina and I showed up with Kevin. We also had Bill, Marti (showing up late, as Pauldub predicted), Ligaya, Karlen with an E, Karlyn with a Y, Scruffythecat, Bridget, and Tim. Also Jannygirl, Loftan, Propertydiva, and a few other guests, sweethearts, and significant others whose names I unfortunately didn’t catch.Scruffythecat posted some great pictures at his blog. Kevin shot some video which he’ll be posting soon, and I recorded several conversations that will appear in next week’s Shadow and James Show.

016: Ketchup Potato Chips!

Kristina and Rebecca went to Canada Blooms and all I got was this lousy bag of ketchup potato chips!

At WJ Morrissey’s with Marti Gorman on Buffalo Homecoming Week (June 26-29, 200
Come to Buffalo Tweetup
Recipe: Szekely Goulash
Movies: Used Cars (1980), Black Book (2006)

From an otherwise favorable restaurant review in today’s Buffalo News:

The New Zealand venison loin ($29), accompanied by mushroom spaetzle, butternut squash and the tooth, but that’s really a minor parsnip puree, was served rare quibble. That venison was with a nicely sharp currant full of flavor.

sauce. The meat was just a tad Muscovy duck breast ($ 25) was dry, just a tiny bit resistant to cooked rare and served with a potato cake, brussels sprouts and Dijon sauce. Very satisfying.

It’s time to mark your calendars for the AALL’s Third Annual Bloggers Get Together!

Time: 5-6 p.m.

Date: Sunday, July 13th

Place: TBA

Guest Speaker: TBA (we are inviting bloggers from the Portland area)

Come share your ideas and meet the other law librarian bloggers! Open to all bloggers and potential bloggers.

RSVP: Last year we had over 35 participants so we are anticipating a good crowd this year. For a headcount, please RSVP Barbara Fullerton by Tuesday, July 1st to bfullerton@10kwizard.com.

Special Thanks to Laura Orr, Law Librarian at Washington County Law Library, for helping in organizing this event!

One of the (pseudonymous) bloggers at The Web Difference (a class blog at Harvard Law) notes:

A new bill in the Kentucky state legislature would ban anonymous speech in web forums, ostensibly in response to online harassment and “cyberbullying.” The bill would require forum posters to register their real name, address and e-mail with the forum. All forum posts would include the poster’s full name. Under the bill, any forum operator who allowed users to post anonymously would face liability.

Sounds to me like a bone-headed response to the failure of the proprietors of online nastiness (like JuicyCampus.com and AutoAdmit) to moderate postings.

I’ve just posted the latest episode of UBLaw Podcast: Samina Raja on Racial Disparities in Food Access

Samina Raja is Assistant Professor of Urban and Regional Planning in the UB School of Architecture and Urban Planning. Clinical Professor Lauren Breen is Director of the UB Law School Community Economic Development Clinic. They will be discussing Professor Raja’s paper, “Racial Disparities in Food Access: Lessons from Erie County, NY.”

UBLaw20080314.mp3

Time: 24:56

Abstract:

The metaphor “food deserts,” used to describe neighborhoods with few supermarkets, has captured both public and academic attention in recent years. Planning solutions designed to alleviate food insecurity and promote food justice may be misguided without a nuanced understanding of disparities in food environments. Professor Raja empirically examines racial disparities in food environments. She investigates how food access in neighborhoods of color differs from those in other neighborhoods, using Erie County, New York as a case study. Professor Raja tests the hypothesis that access to different types of food retail destinations, located within a five minute travel time, in predominantly black and mixed-race neighborhoods differs from that in predominantly white neighborhoods, while controlling for other factors such as income, population, and area. Raja finds an absence of supermarkets in neighborhoods of color when compared to white neighborhoods. However, the study reveals an extensive network of small grocery stores in neighborhoods of color. Professor Raja’s research suggests that supporting small, high quality grocery stores, rather than soliciting large supermarkets, may be a more effective strategy for ensuring access to healthful foods in neighborhoods of color.

Trained as a civil engineer and an urban planner, Professor Samina Raja’s research, teaching, and community engagement focuses on planning and designing communities that promote food justice, and facilitate healthy living for all residents. Her recent projects have examined racial disparities in food environments and their implication on health outcomes. Professor Raja works with local community groups to design, implement, and evaluate strategies to strengthen Buffalo’s community food system. Her research is funded by the National Institute of Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

015: Shadow and James’s Excellent Cleveland Adventure

• Nellie McKay at Nighttown
• Breakfast at Stone Oven Bakery
• Arms & Armor at Cleveland Museum of Art
• Lunch at That Place on Bellflower
• Coffee at Arabica Coffee House
• Breakfast again, at the Glidden House
• The Cleveland Orchestra does Mahler
• West Side Market and coffee at Talkies Film & Coffee Bar
• Dinner at Balaton
• Back home again

Time: 42:36

According to today’s National Law Journal:

New York University School of Law is making its LL.M. tax degree available online starting in the fall….

The law school expects to enroll about 25 students from around the world in the online program for its LL.M. degree, considered a premier tax credential for lawyers and scholars….

Both the online program and the school’s regular LL.M. program require students to complete 24 credits. For online students, they, generally, must complete two of those credits at the NYU campus in New York and can take all others electronically.

The article somewhat confusingly confuses the issue of accreditation for this new online program:

The ABA does not accredit schools that offer only online courses, and it permits accredited schools to offer only second- and third-year courses online.

In NYU’s case, it did not need to obtain ABA approval for the new LL.M. program, Cunningham said, because it is part of the graduate tax law program and because its requirements are, basically, the same as the part-time program. Tuition for the online program is $1,731 per credit, the same charge for the part-time program.

In fact, the ABA does not accredit LL.M. and other post-JD degree programs; however, ABA-accredited schools must receive ABA “acquiescence”: “Standard 308 of the ABA Standards for Approval of Law Schools states that an ABA-approved law school may not establish a degree program in addition to its J.D. degree program unless the school is fully approved, and the additional degree program will not detract from a law school’s ability to maintain a sound J.D. degree program.”

Blogged with Flock

A few of us social media users in Buffalo–Keith Burtis, Tim Finucane, and I–are planning the first of what we hope will become a monthly meetup. If you’re a blogger, a podcaster, or a user of Twitter, Ning, Airset, del.icio.us, Flickr, or what have you–join us! Follow the updates at http://twitter.com/buffalotweetup, and join the community at http://buffalotweetup.ning.com. See you soon!