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How can I learn more about paid reviews on Amazon? I'm worried about Amazon's policies.
First off, SPR does not offer "paid reviews". We offer editorial reviews, and Amazon provides a section for these on each book page. All SPR products are within Amazon Guidelines. Our editor Cate Baum has written a handy guide here explaining our review products and the different types of book reviews available for authors in general.
Why are your review fees so low compared to others on the market?
We keep our overheads low and rely on word of mouth in the self-publishing community for our review clientele. We don't diversify, we specialize. Many authors are repeat customers because we offer the best price, fastest turnaround, and longest word count for a review available on the market. A large portion our fee goes to the reviewer direct, unlike many other review services on the market – because we believe this is fair. So you can be assured of a well-authored review.
What can I expect from an SPR Review?
We promise a thorough, honest, and professional review of at least 500 words. We post reviews on Twitter, Google + and Facebook, and B&N on request. All reviews will be featured on our front page and will be permanently linked on a page in our Book Reviews section. You may also post our review as an Editorial Review on Amazon. We provide the Amazon-length edit free with every review.
How long will my review take?
Lead Story and Classic Reviews are finished within 30 working days of receiving your book, but usually before. Please use these working days calculators before contacting us.
When will I see the review on your site and get all my links etc.?
We will contact you with your review copy to ask for permission to publish. Once published, we send you all the links and add-ons you purchased.
Jump Starts are published without further consultation as they do not contain a rating.
We send you an email with all your live links, badges, etc. when we publish the review online, and the link is shared on social media.
Do you accept all books?
Most books, but please read our book policy before paying.
I haven't published my book yet. Can I still have it reviewed?
Yes, sure. We will hold the publication of the review until you go live so that we help promote sales, but many authors get reviewed before publication so they can use the review for their book cover or publicity.
Where can I send my book once I've paid?
When you have paid you can upload your ebook or manuscript via the link we send you automatically. We accept all e-book formats (.mobi, gifted e-books, ePub) PDFs and Word documents. You can send us a hard copy by contacting us to request an address for a USA, UK, or Europe review office.
Why did I not receive a confirmation when I paid for my review?
Your PayPal receipt is confirmation we received your book, and you will receive a automated email to the PayPal email address with next steps. We will contact you if we need any further information.
Can I pay by check or credit card instead of PayPal?
We no longer accept checks. You can pay by credit/debit card on PayPal without a PayPal account. Just click the second box down on the right when you are asked to pay:
I have not heard back from you regarding my review.
We process and queue orders automatically and your PayPal receipt is your reference. We also send an automatic reply to the email you paid with on PayPal. It takes between 1-8 days to publish Lead Story Reviews once we hear back from you due to waiting times for the leader board.
Where can I check the status of my review?
We do not get updates on the reviewer's reading process – when it is finished we will write to you.
How do I credit the reviewer on my media/website?
Please credit the review as:
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I want you to share my review on Amazon
It is against Amazon policy to share your review as a customer review.
You can share our review as an Editorial Review on your Author page. The author must add the review themselves via their Author Central profile.
Log into your Author Central page.
Click on the Books tab (top left).
Select the book for which you want to add an editorial review.
Click the Editorial review tab (if it isn't already selected).
Click Add next to the Review heading (will say Empty if nothing has been entered yet).
Cut and paste the text we gave you and submit.
We now give all authors an Amazon Edit version of their review included with the review for this exact purpose.
I want you to share my review on Barnes & Noble
Because of the time-consuming nature of posting reviews on Barnes and Noble, we have phased this option out from August 2014. Now, authors can instead quote our review in the editorial section of their page.
I want you to share my review on Goodreads
Goodreads policy means we cannot publish a paid review on their site. You can however quote us in your profile.
I want you to share my review on Smashwords
We cannot do this at this time as it requires a purchase. You can however quote us in your profile or self- interview (dashboard>interview manager in your Smashwords account.)
I want you to share my review on Google Play
Google Play pulls its reviews from Goodreads, and as we cannot post on Goodreads, it is not possible to share the review on Google Play. We have been talking with Google Play recently, and they have been interested in ideas for new ways of sharing reviews. We will keep you posted.
I want to send you a book that is not published yet
That's fine, send the manuscript. But be aware that is the book the review will talk about, so check for errors. We also provide editorial reports and proofreads for books that need a professional tweak.
Do you review erotic/pornographic fiction?
Yes. We have reviewed several books like this. However we will not link to pornographic or sexual service-providing sites as part of the review service.
Do you review religious themed books?
We will review religious fiction, motivational quotes and prayer-style books. In our store we have several books of these themes. We do not guarantee a reviewer of faith. We will not link to religious service-providing sites as part of the review.
I would like a female/male/specific attributes/interest reviewer
We have a wide variety of reviewers from different backgrounds. Please let us know if you have a specific reason for choosing a certain type of person for your book review. As an equal rights employer, we cannot employ a reviewer based on sexuality or religion so we may not be able to accommodate this kind of request, but we'll do our best to find you the best match based on special interests.
My book has spelling mistakes and grammar errors. Will the review reflect this?
Yes. We owe it to the community to talk about the quality of the book in whole including the appearance and edit. If you wish to get a fully professional edit or proofread please look at our editing services here.
Will you review the quality of my book cover?
Yes, we will. The cover image will reflect part of the professionalism and effort you have put into marketing your book.
What does your star rating mean?
We rate books on design (cover art, font and quality), content (story/characters/narrative style) and editing (spelling, grammar and layout) out of 100 and our review system adds these up to produce a 3-tier star rating adding up to one total star rating out of 5. Ratings are determined by the editor at the time of publication in conjunction with the reviewer. If your book was reviewed before May 2014 and you would like us to add a star rating, let us know.
You gave my book a low-starred review. What can I do?
If a reviewer does turn in a low-starred review (2.5 stars or less) we will contact you before we publish and discuss options. We never publish without asking you what you would like to do next. We promise a fully rounded and honest, impartial review. We strive to serve the self-publishing community of avid readers and writers who champion professional quality to keep self-publishing honorable, and we therefore must give objective reviews. What can you do to improve your book? Do you deep down know some of the comments are true?
You have options to maximize your review's worth if it has a low-star rating:
- We can edit your review for our New Releases section as a synopsis-style review of 200 words. You will be able to keep the 500-word review to cherry-pick quotes for use in the Editorial sections of Amazon, Smashwords etc. You will still get all the benefits of the review package you bought.
- You can pay for a second opinion of another reviewer. We can share your Amazon sales link on our Twitter in the meantime.
- We can publish the review, but without the star rating attached. You will still get all the benefits of the review package you bought.
- You can avoid publishing it at all and work on your book according to the comments given.
- You can go ahead and publish as planned. All publicity can help sell a book.
You gave my book a negative review. I want my money back.
We don't give refunds. Once a book is queued, it is being worked on. We certainly won't refund after the review is complete. However, we can refrain from publishing the review. If a reviewer does turn in a negative review we will contact you before we publish asking your permission. See the previous answer for more info on what you can do.
I don't think your reviewer read my book properly because they gave it a negative review.
All our reviewers have to read all of your book by contract before reviewing it, because it's their job. We do check each and every review carefully. We employ a closeknit team of professional writers, who have managed workloads to ensure they have the time to turn in a comprehensive review.
When authors are reviewed in a negative way, they can feel their book was misunderstood or not read. Ask yourself, have you conveyed your story on paper, or is it still in your head? Have you communicated what you set out to do? Maybe the reviewer just didn't like your book. If so, all reviews are balanced and carefully monitored to be as fair as possible. All reviewers read books cover to cover. If a reviewer does turn in a negative review we will contact you before we publish asking your permission. But a review is an objective opinion of your work – the words that are on paper should tell the full story.
We have a zero tolerance to reviewers who do not read the whole book, and will never allow a book to be reviewed without being read cover to cover.
I don't think your reviewer understands what I was conveying in my book and therefore they didn't review it properly.
This is a really common kneejerk reaction to a criticism and we hear it a lot. After all, the critic is calling your baby ugly. It's unfortunately incredibly easy to not see the wood for the trees after working on a book for so long. Try to step back and see how a reader may comprehend your work. Have you really reached your aims? Re-read the review and think about how the reviewer is seeing the writing. We find most authors come back after a think and realize we had a good point. Many have edited or worked on their books in some way and improved sales and reviews as a result.
You gave my book a review that contains parts I don't like. I want you to edit it.
The only edits we will make are if we get a fact wrong about the author, or use the incorrect technical word, for example. We owe it to the reading community to be honest about your book so we will not edit a review. You can ask us not to publish it, or you can quote the bits you like on your own sites, such as your website, Amazon Central page and Goodreads. We always get the customer's permission to publish so you will have an opportunity to choose. You are welcome to re-submit your book for another review or an edit. You are welcome to choose a reviewer. Repeat reviews for the same book get a members' 5% discount.
You reviewed my book a while ago, and I didn't write to give you the go-ahead to publish it
That's okay. You can tell us now and we'll go ahead with publication. We keep all reviews in draft ready to publish for one year, and on our server forever.
I have a new version of my book out so I need you to change the link/cover photo in my review
That's fine, send us the details.
I have a new version of my book that is newly edited so I need you to update my review
Sorry, you'll have to re-submit your book. We don't update reviews of edited versions of books.
How do I get a review?
Go here to purchase a review. We do not publish free reviews. All review content is paid for.
What are the next steps for my SPR review?
We offer special deals to clients who have bought a review, including marketing and promotion add-ons and quick fixes. You can see these by clicking here.
Editing FAQs
Can I get a sample edit?
If you would like a sample edit please email 5 pages of not more than 1000 words (i.e. 250 words per page) in Word document format, to firstname.lastname@example.com with the subject header "Sample Edit". Please note the sample edit should be the first five pages of your book only.
Can't I get a random selection edited instead?
No. This is because in the past some authors spoiled it for everyone by sending different parts of their book to different editors for free samples. So it's now industry standard to only sample edit the first 1000 words.
How many words is a page?
250 words per page, Word format, regardless of font, size, or spacing.
Can I leave a testimonial?
Please leave a testimonial here.
You can read testimonials here – and please do click on links to check out the authors listed!
SPR Amazon Book Promotions (Formerly Best Seller Packages)
There's been some press about Best Seller Packages being a rip-off. What can you tell me about that?
This service is about getting sales and reviews. We give you averages for sales and reviews and we hit those 100% of the time, and have done since our first client. One of the effects of these sales and reviews that you will get into the Top 25.
We usually target higher-level, relevant categories. This is not the case with these inferior services, which use the most obscure categories to rank high.
However, it should be argued that whatever category you rank high in, you will increase your exposure to the next level categories and gradually work up the tree to the highest level, so it's not altogether useless to rank in a very niche category, however many sales it takes, contrary to recent Internet "outrage."
What sort of return on investment should I expect?
Trying to compare direct sales to reviews ratio of cost is pretty useless given that Customer Reviews are given after purchase. However, from your fees paid after admin, analysis, and your review and social media has been posted, and when you recoup 70% royalties from Amazon, each review and sale will cost you roughly $4. Compared to Google Ads, that can cost anywhere up to $40 a sale (without a review) and Facebook Ads, that can cost up to $10 a sale (without a review) this is very good value for money. These figures are based on the costs for keywords on these services. With this service, you will also get the benefit of our review and social shares, an interview, and a badge.
How can you get me Amazon reviews without being in breach of Amazon rules about paid reviews?
We don't pay anyone to review your book. We market your book to a huge number of avid book fans who enjoy leaving reviews and like your genre of book. So reviews are naturally garnered when we promote the book and readers buy it.
How do you know how many sales I will make to predict my ranking in category?
We have reader mailing lists of all sorts of genre fans to make sure we can guarantee a minimum amount of sales by experience of knowing how many readers need to be sent the information about your book to get the right percentage of sales for your ranking.
How many sales will I get?
Take a look at the table shown on the purchase page.
How many reviews will I get?
Amazon Terms and Conditions (June 2016) and the unreliable nature of working with the public means we cannot tell you an exact number. Amazon does regularly vet Customer Reviews and have internal policies for removal that we are not privy to, so review numbers may fluctuate some time after hitting your target, and we cannot take responsibility for this. You must contact Amazon if you have an issue with a review.
Why are my keywords suggested seem odd to me?
Amazon have set a very odd bag of keywords that don't seem to match books sometimes. But actually these are set in a guide by Kindle, and make perfect sense to the Kindle algorithm to help your book get seen, and rank well.
Why do the categories you sent me seem a bit odd for my book?
It's best to rank in a niche category and build out to less niche categories as you sell. We pick a category that you will do best in, and branch you up to more generic categories as you go. However, unlike most inferior "bestseller services" we tend to use the higher-level relevant categories to get you visible.
What is your guarantee?
We can no longer offer a guarantee, but we can tell you that the averages shown are 100% accurate
What's the catch?
There is no catch. This service is a hybrid of experience with Amazon algorithms, a few social media tools, and a brilliant reader list.
Can I have a discount?
We give books for charity $50 off of Gold SPR Promotions only. Just let us know your charity registration number. We do not discriminate. Any registered charity worldwide is given this discount.
Can I pay in instalments?
You can pay by PayPal Credit if you live in the USA to spread the payments for six months. We do not run any schemes from SPR directly.
Refund Policy at SPR
We do not give a refund after your book is sent to us following payment for any reason except if you buy a duplicate by mistake. This is because we usually send your book to a reviewer within hours of you sending the book to us. Once the book is sent out, we are obliged to pay the reviewer for their work.
FTC Guidelines
You may have heard about US FTC guidelines regarding paid book reviews, and sharing these online. These guidelines apply to US citizens and businesses only, and only for sponsored content. The definition of "sponsored content" or "paid content" is content written by the client and posted on a website in a paid space for the sole purpose of advertising a product with the client's chosen words. This does not apply to original and impartial content written by professional reviewers. There is another set of guidelines used for reviews and endorsements. You can read them here.
Because SPR is based in Spain we do not fall under these guidelines, but because around 80% of our clients are in the US we advise you to read this information. Spain is self-regulated, and so as business owners we comply with basic guidelines as set out by EASA.


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Taco Trails: 12 top taco places in Pittsburgh
Here are a dozen places to visit in Downtown/Strip District, East End, South Side and South Hills for the best tacos in Pittsburgh.
Six years ago, while doing consulting work for Yo Rita on the South Side and Downtown's Nine on Nine, Kevin Sousa grabbed a piece of paper towel and sketched out his future. It was a rudimentary floor plan for Salt of the Earth, the restaurant he hoped to one day open in Garfield.
At the time, the edgy cuisine he dreamed of cooking was as revolutionary as the rough location in which he planned on serving it.
"People actually laughed at the idea of a restaurant like Salt in Pittsburgh in 2008," recalls Mr. Sousa, who nevertheless kept the paper towel in his knife kit as motivation to one day "be an owner and not just an employee."
Two years later, in September 2010, Salt opened to rave reviews (it seated about 10,000 customers in the first 60 days) and remains one of Pittsburgh's top restaurants. It's also garnered national attention, earning two James Beard Foundation nominations in three years.
But it's time to move on.
Tuesday, Mr. Sousa announced he has sold his interest in the Penn Avenue restaurant to architects and co-owners Doug and Liza Cruze, so he has more time to focus on other professional pursuits, including Superior Motors, the new restaurant he's in the process of designing and building across the street from Edgar Thomson Steel Works in Braddock.
Anticipation for this latest venture is at fever pitch: Last month, Mr. Sousa made Kickstarter history when he raised $310,225 in just 33 days to fund the restaurant, which will be in a former car dealership at 1211 Braddock Ave. He exceeded his original goal of $250,000 by more than $60,000, in the process making Superior Motors the most-funded restaurant project in the crowd-sourcing site's history.
"Thinking about what my life will be like without Salt ... I feel a bit sad and choked up," Mr. Sousa said. "But I also feel invigorated and even more motivated in light of the outpouring of support for Superior Motors."
Construction is expected to begin within the next three months, with an opening-date goal of February 2015.
Chef Chad Townsend, who has been chef de cuisine for nearly two years, will take over as Salt's executive chef, while Melissa Horst will continue as general manager, a position she's held for a little more than a year.
Mr. Sousa will remain an active owner of Union Pig and Chicken and Station Street in East Liberty, and "will be developing new concepts to complement what we have already accomplished."
In a release, the Cruzes thanked Mr. Sousa for his dedication to the restaurant and said they were "fortunate to have Chad and Melissa on board, and their continued presence will ensure that Salt's dining experience and impeccable culinary standards will remain unchanged."
A Pittsburgh native, Mr. Townsend trained at Pennsylvania Culinary Institute and previously worked at Eleven Contemporary Kitchen and the celebrated La Nouvelle Maison de Marc Veyrat in Annecy, France.
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Thornton Wilder's Pulitzer winner from 1938 is on few critics' lists of plays they'd love to see again. It's usually done with heavy doses of quaintness and really bad New England accents. Not so in the new and surprisingly fresh production at Addison's WaterTower Theatre. Director Terry Martin, who also plays the Stage Manager/narrator, heeds Wilder's rules for bare-bones props and scenery--to a point. Gradually, realism creeps in until, kaboom, a sudden burst of hyper-realism appears and underscores the play's timeless message about appreciating life's fleeting moments of beauty. The cast is superb, led by young actors Joey Folsom (DFW Theater Critics Forum's Emerging Artist of the Year) and Maxey Whitehead as George and Emily, the young lovers who experience joy and tragedy too soon in life. Emily Scott Banks, Mary-Margaret Pyeatt and Ted Wold are among the grown-ups in the little borough of Grover's Corners, New Hampshire--they're great too. Lovely work all around. And if you've never seen this play before, see this one as the benchmark against which to judge all others. Through October 24 at WaterTower Theatre, 15650 Addison Rd., Addison. 972-450-6232. Reviewed at a preview September 25.
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CNA Tuesday, February 11, 2014, 12:10 am TWN
TAIPEI -- Negotiating with China to allow transit stops in Taiwan for Chinese citizens headed elsewhere will be the "most important" transport issue between the two sides, Deputy Transportation Minister Chen Chwen-jing said yesterday.
Speaking at a forum on economics and finance legislation in the year ahead, Chen said that allowing layovers is the next logical step, after the establishment of direct transportation links in late 2008 led to dramatic growth in sea, air, passenger and cargo transportation between the two sides.
"The thing to do next should be expanding the benefits of cross-strait links and soliciting mainland Chinese to travel to other countries via Taiwan," he said while presiding over the seminar, sponsored by the non-profit Academy of Promoting Economic Legislation.
While he called it "the most important of all the important (issues) in cross-strait air transportation talks," he also noted that it will take hard work to accomplish due to issues of political mutual trust and domestic trust, which are "certainly not easy."
Also speaking at the event, National Chiao Tung University professor Feng Cheng-min, said that if a breakthrough can be achieved in passenger and cargo transit, Taiwan will be able to develop a niche market in transportation logistics.
Roger Han, senior vice president of China Airlines, Taiwan's largest air carrier, said that Taiwan and China have made great strides in cross-strait transportation links and have found solutions to more than 80 percent of the problems they once faced.
Han expressed hope that transport ties can continue to generate economic benefits -- particularly through transit stops. He noted that only Chinese citizens are barred from making transit stops at Taiwan's airports, which he said was both "strange and unreasonable."
Taiwanese travelers can now transit to Europe via China, but Chinese passengers still cannot go to a third destination via Taiwan.
"In fact, the most convenient route for people in Xiamen to travel to the United States is via Taiwan, not Beijing," Han said.
The obstacle is that China requires its citizens to have an entry permit for Taiwan, even for just a transfer -- though they are allowed to transfer in Taiwan when heading back to China from abroad, he said.
Responding to the suggestions, lawmaker Tsai Chi-chang of the opposition Democratic Progressive Party said that he is not against cross-strait talks, but the government should ensure that Taiwan is in the most favorable position in negotiations.
Legislator Chen Ken-te of the ruling Kuomintang, meanwhile, said that cross-strait talks should not be held hostage to politics, and the government should make full preparations irrespective of political factors to solicit the best conditions for businesses.
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Timely and relevant health tips from Bumrungrad International Hospital
Bangkok provides its visitors and citizens with an excellent public transportation infrastructure. Bumrungrad International Hospital's patients can be assured that there are many reliable and convenient options for getting to and from our hospital in this bustling city.
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We provide a free shuttle van service for our patients, either to our hospital or the patient's hotel, from Suvarnabhumi International Airport. Bumrungrad operates this van service from the A World of Care desk, which is located in Area C of the arrival area near outdoor exit gate 10. A van departs every hour (depending on the number of passengers) to make the 28 km drive to Bumrungrad International Hospital.
Don Mueang International Airport offer general transfer services at booths located just beyond the luggage pickup area. Simply inform the desk staff that you would like to go to Bumrungrad Hospital and they will know where to take you. We are located approximately 23 km from Don Mueang International Airport.
There are also easy-to-use taxi queue services at both airports located outside at ground level.
BTS (Bangkok Mass Transit System)
Also known as the Sky Train, the BTS is open daily from 6am to 12am midnight and features two lines, Sukhumvit and Silom lines, which cross at Siam Station (Central).
Travel to Nana Station (E3) on the Sukhumvit Line and after exiting the station, look for the Bumrungrad Shuttle that comes approximately every 15 minutes, depending on traffic. Alternatively, travel to Phloenchit Station (E2) and after exiting the station, cross under the expressway, turn left onto Sukhumvit Soi 1, and walk 200 meters. Bumrungrad International Hospital will be on you right hand side.
MRT (Bangkok Metro)
Also referred to as Bangkok's metro or subway, the MRT is also open daily from 6am to 12am midnight and consists of one line. Exit at the Phetchaburi Station, which is 1.5 km from Bumrungrad International Hospital. It is also possible to transfer from the MRT to the BTS at Asok Station (E4).
Train station
Bangkok's main train station, Hua Lamphong Central Rail Station, connects all of Thailand's Northern, Southern, Eastern, and Northeastern train lines. It is located 10 km from Bumrungrad International Hospital and is connected to the MRT at the Hualamphong Station.
Bangkok's taxis are easily identifiable by their neon colors. You can hail one easily from any main road or side street, line up in a queue after exiting an airport or bus station, or request that your hotel concierge arrange one for you.
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Bangkok has expressways built above the city that offer more direct and faster routes, but they charge a toll.
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Howard and Bernadette welcome their new baby and Sheldon and Amy celebrate Amy's birthday.
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Physical aspects of collective cell migration
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A number of biological processes, such as embryo development, cancer metastasis or wound healing, rely on cells moving in concert. The mechanisms leading to the emergence of group motion remain largely unexplored. Although biomolecular signalling is known to be involved in most occurrences of collective migration, the role of physical and mechanical interactions has been so far poorly addressed. In this presentation, a simple framework for cell motility is implemented in-silico in order to study the minimal requirements for the coordination of a group of epithelial cells, either as a spontaneously emerging behaviour, or as a response to "leader" cells. It appears that a key parameter, essentially characterising the ratio between the cohesion of the tissue and the motile force of individual cells, has the ability to control a wide spectrum of behaviours, from the epithelial-mesenchymal transition to the onset of collective invasion in cancer metastasis. This unified picture allows us to reassess the role of biomolecular signalling in a broader context and suggest a novel mechanism for driving cell sorting in remodelling tissues.
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Linklaters & Paines is considering following Lovell White Durrant by employing a full-time administrator to co-ordinate its pro bono work.
Linklaters' partnership secretary, John Ledley, said the firm had appointed a pro bono group, consisting of himself and three or four partners, chaired by property partner Christopher Coombe, six months ago.
The group was set up after an internal report also recommended that a full-time administrator be appointed.
Ledley said: "We have decided that we do need one to help us run the pro bono group. It takes time to consider these pro bono arrangements. How many people have we got? What are the financial arrangements? What are the procedures we use?"
He said the firm needed someone who, if not a lawyer, was familiar with legal matters. The post would "probably" be full-time.
Linklaters lawyers already do pro bono work with several inner city law centres. The firm is also a member of the Professional Firms Group, part of the nationwide Business in the Community Initiative.
Under this eight-year-old scheme firms agree to provide between 50 and 100 hours of professional advice a year to projects working for the social and economic regeneration of their local area. The group filters appropriate projects and assigns them to the firms on its panel.
Tony Willis, Clifford Chance partner and chair of the Solicitors' Pro Bono Group, praised both Lovells, which appointed a pro bono officer last month, and Linklaters. "It's an idea whose time has come," he said.


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Grading CBSSports.com's All-America team as NFL prospects
Preseason All-America teams used to feature just the top names from the biggest schools. But is this still the case? NFLDraftScout.com breaks down each of CBSSports.com's All-Americans to identify which players will be just as relevant for NFL scouts as they are college football fans.
For years, NFL scouts could ignore the hype that came with preseason All-America notes and watch lists for positional awards.
Typically, the players who earned such awards did so on top 25 teams. Winning the Heisman Trophy, for example, meant nothing to scouts because it was often all about statistics, scheme or celebrity, rather than individual talent.
As such, last week's unveiling of CBSSports.com's 2013 College Football Preseason All-America team begged the obvious question: Can these players turn their superstardom in college into high selections in the NFL draft?
NFLDraftScout.com Senior Analysts Dane Brugler and Rob Rang divvied up the team and offer below their takes on whether these All-Americans will prove every bit as compelling as NFL prospects.
QB Johnny Manziel, Texas A&M (6-1, 200, Soph.)
Say what you will about his off-field exploits, Johnny Football is aptly nicknamed because his elusiveness and accuracy in the pocket and on the move makes him as dynamic as any quarterback in recent college football history, perhaps ever. If he is as dominant in a second season of SEC competition, it isn't hard to imagine some QB-needy NFL team investing a high pick in Manziel, regardless of the distractions he might bring with him.
RB Lache Seastrunk, Baylor (5-10, 205, Jr.)
NFLDraftScout.com's top-rated runner potentially eligible for the 2014 NFL draft, Seastrunk combines freakish athletic ability to go along with vision and a willingness to cut-back against the grain. He ran for "just" 1,012 yards a season ago as Baylor featured the pass but could challenge for the nation's rushing title in 2013.
RB T.J. Yeldon, Alabama (6-2, 218, Soph.)
Possessing an unheard of combination of size, agility and straight-line speed, Yeldon pushed aside Eddie Lacy a season ago to carve out 1,108 yards and 12 touchdowns as a true freshman. Like Lacy, Trent Richardson and Mark Ingram before him, Yeldon will ultimately earn a lofty grade from scouts.
WR Marqise Lee, Southern Cal (6-0, 195, Jr.)
A silky smooth athlete who in 2012 became the first Trojan and just the fifth sophomore to ever take home the Biletnikof Trophy as the nation's top wideout, Lee is a future No. 1 target in the NFL. He lacks the size that has helped make Calvin Johnson and A.J. Green household names and is likely to catch less passes in 2012 with Matt Barkley now in the NFL, but his ability to turn short catches into long gains is unparalleled in college football.
WR Amari Cooper, Alabama (6-1, 202, Soph.)
Considered by some talent evaluators to be Alabama's top prospect after just one season, Cooper is a shockingly polished route-runner who plays with toughness and instincts. Cooper's numbers were impressive in 2012 (59 catches for 1,000 and a school-record 11 touchdowns) but is it frightening to think of what he'd do in an offense that featured him.
WR Sammy Watkins, Clemson (6-1, 205, Jr.)
DeAndre Hopkins earned a first round selection in 2013 and is already earning rave reviews from the Houston Texans, but former teammate Watkins is the more dynamic athlete. Possessing a breath-taking combination of size and pure speed, Watkins looks poised to re-emerge as quarterback Tajh Boyd's favorite weapon in 2013.
TE Austin Seferian-Jenkins, Washington (6-6, 266, Jr.)
Bigger and more productive a season ago than Mackey Award winner and Cincinnati Bengals' first round pick, Tyler Eifert, Seferian-Jenkins looks like an offensive tackle but boasts the body control of a wide receiver. He'll almost certainly produce the type of numbers to warrant All-American status but must improve as a blocker and will have to convince scouts of his maturity after an off-season arrest for DUI.
OT Taylor Lewan, Michigan (6-6, 308, Sr.)
An imposing figure cut from the same cloth as former Wolverines All-American and 2008 No. 1 overall pick Jake Long, Lewan's athleticism and aggression could earn him a spot in the top 10 come May. If so, he'd be the first Big Ten player since Long to earn this distinction.
OT Jake Matthews, Texas A&M (6-5, 305, Sr.)
Considered by some scouts to be a better prospect than former teammate Luke Joeckel (the No. 2 overall pick last year), Matthews is set to start at left tackle after dominating from the right side the past three years. Matthews comes by his size, athleticism and toughness naturally, as he's the son of Hall of Famer Bruce Matthews.
OG David Yankey, Stanford (6-5, 311, Sr.)
Last year Yankey was voted by Pac-12 defensive linemen as the conference's top blocker despite it being his first year playing left tackle. He's been moved back inside to left guard for 2013, where scouts feel his lateral agility, balance and toughness are best suited.
OG Cyril Richardson, Baylor (6-5, 335, Sr.)
A massive athlete with an appetite for pancakes (we mean blocks, of course), Richardson is the quintessential mauler of the 2014 draft class. Light enough on his feet to serve as Robert Griffin III's blindside tackle in 2011, Richardson's NFL future lies on the inside as a drive blocker in a power-based scheme.
C Gabe Ikard, Oklahoma (6-3, 298, Sr.)
Athletic, instinctive and versatile (19 career starts at center, 18 at left guard), Ikard is the perfect zone-blocking offensive lineman. The former tight end is light on his feet, showing the ability to block well on the move.
DE Jadeveon Clowney, South Carolina (6-6, 272, Jr.)
Barring injury, Mr. Clowney will be a top-three draft pick next May and it's easy to see why with his freakish skill-set that creates mismatches rushing off the edge. His combination of size, power and athleticism makes him one of the best defensive prospects to enter the NFL over the last decade.
DE Stephon Tuitt, Notre Dame (6-6, 322, Jr.)
A stout, big-bodied defender, Tuitt is an impressive prospect who passes the eyeball test and backs it up with his play on the field. He has the size of most interior linemen, but has also shown the ability to be an edge rusher with some range to shed blocks and chase down the ballcarrier -- a future NFL star in the making.
DT Louis Nix, Notre Dame (6-3, 347, Sr.)
A potential top-10 prospect, Nix was one of the lone bright spots for the Irish defense in last season's BCS National Championship Game, anchoring the middle of the line. Maybe the best nose tackle prospect since B.J. Raji, Nix's lateral burst and natural power helps him dominate interior blockers.
DT Will Sutton, Arizona State (6-1, 288, Jr.)
A quick, penetrating interior pass rusher, Sutton doesn't have ideal NFL size or measureables, but his burst off the snap to weasel his way into the backfield is something that scouts won't ignore. His size doesn't scream first round pick, but it's tough to argue with the production (23.5 TFL in 2012).
LB C.J. Mosley, Alabama (6-2, 232, Sr.)
A smart, instinctive linebacker, Mosley is an extension of Nick Saban on the field and his pass coverage skills have scouts believing he is a three-down player in the NFL. He likely would have been a top-20 overall pick had he declared after last season and should go that high next May.
LB Anthony Barr, UCLA (6-4, 248, Sr.)
When watching Barr on film, it's tough to believe that with all his success last season, his junior year was just his first on the defensive side of the ball, moving to linebacker from running back. But he's a natural rushing the passer, a premium skill that might make him a top-10 pick in the 2014 NFL Draft.
LB Kyle Van Noy, BYU (6-3, 235, Sr.)
In BYU's bowl game last December against San Diego State, Van Noy had a monster performance and looked like he was ready to make the jump to the pros. But instead he returned to Provo for his senior year this fall, and although he's not a lock first round pick, his motor and range puts him in the top-32 discussion.
CB Jason Verrett, TCU (5-10, 180, Sr.)
A former JUCO transfer, Verrett went from a little-known reserve to one of the best defenders in the Big 12 conference over the past two seasons. He was among the NCAA leaders in interceptions last season (6) and has put himself in position to be a first-round cornerback and the top senior drafted at his position.
CB Bradley Roby, Ohio State (5-11, 192, Jr.)
An exciting player who leaps off game tape, Roby has underwhelming height and overall strength, but he has the speed, footwork and overall presence to lock down one side of the field in man coverage. He still has room to improve and will sit out the first game after an off-field incident, but Roby has the ability to be a top-10 pick.
S Ha'Sean Clinton-Dix, Alabama (6-1, 208, Jr.)
Besides leading the way on the "All-Name" team, Clinton-Dix is a player ready to emerge as one of the best defensive backs in college football. As a first-year starter last season, "Ha Ha" led the Tide with five interceptions, including one in each of the final three games, and also projects very highly to the next level.
S Ed Reynolds, Stanford (6-2, 205, Sr.)
After seeing limited playing time over his first two seasons in Palo Alto, Reynolds had a breakout junior campaign in 2012, finishing among the Nation's leaders in interceptions with six. He has a good blend of speed and strength to be a reliable defender against the run and the pass, something NFL scouts are seeking.
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Derek Jeter will take a big step in his rehab process, as he will play for the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders on Thursday, according to Andy McCullough of the Newark Star Ledger. Jeter, 39, is slated to play five innings in the field tomorrow night in order to test out his right calf which he strained on August 2. The Yankees have said that Jeter will likely play at least two games in Scranton, which makes a Friday return in Tampa unlikely. Although there is no clear timetable for his activation, if all goes well over the next few days we could see Jeter back with the big league club by the end of the weekend. Eduardo Nunez and Jayson Nix will continue to share the shortstop duties while Jeter is out. On the year, Jeter has played in just five games going 4-for-21 with a homer and two RBI. Derek Jeter will go to Scranton and play five innings tomorrow. — Andy McCullough (@McCulloughSL) August 21, 2013
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School Board Considering Chancellor Candidates
By DAVID STOUT
Published: September 17, 1995
Richard Ravitch may be Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani's leading choice to be schools chancellor, but the Board of Education makes the decision, and the board members are considering nine other people for the job, including an educator who is a professional musician and another who saved geese from starvation.
In any event, Michael Casserly, executive director of the Council of Great City Schools, a group representing the country's 50 largest urban school systems, believes much of the public speculation about who will be chosen is off the mark.
The threshold question for any candidate, he said, ought to be "articulation of a plan or vision for how to raise the educational level of the kids."
"If that's not a priority," Mr. Casserly said, "then someone has turned the world needlessly upside down."
Here are profiles of those in the running: Anthony J. Alvarado
Anthony J. Alvarado was Chancellor from spring 1983 to spring 1984. He held school-administrative jobs before becoming Chancellor, and he has held them since he stepped down.
Mr. Alvarado received a bachelor's degree and a master's in English from Fordham. For years, Mr. Alvarado seemed to be the quintessential educator-administrator. While superintendent of a district in Harlem, he said he wanted "to increase the expectation of success" for pupils and teachers alike. He created schools within schools, so-called mini-schools that focused on a particular area, like music or art. The reading achievement scores of children in the district went up sharply under his leadership.
But Mr. Alvarado's personal finances were tangled, and they dragged him down, and out, of the Chancellor's post, after it was discovered that he had borrowed thousands of dollars from subordinates. Rudolph F. Crew
Rudolph F. Crew, Superintendent of the 31,500-student Tacoma, Wash., school system since 1993, was Superintendent in Sacramento, Calif., for four years. He was also deputy superintendent and chief operational officer for instructional programs in Sacramento.
Before working in Sacramento, Dr. Crew was deputy superintendent for curriculum and instruction in Boston, where he originated, supervised and evaluated programs from the kindergarten through adult-education level. Dr. Crew also held administrative positions in several other school districts in California.
He is a graduate of Babson College in Wellesley, Mass., and received a master's degree in urban education at the University of Massachusetts, where he also received a doctorate in educational administration. Daniel A. Domenech
Daniel A. Domenech has been district superintendent for western Suffolk County, L.I., and chief executive for the Western Suffolk Board of Cooperative Educational Services since April 1994.
From 1981 to 1994, he was Superintendent in the South Huntington District on Long Island, and before that Superintendent of Deer Park, L.I., schools for three years. He was program director of the Nassau County Board of Cooperative Educational Services from 1971 to 1977.
Dr. Domenech taught sixth grade from 1968 to 1971 in a predominantly black and Hispanic area of South Jamaica, Queens.
He received a bachelor's degree in psychology from Hunter College, took graduate courses in experimental psychology at Queens College and received a doctorate in educational research from Hofstra University, where he is an adjunct associate professor of education.
Dr. Domenech is a past president of the New York State Council of School Superintendents and is on the executive committee of the American Association of School Administrators. Mary Lee Fitzgerald
Mary Lee Fitzgerald was New Jersey Education Commissioner for a year under Gov. Jim Florio, and before that she was Superintendent of Montclair public schools for a decade.
While Dr. Fitzgerald headed the Montclair schools, the district undertook a desegregation plan that included voluntary busing to specialized magnet schools.
Dr. Fitzgerald held administrative positions in schools in Norwalk, Conn., Phoenix and East Windsor, N.J. From 1959 to 1961 she was a teacher in the rural mining community of Eagle Valley, Colo.
Dr. Fitzgerald had wanted to stay on as New Jersey Commissioner, but Gov. Christine Todd Whitman declined to reappoint her. After leaving the New Jersey post, she served as a professor at Harvard University for a semester. She is an adjunct professor in educational administration at Teachers College at Columbia University.
Dr. Fitzgerald graduated from the University of Arizona, received a master's in education from the University of Colorado and was awarded a doctorate in education from Rutgers University. She also studied at the University of Southern California, Princeton Theological Seminary and Stanford University. Leon M. Goldstein
Leon M. Goldstein has been president of Kingsborough Community College in Brooklyn since 1971. He has held many other positions in the City University system, having been deputy chancellor and Acting Chancellor of CUNY from 1981 to 1983.
Mr. Goldstein has also been professor of history and dean of New York City Community College and CUNY's dean for community colleges. In 1990, he was appointed by the CUNY Chancellor, A. Ann Reynolds, to head the fiscal affairs committee of the CUNY Council of Presidents. In 1992, he was named chairman of the Chancellor's Advisory Committee on Academic Program Planning.
Mr. Goldstein graduated from City College and received a master's degree from Brooklyn College.


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New Braunfels Herald Zeitung (Newspaper) - February 9, 1983, New Braunfels, Texas 4A New Braunfels HeraldZeitung Wednesday, February 9, 1983 Opinions Herald-Zeitung Dave Kramer, General Manager Robert Johnson, Editor James J. Kilpatrick Math and science vs. balanced education Sen. Pete Domenici of New Mexico introduced a bill in the Senate a week or so ago, and by sheer coincidence, out of the clear blue sky, Adm. Hyman Rickover happened to telephone me the next day. Maybe the admiral had his vibes working; he may have suspected that I was about to charge off at flank speed in support of the Domenici bill. Anyhow, his advice was to signal my engines ; Slow. Senator Domenici is concerned, as all of us ought to be concerned, at the parlous state of math and science education in our country. The Reagan administration also is concerned. The president will propose an extensive program for producing about 7,000 new science and math teachers annually for the next several years. Admiral Rickover's concerns go in a different direction. He calls himself a "technocrat." Much of his life has been spent in science and mathematics — specifically, in nuclear physics and marine engineering. The point of his telephone call was to warn against crash programs in science and math at the expense of the liberal arts. "Give me a high school graduate with a well-rounded education," he said, "and the rest will come later." Very well. The point is well taken. The scientist who knows his megatons but knows not Mozart is less than a whole person. Intellectual breadth is more to be desired than narrow specialization. Even so, when that has been said, there is much also to be said for the senator and the president. Domenici defined the problem on the Senate floor. Every standardized test for measuring science and math capabilities has shown a steadily declining level of achievement over the past IO years. Our high school graduates, by and large, simply are not learning their elementary lessons: At community colleges, three out of four math courses are remedial in nature. Most colleges and universities have reacted to this sorry situation by lowering their admission requirements for both math and science. The difficulty begins in the elementary grades. Domenici cited an international study with sobering findings: American 13-year-olds scored more poorly on a standardized test than their counterparts from England, Japan, Belgium, Australia, France, Scotland and the Netherlands. The root of the problem, as Domenici and the White House perceive it, lies in the scarcity of qualified math and science teachers who will stay the course in the classrooms. This past September, he says, half of all newly employed teachers were not qualified; they were put to teaching math and science only because qualified instructors could not be found — or at least they could not be found at an average minimum starting salary of $11,758. The Domenici bill would provide HONTUfc IS TOP SECRET, MR. SECRETARY IFTUERU5S1ANS BND OUT WE WWE AN ANTVTANK.'WEAPON UKETH1S- IE THE/ FIND OUT WE'VE RBtbER^ THEIR. WHOLE ARNN* OF TANKS USELESS' WEIL-I POtt NEED TO TELL NOU IT WOULD COMPlEIEiy DESTABILIZE THE StTUNION 1H EUROPE** ESPEOAUy IF THE/ HHP OUT IT ONI/ COSTS ^25,000 A VEAR TO OPERATE nearly 2,700 two-year scholarships, each valued at up to $2,500, for college students who would agree to teach in fields of math and science for at least three years after graduation. A separate program would provide Distinguished Teacher Awards annually for about a thousand teachers in elementary and secondary schools. A teacher who had been on the job for up to five years could be nominated for a $5,000 award; a teacher with at least IO years* experience could receive $10,000. The administration's slightly more expansive program of scholarships and awards would be supplemented by an effort to recruit prospective teachers from among unemployed college graduates, retired teachers and teachers in other disciplines. They would return to college at public expense for 12 months to 15 months of new training in science and math. The price tags would range from $24.5 million for Domenici's bill to well over $50 million for the White House plan. The money would be well spent. "No senator worries more about the effects of large deficits than I do," said Domenici — and because he is chairman of the Senate Budget Committee it may well be so. But the problem is critical. Either our school system gears up to turn out better-trained scientists, or 20 years down the road the Japanese will beat our brains out. In many areas, sad to say, they're doing that now. Washington Today Tis the season for adjustments By WALTER R MEARS Associated Press WASHINGTON - It's the season for seasonal adjustment, and no one has been jimmying with the figures this time. That about sums up President Reagan's latest appraisal of the sometimes mysterious ways of federal statisticians. Seasonal adjustment is a system through w hich the statisticians try to lessen the impact of such predictable changes as harvests, changes in the weather and major holidays. It proved a boon to the administration when the latest unemployment figures came out, showing a drop in the unemployment rate between December and January. The adjustment sometimes has worked the other way, prompting the president to complain about the system. The employment picture also was enhanced by a change in the way the government counts, since military personnel stationed in the United States were included for the first time. All of them have jobs, so the unemployment rate was lower for the revision. With seasonal adjustment, the unemployment rate declined from 10.8 percent in December to 10.2 percent in January when the military is included, 10.4 percent counting only the civilian labor force. Had military personnel been factored into the December rate, it would have been 10.7 percent. Without seasonal adjustment, the January rate for civilian workers would have been 11.4 percent. Reagan eompllained there's something wrong when the numbers show unemployment declining and the adjustment shows it increasing. Reagan did so when the unemployment rate showed an increase last March even though there were fewer people out of work . It happened again last May; the unemployment rate went up even though the number of people out of work went down. "I'm not sure that we live in a seasonally adjusted w odd," Reagan said then. The process cut the other way in January. The weather was relatively mild, so there was more work to be had outdoors. Because of the recession, Christmas business was off, so fewer holiday workers were hired than rn the past. As a result, not too many people were laid off after the holidays. Andy Rooney Keeping warm has its own simple pleasures When some people fall on hard tunes I have to laugh. The people w ho sell me fuel oil for my house are friends and neighbors, arid it's been so warm this winter that their business is terrible. I .ast weekend I dropped into their office iii my shirtsleeves. It was so warm out, that was all I needed. They were sitting around their office with long faces, but I just laughed and laughed at them. In addition to their office staff, there were two tank truek drivers sitting around because they had nothing to do. F or anyone used to paying huge fuel oil bills every winter, it was sight for sore eyes. I don't wish the Riggins Oil Company bad luck, but I hope it stays as warm as it's been so far this winter and that they continue to do a terrible business. I have a wonderful problem because of the warm winter we've had in the Northeast. Three years ago we put a small, air-tight wood stove in the kitchen. We had to close off the fireplace to do it but we were convinced the fireplace, though attractive, was inefficient. The first year, we used the little stove a lot but there were some problems. The main trouble was that when we were in the kitchen, we were usually cooking and didn't need a lot of extra heat. When we weren't in the kitchen, it didn't make much sense burning wood to keep the room warm. We like the little wood stove though, and all summer and fall I prepared for this winter which forecasters said, might be the coldest of the century. Well, if it's going to be a cold winter, it has to get started pretty soon now or it'll be too late. By the first of November I'd pulled quite a few dead trees out of the woods and cut them into 18-inch lengths. That's as long as the wood stove will take. Not it's February and I still have a beautiful pile of wood outside the kitchen door, all cut and split and ready. The stove, however, is cold. We simply don't need it. One day last month I started it up because it was nippy out and we were going to have Sunday morning breakfast in the kitchen. I burned five pieces of wood and then let the fire die. So my wood pile of hundreds of pieces of wood is only five short of what it was when I finished it. I suppose it's the Riggins' turn to laugh at me. Reeping warm is a very' basic, satisfying thing to do. We wonder how our ancestors amused themselves before they had cars or television. I suspect one of the things they spent a lot of time doing was keeping warm. Doing it for yourself has a lot going for it that watching "I Laverne and Shirley" doesn't. When you've finished building a fire, insulating a house or putting on long underwear and a down jacket for a cold day on the ski slopes, you feel great. You're comfortable and you've won a victory over the elements that are trying to make you cold and miserable. There isn't a television show ever made that can match the pleasure of getting into a warm bed. I've always considered myself good with fire, but of course a lot of people do who aren't, and I may be one of them. We had a fireplace in our summer cottage when I was young and I had a lot of experience w ith that, but my real knowledge of fire came from helping my mother stoke the coal furnace in our house in the city. My father traveled a lot, so I learned young how to open the furnace and throw a shovelful of coal in without hitting either side of the door. I was always scared to go down cellar alone, but I liked stoking the furnace. My mother was proud that we could afford the big chunks of anthracite instead of having to burn the smaller pieces of soft coal that some of our neighbors did. I don't know why I think you'll be interested rn these petty, personal reminiscences of mine about fire and warmth. I guess I think they will remind you of warmth of your own. John L. Hess Reagan's 'wishful thinking' helps the rich Looking back over his first two years, the president grinned his famous grin and said, "How time flies when you're having fun." A few days later, Reagan had a little fun with an audience of corporation executives in Bedford, Mass. "ITI probably kick myself for having said this," he said with a grin," but when are we going to have the courage to point out that in our tax structure, the corporate tax is very hard to justify9" Then he had a beer with the boys in a blue-collar saloon, still grinning. But before he got back to Washington, he and his staff had to assure the press, seriously, that he had no intention of even looking at that corporation tax. T hat s true, the president was just shooting the breeze. It was a bit of nostalgia, really. Before an audience like that, he just tossed off a line from his dear old days on the lecture trail for General Electric. Since then, there have been so many new loopholes that nobody cares much about the corporation tax. In fact, GE had so many deductions from its pre-tax profit of $2.66 billion in 1981 that it sold some it could not use, and ended with a tax refund of dose to $100 million. For the government to be paying the corporations instead of vice versa — isn't that fun? That particular gimmick was only one in the barrel of tricks put through by Reagan in 1981 Two months ago, the Wall Street Journal totted up the results of that package: a 25 percent cut in income taxes over three years, a slash in the top rate on unearned income, trimming benefits for the poor, etc. It concluded: "The rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer." Surprise. But there's more fun ahead. The Social Security "rescue plan" — now, there's a boffo title — will not only freeze benefits at the present munificent average of $400 a month but also raise the withholding tax, which hits the mass of lower incomes. And the Reagan budget calls for nicks at Medicare, public transportation, food stamps, welfare and poor children's meals. On the revenue side, it proposes to tax health benefits provided by employers. For the ordinary taxpayer, the president offered his sympathy. In his State of the Union address, he said we ought to study simplifying the tax code. Then he proposed, deadpan, half a dozen new and complicated tax loopholes. One would be a deduction for savings against future tuition for the children. But it turned out that he meant only the interest on those savings would be exempt, not the money actually put aside. To think of the average Joe with a family, earning $20,000 a year, putting tuition money aside under that inducement is at least worth a smile. The nuttiness of the tax code has stirred a lot of interest in a flat tax. The idea is that a straight 14 percent or so on all income with no deductions would raise at least as much revenue as the present income tax. But that would put a lot of lawyers, accountants, and lobbyists out of work. More seriously, it would force a lot of Reagan's friends to pay more than they do now. So when the president says he likes the idea, it's like when he says the corporation tax should be repealed. He's not proposing, he's just wishing. Anyway, his actual program is lots of fun. These next two years should really fly. j ;
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Chocolate Chip Cookie Guide
How do you make the perfect chocolate chip cookie? We tweaked the ingredients and baking methods of our classic recipe to see how we could achieve cookies with different textures and flavors.
The Ultimate Cookie Quest
What makes the perfect chocolate chip cookie? If you were to ask a group of people, you'd likely receive widely varying results spanning the chewy-crispy-crunchy spectrum. But more importantly, how do you achieve these cookie variants? We set out to demonstrate how, by tweaking one classic chocolate chip cookie recipe, the home baker can create chocolate chip cookies with different textures, flavors and appearances.
Mess with a Classic
We started out with this Classic Chocolate Chip Cookies recipe, which yields crispy-on-the-outside, soft-in-the-inside cookies that easily rival some of those tried-and-true store-bought cookies you ate as a child.
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Flour Power
The first change we made to the classic recipe was adding flour and subbing in cake flour for the usual all-purpose variety. Just adding flour made the cookies dense and dry, but the cake flour was a surprising hit. The resulting cookies were tender and super chewy with pleasantly caramelized edges.
The second experiment pertained to the chemical leaveners: We replaced the recipe's baking soda with baking powder. The cookies turned out lighter, crumbly and fragile, which wasn't a desired outcome, as voted by our tasting panel.
Fun with Fats and Sugar
Next, we adapted the ingredients that give cookies their sweetness and, as it turns out, greatly impact their texture. In lieu of standard room-temperature butter, we tried 3/4 cup of coconut oil and melted butter, respectively. The coconut oil yielded a lighter, less toffee-flavored cookie, which made the chocolate chips taste more pronounced and allowed the coconut flavor of the oil to emerge. Melting the butter produced a crackly topped, slightly chewy cookie.
It was the variation in sugars that resulted in the greatest surprise, though. We tried all brown sugar, all granulated sugar, and a combination of brown sugar and corn syrup (more on that last one later). The all dark brown sugar cookie was tender, cakey and notably darker in color.
The Big Chill
After modifying ingredients, we moved onto temperature-related experiments. Chilling cookie dough before baking it is a secret that in-the-know bakers employ to develop the flavors of their goods. This trick didn't disappoint: Our chocolate chip cookies were rich and deeply toffee-flavored, a decidedly very good thing.
The Heat Is On
The classic chocolate chip cookie is baked at 375 degrees F until golden and tender. But what would happen if we modified the baking temperature? Quite a lot, apparently: The cookies baked at 300 degrees F were flat, crunchy and possessed more distinct toffee flavor; the cookies baked at 425 degrees F were crunchy on the outside but quite cakey on the inside for marked contrast.
Cakey Chocolate Chip Cookies
After experimenting with all of these variables, our discerning cookie tasters crowned five chocolate chip cookies worthy of their own recipes.
The first, the Cakey Chocolate Chip Cookies, resulted from our sugar experiment. They contain 1 1/2 cups of dark brown sugar (in lieu of standard light brown sugar) and no granulated sugar. After baking for 12 to 15 minutes at 375 degrees F, the cookies are incredibly tender.
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Crispy-Cakey Chocolate Chip Cookies
For those who prefer a combination of cakey and crunchy, try these Crispy-Cakey Chocolate Chip cookies –– we modified the classic recipe by baking it at 425 degrees F for 8 to 10 minutes. The golden, crunchy outside gives way to a tender center.
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Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies
To get a nicely chewy cookie, you'll need to tweak the sugar components again. These Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies contain 1 cup of light brown sugar and 1/4 cup of corn syrup in lieu of the classic granulated sugar. That liquid sugar yields a cookie that's good and crunchy on the outside but quite chewy inside after it's been baked for 10 to 12 minutes at 375 degrees F.
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Super-Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies
For some, slightly chewy is not enough. These Super-Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies were achieved when we subbed out all-purpose flour for cake flour, as described earlier. This panel favorite was tender and very chewy, but with nicely caramelized edges.
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Extra-Crispy Chocolate Chip Cookies
Finally, the Extra-Crispy Chocolate Chip Cookies resulted from baking the classic recipe at 300 degrees F for 24 to 28 minutes. The flat, crunchy cookie had the most pronounced toffee flavor of the lot.
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Dreams: out of the dustbin of nonsense and superstition and into the mainstream of health and psychology publications. Slowly, but surely!
The dream interview is transparent, logical, and teachable. However, it's simplicity can be misleading; it takes practice and discipline to learn.
Everyone dreams vividly at least 4-5 times a night. Most of us forget the exquisitely detailed clarity of our dreams and often we forget the entire dream experience. Every detail of a dream is a clue to its meaning and emotional impact. If you would like to increase your recall quality, there are two easy steps before you try anything exotic.
Getting 7-9 hours of sleep a night is the key to these well-researched benefits. If you are willing to exchange an hour of TV or Web time to experiment with sleeping as long as it takes to awake refreshed without an alarm or barking dog, these will be your rewards.
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Everything from dad's car, to the cars they drove years ago, to the car they dreamed of driving as a teenager. Sometimes the autos are dream-inventions, blends of styles, or models from a particular year. All these specifics are vital to an accurate interpretation.
In 40 years of working with hundreds of dreamers, I think dreams about animals are the easiest to understand. Each animal, insect, or fish in your dream represents something important in your life-a stinging situation, a threatening person or habit of your own, or any other aspect of your own personality or that of someone else's behavior that is impacting your life.


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CONSUMER'S WORLD; Escalator Dangers Called Preventable
By MICHAEL deCOURCY HINDS
Published: April 29, 1989
Yvonne L. Little, a 56-year-old Maryland resident, caught the belt of her raincoat in an escalator step when she was leaving a subway station in suburban Washington earlier this month. Ms. Little, unaware, rode to the top of the moving stairs. The machinery reeled in the belt and yanked her to the ground, breaking her wrist, dislocating her shoulder and stripping away most of her clothing before a transit worker shut off the escalator.
The accident was not a freak occurrence. Escalators of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority that were apparently in good working order killed a 40-year-old woman last month and a 3-year-old girl in 1985; in both cases the victims were strangled when their clothing became entangled in the machinery. This week the authority posted signs that direct passengers' attention to the emergency shut-off switches on escalators.
Most people ride escalators without a thought about danger. But every year escalators around the nation kill one or two people and injure about 7,500 others, mostly small children and elderly people, the industry estimates. Preventing Falls
Manufacturers say their safety record is excellent, given the billions of passengers carried by about 25,000 escalators in the United States every year. They also say that most accidents involve elderly people who lose their balance and fall while getting on or off escalators. But safety experts and lawyers for victims say many of the falls and nearly all other accidents could be prevented by minor modifications in equipment and by more thorough maintenance.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission, which has jurisdiction over escalators, says it does not have the resources to address products like escalators because of the relatively few deaths and serious injuries. The pressure on manufacturers to improve safety primarily comes from state and local building officials and insurance companies, from product-liability suits and publicity about accidents, said Douglas L. Noble, a spokesman for the agency.
The escalator industry essentially regulates itself by adopting voluntary safety standards, which most states and municipalities incorporate into their building codes. Most localities have building inspectors check escalators several times a year, but some governments require escalator owners to have maintenance companies do some or all of the inspections.
These self-inspections, which are fairly common in the building industry, cause conflicts of interest, said Hubert H. Hayes, an escalator consultant in Brooklyn. Escalator owners may be reluctant to shut escalators down for repairs, he said, and service companies may be reluctant to initiate repairs because under most maintenance contracts they must pay half the cost.
''It's a difficult business to be honest in,'' Mr. Hayes said, adding that he believes many accidents occur as a result of poor maintenance. Good for Sales There are no firm accident statistics because the Government does not separate escalator statistics from other injury data it collects, and manufacturers do not release the information because of their concern about product-liability suits, said Richard W. Heintschel, a spokesman for Schindler Elevator Corporation in Toledo, Ohio. Schindler, a subsidiary of Schindler Limited of Switzerland, and three other companies - Otis Elevator Corporation, Westinghouse Elevator Company, Montgomery Elevator Company - dominate the $100 million-a-year American market.
Escalators were invented in the 1890's and first used at Coney Island. Sales surged when retailers saw that they helped sales by giving passengers a wide view of merchandise. Since most escalators are in stores, that is where most accidents occur.
On March 15, for example, Claire Bezy, 3, was playing with the moving handrail of an escalator at the Galleria, a shopping mall in White Plains. The handrail pulled her body against a plastic safety barrier, which gave way and caused the child to fall 33 feet to the first floor. She fractured her skull and broke several bones and has been hospitalized every since.
The White Plains Building Department reported that the safety barrier was missing three of four retaining bolts and other hardware used to secure the barrier to the escalator frame. The department did not say whether a properly installed barrier would have prevented the accident.
Escalator specialists criticize manufacturers for being slow to make safety improvements.
''I can tell you that safety is not the No. 1 priority of most manufacturers,'' said Carl J. White, an escalator safety-consultant and inventor of a device designed to prevent clothing and children's fingers from getting caught in the crack between stairs and side walls. ''This is an industry whose major insurance company, Liberty Mutual Insurance Companies, has developed more safety improvements than all four domestic manufacturers put together.''
Clark Slusher, Liberty Mutual's technical director for escalators, said ''most escalator companies are slow to adopt new safety ideas'' and that some Japanese escalators, which are not widely sold here yet, provide the most safety.
Mr. Heintschel of Schindler said companies could not prevent most accidents, which he said ''involve negligence on the part of passengers, usually children under 7 and adults over 55.''
''We're working on what we can we do to make the passenger more alert,'' he said.


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38AT103 Bjarne QSL Status
Bjarnes QSLM 13AT113 Sven reports:
Due to personal health reasons over the past few months and some hospital visits I wasn't really able to send the outstanding QSLs of 38AT103 Bjarne.
So just to let you all know I will send them now within the next 2 weeks.
Thanks for all the patience guys!
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