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One morning, three Cajuns and three Yankees were in a ticket
line at a train station. The three Northerners each bought a
ticket and watched as the three Cajuns bought just
one ticket.
"How are the three of you going to travel on only one
ticket?" asked one of the Yankees.
"Watch and learn," answered one of the boys from Louisiana.
All six boarded the train where the three Yankees sat down,
but the three Cajuns crammed into a restroom together and
closed the door.
Shortly after the train departed, the conductor came around
to collect tickets.
He knocked on the restroom door and said, "Ticket, please."
The door opened just a crack and a single arm emerged with a
ticket in hand. The conductor took it and moved on.
The Yankees saw this happen and agreed it was quite a clever
idea. Indeed, it was so clever that they decided to do the
same thing on the return trip and save some money.
That afternoon when they got back to the station, they
bought a single ticket for the return trip and watched while
to their astonishment, the three Cajuns didn't
buy even one ticket.
"How are you going to travel without a ticket?" asked one of
the perplexed Yankees.
"Watch and learn," answered the three Cajun boys in unison.
When they boarded the train, the three Northerners crammed
themselves into one restroom and the three Cajuns crammed
into another one just down the way. Shortly after the train
began to move, one of the Cajuns left their restroom and
walked over to the one in which the Yankees were hiding.
The Cajun knocked on the door and said, "Ticket, please."
There's just no way on God's green earth to explain how the
Yankees won that war.


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Instinct Marketing7600 E Arapahoe rd Centennial, Colorado USA
Instinct Marketing Complete scam and the promised pay is a lie. Centennial Colorado
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I started working at Instinct because I was a recent college grad and the pickings were slim. Caleb Simms, the man who "owns" the company sat me down and promised me 700 dollars a week gaurenteed. So I decided to give it a shot.
Utter b*******, they make you sneak around businesses and try and sell makeup to people without getting caught in the store. If you get caught you sneak back in and try and sell to the customers again. None of the owners have cars (funny huh)? So they make you drive if you have a car and they make you drive up to 200 miles a day and never give you gas money.
Oh and guess what you start at 730 and if you have a car the bosses force you to give them a ride home, once again with no gas money. So any profit you make goes right into your tank.
By the way I hope you like working from 730am to 10pm, and only getting one day a week off. They treat you like utter crap if your not part of the inner circle, luckily I was so they were nice to me but still tried to skim money from me and take has money from me, only Caleb and another girl named Sarah did that though.
All these guys claim to be making 1500 bucks a week yet they can't give you has money or afford a car, so they run yours into the ground. I quit today after an hour long conversation to get the money that was promised but only after I threatened to report him to the labor board and the IRS, then he magically had the money to give me like he promised.
Please stay away from these people they are not good people whatsoever, in the inner circle they call the regular guys "ants" because they do all the work and can squish them at any second.
They train you to sell to minorities because they are an easier sell, especially Hispanics. It's disgusting. Oh and they claim to only do business to business selling they train you to sell on the street to everyone, even though that's illegal solicitation, you always have to watch for cops because they really don't have a business to business license.
Did I mention that they have changed the company name 6 times during the past 2 years, if that doesn't give proof enough then there you go. Also one of my "trainers" stole my Xanax script from out of my car. She swore up and down it wasnt her but the next day a guy tells me he bought some Xanax off of this girl, my Xanax, same milligram and everything
S**** these people and Caleb for lying and don't fall into this trap, just a warning.
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#1 Author of original report
Wow, the crap that comes out your mouth.
SUBMITTED: Sunday, October 12, 2014POSTED: Sunday, October 12, 2014
The amount of lies you just spewed out of your mouth are horrendous, you promised me a $700 cushion for my first week. Guess what you gave me 400 saying I had earned the rest out of commision. I had only made $110 dollars that first week.
Oh and by the Nick Rashidi and I both have recording of you asking us to target Mexicans, sneak back into stores and last but not least trying to find some decent cocaine in this town because you "love that s**t" I want the money that was owed to me and the co-pay for my prescription Xanax that my first trainer took, I think it was Sarah. We had to use my car so you dont have to use any gas and she took advantage when she asked for the keys to my car to grab more stuff. Once I dropped her off I found my pills gone, that co-pay of $186.35 is also expected to be paid back because Sarah was the only one in my car that day, thats whats called extremely suspicious. Hell I bet that a court ordered drug test would prove that she uses narcotics, not to sold mention methamphetamine while on the job. I went to you the next day to threaten to call the police but you tried to side track me with your bullshit. I have contacted my lawyer and he wants to go over every sales record I have with you, along with the employment contract (which you made sure I never signed even when I asked to).
What kills me is the day I got a better job offer you called me a traitor and tried to take the money back. I have contacted my attorney and as well as the police. Even though you are long gone from Colorado, at least so I heard, a subpeona will find you wherever you are. I heard you wanna start in New York.
Call me anytime if you want to discuss this further, if you do not contact me within 48 hours I will send a supeona your way. Dont forget my dad is the cheif medical officer of Toledo hospital. You may have a lawyer but i promise with the reciepts I saved and your refusal to sign a contract even after asking. I will take your company. The recording of you asking to target Mexicans because their "stupid" and you asking poeple to get you cocaine will go viral.
Hope you call me Caleb
Have a great time, oh and what kind of company chages thier name so many times, to a judge or jury along with your tapes, my reciepts and 3 other members of your former staff testifying. It would be in your best interest to call
Sincerely, Eric Mills. My number is 419-913-7292,
My lawyers numbers are Schlageter Law Offices- 419-720-9340
I you do not contact me in the next 48 hours I will contact my attorneys, by the way did you know it's illegal to hire someone full-time in Colorado without some form of contract. Just talked to my lawyers about that today.
p.s. Your buddy Nick Rashidi was in on this the whole time so he has way more recordings than I do, and they really bring out your true colors.
Another P.s. you have charges of Money Laundering, Running a Pyramid Scheme, not paying employes full amounts owed, asking employees to get you drugs, which I have multiple witnesses for and my lawyer and I are guessing that you destroyed most of my pay documents, most of those are felonies. I have a very decent job now and my Lawyers are on a $3,000 retainer. If you want the judge to make you pay for them too thats up to you.'
Like I said 48 hours or the next call with be from myself and my attorneys.
don't mess with someone who studied law for 4 years, let alone a family of Doctors and Lawyers. Lets make that 36 hours now with the evidence I have why Would I want to wait?
You have until Monday at 4.
Have a nice on Caleb, hope to hear from you soon. Also what the company name now?
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#2 Author of original report
I wish I could prove it.
SUBMITTED: Saturday, October 11, 2014POSTED: Saturday, October 11, 2014
They always made me take my car because noone couls afford a car. It was like my second day on the job, I kept it in the dashboard. I realized the next morning that my whole script was gone but I talked to the police and I had my mom in the car later that day so they could not make an arrest or accusation because there was no way to tell. I asked for a drug test for both people but the only person who agreed was my mom. Trust me I would have sued the s**t out of this company and filed charges if I actually had proof
I wish
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#3 Consumer Comment
SUBMITTED: Friday, October 10, 2014POSTED: Friday, October 10, 2014
It would have been very easy to bust the person who stole your script. You should have called the different pharmacies until you found the one where it was filled and checked to see if anyone remembered who picked it up and whether the person was on CCTV. Next step: police involvement.
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#4 Author of original report
Just a heads up.
SUBMITTED: Monday, August 18, 2014POSTED: Monday, August 18, 2014
Not all the people at this company are bad people, Nick rashidi was my team leader for awhile and was one of the nicest guys I had ever met, he would buy me dinner and was an all around good guy trying to work this job, along with another guy named Anthony who I worked with Who was a really nice guy. I should have been more specific that just because the company sucks that not everyone there are a********.
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#5 Author of original report
Just quit this place, everything this person said is true.
SUBMITTED: Monday, August 18, 2014POSTED: Monday, August 18, 2014
I just wrote an article about me working at this place and it is a total and complete scam. Here just read my report, this person is telling the truth I promise you.
Here is the link to my article, by the way Caleb changed the name of the company to Instinct Marketing now.
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#6 Author of original report
They changed they're name to Instinct marketing.
SUBMITTED: Monday, August 18, 2014POSTED: Monday, August 18, 2014
I just quit working for Caleb Simms and Instinct marketing and I can promise that everything that is said here is true. Here is a link to my report on the new company called Instinct Marketing.
they pretty much do the same thing just under a new company name. I also have video evidence of my claims if anyone wants to see it hit that link up.
stay away from these scammers.
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Really? yes because your super cool bro for trans lowlevel gear to look like a tramp
Our transmog guides are some of the most popular guides on the site, so I figured I'd do another one. If transmog isn't your thing, there's many other pages to browse on Wowhead.I personally think some of the starter/grey gear looks nice and not shabby--like the pastel variations on the Skettis set, or how plate users can resemble Deathknights. I mean, if we wanted to wear the shiniest possible gear, we'd just stay in tier 13 and not bother with transmog in the first place.
Love the guide, but is there any chance we could have some mouseover pics of male characters, at least in the cases where it looks quite different on a male? Or am I just blind and managed to miss it? Thanks!
there is something i quite dont get, for mail sets, most items are cloth, and like so cant be transmoged by,
Any luck on finding items that match the cloth starter gear from the Worgen starting zone?Gilnean Acolyte's Robe
Where are the Alliance plate pieces? Or did Alliance Paladins and Warriors not get starting gear?
As plate user im totally screwed :(they should allow us to wear mail for transmogas they should allow hunter and shaman to wear leather transmog
I couldn't find a full set for the Alliance Paladins/Warriors. Maybe I'll add in the random cloth boots/leather top I found, even though it's weird without a shield.nikuito--I am unclear on what you mean--many transmog sets on the mail page even have the word 'mail' in them.
If they have green counterparts, are they even unique? :P
In terms of weaponry, I've always quite fancied the idea of running around with one of the starter maces which looks like it is lashed together with rope! Also, for those who fancy it, there is the Cold Iron Pick which looks like the standard pick axes you could acquire :)
My favorite transmog so far is the Firemane legguards on my bloodelf. These are very hot looking and not for everyone lol
Mostly to Perculia, but others can answer, of course ^^Thanks for this guide but something is bothering me.I play resto shaman, and -of course- wear mail.All the transmog stuff "for shaman" you posted are .. cloth.It's ok as they are like the starter gear - but.. how can I "transmog" 'em if it's cloth Oo ?Perhaps don't understand well the target of the guide ^^ but you wrote : "Today's guide rounds up transmogrifiable armor that resembles BoE greys and starter gear" and I can't transmog cloth on mail nor plate players can transmog cloth on plate..Maybe I'm wrong, but should'nt you have posted the guide with another title, like "uncommon stuff that's like starter gear for roleplaying" ?Please, I don't flame, I'm really pleased with the guide ; but most of it can't be used for transmog. Am I wrong ?One last thing : If you look at the starter gear, TBC races, there's no Draeneï shamans ! Did you forgot us or didn't find the starter gear ?Thanks again Perculia.


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Harry Reid told Blago: Don't appoint Jesse Jackson Jr; Update: Cornyn rips Reid
posted at 12:30 pm on January 3, 2009 by Allahpundit
Not just Jackson, though. He also warned him away from Rep. Danny Davis and State Sen. Emil Jones but assured him that Tammy Duckworth and AG Lisa Madigan would be acceptable.
Fun fact: Jackson, Davis and Jones are black, Duckworth and Madigan aren't. Over to you, Bobby Rush!
Sources say the Senate majority leader pushed against Jackson and Davis — both democratic congressmen from Illinois — and against Jones — the Illinois Senate president who is the political godfather of President-elect Barack Obama — because he did not believe the three men were electable. He feared losing the seat to a Republican in a future election…
Sources believe that at least portions of the phone conversations are on tape…
"Congressman Jackson was encouraged that two independent statewide polls confirmed that he was the most popular Democrat to succeed Barack," Jackson spokesman Rick Bryant said. "The polls also showed he was in a strong position to win reelection in 2010, drawing strong support from virtually every demographic group."
Shed no tears for Dingy Harry over the demagoguery to come. He sowed the wind; let him reap the whirlwind. As for Burris, we're on track to have him turned away from the Senate floor on Tuesday when everyone else is sworn in: Evidently, unless the Illinois secretary of state changes his mind and signs the appointment certification, he'll be denied entry. If the certification is signed, he'll be admitted but an objection will be made on the floor to his swearing-in and the matter referred to the Rules Committee, where they'll sit on it for 90 days to buy the state legislature time to undo the appointment. Exit question one: Why does Reid think Jackson can't win a statewide race? He was a co-chair of Obama's campaign. More than anyone else, he can count on Superman to stump for him in 2010. Exit question two: Assuming the Burris appointment ends up quashed, aren't the big winners … Jackson, Davis, and Jones? The lieutenant governor wouldn't dare pick a white candidate to replace a black appointee who was blocked, and they're the three frontrunners. Smart money's on Davis, who isn't tainted by a cameo in the federal case against Blagojevich and who had the dignity to reject Blago's offer before Burris accepted.
Update: An unlikely ally for Bobby Rush: John Cornyn!
"For the last several weeks, Senator Reid has led the charge to deny the people of Illinois a voice in choosing their next U.S. senator in a special election," Cornyn said in a Saturday afternoon statement. "Now we learn that Senator Reid also took the extraordinary step to lobby against two sitting U.S. congressmen and the state senate Majority Leader in Illinois, and instead told Governor Blagojevich that he supported an appointment for an individual [Duckworth] who recently lost a U.S. House election."
"The people of Illinois deserve a simple explanation from Senator Reid – why does he believe these three Illinois officeholders are 'unelectable' to the U.S. Senate?" Cornyn added.
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World recordholder Ian Thorpe has been beaten in a 200-metre freestyle race for the first time in four years at a grand prix meet in Brisbane.
Grant Hackett touched Thorpe out by nine-hundredths of a second, clocking one minute:49.18 seconds.
It's the first time Thorpe's been beaten over four laps since Dutchman Pieter Van Den Hoogenband won the gold medal at the Sydney 2000 Olympics.
Thorpe hasn't lost to an Australian over the distance in an Olympic size pool since about 1997 when he was a 14-year-old.
The 21-year-old clocked one minute:49.27 seconds today - more than five seconds outside his world record of 1:44.06.
But the unusually-bearded Thorpe hasn't rested for the Brisbane meet and ditched his black bodysuit for today's race, swimming in briefs.
Hackett, the 24-year-old Olympic 1500m freestyle champion, last beat Thorpe in the 200m freestyle at the 2001 Goodwill Games in the same the Chandler Aquatic Centre pool.
"Winning that race today, it's not anything to get too carried away about," said Hackett.
"It's nothing to jump up and down about."
The two grand prix meets in Brisbane this week provide the Olympic swimming team's final competition before next month's Athens Olympics.
But they were not expected to swim close to their best times, having come into the meet with a heavy training workload.
While Thorpe admitted he was disappointed with his time, he treated today's race as merely a training swim.
"I was a bit flat and I didn't swim very well. It happens," the triple Olympic champion said.
"I'm in training. If I let myself get down every time I had a bad swim in training, I'd be an emotional wreck.
"It's of little consequence whether or not I swam really well this morning or really poorly. This is just part of the preparation. I don't want to get too excited or too disappointed with how I swim here. What I'm concerned about is what's going to happen in six weeks time."
The men's 200m freestyle is looming as possibly the race of the Athens' pool program with Thorpe, Hackett, reigning Olympic champion Pieter can den Hoogenband and possibly American superstar Michael Phelps fighting it out for the gold medal.
Hackett is too experienced to read too much into today's result after having to settle for silver behind Thorpe too many times in their careers when it really counted - at Olympics and world championships.
They're also tipped to battle for the 400m freestyle gold medal on the opening night of the Olympic program on August 14.
"For many years, it's always been looking good (for me) going into a major meet and the results haven't always been perhaps what I wanted," Hackett said.
"When Ian's won three consecutive gold medals in the 400, I've won three consecutive silvers.
"Ian Thorpe's a fantastic competitor and of course he's going to be swimming quick in Athens.
"We're all going to be a lot more ready there than what we are here."


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May 5, 2013 - By Mark ShieldsThere's a hit new movie this spring, "42," the story of how in 1947 Jack Roosevelt Robinson made baseball history and American history by breaking the color barrier to become a Brooklyn Dodger and the first black man to play in the Major Leagues.
It is also the story of Branch Rickey, the general manager of the Dodgers, who in his lonely commitment to desegregate baseball, chose Robinson, a star in four sports -- football, basketball, track and baseball -- at UCLA before entering the Army and being commissioned a second lieutenant.
Rickey believed, rightly, that Jackie Robinson had the courageous self-discipline required to endure the hate, hostility and isolation that awaited him in the grandstands, locker rooms, restaurants and hotels of pre-civil-rights America.
But one American hero gets short shrift in this good new movie. His name: Albert B. "Happy" Chandler. A native of Corydon, Ky., veteran of World War I and a graduate of his home state university's law school, he was a rising political star -- a state senator at 32, lieutenant governor at 33, governor at 37 and U.S. senator at 41.
Happy Chandler left the U.S. Senate in 1945, when the owners of the then-16 Major League teams elected him to be commissioner of baseball. The game had been lily-white for eight decades, and when the owners later met for two hours in secret at New York's Waldorf Astoria to deal with Branch Rickey's unwelcome push to integrate the game, they voted 15-1 against Rickey and for continued racial segregation.
Nobody much expected Chandler, a self-described "Confederate" who had governed a state where the races were by law separated, to rock the boat.
But that is exactly what the commissioner did. As he later explained his decision to overturn the owners' vote and allow Jackie Robinson to play for Brooklyn, "I'd have to meet my Maker some day, and if He asked me why I didn't let this boy play, and I said, 'Because he was black,' that might not be a satisfactory answer." Chandler went on: "I just decided it (excluding African-Americans from the sport) wasn't just. It wasn't decent. It wasn't fair, and I was going to end it."
Of Jackie Robinson, Chandler said: "He had a chip on his shoulder, and I don't blame him for that because he thought everybody was against him, and nearly everybody was."
How good a politician was Happy Chandler? In American history, there have been nine different governors who, when presented with a vacant U.S. Senate seat to be filled, have gone through the scripted ritual of resigning as governor in order to have the "new" governor then appoint him (all nine were men) to the U.S. Senate.
Not surprisingly, voters dislike this charade, and eight of the nine governors who arranged their own Senate appointments have been defeated in the next election. The only exception: Gov. Happy Chandler, who in 1939 effectively had himself appointed to the Senate and went on to win Kentucky Senate elections in 1940 and 1942.
So Chandler understood the risk he was taking by ignoring the owners and by welcoming Jackie Robinson to baseball.
He was fired by the owners in 1950, but Don Newcombe, the great Dodgers pitcher, would speak eloquently of when Chandler had stood up for blacks, including Robinson, Roy Campanella and himself: "Happy Chandler cared when it wasn't fashionable to give a damn about black baseball players."
How about that, sports fans? A successful politician who was a genuine American hero.
Editor's note: Syndicated columnist Mark Shields is a former Marine who appears regularly on "Newshour" on PBS.
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Todd Forrest sympathizes with gardeners who feel the weather is attacking them personally. The vice president of horticulture and living collections at the New York Botanical Gardens has had his share of weather complaints this week after a second nor'easter socked the 250-acre, 100-year-old gardens. He discusses how good gardeners can get going when the weather gets bad.
Q: What can gardeners do to make peace with nature now?
A: Look at where the water is sitting and where there are signs of water running through gardens. Gardening is managing soil and managing sites. Places where the water pools might be better suited for plants that can withstand and thrive in wet conditions. You can make your garden more sustainable rather than fighting nature and conditions.
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Q: What else needs tending?
A: Mature trees are really the most important and noticeable part of the landscape. The older and more venerable they get, the more awareness trees demand. See if there are a lot of breaks from the windstorms. Contact an arborist and have trees pruned.
Q: Are there precautions to take when working in soggy gardens?
A: If the soil is sodden, you shouldn't walk in the beds. It's about the worst thing you can do for them.
Q: How do you know if it is soaked?
A: Grab a little handful of soil and squeeze it. If water comes out, don't walk in the bed. But if it feels crumbly and loose, then you can walk in it. Always take great caution when walking inside any kind of bed. The same thing is true of turf and lawns. Wait to bring out heavy equipment such as lawn mowers, because you can compact soil in a instant.
Q: Nurseries are so inviting now with healthy-looking stock. How should you proceed when buying?
A: Plant according to your climate, soil types and your ability to maintain the plants. That is the foundation of sustainable horticulture. Not everything is a good fit. But many are wonderful fits that aren't invasive and are tolerant, tough and beautiful.
Q: Stickers on plants aren't always helpful. How do you learn what is sustainable?
A: Understand your site and go to your local public garden. Wherever you are in the country, there is a wonderful public garden nearby where passionate people have dedicated their lives to gardening well.
Q: What would you say to a frustrated gardener ready to throw in the trowel and pave over the yard?
A: Gardening makes you acutely aware of what's happening around you. That's good. It makes you invested in nature and the environment. We think we bear a cross, literally feeling that the weather is personally attacking us, but we eventually learn that it's teaching us something valuable about adapting.
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Lambiel's (recent?) performance to "Ne Me Quitte Pas" had the artistry on par with John Curry. Matt Savoie. Dai. Christopher Dean. Not just skaters who look pretty or have good choreographers, but they are skaters who emanate something from their souls expressed through physical movement.
Lambiel's recent performance:
Who are the skaters that are true artists? (Not really talking about skaters who can mimic good choreography with great line and posture, but skaters who really create something original and special on their own).


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Going out in Mandelieu-La Napoule
Mandelieu-La Napoule: a lively destination all year round
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Mandelieu-La Napoule organises festive programmes all year round for its inhabitants, and for its tourist visitors: large-scale popular and traditional festivals such as the mimosa festival with shows, concerts and exhibitions from the centre of the culture, a whole range of festivities accessible to all.
In the setting of the Congress Expo Centre, located in the city centre, also several discovery events take place such as exhibitions and trade fairs open to the general public
Besides ad hoc festivals, festive places await you for your outings and recreational wishes throughout the year.
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Ann Campbell Flannery
Ann Campbell Flannery brings wide-ranging experience to her criminal defense and investigatory practice. An array of individuals and companies have relied upon Ms. Flannery to defend their rights and protect their interests.
Summary of Experience
Experienced Defense Attorney
Ms. Flannery has handled the defense of a broad range of federal criminal investigations and prosecutions, including matters involving government contracts, pharmaceuticals, health care, insurance, tax, securities, mortgage fraud, and commercial business operations. Her clients have included individuals with professional licenses and companies with industry-specific concerns. She was a core member of a team that secured the dismissal of a major federal procurement fraud indictment against a Fortune 100 company and its officers.
As a member of the Criminal Justice Act panel, Ms. Flannery is occasionally called upon to represent indigent defendants. She has secured acquittals in federal jury trials involving armed bank robbery and narcotics trafficking.
Prior to her tenure as a federal prosecutor, Ms. Flannery was affiliated with the law firms Jenner & Block in Chicago and Washington, D.C., and Zuckerman Spaeder in Washington, D.C., focusing on the defense of white collar criminal investigations and prosecutions and related civil matters.
Former Federal Prosecutor
Ms. Flannery's nine-year tenure as a federal prosecutor gives her extensive insight into the manner and means by which the federal government conducts criminal investigations and prosecutions.
As an Assistant United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Ms. Flannery specialized in the prosecution of white collar crime. She successfully prosecuted white collar cases involving securities trading, bank loans, internal bank operations, racketeering, tax evasion, and insurance and credit card scams.
During the savings and loan crisis, Ms. Flannery organized and led a tri-state bank fraud working group comprised of state and federal investigators, regulators and prosecutors, and frequently lectured on bank fraud.
As a federal prosecutor, Ms. Flannery successfully tried numerous complex cases, including the prosecution of prison guards for civil rights violations involving multiple inmate beatings, the prosecution of a Swiss lawyer for the fraudulent use of internationally disseminated stolen bearer bonds, and the prosecution of a nationwide credit card scam.
Internal Corporate Investigations
In private law practice and as a senior consultant for the Business Intelligence and Investigations division of Kroll (an international risk consulting firm), Ms. Flannery has conducted numerous internal corporate and business intelligence investigations. Some of these investigations have paralleled or anticipated federal criminal investigations; others have been for the purpose of uncovering and eradicating costly wrongdoing.
These investigations have produced successful results including the dismissal of criminal charges and the identification and elimination of wrongful activity committed by employees and subcontractors.
Adjunct Professor of Law
As an adjunct professor at Temple University's Beasley School of Law, Ms. Flannery pioneered a course on the Law of Investigations. This course examined the law of criminal, regulatory and private investigations and how such investigations can parallel and impact one another. This experience is particularly relevant to professional clients who must consider the impact of a criminal investigation on their professional or business licensing status, as well as clients who are involved in investigations being jointly conducted by civil, criminal and regulatory authorities.
Ms. Flannery has taught extensively in Temple Law School's nationally recognized Trial Advocacy Program. Through practice and critique, law students in this program learn courtroom procedures and the skills and strategies involved in trying cases.
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After law school, Ms. Flannery served as law clerk for the Honorable Marvin E. Aspen, Federal District Court Judge for the Northern District of Illinois. As a law clerk, she researched issues of law and drafted opinions for the Court in civil and criminal cases. This experience provided her with personal insight into the operation of the federal court system.
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Ms. Flannery graduated summa cum laude from Duke University in 1979 with Honors in Economics and a second major in History. Her college honors thesis and her law school Juris Doctor paper concerned the deregulation of the airline industry and resulting antitrust implications.
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Overcoming the Five Counterintuitive Effects of Explosive Visibility and Their Corollaries
Effect 1. Inverse Credibility - Opinions of the lowest employee, neighbor, public official, or competitor will outrank and overcome the facts supplied by scientists, CEOs, acknowledged experts, sometimes even Nobel Prize winners.
Victim values define who is credible in adverse situations.
Corollary: Pick a strategy that ends and prevents the production of victims.
Effect 2. Inverse Intellectual Content - Complex, difficult to understand issues and nuances are reduced to abject simplicity.
The rule of the thirteen-year-old applies. If it can't be explained so that your mother, brother, sister, aunt, uncle, or an average thirteen-year-old can easily understand it, it will be misunderstood, misinterpreted, or misspoken, all of which will be considered your fault.
Corollary: Go for a strategy that focuses on what is simple, sensible, constructive, and positive.
Effect 3. Inverse Relationships - Those most negatively affected (victimized) by your actions will have irrationality on their side and be more powerful than common sense or the greatest-positive majority. People you may not respect, or like, will have great power over you and your decisions.
To paraphrase what Margaret Mead said early in the 20th century, "Never underestimate the power of a handful of dedicated individuals (or victims) to change everyone else's life." Believe it. They can and they will.
Corollary: Find your own core group whose passion, energy, and commitment is aligned with your goals and objectives, and turn them loose.
Effect 4. Inverse Compatibility - Getting to and staying at a table - no matter what - is crucial to controlling outcomes. Overcome your discontent, your distrust, and your disrespect for your opposition. Compatibility isn't necessarily essential to winning. What's essential is engagement with trust. Be in the discussion, in the fight, in the dispute, in the debate - positively - until the situation is resolved. Make a superior argument.
Corollary: Drive the discussion in new directions. Focus on tomorrow. Yesterday will kill you if you go there. Everyone owns yesterday from their own perspective and will never change. Nobody owns tomorrow. That you can build together with many others.
Effect 5. Time vs. Healing - In high-profile disputes, discussions, and problems, time lags, delays, and unresponsiveness are always counterproductive. Delay is perceived as arrogance or incompetence; postponement is perceived as collusive; and being non-responsive is admission of guilt or negligence acts.
Corollary: Do it now; say it now; decide it now; ask it now; challenge it now. Act decisively; decide; control; energize with ideas and goals. Move toward tomorrow and toward victory.
The Lesson:
Explosive visibility remains sensational as long as you allow it to. Get ready for it, help it catapult your ideas forward towards the sensible, doable, positive victories and destinations you choose.
Labels: CEOs, crisis communication, crisis management, explosive visibility, James E. Lukaszewski, Margaret Mead, Nobel Prize, sensational visibility, working with victims


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Piper Jaffray Hikes Quality Systems to Outperform
Piper Jaffray upgraded Quality Systems (QSII) to outperform from market perform, citing the healthcare information systems company's recently announced third quarter results.
Analyst Sean Wieland noted that the company accounted for deferred revenue recognition on its $4 million contract with the technology company Siemens (SI). He says the company's third quarter earnings per share (EPS) of 35 cents were well short of his 46 cents estimate, while revenue of $26.8 million was also below his $31.7 million forecast. But had the company been able to recognize the revenue from its Siemens contract in the quarter, he thinks EPS would have been 48 cents, which is 2 cents ahead of his estimates. He says the reason for the deferral could be any number of reasons, but management provided little commentary. However, he thinks the company's recent earnings miss presents a buying opportunity, as its business fundamentals are still very much intact. He has an $86 stock price target.


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Opus Cactus, Momix
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Momix Dance Theatre, Sydney Theatre, January 26 Until February 6
Moses Pendleton, the artistic director of Momix, has always used the human body like Plasticine, delighting and surprising audiences since the early 1970s, when he was a founding member of the innovative Pilobolus Dance Theatre.
When he brought his current company, Momix, to Australia in 1996, his imagination had been extended by sophisticated lighting and presentation to a dance program that was entertaining and diverse, despite an increased concentration on image-making.
Now, in Opus Cactus, the images have taken over. The movement is there only to create the impact of a moving image. Choreography has given way to superficial impressions that make this piece a kind of visual circus.
For an audience, it depends what you are looking for. If it is simply something that momentarily pleases the eye, you should find something to enjoy in these 19 short items - the wow factor on a very small scale.
Publicity photographs have shown the caterpillar in its full-length glory of four performers inching their way across the floor, before it is reshaped to look more like a scorpion; and the single dancer on point (the only time it happens all evening) as a cactus in the desert.
Dancers in long skirts crouch under them to look like flowers. An apparently prehistoric creature moves slowly, its chunky head twisting and turning to look around, a long tail trailing behind - with the dancer inside the costume walking backwards on all fours.
Performers use long poles in an acrobatic sequence, and two dancers roll backwards and forwards across the stage on a curving frame. Three girls pretend to wrestle with snakes. And so on.
For the dance-goer, this is likely to be very disappointing. Pendleton's choreography is basic, and where he has more than a soloist - usually three or five dancers - it is just the same action multiplied, either synchronised or sequential. There is no interaction between dancers in the first 12 items.
It is fair enough to use lighting to enhance movement, but take away the often-used silhouette against a coloured backdrop, or dim stage lighting, and the movement itself is nothing much to look at. Similarly, the music that pounds behind the dance and vibrates the rows of seats is no doubt an essential element to raise the visual above the banal. Pity it is mostly such boring music.
After interval, the interest level was raised slightly - but again, it was dependent on props. Dancers propelling themselves on modified skateboards, lying on stomachs or backs, gives an initial impression of something different. But nothing develops from the idea.
The performers are accomplished and attractive, but there is little in the way of dance to extend them. When I read the opening program note that called them dancer-illusionists, I wondered. Now I have seen them I know exactly what is meant. Though whether they qualify as illusionists is another question.


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Spain: Rate Cuts Now...Jobs Soon
After a year in power, Prime Minister Jose Mara Aznar must feel pleased. His conservative government, after 14 years of Socialist rule, has taken inflation and interest rates to record lows and cut the government deficit. Spain now stands on the threshold of first-round entry into a single-currency Europe, and money is pouring into its financial markets. But while investors rejoice, the pain of fiscal belt-tightening has left unemployment at more than 20%, and there are few signs that the government has garnered any new swell of popular support.
Clearly, economic prospects are improving, and the recovery now appears self-sustaining. Job growth in 1997 is accelerating, with registered unemployment below the 1992 prerecession low. Growth in 1996 was export-led, but domestic demand is picking up. First-quarter household spending was strong, construction is on the mend, and business investment continues to advance. First-quarter economic growth rose to 2.7%, and the government's 3% growth target for 1997 appears attainable.
Rate cuts are spurring the domestic economy. The Bank of Spain trimmed a quarter point off its short-term rate on May 16--the 12th cut in 17 months--reducing rates by a total of 4 points, to 5 1/4%, an all-time low. The recent cuts are not yet reflected in domestic demand. Also, the 5% drop in the trade-weighted peseta, plus improving growth abroad, will continue to lift exports. The bank's move followed news that April inflation fell to a record-low 1.7%, reflecting past deregulation and a moderation in service prices due to more modest wage deals.
The May 16 labor-market reforms address a key problem: Nearly all new 1996 contracts were for temporary jobs, a trend that has hurt confidence and the recovery. The program offers companies cheaper severance costs for permanent hires and tax credits for moving temps to permanent jobs. The move will help the youth and the long-term unemployed, and it may even bolster support for Aznar's government.


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This location is exclusive located in the very heart of the North Shore, on a beautiful sandy beach that is set back from the noise of Kam Hyw. It is private,fenced and can sleep 6 people with a third cal king in the living room. In front of the house is perfect for swimming, snorkeling and surfing. Everything from boogie boards to snorkels and even beach toys are all located in the shed. There are three beds with new bedding to make sure that you are comfy and cozy. Barbecue on the deck and watch the sunset across the panoramic view of Oahu's beautiful north shore. The sound of the surf will lull you to sleep as you dream of tomorrows new swell. In the summer the waves subside and the ocean is perfect for snorkeling or kayaking. The winter draws a crowd with world class surfers right out front giving the onlookers and the photographers quite an invigorating show. After a hard day at the beach, walk up to the house and rinse off in the outdoor shower. There are also washer and dryer on site. There is plenty to do weather you are exploring the shops in Haleiwa or dining at some of the local hotspots.
Keywords: 2 Bedroom private house sleeping 4 to 6 people. Grass yard on the sand outdoor shower. Watch sunset from couch.
It's beachfront in paradise! How could you not love it!!
Great spot. If you are looking for a fancy place or demand inside conveniences, not the place for you. House is comfortable, but not the star. If you want to be right on the beach and close to everything, then this place is perfect. Exactly as advertised.
Awesome week spent with the girls. Amazing view, beautiful ocean right out front, safe to swim, surf, bob around in the ocean for hours just hanging with the turtles. Walk either direction for miles on white sandy beaches. The house is super cute, clean and comfy hawaiin charm at its best. the owners were gracious and welcoming and the neighbours were super nice and welcoming. One night we even had a fire dance!! Awesome week Awesome stay.
Our family of 4 stayed here for a week in April. The location was great, beach front on Rocky Point. This isn't a great beach for swimming but it's a good place to surf as long as you aren't a beginner. The house itself is fairly nice although there was a leaky faucet in the shower and there weren't any screens on the windows and the kitchen was pretty barren except for the most basic of utensils. We were fine with these minor inconveniences because the location was perfect for our family.
We had a nice vacation and checked out of the house at 10:00am on our day of departure. About 2 weeks after we arrived home, we received only part of our security deposit back with a short note explaining that we wouldn't get our entire deposit back because we had stained a towel by using it as a doormat (there wasn't a doormat or a rug) and there was food left on every surface and there was vomit in and under the couch. I was horrified to read this because we made it a point to clean the house and left absolutely no food out and there was no vomit, we have rented many places before and have never had this happen to us, we feel like we were taken advantage of and the owner was lying to us in order to not have to give us our deposit back.
Me, my girlfriend and a few other friends stayed here for a week in late september, absolutely gorgeous location. we arrived at nighttime and and jumped straight into the water and swam in the shore break. we didn't realize that until the next morning that only directly in front of the house was all soft sand bottom, and to the left there was reef bottom (rocky point) and also to the right. so we were very grateful to have our own little beach in our backyard. There are places a short drive to dine, but we barbecued almost every night because the location cant be beat. outdoor shower was very useful and warm, private driveway with a gate, neighbors were very cool, the house was clean, tile floor was amazing, there was a big screen that we didn't need to use. (if you want entertainment just open those back french doors) the north shore beach scene is all the entertainment you'll ever need. just look at the photos! I would recomend this place for anyone who loves the beach. I hope to return to this property in the near future!
My family came to visit me from Italy and I wanted them experience the real hawaian life and this property was the solution. I was looking for a house right on the beach, like the ones you can see in the movies and when I visited the property I fall in love for it. The house is amazing, full of comfort but at the same time ideal for easy-going person. The place is quiet and relaxing, and you can enjoy, right outside the porch the sunset that is different every day.
We really appreciate the kindness of the owners. They made us comfortable, sharing the common space (including an amazing hot tub) and letting us to use the grill and other utilities.
The price was really good, and I really suggest this place to everybody.
A group of us were in Hawaii for a good friends wedding and decided to rent a house on the north shore after to relax in the sun, surf, snorkel and enjoy time with our mates. After looking all over the internet I found this house. I am so glad we found it, we could not of stayed in a better location!! Out the front doorstep is the beach at rocky point, you could not get any closer unless you wanted to sleep on the sand, it was just what we needed. Was nice and clean, comfy beds, big tv, stereo, kitchen and great outside area/patio with tables and chairs that we used nightly on sunset for beers/champagne. Was such nice relaxed vibe after being in Waikiki and will definately be heading back as soon as possible!! Also thanks to Neil and Lesley for being very helpful in answering all questions about the property and making sure our vacation ended on an unforgettable note.


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Only a handful of people could possibly own an original Van Gogh or Matisse, but others can still enjoy the beauty of their work through something called a lithograph.
Lithographs are actually copies of original works, but unlike fakes, they are authorized and authenticated. In fact, lithographs may actually increase in value (just like art works) especially if the print quality was excellent and if they were produced in small numbers.
Lithographs are made through a unique process, quite different from the printing techniques used for newspapers or books. The "traditional" prints are made by engraving an image or text on metal plates, wooden blocks or other soft materials. These are then run through the printing presses. Lithographs, on the other hand, involve drawing mirror images on smooth stone tablets. This is a painstaking and elaborate process that requires great skill, patience and time. The lithograph must also be approved by the artist before it goes through the press.
Once the plate has passed inspection, an oil-based ink is applied to certain areas, while the blank areas are wiped with water. (This is due to the principle that oil and water don't mix.) It is then pressed on a cotton-type paper, transferring the ink. Colored lithographs will go through several presses, one for black, red, yellow and blue, in order to achieve the desired shade. In fact, lithographs can take as much time to make as an original art work.
Authentic lithographs bear not just the signature of the artist and a set of numbers that indicate the unique serial number and the total print run (ex. 15/200).


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Annual Charity Motorcycle Poker Run & Classic Car Show
Please join us for our second annual event as we raise funds for cancer research at Children's Hospital in Seattle.
Kids with cancer need a future.
Your participation will support the Kiwanis Children's Cancer Fellowship Program at Seattle Children's Hospital. Donations and proceeds will fund cancer research fellowships. The Kiwanis Club of West Seattle is proud to sponsor and be involved with many community service and fundraising activities.
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Multicultural Storytelling - Mexican Folktakes
at the WCCCC
9421 18th Ave. s.w.
Sponsored by Trusted Advocate Association
and the White Center Community Cultural Center
Featured speaker: Rosa Hernandez
Come and learn about Mexican customs, share ideas, learn about future storytellers form Bosnia, Somalia, USA, Samoa, and more
Free snacks and refreshments provided
for information call 425 271 0302
In Honor of St Pat! Cooking Class Weds Mar 16, 6:30-9:30pm. $35.
Lobster soup with homemade bread at last month's Soup Stock class
Micro Green Salad w/shaved winter vegetables Shepherd's Pie Irish Soda Bread Guiness Stout Chocolate Cake
Please register 3 days in advance so that Sandy can plan for quantities.
Send check to, or contact:
Sandy Anderson The Dreaming Dane Catering Company PO Box 46095, Seattle, WA 98146
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Full Moon Bike Ride
Aaron's Bicycle Repair
Across from Morgan Street Thriftway
6527 California Ave. S.W.
Wednesday, Jan. 19, 7:30 p.m. Sharp.
Meets every full moon. *Pouring down rain cancels ride.
Longfellow Creek Watershed Council Meeting
Camp Long Lodge
5200 35th Ave. S.W.
Jan. 10, 7-8:30 p.m.
Presentations: West Seattle Golf Course Management and Master Plan & Driving Range Project.
Monday, November 22 · 7:00pm - 10:00pm
Skylark Cafe
3803 Delridge Way SQ
Seattle, WA
Starting in December, Skylark is hosting Scrabble Tournaments for various charities every Monday night. This kick-off event is a test run (so there's no entry fees or donations or prizes yet) to see what structure works best. Expect to play full Scrabble games and give us lots of feedback about timing, organization, etc. so these events can be successful right away.
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Mule Carriage Rides
December 5
Time: 11·3 PM
Take a traditional carriage ride down California Avenue pulled by beautiful Belgian Draft Mules.
This is a treat to enjoy with the whole family and friends.
Carriages depart on California Ave. in front of Key Bank.
Take a traditional carriage ride down California Avenue pulled by beautiful Belgium Draft Mules.
Halloween Ski Swap and Haunted House Oct. 30 at the
West Seattle VFW Hall 3601 S.W. Alaska St.,
Halloween Weekend benefitting the West Seattle Snowsports Council (WSSC).