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text: Huntington Catholics questioning diocese By David Gutman July 27, 2013 Story Share CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Angered over what they call a vindictive transfer of their local pastor, a group of Catholics in Huntington are accusing leadership at the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston of living too profligate a lifestyle and not following the example set by Pope Francis.The group has written to Archbishop Carlos Maria Vigano, who serves as a liaison between the American church and the pope, asking him to investigate what they call lavish spending by the diocesan leadership as well as the recent transfer of 21 priests within West Virginia.Those 21 transferred priests represent about 13 percent of all the priests in the state, but Bryan Minor, a diocese spokesman, said that that was "not a disproportionate number compared to previous years."In the 2012 fiscal year, the Wheeling-Charleston diocese spent more than $4.5 million on construction projects, nearly 15 times more than it spent the year before.It's also more than three times as much as the diocese gave to Catholic Charities of West Virginia, its charitable subsidiary, in 2012.Minor said that the funds were necessary to repair aging churches and schools."There are a number of projects in the state that deal with what we would call deferred maintenance, buildings that were constructed decades ago that have not been improved over time," Minor said. "Within the last five years, every school building was visited and short-, mid- and long-term building needs were identified by a third-party firm."The diocese spent more than $20 million on school repair and building projects from 2006, when Bishop Michael Bransfield's tenure began, through 2010.Minor called it an "unprecedented five-year period of investment in the future of Catholic education."But Christine Pennington, a parishioner at Huntington's Our Lady of Fatima Church for more than 40 years, points to extravagances such as cherry paneling, coffered ceilings and marble altars that she says go beyond basic maintenance."How can you worry about stained-glass windows and the bishop getting a new high-seated chair when you have poverty like in West Virginia?" Pennington said. The diocese, which as a religious organization is not subject to the same financial reporting rules that other nonprofit groups are, annually spends about $20 million more than it takes in. It makes up the difference with money from its endowment and investment income. The diocese will not disclose how large its endowment is.At $7.5 million, the diocese's single largest expenditure in 2012 was money spent on the chancery, the administrative hub in Wheeling.The chancery comprises the bishop's executive offices, as well as the superintendent of Catholic schools, human resources, the diocese newspaper and the youth ministry."All those offices are under chancery administration, not only personnel but program costs affiliated with running what is one of the largest charities in West Virginia," Minor said. But Pennington and other West Virginia Catholics criticized Bransfield for spending too much on building projects and things like chauffeurs and personal chefs, and not enough on helping the needy. "We all are called to follow the life of Christ, and I just feel that what I see is getting away from what Christ would say," said Linda Abrahamian, a longtime parishioner at St. Leo Catholic Church in Inwood. "[Bishop Bransfield's] extravagant living style -- we could say personal spending, but it really isn't personal, the diocese is paying for it -- is getting away from that."Francis recently has been seen shunning the Vatican's fleet of luxury cars in favor of a more modest Ford Focus. He has been shuttled around in a Fiat during his recent trip to Brazil."A car is necessary to do a lot of work, but, please, choose a more humble one," Francis told a group of young and trainee priests and nuns earlier in July. "If you like the fancy one, just think about how many children are dying of hunger in the world."Bransfield's personal car is a 2004 Buick Park Avenue. He is often driven in diocese cars, either a GMC Yukon or a Cadillac."Bishop Bransfield has a priest secretary, currently it's a deacon," Minor said, "[who] also drives the bishop from time to time between his many appointments, most of which are not in Wheeling." Bransfield also has dinner prepared at his residence four days a week by a personal chef. The chef also cooks lunch for the bishop and others at the cathedral rectory four days a week. Minor said that that is a money-saver because the chef also acts as a caterer for diocese events and special functions.In 2010 there were more than 112,000 Catholics in West Virginia, an increase of more than 10,000 since 1980. But over that same period the number of priests in the state has fallen by more than 25 percent, from 218 to 160.The pastors at both Our Lady of Fatima, a congregation of about 600 families in Huntington, and St. Leo, a congregation of about 1,200 in Inwood, have recently departed.The Rev. Brian Shoda, the priest at St. Leo for 22 years, left the Catholic Church entirely and is now a priest at Mount Zion Episcopal Church in Hedgesville. Shoda did not return repeated requests for comment."He said his theology and some of the teachings of the Catholic Church didn't mesh anymore," Abrahamian said. "He was a good priest, he gave 22 years of his life to St. Leo, there were times when he probably needed help, could have used an associate pastor."The Rev. Jim Sobus had been at Our Lady of Fatima and St. Stephen's Catholic Church in nearby Ona for nine years, before he was transferred to Assumption Parish in Keyser in June.Sobus, who said he has not left the church but would not otherwise comment on the record, has not reported to Assumption Parish.Parishioners at Our Lady of Fatima say Sobus was unjustly transferred for, among other things, speaking out against the church and running the parish school strictly.Dr. Kellee Abner-Karimpour, who serves on the Catholic Schools Advisory Committee at Our Lady of Fatima, said that the diocese had a "witch hunt" against Sobus.Abner-Karimpour and others said that the Advisory Committee (equivalent to a school board) stopped meeting last fall after someone filed an anonymous and opaque letter of complaint against Sobus that was investigated and found baseless. The committee has not met since.Minor denied those allegations. He said that Sobus had been at Our Lady of Fatima for nine years and that priests are frequently transferred after six to eight years."Priests have a duty of obedience, which is part of a priest's vow at his ordination," Minor said in an email. "By not reporting to his new assignment without any notice, the Diocese says that Father Sobus is leaving the faithful parishioners of Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Parish in Keyser without a pastor." Reach David Gutman at email@example.com or 304-348-5119. Story Share Story Share Trending Now 1 Deer in 8 WV counties found dead from EHD 2 New company planning $73M synthetic fuel plant in Greenbrier County 3 Body found in Kanawha River, near South Charleston 4 Protester: 'Thanks for the danishes but we'd rather have health care' 5 Judge gives water crisis settlement preliminary approval Rick Steelhammer: We're not only sick, but we're liars too? Previous Story Man struck, killed by train near Martinsburg Next Story


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- Impact of perioperative RSV or influenza infection on length of stay and risk of unplanned ICU admission in children: a case-control studyMichael C Spaeder
Department of Pediatrics, The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences and the Division of Critical Care Medicine, Children s National Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA
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- Critical care physician cognitive task analysis: an exploratory studyJames C Fackler
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Crit Care 13:R33. 2009..The study objective was to assess the usefulness of CTA as an analytical tool in order that physician cognitive tasks may be understood and redistributed within the work-hour limited medical decision-making teams...
- A qualitative study of expert and team cognition on complex patients in the pediatric intensive care unitJason W Custer
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Pediatr Crit Care Med 13:278-84. 2012..To understand expert and team cognition of complex patients in the pediatric intensive care unit through the use of cognitive task analysis...
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Twitter Gives Verified Users New Spam & Verified-Only Filters For Mentions
Twitter's verified users have two new filtering options on their "Connect" tab that are aimed at weeding out spam and making it easier to communicate with other verified users.
The two new filters are labeled "Filtered" and "Verified." In an email to verified users, Twitter explained how both tabs works:
If you click on "filtered," you will see a new feed based on an algorithm we use to filter out spam. Clicking on the "verified" tab will give you a stream of Tweets from verified users only.
The "All" option shows the standard, unfiltered look at the user's mentions. Here's a screenshot from @dannysullivan's account:
Twitter says the goal with this new filtering is "to improve your experience of reading through your mentions, as well as easily communicating with other verified users."
That latter option will be helpful to a lot of the celebrities and brands on Twitter — accounts that get way more mentions than they can easily keep up with. In one sense, it's a nod to the importance of keeping well-known users happy and active on Twitter, particularly when Facebook is also trying to court more big names. At the same time, it also opens up the door for brands to interact with one another more, like in the famous exchange between Oreo and AMC Theatres last September:
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BUECHE, Mary Delilah (Calvin)
Date of death: 27 Jun 1956, Edinburg, Johnson County, Indiana
Source: Franklin Evening Star, Franklin, Johnson County, Indiana; May 4, 1966
Delilah Bueche
Dies Wednesday
EDINBURG—After an illness of a week, Mrs. Delilah Bueche, widow of the late Louis V. Bueche, died at her home, 518 South Walnut Street, Edinburg, Wednesday morning at 5:30 o'clock.
Funeral services have been planned for 2 o'clock Friday afternoon and will be in the Edinburg Methodist Church. The Rev. B. J. Renner, church pastor, will be in charge of the services and burial is to take place in Rest Haven Cemetery.
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Friends may call at the Mutz Funeral Home at any time after 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon and until 1 o'clock Friday afternoon when the body will be taken to the church. They are invited to attend the rites.
Mrs. Bueche was born Nov. 22, 1880, in Bartholomew County and her parents were the late Reason and Lucetta Lain Calvin.
She became the bride of Mr. Bueche on July 1, 1906, and a daughter was born to them. Mrs. Bueche was a member of the Edinburg Methodist Church and W.S.C.S.
The daughter, Mrs. Ruby Thacker, of Edinburg, survives with a grandson, Louis Thacker, of Indianapolis; and a sister, Mrs. Bertha Stine, of Edinburg.
Mr. Bueche died June 27, 1956.
Source: Edinburg Daily Courier, Edinburg, Johnson County, Indiana, May 4, 1966
Mrs. Bueche Dies At Home This A.M.
Mrs. Mary Delilah Bueche, 85, widow of the late Louis Bueche, died this morning at 5:30 at her home at 518 South Walnut Street after a week's illness.
Born November 22, 1880, in Bartholomew County, she was the daughter of Reason and Lucetta Lain Calvin. She and Mr. Bueche were married July 1, 1906, and he preceded in death on January 27, 1956.
Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Ruby Thacker of Edinburg; a grandson, Louis Thacker of Indianapolis; and one sister, Mrs. Bertha Stine of Edinburg.
Mrs. Bueche was a member of the Edinburg Methodist Church and the Women's Society of Christian Service.
Funeral services will be held Friday at 2:00 P.M. at the Edinburg Methodist Church with the Reverend B. J. Renner officiating. Burial will be at Rest Haven Cemetery.
Friends may call at the funeral home after 2:00 p.m. Thursday. The body will be moved to the church at 1:00 Friday.
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Ubisoft has revealed that Assassin's Creed: Lost Legacy, the 3DS game first detailed well over a year ago, has been cancelled, but has since 'morphed' into the console game, Assassin's Creed: Revelations.
After being revealed at E3 alongside the 3DS itself, the game went dark. All we knew about it was that Ezio Auditore was off East in search of the lost castle at Masyaf, the ancient seat of the Assassins. Other than this initial premise, nothing has surfaced on the game whatsoever. Until now, that is.
"You may have heard of the game 'Lost Legacy' for the 3DS," Assassin's Creed: Revelations lead writer Darby McDevitt told Joystiq. "It was announced, but that kind of morphed into this idea."
"The story that was announced about Lost Legacy was that Ezio goes to Masyaf and investigates the holy land," McDevitt explained. This, of course, is more or less the plot-line to Revelations.
McDevitt has been working on Revelations from as as early as February 2010, well before the most recent game in the series, Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood had even launched.
"We do a lot of thinking ahead of time on big arcs," he explained, "like knowing where Ezio is going, knowing where Desmond is going, knowing where Altair is going."
"The major beats of all our characters' stories are planned well in advance, so we don't get Lost-itis where we're opening up more than we could possibly close off."
Although Lost Legacy has been cancelled, that doesn't mean there won't be an Assassin's Creed game on 3DS in the future - it just won't be this particular adventure.
Martin caught up with Ezio at E3, be sure to check out his Assassin's Creed Revelations preview.
Assassin's Creed Revelations is due for release November 11, for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC.


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He's Attorney James Sokolove
And those cheesy ads of his? They've done more than make him a pariah and a punch line. They've also created an under-the-radar empire that's about to reinvent the business of ambulance chasing yet again.
If the average American were to classify members of the legal profession the way biologists have constructed a taxonomy of the animal kingdom, the proud white-shoe counsel would be an eagle; the slick entertainment lawyer, a shark. The personal-injury attorney—way at the bottom of the chart—would be some sort of primordial ooze. He is the much-derided ambulance chaser whose frivolous lawsuits drive doctors from their calling, the slip-and-fall trial lawyer to blame for out-of-control insurance premiums. He is the reason takeout coffee cups come with warning labels.
And among personal-injury lawyers, nobody ranks higher than Newton's Jim Sokolove. Or maybe it's lower. Either way, his is a singular perch in a field where a premium is placed on staid respectability and status has long been earned by the dignified dispensing of professional counsel. Cutting against his industry's mahogany grain, Sokolove has refined the chore of landing clients into a science, which he practices with the kind of marketing most of his peers regard as tacky, if not altogether abhorrent. No lawyer in the country advertises more—or spends more doing it. In 2007 he paid over $20 million to promote his firm, twice as much as the next-biggest spender. Across the United States, on the radio and on cable networks like Lifetime, a Sokolove spot runs roughly every eight seconds. Which is another way of saying that, somewhere, a Sokolove ad is always running.
All the airtime has made Sokolove into a celebrity and a punch line. Generations of New Englanders can quote his tag lines from memory ("I'm Jim Sokolove. I fix problems"; "I'll get you the money you deserve"). People say that Sokolove will represent a client for just about anything—in one of the many YouTube spoofs of his ads, a client wants to sue because his carnival bumper car got bumped. It sounds ridiculous, but then Sokolove does have a section on his website labeled "amusement park accidents."
Sokolove's firm is currently keeping tabs on some 10,000 open cases. Approximately 300,000 calls and e-mails come into his office each year, more than at any other firm. On behalf of his clients, Sokolove has won more than $2 billion in damages or settlements, while he and lawyers working with him have pocketed some $500 million for their trouble. The amount of money he's delivered is so large that Sokolove figures publicizing it might scare away the clientele that sees him on daytime TV—they'd think he's out of their league—so in an apparent stab at modesty, his marketing material lists his winnings simply as "more than $1 billion."
Despite his prodigious success and his omnipresent image as a bulldog attorney, Sokolove hasn't seen the inside of a courtroom in nearly three decades. Truth be told, he's argued only one case before a jury; it was back in the early 1970s, and he lost. It wasn't tenacious lawyering that allowed Sokolove to build a legal empire, but rather his prowess as a businessman and an innovator. He and his staff of 80 don't try cases; instead they connect prospective clients to other lawyers, who pay Sokolove a cut of their fees for ginning up business. As the American Bar Association Journal once described it, Sokolove is America's "middleman of lawsuits"—a distinction that hasn't made him particularly popular.
Lawyers say it's easy to make fun of them until you need one, but even visitors to legalveterans.com, one of the hundreds of Internet domains that Sokolove maintains, are inclined to regard Sokolove in an uncharitable light. Asked in a recent poll hosted there how they would categorize Sokolove, only 6 percent of respondents chose "attorney who is focused on helping people." Most people—about a third—went with "ambulance chaser." But Sokolove regards his image with a measure of pride. When he's insulted for the volume and types of cases he handles, when he's called an ambulance chaser, Sokolove has a ready response: "Yeah, the best you've ever seen."
The law offices of James Sokolove, on Centre Street in Newton, don't look much like a law office at all. There's no sign on the outside of the stucco building it shares with a business that gets people out of IRS trouble and an outpost of the Fuller Brush Company, which peddles cleaning supplies to door-to-door salesmen. Inside, Sokolove has no reception desk, none of the shelves stacked high with the volumes of case law that occasionally appear in his commercials, just two floors packed tight with cubicles. Painted on the wall is the firm's utilitarian tag line, "We fix problems."
Most mornings, Sokolove arrives around 9:30. He works less than a half a mile from his home, a mansion on Crystal Lake. There, he maintains a more lawyerly office—big desk, framed commendations, requisite picture of himself with President Bill Clinton—that he barely ever uses. At age 64, Sokolove has a retired boxer's slumped shoulders and a newscaster's head of hair. He wears khakis and brightly colored dress shirts left open at the collar; just about the only time he dons a suit these days is when he's filming a commercial. Meeting a practicing attorney in Sokolove's office is so rare an event (there are only three) that it practically demands comment. "She's a real lawyer" is how he introduces one.
At a typical personal-injury firm, potential clients call with a legal issue and are passed along to a paralegal or a lawyer who determines whether a case can be made on their behalf. Sorting through prospects represents the lion's share of its attorneys' work. To find a single malpractice case, a firm might first have to wade through interviews with 125 callers.
The problem with that system, as Sokolove has always seen it, is that it's inefficient. Plenty of people who need help get turned away from firms that don't really have the expertise to handle their cases. "If you advertise for personal injury and you get a call for med mal, you have to have somebody to handle the stuff," Sokolove says. "Waste can kill you." Meanwhile, lawyers lose time speaking to potential claimants who don't end up bringing in winnable suits. Sokolove solves all that by matching clients with specialized lawyers who belong to his network of 400 affiliated law firms. Together, they can represent clients in more than 130 types of cases.
Sokolove's father, Morris, was also a personal-injury lawyer. Sokolove originally wandered into his dad's line of work without any intention of revolutionizing it. His parents were the children of Russian immigrants who earned a level of status in their tight-knit Jewish community in Revere. Morris was active in the school district's PTA and a founding member of Temple B'nai Israel. The family was so proud of their ties to the neighborhood of shop owners and community leaders that, even 50 years on, Sokolove can still recite the names of every family on his old street.
Morris Sokolove, who ran his own firm with his nephew, had a knack for putting clients at ease. With his dark-framed glasses and formal dress ("I never saw him in anything but a jacket and a tie, really," Sokolove says), he projected an air of calm and competence. Morris would often bring his son as he visited clients in their homes, where the lawyer would listen attentively to their stories of work injuries and car accidents. Sometimes James would tag along to the office on weekends, sit at a desk, and organize checks, as if preparing for his future. "Jim was utterly devoted to his father," says Sokolove's cousin, Joyce Wiseman.
At home, though, Sokolove's father didn't exactly know how to talk to his son. Morris worked long hours, and Sokolove's mother, Rose, struggled with depression. When Sokolove was 14, his parents sent him to boarding school at Lawrence Academy. He had trouble fitting in and was dogged by insecurity. "I really couldn't figure out where I belonged—I had one girlfriend—I felt isolated," he says. "My life didn't work for me."
Later, while Sokolove was attending Ohio's Case Western Reserve University, his father encouraged him to join a fraternity—he'd make some friends, he explained, and would later be able to call on those connections. Sokolove ignored the advice. Without much of a plan for what to do after graduation, he enrolled at Suffolk Law School in 1966 and afterward spent two years working for community agencies and as a legal aid lawyer in Chelsea. He had no intention of joining the family firm. But in 1971 his father, who had been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, pulled him aside and asked him to take his place. If for nothing other than fealty, Sokolove complied.
Over the next decade, Sokolove handled a few hundred divorces, maybe 500 accident cases. Not much of a joiner, he didn't connect with people the same way his dad did. Even after the family firm merged with a larger one, Sokolove never truly threw himself into the work, and the firm suffered for it. In 1978, its last year in business, Sokolove racked up $120,000 worth of expenses for supplies and staff while bringing in only $100,000 in legal fees. He was underwater. When the lawyers ultimately split up, Sokolove says, "everyone went their separate ways, and no one really wanted me to go with them." As the other partners were emptying out the office, selling the furniture and accoutrements to each other, Sokolove's family had to convince him to buy his father's old law books. He had no immediate plan to put them to use.
Sokolove knew that if he were ever going to make it in the legal world, he needed a way to reach potential clients that didn't depend on the old methods of court-corridor handshakes and chamber of commerce luncheons that felt so unnatural to him.
The legal landscape was fundamentally changing, and those changes gave Sokolove an idea. He had read with interest a 1977 Supreme Court decision that allowed lawyers to advertise, a practice previously banned by state bar associations, which argued it would tarnish the field's reputation. Only bad lawyers would even bother, they said; good ones got all the work they needed through word-of-mouth recommendations. But the court found that the public's need for information outweighed lawyers' self-interest. "Early lawyers in Great Britain viewed the law as a form of public service, rather than as a means of earning a living, and they looked down on 'trade' as unseemly," Justice Harry Blackmun wrote in the majority opinion. "The belief that lawyers are somehow above 'trade' is an anachronism." Striking down the ban as unconstitutional, the justices left bar associations to judge what kind of advertising was acceptable in their state.
The Supreme Court's decision had done nothing to change the way the Boston legal community looked down on self-promotion. To the high-minded downtown firms, even an entry in the Yellow Pages remained unseemly. Still, Sokolove was intrigued by the possibilities. He set out on a cross-country tour of firms that had started experimenting with advertising. In Phoenix he stopped by the offices of Bates & O'Steen, the firm that had gone to the Supreme Court to win the right to run its newspaper ads; in Los Angeles he visited Jacoby & Meyers, which had just run the nation's first televised law-firm ad to drum up business for a practice that handled divorces and wills for flat rates. Sokolove had considered running a flat-rate business himself, but saw more potential elsewhere. "I said, Why don't I try the highest-markup items," he says, "which are personal injury." (In such cases, lawyers traditionally take one-third of a plaintiff's settlement or jury award.)
Unable to afford a space of his own, Sokolove rented a corner in the One Boston Place office of Bob Bonin. A former chief justice on the state superior court who was now in private practice, Bonin had been run off the bench the year before by a group of vocal critics. With Bonin's reputation having already taken a hit, Sokolove realized the attention generated by the gambit he was about to launch wasn't going to help. "What I'm going to be doing is not white-shoe, lily white," he felt compelled to tell his officemate, who for his part was curious to see whether Sokolove could pursue his plan without being driven out of town.
Sokolove started advertising quietly, placing a small ad deep inside the TV circular of the Boston Globe, alongside listings for The Jeffersons and a new program called Dynasty. The calls that began trickling in were just enough to keep Sokolove afloat. He was able to hire Doug Melzard, an insurance industry vet whom he put in charge of running the office. Melzard's salary was larger than what Sokolove was drawing, so the newcomer didn't mind paying for dinner when his boss's credit card would get declined. After two years, Sokolove knew he needed to reach more people. He needed to be on television.
Sokolove got his hands on the advertisements that firms in other parts of the country had aired, and he studied them closely. "When he first walked into the office, we were shocked," says John Furst, whose Newbury Street–based Videocraft Productions filmed Sokolove's first ad in 1981. "He came in with a reel of lawyer commercials. Some of them may have even come from Europe. He was insanely, wonderfully careful to do everything the right way." Sokolove convened a focus group to review his test spots, to check that they worked as intended. He also hired a respected Suffolk Law professor named Barry Brown, who taught courses on professional responsibility and had previously worked for the Massachusetts Board of Bar Overseers. Brown's job was to help make sure the ad wouldn't get Sokolove shut down.
Sokolove's debut ad, which began airing on Boston stations in early 1982, opens with the squeal of brakes and a slow-motion car crash. Because suitable stock footage was not yet widely available, the stunt was staged on a quiet road in Weston. Sokolove had originally hoped the actor Raymond Burr would star, to lend his Perry Mason credibility, but the bar association told Brown that the use of an actor would cross an ethical line. So Sokolove cast himself. At the 11-second mark, he walks onscreen wearing a suit; as he knew from his father, that's how people expect lawyers to look. Laying down what would become hallmarks of future ad campaigns, he tells viewers they are entitled to money if they've been injured and urges them to pick up the phone without delay. "What you need is immediate legal advice," he says. "If you are injured in an accident, call us immediately."
Sokolove didn't keep a television in the office, but his secretary, Florence Nicholson, always knew when the ad ran: The phones would start ringing. Nicholson, Melzard, Sokolove, and his sister-in-law, who also worked for the fledgling venture, would quickly take people's names and numbers and go on to the next one, returning the calls after the rush subsided.
Through television, Sokolove was able to do what he couldn't before. If he didn't share his father's knack for connecting to clients in their living rooms, a commercial running there could at least simulate the same effect. Better yet, if Sokolove didn't get it right on the first take, he could try it again and again until he did.
Of course, Sokolove also got the criticism he expected. Early in his first TV campaign, a Globe story quoted some attorneys then considered the deans of personal-injury law in Boston. One of them, a prolific litigator named J. Newton Esdaile, said advertising was "degrading and avoided by better members of the bar." Esdaile's rebuke stung. "That guy was the best," Sokolove remembers. "I thought, Maybe I'm doing something wrong."
But not so much that he decided to turn back. Within his first couple of years advertising, Sokolove was fielding hundreds of calls a week. "I was like a kid going to a casino—I kept winning," he says. He soon realized that the work was getting to be more than he could handle. Before long, there was too much work even for the other attorneys he had hired. "When you advertise that you have widgets, you better have widgets to sell," says Melzard. Sokolove decided he'd start referring the bulk of his cases to other firms, collecting 10 percent of all fees in return. (As a quality-control measure, he would also track every case to make sure clients were well served.)
It was a bold idea at a time when such a business model was allowed in only two other states (Texas and California). Though the arrangement broke with tradition, many affiliates noticed they could get the business boost Sokolove promised, with none of the risk of looking uncouth by advertising themselves. Even as he remained a pariah in some quarters, plenty of lawyers started seeking his help. "These weren't fly-by-night guys," Melzard says. "They were big, staid, New England firms who wanted in on what he was doing but didn't have the balls—pardon my French—to go out and put their faces on television." Tom Mysliwicz, who led Sokolove's in-house legal team, then a half-dozen lawyers strong, says Sokolove confounded his critics with the results he was getting. "No one missed the fact that what he was doing worked. They hated him, but they would be happy to be in his affiliate network."
By 1988 Sokolove and those affiliates were billing $16 million a year, and he was personally pulling down a salary in the high six figures. As Melzard puts it, "He was a marketing guy in a lawyer's uniform."
Not long after his ads began turning heads, Sokolove recalls, he got a call from the office of Jim Esdaile, the son and partner of the lawyer who had criticized him in the Globe. Esdaile and a colleague met Sokolove at the Algonquin Club for dinner. While Esdaile now says it was only an informal sit-down, it seemed to Sokolove that they were hoping to do business with him. Sokolove—who smiles as he recounts the story—told the distinguished lawyers that wouldn't work out.
Sokolove estimates he's appeared in some 200 different versions of his commercials over the years. A film scholar surveying his body of work might note that the production values have come down since he went to the trouble of staging car crashes. "At some point he decided the time and effort that went into them just wasn't worth it," Mysliwicz says. ("Why would I spend $35,000 on an ad," Sokolove says, "when a $1,500 one works just as well?")
That realization was a while in coming. In the 1980s Sokolove tried filming intricate testimonials. One such spot featured a young actress in soft focus talking about a doctor's failure to diagnose her cancer and included a clip of Sokolove inviting viewers to call for an educational pamphlet. Sokolove was pleased with the result. "I was pitching information; it wasn't about revenge," he says. Yet the message that seemed to reach viewers was that lawsuits are complicated, and sorting things out can be tricky, and therefore probably not worth the trouble. The people watching him on television, he came to understand, don't want a discussion. They just want to know what a lawyer can do for them.
Sokolove has since also discovered that his most successful ads are the most formulaic. Unadorned with fancy graphics, they speak to very specific audiences (patients who once took a drug the FDA has pulled off the market is a big one). These ads always display his toll-free phone number and website address for the duration of the segment, to allow plenty of time to write it down. Sokolove—wearing his lawyerly suit—speaks directly to the camera, in a style he describes as "serious but not stern." He knows from his research that most people think hiring a lawyer means paying up front, so he always explains that it costs nothing to talk to him. He never brings up any of his affiliates, because that only confuses viewers. And he always, always mentions the potential rewards. The message behind his ads, he says, is simple: Injured? Free money.
Sokolove is equally direct when people attack that approach. Even in the halls of academia he's unapologetic. During a recent talk at Suffolk Law, a student spoke up to challenge Sokolove's explanation that it wouldn't be cost-effective for him to pursue a malpractice suit he couldn't win or settle for at least a million dollars. "I'm proud of my values, I give a lot to charity," Sokolove said, "but I'm not in the religion business."
"You just called helping your fellow man 'the religion business,'" the student pointed out.
"Do you see a problem with that?" Sokolove shot back. "You can't help anybody if you go bankrupt."
Sokolove's own family has gotten used to people thinking of him as a heartless ambulance chaser. "We all understand why he's made fun of," says his wife, Stephanie, who operates the popular eatery Stephanie's on Newbury. "What you don't get from TV is how gentle Jim is. On a personal level he would just as soon get along and work things out. The biggest misconception about Jim is that he's a scumbag."
The couple first met in 1996, at the wedding of a mutual friend. Stephanie remembers thinking, "Oh, here's that guy I've been seeing on television for 20 years." Not five minutes into the reception, Sokolove sidled up to her. "I think I'm falling in love with you," he said. "Do you want to have a baby with me?" After that opening line, Sokolove didn't speak to her for eight months. Then: "He came by the restaurant one day and put his arm around me and said, 'How have you been?'"
Stephanie entered Sokolove's life during a difficult stretch for him. He had recently divorced from his second wife, and, at 53, had been slowly edging his way out of his business, contemplating retirement. He was in the process of dropping down from 65 employees to just seven. Before they married in early 1997, Sokolove told Stephanie he wasn't sure where his career was headed. "Look," he said, "I got a couple bucks, but I don't know what I'm going to do."
By the end of the year, Stephanie had given birth to a daughter. It wasn't long, though, before Sokolove realized that his quasi-retirement wasn't going to take. He began consulting for firms that wanted to follow his lead. And as he saw other lawyers succeeding with his playbook, he began to wonder if his regional firm, for all its success, had accomplished everything it could have.
Beginning in 1999, Sokolove started to rebuild. This time he wouldn't keep any cases for his own firm; he'd refer them all out. By 2003 he had nearly quadrupled his number of affiliates, from 14 to 50. Five years later, he has 400 relationships set up in all 50 states. And he's not stopping there. Convinced he's the vanguard of another change in the legal business, Sokolove is rolling out a marketing effort next month that seeks to add another 200 affiliates to his network. "It's all about national branding," Sokolove says. "If you're a Realtor, you can't exist unless you become part of a system. That's the same thing that is going to take place in legal services—consumers want to have trust in a name."
Until 2000, Sokolove had advertised only in New England, but to feed all his new and far-flung affiliates, he needed national advertising. As before, the vagaries of legal culture conspired to complicate matters. No other personal-injury firm had ever tried advertising nationwide, since the rules for what bar associations allow differ from state to state. In Iowa, for instance, a member of the firm being advertised cannot appear in the spot, while in Florida, a member of the firm must appear in it. To get around all that, Sokolove's commercials now feature only the name of the firm in block text, the phone number, and an actor's voice-over. The face that launched a million lawsuits is gone, but his name is everywhere.
Wherever he goes these days, Sokolove carries two battered folders in his leather shoulder bag. The first folder is for business, the second for everything else. Filed in the latter is a one-page list of goals, typed as dutifully as a high school book report. He prepared it for a life coach he recently hired to help organize his priorities. ("I sort of went through a thing when I turned 64," Sokolove says.)
Turning his mind once again toward retirement, Sokolove has cut back his hours in the office by two-thirds, freeing up his schedule for some more-satisfying pursuits, including spending more time with his 11-year-old daughter and his wife, who in March will open her second restaurant, on Tremont Street in the South End. He's also working with Stanford Law School to fund a philanthropic project, Roadmap to Justice, that aims to make the civil justice system more accessible to poor people. Sokolove says he'd be surprised if he doesn't experience a "liquidity event" that would buy him out of his business within the next three years.
Sokolove's commitment to getting more involved in outside pursuits led him to Manchester, New Hampshire, on a bright afternoon this fall for the second of two days he spent canvassing for Barack Obama. He'd given a good deal of money to Democrats—$250,000 over the past decade—but found a new thrill knocking on doors. Yet he couldn't seem to prevent his thoughts from sometimes circling back to his business. "I told my wife how many people have front steps where you can fall," he said, as his car rolled into a quiet neighborhood near the river.
Later Sokolove introduced himself to an elderly gentleman who was out walking his dog. "Not the lawyer on television?" the man asked. "I'll tell my wife—she won't believe it." Before long, Sokolove had invited himself into the couple's living room, where they were happy to answer his too-personal questions: What sorts of medications were they taking? Why was their retirement money in stocks and not bonds? (Sokolove has added financial mismanagement to his list of practice areas.) Standing up to leave, he and the man embraced in an awkward hug.
Outside, Sokolove was pleased. "Sitting in houses and talking to people. This is my father," he said. He seemed to feel he'd just made the kind of old-fashioned connection that had always eluded him. Of course, it was something altogether different. What the lawyer from TV had forgotten was that he'd already been in that living room at least a hundred times before.
Staff writer Francis Storrs detailed the Beacon Hill exploits of con man Clark Rockefeller in the November 2008 issue.
Source URL: http://www.bostonmagazine.com/2008/12/he-s-attorney-james-sokolove/


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Baddi (Himachal Pradesh), Oct 16 (IANS) Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh Wednesday blamed the neighbouring states of Punjab and Haryana for opposing the central industrial package extended to the hill state.
"The industrial package was withdrawn from Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand due to unnecessary pressure from Punjab and Haryana," the chief minister said at a public rally here.
The special industrial package extended to the two hill states expired March 2010.
After inaugurating the Rs.8.10-crore Technical Training Institute for Skill Upgradation here, he said the centre was the initiative of government of India, the state and the Baddi-Barotiwala-Nalagarh Development Authority (BBNDA) under private public partnership (PPP) mode.
He said the state has started an allowance for upgrading skills of youth, under which a class 10 passout and in the age group of 18-35 years is entitled to Rs.1,000 monthly allowance for two years.
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The chief minister said the state would bear 25 percent cost of the Bilaspur-Bhanupalli broad gauge railway line.
Virbhadra Singh said the construction cost of new railway line connecting Baddi town with Chandigarh would also be shared for promoting Baddi-Barotiwala-Nalagarh industrial area. An agreement to this effect has been signed with the ministry of railways, he added.
Industries minister Mukesh Agnihotri said the new industrial policy was available online and suggestions were invited so these might be incorporated in the policy to make it more comprehensive and industry friendly.
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1 killed, 10 injured as fighting rages in Ukraine; Russia waits to send 'aid'
By Yuras Karmanau, AP Monday, August 11, 2014, 12:01 am TWN
DONETSK, Ukraine--Fighting raged Sunday in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk despite a request from the pro-Russian rebels there for a cease-fire to prevent a "humanitarian catastrophe."
One person was killed and 10 injured in shelling that started early Sunday morning and continued into the day, city council spokesman Maxim Rovinsky told The Associated Press.
Conditions were clearly deteriorating in Donetsk, the largest rebel stronghold in eastern Ukraine. Associated Press reporters heard 25 loud explosions in as many minutes around noon. More than 10 residential buildings, as well as a hospital and a shop, were heavily damaged by shelling overnight, and several buses caught in the crossfire were still burning Sunday morning.
At least 300,000 of Donetsk's 1 million residents have fled as violence escalates between Ukrainian government forces and pro-Russian separatists, claiming the lives of over 1,300 people since April, according to the U.N.
"This is a real war! It's impossible to live in this city, I've been sleeping in the basement for the past week," said Inna Drobyshevskaya, a 48-year-old lawyer in Donetsk.
"We don't want Novorossiya (New Russia) for this price," she added, referring to a term used by rebels to describe the parts of eastern Ukraine seeking independence from the government in Kiev.
On Saturday, rebel leader Aleksandr Zakharchenko called for a cease-fire but his request was met warily by both the Ukrainian government in Kiev and the West. Those leaders expressed concern that the move could be aimed at increasing international pressure on Ukraine to allow in a Russian aid mission. The West says that could be used as a pretext to bring Russian soldiers into Ukraine — and says 20,000 of them are massed near the Russian border with Ukraine.
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and Western leaders have repeatedly accused Russia of providing arms and expertise to the rebels, something Russia denies.
Poroshenko issued a statement late Saturday saying that Ukraine was prepared to accept humanitarian assistance in eastern Ukraine. But he said the aid must come in without military assistance, pass through border checkpoints under Ukrainian control and be an international mission.
Poroshenko said he and German Chancellor Angela Merkel discussed German participation in such a mission.
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race takes on her first job after the end of her marriage. What seems problematic about the job is that the clients are Newlyweds who just got back from their honeymoon. Grace is annoyed by all their flirting and their love for each other. When Grace leaves, Karen takes over Grace's job in the clients' apartment. Will takes Jack to a gay bookstore, which is about to be closed. Will finds out that the bookstore will become a gym after it is closed down.Résumé de IMDb.com
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Website Gives Away Vibrators to Federal Employees During Government Shutdown
Sure the government shut down might mean no Christmas at the White House, but finally, there's some happy news.
In an effort to show their support for the newly unemployed, and take mercy on the fact that these people can no longer afford toys, vibrators.com is offering free vibrators to all "non-essential" government employees. A lot of my family work for the U.S. Forest Service, I can't wait to tell them about this amazing offer!
I love that the self proclaimed "vibrator enthusiasts" are not even trying to disguise the toys as "massage wands" to ease the pain and stress of being unemployed with no pay. They're straight up like "you've got nothing better to do with your day, stop watching Maury re-runs and try this out!"
OK, that's not a real quote from them, but it's the impression that I get about this fun website.
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THE HUNGER GAMES Teaser Poster Hits
Earlier this week Summit Entertainment released a motion poster for Gary Ross's The Hunger Games, the studio has now released the above teaser poster for the film, which is basically the same as the motion poster only it's not moving.
The Hunger Games chronicles a dystopic Capitol which requires its twelve subjugated districts to pay tribute in the form of a teenage boy and girl, forced to participate in the annual "Hunger Games," a fight-to-the-death live televised event. Katniss Everdeen's little sister is chosen in the lottery to participate and Katniss (Jennifer Lawrence) volunteers to take her place. Although persevering through hardship is commonplace for Katniss, she must start making choices that weigh survival against humanity and life against love in order to win the games and return home.


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May 1st, 2014 04:11 PM #1Junior Member
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What do you think of my top names?
I am not expecting, but we are hoping to start a family within the next year or two, and being the chronic planner than I am, I've already started working on names. I'd love to hear your feedback:
Lucille Mae ("Lucy")
Elinor Beatrix OR Beatrix Elinor (if the latter, I'd like to call her Bea.)
Rosemary Margaret ("Rosie")
Amelia Marianne
Penelope Christine ("Penny")
Roger Lewis
Theodore Ransom
Malcolm Kirk
James Eustace ("Jim")
Maxwell Frederick ("Max")
Thanks for your suggestions!
May 1st, 2014 04:32 PM #3
Lucille Mae ("Lucy") - sounds like a Southern belle
Elinor Beatrix OR Beatrix Elinor (if the latter, I'd like to call her Bea.) - I think I prefer Beatrix in front
Rosemary Margaret ("Rosie") - I like both names but together they're too heavy on the "ar" sound.
Amelia Marianne - this is a sweet pair
Penelope Christine ("Penny") - They flow well together
Roger Lewis - a bit dated
Theodore Ransom - I adore Theodore but Ransom I can't like at all
Malcolm Kirk - too many "k" sounds in this combo
James Eustace ("Jim") - I'm glad to see Eustace getting some recognition
Maxwell Frederick ("Max") - I like these two namesAll the best,
May 1st, 2014 04:43 PM #5Senior Member
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You have some lovely combos here!
I love the following:
Penelope Christine
Lucille Mae
Beatrix Elinor
I love Rosemary, but don't particularly like it with Margaret. Do you like any of the following?
Rosemary Evelyn
Rosemary Elise
Rosemary Anne
Rosemary Claire
Rosemary Katherine/Kate
Rosemary Helene
I really adore the following:
Maxwell Frederick
James Eustace
Malcolm Kirk
May 1st, 2014 05:08 PM #7
Lucille Mae ("Lucy") - Personally, I would prefer Lucy Mae. I am not too fond of Lucille. It is a beautiful combo.
Elinor Beatrix OR Beatrix Elinor - I prefer Elinor Beatrix, I also prefer Eleanor over Elinor.
Rosemary Margaret ("Rosie") - This is sweet. Margaret Rosemary has a better flow.
Amelia Marianne - I love Amelia.
Penelope Christine ("Penny") - nice
Roger Lewis - I have not heard the name Roger for such a long time, it's nice to see.
Theodore Ransom - This is a handsome, spunky combo.
Malcolm Kirk - okay
James Eustace ("Jim") - okay
Maxwell Frederick ("Max") - Very nice, would prefer Frederick Maxwell.
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Yesterday, we looked at the roads traveled by Ohio State and Michigan State to the Big Ten Championship Game. Now that we know how they got here, let's delve into the key players on both sides of the ball. Who has to come up big for the Buckeyes to get to their title shot? Who's Sparty counting on to play spoiler?
Key Defensive Player, Ohio State: Ryan Shazier. Watching the middling Michigan offense march up and down the field last weekend had to be an eye opener for fans who have only casually paid attention to OSU this season. The Spartans' offense won't strike much fear into the hearts of opposing defenses, but it's a grinding unit that will aim to keep OSU's defense on the field and the Buckeyes' dynamic O off of it. OSU will be counting on the talented Shazier to help keep the Spartans behind the chains on early downs, forcing MSU into obvious throwing situations.
Key Defensive Player, Michigan State: Shilique Calhoun. The Buckeyes are at their best on offense when Braxton Miller is freed up to make plays with both his arm and his legs. Responsibility for keeping the OSU quarterback contained will fall on MSU's defensive linemen, who have to stand their ground to help key Miller at bay. The sophomore Calhoun has been Sparty's most impactful lineman, leading the team with 7 sacks and coming in second with 13.5 tackles for loss.
Big Ten Championship Game: How Ohio State and Michigan State Got Here
Key Offensive Player, Ohio State: Braxton Miller. It's no fun to single out the most well-known player on the field for either team here, but OSU's quarterback is the straw that stirs the Buckeyes' drink. If Miller can't get off, MSU will have a really good shot at pulling off the upset. Look for Urban Meyer to ride Miller hard down the stretch and count on OSU's field general to make plays if the game is close late.
Key Offensive Player, Michigan State: Bennie Fowler. While the Spartans prefer to bludgeon opponents with their running game, beating OSU with a one-dimensional offense will be nearly impossible. The Buckeyes have shown they're vulnerable in the secondary in the last two years, which is a weakness that MSU needs to exploit. Fowler provides MSU with its most dangerous receiving threat, averaging 16 yards per catch. Sparty needs the senior wideout to shake free of the OSU DBs to help stretch the field and keep the Buckeyes' safeties honest.
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Hey, if anyone could help me it would be really wonderful, male or female recordings, i dont have a preference. What i would like voice recordings of would be:
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HP OpenVMS Systemsask the wizard
The Question is:
I am creating a subsystem which is written in COBOL using Callable CMS. When the compiled image has the following ACL (SUBSYSTEM,IDENTIFIER=CMSTST_SUBSYSTEM,ATTRIBUTES=RESOURCE), CMS informational messages are not displayed on the terminal. However, once I remove the ACL, the messages are once again displayed. How can I correct this problem, so messages are displayed within the susystem.
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The lack of messages would imply a problem accessing the message files, potentially caused by a missing image installation of a relevent file or possibly by a protection error, or potentially secondary to process quota starvation. Please use OpenVMS security auditing or security alarms to monitor file access, and please evaluate the access and the installation status. Subsystem identifiers are akin to image installation with privilege, and have similar requirements around installation of and access to any constituent images -- and the message file is one such file. Do also ensure that the current CMS ECO kit (CMS V4.1 ECO 4, as of this writing, is current) is installed.


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Notes from the 2008 Southwest Foodservice Expo: Dry Soda
Dry Soda is a reduced sugar (50 to 75 calories) carbonated soft drink. The inventor, Sharelle Klaus, was not happy with the nonalcoholic options (coffee, tea, soft drinks) available during her pregnancy and set about to develop four flavors (brilliantly I might add) that could be paired with food or enjoyed on their own. Dry Soda is available at Central Market and Whole Foods.
Lavender goes with cheese, pork or roast duck.
Lemongrass goes with Asian dishes, spicy dishes or goat cheese.
Rhubarb goes with beef, comfort foods and burgers.
Kumquat goes with salmon, risotto or oysters.
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Sexual harassment has become a more explicit phenomenon afflicting the Egyptian society after the country's 2011 upheaval due to constant protests and deteriorating security.
Women are deemed inferior to men in Egypt's male-dominated culture, said feminists and human rights activists, stressing that the state is responsible for sexual harassment due to general passivity toward the issue and the lack of security, lack of awareness of women's rights and lack of deterrent laws against harassers. (continue reading...)(...more)


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Faith Hill Releases Video for 'American Heart' [VIDEO]
'American Heart' is the first single off Faith Hill's upcoming album 'Illusion' and this is her first video in five years…I'd say she did alright for herself.
I'm a big fan of Faith's new song, I love how classic she is. From her very first album to her most current hit she has always stayed true to herself. What do you think of Faith's new song?
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Music time, and then weekend time! This week the song we're starting with is one of, in my opinion, the most beautiful songs ever written.
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10/22 accessory questions
for my new 10/22 I want to get a scope for her. I was looking at a Nikon Omega scope. any reviews on that particular scope would be nice. also I woul love to hear your input on your opinion for a better scope or good accessories
I have or have had several Nikon scopes and I am/was very happy with them. Never had an Omega, though.
Many, many options for your 10/22. What are you going to use it for....plinking, hunting, target shooting?
plinking and hunting
I'm not 100% certain, but I thought the Omega scopes are for black powder.
Take a look at a Pro-Staff.
okay I'm not sure either but I will research it I just saw it at Gandermountain and really likes the crosshairs and the look
You need a good folding stock and it just so happens that I have one sitting here that I have absolutly zero use for.
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the Nikon omega is for muzzleloaders so if you have any good scopes please let me know
A lot of Nikon scopes to choose from, and I like the BSA scopes I've bought over the past few years. Either one will do just fine on a Ruger 22. I put a BSA Sweet 22 on my Marlin 60 several months back, a Catseye on my 917V a few months ago and most recently a Contender on my Excel Arms 22-Magnum rifle, I like the side focus options on the Catseye and Contender.
Which cross hairs were you looking at on the Nikon??
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I'm a tightwad, I don't believe in spending more on a scope than the cost of the rifle. Most shots with a .22 will be at targets under 100 yards, so many scopes are good in that circumstance.
I use Simmons 3X9X32 .22 Mag. with A.O. on both of my 10/22's. They do an excellent job and are between $45 and $65 depending on the sales and the finish you want.
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Hundreds of students, faculty, staff and community members celebrated the holiday season recently at Elmhurst College's traditional Festival of Lessons and Carols.
An annual Elmhurst tradition since 1961, the Festival consists of nine Scriptural readings that tell the story of the birth of the Messiah, interspersed with choral music and congregational singing.
The Elmhurst College Concert Choir, Chamber Singers and Women's Chorus performed classic carols as well as contemporary arrangements. Student instrumentalists accompanied the choirs. This year's Lessons and Carols drew capacity crowds to Hammerschmidt Memorial Chapel for services at 4:00 p.m. and at 7:00 p.m. on December 5. In honor of the occasion, the chapel was decorated with festive holiday trees, poinsettias and candlelight.
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It is over 20 years since Burt Lancaster appeared in one of the most infectiously giddy of all adventure films, The Crimson Pirate, bounding over battlements, leaping from one mast of a frigate to another. That movie seemed molded, in part, around his early training as an acrobat, to which he added his own vaunting energy. Lancaster's ebullient stunts, their seeming spontaneity and gleeful effortlessness, made him seem like a scruffier, scrappier Douglas Fairbanks.
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I barely remember my own graduation from Notre Dame High School in San Jose - not because it wasn't memorable but because it was so darned long ago. I vaguely recall that we girls all wore white caps and gowns and carried candles as we solemnly marched up the center aisle at St. Joseph's Church, which has since been promoted to a cathedral.
My next commencement was four years later when my husband Jim graduated from Santa Clara University. This was in the late '60s and it was becoming uncool to attend one's graduation ceremony so the university mandated attendance. Morris West, author of "The Devil's Advocate" who'd received his doctorate of literature from Santa Clara, was the speaker; he rallied against the Vietnam War, an incredibly pessimistic speech at a normally optimistic occasion, ending with the words, "God help us all."
Even before his graduation Jim had been drafted but I still needed five units to graduate from San Jose State. I followed Jim to his postings and took my last two classes via correspondence courses with UC Berkeley so as much as I value my degree in journalism I never even knew when my graduation ceremony took place.
Years later when Jim received his MBA from Santa Clara, our son Pepe was 8 years old. That was a lovely ceremony in the university garden, which we attended mainly to impress upon Pepe the importance of higher education. We left our 10-month-old baby Zoe with my parents and it was a nice chance for Pepe to be alone with mom and dad for an evening, too, and a nice dinner on the peninsula.
Onto the next generation! Pepe graduated from International School Bangkok. It was about 30 percent Americans, which meant that there was no unanimity on what constitutes a graduation. To the Asians, it was a non-event, merely the step to higher education. But the Americans wanted something special and prevailed. It was held in the ballroom of a hotel with a reception afterward. My main memory is frustration that Pepe had been one vote away from giving the student speech for the class of about 150. His would have been so much better than the mundane, "We now go forward" words of the chosen kid. Of course that's just my humble opinion. But prolific writer Stirling Silliphant, best known for "In the Heat of the Night," who lived in Bangkok addressed us all with memorable words, which unfortunately I've forgotten.
Four years later Pepe graduated from Stanford on a sunny Saturday morning. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, also a Stanford grad, spoke to the assemblage in the football stadium for the commencement. Afterward families and graduating seniors went to smaller venues for the diploma ceremony, with Pepe getting his degree in international relations in the Dohrmann Grove, a lovely outdoor spot. My main memory is that a Rockefeller girl was one of the grads and I thought how nice it would have been if Pepe had hooked up with her - then our investment in his education truly would have paid off.
Next was Zoe's Monte Vista graduation, then a few years later we were all in San Diego to see her receive her bachelor's degree from SDSU in liberal arts, education - altogether a fun weekend at a beachside hotel. The commencement itself was held in the new basketball stadium, where we had a clear view of Zoe on the JumboTron as she received her diploma. A congresswoman from Southern California spoke movingly on the importance of educators, and the ceremony was impressive for the number of advanced degrees being bestowed in so many areas of education. A few years later when Zoe earned her teaching credential she wasn't interested in the ceremony, just in moving back up north to relocate for her teaching job in San Jose.
I always get excited at this time of year for the graduations and baccalaureates, squeezed in between Mother's Day and Father's Day. Or maybe it's the kid in me that was conditioned during my childhood to get excited at the end of the school year. Graduations are exciting and poignant, marking as they do the end of high school and the beginning of something altogether different with a lot of congratulations thrown in between. Is it your turn to attend a graduation? If so, enjoy!
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Please introduce yourself
EB : My name is Elizabeth Bond and I am currently a second year graphic design master's candidate at NESADSU.
MP: I am Mansi Patel, a master's student at New England School of Art and Design of Suffolk University. I came here from India to pursue my higher education in Graphic Design field. I did my bachelor in Fashion Designing and diploma in Graphic Design before coming here. My interest in Advertise Design and Branding made me more anxious to have some more knowledge in Graphic Design field and that made me pursue master degree in this field.
Please tell us about your thesis topic! What is it about and what does inspire you?
EB : My overarching theme is on sustainability, but what I am most interested in is the lifestyle aspect to the topic, specifically as it relates to survival and the individual. This may sound confusing, but that is exactly why I am interested. There is something to be said for how an individuals' lifestyle can negatively or positively impact the environment in a way that affects the future of society. Big change has to start somewhere and I believe that is with the individual making simple life changes. And to me that is inspiring.
MP : Since childhood I was fascinated about MIRRORS. I used to look at myself and play, sing, dance, talk. As I grew up, I wanted to have a girl sibling but the mirror was my true friend whenever I needed. I started acting and rehearsing in front of mirrors. This made me ask certain questions.: why do we learn from copying? Why is copy never exact the same as original? Why do we believe what we see? What if mirrors disappear from our life?
Can you explain about the thought process ?
EB : The thought process was incredibly scattered. I found myself spending a lot of time reading articles on sustainability that would spark in my interest in some small area of the topic, so I would then go and look into that, which would lead me somewhere else. It was a continual theme all throughout the research process. It was towards the end of the semester that I had to spend some time making sense of what I'd learned from my research in order to form logical analysis.
MP : When I started my thesis, I had a lot of questions and through research, I wanted to get answers of all my curiosity. I started investigating History and I cam to know about so many unknown things about mirrors. But I had to select a direction where I wanted to accelerate my thesis. I chose to go towards Human Mirroring. I wanted to explore the notion of mirroring. Gradually I divided that notion into 5 different sections: Symmetry, Empathy, Simulacrum, Authenticity and Absence. I wanted to elaborate these aspects with my main subject Mirroring.
Did someone help you through the process? and how?
EB : I had many advisors that helped me throughout the research phase, but it was my professor Minko Dimov and the support of my classmates that helped me reach the point I am at now. Without the discussions we had, I would not have struggled to pinpoint my focus and direction.
MP : Yes, My professors, Minko Dimov, Mish McIntyre and Eike Wintzer were with me from beginning till end. I used to discuss about my research every time I met them and they were giving me their inputs and suggestions where some more research was required. The Thesis process is very well designed that Students will know how to plan. Decision point 1, 2 and 3 also helped to distribute thesis and work according. I also talked with a professor who was about to held a photograph exhibit (Fortunately, almost of the same topic) and let him know what I am working on. I got a very good input for my thesis from him too. Other classes taken in same semester like Graphic Design Graduate Seminar also helped a lot to improve my presentation skills.
What was the biggest challenge?
EB : Going back to what I mentioned earlier about the thought process, I think the biggest challenge for me was organizing the so called "clutter" of research I had accumulated into a logical analysis.
MP : Mirrors are all over the world and humans use them to admire themselves. The biggest challenge I faced when I had to select any one aspect of mirrors for deep research. I got confused between all the categories I had researched. During DP1 I had shifted to "symmetry" and worked in that direction for DP2. But then I selected to stick to my previous topic and work on "Mirrors". And I guess that was the best decision I took during research.
What have you learn after all of those research journey?
EB : One of the biggest challenges I had to overcome was my fear of not being able to answer every question someone had about my topic. There came a point I had to realized that I wouldn't be an expert on sustainability by the end of a semester, people spend years researching this topic and there was no way that I could learn everything about it in just 16 weeks. So, I narrowed my focus and educated myself as much I could in specific areas of sustainability.
MP : I learned a lot after a long thesis research journey. Time management and presenting my topic to a panel. I also learned a lot regarding human behavior with mirroring and how copy has taken place in almost every aspect of human life. Human set an Idol image and throughout their life just struggle to achieve that picture. During this process they create so many copies which are not exact the same but have a unique identity in its own. Simulacrum was a new word ford for me which I explored during my research and now I am planning to proceed in that direction.
How do you prepare yourself when reaching thesis studio?
EB : I'll be honest, I am not sure I am prepared for studio! I mean I am ready with the amount of research, but I'm still confused about how to approach the problem. However, I think that is the point. I've spent weeks researching this topic and now I have to critically analyze what I have learned in order to create an effective graphic design project. And even though I'm uncertain now, I realize that it's just a part of the process.
MP : No exact preparation was done before reaching to thesis studio. I wanted to create something which can be helpful for humans. I never looked on the studio part during research. But I see that before reaching to studio you must have some idea about your thesis studio proposal. I did prepare myself for studio thinking I will be deciding my target group of audience and will design some product which will serve them for their betterment.
Do you have any suggestions for whom taking thesis research?
EB : Trust the process. It's going to be difficult and frustrating and there will be many hurdles along the way, but it makes your work stronger.
MP : Just dig as deep as you can with research. Talk with other people around about your topic, "Though it does not make any sense to them :)"! Talk with different professors at NESAD and ask for their views. DO NOT get confused due to their different replies. At the end, you are your own teacher for thesis. You have all rights to decide what you should be doing to achieve what you are aiming. Start preparing your book in advance. Be confident while presenting your topic as confidence can change the result! Believe in your self.


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Thursday 18 October 1906
It was Thursday, under the sign of Libra. The US president was Theodore Roosevelt (Republican).
Famous people born on this day include Sidney Kiescher Kingslei and Barbara Oldham.
But much more happened that day: find out below..
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