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Researchers from Arizona State University found that males and females do not perform equally in science and other practical based exams.
According to the study, male students perform better, not because they are stronger academically, but because of the way questions are designed.
Other inputs from the study:
- Students with higher socioeconomic status perform better than those with lower socioeconomic status
- According to the study, male and female students perform equally well at exams that require memorising
- Questions that require critical thinking have students with better socioeconomic status perform better. Also, boys perform better than girls in these questions
- The study holds good for tests that require cognitive and elevated critical thinking
Research process involved:
- The research went on for three years and had about 4,800 students involved in the study
- It was carried on 87 undergraduate courses including introductory biological exams taught by 26 instructors at a public research university
Experts on research:
"At first glance, one might assume the differences in exam performance are based on academic ability. However, we controlled for this in our study by including the students' incoming grade point averages in our analysis," said Christian Wright from ASU to The Hindu
"We were surprised to find that this gap emerged based on cognitive challenge level, and that this negatively affected women and lower socioeconomic students," said Wright
Recommendations for better performance:
- Use of active learning practices
- Classroom discussions, clickers and other enhancement measures
- Grooming on critical questions and their solutions
- According to the research, psychological factors play a major role in performance of students in exams like these.


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In unsurprising news, FOX has officially cancelled its mystery drama series "Gracepoint" after one season – opting not to continue the thriller says EW.
A remake of the decidedly more popular and critically acclaimed British drama "Broadchurch," "Gracepoint" has had very low ratings on Thursday night. The series premiered to just 4.8 million viewers and a 1.2 rating, whilst the recent finale pulled in 4.0 million viewers and a 0.9 rating.
Meanwhile "Broadchurch" is set to return to screens with its second season on January 5th on ITV in the UK and on February 4th on BBC America in the United States.

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this is my new humorous novel.
*Everyone loves you when you're dead.
Fame is a fickle food
upon a shifting plate.
Emily Dickinson
"Please leave a short 10 second message after the tone."
"Blast and double damn." Terence threw his mobile phone into the rubbish bin at the side of his writing desk and sulked his way to the two seater settee and plomped with as much plomp as he could muster into the cushions.
He lay in this abject state for some time, almost as if waiting for a second curtain call or applause. When none was forthcoming her rolled over and looked at his desk.
The desk fitted the bill of a writer's desk. Computer, papers, pens, pencils and a pile of books that one might assume the owner was well read. Yet it lacked a certain something. It lacked a writer.
The last line of Terence Stitt's novel, 'Il est mort' (he is dead) stared from the computer screen.at the empty chair. After a prolonged dry spell and a hideous bout of writers block, which had the effect of making Terence gain 10 kilograms and grow a scrappy beard Terence felt a bit mort himself.
He liked to use French in his novels. Not that he was French or spoke it for that matter, but he just thought it showed a level of intelligence, and Terence need all the help he could get in that department. He roused himself from his torpor and sat at his desk and looked at the screen, then added an exclamation mark after mort. There was a temptation to add 'fin' justified in the middle of the word document, but he resisted the urge. In his experience his agent, his editor, his beta reader, the proof reader and his wife would all have something to say about his latest manuscript – and it would be foolhardy to say it was finished. All the women who held the above positions were only there, it seemed to Terence to make Terence Stitt's life one of misery, servitude and anguish.
"They'll love it," he said to the computer screen. That his agent wasn't answering his calls, his editor was always in a meeting, his beta reader conveniently contracted conjunctivitis and his wife wasn't speaking to him at the moment didn't help. They had to love it or he was a dead man. He should have been happy. He had beaten his writers block. He had finally fulfilled his contractual obligation to his publisher and he could sit back and relax.
But he couldn't relax. He hated the manuscript from the first line to the last. It was rotten. It could never live up to his meteoric rise to fame from his first novel. It would never pay the mortgage. It would never clear the credit card his wife thought was unlimited. It was absolutely, excruciatingly dreadful.
"I might as well kill myself now." Terence's head thumped down on the desk and he closed his eyes.
A lawn mower kerruppfft into life and broke into Terence's contemplation at pressing DELETE. Now there is a happy man, he thought.
The happy man in question was Terence's next door neighbour Jim Broker, who was at that moment swearing blue murder at his lawn mower which had decided today was not the day for getting to work and spluttered once then threw in the towel.
Terence sighed – one of those depths of despair type of sighs and pressed SAVE.
Terence Stitt's light once shone brightly.
He was,
New York times bestseller list
New and exciting. One to watch
The Guardian
A marvel
The Enquirer
And his all-time favourite,
The most exciting voice from a writer we have seen in a long time.
The London Review.
Now, just two short years later he was off the radar. He was never invited to anything and if you asked the man in the street had they heard of Terence Stitt, the answer might be,
"Didn't he invent that kitchen gadget thingy?" In fact, Mr Stitt might as well be dead for all the once adoring public knew.


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The Pitons are two volcanic plugs in a World Heritage Site in Saint Lucia. The Gros Piton is 771 m, and the Petit Piton is 743 m high; they are linked by the Piton Mitan ridge.
Taken from a high speed boat on the way to the town of Soufrière on the southwestern coast of the island.
Situated at the top the Piton Mitan ridge is the Ladera Hotel, offering a view over Piton bay.
Saint Lucia's local brand of beer is named after these two mountains.
The texture is courtesy of ewixx who can be found here (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ewixx/4601821496/) and the Lomo action is courtesy of (http://www.emanueleferonato.com/2006/06/11/photoshop-lomography-photo-action/)


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Is your central heating under control?
The Myths and Truths of central heating
Many people in the past have just set their central heating controls to 21 degrees for roughly the time when they are in the house and leave it set the same all Autumn, Winter and into Spring, however, with the recent big push to make us all more energy aware there are lots of things we can do differently to save ourselves energy and fuel costs.
Do not whack the thermostat dial round to 30 and expect the room to heat up any quicker!
Your radiators (no matter what form of central heating you use) have a set ability to heat up, they run at a predetermined temperature, by whacking the thermostat dial around the radiators can not double their output, they do not normally run at half measures just in case you decide that one snowy day you want double the amount of heating, they can not suddenly increase in power.
The purpose of the thermostat dial is to switch the heating off when the room reaches the set temperature. So by increasing the setting on the thermostat you run the risk of wasting energy by having the house unbearably hot.
Does your thermostat give a true reading?
Sometimes thermostats are positioned in odd places which means their reading is not a true representation of the temperature in the whole room. If the thermostat is placed on a cold exterior wall it will always be chilled and give a cold reading, or if a thermostat is in bright sunshine near a window it will give a high reading. Thermostats fixed onto the heater can only give a reading of the air around the heater.
Play around with altering the settings on your thermostat and find what feels comfortable, rather than being fixated with "it must be 21 degrees". By lowering the temperature by just one degree makes a huge difference on your energy bill.
If you want the room to heat up quicker then change the programmer so it comes on earlier!
In the recent cold snap, your rooms may have become colder overnight, so when you wake up the house still feels chilly -so change the programmer.
Only heat the house when it is occupied
Noooo! Only heat the house fully when it is occupied, in very cold weather it is better to leave some background warmth in an empty home, leave the central heating on but turn the thermostat down to maybe 16 degrees, just so the temperature does not drop too low. When walls become very cold they take a long time to warm back up, so it makes your room feel chilly. Thermal imaging here shows good insulation in the loft but the walls are warm from a lack of insulation and heat loss from the warmed house.
A cold house is not good for your health or well being.
Allowing walls to become cold then subjecting them to warm air creates condensation which leads to black mould. The NHS sees a large increase in patient numbers due to cold/poor living conditions in the winter months, ailments attributed to changes of air quality, extreme heat and stuffyness in one room to cold and damp in other rooms. Condensation and black mould agravate bronchial conditions. A very cold house affects our mental state and out look on life.
Yes you can change the programmer on an old heating system
Whilst it may not be feasible to rip out your old heating system and replace it with something more energy efficient, you should at least be able to renew the thermostatic programmer. Modern thermostatic programmers are highly accurate and flexible, so you have much better control of your heating and energy use. Ask your local central heating engineer to take a look.
If you know someone who is struggling to heat their home and keep comfortable over the winter then please get in touch the LEAP Project, their friendly staff actively help to bring about changes in a persons circumstances to make life better, that might be changing light bulbs to new LEDs, adding some insulation, or by changing gas and electric tarrifs over, funding or loans are available to get new heaters installed. They are there to really support someone who is struggling, and make a difference to their winter misery.


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Photo of the Week: One-Man Band?
The producers at BIO.com review hundreds of photos of famous figures each week, from award-winning actors and popular singers, to headliners and scandal-makers. While we're digging through these archives, we often come across amazing photos that we're just dying to share. So, without further ado, here's the one image that stands out for us this week:
Duke Ellington on the set of Belle of the Nineties, Hollywood, California, 1934
You'd think that the leader of the Duke Ellington Orchestra would have a little help schlepping around his group's instruments on the set of 1934's Belle of the Nineties, which featured Mae West performing alongside Ellington's ensemble.


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Jeffrey ElkinsonDirector/Partner of Conyers Dill and Pearman Limited, Bermuda
Jeffrey Elkinson is a Director in the Litigation & Insolvency department in the Bermuda office of Conyers Dill & Pearman. He joined Conyers in 1988 and his practice includes commercial litigation and arbitration in the area of contentious trusts, insurance and re-insurance, construction and with particular specialization in administrative law and telecommunications.
Jeffrey is an active arbitrator, mediator and counsel in domestic and international disputes with appointments from ICC, LCIA and CIArb and, in respect of domain names, HKIAC/ADNDRC. With true international experience, Jeffrey has audience rights in numerous jurisdictions and is a member of the Bars of Ireland, England and Wales, Hong Kong, NSW Australia, New York with appellate rights for the Federal Circuit, Bermuda and the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court. Jeffrey is the former President of the CIArb and remains active with the organisation on a pro-bono basis as course director and tutor for the CIArb of its Fellowship and Member courses.
Highlights of Jeffrey's experience include successfully acting in the Megafon dispute over ownership of a large proportion of its shares, advising one of the wealthiest families in the United States in a case involving a restructuring of a trust with in excess of 70 beneficiaries, acting in the Thyssen Bornemisza trust dispute over a period of 5 years, acting in tax information exchange agreement matters, successfully securing the right of a party served with a notice to produce documents to see the underlying request from the foreign country where the Bermuda Government sought to rely on the confidentiality provisions contained in the OECD Model Tax Information Exchange Agreement. Jeffrey has extensive aviation experience and is standing local counsel for AA, BA and United and assisted in the global merger of AA and USAir and Continental and United. He acts for the Bermuda Monetary Authority as well as local Trust Companies and the Bank of NT Butterfield and Son Ltd.
Jeffrey is the chairman of the Professional Conduct Committee for the Bermuda Bar and also chairs the Police Complaints Authority for Bermuda. He is a door tenant of Des Voeux Chamber, Hong Kong. Jeffrey is regular speaker at global industry events and is the co-author of the Bermuda Chapter of the ICAA Handbook, Spitz' Tax Havens of the World and Offshore Commercial Law in Bermuda.


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They had a big celebration in North Korea this week to announce that Jim Jong Il's youngest son, Kim Jong Un, is the successor to his father as leader of this isolated country that is part of the axis of evil. Un's two older brothers were passed over for the job. The oldest brother, Kim Jong Nam. is a playboy who fell into disfavor when he was trying to sneak out of the country on a fake passport to go to Japan and see Disneyland. Nam is also a gambler who spends much time in casinos in China and doesn't care about the job. The middle brother is apparently too girlish for the job. So, we are left with Kim Jong Un who is said to be a lot like his father.
Kim Jong Un is rumored to be a basketball fan. He is supposed to speak English which should help him as he watches the games. The main thing is that he looks like his father. He has the same winning smile as his father. He also has the same round chubby face and the ridiculous haircut. What I want to know is, who is their barber?
Un has also demonstrated a great ability to stand on the balcony and watch the troops goose step and look stern. He claps his hands like his father and has all the gestures that make him fit for the job. I'm sure he will carry on with harassing South Korea, building the atomic bomb and giving the US a hard time.
We hear a lot of bad things about our leaders. Everyone was bashing George Bush and now it's Barack Obama. At least we have the opportunity to bash our leaders. When I look at Kim Jong Il and UN of North Korea, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran, Hugo Chavez of Venezuela, and Osama bin Laden of the Al-Quaeda terrorist group, I'm proud to be an American. Bush was laughed at by the media when he called that bunch the axis of evil. He was right. They sure aren't a group of angels and there is no way to deal with them except from a position of strength.
Kim Jong Nam is the smartest one of the group. He wants to go to Disneyland and have a good time. I think the whole bunch would benefit from a trip to Disneyland. They might even benefit from the joy of sitting on the porch with me some afternoon. Perhaps I could convince them that our common enemy is the deer.


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Markets down early
The TSX opened down 30 points this morning and had moved even lower — down 60 points to 12,835 — an hour and a half after markets opened, as investors shifted their gaze to other financially troubled European countries in the wake of Ireland's bailout deal. In Canada, the current accounts deficit rose to higher-than-expected levels in the third quarter as a high Canadian dollar weighed on exports. South of the border, the Dow Jones was off 130 points to drop through the 11,000 mark. Crude oil was up slightly and gold was trading flat. Read more here.


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At last year's garage sale I was reminded of the result of not addressing a hazard. This really wasn't a safety hazard, but actually a security hazard. It was the last couple of hours in our 2-day garage sale and we finally convinced our son to bring his Play Station Portable (PSP) into the garage in order to sell it. It was fairly new piece of technology, but he wasn't using it much any more so he decided to sell it.
One of the difficult tasks of a garage sale is trying to figure out what to price things at. The PSP was in great shape and he even had 8 games to go with it. I thought he was being very reasonable and priced the PSP and the games at $95. When you sell items at a garage sale you need to be willing to dicker a little and within a half hour he had someone offer him $70 which was just below what he was willing to take … he countered with $80 and his potential sale walked away.
About another half hour later my son said "Hey, my PSP is gone". He had left the sale for about 15 minutes and in that length of time someone pocketed the most expensive item in our sale. Typically my wife and I were on the driveway trying to help customers and our kids were walking around too. There were only a handful of people at the sale when my son noticed the PSP was missing. Unfortunately, I think the perpetrator was already long gone.
There were many things we felt we could've done to ensure this didn't happen. For starters we should've had the PSP under constant supervision … outside, under our noses. All of us had a chance to change the location of the PSP, but no one did. In fact, I had other games inside the garage at the same location prior to the PSP's introduction into the garage sale. I felt responsible because my son placed the PSP where it made the most sense in relation to the other sale items.
There seem to be a lot of parallels to safety, in fact, my daughter says "Dad, you can relate everything to safety". Often new regulations are introduced after a serious injury or fatality, but for the person suffering the repercussions of an injury it's too late to respond after the damage has been done. How often do we say "I should've done this, or I should've done that? In our scenario if we evaluated the location of the PSP as a hazard we could have easily changed the location, we failed to address the hazard. When new equipment is introduced it makes sense to re-evaluate processes to ensure safety is being considered, we shouldn't fall back into doing things the same way out of habit.
After reading this blog I think everyone is aware the hazard of shoplifting transcends stores and the shopping mall and even needs to be considered for your garage sale. I also hope I have spurred you to look for potential hazards in your workplace or at home. One of the reasons I speak to many organizations is to heighten the awareness of safety. Although I can't guarantee my presentation will make your workplace injury free, I know it has a profound impact in helping people realize safety is in their hands and the results of leaving hazards unaddressed can be deadly. Don't wait until an injury occurs … be proactive and address hazards.


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Under the Government of India's new policy many areas are open for Tourists that were under restricted zones. Given below is a guide with comprehensive information about the areas in India where travel is restricted.
MANIPUR (Protected Area)
Loktak Lake, Imphal, Moirang INA Memorial, Keibul Deer Sanctuary and Waithe Lake.
Authority that can grant a permit: All Indian Missions abroad. All FRROs & MHA State Government of Manipur (Home Commissioner, Manipur)
Remarks: Calcutta to Imphal by air only,*Individual tourists not permitted, 6 days allowed.
MIZORAM (Protected Area)
Vairangte, Thingdawl and Aizawl
Authority that can grant a permit: Home Commissioner, Government of Mizoram, Aizawl, All FRROs at Delhi, Mumbai and Calcutta, Chief Immigration Officer, Madras and all Indian Missions abroad.
Remarks: Tourist groups may travel on the identified tour circuits only*Individual tourists not permitted, 10 days allowed.
ARUNACHAL PRADESH (Protected Area)
Itanagar, Ziro, Along, Pasighat, Miao, Namdapha and Sujesa (Puki) Bhalukpong.
Authority that can grant permit:Home Commissioner, Government of Arunachal Pradesh, Itanagar,all FRROs at Delhi, Mumbai, Calcutta, Chief Immigration Officer, Madras. All Indian Missions abroad.
Remarks: Tourist groups may travel on identified tour circuits only. *Individual tourists not permitted, 10 days allowed.
SIKKIM (Partially Protected Area)
(1)Gangtok, Rumtek, Phodang, Pemayangtse Khecheperi & Tashiging
Authority that can grant permit: MHA, all FRROs All Indian Missions abroad, and Immigration Officers at airports at Mumbai, Calcutta, Madras and New Delhi. Chief Secretary/Home Secretary/Secretary (Tourism) Government of Sikkim, Gangtok Inspector General Of Police, Government of Sikkim, Siliguri, Deputy Directors (Tourism), Sikkim Government , New Delhi, Assistant Resident Commissioner; Government of Sikkim, Calcutta, Tourism Officer, Rangpo, Deputy Commissioner, Darjeeling Deputy Secretary/Under Secretary Home Department, Government of West Bengal, Calcutta.
Remarks: PAP Areas: * Individual Tourists permitted, 15 days allowed.
(2) Zongri (West Sikkim)
Authority that can grant a permit: MHA and all issuing authorities of Government of Sikkim and its representatives at Calcutta, Siliguri & Rangpo.
Remarks: Groups allowed for 15 days trekking and are to be accompanied by a liaison officer. Individual tourists not permitted, 16 days allowed.
(3)Tsangu (Chhangu Lake in East Sikkim). Authority that can grant permit: Home Secretary, Government of Sikkim, Gangtok
Remarks:*Individual tourists not permitted. Day visit only.
(4)Mangan, Tong, Singhik, Chungthang, Lachung and Yumthang
Authority that can grant a permit Home Secy., Govt. of Sikkim, Secretary (Tourism), Government of Sikkim.
Remarks: Individual tourists not permitted, 5 days allowed.


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I came across this quote, after a few weeks, wherein it would be easy for me to have lost my faith in humanity."You many not be able to control someone's behaviour, but you can control how long you participate in it." A friend broke a promise, because it wasn't convenient anymore to keep it. A client, after asking me to set aside time for consulting contract, all of a sudden was "unreachable" and didn't respond to multiple messages. And finally, on Friday, my wallet was pick-pocketed, not is some far-flung city in the world, but a couple of blocks from my home. These incidents put a strain on my inherent belief that people are trustworthy. ..»
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Robert A. Buccola
Robert Buccola is a managing and founding partner of Dreyer Babich Buccola Wood Campora, LLP, and is a native of Sacramento. He is a graduate of the University of California at Berkeley, and the University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law. Robert has been selected for inclusion in Northern California's Super Lawyers annually since 2004, which names attorneys in each state who have received the highest point totals, through both peer review and the independent research of law and politics.
Robert began his career as an insurance defense attorney defending individual insureds and corporate defendants for several years before beginning his career representing injury victims in 1985. For more than 30 years, Robert has had the honor and privilege of exclusively representing injured clients and their family heirs, along the entire spectrum of personal injury litigation.
"My parents taught me the virtues of hard work and compassion at an extremely young age. By nature, I'm competitive, and I thrive on challenge. My clients' causes become my own."
In 1989, Robert began to author and lecture to lawyers for the Continuing Education of the Bar (CEB). At the time, Robert was the youngest CEB author/lecturer in the state. Robert writes, lectures and teaches for many notable legal educational groups on tort law and trial practice including Consumer Attorneys of California, the National Business Institute and the American Board of Trial Advocates.
Thirteen years ago, Robert was inducted into the Sacramento Chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA) as its youngest Chapter Member. Robert is also a member emeritus, and a "Master of the Bar" in the Anthony M. Kennedy Inn of Court. He is the past president of ABOTA Sacramento Chapter. (Less than 1 percent of all practicing lawyers throughout the country are admitted as ABOTA members.)
Robert has attained record verdicts and settlements throughout Northern California and has recovered in excess of $250 million for his deserving clients. His results include the current largest personal injury gross verdict and the largest pain and suffering verdict in Sacramento County – a record that has stood for nearly 10 years, and which was upheld on appeal in favor of his 19-year-old client. In 2001, Robert obtained the largest verdict ever in Marin County on behalf of a pedestrian injury victim, and in 2005, he obtained the largest personal injury verdict in Tehama County for a local man.
In 1998, Robert received the "Trial Lawyer of the Year Award" by the Sacramento chapter of Consumer Attorneys. In 2001, he received from the American Board of Trial Advocates' Sacramento Chapter its "Trial Lawyer of the Year Award." In 2005, the Consumer Attorneys of California honored Robert as a top 10 litigator and finalist in the statewide "Consumer Attorney of the Year" award at its annual convention in Los Angeles.
For more than 10 years, he has been rated AV Preeminent through Martindale Hubbell,* and he is noted as one of approximately 16 Northern California personal injury lawyers, as a top 100 Super Lawyer in Northern California. Robert is recognized by Sacramento Magazine and by Best Lawyers of America's peer review screening process as an area "Best Lawyer." In 2005, Robert was also featured by the University of the Pacific's McGeorge School of Law as their 80th Anniversary Practicing Lawyer.
Robert is one of the approximately 150 plaintiff injury lawyers in the state who is certified as a "Civil Trial Specialist" by the National Board of Trial Advocacy, and he sits as a Judge Pro Tem for the Sacramento County Superior Court.
Robert is a board member of the Sacramento Child Advocates and a fund developer for the Morals Value Program of Sacramento, he remains actively involved in supporting numerous local charities and philanthropic organizations.
*AV®, AV Preeminent®, Martindale-Hubbell Distinguished and Martindale-Hubbell Notable are certification marks used under license in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedures, standards and policies. Martindale-Hubbell® is the facilitator of a peer-review rating process. Ratings reflect the anonymous opinions of members of the bar and the judiciary. Martindale-Hubbell® Peer Review Ratings™ fall into two categories - legal ability and general ethical standards.
Areas of Practice
- Personal Injury Litigation
- Wrongful Death
- Construction Accidents
- Product Liability
- Motor Vehicle Accidents
Certified Legal Specialties
- Board Certified as a Civil Trial Specialist, National Board of Trial Advocacy
Bar Admissions
- California, 1983
- McGeorge School of Law, University of the Pacific, Sacramento, California
- Juris Doctor
- University of California, Berkeley
- Continuing Education of the Bar
- Consumer Attorneys of California
- National Business Institute
- American Board of Trial Advocates
Honors and Awards
- Northern California Super Lawyer, San Francisco Magazine
- "Trial Lawyer of the Year Award", Sacramento chapter of Consumer Attorneys, 1998 - Present
- "Trial Lawyer of the Year Award", American Board of Trial Advocates' Sacramento Chapter, 2001 - Present
- Top 10 litigator, Consumer Attorneys of California , 2005 - Present
- Finalist in the statewide "Consumer Attorney of the Year" award at its annual convention in Los Angeles
- AV rated by Martindale Hubbell
- Top 100 Super Lawyer in Northern California
- "Best Lawyer" Sacramento Magazine and Best Lawyers of America's peer review screening
- 80th Anniversary Practicing Lawyer, University of the Pacific's McGeorge School of Law, 2005 - Present
- Civil Trial Specialist, National Board of Trial Advocacy
Professional Associations and Memberships
- Sacramento Chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA) , Youngest Chapter Member
- Anthony M. Kennedy Inn of Court, Member Emeritus and a "Master of the Bar"
- ABOTA Sacramento Chapter, Past President
- Sacramento Child Advocates, Board Member
- The National Trial Lawyers Top 100 Trial Lawyers , Member
- The National Association of Distinguished Counsel , Nation's Top One Percent, Member
- Sacramento County Superior Court, Judge Pro Tem
Pro Bono Activities
- Member of the Sacramento Child Advocates
- Morals Value Program of Sacramento, Fund Developer


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UK's Connected Energy will supply its E-STOR energy storage systems for an upcoming EV charging hub on Princes Street, Dundee, UK. The hub will be the flagship site of Dundee City Council's 'Go Ultra Low' Cities project.
The E-STOR uses second life Renault electric vehicle (EV) batteries. Last year, Connected Energy and Renault installed quick charging stations on highways in Belgium and Germany.
The new hub, which is due to be constructed in the spring of this year, will incorporate 6 rapid chargers and solar canopies alongside the 60 kW, 90 kWh E-STOR system.
Swarco Group's eVolt has secured the overall contract and will be managing installation.
Matthew Lumsden, CEO of Connected Energy said – "This is a landmark project in terms of the development of EV charging hubs in the UK so we are very pleased to be contributing to the development of the system and the supporting operational and business case."
Lynne Short convener of Dundee City Council's city development committee said – "This is an important project for the city and it will take us to the next level when it comes to our charging infrastructure.
"Within the 26 square miles of perfection that is Dundee we will have a charging network second to none and working with skilled and efficient suppliers is a key part of that."


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An Oldie But Goodie
This seems to be a standby in our house. I part her hair on a slant and then pull up two half ponytails. Add some delicious ribbons and curl the ends and VOILA'! Easy Peasy.
Excuse the pictures. That is what happens when she is trying to decide what would look cute for the pictures.
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Even with growing interest in wind power worldwide, the U.S. market for home wind turbines remains small, less than 0.002 percent of the national market. According to the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA), however, this small wind turbine market is expected to grow dramatically over the next four years from a total of 80 installed megawatts in 2008 to 1,700 megawatts in 2013.
Already, installations in 2008 17.3 megawatts marked a 78 percent increase over 2007.
Small wind turbines produce 100 kilowatts or less of power.
Contributing to the trend is a provision in the federal stimulus bill, which limited the former $4,000 cap on the 30 percent tax credit that consumers or businesses could receive off of wind power installation costs.
Perhaps more significant, however, are the new technologies making home-scale wind turbines more practical, affordable and visually attractive. Whether the new technologies will be enough to overcome resistance from neighbors or the still substantial startup costs, however, remains to be seen.
One of the primary challenges in producing home-scale wind turbines has been figuring out a way to generate electricity from low wind speeds. In urban and suburban settings, a high density of nearby buildings and trees tends to block the higher wind speeds needed by conventional turbines. According to EarthTronics, 90 percent of the wind resources in North America are nine miles per hour or lower.
Shaped like a giant wheel, the EarthTronics home wind turbine marketed as the Honeywell Wind Turbine through a licensing agreement with Honeywell is significantly lighter than a conventional turbine due to its omission of a gearbox in the center.
Traditional turbines are turned when the wind pushes against large blades around a central gearbox, which in turn generates the electricity. Because the gearbox is so heavy, however, large blades and high winds are required for it to operate. In EarthTronics' Honeywell turbine, the gearbox has been replaced by a much lighter "direct-drive generator" based on magnets. This allows the turbine to generate electricity in winds anywhere between two and 45 miles per hour. Also in contrast to other turbines which must be mounted on the ground the Honeywell turbine can be attached to a rooftop.
EarthTronics will begin selling the Honeywell turbines in ACE hardware stores this fall. Each turbine generates 2 kilowatts of power and sells for $4,500, with an additional installation cost of up to $1,500. Even after installation costs, the company says, the Honeywell turbine costs only one-third as much as a traditional turbine.
The company estimates that a single turbine can generate 2,000 kilowatt hours of electricity per year, depending on climate and operating conditions.
The turbines have a six-foot diameter and weigh 95 pounds. The company has begun a program to train contractors and electricians in how to install the devices.
EarthTronics is not the only company taking advantage of direct-drive generators to jump on the home wind power bandwagon. According to the AWEA, a number of other companies are also planning to introduce building-mounted wind turbine systems, such as London-based Quiet Revolution. Private companies such as Mariah Power and Wind Energy have also invested in small-scale wind turbine technology, and Siemens has begun testing turbines without gearboxes to see if they could be adapted for larger-scale electric generation.


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France said on Saturday it was extremely concerned by Iran's ballistic missile test and called on UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to carry out a full report on the launch.
"France asks that Iran cease all [alleged] destabilizing activity in the region," French Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Agnes Romatet-Espagne said in a statement, Reuters reported.
"[France] will consider with its partners, notably European, the means to obtain from Iran the cessation of its destabilizing ballistic activities."
Surprisingly, France has never made the same request to scrutinize the western missiles used by Saudi Arabia to kill thousands of civilians in Yemen.
Tehran says its missiles are only a conventional deterrent in the face of unrelenting threats by hostile states, particularly the US, making it clear that it is entitled to bolster defense capabilities, including its missile arsenal, to smash the evil designs of any potential aggressor.
Most UN sanctions on Iran were lifted 18 months ago under a deal Iran made with key world powers to curb its nuclear program. But Iran is still subject to an arms embargo and other restrictions, which are not technically part of the nuclear agreement.
Guterres reports every six months to the UN Security Council on the implementation of the remaining sanctions and restrictions.
Iran said on Saturday it had successfully tested a new ballistic missile with a range of 2,000 km and would keep developing its arsenal, despite western pressures to stop.
Britain also voiced concerns about the latest test.
"Extremely concerned by reports of Iran missile test, which is inconsistent with UN Resolution 2231 [which endorses the 2015 nuclear accord]. Call on Iran to halt provocative acts," British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson alleged in a Twitter message.
Meanwhile, US President Donald Trump criticized the Obama-era nuclear deal with Iran and other world powers on Saturday, tweeting that the US does not have "much of an agreement" after Tehran test-fired the ballistic missile, Politico reported.
He also contended that "they are also working with North Korea. Not much of an agreement we have!"
Trump last week urged the international community not to let the Iranian government to continue allegedly destabilizing activities as it builds "dangerous missiles".
"And we cannot abide by an agreement if it provides cover for the eventual construction of a nuclear program," he said in his Tuesday address before the United Nations General Assembly.
Trump signaled that he may renegotiate the nuclear pact or decertify it. None of the other signatories supports his stance.
In fact, that agreement did not cover ballistic missiles of the kind Iran fired on Saturday.
He also forcefully railed against North Korea at the UN General Assembly. Trump labeled Kim "Rocket Man" and charged that he was on a "suicide mission" by continuing to provoke the US by building up its nuclear arsenal. Kim responded in kind, calling Trump a "mentally deranged US dotard".
A dotard is an old person, someone who has become weak or senile. Many concede that this accurately sums up Trump who is 71 years old and has failed to offer a single proof for all the adverse claims he keeps on tweeting against the nuclear deal.


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Ways to stop BULLYING in kids
Many parents don't think bullying is a big problem unless their kids reach their teenage.
But bullying is not restricted to teens, and some research shows that it has become common among kids as young as 3 years old.
Bullying is:
- Verbal harassment - calling by funny names, teasing.
- physical harm - hitting, kicking, and biting.
- social and emotional harm - intentionally excluding a child from a group repeatedly.
Negative effects on kids being bullied
Each day more than 160,000 kids stay at home from school because they fear being bullied, according to a survey by the National Education Association.
Negative effects include:
- Poor school performance
- Low self esteem
- Anxiety
- Aggression or violent behavior in retaliation
Steps to deal with bullying
- Observe - for any signs that are bothering the child. We should take bullying seriously even if it's happening at a very low level. It might increase in no time, if left uncorrected.
- Encourage - our child to talk to us openly about it even if it's a small thing, and the kid believes he can solve it on his own.
- Confidence - Give them the confidence that we can prepare them for solving the problem on their own, and won't intervene unless imperative. Advice them to fight back, or walk away, or immediately inform teacher.
- Talk to the Class Teacher - For smaller kids, this strategy works well. We need to be specific of what happened and who did it.
- Contact bully's parents - This has to be done in a non-confrontational way. We've to be gentle while discussing the problem our kid is facing.
- Bully act - A parent/a stuffed toy can act as a bully, and then we can teach our kids to bravely look straight into the eyes of bully and say loudly "Stop bothering me!", or "I'll not play with you if you act mean", or "I'll tell teacher that you're hitting me".
Preschoolers don't do it deliberately, they're just testing the boundaries of what's acceptable behavior for them.
But by Kindergarten, they're more aware of what they're doing and they choose their targets who are shy, sensitive, or smaller than them.
Here are the possible reasons:
- They lack attention from parents at home, and they bully to grab everyone's attention.
- Very often parents themselves are bullies, and the kids deem bullying as a normal behavior. They bully because they're being bullied.
- Older siblings bully their younger ones, who in turn bully shy, weak or sensitive kids at school.
- Their neighborhood friends are bullies.
- Bullying makes them feel stronger or better than the kid they're bullying.
- Bullying gives them a sense of being 'Cool" at school in front of other kids.
- Sometimes, some kids just copy other bullies.
- Being jealous of other kids also emanates bullying.
- It's the effect of what they watch on TV, video games.
How to teach right behavior to bullies
Bullies, too, are kids who just need the right guidance to come back to the right path. The solution lies in the problem itself. The real work needs to be done at home by parents.
- Bullies' parents should start giving time and love to their kids. Love connection is the strongest way to teaching the right behavior.
- Parenting is tough. But if we are aggressive with our kids, then that's what we're teaching them to be. We should start learning positive parenting techniques slowly to guide through love.
- Parents need to keep a check on older siblings. They should be explained gently that younger ones too have an equal right at home.
- Neighborhood bully friends can be avoided by building strong loving connection with kids. When they're content at home, they'll not be under the influence of wrong people.
- Teach them to treat everyone at school fairly. These social skills are meant to be learnt right from preschool, which are much more important than reading or writing skills.
- We as parents are responsible for kids' gadgets addiction to a large extent. Replace presents with your presence, play with them in park, involve them in your household chores - it surely is a game for them.
I've researched a lot to compile all the possible solutions for kids being bullied, and for bullies.
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Scott Sherstobitoff become a Big Brother to bolster his application to a university education program — but then he met a boy who reminded him of himself at the same age.
"The first time we met was in the Big Brothers offices. I remember Jake was a lot shorter back then — probably about a foot shorter, at least. And he was very shy and very docile, very quiet, and he barely spoke the whole time.
"So mostly I had to talk to his mother. But I remember thinking, 'He seems like a really nice kid,' and I thought "This is going to work out really well.' Jake just turned out to be a gem."
That's Jake Scriven, now 17 years old. He's an only child, so his mom suggested he try the program to have a role model — Sherstobitoff laughs as Jake says this — and make friends.
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Music review: Shy La Roux still brings the party to 9:30 Club
Getting to 9:30 Club took some big-time effort on La Roux's part. Over the past year the British electro-pop singer also known as Elly Jackson has booked, then canceled, three separate gigs at the venue -- two bagged due to illness, one quashed by snowmageddon. When the ultra-coiffed 22-year-old finally stepped onto the stage before a sold-out crowd Wednesday night -- her ginger hair whipped up like a bronzed ice-cream cone -- she didn't make much noise. At least, not by normal pop-star standards.
But that's a big part of her charm. Today's mini-divas -- think Robyn, Lily Allen, etc. -- lean hard on bombast. Onstage, on record, and on Twitter, they keep the volume cranked. Jackson is more conservative. She has a wispy voice that's unequipped for theatrical caterwauling. Her economical three-piece band -- two keyboard players and a synth-pad-stroking drummer -- left her a lot of room to move on stage, but she seemed uncertain how to use it.
Never mind her moves, though. La Roux is more of the introspective type. She performed a one-hour set of songs from her self-titled 2009 debut -- a record of smartly arranged pop that draws inspiration from '80s new-wave acts like Yazoo and the Eurythmics. What the tunes lacked in explosive attitude, they make up for in tenderness. Her singles -- club-ready fare like "Bulletproof" and "Quicksand" -- were steady enough to get the crowd bouncing. Three-hanky ballads -- the Prince-worthy "Armour Love" -- were targeted toward the wallflowers. She even whipped out a cover of the Rolling Stones' "Under My Thumb," which, given her androgynous attire, made for some interesting gender-role bending.
La Roux is not a mope, but she's not a party girl, either. She's the cool tomboy who makes nerdiness seem cool and heartbreak seem endearing. Were you to cast a starlet-studded remake of "Pretty in Pink," La Roux would make a good Duckie. She might not pop on stage, but she's got your headphones covered.
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EASTCHESTER, N. Y. -- As school children start another school year in the Eastchester area, police are reminding motorists and students alike to use caution out on local streets.
Police said thousands of children will be walking to and from school and around buses each day. Children may be distracted with back-to-school excitement and forget to watch traffic.
"Everyone who drives has the responsibility to be especially careful during this busy time for youngsters," Eastchester police said in a statement.
Hundreds of school children are killed nationwide in collisions with cars, and thousands more are injured, police said. In addition to offering warnings for motorists, Eastchester police are passing along basic safety tips for school children from the New York AAA.
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- Look in every possible direction before crossing a street.
- Cross at crosswalks and corners.
- Obey safety guards, police and traffic signals.
- Be award of cars making turns.
- Pay particular attention to traffic in bad weather.
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Review by Chris Redmond
Steve Hockensmith's "Holmes on the Range" saga, featuring cowboy detectives Gustav and Otto Amlingmeyer, is in its fifth volume now, and the Sherlockian content is running thin. Fortunately, "Old Red" and "Big Red," as they are nicknamed, can do pretty well on their own. The characters are still amusing, Otto's wink-wink narrative style and Watsonian obtuseness still work, and Hockensmith is still capable of structuring mystery plots that make sense without dragging in either supernatural agencies or Victorian celebrities.
In this latest volume he does, however, drag in something that is in danger of becoming almost as much of a cliché as Aleister Crowley or Beatrice Webb in Sherlockian narratives. The adventure is set in Chicago in the fall of 1893, which of course means that it is set at the World's Columbian Exposition — first of the great world's fairs, and the event that gave birth to the Midway, the hamburger, the ferris wheel, and hootchie-kootchie. Enthusiasts of Victorian murder have paid it close attention in recent years, mostly because of Erik Larson's 2003 book The Devil in the White City. Inevitably, the Amlingmeyer brothers are drawn into crime and mystery at the fair, and Hockenmeyer creates the opportunity to deliver one of the finest lines in all the universe of Sherlockian parody:
"Is that what I think it is?" "Yes, miss. It is," my brother said with a sigh. "So long as you think it's a dead feller facedown in cheddar."
To quote Gene Wilder in "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother": "The clue obviously lies in the word 'cheddar'."
Big Red says at one point that "This was what our lives looked like, thanks to Sherlock Holmes," He and his brother play what might be considered the roles of Watson and Holmes in dealing with the White City murder, and some of the world's other leading detectives are represented in the unfolding events as well. However, the connections are tenuous, and effective with this volume, it can be called entirely reasonable for Sherlockian collectors to pass over the "Holmes on the Range" mysteries. Sherlockian readers, however, should not do the same — at least not if they like well-narrated mystery novels and have a sense of humour.


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I would buy anywhere from 3-5 and put them into storage. He is a really popular donor and tends to go pretty fast especially the IUI vials. If you plan on keeping them in storage for a couple of years I would chose the yearly storage. It will save you $180 a year on storage fees. And if you get pregnant on the 1st or 2nd try and you don't need the other vials you can always sale your vials here for full price or back to the cryobank for 50%. I hope this helps
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Winner of 'The Pan'Artisan Focaccia Romana Sandwich Designer of The Year' category at The Sammies Awards 2017 announced
May 2017
As proud sponsor of the 'Pan'Artisan Focaccia Romana Category', part of the Sandwich Designer of The Year competition at this year's Sammies Awards, we are delighted to announce the winner as Kate Riley, of Bait Sandwiches, having impressed the judges with her Falafel Fattoush.
The Grand Final, which took place at The Lancaster London Hotel on 11th May 2017, challenged the entrants to produce unique sandwich recipes, displaying creativity and innovation, to produce commercially viable sandwiches, whilst showcasing ingredients supplied by the awards' sponsors, which in this case included Pan'Artisan's Focaccia Romana, itself an award-winning, Italian artisan bread.
We challenged contestants to highlight the versatility of our 250g Focaccia Romana and were certainly not disappointed! Kate's creation included the use of halloumi, hummus, tahini and jalapeños, as well as various salad ingredients, and mint. The bread was then folded and toasted to produce a highly impressive sandwich.
Well done Kate!