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Making Connections, Managing Risk in Startup Deals: A Visit to Boston Law Firm Mintz Levin
If you've seen from the inside how technology startups get created and funded, you know that law firms are involved at every step in the process. But to outside observers, it might be surprising just how central a role the attorneys can play—not just by helping entrepreneurs with incorporation papers and the other legal rigmarole of starting a business, but by connecting them with the right venture capital firms and making sure investments are structured fairly for both the founders and the venture funds. And while nobody likes to pay legal fees, a good outside attorney can literally save a company when things start to go south: an experienced firm can help straighten out founder-investor conflicts or line up emergency financing, for example.
Given that Boston was the birthplace of venture financing, it's probably not surprising that it's also home to a large group of law firms specializing in company creation and financing. Indeed, you can't go far in the startup world without bumping into names like Cooley Godward Kronish, Edwards Angels Palmer & Dodge, Foley Hoag, Foley and Lardner, Goodwin Procter, Mintz Levin, Proskauer Rose, Ropes & Gray, Nutter, and Wilmer Hale (see tables on this page and page 4). Several of these firms are home to former partners from Testa Hurwitz, the Boston firm that more or less invented the modern corporate technology practice; Testa launched and represented scores of Boston-area startups, venture capital funds, and technology giants between its founding in 1973 and its dissolution in 2005.
|Selected Boston-Area Law Firms
Serving Technology Startups
|Bingham McCutchen
Bowditch and Dewey
Brown Rudnick
Burns & Levinson
Choate Hall & Stewart
Cooley Godward Kronish
DLA Piper
Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge
Fish and Richardson
Foley Hoag
Foley and Lardner
Gesmer Updegrove
Goodwin Procter
Goulston & Storrs
Greenberg Traurig
Hamilton, Brook, Smith & Reynolds
K&L Gates
McCarter & English
Mintz Levin
Nixon Peabody
Proskauer Rose
Ropes & Gray
Wilmer Hale
Wolf Greenfield
Last week I sat down with Tom Burton and Lewis Geffen, two attorneys from the corporate practice at Mintz Levin's Boston office, to hear more about how law firms fit into the local innovation ecosystem. Founded here in 1933 by Herman Mintz, Benjamin Levin, and Haskell Cohn—three Harvard Law School graduates turned away by Boston's white-shoe firms because they were Jewish—Mintz Levin now has nearly 500 attorneys, making it Massachusetts' fourth-largest law firm. It has long represented Biogen Idec—one of the first big biotechnology success stories—and was intimately involved in AOL's acquisition of Time Warner in 2000. The firm also has major operations in San Diego. And under Burton's direction, it has developed a booming practice representing clients in the energy and clean technology sectors on both coasts. Many of the firm' clients turn up regularly in these pages, including EnerNOC, Greatpoint Energy, FloDesign Wind Turbine, General Catalyst, and Rockport Capital.
At Mintz Levin's office near San Diego's Carmel Valley, partner Carl Kukkonen tells Bruce, "We represent a lot of small, pre-funded venture-backed companies as well as multi-nationals." Kukkonen, who was among the lawyers to open the San Diego office in 2006, adds, "I like to tell people I was working with solar, fuel cell, and battery companies before I ever heard of the term 'cleantech.'"
From Mintz Levin's 43rd-floor conference room at One Financial Center in Boston, one can peer down on the Federal Reserve building, the Custom House Tower, and every downtown landmark. It's a far cry from the brick warehouse district of Kendall Square where we scribes at Xconomy spend most of our time—but the visit was an interesting reminder, for me, of all the high-level networking, negotiation, advice, and other homework that goes into getting a technology startup off the ground.
In my interview with Burton and Geffen, portions of which are transcribed below, we covered everything from the state of the cleantech industry and the challenges of working for both startups and venture funds to non-compete agreements and that old chestnut, the difference between East Coast and West Coast investing cultures.
Xconomy: Explain to me how Mintz Levin wound up developing an energy and cleantech practice.
Tom Burton: One thing that's interesting about Mintz is the entrepreneurial nature of the firm itself, and the way it moves into markets that other firms haven't placed a bet on. I was pitched that back when I joined the firm in 1996, and I chose Mintz over a lot of safer bets like the Skadden Arpses of the world.
Lewis Geffen: At Sherman and Sterling in New York, where I spent my first five years, no one ever thinks "I have to produce business somehow." At Ropes & Gray or Wilmer Hale, new associates are simply given work. Whereas we teach "business development 101" to our associates. It's part of our fabric here.
TB: For me, all I knew was that I wanted to build something that hadn't been built before. I wasn't sure what it was going to be, but I trusted in the firm's pitch, and took advantage of some luck. When I was a second-year associate, I brought in my first client, who ran up a nice bill and promptly went under. But one of our partners said, "Don't worry about it—keep trying," which was really unusual. So we started doing work for the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative, whose main statutory mandate was to build a cleantech cluster. That gave me an in to that world. I worked with Lewis on the first couple of deals with Rockport Capital, a small venture fund that had less than $100 million under management, meaning it was not that exciting to other firms but we were willing to do it.
Then around 2004, I was asked to join the program committee of the MIT Enterprise Forum. As the new guy, I was told "You've got November—what do you want to do?" I looked at my four clients and said "How about energy technology?" No one called it cleantech yet. I had randomly met Dan Reicher, the head of the energy efficiency and renewable energy portfolio at the Department of Energy in the Clinton Administration, so I got him to be the keynote. I'd just met Tim Healy at EnerNOC and had started doing his work, which we had pulled out of Testa Hurwitz. Over 200 people showed up, and that's when I said, "You know, there's something here. This is a real movement, and it's going to be big."
So I plowed 100 percent of my time into growing a practice. I made partner about a year after that, and [Mintz member] Peter Demuth said "Go do it, create a practice group, start a newsletter." That was four and a half years ago, and today the newsletter has 3,000 people subscribed. A lot of people are taking advantage of the ground we've built, but in Boston there is not much competition. Foley Hoag and Wilmer Hale [have cleantech practices] but no one does nearly the transactional activity we do, or has the same size of clients. We have 12 to 15 venture fund clients and 30 to 40 companies, as well as some utility work and project finance. The word on the street is that there are 70 finalists for the new ARPA-E [Advanced Research Projects Agency, Energy] R&D solicitations, and we are counsel for seven of those companies. That's a 10 percent hit rate, which is pretty unusual.
X: Isn't it also kind of unusual for a law firm to be making bets on specific technology areas like cleantech?
LG: On a macro level, getting into a new space like cleantech broadly is a combination of making a bet and being in the right place at the right time. We will certainly ask the question of whether this something more than a flash in the pan, and whether it is something that is going to provide the type of legal work that we excel in giving.
TB: It's got to be high-end to support our rates [laughs]. So early on, we ask if this is something where venture is going to play. In cleantech, the firm was supportive because of our success in other industries like biotech, which informed the firm as to how you could make it happen. The firm didn't hand me a bucket of money—I had to lead the charge. But if we hadn't had success in the biotech space, or if we hadn't had an AOL, somebody from management would probably have put the brakes on.
X: Are there potential downsides for a bet like this? Is it fair to say you'll earn fees whether the industry succeeds or not?
TB: If the whole cleantech thing turns out to be a bust, the firm will have made some money and been profitable, but not nearly as much as if there is a long-term great result. There have been successful companies already. EnerNOC, for example—their guidance is to expect nearly a couple of hundred million in revenue this year, and cash-flow positive. They are going to become a profitable business, and they just raised another $100 million. That is a client that has been a success for us and has become one of the standard-bearers in the industry space. There is a staggering pipeline of other companies that are waiting to be sold or taken public, so the next three years are going to be really big years.
X: How has the economic downturn affected Mintz?
LG: Most of us have lived through the booms and busts of venture capital and emerging growth. We were the third-fastest-growing law firm in 1997-99, riding that dot com boom, and we contracted and crashed along with the industry. It's not as dramatic this time around—we were not as leveraged in late 2008 as we were in 2001—but we all recognize the cycle that we're going through now. Nobody is saying "Let's give up on venture capital." The question is, how do we hunker down, just like the VCs themselves, and how do we weather this. We are thinking about how we need to evolve, from an economic point of view. The changes in what's driving emerging growth companies and the venture model are also going to affect how we make money and how we have to staff things. So we have a lot of internal evaluation going on.
X: Let's talk for a bit about what kinds of actual work you do for startups and venture funds. But first off—you represent both companies seeking funding and funds seeking to invest, so how do you manage potential conflicts of interest?
TB: We will represent the funds X, Y, or Z, in a deal, and we will also represent companies A, B, or C, but we will never overlap a fund and a company together. Aside from that, folks just have to get comfortable with the fact that those relationships are there.
LG: It's pretty well understood that there are only so many lawyers who understand venture financing—and you definitely want to work with somebody who is a venture lawyer when you are doing a venture financing, not with some litigator who is just trying his hand. And most of the industry understands that just because we work with, say, MVM Life Sciences or Oxford BioScience on some of their portfolio investments doesn't mean that Mintz Levin couldn't represent a company that has one of those funds as an investor. You would not be able to hire [an attorney in Boston] if you ruled out all the firms that have those relationships.
TB: The reality is that knowing how you think, and how this other person thinks, we can help you bridge potential conflicts that may arise over time. The investors trust us and will listen to us, which increases the likelihood that our client companies will become successful.
X: I think that among a lot of new entrepreneurs, there's a certain skepticism toward lawyers, just as there is toward venture capital firms. The perception is that the law firms are going to earn fees whether or not the companies they work with are successful.
TB: Oftentimes, entrepreneurs' bias against the venture community, or against the service providers as a necessary evil to take their technology to market, is a bias by those outside looking in. If you look at what happens in the venture industry, if a company is successful and has an exit, the same investors will often invest the next time in that same management team, because it eliminates the risk of working with someone new. What we can do in our role is mitigate that same risk, because of our familiarity with the industry and how it works.
X: On the other side, what kinds of work do you do for venture funds? Maybe you can take Rockport Capital, the cleantech investing fund, as an example.
TB: Most of the major funds around here have at least one partner dedicated to cleantech, but Rockport and Braemar Energy Ventures are the only two East Coast funds dedicated to cleantech. What these funds need is operating background and an understanding of the industries that the technology companies they build are going to be selling into. Rockport happens to have a very strong understanding of the utility industry and the coal industry—big, slow-moving industries where members of their partnership have or had board seats in major companies. We get involved as transaction counsel.
X: So you're not involved in fund formation or fundraising from limited partners?
|Selected San Diego Law Firms
Serving Technology Startups
|Cooley Godward Kronish
DLA Piper
Fish and Richardson
Foley and Lardner
Goodwin Procter
Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear
Latham and Watkins
Luce Forward Hamilton & Scripps
Mintz Levin
Morrison & Foerster
Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth
Townsend & Townsend
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
TB: We do less of the fund formation work, although we have been asked to do introductions to LPs, and we represent significant LPs such as the endowments of MIT, Tufts, Johns Hopkins, and Dartmouth.
LG: There isn't much fund formation these days anyway. The late 1990s, when everybody was jumping into dot-com, may have been the only era when somebody could form a venture fund and raise money without having a demonstrated track record of success. How could somebody start a new fund today? We have existing funds that can't even raise their third, fourth, or fifth funds.
TB: I met yesterday with a group that wanted to invest in energy projects. They think they can go out and raise money, but the reality is that right now they need to attract people with experience making money in projects, and add to their team, before they raise the capital. So one of the roles I'll play is I will introduce them to a couple of guys I know who had project funds previously, who aren't doing that right now, and we'll connect them and see what comes of it.
X: What kinds of things are you called on to do as transaction counsel, when you're helping a fund set up an investment in a particular company?
TB: On the one hand, we negotiate the actual terms of the deals and the general roadmap. But we also do more creative things. In one deal that I'm thinking of, [the client] said "We're putting money in, but we want an out, because this is particularly risky. Can you structure a deal that gives me a parachute if things turn south?" I sometimes say that we're just glorified insurance salesmen. We just manage risk.
We are often called upon to come up with solutions to difficult problems. In the event that a business is going sideways or south, there are a myriad of issues around having a variety of shareholders who invested at different times on different terms with different interests. That makes for incredibly complicated dynamics, and Lewis will often be called upon to manage those dynamics—and without that, those companies will fail. I'm not overstating that.
LG: There have been times when companies were within weeks of running out of cash unless they could push through some type of financing. Not everybody is happy when it's ultimately pushed through, but if there are only one or two people willing to step up and finance the company, you have to find a way of getting that done.
X: I have to ask you a question about non-compete clauses in employment agreements. I assume your work for companies includes structuring employment agreements. Based on your experience, where do you come down on the argument that non-competes stifle innovation in Massachusetts? Opponents say they discourage employees from starting new companies here in the state, or worse, that they send innovators off to California, where non-competes aren't enforced.
LG: It's important to note that not just any non-compete will withstand the law. It's got to be reasonable. Restricting a CFO or even a CEO is not necessarily the same as restricting a CTO or a chief scientific officer. So we will often give advice on the appropriate scope of a non-compete agreement.
My own view on the larger question you asked—particularly if you examine the differences between West Coast and East Coast culture, and ask whether the quote-unquote "absence" of non-competes on the West Coast explains the difference in company creation—is that there are a lot of other reasons for the difference. If there is a greater prevalence of broad non-compete agreements on the East Coast, it's a minor factor in explaining the differences in company creation. And you should know that it's not that there's an absence of non-competes in California; they're just a lot narrower.
TB: I would argue that the culture here creates the non-competes. It's not the other way around. Our culture here on the East Coast being perhaps a little bit more careful and reserved, which by definition stifles innovation a little bit.
X: Mintz Levin has a big office in San Diego. Say a company came to you and was trying to decide whether to locate on the East Coast, where they might be closer to the technology talent, or on the West Coast, where they might find more interested and risk-taking investors. How would you advise them?
LG: It's more complicated than that. You've got physical assets, you've got people, there are all sorts of considerations to where to locate a company. And West Coast investors don't necessarily limit themselves to investing on the West Coast. I think where to locate a company is a separate question from picking investors. What's really important these days, especially if you are going to need serious capital over the long term, maybe $40 or $50 or $80 million, is to decide whether you would rather have a syndicate of three or four investors, with the right mix, who can provide all of that capital, versus finding maybe one West Coast investor and take the risk that with your series B or C round you will have to go out and find new money. Building the right syndicate for the right company is a very detailed art. Deals, right now, don't get done unless the right syndicate is built.
X: My impression is that East Coast venture firms are more interested in syndicating than West Coast firms. Does that jibe with what you see?
TB: I've been involved in four or five deals where the West Coast investors were adamant about taking the whole deal, and the East Coast guys wanted to do a syndicate, and the entrepreneur had to make a decision. It is definitely peculiar. In cleantech, the market is not regional—you might have technology based in Massachusetts, but your market might be in California or Germany. If you have a syndicate that covers both the East Coast and the West Coast, you can draw on the relationships in those areas. West Coast firms tend to have more going on in Asia. You think about who is going to provide you with access to the right kinds of players.
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Disgrace is a thoughtful, uncompromising film--and that is both its strength and its weakness. It departs from conventional story structure and refuses to play much of anything safe, and while those are admirable (and too-rare) qualities, it also makes it a tough picture to connect and engage with.
John Malkovich stars as David Lurie, a Capetown professor who seems deeply unhappy--he's sleepwalking through his classes, he's divorced and distant from his children, and even the prostitute he frequents seems uninterested in him. In desperation, he begins a turgid, awkward affair with a student; it quickly blows up in his face, and he's forced to resign following an inquiry. He flees Capetown and goes to visit his daughter Lucy (Jessica Haines), who lives on a remote farm, growing vegetables and breeding dogs. It seems a fine change of pace, until something horrible happens.
The opening scenes of Disgrace, while deliberately paced, are quite involving; the writing is simple, brusque, and to the point, and director Steve Jacobs shoots much of the material in well-composed medium wide shots, letting the frames (and people within them) breathe. The section dealing with Lurie's affair is particularly skillful--Jacobs (and screenwriter Anna Maria Monticelli, adapting J.M. Coetzee's novel) deftly but subtly hint at the power dynamic that infuses the "relationship," and vividly show the situation spinning out of control. Once he retreats to the sticks, the pace slackens a bit; while the film has a rich sense of place, it drags somewhat as Lurie settles in.
That ebbing turns out to be something of a trick, lulling the audience into complacency before the grisly, harrowing developments of the story turn at the midway point. I'll not reveal what happens (my press notes gave away too much, and lessened the impact somewhat), but I will say that it is a stunning sequence of tremendous power. But the film proceeds to sound some odd notes in its second half; it's not going to follow pat storytelling models, which is fine, but a few scenes are just plain befuddling. And the closing sequences are, frankly, somewhat maddening--the screenplay refuses to provide easy pay-offs, but there's an argument to be made that this particular story just might need one.
Perhaps the picture's greatest asset is Malkovich's work; he's front and center, present in every scene, and it is a performance of tremendous restraint. He's (smartly) cultivated the popular notion that he is a larger-than-life personality, a crazy, scenery-chewing over-actor, and played up that idea in performances that verged on knowing self-parody, both directly Being John Malkovich) and indirectly (Burn After Reading). In light of all of that, it is easy to forget what a subtle, sensitive actor he can be when the right role calls for it--and this is the right role. His clipped line readings convey an impatient weariness, and his body language is marvelous--watch his awkwardness among the salt-of-the-earth types when he arrives in the sticks, or the effective scene late in the film in which he asks forgiveness, simply and directly. It's a sharp turn, and well-matched by Haines' work as Lucy; her portrait of a bruised but headstrong woman is tough and mesmerizing.
The MPEG-4 AVC 1080p transfer is a touch grainier than one might expect, and backgrounds are occasionally noisy. But the pictureseque countryside photography is well-rendered, with lovely color reproduction and fine contrast, while black levels are appropriately deep. Some of the daytime scenes are a tad washed-out, but overall, it's a decent if unexciting video presentation.
Disgrace is, for the most part, a quiet, dialogue-driven affair, so one doesn't expect much out of the DTS-HD Master Audio track. But the mix is surprisingly active--subtle, yes, but heightened by the haunting, operatic score and immersive environments (the campus during a rainstorm, Lucy's farm, the open-air market, the animal clinic, the party next door). Above all, dialogue is clean and audible, even through the thick accents of several actors.
English SDH and Spanish subtitles are also included.
Bonus features are rather slim. First up are eight Interviews, with writer Anna-Maria Monticelli, producer Emile Sherman, director Steve Jacobs, actors John Malkovich and Eriq Ebouaney, actresses Jessica Haines and Antioinette Engel, and director of photography Steve Arnold. Ranging from three to eight minutes each, they're clearly raw materials for an EPK, with questions presented as on-screen text. They're interesting enough, but every answer appears to have been left in, whether it was a good bite or not (though this leads to one great moment in Malkovich's interview--the question is what research he did to get into character, and he gives the one-word answer of a cheery "None!"). Also, a play-all option wouldn't have been a terrible idea.
The "Disgrace: Behind the Scenes" (9:48) featurette is more inventive than the norm, and somewhat more cheerful than you might expect for such a serious film, at least in the opening montages and costume fittings. Later, we see the cast and crew shooting some of the more difficult sequences; it's done purely as documentary footage, without the interruptions of narration or sit-down interviews. The original Trailer (2:13) closes out the package.
The performances go a long way, but can't quite close the deal. Disgrace is an admirable picture, but a difficult one nonetheless--we're always on the outside looking in, intrigued but seldom genuinely involved, and for all of the skill of Malkovich's performance, he's unable to provide an entryway into the material. By the time the film's 120 minutes winded down, I felt like I'd been an interesting journey, but I'm not sure where the hell we ended up.
Jason lives with his wife Rebekah and their daughter Lucy in New York. He holds an MA in Cultural Reporting and Criticism from NYU. He is film editor for Flavorwire and is a contributor to Salon, the Atlantic, and several other publications. His first book, Pulp Fiction: The Complete History of Quentin Tarantino's Masterpiece, was released last fall by Voyageur Press. He blogs at Fourth Row Center and is yet another critic with a Twitter feed.

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I began this as an exercise to help me emotionally heal from past trauma, but what started out as a short exercise quickly turned into many hours and pages of writing with no sign of stopping. It just poured out of me.
I was a bit unprepared and really should have been working on my commissions, but the universe had other plans. I feel deeply that sharing my story will bring forth more healing than I could have imagined.
The result of my Exercise:
"Get in the truck!" Mike yelled at me from the doorway of my friend's house.
He had driven his truck through the yard, and parked right in front of the porch. This wasn't an unusual event. Mike parking his truck in the yard. His urgency and tone however were a surprise to me.
Everyone I knew used the yard in such the same way. The small property usually was filled with mud covered vehicles some of which were filled with 4-wheelers and beer packed coolers. The house was rented by two twenty something brothers and their female cousin. Located in a dry county this property still saw its fill of liquor and drugged induced parties. The brothers may have paid the bills, but the house was claimed by many as home throughout the week and late into the night on the weekends.
I first met the brothers of the house through my friend who dated one of them. How we as teenage girls became involved with guys more than 5 years our senior is a distant memory, but we quickly became a regular presence at the house. Mike was 8 years older than me. I met him through the brothers who lived down the street from Mike's parents house. Dating underage girls was not the only thing that went on against the law in that house.
"Where are we going?" I asked Mike as we walked outside.
"Just get in the damned truck," He snapped back at me.
I quickly heeded his request wondering what his intentions were. As I closed the door to his truck, he promptly demanded, "Pull down your pants!"
"What!" I look perplexed at him as quickly as I felt violated.
"NOW!" He yelled. "I fucking said now! Pull down your pants!"
He was so angry and I couldn't conceive of why. I was pretty high at this point in the evening which may explained some of my dismay, but I had not done anything to deserve this kind of abuse from him. I had been given some money earlier in the evening by Mike's parents. They had agreed to watch my daughter and sent me out to do some roaming just as their son had done earlier in the evening and many evenings before. They may have saw the discontent in me about my relationship with their son. They were first hand witnesses of our relationship since we had lived with them for more than a year now.
In hindsight dating an adult guy who lives with his parents might not be the best choice for a 17 year old, but I was naive and at the time the relationship worked.
I happily took the money from his parents, called my friend Cam, and made plans to hang out. I made the 20 minute trip from my house to Cam's. Darkness set as I made the drive down the long country roads. I couldn't have imagined where my night would have ended.
As I made my way down the curvy road to Cam's house, I passed the street that led to the Farm. Thoughts began to swirl in my mind. Thoughts that could not be harnessed. I imagined and then re-imagined that feeling. That feeling was what comes over one when you take the first drag of a pipe loaded up with crack cocaine. It was the feeling of consummate euphoria. My mind supposes it is the feeling of divine union with God himself. The thought of that feeling made my heart race and my mind fill with emotions. I quickly assessed the time. I pulled over into a church parking lot not far past the road to the Farm. I couldn't think straight. I searched through the console and then the glovebox. I didn't have anything I could use to create a makeshift pipe if I could score some dope. I didn't think. I immediately pulled back onto the road and made my way to the Farm. "Cam will wait. It won't take me long," I had thought to myself. I didn't have much cash on me, but I had enough to get a good sized rock.
I made my way down the dark and narrow one lane road. There were no street lights and very few houses. That is until you make it to the Farm. The road is still one lane but the trees opened up. There was an eerie red hue from the brake lights of other vehicles being approached by runners. The runners were the guys who ran with the money and brought back the dope in return. They ran the dope to get dope in return. If one doesn't know what they are doing the runner will take your money and never return. Sometimes they will try to pass off soap or peanuts as dope. Either way you will be at a loss. The runners have an upper hand. I slowly made my way around vehicles and spotted a runner I knew from previous encounters at the Farm. I rolled the my window down and shouted at him. He helped me score and then I asked him about getting hold of a pipe. Some runners kept pipes on them for trade. The runner suggested I take him down the road in exchange for use of a pipe. He showed me a pipe while explaining his plan. I hesitated, then I looked at my ashtray where I'd stashed my rock. I took a quick look around at vehicles entering and leaving. Fear comes over me. "Where is Mike tonight?" I think. He could have had the same thought as I and could be pulling up any minute. A question ran through my mind, "What if he catches me?" I didn't have time to think. I agreed with the plan and unlocked the door for the runner. He jumped into the front seat. He was an older white man who looked to be about in his 40's. His hair was thin and long as well as his scraggly beard. He quickly directed me where to go and thanked me for the ride. "You can't catch a break, man, they all want a piece…ne'er leave a fella alone," He lamented to me his problems with smoking his payments around the other runners. He then began to fiddle with the radio. I was a bit relieved. He reminded me of my dad with his short stature and lanky malnourished body. I relaxed some and followed his directions. We pulled off the road, through an open gate, and out onto a gravel drive. He assured me we won't be bothered here and reminds me of his promise of pipe privileges. I again wondered if I had made a mistake. It was all a mistake. I pulled behind a fence of bushes off the drive and parked. My lights had been off for most of the drive to our secluded spot. He quickly loaded up his screen with dope and took a long slow hit of the pipe. Finally I was allowed to take my euphoric trip to another world. It settles my mind for those short lived seconds. Quickly I am back to reality as we took turns until all we had was gone.
I made the trip back to drop off the runner. This time, though, while turning around to leave, I see a familiar truck. It was the truck of one of the brothers. He immediately spotted me, got out of his truck, and came running over to my car. He scolds me for coming to the Farm by myself. I wondered if he saw the runner get out of my car. He made certain to let me know that he did not approve of my actions. Him, here to make his own score, did not approve of me. We argued for a few minutes. I pleaded to him to not tell Mike. I promised to leave and never return. He seemed amiable at that point and promised not to say anything. I quickly return to my previous night's engagement.
Cam and I spent some time at her place and made a trip to town. We of course ended up at the brothers house. Nothing was ever mentioned about my trip to the Farm.
I was a bit relieved at not ending up in the horrible perpetual cycle of scoring, getting high, then scoring again, getting high, then wanting more dope.
I was pleased with myself for showing some restraint.
This had been the first time in a long while that I had scored some dope. After moving away from the town and beginning Vo-tech classes, I had sworn off getting high. I was on a clean road to becoming sober. I had begun a full-time job at a local dollar store and had begun planning to make something of my screwed up future. I looked at this score as a minor set-back, but I was definitely showing signs of more control.
"What for!" I question Mike as he begins pulling at my shorts to unbutton them.
"Because I said so, you fucking whore, that's why!" He retorts.
I am at a loss, but I did it anyways. I pulled down my shorts and underwear in the front seat of his truck. He reached over and grabbed the fabric between my legs.
"It's fucking wet. Who've you been fucking tonight, you fucking whore?"
I was speechless as I embarrassingly pulled my shorts back up. I knew the brother reneged on his promise and that Mike apparently knew nothing about female anatomy. In that moment I felt like a helpless child. There was a sunken feeling in my chest. I just sat there frozen.
Mike pulled away from the brother's house. My car was still parked in the driveway. "I'll get it later," I thought to myself.
Mike continued to yell questions and profanities at me as we drove down the road. I tried to argue my position. I tried to explain his parent's generosity. He didn't believe anything I had to say. I knew that I had done nothing wrong in regards to our relationship. I had never even thought about cheating on him. Nothing I said could calm him down.
He reached over and slapped me on the left side of the face with the back of his open hand.
"Shut the fuck up whore. I know what the fuck you were doing."
My heart sunk deeper. I hadn't done anything in my mind. I did do some drugs, but that didn't hurt anyone but myself. My child was being cared for and he was out doing stuff too, but I knew the life I was living was not right. I knew I should have never went to the Farm. I wondered why I couldn't control myself. At this point I was more disappointed in my lack of willpower than I was with the man that just degraded me in so many ways.
I felt disgusted on so many levels. My face hurt, my heart hurt, and my spirit hurt.
We had been together for about a year, and my daughter was only a few months old. That night was not the first time Mike had hit me, but on some level I felt as though I deserved the punishment.
Coming from a home of corporal punishment, it wasn't a far cry from what I had been used to. From a very young age I had been yelled at and hit when my choices were deemed incorrect.
No matter what my choices had been, though, I had not deserved the degradation that I had received.
I can't claim to know the first time Mike hit me, nor can I recall every circumstance that he did. I have some difficulty with recollection these days. I can't say for sure why this is. Was it the drug abuse or the physical abuse? I do know that there were many times that Mike caused traumatic brain injuries with his explosive rage. He claimed, usually through tears, not to remember what he did during the worst attacks.
I'll never know his side of the story, or what his childhood trauma was.
This January will make 13 years since I last smoked crack cocaine, and 14 years since I finally had the courage to reach out to my family for help. I had seen myself as a failure for so long, that admitting my mistakes was a very difficult task, but I knew that my future and the future of my daughter depended upon it.
Many times I have questioned my soul's purpose here on earth. And I still do not full understand why I am existing now. I lived through so much trauma in those days and tried committing suicide numerous times to alleviate the hell I felt trapped in those 2 years.
I do not hold ill will against my aggressor. We were two lost souls who crossed paths in the no so best of circumstances.
Our eyes were jaded by poverty and drug abuse.
I have many good memories alongside those atrocious ones.
We celebrated the birth of my first child. I shared my first moments of parenthood with that man. I went through the process of moving into and decorating my first home with him. Together we took many trips and had numerous happy memories. I will not allow the tragedy that beset me make me forget the good I found in him and our time together. It is that hate/love that made it so hard to let go in the end.
I have learned much about myself from reflecting upon those experiences and the reactions that I had to them.
I am today who I have allowed myself to become despite my experience.


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When I read that I immediately thought of how a lot of games handle "big reveals" - particularly those involving you being betrayed by an NPC. Far too often it will both be obvious that they are up to something yet futile to realize it; most (not all) games don't even allow for the possibility of you figuring something out even if just to hang a lantern on it.
It does seem like a lot of games (even well received ones) could do a far better job of either making these things less painfully obvious or, preferably, give you the opportunity to act on your suspicions. I mean heck maybe sometimes it would end up being more advantageous for a character to be willing to display trust and play the victim later and there could be consequences for acting on your suspicions even if you are correct. But quite often you end up having to play a character who doesn't seem to notice the trap they're walking into despite the giant billboards with milemarkers advertising that it's up ahead.
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My son paid with his own money and arranged for some flowers to be delivered to me for Mothers Day. What a wonderful thought!
The flowers were delivered on time in a pristine box and sadly that is the only good thing I am able to say about our experience.
With great excitement I opened the box to see the saddest bunch of flowers imaginable! On going on the website, the bouquet clearly contained everything it should contain (although I note in the photograph of the bouquet there was more than one spring of gypsophila) However, the quality of the flowers and the presentation was an absolute disgrace.
Of the four roses (of which one was already starting to droop) three had crease marks going through the petals. The lilly stem consisted of three heads of which the top of one was completely crushed and had thick brown marks going through it. A lot of the carnation heads were broken and dangling down. One of them was hanging down by what looked like a thread - it was in fact the old, withered stem.
One of the carnations was a good six inches shorter than all of the other flowers and the stem of a carnation with no head had been left in the bouquet.
Three days after their arrival, three of the roses are dead and the broken carnations look even more pathetic.
Quite frankly, the worst thing about this sorry episode is that my son came home to see, contrary to his expectations, what a poxy bunch of flowers he had bought me. As much as I told him I loved them and that they were wonderful, he could not be fooled. The evidence was right before his eyes. Three days later, three of the four roses are dead. The broken carnations look even more pathetic and the fact that he wasted his money is even more plain to see.
I contacted Serenata flowers who said that there are five basic checks made on the quality of the flowers and the bouquet before it leaves their premises and is placed in the hands of the courier. All I can say about that, without being impolite, is that those checks were clearly not working that day!
Serenata Flowers have asked for photographic evidence which i have provided. I'm sure they will do the right thing and refund the money - what they cant do is make up for the disappointment my son felt when he tried to do a lovely thing for his Mum!
None of this can be blamed on the courier - the box was in perfect condition - it is clearly due to a lack of quality flowers and a complete and utter lack of quality control and style.
Normally, I would not bother to complain. However, I am so incensed by this, hence my review.


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In 2011 Matthew Bliss, as an ode to his grandfather, re-created his grandfather's design of the Modern Christmas Tree and made it available to the public. Originating in the 1960s, Bliss' grandfather, an Engineer and architect known as Lawrence "Bud" Stoecker, designed the first Modern Christmas Tree from cardboard. Bud loved to build A-Frame modern style homes making the Modern Christmas a natural fit for him. Over the years the trees design was refined, moving from cardboard, to Masonite, to Plexiglas and the ornaments were updated for aesthetic fine turning. Today the trees are designed in a range of acrylics and the ornaments are classic globes and chandelier crystals for sparkle and shine.
Later in life Bud was diagnosed with Alzheimers, which spurred Bliss' decision to show the tree. Debuting at the Denver Modernism show in 2011, the Modern Christmas Tree was a hit. Since then, the tree has been photographed in some of the most important Mid-century Modern homes in the United States, including the Stahl House in Los Angleles designed by Pierre Koenig and immortalized by the photographs of Julius Schulman. The list also includes the Sculptured House designed by Charles Deaton, later coined the Sleeper House. When Lawrence "Bud" Stoecker passed in 2012 the family celebrated his life with an exhibit of his trees at the original Disneyland Hotel in Anaheim and the exhibit continues to be a part of Disney's annual holiday festivities. In memory of Bud, each Modern Christmas Tree has his signature engraved on the bottom ring.


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JizzleJazzle's Horoscope April 2 - April 8, 2010
Aries, Leo and Sagittarius:
Do you know where you're going? Do you like the things life is showing you? I am channeling Ms. Diana Ross for you honey; sequins, big hair and all because you need some guidance. All you have to do is look to your dreams and not the wet ones. I mean your heart's desires and what you really want in life. Soul search and you just might get off your mama's couch and do something with your life! Now, excuse me while I go crash on my mama's couch. Don't judge me!
Capricorn, Taurus and Virgo:
Sometimes in life you gotta push your way through: when you're delivering a big-headed baby out your woo-hoo, when old folks take up all the sidewalk space and when you're trying to sneak into the club before your man rolls by keeping tabs on you. But other times you gotta be a little patient and take it easy. This is the week for you to not push, pull or bite but sit back and let the universe take care of you. Let the universe be yo' sugar daddy! Hehe...
Libra, Aquarius and Gemini:
Sometimes you just gotta smile. A smile can light up a day or if your teeth ain't so hot it can leave someone with nightmares. But yes, smile a little and you will get away with a whole lot. Imagine all those women that smiled in Tiger Wood's face and are now cashing in on his scandal. See...just smile!
Cancer, Scorpio and Pisces:
We all want things in life that sometimes we can't have but this week most of what you want is within your grasp. You just gotta play it cool. So try not to sweat like Charles Barkley pulling up to the curb in front of a $2 hooker or salivate like Jesse James over a vintage Nazi hat and you should be a-OKAY!
I'm JizzleJazzle and remember don't be good, be fabulous!
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Four Cavaliers Headed to Houston for NBA All-Star Weekend
CLEVELAND – Cavaliers forward Tristan Thompson, guard Dion Waiters and forward/center Tyler Zeller join 2013 NBA Eastern Conference All-Star guard Kyrie Irving, as being selected to participate in the 2013 BBVA Rising Stars Challenge to be held on Friday, Feb. 15 in Houston during NBA All-Star Weekend 2013, the NBA announced today. The participants in the BBVA Rising Stars Challenge are current rookies and sophomores who were selected by the NBA's assistant coaches, with each team submitting one ballot.
"We're very proud of Kyrie, Tristan, Dion and Tyler and the efforts they are putting in to earn this kind of recognition. Internal growth with our young core is very important to us and this is a good reflection of their development," said Cavaliers General Manager Chris Grant. "It is also great they will be able to experience this special All-Star weekend together and we look forward to seeing their continued hard work and progress."
Thompson, the fourth overall pick in the 2011 NBA Draft, has played in 46 games this season, averaging 11.0 points on .494 shooting and 9.3 rebounds in 31.8 minutes per game. He is averaging 3.9 offensive rebounds per game which is the third most in the league. Thompson has 17 double-doubles this season which is the third most among all second-year players.
Waiters, the fourth overall pick in the 2012 NBA Draft, has appeared in 38 games and is currently second among rookies in scoring, averaging 14.5 points per game to go along with 2.4 rebounds and 3.2 assists in 30.2 minutes per game. Among rookie guards, he ranks second in steals (1.0), third in assists and fourth in total three pointers made (49).
Zeller, 17th overall pick in the 2012 NBA Draft, has played in 42 games, averaging 8.3 points, 6.2 rebounds and 1.0 block in 27.8 minutes per game. Among rookie forward/centers, he ranks second in points per game, third in rebounds per game and third in blocks per game. Among all rookies, Zeller ranks fifth in points+rebounds+assists per game at 15.7 per game. Irving, already selected by the Eastern Conference head coaches as a 2013 All-Star, has appeared in 35 games this season and currently ranks sixth in the league (first among point guards) in scoring averaging 23.9 on .470 shooting, to go along with 3.6 rebounds and 5.5 assists in 35.7 minutes per game. The reigning Eastern Conference Player of the Week is one of only two players (LeBron James) in the East averaging at least 20 points and five assists and he has the third-highest points per game average in the fourth quarter in the NBA at 6.6 points per fourth quarter.
The 2013 BBVA Rising Stars Challenge will feature two teams drafted by TNT Analysts Charles Barkley and Shaquille O'Neal who will serve as the opposing general managers. Each team will have nine man rosters, consisting of both NBA rookies and sophomores drafted from the available pool selected by the NBA's assistant coaches. The head coaches for both teams will be the lead assistant coaches from the 2013 NBA All-Star Game coaching staffs. The East and West coaching staffs will be determined by the best record in each conference through games played Feb. 3. The Chicago Bulls' and Oklahoma City's staffs, by virtue of having helmed the sidelines of the 2012 All-Star game, are not eligible to coach this year's game. Fans will have the opportunity to vote online for who should be in the starting lineup for each team.
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Urethral Bulking for Urinary Incontinence
Surgery Overview
Urethral bulking to treat urinary incontinence involves injecting material around the urethra. This may be done to:
Most bulking materials are injected around the urethra just outside the muscle of the urethra at the bladder outlet. Injecting the bulking material may be done through the skin, through the urethra or, in women, through the vagina. Needle placement is guided by the use of a cystoscope inserted into the urethra.
Urethral bulking procedures are usually done under local anesthesia in women, but men may require a general or regional anesthesia. A local anesthetic allows the person to stand up after an injection to find out if continence has been achieved. If continence has not been restored, another injection may be done immediately.
The surgery is used mostly for women and sometimes for men.
What To Expect After Surgery
Most urethral bulking injections can be done in a doctor's office or surgery center. They rarely require a hospital stay. You may need to take it easy for a few days afterward.
Why It Is Done
Urethral bulking may be done to treat:
How Well It Works
Urethral bulking may work for some women. But fewer than 4 out of 10 women have long-term benefits.1
The main risks related to urethral bulking are pain at the injection site, injury to the urethra, and migration of the bulking material.
What To Think About
This surgery is used mostly for women and sometimes for men.
This treatment method avoids the risks associated with abdominal surgery.
Before having urethral bulking treatment, ask your doctor about the following:
Complete the surgery information form (PDF)(What is a PDF document?) to help you prepare for this surgery.
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UNICEF promotes positive representations of Roma children to overcome stigma and discrimination
SKOPJE, 15 February 2011 - The importance of using positive images when promoting the rights of children and combating discrimination and stigma was at the core of the discussions at a Communication Symposium on Positive Representations of Roma Children, held in Skopje today.
"One of the most effective communication strategies for confronting discrimination and promoting social inclusion of Roma is to portray them in the same multidimensional way that we portray other members of society," said Sheldon Yett, UNICEF Representative. "Images often reinforce stereotypes. All too often Roma children and their families are portrayed as being dependant on others rather than being contributing members of a broader society," continued Mr. Yett.
The symposium bought communication and media professionals together with representatives from civil society organisations to discuss creative ways to overcome discrimination and stigma of Roma children and their families.
International children's media and inclusion expert, Ms Barbara Kolucki, together with Pulitzer Prize and World Press Photo Award winning photojournalist John McConnico and journalist Sonja Miokovic, led discussions using photo essays developed during their weeklong mission in Roma communities in the country
Developed together with Roma communities – in collaboration with the NGO Sumnal – the essays capture the lives of young Roma children, the challenges they face and the opportunities that could transform their lives. The essays build on the evidence that optimistic images that show people engaged and involved are more effective in changing behaviour and attitudes of the public at large than negative images that show people as being worthy of charity.
"When young children see the positive capacities of themselves and of others, they are more interested in cultivating inclusive relationships," said Ms. Barbara Kolucki who has worked with UNICEF in the areas of child development and media in many countries throughout the world including countries in the CEE/CIS region.
The Communication Symposium was organized within the framework of the EU-UNICEF Roma Good Start Initiative (RGSI). Funded by the European Union, the project aims to address measures to promote Early Childhood Development (ECD) as an entry point for fostering the social inclusion of Roma children. In addition to being implemented in this country, the project will also be implemented in Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania, Serbia, and Spain.
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Former Top Disney Executive, Al Weiss, Joins Brand Affinity Technologies Board of Directors
Brand Affinity Technologies (BAT), the experts in activating, engaging and monetizing the fan, today announced that Al Weiss, former President of Worldwide Operations for Walt Disney Parks and Resorts, has been appointed to its Board of Directors.
Mr. Weiss brings nearly 40 years of experience expanding Walt Disney's brand reach, including its extensive international expansion and development of its comprehensive consumer engagement offerings. As a BAT board member, he will help oversee the advancement of BAT's proprietary fan activation platform, Fantapper (www.fantapper.com), in addition to BAT's recent acquisition of the fan photography business of Printroom (www.printroom.com), one of the nation's leading fan photography services platform for sporting and entertainment events. With Mr. Weiss' strategic counsel and Printroom's ongoing relationships with MLB, CBS Interactive and numerous NBA, NFL and NHL teams, BAT will greatly accelerate its effort to capture and amplify in-game fan experiences, both online and offline.
"I have always considered Walt Disney Parks a destination that truly demonstrates creativity and evokes imagination. Like Disney, BAT strives to deliver experiences that strongly resonate with fans, their emotions and memories of any life event, whether it's a baseball game, concert, or family reunion," said Ryan Steelberg, president and CEO of Brand Affinity Technologies. "This is why we are incredibly excited for Mr. Weiss to join BAT's Board of Directors. His leadership and international expertise will play a critical role as we continue to expand our product offerings to capture and extend our customers' celebrated life moments."
Previously, Mr. Weiss served as President of Worldwide Operations for Walt Disney Parks and Resorts, the division of The Walt Disney Company that operates eleven theme parks and multiple resort hotels across the world. Under his leadership, he was responsible for operations at the company's theme parks and resorts spanning three continents and including the Walt Disney World Resort, Disneyland Resort, Hong Kong Disneyland and Disneyland Resort Paris. During his tenure he also launched the Disney Cruise Line. Mr. Weiss announced his retirement after 39 years of service with the Walt Disney Company in Nov. 2011.
"During my tenure at Disney, I worked with the best to do the impossible, while always remaining hyper-focused on providing the best guest experience. I'm drawn to BAT's arsenal of fan engagement offerings. I believe a continuous dialog with customers results in long-term fan loyalty. I'm confident that BAT's team will fully leverage and extend its existing products and newly acquired Printroom fan photo offerings into a unique fan experience via digital media," said Weiss. "It's a true pleasure to come on board to support BAT's growth."
Mr. Weiss joins a board of experts from a wide array of industries, including executives from startup, venture capital, technology, and entertainment companies.
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At my place of employment we currently have two thundertraps for .308 and one for a .243. One of the .308's and the .243 have had similar issues. Both of them have had simillar accuracy issues. Firstly the .308 was all over the paper. One hole gun w/out the suppressor, junk with it. As the gun got hot the worse the group evolves. We had a 243 as well that would not shoot. Out of curiosity I removed it from the vault and started ruling out possibilities. With the suppressor it is junk, and the more you shoot it(as it gets hot) the more you have to adjust the crosshairs up to be reasonably close to the target. W/out the suppressor the gun is a superior shooter. Interesting point here. The difference between point of contact with and without the AWC can on the 243 is about 2 1/2 feet. I screwed another suppressor (different brand name) and shot a 5 shot 1/2" group. Removed the can and point of impact was only 1" and still shot superbly. Upon looking as good as I could I didn't see signs of bullet strikes. Have any of you experienced similar problems with these or other cans?
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How to Win the Political Contest: A Monopolist vs. Environmentalists
This paper sheds light on the political economy of local energy politics both from a theoretical and an empirical perspective. First, a case study of a small town in Southern Germany (Schonau) is presented, where environmentalists have won the political contest against the regional energy monopolist and have founded an energy supply firm themselves. The different stages of the political process are explained and analysed. Second, a political economy model is developed, where environmentalists and a monopolistic utility firm confront each other both on the political and on the energy market. In the lobbying equilibrium the probability of the environmentalists' winning the game depends on the monopoly rent and the perceived social costs of energy production. It is shown that it is optimal for the monopolist to reduce his output below the monopolistic output. Finally, the winning strategy in the Schonau case is discussed in the light of the theoretical results of the paper. Copyright 2001 by Kluwer Academic Publishers
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Balkissa Chaibou dreamed of becoming a doctor, but when she was 12 she was shocked to learn she had been promised as a bride to her cousin. She decided to fight for her rights - even if that meant taking her own family to court.
"I came from school at around 18:00, and Mum called me," Balkissa Chaibou recalls. "She pointed to a group of visitors and said of one of them, 'He is the one who will marry you.' "I thought she was joking. And she told me, 'Go unbraid, and wash your hair.' That is when I realised she was serious."
The young girl from Niger had always been ambitious. "When I was little, I was dreaming of becoming a doctor. Take care of people, wear the white coat. Help people," she says. Marriage to her cousin, who had arrived with his father from neighbouring Nigeria, would make this impossible.
"They said if you marry him you won't be able to study any more. For me my passion is studying. I really like to study. That's when I realised that my relationship with him wouldn't work well."
Niger's tradition of marrying its girls young - it has the highest rate of child marriage in the world - is partly rooted in its grinding poverty. The dynamic works in this way: I have lots of children, and if I can marry off one child that is one child less that I have to feed," explains Monique Clesca, the United Nations Population Fund's representative in Niger.
Balkissa Chaibou's parents had five daughters, so from their perspective marrying her to her cousin may have made economic sense. But another reason for the tradition of early marriage in Niger is the belief that it reduces the risk of pregnancy outside wedlock. "Nowadays some children are not well brought up," says Hadiza Almahamoud, Chaibou's mother. "If they are not married off at an early age, they can bring shame to the family."
Chaibou continued to work hard at school, waking at 03:00 to study, but as she got older the looming marriage with her cousin became a distraction. Then, one day when she was 16, the bride price, suitcases and a wedding outfit arrived.
...Mariama Moussa - president of the shelter Chaibou took refuge in - says domestic violence is a serious problem in Niger and that forced marriage is one of the root causes...
Now 19, Chaibou campaigns for other girls to follow her example and say "no" to forced marriage. She visits schools and has spoken to tribal chiefs about the issue.
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Today, we examine a popular physician assistant specialty: cardiology.
I called in a favor and interviewed my good friend, cardiology physician assistant, Liz Torok.
Liz graduated just over a year ago from UC Davis School of Medicine's PA Program, and works in Fremont, California as a cardiology PA. She's a very sharp but approachable lady with a fun and zany side. Her work sounds complicated, and it is. But don't let that intimidate you–if you do this work, you'll learn it all. Here's the transcript:
Physician Assistant Specialty Interview: Cardiology
Paul: So, Liz, what does your typical day look like as a cardiology physician assistant?
- I open the EMR (electronic medical records), where I inevitably have a list of messages waiting before I've even logged on.
- Authorize prescriptions, return calls to patients, and then start seeing the patients on my schedule.
Make rounds at the hospital, come back to clinic, grab a bite to eat, give a run down to my MD on the hospital patients.
- See my afternoon patients and then more phone calls, and prescriptions.
- I read any Holters (heart rhythm monitors that patients wear home) that have been completed that day, and maybe 10-12 hours later I go home.
- On pacemaker/ICD (implantable cardioverter/defibrillator) day I interpret the reports on my pacer patients, in addition to all of the above.
It's scary to be referred to a cardiologist. It means that another doctor thinks something is so wrong with your heart, and that a specialist should see you. Patients come in scared and sometimes angry, and they need someone who can handle the anger and reassure them. You need good instincts. These patients don't fit in any box you learned about in school. They often look like a duck, walk like a duck but turn out to be a wolf. You need to be very careful.


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Totally Kids board of directors: Thanks to Hayden
March 6, 2014
Totally Kids would like to thank the Hayden community.
Totally Kids Inc. is a nonprofit corporation in Hayden focused on providing affordable youth services to children in the area. We provide a variety of services including an after-school program, summer food program, summer day camp and youth recreational opportunities such as tee ball, soccer and pee wee football.
Each year, we have many volunteers who come forward and give their time to make our programs work. Without people giving their time, we would not be able to provide these programs. Volunteers are the basis of all of our programs.
Thank you to all our volunteers for your help, support and for giving up your time to the youth in Hayden. And thank you for your support of our Valentine's Banquet and Auction held Feb. 9.
The banquet was attended by over 200 people and the auction raised over $5,500 from items generously donated by individuals and area businesses. The success of this banquet will help us continue to provide services to Hayden youth in 2014.
The downturn in the economy and a change in demographics in the Hayden community has caused a significant impact in the number of requests for scholarships for all of our programs. These factors have made the success of our fundraisers even more important than usual.
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Thank you so much for turning out and supporting this fundraiser. Once again, Hayden has proven itself to be a great community that supports its youth.
Totally Kids is turning 20 this year. The success of our banquet and auction makes us confident that Totally Kids will be providing youth services for the next 20 years.
Totally Kids board of directors
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If you're looking for a clutch that the entire universe hasn't already exploited — one that's bizarre, clashes in the best way to un-fuss your outfits, is eye catching, conversation starting and won't require that you to save up lunch money for two months, I think you should meet Poppy Lissiman. She's 26, "made in Japan, born in Australia," has a trippy Instagram and currently resides in Perth.
When did you start the line?
I started my own label in 2008 but I started doing exclusively accessories (in particular, clutches) at the beginning of 2014
Why clutches?
I have always been obsessed with handbags. Almost any paycheck I'd get would go towards (usually designer) handbags. I never really dreamed of designing my own bags until I started to realize that not everyone was obsessed with luxury bags, and that maybe lesser known, quirky designs could work.
The clutches were kind of a whim to sell as an item in my old shop for under $100, and have since taken off. I think there is a bit of a gap in the market for quirky designer pieces under $100. I'm working on some over the shoulder bags at the moment, which should be done in time for Christmas.
Where do you get all of your ideas — the eyes, the "pizza illuminati," etc — from?
I'm really drawn to iconography, like sacred hearts and worshipping hands and the Greek evil eye. (I have a sacred heart/evil eye tattoo I got on my arm in Koh Samui about 6 years ago). I'm not religious, but I've always been drawn to those recognizable motifs; I guess I just like the way they look cut out in glitter material and stitched onto a clutch.
A lot of people on Instagram accuse me of being illuminati because of the eye motif. I'm obviously not but I think it's kind of funny to roll with that, especially with the pizza illuminati bag. All I really know about the illuminati is that they were all about empowering women and against the control of organized religion, which I think isn't such a bad thing… and pizza is pretty awesome too.
And the glitter?
I'm a bit of a Bowerbird for shiny and glittery things. When I first saw this glitter material I was wary it would tarnish easily, so we experimented with it a bit and it's actually incredibly durable. It doesn't loose its glitter so I've continued to use it — it just looks so beautiful, especially mixed with the high shine metallic material we also use. All my clutches are made using vegan (or faux leather if we're talking like it's 2011). They're also cruelty free, so no animal bits or slave labor.
How would you describe your own style, and who are some of your style inspirations?
My style definitely revolves around color and comfort. I hate really restrictive or uncomfortable pieces, I rarely wear high heels. I don't look to anyone in particular for inspiration, but I travel to Asia a lot and I would say the fashion there has really influenced my style.
Does living in Australia affect your aesthetic?
Yes, definitely. In Perth the fashion is pretty casual, not bad or anything though — a lot of people here have really great style but getting very dressed up is something of a rarity. On weekends most people get around in jeans and t-shirts, and in summer it's all about cute little dresses and thongs (I think you guys call them flip flops?). The heat plays a huge part in getting dressed in the morning. Although I probably adhere to that casual approach, I tend to gravitate towards really bright/clashing stuff or slightly different silhouettes, and I hate thongs (flip flops) so I will probably wear neon Reef sandals with socks this year…
What else are you influenced by, design-wise?
Art. Without sounding too vague, haha… I really like digital art and taught myself how to use Photoshop about 2 years ago.
Who's the girl/guy your design for?
Someone who likes color, who appreciates things which are a little bit left of center and has a sense of humor.
What's next?
I have been working on a sunglasses collection for the last 9 months (wow, just realized thats the same amount of time as a baby!) and will be launching the range next month which I am just so pumped about.
What's the strangest thing you'd put inside a clutch?
I do collect bones and skulls.. not that long ago I found a Quokka (google them, they're adorable) jaw bone and popped that in my bag. It was in perfect condition and I wore it round my neck for a while!
Last but not least, what's a weird fact about you?
I have a knack for remembering totally useless but interesting facts; for example, did you know that in the nursery rhyme "Humpty Dumpty" it's never actually mentioned that he was an egg?
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Manhattanites seeking refuge from Hurricane Irene had some good, bad and flat-out odd choices when it came to picking a city shelter.
Those wanting to ride out the storm in a food and booze haze — but not too concerned about sleep — found a winner with Park West HS, on West 50th Street.
The school — a last-minute fill-in for the nearby HS of Graphic Communications, which was shuttered when evacuees showed up — boasted easy proximity to the slew of Hell's Kitchen eateries and bars luring Irene revelers with storm specials.
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Saturn's Toxicroak
Saturn's Toxicroak
Saturn's Toxicroak (Japanese: サターンのドクロッグ Saturn's Dokurog) is Saturn's main battling Pokémon in the anime and games, and manga.
In the anime
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Toxicroak was the second Pokémon that Saturn was revealed to have, and has been used in all of Saturn's appearances since its debut in Enter Galactic!, except Saving the World From Ruins!. In its debut episode, Toxicroak was sent out to battle against Ash and his friends, but ended up battling Brock and his Croagunk before Team Galactic escaped. It was shown to be very powerful in combat. After this incident, it developed a rivalry with Brock's Croagunk.
Toxicroak reappeared in Losing Its Lustrous! where it helped Saturn steal the Adamant Orb from a high security plane and also defeated Brock's Croagunk later in a showdown.
It also appeared in Double Team Turnover! where it battled alongside Mars's Purugly and several Golbat belonging to the Galactic Grunts. It managed to knock out Ash's Chimchar after Chimchar defended Ash's Pikachu from a Poison Jab whilst performing a direct Volt Tackle.
Toxicroak made another appearance in Gateway to Ruin!. It also appeared in The Needs of the Three! and The Battle Finale of Legend! where it successfully battled Gary's Electivire and Umbreon. Its final appearance was in the final battle with Team Galactic, where it was sent out to repel Ash's Pikachu and the other Pokémon. However, Croagunk leapt from Gliscor just as Toxicroak emerged, striking it in the head with Brick Break and knocking it out in one blow, leaving Croagunk satisfied and ended their rivalry.
Moves used
|A † shows that the move was used recently, unless all moves fit this case or there are fewer than five known moves.
In the games
Toxicroak has appeared alongside Saturn as his main battling Pokémon in every game he has appeared; that is, in Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum.
At Lake Valor
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In the manga
In the Pokémon Adventures manga
Toxicroak was first seen being used by Saturn at the Distortion World. It was used to battle Mira's Alakazam, but the battle was interrupted by Giratina.
Moves used
|A † shows that the move was used recently, unless all moves fit this case or there are fewer than five known moves.
In the Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Adventure! manga
Toxicroak first appears while Hareta is in a cave and traps him with a Sludge Bomb. Later, while Hareta was battling Saturn, he was hurt by Toxicroak's attack causing him to be a bit weak. However, Azelf's willpower caused Hareta to get back up and activated Toxicroak's Anticipation.
Moves used
|A † shows that the move was used recently, unless all moves fit this case or there are fewer than five known moves.
In the TCG
Saturn's Toxicroak is featured in the TCG as a Pokémon . The following is a list of cards named Toxicroak .
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- Saturn's Toxicroak in the anime appears to be of the alternate-coloration as opposed to a normal Toxicroak. However, there are many ongoing arguments in the fandom over this. Some people claim that merchandise depicting what appears to be the alternate-color Toxicroak is evidence that the anime considers Saturn's Toxicroak to be of the normal coloration. Other Toxicroak in the anime, as well as the species's anime artwork, appear with the same coloration as Saturn's, further proving this point.
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Problem With Windows Explorer
I am not sure if this is the right sub-forum but it seemed the best match. Subject problem consists of frequent instances of Windows Explorer crashing to the DT. The problem has been occurring since I loaded the OS, approximately two months ago, on a new computer I built. A dialog box pops up stating that windows explorer has stopped working with the option to try to find a solution or close down. No solution is found. There is an arrow that allows you to see details of the problem. I copied the last two, which are different, shown below:
"Windows Explorer has Stopped Working
Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
Application Name: explorer.exe
Application Version: 6.1.7600.16404
Application Timestamp: 4a765771
Fault Module Name: DUI70.dll
Fault Module Version: 6.1.7600.16385
Fault Module Timestamp: 4a5bdf25
Exception Code: c000041d
Exception Offset: 00000000000071b3
OS Version: 6.1.7600.2.0.0.768.3
Locale ID: 1033
Additional Information 1: eeef
Additional Information 2: eeef57b0d5ffe0dc4b43580ce6ffd53f
Additional Information 3: 261e
Additional Information 4: 261e28d8a91856e64afd2a844e644d9b
Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
Application Name: explorer.exe
Application Version: 6.1.7600.16404
Application Timestamp: 4a765771
Fault Module Name: EXPLORERFRAME.dll
Fault Module Version: 6.1.7600.16385
Fault Module Timestamp: 4a5bdf82
Exception Code: c000041d
Exception Offset: 0000000000032865
OS Version: 6.1.7600.2.0.0.768.3
Locale ID: 1033
Additional Information 1: 186a
Additional Information 2: 186a9f3aaa13d78ffb259274f34f19fc
Additional Information 3: 31fc
Additional Information 4: 31fc18bb47e3408b8f613f723d90b785"
The info is all Greek to me but I am hoping someone will be able to provide some assistance as to what to do to resolve this issue. I thought of doing a repair installation of Windows 7 as I have done with XP (if you can) but I decided to try to find out more before I took any action. Any info/assistance that can be provided would be greatly appreciated.
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Hello smbecket,
Welcome to Seven Forums.
Might give this a try first. SFC /SCANNOW Command - System File Checker
If that doesn't work you could try a repair install. Repair Install
Hope this helps. Please keep us posted.
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I appreciate your reply, garysgold. I ran scannow and it did not detect any problems so I guess I will do a repair install this weekend, although it almost seems futile based on the scannow results.
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|28 Jan 2010
garysgold, I did a repair instal on Monday per the instructions in the link in your post and I have not had a crash since. It appears that the problem is solved (knock on wood!!). Thank you for your assistance.
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|28 Jan 2010
Your welcome. Let us know if it starts acting up again.
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