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CHARLES TOWN - If you're looking for a high-quality dining experience, The Final Cut Steakhouse at Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races is a sure thing.
Final Cut offers a Prix Fixe menu on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Sundays. For $39.99, you get a three-course meal that's going to be hard to beat. For $49.99, you can also get two four-ounce glasses of wine.
The first course is a choice of two dishes: a broccoli bisque with a rogue cheddar, served with a pancetta biscuit and caramelized onions or a field green salad, which includes marinated cucumbers, tomatoes, red onion and grilled artichokes.
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One of the dishes on the Prix Fixe menu is the strip steak. The steak was cooked medium well and had a seared outer edge and a soft satisfying center.
One of the dishes on the Prix Fixe menu is the day boat Scallops. This dish came with a carrot-ginger puree.
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The broccoli bisque has a warm cheddar flavor.
It's hard to go wrong with either dish in the first course. The broccoli bisque lives up to its name: It's got a warm broccoli essence with a nice cheddar flavor. The pancetta biscuit was also tasty. Think of bacon, but only better.
The greens were also well done. The tomatoes added a juicy spark of sweetness and the marinated cucumbers satisfied that sweet and salty craving we all have from time to time. The artichokes gave the greens a nice finish, almost serving as the meat of the salad.
The entree choices include: Free range chicken, prime strip steak and day boat scallops.
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What: The Final Cut Steakhouse
Where: Hollywood Casino at Charles Town
Hours: Tues., Wed., Thursday, Sunday, 5-10 p.m; Friday, Saturday, 5-11 p.m.
Website: www.hollywoodcasinocharlestown.com/Dining/Final Cut
The prime strip steak was ordered medium well and came out perfectly. There was a nice sear on the outside of the meat and a soft, satisfying center. Each bite was consistent throughout.
The day boat scallops were an odyssey for the taste buds. First, the scallops were the diameter of silver dollars and were roughly three inches thick, and cooked to perfection. There was a nice creamy, sweet flavor. You could taste the essence of the sea with each bite. Along with the scallops came dried leeks, wilted greens and a carrot ginger puree. The carrot ginger puree was an absolutely perfect match for this dish. The puree highlighted the flavorful scallops and at the same time, was a good fit for the wilted greens that came with the dish. Also as a side note, the puree that comes with this dish is subject to change.
Each entree came with a choice of side dishes:
The horseradish mashed potatoes - perhaps the best dish prepared with horseradish ever? You run charging off the horseradish cliff with boundless energy but somehow, you don't get to the cliff's edge with this little treat. It's a fun, wild take on mashed potatoes.
The pan-roasted mushrooms were the perfect complement with the steak and it also turned out they went well with the scallops or by themselves.
The roasted fingerling potatoes were also tasty.
The creamed corn was really good. It had a nice essence of corn flavor along with a sweet creamy finish.
The final course - dessert - didn't disappoint either. The choices are either a lemon curd mini-cheesecake or a chocolate bombe.
The lemon curd mini cheesecake also included blueberry compote, raspberry puree on a nicely shaped piece of almond tuile, which resembled a very tasty almond brittle. The dish was well presented and full of fruit flavor.
The chocolate bombe was just that - the bomb. It included three different flavors of chocolate on a bed of fresh strawberries marinated in honey. The first flavor was the hard chocolate shell. Then there was the cocoa flavor from the mousse and if that wasn't enough, there were decorative rails made from white chocolate.
The desserts all seem to point to a fact that was obvious throughout the entire meal. The chefs at Final Cut Steakhouse enjoy their work. There's no way anyone can put together a meal like this without joy.
Also, another good thing to try at Final Cut is a burger, any burger - it doesn't matter. The ground beef is a product of the steaks, which are trimmed on site. The burgers are 80 percent prime fillet mignon and are absolutely perfect in their preparation. The sliders we had that night were unbelievably good.
The service was of expert quality. The price range is anywhere from $15 for a burger at the bar to $56 for the most expensive steak in the house.
Final Cut is open Wednesday through Sunday, from 5-10 p.m. and on Friday and Saturday it's open until 11 p.m.


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ATTICA - A recent tragedy of a fatal fire in the Attica-Republic area has brought the best out of neighbors.
An effort headed by Councilman Jeff Painter to collect donations to provide smoke detectors to community families has resulted in many donations. He contacted businesses in Attica, Republic and New Washington. Friends and strangers gave him money when they learned the need.
Painter initially purchased 100 detectors to present to families attending the community Christmas gathering at the fairgrounds. Batteries were presented to families with existing smoke detectors. Fifty more now are available to be provided to Republic and Attica senior citizens.
Painter plans to contribute remaining funds to AVR Fire Chief Brett Meyers' "Safe Home for Families" fund. The program would like to collect enough money for another 1,000 detectors and provide them to all families in the Seneca East School district.
Painter thanked everyone for their donations.
He also announced to other council members Thursday night that next year's farmers' markets are to be take place in the town center area on the first Saturday of each month from July through October. Interested vendors may contact Painter at (419) 426-7200.
Painter said Roe's Tree Service had trimmed two trees recently and cut down five more and removed the stumps.
Police Chief Keith Turner reported Officer Jennifer Boucher participated in the "Shop with a Cop" program sponsored by the Fraternal Order of Police and pictures have been posted on the department's Facebook page.
Fiscal officer Pat Krebs stated a total of $726,542 is in all funds as of Nov. 30.
Village Administrator Greg Martin announced an upcoming meeting with Gateway Tank to discuss the aeration process for the village water tower. He also noted new employee Jaret Halbeisen is doing a good job while apprenticing in the water lab for 30 days.
Only three council members were present, therefore no official business could be conducted.
In other matters, council:
Heard the third reading of a resolution for a replacement tax levy for providing police protection and requesting certification from the county auditor.
Heard the third reading of a resolution for a replacement tax levy for proving park operation and requesting certification from the county auditor.
Heard the second reading of a resolution approving 2013 appropriations totaling $1,560,195.
Heard the second reading of an ordinance establishing pay rates village employees effective the Jan. 18 payroll.
Heard the second reading of an ordinance suspending the 3 percent annual increase in water rates for 2013 only, effective Jan.1.
Discussed the clean-up of a ditch flowing through the village to Honey Creek.
Noted additional lights on the village Christmas tree were provided by the CIC
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Thursday, August 22, 2013
I was sitting in a surgery waiting room Monday, listening to a taped interview via pink ear buds and making notes on my "laptop" – aka – a small paper notebook. The woman next to me tapped me on the shoulder saying I was wanted on the phone.
Unplugging myself, I learned Jim's new knee had been successfully installed and he'd be in recovery for about an hour. I thanked my seat mate, Doris, for getting my attention. She had just heard good news about her husband's procedure and we began chatting our way through the next waiting period.
She said she was glad I had something totally absorbing to take my mind off the surgery and added that her favorite method of overcoming stress was playing bridge – especially online. Technically challenged as I am, as well as not being a bridge player, I didn't know such a thing existed. But I was fascinated and wanted to learn more
Doris told me internet bridge was not only a life saver for her – but also a life enhancer. She was introduced to it in 2003 by her daughter who thought it would help her then homebound mother through an illness recovery. Doris was a lifetime bridge player, so this was a perfect prescription.
"There are a lot of bridge sites out there but I began with a Yahoo bridge 'lounge,' learning how it worked and entering at the social level," she told me. Players pick an alias and initially find same-skill partners and begin their games. After a while Doris found she was playing with the same three people and they were all enjoying it. For a long time they remained anonymous except for those aliases.
After several months they shared first names and then found they were all on the east coast. Three years later they decided to meet – in neutral territory – Washington, D.C.
Since that trip to the nation's capitol, these bridge players have also met in Maine, New Hampshire, Boston, Baltimore, Atlantic City and Charleston, Doris' own Low Country area. They play bridge wherever they ago. They gather twice a year, in the spring and the fall and their next trip is planned for Savannah All the women in her bridge group still belong to clubs in their hometowns. And they still play with each other frequently online.
"We don't play every day," Doris laughed, "but we know each other so well now we can message back and forth and see if a particular day or time is convenient and then arrange the game."
On researching, I found dozens of bridge lounges. Some are free, some are subscription based. Many feature partnership bidding and/or teaching rooms. You can play money bridge or earn master points. Kibitzing is recommended by some as a way to familiarize yourself with how the systems work. Levels range from social through intermediate to expert.
"We're all intermediate players and we all love the game and they're all better than me," says Doris. (From her enthusiastic game descriptions, I doubt the latter.) Aside from friendships, she likes best the opportunity to visit different places and see what's available to enjoy in other states.. That initial first bid online, she says, has eased her way through many life challenges as well as giving her some of her most memorable times.
Sounds like a grand slam all 'round!
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Kelly Clarkson has someone she owes an extra special thank-you to this holiday season.
The Grammy-nominated pop star, 30, wouldn't necessarily be closing out 2012 as an engaged woman if it weren't for Blake Shelton.
"I told Brandon [Blackstock], 'Man, you need to grow up and figure out that you need to marry this girl,'" Shelton, 36, who is managed by Clarkson's fiancé, told Hollyscoop. "You need to get your head out of your ass and ask that girl to marry you."
The Voice coach was so adamant about the proposal that he even offered up quite the personalized present.
"I am going on the record saying I will do the music at the wedding or whatever [they] want to do," Shelton said. "I'll be that guy. I will play for four hours if I have to."
Clarkson, who announced her engagement on Saturday via Twitter, calls herself "so lucky [to be] with the greatest man ever."
"I'm so glad he did [it]," adds Shelton. "He is one hardheaded dude – and she's the best thing to happen to him."
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on March 29, 2013 - 8:32 AM
July 11, 1919 – March 26, 2013
Donald V. Miller, of Clarence, who built warplanes during World War II, had a long career as a product safety inspector and also was an accomplished musician, painter and woodcarver, died Tuesday in Millard Fillmore Suburban Hospital, Amherst, after a short illness. He was 93.
Born in Buffalo, he was a graduate of Bennett High School. After attending Buffalo Aeronautics School, he worked for Curtiss-Wright during World War II, building and inspecting the P-40 Warhawk fighter plane and C-46 Commando transport plane.
In 1950, he joined the Buffalo office of Underwriters Laboratories, the product safety testing and certification organization. A senior inspector, he retired in 1981.
Mr. Miller was an accomplished musician and painter. He studied at the Art Institute of Buffalo after high school and created oil paintings and watercolors of landscapes.
A pianist and organist, he was a member of the Buffalo Chapter of the American Theater Organ Enthusiasts.
The son of a carpenter, he was a skilled woodworker. As a member of the Clarence Senior Center, he helped establish the woodcarving program and was an instructor for more than 25 years.
He won awards at the Erie County Fair and other local shows for his carvings of birds and animals.
Mr. Miller was a member of Clarence Presbyterian Church for more than 50 years.
He enjoyed traveling and camping across New York State and boating and fishing in the Finger Lakes.
His wife of 52 years, Betty Jeanne DePotty Miller, died in 1993. Survivors include a son, Robert D.
A memorial service will be at noon Wednesday in Dietrich Funeral Home, 2480 Kensington Ave., Amherst.


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BERKELEY SPRINGS - Ruth LeFevre Swartz, owner and operator of the former LeFevre Beauty Shop of Inwood, now a resident of Autumn Acres Care Home, in Berkeley Springs, celebrated her 100th birthday on Oct. 20, 2013, with approximately 70 family, friends and residents present.
She wishes to thank everyone for remembering her with their cards, gifts and flowers, and especially the staff at Autumn Acres for a great party and their excellent care every day.
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By RYAN BEARDSLEY
Special to the Sun-Gazette
Now that the election is safely in our rear-view mirror, it's refreshing that we can all settle down and be a little nicer to one another.
There's nothing that splits America like an election, and although I believe strongly in the democratic process, I'm always amazed at how defensive people become every four years. It's one thing to be supportive of your candidate or political party of choice, but politics make some people just downright nasty.
I've heard from friends and family that being a part of a couple that has split political views can be exhausting.
Those who experience this say they handle the situation in many different ways. Some set ground rules not to talk politics whatsoever. Others enjoy the conflict and healthy discussion it can raise in the family. Still others just spend close to six months fighting like cats and dogs - or in this case, if I'm going to use an animal analogy, like donkeys and elephants.
I'm lucky enough to share similar political beliefs with my spouse. To be fair, however, my wife and I are not overly political. We believe strongly in certain issues and have a political party affiliation, but you'll not find either of us condemning another because of his or her political beliefs.
To be honest, life's too short.
Sure, I want things to get better for our country. We're facing trying times with record numbers in debt and high unemployment. Still, I can tell you one thing: one person, whether democratic or republican, is not going to be the cure-all for what's ailing the country.
There were times during the latest political campaign that I questioned my vote and wondered if the other political party was the answer at this time.
That's one of the great things about being an American: it's my prerogative to change my mind as I see fit.
I can guarantee that my wife won't call me an idiot because of it. If she did, I think we'd have deeper issues than just political differences.
Even if we did share differing political views, I'm confident that I respect my wife enough to listen to her side of the story. I didn't marry her for her political beliefs, I married her because she's a confident woman with a strong heart and an even stronger mind. Why would I ever criticize her for any belief she had, whether I believe the same or not? What would make my beliefs any better than hers?
That type of respect should be exercised with all acquaintances, friends and even strangers in our daily lives - not just a significant other.
We should all try and keep that in mind in four years.
Beardsley, a native of Loyalsock Township, was a former Sun-Gazette reporter. He now resides in Scranton. His column is published on the third Sunday of each month.
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on December 23, 2012 - 1:00 AM
The Clarence Industrial Development Agency has hired a part-time economic development officer, to work with existing businesses and help recruit new ones.
The agency chose James Rasch, who retired about three years ago from Avox Systems – formerly known as Scott Aviation – in Lancaster. He was in charge of business development for the last 16 of the 24 years he spent with the company, forming strategic partnerships and business-to-business relationships, among other responsibilities.
"When I heard about the possibility of a position working for the town I've lived in for 48 years, and got a look at what the job description looked like, it looked like a perfect match for a part-time situation that I was seeking anyway," Rasch told the IDA board last week.
Rasch will be paid $20,000 a year plus health benefits. He will work as a contractor for the Clarence IDA and report to its chairman. He was appointed on a one-year basis, renewable annually.
The IDA was looking to fill the job with someone who was "going to stick around," instead of taking the job for a while until another opportunity came along, said David C. Hartzell Jr., the Clarence IDA's chairman.
Also coming up:
• Town offices will be open for a half day on Monday and will be closed on Tuesday for Christmas.
• A Planning Board executive meeting will be 9 a.m. Dec. 31 at Town Hall.
• Town offices will be closed Jan. 1 for New Year's Day.
• The Town Board's annual organizational meeting will be 7:30 p.m. on Jan. 2 in Town Hall, following a 6 p.m. work session. Among the appointments will be a new chairman of the Planning Board; Al Schultz is retiring from the position.
•The town plans to post signs on four town-owned properties prohibiting hunting, fishing or trapping on those lands. The notices will apply to the Nature Center property and three properties acquired under the town's Greenprint program: the Deni preserve at Harris Hill and Greiner roads; the Ball and Eichorn farms at Salt and Greiner roads; and the Mosher Farm at Keller Road, next to Memorial Park.


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Classification of human lung carcinomas by mRNA expression profiling reveals distinct adenocarcinoma subclasses
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|We have generated a molecular taxonomy of lung carcinoma, the leading cause of cancer death in the United States and worldwide. Using oligonucleotide microarrays, we analyzed mRNA expression levels corresponding to 12,600 transcript sequences in 186 lung tumor samples, including 139 adenocarcinomas resected from the lung. Hierarchical and probabilistic clustering of expression data defined distinct subclasses of lung adenocarcinoma. Among these were tumors with high relative expression of neuroendocrine genes and of type II pneumocyte genes, respectively. Retrospective analysis revealed a less favorable outcome for the adenocarcinomas with neuroendocrine gene expression. The diagnostic potential of expression profiling is emphasized by its ability to discriminate primary lung adenocarcinomas from metastases of extra-pulmonary origin. These results suggest that integration of expression profile data with clinical parameters could aid in diagnosis of lung cancer patients.
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A Swahili word Meaning a chicken
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n : Someone who is equivalent to a retard.
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For comprehensive study of English literature and literary theory
The Doctor of Philosophy in English program at the University of Nevada, Reno offers students in the written word the opportunity to align their research with their own personal interests.
Three emphases are offered within this selective degree program: literature, rhetoric and composition and literature and environment. Students design their programs of study following departmental guidelines in consultation with their advisory committees, complete comprehensive examinations in their fields of specialization, and pursue original research resulting in a dissertation of publishable quality.
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High proficiency in one foreign language (the equivalent of six semesters of college-level coursework), proficiency (the equivalent of four semesters) in two languages, or proficiency in one foreign language and in linguistics and language studies is required. Students in the program are strongly encouraged to participate in professional activities, including academic conferences.
Applicants to the Ph.D. program must hold an M.A. in English or a closely related field with a cumulative GPA of 3.5 or higher. Potential applicants without an M.A. in English should talk with the Director of Graduate Studies before applying to determine whether their graduate work is comparable to that expected.
The Ph.D. program is 73 credits beyond the B.A. Up to 24 credits from an M.A. may be approved to count towards the degree. One credit of comprehensive examination is required and is allowed to fulfill the required 31 credits of 700-level course work.
The Department of English offers three areas of emphasis within its Ph.D. program. Those emphases allow students to pursue research goals that align most closely with their personal interests.
The Ph.D. Literature emphasis is designed for people planning to pursue careers in scholarship and teaching at the college or university level. It is a rigorous but flexible emphasis in which individual programs of study are shaped through negotiation between the Ph.D. student and his or her advisory committee. Students in the program are strongly encouraged to participate in professional activities, including academic conferences.
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Over the years, I've had many people label me as a marketing guy just because I help build brands. I don't like being labelled, but I particularly don't like that marketing label. Why?
In my view, traditional marketing sets up an adversarial relationship, a battle of wills pitting seller vs. buyer.
The seller begins the relationship with a goal to convince the buyer to buy something. The buyer begins the relationship wary of believing what the seller is saying (often with good reason). It is an unhealthy connection that is doomed to fail most of the time.
What's the alternative? I believe companies should stop trying to build relationships with those interested in their brands using a marketing-based approach and instead move to a community-based approach where the culmination of the relationship is not always a transaction, but instead a meaningful partnership or friendship that may create multiple valuable outcomes for both sides.
How do you do this? Consider beginning by eradicating three of the most common words in the marketing vocabulary: audience, message, and market.
So you better understand what I mean, let me attempt to use all three of these words in a typical sentence you might hear coming out of a marketer's mouth:
We need to develop some key messages we can use to market to our target audience.
Yikes. So much not to like in there. Let me break this one down.
You hear companies talk about their "target audiences" all the time. So what's wrong with that?
The word audience implies that the company is talking and the people on the other end are listening. This sort of binary, transactional description of the relationship seems so dated to me.
Certainly in the glory days of advertising where companies had the podium of TV, magazine, and newspaper ads, the word audience was more appropriate. After all, no one ever got far talking back to the TV set.
But in the age of Twitter and Facebook, companies must respect that everyone has the podium. Everyone is talking, everyone is listening.
Where most marketing folks would use the word audience, I often substitute the word community. By thinking of those who surround your brand as members of communities rather than simply as ears listening to you, you'll already be on your way to a healthier, deeper relationship with the people who engage with your company.
The word message bothers me for the same reason. It is such an antiquated, transactional term. When a company talks about "creating messaging" or "delivering targeted messages" I start thinking we should call the Pony Express.
I believe the move to a community-based approach begins when you quit worrying about "delivering messages" and begin thinking about sharing stories, joining conversations, or sparking dialogue.
These are much better ways to communicate authentically in a collaborative world.
Perhaps the word that bugs me most is market (used as a noun or a verb) and its related friend consumer. Companies that think of people interested in them as consumers or markets take what could become a multi-dimensional relationship and whittle it down to one dimension: a transaction.
If you think of someone as part of your "target market" or a "consumer" you are making your interest in them abundantly clear. You want them to consume something. You want their money.
But what if there were more that people who are interested in your brand could share besides just their money? Perhaps they have valuable ideas that might make your company better? Perhaps they'd be willing to volunteer to help you achieve your mission in other ways?
When you stop thinking of the people that care about your company as consumers or a market, you can begin to see opportunities that you would have been blind to before.
Want an example? Look anywhere in the open source world. Sure there are buyers and sellers, but there are also lots of people bringing value in other ways. Developing code. Hosting projects. Writing documentation. The list goes on.
So let me be the first to admit these three words are the tip of the iceberg. Moving a company from a marketing-based to a community-based approach to building relationships will take more than changing a few words. It will require you to embrace new media, new skill sets, and a totally new way of thinking.
But you have to start somewhere.
Do you see other things that may need to change as we move from a marketing-based to community-based approach to building brands and companies?
I'd love to hear your ideas.
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My particular pet hate - the "verticals". Totally misunderstood and it just makes me cringe. The successful firms in the long term will be the ones who can appeal to the biggest audience (oops - community!).
I believe that the community can find better uses for your products or services and increase sales opportunities than some slick marketing schmoozers so we shouldn't try and limit ourselves to attracting a certain type of customer.
However - here is the catch. The challenge for us small business owners is not spreading ourselves too thin by trying to be all things to all people - so we end up "targeting" "markets". Finding the balance is key and one I am still looking for. As we grow I want to only focus on making our services appeal to the community and believe the sales will follow.
From the other side of the equation - amen!
When I first saw the title of the discussion, I thought you were going to at least mention "touching bases". I get so many "marketing" calls that I can recognize one as soon as the caller opens his/her mouth. And I have learned to hang up almost as quickly. That is because of exactly what you mentioned. I have a [VERY] few vendors with which I have what you suggest - a partnership. We mutually benefit. I can call or email when I just need advice. When I need to buy something, I LIKE to spend my money with them. Anybody can sell you computer stuff. The really successful ones are those who create - and respect - that partnership. I don't get sales pitches, they get my money.
Thanks for the great article. Who knows, maybe someday we can "touch bases".
Trying it out.
We need to develop some key messages we can use to market to our target audience.
Let's deepen the conversations with our customer community so that we can hear what they want and continue to improve our product/business.
More from the other side: Not being a salesman, I can not speak from experience. But, I think the issue is that the sales/marketing force is told to do just that: sell, sell, sell. Rightly so, of course, it's their livelyhood. The problem with that approach is that the focus is on getting a product or service into the customer's hands, and their money in your pocket. Very shortsighted. The sales/marketing force is not trained (nor even encouraged) to build a long-lasting relationship with their customers. All of us are salesmen, and all of us are customers. What we all need to realize is that none of us can exist on what we sell today. We need to develop real relationships that will pay us tomorrow as well.
Most of the calls I get all begin the same way. If it's someone that has ever spoken to me before, they are "touching bases". After that point, all the calls are the same: "Do you have any projects...?" "We are the leading source..." "How can I get on your bid list?" "We area Fortune 500..." "We sell to..."
Thank you. Click.
I have one vendor in particular that, before I ever bought the first thing from them, they offered me tech support on a product that I actually bought from another company. It was in the form of, "call us if you need us". When I did called them about an issue, they treated me like I was "their" customer. NEVER did they mention support agreements or selling me anything. So, when it did come time for me to purchase a product which they sold, that is who I spent my money with. I got [friendly, courteous, no pressure] service from them long before any sale.
In an industry that is this competitive, and getting more so, I believe that to be truly successful you must - as the author of this discussion points out - create mutually beneficial relationships.
Just my opinion.- but it works for me.
Maybe businesses and individuals who realize and utilize the capabilities and methods of large resource allocation that promote their own interests inherit more responsibilities than individuals alone. Because they exist in an environment that rewards them with a special status for accumulation of ever larger control of resources and their allocation, their mission would need to evolve beyond that of simply acting in their own interests to acting in the interests of an audience that includes the wider community, Their methods would not only aim to realize their goals but also empower audience members as individuals or groups to realize individual or wider audience goals. This is not socialism, but rather, capitalism that embraces the tenets of our democracy.


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Modelling, Simulation and Optimization of a Copper Electrolysis Cell Group
Laitinen, Ilkka
Publication type: Doctoral dissertation
Issue date: 2009-10-16
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University: Tampere University of Technology
Faculty: Faculty of Science and Environmental Engineering
Department: Tampere University of Technology, Pori
Ultra-pure copper is produced in industrial scale electrolysis cell. The copper electrolysis process consumes large amounts of energy. Disturbances in the cell – like busbar contact failures, anode and cathode positioning inaccuracies and short circuits – increase the energy consumption, decrease the production and reduce the quality of the purified copper. These disturbances are inherently stochastic; predicting their location, severity and occurrence time includes significant uncertainty. The disturbances cause undesirable non-uniform current distributions in an electrolysis cell group. On the other hand, the formation of short circuits is affected by the current distribution. Hence, understanding the relation between the disturbances and the current distributions in the cell group is of great importance. This thesis deals with computationally intensive means for product development. The 'product' in question is an electrolysis cell group and the 'means' are simulation and optimization. To simulate, one needs a model. In the modelling part of this thesis, a finite element model of an electrolysis cell group is presented. The model is multiphysical; it includes the electrical conductivity and heat transfer. Moreover, the model is augmented with stochastic sub-models for typical sources of cell disturbances: busbar contact resistance, electrode positioning and the short circuits. To optimize, one needs an optimization problem. In the optimization part of this thesis,a multiobjective optimization problem is presented and different settings – hereafter referred to as optimization settings – for solving the problem are introduced. The main contributions of this thesis are as follows: (i) the development of a multiphysical FEM model of an electrolysis cell group, (ii) simulation results revealing the importance of taking stochasticity into account, (iii) a novel current distribution to be used instead of the cathode current in calculating the current uniformity of an electrolysis cell group, (iv) the formulation of a multiobjective optimization problem for the electrolysis cell group design and (v) the optimization settings, revealing that the design of an electrolysis cell group – defined by topology and sizing – can be optimized. In addition, the work resulted a novel current distribution system, the Outotec TwistBar (patent pending).
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quote: Once invented many things seem obvious, that doesn't mean there was not a process of invention.
quote: Apple believes, rightly in my opinion, that one of the key differentiators between it's products and those of it's competitors is it's user experience and the the way the OS and software interacts with and is integrated with the hardware.
quote: Scrolling and rubber-banding on a UI was invented long before iOS. Again you don't seem to understand. Apple seems to think just because they do things on a touch screen, that makes them unique and revolutionary. It's NOT.
quote: Tough. You can't patent an "experience". It's time for Apple to grow up and let the products compete on their own merits. If a tangible piece of tech is infringed on, hey, by all means. But all this touching and feeling and experiences and happy thoughts with rainbows crap just doesn't cut it.Jobs knew he was dying so he didn't care if his company poured billions into a legal black hole just to further his legacy. Maybe now that he's gone, cooler heads can prevail.
quote: Suppose I start market a clone of Microsoft's operating system, including features like identical scrolling and window controls, a start menu with the same functionality in the bottom left corner, with a logo that looks pretty similar to the Windows logo, with the same names and structure for the menu system, etc, etc and I call that product 'MyWindows' would anybody be surprised if Microsoft sued.


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All major construction projects are now on hold at the Peace Bridge because of uncertainty raised by newly introduced legislation in Albany designed to dissolve the Bridge Authority, the agency's chairman said Tuesday.
Peace Bridge Authority Chairman Anthony M. Annunziata, who has been in a war of words with New York officials, said a new bill pending in the State Legislature would create a fiduciary obligation by the authority's members not to proceed with $130 million in construction initiatives because the agency would have to be in a position to pay off about $38 million in outstanding bonds.
Annunziata, a Canadian, said the suspension includes plans to redeck the 86-year-old bridge, as well as work on a U.S. Customs plaza warehouse for secondary inspections and an approach-widening project.
"The fact that this legislation has even been introduced to have the Peace Bridge pay back its bonds is a threat to the Peace Bridge, but also stops all progress and construction going forward," Annunziata said in an interview with The Buffalo News.
"Unequivocally, this stops everything," Annunziata said. "You cannot fund those things if you don't have certainty. And if you don't have certainty, you can't move forward with any projects."
His warnings came in advance of Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's visit to Buffalo today, and the recent Peace Bridge controversies are a topic certain to be raised. It also came soon after word spread in the State Capitol that Cuomo had quietly nominated former Buffalo Mayor Anthony M. Masiello for a vacant spot on the authority's board.
Asked about joining the board during an increasingly bitter dispute between the Canadian and American sides, Masiello said, "We're all in this thing to make something better. It's not going to be easy. I think there's some challenges, but I don't think they are that complicated. We have to work on what's right for both sides of the border."
Masiello is expected to be confirmed today by the State Senate, which is considered remarkably speedy by Albany standards.
Annunziata, meanwhile, said that just the introduction of the measure to dissolve the Bridge Authority by State Sen. Mark J. Grisanti, R-Buffalo, and Assemblyman Sean M. Ryan, D-Buffalo, is enough to raise doubts about a funding mechanism to pay off existing bonds. As a result, he said, the authority can't proceed with expensive new construction initiatives.
"Who introduces legislation to dissolve the Peace Bridge Authority without understanding the consequences?" he said. "As long as that legislation is out there and being debated, it all stops.
"It's enormously irresponsible and reckless, without having a conversation with the authority or understanding its consequences," he added
Lt. Gov. Robert J. Duffy issued a statement on behalf of the Cuomo administration Tuesday evening, saying: "We are committed to making the current structure work and are confident that our counterparts in Canada feel the same way."
The latest developments come month after the Cuomo administration wrote to Canada's transport minister to blame Canadians on the Peace Bridge Authority for construction delays on the Buffalo side. The administration called on the Canadians to replace the authority's general manager, Ron Reinas, a Canadian.
The Cuomo administration's move was greeted by Annunziata's vow that he would no longer be able to work with Sam Hoyt, his counterpart on the board and Cuomo's handpicked appointee.
The Cuomo administration sought to tamp down the tensions, sending Duffy to meet with Annunziata in Niagara Falls, N.Y. Canadians were hopeful – incorrectly, as it turns out – that this meeting would stop calls by Grisanti and Ryan to proceed with their legislation to permit the authority to pay off its existing bonds and then go out of existence.
The legislation, according to a memo by Grisanti and Ryan accompanying the bill, would not mandate the dissolution of the authority, but would "allow the authority to determine when it has stopped being effective." The bridge's property "would then be divided between Canada and New York State," the legislative memo states.
Ryan said late Tuesday that bridge redecking is not slated until 2015 and that he understands the other projects will be paid for by the authority's $90 million reserve fund. He also said he does not necessarily buy Annunziata's contention until he sees it in writing from bond underwriters.
"They can claim all they want," Ryan said. "This is the end product of 20 years of bad management structure, and we're going to fix that."
He lamented the fact that an Ontario resident is now thwarting the will of New York's representatives on the authority and reiterated his contention that most northern border crossings are administered by state and provincial agencies on either side of the border.
Grisanti said that the Canadian concerns about his legislation are misplaced and that his intent is to end the logjams that have blocked construction efforts on the U.S. side. Calling the current Bridge Authority "an impediment" to progress, he said that it "was not supposed to be there in perpetuity."
The senator said the Bridge Authority chairman's threats of halting construction are hollow. "There really aren't any plans for any plaza or upgrade on our side, and that's the whole reason why we are moving forward with this legislation," Grisanti said.
Ryan praised the selection of Masiello to be the new New York representative on the authority and said he did not expect that the former mayor's representation of the Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority as an Albany lobbyist would cause a problem, even if the NFTA could emerge as the successor to the Bridge Authority.
"If it gets closer to happening," Ryan said, "I imagine the mayor would step down or recuse himself."
In an interview Tuesday, Masiello confirmed his nomination by Cuomo.
"I'm very excited. I see this as an excellent opportunity," Masiello said. "I'm familiar with the Peace Bridge. I'm familiar with both sides of the border, and I think I have a lot to offer."
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The newest addition to the Hanson family romper room will join Ezra, 5, Penelope, 2, River, 1 (middle brother Taylor, 24 and his wife Natalie's children) and Everett, 7 months (eldest brother Isaac, 27, and his wife Nikki's son). "It will be really fun to see five little ones grow up together," says Zac. "I know watching them is going to inspire a lot of music."
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The site of the Pittsburgh Steelers summer training camp for 47 years is also a four-year, coeducational, Catholic, liberal arts and sciences college sponsored by the Benedictine Monks of Saint Vincent Archabbey.Saint Vincent is the first Benedictine college in the United States, founded in 1846, and one of the top liberal arts colleges in the northeast. Led by Brother Norman W. Hipps, O.S.B., Ph.D., 17th president, Saint Vincent is accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools and occupies a 200-acre suburban campus in Unity Township, near Latrobe, Pennsylvania, 35 miles east of Pittsburgh on U.S. Route 30 East. A diverse student population of nearly 2,000 undergraduate and graduate students hails from 26 U.S. states/territories and 12 foreign countries. Nearly 80% of full-time students reside on campus. The College's quality educational programs have earned national recognition, most recently by U.S. News and World Report (First Tier of National Liberal Arts Colleges) and Forbes business magazine (America's Best Colleges). Saint Vincent College's approach to education is rooted in a core curriculum that provides all students with a broad-based education which provides a general body of knowledge in the humanities, social sciences, natural sciences and mathematics, an interdisciplinary view of that knowledge base, and the skills to increase that general body of knowledge throughout their lives. Saint Vincent takes special pride in its more than 12,000 alumni who live in all 50 states and in 28 foreign countries. They serve society in the fields of business management, education, finance, medicine, religion, law, government, sales, engineering, computer technology and many others. Athletes at the College – The Bearcats -- compete 20 men's and women's intercollegiate sports including football in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA Division III) Presidents' Athletic Conference. Saint Vincent College's goals and objectives are best summarized by its formal mission statement: Saint Vincent College is an educational community rooted in the tradition of the Catholic faith, the heritage of Benedictine monasticism, and the love of values inherent in the liberal approach to life and learning. Its mission is to provide quality undergraduate and graduate education for men and women to enable them to integrate their professional aims with the broader purposes of human life. The programs, activities, and encounters that make up student life at Saint Vincent College encourage the intellectual gifts, professional aptitudes and personal aspirations of students to mature harmoniously.
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Stetson University Director of Tennis Pierre Pilote announced the addition of Cari Berry to the Hatters' women's tennis roster on Friday afternoon. The Bradenton, Florida native will join the Stetson squad for the 2014 spring season.
Born in Medellin, Colombia, Berry played her high school tennis at Lakewood Ranch High School in Bradenton, where she won the 2012 Florida 3A Singles Title. Berry also teamed with Ashley Bongart to win the state doubles title and finished the year undefeated.
Ranked as high as 71st in the nation, 21st in the region, and eighth in Florida, Berry spent last season playing at State College of Florida. There she was ranked 30th in the nation and was a member of the sixth ranked doubles team by the National Junior College Athletic Association.
"Cari is a great addition to our tennis family," Pilote said. "The experience that she gained playing last year at State College of Florida under Coach Nagelson McCormack will be extremely valuable. It will certainly help Cari transition to Division I tennis."
Coach McCormack won 25 career doubles titles on the WTA Tour and Virginia Slim circuit, which included two Grand Slams. "Cari learned from one of the best," Pilote added.
Berry, entering as a sophomore in January 2014, will become the fifth addition to the Stetson squad for this spring's official season. The Hatters will get things started this fall at the College of Charleston Invitational September 20-22.


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CHARLES TOWN - One person was confirmed dead and a second person was taken to the hospital after an early morning house fire Monday in Jefferson County.
Assistant West Virginia State Fire Marshal Patrick Barker, who is investigating the blaze, said the deceased victim would have turned 65 years old Monday. The victim's daughter was taken to Jefferson Memorial Hospital for non-life-threatening injuries and to be treated for smoke inhalation after she managed to escape the home, located at 75 Packett Drive, by climbing out a window.
Jefferson County tax records identify the owner of the residence as Jeanne Thomas and her daughter, Adrienne Thomas, is listed as a resident.
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One person died and a second was taken to the hospital after a house fire in Jefferson County.
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One person died and a second was taken to the hospital after a house fire in Jefferson County.
Barker said he wasn't sure which window the daughter escaped from, because when police went to the hospital to talk to her she went into shock and "shut down."
"It was just too much for her. We haven't gotten too much out of her," Barker said.
The deceased victim's body will be sent to the West Virginia State Medical Examiner's Office for an autopsy. Barker said he would not release the victim's name Monday until her identity is officially confirmed by the medical examiner.
"From what I understand, the body was burnt beyond recognition, so I can't positively say who it was, but others have confirmed (and) there's nobody else missing. We leave that up to the medical examiner," Barker said.
Barker said the cause of the fire remains under investigation. He said he was awaiting the arrival of fire officials from Loudoun County (Va.) to assist in the investigation and to have a K-9 search for any traces of accelerants. Investigators don't believe the fire was intentionally set, but are following protocol.
"On all fatality fires, we run an accelerant canine. We don't have any reason, at this time, to believe anything of that nature," Barker said.
Officials said that at about 1:34 a.m. Monday, firefighters responded to a report of a residential structure fire in the Tuscawilla Hills subdivision in Charles Town.
The first arriving units from the Independent Volunteer Fire Co. and the Citizens Volunteer Fire Co. arrived at the scene within minutes and found a single story home with smoke and fire showing from over 60 percent of the structure, according to a statement released Monday by Citizens Fire Co. Assistant Fire Chief Daniel Fritsch.
Firefighters were told a woman had escaped through a bedroom window, while a second occupant was reported to be trapped inside. The fire was declared under control as of 5:50 a.m. Monday.
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Improvements in Windows Explorer
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Windows Explorer in Windows 8 has many great new features. http://blogs.msdn.com/b/b8/archive/2011/08/29/improvements-in-windows-explorer.aspx
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Have done any improvements to the windows explorer tree view ?
I really liked how it behaved in windows xp and when i moved over to windows 7 i have missed the behavior of the tree view . It have severely affected the usability in a bad way for me.
The audio and video skips and the quality is horrible. Please fix the video and audio.
The audio and video skips and the quality is horrible. Please fix the video and audio.
@Jonas_No: I agree with you on the fact that I think that they need to bring back the Windows XP look. I am no novice to Windows XP or Windows 7, and the Windows 8 Windows Explorer interface is almost the exact same as Windows 7. BRING BACK THE WINDOWS XP INTERFACE!! DO YOU AGREE?
Thats awesome especially the CMD thing, it was a pain in win7 to always navigate to all programs then rightclick and select Run as Admin.
In my opinion, the treeview in win7 is much better than XP, Windows XP is dead, so stop whining about it and get used to win7 as its much easier and better.
Hello. I have an idea that I am hoping hasn't been done already for Windows Explorer in Window 8.
We are able to change the view of files shown on Windows Explorer, like seeing the photos in your folder before selecting them. I like that option. The same thing is for videos, but it is just a still from the video. This leads me to my idea.
What if for Videos in Windows Explorer, like when searching for videos in Bing, when you hover over them they play so you don't have to play video after video to find the right one.
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Congress too rich to understand problems
January 5, 2013
Editor: If you're like me you are absolutely exhausted of hearing about the "fiscal cliff" negotiations....
It all falls back to the old saying, "power corrupts, ultimate power corrupts ultimately." When you put a person in a position that takes an act of congress to remove them, the fear factor is removed and that person loses fear of those who elected them. Add that to the fact that voters have short memories, and you have a formula for disaster. Throw in the moral decline that has taken place over the last 20 years, and you are in real trouble.
When you have two generations of people who have no moral upbringing, and have been taught to think only of self, it's easy for politicians to throw them a bone or two, and they'll look the other way and that politician is set for life. This is why i've said for years that we need term limits on ALL public offices, and every government officials should be elected for office, from the USSC right down all public offices in city government. It's the only way to stop this madness.
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Will reading your doctor's notes make you healthier? | Opensource.com
Will reading your doctor's notes make you healthier?
In an old Seinfeld episode, Elaine visits her doctor and manages to sneak a peek at the physician's notes. She sees she's been labeled "difficult." The doctor grabs the notes from her and after a confrontation, jots down more notes. Later, Elaine convinces Kramer to try to get access to her chart, but he walks out empty-handed only to report, "they've now created a chart on me."
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) now allows patients access to their medical records, but few patients—like Elaine--have ever lain eyes on their records. And those who try commonly face bureaucratic obstacles and exorbitant copying fees.
One doctor thought that openly inviting patients to review these records could better engage patients, and increase their understanding of health and treatment regimens. So he decided to find out for sure.
In June 2010, Dr. Tom Delbanco and a group of researchers launched a year-long open access study named OpenNotes. The study, sponsored by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, involves more than 100 primary care physicians and approximately 25,000 patients from three healthcare centers—the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, MA, the Geisinger Health System in Danville, PA., and the Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, WA. Throughout the study, patients who have just seen their doctors receive an e-mail pointing them to a secure web site where they can view their physician's notes. The patients will receive a second e-mail message two weeks before any scheduled return visit, reminding them that the notes from their previous visit are available for review.
"The OpenNotes project aims to improve communication and transparency between doctors and patients," says Dr. Tom Delbanco, the lead investigator of the study. "We have one simple research question: After a year, will the patients and doctors still want to continue sharing notes?"
In addition, the researchers are monitoring the impact of note sharing, including patient engagement, patient and physician reaction, quality of communication, interactions, care and outcomes, as well as doctor workload levels.
In the July 20, 2010 issue of the Annals of Internal Medicine, the OpenNotes investigators published a perspective, "OpenNotes: Doctors and Patients Signing On."
And in the spirit of open source, Annals is providing the article free on its website.
Researchers believe that inviting patients to review the records not only improves patient understanding of their health. but can help them to stick to their treatment regimens more closely, truly improving health outcomes.
But, researchers also point to potential downsides: Physicians might edit their notes, potentially compromising care. Patients may worry if their doctor speculates about serious diseases like cancer or heart disease. Doctors might experience a flood of calls and e-mails when patients come across common medical terms or shorthand that can be taken the wrong way. For example, "SOB" refers to "shortness of breath", not a derogatory designation. And "NERD" is short for "no evidence of recurrent disease."
Dr. Delbanco suspects having access to these notes "will make patients more actively involved in their care, better educated about their illnesses, and better able to detect and prevent medical errors."
So what do you think? Should medical records be shared as interactive documents between patients and physicians? Can this new medical transparency work? Or will it unnecessarily worry patients like Elaine and overburden doctors who have to answer to even more concerns?
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More transparency in the medical sector would be great, but as with most pro vs con discussions, the golden mean is ignored as a perfectly viable compromise.
If physicians know their patients are going to read their notes, they will write differently, and in a worst case scenario they will self-censor themselves to the point that valuable information is lost. As for the patients, I can imagine some ridiculous lawsuits if they all got to read a patient log where the physician is truly honest and outspoken.
Why can't it be an option to separate the log in two? It might even make the records more readable as a whole. Imagine keeping these logs:
- 'Patient Status' as a transparent journal shared between physician and patient, which covers all the hard facts like patient history, test results, medical diagnosis and results of treatment thus far.
- 'Patient Process' as a private log on the patient's psyche, patterns under surveillance, unproven hypotheses and so forth.
What the 'Patient Process' might benefit from would be greater internal transparency. By that I mean, to mitigate bias, the log would be read by practically any medical worker involved in the case, such as the nurses, the test machine operators and so forth.
For years in my late teens and early 20s, I had doctors and nurses looking at me strangely when they glanced through my medical chart at my general practitioner's office.
One day, a new doctor grabbed the chart of a patient with the same name. As we began to talk, I realized that she couldn't be looking at the right chart. Sure enough, the birthday was wrong. She went and grabbed my correct chart and began reading from it to confirm it was mine.
Then she read the words, " is very concerned that the patient is engaging in promiscuous sexual relations."
Wow. Suddenly years of funny looks from various care providers made sense. (Not to mention a really, really strange conversation with one doctor years prior.)
I was able to explain to the doctor that I was an adult in a monogamous marriage, having dated the same person since the time that note was placed in my chart, and that my relative was a paranoid religious nutcase who had been accusing me of these sorts of things for most of my preteen and teen years. (But even I never imagined she'd call my doctor or that something like this could end up in my medical chart!)
So this bizarre experience illustrates why open access to medical records is DEFINITELY a good idea. (And why teens should have more legally mandated privacy.)
If your doctor doesn't let you see their notes on you without any hassle, they must have something to hide and shouldn't be trusted. It's that simple.
21 years ago I was fortunate enough to find a free standing birth center that believed in open records. Not only that, we were not called patients but clients and we were responsible for doing some of our own basic tests and recording the results in our charts. It was an incredibly empowering experience! As a result, I now always ask to see my charts at any visits.


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Main Page | Risk Factors | Symptoms | Diagnosis | Treatment | Reducing Your Risk | Talking to Your Doctor | Living With PTSD | Resource Guide
Treatment for PTSD involves counseling, psychological intervention, medication, and some lifestyle changes.
You and your family will be educated about PTSD and its effects and complications. You may need to re-experience the event via imagery, as well as your reactions to and beliefs about the event, in a therapeutic situation. Therapy will help you focus on resolving strong feelings that accompany PTSD. You need new coping skills to deal effectively with memories, reminders, reactions, and feelings associated with the trauma.
Treatment involves the following:
Lifestyle changes
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At this time, there are no surgical treatments for PTSD.
National Center for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder website. Available at: http://www.ptsd.va.gov/index.asp .
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The wife of a prominent Chicago pastor says she was robbed by a man impersonating a utility worker.
It happened at about 6:40 a.m. in front of their West Side home on Midway Park.
Priscilla Hatch, wife of Pastor Marshall Hatch of the New Mount Pilgrim Missionary Baptist
Church in Austin, says she was walking to work when a man came from behind a bush and walked toward her.
Hatch says she didn't think to be wary because the man was wearing a hoodie, camouflage
pants and a fluorescent orange and yellow safety vest that made him look like a utility worker
or a CPS safety passage worker.
She says the man held a gun to her nose and demanded her purse, so she handed it over
and began screaming when he fled.
A neighbor rushed to her aid and sent his dog to chase the suspect. They eventually cornered
the man, but backed away when he threatened them with his gun.
The purse was later recovered in a nearby alley.
According to a church statement, it's the third robbery at gunpoint in the past three weeks
on the same block, all by individuals impersonating utility workers.
A community meeting is scheduled for 3 p.m. Saturday at St. Martin's Episcopal Church to discuss
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The LLM program at Duke Law School is designed to introduce foreign law graduates to the legal system of the United States and to provide the opportunity to take advanced courses in specialized areas of the law. LLM students are welcome to make selections from the large number of courses represented in the curriculum. With the exception of two required courses (see requirements below), all classes are taken with JD students. Students may also take courses in other parts of the university, such as the Fuqua School of Business or the Sanford School of Public Policy. Some LLM students elect to take a first-year course, but the greater part of the LLM curriculum consists of upper-class JD courses selected by the individual student.
Although the Duke Law LLM is not a research degree, students can produce a substantial research paper under faculty supervision either by conducting an independent research project or by enrolling in a seminar. Duke places special emphasis on building writing skills in English. In addition to a fall semester writing course, an un-graded elective course, the Legal Writing Workshop, is available to LLM students during the spring semester. The workshop is designed to provide additional instruction in U.S. legal correspondence and drafting, and to assist students in writing research papers and preparing for seminar presentations.
Most LLM students at Duke are professionals with two or more years of experience at well-known law firms. They are also judges, prosecutors, academics, members of government ministries, corporations, or financial institutions. The LLM program usually includes a small number of talented, very recent law graduates as well. The 2016-17 LLM class has an enrollment of 95 students from 41 countries.
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Candidates for the LLM for graduates of foreign law schools are expected to enroll in a minimum of 21 credit hours in law. Students may take more than 21 credits and may take credits outside of the Law School. Those who wish to sit for the New York bar examination will be able to fulfill the bar examination's requirements of 24 credits. The LLM degree is normally completed in one academic year, which begins for all new students in mid-August.
Requirements for the LLM degree are as follows:
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