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THIS Tuesday is definitely a good day for flowers.
Valentine's Day is the second-busiest day of the year next to Mother's Day for florists like the family owned Winnipeg business McDiarmid Flowers.
But when the holiday of romance falls on a Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday, there seems to be a lot more love to give -- at least when measuring the volume of flower sales.
"Flowers sell much better on those days, because when people have Valentine's on Friday, Saturday, Sunday or Monday, they tend to go to the lake, get a theme hotel, go across the border or go for a big meal at a fancy restaurant," says Gayle Sidney, co-owner with her mother, Marion Shewchuk, of the River Heights shop.
On average, people spend between $75 and $100 on flowers when Valentine's falls in the middle of the week, compared to $40 or $50 when it falls closer to weekends.
Still, flowers are the most popular purchase on Valentine's Day, according to a recent American Express-sponsored survey. The U.S. poll found consumers estimate they'll spend about eight per cent more this year than last year -- or about $200.
The credit card firm's survey states the increase is part of an overall up-trend in consumer spending.
One could suppose the better we feel about the economy, the more love we feel emanating from our wallets.
That Valentine's Day spending is connected with the health of the economy is hardly surprising, says an expert on the history of the holiday.
Over hundreds of years, Valentine's Day has evolved from a Christian celebration of martyrdom into a celebration of romantic love. And its popularity in the modern context is intertwined with the rise of industrialization and finance about 150 years ago, says English literature professor Heather Evans at Queen's University in Kingston, Ont.
Ironically, this period of tremendous change, which deeply shaped society today, also marked a shift in how we 'love'.
"The same period that saw the development of Valentine's Day as a commercial venture is the same period that saw a shift in the construction of marriage from one that is primarily for the purpose of transferring money and other forms of power to one being based on love," Evans says.
Today's typical Valentine's Day fare -- the box of chocolates, the cards, the heart-shaped decor and even flowers -- were a new phenomenon during the 19th century, only made possible by the advances in printing, marketing, textiles and other modernizing innovations of the day, she says.
Increases in industrial production allowed for greater distribution of goods and, in turn, wealth, which led to an expansion of the middle class. By the mid-1860s, Valentine's Day became more popular because a large portion of the population had the disposable income to spend on consumer goods that were not necessities for survival.
Romantic love, like most other things in a free-market society, became affordable. Or at least those items that represented its spectacle -- chocolates, cards and other gifts -- could be produced in large enough supply to meet a growing demand, partially created by a newly emerging advertising biz.
Love could be commoditized, packaged and priced, while marriage was becoming less about transferring wealth and solidifying economic status and increasingly more about the freedom of choice among the middle class to pursue relationships on mutual romantic interest.
That is not to say money and marriage today are not deeply connected. Instead, Evans says, love, marriage and Valentine's Day are like most everything else in our free-market civilization. Their value is often measured in dollars.
So while we love 'love', we love money, too.
"We love it in so many ways," Evans says with a laugh. And whether we like it or not, money is a fundamental common denominator, even in affairs of the heart. Still, calling Valentine's Day a 'Hallmark Holiday' -- a means for retailers to boost sales of their products -- is a little too cynical, in Evans' view.
"It's very difficult to point fingers at Valentine's Day without thinking of it in that larger context," she says. "It simply says something about who we are."
Somewhat oddly, though, our market system on the one hand puts a price on love as measured by how much we spend on the holiday, or how much we spend on engagement rings or marriage.
But on the other, it also largely excludes aspects of civilization that are often most associated with love, such as nurturing and co-operating, says a renowned U.S.-based economic theorist.
Hazel Henderson is an acclaimed futurist, recently named by Wired UK as one of the Top 50 people most like to change the world, who coined the term the 'love economy' decades ago. She concluded modern-day economic indicators -- like gross domestic product (GDP) -- largely ignore unpaid work that goes on in homes and communities, such as raising children, volunteering and housework.
She says economists like to refer to GDP as a pie with two layers, the free markets and the underneath, the public sector that supports it.
But Henderson says that excludes all that goes on in the home and community that is largely unpaid.
"I began to wonder what was wrong with economics, and why did we not count this?" says the president of Ethical Markets Media, who is also a pioneer in socially responsible investing. The answer, she concluded, was that the fundamentals of modern economics developed alongside the Industrial Revolution, the growth of the middle class and many of the holidays that are widely commercialized today, including Valentine's Day.
"It was all about competition and individual maximizing of your own self-interest," she says.
But Henderson says human nature also includes nurturing and co-operation.
"That's what I meant by the 'love economy,' " she says.
"If you don't acknowledge that -- whether you're a government in Ottawa, Washington or wherever -- you're playing with a map of only half the territory."
When put into dollar figures, the love economy is worth tens of trillions of dollars in GDP every year, she says.
Yet, it's almost entirely excluded from the equation in modern economics, even though the 'economy' can't survive without it.
"While all these competitors go out there and earn money in the cash economy, there is somebody back home who is keeping home fires burning, taking care of the kids and binding up the wounds of the competitors when they come back home."
Henderson says we fail to factor the 'love economy' into the marketplace, often to our peril.
"Part of the whole problem that most of the economies are in now after the whole Wall Street debacle is we're not recognizing the extent to which all industrial societies -- not to mention developing countries -- rely on creative goods and services and production that are unpaid."
Greed is validated as a motivator of competition, yet the lust for profit has led to financial crisis after crisis, while the 'loving' aspects of our human nature often get trampled as a result.
Still, Henderson says, nothing is wrong with free-market enterprise in and of itself. It's that we've chosen to exclude aspects of our lives that are equally important from our economic calculations.
So, while we can buy our loved ones tokens of our love this Valentine's Day, the product of our romantic love -- a family -- largely remains off the balance sheet.


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On June 1st the U.S Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the release of its draft Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) health assessment for ammonia. IRIS is a publicly available online database that that contains crucial information on more than 550 chemical substances and their impacts on human health. Governments and private entities use data from IRIS in conjunction with exposure information to help characterize the public health risks of chemical substances.
The draft assessment is available for public comment beginning June 8th for 60 days and will be sent for independent expert peer review. The draft assessment includes an estimate of the amount of ammonia a person can inhale daily throughout a lifetime that is not likely to cause harmful health effects, which is less stringent than the current value for ammonia on IRIS.
The draft uses a new streamlined document structure that identifies the strengths and weaknesses of analyzed studies and describes how EPA applied their guidance, methods, and criteria in developing the assessment. When the assessment is final it will be posted to the IRIS database.
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Publish Videos of Your Experiments Online - for Free
The Journal of Visualized Experiments (2006-) is truly living up to the old adage that a picture is worth a thousand words. This online, open access journal is
publishing visualized (video-based) biological research studies. This publication aims to solve some of the most difficult problems in the contemporary life science research:
- low transparency and reproducibility of biological experiments
- time-consuming learning of experimental techniques
Each video-article will include step-by-step instructions on an experiment, a demonstration of equipment and reagents, and a short discussion by experts describing possible technical problems and modifications. Every scientist planning on a biological experiment will be able to access the database, find videos relevant to their work, and use them as protocols. High effectiveness of visualized instructions, as compared to currently used written protocols, will decrease failure rates for biological experiments, and, thus, facilitate significant savings in time and cost. It will also increase reproducibility of published experiments, one of the main problems in the current life science research.
There is no charge to authors to submit or have their protocols published. Each submission will be reviewed by members of an editorial board, but, at this time, will not be rigorously peer-reviewed (that will come later). The time lapse from the date of submission to the date of publication should be no longer than 7-14 days. At the present time, there are 17 videos available in JoVE.
Of course, researchers have been putting their videos up on their personal websites and in sites such as YouTube. See for yourself: search for microarray in YouTube or in GoogleVideo.
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Sunday Morning Townsquare – March 31 2012
This week on Sunday Morning Townsquare, Paul speaks with:
- Jenn Schaub and Annie DeYoung, Art.Downtown
- Tommy Allen, Artist
- Tom Scheidel, Jake's Music Festival
Thanks for listening!
- Jenn Schaub and Annie DeYoung, Art.Downtown
- Tommy Allen, Artist
I'm joined by Jenn Schaub and Annie DeYoung from Art.Downtown and Tommy Allen. We chat about the art each of them creates, how old they were when they got started, the art they're currently creating and what they're looking to communicate with it, what's planned for April 12th's Art.Downtown, some of the venues that are getting an early buzz, what's made the art scene a dominant part of the culture of our city, ArtPrize, artists being able to sustain themselves here, how the community can better support artists and the art they create, and more…….
Friday, April 12 – 6pm-11pm
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- Tom Scheidel, Jake's Music Festival
I'm also joined by Tom Scheidel. Tom and I chat about what's on tap for this year's Jake's Music Festival at Wealthy Theater on Saturday, April 13 at 7pm, what inspired it, what folks should know about juvenile diabetes, how his son Jake is doing, and more…..
Jake's Music Festival http://www.jakesmusicfestival.com/
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I do hope you'll have a chance to tune in! I'm really looking forward to introducing you to folks around West Michigan every week who are helping to positively shape our area with their music, their art, their bold business ideas, and the causes they're passionate about!
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AIR cadets from many counties gathered at the MoD facilities in Boscombe Down to take part in competitions.
The cadets, who came from the squadrons anywhere between Cornwall, Berkshire and Channel Islands, were tested on drill, aviation art, photography and their skills in disciplines such as aircraft recognition.
The highlight this year was the visit of the Air Cadets' Senior Officer, Air Commodore Dawn McCafferty, Commandant Air Cadets, combining her annual formal inspection with informal time for the competitors, adult supervisors and specialist instructors, and both the internal Air Cadet and external judges.
This year, for the first time, QinetiQ, which manages the facilities, was pleased to sponsor the most successful young aircraft recognition specialists (under 16), who earn the right to represent the region in the national championships at the RAF Museum in Hendon later this year.
QinetiQ site manager Andy Tudor, who presented the winners with their trophy, said: "I was delighted MoD Boscombe Down was able to use its fantastic facilities to host the next generation of the Royal Air Force at this significant event."
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Three People Quickly Arrested in the Fourth Sector of St. Paul
Shortly after 11:00am on September 1st, three people were arrested in the streets of St. Paul near Seventh and Goodrich. This portion of town has been dubbed "Sector 4" by groups protesting in the streets on this first day of the Republican National Convention.
A group of people were followed by St. Paul police in their car. Some people in the group began to push garbage cans down a residential street. More police quickly arrived on the scene, jumped out of a black tactical van, pepper sprayed the group and then tackled three people. Three people in the group were handcuffed, searched and taken away in the back of police cars.
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Monday Sep 1st, 2008 11:20 AM
Great photos!
A couple of those don't look so wise for the overall goal. Why does he keep pushing the dumpster, right as the officer steps out of her car, in this residential area. It amounts to symbolic civil disobedience, like quakers who lock hands in front of Halliburton. When people took similar actions in major cities in 2003 (which, admittedly, didn't stop the Iraq escalation), the idea was to bring neighbors and workers out into the intersections to talk, and then to move on before police come, and avoid mindless arrests which will incur court costs.
Thanks for capturing the story though. Way more people are with you in spirit than you might think.
Monday Sep 1st, 2008 5:05 PM
the point of pushing dumpsters or other objects into the street is usually to block any pursuing vehicles, so people can continue on their way and accomplish any other goals they might have. obviously pushing a dumpster into the street is not the goal of the day, or any kind of victory in itself. nobody said it was.
Tuesday Sep 2nd, 2008 6:04 PM
$50 million dollar grant to catch young folks pushing around plastic garbage cans! sweet! wait until a real threat comes along and the idiot coppers get caught with their pants down, sucks for the innocent lives lost in the future, but those charged with protecting from a real future threat can say they got their training tackling garbage can movers!
awesome work pigs, hard day at the office! i feel sooo much safer now that these garbage can rioters are in jail!


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The Australian sharemarket finished the week up 1.4 per cent, as bank stocks helped the S&P/ASX 200 Index edge close to a six-year high and the case for keeping interest rates on hold for the rest of 2014 firmed, buoying the in-favour banking sector.
In a shortened week characterised by low volumes, the Australian dollar gave up some of its ground against the United States dollar, falling below US$93¢ on Wednesday for the first time in more than a week. It was fetching US$92.92¢ late on Thursday.
The benchmark finished the last session of the week at 5531 points, up 13.2 points or 0.2 per cent for the day.
The successful initial public offering of auto parts supplier
Wall Street headlines were dominated by Apple's decision on Wednesday to approve $US30 billion ($32 billion) in stock buybacks until the end of next year, as it bows to investor demands to deploy its cash reserves.
However, Apple's bold move does not pave the way for a rush of share buybacks, experts say. The decision also underscores the difference between the US market and Australia: in the US, companies have shown a clear preference to repurchase their own stock, while Australian investors have a bias for capital management strategies centred on dividends.
Perpetual's head of investment market research, Matthew Sherwood, said: "What's happening with Apple is they probably have concerns out there about the solid market penetration that Samsung's getting and they're wanting to make the stock more attractive to shareholders and investors.
"Buybacks aren't as prevalent in Australia really because of the imputation laws," Mr Sherwood said.
"That really has been a game-changer in Australian capital management and companies are far more focused on dividends. That's been one reason since 1988 that Australian shares have outperformed their peers." (Dividend imputation was first implemented in 1987).
Australian stocks shrugged off weak manufacturing output data from China earlier in the week to edge closer to a new post-financial-crisis high for the ASX 200. The dominant banking sector and record share prices for
Whitehaven Private Portfolios director Brendon Alford said a narrowing of the yield differential among the banks suggested investors were still in the hunt for stocks with strong dividend credentials. "Now they're pretty much in line with each other on 2014 numbers," he observed.
ANZ closed 0.2 per cent higher to $34.67 on Thursday and Westpac was up 0.5 per cent to $35.78.
Mr Alford also singled out the performance of healthcare group ResMed, which rose 3.1 per cent in the final session to $5.26 on good quarter-on-quarter growth.
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Residents who were "sick and tired of crime" beat a man to death in Mpumalanga over a stolen cellphone.
The act, which happened in Tweefontein, near KwaMhlanga, was caught on video and has gone viral.
This is the second mob justice incident caught on video from Mpumalanga in three months after another clip showed a group beating a suspected rapist and murderer to death and also hacking him with an axe.
In the latest clip, the crowd beat a man and kick him until he falls in a puddle of stagnant muddy water.
The person recording, a woman, can be heard in the background laughing and shouting: "He is a dog. He must not escape."
Someone can be heard asking the man: "Where (is) the phone?"
The beating then goes off the road and continues in the bushes nearby. A group of people follow the victim there. The man is later taken back to the road, his shirt and pants covered in mud. The group continue walking, one of the attackers holding the man by his jacket to stop him escaping.
As the group walk, there is a lot of excitement in the background and one of the old men waves and smiles at the camera.
At some point the man being attacked stumbles and falls. Someone who looks like a woman approaches him, punching him on his back and kicking him.
Afterwards, more people join in and kick him. The man is also seen being dragged into mud.
Police spokesman Brigadier Selby Mohlala said investigations revealed that the incident occurred in Tweefontein two weeks ago. He said information revealed that the victim had stolen the cellphone belonging to a supermarket owner that was on the counter. Some people who were in the shop at the time saw it and chased after him.
"When they caught him they beat him to death," he said.
Mohlala said they were still looking for suspects in the matter.
This attack follows a similar one that happened in February in Tonga, also in Mpumalanga.
Four men allegedly attacked a family who owned a business.
Mohlala said a man and a woman were killed and the suspects took the couple's child to her parents' business premises.
There, they allegedly took money from the pool table and raped the child before releasing her.
"The community later caught one of the suspects with a phone believed to be one of the deceased's as well as R2 coins believed to be from the pool table.
"They beat him to death. They found another suspect and he was the one whose attack was caught on camera.
That video shows a man lying on the ground, with people kicking him."
Mohlala said the dead man's co-accused were later arrested.
Three people believed to have killed the alleged rapists and murderer were arrested and got off on free bail.
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Things Not to Say to Your Wife: The Song
The things on the list should go without saying, but some dudes need reminding. I especially love how this comedian replaces Green Day's lyric, "It's something unpredictable/but in the end it's right," with "If you're a man who doesn't want to get killed with a knife. . ." Tee hee.


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Biscardi Creative Media Keeps Workflow Options Open with Installation of Small Tree Shared Storage SystemsFull-Service Company Uses Adobe, Avid and Final Cut Off Single Storage System (January 04, 2012) Biscardi Creative Media, one of the keys to a successful business is the ability to adapt and evolve. This mindset has been critical to Biscardi Creative Medias continued growth, from a single workstation in Biscardis home in 2001, to a three person facility in 2004, and to the companys new 6,000 square-foot studio in the suburbs of Atlanta that currently features 14 workstations covering all aspects of post-production, from ingest to editorial to sound and color.
Like many other creative professionals, Biscardi has seen tremendous changes in the industry from technological improvements that have streamlined the editing process, to the recent ongoing shift from professionally made video content to the ?average man on the street creating video content for use on-air and online. Through it all, Biscardi has preached the importance of keeping your options open, and his recent decision to install Small Trees ST-RAID II 48 TB rackmount system is paying immediate dividends by allowing his team to work on projects using Adobe Premiere Pro, Avid Media Composer 6 or Final Cut 7. Such flexibility ensures that Biscardi Creative Media, a full-service, script-to-screen creation company and leader in creative digital design, can handle any client that walks through its doors.
?Were running a combination of Adobe Premiere Pro and Avid Media Composer, while continuing to support Final Cut 7 because they all have particular strengths and weaknesses, Biscardi said. ?For example, Adobe Premiere Pro is capable of handling almost any format that you throw at it, while Media Composer is excellent for large projects. As such, why would we limit ourselves on the projects we work on by settling on a single software application?
?Everybody going with the open I/O has provided a tremendous amount of flexibility, so anybody trying to shoehorn themselves into one application is making a mistake, Biscardi continued. ?With Small Trees technology, we can literally launch all three applications on the same workstation at the same time thats how good the post-production ecosystem is right now.
ST-RAID II is expandable, which is a huge consideration for Biscardi as he can already see the need for at least one more 48TB RAID in 2012, if not two. The ST-RAID IIs expansion chassis design will allow the agency to daisy chain multiple RAIDs off one host controller, which is super simple and economical.
In addition to selecting Small Trees ST-RAID II, Biscardi Creative Media installed the companys 24 Port SFP 10 Gigabit Ethernet Switch to maximize throughput across the studios 18 workstations.
?The cool thing about the Small Tree switch is that it allows us to run 1 Gb across all of our systems, which is all we need right now, with the option of ramping up to 10 Gb at anytime if we need higher data throughput, Biscardi said. ?Prior to switching to Small Tree, we could not lay off to tape if more than one workstation was on the server at the same time. Today, we can lay off to tape for five projects simultaneously. Now thats performance.
During the installation, Small Tree had to remotely ?dig into each of Biscardi Creative Medias workstations to improve system performance. While this is typical operating procedure for Small Tree, it was out of the ordinary for Biscardi when dealing with outside vendors and something he appreciated greatly.
?Each machine has its own quirks, and the guys from Small Tree were able to adjust each machine based on its specific needs, Biscardi revealed. ?I was blown away when they told me the Mac I was working on had too much RAM. Too much RAM? How is that possible? But when they reduced the RAM I noticed an immediate difference in performance. That type of service and system know-how is invaluable.
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Flames Roll Past Buccaneers in Game One of Doubleheader
Aaron Grijalva, Phillip Laurent and Abe Yeakel each had a home run as the Liberty Flames downed the Charleston Southern Buccaneers, 13-6, Saturday afternoon in game one of the Big South doubleheader between the two teams.
With the win, Liberty moves to 27-9 on the season and 7-4 in the Big South, while Charleston Southern drops to 14-27 and 8-9 in conference play.
Liberty jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the second inning as the Flames batted around in the frame. After loading the bases with one out, Grijalva (r-So., 1B, Redlands, Calif.) scored the game's first run on a wild pitch. Two batters latter, Shawn Teufel (Fr. 1B, Tequesta, Fla.) dropped a single into left field scoring Phil John (Jr., RF, Linwood, N.J.). Chad Miller (Sr., 3B, Wheat Ridge, Colo.) later walked with the bases full to force in the Flames' third run of the inning.
The Flames extended their lead in the fourth. Teufel reached on a fielding error by the Buccaneers' second baseman. Miller then brought him home with a RBI double to the wall in center field for a 4-0.
In the bottom of the frame, Charleston Southern broke through. Center fielder Chris Krogmeier singled with one out, stole second and moved to third on a ground out. He scored on a wild pitch to make it, 4-1.
Liberty added to their lead with a single run in the fifth and four runs in the sixth. In the fifth, Grijalva hit a solo shot to right center field, his fifth of the season. In the sixth, Grijalva singled to score Miller, who earlier singled. After a walk put runners on first and second, Yeakel (Jr., C, Kutztown, Pa.) hit his second home run of the season over the right-center field wall for an 9-1 advantage.
The Flames plated four more runs in the top of the seventh. A fielder's choice scored the first run of the frame. Laurent (Sr., LF, Cantrall, Ill.) then connected on a three-run home run, his sixth of the season. The Buccaneers matched in the bottom half of the inning on a RBI single, a sacrifice fly and a two-run home run by designated hitter David Perkins.
Charleston Southern added a late run on a solo home run in the ninth by pinch hitter Keith Stewart.
Liberty starter Phillip Thompson (Sr., RHP, Ringgold, Va.) runs his record to 6-3 on the season, allowing five runs on nine hits in 6 2/3 innings. Andrew Wilson (Fr., RHP, Cary, N.C.) pitched the final 2 1/3 innings, allowing a run on two hits. Charleston Southern senior Ryan Sowers took the loss to fall to 4-4. He allowed seven runs on eight hits.
In addition to their home runs, Grijalva was 4-for-5 with a walk and 2 RBI, while Yeakel was 3-for-4 with two walks and 3 RBI. Laurent, who also had three RBI, Teufel and Miller had two hits for the Flames.
The two teams will meet in the doubleheader's second game and the final game of their three-game series later this afternoon.


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Visiting Scholars are externally funded through sources such as the Turkish Higher Education Council, the China Scholarship Council, and the Pakistani Higher Education Council. Scholars add value by enhancing the research environment, interacting with faculty and students, strengthening ties between SUNY Oswego and their host institution and increasing the international reputation of SUNY Oswego. Information about applying to become a visiting scholar at SUNY Oswego can be found at HERE.
Below is a list of the scholars that are, or have been, hosted by the School of Business.
Dr. Xiancong Wu (February 2017-February 2018)
Dr. Wu is an Associate Professor of Management, Department of Auditing Southwest University of Political Science and Law, Chongqing, China. She is pursuing research with Dr. Hong Wan on The Heterogeneity of Institutional Investors and the Impact upon Majority Shareholder Tunneling.
Dr. Bing Xu (February 2017-February 2018)
Dr. Bing Xu comes to us from the School of Management, Nanchang University in Nanchang, Jiangxi Province, China. He will be working closely with Dr. Ding Zhang with research pertaining to supply chain management.
Dr. Wei Li is in the Division of Financial Management, Dalian Maritime University, researching the effect that firm size, level of diversification, sales scope, consumer income, labor market conditions, regulation, compliance conditions, and industry life-cycle have upon Corporate Social Sustainability (CSR). Dr. Lee's sponsor is Chuck Spector.
Dr. Licao Dai (December 2015-December 2016)Dr. Dai is a visiting scholar in the School of Business from the University of South China. He will be working with Professor David McLain. His main area of research is Cultural Influences in Organizational Behavior high-risk industry settings.
Dr. Sheng Xu (February 2016-December 2016)
Dr. Yunfen Bai (August 25, 2015 - August 24, 2016)
Dr. Yunfen Bai is an associate professor in the Department of Finance, College of Business at Shanghai Normal University. Dr. Bai is being sponsored by Dr. June Dong and her research centers on the restructure of asset pricing based on liquidity.
Dr. Binghua He (August 14, 2015 - August 13, 2016)
Dr. Binghua He is a Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in the Management School at Ningbo Institute of Technology. Dr. He is being sponsored by Dr. Ding Zhang and will be researching models on the coordination of supply chain and electronic commerce networks.
Dr. Yunan Wu (March 2016-July 2016)
Dr. Wu is an Associate Professor in the International Business School at Beijing Foreign Studies University in Beijing, China. Dr. Wu's sponsor is Dr. June Dong and will be researching Vector Optimization-based Supply-Demand Network Equilibrium Models.
Dr. Jiashun Liu (September 1, 2014 - September 1, 2015)
Dr. Jiashun Liu is an associate professor of Human Resources Management from Wuhan University of Technology. Dr. Liu is being sponsored by Dr. Ding Zhang and his research will focus on the relevance of traffic systems to the formation and evolution of metropolises.
Dr. Licai Lei (August 25, 2014 - October 9, 2014)
Dr. Licai Lei is an associate professor of business at Xiangtan University and is being sponsored by Dr. Ding Zhang. She will be pursuing research on the impact of decision-makers' behaviors on construction projects based on the behavior decision theory (BDT).
Dr. Xinru (Carol) Liang (August 17, 2014 - August 17, 2015)
Dr. Xinru Liang is an associate professor in the School of Economics and Management at the Zhejiang Sci-Tech University. Dr. Liang is being sponsored by Prof. Tom Ingram and her research centers on Shame and Guilt, different roles to affective organizational commitment: a comparison between East and West.
Dr. Yanping Wen (July 16, 2014 - July 16, 2015)
Dr. Yanping Wen, an Associate Professor in the School of Finance and Business at Shanghai Normal University (SNU), is a visiting scholar in the SUNY Oswego School of Business from July 2014 to July 2015. Dr. Wen has a Ph.D. from Wuhan University. Her research is in information management in business. She will be pursuing research with Operations Management professor June Dong on e-commerce platform based enterprise. The School of Business has a 2+2 degree agreement and co-sponsors an annual student research conference with SNU.
Dr. Yucan Liu (April 2, 2014 to April 1, 2015)
Dr. Yucan Liu, Associate Professor in the Department of Applied Economics at Nanjing University of Science & Technology (NUST), received funding from the Chinese Ministry of Education, to be a visiting scholar in the SUNY Oswego School of Business from April 2, 2014 to April 1, 2015. Dr. Liu's research is in empirical finance, specifically in the areas of IPO abnormal return, idiosyncratic volatility, the investment behavior of open-ended funds and corporate finance in the Chinese securities market. Dr. Liu will be pursuing research with Finance faculty member Dr. Hong Wan. The School of Business has a 2+2 degree agreement with NUST. Dr. Liu is the third NUST faculty member to pursue research at SUNY Oswego.
Dr. Binfeng Chai (February 1, 2014 - August 31, 2014)
Dr. Binfeng Chai is a professor at the School of Accounting and Finance at Zhejiang Gongshang University. Dr. Chai will be working closely with Dr. Hong Wan, undertaking research on private enterprise, corporate governance and financial management while here at SUNY Oswego.
Syed Tahir Rizvi (January 1, 2014 - July 1, 2014)
Professor Rizvi is a lecturer in the faculty of management sciences at the International Islamic University in Islamabad, Pakistan. Mr. Rizvi received funding from the Higher Education Commission to pursue research at SUNY Oswego. He is researching Organization Justice and his faculty host is Dr. John Huonker.
Dr. Wenqi Jiang (May 2013-May 2014)
Dr. Wenqi Jiang is a faculty member in the School of Economics and Management at Nanjing University of Science and Technology. Hosted by Ding Zhang, Dr. Jiang will be conducting research on decision-making methods and service management, with particular applications to transportation ticket allocation methods.
Ms. Wenjing (Sherry) Cai (April 1, 2013 - March 31, 2014)
Ms. Wenjing Cai is a doctoral candidate at Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, China. She received an award from the China Scholarship Council to pursue research in the United States. Ms. Cai's research interests will focus on Emergency Management in Network Economics and Supply Chain Management. Dr. Ding Zhang is the faculty sponsor.
Dr. Yongyue Wang (April 3, 2013 - March 31, 2014)
Dr. Yongyue Wang is an Associate Professor in the School of Business Administration at Zhejiang Gongshang University in China. Dr. Wang's research interests will focus on the psychological contract breach and voice behavior in an organization with SUNY Oswego faculty as part of the Zhejiang Gongshang University Blue Sky grant program. Dr. Barry Friedman is the faculty sponsor.
Ms. Nousheen Tariq Bhutta (June 20, 2013-December 14, 2013)
Ms. Bhutta is from Punjab, Pakistan. Ms. Bhutta will undertake research with SUNY Oswego faculty as part of the Higher Education Commission (HEC) International Research Support Initiative Program. Ms. Bhutta will be working closely with Dr. Sarfraz Mian on Corporate Entrepreneurship, Agency Cost and Firm Performance: Evidence from Developed and Developing Economics. Dr. Mian is the faculty sponsor.
Dr. Jianxiao Chen (August 2012 - August 2013)
Dr. Jianxiao Chen is an Associate Professor in the School of Economics and Management at Chang'an University. Dr. Chen's research interests will focus on supply chain management and business dynamic competition relationship management. Dr. Chen's visit is being funded by the China Scholarship Council.
Dr. Zhan-Xia Wu (June 2012 - August 2013)
Dr. Zhan-Xia Wu is an Associate Professor of Accounting at the Shanghai Institute of Foreign Trade (SIFT) in Shanghai, China. While at SUNY Oswego, Dr. Wu will be working on transfer pricing, taxes, and the quality of accounting information.
Dr. Zeynep Hatunoglu (June 2012 - May 2013)
Dr. Zeynep Hatunoglu is an Associate Professor in the Department of Business Administration at Kahramanmaraş Sütçü İmam University in Kahramanmaraş/Turkey. Funded by the Turkish Higher Education Council, she will be researching cost accounting, auditing, and International Financial Reporting Standards, in particular Section 28 which deals with Employee Benefits.
Dr. Jianjia He (January 2013 - April 2013)
Dr. Jianjia He is a lecturer from the Business School at the University of Shanghai for Science and Technology. Dr. He is also the Assistant Director for the Center for Supernetworks Research in China. He will be undertaking research on Supernetwork-Based Internet Social Supply and Demand Network Analysis with SUNY Oswego faculty as part of the USST grant program. Dr. June Dong is the faculty sponsor.
Dr. Nermine Atteya (January 2012 - January 2013)
Dr. Nermine Atteya is an Associate Professor of Management at the Modern Academy for Computer Science and Management Technology in Cairo. Dr. Atteya is pursuing several research projects including "Testing the Effects of the Nurses' Perceptions, Attitudes, and Behavior toward Patient Satisfaction on the Total Quality Service Improvement (TQSI) Implementation in Hospitals" and "Total Quality Service: Exploring the Relationship between the Patient Expectations of the Quality of Hospital Services and Patient Satisfaction." Her faculty sponsor is Dr. David McLain.
Dr. Nergis Aziz (January 2011 - July 2012)
Dr. Nergis Aziz is a Faculty of Management and Administrative Sciences in the Department of Business Administration at Suleyman Sah University in Istanbul, Turkey. She received a Ph.D and Masters in International Business from Marmara University. Her research interests are in positioning, integrated marketing communications, and branding. Dr. Aziz is funded by the North East Turkish American Scholars Foundation.
Dr. Honglin Yang (October 2011 - October 2012)
Dr. Yang is an Associate Professor in the School of Administration and Business at Hunan University, Hunan China. While at SUNY Oswego, Dr. Yang will be working on the following research projects: timescale characteristics of financial assets, inter-temporal dynamic risk evaluation and investment decision, heterogeneous investor behavior and expected utility function design.
Dr. Sun Shusheng (August 2011 - June 2012)
Dr. Shusheng is a visiting scholar from Wuhan University of Science and Technology in China. During her time here, Dr. Shusheng will be working closely with Dr. Ding Zhang researching theories and methods of regional logistical management.
Prof. Jun Ma (June 2010 - June 2012)
Professor Jun Ma is a lecturer in Management at Shenyang University of Technology in Shenyang, China. His research interests are in operations management and transportation networks. Professor Ma is funded by the Chinese Higher Education Council.
Dr. Wadid Lamine (October 2011 - January 2012)
Dr. Lamine is an Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship at the Champagne School of Management - Troyes, France. While at SUNY Oswego, Dr. Lamine explored the following research topics: "Building Modern Regional Innovation Platforms: Evidence from the US and French STP Models", "Do Entrepreneur's Social Skill Sets Contribute to Innovative New Ventures?" and "The Performance Determinants of Technology Business Incubators".
Ali Cuneyt Cetin (February 2011 - October 2011)
Dr. Ali Cuneyt Cetin is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Accounting and Finance at Suleyman Demirel University in Turkey. He received his MBA and Ph.D from Suleyman Demirel University. Dr. Cetin has research interests in financial institutions; he researched investment trusts while he was here. Dr. Cetin is funded by the Turkish Higher Education Council.
Soner Akkoc (January 2010 - January 2011)
Professor Akkoc is from the Department of Banking and Finance at Dumlupinar University, Kutahya, Turkey. Dr. Akkoc's research interests included investment analysis, efficient capital markets, neural networks, and fuzzy logic. His goal was to apply neural networks to credit scoring models for derivative securities, such as CDs, CDOs, CMOs, and MBSs.
Jie Guo (January 2010 - January 2011)
Professor Guo is from the School of Management at Min Zu University of China. Dr. Jie's research interests were in project risk management and operations management. She researched suitable principles, methods and models for operation, and crisis management with special applications for minorities in China while at SUNY Oswego.
Nianyong Wang (November 2009 - November 2010)
Professor Wang is from the School of Banking and Insurance at Zhongnan University of Economics and Law. Professor Wang conducted research in collaboration with faculty in the areas of financial liberalization, financial reform, China's financial reform history, Chinese securities, and market history.
Syed Zulfiqar Ali Shah (January 2009 - July 2009)
Professor Shah is from Muhammad Ali Jinnah University Islamabad. Professor Shah conducted research and collaborated with faculty in the areas of corporate governance, market efficiency, ownership structure, financial reporting, and earnings and performance evaluation of firms.
Yuan Hui (January 2009 - July 2009)
Professor Hui is from Zhongnan University of Economics and Law. Professor Hui conducted research and collaborated with faculty in the area of risk management and insurance.
Zhengcai Liu (August 2008 - February 2009
Professor Liu is from Shanghai Normal University. Professor Liu conducted research and collaborated with faculty in the area of international business and enterprise management.
Lingjie Meng (March 2008 - July 2008)
Professor Meng is from Nanjing University of Science & Technology. Professor Meng conducted research and collaborated with faculty in the areas of productivity and efficiency analysis and quantitative methodology.
Chaoyang Zhou (August 2007 - June 2008)
Professor Zhou is from Wuhan University of Technology. Professor Zhou conducted research and collaborated with faculty in the areas of theory and method of financial management, financing, cost management and control, taxation laws and tax planning, and internal accounting control.


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Having written her debut record America Religious after a lengthy series of trips traversing the backroads of the United States, it comes as no surprise that songwriter Caroline Rose and band mate Jer Coons have been constantly on the move playing venues and house concerts around the country. "The themes in the album reflect that journey," says Paste Magazine, "as each track seems to tackle a new topic and make even the most familiar themes feel fresh." Sirius XM Program Director Ari Fink says, [America Religious] "puts you in the front seat riding shotgun on a very real adventure…" Rose and Coons are proud to have had complete creative control over the record, having played nearly all the instruments, co-producing, mixing and engineering it themselves.


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Indybay FeatureRelated Categories: San Francisco | Environment & Forest Defense | Health, Housing, and Public Services View other events for the week of 4/21/2014
Federal District Courthouse
450 Golden Gate Ave in San Francisco
After Press Conference People will go to the trial
Courtroom G on the 15th floor
4/21 San Bruno & Diablo Canyon Nuclear Reactor - both aging infrastructure, both treacherous for the public, both under PG&E mismanagement!
PROTEST PG&E MONDAY in SF! 9:00 AM
Federal District Courthouse
450 Golden Gate Ave in San Francisco
Courtroom G on the 15th floor
San Bruno and Diablo Canyon Nuclear Reactor - both aging infrastructure, both treacherous for the public, both under PG&E mismanagement! PROTEST PG&E MONDAY in SF!
Monday, April 21, at 9:30 AM
PGE is finally being arraigned, pleading "not guilty" to 12 felony indictments for gross negligence re: the San Bruno fire/disaster.
Yikes, the same criminal clowns operate the Diablo Canyon nuclear reactor!
Federal District Courthouse
450 Golden Gate Ave in San Francisco
Courtroom G on the 15th floor
PROTEST outside. Bring signs please. (We might then march one block to the CPUC.)
Here is some background on the San Bruno explosion from the National Transportation Safety Board:
National Transportation Safety Board (2011)
RE: Pacific Gas and Electric Company Natural Gas Transmission Pipeline Rupture and Fire, San Bruno, California, September 9, 2010
Pipeline Accident Report NTSB/PAR 11/01 Washington, DC.
On September 9, 2010, about 6:11 p.m. Pacific daylight time, a 30 inch diameter segment of an intrastate natural gas transmission pipeline known as Line 132, owned and operated by the Pacific Gas and Electric Company, ruptured in a residential area in San Bruno, California. The rupture occurred at mile point 39.28 of Line 132, at the intersection of Earl Avenue and Glenview Drive. The rupture produced a crater about 72 feet long by 26 feet wide. The section of pipe that ruptured, which was about 28 feet long and weighed about 3,000 pounds, was found 100 feet south of the crater. The Pacific Gas and Electric Company estimated that 47.6 million standard cubic feet of natural gas was released. The released natural gas ignited, resulting in a fire that destroyed 38 homes and damaged 70. Eight people were killed, many were injured, and many more were evacuated from the area.
4/21 San Bruno & Diablo Canyon Nuclear Reactor - both aging infrastructure, both treacherous for the public, both under PG&E mismanagement! PROTEST PG&E MONDAY in SF!
In case you don't already know PG&E's history of abuse, here are some highlights: (these links are from 2011, thanks to Ellen O.)
San Bruno gas pipeline explosions, resulting in deaths, injury, and destruction of homes.
• PG&E lied about pipeline inspections
• whistleblowers harassed
• NTSB full report http://www.ntsb.gov/doclib/reports/2011/PAR1101.pdf
Smart Meters, with serious problems including health impacts, electrical fire and explosion dangers, interference with electronics, privacy invasion and surveillance, hacking and cybersecurity risks, remote disconnection of power, overbilling, and more
• http://www.emfsafetynetwork.org
• http://www.smartmeterharm.org
Diablo Canyon – safety violations, built astride earthquake faults, impacts to marine life and neighbors. This hazardous plant needs to be shut down, and the spent fuel housed in dry cask storage.
• http://www.mothersforpeace.org
• http://committeetobridgethegap.org
Acoustic seismic testing – this dangerous "testing" would maim or kill marine life from zoe plankton to whales, to test for faults already well-documented. It has been halted for now, butPG&E may come back with additional proposals
• http://www.stopoceanblasting.org
Hinkley & Kettleman Hills – toxic hexavalent chromium contamination of groundwater.PG&E went so far as to hire a firm to falsify scientific data to win their lawsuit. PG&E lost in Hinkley.
• Erin Brockovich film
• http://www.ewg.org/erinbrockovichchromium6lawsuit/overview
Electromagnetic radiation – health risks include leukemia, and other cancers, especially in children. Magnetic fields as low as 2 milligauss are a cancer risk, yet high voltage lines are near schools and residential areas. Also problems with ground currents and "dirty" power.
• Paul Brodeur – Currents of Death
• http://www.microwavenews.com – cover-up through the World Health Organization EMF Project and Director Michael Repacholi
• http://www.magdahavas.com – dirty electricity
• http://www.electricalpollution.com
Fracking in Pennsylvania – health problems, pet and livestock deaths
PG&E records raise concerns about pipeline safety and retaliated against IBEW Local 1245 whistleblowers on health and safety
PG&E records raise concerns about pipeline safety
Jaxon Van Derbeken
Published 10:50 pm, Tuesday, August 20, 2013
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Pacific Gas and Electric Co. used flawed documents to improperly declare two Peninsula natural-gas pipelines safe, state regulators say - raising questions about whether the company has fixed record-keeping issues that contributed to the 2010 San Bruno disaster.
The company took several months to disclose problems on major transmission lines in San Carlos and Millbrae, then did so in what a pair of administrative law judges for the California Public Utilities Commission described as a deceptively innocuous filing the day before the Fourth of July.
"PG&E appears to be revealing a substantial error," wrote the administrative law judges,Karen Clopton and Maribeth Bushey, and masking it as a "routine correction."
They said PG&E's actions "could be seen as an attempt to mislead the commission and the public on the significance of this new information." They are threatening to levy hundreds of thousands of dollars in fines against the company for violating commission rules.
PG&E officials said there was no attempt to mislead regulators and that the company had made the state aware of the problem well before the actual filing. They also said Peninsula residents had nothing to fear because of the newly uncovered problems with the pipelines.
San Bruno factor
The utility's flawed records were a major factor in the September 2010 pipeline explosion in San Bruno that killed eight people and destroyed 38 homes. PG&E records inaccurately described the line's characteristics, leading the company not to run tests that could have found the flaw that eventually led to the blast.
Federal and state investigators found that PG&E had similarly inaccurate or nonexistent records for much of its more than 1,000 miles of urban gas transmission lines. The company faces up to $2 billion in possible fines and other penalties for record-keeping problems and other violations related to the disaster.
One of the safety changes PG&E made in the disaster's aftermath was lowering the pressure on nearby Peninsula lines while it verified the accuracy of their records. Those pipes included a backbone line that runs from Milpitas to San Francisco, called Line 101, and a connector between that pipe and the line that blew up in San Bruno.
In 2011, PG&E declared the records for both lines were accurate and sought to boost the pressure back to pre-disaster levels.
Problems uncovered
Then last fall, when they dug up the connector line in San Carlos to repair a minor leak, PG&E workers discovered that the pipe was of lesser quality than company records indicated.
The records said the pipe, known as Line 147, had robust welded seams or no seams at all - meaning there was little or no risk they could fail and lead to a disastrous explosion, which is what happened in San Bruno. In fact, workers found, there were several stretches of pipe that had a problematic type of welded seam.
Pressure too high
For Line 101, PG&E said it belatedly realized last year that it had improperly relied on a 1989 water-pressure test to establish the line's strength in Millbrae. It turned out that PG&E had long been running the line at too high a pressure for an urban area.
The company made both admissions in a July 3 filing with the Public Utilities Commission that described the problems as data "errata," alarming the administrative law judges.
"The continuing inaccuracy of PG&E's records and the happenstance means by which this most recent instance of erroneous records was discovered" are troubling, the judges said in an order that PG&E explain its conduct before regulators.
Submitting the filing just before the Fourth of July, they added, "raises questions" because PG&E's record-keeping practices continue to be "an extraordinarily controversial issue" and the subject of intense public interest.
They told PG&E officials to appear at a hearing Sept. 6 at which the judges could recommend fines of $50,000 apiece for as many as five rules violations governing submissions to the commission.
Commissioner Mike Florio said that although the public did not appear to be at risk from the Peninsula lines, PG&E's revelation "has caused a great deal of concern" among regulators about the reliability of the company's other records.
State Sen. Jerry Hill, a San Mateo Democrat whose district includes the devastated San Bruno neighborhood, wrote to PG&E President Chris Johns noting that the company has vouched for the safety of "thousands of miles of California pipeline" since the 2010 explosion.
"If not all of those records are accurate," Hill asked, "how do we know that those pipelines are safe?"
PG&E reassures
PG&E's Jesus Soto, head of gas transmission integrity management, said Line 147 had passed a pressure test in 2011. That "gives us comfort that we are acting as a prudent operator and we do not have a public safety issue," he said.
The company has been running Line 147 at a reduced level since discovering what the pipe was actually made of, and plans to continue doing so until it replaces parts of the line, Soto said.
As for Line 101, PG&E has reduced pressure through Millbrae and has no plans to boost it again until the segment in question is replaced by 2015, Soto said.
Greg Snapper, a company spokesman, insisted that PG&E first approached utilities commission staffers about the problems in February. The two sides had been in talks before the PG&E filing last month, he said.
Critics said the latest wrangling over records is more of the same.
"They are supposed to have complete, traceable, verifiable records, but they don't," saidRichard Kuprewicz, a pipeline safety expert in Redmond, Wash. "Nothing has changed."
Claudia Nadalin, a resident of Howard Avenue in San Carlos who lives a few hundred feet from Line 147, said the city should call a town meeting to discuss the latest revelations.
"It's such a dangerous thing," she said. "Not to have that information accurate is disturbing."
Jaxon Van Derbeken is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. E-mail:jvanderbeken [at] sfchronicle.com
PG&E workers say safety warnings ignored
By Steve Johnson
San Jose Mercury News
© Copyright 2011, Bay Area News Group
Posted: 08/08/2011 06:44:04 AM PDT
Updated: 08/08/2011 06:44:13 AM PDT
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Steve Segale, a gas crew welding foreman & inspector gas operations,... ( Nhat V. Meyer )
PG&E repeatedly ignored safety concerns raised by its employees in the years before the deadly San Bruno explosion, and the workers were sometimes punished for speaking up, according to lawsuits against the utility and interviews with the workers.
James Redeker, whose job was to look for fraud and other misconduct as the company's manager of investigations, said he was laid off when he complained about "potentially explosive gas leaks" and falsified records. Steve Segale, a gas-crew welding foreman, believes he lost out on lucrative overtime because he complained about the same problems.
And when Mike Wiseman, a union safety leader, raised red flags about dangerous gas-line working conditions, he said the utility detained him in a hotel overnight, accused him of being "unstable" and made him submit to a psychiatric evaluation.
The workers interviewed by this newspaper describe a pervasive corporate culture where employees were discouraged from reporting safety problems and feared retaliation if they did. Their allegations raise serious questions about PG&E's ability to make its culture more safety-oriented -- as a state-appointed expert panel recently said it must -- after the Sept. 9 San Bruno blast, which killed eight people.
PG&E declined to comment on the employees' charges -- some of which have never been publicly revealed -- because they constitute personnel matters, according to company spokesman David Eisenhauer.
He insisted, however, that "we absolutely do not tolerate retaliation of any kind. We absolutely encourage any employee to raise concerns at any time."
But at PG&E, many workers are afraid to speak out, according to Segale, 51.
"They're terrified," he said. "They're going to be branded 'not a team player.' "
Better safe than sorry
Though it's not unusual for a public utility to be accused of wrongdoing by disgruntled employees, the companies had better thoroughly examine the allegations and not just dismiss them out of hand, said Anthony Sabino, a law professor at St. John's University in New York, who has followed the San Bruno disaster.
"If the claim reveals a genuine problem, good lord, do something about it before somebody gets hurt," he said. "You can't let these things cascade into disaster."
Yet Segale contends PG&E dragged its heels before starting a major probe into its mishandling of natural gas leaks.
According to records obtained by The Utility Reform Network, a consumer group that is often critical of PG&E, the company in 2007 found "deficiencies" in the way some gas leaks had been handled and that company records had been falsified. The documents were vague about the nature of the deficiencies. But the problems were serious enough to prompt the company to retrain many of its workers and fire others, including some supervisors.
PG&E representatives told this newspaper that the utility discovered the problem after Segale and two other employees complained about it during a 2007 shareholders meeting. A year later, at the next shareholders meeting, PG&E CEO Peter Darbee praised the workers for communicating "their concerns," according to a PG&E transcript of the meeting. "It's unfortunate," he added, "that those employees had to raise it to senior management."
Nothing new?
Workers say they had warned the company long before that.
One of them was Segale. He said in an interview that he complained in 2005 to a company ethics hot line and to PG&E's fraud investigator, Redeker, that his boss in Marin County was failing to fix some leaks and downplaying the seriousness of others in falsified reports. Segale said he reported the misconduct after his supervisor sought to discipline him for insisting on fixing a serious leak his boss had told him not to repair.
Eventually, his boss, who had hoped to earn bonuses by minimizing problems in his district, was fired, Segale said. But PG&E didn't immediately look for similar problems elsewhere, he added, and Segale said the company punished his forthrightness by denying him lucrative overtime work that other employees had no trouble getting.
Redeker also said he told PG&E higher-ups in 2005 that leaks weren't being repaired and records were falsified. He claimed in a lawsuit that the records deception had led PG&E, the California Public Utilities Commission and the public "to believe that potentially explosive gas leaks had been properly repaired or had stopped leaking on their own, when, in fact, the underground gas lines still were leaking gas in public places."
Nonetheless, the suit claimed, a PG&E attorney "strongly recommended" Redeker keep quiet about the matter and the company "declined his offer" to help find similar leak problems in other districts. Instead, Redeker said, he was laid off in April 2006 in "retaliation" for reporting company misconduct. Four months after he sued PG&E for wrongful termination, in 2008, the case was quietly settled with the terms kept secret. The case was settled so quickly, PG&E didn't even bother to file legal papers denying guilt, which is unusual for such litigation.
A third person who tried to tell PG&E it was mishandling leaks was Jim Findley, a 62-year-old mechanic who helps maintain gas pressure in pipes. He was among the workers Darbee praised for having come forward in 2007. But Findley had issued a similar warning two years earlier. During a shareholders meeting in 2005, a news story quoted him complaining, "We're managing leaks, we're not fixing them."
In an interview, Findley said he also tried for years to alert the company that it badly needed to upgrade its gas pipes. But until 2007, he said, PG&E "dismissed me as a squeaky wheel."
'Severely mistreated'
In a separate matter last year, union safety official Wiseman said he ran afoul of PG&E after complaining about its gas-line employees working in dangerous conditions.
A lawsuit he filed accusing PG&E of labor law and other violations claims two PG&E supervisors detained him overnight in a Stockton hotel, threatened to fire him and made him undergo a psychiatric exam. The suit said he was found "mentally fit, except for his anxiety that was attributable to his having been severely mistreated by PG&E."
PG&E legal papers have denied Wiseman's allegations. But his claims about the psychiatric evaluation are reminiscent of Neil Aiken, a former PG&E manager who complained of safety problems at the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant.
Aiken was fired after PG&E sent him to two psychiatrists in 1998 who declared him a delusional security threat. Nonetheless, the U.S. Labor Department concluded the psychiatric sessions were "more about how to remove Mr. Aiken from his position than to make a fair, unbiased evaluation of Mr. Aiken's mental state." It also faulted PG&E for "a culture where employees were reluctant to voice safety complaints."
Yet another allegation that PG&E ignored warnings was leveled in June by Larry Medina, PG&E's former records and information coordinator, who told authorities he alerted PG&E in 1993 that its record keeping was deficient. PG&E's records are still a mess, a potential safety issue the PUC is now investigating.
In the aftermath of the San Bruno accident, the PUC is considering creating extra safeguards for workers who blow the whistle on utility misconduct. And, in the future, Commissioner Mike Florio said he hopes the agency will be "more proactive in seeking out information from these types of sources."
Contact Steve Johnson at 408-920-5043.
PG&E has illegally retaliated against nuclear plant whistleblowers. They need to be held criminally liable for their illegal activity against IBEW 1245 whistleblowers at San Bruno and Diablo Canyon.
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Monday, April 21, at 9:30 AM PROTEST in SF
PGE is finally being arraigned, pleading not guilty to 12 felony indictments for gross negligence re the San Bruno fire/disaster.
Yikes, the same criminal clowns operate the Diablo Canyon nuclear reactor!
Federal District Courthouse - Courtroom G on the 15th floor at 450 Golden Gate Ave in San Francisco
PROTEST outside. Bring signs please. (We might then march one block to the CPUC.)
San Bruno & Diablo - both aging infrastructure, both treacherous for the public, both under PG&E mismanagement!


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How do you open your leadership heart?
Where is your quiet place to reflect and grow?
Do you have a reflective practice that you do every day?
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In yoga there are a series of postures called "heart openers," targeted at strengthening the fourth chakra.
"The Sanskrit name for the 4th chakra is "Anahata." This word means "unstruck" or "stillness." This seems to imply that deep beneath our brokenness and pain, wholeness abides."
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And then something shifted. I began seeing everyone I met as someone with a fantastic story to share. I just kept asking… and learning… and growing.
I am showing up in the world as a better story listener.
I have been astounded at how open "strangers" are to telling their stories… on planes and trains… but also through remote connections through social media. I am meeting some amazing human beings.
Sherpas keep surfacing around every corner.
Side Effects of Lead-Asana
- Deeper reflection
- An opening heart
- An eager spirit
- Better listening
- New relationships
- Better leadership
- More learning
- More teaching
This journey is expanding and I am delighted by the possibilities for what will show up next.
Please Share: What reflective practices inform your leadership?
A Bit More About What's Been Surfacing on This Journey:
Best of 2012: Early Writing on Let's Grow Leaders


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Liveblogging the Presidential Debate
Last One! Who's Watching the Presidential Debate With Us?
The fat lady is tuning up for the final hurrah, the last debate before the presidential election. Hosted by Bob Schieffer at Hofstra University in New York, the debate starts at 9 p.m. EDT and will last the standard 90 minutes with the candidate sitting side by side. Touching distance. And since McCain has promised to whip his you-know-what that proximity could be . . . you-know-what. We're settling in to watch all of the action and will be right here in the comments — come join us!
In the meantime, there is so much out there to take in — it's like a little debate prep of our own! Following the "whipping" comment, Obama came out saying that he's "ready for Ayers" but that he's using the debate to discuss his plan for the economy. McCain might be feeling the sting of a less-than-positive tone lately as six in 10 voters think he's been spending more time attacking than explaining what he'd do as president. That didn't stop him from hosting a record-breaking fund-raiser.
There are tons more goodies, including what kind of host we're getting ready for. To find out,
Bob Schieffer has already promised he's not afraid to push for answers, the proximity he'll have to the candidate, plus a host of other suggestions — like asking about the elephant in the room — might make this last debate the liveliest yet.
With Obama's debate talking points leaked, and the polls heading not exactly in McCain's favor, I leave you with this one tidbit to take to your debate-watching parties — only one other candidate has come back from the deficit McCain is facing now: Ronald Reagan in 1980.
Thoughts? Predictions? Debating-watching menus? We want to know it all!


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Get an overview of this hotelSuburban motel with free breakfast and restaurant
Popular property highlights
Situated in the suburbs, this motel is 0.8 mi (1.3 km) from Giordana Velodrome and within 3 mi (5 km) of Novant Health BMX Supercross Track and Cherry Park. Piedmont Medical Center Trailhead is 2.6 mi (4.1 km) away.
Property Features
Along with a restaurant, this motel has a seasonal outdoor pool and a business center. Free buffet breakfast, free WiFi in public areas, and free self parking are also provided. Other amenities include conference rooms, laundry facilities, and a 24-hour front desk.
Room Amenities
All 93 rooms provide conveniences like refrigerators and microwaves, plus free WiFi and cable TV. Guests will also find coffee makers, free local calls, and ironing boards.
Guest Highlights
- Good location
- Breakfast
- Clean guestrooms
- Comfy beds
- Bathrooms could've been nicer
Quality Inn & Suites
Hotel Amenities
Hotel Amenities
The motel offers a restaurant. A complimentary breakfast is offered. A computer station is located on site and wireless Internet access is complimentary. This motel offers access to a business center and meeting rooms. 2 meeting rooms are available. This business-friendly motel also offers a seasonal outdoor pool, complimentary newspapers in the lobby, and laundry facilities. Onsite self parking is complimentary. A total renovation of this property was completed in May 2016.
- Free breakfast
- Free newspapers in lobby
- 24-hour front desk
- Number of floors - 2
- Business center
- Conference space
- Computer station
- Laundry facilities
- Meeting rooms 3
- Total number of rooms - 93
- RV, bus, truck parking
- Restaurant
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Number of meeting rooms - 2
- Free self parking
- Number of buildings/towers - 4
- Outdoor seasonal pool
- Free WiFi
Family Friendly Amenities
- Family Hotel
- Free Wi-Fi
- Laundry facilities
- Refrigerator
- Microwave
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Free self parking, RV, bus, truck parking
Room Amenities
- Air conditioning
- Free local calls
- Refrigerator
- Coffee/tea maker
- Microwave
- Private bathroom
- Bathtub only
- Iron/ironing board
- Cable TV service
- Phone
- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
- Rollaway/extra beds (surcharge)
- Free WiFi
Where to Eat
Guests are offered a complimentary buffet breakfast.
Quality Inn & Suites has a restaurant serving breakfast only.
Nearby Things to Do
Recreational amenities at the motel include a seasonal outdoor pool.
If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please note them at check-out when you book your room.
- In-room accessibility
Hotel Policies
Check-in time ends at 5:30 AM
Check-in time starts at 2 PM
Check-out time is 11 AM
Payment types
Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Kids stay free! Children 18 years old and younger stay free when using existing bedding.
- Rollaway/extra beds are available for USD 10.00 per night.
- Cribs (infant beds) are not available.
- Pets allowed for an extra charge of USD 10.00 per pet, per night, plus a deposit of USD 10.00 per night
- 2 per room (up to 75 lb)
- Specific rooms only, restrictions apply
- Pet-friendly rooms can be requested by contacting the property at the number on the booking confirmation
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
Optional extras
- Pet deposit: USD 10.00 per night
- Pet fee: USD 10.00 per pet, per night
- Rollaway bed fee: USD 10.00 per night
Hotel Name
- Quality Inn Rock Hill
- Quality Rock Hill
We should mention
Children 18 years old and younger stay free when occupying the parent or guardian's room, using existing bedding. The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation. The property allows pets in specific rooms only and has other pet restrictions (surcharges apply and can be found in the Fees section). Guests can arrange to bring pets by contacting the property directly, using the contact information on the booking confirmation.


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Mind Hacks, following its theme on the neurological implications of marketing and advertising, have their first post-up, in which they skeptically examine claims that flashes of electricity in the brain can easily be utilized to create successful advertisements:
The appeal of neuromarketing is the illusion of being able to access some more fundamental explanatory basis for our actions. People may lie to market researchers, or may even deceive themselves, but – we hope – 'the brain doesn't lie'. As psychologist and marketing guru Gerald Zaltman said existing methods don't go nearly far enough in helping [advertisers] move to a closer understanding of their customers.
Sadly for marketing science, a straight description of what the brain is doing is of limited use – the marketing implications crucially depend on how you interpret that activity. And the interpretation depends on your theories and assumptions about the mind. If your assumptions are dubious… then you're not going to get anything more than a pseudo-scientific smokescreen.
To half-assed Instapundicize this link – Indeed. Read the whole thing.


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It's almost here! The Peninsula Community Library will be open for 31 hours straight, from 10 a.m. on Saturday, August 26 through 5 p.m. on Sunday, August 27, for the Rockaway 31-Hour Summer Festival!
Bring your friends and family for special story times, face painting, balloon animals, crafts, concerts, ...
Lincoln Center and Queens Library have partnered to present Boro-Linc: La Casita, a free world-class performance and family workshop—right in the heart of Jamaica, Queens!
Join us at Rufus King Park on Saturday, September 9 for wonderful music and dance, and a chance to learn more about ...
Queens Library's Mobile Library will be touring the borough throughout the month of August.
Visit the Mobile Library to borrow books, sign up for a library card, and more!
Our stops will include public schools; a beach-side stay with special stories, songs, and rhymes; and a back-to-school event with State ...
Summer's almost over, but we've still got plenty of great things for kids, adults, and families to enjoy at the Library!
Join us at the Rockaway 31-Hour Summer Festival, see some unforgettable Culture Connection concerts, cosplay at our library ComicCon in Queens Village, ...
The new issue of Queens Library Magazine is out now!
Queens Library Magazine combines great library-themed feature stories and two months' worth of information about our free programs, services, and special events, and it's available at your neighborhood library or ...
Summer Meals are here! For children and teens up to 18 years old, free, nutritious Summer Meals are available from now until Friday, September 1.
Meals are available Monday - Friday, from 1pm - 2pm, at 35 Queens Library locations. Enrollment is not required. Queens Library is honored to partner ...
The Queens Library Foundation's 2017 Annual Gala will take place on Tuesday, October 17, at the Queens Museum.
Nearly 300 supporters of the Library attended last year's Gala to pay tribute to our special honorees and the Library's mission and customers.
This year's ...
Once again, Queens Library is partnering with the Randall's Island Park Alliance for Run the River, a 5K fun run on Randall's Island, on Saturday, October 28!
Now in its eighth year, you can run to protect the waterways, wetlands, and recreational areas of Randall's Island ...
Video visitation is a free program offered at libraries across the city that connects a live video feed between participating library locations and NYC Department of Corrections facilities, allowing incarcerated New Yorkers to talk, read, and share stories together with their loved ...
The Everyone Campaign is exactly that: for everyone. Queens Library is a safe space for all, no matter where you come from, who you love, or what you believe.
In today's political and social climate, many people in the communities we serve feel vulnerable and afraid.
As the hub of every community across the ...
Free computer access is available at all the libraries.
The Auburndale Community Library has:
International Language Collections at the Auburndale Community Library include:
Special Interest/Noteworthy Collections at the Community Library include:
| Child Care / Preschools
Community Board
Community Organizations & Services
Fire Department
Local Hospitals
| Local Newspapers
Parks and Playgrounds
Police Department
Post Office
Private / Parochial Schools
| Public Elementary Schools
Senior Centers
Elected Officials
Special Services
|Child Care / Preschools
Almodovar-Mastrototaro, Jennifer
29-50 170 Street, Apartment PVT
Flushing NY , 11358
phone: (718) 353-7688
Chou, Yun-Feng
46-02 194th Street, 1st floor
Flushing NY , 11358
phone: (718) 327-1282
Roses Daycare
137-40 45th Avenue, Apartment #4K
Flushing NY , 11355
phone: (718) 762-2152
Precious Angels Daycare
139-29 34th Road, #A5
Flushing NY , 11354
phone: (718) 961-2594
Community Nursery School at the Church on the Hill
167-07 35th Avenue
Queens NY , 11358
phone: (718) 539-0732
The Corner School Nursery and Kindergarten
150-03 Bayside Avenue
Flushing NY , 11354
phone: (718) 445-2811
Montessori School of Bayside
34-57 Francis Lewis Boulevard
Queens NY , 11358
Sweet Angels Nursery School II
27-11 Bayside Lane
Queens NY , 11358
YAI NYL Clearview school
16-50 Utopia Parkway
Queens NY , 11358
phone: (718) 352-0104
|Community Board
Community Board District # 7
133-32 41st Road, 3rd Floor
Flushing NY , 11355
phone: (718) 463-3891
|Community Organizations & Services
Auburndale Improvement Association
P.O. Box 580331, Station A
Flushing NY , 11358
North East Flushing Civil Association
|Fire Department
Ladder Company 167
36-18 Francis Lewis Boulevard
Flushing NY , 11358
|Local Hospitals
Flushing Hospital Medical Center
4500 Parsons Boulevard
Flushing NY , 11355
phone: (718) 670-5000
New York Hospital of Queens
56-45 Main Street
Flushing NY , 11355
phone: (718) 670-2000
|Local Newspapers
Queens Chronicle
|Parks and Playgrounds
Flushing Meadows Corona Park Auburndale Playground
170-171 Street, 33-35 Avenue
|Police Department
109th Precinct
37-05 Union Street
Flushing NY , 11354
phone: (718) 312-2250
|Post Office
Bay Terrace
21271 26th Avenue
Bayside NY , 11360-9993
phone: (800) 275-8777
|Private / Parochial Schools
Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament
34-45 202 Street
Bayside NY , 11361
phone: (718) 229-4434
Holy Cross HS
26-20 Francis Lewis Boulevard
Flushing NY , 11358
phone: (718) 886-7250
Lowell School of Bayside
203-05 32nd Avenue
Bayside NY , 11361
phone: (718) 352-2160
|Public Elementary Schools
PS 209 Clearview Gardens (K-6)
16-10 Utopia Parkway
Whitestone NY , 11357
phone: (718) 352-3939
PS 184 Flushing Manor (K-6)
163-15 21 Road
Whitestone NY , 11357
phone: (718) 352-7800
205-01 33 Avenue
Bayside NY , 11361
phone: (718) 423-8553
PS 032 State Street (K-6)
171-11 35 Avenue
Flushing NY , 11358
phone: (718) 463-3747
|Senior Centers
Selfhelp Clearview Senior Center
208-11 26th Avenue
Bayside NY , 11360
phone: (718) 224-7888
|Elected Officials
|NYC Council
Hon. Paul Vallone
District Office Address 42-40 Bell Boulevard, Suite 507
Bayside NY, 11361
phone: (718) 619-8611
fax: (718) 631-4100
Manhattan Office Address 250 Broadway, Suite 1841
New York NY, 10007
phone: 212-788-7250
fax: 212-788-1860
|NYS Assembly
Hon. Edward C. Braunstein
District Office 213-33 39th Avenue, Suite 238
Bayside NY, 11361
phone: (718) 357-3588
fax: (718) 357-5947
Albany Office LOB, Room 557
Albany NY , 12248
phone: (518) 455-5425
fax: (518) 455-4648
|NYS Senate
Hon. Tony Avella
District Office 38-50 Bell Boulevard, Suite C
Bayside NY, 11361
phone: (718) 357-3094
fax: (718) 357-3491
Albany Office Room 902, Legislative Office Building
Albany NY, 12247
phone: (518) 455-2210
fax: (518) 426-6736
|Boro President
Hon. Melinda Katz
Hon. Bill de Blasio
|US Congress
Hon. Thomas Souzzi
District Office 250-02 Northern Boulevard
Little Neck NY, 11021
phone: (718) 631-0400
fax: (631) 923-3660
Legislative Office 2457 Rayburn HOB
DC Washington , 20516
phone: (202) 225-3335
fax: (202) 225-4669
In 1901, President L.H. Green of the New England Development and Improvement Company named Auburndale after his New England hometown. Previously the ninety acres had been the farm of Mr. Thomas Willet. Auburndale was born in 1901 as a housing development.
During the twentieth century, New York City experienced one of the most rapid population increases in history. With the railroad expansion and the creation of the city of Greater New York, Queens was no longer a backwater to the cities of Brooklyn and New York. Queens' population grew steadily through to the 1940s. Bridges linked Queens to both Manhattan and the Bronx. After World War II, Auburndale's population and demographics exploded. The GI Bill recipients coupled with immigrants fleeing post-war Europe flooded into Queens. By the 1960s, Auburndale did not look anything like a family farm.
The most dramatic changes occurred in the last two decades of the 1900s, from 1980-2000. As census records for 2000 show, the population of foreign-born immigrants has reached forty percent. Many of these speak a language other than English at home. High density housing is now the norm, replacing single family dwellings.
The library at Auburndale was established in the year 1930 when the developer of the area and the local Democratic Club provided space in the form of a store, rent-free. The library moved twice since then to rented store facilities on 32nd Avenue. City funds for the new branch were first approved in May 1964, and a Federal grant of $103,375 was approved in June 1966 under the Library Services and Construction Act. On October 20, 1969, A city–owned facility was opened at the present site in October 2010, after 4 months renovation, the modern high- technology Auburndale Library was reopened with fully RFID equipped and self-check in .machine.
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Campus Watch Archives
August 23, 2005
Brazos and Martin Luther King
Occurred on 8-23-05at 2:00 AM.
Public Intoxication: A non-UT subject was observed attempting to operate a bicycle in the roadway while the rear wheel was not secured to the bicycle frame. The subject could not understand why his bicycle was not working properly. The subject was found to be under the influence of an alcoholic beverage to the point he was a physical endangerment to himself and others.
College of Business Administration, 2110 Speedway
Occurred on 8-21-05 between 6:50 PM and 7:30 PM.
Theft: A purse containing $20.00 cash, various credit cards, two gift cards and various credit cards were stolen when they were left in an unsecured 3rd floor office. The purse was later found on the top level of stairwell #9. The cash, credit cards and gift cards were stolen from the purse. Loss value: $70.00.
Parking Lot 116, 2900 North IH-35
Discovered on 8-23-05 at 4:00 AM.
Assist Outside Agency: A 1995 Honda that had been reported stolen to the Austin Police Department was found abandoned in the Parking Lot. Two of the vehicles wheels had been stolen from the vehicle.
Service Building, 304 East 24th Street
Occurred between 8-18-05 and 8-22-05 at 11:00 AM.
Theft: An animal live trap containing bait to attract raccoons was stolen from a 2nd floor room. Loss value: $50.00.
2000 Speedway
Occurred on 8-22-05 between 2:06 PM and 2:15 PM.
Credit Card Abuse: An unidentified subject used a UT students Visa debit card that was left in an ATM machine located on the west side of the roadway. The subject withdrew $601.50 from the students debit account.
Campus Wide
Occurred at various times.
Non-Criminal Calls: In addition to the above criminal cases, The University of Texas Police Department responded to 14 alarm calls, 4 unsecured door reports, 2 suspicious activity reports, 2 motor vehicle collisions and 3 calls for service between 8-22-05 and 8-23-05.
Crime Prevention Tip
How long does it take to commit a crime? In todays entries, we see that an unsecured purse was stolen in just more than a half of an hour. In another case, a mere 9 minutes cost a student $601.50. Thieves rely on us creating opportunities for them to commit a theft. Do not give them that opportunity. Be mindful of where your property is and if it is secured.


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About The City of Fontana
Fontana Steel Mill
How Fontana Began
Fontana began as an agricultural community in 1913 and became a thriving industrial town by 1942 due to the opening of the Kaiser Steel Mill on the outskirts of town. Kaiser Steel remained a primary source of employment and revenue until 1984 when it ceased operation.
Since then, the City has continued to grow rapidly due to several factors, including:
- Development of Kaiser Permanente Hospital (one of the largest medical facilities in the region)
- Unparalleled population growth stimulating major residential, commercial, and industrial development
Fontana Today
Since the year 2000, Fontana has been one of the fastest growing cities in Southern California (Los Angeles Times). During these years, new ideas and concepts were realized. Fontana constructed the largest library in San Bernardino County, built state-of the art facilities, and parks that are unparalleled by any city around. A renovated performing arts theater, a multi-regional mixed use trail, a newly renovated police station and a new fire station grace the downtown area. The City has developed a safe community, with development, facilities, and services to provide the quality of life residents expect and deserve.
In 2008, after reviewing data from the United States Census Bureau, the National Center for Education Statistics, the National Center for Health Statistics, and the American Bar Association, Best Life magazine deemed Fontana the 24th best place to raise a family in the United States.
Fontana was named one of the Nation's 100 Best Communities for Young People by America's Promise Alliance and ING in 2008 and again in 2010.
In 2014, Fontana was named in the Top 20 Safest Cities in the Nation by Business Insider and in 2017 Fontana was named the second strongest City financially by the Fiscal Times.
Fontana continues to grow and prosper and has many new residential and commercial developments planned in the near future. Fontana expects to approach build-out of the 45 square miles in the next fifteen years.


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Becoming the ultimate wingman: Aligning your law department with the corporate mission (Part 3)
The approach to successful client alignment requires three foundational steps: assessing the current state, planning for alignment and implementing for success.
Legal game plan for global markets: Prioritization, flexibility, research
As in-house counsel, we provide foundational support for the business's needs, adapting ourselves and our teams to meet the continuous shift in strategy and priority common for companies of all sizes.
O'Melveny & Myers sponsors Women's Leadership Academy
Taking part were some 180 female lawyers, both who work at the firm and work at the businesses counted among the firm's clients.
Becoming the ultimate wingman: Aligning your law department with the corporate mission (Part 2)
Many general counsels have asked, "What does it take to more closely align my law department with the business?" Here are the top four characteristics of well-aligned law departments.
Cost-conscious legal departments may be keeping more work inside the company
Outside counsel spending decreased by 2 percent among companies taking part in a recent survey.
Reconsidering pre-answer motions
Although this course of action is appealing because a win on a motion to dismiss vindicates the litigator and ends the case, it is worth pausing to consider the strategic implications involved with filing pre-answer motions.
Study shows corporate counsel increasingly moving work to inside team
According to research from BTI Consulting, this year 58 percent of larger companies will keep more of their legal work inside, compared with 50 percent aiming to do so in 2013.
Baruffi moves in-house to Columbia Banking System
Previously a shareholder with Graham & Dunn, Kumi Yamamoto Baruffi has joined Columbia Banking System, Inc.
Tom Sager, former DuPont general counsel, now partner at Ballard Spahr
A science and engineering leader's loss is a national law firm's gain, as Tom Sager has stepped down as general counsel of DuPont to join Ballard Spahr LLP.
Impacts of the recession on the legal industry
Expert Ed Winslow provides insight into how the legal industry is moving towards segmentation in a post-recession world