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It is my honor to welcome acclaimed true crime author Caitlin Rother to Colloquium today. She has penned eight fiction and nonfiction works, including Dead Reckoning, in which she recounted the story of Tom and Jackie Hawks, the couple from Newport Beach, California, who lost their lives when they were thrown overboard, tied to the anchor of yacht, by Skylar Deleon and his accomplices. She also chronicled the demise of Kristin Rossum in Poisoned Love. Rossum, addicted to crystal meth while employed in a toxicology lab, was found to have poisoned her husband in order to prevent him from exposing her drug addiction and affair with her boss.
Lost Girls chronicles the desperate searches for two teenage girls, Chelsea King and Amber Dubois, by San Diego-area authorities. Eventually, John Albert Gardner stood trial for their murders and received a life sentence. He was a convicted sex offender who violated the terms and conditions of his parole several times, but was not returned to prison. Because of his previous conviction, Gardner was ineligible to enter many mental health programs and facilities, even though he reported feeling out of control and likely to hurt someone. The case resulted in legislation designed to prevent similar cases by providing stronger protections for California children.
Why I Felt Compelled to Write Lost Girls
First, I have a confession to make. After writing Body Parts, a book about serial rapist-killer Wayne Adam Ford, I really didn't think I'd ever be able to stand getting into the head of another man like him, let alone one who had molested, raped and killed teenagers. I also have a standing rule: I cannot and will not write stories about young murdered children. I just can't stomach it.
But on March 4, 2010, the day after John Gardner was arraigned for killing Chelsea King, and the same day he quietly told his attorneys he could lead them to Amber's body (which remained a secret for six weeks), I got an e-mail from an editor from The Daily Beast, asking if I'd be interested in covering this case for them.
I said yes, and spent fourteen hours researching and writing the first article. The following week, I wrote a second one, which was difficult because District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis had issued a "gag order" e-mail, and the judge had also put an actual gag order in place. But, after watching my own community reeling from the emotional fallout of this case, I was feeling it, too. I felt in my gut that I really wanted to tell this story – both sides of it, and very much in-depth.
For me to move forward and get past my own rule, I had to convince myself that Chelsea and Amber weren't children, even though some folks might disagree. Still, because of their age and out of respect to their families, I knew I had to be extremely sensitive and thoughtful about how I wrote this book.
Following my usual methodology, I read every article and collected every piece of information I could, trying to determine if I could go further than the mainstream media. With the crazy amount of coverage, I was a bit worried at first. However, after a long series of calls and e-mails, I was able to persuade John Gardner's family to open up to me. They were paid no money for telling me their story, they did it because they wanted it to be told accurately and in full detail, not in sound bites, and not taken out of context by the media.
Knowing that I could tell the back story of how Gardner evolved into the man who could commit these heinous acts, I felt I could go deeper than any reporter had gone before me. And despite the dark subject matter, the investigative passion of revealing new facts energized me. I felt this book was more important than some of my earlier works because people are so scared of losing their children to sexual predators, and I felt we could all benefit from knowing why this happens. We, as a society, seem to have so little understanding of these men and how to deal with them. For some, I believe, it is just too repulsive and difficult a subject to ponder, but burying our heads in the sand won't stop these crimes from occurring.
The Gardner-Osborn family and I share a hope that this book will help educate people by delving into all the factors that contributed to making John Gardner into a man who could not control his sexual and homicidal compulsions, and by casting a spotlight on the flawed system that allowed him and predators like him to roam free to prey on children, teenagers and grown women.
Although they've since become pessimistic that anything they say will help, I'm still hopeful that the idealism that drove me into journalism years ago was right and true, and that this story will give unprecedented insight into all the facets of a sex offender like John Gardner — the sweet, nurturing, loving and goofy guy his family once knew, the guy who seemed friendly and normal to people at the dog park, as well as the angry, manipulative and violent man who brutally killed these poor girls.
I hope that we, as a society, can find ways to help people like him before they get to a breaking point or to stop them from doing harm after they've reached it. And I hope that with this book, we can learn something that will help protect us and our families from falling to the same fate as Amber Dubois, Chelsea King and Gardner's third victim, Candice Moncayo, who lived to deliver a powerful victim impact statement to him during the sentencing hearing.
I did try to speak with Candice, as well as Chelsea's and Amber's parents, so I could pay a more personal tribute to each victim by hearing their stories directly rather than piecing them together from other sources, but they chose not to be interviewed. (I can't tell these stories without writing about the victims and their families – they are why we tell these stories in the first place.) Instead, I respectfully crafted their stories from their own words in public comments to the media, public records and details I collected from interviews with law enforcement and other sources.
I understand that this was an enormously traumatic event in these families' lives, and I hope they will understand that I had only good intentions in writing this book, that my goal was to educate people and to help prevent tragedies like this in the future. Some victims and their families have cooperated fully with me in my previous books, they have told me they found relief in doing so, and they have thanked me for my sensitive approach. I can also see that others might find it too painful to do the same. I'm sure these events are still fresh in their minds and that they are still grieving.
I think we all want to change the system in a positive way, to save lives and to keep this from happening again. This is my way, and I hope they find some peace and success in theirs.
Meet Caitlin
Author Caitlin Rother was an only child who entertained herself "by reading stacks upon stacks of books and using my mind as a stage where characters talked to each other." She holds a Bachelor's degree in psychology from the University of California, Berkeley and earned her master's degree from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University. In high school and college, she explored journalism, but opted for a career in public relations with a San Francisco cruise line. Eventually, though, she was compelled to choose the "balance and objectivity of newspapers over the positive spin world of PR, marketing and advertising, . . . "
It was not until the late 1980s that she joined a writing workshop in Northampton, Massachusetts, in her quest to write more in-depth, creative stories while toiling as a reporter with the Springfield Union-News. The series of short stories produced in that workshop eventually evolved into her first novel, Naked Addiction.
As an investigative journalist, Caitlin was drawn to "complex and dramatic stories – the most bizarre or tragic deaths and the public figures whose questionable actions evoked my investigative curiosity." She wrote about Michael Jackson's original molestation charges and addiction to painkillers, the lifestyle of the Heaven's Gate cult and strippers' laundered political contributions to San Diego City Council members, and developed expertise in addiction (alcohol and methamphetamine, suicide, mental illness and the family dynamics and pharmacology involved).
She expanded a series of news stories about the Kristin Rossum murder case into what would become her first book, Poisoned Love. In 2006, she contracted to draft her second non-fiction book and in a risky leap of faith, left the security of her position with The San Diego Union-Tribune behind.
In 1998, Caitlin was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize by the Union-Tribune. Her story about a depressed teenager who died after lighting himself on fire behind a WalMart won three awards in the annual Best of the West contest. Her journalistic honors also include a Best Feature award from the Associated Press News Executives Council and Best News-Feature award from the Los Angeles Press Club.
When not writing, Caitlin teaches narrative non-fiction, feature writing, interviewing and creative writing at University of California, San Diego Extension, and works as a book doctor/editorial and research consultant. She also makes television and radio appearances as a crime expert. She is the founder of San Diego Writing Women, a group of approximately ten authors who blog, host panel discussions, and speak about writing.
Her other books include Deadly Devotion/Where Hope Begins; My Life, Deleted; Body Parts; and Twisted Triangle. She is currently hard at work on I'll Take Care of You, set for publication in 2013. It is the story behind the love triangle murder of Newport Beach multimillionaire inventor Bill McLaughlin by his fiancee, Nanette Packard, and her NFL-playing lover, Eric Naposki.
Connect with Caitlin via her website, or on Facebook or Twitter.
Thank you, Caitlin!
Click here to read my review of Lost Girls.


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There's been lots of talk in the media about chocolate being good for you. From lowering blood pressure to increasing HDL cholesterol, it's the new wonder drug (apparently). Dark chocolate, in particular, is rich in cocoa, which is the seed part of the cocoa tree. Cocoa is rich in a compound called flavanols, a potent antioxidant also found in fruits, vegetables, tea and red wine.
Research is emerging in the general population of a positive effect of flavanols on cognitive, visual and brain function. It has also been suggested that flavonoid and polyphenol compounds exhibit anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties, improve blood flow and insulin sensitivity. There is however limited research of a performance benefit in the healthy, athletic population.
Chocolate lovers may take solace in a new study out of the UK, the first of its kind in fact.
Researchers found that dark chocolate enhanced performance in a small group of cyclists when compared to white chocolate.
Let's take a closer look…..
A group of 9, "moderately trained" cyclists were put through their paces in the lab. Their baseline VO2max was measured before completing a 20min ride at 80% of their gas exchange threshold, followed by a 2-minute all-out time trial. In a crossover design, they then consumed 40g of either flavanol-rich dark chocolate or flavanol deficient white chocolate for 2 weeks before repeating the exercise testing again. After a 7 day washout period, cyclists crossed over and repeated 14 days of the chocolate supplementation (white or dark) and repeated the testing again.
What did they find?
Dark chocolate consumption resulted in a 17% increase in distance covered in the 2 minute TT compared to baseline (~300m) and a 13% increase compared to white chocolate (~200m). Dark chocolate supplementation also increased gas exchange threshold by 21% from baseline and was 11% higher compared to white chocolate. There was no difference between groups in the 20min moderate intensity cycle, heart rate, blood pressure or blood lactate.
Dark chocolate/Flavanols seem to act in a similar way to beetroot juice but through different mechanisms. Beetroot juice is high in nitrates which convert to nitric oxide in the body, assisting to reduce the oxygen cost during sub-maximal exercise. The flavanols found in dark chocolate appear to increase nitric oxide bioavailability. Are you still with me?
Critically thinking – A few things to note:
- You can't effectively blind participants to the trial as it would be obvious whether you were consuming dark or white chocolate due to its distinct taste – this may have caused a placebo effect if participants believed dark chocolate would be of benefit.
- The cyclists were regular punters, within a healthy weight range (just) BMI 23.75-24.55kg/m2, but were far from elite athletes with VO2 max values only 41.90 +/- 5.4ml/kg/min. (A typical cyclists VO2 max would roughly sit around 80-90ml/kg/min; so double this).
- Diet was essentially only controlled in the 24hrs preceding exercise testing. There are many confounding food choices that could have affected the results such as nitrate concentration or carbohydrate quality of the diet.
- Dark chocolate contains a small amount of caffeine – caffeine is well established as a performance-enhancing supplement and may in part be responsible for the observed performances.
- The flavanol concentration of the chocolates was never specifically tested so conclusions cannot be based on the flavanol explicitly.
So where to from here?
The study, while only small, certainly shows some merit and warrants further research in the area. At the end of the day, what harm can come from consuming 40g of dark chocolate each day?
To prevent unwanted weight gain, stick to no more than 40g/day (2-3 squares) and choose chocolate with at least 70% cocoa solids to ensure you're getting the highest concentration of flavanols.
Move over coconut oil, beetroot dark chocolate will be the next big thing– you heard it here first 🙂
- Baker, L.B., Nuccio, R.P. and Jeukendrup, A.E., 2014. Acute effects of dietary constituents on motor skill and cognitive performance in athletes.Nutrition reviews, 72(12), 790-802.
- Nehlig, A. 2013. The neuroprotective effects of cocoa flavanol and its influence on cognitive performance. British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 75, 716-727.
- Malaguti, M., Angeloni, C. and Hrelia, S., 2013. Polyphenols in exercise performance and prevention of exercise-induced muscle damage. Oxidative medicine and cellular longevity.
- Patel, R. K., Brouner, J. & Spendiff, O. 2015. Dark chocolate supplementation reduces the oxygen cost of moderate intensity cycling. Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition, 12, 1-8.


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Glass Coating
One of the biggest risks associated with any type of glass equipment is that of breakage, it can happen at any time and anywhere. The most common cause is simply by a piece of equipment being dropped or having something dropped on it.
However this does not have to always be the case, for example a light bulb can explode if there is a flaw in the manufacturing process. This can easily result in a person getting glass in their eyes. The right type of glass coating can easily prevent this by containing the broken glass within the coating.
In the laboratory setting there are many chemicals being used to test various samples, from strong acids to toxins that could inflict major medical illnesses if they were allowed to come in contact with someone who was not wearing the appropriate safety equipment If the glass testing equipment was to break it could allow a spill of these chemical to occur, the end result of which could be unpleasant at best. Add to that the risk of having small particles of glass scattered that could at some later time cause an infection should someone cut themselves. Coating the glass with a material that would stop it from shattering can eliminate these risks.
While the glass coating must be strong enough to retain the glass in case of breakage it also must not render the item difficult to use. This means it still has to be clear enough to see through for scientific equipment like beakers and measuring cylinders.
It also needs to have sufficient visual clarity to be able to be used on optical lenses to protect them from the effects of anything that might be spilled or splashed on them in the course of regular usage.
Because many of these pieces of glass equipment are used in the medical or food industry they must be able to be sanitized or sterilized. This means that the glass coating has to be able to withstand temperatures such as those found in an autoclave which can be as high as 500? centigrade. The coating will be used in testing with acids and other solutions so it must be able to resist all of these while being inert to the effects of them so as to not affect the results of any tests being performed.
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New 2020 Lexus IS 300 IS 300 F Sport in Winter Park, FL
- $45,545
Vehicle Details
|IS 300 F Sport
|Stock #
|Exterior Color
|Interior Color
|Rioja Red Nuluxe® With Dark Gray Streamline Trim
|Gas Mileage
|2.0L 4 Cyl.
Black 2020 Lexus IS 300 RWD 8-Speed Automatic with Direct Shift 2.0L I4 Turbocharged
21/30 City/Highway MPG
Additional Vehicle Information
- Features
- Specs
- Warranty
- Technology
- Exterior
- Safety
- Mechanical
- Interior
- Comfort
|Warnings and reminders
|low battery, lamp failure, low fuel, engine oil, coolant, maintenance due, tire fill alert
|Trip computer
|Electroluminescent instrumentation
|Driver information system
|tachometer, oil pressure
|Digital odometer
|External temperature display
|Multi-function display
|Fuel economy display
|MPG, range
|Trip odometer
Audio System
|voice operated, AM/FM, HD radio
|Auxiliary audio input
|Bluetooth, jack, USB, iPod/iPhone
|Antenna type
|diversity, mast
|In-Dash CD
|single disc, MP3 Playback
|Total speakers
|Radio data system
|Digital Sound Processing
|Speed sensitive volume control
|Satellite radio
|Electronic messaging assistance
|with read function, voice operated
|Smart device app function
|vehicle location, maintenance status, lock operation
|Navigation app
|Scout GPS Link
|Driver assistance app
|roadside assistance
|Wireless data link
|hands free
|Real time traffic
In Car Entertainment
|Connected in-car apps
|Google POIs, weather, sports, stocks, Amazon Alexa
|Infotainment screen size
|7 in.
|Moonroof / Sunroof
|tilt/slide, one-touch open/close, anti-trapping, power glass, sliding sunshade
|Daytime running lights
|auto high beam dimmer, LED, auto delay off, auto on/off, self-leveling
|Exterior entry lights
|puddle lamps, security approach lamps
Tires and Rims
|Spare tire size
|Tire type
|all season
|Spare tire mount location
|Spare wheel type
|Tire Pressure Monitoring System
|Wheel spokes
|Window defogger
|Front wipers
|variable intermittent
|Power windows
|safety reverse
Exterior Features
|Front bumper color
|Mirror color
|Door handle color
|Exhaust tip color
|Grille color
|chrome surround, black with chrome accents
|Rear bumper color
|Front air dam
|dual tip
|Window trim
|Rearview monitor
|in dash
|Autonomous braking
|Pre-collision warning system
|audible warning, visual warning
|Lane keeping assist
|Child safety door locks
|Child seat anchors
|LATCH system
|Energy absorbing steering column
|Impact sensor
|door unlock, fuel cut-off, alert system
|Safety brake pedal system
|Body side reinforcements
|side impact door beams
|Emergency interior trunk release
|Camera system
|First aid kit
|Lane deviation sensors
|Crumple zones
|front, rear
|Airbag deactivation
|occupant sensing passenger
|Side airbags
|front, rear
|Knee airbags
|dual front
|Front airbags
|Side curtain airbags
|front, rear
|Side-curtain airbag rollover sensor
|Rolling code security
|Power door locks
|anti-lockout, auto-locking
|Anti-theft system
|engine immobilizer, alarm with remote
|2-stage unlocking doors
|Side mirrors
|integrated turn signals, heated
|Side mirror adjustments
|power, manual folding
|Drive mode selector
|Axle ratio
|Rear brake type
|ventilated disc
|Rear brake diameter
|Emergency braking preparation
|Front brake diameter
|Front brake type
|ventilated disc
|Braking assist
|Electronic brakeforce distribution
|Power brakes
|Front suspension classification
|Rear suspension classification
|Front suspension type
|double wishbone
|Rear suspension type
|Rear spring type
|Front stabilizer bar
|Rear stabilizer bar
|Front spring type
|Rear shock type
|Front shock type
|Front struts
Stability and Traction
|Stability control
|Traction control
|Hill holder control
|Battery saver
|Driver seat power adjustments
|height, 10, lumbar, reclining
|Passenger seat power adjustments
|height, 8, reclining
|Rear headrests
|3, adjustable
|Rear seat folding
|Front headrests
|2, adjustable
|Rear seat type
|60-40 split bench
|Front seat type
|sport bucket
|Seatbelt pretensioners
|front, rear
|Seatbelt force limiters
|front, rear
|Emergency locking retractors
|rear, front
|Seatbelt warning sensor
|Rear seatbelts
|Front seatbelts
|Turns lock-to-lock
Comfort Features
|Steering wheel trim
|alloy, leather
|Floor mat material
|Shift knob trim
|leather, alloy
|Interior accents
|rear folding, rear center with cupholders
|Floor mats
|rear, front
|Floor material
|Door sill trim
|stainless steel, scuff plate
|Door trim
Convenience Features
|front, rear
|Steering wheel
|tilt and telescopic
|Cruise control
|One-touch windows
|Reading lights
|front, rear
|Power steering
|Multi-function remote
|illuminated entry, panic alarm, proximity entry system, trunk release
|Cargo area light
|Retained accessory power
|Power windows
|lockout button
|Courtesy lights
|Footwell lights
|Steering wheel mounted controls
|audio, cruise control, phone, multi-function, paddle shifter, voice control
|Push-button start
|Vanity mirrors
|dual illuminating
|Power outlet(s)
|12V front
|Assist handle
|rear, front
|Center console
|front console with armrest and storage
|Rearview mirror
|Universal remote transmitter
|Homelink - garage door opener
|front seatback, cargo tie-down anchors and hooks, door pockets, accessory hook
|Touch-sensitive controls
Air Conditioning
|Front air conditioning
|automatic climate control
|Front air conditioning zones
|Rear vents
|second row
|Air filtration
Drive Type
|Drive Type
|Standard Seating
|Max Seating
|Head Room (front)
|38.2 in
|Head Room (rear)
|36.9 in
|Hip Room (front)
|54.3 in
|Hip Room (rear)
|54 in
|Shoulder Room (front)
|55.9 in
|Shoulder Room (rear)
|53.4 in
|Leg Room (front)
|44.8 in
|Leg Room (rear)
|32.2 in
|Seating Rows
Measurements of Size & Shape
|184.3 in
|79.8 in
|Width (without mirrors)
|71.3 in
|56.3 in
|110.2 in
|Ground Clearance
|5.3 in
|Track Width (front)
|60.4 in
|Track Width (rear)
|61 in
Measurements of Weight
|Gross Vehicle Weight Rating
|4630 lbs
|Gross Vehicle Weight Range
|4001-5000 lbs
|Curb Weight
|3583 lbs
Interior Dimensions
|Cargo Volume
|10.8 cu ft
|Passenger Volume
|90.2 cu ft
Performance Specifications
|Aerodynamic Drag
|0.28 Cd
|Turning Circle
|34.2 ft
|Acceleration (0-60MPH)
|6.9 seconds
Fuel Tanks
|Fuel Capacity
|17.4 Gallons
Wheels and Tires
|Front Tire Type
|Front Wheel Diameter
|17.0 x 7.5 in
|Rear Tire Type
|Rear Wheel Diameter
|17.0 x 7.5 in
Crash-Test Ratings
2020 Lexus IS 300 4 DR RWD
|Front Crash Overall
|Front Crash Driver
|Front Crash Passenger
|Side Crash Overall
|Side Barrier Overall
|Side Barrier Driver
|Side Barrier Passenger
|Side Pole Driver
|Side Combined Front
|Side Combined Rear
Green Score
EPA Green Score
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EPA and California-required standards. The names refer to tables of numerical limits for the various air pollutants allowed by the standards.
|Fuel Type
Air Pollution Score ?
The Air Pollution Score is based on the government emission standards for which the vehicle was certified to comply with and reflects vehicle tailpipe emissions that contribute to local and regional air pollution, creating problems such as haze, and health issues.
Greenhouse Gas Score ?
This score reflects fuel emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) and other greenhouse gases.
Smartway ?
SmartWay is a designation earned by those vehicles that have combined Air Pollution and Greenhouse Gas Scores that place them in the top tier (approximately the top 20%) of environmental performers. SmartWay Elite is reserved for the best of the best.
EPA Green Score
( Federal Tier 3 Bin 70
EPA and California-required standards. The names refer to tables of numerical limits for the various air pollutants allowed by the standards.
|Fuel Type
Air Pollution Score ?
The Air Pollution Score is based on the government emission standards for which the vehicle was certified to comply with and reflects vehicle tailpipe emissions that contribute to local and regional air pollution, creating problems such as haze, and health issues.
Greenhouse Gas Score ?
This score reflects fuel emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) and other greenhouse gases.
Smartway ?
SmartWay is a designation earned by those vehicles that have combined Air Pollution and Greenhouse Gas Scores that place them in the top tier (approximately the top 20%) of environmental performers. SmartWay Elite is reserved for the best of the best.
Available Incentives
Lease - $339 per month for 36 months / $3,999 due at signing *On Approved Credit
Available on approved credit to very well qualified customers through Lexus Financial Services and participating Lexus dealers on a new 2020 IS 300. Security deposit required with exception of prior Lexus Financial Services financing history and/or Lexus Financial Services tier rating in which a security deposit may be waived. Not all customers will qualify. Offer based on MSRP of $39,955 including delivery, processing and handling. Offer already includes $2,750 in Lease Cash incentives applied as a capitalized cost reduction. Monthly payment may vary depending on final price of vehicle & your qualifications. You pay $0.25 per mile over 10,000 per year. See dealer for vehicle and lease program details. Must take delivery by 01/02/2020. Offer available in AL, FL, GA, NC, SC, TN. Lexus Financial Services is a division of Toyota Motor Credit Corporation (TMCC). TMCC is the authorized attorney-in-fact and servicer for Toyota Lease Trust.
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Solving a vibration issue
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My Lexus Delivery
" My Lexus delivery was great and easy. Charles drove all the way from Orlando to my house in Boca. He delivered the car at the time convenient to me, which was important factor for me buying the car from them. He did the whole red carpet and red bow thing, which I loved and appreciated. He went over all the features and signing of the documents took only 10 minutes. I would highly recommend Charles Ream to all of my friends. "
New LS purchase
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Great Experience
" Today we bought a new car and had an excellent experience with Charles, Omar, and Everett. They were very through, listened to what we wanted and answered all of our questions. We differently recommend this place! "
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" Fast response. The vehicle sold before I could make an offer. "
Routine car service
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" They responded to the original request, but ignored the follow up questions. "
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" Working with Charles Ream was a pleasure. He worked hard to find exactly what I was looking for and made the process smooth and stress free. "
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" First class from beginning to end. Every time we take our car for service I'm more impressed - from the no-charge loaners, Uber, and comfortable lounges to expert knowledge of the staff, they make you feel right at home. "
Software Update and Rotten Egg Smell
" It seems i need to upgrade the fuel in my car from BP and Shell to Exon, Mobil or WaWa. This was the reason given for the rotten egg smell that comes through the air vents when i need to accelerate to merge into traffic or when i am going up a hill. I also have a 2018 Ford F150 that uses BP or Shell and does not have this problem. I LOVE this car... i just want it fixed. "
" Have leased several cars from the dealership and found all of my servicing there as well...always have a pleasant experience ..when servicing the car is always ready at the time promised "
New Car Purchase
" This was my first time at this dealer and I had an awesome experience! Everyone exhibited outstanding customer service. Tara Russo was my first point of contact and was very knowledgeable and good at letting me know about the their vehicles. Omar Mohamed was our second contact and he was very professional and very helpful in assisting us with the purchase and pricing of our perfect vehicle. Omar was awesome to work with and he did everything possible to make us very happy. My third contact was with Everett Kimble and he was very professional and was very knowledgeable with the financing part of our deal. He was very efficient during the entire purchasing process. Our finally contact was with Allen MacDonald who was also very professional and provided outstanding customer service during our process. Allen was very knowledgeable of the ES350 we purchased. Allen made sure we were comfortable with our new purchase. I was pleased that he took the time to walk us through the features of our new car and that we had all of our questions answered. My overall experience with my recent new car purchase was outstanding The next time I buy a Lexus I will definitely go back to the Winter Park Lexus dealer. "
" Carter Shepard was and is the best ever. His job knowledge and customer relations are unsurpassed!! I was in the USAF for 32 years and would have him on my team without question. He is truly a team member and encompass the Lexus theme 100%. Be sure to keep him on your staff and let him share his skills with others. Jeff Moler you have a good member and please try to keep Carter. Thanks to all. J. Fred Muller, a completely satisfied customer and a happy camper. !! "
" Lexus in Winter Park is a fabulous place to buy/lease a car! Our salesman, Charles Ream is a phenomenal salesman. He is extremely pleasant and courteous and knows everything about Lexus cars. We've been back several times with questions about our new car and he is always available and willing to help us with whatever we need. This is our second Lexus and we will definitely go back there to see Charles when this lease is up. We also spoke with Dan, a financial adviser and he was very helpful with what we were trying to accomplish with leasing this car. They all made us feel very special! "
Service department
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" excellent service gave me a good deal and a great car. refinancing was easy would buy again from lexus "
Exceptional experience
" Exceptional experience After purchasing various BMWs for over 22 years I decided to try Lexus, feeling Lexus was a much better value for the money. Today my wife Cheryl and I return to the Lexus dealer in Winter Park Florida to turn in our 2017 ES 350 which had performed flawlessly for three years. We drove the new ES 300 H which was absolutely incredible. Our product specialist Charles after getting to know us ,thought this car would be the right fit for myself ,my wife and her environmental conscious.The car was flawless and the ultra luxury trim selection we made provided every luxury,safety and technological option available All this at a really incredible value. Winter park Lexus treats you like family, My sales specialist Charles and my finance specialist Dan we're exceptional ;their product knowledge and financial knowledge was extraordinary and in the end they put together an incredible lease deal for my wife and I Today, we established new friendships at Winter Park Lexus that I know will go on for years.I would highly recommend Charles ,Dan and all the exceptional professionals at Winter Park Lexus. "
Great Experience! Charles is the best!!!
" Charles did a great job helping us find a new car to add to our garage. Very understanding, kind, and thoughtful. By far the best experience and will come again for my next car. Ask for Charles!!! "
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" Best customer service ever! "
" This review refers specifically to Terry the service manager. I explained my problem and I only needed answers to a labor intensive repair. Terry took the time to investigate the service manuals and give me definitive answers knowing I wasn't planning on spending money that day. His only payment required was I bring the car to LWP for repairs in the future. It's great to know there's still genuinely good people in Florida. I have a 10 year old Lexus and it'll be in their shop the next time. "
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Seeing as how this is the Fall Arts issue, it only made sense for me to devote some space in this column to the new music releases on the horizon this fall. A bunch of San Diego bands have music on the way, and I wanted to highlight as many as I could.
A few releases have already snuck onto digital platforms in the last couple weeks. Bit Maps just released their new album, You & Me & Dystopia , which follows their excellent album On Demand Living , while Exasperation—featuring former members of Ditches and Cuckoo Chaos/Deaphones—just released a new two-track EP, Points of Light . Likewise, The Midnight Pine played a CD release show last week for their new self-titled album, which will hit digital outlets soon. And Rob Crow, fresh from releasing a new solo album earlier this year, just issued Necronomidonkeykongimicon , with his campy heavy metal project, Goblin Cock.
After releasing a new album with Mrs. Magician earlier this year, Tommy Garcia will be releasing more new music, this time with his band Lowlands. On Oct. 12, they'll release Lovers Blessings , which will be immediately followed by a tour with True Widow. Hideout, featuring Garcia's Mrs. Magician bandmate Cory Stier, are also planning on releasing new music this fall, having debuted new track "Changing Us All" back in August.
INUS, featuring Bobby Bray of The Locust, will be issuing a new full-length album before yearís end, while The Locust's label, Three One G, will be releasing a new album by Mexicali neighbors Silent, titled A Century of Abuse , on Oct. 28.
After releasing Rebel Jake, King of the Shake , Creepseed (Joshua Kmak of Shady Francos) will drop yet another full-length less than six months after the debut. A new Ash Williams EP will be out this week, and after reuniting following a seven-year hiatus, Buckfast Superbee will finally be releasing a new album. Earlier this year they released a track titled "Chorea," so there was more where that came from.
Other bands releasing new music include Soft Lions, Bad Vibes, Quali, Citrus and Katie, Neutral Shirt, Slow Death, Low Points, The Kabbs, PRGRM, The Mark Dresser Seven, Wild Honey, Wicked Tongues, Weight of the Sun, AJ Froman, Gravyyard, Sure Fire Soul Ensemble, Dark Lumen, Svelte and Big Bad Buffalo.


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In order to be able to set up any email software, or email client, certain information needs to be collected. The actual settings can only be provided by your website or email hosting company or ISP (Internet Service Provider).
It is important for you to know your username and password, your POP3 server (some use IMAP), the SMTP server, and your incoming (POP or IMAP) port as well as your outgoing port (SMTP).
The place to configure authentication (login) differs between email clients, and you do need to know whether your server accepts or even requires SSL. It's usually pretty easy to locate. It you need assistance on your type of software, then look at your online help or documentation.
How would you describe the POP server? One way of retrieving email from an email server is the Post Office Protocol (POP), where the server holds the email messages until they are picked up. Think of it like an electronic version of a conventional mailbox or street address, where your computer picks up your email. Incoming mail servers are often referred to as POP servers. IMAP is another method of storing/ retrieving email.
Microsoft Outlook and Mozilla Thunderbird are two of the email programs that use POP servers. The Windows operating system provides Outlook Express for free. MacMail is a utility provided with Macintosh operating systems. To set up one of these utilities to check your e-mail, set it to your provider's POP server. It's often something like "mail.mydomain.tld".
What is a SMTP server? In contrast to the POP server, which acts as the server for inbound mail, the SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) server acts as the server for outbound mail.
Getting an email account set up and running is generally very easy. In the "Tools" menu is where email accounts can be configured for most email clients. Look for the option that allows you to view or edit Email Accounts.
Internet Email Settings (POP3) should be the next screen that you see. Your email account will not work correctly if this screen is not filled out completely and without errors. Your user information can be entered. Under the category of "Your Name" you can enter anything you want people who receive the email to see when they look at who sent the email. "Your Name" can be anything including your own or your company's name, your title, or your department (AOL typically does not have this option). So that SPAM filters do not reject your emails, you should enter your email address in the place provided. Place the user name and password provided for you by your email provider in the "Login Information" section. When you see the section called "Server Information" you should put in the incoming mail server (POP3) as well as the outgoing mail server (SMTP).
Try out the settings. It's vital that the email is functioning and the content is correct. Don't depend completely on the Test Account Settings in Outlook. While they are actually working, older versions will look like they aren't. I don't know the reason — but attempt to send an email before you call technical support – it might just work.


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Report: Seahawks WR Ricardo Lockette to retire after neck injury
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Seattle Seahawks wide receiver Ricardo Lockette will announce his retirement in a press conference on Thursday, according to NFL.com's Ian Rapoport.
Lockette suffered a serious neck injury in Seattle's 13–12 victory over the Dallas Cowboys on Nov. 1. The wide receiver collided with Cowboys safety Jeff Heath during punt coverage and then laid motionless on the field before he was carted off. He had suffered ligament and disc damage that required neck surgery
"I just remember looking around and all the trainers running up," Lockette told SI.com in November. "They're checking my wrist, but I can't feel it. I'm looking at them, but I can't respond. I can't talk. My entire body is numb."
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Lockette signed with Seattle in 2011 as an undrafted free agent out of Fort Valley State. He finishes his career with 22 receptions, 451 yards and four touchdowns in 34 games.


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Wisp is a Nordic puzzle game with good gameplay and graphics, as well as great atmosphere and sound.
The game puts you in the wings of Eira, a wisp trying to save the forest from horrible corruption in order to get home. You use tilt and touch controls to guide her through the forest, avoiding danger and solving puzzles. Where this game really shines is in the art and music. The atmosphere created by this game is serene and can make anyone feel relaxed.
Wisp is far better on a tablet device. Thanks to all the extra power of a tablet over a phone, all the technical issues and slow-down that once plagued the game have been wiped away. Now it plays smoothly, even with high quality graphics enabled.
Wisp is an enchanting game made even better by an Android Tablet.


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Most recently, I guest hosted on CommanderCast, a podcast discussing the Commander variant of Magic: the Gathering. You can listen to the whole thing on their website here.
I wrote a pair of articles on aspects of RPG design for Eye of the Vortex, before they switched over to an MTG focus. The articles should be visible here and here, but EoV's hosting has been spotty of late. I may ask the editor if I can repost the articles on my blog since they don't seem to be using them.
I've also been fairly active discussing Commander on the official forums, and have written a number of article-length analytical posts. Here are a few of my favorites:
- Priceless Treasures, a general Magic variant I designed. Some other clever folks later adapted the format into Excavation of Kaldra over on MTGSalvation, with some added gameplay and flavor.
- EDH Victory Points, a post on my development of a list of achievement style point awards for playing Commander.
- The Role of Poison in Commander, discussing a controversial aggressive win condition in a long-game format.


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Ken Darby, RB:
Injury: Sports hernia.
Status: If he averages a first down over 100 yards per game for the next two seasons, Ken Darby, excuse me… Kenneth Darby would become the all-time career rushing leader at Alabama, ahead of Shaun Alexander, ahead of Bobby Humphrey, ahead of Johnny frickin' Musso! Numbers don't lie.
Tim Castille, FB:
Injury: Reconstructed knee.
Status: Younger brother Simeon will be wearing the famed 'deuce' jersey this season, but big brother may still get the extra drumstick around the Castille family Thanksgiving table this year if he's able play in and out of the backfield as he did last year. His rehab has gone slower than the other 2/3 of said backfield and he'll return to his starting role a couple of games into the season, but a bigger and more experienced Le'Ron McClain will help fill the need and keep Tim fresh. Also, in the 'jumbo' package, Alabama will field in excess of a quarter ton of running back.
Brodie Croyle, QB:
Injury: Torn right anterior cruciate ligament (current); separated left shoulder (2003) torn left anterior cruciate ligament (2001); delusional sense of invulnerability at odds with evidence (current – perhaps chronic).
Status: Indeed, after three seasons at Alabama, the Brodie has thoroughly exhausted the number of limbs to which he can injure. We have abandoned "if" and accepted "when" Our Blessed Saint of Rainbow City will hit the turf not to return. Brodie Croyle, for all his promise, has become a shadow. He is gone before he has left. However, he does not seem to know that, and thinks his destiny is to pull Alabama back to its traditional place among the premiere programs in collegiate athletics. But destiny, like any mistress, appears lovely at a distance (ask UTEP's coach). I fear how much of himself he is willing to sacrifice, how much blood he is willing to spill. Lee Corso, put down that elephant head and do not speak ill of him.
Joe Kines, Defensive Coordinator:
Injury: Age that doth ravage all man.
Status: Here is where I would like to put in one of Coach Kines's amusing colloquial metaphors, like "dancing with the broomstick at midnight" or "grabbing a hog by its what-it-wants" or "hitching your trolley to a burning barn," but 1) I'm not sure which ones are obscene and 2) Grampy Joe got a much deserved pay raise and may switch the team's defense to a scheme-crazed 3-3-5 this year. Oooh, I'm all a-tingle!
Mike Shula, Head Coach:
Injury: Stage fright.
Status: One hopes he will never be so comfortable as to start telling Ray Perkins stories around the players. However, like the team, Coach Shula seems on an upward trend. Take this quote from the missus, who after giving birth to their second child the weekend of the Tennessee game two years ago, made this comment regarding their expected third, "We planned better this time. This one is due just after signing day." She sure sounds like a coach's wife.
Alabama, University of:
Injury: Weight of high expectations.
Status: Scheduling Duke won't help. Beating Tennessee, LSU, and/or Auburn will.
Alabama, State of:
Injury: Weight of low expectations.
Status: Admit it. Even you don't wish to hear a Southern accent going into surgery.
College Football:
Injury: (in ascending order) Corporate sponsorships; corrupt boosterism, Philip Fulmer; the BCS; the NCAA.
Status: One hundred years ago, people in this country viewed athletics as ennobling. Sport was a virtue unto itself, not a proving ground nor a disqualification of it, the triumph of will through the physical body over the limitations of the physical body. Football specifically was singled out as a tactician's sport, a communal effort of individual sacrifice for a shared goal. That, of course, was before a gang of brutes from the Old South won the Rose Bowl and forever changed the image of the game. After that game, the emphasis increasingly became on the size of the physical not the drive behind it. The men on the field were now unthinking behemoths, not knowing soldiers. How else to explain their victory?
You lose the game but protect your dignity: It's not that 'civilized' men couldn't compete with those crimson-clad savages; it's that they shouldn't. While we're on the subject of tactics, it should be acknowledged that that's an old one. Much like when black jazz players parlayed the Baroque and Classical melodies over new rhythms in front of white audiences – musical ability was no longer an earned skill but a talent, a 'gift'. Read the scouting reports on those teen sensations out of Alabama, Mississippi, and Florida sometime. There are lots of gifts going around still.
And nowhere are those ideas more prevalent than in the National Collegiate Athletics Association. Forget your conspiracy theories and loopy bylaws, the NCAA should be dismantled for one reason above all others: it hates football.
Poppycock, you say! Maybe, but it's disturbingly plausible. While the NCAA busies itself with cosmetic issues and general prickishness, college football continues to toss young men through a meat grinder of a free NFL farm system. The men are compensated with a free education, yes, but if they chose a demanding program that could increase their preparedness for post-football life (which in most cases begins as post-college life), they are punished. If they seek benefits related to being a football player, they are punished. If they don't remember to spin three times to right while hopping on one foot and singing the reprise from "Hail Britannia!", they are punished.
Why limit the scholarships offered by a school when that only tosses more players onto the field more often, more tired, and more vulnerable? Why penalize a program for illicit monies changing hand by reducing the money it can take in and thus making it a target for more of the same? Why place the burden on new hires and new players not connected with any malfeasances when the perps skate and the rats rejoice? As much as I wish it were not so, my fear is the NCAA hates football.
They hate football for being so loved. They hate football for being so important to so many. They hate football for being self-contained. And most of all, they hate football for hording all the cash.
I'll admit it: Having sports teams named after ethic groups (and especially ethic slurs) is a selfish, shallow and rotten thing. But for the most part, it's one we can live with. It causes offense but not injury. It's one of those things that most people know is wrong but seldom discuss, like the fact that Tina Turner's music was much better when she was with Ike. But ask Tina about priorities. The mean things a man says are never as bad as the mean things the bastard does.
In college football, there are Tigers, Bears, and Nittany Lions. There are Angels, Blue Devils and Demon Deacons. There are Jayhawks, Sooners, and Volunteers. And, yes, there are Irish, Illini, and Seminoles. And while it is wrong, of course, to let those outside a people take that people's very name for their own use, shouldn't the NCAA know that the way to settle it is to let those people handle it themselves and not, yet again, have an outsider tell them what's in their best interests?
In all of college football, perhaps in all of sport, there is only one team named after itself, not its region, not its history, not its shared proximity with another culture. Before being called the Crimson Tide, the University of Alabama's varsity football squad was called just that. But after a game in which they played through a torrential rain – and kept playing through it – they were born anew. The players came out of the sludge and muck and muddy water a new thing, evolved from an earlier physical form to become their own self-referential myth, already telling their observers that what you see here may be limited in influence, yet is important unto itself. Let's play ball.
Roll Tide.
Friday, August 12, 2005
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Dear Friends,
I recently bought a pen drive and this is very slow data transfer and if upload something to the pen drive, it get stuck after transfer some data. also at the same time if i use the pen drive in another PC it shows only some data and some damaged.
Can anyone tell me what is going on with the pen drive?
Thank you
What filesystem do you have it formated as?
How large are the files?
What operating systems have you tried it on?
What brand and model Pen drive? I link from newegg will help.
New or used?
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I would not say that this is caused by FAT or NTFS. Copying lots of small files is always slower then copying one of two massive files. to test that, zip up the JPG's into 1 zip file and copy that to the USB drive.
Additionally your UBS 2 controller may be disabled in your BIOS, then no matter what you do it will be slow to copy.
I also had an issue with corrupt data on a memory stick, it copied "fine" but data did not work on another PC. it turned out to be the memory stick was faulty.
ИП Андреев is an IT service provider.
Which USB port you plug the Pen Drive: rear or front?
Very often on the front panel goes USB 1.1. It does not depend on your motherboard, but from the connectors on the system case.
timetomine.com is an IT service provider.
As said above, the computer could be USB 1.1, but it sounds like the drive may be corrupt, or the files that are on it, or both. If the files are fine before you have put them on the drive, then if possible just try quick formatting the drive then try again.
Info Core suport is an IT service provider.
And could always be a fabrication defect, i a few years ago boght one with this kind of defect, the manufacturer send me a new one and asked to send the defected one to them to analise(dump it on the trash formaly xD).
@Mohamed Shaheed: Did you ever get this sorted out? Any BA's or HP's to hand out? Thanks!


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The NYTimes.com dips into the latest slang with this: Language Quiz: Are You on Fleek? It's fun to give it a try: I got 9 out of 12 and I have no doubt most people can do better. If you do worse, well by the end of it, you've learned a few new common slang terms.
If you want a better source for translating slang, you might want to head over to a site like this. Or wait long enough until The Oxford English Dictionary folks add it to the latest and greatest version of their book.


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20th Century Fox is breathing new life into its long-developing remake of Fantastic Voyage. An update of the 1966 sci-fi film of the same name has been in the works for years with producer James Cameron, and most recently Shawn Levy was onboard as director and moving towards production. That iteration of the project never came to fruition, and though various drafts of the screenplay have been written, Fantastic Voyage has been dormant for the last couple of years. But all of that is now changing, as Fox is intent on fast-tracking the project by enlisting Man of Steel architect David S. Goyer to pen a new treatment. Read on after the jump.
Per Heat Vision, Goyer has been enlisted to executive produce and write a new treatment for Fantastic Voyage for producer James Cameron and Fox. It doesn't appear as though Goyer will be writing the full screenplay—he's juggling a number of different projects at the moment—but instead it looks like Fox and Cameron have tapped him to shape the new take on the sci-fi classic, which they will likely hand off to another screenwriter. For those unfamiliar with the property, the story involves a group of scientists who shrink themselves in order to enter a colleague's body and save him from a blood clot.
Cameron has been high on Fantastic Voyage for years, and when Levy was attached to direct, the pic was envisioned as an adventurous 3D tentpole. Fox is hoping that Goyer's re-engineering of the property will kickstart the event-sized film, as Fantastic Voyage is now on the fast track for the studio.
In addition to Man of Steel, Goyer penned the initial draft of Warner Bros.' upcoming Man of Steel follow-up and also wrote the treatment for an adaptation of Neil Gaiman's Sandman, which is being developed as a directorial vehicle for Joseph Gordon-Levitt. In addition to all of this, Goyer also acts as showrunner on the Starz series Da Vinci's Demons and co-wrote the pilot for NBC's Constantine.


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This lesson will focus on federal question jurisdiction under the federal question provisions in the Constitution and in section 1331, with primary emphasis on section 1331. We'll also spend a little time looking at related statutes, such as 28 U.S.C. §§ 1338, 1441, and 1454.
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2. Explain the scope of Constitutional versus statutory federal question jurisdiction.
3. Explain the purpose of the "well-pleased complaint" rule.
4. Define the two tests used to analyze the plaintiff's cause of action.
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Competition | Pro-active Sales | Operational Systems | Investments
Part 3
Trait #5 – Set your company apart from your competition!
When I drive down the freeway and see contractors' trucks, they often have signs on like: "Joe's Electric – Commercial, Industrial & Residential." I chuckle and ask myself: "What do they excel at, what kind of jobs are they the expert in, and why should I hire them?" Based on my experience working with tens of thousands of contractors, my best guess is they chase any kind of work they can get and don't make a lot of money doing it.
Are you in the "Yes" Business taking any kind of job or project thrown your way? Experience shows that companies who specialize in a specific type of project or service do better work, are more competitive, have more loyal customers, and make a lot more money than their "jack of all trades" competitors. Perceived experts are the first called when a customer needs a professional to complete a tough or special project. Experts get the first chance to propose on jobs which require complex engineering or technical knowledge.
To set your company apart from your competition and get hired at higher prices, you must be the perceived expert in your market and offer more than your competitors. According to a survey from the Society of Marketing Professional Services (a national association of construction sales and marketing professionals), the top two reasons construction companies don't get awarded projects are 1) Their inability to market and properly present the differences between themselves and their competition, and 2) Their lack of expertise in a particular project or service niche. When you continue to be and do everything for everyone, you won't have enough time to satisfy your customers and you can't make enough money for all the different types of work you attempt to complete.
Trait #6 – Install a pro-active sales and marketing program!
There are many ways to improve your profit margin. These include cutting costs, reducing overhead, improving field productivity, accurate estimating, making no field mistakes, and having an excellent training program. All of these will give you small improvements in your bottom-line, but not enough collectively to make a significant difference.
The easiest way to make more money is to create it! Profit starts with revenue. The more profitable revenue, the more bottom-line profit. Revenue comes from customers. To make more profit, develop more profitable customers. Are customers your #1 priority? Do you have a written sales and marketing plan that delivers a consistent flow of loyal customers, profitable revenue, and new customers? While doing good work is important, it will not deliver the revenue you need to become a great company. You also need a pro-active sales and marketing program that constantly attacks customers, generates inquiries, gathers referrals, seeks new business opportunities, and gets potential customers to only call your company when they need your product or service.
Trait # 7 – Replace yourself with operational systems!
A systemized business produces consistent performance and the same results every time. How much money are you losing relying on your people to do their best without standardized written operational systems and ongoing training? When your employees and customers rely on you to make sure everything is done right, you get stuck at the level of what you can control.
Great companies have and maintain written systems and procedures for all employees to follow. To organize and systemize your company requires time to get everyone doing business the same way. But the end result is worth it. Systems will allow your company to be the best in what you do and allow your company to grow. To make it happen, you'll have to dedicate the resources to put all of your important work processes in writing and create a "DO" manual of pictures, checklists, and guidelines for your employees to follow.
Trait #8 – Seek investments to build equity and wealth!
The outward indicator of a great company is steady growth and profitability year after year. Every new entrepreneurial company that becomes great should create enough significant excess profits within the first five to seven years to start seeking wealth building investments. Wealth building investments deliver positive cash-flow without much effort or attention like real estate properties, joint ventures, or stock ownership.
If you can't find enough annual profit leftover to invest, perhaps you need to change how you do business. Companies that continually struggle generating profits and never seem to get ahead, can't become great. For whatever reason, these owners have decided to shortcut most of the traits required to be great. Often these companies struggle for decades as they are run by owners who shoot from the hip and manage by the seat of their pants. These poorly run companies ruin it for the great companies by charging too little, doing the minimum to get by, providing no training for their employees, and delivering less than expected by their customers.
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It's not too late to be great. The choice is yours. What you do and the decisions you make deliver the results you get and determine your future. Not making enough profit? Not growing fifteen to twenty percent per year? No money left-over to invest? Take a look in the mirror. Take a hard look at how you do business. Look at your people and organizational chart. Look at your company systems. Look at what sets you apart from your competition. Look at your profitability and focus on finances. Do whatever it takes to figure it out. Hire a business coach or a new general manager or controller or director of business development. Stop postponing your potential, install all of the eight great traits, and your company will become great.


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There are three items required in order to become an ophthalmic technologist: post-secondary education, work experience, and interpersonal skills. An ophthalmic technologist works under the supervision of an ophthalmologist. He or she is responsible for conducting vision tests, maintaining ophthalmic equipment, obtaining patient history, and assisting with eye surgeries.
Ophthalmic technologists can find employment opportunities in eye clinics, ophthalmologist offices, and vision testing centers. The work environment is a medical office and standard hours may include evenings and weekends. People who report the highest satisfaction in this position are detail oriented, independent, and enjoy working with people.
The first step to become an ophthalmic technologist is to complete a training program through a community or career college. This program is usually eight to 12 months in length. Courses include the anatomy of the eye, diagnostic eye tests, eye diseases, and communication.
In order to obtain admission into this program, candidates should have high school credits in biology, math, English, and technology. Many of the vision tests are based on computer technology. Advanced computer skills are a great benefit to employers and may help you obtain a good position.
Most programs offer a cooperative course or work term. This opportunity to gain work experience is very valuable. Actually applying the skills learned in class is a proven method of enhancing learning. During the job placement, a certified ophthalmic technologist checks all the work and guidance is provided to help the student improve his or her techniques.
Ophthalmic technologists work with a wide range people. The ability to put people at ease, communicate, and resolve conflict are all skills necessary to become an ophthalmic technologist. Interpersonal skills enhance work productivity, create a positive atmosphere, and encourage teamwork.
Each patient sees the ophthalmic technologist at the first stage of an ophthalmologist appointment. The technologist collects medical history, measures vision, checks for color blindness, tests eye muscles, and discusses any current vision issues. Technologists can also provide instructions on the use of contact lenses, administration of eye medication, and provide assistance with post operative care.
Many ophthalmic technologists take additional courses to learn how to assist the ophthalmologist during eye surgeries and perform eye angiography and related tests. Ophthalmic technologists normally take continuing education courses to maintain essential skills and stay on top of changes in technology. People who want to advance their careers after they become an ophthalmic technologist, must take additional courses in specific technological tools or equipment as they become available.
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text: Share: Comments Print January 12, 2010 at 12:10 PM Checking in on Storm, WNBA Posted by Jayda Evans WNBA free agency doesn't open until Friday, but teams and players are already thinking and making deals. Minnesota is in the midst of a full makeover, already announcing Cheryl Reeve as coach. This afternoon the Lynx announced the trade of PG Rene Montgomery and the No. 1 overall pick in April's draft to Connecticut for the No. 2 pick and acquisition of first-child Lindsay Whalen, who starred at the University of Minnesota. "Now it's our job not to screw this up," said Reeve in the press conference. The deal will help both teams in a myriad of ways. Not only do both get what they need in talent, they get marketing gems for their areas that should help ticket sales. The Sun are expected to use the top-overall pick to select C Tina Charles, who's currently in the midst of another undefeated season at the University of Connecticut. She won last season's NCAA title with Montgomery. In Seattle, Storm CEO Karen Bryant said she's been in contact with two-time MVP Lauren Jackson, who signed a one-year deal in 2009. Jackson is currently playing in her native Australia, rehabilitating from stress fractures in her lower back. She's an unrestricted free agent, but said before leaving the Storm in September that she'd sign a two-year deal with Seattle when contracts could be signed. That's now Feb. 1 Teammate Janell Burse is still questioning her future, however. Because of schedules, she hasn't spoken with coach Brian Agler, who's also director of player personnel. But the concerns she has about being given a fair opportunity to contribute — even as a backup — will need to be discussed. Burse hasn't asked her agent to make any trade demands. "It's not a bitter feeling or anything like that, it's more of what's going to be my best interests?" said Burse via phone from Poland. "But I haven't spoken with Brian since I left Seattle and I haven't really talked to my agent about what we should trying to work on right now. "This is the time that a lot of players don't come back [overseas] after Christmas and [agents] are signing a lot of players. So, I know he's busy with that. But I don't want to wait too long." One of the players swapping overseas squads is G Tanisha Wright, who signed with Lotos Gdynia in Poland on Sunday. Now she's in the same league as Burse. Wright played in Cyprus with Storm teammate Camille Little, but those contracts ended after the holiday break. Little has yet to pick-up another overseas team. Center Ashley Robinson is the Storm's only other unrestricted free agent. Everyone else is either under contract or a restricted free agent, meaning they'll have to negotiate with Seattle first. But C Suzy Batkovic-Brown, who's "reserved" by the Storm, is questionable to return due to possibly starting a family, according to Bryant. Batkovic-Brown is playing is Australia. UPDATE: Washington hired former Los Angeles assistant coach Marianne Stanley to the Mystics' staff today. Comments


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John Garrett, in his book, "To Live Among the Stars" recorded Wesleyan Christian Missionary views of Fiji.
July 1839: Missionary William Hunt wrote in his diary; "From July 1839 Hunt and his family lived at Somosomo on Taveuni, where the Tui Cakau, an elderly warrior and intemperate man-eater, presided over his war-wracked realm of Cakaudrove,where his son, Tui Kilakila, wielded much of the effective military power"
Lyth's world-view different: Richard Burdsall Lyth, another notable missionary, who was both minister and medical man lived with Hunt through a period of bloodshed and danger at Somosomo. Lyth's matter-of fact Yorkshire temperament accorded well with Hunt's.
Missionary personalities: By comparison they found Missionary, Cargill moody; Missionary, Gross, who suffered at Rewa from severe dysentery, was relatively weak. Hunt's Somosomo journal astonishes by clear-minded assessments of a world where its author was a stranger. Somosomo gave Hunt the apprenticeship for his later crucially important work on Viwa.
Hunt's view of Fiji culture: He was far from naive about the impression the Methodists created in Fiji: "The god and the priest are in their opinion so connected as to be one and the same; I asked a person the other day if he knew who Jesus Christ is, and he said yes; I was Jesus Christ and often when we pass the houses the children call after us, Jisu Ruisiti, thinking either that we are pleased when we hear the name or thinking the name belongs to us, most likely both . . ."
Cannibal customs: These were recorded by others in the mission with distraught horror, were to Hunt a matter of calmer consideration; he observed before stepping in to reform. After a battle, he "studied the sacrifice of a captured chief, who was given to the God, cut up and cooked about three or four yards from our fence; I saw the operation which was performed with a skill and dispatch that might be expected from well-instructed cannibals". I saw a priest sitting in the door of the temple looking at the men who were employed in cooking, etc".
Permission to go into the temple: On another occasion Hunt went into the bure kalou, the god's house, to become better acquainted with the religion to which he was presenting an alternative. "We requested permission to go into the temple," he wrote, "which was granted, and we took our seat near the High Priest and the old King. '
Preparations for war: Hunt' s journal went on to describe the chief' s prayers before a battle, the presentation of highly prized tabua, whales' teeth, and coconuts. After the war ended he later laconically reported that the women danced to welcome the fighters home and that "the songs on these occasions are very lewd." Hunt, Lyth and Thomas Williams, their successor, were on good terms with the priest of Somosomo' s great war god, and visited his temple.
Death of children of missionaries: Disease affected the mission seriously during its first period. At Somosomo Hannah Hunt's twelve-day-old baby and one of Mary Anne Lyth's children died. Cargill's wife Margaret bore a child who died at Rewa and herself succumbed afterwards to protracted dysentery and haemorrhage. She had been Cargill's mainstay – one person in Fiji who loved him. Plunged in grief, he sought and gained leave to return to England with his small orphaned girls, against the will of Gross, who thought he should have stayed on. Gross offered to lodge the children in his house if Cargill decided not to go. The two British pioneers of Wesleyan Christianity in Fiji were not easily compatible'.
John Garrett, "To Live Among the Stars" (book reviewed in the Journal of Pacific History, Sept, 1998, by Roderic Lacey) . Geneva/Suva: World Council of Churches in Association with the Institute of Pacific Studies, University of the South Pacific. 2-8254-0692-9
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This month starts a new look to Scope & Scan, with the technicians and trainers at TST sharing their diagnostic trials with Motor Age readers. Let's look at a couple of cases, starting with a troublesome Toyota Corolla and an "impossible to find" system lean DTC.
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You have a P0171, what in the real world is likely going on? Vacuum leaks, air-fuel sensors pinned lean and bad MAF sensors are the common culprits. So you get a 2006 Toyota Corolla and it has a P0171.
First you check TSBs and confirm that the PCM and EVAP Purge Solenoid were replaced as per the recall, because they are known to set P0171 DTCs. Then you might smoke it cold and warm to look for vacuum leaks. If you find that it checks out, you should test the A/F sensor and make sure the voltage moves positive when you cause a vacuum leak and goes negative when you add propane to make the fuel mixture rich. If the A/F is a steady 3.3 volts and appears to react logically, your next step is to diagnose the MAF sensor. They go bad all the time on these vehicles. This can be done quickly by doing a volumetric efficiency test (see Figure 3).
You can use an ATS EScan scan tool, which has a built in volumetric efficiency test, or go to Google and use a volumetric efficiency calculator. An even quicker method is to go wide open throttle (WOT) while looking at the Calculated Load PID in Generic OBDII on your scan tool. If it is lower than 90 percent inspect the MAF. It is common on these Corollas that they are contaminated, so it is good to replace them. We have not had success cleaning these sensors on several vehicles.
Now, even if you did everything right do not be surprised if this vehicle comes back to you months later with the same problem. Why? Check your Freeze Frame. If the DTC sets when cold with a highly positive fuel trim, but otherwise LTFT appears to be good, this vehicle has an "impossible to find" intake manifold leak.
You can confirm this two ways. The easy way is to smoke the intake with CO2 gas and use an emissions analyzer to find if you have elevated CO2 levels around the intake manifold as compared to atmospheric CO2. Otherwise, just pull the intake off. What you will find is that the original gaskets flatten and the new replacement gasket is much more robust.


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A federal judge ruled on Friday that a lawsuit by a wrongfully convicted man against the office of the Brooklyn district attorney, Charles J. Hynes, and the New York Police Department could proceed, setting the stage for a trial in which Mr. Hynes could be called to testify in defense of his policies amid a heated re-election campaign.
The lawsuit was filed by Jabbar Collins, who served 16 years in prison for a murder he said he did not commit and who won his release after providing evidence that the police and prosecutors — including Michael F. Vecchione, a longtime top assistant to Mr. Hynes — coerced false testimony to win his conviction.
After a federal judge ordered his release in 2010, Mr. Collins sued the district attorney's office, the Police Department and several individuals, claiming that his wrongful conviction was not an isolated event but rather the result of city policies that encouraged unconstitutional behavior and led to other injustices. He is seeking $150 million in damages.
Such claims seldom survive dismissal because they are hard to prove. In his opinion on Friday, Judge Frederic Block of United States District Court in Brooklyn denied the city's request to throw out the case. His language was unusually pointed as he said the facts demonstrated significant misconduct by both the police and prosecutors. "The court concludes that Collins's allegations regarding Hynes's response — or lack thereof — to misconduct by Vecchione and other assistants make plausible his theory that Hynes was so deliberately indifferent to the underhanded tactics that his subordinates employed as to effectively encourage them to do so," Judge Block wrote in the opinion.
The judge also allowed the claims against the Police Department and two of its officers to proceed, though he dismissed the claims against several prosecutors. The ruling is a setback for Mr. Hynes, who last week announced his re-election campaign amid scrutiny over the way his office had handled the cases of Mr. Collins and others who the courts found had been wrongfully convicted.
Judge Block scheduled an April trial for Mr. Collins's lawsuit, making it probable that testimony against Mr. Hynes and his office could come out in the middle of what promises to be a heated campaign. He faces two well-financed opponents in the Democratic primary, Kenneth P. Thompson, a lawyer in private practice, and Abe George, a former prosecutor in Manhattan.
A Hynes spokesman declined to comment, directing calls to the city's Law Department. In a statement, Arthur Larkin, a lawyer for the city, said that the city was pleased that the claims against individual assistant district attorneys had been dismissed and that the claims against the city had been narrowed. "We expect to address the remaining claims through further motion practice after the discovery process or at trial," he said.
A lawyer for Mr. Collins, Joel B. Rudin, said in a statement that he planned to take depositions of Mr. Hynes, Mr. Vecchione and other prosecutors.
The case dates to 1994, when officers investigating the killing of Abraham Pollack in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, received a tip blaming Mr. Collins for the crime. Mr. Collins was questioned and released by the police after four witnesses failed to identify him in lineups and no other evidence linked him to the crime.
Judge Block said that the facts showed the officers working on the case, Vincent Gerecitano and Jose R. Hernandez, had pressured a heroin addict booked in the precinct station house on separate charges to implicate Mr. Collins, and that Mr. Vecchione, the prosecutor on the case, had threatened the heroin addict with prosecution, imprisonment and bodily harm unless he agreed to stand by the statement after he acknowledged it was untrue. Two other witnesses made accusations of similar treatment. Mr. Collins was convicted of murder in 1995.


text: WIPO Members Step Up To Implement Development Agenda 15/10/2009 by Kaitlin Mara for Intellectual Property Watch and William New 1 Comment Share this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window)World Intellectual Property Organisation members are preparing to take the reins of the Development Agenda as it becomes clear that implementation success will depend on their actions. And their actions must not only be focused on specific projects such as patent databases but also on the broader spirit of the agenda for change at WIPO, key developing countries said. "The Development Agenda is more than the sum of its parts," said the delegate of Egypt in a closing discussion. "It's not only about taking each recommendation and implementing it [but] to go into the core of WIPO and IP and bring about a cultural change in the way things are done." "It is unfair to the Agenda and also to the secretariat" to leave that duty entirely to them, he added. "Ultimately it entails a task before the member states." A range of stakeholders met at WIPO on 13-14 October at an "open-ended forum on proposed Development Agenda projects." A number of officials said they were pleased with the secretariat's efforts on implementation and with it holding the event. But it is up to WIPO members to monitor the effectiveness of the projects being implemented, several developing country delegates said. The danger, one official said, is that the focus will get so specific on the implementation projects as to lose sight of the bigger picture purpose of the agenda. Some officials raised this in reference to patent databases, which are of minimal use to countries lacking the capacity to use them. Member states need to "jump into the driver's seat" of the 2007 Development Agenda, which is like a "new machine," said one developing country official, and specifically developing countries need to come up with proposals. "I think we need to wake up," the official said. Gaining Access to Patent Information There are three new projects to be discussed at the next WIPO Committee on Development and Intellectual Property on 16-20 November, one of which concerns developing tools for access to patent information. Sangeeta Shashikant, legal adviser to the Third World Network, said that the three major elements of this patent information project are the preparing of reports on patent landscaping, the creation of a digitised tutorial on using patent information, and organising conferences (including trainings) on using patent information or skills like creating patent landscapes. "These proposals appear to be premised on the assumption that once patent information is made available to developing countries," they will be able to boost technology transfer, and that "countries have the technological base and infrastructure to exploit" the information. But there are many problems with that assumption: patents leave out necessary information, some technologies require material transfer in order to be used, and availability of patent information does not equate to permission to use it, she said. In order to be relevant to developing country interests, said Shashikant, WIPO should undertake programmes to help developing countries use compulsory licences as needed to improve access to technology, to document and train in the use of patent oppositions, and to study the degree to which technology transfer is happening under World Trade Organization mechanisms so that WIPO programmes can learn from and improve on problems. The transmission of patent information for food and agriculture cannot be a one-way process, going from the patent system to the users, said Shakheel Bhatti, executive secretary of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture at the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). A two-way flow of information about genetic resources should be created between the patent system and the international system as represented by the international treaty on plant genetics. And just counting patents is not enough for farmers and agricultural researchers to determine freedom to operate in their particular area, said Bhatti. Patent applicability changes depending on location, and there are a range of intellectual property protections on agricultural products – such as plant breeders' rights or other forms of plant variety protection – that do not fall under the patent system. IP information must be "tailor-made" and "customised to the needs of the agricultural sector in developing countries and be made available on the internet," he said, adding later to Intellectual Property Watch that offline communication is also important as most farmers do not have access. This should also include a system for the transfer of plant genetic materials. Precious Matsoso of the Public Health and Innovation programme at the World Health Organization made a similar point about public health. Databases, she said, have limited utility so long as they are presented in a way that is unclear to their users. The WHO determines international, non-proprietary names (INNs) for medicines, and these should be linked to patent information. For example, she said, "Zidovudine" is the INN name for 3′-Azido-3′-deoxythymidine, or AZT, a treatment for HIV/AIDS, but "not many procurement people or medical practitioners will know what it is." "No one can stop you learning the information that is" in patent documents, said Andrew Czajkowski, who heads the Innovation and Technology Support Section of the Global Information Service at WIPO. They can often provide timely data as well, he added, citing the example of the Apple iPhone's touch-sensitive technology – which appeared in a patent application a year before the phone itself had been released. Access to Medicines and Counterfeiting A tangential debate arose from the meeting on access to medicines, a critical current debate in Geneva. It arose from a discussion on access to patent information for health technology. A Moroccan delegate in the audience said that in the interest of necessary public infrastructure – such as a highway or a hospital – sometimes private property is expropriated. At an international level, the WHO or the international community could set up a fund to compensate rights holders when their IP needs to be expropriated for the public interest, he suggested. If prices on drugs can be made affordable, then perhaps that would undermine the market for dangerous counterfeits which seek to take advantage of the high price of drugs. But Guilherme Cintra of the International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers and Associations said it was a "dangerous link" to connect high prices and counterfeits, and that there are now some counterfeits of generic drugs as well. He stressed partnerships as a solution to problems. Delegates from Egypt and Pakistan warned about confusing counterfeit with unrelated issues, such as patent problems (noting counterfeit is a registration and trademark concern under the WTO) or affordability. Cintra also said if a drug is not yet approved for marketing, then research and development and clinical trials that can cost a billion dollars and 10 years are also needed, he said. But that price estimate is not the same across all drug developers, said Pascale Boulet of the Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative (DNDi), which creates programmes for the development of drugs for small-market diseases that do not normally attract investment. DNDi needs only $274 million to develop six to eight new treatments by 2014, she said, adding this is "a big difference" from the numbers quoted by industry. It should be noted that some key stakeholders such as the large health research funds and drug purchasing groups were not present at the meeting. A delegate from Pakistan called on WIPO to do a "realistic, impartial assessment that gives a clearer picture as to how much it costs" to research and develop a new treatment "so prices can be addressed accordingly." Up to now, cost estimates always come from brand-name industry themselves. Transfer of Technology Separately, Korea presented on the importance of appropriate technology for developing countries, and described how patent information can be useful in this. Korea has begun a database project on appropriate technology, which includes disseminating patent information. Pedro Roffe, senior fellow at the International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD), drew on lessons of past initiatives and current deliberations on transfer of technology particularly under the TRIPS agreement, international environmental agreements and ongoing negotiations on climate change. He said WIPO can contribute to the design of IP regimes that promote pro-competitive environments by facilitating the diffusion of knowledge on matters such as criteria of patentability, exceptions and limitations (e.g., research exemption), appropriate disclosure requirements, and competition policies. Roffe noted that work already is being done in organisations such as the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), and said WIPO work should draw on other work and be inclusive, free of dogmas and open to the participation of all relevant stakeholders. 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