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A year after facing the worst financial crisis in its 60-year history, the Flat Rock Playhouse rebounded in 2013 thanks to what its leaders describe as a more conservative business model.
A year after facing the worst financial crisis in its 60-year history, the Flat Rock Playhouse rebounded in 2013 thanks to what its leaders describe as a more conservative business model.
Last fall, theater leaders announced that the nonprofit needed to raise $250,000 just to finish the season and closer to $1 million to stabilize their finances long-term. With the help of local governments and benefactors, they raised just over $500,000.
Hillary Hart, the theater's managing director hired in April, said this week the Playhouse is on track to finish 2013 in the black, thanks to belt-tightening, improved ticket sales and increased donations over the last six to eight months.
"Certainly, we are in a much different position than we were last year at this time," Hart said this week. "Last year, it was really a fight for survival. There was no chance without any of that money coming in that the theater would've had a 2013 season."
But roughly $500,000 to $600,000 in long-standing debt still hangs around the theater's neck, Hart warned, threatening its future. The theater also faces increased rent in 2014 at its downtown location, as well as continued competition from other entertainment sources.
Following its near-shuttering last fall, the theater made strides in 2013 to tighten up its business practices. It reduced the number of shows, cut roughly $300,000 in expenses when ticket sales didn't meet goals and increased its number of donors from 750 to 943. But challenges remain.
"Even though from a (profit-and-loss) standpoint, we're going to end in the black, we're still a very fragile organization," Hart said. "We're moving in the right direction, but it took longer than a year to get us where we are, and it's going to take longer than a year to get us out."
Theater leaders this fall embarked on an outreach campaign designed to drive home several messages: that the new business model is working; the Playhouse is a key economic driver for Henderson County; and annual, ongoing support from local governments and other donors is critical to the theater's long-term survival.
On Tuesday, Producing Artistic Director Vincent Marini and Development Director Lynn Penny gave a presentation to the Rotary Club of Hendersonville touting the theater's forward progress. They pointed out that every show in 2013 made a profit, and contributed income rose from $1.49 million in 2012 to $1.52 million in 2013.
On Dec. 12, Hart will give a similar talk to the Flat Rock Village Council, which last year gave the theater $100,000 to pay down debt but this year stuck to its policy of not funding nonprofits. Hart will ask councilmen to reconsider that move, arguing that continued investment in the Playhouse is vital to the community.
"The bottom line is, if we close our doors for any reason, we take our $10 million to $14 million in local economic impact with us," she said, citing a new tourism study showing the Playhouse as a top draw for visitors. "We're not asking for a bailout. We're asking for continued investment in the performing arts in your community."
That kind of investment by governments is the norm nationally, Hart said. While the Playhouse's $2.2 million from 2012 ticket sales and other "earned" revenue exceeded the national average, she said, its $1.49 million in contributed income fell below the national average of $2.1 million for a theater its size.
"We need to find ways to help people understand that we're not asking for money because we're not managing it well, or we're not doing the right things, or we're not making the right choices with where we choose to spend our money," Hart said.
Rather, asking for regular support is part of being a nonprofit community arts group that educates young thespians and enhances the quality of life and economy of a community, she said. "There's nothing abnormal about it; it's actually part of our mission."
Although grateful for the $300,000 it received from local governments last year, Hart pointed out the Playhouse got just $35,000 this year. That's hurting not just the theater's ability to pay down debt and build an endowment to become more self-sustaining, she said, but is hampering fundraising elsewhere.
Hart said one of her biggest frustrations was being turned down for three or four large corporate grants this year because "they looked at our local government support and said, 'They're not supporting you in an ongoing, meaningful way, so why should we?'"
Besides diversifying its revenue sources, Hart said the Playhouse wants to stay nimble operationally. After "Souvenir" and first-quarter Music on the Rock shows performed below expectations, she cut $103,000 from expenses. Another $50,000 in cuts, including furloughing staff, followed what she called "fairly disappointing" third-quarter ticket sales.
Next season, the Playhouse plans to cut two more Main Stage shows and another downtown show to further streamline programming. Despite projections they'll make about $4.3 million this year, on par with 2012 despite fewer shows, Hart said theater leaders found they still weren't capitalizing on individual productions as well as they could.
"When you talk about spiking the number of shows you do up to 16 in 2012, that's a lot of competition with yourself, to say nothing of the other wonderful arts institutions like the Hendersonville Little Theater and Symphony," she said. "We were finding that people were choosing one show or another: they'd either go downtown or to the Main Stage, if they happened to be running at the same time."
The scaled-back schedule will also improve cash flow, Hart said, "because when you've got two or three shows going at one time, that's a pretty big payroll." For the theater's full-time staff, the scheduling change also "makes their lives more tenable as well," offering more flexibility for family time, vacations and days off.
The Playhouse Downtown has not had to pay rent for the past three years, thanks to the generosity of landlords Tom and Sue Fazio, Hart said.
That will change starting in 2014, which Hart called "an interesting new variable to our business model that we're going to have to watch very, very closely this year, because it does change our usage of that space in terms of what we need to come out of that building. But we're not planning on, at this time, not being there."
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There seems to be no evidence whatsoever to back up accusations, in the Guardian and throughout the media, that new bus lines in Israel, serving Palestinians who live in the West Bank but work in central Israel, serve 'Palestinians only.'
Prior to the launch of the new lines Israeli buses did not stop in towns controlled by the P.A., and Palestinians were dependent on transportation services by "pirate" (Arab) companies. (Alternately they could travel to an Israeli settlement, such as Ariel, and take a bus from there to Israeli cities across the green line).
Conal Urquhart's Guardian report on the issue, which, in fairness, is no worse than others in the mainstream media, was titled "Israel to launch 'Palestinian only' bus service," March 4, and begins:
The Israeli government will on Monday begin operating a "Palestinians-only" bus service to ferry Palestinian workers from the West Bank to Israel, encouraging them to use it instead of travelling with Israeli settlers on a similar route.
However, at no point does Urquhart attempt to buttress this sensational claim, nor indicate the source of the ("Palestinians only") quote.
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Officially anyone can use them, but the ministry of transport said that the new lines are meant to improve services for Palestinians.
In a statement to the Israeli newspaper, Yedioth Ahronoth, the ministry said: "The new lines are not separate lines for Palestinians but rather two designated lines meant to improve the services offered to Palestinian workers who enter Israel through Eyal Crossing.
As Lori Lowenthal Marcus of the Jewish Press pointed out, the "restrictions" pertain to "only" stopping at Palestinian towns in the territories, where Jews don't live.
Urquhart continues:
Information on the new services, which are operated by the company Afikim, have reportedly only been advertised in Arabic and distributed only in Palestinian areas of the West Bank.
However, if the goal of the new bus line is to improve service for Palestinians living in the West Bank but working in Israel, it would certainly make sense to advertise the lines in Palestinian towns, and only in Arabic.
Again, Urquhart:
Palestinians used to use Palestinian minibuses and taxis to travel into Israel but Israel has increased the number of permits it gives to Palestinians which has led to more mixing on shared routes.
Indeed, Palestinians were dependent upon transportation services by unauthorized Arab companies which charged far more than the new Israeli lines do, and Urquhart, further in his report, quotes the Transportation Ministry official making a similar point.
For example, the public fare for Palestinians traveling to Raanana is reportedly 5.1 shekels (roughly $1.35), and to Tel Aviv will cost 10.6 shekels ($2.85). This is compared to roughly 40 shekels ($10.75) that passengers have been charged by the private transportation services.
Additionally, Transportation and Road Safety Minister Yisrael Katz was quoted in Israel HaYom as explaining that "Palestinians were permitted to use any public bus line they wished, including the ones used by settlers."
Lowenthal Marcus makes the additional point:
The new bus lines are not, as the misleading headlines suggest, only for Arab Palestinians, the restriction they have is that they only stop at Arab towns in the territories, where – few would disagree – Jews with or without special identification would not dare go for fear – a legitimate one – of physical violence. The fact remains that any Israeli citizens, Jewish, Christian or Zoroastrians, who live in the "Jewish" towns, were able to and did use the pre-existing bus lines.
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The website of the bus company, Ofakim, shows that the No. 211 bus route begins near Kalkilya and travels to Tel Aviv with stops in Petah Tikvah, Bnei Brak and elsewhere. It doesn't indicate that it is a "Palestinian only" bus or that Jews may not ride it. Ofakim claimed "We are not allowed to refuse service and we will not order anyone to get off the bus."
Frantzman also argued that "nothing obvious prevents Arabs from commuting to a bus stop near a large Jewish community, to take a bus serving Ariel for instance." He added that "there is no 'segregation,' no 'separate but equal.' No one is 'sitting at the back.'"


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Vicious storms and howling winds smacked the Deep South, killing at least seven people in Alabama including three family members whose homes were tossed into nearby woods.
Combined with earlier reported fatalities in Arkansas and Oklahoma, the confirmed death toll had risen to 16 by early Saturday — the nation's deadliest storm of the season.
Henley Hollon said Saturday that his 65-year-old brother, Willard Hollon, lived across the street from him in the Boone's Chapel community about 25 miles from Montgomery. Henley Hollon said Willard Hollon and Willard's two adult children, Steve and Cheryl, were killed when the storms roared through.
Henley Hollon said he had been watching the weather forecast on television — and thought the worst was over when the winds started to pick up.
"It got up real fast. The lights went out," he said. "We had to feel our way into the hall. It lasted less than a minute."
He then went outside to check on the limbs down in his yard and walked across the road to check on his brother.
"When I shined the light out there I could see it was all gone," Henley Hollon said. Two mobile homes had been ripped from their foundations, and all that remained Saturday morning were wooden steps and flowerbeds.
"The trailer was anchored down and the anchors are gone," said Autauga County Chief Deputy Sheriff Joe Sedinger. "But the steps are still there and the blooms are still on the flowers."
Seven people were hurt in the storm, including a firefighter injured during the emergency response, Sedinger said.
Another three deaths were reported early Saturday in Washington County in southern Alabama, said Yasamie Richardson, spokeswoman for the Alabama Emergency Management Agency.
Don Faulkner, meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Mobile, estimated mobile homes make up around 40 percent of the houses in the area of Washington County where the storm hit. Richardson said she didn't immediately have details on the people killed there or where they were living.
The system had already destroyed or damaged dozens of homes, businesses and churches Friday afternoon in Mississippi, where crews worked to clear roads, find shelter for displaced families and restore power.
In Marengo County in west-central Alabama, four separate tornadoes hit over the span of about five to six hours, emergency management director Kevin McKinney said.
The mobile home that had been tossed was a pile of rubble, along with another 30 homes or businesses that were destroyed, McKinney said. Four people had minor injuries.
Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley declared a state of emergency for the entire state, and the first race of a busy weekend at the Talladega Superspeedway was postponed until Saturday morning.
The storms began late Thursday in Oklahoma, where at least five tornadoes touched down and two people were killed. The system then pushed into Arkansas, killing seven more. Dozens of others were hurt.
By midday Friday, the storms had marched into Tennessee, Louisiana and later into Georgia. At least three twisters touched down in Mississippi, where a state of emergency was declared in 14 counties, causing widespread damage but only one serious injury.
The hardest hit was Clinton, a city of about 26,000 people just west of Jackson, the state capital. At least seven people were taken by ambulance to hospitals with injuries.
In western Alabama, there was massive destruction in the small town of Geiger. An elderly woman was pinned down by her ceiling that had collapsed, but she was rescued without getting hurt, said Margaret A. Bishop-Gulley, Sumter County's emergency management director.
Officials were even having difficulty setting up shelters there. A school didn't have any power and the alternate site, a community center, had just one generator that could only light up half of the building.
"It's just been one catastrophe after another," she said.
Forecasters warned of approaching danger as much as three days earlier, but the winds up to 80 mph and repeated lightning strikes cut a path of destruction across a region so accustomed to violent weather that many people ignored the risk — or slept through it.
At Crystal Springs, lightning split a tree that fell into a home, killing an 18-month-old girl and her father as they slept. In Little Rock, winds knocked a tree into a home, killing a woman and her 8-year-old son in his bed.
In the Arkansas town of Bald Knob, a 6-year-old boy died when the top of a tree more than 6 feet in diameter crashed through his home while he was sleeping.
The worst damage in Oklahoma was in the small town of Tushka, where residents wondered what would become of their community after a twister damaged or destroyed nearly every home along the two main streets. The only school — a collection of buildings housing grades K-12 — was all but gone.
"It's hard to deal with because we're a small community with limited resources. It's hard to do the cleanup," Mayor Brickie Griffin said.
Two people were killed and at least 25 hurt as the tornado plowed through the town of 350 before dawn. At least a dozen homes and businesses were destroyed.
Stacy George, who lives across the street from the school, slowly recovered items from the rubble of her home, which had shattered windows and a collapsed roof. A pickup truck had been blown into the side of the house. But George's husband and 20-month-old son survived.
"We're basically starting over," she said, laying out clothes, cowboy boots, a penny jar, a lamp and a chair in her driveway.
Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin declared a state of emergency for 26 counties affected by the storm.
Back in Tuscaloosa, Ala., an apparent tornado damaged a motel and struck an oil change business, blowing the plastic out of large signs. Roads were crisscrossed with power poles and trees.
"It was a dark funnel coming down," said Sam Packwood, who works at Bama Mini Storage in Tuscaloosa. "The sirens went off and all; it was pretty exciting for 20 or 30 minutes. I hope nobody got hurt."
Associated Press writers Jay Reeves in Birmingham; Chuck Bartels and Jeannie Nuss in Little Rock; Nomaan Merchant in Bald Knob; Kristi Eaton in Tushka, Okla.; Holbrook Mohr in Jackson, Miss.; and Jeff Martin and Jacob Jordan in Atlanta contributed to this report.
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DUDLEY, MASS. - Freshman Misbah Karin rushed for 162 yards and three touchdowns as Nichols College rolled to a 35-7 victory over MIT in the Bison Bowl. MIT scored late in the fourth quarter to prevent the shutout, although the Engineers have lost five straight after opening the campaign with two consecutive wins.
The Bison worked with a short field all afternoon, and they made sure to capitalize on every redzone opportunity. Nichols enjoyed three touchdown drives that combined for 31 yards, including two scoring runs capped by Karin. Anthony Gaines and Wayne DeLance scored on runs of two and three yards, respectively, as the Nichols ground attack produced all the damage on Saturday.
Freshman Muamba Muanankese rushed 18 times for 106 yards to lead the MIT offense. Muanankese averaged 5.9 yards per carry, but was unable to find the endzone during the tilt. Quarterback Phil Deutsch erased any thoughts of a Nichols shutout when he found Camilo Huerta for a 12-yard touchdown reception with less than five minutes remaining in regulation. Deutsch finished with 97 yards passing on eight completions. Warren Chia was the top target, collecting three grabs for 52 yards.
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It's been a tumultuous trek for The Hobbit over the past two years. The project was slowly but steadily coming together under the guiding hand of Guillermo del Toro – that is until MGM's financial blues forced the filmmaker off the project in 2010. Even after Lord of the Rings helmer Peter Jackson finally stepped in to take del Toro's spot, union issues, funding concerns, and health problems threatened to derail the cinematic return to J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-Earth.
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"The Hobbit" follows the journey of title character Bilbo Baggins (Martin Freeman), who is swept into an epic quest to reclaim the lost Dwarf Kingdom of Erebor, which was long ago conquered by the dragon Smaug. Approached out of the blue by the wizard Gandalf the Grey (Ian McKellen), Bilbo finds himself joining a company of thirteen dwarves led by the legendary warrior, Thorin Oakenshield (Richard Armitage). Their journey will take them into the Wild; through treacherous lands swarming with Goblins and Orcs, deadly Wargs and Giant Spiders, Shapeshifters and Sorcerers.
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We're sure we speak for many Lord of the Rings fans when we say: It's good to be back on Middle-Earth.
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey arrives in 2D and 3D theaters around the U.S. on December 14th, 2012.
The Hobbit: There and Back Again is scheduled to hit U.S. theaters a year later on December 13th, 2013.
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LOS ANGELES, Jan. 22 -- Do you want to have your cake and eat it, too? Lifetime Television announces Cook Yourself Thin, an all-new series that offers viewers the skills and the confidence to give their favorite indulgent meals a healthy makeover by cutting the calories and doubling the flavor! Culinary experts Harry Eastwood, Allison Fishman and Candice Kumai show guests how to lose their unwanted inches by replacing extreme dieting with clever cooking. The twenty-episode, half-hour series premieres in Spring 2009 on Lifetime Television.
Based on the hit, British series and popular cookbook, Cook Yourself Thin encourages women to lose weight by changing their eating habits. Each half-hour episode follows one guest as she learns simple ways to transform her favorite high calorie meals into delicious, healthier fare. Hosts Eastman, Fishman and Kumai use their sharp culinary know-how to tailor a specific menu for each participant. The meals are prepared step-by-step, comparing the calorie count of the original recipe to those of the Cook Yourself Thin version. The guest is then sent home with the ingredients, tools and tips necessary to make healthy changes in the kitchen. After six weeks of living the Cook Yourself Thin lifestyle, the hosts visit each participant at home to check on her progress.
Visitors to Mylifetime.com will be able to view full episodes of the series the day after they premiere on Lifetime Television. Additionally, site visitors will have access to recipes featured on the show, step-by-step cooking instructions and behind-the-scenes information about show participants -- including an inside look at the contents of their refrigerators. For each episode, one of the three hosts will record a video blog offering cooking tips and additional strategies to Cook Yourself Thin.
Cook Yourself Thin is produced by Tiger Aspect Productions for Lifetime Television. Emmy Award(R) winner Lauren Deen (Martha Stewart Living) and Christine Connor serve as co-executive producers.
Food writer and cookbook author Harry Eastwood is an expert baker. She prides herself on being able to cut the calorie count of delicious desserts by substituting healthy alternatives for the high fat ingredients typically found in baked goods. Eastwood starred in the British version of the series and co-authored the cookbook Cook Yourself Thin: The Delicious Way to Drop a Dress Size.
Passionate chef Allison Fishman honed her culinary skills while working for Martha Stewart and Food Network as a recipe developer and food stylist. Additionally, Fishman served as co-host of TLC's Home Made Simple. She currently writes a weekly food column for www.thestreet.com and her recipes and writings have been featured in national magazines and newspapers across the nation.
Candice Kumai, a contestant on season one of Bravo's Top Chef, was professionally trained at the prestigious Le Cordon Bleu. Kumai is currently a special events chef at the Ritz-Carlton hotel in Laguna Beach, CA and runs her own catering company, Stiletto Chef LA. She has been featured as a cooking expert on NBC's Your LA and participates in high profile cooking demonstrations across the country.
Tiger Aspect Productions, an IMG Media company, is internationally recognized as one of the UK's most successful and prolific independent television producers. The company portfolio includes animation, comedy, drama, entertainment and factual genres. Tiger Aspect's programming is built on a hot-bed of the best available talent. The company's belief in nurturing and supporting creativity on every level means that Tiger Aspect attracts the ultimate in on-screen writing and production talent.
Lifetime is a diverse, multi-media company, committed to offering the highest quality entertainment and information programming, and advocating a wide range of issues affecting women and their families. Lifetime Television, Lifetime Movie Network, Lifetime Real Women and Lifetime Digital (including myLifetime.com) are part of Lifetime Entertainment Services, a 50/50 joint venture of the Hearst Corporation and The Walt Disney Company.


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What makes a good recipe, and how do you write one? What makes an original recipe? What do the most important people in the food world have to say about recipe-writing, and what are their trademark recipe-writing styles?
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In what modern publication was this term coined?
1) "Foodie"
a. Bon Appetit Magazine
b. The New Yorker
c. New York Magazine
d. The San Francisco Chronicle
2) "Artisanal"
a. The New York Times
b. Gourmet Magazine
c. Saveur Magazine
d. The Los Angeles Times
3) "Umami"
a. National Geographic
b. The New Scientist
c. The New Yorker
d. Popular Science
In which city did each of these dishes originate?
4) Spaghetti and Meatballs
a. New York, New York
b. New Orleans, Louisiana
c. Naples, Italy
d. Chicago, Illinois
5) Green Bean Casserole
a. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
b. Camden, New Jersey
c. Houston, Texas
d. Columbus, Ohio
6) General Tso's Chicken
a. Shanghai, China
b. Portland, Oregon
c. New York, New York
d. Toronto, Ontario
7) Cobb Salad
a. Los Angeles, California
b. Seattle, Washington
c. Las Vegas, Nevada
d. Atlanta, Georgia
8) The Hamburger
a. New York, New York
b. New Haven, Connecticut
c. St. Louis, Missouri
d. Austin, Texas
9) Which of these is the real title of a community cookbook?
a. The Accomplish'd Lady's Delight in Preserving, Physick, Beautifying, and Cookery
b. The "He" Cookbook
c. Man-Trap, or The Way to a Man's Heart
d. Home Cookin' For the King of The Road: Wives of Truck Drivers Cookbook
e. See and Taste That the Lord is Good Community Cookbook
f. Boston-Based Flight Attendants of American Airlines Community Cookbook
In what year was the first cookbook devoted to ____ food published in the United States? (Bonus points for knowing the title or author!)
10) Chinese
a. 1923
b. 1946; Madame Chiang's Chinese Cookbook; Chiang Yep
c. 1972
d. 1987
11) Italian
a. 1907
b. 1919; The Italian Cook Book: The Art of Eating Well, Practical Recipes o the Italian Cuisine, Pastries, Sweets, Frozen Delicacies, and Syrups; Maria Gentile
c. 1935
d. 1949
12) French
a. 1780
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c. 1950
d. 1971
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a. 1902
b. 1932
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d. 1982
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b. 1951
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d. 1990
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c. Good Homes and Housekeeping
d. Mastering the Art of French Cooking
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b. Wine
c. Bread
d. Cheese
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b. 27
c. 70
d. 1000
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b. The New Englandah Burgah by Chef Jason Royale
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For many reps the GP's secretary is the key to the practice, fitting in details amongst the never-ending and myriad demands of the local ill. But what do these zealots of the appointments diary really think about reps? How can they be won over? Does it require the charms of a young Warren Beattie / Audrey Hepburn, the medical expertise of a Nobel prize winner, or simply a large box of cakes and some free pens? PharmiWeb has tracked down one of these elusive maidens and in this feature Sukhveer Khera tells us what makes the Medical Secretary tick. WHAT DOES YOUR CURRENT ROLE ENTAIL? I'm currently employed as a Medical Secretary/Receptionist. The job entails a variety of duties varying from general clerical/admin chores to dealing with members of the public face-to-face and via the telephone on a daily basis. As well as the general public I have regular contact with doctors, medical professionals and more many medical sales reps, for whom I book meetings with the doctors, both in and outside of surgery hours. HOW MANY DOCTORS ARE THERE IN YOUR PRACTICE? Our practice is fairly small, just three doctors and two practice nurses. The practice nurses are also called upon by the reps when they are looking to promote certain products for example HRT, Diabetes and CHD products. HOW MANY REPS VISIT YOUR SURGERY ON AN AVERAGE DAY? It varies, on quiet days we will get between three and four reps coming in, whereas when we are busy it can often be double that. OF THESE, HOW MANY GET TO ACTUALLY SEE A DOCTOR? As a standard the doctors will see up to two or three reps a day, but depending on their schedules they can see as many as five. My colleagues and I do however try to persuade the doctor to see the reps who arrive, as on many occasions they have called more than once to see a particular doctor. HOW LONG DO THEY USUALLY SPEND WITH THE DOCTOR? Approximately five to ten minutes, although it really depends on the doctor and the product the rep is promoting. This also varies if the rep is a regular, in which case they can spend up to 20 minutes with the doctor. WHAT IMPRESSES YOU MOST ABOUT A REP? Personality is the most important factor without a doubt. The rep needs to be outgoing and friendly, and to be honest most of the ones I know are. We get reps coming in sometimes just for a chat, which is nice because that makes us go out of our way to ensure that they get seen, thus making him or her a regular face at the practice. Other than that a friendly smile is also nice to see once in a while, plus bonus points for those that bring us lots of goodies! WHAT ANNOYS YOU MOST ABOUT REPS? Not much really, although it is frustrating when they are too persistent in their desire to be seen, because sometimes the doctors are just too busy. Also when they book meetings and either forget to attend, or simply do not bother to cancel. Luckily that has only happened on a few occasions. DO YOU OR YOUR COLLEAGUES EVER TURN REPS AWAY BECAUSE OF THE WAY THEY TREAT YOU? Although we shouldn't, on a few occasions we have, though this is not out of spite. For example one rep cancelled three lunch meetings, one of which he informed us of on the day. This is very annoying for the doctors as they would've arranged their day around this particular meeting, rushing around in order to attend. For the rep to cancel at the last minute and not even book a replacement, well that really takes the biscuit. It's a harsh world out there! DO YOUR DOCTORS HAVE FAVOURITE REPS THAT THEY WILL ALWAYS SEE? Yes, quite a number actually. This works out beneficially for both the doctor and the rep, and us of course, as we all get some sort of reward at the end of it, including a good laugh! Thus the doctor's favourites are often ours too. WHAT ARE THE DOCTORS BIGGEST COMPLAINTS ABOUT REPS? There aren't any at our practice really, arranging meetings and then forgetting about them, or failing to present them with certain certificates of attendance, (ie..post-gradraduate certs) are about all I can think of. WHAT ADVICE WOULD YOU GIVE REPS TO HELP THEM MAKE MORE CALLS? In general, to be themselves, outgoing and friendly, as it's more heart-warming to assist them if they have a good sense of humour. Also its a good idea to drop off their cards earlier on in the day, and ask what time to pop back, this is less time consuming for both us and the reps. In addition, if possible, bringing surgery supplies which will be of use to the practice, ie. surgical gloves, notepads, pens etc. Oh and not to forget chocolates and cakes for the receptionists!
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A field for chapter based urls is missing. I propose this:
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- What would be its purpose? To where would the URL take you? Martin Leese 08:43, 8 March 2012 (PST)
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I did, however, actually attempt one speedy 48 in 2004, a few weeks after running and winning a fast (for me) sub 18-hour Vermont 100. Beginning on August 11 that year, I bagged all 14 of what I call the Pemi Peaks--Flume, Liberty, Lincoln, Lafayette, Owls Head, Garfield, Galehead, the Twins, the Bonds, Zealand, and Hale--45+ miles in 18 hours 26 minutes. The next day I climbed the 3 peaks of the Willey Range along with Carrigain, Cannon and the Kinsmans, 30+ miles in about 14 hours. Things were going well for me physically. Meteorologically, however, conditions were bad: that night it poured down rain… intense T'storm after intense T'storm continuing into the next day. I got rained out. I probably should've squeezed in another attempt back then, but isn't human nature such that we oftentimes don't seize an opportunity that's staring us in the face, finding reasons why we can't do something instead of why we should actually just go for it? Perhaps that is a reason why there was no women's non-winter NH 48 fastest known time (FKT) until August 20 of this year.
I was pretty fatigued after the LT effort in late July and had decided to bail on the peakbagging idea. It wasn't until the drive back from Maine on August 12 that I started having thoughts like "Maybe I should give it a shot… What have I got to lose?… May as well… Um, Honey…?"
Chris agrees to crew--I am a lucky woman! I decide to do it relatively fast but not all-out. As with all of my adventures, first and foremost, this is to be FUN, and I know that without enough sleep, it will not be. Ergo, I shoot for a modest goal of under 5 days. I do not have a tight schedule but will take the Forrest Gump approach: when I'm tired, I'll sleep, when I'm hungry, I'll eat... Since we want to be back home before Labor Day weekend and don't want to have to rush, we decide that I should start on August 15 in order to give us a reasonable window. The weather forecast for the 16th calls for rain most of the day, but we don't have the luxury of cherry-picking our days at this point.
Apart from buying some trail food, there really isn't much else to do in preparation. Having climbed these peaks dozens of times, I know good combinations to string together and the basic order that I want to climb them. This isn't rocket science after all. Not one who enjoys or needs an entourage, I tell only my parents, my good buddy Al… and my friend "Neighbor Dave" squeezes it out of me, too. That's it. Both Al and Neighbor offer to help, but I will do 45 out of 48 peaks solo. There will be no muling, no pacing, and no food or water caches.
Ready to go!
8/15 Presi Traverse & Isolation, Waumbek, & Cabot ~44 miles
It is 3:55 a.m. I am fixing to get out of the car at the Webster-Jackson Trailhead to begin the south-to-north Presidential Traverse. However, there are two little foxes running around looking for handouts. We don't give them any food but do take a few photos and that costs me a minute. :) I hit the trail at 4:01 a.m. This particular Presi Traverse has a bit of a twist: it includes the 5-mile out & back to Isolation. I top out on Jackson in just over an hour, Pierce, Eisenhower, and Monroe in another couple of hours, and reach Lakes of the Clouds Hut just as people are dispersing after breakfast. I fill my water bladder and make my way over to the Camel Trail and Davis Path. Even though it means losing many hundreds of feet in elevation, I love this trail. The Davis Path is much less trodden than the main routes to 4000 footers and reminds me of the Long Trail. By 9:30 I'm standing on the summit of Mt. Isolation gazing up at the distance between me and Mt. Washington. It looks like a long way! Two hours later I'm ordering chicken 'n dumpling soup in the summit cafeteria and spend a leisurely 20 minutes eating and chatting with a family who has ridden the Cog Railway up the mountain. The rest of the afternoon goes well. I summit Jefferson and Adams and make my way down to Madison Hut for some more water before climbing the final peak of the range and heading down Valley Way. After climbing George via the Ammonoosuc-Jewell loop this morning, Chris is waiting for me at Appalachia.
Next stop is the Starr King Trailhead. I bring my headlamp just in case but am happy to do the entire hike before dark (and sadly notice, by the way, that the view from Mt. Starr King is getting more and more shut out by tree growth). I feel pretty good and prefer to do Mt. Cabot in the dark anyway so decide to do one more peak for the day. Nearing the old firewardens cabin, I see light inside and turn mine off as I sneak by so as to not freak anyone out. I'm up and down in just under 3 hours, finishing at 11:10 p.m. We retire to that famous 5-star resort in Randolph--yes, that would be Altopia.
8/16 Wildcats/Carters/Mariah & Tom/Field/Willey ~28 miles
It is 5 a.m., and we are eating a breakfast of scrambled eggs and toast prepared by our fabulous host. We are also listening to a steady downpour outside. It has been raining for 2 hours. "I am NOT going out in that!!" I proclaim, producing laughter all around. I truly dislike hiking for hours in a steady rain. This is the bad weather that was forecast 2 days earlier. No sooner do I make the decision to bail on the whole attempt than the rain stops and I decide to press on. Chris deposits me at the Wildcat Ski Area, and I head up the Polecat Trail, umbrella in hand, at 6 a.m. I discover that the Wildman Biathlon was held the previous day--the race signs and 3 aid stations have not yet been broken down. Cool--aid stations! I chug a bit of water at each station conserving my own. The poor, neglected Wildcat Ridge Trail is in need of some TLC, specifically a good brushing out, and I grumble my way across the lower extremity "carwash" that is the passageway. The trail is muddy, slippery, rocky, and rooty. (Hey, this looks like the Long Trail, too!) With all the slime, I just can't seem to get a rhythm going and resort to the lunge-and-lurch mode so common in the White Mountains. I pick my way steeply down to Carter Notch but actually make pretty good time going up the Dome. By this time of day, I begin to meet normal hikers. Everyone seems to be wet and sorry looking today, not excluding the crazy lady with the umbrella. One young woman is near tears on the ridiculously steep and rough descent of North Carter. She is carrying a full backpack and clearly not having fun (and so neither is the boyfriend). I try to give some encouragement "You're almost done with the hardest section!" She kind of glares at me. Oh well... The weather actually turns out not as bad as was predicted; I open the umbrella just 3 times and then for just brief 10-minute showers. By the time I reach Mt. Moriah the sun is shining and I am happy to finally descend the Carter-Moriah Trail and be done with this Range. My total time for this leg is an embarrassing 8h40m!
Chris and I waste a bit of time here due to a miscommunication which is totally my fault but no biggie; since I am channeling Forrest Gump, I am pretty relaxed about this whole thing. We return to Altopia to pick up our stuff and head down to Crawford Depot. Al decides to hike the Willey Range with me but starts a few minutes later so skips Mt. Tom. We talk nonstop across Field and Willey and crack up at the crazy steep "trail" on the southeast side of Willey. We've both been here many times, but it seems steeper and rougher than ever. At the Ethan Pond Trailhead Chris is waiting for us, having spent some time checking out Ripley Falls. We give Al a ride back to his car and proceed to the Signal Ridge trailhead while I silently argue with myself: "You should really climb Carrigain tonight." "But I don't want to. I want to relax and get some good sleep." "But it's not even 8 o'clock yet. Wimp." "Hey, this is MY hike, and I want to have fun, and Mr. Gump wouldn't do anymore today either. So there." Chris makes us a yummy dinner while I use the solar shower and organize the Honda Element for the night. We are asleep by 9:30.
8/17 Carrigain, Passaconaway/Whiteface/Tripyramids, & Hancocks ~36 miles
At 3:17 a.m. I throw on my clothes, down a Starbucks Doubleshot, and proceed up the trail while Mr. Goofball gets a few more hours of sleep. I feel good this morning and make it to Signal Ridge just in time for a beautiful sunrise! I climb the tower on this, one of my favorite White Mountain peaks, and have a long look around before turning around and heading back down. Just under 4 hours total for this peak, Chris has the car packed up and ready to go when I arrive. He hands me a steaming mug of brewed coffee with real half 'n half. Aah! I am spoiled and happy. :)
We cruise over Bear Notch Road, pass Jigger Johnston Campground, and reach the trailhead just before 8 a.m. I am taking the old Downes Brook/Passaconaway Slide Trail up Passaconaway, in my opinion the best--most fun, scenic and to-the-point route up this peak. (Style points do matter after all.) After crossing the top of the slide, I have a bit of trouble finding the correct route but shortly am back on track and stand on the summit 2 hours after leaving the car. For some reason I have never been a fan of the Rollins Trail so just put my head down and go... Whiteface doesn't warrant more than a pause, and I happily scoot across the Kate Sleeper Trail. Even though it is littered with 49 blowdowns (I counted) it is another favorite for its beauty, ease, and solitude. The South Tripyramid Slide is always fun, but I decide that the Farmer Direct route (see my winter record report from March) straight up to the summit from the KST is even better. The Tripyramids are closer together than I remembered. Yippee ki yi, that must mean I'm feeling really, really good! I turn on my tunes for the first time of this adventure and bee-bop down the Pine Bend Brook Trail, feeling happy and content.
As we drive to the Hancock Overlook, Chris tells me about his hike of the Hedgehog loop and also of visiting the lovely Sabbaday Falls--Chris loves waterfalls and I'd told him not to miss Sabbaday. I describe the approach to the Hancocks, and--what a treat!--he decides to do the lower 2½ miles with me. I opt for a counter-clockwise loop only because last time here during the winter record, Farmer, Frodo and I went clockwise. (Although it would've earned style points, I stay off Arrow Slide this time.) Jogging the last couple of miles--the only time I really approach anything simulating running during this entire thing is here and a bit coming down Mt. Waumbek; most of these trails are, and have always been, virtually unrunnable for me--I reach Chris at 6:25 p.m. and call it a day. We get a room at one of North Woodstock's many funky establishments, inhale a surprisingly tasty pizza, shower, and hit the rack by 9.
8/18 Tecumseh, Osceolas, Moosilauke, Cannon/Kinsmans ~31.5 miles
Mt. Tecumseh is rather a blur because I am not really awake yet. I do know that I start at 4:12 a.m. and am done exactly 2 hours later. 15 Minutes later I start up the Mt. Osceola Trail from Tripoli Road. Wow, it's been years since I've been on this side of the Osceola--SO nice to do the traverse instead of the usual out & back! Goofball picks me up on the Kanc 2h43m later, and we zoom off for Ravine Lodge after the requisite DD's coffee stop in Lincoln. The ascent of Moosilauke via Gorge Brook feels easy, and I pass many hikers today, giving them a smile and a quick, cheery "Hello!" I LOVE Mt. Moosilauke and hang out on the summit a few minutes to have a look around. This whole thing is so much fun! :)
By 1:30 p.m. Goofball and I commence up the Kinsman Ridge Trail from the Tram parking lot. I regale him with stories of my first ever White Mountain hike, up this very trail with my dad on Father's Day 1986! He is impressed that my dad hiked this very steep, ridiculously eroded trail. (Yay Dad!) We part ways at the ledge spur, Chris to check out the view, me to soldier on over Cannon and the balls. And then a weird thing happens: I remember there being just 3 Cannonballs, but there are now 7 or 8! (Whiskey Tango Foxtrot?!) I finally reach Kinsman Junction and, while lamenting the absence of the old "THIS IS KINSMAN JUNCTION" sign, am happy because the Kinsmans are easy from here. The out & back to the Kinsmans is, indeed, a cinch and soon I am descending the Mt. Kinsman Trail. I have always liked this trail and am impressed by the lovely relo of serpentine singletrack at its lower end. I am done by 6:40 p.m. today. This evening we want to get as close to tomorrow's start as possible. Parker's Motel it is!
8/19 Franconia Ridge/Owls Head/Garfield/Galehead/Twins/Bonds/Zealand/Hale ~42 miles
Chris deposits me at the AT crossing of I-93 at 3:55 a.m., and I groggily (too much sleep?) head up the Flume Slide Trail. My buddy Neighbor Dave is to meet me up on the ridge, somewhere between Little Haystack and Lafayette. Finally, around 8 o'clock (obviously not exactly blitzing), I spot him near the summit of Lincoln. Yippee! I drop my pack and do the short out 'n back to Lafayette, then we head down Lincoln Slide which I haven't been on in many years. I like this route! At the first possible spot, I refill the 2 bladders that I carry this day, a total capacity of about 4 liters. Today, because it is a longer schlep of over 40 miles with no aid save for Galehead Hut, I am carrying my Osprey Talon 33 pack with extra clothing, 2 headlamps, extra batteries just in case, enough food, and all the extra water--to say, not exactly super-lightweight. (The previous 4 days I wore either a Nathan Intensity or Nathan Elite waist pack.) Neighbor and I perfectly execute the lower part of the Lincoln Slide 'whack, coming out exactly where we intend. But instead of taking a right and heading down to the slide (the normal route), we cross the trail and head straight up the open hardwoods to the ridge. This is a nice route, one that I've never done before! We hit the ridge, take a right, and within a few minutes are standing on the summit. At this point we have options: we can descend the way we came up, via the slide route (lots more trail), OR we can bushwhack the entire ridge, "mostly open hardwoods" toward 13 Falls. Feeling adventurous, and because I always wanted to do that 'whack, I opt for the latter! Although we don't get, err, quite the open hardwoods we hope for, the route is pretty good and gets even better once we hit a really cool J.E. Henry tote road, following it all the way to the Lincoln Brook Trail and popping out about a mile west of 13 Falls. In the end, we do less mileage than if we'd taken the slide-trail route, but I think it costs us some time since bushwhacking is rarely faster than trail walking. Well, that was fun but I'm ready to get some miles in!
Reaching the 13 Falls area, oh my, the clear pools beckon, but we march on. For the same reasons I like the Davis Path and the Kate Sleeper Trail, I have always enjoyed the upper Franconia Brook Trail--because it is lightly traveled and feels more "wild." It is now past noon and the temperature is rising. Since I like the heat and Neighbor doesn't, he urges me to go ahead. I know I will see him again on the return from Mt. Garfield, so I forge upward to the ridge. Chris said he might hike Garfield but is not there when I arrive. I turn on my phone and, oh no, there are 7 messages! I sit down and spend ~10 minutes listening to all of them and another 5 actually talking to him. In a nutshell, because of the bridge construction--and never having been there before and not knowing the status of trailhead signage--poor Chris gets screwed up on the location of the Mt. Garfield Trail and takes one of the USFS "foot travel welcome" trails instead. Neighbor plans to descend the Mt. Garfield Trail, and Chris assures me that he is down there waiting to give him a ride. Neighbor and I say goodbye for the last time, and I continue over the bumps to Galehead Hut.
An hour and a half later I refill my empty bladders at the hut. Scarfing down a Hershey bar, I do the quick out-and-back to lowly Galehead Mountain. I feel good as I climb steeply up to South Twin and on the out-and-back to North (SO much easier than last winter!!). Along the Twinway I meet the final normal hiker of the day, who asks how much farther it is to Galehead. Up and over Guyot… I decide to tag Bondcliff before West Bond and drop my pack just below the summit of Bond for the 2½ mile round trip. Atop West Bond I sit for a few minutes happily mesmerized as the last light of the day fades over Franconia Ridge. As I make my way back over Guyot, it's time for the headlamp. All that's left is Zealand to Zeacliff to Hale! Off in the distance I hear rumblings of thunder, then see numerous strikes of lightning many miles to the north. As long as it doesn't get closer, awesome! The descent from Zeacliff is annoying: I have had enough of the freaking White Mountain rocks and think about the smooth, runnable trails back in the Santa Monica Mountains. My feet have fared very well throughout this adventure in, once again, my favorite trail runners, but the knees begin to ache a bit. However, I haven't yet taken any pain killers on this journey and won't start now. At long last I reach the Lend-A-Hand Trail and see that my Sweetie has hiked in the Zealand Trail and left a Starbucks Doubleshot on the signpost! The caffeine kicks in within a few minutes, and I enjoy my very last easy climb to the top of Mt. Hale. I pause for a moment on the summit, then continue walking down the Mt. Hale Trail humming happily. I reach the trailhead "finish line" and my sleeping husband, sans any fanfare but with the contentedness that comes with having met my goal: I did the NH48 in under 5 days and had a blast doing it.
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Incredible: Google Execs Found Guilty Because Of YouTube Video; Given Six Month Suspended Sentences
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But it's even more ridiculous when you realize the full story. Within hours of Google being alerted to the problems with the video, the video came down. In other words, the company acted promptly when questions about the video were raised. But, even more importantly, the video itself was used as evidence to punish the taunting teens. Now imagine if they hadn't been able to upload the video. Then the kids likely would have gotten away with the taunting, without anyone knowing about it. Why would you ever want to blame Google for providing a tool that allows stupid people to give proof of their own illegal activities? And even then, rather than filing a suit against Google the company, Italian prosecutors chose to file the lawsuit against four execs at the company, most of whom had nothing to do with the company's Italian operations.
You might think that a judge would toss this sort of lawsuit out really quickly, but that didn't happen, and now, amazingly, the court has found three of the four execs to be guilty and given them six month suspended jail sentences. I vaguely remember reading that "first time offenders" given prison sentences in Italy of three years or less get suspended sentences, so the suspended sentence part isn't surprising. But, of course, given how many videos are uploaded, it seems likely that there will be second, third and further offenses of this nature as well. It seems like Italy has just suggested Google block all access to YouTube, while also increasing the liability for pretty much any other company to operate there or have any foreign execs visit the country.
Honestly, I can't see how anyone would make a ruling in this manner and think that it makes sense. As I said when the case first came up, you would think that suing the execs of the company that made the tissue box would make more sense than suing Google's execs. Why not charge the execs of the company that made the camera that was used to film the incident? It's hard to hear about this ruling and not consider the Italian legal system to be a joke.


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Well law school is a game of patience if you go to lawschoolnumbers.com you can see whether schools have started giving out acceptance letters or not. Many schools wait until March to admit anyone. One thing to realize is that law school is a lot of waiting just like this after your first semester finals it usually takes 2 months to get your first semester grades, which if received might fail you out and it is quite stressful. Then you get to take the bar and wait 4 months to find out if you passed (which is awful!). Then once you are a lawyer it can take years to finally resolve a case so patience is something you need to learn I know I didn't have as a 0L myself, but just want to prepare you for that. With your numbers you should get into most of these schools, but I have to ask why such differing locations Florida, Idaho, Texas, and California is a strange competition. I really think location should be your number one factor when choosing a law school, but that is just my two cents.
So all valid points -- of late I have given serious consideration as to where I would want to practice law - point well taken. I thought I would give you guys an update.Thomas Jefferson - Accepted/ScholarshipFlorida A and M - Wait-listU of Idaho - Wait-listTexas Southern - Still WaitingFlorida Coastal - Still Waiting
Quote from: Mtm1980 on February 14, 2013, 03:44:47 PMSo all valid points -- of late I have given serious consideration as to where I would want to practice law - point well taken. I thought I would give you guys an update.Thomas Jefferson - Accepted/ScholarshipFlorida A and M - Wait-listU of Idaho - Wait-listTexas Southern - Still WaitingFlorida Coastal - Still WaitingWhat a wacky group of schools. How did you settle on those? Fee waivers? Or did something attract you to the markets? The University of Idaho is different than the others, in my opinion. There's less competition in Idaho, but it's a small market. I personally like Boise a lot, and I think Idaho gives you a good shot at that market. The Idaho campus is gorgeous, especially in the summer (I played at a jazz festival there once).Honestly, if you get rejected/wait listed to Florida Coastal, I would be blown away. That place threw me a $10k scholarship offer and I didn't even apply through LSAC. It took them like a week to get back to me. I applied free online for fun, and they never got my transcripts or anything. They just saw my LSAT score and threw money at me. I don't know if the school has improved since then (2007-2008 cycle) but it was a degree mill in the past. I hope you know what you want to do with your life, and I hope you have reasonable expectations.I don't mean to discourage you from going to law school, but the truth is I went to a great law school and did very well, I fought my ass off to get a law firm job and now I pretty much hate it. I make 60% of the money of the class of 2008, and I have more debt. It's hard for me to not be a little cynical.
Every story is different OP. I went to a mediocre ranked law school and did pretty well academically. I got a job right after getting bar results it wasn't high paying, but it was exactly what I wanted to be doing working as a City Attorney. I got to organize inspection/abatement warrants to take down drug houses, take down drug houses in litigation under the drug abatement act, and I never had to prosecute someone I just went after the properties civily. It was awesome I would go bust into places with Cops and I loved doing that stuff and being a lawyer. Furthermore, I still do and do not regret my decision to go to law school or becoming a lawyer. It sounds like Jack had a tougher time and I know plenty of people that had difficulty finding a job. I will say this go to law school if you really want to be a lawyer do not go if you think it is a quick way to get rich. Being a lawyer gives you power & a license to go to court and get things done, which I think is awesome, but I am not driving a beamer and probably never will be. It really is personal, but do not think being a lawyer is as high paying as T.V. makes it out to be only about 1-2% of people work for BigLaw firms and most of them hate it. I really hate to see people be discouraged from being lawyers if it is what they want to do and there is so much negativity regarding law school, but I think that has a lot more to do with law students expecting things based on what U.S. News says about their school and people having unrealistic expectations as law students. Bottom line if you really want to be a lawyer and know what that entails then go to law school. If you think law school sounds interesting and it is a quick way to get rich then you are going to be very disappointed.