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First Jewelry Television did a line based on jewelry from passengers on The Titanic. Now QVC is getting into the act.
On April 6 at 8 p.m. QVC will premiere its Titanic Collection 100th Anniversary. The goodies include jewelry, tableware and fragrances "inspired by artifacts recovered from the RMS Titanic," according to QVC.com.
The stash includes a Titanic white topaz and diamond ring, for $170, "Titanic" movie posters, and a framed cover of The New York Times with the story about the shocking sinking of the ship. That sells for $165, and here's what you get.
A piece of American history. This New York Times 1912 collection commemorates the sinking of the Titanic, one of the most studied disasters of the 20th century. With an official reproduction of The New York Times front page dated April 16, 1912 along with five genuine US 1912 coins, it's a stunning display for your home office or family room. From UPM Global, LLC.
Includes an official New York Times reproduction, a 1912 Lincoln Wheat Ear penny, a 1912 Liberty Head nickel, a 1912 Silver Barber dime, a 1912 Silver Barber quarter, and a 1912 Silver Barber half dollar.
Of course, we were drawn to the vintage-looking white topaz ring, at $170 a pop.
Here's the description:
This piece is based on a beautiful, handmade, platinum, 18K gold, and diamond ring that probably belonged to one of Titanic's first-class passengers. During the formal dinners onboard, this ring would've sparkled and danced with an inner fire in response to the glow of electric lights. The gallery design gives it a three-dimensional depth as it highlights the Edwardian love of jewelry in its imitation of lace.
Bygone brilliance. Entrance admirers with the incomparable beauty of this highly polished sterling silver ring. A work of art, it boasts an antique-style openwork design that shimmers with round white diamonds in rhodium-plated, rope-design, bezel settings. Showcased at the center is a dazzling round, faceted white topaz gemstone within a rope-design bezel. From the Titanic Collection.
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Hello, Friends If you are MIUI skin fan or fan of Xiaomi devices then you will be definitely waiting for MIUI 9. MIUI 9 launched and new features had unveiled. We know that MIUI 9 is nothing but the features of Android 7.0 i.e, Nougat.
MIUI 9 Launched: What Are The New Features of MIUI 9?
MIUI 9 launched and more new awesome features have been coming out. Just a few months ago a survey had come out. In that survey, it has given that the popularity of MIUI skins has risen exponentially. MI company also provides its users awesome and great features.
Let's talk about new MIUI update i.e, MIUI 9. In the new update of MIUI, We have 3 important features. These features are so awesome. Those features are given below,
- Image Search.
- Smart App Launcher.
- Smart Assistant.
These are the most highlighted features seen in the new update of MIUI. In recent Xiaomi had also launched its own SoC. SoC (System On Chip) this chip is known as S1 Surge. Now in the new update of MIUI Xiaomi launches its own smart assistant.
Let's know every new feature in detail.
1) Image Searcher
Image Searcher will help you to find any image by their name, location or any specific symbols. Let's take an example you want to find an image of your brother then first you have to put the name of your brother pictures as "Brother". After click on save.
Afterward, if you want to see all pictures of your brother then you have to simply search "Brother" in the search box. This is the cool feature it is most likely match with Google Photos features. And more feature we will be seen after launching in Xiaomi smartphones.
2) Smart App Launcher
Officially, There is not much information about this feature. But We can say that this feature will help to manage Apps in smartphones. This feature will also help to boost the speed of smartphone. You can say that after MIUI 9 you will no longer face problem-related to app opening speed and other malware.
3) Smart Assistant
This is very strange and cool feature of Xiaomi skin update. Smart Assistant will help you to find anything on the display screen. You will also get more features on the lock screen. MIUI 9 Launched when unveiling about this feature it seems that Xiaomi wants to be not dependent on other.
In recent Nokia had also launched its Digital assistant which is known as Nokia MIKA. We know that the features of MIUI 9 based on features of Android 7.0. It can happen that MIUI will have features like Android 7.1.2.
MIUI 9 Launched: What is Download Date of MIUI 9?
We have seen the new cool features of MIUI 9. Now We interested in when we can download this new update beta version. The official news said that you will be able to download beta version by August 11, 2017. But trust me you will not be able by August 11.
Because it may first launch in China. But now there is one device which currently running on MIUI 9. The name of this device is Xiaomi Mi 5X.
Now let's talk about which are those devices getting MIUI 9 update? There is a long list of smartphones under Xiaomi but not all will get an update of MIUI 9. To know, List of all devices will get MIUI 9 update visit the following link.
MIUI 9 launched but the update will roll out in two phases. In phase, those devices will get an update which is recently launched by Xiaomi. Like Xiaomi Mi 6, Xiaomi Mi 5X, Redmi Note 4X, etc. In the second phase, other devices will come. You can see the list of all those smartphones by following above list.
If you like this article which about MIUI 9 Launched then share this article with your friends and family. If you want any question related to this question then ask me in the comment section.


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Saturday night we went to an event at our church called "Married Life: Big Night Out".
We were served a yummy dinner, listened to a great speaker and even got to take our picture in a photo booth!!
I thought I would share one of the "very important" things we learned at the event!
There were definitely some serious lessons learned, but we sure thought this one was funny!!


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If you're a working adult, chances are like many people, you too would have questioned yourself "What to have for lunch?". The best bet is probably to go to a economy, or mixed rice restaurant that is just around the corner from your office block, or perhaps even the stall right opposite. What could go wrong at a mixed rice stall? It's a win-win situation for almost everyone in the lunch group.
It is easy to find economy rice stalls in Malaysia, and the term is not tied to a particular cuisine. There are Chinese, Indian and Malay mixed rice stalls, and sometimes if you're lucky, you can have dishes from all three of them on one plate! The difficult part perhaps comes when deciding on how many dishes to take. Yes, portioning! Too much of good stuff is not good for you, yes?
"Most of the time people have a hard time controlling their portions or the number of dishes they take because they're hungry when they get to the stall," says certified medical exercise specialist, Chloe Lai. While Chloe says that it's okay to have economy rice every day, it's important that you make the right choices with the dishes, not over-do the portions.
She shares some tips on what to do when the hunger pang strikes, and you're surrounded by food, glorious food.
Use the 'palm portion' rule
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Chloe says to look at your palms (do not include the fingers) to gauge the correct portion. The preferred combination when having mixed rice is one portion of protein, two portions of vegetables, half or no rice at all.
Meanwhile, when you pack your meals, do think about packing it in a proper container, as tapau meals in the wrong type of container constantly, can harm you.


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Bristol, United Kingdom (GB)
Great for the kids, Bristol zoo hosts over 400 species on a 12-acre plot of land. Popular attractions include Gorilla Island, Twilight World, Butterfly Forest and, of course, the big cats. A taxi ride from Bristol airport to the zoo takes 20 - 25 minutes.
There are showers available in Bristol airport. Just ask at the landside information point in the terminal building. The fee for the showers is GBP 10.


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Section 14: Employer Health Insurance Responsibility Disclosure Form
Requires that Health Insurance Responsibility Disclosure (HIRD) forms, which employers with 11 or more full time equivalent employees are required to submit to the Division of Health Care Finance and Policy (DHCFP) to verify that they provide section 125 plans and to verify that employees who declined employer sponsored insurance have alternative coverage, be shared with the Department of Revenue, the Commonwealth Health Insurance Connector Authority and the Health Care Access Bureau within the Division of Insurance for enforcement purposes.
Any individually identifiable information will not be public record.
Section 20: Amended Definition of Eligible Individual For Employer Sponsored Insurance
Amends the definition of "eligible individual" to restrict eligibility for individual coverage to individuals who are not seeking to replace employer-sponsored coverage that complies with minimum creditable coverage standards.
Section 21: Definition of Qualified Association For Small Business Group Purchasing Cooperative
Defines "qualified association" to include a Massachusetts nonprofit or not-for-profit corporation or organization focused on advancing the occupational, professional, trade, or industry interests, other than obtaining health insurance, of association members.
The organization must be active for at least 5 years before seeking qualified association status and must have at least 100 members, including individuals or small businesses that are actively involved in the organization and attained membership without regard to health status.
Section 22: Definition of Small Business Group Purchasing Cooperative
Defines "small business group purchasing cooperative" that may be used interchangeably with "group purchasing cooperative" to indicate a nonprofit or not-for-profit corporation or association, certified as a qualified association, that negotiates health coverage for all its members with one or more health plans.
Section 23: Definition of Small Business Group Purchasing Cooperative Wellness Program
Defines "wellness program" or "health management program" to indicate a program designed to improve the overall health of participants.
Section 24: Insurance Age Rate Adjustment
Requires that the age rate adjustment factor, used by health plans to calculate rates for eligible individuals and small groups, be applied on a year to year basis in order to more evenly distribute the rate of increase. In addition to age, an insurer may also calculate rates based on an individual's or small group's business industry, participation rate of members, wellness program discount, and tobacco use. The maximum premium rate offered to members cannot exceed 2 times the lowest premium rate offered to members within a particular class of business.
Section 25: Small Group Insurance Rating Factor Review
Allows the Commissioner of the Division of Insurance to conduct a study to determine whether rating factors that an insurer may use to determine annual base premium rates or individual group premiums for plans offered in the small group health insurance market inappropriately increase costs in relation to the risks of a particular small group. The Commissioner may adopt changes to regulations as necessary each July 1 for rates effective the following January 1 to modify rate adjustment factors.
When determining annual base premium rates, an insurer may consider an individual's or small group's business industry, age of members in a particular class of business, participation rate of members, wellness program discount, and tobacco use of its participants. The maximum premium rate offered to members cannot exceed 2 times the lowest premium rate offered to members within a particular class of business.
In general, after a carrier considers all rate adjustment factors, the base rate of any plan an insurer offers to individuals and small groups must fall within rate bands ranging between 0.66 and 1.32.
A carrier, however, may also consider certain additional base rate adjustment factors that establish a base rate outside of the rate band. These factors include: geographic region, group size, the relative actuarial value of the available health plan compared to the value of other health plans offered within a particular class of business, and the average relative actuarial value of at least 4 different base rate categories, including: single, 2 adults, 1 adult and children, and family. The Commissioner will establish at least five distinct regions for the purposes of area rate adjustments. Any additional adjustment factors must apply uniformly to every eligible member of a particular group.
Section 34 (Part 1): Small Business Group Purchasing Cooperatives
Creates a market for up to six small business group purchasing cooperatives to operate in the state. The purpose of creating the cooperatives is to allow small businesses to combine purchasing power and to seek lower premiums as a larger group. Division of Insurance (DOI) must establish an application and certification process for the cooperatives and must certify up to six applications that meet DOI requirements. Approved group purchasing cooperatives may cover up to a combined number of 85,000 covered lives at any given time.
Plan benefits must include those mandated by the state as well as access to a wellness program. At least 33% of covered employees of each cooperative must commit to enrolling in the health management programs the cooperative must provide. A cooperative may not deny coverage to any employee or dependent of association members based on health condition, age, race, or sex. Premiums for a particular plan offered to a member of a cooperative must be equal to or less than premiums an insurer would charge that small business if it was seeking benefits outside of the cooperative.
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Within 2 years of the first small business group purchasing cooperative certification, DOI must report to the legislature on the cost savings to members of the cooperatives, any impact the cooperatives have on the state risk pool and premium costs in the merged market, and whether DOI should continue certifying cooperatives.
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Requires any insurance carrier that has a combined total of at least 5,000 eligible individuals, employees, and dependents, and wishes to continue offering health plans in the individual and small group market, to file a plan with each group purchasing cooperative if the group purchasing cooperative requests such health plan proposal for its next plan year. Any health plan option offered to a cooperative must include all state mandated benefits, and must apply the same preexisting coverage limitations, waiting periods, open enrollment periods and rating rules as applied to small groups outside the cooperative.
Section 44: Health Connector Small Group Wellness Incentive Program
Directs the Health Connector, in coordination with the Department of Public Health, to create a small group wellness pilot program to encourage small businesses to implement employee wellness incentive programs. The Health Connector shall provide funding and technical assistance to eligible qualified small businesses for program implementation. Funding for the subsidy program is limited and subject to state appropriation, so the Health Connector may cap enrollment in the program if funds are insufficient to meet the costs of enrolling new employers.
The Health Connector must establish regulations necessary to implement this program and annually report to the legislature on the enrollment and impact of small group wellness incentive programs.


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Mr. & Mrs. Gold Foil Scrapbook Paper - 12" x 12"
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Fill your crafty life with customized page layouts that are unique, colorful, and creative with 12" x 12" Mr. & Mrs. Gold Foil Scrapbook Paper. Featuring a bright white background with a "Mr. & Mrs." gold foil motif, this paper can be customized with edging scissors, paints, stickers, and other embellishments. Use it in your wedding album or scrapbook to remember a special, heartfelt day.
- Length: 12"
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Shutter Buddy Review
We all know how frustrating it is to try and get your babies attention for a picture. We can make ourselves look really foolish by jumping up and down, making silly noises and faces, flailing our arms just to capture that beautiful smile of our precious little ones.
Well…your problem is solved. ShutterBuddy is your new best friend. As soon as I took this out of the box I thought…now this is a must have for ALL parents. All you do is fasten the strap over your camera, make sure the flash is clear and shoot away. The black and white pattern is proven to capture and hold baby's attention and you will get a great picture quickly and easily every time.
ShutterBuddy works best with newborns up to 9 months, but I tried it over the holidays on Sadie and it worked great with her also. It was something to look at besides the boring camera that we had in her face all Christmas. When she was getting tired of having her picture taking the "old fashion way", I would strap the ShutterBuddy on and we would be good for a few more.
ShutterBuddy retails for $19.99, fits almost all digital cameras and it is easily transported and could be tossed into your purse or diaper bag. Check them out at www.shutter-buddy.com .Makes an excellent gift for any new parents.


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Dave and I were engaged six weeks after we met and we set a date for December which meant we had about 4 months to do everything, including find a dress. Mom and I hit the bridal shops together one Saturday and at store #3 there it was. BUT...it was the wrong color (beige) and too expensive. Once again, the blessings came upon me. My mother is a seamstress extraordinaire. When she realized how much I loved the style of the dress she suggested we find a similar pattern at the fabric store and shop for various laces. Being the seamstress she is, she knows all the best stores to find things like lace, and she pulled the pattern out of the package and proceeded to fold, draw, cut and pin, until we were able to match what we had seen.
Since our wedding was during the Christmas season we incorporated tiny silk burgundy roses and poinsettias in to the dress.
There are, I believe, 9 different kinds of lace on the dress, some of which we could only find in white-white. We died it with tea so that the dress had the proper Ivory coloring. We shopped just about every fabric store in the Phoenix metropolitan area to find the perfect fit.
More of the burgundy coloring was added with this satin lace up in the front of the dress.
I love the pretty, puffy lace sleeves.
And the pointed hem-line.
Mom also included a built in slip, again finished in another type of lace.
If I were to get married today, or maybe just renew my vows with my sweet, giant teddy bear, I would wear this same dress. I hope that all brides are blessed with the same feeling after taking a walk down memory lane.
Thanks for sharing those memories with me.


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**Yawn**I'm really liking my new job, and really liking almost everyone I've worked/trained with so far.
But I'm tired. Really tired.
I'm training during the day - sometimes in the morning. Sometimes in the afternoon. And sometimes both.
Plus I'm doing on-the-job-training during both second and third shifts. I'll be working thirds, but as my supervisor put it...if someone is up when I get there, it's probably because something went wrong on second shift. Thus, I should learn what is supposed to go on during the evenings, too. Otherwise, how will I know how to fix it? Makes sense to me. LOL Not to mention, it will help me get to know the residents better. It's rather hard to get to know them while they're sleeping!
Speaking of sleep...I never know whether I'm coming or going. Between morning and afternoon classes, and working either second or third shift...I'm sleeping in naps a lot of the time. Come home from third, take a nap. Go to class. Take a nap. Spend a little time with my family, go to work 3rd shift. Go home, take a nap, go to second shift. Sleep for the night, go to training in the morning. Take a nap. Go to work third shift.
I can't wait for the training to be over and to get to my regular third shift schedule. I won't feel like such a walking zombie.
The only reason I have time to blog this morning is because my class was canceled. What a shame! LOL
Tai has been really supportive - keeping the kids quiet while they're downstairs and I'm sleeping. Keeping up with the house and laundry, etc. Plus he's applying for jobs, going for interviews & testing, etc. He be superman! (In case you didn't know, he quit his job a couple of weeks ago. I supported that decision because they were treating him like shit.)
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Berkeley, CA, February 10, 2006-The University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAM/PFA) presents a new series of exhibitions for the MATRIX Program for Contemporary Art. Now-Time Venezuela: Media Along the Path of the Bolivarian Process is a year-long cycle of five exhibitions relating to the revolutionary transformation that has occurred in Venezuela since 1998. The series is organized by Chris Gilbert, who was appointed Phyllis Wattis MATRIX Curator in July 2005. The first installment, Part 1: Worker-Controlled Factories, will open on March 26 and run through May 28, 2006.
Since 1998, a broad-based popular movement under the leadership of Hugo Chávez's Bolivarian government has effected sweeping changes in all levels of Venezuelan life. Hallmarks of this transformation include participatory democracy, a constitution that calls for universal rights to education and health, and a series of land and educational reforms. Gilbert's new cycle of MATRIX exhibitions, Now-Time Venezuela: Media Along the Path of the Bolivarian Process, will trace this social, political, and cultural revolution while also proposing a theory of art and political activism. Rather than simply reflecting on the revolutionary process, the intent of these exhibitions is to be in solidarity with the Bolivarian revolution's goals; as the series title suggests, the exhibitions are "along the path" of the process itself.
The first exhibition in the series, Part 1: Worker-Controlled Factories, features a newly commissioned multi-screen projection by Dario Azzellini and Oliver Ressler on the subject of Venezuela's worker-controlled factories. Cooperative or co-management schemes organized and led by workers have become an important feature of Venezuela's new social and political landscape. Last fall, with cameraman Volkmar Geiblinger, Ressler and Azzellini recorded extensive interviews in five occupied factories in different Venezuelan cities. In the finished work, workers speak directly to the camera, describing their own experience of occupying and controlling a factory. This suggests the themes of "social protagonism" and participation by individuals that are central to the popular movement that has put the Chávez government in power.
Another component of the exhibition will be the circulation of the video (compiled into a single-channel DVD) in Venezuela and elsewhere, as a means of sharing knowledge and experience among a wider community. By aligning itself with the Bolivarian movement and its relationship with a larger global workers' movement, the Now-Time Venezuela exhibitions aim to raise awareness of Venezuela's emerging twenty-first century socialist movement. The series will also demonstrate an active role that art-and other cultural activities-may take in political struggles. As Gilbert says, the exhibitions will "not merely document but also contribute to their subjects". This is a departure from a tradition of political art and exhibitions, in that it acknowledges that works of art can be a part of the new world that revolutionary activity brings into being, rather than simply reflecting upon them.
Future exhibitions in the Now-Time Venezuela series will bring together works by media collectives and worker-produced videos that further promote the process of people taking power-in Venezuela and internationally.
Public Programs
Artists and Curator in Conversation
Sunday, March 26, 2 p.m.
Museum Theater
Together with MATRIX Curator Chris Gilbert, writer and political analyst Dario Azzellini and artist Oliver Ressler will discuss their new video project and the subject of worker-controlled factories in Venezuela, in the context of international workers' struggles. A reception will follow.
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The University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive is supported by the National Endowment for the Arts and the Institute of Museum and Library Services. Additional support is provided by the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, the Koret Foundation, the Bernard Osher Foundation, Packard Humanities Institute, the Henry Luce Foundation, the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, the Columbia Foundation, the Christensen Fund, the William H. Donner Foundation, San Francisco Foundation, Gap Inc., other private foundations and corporations, and our individual donors and members. Major endowment support has been provided by the Phyllis C. Wattis Foundation and by George Gund III.
Gap Inc. is proud to support First Impressions: Free First Thursdays at BAM/PFA. For more information about Free First Thursday gallery tours and screenings visit our website at bampfa.berkeley.edu.
University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
Located at 2626 Bancroft Way, just below College Avenue near the UC Berkeley campus.
Gallery and Museum Store Hours:
Wednesday and Friday to Sunday, 11 to 5; Thursday 11 to 7. Closed Monday and Tuesday.
General admission is $8; admission for seniors, disabled persons, non-UC Berkeley students, and young adults (13 – 17) is $5; admission for BAM/PFA members, UC Berkeley students, staff and faculty, and children under 12 is free; admission for group tours is $3 per person (to arrange a group tour, call [510] 642-5188). Admission is free on the first Thursday of each month.
24-hour recorded message (510) 642-0808; FAX (510) 642-4889;
PFA recorded message (510) 642-1124; TDD: (510) 642-8734
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Each year, Round Square schools send teams of student representatives to a five-day conference held at a member school. Each delegate team usually consist of six students and two teachers - applications follow a process of interviews and short-listing, with a maximum of six students selected to attend each conference.
The conferences cater for all members at an International Conference, or for regional members via the Regional Conferences. Both UWCSEA campuses are a part of the Australasia and East Asia region, and send students to the regional conferences, in addition to the international conferences.
During the conference, the collaborative activities from the previous year are reported on and evaluated, and new projects are planned. Discussions, related to the theme of the conference and on keynote guest speakers, examine topics of importance to the member schools and the world.
Programmes initiated by Round Square help institutionally and culturally different, but like-minded, students meet and share their points of view. Friendships are made through activities, expeditions and events organised by the host school. Visitors are introduced, not only to the host school, but also the country, the culture and the environment.
The Round Square IDEALS (Internationalism, Democracy, Environment, Adventure, Leadership and Service) are incorporated into all conference programmes.
How to apply
Round Square Conference application form. All students who wish to apply to attend a conference should complete this form.
What's on offer?
Conferences cater for two different age ranges:
Grade 6 to 8
2016 Regional Young Round Square Conference, Australia
Dates: 11-15 April 2016 (note this trip is within term time)
Hosted by Scotch College, Perth with a focus on the Round Square IDEALS, the theme of the conference is "Life on the Edge". In the beautiful setting of the Swan River and coastline of Perth, delegates will come to understand that the most isolated city in the world is also among the most friendly. The guest speakers will be inspiring students towards some important discussions on issues we face today and in the future. Delegates will be hosted on the school site.
Interested? Simply fill in this expression of interest form and this delegate form by Wednesday, 27 January 2016 and send it to Round Square Dover.
For more information, please contact Round Square Dover.
Grade 9 to 12
2016 Regional Round Square Conference
|Information will be posted once available.
Read some stories on past conferences from UWCSEA students
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One Direction's Harry Styles allegedly had a secret fling with Taylor Swift. And not only that – but he broke her heart too, according to The Sun.
The paper claims that Taylor fell "head over heels" for Harry after they met backstage at a concert in the US, but was left crushed when she saw pictures of him kissing another girl.
The paper also says that Harry texted her to try and explain, but the damage was already done when Taylor saw the snaps of him with 18-year-old model Emma Ostilly in New Zealand.
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A source told The Sun: "Taylor really liked Harry and he hinted at making it official with her. She had her love goggles on and didn't care what anybody had to say about him. She was heartbroken."
One Direction's spokesperson has declined to comment on the story.
Given that Taylor writes songs about all the men in her life, we'll be listening VERY carefully to her next ballad to see if this rumour is true… RM


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Mushfiqur Rahim led Bangladesh to a record T20 win against Sri Lanka in the third Nidahas Trophy match.
Chasing 215, Liton Das (43 off 19 balls) and Tamim Iqbal (47 off 29) got Bangladesh off to a quick start, putting on 74 for the opening wicket in just six overs.
Rahim hit an unbeaten 72 off 35 as Bangladesh scored their highest successful chase in T20 format.
Earlier, Sri Lanka posted a massive 214/6 in the first innings, thanks to half-centuries from Kusal Perera (74) and Kusal Mendis (57).
Bangladesh 215 for 5 (Mushfiqur 72*, Tamim 47, Liton 43, Pradeep 2-37) beat Sri Lanka 214 for 6 (Kusal Perera 74, Kusal Mendis 57, Mustafizur 3-48) by five wickets.
March 2018
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Players Tagged in ClipDexChandimal, Dinesh Liton Das Perera, M D Kusal Janith Mushfiqur Rahim Pradeep, Nuwan AR Mustafizur Rahman Perera, Thissara NLC Tamim Iqbal Mendis, B Kusal G
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Sean Hannity, the eight-figure archetype of selective moral outrage, last night charged the press with going "completely insane" over the James Comey firing.
Hannity accused it of "selective moral outrage," proving it takes one to know one amid wall-to-wall Comey coverage replete with reflexive references to Watergate.
Wrote The New York Times' Peter Baker, "Not since Watergate has a president dismissed the person leading an investigation bearing on him, and Mr. Trump's decision late Tuesday afternoon drew instant comparisons to the Saturday Night Massacre, when President Richard M. Nixon ordered the firing of Archibald Cox, the special prosecutor looking into the so-called third-rate burglary that would eventually bring Nixon down."
CNN quickly noted the Democrats "immediately raising comparisons to the Watergate era and claiming that the FBI chief was fired because his investigation got too close to the White House."
"Trumpian" or "Nixonian?" asked The Washington Post. With the New York Daily News declaring "Coup de Trump," it was worthwhile asking somebody who knew what he was talking about.
"Not SNM," John Dean, a party and observer to Watergate and the Saturday Night Massacre, emailed before a CNN appearance. "But totally botched, and done in a manner that looks guilty — not proceeding as an innocent president would."
Predictably homogenous coverage prevails. By and large, Fox defends Trump, while MSNBC and CNN attack.
On "Morning Joe," Mika Brzezinski beckoned Bob Woodward to discuss the "echoes of Watergate" and informed viewers in high dudgeon, "this is bad." Then, White House spokesperson Sarah Huckabee Sanders called out Joe Scarborough for his own pooh-poohing of the Russian probe (a nothing-there take the White House buys).
In equally alluring TV theater, last night's CNN coverage found legal expert Jeff Toobin (supported by host Don Lemon) mixing raised eyebrows, shaking of his head and the apparent onset of dyspepsia.
The cause? It was Harvard's Alan Dershowitz (his former teacher) and Toobin CNN colleague Laura Coates making the case for getting rid of Comey as cable's penchant for Brady Bunch split screens forced us to stare at the trio.
This morning, returning for CNN duty, he looked rather healthier and composed (wearing more makeup, too) as he opined with those of like mind — The New York Times' Maggie Haberman (very good on Trump's mentality), David Gregory and co-host Chris Cuomo — and again called the dismissal an indefensible "outrage" on CNN's "New Day."
But long before that major league duel arose last night came perhaps the most provocative articulation of the event. Eric Posner, a University of Chicago law professor, serial blogger and son of legendary judge-academic Richard Posner, wrote this:
"In an ingenious bit of Machiavellian jiu jitsu, Trump fired Comey for incompetence, simultaneously: (1) eliminating an independent official who might act as a check on illegal behavior, (2) paving the way for the appointment of a stooge and (3) enhancing Trump's tough-guy image."
Admittedly, jiu jitsu is all about being supple, gentle and using soft power. That's not Trump. And much of cable news. Or Watergate.
And, given the Trump-driven polarization and increasingly childlike attention span of the public in a social media age, don't bet on any overwhelming bipartisan indignation.
But there will be selective moral outrage toward "fake news" on "Hannity" each evening, like the sun rising in the East.
Disney's "ESPN woes"
"Walt Disney Co. failed to assuage investor concern about its cable division, saying profit in the business slumped last quarter as ESPN continued to lose subscribers and spend more to televise games." (Bloomberg)
"Sales in the cable division totaled $4.06 billion, trailing the $4.2 billion average of analysts' estimates. The unit's profit slid 3 percent, the company said, a reflection of higher expenses for NBA games and college football. Disney shares fell in late trading."
ESPN? "The cable unit's woes overshadowed positive results in other divisions." Disney boss Bob Iger was candid about the challenges but also solid in underscoring that ESPN remains a goliath during a Bloomberg TV interview, accentuating its future via mobile devices. "The pessimism is highly exaggerated."
Another Apple record
"The world's most valuable listed company just got even more valuable. Shares of Apple rose 0.6 percent to an all-time high of $153.99 Tuesday, sending its market capitalization above $800 billion, a first for any U.S. company." (The Wall Street Journal)
A unique Comey angle
"Trump's ousting of FBI Director Comey may open the door for expansion of government surveillance powers." (Recode)
A wealthy foodie
If you like the business of food, check this Crain's profile of Rich Melman, 75 and founder of Lettuce Entertain You, the Chicago-based largest independent restaurant group, with 127 very different and very good restaurants nationwide and $580 million in 2016 sales.
Brokaw and Beschloss
Tom Brokaw, 77, surfaced on Rachel Maddow's MSNBC show last night after historian Michael Beschloss argued that the Comey firing was Watergate redux.
"I rarely disagree with my very close friend, Michael Beschloss," he said before correctly making clear, "The Saturday Night Massacre was an entirely different dimension." Take a deep breath, everyone, he correctly cautioned.
Maddow then informed that every Justice Department she and staff had called "was shocked to the point of disturbed."
The one former Justice Department official I contacted, a Democrat, was not only not surprised but said he would have canned Comey upon taking office if he were Trump. He, at least, was not disturbed.
Headline of the night
"Trump just fired the FBI director, so the internet recommended a few very depressing replacements." (Mashable)
Jared Kushner was a favorite choice, especially once he solves the Middle East crisis.
Publishers upset with Amazon
"A new program from Amazon is drawing a range of reactions from those across the publishing industry, from fear to downright anger." (Publishers Weekly)
"The e-tailer has started allowing third-party book re-sellers to 'win' buy buttons on book pages. The program, publishers, agents, and authors allege, is discouraging customers from buying new books, negatively affecting sales and revenue."
Lost in Comey mania
A total outrage: The Washington Post reports that Dan Heyman, a reporter with Public News Service, was arrested for trying to ask a question to Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price as they walked through the West Virginia State Capitol.
Heyman "repeatedly asked the secretary whether domestic violence would be considered a preexisting condition under the Republican bill to overhaul the nation's health care system, he said."
"Then, an officer in the Capitol pulled him aside, handcuffed him and arrested him. Heyman was jailed on the charge of 'Willful Disruption of State Government Processes' and was released later on $5,000 bail."
The "dreck" of local newspapers
Though Ben Thompson lives in Taiwan and cranks out Stratechery on the business of tech, the Madison, Wisconsin native has views on newspapers. He's unconvinced by the suggestion by Jim Rutenberg, a New York Times media writer, that advertisers have a moral obligation to support papers and thus democracy.
He cited The Wisconsin State Journal and local news that is mostly "uninteresting filler…Were a new publication to come along, offering a five-minute summary of Madison's local news of the day, plus an actually relevant story or two a week with the occasional feature or investigative report, I'd gladly pay, and I don't even live there anymore."
Its problem, he says, is "too much dreck to wade through" and an "obsolete business model."
"Indeed, the real problem with local newspapers is more obvious than folks like Rutenberg wish to admit: No one — advertisers nor subscribers — wants to pay for them because they're not worth paying for. If newspapers were actually holding local government accountable, I don't think they would have any problem earning money; that they aren't is a function of wasting time and money on the past instead of the future."
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by Florence O. Bean - Assistant in Manual Arts - Boston Public Schools
Mount for Memorandum Pad
Secure a small pad, and plan a mount to extend beyond the pad 1/8 of an inch or more on each side. Draw plans, work out, and paste as in A. Instead of a loop by which to suspend the pad, make a holder for a pencil to be placed on the right side of the mount. Cut a strip of vellum one-half or three quarters the length of the mount. At each end of the strip turn about 1/8 inch onto the wrong side to give a finished edge.
To secure the correct size, fold the strip over the pencil to be used, and, with the pencil still folded in, paste the two long edges of the strip together, and then to the back of the news board, having it placed midway between the top and bottom edges. The pasting of the back covering then follows. Remove the cardboard back from the pad before pasting it to the mount. Dry under weight.
This is intended to be carried in the pocket, and its size should be governed by its use. Avoid rectangles which approximate the square, but choose rather such proportions as 2: 3 or 2~: 4. As in A, make working drawings for the three pieces. If desired, the first drawing may be of the completed face. (See Plate XIII.) Layout and cut all parts. On the front piece of vellum lay the news board as in A, and draw around it.
From the corners indicated by the pencil lines measure equal distances along adjacent lines, and connect the points by straight lines. Be careful not to make these lines too near the corners, ¾ of an inch to 1 inch being a good measurement for a small pad. Cut on these lines with a sharp knife, or folding the ends of the line together cut along the line with scissors.
Apply paste to the front piece, being careful not to paste outside the slanting lines at the corners, for this space should be left free to hold the sheets of paper. One way to protect these corners is to insert a piece of news board or paper in the slits, from the right side of the vellum, so that the corners on the wrong side are covered.
The paste may then be applied with freedom. Remove the protecting piece of news board and paste the vellum to the foundation. Finish as in A without the hanger, or, if desired, add pencil holder as in B. Cut several sheets of white paper 1/8 of an inch smaller than the news board, and, when the paste is thoroughly dry, insert them in the slits.
Like C except that it should be large enough to hold a school blotter. Increase the size of the corners to be proportionate to the size of the blotter.
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We all have amazing ideas to share with people. But in this day and age, if you don't optimise it for your reader, they might just scroll on past. The best content for reach is clickable content – but this doesn't mean it has to be sleazy or click-bait! Let's have a look at a few ways you can create helpful content that makes people want to read on.
Clickable Content Topic
Firstly, you need to figure out a topic for your content. This can be super easy for some, and seemingly impossible for others!
There are two things you need to know to find great content topics: who your target audience is, and what they want to learn about.
For example, most 20 something-year-olds don't really care about the conditions they might get when they're 80. But if you talk to them about the nutrients that will keep their skin clear and healthy, they'll be hanging off your every word.
If you don't know what your target audience wants to know – find someone in that audience and pick their brain!
Clickable Content Heading
Now that you've got your topic, it's time to craft a heading that captures the mind. You want it to give an overview of the topic, but also contain the keyword or phrase for your post to make it SEO friendly.
The ways I like to use headings include:
- Asking the questions people want answered
- Using 'how to' (just like this one!)
- Using numbers, such as '5 things to know about herbal teas'
These headings often perform quite well, because they are designed to catch the attention of the reader. Feel free to try out different twists on your headings – sometimes I'll write 2 or 3 different headings, and choose the one I'd click on first!
Clickable Content Layout
It's all well and good to have a good topic, heading and content – but if it's impossible to read, you'll lose people straight away. You want your clickable content to be easy to digest, because more people will stick around to learn from it.
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The GDPR's updated requirements are significant and our team is working diligently to bring PartnerStack product offerings and contractual commitments in line before May 25, 2018. Measures to achieve this include:
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We'll also continue to monitor the guidance around GDPR compliance from privacy-related regulatory bodies, and will adjust our plans accordingly if it changes. We'll provide you with regular updates along the way so that you're always current.
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President's Message
Welcome to FeedMore WNY! Our Board of Directors, Community Ambassador Council and staff are truly excited for this opportunity to better serve our vulnerable neighbors of all ages and tackle unmet needs in our community. Our team is already working hard to fulfill our mission of offering dignity, hope and a brighter future by providing nutritious food, friendship and skills training to its Western New York neighbors in need.
As FeedMore WNY, we will expand and improve upon our existing services, so clients of our Meals on Wheels program, food bank programs and partner hunger-relief agencies will continue to enjoy nutritious food and exceptional care. We also will create new opportunities to alleviate hunger. Our plans include more comprehensive senior feeding opportunities, such as a senior mobile food pantry, and the creation of child summer and afterschool feeding programs. Down the road, our goal is to launch a workforce development program that includes culinary and warehouse training opportunities targeted to unemployed and underemployed individuals facing high barriers to successful and sustainable employment. Through this initiative, FeedMore WNY can work to tackle hunger at its root and "shorten the line" of those in need of food assistance.
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I am truly deeply grateful to everyone who worked on making this next great step in eradicating hunger in Western New York possible. Most of all, I thank you. Without your support, we simply would not be here today. With your continued partnership, we can provide nourishment and hope to more children, families, seniors and veterans. Together we WILL feed more!
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The lesson which life repeats and constantly enforces is "look under foot." You are always nearer the divine and the true sources of your power than you think. The lure of the distant and the difficult is deceptive. The great opportunity is where you are. Do not despise your own place and hour. Every place is under the stars, every place is the center of the world. -- John Burroughs, American naturalist and author (1837–1921)
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The education students receive in the typical law school contracts class, though interesting and useful in understanding contract basics, is not complete for those lawyers who end up working as transactional attorneys. Rachelle Cohen, a practicing transactional attorney and Adjunct Professor of USC Gould's Contract Drafting and Strategy course, describes what essential lessons were missing from her law school education and the importance of those lessons to any attorney who has a transactional practice.
Confessions of a Transactional Attorney: What Law School Didn't Teach Me About Contracts
Uni: Welcome to the Master of Laws and Business Law Certificate Confessions of a Transactional Attorney Webinar, presented by the USC Gould School of Law. My name is Uni Arceo, and I will be your host today.
First, I'd like to just thank you for taking the time out of your busy schedule to join us. If you have any questions, please type them into the Q&A box in the lower right hand corner of your screen and hit send. Feel free to enter your questions as you think of them. We'll answer as many times as the time allows at the end of the presentation. Keep in mind, a PDF and a recording of today's presentation will be available shortly after the event.
Here's a quick look at what we will be covering today. Professor Rachelle Cohen, a practicing transactional attorney and USC law professor, will shed some light on what she has learned through her experience practicing about contract negotiating and drafting, client relationship and communication, disputes, and her role as a lawyer. Lastly, I'll cover the admission requirements and the next steps to begin an application for entering into the USC Gould online law program, and we'll wrap up with a Q&A session.
Rachelle: Thanks Uni.
Uni: You're welcome. Now let's get started. Hello, Rachelle.
Rachelle: Yes, hello. Thank you.
Uni: Thank you for joining us today.
Rachelle: As Uni mentioned, you can submit your questions online. One negative thing about having a webinar like this is that I can't see any of you, so I can't tell whether you're bored and falling off your chair or engaged but have no idea what I'm talking about, so I can't tailor the presentation, but I do hope that you'll ask questions if there's anything that's confusing or if you want more information about the class that I'll be teaching. In the class that I will be teaching, there will be opportunities for weekly live discussions where we'll be able to engage each other and talk about the things that we're learning that we're not able to do today, and there's also going to be web discussions, group discussions where we'll be posting back and forth where the students can engage with each other and with me as well. That will be a a little more of a collaborative learning effort than today.
Let me tell you a little about myself. As Uni mentioned, I am in private practice. I've been practicing for about fourteen years now, and I represent all sorts of clients –entities, individuals– and in all sorts of industries and businesses –manufacturing services, real estate, and others. As you can imagine, I do a lot of contract work. I'm looking at contracts, reviewing contracts, commenting on contracts, drafting contracts, talking about them with clients. On a daily basis, I'm constantly dealing with contracts, so it makes sense that I'm teaching in the summer a contract drafting and strategy class.
When I thought about what I was going to teach this summer, it made me reflect. What did I learn in law school? What have a learned since then? My goal is to make the class a very practical experience. Right now, fourteen years out, or it's been more since I attended my initial contracts course in law school, I can't tell you anything specific from that class that I'm using today or something that stuck with me that I think "Oh yeah, I learned that in my contracts class." My goal is in the class that I'm teaching this summer for students a few years out to be able to say "Oh yeah, I remember learning that in the contract drafting class," or "That's a useful tip that I learned then." My focus is to make this practical, and that's different than how I was taught in a contracts class. Next slide please.
I was trying to think back to my law school experience, and it's been a while, so I can't really remember too many details, but in a typical law school contracts class, you're learning about what a contract is, how it's formed, whether there's sufficient consideration, and mostly you're learning this by looking at case law. I recently read something written by a professor critiquing contracts classes, because you don't actually look at contracts. That's the peculiar thing about an initial contracts class; you're looking at case law, cases that talk about contracts, but you're really not looking at contracts.
The contracts course gives you a framework or an understanding about how contract law works in the United States, but for my day to day practice when I'm actually looking at contracts and drafting them, it doesn't provide much practical guidance for me. Because the contract course is focused on litigation –you're looking at case law– that's a very different focus than you'll have if you're a transactional lawyer working on specific deals and contracts. Next slide please.
What contracts courses typically omit, contract negotiation and drafting. Of course, I'm teaching a drafting course, so obviously I think that's something essential. Communications, communications really is not a focus in law school. There's a focus on getting information, teaching students how to look at legal issues, but communication is so important when you are actually practicing law, and it's something that I think should be focused on more. Dealing with clients, obviously if you've been in practice for any amount of time, you'll have some story of dealing with clients and the challenges that that can bring up. Contract disputes, I am not a litigator, so I do not ever go to court except when I get called up for jury duty, but I do often get involved when there's disputes in contracts before it gets to the litigation point. I think it's important to think about how you handle disputes at that point. Then finally, I have here the role of the lawyer. I maybe could have put this up in the beginning, but this is something that again I don't think often … First of all not in law school but even as we're practicing law, in the day to day practicing lawyers are very busy getting out work to clients and don't often have time to reflect on what their role is and how they can be helping their clients in their role as a lawyer. Next slide please.
Let's start with the contract negotiation and drafting. Since the course I'm teaching is called Drafting Contracts, I'll start with the drafting part. In law school, because of our system being an adversarial system, the way law is taught is from an adversarial point of view. We're looking at case laws where there's one party suing another party, and that's how we learn contracts, by learning the case law that has developed to set out the law on contracts. Because of that, the way writing is taught in law school is adversarial. You're usually –or at least when I was in law school– writing briefs for litigation. That style of writing is persuasive; you're trying to convince a judge that your client is correct and that the law supports your client's position. That is not the way that contracts are drafted, and I'm sure all of you have looked at many contracts over your lives. You've had to sign contracts, and maybe you work in contracts, so you're looking at contracts and drafting them as well. You know that contract drafting is very different from the typical persuasive writing style that is involved in litigation here in the United States.
That writing style is something that needs to be learned, and in the class that I'm teaching this summer, we'll be having regular assignments that are to practice writing skills, and the book I've chosen also has much guidance on writing skills, because that's essential if you're drafting contracts and reviewing them, to be able to draft in a concise manner and to use language that helps people to understand the contract.
Negotiation techniques, negotiation is not something that is focused on in law school, or at least it wasn't with me, but it's something that if you are working on contracts, you're going to have to get involved in negotiations. Sometimes, your client is going to do a lot of the negotiation, but there will always be something that the lawyers have to negotiate, whether it's actually getting involved in deal terms or negotiating some of the legal fine points of the contract. I think negotiation is something interesting, because it's very personal. One of the sessions of the class I'm teaching, we're going to focus on negotiation and the multicultural aspects of negotiation. I think this is something that people develop over time. Certainly, I have developed different negotiating techniques from being involved in negotiations, but I think that it is helpful to read about negotiations, to talk about it, and to think through it with examples. That's one thing that in the class, I have plenty of examples for us to go through, because I think talking about all of this theoretically is interesting, but it's much more helpful to talk about these things with respect to examples.
Finally, I have here reliance on forms. I recently saw an app that parties can use, and they can put in their information, and out spits out a contract. I think it's used with simple agreements like a nondisclosure agreement. The parties can enter their names and whatever other information the app asks for, and then a contract gets spit out. You don't even need a lawyer. We're all done; we don't need to be here. That's not the case, because typically contracts are more complex, and parties have more issues than just being able to fill out some information in an app and having an agreement spit out.
I think because lawyers, we see ourselves as advisors, and we are advisors, the idea of using forms is sort of like "Oh, we can't talk about that," but using forms is essential in any transactional practice. I think the challenges, especially for younger lawyers, is if you don't know how to use forms, you can get into trouble. One focus of the class that I'm doing this summer will be how to choose forms, and then once you choose a form how to use it properly, because you might need to change things and really review what you're doing to make sure that you're not relying on a form too much. Next page.
Communications, I have here a list of types of communications. I put this up here because I think it's important to think about how you're talking with people and what the most effective way to communicate is. When I'm working on a deal, and I just had an employment agreement that I was working on. I didn't draft the agreement. I had lots of comments to the agreement, and specific comments: section one and two and three. I put those in the agreement, my comments, and e-mailed it to the other side, because that's the most efficient way for me to get across all of those points, but in an earlier version of this agreement, I had a question about a specific provision. It wasn't just "Oh, I don't think this is written correctly." It was "Is this really what you mean," because the term was not something that I understood from my client. In that case, I called the other side, because speaking on the phone, we could talk through what the lawyer meant. Was that really something that his client is set on, or is this something that we can negotiate? You can learn more information than just by sending an e-mail, and sometimes you learn information more quickly. In e-mails, someone might misinterpret your question, so you might have more back and forth, whereas if you just called, you would get the information more quickly. I think this is a very person-focused approach, and this is something where I think I can tell you how I handle things, but then it's also helpful to hear how other people handle things and get your own approach to how you communicate.
Communicating with your client, I just had a client a couple days ago tell me "I hate speaking to my accountant, because every time I do, she starts spouting off technical language that I don't understand." I think that's a cautionary tale to us lawyers that sometimes we're used to speaking about things in a certain way, but when you're speaking with business people or your clients, they're not starting from the same reference point that you are. Sometimes you might be dealing with extremely sophisticated clients that have done hundreds of these types of agreements, maybe more than you even, and you won't have to explain a whole lot to a client like that. You might be dealing with a client who is not as sophisticated or hasn't worked on the type of deal you're working on with them, and you might want to explain more.
The other point is that sometimes what you communicate with your client, how you advise them, might depend on the sophistication of your client. I'll get to that on another slide in a moment. How you communicate with the other side, like I said you might e-mail documents back and forth. You might speak on the phone, but I think this is something to consider, how you're dealing with the other side so that you can be most effective in your dealings to get the results for your client. Next slide please.
Dealing with clients, we've talked a little bit about this already, but my first point here, in contracts class in law school you don't really talk about your representation of clients. You might in a professional responsibility class talk about conflicts, but I know when I was in law school and taking an ethics class, a lot of the students tuned out because we thought "We're all ethical. What do we need this class for," but it turns out that legal ethics is not so intuitive and is extremely practical. Once you're practicing, you are dealing with ethical issues. No doubt, every lawyer has faced an ethical issue that they're uncertain how to handle.
In transactional practice, who you represent is very important for how you give advice. Sometimes, I might represent a corporation, but I might be talking with the chief operating officer at that corporation, and that's my main contact. The interests of the chief operating officer and the corporation might not always be aligned, so I need to be in tune with that. I might represent a partnership, or I might represent one of the partners. Knowing who I represent helps me to decide what advice I'm giving and to whom and who I'm having my communications with. That's extremely important, and I think through examples –and in my class I have lots of examples– we'll sort of talk through these issues and consider them.
Providing advice and managing client expectations. When you're looking at a contract, and I this week was looking at a lease agreement that's, I don't know, thirty pages long. I am not going to take my client step by step through that contract and tell them every risk of that contract: "Start with paragraph one, and we're going to make it to paragraph fifty-six." No client wants to go through that, so while I'm going to read through the whole contract and note what's problematic and what's okay and what seems fair, I'm going to only tell my client the things that are significant to my client. How do I know what's significant? That's getting to know my client, getting to know what their interests are, knowing their position in the deal. That's all stuff that we're going to go through in my class through examples, because I think that's really the only way to talk about this. Next slide please.
Contract disputes. Like I said, I don't litigate. If a client ever says "I want to sue," I'm going to refer that client to another lawyer, but I do get involved in contract disputes. For the most part, in law school we are constantly reading case law, and the court houses are all full. If you look at when your case is going to be heard now in the LA courts, it's forever basically. For the most part, none of my clients want a lawsuit. It just doesn't make sense. First of all, the money might not be significant enough to sue, because it's very expensive to litigate. It takes the manager's eyes off of the business; they can't focus as much on the business if they're managing a lawsuit. Usually, there is a resolution that can be found without going to court. That's not always the case. You might have situations where there's a a [bet the 00:20:05] company type case where you actually do need to litigate. That's rare, so most of the time people shouldn't end up in litigation.
In order for your client to know what it should be trying to negotiate for or whether it should be litigating, you have to be able to evaluate the contract and get to know what's going on and the facts to know how strong the client's position is, where the weaknesses are so you can advise the client. In the class I'm teaching, we're going to be looking at contracts and interpreting them and also critiquing them, because I think that's where you can find the holes in contracts and where maybe your client has some risk and where they have strong positioning.
Then resolution alternatives, this is something that you build up with experience of trying to think through what else could the client … You might have a client that says "All I want is to get paid my money and be done with this other party," but there might be some resolution that your client's not thinking of because they're personally invested in the problem or the issue and can't think about alternatives, whereas you coming to it can bring some fresh ideas about how to resolve the dispute that might be beneficial to both sides. Next slide please.
Finally, we get to the role of the lawyer. Like I said earlier, I think this is something that really lawyers don't spend a lot of time thinking about. In a transactional based practice, since you're not litigating, it's not as adversarial, even though you are representing one side or the other. I'm always representing one party to a deal. I'm representing the seller or the buyer. I'm representing the employer or the employee. It is adversarial in that sense, that both sides have lawyers usually and there's a deal being worked out. I'm only fighting for my client's position. I'm not considering the other side in how I give advice to the client, but because my client wants to get a deal done, I am also facilitating a transaction. Even though the process, how we do contracts, is adversarial, the process shouldn't be adversarial.
I see my role as a facilitator of the transaction. Although there have been cases where a client of mine hasn't entered into a transaction after going further in the deal, I wouldn't say just because they worked with me, but because they realized that the terms of the deal weren't exactly what they were hoping for or planning for, or there was just too much risk that they weren't willing to take on. In the typical client situation that I work on, the deal gets done, so it's a matter of finding the best deal for my client that will get them the best result.
That brings me to the end of my presentation. Like I said, I'm happy to take any questions, and I do hope that some of you will join me in the summer class, because I'm really excited to be teaching it and to have a more interactive process.
Uni: Great job, thank you professor Rachelle Cohen for joining us today. I just wanted to explain the admission requirements for the online LLM and the business law certificate programs. The LLM program is designed for international students, so what we're looking for is someone with a first law degree from outside of the United States. All the applicants submit their applications through the Law School Admission Council or LSAC. That's where you would send in your official transcripts from all the universities attended. There is a personal statement, which if you're like you can contact me. I can review the personal statement before you would submit that. Two letters of recommendation. It could be professional or academic. If English is your second language, we do prefer a TOEFL or IL score and a resume. The LSAT or standardized tests are not required for the LLM course.
Then we do have a business law certificate, which is available to our US students. The requirement there is for someone to hold a JD degree. The applications are also submitted through the Law School Admission Council or LSAC. Again, you would send in your official transcripts from all the universities attended, a personal statement, two letters of recommendation, a resume, and again the LSAT is not required.
Now it's time for the Q&A session. Please take some time now, if you haven't already, to type in your questions in the Q&A box in the lower right-hand corner of your screen. Our first question is "How long does the program take to complete?" Most students can complete the program in three to four semesters, and there's three semesters per academic year. You can finish the LLM course in as little as one year, and you do have the option of going part time. If you do part time, you have up to three years to complete the degree.
"Will I have to travel to California?" No, the program is one hundred percent online. It is flexible so that you can continue working and learning at your own pace. Let's see here. "How much time do I need to commit per week? Are classes live?" We estimate a full-time schedule will require about fifteen hours of time per week. Most of the coursework can be completed in a flexible format as it fits into your schedule. There will likely be one or two live sessions per week. Keep in mind, these live chats are typically going to be scheduled around the cohort's time, students being all over the world. The live chats are typically about an hour and are recorded, so if you miss them, you are able to watch it at a later date and time that's convenient. Any other questions? "Are there scholarships available?" All students who apply will be considered for a merit scholarship through USC, but very few students will be awarded it. Financial aid is available through the FAFSA for US citizens and permanent residents.
I have a question for you, Rachelle. What do students find most challenging?
Rachelle: That's a good question, being a student myself, I mean not being a student of this program myself. I think if you're working and doing school, I think that's always a challenge. Luckily, though, the way most professors have set this up –I think all of the professors in this program and the way I set it up– there's a lot of flexibility in when you can get things done. There's group discussions, but you can submit your responses late at night, if that's when it works for you, or early in the morning. Assignments, you can usually view the assignments way ahead of time, so if you know you're going to have a busy week at work, you can plan ahead. I think that's always a challenge is scheduling when you're working and doing school at the same time, but this program is designed for that.
Uni: What do you most look forward to teaching in the program?
Rachelle: What do I most look forward to teaching in the program? That's a great one. I look forward to working with students in building a repertoire of contract language. I see lots of badly drafted contracts that you think "Did a lawyer write this?" I want to prevent that from happening to any of the students in my class, so I look forward to building their contract drafting skills sot hat they feel confident when they're drafting and feel confident reviewing and being able to say "You know, this doesn't really make sense." That's what I look forward to.
Uni: I had another one come in. "Which or what mistakes should we avoid when drafting a contract?"
Rachelle: Do we have another hour? That's a good one. I think the most important thing –and I'm not going to be able to tell on this call how you would do this– the mistake that I mostly see is that the contract is not clear. If I'm looking at an agreement that I have no participation in it, I just get a contract on my desk that a client sends over. "We signed this a long time ago. What rights do we have?" I look at it, and I just don't know from reading the contract. That's the biggest mistake that somebody looks at it and says "What did we agree to? What does this mean?" That's why a lot of the focus of the class will be on drafting clearly. You might think "Oh, that's easy." It seems easy, and it seems like they should be easy, but it's not always easy. Partly, that's because you might be dealing with complex terms that you have to sort of wrap your head around "What am I even trying to write?" Then also, the way we speak is sometimes different than how we should write, and a lot of times I think people end up writing how they speak, or they use forms that have language that we don't really use anymore, and they don't totally understand what it means, but they keep it in there. The contract becomes unclear.
Uni: All right, well thank you professor Cohen for taking some time out to be here today. This will conclude our webinar. Remember, if you have any questions or think of any, please e-mail me. Let me know. The information will be forwarded, and my contact information is on the screen now, so if you do want to touch base with me, you can contact me toll free or e-mail me. I'll also be sending a PDF and a recording of this event, which should be available shortly, within the next week. Thank you again, and have a great day.
Rachelle: Thank you.


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amalfi lemon, Bergamot, carnation, cedar, Clove, Ernest Daltroff, Favorite Flowers, Flower of the Month, frangipani, Jane Austen, January, Jasmine, lily, lily of the valley, mandarin orange, Musk, Niche, Noses, Nutmeg, olfactory snapshots, paprika, peony, Pepper, Perfume Review, pink pepper, Serge Lutens, Series, Vanilla, Vanille, Wallflower, Ylang Ylang
This is part 2 of Flower of the Month Series. To recap, if you haven't read part 1, carnations are the birth flower of January. You can read all about the history of carnations and their significance here.
There are so many carnation fragrances out there, it was hard for me to pick three samples. I wish I can try them all because I'm curious to smell different variations of this commonplace flower. I'm determined to find one that really speaks to me as my signature carnation. The following are carnation perfumes I have tested so far. These are just off-the-cuff first impressions or olfactory snapshots so my opinion may change as I spend more time to get to know the juice better. You can expect thorough reviews later down the road.
Perfume House: Caron
Perfumer: Ernest Daltroff
Launched: 1927
Notes: Carnation, Jasmine, Lily Of the valley, Musk, Clove, Vanille
I've read so many great reviews about Caron Bellodgia. How this is a vintage classic and they don't make perfumes like Bellodgia anymore. It's also a unisex carnation scent. A man could pull off this fragrance which I thought was interesting.
On a cotton ball, the intro smells hideous, strong and astringent. It has the characteristic eugonol scent of clove and carnation x 20. This gave me the shivers. It smells as if I'm sitting in a dental chair about to get a root canal. On the skin, it opens with the same eugonol astringency but dissipates after a few minutes. As it dries down the middle of jasmine and lily of the valley bloom on my skin toning down white noise of eugenol. In the end, the carnation becomes a light powdery musky floral. The intro is completely off-putting. Bellodgia and I are strangers who need to get more acquainted. I still don't get how a man could wear this, it smells very feminine to me. I'm assuming because it's the spicier of carnation fumes.
Billet Doux
Perfume House: Fragonard
Launched: 2006
Notes: bergamot, amalfi lemon, mandarin orange, peony, frangipani, carnation, cedar, vanilla
Beautiful bottle, beautiful name, beautiful scent. I'd blind buy it on just the name and bottle alone. Billet Doux means "love letter" in French. At first sniff, it had me at hello. I immediately thought the name and scent would be perfect for Valentine's Day. It's soft, sweet, and romantic. It smells like a hazy daydream lying in a soft velvet bed of pink carnations. Billet Doux is sweet but not gourmand. It's the natural sweetness of the flower itself. Think Possets Silver Carnation without the sugary vanilla and chocolate. I love how the carnation is prominent but not spicy. I can smell a bit of citrus giving the carnation life. The frangipani gives the carnation a unique sweet flavor. The middle is creamy and smooth. My favorite is the drydown–a light veil of dusted carnation powder. Although, it was launched in 2006, Billet Doux is vintage in feel. (Billet Doux is a recreation of a historic Fragonard perfume to celebrate Fragonard's 80th anniversary.) It evokes the Regency period and reminds me of a Jane Austen character, a beautiful and demure female taking afternoon tea. Not over the top, an austere but classy scent. Love this one! Billet Doux is a signature candidate for sure.
Vitriol d'Oeillet
Perfume House: Serge Lutens
Launched: 2011
Notes: carnation, wallflower, lily, ylang-ylang, nutmeg, clove, pink pepper, pepper, paprika
I was expecting Vitriol to kick my ass with all the fiery spice listed in the notes. Instead I got hairspray. But once that goes away, I get a dark, sinister, brooding carnation. A carnation that's not angry but grumpy. It's spicy and dark but doesn't burn the hair off my nose. I think the lily and ylang ylang are toning the spice down a bit. It dries down to a nice creamy carnation with hint of hairspray. The carnation does not take center stage more left of center. The name is misleading. Vitriol is dark but soft. To my nose, Vitriol is a complex fragrance. I need to spend more time with it. Unlike Caron Bellodgia, I can definitely smell a man wearing Vitriol.
I love Possets Silver Carnation and Fragonard Billet Doux. I don't know which I love more. They are both head to head contenders for my signature carnation.
Not a good first impression with Caron Bellodgia. It smells too much like a root canal and it's off-putting but I'm willing to spend more time with it hoping I will change my mind.
Vitriol d'Oeillet is grumpy carnation + aquanet. Definitely a man scent. Interesting take on carnation but I wish the carnation were prominent. I want to sniff more to appreciate its complexity.
Other carnations I want to try: Comme des Garcons Red Carnation, Alkemia Perfumes Incendere, Mona di Orio's Carnation, Ayala Moriel's InCarnation, Caron Poivre, Floris Malmaison
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BeCA has its first Public Meeting for 2018 tomorrow night, Monday March 5th, 6:45pm at the Bellvista Meeting Place. All are welcome.
On the Speakers Agenda we have our Federal Member for Fisher, Mr Andrew Wallace. Then we have an update from Caloundra Police on law and order issues affecting our area. Stockland will be in attendance to provide the latest updates on the Bellvista Blvd Duplication as well as all that is happening at Aura and Baringa.
Work has already commenced in Aura to further extend Aura Blvd and blocks are now for sale in the new Aura 'Township'. The development going on to our south is just amazing. So for all the Aura latest get along to this Public Meeting.
Cr Baberowski will provide an update on all the issues from Council's perspective.
So it promises to be a bumper meeting.
Hopefully the weather will not deter residents from attending with possible wet weather in the forecast.
You can enjoy a hot drink and a light snack after the meeting and hopefully the opportunity to catch up with any issues with our speakers if they are able to remain.
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My sister will be visiting us this Tuesday evening at the Fenton Knitting Group. She's popping in to The Barn on another quick visit to the UK before she heads back home to Baku. But the big question is – will she be knitting along with us or will she be sewing more felt? There's only one way to find out. Why not come along and join us?
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Sisters share crafts across continents
My sister continues to create all sorts of decorations from felt at her ladies craft group in Baku. This has inspired me to have a go. So using Larissa Holland's lovely French Hen pattern, some new felt which my sister bought me, along with some bits and pieces from my stash, I've made a start.
I've loved doing all the embroidery on the tiny felt pieces.
The fiddly part comes when you have to assemble everything. My French hen seems to have rather stumpy legs and her wings are a bit wonky, but on the whole I'm quite pleased with her. Wonder what my sister (expert felt crafter now!) will make of her.
My completed French hen.


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'Raghupathi Venkaiah Naidu' Trailer: Looks dated
'Raghupathi Venkaiah Naidu' is a biopic on Venkaiah Naidu, the legendary south Indian film personality. Starring Naresh in the titular role, its trailer was today unveiled by Superstar Mahesh Babu.
The dialogues and dramatization look quite dated in the trailer. Hope the film will be different.
Featuring Tanikella Bharani as Naresh's father, it also has Vahini, Maharshi Raghava, Muni Chandra and others. Satyapriya, Bhavana, Akhil, Geddayya, Akhil, Sai Kanth, Devaraj, Chakrapaani and Taara Singh are also part of the cast.
Produced by Mandava Sathish Babu, it has been written and directed by Babji. Music is by Sri Venkat. BGM is by Raj. Cinematography is by Krishna Sagar.
The film will hit the screens on November 29.