Oregon Legal Research BlogPresident Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation.
“The Emancipation Proclamation
January 1, 1863A Transcription
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Emancipation Proclamation, January 1, 1863
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Oregon Courts: 2013 Holiday and Furlough Closures
Visit the Oregon Judicial Department (soon to be the Oregon Judicial Branch) for updates on court holidays and closures.
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Post or Perish: A Cloudy Legal Environment
The blog Post or Perish gives the reader a tantalizing snapshot of some of the social-media legal issues that occur in our digital (zeros and ones) world.
Thank you to Inter-alia’s Blog of the Day tip (from 12/11/12)
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Look Out Chicken Little: Backyard Tilapia Farming may be the Next Big Urban Thing
From Audubon Magazine, “Raising Fish in Urban Areas,” by Rachel Nuwer, 09/17/2012.
More on aquaculture or aquaponics from City Farmer News.
Last, but not least:
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Vote for your Favorite ABA Blawgs
You have until December 21st, 2012, to vote for your favorite ABA Blawg 100 blogs.
Even if you don’t want to vote, the list is a great way to sample the current crop of blawgs to see what works for you and your practice (and sometimes your life). And, you might get some ideas for a blog of your own, an excellent way to get it out of your system (whatever “it” may be).
(No, our little niche blawg is not on the list, but the ones you will see on the list are super and of interest across borders – hmmm, Blawgs without Boarders are the best ones to make the cut :-)
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Papa, What’s Money?
From, Dombey & Son, by Charles Dickens (via Gutenberg), Chapter 8:
“…. ‘Papa! what’s money?’
The abrupt question had such immediate reference to the subject of Mr Dombey’s thoughts, that Mr Dombey was quite disconcerted.
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Justice Bedsworth and Deputy Dawg
If you need a laugh from the bench of the funniest judge in California (I can’t speak for the rest of the country – in fact I can’t even really speak for California – ahem), read OC Lawyer Magazine columnist, Justice Bedsworth (yes, he’s a real judge!), in his December 2012 column, “Dog Days in New Mexico”
Not many judges can get Strindberg, Vaughn, New Mexico, and dog Nikka, the only state certified “police officer” in town in the same paragraph. But Justice Bedworth can.
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Inventors, Thinkers, and other Creators: Idea Submission Agreements: Caveat Emptor
I was talking to a researcher recently about submitting an “idea” to a company. They had come across an Idea Submission Agreement “online” and thought, “Jackpot!”
Not so fast, pal.
You’ll find many generic idea submission agreements online and companies also have their own submission agreement templates on their websites.
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Reminder: Oregon State Courts Closed Friday, Oct 19, 2012
Friday, October 19, 2012, is a furlough day.
Many Oregon county law libraries will be open; we are county, not state, departments (but funded by the state, through the State Courts).
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Top Four Work-from-Home Scams (Yahoo/Monster article)
Yahoo highlights a terrific Monster dot com consumer alert article: