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Forecasting Long-Term Government Bond Yields: An Application of Statistical and AI Models
This paper evaluates several artificial intelligence and classical algorithms on their ability of forecasting the monthly yield of the US 10-year Treasury bonds from a set of four economic indicators. Due to the complexity of the prediction problem, the task represents a challenging test for the algorithms under evaluation. At the same time, the study is of particular significance for the important and paradigmatic role played by the US market in the world economy. Four data-driven artificial intelligence approaches are considered, namely, a manually built fuzzy logic model, a machine learned fuzzy logic model, a self-organising map model and a multi-layer perceptron model. Their performance is compared with the performance of two classical approaches, namely, a statistical ARIMA model and an econometric error correction model. The algorithms are evaluated on a complete series of end-month US 10-year Treasury bonds yields and economic indicators from 1986:1 to 2004:12. In terms of prediction accuracy and reliability of the modelling procedure, the best results are obtained by the three parametric regression algorithms, namely the econometric, the statistical and the multi-layer perceptron model. Due to the sparseness of the learning data samples, the manual and the automatic fuzzy logic approaches fail to follow with adequate precision the range of variations of the US 10-year Treasury bonds. For similar reasons, the self-organising map model gives an unsatisfactory performance. Analysis of the results indicates that the econometric model has a slight edge over the statistical and the multi-layer perceptron models. This suggests that pure data-driven induction may not fully capture the complicated mechanisms ruling the changes in interest rates. Overall, the prediction accuracy of the best models is only marginally better than the prediction accuracy of a basic one-step lag predictor. This result highlights the difficulty of the modelling task and, in general, the difficulty of building reliable predictors for financial markets.
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Earlier in the week my Xterra decided it was time to puke out its rear main seal. Having to top up the oil isn't what bothers me. It's the burning oil smell that fills the cabin whenever I stop. So, I have two choices.
a) I can dump some stop leak in it, which will do one of three things: Slow/stop the leak so I can limp it through winter, then put my 944 back on the road in the spring, pull the motor on the Xterra and rebuild it. Or, the stop leak will do nothing at all. Or, I'll end up with a rod knock.
b) I can pull the truck off the road now, rebuild the motor over the winter and buy a cheap winter beater.
I like option a because that will at least motivate me to actually work on the 944 and get it driving again. Option b is also good because I've looked at so many fantastic garbage beater cars. Including: a '95 Bonneville SSEi Supercharged, a '92 Infinti Q45, a '91 Lexus SC400, and like six '95-'97 Volvo 850 Wagons. All for $1k or less.
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SXSW Interview: Stuart Murdoch
Belle & Sebastian singer swears 'God Help the Girl'
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8:35PM, Sat. Mar. 15, 2014
Few people have contributed more to the indie-rock songbook than Stuart Murdoch. Belle & Sebastian's entire career, beginning in the mid Nineties, couldn't be more celebrated, but he's never been especially public.
Lengthy sabbaticals between albums, years spent living in a church – it all adds up to an individual who obviously values his privacy. The 45-year-old Scot couldn't have been more pleasant during his SXSW interview, but you still got the sense he's a man who'd rather be inside.
Interviewer Jason Cohen might've been caught up in the same vibe. He carefully fashioned his questions to Murdoch to be as easy and open to interpretation as possible. You don't want to step on the toes of a legend, especially one as kindhearted as Murdoch.
Talk mostly stuck to Murdoch's upcoming film God Help the Girl, a project he's been working on for over 10 years. You may remember the God Help the Girl LP that arrived back in 2009. Those songs sketch out the characters and core plotlines that occupy the movie, which was shot in 2012.
Such a nice, unassuming chat about a movie none of us had seen, but let's be honest. Most of us were at the Convention Center Saturday to fill up on Murdochisms. My take away? Hearing the man that wrote "Seeing Other People" matter-of-factly stating "breaking up is hard to do."
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A 30-year-old man shot multiple times on Buffalo's East side early this morning is hospitalized in stable condition, according to police.
Meanwhile, police have arrested another man, Timothy L. Jones, 34, of Buffalo, for attempted assault on an officer, and are investigating whether Jones has any link to the 4 a.m. shooting of the 30-year-old.
Police were responding to the 4 a.m. shooting at East Ferry Street and Fillmore Avenue when they spotted a 2014 Ford fleeing the area, according to Michael J. DeGeorge, police department spokesman. Police attempted to stop the vehicle, but the driver twice responded by striking a police vehicle with his Ford, DeGeorge said.
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Mikesn EMERITUS (4.5)Jari Maenpaa's first album outside Ensiferum is a superb offering, combining the elements ...Shadows (4.5)...Silenius (5)...vanderb0b (4.5)Very likely the most epic metal album ever made....
SomeGuyDude (3.5)Technical perfection, compositionally flawed....Crimson (3.5)What's all the fuss?...Yazz_Flute (5)...devsol (2)a tedious journey into metal clichés that just cannot stop ruining itself...
Anianki123 (4.5)An extremely technical and majestic album showcasing the best metal can offer!!!!...Interviewer/surveyer (3)Pretty disappointed, but not surprised. Great Musicianship, familiar song structures and ...
Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound OffNot bad at all. Catchy, melodic, and good folk elements. Jari is a very well-rounded musician.
Good review too. I was just thinking we could use more power metal reviews.This Message Edited On 05.15.06
Album Rating: 4.5this is a pretty awsome band i must say, good job on the review :thumb: but i really cant give this a rating since ive only heard 2 songs by them
i just bought this cd, i have to say its awsome
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Album Rating: 3.0It's too.. you know. It's been done before.
Album Rating: 4.0They sound alot like skyfire.
Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound OffI'd say Skyfire is much better than these guys. They're much heavier.
Album Rating: 4.0Skyfire are definatley better. But I'm listening to these guys for the first time and they seem pretty decent.
You know what, I've never heard of Skyfire. I'm going to definitely have to check them out.
As far as Wintersun, I'm actually not that deep into the whole power metal scene. But from what i've heard, Wintersun is definitely my favorite and I have yet to find a band in that genre that is better than them, in my opinion.
Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound OffThey're definitely good, but they lack originality. The melodies that Jar bases the songs around aren't the most creative. They're actually quite generic by power metal standards. The upside is that he uses a lot of folk atmosphere and is a fast shredder. Overall, I see them as a rehash of other Scandinavian power metal bands with a few things thrown in to dress it up.
That's not to say I compeltely hete them though. I enjoy their stuff in moderation, but overall I think Finland has done better.
what are some bands that you would reccommend from Finland? I actually still havent heard Ensiferum, I was hoping the guy from the Folk/Viking metal thread would send some through the mailing list.
By the way, I'm listening to Skyfire, its pretty kool, but I still dont see how they are better than Wintersun. Wintersun's melodies are way better and the production is clearer and the songs are more intense and tight. Skyfire would probably be second behind them though. Not bad.
I was listening to Ensiferum the other day and Wintersun also sound a lot like them.
Album Rating: 3.0This band is pretty good but i dont think it deserves a 5
i just got their CD and boy am i disapointed. sure Jari can shred but the whole album is kind of repetitive, and boring. I don't like this and i kind of want my fifty-five minutes back.
good review though:thumb:
Album Rating: 4.0I think this is awesome. There's great songwriting here, the songs are long but not boring or repetitive, there's a lot of variation between songs, and of course the guitar playing is top-notch. There's a perfect balance between speed and gentleness. This would be a sure 5 if I didn't see a lot of similarities with other Finnish bands.
Album Rating: 5.0Ben you fucking faggot shut the hell up. All you ever do is say "They lack originality, they are a Norther rip-off with folk elements" and everytime Wintersun is brought up you say the exact same thing, and nobody really cares, so if you are going to continue saying that, then please shut up. All you do is listen to your stupid hardcore bands like Children Of Bodom.
Saying Wintersun isn't original is probably one of the stupidest things I have ever heard. I have never heard anyone as original as them, and I've listened to alot of music.
And saying that Skyfire is better is also retarded. Skyfire practically suck compared to Wintersun. They have a miniscule amount of talent when compared.
Same thing goes with saying they are repetitive and such.
Album Rating: 4.5...so I've heard that this album kicks copious amounts of ass. Can anyone send this to me? I really want to hear it!
Album Rating: 4.5 ive only heard a couple of songs (Sleeping Stars, Winter Madness, and Starchild) i loved all of them.. especially Sleeping Stars.
IMO Jeff Loomis still beats this guy in rythym. but i just like his style of playing better (its heavier) nothing against Jari. but still Wintersun is a great band.. Jari is a very talented singer as well as a shredder
Album Rating: 4.5His level of shredding is certainly at a very high leve.
Winter Madness = sex
Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound OffThis is growing on me. I like several of the songs here, but for some reason I didn't notice any notable guitar playing. Maybe I wasn't paying attention.
Album Rating: 5.0Listen to the Death and the Healing, Winter Madness, and Battle Against Time solos closely, they are very clean, rhythmic, and very deep and emotional.
Album Rating: 4.5I really need to get this. Can someone possibly send this to me? I'm broke at the moment.
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Former Times deputy editor Ben Preston is set to join Roger Alton at the Independent, MediaGuardian.co.uk can reveal.
Preston has agreed to become executive editor at the paper when Alton takes over from Simon Kelner.
Preston's start date at the paper has not been confirmed, but will probably be in June.
Alton, who edited the Observer from 1998 to 2007, is still negotiating with his former employer Guardian News & Media about when he can start at the Independent.
Preston was a highly regarded deputy to former Times editors Peter Stothard and Robert Thomson, and has been tipped to join the Independent for some time.
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After Alton's appointment was confirmed earlier this month, he made no secret of his desire to recruit Preston, praising him as "one of the best journalists on Fleet Street".
Preston, son of former Guardian editor Peter Preston, left the Times in February two months after James Harding was appointed editor.
Harding had moved Preston from the deputy editorship to the new post of editor of the Times' international editions.
Soon afterwards, Preston decided to leave the paper after 15 years.
At the time, Harding paid tribute to Preston in a statement. "Ben has played a crucial role at the Times, driving its news and leading its journalists over the past 15 years," he said.
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A former co-worker — the first person to ever hire me — told me to read David Benioff's City of Thieves, knowing I had a passion for history. This recommendation came from a self-proclaimed book worm who had been attending the same weekly book club for the past 25 years, so I figured she had to know what she was talking about. She, and the book, did not disappoint. The book tells the story of Lev and Kolya, two unlikely friends who come together during the Nazi's brutal siege of Leningrad and help keep each other alive. Benioff, author of The 25th Hour, is a dark and compelling storyteller who kept me on my toes with each new adventure the boys faced.
My good friend insisted I read Tina Fey's Bossypants, which I dutifully did during one glorious vacation weekend in Maine. While sitting beach side, and in between lobster feasts, I tore through this hilarious gem of a book. I think the description my Kindle offers sums it up perfectly: "Before Liz Lemon, before "Weekend Update," before "Sarah Palin," Tina Fey was just a young girl with a dream; a recurring stress dream that she was being chased through a local airport by her middle-school gym teacher. She also had a dream that she would be a comedian on TV." It's a laugh out loud story of Tina Fey's humble beginnings as told by one of the greatest comedic minds of our time.
I hope you take one or all of my literary recommendations to heart as I truly believe it's the only way to read. I'm currently 84% through a title given to me by my current boss, The Interestings, so I am going to go now so I can finish it.
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Deep in the heart of Texas, President Carter last week again raised, as he had on the morn of the Wisconsin and Kansas primaries, false hopes about a largely latent campaign issue: the fate of the hostages in Iran. The Iranians and their new government, said Carter in Corpus Christi, "are making statements that might very well lead to a resolution of this problem in the future."
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April 2014
Capital Confidence Barometer
Key findings
66% expect to allocate the majority of their acquisition capital to emerging markets
34% are prioritizing cost reduction
59% expect global deal volume to increase
61% see the global economy improving
43% are focused on growth
28% expect to pursue an acquisition
13% see "business as usual," given shareholder activism
Economic outlook: confidence remains high
Sixty-one percent of technology executives believe the global economy is improving, with another 35% seeing the economy as stable. While confidence in economic improvement has dipped from 68% of executives six months ago, it remains well above the 54% confidence rating of one year ago and the 21% indicator of October 2011.
Meanwhile, confidence has surged in key financial indicators, including corporate earnings, equity valuations/stock market outlook, credit availability and short-term market stability. A full 64% of technology executives report confidence in corporate earnings, up 17 points over the last six months.
The macro trends most affecting technology companies' business and acquisition behaviors are, first, what is called "the future of work" (including skills gaps and competition for talent) and then digital transformation (driven by today's mobile, social, cloud and big data megatrends).
Global economic confidence trumps national setbacks
Only 4% of technology executives see the global economy declining, with 61% projecting improvement and 35% expecting stability. These figures show technology executives slightly more confident in the state of the global economy than executives from across all industries, 9% of whom expect a decline.
What is your perspective on the state of the global economy today
Despite geopolitical shocks and slowing growth in emerging economies, global economic confidence remains buoyed by strengthening business fundamentals.
Macro trends converge to shape business and acquisition strategies
The future of work and digital transformation are the two most pressing macro trends shaping technology companies' business and acquisition strategies for the coming year.
Sixty-two percent of technology executives say their business behaviors reflect issues including skills shortages and competition for talent (commonly called the future of work), while 54% say their acquisition strategies are driven in part by such issues.
Digital transformation is most likely to affect the business behaviors of 51% of technology executives and the acquisition strategy of 49%.
Technology executives feel these influences more strongly than their peers across all industries, given the sector's fierce competition for scarce engineering and development talent as social, mobile, cloud and big data megatrends drive transformation. Still, for all industries, digital transformation also ranks second (also after future of work issues), shaping business activities for 39% and acquisitions for 41%.
Which of these global trends is most likely to impact your business and acquisition strategy over the next 12 months? Select up to two.
Companies pursue transformative innovation
The profound impact of digital transformation on business behaviors cited above is further underscored by our survey's finding that 43% of technology companies are focused on transformative innovation, rather than innovating for the sake of efficiency (29%) or replacement (28%).
Validating the disruptive impact of today's technology trends of mobile, social, cloud and big data, these findings show companies can no longer afford to be complacent with just incremental or marginal improvements to products and services. Their transition to digital is accomplished by a combination of acquisitions, organic funding and partnering, with survey respondents emphasizing organic funding (32%) above the rest.
"Digital transformation has driven technology dealmaking ahead of other sectors. Up next: optimizing investments."
— Joe Steger, Global Technology Industry, Transaction Advisory Services Leader, at Ernst & Young LLP
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Conditions are ripe for ongoing investment, while integrating "done deals"
- 66% expect to allocate the majority of their acquisition capital to emerging markets
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- 28% expect to pursue an acquisition
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text: A German court on Friday found self-confessed gay cannibal Armin Meiwes guilty of killing, dismembering, and partially devouring another man in March 2001. But it didn't hand him the death penalty. Meiwes received 8 1/2 years in prison with the possibility of parole, reports German news agency Deutsche Presse-Agentur. The defense had sought acquittal, or at most, five years in prison with parole, by insisting that Meiwes was guilty of nothing more than "assisted suicide" because the victim was a masochist with a castration and mutilation fetish. In the ruling, the judge described the killer and his victim as "two deeply psychologically disturbed people who both wanted something from the other." Deutsche Presse-Agentur reported that after flashing a smile for cameras ahead of the proceedings, the defendant sat impassively as the judge read out the verdict and sentence. Tight-lipped as always and with square jaw firmly set, there was no expression in his hazel eyes. Meiwes claimed that Bernd-Juergen Brandes, a Berlin computer engineer he had become acquainted with via an Internet gay chat line, had requested to be castrated, killed, and eaten. The deed was carried out in front of a running videocamera, with some of that material used as evidence in court. With two psychologists testifying that Meiwes, though perverted, was sane in the legal sense of being responsible for his acts, it meant that Meiwes would not be locked up in a mental hospital. Now, with a conventional ruling of manslaughter, Meiwes could be allowed to go free after serving only part of his prison term. In a chilling final statement to the court, Meiwes promised never to kill again but nonetheless reminded the court that his victim had begged to be "slaughtered." Addressing the court last week, Meiwes stressed that he had only given Brandes what he had asked for. "I want the court to understand that I only did what I did because he expressly wanted me to do it," Meiwes said. "And in doing so I gave him a nice and worthy death." Meiwes said he met Brandes in an online gay chat room where Meiwes had a running advertisement, saying he was looking to get to know people "to gobble up." Hundreds of people responded, according to police, and Meiwes actually met about half a dozen people, most of whom recoiled when they realized he was serious about killing and literally eating them. Others he rejected, he said, because they "did not look appetizing." Then along came Brandes. Meiwes said he arranged via the Internet to meet his victim at the Kassel train station on March 9, 2001, and that they discussed the impending "slaughter" in detail on arrival at his home in the village of Rotenburg.


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Yesterday, Senate Commerce, Science & Technology Chairman John D. Rockefeller IV sent letters to the CEOs of the Fortune 500 companies expressing his disappointment in the Senate's stalemate on cybersecurity legislation, as well as his desire for President Obama to issue an Executive Order. In the identical letters, which were sent to companies ranging from Exxon to IBM to Toys R US to Hormel Foods, the chairman blamed business lobbying groups and trade association (singling out the Chamber of Commerce) as being behind the stalled legislation.
Rockefeller asked each CEO eight questions about his or her company's view on cybersecurity and what their specific concerns are with particular issues contained in the legislation. He asked about the company's own cyber best practices and how they came about. He also asked whether the federal government assisted in the development and what concerns the company may have with a voluntary public-private sector regime for developing best practices, as described in the Senate legislation. He also asked what the company's concerns are with the federal government conducting risk assessments of cyber vulnerabilities and determining the most critical cyber infrastructure.
The letters send a clear message to corporate America – the Senators pushing for comprehensive cybersecurity legislation that includes some form of federal government role in best practices and critical infrastructure risk assessments aren't giving up on the legislation yet. Rockefeller is pushing that message outside of Washington by circumventing the associations and trade groups that have led the charge against the legislation and going directly to corporate executives. Maybe he wants to better understand their reasoning for opposing the legislation. Maybe he wants to educate them on what is happening in D.C. Or perhaps he wants to put each of the corporations on the spot. It is an interesting tactic, whatever the reason.
During the past several weeks, we've seen more senators call for a cybersecurity Executive Order. We've seen renewed calls for legislation. We've also seen both parties include cyber in their platforms for the first time. It is clear that cybersecurity is not going away as an issue in Washington or, if Senator Rockefeller and others have their way, as an economic issue. I expect that the national security messaging around cybersecurity may soon be expanded to include economic security, something we have seen less of in the recent debates. When the Pet Smarts, Bed Bath & Beyonds, and Kelloggs of the world are getting pulled into the debate, as they are with letters from Senator Rockefeller, it is hard to see cybersecurity policymaking as either a fading issue or one that any part of corporate America can ignore.
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Jessica R. Herrera-Flanigan is a partner at the Monument Policy Group, where she focuses on the issues affecting our nation's security, technology, commerce, and entertainment markets. Previously, she served as the Staff Director and General Counsel of the House Committee on Homeland Security. She also has served as Senior Counsel at the Computer Crime & Intellectual Property Section, Criminal Division, U.S. Department of Justice, where she led the Section's cybercrime investigation team. She was a Member of the CSIS Commission on Cyber Security and is a Member of the ABA Standing Committee on Law & National Security. She currently serves as the Fellow for Cybersecurity at the Center for National Policy.


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Archive for Thursday, January 27, 2005
Clayton D. Watts
Services for Clayton D. Watts, 78, Ottawa, were Tuesday, Jan. 25, at the First Baptist Church in Ottawa.
Mr. Watts died Friday, Jan. 21, 2005, at Ransom Memorial Hospital in Ottawa.
He was born April 8, 1926, in Vinland, the son of Charles and Nettie Weib Watts. He grew up in the Ottawa area and attended Ottawa High School.
Mr. Watts worked for Sunflower Ordnance Depot in De Soto before purchasing a milk route and beginning a dairy operation in 1955. He concentrated on dairy until 1974 when he began farming and raising beef cattle.
He was a member of the Fraternal Order of Eagles Lodge, Aerie 2700, and a past member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks 803. He was also a member of the Lincoln Township Fire Department and the Kansas Livestock Association.
He married Betty DeMaranville on Aug. 20, 1945, in Garnett. She survives of the home.
Other survivors include two daughters, Teresa Miller and Audrey Reed, both of Ottawa; two sons, Buck Watts, Ottawa, and Donald Stevens, Lawrence; a sister, Cleo Liddle; 10 grandchildren; and 18 great-grandchildren.
The family suggests memorials to the American Heart Association, sent in care of the Lamb-Roberts Funeral Home, P.O. Box 14, Ottawa 66067.
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- Report of the Committee on the classification and diagnostic criteria of diabetes mellitusTakeshi Kuzuya
Aino Institute for Aging Research, Ibaraki shi, Osaka Fu, Japan
Diabetes Res Clin Pract 55:65-85. 2002..The Committee presented a final report in May 1999 in Japanese. This is the English version with minor modifications for readers outside Japan...
- Prevention of type 2 diabetes by lifestyle intervention: a Japanese trial in IGT malesKinori Kosaka
Toranomon Hospital, 2 2 2 Toranomon, Minato ku, Tokyo 105 8470, Japan
Diabetes Res Clin Pract 67:152-62. 2005..We conclude that lifestyle intervention aimed at achieving ideal body weight in men with IGT is effective and can be conducted in an outpatient clinic setting...
- [Borderline type, impaired glucose tolerance (IGT), and impaired fasting glucose (IFG): their concepts, classification and significance]Takeshi Kuzuya
Aino Institute for Aging Research
Nihon Rinsho 63:15-20. 2005
- [Progress in studies of endocrinology and metabolism in the field of internal medicine in the last 100 years: Diagnosis and classification of diabetes mellitus]Takeshi Kuzuya
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Nihon Rinsho 60:36-44. 2002
- [Early diagnosis of type 2 diabetes and application of oral glucose tolerance test]Takeshi Kuzuya
Aino Institute for Aging Research
Nihon Rinsho 60:250-6. 2002
- Clinical features of diabetes mellitus with the mitochondrial DNA 3243 (A-G) mutation in Japanese: maternal inheritance and mitochondria-related complicationsSusumu Suzuki
Department of Molecular Metabolism and Diabetes, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, 1 1 Seiryou Machi, Aoba ku, Sendai 980 8574, Japan
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A house is a total loss in Pavilion following a fire this afternoon.
It broke out around 2:30 at 7635 Telephone Road between South Street Road and Asbury Road.
"When the first officers got on scene, the fire was coming out of the doors and windows so the structure was what we call fully-involved," Pavilion Chief Paul Dougherty said.
Homeowner Kenneth Bearce was home at the time.
"Jim and I were out here cutting wood to start out with and one of the chain saws wasn't working well so I took it in the basement to repair it," he said. "I come back out to start puting logs on the trailer and I heard my fire alarm go off in the basement and I walked back in there and it was basically full of smoke. At that point we thought we better get back upstairs and save the dogs."
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with doors that closed. These were useful for holding impromptu meetings with collaborators or for finding a quiet place to read a journal article.
Around the same time we were beginning to realize that growth was hurting information flow, we ran out of office space. So upper management decided we would move into another building next door and provide cubicles for the scientific staff, instead of offices.
Unfortunately, they failed to effectively communicate this decision to the scientists before it was made. When the researchers heard that some scientists would still have offices while others would have small, almost public cubicles, there was a lot of emotion. 'Others' were making decisions that affected 'our' work without talking with us. It seemed as though the egalitarian atmosphere of the company was disappearing.
The researchers got together to decide what to do. Gillis was present and, demonstrating his ability to focus on the important things, stated that the decision had been made and Immunex was moving forward. Delay was never an option.
And kill it was not going to be an option here. But a change of direction was still possible – maybe we could find a creative way to produce usable cubicles instead of the generic ones planned.
If the scientists could come up with something that satisfied us and also satisfied the corporate needs, go ahead. He gave us about a week.
It actually became a great experience, with several of us working hard to find a workable compromise between space and privacy.
We added a few extra walls to provide some privacy. But they were still too low, allowing anyone standing up to see everyone else.
We brought in an acoustic specialist who told us how sound works and how to muffle it with foam. We came up with the novel idea of putting colored plexiglass extensions on top of the walls with a tube of foam on top. It not only blocked everyone's view but also provided really good soundproofing.
We ended up creating just as many cubicles as the company needed but with much more privacy.
Instead of telling us that they had made a decision and that was that, live with it, the management of Immunex wanted us to adapt their decision so that it would work for all.
Management wanted our creativity to be used on this problem. And they supported that creativity.
It was one of the smartest management decisions I thought Immunex ever made. Like some form of judo, our emotional responses were harnessed to find innovative solutions to a facilities problem.
And, as I recall, the design of the cubicles won an award. Not too bad for an insurrection.
5) Vet everything in the open. Then vet it again. The increasing size of Immunex began to make information flow too sluggish to arrive at good decisions. So we developed novel ways to exchange the needed data in ways that enhanced our abilities to innovate and make decisions.
Unlike many companies, we openly examined every research project in depth every four months. We leveraged our management infrastructure to create a matrixed system, one where department heads responsible for budgets of multiple projects butted heads with project chairs whose projects worked across departments.
After going through all the projects, the management would prioritize each project based on resources, money, etc. Then four months later we would do it again.
This sort of competitive conflict helped focus our scarce resources.
But initial problem because of those limited resources was that too often the process became a zero sum game – for one project to get ahead, another one needed to be cut. As we got larger and information flow degraded, things like politicking and personality began to encroach on decision points rather than purely objective, empirical information.
The process increased the chances of making poor decisions.
So, in typical Immunex fashion, we applied our own creative approaches to an internal company process, enhancing the information gathering aspects of the process and permitting decision points to be more effectively reached.
We did this by opening up the process, making the vetting transparent and finding a way to prevent some the adversarial aspects of this approach from overpowering our decisions.
Before the meeting, every project was assigned a chaperone – a neutral department head who would sit down with the project chair before the review and go over the progress, ask questions about problems and get a good idea of what was going on. Then at the meeting, the chaperone would introduce the project and discuss the relevant information, not the project chair.
Attention was thus directed to the chaperone – a department head – rather than the project chair. In fact, the project chair was often there to answer questions, not to defend the project. We could focus on the science.
By now having both a department head and a project chair driving the discussion, the entire dynamic of the meetings changed from an adversarial form – department heads vs. project chairs – into a more collegial one – committed people all striving for the same goal.
As time went on – because of their excellent ability to transfer information – we made these meetings open to anyone. Many employees at all levels could sit in on them just to get quickly up to date on all the projects.
This added vetting provided all sorts of benefits. Entirely new information that had not been known to either the project chairs or department heads would come out. Some of the discussions sparked entirely new directions of research.
It became easier for us to all move in the same direction, together.
More than anything else we did at Immunex, I believe these meetings overcame many of the growth problems we had experienced.
But they did so much more, because they leveraged the large increase in size Immunex had undergone to allow a much larger and more diverse group of creative minds to examine major research decision points.
In some ways, it allowed us to attack a much wider and more complex set of problems than when we were only 50 people.
Open vetting did more than bring the best of the insurrectional minds at Immunex to bear on a problem. It also put all the information out in the open, permitting all of us to understand why a decision was made.
Now when the decisions – move forward, kill it, change direction – were made for each project, people were pretty much in agreement because they could see the rationale for the decision. They had seen the information presented; their concerns had been heard by all. They understood.
It was not one group deciding what another group would do. The vetting was not a zero-sum game of project death matches but a consensus-driven community united in its goals.
This process actually reduced the "fog of war" problems found when dealing with complex biological systems, even as we got larger.
Openness can enhance all the other lessons.
These lessons I learned are interconnected. The handicaps of a large company can be overcome by increasing openness and leveraging creativity, in order to enhance information flow. The faster information gets to the right people, the faster the company can move out of the gray and towards decision points that are successful.
Any company that can utilize these 5 lessons will be well on the way to a successful and important one. And its influence will not wane, even if it disappears from the Web.
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Report looks to build on Onslow growth
A new Western Australian Government report has identified issues that need to be addressed in Onslow to help maximise the potential growth created by the resources industry.
Planning Minister John Day says the Onslow Regional Hot Spots report shows the town could treble its number of residents in the next five years, with further increases by 2022.
Mr Day says the report provides information about the current facilities in Onslow and what needs to be done to to help make the most of the growth generated by the Wheatstone and Macedon projects.
"Supply of water, supply of power, ensuring that development occurs in areas which are not going to be subject to storm surge, given some of the flooding possibilities and cyclonic events that do occur off the north-west coast," he said.
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Will Ferrell is an afro-wearing basketball player (well, sort of) who wrestles a bear, jumps over cheerleaders, and shoots free throws underhanded. Somewhere between doing those things, I'm guessing he finds time to romance Maura Tierney, the female lead in the sports comedy. Here's your trailer for Will Ferrell's basketball movie "Semi-Pro". It looks kind of funny, but then again, the trailer for most Will Ferrell movie looks kind of funny. The movies themselves? Not so much.
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Tucked away in a small strip mall in Coral Spring's Turtle Run area, Tobu Thai & Sushi restaurant is a hidden treasure. While the interior is more modest when compared to some of the more 'flashy' Thai restaurants around, Tobu Thai & Sushi really stands out due to the service, great menu selection and food quality.
When we walked into Tobu Thai & Sushi, we were seated right away. The restaurant has some booths and tables along with a small sushi bar with a small TV overhead. The restaurant is very clean – always a good sign. The walls were interesting, decorated in MDF type plywood which seemed to work well and gave uniqueness to the space.
Marcia was our server and was over to greet us at the table and drop off the menus. She introduced herself and was really genially friendly. We chatted with her for a bit and found that Tobu Thai & Sushi is a family run business and they have been in the area for years. She took our drink orders and we looked over the large menu that covers everything Thai. Sushi, curry, stir fry and all kinds of soups and appetizers. They had pages of items and we found it hard to narrow down some choices since everything sounded really good.
We had to start the meal off with soup of course. Usually soup flies out of a kitchen, but we noticed that it seemed to be taking a bit longer than expected. As soon as the soup was dropped off, we realized what they actually made each soup to order! Both bowls were steaming hot and everything in the soup was done perfectly.
The Wonton Soup has bean sprouts, nappa cabbage and a good number of delicate wontons. They top it with scallions and what we think is toasted garlic. The broth was very light in color and had the perfect balance of salt. The wontons were very tender and not overdone as we find in many Thai restaurant's and the chicken filling was tasty. They even added fresh chicken breast to the soup as well which was tender and actually one of the best we've had.
The Tom Yum Gai is one of our favorites as well and has chicken, lemon grass and mushrooms. Unfortunately, they had run out of the mushrooms for the soup so we requested them to add some nappa cabbage. The swap out with cabbage actually worked out very well.. The broth was slightly spicy with lots of layers of flavor and the same fresh chicken breast we had in the wonton soup.
We also ordered the Spring Rolls which came out shortly after we finished our soups. They were fried to a perfect golden brown and came out so hot, we had to wait for them to cool down. The mixed vegetable filling was fresh and totally hit the spot.
Rather than going for a curry dish or an entrée, we decided to get a few sushi rolls, the Dragon Roll and the Turtle Run Roll. Helpful tip – at any sushi roll, look for a locally named roll as these are usually the most unique and fun to try. The guy rolling the sushi was quite busy and seemed to be getting rolls out pretty quickly for delivery orders, take out and the dining room.
The Dragon Roll is shrimp tempura, asparagus with masago, topped with avocado, eel sauce and spicy mayo. This was a huge roll with a very nice presentation. The shrimp was fresh and still crisp and the rice was cooked perfectly. The sauces went perfectly with the roll and we liked how fresh all the veggies were. The price was also very reasonable which makes this roll a very good value (to go with the great taste).
The Turtle Run Roll is imitation crab and shrimp in a spicy mayo with cucumber, avocado with soy wrapper on the outside. This was one of the coolest looking rolls we've ever seen and looked awesome on the plate. We've never seen yellow soy wrapper and thought it was so unique. This roll also tasted as good as it looked and was really packed with flavor. We had requested some ponzu sauce on the side and it really made the flavor of this roll pop.
After we received the bill and chatting with Marcia a bit more, she convinced us to try something for dessert. Right, she really had to twist our arm. We told her to bring out whatever she suggests and in about five minutes the best Thai Doughnuts ever came out. These were freshly made and still so hot you needed chopsticks. They were crisp on the outside and soft like a pillow on the inside we said "Oh, this is what Thai Doughnuts are supposed to be like". They serve them with a side of a sweet glaze to dip as you wish. Nice job Tobu Thai & Sushi!
We really enjoyed our visit to Tobu Thai & Sushi restaurant and we're still thinking about how warm and friendly they were. The food also stands out making this a true treasure in Coral Springs and makes this one of our new favorites.
Tobu Thai & Sushi is located at 6287 W Sample Rd Coral Springs FL in the Ross and Burlington Coat Factory plaza in the Turtle Run shopping area. Tobu Thai & Sushi menu.


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Windows update error 80070424
I am getting this error
|My System Specs
|24 Dec 2011
Can I please ask you to work through the steps, or run the Fix-It here please: Windows Update error 80070424
Thanks a lot!
|My System Specs
|24 Dec 2011
I suspect that you have other problems also - the error means that a service is no longer installed.
HAve you been using a Registry Cleaner of some kind? - If so, then that's the cause of your problems. You need to UNDO anything it's done recently, and then attempt WU again.
It may help to identify the actual problem to run an MGADiag report.
To properly analyse and solve problems with Activation and Validation, we need to see a full copy of the report produced by the MGADiag tool (download and save to desktop - http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=52012 )
Once saved, run the tool.
Click on the Continue button, which will produce the report.
To copy the report to your response, click on the Copy button in the tool (ignore any error messages at this point), and then paste (using either r-click/Paste, or Ctrl+V ) into your response.
Also - what response do you get if you open a Command Prompt window, and issue the following commands.
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|24 Dec 2011
Please follow the advice of NoelDP above. I too would be very interested to see that MGADiag report.
Did you find all of the services? Were all of them present? Also, did any of them fail to start? Any error messages?
Curiously, your copy of Windows claims that it has never been updated. Is this true?
Thanks a lot!
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|24 Dec 2011
I suspect that you have other problems also - the error means that a service is no longer installed.
HAve you been using a Registry Cleaner of some kind? - If so, then that's the cause of your problems. You need to UNDO anything it's done recently, and then attempt WU again.
It may help to identify the actual problem to run an MGADiag report.
To properly analyse and solve problems with Activation and Validation, we need to see a full copy of the report produced by the MGADiag tool (download and save to desktop - http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=52012 )
Once saved, run the tool.
Click on the Continue button, which will produce the report.
To copy the report to your response, click on the Copy button in the tool (ignore any error messages at this point), and then paste (using either r-click/Paste, or Ctrl+V ) into your response.
Also - what response do you get if you open a Command Prompt window, and issue the following commands.
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I suspect that you've been using WiseFixer?
The immediate problem of the failing service it with the Software Protection Servise - whic is commonly deleted by WiseFixer.
First make sure that Notepad is configured NOT to wrap! (click on View - UNcheck 'Wrap') then make sure that there are only 4 lines of code, all beginning with 'sc ', each followed by a single blank line.
If that's not the case, then you may have a corrupt file, so try downloading it again.
Highlight ALL the text in the Code box - select Copy
sc create sppsvc binPath= %SystemRoot%\System32\sppsvc.exe DisplayName= "Software Protection" depend= Rpcss start= delayed-auto obj= "NT AUTHORITY\NetworkService" password= "" sc privs sppsvc SeAuditPrivilege/SeChangeNotifyPrivilege/SeCreateGlobalPrivilege/SeImpersonatePrivilege sc sdset sppsvc D:(A;;CCLCSWRPWPDTLOCRRC;;;SY)(A;;CCDCLCSWRPWPDTLOCRSDRCWDWO;;;BA)(A;;CCLCSWRPLOCRRC;;;IU)(A;;CCLCSWRPLOCRRC;;;SU)(A;;LCRP;;;AU)S:(AU;FA;CCDCLCSWRPWPDTLOCRSDRCWDWO;;;WD) sc sidtype sppsvc UNRESTRICTED
Open an Elevated Command Prompt window - click on the Start button, and in the Search box, type CMD. wait for the system to find the one file, then right-click on that and select Run as Administrator. Accept the UAC prompt if you get one
Right-click on the C:\ icon (top left of the window) and select Edit... >Paste
You should get Success responses after each line of code
when complete, reboot
test the outcome, by running another MGAdiag report - there are other errors presnet which will also require fixing.
I Just noticed - this installation of Windows is NON_GENUINE - it is using an OEM_SLP Key on a motherboard which cannot possibly support such an installation.
Whatever we do will NOT fix that!
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BOSTON Taking his cue from Alvin Toffler, Samsung Electronics' LCD President and CEO Sang-Wan Lee boldly predicted Tuesday (May 24) a "third wave" of liquid-crystal display development that would propel annual flat-panel LCD TV sales to 100 million by 2010 and yield screen sizes exceeding 100 inches.
Speaking at the keynote session for the Society of Information Display Conference here, Lee said the goals were achievable, considering the obstacles LCD technology has cleared over the past decade.
"LCD technology continues to break all size assumptions," said Lee. "Size should no longer be considered an issue."
Lee described how the first wave of LCD development enabled mobile computing, while the second wave allowed LCDs to replace CRTs as the dominant monitor display. He said he expected the LCD TV wave to "last a long time".
Revealing an ambitious roadmap for LCD TVs, Lee called for the industry to standardize on 32-, 40-, 46-, 52- and 57-inch screens for TVs, 26- and 32-inch screens for smaller TVs, and 23-inch screens for personal TVs. Screens 80 inches and larger would be used for applications like public information displays.
Though the industry is just now bringing online generation 7 fabs, Lee said generation 9 production would allow fabricating six 57-inch panels from a single substrate. He did not elaborate on when this would happen.
Lee said Samsung was working on next-generation fab concepts, and creating a central production complex that would centralize both fab and component production to ease supply-chain logistics.
To achieve these milestones, Lee said the industry needs to first achieve the goal of a $1,000, 32-inch screen. Reducing material cost, which he estimated accounts for 75 percent of the manufacturing cost of an LCD panel, is the the key to reachikng these milestones.


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ATHENS (Reuters) – Bombs exploded at the Swiss and Russian embassies in Athens on Tuesday and police found suspect packages at two other embassies in a wave of parcel bomb attacks in the Greek capital.
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Al-Aubaidi says Sadr worries that rejecting the constitution could prolong Iraq's political instability and deepen its security crisis. "There is a strong argument to say 'Yes' to the constitution in order to stabilize the situation and move ahead," says al-Aubaidi. "There may be more to be gained from [a unanimous Shiite vote] than from division. We have to think very hard before announcing a decision."
This is not the first time Sadr has vacillated on a crucial political issue. He also sat on the fence during the run-up to the Jan. 30 vote, simultaneously denouncing the election as illegitimate because it was being held under occupation, but stopping short of ordering a boycott. And then, once Sistani announced his backing for the election, Sadr did a volte-face, even fielding some of his own candidates.
Sistani and Sadr disagree on important issues, but many Shiites who subscribe to Sadr's radical political views also venerate Sistani as the highest theological authority. Sadr has never dared to openly call on his supporters to disobey the Grand Ayatollah.
Some Sunni groups, like the Association of Muslim Scholars (AMS), which represents over 3,000 clerics, still cling to the hope that Sadr will join the "No" camp. "Like us, he recognizes that the federalism clause [in the draft] is the first step toward breaking up this country," says Abdel Salam Qubbaisi, spokesman for the AMS. But others are sceptical. "In the end, he will probably leave it to his followers to make individual decisions," says Iyad al-Samarrai, spokesman for the Iraqi Islamic Party, the largest Sunni organization. If that happens, al-Samarrai concedes, Sadr followers will likely take their lead from Sistani.
A united Shiite vote on Oct 15. would be very bad news for the Sunni rejectionists. The draft constitution can be vetoed if 67% of the electorate votes "No" in three provinces. But although the Sunnis are a majority in three, it's far from certain they have the required two-thirds Sadr has substantial following in two of those provinces. A Sunni-Sadr alliance could conceivably carry a fourth province, Baghdad, where the Shiite leader has massive following. But without Sadr, Sunnis hoping to vote down the constitution will have a taller mountain to climb.


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"We're hoping that we'll have a breakthrough soon, but in terms of the information thereof, I don't want to divulge it as yet."
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FILED: April 1, 2009
an Oregon corporation,
dba Willamina Lumber Company,
Multnomah County Circuit Court
Richard C. Baldwin, Judge.
On respondent's petition for attorneys fees and costs filed September 30, 2008; appellant's response to respondent's petition for attorney fees and costs filed October 14, 2008; respondent's reply on motion for attorneys fees and costs filed October 24, 2008; appellant's statement of costs and disbursements filed September 30, 2008; respondent's opposition to appellant's statement of costs and disbursements filed October 14, 2008; appellant's response to respondent's objection to costs filed October 27, 2008; and respondent's supplemental petition for attorney fees filed October 24, 2008.Ā Opinion filed September 10, 2008.Ā 222 Or App 230, 193 P3d 96.
Craig A. Crispin and Crispin Employment Lawyers for petition.
Edwin A. Harnden, Brenda K. Baumgart, and Barran Liebman LLP for response.
Before Haselton, Presiding Judge, and Armstrong, Judge, and Rosenblum, Judge.
Designation of prevailing party modified to designate plaintiff as the prevailing party on appeal; defendant's statement of costs and disbursements denied; plaintiff's petition and supplemental petition for attorney fees allowed for $18,907.79.
In Hamlin v. Hampton Lumber Mills, Inc., 222 Or App 230, 193 P3d 96 (2008), we designated defendant as the prevailing party on appeal and allowed it costs and disbursements.Ā Notwithstanding that designation, plaintiff petitioned for attorney fees and costs, which defendant has opposed.Ā Defendant also submitted a statement of costs and disbursements.Ā For the reasons set forth below, we conclude that we erred in designating defendant as the prevailing party.Ā Accordingly, we designate plaintiff as the prevailing party, award him attorney fees and costs, and deny defendant's statement of costs and disbursements.
Plaintiff initiated employment discrimination claims , ORS 659A.040 - 659A.043, against defendant, seeking compensatory and punitive damages.Ā A jury awarded plaintiff $6,000 in economic damages, no noneconomic damages, and $175,000 in punitive damages.Ā Defendant appealed and challenged only the punitive damage award, arguing that (1) plaintiff did not present evidence sufficient to support the award, and (2) even if a punitive damage award was appropriate, the amount awarded by the jury was excessive.Ā We determined that the evidence was sufficient to support an award of punitive damages.Ā Hamlin, 222 Or App at 237-38.Ā However, we also concluded that the award exceeded due process limits and required that it be reduced to approximately $24,000.Ā Id. at 247-50.Ā We designated defendant as the prevailing party on appeal.Ā See ORAP 13.05(3).Ā Accordingly, defendant submitted a statement of costs and disbursements.Ā Plaintiff, meanwhile, petitioned for attorney fees and costs, arguing that he was entitled to fees and costs pursuant to ORS 659A.885(1).
ORS 659A.885(1) provides that, in employment discrimination actions such as the one plaintiff successfully brought here, "the court may allow the prevailing party costs and reasonable attorney fees at trial and on appeal."Ā Although that language is permissive, Oregon courts have construed it as mandatory and highly favorable to plaintiffs, holding that prevailing plaintiffs are entitled to recover their attorney fees.Ā Chase v. Vernam, 199 Or App 129, 138-39, 110 P3d 128 (2005); see also Turnbow v. K.E. Enterprises, Inc., 155 Or App 59, 68, 962 P2d 764 (1998) (holding same under former equivalent statute); Dobie v. Liberty Homes, 53 Or App 366, 373-74, 632 P2d 449 (1981) (same).Ā Along those same lines, prevailing defendants generally cannot recover attorney fees unless they can show that the plaintiff brought a claim in bad faith or asserted a frivolous, unfounded, or objectively unreasonable claim.Ā Chase, 199 Or App at 139; Turnbow, 155 Or App at 68.Ā In so holding, the courts have identified the statute's underlying legislative policy:Ā promoting vigorous enforcement of employment discrimination statutes and encouraging employees with reasonable claims to assert them.Ā See, e.g., Turnbow, 155 Or App at 68 (summarizing rationale as described in Dobie, 53 Or App at 373-74).
ORS 20.077 governs our determination of the prevailing party "[i]n any action or suit in which one or more claims are asserted for which an award of attorney fees is either authorized or required."Ā Subsection (2) states:Ā
"For the purposes of making an award of attorney fees on a claim, the prevailing party is the party who receives a favorable judgment * * * on the claim."
Further, subsection (3) provides:
"Notwithstanding subsection (2) of this section, upon appeal of a judgment in an action or suit in which one or more claims are asserted for which the prevailing party may receive an award of attorney fees, the appellate court in its discretion may designate as the prevailing party a party who obtains a substantial modification of the judgment."
Hence, in a case such as this, where attorney fees are authorized by statute, the default prevailing party is the one who receives a favorable judgment on the claim; however, at our discretion, we may designate as prevailing the "party who obtains a substantial modification of the judgment."Ā As applied here, for plaintiff to recover his fees and costs, we would need to determine that he received "a favorable judgment * * * on the claim"; in light of ORS 659A.885(1), he would then be entitled to fees and costs on appeal.Ā However, defendant asserts that this case presents appropriate circumstances for us to exercise our discretion and designate it as the prevailing party for obtaining "a substantial modification of the judgment," as we did.Ā The upshot of that scenario is that, given the limits in ORS 659A.885(1) on a prevailing defendant's ability to recover fees, neither party would recover its costs or fees on appeal.
As a preliminary matter, for purposes of determining the prevailing party, it is proper for us to narrow the scope of the "claim" on appeal to the parties' positions on appeal.Ā Cf. McCarthy v. Oregon Freeze Dry, Inc., 334 Or 77, 86, 46 P3d 721 (2002) (holding that it is appropriate for this court to review the plaintiff's position on appeal--not the factual merits of the underlying claim for discrimination--for purposes of determining whether the prevailing defendant should be awarded fees).Ā Here, defendant sought on appeal (1) complete relief from the punitive damage award and, alternatively, (2) a reduction in the punitive damage award to only one or two times the economic damage award.
Thus remains the question of properly identifying the "prevailing party" on appeal in a situation in which a defendant loses on its primary argument to eliminate punitive damages, but succeeds, in part, on its alternate argument to reduce those damages.Ā The parties here appear to agree that plaintiff is the prevailing party under ORS 20.077(2) as the party who received a favorable judgment on the claim.Ā We agree:Ā plaintiff succeeded in the underlying employment discrimination claim and succeeded in defending his award of some punitive damages, even though we ultimately reduced the award.Ā Hence, the question reduces to two issues: Ā(1) whether the reduction in the punitive damage award constitutes a "substantial modification" of the judgment and, (2) if so, whether it is proper for us to exercise our discretion under ORS 20.077(3) to designate defendant as the prevailing party.Ā We need not address the first issue because, assuming that our decision on the merits of defendant's appeal could constitute a "substantial" modification of the judgment, for two interrelated reasons, we decline to exercise our discretion to designate defendant as the prevailing party.
First, defendant did not obtain either of the two alternative modifications to the judgment that it sought on appeal.Ā Defendant's position was that (1) there should be no punitive damage award or (2) the punitive damage award should be, at most, two times the economic damage award (or roughly $12,000).Ā We disagreed with defendant on both points.Ā Plaintiff, on the other hand, successfully defended his entitlement to a punitive damage award, and we concluded that he is entitled to an award in the highest amount that due process allows.Ā In our view, those circumstances do not warrant an exercise of our discretion to designate defendant as the prevailing party on appeal.
Second, the underlying policy of ORS 659A.885(1) also counsels against departing from the default position by designating defendant, rather than plaintiff, as the prevailing party.Ā The policy interest in encouraging plaintiffs to bring legitimate employment discrimination claims does not end when a defendant challenges an aspect of the plaintiff's success on appeal.Ā Rather, it logically follows from that policy that a plaintiff should be encouraged to defend such claims on appeal by receiving attorney fees for those efforts when the plaintiff maintains a favorable judgment and the defendant does not succeed in obtaining its requested modifications to the judgment.
Hence, for those reasons, we designate plaintiff as the prevailing party on the appeal in this case.Ā Accordingly, we deny defendant's request for costs, and grant plaintiff's request for attorney fees and costs.Ā
Our only remaining task is to determine whether plaintiff's requested fees and costs are reasonable.Ā See ORS 20.075(2) (providing factors for determining reasonableness of requested attorney fees); ORS 20.310(2) (listing permitted costs and disbursements on appeal).Ā Plaintiff petitions for a total of $18,687.50 in attorney fees--$17,994.00 in his initial petition and $693.50 in his supplemental petition--and $365.29 in costs "recoverable as part of [the] attorney[] fees," that is, those costs billed directly to the client but that are not part of the general overhead of the law practice; plaintiff did not submit a statement of costs and disbursements.Ā Defendant does not dispute the reasonableness of plaintiff's requested attorney fees.Ā Upon review of the petition under the relevant factors in ORS 20.075(2), we conclude that plaintiff's request for $18,687.50 in attorney fees is reasonable.Ā
As for the costs, when an attorney's accounting and billing system attributes special overhead expenses, such as photocopying charges and postage to individual clients, and an attorney recovers those expenses by directly billing the client and not by folding those charges into the hourly rate, it is appropriate for us to include those charges in setting a reasonable attorney fee.Ā See Robinowitz v. Pozzi, 127 Or App 464, 470, 872 P2d 993, rev den, 320 Or 109 (1994).Ā We see no reason to depart from that rule as a general matter.
However, plaintiff's statement of costs recoverable as attorney fees includes the filing fee on appeal.Ā That fee is not a proper component of attorney fees; rather, it is one aspect of costs and disbursements recoverable by the prevailing party.Ā With our designation of plaintiff as the prevailing party on appeal, he will automatically recover that filing fee, ORS 20.310(2), and will also be awarded the prevailing party fee, ORS 20.190(1)(a).Ā We therefore exclude the filing fee from the costs awarded plaintiff as part of his attorney fees on appeal.Ā Thus, we allow plaintiff attorney fees, including costs attributable as attorney fees, of $18,907.79.
Designation of prevailing party modified to designate plaintiff as the prevailing party on appeal; defendant's statement of costs and disbursements denied; plaintiff's petition and supplemental petition for attorney fees allowed for $18,907.79.


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Why it's high time for action over booking fees
A LAW that bans banks from profiteering on mortgage exit fees could be used to finally stop airlines from gouging at least $100 million a year in credit card fees.
News Corp Australia can reveal Federal Treasury has advised the Abbott government that the best way to end the rort — which adds as much as $17 to a return flight — is to arm the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) with expanded powers to rein in over-the-top fees.
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SURCHARGES: ACCC takes Virgin and Jetstar to court
In June the minister responsible for consumer affairs, Bruce Billson, asked Treasury to propose a solution after News Corp revealed ASIC could not tackle supersized surcharges with existing laws.
Last night, Mr Billson told News Corp: "Our preliminary advice is that ASIC has some powers in relation to the transfer of mortgages and it would seem potentially logical to look to those powers and extend them to unreasonable fees as they relate to credit card transactions."
Since 2011, ASIC has been able to challenge banks to justify big exit fees. The test is whether the fees are more than lender costs. If ASIC believes they are it can go after the bank, including by taking courts action. Under these laws Westpac subsidiary RAMS agreed to refund about $3.3 million to 6400 consumers who had been slugged excessive early termination fees.
Choice campaign manager Erin Turner said it "sounds like something we would support".
If it eliminated unjustifiably hefty booking fees it would be a "great outcome for consumers", Ms Turner added.
Choice research shows families travelling to popular holiday destinations face credit card surcharges of up to $100.
In a submission to the Financial System Inquiry, Choice called for a regulator to be "given explicit legal power" to enforce a March 2013 Reserve Bank ruling meant to limit "surcharges to the reasonable cost of acceptance".
That cost is about one per cent of the ticket. But Choice has found airlines imposing surcharges of 4-17 per cent.
In 2012 Choice said Qantas alone was charging $100 million more than it should have been. Qantas rejected the Choice estimate, without providing actual figures. Qantas controls about two-thirds of the domestic aviation market.
In June, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission began Federal Court action against Qantas-owned Jetstar and Virgin alleging "misleading or deceptive conduct" or "false or misleading representations" in the way they lure would-be customers with super-low airfares, only to slug the "substantial majority" with payment surcharges. While the case may lead to better disclosure of surcharges, it won't bring them down.
Mr Billson also wants to lower surcharges imposed by ticketing agents, car-hire companies, hotels and taxis.
Mastercard has estimated Australians pay $130 a year each in surcharges, which combine to make a total slug of $1.6 billion.
Mastercard vice president Brent Thomas said the Treasury recommendation "would almost certainly bring many of those (existing surcharges) down". But he wanted that it may "give the green light to industries which don't currently impose fees".
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Prestonians are being encouraged to take advantage of a free fire safety check and fire alarm fitting after a mother and her toddler were alerted to a pan fire by their smoke alarm.
Crews from Preston Fire Service were called to a property on Mill Road in the city on Saturday morning when a pan of oil set alight.
Watch Manager Mark Woodward from Preston Fire Service said; "Please do not leave pans of oil unattended.
"In this case, the owner of the property was alerted to the fire by the smoke alarm that was installed in the home.
"The key safety message here is to keep an eye on any pans that you are cooking with.
"If they do set on fire and it is safe to do so, isolate any gas or electric, then get out and stay out.
"Anyone wishing to have their home fire safety checked and have a smoke alarm installed for free can call 0800 69 11 25."
The woman and her toddler were taken to Royal Preston Hospital as a precautionary measure and were treated with oxygen.


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A traditional four-year degree puts up some enticing numbers: According to statistics from the U.S. Department of Education, in 2008, young adults with bachelor's degrees were less likely to be unemployed than those with high school diplomas, while they earned 28 percent more than their peers with associate's degrees.
However, according to "Top 100 Careers Without a Four-Year Degree" co-author Laurence Shatkin — who, it should be noted, pursued a Ph.D. — there are still stable fields for those with less formal education and training.
Skilled labor
While some jobs will continue to be outsourced, others, by design, will have to stay right here in the U.S. "There is always going to be a need for skilled workers such as plumbers, electricians and construction workers. You can't ship these careers overseas — you need to have them here," says Shatkin.
Health care
While he notes that a four-year degree is still the preferred route for registered nurses, Shatkin identifies ultrasound technicians, medical office assistants and home health care aides as just a few of the positions that require less training and will be in demand. "It's not so much that they're new careers, but the workforce has expanded," he says. "It's partly that the population is getting older, and partly that there's new technology and people who will be covered by that. In an attempt to reduce costs, there's been a shift in responsibilities to lower paid workers."
Alternative energy
As "green" becomes mainstream, there will be a need for workers at every education level in alternative energy fields. "Every Wal-Mart that gets built now has a green roof," points out Shatkin, who predicts more opportunities in solar and wind power, hybrid cars and energy auditing.