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Sunday, August 28, 2016
How To Meditate: Transcendental Meditation
There are many meditation techniques. These vary from watching the breath to staring at a candle to concentrating on a thought. Some are easier than others. Many are frustrating to do. Some will even give you a headache. However there is one meditation technique which has stood the test of time, is simple and effortless to do, has been subject to considerable scientific evaluation, and is so popular that over 5 million adults and children have learned it. That technique is called Transcendental Meditation (TM).
When you do TM you just sit in a comfortable chair and, using the sound you are given by your teacher which has a soothing vibrational effect, you soon dive deep within. It's like turning the volume on a radio down, the radio is still on but it's making no sound. In the same way, in TM we effortlessly reduce all the noise and chatter in our mind, until we reach a state where we are awake, but just experiencing inner silence. It's beautifully refreshing and enjoyable. And after meditation, you feel alert, refreshed and ready to take on all the busy tasks of the day.
TM involves no change in lifestyle, you have to wear no funny clothes or change your diet, you just add 20 minutes of profound relaxation - a level of rest shown by scientific research to be even deeper than deep sleep and hence more revitalising - to your daily routine twice daily and you soon notice that life is becoming a bit more satisfying, more harmonious, less stressful, even happier. One senior manager I taught from an international company said that " I don't feel that I have changed - it's just that our corporate lawyers have got less irritating!" Another student of TM slept so well after years of disrupted sleep following childbirth that her husband thought she had been drugged. A third said that he found himself happily chatting to people in the works canteen he had never spoken to before in many years of working there - he was feeling more free inside and able to open up and enjoy relationships more.
It's just like watering the roots of a plant; if you provide nourishment at the most profound level, every aspect of the plant flourishes. In the same way, by giving yourself this profound level of relaxation, you begin to notice benefits in all areas of life. We've all had nights when we've slept really well and the following day everything seems to go well; the traffic lights are green, you can find a parking space, even your boss is in a good mood (!); in other words, the world seems to reflect our inner experience. Well this is the effect TM has. Because you are deeply rested and feeling brighter and more creative, life becomes less of a struggle and more enjoyable.
You may think at this point, "it works for him, but will it work for me? Fortunately, you don't just have to rely on my experience or even the experience of the friend who may have told you about meditation. There is a huge body of independent scientific research which consistently shows the benefits of Transcendental Meditation. E.g.: "Transcendental Meditation is more than twice as effective for relieving the mental effects of stress as all other meditation and relaxation techniques." Journal of Clinical Psychology 45: 957-974 (1989) & 33: 1076-1078 (1977). And in 2005, the American Journal of Cardiology reported that among 202 patients with raised blood pressure who were followed for 18 years, those who practised TM had a 23 per cent lower death rate. While The National Institutes of Health in the US has found that people practising meditation have lower breathing and heart rate yet "higher EEG coherence" indicating greater concentration and alertness.). These are just a few of the findings - for more information see:
http://www.tmcityandeastlondon.com/indiv/index.shtml
So, if by now you are thinking that you would like to know a bit more about TM, come to one of my regular free introductory talks. I will be pleased to tell you about the many benefits that TM can bring and explain how we do TM, where it comes from, how it differs from other sorts of techniques and answer any other questions you may have.
You contact me via my website www.tmcityandeastlondon.com or by email at michael@tm-city.com or by phone on 07960 683160. I look forward to hearing from you.
Michael Jon Pierce
Approved TM Teacher
Author's Bio:
Michael Jon Pierce has been a teacher of Transcendental Meditation since 1980. Trained as an approved TM teacher by Maharishi Mahesh yogi, he runs a busy TM centre in London, UK. Hi other life experience includes being an Assistant Principal of a College fo Further Education. He lives with his partner, Claire, a psychotherapist, and their seven year daughter, and is the author of Bland Ambition and Other Poems (David Paul Press).
When you do TM you just sit in a comfortable chair and, using the sound you are given by your teacher which has a soothing vibrational effect, you soon dive deep within. It's like turning the volume on a radio down, the radio is still on but it's making no sound. In the same way, in TM we effortlessly reduce all the noise and chatter in our mind, until we reach a state where we are awake, but just experiencing inner silence. It's beautifully refreshing and enjoyable. And after meditation, you feel alert, refreshed and ready to take on all the busy tasks of the day.
TM involves no change in lifestyle, you have to wear no funny clothes or change your diet, you just add 20 minutes of profound relaxation - a level of rest shown by scientific research to be even deeper than deep sleep and hence more revitalising - to your daily routine twice daily and you soon notice that life is becoming a bit more satisfying, more harmonious, less stressful, even happier. One senior manager I taught from an international company said that " I don't feel that I have changed - it's just that our corporate lawyers have got less irritating!" Another student of TM slept so well after years of disrupted sleep following childbirth that her husband thought she had been drugged. A third said that he found himself happily chatting to people in the works canteen he had never spoken to before in many years of working there - he was feeling more free inside and able to open up and enjoy relationships more.
It's just like watering the roots of a plant; if you provide nourishment at the most profound level, every aspect of the plant flourishes. In the same way, by giving yourself this profound level of relaxation, you begin to notice benefits in all areas of life. We've all had nights when we've slept really well and the following day everything seems to go well; the traffic lights are green, you can find a parking space, even your boss is in a good mood (!); in other words, the world seems to reflect our inner experience. Well this is the effect TM has. Because you are deeply rested and feeling brighter and more creative, life becomes less of a struggle and more enjoyable.
You may think at this point, "it works for him, but will it work for me? Fortunately, you don't just have to rely on my experience or even the experience of the friend who may have told you about meditation. There is a huge body of independent scientific research which consistently shows the benefits of Transcendental Meditation. E.g.: "Transcendental Meditation is more than twice as effective for relieving the mental effects of stress as all other meditation and relaxation techniques." Journal of Clinical Psychology 45: 957-974 (1989) & 33: 1076-1078 (1977). And in 2005, the American Journal of Cardiology reported that among 202 patients with raised blood pressure who were followed for 18 years, those who practised TM had a 23 per cent lower death rate. While The National Institutes of Health in the US has found that people practising meditation have lower breathing and heart rate yet "higher EEG coherence" indicating greater concentration and alertness.). These are just a few of the findings - for more information see:
http://www.tmcityandeastlondon.com/indiv/index.shtml
So, if by now you are thinking that you would like to know a bit more about TM, come to one of my regular free introductory talks. I will be pleased to tell you about the many benefits that TM can bring and explain how we do TM, where it comes from, how it differs from other sorts of techniques and answer any other questions you may have.
You contact me via my website www.tmcityandeastlondon.com or by email at michael@tm-city.com or by phone on 07960 683160. I look forward to hearing from you.
Michael Jon Pierce
Approved TM Teacher
Author's Bio:
Michael Jon Pierce has been a teacher of Transcendental Meditation since 1980. Trained as an approved TM teacher by Maharishi Mahesh yogi, he runs a busy TM centre in London, UK. Hi other life experience includes being an Assistant Principal of a College fo Further Education. He lives with his partner, Claire, a psychotherapist, and their seven year daughter, and is the author of Bland Ambition and Other Poems (David Paul Press).
Wednesday, August 24, 2016
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Sunday, August 21, 2016
Gunman citing Islamic State ambushes Philadelphia policeman | Reuters
PHILADELPHIA A gunman claiming to have pledged allegiance to Islamic State militants shot and seriously wounded a Philadelphia police officer in an ambush on his patrol car, the city's police commissioner said on Friday.
Edward Archer of Philadelphia approached Officer Jesse Hartnett, 33, shortly before midnight and fired 11 rounds, three of which hit the officer in his arm, authorities said. Police released still images from surveillance video that showed the gunman dressed in a long white robe walking toward the car and firing, eventually getting close enough to shoot directly through the window.
Hartnett chased Archer, who was arrested by responding officers and later confessed to the attack, saying he had carried it out "in the name of Islam," police officials told reporters.
"He has confessed to committing this cowardly act in the name of Islam," Ross told a press conference, adding that the 30-year-old assailant also referenced Islamic State militants.
Philadelphia Police Captain James Clark added, "He said he pledges his allegiance to Islamic State, he follows Allah and that was the reason he was called on to do this."
A top U.S. Muslim advocacy group said it had found no evidence that Archer was an observant Muslim.
U.S. officials have been on high security alert following a series of Islamic State-linked attacks at home and abroad over the last few months.
In November, gunman and suicide bombers affiliated with Islamic State killed 130 people in a series of attacks in Paris. Last month a married couple fatally shot 14 people in San Bernardino, California, in an attack inspired by Islamic State.
Those concerns have led to calls by some Republican governors and presidential hopefuls to restrict the admission of Syrian refugees fleeing that country's long civil war.
Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney, a Democrat sworn in on Monday, told reporters he did not believe Archer's actions reflected Islamic thinking.
"In no way shape or form does anyone in this room believe that what was done represents Islam," Kenney said. "This was done by a criminal with a stolen gun."
The Council on American-Islamic Relations, the leading U.S. Muslim advocacy group, on Friday said Archer "does not appear" to be an observant Muslim.
At the Masjid Mujahideen mosque, which stands around the block from the home where Archer was believed to have lived, Imam Asim Abdur-Rashid said he did not know Archer and was not aware if he had ever prayed at the mosque.
"When it's time to pray, you get to wherever is closest," Abdur-Rashid said, adding, "There's no conflict between us and anyone in the world."
A woman who lived on the same block as Archer's mother but declined to give her name said police had responded to the house on occasion but described the suspect as "pleasant."
Neighbor Natalie King, 68, a retired public worker, said she had seen the man she knew as "Eddie" going to the mosque every Friday.
"He's a nice boy. I am shocked," she said.
NO SIGN OF CONSPIRACY
There was no evidence as yet that the shooter had worked with anyone else, Ross said.
"He was savvy enough to stop just short of implicating himself in a conspiracy," Ross said. "He doesn't appear to be a stupid individual, just an extremely violent one."
About a dozen FBI agents and city detectives could be seen on Friday afternoon searching a two-story row house in a working class West Philadelphia neighborhood where Archer was believed to have stayed at times and a second home just outside the city where his mother lives.
The house where Archer was believed to have stayed was about two blocks away from the intersection where Hartnett was shot.
Archer has a criminal history. Court records show he pleaded guilty in 2014 to assault and carrying an unlicensed gun, charges that got him a prison sentence of between nine and 23 months.
Archer's mother told the Philadelphia Inquirer that her son, the oldest of seven children, had suffered head injuries from football and a moped accident.
"He's been acting kind of strange lately. He's been talking to himself," and hearing voices, the newspaper quoted Valerie Holliday as saying. "We asked him to get medical help."
Hartnett was taken to Penn Presbyterian Hospital and will require several surgeries for three gunshot wounds in his arm.
Archer used a 9 mm handgun that had been stolen from a Philadelphia police officer's home several years ago, but not by him, Ross said.
In New York City, where two police officers were shot dead in their patrol car in a December 2014 attack by a man angry over police killings of unarmed black men, the police department issued a memorandum urging officers to "exercise heightened vigilance and implement proactive measures" in light of the Philadelphia shooting.
"Those who carry out attacks in the name of ISIS or any other terrorist organization must be fully prosecuted," said U.S. Senator Bob Casey of Pennsylvania, using a common acronym for Islamic State. "We have to take every appropriate step to safeguard our communities and ensure safety."
(Additional reporting by Jason Szep and Andy Sullivan in Washington and Laila Kearney in New York; Writing by Scott Malone; Editing by Bill Trott and Tom Brown)
Edward Archer of Philadelphia approached Officer Jesse Hartnett, 33, shortly before midnight and fired 11 rounds, three of which hit the officer in his arm, authorities said. Police released still images from surveillance video that showed the gunman dressed in a long white robe walking toward the car and firing, eventually getting close enough to shoot directly through the window.
Hartnett chased Archer, who was arrested by responding officers and later confessed to the attack, saying he had carried it out "in the name of Islam," police officials told reporters.
"He has confessed to committing this cowardly act in the name of Islam," Ross told a press conference, adding that the 30-year-old assailant also referenced Islamic State militants.
Philadelphia Police Captain James Clark added, "He said he pledges his allegiance to Islamic State, he follows Allah and that was the reason he was called on to do this."
A top U.S. Muslim advocacy group said it had found no evidence that Archer was an observant Muslim.
U.S. officials have been on high security alert following a series of Islamic State-linked attacks at home and abroad over the last few months.
In November, gunman and suicide bombers affiliated with Islamic State killed 130 people in a series of attacks in Paris. Last month a married couple fatally shot 14 people in San Bernardino, California, in an attack inspired by Islamic State.
Those concerns have led to calls by some Republican governors and presidential hopefuls to restrict the admission of Syrian refugees fleeing that country's long civil war.
Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney, a Democrat sworn in on Monday, told reporters he did not believe Archer's actions reflected Islamic thinking.
"In no way shape or form does anyone in this room believe that what was done represents Islam," Kenney said. "This was done by a criminal with a stolen gun."
The Council on American-Islamic Relations, the leading U.S. Muslim advocacy group, on Friday said Archer "does not appear" to be an observant Muslim.
At the Masjid Mujahideen mosque, which stands around the block from the home where Archer was believed to have lived, Imam Asim Abdur-Rashid said he did not know Archer and was not aware if he had ever prayed at the mosque.
"When it's time to pray, you get to wherever is closest," Abdur-Rashid said, adding, "There's no conflict between us and anyone in the world."
A woman who lived on the same block as Archer's mother but declined to give her name said police had responded to the house on occasion but described the suspect as "pleasant."
Neighbor Natalie King, 68, a retired public worker, said she had seen the man she knew as "Eddie" going to the mosque every Friday.
"He's a nice boy. I am shocked," she said.
NO SIGN OF CONSPIRACY
There was no evidence as yet that the shooter had worked with anyone else, Ross said.
"He was savvy enough to stop just short of implicating himself in a conspiracy," Ross said. "He doesn't appear to be a stupid individual, just an extremely violent one."
About a dozen FBI agents and city detectives could be seen on Friday afternoon searching a two-story row house in a working class West Philadelphia neighborhood where Archer was believed to have stayed at times and a second home just outside the city where his mother lives.
The house where Archer was believed to have stayed was about two blocks away from the intersection where Hartnett was shot.
Archer has a criminal history. Court records show he pleaded guilty in 2014 to assault and carrying an unlicensed gun, charges that got him a prison sentence of between nine and 23 months.
Archer's mother told the Philadelphia Inquirer that her son, the oldest of seven children, had suffered head injuries from football and a moped accident.
"He's been acting kind of strange lately. He's been talking to himself," and hearing voices, the newspaper quoted Valerie Holliday as saying. "We asked him to get medical help."
Hartnett was taken to Penn Presbyterian Hospital and will require several surgeries for three gunshot wounds in his arm.
Archer used a 9 mm handgun that had been stolen from a Philadelphia police officer's home several years ago, but not by him, Ross said.
In New York City, where two police officers were shot dead in their patrol car in a December 2014 attack by a man angry over police killings of unarmed black men, the police department issued a memorandum urging officers to "exercise heightened vigilance and implement proactive measures" in light of the Philadelphia shooting.
"Those who carry out attacks in the name of ISIS or any other terrorist organization must be fully prosecuted," said U.S. Senator Bob Casey of Pennsylvania, using a common acronym for Islamic State. "We have to take every appropriate step to safeguard our communities and ensure safety."
(Additional reporting by Jason Szep and Andy Sullivan in Washington and Laila Kearney in New York; Writing by Scott Malone; Editing by Bill Trott and Tom Brown)
Wednesday, August 17, 2016
Philadelphia - Movie Help!? | Yahoo Answers
were they right for firing him? i'll get flamed out of existence for this, but yes. he was already missing work because of his illness. and less than two years later, he was obviously so physically ill that there is no way he would have been able to handle the workload at a high-pressure philadelphia law firm. I don't think it would be right to fire him because you're worried about the stygma of AIDS, and if the same case had been set today, I think they would have been wrong in firing him because with new drugs, he might have been able to handle the workload. But during the time the movie was set and under those conditions, Andrew was not capable of carrying the workload his job required.
relevant? if you mean, that he contracted it at a gay movie theater? then no. I don't think so. If you mean, because he was worried about the stygma? maybe. if he had reason to believe that his partners would discrimate against him, then those reasons might support his argument.
human rights--the right to work. the right to be treated fairly and not discriminated against based on superstition
accept? I think he can empathize with Andrew. as an african-american, he can certainly sympathize with the fight against discrimition. and, when he sees the librarian try to restrict Andrew's access at the library, I think Joe sees a cause he can fight for.
discrimination? honestly, it depends upon the circumstances. If I'm in a position to do something about it, then definitely. But, I've been in a job (grunt work, low pay, no standing) where I knew the boss was refusing to interview people based race, sex, etc. But, I also knew my speaking up was going to accomplish nothing but getting myself fired. And it wasn't a job I was willing to go to court over. So, I kept my mouth shut.
morally obliged to accept? no. I think taking the case was the right thing to do, but in that case, Joe is not required to take up every single fight against every single injustice he sees. A good thing to because he'd probably never get anything done. I think lawyers are ethically required to take a certain percentage of pro bono (no fee) cases. But, they can still pick and choose which cases they want to take a moral stand on.
relevant? if you mean, that he contracted it at a gay movie theater? then no. I don't think so. If you mean, because he was worried about the stygma? maybe. if he had reason to believe that his partners would discrimate against him, then those reasons might support his argument.
human rights--the right to work. the right to be treated fairly and not discriminated against based on superstition
accept? I think he can empathize with Andrew. as an african-american, he can certainly sympathize with the fight against discrimition. and, when he sees the librarian try to restrict Andrew's access at the library, I think Joe sees a cause he can fight for.
discrimination? honestly, it depends upon the circumstances. If I'm in a position to do something about it, then definitely. But, I've been in a job (grunt work, low pay, no standing) where I knew the boss was refusing to interview people based race, sex, etc. But, I also knew my speaking up was going to accomplish nothing but getting myself fired. And it wasn't a job I was willing to go to court over. So, I kept my mouth shut.
morally obliged to accept? no. I think taking the case was the right thing to do, but in that case, Joe is not required to take up every single fight against every single injustice he sees. A good thing to because he'd probably never get anything done. I think lawyers are ethically required to take a certain percentage of pro bono (no fee) cases. But, they can still pick and choose which cases they want to take a moral stand on.
Sunday, August 14, 2016
Hulk Hogan’s lawyer: If Gawker leaked my client’s transcript ‘we will bury them’
NEW YORK - Hulk Hogan and WWE announced they had cut ties on Friday after a transcript from a 2006 video in which he freely used the "n-word" was leaked.
The transcript was contained in a sealed deposition that is part of a $100 million lawsuit Hogan filed against the gossip site Gawker for posting online a video of him having sex with a friend's ex-wife. The sex video in question is the same recording on which he made the leaked racist statements.
Hogan has refused to settle with Gawker, and the lawsuit will likely go to trial later this year. Originally set for July 6, the trial was postponed earlier this month after the 2nd District Court of Appeals filed a proceeding regarding trial rules, stating that some of the defense motions were filed too close to its scheduled start date.
The timing of the leak has at least one person suspicious: Hogan's lawyer, David Houston.
"I have my suspicions, as you can imagine," Houston told FOX411. "If I can find out it is Gawker who leaked the transcripts, we will bury them."
Gawker President and General Counsel Heather Dietrick denied the site had anything to do with the leak.
"Hulk Hogan has only one person to blame for what he said and no one from Gawker had any role in leaking that information," she said in a statement to FOX411.
Civil rights attorney Ameer Benno, who is not involved in the lawsuit, said there are a few things that could happen if Gawker is proven to be behind the leak.
"If it was Hogan's adversary in litigation -- Gawker -- then the court has discretion to impose a range of sanctions against Gawker," Benno explained. "At one extreme, the court could strike Gawker's answer in the case, thereby awarding Hogan the equivalent of a default judgment. As a middle ground, the court could penalize Gawker by precluding it from introducing certain evidence or making certain arguments at trial in support of its defenses."
According to the transcript published by Radar Online and the National Inquirer, Hogan said on the recording, referring to his daughter: "I mean, I'd rather if she was going to f--k some n----r, I'd rather have her marry an 8-foot-tall n----r worth a hundred million dollars! Like a basketball player...I guess we're all a little racist. F--king n----r."
Houston said Hogan asked him to tell his fans that he is "devastated" by his past actions and "sincerely apologizes to his family, friends and fans."
"He is not a racist," said Houston. "His history defines him as something different."
Fox News.com Reporter and FOX411 host Diana Falzone covers celebrity news and interviews some of today's top celebrities and newsmakers. You can follow her on Twitter @dianafalzone.
The transcript was contained in a sealed deposition that is part of a $100 million lawsuit Hogan filed against the gossip site Gawker for posting online a video of him having sex with a friend's ex-wife. The sex video in question is the same recording on which he made the leaked racist statements.
Hogan has refused to settle with Gawker, and the lawsuit will likely go to trial later this year. Originally set for July 6, the trial was postponed earlier this month after the 2nd District Court of Appeals filed a proceeding regarding trial rules, stating that some of the defense motions were filed too close to its scheduled start date.
The timing of the leak has at least one person suspicious: Hogan's lawyer, David Houston.
"I have my suspicions, as you can imagine," Houston told FOX411. "If I can find out it is Gawker who leaked the transcripts, we will bury them."
Gawker President and General Counsel Heather Dietrick denied the site had anything to do with the leak.
"Hulk Hogan has only one person to blame for what he said and no one from Gawker had any role in leaking that information," she said in a statement to FOX411.
Civil rights attorney Ameer Benno, who is not involved in the lawsuit, said there are a few things that could happen if Gawker is proven to be behind the leak.
"If it was Hogan's adversary in litigation -- Gawker -- then the court has discretion to impose a range of sanctions against Gawker," Benno explained. "At one extreme, the court could strike Gawker's answer in the case, thereby awarding Hogan the equivalent of a default judgment. As a middle ground, the court could penalize Gawker by precluding it from introducing certain evidence or making certain arguments at trial in support of its defenses."
According to the transcript published by Radar Online and the National Inquirer, Hogan said on the recording, referring to his daughter: "I mean, I'd rather if she was going to f--k some n----r, I'd rather have her marry an 8-foot-tall n----r worth a hundred million dollars! Like a basketball player...I guess we're all a little racist. F--king n----r."
Houston said Hogan asked him to tell his fans that he is "devastated" by his past actions and "sincerely apologizes to his family, friends and fans."
"He is not a racist," said Houston. "His history defines him as something different."
Fox News.com Reporter and FOX411 host Diana Falzone covers celebrity news and interviews some of today's top celebrities and newsmakers. You can follow her on Twitter @dianafalzone.
Wednesday, August 10, 2016
Michael Vick gets $100 million from the Philadelphia Eagles
How high are the Philadelphia Eagles going to fly during the 2011 NFL season we can't tell you, for it is going to be up to Michael Vick's left hand to mark the way once again. Last campaign he led them as high an East Conference Championship with an 8-3 record in 11 games. His great performance didn't go unaware by the Associated Press, who awarded him as the Comeback Player of the Year, and neither by the Eagles, otherwise they wouldn't have offered Vick a 6-year deal.
Vick's new deal is worth $100 million, containing roughly 40% guaranteed, which confirms his condition as the franchise player, after being designated in February. The Pro Bowl quarterback becomes this way one of the highest players in the league, and completes his comeback after paying 21 months in federal prison for promoting dog fighting.
After arriving in 2009 as the third-string QB and not seeing much action, Donovan McNabb's transfer to the Washington Redskins left Kevin Kolb as his only obstacle to become the starter in 2010. In the season opener game Kolb suffered a concussion that gave Vick the chance to prove that his career was far from over, and since that moment he has been the leader of this team.
A $100M deal isn't something new for the 31-year-old Pro Bowler, who in 2004 had signed a 10-year contract extension with the Atlanta Falcons worth $130M, which was lost when he was imprisoned in August 2007, for the Falcons demanded reimbursement.
Not only has Vick refloated his career, but also his image after being implicated in illegal dog fighting. Having obtained 29 ½ out of 50 votes possible in his election as the AP 2010 NFL Comeback Player of the Year is a great sign of it.
Last season he missed just three games due to injury, which didn't keep him from setting career highs in yards passing (3,018), touchdowns passing (21), touchdowns rushing (9), completion percentage (62.6), and passer rating (100.2). The left-handed QB completed this way his best year since his arrival to the league in the 2001 as the No. 1 draft pick.
Eagles head coach Andy Reid thinks that Vick had done a lot of hard work "both on and off the field," therefore this long-term contract is product of that effort, and he has "no doubt in my mind that he will continue on that path."
Reid also had words of appreciation for team President Joe Banner and Vick's sports agent, Joel Segal, for making things happen.
His new deal is a boost for the upcoming season, one where Vick will have more options in wide receivers Steve Smith and Jeremy Maclin to attack rivals vertically, stretching the field and serving as a complement for DeSean Jackson.
The Eaglee season opener game will be against the St. Louis Rams on September 9 at Edward Jones Dome, day that Vick will switch his preseason chip for his "let's go" regular season attitude, he said.
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Vick's new deal is worth $100 million, containing roughly 40% guaranteed, which confirms his condition as the franchise player, after being designated in February. The Pro Bowl quarterback becomes this way one of the highest players in the league, and completes his comeback after paying 21 months in federal prison for promoting dog fighting.
After arriving in 2009 as the third-string QB and not seeing much action, Donovan McNabb's transfer to the Washington Redskins left Kevin Kolb as his only obstacle to become the starter in 2010. In the season opener game Kolb suffered a concussion that gave Vick the chance to prove that his career was far from over, and since that moment he has been the leader of this team.
A $100M deal isn't something new for the 31-year-old Pro Bowler, who in 2004 had signed a 10-year contract extension with the Atlanta Falcons worth $130M, which was lost when he was imprisoned in August 2007, for the Falcons demanded reimbursement.
Not only has Vick refloated his career, but also his image after being implicated in illegal dog fighting. Having obtained 29 ½ out of 50 votes possible in his election as the AP 2010 NFL Comeback Player of the Year is a great sign of it.
Last season he missed just three games due to injury, which didn't keep him from setting career highs in yards passing (3,018), touchdowns passing (21), touchdowns rushing (9), completion percentage (62.6), and passer rating (100.2). The left-handed QB completed this way his best year since his arrival to the league in the 2001 as the No. 1 draft pick.
Eagles head coach Andy Reid thinks that Vick had done a lot of hard work "both on and off the field," therefore this long-term contract is product of that effort, and he has "no doubt in my mind that he will continue on that path."
Reid also had words of appreciation for team President Joe Banner and Vick's sports agent, Joel Segal, for making things happen.
His new deal is a boost for the upcoming season, one where Vick will have more options in wide receivers Steve Smith and Jeremy Maclin to attack rivals vertically, stretching the field and serving as a complement for DeSean Jackson.
The Eaglee season opener game will be against the St. Louis Rams on September 9 at Edward Jones Dome, day that Vick will switch his preseason chip for his "let's go" regular season attitude, he said.
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Sunday, August 7, 2016
30th Birthday Ideas for Women
A Brand New Decade
Women who turn 30 have a whole new list of challenges and realities they have to face during the next decade. This is the decade the biological clock starts ticking, so if any hopes of bearing children are present, now's the time to start planning. Also, you better find out whether you enjoy your career as well. Because if not, you're still young enough to change it. Besides, you probably have a better idea what your strengths and weakness are now, so would be better at choosing a new career than you were when you graduated college (It's estimated that people change careers about four to seven times in their lives, so use this decade to find the one that's right for you!). There are plenty of other challenges that arise in this decade, but you still want to celebrate all the progress you've made and all the challenges you've overcome during the last one. So if you're hosting an event for a women and you need some 30th birthday ideas, here are a few that might help you get things going.
Surprise Party
Have these gone out of style? No, they haven't. If she's never experienced a surprise party, then that'd be an even greater reason to do one of these and would be a great 30th birthday idea. She'll never expect it. You could do this a couple of different ways. You could ask her to eat with you at a restaurant, days before the party, but when she gets there the place is packed with friends and family. You'll get a better reaction if the surprise birthday party isn't exactly on her birthday - you can bet she won't be expecting anything. You could also just ask her to meet at your house to hang out for a bit and have a surprise waiting for her there. If you're a co-worker planning a party in an office type establishment, after work hours entice her to go to the cafeteria with you and shock the pants off of her with other co-workers, family and friends waiting to celebrate her 30th birthday party. Of course, you would know the perfect way to surprise her if you're a long time friend or a family member and you've been given the task of planning the event. Just think outside the box and try to imagine what you think she wouldn't expect.
Lavish Her
You could also host a spa party for the guest of honor. Pamper her with massages, mud baths and facials to get everyone rejuvenated and refreshed. There are a few different ways you can go about doing this. If you want to keep it simple, you could just plan one at your house (it could be a surprise spa party too) . Have it out on the deck with scented candles and soft music playing. Maybe hire a masseuse to make a house call. Arrange recliners to be spaced out on the deck with white towels at each station. Near the recliners would be lotions, facial creams, wine and homemade snacks on a table. The snacks could include something nutritional like a chicken salad wrap along with sweets like cookies or brownies. You could also research some recipes from the Food Network for other spa related foods, one interesting recipe I found was for a Spa Cucumber Smoothie. If you have the funds available, it'd be nice to travel to a popular spa location whether it be cross country or over the ocean. Maybe pick a location with a lot of sightseeing landmarks to make it full travel experience. A few of the best spa hotels include the California Health & Longevity Institute where you get a fitness center, spa and hotel all in one place. They specialize in health and wellness with experts from various fields to help you achieve your personal health goals. Other places include Canyon Ranch in Miami Beach, Lilianfels Blue Mountains Resort & Spa in Australia and Zamani Retreat Kempinski in Zanzibar. If she enjoys traveling, vacating to one of these destinations would make for a great 30th birthday idea.
Theme Party
If she's big into themes, then of course you'd want to have one for her 30th birthday. Whether she wants a Diva themed party with zebra printed decorations and a three-tier zebra designed cake, or if she enjoyed the 80s you'd theme the event around that. Everyone would come dressed in their best 80s costume and all the best music from that era would be played for a nice dance party "Safety Dance"
comes to mind). A theme can help with gifts as well, you could ask everyone to give 30th birthday gifts for her that are all thematic. Just taking note what she's most passionate about would be the theme you'd choose for her party.
Something to look Forward Too
Whichever idea you choose, be sure to give it a personal touch to add a bit more meaning to the event. Only the person planning the party knows her routine and knows what'll get her excited. Giving her something to remember on her 30th birthday, as well as something to look forward to on her 40th will make you the go-to party planner for all other events.
Women who turn 30 have a whole new list of challenges and realities they have to face during the next decade. This is the decade the biological clock starts ticking, so if any hopes of bearing children are present, now's the time to start planning. Also, you better find out whether you enjoy your career as well. Because if not, you're still young enough to change it. Besides, you probably have a better idea what your strengths and weakness are now, so would be better at choosing a new career than you were when you graduated college (It's estimated that people change careers about four to seven times in their lives, so use this decade to find the one that's right for you!). There are plenty of other challenges that arise in this decade, but you still want to celebrate all the progress you've made and all the challenges you've overcome during the last one. So if you're hosting an event for a women and you need some 30th birthday ideas, here are a few that might help you get things going.
Surprise Party
Have these gone out of style? No, they haven't. If she's never experienced a surprise party, then that'd be an even greater reason to do one of these and would be a great 30th birthday idea. She'll never expect it. You could do this a couple of different ways. You could ask her to eat with you at a restaurant, days before the party, but when she gets there the place is packed with friends and family. You'll get a better reaction if the surprise birthday party isn't exactly on her birthday - you can bet she won't be expecting anything. You could also just ask her to meet at your house to hang out for a bit and have a surprise waiting for her there. If you're a co-worker planning a party in an office type establishment, after work hours entice her to go to the cafeteria with you and shock the pants off of her with other co-workers, family and friends waiting to celebrate her 30th birthday party. Of course, you would know the perfect way to surprise her if you're a long time friend or a family member and you've been given the task of planning the event. Just think outside the box and try to imagine what you think she wouldn't expect.
Lavish Her
You could also host a spa party for the guest of honor. Pamper her with massages, mud baths and facials to get everyone rejuvenated and refreshed. There are a few different ways you can go about doing this. If you want to keep it simple, you could just plan one at your house (it could be a surprise spa party too) . Have it out on the deck with scented candles and soft music playing. Maybe hire a masseuse to make a house call. Arrange recliners to be spaced out on the deck with white towels at each station. Near the recliners would be lotions, facial creams, wine and homemade snacks on a table. The snacks could include something nutritional like a chicken salad wrap along with sweets like cookies or brownies. You could also research some recipes from the Food Network for other spa related foods, one interesting recipe I found was for a Spa Cucumber Smoothie. If you have the funds available, it'd be nice to travel to a popular spa location whether it be cross country or over the ocean. Maybe pick a location with a lot of sightseeing landmarks to make it full travel experience. A few of the best spa hotels include the California Health & Longevity Institute where you get a fitness center, spa and hotel all in one place. They specialize in health and wellness with experts from various fields to help you achieve your personal health goals. Other places include Canyon Ranch in Miami Beach, Lilianfels Blue Mountains Resort & Spa in Australia and Zamani Retreat Kempinski in Zanzibar. If she enjoys traveling, vacating to one of these destinations would make for a great 30th birthday idea.
Theme Party
If she's big into themes, then of course you'd want to have one for her 30th birthday. Whether she wants a Diva themed party with zebra printed decorations and a three-tier zebra designed cake, or if she enjoyed the 80s you'd theme the event around that. Everyone would come dressed in their best 80s costume and all the best music from that era would be played for a nice dance party "Safety Dance"
comes to mind). A theme can help with gifts as well, you could ask everyone to give 30th birthday gifts for her that are all thematic. Just taking note what she's most passionate about would be the theme you'd choose for her party.
Something to look Forward Too
Whichever idea you choose, be sure to give it a personal touch to add a bit more meaning to the event. Only the person planning the party knows her routine and knows what'll get her excited. Giving her something to remember on her 30th birthday, as well as something to look forward to on her 40th will make you the go-to party planner for all other events.
Wednesday, August 3, 2016
Lawyers, make room for nonlawyers
Story highlightsGillian Hadfield: Getting legal help is enormously expensive in the U.S.Hadfield: Lawyers, judges must change the way they regulate practice of lawShe says we need less expensive nonlawyers who can provide legal assistanceHadfield: Lower-cost alternative to full-fledged attorneys is the solution
In our country, lawyers and judges regulate their own markets. The upshot is that getting legal help is enormously expensive and out of reach for the vast majority of Americans. Anyone faced with a contract dispute, family crisis, foreclosure or eviction must pay a lawyer with a JD degree to provide service one-on-one in the same way lawyers have done business for hundreds of years.
Increasingly, the only "persons" with access to legal help are "artificial persons" -- corporations, organizations and governments. No wonder that in a 2010 New York study, it was shown 95% of people in housing court are unrepresented. The same is true in consumer credit and child support cases; 44% of people in foreclosures are representing themselves--against a well-represented bank, no small number of whom engaged in robo-signing and sued people based on faulty information.
These numbers are just the tip of the iceberg. For every person who is unrepresented in court there are probably tens of thousands who didn't have any legal advice when they did the things that landed them in hot water in the first place. Who can afford $200 to $300 an hour to get advice on local small business regulations, the fine print in a mortgage document, or how not to make mistakes that will cost you in court when fighting over kids and money with your soon-to-be ex-spouse?
Some legal professionals have called for more public money for legal aid clinics and courts to provide free legal help and for lawyers to do more pro bono work. But the demand for ordinary legal help is simply too massive to meet with increased court funding, legal aid or pro bono work.
I believe there is no way to help ordinary people with their legal problems without fundamentally changing the way lawyers and judges regulate the practice of law.
What we need are more efficient ways of delivering legal help and less expensive nonlawyers who can provide legal assistance. Supreme court judges in every state have the authority to accomplish this with the stroke of a pen.
The root of the crisis of access to justice is the scale of the problem. Here's a little back-of-the-envelope arithmetic. Using data from surveys conducted by the ABA and state bar associations, I estimate that, at any given time, roughly half of all American households are dealing with about two legal problems each-- evictions, divorces, bankruptcies, denials of health care benefits, and so on.
Giving these American households just one hour of help from a lawyer to manage a maze of legal documents and court procedures would cost close to $20 billion.
This doesn't even consider the cost of what clients want most from lawyers -- advice about how to avoid legal problems. Including this service would add additional tens if not hundreds of billions of dollars.
That's why the only way to increase access to justice is to expand the group of people and organizations that can provide legal help beyond JD-trained and licensed lawyers.
Authorized nonlawyers and organizations could help ease our overburdened courts in many ways. Each year, 2.3 million New Yorkers, for example, represent themselves in state courts. These litigants do not want to be in court or to manage their problems alone, but have no other practical choice. They frequently labor under huge misunderstandings about legal procedures, requirements and forms. Oodles of judges and lawyers have complained about the delays and complications these misunderstandings create.
Imagine how much more efficient the court would be if the unrepresented could obtain low-cost legal assistance from people expert enough to help them navigate the process. Especially if those people were using the systems and protocols developed by a large-scale company, maybe even online.
It doesn't take high-level legal expertise to advise a person facing eviction for unpaid rent that if she wants to contend that her apartment has no heating and the ceiling is falling down, she should bring some photographs or other evidence to court to back up her claim. The same applies to people who need to understand what the arcane legal language in a court order or rule means.
There are many basic issues that could be handled by nonlawyers. Allowing nonlawyers to work for businesses that invest and specialize in giving this kind of help would supercharge the potential for reducing the cost of legal help.
The use of non-JD legal assistants and nonlawyer dominated businesses is not a venture into uncharted waters. The United Kingdom has a long history of allowing a wide variety of differently trained individuals and organizations provide legal assistance, and studies show that the practice works very well. In many cases, people are better served by a nonlawyer organization that specializes in a particular type of legal help--navigating housing or bankruptcy matters, for example--than they are by a solo practitioner with a general practice.
Furthermore, when people have access to lower-cost alternatives to full-fledged attorneys, they use these resources. In practical terms, that means that only 5% to 10% ignore their legal issues in the United Kingdom. Compare that to New York, where significant majorities of low-income households with legal problems--65% with housing problems, 59% with financial issues, 50% with health insurance problems--do nothing in response to their problems. But as often is the case, untreated problems lead to worse problems--and bigger headaches for our courts.
For too long, the legal profession has focused on legal aid, pro bono and charitable assistance as the solution to the crisis in access to justice. The approach is admirable, but futile.
Solving the problem requires lawyers--especially those on the bench who bear the ultimate responsibility for regulating the profession--to share the field with other, less-expensive, non-JD professionals and nonlawyer dominated organizations who can provide perfectly adequate legal help in many cases. America's legal profession is in dire need of reform; it's time for those in leadership positions to step up.
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In our country, lawyers and judges regulate their own markets. The upshot is that getting legal help is enormously expensive and out of reach for the vast majority of Americans. Anyone faced with a contract dispute, family crisis, foreclosure or eviction must pay a lawyer with a JD degree to provide service one-on-one in the same way lawyers have done business for hundreds of years.
Increasingly, the only "persons" with access to legal help are "artificial persons" -- corporations, organizations and governments. No wonder that in a 2010 New York study, it was shown 95% of people in housing court are unrepresented. The same is true in consumer credit and child support cases; 44% of people in foreclosures are representing themselves--against a well-represented bank, no small number of whom engaged in robo-signing and sued people based on faulty information.
These numbers are just the tip of the iceberg. For every person who is unrepresented in court there are probably tens of thousands who didn't have any legal advice when they did the things that landed them in hot water in the first place. Who can afford $200 to $300 an hour to get advice on local small business regulations, the fine print in a mortgage document, or how not to make mistakes that will cost you in court when fighting over kids and money with your soon-to-be ex-spouse?
Some legal professionals have called for more public money for legal aid clinics and courts to provide free legal help and for lawyers to do more pro bono work. But the demand for ordinary legal help is simply too massive to meet with increased court funding, legal aid or pro bono work.
I believe there is no way to help ordinary people with their legal problems without fundamentally changing the way lawyers and judges regulate the practice of law.
What we need are more efficient ways of delivering legal help and less expensive nonlawyers who can provide legal assistance. Supreme court judges in every state have the authority to accomplish this with the stroke of a pen.
The root of the crisis of access to justice is the scale of the problem. Here's a little back-of-the-envelope arithmetic. Using data from surveys conducted by the ABA and state bar associations, I estimate that, at any given time, roughly half of all American households are dealing with about two legal problems each-- evictions, divorces, bankruptcies, denials of health care benefits, and so on.
Giving these American households just one hour of help from a lawyer to manage a maze of legal documents and court procedures would cost close to $20 billion.
This doesn't even consider the cost of what clients want most from lawyers -- advice about how to avoid legal problems. Including this service would add additional tens if not hundreds of billions of dollars.
That's why the only way to increase access to justice is to expand the group of people and organizations that can provide legal help beyond JD-trained and licensed lawyers.
Authorized nonlawyers and organizations could help ease our overburdened courts in many ways. Each year, 2.3 million New Yorkers, for example, represent themselves in state courts. These litigants do not want to be in court or to manage their problems alone, but have no other practical choice. They frequently labor under huge misunderstandings about legal procedures, requirements and forms. Oodles of judges and lawyers have complained about the delays and complications these misunderstandings create.
Imagine how much more efficient the court would be if the unrepresented could obtain low-cost legal assistance from people expert enough to help them navigate the process. Especially if those people were using the systems and protocols developed by a large-scale company, maybe even online.
It doesn't take high-level legal expertise to advise a person facing eviction for unpaid rent that if she wants to contend that her apartment has no heating and the ceiling is falling down, she should bring some photographs or other evidence to court to back up her claim. The same applies to people who need to understand what the arcane legal language in a court order or rule means.
There are many basic issues that could be handled by nonlawyers. Allowing nonlawyers to work for businesses that invest and specialize in giving this kind of help would supercharge the potential for reducing the cost of legal help.
The use of non-JD legal assistants and nonlawyer dominated businesses is not a venture into uncharted waters. The United Kingdom has a long history of allowing a wide variety of differently trained individuals and organizations provide legal assistance, and studies show that the practice works very well. In many cases, people are better served by a nonlawyer organization that specializes in a particular type of legal help--navigating housing or bankruptcy matters, for example--than they are by a solo practitioner with a general practice.
Furthermore, when people have access to lower-cost alternatives to full-fledged attorneys, they use these resources. In practical terms, that means that only 5% to 10% ignore their legal issues in the United Kingdom. Compare that to New York, where significant majorities of low-income households with legal problems--65% with housing problems, 59% with financial issues, 50% with health insurance problems--do nothing in response to their problems. But as often is the case, untreated problems lead to worse problems--and bigger headaches for our courts.
For too long, the legal profession has focused on legal aid, pro bono and charitable assistance as the solution to the crisis in access to justice. The approach is admirable, but futile.
Solving the problem requires lawyers--especially those on the bench who bear the ultimate responsibility for regulating the profession--to share the field with other, less-expensive, non-JD professionals and nonlawyer dominated organizations who can provide perfectly adequate legal help in many cases. America's legal profession is in dire need of reform; it's time for those in leadership positions to step up.
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