That next speakers in talk-in-interaction are capable of precisely timing their entry into the conversational flow is now taken as a given in conversation analytic research. However, the classic studies establishing this fact were based on the analysis of talk between proficient language users, that is, individuals traditionally referred to as "native" speakers. The question then arises as to whether novice-level second language (L2) speakers are similarly capable of precision timing. This paper examines instances of "no-gap" speaker transition, so-called "normal overlap" at transition relevant places, and cases of "turn recycles" in non-pedagogic, casual talk between novice-level Japanese speakers of English (NNS-NNS talk). The primary finding is that novice L2 users can and regularly do start "on time." The paper also explores the possibility that certain inter-turn gaps in the novice L2 data studied here are interactionally occasioned by disfluencies or insufficiencies in prior speaker's turn.

The field of marine natural products continues to produce novel bioactive agents. This work describes the investigation of three different marine sponge species that have yielded interesting new chemistry. Also covered are the isolation and structural characterization techniques used in this study.

Two sponge samples from Papua New Guinea, a Suberea sp. and Cosinoderma sp. have yielded the new terpenoid compounds subersin, subersic acid, and a sulfonated terpene, halisulfate 8. These compounds were tested for the efficacy in anti-ischemic assays and an assay for inhibitors of 15-Human Lipoxygenase. Inhibitors of these processes might be useful as pharmaceuticals, or as molecular tools to add to the understanding of cellular processes. Another sponge sample, Cacospongia mycofijiensis , collected off Vanuatu led to the isolation of the microtubule inhibitors fijianolide A and B and a new microtubule inhibitor fijianolide C. The mechanism of action of these compounds has been determined by collaborators to be similar to the commercial anticancer drug paclitaxel.

While many urban histories take as their point of departure the works of “great men” or the reflections of American culture though the urban experience, still others examine the influence of technical achievements on urban life. Among the most notable of this latter type is Sam Bass Warner’s,StreetCarSuburbs. Ofcourse,Warner’sbookbeginswiththe manipulation of technology by commercial institutions and ends with theadaptationofurbandwellerstoanewresidentialinstitution. Through- out, the treatment of the material urban form – in this case the physical suburb – seldom transcends generalization. Here enter Mary Ellen Hay- ward and Charles Belfoure in their painstaking treatment of The Balti- more Rowhouse.

This piece reflects on my involvement in a historic agreement between Buffalo National River and the Cherokee Nation regarding the implementation of the “Gathering of Certain Plants or Plant Parts by Federally Recognized Indian Tribes for Traditional Purposes” rule, 36 CFR Part 2 (Code of Federal Regulations, title 32, sec. 2.6., 2016). This rule allows federally recognized tribes to gather plants within national parks with which they are traditionally associated. Representatives from the Cherokee Nation’s formally constituted body of elder knowledge keepers—the Cherokee Medicine Keepers—lent their expertise on land-based knowledge and stewardship practices that provid- ed the basis for such a landmark agreement. Plant gathering within Buffalo National River offers Cherokee people a way to continue traditional cultural practices that are impacted by climate change in eastern Oklahoma. In many cases, plants are more plentiful and healthier within the park boundaries than on our limited tribal trust lands that are threatened by climate change and contemporary agricultural and development practices. The agreement also acknowledges our ancestral and political relationships to the lands within the park and allows Cherokee people to reestablish our connection to the park lands as a collective source of traditional sustenance, cultural knowledge, and health. In this piece, I offer some context for the project, specifically in terms of Cherokee relationships to land, given my previous scholarship and my longtime work with the Medicine Keepers.

Who are the lucky students who decided to be a part of the inaugural classat the University of California, Irvine School of Law (UCI Law)? Why did thesehighly qualified individuals decide to take a chance at a new school? In a word,many decided to come to UCI Law because they were drawn to the opportunityof being in the first class at a law school that seeks to reshape the curriculum oflegal education.

In this article, I examine these students’ decision in the context of the twinchallenges of legal education. On the one hand, a large body of research onprofessional socialization suggests that UCI Law students’ values, commitments,and career trajectories will echo their counterparts at similarly situated, highlyselective law schools: while many students begin their legal education with plans tobe public interest lawyers, by the end of the first year their sights are set on careers in corporate law, with the all-important caveat that they plan to keep their options “flexible.” On the other hand, an equally large body of research suggests that law schools do not operate in a vacuum, but are highly susceptible to institutional pressures to conform to the “taken-for-granted” practices of legal education; thus, while UCI Law begins with a faculty committed to an innovative approach to legal education, the pressures of accreditation, rankings, and professionalism itself may undermine their genuine aspirations to develop an alternative model. Of course, it is far too early to draw any conclusions about where the students at UCI Law will practice or whether the school itself will succeed in meeting its goal. Thus, my taskin this article is much more modest.