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Top US firm Sullivan & Cromwell is boosting its commitment to its London office by moving three partners from New York – including one of the most highly-rated M&A lawyers in the world.
Global leader Neil Anderson has been named as head of the firm's European M&A practice. He is moving to London with fellow New York M&A partner George Sampas and litigation partner Ted Edelman.
The moves will boost the firm's European capability to nearly 70 lawyers, 50 of whom are in London.
Anderson says: "It is a big move and it's a move that makes sense. The work is already here – we have got more work than we can handle with the current resources in London.
"We see and expect a significant increase in both cross-border transactions within Europe and cross-Atlantic transactions. Inevitably that's going to mean the potential for hostile deals and deals where third parties may intervene with topping bids, which are really common in the US."
Anderson's clients include Diageo, Philips Electronics, J Sainsbury and Pharmacia – which is in the process of a merger with Monsanto.
He says that the move is about better serving existing clients rather than winning new work from big City firms.
"This is not a business where we compete in beauty parades.
"If we didn't dedicate these resources we would have to turn away more and more work and inevitably we don't want to do that," he says.
William Plapinger, managing partner of the firm's London office, says: "To some extent it's not an all or nothing situation.
"A lot of our deals already involve US and UK lawyers, now more of that will move to London."
The firm's chairman Ricardo Mestres says: "Europe is and will continue to be a focal point for merger activity for the foreseeable future, and we are adding a number of our leading lawyers to support the expanding needs of our international client base."
The firm will also relocate senior tax partner Willard Taylor to its Paris office in June. He is also one of the global leaders in his practice area.
The New York firm also has offices in Washington, Los Angeles, Paris, Frankfurt, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Beijing and Melbourne.

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Saint Leo University is one of the largest and most innovative Catholic universities in the United States. Saint Leo enrolls students at the traditional University Campus, at more than 40 education centers and offices, and through the Center for Online Learning. University-wide, Saint Leo enrolls students from 49 states, the District of Columbia, three U.S. territories, and 86 countries. Saint Leo University ranks as one of the nation's leading providers of higher education for active duty military and veterans, and it is a nationally recognized leader in online education.
The Department of Undergraduate Criminal Justice is seeking qualified candidates for a full-time, non-tenure track, faculty position to teach Criminal Justice courses at our Adult Education Center in Saint Leo, Florida
This is a twelve (12) month, year round, full-time faculty appointment with eight (8) weeks release time to be determined in consultation with the department chair.
This position is pending final budgetary approval for the 2015-2016 academic year.
Review of candidate materials begins immediately for anticipated start date of July or August 2015. To apply, submit letter of introduction documenting successful teaching experience; curriculum vitae; three letters of recommendation (all should be professional references and at least one from a recent superior); values statement (500 words or less) and teaching philosophy (500 words or less), which highlights how your teaching and administrative philosophy and practices fit the Mission and Values of Saint Leo University; official transcripts (including WES evaluation if from an international university); and student evaluations from the last year (at least six classes, an even mix of graduate and undergraduate).
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India withdraws controversial anti-encryption proposals
Following a storm of protest, the Indian government has withdrawn its ill-conceived draft National Encryption Policy proposals within 24 hours of them being published. Telecoms minister Ravi Shankar Prasad explained the move,
"I personally feel that some of the expression used in the draft are giving rise to uncalled-for misgivings. Therefore, I have written to DeitY to withdraw that draft, rework it properly and thereafter put in the public domain."
Like many governments, that of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's is worried about the rise of secure end-to-end encrypted apps such as WhatsApp, Google Hangouts, and iMessage. Because these apps encrypt and decrypt users' communications on their phones and computers, with messages stored locally and not on any central servers, the Indian government has become alarmed by its inability to access this data.
The draft National Encryption Policy was aimed at overcoming this problem by effectively undermining all meaningful encryption. The proposals included:
- That all citizens who use encryption "shall reproduce the same Plain text and encrypted text pairs using the software/hardware used to produce the encrypted text from the given plain text. All information shall be stored by the concerned B/C (business/citizen) entity for 90 days from the date of transaction and made available to Law Enforcement Agencies as and when demanded in line with the provisions of the laws of the country." Deleting messages or refusing to hand over key pairs to the government when requested could result in jail terms
- Foreign companies should comply with Indian laws, and store communications in plain text and provide the Indian government with access to these
- E-commerce websites should keep transaction details in plaintext for 90 days
- "Encryption algorithms and key sizes will be prescribed by the Government"
These proposals would have made using many encrypted products and services effectively illegal, and made encryption so weak, and data so vulnerable to hacking, as to be pointless. Furthermore, the practical issue of how to enforce such rules either on international companies (over 80 percent Internet users in India regularly use overseas services such as Facebook, Gmail, Skype, etc.,) or on private citizens was not answered in the draft.
Unsurprisingly, public and industry reaction to the proposals was highly critical, leading to their rapid withdrawal. It is likely, however, that amended proposals will be pushed through by the government at some point future in the future, and although these might attempt to tackle the most glaring problems present on the aborted draft, we don't hold much hope of the government changing its basic misguided stance towards encryption.


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Globalization is a word that people use as propaganda. It means free trade and we have had free trade for centuries. It was not easy trade. There were obstacles like contrary winds, lack of maps, pirates and so on but Phoenicians came to Cornwall to buy tin so that they could make bronze. This was about the time of Christ and one trip per summer would have been about it. We got direct government meddling later and it always pandered to special interests. Now efficient shipping means that transport is cheaper and making things where people are paid much less makes sense. Efficient telecommunications mean that moving intellectual work overseas is possible. Economists think it is great until other economists turn up called Wong and Singh, men who do it for MUCH less.
Globalization is great isn't it? It is only the lower classes losing their jobs - at first. Employers love it. They use the illegal immigrants to drive wages down further. Communist subversives love it too. Illegals destroy society and destroy England. It is slow at first, then it gets faster. That is what Antonio Gramsci told them to do. That is what they are doing.
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A Shropshire factory is to close with the loss of around 150 jobs. Johnson Controls, which makes car parts, is transferring business from Telford to its Leamington Spa factory. The Transport and General Workers Union (TGWU) confirmed on Monday the plant in Halesfield was to close because of "under capacity".
A car parts company, which employs more than 350 people in the north-east of England and the West Midlands, has gone into administration. Vickers Pressings Tolwood Automotive manufactures a variety of products used in the car assembly industry. It is based in Newton Aycliffe, County Durham, where there are 111 employees, and has sites in Newcastle, with 195 employees, and 61 in the West Midlands.
400 jobs lost at TV glass factory
A manufacturer of glass for cathode-ray tubes used in television sets has announced that 400 jobs are to be lost with the closure of its Cardiff plant. Nippon Electric Glass (UK) Limited announced the job losses on Friday, blaming low sales and profits.
Jobs to go at Rolls-Royce plant
Jobs are to go in the company's naval marine division. Rolls-Royce has announced that up to 80 jobs are to be lost at its naval marine division in Bristol. The company has blamed restructuring and "efficiency and workload reviews" for the cuts at its Patchway plant and Fishponds office.
Jobs axe for Tesco depot workers
Three hundred jobs are to go at a supermarket distribution centre in Milton Keynes. In February next year Tesco will close the Kiln Farm depot. Tesco says the depot, which opened 32 years ago, can no longer operate at a level needed to serve the company's stores and customers.
Brewing firm is to cut 200 jobs
The brewers Coors has confirmed more than 200 jobs are to be axed over the next three years at its plant in Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire. The company said the jobs are being shed as part of an ongoing process to cut costs by £50m by 2008.
Whitbread profits up but jobs go
Hotels and leisure group Whitbread is cutting 250 jobs despite reporting an 11% rise in interim profits. Profits rose to £102.9m ($181.9m), with a 13% sales rise to £809m, but the company warned that the consumer environment remained challenging. The job cuts will take place at its headquarters in Luton with the aim of saving the company £25m a year.
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Rajshri Productions has been producing Pyaar Ka Dard Hai on Star Plus for two years and is all set to launch another of their new ventures on Life OK soon. The show that was tentatively titled Khel Khel Mein has got its final title in Mere Rang Mein Rangnewali.
The serial that will present a joint family with three generations staying together has Babuji Alok Nath playing the patriarch head of the boys family. The male lead will be played by The Buddy Project fame Samridh Bawa and the female lead by a newbie Pranali Ghoghare.
The show is touted to be a complete family drama with a slice of life story about young love. The title too has been taken from Rajshris popular song from Salman Khan starrer Maine Pyaar Kiya.
Now, here is another update on the cast of the show. Talented actor Vishnu Bholwani, who impressed viewers with his menacing demeanour in Jee Le Zara, has been roped in to play the main negative character in the project.
Playing a lawyer, Vishnus character will have a sweet and loving face in the public whereas he will be selfish and money minded in real life. His only intention will be to get the property of the family.
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Caddy Escalade Has Highest Theft Rate
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Cadillac May Build Euro-Specific Model
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GM Working Plants Overtime Over Blackout
General Motors will run some plants overtime this weekend so that it can make up for time lost to last week's blackout. Reuters reports that 15 of GM's 30 plants in North America will work overtime to recover lost production. The blackout of the east coast included southeast Michigan, and nine of GM's plants were directly affected by the power outages. GM has resumed production across its network, though it did slow down builds in Ontario in response to a Canadian request that manufacturers move slowly to ramp up to prior power usage. GM has Ontario's permission to run its plants overtime this weekend, a spokesperson told the news service.
Deal Close for Goodyear, Union
Goodyear is closing in on a new labor contract with its unionized work force, according to wire reports. The company is bargaining with the United Steelworkers of America on a new three-year contract that could help the company avoid a deeper financial crisis. The company has been fighting high production costs and has failed to capitalize on Bridgestone's weakness during the Firestone recall of 2000. Goodyear is seeking labor force and cost cuts from its pool of 19,000 employees and fourteen U.S. plants. Union employees must accept the tentative agreement, which could be presented to them in a matter of days, Reuters reports.
UAW Tries Southern Union Gambit by Joseph Szczesny (8/11/2003)
Mass transfers of UAWers into Alabama and Georgia could be the union's ticket to organizing southern auto plants.
Goodyear Closing Shop in Alabama?
As Goodyear tries to reach a new work agreemet with its union work force, the company's Alabama tire factory may be on the chopping block. The Huntsvile, Ala., tire factory could be shuttered and 1100 jobs axed if the union agrees to a tentative pact with the United Steelworkers of America. The company and the union have been negotiating for five months on a new work agreement. The Alabama plant manufactures Dunlop tires.


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Ok I have two related tables one which contains the main fields called 'opportunities' and one which contains addition fields called 'opportunities_cstm'. For our purposes the opportunities table contains the following fields: id and sales_stage. The opportunities_cstm table contains the fields id_c and percentage_before_closed. id_c is what relates the two tables.
sales_stage contains the values from 1 to 10 and also either 'Closed Lost' or 'Closed Won'. In the actual application 1 to 10 represent percentage bands from 0-9% to 90-99% and closed lost is 0% and closed won is 100%.
percentage_before_closed stores the percentage band that it was at before it was closed so it can contain any number from 0 to 99.
So in my actual query I need display a percentage for each sales_stage on how many opportunities reached this stage and resulted in a won opportunity and how many reach this stage and resulted in a lost.
So far I only have the following sql query but I realise I have to fit two sub-queries in somewhere to get the closed won and closed lost percentages.
But this query is actually frying my brain here so any help on how to achieve this would be greatly appreciated.Code:SELECT opportunities.`sales_stage` , opportunities_cstm.`percent_before_closed_c` FROM `opportunities` opportunities, `opportunities_cstm` opportunities_cstm WHERE opportunities.`sales_stage` != 'Closed Lost' AND opportunities.`sales_stage` != 'Closed Won' GROUP BY opportunities.`sales_stage`


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Complaint Review: Innovative Merchant Solutions
- Innovative Merchant Solutions
26541 Agoura Road
Calabasas, California
- Phone: 702-696-6651
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- Category: Auto Parts
Innovative Merchant Solutions Withheld $46,000 Dollars, Put Us Out Of Business, DON'T FALL VICTIM!! Calabasas California
*Consumer Comment: Innovative Merchant Solutions - These Type of Unscrupulous Companies & Practices Must be Stopped
We opened our online business on June 1, 2008. We were anxious to be able to start taking credit cards and found Innovative Merchant Solutions online. I did not do any research, but spoke to a good salesman, first name Dan, (he's still there)and he convinced me they were the merchants for us. I signed up. I sent my application in which asked how much we thought we would do in volume each month. After careful consideration, my wife and I put $180,000 per mo. on the application. Dan called me back and said we would never get approved for that amount and to fax him a letter stating that we "Made a mistake" and meant to say $18,000 per mo. I told him we would do that in a day. He assured me everything would be fine, and they would adjust the account as our sales increased and it would not be a problem. We did as we were told as we wanted to get the doors open.
Big mistake, we did the volume we thought we would and started receiving calls from there so called "Risk Management Dept." (what a joke this is as they only thing they will risk is "your business") They said that we were way over what we were suppose to be doing in volume and they froze our accounts for review. I explained we did as we were told to do by there sales rep and that we knew our volume would be high, but your sales rep. said everything would be fine. Not so.
All I knew is that none of our charges were making it to our bank account.
I can't tell you how much stress this put me under, I asked for a manager as they were holding $46,000 of our money and I could not make payroll or fulfill customer orders without that money and that they were going to put us under. (they didn't care, in fact they were quite rude and said we were probably a fraudulent company) They put me in touch with Abee Mohika (should have known we were in trouble as his extension is 66612), Risk Management Manager, this guy is heartless, he told me to fax invoices, references of satisfied customers, shipping logs, the list went on. It took me the better part of 2 days to put all this together for him. I faxed it over. They said they were satisfied and would release some of my money but were going to keep $25,000 as a security deposit for 270 days and thats that. They released $16,000 (which took them over a week to get to me after they said I'd have it in 2 days) my wife was in tears and we were watching all our hard work go down the drain thanks to this unscrupulous company and there so called risk management dept. these guys are real scum.
It's been almost 9 months now. I'm suppose to get the money back by the end of May. (I'm sure there going to come up with something else however) We will more than likely have to get a lawyer. We used up the rest of our home equity line to stay afloat. This company does not care about your 1.5 percent on the charges. They are after the bigger money in freezing small business peoples accounts and holding there money for as long as they can. You will not see any interest on that money but I bet they will.
Things got very slow by November and December was even worse. We had to close as we had no reserves left. We might have made it if this company did not
STEAL $25,000 from us. When signing up, that certainly is not part of the sales pitch. Watch out for these guys. They will shatter your dreams of being your own boss as they did for my wife and I. I'm open to a class action suit if anyone out there wants to jump on board. These extortionists need to be shut down.
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Innovative Merchant Solutions - These Type of Unscrupulous Companies & Practices Must be Stopped
AUTHOR: This Must Be Stopped - (U.S.A.)
SUBMITTED: Thursday, June 25, 2009POSTED: Thursday, June 25, 2009
Wow, this must be stopped. There needs to be regulations in place, and I am happy to say that I have attempted to get this ball rolling. Additionally, I am very interested in a class action lawsuit. These dishonest and unfair practices cannot be permitted to continue.
We, like you and your wife, are facing a similiar situation-- where Eric, an Innovative sales rep, urged us to change our application but assured us that any deviation would be fine.
I'd like to know if you received the $25,000.
Thanks again for sharing your story.
God bless,
This must be stopped
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Terry Hébert is Professor in Pharmacology and Therapeutics at McGill University and a faculty member of the Newman Institute. He came to McGill in September 2005 after having spent nine years at the Montréal Heart Institute (a teaching hospital at the Université de Montréal). He is originally from southwestern Ontario (Windsor) and obtained my Ph.D. at the University of Toronto. He is a recipient of a Chercheur national Award from FRQS (2008-2012) and the 2008 John J. Day Award from the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada. His research lab is investigating G protein-coupled signal transduction systems with a view to determining their role in cardiac disease, with a particular emphasis on congenital heart disease.
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We are excited to announce the inauguration of the Marguerite D'Youville public lectures on Science, Medicine, and Christianity. These lectures will bring in leading scholars to McGill University to present cutting-edge perspectives on the relationship of faith, science and medicine.
The aim of these lectures is to encourage a constructive and open conversation between the sciences and the humanities, and in particular between scientists, theologians, and ethicists.
The lectures have been named after Marguerite D'Youville, a founding figure in Montreal's history, who helped establish Montreal's first hospital and the order of sisters, namely the Sisters of Charity of the Hôpital Général or Grey Nuns (as they are commonly known), who would go on to become major providers of healthcare not only in Montreal, but in Canada and parts of the United States. The lectures are a major new initiative of the Newman Institute of Catholic Studies.


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July 31, 2008
Toyota Motor (TM) is getting rave reviews for the on-site medical center it built at its truck factory in San Antonio. The medical center, which cost $9 million to build in 2007, could save the company many millions over the next decade, says BusinessWeek.
The program has helped Toyota slash big-ticket medical items including referrals to highly paid specialists, emergency room visits, and the use of costly brand-name drugs. Plus, there are big productivity gains because workers don't have to leave the plant and drive to a doctor's office for routine medical matters.
Other employers who have built similar medical centers say the cost savings come mainly from eliminating inefficiencies, including premium care that doesn't improve the patient's health:
- P.H. Glatfelter (GLT), a York (Pa.)-based paper manufacturer, says the company reduced costs by $2.1 million last year using a Take Care Health-run clinic to serve 1,700 workers at a plant in Chillicothe, Ohio.
- A large portion of the savings, says Greg Paradiso, Glatfelter's director of compensation and benefits, come from cutting unnecessary specialist referrals; at his plant, only 4 percent of patients are sent to a specialist, while 25 percent of patients in the surrounding community are referred out.
- By avoiding 2,100 such visits, with an average fee of $250, the company shaved $525,000 from its total health care bill.
Companies running clinics also tend to save money on medicines. At Glatfelter, the use of prescription drugs by employees fell by 5 percent after the clinic was opened, saving the company about $130,000.
The company-clinic movement faces an important test in November, says BusinessWeek. Walt Disney Parks & Resorts plans to open a $6 million facility at Disney World in Orlando, which will serve more than 400,000 employees and their dependents.
Source: David Welch, "Health Care Reform, Corporate Style," BusinessWeek, July 29, 2008.
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A year and a half before Russia's March annexation of Crimea resurrected Cold War fears in Eastern Europe, U.S. airmen began a series of security cooperation activities with countries across the region.
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The Luminous mysteries are the mysteries of the Permanent Diaconate. It would seem that since their introduction by St. Pope John Paul II in October of 2002, each and every bead prayed during for the Luminous mysteries has inspired the vocation of a new Permanent Deacon. Diaconate vocations have risen significantly since 2002 and I have every reason to believe that it is because of the Luminous mysteries. Allow me to elaborate using the mysteries themselves as my bulwark:
The Baptism of our Lord
One of the greatest privileges Deacons have is the grace to celebrate the Sacrament of Baptism. Here, the Deacon has the same grace as a priest through Holy Orders in that he is able to welcome people of all ages into Christ's universal family. As the celebrant of this Sacrament, the Deacon takes on the persona of St. John the Baptist and builds the body of Christ using the living stones of the children of God as his bricks and the sacred chrism and holy water as his mortar.
The Miracle at the Wedding at Cana
The other sacrament that the Deacon has been called to celebrate is that of Marriage. He takes his place as servant to the true celebrants, the bride and groom, who are representative of Christ and His Church. The Deacon, then, witnesses the unity of minds, bodies and souls into one unified declaration of love. As the witness in this celebration, the Deacon takes on the role of Mary at the Wedding at Cana who works tirelessly so that others may enjoy their time of festivities. He mimics her orders to invite Jesus into their marriage so that the couple may "do whatever He (Jesus) tells" them (John 2:5).
As an aside, the Deacon also is a true witness to the conversion of water into wine through the sacrament of the Eucharist, which we will get into later in this article.
The Preaching of the Kingdom
Another aspect of Diaconate ministry is that of preaching. As the herald of the Gospel, the Deacon is the one who carries the Gospel lectionary during the procession and exit, reads the Gospel during the acclamation, and speaks to the people (when given permission) through his homily. More than words, the Deacon also preaches through his constant acts of servitude. His practice of the corporal and spiritual works of mercy identify him as a leader in his community for the simple reason that he has forgotten about himself. In essence, it is the holy Spirit that speaks through him in both word and deed.
The Transfiguration
The Deacon is the great connector, the one who brings people from the foot of the mountain to the zenith of God's glory. At any given moment, he, too, is transformed from his secular status to clergy status when the need arises. While at home, he is the leader of his domestic Church. While at work, he is the secular destined to provide for the common good of society. But when he is in the Church, he is changed into the servant of Christ crucified as a religious. Regardless of the ministries he takes on throughout the parish, his primary goal is to guide others toward the narrow road that leads to their own transfiguration so that they too can say, "it is not I who live, but Christ within me" (Gal 2:22).
The Institution of the Eucharist
The Deacon is closest to Jesus when he takes his place within the sanctuary during the Liturgy of the Eucharist. Just as Jesus did during the Last Supper, he washes the feet of those on the fringes of society and pours out his love in service to all. In doing so, he is given a special grace by remaining near the altar, where he, like the apostles, witness Jesus change the bread and wine into the body and blood of Christ himself. He shares with his community a certain closeness to the profound reality of Christ's passion, death and resurrection during the moments in which the priest celebrates the liturgy of the Eucharist. Here, the Deacon is truly home. Here, he is sustained by Christ within him. From this source, he is able to declare at the end of Mass, "Go in peace to love and serve the Lord!"
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In 1816 eighteen-year-old twin sisters Nicole and Lydia Daughtry have come to cold dark London for their first season in the "the year without a summer". Nicole's spunk and beauty catches the eye of many suitors. However, it is a collision with Marquess Lucas Paine that makes her reconsider her position on love as she is very attracted to him.
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Here is a screen shot of "computer" showing the external IDE drives now as D and E ...this is because {nothing ever being easy} my netbook seems to have lost the screenshot/snip feature so I am now using another netbook.
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The D is accessible...E is not accessible...when trying to use the checkdisk feature in "properties", a message then says windows does not recognise the file [E]...I have tried this on several computers with the same result.
I do not have time at the moment to go through the other steps but will later on.
Just to add for info...at the time of the saving of the music files,I do not know how they were saved into this drive as it was somebody else doing it...but they all were accessible.
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Hi chaps....note the perky difference ? I have managed to access the files in the drive...by entering into "properties" and looking there thoroughly(),came upon the security tab...it took a little messing around as I have never seen this before but eventually the magic words were inserted and it became accessible...I`m no techie and this may seem an obvious thing to do but not to myself I am afraid to say...however,I shall not forget...and am relieved to say the least as the files are important for some arrangement work I have.
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The same thing would have been achieved with the Take Ownership shortcut I gave you 18 hours ago.
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If you could flashforward your life…would you take the opportunity? There is this new show on TV called FlashForward. It is a good show with bad acting. It intrigued me at first and had a lost feel to the first episode. But after watching for a while, I realized the show was centered around the basic idea that if you knew what your life looked like in six months what would change? You get a chance to follow around different characters who all had different flashforwards that put them at different places in their life. Each week you watch as each character struggles to live with the reality of what their life will be. This show brings up a very interesting question for all of its viewers, do you want to see the future?
I always watch sports live. There is just something about watching it while it is happening. Trust me, I have tried taping games before and watching them later. It never works. The main reason why I hate to watch a taped sporting event is because I find out the ending before I can watch the beginning. Being connected is a good thing, but trying to avoid finding out how a game ended is nearly impossible with twitter, radio, and television. If sports are not your thing, liken it to knowing the ending of a movie before you watch. It is like knowing the kid is dead in six sense before you ever watch, just not the same effect. The show FlashForward puts you in this dilemma, it ask you if you would like to know the future? This show is obviously not a reality. We have yet to black out for two minutes and fourteen seconds and we have not had visions of the future as real as reality. It just does not work like that. I wonder if that is an unfortunate thing or something we wish would happen?
If FlashForward was a reality what would you change? Would you change anything? Would you start living your life differently? Would it help you to see that what you are doing now will lead to something productive in six months? Honestly, it would really help me. I often get pretty discouraged over the idea of the future. That in six months I could be in the same place. That I could be back at the beginning and wasted six months of my life. If FlashForward was a reality I would be the first to sign up to see what the future holds. Thankfully, I am unable to flashforward anything. I am forced to live in present time unknowing what God has in store for me. And I think that is exactly where God wants us to be.
Knowing the future changes things. If you had a detailed plan of happiness you would follow exactly what it said. If you had a five step guide to living your best life you would buy that guide. But it never becomes that easy. Many times I think we have God figured out. We think we know exactly how He works and the way He operates only to be shown how mortal we really are.
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Interesting enough, we have had one flashforward. It doesn't look like what you expect. No it is more revealed in a person. One that brings hope to the hurting and lost. Allow me to get spiritual on you here. We (including myself) are in constant search of some kind of glimpse into what the future holds when we miss the reality that the future has already been written. The future is recorded in word, in spirit, and in truth. We have had a flashforward and it involves a God that reigns over all of creation. Instead of living for the now, for the momentary flashforward of life, we should live for the future of being united with Christ.
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Total Units 76
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Kumar Properties Group brings another high-living residential development in Jalahalli, Kumar Princetown Royale. Husked in nature is this 8 acre property, overlooking the lush 300acres of Air Force land and serene Mallasandra Lake are 3BHK homes of ultimate luxury and comfort with the benefit of affordability. Ranging from 1584 - 2707 sq ft of 76 units is a high-rise elevation providing a soothing eco-rich atmosphere with abundant space, light, air and appallingly luxurious lavish setting with state-of-art facilities within the layout. Princetown Royale is situated perfectly in Jallahalli which is in close proximity to workplaces, schools, health care and basic everyday requirements in the neighborhood.
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Palisades Collection / First National Collection Bureau, Inc. Collection agency fraud stating AT & T debt collection Sparks Nevada
My boyfriend received a letter from First National Collection Bureau, Inc. stating the creditor was Palisades Collection and the original collector was AT & T and he owed $381.03 - but they would settle for $304.82 in 2 pmts. (what a savings!)
We called and they are stating that he had AT & T service in 2002. He's NEVER had phone or L.D. service with them.
They stated they don't have the phone number which is in question in their records when he called the (800) 824-6191 on the form.
We then called AT & T. I spoke with Natalie in their credit services. She said she has never heard of either collection company...nor does she recall them ever doing business with them. She looked in her computer and said she can find no history of my boyfriend - or his address - in the computer showing he had service with them. She gave me the phone number for all three maily used credit reporting services and said that we should contact each of them, find what is showing on the report for this, and dispute it.
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Well, the story doesn't really matter much in this film, but basically it follows a young graffiti artist around for a little while. He pals around with Fab 5 Freddy and Busy Bee. But the performances make the film
- If you watch the film or hear the soundtrack be sure to notice that nearly every live performance uses the same beat.
- First performance is a battle between Busy Bee and Rodney C (Funky 4 + 1/Double Trouble). An amazing performance that Busy ends up winning at the end. There is a longer version in the film than on the soundtrack.
- After the club performance, Busy Bee and Lisa Lee perform in the back of a limo. I don't know if it is the same Lisa Lee from Us Girls.
- A classic sequence features the Cold Crush Brothers and Fantastic Five battling verbally while on the basketball court. Check out the rappin' cheerleaders.
- Back at the club, Fantastic sets it off live. Great delivery and they work the crowd well.
- That performance is followed by one from Cold Crush. AD says, "Don't have no LP, but we're not blue." Caz sets it off. Rock Steady does its thing on the dance floor.
- Blondie's "Rapture" plays during the party scene. Fab 5 Freddy works the crowd.
- The Stoop Rap by Double Trouble is their classic routine that is fully realized later live.
- Busy Bee does a small rap on the street for some neighborhood kids.
- Grandmaster Caz goes solo on the "Subway Rap."
- Now here is a scene that is vintage old school hip hop. Grandmaster Flash's few minutes on screen feature him cutting and scratching something for Fab 5 on his kitchen table.
- The amphitheater show ends the film with several live performances. Check out the Fantastic 5 as they have to share microphones. Double Trouble comes on stage sporting white gangster looking suits and fake guns. They rock the crowd, but the soundtrack features the full performance that is edited in the film. Rammellzee and Shock Dell with Grand Mixer D.ST. rock next with Rock Steady dancing on stage with them. As the show ends Kool Moe Dee grabs the mic just as "Good Times" drops in but he doesn't rhyme.
The ultimate hip hop movie of all time!!!!!!! This is hip hop at its earliest and raw form seen here right before our eyes. A perfect film for any real hip hop fan that appreciates the true art form (also that wasn't around during the early days). Back in December, after talking with legendary Rock Steady Crew member, Frosty Freeze (who does appear in the film), he states that the action was filmed in 1981,it took them nearly a year to release it.He also states that in end sequence at the amphitheater, Grandmaster Flash (who already makes an appearance earlier in the film) and The Furious Five does a performance but it was cut out of the final version. I asked Frosty if he knew any whereabouts on the "lost" footage, he had no idea. It would be fun to see that piece after all these years. Maybe director Charlie Ahearn or Rhino Home Video will add it in for a somewhat special edition home video or theatrical release. Who knows!!! Movies like Beat Street, Breakin,or Krush Groove are okay but Wild Style takes the cake as the best hip hop movie of all time. I give it 5 stars. ONE LOVE!!!!!! by TMGanalog
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"The site visits are the main forum by which our commissioners and our staff learn the details of what military activities are really happening at the base, how the Department of Defense recommendations would affect the installation and whether base closure criteria were applied correctly by the Pentagon while putting its list together," BRAC Commission Chairman Anthony Principi said in a news release. "They are an invaluable resource to us."
An analyst, who will gather information about the base, will visit before commissioners and then tour the installation with the commissioners, according to the release. Members of the BRAC Commission also will visit Naval Air Station-Atlanta in Marietta on Wednesday.
Naval Air Station-Atlanta and the Navy Supply Corps School were two of the four Georgia bases listed in the Pentagon's plan to shut down installations to streamline the military. Fort McPherson in East Point and Fort Gillem in Forest Park were also on the list.
Most, but not all, of the bases on the Pentagon's hit list will be closed. Before making a recommendation to Congress by Sept. 8, commissioners will visit each base on the list. Between Tuesday and Friday, commissioners plan on visiting 20 installations nationwide, according to the group's news release.
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MLS mock draft 2017: Jeremy Ebobisse the clear top prospect, but it's messy afterwards
On paper, this is one of the better MLS SuperDraft classes of recent years, with solid talent all over the pitch.
The 2017 MLS Draft is on Friday, and SB Nation is back with its annual mock draft to get you ready for the real thing. Now in its seventh consecutive year, the SB Nation mock draft brings together contributors from each of the network's MLS blogs to select players for their respective teams.
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The obvious pick. Jeremy Ebobisse is, in our minds, the best player available in the draft and had to be No. 1. Yes, MNUFC just signed Christian Ramirez and Miguel Ibarra, but we feel that was even more reason to take "Ebo." It puts less responsibility on him to produce as a rookie. – Nate Siems, E Pluribus Loonum
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The money we spend on our Olympic medal count is money well spent
It's been estimated Britain had to invest around £15m for each gold medal won. With similar figures coming from Australia – and presumably other countries too – the question is, is this money well spent? Are we getting a good return on investment or should we put our limited resources elsewhere?
Please cast your vote after you've read the arguments.
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The Olympics gives athletes a goal and young people a chance to believe in themselves
The Olympics gives young athletes something to look forward to and aim for in life. The satisfaction of competing for your country and competing with the world cannot be a better accomplishment, and winning a gold medal for your country in the Olympics is considered one of the highest honours for anyone. Despite the medal count, the Olympics itself is worth the money. The government and older generations constantly talk of youths in trouble, with no future, and no career paths, but with Olympic funding, they have a path and a goal to achieve. Athletes can compete at all ages and this is money well spent if it gives people something to believe in. Some adolescents leave school not knowing what they would like to do and feel that they cannot excel at anything except from sport, so events such as the Olympics makes them feel as important if competing, as a barrister in a courtroom or an estate agent closing a deal.
Most young people can't hope to be Olympians. While it is true that the Olympics is a great opportunity for an example to be set on what hard work can achieve, it is also a competition which, of course, inherently focuses on the winners: a small percentage of competitors, and an even smaller percentage of the youth population. For many young people today, an Olympic gold (or even a place in any large sports competition) is a distant, irrelevant dream. The government should spend more money on helping young people feel like they themselves are enough to contribute to society.
Every Government has a duty to help its people fulfill their potential.
Britain showed at the Olympics that we have a number of world-class athletes. We brought home 47 medals, 19 of them gold. But this kind of achievement requires a great deal of money, without which, some of the most talented people in the world would go through life without their greatest achievements. Perhaps we should change the way we spend on the Olympics: if it is true that athletes are wined, dined and paid to party, perhaps we should consider paying them to practise instead. But to take away the money spent on their development would be unfair.
This is ridiculous line of argument because there are thousands of professions in which people could 'fulfill their potential', why should the government single out people who have an interest in sport? Why not invest the money into nurses and medical researchers, here people can fulfill their potential and play a vital role in society.
Athletes who make it to the Olympic arena have sponsors and they often come from the wealthier walk of life, why should the money not be invested in the poorer segments of society, it is here the money will make the most difference. It may not win Britain a medal, but it will decrease the gap between the rich and the poor.
Money is spent on academia yet not everyone is academic
The investments into sports by governments and corporate giants are beneficial to the society at large. We must appreciate the fact that all of us have varying abilities and interests, and that not everybody is born academically gifted, goes through university education and lands himself or herself a well-paying 9-to-5 job in the city. Some of us are more active physically and sports-inclined. With the right amount of government funding, these people do not have to go through the traditional route of getting a tertiary education which may probably work against them. Instead, they could enrol themselves in sporting institutes and become full time athletes. This will provide them with the right platform to develop their abilities further and excel in their chosen field. Subsequently, they can make a career of out sport by being a private coach, fitness instructor, professional trainer and even a professional footballer who earns £80,000 a week! Just as in academia where governments invest heavily in research and development activities, postgraduate funding and research facilities, governments should do the same to the sporting arena as this would create job opportunities for the people.
its kinda stupid
people who have hopes for being in the olympics useally get put down! vit also costs a lot of money which is one of the many reasons why the U.S is in debt!
People that do not care have to fund the Olympics
Officials in charge of building projects for the 2012 London Olympics have claimed more than £100,000 in expenses on top of their taxpayer-funded salaries. Some of the taxpayers may not even enjoy the Olympics. Some of the general public does not consider the Olympics a worthwhile event that should be funded by the tax-payers money, so should only the people that would watch the Olympics on television aid towards its costs?
Our society funds all kinds of things which not everybody likes.Taxpayers' money is used every day for things which not everybody enjoys. Should the government stop giving funding to universities because less than half of the population will ever enjoy a university education? It's not fair to say that everybody should have to benefit directly from something the government spends money on (although this would be everyone's preferred choice!) because, thankfully, we live in a very diverse society. So long as the beneficiary(ies) is/are honourable, and the spending is transparent, it should not have to be spent exclusively on things that everybody enjoys - for one thing, there is almost nothing which everybody enjoys or needs.
The money is not going towards a good cause
Board members and directors of the Olympic Delivery Authority state that the budget has grown from £2.4 billion to £9.3 billion, but there are rumours in the news that the money has been used to throw lavish parties and to pay for meals at some of London's top restaurants, according to documents released under the Freedom of Information Act .
The Olympics is not just about sport; it is an international event that brings prestige upon the host nation. Obviously plenty of funds need to be dedicated to the 'hosting' aspects of the games, as well as to supporting out sportsmen.
British athletes are not paid for their efforts
British athletes have only ever been given their equipment and merchandise by companies to advertise their products and merchandise. British athletes have full-time jobs outside of the Olympics and are not paid to win and be top of the medal table. Perhaps if we paid our athletes and gave more money towards them, which is a good cause, then there would be a higher incentive to win? Or perhaps the fact that the British athlete is so tired from working during the day and training during the evening that athletes feel that they have not been able to practice like in the other countries because they do not have the full support of their country? Why do other countries pay their athletes to compete and treat it as a full-time career while we expect heavyweight champions to work as full-time plumbers and Paula Radcliffe to win the marathon when they feel under trained? Countries such as China value getting a gold medal so highly that they put enormous pressure on their athletes to spend most of their time training in order to achieve it.
The medal count at the Beijing Olympics seems to suggest that Britain's approach is working just fine. We do not treat our athletes like prize racehorses, training them up and isolating them from the real world; they have lives outside of sport and are thus happier, better rounded people. A career in sport is often a short one, and if you cannot get any media work in the aftermath, you don't want to be left without options once you're past your physical peak. Why should we follow the 'hothousing' methods of other nations, when we are achieving very respectable levels of success without putting our athletes under unnatural pressure.
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It is a misguided attempt to assert our dominance in the world. We should spend this money on grass roots sports facilities to improve the health of the nation which is increasingly poor as obesity soars, It takes no effort to sit on the couch watching our cyclists win medals and telling each other how wonderful we are.


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