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I had a lump just in front of my left ear and an enlarged lymph node. The ENT freaked out, she performed a sloppy needle biopsy in the office, right then and there she told me I had lymphoma. She stuck me 5 times, she kept getting bad samples with blood in them and acted like it was my fault. She even hugged me as I was leaving. She freaked me out, you have no idea. It was November and I was gearing up for Christmas. And my daughter is out in the car and I have to tell her something but not a cancer diagnosis, not before Christmas. So I told her I had to come back to see the surgeon just to be sure. I neglected to tell her the Oncology surgeon, ENT. The next week that surgeon also tells me I have lymphoma and she orders a real biopsy in Interventional Radiology. So I go through that and it's almost Christmas. Surgery is scheduled no matter the biopsy results. Well the first biopsy is clear and it's "reactive lymph node". That means there was probably some kind of infection. Surgery to remove my entire parotid gland and lymph nodes is in January. The 2nd, real biopsy, comes back and it's just "reactive lymph nodes". But right before surgery the surgeon says that chemo will probably begin in February and will discuss after the surgery. Well it takes into February to find out that I have nothing but "reactive lymph nodes" nothing else. I do not have cancer. Those (&##%$#$%!!!!!! women I am so upset with them I don't know what to do. My entire life was in this huge limbo, I was making lists, writing letters to my grandkids, I was preparing them for life without me. And then to know that there was nothing, nothing. Those doctors are horrible people. They told me I had lymphoma and I did not. What can I do?
Any lawyers on the list? I would like to sue the crap out of them. I really would.
Standards and regulations for medical malpractice vary by country and jurisdiction within countries.
Most attorneys-of-law take medical malpractice cases on a contingency plan. This means that the client does not pay any fees upfront.
If the case is favourable to the plantiff, the atty is paid from the award.
If the case is not likely to conclude with a favourable award to the plantiff, most attys will refuse to represent the patient or patient's family.
Good luck with that.
It sounds like the original ENT doctor blew it, but who knows?
It was only two-three months out of your life, not the end of your life. Lots of people end up with cancer surgeries, mastectomies, etc., and never needed them at all, because they didn't have cancer. At least all you had were the biopsies.
Take care, Annette
I'd rather be diagnosed and NOT have it then be NOT diagnosed and have it.
Annette's comment really rings true: it was only a few months of your life.
Maybe be grateful that you do not have cancer and move on and enjoy your life.
It's really up to you if you believe that your MD was acting with nefarious intent, or was acting out of an immense concern.
Perhaps having a discussion with the ENT, whereby you could tell her your thoughts and feelings, would be a good start in your moving forward.
I wish you well.
Perhaps you could write the MD a letter stating exactly how you feel about what has happened,
That would enable you to process the events and know that you've expressed to the MD exactly how this experience effected you.
It may also be a purposeful way for you to begin moving forward by putting the past in its place.
Best wishes,
I have Fibromyalgia and some thing Chronic Fatigue and FM are connected and one of the main symptoms "enlarged cervical and axillary lymph nodes. It's a thing I had forgotten about I have been fighting this stuff so long. I have no fever, I wish I was loosing weight, I have gained, no night sweats (sweat only my head and this is related to nerve damage from the OA). I have no other symptoms, at all.
I think that this is a bad case of mistaken disease and she is now trying to save face.
Wow, this has been going on for a while now. I had hoped that this was all behind you now.
First, it's nice to "see' you again, although I wish it was to tell us that everything has turned out wonderfully.
The Mayo Clinic is a pretty reputable organization. If it was me, I'd tend to take their diagnosis with credibility.
Is it possible to completely remove the ENT who insists that you have lymphoma?
Here's my suggestion: Get copies of all of your records, which will include lab work on you, biopsies, history and physical, and anything else.
Make an appointment with another ENT and review the first ENT's findings with another MD.
If the new MD's assessment is consistent with Mayo Clinic's assessment, perhaps that would be a good opportunity to return for Mayo (or an oncologist, hemotologist) for a consult and get a straight answer with all of your supporting medical records.
You do not have to agree to further biopsies and/ or any treatment that you do not want to undergo.
Treatment for lymphoma includes more than removing lymph nodes.
Should this ENT insist that you have lymphoma, and you have two negative biopsies, come right out and ask her to review your lab findings and ask her what, in your diagnostic results, would indicate to her that you, indeed, have lymphoma.
~~~~on another note~~~~~~~
May I ask if you take any pain medications?
Sweating, especially of the head and neck, is a common side effect of opiate meds, and other medicines. Anything like Oxycontin, Lortab/ Norco, Methadone, etc.
I have quite-recently read that patients taking Oxycontin particularly, experience abnormal sweating of the head.
I am many times wrong, but, as a neurology RN, (disabled now), I have not ever heard of sweating related to nerve damage from osteo-arthritis.
I was suffering from this a few years back while taking Methadone for pain management. It was so distressing that my MD changed my pain med to MSC, and I also take glyccopyrolate, in a small dose twice a day and it has reduced the awful side effect to the extent that I feel normal again.
Whilst I was taking the Methadone, I became a hermit, as the sweating was so ghastly that I would be dripping sweat from my head and neck just be showering, make-up, and drying my hair.
I cried a lot and got to the point that I seldom left my home.
Thankfully, some members of this group helped me realize that I should speak with my PMD and we made the med changes.
I know exactly the type of sweating to which you refer, and was far too young for menopause, which is what I initially suspected was the cause.
I may be jumping the gun, as it's said, as I don't know that you're taking opiate pain meds at all, so forgive me if I'm way out on this one, but it sounds so much like my experience.
Cervical spinal cord (as opposed to spinal nerve) injuries can result in autonomic dysreflexia, a condition in which there is excessive sweating above the level of the injury.
I am spinal cord injured and autonomic dysreflexia comes with a few additional autonomic manifestations that are life threatening, such as unbelievable headache, rapid blood pressure rise which can lead to stroke if untreated, redness of the skin above the area of injury, and a terrible panicky feeling of doom.
Autonomic dysreflexia is a medical emergency.
This syndrome (which you can research on your own) is a serious matter and is presented ONLY in spinal cord injuries, tumors, and other severe leisons of the cord itself. OA should not cause autonomic dysreflexia.
Persons with fibromyalgia commonly complain of excessive sweating.
I seriously hope that you can get relief from this phenomenon. To many who do not experience this, it seems like a mild side effect; for me, it was having devastating effects on my life.
I hope that you'll update us on your situation.
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Man on the street: Signs of summer
Date: August 28, 2009
by: Robin Hartill | Community Editor
On Thursday, we headed to Tiny's of Longboat Key to ask locals about the signs of summer on Longboat.
"Complete the sentence: You know it's summer on Longboat when … "
Gwen Mooney
"You can bowl on Gulf of Mexico Drive … And when every bird walks around like nobody's here. Nobody is."
Ron Vale
"Roads are empty. Turtles come out every season. I'm retired. Summer is like fall, winter and spring."
Mel Schwartz
"When I can pull out of my street without having to stop for traffic."
Steve Carey
"There are no people around."
Colleen Collandra
"There is no traffic and the bar business is slow."
Graham Cox
"You start sweating. Either that, or your beer feels warmer."
What does summer on Longboat Key mean to you? Leave your comments under reader comments.
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Commissioner Lynn Larson's three grandchildren, Zander, 9, Zora, 8, and Zoe Ramsey, 5, got a close-up look at what Longboat Key police and firefighters do to keep residents safe earlier this month, during a tour of the police and north fire stations.
Mar Vista dollars to benefit local teen
Mar Vista Dockside Restaurant & Pub's walls and ceiling are covered with dollar bills, signed and decorated by patrons. Every few years the restaurant removes the bills for a good cause.
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Bravo Germany, the new World Cup champions, and Brazil for a great show
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Germany won the World Cup. Host Brazil won a world of new friends.
The now four-time champions, the first European team to win the World Cup on Latin American soil, earned the honor of lifting the most recognized trophy in sports with a tooth-and-nail 1-0 victory in a final as terrifically entertaining as the tournament itself.
For a 32-day showcase of football at its best, the winning goal was beautifully appropriate. Mario Goetze controlled the ball with his chest and then volleyed it into the Argentine goal, making difficult skills look so simple. Scored in the 113th minute, the mortal blow left Argentina too little time to recover.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel, sitting in the VIP section, waved a clenched fist as Goetze celebrated. When referee Nicola Rizzoli blew the final whistle a few minutes later, Vladimir Putin reached across and shook Merkel's hand. The Russian president's country hosts the next World Cup in 2018.
Another delighted German in the crowd was International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach, who'll be keeping a close eye on Brazil's next big organizational challenge: readying Rio de Janeiro for the Summer Games in 2016.
Thousands of Palestinians flee northern Gaza, fearing Israeli bombing
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Thousands of Palestinian residents of the northern Gaza Strip fled their homes on Sunday and sought safety in U.N. shelters, heeding warnings from the Israeli military about impending plans to bomb the area in the sixth day of an offensive against Hamas that has killed more than 160 people.
The fighting showed no signs of slowing, despite international calls for a cease-fire and growing concerns about the mounting civilian death toll in Gaza. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry spoke to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and voiced U.S. "readiness" to help restore calm, while Egypt, a key mediator between Israel and Hamas, continued to work behind the scenes.
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called for an immediate cease-fire in a statement issued late Sunday by his spokesman's office.
Ban "strongly believes that it is in the interest of both sides that steps toward dangerous escalation be replaced with immediate measures to end the fighting, thus preventing further casualties and greater risks to regional peace and security," it said.
Ban condemned Hamas' indiscriminate firing of rockets against Israeli civilian targets as "a violation of international law," it said. He abhorred "the image of Israeli families hovering in shelters in fear of their children's safety" and demanded "an immediate cessation of these indecent attacks."
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In a region where honor is critical, outside mediation will be needed to reach a mutually face-saving cease-fire between the Israelis and Palestinians, the AP's Dan Perry reports.
Obama administration tries to rally support among governors on child immigrants
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Matthews Burwell met privately with dozens of governors Sunday as the Obama administration tried to get support from the leaders of states that will host thousands of the Central American children who have crossed the Mexican border on their own since Oct. 1.
Governors of both parties expressed concerns about the cost to states, including providing public education for the children, according to those who attended the meeting. Burwell left the meeting through a side door without talking to reporters.
"Our citizens already feel burdened by all kinds of challenges. They don't want to see another burden come into their state," said Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper, a Democrat. "However we deal with the humanitarian aspects of this, we've got to do it in the most cost-effective way possible."
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad were among the most vocal Republican critics. They seized on the administration's plans to place the children with friends or family members without checking on their immigration status.
Under current law, immigrant children from countries that don't border the United States and who cross into this country by themselves are turned over to HHS within 72 hours. From there, they often are reunited with parents or placed with other relatives already living in the country, while they wait for an immigration court to decide their future. The court process can take years.
Russian Foreign Ministry: 1 killed, 2 injured by Ukrainian shell near border
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia's foreign ministry said Sunday that a Ukrainian shell hit a Russian border town, killing one person and seriously injuring two others. Ukraine denied firing a shell into Russian territory.
President Vladimir Putin expressed "grave concern" over the incident, Russian news agencies quoted his spokesman as saying. A statement from Russia's foreign ministry labeled the event a "provocation," and warned of the possibility of "irreversible consequences, the responsibility for which lies on the Ukrainian side."
Russia said the shell hit the courtyard of a residential building in the Russian town of Donetsk — near the Ukrainian city of the same name that has become a rebel stronghold — early on Sunday. Ukraine's restless east has been mired in a pro-Russian separatist insurgency against the Kiev government.
Ukrainian officials denied that any Ukrainian shells had fallen on Russian territory. Andriy Lysenko, a spokesman for Ukraine's National Security and Defense Council, was quoted by Interfax Ukraine as saying that Ukrainian forces "do not fire on the territory of a neighboring country. They do not fire on residential areas." He placed blame for the attack on the rebels themselves.
Russia has made repeated claims that settlements along its porous border with Ukraine — which the West and Kiev say is a key supply route for the rebels — have been hit by Ukrainian fire, but no deaths have been previously reported.
Michelle Knight, freed after 11 years of captivity, says her new fame comes with complications
CLEVELAND (AP) — Michelle Knight has discovered that the fame that followed her escape from Ariel Castro's house of horrors cuts both ways.
There has been some obvious good. The girl who grew up without a toothbrush and spent nearly 11 years in captivity can provide for herself. She has her own apartment. Her book, "Finding Me," spent five weeks on the New York Times Bestsellers List. She and the other two women kidnapped by Castro split $1.4 million in donations collected after their escape. Phil McGraw of "Dr. Phil" television fame presented Knight with an oversized check for more than $400,000 from his foundation.
In a recent interview with the Associated Press, Knight said she is ready to assume a normal life and, with it, a new name and identity — Lily Rose Lee.
"I'm not a celebrity," said Knight, 33. "I don't want to be. I want to be me."
Fame has brought some frustrations. Knight becomes frightened when crowds sometimes gather around her as she walks alone. She finds it annoying when people snap cellphone photos without asking.
Kerry, fellow big powers make no breakthrough on Iran in Vienna as deadline looms
VIENNA (AP) — Joint efforts by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and three other Western foreign ministers failed Sunday to advance faltering nuclear talks with Iran, with the target date for a deal only a week away.
"There has been no breakthrough today," said British Foreign Secretary William Hague after meetings with Kerry and the foreign ministers of France, Germany and Iran.
The trip gave Kerry a chance to ease an espionage dispute with Germany. After meeting with German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, both stressed the importance of their cooperation in solving global crises, yet offered little indication they have fully mended ties.
Separately, Kerry spoke by telephone with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about the escalating Mideast violence. Like the others, he also met with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif.
"We're working, we're working, we just got here," said Kerry, chiding reporters asking about progress as Sunday's meetings wound down.
Governors group skirts 'radioactive' Common Core education standards it once championed
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Reviled by staunch conservatives, the common education standards designed to improve schools and student competitiveness are being modified by some Republican governors, who are pushing back against what they call the federal government's intrusion into the classroom.
The Common Core standards were not on the formal agenda during a three-day meeting of the National Governors Association that ended Sunday, relegated to hallway discussions and closed-door meetings among governors and their staffs. The standards and even the words, "Common Core," have "become, in a sense, radioactive," said Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad, a Republican whose state voluntarily adopted the standards in 2010.
"We want Iowa Common Core standards that meet the needs of our kids," Branstad said, echoing an intensifying sentiment from tea party leaders who describe the education plan as an attempt by the federal government to take over local education.
There was little controversy when the bipartisan governors association in 2009 helped develop the common education standards aimed at improving schools and students' competitiveness across the nation. The standards were quickly adopted by 44 states.
But conservative activists who hold outsized influence in Republican politics aggressively condemned Common Core, and lawmakers in 27 states this year have proposed either delaying or revoking Common Core. The issue has forced many ambitious Republicans who previously had few concerns to distance themselves from the standards and the issue has begun to shape the early stages of the 2016 presidential race.
2 Koreas agree to meet at border village to discuss North Korea's Asian Games participation
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A Seoul official says the rival Koreas have agreed to meet to discuss North Korea's participation in the upcoming Asian Games in the South.
Unification Ministry spokesman Kim Eui-do says North Korea agreed Monday to meet at a border village on Thursday to discuss its plans to send athletes and cheerleaders to the games.
The participation in the games is part of measures North Korea recently proposed to lower tension between the rivals.
The announcement comes as the North has been conducting an unusually large number of missile and rocket tests.
Analysts say the launches indicate Pyongyang is aiming to keep bolstering its defense to cope with what it calls U.S. and South Korean threats unless the allies make major concessions such as scaling down their regular military drills.
INFLUENCE GAME: Train crashes trigger high-stakes campaign to shape safety rules for railroads
WASHINGTON (AP) — A string of fiery train derailments across the country has triggered a high-stakes but behind-the-scenes campaign to shape how the government responds to calls for tighter safety rules.
Billions of dollars are riding on how these rules are written, and lobbyists from the railroads, tank car manufacturers and the oil, ethanol and chemical industries have met 13 times since March with officials at the White House and the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration.
Their universal message: Don't make us pay for increased safety because that's another industry's problem.
The pitches illustrate why government officials, who must show that safety benefits outweigh the economic costs of rules, often struggle for years, only to produce watered-down regulations.
The Association of American Railroads, for example, is pushing for tougher safety standards for tank cars than the current, voluntary standards agreed to by industry in 2011. Railroads, though, typically don't own or lease tank cars and so wouldn't have to buy new cars or retrofit existing ones. The oil and ethanol industries that own the cars want to stick with the voluntary standards, also known as "1232" tank cars.


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Act 1
In the age of Shakespeare, the actors of the Globe Theatre are rehearsing for what is probably the first performance of Romeo and Juliet. As the enthusiastic audience pours in and the lights dim, the Verona market place slowly looms out of the darkness.
The market place gets populated, and members and servants of the Capulet and Montague Houses start a fight. Swords are soon drawn, and many are killed in the fray, which is eventually halted by the Duke of Verona.
In the bustling kitchen of the Capulet House a cheeky Juliet teases her Nanny. The dignified and solemn Lady Capulet surprises her daughter with a gift, but, at the same time, points it out that Juliet is no longer a child.
Party guests are entering the Capulet house. Romeo, Mercutio and Benvolio, disguised in masks, are planning to gatecrash the ball. Before entering, they witness a sinister apparition, as the Witch Queen Mab asks them for a dance. At the ball, Romeo and Juliet fall in love at first sight. Juliet meets Paris, her appointed fiancé, but his advances evoke a chilly response from her side. Tybalt recognises the unwelcome guests and reacts with a wild rage, but Capulet, head of the house, pacifies him. Mercutio's frolics do little to calm Tybalt down - he gets more and more offended. At the end of the ball the guests leave. Romeo climbs the wall of the Capulets' orchard, and on the balcony of the empty house he sees Juliet in a reverie. The lovers engage in a sweet embrace.
Act 2
Merry crowds revel in Verona's market place, with religious processions, jugglers, and a mob hungry for entertainment. Juliet's Nanny, dressed up top elegantly, brings her young lady's message to the group of clowning youths. Romeo follows the Nanny to Friar Laurence's cell, where the lovers get married.
In the market place Tybalt searches for Mercutio, yearning to return the previous night's prank. Mutual insults are performed, followed by a clash of swords in which Tybalt, a skilled fencer, mortally wounds the everfooling Mercutio. Even while dying, Mercutio continues to act, but before death finally fights him down, he curses both families. Romeo, wild with rage, sets off after Tybalt, and kills him in a fierce fight. After the duel, Romeo's friends make him escape from the Duke's fury and the expectable heavy sentence.
Act 3
Romeo finds temporary refuge in Friar Laurence's cell, where Juliet's invitation finds him.
After their nuptial night, Romeo must bid his angry-but-loving wife farewell.
Juliet refuses the pressure by her parents' that she marries Paris. Desperate and left without support, she flees to Friar Laurence's cell.
Friar Laurence beseeches Heaven for help in vain. There only seems to be one way out: he persuades Juliet to drink a magic liquor that will make her seem dead.
Returning to her chamber, Juliet seemingly consents to marrying Paris. When all leave, she drinks the poison, and the next morning is found dead in her bed.
A gloomy funeral procession accompanies Juliet to the Capulets' crypt. Heartbroken, her parents and Nanny bid her final farewell. Soon after the mourners have left, Romeo turns up. He thinks his love truly dead, and commits suicide to follow her. Friar Laurence arrives too late; the awaking Juliet finds her Romeo dead, and in endless desperation stabs herself with Romeo's dagger.
The crypt expands into a cosmic space, the bier rises into the starry light, and crowds of Romeos and Juliets dance around the passed away lovers.
The group of Romeos and Juliets are converted into the Globe's audience, and Shakespeare's actors, including Romeo and Juliet, thank for their applause. The performance at the Globe is over.


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BABSON PARK, Mass.-- March 26, 2007 -- The New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) has announced the 2006-2007 NEWMAC Men's Swimming & Diving Academic All-Conference Team.
Honorees must have met the following criteria: earned a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.5/4.0 scale or 4.35/5.0 scale after the 2006 spring semester, achieved second year academic status at her institution, and been a member of the varsity team for the entire season.Springfield College's two honorees included Scott Teti (Torrington, Conn.) and Justin Zook (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.).
The New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference consists of 10 highly selective institutions committed to academic excellence: Babson College, Clark University, U.S. Coast Guard Academy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Mount Holyoke College, Smith College, Springfield College, Wellesley College, Wheaton College, and Worcester Polytechnic Institute.
The 2006-2007 NEWMAC Men's Swimming & Diving Academic All-Conference Team
Alan Lombardi 2007 Babson
Mike Stenman 2007 Babson
Shyamal Asher 2009 Clark
Bobby Brown 2008 Coast Guard
Dale Cressman 2008 Coast Guard
Andrew Lund 2009 Coast Guard
Jim Okorn 2009 Coast Guard
David Friend 2007 MIT
Udit Garg 2009 MIT
Daniel Klenk 2009 MIT
Daniel Lopez-Braus 2009 MIT
Matthew Spencer 2007 MIT
Peter Wellings 2009 MIT
Scott Teti 2008 Springfield
Justin Zook 2008 Springfield
Barrett Roberts 2007 Wheaton
Ryan Patch 2008 Wheaton
Craig DiGiovanni 2009 WPI
Steve Rose 2009 WPI
Daniel White 2009 WPI


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Interview Details – Applied through on campus and got a First Interview. Interview went well (as least I thought it did) but I received a rejection letter the next day. Seemed a little turned off that I was new to the accounting field, but arent internships meant for learning? A lot of fake smiles in that place.
Interview Question – Behavioral Questions. Answer Question
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Interview Details – The first day consisting of a few speakers from the office and a panel of associates (all three or less years), and ending the day with a diner with partners at all levels and senior managers. Day two consisted of two half hour 'meet and greet's with recent hires that had similarities of schools or hometowns, alternated with two half hour interviews with senior managers.
Interview Question – Because this was for a tax season internship the most unexpected questions all related to being stressed and overworked during work or projects and how they were overcame. Answer Question
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Interview Details – There was a nice reception the evening before the interview. There were many recruiters there, including my interviewer and one partner. I obtained more information about the internship and theoffice at which I want to work by talking with my interviewer. Also I learned more about the specific I expect to do for the internship from other interns who had worked at KPMG last summer. For the interview, basically, my interviewer and I went through my resume together. And he asked me some behavioral questions, but no technical question.
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Interview Details – The first interview was on-campus and was with a partner or manager from the firm. They responded the next week with an offer to join them for a second round interview called the "inside look" program. That program was about 1 and 1/2 days. They completely accommodate you with transportation and hotel, and dinner the first night is a big social with partners and other candidates at the hotel. The next day consisted of two interviews, team building activities, lunch, and presentations.
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Interview Details – Applied online through my schools career site for a summer audit internship. Had an on campus interview about 2 weeks after the deadline. Pretty basic interview. Just asked questions about my resume and almost no behavioral questions. Interview was very friendly and easy to have a conversation with. Ended up not getting a second interview but still an ok experience.
Interview Question – What were the everyday tasks at your last internship? Answer Question
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Interview Details – Submitted my resume and cover letter through my University's career page. Received an e-mail a week later from HR directing me to KPMG's website to fill out an on-line application. I was called a few days later to schedule an on-campus interview. A week later, I was interviewed 1:1 by a Senior Manager on campus. I was asked typical behavioral questions. I was told that I would hear back about their decision from within 2 weeks and got a generic rejection email 2.5 weeks later.
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Interview Details – As with most internship interviews, the first round of interview was on campus and the second round, at their office.
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Interview Details – I got a call from a recruiter about my application on the campus website. Then, I got an email requesting that I schedule an interview time slot. I had one interview with a manager from KPMG who attended my school. Interview was very laid back and all questions were typical behavioral ones. I got a call from HR at the end of the week inviting me to onsite interview. I met with two partners and the interview was more conversational and very little questions were asked.
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Torstein Horgmo's first-ever Triple Cork made Winter X Games history last year. But as always, Oakley's athletes weren't done pushing the envelope. Coming from behind in the Big Air Finals on Friday, Oakley's Young Canadian Star Mark McMorris threw down a massive Backside Triple Cork 1440 to claim glory in Aspen. Also stomping a clean Backside Triple Cork 1440 himself, Torstein's overall score of 76 in the final jam session – and a perfect score of 50 – wasn't quite enough to overtake Mark's 80-point explosion.
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UPDATED (5:20 p.m.)—A Bel Air man was cut during an altercation with a burglar in the back yard of his home early Sunday morning.
The incident took place at approximately 6:15 a.m. Sunday in the 1800 block of Glendale Lane, where a woman reported to her husband that she heard noises in the basement of their townhome, according to a news release from the Harford County Sheriff's Office. The husband went to the basement, where he saw someone outside the basement door, police said.
Then, police said, "The victim then went back upstairs grabbed a baseball bat then went out outside to the back yard where he confronted the male suspect striking him with the bat. The victim and suspect struggled on the ground where the suspect cut the victim with a box style cutter in the back and shoulder."
The suspect ran off through an open fence, headed toward Centerville Square, police said. The sheriff's office K-9 unit and the Maryland State Police aviation unit searched the area but were unable to find the suspect.
Police are seeking a man they say committed first-degree assault and attempted burglary in the incident. No suspect description was provided.
The investigation is being handled by the Harford County Sheriff's Office.
Patch initially reported the incident about an hour after it occurred.
Rich Gardiner, spokesman for the Harford County Volunteer Fire & EMS association, said at that time that one person was transported to a local hospital by the Bel Air Volunteer Fire Company. The sheriff's office release said the patient was the male victim, who was transported to Upper Chesapeake Medical Center.
As of 7:15 a.m. on Sunday, deputies remained on the scene after a suspect broke into a residence in an attempted robbery, Lt. Joe VanSeeters of the Harford County Sheriff's Office Northern Precinct told Patch. He said the incident was reported to the sheriff's office at 6:20 a.m.
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USA | 90 min.
• Exclusively restored beautiful high-definition 1080p transfer
• Full-length commentary by director Trumbull and actor Bruce Dern
• Isolated music and effects track
• Optional English SDH subtitles on the feature
• The Making of Silent Running, a 1972 on-set documentary [50:00]
• Two video pieces with Douglas Trumbull [31:00 + 5:00]
• A Conversation with Bruce Dern, a discussion with the actor [11:00]
• Original theatrical trailer [3:00]
• A lavish 48-page full-colour booklet featuring rare photographs and artwork from Trumbull's personal collection, and recollections of the film's cinematographer, special designs coordinator, and composer
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Three years after helping to achieve some of the most amazing imagery in cinema history with 2001: A Space Odyssey, special effects maestro Douglas Trumbull made an auspicious directorial debut at age 29 with the environmentally themed science fiction classic Silent Running.
In the distant future, plant life on our planet is extinct. Remaining specimens are cultivated in vast greenhouse-like domes orbiting in space. Bruce Dern stars as Freeman Lowell, dedicated botanist aboard the "Valley Forge", awaiting the call to refoliate Earth – despite the scorn of his crewmates. When an order comes to instead destroy the domes and return home, Lowell takes matters into his own hands, beginning a long and lonely voyage into the unknown.
With its remarkable special effects (especially the robot drones Huey, Dewey, and Louie); glorious score (including songs performed by Joan Baez); memorable sound effects (created by Joseph Byrd from the cult band The United States of America); a screenplay co-written by Michael Cimino (The Deer Hunter) and Steven Bochco (Hill Street Blues), and an impassioned central performance from Dern, Silent Running remains a uniquely contemplative and haunting adventure that continues to make hippies of young children, even today. The Masters of Cinema Series is proud to present a new Blu-ray special edition to celebrate the film's 40th anniversary.


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Police said they arrested two men living at a homeless encampment in Westminster after they assaulted a third man living at the camp Wednesday evening.
At approximately 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, police said they responded to a wooded area adjacent to the CSX train tracks approximately 300 yards South of Goodwin's Quarry Road for a report of an injured person.
According to a police report, deputies found a group of apparently intoxicated homeless people at a makeshift campsite, and began administering first aid to a 48-year-old man found bleeding from his right thigh. The man was conscious, but had a swollen left eye as well as cuts and abrasions on his face, according to police. Paramedics transported him to Carroll Hospital Center where he was treated for non-life threatening injuries.
Police said the altercation stemmed from romantic interests in a woman who was also at the camp. When the injured man arrived at the camp, another camper, Richard Eugene Tracey Jr. approached him and asked him to leave.
When the man refused to leave, another camper, Timothy Robert Smith approached the man and punched him in the face, knocked him to the ground and continued to punch him in the face several times according to police reports.
Tracey then approached the injured man and stabbed the man in the thigh with a knife, police said.
Police arrested Smith and Tracey and transported them to Carroll County Central Booking where they were charged with second degree assault. Additionally, Tracey was also charged with first degree assault, carrying a dangerous weapon with intent to injure, reckless endangerment and disorderly intoxication.
The remaining campers were told to vacate the property no later than Monday, Nov. 12. Sheriff's personnel will work with Public Works and Citizen Services officials to relocate any remaining campers.
Anyone with information about this incident is asked to contact Detective Corporal Dayton of the Carroll County Sheriff's Office at 410-386-2572.


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In finance, we study the trade-off between risk and return. The common definition of risk is uncertainty. For example, when evaluating a potential profitable project, we have to predict many factors in the life of the project, such as the annual sales, price of the final product, prices of raw materials, salary increase of employees, inflation rate, cost of borrowing, cost of new equity, and economic status. For those cases, the Monte Carlo simulation could be used to simulate many possible future outcomes, events, and their various combinations. In this article, we focus on the applications of the Monte Carlo simulation to price various options.Read Monte Carlo Simulation and Options in full
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A Gloucester woman is facing charges of receiving stolen property after police seized six African dolls from her home — dolls they believe were stolen from the Boston Children's Museum in January.
But Marie Manning, no age given, of 14 Smith St., Gloucester, has told police that she bought the dolls from a man she met in Boston.
She was not sure of the date, but told Gloucester police she purchased the dolls while visiting her granddaughter who lives in the city. Attempts to reach Manning yesterday were unsuccessful.
Manning was charged after police found her in possession of the dolls on Saturday afternoon.
The six dolls were apart of the Boston Black Exhibit, which ran Jan. 21 to Jan. 29 at the Boston Children's Museum.
According to police reports, the dolls were reported missing Jan. 29. The dolls have not been appraised, but their estimated value is $5,000, according to police reports.
Police said they were drawn to Manning on Saturday afternoon when she was bailing a friend out of jail.
According to police, and with officers present, Manning began talking about some rare dolls that she was looking to sell to a private collector.
Police say she described the dolls in vivid detail, noting that one was made of beads, and that another one portrayed a young African boy sitting on a rock.
Gloucester police were aware of the thefts in Boston, and asked Boston police to send them pictures of the stolen dolls.
When police received the photos, they went to Manning's Smith Street home and positively identified the dolls in her possession as the ones stolen from the museum.
Attempts to reach the museum by telephone last evening were unsuccessful.
Nick Curcuru can be reached at 978-283-7000 x3461, or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Nelson Bay Bell Buoy Challenge
From Openwaterpedia
8Km - From Hobie Beach along the coast for 1.6km. Around a buoy in front of the Radison Hotel, and then directly out to sea to Bell Buoy - 2.4km, and then back along the same route to Hobie Beach.
Ocean Swim - Expected Sea temperatures: Between 15 and 22 degrees C. Between 2 and 4 meter swells.
City Nelson Mandela Bay, Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape
Country South Africa
Region Africa
Name Michael Zoetmulder
Title Zports
Email [1]
Event Information
Month: April
Event Date: Annual Event - Held on the Easter Weekend.
Website: http://www.bellbuoychallenge.co.za
Class: Pro
Wetsuit: Two Divisions. Wetsuit and without


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UPDATE: A spokesman with the Department of Natural Resources told the Gwinnett Daily Post that a boater has been taken into custody and charged with boating under the influence and hit and run. The Atlanta Journal is reporting his name is Paul Bennett and that he is from Cumming. The search continues for the 13-year-old. The AJC is also reporting that the 9-year-old and 13-year-old were brothers. The 13 people on the pontoon, including the fatality and the missing teen, were allegedly from Gwinnett County, but no names have yet been released.
One child was killed an another was missing after a boating accident late Monday on Lake Lanier, according t
Rick Lavender of the DNR told Cumming Patch that two boats collided about 10:30 p.m. Monday in the Shoal Creek area of Lake Lanier [near Lake Lanier Islands].
"The collision left a 9-year-old child dead and a 13-year-old missing," said Lavender. "Obviously we are continuing to investigate and at this point we are still searching for the 13-year-old."
This comes on the heels of an accident on Authorities continue to urge caution on the lake as the boating season picks up. Last year there were 11 fatalities on Georgia lakes and 109 boating accidents. There also were 168 boating under the influence arrests.
Patch will have more updates on this incident.


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The Appendix D to the Staff Rules covers staff members for work related death, injury or illness attributable to the performance of official duties on behalf of the United Nations. Depending on the nature of the clinical elements and circumstances, staff members may be entitled to receive reimbursement of medical expenses. In cases where a permanent loss of function is involved, staff members may be entitled to compensation. All rules and entitlements can be found in the consolidated text of the Appendix D to the Staff Rules.
What is the role of the Compensation Claims Unit?
The Compensation Claims Unit at the United Nations Office in Geneva (UNOG) is responsible for addressing compensation claims falling under the Appendix D to the Staff Rules for the organisations listed below. A delegation of authority has been granted by the Secretary-General in order to treat claims up to a certain amount, which are not deemed as complex, or which are expressly delegated from the Advisory Board on Compensation Claims (ABCC) in New York. If a claim surpasses the Compensation Claims Unit's delegated authority, it is submitted to the ABCC in New York for the Secretary-General's consideration. In such cases, the Compensation Claims Unit remains the point of contact for the staff member.
Staff members of UNOG, ITC, UNHCR, OHCHR, UNECE, OCHA (administered in Geneva), UNCTAD, UNFCCC, UNDP (administered in Geneva), UNICEF (administered in Geneva), UNIDIR, UNCCD, and UNCC wishing to file a claim must do so with the Compensation Claims Unit in Geneva, through their human resource officer. Staff members of other organizations should check with their human resources department who will advise where to file their claim.
Am I covered?
Staff members wishing to file a claim for compensation under the Appendix D to the Staff Rules must do so within four months of the onset of the illness, injury, or death. Interns and persons employed by the United Nations under a special service agreement are not covered under the Appendix D, unless otherwise expressly stated under the terms of their contract.
What is the procedure for filing a claim?
A person wishing to file a claim must duly complete the Claim for Compensation e-form and have it certified by her/his human resource officer. The original claim form should be sent to the Compensation Claims Unit (see address below). The last page of the form is to be completed by the claimant's treating physician. Please note that if the claim form is not duly completed, the claim will be returned for completion. If a claim is submitted after four months from the onset of the illness, injury, or death, the claim will be rejected unless written justification is provided requesting the Secretary-General to waive Article 12 of the Appendix D to the Staff Rules. In exceptional circumstances, the Secretary-General may grant a waiver.
For more detailed information on filing a claim for compensation, feel free to contact the Compensation Claims Unit by email - CompensationClaims (at) unog.ch
What is procedure for submitting medical bills?
Please use the Medical Expenses e-form to claim medical bills under the Appendix D. Please use this form each time you submit bills in relation with a claim.
While detailed instructions are provided as part of the electronic form, please note that all medical bills claimed under the Appendix D to the Staff Rules should be submitted in original form along with proof of payment. Article 3 of the Appendix D to the Staff Rules does not entitle staff members to receive reimbursement or compensation from any other source. As such, if medical bills have been submitted to the staff members' insurance company(ies) – including complementary insurance, then the reimbursement of medical bills will be at most the difference between what has been reimbursed by the insurance(s) and the total amount of the medical bill(s). It is the claimant's responsibility under Article 15 of the Appendix D to the Staff Rules to provide all requested information, copies of medical bills, reimbursement advices, etc.
How long does it take for my claim to be processed?
The time needed to treat a claim varies greatly depending on its complexity.
Please contact the Compensation Claims Unit at the address below if you have filed a claim and would like to know its status.
Can I claim the loss of personal effects under the Appendix D?
The Appendix D to the Staff Rules covers staff members in case of death, illness or injury and is limited to the person. Claims for loss of or damage to personal effects, in accordance with the provisions of ST/AI/149/Rev.4, should be submitted directly to the Secretary of the local committee, Room 26-1, Financial Resources Management Service, UNOG.
Where can I get more detailed information?
The Appendix D to the Staff Rules is the legal basis for compensation claims in the event of death, injury or illness attributable to the performance of official duties on behalf of the United Nations. Additional information can also be obtained from the Staff Rules and its Appendix D on the UN intranet (iSeek) and from the staff member's human resources officer.
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