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OILSEEDS: U.S. soybean supply and use projections for 2012/13 are unchanged this month, leaving ending stocks at 125 million bushels. Although soybean export commitments through February exceeded last year's pace, U.S. exports are expected to decline in the months ahead as increased competition from a record South American soybean crop limits additional U.S. sales during the second half of the marketing year. Soybean crush is also ahead of last year's pace, but is projected to slow in the second half of the marketing year on declining soybean meal exports as competition from South America, especially Argentina, increases with the new-crop harvest.
The projected season-average price range for soybeans is narrowed 25 cents on both ends of the range to $13.80 to $14.80 per bushel. Soybean oil prices are forecast at 48.5 to 51.5 cents per pound, down 1 cent at the midpoint. Soybean meal prices are projected at $425 to $445 per short ton, down 10 dollars at the midpoint.
Global oilseed production for 2012/13 is projected at 466.8 million tons, down slightly from last month as reduced soybean and sunflowerseed production is mostly offset by increased rapeseed and cottonseed production. Foreign production, projected at 374.1 million tons, accounts for all of the change. Argentina soybean production is projected at 51.5 million tons, down 1.5 million. Despite widespread rains in recent weeks, the extended dry period during planting and early crop development limited plantings and reduced yield prospects. China rapeseed production is projected at 13.5 million tons, up 0.9 million based on increased area and yield indicated in recently released official government statistics. Other changes include higher rapeseed production for Australia and India, reduced sunflowerseed production for Argentina, and increased palm oil production for Malaysia. Cottonseed production is increased for China and reduced for Pakistan and Brazil.
WHEAT: U.S. wheat exports for 2012/13 are projected 25 million bushels lower this month boosting projected ending stocks by the same amount. Continued strong competition, particularly from EU-27 and FSU-12, further reduce prospects for U.S. wheat shipments. Projected exports for Hard Red Winter wheat are lowered 25 million bushels. Exports are also lowered 10 million bushels and 5 million bushels, respectively, for White and Hard Red Spring wheat, but raised 15 million bushels for Soft Red Winter wheat. All-wheat imports are unchanged, but small adjustments are made among the classes. Trade changes largely reflect the pace of sales and shipments to date. The projected range for the season-average farm price for wheat is lowered 10 cents at the midpoint and narrowed to $7.65 to $7.95 per bushel.
Global wheat supplies for 2012/13 are raised 1.8 million tons with higher production. India production is increased 1.0 million tons based on the latest revisions by the government of India for the crop harvested nearly a year ago. EU-27 production is raised 0.5 million tons based on the latest production estimate released by the government of Lithuania. Production is estimated 0.3 million tons higher for Nepal in line with historical revisions to the country's production series this month.
Global wheat trade is projected higher for 2012/13. Imports are raised 1.0 million tons for Iran, 0.5 million tons for South Korea, 0.3 million tons for Algeria, and 0.2 million tons each for China and Japan. Partly offsetting are reductions of 1.0 million tons for Egypt and 0.2 million tons for Kenya. Exports are raised 1.0 million tons for EU-27, 0.5 million tons for Brazil, and 0.3 million tons for Ukraine, more than offsetting this month's reduction for the United States. World wheat feed use is increased 1.3 million tons with 0.5-million-ton increases for Australia, Canada, and South Korea, and a 0.1-million-ton increase for Japan outweighing a 0.3-million-ton decrease for Egypt. Lower expected food use in India, Egypt, and Kenya limit the increase in global wheat consumption. World wheat ending stocks for 2012/13 are projected 1.5 million tons higher with the largest increases for India, Iran, and the United States. The biggest reductions in ending stocks are for Australia, Egypt, EU-27, Brazil, Canada, and Ukraine.
COARSE GRAINS: Projected 2012/13 U.S. corn ending stocks are unchanged this month as an increase in imports and lower exports support higher expected feed and residual disappearance. Corn imports are raised 25 million bushels reflecting the strong pace of shipments reported through January. Corn exports are lowered 75 million bushels based on the slow pace of sales and shipments to date and stronger expected competition from South American corn and from competitively priced feed quality wheat. Feed and residual disappearance for corn is raised an offsetting 100 million bushels with continued expansion in poultry production and a 10-million-bushel reduction in projected sorghum feed and residual use. Sorghum exports are projected 10 million bushels higher based on the strong pace of sales and shipments. Smaller trade changes are projected for barley and oats based on shipments to date.
The projected season-average farm prices for corn and sorghum are each lowered 20 cents on the high end of the range to $6.75 to $7.45 per bushel and $6.70 to $7.40 per bushel, respectively. The projected farm price ranges for barley and oats are narrowed 10 cents on each end to $6.25 to $6.55 per bushel and $3.70 to $3.90 per bushel, respectively.
Global coarse grain supplies for 2012/13 are projected 1.0 million tons lower with a 0.8-million-ton decrease in production. Corn production is lowered 0.5 million tons for Argentina reflecting extended dryness in February that reduced yield prospects, particularly for late-planted corn. South Africa corn production is reduced 0.5 million tons as dryness and heat reduce yield prospects in the western areas of the maize belt. Sorghum production is lowered 0.5 million tons for Australia as excessively high temperatures have reduced harvested area as indicated by the latest government estimates and yield prospects as confirmed by satellite imagery. India corn production is raised 0.4 million tons as planting progress reports for the winter crop indicate a year-to-year increase in area.
Global coarse grain exports for 2012/13 are lowered this month mostly reflecting the projected reduction in U.S. corn exports. World corn feed and residual use is raised with higher expected use in the United States. Corn feed use is also raised for India and Malaysia. Corn imports and feeding are lowered for South Korea with higher expected imports of feed quality wheat and increased wheat feeding. Sorghum imports and feeding are raised for Mexico with the increase in U.S. sorghum exports. Global coarse grain ending stocks decline 0.6 million tons with small reductions in corn stocks for Brazil, Malaysia, Argentina, and India.
SUGAR: Projected U.S. sugar supply for fiscal year 2012/13 is increased 91,000 short tons, raw value, from last month, as higher sugar imports from Mexico more than offset lower production and tariff rate quota (TRQ) imports. Reduced Florida cane sugar production reflects processors' estimates while lower TRQ imports reflect increased shortfall. Higher imports from Mexico result from increased production which is based on higher-than-expected sugarcane yields to date. Sugar use is unchanged for the United States and ending stocks are increased for both the United States and Mexico.
LIVESTOCK, POULTRY, AND DAIRY: The 2013 forecast of total red meat and poultry production is raised from last month as higher beef, broiler, and turkey production is expected to more than offset lower forecast pork production. Beef production is raised from last month largely due to heavier expected carcass weights. Steer and heifer slaughter is reduced for the first quarter, but cow slaughter is raised. Pork production is reduced based on lower slaughter in the first quarter. The broiler production forecast is raised as producers are expected to respond to stronger forecast first-half broiler prices and lower projected second-half feed meal prices. Turkey production is forecast higher on heavier bird weights and slightly higher slaughter. Egg production is raised based on hatchery data. Poultry and egg production for 2012 is adjusted to reflect revisions in production data.
The beef export and import forecasts for 2013 are lowered based on slower-than-expected shipments in January. Pork exports are lowered from last month as export demand has softened. The broiler export forecast is unchanged from last month. Changes in estimates for 2012 trade reflect December data.
Cattle prices for 2013 are lowered from last month, reflecting slightly weaker demand for fed cattle into the second quarter of the year. Hog and broiler price forecasts are unchanged from last month. Forecast broiler prices are raised in the first half on strong demand, but are reduced in the second half on production increases. Turkey prices are lowered on greater production. Egg price forecasts are unchanged.
RICE: The changes made to the U.S. 2012/13 rice supply and use balances this month are confined to the trade categories and ending stocks. The 2012/13 all-rice import forecast is raised 0.5 million cwt to 21.5 million, based largely on the pace of imports reflected in the U.S. Bureau of the Census import data through January-all in long-grain rice. On the use side, the all-rice export forecast is increased 2.0 million cwt to 108.0 million-all in long-grain rice. The rough rice and milled export (rough-equivalent basis) forecasts are each raised 1.0 million cwt to 35.0 million and 73.0 million, respectively. Increased export commitments to Iran and Western Hemisphere markets support the increase in the 2012/13 export projection. Export commitments for 2012/13 through the end of February are up 19 percent from a year ago according to the latest USDA's U.S. Export Sales report. All rice ending stocks are projected at 29.1 million cwt, down 1.5 million from a month ago-all in long-grain rice. Long-grain rice ending stocks are projected at 16.4 million cwt, the lowest stocks since 2003/04. Medium-/short-grain ending stocks are unchanged at 10.5 million cwt.
The 2012/13 long-grain, season-average price is raised 20 cents per cwt at the midpoint to $14.50, the medium/short grain price is lowered 30 cents per cwt at the midpoint to $15.90, and the all rice season-average price is unchanged at $14.90 per cwt at the midpoint.
Global 2012/13 rice production, consumption, trade, and ending stocks are all up from a month ago. World rice production is forecast at a record 468.1 million tons, up 2.3 million from last month, largely due to increases for Cambodia and India. India's rice crop is projected at 102.0 million tons, up 2.0 million from last month, but down 4.3 million from record 2011/12. The increase in India' s crop is due entirely to the larger Kharif rice crop now forecast by the government of India at 90.7 million tons, up 4.5 million from an earlier forecast. The Rabi rice crop is expected to be down from last year due to late planting and a lower expected average yield. World consumption is forecast at a record 470.2 million tons, up 0.9 million from last month, owing mostly to increases for Cambodia, India, and Peru. The increase in global trade is relatively small. Global 2012/13 ending stocks are projected at 103.3 million tons, up 1.4 million from a month ago, but down 2.2 million from last year.
This month's 2012/13 world cotton estimates show higher production, consumption, and trade, with ending stocks reduced marginally. World production is raised about 900,000 bales from last month, including a 1.0-million-bale increase in the China crop, based on recent statistical reports for the eastern provinces and on classification data for Xinjiang. Production also is raised for Uzbekistan, Mexico, and Turkmenistan, but is reduced for Pakistan and Brazil. Consumption is raised for China, India, and Bangladesh. World trade is raised 1.5 million bales, due mainly to higher imports by China, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. Exports are raised for India, the United States, Australia, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan, but are lowered for Pakistan. Global ending stocks are now forecast at 81.7 million bales.
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Maybe you've heard the hullabaloo about the evils of palm oil and the poor orangutans. It's gotten a lot of attention recently. But you might not have heard the whole story. Or you might not know why it's so important for soap. It's a thorny issue and one that I've been trying to figure out for some time. I am currently using SUSTAINABLY produced palm oil for all my soaps. The explanation is a bit long, but I'm going to start at the beginning and try to cover all the bases.
What It Is
Let's start at the very beginning. What exactly IS palm oil? Palm oil is produced from red seed pods of the palm tree and is used as cheap cooking oil for most of the world. Large (well, mega) food manufacturers jumped on the cheapo bandwagon for profit reasons and now use palm oil in almost everything. It accounts for almost 50% of all food products in the grocery stores today – crackers, cookies, ice creams, all hydrogenated trans fats stuff. It also happens to be used a little bit in personal care products (shampoos, body washes, bar soaps).
Where It Comes From
The vast majority of palm oil comes from Indonesia. At least 85% of it comes from vast plantations of palm trees in Malaysia. Currently the world appetite has outstripped the production and there are both shortages and price increases. For impoverished nations like Borneo, Sumatra and Malaysia, the production of palm oil gives them their only opportunity at a better economy, and lifts many families out of poverty. In the rush to make more, they have been clear-cutting and devastating the natural rainforests to make land available to plant new palm plantations.
Why It's Bad
As these rainforests are being destroyed, the natural habitats of many animals are being affected, including many endangered species, such as the Asian elephant, the Sumatran tiger, rhinoceros and Bornean orangutan. Slash and burn techniques as well as outright shooting of the wildlife, especially the orangutans, has outraged the rest of the world. These vast rain forests are incredibly important areas for climate change and our Earth's sustainability, and even for their own people's sustainability. It's a short-term gain for a long-term disaster.
If you're interested in seeing first hand how it's grown, produced and ultimately harvested – check out WWF International's video:
Palm Oil In Soap
From a soapmaker's point of view, palm oil is a necessity – one of the trinity of base oils used in most soap recipes. Olive oil, coconut oil and palm oil have become the foundation of soap making because they complement each other, working synergistically to make the perfect bar. Palm oil acts as a secondary lathering agent, and since it's a solid, contributes to bar hardness, giving longevity to the life of the soap. Coconut oil produces a rich creamy lather and is a superior cleanser, while olive oil is the moisturizer, giving the soap a silky feel. As the issue has heated up, even the largest manufacturers have struggled with creating a quality product for a reasonable cost without the palm oil component.
My Tiny Stake In It
This is important to know: the degree to which palm oil is used in cosmetics, including soaps, is quite small. I've heard various statistics ranging from 1% to 6% of the total amount of production in the entire world goes towards cosmetics. The remaining 99% is used for food production. Given that my small cottage soap business is the tiniest sliver of that maybe 5% globally, I want to do the right thing but I need to keep it in perspective too. It's my only source of income, and losing business by doubling my soap prices is not an option. Or losing all my customers because I suddenly had an inferior product doesn't work either. My beliefs and personal responsibility are at the heart of everything I do, however, so I knew I had to find an answer and take action.
Sustainable Palm Oil
Ultimately, I would prefer to create a better recipe that does not use palm oil at all, but that's still in the experiment stage. In the meantime, I have found a fairly priced, reliable supply of sustainable palm oil, certified and sanctioned by the RSPO (Roundtable for Sustainable Palm Oil).
Starting a few months ago, all the Soapworks Studio soaps have been made with sustainable palm oil. I am in the process of transitioning all the labels and ingredient lists to reflect this change.
The Bigger Problem
As I mentioned, food products account for the vast majority of the palm oil production. As long as companies continue using palm oil, the Indonesian and Malaysian governments will allow the clearing and burning of rainforests to develop new plantations. Oil palm trees are so lucrative that governments and businesses only see dollar signs.
It's not the cooking of households and street food vendors in Indonesia that are making this such a hot button issue. It's PepsiCo, Kraft, Heinz, and other corporate food conglomerates. Palm Oil and its derivatives are packed into almost everything we see as walk down the grocery store aisles. Packaged foods of every kind -- ice cream, cookies, crackers, chips, chocolate products, cereals, breakfast bars, dry and canned soups, margarine, cake mixes, doughnuts, frozen sweets and meals, infant formula, yes, even Skittles (and holy crapola! Girl Scout cookies!!). In the US alone palm oil imports have jumped 485% in the last decade.
Obviously any steps we can take individually to slow down or stop our consumption of this product is important. And if you want to know more, or do more, including signing petitions or sending letters, a great place to start is the Rain Forest Action Network.
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Cougar Bait (Cougarville, #2)
Series: Cougarville
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Author: Evangeline Anderson
Publisher: Swerve
Print Length: 364 Pages
Publication Date: June 6, 2017
Samantha Becker is a busy and talented trauma surgeon with no time for nonsense. Her sister may have a special Shifter Gene, but Sammie is fairly certain she doesn't have it, and she's happy with her life the way it is. She doesn't need the complicated Shifter lifestyle, and she certainly doesn't need Liam Keller: Alpha cougar, Mayor of Cougarville and undercover billionaire. She hates him, but Liam is unable to get the curvy surgeon out of his head.
But the Shifter world isn't ready to let Sammie go. She's being stalked by someone who's desperate for Shifter hormones, and Liam takes it upon himself to protect Sammie from harm. Things begin heating up between Sammie and Liam, but will they have to succumb to their inner animals in order to save Sammie's life?
Cougar Bait is fun, sexy and will take readers on an emotional thrill ride.
Cougar Bait is book #2 in Evangeline Anderson Cougarville series. What can I say…I thought this book was pretty fun. The book was aptly named. A younger man falling for an older woman. The Older woman trying not to fall in love with the younger man. But when that man is a hot shifter. What can a woman do…? but sit back and enjoy the ride.
Unfortunately, I never read the first book in this series. I just might have too, this one certainly kept my attention. I liked how sweet and crafty Liam was to make Samantha fall for him. Even though I found Samantha annoying at times.
Nonetheless, Evangeline Anderson has done what she set out to do. Writing characters that some readers could relate too.
About the Author
Evangeline Anderson is the USA Today and NYT Best Selling Author of the Brides of the Kindred, Alien Mate Index, and Born to Darkness series. She is thirty-something and lives in Florida with a husband, a son, and two cats. She had been writing erotic fiction for her own gratification for a number of years before it occurred to her to try and get paid for it. To her delight, she found that it was actually possible to get money for having a dirty mind and she has been writing paranormal and Sci-fi erotica steadily ever since.
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Keeping it fresh but very much in the family
Anglian Country Inns (ACI) is proud to maintain a group of extremely high quality and well-respected hospitality establishments and is branching out into other areas
ACI was set up over two decades ago when the now chairman Cliff Nye was inspired by the view out of the back of a run-down pub at Brancaster Staithe on the North Norfolk Coast and felt that more should be done to do that view justice. It was his first step into the hospitality world.
That once shabby venue was transformed into the contemporary coastal inn The White Horse at Brancaster Staithe, which has now won the Good Hotel Guide Seaside Hotel of the year and Editor's Choice award three years running. The success of The White Horse was followed by several other additions to the Group.
The family run award winning ACI business now comprises:
This diversity is celebrated by ACI as it prides itself on individuality – no two places are the same, but what unites them are superb quality, stand out food, and a wide selection of well-kept beers, ales and wines from around the world (where relevant). The business also ensures that all staff offer a friendly, personal service, and one of the ways that it safeguards the best staff relationships with customers and guests is by expecting a lot from staff but giving just as much back. The management team want ACI establishments to be fun and friendly places to work; where people love their jobs, feel happy and supported, and can enjoy creating the best possible experiences for guests. As part of this approach ACI Has joined the Hospitality Action Employee Assistance Programme, which provides specialist, independent and confidential advice, support and assistance 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. It is thanks to this sort of scheme that ACI was shortlisted for the Caterer Awards 2016 in the Best Staff Rewards category.
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Not content with helping staff be the best they can be, ACI also supports the wider community, and in 2016, in celebration of its 20th birthday, it raised £21,000 for local charities. From sky dives, tough mudders, quizzes, biking challenges and swimathons the teams at all seven ACI establishments got involved.
James Nye, Managing Director ACI said: "As a family business with family values, supporting our local communities & local charities is a key part of what we want to do and we are all thrilled with the amount the teams and our amazing customers have managed to raise. It will make a real difference to our local communities on so many levels. All credit must go to the staff at all establishments in the fun and challenging fund raising events they organised and of course of our customers who supported us all the way."
Thanks to this dedicated team of smiley, charming and knowledgeable staff ACI is able to look after its favourite people – its customers. Creating innovative and attractive promotions such as the ACI Loyalty Scheme is part and parcel of the ACI strategy, and as summer approaches in 2017 the business has a full diary of events to attract both regular and new visitors to its venues.
Local produce
It is clear that the food and beverage side of the business takes a top position on ACI's agenda and the group makes a point of sourcing the freshest local ingredients from local farmers, fishermen and traders. The locality of suppliers is celebrated in many ways, so for example, at the Kings Head in Letheringsett, loaves of bread are baked in the kitchen every day with spelt flour from Norfolk's only flour producing watermill based in Letheringsett itself.
The Water Lane Bar and Restaurant in Bishop's Stortford benefits from not only local producers but also the fresh fish and local mussels and oysters from Brancaster Staithe, as well as game from Norfolk. Hermitage Road Bar & Restaurant celebrates its food offering with a state-of-the-art open plan kitchen, where customers can witness the chef and team working their culinary magic. The Fox at Willian is also well known for its food and drink offering – it has been awarded two AA rosettes -The Fox has this year added eight smart and cosy guest rooms. Again, local sourcing is a priority but it also features real ales from ACI's own Brancaster Brewery.
The White Horse at Brancaster, which started the ACI journey, is renowned for its seafood, and has been listed in The Guardian as a Rural Gem and celebrated as an award winner by The Times as its Top Seafood Restaurant. The menu changes regularly and is created around the best seasonal pickings on offer by Head Chef Fran Hartshorne, who has been 'home grown' in The White Horse kitchen having worked there for 14 years, working her way up to Head Chef three years ago. "I feel the luckiest Head Chef on the Norfolk coast, creating in a kitchen that faces out across the stunning tidal marsh with a great variety of local fish and produce on our doorstep, it can't get much better," she commented.
Looking back to the October 1996 when The White Horse was born, it is clear that the business has evolved with the times, embracing modern trends but always building on a foundation of tradition and quality. Cliff Nye has now been joined by his sons James and Howard at the helm, and the three Nye's continue to grow ACI with the same sense of fun and pride as it started out with 20 years ago.


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To grit or not to grit?
A recent spell of snow and icy conditions has prompted the question of whether park owners are expected to grit their park roads and footpaths.
Park owners owe a general duty to their residents and visitors to ensure that they will be reasonably safe in using the park under the Occupiers' Liability Act.The question of whether to grit will depend on various factors. For example, whether you have done so in the past. Residents could come to expect certain action and if this suddenly stops, then park owners could find themselves more likely to be sued.
If you decide not to grit, then consider whether to erect suitable warning signs if you become aware of a particularly treacherous area of road or footpath. If snow and ice are a known problem, then park owners could potentially face liability if they fail to put up suitable warning signs.
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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of swallowing greedily or in great quantity.
- noun That which is thus swallowed.
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- noun The act of swallowing greedily or immoderately; that which is so swallowed.
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- noun The act of
swallowinggreedily or immoderately; that which is so swallowed.
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So it is written of Epicurus, that after his disease was judged desperate, he drowned his stomach and senses with a large draught and ingurgitation of wine; whereupon the epigram was made,
As Sir Thomas Elyot wrote in the 16th century (using, you will observe, the very word of Mr Hamertons energetic but fed-up tradesman), Inconveniences always doe happen by ingurgitation and excessive feedings.
As Sir Thomas Elyot wrote in the 16th century (using, you will observe, the very word of Mr Hamerton's energetic but fed-up tradesman), 'Inconveniences always doe happen by ingurgitation and excessive feedings.'
From the ingurgitation of spirituous liquors into the stomach and duodenum, the termination of the common bile-duct in that bowel becomes stimulated into unnatural action, and a greater quantity of bile is produced from all the secretory vessels of the liver, by the association of their motions with those of their excretory ducts; as has been explained in
Debilitated people, who have been unfortunately accustomed to great ingurgitation of spirituous potation, frequently part with a great quantity of water during the night, but with not more than usual in the day-time.
And as the frequent repetition of this great and unnatural stimulus of fermented liquors produces a permanent debility, or disobedience of the system to the usual and natural kinds and quantities of stimulus, as occurs in those who have long been addicted to the ingurgitation of fermented liquors.
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His countenance was pale, and towards the end of his life he suffered much from ulcers on his legs, and died about sixty, of general debility; like many others, who live intemperately in respect to the ingurgitation of fermented or spirituous liquors.
If this idle ingurgitation of too much vinous spirit be daily practised, the urinary branch of absorbents at length gains an habit of inverting its motions, whenever the lacteals are much stimulated; and the whole or a great part of the chyle is thus daily carried to the bladder without entering the circulation, and the body becomes emaciated.
And lastly, the sickness and vomiting induced by large potations of wine, or opium, does not occur till next day in some people, in none till some time after their ingurgitation.
The kidney is nevertheless inflamed more frequently, though in a less degree, from other causes; especially from the intemperate ingurgitation of ale, or other fermented or spirituous liquors.


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Electrician Allen Gallant surprised his three young sons with his debut on the hit TV show, "This Old House."
"I was sitting there and my three sons saw me on TV," said Gallant, owner of Gallant Electric, Lexington, Mass. "They laughed and said, 'Dad, that's you.' It was absolutely hilarious. You should have seen us the first time I was on the show. We looked like a bunch of losers eating our bowl of popcorn."
"This Old House," America's longest-running home improvement show, is now celebrating its 23rd season on PBS. The show selects two projects each season — one in or around Boston and the other in a town with a mild climate where outdoor work can be undertaken during the winter months. Bruce Irving, senior producer for "This Old House," said Gallant has been asked to serve as the electrician on many of the New England projects because he gets the job done right and has a natural onscreen presence.
"His workmanship is terrific, and it's matched by a sparkling personality and an amazing haircut," Irving said. "It looks like he stuck a fork in an outlet and his hair never really sat down again."
Irving said Gallant and the other electricians on the show play a critical role in the renovation of the historic homes.
"They provide an absolutely essential and increasingly sophisticated system within these buildings, often dragging them from decades-old systems into the present," Irving said. "On 'This Old House,' the standard operating procedure is to update the wiring because there's never a better time than when the house is all blown apart. It's also policy to 'over-wire' or at least leave chases and places in walls that you might want later on."
On "This Old House," the electricians have to preserve the history of the home while bringing it up to the modern electrical code.
"In the four projects I've done, and I've just started the fifth project, none of them had enough electrical work that was worth saving," Gallant said. "The house is old and you are doing all this other work. It doesn't make a lot of sense not to rewire the last three or four rooms in the house. Cost wise, we're there and it's the time to do it. You're going to paint; you're going to paper. Let's do all the dusty work and get it over with."
The electricians who work on "This Old House" are always confronted with two challenges — controlling dust and snaking wires.
"Dust drives the customers nuts and off the deep end," he said. "People don't want to come home from work and have to clean up behind an electrician every day. Fine dust seeks its own level so it goes everywhere."
It also takes a lot of labor to get wires from Point A to Point B in an old home, he said.
"If it's an old house, obviously they're not going to tear the walls and the ceiling down so I can wire without the walls and the ceiling," Gallant said. "I have to do it while they're up."
The most challenging fishing project for an electrician on "This Old House" was a Federal-style house dating from the late 1700s in Salem, Mass., Irving said.
"It was a timber-frame building that required some pretty fancy fishing and drilling to get around all the hidden timbers that always seem to be in just the wrong place and behind the most wicked horsehair plaster," he said.
In nearly every project, the electricians demolish the existing wiring, which is often knob-and-tube, and completely rewire the home. On occasion, however, they'll find some valuable light fixtures that are worth saving.
"There's nothing good about old electrical with the exception of old electrical light fixtures," Gallant said. "The antique wiring is no good, but if the fixtures are rewired, they are like gold. People spend like crazy. I had a couple pay $600 for a set of porcelain lights to go beside their vanity. They were trying to build a replica 1940s bathroom."
Irving said General Contractor Tom Silva is looking for electricians who can not only rewire a house, but also feel relaxed in front of the camera and can develop a good rapport with the rest of the crew.
"Everyone gets along fantastic," he said. "It's one of the filters through which everyone has passed. Not only are they an expert at what they do and their work is worth showing and celebrating, but they can also work in this three-ring circus of 'This Old House' projects."
The show is looking for upbeat, roll-with-it, can-do tradesmen who can work with the homeowner, and also with the general contractor and the television crew, Irving said.
"I think that part of being the best of the best is not only your technical proficiency, but your ability to communicate and work with both colleagues and clients. If you're good at that, you're going to be good on camera, too. It all works nicely together. I think contracting is a communications business as much as it is a technical undertaking."
Some electricians come alive under the lights while others calm up, Irving said.
"Electricians are just like everyone else," he said. "I can't imagine how I would act if someone shoved a TV camera in my face. What it's really all about is getting these folks comfortable and explaining what they do every day, which is not always easy. There may be things that are obvious to them that they wouldn't even think of mentioning. We try to get them to break down what they're doing and explain it clearly by asking the right questions."
The director and producer sit down with the electrician to talk about what he or she is working on, and then agree on the topic. The TV team, however, doesn't walk in with scripts, he said.
"We know the general topic of conversation, but we don't know the specific bits we're going to talk about until we're standing there," Irving said. "I think the informality of it all puts people at ease. Before you know it, it's just turned into a conversation and they're just answering questions."
The tradesmen who don't meet these expectations aren't invited back, he said.
"Those who don't show at the drop of a hat or those who don't complete when they say they're going to are never seen again," Irving said. "It's like any general-contracting job."
Tom Silva, the general contractor for "This Old House," moves with the show around Boston. The crew often calls upon Gallant to rewire the local homes, but for projects in towns that are a considerable drive from Boston, such as Manchester, Mass., "This Old House" teams up with tradespeople in that location.
"We did a job last year that was so far away that we said, 'Why don't we would we work with the best local talent we can find?'" Irving said. "Occasionally, if we're working in a town and there's a great electrician in the town, we'll sign up with him."
"This Old House" also leaves New England to work in sunny locations such as Florida and California during the winter months.
"When the show leaves Boston, we're in the hands of whatever general contractor we're working with there," he said. "In those cases, we'll come to town and ask around and say, 'Who is the best builder?' That's how we latch on to them. They bring their stable of people with them."
Unlike many other television shows, "This Old House" does not take applicants for the starring roles. Tradesmen, such as electricians, are simply recommended by the homeowner, builder or general contractor. As the general contractor, Silva often discovers the tradesmen to work on the different projects.
"He's an honest-to-God general contractor working for the homeowner and he brings people to the job he thinks are up to it," Irving said.
"This Old House" is a TV show, but first and foremost, the crew is sort of a family, Irving said.
"I'm not to say it's all nepotism, but we become aware of people in ways other than them throwing themselves at us," he said. "If an electrical contractor heard that we were coming to their town to do a full-on project, he or she would be welcome to put him or herself forward to our general contractor."
The electricians on the show do not work for free, and their contract is with the homeowner who is paying the bill, not "This Old House."
"If they can find their way through to a nice brother-in-law's price, all the better, but mostly, we expect them to roll with the demands of the television show without passing any extra costs or overtime to the homeowner," Irving said.
Electricians supply and charge for electrical equipment. For big-ticket items, such as a generator, subpanel or communications system, however, "This Old House" will ask a manufacturer to consider donating or discounting the product.
"Even though we can't say the name of it on the air, they are still willing to do it," Irving said.
More of the historic homes are getting equipped with generators and home-networking systems, Irving said. Occasionally, "This Old House" will spring new technology on the tradespeople.
"Allen was forced to deal with some fiber-optic lighting on a project of ours, and it was a disaster," he said. "Because the show wanted to feature something new and different, we said, 'Guess what you're putting in, Allen?' And he rolled with it. Working with it, we came to see over time that this particular technology is just not there yet."
"This Old House" is now working on a Winchester, Mass., home that Irving describes as the "quintessential American house from the 1920s." Gallant will work on the Winchester home full-time for six months. "It looks like we're going to totally rewire it because it's obviously old and tired," he said. "It's a 2,900-sq-ft house in a prominent neighborhood in Winchester, Mass., right outside of Boston."
Over the show's 23-year-history, dozens of electricians have made guest appearances on "This Old House." Click here for profiles of "This Old House" electricians who have worked on a 1907 Craftsman-style bungalow in Santa Barbara, Calif.; a summer cottage in Nantucket, Mass.; and a Mediterranean Revival-style home in West Palm Beach, Fla.


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Since the cork is completely oxidized with the linseed oil it provides better durability when compared to many other contemporary products. Reflection on the board also matters when it is installed, but it becomes void in case of cork. Apart from this, check for the color of the cork before you decide your purchase.
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The one word that comes to mind is commitment.
In our experience, there are two kinds of design firms that contract with the government.
- The firm does some government work. They obtain an audited overhead rate, usually because they have reached a state-mandated threshold and want to meet the minimum standard.
- The firm is committed to maximize their profits related to Government contracting and thus, allocate time and resources to achieve this.
While you might envision only large firms as the second type, this is not necessarily so. A large firm or a very small firm can be committed to the opportunities in Government contracts. They research the rules. As needed, they make adjustments to their processes and procedures. Because of this commitment, firms experience much higher profitability on their government contracts, a result which many firms think is near impossible.
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Design firms have come to Deemer Dana & Froehle, CPAs, ready to pursue Government contracts. They wanted an audited FAR overhead rate or an audited schedule of indirect costs. Working with the client, we determine allowable and unallowable expenses over the past year. From this an overhead rate is produced.
While this rate is acceptable, it is painfully far from optimal. Firms that get the most out of their overhead rate do two things.
- They have or put in place an accounting system that immediately identifies an expense when incurred as allowable or unallowable for FAR purposes.
- When faced with any business decision, they consciously consider, "How will this affect my overhead rate and, in turn, my bottom line?"
In firms that thrive in Government work, you see an analysis of almost every cost — overhead expense or not — so as to obtain the highest benefit. Policies and procedures are enforced with an emphasis on overhead maximization. For example, General Marketing is not an allowable cost but Selling Expense is allowable. A proactive firm utilizes multiple labor codes for the marketing function. Their detailed policy includes definitions for these marketing labor codes.
Another scenario is a firm with a mix of Government and private contracts that wants to maximize their revenue while managing their overhead. Their fleet of vehicles are typically charged to jobs and billed as a reimbursable. While most firms use the federal rate to charge the cost to jobs, this committed firm performed a detailed analysis of their actual vehicle costs. They discovered the actual cost was 70 cents per mile. This rate is charged to their jobs and included in their contracts. This often overlooked cost lowered their overhead rate but increased their bottom line.
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The rules for the industry have changed. Many firms in the past hired a CPA firm or consultant to establish their overhead rate. They depended on them to classify their costs. This is no longer allowable.
With the passing of the new AASHTO Audit & Accounting Guide, a Government contractor must now take responsibility for their own overhead rate. They must have the knowledge in-house to make the appropriate allowability determinations. In addition, small firms can no longer employ very simple accounting systems. Under the new guide, all government contractors, regardless of size, must have a compliant job cost system under general ledger control. The new guide also stresses the need to account for costs correctly and maintain accurate financial information under Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP). This means the days of generating an overhead rate based on tax information and estimating unallowable expenses are over.
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While the new regulations might push several firms out of their comfort zone, it is not all bad. The requirements are good business practices, which successful firms in the industry have followed all along. In the long run, many firms will look back and, while the process may have been painful, they will realize that their overhead rate has risen. In turn, now they are making profit on their Government contracts.
Design firms achieve strong profits by paying attention to the overhead rate and making smart business decisions based on how the rate would change. With an enhanced internal information system, firms can make proactive business and contract decisions, helping to solidify their industry position now and in the years to come.
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Thanks to Tony Uhrich, CPA, from Deemer Dana & Froehle LLP, for this article. Many professionals work with governments on a variety of projects.


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One of the country's leading hoteliers is advising against the promotion of "straight condominiums" here, contending that this form of accommodation did not help the economy.
Chairman of the Mango Bay Group of Companies Peter Odle declared he was "fundamentally opposed" to condominiums unless they were run differently.
"[I am] fundamentally opposed to having straight condominiums and not having them run in a sort of structured way like a hotel. I don't feel that straight condominiums are good for Barbados," Odle said Wednesday while delivering the feature address at the Annual General Meeting of the Intimate Hotels of Barbados (IHB) at the Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Centre.
The local hotelier made reference to Spain where the government has introduced legislation to facilitate the imposition of taxes on condominium owners who do not rent their complexes when they are not in use.
"What is happening is that people are having the units there and they are locking them up. They stay for three months and then they go away.
"It is not good for the economy of the country, and then what you start seeing happening is that people start taking prime real estate – and Barbados is a small place – they start taking prime real estate and cutting them into straight condominiums and start locking them up. That is not good," he insisted.
Odle is one of the principals behind the multimillion-dollar The Sands Barbados beachfront property on the south coast, which is expected to operate as a cross between a condominium and a hotel.
He described the concept as "revolutionary" and predicted it would become a model for the industry.
"Basically what Sands is doing is that Sands will sell off the majority of the units and we have a structure where you have to put your units back into the rental pool for nine months minimum of the year. And that is going to be for the next 15 years. You can't deviate from that. So if you don't want to buy into that programme, don't come. Go somewhere else. But I believe that is going to be the future," Odle said.
Construction of the 153-room The Sands Barbados, formerly Sandy Beach Hotel, started about two months ago. It is being funded by NCB Capital Market (Barbados) Limited, a subsidiary of the Jamaica-based NCB Capital Market Limited, to the tune of US$10.5 million.
Odle promised that upon completion it will create nearly 200 jobs.
"At The Sands we will have between 150 and 190 staff. That is a fact. Right now we have 176 people on sight building. So it is going to be a good employer in this country," he stated.
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In design, repetition means using the same or similar elements throughout your design. If you were to spread out all the elements of your blog design onto a (virtual) table, you want all those pieces to look like they're parts of a greater whole.
Repetition enhances flow of your blog design by connecting different design elements to one another. You can see how the blog Running with Penguins uses repetition. The penguins and clouds are repeated within the header. Also using the penguin in the sidebar keeps the reader moving through the blog design.
These are elements of your blog design where you can apply repetition:
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Creating consistency
Just like consistency is important in branding, consistency also plays an important role in blog design. Could you imagine if every single blog post looked like they were from different blogs? Or if your blog sidebar looked like it came from a completely different site than your header?
Repeating some of your design elements consistently through your blog not only eliminates confusion, but the repetition also creates continuity and rhythm in your blog design.
Money Saving Mom illustrates consistency by repeating the script font from the header throughout the graphical elements in the sidebar on the right.
Using repetition without being boring
Although repetition contributes to a strong blog design, using too much repetition can lead to a boring and stale look. Thinking back to a giraffe's spots, each spot on a giraffe isn't exactly the same. They vary in size and shape, making the animal even more beautiful.
You can see three distinct parts of Simply Vintagegirl's overall design unified by repetition. Emily Rose uses the bird image from her blog header in the sidebar and to the left of each blog post title. However, she varies the bird in each instance by applying color, changing the size and adjusting the orientation.
Repetition can also suggest that items are related to one another.
When you vary repeated elements in your blog design, make the variation subtle. That way, your design still looks unified. The birds from Simply Vintagegirl's blog wouldn't connect her blog together the same way if all the birds were completely different.


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Tuesday, August 1, 2017
Harrison Barnes, John Cleese, and the Million-Dollar Dead Parrot
23 comments:
13. Become a professional basketball player. (Harrison Barnes)ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 1, 2017 at 12:30 PM
Barnes' legal recruitment firm BCG Attorney Search told me they could not help me with any of the multiple job postings they had in my geographic area and practice area. I have two super elite degrees, law and undergraduate, years of big law experience and exactly the credentials the positions required, save that I am over age 50 and graduated from law school more than 20 years ago. Instead of just submitting the resumes of older lawyers, they turn older qualified candidates away completely. They send older candidates to their pay site, Law Crossing where the candidate can submit their resume directly for a fee. BCG is free.ReplyDelete
The point about older more experienced lawyers needing a book of business is hogwash. I work in an area where few of the positions require portable business. The BCG placement policy is all about age.Replies
I'm not a bit surprised. The whole legal "profession" is lousy with age-based discrimination. This BCG outfit knows that its clients don't want anyone of your (or my) age and thus turns people like us away.Delete
Older lawyers, don't pay a recruiter a goddamn penny.
- AnonymousAugust 1, 2017 at 6:59 PM
Not quite so well-qualified, but in the same age group as 12:30, with the same exact experience with BCG; they couldn't get rid of me any more quickly.Delete
Maybe sweet young things coming out of toilet schools should give BCG a call.Delete
- AnonymousAugust 3, 2017 at 6:59 AM
Yes. If you don't go to law school by the time you're 26, you're spoiled fruit when you graduate.Delete
Unless you have guaranteed employment (and not just credentials for Biglaw), DO. NOT. GO. TO. LAW. SCHOOL.
Years ago I stumbled upon one of those many lists of the Umpteen Hundred Things That You Can Do With a Law Degree (almost all of which can also be done at least as easily without a law degree). One of them, listed in all seriousness, was royalty. You see, the count of this and the duchess of that have degrees in law; therefore, a person with a degree in law can join the ranks of royalty. If you prefer the formality of a syllogism, try this on for size:ReplyDelete
Major: Some young princesses have law degrees.
Minor: Old Guy has a law degree.
Conclusion: Old Guy can become a young princess.
Much as I hate to pour cold water over anyone's fantasy of coronation, I do seem to recall from the law of succession to the throne that the admittedly lucrative and coveted career of royalty entails a requirement that is rather difficult to achieve after conception. That may perhaps help to explain the dearth of want ads from the royal houses of Denmark and Bhutan.
Likewise, maybe here and there an astronaut or an actor or a musician has picked up a degree in law, or for that matter in underwater basketweaving, along the way. One can attribute the professional achievement to the magical degree. Or one can pull one's head out of one's ass.Replies
I think you mean Professor Corcos at LSU. She has a small section on her "what else can you do with a law degree" for law degree --> royal.Delete
Not that the "Royal" part is any more ludicrous than most of the other stuff she lists.
I gots me my Herr Jooris Docktor Degree, can I has crown now?
Yes, and thanks for finding it.Delete
I wonder whether those degrees were earned through actual coursework or just dispensed as entitlements like just about everything else that the nobility gets. English dolt and asshole Charles several years ago was raised to the rank of five-star general in each of the three branches of the British military, and of course Mummykins had no hand in that at all.
As you said, that list is ludicrous. If anything, it offers an argument against studying law—by presenting a long list of people who left the profession, in some cases without becoming qualified as lawyers.
Cribbing from the "Cheese Shop" sketch -ReplyDelete
Department of Education: Ah! We do have some federal loans for you after all, sir.
Charlotte SOL: You do?! Excellent.
DOE: It's a bit scammy, sir.
Charlotte: Oh, I like it scammy.
DOE: Well, as a matter of fact it's very scammy, sir.
Charlotte: No matter. No matter. Hand over le prêts étudiants, s'il vous plaît.
DOE: I think it's scammier than you would like it, sir.
Charlotte: (smiling grimley) I don't care how f***ing scammy it is. Hand them over with all speed.
DOE: Yes, sir. (bends below counter and reappears) Oh...
Charlotte: What?
DOE: The students are on to you, sir...
- AnonymousAugust 2, 2017 at 12:51 PM
Dept. of Education: Bring out yer dead!ReplyDelete
Scam blogs: Here's one.
Charlotte: I'm not dead.
Dept. of Ed.: What?
Scam blogs: Nothing.
Charlotte: I'm not dead!
Dept. of Education: 'Ere, she says she's not dead.
Scam blogs: Yes she is.
Charlotte: I'm not.
Dept. of Education: She isn't.
Scam blogs: Well, she will be soon, she's very ill.
Charlotte: I'm getting better.
Scam bogs: No you're not, you'll be stone dead in a moment.
Dept. of Ed.: Well, I can't take her like that. It's against regulations.
Excellent, well played!Delete
- AnonymousAugust 5, 2017 at 3:19 AM
Now all we need is a "Hitler Finds Out.." 'Downfall' parody clip. Hilarious!Delete
This is unintentionally a counter-argument to attending a 3rd-tier school. Only 8 of these people even have American JDs and of those, only one, Grisham, went to a clearly sub-elite school.ReplyDelete
How many hundreds of thousands of JD-holding alumni are out there? And that's the best you can do?
That's more of a reason to run away from law school than even think of buying in.Replies
- AnonymousAugust 2, 2017 at 9:26 PM
If you want to "Become a Musician," you should study law in Italy. Everybody knows that. And if you want to become a fashion designer, you should study geology in Spain.Delete
Thanks for looking into that. According to Barnes's dumb article, one of those people "With a Law Degree" dropped out of law school (toilet Louisville), and another never attended law school at all but became qualified as a lawyer on the strength of administrative experience at a court (not possible in the US nowadays). Thus one of those people out of six got the "Sexy" position WITHOUT A LAW DEGREE.Delete
A better title: "12 Sexy Things that People Have Done after Showing Some Interest in Obtaining a Law Degree or Practicing Law or at Least Something More or Less Akin to the Law-School Scam".
- AnonymousAugust 3, 2017 at 12:56 PM
Not to mention many of Grisham's books seem to focus on people trying to figure out a way to leave the profession.Delete
Maybe Duquesne, with its rudimentary lessons on the ukulele, will become a pioneer in the field of "Law & Music":Delete
Now that Indiana Tech has left a void in the field of Law & Hip-Hop, Duquesne should seize the opportunity to turn out million-dollar JD-holding musicians by the boatload.
The heading might as well say "12 Sexy Things You Can Do with a High-School Diploma", or "12 Sexy Things You Can Do with a Pulse".ReplyDelete
I didn't know that Paul Simon had dropped out of Brooklyn Law School. Smart move, even though back then attendance didn't cost as much as an aircraft carrier.ReplyDelete
Is it time again for one of Old Guy's musical parodies?
Now, on account of all the crap I learned in law school,
"Like a lawyer" I can't think at all.
And though my lack of education hasn't helped me much,
I can sing and write songs just like Paul.
Brooklyn Law-aw-aw,
Your students have brains like hamsters;
You give us your two-faced scamsters.
You make me think your JD is worth a million bucks.
I scored one-forty-seven;
They've offered me a scholarship.
Garfunkel, don't take my Brooklyn Law away!
Dybbuk, apologies for being off topic, but this is really quite bad. Transparency in LS jobs reporting takes 3 steps backwards.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 3, 2017 at 1:12 PM
Another thing you can do with law degree: invent, manufacture, and sell an x-wing fighter. See Joseph Alfred v. Walt Disney and the linked in profile of Joseph Alfred (indicating the plaintiff graduated from new York law school in 2013)ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 4, 2017 at 7:40 AM
Today is jobs Friday. Legal sector shows a decrease of 4,300 jobs in the last year. There has been no real growth in legal sector employment for about 14 years, looking at the historical jobs reports of BLS. Only if you go back before then do you get growth.ReplyDelete
The ABA needs to take the lack of growth very seriously.
You really cannot do that much with a law degree if you lose your job after age 40 and it is very hard even before that.
Up or out, class year hiring, double the number of law grads as legal jobs, many more jobs for new grads than proportionately total legal jobs, so a huge number of people getting entry level legal jobs will not be able to continue those jobs for a career.
I can tell you, unless you are happily placed in a company that will transfer you to a non legal job or are a born salesman/woman or entrepreneur or someone extraordinary, you are going to take a massive cut in pay transitioning to a non legal job after a few years in an actual legal job. They probably won't hire you at all after age 50 if your only experience is in law.
There are extremely few jobs and hundreds of applicants to each legal job that will hire a person with 10 or more years of experience. Getting a 10+ year legal job is like getting into Yale Law School in difficulty unless you are under age 38 and coming directly out of a big law firm with enough time to look. A Harvard or Columbia Law degree will not help you at that point.
The ABA is putting much too many people into this profession and is shirking the responsibility for looking at employment rates of experienced lawyers when there is a huge amount of statistical evidence that the job market for experienced lawyers is in dire shape.
Talking about everything you can do with a law degree is nonsense. You can do all those non-legal jobs with a BA and no law degree. Problem is that most of them will not pay enough to warrant getting the law degree. Almost all these alternate jobs are so low paying compared to being a health professional or even a school teacher who has racked up a six figure salary after 15 years of teaching along with tenure that the opportunity cost of not having taken a different career path is huge. How secure is a job where you have to start a totally new career at middle age? This is alternate career path propaganda is nonsense for most lawyers, because they cannot accomplish a career change realistically or cost effectively. No one is waiting for lawyers to take over for workers who actually have years of experience in a line of work, and no one is hiring people with legal experience for entry level work in a different area. Wake up to the job market, please!


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