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Ed Norton, Wes Anderson, and Tilda Swinton Kick Off Cannes!
The Cannes Film Festival is officially underway! This evening's Moonrise Kingdom will be the first premiere of the week and the cast got together earlier this morning for their photocall. Wes Anderson was surrounded by his cast, including Tilda Swinton, Jason Schwartzman, Bill Murray, Bruce Willis, and Ed Norton. The movie actually centers around a love story between two young actors, Jared Gilman and Kara Hayward, who were also on hand for the event.
Much of this crew is like family already, since they've worked together on so many of Wes's movies, and they certainly looked excited to show off their new project in this gorgeous setting. We're on the ground in Cannes, too, bringing you all the action. We're taking a look back at the best Cannes celebrity pictures ever to get in the spirit and we'll be updating every step of the way, so follow PopSugar on Twitter and Facebook, too.
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- James Franco explains his creative process — JustJared
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Malcolm X speaking in Harlem, 1963
Today is the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Malcolm X, later known as El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz. Malcolm X's career was inextricably bound to New York City, the place that brought him fame and saw his demise on February 21, 1965. Here are 7 key spots in NYC that lead up to his assassination.
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It's easy to hate on LaGuardia Airport, even the politicians do it. Just last year, Vice President Joe Biden compared it to an airport that would be found in a "third world country," nearly identical to what Donald Trump said of it in 2011: "You go to LaGuardia Airport, it's like a Third World airport." The executive director of the Port Authority agreed with Biden, and Governor Mario Cuomo called the airport a "disgrace." Well, for the haters, change is finally coming. The demolition of Hangars 2 and 4, between the Central Terminal Building and the Delta/US Airways terminal is mid-demolition. There hasn't been any news about it, probably because nobody cares.
In New York City next week, February 23rd to March 1st, check out a book talk with Abandoned NYC, learn about design with IKEA, see what's new at NYU Tisch's Fusion Film Festival and more.
Monday, February 23rd
Join former war correspondent Tom Squitieri in a conversation about his experiences reporting from conflict zones such as Rwanda and the former Yugoslavia in Film at 11's third monthly salon 'Will "Never Again" Happen Again?'. The event will take place at 6:30pm at The Paname Restaurant, $10 entry.
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From the scenic landscape of Manhattan's Central Park to the endless onslaught of green that occupies Pelham Bay Park in the Bronx, it can be easy to assume that the city's largest tree resides in one of these areas. It might come as a complete surprise to you that the city's tallest (and oldest) tree is actually located in Alley Pond Park in the borough of Queens between Douglaston and Bayside.
Gazing Globes is the new outdoor installation in Madison Square Park. The Artist, Paula Hayes, draws on a Victorian-era custom to foster good luck by displaying a hand-blown glass decorative orb in outdoor gardens. It was said that the orbs, a practice which originated in 16th-century Venice had a mystical character and held magical powers.


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If you are looking for a way to end some of the pain and discomfort you are feeling, then you are at the right website. CURRENTLY I AM NOT ACCEPTING NEW CLIENTS IN ALBERTA, JUST AT MY CLINIC IN SASKATCHEWAN.
In OKOTOKS, Alberta, Assessment First Remedial Massage Therapy is located at 58 Westland Street. While driving and entering the yard, keep an eye out for mule deer -- the clinic is across from an open field and the deer use the yard as a crossing path!
This is a home-based clinic, but clients do NOT enter through my home. The house is a walk-out and the clinic, office and washroom facilities are located at the back. Use the sidewalk on the North side and the gate there to get to the entrance of the clinic, or park in the back and use that gate. Please be advised there is a resident Standard Poodle named Cleo at the clinic, who you may, or may not see or hear.
The owner and sole operator, Marie Trafford travels to CONQUEST, Saskatchewan for one week of every month (the last full week of the month). Assessment First Remedial Massage Therapy is located in the former elementary school at 401 Pacific Avenue, Conquest, Saskatchewan.
The online schedule always shows where I am working and what appointment times are available, so check it out and book your appointment right then and there. You will get an email confirmation and then a reminder email the day before the date of the appointment.


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Angling for some serious fishing? The five fishing lakes (including three specimen carp lakes) at Coking Farm Fishery in Dorset's Blackmore Vale will have you hooked: as well as carp, there's catfish, tench, bream and roach to land, with some of the bigger carp weighing in at nearly 40lbs (take a look at the Coking Farm photos for some monster catches).
If you want to sample some fresh Dorset produce from the campsite there's a butchery on site selling local meats; chicken and (occasionally) duck eggs and preserves can usually be picked up too. You will find sheep, Kunekune pigs, ducks and chickens wandering about our site too, so please keep your pup on a lead at all times.
We have a generous four-acre field where we allow you to park next to your pitch and borrow a firepit if you choose. We also have a separate two-acre field suitable for groups. If you need to do some food shopping, there is a One Stop shop at the local garage in West Stour, where you can pick up all the essentials. The site is also just four miles from the best local supermarket, Dykes, in Stalbridge (which offers an excellent cooked breakfast).
The pitches at Coking Farm Fishery are set beside the 60 acres of Fifehead Wood to wander around too. If you manage to put down the fishing rod, that is...
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Once you've finished checking out all the other fishing in the area – there's quite a bit – this part of Dorset is sublime for scenery and walks. The Blackmore Vale was the setting for the start of Hardy's Tess of the D'Urbervilles. Ascending out of the vale is the Woodland Trust-managed Duncliffe Wood, or you could drive for about an hour to get to the pristine World Heritage Site of the Jurassic Coast for cliff walks, beaches and yet more fishing.
If you're a two-wheeler type, we challenge you to bike up Gold Hill in nearby Shaftesbury, which the tired-legged Hovis boy pushed his bike up in the TV ad; Shaftesbury is one of the highest towns in the country, as he could no doubt tell you, and overlooks the Blackmore Vale for whimsical painting of the parts you hiked the day before.
There are several other historic Dorset towns and villages nearby: Sherborne with its Walter Raleigh-built castle and medieval buildings; Cerne Abbas with a giant naked man on its hillside and Stalbridge, where Douglas Adams wrote most of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
Keeping up the Dorset literary theme, a visit to the county town of Dorchester is a must for more Thomas Hardy connections: his home in town is now managed by the National Trust and Dorchester and the surrounding area was the inspiration for much of his work. There are several museums in the town too: if this all sounds a bit too grown-up, the Dinosaur Museum and the Dorset Teddy Bear Museum should regress you to childhood nicely.
Off-site, there's a convenience store and cafe in nearby West Stour, with three major supermarkets within a short drive.
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- Stourhead House and Garden (7.9 miles)
- Haynes International Motor Museum (10.0 miles)
- Fleet Air Arm Museum (13.1 miles)
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- Lytes Cary Manor (14.7 miles)
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- Todber - Fifehead - Stour Provost - Todber (2.3 miles)
- Duncliffe Wood (3.4 miles)
- Sturminster Newton - Cutt Mill - Stour Valley Way (4.4 miles)
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From Shaftesbury, take the A30 towards Sherborne for 7 miles. Our driveway is on the left, approximately 1 mile after the Ship Inn at West Stour. The campsite is signposted.
From Sherborne, take the A30 towards Shaftesbury and Salisbury. Our driveway is approximately 2 miles on the right after the traffic light controlled crossroads (over the river Cale and just beyond the large picnic layby).
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Petraeus scandal: Second woman identified
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A person familiar with the investigation identified the second woman as Jill Kelley, a long-time friend of the Petraeus family and a Tampa, Florida volunteer social liaison with military families at MacDill Air Force Base.
Kelley went to the FBI after receiving threatening emails that eventually were traced to Broadwell, law enforcement and security officials have said, prompting an investigation that turned up evidence that Petraeus and Broadwell were having an extramarital affair.
"We and our family have been friends with General Petraeus and his family for over five years. We respect his and his family's privacy and want the same for us and our children," Kelley said in a statement obtained by ABC News.
Broadwell has not been available for comment and both the FBI and CIA have declined public comment on the matter.
The affair has raised questions about whether US national security was ever at risk and the timing of law enforcement and intelligence officials' revelation of the matter to the White House, as well as who knew about the investigation before last week's presidential election.
A person familiar with the investigation said Kelley initially approached a Florida field office of FBI not FBI headquarters with a complaint of cyber-harrassment. She had received numerous intimidating emails from a handful of different, opaque pseudonymous addresses.
Upon tracing them, the FBI found out that Paula Broadwell was behind them, this source said. They also found correspondence between Broadwell and Petraeus leading to the revelation of an affair between them.
In the emails sent to Kelley, Broadwell said things like "I know what you're doing", "back off" and "stay away from my guy", the New York Post reported.
Meanwhile, Kelley asked for privacy on Sunday as she hosted a lavish birthday party for one of her children on the front lawn of her mansion-style home near MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa.
She declined to speak to news crews gathered outside.
More than 100 adults and children attended the party.
A source close to the Petraeus family confirmed that Kelley, and her husband, Scott Kelley, a Tampa cancer surgeon, became friends when Petraeus was stationed at MacDill from 2008 until 2010 .
The couples stayed in touch, later meeting in Washington when the Kelleys visited relatives.
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL reported that the emails Jill Kelley found threatening and harassing began arriving in her inbox in May 2012. She didn't know who sent them.
THE FBI used the emails' metadata footprints to determine the locations they were sent from. They matched the places and established the sender was Paula Broadwell.
THE AGENTS thought they were after potential cybercrime or a leak of classified information, but instead found sexually explicit emails between two lovers.
BY LATE SUMMER, prosecutors and agents alerted senior officials at FBI and the Justice Department, including Attorney General Eric J Holder. In September, Broadwell admitted to the affair.


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Our March meetup will be on Wednesday, March 7 at 7:00 pm at Stetson's Bar and Grill. Four speakers will give five minute lightning talks. Come for the presentations, and plan to stay after to discuss these topics and anything else with others working in geospatial data, GIS, and mapping.
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A law firm is a business entity formed by one or more lawyers to engage in the practice of law. The primary service rendered by a law firm is to advise clients (individuals or corporations) about their legal rights and responsibilities, and to represent clients in civil or criminal cases, business transactions, and other matters in which legal advice and other assistance are sought.
Law firms are organized in a variety of ways, depending on the jurisdiction in which the firm practices. Common arrangements include:
In many countries, including the United States, there is a rule that only lawyers may have an ownership interest in, or be managers of, a law firm. Thus, law firms cannot quickly raise capital through initial public offerings on the stock market, like most corporations. They must either raise capital through additional capital contributions from existing or additional equity partners, or must take on debt, usually in the form of a line of credit secured by their accounts receivable.
In the United States this complete bar to nonlawyer ownership has been codified by the American Bar Association as paragraph (d) of Rule 5.4 of the Model Rules of Professional Conduct and has been adopted in one form or another in all U.S. jurisdictions,[1][2] except the District of Columbia.[3] However, D.C.'s rule is narrowly tailored to allow equity ownership only by those nonlawyer partners who actively assist the firm's lawyers in providing legal services, and does not allow for the sale of ownership shares to mere passive nonlawyer investors. The U.K. had a similar rule barring nonlawyer ownership, but in recent years law firms have been able to take on a limited number of non-lawyer partners.
The rule was created in order to prevent conflicts of interest. In the adversarial system of justice, a lawyer has a duty to be a zealous and loyal advocate on behalf of the client, and also has a duty to not bill the client excessively. Also, as an officer of the court, a lawyer has a duty to be honest and to not file frivolous cases or raise frivolous defenses. A lawyer working as a shareholder-employee of a publicly traded law firm would be strongly tempted to evaluate decisions in terms of their effect on the stock price and the shareholders, which would directly conflict with the lawyer's duties to the client and to the courts.
Law firms operating in multiple countries often have complex structures involving multiple partnerships, particularly in jurisdictions such as Hong Kong and Japan which restrict partnerships between local and foreign lawyers. One structure largely unique to large multinational law firms is the Swiss Verein, pioneered by Baker & McKenzie in 2004, in which multiple national or regional partnerships form an association in which they share branding, administrative functions and various operating costs, but maintain separate revenue pools and often separate partner compensation structures. Other multinational law firms operate as single worldwide partnerships, such as British or American limited liability partnerships, in which partners also participate in local operating entities in various countries as required by local regulations.[4]
Law firms are typically organized around partners, who are joint owners and business directors of the legal operation; associates, who are employees of the firm with the prospect of becoming partners; and a variety of staff employees, providing paralegal, clerical, and other support services. An associate may have to wait as long as 11 years before the decision is made as to whether the associate "makes partner." Many law firms have an "up or out policy" (pioneered around 1900 by partner Paul Cravath of Cravath, Swaine & Moore):[5] associates who do not make partner are required to resign and join another firm, go it alone as a solo practitioner, go to work in-house in a corporate legal department, or change professions (burnout rates are very high in law).[6]
Making partner is very prestigious at large or midsized firms, due to the competition that naturally results from higher associate-to-partner ratios. Such firms may take out advertisements in professionals publications to announce who has made partner. Traditionally, partners shared directly in the profits of the firm, after paying salaried employees, the landlord, and the usual costs of furniture, office supplies, and books for the law library (or a database subscription). Partners in a limited liability partnership can largely operate autonomously with regard to cultivating new business and servicing existing clients within their book of business. However, many large law firms have moved to a two-tiered partnership model, with equity and non-equity partners. Equity partners are considered to have ownership stakes in the firm, and share in the profits (and losses) of the firm. Non-equity partners are generally paid a fixed salary (albeit much higher than associates), and they are often granted certain limited voting rights with respect to firm operations. The oldest continuing partnership in the United States is that of Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, founded in 1792 in New York City.
It is rare for a partner to be forced out by fellow partners, although that can happen if the partner commits a crime or malpractice, experiences disruptive mental illness, or is not contributing to the firm's overall profitability. However, some large firms have written into their partnership agreement a forced retirement age for partners, which can be anywhere from age 65 on up. In contrast, most corporate executives are at much higher risk of being fired, even when the underlying cause is not directly their fault, such as a drop in the company's stock price. Worldwide, partner retirement ages can be difficult to estimate and often vary widely, particularly because in many countries it is illegal to mandate a retirement age.[7]
In the United States, Canada and Japan, many large and midsize firms have attorneys with the job title of "counsel", "special counsel" or "of counsel." As the Supreme Court of California has noted, the title has acquired several related but distinct definitions which do not easily fit into the traditional partner-associate structure.[8] These attorneys are people who work for the firm, like associates, although some firms have an independent contractor relationship with their counsel. But unlike associates, and more like partners, they generally have their own clients, manage their own cases, and supervise associates. These relationships are structured to allow more senior attorneys to share in the resources and "brand name" of the firm without being a part of management or profit sharing decisions. The title is often seen among former associates who do not make partner, or who are laterally recruited to other firms, or who work as in-house counsel and then return to the big firm environment. At some firms, the title "of counsel" is given to retired partners who maintain ties to the firm. Sometimes "of counsel" refers to senior or experienced attorneys, such as foreign legal consultants, with specialized experience in particular aspects of law and practice. They are hired as independent contractors by large firms as a special arrangement, which may lead to profitable results for the partnership. In certain situations "of counsel" could be considered to be a transitional status in the firm.
Mergers, acquisitions, division and reorganizations occur between law firms as in other businesses. The specific books of business and specialization of attorneys as well as the professional ethical structures surrounding conflict of interest can lead to firms splitting up to pursue different clients or practices, or merging or recruiting experienced attorneys to acquire new clients or practice areas. Results often vary between firms experiencing such transitions. Firms that gain new practice areas or departments through recruiting or mergers that are more complex and demanding (and typically more profitable) may see the focus, organization and resources of the firm shift dramatically towards those new departments. Conversely, firms may be merged among experienced attorneys as partners for purposes of shared financing and resources, while the different departments and practice areas within the new firm retain a significant degree of autonomy.
Law firm mergers tend to be assortative, in that only law firms operating in similar legal systems are likely to merge. For example, U.S. firms will often merge with English law firms, or law firms from other common law jurisdictions. A notable exception is King & Wood Mallesons, a multinational law firm that is the result of a merger between an Australian law firm and a Chinese law firm.
Though mergers are more common among better economies, slowing down a bit during recessions, big firms sometimes use mergers as a strategy to boost revenue during a recession. Nevertheless, data from Altman Weil indicates that only four firms merged in the first half of 2013, as compared to eight in the same period in 2012, and this was taken by them as indicating a dip in morale regarding the legal economy and the amount of demand.[9]
Law firms can be small or can be huge. The smallest law firms are lawyers practicing alone, who form the vast majority of lawyers in nearly all countries.[10][11]
Smaller firms tend to focus on particular specialties of the law (e.g. patent law, labor law, tax law, criminal defense, personal injury); larger firms may be composed of several specialized practice groups, allowing the firm to diversify their client base and market, and to offer a variety of services to their clients.[12]
Large law firms usually have separate litigation and transactional departments. The transactional department advises clients and handles transactional legal work, such as drafting contracts, handling necessary legal applications and filings, and evaluating and ensuring compliance with relevant law; while the litigation department represents clients in court and handles necessary matters (such as discovery and motions filed with the court) throughout the process of litigation.
The United States pioneered the concept of the large law firm in the sense of a business entity consisting of more than one lawyer. The first law firms with two or more lawyers appeared in the U.S. just prior to the American Civil War (1861–1865).[13] The idea gradually spread across the Atlantic to England, although "English solicitors remained a corps of solo practitioners or very small partnerships until after World War II."[14] Today, the United States (and the United Kingdom) have many small firms (2 to 50 lawyers) and midsize firms (50 to 200 lawyers).[15]
Lawyers in small cities and towns may still have old-fashioned general practices, but most urban lawyers tend to be highly specialized due to the overwhelming complexity of the law today.[16] Thus, some small firms in the cities specialize in practicing only one kind of law (like employment, antitrust, intellectual property, telecommunications or aviation) and are called boutique law firms.[17]
A 21st Century development has been the appearance of the virtual law firm, a firm with a virtual business address but no brick & mortar office location open to the public, using modern telecommunications to operate from remote locations and provide its services to international clients, avoiding the costs of maintaining a physical premises with lower overheads than traditional law firms. This lower cost structure allows virtual law firms to bill clients on a contingency basis rather than by billable hours paid in advance by retainer.[18]
The largest law firms have more than 1,000 lawyers. These firms, often colloquially called "megafirms" or "biglaw", generally have offices on several continents, bill US$750 per hour or higher, and have a high ratio of support staff per attorney.[19][20] Because of the localized and regional nature of firms, the relative size of a firm varies.[21]
The largest firms like to call themselves "Big-Law" firms because they have sections specializing on each category of legal work, which in the U.S. usually means mergers and acquisitions transactions,[22] banking, and certain types of high-stakes corporate litigation. These firms rarely do plaintiffs' personal injury work. However the largest law firms are not very large compared to other major businesses (or even other professional services firms). In 2008, the largest law firm in the world was the British firm Clifford Chance, which had revenue of over US$2 billion. This can be compared with $404 billion for the world's largest firm by turnover Exxon Mobil and $28 billion for the largest professional services firm Deloitte.[23]
The largest law firms in the world are headquartered primarily in the United Kingdom and the United States. However, large firms of more than 1,000 lawyers are also found in Australia (Minter Ellison (1,500 attorneys), China (Dacheng 2,100 attorneys) and Spain (Garrigues, 2,100 attorneys). The American system of licensing attorneys on a state-by-state basis, the tradition of having a headquarters in a single U.S. state and a close focus on profits per partner (as opposed to sheer scale) has to date limited the size of most American law firms. Thus, whilst the most profitable law firms in the world remain in New York, four of the six largest firms in the world are based in London in the United Kingdom.[24] But the huge size of the United States results in a larger number of large firms overall – a 2003 survey found that the United States alone had 901 law firms with more than 50 lawyers, while there were only 58 such firms in Canada, 44 in Great Britain, 14 in France, and 9 in Germany.[25] There is an increasing tendency towards globalisation of law firms.
Due to their size, the U.S.- and U.K.-based law firms are the most prestigious and powerful in the world, and they tend to dominate the international market for legal services. A 2007 research paper noted that firms from other countries merely pick up their leftovers: "[M]uch of the competition is relatively orderly whereby predominantly Australian, New Zealand, and Canadian firms compete for business not required by English or American law firms."[26]
As a result of the U.S. recession in 2008 and 2009 many U.S. law firms have downsized staff considerably, and some have closed. The Denver Post reported that major law firms have cut more than 10,000 jobs nationwide in 2009.[27] On February 12, 2009, Bloomberg reported that 700 jobs were cut that one day at law firms across the country.][28] Among the firms closed included Heller Ehrman, a San Francisco-based firm established in 1890[29] and Halliwells of the UK.[30] Among those that survived, law firm layoffs became so common that trade publications like American Lawyer produced an ongoing "Layoff List" of the law firms nationwide that cut jobs.[31]
Law firm salary structures typically depend on firm size. Small-firm salaries vary widely within countries and from one country to the next, and are not often publicly available. Because most countries do not have unified legal professions, there are often significant disparities in income among the various legal professions within a particular country. Finally, the availability of salary data also depends upon the existence of journalists and sociologists able to collect and analyze such data.
The U.S. is presently the only country with enough lawyers, as well as journalists and sociologists who specialize in studying them, to have widely available data on salary structures at major law firms.
In 2006, median salaries of new graduates ranged from US$50,000 per year in small firms (2 to 10 attorneys) to US$160,000 per year in very large firms (more than 501 attorneys).[32]
Many large firms in major markets such as New York City,[33] Los Angeles,[34] Washington DC,[35] Boston[36] and Chicago[37] compensate new associates using the following pay scale:
Year | Salary (US$) |
First | 160,000 |
Second | 170,000 |
Third | 185,000 |
Fourth | 210,000 |
Fifth | 230,000 |
Sixth | 250,000 |
Seventh | 265,000 |
Eighth | 280,000 |
Other markets such as Texas[38] start at US$160,000, but the annual increases are much smaller than the above scale.
With a few exceptions, markets such as Atlanta,[39] Philadelphia,[40] New Jersey,[41] Florida,[42] Denver,[43] and Seattle[44] generally start at US$35,000-US$50,000 for small law firms to US$130,000 or US$145,000 for large law firms.
With a few exceptions, most other U.S. markets start within US$20,000 to US$100,000.
As a result of the current recession, many firms froze salaries (no annual salary increases in January 2009), reverted to the early 2007 pay scale shown below, and/or cut salaries.[45]
Year | Salary (US$) |
First | 145,000 |
Second | 155,000 |
Third | 170,000 |
Fourth | 190,000 |
Fifth | 210,000 |
Sixth | 225,000 |
Seventh | 240,000 |
Eighth | 255,000 |
NYC bonuses (the highest in the U.S.) in 2007 were as follows:[46]
Year | Bonus (US$) |
First | 45,000 (35,000 + 10,000 special bonus) |
Second | 55,000 (40,000 + 15,000) |
Third | 65,000 (45,000 + 20,000) |
Fourth | 80,000 (50,000 + 30,000) |
Fifth | 95,000 (55,000 + 40,000) |
Sixth | 110,000 (60,000 + 50,000) |
Seventh | 115,000 (65,000 + 50,000) |
In 2008, several firms reverted to the 2006 bonus structure (e.g., no special bonus) or creating a new scale as shown below.[47]
Year | Bonus (US$) |
First | 17,500 |
Second | 20,000 |
Third | 22,500 |
Fourth | 25,000 |
Fifth | 27,500 |
Sixth | 30,000 |
Seventh | 32,500 |
Larger markets outside NYC typically match the base bonus without the special bonus. Smaller markets and/or smaller firms pay $5K to $20K bonuses, if any at all.[48]
Some prominent law firms, like Goodwin Procter and Paul Hastings, give generous signing bonuses (e.g., $20k)[49][50] to incoming first-year associates who hold JD/MBA degrees.
Most law firms are located in office buildings of various sizes, ranging from modest one-story buildings to some of the tallest skyscrapers in the world (though only in 2004, Paul Hastings was the first firm to put its name on a skyscraper).
In late 2001, it was widely publicized that one personal injury plaintiffs' firm in the state of New York has been experimenting with bus-sized "mobile law offices."[51] The firm insists that it does not "chase ambulances". It claims that a law office on wheels is more convenient for personal injury plaintiffs, who are often recovering from severe injuries and thus find it difficult to travel far from their homes for an intake interview.
As legal practice is adversarial, law firm rankings are widely relied on by prospective associates, lateral hires and legal clients. Substantive rankings typically cover practice areas such as The American Lawyer's Corporate Scorecard[52] and Top IP Firms. Work place rankings are directed toward lawyers or law students, and cover such topics as quality of life, hours, family friendliness and salaries.[53] Finally, statistical rankings generally cover profit-related data such as profits per partner and revenue per lawyer.[54]
In an October 2007 press conference reported in The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times, the law student group Building a Better Legal Profession released its first annual ranking of top law firms by average billable hours, pro bono participation, and demographic diversity.[55][56] Most notably, the report ranked the percentages of women, African-Americans, Hispanics, Asian-Americans, and gays & lesbians at America's top law firms. The group has sent the information to top law schools around the country, encouraging students to take this demographic data into account when choosing where to work after graduation.[57] As more students choose where to work based on the firms' diversity rankings, firms face an increasing market pressure in order to attract top recruits.[58]
A number of television shows have revolved around relationships occurring in fictional law firms, highlighting both public fascination with and misperception of the lives of lawyers in high-powered settings.
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The statues are confederate generals on one side, and confederate statesman on the other. Read the inscription to the right of the fountain which is hidden by a tree and written in stone that says the fountain is "To the men and women of the Confederacy who fought with valor and suffered with fortitude that states rights be maintained ... " Way to go UT in continuing to gloss over the real history and how this institution is built around racism. -
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For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— not by works, so that no one can boast. For we are God's handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.
Ephesians 2:10 reveals that we have been "created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do." This raises an obvious question: What are the good works God has prepared for me?
Many of us would be inclined to answer this question by pointing to specific things Christians tend to do as an expression of their faith. Good works would include: attending worship services, praying regularly, studying Scripture, giving generously from our financial resources, joining a small group, going on mission trips, caring for the poor, working for justice for the oppressed, loving our neighbors, and so forth. These are surely among the good works God has prepared for us. We rightly engage in these activities as people who have been transformed by God's grace through Christ.
But, if we think of good works only in these terms, we miss the extent to which God's plan for our good works is much broader and deeper. Our translation explains that we are created for good works, "which God prepared in advance for us to do." The Greek original reads more literally, "which God prepared in advance, so that we might walk in them." The language of walking was used by teachers in the time of Paul in the way we might talk of living or engaging in a certain lifestyle. In other words, the good works of verse 10 are not obviously religious activities scattered throughout an otherwise secular life. Rather, the good works encompass the whole of the Christian, all that we do by God's grace for God's purposes.
Ephesians 2:10 is similar to other passages of the Pauline letters that envision all of life as lived through and for God. Romans 12:1, for example, says, "I urge you ... to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God." This offering takes place, not in identified temples, but in everyday life. Similarly, Colossians 3:17 proclaims, "And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus."
Therefore, though it's certainly right for you to invest yourself in the life of your church and to engage in works of outreach for the sake of the poor, the oppressed, and those who don't know God's grace in Christ, Ephesians 2:10 would encourage you to learn to see your whole life as an interconnected series of good works offered to God. This means that your good works can include that which you do at work, in the classroom, on the football field, in your neighborhood, and in your community associations. If you're a boss, part of your good works involve the way you manage your employees. If you're a parent, your good works include making dinner for your children as well as praying with them as you tuck them into bed. The more we grow in our faith, the more we see ourselves as God's masterpieces, the more we will indeed do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, by his strength, under his authority, and for his purposes.
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Help me, Lord, to walk in the good works you have in store for me. Help me to be open to all that you would have me do. Teach me to see my whole life as you see it. By your Spirit, may I come to see every moment of every day as an occasion to do good works—including good work—for you. Amen.
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I thank you! I thank you!
But seriously... The colour scheme is a refreshing change from all that Star Wars grey-white or super-grimy 'flying oilrig' palette that's so prevalent. Makes me hanker for Babylon 5, which had distinctive colour schemes for Earth, Minbari, Narn ships... and the Shadows, which that crawly-looking 'living black coral' texture...
No problem. Those B5 capital ships were some of my all-time favourites.
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"It is scary. Absolutely. I mean it really is."
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That's what women across the west side of Columbus say about the possibility of a serial rapist being on the lamb. Some women are changing their behaviors, others are just being a little more cautious when out by themselves. Janice Peltoma who lives in Hillard where one of the rapes occurred said she makes sure all the doors and windows are locked when she's home and before she leaves the house. And she's making sure her teenage daughter is safe when she's at the school bus stop.
"As a matter of fact I was cleaning out a drawer the other day and I came across a really loud whistle so I'm going to give it to my daughter. It came with a purse and it's really loud. I tested it out, and I'm going to give it to her to have in her purse," Peltoma said.
A 23-year-old Columbus woman who wished to remain anonymous said she calls her boyfriend to escort her from her car. And she does not always take the same route home.
"It's really disheartening to think that we as women have to be afraid to walk to our cars or go into our homes. And I live with someone but it's still terrifying. And I have friends that don't live with anyone and they're in their 20s and 30s. Everyone's freaking out actually," the woman said.
Columbus Police believe the same man has raped seven women since June, the most recent being November 2 in an apartment complex just south of West Broad Street. Police say the man is short and stocky. They say the stalks women in their 20′s and attacks them in their homes late at night. He has used a gun and a knife.
Brent Turvey is a criminal forensics expert. He said serial rapists are usually regular members of society, motivated by power, not sex. And he said what he calls a "true" serial rapist does not want to harm his victim.
"If it's a true serial rapists and not someone who enjoys the act of killing or a psychopath who just kills to get rid of a living witness. The serial rapist has no interest in killing the victim. In fact, they'll often cover the victim's face or disguise their own face with a mask so the victim can not pick them up out of a line up later," Turvey said.
But Turvey said he is not convinced Columbus has a serial rapist on its hands. Columbus Police say they are linking the rapist by types of assaults, theft of items from some of the victims' homes and how the assailant restrains his victims. Turvey said this type of evidence is called investigative evidence, but he said that alone can not prove it is the same man doing the rapes.
"The only way to prove it is with some sort of biological evidence or a living witness that's connecting them all," Turvey said.
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Another Theme Park in Texas is Six Flags Fiesta Texas which has a pool shaped like… Texas! Genius.
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Another Theme Park in Texas is Six Flags Fiesta Texas which has a pool shaped like… Texas! Genius.
Has anyone ever been to Six Flags and had to park way in the back? The parking lots are like a mile long 0_o .
pansy. Besides if you go on a thursday at 9:00 am in the winter like the 5 families in this shot yer guaranteed a spot.
Well Aaron, considering the park isn't open in the winter, I'm sure you would indeed be guaranteed a spot.
I'm trying to figure out why the parking lot is empty. My first thought was that the picture was taken very early in the morning, but if that were the case it's unlikely that the parking lots at the nearby university campus would be as full as they appear. Hearing that the park is closed in the winter seems to be the answer – but are the trees in San Antonio leafed out in winter, as the trees in this picture are?
I've been there eight years ago while studying in the US as an exchange student for a year in FHS. But I still can remember every ride and every corner in Six Flags Fiesta Texas. It was fun. It is fun.
Anybody noticed the reflections of the clouds in the pool?
I don't think that is a reflection. I think Texas gets deeper the farther "north" you go in the pool.
To answer your question Peter, yes. Alot of trees in the south do not loose their leaves. Or to correct myself, do loose them, but stay green the entire winter.
Here in San Antonio it stays fairly warm most of the year, a typical year has only about 10-15 days below freezing. So quite a few of the trees stay green year round, while others drop their leaves at the first sign of a cool breeze. And yes, the texas pool gets deeper the further "north" you go.
If you're curious, that campus across the freeway (loop 1604) is UTSA (University of Texas, San Antonio) and if you follow Loop 1604 west, you should eventually be able to see Sea World also (depending on how far out you're zoomed)
It's not labeled on the map, but I take it that this / Google Earth is Sea World?
Yep. You found it. Sea World San Antonio.
What's odd is, when you look at in in GoogleEarth or GoogleLocal, you can only tell where the Scream (tallest ride in the park- one of those drop ones) is based on it's massive shadow trails. Kind of neat, actually.
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Published 9:25am Thursday, September 13, 2012MINNEAPOLIS – The Minnesota Twins knew there were going to be some bumps in the road when they started using catcher Ryan Doumit in left field as a way to keep his big bat in the lineup.
They hit a pretty big one in the eighth inning on Wednesday night.
Doumit committed three errors in Kansas City's four-run inning, helping the Royals turn a tight game into a 10-5 victory.
"I'm going to have days like this," Doumit said. "It's part of the learning curve. It's part of all that. It's embarrassing, but I'm going to learn from it and go out and get 'em tomorrow."
P.J. Walters (2-4) gave up six runs on seven hits in four innings for the Twins, who were missing star catcher Joe Mauer for the second straight game with back spasms. But they trailed just 6-5 heading into the eighth inning.
Doumit has played fairly well in his limited time in left field, enough to please both manager Ron Gardenhire and GM Terry Ryan. But the acclimation turned ugly in the eighth when he dropped a fly ball from Johnny Giavotella after a long run to the gap, then booted a hard-hit single by Alcides Escobar that allowed a run to score. Doumit's throw also allowed two runners to advance, giving him a third error in the inning.
"A tough inning for him, but he's actually been playing pretty good out there," Gardenhire said. "A catcher by position out playing other positions, he's handled himself pretty good. Tonight was a little rough out there, the one inning. But we'll keep running him out there. He gives us everything he has."
It was the second time this season, and fourth since 2010, that a player has committed three errors in one inning, according to STATS LLC. Oakland first baseman Brandon Moss did it in the sixth against San Francisco on June 23.
"Tonight was just one of those nights," Doumit said. "I took my eye off the ball. When you take your eye off the ball, bad things happen."
It was another one of those nights for Walters as well.
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"Just bad pitching," Walters said.
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But the Royals sent nine men to the plate in the eighth to pull away, with Billy Butler and Salvador Perez, who also hit a solo homer, coming through with run-scoring singles. Butler had three hits and three RBIs.
Luke Hochevar (8-13) won for the first time in eight starts, but he gave up five runs on six hits with four walks and four strikeouts in five innings. Tim Collins pitched two innings before Kevin Herrera and Francisley Bueno finished the game.
Doumit said he feels "extremely comfortable" in left field and looks forward to getting more chances in the unfamiliar territory to get himself ready for next season.
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When an American Army unit arrived at the end of the war, some soldiers appropriated items in what appeared to be abandoned circumstances. A small painting by a mid-level Polish painter is used by an ex-GI to float a bank loan which results in the founding of a manufacturing firm in Minneapolis. Now the painting and the ledger become the center of murderous attempts by the descendants of theThe Case of the Great Train Robbery
Diminutive P.I. Sean Sean is attacked in a suburban back yard when he unearths an old stash of cash and a weapon. Trying to discover the source of the money, Sean is led on a dangerous trail of conspiracy, corruption and long-delayed justice. Loosely based on a ninety-year-old Railway Express train heist in South Saint Paul, Minnesota.


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Do you know where in Queens this photo was taken? Guess by commenting below! The answer will be revealed next week.
Last week's answer to "Identify this Place": Northern Boulevard at Bell Boulevard in Bayside
Three new commercial buildings are coming to a section of Northern Boulevard in Bayside, bringing an influx of retail space to the neighborhood strip.
Jeewha Kim, president of 211 St. LLC, filed permits with the Buildings Department on Friday for a new three-story commercial center at 211-02 Northern Blvd.
The new building will have 19,993 square feet of space with 66 parking spaces when completed, according to city filings.
About a block away from that development site, permits were issued last year for a two-story commercial plaza at 212-14 Northern Blvd., and renderings have been posted on the construction site. However, a partial stop work order exists on the property.
This building, designed by Victor K. Han Architect, will have 12,030 square feet of space and 40 parking spaces, including some underground.
Also, 209 Northern Property LLC has almost completed its two-story commercial building at 209-35 Northern Blvd.
That development will have 24,865 square feet and 84 spaces for parking, according to city records.
The borough's diversity is being honored in a new photography exhibition coming to Bayside.
"Cultural Canopies," curated by Vida Sabbaghi, will be opening Oct. 9 at the Courier/Mittman Gallery, located at 38-15 Bell Blvd.
The exhibition, inspired by Steven Hoelderich's photography book "Cultural Canopies of Queens," features images that display characterizations of Queens, including store canopies in different languages and in an array of colors. The photos also show the diverse stores found in the borough. Six photos from Hoelderich's book are part of the exhibition.
Along with showing the urban landscape of Queens, organizers also invited photographers to exhibit photographs from throughout the tri-state area that could apply to all New Yorkers. For example, photographer Norma Colon took a photo of a person walking a dog in Brooklyn, looking to appeal to dog owners all throughout the city.
The contributing artists to the exhibition are Steven Hoelderich, Patricia Samuel, Leah Thornton, Norma Colon, Jason Mangual, Maeen Saleh and Linda Allen.
As a way to interact readers with the exhibition, there will be a photo contest with a prize of dinner for two provided by The Queens Courier.
To participate in the contest, submit a community-inspired photo with a description of no more than 50 words to firstname.lastname@example.com. The deadline for submission is Oct. 31.
The opening reception for "Cultural Canopies" will take place Oct. 9 from 5 to 7 p.m.
The National Blue Ribbon Schools program, run by the U.S. Department of Education, has awarded the coveted Blue Ribbon school status to two schools in Queens — PS 205 Alexander Graham Bell School in Bayside and Queens College School for Math, Science and Technology in Flushing. Both of them are winners among public schools in the Exemplary High Performing Schools category.
Only 337 schools across the country were awarded a Blue Ribbon this year. This status is designated "based on the school's overall academic excellence or their progress in closing achievement gaps among student subgroups," according to the Department of Education's official website. Both the Queens schools won because of their academic excellence.
The winning schools are given a plaque and flag as recognition of their National Blue Ribbon School status. The recognition ceremony honoring 287 public schools and 50 private schools will take place on Nov. 10 and 11 in Washington D.C.
Coming to you live from Bayside are the guys from Queens.
Andrew Zarian, a lifelong Bayside resident, created and produces the Guys From Queens Network, a live podcast network that hosts 15 different shows.
"I still get emails from people in places like Minnesota telling me that they listen to my show because they're from Queens," Zarian said. "And that makes sense because if you or your parents came from another country, chances are you came through Queens and then went to other parts of the country."
The most watched and downloaded show that Zarian produces is "What The Tech," hosted by Paul Thurott. The show brings in about 30,000 live views and downloads a week.
"What The Tech," like many of the other shows hosted by the GFQ Network, considers various issues in one-hour segments. The cameras live-recording are trained on the hosts throughout the show, switching intermittently to either a guest or a co-host.
Other shows tackle male-centric issues like baldness, comic books and pro wrestling, giving viewers the warm feeling that they're watching a blend of "The Howard Stern Show" and "The Man Show."
While Zarian still prefers live recordings, the podcast has transformed into an online network that brings in enough ad revenue to allow him to pay a dozen hosts, two producers, a full-time editor and a digital marketer, Zarian said.
Most of the shows are recorded and produced in Zarian's home and on Thursdays he has a full house of radio hosts live recording their shows throughout the day.
"My house turns into a frat house on Thursday," he said.
Zarian started the podcast with his friend Kunall Arora five years ago when Zarian lost his job. The two began live recording themselves online for a podcast that consisted of "observational humor and just yelling at each other," Zarian said.
"I grew up listening to Howard Stern," Zarian said. "This all started as a hobby but we've gotten much bigger since then and we have viewers all over the country. But we're still the guys from Queens."
Track work on the Long Island Rail Road will affect commuters along the Port Washington Branch on two consecutive weekends, Oct. 4-5 and Oct. 11-12.
On Saturday, Oct. 4, trains in both directions will run every hour instead of every half hour beginning at 12:26 p.m. and running through the rest of the day because of switch renewal work.
The next day, Sunday, Oct. 5, there will be no train service in either direction for a portion of the line from 3 p.m. until midnight.
Bayside will be the eastern terminus with shuttle buses operating in both directions between Bayside and Port Washington.
The next weekend, starting on Saturday, Oct. 11, one of the tracks in the Woodside area will be out of service for 27 hours. During this time, train service will be reduced to every hour.
Then on Sunday, Oct. 12, both tracks will be out of service from 3 p.m. to midnight.
Commuters going east will have to board Ronkonkoma Branch trains at Penn Station and transfer to buses at Woodside.
Going west, commuters at stations from Port Washington through Flushing-Main Street will need to board shuttle buses and transfer to trains at Woodside.
The Parks Department closed Oakland Lake Park in Bayside last week to begin a huge one-year construction project. The project will include the installation of stone swales (similar to bioswales), cleaning the drainage system and planting new native wetland plants, according to the Parks Department.
The $2.5 million project's aim is to improve water quality by reducing the amount of sewage water seeping into the lake during rainstorms, but some park-goers believe that closing the whole section of the park is a drastic move and it will leave many in the community at a loss for recreational activities.
Eugene Harris, a professor at Queensborough Community College, is skeptical about how necessary the changes are. Harris maintains a Queensborough nature blog devoted to the flora and fauna of the park.
The lake, which is part of the larger Alley Pond Park, borders the college and Harris said that many students and faculty visited the lake to escape the stress of academics. But since the city fenced off the 46-acre area until next fall, the public is restricted from using any part of it.
"It's crazy that they're caging in the entire lake," Harris said. "I can't see why they couldn't do it in portions so that the public can at least enjoy part of it."
A Parks Department spokeswoman said it is necessary to keep the park closed for public safety and so that contractors can work unhindered. The spokeswoman noted that closing a park for major construction like this is typical procedure.
The Parks Department announced the project in 2011.
The Bayside Medical Arts Center, anchored by a division of North Shore-LIJ for decades, has been listed for $9 million.
A member of the family firm C.B.R., LLC, which owns the building at 23-19 Bell Blvd. in Bay Terrace, plans to retire and another family member no longer wants to manage the building, according to Stephen Preuss of Massey Knakal, who is marketing the property.
Preuss added that the approximately 15,000-square-foot property would be a great investment as the offices are well-attended by many patients, the building is in great condition and the "tenancy is extremely strong."
There are 12 units throughout the building and only one vacancy. There are also 20 parking spaces for patients and staff.
Other tenants in the building range from dentists to pediatricians and other medical specialists.
The building is located directly across from the Bay Terrace Shopping Center, which is home to large chains such as The Gap, Waldbaum's, Barnes & Nobles, an AMC Loews Theater and Applebee's, as well as local brands.
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Members of the Bayside community urged Borough President Melinda Katz to uphold Community Board 11's decision to remove a Star Toyota and Scion dealership from the area during a hearing Thursday morning.
"For 40 years, this business has been a bad neighbor," a community board 11 member said. "There's excess noise in the night and in the day. Unlicensed cars constantly speed through the neighborhood, blowing every stop sign."
Katz didn't make a decision during the meeting but she remained skeptical that the dealership was sincere about responding to the community's complaints about broken sidewalks, trash and fixing the fence.
The dealership's manager, Michael Koufakis, didn't attend the meeting but his lawyer, Todd Dale, said that all of the issues that the community raised were addressed.
"When presented with these problems, we took care of it," he said, referring to the broken sidewalks and fence and all of the trash in the area.
"I find that, as borough president, people clean up right before these meetings and then they go back to their bad habits afterwards," Katz said.
According to Katz's spokesman, the borough president will make a decision to either allow the variance to be renewed or echo Community Board 11′s decision. She plans on making her decision before the case goes to the Board of Appeals (BSA), the last stop before a final decision is made. The variance allows the business to operate in a residential zone as long as it cooperates with the community board.
Neighbors of the dealership hope that the BSA and Katz will reject the variance application.
Rennie Xosa lives behind the dealership's parking lot. He, as well as community board members, said that the lot is used by the dealership to showcase cars to customers, an act that would be illegal under the business' zoning rules.
"I have this beautiful backyard but I often can't use it because there are people over there checking the car alarm system, honking the horn, testing how loud the radio goes and all of these other things that shouldn't be going on there," Xosa said. "I won't let these people kick me out of my own neighborhood. I'm staying here and fighting them."
Councilman Paul Vallone allocated $68,000 to contract The Doe Fund to clean up the streets, according to the councilman's spokesman.
As part of the 2015 council budget, Vallone was given the money to spend on cleaning initiatives in Bayside and the surrounding neighborhoods within his council district, according to a spokesman for Vallone. And he plans on concentrating cleaning efforts on College Point Boulevard in College Point and Bell Boulevard in Bayside, where The Doe Fund will be charged with power washing the sidewalks, sweeping the sidewalks and replacing trash bins.
"Clean sidewalks and litter-free streets are a big part of our quality of life," Vallone said. "The money allocated for The Doe Fund will go a long way to beautifying and maintaining College Point Boulevard and Bell Boulevard, two of the most important and widely used commercial strips in my district."
According to Vallone's spokesman, College Point Boulevard between 14th and 23rd avenues is in particular need of cleaning because of the stained, blackened sidewalks and the abundance of litter. Another spot that they will be concentrating on is Bell Boulevard between 35th Avenue to 45th Drive.
The Doe Fund's street cleaning crews, made up of formerly homeless or recently incarcerated men, will start the cleaning job on Oct. 1 and continue until June 30, 2015. According to Vallone's spokesman, there will be four workers covering the areas three days a week.
The Doe Fund's presence is now in 10 Council districts in Queens, which is up from six in 2013. The increase in the crew's services comes after the City Council approved $3.5 million for cleaning initiatives.
Vallone is scheduled to hold a press conference on Monday, Sept. 22, to announce the cleaning initiative with Doe's founder, George McDonald.
Updated Wednesday, Sept. 17, 4:38 p.m.
Community Board 11 unanimously refused to renew a zoning variance that allowed a Bayside Toyota dealership to operate in a residential area after neighbors complained.
Star Toyota and Scion has been operating on Northern Boulevard for 40 years with the variance, but locals want the dealership gone for being, according to one board member, a "bad neighbor."
"The community wants them removed because they don't respect us," said board member Steven Behar. "It's as simple as that."
Residents complained that the dealership parked their cars on residential streets and illegally dumped garbage in the neighborhood.
As a requirement of the variance, the dealership must meet with the community board every 10 years so their business can be reviewed.
After reviewing the business this time, the board decided to act on the complaints and vote down the renewal.
There are two more steps in the process: Borough President Melinda Katz is expected to announce a decision on Sept. 18 and, if she supports the community board's decision, the Board of Standards and Appeals will make a final decision.
"We're hoping that with the new [mayoral] administration and a real show of community support, we can have the BSA do what's right for the community," Behar said. "We've tried to solve this with them but they wouldn't work with us so now it's come to this."
But Michael Koufakis, the dealership's manager, said he's open to the community's complaints.
"I'm here every day. If anyone has any concerns, they can call me and I'll make a reasonable effort to resolve it," he said. "We will be addressing some of the issues that came to our attention through the community board."
Further west on Northern Boulevard, a Flushing real estate business attempted to remove a condition in a similar variance.
Paul Luciano, owner of Utopia Real Estate, asked Community Board 7 to remove a restriction contained in the variance that prevents the building's owner from making any alterations without the board's permission.
But the board voted to maintain its power over the business, which has been in Flushing since 1957, by keeping the conditions of the variance in place.
"They [the community board] just want to hold the power over us for no reason," Luciano said.
But locals said they feared changes would alter the nature of the neighborhood.
"If we're not careful, our area will start to look like Main Street," resident Terri Pouymari said.
Victoria Schneps, publisher of The Queens Courier, participated in the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge at Christie & Co. Salon & Spa, at 23-64 Bell Blvd, in Bayside's Bay Terrace Shopping Center on Friday afternoon.
A Bayside rabbi violated zoning rules by using his home as a synagogue, city officials said.
Jacob Hasis' neighbors complained to the city that he was using his home as a synagogue, The Courier reported on Sept. 4.
A day later, the Department of Buildings (DOB) visited the home on 26th Avenue and found that Hasis was in violation of his certificate of occupancy by using the one-family home as a house of worship, according to city documents.
Hassis said that the DOB came to his home on a Friday evening while he was eating Shabbos dinner with his family and a few friends.
"They're violating the privacy of my home and telling me what I can and can't do," Hasis said in response to the city's findings. "We're just a big family and we pray often. So this is illegal? I don't understand why they're targeting me."
Hasis will have to appear before the Environmental Control Board.
He denied the accusations at the time and he still continues to deny the city's findings.
"My family is 12 people and maybe another three or four of my friends come over to pray," he said previously. "I don't know why they were complaining."
The Environmental Control Board scheduled a hearing on Sept. 21, according to Hasis, and he said that he plans on fighting the violation to get it dismissed.
The violation could be dropped if the DOB inspects his home a second time and they find that it is no longer being used as a synagogue, officials said.
A Bayside homeowner is being accused of using his home as an illegal synagogue, according to city records.
The Department of Buildings received a complaint that Jacob Hasis, a rabbi, is using his 26th Avenue residence as a house of worship, in violation of its certificate of occupancy as a residence, a spokesman said.
"This property has many past issues so we take the complaints very seriously," the DOB spokesman said.
Hasis acknowledged that residents complained to him about loud noise coming from his home. But he said that people mistake his large family of 12 and a couple of friends who come over for religious reasons as a synagogue.
"My family is 12 people and maybe another three or four of my friends come over to pray," he said. "I don't know why they were complaining."
But in a flier that Hasis made, he invites "the whole community" to "Rabbi Yaakov's shul for the high holidays service," although the flier does say there is "limited space available" in the single-family home.
Hasis has a history of constructing additions to his home "illegally" and has paid $1,200 in fines to the city in regard to the property, according to the DOB spokesman.
The home also has three open violations relating to construction without the proper work permits. This construction includes creating entry doors for the cellar, two of which the DOB has deemed "immediately hazardous."
The front yard of the house is filled with bricks, wheel barrels for cement and an abundance of wood.
Community Board 11 and state Sen. Tony Avella's office have also received complaints about the building.
A spokesman for Avella said that the office was aware of the complaints and that they were in the process of trying to figure out the situation.
Harvey Beringer, who lives near the alleged synagogue, said he tried to complain to the community board, but someone had beaten him to it.
"When I called the community board, they said they had a complaint already about it being used as a synagogue," he said.
The DOB plans on inspecting the property within the next 60 days, according to its spokesman.
With additional reporting by Salvatore Licata
As a new school year starts, students at a Bayside elementary school will find their school shrouded in scaffolding and mesh for a building project that doesn't yet exist, according to city officials.
The city put the scaffolding up last school year at P.S. 162, according to a DOE spokeswoman, who said the project is still in its planning stage and designs for the project haven't been made.
"This is really depressing for the children who are just going back to school and they have to go through this ominous entrance now," said Beatrice Gallagher, who lives near the school. "Why has no work been done but they have the scaffolding up? That's their job and they're not doing what they're supposed to be doing for us."
The K-5 school, which was built in 1936, was chosen for an "exterior modernization project" that would replace and repair the roof, parapets, windows and exterior masonry.
The DOE spokeswoman said the scaffolding was erected for safety reasons even though the school is "safe" with no danger of falling bricks or debris.
The city doesn't have an estimated completion date — or estimated start date — and the school declined to comment.


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