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Attacks Vegetarian Leaders
in cahoots with copycat lawyers
by Jeff Nelson
LOS ANGELES -- Vegetarians sued McDonald's for not disclosing that their "vegetarian" French fries actually contained beef. In response, McDonald's apologized and agreed to make a $6 million donation to non-profit vegetarian organizations. At least that's what McDonald's said and agreed in writing it would do.
Now McDonald's has filed a brief asking the judge in the matter not to hold them to their promise, but to instead allow them to give the money to non-vegetarian and anti-vegetarian organizations -- and to "vegetarian organizations" whose nutritionists recommend meat, chicken, fish and shrimp.
And in response to the many beloved bestselling vegetarian authors, medical doctors and leaders who have petitioned the court not to permit McDonald's to subvert the settlement agreement, McDonald's -- along with the lawyers supposedly representing vegetarians -- attack these esteemed individuals, telling the judge they are all disgruntled"zealous radicals" motivated by "greed."
In our original article called Sleeping With the Enemy (reproduced below at the end of this article), VegSource previously covered this scandal in detail. In short, McDonald's -- with the support of the "copycat" plaintiff attorneys who were fired by their vegetarian clients -- is attempting to steer much of the settlement money they explicitly agreed would go to "vegetarian organizations . . . dedicated to the values of vegetarianism" -- instead to organizations which are hostile to vegetarianism.
The most recent developments show McDonald's and the copycat attorneys filing large briefs full of personal insults and name-calling against esteemed vegetarian leaders like John Robbins, Michael Klaper MD, John McDougall MD, T. Colin Campbell PhD, Alex Hershaft PhD, Mark Epstein, Joanne Stepaniak, Jack Norris, Matt Ball, Gene and Lorri Bauston, Stanley Sapon PhD and many others.
First McDonald's lied by saying their fries contained no beef, now they're trying to betray vegetarians a second time, by reneging on their promise to donate money to vegetarian groups. They argue to the court they should be able to give this money instead to non-vegetarian and even anti-vegetarian organizations, so long as those organizations merely promise to do "vegetarian research" with the money.
The only support in the vegetarian community that McDonald's and the copycat lawyers were able to present to the court comes from the Vegetarian Resource Group (VRG). VRG submitted the only declaration in support of the proposal, even endorsing the money earmarked to go to the anti-vegetarian animal researcher at University of North Carolina -- a researcher who seeks to prove his personal hypothesis that the vegan diet is very unsafe for pregnant women, who need to eat eggs when pregnant in order to get sufficient choline. (This is the same animal researcher who usually does research supported by the Egg Board -- who VRG supports.) If the McDonald's proposal is approved, VRG stands to receive $1.4 million from it.
Elie Wiesel is often quoted as saying, "Take sides, neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim." Another oft' repeated line is: "Silence is consent." Unfortunately, the North American Vegetarian Society (NAVS) -- which stands to receive $1 million if this corrupt McDonald's allocation goes through -- decided to remain silent and not use their special position in the matter to raise questions, or to educate the judge to help prevent a miscarriage of justice. NAVS is well aware that anti-vegetarian groups will benefit if this proposal goes through. I guess for some it's easier to look the other way when vegetarianism is getting mugged -- especially when the mugger is giving you a share.
It's one thing to claim to be an "ethical" vegetarian; but actions speak far louder than words. Let us hope that McDonald's and VRG -- as well as NAVS and any other organization with special position which chose silence over ethics -- do not succeed in deceiving the judge into approving this corrupt proposal.
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE ON THE McDONALD'S LAWSUIT
With the Enemy
by Jeff Nelson
LOS ANGELES -- Many people know that McDonald's was successfully sued in a class action by a group of vegetarians. The vegetarian plaintiffs alleged the burger chain concealed the presence of beef product in what McDonald's had represented as being meat-free French fries. As part of the settlement, McDonald's made a public apology and agreed to pay $10 million to various groups representing the class, including $6 million to "vegetarian organizations."
What most vegetarians don't know is that the settlement is more offensive than McDonald's original deception of its vegetarian customers -- because McDonald's is attempting to steer millions of dollars of the settlement monies to animal researchers and anti-vegetarian organizations by simply calling them "vegetarian organizations."
In fact, the proposed allocation of settlement funds was so offensive that many vegetarian luminaries filed declarations and briefs objecting to it, including John Robbins, Michael Klaper MD, John McDougall MD, T. Colin Campbell PhD, Alex Hershaft PhD, Mark Epstein, Joanne Stepaniak, Jack Norris, Matt Ball, Gene and Lorri Bauston, Lige Weil, Stanley Sapon PhD, the Vegetarian Legal Action Network, and PCRM, to name a few.
Most vegetarians are also unaware that a few vegetarian organizations like the Vegetarian Resource Group (VRG) and the North American Vegetarian Society (NAVS) have acted out of such extreme self-interest that they are aiding and abetting the attorneys who are perpetrating this outrage. Why would they do that? Because these few organizations -- with McDonald's blessing -- stand to receive millions of dollars from McDonald's themselves. They are upset that anyone is now rocking the boat and might endanger their hopes to become enriched.
To understand the enormity of the injustice, some background information is in order.
McDonald's Admits Fries Aren't Vegetarian
During the 1990's, McDonald's advised vegetarian customers that its French fries contained no meat. (Click here for an example of a letter from McDonald's making such assurances to a vegetarian customer.)
In 1997, shortly after Wendy's was sued for allegedly misrepresenting its "veggie fajita" as vegetarian, McDonald's reversed its stance and began advising the public that their fries actually contain "beef product."
Representing 8 vegetarians who said they were forced to violate their ethical and religious beliefs, Seattle attorney Harish Bharti -- himself a lifelong vegetarian -- filed suit against McDonald's in 2001 for "fraudulently" advertising its French fries as vegetarian.
Once the lawsuit got underway and received publicity, several other plaintiffs and lawyers joined in and filed "copycat" lawsuits in other states. The suits were all combined together and given class action status.
Copycat Plaintiff Attorneys: McDonald's Plants?
Subsequently, all Texas copycat lawyers (Cadell & Chapman and all in Texas including copycat lawyer Cory Fein) were fired by all vegetarian plaintiffs when the clients discovered the lawyers were hiding information and settlement negotiations from them. Clients understandably feel this conduct is unethical when the lawyers are supposed to be working for them. So the Texas copycat lawyers simply removed these clients and brought three new vegetarian clients on board, and continued engaging in conduct supporting McDonald's.
Chicago plaintiff Cherie Travis terminated her copycat attorneys (Edelman, Combs & Latturner) when she discovered the lawyers were not acting in her best interest, and were settling with McDonald's against her wishes. Another Chicago plaintiff of Edelman, Combs & Latturner -- Penelope Baim Block -- was removed by the judge because her father-in-law was receiving referral fees from the copycat lawyers, which posed a potential conflict of interest. Thus, the Chicago copycat plaintiff's law firm has no clients in Chicago, but somehow still continues in the case -- continuing to assist McDonald's in a way their original client, Travis, opposes.
It is unheard of for attorneys to stay in a case after they have been fired by their clients. When a client fires an attorney, the attorney leaves the case and the plaintiff continues. But in this case, all copycat lawyers stayed on the case to support McDonald's and not the wishes of their original clients who fired them. (It's worth noting that as part of the settlement, McDonald's also agreed to pay $2.5 million in legal fees to be divided between plaintiff attorneys at the conclusion of the case -- Cory Fein and his firm have requested $700,000 in fees as their share.)
In a motion recently filed in the case, Cherie Travis' new lawyer alleges the copycat lawyers in Texas, including Cory Fein, and Travis' former Chicago lawyers, Edelman, are in direct violation of Rule 1.9 of Illinois Rules of Professional Conduct, which states in relevant part that, "A lawyer who has formerly represented a client in a matter shall not thereafter: (1) represent another person in the same or a substantially related matter in which that person's interests are materially adverse to the interests of the former client."
What this means then, for example, is that if copycat lawyer Cory Fein's initial clients did not want to make concessions to McDonald's which Mr. Fein wanted to make, and they fired him, Mr. Fein was prohibited by Rules of Professional Conduct from taking on other clients in the same case who materially disagreed with those first clients who fired him. Yet this is exactly what Mr. Fein and other copycat lawyers supporting McDonald's have done, according to the documents just filed. This is a serious allegation; lawyers sometimes get disbarred for unethical conduct.
Another copycat law firm in California also has no clients in the case. Harish Bharti represents all Washington and California clients in the case -- in fact, Bharti represents more than 85% of the original clients named in the case (6 out of the 7 original remaining clients).
All Washington and California clients of Bharti's have opposed the allocation list. This means that 85% of the original remaining clients do not agree with the allocation. According to the settlement agreement, plaintiffs must agree to in order for this list to go through. But copycat lawyers seem to be arguing that the clients' wishes do not matter; only the wishes of McDonald's matter and the wishes of copycat lawyers in cahoots with McDonald's -- even though most of them have been fired by their clients, or have no client, or have only one client who has a potential conflict of interest. (The only original remaining client other than Bharti's is a man in New Jersey -- who is married to a lawyer in the copycat law firm that filed suit. Plaintiff Cherie Travis raised an objection to this client being in the case based on conflict of interest. Coflict of interest means, for example, that if the copycat lawyers want to settle the case now but as a vegetarian class member the New Jersey man believes the allocation list is unjust and shouldn't go through, does he balk and oppose the allocation? Or does he go along with the allocation because his wife, one of the attorneys at the copycat firm, will get paid the McDonald's legal fees now? Do his interests lie with the vegetarian class or with his family bank account?)
Bharti expressed his frustration and that of his vegetarian clients to the court in a motion he filed this past summer. He asked the judge to remove the power to allocate the $10 million settlement fund from McDonald's and all plaintiffs' attorneys, and to instead appoint an impartial person or group to develop recommendations, and one which would not have a "personal profit, political, or business motive to influence their allocation decisions."
In addition to making the selection process fair, Bharti also asked the court to make is transparent to the vegetarian plaintiff class, and not have it take place privately between McDonald's and a few plaintiff copycat attorneys who were fully supporting McDonald's.
It is interesting to note that a lawyer (who formerly worked for Edelman, Combs & Latturner in Chicago) informed the court during the approval hearing that copycat lawyers threatened Bharti for taking a tough stand against McDonald's. The irony, of course, was that the lawsuit exists because of Bharti and his clients, but the copycat attorneys had joined McDonald's to exclude and undermine the wishes and intent of the original parties who brought the suit.
Not surprisingly, the copycat attorneys and McDonald's vigorously opposed Bharti's motion to allow an impartial entity to become involved in the allocation process, and rejected Bharti's suggestion of making the process more visible to the vegetarian community. They continued in private to propose monies go only to groups McDonald's favored, and to in essence rig the system against the greater vegetarian class of plaintiffs. The proposal made by McDonald's and the copycat lawyers even includes $700,000 in settlement money to go to a non-profit group to which, they admitted, the mothers of two copycat lawyers belong and which runs the school to which another copycat attorney's son attends. (See court documents and declarations below for details.)
The fact is that the copycat attorneys and McDonald's are working together and filing joint briefs. They have joined together against the lawyer who brought the suit in the first place, reportedly threatening him if he doesn't cooperate with McDonald's, siding with McDonald's against vegetarian plaintiffs' desires. This suggests to me that fraud is being attempted on the court. Fortunately, the judge has agreed to keep his control and oversight over the disbursement of the $10 million fund in his order of October 30, 2002.
Most of the above information is verifiable from public court records.
Beef In the Settlement Proposal?
McDonald's and the copycat attorneys recently released their list of proposed allocation. Of the $6 million allocated for "vegetarian organizations," this is what they are hoping the court will approve:
Vegetarian Resource Group
2. American Dietetic Association Foundation
3. Preventive Medicine Research Institute
4. North American Vegetarian Society
5. Vegetarian Vision, Inc.
6. The American Vegan Society
7. Loma Linda University
8. Tufts University
9. UNC, Chapel Hill, Dept of Nutrition
10. Muslim Consumer Group for Food Products
12. Sound Vision Foundation
Many vegetarian leaders were quite upset and concerned about this.
People at major non-profit vegetarian organizations like FARM, PCRM, PETA, EarthSave, Vegan Outreach, Farm Sanctuary, YES!, the National Health Association [NHA] (formerly the American Natural Hygiene Society), and several other prominent and highly respected vegetarian groups had been baffled about how to be considered to receive some of the settlement monies -- or weren't even aware they were eligible to apply. Those who did attempt to apply and receive consideration were rebuffed or refused.
The terms of the settlement itself had called for public announcements to be made about how vegetarian groups could go about applying to be considered. Specifically, the settlement called for announcements to be placed in Vegetarian Times magazine and in the magazine of the North American Vegetarian Society (NAVS), called Vegetarian Voice. (For a copy of the settlement, click here and do a search on "Vegetarian Times" to confirm the preceding.)
When recently asked whether he thought it was fair that many large vegetarian organizations were being left out of the McDonald's settlement while NAVS was to receive $1 million, NAVS director Brian Graff responded that his understanding was that the reason so few other organizations were getting settlement money was because very few had applied to receive any.
When asked whether he had published the announcement in the NAVS newsletter (Vegetarian Voice) as required under the settlement terms, Graff conceded he had not run the announcement, as he had had "deadline problems."
Graff did not run the required announcement informing other organizations how to apply, nor did he contact the many other vegetarian organizations he knows well to let them know how to apply. Instead, he applied himself, requesting $1 million for his own organization.
But there is more. Graff was opposed to suing McDonald's at the time it was filed (see the declarations below for backup of this and more facts in this article). Now that others have brought the litigation to a successful conclusion, Graff is more than happy to accept an allocation in spite of this, and in spite of having concealed important information from other vegetarian groups.
What's Wrong with McDonald's Proposal
At the end of this article I am attaching my declaration, which is a public document filed with the court in Chicago on December 3, 2002. It is 39 pages long and also has numerous exhibits attached. In the meantime, here is a brief list of some of the information contained in this and other declarations recently filed:
1. Vegetarian Resource Group $1,400,000
I don't object to VRG getting some settlement money. But I do object to their getting $1.4 million when so many worthy groups are ignored. I also think there is something unethical about VRG trying to get the lion's share of the settlement money when it advocated against suing McDonald's when the suit was filed.
VRG published an editorial in its May 2001 magazine at the time the lawsuit was filed stating it opposed suing chains like McDonald's. It also has a close relationship with McDonald's, promoting their products, and VRG has the same public stance on "natural flavors" for which McDonald's was sued -- namely, erring on the side of declaring products "vegetarian" when they know that "natural flavors" might mean they contain animal products (see declaration exhibits for copy of VRG magazine explaining this stance).
In their magazine, VRG also disparaged this lawsuit and people who sue fast food chains, asserting in their editorial that such lawsuits do harm to the vegetarian cause. Additionally, VRG aided McDonald's in 1997 after McDonald's informed them the fries had beef product in them, and VRG did not inform the public for several months. They only informed the public several months later, when McDonald's was forced to publicly admit it in reaction to another fast food chain being sued (see my declaration and the declaration of Pat Fish, and exhibits from VRG Magazine). Despite denouncing this lawsuit and showing the same lack of concern about ingredients as McDonald's, VRG has now sought to obtain $1.4 million or nearly 25% of the entire settlement.
How can VRG justify to themselves -- and everyone else -- the ethics of convenience that allow them to publicly oppose and actively discourage this lawsuit and then to hypocritically attempt to reap the lion's share of the benefits?
2. American Dietetic Association Foundation $500,000
This is another group McDonald's wishes to give money to, under the auspices of the ADA's "vegetarian work group." But the ADA is a group McDonald's already gives money to, and it's hardly a "vegetarian organization." It is an organization McDonald's would rightfully perceive as being friendly to it. In addition to large sums the ADA already gets from McDonald's, the fast food chain provides nutritional information brochures to the ADA. The ADA and ADAF are heavily dependent on the food industry to provide financial support. The ADA's overall position is that "there are no bad foods." This flies in the face of what this lawsuit about, which is that there are bad foods.
I am also informed by vegetarian nutritionists associated with the ADA that there is increasing concern about the independence of the "vegetarian work group" at the ADA. The ADA is not a group that the people who were wronged by and sued McDonald's want their settlement money going to.
3. Preventive Medicine Research Institute $500,000
This is Dr. Dean Ornish's non-profit organization. Ornish has proposed to use the money to fund a randomized study of some research he did recently at UCSF. Ornish took people who are waiting for heart transplants and put them on his regime of a low-fat vegetarian diet, exercise and stress management, in order to try to improve their hearts while waiting for a transplant. The result was that all 7 patients improved so much they didn't need heart transplants any more! It was an amazing result. Ornish will repeat this study if his non-profit receives the award, and he also plans a study of the Atkins diet versus a low-fat vegetarian diet. These are worthy projects which show much promise in benefitting the vegetarian community. Dr. Ornish is distinguished by being one of the very few truly worthy groups on the McDonald's proposal to receive settlement monies.
4. North American Vegetarian Society $1,000,000
As already noted, Brian Graff of NAVS kept to himself the information about how to apply for monies. This is more than unethical; it dishonestly takes advantage of privileged -- "insider"--information . He had a responsibility to the class of plaintiffs to share this information, but his failure to disseminate it widely made it very difficult, if not impossible, for many vegetarian organizations to apply. McDonald's now proposes to reward this behavior by giving him $1 million.
Like VRG, Graff opposed the filing of the lawsuit, and like VRG he now finds it appropriate to accept a huge amount of the settlement money from the suit. NAVS is an organization with a very small membership that represents a minuscule proportion of the nation's vegetarians. In addition to a magazine of limited circulation that is published irregularly, its principal effort is focused on holding a single summer vegetarian conference that attracts the five or six hundred visitors who can afford to come. But the interests of the class of 16 million vegetarians are hardly well-served by a gift of this magnitude to NAVS while a host of highly effective organizations who offer broad programs of vegetarian education and support to a wide audience are denied the opportunity to apply for funds.
Graff is now actively working with Cory Fein and the other copycat lawyers. In court documents, Fein relates having "in-depth conversations" with Graff, and Graff was recently informed by Fein of the declarations filed by many in the vegetarian community against this settlement. Graff has contacted several of the leading vegetarian advocates who are protesting to express his displeasure that his $1 million may be threatened by their objections. It is most unfortunate that NAVS and VRG are working with the copycat lawyers and are siding with McDonald's against the people who brought this lawsuit and against the vegetarian community.
5. Vegetarian Vision, Inc. $250,000
This is a highly parochial, New York City vegetarian group with limited scope and an extremely small number of members. Yet McDonald's would like to give them a quarter million dollars. Vegetarian Vision is also a Hindu group. They should be supported from the separate allocation of $2 million earmarked for Hindu groups, not from the $6 million earmarked for vegetarian groups.
6. The American Vegan Society $500,000
AVS is a wonderful organization run by my friend, Freya Dinshah. AVS absolutely should receive some settlement money, just as NAVS and VRG should receive some money. To allot a half million dollars to an organization that serves a very small number of people is not fair to the interests of the millions of people who comprise the class.
7. Loma Linda University $250,000
While Loma Linda has done vegetarian research, it is not a "vegetarian organization" with vegetarian goals. Settlement monies are explicitly earmarked to go to "vegetarian organizations." Loma Linda is asking, according to the declaration of copycat lawyer Cory Fein, for a quarter million dollars to "expand circulation of the Vegetarian Nutrition and Health" newsletter, and "to develop a website." Just how Loma Linda plans to "expand circulation" of a newsletter using $250,000 is not stated. But this lawsuit was not filed so that some university could reap a windfall for a newsletter which they already charge people to subscribe to. Loma Linda may be a very good university, but this is clearly an improper use of settlement funds for a lawsuit which is concerned with a company lying about ingredients.
Tufts University $800,000
Tufts is a school whose nutrition department has publicly attacked Michael Klaper MD and John McDougall MD, to the point where Dr. McDougall had to hire a lawyer and force Tufts Nutrition Department to retract allegedly defamatory statements they made about his work arresting and reversing disease through diet. But McDonald's and the copycat attorneys would now have us believe that Tufts is a "vegetarian organization" which should get $800,000 of the settlement money earmarked for "vegetarian organizations." Tufts school of nutrition is funded by major food companies such as Kraft Foods (and even carries ads for Olestra on their Tufts Nutrition website). It is in no way, shape or form a "vegetarian organization." As the declarations of many notable vegetarian medical doctors and experts attest, it is an anti-vegetarian enterprise which promotes meat, dairy and processed foods.
9. University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Dept of Nutrition $250,000
McDonald's and the copycat attorneys are proposing Dr. Stephen Zeisel of UNC receive $250,000 to perform research on pregnant vegan women. Zeisel has been quoted in multiple publications stating he believes that vegan women should go off the vegan diet when pregnant, and eat eggs, drink milk and perhaps eat beef liver. Those are foods rich in choline, and Zeisel knows from his lab experiments that when you remove choline from the diet of rats, the rats produce babies with birth defects. (Some of Zeisel's research has been funded by the Egg Board.) Zeisel is hostile to vegetarianism and yet, according to McDonald's and the copycat lawyers, Zeisel (who isn't a vegetarian) is running a "vegetarian organization" -- Chapel Hill Department of Nutrition. McDonald's and the copycat attorneys want to convince the court that Zeisel is an excellent choice to represent the interests of the people who unknowingly ate beef in McDonald's French fries. Meanwhile, groups like FARM, EarthSave, PCRM, Vegan Outreach, Yes!, Dr. Klaper's vegan study non-profit organization -- and many others -- are rejected by McDonald's to represent the interests of vegetarians.
Muslim Consumer Group for Food Products $50,000
12. Sound Vision Foundation $350,000
These last three groups are being represented as "vegetarian groups" by McDonald's and the copycat lawyers. These are all groups which teach their members about "halal" -- humane slaughter of animals before eating them. Clearly, these are not vegetarian organizations by any definition. Yet McDonald's is stretching the definition of "vegetarian organizations" to include groups that encourage the eating of animal products.
Stand for What's Right, or Be a Guilty Bystander?
In what appears to be an unholy alliance, NAVS and VRG have joined hands with the copycat attorneys. They are in active communication and working with them to help get this McDonald's proposal through, as publicly available court papers reveal. Sadly absent are the declarations by NAVS and VRG objecting to the sham and fraud of giving all this settlement money intended for "vegetarian organizations" to vivisectors, non-vegetarian groups and groups hostile to vegetarianism. Instead, they have now mounted a telephone campaign, calling a number of celebrated vegetarian experts who have filed declarations opposing the settlement. They are lobbying those experts to change their position and support the allocation McDonald's and the copycat attorneys have put forth.
Linked below are my declaration and the declarations of a few of the many others that have been filed objecting to this situation. Many in the vegetarian community are troubled and disappointed that NAVS and VRG have joined hands with Cory Fein -- with whom they are currently working -- and the other copycat attorneys.
Every vegetarian leader I have spoken to is appalled by seeing the settlement turned into a sham where the setlement money is being so grossly misdirected.
Vegetarian Leaders Stand Up for Justice
Here is a list of only a few individuals who submitted declarations to the court last week (which are public record) stating their opposition to the proposed allocation, objecting to many non-vegetarian and anti-vegetarian organizations getting money -- and objecting that only a few bona fide vegetarian organizations are getting enormous amounts of money when so many other veg non-profits were completely excluded from consideration (in alphabetical order):
Matthew Ball
Gene Bauston
Lorri Bauston
Jonathan Camp
T. Colin Campbell PhD
Lawrence Carter-Long
Sarah Clifton
Sarah Farr
Mary Finelli
Anne Green
Mark Epstein
Pat Fish
Linda Grudnik
Alex Hershaft PhD
Michael Klaper MD
Patrick Kwan
Mary E. Liro
Barbara Lomow
Gaverick Matheny
John McDougall MD
Jack Norris
Lauren Ornelas
Miyun Park
Will Potter
John Robbins
Rhoda Sapon
Stanley Sapon PhD
Bob Schwalb
Paul Shapiro
Ryan Shapir
Joanne Stepaniak
Vegetarian Legal Action Network
Bernard Unti
Lige Weil
To clarify one point, VegSource is not a non-profit organization so there is no way we can receive or benefit from the settlement monies. While I am a member of a half dozen vegetarian organizations and serve on the boards of more than one, and while it would be great to see those organizations share in the settlement, this is not about those or any specific organizations getting money. This is totally about fairness, about doing what's right, about getting a corrupt process thrown out and starting over with a fair and transparent process.
What You Can Do
Are you upset by this outrage? Would you like to see the McDonald's proposal scrapped? Here is what to do:
The Honorable Richard Siebel
Circuit Court of Cook County Illinois
County Department, Chancery Division
Room 2305, Daley Center
Chicago, IL 60601
RE: Block et. al, v. McDonald's Corporation
Cause No. 01 CH 9137
Special note: Should anyone at those or any organizations say that something is inaccurate in my article above or in my declaration, please let me know immediately using this link, and I can provide the necessary backup to show what the truth is. I have copies of various court filings and can put them online if necessary.
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Sony DSC-V3 Price Check
Sony DSC-V3 Price Check
Sony V3 Review: Introduction, the Basics
In Sony's Cybershot glory days the DSC-V3 was a successor to the popular and capable DSC-V-1, and improved greatly upon that design. Both shared a similar Carl Zeiss lens but just about everything else was changed or upgraded on the V3. Sony's V3 is a 7.2mp rangefinder styled full featured prosumer compact camera that sports a wide range of unique features and full 14 bit raw capability (yep you heard right, a Sony compact that has raw). On the front of the V3 you see the heart of its design, a 34-136mm f/2.8-4 Carl Zeiss Vario-Sonnar lens with an automatic lens cover which is surrounded by a thick aluminum accessory lens adapter ring. It also sports an optical viewfinder and some other surprises which I will go into more on the rest of the review.
|Front- Note: AF Illuminator, IR lamp, Optical Viewfinder, Flash
|Rear-Note: Manual controls galore, and dual media card switch
|3/4 View- Nice big grip and Rangefinder no-nonsense styling
Sony V3 Review: How it competes today: The Sony V3 still has a competitive feature set nearly 8 years after its introduction, and in the digital age that is nearly a lifetime. In the category it competes in there is a checklist that enthusiasts look for as a staple for a camera of this type that the Sony V3 includes, such as:
- Optical Viewfinder (larger view than most compacts)
- Large LCD screen (2.5" is plenty)
- Many external Manual controls
- Raw capability (V3 records in 14 bit raw here)
- Versatile Sharp Lens (Carl Zeiss here) w/ability to use filters/adapters
- Good grip
- Flash Hot Shoe (the open type, not current proprietary type Sony uses)
- Larger than usual compact sensor (1 1/8" type, bigger than most small compacts)
- Excellent low ISO image quality and better than average high ISO image quality
- Small enough to fit into coat pocket
- Excellent Build Quality (magnesium body panels and some metal controls)
Sony V3 Review: Unique Features/Unique to Sony
Boasting a plethora of unique features, it simply baffles my mind why this camera was not continued in Sony's lineup. The V3's unique features are its Hologram AF illuminator (laser grid pattern auto focus assist lamp), Night shot infrared mode (more on this in a bit), and Night shot framing mode. Unique to Sony compacts are its 14 bit raw files (only Sony compact ever to boast raw) and dual media card slots (Sony memory stick and a compact flash slot). Also worth mentioning are its larger than normal 1 1/8" Super HAD CCD 7.2mp sensor, and big sharp f2.8-f4 Carl Zeiss Vario-Sonnar lens.
|Sony DSC-V3 Showing its Hologram IR Lamp illuminating (purple light)
Sony V3 Review: Why I like the Sony V3
As a reviewer/photographer/consumer alike, I'm an enthusiast at heart and I am especially fond of rangefinder styled cameras and rangefinders as an alternative camera to a DSLR. I find these kind of cameras especially appealing for travel and lightweight duty in a backpack which the V3 seems to serve especially well. Today they are just as attractive as an optional camera as they have ever been which gives testament and market validity to the rangefinder design. Rangefinders simply aren't going away.
Sony's V3 is unique amongst it's own herd of sheep. It is the only compact camera Sony ever made that included the capability to shoot raw, and the only compact Sony camera ever that has 14bit A/D conversion.
The V3 also included technologies that were prevalent in Sony's Cybershot cameras of the time such as a laser grid AF illumination lamp (Sony calls it Hologram AF) and an Infrared mode that does dual duty: First as an IR only shot (Nightshot IR), and the other used to aid autofocus in complete darkness -without the use of an AF illumination lamp. Sony called it "Nightframing".
I've seen some funny stuff on the internet and TV with "ghost hunters" using the V3 as a tool to take pictures of poltergeist and other strange phenomena in complete darkness. Um, believe whatever you will about these stories, but the fact remains the V3 can indeed see in the dark. I'll leave it at that.
Nightframing allows the V3 to frame and focus in complete darkness without a subject seeing any light transmitted from the camera. The photographer can view the subject in full infrared however when the final picture is made, it is made in the normal color spectrum of light.
How does the V3 shoot using IR? Simply put the V3 has a movable IR filter in camera. Most cameras have a permanent IR filter over the image sensor blocking IR light. When the V3 is in Nightframing or Nightshot modes, the IR filter is moved out of the way of the sensor automatically- letting a full spectrum range of light pass into the sensor surface.
IR light is not filtered in this mode. To help during no light situations Sony designed the V3 with an IR lamp on the camera to illuminate subjects in complete darkness- essentially giving the V3 (and the photographer watching the LCD screen) night vision. Below is a sample of what you see on screen and how the final image looks- the green tinge is due to the IR light and how the camera processes that "color".
|DSC-V3 Nightshot Mode
Sony used this IR system on a few cameras, namely the F (F717/F828) and V (V1/V3) series only. It's a brilliant system that is gone on all future Cybershot cameras, as was the hologram AF assist. Both were removed to save cost on future cameras. I don't know about you, but I'd gladly pay the extra fee for these features. Sony, put them back in!
Sony's hologram AF assist is the best ever designed. I've used every type of AF assist on the market and without a doubt this one is the most effective. A class one laser is used to project bright laser lines in a pattern that allows the V3 to shoot and accurately focus in completely dark conditions void of any light at all.
|SONY's Hologram AF Assist- Class 1 Laser, Grid Pattern, pure genius!
I like the V3's image output quite a bit, especially in raw (although the Jpegs aren't that bad at all), and I like the output of every ISO setting (including the secret ISO settings). I find that if I shoot raw the V3 can give the latest and greatest serious compacts a run for their money, granted at a lower resolution. (See more on this topic in the image quality section of the review).
I use every feature the V3 has and I wouldn't want to get rid of any of them. A progressive improvement in its current features would however be welcomed along with adding some of the newer cool image stacking and HDR features would be nice. Features like that would make the V5 modern, and including a sweep panorama mode that would actually work seamlessly with a smaller sensor and lack of focal plane shutter would also be greatly appreciated.
Sony V3 Review: Its Successor- What I'd Prefer or Change
Sony DSC-V3 Price Check
Lets pretend that the Cybershot division at Sony wakes up and decides to introduce a new V3 Cybershot successor. They really should, it's the perfect time for a V5 and I'd love to be a consultant on it's design- I'd even work for free if need be. Yes, I'm serious. If that ever happens here's some of what I'd design/include on a future (V5) model:
- Larger Optical Viewfinder w/center AF point (or new OLED EVF) on left side vs. center
- AEL Lock button under the thumb
- Zoom toggle switch replaced with a mechanical zoom ring on the lens (See Fuji X10)
- In place of zoom toggle, move the multi-controller wheel down in place of it
- At least a 2/3" sized sensor (no more than 12mp), preferably 4/3 size @10mp
- Faster aperture (f/2-f/2.8 ideal)
- 24-120mm f/2-f/2.8 Lens (Carl Zeiss)
- Macro on the long end of the zoom range
- Retain Nightshot and Nightframing, and Laser AF illuminator
- Speed up start up and shut down times by at least half as much time as it currently takes
- Increase battery life by double its current performance
- Allow use of NS and NF (above) in all modes and all shutter speeds (this is absolutely critical!)
- Retain 14bit raw A/D conversion
- Increase ISO range from 50-3,200
- Introduce a DNG Raw option
- 2.7" 460K Swivel screen (will settle for stationary screen of those specs)
- Include new front control wheel (customizable)
- New on board flash location (pop up type would be great, center fixed type would be acceptable)
- Improve grip design
- All metal exterior construction (especially the battery door)
- -4 to +4 EV compensation range
- Retain hot shoe type
- Add an image stabilized sensor, or lens type image stabilization
- SD and CF slots
- Simplified exterior (less soap marks and advertisements of features on the body)
- Few other things I didn't mention in this list, like getting rid of some buggy operations (bright sun small aperture syndrome for example)
The image below is somewhat of an idea of what I'd like the "V5" to look like. A more simplified front face, flash moved to a pop up style, and larger OVF (I re sized it for this image) moved to the left of the camera along with the eyepiece. Other things like the AF illuminator and IR light would need to be moved around to accommodate those changes.
|My idea of what the V3's successor should look more like. Note the position of the OVF view would not be impeded by a finger on the grip (as is you can see fingers), yet the new location of the IR/AF lamp would not be hindered either.
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Also making the Sony badge smaller and less conspicuous gives priority to the simplification of the design and I think looks a lot better. The pop up type flash would be centered and in front of the current hot shoe. I've left out redesigning the grip on photoshop here, but wanted to do a quickie job visually on more what I'd be looking for in a replacement of the V3 (sorry for the shotty PS job).
Obviously I could spend a lot more time on constructing visuals on what I'd like to see in a replacement but I don't have that much time on my hands. Sony could however make a very handsome simplified replacement for the V3 (somewhat similar to the above), keeping in mind the form following function aesthetics of the rangefinder design. And if Sony did so, and were smart about listening to enthusiasts needs, could be very successful with it. One look at the NEX7 and you know Sony can do it. A lot of former V3 owners and high end Cybershot fans would likely flock to it asap.
Sony V3 Review: A Couple Secret Infrared Features
I'm not even sure if any other V3 owners even know you can shoot up to ISO 2,500 right out of the camera. Sony doesn't mention this in any of its documentation that I could see, but I stumbled upon it doing some IR testing of the camera. There are some limitations to using this ISO setting because for one, it can't be selected manually so you have to trick the V3 into using it or just shoot in very low light conditions.
|V3 Screen shot. Note Raw recording ISO 2,500
And another little "secret" about the V3, or better yet, less well known is the fact that you don't have to settle with the somewhat greenish IR look when using Nightshot IR. All you have to do is change the P. Effect setting in the menu to b/w or sepia, and you still retain all the benefits of IR without the green haze look. Here are a couple sample shots straight out of the camera (in raw) using both of the secrets I've outlined here.
|ISO 2,500 from Raw (ACR processed, saturation 0)
|ISO 2,500 from Raw/ACR (you can see the IR light patch here)
I really like the look of the grain at these higher ISO settings, clean, uniform, granular (and no banding!). Not bad for an older camera using older sensor technology at all. If you can live with the rules that using IR brings with the V3 (fastest shutter speed is 1/30th sec, always uses the largest aperture setting it can), the V3 can be used for tasks it probably wasn't ever mean too at all such as regular IR photography as shown below. All I did was use a 3 stop ND filter via filter adapter for this image.
|Sony V3 Infrared Image (shot in Nightshot IR mode) using 3stop ND filter w/adapter tube
Sony V3 Review- Image Quality
When taking normal images (color etc.) the V3 does an outstanding job today considering it's age. It can still make images nearly equal in overall quality to some of the best serious compacts I've used. Cameras like the G12 barely outperform it at lower ISO values. Here is a side by side comparison in lower light levels at ISO 800 vs. the G12.
|Canon G12 vs. Sony V3 ISO 800 from Raw (Same Settings)
When shooting raw, you'll gain a stop of dynamic range and about a half stop of ISO performance with the G12, but that is about it. In the image above though I do think I see more detail retained from the V3 in some areas of the image, pretty amazing considering the difference in resolution here (10mp G12 vs. 7.2mp V3).
For 13x19" inch prints the V3's sharpness and resolution has never disappointed me on images I haven't cropped. That's good enough performance in my book.
|Nice Sharp Zeiss Lens
|Plenty of camera for landscapes
|Again, plenty of camera for Landscapes
|Good for closeups, could be better but not bad
|Again, good for close ups
|Flash exposure is good- hey Dad, no red-eye!
|Plenty of dynamic range here (Jpeg out of camera, Raw even better)
|ISO 800 looks fantastic for a compact, Jpeg right out of the camera
Overall image quality is one of the V3's strong points. All ISO's look good, and the Carl Zeiss Vario Sonnar lens is tack sharp. Although the lens will give some barrel and pincushion distortion, and CA's show on bright contrast edges, neither are worth worrying about. The lens is great, its only weak spot is a lack of wider angle and better macro performance but it's average in both categories and gets the job done. The range of 34-136 may not seem that good now, but it was pretty good in its day and it's more than adequate for most circumstances. You can attach wide and tele adapters if you need either too, if you wish.
|That big control dial is lovely, so is that hotshoe and the rear thumbwheel/switch near the big dial
* Movie Mode(s) : MPEG VX Fine with Audio (640x480 at 30fps) (MPEG VX Fine requires Memory Stick PRO media), MPEG VX Standard with Audio (640 x 480 at 16fps), Video Mail with Audio (160x112 at 8fps)
* Picture Effect(s) : Black & White, Sepia
* Removable Flash Media Compatibility : Tested to support up to 1GB media capacity1; does not support Access Control security function
* Scene Mode(s) : Beach, Candle, Fireworks, Landscape, Snow, Twilight, Twilight Portrait
* Still Image Mode(s) : Auto Bracketing, Burst, JPEG (Fine/Standard), Multi-Burst, RAW, TIFF
* White Balance : Automatic, Cloudy, Daylight, Flash, Fluorescent, Incandescent, Manual
* Imaging Device : 1/1.8" Super HAD™ CCD
* Megapixel : 7.2 MP
* Recording Media : Memory Stick® Media, Memory Stick PRO™ Media, Memory Stick Duo™ Media (with adaptor), Memory Stick PRO Duo™ Media (with adaptor), CompactFlash® (Type I)
* PictBridge Compatible : Yes
* Battery Capacity : 4.4W (1220 mAh)
* Battery Type : InfoLithium® (NP-FR1)
* Hybrid Record Mode : N/A
Advanced Features
* Image Stabilization : N/A
* NightFraming System : Yes
Convenience Features
* AF Illuminator Light : Yes (Hologram)
* Clear Color/Clear Luminance NR : Yes
* Date/Time Stamp : Yes
* Erase/Protect : Yes
* Histogram Display : Yes
* Media/Battery Indicator : Yes
* Multi-Pattern Measuring : Yes
* NightShot® Infrared System : Yes
* Power Save Mode : Yes (after approx. 3 min. of inactivity)
* Real Imaging Processor™ Technology : Yes
* Red-Eye Reduction : Yes (On/Off)
* Self Timer : Yes (10 Seconds)
* Docking Station : N/A
* LCD : 2.5" (123K Pixels TFT LCD Screen)
* Lens Construction : 8 Elements in 7 Groups, 2 Aspheric Elements
* Lens Type : Carl Zeiss® Vario-Sonnar®
* Microphone/Speaker : Yes/Yes
* Viewfinder : Optical, True Zoom
Operating Conditions
* Flash Effective Range : 1'3"-8' (0.4-2.5 m)
* Flash Mode(s) : Auto, Forced, Off, Slow Synchro
Service and Warranty Information
* Limited Warranty Term : 1 Year Parts & Labor
Weights and Measurements
* Dimensions (Approx.) : 4 5/7" x 2 5/6 "x 2 7/15" (119.8 x 72 x 63mm)
* Weight (Approx.) : 13 oz (360 g) Body; 14 oz (410 g) Body w/Battery, Media, Shoulder Strap
* ISO : Auto, 100, 200, 400, 800
Drive System
* Burst Mode : 8 Shot at 2fps (7MP JPEG fine)
Inputs and Outputs
* Accessory Terminal : 2.5mm Mini-Jack
* Audio/Video Output(s) : Yes (Multi-pin connector, NTSC/PAL Selectable)
* Input(s) : N/A
* USB Port(s) : Yes (Supports USB 2.02)
* 35mm Equivalent : 34-136mm
* Aperture : f2.8-f4.0 (W), f5.4-f10 (T)
* Aperture Range : f2.8/f5.6 (W), f5.4/f10 (T)
* Digital Zoom : 0-2.0X (Precision)
* Exposure Compensation : ±2.0 EV, 1/3 EV Steps
* Filter Diameter : 58mm (by required VAD-VHA adaptor)
* Focal Distance : 19 3/4" (50cm) (Minimum), 4" (10cm) (Minimum Marco W), 15 3/4" (40cm) (Minimum Macro T)
* Focal Length : 7.0-28.0mm
* Focus : 5 Area Multi-Point AF, Center AF, 14-Step Manual
* Macro Mode : 4" (10cm)
* Optical Zoom : 4X
* Shutter Speed : 1/8-1/2000 sec. (Auto) , 1-1/2000 sec. (Program Auto) , 30-1/1000 sec. (Manual)
* Smart Zoom® Technology : 0-19X (at VGA Resolution)
* Total Zoom : 8X
* Operating System Compatibility : Microsoft® Windows® 98, 98SE, 2000 Professional, Me, XP Home and Professional; Macintosh® OS 9.1/9.2/OS X (10.0-10.3)
* Supplied Software : Picture Package™ for Sony v1.1 (Windows®), Pixela™ ImageMixer VCD2 (Macintosh®), ImageData Converter v1.1 (Macintosh®), USB Driver, Cyber-shot Life tutorial (Windows®)
In the Box
* A/V and USB Cables
* Rechargeable InfoLithium® Battery (NP-FR1)
* Shoulder Strap
* Battery Charger (AC-LS5)
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"So when are you going to get a proper job?" It is a refrain the self-employed hear all the time, but it shows a lack of understanding of the real-world jobs market. As companies continue to merge with competitors, or "downsize", more and more graduates are forced to consider self-employment. Should you be one of them? It depends as much on who you are and what you want from your working life as it does on your chosen profession, but if you dismiss self-employment without considering the pros and cons, you might be throwing away a great opportunity.
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I launched my own freelance career 25 years ago, but its roots go back to my 1960s childhood when, as a 10 year old, I spent most nights outside with my telescope. After earning a physics and astrophysics degree from Queen Mary College, London, I joined Plessey Radar as a graduate trainee/microwave engineer. Then, 18 months later, I became part of the space industry after a friend sent me a newspaper advert for satellite-communications engineers.
Having gained some engineering experience in that field, my next move was to a small, London-based consultancy that specialized in advising the City's space-insurance community on technical aspects of insuring communications satellites. But a year and a half later, it closed, leaving me redundant at the age of 29 and facing a choice between returning to industry or taking the risk of self-employment as an independent consultant. I chose the latter and have never looked back.
While some see consultancy as a predominantly technical occupation, my own career has been more flexible. My main client is a space-insurance brokerage, Willis Inspace, for which I provide engineering advice and help with the technical aspects of policy design and claims. This covers anything from the analysis of satellite health reports to the design of "partial-loss fractions" that more accurately address a client's needs in the case of an in-orbit failure. I also write briefing reports, give tutorials and provide support in the field to both the company and its clients. Such assignments have led me to visit Beijing, Moscow and Las Vegas, as well as locations in mainland Europe.
However, in addition to these classic consultancy tasks, I have also made technical writing and lecturing in space technology part of my professional remit. Six books, 450 magazine articles and other writing projects have helped to fill the gaps between consultancy commissions, while presenting conference papers allows me to contribute to the community at large. Consultancy pays most of the bills, but the other work also adds to that all-important bottom line.
This mix of technical work and freelance writing may seem unstructured, but I regard it as a well-integrated business model. Researching books, papers and articles helps to keep me up to date on technical matters, while consultancy tasks can spark ideas for articles. Meanwhile, lecturing, conferences and self-organized industry visits get me out of the office and offer opportunities for marketing and networking.
Pros and cons
Physicists are supposed to be good at "thinking outside the box", but if you are interested in a freelance career, it is essential that you do not confine this trait to your physics. In practical terms, for the freelance consultant, thinking outside the box means not only developing a diverse set of skills, but also recognizing the potential client base beyond your national boundaries. In my case, this has meant working for customers in Europe, the Americas and parts of the Far East – all from my house in England's Lake District.
That brings me to an important advantage of freelancing: because you are not tied to a lab, factory or office in a population centre, you can use the marvels of the telephone and broadband Internet to live somewhere nice instead. Moreover, "nice" does not have to mean isolated: although I live within sight of the North Pennines and half an hour from the Lakes, I also have four international airports within a two-hour drive.
Of course, self-employment is not a panacea. You have a great deal of freedom, but that includes the freedom to be poor. If you are not reasonably well organized and self-motivating, it is not for you. Not only will you need to handle the work in a capable and timely fashion once you get it, you need to be able to find the work in the first place. This means marketing yourself – not in the style of TV's The Apprentice, which would not impress most clients, but with self-confidence tempered by modesty.
This is where my "integrated business model" has really helped me, especially in the early years. Not only did writing magazine articles earn money, it also provided free advertising for my consultancy business. In one case, a single article in an engineering magazine led to many years of writing work charged at a daily rate because the original article was read by the marketing manager of a major space company. It is probably worth adding that, in 25 years, I have not spent a penny on advertising.
Among the many keys to success in self-employment are the ability to know your own limitations and the realization that you are only as good as your last job. Any serious technical error, commercial indiscretion or anything else that embarrasses your client may be your last. Quite rightly, clients want value for money and, as a freelancer, you trade on your name and reputation. Time management, efficiency and the ability to meet deadlines are paramount if you want more than a first commission.
You will also need to handle the financial side, which includes coping with the "feast or famine" nature of consultancy. Commissions can be a bit like buses: none for ages, then three come along at once. When this happens, your efficiency and flexibility come into play. Tasks must be prioritized and completed without distraction, even if this means working evenings and weekends.
On a more mundane level, you are also responsible for everything from ordering printer cartridges and office equipment to funding your own business insurance and pension arrangements, not to mention paying your own tax. Oh yes, and there is no paid holiday entitlement, no statutory sick leave, no paid maternity leave and bank holidays are equivalent to a day's lost work. Plus, the office parties are a bit dull. Still interested?
If the chance to control your own destiny retains its appeal, consultancy could be for you. It is important to remember, however, that there is no "one size" mould for a consultant. Legally speaking, some of us operate as "sole traders", while others form a limited company or a partnership. But there are also differences in working styles. At one end, there are consultants who are 24-7 entrepreneurs, galvanized by doing deals and making money. At the other end, there are people like me running what TV's Dragons' Den calls a "lifestyle business": one that pays me enough to live the lifestyle I have chosen, but will never make me rich. I do it because I like it, and I find there is a lot to be said for job satisfaction.
So if you dream of using your physics skills to build your own business, do not be dissuaded by other, conservative individuals who tell you it is impossible; just research the issues thoroughly and go for it! It might take a few years to get all the cogs to mesh, but with regular servicing, being self-employed can be like running a well-oiled machine. Once you get to that stage, you may even feel like a new professional challenge – which is why, a few years ago, I decided to develop a side-business in stock photography. But that is another story. The point is, if you work for yourself, you can make your own career.
About the author
Mark Williamson is an independent space-technology consultant, technical writer and lecturer. His latest contribution to Physics World appeared in the March issue.


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Japan-based carrier Softbank unveiled recently its new smartphone portfolio for the upcoming 2013-2014 winter/spring selling season, reducing the number of new models to four compared to eight released a year earlier, while focusing on support of hybrid 4G LTE high-speed data communication services, according to Digitimes Research.
Three out of the four models – the Fujitsu Arrows A 301F, Sharp Aquos Xx mini 303SH and the Aquos Xx 302SH – are powered by a Qualcomm quad-core Snapdragon 800 processor, making the CPU the mainstream.
With the exception of the Aquos Xx mini 303SH which has a 4.5-inch Full HD display, the other models pack a 5-inch or above Full HD display. The four models all support 4G LTE.
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PORTLAND, November 25, 2007 - The Portland LumberJax have re-signed future hall-of-fame goalie Dallas Eliuk to a one-year agreement, as was announced today by Head Coach/General Manager Derek Keenan.
In his storied 17-year career, Eliuk has won four championships (1994, 1995, 1998 and 2001), nine All-Pro awards and two championship Most Valuable Player awards. The National Lacrosse League's all-time saves leader (6,201) and career leader in gamed played (197); the British Columbia native is the only franchise player in team history.
The six-time All-Star enters the 2008 season with a career Goals-Against-Average of 12.23 and a career saves percentage of 76.28%. He joined the Jax on December 12, 2005 in a trade with the Philadelphia Wings after spending 15 seasons in Philadelphia.
Widely considered the greatest goalie in indoor lacrosse history, Eliuk has 16 games of 30 saves or more in two seasons with the Jax. In 2007, Eliuk completed his ninth season with at least 400 saves.
"Dallas is still a premier goalie in the NLL," said Keenan. "He continues to amaze me with his level of fitness and commitment to the game and to Portland. We look for Dallas to provide mentorship for our young goalies while still contributing on the floor."
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The dollar fell sharply and stayed down after the big jobs report miss, where the NFP print came in at just 74k, versus street consensus of around 200k. EUR-USD inched into lows of 1.3568 into the data, before rocketing to 1.3665 highs immediately afterward. The pairing later peaked at 1.3687. USD-JPY meanwhile, topped out at 105.34, before trading under 103.90 later in the session. Elsewhere, the CAD was a loser, as the combination of soft U.S. jobs, and poor Canadian employment data combined to take USD-CAD to new multi-year highs over 1.0945. The CHF firmed on safe haven flows. Treasury yields fell after the data, as stocks turned lower, indicating risk-off conditions.
EUR-USD rallied sharply following the weak U.S. employment report where the NFP print was less than half of expectations. EUR-USD moved to 1.3660 from near 1.3585 in itially, before easing back to 1.3620 on profit taking. From there though, risk aversion, and softer U.S. yields supported the euro, and it eventually posted intra day highs of 1.3687 by late morning.
USD-JPY rose to session highs of 105.34 just ahead of the jobs report, though was quickly smashed down to 104. 20 after the weak data. The pairing later posted intra day lows of 103.83, after running into sellers into 104.70. Wall Street turned lower, and Treasury yields faded further, keeping dollar-yen under pressure. Bids are noted into the 104.00 level, though stops were tripped under the January 6 low of 103.92. Follow through was limited however, with talk of Japanese bids stepping in.
Sterling dove in Lond following disappointing U.K. data, with production unexpectedly stagnating in November, construction output falling by its biggest margin in 17 months (of 4%), and the BRC retail sales figure for December falling short of expectations. Cable fell to near 1.6260 ahead of the U.S. data, though spiked back over 1.6517 in the aftermath of the weak jobs report. The pairing settled under the figure however, with weekend profit taking stepping on.
EUR-CHF eased initially after the U.S. jobs report, though bounced from 1.2325 over 1.2340 as the euro outperformed . USD-CHF posted 0.9005 lows, down from 09090 through. We look for the cross to remain at levels above the SNB's worry zone for now, unless the euro turns significantly weaker as a result of central bank action.
USD-CAD ramped up to 1.0919 trend highs immediately after after the soft employment numbers from both sides of the border. Barrier options at 1.0900 were dispatched quickly, and sources quickly reported fresh standing bids coming in at 1.0900. The pairing eventually made its way to 1.0946 highs, and never gave the 1.0900 level another look.


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My grandfather once gave me the lecture on the importance of friends. Love em', appreciate 'em. Then he told me to be careful. "If your friends get into trouble, you will likely get involved." Wisdom radiating from his deep voice as he continued, "Stay away from people who enjoy trouble."
Boy, was my grandfather right.
Now, I don't mean the bad kind of trouble, just the kind of trouble that makes life . . . interesting. The particular situation I'm referring to was basically harmless . . . even if it did involve rope, a gun, a pair of handcuffs, a few agents, a handful of authors on a mission, a shower cap and a seaweed facial mask.


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Most of you do not know this, but I work at a place called Bletchley Park, the following is a true fact
On Saturday 6th September 1941 Churchill pays a visit to Bletchley Park. He is taken into the Huts, and Alan Turing is asked to tell him about the great breakthrough, but the hopelessly shy Alan is unable to say anything so Gordon Welchman takes over and explains that there are three points they wish to make to the P.M. When he finally gets to the end of the second point the Director, Alastair Denniston, interrupts to suggest that Churchill might wish to be moving on; Gordon describes "…whereupon Winston, who was enjoying himself, gave me a grand schoolboy wink and said ´I think there was a third point, Welchman'". He goes on to visit the machine room, Hut 7, where Ronald Whelan noted that as he passed the sentry on-guard at the entrance "his bodyguards attempted to follow but in a voice which would have done credit to that of a huge bear, he rasped out ´Not You!` causing them to stop dead in their tracks". The Head of that Hollerith machine installation in Hut 7, Freddie Freeborn, was a great showman. "On entering the Machine Room the visitor was presented with a scene of intense activity. There were 45 machine operators in action at as many machines. Then all the machines were halted at the same instant, and in the complete silence that followed Mr Freeborn gave an introductory explanation….At the conclusion of the demonstrations all machines were brought back into action as the visitor was conducted to the exit, but all brought to rest as Churchill paused on the threshold to make his farewells". Finally standing outside Hut 6 on a pile of builders rubble, Churchill addresses some of the Codebreakers and starts with the somewhat inauspicious words "You all look very innocent; one would not think you knew anything secret". But he made up for this by calling them "The Geese that lay the golden eggs – and never cackle!" John Herivel remembers "In just a few words, with deep emotion, he said how grateful he was to us for all the great work we were doing. So that was our finest hour". But it would seem that Churchill was not entirely reassured by the sight of these clearly ill-disciplined and eccentric folk, more reminiscent of an old University Common Room than of the key battleground of the Intelligence war. When he drove off it is said that Churchill wound down the window of his car, and said to the Director "About that recruitment - I know I told you not to leave a stone unturned but I did not mean you to take me seriously".


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Chandra Levy, a 24-year-old grad student from the University of Southern California, went missing in 2001 after completing a federal internship.
The 2001 slaying of Washington, D.C., intern Chandra Levy is back in court, but behind closed doors: Records show a judge has been holding secret hearings in the case of the man convicted of killing her, according to The Associated Press.
Hearings have been held for the past several weeks, with neither prosecutors nor defense lawyers revealing their purpose, according to court records obtained by AP. The next hearing will be on Feb. 7 in D.C. Superior Court; The AP and several other media organizations are petitioning to open the proceedings.
Ingmar Guandique was convicted of first-degree murder in November 2010, nine years after Levy's disappearance and death, despite no DNA evidence linking him to the crime, and a lack of witnesses.
Levy's father, Robert Levy, told KGO-TV in San Francisco that he has not been told what's been happening in the secret court hearings. He said Guandique was a "convicted rapist and an illegal alien."
But, he added, "if he's innocent of murder, he shouldn't be in jail for it."
Police had initially questioned then-California Rep. Gary Condit -- who Levy was romantically tied to -- in their search for suspects, before determining he wasn't involved. The following year, when Levy's remains were found in a Washington national park, authorities charged Guandique, who was already in prison for attacking female joggers in the same park, reported The AP.
Levy's case stole the attention of the national media. Condit was never charged, but his political aspirations were ruined nonetheless.
Prosecutors had requested a life prison sentence for Guandique, an illegal immigrant from El Savador. Instead, he was given a 60-year sentence, which he is currently serving.
After he was sentenced, Levy's mom, Susan, asked him if he was the one who killed her daughter, and he shook his head.
"Mr. Guandique, you are lower than a cockroach," she told him at the time, according to The AP.
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text: From 5 September to 31 October 2002 the Institute hosted an exhibition by Canadian artist Catherine M Stewart. The exhibition consisted of two suites: Elements of Grace is a collection of photo-etchings combining diagrams from Principia Mathematica with photographic details of the human body, and Copernican Notes is a set of multiple plate etchings combining text and diagrams from De Revolutionibus Orbium Cœlestium with images of moving figures. The artist explained that "The use of the human form in combination with these scientific references highlights the fact that it is through our bodies that we experience reality and acquire knowledge about the physical world. In both sets of prints, the human body is visually linked to the eternal forces of nature." Catherine M Stewart kindly donated Deriving the Motions of Saturn and Jupiter II from Copernican Notes, to the Institute.


text: The mind reels when speculating how creationists and other Old Testament literalists might spin this one. For the rest of us, it's just fascinating scientific detective work: geo-astronomers have confirmed a healthy sized comet lit Egypt on fire millions of years ago. If they're right it would have made the 1908 Tungaska Event look like a shoe-bomb: [Read more…]


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I've been busy, but not necessarily in WoW. I have done a bunch of stuff, but my free time tends to be spent on a few other games right now including: Lord of Ultima (although technically I can, and do, play this WHILE playing WoW), Babo Invasion f/ Madballs, Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, Zombie Driver, and others.. You see, I'm a little Polygamerous (no surprise there, eh?).
I HAVE been playing WoW though. I spent some time (and a bunch of money) finally building my Engineer his Roflcopter.. Some of the mats have gotten expensive due to low supply. To make up for it, I sold a Mithril Dragonling trinket for 1k gold (woot!). I've still been raiding. Actually, raiding quite a bit. Generally the days I don't raid/login to wow necessarily are: Monday (for polygamerous), Friday (for TNB) and Saturday (for doing stuff other than WoW).
Our 10-man, at least until we hit 15% buff is running around with a few alts now of some of the main raiders. Thankfully these are ICC-ready alts and haven't caused too much trouble. Of course, we aren't doing as well as we were with their mains, but I think that might just be having them learn a different side of the fight. The 25-man is progressing pretty well. We're still having issues with the "main" bosses Putricide and Blood Queen and we haven't even tried Sindragosa yet. We DID get Valithria Dreamwalker down (well, um.. UP?) in 25 mode though. We're moving a bit more slowly in that we have different people each week and sometimes even have to explain fights. It's still fun though and I'm still, slowly, getting gear upgrades still too.
That's about it, I hope to be posting more often here, but, to be honest, not much is going on that is worth posting about. I could say the same thing each day/week.. We got this down.. We got this down.. But, unfortunately, I'm not sure you want to read that any more than I want to write it (or have time to write it 😛 ).. I think the community is kinda in the waiting phase right now. I suppose I could try to write something up on my take on some of the Cataclysm changes, but I did that, a bit, on TNB. 🙂 Well, have a good one!


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Credit card- the small rectangular piece of plastic that we all know, and which the most of us possess, was created keeping in mind only three things- Shopping, Shopping and Shopping. It was actually a whole world of opportunity to begin with, the whole world of it. For the first time in human history, one can actually buy stuffs and there is absolutely no need for him to pay right then then and there. This whole thing not only revolutionized the whole concept of trade and commerce, it also opened up a new world order- the order which we today term as globalization. It is indeed fascinating that how a clever business innovation hanged the whole world, altering its existing orders and age old conventions. Firstly credit cards made the world easy for the audience or the end users. And it seriously affected the public psyche. ?I will shop later, when I have money?, became ?let?s go Shopping?, or ?I will shop now?. This change of public mood was not only extremely fast, but impressive as well. Sensing the mood of the audience, the producers of the film, (the banks in this case) began to issue more and more credit cards. And in a very very short span of time, this whole thing became a global phenomenon. The banks began to play the game in a different way; or rather they changed the entire game so as to say. Firstly they began to tie-up with service providers- the whole lot of them. Starting from budget restaurants to the 5star dining conglomerates, everything began to come under a single grid. And not the dining options, but other service providers such as Shopping destinations, stores, malls, hotels, e-commerce websites, travel websites and everything in between were connected in the grid. Thus if a customer avails any of these locations, online or offline, he or she would get huge discounts, cashbacks and so on. And the sheer scale of discounts and benefits is much large than a normal cash transaction can ever offer you. And thus when this pitch became ready, there was absolutely no reason for people to use cash in place of cards.
The credit cards can be classified into a large number of types. But to keep this discussion topical, and straight we will only focus on the Platinum card- the most potent credit card ever formulated. As mentioned earlier, the banks formed tie-ups with the service providers, but in this juncture another decision was also made. All the credit cards, all of them, won?t be able to enjoy the same benefits. The Platinum card as its name suggests is the most exclusive one, will thus enable its user to get the most of the bargain. Whereas a normal card holder would get benefit in a much smaller scale, yet a better deal than cash transaction. Very soon this whole convention hit the shores of developing countries, and in the case of India, the ICICI Bank made the most of it using its better marketing strategy and other business tools. Thus the before mentioned tie-up was formulated by the bank, which created a solid avenue to champion for its Platinum credit card. Now the globalization gave rise to a newer brand of urbanization, with a whole lot of metropolises arising in the horizon. In a very short time towns like Delhi/NCR attained the metro status. And in such a city, smeared with all the world class deals, Shopping is an experience. And the best experience can only be achieved by using a Platinum credit card.
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The ICICI Bank's Coral Credit Card comes in cheap – at just a Rs. 500 annual fee, you can actually get this back in the first month itself by going for the 1+1 movie offer from BookMyShow™. Not only that, we also like that you can get your points converted to credit into your statement and the free quarterly visit to Domestic Airports and Railway Lounges are an added plus. Go for this card if you like Movies, travel once in a while and like earning points which actually translate to money.
The ICICI Bank™ Platinum Chip Credit Card is one of the best first credit card you can have. Not only it comes with zero joining fee and annual fee, its got everything going from Reward Points, fuel waiver etc. Go for this card if you are new to credit cards and want to get your feet wet.
With an annual fee of ₹499, Manchester United ICICI Bank™ Platinum Credit Card is one of the most economical card available. This card comes with a 1+1 movie offers through BookMyShow™, dining discounts and exclusive Manchester United merchandise discounts. Complementary airport lounge access is a plus. Top spenders will receive an exclusively fully paid Manchester United Experience with a private tour of stadium and museum in Stretford, England and get a chance to watch the stars train