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Well done for completing the Resilience Quiz.
Your result was Lonely Warrior, which suggests that you find it hard to trust others. If you are a manager, you may struggle with delegating tasks to others, as you may feel no one will do them to your standard.
This may cause tensions at work and home, as you become controlling, causing yourself stress and anxiety that spills out into your relationships.
Ask yourself what is the basis for this mis-trust? Are you holding on to some deep seated experience that has made you less able to believe in others?
The good news is that you have a choice. You do not need to continue in this manner. By opening up and becoming trusting of others, you can learn to relax, take yourself less seriously and become more approachable to those around you.
Tips to help you manage your stress levels would include:
- Developing a powerful affirmation that you can learn to repeat regularly and often throughout your day. Start with a phrase like: "I completely trust myself and others. I know that all will be well." Repeat it whenever you can feel your anxiety about delegating work or seeing a colleague doing something different to your way. Use the affirmation when you feel your stress levels rising and are in danger of doing something you may later regret.
- Start to reflect on why trust might be something that you struggle with. Writing down your thoughts about it is a great way to change your thinking. Start with a simple exercise like writing down what trust means to you. Then ask yourself some searching questions such as: 'Why do I struggle to trust others?' 'How well do I trust myself?' 'Can I remember a time in my life when I did trust myself completely?' 'How did that feel?'
- If you manage a team and are used to tightly controlling their work, start to be more relaxed. Come in later, or leave earlier, so that they can do work without constant supervision. Let them see that you are starting to trust them.
- Celebrate key moments through your day or week, by acknowledging your achievements by writing them down in a journal, or sharing them with a colleague or friend.
Like to take this to the next level? Try this guided meditation which will help you to become even better at supporting yourself and others.
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7: it's always spring in a mother's heart
8: spring: a. The season of the year, occurring between winter and summer, during which the weather becomes warmer and plants revive, extending in the Northern Hemisphere from the vernal equinox to the summer solstice and popularly considered to comprise March, April, and May. b. A time of growth and renewal.
10: "be like the flower, turn your face to the sun." - Kahlil Gibran | It's a beautiful day, don't let it get away.
12: "Blossom by blossom the spring begins"
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The ambitious Pacific Coast Spirits brings urban distilling to Oceanside
Grape vodka, heirloom corn bourbon, and a plan to malt its own barley
Ian Anderson 3 p.m., Dec. 12
The name Kelsey McNair is well known among San Diego beer enthusiasts. To many, he's looked upon as the next big hope for North Park. An accomplished homebrewer who's brought home many awards and tantalized numerous palates with his well-crafted homebrews, he's been working for years on his passion project, North Park Beer Co. And though he has yet to find a place to lay down stakes, he and his beers are still loudly buzzed about, if only rarely tasted.
Thanks to some generous friends of McNair's, I have had the opportunity to sample some of his creations and have marveled at their spot-on to-style flavors and sharp flavor profiles. So, it makes me happy to learn that his single most award-winning beer, Hop-Fu! IPA, will be on tap around town over the course of the next week. This fortuitous opportunity comes courtesy of another well-known homebrewer who went pro, Julian Shrago of Los Angeles County's Beachwood Brewing & BBQ.
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Two years ago, Shrago invited McNair to brew Hop-Fu! as a Pro-Am beer. Unfortunately, the Citra hops that give that West Coast-style double IPA its vibrant orange, tropical fruit, and freshly zested lime characteristics were in short supply. Fast forward to last month and, with equal desire and way more Citra, the pair finally had their brew day and, according to McNair, it went off without a hitch. The beer is currently available at Beachwood, and kegs have been delivered to a quartet of craft beer bars that will tap Hop-Fu! as follows: Toronado San Diego (Mar. 12, 6:30 p.m.), Blind Lady Ale House (Mar. 16, 4 p.m.), Tiger! Tiger! Tavern (Mar. 19, 5 p.m.), and Hamilton's Tavern (TBD).
Among the 11 awards Hop-Fu has won are first- and second-place finishes in the final round of the 2013, 2012, and 2010 editions of the National Homebrewers Competition; first place at the 2014 America's Finest City Homebrew Competition; and runner-up at the annual AHA Rally and Homebrewing Competition conducted by Stone Brewing Co. Another of McNair's claims to fame is winning the 2010 edition of the latter contest and having his San Diego County Session Ale brewed at Stone along with Ballast Point Brewing & Spirits Specialty Brewer Colby Chandler then distributed throughout the country. Given all this, it's no wonder locals are so looking forward to North Park Beer Co.'s eventual arrival.


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Rochester adds two senior managers in Asia
Rochester Electronics has further underlined its commitment to customers in Asia by announcing two new senior management appointments.
Allan Lim becomes the Rochester Electronics sales director for Asia Pacific, while Hiroyuki Fujikawa has been appointed as the company's sales director for Japan. Both have many years experience of managing OEM and distribution requirements in the semiconductor industry, a press release states.
Lim, who is based in Singapore has been in the semiconductor industry for over 25 years and has held a variety of senior sales and marketing positions with companies including Siemens, Infineon and Qimonda. Before joining Rochester Electronics, he was with Micron Technology and was involved in the integration of company Asia distribution business after its merger with Elpida memory.
Fujikawa has a strong background in product sales and marketing for both semiconductor manufacturers and distributors. His previous roles have included product marketing at semiconductor manufacturer Analog Devices while distribution experience includes extensive demand creation activities focused around the Texas Instruments linecard.
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This week marks the 50th anniversary of the beginning and completion of the historic voting rights march from the sleepy town of Selma, Alabama to the state capital of Montgomery. Just a few weeks earlier in March 1965 several failed attempts to conduct a march led by Dr. King and civil rights groups were stalled by Alabama's governor, George Wallace. Wallace fought to maintain a segregated society. He used State Police, who joined forces with a hostile citizenry, to violently strike down the mass of folks marching for their voting rights. One of those failed attempts was known as "Bloody Sunday," which took place on March 7th. This event was gracefully depicted in the film Selma and nationally remembered with great ceremony earlier this month in 2015.
In the days following "Bloody Sunday," Dr. King, the SCLC, and SNCC assembled an unprecedented troop of national supporters from a wide variety of clergy, civil rights groups, and laymen. Together they pressured President Johnson to introduce the Voting Rights Act to Congress, which he did so on March 17th. At this point, with voting rights legislation moving forward, Dr. King and his national supporters were Federally sanctioned to begin and complete the march with full protection by the Alabama National Guardsmen and the FBI (courtesy of LBJ).
The Selma to Montgomery march began its great 54 mile stride to completion on March 21, 1965. The marchers were driven by the urgency of the situation and to complete
what they started so they covered 10 to 12 miles a day. They slept the cold nights in the yards and fields of sympathetic citizens on the route to Montgomery. But more succinctly, what drove them and carried them step by step for mile after mile was music.
The march from Selma to Montgomery was not a quiet one. It was filled with hums and moans and Negro Spirituals familiar in the Black church. Melodic singing voices soared over the sound of moving bodies and the shuffling of shoes on the road. Hand claps, repeating choruses, solo voices, and call and response filled the air with an electric rhythm that maintained the movement and spirit of the March. Song was a present and palpable force during the long march.
It lifted spirits in moments of doubt; it joined folks from all walks of life in support of a common goal. Music permeated and propelled their march from Selma to Montgomery.
On the fourth of five days of marching, everyone gathered just outside the city limits of Montgomery on the campus of The City of St. Jude High School to rest one more night before marching to the Capital of Montgomery in the morning. With the cooperation of Dr. King, singer and actor Harry Belafonte organized a grand rally to continue to motivate and uplift the marchers who were nearing the end of their journey.
Belafonte organized the Stars for Freedom rally. The rally was a musical showcase of stars which included the likes of Tony Bennett, Pete Seeger, Sammy Davis, Jr., Odetta Holmes, singing group Peter, Paul and Mary, Nina Simone, and many others. The stars sang about hope, freedom, love, and the Savior. Music washed over the crowd filling them with joy and a sense of accomplishment. The marchers rejoiced in song until 2am.
On March 25, 1965 the Marchers completed their five day 54 mile trek to the state capital in Montgomery. They marched right up to the capital building singing "we shall overcome." And they did.
After a few false starts, the gathering of like minded freedom fighters, the turnaround of a President, and the promise of a safe passage the March from Selma to Montgomery was completed all the while inspired and supported by music.


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Securing Appointment Date
Below is a list of things we will need to start the process of scheduling your group:
- Your name and contact information, including phone #, address, and email.
- The first and last names of the people wanting to receive services.
- The specific services they would like to receive.
- The date and time frame that work for you.
- An initialed and signed copy of our policy & payment agreement (required prior to holding any of the appointments).
- Referral points or other promotions are not valid for groups of three or more.
Your appointment date(s) and service(s) will be secured when a valid credit card is on file and deposit has been received. All bookings for events are made on a "first-come-first-served" basis. No dates will be guaranteed without a credit card on file.
All events require a deposit of 50% of all booked services. This fee will be refunded day of, after all services have been completed.
18% gratuity will be added to each service providers services and will be completed with our Guest Services Team at checkout. We accept all major credit cards and cash; however, personal or travelers checks are not accepted.
Confirmed Booking and Schedule:
Once credit card information has been received, parties will receive a detailed itinerary listing the day's appointments and cost of each service. Itinerary must be reviewed, signed, and returned to the Event Coordinator. These services are subject to our lateness & cancellation policies (see below). Your party guest list and service selections must be confirmed one (1) week prior to scheduled date. The Event Coordinator will contact you 72 hours before the one week mark as a reminder. We cannot guarantee to service extra appointments without prior notice, but we will do our best to accommodate them!
We require one (1) week notice for any cancellation or service changes. If appointments are cancelled after that time, 50% of the cancelled service total will be charged. Services changed less than one (1) week prior to the event date will be charged the full amount of the original scheduled service.
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Your promptness is required and appreciated in order to effectively accommodate your group. We request that you arrive 15 minutes before your scheduled appointments. We cannot guarantee appointments for party members arriving more than 10 minutes past their scheduled appointment times. This is considered a no show and 50% of that service total will be charged to the credit card on file. If time allows, the client will have the option of accepting an abbreviated version of the scheduled service at no discount. Guests will be charged the full amount of the service for all confirmed services booked. We are unable to switch appointment times or services around on the day of the event to accommodate late guests. If the late client chooses to not get a service, 50% of their original service fee will be charged.
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If your party requires phresh spa and salon to open early or close late, an additional facility fee of $50.00 will be added to your party's grand total and charged to the credit card on file unless otherwise noted. This fee is independent of the standard 18% gratuity, service totals, and deposit. The facility fee is non-refundable.
Food and Beverages
Groups can take advantage of our catering options or are welcome and encouraged to bring in food and beverages for their party. Phresh has refrigeration and is able to supply dishes, glasses, silverware and serving dishes available for use (please notify at time of booking).
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Los Suenos Real Estate
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If you're not familiar with the Costa Rica real estate market, it's essential that you have an expert on your team who knows the area inside and out, and can lend you the benefit of their experience in the neighborhoods and amenities available. In Los Suenos Real Estate, Stay in Costa Rica are the professionals.
Be careful who you choose as your real estate team when you are thinking about purchasing in Los Suenos. Not all real estate agencies have your best interest at heart. Stay in Costa Rica does! They want to help you in every way possible, to find the luxury home, villa or other property that is perfect for you. They are fully committed to helping you find that one of a kind place that will become your dream home, or ideal investment opportunity for you.
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For the first time, Sheng Siong will have sixteen shops open on the first and second day of Chinese New Year. One of essentially the most frequent questions I heard is: Are shops, purchasing malls and eating places open in the course of the 2018 Chinese New Year Celebrations in Hong Kong?". Please notice that whether or not the shops and restaurants will open throughout CNY varies based on the regulation of different cooperations. The widespread practice is that everyone gathers around the dining table to toss the substances excessive in the air while exclaiming properly wishes and joyful exclamations of what they hope for within the coming 12 months. The supermarket chain will even be extending opening hours on Jan 27, the eve of Chinese New Year, by one hour to 4pm.
Some of the most popular shrines and temples, similar to Tokyo's Meiji Shrine , Kyoto's Fushimi Inari Taisha , Osaka's Sumiyoshi Taisha and Kamakura's Tsuruoka Hachimangu every appeal to more than 1,000,000 visitors over the first few days of the brand new year. However, nowadays, couplets are put up as decorations to precise hopeful ideas, aspirations and good fortune for the New Year.
The annual occasion which has gone into its eleventh year will see greater than 10 reputable high troupes from Singapore and Asia Pacific, all vying for the grand prize and the honour of being recognised as 'the very best of one of the best' as they pit against each other with skillful stunts and intricate manoeuvres on the meihuazhuang. So be at liberty to hit your local purchasing center to return presents or burn up these holiday present playing cards you acquired at Walmart , Target , Macy's , Best Buy , or virtually every other store. Sometimes, their designs are much nicer and extra vibrant than the ones we buy from bookstores or stationary shops.
Cold Storage may even be extending operating hours for some shops in the week before Chinese New Year eve and seven shops will function for twenty-four hours from Jan 27 to Jan 29. Shops 280 m2 and bigger in England and Wales are allowed to trade for only six hours on Sundays; outlets in Northern Ireland could open from 1:00 pm to 6:00 pm. In Scotland, in theory, Sunday is considered the same as another day, and there are not any restrictions. Visit the island of Penang, the primary place to be for a Malaysian Chinese New Year.
Gucci's Year of the Dog collection highlights the artistic director Alessandro Michele's Boston terriers, Orso and Busco. Swarovski has all the time celebrated Lunar New Year by means of the model's Asian Symbols Collection, she says, noting that the company helps a range of cultural celebrations. House of Samonsite: Free procuring tote with buy, free baggage cover with purchase of $250 or more, and 30-50 p.c off luggage. As a basic rule, there may be little regulation of procuring hours across the nation.


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Micah 7 Tree of Life Version (TLV)
None Upright Among Mankind
7 Woe is me! For I am like gatherings of produce in summer,
Zion's Vindication
7 But I—I will watch for Adonai.
11 A day to rebuild your walls—
14 Tend Your people with Your staff,
He Will Again Have Compassion
18 Who is a God like You
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PARIS: European spot electricity prices for day-ahead delivery posted strong gains on Tuesday supported by forecasts for a sharp drop in wind and solar power generation.
The German baseload electricity contract for Wednesday delivery soared nearly 30 percent or over 11 euros to 48.75 euros ($57.37) a megawatt-hour (MWh). The French spot electricity contract for Wednesday delivery was at 56.60 euros/MWh, up 5.61 percent or 3 euros compared with its previous close.
German wind power generation is projected to tumble by 5.8 gigawatts (GW) to just over 3 GW on Wednesday, according to Thomson Reuters data. Solar power supply will fall by 870 megawatts (MW).
In France, wind electricity output will decline by 260 MW day-on-day on Wednesday to 1.2 GW, while solar supply will drop by 190 MW to 780 MW, the data showed. German electricity demand is expected to rise by 230 MW on Wednesday to 72.4 GW, while in France, consumption will slip by 180 MW to 49.2 GW.
French nuclear power availability is seen stable at 63.80 percent of capacity. However, the restart of EDF's 900 MW Cruas 1 reactor has been delayed by two weeks to Nov. 10 from Oct. 27, according to French grid operator RTE.
RTE did not give reasons for the postponement which added to the growing list of delayed reactor restarts that has stoked fears that France could face tight nuclear power supply in the weeks ahead.
Twenty-one out of France's 58 nuclear reactors operated by state-controlled utility EDF are offline for maintenance or reviews ordered by French nuclear watchdog ASN. The head of the watchdog said on Monday that safety levels at nuclear power plants globally were worrying, and although there were no immediate dangers, there were systemic risks that should be dealt with urgently.
Along the year-ahead power curve, contracts were supported by fuels and carbon emission permits. Germany's Cal'18 baseload rose 0.14 percent to 36.55 euros/MWh. The French 2018 contract gained 0.47 percent to 42.60 euros/MWh. December-expiry EU carbon permits rose 0.68 percent to 7.41 euros a tonne. Coal cif Europe for 2018 delivery was untraded.


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Free entry to Schönbrunn Zoo with the Vienna PASS
Schönbrunn Zoo
Vienna PASS Benefits:
Free entry to Schönbrunn Zoo with the Vienna PASS*
Normal Price: Adult: €20,00 ; Child: €10,00
*also included: Panorama Train (€8,00 / € 4,00) and Desert Experience House (€ 6,00 / € 4,50)
As the world's oldest zoo, built in 1752, the Schönbrunn Zoo is well worth a visit to see over 500 different species of animal; including the baby elephant and baby panda who have hit the headlines over the last few years. Steeped in historical settings, but with some of the best conditions and facilities a zoo can offer, Vienna's Schönbrunn Zoo is a great day out for the family.
- Polar World
- Rainforest House
- ORANG.erie
- Pet Park
- Desert Experience House
- Monkey House
- Nature Experience Trail
Did you know:
- Schönbrunn Zoo has pioneered zoology by making headlines for the first birth of an African elephant in captivity and for the natural conception of three panda cubs, the first Fu Long
- Schönbrunn Zoo received its first giraffe as a gift from the Viceroy of Egypt in 1828; it was so popular that not only did it spur record number of visitors but it also influenced fashion and taste which saw everything from clothes to cakes – even hairstyles – inspired by the motif
- To celebrate the 250th anniversary of the zoo in 2002 a 5 euro coin was minted for the occasion – now a highly collectable item
Things to see:
Rainforest House
The Rainforest House opened for the 250th anniversary of the zoo and within the huge glass house, you're immersed in the dense, jungle-like habitat of the rainforest as the skies rumble overhead with threatening storms; It provides the complete experience with a wide range of animals and birds to discover; from otters to Asian fairy-bluebirds, dark tiger pythons and plenty of creepy crawlies. If you're brave enough there's even a dark bat cave to immerse yourself in, to learn about these nocturnal mammals.
This world-class orang-utan home is a great exhibit of our fellow mammals. Watch the apes swing from branch to branch up to 11m high as they enjoy their near-natural habitat. Visitors can take their experience to another level if they dine in the adjoining coffee shop where they can overlook the enclosure as if they were really in there with them!
Nature Experience Trail
The Nature Experience Trail is a must-do on your visit to Vienna's zoo. Allowing you to explore the lush grounds of Schönbrunn Palace, the trail takes you through the park's natural wildlife, up a tree-top walk for a totally unique perspective at 10m high, and down below passing ponds full of trout, carp and pike. Keep your eyes peeled for woodpeckers and don't miss the terrariums; home to salamanders, cross adders and even some of Austria's most poisonous snakes!
Desert Experience House
This exotic botanical 'hot house' was commissioned by Emperor Franz Joseph I to contain his specimens and plants from South Africa and Australia. Its architecture is fin de siecle art nouveau style, but inside this 1904 desert greenhouse is divided into different arid areas like Madagascar and deserts of the Old and New Worlds for a truly authentic desert experience.
Schönbrunn Panorama Train
Hop on the sightseeing train that goes through Schönbrunn grounds and up to the Gloriette Hill for a stress-free sightseeing experience. This small train is a great way to get around the vast estate and park and to discover everything there is to see from the seat of your carriage. With nine stops including the Zoo, Obelisk Fountain and Heitzinger Gate you can see everything Schönbrunn has to offer!
How to get there:
- Underground: U4 Hietzing
- Trams: 10, 58, 60
- Bus: 10A, 51A, 56B, 156B
- HOP ON HOP OFF: Yellow Line: Schloss Schönbrunn
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Grove Park Inn
Asheville, NC – The Grove Park Inn is a Beautiful Resort and Spa that attract thousands of visitors every year, even President's have chose to stay at here during trips to Asheville, NC. The Resort is over 100 years old and is defined by being one of the most romantic spots in the country, by fulfilling their guests every want and need through lavish style they capture a great amount of returning guests and newcomers. The whole experience of the resort form the food to the golf is one that you and your loved ones will be talking about for a long time.


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Beaumont HS (BHS) Class of 1948 Alumni List
Help us Update the Beaumont HS 1948 Class List by adding any names missing from the list below:
Registered Alumni
1948 Class List
- Lawrence Baught
- Mario Belgeri
- Sally Edwards
- Dolores Evans
- Ann Marie Garcia
- Dale Greenway
- Doris Grefe
- Neal Hertweck
- Donald Lamb
- Lillian Oesterleo
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Dumping in March!
Can you believe it? It's been dumping … in March! At least two metres of snow, by the look of it. In fact, it's Buller's whizz-bang new snowmaker at work – churning out "huge" volumes of snow, even in the middle of summer. Little wonder resort management and the lift company are GUARANTEEING snow on Bourke Street for opening weekend. Exciting stuff! (And that's our very own Paul Richmond in the photo, if you're wondering.)
It's a wrap …
It was an eventful winter in more ways than one. The snow came in fits and bursts, and there was plenty of wind and rain along the way … but the season surged well into September, which was fantastic! And there were some cracking moments along the way, like the breaking of this dawn on July 15th. Winter may be over, but don't forget the lodge is available throughout the summer … for riding, hiking or just getting away from it all. Otherwise, see you all next year!
Best on mountain?
Is this the best bike washdown station on the mountain? Admittedly, we're a little biased … but why not find out for yourself? Stay at ILTIS this summer. Enquiries: email@example.com
MTB season kicks-off today
Today marks the official beginning of the mountain bike season … and the start of the southern hemisphere's only EPIC TRAIL is just a couple of hundred metres from our back door!
A wondrous blanket of clouds
Wow … what a shot! Taken very early this morning by our hut manager, Paul Richmond, also one of Buller's finest snowmakers.
Al fresco dining at ILTIS
We're now offering al fresco dining options. What a table … built by our very own Marty Wolfenden … and big enough to double as a dance floor!
Bike Buller Recomends Iltis
Following the installation of a very impressive bike wash-down station in front of the lodge, and the conversion of the drying room into a secure bike storage room, ILTIS received the BIKE BULLER RECOMMENDS stamp of approval in January 2014. It means we're one of the first four venues at Mt Buller that are officially recognized by the mountain as being bike friendly. It also means we get to fly a bright orange flag out the front of the lodge during the bike season. Could be the beginning of an exciting new chapter for the club!


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FC: History of the Early to Mid 1800's
1: Ideas that changed History
2: He believed that he saw visions that led him to launch a new Christian Church. Smith formed a group in New York and later moved out to different states until Smith himself was killed. A new leader, Young , took over and moved the Mormons to Salt Lake City Utah, where they live now. | Mormonism As a polygamist, Joseph Smith founded the Church of Jesus Christ and Latter Day Saints.
3: Gold The gold rush made many people settle out West in search of Gold and a new life. The gold rush more than doubled the world's gold supply.Many new communities and cities were established, which led more people to settle out west.However, only some of the Forty-Niners found Gold.
4: Land Grants Many territories were bought in the 1800's. Also, many land grants were given to people. However, Mexico wanted the Spanish to settle Texas. | Mexico wanted more Spanish/Mexicans to settle in Texas So that they could have Texas, But more Americans settled in the Texas land. This is a big factor that started the War against Mexico.
5: Natural/Geographic Events That Changed History
6: Elie Canal Thousands of laborers built the 363 mile long canal. It is known as the Erie canal. It was finished on October 26, 1825. They also installed locks in between so that they could let ships pass by. They would raise and lower water levels to do this. After the Erie canal, many more canals were constructed in the U.S. By 1850, more than 3,600 miles of canal had been constructed.
7: Oregon Trail Oregon Fever spread through out the Mississippi Valley in the 1840's. Many groups interested in Oregon formed together to gather information on Oregon. Soon thousands of people traveled out west to Oregon. The trip out west to Oregon became known as the Oregon Trail.
8: Mountain Men Mountain Men were the first Americans to reach Oregon. The organized the American Fur Company which soon became one of the most powerful trapping companies. The furbearers were very abundant in Oregon because of the climate and land features. The trappers soon worked for trading companies.
9: Social Events That Changed History
10: Battle of the Alamo In 1836, the Mexican forces attacked the Alamo which was guarded by 180 men and Davy Crockett. The Texans held the Mexicans off for a while, but were unable to win. Soon the Texans were defeated and Davy Crockett was killed, but this helped bring Teas its independence.
11: Battle of San Jacinto During the Battle of San Jacinto, the Texans defeated the Mexicans, capturing Santa Anna. The Texans made him sign a treaty which recognized the independence of Texas.
12: Trail of Tears In 1835, the U.S. government made a few Cherokee to sign a treaty, but 17,000 wrote a protest. | In 1838, government soldiers removed the Cherokees from their land. Instead of fighting, they gave in and marched West. Brutal weather along the way killed thousands of Cherokees. This became known as The Trail of Tears.
13: Political Events That Changed History
14: Andrew Jackson In the early 1830's President Jackson thought that the Bank of the United States of America was unfair and was unconstitutional Two men named Clay and Webster made a Charter that would lead to Jackson's defeat if he Vetoed it. Soon later, Jackson saw the bill, and vetoed it but was soon reelected.
15: Zachary Taylor In 1849, California's population grew tremendously. This needed more government action. Soon President Zachary Taylor asked that all Californians apply for state hood. Many did and they chose representatives to write a constitution for the state. Unfortunately California ran into problems about slavery, but was soon compromised six months later.
16: President Polk Under President Polk, the United States grew by more than a million square miles. He bought and added new lands and territories to the U.S. He bought land from states like Utah, California, Arizona, and Montana. He also fought to have slavery in the West.
17: Economic Events That Changed History
18: Buying of Stock and Start of Economy During the early 1800's many people started to start new industries like merchants, and farming. Soon large corporations developed which led to people buying stocks to finance and improve the economy.
19: Jobs start to Take Shape Many people that traveled to California stayed to run farms, shops, and businesses. This greatly affected California's economy that was soon to come. But still some people left California in search of better jobs, like cotton farming.
20: Cultural Events That Changed History
21: Levi Strauss Clothes In 1873, Levi Strauss developed denim jeans. These jeans were very rouged, and were sold to farmers and miners around the country. This started a new development in jean and pant manufacturing.
22: Many people also took part in cornhuskings. This was where families stripped corn of the husks . Western families did a lot of events together to help pass time. Corn was also a huge crop to the economy as well. | Activities and Sports In the 1800's families in the west played sports like wrestling, while others sewed and quilted blankets for the families needs
23: Technologies That Change History
24: Cotton Gin The cotton gin was invented by Eli Whitney in 1793. This Machine removed the seeds from cotton. It was far more productive, and could take the place of 50 men.
25: National Road The National Road was built around 1806. It helped tie the nation together.When the national road was built, it allowed people to get to places faster, plus it helped people to start settling farther west and it encouraged them to move to new lands which increased the economy.
26: Steam Boats The Steamboat was invented by Robert Fulton around 1807. With the steamboats, people could travel faster on rivers and other water ways. They started a new age for river travel, they were also much much faster than sailing ships. The steamboat was the start of future fishing boats and war ships.
27: Conclusion Things that caused pass events were buying of new territories and settling out west. Because of this, people found different kinds of jobs, Indians were moved to new reservations, and states were founded as people started to populate them. Things that have changed since then are ow we treated the Indians, our technology like light and phones, and our economy. The present is different than the past because back then you had no light, so you were limited to times you could work outside or play. You had no form of quick communication so you would have to wright a letter or travel a day or two to talk to somebody. There are even more things that changed, like cars instead of carriages and better conditioned payng jobs.
28: Conclusion continued...... Back then people viewed their world as a new beginning with all of the new technologies being invented new lands being discovered. Some people wished for better times, and not a whole lot of wars and fights with the Indians. The settlers and other people went with the flow of the "History" and fit right in. Some wished for better technologies and jobs too. Decisions greatly transformed peoples lives. It changed history more than anything. It affected what people thought of Indians and their feelings toward them. Because some people fought the Indians others felt that the Indians were mean and didn't own the land. But soon their minds changed as the Indians and people got along.
29: Continued...... Also the things and companies that they invested in changed how the economy is today. And last where they settled had a great effect because it added new crops, new jobs, and new activities to the world and the United States Of America
30: Bibliography Brinkley, Alan. The American Republic To 1877. student edition. Columbus, Ohio:McGraw-Hill Companies, 2005. 305-379. Print
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Tuesday, December 4, 2018
Are you a plaintiff involved in a women's health mass tort? Or do you know people who are?
Today's post is really a plea for help with a new project that I've just started. I've created a new survey that allows plaintiffs to tell me about their interaction with the court system and their attorneys.
I'm hoping to hear directly from plaintiffs who are involved in women's health mass torts like pelvic mesh, breast implants, NuvaRing, Mirena, and Yasmin/Yaz.
If you're a plaintiff involved in one of those cases, please consider taking this short survey. It will ask you questions about whether you had opportunities to tell your side of the story and present evidence, how you felt your lawyer handled your case, how you felt about the process and your outcome, and whether you used third-party funding.
If you're a lawyer or reporter, I'd love your help publicizing the project. Participants' answers will be kept completely confidential, and I am not asking for details that would be covered by a confidentiality provision in a settlement.
I am not affiliated with the courts or with the lawyers on either side in any way and I do not have any clients of my own. I don't consult for any of the lawyers in these cases, and all of my funding comes from the University of Georgia—not from a private company or interest. In other words, I have no financial ties that affect the way I conduct my research.
Here's more information about me and the research I am doing: https://www.elizabethchambleeburch.com/womens-mdls
If you have questions, please feel free to contact me--if confidentiality is important, please use email@example.com rather than my University of Georgia email.
December 4, 2018 in Aggregate Litigation Procedures, Current Affairs, Lawyers, Mass Tort Scholarship, Medical Devices - Misc., Pharmaceuticals - Misc., Prempro, Products Liability | Permalink | Comments (0)
Tuesday, August 16, 2016
Repeat Players in Multidistrict Litigation
As our readers surely know, despite its bulky name, multidistrict litigation ("MDL") is in the news constantly: litigation over Volkswagen's defeat device, GM's ignition defect, Toyota's sudden acceleration, asbestos, and medical drugs and devices (pelvic mesh, Yasmin/Yaz, NuvaRing, Vioxx) are just a few of the higher profile MDLs.
MDL now comprises over 36% of the entire federal civil caseload (that number leaps to 45.6% if you exclude social security and prisoner cases), yet courts and Congress have made it more difficult for these cases to proceed as certified class actions. This litigation doesn't go away without class certification as many tort reformers believe, it simply persists with far less judicial oversight.
Few rules and little appellate oversight on the one hand, plus multi-million dollar "common-benefit fees" for the lead lawyers who shepherd these cases toward settlement on the other may tempt a cadre of repeat attorneys to fill in the gaps in ways that further their own self interest. (Because there are so many cases involved, judges appoint "lead lawyers" to litigate and negotiate on behalf of the entire group of plaintiffs; if their individual attorney isn't a lead lawyer, then that attorney has little say in how the litigation is conducted.)
To shed light on some of these issues, my co-author, Margaret Williams, and I have posted a revised version of our paper, Repeat Players in Multidistrict Litigation: The Social Network (forthcoming, Cornell Law Review) on SSRN.
We collected data on who the lead attorneys are (plaintiff and defense side) in all product-liability and sales practice cases that were pending on the MDL docket as of May 2013 (those cases covered a 22-year span), built an adjacency matrix, and employed a two-mode (actors and events) projection of a bipartite network (also known as an affiliation network) to graph the ties between lawyers judicially appointed to leadership positions (the actors) in multidistrict proceedings (the events). (For the non-statistically inclined, this social network analysis is somewhat akin to the kind that Facebook has popularized.)
The point was to reveal what the naked eye cannot see: how those attorneys and MDLs connect to one another. (Detailed, searchable PDFs of the social network with the players and litigations are available here). We also collected data on the publicly available nonclass settlements that repeat players brokered, reviewed news and media accounts of those litigations, and analyzed the common-benefit fees awarded to the lead plaintiffs' lawyers.
Here's a summary of our key findings:
- Repeat players are prevalent on both the plaintiff and the defense side.
- No matter what measure of centrality we used, a key group of 5 attorneys maintained their elite position within the network.These 5 attorneys may act as gatekeepers or toll takers, for example. This matters considerably, for lead lawyers control the proceeding and negotiate settlements. They can bargain for what may matter to them most: defendants want to end lawsuits, and plaintiffs' lawyers want to recover for their clients and receive high fee awards along the way.
- By identifying settlement provisions that one might argue principally benefit the repeat players, we examined the publicly available nonclass settlements these elite lawyers designed. Over a 22-year span, we were unable to find any deal that didn't feature at least one closure provision for defendants, and likewise found that nearly all settlements contained some provision that increased lead plaintiffs' lawyers' common-benefit fees. Bargaining for attorneys' fees with one's opponent is a stark departure from traditional contingent-fee principles, which are designed to tie lawyers' fees to their clients' outcome.
- Based on the evidence available to us, we found reason to be concerned that when repeat players influence the practices and norms that govern multidistrict proceedings—when they "play for rules," so to speak—the rules they develop may principally benefit them at the plaintiffs' expense.
A highly concentrated plaintiff and defense bar is nothing new, nor is the disquiet about where that concentration may lead. As scholars have long recognized, repeat play tends to regress our adversarial system from its confrontational roots toward a state of cooperation.
In the criminal context, prosecutors and public defenders routinely work together through plea bargaining, leading them toward mutual accommodation; incumbents form a primary community of interest, whereas clients present secondary challenges and contingencies. As such, adversary features are often overshadowed by regulars' quid pro quo needs. As Professor Jerome Skolnick has explained, those working group relationships become a social control problem only once they reach a "tipping point where cooperation may shade off into collusion, thereby subverting the ethical basis of the system." (Social Control in the Adversary System, 11 J. Conflict Resol. 52, 53 (1969)).
As I've argued in a separate article, Monopolies in Multidistrict Litigation, we've reached that tipping point in MDL, and these circumstances warrant regulation. Even though MDL judges are the ones who entrench and enable repeat players, they also are integral to the solution.
By tinkering with lead-lawyer selection and compensation methods and instilling automatic remands to a plaintiff's original court after leaders negotiate master settlements, judges can capitalize on competitive forces already in play. Put simply, the antidote is to reinvigorate competition among plaintiffs' attorneys and I've set forth several specific proposals for doing so in Part III of Monopolies in Multidistrict Litigation.
For interested judges, that article's appendix also contains a Pocket Guide for Leadership Appointment and Compensation, a Sample Leadership Application form, and sample orders for suggesting remand and replacing leaders who ignore adequate representation concerns.
August 16, 2016 in Aggregate Litigation Procedures, Current Affairs, Ethics, Lawyers, Mass Tort Scholarship, Pharmaceuticals - Misc., Prempro, Procedure, Products Liability, Settlement, Vioxx | Permalink | Comments (0)
Thursday, July 26, 2012
Prempro Settlements Total: $896 Million So Far
You can find the story, including the litigation scorecard, by Jeff Feeley for Bloomberg News here.
H/T How Appealing
July 26, 2012 in Prempro | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Prempro Settlements Total: $896 Million So Far
You can find the story, including the litigation scorecard, by Jeff Feeley for Bloomberg News here.
H/T How Appealing
July 26, 2012 in Prempro | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Prempro Verdict Roundup
March 16, 2010 in Prempro | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack (0)
Friday, February 26, 2010
Defense Verdict for Wyeth in latest Prempro Case
After six hours of deliberation yesterday, a Pennsylvania jury reached a defense verdict in the case of Foust v. Wyeth. This case comes on the heels of a number of plaintiffs victories. Just this past Monday a jury issued a verdict for the plaintiff in Singleton v. Wyeth, finding $3.45 million in compensatory damages and $6 million in punitive damages.
In Foust, the jury found for Wyeth on causation. One reason might be this, as reported by The Legal Intelligencer:
In an unusual aspect of the case, Foust's identical twin sister, Carol, took an HRT drug but did not get breast cancer. Both the plaintiffs and the defense sought to use Carol Foust's lack of cancer to their advantage in making arguments to the jury.
You don't see those kinds of facts every day. The jury did find that Wyeth failed to adequately warn consumers about the risk of the drug.
h/t George Conk
February 26, 2010 in Prempro | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack (0)
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Plaintiff Verdicts in Prempro Trials
In the hormone replacement therapy (HRT) litigation, plaintiffs won substantial verdicts in two trials in state court in Pennsylvania. In the trial that concluded yesterday, the jury imposed punitive damages of $28 million on top of the $6.3 million in compensatory damages it had already awarded to plaintiff Donna Kendall. In the other case, the court yesterday unsealed a punitive damages verdict of $75 million for plaintiff Connie Barton, who had been awarded $3.7 million in compensatory damages. When the Barton punitive verdict was reached in late October, the court took the unusual step of sealing the amount of punitives (see here and here) while the Kendall trial was pending. Here's an excerpt from today's Philadelphia Inquirer article:
Pfizer Inc. has been hit with more than $100 million in two punitive-damage awards - one decided and the other unsealed yesterday - from Philadelphia juries.
Both cases involve Prempro, a hormone-replacement drug made by Wyeth, which recently was acquired by Pfizer. Plaintiffs said the drug was linked to their breast cancer.
The total includes $28 million awarded yesterday to Donna Kendall of Decatur, Ill.
In the second case, Philadelphia Common Pleas Court Judge Sandra Moss yesterday unsealed a verdict reached earlier this year that awarded $75 million in punitive damages to another Illinois resident, Connie Barton, over her Prempro-linked breast cancer. ...
About 1,500 of 10,000 similar cases are pending in Philadelphia, a common jurisdiction for large liability cases, attorneys say.
With the momentum in plaintiffs' favor and 10,000 cases remaining, one has to wonder whether Pfizer will seek some sort of global settlement. We can't help comparing Pfizer's position to the position of Merck before it settled the Vioxx litigation. After a similar but slightly higher number of trials, Merck abandoned its try-every-case-individually strategy and negotiated a mass aggregate settlement. Merck, however, settled when it had a favorable trial record; so far the defendants have not prevailed in most of the HRT trials.
November 24, 2009 in Prempro, Trial | Permalink | Comments (3) | TrackBack (0)
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Confidential Verdicts
I was thinking about Erichson's post on the Prempro punitive damages verdict that has been temporarily sealedl so as not to bias the jury in subsequent trials. This is a very curious aspect of the law to me - why shouldn't juries know how other juries have decided cases? I am not sure where I come out on the question, but consider the following.
There are a lot of complaints that jury verdicts are inconsistent, even random, too high, too low, in any event different from what judges and lawyers think is the appropriate award for a given case. Studies of historical jury verdicts, like those conducted by Neil Vidmar, show that there is some variability in jury verdicts that is not accounted for by the legally relevant facts of the case. Surveys like those conducted by Michael Saks et al. demonstrate by and large agreement between judges and lawyers about case valuation, but more variability among lay persons (potential jurors). Saks attributes this to the fact that jurors don't have a point of comparison, and the way judges and lawyers value cases is comparatively.
So why not give jurors a sense of what other juries have done, and let them decide what they think the appropriate amount of damages is in a given case. Do we think juries will be too influenced by the number, that it will set a floor or a ceiling on their findings? If we think variability of jury verdicts is a bad thing then wouldn't giving jurors a sense of other cases help limit that variability except where cases are legitimately different and deserving of different awards? The doctrine of remittitur permits judges to compare jury verdicts and lower outlier verdicts, so the concept of comparative valuation isn't foreign to our procedural regime.
October 28, 2009 in Aggregate Litigation Procedures, Prempro, Procedure | Permalink | Comments (3) | TrackBack (0)
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Sealed Verdict in Prempro Punitives Trial
Yesterday, a Philadelphia jury found for the plaintiff in the punitive damages phase of a trial involving Prempro, the hormone replacement therapy. How much Wyeth (now a unit of Pfizer) must pay Connie Barton, however, remains secret. Judge Sandra Moss, who oversees the Prempro state court litigation in Philadelphia, ordered the verdict sealed because another Prempro trial had begun and the defendant requested the order to prevent biasing the other jury. Until the verdict is unsealed, only Barton, her lawyers, and Wyeth's lawyers may see the verdict. In the compensatory damages phase, which concluded last month, the jury awarded Barton $3.7 million. Here's the report from Bloomberg about yesterday's verdict.
October 27, 2009 in Prempro, Trial | Permalink | Comments (4) | TrackBack (0)
Monday, January 26, 2009
Pfizer to acquire Wyeth
Pfizer and Wyeth today announced that Pfizer will purchase Wyeth for $68 billion, as anticipated. The deal, as today's NY Times article notes, stands out in the current financial climate:
The deal not only create a pharmaceutical behemoth but would be a rarity in the current financial tumult: a big acquisition that is not a desperate merger of two banks orchestrated by the government. It will also be the first big merger backed by Wall Street in months. While credit has been notoriously tight of late, five banks have agreed to lend Pfizer $22.5 billion to pay for the deal. Pfizer, which has roughly $26 billion in cash, would finance the remainder through a combination of cash and stock.
Every major pharmaceutical company has experienced mass tort litigation, and these two are no exceptions. Pfizer defended the Celebrex and Bextra litigation, and earlier the Bjork-Shiley heart valve litigation. Wyeth (formerly American Home Products) took a huge hit in the fen-phen litigation, and more recently has faced mass litigation over its Prempro and Premarin hormone replacement therapy products.
Last May, Amy Schulman joined Pfizer as its general counsel. Before going in-house at Pfizer, Schulman headed the mass tort practice at DLA/Piper and was lead counsel for Pfizer in the Celebrex-Bextra litigation. In December, Pfizer hired Bradley Lerman as its litigation chief. As a partner at Winston & Strawn, Lerman defended McDonald's in the fast food litigation and worked for Phillip Morris in the Engle tobacco class action.
January 26, 2009 in Fen-Phen, Medical Devices - Misc., Pharmaceuticals - Misc., Prempro | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (1)
Thursday, July 10, 2008
Judge Overturns Punitive Damage Award in Prempro Case
Arkansas district judge Bill Wilson overturned an Arkansas jury's punitive damage award of $27 million to Donna Scroggin. The award included $2.75 million in compensatory damages. Judge Wilson based his decision on discarding plaintiff's expert evidence from Dr. Suzanne Parisian, a former FDA official. Scroggin sued Wyeth for inadequately warning her of the increased risk in breast cancer from Prempro. After taking the drug for 11 years, she developed breast cancer and underwent a double mastectomy. The Wall Street Journal story can be found here and the Associated Press story can be found here.
July 10, 2008 in Prempro | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Judge Reduces Jury Verdict in Premarin & Prempro Case
This morning's Wall Street Journal reports that a district court judge in Nevada reduced a jury award against Wyeth from $134 million to $58 million. The damages included both compensatory and punitive damages based on the theory that the drugs Premarin and Prempro caused plaintiffs' breast cancer. The judge was concerned that the amounts represented "the result of passion and prejudice." Here's an excerpt of the story:
Washoe County District Court Judge Robert Perry granted the drug maker's motion to find the damages excessive. He ordered the award reduced to about $58 million -- $23 million in compensatory and $35 million in punitive damages.
The judgment had been the largest award to date against the Madison, N.J., company, which faces about 5,300 similar lawsuits across the country.
All involve the drugs Premarin, an estrogen replacement, and Prempro, a combination of estrogen and progestin.
Judge Perry said the jury's judgment of $35 million in compensatory and $99 million in punitive suggested the amounts were "the result of passion and prejudice."
"The court believes that this reduction in damages adequately compensates plaintiffs for the serious consequences which the jury found to have been caused by defendant, while also serving to punish defendant and deter others from similar conduct," he wrote.
February 20, 2008 in Prempro | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack (0)
Tuesday, October 30, 2007
Summary Judgment for Wyeth in Minnesota HRT Lawsuit
A Minnesota judge granted summary judgment for Wyeth today in a hormone replacement therapy (HRT) lawsuit. Here's an excerpt from the Reuters story:
A judge in Minnesota has dismissed a product liability lawsuit against Wyeth, granting the drugmaker's motion for summary judgment in a case in which a woman blamed the company's hormone replacement therapy for her breast cancer, Wyeth said on Tuesday.
In dismissing the case that had been scheduled to go to trial in January, Judge George McGunnigle of the Hennepin County District Court in Minneapolis found that the plaintiff, Patricia Zandi, had not offered any scientifically valid evidence to support her claim that she had developed breast cancer as a result using Wyeth's Premarin and Prempro.
The decision is bound to dampen some of the momentum for HRT plaintiffs generated by the recent Reno verdict.
October 30, 2007 in Prempro | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Monday, October 22, 2007
Follow-up on Prempro Trial
An Associated Press story in today's Reno Gazette Journal follows up on the Nevada Prempro plaintiffs' verdict. The main point of the article -- No alarm on Wall Street over Wyeth case -- is that the financial markets are not particularly concerned about the litigation over the Prempro and Premarin hormone replacement therapy (HRT) drugs, and are treating the $134 million verdict ($35 million compensatory damages and $99 million punitive damages) more as an aberration than an omen. As one financial analyst put it, as quoted in the article, "Unlike Wyeth's diet drug litigation, the Premarin/Prempro is widely viewed as more of a headline risk than a long-term financial risk." Of course, after fen-phen, almost any Wyeth litigation risk would appear small by comparison.
October 22, 2007 in Prempro | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (1)
Monday, October 15, 2007
Punitive Damages in Nevada Prempro Trial
A jury in Reno today lashed Wyeth with a $99 million punitive damages verdict in a three-plaintiff Prempro lawsuit in Nevada state court. The massive award was predictable given how events unfolded in the case last week. On Wednesday, the jury rendered a compensatory damages verdict totaling $134.5 million. When Judge Robert Perry learned that the jury was confused about compensatory and punitive damages, he ordered the jury to reconsider the amounts, and the jury came back with a total compensation verdict of $35 million. Today, the jury returned to consider punitive damages, and unsurprisingly hit Wyeth with essentially the same amount it had intended as punishment last week. An AP story on the Houston Chronicle website -- Punitive Damages Awarded in Wyeth Case -- reports on today's punitive damages verdict:
Jurors awarded $99 million in punitive damages Monday to three Nevada women who claimed hormone replacement drugs distributed by pharmaceutical giant Wyeth caused their breast cancer. A Wyeth attorney said the award would be appealed. ...
After lawyers for both sides gave closing arguments again on Monday, the judge instructed the five-man, two-women jury to move to the punitive stage of the trial to consider whether the company's actions were so "reprehensible" that additional damages were warranted to punish it and discourage such behavior in the future. ...
The jurors returned at 1 p.m. Monday, two hours after they began deliberations following an impassioned plea by one of the plaintiffs' lawyers to return a large enough judgment to "get the attention and hold responsible" a company with a net worth of $14.6 billion.
October 15, 2007 in Prempro, Punitive Damages | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack (0)
Friday, October 12, 2007
Prempro Jury Confused; Damages Reduced
If Wednesday's verdicts in the Nevada Prempro case seemed implausibly large for compensatory damages, here's the explanation: the jury was confused about the difference between compensation and punitive damages. Although for now, this means a substantial reduction in the verdicts, under the circumstances it cannot be considered good news for Wyeth.
According to this Reno Gazette-Journal article -- Jurors to reconsider Prempro damages -- the judge instructed the jury to reconsider its damages calculations:
Jurors in the Wyeth trial were sent back to the jury room this morning to reconsider the amount of damages the company must pay after they told the judge that they were confused about punitive damages when they ordered the company to pay millions on Wednesday.
The jurors told Judge Robert Perry that they included punitive damages in the total they awarded three women who had sued Wyeth, claiming its hormone replacement drugs caused their breast cancer.
... After learning of the confusion, Perry sent the jury back and said they must first recalculate the past and future damages, and then said he would hold a hearing with witnesses before the panel would decide punitive damages.
Later today, an article by AP writer Sandra Chereb -- Jury Cuts $100M From Award Against Wyeth -- reported that upon reconsideration, the jury reduced the total verdicts from $134.5 million to $35 million:
A jury on Friday slashed $100 million from a judgment against pharmaceutical giant Wyeth after it conceded a previous award was improper because it was intended to punish the company for its hormone replacement drugs. Washoe District Judge Robert Perry instructed the five-man, two-woman jury to reconsider a $134.5 million compensatory award issued Wednesday after questions were raised about whether the judgment included punitive damages. Perry said the matter was brought to his attention by a bailiff, who overheard discussion in the jury room. "If we don't correct it now, we'll be trying this case again," the judge said. After deliberating for about three hours, jurors on Friday awarded $35 million to three Nevada women for past and future medical expenses, as well as physical and emotional pain and suffering. ...
Perry twice denied a motion by Wyeth lawyer Dan Webb to declare a mistrial over the jury's confusion. Webb argued that jurors were predisposed to punish the company before the punitive phase of the trial had begun. The judge said jurors raised questions expressing their confusion during the initial deliberations, but Wyeth lawyers wouldn't allow an explanation. ...
The revised compensatory damage verdicts include $10.5 million for Jeraldine Scofield, $12 million for Arlene Rowatt, and $12.5 million for Pamela Forrester. The jury will return Monday to decide whether to impose punitive damages. Given the jury's premature attempt to punish Wyeth with an extra $100 million or so, there cannot be much doubt about how the punitive damages phase will turn out next week.
October 12, 2007 in Prempro, Punitive Damages | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Thursday, October 11, 2007
Big Plaintiffs' Verdict in Nevada Prempro Trial
Yesterday, a Nevada jury hit Wyeth Pharmaceuticals with a $134.5 million verdict in a three-plaintiff hormone replacement therapy case. According to a story in the Reno Gazette-Journal -- Jury Orders Wyeth to Pay Out Millions -- the jury found for the plaintiffs on negligence, product defect, and causation, found that Wyeth "concealed a material fact about the safety of the product," and found by clear and convincing evidence that Wyeth "acted with malice or fraud":
A Washoe County jury has ordered pharmaceutical giant Wyeth to pay more than $43 million each to three Northern Nevada women who claimed in a lawsuit the company's hormone-replacement drugs caused their breast cancer.
The jury said Premarin, an estrogen replacement, and Prempro, a combination of estrogen and progestin, were defective products and found Wyeth was negligent in producing, marketing and selling the drugs.
The bad news for Wyeth is that this was merely the compensatory damages phase; jurors will return tomorrow to decide punitive damages. Yesterday's verdict broke down as follows: for Jeraldine Scofield, $7.5 million in past damages and $36 million in future damages; for Arlene Rowatt, $7.5 million in past damages and $36 million in future damages; and for Pamela Forrester, $7.5 million in past damages and $40 million in future damages. A year ago, Wyeth settled with Carol McCreary, a fourth HRT plaintiff who had been part of the same lawsuit.
The article notes that Wyeth is facing about 5300 HRT lawsuits involving about 7800 plaintiffs.
The Wall Street Journal reports that the financial markets do not seem particularly troubled by the Nevada verdict or by the Prempro litigation, which pales in comparison to the woes Wyeth faced in fen-phen.
October 11, 2007 in Prempro | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (1)
Wednesday, February 21, 2007
Wyeth Loses Prempro Trial
A jury found that Prempro caused the plaintiff's breast cancer and awarded Jennie Nelson and her husband $3 million, in a retrial of a Philadelphia HRT case. Here's an excerpt from today's Philadelphia Inquirer story:
A Philadelphia jury blasted the drugmaker Wyeth yesterday for failing to warn a patient about breast-cancer risks of its hormone drug Prempro and awarded the Ohio woman and her husband $3 million in damages.
It was the second - and biggest - loss in litigation over Prempro. Wyeth has headquarters in Madison, N.J., with pharmaceutical operations in Collegeville. It has won two Prempro cases, has settled at least one, and has three more trials scheduled for this year.
Wyeth indicated it would appeal yesterday's verdict.
"We respectfully disagree that there is any scientific basis to support the jury's finding of a causal link between Wyeth's hormone therapies and the plaintiff's breast cancer," Barbara R. Binis, a Wyeth defense attorney from the Philadelphia office of Reed Smith L.L.P., said in a statement.
The company has said it faces about 5,000 cases over its hormone-replacement drugs, including Prempro and Premarin.
But plaintiffs' attorneys say cases involving at least 10,000 people have been filed nationwide in federal and state courts, including roughly 1,800 people in Philadelphia's Court of Common Pleas. Almost all involve breast cancer.
A Reuters story -- Jury awards plaintiff $3 million in Wyeth Prempro case -- notes that this was a retrial:
A previous Philadelphia jury also found in favor of the plaintiff, Jennie Nelson, in October. But the judge threw out that verdict and declared a mistrial, leading to the retrial that concluded on Tuesday.
The original jury at the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas had awarded Nelson and her husband $1.5 million in compensatory damages. This time, Nelson was awarded $2.4 million and her husband $600,000.
The reason for the mistrial declaration was not disclosed at the time, with Nelson's attorney saying only that it was due to extraneous circumstances. There has been speculation since that the verdict may have been overturned as a result of juror misconduct.
The first Nelson trial (a phased trial using a reverse bifurcation structure) and the court's mistrial ruling had attracted attention from those looking for early signs of where the Prempro litigation might be heading.
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Sunday, February 18, 2007
Wyeth Wins Prempro Trial in Federal Court in Arkansas
Article in the Wall Street Journal -- Jury Finds for Wyeth In Hormone-Drug Trial, by the Associated Press:
A federal jury ruled for Wyeth Pharmaceuticals on Thursday in the latest lawsuit claiming that the company's hormone-replacement drugs cause breast cancer.
After deliberating for more than a day, a jury in Little Rock sided with New Jersey-based Wyeth in a case filed by Helene Rush of Little Rock.
In her lawsuit, Ms. Rush accused the drug maker of negligence in its hormone replacement therapy. More than 5,000 similar suits have been filed across the country.
Ms. Rush, 72 years old, was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1999. Her attorneys say she took Wyeth's estrogen-progestin hormone therapy for nearly a decade.
Lawyers for Wyeth said Ms. Rush likely would have developed breast cancer regardless of whether she took Premarin and Prempro because of genetic and health factors, such as weight gain and a history of smoking.
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Friday, February 2, 2007
Texas Prempro Case Dismissed
A Texas judge has dismissed a hormone replacement therapy case on the verge of trial, based on FDA preemption, according to this Bloomberg article in today's Asbury Park Press -- Cancer Suit Against Wyeth Dismissed:
Madison-based Wyeth said a judge dismissed a lawsuit brought by a woman who claimed she developed breast cancer as a result of using the company's menopause drug Prempro.
Judge Caroline E. Baker of Houston said the woman couldn't accuse Wyeth of failing to warn about risks associated with Prempro because drug labels are regulated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, according to a Wyeth statement. Wyeth lawyers have said the company did what the FDA told them to do.
The trial was scheduled to begin on Monday, Feb. 5.
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Mark 9:38-50
New International Version (NIV)
Whoever Is Not Against Us Is for Us
38 "Teacher," said John, "we saw someone driving out demons in your name and we told him to stop, because he was not one of us."
39 "Do not stop him," Jesus said. "For no one who does a miracle in my name can in the next moment say anything bad about me, 40 for whoever is not against us is for us. 41 Truly I tell you, anyone who gives you a cup of water in my name because you belong to the Messiah will certainly not lose their reward.
Causing to Stumble
42 "If anyone causes one of these little ones—those who believe in me—to stumble, it would be better for them if a large millstone were hung around their neck and they were thrown into the sea. 43 If your hand causes you to stumble, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life maimed than with two hands to go into hell, where the fire never goes out. [44] [a] 45 And if your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life crippled than to have two feet and be thrown into hell. [46] [b] 47 And if your eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out. It is better for you to enter the
"'the worms that eat them do not die,
and the fire is not quenched.'[c]
and the fire is not quenched.'[c]
49 Everyone will be salted with fire.
50 "Salt is good, but if it loses its saltiness, how can you make it salty again? Have salt among yourselves, and be at peace with each other."
- Mark 9:44 Some manuscripts include here the words of verse 48.
- Mark 9:46 Some manuscripts include here the words of verse 48.
- Mark 9:48 Isaiah 66:24
Questions based on Mark -50-
1) Does the disciples' argument in verses 33-37 about who among them is the greatest have anything to tell us about verses 38-40?
2) When have you noticed a tendency in yourself to draw a line dividing people who belong and those who don't? Do those lines exist? If they exist how do our lines compare to Jesus' lines?
3) When have you experienced someone labeling you as belonging or not belonging?
4) Compare verse 40 to Matthew 12:30. How can these both be true? How does the context of both verses help us answer that question?
5) Consider what you believe about spiritual consequences for our actions. Are there consequences in this life and/or the afterlife? How does what you believe compare to what Jesus says in this passage?
One day my grandpa went to church. For some reason my
Nan wasn't with him that day. So there he was in a
pew at church trying to get 4 young kids to behave. It is a battle every parent
who wants to bring kids to church knows. We try to keep our kids from tearing
each other apart. We worry about them distracting others (though the sound of
children is always a welcome sound in God's church). We try to get them to pay
attention, and on top of all that we try to focus on worshipping and hearing at
least part of the sermon. Well my grandpa was losing the battle when the priest
spoke out from the pulpit telling my grandpa to make his children be quiet.
That was the last day my grandpa ever went to church. ... I didn't hear that
story from his own lips so I don't know what he thought about that event, but
I'm sure he felt embarrassed, at least. Some might say, "well he must not
have taken it that seriously if that's all it took for him to leave", ...
He likely didn't, but that's the point.
There are plenty of examples of Christian leaders behaving badly that are more offensive than this. I don't think I need to give any examples. However, Christian leaders don't have a monopoly on being offensive. In our culture words associated with "Christian" are judgmental, prejudiced, close-minded, and arrogant, among others.
My own temptation here is to explain it away. Culture has changed and so people are suspicious of authority now, that's why they talk badly about the church. I'm also tempted to disassociate myself from those who give the church a bad name. We're not like "those" Christians. They are a loud minority. They are the televangelists, and the crazy people who picket funerals. They just seem to get a lot of press ... But, of course they are my brothers and sisters too- as hard as that can be to admit to myself. I also have to admit that I have my own darkness. I've said and done things I shouldn't have. As Christians we have a lot of apologizing to do- for our own actions, and on behalf of Christians in general.
Jesus gives us a warning in our reading today. Jesus says 42 "If anyone causes one of these little ones—those who believe in me—to stumble, it would be better for them if a large millstone were hung around their neck and they were thrown into the sea." My grandpa was a "little one". He was a little one who didn't have a firm grip on Jesus, but he was still open. He was there in a pew with his children. He was one of the little ones Jesus spoke about.
On Sunday morning there are plenty of us who are hanging onto our faith by our fingernails. There are plenty of us who aren't sure what we believe anymore. There are plenty of us who are going through illness or a broken relationship, or friendship and we feel an absence of spiritual power. We have difficult unanswered questions and doubts. Some of us are just bored. And there are some of us for whom all this spiritual stuff is pretty new and we are still finding our footing.
There are plenty of us who are just hanging on by our fingertips, but we are hopeful. We hope to hear a word from God that will resolve our doubts. We hope to feel God's presence fill our loneliness. We hope to hear and believe that we are loved, known, and forgiven. When our faith feels fragile we are Jesus' "little one's". When our faith is new we are Jesus' "little one's".
Some of us, though, feel pretty comfortable in a pew. We might not have it all together, but we at least feel like we are where we belong. Jesus has a severe warning for those of us who feel comfortable here. He warns us to not cause his little ones to stumble. The word in the original Greek is actually close to our word "scandalize". Jesus warns us to not scandalize his little ones- to not cause such a severe offence that his little ones would cause someone to turn their back on Jesus. Jesus says it would better if that person tied a large stone around their neck and swam in a lake, rather than causing his little one to stumble.
In our reading someone was using Jesus name to help someone. The person was using Jesus' name in an exorcism. I know that is a difficult word for us to hear and just pass by, but that is a sermon for another day. In our reading someone was in trouble- they were sick and trapped- and someone used Jesus' name to help them. One of Jesus' disciples, John, told them to stop because they weren't part of the in-group- he wasn't one of the disciples. John was thinking of the group of disciples as a club. You are either in or out. You are a part of this special group of people or you aren't. The in-group has special privileges. Jesus, though, doesn't think that way. He thinks in terms of which way you are facing. Is the person facing Jesus, or are they facing away from Jesus. Even if they are a long way off, it is more important that they are facing Jesus. If the person was using Jesus' name to bring healing, then it is very likely that they are facing Jesus. John, however, was thinking of the group of disciples as a club.
We can sometimes do that in the church as well. Church can sometimes become a social club. It can become all about us and our friends. It's not that there is anything wrong with having friends at church, but it can never be a closed group. That is exactly what Jesus is speaking against. A club is hard to get into. There is a membership fee, maybe there is a hazing. Maybe there is a special handshake. There is etiquette that if not followed will bring embarrassment. Jesus does not want that kind of church.
The Church Jesus wants is a church where it is easy to learn about him, and even meet him. If anyone shows any interest in Jesus there is to be no obstacle placed in their way. Anyone who places an obstacle between that person and Jesus would be better off jumping into a lake with a large stone around their neck.
Now Jesus isn't counselling suicide or murder here, but he wants us to know how seriously he takes this situation. Anyone who shows any sympathy towards Jesus or his followers are to be treated with utmost respect. They are not to be tested and tried to see if they are worthy of the club. They are to be helped along. Their questions are to be taken seriously. As the church we are to be a place where we are free to question and disagree and still love and care for each other. It is to be a place where we can search for God together. Church is where we gather and hope to be found by God. It is a place where we experiment and learn and grow.
I'm not sure where you find yourself on this spectrum. Do you feel comfortable here? Is this your home? Or are you just hanging onto your faith by your fingertips? Or maybe you are just beginning your journey with Jesus. Maybe you bounce back and forth and it depends on the week.
I want you to notice how Jesus speaks to both groups and I want you hear his words to you. First, to those who are just hanging on, or those who are just learning about Jesus. Jesus speaks tenderly to you. He calls you his "little one". He will reward you for the smallest act you do to honour his name. Even a cup of water given out of care for Jesus will be rewarded. His severe warning is to protect you. It is a sign of his love and care fore you.
To leaders and disciples Jesus says hard words of warning. To you who are comfortable and secure Jesus warns us to not place a stumbling block in front of Jesus' little one's. It would be better to go swimming in a lake with a large stone hung around our necks. For those who feel like they are a part of the in-group Jesus expects a lot. He especially expects that his little ones will be treated with special respect, dignity, and gentleness. Jesus warns us to remove all obstacles on the path to him, because there are serious consequences. Remove anything that causes someone to stumble. Even if it means removing your own hand, foot, or eye. Again, Jesus is telling us how important this is. He's not hoping for us to hack off body parts. It isn't my hand that causes me to sin, or my hand that causes other people to stumble. That is a deeper part of me. I don't cut off my hand to prevent sin. Instead, I have to carve sin out of my heart, soul, and mind- with God's help. That is where my sin is rooted. That is what will cause others to stumble by looking at my hypocritical life.
Why does Jesus take this so seriously? He cares about this because he cares about my grandpa who never set foot in the church again. He cares about this because he cares about people who are offended and abused by those who claim to represent Jesus. He makes a big deal out of this because the church is not a club where we get together with our buddies once per week. The church is the body of Christ. Archbishop William Temple once said, "The church is the only organization that exists for the benefit of its non-members". Maybe it's a slight exaggeration, but there is plenty of truth in the statement, regardless. The church can never be turned in on itself entirely, or it is in danger of losing its very identity. The Church exists for the benefit of those outside it. The church exists as an expression of God's love for the creation. And God's love cannot exist only within the walls of the church. When it becomes a club it has lost itself.
It is not our job to determine who is in or out. Our job is to create a clear and straight path to Jesus for those who want to know him better. John shouldn't have stopped the man from using Jesus' name. He should have showed him the path to Jesus. When the church remembers who it is, that is when all its brilliance shines. It is not our job to draw lines to determine who is in and who is out.
It is as if Jesus taught his followers a dance. The dance is beautiful and joyful, and it becomes more fun as more people join in. Some are just watching the dance. They think they can hear the music, but they aren't quite ready to dance. Some know just a few steps. Others swing across the floor as if their feet aren't touching the ground. The dance isn't just for the benefit of those who know it. The dance is for the joy of the one who invented it.


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"A woman will see this as a representative of herself and her self-worth"
Have come across some great blog posts on the stuff that matters here at MTR and I thought you should see them too. Opt 4 has perfectly captured the way objectification of women and girls is harful to them. And there's some great action points at the end!
You're flipping through your favorite magazine, newspaper, or just general rag that happens to be around. You're focusing on 1-2 things per page, and if you asked most people they wouldn't know half of what they saw while they were flipping the pages. You noticed a phone number here, a dress someone was wearing there, an interesting 100 word article that you skimmed, but nothing truly significant…and you put the mag down and (if you're like most of us, like the majority of the people int he world) you'll pick up another one and do something very similar.
What you don't realize is that though you thought you were just flipping, your mind has allowed you to think that through the use of many many filters. If you consciously knew everything you saw, you'd go into brain overload.
SCARY PART – Your brain is imprinted with every single thing that crosses your eyes. It's imprinted ont he main central control unit, or the CPU of your brain, the part of your brain that is in complete control of your thinking, your emotions, and how you live your life – your subconscious.
So in your 10 minutes of flipping, your brain was imprinted with every picture you saw.
Now, a lot of research has been done (by marketing and advertising agencies…this is no coincidence) as to what will catch your eye, what colors will entice and shock you, and what images and shapes will cause your eye to imprint onto your subconscious. The breadth of research is phenomenal…and it's where a lot of our optical illusions come from. So everything that crosses your eyes' path, is immediately imprinted on your main central influence section of your brain.
To begin this series we'll start with Print media consumption.
So what are we looking at on a daily basis…here's a group of print ads:
This blog has spoken about the problems of print media for years:
Can you believe these pictures?
Go here for more of these kinds of ads.
These are a very very very small example of ads that are seen throughout the fashion magazine, glamour magazines, and women magazine industries. Ads depicting women in brutal, abusive, object-like ways are churned out by the millions.
Most magazines are on average 60% advertising. Many of the fashion magazines ramp it up to 80-90% advertising if you add the captions that tell you the price and make of the things the models are wearing.
So let's quickly do the numbers and see how far-reaching these images can be – Each magazine has about 800,000 subscribers (this is a very low number). There are 7 ads in each of our hypothetical magazines (the pictures above), that means these images were imprinted on 800,000 people. in a year, these people have each been imprinted with 84 images….that means 800,000 people have been accustomed and trained that images of violence against women are merely advertising and entertainment.
Now add this 800,000 to 10 different magazines for a total of 8,000,000 people! That is a country. That is a large cross-section of our Untied States. The sad part is that this is a low number.
With what we know of brain imprinting we know that these images were imprinted on the subconscious and then created into a thought and opinion. A woman will see this as a representative of herself and her self-worth. A man will see this as a Representative of women in general and is actively learning how to treat "her" through these images. When we see 1 million images a day and 1/2 of them depict violence against women and gender inequality – we have a very heavy imprinting on our brain to think 1 view and idea of women.
When we put all of the ads together we see only 1 thing:
Woman are to be treated in violent ways.
Women are happy to be treated in violent ways….creating the idea of accepted sexual assault. This website explains this idea wonderfully.
Men are superior to women.
When 1 gender is seen to be superior to another gender, the superior gender will react in violence towards that lesser gender. This has been seen in racism, ageism, and sexism!
Add another aspect to this: Remember what I said above: "A woman will see this as a representative of herself and her self-worth." Not only are men seeing that women should be treated with violence and that they as men are superior, but women are being taught they deserve this violence and they are less than a man. When a group of people are taught to see themselves as less than another group – the downtrodden group accepts the violence that is put on them as deserved and "normal".
By allowing our brains to consume these images and by allowing these images to exist, we are promoting and imprinting on our brains – inequality towards women and violence towards women.
opt 4 writing letters to every advertising agency and magazine to end this violent campaign against women.
Opt 4 eliminating this kind of consumption from our society.
Opt 4 ending the consumption of disrespectful print media


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Practical advice and knowledge to help business owners.
Practical advice and knowledge to help business owners.
If I asked you 'Why do your customers buy from you?' - what would your answer be? If you're having difficulty capturing and converting quality leads, have you thought about how your customers emotionally respond to your business? The how and the why behind them buying from you (or not buying from you)?
As coaches, we want our athletes to be able to perform the skills we are teaching them faster and with improved accuracy. This acquisition of skills is linked to our ability as coaches to be able to effectively code our athletes.
As with many things in life, I didn't actually grasp the true extent of this lesson I was taught early in my Military Career at the time.
The art of planning sometimes seems to be a dying one! With sayings such as 'You only live once' and a living in the moment mindset, sound planning which takes time, effort and considerable engagement doesn't quite seem to fit.
The way in which we introduce technical and tactical skills can have a huge impact on how quickly our athletes 'get it' or become frustrated with their rate of learning
© 2019 Paul Mead


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We're doing a Lightbox-Along in March, and this month, I'm also providing some photo tips. Previously on CROQ (read in the "LOST" narrator voice!):
(photo by Amy at the Red Chair Blog)
And now, let's talk about what happens when you don't have a good photo of your own to use in your blog. This can happen if you are just writing an article with no particular project associated with it, or maybe if you forgot to take photos when you were doing your project. There are some common courtesies you should follow when using other people's photos.
On Dollar Store Crafts, I often link to other people's craft projects. I usually post one of their photos along with a short synopsis of the project and a prominent link to the original project. Here are some rules I abide by when using other people's photos.
(photo by Alexa Westerfield, Swell Designer)
1. Don't hotlink
Hotlinking is when you point to another site as the source for your image. It's not nice to leech other people's resources for your blog. Download the photo from the host site and then upload it to your site to include it in your post, but before you do:
2. Check for photo rules
Blog owners often have rules regarding using their photos somewhere on their blog (usually on the front page). Some will say things like "feel free to use a photo if you use a link back to the original post" or maybe "please don't use my photos without permission." You need to follow any rules set out by the photo's owner.
Check to see if the photo is available for general use. At flickr, you will see photo rules in the column on the lower right side of the photo. If you see "Some rights reserved" you can probably use the photo on your blog without contacting the owner before you post it. You should still let them know you are using it and leave a link to the post where you're using it, but I'll talk about that in a minute. If you want to use it on materials that you'll be selling, you definitely need to get firm permission before using the photo.
(photo by Nikki at Salty Pineapple)
3. Ask for permission
When in doubt, ask for permission before you use a photo. Photographers will almost never refuse your kind request to use their photo on your blog!
4. Leave a comment
Even if the photographer doesn't require you to contact them before you use their photo, you should leave a comment. It's probably the only payment they'll receive, so leaving a nice comment is the least you can do! Information you should include in your comment: where you used it (with a permalink to the post where it's used), and a nice compliment is optional, but friendly!
(photo from Cover a Composition Book Tutorial by Sister Diane at Craftypod)
5. Give credit and a link
Give credit to the original photographer (by name, if possible) with a link to the original place where you found the photo. Bonus points for also linking to the photographer's blog (if you found it on flickr, for instance). Link love is always appreciated. You can put your credit below the photo (even in a smaller font is fine), or at the end of the post.
6. Don't post ALL their photos
If you use another person's images, restrain yourself. Choose one (or two) to illustrate your point, and refer the reader to the photographer's site if you want them to see more. If you want to stretch the images into more, crop your favorite details from the same photo and use the detail photos in multiple places in your post. I guess what I'm saying is, don't just copy someone else's work for your blog. That's boring and lazy.
(Still Life: Vintage Enamelware Kettle by Wendy at Momsational)
- Flickr is a community photo-sharing site. My favorite trick is to do an advanced search of my contacts' photos for the photo subject I need. That way, I spread the love to people I already know, if possible.
- Stock.xchng is a free stock photo site where you can download photos for use in print or on the web. If you use one of these photos, it's nice to leave a comment with a link to your blog, since these photographers are providing their images for free. (I have even sent print samples to photographers when I used their photos in graphic design projects, just because it's so fun to see your work in print.)
- DeviantART: you can often find good illustrations or photos to accompany your posts here. Remember to check for permissions to make sure it's okay to use an image before you use it.
- Find free vector illustrations at Vecteezy.


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