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CHICAGO (CBS) — Just a few hours to go in Chicago for the big deal, as big a deal as there is: Lollapalooza.
A Chicago bonanza. More than a quarter of a million people in Grant Park, a $100 million in business, the sounds of good music. The tickets: already sold out.
So, look out for the gate-crashers. Over the fences and through the trees, trampling the bushes, flattening the flowers, and if there's rain, like last year, singing and sliding in the mud, to the tune of $800,000 in damage.
How about this year celebrating Grant Park and the comfort and enjoyment of others, and the great value of 'Palooza: the hotels and restaurants completely booked; the jobs for 4,000 people; the visitors to Chicago collecting memories to take home.
There's so much good at stake in Lollapalooza. What a shame it would be to trash it.


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When Ron Wise learned Nationwide Insurance dropped the coverage on his Palm Beach Gardens home this year, he figured he'd be lucky to find another insurer.
Not only did he find another carrier, he's now saving 26 percent on his annual premium.
Nine of 10 local insurance agents who spoke with the South Florida Sun-Sentinel recently said most of their customers' yearly property insurance premiums have dropped 15 percent to 40 percent this year. Customers who have bolstered their homes to better withstand hurricanes are getting the biggest breaks.
It's too early to tell whether the tide is finally turning on the state's property insurance crisis, but industry experts say lower rates - and 23 new private insurers since 2006 offering homeowner coverage - are good signs. In some cases, the new insurers' cheaper prices are forcing the larger, established insurers to cut rates to stay competitive.
Overall, property insurance prices have "gone way down," said Pat McNamara, the business development manager of Burke, Bogart & Brownell, a Boca Raton-based insurance agency. "I think rates are probably down below where they were prior to the hurricanes" of 2004 and 2005.
But new private insurers carry risks, insurance industry observers say. The cheaper premiums mean insurers have less money to pay customer claims. And the upstart carriers haven't been through a storm, so property owners don't know how reliable they'll be.
Some owners of older homes near the coast said they're sticking with the Citizens Property Insurance Corp., which the state formed to be the insurer of last resort but has grown to be the state's largest property insurer.
"There's a lot of competition right now. People have choices," said Anita Byer, president of Plantation-based Setnor Byer Insurance & Risk. "Whether they want a startup that hasn't experienced a storm and that we can't verify how well they'll weather a storm ... that's something to think about."

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- We love our technology… until it fails us. As fast as we progress with current hardware, we still suffer from the failures they produce. Hard drives can be fragile components, but they are so vital due to the fact that they hold all of our data. A lot of people fail to backup their data on a daily or weekly basis and then the worst happens: the drive dies. In this side project, I detail my attempts at retrieving data from a fried hard drive:
One of the biggest issues with current computers is the components. It isn't that that they are terrible, and we do continuously improve upon them, but there are still components that can be overly sensitive such as hard drives. They are the components that we need to trust due to the fact that they hold all of our information. But the current state of hard drive technology, while vastly improved, still has a high fail rate. It is true that Solid State Drives are pushing their way into the market more and more, but with prices still high compared to the storage levels, this may take a while. So we stick with our SATA hard disk drives (and hopefully not IDE at this point) and hope that they function well.
Me, being the computer guy, knows well enough by now to always back up important information. However, a friend of mine wasn't so lucky when his computer essentially died. It took some detective work, but a surge from the PSU fried a lot of the components in this computer, including the hard drive. A lot of times we can still pull information from these drives by connecting them as a secondary device, but in this case the hard drive was not even spinning up or being noticed in BIOS. After taking the logic board off the hard drive it was found to be fried – literally.
The above photos show how fried this board was. Depending on the circumstances, it may be easier just to forget about it and get a new hard drive. The problem here is that my friend had some sentimental data on this drive from previous years. I felt compelled to take on this task of retrieving this data one way or another. Losing sentimental data can be heartbreaking, as it has happened to be in the past, plus I just love these challenges.
At first I figured this would be an easy fix. I thought that buying a logic board of that model and swapping it would allow for a rather quick and painless method of running it again. But, it doesn't exactly work that way. After some heavy researching I realized how finicky hard drives can be. You simply cannot buy another logic board unless it is the exact same one, literally. It may be the same model, but it doesn't mean it will work with it due to the fact that companies are constantly changing and revising their boards. A hard drive model you bought three months ago could easily have updated and revised logic boards by now. What you need is to have nearly everything to match in order to do a logic board swap, and that can be extremely tricky to find. With Western Digital drives, this is what needs to match exactly:
- The Model Number
- The DCM Number
- The Revision Number
Just match everything!
Unfortunately for my cause, I could not find a board that matched this older model. So, I decided to research the issue even further and found an interesting, yet difficult trick. What you can do is get a similar board (from the same model) and swap the BIOS chips.
(The Bios Chip)
As you can see, these chips are very small and this method takes some patience and skill. Though I do tend to make things harder at times then they should be. I had to track down a similar board which I luckily found through eBay from Malaysia.
(The New Board)
I have never really done a chip swap like this before. I figured I'd do the soldering thing with it and see where it would take me. I really made a mess! But even so, I managed to unsolder and remove the bios chip on the new and old board. You also need to remember the orientation of these chips. If you don't set them the right way, it could cause major problems.
(The BIOS chip removed)
Keep in mind that I was not using the best tools to pull this off, but I do put my heart in it either way. I haven't done a chip swap like this before so the results were a bit messy. But even so, I did manage to unsolder and remove the BIOS chips on both boards. Another thing to remember is the orientation of the chip. They needed to be seeded in that same orientation or it could cause problems.
(Here was a really bad attempt at soldering it together with wires. I call it "Spidering" but it didn't work)
After having removed the chips, it was time to do the swap, but of course it wasn't easy. Hours went by throughout the night as I must have looped Boston's greatest hits CD over and over. At 4AM I decided to call it quits for the night and get some rest. Again, if I had the proper tools on hand then I am convinced this would have gone much smoother. I continued working on it with great intent the next day until I finally had the chip soldered directly to the board. It wasn't the cleanest job, but it was connected.
It's always a nervous and exciting time when you think you fixed the problem and have to test out the results. Well, I connected this drive as a slave via PATA (it was an older drive, after all). What I heard next was music to my ears. The hard drive began spinning as the computer booted up and that was all I needed to hear to realize my research and hard work and paid off. Though it wasn't perfect as the hard drive was making clicking noises which is usually a sign that the drive (probably the cylinders) are going to crash very soon. I quickly backed up all the data from the drive with a huge grin on my face. It really was all worth it, just for this moment:
The hard drive did eventually die for good after 30-minutes or so. But it was enough time to grab the data that was needed. This was a great lesson and a lot of good experience gained. I love having this versatility and the will to advance my knowledge in various computing areas. This is the important thing that I always hope to take away from the work that I do.


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No. 3 Alabama Rallies From Two Down To Drop No. 15 Tennessee
May 2, 2009
Courtesy of Alabama
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – In a contest that took portions of two days to complete because of periods of heavy rain at the Lee Softball Stadium, No. 3 Alabama (44-8, 20-6 SEC) rallied from a 2-0 deficit after two innings to post a 5-2 victory over No. 15 Tennessee (37-14-1, 12-11-1 SEC) in the opener of a Saturday league doubleheader.
Freshman pitcher Cat Hosfield started the contest, allowing two earned runs on two hits with three walks and a trio of K's in 3.1 innings. Senior Danielle Pieroni picked up a hard-luck loss by allowing one unearned tally on zero hits over two-thirds of a frame to fall to 6-2 on the year. Sophomore Ashton Ward worked three innings of relief, permitting two earned runs on four hits with three walks and a strikeout. The Charlotte, N.C., native also doubled in her lone appearance at the plate in the bottom of the seventh inning.
The UT offense managed five hits in the match-up, also receiving base knocks from junior second baseman Nicole Kajitani (1-for-4), sophomore Kelly Grieve (1-for-3, run scored), junior catcher Tiffany Huff (1-for-2) and freshman third baseman Jessica Spigner (1-for-3).
Tennessee starter Hosfield christened the contest by striking out center fielder Brittany Rogers and handling a bouncer back to the circle from second baseman Lauren Parker for two quick retirements. Designated player Charlotte Morgan managed a walk to grant 'Bama a two-out base runner, but Hosfield responded by striking out right fielder Cassandra Reilly-Boccia to end the frame.
After Kajitani blasted the first pitch of the bottom of the first deep to left for an out, Grieve opened a scoring chance by slapping a perfect shot between third and short for a single. With Huff at the plate, Grieve swiped her team-best 34th base of the season, reaching scoring position. Huff joined her on the base paths via a walk, placing two aboard with still just one retired. That's when the UT speed threat and a big Alabama miscue opened the door for Tennessee to get on the board. Grieve took off towards third but raced back to second as Crimson Tide catcher Ashley Holcombe fired behind her to second on a pick-off attempt. Her throw sailed off the glove of leaping shortstop Kellie Eubanks and then ricocheted off Rogers in center before rolling all the way to the right center field wall. That error allowed both Grieve and Huff to circle the diamond for a 2-0 lead. A single to center from Spigner and a walk to junior right fielder Erinn Webb placed two more aboard against Dunne. A fielder's choice and a Lady Vol K finally ended the inning, but not before seven Tennessee hitters stepped to the plate in the opening frame.
Blessed with an early lead on the scoreboard, Hosfield continued her strong pitching effort through the second for UT, retiring third baseman Kelley Montalvo on a bouncer back to the circle, striking out first baseman Amanda Locke and inducing a routine grounder from Holcombe.
With rain beginning to fall in the top of the third, Alabama's Eubanks coerced a lead-off walk from Hosfield. With that the umpiring crew pulled the teams off the field at 6:56 p.m. ET as the contest entered a weather delay. The decision was made to suspend play with the game starting on Saturday with Tennessee leading 2-0 in the top of the third.
At approximately 2 p.m. ET on Saturday the game re-commenced with Alabama's Eubanks on first base. Left fielder Whitney Larsen bounced a two-strike pitch from Hosfield back through the middle to join her teammate on the bags. Speedster Rogers dropped a bunt to third and nearly beat Spigner's throw to first as the base path duo advanced into scoring position. That set the stage for a sacrifice fly as Parker lifted a ball to senior Lillian Hammond in left, scoring Eubanks to cut UA's deficit to 2-1. With a 'Bama runner standing at second, Hosfield battled Morgan over an 11-pitch at-bat before issuing a walk. Reilly-Boccia bounced past a diving Lapicki at first, but Kajitani managed to corral the ball, throwing to first to end the frame with no further damage.
Huff opened the bottom of the third with a sharp single to center. Spigner was called upon to drop a sacrifice bunt and she got the ball down successfully. Unfortunately for the Big Orange, 'Bama third baseman Montalvo grabbed the sphere, turned and started a 5-6-3 double play. An infield pop-up to short from Webb was caught for the third out.
The Crimson Tide got even on the scoreboard with one out in the top of the fourth as Locke blasted a 3-2 pitch from Hosfield just over the wall in right center, tying the count at 2-2. Pieroni was summoned into the contest in relief and promptly worked to a full count against Holcombe before striking her with a pitch. Eubanks blooped a ball to the outfield that was caught for the second out, but a throw behind the runner at first got away for a two-base error as Holcombe advanced within 60 feet of paydirt. That misguided toss ended up costing the Big Orange the lead as an illegal pitch from Pieroni allowed the runner to trot home for a 3-2 lead. Larsen eventually looked at strike three to end the inning, but not before Alabama had grabbed its initial advantage.
Ward was summoned into the match-up in the top of the fifth and started well, retiring the top of 'Bama's order, Rogers, Parker and Morgan, one-two-three.
Kajitani granted the Big Orange a two-out scoring opportunity by displaying extreme hustle in the bottom of the fifth. First the San Bernardino, Calif., native beat out an infield single by sliding into first base. She then took off for second, swiping her 10th base of the campaign. Huff got a lot of bat on a Dunne offering, but just missed it, flying out to Larsen in left to leave Kajitani in scoring position.
A pair of two out singles from Locke and Holcombe in the top of the sixth added to 'Bama's advantage as UA picked up a big insurance run to lead, 4-2.
Alabama starter Dunne settled in during Tennessee's half of the sixth, retiring Spigner, Webb and Lapicki in order to get within three outs of a UA triumph.
In the top of the seventh the Crimson Tide added its fifth run as Morgan and Reilly-Boccia singled with two outs, and then consecutive walks issued by Ward to Montalvo and substitute right fielder Jennifer Fenton forced in a tally. Ward rebounded to catch Holcombe looking at strike three to send the squads to the final half of the seventh with Alabama leading 5-2.
Ward got things off to a rousing start in the final frame by leading off the inning with a long double down the left field line into the corner. Unfortunately Dunne rebounded to strikeout the side, completing the Alabama triumph.
No. 15 Tennessee concludes its doubleheader against No. 3 Alabama on Saturday at 4:30 p.m. ET. The Sports Animal (990 AM, 99.1 FM, 99.3 FM) is on site to broadcast the final contest. Live stats are also available through utladyvols.com.


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Founded in Russia in early 1999 security software developer Agnitum's first products made quite an impact in America. Jammer and Tauscan were created to detect and block attacks from hackers, and the Tascan product was so well received in the west that it earned an Editor's Choice rating by PC Magazine. Not bad for a company that at the time had no U.S. operations.
Today the company has grown in size, and offers three main product lines aimed at home PC users as well as small and medium businesses. Alexey Belkin, chief software architect at Agnitum, discussed the company's strategy with us.
Bright Hub: What benefits do you think the Agnitum product line has to offer a small to medium sized business, especially one that might have employees for occasionally work remotely?
Alexy Belkin: For many years Agnitum has been end-user-oriented, however, our home user solutions are successfully deployed at SMEs as well. The most popular offering within small businesses is our flagman product Outpost Firewall Pro which comprises a personal firewall engine, host protection to block zero-day threats and sophisticated malware, self-protection to avoid the product's deactivation by nefarious software, anti-spyware to keep a single PC or a network clean of spying programs, and web control to block potentially unsafe web content.
As for now, the main benefits of our firewall product from SMB's viewpoint are:
1) control of both inbound and outbound traffic
2) intrusion detection system and Ethernet protection for automated defense against vulnerability probes and internal breaches
3) web and transaction security to protect against web-borne risks and ensure safe online operations.
However, what we have to offer is not limited to the abovementioned. By the end of this year we're planning to release a brand-new version of our enterprise-level product – Outpost Network Security 3.0. It will be built on our latest all-in-one home-user solution – Outpost Security Suite Pro 2009, which means strong antivirus (reactive) protection as an important supplement to the proactive defense. The new solution will allow easy central administration of groups of computers constituting a network. A system administrator's delight, this complex corporate product will help keep track of all processes and applications as well as frequency of updates and personal status of PCs.
BH: How customizable are the products offered by Agnitum for a small business user? I would think the most stressful thing for a small business, where there may be no full-time IT staff, is to make sure that the software does its job of offering protection yet still allows the sharing of information between users.
AB: That's true. When developing security products vendors have to keep the balance between rock-solid security and, actually, convenience and ease-of-sue without any prejudice to the former. We've struggled a lot to find this golden middle and current Agnitum's products are now easily customizable and transparent. Despite the traditional three levels of product alertness (low, normal / recommended and high) we've made a number of interface and functional tweaks to make things clearer for any user no matter what the experience. In the products of 2009 line there's an option to switch between expert and basic views, the former to cater to the wealth of options for advanced users and the latter to fulfill the most common needs. Besides, all settings are accessible from the main window within just a couple of clicks.
Functionally speaking, Outpost Pro 2009 solutions do not require much user involvement due to specific techniques, such as the trusted publishers' module which automatically allows all sorts of activity to digitally signed applications, or 'auto-learn' mode which enables a quiet study of user's typical online activity in order to avoid superfluous questions in the future.
Needless to say, no product – be it Outpost Firewall , or Outpost Antivirus, or the security suite – should prevent small business users from sharing everyday information, however 'paranoiac' selected settings may be. What one can do to avoid potential false positives is go through a quick process of adjusting exclusions and white-listing applications that are specific for this or that enterprise and aren't recognized as benign by default.
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Fall sales reports point to a green holiday season
Heading into the holiday season, a number of catalogers have cut back on prospecting in favor of mailing deeper into their house files (see "Holiday refinements," October issue). And so far at least, the strategy seems to be working.
Unlike last year, when a number of catalogers reported a painfully slow start to fall sales, most of the mailers contacted by Catalog Age are exceeding expectations and celebrating double-digit sales growth.
New York-based apparel and home goods mailer Brylane, whose titles include Chadwick's of Boston, Lerner New York, and Lane Bryant, reports that it is benefiting from an overhauled circulation plan. Sales are running about "10% ahead of budget," says the company's president/CEO, Peter Canzone, even though Brylane is circulating 7%-8% fewer books this year than last.
Likewise, at $275 million Bear Creek Corp. in Medford, OR, which mails the food catalog Harry and David, gifts book Northwest Express, and plants catalog Jackson & Perkins, fall sales are "slightly above plan, with double-digit increases over last year for Harry and David and Jackson & Perkins," says Nancy Tait, executive vice president, sales and marketing. She credits "improved circulation planning and continued efforts to better target our mailings" for the uptick. "Our productivity per catalog is up over last year in all three businesses, in both response rates and sales per catalog."
But savvier circulation management can't claim all the credit for the strong sales. As Kenneth Gassman, an analyst with Richmond, VA-based Davenport and Co., puts it, "When you combine the economic indicators and the overall consumer confidence, it figures to be a good Christmas." In fact, the National Retail Federation estimates that consumers will spend $13.5 billion-$14 billion on catalog merchandise this holiday season, up 8%-12% from $12.5 billion in 1998.
"Despite a couple of hiccups in the stock market, business is still strong, and consumers are still spending, regardless of the channel," says Peter Howard, vice president of marketing for $205 million jewelry, tabletop, and home decor cataloger Ross-Simons. "People have a lot of discretionary income now. Our jewelry sales are up, and on the home side, china is still a big item during the holidays." Early holiday sales for the Cranston, RI-based mailer are on plan, he says, "and we had a pretty aggressive plan going into the season."
Oshkosh, WI-based multititle mailer Miles Kimball credits its surge in early holiday sales to a creative facelift of its core Miles Kimball gifts title, and the overall strong performance of its home decor book, Exposures Home. According to Mike Muoio, chairman/CEO of the $127 million company, sales are up 20%-25% over last year, and 10% ahead of plan.
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For example, online sales at upscale gifts cataloger/retailer The Sharper Image totaled $4.9 million for all of 1998, according to Meredith Medland, director of the San Francisco-based company's Internet division. But she expects to reap $19 million in Web sales for just the second half of 1999.
Other catalogers have more moderate Web sales expectations. For instance, Jeff Parnell, president/CEO of $10 million gifts cataloger Eximious, doesn't expect his site to "be significant in terms of overall corporate numbers." Nonetheless, the site, which went live in February, "is bringing in new customers. We're very pleased with where we are."
Additional reporting by Paul Miller
Despite the long-lasting after-effects of Hurricane Floyd, catalogers don't appear to have any plans to suppress forthcoming catalog mailings to North Carolina, the area that was hardest-hit by the September storm.
"It did cross my mind to suppress mailings to the affected areas," says Gerald Wilhite, president of Meinrad, IN-based religious gifts cataloger Abbey Press. "But our last big mailing was a few days before Floyd, and our next mailing – a small one – was in mid-October. But I'll probably give it some thought when we do our next big mailing in November."
Rome, GA-based Wall Street Creations, a cataloger of financial-related gifts, has no plans to suppress mailings to the flooded areas, according to general manager Acy Crawford. "As far as we know, sales from those areas haven't been affected, nor has catalog delivery."
When contacted in early October, several other catalogers couldn't yet say what sort of effect Floyd would have on fall and early holiday sales."There were some postal delays that may hurt some of our mailings, but it's too early to tell," says Jack Rosenfeld, president of multititle gifts mailer Potpourri Collections.
The same holds true for Kansas City, MO-based pet food cataloger Three Dog Bakery, says spokeswoman Kathy Plaster. "We have stores in Atlanta and Plantation, FL, but they weren't affected," she adds. "As for North Carolina, we contacted rescue organizers in the area and donated dog food and other items for dog owners and their dogs who were affected by the flooding."


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Director: Haifaa al-Mansour
Stars: Waad Mohammed, Reem Abdullah
Rating: PG
3 (out of 5) Globes
The first thing we see of 11-year-old Saudi Arabian suburbanite Wadjda (Waad Mohammed) is her shoes. Where the other students in her girls-only school go conservative, she rocks Chucks with purple laces. In many ways she could pass as a Western teenager, albeit of an era a couple decades back. She makes mixtapes and drowns out her mom's yelling by blasting the radio (with a station that plays "the sound of the underground" — i.e., innocuous American pop). What's more, while her headmistress is a preening fascist, her mom (Reem Abdullah) is relatively cool, not caring if she doesn't wear her head scarf, and only occasionally remembering to engage in morning prayer.
It's no shock on which side of the progress-tradition divide "Wadjda" lies. The first film ever shot entirely in Saudi Arabia — and by a woman to boot — it borrows a tried-and-true trick from other Middle Eastern films (most notably Iranian): If you want to get national and cultural criticisms past censors, couch them in the story of cute kids.
Wadjda has a simple mission: She wants a bike, so as to race a boy with whom she's engaged in a prepubescent form of competition-flirting. This is a very un-girly desire, and her mission to acquire it is rather brilliant. Instead of spelling bees, her school holds contests on Quran knowledge. Wadjda's knowledge of religion is lacking, but pretending to be holy in a land that disapproves of all outcasts can only be a win-win.
The premise is simple enough to allow all manner of homeland critiques. Often times it feels like director Haifaa al-Mansour, making her feature debut, is working off a vast checklist of complaints. From the classmate just wed to a 20-year-old to her mom's boyfriend, who demands she bear him a son, to the banishment of two girls caught in a vaguely not-just-friends position, "Wadjda" winds up with so many gratuitous sidelines that the focus often feels off. There's so many distractions that the predictable, almost inevitable way the "A plot" winds up resolved feels like a bit of a surprise — which may be why it's still satisfying.


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Hilary Heilbron QC
Year of Call: 1971 Silk: 1987
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"Hilary's great skill at cutting to the essentials of a case keeps her in great demand."
- Chambers & Partners 2015
"A great advocate with good business judgement."
- The Legal 500 2014
Hilary Heilbron QC has extensive experience as counsel both in international arbitration and commercial litigation acting for a wide range of national and international clients in very substantial disputes. She has appeared as leading counsel in the Supreme Court, House of Lords and Privy Council. She also regularly sits as an international arbitrator and is a qualified mediator.
practice areas
International Arbitration
Hilary Heilbron also practices international arbitration in which she appears both as counsel and acts as arbitrator. She speaks regularly to international audiences and writes on the subject. As counsel she also takes court related arbitral cases. Recent cases as counsel include La Societe pour la Recherche, la Production, le Transport, la Transformation et la Commercialisation des Hydrocarbures SpA (Sonatrach) v Statoil Natural Gas LLC (Statoil) [2014] EWHC 875 (Comm), SulAmerica Cia Nacional de Seguros & 5 others -v- (1) Enesa Engenharia S.A - Enesa (2) Energia Sustentavel do Brasil - ESBR (3) Construcoes e Comerica Camargo Correa [2012] EWHC 42 (Comm), and Dallah Real Estate Tourism Holding Co v Government of Pakistan [2010] UKSC 46.
Hilary Heilbron's experience as an international arbitrator is wide. She has accepted many appointments as party nominated arbitrator, institution appointed and sole arbitrator. She has chaired many tribunals of leading international arbitrators. Her appointments have been under ICC, LCIA and ICDR as well as ad hoc appointments. Many of these relate to substantial claims including in excess of US 1 billion. She also has experience of arbitrations in many foreign laws: both civil and common law. She has also been appointed as an emergency arbitrator by the AAA (ICDR rules) under their Article 37 procedure. She is a member of the LCIA Court. She also trains arbitrators for the ICDR, and was a speaker at Singapore International Arbitration Academy Advanced Training Programme in December 2012. Hilary was quoted in Who's Who Legal 2016 as being an "absolutely fantastic arbitrator" whose experience includes ICC, LCIA and ICDR and ad hoc appointments."
In approximately 90 appointments in recent years she has handled a large variety of different types of claims relating to parties from all over the world many involving foreign law. Her recent appointments include claims relating to:
- share purchase and subscription agreements including related tax sharing agreements;
- joint ventures;
- distributorship agreements;
- telecommunications issues;
- pharmaceutical issues;
- banking issues;
- guarantees;
- put and call options;
- securities issues;
- international sale of goods cases;
- oil exploration;
- cargo issues;
- geophysical services;
- power, water and energy issues including pricing issues; and
- a host of various other contractual issues.
As advocate Hilary Heilbron's recent arbitrations include:
- a multi-million dollar claim relating to the power industry of a foreign state;
- a contractual claim for Euro750 million;
- representing a Middle Eastern company in relation to a multi-million breach of contract claim against a state;
- a multi-million dollar claim concerning the space industry;
- a claim for a Middle Eastern entity in relation to a US$300 million claim relating to banking interests;
- a claim for a major US utility company in an US$80 million dispute concerning an electricity pricing contract;
- an indemnity claim for almost US$200 million in the Far East; and
- a very substantial claim relating to financial issues concerning an electricity power plant in the Far East.
Hilary Heilbron QC is the author of a book on international arbitration in London.
Hilary Heilbron has wide experience in a range of areas of law, with particular emphasis on commercial litigation, both international and domestic. She has considerable knowledge of international conflicts, jurisdictional and similar issues, and has spoken and written about this on many occasions. Her experience ranges from various contractual disputes to insurance, international trade, banking, financial services, professional negligence and defamation law as well as other areas of law. In the commercial field her clients have included international conglomerates, utility companies, key financial regulators, FTSE 100 companies, governments as well as many foreign and national public and private companies. She has appeared as counsel in professional disciplinary hearings and appeals. She also has the relatively rare experience of having been a Department of Trade and Industry Inspector in a DTI inquiry into a major public company. She has also conducted an insider dealing inquiry. She has advised and represented international celebrities and other well known people in defamation cases. Hilary was described as "undoubtedly one of the best" according to her peers in Who's Who Legal 2015 acting for "both domestic and international clients in substantial disputes."
Cases of note include
- Thai Airways International Public Co Ltd v KI Holdings Co Ltd (formerly Koito Industries Ltd) [2015] EWHC 1250 (Comm);
- La Societe pour la Recherche, la Production, le Transport, la Transformation et la Commercialisation des Hydrocarbures SpA (Sonatrach) v Statoil Natural Gas LLC (Statoil) [2014] EWHC 875 (Comm)
- SulAmerica Cia Nacional de Seguros & 5 others -v- (1) Enesa Engenharia S.A - Enesa (2) Energia Sustentavel do Brasil - ESBR (3) Construcoes e Comerica Camargo Correa [2012] EWHC 42 (Comm)
- Dallah Real Estate Tourism Holding Co v Government of Pakistan [2010] UKSC 46
- Marjorie Ilma Knox v John Vere Evelyn Dean and Others [2005] UKPC 25
- Zockoll Group Limited v Mercury Communications Ltd
- R v SS for National Heritage ex parte J. Paul Getty Trust
- Giles v Thompson (H.L.)
- Re: Bank of Credit and Commerce International SA (No 10)
- Else (1982) Ltd v Parkland Holdings Ltd
- Nigel Zoan v Beatrice Rouamba
- Re Pharmedica GmbH's International Application No 649830
- Ketley v Gilbert
- Lakah Group v Al Jazeera Satellite Channel (Court of Appeal)
- "Dynamics, Discretion and Diversity: a recipe for unpredictability in international arbitration" Arbitration International Vol. 32 Number 2 2016
- Co-General Editor "SIAC Rules an Annotation" Lexis Nexis 2014
- "A Practical Guide to International Arbitration in London"
- A chapter on "Assessing Damages in International Arbitration" in the second edition of "The Leading Arbitrators' Guide to International Arbitration"
- "Rose Heilbron: Legal Pioneer of the 20th Century: Inspiring Advocate who became England's First Woman Judge", Hart Publishing, October 2012
Recent Articles include:
Bahrain Chamber for Dispute Resolution International Arbitration Review June 2015 "The English Court's Approach to review of Awards by way of Challenge and Enforcement."
"Interim Measures in International Commercial Arbitration – Useful Weapon or Tactical Missile": ICCC Congress Series No 18;
"Is International Arbitration becoming too Confrontational and Counter-intuitive? And some Guidelines as to how not to irritate a Tribunal!": Liber Amicorum for the 100th Anniversary of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (2015)
"Jurisdictional Issues Relating to Challenges and the New York Convention – Fictions, Failures and Finality – a Choice of Remedies": Turkish Commercial Law Review (2015)
Qualifications and Further Information
Hilary Heilbron QC is also a CEDR trained mediator.
MA (Oxon)
Current positions held
- Member of ICCA-ASIL Task Force on Damages.
- Deputy High Court Judge.
- She is a member of the LCIA Court.
- Member of the ICC UK Arbitration and ADR Committee.
- Member of the International Advisory Committee of the ICDR.
- She is on the panel of arbitrators at HKIAC, SIAC, KLRCA, CIETAC, Beijing Arbitration Commission "BAC", the Court of Arbitration to the Polish Chamber of Commerce, and is a registered ICDR arbitrator.
- She is a member of the IBA, and LCIA.
- She is a regular speaker at both arbitration and international litigation conferences and has contributed articles to various journals on both subjects.
- Admitted as a Legal Practitioner in New South Wales, Australia. Member of the New South Wales Bar Association.
- Vice President of the Association of Lancastrians in London.
- Fellow of ACICA, Sydney, Australia.
- Bencher of Gray's Inn.
Previous positions held
- Senior Vice Chair of the IBA Rule of Law Forum
- Vice Chair of the International Litigation Committee of the ABA section of International Law
- Chairman City Disputes Panel (2006 - 2007)
- Vice Chairman IBA International Litigation Committee (2003-04)
- Member of the CEDR Advisory Panel (1996 - 2002)
- Member of the Civil Justice Council (1998 - 2002)
- Member of the Bar Council (1991-99)
- Former Chair of the International Practice Committee of the Bar Council
- Vice-Chairman of the Marshall Aid Commemoration Commission (1998-2002)
- Chairman of the London Common Law and Commercial Bar Association (1991-93)
- Chairman of the independent working party into Civil Justice set up jointly by General
- Council of the Bar and the Law Society (1993)
- Department of Trade and Industry Inspector into Blue Arrow plc (1989-91)
Directory Quotes
Hilary Heilbron QC has glowing recommendations in many of the most respected directories as set out below both as arbitrator and also as advocate both in arbitration and litigation.
- Hilary Heilbron QC wins praise as "an amazing arbitrator" who is "very effective as chair" and is "always on top of things". She is also recognised for her excellent counsel work in international proceedings. (Who's Who Legal - UK Bar: Arbitration 2018)
- Widely considered to be a heavyweight in international arbitration who has expertise in cases concerning the energy, banking, telecommunications and pharmaceutical industries. She has been appointed under the rules of the ICC, AAA, ICDR and LCIA and has considerable experience of acting as an ad hoc and emergency arbitrator. She also accepts appointments as sole arbitrator, party-appointed arbitrator and chair of the tribunal."She has a great reputation as an arbitrator and she deserves it. She is smart, hard-working, decisive and collegial." (Chambers & Partners 2018)
- "Diligent, focused and experienced in major matters." (The Legal 500 2017)
- "A ubiquitous arbitration specialist." (The Legal 500 2017)
- "Hilary Heilbron QC draws widespread admiration thanks to her "tireless work ethic" and "incredible eye for detail". An accomplished counsel and arbitrator, Heilbron regularly appears in banking, telecoms, pharmaceutical and energy disputes." (Who's Who Legal - UK Bar: Arbitration 2017)
- "An intelligent arbitrator and a steady hand on the tiller." Ranked Band 1 as Arbitrator. (Chambers & Partners UK 2017)
- "Highly experienced both as counsel and as an arbitrator." (The Legal 500 2016)
- "Has brilliant strategic awareness" (Who's Who Legal Arbitration 2016)
- "Hilary Heilbron QC at Brick Court Chambers is an 'absolutely fantastic arbitrator' whose experience includes ICC, LCIA and ICDR and ad hoc appointments. (Who's Who Legal Arbitration 2016)
- "Hilary Heilbron QC is 'undoubtedly one of the best' barristers according to her peers. She acts for both domestic and international clients in substantial disputes." (Who's Who Legal Litigation 2015)
- "She remains analytically on top of legal issues. An expert in the procedure and in getting it organised" Ranked Band 1 as Arbitrator. (Chambers & Partners UK 2016)
- "She is indefatigable, and despite a busy schedule is always ready for calls, meetings and deadlines." (The Legal 500 2015)
- "Hilary's great skill at cutting to the essentials of a case keeps her in great demand." (Chambers & Partners 2015)
- "A great advocate with good business judgement." (The Legal 500 2014)
- "A very active arbitrator who is a class act." (The Legal 500 2014)
- "Hilary Heilbron QC of Brick Court Chambers impresses interviewees with her prowess as arbitrator on substantial commercial disputes, alongside her respected work as arbitration counsel." (Chambers & Partners Global, & Europe, 2014)
- "Hilary Heilbron QC's 'intelligence' and 'responsiveness' mark her out as 'one of the best QCs out there'." (The Legal 500 2013)
- "Hilary Heilbron QC of Brick Court Chambers has acted as counsel and arbitrator in a number of high-profile, political arbitrations. Including, most recently, in relation to English enforcement of an ICC award rendered in Paris. Her wide-ranging expertise is universally acknowledged, and she typically acts under ICC, LCIA and ICDR rules, as well as ad hoc appointments." (Chambers & Partners Global, 2013, ranked in Band 1, Arbitration (International): Most In Demand Arbitrators: Europe-wide)
- "Brick Court Chambers has a significant depth of arbitration expertise, exemplified by the presence within it of leading arbitrators such as the highly recommended Hilary Heilbron QC. She is experienced as both counsel and arbitrator, and has handled a wide range of disputes." (Chambers & Partners UK 2013, ranked in Band 1, International Arbitration: Arbitrators)
- Appears in The International Who's Who of Commercial Arbitration 2013
- Cited by the Legal 500 2012 as a leading practitioner in International Arbitration
- "Hilary Heilbron QC of Brick Court Chambers has extensive experience of acting as both counsel and arbitrator. A recent highlight was appearing as counsel in the UK's Supreme Court relating to the enforcement of a New York ICC award rendered in Paris." Ranked in Band 1, Arbitration (International): Most In Demand Arbitrators: Europe-wide (Chambers & Partners Global, 2012)
- "has 'the most wonderful ability to command respect with the mere raising of one eyebrow'." (The Legal 500 2011)
- "a long-standing name in international disputes and is respected by sources for her fast turnaround of cases and thorough focus." Ranked in Band 1 Arbitration (International) Most In Demand Arbitrators (Chambers & Partners Global, 2011)
- "'her rigorous preparation and aptitude in immediately grasping the facts' leave the market particularly impressed" (Chambers & Partners, 2010)
Privacy Notice
A privacy notice for Hilary Heilbron QC referable to sitting as an Arbitrator can be found here.


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Presidential candidate Gary Johnson, a longtime advocate of legalizing marijuana, says U.S. prisons are packed with too many small-time drug dealers.
In a meeting with the editorial board of The Telegraph in Nashua, N.H., the former New Mexico governor explained some of the reasoning for his controversial position:
"We now have 2.3 million people behind bars in this country, we have the highest incarceration rate of any country in the world," Johnson said. "The majority of those people behind bars are there because they sold small amounts of drugs."
We'll examine his claim in two parts: Is the U.S. really a global leader in incarcerating citizens? And are small amounts of drugs such as marijuana really to blame?
Johnson's New Hampshire Communications Director Matt Simon pointed us to some sources behind Johnson's claim, citing data from the Bureau of Justice Statistics and World Prison Brief, a publication of the International Centre for Prison Studies at the King's College School of Law in London.
We checked the Bureau of Justice Statistics figures and confirmed there were 2.3 million prisoners in local jails and state and federal prisons at the end of 2009.
The World Prison Brief lists prison population rates per 100,000 residents of each country.
The U.S. tops the list with 743 prisoners per 100,000 residents, followed by Rwanda with 595, the Russian Federation with 559, Georgia with 547 and the Virgin Islands (USA) with 539.
So Johnson is right with the first part of his claim about the total and the top ranking.
But do small-time drug dealers make up the majority of U.S. prisoners?
It depends whether you consider local, state or federal inmates, according to Tracy Snell, a statistician with the U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics.
The Bureau of Justice Statistics only investigates information regarding offense types every 5-7 years through inmate surveys, Snell said. So we had to go back to 2002 and 2004 for the most recent data that included the three levels of incarceration to determine what percentage of inmates were held for selling drugs.
The data reveal:
* Local level: 12.1 percent, which is far short of a majority.
* State level: 14.6 percent, also far short of a majority.
* Federal level: 50 percent.
Because the overwhelming majority of all prisoners are held at the state and local level, the number imprisoned for drug offenses is significantly short of a majority. Also, those numbers include all drug sales under the category drug trafficking. The percentages would likely be even smaller if they were limited to sales of small amounts of drugs the way Johnson suggested.
In our correspondence with Johnson's campaign, Communications Director Simon admitted the error.
"After communicating with a few experts, I can now confirm that the third claim is inaccurate," Simon said. "I believe the real number of those incarcerated for all drug-related crimes is closer to 25 percent of the overall population of incarcerated persons.
"Johnson may have been thinking specifically of the federal inmate population when he made the statement, and although there's difficulty in defining 'small amounts,' the statement is closer to being true if applied to inmates in federal prisons."
Gov. Johnson also admitted his need to clarify, Simon said.
"I just spoke with Gov. Johnson about his error and he said, 'I stand corrected, thanks!' so I'm sure he won't repeat this claim," Simon said.
So Johnson was correct to say that the U.S. has highest incarceration rate in the world, with an estimated total of 2.3 million inmates,but he was wrong that the majority of those imprisoned are being held for selling small amounts of drugs.
We rate Johnson's claim Half True.
Presidential candidate Gary Johnson, a longtime advocate of legalizing marijuana, says U.S. prisons are packed with too many small-time drug dealers.


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How to CookCleaning
Best of the Hotline: How to Clean an Enameled Cast Iron Pot
Some questions on the Hotline have staying power, and for good reason -- they cover the questions we ask ourselves time and time again. Join us as we revisit some of the most popular.
Today: We've all been there -- kitchen mishaps happen. Here are the best ways to clean your Le Creuset and other enameled cast iron pots.
A Le Creuset is a precious investment. Whether you acquired a few pieces thanks to your wedding registry or saved up for months to buy one, they are timeless pieces to add to your kitchen collection. A sturdy enameled cast iron pot should last a lifetime -- even if it gets a bit roughed up from your culinary adventures.
Early contest winner and former Food52 employee Peter came home with 40 pounds of apples from the farmers market to make a big batch of applesauce in his massive Le Creuset. Unfortunately, the applesauce didn't behave the way he wanted, and what he was left with was a blackened, burnt bottom in his Dutch oven. After soaking it overnight, scraping it with a sharp spatula, and scrubbing it, he was desperate for help and turned to the Hotline for cleaning advice -- where people have been sharing tips and tricks for 3 years and counting:
Soak, Soak Baby -- with Baking Soda:
- StacyG suggests soaking the pot overnight with baking soda and hot water. The next morning, scrub it with a dish brush and repeat the process if needed. Citygal approves of this method -- she had the same thing happen to her when she made applesauce and StacyG's suggestion worked perfectly.
- Sam1148 offers a similar solution: "Add about 1/2 inch of hydrogen peroxide to the pot. Add 1 to 2 teaspoons of baking soda. Heat until it starts to bubble up. It needs the heat to start the reaction. Simmer for about ten minutes and brush with a scrub brush. Repeat as needed." The method worked like magic for a number of community members, including dnfenwick, mikefromholden, and Ginatralala.
- Another tried and true method is a white vinegar and baking soda soak, suggested by aargersi and boulangere. Simmer white vinegar in the pot with a bit of baking soda added to it, scrubbing as needed. It took latoscana a few rounds of doing this, but it did eventually work and now she's left with a spotless pot.
More: Save yourself the trouble of a burnt pot and roast your applesauce instead.
Soak, Soak Baby -- with Something Stronger:
- Dnbaer uses dishwasher detergent on her Le Creuset, and suggests using a brand that contains enzymes. Dissolve the detergent in hot water in the pot, and let the pot soak overnight. Gale seconds this method: "It softens the burnt on crud and makes it much easier to scrub off -- whether it's Le Creuset or stainless cookware."
- Put your other household detergent to work with the method frausimon outlines. She suggests filling the pot with one part laundry detergent and three parts water, boiling it for 5 to 7 minutes, letting it cool in the pot, and then scrubbing as needed. Once it's clean, coat the inside with white vinegar using a soft cloth -- this will help make the inside shiny again.
Finally, Burnt Offerings provides some words of comfort if all else fails, nothing works, and you're still left with a scarred pot. Her favorite pot has burnt spots from rice grains that may never go away. "I've learned to live with them and would miss them in the bottom of my pot now. It has character."
Tell us: How do you clean your precious pots?
Photos by James Ransom


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Edina, MN (PRWEB) July 13, 2015
Dr. Andres R. Sanchez, a leading periodontist with PerioWest, now welcomes patients from the Edina area for treatment of their missing teeth. Using dental implants, Edina, MN, patients can now restore their smiles and self-confidence with a long-lasting tooth replacement treatment. Implants are one of the oldest tooth replacement options and have been used over the course of many years. With new advancements in dental technology, dental implants are now lasting longer than ever.
Patients with missing teeth often experience problems chewing and maintaining proper function in the mouth. This is especially true if they have more than one missing tooth. After a tooth is lost, the bone of the jaw is no longer properly stimulated and begins to deteriorate. This atrophy can eventually lead to facial deformity and further deterioration of functionality. However, if the degradation is caught in time, it can be halted with the use of dental implants in Edina, MN.
An implant provides function, while restoring the natural look of a patient's smile. It is made using three separate, but vital components: the crown, the abutment and the titanium root. The crown is designed to aesthetically simulate the precise tooth it is meant to replace. Dr. Sanchez will match the color of the crown to existing teeth so no one will be able to distinguish the difference. The abutment is the piece that joins the crown to the root. This titanium root is surgically implanted in the jaw. Over time, it fuses with the bone to create a strong bond, one that is similar to that of the jaw and natural teeth.
The benefits of dental implants are immense. In other treatment options, such as a bridge, healthy teeth may be shaved down to act as a support structure for the tooth replacement. In cases where dentures are utilized, the jaw is not properly stimulated, so the deterioration of the jaw bone continues progressively unnoticed. Furthermore, since implants can be used as support structures for dentures, patients do not have to receive dental implants in Edina, MN, for each missing tooth. Patients with missing teeth should contact Dr. Sanchez to create a customized plan, allowing them to regain their smiles and confidence with the utilization of implant technology.
About the Practice
PerioWest is a periodontal practice offering personalized dental care for patients in Eden Prairie, MN, and the Twin Cities areas. Dr. Andres R. Sanchez received his Certificate & Master's Degree in Periodontics from the prestigious Mayo Clinic in Minnesota in 2004. He is a Board-Certified with the American Board of Periodontology. In addition, Dr. Sanchez has been involved as a primary author in more than ten scientific papers published in major periodontal and implant dentistry journals. To learn more about Dr. Sanchez and the services he provides, please visit his website at http://www.periowestmn.com or call (952) 479-4705.


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