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Student Daniel Zietlow (Class of 2009) answers questions about his research on "High-Speed Electronic Speckle Pattern Interferometry of a Struck Circular Flat Plate" working with Professor of Physics Thomas Moore.
1. How did you and Professor Moore form your initial research ideas? How did you collaboratively come up with a research topic?
This summer I worked on a project called "High-Speed Electronic Speckle Pattern Interferometry of a Struck Circular Flat Plate." The project actually found its roots in another project on which two of my colleagues were working. Laurie Stephey (Class of 2009) had been investigating the American five-string banjo for nearly three years by this point and David Parker (Class of 2008) was working on developing a theoretical model that would predict the resonant modes of the banjo head. Unfortunately, we found the banjo to be a very difficult instrument to model, so David decided to begin work on a model of a much simpler system - a circular flat plate. My faculty adviser (Thomas Moore) and I realized that experimental work needed to be done to verify the accuracy of Dave's model, so I began work on investigating how a circular flat plate reacts to being struck.
2. What was the research process like?
Our day started between 8 a.m. and 8:30 a.m. For the first couple of weeks of summer research, I was gathering data on how a circular flat plate reacted to being struck. This was done by use of a laser, a high-speed camera and electronic speckle pattern interferometry. Essentially, we illuminated the circular flat plate with laser light, which than reflected off the surface of the flat plate and interfered with light that originated from the same laser beam. Our high-speed camera imaged this interference and after some image processing, we could visually see how the flat plate was reacting to being struck. The amazing thing really was that we were able to combine a high-speed camera with interferometry in a way in which we could see how the plate began to vibrate. This allowed us to study how the plate began to move within the first one-one hundredth of a second after being struck. After we had produced some high-quality videos which clearly demonstrated how the flat plate began to vibrate, I spend the next couple of weeks beginning to understand the thin-plate theory and past research which presented information on the transient response of a struck circular flat plate. We also used the summer to begin to write the article which we submitted for publication as well as prepare for the poster talk I was giving at a conference in June.
3. How did the research project enhance your learning experience at Rollins?
Working in a laboratory provides you with a different set of skills that can't be taught in the classroom. While the classroom provides the basis for the knowledge that you ultimately utilize in a lab situation, there is something more immediate about using both your knowledge and your hands to solve a problem. You can't truly say you understand how an interferometer works until you've spent days setting one up and making sure it works properly and that your results are just mere accidents. Furthermore, lab research definitely forces you to think not only critically, but also creatively. Every day, you are presented with numerous problems, whether it be with poor laser alignment, terrible beam balance, or blowing up amplifiers, and you must think of a solution quickly. This research program also gave me the opportunity to present my work at an international conference of acoustics in Paris, France which is definitely something you don't get to do sitting in a classroom. It was an incredible experience to be able to converse with acousticians from all over the world and have them comment on your own work. I must say it's a bizarre feeling to have one of the leading researchers in your field walk up to you and begin to ask you questions about your work and converse with you like an equal.
4. What kind of unexpected problems did you encounter during the research?
Problems are an inherent part of laboratory research, but the biggest problem we encountered was actually after both the experimental research had been completed. We needed to determine why there were discrepancies between the theoretical predictions and the experimental evidence of how a flat plate began to vibrate immediately after being struck. It took weeks of digging through books on flat plate theory, published articles, and discussions with not only my professor, but scientists from all over the world to finally make some preliminary conclusions on our results.
5. To what professional publications did you submit your results?
We submitted our paper, "Transient motion of a circular plate after an impact" to the Journal of the Acoustical Society of America (JASA).


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Why are there none, or so few, TED talks addressing gender identity and sexuality issues?
Yes, the gay issue is mostly passe.
But it's still a real issue of equity. It isn't just about Africa's ban on gay marriage. It isn't even quite about the New York legalisation of marriage debate. It is about those things that people experience in bits and pieces every day whether it is a homophobic comment, an insensitive joke, or outright discomfort and fear walking down the street.
I can't really think of a topic or punch line myself with the issue, but I would like to have seen that TED be a platform for an open debate like this. The debate could even be whether the 'gay issue(s)' are passe. Perhaps the new issue is the gender identity issue.
If TED is trying to reach out to youth today, I think one of the very fundemental things it can start off with is gender and sexual equity. If it really wants to bring about change in the world, it should start right at home fostering and backing the organisations that have been supporting those who are left behind for no other reason than the fact they don't fit the gender stereotypes, or because they feel they are a man when they were biologically assigned as a woman.
I should add an extra question:
How do we address discomfort? I can openly admit that I am not that interested in dating a transgender or transexual individual. But on the other hand, I have great friends who happen to be transgender. How many people know trans people and when can their stories be put out in the open?
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Athena Lam 50+Feb 7 2012: The thing though is that I would argue that many of the TED talks published are 'trivial' in a certain way as well. Many of them are fun, interesting, neat. How is the woman with the parrot (which I loved) of momentous societal import?
I would compare gender and sexuality issues on a similar ground as Julia Sweeny's 'The Talk'. It's small, it's almost mundane, but it's relevant and it permeates a lot of things.
It's not so much the trans issue, but rather that the trans issue is a visible form of the issues around gender that are very relevant to some of what TED debates about. TED has a lot of talks that address women, and the roles of women. But you can't just address the roles of women without addressing the assumptions around gender expectations themselves.
On what grounds would you think that someone is confused around their identity, if when in reality I don't think it should matter at all. People should just be allowed to be whom they are, and judged on what they do rather than on how the dress or their voice pitch does or doesn't match the visible gender you think they are.
You were talking about racial equality, and equality for women. Equality and EQUITY is as much about acknowledging someone with the same rights and freedoms, without taking out the unique elements that make them them - which might happen to be their religion, culture, skin colour, and gender. I'm basically just asking about how we can push this further and actually follow through with what we claim.
It's not an issue of dating. It's an issue of - if this is such a trivial issue - why are so many people so uncomfortable around trans issues and trans individuals?
Feb 13 2012: Well... the problem I see, with that argument is that, everyone already has that. Once gay marriage passes, and it will, everywhere, over time... What are GLBT and gender issues? Everyone is just as free as everyone else aren't they? It's a jungle out here... People might look at ya funny, that's life.
I think sometimes people, like to think that it's a particular aspect of their gender, or cultural identity, that makes their life specifically hard, and terrible. It doesn't really matter who you are, life's hard. People have issues. Not in small groups... People, as a whole... Have issues. Big ones.
I love talking about gender identity, and personally, I would like to see women take a more active role in our capitalist society, but that's something I would like to see, as a man... I want sexy engineers roaming the earth... but, it's a not a position that the law can help me enforce : p. It's a not a men's issue...
I feel like, most of the legal crusades over equality are over. Now that's up to culture to sort out. I think now the conversation needs to pivot towards human and labor rights. Right to not have your environment polluted. Right to a respectable international wage. Right to public education. I think human rights movements have spread themselves a bit too thin in the recent struggles, and we need to return to a more unifying platform.
Conversation about gender issues is always fun though. I think many men are afraid they're "sexists", and their comments will be deleted. Trans gender issues, personally, I just don't understand enough about. My point with the dating, was that, I've dated women, I've dated people of different cultures... You learn a lot when you date people... I've never dated anyone trans gender, neither have many politicians. I'm not saying that it's fair they are out of sight and mind, simply, that it's a bit natural.
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wassermann said...
Greetings, I play Shadow priests since the beginning, and now I'm thinking it's better eliminate this class: we are the weakest DPS class(when Shadow) and now, the low-average healer in the game(overtaked from Druids, Paladins and Shamans-and maybe DKs).
I'm very frustrated from that.
The coders must get the decision or revamp the class or eliminate it.
PS. Sorry if my English sucks.
weakest dps class??
thats not world of logs says:
i run 10mh and most of the time im on top 1st or 2nd dps.
wassermann said...
@k4lima: You must have a full 372 ilevel gear.
@Saeadame: we have the lower mana pool in holy spec, and 2 cd to rec in combat(Divine Hymn-8min- and Shadowfiend-5min-)
I'm assuming by Divine Hymn you mean Hymn of Hope, which has an 6 minute cooldown, not 8.
If you are smart enough to combine the use of your Shadowfiend (or another regen cooldown such as the owl jewelcrafting trinket) with Hymn of Hope, which increases your mana pool so you get more mana out of every tick, you should not run oom faster than any other healer.
I personnally am not decked in epics (my healing gear is probably around ilevel 347), and I perform every bit as well as my druid and paladin co-healers. I actually am able to help out quite a lot on the tanks, while still holding the raid.
Although I do not play Discipline, I heard some complaints about the current state of the spec. So I'll give you that.
But I have played Holy and Shadow for quite some time now and I am very happy with both.
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Rhodium plating on silver jewelry(2002)
Q. My company is purchasing sterling silver jewelry as a promotional item. We do not normally buy jewelry, so I am not very knowledgeable about it. I received samples from a trader in China. The samples are very bright, brighter than most silver in department stores. The packing slip stated silver plate finish, so inquired as to whether or not it was 925 sterling silver or just plated. They have assured me that it is 925 sterling silver, but with a silver plate finish as opposed to a rhodium finish. What is the difference (other than price)?Michelle R
- Fayetteville, Georgia
A. Michelle,
Rhodium belongs to the Platinum group of metals. All of them present outstanding chemical inertness (will not react or change easily) thus, rhodium will not tarnish whereas silver will. They are very expensive, so only a very thin plate is applied to reduce the amount of metal in the jewel. If not subject to excessive friction and wear, they will retain their look indefinitely.Guillermo Marrufo
Monterrey, NL, Mexico
A. You are right that the price of silver and rhodium are very different. Today silver is $4.66 per Troy oz. and Rhodium is $925.00 per Troy oz. It is not uncommon for manufacturers to silver plate sterling silver items. They do this for two reasons. First, the silver as plated from a bright bath is brighter than can be achieved by polishing; and second, the fine silver deposit will tarnish a little slower than sterling silver. Rhodium is much harder and will not tarnish at all, but aside from being expensive it is also a little bit gray compared to silver.
Q. I retail only one ring as a novelty item so I try to keep my price down. It has been brass; however, my supplier suggest that I do a rhodium finish on the brass. Would that fix the tarnishing problem or should I just go ahead and do a silver ring with a rhodium finish?Michelle S
- Nashville, Tennessee
A. Rhodium plated silver is the best type of silver to buy on the market cause it will never tarnish, looks better than real white gold, and a tenth of the price.Jake T
- Brooklyn, New York
Q. I sell a great deal of costume jewelry and would like some help as to how to explain to a customer the pros and cons of rhodium jewelry vs. sterling silver. I have found that many customers have no idea what Rhodium is and feel that sterling silver is much better, since it is "real". Any explanation and help regarding the above would be very much appreciated. Thanks.Jean Ramsay
Buyer - Lexington, Kentucky
A. The basic issue, Jean, is that silver tarnishes. Although some people like that natural look, many don't, so it can be hard to offer and sell tarnished jewelry at your jewelry counter.
So we look for ways to delay or prevent that tarnishing and one of several ways to do it is to plate a very thin layer of rhodium on top of the silver. Rhodium is a precious white metal that doesn't tarnish and is about 10x as costly as gold. So there is nothing cheap or duplicitous about rhodium plating silver jewelry, and your customers should be able to understand the situation easily.
The difficult customers would be the ones that demand a natural silver that will readily tarnish, but they want it to be shiny and untarnished when they buy it! This demands either careful sealing or constant polishing until you sell it :-)
Ted Mooney, P.E. RET
Pine Beach, New Jersey
April 3, 2008
A. I have read all the comments, and haven't seen a message posted by a manufacturer. I am a manufacturer of high end silver jewelry from Thailand, exporting mainly to European countries. So I would like to share manufacturer's perspective.
As you guys said, rhodium is much more expensive than silver plating. But it's worth it if your market is high end. Because apart from the fact that silver plating can be tarnished easier, it also can be oxidized easier (look not shiny and gone black).
Rhodium, if proper plating is applied, will be more shiny and durable for a long time.
For the point that rhodium is a little bit blacker than silver plated, in my opinion, I think it looks like white gold jewelry, because white gold jewelry is also plated with rhodium. My company does high end product and the design is in line with gold jewelry, so all products are rhodium plated.
For the point that when they said silver plated, is the material is silver or just plated with silver? Looking on the back side, if it is stamped 925, it is made of silver.Kulthida Piankijagum
Silver Jewelry - Bangkok Thailand
September 14, 2011
Q. Rhodium plated jewelry and sterling silver wash so quickly on me, am now afraid of getting them yet; the Brazillian yellow ones last well on me but the white ones still don't last at all. They become hard every day I wear them and have to rinse with water and then dry before they get flexible again.
Hobbyist - Lagos, Nigeria
A. Natural silver, while requiring a little effort to keep it's shine is a much nicer finish than the others suggested.Jay Stell
- Ljubljana, Slovenia
July 31, 2012
Q. I just bought a "925 sterling silver filled" ring from ebay, and I loved it, but when I got it, after wearing it after a day my finger had a green ring when I took it off. I'm kinda upset about it. Did I buy fake silver? And what makes the green ring on your finger? My other silver rings did not do this.Crystal Chaviers
- Linton, Indiana USA
August 1, 2012
A. Hi Crystal.
"Silver filled" means it has a thick plating of silver, with silver comprising 10% of the weight of the piece, and other metals like copper comprising 90% of the weight. It is not solid 925 or Sterling silver. I am from the plating industry, not the jewelry industry, so I can't comment authoritatively on misleading advertising, but "925 sterling silver filled" certainly fooled you, didn't it?
The underlying metal is copper, and copper salts leaching through the coating is probably what is turning your finger green, although it surprises me that it could do so if the cladding is actually as thick as advertised.
September 18, 2012
Q. Dear Ted,
Which is more popular between regular 925 and rhodium plated 925 in today's market? Thanks.
Khin Goodkin.
- S Ozone Park, New York
A. Sorry, Khin, I'm not in the jewelry industry and would not know the relative popularity ... but rhodium plating isn't the only anti-tarnish treatment for silver either.
Ted Mooney, P.E. RET
Pine Beach, New Jersey
December 10, 2012
Q. Hi,
I want to know that is it necessary to have a base of nickel before plating of rhodium over silver, or we can directly plate rhodium without base?
jewellers - Indore (M.P), India
December 12, 2012
A. Hi Guarav. No, it is not necessary... if we are working from the same assumptions. A common use of rhodium on silver is not to give silver a permanent rhodium look, but as a temporary anti-tarnish treatment, so that it can be put in a showcase for display and sale without constant re-polishing.
If you are selling it as special non-tarnishing silver, however, then you probably would need the longevity and freedom from porosity of nickel (or white bronze) plating, or possibly high purity silver plating under the thin and porous rhodium plating. That's my understanding.
Ted Mooney, P.E. RET
Pine Beach, New Jersey
June 13, 2013
Q. I have some sterling silver pieces that I gave to a jeweler to Rhodium plate. The pieces had some tarnish on them, one chain was clean though, no tarnish. When they called me to pick up the pieces all of the tarnished pieces looked yellowish and the color of stainless steel with little shine, while the clean piece came out immaculate. I'm familiar with rhodium on gold. I understand for silver they need to use another metal such as nickel as a barrier between the silver and rhodium. I was told by the jeweler that the color of the rhodium is dramatically affected by the quality of the silver and that most of my pieces were poor quality silver. I don't buy this. I believe that they didn't polish or properly clean the tarnish off prior to applying the rhodium. Please advise. Does the quality of the silver, all 925, affect the final color of the finish? My understanding is the rhodium should be bright white and shiny regardless of the metal being finished.
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OVER INTO THE ONCOMING TRAFFIC... NEWS FOUR'S MIKE MCCORMICK LOOKS AT WHAT IT TAKES TO KEEP A BUS RUNNING SAFELY.. AND A COMMON REASON FOR A TIRE TO BLOW. FROM THE NAME.. TO THE LOT.. IT'S CLEAR THIS SHOP.. KNOWS THE BUS BUSINESS. 51:51 "we don't work on cars. We don't know about cars." AND OWNER PAUL CASH.. SAYS JUST BECAUSE YOU CAN WORK ON A CAR.. 51:05 "it's just like apples and oranges." DOESN'T MEAN YOU KNOW HOW A BUS WORKS. 51:14 "it's a heavier frame. 51:17 "The brakes on it is totally different." 51:28 "buses in general have got warning buzzers, emergency exits." HE SAYS THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION REQUIRES BUS DRIVERS TO DO PRE-TRIP AND POST-TRIP INSPECTIONS. 52:59 "main thing I see on a lot of church buses is although the tires may look almost brand new, they may have a lot of age on them and the UV rays from the sun will cause them to rot, weather crack." A LOT OF CHURCH BUSES SIT PARKED IN DIRECT SUNLIGHT.. BETWEEN TRIPS. THE TIRE TREAD MAY LOOK FINE.. 3:39 "see these cracks?" BUT THESE LITTLE SIDE CRACKS.. DON'T MIX WELL WITH HIGH SPEED DRIVING.. 54:16 "it's going to disintegrate." CHURCHES WE TALKED WITH TOLD US - VOLUNTEERS AND CHURCH MEMBERS HANDLE THEIR MAINTENANCE... 56:19 "I think a lot of churches really don't know how much paperwork that they should keep in their office." CASH.. IS HOPING.. THAT CRASH IN TENNESSEE.. NO MATTER THE CAUSE.. WILL MAKE CHURCHES.. EVEN DAY CARES.. TAKE MAINTENANCE SERIOUSLY. 59:07 "don't take transporting your people lightly." 13:01 "and because the owner of Carolina Bus Sales sees so many problems like the cracks here in these tires on buses...he actually offers his bus clients the opportunity for his team to come up and check their bus before they take any big trips. Mike McCormick, WYFF News4, in Chesnee." [B1]FTN. INN AND TR
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Just a thought but I, like others, doubt the Worgen we'd be seeing are wereworgen but more likely natives of the Dream.
And if that's the case, I suspect their faction leader is probably one of three people:
Valinde Starsong, Malfurion Stormrage or Elune herself.
Just a note too:
Elune is a MOON goddess. What do Worgen howl at? Uh-huh.
In general, my suspicion is that while the Night Elves worship Elune, she has closer servants in the Worgen much the way the Islamo-Judeo-Christian deity has angels and the Greek gods have various beasts, sprites and pixies in their service.
Still, I like the idea of both races being neutral or having versions in both factions.
That would be a case of Blizzard recycling art properties and dev time fairly effectively.
All we know about the Dream is what some Night Elves and Dragons have said.
We know that the Worgen are from another universe.
The only other universe with lore behind it is the Emerald Dream.
And if the ED IS a questing locale, we'll need cities or quest hubs.
So far, there are... Dragonkin there. Titan structures there. I seem to recall that an expedition of Furbolgs went there. Malfurion is there.
I think at the end of the day, the absence of sapient creatures just means an absence of creatures created in the Titans' own image (Vrykul, humans, gnomes, dwarves), space aliens (Draenei and Orcs) and the Trolls and the elven race that are their offspring.
It doesn't necessarily mean "no humanoids" but maybe "no Azerothian humanoids".
And maybe that's the Taurens' home and the unifying aesthetic is that all humanoids in the Dream are animal people like Taurens, Taunka, Worgen, Tigons and pandarans.


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We were deeply saddened to hear of the death of Trevor Weekes, who passed away on May 26, 2014. Trevor was a true scientific pioneer. His genius and dedication led to the discovery of the first cosmic source of TeV gamma rays and the establishment of ground-based gamma-ray astronomy as a field of scientific research. Our thoughts and sympathy are with his family.
The HAWC Gamma-Ray Observatory
TeV gamma rays are markers of the most extreme environments in the known universe: supernova explosions, active galactic nuclei, and gamma-ray bursts. Gamma rays are thought to be correlated with the acceleration sites of charged cosmic rays, whose origins have been a mystery for nearly 100 years.
The High-Altitude Water Cherenkov Observatory, or HAWC, is a facility designed to observe TeV gamma rays and cosmic rays with an instantaneous aperture that covers more than 15% of the sky. With this large field of view, the detector will be exposed to two-thirds of the sky during a 24-hour period.
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DOHA THE dusty weather prevailing in the country for a fortnight or so seems to have failed to deter the large number of young Qataris heading to the sealine every weekend to indulge in their favourite hobby- camping.
Come the weekend, and the enthusiasts start gathering on the beach in groups since early morning. They prefer heading to their favoured destination in fourwheel drive cars. To make the camping a satisfying experience, Qatari youths bring along appropriate tools such as tents, utensils and water tanks.
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My Mom Loves To Have Her ***** Sucked!Hey! I'm back again with another story about my mom and her bf Paul! They've been having sex more frequently now and I love to see them. They don't know that I know that they're ******* though, but I'm not sure if I should tell them in case they start locking their doors or something. So I need your advice. Do you guys think I should tell them? Anyway, on with the story! So I've realized that mom LOVES to have her **** licked. She makes Paul do it all the time. They're not very good at hiding though, because they always have sex in places where I can see them, although they think that I don't. Yesterday morning, before school, I was going downstairs for breakfast when I heard moaning coming from the kitchens. So I peaked in and I saw mom in her work uniform and Paul in his suit, but mom's skirt and panties were down to her ankles and Paul's penis was out of his pants, and rock hard. Still wearing her high heels, mom was leaning over the kitchen counter with her legs open, and Paul was sucking her **** from underneath. It was so hot! Mom kept moving her vagina back and forth as Paul licked away as if his life depended on it. My finger was already on my own **** cuz I knew this was going to be a good show. Then, Paul put mom on top the kitchen counter. She spread her legs and he continued sucking on her ****, while she moaned and played with his hair. After she came, Paul rubbed is penis slowly up and down her vagina, moistening it with her *** and juices. He then proceeded to **** her and came inside mom so hard. Then she squatted down over his plate of toast on the kitchen counter, making all the *** drip on top of it. Then she said that she couldn't wait for this evening. They both dressed and after waiting a while, I went into the kitchen where I saw Paul happily eating his toast with the *** on it.
You should set it up so they catch you being naughty and gauge their reaction. I'm guessing they would love it, hearing how kinky they are.
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Ah, the suspense, the challenge ... the very real prospect of plunging into oblivion. I'm not talking about the fate of the titles on this week's Billboard country charts but rather the unimaginable difficulty I confront in turning the perfectly adequate phrase "nothing's happening" into a full-length news story. Watch me as I work.
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Brad Paisley's 5th Gear spends its fourth consecutive week atop the album chart while Big & Rich's "Lost in This Moment" is in its second week of supremacy on the list of singles. It's not my place to say if this imperious immobility constitutes a swinish disregard for the strivings of those farther down the charts, but the evidence is damning.
Only one song has bludgeoned its way into Billboard's gated community. It's Jo Dee Messina's "Biker Chick," a swatch of fantasizing that checks in at No. 59.
There are three new albums: The Very Best of Tracy Lawrence (entering at No. 29), Cole Deggs & the Lonesome (No. 42) and Jason Meadow's 100% Cowboy (59). Ricky Skaggs & Bruce Hornsby returns to the chart at No. 63.
Tracy Lawrence is developing into one of the summer's rare success stories. His independent album, For the Love, is logged in at No. 15 this week and has so far sold, according to Nielsen SoundScan, 183,000 copies. The new album sold nearly 5,000 units its first week out. While these amounts are minuscule compared to what Lawrence used to move during the country boom of the '90s, they're pretty substantial for these hard times in the music biz.
Within the Top 5 albums, all the names stay the same, although there was some slight shifting. Taylor Swift's self-titled CD advances from No. 3 to No. 2, swapping slots with Toby Keith's Big Dog Daddy. Carrie Underwood's Some Hearts and Big & Rich's Between Raising Hell and Amazing Grace hold steady at No. 4 and No. 5, respectively.
Lining up in descending order behind Big & Rich in the Top 5 singles ranking are Kenny Chesney's "Never Wanted Nothing More," Keith Urban's "I Told You So," George Strait's "Wrapped" and Swift's "Teardrops on My Guitar."
Gretchen Wilson's "One of the Boys" has encountered bad weather. After 12 weeks on the chart, the song has gradually slipped from its high point at No. 35 to its current niche at No. 52.


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I am pleased to announce that our search for the next Provost and Senior Vice President has begun. In August the Search Committee participated in our first meeting, where we met with our principal search consultant, Steve Leo, and Vicki Henderson, from Storbeck/Pimentel & Associates. We have established an initial search schedule. We also began the discussion of the traits and experiences we expect in our next Provost and Senior Vice President, as well as the position's priorities.
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Make This! Homemade Halloween Candy Bar
It's that time of year again when you find yourself with way too much Halloween candy around the house. I'm not sure how this manages to happen before Halloween, but between bags of candy around the office and candy sales at the grocery store, I find myself snacking on the stuff all hours of the day. One (slightly dangerous) solution: combine the candy to make a super bar!
I found this recipe in the October issue of Bon Appetit and I loved how easy it was to put together. Start with a variety of candy -- in this case, Butterfinger and Heath bars, peanut butter cups, Reese's Pieces, peanut M&M's and honey roasted peanuts, for good measure -- and simply chop them and press into a cookie sheet spread with melted bittersweet chocolate. Top with a drizzle of white chocolate, chill, break into pieces, and it's done!
Although this recipe calls for peanut and peanut butter flavors, the idea would work great with many other candy combinations -- peppermint patties, red and green M&M's, and starlight mints for a winter theme or mini marshmallows, graham cracker crumbles, and M&M's for a s'mores treat.
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This looks great! How long do you chill it for? Would it be better to line the cookie sheet with parchment paper? Can't wait to try this. We have a giant box of Halloween candy and we don't get trick or treaters where we live. :)
It just needs to chill for about 30 minutes since the chocolate is only warm and spreadable, not really hot, to begin with. I bet parchment paper would work, but the foil was perfect -- it peeled off in one big piece very easily. Try it and let me know how it turns out!
Cookie Pizza!!!
Make a GIANT cookie, and right when you take it out of the oven, top it with all of the chopped candy goodness your Halloween adventures have brought you. The heat from the freshly baked cookie is enough to melt the candy and make it stick. Some candy may require a bit of melted chocolate as glue.
So fun and delicious!
Only Rachel Ray would call this "homemade."
Just looking at this makes me ill. Not having a sweet tooth is a blessing.
Could I make a plea here for a few more healthy recipes? It seems to me that almost every recipe on the site these days is some sort of baked sweet, pastry, or butter-and-bacon extravaganza. Please, I'm 46 years old, with high blood pressure, and trying to watch my weight; my honey had a stroke two years ago and is trying to avoid a repeat. How about some flavorful recipes that aren't full of saturated fat or sugar?


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More police might help. But dropping all laws prohibiting concealed carry, "licensing" of concealed carry, and leaving it up to the individual costs nothing, and will in the long run reduce crime. The Sullivan Laws were written, not in a response to crime, but in a response to honest people shooting back. Look it up. Gun laws protect criminals.


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This school just recently received the A+ school award and received the Model school award for 2004/2005 school year. It's not a crowded school and the teachers are very much involved with your child. My son has been attending for five years and has been challenged to his abilities with a gifted education program. My daughter has been attending for four years and she has been allowed to accelerate in math and reading to her level. Thanks to the wonderful staff at Central.
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By some gracious irony, the death of Robert Runcie came while the U.S. Episcopal Church's General Convention was in session. As archbishop of Canterbury, Runcie led the Church of England and the Anglican Communion through the turbulent 1980s, seeking to hew to a "middle way" when issues of women's ordination and modernized liturgies threatened to split his church.
At least two other denominations are dealing with issues related to homosexuality at meetings this summer.
The cup of blessing that we bless, is it not a sharing in the blood of Christ? The bread that we break, is it not a sharing in the body of Christ? Because there is one bread, we who are many are one body, for we all partake of the one bread" (1 Cor. 10:16-17).
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Virginia's Supreme Court has sided with the Episcopal Church in its dispute with breakaway conservatives over historic and valuable parish property—a partial but important victory for the embattled denomination.
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Turkey's bond yields dropped to a record as its trade deficit contracted for a 12th month on weaker domestic demand, supporting bets the central bank will cut interest rates next month.
Yields on two-year benchmark debt slid 3 basis points, or 0.03 percentage point, to 5.95 percent at 12:08 p.m. in Istanbul, the lowest since at least 2005. The lira gained less than 0.1 percent to 1.7861 per dollar, strengthening for a second day.
Turkey's trade gap shrank to $5.5 billion in October from $8 billion a year earlier, the statistics office in Ankara said on its website today. The reduction will help extend a narrowing trend in the nation's current-account deficit, which reached a record high at $77.1 billion last year, or about 10 percent of gross domestic product, before contracting for an 11th month in September. The inflation rate fell to 7.8 percent last month from 10.5 percent at the end of 2011.
"Today's data supports the central bank's accommodative monetary policy and, in this sense, a rate cut," Ibrahim Aksoy, an economist at Seker Securities in Istanbul, said in an e- mailed statement today.
The trade shortfall was expected at $7.5 billion, according to the median estimate of eight economists surveyed by Bloomberg. Imports dropped 5.6 percent to $18.8 billion and exports increased 12 percent to $13.3 billion.
A rate reduction "would favor economic activity and prevent real appreciation of the lira in a lower-than-expected current-account deficit environment," Aksoy said.
Turkey's monetary policy committee is due for a meeting on Dec. 18.
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Fitch Ratings raised Turkey to investment grade on Nov. 5 and central bank Governor Erdem Basci said on Nov. 12 he won't tolerate any unwarranted currency gain jeopardizing the country's external balances.
The lira's advance today extends its gain this month to 0.4 percent. The benchmark yield has slumped 113 basis points this month in the biggest retreat among the emerging markets tracked by Bloomberg.
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"Given today's merchandise trade figures, October's current-account deficit is also likely to show a sharp narrowing," Melis Metiner, an economist at HSBC Bank AS in Istanbul, said in an e-mailed note.
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Update to Residential Burglary Investigation in Warren County, KY
Date of News Release: 12/20/2007
(BOWLING GREEN, Ky.) - During a two day trial that started on 12-18-2007 in Warren Circuit Court the jury handed down a guilty verdict, on all counts aforementioned. The Honorable Steve Wilson preceded in the case. On 12-19-2007, Michael Bratcher was sentenced to 5 years on the 1st count of Burglary 2nd Degree, 9 years on the 2nd count of Burglary 2nd Degree, 5 years on the T.B.U.T. O/$300, 1 year on the count of T.B.U.T. U/$300 and a $500.00 fine, 2 years on the Criminal Mischief 1st Degree, and 1 year on the last count of Criminal Mischief 1st Degree for a total sentence of 23 years.
The guilty verdict ended an 18-month investigation, which lead to numerous arrests, and the return of many stolen items back to their rightful owner, and assisted in breaking up a "Burglary Ring" in which the Bowling Green Police and Kentucky State Police have been investigating. Numerous other individuals are currently awaiting trials in this case.
Original Release Below
(BOWLING GREEN, Ky.) - On 06/25/2006 Kentucky State Police investigated a residential burglary at 188 Keeneland Court in the Clayborne Farms Community of Bowling Green. During the burglary a substantial amount of electronics, jewelry, clothing and household items were taken. Also taken from the residence was a silver 2005 Mercedes, which was later recovered by KSP. When recovered the vehicle had damage consistent with a frontal impact. If you have any information about an accident involving a silver Mercedes during the time from of June 24 or 25 or if you have information of this burglary please contact the Kentucky State Police at 270-782-2010. This in an ongoing investigation.


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By GREGORY KATZ Associated Press February 17, 2013 8:54PM
This is an undated file photo of Ronald Dworkin provided by New York University. Dworkin, the American philosopher and constitutional law expert best known for articulating the principle that the most important virtue the law can display is integrity, has died. His family said Dworkin died of leukemia in London early Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013. He was 81. (AP Photo/New York University, Leo Sorel)
Updated: March 19, 2013 6:42AM
LONDON — American philosopher and constitutional law expert Ronald Dworkin, a liberal scholar who argued that the law should be founded on moral integrity, has died at the age of 81.
His family said Mr. Dworkin died of leukemia in London early Thursday.
Dworkin was a professor of law at New York University and emeritus professor at University College London.
He was one of the best known and most quoted legal scholars in the U.S. and also an expert on British law.
NYU Law School Dean Richard Revesz said Mr. Dworkin was "not only an intellectual giant, but also a masterful teacher, admired colleague and beloved friend." He called Mr. Dworkin the most important legal philosopher of his generation.
"He will be dearly missed by those of us who were lucky enough to know him and by the countless people who followed and admired his work," Revesz said.
Mr. Dworkin was best known for the idea that the most important virtue the law can display is integrity — understood as the moral idea that the state should act on principle so each member of the community is treated as an equal.
A frequent contributor to the New York Review of Books, Mr. Dworkin's own works included "A Matter of Principle," "Law's Empire," and "Justice for Hedgehogs."
He argued in his writings that acting with dignity and moral clarity could make life worthwhile.
"If we manage to live a good life well, we create something more," he wrote. "We write a subscript to our mortality. We make our lives tiny diamonds in the cosmic sands."
Mr. Dworkin graduated from Harvard Law School in 1957 and was a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University in England.
He told the Guardian newspaper two years ago that he did not know how to judge his life's work.
"I've tried to be responsible for my decisions and to make an authentic life," he said. "When I was a Wall Street lawyer, I realized I didn't want that life. So I went and did what I found most fulfilling, thinking about, arguing for the things that are hard, important and rewarding. I've tried to do it well. I can't say if I've succeeded."
Professor Stephen Guest at University College London said Mr. Dworkin was "a cosmopolitan American who regarded London as his main home, and who knew how to enjoy things, especially music and art."
He is survived by his wife, Irene Brendel Dworkin, his children, Anthony and Jennifer Dworkin, and two grandchildren.


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Railway recruitment 2012 form, details and information
Serving the people of the country – What other better way than working in the Indian Railways
About Indian Railways
Indian Railways is the fourth largest railway system all over the world. It would be a great offer to serve in such an organization, which caters to around 18 million people for travel on day-to-day basis. It is the second largest employer in terms of commercials or utilities. It would be a wonderful privilege to work with the railways thereby offering services indirectly to various people.
Railway Jobs
The jobs in railways are open in wide areas. They are available from a clerical cadre to managerial positions. So, the qualification of people also varies accordingly. A person who has passed 10th Standard and a person who has done his engineering or a management graduate have opportunities in Indian railways.
Railway recruitment is conducted every year to fill the vacant posts in the Indian railways. The railway recruitment is managed by individual boards of each state in India. There are 19 Railway Recruitment Boards (RRB) set up to cater to the railway job vacancies. They are also known as Railway Recruitment Cell alternatively. Some of the RRBs have been named as Railway Recruitment Cell. Each of the RRB functions in their respective state. Each state is attached to one of the RRB. The posts in those states are filled up in accordance with the RRB.
To monitor the activities of these boards, Railway Recruitment Control Board was instituted in the year 1998. The Railway Recruitment Control Board is under the Railway ministry. This Control Board evaluates the railway recruitment board. It also provides suggestions and gives advice to improve the services of the railway recruitment board.
Railway jobs and recruitment information
The vacancies in Indian Railways are announced every year in newspapers such as Employment News and also on the official website of Indian Railways. An applicant, who wishes to join Indian Railways, has to fill up the application form online or physically apply in the Railway Recruitment Cell. The railway jobs are divided into different groups, A, B, C and D. There will be an entrance examination held to qualify for any of these group jobs. Each group will have different qualifications and different eligibility to apply for the job. Railway Jobs are technical and non technical as well. Engineers, Diploma holders, Graduates in Commerce, Arts field, undergraduates, all of them have opportunities in Indian Railways. Also, there are opportunities for Hotel Management graduates in the sector of Catering services. The catering services are offered in trains such as Shatabdi Express, Rajadhani Express and for passengers travelling in First Class AC coaches. Also, there is scope for people who are interested in public relations, for Corporate Relations or for the Customer Grievance Cell. The competitive examination is held by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) and the RRB. A minimum pass mark is necessary to qualify for the next stage of the examination. After the examination is cleared, there will be a group discussion and interview, or interview alone to get into a career in the Indian Railways.
Indian Railway Recruitment 2012 – Jobs in various departments
The various departments where an individual can find a place in the Indian Railways are –
- Accounts
- Civil Engineering
- Coaching
- Computers and Information Systems
- Corporate Relations
- Electrical Engineering
- Finance
- Land and Amenities
- Legal
- Management
- Mechanical Engineering
- Pay Commission
- Planning
- Railway Electrification
- Safety
- Security
- Telecommunication
- Traffic Transportation
- Tourism and Catering
- Vigilance
Under the Safety wing, there is a separate unit constituted which is called the Railway Protection Force. Below is the detail about the same.
Railway Protection Force
This wing of the Indian Railways is associated with the protection and safeguarding of Railway property. They are entitled to protect the passengers and their belongings. The jobs in the RPF are thus involved in protecting people, their belongings, safe guarding the railway tracks and railway stations. Individuals interested in a career in this wing of Indian Railways have to write a written competitive examination and those who qualify in the written will be called for a personal interview.
Railway recruitment 2012 procedure for the selection of applicants
The vacancies in railway jobs 2012 are announced through Employment News, newspaper and also on the websites of the RRBs. Each RRB will announce the railway jobs as available in their purview. Individuals looking for an aspiring career in Indian Railways should look into the websites of the RRBs. A list of the RRBs and their websites is provided below as an Annexure. The application form has to be in a format that has been specified and instructed by the board. The process is as follows in steps:
- Eligibility criteria check for all applied
- To list the eligible candidates
- Announcement of dates of exams and the centers for the candidates
- Intimation to shortlisted candidates at least one month before the actual exam date.
- Listing the rejected candidates with reason for rejection on the website
- Selected candidates are called for second round of the process. It may be interview; skill set tests, basic test of aptitude, written etc as per the guidelines.
- Documents Verification
Applicants who clear the levels of the exam are called for verification of their docs. Original documents are cross verified with submitted documents. Documents required are listed below lucidly.
- Proof of DOB (Birth Certificate)
- Certificates related to education
- Caste certificate wherever applicable
- NOC certificates for candidates already working in the Railways
- Ex-Service men (EXS) Discharge certificate has to be produced.
The names of successful candidates are sent for various medical examinations and a thorough verification of all certificates stated above. After the tests and verification the appointment order is issued.
The list of RRBs and their websites are –
1. Ahmedabad – http://www.rrbahmedabad.gov.in/
2. Ajmer – http://www.rrbajmer.org
3. Allahabad – http://www.rrbald.nic.in/
4. Bangalore – http://www.rrbbnc.gov.in/
5. Bilaspur – http://www.rrbbilaspur.gov.in/
6. Bhopal – http://www.rrbbpl.nic.in
7. Bhubneswar – http://www.rrbbbs.gov.in
8. Chandigarh – http://www.rrbcdg.org/
9. Chennai – http://www.rrbchennai.net/
10. Gorakhpur – http://www.rrbgkp.gov.in/
11. Guwahati – http://rrbguwahati.gov.in/
12. Jammu and Srinagar – http://www.rrbjammu.nic.in/
13. Kolkata – http://www.rrbkolkata.org/
14. Malda – http://www.rrbmalda.gov.in
15. Mumbai – http://www.rrbmumbai.gov.in/
16. Patna – http://www.rrbpatna.org/
17. Ranchi – http://www.rrbranchi.org/,
18. Secunderabad – http://www.rrbsec.org/
19. Thiruvananthapuram – http://www.rrbthiruvananthapuram.net
Published By Girish Raghav
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21 April 2008
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Mishcon de Reya: Gold's standard" /> Mishcon ;de Reya managing partner Kevin Gold exhales deeply ;as he recalls the vitriolic press that surrounded the firm following the death of Princess Diana. "It nearly killed Mishcon - it almost knocked us over," he sighs.
It is now more than a decade since the 'People's Princess' died in the Pont de l'Alma tunnel in Paris, but in retrospect it has taken Diana's chosen divorce firm that much time to escape her shadow.
Gold joined Mishcon as a private client partner two years before Diana's death in August 1997. On the day we met he had recently returned from Kazakhstan, where he was advising one of the country's wealthier families on investment issues.
Now, sitting across the table from me with a pencil and notepad in front of him, Gold recounts how the death of the Princess of Wales almost brought about the collapse of Mishcon. "Mishcon got thrust into the limelight in what I totally regard as an unfair and unreasonable way," he says.
The firm had long been associated with Diana after she chose Anthony Julius and Sandra Davis as her divorce lawyers. At the time Julius was head of litigation at the firm, while Davis was a partner in the family practice.
Following Diana's death, members of the public began sending in cash donations to the firm. These were "big quantities of money," according to Gold. "We didn't know what to do with it, so we had to very quickly set up a charity and it was rushed."
Mishcon was overwhelmed. More than 70 per cent of the firm - from trainees to partners - was caught up in the task of filtering letters and money from the public.
But the media scrutiny turned nasty when it emerged that Mishcon had begun charging the Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fund for its legal advice. Had it not, says Gold, it would have led to the firm's collapse.
At the time the Daily Mirror summed up the bitter tone by quoting a source as saying: "It's especially galling to see a pensioner or child send us £5 because they want to do something in memory of the princess when we know it will go to lawyers. Frankly, it makes you want to weep."
Gold recalls being followed by reporters who questioned his dignity and cartoons which, he says, pilloried the firm's Jewish heritage with anti-Semitic undertones.
"The point of the matter is that, behind that kind of glare, the total resource centre of the firm was almost being crippled just by the physical amount of money coming in and letters to be answered," he says.
Eventually the firm looked to distance itself from the memorial fund by putting the work out to tender. Gold says he was happy to see it go, although it would have been a lucrative contract.
Despite the fallout it is clear that, for Mishcon, Diana's death was a turning point in the firm's history. Today it is in robust health, recording a profit per equity partner (PEP) figure of £698,000 for 2006-07. And Gold expects to "consolidate and exceed" that figure by the end of this financial year.
One London managing partner describes Mishcon as being "well rounded" and another as "growing well".
There are, however, some who believe Mishcon has been tarnished by the high-profile cases it takes on - in particular its association with Heather Mills.
"When you're associated with these big names there's always a risk of being dragged through the media mud - it's hard to escape that," one source says.
Mills is out of bounds as a topic of conversation. There is a wry smile on Gold's face when I attempt to bring it up, but the firm operates a strict policy of not commenting on its clients. The truth about how Mishcon's relationship with Mills turned sour will have to wait for another day.
Right now we are talking about the decade of change. Under intense public scrutiny, in 1998 Mishcon looked inwards and began examining itself. In 1992 the firm had replaced the managing partner structure with a management board. It reverted to its roots six years later, with Gold and Phillip Freedman becoming joint managing partners. Four years later, in 2002, Gold took over the reins as the firm's sole managing partner.
Gold had joined in 1995 while Lord Mishcon, the firm's founder, was still working. Lord Mishcon's grip on the firm was strong and he was reluctant to let go. Gold clearly has admiration for his predecessor, calling him "a god of law", but he readily admits he was "an old-fashioned style of lawyer" who resisted corporatisation. "He just didn't believe in sharing it with other people, and why should you?" says Gold.
So when it came to modernising the firm there was always going to be some fallout. Gold says his mission was to drive the corporatisation programme forward by establishing a firmwide structure that reflected its core strengths. But at the time he was up against some big personalities who did not share his ideals.
"When I came here in 1995 most people had a good vibe attitude, but they were shits," says the typically straight-talking Gold. "There were individuals who were shits - it's something you find in many, many firms."
The Lawyer reported in November 1998 how a confrontational management style had forced several exits from the firm, while many department heads lost their places on the management board.
Even today, former partners who quit Mishcon a decade ago are reluctant to reveal the extent of unrest within the firm and many calls asking for comment went unreturned.
But Gold, who speaks with passion about the pace of change, does not forget so easily. He admits that there were problems with the bullying style of particular partners. But he refuses to name names and will only go so far as to say that he eradicated that atmosphere.
"I said I'm not prepared to have that. Why should we tolerate people coming to work and feeling victimised and nervous on a human level?" he insists.
Gold is curiously disarming and puts people around him at ease with his confidence. People close to him say he talks to everyone in the same manner, from support workers within the firm to his multi-billionaire clients.
"There's something instantly likeable about Kevin, which puts some people off," one insider reveals. "But it's also the reason why so many younger people want to work there."
Gold is known for strolling around Red Lion Square outside Mishcon's London office, puffing on cigarettes while holding meetings. It may seem like an unorthodox way of managing a firm, but it is where he has had some of his more innovative ideas.
But before we have a chance to explore this further, Gold rushes on to the next phase of the firm's development.
Like many of his peers, he is keen on drawing to illustrate his points literally. When he begins talking about Mishcon's core values, his pencil thrusts into a frenzy and his eyes light up. I had been forewarned about Gold's tendency to get carried away. People who know him say he appears to have a disorganised train of thought, but in reality his mind is moving at such a pace that it is difficult for his mouth to keep up. Perhaps the drawing helps him keep on track.
Mishcon's core values are the "underlying principle" of the firm. Gold says this means "we'll hold this firm as trustees for all the stakeholders for future generations".
One rival managing partner who has lost lawyers to the firm says it is a tactic that appears to have paid off. "Mishcon is very much known for encouraging entrepreneurial spirit," says the rival. "It's less institutionalised, which is certainly a different way of working."
When the managing partner role was reinstated, with Gold's core values driving the firm's strategy, many partners "didn't agree", resulting in further exits, explains Gold. Some partners, he says, wanted to "extract the maximum buck" from the firm and were unhappy about sharing the wealth. Put simply, says Gold, "the easiest thing for people to do was leave".
Today the core principles are firmly established and reviewed constantly through the staff consultation committee (SCC).
Gold reels off the values that Mishcon employees are expected to subscribe to: "You can't treat people like crap; you have to be honest; you have to remember the people who are working around you; and run the practice in a businesslike way."
Every department, including non-fee-earners, has a representative on the SCC. Gold reports into the group on a bimonthly basis - as frequently as he reports to the Mishcon partnership. It has been the birthplace for several firm schemes, including MQ Squared.
MQ Squared, or 'Mishcon Quality', describes standardised best practice within the firm. Scribbling a triangle on his now ruined notepad, Gold shows that this triangulation theory is intertwined with the firm. "Almost everyone in the firm was involved in making this happen to bring about best practice across the firm," he says. "It took about three years to implement. Every single business process in the firm was looked at, from how people walk through the door, to monitoring every single file, to pastoral care, to growth, to marketing strategy and crime prevention development - we tried to get best practice into all that and manualise and corporatise it."
Having invested time and money in bringing the firm up to 21st century standards, Gold believes it is now stumbling towards its next crisis - a lack of space. It is frustrating to him that the growth of Mishcon's staff base is restricted by the size of its Holborn offices. Gold hopes the firm will be able to move to larger premises by the end of 2009.
Compared with the problems faced by the firm in 1998, finding new offices seems a relatively minor issue. Mishcon hung on and survived Diana to report record PEP figures in 2007. With Gold hoping to smash that record at this financial year-end, the firm appears to be moving steadily up the legal hierarchy.


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Come join independent author Roger Engle on Wednesday, May 7 at 7 p.m. as he speaks from his memoir, Stories from a Small Town: Remembering My Childhood in Hedgesville, West Virginia, followed by a book sale and signing.
Take a moment and picture your childhood home. Try to visualize a short walk from your doorstep. Can you conjure up your neighborhood, nearby houses or businesses, and the people who lived or worked in them? Can you recall the events that unfolded nearby, or the activities that once filled your childhood world?
Roger Engle took this mental journey throughout his hometown, and in doing so, rediscovered his childhood around every corner. Stories from a Small Town places us in Hedgesville, West Virginia, between the years of 1948 and 1964, and encourages us to meander there at a pace governed by the whimsy of a child. Mr. Engle takes us along on his adventures around town and into the surrounding wilderness, and provides an unfettered and rather amusing view into the life domestic. With tenderness and grit, he reveals both the challenges and opportunities of growing up in a working-class family during self-sufficient times.
Stories from a Small Town offers us a delightfully vivid portrait of childhood, and may very well inspire us to remember, document, and share with future generations the stories of our own lives—while we are still able.


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