Oregon Legal Research BlogYou’ll find lots to laugh and wonder about in the May 15th, 2012, Gallagher blogs posting:
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Article: “How to Introduce an Author”
A public librarian colleague sent us the link to the excellent article on “How to Introduce an Author,” by Janet Potter, April 30, 2012, from millions dot com:
Excerpt: “The worst author introduction I ever saw is making me cringe, right now, as I remember it. The co-owner of the bookstore started by reading through the store’s upcoming events flier, pausing to extemporize on each event. This took a full 10 minutes. Then she spent 5 minutes talking about ....” [Link to full article.]
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Justice Bedsworth and his “little pink circle of nonconformity”
The Justice’s May 2012 Criminal Waste of Space column in the OC Laywer takes on a crime “wave” (rather a crime “splutter”) in Laguna Beach:
“Dispatches From Lesotho”: The Good Justice Examines Urban—Well, Kind Of Urban—Crime,” by Justice William W. Bedsworth:
“…You can’t follow Shakespeare with How I Met Your Mother. You can’t follow The Firebird Suite with a Pontiac Firebird. When you get to pantsless men standing on rocks and hollering, you just gotta stop….”
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Consumer Tip: Moving Companies Operating in Oregon Must be Licensed
Oregonian story: “Beaverton police, ODOT officials crack down on illegal movers during sting,” April 26, 2012, by Rebecca Woolington.
Excerpt: “Beaverton police and Oregon Department of Transportation officials cracked down on illegal movers during a sting Wednesday involving five unlicensed movers.
Each of the movers was cited and accused of not complying with consumer protection and safety laws, said Officer Mike Rowe, a Beaverton police spokesman. … Moving is a regulated industry in Oregon, according to ODOT. To offer moving services for money, people need to be approved by the state. That includes having a business license, undergoing a criminal background check, completing a household goods carrier license application through ODOT, and possessing liability and property damage insurance, among other things.
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Careers: Newspaper Death Watch
If you’re feeling a bit nervous about your chosen profession, it may (or may not) help to take a look at the Newspaper Death Watch blog.
But keep in mind that it’s one thing to ignore the past, but quite another to think you can predict the future.
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The Paperless Library: 5,000 Books Flying Out the Window
Getting ready for the library of the future – art imitating life:
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Bloggers: Speed Races, Traps, and Online-Writing Tips
Tweeting is summertime, which travels at 200 MPH.
Blogging is like the rest of the year, which travels 10-55 MPH.
Tweeting is shorthand and says, now, now, now!
Blogging and other online writing are slow food, and say think, breathe, and think again before acting.
Here are some tips on creating better slow content:
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New(ish) Copyright Organization: Center for Copyright Information
As if copyright wasn’t complicated enough, we have a new organization (since Sept 2011): Center for Copyright Information
You can read about them, their FAQ, and their Facts.
If it wasn’t such a fascinating, aggravating, and historically curious topic, I would probably just add copyright to my list of dogs-breakfast topics. But if you are brave, wise, and have the patience of Job, Siddhartha, and Nelson Mandela all rolled into one magnificent being, I highly recommend copyright as a subject to conquer, not unlike colonizing other planets and wars to end all wars.
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Agony Aunt Financial and Other Advice Caveats: Let the “Expert” and the Reader Beware
Many of us love “agony aunt” and other Q&A columns where we get to read about other people’s problems and the relationship, ethics, financial, and business advice the Agony Aunt/Uncle dishes out.
Many of them are also quite good, in a daily horoscope sort of way, where the advice is drafted to provide maximum encouragement and minimum (actionable) harm, with a strong dose of common sense.
However, if you plan to take the “advice” and act on it, please, please be a smart consumer and consult a lawyer (or other appropriate professional) when the answer seems too good (too easy, too glib) to be true, and especially if it could affect your health, finances, family, etc.