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Category: Presentations
Prepare your Investigation Results for ManagementOctober 24th, 2016 by Barb Carr
After you've concluded a TapRooT® investigation, preparing your investigation results for management doesn't have to be a chore. If you have TapRooT® software, you can avoid creating a Powerpoint completely! Learn how here.
If you prefer to add content to a PowerPoint, the TapRooT® tools that helped you complete your investigation will also help you create a presentation that gets their attention. Here is a simple guideline of what content to add from your TapRooT® investigation:
- After your introduction slide, clearly and simply state the incident and the determined results in two to three sentences.
- On the next slide, present a small section of your SnapCharT® that explains the incident. For most incidents, it will include four to six Events (Squares) leading up to the incident, as well as the the incident (Circle), and one or two Events that occurred after the Incident. Only present the first line of the SnapCharT® (the Events) on this slide.
- Then add slides with visuals. You have already documented evidence through photographs and videos and maybe even sketched arrangement/placement in Steps 1 and 2 of the TapRooT® 7-Step Major Investigation Process. You can use these items as Powerpoint visuals. But how many should you use? Use the visuals that most clearly support your results – just a few will suffice depending on the complexity of the incident.
- Then present slides that contain each section of your SnapCharT® that includes a Causal Factor – one Causal Factor section per slide. Include Events and Conditions this time. Write the Root Cause next to each Causal Factor determined. Do not present the Root Cause Tree. Why? Because then you are providing a pick-list for management to analyze and they have not put in the hours analyzing the SnapCharT® and finding supporting evidence.
- Finally, create a slide that presents your Corrective Actions in an easy-to-read column or table format. For example, list the Root Cause in Column 1, the Corrective Action in Column 2 and who will implement the Corrective Action (and the deadline for implementation) in Column 3.
To practice preparing and presenting results to management, sign up for our 5-Day TapRooT® Advanced Root Cause Analysis Team Leader Training. You can even bring a real incident from your facility!
Rickover Quote…June 16th, 2016 by Mark Paradies
Tulsa Public 5-Day TapRooT® Advanced Root Cause Analysis Team Leader TrainingNovember 4th, 2014 by Chris Vallee
Lessons *Not* Learned from Deepwater Horizon & Texas City (and How to Improve Investigations)March 3rd, 2014 by Barb Carr
Mark Paradies, President of System Improvements, Inc./TapRooT®, presents a view of lessons *not* learned according previous reports related to Deepwater Horizon & Texas City. In this 2013 Global TapRooT® Summit presentation he critiques the failure to learn and prevent accident recurrence, and offers suggestions to improve investigations.
View four-part video of this presentation:
Part One
Part Two
Part Three
Part Four
If you need a kindergartner to explain your control chart for you….December 20th, 2013 by Chris Vallee
Watch two children explain their morning routine using a process flow chart and a control chart.
If you do not have a knowledgeable kindergartner hanging around to help you, I would recommend attending the following this April during our TapRooT® Summit Week:
Advanced Trending Techniques
TapRooT® Quality/Six Sigma/Lean Advanced Root Cause Analysis Training http://www.taproot.com/taproot-summit/pre-summit-courses#TapRooTSixSigma
Process Quality and Corrective Action Programs
Mark Paradies Talks About Rickover, Process Safety, and Fatality PreventionMay 15th, 2013 by Mark Paradies
There are too many major accidents due to failures in process safety. These accidents go beyond the regulations written by OSHA and EPA (and the regulators in other countries). They go beyond the chemical industry and include the nuclear industry, oil exploration and production, fertilizer storage and distribution, grain elevators (and other dust explosion examples), aviation, shipping, utilities, and even hospitals.
How can these accidents be prevented? First one has to understand process safety and fatality prevention. Unfortunately, many senior managers don't understand it. And that's why Mark Paradies started giving talks about this topic at the TapRooT® Summit. Unfortunately, even though the Summits are well attended, thousands need to hear what Mark has to say, but don't get the chance. That's why we decided to post links to some of Mark's Summit talks here.
Of course, attending the sessions at the TapRooT® Summit is much better than looking at slides and watching videos. But the information in these talks needs greater dissemination to help prevent major accidents around the world. Therefore, we've selected video clips, slides from mark's talks, and Admiral Rickover's testimony before Congress after TMI (written remarks) to provide an overview of some of the concepts that senior managers need to consider to prevent major process safety accidents.
Here are the links:
Mark's General Session Talk About Fatality Prevention from the 2013 Summit
Marks Talk About SIF Prevention from the 2013 Summit (Part 1)
Mark's Talk About SIF Prevention from the 2013 Summit (Part 2)
Mark's Talk About SIF Prevention from the 2013 Summit (Part 3)
Mark's Talk About Process Safety & Rickover from the 2012 Summit (Part 1)
Mark's Talk About Process Safety & Rickover from the 2012 Summit (Part 2)
Mark's Talk About Process Safety & Rickover from the 2012 Summit (Part 3)
Mark's Slides About Rickover & Process Safety from the 2010 Summit
Rickover's Testimony to Congress About Reactor Safety (Process Safety)
I know this is a lot of information and the videos are long, but the lives lost each year are a preventable tragedy. Please pass this information on to those that you think many need it.
For those who would like to get Mark to talk to your senior management about management's role in process safety and how the lessons from Admiral Rickover apply to your facilities, call us at 865-539-2139 or e-mail us by CLICKING HERE.
Admiral Rickover & Process SafetyMarch 26th, 2013 by Mark Paradies
I promised people at the 2013 Global TapRooT® Summit that I would post links to last year's talk about Admiral Rickover and process safety and a link to his testimony to Congress about nuclear safety and the Nuclear Navy. Here they are…
Rickover's Testimony to Congress about Nuclear Safety
And here are the slides from the Nuclear Navy and Process Safety talk mentioned above…
Mark Paradies Speaks at 2013 IOSH ConferenceFebruary 27th, 2013 by Mark Paradies
Mark Paradies Speaking at the IOSH ConferenceFebruary 12th, 2013 by Mark Paradies
Mark Paradies, President of System Improvements and co-creator of the TapRooT® System, will be speaking at the IOSH Conference in Spotlight Theatre 2 on Tuesday, February 26, and Wednesday, February 27.
His topics are:
Tuesday: 13:20 – 13:50 – Spotlight Theatre 2
BP Deepwater Horizon & BP Texas City Accidents: Two Lessons That You May NOT Have Learned
Much has been published about the BP Deepwater Horizon and Texas City Refinery accidents. But there are still some important lessons learned that people may be overlooking. Mark Paradies, root cause analysis expert, will share insights into two lessons learned that have not received much attention yet are important to safety improvement.
Wednesday: 11:20-11:50 – Spotlight Theatre 2
Fixing The Safety Pyramid & Stopping Major Accidents
Several articles have been published criticizing Heinrich's Safety Pyramid and blaming it's weaknesses for the gap between the decline in safety statistics and the continuing level rate of serious injuries, including fatalities. Mark Paradies will share insight into the Safety Pyramid and explain why fatality prevention needs a revised model and new approaches to achieve across the board safety performance improvements.
Hope to see you there!
Budapest Conference on EHSSeptember 29th, 2012 by Mark Paradies
Mark Paradies and Linda Unger attended the Budapest Conference on EHS in Emerging Markets.
Mark gave a talk: Solving Root Cause Analysis Problems by Using Advanced Root Cause Analysis. Here's some pictures of Mark Speaking …
Linda talked to prospective TapRooT® Root Cause Analysis System users and explained how they could learn about and implement TapRooT® at their sites across Europe.
Root Cause Analysis Tip: TapRooT® Summit Session on Process Safety (Part 3)April 11th, 2012 by Barb Carr
This week is our third and final installment of Mark Paradies' Summit talk on process safety in the Nuclear Navy.
In this 35-minute clip, you'll learn how Admiral Rickover's process safety standards compare to OSHA and CCPS standards, and what that means for your safety program.
Note: We are trying a new video hosting service. Please let us know in the comments if you have trouble viewing this.
Next week, we'll begin our 13-week series sharing best practices from users like you at our 2012 Global TapRooT® Summit.
You won't want to miss these innovative tips!
Root Cause Analysis Tip: TapRooT® Summit Session on Process Safety (Part 2)April 4th, 2012 by Barb Carr
Last week, we shared Part 1 of Mark Paradies' Summit talk on Process Safety.
He shared some of his experience in the Nuclear Navy and discussed the fact that large accidents like Deepwater Horizon could be prevented by following important process safety regulations.
This week, in Part 2, Mark discusses Admiral Rickover's process safety principles and why they matter to your process safety improvement.
Come back next week for the third and final part of this series!
Update: Click here for Part 3.
Root Cause Analysis Tip: TapRooT® Summit Session on Process Safety (Part 1)March 28th, 2012 by Barb Carr
This week's Root Cause Analysis Tip comes straight from our 2012 Global TapRooT® Summit.
If you missed Mark Paradies' session on "What Does Management Need to Know About Improving Process Safety?" don't worry. We will be sharing it on the blog over the next three weeks.
Today is Part 1.
Mark began by showing this comedy clip on Deepwater Horizon:
(If you can't see YouTube videos at work, click here.)
And continued on with his discussion on Process Safety:
(Having trouble seeing the videos? Refresh your browser page.)
Come back next Wednesday for Part 2 of his Process Safety Talk, in which he discusses Admiral Rickover's "Big Three" nuclear navy safety regulations and more from his congressional testimony after the accident at Three Mile Island.
Update: Parts 2 and 3 have been posted!
Alan Smith (one of our UK Instructors) Presents at the IOSH Conference: "How a Fatal Accident Could Have Been Prevented Proactively By Use of TapRooT®"March 7th, 2012 by Mark Paradies
What Management Needs to Know About Process Safety Improvement (or Why We Continue To Have Process Safety Accidents)May 16th, 2011 by Mark Paradies
I'm giving this talk in Bruges, Belgium for Total today and posted a PDF of the talk here so people who attended could get copies of the slides.
Click on the object below to download it…
As usual, the slides don't tell the whole story. So if you would rather hear this talk, plan to attend the TapRooT® Summit on February 29 – March 2, 2012, in Las Vegas.
Success Story Contest: Stopping Future Accidents by Correcting Problems That Did Not Cause The Accidents Being InvestigatedFebruary 21st, 2011 by Barb Carr
There are four best practice entries published on this weblog in the success story contest (view all entries here). Click the "Like" button for the entry you think should win an Apple iPad. All votes cast before Friday, March 4 at 6:00 p.m. EST will be tallied for the winner. In the event of a tie, the in-house instructors at System Improvements will cast the tie-breaking votes.
Entry #2: Stopping Future Accidents by Correcting Problems That Did Not Cause The Accidents Being Investigated
Submitted by: James Watson, Regional Specialist, System Safety Branch
FAA, Alaska
TapRooT® investigation often identify actions and conditions that didn't cause the actual accident being evaluated but that could be significant and, if not corrected, could combine with other factors to cause a future accident.
These factors that the thorough analysis of TapRooT® helped identify are included in the presentation to management at the end of the talk (after the root cause analysis and corrective actions have been reviewed). This review includes explaining and discussing each of these potentially adverse factors with management. At a minimum, management is aware of these potentially adverse factors and the review often leads to discussion of additional corrective actions to address these issues.
Accidents that might have happened are avoided by implementing corrective actions for problems identified during a root cause analysis that didn't cause that accident but could have cause additional accident and were corrected by proactive corrective actions.
Influencing Without Authority TapRooT® Session…. People at Work!November 5th, 2010 by Chris Vallee
Often people have the right ideas, the right plans and a need to get it done. Problem is that it is not always you who can drive the change. During the Summit we held a session that generated discussion on Stakeholders and Influence Centers.
Check out the multiple active group discussions during this workshop. Click on the Image to play the Video.
For the link to the slides that generated these active discussions and a link to more formal analysis go here: http://www.taproot.com/content/archives/17099
Bugs, Infection and TapRooT® Root Cause in PhiladelphiaNovember 5th, 2010 by Chris Vallee
When is the last you used TapRooT® Root Cause Analysis to investigate a Caterpillar?
The people below in our 5-Day TapRooT® Advanced Root Cause Analysis Team Leader Training held in Philadelphia got to talk about this one.
What's New In The TapRooT® Software?November 4th, 2010 by Dan Verlinde
I have received several requests from our San Antonio Summit attendees for a copy of our 'What's New In The TapRooT® Software?" breakout session. So without further ado, here it is…Click Here
Jeff Skiles – Co-Pilot of "Miracle on the Hudson" Landing – To Tell His Story at the SummitSeptember 7th, 2010 by Mark Paradies
I just got off the phone with Jeff Skiles who was the co-pilot of the US Airways flight that made an emergency landing in the Hudson River. It was a flight that could have had a tragic end but instead, everyone made it off the plane. After the conversation, I know we are going to have another great Keynote Speaker at the Summit.
Jeff said that he tells his story but provides some of the behind the scenes information that most people don't know about. Information that helped them be successful that day but also might help you at your facility. The lessons aren't just about aviation. They can be applied in any industry where things can go wrong and consequences can be severe.
So make sure that when you plan your trip, you plan to stay until the end of the Summit to hear Jeff's talk. He'll be speaking from 10:35-11:55 (followed by the TapRooT® Summit Charity Golf Tournament).
For the complete Summit schedule, see:
Mark's Talk About the Heinrich Pyramid (Safety Pyramid) at the European Safety Committee of the Conference BoardJune 1st, 2010 by Mark Paradies
That's me and the interested participants at the Conference Board…
Below is a copy of a PDF of the PowerPoint that I used.
BP/Tranocean Rig BOP Failure: The Smoking Gun PaperMay 7th, 2010 by Mark Paradies
Little is known (or at least has been released) about the actual failure of the Blowout Preventer on the Deepwater Horizon. However, a technical paper (2003) has surfaced that may be a "smoking gun" if it is found that maintenance was deferred on the BOP to reduce costs of drilling.
Here's a link to the paper (Earl Shanks, Transocean, presented at the Offshore Technology Conference, 2003):
Here's one of the "smoking gun" quotes:
"Because of the pressure on getting the equipment back to work, root cause analysis of the failure is generally not performed."
Ah … a failure to perform root cause analysis to save time (and big bucks) during drilling.
Another quote:
"In general, operating reliability (of the BOP) is maintained on rigs mostly through regular maintenance intervals rather than specifying a reliability of a system or a component to minimize maintenance."
The article also said:
"… this is a very expensive approach, and it is also an opportunity to introduce human error into the system."
Most of the paper is about ways to improve the design and reliability of Blowout Preventers. But the vultures are circling. And the smoking gun quotes above will mean trouble if it is found that any maintenance was skipped or if the BOP had a poor reliability record.
If maintenance was skipped and/or if the BOP had a poor reliability record, you will hear the cry that BP is once again trading lives (as at the BP Texas City explosion) and the environment (as at the corrosion related oil leaks in their pipeline at Prudhoe Bay). Actually, many don't need evidence. They will start saying it already!
Could these Answers Affect your Investigations – Live Q&A Session with OSHAApril 29th, 2010 by Chris Vallee
This is a link to an April 26 chat session with OSHA. Interesting answers.
Here is just one question and answer:
[Comment From Greg Hellman, BNAGreg Hellman, BNA: ]
OSHA has placed an injury and illness prevention program rule on its agenda for the first time. Could such a rule address musculoskeletal disorders in some way?
Monday April 26, 2010 1:27 Greg Hellman, BNA
David (OSHA):
The i2p2 standard is not a substitute for other OSHA standards. It provides a mechanism to achieve the culture change needed in this country to effectively address workplace safety and health issues. It will be the employer's responsibility to identify all hazards in their workplace, which may include ergonomics, falls, amputations, electrocutions, work-related respiratory disease (such as occupational asthma), etc. The i2p2 standard simply provides a mechanism for employers to identify hazards; however, the control of those hazards will be required by existing OSHA standards and the general duty clause, as is currently the case.
New Approach to Root Cause Analysis Can Help Clear Up MisconceptionsApril 26th, 2010 by Barb Carr
Quality Progress Magazine published a new article written by System Improvements' President, Mark Paradies which can be read on the Quality Progress website: http://www.asq.org/quality-progress/2010/04/quality-tools/under-scrutiny.html
You don't have to be a member to access the article — free registration allows you access to ASQ's "open-access" articles and case studies.
You can also find this article on page 32 of the April edition of Quality Progress magazine.
Article highlights:
• Cause and effect analysis has inherent limitations that may result in root cause analysis misconceptions and hinder problem-solving efforts.
• Problem solvers need help analyzing human performance issues.
• A new definition of root cause could help people realize a systematic process beyond cause and effect is needed for root cause analysis.
Monday Accident & Lessons Learned: TN OSHA Fatality InvestigationsOctober 12th, 2009 by Barb Carr
"Lessons from TN OSHA Fatality Investigations" was a best practice session presented by Steve Hawkins at the 2009 TapRooT® Summit.


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Is Jessica Szohr The Latest Heartthrob Of Aaron Rodgers?January 16th, 2011 - 6:57 pm ICT by GD
By Meena Kar
Jan 16, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Remember Jessica Szohr? A couple of years ago, this lady attained fame while edging the role of Vanessa Abrams in the CW series "Gossip Girl". However, now she is recognized by the public for more than one reason. About two weeks back, she created a rave on the internet as she posed nude, in order to promote SoBe Lifewater soft drinks while covering her assets with lizard-printed body paint. However, now, the ravishing actress is hitting headlines for her reported affair with Green Pay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers.
Ever since the news of her reported affair with Aaron Rodgers had hit the headlines, she became one of the dominant searches of the day. Sources say, that the couple have been dating for a few days and are going quite steady. Sources say that the couple were spotted together in several occasions. On Saturday, they dined together in a romantic dinner at the Bistro Romano, providing the much-needed fodder to the speculations about their relationship. Eyewitnesses have reported that the 25-year-old actress even posed with the stewards in the hotel, while her beau gave a good tip to the hotel staffs after paying the bill. The lovebirds were also spotted together after the Green Bay Packers defeated the Philadelphia Eagles in the NFL Playoffs recently in which Aaron Rodgers played an important role.
Before Aaron Rodgers, Jessica Szohr was dating her "Gossip Girl" co-star Ed Westwick. However, for some reason they broke up. Nevertheless, since she is said to have found a new love in her life, can one wait for the wedding bell to ring soon!
- Green Bay Packers Star Aaron Rodgers Dating "Gossip Girl " Jessica Szohr - Jan 18, 2011
- 'Gossip Girl' star Jessica Szohr, Comes Into Sight In A Sexy Ad With Just A Thin Body Paint - Jan 07, 2011
- 'Gossip Girl' Star Jessica Szohr's Body Painted Ads Grab Attention - Jan 07, 2011
- 'Gossip Girl' Jessica Szohr sizzles in a sexy body paint ad - Jan 07, 2011
- 'Gossip Girl' star Jessica Szohr strips off for soft drink advert - Jan 07, 2011
- Aaron Rodgers Leads Green Bay Packers To Victory - Jan 16, 2011
- Carrie Prejean marries quarterback Kyle Boller - Jul 05, 2010
- Green Bay Packers Reach Super Bowl Finals By Defeating Atlanta Falcons By 48-21 - Jan 16, 2011
- Pittsburgh Steelers, Green Bay Packers To Face-Off In Super Bowl 2011 - Jan 24, 2011
- Green Bay Packers Beat Pittsburgh Steelers To Win Super Bowl XLV - Feb 07, 2011
- Green Bay Packers give a 46-16 drubbing to the Raiders - Dec 12, 2011
- Kendra Wilkinson vows never to pose for Playboy again - Mar 17, 2010
- Odds are Out for Super Bowl 2012 - Feb 08, 2011
- Jessica Szohr tells of her fear during filming of 'Piranha 3D' - Aug 16, 2010
- Aaron Rodgers To Face Off With Michael Vick In NFC Wild Card Weekend Match - Jan 09, 2011
Tags: aaron rodgers, bistro romano, body paint, co star, eyewitnesses, gossip girl, green bay packers, heartthrob, jessica szohr, lovebirds, meena, nfl playoffs, philadelphia eagles, romantic dinner, soft drinks, speculations, star ed, steady sources, stewards, wedding bell

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When I first heard of "the Queen musical", I envisioned something with drama, magic and passion that tied together some of their greatest songs in, perhaps, an allegorical story of the life and death of its legendary lead singer. This production is none of those things.
Set in a dystopian world, "the time is the future" says the projected text in a Stars-Wars-like introduction-scroll. All individual creativity is banned on Earth, now called "iPlanet", and the creation of new songs is forbidden. It is ruled by the evil "Killer Queen" (played by the Aretha Franklin-like Brenda Edwards) who wishes to hunt down any rogue "Bohemians" and their fabled saviour "Galileo Figaro" (Noel Sullivan). Killer Queen wants the world to be full of "Ga Ga Girls" who are vacant technology consumers that she can control. Galileo spurts out song lyrics he dreamt about like Bumblebee from Transformers and soon becomes acquainted with a rebellious girl he calls "Scaramouche" (confidently played in this performance by understudy Lauren Varnham). You can probably see where this is going. Throw in a prophecy about finding an "axe" in "living rock" and that sums up the depth and detail of the story.
So, it's a pantomime. There are the lovers, the big bad witch, the evil henchman in "Khashoggi" (Alisdair Harvey), the Buttons-like clown that is the misnomered "Britney Spears" (Wayne Robinson) and the prologue character in "Pop" (Kevin Kennedy). Ben Elton is proudly credited as the author of this script, which is frankly awful. With laboured jokes about female pubic hair ("Scaramouche? Sounds like scary bush") and the odd bit of PG-13 language, the script can't have taken more than half an hour to pen. Elton is clearly a technophobe and mocks the social media generation with the kind of witty terminology you'd expect from a pensioner learning to send emails. The through-line of a panto is rarely something that stands up to scrutiny, but this plot is beyond clunky and desperately tries to link songs together. When the Killer Queen is finally vanquished, it happens with such little explanation that I felt Elton must have been as bored by the story at this point as I was and had the good grace to finally get on with the music.
The songs in isolation are a tribute to the originals, but in this context seem to jar. Sullivan takes the lead role and sings many of the classic tracks with a strong and impressive pop voice. You should be aware for the benefit of some of the "jokes" that Sullivan was in manufactured pop-band Hear'say. However, in a world where rock is dead because of the scourge of manufactured pop, it seems odd for him to be the saviour of the genre. It's less Freddie Mercury and more Glee. I found a lot of the songs, reworded to fit the scenes, lost any of their original meaning. After somehow escaping a "laser-prison", the lovers give fleeting consideration to their being caught again and maybe killed but, if you're in love, "Who Wants to live forever?" The original was a beautifully painful and moving song as Mercury dealt with his own mortality. Here, it is rendered cheap and meaningless. It also doesn't help that the Sullivan's American accent makes him sound like a puppet from Avenue Q.
Although the show contains more ham and cheese than a croque-monsieur, I have to be fair to the cast in that what they do is good. The ensemble work well together and some of the bigger scenes with the Bohemians, and choreography from Arlene Phillips, are a lot of fun. Wayne Robinson is a stand-out performance as the feisty Jamaican-voiced rebel Brit. His martial-arts-inspired moves are, like his physique, impressive, and he knows how to work a crowd comically. The singing is generally excellent and even Coronation Street star Kevin Kennedy surprises as he sings a very respectable version of "These Are The Days Of Our Lives".
Like any good rock concert, this show boasts a wealth of impressive stage effects with lifts and rotating platforms. I can't help feeling that, for want of a better script, it should have stayed as a concert. The costumes, music, voices, set and lighting are worth experiencing and it does continue to fill the Dominion Theatre with tourists and teenagers who were all on their feet by the curtain call. As much as they enjoyed it, I felt I could have left at the interval, listened to Queen on my iPod and been far better off. Perhaps I've become one of the GaGa's, but I found it interesting that "The Show Must Go On" didn't feature...


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(PRWEB) September 28, 2012
The Law Firm of Pozzuolo Rodden P.C., announces the release of the article Estate Planning:"The Birth of a Child is the Perfect Time to Review or Implement an Estate Plan ". Below is a sample of the first couple of paragraphs. If you would like to read more, please read the full article and other corporate law, or estate planning topics at http://www.pozzuolo.com/Pubs_Newsletters.shtml
The Birth of a Child is the Perfect Time to Review or Implement an Estate Plan
When a couple has their first child, they may be so overwhelmed with the new responsibilities of parenting that they may not even consider the importance of implementing an estate plan for their family. However, the birth of a child is the perfect time for a couple to provide for the welfare and security of their family by either: (a) beginning their estate plan, if they have not done so already; or, (b) revisiting their existing estate planning documents to ensure that their documents properly protect their new family.
For new parents, there are several reasons to prepare an estate plan upon the birth of their first child: To plan for the care of the child if both parents are deceased; To ensure that the child's inheritance is properly managed and to determine who will handle the child's property during his/her minor years or in today's world, until the child graduates from college or graduate/professional school; and To plan for the cost of the child's future educational needs.
Even though estate planning is essential for young families, many young couples postpone estate planning discussions due to the mistaken belief that they do not need an estate plan because they are young and healthy or these discussions conjure up negative feelings about death. Yet, many couples fail to realize that being proactive and preparing an estate plan can actually alleviate some of the fear associated with death and dying.
Guardian of Minor Children
The most critical aspect of an estate plan for new parents is deciding who will take care of minor children upon the untimely death of both parents. In a properly drafted Will, new parents can designate who will be the guardian of minor children if their spouse does not survive him/her. Some parents delay writing a Will because they cannot decide on a guardian and thus, risk leaving a court with no guidance as to who should be the proper guardian for minor children. Rather than postponing the drafting of a Will altogether, a couple should name a first and second choice of guardian and then change those choices later, if necessary. Remember, a Will can be amended. It is not a stagnant, unchanging document. ......
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Rating for Fasano's CateringReviewed on 5/10/2010 Michelle R
Great food, staff and service! Marta's the best!Reviewed on 7/31/2013 Amanda D
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Angel Rangel admitted he was living the dream after helping Swansea City take out the Capital One Cup on the weekend.
The Welsh club beat Bradford City 5-0 in the Wembley final on Sunday and the Spanish defender was chuffed to bits to be a part of something so special.
"When I arrived (from Terrassa in 2007) they told me in four seasons they wanted to be in the Premier League," he said.
"I did not believe it was possible, it seemed impossible, just like a dream.
"Here we are six seasons later and we are established in the Premier League, we have won this cup and are in Europe.
"It shows how well run the club is, we have great characters and we need to keep that to succeed."
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Various ACEO drawings ready to copy and colour Copyright Jennifer Rose Phillip
Some people might consider this cheating but I like having the basic composition drawn for the ACEOs that I do. Even if they are from a photograph its easier to have the image drawn the size you need it and then transfer it to your paper instead of stoping and starting over again once you have tried to fit it in the small space. At least this way if I can't find anything to draw I have line art ready to go when needed.
So I thought I would take some of the books I have been reading since I started writing them down, (sept, this year) and do a short little book review of them. Very short :p
- Tess of the d'urbervilles by Thomas Hardy Well that was depressing :/
- Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood bit of a mystery to this did she or didn't she story. I do think its interesting that no one really knows what happened to her in the end
- Eldest by Christopher Paolini Poor man's fantasy story? But can't stop reading it :p
- Seduced by Moonlight by Laurell K.Hamilton Can't go wrong with sex and faeries :p
- Fallen Skies by Philippa Gregory a bit different from the other books I have read by her, but still entertaining
- Desperation by Stephen King little evil stone carvings that make people go mad. Well thats the short short version
- Gerald's Game by Stephen King ok she is handcuffed to a bed and there might be a crazy killer on the loose and someone gets eaten by a dog. Honestly someone getting eaten by a dog was the most exciting part of this :/ the rest was just funny, and not funny in a good way


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Does anyone have experience with being an Intake Nurse (Home Health/Hospice)
I just got a great new job as an intake nurse with a large hospital system. 5 hospitals (all part of a the same system) and are moving their intake dept to one central location. I will be one of 6 intake nurses. I'm very excited about this. I always thought that intake looked like an interesting but not too stressful job. I'm an RN with many years of home care experience. Has anyone done this type of work?


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Big Sean And Earlly Mac Perform "Mula (Remix)" Live For The First Time
Big Sean brought out Drake and Nicki Minaj during his homecoming show in Detroit over the weekend. But that was just the tip of the iceberg.
Midway through his set, the G.O.O.D. Music rapper went into his "Mula (Remix)," which features 2 Chainz, Meek Mill and Earlly Mac. The Finally Famous signee took the stage with Sean and they rocked out to it live for the first time.
"Mula (Remix)" appears on the deluxe version of Hall Of Fame.
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The Drellians were an intelligent species whose equivalent to the devil was known as Torak.
The con artist pretending to be Ardra claimed that she was known as many names, including Mendora in the Berussian Cluster, and Torak to the Drellians. (TNG: "Devil's Due")
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During play press the Select button enter the journal screen, then press one of the Button Combos below to enable the Effect you require. You will see a flash to confirm.
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Invincible .... Left, Right(x2), Left(x2), Right(x2), Left, Square(x2)..
Level skip .... Right, Left, Right, Left, Right, Left, Square, Circle(x2), Square(x4), Circle(x2).
Unlimited ammo .... Square, R2, R2, Left, Right, Left, Right, Circle, Circle, Left, Right.
Unlimited ammo (2) .... Left, Right, Left, Square, Triangle, Square(x2), Triangle(x2), Square, Triangle, Square(x2), Triangle(x2).
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Rapid fire shotgun .... L2, Left, R2, Left, Circle, Square, Circle, Square.
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(Comprehensive Guide to Short Stories, Critical Edition)
Charles Milford and his close friend Johnny Hill, who receives a monthly allowance of $100 from his father, leave their Midwestern hometown because they believe the United States has nothing to offer them, even though they have never visited New York or any other American metropolitan area. One autumn, they buy two large black hats and decide to go to Paris and live there permanently. Reading George Moore's Confessions of a Young Man (1888) has inspired Charles to start writing about his adventures with Johnny. Johnny supports Charles, types his manuscripts, and calls him the most perceptive and delicate author since Henry James. The two friends love Montparnasse, peer into the windows of art galleries, avoid the Louvre and the museum at the Luxembourg Garden as merely attractions for tourists, and instead frequent various cafés, where fellow drinkers label them "the two boys." Fanny Lee, an American woman now too shapeless to be an entertainer any longer, follows them from bar to bar, has nine or ten drinks an evening on them, and occasions their snickering criticism as they lie in their bed later.
One night at an English-style bar, the two eavesdrop on others and snicker so loudly at what they overhear that Stan Mason, up from Nice and drinking heavily, calls them two little goats. They bow so seriously in response that he is mollified, buys them drinks, and discusses architecture rather learnedly, until Charles suggests that his comments are really not very important. That night, the boys sit on the edge of their bed, talk about Mason, and for half the night snicker some more.
At a bar in November, the pair are listening to a jazz pianist from the United States when rich Milton Simpson and his wife enter. He has come to Paris to start life over again by writing, painting, and composing piano pieces simultaneously. He happens to brush past Charles, who without sufficient provocation pushes him away. They squabble until the pianist lays hold of Charles and drags him away. When the sensitive fellow begins to tremble and cry, Johnny leads him outside....
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Male feminist tackles gender issues
Brian McKenzie | Wednesday, November 7, 2007
Anti-sexism activist Jackson Katz has told members of the New England Patriots and the U.S. Marine Corps that men need to stand up to a culture that allows the physical and psychological subjection of women. On Tuesday, Katz delivered the same message to a Notre Dame audience.
Part of the trouble with society's treatment of gender issues is that these matters are widely considered to be "women's issues," he said.
So long as issues of rape, sexual harassment and sexism are considered women's issues, Katz said, it is easy for men to opt out of the discussion.
"Opinion polls show that both women and men think [violence against women] is an important issue, but that it's an important women's issue," he said.
And with 99 percent of rapes committed by males, a widespread refusal among men to engage in problem-solving debates will prevent any true progress toward prevention.
It is essential to involve men in the discussion, both in the academic and activist settings, Jackson said. He was impressed that men comprised about half the audience Monday.
Given today's expectations of masculinity, men must often be confident in their identity before they can speak frankly about the sexist attitudes that pervade current paradigms of gender, he said.
"We need more men with the guts to break out [of] complicit silence," Katz said.
Too often, Katz said, men allow themselves to disregard the issue because they are "good guys" who don't beat their girlfriends or assault women.
In a culture rife with sexism and gender-based violence, refraining from hitting or raping a woman may not be enough to make a man a "good guy," he said. "We need to raise the bar a little."
Males involved in anti-sexism activism are often asked about their personal motivation, Jackson said.
His own personal awakening to the cause came during college when he realized the lives of his female friends were dramatically affected by the need to protect their personal safety, he said.
"The women I care about can't even walk out to the corner store at 9 p.m. to get a soda," he said.
That realization made him angry. As he became more involved with gender issues, Jackson found out that many women close to him had been victims of abuse.
His experience is hardly abnormal, he said.
Jackson insisted that every male in the audience knew at least one female that had been sexually assaulted. He cited a Department of Justice statistic that one of four women will be the victim of rape or attempted rape during college.
"True prevention is going to the root of the problem: men and boys," he said.
"[But] what has been called 'prevention,' as far as I'm concerned, is risk reduction for women, like 'watch your drink' and 'don't go out alone at night.'
"Silence in the face of sexism is a form of consent and complicity," he said.
Men are relevant to preventing violence against women not only because attackers are almost always men, but also because such violence affects them indirectly, he said. He offered an example of a husband whose "wife would wake up screaming, having traumatic flashbacks of a rape that happened 20 years ago." Though the husband wasn't a victim of rape, he was very much harmed by it, he said.
He also considered the effect of domestic abuse on the family. When a husband beats his wife, children are the secondary victims, he said.
"As far as I'm concerned, if he's abusing their mother, he's abusing them by definition," he said.
Language plays an important role in shifting the emphasis from men to women, he said. The media often use certain phrases "Mary was beaten" or "Mary is a battered woman" that conceal the role of men and define women by their victimhood.
"The use of the passive voice shifts attention from men and boys to girls and women," he said.
He also objected to the use of the word "accuser" to describe the alleged victims of rape. "[The accused] is now the victim of her accusation," he said.
Jackson extended his argument about the importance of semantics by asking the audience to provide derogatory labels used to criticize female anti-sexism activists.
Two of the terms – "bitch" and "witch" – spurred further analysis.
In medieval Europe, thousands of women who resisted patriarchal power were burned at the stake as witches, he said.
Today, women who refuse to defer to male authority are routinely labeled "bitches," he said.
"We've come 500 years, but we've changed one letter?" he said.


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Salma Hayek is beautiful, talented and socially conscious. Hayek has always been active in charities and human rights groups, but she also cares about Mother Earth. In fact, her awareness has only increased since becoming a mother herself.
"I get a bigger fear of what kind of world she's going to live in. Is she going to run out of water? What kind of water is she going to drink? It's really scary and it's not that far away if we don't do something about it," Hayek once said about the future daughter Valentina Paloma Pinault might face.
Often, a celebrity's simple presence at an event can bring awareness to the cause. In Salma Hayek's case, she took it a step further and participated in an event to raise money for conservation. Hayek co-hosted the second annual Bid to Save the Earth, which raised funds for the Natural Resources Defense Council, Oceana, the Central Park Conservancy and Conservation International. The initial event raised $1.4 million, but fundraising continues through the fall.
Global Green is an environmental movement with a mission "to foster a global value change toward a sustainable and secure future." Along with other green celebrities like Leonardo DiCaprio, Salma Hayek has served on the Global Green board.
It doesn't seem like that big of a deal, but Salma Hayek has reportedly installed solar panels on her Los Angeles home. Solar panels are very environmentally sound -- in fact, solar energy offsets up to 1,500 pounds of sulfur dioxide, 830 pounds of nitrogen oxides and 217,000 pounds of carbon dioxide per year per kilowatt.
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After reading the headline my mind started spinning explanations for the connection between fidgety boys and a sputtering economy:
Is there a link between ADHD and the recent economic downturn?
Are boys who can't sit still responsible for the high unemployment numbers?
Should Fed Chair Janet Yellen fixate on Adderall instead of interest rates?
I eagerly plunged into the opening paragraph hoping to find answers about fidgety boys and the sick job market:
The behavior gap between rich and poor children, starting at very early ages, is now a well-known piece of social science. Entering kindergarten, high-income children not only know more words and can read better than poorer children but they also have longer attention spans, better-controlled tempers and more sensitivity to other children.Rich and poor children. A well-known behavior gap. If it was so well-known how come despite years of reading and producing social science literature I couldn't readily identify which behaviors the author meant? Yes the school readiness skills are well-known but the others? The provided link leads to an article in The Economist about universal pre-school, thus no research study or even an article reporting on the supposedly well-known research findings.
Back to the poor kids. What do disadvantaged kids who aren't ready for school and can't control their tempers have to do with fidgety boys and the economy? The New York Times journalist attempted to clarify:
All of which (i.e. the poor kids) makes the comparisons between boys and girls in the same categories fairly striking: The gap in behavioral skills between young girls and boys is even bigger than the gap between rich and poor.Boys have it even worse than poor kids! Still, I wasn't sure what this had to do with fidgeting or the recession. I get it, boys do worse than girls on a number of academic measures. Well-known, fine and I'll forget for now that boys in general outperform girls on some measures but still, how do boys who do poorly in school muck up the economy?
And in an economy that rewards knowledge, the academic struggles of boys turn into economic struggles. Men's wages are stagnating. Men are much more likely to be idle — neither working, looking for work nor caring for family — than they once were and much more likely to be idle than women.Okay so it seems boys (who fidget) get bad grades then end up as men with bad jobs or no jobs. They do worse economically than women (excusing for the moment that men in general out-earn women). Mind you, there is no empirical evidence presented or links to any such research anywhere in this article so I'm piecing this argument together.
Again, what do low-paying jobs (and the once-fidgety boys in them?) have to do with the country's overall ailing economy? The article offers this vague solution in lieu of clarification:
If the United States is going to build a better-functioning economy than the one we've had over the last 15 years, we're going to have to solve our boy problems.Boys are to blame for the poor-functioning economy? Boys who can't sit still? Please, do put it another way...
To put it another way, the American economy — for all its troubles (and all of the lingering sexism) — looks to be doing pretty well when you focus on girls. The portion of women earning a four-year college degree has jumped more than 75 percent over the last quarter-century, in line with what has happened in other rich countries. Median inflation-adjusted female earnings are up almost 35 percent over the same span, census data show — while male earnings, incredibly, haven't risen at all.Seriously I felt like I had ADHD, I could barely concentrate on this convoluted, imprecise social scientific theorizing and that's before I even got to Gender Roles:
"Boys are getting the wrong message about what you need to do to be successful," (Claudia Buchmann*, Professor of Sociology, The Ohio State University) says. "Traditional gender roles are misguiding boys. In today's economy, being tough and being strong are not what leads to success."Tough and strong? Gender roles? How did we end up here? I hold a certificate in Women's Studies and did research on gender (and ethnic) discrimination and stereotypes but now I'm lost. I didn't think fidgeting was part of the male stereotype. Please, Dr. Braun, what about fidgeting, the not sitting still? Are we teaching boys to be tough, strong and fidgety? I thought the latter was more a product of testosterone and brain development than socio-culturally-induced stereotypes and such. So girls get the message to pay attention and learn something in school but boys don't? The logic of this article defies easy explanation. Boys can't sit still when they get to school but then we teach them they don't have to sit still and that they should be tough and strong and not worry about their school work and grades?
The closing paragraph contains an oblique reference to "the demise of factories" so I'm left to surmise being tough and strong (and fidgety?) is no longer a valued asset because manufacturing has moved out of the United States, now a knowledge-based or service-based economy. Fine. But again, I'm not quite sure what this means for fidgety boys? That all the boys who struggled in school would have ended up in the factories but since so many have been closed, the once-fidgety have no jobs? Is there a link between ADHD and low-paying jobs? Probably but nowhere does this article elucidate this point. In fact, this article does little to elucidate any link, if one exists, between fidgeting and economic woes. It certainly offers no evidence of a link between fidgeting or even poor school readiness and the weak economy.
Boys might be fidgety and the economy might be sputtering but there is no direct link between the two. There's a series of factors between boys not sitting in their desks and the US economy. It's like sixteen degrees of separation. This holds even if we assume fidgeting is a proxy for poor academic performance.
It's unfortunate that I had to spend this much of our time trying to figure out what this article and journalist intended. It shouldn't have to take so much effort. But here goes, if I had to state what should have been the central arguments of the article (or were meant to be) it would go something like this:
Boys enter school struggling to keep up with girls. They lack key academic and social skills that give girls the advantage. By high school and college, the low-performing boys are falling way behind their peers, both girls and high-performing boys. In the job market they end up in low-wage jobs. In decades past these young men would have found work in factories but due to the loss of manufacturing base here in the US they now struggle to find employment in our current knowledge-based, service-based economy. In order to remedy this situation we are going to have to figure out how schools (if not society) undermines low-performing (fidgety?) boys.
This is one of those loosely defended, loosely pieced together, loosey goosey-social-science pieces that I try to ignore because unraveling its irrational, ambiguous or unsupported twists and turns takes some time and tries my patience. To understand how it went wrong, it's necessary to impose some order on it and that entails clarifying the hidden or unclear assumptions, the misinterpreted or missing evidence and even figuring out what the author probably meant but didn't clearly write.
Why did I waste time on it? Not only is it making the rounds in social media, it's got the full backing of one of the most respected news organizations in the world. It's the kind of reporting I expect in the HuffPo or a Psych 101 paper (never taught Journo 101 so can't comment). Moreover such an article rife with vague theories and claims contributes to the sentiment that social scientists haven't learned anything for sure.
*Buchmann is a co-author of a new report The Secret Behind College Completion: Girls, Boys, and The Power of Eighth Grade Grades released by Third Way, a Washington-based think tank. Seriously, The Secret? Is this Oprah's new offering or a research-based paper to impress policy makers? And why is it a secret? Maybe we have to know the secret handshake to learn it or maybe we need a decoder ring. Now that would make it worth reading.


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"You try for the perfect human and you get the ultimate humanity". Do you think parents should be allowed to custom build their babies? Thanks
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There are a number of issues to consider here.
1. Will the baby be healthy, emotionally and psychologically normal? Will the child be seen as different from his/her peers and therefore ostracized?
2. Will the cost of the procedure lead to a socio-politial situation where the rich engineer "perfect" children and the poor, who do not have this child engineering option, are unable to give their children the same engineering advantage as the rich?
...prenatal genetic modification—the alteration of an embryo's genes—does not increase reproductive choice for all women, just those who can afford it. (eNotes)
The discrepency between people of varying income levels (the income gap) is already a controversial issue, even in the democratic capitalist nations of the world. What would happen if this gap was given a physical embodiment?
3. Assuming that this procedure would be available to people of all income levels (i.e., free), we should also consider the will of the child.
Children do not have any control over how they are born - with what traits of height, weight, coordination, etc. To some extent these traits will help determine what a person will or will not grow up to be (too short to be a professional athlete; too tall to be a fighter pilot, etc.). Yet we understand that the child will have the ability and the right to choose a personal course of action.
Will this right to choose be mitigated or diminished by the parents' choice of how the child is engineered? If a child's traits are designed before birth, will this limit the child's ability to choose his or her own path in life? What happens when parents choose to serve their own needs instead of the needs of their child? What happens when a new civic eugenics program pops up and a nation-state decides to engineer children for specific tasks, jobs, or social roles?
Is the degree of pre-birth engineering going to equate to post-birth social control?
These are all issues that come up in such a debate. Your concerns and opinions regarding this questions will help you shape your own argument about whether or not parents should be allowed to custom build their babies.
Arguments, both pro and con, are widely published online. For more on the subject of genetic engineering and cloning regarding women's rights, see the articles "Genetic Engineering Threatens Women's Reproductive Choices" and "Genetic Engineering Protect Women's Reproductive Choices" (eNotes).


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Radinsky fired, Niebla named interim coach
Today the Cleveland Indians announced that Triple-A Columbus pitching coach Ruben Niebla has been named interim Major League Pitching Coach and has replaced Scott Radinsky who has been dismissed from his post.
Niebla, 40, is currently in his 12th season in the Indians organization, having spent the 2011 and 2012 seasons as the pitching coach at Columbus. He also spent the 2010 season, manager Manny Acta's first year on the job, as a special assistant to the Major League coaching staff. Five members of the current Major League staff pitched under Niebla's tutelage for Columbus over the last two seasons.
Niebla has been a pitching coach within the Indians Player Development System since 2001. He played professionally for six seasons from 1995-2000 in the Expos and Dodgers organizations and pitched collegiately at Azusa Pacific.
Follow Tony and the Indians Baseball Insider on Twitter @TonyIBI. Also, his new book the 2014 Cleveland Indians Baseball Insider which profiles the Indians' Top 100 Prospects and more is available for sale.


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Jean-Marcus Strole, which is pronounced Shawn-Marcus for those who have a hard time with the spelling and pronunciation, was born in the city of Uppsala, Sweden in 1977 (also the birthplace of the 1980's MEGA rock group Europe who had such hits as "The Final Countdown. and hmmm, well that's all that you really need to know as far as their music is concerned). His family decided to move to the land of opportunity (no, not the Ukraine) when he was a child. Being that it is a little hard to support yourself at the tender young age of seven, he decided that he should probably move with them and see what the U.S. had to offer, besides a country where you have a 37% chance of becoming a cult member. (Google it. It's a real statistic.)
Jean-Marcus started the University of Washington in 1995 with a major in architecture. He quickly came to realize that architecture consisted of countless hours trapped in a dark room working to finish a single image. So instead he decided to switch over to photography so he could ,uhhh, well, spend countless hours trapped in a dark room working to finish a single image.
Most people spend four years of their life trying to get their degree. But that wasn't good enough for Jean-Marcus. He decided to become an over achiever and spend SEVEN years in college (his student loan company is very grateful for that). He took as many art classes as possible including; photography, digital imaging, sculpture, metal casting, metal fabrication, jewelry design, ceramics, and a couple random courses like "Scandinavian Sexuality" just to become as well balanced as possible. I swear those last one is a real classes.
Ending his college life in 2002 (and inspiring the movie "Van Wilder") he decided to put his Bachelor Of Fine Arts in photography to good use. He is now doing what he loves photographing commercials, weddings, fashion, models, and doing anything under the sun involving photography, just as long as it does not involve photographing someones kitten in a basket, or their kids dressed up as engineers. There really isn't anything he isn't interested in photographing so just go ahead and ask. The more random and out there the better. If he slaps you across the face you may finally have found something that he didn't care for.
All facts in here stand to be tested and true in thirteen double blind clinical tests except for the statistic about becoming a cult member. But stand your guard for you never know when you may end up with a shaved head, wearing black Nike Cortez shoes, and drinking a pungent punch wondering why in the hell you decided to become a eunuch.


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(12/05/06 6:34), Bjoern Hoehrmann wrote: > In closing, some random statistics: since 2001 there have been around > 50000 messages to the list. Half of them from the top 20 contributors, > there are around 1000 people who wrote more than two mails to the list > and to pick an example, Lea Verou is in the top 50 posters by volume. Can you share the list of top posters here? I am curious whether I am in the top 50s :p Cheers, KennyReceived on Sunday, 6 May 2012 09:28:56 UTC
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Krumah to join Norwich on loan
He has not technically signed for Pompey yet, but Omar Krumah is already lined up for a loan move to Norwich with the Norwich Site confirming this.
Krumah, better known as OJ to us, had a successful trial period with us during pre-season and this prompted Harry Redknapp to snap him up. Pending international clearance from the Gambian FA this will happen - then he will be off to Norwich on loan for the season!
This move can only do him good, and will hopefully see us benefit in the future...
Also, you might have read that Redknapp and our FA cup winning squad have been granted the freedom of the city for our heroics last season - congratulations to them all, this is well deserved. Next up is the quest to see the manager become Sir Harry!


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DECATUR, Ga. - Channel2 Action News has learned a DeKalb County planning supervisor is under investigation after an employee says he assaulted him, then forced him to resign.
Tracy Evans worked at the county's permitting counter until he had a run-in with his boss, Eric Woods, back in May.
"The first thing he says is 'get out,' and I said 'for what,' and he says 'get out'," Evans told investigative reporter Jodie Fleischer.
He said the incident happened in front of several employees and
customers and now has county leaders and police investigating.
"I said
OK sir, let me log off of my computer,' and as I bend down to log off my computer, he pushes my hand away," Evans said.
Evans said Woods' supervisors forced him to leave, saying they were accepting his resignation, which he says he never submitted.
"I didn't resign, I'm not resigning," said
Evans, adding, "I never dated it, nor did I ever sign it, nor was it ever sent to anyone's attention specifically."
He said another supervisor told him to resign or he would be terminated, so he left.
"The county's position
is [that] he did resign," said DeKalb spokesperson Burke Brennan, "I think it's clear in the resignation letter he did intend to resign, or he wouldn't have written the resignation letter, and he wouldn't have given it to another employee to review or to forward in this case. Those things clearly did happen."
Evans admits he did hand the note to an administrative
assistant and threatened to resign in two weeks.
"It was a cry for help,
'This is going on and this is what's happening in your department. This department has never been in the condition that it's in right now,'" said Evans.
After the encounter with Woods, Evans filed a report for assault with Decatur
police, who confirm they are investigating.
"I felt the people I had left behind would be subject to the same
hostility; the same conditions that I had worked in," said Evans.
Records show another county employee also complained about Woods. On June
13, Police Officer Richard Hillan was working security at the public building when Evans returned to visit a co-worker.
Hillan's statement says Woods got
irate, leaned over the counter and said, "When I tell you to throw someone out of the building, that's what I need you to do."
"Mr. Hillan told him that I didn't do anything wrong, why can't I come in the building? And from what I
understand, he went ballistic on the police officer as well," said Evans.
"We are always concerned when something is in violation of the human resources policies and
procedures, and the things you described, if they happened, they would be in violation," said Brennan.
He added that the administration is particularly concerned since Woods was just hired in March to improve customer service in the planning department.
"You can't have good customer service if you have problems going on behind the counter with employees. Of course these are things the CEO takes very seriously and things he's directed his top managers to look into and improve," said Brennan.
Woods is out of the office for the rest of the
week on an unrelated matter.
He is still on the job and not charged with anything.
Evans said he doesn't want his job back if Woods is still there, but he's hoping the county investigation will restore his reputation.


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NOTICE: The opinions posted here are
subject to formal revision. If you find a typographical error or
other formal error, please notify the Virginia Court of Appeals.
Present: Judges Elder, Bray and Annunziata
Argued at Richmond, Virginia
Record No. 1594-01-2
William L. Wellons, Judge
Michael L. Freshour, Assistant Public Defender, for appellant.
Susan M. Harris, Assistant Attorney General (Jerry W. Kilgore, Attorney General, on brief), for appellee.
Tommie Lee Tucker, Jr. (defendant) was convicted in a bench trial of eluding a police officer in violation of Code ??46.2-817(B), a felony. On appeal, defendant challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to prove his conduct "interfere[d] with or endanger[ed] the operation of the law-enforcement vehicle or endanger[ed] a person." Finding no error, we affirm the conviction.
The evidence is uncontroverted. At approximately 10:40 p.m. on the evening of October 27, 2000, State Trooper David Cooper was operating mobile radar while traveling westbound on a two-lane highway in Halifax County. An eastbound red Mustang driven by defendant was detected traveling "seventy-three in a fifty-five mile per hour zone," and Cooper "immediately turned around and began to overtake" the car. When "it looked like [defendant] was fixing to" cross a "double solid line" and "pass a van," Cooper activated his "blue lights and siren." "[S]imultaneously," defendant entered the westbound lane, passed the van and continued east, "passing two other vehicles," with Cooper in pursuit.
When defendant reached the controlled intersection with "US 360," a four-lane highway, the "light in his direction of travel was red," but defendant "continued on through without stopping." Cooper slowed as he approached the intersection, the traffic signal "turned green," and he continued to follow defendant along State Route 344, reaching speeds "in excess of a hundred and five [m.p.h.] trying to catch him." The chase continued through Scottsburg, where Cooper again slowed his vehicle, only to resume speeds of "eighty, eighty-five [m.p.h.]" in pursuit of defendant.
Beyond Scottsburg, "approximately three-quarters of a mile" from the intersection with US 360, the Mustang "slid off" the road and into a tree. Before Cooper could reach the vehicle, defendant "came out from the driver's seat," "jumped into the woods and ran." Apprehended and arrested at "approximately 4:09 a.m." the following morning, defendant explained he fled because "he had just gotten out of jail .?.?. and didn't want to go back."
At the conclusion of all the evidence, defendant moved the court to "strike the felony." Conceding "there's no question .?.?. [he] didn't stop" for Cooper's "audible and visual sign," admittedly conduct sufficient to establish "misdemeanor eluding" and "reckless driving," defendant maintained that such evidence was insufficient to prove a felonious violation of Code ??46.2-817(B). The court overruled the motion and convicted defendant of feloniously eluding Cooper, resulting in the instant appeal.
Code ??46.2-817 provides, in pertinent part:
A. Any person who, having received a visible or audible signal from any law-enforcement officer to bring his motor vehicle to a stop, drives such motor vehicle in a willful and wanton disregard of such signal or who attempts to escape or elude such law-enforcement officer, shall be guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor.?.?.?.
B. Any person who, having received a visible or audible signal from any law-enforcement officer to bring his motor vehicle to a stop, drives such motor vehicle in a willful and wanton disregard of such signal so as to interfere with or endanger the operation of the law-enforcement vehicle or endanger a person shall be guilty of a Class 6 felony.?.?.?.
C. When any person is convicted of a misdemeanor under this section, in addition to the other penalties provided in this section, the driver's license of such person may be suspended by the court for a period of not less than thirty days nor more than one year. However, in any case where the speed of such person is determined to have exceeded the maximum allowed by twenty miles per hour, his driver's license shall be suspended by the court trying the case for a period of not less than ninety days.?.?.?.
Contending the legislature did not intend "reckless driving, without more," sufficient "to convict a person eluding the police of a felony," defendant urges us to construe Code ??46.2-817(B) to require proof that the "driving actually endangered a person."
In support of his argument, defendant points to Code ??46.2-817(C), which provides an enhanced punishment for a violation of Code ??46.2-817(A), "a misdemeanor," when the offense is accompanied by speed in excess of "the maximum allowed by twenty miles per hour." Code ??46.2-817(C) (emphasis added). Because such conduct is deemed reckless driving by Code ??46.2-862, defendant reasons reckless driving gives rise only to a violation of Code ??46.2-817(A), a misdemeanor.
Well established "principles of statutory construction require us to ascertain and give effect to the legislative intent." Branch v. Commonwealth, 14 Va.?App. 836, 839, 419 S.E.2d 422, 424 (1992) (citations omitted). "The plain, obvious, and rational meaning of a statute is always preferred to any curious, narrow or strained construction; a statute should never be construed so that it leads to absurd results." Id. "Although penal laws are to be construed strictly [against the Commonwealth], they 'ought not to be construed so strictly as to defeat the obvious intent of the legislature.'" Willis v. Commonwealth, 10 Va.?App. 430, 441, 393 S.E.2d 405, 411 (1990) (citation omitted).
Viewed accordingly, Code ??46.2-817(C) is clearly intended to enhance punishment for a violation of Code ??46.2-817(A) when such offense is aggravated by specified conduct, coincidentally a species of reckless driving. Code ??46.2-817(C); see Shaw v. Commonwealth, 9 Va.?App. 331, 334, 387 S.E.2d 792, 794 (1990) (finding violations of Code ??46.2-817 do not "constitute a reckless driving offense"). Thus, application of the provision is expressly limited to "person[s] .?.?. convicted of a misdemeanor under [Code ??46.2-817(A)] .?.?.?." Code ??46.2-817(C) (emphasis added).
With respect to the endangerment of persons sufficient to constitute a felonious violation of Code ??46.2-817(B), a manifest purpose of the statute is to protect the public against a driver eluding police "so as to .?.?. endanger a person." Id. Hence, conduct that raises the specter of endangerment is the evil contemplated and proscribed by the statute. To require the threat to be imminent would engraft an element to the offense, thereby permitting the dangerous operation of motor vehicles until a person is actually imperiled, an absurd result that subverts the salutary purposes of the statute.
Here, when defendant, ignoring Cooper's signal to stop, operated a vehicle at a high rate of speed in gross violation of posted limits, passed three cars, crossing a "double solid line" in the first instance, disregarded a red traffic signal at an intersection with a four-lane highway and, moments thereafter, lost control and crashed into a tree, he clearly endangered both Trooper Cooper in the discharge of his duties and others on or about the highway, a felony in violation of Code ??46.2-817(B). Accordingly, we affirm the conviction.


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This week at Golden Gate Fields
Published 6:28 pm, Wednesday, April 2, 2014
Schedule: Thursday through Sunday
Post time: 12:45 p.m.
Feature simulcast races: Grade 1, $1 million Santa Anita Derby; Grade 1, $1 million Wood Memorial at Aqueduct - both Saturday.
Update: Jockey Russell Baze begins a suspension of three racing days Sunday as a result of interference caused by Gold Tie Please in the first race Saturday. ... The first grass events since Jan. 5 are scheduled for the fifth and seventh races Thursday but are likely to be moved to the main track because of this week's rain. There also is one grass race carded Friday and two Saturday. ... There is a carryover of $40,009 in the Pick Six that begins with Thursday's second race.
Elsewhere: California Chrome and Candy Boy, California's two top contenders for the Kentucky Derby, meet for the first time in the Santa Anita Derby. The 1 1/8 -mile race, worth 170 Kentucky Derby qualifying points (100-40-20-10), also drew Hoppertunity, who shipped to Oaklawn Park to win the Grade 2 Rebel Stakes. Trained by Art Sherman, California Chrome has won five of nine starts capped by a 7 1/4-length victory in the Grade 2 San Felipe Stakes on March 8. "It's scary, but I don't think you've seen the top of this horse yet," co-owner and co-breeder Steve Coburn said. "He's getting better, bigger and faster, putting on more muscle. I think he's going to peak in the next couple of months." Candy Boy hasn't raced since winning the Grade 2 Robert B. Lewis Stakes on Feb. 8. ... Social Inclusion, sensational winner of his first two starts, meets proven stakes horses Samraat and Uncle Sigh in the Wood Memorial. Samraat is unbeaten in five starts, including victories over Uncle Sigh by a length and a neck, respectively, in the Gotham and Withers stakes. ... My Kentucky Derby top 10: California Chrome, Candy Boy, Samraat, Vicar's in Trouble, Tapiture, Intense Holiday, Chitu, Wildcat Red, Uncle Sigh, Cairo Prince. Social Inclusion, Hoppertunity and Florida Derby winner Constitution aren't ranked because they didn't race as 2-year-olds, and no such horse has won the Kentucky Derby since Apollo in 1882. ... Trainer Jerry Hollendorfer sent Sahara Sky to Aqueduct for Saturday's Grade 1, $500,000 Carter Handicap - a race in which he finished second last year.


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I eat here multiple times a week, sometimes twice in a day. The Falafel and hummos is delicious as well as their many assortments of salads. Heart of palm, tabouleh and fatoosh are my favorites. Give them a shot, the owner Samir is very friendly and always has a smile on his face. *** Vegetarian Friendly ***
You people do realize that the issue is with cell phones in prison, right? No, too busy "hating" on SCDC.
thingy majigger? when I figure out what that is I will certainly start working on it. oh yeah I forgot, I'm not a geek squad twirp. why does everyone relate IT with fixing computers? get your head out of your ass and stop being so simple minded.
Haha you all are mistaken. I am not putting down anyone because of the career that they chose. My complaint is that if you are accepting of the fact that you work in a restaurant then you should be accepting of the crap that comes with the job. Complaining about the random messy person is like a garbage man complaining that the trash he just picked up smells terrible. And congrats on being in the military! Lets all give you another medal. You were subject to those conditions because you CHOSE to join the military. DON'T complain about the shit pile you are in of you chose to walk in it.
Nanners I am an IT professional who does not rely on anyone or anything but my own paycheck. Again you don't have your facts straight which in turn makes you the ignorant ass. I just don't see how people who are in the business of serving the public complain so much about what people of the public do... in public. Yeah it is gross to see someone make a mess at their table, and yes it sucks that someone has to clean it up. But at the end of the day if you hate your job so much, go get a fucking education like everyone else and get a "REAL" job. And I tip 20%-30% based on the service I receive, thank you very much.
how about getting a "real" job then? then you won't have to complain about cleaning up after someone else... unless you become a janitor.