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Health Service Journal
1 September 2011
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Mid Staffordshire foundation trust introduces hospital passports schemePERFORMANCE: A hospital passport has been introduced at Mid Staffordshire foundation trust to capture the needs of patients prior to them attending hospital.
£2.5m overspend expected on pay at Ipswich HospitalFINANCE: Ipswich Hospital Trust overspent by nearly £1.7m on pay for the first three months of the financial year due to temporay staffing levels, according to board papers.
£2bn costs warning over growing obesity casesA potential 26 million people living in the UK could be suffering from obesity in less than 20 years, clinical researchers have predicted.
18 week target remains a 'challenge' in North StaffsPERFORMANCE: The main "performance challenge" of the North Staffordshire PCT trust remains the achievement of the 18 week referral to treatment target for inpatient and day case surgery.
A new name for Leeds Partnerships NHS FTSTRUCTURE: The trust is consulting on renaming itself, following its recent expansion.
Ashford and St Peter's runs into volunteer trouble over catering contractCOMMERCIAL: The Surrey FT has announced that it wants to put out a tender for its entire catering facilities, which means a volunteer service will no longer be required.
Ashford and St Peter's slightly behind on CIP planFINANCE: The trust fell £0.5m behind on its cost improvement programme between April and June, according to latest board papers.
Barnsley Hospital FT loses its IT systemPERFORMANCE: July board papers reveal the trust suffered a "complete shut down" of its IT system and hospital switchboard for over six hours on 20 July.
Bristol acutes set to begin service reconfigurationSTRUCTURE: A number of key services are to be transferred to and from University Hospitals Bristol Foundation Trust and North Bristol Trust during the next three years.
Calderdale FT appoints new chairWORKFORCE: A new chair has been appointed by the Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust.
Calderdale PCT tenders for a new diabetes screening serviceCOMMERCIAL: Calderdale PCT is inviting companies to bid to provide a diabetic retinopathy screening programme across the region.
Cameron's flagship cancer treatments fund 'could prove insufficient'The value of David Cameron's pledge to fund pioneering treatments for cancer – a showpiece of the Conservatives' general election campaign – has come under fire from oncologists, HSJ has discovered.
Cancer drug access unequal across UKA clear divide in the number of patients approved to access cancer drugs has appeared between England, Scotland and Wales, campaigners say.
Chair appointed for Bury's shadow clinical commissioning groupSTRUCTURE: Dr Kiran Patel, a local GP, has been appointed to the role of chair and clinical lead of Bury's shadow Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG).
City University joins UCLPartnersSTRUCTURE: The east London university has announced it is joining academic health science centre UCLPartners.
Coventry PCT tenders for a new provider of primary medical services for vulnerable groupsCOMMERCIAL: A new provider for primary medical services for groups including the homeless, asylum seekers and refugees is being sought by the primary care trust.
CQC slams United Lincolshire over use of sedativesPERFORMANCE: The Care Quality Commission has expressed "major concerns" over the management of medication at the Pilgrim Hospital in Boston, Lincolnshire.
Cull hospital and consultant numbers - CrispThe NHS needs a new "vision" if it is to improve and should cut the number of hospitals and consultants to do so, one of its former chief executives has said.
Dates set for Hillingdon 111 pilotSTRUCTURE: NHS London has confirmed its NHS 111 service pilot will begin in October for the north west London borough.
Devon social enterprise appoints non-execsWORKFORCE: Two former police chiefs and an international banker have been appointed as non-executive directors for Plymouth Community Healthcare.
DH plans to scrap a quarter of all central data requestsThe Department of Health is proposing to stop asking for at least a quarter of the data sets it currently requests from NHS bodies – but has admitted that the cull will make room for new data demands.
Doncaster and Bassetlaw FT set to miss new A&E and readmission targetsPERFORMANCE: The four hour national A&E targets have this year been extended to include the whole time a patient now spends in A&E.
Doncaster FT appoints a new chief executiveWORKFORCE: Ron Calvert has been appointed chief executive of Doncaster and Bassetlaw Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, and will take up the appointment on 1 September.
Dorset County agrees £5m loanFINANCE: Dorset County Hospital Foundation Trust has received a £5.3m loan from the foundation trust financing facility ahead of the sale of key assets, its annual plan reveals.
Drug-related deaths down on previous yearThe number of drug-related deaths in England and Wales has fallen slightly, according to the latest government figures.
Eighty trusts call in lawyers over board level exitsNearly 80 NHS organisations have employed law firms to deal with the departure of board members over the past five years, an HSJ investigation has revealed.
Emergency admissions down but A&E attendance up at University Hospital of North StaffsPERFORMANCE: Emergency admissions have fallen at the trust, bucking the regional trend.
Ensuring the correct provision of mental health services for childrenThe change in legal requirements for health organisations providing mental health treatment to children means trusts and providers need to ensure they are meeting all statutory duties, write Rebecca Fitzpatrick and Andrew Keefe.
Essex cluster brings in staff to tackle continuing healthcare backlogWORKFORCE: The South Essex primary care trust cluster has brought in extra nursing and administrative resource to deal with a continuing healthcare (CHC) overspend.
Exclusive: Medics resist plan to attach pay to PROMsOne of the country's leading clinicians has claimed a flagship government policy to link payment by results to the quality of outcomes could deny care to those "who need it most".
Fear of failure or staff fury may drive further job cutsDuring the summer our HSJ Local service has been reporting on plans to reduce hospital workforces. This week we reveal Aintree University Hospital Foundation Trust's decision to remove 200 posts during each of the next three years.
First dental practice to start up in Doncaster for a decadeSTRUCTURE: The first new dental practice to start up in the Doncaster area in more than 10 years has earned the seal of approval of the country's top dentist.
First large hospital merger approved by CCPA plan to shake up hospital care in Hampshire has become the first merger of large acute trusts to pass a key test designed to enshrine competition in the NHS.
Free Wi-Fi for Bradford Teaching Hospitals patientsPERFORMANCE:A new Wi-Fi network service for patients and visitors has recently been launched at Bradford Teaching Hospitals.
FT plans 20 per cent growth in private patient incomeFINANCE: The Royal Marsden Foundation Trust, Britain's biggest specialist cancer trust, is planning to increase its private patient income by 20 per cent this year.
FT predicting significant fall in MoD incomeFINANCE: The main provider of acute healthcare for the armed forces is predicting a significant fall in Ministry of Defence income as the UK scales back its deployment in Afghanistan.
FTs will be compelled to report complaints by DHRules will be tightened to force foundation trusts to pass on patients' complaints to the government, the Department of Health has revealed to HSJ.
Further Health Bill amendments to include new 'failure' rulesMinisters will table a new set of amendments to the Health Bill next week, including setting out the failure regime for care providers.
GP practices in east and north Birmingham named as pathfinder consortiaSTRUCTURE: Three groups of GP practices in east and north Birmingham have been named as pathfinder consortia.
Hampshire PCT signs off Oak Park clinic planPERFORMANCE: NHS Hampshire has signed contracts to begin developing its planned Oak Park Community Clinic.
Hampshire QIPP shortfall holds back SHIP clusterFINANCE: NHS Hampshire failed to deliver £2m of planned quality, innovation, productivity, and prevention (QIPP) savings in June, accounting for most of the shortfall in the Southampton, Hampshire, Isle of Wight and Portsmouth primary care trust cluster.
Handful of trusts let down South East Coast on performance checksTwo sets of national checks and balances have revealed the South East Coast's A* performers and those that "must try harder" when it comes to issues of patient experience.
Harrogate foundation trust predicts deficitFINANCE: Harrogate and District FT is predicting an overspend of £1.5m by the end of the year, according to a recent finance board report.
Health and social care chiefs sign up to 'get it right' for learning disabilityPERFORMANCE: NHS Barnsley has committed to Mencap's "Getting it right" charter to show their commitment to ensuring that people with a learning disability get the healthcare they have a right to.
Health secretary to retain reconfiguration vetoThe health secretary would largely retain his powers over service reconfigurations following amendments to the Health Bill - despite previous promises he would take a "hands-off" role.
'Health services need a new type of investment to help achieve savings'The constrains that the current funding model puts on the NHS means value for money improvements are almost impossible to translate into long term savings. Paul Corrigan looks at how a new model of investment can change this cycle.
Health unions unite to warn government over pensionsUnions representing workers across the health service have warned they could stage coordinated industrial action if agreement cannot be reached on the future of the NHS pension scheme.
Healthcare without limits: what the EU directive on cross-border care means for the NHSThe EU directive on cross-border healthcare is likely to bring with it dramatic changes to the provision of and access to healthcare. Elisabetta Zanon explains what it means for organisations in the UK.
Herefordshire 'significantly' missing stroke targetPERFORMANCE: NHS Herefordshire remains significantly far away from achieving the target for 80 per cent of stroke patients' time to be spent on a stroke unit.
How a broader view of emergency readmissions could reduce overall activity levelsEfforts to cut emergency readmissions typically focus on so called "frequent flyers", but analysis shows screening the wider population may be more effective. Simon Rowe explains
How investing in therapeutic services provides a clinical cost saving in the long termCan investing in therapy cost less than traditional case management for dissociative identity disorders, asks Cheshire and Wirral Partnership FT clinical psychologist Dr Mike Lloyd.
Imperial's new chief pledges 'evolution'PERFORMANCE: The new head of Imperial College Healthcare Trust has used an HSJ interview to promise "evolution" at the leading teaching hospital.
Inspectors find concerns over elderly care at Cambridge University FTPERFORMANCE: The Care Quality Commission has found "minor concerns" in how older people are treated at Addenbrooke's Hospital
Ipswich Hospital 'not to achieve' patient experience improvementPERFORMANCE: Ipswich Hospital expects to fail on a patient experience targets linked to part of the value of its contract.
'It's time for managers to stand up and be counted'In the battle against Whitehall maybe the NHS needs its own Arab Spring – led by managers, suggests Kieran Walshie.
Kent named as a 'Healthy Living Pharmacy' pathfinderSTRUCTURE: Kent has been selected as one of 20 national pathfinders sites for Healthy Living Pharmacies, which integrate pharmacy services with public health.
Lancashire Teaching Hospitals FT records deficit for Q1FINANCE: The foundation recorded a deficit of £424,000 for the first three months of 2011-12, against plans to have made a surplus of £11,900 by that point in the financial year.
Leeds Teaching Hospitals misses 62 day cancer wait targetPERFORMANCE: Leeds Teaching Hospitals trust has failed to meet its cancer waiting times target which should see at least 85 per cent of patients who are urgently referred by their GP receive their first definitive treatment within 62 days of referral.
Legionnaires' death sparks hospital investigationPERFORMANCE: A multi-agency investigation will be carried out into an Essex hospital after a patient with Legionnaires' disease died.
Maximising the mutually beneficial value of apprenticeships in acute careThe value of apprenticeships is proving to be beneficial to an acute hospital trust, its staff and its patients. Alison Moore finds out how both parties are getting the best out of apprenticeships.
Media Watch: onset of autumn provides a gloomy filter for health newsMaybe it was the autumnal August Bank Holiday weather that meant the national media largely looked at health through a gloomy lens this week.
Mental health care of patient who killed four family members criticisedA mental health patient who killed four members of his family received a level of care with 'a number of shortcomings', a review has found.
Michael White: through choice comes different outcomes - and that way we learnPoliticians had barely shaken the sand from their shoes or packed away the bucket and spade before they were gripped by that hardy health perennial, proposed changes to Britain's abortion law.
Ministers set out FT failure regimeFoundation status could no longer be withdrawn from trusts in the event of financial failure under new amendments to the Health Bill.
Mixed sex accommodation targets missed in Staffs hospitalsPERFORMANCE: University Hospital of North Staffordshire and Mid Staffordshire foundation trust have both already breached mixed sex accommodation (MSA) targets this year.
Monitor's transitional role could be extended beyond 2016Monitor's existing regulatory powers over foundation trusts could be extended beyond March 2016, under plans set out by ministers today.
Moorfields plans efficiency savings of £3m for each of the next two financial yearsFINANCE: The specialist eye hospital is planning on making the savings after making £1.5m in efficiencies in 2011/12.
Nearly 90 per cent of trusts failing new A&E indicatorsAlmost 90 per cent of trusts are failing the accident and emergency indicator on unplanned reattendances, while all acute providers failed to keep their single longest wait below six hours.
New ambulance indicators suggest variation in stroke careNew figures measuring ambulance trust performance against a set of key clinical practices has exposed huge variation in care for stroke.
New chair for Yorkshire NHS clusterWORKFORCE: NHS Airedale, Bradford and Leeds PCT cluster has appointed Linda Pollard as its new chair.
New finance director for North StaffordshireWORKFORCE: The trust has appointed a new finance director to start in September.
New managing director for WolverhamptonWORKFORCE: The primary care trust in Wolverhampton has appointed a new managing director.
New medical director for West Mercia ClusterWORKFORCE: A new medical director has been appointed to the West Mercia cluster of primary care trusts.
New special care unit for St Peter's HospitalSTRUCTURE: A new nine bed special care unit for mothers and their babies has opened at St Peter's Hospital.
NHS 111 pilot coming to inner north west LondonSTRUCTURE: Three inner north west London boroughs are to pilot the non-emergency NHS 111 number from 24 October.
NHS estate wrangles in the North WestWhat do you do with a private finance initiative hospital when it becomes the subject of service reconfiguration?
NHS Wakefield tenders for a breastfeeding support serviceCOMMERCIAL: Wakefield PCT is hoping to set up a new breastfeeding service to support new mothers across Wakefield.
Noel Plumridge: inflation is set to inflame the pension problemThe most important economic indicator this autumn is an old friend, reappearing like a toothache you'd forgotten about. It's inflation.
NPSA alert still unresolved at Ashford and St Peter's after two yearsPERFORMANCE: Ashford and St Peter's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has failed to rectify a "risk to patient safety" –outstanding since 2009 – because of delays with software.
OFT issues warning on private providers' sweetener payments to consultantsThe incentives used by private healthcare providers to attract consultants to their hospitals may be driving up prices without increasing quality, the Office for Fair Trading has warned.
Online patient-doctor consultations encouraged by KeoghDoctors will be able to hold patient consultations using online technologies as part of plans to revolutionise the delivery of health services, the medical director of the NHS has said.
Outpatients self check-in saves Royal Surrey County £80,000FINANCE: Royal Surrey County Hospital FT has saved around £80,000 since it introduced check-in and information kiosks 12 months ago, the device's manufacturer has claimed.
Over 300 posts expected to go at Greater Manchester West FTWORKFORCE: The mental health foundation trust expects to cut its headcount by nearly 10 per cent over the next three years, its strategic workforce plan shows.
PCTs urged to fill alcohol treatment gap in prisonsCommissioners are being urged to extend the range of services on offer for prisoners with alcohol addiction, in light of charity research suggesting current provision is insufficient.
Performance on targets costing West Suffolk £350,000 in first quarterFINANCE: Failure on performance targets have cost West Suffolk Hospital Trust £350,000 in the first quarter of the financial year, according to a board report.
Poole looks to boost private patient incomeFINANCE: Poole Hospital Foundation Trust plans to increase income by £2.6m over the next three years, partly through increasing private patient income.
Positive waiting time data called into questionNew figures showing that the NHS in Scotland is close to reaching its target for reducing hospital waiting times has been played down by statisticians.
Proposals to change mental health services across North StaffsSTRUCTURE: The structure and use of mental health beds in North Staffordshire is being reviewed.
Radiotherapy centre plans submitted in WorcestershireSTRUCTURE: A planning application for the county's first ever radiotherapy facility was submitted last month.
'Real change in public health will be made more difficult if service transfers are delayed'The positive steps in transferring public health services to local control will be marred by the delay of children's services until 2015 under recent government proposals. Graham Burgess argues the public health strategy needs more coherence if local commissioning plans are not to be undermined.
Royal Wolverhampton predicts £2.6m debtFINANCE: Board papers reveal that the Royal Wolverhampton hospitals trust is likely to overspend by £2.6m this year.
Sheffield challenges Leeds' claim to be first breastfeeding friendly cityPERFORMANCE: NHS and local authority chiefs in Sheffield are challenging Leeds' bid to become the first breastfeeding friendly city in the UK, claiming that Sheffield was there first.
SHIP cluster meets surplus target after releasing reservesFINANCE: All four primary care trusts in the Southampton, Hampshire, Isle of Wight and Portsmouth cluster achieved their surplus targets for the first quarter of 2011-12.
South East Essex to apply local marginal tariff rateFINANCE: NHS South East Essex has chosen not to apply a national marginal rate for over-performance to Southend University Hospital, according to board papers.
South Warwickshire FT appoints new finance directorWORKFORCE: Winston Weir has been appointed director of finance at South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust.
South Warwickshire FT overperforms on contracts but beats surplus targetFINANCE: South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust reported a £971,000 surplus at the end of June, £264,000 better than expected, following widespread overperformance on contracts.
South Warwickshire FT underperforming on C difficile and A&EPERFORMANCE: South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust has identified concerns with its performances on infection control and accident and emergency.
South Warwickshire proposes rehabilitation hospital transferSTRUCTURE: South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust is proposing that it takes over the Royal Leamington Spa Rehabilitation Hospital.
Southern Cross chief executive rejects compensation payoutThe boss of failed care home provider Southern Cross has revealed he will turn down a £500,000 payout when he leaves the company, as new details were released of prospective new owners.
Stroke services set to return to Mid StaffsSTRUCTURE: Stroke services are set to return to Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust.
Surrey pathology reconfiguration moves to next stageSTRUCTURE: The second stage of a consultation that would see the merger of the pathology services of three trusts in West Surrey is due to start in September, focusing on workforce changes.
The right mix: why workforce planning and rostering has an impact on quality of careThe significant role nurse managers play in the deployment of staff and the need for robust education and development of approaches to this aspect of their role has consequences for the delivery of effective and high quality care, say Mary Cumming and colleagues.
Trust plans to realise mortuary income potentialFINANCE: Salisbury Foundation Trust is planning to boost income from its mortuary, its fertility service and through treating more private patients.
Trust plans to slash £9m off medical billWORKFORCE: University Hospitals Bristol Foundation Trust plans to save up to £9m on its medical staffing bill over the next three years.
US academic secures first Circle Prize for Inspiring InnovationThe Innovator's Prescription by leading US academic Clayton Christensen has been awarded the inaugural Circle Prize for Inspiring Innovation.
Warrington and Halton Hospitals fights to retain vascular servicesSTRUCTURE: Warrington and Halton Hospitals Foundation Trust has vowed to fight a recommendation to reject its bid to become a high volume centre for arterial surgery, as part of a regional reorganisation of vascular services.
Why the National Audit Office is wrong about the future for social enterprisesA National Audit Office report on the programme intended to encourage health organisation staff to form social enterprises has found no evidence of its value for money. But, argue Cobbetts LLP colleagues Kevin Jacquiss and Ross Griffiths, this disregards the achievements the programme could deliver - given enough time.
Why valuable health outcomes data is vital to improving careMeasuring health outcomes is vital to improving care – yet organisations are fixated on less useful cost data. Tim Benson argues the NHS must try harder.
Worcestershire Acute submits action plan to address stroke failingsPERFORMANCE: Worcestershire Acute Hospitals Trust has submitted an action plan to NHS West Midlands to address poor performance against stroke and TIA indicators.


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Five Things I Can't Wait to Do at Electric Forest 2012. ~ Cassandra Smith
I've been to my fair share of music festivals, but I've been told the magic of Electric Forest is something special and well worth the 18 hour drive I'm about to make to Rothbury, Michigan.
I love the String Cheese Incident. Their shows are just giant, love-filled dance parties. I've never seen them at a festival before, and I've heard they put on a different type of show. Since they're playing three nights, I'm sure I'll have my fill of Cheese. If not, there's always three nights at Red Rocks the next weekend.
2. Go to yoga and hula hooping classes.
There is something about doing yoga outdoors that is always refreshing, and keeping your body and mind centered is the midst of the madness of a festival probably isn't a bad idea either. I've been looking for the chance to take a hula hooping class since I started practicing about a year ago, because I'm still not too great at it. If you haven't seen how incredible the teacher Luna Breeze is, you should probably check her out:
3. Ride the new ferris wheel!
On the festival map, there are a ton of festival attractions (like a lake, glow in the dark disc-golf, a water park and more), but I think I'm most excited for the ferris wheel. I don't think I've been on one for years, and I always loved them as a child.
4. Participate in the new "Electric-ology" program; an effort to keep the festival green.
This year, the festival is amping up their environmental efforts. Electric-ology is aimed at promoting "waste reduction through the use of sustainable products, composting, recycling and most importantly, rewarded crowd participation. Your participation will earn EcoPoints giving you access to the rewards at the Electric-ology store in the Ranch Arena. Its the only place to win private artist jams, signed merchandise, tickets to Electric Forest 2013 and other exclusive prizes."
5. Wander Sherwood Forest.
This might be the thing I'm the most excited for. My friends have been talking about how incredible this place is for years, and the promo video makes it look like a raging fairy tale land:
If you're going to the festival, look for me out there; I love making new friends! If you're not, check back to elephant for updates, photos and more. You can also follow my updates on Twitter at @cassES89.
Cassandra Smith is an editorial intern at elephant journal. She is a fifth generation Colorado native who believes dance has the potential to liberate human consciousness from its cultural prison. Cassandra formerly trained at Boston Ballet and is currently a senior at University of Colorado Boulder studying journalism, sociology and philosophy. Read her blog at cassandralanesmith.com.
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First off, make sure the UPS works with the Combine Shipping DISABLED. If the UPS isn't working without combine shipping, it isn't going to work with it. (Getting UPS, USPS, FedEx, etc. working in the first place can sometimes be rather "fun"...)
As far as the flat rate goes, if you want to specify the flat rate at the product level, make sure the "/admin/store/settings/quotes/methods/flatrate" Flatrate method is set to 0.00 for both the base price & the default price.
(Base price = starting price for all flatrate, if the Base is 5.00 and you tell a product to have a 10.00 flat fee, the total at checkout will be 15.00)
(Default Price = If the default price is 10.00, all products will inherit the flatrate shipping cost of 10.00 unless it is changed at the product level)
If you already knew this, sorry... You mentioned drupal / ubercart being a new experience...
I'm also assuming you went into the "Shipping Method" field for product content type and specified the key names for the flat rate options you have enabled? It gives I think two default flat rates out of the box... I usually just delete those and create two of my own called:
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Those make a more sense to me than the default ones.


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Kvesic reported for duty on Sunday night while Botha arrived today following setbacks for Exeter flanker Tom Johnson and Northampton forward Calum Clark.
Johnson was carried off after damaging his knee just 13 minutes in to Saturday night's defeat to Leinster at Sandy Park, while the uncapped Clark, who had been recalled to the England squad following a 32-week ban for breaking Rob Hawkins' elbow late last season, left Saint's loss at Glasgow prior to half time.
"We need to get Calum looked at. It looks like quite a nasty shoulder injury," was Northampton boss Jim Mallinder's assessment immediately after Saturday's game.
"He's very sore but we're not sure about the extent of the injury."
Both Johnson and Clark will remain at their clubs for treatment and are not expected to be available for selection for the tournament opener against Scotland a week on Saturday.
Monye's call up comes as a result of injury concerns surrounding Leicester centre Manu Tuilagi and Gloucester fly-half Freddie Burns.
Burns twisted his knee in Gloucester's Amlin Challenge Cup win over Mont de Marsan, with club coach Nigel Davies expecting his star man to be sidelined for two to three weeks with what he thinks is medial ligament damage.
Tuilagi was withdrawn from Leicester's 9-5 victory against Toulouse 20 minutes before kick off yesterday as he failed to overcome the ankle he picked up in the previous week's trip to the Ospreys.
Injuries have also resulted in a handful of alterations to the Saxons squad for the clash with the Irish Wolfhounds this Friday.
Harlequins hooker Rob Buchanan comes in for David Paice; Gloucester prop Nick Wood and Leicester counterpart Kieran Brookes replace Nathan Catt and Henry Thomas, while Sarries lock George Kruis takes over from Tom Palmer.
Kvesic's promotion to the senior squad means London Irish flanker Jamie Gibson steps up to the Saxons, as does Leicester No8 Jordan Crane due to the fact that Billy Vunipola has been asked to train with the first team.


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Due to the former life of our office building, we have a bathroom every twenty feet. That's a lot of sinks (that need aerators), toilets (that waste water), and paper towels. Alternatives to paper towels exist, most notably electric hand dryers and reusable cloth towels. I admire the intent of reusable cloth towels, but the reality is I avoid them like the plague. Maybe because they feel like they might carry the plague. Wrinkled and clammy. Which leaves you with electric hand dryers. They have been around forever, doing an OK job, but they take forever. Nothing like a hand dryer in a humid highway rest area bathroom, hot steamy air somehow making your hands wetter than they already were.
Fortunately, the hand dryer has evolved. Radical new designs and more efficient motors have made hand dryers faster and a lot more effective. The headline-grabber has been Dyson's Airblade, which resembles a UV nail polish dryer at your salon. Slide your drippy hands into the gaps and they are blasted by a blade of wind, drying them in less than five seconds. A more modest option is Excel Dryer's Xlerator. This looks related to the older dryers, which helps rookies figure out what they need to do. It takes a little longer than the Airblade, since it doesn't enclose your hands, but it's still a lot faster than the old version.
Why am I regaling you with the fascinating details of hand drying options? You were feeling sleepy already, so now your head is nodding and…YOU CAN SAVE MONEY. And reduce your environmental impact. We could buy one and a half of an Xlerator-type dryer for what it costs us to stock paper towels for a year. That dryer would last at least five years. The cost for the electricity to run the dryer would vary according to the model, but here's a great cost calculator provided by (surprise!) a hand dryer manufacturer. So there's your cost savings. As to the environmental benefits, take a look here and here to find out estimated impacts from producing and transporting paper towels. These links also include the carbon footprint of the manufacturing of the hand dryer and the electricity it uses when running.
Personal hygiene is well, personal, and your preferences about using paper towels or hand dryers will cover a broad range. I hope that more people will give the new hand dryers a try and reduce the volume of paper towels entering the trash stream. I know I will be canvassing our staff about what they would be comfortable using. Has your company provided hand dryers in your restrooms? How have they been accepted?


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4. Defensive Substitutions
Munich manager Jupp Heynckes's defensive substitution of striker Thomas Müller for Daniel Von Buyten was correct—in theory. However, Munich's swap developed separately from Chelsea's game plan since Chelsea came into the game with a defensive mindset. Munich's substitution altered its successful style of play. Without their offensive threat in Müller, Munich permanently put itself on its back foot.


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Updated: January 21, 2005
Applies To: Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Server 2003 with SP1, Windows Server 2003 with SP2
To save an MMC console file
In an MMC console opened in author mode, on the File menu, click Save.
To open a saved console in author mode, right-click the .msc file and then click Author or click Start, then click Run, and type mmc path\filename.msc /a.
If the console is not opened in author mode, the Save option on the File menu is not available. In this case, saving is determined by whether the Do not save changes to this console check box was selected when the console was configured. This check box is available by clicking Options on the File menu. If this check box was not selected, changes to the console are automatically saved when you close MMC. If it was selected, changes to the console are discarded when you close MMC.
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|Befouled Water Elemental slain (12)
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DescriptionWe could easily have held Silverwind Refuge from the Horde had they not taken control of our water elemental defenders on Mystral Lake.
One of their shaman summoned in Tideress, an old and angry water spirit of the forest who befouled our elementals and turned them against us. With the lake and the Horde pressing in on us, we had no choice but to retreat to the spire here.
Go east. Take the lake back so that we will have a chance to retake the refuge some day.
Well done, <name>! With the befouled elemental numbers thinned and Tideress put back into the lake, we should be able to launch a counter-offensive on Silverwind Refuge.
Just as soon as we're done with defending the spire....
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There have been occasional links here in the comments to Science-Fraud.org, although I'm not sure if I ever linked them directly or not. Note the use of the past tense: as detailed here at Retraction Watch, the site has suddenly gone (mostly) dark under threats of legal action. Nothing appears on the Wayback Machine at archive.org, either.
I'm not all that surprised. I've said unkind things about people and organizations on this blog, but Science Fraud seemed to have that pedal pushed down to the floor the entire time. And while I've had threats of legal action, I think that I've managed to stay just this side of defamation, although with some people that's hard to do. (I mean for that to be interpreted both ways - both that it's hard to avoid saying nasty things about some people, but also that in such cases, it's hard to think of things that are nasty enough to be defamatory). But which side of that line Paul Brookes, the now-public U. Rochester scientist behind the Science Fraud site, has landed on is still up for debate. More as this story develops. . .
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1. fat old man on January 4, 2013 11:49 AM writes...
As I drill down one of the links I see a reference to Ben Goldacre as some kind of good guy. I just want to point out that his 2008 book 'Bad Science' has a chapter skewering the pharmaceutical industry that is based on erroneous information on how the industry works. It sounds like he is an expert but it is clear to anyone with any experience in the business that he does not have a clue. Since this post is about something else I will stop there, but I'll be glad to elaborate.
2. Another Derek on January 4, 2013 8:14 PM writes...
Looking at your "threats of legal action" internal link I saw Nativis, and looking at www.nativis.com a few minutes ago I saw a one-page website touting Nativis Voyager, "a medical device that replaces standard chemotherapy with specific low level radio frequency energy (RFE)", said to be "in veterinary clinical trials to treat naturally occurring solid tumors in canine patients". So much for the 2010 IND.
3. Wesley on January 15, 2013 9:01 AM writes...
@Fat Old Man...Ben Goldacre is right about pharma. Of course the industry says he doesn't know what he is taking about, because they are committing the science crimes.
Just go to a prison and ask for a guilty person..
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A new planet has just been discovered. But it's not in a galaxy far far away. It's actually located right here on Earth, in downtown Manchester New Hampshire. And Planet Marshmallow is the sweetest spot in the solar system.
This cozy dessert cafe is a dream come true for owner Heather Cox.
Heather Cox - Planet Marshmallow: "I've always wanted to have a cafe, always."
And while she does serve her share of cappuccinos, the real reason to land on Planet Marshmallow is for the marshmallows.
The marshmallows from Planet Marshmallow are all made by hand, in small batches, with no preservatives, and they're a world away from the typical store-bought stuff.
Heather Cox - Planet Marshmallow: "It's much softer, they come square, so they look a little bit different... And the flavor's very intense when toasted or melted."
But what really makes customers go crazy, is that when it comes to flavors, plain vanilla is just the beginning.
Heather Cox - Planet Marshmallow: "Usually they're like 'oh my god...' in flavors?'"
There are Chocolate Marshmallows, Raspberry Chocolate Chip Marshmallows, Toasted Coconut Marshmallows, even Mint Chocolate Chip Marshmallows.
Heather Cox - Planet Marshmallow: "When you're tasting it, it literally tastes like mint chocolate chip ice cream without the brain freeze."
For a little heat along with the sweet, check out the Chocolate Chipotle Marshmallow. It's a favorite of the customers, and of Heather's daughter Jessica.
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Before opening Planet Marshmallow less than a year ago, Heather taught herself how to make marshmallows at home, and she's always experimenting with new flavor combinations, like Banana Monkey.
Heather Cox - Planet Marshmallow: "We take gelatin and we let the gelatin sort of bloom up, it takes about ten minutes. And then we take that gelatin and we put it into a stand mixer. And to the stand mixer and the gelatin we add a little bit of salt, and boiled sugar, corn syrup, and water. We'll whip it for eleven minutes, because that's my lucky number. In the mixer, while it's in there we're gonna add a little bit of coloring to make the banana color yellow. We're gonna add a little bit of banana extract, and then when it comes out, we're gonna put on top of it crushed walnuts and chocolate chips, and we're gonna kind of rake them through a little bit."
Once the marshmallow sets, and is cut into cubes, the combination of banana, chocolate, and walnut, takes your taste buds straight to the tropics.
Of course the best thing to do with marshmallows is to make Smores. But if you don't want all that hassle, there's a Smore Marshmallow with crushed graham crackers and rich chocolate that packs everything great about the campfire classic into one conveniently delicious bite.
Heather Cox - Planet Marshmallow: "So you don't need the graham cracker, or the chocolate, if you don't have it. All you need is just to eat the marshmallow and you can toast it and it tastes just like a Smore that you've made at the campfire. Or if you don't want to toast it and just pop it into your mouth out of a bag it literally tastes like Smores."
If you prefer to make your own Smores, Planet Marshmallow has got you covered. Because they'll put together a platter with everything you need to roast your own right at the table.
Heather Cox - Planet Marshmallow: "We do a little fire for them, and we bring it out, and we bring the graham crackers and the chocolate and the different flavors of marshmallows, and you can sit right down, try a bunch of different marshmallows, and make your own Smores. You put it together yourself, we just supply you with everything you need to do it."
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Today, I arrived at the office to find a package in my mailbox. In that package was a proclamation from Governor Christine Gregoire that Friday, Oct. 15 is "Purple and Gold Day" in the state of Washington. That's the Friday before the Homecoming football game against Oregon State.
And once again, it's an excuse to tell your boss, "I just have to wear purple!"
Click this image to enlarge the scan of the official proclamation, which states the University of Washington has a "rich history of academic excellence, groundbreaking research, winning athletics, and life-changing innovation." Governor Gregoire, a 1969 and 1971 UW alum, has issued a "Purple and Gold Day" proclamation each of the last four years. She urges "all citizens to don purple and gold in honor of the University's positive impact on our local, state, national and world communities."
We're gearing up for Homecoming at the UW with a complete list of events on the Homecoming 2010 site. The game is Saturday, Oct. 16 and the 25th anniversary Dawg Dash is the following Sunday, Oct. 24. Be sure to check out the UW Alumni Association's new Interactive Timeline to learn more about the history of the UW. Coming soon: alumni can plot themselves in the timeline and be a part of the history.
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Travel Guide - Isle of Mull
Craignure is a small village located on the Isle of Mull, Argyll and Bute, Scotland. The village is located around Craignure Bay, on Mull's east coast. It is a great place to stay if you're seeking to explore the Island. From wildlife watching to visiting Duart castle, there's lots of interesting things to do.
With a small population of 200 people, there are many visitors that come to the village every year. Famous for the Craignure Pier, it acts as the main ferry port on the Isle of Mull. The village has a visitor centre which will provide you with all the information you need to enjoy and explore Isle of Mull. Moy Castle and Torosay Church are local attractions worthwhile visiting.


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This is one BAD A$$ ride. Serious styling and power!
I have a 335is "convertible". I love it. I don't get the 4. It looks like a 5.The 3 is such a great car. Why screw with it?
The article headline hinges on issues with the 'windscreen,' yet there's not a single picture out of the one hundred sixteen in the gallery that shows what you're griping about.
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purchased a BMW, it had a status, to be cleared, it still has some status left;
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ATS anytime. BMW is making a bunch of unnecessary models that are pretty much
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still kept the 3 series name because they are the same thing . X3a, X3b, and
changed the MSRP or make one smaller.
"Drives Wonderfully, But Top and Windscreen Issues Mar Experience" There's a better windscreen at www.windblox.com, and cheaper too!
Yikes, who is going to pay $70k for a german Sebring.
Too bad it looks so clunky with the top up. I think it is attractive down though.
BMW has the most basic interiors, It does not have the look of a luxury car at all. Those basic analog gauges are totally outdated in a world where ford's have a digital instrument clusters.
I don't like it. I especially don't like the retractable hardtop - makes the car look odd, heavy, and something of an old person's car -- like the Merc SL. Reminds me a lot of a Sebring.
Another porker from BMW for what, 70k? Sorry no. Perfect car for trophy wives and girley men! Sorry for the stereotyping but couldn't resist.
For 70k, there are are so many options. Boxster S, corvette, etc.
BMW has lost its way or no longer cares for enthusiasts. But they are making a ton of money so all is well.
A friend of mine just ordered one, with the 435 engine Sport and Nav for $58k, not sure what else you would need for another 12 thousand US dollars.
Updated Sebring?
This is badge engineering at its worst. All they did was take a perfectly good 435i, paint it a colour that looks like molded clay, chop the top off it, and now they expect people to pay even more money than the already overpriced version?
The Goob hath thusly ruled on this issue.
the 335 convertible was kinda unremarkable looking, and 435 just looks plain and tired. the worst part is it's got those runflat tires that don't really run flat.
Yikes and people talking about the Z28. I'll take a LT1 camaro vert and still out handle this women lux car because that't all who drive them here in Miami.
Considering KIA wants $75k for their second rate rebadged $80k Hyundai Eqqus, this still represents a good value in today's bizzaro world.
I find it irritating that BMWs all look so much alike. You'd think for this sort of money you could get some design elegance. Look at Porsche or Jaguar, their cars have a family resemblance but don't look like they simple blow it up or shrink it down. There are so many BMWs around that they are instantly boring and go by unnoticed. Mass produced is what it screams, not prestige or style.
I really don't understand why convertibles are not more popular. Top down is sure more enjoyable when the weather is nice than a closed up air conditioned ride. Unless you are racing, the so call performance reduction from a fixed hardtop is meaningless. We have a Miata and a Crossfire roadster and in spring and fall the tops are almost always down.
For how much?!?!?!?!
For my $70K, I'll skip the convertible and get a CPO E92 M3 coupe.
For $70k, I'll skip the back seats and buy a Boxster S or a base F-Type. Besides, if I am enjoying a nice beach drive or canyon cruise, do I really want the kids in the back seat anyway?
There you go being practical; you'd never make it in sales.
@Ron Chennai This is NOT a Sebring. I've owned both.
If it just wasn't so ugly--and the stigma driving one of these. You wouldn't catch me driving this thing. How embarrassing.
@Wolf47 I agree. I don't like the "corporate grill" strategy that so many automakers are deploying nowadays (BMW, Cadillac, Lexus, and Lincoln being the worst offenders). They have an emblem to remind us who made the car. I want a distinct personality in my ride.
I think they are it's just that nobody wants to drive around in a BMW that looks like Sebring.


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Masahiro Kobayashi
Film Director
Kobayashi's 1982 screenplay "Namae no Nai Kiiroi Sarutachi" (Yellow Monkeys that have No Name) won the 8th Kido Award and stimulated him to pursue a screenwriting career.
Born in Tokyo in 1954, Koayashi made his directorial debut in 1996 with "Closing Time". This was followed in 1998 by "Kaizokuban" (Bootleg Film), in 2000 by "Koroshi", and in 2000 by "Aruku, Hito" (The Man who Walked on Snow). His remarkable achievements include three consecutive films included in the Cannes Film Festival.
His 7th film, "Bashing" (2006 Japan release), was an Official Competition selection at Cannes, and was awarded the Grand Prize at the Tokyo FILMeX Competition. It also received the Special Jury Prize at the Fajr International Film Festival in Tehran, along with numerous other awards, and has received high praise internationally.
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Director:Elena Solodkova
An excellent documentary, reflecting the will of the creator straight.
2nd Maestro (Geza M. Toth)
Director:Geza M. Toth
Very exquisite. Not only achieving a high level as an animation, but also expressing humanity of strong rebellion.
The Gospel of The Creole Pig (19min.)
Director:Michelange Quay
Very exquisite. Not only achieving a high level as an animation, but also expressing humanity of strong rebellion.
Director:Hugh Gibson
Immigrant father and daughter from Russia living in Toronto. Without music, with close-ups all through the piece, follows the tragedy of those immigrants.
Director:Pabro Baka
Reliable directing skill. Strong! Quite a bit!!
Director:Grimur Hakonarson
A story about a toilet cleaner and full of humanism. A capitalist society charges money even for excretion (bathrooms).
Director:Juan Carlos Mostaza
A masterpiece of 3D animation. The "wired" people create the suspense.
It's amazing to see how suspense is built without human expressions!
Director:Clara Chong
Through the setting of the sweet-workshop's employment examinations, the piece depicts the feminine aspects of humanity in fine style. Erotic. Mellow, sweet piece only women can put into realization.
Director:KOLDO ALMANDOZ
A piece full of humanism. But lacks in sociality.
Love Me or Leave Me Alone (14min.)
Director:Duane Hopkins
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Tomorrow morning, our Sunday School class at SPUMC is going to talk about a Sabbath healing story. This particular story is located in John 9, but certain elements of this story are present throughout the gospels.
As I have been working through this text during the last few days, I have been noticing a parallel between the disputes that are at play in the Sabbath healing stories, and some rather foundational questions – very similar in nature – that have been playing out in legal philosophy during the last few decades. I have also been thinking about what that means in terms of our approach to "following" the Bible.
The recurring theme in most of the Sabbath healing stories is this: Jesus heals someone on the Sabbath, which action – in turn – draws sharp criticism from the religious leaders who observe it, since Exodus 20:10 forbids people from any form of "work" on the Sabbath. Most of these texts are dripping with irony: the leaders' criticism – directed at what ought to be recognized as an astounding sign of Jesus' divine authority – seems narrow-minded and, as John 9 emphasizes in particular, "blind" to the reality of what is happing in front of their own eyes.
One of the things that intrigues me about these texts, however, is that neither Jesus nor the authors of the texts seem to have any interest in denying that Jesus is, in fact, doing "work." To the contrary, Jesus often characterizes his actions in healing people as work. Similarly, in responding to his critics, he usually points out how the critics themselves will sometimes find the Sabbath law to be inapplicable in a particular circumstance, thereby justifying their own "work" on the Sabbath. In other words, Jesus is admitting that he is acting inconsistently with the text of the Sabbath law, but he is also nevertheless suggesting that he is in compliance with the law itself.
The disagreement between Jesus and his critics is what modern legal philosophers would characterize as a conflict between purposive and formalist approaches to law. Or, in slightly cruder but more accessible terms, it is a conflict between "spirit" and "letter" of law.
One of the most perplexing problems for jurists (and, I expect, theologians) is the problem of indeterminacy. That is, what does one do in a situation where a stated rule of law is obviously inapplicable to a particular circumstance? HLA Hart, for example, believed that – because language is "open textured" – it can never clearly and completely address every unforeseen circumstance. Thus, the law will be indeterminate. A legislature can say, for example, that no vehicles should be in a public park. However, eventually, a question may arise about roller skates or toy cars, or three and four-wheeled bicycles, and a judge will have to decide whether those various items count as "vehicles." Other philosophers, such as Lon Fuller, even go so far as to say that judges should look the particularities of individual cases and simply ignore the plain text of the law where it seems inconsistent with its intent.
One of the more famous examples of the "purposive" approach is S v. Jordan, a case that was decided in South Africa's Constitutional Court in 2002. In that case, a group of prostitutes objected to a law banning prostitution on the grounds that it violated the South African constitution's guarantee to a right of privacy. The court had previously recognized that sexual activity was protected under the terms of this provision. However, the Court rejected the argument that, in this instance, sexual activity was private, on "purposive" grounds – it said that sexual "privacy" was appropriate only to allow people to "establish and nurture" relationships. Because such relationships were not being formed in the context of prostitution, the court concluded, there was no right of privacy to protect in this circumstance.
But, like Jesus, advocates of purposive law – such as Fuller – are not without their critics. How can we know what a legislature is thinking when they make a law? they ask, and furthermore, how are people supposed to predict what judges will decide if they could ignore the text of the law based on their own whimsical notions of the "meaning" behind the law? Such critics, known as "formalists" because of their insistence that judges stick to the form of the law itself, make a number of arguments that I think are quite compelling in the context of civil law.
So here is the conflict between Jesus and his critics: the critics, somewhat hypocritically, take the formalist position, insisting that "no work on the Sabbath" means "no work on the Sabbath." And Jesus seems to take the opposite position – going so far as to say that the text of the Sabbath law can be ignored when it seems inconsistent with the purpose of the Sabbath law.
Jesus, in other words, is saying that you can't approach the Mosaic law (the "Bible" of his day) from a formalistic perspective. The law of Moses, though divine in origin, is – nevertheless – subject to the same problems of open texturedness and indeterminacy as more modern laws against vehicles in parks and sex trafficking, and therefore must be applied (or not applied) in light of different circumstances.
These Sabbath healing stories, it seems to me, ought to have a profound impact on the way we go about reading and responding to the Bible. In short, I do not think that the Bible is a step-by-step instruction manual on how to go about living our life, but – even if it is – it is simply not enough to say that "because the Bible says to do (or not do) x, we must therefore do (or not do) x in every situation." Some level of interpretation and discernment that transcends the text itself is always necessary.
I realize that abandoning a formalistic approach to the Bible is disturbing to people. But I am not, of course, the only one who is saying this. Christian Smith is making a similar argument, for example, in The Bible Made Impossible. I am also not saying that there is some easy alternative to Biblical formalism that will resolve the issue. There isn't. However, I do think, as Smith does, that a strong Christology (or belief in the nature and authority of Jesus) is a good place to start. I also think that it is helpful to guide our interpretations of particular, narrow texts in accordance with the broader, more sweeping theological themes of scripture, but that issue will have to wait for another post.


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Bruce MacEwen has been blogging long and well over at Adam Smith, Esq. He typically writes about law firm management, and his target audience is senior lawyers at large firms. Recently, however, MacEwen published a post about an award that Kraft Foods gave to Clifford Chance for innovation in delivering legal services.
Apparently, Clifford Chance helped Kraft's legal department with its knowledge management issues. Clifford Chance had experience in knowledge management; Kraft did not; Clifford Chance helped Kraft to create a series of blogs and discussion boards in which Kraft's in-house legal department will share information. MacEwen provides this example:
"Kraft, as you know, is a global consumer food services company . . . which means they generate their own specific variety of legal questions, such as 'what food-like items are subject to VAT in various countries around the world?' Food is largely exempt from VAT, non-food subject to it. Kraft sells some products, such as chewing gum, which are on the border.
"If you post that question on a discussion board, and get responses from around the world, you have the beginning of a knowledge base on VAT incidence on quasi-food items. And of course it's also recorded for posterity, at least in theory never needing to be answered again."
This type of knowledge management is surely a good idea. But I'm going to go out on a limb here and predict that only one of the two tools that Clifford Chance helped Kraft to create is ultimately going to prove effective. Which one, you ask?
The internal blogs, intended to prompt lawyers to draft posts that share information with each other, will fail.
There's just too little reward, and too much risk, associated with blogging for the edification of your legal colleagues.
Let me start with an analogy. Back in the early '90's, before word processing systems captured all information in a word-searchable form, I was startled to learn that the large firm for which I then worked did not have a computerized brief bank. With about a zillion lawyers drafting briefs on every issue known to man, surely the firm would save its lawyers a lot of time and its clients a ton of money if the firm captured its collective work product in a useful way. A lawyer could then start work on a new brief by reviewing examples of briefs on the same subject recently filed by colleagues.
To fill that need, we created the database needed to collect briefs and asked lawyers to contribute their work product. We told lawyers to eliminate briefs that (1) would be useless to others (such as a brief in support of a motion to change a deadline in a case, which cited no case law and was entirely fact-specific) or (2) contained client confidences and were subject to protective orders. Other than that, we told the gang, just check the box to have the brief duplicated for the brief bank, and we'd soon have a vast, helpful database.
What happened? Essentially no lawyer would mark any brief to be included in the database.
Why not? Because there was essentially no upside to contributing briefs, but there was the potential for dramatic downside. If you added a great brief to the database, no one would call to praise you or circulate a memo to others explaining that you produced top-notch work. But the opposite was not necessarily true. Suppose you added a brief that overlooked or misstated a legal proposition. Later lawyers reviewing your work would notice the error and might not be kind. You would actually like the later lawyer to remove the bad brief from the system, but you couldn't be sure that the repercussions would end there. The later reader might tell others that your work wasn't any good or might circulate your bad brief to others within the firm, with a cover note pointing out the mistake. Reasonable people did the reasonable calculus: Few lawyers designated briefs for the brief bank.
(We ultimately solved this problem by using the firm's "docket department" to capture briefs. Back in the '90's, you had to send a brief through docket to have it delivered to court. We told the folks in docket to capture every brief that (1) was more than three pages long and (2) wasn't stamped "confidential." By taking lawyers out of the picture, we were able to create a fairly substantial brief bank reasonably quickly.)
I predict that the same problem will plague Kraft's effort to create internal blogs in the legal department. Drafting blog posts takes a lot of time and effort. If you publish posts that are pristine and completely accurate, others will be happy to reap the benefits of your work. But, if you publish a post that misstates something, you may never hear the end of it. Reasonable people will do the reasonable calculus: They will not expend great effort to put themselves at personal risk.
When lawyers blog for the world at large (such as here at Above the Law or on the Drug and Device Law Blog from my former days in private practice), the risk-reward calculus is different. On a blog aimed at the general public, if you say something that's wrong (or that amused you, but doesn't amuse one of your colleagues; or that someone thinks could potentially offend a client), you'll still take grief. But at least there's some upside to blogging for the public: You raise your personal (and the firm's collective) profile, attract other media attention, draw new writing and speaking opportunities, and potentially develop new business. It's worth a little risk when you perceive those benefits. But writing a blog for an internal audience? Call me a pessimist, but I can't believe it will work. (If I'm wrong, and if you know of examples of successful legal blogs being used internally at firms or in corporations, please post a comment or send me an e-mail. I'd be interested to learn of the environment that permits those projects to work.)
I also predict, however, that Kraft's experiment with discussion boards will be more successful. Typically, at either a law firm or an in-house legal department, if you send an e-mail asking your colleagues if they have experience with a subject, knowledgeable people will respond. Call me an optimist, but I think many people are naturally helpful and, when asked a question about something they know, they'll volunteer an answer. And I'll guess that this will work in the context of discussion boards. Posting a short sentence or two in response to a particular question takes far less effort than drafting blog posts, doesn't require you to gin up subjects about which to write, and may be perceived as helping to create a useful tool for your community. There's still some risk involved in speaking publicly on a discussion board, but the risk is minimized and the collective benefit is more obvious.
So how do we test my predictions? Perhaps we can entice Bruce MacEwen to return to Kraft a year from now to see how the new experiments with knowledge management are going.
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(New York - Jim O'Grady, WNYC) This post-Valentine bon bon just landed from Praxedes Arias, who read yesterday's post about Love on the Subway. It describes her encounter on a downtown train. She writes: "He looked older and Irish American...I liked that look. Beard, mustache, blond...completely opposite of my family or Spanish men (I was born in Havana)."
When this story takes place, she's 27...and ready.
"I met my husband on the A train. I was performing my final play at the American Academy of Performing Arts and was reviewing my lines. It was a Sunday afternoon so the car was pretty empty but I looked up and suddenly he was there sitting in front of me. The guy I had seen in the neighborhood and on the train for weeks and months but never spoke to. He nodded and said 'hi.' I said 'hi' and immediately looked down at my playbook. 'Oh my gosh, he spoke to me,' I thought; my heart beating a mile a minute. I was really shy so starting a conversation was out of the question. I needed to find another way. I pulled out a flier of the play from my backpack and circled my name with a note. I waited until we got to Columbus Circle and gave him the flier right before I exited the train and said 'I hope you can make it.' I performed that evening and greeted my guests afterward...and was a little disappointed he wasn't there. I assumed he was married. A few weeks later, I was running late and ran for an overcrowded A train. I made it, and stood there looking disheveled and tired. I felt a tap on my shoulder. I turned around and it was him. He apologized for not having attended the play because he had a previous engagement. Then he asked me out to lunch. Of course I said, 'yes.' He took me to Phoebe's restaurant and the American Museum of Natural History...a perfect first date. We are now married 16 years and have three beautiful little boys. We are still in love and the best of friends."
To have your heart warmed even more, go to wnyc.org for audio versions of a pair F train love stories--one of them a marriage proposal.
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It was the Sunday morning before Christmas in 1992 and I was taking the A train down from Washington Heights to go to Macy's for my usual last minute shopping. I'm not sure why, but for some reason I was walking through the train looking for a good place to sit in spite of the abundance of choices on the lightly populated train.
Then, when I entered into one of the cars, that's when I saw Her. The beautiful woman with the long dark mane of curly hair that I had seen around the neighborhood. I suppose I was too shy to just sit next to her and strike up a conversation, so instead I sat down across from her and tried to do the interested, yet still cool and casual Hi/smile/nod thing. Of course this was followed by numerous super friendly yet slightly aloof smiles whenever she looked my way.
As the train pulled into Columbus Circle, I looked up and there she was, heading for the door next to me but she stopped to give me a piece of paper and said something like, "I hope you can make it", as she left the train.
The doors closed, the train continued south and I was left staring at a piece of paper and trying to figure out what the heck kind of name Praxedes Arias was.
I was intrigued, but already committed to going to a friends house for football and our annual guys (we were all single at the time) Christmas dinner, which we had been doing for a few years so that we could celebrate the holiday together before the actual 25th of December, when most of us would be with our respective families. I did however bring the play flyer she had given me and spent most of the afternoon and evening wondering if Praxedes was a first name or last, what was this play I had never heard of, was she an actress or something and most importantly whether I had blown my best chance by not going. Had I passed on something special for beer, football and turkey?
Convincing myself that she would understand that I'd had a previous commitment, I was determined to ask her out the next time I saw her. That opportunity came within a few weeks, again on the A train. I apologized profusely for not going to see her play but was thrilled when she agreed to go out with me. We set a date for Saturday and had plans for brunch and a trip to the planetarium.
The brunch was fantastic and though I honestly didn't remember the name of the restaurant until my wife reminded me, I remember the location across the street from the museum, the great big windows and most of all how incredibly easy and fun it was to talk to this beautiful woman with the great hair, smile, eyes...everything!!!
As we walked through the planetarium afterwards, and this was the "old" Hayden Planetarium, with those wonderful long dark hallways, that were just perfect for that tentative first holding of hands and, in the long hall that showed the relative size of the Sun and distance to planets, that's when I leaned in and we had our first kiss. I know it's corny, but I guess you could say it was under the stars.
Since then it's been many wonderful years, one heck of a wedding and three precious children as beautiful as their Mom and I've often felt that those many blessings were all thanks to one chance encounter on the A train.