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When the Seahawks first drafted K.J. Wright, the immediate concern was that the linebacker from Mississippi State wasn't excited enough about his future in the NFL.
A perplexed general manager John Schneider, who called the fourth-round pick, told Wright he better get more pumped up before talking to Pete Carroll, only to find out that Wright was speaking in hushed tones because he was in the middle of his college graduation, about to walk on stage to pick up his diploma, having earned his degree in criminology.
Four months later, it is safe to say not only that Wright is sufficiently excited to be in the NFL, but also that the Seahawks are equally enthused about the rookie's play.
"He's getting better every week," linebacker coach Ken Norton, Jr. said. "Every time you watch him play, watch him move, he's getting more comfortable. His reads in the middle are really good, he's picking up things in the passing game. I couldn't be happier. I couldn't expect a rookie to have more done than him."
The fact that Wright is having a good training camp shouldn't be that surprising; after all, the Seahawks drafted him for a reason. What makes Wright's first few weeks in the NFL so impressive is that he's doing it at a position he didn't play in college. As a sophomore and junior at MSU, Wright, who appeared in every game of his four-year career, started at strongside linebacker, then as a senior he played on the weakside. What he never did, on a regular basis, was play middle linebacker. Yet early in training camp, Norton looked at Wright, saw a player who was big, athletic, and most importantly intelligent — the middle linebacker is essentially the quarterback of the defense — and decided to move Wright to the middle. With the surprising departure of Lofa Tatupu, Wright suddenly became the team's No. 2 middle linebacker behind David Hawthorne.
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Nurses Held State House Press Conference Today on New Law to Ban Mandatory Overtime for Nurses that Goes Into Effect on Monday, Nov. 5, 2012
Nov 01, 2012, 11:37 ET from Massachusetts Nurses Association/National Nurses United
New Measure Prohibits Hospitals from the Dangerous Practice of Forcing Nurses to Work Excessive Hours as an Alternative to Providing Safe Staffing Levels
Frontline Nurses and Legislator Outline Provisions of the Law, Announce Plans to Track Compliance by Employers and Report Violations to Department of Public Health
BOSTON, Nov. 1, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Representatives from the Massachusetts Nurses Association/National Nurses United, along with State Representative Denise Garlick, RN (D-Needham) held a press conference at the State House today to brief reporters on a new law to ban the dangerous practice of mandatory overtime as an alternative to providing safe registered nurse staffing levels in the state's acute care hospitals. The new law goes into effect on Monday, Nov. 5.
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On August 6, Governor Deval Patrick signed into law a health care payment reform bill that includes a ban on mandatory overtime proposed by the MNA/NNU. This measure will protect patients and save money by preventing medical errors and complications resulting from RNs being forced to work excessive hours, according to Rep. Garlick, who serves on the legislature's joint committees on Public Health and Health Care Financing, which played a key role in crafting the legislation.
"While the legislature was working hard to craft payment reform legislation that held down costs in health care, the inclusion of the mandatory overtime ban was a crucial component of this effort because we did not want hospitals to utilize the pressure of payment reform as an excuse to cut care at the bedside," Garlick explained. "The legislature understands that the provision of nursing care is central to the delivery of quality patient care, and according to the research, it is also central to the provision of cost effective and yes, cost saving care."
MNA/NNU President Donna Kelly-Williams called the new law a "landmark achievement. Forcing nurses to work when they are exhausted endangers patients and leads to costly, preventable medical errors and complications. The practice of mandatory overtime is indefensible by any patient safety standard, and yet hospitals continue to increase their use of this practice. This legislation will put an end to that as of Monday."
What the Law Does
The law prohibits mandatory overtime, which is defined as "any hours worked by a nurse in a hospital setting to deliver patient care beyond the predetermined and regularly scheduled number of hours that the hospital and nurse have agreed that the employee shall work, provided that in no case shall such predetermined and regularly scheduled number of hours exceed 12 hours in any given 24 hour period." "This requirement is in keeping with the recommendations of the Institute of Medicine, the most prestigious medical research body, which issued a report in 2002 calling for a ban on mandatory overtime," Garlick explained. The law prohibits nurses from working mandatory overtime except in the case of "an emergency situation where the safety of the patient requires its use and when there is no reasonable alternative."
"Emergency situation" will be defined by a newly established health policy commission that will conduct a public hearing and consult nurses to determine what constitutes an emergency situation. Garlick added, "However, it is my position that once a nurse's shift ends, be it 8, 10 or 12 hours, she or he cannot be required to work mandatory overtime, with the only exception being for a county, state or nationally declared emergency, such as that we just experienced with Hurricane Sandy. "
The law also prohibits mandatory overtime being used as an alternative to providing appropriate staffing for the level of patient care required. "This means hospitals cannot do what they have done for years, which is to post schedules with numerous holes built into the schedule," said Garlick. "It is the hospital's responsibility to have enough nurses to cover the shifts needed to provide patient care. It is not the nurse's responsibility to work while fatigued and endanger the patient simply because our hospitals do not want to hire the staff needed to operate safely. The same applies for increases in census, or sick calls by nurses. These are not justifications for declaring an emergency; they are expected consequences of running a hospital. When hurricane Sandy hit, nurses had no problem working as long as it took to keep their communities safe. But day to day operations of a hospital do not correlate to the requirements for responding to a once in a century storm."
The law requires that hospitals report all instances of mandatory overtime to the Massachusetts Department of Public Health and that these reports be made available to the public.
The law protects nurses by prohibiting any discrimination, dismissal, discharge or any other employment decision based on a nurses' refusal to accept work in excess of the limitations on mandatory overtime.
MNA/NNU to Monitor and Report Compliance by Employers
"We understand that this law represents a significant change in how hospitals conduct their operations, but as a matter of public safety, we expect hospitals to comply with this law," said Garlick.
The MNA/NNU is not taking any chances. According to Kelly-Williams, "A major concern of our organization beginning on Monday will be to ensure that the industry is complying with the law. We have already heard reports from both union and non union facilities, which indicate that some employers may be planning on finding ways to skirt or avoid complying with the law.
"In anticipation of this we have already done one mailing to all nurses in the state about the law informing them of their rights," said Kelly Williams. "We have also set up a page on our web site, which contains an online form for nurses to report any instances where they have been mandated to work overtime. We will be gathering that data and sharing it with the DPH, the legislature's public health committee and other responsible agencies to ensure that the industry is held accountable for following this law."
The dangers and costs of mandatory overtime have been well documented in a number of scientific studies published in the last decade, which included findings that nurses working mandatory overtime are three times more likely to make costly medical errors. Over a decade ago MNA Nurses went on strike at St. Vincent Hospital in Worcester and Brockton Hospital – for 49 and 104 days respectively – to stop the dangerous practice of mandatory overtime. After a period of relative stability, we have seen hospitals revert back to the dangerous practice of mandatory overtime as their primary staffing tool. In the past two years alone this practice has been at the core of contentious negotiations at Tufts Medical Center and Morton Hospital in Taunton (where the nurses voted to go on strike over the issue), Baystate Franklin Medical Center and Cape Cod Hospital.
"Twelve years ago, the nurses at St. Vincent Hospital were forced to strike to protect our patients from the dangerous practice of mandatory overtime. Patients will now be protected from being subjected to a nurse who is too fatigued to practice safely. Nurses can no longer be forced to work excessive hours and put our patients and our licenses at risk," said Marie Ritacco, a registered nurse at St. Vincent Hospital in Worcester who spoke at the press conference.
Kathy Metzger, a nurse at Brockton Hospital on strike for 104 days in 2001 added, "The bottom line here is that no nurse should have to go on strike to force their employer to provide safe patient care. And while I would love to see all nurses belong to my union, patients cared for by nurses in non union hospitals should not be subject to a lower standard of care. Thankfully, this law will now protect all nurses and all patients as a matter of sound public health policy."
Barbara Tiller, a nurse at Tufts Medical Center, where nurses almost went on strike over this issue in 2011, explained how her employer and others across the state were cutting staffing and increasing the use of this dangerous practice. "Our employer, like dozens of others in the state, had cut staffing levels and increased the use of forced overtime as a rationale for dealing with pending state and federal payment reform legislation. We were the poster children for what the legislature in their wisdom sought to prevent with the passage of a state law to ban mandatory overtime," Tiller explained. "Now, thanks to this law, we have a means of holding hospitals accountable for providing safe conditions to ensure safe patient care."
In concluding the press conference, Garlick made a point of thanking her colleagues who took the lead on moving this initiative towards passage. "I want to thank those in the legislature who worked so hard to make this law a reality. First, the lion's share of the credit goes to Chairman Steve Walsh of Lynn, who led the effort in the House on payment reform. In addition, I want to thank Representative Jim O'Day of Worcester, the lead sponsor of this legislation, Speaker DeLeo and Senate President Therese Murray for their leadership and commitment to this critical issue.
Founded in 1903, the Massachusetts Nurses Association is the largest professional health care organization and the largest union of registered nurses in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Its 23,000 members advance the nursing profession by fostering high standards of nursing practice, promoting the economic and general welfare of nurses in the workplace, projecting a positive and realistic view of nursing, and by lobbying the Legislature and regulatory agencies on health care issues affecting nurses and the public. The MNA is also a founding member of National Nurses United, the largest national nurses union in the United States with more than 170,000 members from coast to coast.
SOURCE Massachusetts Nurses Association/National Nurses United


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"Extremely practical, highly useful"
I have read a number of Patrick Lencioni's books. This one, too, does not disappoint. I read a lot of business writing and Lencioni again does well to help us grasp new habits that could be complex if we were left to decipher them ourselves.
This book takes us through a family's trek to discern their own family values (using the 3 q's), and as a product of that, they are able to develop their own priority statements, which they use to develop short term goals while maintaining crucial priorities.
I initially picked up this title because it promised to answer the questions my wife and I have debated for so long. My wife has come out of it even more enthusiastic than I!
This was time well spent. My wife and I are already using it to define our own value and family priority statements.
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My wife and I listened to this on a recent trip back from KC to Dallas. She said the life of the wife was spot on. She ordered the book from Amazon and we're going to give this approach of family planning a try to put some agreed priorities in our lives.
"Very good reading for families like us"
The examples in the book are extremely authentic. It was like narrating every day activities for my family. Sound practical solutions and, in many ways, fresh look at how to inject more success in family life. The narrator is a weak point.
"Good principles for structuring family priorities"
I've been listening to the book and got a lot of ideas around how to focus on our family priorities. Thanks a lot to the author, Patrick Lencioni.
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what a great book. I listened to it which made it somewhat hard to remember the principles, but I would just go back and listen to a few chapters to write down the key concepts and the 3 big questions. my husband and I have done the exercises and have already implemented them into our lives. I also decided to ask myself the 3 questions for personal growth as well.
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The story makes the key points easy to digest. The process driven part of me appreciated the breakdown and application guide at the end. great read for husband and wife teams.
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I started listening to this, then stopped and started it over so both my wife and I could listen. We loved the principles and ideas presented. This is very doable for any family, and is recommended for any family, whether they are frantic or not.
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Have enjoyed other books by author.
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SAN ANTONIO — Local officials in Texas are discussing whether to band together to widen Medicaid coverage in some of the state's biggest counties, making an end run around Governor Rick Perry's opposition to the expanded program included in President Obama's health-care law.
For years, Texas's six most populous counties, as well as some smaller localities, have offered free or low-cost health care for uninsured residents with incomes as much as three times the federal poverty level, or about $57,000 for a family of three. The cost of the programs is about $2 billion a year.
If some of the patients were enrolled in Medicaid, the state-federal health-care program for the poor, it could be salve for cash-strapped county budgets and a boon for local taxpayers.
George Hernandez Jr., chief executive of University Health System in San Antonio, came up with the idea of the alternative, county-run Medicaid expansion and said he has been discussing it with other officials in his county, Bexar. ''They are all willing,'' he said. He added that he has also been talking up the proposal with officials in other big counties, such as those including Houston and Dallas, and is optimistic they'll support the idea.
Robert Earley, chief executive of JPS Health Network, the public hospital system serving Tarrant County, which includes the Fort Worth area, said he could see the idea catching on.
The Medicaid expansion is a key part of the Obama health-care law, but its fate was thrown into question when the Supreme Court in June ruled that states could refuse to take part without being penalized by the US government. Half a dozen Republican governors, including those in Florida, Louisiana, and Texas, have declared their opposition to the expansion, while several other governors, including some Democrats, have remained noncommittal.
The county-led effort would require the consent of both the White House and the Texas legislature. Federal officials would have to waive requirements that states apply the same eligibility standards statewide.
Whatever the plan's fate, it shows that frustrated local officials don't necessarily want to give the governor the last word on whether to accept millions of dollars in federal health aid that could ease local burdens.
In Bexar County, about half of the 55,000 people who get county-paid health care would be eligible for the Medicaid expansion, saving the county up to $53 million per year, said County Judge Nelson Wolff, the county's top public official.
''That's a pretty big chunk of money,'' said Wolff, a Democrat. ''We could cut taxes. Or we could expand some of our existing services. Either way, it has a big impact on us financially in terms of taking the pressure off.''
The novel alternative floated by county officials is a stark indication of the Lone Star State's often-contradictory approach to health care for the poor.
On the one hand, Texas's prevailing culture of distrust of Washington and emphasis on personal responsibility has resulted in one of the most restrictive Medicaid programs in the country. Working parents are eligible only if their incomes are at or below 26 percent of the federal poverty level. That's one reason Texas has an uninsured rate of 24 percent, the highest in the country.
On the other hand, major urban counties have been stepping into the breach for years to cover the uninsured, creating hospital districts with taxing authority to fund not only public hospitals but also generous charity care programs.
Such a program was a welcome surprise for Alexandra Riojas, a 44-year-old mother of four who has stage IV colon cancer, no health insurance, and who is not poor enough to qualify for Medicaid in Texas, even though her income is practically at the federal poverty line. ''It's such a blessing. . . . I just had no idea how I was going to pay for everything,''
Riojas, who was working in an embroidery store when she was diagnosed in November 2010, said, ''I thought, if I can't pay, I'm going to die even sooner from this than I have to.''
More than half of the state's population lives in one of the large hospital districts offering generous health care programs. Some of the counties, such as Bexar, cover illegal immigrants.


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I have the possibility to buy this HTC Sensation, but the guy is telling me that when he turns on the phone, it get's stuck in this menu.
Is the phone bricked or can I make it work.
I'm not asking for any kind of tutorial, I simply want to know if this is a serious and unrepairable problem, or the guy just doesn't know what is doing.
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So thanks to rankrotten I finally got the right HDEF code into the DSDT - I've updated the attachment in post #33 with the new DSDT file. That new DSDT, in combination with tonymac's Legacy889HDA.kext and this new patched AppleHDA.kext from 10.6.4 will give you *fully functional* audio, including encoded digital 5.1!
update to 10.6.4, then replace existing AppleHDA with this patched one in S/L/E, put Legacy889HDA in E/E, repair permissions and rebuild kext caches, then reboot and enjoy a movie...
I tried using your two kexts here and making your HDEF changes to my DSDT, but still no joy. Since I'm rocking the i7-930 and NVidia card, I tried to just swap in your DSDT, but when I booted up, all my disks were orange! I can't remember if my sound was working or not.
So, I've got no sound from the board, but I'm getting by with my USB soundsticks.
Anyway, here's my DSDT if you want to compare. I do have some really cool USB stuff in there that's got my iPad/Phone charging on the USB ports. Maybe we can get ours merged to some sort of Super DSDT.
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Introduction to Lee Vining Canyon
Lee Vining Canyon contains California's steepest, longest and most consistent ice routes, so much so that it is almost synonymous with California ice climbing. Among the first to climb ice here were Yvon Chouinard and Doug Robinson who made the first ascent on the Main Wall in 1970 using new ice tools Chouinard was creating. There are several main climbing areas and routes in Lee Vining Canyon including the following working list:
This page will primarily cover the single pitch areas of Chouinard Falls and the Right Flow. To climber's left of Chouinard Falls is the Main Wall (aka Main Flow) and other 2 pitch climbs.
Getting There / Approach
Take CA SR-120 (aka Tioga Road) west from US-395 just south of Lee Vining and about 25 miles north of Mammoth. If you heading south on US-395 coming from Lee Vining, you can take a short cut to 120 by turning right on to Utility Road which will dead end on to CA SR-120 where you will turn right. Follow CA SR-120 for about 3 miles from 395 until just before you reach the closed gate where you will turn on to Poole Road. Then turn immediately right and continue westward up the canyon for about 2 miles until it ends at the Southern CA Edison Power Plant. There is a small parking area that is plowed, however, you should not camp here. Hike on to the snow just beyond the chain link fence and up the canyon. Head generally up and left (south) into Lee Vining Canyon for 20-45 min depending on snow conditions until you see the Main Wall on your left.
Route Description
As you enter the canyon, you will see two large sets of ice falls on your left. The first set of falls is the Main Wall which is comprised of several 2 pitch routes including several direct routes up the center of the main flow as well as Spiral Staircase (WI3+) on the left and Heel Toe (WI4 5.9) on the right. The second set of falls is Chouinard Falls which contains about 4-6 single pitch routes in the WI3-/3/3+ range. The routes range from 120' on the left to 80' to the right. To the right of Chouinard Falls is the Right Flow which has about three WI2+ routes ranging from 45' to 70'. When the ice is in full conditions it is possible to climb many variations to the top as well as traversing the bottom of the falls for some ice bouldering.
There are four sets of bolts with chains at the top of Chouinard Falls with three more sets on the Right Flow. Generally these can be used for a rap descent or lowering. It is also possible to walk off climbs on the Main Wall, Chouinard Falls, and the Right Flow by hiking to climbers right, descending and coming around the bottom of the Right Flow.
Use the following guide for additional information:
- Eastern Sierra Ice by Sierra Mountain Center
Essential Gear
Standard ice gear. A 70m rope is useful for toproping the leftmost 2-3 climbs on Chouinard Falls. Otherwise you'll be belaying directly in the ice fall line or need to use 2 ropes. Generally 3-6 screws are useful for leading the 1-pitch climbs. Some stubbies are desirable for thin ice and screamers are generally useful for leading. The routes on Chouinard Falls are often free soloed.
During the fair weather months, some of these lines also make reasonable rock routes.
Canyon Conditions / When to Climb
Ice climbing in Lee Vining is generally best during the winter between mid-December and mid-March. The area around the Southern CA Edison power plant and the canyon is prime avalanche terrain so make sure you are aware of avy danger when entering the area. Here are some sources to check:
- Weather Conditions: Weather.com (Lee Vining, CA)
- Weather Conditions: Weather Underground (Bishop, CA)
- Ice Climbing Conditions: Nidever Mountain Guides (TheMountainGuide.com)
- Ice Climbing Conditions: Sierra Mountain Center
- Misc Conditions: Mono Lake Live
Accomodations / Restaurants
Murphey's Motel and the Lake View Best Western, both in Lee Vining, are the primary accomodations for Lee Vining ice climbers. They both have discounts for ice climbers, however, the Best Western is a bit more expensive (and thus nicer). They are both located on the western side of US-395 with Murphey's being just north of Nicley's and the Best Western just south of it. Nicley's is the only diner open in Lee Vining during the winter. While Nicley's is good for breakfast before the climb, it is often nice to have something a bit more robust for dinner. Two popular dinner spots include the Double Eagle Resort and the Tiger Bar, both on the June Lake loop. The Sierra Inn (next to the Tiger Bar) makes a good steak, but it's pizzas leave something to be desired. During the winter, the northern end of the June Lake loop is unplowed so you should drive in through the south entrance where there is a Shell station. Beyond that, people sometimes drive as far south as Mammoth for apres-climb activities.
Miscellaneous Info
If you have information about this route that doesn't pertain to any of the other sections, please add it here.


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Jimmy Kimmel once again asked his fans to trick their kids into thinking they ate all of their Halloween Candy. Many parents did just that and recorded the devastation that ensued. Good thing it's only a prank! Thanks for the laughs, parents!
I'm one of those people who admittedly hates to fly. I would rather go to the dentist than board a plane. Despite my best efforts, I still take flights from time to time. In this horrifying video that tests my fear of flying, a team of skydivers attempts to exit their plane when it collides with a second plane and bursts into flames.
Halloween is an exciting time of the year. Everyone is encouraged to dress up and become someone or something he or she is not. While Halloween is an excuse to be something different than normal, it's not an excuse to be offensive and insensitive as these cringe-worthy costume creators discovered.
The Los Angeles International Airport is reporting that flights are temporarily being held after a shooting was reported at Terminal 3.
We have all seen scaring pranks before, but nothing like this paranormal activity prank. While most tend to be too theatrical and in your face, this prank starts off very subtle and then grows to a terrifying conclusion. Watch if you dare.
Do you enjoy a bit of fright? Do you like surprises that spike your heartbeat? If you answered yes, I'm sure you will enjoy these haunted houses! We've saved you the time of searching for haunted houses around town and compiled a list of the best Haunted Houses in Bozeman and the Gallatin Valley!
I love the month of October for so many reasons. The leaves change beautiful colors, we usually see a bit of snow in Montana, and I have an excuse to watch horror movies all month long...
In most situations, it's the buyer who is picky not the seller. This Bismark man is so picky about who he wants to sell his 1984 Ford F250 to that he made a list of traits not suitable for a prospective buyer. Fans of pumpkin latte need not apply.
There is a lot of controversy over the true answer to The Great Giraffe Challenge riddle on Facebook. Once and for all, we end this debate with logic and wit to give all the haters the real answer.
We didn't get the large snowstorm we were expecting in Bozeman over the past 12 hours, but we did get some very cold wind. I have high hopes that the snow is soon on its way for this year's ski season but until then, we can revel in the recognition as one of America's coldest cities by the Daily Beast. Wait, is that a good thing?
Last week 32-year-old Steven Hughes Henning of Whitefish, Montana was shot and killed by officers after was reportedly violently resisting arrest in Weed, California.
Here in Montana, we read, heard and watched the coverage of Hurricane Sandy but sometimes it can be hard to actualize the devastation of a natural disaster that happened all the way across the country. It's been a year since Hurricane Sandy rocked the East Coast and these photos remind us of just how destructive it was and how resilient people can be.
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Walk, don't run, to Strega Nona, the decidedly untraditional Italian concept by the Carlucci Hospitality Group.
You read that right. Four-month-old Strega Nona is a fun place, and well worth a visit--eventually. At the moment, the restaurant is still getting its act together. A new chef, John Novak (late of Tuttaposto and the Ritz-Carlton), was piped aboard to add stability to an erratic kitchen. But Novak has been at Strega Nona less than three weeks; his influence has yet to surface.


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Is the godless market growing? Are non-believers becoming an influential force in retail sales?
A 2010 Pew Research Center survey—cited in a recent article in Bloomberg Businessweek—noted that one in four Millennials identified themselves as religiously unaffiliated, atheist or agnostic. This amounts to 15 million "convinced atheists" nationwide—a number exceeding mainline Protestant denominations, Jews or Muslims.
So what exactly do all these nonbelievers buy? Besides the obvious bumper stickers and T-shirts, the Godless are picking up books about evolution, educational games for children, and science-themed jewelry.
"There are a growing number of businesses that cater to skeptics and the larger community of reason," says D.J. Grothe, president of Amaz!ng Meeting, which hosts non-believer conferences around the world. He notes that attendees comprise a well-educated, well-heeled niche market. "This is a subculture that really is hungry and has money to play with," says Grothe.
While the godless are regarded as pariahs by the mainstream, preventing small businesses and major brands from entering the market, a recent Gallup poll revealed that 54 percent of Americans would vote for an atheist for president, a jump from 40 percent in 1978.
That said, many purveyors of godless goods are frequently turned away by suppliers and distributors. One seller advises to go to vendors with samples first. Many vendors have witnessed a rapid demographic shift toward more tolerance for their wares. They cite the rise in business and social acceptance of the gay and lesbian community. They also note that The Reason Rally, which drew 20,000 nontheists to an all-day get together in Washington, D.C., turned the tide. They cite an Internet-run Out Campaign, which brought out "closet atheists." Said Grothe, "Around the world, more elected officials and business people are coming out as skeptics or atheists. The negative perception is entrenched, but it's changing."
The website 4 Atheists lists 25 businesses that market atheist merchandise. The Bloomberg Businessweek article noted that the company EvolveFish employs six people and brings in $500,000 annually in sales. The company grew its retail offerings from car decals to jewelry, including silver- and gold-toned fish-shaped emblems—like gefilte fish, Darwin fish and a mythical creature called the flying spaghetti monster.
Atheist Shoes, a small start up in Berlin makes stylish footwear based on a classic design and a Modernist aesthetic. The company caters to free thinkers who don't push any of their own ideas at their customers. Asked if being an atheist selling atheist products has had any effect on his business, David Bonney, founder of Atheist Shoes said, "We've been very lucky in that most people in Europe are atheists. When we were starting out and first trying to get money, a lot of the people we talked to laughed out loud and loved it from a promotional perspective. Of course, there have been some people who loved it but had a religious problem with it, but just a handful of those really. The potential problem would be if we became a huge company and wanted to sell it to a brand like Nike or something. We would be in trouble; but right now, all we need is our customers on the Internet."
The godless retail market may not be mainstream, but it is catching on. Are you ready for it?
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Remember the dress that flies up and exposes Marilyn Monroe's legs to her waist as she stands over a New York City subway grate in "The Seven Year Itch?" The resulting widely published photograph became an iconic Monroe image, although it disturbed her then-husband, baseball great Joe DiMaggio, so much it contributed to the disintegration of their marriage. Now you can own that dress, if you can afford it.
Monroe's "Seven Year Itch" dress is expected to rake in between $1 million and $2 million.
Actress and longtime movie memorabilia collector Debbie Reynolds is selling more than 300 costumes and props in the largest such auction in 30 years, beginning June 18, to raise money for the planned Hollywood Motion Picture Museum.
"My lifetime dream has been to assemble and preserve the history of the Hollywood film industry," Reynolds said. "Hollywood has been an enormous part of my life, as I know it has been for countless fans all over the world.
"This collection represents a lifetime of collecting Hollywood artifacts and this is a rare opportunity to own a piece of Hollywood History for those who love the movies as much as I do."
Reynolds acquired many of the items after MGM consigned them to an auction house decades ago, sorting through 300,000 costumes and props.
Reynolds labored for years trying to establish a museum to house her extensive collection, but debts mounted, forcing her to sell the collection. She has said "it is the hardest thing I've ever done," but expressed the hope that some who purchase movie treasures will loan them to the museum for display afterward.
If you're in Beverly Hills, you have until June 17 to see most of the costumes for free at the Paley Center for Media on the corner of North Beverly Drive and Santa Monica Boulevard in Beverly Hills.
Reynold's Handpicked Collection:
Among the items that will be crossing the block are from some of the most iconic movies in Hollywood history, including a pair of Judy Garland's red slippers and cotton dress from "The Wizard of Oz," Charlie Chaplin's bowler, the hat that matched the gown Scarlett O'Hara (Vivien Leigh) made from green draperies in "Gone With the Wind," Richard Burton's costume from "Cleopatra," Marilyn Monroe costumes from "River of No Return" and "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes," Charlton Heston's costume from "Ben-Hur," Marlon Brando's costume from "Desiree," not to mention Monroe's famed "subway grate" dress from "The Seven Year Itch."
Other costumes and props in the auction were used by:
• Julie Andrews in "Star";
• Fred Astaire "Belle of New York";
• James Cagney in"Yankee Doodle Dandy" and "Strawberry Blonde";
• Judy Garland in"Ziegfeld Follies" and "Presenting Lilly Mars";
• Rita Hayworth in "Loves of Carmen";
• Katherine Hepburn in"Little Minister";
• Marilyn Monroe in"Gentlemen Prefer Blondes," "Don't Bother to Knock," and "Ticket to Tomahawk";
• Mary Pickford in"Rosita" and "Secrets";
• Ginger Rogers in "Roxie Hart" and "Black Widow";
• Jane Russell in "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes";
• Lana Turner in "Weekend at the Waldorf";
• Mae West in "Every Day's a Holiday"
The auction will also include arm chairs and a hardware store display form "Gone with the Wind," paintings of Garbo and Marion Davies, and more. Historical memorabilia dealer Profiles in History will auction items starting June 18, with two more auctions to follow on Dec. 6, and next spring. The December sale, "Selections from the Collection of the Debbie Reynolds Hollywood Motion Picture Museum," will be conducted at the Le Meridien Hotel, 465 S La Cienega Blvd., Beverly Hills, Ca. Reynolds will attend an auction preview, from 6 to 9 p.m., Friday, Dec. 5, at the Le Meridien Hotel.
Online bidding for these auctions also will be conducted through Julian Entertainment. Printed catalogs are available for $15 each through Autrographs.com. Free digital catalogs are also available by calling 800.996.3977.
Allan Maurer is a Worthologist who specializes in Hollywood and movie memorabilia and is the publisher of the web site BestFilmFests.
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Felipe Massa claims that being stronger mentally after the August break was key to him getting a new Ferrari contract for 2013.
The Brazilian admitted that the first part of his 2012 campaign wasn't good and that he used the one-month F1 hiatus to adopt a fresh approach.
Since the break, he has been the second-highest points scorer in F1, claiming his first podium since the 2010 Korean Grand Prix at Suzuka.
"August was good for me just to think about things and say 'if I stay here, okay, if not, it doesn't matter so I just need to drive the car and enjoy having fun," said Massa.
"That was very positive for me. I'm very happy now and very strong.
"I didn't have a very good season, especially the first part.
"Even in races where I was quite strong and had good pace, always something negative happen that didn't put me in the condition to fight for the position that I was supposed to finish.
"I was not very happy mentally and when you are not happy, [bad] things always happen one after the other."
Massa believes that his different attitude allowed him to be more relaxed in his approach.
This made it easier for him to string together a consistently high performance level and avoid the small problems that had compromised his results earlier in the season.
He expects this to stand him in good stead for 2013 as well as the title run-in.
"When you are relaxed and you can put everything together, even little details help for the performance in the way you work, the way you concentrate and the way you think," said Massa.
"I am very strong mentally and that definitely helps the result.
"This is a good direction now to keep improving, keep getting stronger and strong all the time for these four races and also for next year."
"This is a good direction now to keep improving, getting stronger and stronger all the time for these four races, but also for next year as well."
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My Personal Redemption - "What Husbands Need To Know" - the original uncut article
Editor's Note: I received an email from Chaim Michel (pen name, to protect his privacy for obvious reasons), calling my attention to his article, "What Husbands Need to Know" on Aish.com, where he attributes saving his virtually hopeless marriage to "The Garden of Peace" by our beloved rabbi and spiritual guide Rav Shalom Arush shlit"a. Chaim was quite upset that the Aish editors toned down his praise for Rav Arush and the book as well as removed some of his most important points, such as the necessity to guard one's eyes and maintain personal holiness to assure marital bliss. When he confronted them about it, the purportedly told him, "those parts are not for our readers." Hashem wrote Lo Taturu in His Torah, commanding us to guard our eyes. Hashem intended all of "our readers" to be aware of this commandment. We are therefore happy to present you with Chaim Michel's original uncut article. We have highlighted the sections that the Aish editors completely removed.
I am a simple Jew in my 30's. In the past few years I have been coming closer to Yiddishkeit; donning tefillin, davening three times daily, learning Chumash. More recently I started observing Shabbos, which was a huge step in my personal journey. I share this with you because I often feel like I live in two worlds. I relate very well to the frum community and find inspiration and pride in my fellow Jews who are more observant than me. I can also relate well to fellow Jews who are secular and not observant because that is how I grew up and lived my life until a few years ago. Although I believed in Hashem, until recently I never bothered to check in with Him unless I was in a jam or needed something. The concept of gratitude and emunah just weren't things that I was aware of on a meaningful level. I, like everyone else around me, thought my successes and failures were entirely due to my own efforts and shortcomings.
In ten years my wife and I were blessed with four beautiful children, but the marriage itself was often difficult and painful. We were divorced for two and a half years, at which point, due to Hashem's grace and compassion, I had the chance to do the mitzvah of remarrying my ex-wife. This is not a recommended course of events that I would ever encourage, but Divine Providence took me on this unusual path. I was fortunate that my wife and I usually got along pretty well during the time we were divorced and I saw my kids nearly every day. Nevertheless being divorced was definitely not ideal. There were times that the hate I had for my wife was so intense, so brutally un-G-dly, that I could never repeat those awful thoughts out loud.
I now know my marriage was lacking true harmony and peace from the very beginning. At the time of the divorce, I did not know about the concept of Shalom Bayis, the uniquely Jewish approach to peace in the home. I never had a real understanding of how precious and critical the marital relationship is. My first marriage was pretty much defined by periods of time when things were calm and periods of time when things were not calm. Not terribly unusual unfortunately, but I always felt there was something missing. What caused me a lot of anguish was that I never had the inner peace or trust that the calm would last. There was always a storm brewing around the corner. We could go a couple weeks or maybe a month or two of relative calm, but I always knew it wouldn't last. Inevitably, I would blame the ups and downs on my wife. She was simply an unreasonable woman, who just couldn't deal with the fact I was basically a good husband and father who wasn't perfect. After all, we all have our schtick! Right? It was almost as if her personality just couldn't be content if things were too calm for too long.
It was such a great feeling when I got remarried. After all, how many people who get divorced get the opportunity to be together as a family again? Things were very good and we were very considerate of each other. It is as if we both grew and learned a lot about ourselves during the time we were divorced. Unfortunately after several months we fell back into the same old negative patterns and pitfalls after the "honeymoon" period was over. We had been in counseling but it felt like those sessions were just scheduled times for my wife to blame me for all my faults. She would express why she wasn't happy, but it never made sense to me. She was always overreacting, claiming I just didn't "get her." I think we both felt deep down that we got back together for financial considerations as well as for the sake of the kids. I was kicking myself for getting back together because no matter what I did or how good a husband I would try to be I was never going to be able to satisfy her. She just wasn't capable of being satisfied! I felt so foolish. It got to the point where we were both ready to walk away and admit with much embarrassment that we made a terrible mistake, twice! Our second marriage would not even make it to the first anniversary.
I tried to figure out how I was going to make divorce work the second time financially since it didn't work well the first time when I had quite a bit more in the asset column. I felt trapped and hopeless thinking how my kids were going to suffer greatly both short term and long term. I was in a rut, and just at that point two observant acquaintances recommended the book Garden of Peace by Rav Shalom Arush, within a week of one another. Although I told the first friend I would look into it, I don't honestly think I would have read the book if only one person had mentioned it. There are so many books with so many answers and techniques that I didn't even consider getting the book until after the second friend mentioned it.
One reading of the book, and I felt the rug had been pulled out from under me. Everything that I had struggled with in my marriage and all the confusion that I had felt suddenly became crystal clear.
It was as if I was able to see my situation in an entirely different light.I quickly realized that, underneath all of my blaming, criticizing and finger pointing, there lay a fundamental truth. The true reason for all my marital strife was me.
Now I know this comment may feel uncomfortable, even infuriating, to many of you. How could it be all my fault? There must have been things my wife did to contribute to the breakdown of our marriage! What about all of her miserable behavior?
What I now fully grasp is that all the blessings a husband receives are in the merit of his wife. The Ketubah clearly states that the husband is ultimately responsible for his wife's happiness and hence the husband is responsible for Shalom Bayis. This was a complete paradigm shift for me but it was the truth. It is the men that need to be the givers; especially when it comes to giving honor. It can be no other way. It even says in the Gemara "there is no blessing in one's home without the wife's honor. I now experience discomfort when I witness men dishonor their precious wives even in a seemingly trivial way because I know how profoundly they are hurting them.
It cannot be overemphasized that Shalom Bayis is the most important mitzvah, and the worth of a man is entirely dependent on how he treats his wife; not just in public but also behind closed doors. The mystical works of the Torah compare the husband to the sun, and the woman to the moon. Any "dark" behavior a woman shows; withdrawing, complaining, nagging, or being passive aggressive is all a symptom of her not receiving proper illumination from her husband. It begins with the sun, and if the moon isn't showing light (the woman is acting negatively), it's ultimately due to the insufficient illumination of the sun. When I first read this, my instinctual feeling was that it might be true with some women, but it certainly doesn't apply to my "difficult" wife! Yet what I didn't yet understand is that the sun's light (the light used to illuminate the moon) comes straight from Hashem. When a person begins to internalize this, they understand that there's no shortage of energy or desire to display the patience and love that creates true Shalom Bayis.
There's no doubt about it. This eternal wisdom is antithetical to much of today's pop psychology on marriage. I know many will raise eyebrows and snicker, saying it simply doesn't fly in our sophisticated and advanced culture. I admit I had my doubts not too long ago. I can assure you this is derived from Torah and hence it is eternal truth. I tried traditional marital counseling. It didn't work for me and I doubt it works in the long run for most couples, because the secular views of "equality" and "compromise" go against Hashem's will when it comes to the sacred relationship of husband and wife. I strongly feel that when we go against the will of Hashem in this most holy area it can only take us to places we don't want to go, both materially and spiritually.
Everything falls into place once the husband treats his wife properly, as the book so powerfully explains. I do not want to go into too much detail for two reasons. First I am unable to properly convey the deep beauty of the book to the degree it deserves. Also and just as importantly the Garden of Peace is written for men only and for good reason. I plead with every woman to please not read or even glimpse at the book. It is a big mistake to do so and will surely jeopardize the success of your marriage. I would however encourage women to read Rabbi Arush's book on marriage Women's Wisdom that is written specifically for women.
I urge every man regardless of age or marital status to read and internalize the Garden of Peace. I review it again and again and keep reaching higher levels because the more I internalize the wisdom the more Shalom Bayis becomes a real and deeply ingrained part of me. The wisdom of Hashem and our Sages of blessed memory will guide you in the loving path of Hashem's will. Please don't burden your wives or yourself with unecessary suffering. No matter where you are holding spiritually and no matter how good or bad your marriage is right now, if you read the book with an open heart and sincerity only good things can result.
I will share that even though I never cursed or hit my wife, I was in fact a very cruel husband. How could this be? Well, everytime I was stingy and tight with money, criticizing every penny she spent, that was cruelty. Everytime I didn't give her my full attention or was abrupt when she spoke to me or asked for my help, that was cruelty. Perhaps those actions seem like simple and common flaws, yet once I stopped blaming my wife and started looking inwardly, I began to see how responsible I was for the deterioration of our marriage, and how so much of her "misbehavior" and "complaining" was simply a response to my complete misunderstanding of the role of a husband. Once I began to look within, I saw a man who was generous with his time, attention, and money with anyone who needed me except for my wife! Seeking honor and recognition from outside my marriage (sometimes even from strangers) while simultaneously ignoring my wife's needs is indeed cruelty.
Garden of Peacehas also brought to my attention the absolute necessity of guarding my eyes. I am only beginning to realize the damaging effects secular influences have had on me. I, like so many other men, had a serious problem with lust. It never dawned on me that it was a problem. After all, our entire society condones immodesty and forbidden intimacy. I figured as long as I wasn't hurting anybody I can do what I want. Never did I think about the serious spiritual damage to myself and my family that results from lust. What I have come to truly understand is every forbidden thought, image, and act originates from what my eyes process. Every time I viewed a forbidden image, whether it was online, on the street, in my car, or in a restaurant, I was destroying my marriage. I strongly recommend every man go to www.guardyoureyes.com. The material there is so helpful and it helped me realize I had a serious problem with lust. I now receive free daily emails from guardyoureyes.com which are incredibly inspiring and go a long way towards keeping me in the right direction.
It is almost surreal how in several months I have gone through a total transformation and a sincere and deep personal redemption. I can only thank Hashem for his mercy and compassion. I will never doubt the ability of people to change no matter how low they have fallen. I often find myself feeling very sad that the Divine Presence fled my home for so long and that I caused my wife so much pain. I cringe when I think how I was ready to end my marriage, especially now that I understand all the problems stemmed from my flawed thinking and ignorance of Hashem's will. I am deeply grateful to the Almighty that I read Garden of Peace before it was too late. It was a tragedy to get divorced the first time, but to ruin a second chance would have been beyond any words.
Sometimes I just sit in awe at how blessed I am to have read Garden of Peace. Hashem does not make mistakes; my wife was meant for me and I was meant for her (even though in the past I would have disputed that with every fiber of my being). Like the book illustrates, my wife sensed a change unlike any previous attempts I had made in the past. Although I don't want to sugarcoat things and make it sound too easy,I honestly feel that it wasn't nearly as hard as I thought it would be. With a true understanding of what my role is as a husband, I felt a sense of renewed purpose in my life, almost like allowing the wind of Hashem's will to be at my back.
I am blessed to have gotten the message with total clarity, that the key to Shalom Bayis was, is, and will always be in my hand. This book has saved me and my family from untold pain and anguish. With Hashem's help I will continue to improve and refine myself so I can be the man and father that I am meant to be. As I was putting the finishing touches on this story my wife was leaving to run some errands and wished me good luck on some appointments I had a bit later in the day. I looked up from my laptop straight into her eyes and had to let her know it isn't luck that brings me blessings but it is her who is the true source of our blessings. She stopped with a smile and twinkle in her eye and replied in a loving way, "Honey, you should write a book!" I smiled back with a deep inner feeling of harmony because my sincere efforts were having a major effect, a true repair for many years of disappointment and pain.
Who am I, a simple Jew, to be writing an article on the husband's responsibility in marriage? I suppose I am a man with a sharp sense of gratitude and purpose, a man who believes that he is doing a tremendous mitzvah by sharing the impact of one of the most precious books the Jewish people have ever been gifted with. If my words lead to one man lifting up this book, turning its pages and considering the words within, I will know my contribution is not in vain.


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Pictured: Celebrity guest Kristin Davis and host Liz Gumbinner of Cool Mom Picks
On Friday, August 3rd, Elizabeth and I were delighted to attend the launch event for Zarbee's new all natural extra strength line of cough products for adults and children 12 and up, in the gorgeous penthouse suite of The Kimberly Hotel.
The swanky luncheon was hosted by the amazing Liz Gumbinner of Cool Mom Picks. In attendance were well-known bloggers, editors, writers, Dr. Dr. Zak Zarbock himself, and the gorgeous and talented, Kristin Davis – still "Charlotte" to me.
Picture: Elizabeth Mascali, Jen Drexler, Kristen Davis, Tonya Staab of Create-Celebrate-Explore, Dawn Sandomeno
In addition to introducing Zarbee's newest products for Queen and King Bees (Adult), the event was a celebration of individuals that are an inspiration to their families and communities. Zarbee's is committed to keeping them healthy so they can continue to do amazing things. A goal worth celebrating!
The women in attendance enjoyed time together and a beautiful lunch! ( Elizabeth and Charlene from Galtime get to connect IRL for a change)
Here are Kristin Davis's Healthy Tips for Moms
- Eat Right – Prepare healthy meals and snacks (like brown rice) when you have a few minutes so you can throw it in the refrigerator and have something healthy on hand when you get the chance to eat.
- Go Natural – Rely on natural products you can trust, especially when you get sick. You can't be at your best when you feel terrible! I love Zarbee's because it's an all natural product that helps with coughs and allergies without making me drowsy.
- Make Time for Yourself – It is hectic being a mom so try to carve out some "me" time during the day – even just a minute to breathe and assess what you need so you can be at your best for your baby.
Image: Zarbee's cough syrup via Zarbee's
Disclosure: In addition to attending the event we were gifted Zarbee's new line of products to try.


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February proved to be another bumper month for corporate finance lawyers with the biggest M&A deal of the year (Suez's €70bn (£47.96bn) merger with Gaz de France) being announced. Despite being a short month, 253 deals involving any UK element worth $29.85bn (£17.2bn) were announced during February, according to Thomson Financial. There was more drama in the M&A arena last month than Shelley Rudman winning silver at the Winter Olympics. The takeover of P&O by DP World dominated most of the headlines after the £3.9bn deal provoked security fears in the US. The Court of Appeal approved the takeover last Monday (6 March), ending the court battle that dragged the deal into March.
Eller & Co, a US company that operates the port of Miami with P&O, tried to block the takeover amid fears that the deal may destroy its ports business if port authorities cancel terminal leases over security issues. The Court of Appeal rejected Eller's petition to appeal the High Court's 2 March decision to approve the takeover. Eller was advised by HBJ Gateley Wareing, instructing Paul Downs and Tom Montagu-Smith of 2 Temple Gardens. Meanwhile, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer drafted in Martin Moore QC of Erskine Chambers. Corporate partner Jeremy Parr led the Linklaters team advising DP World.
Meanwhile, Macquarie Bank surprised the market with its decision to pull out of the race to buy the London Stock Exchange (LSE). At the start of February, Macquarie, represented by Baker & McKenzie partner Helen Bradley, was the only solid bidder left at the table, but two weeks later the Australian investment bank conceded defeat.
The LSE, represented by Freshfields partner Graham Nicholson, was never keen on Macquarie, and the board strongly recommended rejecting the bank's offer. Deutsche Börse, represented by Ashurst corporate heavyweight Adrian Clark and competition partner Mat Hughes, and Euronext, advised by Slaughter and May partners Frances Murphy and Nilufer von Bismarck, as well as Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton partner John Brinitzer and competition partner Nick Levy, are still sorting through undertakings by the Competition Commission.
The assault on UK-listed companies by foreign bidders continued throughout February, with Spanish construction group Grupo Ferrovial, advised by Freshfields, confirming that it is considering making a takeover bid for BAA, advised by Herbert Smith and Allen & Overy (A&O). Meanwhile, Slaughters client Pilkington finally succumbed to Nippon Sheet Glass's (NSG) advances. Pilkington's board recommended the takeover at the end of February after the first offer by the Japanese bidder was rejected last November. NSG was advised by A&O.
Meanwhile, the battle to take over Endesa has just become even more interesting after German power giant E.ON made a rival bid for the Spanish power producer. Gas Natural made a €22.5bn (£15.4bn) bid for Endesa last September. E.ON's decision to enter the takeover battle was bad news for the company's principal legal advisers Freshfields and Shearman & Sterling, as both firms were conflicted from advising on the Endesa deal. The magic circle firm is already advising Spain's Gas Natural alongside Linklaters, while Shearman represents Spanish energy producer Iberdrola, which is buying Endesa assets in a separate transaction. However, the firms' loss was Cravath Swaine & Moore's gain as it stepped in to plug the gap. Clifford Chance is representing Endesa.
With deals such as the mammoth $67bn (£38.6bn) merger between AT&T and BellSouth hitting the headlines, prospects for the M&A market continue to look rosy.
Husnara Begum, City editor
Jean-Emmanuel Skovron
Firm: Gide Loyrette Nouel
Partner since: 2002
Educated: University of Paris I and II
Key clients: French state, La Poste
Once again Gide Loyrette Nouel corporate partner Jean- Emmanuel Skovron has ensured his firm is present on France's biggest ongoing deal. Skovron is leading a team of three partners in advising the French government on the €70bn (£47.96bn) merger between Gaz de France (GdF) and Suez. Gide has already advised the French government on the partial IPOs of GdF, Electricité de France and the motorway system. Skovron also fitted in work for the French post office on the establishment of the post office bank. The instructions are further proof of Skovron's grip on the role of adviser to the state as it continues an intensive programme of privatisation. The deals are helping Gide raise its profile in France, ensuring it has a role on all the big transactions as the market continues to liven up after a prolonged quiet period.
The competition teams at Allen & Overy (A&O) and Slaughter and May celebrated a surprise victory last month, after the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) indicated that it would clear the £8.1bn merger between pharmaceutical giants Boots and Alliance Unichem. In an unexpected announcement, the OFT said it would not refer the proposed acquisition by Boots of Alliance Unichem to the Competition Commission on the condition that the retailer agree to sell 100 stores. A&O corporate antitrust partner Mark Friend led the competition side of the transaction for Alliance Unichem, while Slaughters' Claire Jeffs scooped the mandate to act for Boots. Competition lawyers close to the deal feared it would be referred to the commission because the merger is estimated to consume 40 per cent of the drug wholesale market in the UK. Heinz also had cause for a sigh of relief. The Competition Commission provisionally cleared Heinz's takeover of HP Food Group last month. Heinz appointed Slaughters over usual adviser Clifford Chance as its leading legal team last October after the pending acquisition was referred to the commission. Clifford Chance acted for Heinz in a supporting role.
Slaughters competition head Malcolm Nicholson led the team for Heinz with competition partner Bertrand Louveaux. Clifford Chance has bagged the key mandate to advise Barclays on the OFT investigation into bank services to small businesses. Clifford Chance pitched for the much-soughtafter mandate against Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Simmons & Simmons. Barclays put the instruction out to tender after its former competition adviser, ex-Simmons partner Peter Freeman, left to join the Competition Commission. The Royal Bank of Scotland has instructed Linklaters after it replaced Freshfields as the bank's chief legal adviser. Norton Rose is advising HSBC, while Herbert Smith is acting for Lloyds TSB.
Donna Sawyer
February was a good month for New York firms, with Sullivan & Cromwell and Skadden Arps Meagher & Flom advising on the $16bn (£9.2bn) mega-merger of Merrill Lynch's asset management business and fixed-income manager BlackRock. Sullivan advised Merrill Lynch, led by corporate partners Mitchell Eitel and John O'Brien. Skadden represented BlackRock, led by investment partner Richard Prins.
It was also a good month in Iberia, with some of the peninsula's largest firms defending Portugal Telecom in what could result as Portugal's largest-ever deal. The company rejected a €10.7bn (£7.33bn) bid from conglomerate Sonae early last month and called in top Spanish firms Garrigues and Cuatrecasas and Portuguese players PLMJ and Vieira de Almeida to keep it at bay. The Garrigues team is headed by partner Diogo Leonidas Rocha, while partner Maria João Ricou leads the team from Cuatrecasas's local arm Goncalves Pereira Castelo Branco & Associados. The PLMJ team is led by capital markets head Jorge de Brito Pereira, and technology and regulatory head Margarida Couto leads the team for Vieira de Almeida. Sonae is being represented by the Porto office of Osório de Castro Verde Pinho Vieira Peres Lobo Xavier & Associados, led by partner Carlos Osorio De Castro.
There was disappointing news for Freshfield Bruckhaus Deringer and Shearman & Sterling last month, however, after they found themselves conflicted out of German power company E.ON's €29.1bn (£19.9bn) rival bid for Endesa, Spain's largest energy provider. Freshfields was conflicted because it is advising Spain's Gas Natural, which made a €22.5bn (£15.3bn) hostile bid for Endesa in September. Meanwhile, Shearman was conflicted because it represents Spanish energy producer Iberdrola, which is buying Endesa assets in a separate transaction. However, the two firms' loss was Cravath Swaine & Moore's gain, which surged ahead to fill in for the company's preferred international advisers. The world's largest private power company was also represented by Slaughter and May best friend Hengeler Mueller and preferred Spanish domestic Perez Llorca. The Cravath team was led by corporate partner Richard Hall, Hengeler by partner Dr Maximillian Schiessl and Perez Llorca by partner Pedro Pérez-Llorca Zamora. Clifford Chance is acting for Endesa, led by Madrid co-managing partner Ignacio Ojanguren.
Herbert Smith and alliance firms Gleiss Lutz (Germany) and Stibbe (Netherlands) celebrated last month after helping their client, US drinks company Fortune Brands, on its £2.6bn acquisition of parts of Allied Domecq. Fortune bought Allied Domecq's spirit and wine brands, including Courvoisier, Harvey's, Laphroig, Maker's Mark and Teacher's, as well as the company's distribution businesses in Germany, Spain and the UK. The deal represents the concluding part of Fortune Brands' lengthy involvement in Pernod Ricard's £7.4bn takeover of Allied Domecq. The Herbert Smith team was led by corporate partner Richard Fleck. Chadbourne & Parke advised Fortune Brands on US law, led by partners William Cavanagh, Charles Hord and Edward Smith. Linklaters, led by partner Dominic Welham, advised Allied Domecq.
You wait months for a big investmentgrade deal and then two come along at once. The chunkiest deals brewing in February saw the involvement not of the magic circle, but of acquisition finance challenger White & Case, whose recent performance underlines how far it has come. London banking co-head Maurice Allen is advising Goldman Sachs, Citibank and Société Générale on the €8bn (£5.48bn) financing for the cash portion of Mittal Steel's bid to acquire Arcelor. Allen is working with London partner Magda Bayim-Adomako on the deal. White & Case reprised its familiar role as counsel to Deutsche Bank on the month's other big cross-border deal: the financing of Linde's £8.2bn bid for BOC Group, which allowed the German company to make an all-cash offer of 1,600p per share. Along with Deutsche Bank in-house counsel Joachim Walgenbach, White & Case partners Chris Kandel and Morgan Stanley's Dan Maze and Mike Goetz are also working with Commerzbank, Dresdner, and Royal Bank of Scotland as mandated lead arrangers.
The theme of UK companies being snapped up by foreign bidders dominated February. Nippon Sheet Glass's £1.82bn credit facility was arranged by UBS and SMBC. They were advised by Clifford Chance. Allen & Overy (A&O) had a quieter February, but the publicity on its headline deal of the month struck a patriotic note. It advised Merrill Lynch on the financing of Tussauds Group's acquisition of shares in the London Eye Company from BA, among others. An A&O statement said it had "helped secure the future of [the] iconic London landmark". Partner Sanjeev Dhuna advised.
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The New Orleans Times-Picayune reports that the the Obama Administration is vetting Tulane University law professor Stephen M.Griffin for a potential seat on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. (Hat tip: How Appealing). Prof. Griffin is a prolific scholar who has written quite extensively about constitutional law and is a listed contributor to the legal blog, Balkinization. His nomination would given Senate Judiciary Committee staffers lots of work to do.
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Can I tell you how close I came to titling this one "Social Slam 2012: Ladies versus Gentlemen." Anyone who was at the conference last week will know why.
There has been an abundance of recaps over the past few days about Social Media Club Knoxville's AMAZING conference, Social Slam, and it is well deserved. Without a doubt, it was THE best social media conference that I have been to, and I have been to quite a few. The SMC Knoxville team, along with Mark Schaefer, ran an almost perfect conference. From the VIP party on Thursday night to breakfast and registration Friday morning, incredible sessions and speakers, lunch hosted by Bush's Beans (although Adrienne and I did get a juvenile giggle out of serving beans to a roomful of 600 attendees …) to the closing after party that I heard was THE place to be—it ran smoothly and professionally.
In a nutshell, they knocked it out of the park.
Now that I have that piece of it out of the way, I want to offer my recap on the conference in the only way I know how: a completely unique point of view.
So, in my best 1970's DJ voice I say:
This one is dedicated to the ladies …
This past February, Gini Dietrich wrote a #FollowFriday on her blog, SpinSucks, about Tony Bennett (no, not THAT Tony Bennett). Tony has an incredible post entitled The Queen Is King of Social Media … So Where's Her Spot On the Throne? in which he observes that not only are there not enough women giving keynote speeches at conferences, but also, when they ARE giving them, they are vastly underpaid compared to their male counterparts. So, it's only fitting that Gini opened up Social Fresh with the first keynote of the day "Waking Up to a World of Integrated Communications." From the moment she took the stage, she commanded the audience with her message of tearing down silos and marketing in the round—making marketing the core of your business and working your way out from there. By the time she was finished, I felt my inner Ronald Reagan channeling thru my blood, and I wanted to stand up and shout "TEAR DOWN THE WALL!" Luckily, I regained my composure in time to not do that. Gini is a class act and a true thought leader in our community, and I loved learning from her during her keynote.
The next lady to take the stage was the always giving and energetic Stephanie Wonderlin. Stephanie was one of the five panelists that made up the first Social Slam "50 Huge Ideas in 50 Minutes." Stephanie spoke to the group about video marketing—an area that she knows a lot about. If you've never seen her Tweetheart TV channel, you must add it to your list of YouTube channels. Stephanie understands that a lot of people are intimidated by the thought of video; they know they should do it but have no clue where to start. She gave everyone 10 simple ideas to make it less intimidating, such as get personal, be relevant, it's not Hollywood (loved that one), be short—get in and out in less than 2 minutes, and most importantly: get ready to sell. Here's an added bonus for those of you who are local to NC … Stephanie will be the Keynote speaker at ConvergeSouth this October!
With a name like Peacock, I imagine you would have a lot of people (subliminally) expecting a very colorful presentation, and Marisa Peacock from The Strategic Peacock did just that. She jumped right to the task of schooling everyone in better Community Management. So many of us in the audience spend hours upon hours each day making sure our audiences are engaged and heard. Some do it really well, and others, it's like a dead-end road of comments. Marisa stressed that being a community manager was a lifestyle, not just a 9-5 job. If you're on the East coast and you have customers on the West coast, you have to extend your hours to make sure they're engaged, too. And since we're all human, you have to automate sometimes. It was interesting to hear the comments that came after that … some agreed, others did not. What Marisa did NOT mean is that you automate your entire dialogue. Other points that Marisa made is that sharing is caring (personalize their experience!) and if you don't care, why should they? I had the honor of sitting next to Marisa for the duration of the day and thoroughly enjoyed getting to know her and sharing stories and strategy. She is definitely someone that I will keep in touch with.
SMC Knoxville's very own Treasurer, Lynsay Caylor, was up at the podium next. In her spare time, Lynsay also manages ALL the digital marketing for Pilot Flying J/Pilot Travel Centers. Lynsay's presentation, "10 Big Facebook Ideas," gave the group some fantastic real life examples of managing a robust Facebook page. She offered tips on keeping it simple, REALLY listen to your "fans" (They can tell you a lot of things that you may not see sitting in your office.), inspire your employees to be part of the branding and to embrace Facebook's ubiquity. I loved this part—everyone knows what Facebook is. Whether they use it or not, your executive team has at least HEARD of it. They may not have heard of Twitter, Pinterest, or the five gazillion other social media sites out there. But they know Facebook, so use it to your advantage and when they ask "Where'd you find this?" always answer "Facebook." Lynsay also encouraged the group to really embrace the new timeline. I agree; it's fun, and some companies have seen a whopping 46% increase in comments and engagement since they started using it.
After lunch, there were three breakout sessions, and I believe I sat in the only one that had a lady presenter. Amy Kenly of Kalypso was part of a panel that spoke about how to use social media for crowdsourcing. I've personally had great success using Facebook and Twitter audiences for crowdsourcing, but Amy gave us real-life examples, such as Proctor & Gamble's approach using a microsite to enlist the opinion of their customers and how Dominoes Pizza turned to crowd sourcing during its recent sauce overhaul.
The last lady to take the stage was Dr. Alice Ackerman from Carilion Clinic Children's Hospital in Roanoke, VA. Dr. Ackerman sat on the second Social Slam panel which featured four "new" social media voices. She spoke of the issue they had where parents were resisting having their children receive childhood vaccinations. As a parent myself, I know this debate all too well and give her major props for taking this topic on headfirst—with a blog. She went on to tell the stories of her patients and her success stories of the parents minds that she was able to change.
I'd also like to note the ladies behind the scenes who made up the team of Social Media Club Knoxville. My hat's off to all of you for a job well done!
Don't think that the men didn't rock their presentations—they did. There wasn't one speaker whom I didn't enjoy and learn from. I just wanted to dedicate this one to the ladies!
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His ex is back in town
We'll chat at 1 p.m. today.
Hi Meredith,
I've been dating a great guy since early spring. We want the same things in life and have had some amazing times together.
He's an extrovert and I'm an introvert, and he surrounds himself with friends, whereas I have a handful of very close friends. One thing I love about him is that he reaches out to friends and family and is a very generous, thoughtful person.
The thing is, his ex recently moved to town and she is part of his tight-knit group of friends from back in college. I have expressed jealousy and concern over her presence in his life. She is engaged but my worry isn't about her doing anything. My deepest fear is that he is fooling himself and he has a special feelings for her that will keep us from being able to forge something new. Maybe this is because I have never remained good friends with an ex and need to be more open-minded. Maybe it is because this is an especially close group of friends and I don't feel like I fit in.
Should I just work to get over my jealousy since he has assured me again and again that I have nothing to worry about? Or, since the jealousy really stems from my insecurities, is this something that will be impossible for me to get past until I take time to be by myself? Some people say that it is OK to be friends with an ex, others say it can't be done without there being some kind of intimate feelings there. What do you think? Can I get past my jealousy? Do I have something legitimate to worry about?
– Getting jealous
"Should I just work to get over my jealousy since he has assured me again and again that I have nothing to worry about?"
Yes. That's exactly what you should do.
This woman is engaged. And you have been with your boyfriend for months, so you've already forged something new. Sure, he'll always have special feelings for her because she's a part of his history, but he has special feelings for you, too -- and he's with you now. Exes can be friends. Not always, but sometimes. It doesn't sound like you have much to worry about here.
Your real issue is his community, and yes, hanging out with a significant other's friends can be intimidating. Maybe you can try to get to know these people at small dinners, in groups of twos and threes. Also, feel free to bring one of your own friends when you're invited out with your boyfriend's clique. Having a familiar face by your side might make it easier to get social with others.
Readers? Does she have anything to worry about? Does she have to take time by herself? How can she get over this? Help.
– Meredith


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'This is ridiculous'Supervisors reject RUSS in Richmond and Rubio
When Supervisor Stan Stoops realized he had voted the wrong way on a motion to end the Regional Utility Service Systems' (RUSS) involvement in the Rubio sanitary sewer project and said he wanted to do the motion again, Washington County Attorney Larry Brock said, "You need to pay attention to what's going on and understand the motion."
Stoops, who said at the beginning of the meeting that the batteries in his hearing aid had died, told Brock, "I can't hear all the time today, Larry."
"You've got to be kidding me," Brock said as he stood up from his front-row seat. "This is ridiculous."
Brock then walked out of the meeting.
"Now how much credit do we give him for saying we can't do it?" Stoops asked. "There was a time when that very man said that we could undo anything that we wanted to undo from previous supervisors. Now he's saying we can't even do it here! What's with that crap!"
Chairman Ron Bennett said, " I don't know the answer."
Bennett said he thought the county attorney would advise him on what to do next, but Brock was no longer in the room.
County Treasurer Jeff Garrett told the supervisors that the motion had been denied.
"All you need is a new motion," Garrett said.
Bennett accepted the new motion and second, then called for the voice vote.
Stoops and supervisors Jack Seward Jr. and Bob Yoder voted in favor of separating RUSS from the Rubio project, Bennett and Supervisor Steve Davis voted against the motion.
This vote came after a successful motion to separate RUSS from the Richmond sanitary sewer project on a 4-to-1 vote. Davis cast the lone vote against the motion.
Davis voted to proceed with both the Richmond and Rubio projects because many of voters in his district told him they don't want to pay for the systems not going forward.
Last fall, RUSS's executive director Bruce Hudson told the board of supervisors that Washington County would have to pay the expenses incurred for the projects if the projects do not move forward as planned. The supervisors also learned that the tax burden would fall solely on rural property taxpayers.
Bennett voted in favor of separating RUSS from Richmond but against doing so in Rubio.
Bennett said that the people of Rubio would have to pay twice as much for their septic systems without RUSS and the United States Department of Agriculture's Rural Development grant. That's why he voted against the Rubio motion.
Stoops said that several county residents told him they don't want to pay for RUSS's expenses, but that they also don't want to be involved with RUSS and are willing to pay that price.
The supervisors estimated having to pay RUSS just under $200,000 for work on the Richmond project and maybe as much as $125,000 for Rubio.
Seward and Yoder talked about the idea of being tied to RUSS-owned systems for 40 years. Neither one did supported that idea. They, along with Stoops, favored having each residential system in Richmond tested and require homeowners to improve or install a new septic system.
Yoder said that Richmond residents have said they want to fix their systems "on their own dime." He also said he didn't want to be tied to RUSS for 40 years, which is the length of time needed to repay a loan for Richmond's system.
Stoops said that he thought Richmond got a "raw deal" and that the solution to the sewage problem should have been fixed with individual systems. He said some taxpayers don't want to have to pay to cut RUSS out of its involvement, but that they do want to correct a wrong.
The audience gave the supervisors a round of applause before the meeting adjourned.
I am disappointed that our county attorney acts like a child and leaves a meeting. Why are we paying Brock to represent the best legal interests of the county when he can not even act like an adult and stay in a meeting.


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Dick Cheney's re-emergence to defend his obsession with invading Iraq and his attempts to put the blame for the current mess on the Obama administration has run into some opposition even from his most loyal base of support, Fox News. The Daily Show could not help piling on.
(This clip aired on June 23, 2014. To get suggestions on how to view clips of The Daily Show and The Colbert Report outside the US, please see this earlier post. If the videos autoplay, please see here for a diagnosis and possible solutions.)


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The Houston Dynamo have re-signed forward Brian Ching to a new contract, it was announced today. Under his new deal, Ching will return to the club for his final season under the title of player/assistant coach. Aside from his playing duties, Ching will also assume some assistant coaching responsibilities alongside the current technical staff. Per League and team policy, the terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Ching, an original Dynamo player and the club's all-time leading goal scorer, returns in time to play the 2013 season among the leaders of several franchise records, including games played (third, 205), games started (fifth, 160), and assists (third, 29). His club record 69 goals are more than twice the amount of the second player on the all-time list (Dwayne De Rosario, 32 goals).
"We are happy to keep Brian on the team," said Dynamo head coach Dominic Kinnear. "Throughout his career, Brian has been a key part of who we are. He has also been an important player on the field and in the locker room."
In 2012, Ching played in a career-high 30 games (13 starts) after being limited to 20 appearances in 2011 due to injury. He finished the 2012 season with five goals and five assists.
"(Houston) is where I always wanted to be," said Ching. "I was completely optimistic that we would get this deal done. I wanted to come back and play again, so I'm looking forward to continuing the same role I finished the season with last year and hopefully making a difference on the field."
The perennial MLS All-Star forward led or tied for the team lead in goals in five consecutive seasons (2007-2011) and set a franchise and personal record with 13 goals in 2008. Ching has tallied ten or more goals in two other seasons, recording 11 in 2006 and 12 in 2004.
"It's nice to formally wrap up Brian's contract for 2013," said Dynamo president Chris Canetti. "Having him here was never in question; it just took some time to iron out the details. He is an integral part of our club today and will be into the future."
Ching, a native of Haleiwa, Hawai'i, became the face of the Dynamo franchise by scoring four goals in Houston's inaugural game in 2006. He capped the season by winning MLS Cup MVP after scoring the tying goal and converting the winning penalty kick in a shootout win over New England.