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This is my wonderful friend Avis reading a self-written poem called "Disco Doxy." She's amazingly talented, and you should check out her blog (as seen below), as well as her other blog: electricwithbadnews.tumblr.com. That is all.
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I have a wish list started so far. LOL. I'm addicted. I need a new promo or free shipping, something! I'll really hate myself if I spend $7 on polish and then damn near another $7 just to ship it. :( Anyway, here's what I have to have, like asap. LOL
- Edyta It's a crazy multi-colored chrome with a olive like base color. Love it.
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- Ivanka I'm really hoping this is Charla's green counterpart. Every picture I've seen of it, confirms this.
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Here's a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history:
1944: Two liquid gas tanks explode in Cleveland, Ohio, killing 130 people and leveling 30 city blocks (more info)
1944: General Douglas MacArthur returned to the Philippines, 30 months after he declared "I shall return" (more info)
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This Day in History for October 19 — 'Black Monday' Stock Market Crash and More
Here's a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history:
1781: British General Cornwallis surrenders to General George Washington at Yorktown, Virginia, bringing an end to the last major battle of the American Revolution (more info)
1789: Chief Justice John Jay is sworn in as the first Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court (more info)
Obama vs. Romney, Round 2 — Highlights From the Town-Hall Presidential Debate
The second presidential debate between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney got started just after 9 o'clock from the campus of Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York. The town-hall-style debate, with an audience of uncommitted voters selected by Gallup, was moderated by CNN's Candy Crowley
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Here's a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history:
1793: Marie Antoinette, wife of Louis XVI, is guillotined at the height of the French Revolution (more info)
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Semitic religions such as Islam and Christianity consider masturbation to be a sin. What about Hinduism? Please give some authentic quotes for the answers.
So Mastrubation is not a sin in Hinduism but its only allowed in "Grihastya Jeevan".
Hinduism does not deal with social situations like Western religions do.
There are no chapters on how to deal with women, how to marry, how to divorce, how to have sex, whether to have drugs, whether to have alcohol etc etc. There are no 10 commandments.
There have been various books or literature on topics like society, class, sex etc, but that's on the side. They are again theories written by many people along the way.
Interestingly, if you see India as it is today, there is a lot of ingrained rules on how to live, marry, divorce. A kind of Hindu law. But all of those have come from centuries of learning, shaping, relearning, adapting, adopting, copying, debating, conflicting, dispelling, removing, curtailing, picking, dropping and how you like it.
As a society it slowly adopts what's best in the current context. Look at child marriage - It was prevalent 2 centuries ago. Now it is unheard of. Sati - prevalent 100 years ago. Now - unheard of. Women at work - unheard of 100 years back. 33% reservation for women in parliament - Now.
So, in a way, the religion has found a non-prescriptive way of dealing with internal change. And the core of it is is a simple idea
" Nobody is wrong. Nobody is right".
This concept is the basis of all values that came from India.
==> Debate, conflict, understand, Agree, Accept, Change and keep doing that in circles.
The one thing people outside of India may have noticed is that Indians are always fighting war of words with each other. Now thats the fundamental value that societies need to adapt, and to change.
In a short way, Masturbation was also debated in India by Vatsayana, and he was the first to say OK to it. I dont think, any conflicting ideas have come since then.


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I've been reading some of the complaints about WS and I just wanted to put my two cents in.... I live in a rural area, of course, and WS is the only provider besides satellite for internet connection. About a year and a half ago I did have WS Green-streak, I think that's what they called it, where I just had DSL and no phone service. My husband had lost his job and that was one of the things that was not a necessity and we let it go. Now we are back on out feet and wanted to get it back so I called them and told them what I wanted and they kept telling me that they did not have DSL service at my residence. I told them that I had it before and still had the router and everything and they proceed to tell me that they did not have service at my residence. Well, I waited a day and called back and the lady that I got was very nice and I told her the story and said that I had it before and wanted to get it back. She takes all my info and puts the order in and told me that someone would be there Monday between 8 and 12 told her that was fine that I would be home. I was so excited, someone finally listened to me and I was going to get my DSL back... Well, in anticipation for getting the DSL back I had already hooked my router and everything up and had it ready to go. Monday comes and nobody shows up so I look at my router and my lights are blinking like it just needed to be hooked up so I call WS back and I got the "order status" on the phone and it said that there wasn't an order for that number.... I call and talk to a person and he said that the order had been "CANCELLED", I told him I didn't cancel the order and he said there was nothing in the notes and transferred me to someone else. This lady comes on the phone and I tell her what has happened and she said "they" cancelled the order because I couldn't get DSL service at my residence. I told her the whole story and she told me some BS story and she said that they had actually dispatched a tech out and he said that I couldn't get it and she proceeds to tell me some other kind of story that I didn't really understand but I took her to say that when I had it before someone else took my service and I couldn't get it back.... so now I'm furious because she wasn't very nice or polite.... I was home all day that day and I did not see a tech and nobody came to my door to speak to me about it. They just went ahead and cancelled the order an never notified me in any way. Where I live it isn't like an overpopulated subdivision or anything of the sort, it is a small country road and even the people that just built there house about 6 months ago have internet service. My situation is sort of complicated but if they would send a tech to my door to talk to me about it I may get a better understanding of this. Instead of just telling me no I can't get it, because I don't understand because I had it a year ago. You would think that they would try to get as much business as they could. Sorry that this was so long winded, I just wanted to see if anyone else has had this same problem. Thanks for listening.....
More than likely they are too lazy to check your lines to make sure you do qualify. I know Windstream is a greedy company and they REALLY want your money so your story is quite and odd one. If you had the service before and now cannot have it would only indicate that they pulled the equipment in the area. But this cannot be the case as you mentioned that a neighbor with a newly built house has it. You don't owe Windstream any money do you and they are just not telling you? See if you have your old account number and have one of the Windstream people look it up to see what could be going on. Do you remember what speeds you had back when you were on their DSL? I would make sure that you are requesting the same speeds as you had before.We were told many times that the current house we live at cannot get 3Mb... When my brother lived here before we did, he had 3Mb. After a few weeks of calling and requesting action to get us bumped up and had to basically convince them that we could have it, they finally put us on 3Mb. Windstream is definitey a pain in the ass.I hope you are able to get your service back and it isn't going through the issues that most of us in the forum are seeing.
I think that is what's going on, I think they are just too lazy to come check the line. I did owe them money but I paid the bill off and was told everything was a go on my previous order. I was getting 3Mb I believe, it was better than the dial-up that I had previously. The thing about where we live is my address is on a main road but my phone service comes from a road behind us. When they first put the service in they come thru our back yard because it was closer and easier for them to get the lines installed and I didn't mind as long as they were installed. That's how I found out I could get DSL the last time because the lady went by where my phone line/service came from not by the address. I did call back after the order for DSL was cancelled and ordered just regular phone service and it was supposed to have been working by 7:00 last night and guess what.... still no phone. I called WS this morning and she told me that they were showing that everything went thru and that they would probably have to dispatch a tech out to check the line.... I wish there was and alternative to WS but the only things we have are satellite and pre-paid and those just aren't cost effective for us.
I understand that. Hopefully you can get ahold of a tech at your house and explain the situation. Maybe then they can check the distance for line compared to what phone reps can tell you just by looking at your address. Local techs are usually 100% better than the phone reps. GL!
Critter-Please let me know how everything works out for you. Feel free to send me a PM if you need further assistance. There are several possibilities we can look into if your problems continue.AaronSpecialist II--We're here to help! firstname.lastname@example.com
Thanks Aaron for responding, my phone is working but I was gone today when the tech came out and I didn't get to talk to him about why I can't get internet when my neighbor that is not an 1/8th of a mile away from me CAN get it. I just don't understand why they can't run a test on my line to see if it can get a DSL signal instead of going by my address. If I've had DSL before shouldn't I be able to get it now? Would my router flash green, as in waiting for service, if I couldn't get it? I just wish WS would work with me a little more instead of being so hateful as the last lady was.
Is your DSL light green? Specifically which lights are on and what color are they? Solid or blinking?AaronSpecialist II--We're here to help! email@example.com
The power light is on and it is solid green and the DSL light is on and blinking green. I was going to PM you last night but I wasn't sure how to so I just left the message here. I don't know, maybe I can't get it but it would be nice just to get an explanation why. Thanks again Aaron for all your help and concern, you've been a great deal nicer than some of the people I've talked to on the phone.
If the DSL light is anything other than Solid green (with occasional blinks) then we will probably need to send a tech out to you. The Forums will not be monitored till Sunday. So you may want to call in 800-347-1991 so that we can verify the port setting and potentially set up a time for a tech to be sent out to you.AaronSpecialist II--We're here to help! email@example.com
I hate to keep asking questions, but does this mean that my line is capable of DSL service? If I can you have made my day... I can call the number but I can just about guarantee that they will tell me that I cannot get it, but I'll give them a call anyway. Thank you so much Aaron for being so nice and being so helpful...
Well, after about a week of getting nowhere with anyone I called WS back today to order "high speed internet" again. The guy was really nice and polite told me they would be sending a router and that it was a plug and play type thing and my services would be up and running on the 8th. I guess I'll wait and see if they cancel this order like they did the other one and I would just about bet they will, and not even tell me. One can only hope they will send a tech out to speak to me this time because someone is going to show me why I can't get it this time. Everybody keep their fingers crossed for me....
Why even bother? If it goes through, you'll get maybe 1mbit of the service you pay for (if you are lucky) and never have hope of a fix.
Good news today!!! The tech got to our house this morning around 9:00 with new router and laptop in hand. He asked where I wanted to put the router and he went in there and came back out in less than 30 mins, asked if we had any questions and told me I was good to go.... I told him what a time I had getting them to believe that I could get the service here and he told me that the lady that I had talked to last did not do her job correctly. He said that they, the techs, know more about who can get service and who doesn't and she should have dispatched a tech the first time I called. So actually she lied not just once but several times. Wish I had gotten her name or badge #.... So I am up and running and it's so much faster than what I had so I'm happy.... I will have to see what kind of speeds that I'm actually getting, I've only got the 3Mg plan and I'm not sure if I can get the 6 or not. Just thought I'd give you guys an update on what has happened. Thanks for giving me the courage to keep at them and make them realize that the customer is always right.... LOL
Good luck with your new service, I certainly hope it works. Unlike the rest of us on this forum who pay for a service we don't actually receive.I'm getting 0.05mbit at 6am today.


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Jerome of the EastOf admin | 15. September 2009 | Category: Adels-Historie, Biographies, Digital Library, Genealogies | Comments Off
Jerome of the East was 1612 was born on Ahrenshagen. After being educated at home, The father sent him Reimar Wedige of the east together with a tutor at the University of Wittenberg, and only later to Leipzig, Jena and Groningen.
After studying Jerome traveled extensively throughout the Netherlands and the Spanish provinces and armies, was in sieges and military campaigns while. His father called him back, because he did not want, that he still remained longer at war.
For this purpose, he should come to Darmstadt with Landgrave Frederick of Hesse, the brother of the reigning lord, to take a trip to France after, but Jerome was too late and the Landgrave was gone. He remained for some time in Frankfurt, Then he went to Marburg, where he came up to the Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt, Johann.
When he undertook a trip to Ostfriesland, where it was also host to at Delmenhorst, Count Christian, He joined 1635 In this as in advice and services Gentleman, to go with him when traveling. At the 10.10.1638 when he was a Gentleman, He married Maria Sibylle von Bulow, Counts of Oldenburg at the time maid from the house Gudow. The wedding took place at Schloss Delmenhorst, in the presence of many noble princes.
1641 He moved to France and Italy, and learned there Frendsprachen. Upon his return he was transferred from the Count Christian Ratsbestallung and the management of court. After the death of the Earl, he was the Council of Count Anton Günther and Drost to Oldenburg.
His marriage lasted 21 Years and he was the father of Total 4 Sons and 7 Daughters. Jerome was a charitable man, and he bequeathed to the poor- and guest house in Delmenhorst, a legacy, which the interest has been paid for several years. The school and church he reflected.
Just before Easter, he wanted to do with the count's permission to own a trip to the affairs of Brandenburg Makrgrafen. He went on 27.5. to this. The Margrave had before Nienburg in its fleet, and received there, Jerome. On the morning of 29.5. here he was found dead on his bed. He was in the evening was still fresh and healthy. Find detailed information in its database.
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European pedigrees Volume XX Brandenburg and Prussia 2, Boards 51 – 87, Author: Detlev Schwennicke, Publication: 2002
Evaluation of the funeral sermons by Fritz Roth No.. 4526, Boppard 1959
Ernst Heinrich Kneschke: New general German nobility Lexicon. Bd. 7, Frederick Voigt, Leipzig 1867, S. 5–8
- Weltzien: From the east of Mecklenburg 1303 to 1788. In: Families from Mecklenburg u. Vorpomm. 2, 1991, S. 173–192
- Weltzien: The Count called the East and sagging of Hessenstein Bellin. In: Families from Mecklenburg u. Vorpomm. 3, 1992, S. 149–150
- Leopold von Zedlitz-Neukirch: New prussian Adelslexicon. Bd. 3, Brothers Reichenbach, Leipzig 1837, S. 485–487
History of the Polish branch of the family of the Osten-Sacken, Edited by Michael V. d. Osten-Sacken, starting with an introduction, the coat of arms (see large coat of arms) the Regesten, dem Stammbaum ab Wedige ab Osta (1524-1594) married 1. Anna von Massow, 2. Sophie von Flemming Böck.
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Things get pretty real in the last issue of Red Team. #7, the extra-sized conclusion is out March 12th - Tomorrow! I forgot how much fun I had inking this issue until I started looking for things to post. Hope people enjoy it! I poured a lot of blood, sweat, and cookies into this.
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From Voltron Year One #6 - out tomorrow!
Final issue of Voltron Year One out this wednesday! Check out the preview here: http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=preview&id=14420
Thanks to everyone for all the support! Been a blast to be on this series.
Voltron Year One 5, Pg 13 by *craigcermak
Really, I only like that the ninja lizard shows up on this page. I was drawing like doo-doo throughout this issue with a few parts of panels turning out okay.
The World's Finest. Commissioned piece of two of my favorite dudes. Been a minute since I've drawn some super-heroes so it was a nice change of pace.
8-Page preview of Voltron Year One #4 - out tomorrow - is up on Newsarama: http://www.newsarama.com/php/multimedia/album_view.php?gid=4421&page=8
This is a pretty fun issue with a LOT going on, so I hope you all enjoy it! We got Space-Vegas (Spagas? Vegaspace?), the main team teaming with another Space Explorer team, this giant 4-armed pimp, Sven half-naked for the first few pages, and a bunch of other stuff!
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We at NPR Music spend most of our days listening to music, thinking about music, writing about it, arguing with each other over it, calling the people who made it to ask them about their work, enthusing over songs, griping about albums. Our thirst for the new and the intriguing and the great is insatiable. And every year at about this time try to we sum up a fruitful year of listening in our best-of-the-year bonanza.
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So we thought, as the gift-giving season commences, that we'd shoot for the moon. We asked ourselves: What is the one music-related wish that could make 2012 even better? For some people that wish would be practical. For others, fantastical. And some of us would prefer to torture ourselves. There's a chance, though, that our wants will help with your needs — a thoughtful gift for the would be record label owner in your family, the Verdi-obsessive at the dinner table or the marathon runner in your family. And tell us, what are you asking for this year?


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A man is in Memorial Hospital Sunday night after suffering four gunshot wounds-one in his arm, back, side, and possibly head.
The victim's cousin tells Newscenter 16 he was dropping his daughter off at her mother's home at Maple Lane Apartments. It was there, sitting in a white Range Rover, he got shot.
His cousin also told us two young girls, a three and a 10 year old, were in the back seat. Neither are hurt.
The man with the injuries was taken to Memorial Hospital.
Police say he was conscience and talking when taken away from the scene.
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CAIRNS was pegged out over the site of a sea-slug fishing camp when gold was found to the north in 1876, though it was the Atherton Tablelands' tin and timber resources that established the town and kept it ahead of its nearby rival, Port Douglas. The harbour is the focus of the north's fish and prawn concerns, and tourism began modestly when marlin fishing became popular after World War II. But with the "discovery" of the reef in the 1970s and the appeal of the local climate, tourism snowballed, and high-profile development has now replaced the unspoiled, lazy tropical atmosphere that everyone originally came to Cairns to enjoy.
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I'm in Australia and I was just wondering if I could buy some limbs for my Martin Jaguar. I would be looking at getting 40# limbs if possible. Any advise would be much appreciated.
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Hi all,
I'm in Australia and I was just wondering if I could buy some limbs for my Martin Jaguar. I would be looking at getting 40# limbs if possible. Any advise would be much appreciated.
Try to buy them directly from Martin, from the on-line shop.
I think they will cost you too much
Try to locate some store near to you...
Get a set of Samick Sage limbs; much better limbs than the Ragim limbs that come with the Jaguar.
The Samick Sage limbs fit a Jaguar? Do they change the over-all length of the bow?
I also found Jaguar limbs at Norris Archery in California for $104.00 incl shipping. I tried to buy extra limbs directly from Martin and they don't sell to retail customers.
Samick Sage limbs do fit the Martin Jaguar riser and they are much better quality limbs for less money. Check out my post at archerytalk.com "Attn: Martin Jaguar Recurve Owners"
Don at archerysportsusa.com can get you Samick Sage limbs and can ship anywhere.
I did not find your archerytalk post in the blog and articles section. Where is it?
Your blog provided us with valuable information to work with. Thanks a lot for sharing. Keep blogging.
I recently purchased a set of Samick Sage limbs (50#) to try on my Martin Jaguar take-down recurve.I found out that there's some differences to the Martin limbs.The first thing I noticed was a 3/16" gap between the bottom of the Samick limb and the jaguar limb pocket.I then measured both bows unstrung.The Martin limbs on the Martin riser measure 58.5" tip to tip.The Samick limbs on the martin riser measure 58" tip to tip.I then strung the bows and the Martin riser and Samick limbs has a 6" brace height.The Martin riser and limbs has a 7" brace height.The Martin string measures 56.5".What length string will I need to get a 7" brace height using the Samick limbs.In the picture I attached,I'm using the Martin limb bolts.The Samick limb bolts have a knurled head and don't require an allen key.I didn't see them listed in the Lancaster Archery catalogue where I purchased the limbs.If anyone can make any sense out of my rambling,please feel free to comment.


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CEFLS hugs Lake Champlain and the US – Canadian Border.
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Rouse Point Dodge Memorial Library (serves patrons from NY and Quebec)
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one windy afternoon, after numerous days of refusing to go,
she decides that it's time for her to visit.
she still remembers the pale face and hands that belong to this man
as he rode the ambulence that scary sunday night.
once she arrived, a man in the lobby refused to let her up.
she was seventeen, too young, and that just was that.
because it would break his heart,
she even promised herself that she wouldnt be sad, that she wouldnt cry.
she gathered all her courage to see him,
yet this was the way she would be turned away.
but a few days later, a chance came and she took it..
as she blankly stared at this now old man, whom she hasnt seen since that night.
she started to remember all those times that she's had a serious talk with someone.
& how many times she ended up saying that 'everything happens for a reason'
looking through the many things i have saved on my computer,
i happened to come across something that i wrote about two months ago..
When I was oh so young, my grandfather died of cancer of the lung,
When I traveled to Nevada once I grew up,
Because of a stomach virus, I kept throwing up.
Instead of having fun, I visited my grandmother who got into a hit and run.
Positive experiences, I tried to find, but due to his health, my dad almost became blind.Looking back, I now realize that only sad memories stuck with me,
But in the future, I really wish that this wouldn't be.
Because that just isn't the true Violet Lee.
a bit cheesy, but i can't say that's not how i felt at that moment.
because it really was. i wanted to keep with me better memories. happier ones.
i promised myself that i wont let bad things shake me
i promised myself that i'll try to be more optmistic
but now two months later.
as i blankly stare at this now old man, who happens to be my dad.
i start to remember all those times that i've had a serious talk with someone
& how many times i ended up saying that 'everything happens for a reason'
however, this time around. i cant find a reason. .


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New vegan gelato coming to Whole Foods! »
It's called Genuto (cause it's made with nuts GET IT) and I tried it at last weekend's World Veg Fest in San Francisco and wrote about it (and an entire World Veg Fest breakdown, with awesome photography by my phone!) over at the wonderful Bay Area Bites. Go read it and learn about this delicious new vegan gelato that's about to take over your life! It'll be in Whole Foods and local natural grocery stores staring very soon. Like, in a month. Or less. Anyway: Learn lt, love it, live it.
∞ posted at 10:01 by laurahooperb
San Francisco's World Veg Fest is THIS WEEKEND. Let's party! »
This is basically copied from my post at SF Weekly but TIME IS MONEY and we've got a very big announcement in just a minute(ish) so deal with it! Okay so, the 12th Annual World Vegetarian Festival at the San Francisco County Fair Building on THIS Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 1 & 2, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. It's $8 suggested donation, but free if you're a student/senior/have any disabilities, were born on a Tuesday, etc.
Gather round, ye hippies and bleeding hearts, it's time for the World Vegetarian Fest! Actually, it's also for people who like to gorge themselves on deliciousness, because there will be samples galore, including OCD's Caramel 'Not' Corn, the official treat selection of the Academy Awards. Yes, you too can dine on the same thing that George Clooney will be stuffing into his gorgeous maw. And you can do it months and months before that asshole. You're the real winner! Also, we LOVE OCD Sweets and with one taste, you will, too. AND we have a very exciting announcement that may or may not involve one of us (me) attending an enormous awards show (the motherfucking oscars) with the lovely Melodi of OCD Sweets as her bodyguard/vegan press. I will interview and make love on so many famous people, I'll probably be arrested. So excited!
Now, please stare at some of OCD's Caramel 'Not' Corn (MADE WITH MARSHMALLOWS AND INDIA PALE ALE) and imagine how much of it you'll be stuffing down your gullet this weekend: [Picture by the lovely and talented Tamara Palmer!]
Now, please stare at some of OCD's Caramel 'Not' Corn (MADE WITH MARSHMALLOWS AND INDIA PALE ALE) and imagine how much of it you'll be stuffing down your gullet this weekend:
[Picture by the lovely and talented Tamara Palmer!]
∞ posted at 09:42 by laurahooperb
Guest post: The first-ever San Francisco vegan fashion show! »
When I became a vegan, a list of "projects" arose for me. Looking at my life as different projects makes challenges feel more manageable and gives me an excuse to do Cher's squeal from Clueless—"Ooh, project!"
There was the "Find a Vegan Cheese" project; the "Find a Cruelty-Free Body Product" project and—being obsessed with fashion—the "Create a Vegan Wardrobe" project.
I gotta tell ya, as much as I enjoy researching my favorite labels for the 3 percent of their merchandise that's vegan, it's still a daunting task. So when a clothing or footwear line comes along that is ENTIRELY vegan, I am beyond happy. And when a vegan fashion show arises to showcase the efforts of vegan designers and entrepreneurs, you don't just sit by. These designers not only have the challenge of researching and acquiring legitimately vegan and ethically-produced materials, but also of becoming profitable in an industry that has mostly no regard for animal suffering. So you go to the show. You go, and you support them.
San Francisco's first-ever vegan fashion show (Canada's ahead of us on this one) happened last Saturday, as part of the 11th Annual World Veg Fest. Karine Brighten organized the show pro bono; a planner of eco- and animal-friendly events for places like Farm Sanctuary, Nature's Express, and Cinnaholic, she's also vegan. The audience packed the auditorium to see the lovely vegan models walking the show in cruelty-free clothing, accessories, and footwear. Rory Freedman of Skinny Bitch emceed the event.
Six vegan labels showed: Mission Savvy provided pieces from various designers split into five collections that each benefit different animal welfare causes. Five percent of proceeds are donated to related organizations. Cri de Cœur had footwear made with animal-free, eco-friendly materials and without toxic PVC or vinyl. Vaute Couture brought animal-free, classic and trend-conscious outerwear, tees, and sweatshirts made of high-performance, recycled, recyclable, upcycled, closed-loop, zero-waste fabrics and deadstock, and vegetable ivory buttons. Melie Blanco supplied affordable but luxurious faux-leather handbags. Reco Jeans brought their recycled high-end denim. Lion's Share Industries had eco-friendly T-shirts adorned with vegan-artist-commissioned graphics. Pansy Maiden provided handmade handbags of animal-free, fair-trade, plant-dyed, organic, reclaimed/vintage fabrics and animal-derivative-free glue.
One of the brilliant aspects of the show was splitting the event into sections to highlight each line, including a description. This was a nice way to educate the audience, many of whom may not have known much about these particular designers or the vegan movement in the fashion industry in general.
From a purely design perspective, I had mixed feelings about the pieces—just like how I would feel at any fashion show! Because I'm not a hater, here are the items that I loved and with which I would now like to fill my closet:
1. The adorable "Upcycled Indigo Windbreaker" from Vaute Couture (made with the remnants of another Vaute coat's lining), with an elasticized empire waist, oversized gathered collar, and bubble hem. [Ed.: LAURA WANTS ONE VERY BADLY];
2. The edgy "Stella Cutout Cage Wedge", which wraps the feet in bars of faux patent leather;
3. A cropped black blazer with gold trim from Mission Savvy.
As for the venue, I think Veg Fest was a perfect place to have the first show, because it was the most visible way to promote it to the vegan community. For future shows—and according to Rory Freedman, there will be one next year—I'd love to see a more luxe location, one that can house an show focused on style in a way that lives up to the pieces being showcased. A night spot, a gallery, a loft…. The auditorium at the County Fair Building kinda screams "I also did my high school play here."
Still, that a vegan fashion show even happened, that there is a fashion community that cares enough about animal rights and environmental welfare to put a show like this together speaks volumes about how far veganism has come. Seeing a group of designers and entrepreneurs who have navigated their way to success while sticking to their ethics is beyond inspirational. Here's hoping that their efforts will not only inspire current designers to rethink their practices, but that they will ignite something in a new set of vegan artists and visionaries who may look at a pair of shoes at Saks and think "if only…"
Check out more photos, including behind-the-scenes shots, here.
This is Vi Zahajszky's second post for Vegansaurus (you can see her first here!). Vi left her motherland of Hungary as a child and has spent most of her life in Boston and New York. Two years ago she drove across the country to San Francisco with husband Chris Carlozzi and a rescue pup named The Bandit. Here, among other things, she's studying fashion design and pattern-making, and has plans to develop a vegan clothing line. Also, she's enjoying no blizzards. Photo enhancing by Chris Carlozzi.
∞ posted at 15:09 by laurahooperb
Calling vegan designers, models, and photographers: San Francisco's first vegan fashion show hits the runway this October! »
I think that about says it all! Well, here's a bit more info if you're the curious type. If you think you fit the bill, contact event organizer, Karine Brighten. The event will take place at World Veg Festival in Golden Gate Park on October 2 and is emceed by a Skinny Bitch. Fun! Get on it, folks!
∞ posted at 12:02 by laurahooperb
10th Annual World Veg Festival! »
This is Laura. I am back from the edge. I mean, I literally almost threw myself off a cliff because I've been SO FUCKING SICK AND ALL I WANT TO DO IS DIE. AND EAT. I don't know what's up with that? Why can't I be like a fucking normal person and not want to gorge myself when I'm sick?? I swear, I might have a glandular disorder. Only cure? MORE FOOD! Okay so. This weekend, it's the 10th Annual World Veg Fest in San Francisco. It's co-sponsored by the extra-awesome VegNews magazine, and our friends at Sugar Beat Sweets will be on the scene with mad vegan treats and so I think that's reason enough to go, right? If not, tons of awesome speakers (and um, not so awesome speakers but I'm a total player hater. I WILL JUST SAY THIS: Please stop having totally irrelevant octogenarians babbling crazy talk at these things. Vegans already look crazytown enough and then we have to compete with that? It's enough to make me start gnawing on my own arm BECAUSE THEN I'LL LOOK AS BATSHIT AS MOST PEOPLE THINK VEGANS ARE. In other news, I'm starving.)
I definitely won't be missing Howard Lyman because he's the total shit (READ THIS) and he's all super nice in a grandpa type-way and you're not sure if he's hitting on you or just being super nice but really he's just being super nice and you have a weirdly inflated sense of how good looking you are. Also, maybe he's hitting on you. Mystery! Intrigue! Suspense! It can all be yours this weekend for only $6 suggested donation at the door!
Also, there is reportedly going to be vegan speed dating happening as well. So just in case Howard Lyman is totally on the level, you can go get your creepy vibe fix in there. Shudder. OR MAYBE YOU'LL FIND TRUE LOVE WHO KNOWS I MET MY BOYFRIEND ONLINE ONLY GOD CAN JUDGE ME OKAY?
(Now accepting requests for relationship advice!)
I will note that Broke-Ass Stuart hella scooped us on this BUT I'M SICK SO WHATEVER.
∞ posted at 13:08 by laurahooperb


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How Risk Assessment Works with Success
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- Published on November 6, 2007
The purpose of a risk assessment is to identify the internal and external threats that could cause a business interruption and assess their probability and impact of a variety of specific threats. The risk assessment studies all aspects of threats including physical, environmental, administrative, and technical measures. It provides a complete identification, sourcing, and evaluation of the risk at which an organization operates and puts the vulnerabilities in perspective for the business. It may be possible to implement measures to reduce the likelihood or mitigate the impact of these threats by prioritization on the most urgent business functions identified during the business impact analysis.
Type of Risk Assessments
It is essential to understand different types of risk assessments. There are at least two different risk assessment types. One is information security risk assessment. Another one is business risk assessment. Information security risk assessments focus exclusively on the risk to information and information systems. Information security risk assessments should only be performed by information security professionals. Business risk assessments focus risks to business operations. This is in contrast to business risk assessments that should be performed by organizations such as accounting firms who have a strong understanding of business risks. Information security risks are a subset of business risk.
Risk Assessment Flow
Common elements of risk assessment approaches involve five phases:
Assessment Planning
Information Gathering
Asset Identification and Valuation
Analyze Information
Prioritize Responses
Risk assessments are done methodically and should be performed nearly the same way and pattern each time. This provides for consistency. Risk assessment should be planned as broadly scoped as possible so that senior management can get a good understanding of the current status of risk preparedness and has a sound foundation for establishing initial risk acceptance criteria and risk mitigation priorities.
Examples of Risks
The key part of the risk assessment is the assessment of the potential risks to the business which could result from disasters or emergency situations. There are examples of the risks that are possible for any organization.
Success Factors for Risk Assessment
Understanding the business is the most critical. The fundamental for the methodology is that a risk assessment starts with having a solid understanding of the business. It is impossible to achieve quality risk assessment without understanding the business and the mission-critical business processes.
Pre-defined procedures, coordination, and central control facilitate to ensure standardization, consistency, and completeness of risk assessment policies and procedures, as well as coordination in planning and performance. Coordination and central control will also help an organizational view of risks learned from the risk assessment process.
Communication with stakeholders should be addressed. One of the major common steps in each of the phases of the methodology is communication with the stakeholders. Stakeholders should always be kept aware of the progress of the assessment and of the findings that have been uncovered. This is essential for two reasons. First, stakeholders have the opportunity to provide additional information that might change the nature of findings. Second, the stakeholders are prepared to discuss it when the final report is presented to senior management.
The methodology should be flexible. Risk assessments will seldom go exactly the way the methodology is laid out, so flexibility is important. The methodology is meant to be flexible to allow for such things as scheduling conflicts or resource issues. The methodology is meant to provide a framework within the assessment work, and at times assessment will have to be flexible with the steps as long as the assessment stays within the general framework of this methodology.
Preparation is a key concept in the risk assessment methodology. Preparation is in the form of doing research on companies and preparing question sets for meetings with stakeholders. Preparation is essential because it enables assessors to ask more informed questions during the assessment. Instead of wasting time on things assessors could have learned by preparing, you can spend the time in interviews discussing about more meaningful aspects of the business.
A risk assessment provides groundwork for the remainder of the risk process by guiding the selection and implementation of risk controls and the timing and nature of testing those controls. Testing results provide evidence to the risk assessment process that the controls selected and implemented are achieving their intended purpose. Testing can also validate the basis for accepting risks.
Documentation of the risk assessment process and procedures assists in ensuring consistency and completeness, as well as accountability. Documentation of the analysis and results provides a useful starting point for subsequent assessments, potentially reducing the effort required in those assessments. Documentation of risks accepted and risk mitigation decisions are fundamental to achieving accountability for risk decisions.
Frank Kai Fat Chow is a systems manager for Automated Systems (HK) Limited (ASL). He has more than 10 years of experience working on risk assessment and management. He holds a bachelor's degree in computer information science and a master's degree in business administration.
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I'm often asked how I incorporate my favourite KORA Organics products into my morning beauty routine. I usually have very little time in the mornings, especially with a toddler, so with these simple skin and beauty steps I can get out the door in 15 minutes.
Skincare isn't just about the products you apply, so I have also shared some other steps that my skin really benefits from, and I recommend you try them too.


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|10 Jul 2010
Need Help - HDD Not Detected in BIOS
Hi All,
I'm new here and have dug around a bit but can't find anything that helps with my problem.
First the HW details:
PC is 5-6 years old
It was built by a local, well known computer shop that's been around for years
MOBO is an Asus K8VSE Deluxe
BIOS is AMI version 08.00.09, Build date 09/08/05, ID A0058002
Next a little back story:
The PC was running WinXP Pro until one day it wouldn't boot, saying that a critical file was missing. I played around with it and *thought* the HDD had failed. So I parked the PC for a while and just used my laptop, until this week, when I decided to get this pig working again.
While troubleshooting the issue (months ago) I noticed that my one and only SATA HD was not plugged into the standard SATA port on the Mobo, but on the SATA port on the on-board RAID controller. Why this was done is beyond me, but it was done when this machine was built.
Now the current situation:
I decided to go with a new WD Caviar Black, 1.0TB drive, and Windows 7 Pro. Plugged everything in, set the BIOS to boot to the Windows CD, and fired it up.
First thing is that the BIOS does not see a HDD, hit F1 to continue. So I did.
Windows 7 started loading files, and I thought I was in good shape. But alas, 7 could also not see the HDD but asked if I wanted to load drivers.
Now I am confused; drivers should not help if the BIOS can't even see the HDD, right?
So I futzed around with the BIOS, and can't see a whole lot of anything mentioning SATA. I thought that if you set the IDE type to auto detect, the BIOS would figure out there was a SATA drive, but apparently not in my case.
All cables are from HDD to mobo are plugged in firmly, the drive spins up. I even tried a new SATA cable and got the same result.
I reset the BIOS to factory defaults and got the same result.
I disabled and re-enabled the on-board Promise controller and got the same result.
At this point, I think it's either something so simple that I am overlooking it, or the MOBO is fried. But remember, when this all started all was fine save for a missing file that would not allow Win XP to boot, so . . . . .
Thanks in advance for any and all responses.
|My System Specs
|10 Jul 2010
Win7 Enterprise, Win7 x86 (Ult 7600), Win7 x64 Ult 7600, TechNet RTM on AMD x64 (2.8Ghz)
|My System Specs
|11 Jul 2010
Windows 8 Core X64
Where is the new drive plugged in? The mother board or the Raid controller? Try moving it to which ever one it's not plugged into. If not help, check BIOS and select the non-RAID settings.
|My System Specs
|11 Jul 2010
Windows 7 Pro X64 SP1
Is the new drive plugged into the primary SATA controller (not the "RAID" controller)? That may be required for the BIOS to detect the drive. (Was the old drive visible to the BIOS before, or only in the sub-BIOS for the third-party RAID controller?)
If the drive isn't defective, there's a chance that the mainboard's SATA controller does not like a 300MB/s drive. (The controller is a 150MB/s one.) The drive can be set to 150MB/s with a jumper. That may be worth a try.
This isn't relevant to whether the drive is detected, but you may need to install drivers for the Via chipset. Via doesn't list any for Windows 7, but the Vista ones will probably work:
Old (Socket 754) system. Good luck.
|My System Specs
|11 Jul 2010
Thanks for the responses thus far, everyone.
The new drive is currently plugged into the regular, non-RAID SATA1 port on the motherboard.
The old drive was plugged into the RAID controller (which is built in to this mobo). Bob, your 150 vs. 300 Mb/s comment is interesting and may very well explain why my single drive was plugged into the RAID controller instead of the normal SATA port in the first place.
I'll now try to plug things into the RAID controller and see if anything works. I'll report back once I've had a chance to play around some more.
|My System Specs
|11 Jul 2010
Main - Windows 7 Pro SP1 64-Bit; 2nd - Windows Server 2008 R2
If the computer is that old it predates the availability of 1TB drives. A simple BIOS update might fix you right up.
(Keep in mind that there is no such thing as "A simple BIOS update" - should you go this route be very careful and follow the MB manufacturers instructions to a "T".)
I would read the Release Notes for any newer BIOS's which might be available and see if they address detection of larger hard drives.
|My System Specs
|11 Jul 2010
OK - progress, but not much.
I plugged the new drive into the RAID controller. BIOS now sees the drive, but Windows 7 does not.
This is a fresh, new drive and I am doing a clean install of Win 7.
Someone suggested that I chuck the mobo cd into the drive and let the drivers load.
The problem is, I was not given that CD when I had this computer built.
I went to the Asus support web site and all I see for available downloads are several different BIOS versions.
I went to WD's site to look for help and didn't find anything there.
Where do I go next?
|My System Specs
|11 Jul 2010
Can you post a screen shot Disk management?
Screenshot tools.
Screenshot with Paint
Screenshot and Upload using MWSnap
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|My System Specs
|11 Jul 2010
Can you post a screen shot Disk management?
Screenshot tools.
Screenshot with Paint
Screenshot and Upload using MWSnap
Fscapture free download
How do I take a screen shot when the PC has no OS? This is a brand new, clean drive, and I am trying to install Win 7 on it. BIOS sees the drive but Windows 7 does not.
|My System Specs
|11 Jul 2010
Windows 7 Ultimate 64 Bit
Do we assume you have initiated the HDD already. If it is brand spanking new, you have to setup the drive first. And you may need to install a 3rd party driver for it, as Windows 7 may not have the driver pre-loaded for that drive.
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Fish Pie with sweet potato topping
This is by far one of my favourite dishes. I adore it and its pretty simple to make.
All the ingredients mixed in together
Fresh fish added
Ready for the oven
Mmmm…. smells amazing straight out of the oven
et voila, served with a simple green salad
1 carrot
1 courgette
1 stick of celery
2 large sweet potatoes
1 fennel bulb
couple of spoons of creme fraiche
handful of peas
1 lemon
bunch of flat leaf parsley
couple of cherry tomatoes
mix of fresh fish / seafood
100g of cheese ( i used strong hard goats cheese but you can use mature cheddar )
Place the sweet potatoes on to boil
- Grate the carrot and courgette, cheddar and lemon rind into the dish.
- Chop up the tomatoes, parsley, celery and fennel finely and put into the dish.
- add some peas
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does anyone know how to watch or listen to college football online? free, cheap, easy?
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what you think of this logo? I made it, for me.
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Boulevard's new 80-Acre gives nod to South Dakota
"You can never go home again," John Cusack said as Martin Blank in 1997's Grosse Pointe Blank. "But I guess you can shop there." Tell that to Todd Hanson and he might amend it: "But I guess you can name a beer after it."
Before moving to Colorado as Boulevard Brewing Company's regional sales manager, Hanson spent his time in South Dakota - Mission Hill, specifically, a town so small I'd never heard of it before today. He lived on a family farm and helped harvest hay on an 80-acre plot just across the road. He still remembers what the tractor looked like. He still remembers what that farm felt like.
So when Boulevard solicited ideas for their new brew - a mixed style they refer to as a "Hoppy Wheat" - Hanson's mind wandered back to South Dakota as he dropped the perfect name into the hat: 80-Acre.
"They couldn't find a name that clicked," Hanson says. "But everybody liked the idea of 80-Acre."
It wasn't that they had a short timeframe to work with - 80-Acre, which is set to become Boulevard's newest year-round offering - has been in the works for over two years, its taste being perfected and its style finely honed. We're not talking about another wheat beer, or another IPA. This is something completely different. Something that borders on identity crisis, unable to decide which side it should sit on.
I was lucky enough to sit with Todd Hanson for a few minutes. He's proud of this beer. He's proud of Boulevard. This is the life of a craft brew sales manager: utter devotion for the product and a spirit that helps sell it. Naturally, I was cautious. Was I getting a sales pitch? Was I getting a PR feed?
Let's lay this all out on the table right now: my love for Boulevard has fallen. Boulevard was my first beer tour, my first craft love, my first break from the status quo. But now, where I once gravitated toward Boulevard's most popular beers - Unfiltered Wheat, which according to Boulevard is the top selling craft brew in five states including South Dakota, and their flagship Pale Ale - I now run toward Odell or Deschutes.
This is hard. We learn to drink beer in different ways, and while our tastes change our nostalgia fights to keep us returning to old standbys. The two often don't line up. Memories accentuate the positives, but personal taste adapts to what we currently love. The mind promises; the beer disappoints.
This beer? This beer does not disappoint.
First off, it's got flavor. Tons of it. Clean, crisp flavor - hops that benefit from their recent bottling, fresh as you can get without taking a pull straight from the fermenter. A sweetness that's familiar - very familiar, almost frighteningly familar oh wait I know what this is…
It's Boulevard Wheat. It's that old standby, given new life, reborn into something different, like a butterfly emerging from a cocoon. Not quite as beautiful - it's just a beer, after all - but certainly something that deserves a nod to it's original state.
80 Acre attempts to toe the line between a hoppy wheat and a wheaty IPA. If you're thinking of this beer as a wheat, the hops are surprisingly welcome, adding enough of a touch of grapefruit to remind me of a balanced breakfast - fruit, grains; pour some milk over it and you're ready for the day. It's amazingly drinkable. That's no feat - IPAs, especially with hops as notable as this - are rarely "down one and look for another" drinkable.
What's funny is that 80-Acre missed its season by a few months. This is summer beer, folks. But don't let that stop you from rushing out to grab some. And if you think they're not serious about the South Dakota connection, consider this: only one state in the Union will be offering 80-Acre on draft: South Dakota. It lands on shelves today, and they're kicking off the launch with a tapping at 6 p.m. tonight at the Top Hat. Can't make it out tonight? They'll be hitting a few bars around town over the next couple of weeks. You'll get your chance.
Officially, this beer might be all over the place. It's an act of hop-infused multiple personalities, shifting from one to the other from sip to sip. It's not a South Dakota beer, despite the story behind its name. Hanson himself said it's not something that will take over the familiarity of Boulevard's Unfiltered Wheat.
Hanson, however, always sees a bit of South Dakota in 80-Acre. It's right on the label. "The tractor on this bottle is the one I used to rake hay and to drive to the 80-acre plot."
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CHAPEL HILL, NC - JANUARY 16: Larry Drew II #11 of the North Carolina Tar Heels looks down court during their game against the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets at the Dean Smith Center on January 16, 2010 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images)
There is a sign outside the Atlanta Hawks' locker room, large and bold and impossible to miss. It reads, "Talent wins games. Defense wins championships." Unfortunately, for Larry Drew's limping squad, they head to Boston for Game 3 of the NBA Playoffs short of both. The Celtics came back from an 11-point deficit to capture Game 2 in Atlanta and even the series 1-1, not because of Doc Rivers' inspirational coaching or superhuman basketball by any member of the team: they won because the Hawks don't have a big man and can't push the tempo for four solid quarters. Al Horford should have been that guy, the solid presence underneath that added an invaluable dimension to the defense. But Horford has been, and will continue to be, out with a torn left pectoral muscle (which is as painful as it sounds). Horford's replacement Zaza Pachulia is no two-time All Star, but he was once a dozen-points-a-night guy, so there was no great worry. Then Pachulia went down with the sprained foot (which is even more painful than it sounds). Pachulia has been sidelined for more than three weeks and is listed as day-to-day. Even if he came back in Game 3 in Boston, there isn't much hope that Pachulia would be at full speed. After the Game 1 win, Coach Drew didn't seem worried about going small. "I'm actually not that concerned at all, to be perfectly honest,'' Drew said. "We have played without both guys a number of times. Would we like to have them? Yes. But we've been able to play without them, and to have some success without them." "Some success" meant lighting it up from outside and getting tons of transition baskets off the break. But if shooters like Joe Johnson and Josh Smith had a cold night, or if a team stopped the break and slowed the tempo, the Hawks struggled, as they did on Tuesday night. Now, there is more bad news. Smith, who went down clutching his left knee in the fourth quarter of Game 2, has been diagnosed with a strained tendon. While it could have been much worse, a strained tendon in the knee can be as debilitating as a broken femur. Smith is also listed as day-to-day, leaving the Hawks with Johnson, point guard Jeff Teague, and a cadre of role players who will likely struggle against a healthy and hungry Paul Peirce and Kevin Garnett. "I'm very concerned about it," Drew said on Wednesday during a very short shoot-around and film session the team had at Philips Arena before leaving for Boston. "I know Josh is the kind of guy that if he's just hurting, he's going to play. He has that kind of toughness. But if it's a situation where he can't play, then he won't be out there." And if he's not out there, the Hawks' chances of taking a game on the road in front of the always boisterous Celtics fans will fall from slim to dangerously skinny. The situation isn't dire just yet. But dire is in the building. If Smith and Pachulia are both on the bench, the Celtics should roll through the rest of the series.
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PLAYERS: Larry Drew, Doc Rivers, Al Horford, Zaza Pachulia, Joe Johnson, Josh Smith, Jeff Teague, Kevin Garnett
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Master of the Rolls slams Irwin Mitchell's 'out of kilter' costs
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"Judges enter real world for small amount of time, don't like it, retreat back to peaceful cloisters"
No change there, then.
While I agree to some extent with the above commentator about judicial interference in cases surely it is about time someone took control of these huge fees.
Has it dawned on IM that perhaps this wasnt the best case to run the 'incipitur' interest argument on?
Own goal perhaps...
These fees are utterly ridiculous, particularly bearing in mind that this represents the amount for which IM settled - God knows what their original claim must have been. Whatever happened to the `proportionality' requirement?
It's all very well IM whingeing about delay on the part of the insurers. If this happens it's in their hands to drive the case towards trial, but it's obviously a lot more profitable just to generate letters, phone calls and emails at £27 to £50 a time (according to the report they were charging £270 to £500 per hour - what a joke!) complaining about the delay.
It's precisely this type of greed that has killed the goose that laid the golden egg and driven insurance premiums to the level they are.
Claims like this are dream propaganda for the reformists, and I'm afraid no rational person can disagree with them that this kind of exploitation must be stopped.
I think we're all agreed that "something must be done", particularly when all posters are aware of all material background facts.
Insurance (motor, home and contents, building, employer etc) are at the level they are, due to people (insurers and their shareholders) fixing them at a profitable level.
Please do not think its legal costs that are responsible for insurance companies making money out of insurance. To believe the same would be akin to believing Mr Clegg when he claims he only agreed to the coalition on moral grounds to keep the Conservatives in check!
PS - Father Christmas isnt real either.
Firstly, I am sure I saw Father Christmas in The Lawyer this week.
Secondly, of course this kind of publicity is bad for the profession and high fees need to be cut down. But it is wrong to blame high legal fees for motor insurance rates as the MOJ seems to be ready to concede at the moment.
Claimants and defendants and INSURERS are responsible for the state of the personal injury market and, more often than not, it is an insurance company which is sat behind the litigant. What about the costs of rehabilitation, medical reports, disclosure etc etc, the MR is right, there is something out of kilter and the sooner something is done about it in a fair and constructive manner the better,
I can only assume Rural Bliss is a defendant lawyer-each and every day I experience time wasting and cost building exercises perpetrated by Defendant lawyers. If Defendant lawyers want to take up each and every point and want a response to their letters/enquiries then they have only themselves to blame for increased costs.
Sorry, even as a Defendant costs lawyer who likes nothing more than to see Claimant's twist in the wind re their costs but, this was a rum do by the MR. The £75k agreed costs included the success fee (67%) and also the ATE premium. As any fule kno for proportionality arguments these additional liabilities should NOT be included and the MR knows this.
IM have not shot themsleves in the foot (and I never thought I would be defending IM re their costs!) but have been subject of an unwarranted pincer movement
Well it is about time that Irwin Mitchell get fingered for doing this 'again', it is any wonder that this sector is under fire. I agree with comments about IM shooting themselves and every over PI / Clin Neg firm. Once again well done 'Irwin Mitchell', a class act law firm!
What does lord neuberger know about running a business
or a solicitors' practice? Precisely zero. Judges should be kept out of costs as they know damn all.
@ Rural Bliss
Insurers make more money from referral fees than they pay out in legal fees and yet they still drive up premiums using an easy target of blaming solicitors costs. Insurers are only trying to drive down costs now because the nest egg of referral fees is under threat.
People seem to forget that insurers are the ones pushing people to claim and often refer them to the solicitors they attack over excessive fees.
Look at fixed fees in RTA claims, they have not increased since being established in 2003 yet overheads including referral fees have increased annually.
Insurance companies have the government firmly in their pocket at the moment so Claimant PI firms will have to start looking to expand into other areas as the writing is on the wall regarding reduced fees.
People are slamming IM, but what about BLM?
They agreed the £75k so presumably acknowledge their ill behaviour which pushed IM's costs up. At that point surely BLM should have got out while the going was not-so good rather than adding insult to injury (pun intended) by then racking up no doubt sky high DA and appeal costs.
I bet BLM's bill to their insurer client was substantially higher than £75k come judgment day.
Poor claimant billing structure or poor choice of defendant solicitor?
Some interesting (and some predictable) responses.
I agree that BLM probably are partly to blame. Unfortunately, it's just as much in their interests to rack up these ludicrous costs as IM's. What's wrong is a system that allows either side to do so.
"Look at fixed fees in RTA claims, they have not increased since being established in 2003 yet overheads including referral fees have increased annually."
Which simply proves that they were set far too high in the first place. When they were agreeed I don't recall any element of the claimant solicitors' costs proposals including a budget for referral fees.
However, PI firms can afford to pay £500 or more in referral fees and yet are still keen to take on this fixed costs work, so even with that taken out of it they must still be making a decent profit out of the fixed costs.
It's also not unusual to see firms advertising `£500 cashback' just to sign a client up to a PI claim.
So please don't try to pretend there's only a modest profit in the fixed fee regime, it's quite obviously `fill yer boots' time.
I suspect the claimant lobbies managed to con the MoJ originally into thinking the average unissued PI claim would involve 8 hours work by a qualified solicitor at a charge out rate (then) of £150 per hour, when in fact it probably involves 3 or 4 hours work by an unqualified paralegal whose charge out rate (then) would have been perhaps £40 an hour.
"Claimant PI firms will have to start looking to expand into other areas as the writing is on the wall regarding reduced fees."
Unfortunately for them (though fortunately for the rest of us) I can't see the MoJ being naive enough to set up the same gravy train again.
the MR didn't actually slam IM regarding their costs, strictly speaking. His concluding comments in relation to costs (para 50) highlighted his concern with the civil justice system generally and proposals for reform:
"Both my own experience in this court and the evidence contained in Sir Rupert Jackson's report on Civil Costs suggest that this is not a particularly exceptional case. It is therefore to be hoped that the changes which are in the process of being enacted and implemented in relation to civil costs and civil procedure will help ensure that costs become more proportionate."
I am not surprised by Irwin Mitchell Costs being over the top in relation to the amount of damages actually recovered.
It begs the question how many Senior fee earner's at high charge-out rates had input in this particular case including lower fee earner's involved on a Training exercise in support.
Of course IM wanted the matter to proceed to trial so that they can make as much money as possible.
However, the Defendant (BLM) should have make their best offer (Part 36) at the earliest opportunity to put the claimant at risk on the day, if necessary.
Couldn't have happened to a nicer bunch of ambulance chasing fee churners.


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A majority of NBA ownership groups reached Tuesday by The Associated Press say they will vote to force embattled Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling to sell his club.
When asked by AP if they would vote to remove Sterling, 16 ownership groups said they would, while eight declined to reveal their stance. The other five, not including the Clippers, could not be reached.
NBA Commissioner Adam Silver wants Sterling to sell as part of the stiff series of sanctions brought against the league's longest-tenured owner in response to racist comments.
Sterling was banned from the game for life and fined $2.5 million, but still owns the team.
For Sterling to be forced to sell, 75 percent of NBA clubs would have to vote in favor of such a move.
There's been no reaction from Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling about his lifetime ban and efforts to force him to sell the team.
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