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By Zach Osowski
The Herald Bulletin
---- — ANDERSON — An autopsy by the Madison County Coroner has determined that Scott C. Phillips was beaten to death in his home Thursday night.
Coroner Marian Dunnichay said the autopsy, performed Saturday afternoon, found Phillips died of blunt force trauma to the head and face. She said no gunshot wounds were found on the body.
Anderson police were called to Phillips' home on Main Street Thursday afternoon after a family member asked for a welfare check. Phillips had missed a scheduled appointment earlier that day.
Upon entering, police found Phillips dead on the floor. His wounds were so extensive that a positive identification was not made until the coroner matched his fingerprint records Saturday afternoon.
APD spokesman Joel Sandefur said the crime scene was "pretty traumatic."
"The extent of his injuries made it tough for facial recognition," Sandefur said.
Police released Phillips' name in a statement on Friday after Sandefur said they were confident Phillips was the one in the house.
Phillips, 57, lived by himself in the home. He was a former city employee of Anderson, working for the water pollution control department from 1995 to 2005.
Sandefur said it is still too early in the investigation to determine what might have led to the beating. Investigators are still tracking down leads and searching for persons of interest.
Anyone with information is advised to call Anderson Crime Stoppers at 649-8310.
Follow Zach Osowski on Twitter @Osowski_THB or call 640-4847.


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EAU CLAIRE - A women's shelter in Eau Claire is looking to expand.
Ruth House, which is run by the Hope Gospel Mission, is approved for twelve residents. The city planning commission will hear its request Monday night to expand that to eighteen.
The facility's director says the number of residents is on the rise, in part due to the economy. Ruth House provides housing and treatment to single women.


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Palm Beach County's Realtors make $12,749 more than the national average and $8,894 more than Realtors statewide.
The information was gathered as part of the reporting for this story on how real estate as a profession is on the rise.
Earnings for Realtors have been increasing in recent years, even surpassing in Palm Beach County the peak years of 2005-2007.
But in the world of Realtors, income depends a lot on personal motivation and market.
Palm Beach County Realtor Anthony Pizzarelli, 37, who was in the service industry before starting his real estate career in 1999, said he was making well over $100,000 annually during the best years.
During the recession, his income plummeted. He said in 2010 he made just 20 percent of his boom-time earnings.
Pizzarelli survived by dealing in rentals and keeping his name out there by blogging his own analysis of sales activity. But many of his colleagues dropped out.
"I heard of people who went to cutting hair, waiting tables, bartending," Pizzarelli said. "I knew the market would have to shift and come back at some point."
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A collaborative project of regional environmental groups called the Sludge Safety Project rallied at the Capitol rotunda Jan. 17 to share results of a study concluding coal slurry contaminated water supplies in Prenter.
Two studies by environmental consultant Yoram Eckstein demonstrating a "clear hydrochemical pathway" from sites where Massey Energy injected coal slurry at the head of Laurel Creek and Sand Lick to wells in the surrounding community. The study reports that discharges from the mines compared to monitoring of groundwater and residential wells found similar chemical signatures.
Jennifer Massey, resident of the Prenter area, spoke at the Capitol, citing first-hand knowledge of water contamination in Boone County.
"It's very nice to hear the science behind what our community has learned the hard way," Massey told the crowd gathered in the rotunda.
She said her community experienced a "brain-tumor cluster." She said six people in a neighborhood with 10 houses were diagnosed with brain cancer. Four of them died, she said. People affected by the tumors ranged in age from 11 to 55, she said.
"It doesn't take a brain surgeon to figure out those numbers aren't in line with the national average, the national average is one per 100,000," Massey said.
She said an informal assessment of her community found an unusually high number of multiple diseases in her community.
Residents of Prenter are currently attempting to sue for damage allegedly caused by the fracturing of the geological strata around where underground coal slurry is stored. The report was commissioned by the Sutter Law Firm as expert testimony for the lawsuit.
"Ground water contamination within and around Laurel Lick and Sand Lick watersheds results from combined practices of coal mining, post-mining land restoration activities and disposal of coal slurry," the study states. "Precipitation runoff and any fluids, whether released within the NPDES permits or leaking out of the underground impoundments, percolate from higher to lower elevations within the watersheds."
However, not everyone agrees with the idea that coal slurry injection has caused water problems at Prenter.
"We studied specifically the possibility the slurry injection had migrated into the water, and there's not a geologic connection between where it was store and where their problem is," Department of Environmental Protection Director Randy Huffman told the Associated Press. "The injection site in Prenter is not the source of their problems."
According to the study, acidic precipitation runoff and fluids from mining operations continuously leach metals from the aquifer, resulting in increased concentration of metals in resident water wells.
Coal mining in the Laurel and Sand Lick creek watersheds has been conducted for many years and valley fills of surface mined materials and disposal of liquid waste from coal processing plants in abandoned coal mines was common in the area, the study said.
Laura Merner, Ph.D. candidate in hydrology at the University of Maryland and a Sludge Safety Project volunteer, presented Eckstein's findings at the Capitol.
"Findings state definitively that mining in the area has led to negative impacts on local water resources," Merner said. "In Laurel Creek, for example, findings show that between 1974 and 2009, sulfate levels in groundwater there increased by over 1,300 percent while iron increased by over 25,000 percent."
Merner said the study found significant increases in a number of water contaminants as a result of mining practices of Massey Energy. Massey recently was purchased by Alpha Natural Resources.
"The researchers demonstrated that blasting and removing of overburden on mine sites caused fracturing in the ground," Merner said. "These large cracks, which are often between 100 and 300 feet long, alter the groundwater movement through the creation of new flow paths."
Merner said the study contradicts DEP and industry claims that such mine cracks are sealed and migration of slurry does not occur.
Arsenic, cadmium and other toxic substances, Merner said, were all found in local residential water supplies.
Coal slurry is a frequent attack of environmentalists. The liquid waste of coal processing plants, coal slurry has been linked to a number of ill health effects as well as environmental catastrophe.
Nearly 40 years ago, three coal slurry dams failed in Logan County causing the Buffalo Creek Flood, which killed 125 people. Other coal slurry impoundment disasters have occurred in Martin County, Ky., and near Harriman, Tenn.
According to materials from the Sludge Safety Projects, Ben Stout, a biology professor at Wheeling Jesuit University, tested 10 of 250 Prenter wells and found antimony, lead, iron, manganese, barium, aluminum and other toxic materials.
"The community has bad water," Stout is quoted as saying. "Not only should they not drink it, but community-wide, they shouldn't bathe in it either. You certainly don't want expose your children to water like that."
The study is not the first to show that storing coal slurry in underground mines can contaminate water. Studies from the EPA, West Virginia University and the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection have all documented cases in which coal slurry injection was believed to be the source of groundwater contamination. Specifically the DEP said coal slurry injection was the cause of water quality problems in Rawl, which is in Mingo County, but not in Prenter.


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Yet again, Atlus makes my eyes water with join! Another email which contains info on Spectral force 3 for 360, and Etrian Odyssey II! Atlus is proud to announce Etrian Odyssey II: Heroes of La... more
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Garden Folklore And Magic
In the early spring, many of us who follow earth-based spiritual paths begin planning our gardens for the coming season. The very act of planting, of beginning new life from seed, is a ritual and a magical act in itself. To cultivate something in the black soil, see it sprout and then bloom, is to watch a magical working unfold before our very eyes. The plant cycle is intrinsically tied to so many earth-based belief systems that it should come as no surprise that the magic of the garden is one well worth looking into. Let's look at some of the folklore and traditions that surround gardening and planting magic.
The Magical Moon Garden
Many Wiccans and Pagans love to garden, but a lot of people don't realize you can grow plants and flowers that bloom at night. Cultivating a moon garden is a great way to get in touch with nature, and it provides a beautiful and fragrant backdrop for your moonlight rituals in the summer. If you plant these lovelies close to your house, you can open the windows and take advantage of their aromas as you sleep.
Plan an Elemental Garden
If you're a Pagan or Wiccan who's into gardening, you might want to consider planting an elemental garden. The four classical elements are often associated with Pagan and Wiccan spirituality, so why not incorporate them into your gardening? Summer is a great time to work on your garden, so if you haven't gotten out there digging in the dirt yet, now's your chance! The sun is at its peak, the earth is nice and warm, and plants are growing all around. Move some of your existing plants (or put some new ones in) and create an elemental garden. By connecting different parts of your garden with the four elements, you can add a little bit of magic into your life each year.
Plant a Goddess Garden
Gardening is a magical act. It allows us to take the simplest form of life -- a seed -- and plant it so that weeks later it will bloom. Plants and magic have been associated for hundreds (if not thousands) of years, so when spring rolls around and you're planning your seasonal garden, why not set up a special area to dedicate to the goddess of your tradition?
Magical Flowers
As spring arrives, our gardens begin to bud and eventually bloom. For hundreds of years, the plants that we grow have been used in magic. Flowers in particular are often connected with a variety of magical uses. Now that those blossoms are blooming, keep an eye out for some of these flowers around you, and consider the different magical applications they might have.
Magical Herbs
So you've decided you're ready to do a magical working... but you're not sure which herbs are the best ones to use. Use this list as a reference point to determine which herbs, plants and flowers are the best choices for your purposes. Be sure to visit the Magical Herb Gallery for images of many of the herbs listed on this page.
Spring Garden Blessing
Summer Garden Prayer
Offer this summer garden prayer when the sun is at its peak, and see what rewards might fill your soil!
Wildcrafting Herbs
In addition to growing your own magical herbs in your garden, in many areas you can harvest herbs from their natural environment -- in the wild. This is known as wildcrafting, and is becoming a popular pastime. If you're one of the many Pagans or Wiccans who enjoys working with herbs, you may want to look into wildcrafting. However, much like any other natural resource, herbs must be harvested responsibly -- otherwise, a once-plentiful plant can quickly end up on the endangered list! An ethical wildcrafter should never cause damage, nor should they deplete a resource. Here's how to be an ethical wildcrafter.
Welcome the Birds to Your Garden
During the spring, birds are busily building their nests. Many species have returned from wintering somewhere else, and eggs are getting ready to hatch. If you'd like to attract wild birds to your yard, provide them with places to nest that are safe and sheltered. There are several ways to welcome birds to your property, including building houses, hanging feeders, and providing a source of water.
Bee Folklore and Magic
In the middle of spring, a magical thing begins to happen outside. In addition to the greening of the earth, we notice a change in the local wildlife. In particular, you'll see bees buzzing around your garden, partaking of the rich pollen in your flowers and herbs. The plants are in full bloom at this time of the spring, and the bees take full advantage, buzzing back and forth, carrying pollen from one blossom to another. In addition to providing us with honey and wax, bees are known to have magical properties, and they feature extensively in folklore from many different cultures.


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Rick Hawn has been successful at nearly everything he's put his mind to.
The Tristar fighter made the 2004 United States Olympic team in judo so when he decided to transition to mixed martial arts (MMA), it was no surprise that he quickly found success there as well.
Hawn burst out of the gate with an 11-0 record, scoring dramatic victories like his toss of Levon Maynard or his upset of former champion Lyman Good in the Bellator season four welterweight tournament. The judoka made it to the finals but came up short in controversial fashion to Jay Hieron, losing a split decision that many felt he'd deserveed to win.
After a tweaked knee prevented him from competing in the season five tournament, Hawn moved out to Montreal to train with fighters like Georges St. Pierre and Rory MacDonald at Tristar Gym and he decided it would be best to make the cut to 155 pounds.
The former Olympian will be making his lightweight debut tomorrow night (March 23, 2012) at Bellator 62 when he takes on Brazilian prospect Ricardo Tirloni in the quarterfinals of the Bellator season six lightweight tournament. Hawn spoke with MMAmania.com during a guest appearance on The Verbal Submission this past Sunday about dropping a weight class, preparing himself mentally and utilizing judo techniques in MMA.
Check it out:
Brian Hemminger (MMAmania.com): First thing's first, you and Brent Weedman both have a similar situation, being competitive at welterweight and now you're dropping down to lightweight, proved you could hang with the bigger guys so what was the motivation to drop down a weight class?*
Rick Hawn: It's true, yeah I was able to hang with those guys even though I was undersized. My main for dropping down was probably because of my new coach, Firas Zahabi. He thought it would be a good idea and I would obviously have more success at lightweight because these guys are more my size if not smaller than I am. I wasn't sure if I could actually make the cut but the cut's going great. I'm almost there now and I've got to thank my nutritionist George Lockheart for helping me get to where I'm at now with my diet.
Brian Hemminger (MMAmania.com): You mention the new coach, Firas Zahabi at Tristar. What made you want to branch out and train up in Montreal with those guy, some of the best welterweights in the world?
Rick Hawn: Well it's always been one of my best philosophies throughout my career to seek out the best trainers and coaches available and that's where the best coaches are. I had a good camp here in Boston but I was moving on to the next level and I needed to get past that group of guys and get to a new area and test the waters somewhere else. The best in the world train there and that's what I need, top notch guys and top notch coaching and it's paid off. I feel great. I'm excited.
Brian Hemminger (MMAmania.com): The guys at Tristar, they're known for their ability to mold fighters and develop their skills. Especially recently, we've seen a lot of guys out of Tristar really have a great jab. Is that something that Firas and them have been focusing with for you, establishing the jab? It seems like that it something that's really important to Tristar fighters.
Rick Hawn: I think the jab sets up everything else in fighting so I think if you have a good jab, you're able to really be effective and work everything off that. It's no wonder they have the jab, guys like Firas and other boxing coaches showing them what to do and telling them what's best. All around, it's great coaching and the amount of skills that the guys have up there. I'm learning a lot.
Brian Hemminger (MMAmania.com): You were going to be in the season five welterweight tournament last year but you had the knee injury and you had to back out. I read that you just had to do rehab, so you didn't have to do surgery or anything, right?
Rick Hawn: Yeah, it was just a partial tear so it was no surgery required. It was just a couple months of rehab and I was good to go after that. It hasn't bothered me since and it's feeling good so I'm excited about that.
Brian Hemminger (MMAmania.com): Going back to your judo roots, was it difficult transitioning from Olympic judo to MMA judo because of your opponents not wearing a gi? How much of a difference does the lack of a gi make things?**
Rick Hawn: Well it is a big difference because of the obvious reasons that there's no gi to grab but I've been doing a lot of jiu-jitsu and wrestling leading up to the start of my MMA career so learning how to throw people without a gi and all that was a pretty simple transition for me. You've got to change a couple subtle things and you can't do every technique obviously but it was a fairly easy transition I'd have to say.
Brian Hemminger (MMAmania.com): With how often fighters spend time in the clinch in MMA fights, are you surprised that fighters don't employ more judo techniques and throws?**
Rick Hawn: I'm not surprised because judo is not as well known or practiced as much as wrestling. Wrestling is that base that kind of goes with MMA. It's a great base to have but the throws and the takedown are obviously different. The judo stuff is not as common but I am seeing an increase in some types of throws as guys add more of a judo base so it's exciting. I try to do as much as I can too to kind of show the world and get the word out there about judo throws and how effective they can be in mixed martial arts.
Gerry Rodriguez: Did you leave on good terms with Mark Dellagrotte? Was everything cool with you guys?
Rick Hawn: Everything was cool. He was very understanding. He knew my situation and what my thought process was about relocating and getting some training partners and different competition to train with. He's a busy guy and he works for the UFC and is in a lot of movies lately, filming and stuff, so I think it was good for both of us. I'm still cool with him and the guys down at the gym so it's all good with that.
Ben Thapa: What's your fight process? How do you get in the mood to compete on these tournament nights? Are you more of an open guy or are you more of a recluse a bit?
Rick Hawn: I guess I would say I'm kind of a recluse. I kind of go back to my preparation from judo. I stay focused and concentrate on the task at hand and try not to get sidetracked or distracted by family and stuff. I deal with them early in the night and several hours before I have to get ready, I get in the mindset and prepared.
Ben Thapa: Is this process something you built from the days you competed in judo and the OTC center?
Rick Hawn: Yeah absolutely. I competed a lot all over the world and preparation is very important because you don't want to have a bad performance, especially in an MMA fight. I've definitely learned a lot from my years of training and traveling to be well-prepared and focused and get the job done.
Brian Hemminger (MMAmania.com): Back when we first talked before the season four tournament, I asked if there were any other judo Olympians to keep an eye on for MMA and you said, "Yeah, there's this girl, she's pretty good. She was on the team with me and she's starting MMA too. Her name is Ronda Rousey." I listened to your advice and followed her career but I never interviewed her before she became this big sensation and that's one of my biggest regrets. What are your thoughts on how quickly she's been able to use her judo and become a superstar in women's MMA?
Rick Hawn: Well it's not a surprise for any of us that trained with her. Myself and my coach, Jimmy Pedro who coached her, we knew this would happen. She's an elite athlete going against other girls who basically are not. Her success is definitely earned. She's a great athlete. She's great for the sport. It's not surprising and I'm happy for her. It's exciting to see a judo person make that impact in women's MMA.
Brian Hemminger (MMAmania.com): When people think judo, they just think tosses but there's so much more to it. Yours was a more wrestling/throw based style and hers was more of a takedown/submission style. There's so much more to judo that people don't know.
Rick Hawn: Absolutely. There's a big ground aspect like jiu-jitsu in the sport of judo. Yes, judo is primarily standing and jiu-jitsu is basically all on the ground but Ronda's made her mark. Even in judo, she won most of her matches on the ground with that armbar. That was her game and she sticks to it and that works for her and she's gonna continue to round out her game as time moves on. I've been in it a little longer and no longer have to completely rely on judo.
Brian Hemminger (MMAmania.com): Let's transition to your upcoming fight. You're facing Ricardo Tirloni who's a really dangerous Brazilian fighter. What are your expectations heading in against this guy?
Rick Hawn: Well I expect him to be dangerous and aggressive. He's gonna come at me. He's a jiu-jitsu guy. If everyone's watched my fights, I don't move backwards. I move forwards and everyone runs away from me. We'll see when I lay my hands on him how much he wants to move forward and be aggressive. I'm thinking he's not going to want to be too aggressive after I catch him a couple times. It's definitely gonna be a tough fight and I'm prepared and looking forward to it.
Brian Hemminger (MMAmania.com): Tirloni, he's very well-rounded. He's almost even in the amount of knockouts and submissions. He's had head kicks, he's all over. When you're facing a guy that's that well-rounded, do you just have to focus on being ready for everything? What are you most worried about?
Rick Hawn: I'm just worried about myself more than anything. I know what I have to do. He's well-rounded but I've fought well-rounded guys before. Jay Hieron was a pretty well-rounded guy in the last fight and I did okay with him. It's definitely not gonna be an easy fight but I had a great training camp and I'm feeling good so it's gonna be a good day for me.
Brian Hemminger (MMAmania.com): When you picture a perfect victory, I know Firas Zahabi is really good about the mental imagery and visualization, what do you see against Tirloni?
Rick Hawn: I see myself going out there and doing exactly what the gameplan is: Go out there and just fight my game, what I've been training for an improving on and sticking with that. If I fight smart, I feel I'm unbeatable.
Rick would like to thank everyone at Tristar, Renzo Gracie New Hampshire, Firas Zahabi and Jimmy Pedro and the guys at Pedro's Judo. He'd also like to thank his sponsors Zebra Mats, Fuji Sports, Skin Compression Gear, Game 7 Sports Therapy, Strong Man Security, Green Apple Cleaners and Lexani. You can follow him on twitter @RickHawnMMA.
So what do you think, Maniacs?
After a successful run at welterweight, will Rick Hawn be unstoppable at 155? Do you like his chances to win this whole tournament?
Sound off!
If you'd like to listen to the complete audio of our interview with Rick Hawn, click here (begins at 37:00 mark).


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Hello Niners Nation!
Another season football awaits us! I know everybody is eagerly awaiting to see what Harbaugh and Co. will unveil for us on September 11th. Will this playbook have more than 4 plays? (Almost assuredly.) Will Alex finally look like a 1st round worthy quarterback? Can the O-Line get its act together? Can Lord Fangio elevate the Defense to contender status?
These are all questions that we will be asking leading up to the Seahawks game, but in the meantime I would like to ask this question:
What should be the rules for the Niners Nation drinking game?
I think it'd be cool to brainstorm some basic rules for when we need to drink, and then possible compile them into an official list sometime before the game.
Some off the top of my head are:
-"What's your deal" is mentioned or referenced.
-Replays of Stanford-USC football games when Harbaugh and Carroll were coaching.
-Camera cuts to Pete Carroll pumping his fist or jumping up and down the sideline.
-Jack/John Harbaugh mentioned (double-shot if the phrase "runs in the family" is used)
-Moran Norris (should he make the team) misses a block
-Ted Ginn drops a pass (double-shot if it's intercepted)
-Dive up the middle on 1st down.
-Crabtree/Camp Alex drama is mentioned.
-Old video/photo of Harbaugh playing QB (triple-shot if some announcer makes the silly "I bet you he can still put on the pads and play!" comment)
-Announcer complaining about new kickoff rule while using the phrase "I understand it's for player safety, but..."
-Seam route to VD
-Alex getting sacked before finishing his dropback.
-A clever rule about Singletary/Raye [can't think of one right now]
I'm sure we can come up with more and better ones! (LondonNiner and mcwagner, I'm looking at you!)


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The Mallard Migration Rank is subjective and ranges from 0 (no mallards) to 10 (Peak Mallard Numbers)
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Cedar Creek and Elm Creek boat ramp is NOT OPEN due to low water conditions
Refuge CLOSED SEPT 1 through JAN 31
Contact Corps of Engineers at 785-658-2551 for hunting restrictions around Minooka, Lucas and Sylvan Parks
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Oldie but goodie: Tony Roma's
Every which way you turn in Singapore nowadays, there are cooler, edgier, fancier restaurants springing up. Although it is fun and thrilling to explore new flavours, marvel at their striking decor, or even try a new cuisine, I oftentimes just yearn for something tried and tested, especially when it came to special occasions. For my hubby's birthday recently, I planned a series of meals in restaurants that originated from way back when. Nostalgic favourites that still stand strong today, unfazed by the new kids on the block. The first oldie but goodie on the cards was Tony Roma's. Continue Reading →


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Kat watched in horror as her 7-year-old daughter "Gillian" whipped her 9-year-old brother mercilessly with a belt and threw him against a wall. Kat frantically crossed the room to stop her daughter's violent attack, but her son had already been hurt. After years of struggling to manage Gillian's violent outbursts, Kat had finally reached her breaking point. She needed help and most of all she needed hope.
"Jake's" nana is very eager to have her 12-year old grandson back home. Vicki misses her grandchild's gentle manners and determination to earn a second degree black belt. She knows that Jake will have to try harder than most to realize his dreams. While receiving inpatient treatment at Clarity Child Guidance Center, Jake appears to be on the long road to recovery with a new commitment to do all he can to help himself.
Jenny and her family were driving around town running errands like any other day until her 5-year-old son suddenly jumped out of their moving car and into traffic. As she ran to stop her son from hurting himself, she was overwhelmed by confusion, fear, anger and even shame.
For years Angela has been her son's constant companion on his journey towards healing. Throughout their struggles, Angela held firm to her belief that he would be okay and she remained committed to helping him overcome the nightmares of his abusive past. Their hard work paid off this past summer when "Thomas" graduated high school and entered college to pursue a degree in graphic design.
Vincent was 15-years-old when he decided life wasn't worth living. It had been years since he experienced the highs and lows of everyday life. He slit his wrist to escape the overwhelming feeling of nothingness. Thankfully, his suicide attempt failed and a friend at school noticed his wounds and told a school administrator. Vincent was soon admitted to Clarity Child Guidance Center's inpatient treatment program where he began his journey toward recovery and along the way he found a friend in his therapist.


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As we all know Jimmy and Moe will be out of our offensive system. Onterrio should do just fine as our RB but he needs to step up as a blocker. The Eagles like the to blitz and thats what u have to do to be sucessfull against pepp, put him under pressure. With Moe gone Onterrio needs to be able to pic up the blitz and run as well. Jimmy will also be gone, that hurts the running and passing game, more the running game. Dugan will replace Jimmy most likely in those two tight end sets if they run any. He will have to step up and show us why we drafted him. I would REALLY like to see use run some 4WR sets that would be cool, moss, cambell, burelson, and robinson. With the inexperience at CB for the eagles who knows who there backups are, we should take advantage of that.
Our front four has got to get more pressure on the QB than last game, mostly hovan and williams need to cause havoc. They also need to keep there gap controled in the running game(HOVAN :x ). I think Brian and Winfield will do there thing. The LB's will have a tough day. The Eagles have two good fast recieving TE's that will need to be covered. Claborne and Thomas will need to have big games. So pretty much just put pressure on Mcnabb i dont think he handles the pressure near as well as Pepp does. We also have to contain Mcnabb we cant be letting him get first downs on third and seven that would suck. If the Defense plays well, we win.
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PUEBLO, Colo. Different year, same outcome.
The No. 2-ranked Colorado State University-Pueblo football team withstood a motivated Chadron State squad in a wild game to earn a 45-38 Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference victory Saturday during its Homecoming.
It was the second consecutive game between the two rivals in Pueblo that went into overtime. The ThunderWolves also won in 2010 and have now defeated the Eagles four straight years.
"It was an up and down game between two good football teams," head coach Jay Long said. "They're the No.2 team in the country and we knew it was going to be a shootout. Our guys played their hearts out and I really feel for them in losing a game like this."
Saturday's contest certainly did have its ups and downs. The Eagles, now 4-2 overall and 3-1 in the RMAC, led the entire game before Pueblo (6-0, 4-0 RMAC) scored on its only possession in overtime when Cameron McDondle ran in for an 8-yard score.
The Eagles had an opportunity to tie on their possession and drove to the 9-yard line but failed to gain yards on their final three plays to seal the verdict.
Prior to the heartbreak in overtime, Chadron State seemed to be in control. The ThunderWolves went three and out on their first possession and the Eagles drove 78 yards on 10 plays to take a quick, 7-0 lead when Jonn McLain, who completed 23 of 32 passes for 171 yards, found Chapman Ham along the sideline for a 22-yard score.
The ThunderWolves then fumbled the ensuing kickoff and Glen Clinton, who rushed for a game-high 205 yards and two touchdowns a week after rushing for 198 yards against Adams State, burst into the end zone from three yards out to put the Eagles up, 14-0.
Pueblo responded by scoring 16 points in the second quarter but the Eagles owned a 21-16 lead at halftime when Ham scored his second TD of the day this time from four yards out from McLain.
The second half was a track meet as the two teams combined to gain 512 yards and score six TDs.
The Eagles scored just a minute and a half into the third quarter when Clinton forced his way into the end zone from seven yards out to give CSC a 28-16 advantage.
The ThunderWolves responded when J.B. Mathews raced 32 yards down the far sideline for a score four minutes later.
Following a 21-yard field goal from Chadron State's Alex Ferdinand, Pueblo's McDondle capped off a quick, three-play, 75-yard drive with a 13-yard TD scamper that tied the game with four minutes to play in the third quarter.
The two teams then traded turnovers before Michael Madkins raced 47 yards to put the Eagles up 38-31 with six and a half minutes to play.
The Eagles' defense forced Pueblo to punt on its next possession but the offense was unable to generate a first down, setting up the late game dramatics.
Pueblo drove 68 yards in 10 plays and quarterback Ross Dausin squirmed his way into the end zone from 1-yard out on fourth down to tie things up with 1:16 remaining.
The Eagles rushed for a short gain on their first play following the kickoff but after a false start penalty took 10 seconds off the clock, they decided to play for overtime.
Pueblo gained 574 yards of total offense 312 of it on the ground in the victory. Dausin, who entered the game having only thrown one interception, was picked off three times Trelan Taylor had two and Conor Casey swiped the other in the end zone but still managed to complete 18 of 30 passes for 262 yards.
Mathews and McDondle were responsible for much of the yardage. Mathews rushed 17 times for 174 yards and McDondle carried it 12 times for 97 yards and scored twice.
The Eagles finished with 452 yards and rushed for 281. The Eagles owned the time of possession 44:28 to 30:32 but the ThunderWolves ran four more plays (75-71).
Scoring Summary
First Quarter
CSC Chapman Ham 22 pass from Jonn McLain (Alex Ferdinand kick)
CSC Glen Clinton 3 run (Ferdinand kick)
Second Quarter
CSUP Greg O'Donnell 24 field goal
CSC Ham 4 pass from McLain (Ferdinand kick)
CSUP Paul Browning 17 pass from Ross Dausin (O'Donnell kick)
CSUP Dausin 1 run (kick failed)
Third Quarter
CSC Glen Clinton 7 run (Ferdinand kick)
CSUP Mathews 32 run (O'Donnell kick)
CSC Alex Ferdinand 21 field goal
CSUP Cameron McDondle 13 run (Dausin rush)
Fourth Quarter
CSC Michael Madkins 47 rush (Ferdinand kick)
CSUP Ross Dausin 1 run (O'Donnell kick)
CSUP Cameron McDondle 8 run (O'Donnell kick)
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Early detection of fires is crucial to escape time, because the time to untenable conditions in residences can be as little as three minutes for typical flaming fire scenarios. The National Association of State Fire Marshals (NASFM) and its Science Advisory Committee suggest that State Fire Marshals include the following information when they educate the public about the use of smoke alarms:
- Smoke alarms save lives, prevent injuries and minimize property damage by detecting and alerting residents to fires early in their development. The risk of dying from fires in homes without smoke alarms is twice as high as in homes that have working smoke alarms.
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Or are the Jaguars about 3-4 drafts away from being considered a team to be feared? I mean sure they are weighed down by, Drug ridden Wide receivers Cough* Justin blackmon *Cough, and they do have a crappy Qb and Defense, but i'm here to show Glaring goodness from the Jags.
Number 1: Good thing Cecil Shorts the third. A solid 6 foot tall, might be a good replacement for Justin Blackmon, if he continues his druggy ways. Cecil is the number 1 receiver because Blackmon is supsended and he is filling in well considering he has no real Qb throwing him the ball, and he doesn't have a number 2 receiver out there helping him
Number 2: Good thing Rather good pass defense, Johnathan Cyprian is an up and coming safety prospect, helping the Jags out in the passing game. Unfortunately they are near dead last in rush yards allowed per game, and pts allowed per game. (PTS 30th, and RYA 29th). I would love to mock, this team in the up and coming years, because i absolutely love seeing bad teams get good (except for the deadskins).
Number 3 good thing: Their logo/Uniforms. Yup they definatly have the most awesome logo and uniforms in the league (aside from the Panthers of course). Come on, you can't look me in the computer screen and tell me that the Jags don't have sick uniforms, and since they do band wagoners are going to start liking them because "they look super rad broski" cough* Oregon duck band wagoners *Cough .
Number 4: They have high draft picks this year (again): having a high draft pick this year means they land one of the following players. Teddy Bridgewater, Jadevon Clowney, or Marcus Mariota, Dangerous players right there, that may improve the jaguars all together. If they do draft Bridgewater, in the second round i guarantee they draft a fallen DE, or Linebacker.
Number 5: They SUCK: Wait, what? yes, sucking in the NFL is awesome. Well kind of. I mean you are low radar, and can draft amazing players in the draft (Al, Davis just did a back flip in his grave) and can take advantage of your division, and creep up from behind. Mark my words, the Jaguars are gonna be super dangerous in a few years so be prepared


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Savana Price, the Fairfield teen who's life was tragically taken away on June 22 in a car accident, was laid to rest a week ago today. The teen, who attended Rodriguez High School and was said to have a bright future ahead of her, was only 16 years old.
"She was a beautiful person, inside and out," said Anthony Williams, stepfather. "We love her dearly and we miss her dearly, and it's very tragic that her young life ended the way it did."
Price was identified by the Solano County coroner's office after her 1999 Nissan Frontier struck a tree while speeding south on Ramsey Road, north of Gold Hill Road. Price, who was not wearing a seat belt and was partially ejected from the vehicle, was pronounced dead at the scene.
Since the tragedy, there has been an sent from friends, former classmates, and the like on social media sites such as Twitter. A memorial has been set up at the sight of the accident, as well, where many have brought by flowers and other items to express their sentiments.
Additionally, Price's obituary was posted in the Daily Republic.
The California Highway Patrol is still investigating the accident. There is no new information available to date.


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A 45-year-old man was killed in a homicide in an apartment on Main Street, the Worcester County District Attorney confirmed Sunday evening.
The victim was identified as Jose Mendes, 45, by Worcester County District Attorney Joseph Early Jr. The death was reported to Milford Police about 9 a.m. Sunday by a friend of the victim, Early said.
Speaking to reporters outside the scene, Early would not specify how Mendes died, or whether police had any suspects. "I can't speak to that at this point," he said.
Mendes, who lived in a ground-level apartment attached to the building, at 320 Main St., was found in his kitchen, Early said.
Early visited the scene early Sunday evening with state and local detectives. He described what he saw inside as "a pretty tough scene" but would not elaborate.
Initially, the friend who located the victim thought he might have died of an overdose, Early said, and the police were asked to perform a well-being check. After arriving, police determined it was a homicide, Early said.
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State Police are leading the investigation. are at the scene, assisting. The structure is a four-unit apartment building at 320 Main St., near the intersection of Fruit Street. Both the front and rear of the property have been secured with police tape.
Milford Police Chief Thomas O'Loughlin could not be reached early Sunday afternoon for comment.
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This is the final saga in the story of a football "coach." Crazy even before he was harassed and dismissed by the school he loved, Houston Nutt left Fayetteville for the red, blue, and greener pastures of Oxford. Little did he know that in those very pastures where his horses roamed in the rolling hills of North Central Mississippi, he would come across the irradiated National Letter of Intent of Brandon Bolden, turning
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Technical Specialist
Client Manager
Among lawyers with special talents in the area of expertise, some are focused on building a reputation for themselves outside the firm. Others are less concerned about an external profile because most of their clients are lawyers within the firm who recognize their special expertise. As described in Figure 1, lawyers with an external focusrelativeslytend to win new business from new clients, whereas those with more of an internal focus attract new business primarily from existing clients. The sustaining practice style that results from a relative strength in relationship skills combined with an external focus is the stereotypical Rainmaker. The Rainmaker has a knack for winning new business from new clients through networking. A relative strength in relationship skills combined with an internal focus characterizes the Point Person. This type of lawyer often has responsibility for managing a major client and will focus on developing new business from that existing client. A relative strength in expertiseas opposed to relationshipsproduces the Hired Gun when combined with an external focus and the Brain Surgeon when combined with an internal focus. Like the Rainmaker, the Hired Gun has a knack for winning new business from new clients but does so on the basis of a reputation as a specialist rather than through networking. The Brain Surgeon does not bring in much new business directly; however, the Brain Surgeon makes it possible or colleagues operating in the other sustaining practice styles to bring in new work. The leaders in any firm may appear to play all four roles. They may attract new work in some cases because of a relationship and in other cases because of a reputation for legal expertise. They may be responsible for managing major clients and often are consulted to resolve difficult legal issues. However, if one examines the early years of their careers, one will see that the leaders usually climbed the ladder of success by relying on one of the four styles more than the others. The predominant style reflects their particular strengths and talents. The Rainmaker Rainmakers are ambassadors for their firms in the community. They may sit on a number of boards of directors. They often are involved in political or charity fundraising campaigns. They network and entertain. They use their natural people skills to target and cultivate relationships with individuals who are in a position to bring work to their firms, either in the short or long term. Successful Rainmakers also must be excellent lawyers. Without legal expertise, they would not be able to create the strong, advisor relationships that they do create with clients. The most valuable contribution that a Rainmaker can make to a firm is the generation of new business from new clients. Although the majority of new business in any firm usually comes from existing clients, every firm needs new clients for growth and renewal. Hired guns also attract new clients, but those new clients usually seek out the Hired Gun for specialized expertise to solve particular problems, often with little prospect of an ongoing relationship. Rainmakers have a knack for finding new clients with long-term potential. Rainmakers also contribute to the firm by keeping a finger on the pulse of the market, outside the firms regular client base. Rainmakers are a rare breed. Large firms may have only a handful of true Rainmakers. Smaller firms may have only one Rainmaker, who often is the firms founder and leader. Strategically, a firm must worry about what happens when their Rainmakers leave or retire. Firms must have plans to recruit and develop new generations of Rainmakers because they are so rare. The principal reason for the relatively small number of Rainmakers is that, during the early years of their careers, their special talents for applying relationship skills in the outside community are underappreciated by law firms. The emphasis in the early years of practice is on technical expertise, which provides an advantage to those with natural talents in the area of expertise. Budding Rainmakerswho may have very good, but not exceptional, technical skillsnotice that their exceptional talents in people skills are valued more in the business community. When they leave a firm for a career in business, colleagues often downplay the loss saying he or she wasnt going to be a great lawyer anyway.The Point Person The Point Person plays a critical role in any firm that values ongoing relationships with clients. A lawyer in this role has a particular talent for serving the major client, including understanding the clients needs and marshalling the firms resources to meet those needs. They also have natural talents for bringing out the best in their colleagues. Often they are popular as file managers within the firm. The most valuable contribution that the Point Person makes to a firm is to cultivate ongoing relationships with the firms most important clients. In most firms, 80 percent of the revenue comes from 20 percent of the clients. As well, successful firms enjoy a low turnover year to year in the top 20 percent of their clients. The value of the Point Person is confirmed by firms that look at the numbers and realize that it is many times more expensive to win business from new clients than it is to generate business from existing clients. It is not unusual to see a Point Person spending the vast majority of his or her time working for only one client. The Point Person also brings in new clients, but usually not as a result of networking in the community like the Rainmaker. The Point Person has a talent for earning the trust of senior people within client organizations. When those individuals move to new organizations, they often look for the first opportunity to shift the legal work of the new organization to the trusted Point Person. A firm usually has many more Point Persons than Rainmakers (but it is worth emphasizing that a Point Person can be just as valuable to a firm as a Rainmaker). The principal reason why more Point Persons survive the early years of practice than do Rainmakers is that the Point Persons exceptional talents for people skills are focused primarily within the firm. Point Persons are great team players, which is recognized and rewarded in successful firms. Would-be Point Persons have a knack for making themselves indispensable as members of existing client teams. The Hired Gun The Hired Guns success is based on specialized expertise that is recognized in the communityespeically among colleagues at the bar. The Hired Gun often builds his or her profile in an area of expertise by writing articles and books and speaking at conferences or teaching at law schools. They also participate on bar association committees and task forces in their areas of expertise and seek out temporary appointments with regulatory authorities. The typical Hired Gun is the litigation lawyer who has built a reputation on winning cases. But Hired Guns flourish in any area of the law in which special expertise is required to solve high stakes problems. For example, Hired Guns are found among insolvency, tax, corporate finance, and intellectual property lawyers. When potential clients have a bet-the-farm type of problem, such as material litigation or a takeover bid, they seek out the best. Clients find Hired Guns, rather than the other way around. Although clients also make unsolicited approaches to Rainmakers or Point Persons, they will do so usually because they happened to ask for a recommendation from a person with whom the Rainmaker or Point Person already had a relationship. The Hired Gun makes two critical contributions to a firm. First, the Hired Gun attracts new business from new clients based on his or her reputation in the community. Second, the acknowledged reputation of the Hired Gun adds to the luster of the firms overall reputation. Although the adage that clients hire individual lawyers, not firms is true for the most part, being a member of the right sort of firm is a prerequisite for most potential clients. Hired Guns help to establish and renew the firms reputation in the market in which the firm competes. Usually, there is room for quite a few Hired Guns in any successful firm. Indeed, the most conventional way to create a sustaining practice is to build a reputation for having a particular legal expertise. As well, the technical expertise that is the leading strength of a Hired Gun is rewarded and encouraged in the early years of a legal career. Successful Hired Guns also must have good relationship skills. Without relationship skills, Hired Guns (and Brain Surgeons) can alienate clients and colleagues. When this alienation occurs, the Hired Guns may be able to keep themselves busy by attracting new clients, but often they lose the opportunity to leverage their sustaining practices by winning repeat business or generating work for colleagues. It should be noted that although Hired Guns can be outstanding as advocates, the people skills underlying advocacy are not necessarily consistent with building relationships. The Brain Surgeon Brain surgeons are the quintessential specialists, who often are too busy to worry about building a profile outside the firm. They are found in traditional specialty departments such as tax and pensions. As well, Brain Surgeons flourish in any practice area of a firm that is critical to the firms competitive advantage. For example, if a firm competes in the area of corporate finance, it needs Brain Surgeons to keep the firm at the cutting edge in the industry by structuring new financing vehicles. If a firm competes for major transactions, it needs transaction specialists to get the deals done. Brain surgeons have a particular talent for R&D of new legal products. Any firm that competes on the basis of value, as opposed to cost, must have Brain Surgeons. It is true that clients often assume that any number of firms are capable of producing the same quality of work, and what they really look for is quality of service (the specialty of Point Persons). However, sophisticated clients will recognize, and pay premiums for, legal work that solves unsolvable problems or helps them develop their business in creative, new directions (the specialty of Brain Surgeons). The principal clients of Brain Surgeons are other lawyers in the firm, who appreciate the special talents of the Brain Surgeon. From time to time, a Brain Surgeon will attract new business from an existing client who also has come to appreciate the Brain Surgeons special talents. For the most part, firms should not expect Brain Surgeons to originate significant amounts of new business directly. However, firms intent on achieving a competitive advantage would be naive to ignore the indirect influence of Brain Surgeons on the generation of new business. Like Rainmakers, Brain Surgeons are a rare breed. In the early years of practice, would-be Brain Surgeons flourish because of the understandable emphasis in recruitment on academic marks and the practice demands for research and technical skills. However, in order to be successful in the long term, Brain Surgeons must prove themselves to be not only among the smartest of their colleagues, but also capable of breaking new legal ground and setting new quality standards on a continuing basis. The odds of carving an niche in a firm as a Brain Surgeon usually are not as good as the odds of establishing a sustaining practice as a Hired Gun. USING PRACTICE STYLES TO MAKE COMPENSATION DECISIONS Many law firms make the mistake of admitting lawyers to the partnership when they reach the partnership window simply because the lawyers have consistently demonstrated excellent legal skills and worked hard. Unfortunately, unless these lawyers operate at the leading edge (or develop in accordance with one of the other sustaining practice styles), they soon become too senior and too expensive to be supported by their colleagues. Figure 2 summarizes the contributions made by each of the four sustaining practice styles. The key point is that the early success (or sustaining practice) of any lawyer has its roots in the leading strengths and talents of that lawyer, which tend to fall within one of the four sustaining practice styles. Once a lawyer hits a certain threshold of success, the lines between the styles may blur and he or she may appear to operate within each of the four styles.FIGURE 2. SPECIAL CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE SUSTAINING PRACTICE STYLES
HIRED GUN1. Attracts new business from new clients (based on specialized expertise often one-off matters)2. Enhances the firms reputation for expertise in the legal market in which the firm competes Business Development Strength:Marketing
1. Wins new business from new clients (based on networking potential for long term relationships)2. Ambassador of the firm keeps finger on pulse of the market Business Development Strength:Networking
BRAIN SURGEON1. Pushes the firm to the leading edge of expertise does work that few others can do2. Indirectly enables colleagues to win new business clients often are colleagues
Business Development Strength:R & D
1. Manages major client accounts and cements long term relationships2. Wins new business from existing clients and from new clients when existing contacts switch organizationsBusiness Development Strength:Client Service
Judging the four sustaining practice styles for compensation purposes is like comparing apples to oranges to bananas to pears. At one level they all are fruit in the same basket and ought to be judged for their appeal as such, but at another level they all are different. Similarly, partners must be judged on overall contribution to the firm, but the key to sorting out compensation issues is to recognize that different sustaining practice styles generate different sorts of contributions. Problems arise, for example, when apples are told (or are led to believe) that they ought to be bananas or oranges or pearsor all four at the same time! Individual members of a compensation committee sometimes succumb to the human tendency to judge others in ones own image. For example, a Rainmaker on a compensation committee may believe that origination of new business should count the most, which is relatively easy to measure (and sometimes tracked as origination credits). A Point Person might argue in favor of overall responsibility for work performed, which can be measured in terms of total billings adjusted for realization rates (i.e., the ratio of the value of time docketed to the amount actually billed) or other profitability measures. A Hired Gun on a compensation committee might say that an acknowledged reputation as a leader in ones field is mot important because it generates new business for the Hired Gun, which can be measured immediately, and enhances the firms profile for the benefit of others. Finally, the Brain Surgeon may lobby for legal merit (or quality of work) as the key factor, which can be measured through a canvass of peers in the firm. New business, responsibility for work performed, reputation in the community and legal merit all are important measures of contribution. Other important factors include client satisfaction (often not measured), billable hours (the easiest to measure), development of junior lawyers (harder to measure), pro bono work, and other non-billable activities (some of which often are most measured), including business development of various kinds, firm management and so on. Seniority and historical contributions also have an influence. For the most part, the natural biases of members of a compensation committee tend to come out in the wash. Usually, the bottom-line numbers proposed by the committee are right because the stakes are high and the committee makes sure it balances all available information. The real problem lies in the mixed messages that are sent to, and received by, lawyers looking to relative compensation as the ultimate yardstick of their achievements and influence within the firm. These lawyers assess their relative placements through the lenses of their respective sustaining practice styles. For example, a Brain Surgeon and a Rainmaker sitting side by side on the percentage list are liable to look at each other and feel there has been some mistake. The Brain Surgeon is likely to denigrate the legal talents of the Rainmakers (a glorified salesperson . . . better make sure the insurance is up to date). And the Rainmaker is likely to feel underappreciated in comparison to a Brain Surgeon (if it werent for me, there would be no work in the first place). The reality, of course, is that the four styles are closely interdependent in any successful firm. The natural biases of lawyers trying to determine where they stand are compounded by the tendency of compensation committees to rationalize their decisions by focusing on shortcomings. Lawyers are very good at finding faults. A scorecard approach to partner review, which implicitly requires lawyers to excel in each of the compensation criteria, can result in the over-emphasis of weaknesses and underappreciation of strengths. Of course, it is critical to deal with shortcomings that are causing problems. This issue is whether a firm will get more from its members (its assets) by championing their strengths and talents or chipping away at their relative weaknesses. Even more than mixed communication is no communication at all. Lawyers left to read the tea leaves of the percentage list may draw all sorts of misguided conclusions that subtly can wreak havoc in a law firm. The following are some examples of misguided incentives that can be launched by a focus on shortcomings or the tea leaves approach. Rainmakers who believe that their legal skills are being impugned, or that billable hours are the only things that matter, try to rack up more billable hours. If Rainmakers work too many billable hours, they have no time to do what they do bestwhich is find new clients. Rainmakers should be rewarded for involving Point persons with new clients as soon as possible, and discouraged from hanging onto clients in order to chalk up billable hours. Point Persons may get the message that the only thing that matters is bringing in new clients. They are hypersensitive to the whispers of cynics who say it is easy to keep busy when a major client is handed to you on a platter. Rather than spend their nonbillable time investing in existing client relationships (which is what they do best), misguided Point Persons may spend a couple of hundred hours writing articles to recast themselves as Hired Guns (usually with little return on the effort). Hired Guns may get the message that a position in firm management is the ultimate acknowledgment of their influence. Just as leadership is not the same as management, being the best lawyer does not mean that one will be the best firm manager. Hired Guns ought to be doing what they do bestwhich is practicing law. The worst consequences occur when junior partners believe that they must do it all. As described above, the top lawyers in a firm may appear to be able to do it all, but usually they climbed the ladder of success by relying on the sustaining practice style that reflects their leading strengths and talents. Junior partners can become paralyzed if they believe that their selfworth depends on excelling in an area where they lack natural talents. A young Brain Surgeon, for example, can unravel under the stress of believing that he or she must bring in new business, be a client manager, and create a leading reputation in the communityall before the next compensation setting. Because compensation serves as a proxy for a basket of contribution criteria, firms must take care to translate the bottom-line numbers into appropriate messagesand take extra care to double-check that the messages intended to be sent are the ones actually received. ENCOURAGE DEVELOPMENT WITHIN EACH PRACTICE STYLE From time to time, members of firms will argue over whether it is better to encourage young lawyers to be specialists or generalists (within their areas of practice). On the one hand, clients seem to demand ever higher levels of sophistication (i.e., they want to be able to call a lawyer who knows the answers immediately). On the other hand, breadth of experience in a lawyer can make it possible for clients to refer all their issues to that lawyer (who then exercises the judgment as to when to bring in specialists). The model of sustaining practice styles suggests that it may make more sense for some lawyers to specialize (e.g., Hired Guns and Brain Surgeons, perhaps) and for others to be generalists (e.g., Point Persons and Rainmakers). The bottom line is that firms should be careful about prescribing one size fits all guidelines for the professional development of their young lawyers. Nonbillable time is another area where prescribing one size fits all guidelines can lead to a waste of resources. Figure 3 sets out differences in nonbillable time and priorities that might be appropriate for the four sustaining practice styles. Just as writing an article may not be the most valuable investment of nonbillable time for a Point Person, learning how to play golf may not make sense for a Brain Surgeon. Firms must take care to counsel their young lawyers in the appropriate use of nonbillable time. FIGURE 3. NONBILLABLE TIME AND PRIORITIES OF THE SUSTAINING PRACTICE STYLES
Nonbillable allocation:20% to 30%Priorities: Writing articles and client memos; speaking at conferences
Nonbillable allocation:25% to 50%Priorities: Networking and entertaining; boards of directors; community causes
Nonbillable allocation:10% to 20%
Priorities: R&D (most should be billable); firm precedents and opinions
Nonbillable allocation:15% to 25%
Priorities: Getting to know client; organizing client events
Firms also must discourage sniping among lawyers who are investing their time appropriately but in different ways. For example, the Point Persons time spent organizing client events should not be denigrated by Hired Guns as soft nonbillable time in comparison to writing articles. Brain Surgeons must not gripe when the Rainmaker dockets only 1,300 billable hours (with 900 nonbillable) in comparison to the Brain Surgeons 2,000 billable hours (with 200 nonbillable). An effective approach to professional development can be to put lawyers in front of opportunities that will stretch their abilities. Some people refer to this approach as sink or swim. This approach works well when the supervising lawyer knows that the junior lawyer has all the ability needed to swim and is lacking only in experience. The approach does not work so well, of course, when the junior lawyer sinks. A common mistake made in professional development is to confront lack of ability by prescribing a test of the ability (i.e., throwing a lawyer in the water when one knows it is not just experience that the lawyer may be lacking). For example, the powers-that-be may notice that an up-and-coming Brain Surgeon or Hired Gun is not so talented with people. In order to round out the lawyer they assign him or her responsibility as a client manager for an important client or as a practice group leader within the firm. The theory is that the lawyer will have no choice but to learn the people skills necessary to be successful. All too often, the up-and-coming Brain Surgeon or Hired Gun, who always has earned accolades and respect for his or her legal work, begins to attract criticism as a client manager or practice group leader. In other words, they begin to sink. Not only is the experiment questionable as an investment of the lawyers time, given his or her relative talents in the area of expertise, the blow to his or her confidence and self-esteem may actually set them back in the development of their area of expertise. In dealing with the challenge of customizing professional development firms should examine the two approaches suggested by the model of sustaining practice styles. First, lawyers should be guided to develop in accordance with their relative strengths and talents. A style will point to a ladder of success to climb. Once a certain threshold of success (or sustaining practice) is attained, the lines between the styles may blur, and the lawyer may operate out of all four styles. Conversely, the successful lawyer may continue to develop as an exemplar of his or her preferred style. Second, firms should learn to identify the natural abilities and talents that are associated with certain practice styles and learn from lawyers with those abilities so that those abilities can be developed in others. Each of the four styles generates partner-level contributions. Firms that appreciate and develop the respective strengths and talents of the four sustaining practice styles will flourish with representatives of each of the styles working together interdependently.
Tim Leishman is a former practicing attorney and the principal of Leishman Performance Strategy Inc., a Toronto-based consulting firm specializing in strategy and leadership development in law firms. Tim can be reached at (416) 977-8714 or at firstname.lastname@example.com.
This article first appeared in Law Governance Review, 3(1) (Summer 1998): 21-31, a periodical series that has been discontinued.


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by Joe Little, 13 October 2012 | The Agile Blogosphere
This post is from LeanAgileTraining by Joe Little. Click here to see the original post in full.
Yesterday I enjoyed talking to Southern Fried Agile, the local one-day agile conference. My topic was this: Three steps toward greater business value.
I was also pleased to see that many participants said they wanted to talk about this subject. So much so that the organizers decided to run the session twice. I am happy that this is considered an important subject. Certainly I think it is.
Some things we already do in Scrum to increase Business Value (or should do):


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UPDATE Lee County Utilities has lifted the boil water notice issued for all customers on both sides of New Post Road from Bayshore Road to the entrance of Old Bridge Village.
This will include all streets within Foxmoor and all streets that intersect with New Post Road.
NORTH FORT MYERS: A water main break left 1,000 customers in North Fort Myers with no service, according to Lee County Utilities. Those customers are still under a boil water notice.
LCU says a 6" line was the cause of the problem, and they had it repaired by 6:30 p.m.
Now that repairs are complete, residents on both sides of New Post Road, from Bayshore Road to the entrance of Old Bridge Village, are under a precautionary Boil Water Notice.
The affected area includes all streets in Foxmoor and all streets that intersect with New Post Road, according to LCU.
LCU says all water used for drinking, cooking, making ice, brushing teeth, or washing dishes should be boiled at a rolling boil for one minute, or as an alternative, bottled water may be used.
Test results to see if the water is safe will take about 72 hours.
Residents can call 533-8575 after 4:30 p.m. on November 15, 2009 to get the current status of the boil water notice.


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Our name, The Fireplace, was birthed out of Scripture.
John said, "I baptize you with water, but one more powerful than I will come, the strings of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire. He will clean his harvest floor, gather the wheat into the barn, but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire." Luke 3:16-17 NIV
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Our desire is that He expose and remove the chaff from our lives and yours that we may become the harvest floor that He is calling us to be, ready to reap the harvest.
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Locating Hinges and Locksets
To avoid confusion and save time, mark the hinge and lockset
layout while the door is standing near the opening. To locate
the hinges, pull a tape measure down the hinge side of the jamb
(Figure 2).
2. Measure to locate the top of the existing
hinges and write the dimensions lightly on the door. To
reduce math errors, the author prefers to leave a gap
between the tape and the head jamb rather than holding
the tape tight to the jamb and subtracting 1/8
Touch the top of the tape measure against the top of the
jamb, then slide it down almost 1/8 inch — the standard
gap between the top of the door and the top of the jamb. (I
prefer to slide the tape down instead of subtracting from the
measurement at each hinge because it reduces mistakes —
and it usually takes longer to correct mistakes than to hang
the door.) Holding the tape tightly with one finger, measure to
the top of each existing hinge mortise — this is exactly
where the hinges should be placed on the new door. Write the
measurements lightly on the face of the door near each hinge
location, or on a scrap of paper.
To locate the lockset, measure down the strike side of the
jamb to the center of the strike and subtract 1/8 inch for the
head gap. Again, note the dimension on the door, near the
location of the lockset. On raised panel doors, I like to
center the lockset in the lock rail. If the old strike mortise
in the jamb doesn't align with the lock rail of the new
door, I'd rather move the existing strike mortise on the
jamb than have the lockset look out of center in the door. On a
painted jamb, I'll fill the strike mortise, but on a
stain-grade jamb either the door must be drilled to match the
strike mortise in the jamb, or the jamb must be replaced.
I do
all cutting, drilling, and planing of the door on a work bench
especially made for the purpose (see ). The bench holds the
door either flat or on edge, and it also provides a storage
area for my door-hanging tools.
Top and bottom cuts.
Because circular saws cause tearout and chip end grain, use a
square and a utility knife to score a line across the face of
the lock and hinge stiles. (For flush doors with veneered
skins, score a line completely across the door.) I also score
the far edge of the door, where the saw blade will exit, to
eliminate tearout on the back of the stile.
While the bottom of the door can be cut quickly with a
circular saw, the top has to be cut very straight — if
the saw tips even slightly, the gap between the top of the door
and the jamb will be uneven. One trick is to cut just outside
the pencil line, then use an electric door plane to finish the
cut right to the line (Figure 3).
3. To ensure an even reveal at the top of the
door, cut close to the scribe line with a circular saw,
but finish the job with a power plane. To avoid tearout
at the edges, hold the plane upside down and work the
first 6 inches of the rail from one side (top), then
flip the plane over and finish planing from the other
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THOMASVILLE, GA (WALB) – The bills range from ones to 50's and they're showing up in stories across the city. Two people have been arrested for attempting to use the fake bills but police don't know who's making them.
If you live in Thomasville, you might want to take a closer at your cash the next time you receive change at a store. Police say counterfeit bills are showing up all across town.
"Check it before you take it," said Christy Goodson.
"I'd heard that they were going around," said Quik Stop Employee Amy Cole.
"I'm just kind of shocked that people would do that," said Goodson.
Police arrested two men in two separate cases this week for trying to pass counterfeit bills. But they're still unsure of how many people or cases may be involved.
"It to me is crazy. I know the economy is hard but everybody seems to have money for lottery tickets and things like that. So why not save that money for bills or whatever you need?" asked Cole.
The counterfeit bills range from $1 to $50 bills. Many stores use a special pen or train their employees to spot fakes.
"We received a $5 bill about a month ago. It was real thin. Like balled up paper that you keep balling up to make real soft," said Cole.
But sometimes a phony bill goes unnoticed. "If you give a counterfeit bill and they go make change with it, that person risks getting caught, because they can't prove they didn't make it. So it's like a chain of events that happens."
"I would be devastated because I didn't make the counterfeit bills. Especially at Christmas time because if I got change with a counterfeit bill and tried to go shopping, I'd be a little upset if someone couldn't take it," said Goodson.
"Just don't do it. I know the economy's bad but there's ways around it. I'm honest and I hate when other people aren't honest," said Cole.
And if honesty isn't enough to stop crooks from using fake bills, anyone caught trying to pass fake money faces jail time.
Police encourage you to check your cash anytime you receive change. If a bill looks suspicious, make a note of where you received it and contact authorities immediately.
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Fun party last night with the Internet Explorer team. Jeremiah, blogger at Hitachi Data Systems, wrote and did a podcast from the party (famous bloggers and press folks were there, like Om Malik, Steve Gillmor, Mike Arrington). The IE blog has more details and Memeorandum has even more.
I'm interviewing the Hotmail team (er, Windows Live Mail) today, and meeting with a variety of other people and speaking tonight at Pepperdine University's management event in Santa Clara so won't post much today.


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- Video performance. Video was comparable on all three carriers, Metrico said. AT&T and Verizon both scored above 98 percent average success rates for delivery of a Metrico video clip at 300 Kbps and 20 frames a second, while Sprint scored 96.42 percent on that measure. Video delivery dropped somewhat with YouTube video clips on all three carriers.
- Voice quality. While Sprint fared the best in live network voice quality on the uplink (when speaking) , AT&T took the lead on live network voice quality on the downlink (when the user is listening). Metrico used an algorithm called Perceptual Objective Listening Quality Analysis to make the voice quality comparisons, ranking each carrier from 1 to 5, with 5 as the highest.
On the uplink for voice quality, Sprint scored a 3.95, AT&T was 3.85 and Verizon was 3.5. On the downlink for voice quality, AT&T scored 3.82, Sprint was 3.72 and Verizon was 3.55.
Across the three carriers, Metrico also compared the iPhone 4S with previous tests performed on other 3G smartphones in the carriers' portfolios. It found the iPhone 4S to be among the top performers in low noise, average in speech quality when using Bluetooth, and below average in speakerphone speech quality.
- Call failure rate. Verizon performed slightly better than AT&T and Sprint on the iPhone 4S's ability to make and hold a call successfully. Verizon had a 2.1 percent call failure rate; AT&T had 2.8 percent and Sprint had a 3.7 percent .
Even though Verizon performed the best on call success rates, Metrico said Verizon's iPhone 4S is "well below average" when compared on that measure to Android, BlackBerry, and other phones tested earlier in Verizon's portfolio.
Metrico sells its studies and findings in complete detail to carriers and other companies in the telecommunications space, and only released a six-page summary of the iPhone 4S performance results to reporters. The summary did not provide many data points, including Sprint's Web browsing average performance time, which was revealed by Malhotra in an interview.
Malhotra said the summary and the full 54-page report show that "each carrier has strengths in different areas." He said Metrico was "not out to find a winner, necessarily, but to provide objective data on how each carrier performs across important performance categories."
While some customers will use an iPhone 4S more for data and Web browsing than for voice calls, others will want the opposite, he said. "We won't steer people to one phone or the other," he added. "We're not really trying to highlight the negatives."
One intention of the large nationwide study is to show how performance problems in one city reported by the news media and bloggers shortly after a phone is launched can be less relevant over the entire network over time, Malhotra added. "These [Metrico results] aren't assessments made with a lot of quick tests; there is a lot of variability nationwide in the networks," he added.
Matt Hamblen covers mobile and wireless, smartphones and other handhelds, and wireless networking for Computerworld. Follow Matt on Twitter at @matthamblen or subscribe to Matt's RSS feed. His email address is firstname.lastname@example.com.
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IAGA president Jay N. Fox discussed the current health of the game of golf as well as some future challenges and opportunities, including working on goals common to state associations and the USGA.
Martin Kaymer has a chance this week to become the first back-to-back major champion since 2008, when Padraig Harrington won the Open Championship and PGA Championship.
Junior golf standout and Oklahoma commit Hannah Wood is a bit disappointed to see the WAPL go away, calling it "heart-breaking."
2013 U.S. Open champion Justin Rose shot 66 Saturday to rise into a tie for the lead with Marc Warren through three rounds of the 2014 Scottish Open.
Tyler Raber carded a hole-in-one on a par-4 during this week's ArrowCreek Open on the eGolf Tour -- a feat only accomplished once on PGA Tour.
At this year's U.S. Senior Open, Bernhard Langer, Colin Montgomerie and Kenny Perry aim to become a two-time major winner in the 2014 Champions Tour season; here are their tee times for the first two rounds.
Kevin Stadler increased his lead at the French Open to three strokes by shooting a 3-under 68 in the second round on Friday.
Fred Couples and two others withdrew from next week's U.S. Senior Open on Thursday.
With Europe's success at the Palmer Cup this week with a pro at the helm (Andrew Coltart), the R&A should take notice and begin to look at the likes of Colin Montgomerie and Padraig Harrington to captain the Walker Cup team.
After cutting chicken from his diet, Zander Lombard has seen his health and performance on the golf course improve massively. Now, the South African has earned a spot opposite Bradley Neil in Sunday's final of the British Amateur.
Our Jeff Rude and Alex Miceli saw a lot of golf on Saturday and take a look at the third-round leaderboard, topped by Martin Kaymer. They also give you a quick look ahead as to what to expect on Sunday.
The optimist: In caring for his ailing son, Craig Dolch perseveres amid a heart-wrenching daily trial. Dolch is a clear choice as Golfweek's 2014 Father of the Year.
The riddle of Pinehurst is reflected in our senior staff's expert picks -- which range from young up-and-comers to players at their peak including Adam Scott and Bubba Watson to wiley veterans. See all their picks and reasoning right here.
Kevin Na, Bernd Wiesberger, Cameron Wilson, Brandon McIver and Craig Barlow all added to the U.S. Open field at Pinehurst No. 2.
Rory McIlroy, Webb Simpson, Graeme McDowell paired for first two rounds of the 2014 U.S. Open at Pinehurst No. 2. The USGA announced the full pairings and tee times on Friday afternoon.
Inside the June 6, 2014 issue of Golfweek
Landon Michelson was disqualified, by his own admission, from the U.S. Open Sectional Qualifier at Quail Valley for signing an incorrect scorecard. The proper one would have put him in a playoff for the final qualifying spot.
We take a closer look at the Daly City, Calif. sectional qualifier for the U.S. Open, with the likes of Jason Gore, Brandon Hagy and Rico Hoey playing in Northern California.
Sam Horsfield, Brian Gay, Chase Koepka and Curtis Thompson will headline the U.S. Open Sectional Qualifying field in Vero Beach, Fla.
2014 NCAA individual medalist Cameron Wilson and current Texas star Gavin Hall headline the U.S. Open Sectional Qualifier in Purchase, N.Y.
Craig Perks won the 2002 Players Championship and then disappeared from professional golf shortly thereafter. Find out what happened, and what he's been up to since.


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Raketa Calendar Watch
The watch did not wind at first
so I opened it up and the problem was rather simple. The big winding wheel's screw was loose. The wheel turned above the crown wheel. Tightening that screw was all it took to make it work again. Sometimes the problems are really not grave. However when I tried to open the chromium plated 3133 Poljot Chronograph that day, I wasted 2 hours, a lot of nerves and sweat and had to give up. The stainless steel case back was just sitting too tight and my whole collection of case openers failed... I will bring it to some real professional soon because I want to complete the Russian movement shots.