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Director : Niels Mueller
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FILM OVERVIEW
Wayne Stobierski is the most fun-loving, hardest-living party animal in Rhinelander, Wisconsin (population 7,798). Just ask his favorite wingman, Tyler, who's seen it all, lived it all, loved it all. Only problem? Tyler is Wayne's nine year old son.
When Wayne learns the devastating news that he is losing shared custody and that his beloved wingman will be moving far away, he plans a special weekend for his son to remember him by –– a trip to the big city of their dreams Milwaukee, Wisconsin (population 592,025).
Poor Wayne. The moment he's out of his small town comfort zone, he finds his plans spinning comically out of control. When Wayne passes out drunk before he can find a hotel room, his best friend and chaperone, Chuck, decides to take the gang to Wayne's estranged sister Alicia's house.
Wayne is none too happy to wake up and find himself in the middle of an unscheduled family reunion. But there's nothing quite like family to help find levity in heartache. Surrounded by love -- some of it tough, all of it genuine -- Wayne finds himself facing down his demons, all while showing his son the most spectacular time of his life.
Director Biography
Mueller was born and raised in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and attended Tufts University, where he earned a BA. While an undergraduate, he collaborated with fellow-student Gary Winick on a number of independent film projects. Mueller subsequently attended film school at UCLA where he earned an MFA. His most notable work remains The Assassination of Richard Nixon (2004), starring Sean Penn, which he directed and also co-wrote with Kevin Kennedy. Other writing projects include Tadpole (2002), which he co-wrote, 13 Going on 30 (2004), A pilot he wrote with Kevin Kennedy, The Defenders, was picked up by CBS television for the Fall 2010 season. The series, starring James Belushi and Jerry O'Connell, chronicled the adventures of two defense attorneys in Las Vegas.
FILM CREDITS
Niels Mueller - Director
Jason Naczek - Writer
Scott K. Foley - Producer
Josh Rosenberg - Producer
Hongtao Liu - Producer
Niels Mueller - Producer
Key Cast
David Sullivan - "Wayne "
Bill Heck - "Chuck "
Kristen Johnston - "Alicia "
Cooper J. Friedman - "Tyler "
Tanya Fischer - "Deidra "
Mark Borchardt - "Store Clerk "
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Where's the evidence for how we run clinical trials?
Daniel Shanahan 15 Jul 2014
No one ever said that doing a clinical trial was easy. Indeed it often feels like a Sisyphean task, when faced with obdurate funding committees, or centres that seem unable to recruit a single patient, when just six months previously they were inundated with them. Every piece of research has its pain points; however, sometimes we do have a tendency to over-complicate things.
This was exactly the message of Shaun Treweek's talk at the 2nd Clinical Trials Methodology Conference in November last year, where he asked if we were making our own lives more difficult than they needed to be. We have a tendency to do trials the way we do because that's the way we do them.
Do we really need to collect all those data? Is selecting that site a good idea, and why? Do we know our retention strategies are effective and, if not, why are we using them without evaluation?
Using the analogy of the British cycling team, he argued that if we could systematically identify discrete trial processes and improve the efficiency of each by just a few percent, then this would give huge benefits overall. This is the ambition of the Trial Forge initiative.
Following the above analogy, the first stage of this ambitious project was to develop a trial pathway onto which evidence could be connected, and a shared vision for how Trial Forge should work. It was in pursuit of this that we held the first Trial Forge meeting in the Wellcome Rooms at the Royal Society of Edinburgh last week.
The day kicked off with Mike Clarke succinctly captioning our pain: we have dispersed knowledge, gaps in that knowledge and no coordinated effort to fill those gaps. Using the example of recruitment, he identified over 32,000 articles through a PubMed search; however, only 45 of these were eligible for inclusion in the relevant Cochrane review. Similarly, for retention, almost 14,000 studies were identified, with only 38 included in the Cochrane review. This was further emphasised by Paula Williamson, who presented the results from a priority setting exercise in which research into recruitment, retention and outcome selection were identified as being the highest priority.
So how do we, as researchers, know that we are doing more good than harm with the designs we choose for our studies, and how can we ensure that we make well-informed choices about all aspects of randomised controlled trials?
Trudie Lang argued that clinical research involves many steps that are largely similar, irrespective of location, disease area or type of study, presenting her work with the Global Health Network and the Process Map they have created. At this point, we split up into smaller groups to discuss what we felt were the key trial processes that Trial Forge should cover, given the length of the trial 'journey'.
Led by Doug Altman, my group quickly decided the start point should be formulating the research question. While recognising the importance of research prioritisation, we felt that there were too many potential local influences that we could not capture. Similarly, dissemination was selected as the endpoint, with the pathway then feeding into other systems for implementation and eventual assessment of the impact.
However, at this point, it emerged that the design and conduct of a trial was not a linear process, even when viewed retrospectively. This made separating the overall pathway into discrete, sequential processes impossible. Instead, we split it into seven general steps, many of which were ongoing throughout the research process, and were often re-evaluated based on feedback from later steps.
After feeding back our discussions to the main group, we split off again to discuss how to ensure that Trial Forge is useful to all users. Here we identified the audience as anyone conducting a 'definitive' (phase III/IV) clinical trials, whether they were novice or expert. This was supported by the other groups; however, it was agreed that they will want different things from the project depending on their level of expertise.
It was considered that more novice researchers would benefit from an evidence-based project management tool, which presented the various options, together with the evidence (or lack thereof) for their use, as well as integration with existing initiatives, such as the EQUATOR Network. Conversely, a register of trial methodology research, analogous to the existing study registers, would help more expert researchers.
So what next for Trial Forge? The steering committee are pulling together all the notes and scribblings from the meeting and formulating a plan to take this exciting project forward. Make sure you keep checking the Trial Forge website for updates.
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State to consider legality of Allen County bridge-tax hike at public hearing Tuesday
Kevin Leininger
kleininger@news-sentinel.com
Did the county vote to increase bridge taxes violate a state law requiring public notice in the newspaper? (News-Sentinel.com file photo by Kevin Leininger)
The Indiana Department of Local Government Finance will conduct a public hearing next week on whether the Allen County Commissioners acted legally when they voted to increase the bridge tax in April.
County officials say increasing the bridge tax by $.0095 per $100 in a property's assessed value is needed to pay for $54.2 million in bridge needs over the next eight years. But the Neighborhoods United Group challenged the decision, filing petitions containing the signatures of about 300 people opposed to the vote in part because the county has a balance of more than $114 million in various funds.
But as The News-Sentinel reported last month, the DLGF also raised another issue that could derail the planned tax increase. In a letter to the commissioners, the DLGF wrote that "It came to our attention that there are at least three newspapers that publish in Allen County: the Journal Gazette, Northwest News and Monroeville News. The submission (of Allen County's county's compliance with the notification law) only contained notices published in the Journal Gazette . . . Hence, we do not believe the county has complied" with the statute requiring counties to place notices in two newspapers, as Allen County did before the News-Sentinel ceased publication in 2017.
But the also states that if a county has only one newspaper, that is sufficient. In its June 19 response to the DLGF, the county contended that has been the case in Allen County. Other papers, the commissioners argued, serve limited areas and "It is disingenuous . . . to believe these are papers of general circulation."
In fact, the commissioners noted, the commissioners conducted two public hearings on the tax increase even though only one is required "due to the failure of the Journal Gazette to print an earlier public notice we had requested they run . . . If the goal (of state law) is to ensure local government is transparent with its constituents ad gets the word out in advance . . . we succeeded and complied (with the law) to the best of our abilities."
Eve if the DLGF voids the commissioners' April vote, the county could start the process all over again, advertising as required by the state.
The hearing will be Tuesday, July 23, at 2 p.m. in Room 035 of Citizens Square, 200 E. Berry St.
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Young & Reckless Presents BJ The Chicago Kid's 'In My Mind' Documentary
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Fresh off of his exhilarating performance at VIBE's SXSW day party, BJ The Chicago Kid teamed up with lifestyle brand Young & Reckless for an intimate mini documentary in his hometown.
The soulful crooner invited the cameras to roll with him back to the Windy City where he opened up about his struggles to make it out of Chicago's Southside. You'll see BJ interacting with students, recording in the studio and more.
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Real always recognizes real, and that's why you've probably heard BJ The Chicago Kid thanks to his feature work with the likes of real ones like Big Krit, and Warren G., and Freddie Gibbs to name a few. In fact, it was BJ's signature Chicago Soul that stole the show on his 2014 TDE look that finally pushed the young champion out into the forefront. "Studio" by Schoolboy Q featuring BJ was a monster record, and inescapable on radio, clubs, and parties for nearly two summers straight. His infectious hook only brought to the masses the sentiment that many of us already knew – the kid's a star.
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After his mixtape and self-released album grind for the past decade, Young and Reckless is proud to take you on a journey as The Kid with the city in his name goes back from where he came. BJ The Chicago Kid takes us behind the scenes, and back to his Southside Chicago roots, where he speaks at his former school, walks us through his creative process, and tears down a performance at Metro in Chicago during a Kritically Acclaimed tour stop. Look for BJ The Chicago Kid's new album "In My Mind" out now on Motown Records. It may be his best journey yet. Forever Young. Forever Reckless.
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Eugene's Downtown Riverfront Revitalization To Begin Next Week
KLCC | By Amy Brenneman
Published July 15, 2019 at 4:41 PM PDT
Amy Brenneman
A massive project to revitalize Eugene's downtown riverfront area kicks off on July 22nd.
The city's plan is to turn what is now a gravel lot into a park, plaza, and commercial businesses that will connect downtown Eugene to the river.
A 3-acre park is first on the list.
Michael Kinnison, division manager for community development, says they are also including mixed-housing on the sixteen-acre site.
"We want a lot of people here. We want people to enjoy the park and have eyes on the spaces so it feels safe and welcoming," says Kinnison.
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The city's development plan.
The decommissioned steam plant will also be restored. Mark Miksis, one of the development leads, talks about what the new building will feature.
"The ground floor of the project will have a brew pub and some restaurants," says Miksis. "There'll be a community arts space in the building. Then the upper floors will be focused on leadership, sustainability, and co-working space."
They'll start with site prep and next building season, will start building infrastructure. They hope to have the development completed in time for the track and field World Championships in 2021.
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Amy Brenneman is the 2019 Snowden Intern. She began working in the KLCC News Room June 24, 2019. She recently graduated from University of Oregon with a major in journalism and a minor in anthropology. She loves radio so much, she even made her undergraduate thesis an audio story about paranormal tourism in the United States.
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We are very proud to announce that two of our life-changing projects have been shortlisted for the welsh housing equivalent to the Oscars – the 2014 Welsh Housing Award !, which are being held at the end of November.
Nominated for 'Housing Hero' – The Prevention Before Intervention project (PBI) run by the Tenancy Solutions Team, sees the adoption of a 'tenacious approach' by staff up front to help save many vulnerable tenancies. PBI usually starts at pre-tenancy stage with the identification of any vulnerabilities or specific needs such as debt, mental health issues, or domestic abuse, which may affect the way in which the tenancy is conducted.
Nominated for 'Campaign of the Year' – The Go Girls are fifteen inspirational girls aged 16-25 who were brought together through a partnership between Charter and Bron Afon HA to consider issues such as women's equality, safer relationships and positive role models and what it's like to be a young woman in Wales today. A year on from the 'Go Girls' launch, having previously described their experiences in words such as 'depressing', 'abusive' and 'neglected', the project has proved extremely effective, empowering the girls to speak out, enabling them to grow in confidence and even share their life experiences with their peers.
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BPSC prelims result 2017 has released for the common combined competitive examination on its official website. The BPSC 2017 exam was conducted by the board in the month of February this year in which around 1,60,086 candidates have appeared for the examination.
The preliminary examination of BPSC was conducted across the 390 centers of thirty-five districts across the state. So, the candidates who have appeared for the preliminary examination of BPSC can now check their results on the official website of Bihar Commission at bpsc.big.nic.in.
Bihar BPSC released notification and invited online applications for the Common Combined Competitive exam (60, 61, 62). A huge number of eligible and interested candidates applied and appeared for the exam. A total number of 160086 candidates have participated in this exam and out of this the BPSC has published the results of 8,282 successful candidates. Candidates can check the results from the direct link provided below.
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Ask anyone about Cisco's licensing process and you'll probably hear that it's complicated, tedious, time-consuming and often error prone.
On the surface, Smart Licensing is positioned as a simple, easy way to manage all Cisco software licenses via a cloud-based portal. But there's a lot more going on behind the scenes, so IT leaders need to understand, examine and determine the impact to their business.
Cisco Smart Licensing debut quietly in 2014 on specialty or niche products but started gaining prominence as it became mandatory for routers. In August 2017, Cisco issued the edict that Smart Licensing was mandatory for the bulk of its products, most notably its campus switching line.
Cisco recently began a widespread rollout of Smart Licensing, declaring it mandatory for IOS XE version 16.9 and later for all Catalyst 3650, 3850 and 9000 series switches. What this means to customers is still somewhat, and purposefully, vague.
Most troubling about Smart Licensing is the "phone home" license entitlement system. Similar to Microsoft's Windows Product Activation policy, this requires Cisco to gain direct access to all customers' gear. While this should send up an immediate red flag, this practice is especially concerning to organizations operating highly secure networks, such as DoD, as well as those containing personal financial information and credit card records.
Smart Licensing could potentially compromise network security policies. As an alternative, Cisco has offered using "jump boxes" and instead of direct connections, would establish a system for calling into a customer's network every 30 days. This option still should be a concern to any IT manager as several high-profile hacks have come via this method.
Security breaches aside, customers not in lockstep with Smart Licensing run the risk of Cisco sending auditors to check licensing compliance, threaten legal action or render gear inoperable. Reports have surfaced that Deloitte and KPMG already are investigating customers' compliance.
As Cisco continues to turn up the heat, what can IT management do to protect the investment in their networks as well as reduce security risks? Start by having a frank conversation with all internal stakeholders. This is not the time to make any new purchases. Instead, take stock of where your various assets are in their IT lifecycles. Where it's applicable, consider third-party maintenance (TPM) to tide you over while investigating options. Do your homework and don't cave in to pressures or threats. If there ever was a time to consider other manufacturers, this is the time. Options such as HPE, Juniper, Arista and Extreme may look increasingly attractive weighed against the future constrains of Smart Licensing.
Smart Licensing, in plain speak, takes away your control of your network and determines the future frequency of all your upgrades. If in the end it's determined that you're all about the Catalyst 9000, then Smart Licensing is your future. Keep in mind, the grip will get tighter, upgrades more frequent and you better staff up to meet Smart Licensing policies. If you're on the cusp of an upgrade, however, it's wise to consider N-1 hardware, which could improve overall networking performance without blowing your budget.
In the end, Smart Licensing begs the question, "Who owns the customer?" In its early days, Cisco proudly hailed itself as a partner-powered organization. But clearly, times are changing. Partners should be concerned; relationships with their customers are changing—and most likely, not for the better.
There's still much work to be done in researching how Smart Licensing will change the future of networking. Now is the time to read between the lines and contemplate alternatives to retain IT freedom and flexibility. You've got options and they may be much smarter than what Cisco has to offer.
Written by Chris Crotteau, Director of Strategic Products.


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FUNCTIONING OF CORPORATE LAW FIRMS
0522Wed, 22 Jul 2020 10:05:44 +0530 Poornesh Pathak
A law firm is generally a partnership where two or more lawyers agree to work together and share profit, loss, and liability accordingly. It is important to understand the type or kind of law firm because it ascertains the amount of risk in a law firm and the revenue it can generate to partners and keep running the business. There are several law firms functioning in the country but not all are of the same calibre. Some functions exceptionally well while there are some who do not perform as well. Law firms can be categorized as top-notch, mid-category while there are others that are not up to the mark. But before we go on to categorize the law firms of India, let us understand the functions of a law firm in India. A law firm typically is a business entity that is formed by lawyers. The main function of the lawyers is to advise clients about their legal rights and responsibilities. At the same time, the lawyers of the law firm represent clients in various criminal cases and business transactions. A law firm is a business entity formed by one or more lawyers to engage in the practice of law. The primary service rendered by a law firm is to advise clients (individuals or corporations) about their legal rights and responsibilities, and to represent clients in civil or criminal cases, business transactions, and other matters in which legal advice and other assistance are sought.
TYPES OF LAW FIRMS:-
ON THE BASIS OF ARRANGEMENT
This is based on the agreement between the partners for the kind of law firm they need to establish. The arrangement determines the overall sharing of all the profits, losses and liabilities:
·Sole Proprietorship
In this, a single lawyer is wholly and solely responsible for profit, loss, and liability of the firm.
·General Partnership
Where two or more lawyers of the firm work together sharing profit, loss, and liability altogether.
·Professional Corporation
In this type of firm, stocks are provided to the lawyers.
·Limited Liability Company
In this, the lawyers-owners are members of the firm but are not directly liable to the third party creditors.
·Limited Liability Partnership
In this lawyers-owners are partners but no one is liable for any act of negligence of any other partner.
ON THE BASIS OF THE STRENGTH/SIZE OF LAW FIRM
The size of a law firm determines the revenue a law firm will be able to generate. It is the principle of efficiency, more is the workforce, more is the amount of output produced in a given duration of time. The same can be inferred from the size of the law firm, the more the number of associates a law firm comprises, the more billable hours it charges and increases the output provided and therefore the strength of the firm increases the total revenue of the firm.
These firms are limited to small cities and towns and are limited to conventional practice. Lawyers are specialized and practicing in only one kind of law.
Use of modern communication technologies to conduct business with no physical presence. This is yet to be developed in India.
Big Law Firms
The law firms hire a large number of associates and charge more. These full-service law firms.
Full-Service firms
These firms consist of lawyers specialized in different areas of law.
Worldwide Firms
The global presence of a law firm to represent a client at an international level.It should be kept in mind that the strength and arrangement of a law firm is only an initial plan of how a firm will function. A firm will always generate revenue with the quality of service it provides and the value it adds to a client's interests. Therefore, it is better to diversify the portfolio of practice areas and specialize in every aspect to reach on top of the competition.
RESTRICTIONS ON OWNERSHIP INTERESTS
In many countries, including the United States, there is a rule that only lawyers may have an ownership interest in, or be managers of, a law firm. Thus, law firms cannot quickly raise capital through initial public offerings on the stock market, like most corporations. They must either raise capital through additional capital contributions from existing or additional equity partners, or must take on debt, usually in the form of a line of credit secured by their accounts receivable.
In the United States this complete bar to non-lawyer ownership has been codified by the American Bar Association as paragraph (d) of Rule 5.4 of the Model Rules of Professional Conduct and has been adopted in one form or another in all U.S. jurisdictions, except the District of Columbia. However, D.C.'s rule is narrowly tailored to allow equity ownership only by those non-lawyer partners who actively assist the firm's lawyers in providing legal services, and does not allow for the sale of ownership shares to mere passive non-lawyer investors. The U.K. had a similar rule barring non-lawyer ownership, but under reforms implemented by the Legal Services Act of 2007law firms have been able to take on a limited number of non-lawyer partners and lawyers have been allowed to enter into a wide variety of business relationships with non-lawyers and non-lawyer owned businesses. This has allowed, for example, grocery stores, banks and community organizations to hire lawyers to provide in-store and online basic legal services to customers.
MULTINATIONAL LAW FIRMS
Law firms operating in multiple countries often have complex structures involving multiple partnerships, particularly in jurisdictions such as Hong Kong and Japan which restrict partnerships between local and foreign lawyers. One structure largely unique to large multinational law firms is the Swiss Verein, pioneered by Baker & McKenzie in 2004 or as GRATA International, in which multiple national or regional partnerships form an association in which they share branding, administrative functions and various operating costs, but maintain separate revenue pools and often separate partner compensation structures. Other multinational law firms operate as single worldwide partnerships, such as British or American limited liability partnerships, in which partners also participate in local operating entities in various countries as required by local regulations.
FINANCIAL INDICATORS
Three financial statistics are typically used to measure and rank law firms' performance:
Profits per partner (PPP): Net operating income divided by number of equity partners. High PPP is often correlated with prestige of a firm and its attractiveness to potential equity partners. However, the indicator is prone to manipulation by re-classifying less profitable partners as non-equity partners.
Revenue per lawyer (RPL): Gross revenue divided by number of lawyers. This statistic shows the revenue-generating ability of the firm's lawyers in general, but does not factor in the firm's expenses such as associate compensation and office overhead.
Average compensation of partners (ACP): Total amount paid to equity and non equity partners (i.e., net operating income plus non equity partner compensation) divided by the total number of equity and non equity partners. This results in a more inclusive statistic than PPP, but remains prone to manipulation by changing expense policies and re-classifying less profitable partners as associates.
WORKING OF LAW FIRMS
A conventional law firm diversifies the area of practice with time to increase its revenue, provide services in various fields of law and provide legal solutions. But recently, this practice has been changed. A law firm now in order to make credibility and generate leads which last long and create more impact, have started to engage in the areas of researching, legal products, and legal training too. These are explained below:
What can be a better USP of a law firm which can resolve the problems of a client efficiently, effectively and as per the interests of its client? This involves client counselling, dispute resolution, legal arrangements, contracting drafting, compliance due diligence, etc.
Research involves policy-making, analyzing legislation, and in-depth study of law to contribute to the academia of legal. Research enables a law firm to create a lasting impact as their research can be referred to as a citation and thereby generating leads and prospective clients.
With the rapid change in technology, law firms are also indulging in research to improve and modernize the legal fraternity so that it can dispense justice efficiently and effectively. In 2017, CAM setup the CAM Innovation Lab to embrace the opportunities technology and use it to provide the best in class services to the clients.
The major setback effectiveness and efficiency in the legal industry is the gap between the theoretical knowledge given in the institution and the lack of practical knowledge on the ground. To cover this up, a lot of law firms and lawyers engage in legal training by conducting lectures, seminars, workshops or internships. To improve the practical skill of lawyers and aspiring lawyers, the law firm improves its potential efficiency by improving the quality of the workforce and thereby increasing the revenue of the firm.
Apart from this, there are also new areas of law that a law firm should not ignore and indulge and specialize in them because there lie the potential business and revenue which a law firm will lose if it does not regard these areas of law.
NEW AREAS OF LAW WHICH ARE DEVELOPING AND PROFITABLE
Law is a dynamic subject if one needs to remain in the competition he needs to update and familiarize himself with various growing fields of law. With the advent of globalization and rapid development in technologies, the conventional fields are not the only place to increase revenue. In the competitive laissez-faire market, there are various organizations coming to a consensus to work together, or seeking efficient means to resolve their disputes, worried whether their online data is secure and what can be controlled, protection of the company's brand and various other things.
If a lawyer can resolve such difficulties, he will be earning a considerable more money than others in the market. A law firm earns a significant clientele by specializing in such fields and establishing its credentials. Some of the areas of law which are developing and profitable are mentioned below:
Every business aims to increase profits, increase clientele, generate more leads and reach the top of the competition. Therefore, every business looks for the opportunity to work with others, acquire other businesses and expand itself more in the market.
Look at the deal feed of Legally India, daily millions of dollars of deals are made to expand the avenues of business. A law firm has to also deal with the Competition Commission and Security Exchange Board of India. A transaction of such type requires a lot of speculation, must adhere to compliance rules and it is not a simple and easy task. A lot of revenue can be earned if a law firm commands expertise and credibility in this field.
R&D is an important part of the development of new technologies. Billions of dollars are invested to develop new technology. The vast amount of time is invested by authors to produce novel intellectual creations. When these creations are introduced to the public it encourages others to further develop the innovation but at the same time, it is possible that their ideas might get stolen. Therefore, to protect their novel innovations and works, there exists trademark, patents, and copyright under the field of intellectual property rights which provides protection to business marks, novel innovations, and artistic works.
The different areas in intellectual property include trademarks, patents, copyrights, and related rights, Industrial Designs, Layout Designs of Integrated Circuits, Plant Varieties, Information Technology and Cybercrimes, and Data Protection.
It is said that it is good if a person does not get to visit three places in his life: Police Station, Hospital and Court. In India, the condition of the judiciary, in terms of faster dispute redressal is not good, the Supreme Court of India alone has 59,272 cases pending before it. It takes years through the court to resolve a dispute. There are a lot of business companies that need binding speedy dispute resolutions and do not want to waste their capital on lawyers dealing with a single dispute for years. In this scenario, arbitration provides an alternate dispute resolution to contending parties to sit together and come to a conclusion. In this way the outcome reached would be favorable to both the parties and therefore will be obliged by both of them. Earlier, people used to hesitate to go for arbitration and preferred to litigate but with the changing scenarios, a law firm that specializes in dispute resolution will have an ace against the other competitors.Technology Law
This field is emerging rapidly with the pace of development in technology. There are various legal issues in this area from disputes in online trades and transactions to a simple click on the 'I Agree' button on terms and conditions of a website. To specialize in this area, a person should learn about the technical aspects of a business, its vulnerabilities, and various legal aspects involving the same.
A law firm, which can provide specialized services like Software Licencing, Dispute Resolution in tech, agreements for cloud service, IT services, etc will definitely give more revenue as this field generates a value to support a global population of over 7 billion people and growing.
Media & Entertainment Law
As per a report by IBEF, this sector is expected to grow up to $37.55 billion by 2021 in India. A media company has to comply with broadcasting rules, advertising procedures, enter into a contract with various persons and logistics, resolve disputes, comply with cyber laws and many other areas.
A law firm providing services in such a field can chunk out some revenue from this $37.77 billion.
NEW FIRMS WHICH ARE SUCCESSFUL
There are various law firms that specialize in these developing fields of law and are earning revenue by showcasing their skills and credibility to prospective clients.
·Algo Legal
The firm has been specialized to serve the needs of investors and startups. The firm focuses on delivering the best in class service with the aid of technology for improved efficiency and effectiveness.
·Krida Legal
Sports Law is also one of the emerging areas of law and this firm provides services of law with specialization in sports law.
·Economics Law Practice
This firm has been recognized as one of the leading Litigation, Arbitration, and Dispute Resolution firms in the country.
ADVANTAGES OF WORKING IN LAW FIRMS
·Early growth
If a lawyer starts his solo practice or sets up his own law firm, it takes a lot of time, money and investment to grow. On the other hand, if a lawyer commands appropriate skill sets he can work at a law firm and earn a decent amount of money during the starting phase of his career.
·Vast exposure in terms of clientele
A lawyer practicing solo will at least take 2.3 years to establish his name and credibility in the market. While at a law firm, already diverse clientele exists and there is no dearth of work. So, a lawyer does not need to worry about a lack of work while working at a law firm.
·Working with experts
A solo practitioner is the boss of his own, he has to manage all the things which include improving and updating himself with the different areas of law and affairs surrounding it. While at a law firm, a lawyer gets to interact with various experts of the legal fraternity and even work with them. This opportunity provides enormous value to a lawyer and helps him to build his network even further.
·Steady Job
In a solo practice, every day is a new day whereby a lawyer searches for work to earn money. While on the other hand, there is no dearth of work at a law firm. The lawyer needs to keep working and the money keeps coming every month.
·Interest driven choice
Working in a law firm is thrilling and adventures. It is the interest and passion of an individual law to choose to work in a law firm. When the choice is interest-driven, a person cannot be unsatisfied with his work and he is expected to grow immensely by the tremendous opportunities provided by firms to increase one's potential.
Therefore, in this way a law firm makes money and by specializing in these developing areas of law, a law firm can grow further. It is important to diversify the practice areas and increase portfolios to earn more revenue. But, at the same time, the quality of service should not be compromised at any cost.
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Food safety apparel in meat and poultry plants: Suit up for safety
Appropriate food safety apparel in meat and poultry plants can minimize cross-contamination threats, but attaining full compliance can be challenging.
In addition to protecting workers, food safety apparel is intended to help shield meat and poultry from bacteria and foreign objects.
To help prevent cross-contamination from the garments and personal protection equipment, operators can conduct random micro-tests that track pathogens on clean gloves and aprons.
Richard Mitchell
KEYWORDS apparel / employee apparel / personal protective equipment / worker safety
Food safety apparel is evolving.
With meat and poultry producers and supermarket meat department operators determined to protect proteins from pathogens and other contaminants, garment suppliers look to develop more effective designs.
The availability of potent protectors is just part of a safe food solution. Ensuring all workers leverage the apparel is crucial, but triggering compliance can be arduous, analysts say. It requires a strong education effort and the distribution of gear that is comfortable and functional.
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Food safety apparel includes uniforms, aprons, gloves, helmets and footwear. In addition to protecting workers, the items are intended to help shield meat and poultry from bacteria and foreign objects. As a result, designs often include safeguards such as snaps instead of buttons and omit pockets.
"Plant operators have to give employees the right tools if they are to work effectively, and uniforms are tools," says Gary Ades, president of G & L Consulting Group, a Bentonville, Ark.-based food and food safety consulting firm.
He notes employees are more likely to wear apparel that is comfortable, has a proper fit and functions properly in cold, hot and wet environments. Getting plant managers to allocate the necessary funds to purchase and regularly sanitize the proper garments, however, is often a challenge, he says.
"The operations staffers are always going to look at ways to save money and to take shortcuts, such as by requiring less equipment, so they must be shown the value in doing things properly and sometimes that is a hard sell," Ades says.
That value includes avoiding product recalls, developing higher quality proteins with fewer rejections and averting the negative audits that can prevent potential customers from doing business with a company, he notes.
A company commitment to adopting the most effective food-safety apparel requires strong support from upper management, as well as a focus by plant supervisors and middle managers on creating a food safety culture in their facilities, says Jeannine Schweihofer, a Port Huron, Mich.-based meat quality educator for Michigan State University Extension.
Getting all workers to properly use the gear, meanwhile, is the result of "training, training, training, and retraining, retraining, retraining," she says. Operators must pinpoint the most effective educational techniques for their specific employee base. Options include online modules with interactive formats and instruction from in-house supervisors and outside consultants, she says.
Ades adds that guidance also can come from co-workers who speak the employees' native language as well as educational videos.
"The employees relate better to their fellow workers, and videos can demonstrate best practices and lead to an understanding of cross-contamination issues. It should tell them the whys and not just what to do," he says.
Will Daniels, division president at Lake Forest Park, Wash.-based IEH Laboratories and Consulting Group, says having employees' peers monitor their apparel and encourage compliance is essential.
"It's the workers on the production floor who are running the food manufacturing show and if you can't get them to help control requirements, it is likely going to be an uphill battle," he says.
In addition, employees are most likely to adhere to guidelines if supervisors on the plant floors also are wearing the proper apparel, Schweihofer says. "Workers think, 'Why should I have to wear the items if the manager isn't?' There cannot be individuals who are exempt from the rules," she says.
Other factors that can cause employees to eschew apparel are a perception of overkill and having to spend personal time changing into gear before they clock in, Daniels says.
To address such issues, managers should hold regular food safety meetings with employees to discuss concerns, he says, noting that "without communication there is certainly going to be trouble."
Because complacency in following rules also can be a problem, operators should routinely provide refresher courses to workers, which can be part of weekly or daily meetings to discuss good manufacturing practices, Ades says.
Accolades for performance
Rewarding employees for being in compliance also boosts cooperation, he says. The reward can be as simple as a meal.
"The reward doesn't have to be expensive and it may just be to furnish pizza," Ades says. "People like to be acknowledged for doing a good job."
Daniels agrees: "Ninety-nine percent of the time the most effective reward is saying, 'Hey, great job, I appreciate what you are doing and here is why.' As we become more obsessed with technology, operators are losing the art of communication. Verbally hearing that they are doing well goes a long way with workers."
Employees most likely to present food safety risks include part-time and substitute workers who have not been properly instructed on the importance of apparel and, as a result, should initially work in a warehouse or other venue away from meat and poultry production lines, Ades says.
Third-party maintenance workers also are more prone to causing contamination, as "they often lack training or education on the proper clothing to do their jobs. The workers frequently don't care if they wear clothing that is protective or not," he says.
Even when wearing the proper apparel, however, workers still may trigger food safety incidents. To help prevent cross-contamination from the garments and personal protection equipment, operators can conduct random micro-tests that track pathogens on clean gloves and aprons. Employees also can wear different color smocks and head gear that designate specific plant areas that the individuals can access, Schweihofer says.
"We don't want employees working in the cooked area and then going to the raw area and returning to the cooked area," she says, pointing out operators also should focus on preventing contamination from footwear by supplying wash stations and requiring that work boots and shoes do not leave the facility. Workers can spread contaminants through contact with unsanitized apparel then transmitting the bacteria by touch, analysts say.
"Pathogens can survive on work apparel such as aprons, gloves and hats and then be transferred to other surfaces when hands contact apparel surfaces," says Angela Fraser, assistant professor and food safety specialist in the Department of Food, Nutrition and Packaging Sciences at Clemson University, in Clemson, S.C.
A study child care providers Fraser conducted revealed the providers' clothing was the most common surface touched over a 45-minute period.
Although the possibility of adding antimicrobials to apparel may eventually reduce that threat, she notes, "how long the antimicrobials last is unknown because cleaning and sanitizing procedures using chemicals or high temperatures can degrade the integrity of the coating."
For the most effective food safety culture, Fraser says meat and poultry plant operators need to balance the utilization of single-use apparel, which can be detrimental to the environment, with multi-use garments that have to be continually sanitized.
It is important that operators continually educate themselves on the most appropriate food safety apparel, reports Nicole Keresztes-James, technical scheme manager of food safety management, and Elaine Vanier, animal welfare and animal feed program lead at NSF International, an Ann Arbor, Mich.-based food safety auditing firm and standards developer.
That includes weighing such options as non-absorbent items and disposable garments, including plastic aprons and coats that can be layered over other protective clothing, they say.
"However, repeated use of plastic disposable items is a concern for many organizations focused on costs and the environment," the NSF International managers note. "As a result, traditional cloth uniforms and personal protective equipment are becoming more relevant again."
Functionality is in fashion
Nevertheless, Keresztes-James and Vanier say food plant operators are going to demand continuous apparel improvements from their suppliers, and that cost-effective and high-quality disposable garments that are manufactured in an environmentally sustainable fashion will be in high demand.
In addition, suppliers will continue to enhance cloth uniforms, they say. Recent advances include the use of Teflon-like materials that provide greater stain resistance and can help prevent contaminants from absorbing into the cloth while also providing additional strength and endurance.
It also is important that companies use garments that can withstand multiple cleaning and sanitizing cycles, Keresztes-James and Vanier say.
"Worker clothing is guaranteed to get soiled and must be cleaned frequently to minimize cross contamination risk, including cross species contamination," they report. "Food workers too are a prime source of product contamination, from their personal clothing to any uncovered body parts. Properly constructed garments that replace or cover personal clothing and do not fray or degrade also ensure that the food product is not exposed to loose material or microorganisms."
While supplying workers with the most effective apparel is crucial for enhancing food safety in meat and poultry plants and retail outlets, ensuring employees understand the need to always wear the pertinent garments will remain an ongoing issue, analysts say.
"Training workers to use the food safety apparel from the beginning will cause fewer problems than if you try to fix bad habits," Ades says. "And it is really simple: detail what can be done to avoid cross contamination. It is just a question of how operators execute that."
Daniels says workers will deviate from apparel requirements if they can justify in their minds there is a better way to do things.
"Education is where you start, and that includes providing examples that tie personally back to the workers, such as the need to avoid making people sick from contamination, which can include their own families," he says.
Plant operators, Daniels says, will get the behavior they tolerate from employees.
"It eventually becomes the norm when you allow workers to bend the rules," he says. "And when that happens over time, operators will wake up one day and realize that what is occurring in their plants is far from their expectations." NP
This article was originally posted on www.provisioneronline.com.
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Famous Brands Appoints Neal Courtney Chief Executive Officer
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BROOMFIELD, Colo - July 1, 2013 // PRNewswire // - Famous Brands International, the parent company of TCBY Yogurt and Mrs. Fields Cookies, today announced that it has appointed Neal Courtney to the position of Chief Executive Officer. Neal has been serving as the company's Interim Chief Executive Officer since February. Prior to being named Interim Chief Executive Officer, Neal had been the company's Chief Operating Officer.
"Since taking over as Interim CEO, Neal has continued to be instrumental in creating a strong and stable foundation to support Famous Brands' growth and success," said James J. Zenni, Chairman of Famous Brands International. "We are confident that Neal is the right person to help lead Famous Brands into the future and capitalize on the tremendous opportunities that the company has across all of its channels. We are extremely pleased to have someone with Neal's caliber, experience and dedication leading the continued evolution of Famous Brands into one of the most successful and well recognized brands in the industry."
Prior to his role as Interim Chief Executive Office, Mr. Courtney served as Chief Operating Officer for Famous Brands International since May 2012. He has been on the Famous Brands team for more than 8 years and has held roles in finance, sales, and general management. "I am honored to be selected as the leader of the Famous Brands organization," said Mr. Courtney. "We have made great strides during my time here and we have many exciting opportunities for achievement and avenues to continue growing our business. I am looking forward to working with the rest of the talented management team at Famous Brands to continue building on our momentum to expand our brands around the world."
Prior to joining Mrs. Fields, Mr. Courtney held various senior positions in finance and strategy at Frito-Lay and Kmart Corporation. He has experience as a Multi-Unit Franchisee and Master Franchisee for a national US franchise entity. Mr. Courtney brings more than 15 years of leadership experience in Retail, Consumer Packaged Goods, E-commerce, and Franchising. He was a 2-time NCAA Academic All-American golfer at Slippery Rock University in Pennsylvania. Mr. Courtney has a MBA in Finance from the Marriott School of Management at BYU and has studied abroad at the University of Limerick, Ireland.
About Famous Brands
Mrs. Fields Cookies
Based in Broomfield, CO, Mrs. Fields Famous Brands, LLC dba Famous Brands International is the parent company to Mrs. Fields. Debbi Fields opened her first store in Palo Alto, California in 1977 and the Mrs. Fields name quickly became associated with warm, freshly baked cookies right out of the oven. Today, Mrs. Fields products are available at over 300 retail locations in the United States, nearly 100 locations internationally and online through http://www.mrsfields.com or by calling 1.800.COOKIES.
For more information on Mrs. Fields please visit http://www.mrsfields.com.
About TCBY
Based in Broomfield, CO, TCBY, The Country's Best Yogurt, has been a frozen yogurt innovator from the day its first shop opened in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1981. With more than 650 locations in the United States and internationally, TCBY has long been a healthier alternative for consumers looking for a treat or snack. To learn more check out www.TCBY.com.
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Biden Their Time
From Jennifer Rubin at the Washington Post:
It's long past time that media outlets stop hyping the story line that former vice president Joe Biden did something untoward regarding Ukraine. Last week New York Times reporter Ken Vogel called Ukraine a "significant liability" for Biden and teased that "there is a story here." Vogel added: "We've told some of it. There is more to be told. We are going to continue to sort of pull that back."
In fact, there never was any "liability" whatsoever and the "more to be told" has turned out to be "nothing to be told." When it came time to put the facts in print, Vogel reported: "As The New York Times reported this spring, no evidence has surfaced that the former vice president intentionally tried to help his son by pressing for the prosecutor's dismissal. In fact, some of the vice president's former associates said he never did anything to deter other efforts to go after the oligarch, Mykola Zlochevsky." Vogel omits mention that the spring report came under a misleading headline and that the admission there was no "there there" only came after paragraph upon paragraph suggesting Biden had some kind of problem.
At any rate, the jig is up, and it's time for reporters without any proof to cease attempting to convert this into a Biden scandal.
Filed under Democrats, humor, Joe Biden, Justice Department, Media, movies, New York Times, parody, politics, Republicans, Rudy Giuliani, satire, snark, State Department, Wordpress Political Blogs
Tagged as Bill Barr, collusion, conspiracy, Donald Trump, Jospeh Maguire, Ken Vogel, Mike Pence, Mike Pompeo, Mykola Zlochevsky, Steve Mnuchin, Treasury Department, Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, whistleblower, William Barr


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Only Ones on the volleyball court learn to live with being different
June 19, 2013 August 16, 2017 - by MSR News Online
This column, over the past two weeks, has focused on the trials of being an Only One — the only African American — as a reporter in the media booth and as baseball players on the field. This week we conclude our Only One series with a look at club volleyball.
It is almost mandatory that if a female athlete wants to someday play collegiate volleyball, club volleyball, from which college coaches primarily recruit, is a must. Too often, however, club volleyball resembles an old-time country club activity. Therefore, if there's little or no diversity there, it won't be seen at the next level either.
There are eight volleyball courts at Burnsville's Midwest Volleyball Warehouse, the practice home of Northern Lights junior volleyball teams, which bills itself as "the No. 1 elite junior volleyball training program in Minnesota." Teenage females of all shapes and sizes are there perfecting their volleys, spikes and serves. But very little diversity in skin color is seen in the place.
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The few exceptions are the Only Ones.
Champlin Park High School sophomore Jenae Alderson is the only Black player, the Only One, on both her club and high school teams. "With my team, I fit in,"
believes the 15-year-old. "But sometimes I stand out."
Gabrielle Orr, age 14, is the Only One on her Eagan High School team. "I don't feel on my team that I stand out," she says, "but at tournaments I feel that I do. Sometimes I feel that I stand out, but I try not to make a big deal of it. It is what it is."
"I don't feel excluded, but [it's] different," adds 14-year-old April Houston. "As we go to bigger tournaments, I [do] see more people of color." On her Lake Harriet Middle School team, she recalls two other teammates of color: "One was my cousin, and one was a very good friend."
"I'm the only girl of color on my [junior high] volleyball team," states Jasmyn Martin, also 14, of Oak Grove Middle School. "I think I played against a couple of girls [of color] from other schools,"
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Orr, Houston and Martin are Northern Lights teammates. "Usually we are the only team that has this many girls of color," says Martin. "I feel that we fit in because we are just as good as everyone else."
Jennifer Jacobs can easily relate to being the Only One on a volleyball court. She played at Minnesota State Mankato (2000-03) and before that as a three-time all-conference performer at St. Paul Central.
"At some point in time, in almost every situation I have been in, it's been that way," says Jacobs. "I was the only person of color playing volleyball in Mankato. There were people on my team — I loved them to death — but they were from tiny towns in Iowa and never dealt with anyone of color."
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For example, her teammates would comment about her hair, saying, "'You don't wash your hair all the time,'" she recalls. "'No I don't,'" she'd replied, "'and I am not even full African American.' We had all these conversations."
Jacobs is now an assistant volleyball coach at Augsburg College — she once was the head coach at St. Paul Harding (2005-09) and also assists in the Northern Lights program.
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"When I played in the late 1990s, there were no girls of color," recalls Jacobs. "If you go to a big qualifier national tournament now, you'll see way more females of color playing volleyball." She attributes this to the area's changing demographics: "Not all kids of color are living in the middle of Minneapolis or St. Paul. A lot of them are living in the suburbs."
Club ball is "a lot different down South," she continues. "A couple of Florida clubs have a lot more kids of color than we do."
Currently the assistant compliance director at Augsburg, Jacobs was among a wide array of speakers and panelists at the three-day NCAA Inclusion Forum at the organization's Indianapolis headquarters.
April Houston
"I spoke on equity…making sure that people on search committees for colleges are representative of the student body and what the staff should look like," says Jacobs. "We talked about race and how you can talk about it without making anyone nervous and scared to talk about it. We talked about how to avoid being tokens.
"I got really good feedback [afterwards]," she says. "I think I made people question things and see things a different way. My only goal is if I can make people think something a little bit differently, if I can pose a few challenging questions. I'm going to get a reaction out of you — I might upset you a little bit."
As much as some would argue against it, sports and society indeed do mirror each other, especially on inclusion issues or lack thereof. A colorblind society is still eons away, because there are still too many who think that having an Only One on board is enough to show forward progress. But it is not enough.
Finally, whether a player, coach, or even a longtime reporter, being the Only One "does get old," notes Jacobs.
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What Would the Red Sox Look Like Without Free Agency?
A hypothetical exercise shows the team's skill for developing home-grown talent.
By Damon Hatheway·	 8/15/2013, 2:32 p.m.
Image Credit: Ketih Allison via Flickr
Earlier this week, It's About the Money, a Yankees blog and SNY affiliate, examined what the rosters of all 30 Major League Baseball teams would look like with only homegrown talent. In other words, they returned baseball to pre-1980 conditions, before the implementation of free agency as we know it today, when all players were subject to the reserve clause and rarely jumped from team to team … unless, of course, your owner sold you to your rival for $125,000.
Among other things, It's About the Money concluded that the Red Sox would have an intriguing and familiar looking team, built around the heart of the 2013 squad. It's About the Money's Domenic Lanza looked at players' offensive production and positional value to build a roster for each team using their homegrown players. Here's how the Red Sox look, via IATM:
• Clay Buchholz
• Felix Doubront
• Jon Lester
• Justin Masterson
• Anibal Sanchez
• Daniel Bard
• Rafael Betancourt
• Michael Bowden
• Hideki Okajima
• Jonathan Papelbon
• Junichi Tazawa
• Brandon Workman
• Ryan Lavarnway
• Kelly Shoppach
• Jose Iglesias
• Jed Lowrie
• Dustin Pedroia
• Hanley Ramirez
• Anthony Rizzo
• Jacoby Ellsbury
• Ryan Kalish
• David Murphy
• Daniel Nava
• Josh Reddick
Designated Hitter
• Brandon Moss
In case you skimmed that list, Lanza summarizes it well, saying, "the core to [the team's] successes in the last decade or so remains intact." More than just a creative—not to mention time intensive—exercise, this approach to roster evaluation gives insight into why the non-fictional Red Sox have enjoyed long-term success over the past decade-plus, albeit with a hiccup or two.
Indeed, the organization has been better than most at identifying and developing talent; in the hypothetical world without free agency, Boston would be one of the more competitive teams in baseball and would be vying with the Tampa Bay Rays—a team renowned for its ability to scout talent—in the AL East. Secondly, and perhaps more importantly, the Red Sox have also largely invested long-term in the right players. Even with the theoretical return of Hanley Ramirez, Josh Reddick, and Justin Masterson, the foundation of the team would be made up of players currently on the roster: Dustin Pedroia, Jacoby Ellsbury, Clay Buchholz, and Jon Lester. As other organizations and their fans can attest, identifying and developing talent is only half of the equation. Teams like the Rays that can't afford to keep homegrown talent when that talent hits free agency or teams that leverage their prospects for the wrong players, like the Mariners, either must continue to bolster their farm system, as the Rays have, or leave their fans wondering what might have been, as the Mariners have.
The Red Sox have avoided both of these issues by extending much of their homegrown talent—aided by the fourth largest payroll in baseball—and by making shrewd moves when swapping prospects for established players. While the Bailey-for-Reddick and Melancon-for-Lowrie trades will elicit groans, there haven't been many other clear misses for the Red Sox during the Epstein and (in a smaller sample) Cherrington regimes. Other deals, like Victor Martinez for Justin Masterson et al, may tilt one way or the other, but it's hard to declare a clear winner or loser. Martinez played just 183 games in Boston, over two shortened seasons, but he hit .313 with 28 home runs, with an on base percentage close to .900 over that time. Masterson, meanwhile, has oscillated between a front-end starter and a replacement-level pitcher.
The most interesting—and scrutinized—move, however, remains the 2005 megadeal with the Marlins that brought Josh Becket and Mike Lowell to Boston and netted the Marlins then-top-prospects Hanley Ramirez, Anibal Sanchez, and others. Given Beckett and Lowell's prominent roles in the Red Sox 's 2007 World Series and Ramirez's parabolic career, it's hard to argue against Boston's side of the deal. It should be noted, however, that despite the organization's deep pockets, they have failed to find a true successor to Nomar Garciaparra—a span of nearly a decade without consistent shortstop play. Lowell and Beckett, meanwhile fell off—dramatically in Beckett's case—after the 2007 season, and neither player ever recaptured their levels of production from that season. Sanchez, meanwhile, has quietly been the most consistent player involved in the deal, and is enjoying his most successful season in the majors this year, albeit in Detroit. All totaled, both teams would likely make the trade again, an impressive statement for such a monumental deal.
Ultimately, decisions like these are what make the Red Sox frequent World Series contenders. The ability to outspend the majority of the competition shouldn't be discounted, either. But, as this fictional roster reminds us, nor should the organization's development of talent and subsequent selectivity when determining how best to construct their roster.
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Votes: 104,761
2. Judge Dredd: Cursed Edge (2013– )
TV-MA | Action, Adventure, Crime
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3. Silicon Valley (2014–2019)
TV-MA | 28 min | Comedy
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Stars: Thomas Middleditch, T.J. Miller, Josh Brener, Martin Starr
4. Star Trek: Discovery (2017– )
TV-14 | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
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Stars: Sonequa Martin-Green, Doug Jones, Anthony Rapp, Mary Wiseman
5. Rick and Morty (2013– )
TV-MA | 23 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
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Stars: Justin Roiland, Chris Parnell, Spencer Grammer, Sarah Chalke
6. Gotham (2014–2019)
TV-14 | 42 min | Action, Crime, Drama
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Stars: Ben McKenzie, Jada Pinkett Smith, Donal Logue, Camren Bicondova
7. Black Mirror (2011– )
TV-MA | 60 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
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Stars: Daniel Lapaine, Hannah John-Kamen, Michaela Coel, Beatrice Robertson-Jones
8. Ray Donovan (2013– )
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama
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Stars: Liev Schreiber, Eddie Marsan, Dash Mihok, Pooch Hall
9. The Wire (2002–2008)
TV-MA | 59 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
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Stars: Dominic West, Lance Reddick, Sonja Sohn, Wendell Pierce
10. The Walking Dead (2010– )
TV-MA | 44 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
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Stars: Andrew Lincoln, Norman Reedus, Melissa McBride, Danai Gurira
11. Twin Peaks (2017)
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy
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TV-MA | 60 min | Adventure, Drama, History
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15. Training Day (2017)
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16. Stranger Things (2016– )
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17. The Good Fight (2017– )
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18. Money Heist (2017– )
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19. House of Cards (2013–2018)
TV-MA | 51 min | Drama
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20. Alex, Inc. (2018)
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21. Second Chance (I) (2016)
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Stars: Robert Kazinsky, Dilshad Vadsaria, Adhir Kalyan, Ciara Bravo
22. Dark (2017– )
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
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Stars: Karoline Eichhorn, Louis Hofmann, Jördis Triebel, Maja Schöne
23. Mr. Pickles (2013–2019)
TV-MA | 15 min | Animation, Comedy, Horror
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Stars: Dave Stewart, Will Carsola, Kaitlyn Robrock, Jay Johnston
24. The Punisher (2017–2019)
TV-MA | 53 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
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Stars: Jon Bernthal, Amber Rose Revah, Ben Barnes, Jason R. Moore
25. The Resident (2018– )
TV-14 | 60 min | Drama
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Stars: Matt Czuchry, Emily VanCamp, Manish Dayal, Shaunette Renée Wilson
26. Vikings (2013– )
TV-MA | 44 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
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Stars: Katheryn Winnick, Gustaf Skarsgård, Alexander Ludwig, Georgia Hirst
27. Orange Is the New Black (2013–2019)
TV-MA | 59 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
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28. Skins (2007–2013)
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Stars: Kaya Scodelario, Nicholas Hoult, Joe Dempsie, Hannah Murray
29. Maniac (2018)
TV-MA | 40 min | Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
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30 min | Action, Comedy
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33. Narcos: Mexico (2018– )
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TV-MA | 25 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama
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35. Gomorrah (2014– )
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TV-MA | 40 min | Action, Drama, Horror
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TV-PG | 23 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
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TV-PG | Action, Adventure, Drama
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TV-14 | 60 min | Action, Drama, Mystery
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41. Sherlock (2010– )
Episode: Unaired Pilot (2010)
TV-14 | 55 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
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TV-MA | 46 min | Documentary
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Not Rated | Animation, Comedy, Horror
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58 min | Documentary, History
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partial review of *Hairspray*
"Welcome to the '60s": It may sound quaint, but Hairspray's anthem isn't just a return to Beach Boys innocence. As shimmied and shouted in director Kirk Mouser's Coeur d'Alene production, it's a party-whoop celebration of freedom from prejudice and the sheer joy of living. The plus-size mother-daughter team, Edna and Tracy Turnblad (Roger Welch and Lindsey Hedberg) may have personified Dowdy and Dorky until now, but a revolution is underway, and the big girls, the black girls — and especially, the big black girls (like Deidra Grace's Motormouth Maybelle) are going to get some respect and get it now.
The Dynamites (think: the Supremes) start harmonizing, some of those crazy kids from The Corny Collins Show start cavorting all over the stage, and soon Edna and Tracy are popping out of Mr. Pinky's Hefty Hideaway in matching outfits: They're here, they're heavy, and they don't give a hoot. "Welcome to the '60s," like the show it encapsulates, is a joyous bitch-slap to the faces of snobs and bigots everywhere.
And that's why people enjoy Hairspray so much: the unloved, unpopular, put-upon kid in all of us … she gets to stand up and sing! And dance! And make out in the backseat with that dreamy Link Larkin! Go, Mama, go-go-go!
With creative choreography, inventive direction, a tuneful score, plenty of energy and an anti-discrimination message, Hairspray (through Aug. 21) is clearly CdA Summer Theatre's best production this season.
{This is the first half of the review that will appear in the 8/12/10 Inlander; photo by Young Kwak -- from left: Lindsey Hedberg as Tracy Turnblad, Keyonna Vene Wright as Little Inez, Deidra Grace as Motormouth Maybelle, and Gabe Lawson as Seaweed J. Stubbs}
Hairspray welcomes you to the '60s on Thursdays-Saturdays, Aug. 12-14 and Aug. 19-21, at 7:30 pm, and on Sunday, Aug. 15, at 2 pm at NIC's Boswell Hall, 1000 W. Garden Ave., Coeur d'Alene. Tickets: $39; $35, seniors; $25, children. Visit cdasummertheatre.com or call (208) 769-7780.
Labels: CdA Summer Theatre, Hairspray, Kirk Mouser
At August 14, 2010 6:41 PM , Anonymous said...
Bobo, why didn't you review Pump Boys & Dinettes, or Cinderella. You really missed out if you didn't see them.
Cinderella was the show of the season for me.
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