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Internal injury compensation
Contact Our Team
Our solicitors are here to provide support if you have suffered an internal injury that was not your fault.
As specialists in serious injury claims, we understand how traumatic, worrying and difficult dealing with an internal injury can be.
We offer expert assistance, empathy and understanding to move claims forward in the best way for you.
Do get in touch to tell us about your situation and find out how we can help.
Can I claim compensation for an internal injury?
You can claim compensation if you or a loved one has suffered an internal injury due to someone else's negligence.
It is only possible to make a claim when the outcome for the individual was worse due to the negligence suffered. For example, if treatment for an internal injury was delayed due to medical negligence, compensation could be awarded if that delay led to a more severe outcome.
Internal injury compensation may result from a serious accident or incident, such as a car crash or animal related incident, industrial or workplace illness or injury. It could also be down to medical negligence or a surgical mistake.
Our medical negligence claims team can help where an internal injury is the result of misdiagnosis or poor treatment. Help is also available where an internal injury caused more harm than it would have done due to delays or mistakes in diagnosis or treatment.
If a loved one suffered an internal injury and died, our fatal injury team can help you get answers and damages.
Our mental capacity specialists are there for when an injured person cannot make decisions or claim for themselves.
Common internal injury claims
Internal injury claims commonly result from medical negligence, mistakes during surgery and due to traumatic injuries.
Any internal injury that would not have happened if it had not been for someone else's negligent actions may result in a damages payment.
Internal injury is a possibility during some surgery and medical treatments. Patients should be properly warned of this. If not, that can amount to negligence.
Internal injury claims commonly arise in relation to:
penetrating trauma (where something punctured the skin) and blunt trauma (where the injury results from a blow or pressure that did not puncture the skin)
- abdominal aorta aneurysm, which is screened for in men aged 65 and over in England
- brain injuries
- collapsed lung / pneumothorax
- gynaecology related issues
- peritonitis, perhaps due to missed or delayed diagnosis, surgery, injury to the stomach or a burst stomach ulcer or appendix that wasn't properly treated
- internal bleeding (due to a surgical injury, traumatic accident or an untreated illness such as a stomach ulcer)
- organ injury
- ruptured spleen, commonly caused in road traffic collisions, falls or when ribs are broken
Internal injury claims often arise due to:
- surgical errors
- medical negligence
- workplace accidents
- road traffic collisions
- animal related incidents, especially crushing by a large animal like a cow
If you have suffered any kind of internal injury and believe someone else was to blame, we can help.
Missed diagnosis of abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA)
We secured damages of £325,000 for the widow of 45-year-old Eric* who suffered an abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) and died when it was not spotted by medics.
An expert in emergency medicine reported that Eric's symptoms were typical of AAA. He should have been scanned and sent urgently to a surgeon. A surgeon reported that there was a 70% likelihood of surgery saving his life.
Eric had suffered sudden severe pain in his abdomen and was taken to hospital by ambulance. He saw a doctor who carried out an ECG and thought there was a problem with his heart. He was admitted to a cardiology ward but died 24 hours later.
A post mortem showed that Eric had suffered a ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) – part of the main blood vessel from his heart had become weak and ballooned out. The weakened vessel then split and he suffered a massive bleed.
It took some time for the hospital to accept liability.
Our fatal injury claims team understand that no amount of money can compensate for the death of a loved one. Our solicitors work hard to secure damages to help families cope when the worst happens and uncover exactly what happened to their loved one. Families often take some comfort in a reassurance that the same mistake is less likely to affect someone else.
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How long do I have to claim for an internal injury?
Claims usually need to be brought within three years of the injury or you becoming aware of the negligence. However, there are circumstances where that does not apply.
In cases involving children the time limit is extended to three years after their 18th birthday (to their 21st birthday).
If someone has mental capacity issues, such as due to a brain injury or pre-existing learning difficulty, there is no deadline to make a claim.
If you have been injured and are not sure if you are still in time to make a claim, it is best to speak to a solicitor for advice.
Do I need a specialist solicitor for an internal injury compensation claim?
Specialist medical negligence and personal injury solicitors are best placed to support you with a compensation claim.
We have deep connections with medical specialists who can help you to understand the long-term needs your injury may lead to. We then ensure compensation is in place to link you to the full range of help you require. Our experience allows us to maximise the damages you receive and uncover explanations of what happened in your case.
Because we have worked with lots of other people who have suffered internal injuries we also have a deep understanding of the stresses you may be under. Our solicitors strive to relieve as much pressure from you in relation to the legal process and accessing care and support.
Discover what our clients say about us via: Why choose Enable Law?
How much can I claim for an internal injury?
Compensation for internal injuries can range from hundreds of pounds to many thousands or even more than a million.
The amount of damages depends heavily on the cost of ongoing care, equipment and treatment required. Someone young who has lifelong needs as a result of their injury is likely to qualify for a much higher award.
There are two elements to damages awards. One is the 'special damages' element, which takes into account all costs you may face as a result of your injury. This covers things like loss of earnings, house adaptations and carer costs and can add up to a very large sum.
The other is 'general damages,' which is an amount of pain and suffering and is based on specific guidelines depending on the type of injury suffered. General damages can be significant but are often less than the special damages element calculated based on your individual circumstances.
Frequently asked questions
You can find more frequently asked questions, as well as in-depth client guides, via our: Guides and FAQs page.


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RSPBA regrades Peel Police along with member bands
The RSPBA has moved the Peel Regional Police Pipe Band to Grade 2, when the band is not a member of the organization. The move overshadowed the news of the elevations of RSPBA member bands Glasgow Skye and Lomond & Clyde to Grade 1.
Also going to Grade 2 was Ravara of Northern Ireland, after the band worked for the whole of the 2016 season to return to competition.
The RSPBA has regraded non-member bands in the past, and has also rejected bands entering certain grades at the World Championships, informing them that they must play in a grade not officially assigned to them by their home association.
The organization downgraded EUSPBA members City of Washington to Grade 2 in 2010, and in 2014 the band dissolved. In 2008, the RSPBA rejected the entry of EUSPBA Grade 1 band Oran Mor, requiring the band to compete in Grade 2 at the World's. In 2013, Oran Mor assimilated into the Stuart Highlanders, which is now an EUSPA Grade 2 band.
+ RSPBA downgrades EUSPBA's City of Washington
+ Oran Mor to compete in Grade 2 at World's
+ Oran Mor folds; Stuart Highlanders welcome members in combined band
"We're aware of the RSPBA decision and are reviewing it," said PPBSO President Chris Buchanan, whose Music Committee has not yet met to make recommendations on regradings of its members.
Lomond & Clyde of Glasgow won three of five RSPBA major championships, losing at the European and World's to Glasgow Skye. The upgrades, along with the move to Grade 2 of Wallacestone & District, were widely expected. Royal Burgh of Stirling also was moved to Grade 2.
Despite City of Glasgow announcing last week that it was no longer operating, the RSPBA went ahead anyway and included the band in its downgrades, officially moving them to Grade 3A.
"The band is thrilled to have been promoted to the top grade following a successful season in Grade 2," said Lomond & Clyde Pipe-Major David Wilton. "We look forward to a hard winter in preparation for the band's toughest challenge yet. Congratulations to all the other bands promoted, especially Glasgow Skye who will be joining us in the top grade."
Both Glasgow Skye and Lomond & Clyde have reaped the reward of appointing new leadership, with Wilton taking over Lomond & Clyde after the 2015 season and Ewan Henderson being made pipe-major of Glasgow Skye in 2014 and Arthur Cook appointed lead-drummer in 2015.
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The Peel Regional Police have competed in Grade 1 for more than 20 straight years. The band has consistently competed at the World Pipe Band Championships, but has not qualified for the Grade 1 final in the recent past. The band finished last in its group in the World's Medley qualifier and second-last to Ravara in the MSR. Peel also generally finished third when it competed in three-band Grade 1 events in Ontario.
Peel Police have started a teaching program and hope to launch a Grade 5 band in 2018.
Buchanan declined to comment as to whether it is appropriate for the RSPBA to regrade non-member bands.
The RSPBA also upgraded the College of Piping (Summerside) of Prince Edward Island to Grade 4A, presumably in case the band's home association, the Atlantic Canada Pipe Band Association, had plans to upgrade the group to Grade 3. The band won Grade 4B at the 2017 World's.
Neither RSPBA Chief Executive Ian Embelton nor RSPBA Grading Committee Chair Bruce Cargill had responded to questions from pipes|drums at publication time. Peel Regional Police Pipe-Major John Cairns, busy with his band at an event in Ottawa, promised to respond to questions.
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Radhe Movie, the highly anticipated film Radhe by Salman Khan, will be released in theaters and on various platforms on May 13, 1321. Like every year, Salman Khan is all set to release his Eid movie on this day. What you need to see now is how successful this movie is. Since there is a chaotic situation across the country due to Government 19, it is something to see how much of an impact it will have on this movie.
Radhe movie will be released on ZEE5 with ZEEPlex, ZEE's pay-per-view service, which is based on the OTT operating system ZEE5. If you don't want to watch this movie on OTT platform instead of going to the theater then you have to watch this movie under GPlex pay per view service which you have to pay.
Radhe Movie storyline:
As we all know Salman Khan is known as an action hero, apparently the movie is also full of action. Radhe Movie Story is about ending the drug trade that is rampant in Mumbai. In this movie, Salman Khan will appear in the role of a special police officer who has met 97 encounters so far.
The drug trade is destroying the youth and the mafia behind it is so powerful that Radhe chooses who he wants to get rid of completely. In this movie, Radhe gets a very soft heart and the role of a very dangerous police officer when needed. Speaking of the story of this movie, the story of the movie is very worn out. Many such films have been made in Bollywood.
But when it comes to being a fan follower of Salman Khan, this movie might be a bit special for its fans, but if you expect a lot from this movie, you will be disappointed. However, this will turn out to be a bit slow for entertainment purposes or for the passage of time.
Movie name | Radhe |
IMDB rating | No. |
Style | Crime thriller |
Stars | Salman Khan, Disha Pathani, Randeep Hooda |
Director | Prabhu Deva |


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NBA Milwaukee Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo limped out of his side's overtime win against the Miami Heat in NBA play-offs.
Antetokounmpo, on course to win his second consecutive NBA MVP award this season, reinjured his sprained right ankle in the second period on Sunday.
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But the Bucks went on to win 118-115, avoiding a four-game sweep in the best-of-seven Eastern Conference semi-final.
In the Western Conference, the Los Angeles Lakers beat the Houston Rockets 117-109 to level their series at 1-1.
Inspired by the 34 points of Anthony Davis, who combined with LeBron James for 62 points and 21 rebounds, the Lakers held off the Rockets' second-half comeback.
Giannis Antetokounmpo, who could miss Thursday's fifth game with his side trailing 3-1, had made a strong start with 19 points in 11 minutes of the first quarter before he was taken off.
The 25-year-old, who was named this season's defensive player of the year, had injured his ankle in the third quarter of the third game, but he was declared fit after completing a warm-up on Sunday.
He was averaging 27.6 points and 15.0 rebounds in eight play-off games before Sunday, but the Bucks sealed victory as Khris Middleton stepped up to score 36 points in Giannis Antetokounmpo's absence.
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"We all fought, especially with Giannis going down the way he did," said Middleton, one of six Bucks players to score double figures in the must-win game.
"He came out and tried to fight for us with a bad ankle. We wanted to have his back and just fight for him, and fight for everybody."
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Accounting – 5 tips to make your clients pay on time
You should not hold your business cash flow just because of late payments from your customers. Instead, you should keep the cash of your company flowing by maintaining the relationship with your clients and by making them pay on time. So, how can you do this? Follow these 5 tips in order to make your clients pay on time.
Set up exact payment terms
It is vital to tell the exact payment terms of your company to your clients upfront. Sometimes your customers may have some wrong assumptions about your company's payment terms. For instance, they may think that your business requires payment on particular days like 15 or 1st of every month or operates on a net 30 basis. Thus, by explaining the payment terms of your company to them, including the due dates and other relevant information, you can make your customers pay on time.
Make a payment calendar
You should create a payment calendar of each of your clients, particularly for big jobs. Instead of just sending one huge bill to the client when the project ends, you should calculate the time when you will hit particular landmarks. Once you create this calendar with mutual discussion, you can send invoices to your client as you complete those parts of the project.
Use cloud based accounting tools
Cloud based accounting tools can really help your business to grow and make your clients pay on time. With these tools, you can access every accounting detail of your company from the balance sheet and that too anytime and anywhere.
You can view the same documents, which you edit on your computer, from your Smartphone. In case you need to edit some invoice at the last minute, you can do so from anywhere at any time from your computer or mobile device and send it immediately.
Invoice properly on time
You should submit your invoices on time and consistently every month. For this, you can set alerts or reminders or set up recurring or automatic invoices. This in turn will save your time that is wasted on unnecessary communication between businesses, employees, and customers.
Reward your clients
You can give incentives to your clients when they pay on time or when they pay using a platform that is most convenient to you. You can also offer some discount to your clients for early payments. Such financial incentives give your clients some reason to pay heed to your company's invoices. These small things can encourage and propel your clients to pay on time.
Bonus: Keep a thorough audit track
You need to follow your paperwork by storing all your documents, bills, and invoices in one place. This way your business can operate smoothly. Plus, such audit trails add security for your customers as well as your business. Otherwise, you might want to consider getting an accounting firm in Johor Bahru and let the experts manage for you.
Use these 5 tips to make your customers pay on time and to improve the relationship with your clients. Plus, these tips can lower your financial stress too.


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Just a week after his inauguration, Pope Francis is already trying to revamp his image as a contemporary-art-hating wet blanket. The Vatican has announced that it will have its own contemporary art show at this year's Venice Art Biennale, Art F City reports.
Since its establishment as an independent state in 1929, the Vatican has never once participated in the Biennale, arguably the world's most important international art exhibition. Five years ago, the Vatican's minister of culture Gianfranco Ravasi voiced some interest their participation in the 2009 Biennale, but ultimately got cold feet. Apparently they psyched themselves out with the notion of being adjacent to installations like "Madonna Cries Sperm," which caused some controversy in Bologna that year.
So we've gotta hand it to dear Popey, notorious hater of Argentina's "blasphemous" art scene, for attempting to show that the Catholic Church is totally "with it" and thinking outside of the Bible box. The artists representing the Vatican are still TBA, but we did get our hands on this juicy tidbit: their theme will be… "The First Book of Genesis." Wow. Womp.


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Data & Analytics in Local Government
Panel Discussion: Utilizing data and analytics to improve decision making and service delivery
Featured speakers
- Andrea Mckinney, General Manager, Corporate Services, Town Of Orangeville
- David Messer, Program Manager, Data and Technology, Smart Cities Office, City of Guelph
- Duncan S. Rowe, Manager, Analytics and Visualization, Data, Analytics and Visualization Services, Corporate Services, Regional Municipality of York
- Jazz Pablo, Director, Information Services, City of Kelowna
The Importance of Data
Local governments manage large sources of information and data and are involved in a wide variety of work, much of it underpinned by data. In fact, data often allows various local governments to collaborate and was crucial during the height of the pandemic. Jazz Pablo, the Director of Information Services at the City of Kelowna in southern British Columbia, says that in order "to solve common problems," particularly the large ones "that we see across the country" like homelessness and other forms of inequality, "we need to come together. It's all about relationships. COVID has taught us that." Data is hugely important in solving major challenges, but at the end of the day, "it doesn't matter how great your data quality is if we're not working together to come up with a common solution."
"We use data right at the core level of our existence, as a City. It is about the people and the financial terms. The pandemic was a good wake-up call because we weren't necessarily using our data previously to focus on the things that mattered. With data modeling so much a part of the discussions around dealing with the pandemic, it also normalized it and took it away from being just an IT function. That made a big difference."
Jazz Pabla, Director, Information Services, City of Kelowna
Andrea Mckinney, the General Manager of Corporate Services for the Town Of Orangeville in Dufferin County in south-central Ontario, says that "municipalities often view themselves as unique," but in reality, "they just have different priorities for a common set of problems." As such, councils "often end up reinventing the wheel." What they should be doing is "sticking together to share frameworks. Data is a great way of engaging with our communities and developing those frameworks." In many ways that were proven during the pandemic.
Duncan S. Rowe, the Manager of Analytics and Visualization, Data, Analytics and Visualization Services within the Corporate Services department at the Regional Municipality of York in southern Ontario, says that COVID-19 "exposed a single source of the truth and reinforced the value of the data on our master plan." During the height of the pandemic, "we needed an authoritative list of all care settings and providers in the community, so having that data trusted in our pocket was so important."
For David Messer, the Program Manager of Data and Technology in the Smart Cities Office at the City of Guelph in the County of Wellington, about 100 km west of Toronto, data is being used in a unique way. They got funding to run a project "called 'Our Food Future', which is all about creating Canada's first technology-enabled circular food economy." The City of Guelph is the leader, but "I work with about 150 collaborators across our region to try and create a new sustainable circular food environment." The project is in its early stages, and "last year was really all about finding data and pulling data together from different collaborators."
Coping with the pandemic
Duncan Rowe says that data has been really important throughout their entire region during the pandemic because as part of the public health response, it "has provided a high sense of confidence," in part because through data, "we can ensure everybody has similar perspectives." However, as much as COVID-19 was an equalizer, it also became the sole focus for many public sector institutions. Jazz Pablo says that when the pandemic first hit, "all of the extra-curricular things that are nice to do, sort of disappeared." In part that was because there was a lack of cash flow. In the City of Kelowna in particular there are a number of casinos that provide constant cash injections into the City, "but as soon as the casinos shut down, cash flow gets tight." In the first instance, to cope with that, they began by "creating some predictive models." Beyond the financial impacts though, there were other things to deal with too. "We did daily health checks, but simply getting the information is the easy part. We then had to present that data back so we could make decisions right away. We were literally making these data models and dashboards on the fly." The City also became responsible for counseling services and managing people.
"The pandemic really stressed the need for restaurants and other organizations to work together. Data is the layer that can help them all make smarter decisions in a very unpredictable world.David Messer, Program Manager, Data and Technology, Smart Cities Office, City of Guelph
David Messer, Program Manager, Data and Technology, Smart Cities Office, City of Guelph
Andrea Mckinney says that although there are no casinos in their region, they still had to think about the impact of financial losses as a result of the pandemic. In some way, they re-invented themselves as a provider, responsible "for the community's mental health and well-being." Moreover, the pandemic gave the municipality a chance to re-assess and to "enable businesses to use our data platform as a business resiliency map." In other words, they are "using analytics, and specifically the crowd management function to ensure that we are able to keep public spaces open through the use of AI-based camera technology." The idea of this is to inform businesses "about when traffic will be at its highest, particularly monitoring the frequency of pedestrian foot traffic" as businesses recover post-pandemic.
David Messer says that although much of the rest of his office was dealing with the effects of the pandemic, he had "federal funding to do something else." As part of their food project, they are "working with about 27 different food relief organizations right now and doing geo-mapping" on where people get their food from. As a result of the pandemic, some of these organizations began delivering food to vulnerable people. When people didn't want to go out, they noticed that many began "planting edibles in their neighborhoods." As a result, the municipality created "a map of all the different community garden options and all the trees producing edibles." The main focus of the whole project "is to create an urban-rural living lab where we can move from the idea of taking food waste and repurposing it as a resource to really implementing solutions." This means working with universities and start-ups – "about 40 different companies" – "to re-use what was once waste." The pandemic provided an opportunity for many of these companies "to collaborate in ways that they hadn't before." For instance, some restaurants across the County are "creating restaurant data cooperatives so they can all share information and work together in a shared environment."
Show people your idea for your big project. It might be something that is five years away from completion, but give them a taste. It is something they will be able to see and associate with. Then find your data champions and bring them together, just one step at a time.
Andrea Mckinney, General Manager, Corporate Services, Town Of Orangeville
Duncan Rowe says that another lesson from the pandemic is that systems and processes "are interconnected. The success of any program or service delivery is only as strong as those that are contributing to it." There are opportunities for collaboration now that never previously existed, and "an openness to accelerate that journey." In their municipality, one of the ways that they are highlighting some of the data issues is through "our 'Data Hero Campaign', where we shine a spotlight on people who are taking care of our foundational data assets." They are also partnering a lot more than before and "building a sense of camaraderie" within their offices. This helps them with motivation and planning.
David Messer says that they too are partnering. In fact, as part of their smart cities initiative, they are "creating a data utility for Guelph and Wellington County – a utility that provides data services to the whole community, much like a water utility or power utility." For the food project, will incorporate "restaurant and farm cooperatives to control their own data." The real benefit will be "if a new restaurant comes to town, they can plug in and get all sorts of data that everyone is willing to share with them." Ultimately, this will "help everyone improve their operations, improve sustainability and improve social outcomes."
Using data better
The pandemic has shown just how necessary data can be. At the same time, there are organizations and individuals who are still skeptical and hesitant about data and its implications. One of the reasons for that could be, as Jazz Pabla says, that "some people are afraid of data because they are may be afraid of the story that it's going to tell." This means that people working with data need to show more empathy and maybe also "take the data function out of IT." As much as dashboards and performance measures are useful, "we have to be aware before we start making them that some people don't want to use or see data because they just don't know what it's going to tell," or they know that it will not validate their assertions. On that point, David Messer says that "we should take the tech out of it as much as possible. People don't really need to know too much. All they really need to know are the tangible business values that come out of the data." This is particularly true for small businesses and start-ups. "A lot of the work that I'm doing is literally with organizations where there's one laptop managing all the inventory, with dodgy internet service. A lot of people are way behind where something like a large municipality is at, and it is often very overwhelming."
Andrea Mckinney agrees and says "it's important to be able to demonstrate the business value. Don't focus on the technology but focus on the outcomes you want. Start small and show quick wins."
Sometimes projects are a slog, but I've never seen a period where we've gone backwards. We have issues and problems, but data can help us to come together to solve these problems, so I am feeling optimistic. The future is bright.
Duncan S. Rowe, Manager, Analytics and Visualization, Data, Analytics and Visualization Services, Corporate Services, Regional Municipality of York


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Veolia North America Projects in Sustainability and Energy Efficiency Earn Top Project of the Year Awards from Environment + Energy Leader
Veolia North America (VNA), a leading provider of environmental solutions in the U.S., today announced that it is the recipient of two elite Top Project of the Year Awards, handed out every year by Environment + Energy Leader in recognition of outstanding contributions to the fields of energy and environmental management. The two projects won awards in their individual categories, one for environmental sustainability and the other for energy solutions.
The two VNA projects to be singled out for recognition are:
A visionary project performed by VNA's environmental solutions team to recycle wind turbine blades when they have reached the end of their life cycle. In partnership with GE Renewable Power, GE wind turbine blades are dismantled, cut into sections and then processed into confetti-like material used in the manufacturing of "green" cement. Before the project, most wind turbine blades -- which can stretch up to 120 feet or more and have an average life cycle of about 20 years -- were disposed of in landfills, an unsustainable solution to a sustainable form of energy. The fiberglass, wood and other materials found in the blades are isolated and shredded, then shipped to cement manufacturing kilns replacing traditional fuels such as coal and helping to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by as much as 27 percent. This is the second major award the project has won since it was launched.
"We are enormously pleased and proud to be recognized with this award, which is the result of hard work and dedication on the part of our team," said Bob Cappadona, VNA executive vice president and COO for the company's waste management division.
VNA was also recognized for a highly successful, comprehensive energy efficiency project performed by Enovity, VNA's California-based energy services company. The California team worked with Community Regional Medical Center in Fresno to develop and implement comprehensive energy conservation measures including installing LED lighting systems and optimizing the hospital's central cooling plant. With these improvements, the hospital has reduced total electricity consumption by more than 10 percent, resulting in annual cost savings of more than $600,000 while reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 1,350 metric tons. The plant is also now more responsive to cooling needs during summer peaks, improving patient and staff comfort.
"This award is a tremendous validation of the expertise and commitment on the part of our team in California. I'm proud they are being recognized for their hard work," said Keith Oldewurtel, VNA executive vice president and COO of VNA's energy services division.
The Environment + Energy Leader Awards are meant to recognize excellence in products and services that provide companies with energy and environmental benefits, and in projects implemented by companies that improved environmental or energy management and increased the bottom line. "With a very experienced and critical judging panel and a strict set of judging criteria, entrants faced an extremely high bar to qualify for an award in 2021," said Sarah Roberts, Environment + Energy Leader publisher.
About Veolia: The Veolia Group's ambition is to be the benchmark company for the ecological transition. With operations on every continent and almost 179,000 employees, the Group designs and distributes useful, concrete solutions for the management of water, waste, and energy, which help bring about radical change. Through its three complementary activities, Veolia is growing access to resources, preserving the resources available, and renewing them. In 2020, the Veolia Group provided 95 million people with drinking water and 62 million with sanitation; it generated almost 43 million megawatt hours and recycled 47 million tons of waste. Veolia Environnement (Paris Euronext: VIE) posted consolidated sales of €26.010 billion in 2020.
About Veolia North America: A subsidiary of Veolia group, Veolia North America (VNA) offers a full spectrum of water, waste and energy management services, including water and wastewater treatment, commercial and hazardous waste collection and disposal, energy consulting and resource recovery. VNA helps commercial, industrial, healthcare, higher education and municipality customers throughout North America. Headquartered in Boston, Mass., Veolia North America has more than 7,000 employees working at more than 250 locations across the continent. www.veolianorthamerica.com
About the Environment + Energy Leader Awards
For nearly a decade, the Environment + Energy Leader Awards have celebrated excellence in the world of environmental, sustainability and energy management. Award winners are truly buzz-worthy, and companies that sport a Top Project or Top Product of the Year Award badge are known to be the best of the best. When other companies are seeking a sustainability or energy management solution, they know that E+E Product of the Year Award winners offer a significant group of products, vetted by experts, to peruse for help in making their decisions. Project of the Year Award winners are known to illustrate how sustainability and energy management projects can successfully help other companies improve the bottom line.
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Daily Scraping Product Price from various E-commerce Websites
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We need to scrape product data from couple of E-commerce sites.
Some of those sites are listed in attached spreadsheet.
Ideally the scrapper must run daily to extract price and deliver daily files to us. Get all the details on product page:
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– Product Description
– Images URLs
– List price
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– Category
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– Best Seller Rank#
– Images
The data then needs to be inserted into Excel Spreadsheet as well as download the product images.
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Police & Sheriff Calls, Nov. 23-27
Nov. 23
Stop Hitting Each Other: Police were called to the 2100 block of Church St. at 12:30 AM to break up a disturbance between a 21-year-old woman and a 19-year-old man, who were reportedly arguing and hitting each other.
Pokemon Go Home: An 82-year-old woman called police at 3:38 AM to report a suspicious person, a 33-year-old woman, was driving around the intersections of Fourth Ave. and Reserve St. The woman told police she was playing Pokemon Go.
Motorist Assist: Deputies stopped to help a driver with a flat tire near Main St. and Soo Maria Ave. at 5:15 AM.
Suspicious Vehicle: A caller reported a suspicious vehicle parked outside Subway in Amherst at 11:48 PM. The car belonged to an employee doing prep work for the following day.
Fake $20: An employee of Save A Lot, 3264 Church St., reported someone paid for merchandise with a counterfeit $20 bill at 3:41 PM. About an hour later, an employee of the Dime and Dollar thrift store, which is located next door, also reported receiving a fake $20 bill. The culprit is described only as a white male.
Fake Script: Police arrested a 44-year-old man from the 900 block of Illinois Ave. after he was accused of trying to obtain an opiate prescription by deceit at 7:47 PM.
Hit & Run: Police cited a 24-year-old woman for hit and run, failure to file and accident report and failure to keep her vehicle under control following a crash on the 1100 block of Division St. at 7:27 PM.
Nov. 24
OWI: Police arrested a 23-year-old woman for driving under the influence near Post Rd. and Minnesota Ave. at 12:48 AM. She was pulled over for driving without her lights on. Police also discovered she had an open intoxicant in her vehicle.
Accidental Dial: A cleaning woman on the 1400 block of Sky Line Dr. accidentally hit the 911 button on a company phone, summoning deputies. The woman hit the button by mistake as she was dusting at 12:56 PM.
OWI: A 29-year-old woman was arrested for OWI after she was caught driving near Stanley and Fremont streets without her lights on at 2:57 AM.
Harassment: Police were called to the 400 block of Division St. at 2:29 AM after a caller reported threats and harassment involving several young men between the ages of 16 and 20.
Trespassing: A 44-year-old man was cited for trespassing near Third St. W and County Trunk G in Junction City at 1:09 PM.
Bad Excuse: Deputies stopped a 25-year-old man driving on I-39 at mile marker 169 after a caller reported the car was weaving. The driver claims "newer tired made it difficult to steer."
Mailbox Fatality: A 70-year-old man reported someone vandalized the mailbox at his Dixon St. home at 7:57 AM.
License Plate Vandalism: A 29-year-old woman called police at 9:15 AM to report someone damaged her license plate, plate frame and a car magnet as it was parked on the 2100 block of Division St.
13-Year-Old Driver: Police conducted a traffic stop on a 13-year-old female driver at 1 AM near Church and Williams streets. The passenger, a 22-year-old man, was arrested for contributing to the delinquency of a minor, resisting an officer and failure to maintain sex offender registry.
Nov. 25
Missing Money: An 85-year-old patient called police at 5:21 AM to report someone had stolen $400 from her room on the 1800 block of Bluebell Ln.
Battery: A 54-year-old man was arrested on a charge of battery against a 54-year-old woman at 11:30 PM.
Bad Neighbors: Police were called at 8:04 PM to break up a physical altercation between two male neighbors, aged 51 and 26, on the 1900 block of Water St.
Stolen Mail: A 58-year-old woman called police at 7:30 PM to report her mailbox and mail had been stolen from her River View Ave. residence.
Nov. 26
OWI: A 59-year-old man was arrested for his first OWI at 11:42 PM from the intersection of Strongs Ave. and Main St.
Nov. 27
Bad Dudes: Two men were arrested, a 25-year-old man for substantial battery and a 28-year-old man for bail-jumping, following a disturbance on the 800 block of Main St. at 2:10 AM.
Mailbox Fatality: A 57-year-old man called deputies to report someone had damaged the mailbox at his Little Chicago Rd. home at 8:29 AM. Estimated value of the damage is $100.
Money Thief: A 55-year-old woman on the 3200 block of Water St. reported at 3:09 PM that an unknown person entered her home while she was gone and stole about $750 in cash and change.


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Secondary Water
The City of South Jordan provides secondary water to a portion of the city through gravity fed and a pressurized piped system. The water is made available through four main canals that run through the city. In addition, the city also owns and maintains the Beckstead Canal which provides water to irrigate the Mulligans Golf Course. The main source of water that feeds the four canals comes from Utah Lake. The quality of water from this source changes throughout the year. The season dates for the startup/shutdown of the canals is typically May 1 to October 15. These dates are estimates and can change based on weather or other factors and is controlled by each respective canal company.
View the Secondary Water Map (PDF).
Measures Taken
The City is dedicated to improving the system and the quality of water through the installation of weir screens, amiad filters on pump stations, and adding drain valves to flush the waterlines. The amount of pressure received at your location is dependent on the distance from the canal, relative elevation of your property to the canal, the number of users within the zone, and the water level within the canal. Additionally, the Parks and Water divisions have been working together to convert parks and open spaces irrigation systems to run off of secondary
Each of the four major canals has weirs that divert water from the canal to the City's secondary water pipes. The City takes responsibility for water delivery from the canal to the resident's connections. The secondary water pipes feed various subdivisions throughout South Jordan and the City maintains approximately 96 miles of secondary water lines.
2023 Secondary Water Start Up Dates
- Utah Distribution Canal: May 15, 2023
- Utah Salt Lake Canal: May 15, 2023
- Welby Jacobs Canal: May 15, 2023
- South Jordan Canal: May 15, 2023
2023 Secondary Water Shut Down Dates
- Utah Distribution Canal: October 15, 2023
- Utah Salt Lake Canal: October 15, 2023
- Welby Jacobs Canal: October 15, 2023
- South Jordan Canal: October 15, 2023
The Canal Company
The canal company is responsible for the conveyance of water and the canal infrastructure that runs through the City. They're also responsible for cleaning and maintaining the canal. This means all of the debris and weeds seen on or in the canals are the responsibility of the canal company.
The Home Owners Role
Your responsibility as a homeowner includes maintenance of the system from the stop and waste valve and keeping the system in compliance with backflow regulations. Any breaks in pipes or sprinklers on the homeowner's side of the stop and waste valve are the homeowner's responsibility to have repaired.
At the point you receive water, the pressures may not be enough to run your sprinkler system, therefore the use of pumps is recommended at your property in order to achieve the pressures needed to meet your water system needs. Pumps should be equipped with automatic shut-offs in case of low or no water flows in order to avoid burning the pump.
The water we receive from the canals is not filtered for debris. It is your responsibility to screen or filter at your point of delivery in order to avoid blocks to your system or sprinkler heads.
As a homeowner, you should be aware of easements on your property. It is your responsibility to ensure that no structures are placed on these easements and that the City has access to the easements so repairs can be made (City Municipal Code 16.04.210). By doing so, the City can avoid damage to any structure and expedite the repair process, thus ensuring a faster return of water to the residents in the area.
New Secondary Water Connections
See Municipal Code 13.08.100 for the process of connecting to the secondary water system.
Secondary Water Share Leasing
South Jordan owns shares in five different private canal companies including:
- Utah Lake Distributing
- Utah Salt Lake Water Users
- Welby Jacob Canal
- South Jordan Canal
- Beckstead Canal
The City offers an annual lease of shares to private water users that have access to the water via ditches and other private systems.
Water share lease applications are accepted from January to March each year. The canal companies make up the water schedules for those leasing shares. For current pricing or more information, please contact the Water Division.
- Why don't I have access to secondary water at my house?
- What is the quality of secondary water?
- Are there any health issues related to secondary water?
- Why am I being billed year round for secondary water instead of just during usage?
- Should I filter the secondary water?
- What is the penalty for unauthorized connections to the secondary water system?
- What if I do not wish to connect to or use secondary water at this time?
- Why don't I have secondary water?
- What canal do I get my secondary water from?


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Sent by Department of Metallurgy, University of Notre Dame, 27 June 1978.
Bernard D Cullity Papers (CLY), University of Notre Dame Archives (UNDA), Notre Dame, IN 46556
Cullity's correspondence with his colleagues, former and prospective students, Notre Dame administrators, government agencies, and private corporations; research notes and reports, manuscripts of his articles and textbook and reprints of articles by others; grant applications and supporting documents; and outlines, exams, and other material relating to the courses he taught at Notre Dame.
Much of the collection documents Cullity's research on projects supported by the Atomic Energy Commission, the Office of Naval Research, and other government agencies and private corporations.
Professor of metallurgical engineering at the University of Notre Dame, 1950-1978; group leader in the Manhattan project during World War II; scientific liaison officer in the US embassy in London in 1948 and 1949; author of Elements of X-ray Diffraction (Addison Wesley, 1956).


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Facebook paid $20 million in December 2017 for the over 15-acre Crane Electronics property at 10201-10301 Willows Road N.E. in Redmond.
Reports surfaced last year that the company would raze the two existing office buildings, which date from 1984, and build what has become known as Building X. It will occupy the north portion of the property, at 10301 Willows Road, on about 9 acres. There's no plan announced yet for the south portion at 10201 Willows Road.
Building X has its first city design review tomorrow. Gehry Partners, led by Frank Gehry, is designing the project. Gustafson Guthrie Nichol is the landscape architect. CPL is the engineer. No general contractor has been announced, and the city of Redmond's permit website doesn't list the project.
Puget Sound Business Journal reported last September that the goal was to break ground this June, with completion by 2022.
The five-story building will total around 689,000 square feet, about half of which is parking. Three-and-a-half of those levels will have structured parking for 807 vehicles. The site slopes down to Willows Road, with one level divided between parking and offices.
The top three levels of offices and lab space will total about 351,000 square feet. Floors four and five look to have plates with roughly 120,000 square feet each.
Skylights and an atrium will connect all three office levels, as will an internal open stair. This "supports Facebook's goal of promoting employee interaction. The atrium will facilitate the passage of natural light from the skylights into every floor of the office."
Gehry Partners writes, "Building X is a laboratory for engineers at Facebook Reality Labs. The lab team asked for a building like Bell Labs … the great building that Eero Saarinen designed in New Jersey."
Facebook Reality Labs and Oculus create virtual reality and augmented reality products.
Gehry Partners continues, "When Frank first met with (Facebook CEO) Mark Zuckerberg, Mark told him he did not want a flashy, iconic building. He wanted a building that functioned well, but that was anonymous. He wanted an architecture that expressed the company's values: modest, forward-looking, unfinished, a work in progress, very flexible, and most of all a building that would fly under the radar."
Building X will be a little over 76 feet tall. The project will target Salmon-Safe certification and LEED silver certification, and meet Redmond's Green Building Incentive Program.
As part of GGN's landscape plan, native plans will be restored. Gehry Partners says, "The intent is to return as much of the site as possible to its natural state by removing non-native plant material and replacing it with native species." Only eight of 47 mature trees will be removed.
Facebook has been steadily increasing its presence both along Willows Road and in South Lake Union. And there are rumors of leasing interest at the Spring District in Bellevue.
Gehry Partners says that it's also now constructing a third building for Facebook at its Menlo Park Campus. Last year it completed the second building, MPK 21, with 524,000 square feet. MPK 21 targeted LEED gold certification, and has many green features including solar panels, which are not currently indicated for Building X.
The firm has two other buildings in our area. The first is Dexter Station, where Facebook leases about 335,000 square feet. Capstone Partners completed that building, at 1101 Dexter Ave. N., in 2016.
The second is MoPOP, or the Museum of Pop Culture, which opened in 2000 on the Seattle Center campus as the Experience Music Project. It was founded and developed by Paul Allen.
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When clients look for lawyers, what they often see is an ocean of homogeneity. In the eyes of the public, lawyers all look the same, one suit after another.
When everything looks the same it's hard to differentiate based on any kind of objective criteria. That's why the airlines and hotel chains have loyalty programs. The big airlines all look the same. So do the big hotels. Plop me down in a chain hotel room and I'd have no idea if I was in a Hilton, a Marriott, or a Hyatt.
Law firms all look the same too. The websites look the same. The law offices look the same. Even the lawyers themselves look the same.
Those who stand out get noticed.
Because they stand out from the others.
Being different is scary
Lawyers all market their practices in much the same way. Many of them get mediocre results. Why? Because they're all doing it the same way.
How about doing it another way?
Difference can be difficult if you want to fit in with the group. Most of us value the acceptance of our peers.
Sure, if you do your marketing differently you'll stand out in the marketplace. But you'll also stand out to the other lawyers. You'll risk peer rejection.
If your self-concept is rooted in gaining the respect of your peers, then conforming to the social norms of the peer group is important to you. Standing out makes you an outsider.
See the conflict? Standing out in the marketplace gets you more attention from prospective clients. But standing out among the lawyers gets you left out. Being different amounts to questioning the wisdom of the group. Even if no one says it out loud, you know that doing something different from the group, standing out, carries the risk of being left out of the group.
How do I differentiate myself?
Only you can decide if business success is worth the price you'll pay in social success. If you push yourself too far from the pack you'll be pushed out of the pack. Your call.
If you decide to stand out in the marketplace you'll find lots of space to be different. There's plenty of oxygen when you step away from the pack. The legal marketplace is so filled with conformity that your options for being different are abundant.
If you do anything different from the typical lawyer marketing, your marketing will jump out. Marketing in a way that's different, that sets you apart from the crowd, is likely to get you better results.
Let's talk through some options, starting with the low-hanging and easy fruit. Then we'll move up to some more challenging options.
Do them all or just do one. Most of these options will set you apart; they'll make you different enough that people will start talking about you, and that's most of the battle. More talk about you nearly always results in more business.
Specific action steps you can take
Here's a primer on standing out. Of course, you don't need my input. You can find ways to stand out by looking around. See what they're doing, and do the opposite. They go right and you go left. They go up and you go down. It's simple.
Here are some ideas:
1. Tell your story
Being human is attractive to other humans. Why then are lawyers so unlike other humans? Why do we pretend to be professional, dispassionate, and objective?
I can't begin to explain the typical lawyer personality.
But I can tell you that being open, real, vulnerable, flawed, passionate, afraid–human–gets you business, because it builds connection.
When you look at legal marketing you realize that being real works because there are so few real people practicing law.
Real people trust real people. Fake people are like the generic picture that comes with the frame. We don't trust those people.
It's weird, because when you get to know lawyers personally, you realize they're mostly pretty nice–they're real and they're trustworthy. But those same lawyers want to promote themselves as generic, professional automatons with no personality.
Be different, be real, and you'll be noticed, trusted, and hired.
What's your story? Who are you? What do you love? What do you hate? What breaks your heart? What brings you joy? How did you become who you are?
Tell your story in your marketing and you'll stand out, you'll get more clients, and you'll be trusted, because you're human.
2. Build a website about the client
Most lawyers build vanity websites. They're a tribute to the lawyer as hero. They feature boring extended biographies about the lawyers, wrapped in superlatives about the law firm. They're mostly generic, unappealing, alienating tomes that remind the reader of paid listings in Who's Who.
Most law firm websites get minimal traffic, have high bounce rates, and do far more for the website vendor than for the law firm.
What if you built a site about the prospective client–their life, their problem, and their anxieties? What if you disconnected from your need to make yourself feel better and connected with your client's need to feel better?
Let me be blunt, just to be sure we're on the same page:
If your website has (a) a big picture of you and/or the other lawyers in your firm, or (b) the name of the firm in big letters in the upper left-hand corner, or (c) your name in big letters, it's not about the client–it's about you.
A client-focused website is a full-throated telling of the client's story. It's a tale of what it's like to live the life they're living, experience the problem they're experiencing. It provides helpful information, tools, and resources that help them fix their life. A client-focused website is not one with a few sentences on the home page asking if they're hurting and then promising to help. It's a website fully focused on them, to the exclusion of you.
Client-focused websites win because they're different and they resonate with the emotional needs of clients. Client-focused websites turn prospects into clients.
3. Use a non-lawyer agency
Who builds client-focused websites? Not lawyer-focused marketing agencies, that's for sure. These agencies nearly always build marketing projects that build the lawyer's ego instead of the lawyer's bank balance.
I've long been an advocate of driving your own marketing projects using freelancers to help with the technical aspects. The agencies serving lawyers are usually so awful that I think do-it-yourself marketing tends to get better results than much of what's done by the companies focused on helping lawyers.
But most lawyers aren't going to do it themselves, and they're going to hire a business specializing in servicing the marketing needs of lawyers.
Most lawyers are pretty likely to buy marketing services from whomever is most persistent at sending free cookies and asking for an appointment. Eventually you'll put that sweet chocolate chip in your mouth and agree to a meeting.
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The cookies lead us down a path and we buy the website, advertising and whatever else they're selling. Unfortunately, they also sell the same generic, ego-filled marketing to all of the other law firms.
What if you went to an agency selling to businesses unrelated to the law? They'd likely have some different ideas and approaches. Sure, they'd have to be brought up to speed on legal ethics issues and other specific concerns. But it might be worth it, if you could get something different.
If they've already got lawyer clients then they're likely to sell you their generic ideas for lawyers. When you meet a marketing firm at a lawyer convention, stay away. When they show you a portfolio of websites for other lawyers, pass on their services. When they brag about being members of legal services marketing associations, kick them to the curb.
4. Communicate with your client
What if clients got annoyed because the law firm called them so often with status updates? Would that stand out in the marketplace?
Client #1: "I can't get my lawyer to call me back."
Client #2: "OMG, my lawyer won't stop calling, emailing and texting me. She won't leave me alone. It's one update after another."
Word of mouth is the most powerful marketing (it's like social media, but in person–remember that?). People who trust you tell others they trust you, and boom! The referrals come calling.
Instead, in most law firms, clients call wondering what's happening. "Can I get an update?" they ask. What if they didn't have to ask that question because they already knew the answer? How would they feel about your and your service? How likely would they be to refer their friends and family?
What do clients mostly complain about? Lack of communication.
What would happen if you communicated with them weekly? What might happen if they heard from you or your team daily? How would they feel if they got a call to say "nothing happened today, but we know you're worrying so we wanted to let you know we're still on it"?
5. Change your fees
We still live in a world where charging differently gets you noticed. I've been hearing about alternative billing arrangements since my first day as a lawyer thirty years ago. Still most lawyers are billing hourly.
It's no secret that everyone hates hourly billing–the lawyers and the clients.
But most of us still do it.
Stop. Alternative fees are a competitive advantage.
Can't figure out how? Figure it out. Work your way around the rules, get the rules changed, find a way.
And if you can't find a way, then change your law practice to a different model. Find a practice area which allows you to bill in a way that's different from the others. Stand out even when it's hard and even when it means changing the business right down to the core.
6. Build your network
Most lawyers have ridiculously shallow referral networks, built by accident and serendipity.
Most lawyers need to know to whom to refer matters. We're constantly asked for suggestions.
You're a lawyer. You get asked for referrals from other lawyers and community contacts. You'd like to know more lawyers so you've got someone to whom you can refer.
But most lawyers make minimal efforts to help other lawyers know to whom to refer.
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How often do other lawyers invite you to lunch to get to know you so you can refer each other cases? Not often.
Getting out and meeting more lawyers will generate more business. Most of us assume that everyone is doing it. They're not. If they were you'd be getting more lunch invites. You're not.
You'll stand out in the legal marketplace if you get out more. You'll be the lawyer that all the other lawyers know when it comes time to make a referral.
7. End the negative client chatter
What if you built a law firm around respect for the clients? I promise you'll stand out.
This is harder than it looks, because our clients are often a disaster. They have messed up their businesses and their lives so badly that it's hard not to laugh about it. Some of what we witness is hysterical, if you have a dark, twisted, mean sense of humor like me.
What if you radically changed your culture?
She makes a joke about the client. Fire her. Send her packing. Let the team know you stand for the clients.
Law firms are filled with lawyers who talk shit about the clients. That's true of firms big and small. You've probably done it; I certainly have.
Stop saying negative things about the people who enable your dreams.
Yep, some clients are annoying. That's the nature of people with problems.
Let the other law firms say negative things about the clients. Be different.
And when I say "fire her" I'm not talking about firing a receptionist or administrative assistant. Fire a senior lawyer if they break the rules.
Your team watches you to figure out what you believe, and they follow your lead, based on your actions. Do you stand for your clients?
This may not sound like a marketing move, but it is.
8. Take action on experiments
Marketing only works if you do it. Do more and it'll work more.
Hit the "send" button on the email campaign. Launch the website. Leave the voicemail.
Stop waiting to get it right. Just do it.
Your need for it to be good enough, perfect, right, or whatever story you're telling yourself is keeping you from getting it done.
Yes, there's risk in trying something. It'll likely fail. But it might succeed beyond your expectations, and I can guarantee that won't happen if you do nothing.
I've been selling Rosen Institute stuff full-time for a year now. Most of what I thought would work with lawyers like you–hasn't. The revenues are, however, pouring in, from campaigns and experiments I didn't think would work. If I had trusted my instincts, we'd be tiny in comparison to where we are now. That's why we keep experimenting.
You are not your market–you don't always know what's going to resonate. Try things. Let the market tell you what works.
9. Put marketing first
What if you built the law firm around the marketing instead of treating it as a secondary task to be completed when time allows? Most law firms treat the legal work as the star of the show. The marketing is treated as a supporting actor in most firms.
Law firms, understandably, focus on getting the legal work done and squeeze in the marketing, management, technology, and finance issues when they have time. I get it.
But what if the marketing was the focus? I understand that this is a radically different way to think about the standard business philosophy of a law firm, but we're talking about being different and standing out, so I'm being radical.
What if, instead of outsourcing the marketing, we outsourced the legal work?
What if you woke up every morning worrying about the marketing metrics instead of the client deadlines?
What if you spent hours talking to prospective clients about their stories so you could refine your marketing message instead of interviewing witnesses for client matters?
Yep, radical idea. But you'll stand out in your marketplace.
10. Get rid of your partner
When I meet a lawyer who's wiling to try something different, it usually lasts until the first conversation with his or her law partner. That's the first line of resistance we encounter, and the idea usually dies right then.
Fire your partner–it's not going to work. It's hard enough for one of us to agree to break out of the mold. Getting two lawyers to agree to be different together is nearly impossible.
How much time to you spend managing your partners? Quit doing it. It's counterproductive. Use that time to market legal services.
Half of my conversations with law firm partnerships involve resolving issues between the partners. Most partnerships don't add value. They're redundant, or worse, value destroyers.
If you do family law and have a partner doing criminal law you're not a "full-service" law firm–you're an ambiguous mess that the market can't understand because you lack a clear mission.
Don't work it out, don't compromise, don't work around the challenges–end it, walk away, move on. Being different is hard. Getting agreement among lawyer partners is even harder.
Here's why you'll do nothing instead
It's easier, more comfortable, and less mentally challenging to do it the same way as the others. They'll accept you, you get some business anyway, and you'll still get to tell everybody you're a lawyer.
By conforming, we get to be the treasurer of our bar association, we get certificates for volunteering on pro bono committees, we get selected to speak at a Law Day event.
Sure, we may not have the same level of financial security, a business we can sell when we're ready, or the benefits that come from optimizing our work: health, happier relationships, better opportunities, and more fulfilling lives. But we'll be comfortable in our lives of familiarity, convenience, and ease.
Being different requires effort. It's a push. It's challenging, stressful, and exhausting. Being the same results in a good, but not great, outcome. That's fine for many. But is it fine for you?
Being different is hard. Only you can know if it's worth it to you. Is it?


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Manufacturer's identity codes are crucial in the compliance, safety and security identification of boats in Australia and around the world. All boat builders and dealers importing boats into Australia must include the MIC in the inscription of the HIN on each boat they build or import.
The BIAWA manages the registration and administration of Manufacturer's Identity Codes in Western Australia. Payment of a fee required to register a MIC.
Manufacturers Application Form
Once you have completed the form please email email@example.com the completed form.
To obtain a MIC, please contact us on firstname.lastname@example.com or +61 8 9227 7899.


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Photo of President Trump delivering his first state of the union address by Win McNamee/Pool via Bloomberg.
As America watched the final votes come in on Election Night 2016, one woman took to Twitter to express her dismay that a man who openly bragged about groping women could be elected president. "If you want to understand why rape culture is alive in the USA," Dana Finley tweeted, "it's because Trump can admit to sexual assault & still get millions of votes."The next day, when it was certain that Donald Trump would indeed be the country's next president, another woman wrote, "I hope every Trump supporter realizes that every sexual assault survivor just watched their worst nightmare come true."It's a nightmare that many survivors continue to grapple with more than a year later, and amidst a nationwide reckoning around sexual assault and harassment. On Friday, the president, who's been accused by at least 19 women of sexual assault and harassment, issued a typo-filled proclamation designating April as National Sexual Assault Awareness Month. In it, he called for Americans to "recommit ourselves to doing our part to help stop sexual violence," which includes holding perpetrators accountable and supporting victims and survivors "unremmittingly." (The White House also misspelled "assault" twice.)This is the second year that the Trump administration has released a presidential proclamation for Sexual Assault Awareness Month, continuing a tradition that former President Obama started in 2010. (The National Sexual Violence Resource Center launched the campaign in 2001.) What's particularly ironic, some advocates say, is that the Trump administration has appeared to actually work against survivors of sexual assault.Shortly after winning the election, for example, Trump announced plans to nominate then Senator Jeff Sessions for the role of US Attorney General. Just a month earlier, however, Sessions told a reporter he wasn't sure if grabbing a woman by the genitals—an action Trump has joyfully boasted about—was considered sexual assault. Today, Sessions is tasked with leading the government agency responsible for seeking justice and enforcing the country's laws.Trump continued to disappoint women in March 2017 by signing an executive order that revoked the 2014 Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces order, which, in part, banned companies working with the federal government from forcing arbitration clauses for claims of sexual harassment, sexual assault, or discrimination. Advocates say the 2014 order was an important step forward for women workers because such secret contracts keep victims from sharing their stories of workplace harassment and assault. Now, thanks to Trump's actions, these workers are once again vulnerable to abuse.Beyond removing important protections for women, the president has also repeatedly stood up for men who've been accused of sexual misconduct or other abusive behavior. In April 2017, he called Bill O'Reilly a "good person" after the New York Times published a report that the then-Fox News host and his employer had paid millions of dollars to silence a number of women who raised sexual harassment claims. In December, Trump backed Roy Moore for Senate, even though a woman alleged Moore tried to initiate sex with her when she was 14 years old. Trump told reporters: "He totally denies it. He says it didn't happen. And you know, you have to listen to him also."Most recently in February, Trump also defended former staff secretary Rob Porter on allegations of domestic violence; a day later, the president appeared to go after the #metoo movement in general. "Peoples lives are being shattered and destroyed by a mere allegation," he tweeted. "Some are true and some are false. Some are old and some are new. There is no recovery for someone falsely accused - life and career are gone. Is there no such thing any longer as Due Process?"Since Trump took office, his administration has also taken down important research on the impact of sexual violence from the White House website, neglected to nominate a new director for the Violence Against Women office in the Department of Justice—a person many argue is supposed to be the administration's most vocal on sexual assault—and, perhaps most alarmingly, rolled back the Obama-era guidelines regarding how schools should address sexual violence on campus.
In January, Equal Rights Advocates, SurvJustice, and Victim Rights Law Center filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration to vacate the Department of Education's decision last September to rescind the 2011 Dear Colleague Letter and its accompanying directives in connection with the federal Title IX law. Carly Mee, interim executive director at SurvJustice, tells Broadly the interim guidance put in place by Secretary Betsy DeVos "only serves to favor accused students, flipping Title IX on its head.""For example, the administration has made it harder for survivors to obtain accommodations to ensure their ongoing access to education while reporting a sexual assault, and has allowed schools to provide an inequitable right to appeal by granting it only to accused students," Mee explains. "Any acknowledgment of Sexual Assault Awareness Month rings hollow because of Trump's own actions and those of individuals within his administration like Secretary DeVos. Their harmful actions and flippant comments about sexual violence convey a lack of awareness and lack of support for survivors.""Their harmful actions and flippant comments about sexual violence convey a lack of awareness and lack of support for survivors."
Delia Coleman, the director of strategic communications at Equal Rights Advocates, agrees. "We think their rollback of these policies is problematic and is based in discriminatory ideas about gender," she says, adding that "the voices and experiences" of sexual assault survivors aren't being taken into consideration as they should be."We think that actions speak louder than words," Coleman says, "and right now what we're seeing is an administration that is not acting in the best interests of survivors of sexual assault."


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Great new picture books
Back from Scotland and back into the swing of things! Although I'm mourning my peaceful sojourn by the sea, one advantage of being back at work is that I have the chance to catch up on some lovely new children's books. Today, to celebrate Children's Book Week (which starts tomorrow!) I thought I'd share three favourite new picture books from some of the Booktrust Best New Illustrators, who I worked with earlier in the year.
The High Street by Alice Melvin
The High Street by Alice Melvin is a beautiful new picture book from Tate Publishing. Like Alice's previous book, Counting Birds, it's notable for its high production values and delightfully old-fashioned, nostalgic feel.
The story follows Sally, a girl heading down the High Street to look for all the items on her shopping list, from a stripy jug to yellow tulips. Readers can join Sally on her shopping trip, popping into the local sweet shop, florist and pet shops, and opening the flaps to explore exquisitely-detailed spreads showing everything that's going on inside each shop.
Children will enjoy poring over all the details in the pictures, and Alice's vintage-style aesthetic will appeal to readers of all ages, but this book is also a great tribute to the pleasures of shopping on the local high street, and the charm of independent shops.
Otto the Book Bear by Katie Cleminson
I'm a huge fan of Katie Cleminson's illustration, but I think Otto the Book Bear may be my favourite of all her books to date. This is the tale of a lonely bear who needs a new home, but who eventually finds the perfect place to live and make lots of new friends – the public library.
Katie's distinctive, softly-coloured illustrations are packed with character, but what I especially love about this book is how she has communicated the magic of books and of the library – as blogger LibraryMice has described it 'a place of joy but also a haven of peace and safety'. At a time when libraries are under threat from cuts, it's so important to remind everyone of why they are so special, and Katie does just that in this delightful book.
You can download a poster with an illustration from Otto the Book Bear to celebrate Children's Book Week here.
A Place to Call Home by Alexis Deacon, illustrated by Viviane Schwarz
Viv Schwarz once again joins forces with one of the original Best New Illustrators Alexis Deacon for a great new picture book A Place Called Home.
This is the epic story of a brave band of hamsters, lost and looking for a new home. Will they find it? Will they stay together? Will they know where they are going? This laugh-out-loud funny and charmingly illustrated story is a real treat – it's no wonder it has just been shortlisted for the 2011 Roald Dahl Funny Prize.
An exhibition of work by all ten Best New Illustrators, including Alice, Katie and Viv, is currently on display at the National Gallery of Scotland in Edinburgh, and the Free Word Centre in London.
If you're interested in reading more about children's books and children's book illustration I can heartily recommend illustrator Sarah McIntyre's blog. I've been reading and enjoying Sarah's blog for a while, but I heard her give a great presentation about how she uses blogging and other online activity to complement and support her work as a children's author/illustrator at this week's Bookseller Children's Conference – fascinating and inspiring stuff!


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Healthcare Monetary Management Association
Financial professionals work with precision, and infrequently below pressure, to handle massive amounts of money in complex environments. The Public Expenditure and Monetary Accountability (PEFA) Program is a multi-donor partnership which assesses the situation of nation public expenditure, procurement and monetary accountability programs, and develops a practical sequence for reform and capacity-constructing actions.
The Financial institution usually disburses the loan proceeds into an account that kinds part of the nation's official international trade reserves (usually held by the central bank), and an amount equivalent to the loan proceeds is credited to an account of the federal government to finance budgeted expenditures.
To introduce the concepts and methods of Microeconomics (e.g. market evaluation, price principle, rationality) and Macroeconomics (e.g. inflation, alternate charges and rates of interest) in a means which gives a core basis for later applied financial analysis in a spread of different core and elective programs on the MSc in Finance and Administration and MSc in Funding Management.
This certificate in monetary management consists of programs that demystify financial terminology and concepts, supplying you with the instruments it is advisable talk fluently with finance managers and articulate enterprise funding and challenge proposals to resolution makers.
This degree programme prepares you for a wide range of roles, it is particularly related to working in small enterprise where the ability to regulate finances is important, throughout the finance operate of huge enterprise organisations, and also in public sector organisations.


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Memorial Day Weekend 2021 Event Guide
Memorial Day Weekend 2021 Event Guide
This week every year, we release guide to one of our favorite events in Detroit, Movement Electronic Music Festival. While the festival has been cancelled once again for 2021, this weekend we are excited about venues, musicians and organizers across the city taking their first steps at bringing the "new normal" to Detroit's dance music scene. Below you will find our picks for the best events happening over Memorial Day weekend; be safe, have fun, and support local music!
Scroll down to find out more about our special partnership with Boaz Bikes to get around town safely on rechargeable eco-friendly scooters to take a ride on us, for FREE.
All Weekend:
Paxahau presents: Micro Movement
While we can't all get together in Hart Plaza this year, Paxahau has organized a series of events at three venues across the city to bring a stellar local lineup to the fans of Movement Electronic Music Festival. The details have been relatively sparse (the events will be free and in high-demand), but regular updates have been posted on the @Paxahau Instagram page and to varying degrees across social media. Set times and lineups vary between each venue, and it's first come first served so get there early! Entry is free! Free cover all wknd, 21+
Detroit's newest venue, Spot Lite is the Official Happy Hr destination 12-5pm all wknd, serving; cocktails, coffee & non-alcoholic bevs. First 20 ppl to order the "Tropical" will get a complimentary cocktail on Red Bull Support: Select, Red Bull & Tito's Handmade Vodka.
Adopt-A-Block Community Outreach Festival
Starting Friday at 3pm, Filthy Americans will present "Adopt-A-Block," a 3-Day community outreach festival featuring some of the best talent in the City fo Detroit, all free of charge thanks to a range of generous sponsors. This is a great event to check out for those that are looking for a more intentional and deliberate atmosphere, paying tribute to the foundations of Detroit music and setting the stage for the voices of tomorrow.
Friday, May 28th:
Feeling Moody @ The Corner Ballpark
Moodymann will be bringing his signature sound to the grounds of the old Tiger Stadium in Corktown on Friday, May 28th. Featuring support from the one and only Kai Alce and more, this event is sure to be a unique experience hosted at one of Detroit's newest outdoor event spaces. A great way to start your weekend, but tickets are going fast so be sure to get your today!
Saturday, May 29th:
Viva La Resistance IV @ Motor City Wine
Rocksteady Disco and Peter Croce return this Memorial Day Weekend at MotorCity Wine! Join us Saturday from 2-9 PM as we soundtrack the sunshine to sunset. Featuring DJ sets by Peter Croce, Pontchartrain, Blair French, and David A-P on the decks.
$10 at the door // Pre-sales *sold out* via rocksteadydisco.com.
Texture-ish @ Marble Bar
Marble Bar returns with @texture_detroit for a Memorial Weekend trip in their outdoor patio's disco skull – featuring @delanosmithofficial @marshall.applewhite @lorendetroit @ladylike.jpg @charlestrees & @jacob___park + lights by @patrickethen and Studboy from 5pm -2am / 21+
Limited GA tix will be available at the door. Arrive early, first come first serve before they hit very limited capacity!
K-HAND, MGUN, and EDAMAMI @ Tangent Gallery
If you're looking for your techno fix this weekend, K-HAND at Tangent Gallery on Saturday, May 29th is one that you won't want to miss. With support from local legend MGUN and up-and-coming talent Edamami, hosted at the home of the infamous No Way Back party series, this event will be a no-frills presentation of Detroit techno at its finest.
Sunday, May 30th:
Sampled Nineteen @ Marble Bar
Sampled Detroit is bringing back their acclaimed series to Marble Bar on Sunday, May 30th, with sets from Chuck Daniels, Dez Andrés, DJ Holographic, and more. Join the resale que on Resident Advisor to stay up to date on ticket availability!
Monday, May 31st:
Golf Clap @ The Aretha Franklin Amphitheatre
Golf Clap and Country Club Disco are throwing a Memorial Day celebration at one of Detroit's most iconic venues, The Aretha Franklin Amphitheatre. Featuring support from Skywild, Ancient Mermaids, Drop Catch, and Pierre LaCroix, this event is sure to please great music presented on the shore of the beautiful Detroit River. If you gravitate towards the Pyramid Stage at Movement every year, this is the place to be!
This weekend we are partnering with eco-conscious micro-mobility company, Boaz Bikes to help party-goers get to their destinations without driving or polluting the environment. Boaz is offering a MaaS solution based on an innovative, smart, electric two wheel ride-on scooter/bike, designed uniquely for sharing.
The company is Black-Founded and Female-Founded Business with a focus on increasing equity for our communities. Users unlock the scooters via a smartphone app and are charged to unlock and $0.20 per minute to ride. See here for more about safety when operating.
Sign up for our upcoming events on Eventbrite to unlock a code to ride for 30 minutes FREE this weekend! Stay tuned on our social media for more information including scooter locations and event details.
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Q.Meyer Lemon tree losing leaves and dying branches
I have a young Meyer Lemon Tree that is about 2 years old (it's a daughter branch from another tree). It was given to me as a gift. The first year it didn't do much. Last year, it grew many small branches and had lots of leaves….it looked really good! About 3 months ago, it started losing leaves. I found out that I had spider mites. I sprayed it with Neem oil and the pests have seemed to go away. Also, I transplanted it to a larger pot. Since then, it has lost more leaves and the branches are starting to die off from the top down (every time I water it, more leaves drop….if I don't water it, leaves drop). I have been pruning those off the tree. At one point I may have been over watering it but have since stopped. I am trying to save this little tree but nothing seems to be working! I'm not sure if I have root rot or a fungus or what the problems are!! I am attaching some photos in the hope that someone might be able to help me. I am having the same issues with my Kumquat Tree….UGH!! Any comments or advice is much appreciated!! Thanks!!
Watering Citrus to keep the soil moist is important. Uneven watering is the likely cause to your leaf drop.
The articles below will refresh you on the care requirements.


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Probably the most famous speech of the 20th century by Martin Luther King on Wednesday, August 28, 1963, at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC. I present to you a heartfelt speech which reminds us the fundamental rights and values of man in full version !
"I Have A Dream" is the popular name given to the public speech by Martin Luther King, Jr., when he spoke of his desire for a future where blacks and whites, among others, would coexist harmoniously as equals.
King's delivery of the speech on August 28, 1963, from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, was a defining moment of the American Civil Rights Movement.
Delivered to over 250,000 civil rights supporters, the speech is often considered to be one of the greatest and most notable speeches in history and was ranked the top American speech of the 20th century by a 1999 poll of scholars of public address
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Rep. Warren plans town hall meeting Friday in Spencer
Published 12:00 am Thursday, June 21, 2012
SPENCER — N.C. Rep. Harry Warren invites 77th district constituents to a town hall meeting Friday at the N.C. Transportation Museum.
The meeting will take place from 6 to 7:30 p.m. in the roundhouse orientation theater at the museum, located at 411 S. Salisbury Ave. in Spencer.
According to a press release from Warren's office, the Republican will answer questions and talk about issues being addressed in the short session of the General Assembly.
"This meeting is open to all District 77 constituents, but it especially provides an excellent opportunity for persons new to District 77 to meet Representative Warren," the press release stated. "Anyone who would like to register to vote may do so at the town hall meeting."
After last year's redistricting, based on 2010 U.S. Census data, new precincts have been added to the 77th district. They include East Enochville, West Enochville, all of Sumner (previously just part of Sumner), Bostian Cross Roads, Faith and Granite Quarry.
The district continues to include the Bradshaw precinct and other western Rowan precincts.
This is the latest in a series of monthly meetings held across House District 77. Those who cannot attend the town hall meeting and have questions can contact Warren at 704-603-8898.


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Topic: physical activity in reducing cardiovascular risks in elderly
Literature Review Rough Draft
The literature review is one of the most important components, and often the most time consuming part, of a good research proposal. Without the solid foundation of a good literature review, it is difficult to make a strong research proposal. develop a rough draft of your literature review. You will continue to develop the literature review next week based on feedback provided by your instructor. Then in week 7, you will submit a well-polished literature review as part of your final research proposal.
The following requirements should be met in your literature review:
- Include a minimum of six scholarly sources
- Organize in logical sections
- Include an overview of the literature
- Be unbiased in your presentation of information
- Include sources and content relevant to your research questions and hypothesis; state the relevance in your literature review
- Include a critical assessment of the sources. Do not simply include a summary of what you have read
- A strong introduction and conclusion, including further questions for research
- Proper APA formatting, citations, and references
Keep in mind that this is a rough draft, so the literature review does not need to be perfect. However, you should still submit a literature review with proper APA formatting, correct spelling, punctuation, and grammar that meets all of the specifications of the assignment listed above.


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Whether or not you're a fan of Baseball you probably know the name Babe Ruth. One of the most legendary players to ever play the game, the Babe was known for big hits and an intimidating demeanor. An umpire named Babe Pinelli once called Babe Ruth out on strikes. When the crowd booed with sharp disapproval at the call, the legendary Ruth turned to the umpire with disdain and said, "There are 40,000 people here who know that the last pitch was a ball." Suspecting that the umpire would erupt with anger, the coaches and players braced themselves for Ruth's ejection. However, the cool-headed Pinelli replied, "Maybe so, Babe, but mine is the only opinion that counts."
Today we often feel like the popular view of something must be true because so many people are following it. In reality, only one opinion will matter in the end, that of the eternal judge and our creator the Lord.