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A big fat crisis : the hidden forces behind the obesity epidemic - and how we can end it / Deborah A. Cohen, MD, MPH
Cohen, Deborah (Deborah Ann)
Bioethics: the basics / Alastair V. Campbell
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Block granting Medicaid : a model for 21st century health reform? / Edward Alan Miller
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Blood stains in criminal trials [electronic resource] / by Andrew Fleming
Fleming, Andrew, 1830-1896
The bloodless revolution : a cultural history of vegetarianism from 1600 to modern times / Tristram Stuart
Stuart, Tristram
Brain on fire : my month of madness / Susan Cahalan
Cahalan, Susannah
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Medico-Legal Congress (1895 : New York, N.Y.)
Caffeinated : how our daily habit helps, hurts, and hooks us / Murray Carpenter
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Cancer and radiotherapy : a short guide for nurses and medical students / J. Walter
Walter, J. (Joseph)
Carcinogens and anticarcinogens in the human diet : a comparison of naturally occurring and synthetic substances / Committee on Comparative Toxicity of Naturally Occuring Carcinogens, Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology, Commission on Life Scien
Careers in healthcare / editor[s], Michael Shally-Jensen, Ph.D, [Marylane Wade Koch]
Chemistry of enzymes in cancer
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Civil malpractice [electronic resource] : a treatise on surgical jurisprudence : with chapters on skill in diagnosis and treatment, prognosis in fractures, and on negligence / by Milo A. McClelland
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Community organizing and community building for health and welfare / [edited by] Meredith Minkler
Complementary & alternative therapies in nursing / [edited by] Ruth Lindquist, Mariah Snyder, Mary Fran Tracy
Couple and family therapy : an integrative map of the territory / Jay L. Lebow
Lebow, Jay
Criminal abortion [electronic resource] : its nature, its evidence, and its law / by Horatio R. Storer and Franklin Fiske Heard
Storer, Horatio Robinson, 1830-1922
Crusade : the official history of the American Cancer Society / Walter S. Ross
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CINEMA NAIRN is a small group of volunteers who love watching films on the big screen, and who wanted to see full-time cinema return to Nairn. It started over four years ago, and with the help of the Nairn Community & Arts Centre, it has gone from strength to strength, showing nearly 65 films to ever increasing audiences.
Over the years our programme of films has been praised for the eclectic mix of old and new and for our success at introducing the local community to hidden gems that they might have missed. We aim to appeal to a broad spectrum of interests and will once again show contemporary hits and old black and white classics, as well as films with a Scottish slant. Add to the mix two musicals, a documentary and two wonderful foreign language films, and we believe that the 2014 will be seen as our best programme yet.
Films are screened in the Nairn Community & Arts Centre on King Street (just off the A96), and occasionally in the Little Theatre in Fishertown.
Admission is £5.00 for adults and £3.00 for those under 18 years of age. There is also a loyalty scheme - so get your card stamped each time you come and you'll get the sixth film free!
Each year we screen up to four matinees to which people of any age are welcome to join us for a reduced price of £2.50, and with the added bonus of tea and home bakes, it's a great way to spend a Monday afternoon!
Tuesday, 23 February 2010
Where next the Moon?
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Cinema Paradiso - Saturday Night 7.30pm
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It's probably not surprising that rich celebrities spend a lot of money on frivolous stuff, but what's always shocking is exactly HOW MUCH they're willing to spend. Stars like Angelina Jolie, Salma Hayek, and Olivia Palermo seem to have no limit to how much they'll drop in the name of accessorizing.
We're talking bags that cost anywhere from $30,000 to one million dollars. While Washington debates raising the minimum wage, these ostentatious celebrities have no problem doling out the equivalent of a mid-level manager's salary on something to hold their car keys. The rest of us might call a $100 purchase lavish, and yet many of these celebrity bags are well beyond what a regular person would make in a year. Some of the celebrity offenders in question are the usual suspects: Kim Kardashian, Victoria Beckham, Beyoncé. But some lavish spenders will surprise you, especially a certain vocal humanitarian who wore a $200,000 bag to an awards show. Is that better or worse than the celebrity who burned her $100,000 Birkin in the name of "art"? You decide.
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Traffic fatality upsurge reason for caution
Maybe this is why we can't have nice things.
On Feb. 19, the National Safety Council released a preliminary estimate of 36,200 motor vehicle fatalities on roads throughout the United States during 2012. Put in perspective, that's just slightly less than the population of Apex, dead in a year.
Crash injuries requiring medical attention: Up to 3.9 million. More than the combined populations of Durham, Orange, Wake and Mecklenburg counties.
Cost of deaths, injuries and property damage: $276.6 billion. That's enough to build 200 15-stop stretches of light rail transit between Durham and Orange counties.
All those figures are up 5 percent from the previous year. For fatalities, it marks the first upsurge since 2005.
The Safety Council's research suggests that we've been driving a lot more, in general, since December 2011. That makes sense. The NSC's speculation suggests that it could be due to the improving economy and the mild winter last year.
Janet Froescher, president and CEO of the NSC, said her organization is "greatly concerned" about the upward spike in traffic deaths: "Although we have improved safety features in vehicles today, we also have new challenges, especially as it relates to teen and distracted driving, that need to be addressed on a national scale. We must work together now to reverse this latest trend to prevent needless tragedy."
We've also got some old favorites to worry about too, such as drunk driving and drag racing, claiming lives on our local roads.
In December, Orange High School students Kacie Chamberlain and Chase Underhill died when the truck Underhill was speeding down Little River Church Road swerved off and hit a tree.
Just last weekend, a stand-up comic from Tennessee - Brian Edward Kiley - died after a collision on Interstate 40 with a car driven by Raul Herrera of High Point. Hererra's been charged with felony death by motor vehicle and driving while impaired.
We should be more careful out there.
But these halcyon days of economic recovery may end soon if sequestration cuts start in March.
Maybe putting the brakes on the turnaround will have at least one beneficial side effect.


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Think First, Tweet Later
Wanted to share this article called "Think First, Tweet Later" that I had the opportunity to write for FastCompany.com. We convince ourselves going with our gut means that we're on top of our game. This isn't always the case when it comes to marketing. Never before has it been so simple to engage our customers […] [Read More]
Need to figure out online sales? Free event 10/24 in Seattle
If you're trying to turn your online "likes" into sales, there's hope. According to Forrester Research, U.S. online retail sales exceeded $200 billion in 2011 and are expected to grow through 2016. And the average online consumer will increase the amount they spend online by 44% by 2016. To tap into this upswing in online […] [Read More]
The cost of building the Bond brand: A cold beer, a Volkswagon, and a…
Great story on the BBC World News called "Is beer damaging brand Bond?" about the business behind product placement for the new James Bond film, Skyfall. True to his fictional character, James Bond's drinks of choice are champagne or vodka martinis, but in this latest flick, he lowers his taste and has a light beer. […] [Read More]
How to do social media right: Partner
Struggling to promote your news or event via social media? Why not partner with someone else to help you? I'm not talking about hiring a social media consultant, although in some cases, that's not a bad idea. I'm suggesting you ask your customers and collaborators to help share the news. This extends your reach by […] [Read More]
7 Steps to Customer Love & Loyalty
I couldn't have asked for a better night. I got to share dinner with a great friend and talented photographer, Barbie Hull, AND eat at one of my favorite restaurants: A Taste of India. Dining there is an unforgettable experience. I'll start with the building itself. It's located in a yellow and white house on […] [Read More]
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Chief of Police Jeff Capps says the meal wasn't just about getting in the holiday spirit; he says he wants the community to feel comfortable around law enforcement and hopes this keeps the line of communication open in the future.
"It's always positive when we get to get out and meet new people and build that trust between us and the folks that live here," Capps said.
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CSPD Citizen's Police Academy Alumni Association, CSPD Police Officer's Association, Target, Social Lounge, Cedar Lane, Kettle Restaurant and Ms. Kathy Young-Santa's Special Helper all helped made Saturday's event possible. HEB donated all the food and drinks for the breakfast.
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Life? is one
of the most complete and up-to-date overviews of the diverse objections
against biotechnology. This compilation of essays was conceived
and edited by biologist Brian Tokar, who teaches at the Institute
for Social Ecology.
opinion poll after another has shown that most North American and
European consumers believe that labeling foods as GM has the same
effect as labeling them with a skull and crossbones. In response
to this massive consumer rejection, whole supermarket chains in
Europe have already decided to go GM-free. Farmers are not happy
either. In November 1999, a coalition of 30 U.S. farm organizations
warned that farmers that plant GM crops are risking their economic
future and the future of agriculture.
has gone far beyond boycotts and straight into civil disobedience.
Greenpeace activists have destroyed GM crop shipments and have used
their ships to prevent the passage of American freighters loaded
with GM corn and wheat into European ports. In England and Germany,
clandestine commandos have uprooted GM plants. Some do it in broad
daylight, and turn their actions into festivals of resistance, with
processions, music, and costumes. Sometimes they occupy uprooted
GM fields for weeks at a time.
1998, members of France's Confidiration Paysanne (Peasants'
Confederation) entered a warehouse containing five tons of GM corn
and destroyed it by spraying it with water. When the U.S. threatened
the European Union (EU) with trade sanctions for refusing to import
American GM products, French farmers responded by flooding local
McDonald's restaurants with manure and rotten fruit. One of
the little-known reasons for the World Trade Organization 1999 Seattle
conference's failure was the EU's refusal to give in to
U.S. demands regarding GM foods.
eight essays in the book's first section, "Our Health,
Our Food and The Environment," show that the objections to
genetic engineering have more than enough scientific footing. Biologist
Martha Crouch explains why biotech will not feed the world or save
the environment, while Vandana Shiva takes on the much-celebrated
GM "golden rice," touted in the mainstream media as the
solution for vitamin A deficiency. Collaborators Ricarda Steinbrecher,
Jennifer Ferrara, and Mike Dorsey expose the technology's inherent
dangers, and Beth Burrows and Jack Kloppenburg Jr. talk about biotech's
incompatibility with sustainable farming.
second section, "Medical Genetics, Science and Human Rights,"
deals with the uncomfortable subjects of cloning and human gene
manipulation, and links the endeavor to alter the human genome to
the pseudoscientific agenda of eugenics. Zoe C. Meleo-Erwin takes
us to the macabre world of the new reproductive technologies; and
Alix Fano, of the Campaign for Responsible Transplantation, makes
a most convincing case that xenotrans- plantation (the use of animals
for spare organs for humans) will result in a public health disaster
of untold proportions. Marcy Darnovsky speaks out against the genetic
"enhancement" of human genes, and Sarah Sexton questions
the wisdom of turning to human cloning to solve the world's
health woes.
third section, "Patents, Corporate Power and the Theft and
Knowledge of Resources, deals with the political and economic implications
of genetic engineering. Special emphasis is given to indigenous
peoples, who play a central role in this global controversy. Hope
Shand, of the ETC Group, provides an overview of the corporations
that form the "Life Industry," and Victoria Tauli-Corpuz
and Mike Dorsey explain what the biotechnology revolution has in
store for the world's indigenous peoples. In her essay "Biopiracy:
The Theft of Knowledge and Resources," Vandana Shiva denounces
corporate bioprospecting as just another form of plunder.
it weren't for its fourth section, titled, "The Worldwide
Resistance to Genetic Engineering," "Redesigning Life?"
would be no more than an obituary for our planet. This final section
presents a broad overview of actions being undertaken all over the
world to stop biotech and to create sustainable, healthy alternatives.
Jim Thomas tells about the wacky adventures of activists in the
British Isles, while Vandana Shiva tells about efforts to protect
India's farmers and biodiversity from corporate takeover. In
his essay, "Resisting the Engineering of Life," Tokar
shows that Americans haven't exactly been the quiet ones in
the global challenge to genetic engineering.
Ruiz-Marrero is a journalist and a Research Associate at the Institute
for Social Ecology in Vermont.


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For those in automotive lead generation, leveraging social media to identify enthusiast groups and reach new consumers is a strategic imperative. I just came across this article, "Ongoing List of Social Media Examples in the Auto and Car Industry," posted by Jeremiah Owyang, Sr. Analyst at Forrester Research. The article is full of interesting social media examples from the Auto Industry.
- GM launches a Community program – 2008 From Neville and Shel of the For Immediate Release program (podcast): "GMnext is more or less a year-long online initiative around the 100th anniversary of the company." GM continues to push the envelope and has created a 'social media newsroom.'
- This Chrysler blog is rich with media, and appears to be frequently updated. Of course many of you know the GM Fast Lane blog, which has been around since 2005, authored by employees such as Bob Lutz, and the GMNext blogs.
- Ford's Social Media Press Release – I've never really understood the value of the social media press release, as I'd rather see corporations/employees joining the conversation because the level of trust will be higher. In any case, Ford has developed a social media press release for its cars. The layout and visualization of the cars looks fantastic.
- Saturn gets Community – 2008 I've always been impressed with the friendly Saturn brand. From user group sponsorships to the no-pressure selling, they offer more of an easy-going lifestyle brand. Now, their online community reflects their ethos, with groups, member profiles, and other social networking features.
- From the Comments · Ford Autoshows site harnesses the enthusiasm for upcoming concept and production automobiles. Original video and photo content is syndicated to YouTube and Flickr to expand the community around the site.
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Highlights of this top-notch book collection include M. Lasek's 1960 illustrated children's classic This Is New York
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This guy is great. Great musician, nice friendly guy. I was on an organ trio gig with this great organist and sax player ( who is a great drummer also) and Tommy walked in with his family on Mother's day at this brunch gig. I recognized him imediately as we were playing and gave him a big smile from across the room but was also like "Oh shit! It's Tommy Igoe (made me a little nervous) and he smiled back and waved. I pretty much left him alone the whole time as him and his family sat down to eat but at the end we decided to try to call him up and at first he didn't want to, but then he came up and I switched the drums righty (I'm a lefty) and the sax player Danny called Moment's Notice pretty fast and Tommy played absolutely great on it and took a solo over a chorus or two and came right back in smoothly. Man, that's a hell of a tune to just call on someone and Tommy kicked it! He also played brushes on the whole tune which was pretty impressive. This was one of those joints that your too loud before you even set up! lol! We talked a little afterwards and he was on his way and we were done for the day. I reminded him that we had met before through a friend of mine that had studied with him and he remembered. Man, what a nice guy....
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- The zero-person line at District Taco today. (Dave Jamieson)
If you'd told me two months ago that I could head to the District Taco truck at 12:30 p.m. on a Wednesday and find exactly zero people on line, I would've said you have pico de gallo for brains. But that's how it went down today. A line that was typically a dozen or more deep during the milder lunch hours has basically vanished.
I guess it's that time of year when everyone hunkers down and rediscovers their office-building cafeteria.
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. --The University of New Mexico men's golf team capped the 2013-14 season Wednesday by hitting a triple.
Rising seniors Victor Perez, Sean Romero and Sam Saunders all were named Division I Cleveland Golf/Srixon All-America Scholars, according to the Golf Coaches Association of America.
The three honors marks on the second time in the program's history that three players were named Academic All-America Scholars, joining the 2009 team of Nick Geyer, Steve Saunders (Sam's brother) and Jon Sauer.
To be eligible for Cleveland Golf/Srixon All-America Scholar status, an individual must be a junior or senior academically, compete in at least three full years at the collegiate level, participate in 50 percent of his team's competitive rounds, have a stroke-average under 76.0 in Division I and maintain a minimum cumulative grade-point average of 3.2.
Perez, who recently qualified for the US Amateur Championship next month in Atlanta, had 72.5 strokes-per-round average. He was a Ping Division I All-West Region selection and is a three-time All-Mountain West selection.
Romero had a 74.3 strokes-per-round average, and Saunders, who is currently competing at the Pacific Coast Amateur Championship in Tucson, Ariz., averaged 73.31 strokes per round.
Saunders currently is tied for 33rd among the 80 competitors at 1-over 141 after two rounds. He trails leader Lorens Chan of Honolulu by 11 strokes heading into Thursday's third round.
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Voice of the people
America isn't the free country it was
The election is over, and I admit to being shocked, especially people now knowing what they may have not known four years ago. The people chose abortion over life. The people chose gay rights over traditional marriage. The people chose socialism over a free country.
Where do I go from here? I will still stand for freedom, for life and for a free country, but I have been brought to the reality that the America I loved and hoped would find its way back will now just be a memory. I can handle that, but I am sad for my grandkids who will never know what we had.
As for the Republican Party, if it abandons now the platform for life, marriage and freedom, I will leave the party.
I want to congratulate three parties. First, the media for refusing to report the news and the facts of Barrack Hussein Obama and being press secretaries for the Democrats' positions. I want to thank all the takers in our society who use the Obama phones, the unearned income tax credit and the many giveaways that I have to work hard to pay for. And finally, to my own Christian brothers of all colors and of all ethnic backgrounds who stayed home and did not vote at all, and continue to allow non-Christians and those with no morals in all offices to run our country.
This will be my last letter for a couple of years until I find out if there are still burning embers left in the American people to restore our country, if there will be anything left of it in four more years. After the next four years can we please move beyond blaming Bush, and will Obama finally take some responsibility for something after 8 years?
D.R. Irvin
So long Romney, enjoy moving on
Well, the election is now over, and the people have voted for President Obama. Former Governor Romney can now feel really sorry that he will not get to join the 47 percent that he loathes. He is not able to move into government housing and getting, as Fox News says, "FREE Stuff."
I wish him well in his endeavors to not have to pay taxes at all. Good-bye, Romney.
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I'm curious if there is a way to search my harddrive using the Locate32 plugin for FARR (and just via FARR itself) for a particular file.
The file I'm searching for has "exam" in the title, but when I search for "exam" I get lots of files that have "example" in their name (so many, I can't find what I'm looking for).
Is there any way to narrow the list accordingly? Using Locate32 directly, I can search for "exam -example" and it narrows the list down to what I'm looking for, but I can't find a way to do the same thing with either FARR or the Locate32 plugin for FARR. Probably a simple answer, but I'm missing a beat somewhere.
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Understanding Shakespeare works in their Historical and Philosophical Context
By Gugulethu Nyoni
Many learners in the fields of arts and humanitarians have to deal with Shakespeare works at one point or the other.
Refer to the previous post on How to write Shakespeare essay
The ability to discern the import of the literature by this legend is in itself a school of critical analysis. Shakespeare works fall into different genres which mainly include plays, poetry and prose.
In order to explore the works of Shakespeare appropriately we have to place the works of this Playwright in the proper place, time and social and philosophical setting. In this piece we will explore some of the key historical aspects critical in exploring Shakespeare's play "Macbeth".
The social milieu within which the play "Macbeth" is written was characterized by the reign of Queen Elizabeth 1 and King James 1. Just like the other plays that the playwright wrote for the Queen such as the Midsummer Night's Dream which articulate the themes of love, happiness and confidence as well as optimism in a bid to reflect the mood of the Queen. Plays written by Shakespeare during the reigns of King James take a somber and cynical slant as they were woven to reflect insecurities of the King.
Part of the historical milieu shaping Shakespeare's work Macbeth is that Queen Elizabeth died in 1603 after which the throne was then taken by James VI of Scotland to become the first King James of Britain.
King James stood out for his protestant beliefs yet he was not the popular choice with the largely pro-catholic populace. The fact that he was not a direct descendant of Elizabeth caused the king to fear that divisions would form around his rulership. At that time the Catholics had high expectations that the king would uphold Catholicism but when this did not happen conspiracies against the King began to emerge.
One of the famous conspiracies was the Gunpowder Plot. This involved a man known as Guy Fawkes who worked with his followers in an attempt to blow up the King and his parliament. This attempt to assassinate the king failed and all the plotters were executed. Doing a thematic analysis of the play "Macbeth" should recognize that the play was written a year after the gunpowder plot.
One of the key philosophies informing the works of Shakespeare is the religious ideology that was held by many in the Elizabethan age that beings existed in form of a well-defined hierarchy of being. The belief held that beings have their place in the order of existence or chain of being from inanimate objects such as rocks through animals right up to human beings and then God ultimately.
The Elizabethans considered it a great sin for any person to attempt to distort the order of being as defined by the ultimate creator. Analyses of Shakespeare works such as Macbeth requires the factoring in of these historical and philosophical aspects that shaped the context in which Macbeth and many other works by Shakespeare were born.


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Heroin? In Oldham? When asked about the topic, many in the county expressed disbelief that the deadly substance could reside in a community with a grade-A school system, healthy children and close family relationships.
Oldham County or not, heroin is very real in the community, according to Jean Schumm, president of Operation: PARENT.
Schumm spoke on heroin in KET's "Health-Three 60."
Oldham County's own Sen. Ernie Harris, a Republican from Prospect, has been serving in the state Senate since 1995. In his 20th year in the Capitol, Harris was instrumental in shoring up the state's fluctuating road fund during the final hours of the Kentucky General Assembly's 2015 session.
Harris, typically a quiet legislator, reliably voting in step with his party, broke ranks with Senate Republican leadership this year when he sponsored the Gas Tax bill, SB 299.
Voters will soon receive a new sticker when they turn out to the polls later this year.
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Out of 120 counties in Kentucky, Oldham County is still considered one of the top five healthiest in a new county health rankings survey released last week.
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The nation is already beginning to focus on the presidential race of 2016 even though the election is three years out. Will Paul Ryan or Florida's own Marco Rubio be tossing a hat into the ring? Will Hillary Clinton run again, and what about Joe Biden? I guess the best answer is, who knows?
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[Filed 22-Sep-2008]
In re Hongisto
[Filed 03-Jun-2010]
In re Eileen Hongisto
Professional Responsibility Board
2008-001 & 2009-107
In the above-entitled cause, the Clerk will enter:
¶ 1. We granted review of two decisions from the Hearing Panel of the Professional Responsibility Board (PRB) concerning four complaints claiming violations of the Vermont Rules of Professional Conduct, which resulted in two concurrent six-month suspensions. We affirm the decisions of the Panel suspending respondent Eileen Hongisto from the practice of law for two six-month periods to run concurrently. Additionally, as a condition to her reinstatement, we require that, at the time that respondent applies for reinstatement, she must provide the Board with a detailed explanation for her lack of participation over the course of these proceedings.
¶ 2. These two Panel decisions concern a series of events that began in 2006, when a representative of Merchants Bank notified disciplinary counsel that respondent's trust account was overdrawn. Shortly thereafter, disciplinary counsel received an ethics complaint from one of respondent's clients. In both cases, respondent failed to cooperate with disciplinary counsel's investigation of the incidents, resulting in complaints claiming violations of Rule 8.4(d), which states that it is misconduct to "engage in conduct that is prejudicial to the administration of justice." After respondent failed to respond, the charges were deemed admitted. A.O. 9, Rule 11(D)(3) ("In the event the respondent fails to answer within the prescribed time, the charges shall be deemed admitted, unless good cause is shown."). A hearing was scheduled for March 2007. Immediately before the hearing, however, respondent provided disciplinary counsel with an explanation of the trust account overdraft and a response to the client complaint, and disciplinary counsel moved to dismiss both complaints. The Panel, however, denied the motion, noting that practitioners and the public needed to understand that "an attorney's personal problems" do not "excuse his or her obligation to cooperate with disciplinary investigations." The hearing was rescheduled.
¶ 3. Before the rescheduled hearing took place, another of respondent's clients contacted disciplinary counsel with an ethics complaint, resulting in a third disciplinary investigation. The client alleged that he had paid respondent a retainer, but never heard anything from her. He left between forty and fifty phone messages for respondent—all without any response. He also requested that his papers relating to the case be returned to him, as he was unable to pursue the case without them. Once again, respondent failed to respond to or acknowledge the charges, and, as a result, the charges were deemed admitted. A.O. 9, Rule 11(D)(3). These charges were consolidated with the others.
¶ 4.
The day before the hearing was scheduled to occur,
respondent requested a continuance, and a conference call was scheduled to
address the issue. At the conclusion of
the conference call, disciplinary counsel petitioned this Court to transfer
respondent to disability inactive status, as is allowed under Administrative
Order 9, Rule 21(B). A one-justice panel
for this Court issued an entry order giving respondent an opportunity to show
cause as to why her license should not be transferred to disability inactive
status. In re Eileen Hongisto, No. 2008-202 (
¶ 5.
In September 2008, the Panel held a hearing to
determine whether respondent was incapacitated such that she should be on
disability inactive status. The Panel
concluded that respondent was not disabled at that time. Following that decision, this Court allowed
respondent the opportunity to file a memorandum to show why the Panel's
recommendation should not be adopted. In
re Eileen Hongisto, No. 2008-202 (
¶ 6. In the meantime, respondent's law license expired. Once respondent was reinstated from disability inactive status, the program administrator for the Attorney Licensing Office, sent respondent a letter informing her that her license had expired. In the same letter, the administrator informed respondent that she was not at that time in good standing with the Vermont Department of Taxes and was therefore ineligible to relicense. Respondent certified that she was in good standing with the Department of Taxes in a November 19, 2008 letter to the Attorney Licensing Office. The next day, the administrator responded by email to respondent's letter and informed her that the Department of Taxes had not confirmed her return to good standing. Nevertheless, on December 8, 2008, respondent appeared at and participated in a status conference before the Windham Family Court. This resulted in disciplinary counsel bringing additional charges against respondent—specifically for a violation of Rule 5.5(a) for practicing without a license and a violation of Rule 8.4(c) for deceit when renewing a law license. Once again, respondent did not file any response, and the charges were deemed admitted. See A.O. 9, Rule 11(D)(3).
¶ 7. The hearing for the first three alleged violations—the trust account overdraft and the two client ethics complaints—was scheduled for January 21, 2009. After respondent did not call in to a pre-conference hearing and the Panel was unable to reach her, the Panel postponed the hearing to February 2009. After the hearing, the Panel found that in each of the three alleged violations respondent had violated Rule 8.4(d), which states that it is professional misconduct for an attorney to "engage in conduct that is prejudicial to the administration of justice." Regarding the most recent client ethics complaint, the Panel additionally found that respondent had violated Rule 1.3 by "failing to act with reasonable diligence in her representation," that she had violated Rule 1.4(a) "by failing to keep [her client] reasonably informed about the status of his case and [failing] to answer [her client's] reasonable requests for information," and that she had violated Rule 1.16(d) "by failing to return [her client's] paperwork when her services were terminated." The Panel imposed a six-month suspension for these violations.
¶ 8. The following month, the Panel held the second hearing, which addressed the alleged violations of Rules 5.5(a) and 8.4(c) stemming from respondent's appearance in family court despite the fact that she was ineligible to practice law at that time due to her expired license. At the hearing, disciplinary counsel moved to dismiss the charge of violation of Rule 8.4(c), and respondent and disciplinary counsel recommended to the Panel that it impose a six-month suspension for the violation of Rule 5.5(a). The Panel found that respondent had violated Rule 5.5(a) by engaging in the practice of law without a license. The Panel accepted the parties' recommendation and imposed a six-month suspension to run concurrently with the six-month suspension imposed in the previous decision.
¶ 9.
This Court ordered review of both decisions. In re Eileen Hongisto,
No. 2009-196, 2009 WL 3019661 (
I. Violations
¶ 10.
When reviewing decisions of a PRB hearing panel, we
apply a deferential standard of review, and we "must accept the Panel's
findings of fact unless they are clearly erroneous." In re Andres, 2004 VT 71, ¶ 9, 177
¶ 11. In its first decision, the Panel found that, in addition to violating her duty under Rule 8.4(d) to cooperate with the disciplinary system in its investigations of the trust account overdraft and client ethics complaints, respondent violated her duty to represent her client with reasonable diligence. See V.R.Pr.C. 1.3 ("A lawyer shall act with reasonable diligence and promptness in representing a client."). The Panel also found that respondent violated two other professional conduct rules by failing in her duties to communicate with her client when her client requested information about his case and to return his papers—respondent held on to her client's papers for years until disciplinary counsel was able to retrieve them and return them to the client. See V.R.Pr.C. 1.4(a)(3)-(4) (requiring a lawyer to "keep the client reasonably informed about the status of the matter" and "promptly comply with reasonable requests for information"); V.R.Pr.C. 1.16(d) ("Upon termination of representation, a lawyer shall take steps to the extent reasonably practicable to protect a client's interests, such as . . . surrendering papers and property to which the client is entitled . . . ."). The Panel noted that "[r]espondent knew that she was not fulfilling the duties that she owed to her client and to the legal profession." The Panel found that respondent's client had experienced actual and potential injuries—his actual injuries included frustration and aggravation from respondent's failure to communicate with him and his potential injuries were financial in that, due to respondent not returning these files, her client did not and could not pursue a case that he thought he would have won. Moreover, the Panel found that respondent's failure to cooperate with disciplinary counsel in violation of Rule 8.4(d) further increased these injuries and additionally injured the disciplinary system itself by consuming scarce resources and eroding the public's confidence in the legal profession. We find no clear error here, and we therefore affirm the Panel's decision regarding these violations.
¶ 12. In its second decision, the Panel found a clear violation of the attorney licensing rules and therefore determined that respondent violated Rule 5.5(a), which prohibits lawyers from practicing law in jurisdictions where doing so violates the regulation of the legal profession. This charge, like the others, was deemed admitted when respondent failed to respond to the charge. See A.O. 9, Rule 11(D)(3). Further, while at a later point respondent emphasized to the Panel that the violation was inadvertent, Rule 5.5(a) prohibits even the unintentional practice of law without a license. It is ultimately each attorney's duty to ensure that he or she is licensed to practice law before engaging in the practice of law. Once more, we find no clear error and, therefore, affirm the Panel's decision regarding the violation of Rule 5.5(a).
¶ 13. In summary, we see no evidence of error regarding findings of fact or law in either of the Panel's decisions. We therefore affirm both of the Panel's decisions and hold that respondent violated Rules 1.3, 1.4(a), 1.16(d), 5.5(a), and 8.4(d)
II. Sanctions
¶ 14.
Though this Court ultimately determines what sanctions
are appropriate, the Panel's recommendations are accorded deference. In re PRB File No. 2007-003, 2009 VT
¶ 15.
The Panel, relying on the American Bar Association's
Standards for Imposing Lawyer Sanctions (ABA Standards) §§ 4.42(a) and 7.2,
determined in its first decision that a sanction was the appropriate response
to respondent's conduct, as respondent had "knowingly fail[ed]
to perform services for a client." This
was, like her other infractions, "conduct that [was] a violation of a duty owed
as a professional and cause[d] injury or potential injury to a client, the
public, or the legal system." Because
the Panel found that respondent was not suffering from a disability, there were
no mitigating circumstances in this instance.
There were, however, significant aggravating circumstances—specifically
respondent's "pattern" of misconduct.
Respondent has a disciplinary record for receiving an admonishment for
neglecting two client cases in violation of the Vermont Code of Professional
Responsibility. Additionally, the Panel
noted that respondent had failed to cooperate with the investigation at nearly
every step in the process. Based on
¶ 16. The Panel may order suspension for an "appropriate fixed period of time not in excess of three years." A.O. 9, Rule 8(A)(2). A lawyer receiving a suspension for less than six months is allowed to resume practice after the period of suspension by "filing with the Court and serving upon disciplinary counsel an affidavit setting forth the manner in which the lawyer has complied with the requirements of the suspension order." A.O. 9, Rule 22(B). A lawyer who is suspended for six months or more, however, must file a motion with the Board for reinstatement. A.O. 9, Rule 22(B) & (D). The Panel must then hold a hearing
at which the respondent-attorney shall have the burden of demonstrating by clear and convincing evidence that he or she has the moral qualifications, competency, and learning required for admission to practice law in the state, and the resumption of the practice of law will be neither detrimental to the integrity and standing of the bar or the administration of justice nor subversive of the public interest and that the respondent-attorney has been rehabilitated.
A.O. 9, Rule 22(D).
¶ 17.
The Panel, in its first decision, found support for a
six-month suspension (as opposed to a suspension of shorter duration) in
Vermont case law, including In re Bailey, 157 Vt. 424, 599 A.2d 1049
(1991) (per curiam).
In Bailey, this Court suspended a lawyer until he complied with
the Board's order. We also placed a
number of prerequisites for reinstatement upon the lawyer—prerequisites that
were similar to those required under Administrative Order 9, Rule 22(D). We placed these conditions on the lawyer in Bailey
even though we ultimately held that the suspension should be seen as "less than
six months" under Administrative Order 9, Rule 20(B). Bailey, 157
¶ 18. While we agree with the Panel that the six-month suspension is justified in each instance here based on the underlying conduct, we would like to clarify that a six-month suspension should not be applied for the sole purpose of triggering the reinstatement process—the individual's violations must, on their own, merit a sanction of six months. A six-month suspension is a serious sanction and should not be imposed solely to require a demonstration of rehabilitation and compliance before returning to practice. Here, however, the Panel made it clear that each six-month suspension was justified on its own, and we agree.
¶ 19. In each of these hearings, the Panel determined that a six-month suspension was an appropriate sanction based on the duties respondent violated, respondent's mental state, the potential or actual injury caused by respondent's misconduct, and aggravating and mitigating factors such as respondent's current and previous history of misconduct and respondent's medical and personal problems. The Panel also based its decision on the results of and sanctions imposed by previous hearing panels in similar cases and the purpose served by the sanctions. Respondent herself makes no argument as to why we should not affirm the Panel's decisions. We find no grounds to disturb the Panel's sanctions, and we affirm the Panel's decision to suspend respondent for a duration of six months in both instances, to run concurrently. In addition, given respondent's general failure to participate in any of these proceedings, including this appeal, we add the condition that, at the time that respondent applies for reinstatement, she must provide a detailed explanation for her lack of participation over the course of these proceedings.
Affirmed, with the added condition that, at the time that respondent applies for reinstatement, she must provide the Professional Responsibility Board with a detailed explanation for her lack of participation over the course of these proceedings.
Paul L. Reiber, Chief Justice
John A. Dooley, Associate Justice
Denise R. Johnson, Associate Justice
Marilyn S. Skoglund, Associate Justice
Geoffrey W. Crawford, Superior Judge,
Specially Assigned
In re Hongisto (2008-202)
[Filed 26-Oct-2008]
Original Proceeding
In the above-entitled cause, the Clerk will enter:
A hearing panel of the Professional Responsibility Board has filed a report recommending that our order of June 3, 2008, placing respondent on disability inactive status be lifted. In response, on September 24, 2008, we issued an entry order authorizing respondent to file on or before October 3, 2008, a memorandum to show cause why the hearing panel recommendation should not be granted. Respondent has failed to respond. In the absence of opposition, the Court accepts the hearing panel's finding that respondent is not disabled, and hereby lifts the previous order placing respondent on disability inactive status so that the underlying disciplinary actions may proceed.
Paul L. Reiber, Chief Justice
John A. Dooley, Associate Justice
Denise R. Johnson, Associate Justice
Marilyn S. Skoglund, Associate Justice
Brian L. Burgess, Associate Justice
[Filed 22-Sep-2008]
In re: Eileen Hongisto, Esq.
PRB File Nos. 2007.082, 2007.096 and 2008.001
This matter was heard before Hearing Panel 9 consisting of Stephen Dardeck, Esq., Shannon Bertrand, Esq. and Barbara Carris on September 4, 2008, pursuant to Order of the Supreme Court dated June 3, 2008 in which this panel was ordered to determine, pursuant to Administrative Order 9 Rule 21 (B) whether or not Respondent is incapacitated. Disciplinary Counsel Michael Kennedy was present as was Respondent.
Procedural History
In each of the three cases referenced above, Disciplinary Counsel charged Respondent with violating the Vermont Rules of Professional Conduct. Respondent did not respond to the charges, and by order of this panel, the charges were deemed admitted pursuant to A.O. 9, Rule 11(D)(3). The cases were consolidated and a sanctions hearing was scheduled for May 13, 2008.
At a pre-hearing telephone conference, Respondent alleged that she suffered from a disability that prohibited her from assisting in her own defense. No hearing was held, and Disciplinary Counsel petitioned the Supreme Court to transfer Respondent's license to disability inactive status bending a determination of disability. In an Order dated May 19, 2008, the Court directed Respondent "to show cause by May 23, 2008, as to why she should not be immediately transferred to disability inactive status. . . ." Respondent did not respond to the Court's Order, and on June 3, 2008 the Court issued an order in which Respondent's license was "immediately transferred to disability inactive status pending determination of the incapacity by a hearing panel assigned by the Professional Responsibility Board."
Respondent testified at some length about her medical problems and the effect they had on her life and her ability to deal with the pending disciplinary complaints.
In 2000 Respondent began having trouble with her back. Between 2002 and 2007 she had 4 spinal surgeries. She was on varying amounts of pain medication including OxyCotin and Vicoden, during this entire time, all pursuant to a doctor's prescription. In early 2008 she was having considerable pain and difficulty walking and her physician increased the dosage of pain medications. In March her hip was x-rayed, and it was determined that she needed a total hip replacement. On April 10, 2008 she had the surgery at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center.
She was discharged on April 11, 2008, with prescriptions for OxyCotin, Oxycodone for pain management as well as several medications for depression. Respondent recovered well from the surgery but she did not have the post-operative support from her family and partner that she had expected, and she became more depressed and anxious. It was ultimately the depression rather than surgery that prevented her from dealing with the professional conduct matters.
Respondent talked at some length about her continuing plan to wean herself from the narcotic pain medication that she has taken for six years. She knew that she was physically dependant on the medications, but she never abused her prescriptions. She consulted with her physicians about the best way to wean herself from the medication and has been doing that gradually since the surgery with weekly consultations with her primary care physician. If she continues with the progress she has made, she anticipates that she will be off the pain medications completely within two weeks. She is still taking the medication for depression, but hopes to wean herself from that as well at some later time.
Respondent acknowledged that, in hindsight, she should have gone on disability last year, before being forced into it by the disciplinary system. She also acknowledged that in May when the sanctions hearing was originally scheduled, she was unable to deal with these matters due to the depression and the heavy doses of pain medication. She also acknowledged that as a result of the Court's order of June 3, 2008, she should have taken steps to protect her clients. She did not do that at that time because of the depression. Lately, as she has been feeling better, she has had some contact with clients and has arranged for some to get their files.
No medical evidence was presented other than the discharge instructions and the provisional D/C summary given Respondent at the time she was released from the hospital after the surgery.
The Order of the Supreme Court of June 3, 2008, requires this Panel to determine whether or not Respondent is disabled. Pursuant to A.O. 9, Rule 16(D), the burden is on Respondent to prove by clear and convincing evidence that she suffers from a disability which prevents her from assisting in her own defense in a disciplinary hearing. A.O.9 21(B).
No medical testimony was presented to suggest that Respondent is presently suffering from any disability, and we cannot find by clear and convincing evidence that she should be continued on disability inactive status.
The Hearing Panel concludes that Respondent is not now disabled. This is not a determination that she was not disabled at some time in the past, and, in fact, we believe that most probably she was disabled at some period both before and after the surgery.
The Hearing Panel directs that this order be transmitted to the Supreme Court and that at such time as the Court lifts the Order transferring Respondent to disability inactive status, that the underlying matters be set for hearing on sanctions.
Dated: SEPTEMBER 22, 2008 Hearing Panel No. 9
Stephen Dardeck, Esq., Chair
Shannon Bertrand, Esq.
______________________________ Barbara Carris
[Filed 3-Jun-2008]
In Re Hongisto (2008-202)
[Filed 3-Jun-2008]
In re Eileen Hongisto, Esq. } APPEALED FROM:
} Prof. Resp. Bd.
} DOCKET NO. PRB Nos. 2007-082, 2007-096 & 2008-001
In the above-entitled cause, the Clerk will enter:
Disciplinary Counsel has filed a petition to immediately transfer respondent to disability inactive status pursuant to A.O. 9, Rule 21(B). Respondent was ordered to show cause by May 23, 2008, as to why she should not be immediately transferred to disability status. She did not respond to the Court's order. Pursuant to A.O. 9, Rule 21(B), respondent's license to practice law is immediately transferred to disability inactive status pending determination of the incapacity by a hearing panel assigned by the Professional Responsibility Board. The Windsor Superior Court is hereby notified of this ruling so that, if there is evidence that respondent has not complied with A.O. 9, Rule 23, it may take any appropriate action under A.O. 9, Rule 24A.
Paul L. Reiber, Chief Justice
Denise R. Johnson, Associate Justice
Marilyn S. Skoglund, Associate Justice


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Rosters for the Division I/II USILA North-South Game on 5/24
The rosters have been announced for the Division I/II USILA/LaxWorld North-South Game. The event is being played at Edith Robb Dixon Field on the campus of Cabrini College in Radnor, Pa. on Friday, May 24 at 5:30 p.m.
Division I-II North Team
Head Coach: Eric Seremet (Air Force)
Assistant Coach: Andy Copeland (Fairfield)
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Division I-II South Team
Head Coach: Michael Corrado (Villanova)
Assistant Coaches: Simon Connor, Andrew German, Joe Canuso (Villanova)
Division I-II North Team
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2 Matt Sharp G Siena Winchester, MA
3 Sam Snow M Fairfield Bainbridge Island, WA
4 Connor Rice A Marist Penfield, NY
5 Sean Regan D Hobart Canandaigua, NY
6 Jake Silberlicht M Hobart New Hartford, NY
7 Ethan Fox D Marist Yorktown Heights, NY
8 Kevin Kennedy LSM Adelphi North Massapequa, NY
9 Matt Miller D Notre Dame Warrenton, VA
10 Jeff Froccaro A Princeton Sands Point, NY
11 Reid Rosello D Hobart Garden City, NY
13 Danny Martinsen A Siena Smithtown, NY
14 Corey Lunney A Merrimack Little Silver, NJ
15 Peter Baum A Colgate Portland, OR
16 Donald Brown M Merrimack Huntington, NY
17 Jack Doherty A Marist Yorktown Heights, NY
18 Tyler Perrelle M Binghamton Mahopac, NY
19 Christopher Ruhlig M LIU Post Islip Terrace, NY
20 Matt Baker M Colgate Rigefield, CT
21 Kirby Zdrill A Yale Edmonton, AB
22 Jeff Lowman G St. John's Millersville, MD
23 Alex Lagodich M St. John's Wilbraham, MA
24 Cody Solaja D Hofstra Dallas, TX
25 Mason Poli LSM Bryant Downington, PA
26 Christopher White M Princeton Pittsburgh, PA
27 John Antoniades FO Hofstra Hauppauge, NY
28 Jeff Melsopp D Adelphi Wantagh, NY
29 Adrian Sorichetti M Hofstra Whitby, ON
30 Mike McCormack D Yale West Islip, NY
31 Peter Johnson D Yale Minnetonka, MN
32 Marshall Johnson M Fairfield Canandaigua, NY
Head Coach: Eric Seremet (Air Force)
Assistant Coach: Andy Copeland (Fairfield)
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1 David DiMaria A Lehigh Dix Hills, NY
2 Jack Rice A Villanova Baltimore, MD
3 Tim Schwalje M Pennsylvania Setauket, NY
4 Trevor Timmerberg SSM Bellarmine Overland Park, KS
5 Brennan Bicknese D Georgetown Ridgewood, NJ
6 Brett Schmidt A Mount St. Mary's Great Mills, MD
7 Dante Fantoni A Lehigh Hauppauge, NY
8 Max Hart M Villanova Bethesda, MD
9 Jack Forster A Penn State Jenkintown, PA
10 Dan Morrissey M Belmont Abbey Manhasset, NY
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12 Nick Diachenko M Delaware Courtice, ON
13 Ethan Murphy D UMBC West Seneca, NY
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20 Travis Crane M Penn State Parkville,, MD
21 Greg Griffo M Tampa Babylon, NY
22 Ryan Snyder FO Lehigh Reading, PA
23 Michael Noone D Lehigh Rydal, PA
24 Aaron Prosser M Drexel Portland, OR
25 Jordan Houtby LSM Detroit Mercy St. Catharines, ON
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27 Robert Church M Drexel Coquitlam, BC
28 Bryant Schmidt M Mount St. Mary's Great Mills, MD
29 Michael Huffner D Bucknell Elmira, NY
30 Dillon Ward G Bellarmine Orangeville, ON
31 Anthony Santomo D Pennsylvania Randolph, NJ
32 Andrew Wascavage G Towson Drayden, MD
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Unlocking the Key to Deep Sleep
By Sarah Fenske
Making the Ferguson Commission Matter
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My Fake Boyfriend Became a Real-Life Crush
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Mitchell lists Taylor as one of his influences, and Taylor returns the compliment, claiming Mitchell's A-game has helped bring his to the next level.
"Arv's good," Taylor says, "and he's hungry. Right now everybody's making a big rivalry between us. Black people always got to have a number one and a number two, like, 'Nelly's better than Chingy.' I don't think he's better than me, but he's just as hungry as me, so that's a reason to compete."
As it turns out, Mitchell has good reason to be hungry. The north-side native spent three years in the pen for assaulting a police officer after he was pulled over while driving a stolen car in 1996. He was charged for the assault, as well as for carrying a concealed weapon.
"Being in jail gave me more of a drive," he says now. "It made me see what I was good at: making dudes laugh. Guys sentenced to life and double-life, 25 years, they crackin' up. Just to be a light of hope for them, just letting them pass time listening to me b.s., I knew that's what I wanted to do."
Mitchell's hoping to play to a different kind of audience these days. He plans to go to LA as soon as it's financially feasible. And he has fans in high places. "Arvin has movie-star good looks," noted actress Kim Coles, a judge on BET's Coming to the Stage, a comedy competition in which Mitchell was a finalist. Pauly Shore, also a judge on that show, described Mitchell as "the whole comic package" and suggested that he move out to Tinseltown as soon as possible.
"If I got a [development] deal, I'd go the next day," Mitchell says. Until that happens, he's trying to build up a backlog of jokes. He wants to have good material so that when he gets his big shot -- say, at the Montreal festival -- he'll be ready.
In the short term, Mitchell is trying to star in as many TV commercials as possible. He recently submitted an application to be in a Crest commercial. The advantage of commercial work is that it pays out over time, which would leave him with free time to write and a monthly income. Right now, in order to support himself, he's got to do local shows on a regular basis, which saps his energy for writing.
Mitchell is as strong a businessman as he is a comedian. He's got his own Web site, www.arvinmitchell.com, and he's actively considering offers from people who want to manage his career. He also has a strong sense of how he wants himself portrayed in the media. In interviews, for instance, he's quick to retract any stray curses that slip into his quotes.
As single-minded as Mitchell is about his success, he's also trying to bring others to the top with him: "This is my avenue. I want to be able to help people, like Dick Gregory did. I want to be able to open doors for other comedians, to make a difference."
"Do you ever, like, go up to the Rams cheerleaders and, like, get their autographs, and they're all nice and everything?" goofs Mike Reale, performing at Mitchell's bi-weekly Sunday night comedy show at Blueberry Hill. "And they write, like, 'Love, Lisa' and 'Love, Tonya' and put a heart on it and everything?"
A white comic, he is performing to a nearly entirely black audience in the Duck Room. Although Reale doesn't look the twenty he says he is, his claim to be a virgin is entirely believable.
He grows suddenly outraged. "I mean, they don't really love you! If they really love you, shouldn't they, like, suck your dick?" This line, spoken with a lisp not of a white person trying to be black but of a young child with a speech impediment, rips. "They don't go out with you, they don't even have sex with you. That's bullshit!"
The room roars.
Reale has been doing comedy less than a year. If he is the Eminem of St. Louis comedy, then Arvin Mitchell is his Dr. Dre. Until now, Reale has played largely white rooms and has often bombed. Mitchell saw him playing at the Funny Bone, however, and went nuts for the kid's talent. He thought he would kill at a black show.
"He has a comedy spirit of silliness in him," Mitchell says. "You gotta love his energy. You can tell that Mike Reale is onstage, living out loud. Black audiences appreciate that. I can't say why, but they do."
"I got a riddle for ya," Reale says, closing out his brief set. "What's big and jiggles?
"Titties, muthafucka!"
The crowd pauses and then explodes in a stunned, guttural laugh.
When Mitchell himself performs at Blueberry Hill, he's a bit more subdued. Unlike Taylor, who hopes to bring the house down with every joke, Mitchell is unafraid to infuse more subtle social observations into his act. He ruminates on the ease with which our society sends astronauts into outer space. "But there ain't no money in the budget to find missing kids?"
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Isn't It Time You Were Nite Trading?Friday, April 30th, 2010
Did Goldman manipulate journalists and stock price on same day as senate testimony?Friday, April 30th, 2010
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Confessions of a Wall St. nihilistThursday, April 29th, 2010
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There was a strange moment last week during President Obama's speech at Cooper Union. There he was, groveling before a cast of Wall Street villains including Goldman Sachs chief Lloyd Blankfein, begging them to "Look into your heart!" like John Turturro's character in Miller's Crossing…when out of the blue, the POTUS dropped this bombshell: "The only people who ought to fear the kind of oversight and transparency that we're proposing are those whose conduct will fail this scrutiny." (more…)
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Presenting the latest terrific analysis by Michael Krieger of KAM LP, who joins Willem Buiter and everyone else left with a gram of prudence, in realizing that this is nothing more than the "last dance."
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) — First lady Michelle Obama is launching a three-state tour to promote her anti-childhood obesity program, "Let's Move."
Mrs. Obama will make stops next week in Mississippi, Illinois and Missouri. The tour is tied to the third anniversary of the "Let's Move" program.
The White House says the first lady will highlight the program's impact on making school lunches healthier and getting companies like Wal-Mart to make healthier food more affordable. She is also expected to announce new steps for bringing physical activity back to schools.
Ahead of her tour, Mrs. Obama will promote her initiatives in a series of interviews, including a segment on NBC's "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" and ABC's "Good Morning America."
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Noise emissions of motor vehicles
Noise emission limits laid down in the EU law have not changed since 1995 despite increasing traffic. Given current levels of environmental noise and the number of people affected by it, the European Commission is proposing to reduce the noise produced by passenger cars, light commercial vehicles, buses, light trucks, coaches and trucks. On 9 December 2011, the Commission submitted the proposal for a Regulation on vehicle noise to the European Parliament and the Council. After a series of "trilogues", the Council adopted the proposal on 20 February 2014. The position of the Council was endorsed by the Parliament in plenary on 2 April 2014. The Regulation was adopted on 16 April 2014.
The main elements of the new agreed Regulation on vehicle noise are as follows:
The old test method of the vehicle noise Directive (70/157/EEC) will be replaced by a new test method recognised internationally and better reflecting present driving behaviour. This new test method has already been used in the EU for monitoring purposes for three years. It was developed under the auspice of the Economic Commission for Europe of the United Nations (UNECE)
The limit values will be lowered in two steps of each 2 dB(A) for passenger cars, buses and light trucks; for heavy duty vehicles the reduction will be 1 dB(A) in the first step and 2 dB(A) in the second step. The first step is foreseen to apply 7 years after the date of publication of the proposal in the OJEU; the second step shall follow after further 4 years. The proposed reduction would apply to the noise values resulting from the application of the new test method.
Additional sound emission provisions (ASEP) will be included in the type-approval procedure and the existing derogations for certain vehicle types will be revised. ASEP are preventive requirements intended to cover driving conditions of the vehicle in real traffic outside the type-approval driving cycle. These driving conditions are environmentally relevant and it needs to be ensured that the sound emission of a vehicle under street driving conditions does not differ significantly from the vehicle tested.
A specific Annex on the minimum noise ('Approaching Vehicle Audible Systems') of electric and hybrid electric vehicles is proposed to be added. These requirements shall ensure that only adequate sound generating devices are used and it shall lead to a harmonisation of the applied technology. The fitting was made mandatory by the legislator for electric/hybrid vehicles (after 5 years/publication).
To foster competition, the legislator also introduced some requirements on the noise labelling at dealership. "Manufacturers shall endeavour to ensure that the sound level of each vehicles is displayed at the point of sale". The Commission will have to carry out an impact assessment on further developing those requirements.
Regulation (EU) No 540/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on the sound level of motor vehicles and of replacement silencing systems, and amending Directive 2007/46/EC and repealing Directive 70/157/EEC
Press release: Commission welcomes Parliament vote on decreasing vehicle noise (02.04.2014)
Position (EU) No 3/2014 of the Council at first reading with a view to the adoption of a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the sound level of motor vehicles and of replacement silencing systems, and amending Directive 2007/46/EC and repealing Directive 70/157/EEC - Adopted by the Council on 20.02.2014
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An Interview With Brian Akin
The name might not immediately ring a bell, but most of you know him as the Dodgers minor leaguer who runs the entertaining and insightful Dear Tommy John Letters blog. In the interview, Brian dishes about dealing with major injuries, the minor league environment, reading Dodger blogs, and gives lots of other random insights. The interview is rather long, but ... Read More »
An Interview With Trayvon Robinson
I'll just let you read the interview transcript for now, but I'll give my thoughts on it afterwards. What I'm saying is in bold, and the interview jumps around a lot, but that's mainly because I suck. — How does the talent in the Arizona Fall League compare to what you saw at the AA level? It's about AA because ... Read More »
Matt Kemp And Orlando Hudson Among NL Gold Glove Winners
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Chad Billingsley: A Case Of Confirmation Bias
Chad Billingsley's recent struggles have been well documented, so further addressing the issue is somewhat pointless to me. However, one criticism that hasn't been looked at nearly enough is the charge that Billingsley is not mentally tough. Personally, i'm a firm believer that the concern over the mental toughness of Billingsley is pure fabrication that stems largely from confirmation bias ... Read More »
The Youth Movement Should Not Be Used As A Crutch
In recent months, the Dodgers front office has made a point of promoting the youth movement to fans. The current transactions (or lack thereof) are supposed to be proof that they are now committed to seeing the youth movement all the way through. Of course, the problem with this strategy is that Frank McCourt is now using the abundance of ... Read More »
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Articles with keyword "Victorian era"
Letters Home
From Charles Darwin: The Beagle Letters, a volume by the editors of the Charles Darwin Correspondence Project, which has been supported by NEH.
British Modernism's Many Manners
The Bloomsbury group broke ties with Victorian ideals and reimagined British art.
Darwin the Young Adventurer
The budding naturalist avoids life as a minister and finds himself aboard the Beagle.


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Derrick Lloyd King
Posted: May 13, 2011|
BORN: January 12, 1954
DIED: April 30
PARTNER: Beverley
CHILDREN: Anthony, Luke, Jason, Barnaby, Melvin and Nefeticia.
GRANDCHILDREN: Two
OCCUPATION: Musician/Electrician
WELL-known Bristol musician Derrick King has died, aged 57.
Affectionately known as Frank to family and King to friends, he was born on January 12, 1954, to Alice Burke and Marcus King.
Born in Browns Hall District of St Catherine, Jamaica, he went to Browns Hall Elementary School and came to England in January, 1967.
Derrick went to Ashton Park School and excelled in music, which led to his membership of the reggae band Black Roots.
He had various jobs over the years, working at RPC Containers, Mobile Windscreens, Tesco and Sainsbury's.
His family say he was no angel, but many fondly remember his funny side and the enjoyment he had travelling with Black Roots and holidays with Beverley, his partner for 16 years.
Sister Elaine said: "We are all still in a bit of shock at how quickly he passed, after 17 days in hospital. We will all meet again one day, as families and friends and though we miss everyone that pass, this can comfort us."
In the latter part of his life Derrick suffered tinnitus before developing motor neurone disease, having never been to hospital in his 57 years.
Frank died suddenly on April 30 at Frenchay Hospital from respiratory failure.
Elaine added: "We recognise that we are not in charge and the future which was facing him due to the effect of motor neurone disease would have been very challenging."
Derrick's funeral will take place at Canford Crematorium on Friday, May 20, at noon, and his wake will be held afterwards at the Malcolm X Community Centre in St Paul's.