Friday, August 29, 2003
JD Jungle
Firm of the Week: Nixon Peabody LLP
"The firm fosters a work environment of mutual respect and support among lawyers, paralegals and staff, who share a vision and commitment to providing innovative and practical solutions to our clients' matters of the day while anticipating their issues of tomorrow."
Firm of the Week: Nixon Peabody LLP
"The firm fosters a work environment of mutual respect and support among lawyers, paralegals and staff, who share a vision and commitment to providing innovative and practical solutions to our clients' matters of the day while anticipating their issues of tomorrow."
Thursday, August 28, 2003
Refdesk: reference, facts, news, free and family friendlyRefdesk: reference, facts, news, free and family friendly: "
Site of the Day: Doctors Without Boarders: Life in the Field
In 2002, National Geographic film crews followed Doctors Without Borders/ Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) volunteers into parts of the world affected by violence, famine, and disease. The result is Doctors Without Borders: Life in the Field, a weekly television series narrated by Kiefer Sutherland featuring 30 MSF projects in more than 20 different countries and profiling more than 45 MSF volunteers – an unprecedented examination of life in the field with one of the world’s leading independent medical humanitarian aid organization. "
Site of the Day: Doctors Without Boarders: Life in the Field
In 2002, National Geographic film crews followed Doctors Without Borders/ Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) volunteers into parts of the world affected by violence, famine, and disease. The result is Doctors Without Borders: Life in the Field, a weekly television series narrated by Kiefer Sutherland featuring 30 MSF projects in more than 20 different countries and profiling more than 45 MSF volunteers – an unprecedented examination of life in the field with one of the world’s leading independent medical humanitarian aid organization. "
Taming E-Mail - Pundit E-mail - CIO Magazine Aug 15,2003PUNDIT
E-mail
Taming E-Mail
How to keep your messaging from spinning out of control
E-MAIL HAS ALWAYS been more painful to manage than it should be. Early versions of Exchange bombed for no apparent reason, while the Notes/Domino server mired e-mail management in a groupware muddle. With Exchange 2000 and Domino Server version 6, the top two e-mail servers have matured and stabilized. But now the forces of darkness have conspired to make things difficult once again.
The problem is that people are getting more e-mail and deleting less. The biggest new reason for bloat is spam: IT managers now invariably use the word exponential to describe spam's ugly hockey stick, which (if you believe some reports) accounts for as much as 50 percent of all corporate e-mail. Compounding the problem, Enron, WorldCom and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act have everybody spooked. Should I save that e-mail from Bob forever in case the attorney general calls?
The result is that e-mail stores are ballooning out of control like never before. And that's bad news for a couple of reasons. One is day-to-day performance: E-mail server databases were never intended to handle a jillion unarchived messages. And, of course, all e-mail servers have hard limits on the size of their stores. But the real problem is the time it takes to do backups and restore when those files get really gargantuan.
Here are a few strategies to consider in taming the e-mail monster.
The most interesting trend in e-mail may be the recognition that so much of an enterprise's intellectual capital is bound up in e-mail messages.
—Eric Knorr
Get serious about spam—now. Simple domain blacklists can cut the spam problem in half immediately; the SenderBase free Web service from e-mail hardware vendor IronPort Systems could help you keep tabs on the worst offenders. New enterprise spam-filtering software such as CloudMark Authority, MailFrontier and ProofPoint install on your server and offer tons of options, but don't go overboard. You don't want false positives, nor do you want IT to have to review "suspect" spam every day, so be conservative with your filter settings and think in terms of cutting rather than eliminating.
Taming E-Mail
How to keep your messaging from spinning out of control
E-MAIL HAS ALWAYS been more painful to manage than it should be. Early versions of Exchange bombed for no apparent reason, while the Notes/Domino server mired e-mail management in a groupware muddle. With Exchange 2000 and Domino Server version 6, the top two e-mail servers have matured and stabilized. But now the forces of darkness have conspired to make things difficult once again.
The problem is that people are getting more e-mail and deleting less. The biggest new reason for bloat is spam: IT managers now invariably use the word exponential to describe spam's ugly hockey stick, which (if you believe some reports) accounts for as much as 50 percent of all corporate e-mail. Compounding the problem, Enron, WorldCom and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act have everybody spooked. Should I save that e-mail from Bob forever in case the attorney general calls?
The result is that e-mail stores are ballooning out of control like never before. And that's bad news for a couple of reasons. One is day-to-day performance: E-mail server databases were never intended to handle a jillion unarchived messages. And, of course, all e-mail servers have hard limits on the size of their stores. But the real problem is the time it takes to do backups and restore when those files get really gargantuan.
Here are a few strategies to consider in taming the e-mail monster.
The most interesting trend in e-mail may be the recognition that so much of an enterprise's intellectual capital is bound up in e-mail messages.
—Eric Knorr
Get serious about spam—now. Simple domain blacklists can cut the spam problem in half immediately; the SenderBase free Web service from e-mail hardware vendor IronPort Systems could help you keep tabs on the worst offenders. New enterprise spam-filtering software such as CloudMark Authority, MailFrontier and ProofPoint install on your server and offer tons of options, but don't go overboard. You don't want false positives, nor do you want IT to have to review "suspect" spam every day, so be conservative with your filter settings and think in terms of cutting rather than eliminating.
Sunday, August 24, 2003
CNN Programs - Anchors/Reporters - Bruce Morton: 
"Bruce Morton
Bruce Morton is one of CNN's leading national correspondents. In addition to his extensive political reporting for CNN, he delivers an essay each week entitled, 'The Last Word' on the network's Late Edition with Wolf Blitzer, which airs Sundays from 12-1:30 p.m. (ET). "
I appreciate the history and heritage of CBS news, Fred Friendly, chain-smoking Edward R. Morrow and all that, and I do understand that while newspapers are written for a 12-year-old reading level, television must be written for an even lower reading level and evidently a lower than 12-year-old cognitive level as well, but every time I hear Bruce Morton's commentaries I am struck with how obvious everything he says is.
Bob Schieffer has the same problem. Who taught them to dumb it down so much?
Tell me somethng I don't know or that makes me think, will you, boys?
"Bruce Morton
Bruce Morton is one of CNN's leading national correspondents. In addition to his extensive political reporting for CNN, he delivers an essay each week entitled, 'The Last Word' on the network's Late Edition with Wolf Blitzer, which airs Sundays from 12-1:30 p.m. (ET). "
I appreciate the history and heritage of CBS news, Fred Friendly, chain-smoking Edward R. Morrow and all that, and I do understand that while newspapers are written for a 12-year-old reading level, television must be written for an even lower reading level and evidently a lower than 12-year-old cognitive level as well, but every time I hear Bruce Morton's commentaries I am struck with how obvious everything he says is.
Bob Schieffer has the same problem. Who taught them to dumb it down so much?
Tell me somethng I don't know or that makes me think, will you, boys?
Thursday, August 21, 2003
Here is another tidbit from the Courthouse News:
OXYMORON OF THE WEEK. OK, we admit that we don’t know an awful lot about class, but we were a tad surprised by the following in a complaint filed the other day in Los Angeles Superior Court against the publisher of the National Enquirer:
“Brandi’s is a high class establishment which features all-nude dancing.”
Hey, it sounds better than a low-class establishment featuring square dancing.
In case you missed it, the above came from a suit filed on behalf of a nude dancer who claims her reputation was damaged – don’t look at us; we just report this stuff – by an article saying she had sex with Ben Affleck (some actor).
Question: Should you be required to mitigate damages by selling the true story for a movie of the week?
We expect to see a high-class version of this tale in the near future.
From The Courts
Milt Policzer
http://www.abanet.org/journal/ereport/jy18rodnt.html
Fast Help for the Lonely, the Hassled, the Terrified
BY THE RODENT
In and around The Firm, it’s hard to say anything that will go uncontested. If you want to test this, try telling a colleague that today is Friday (assuming it’s not Saturday or Thursday or any day in between). You’ll get a variety of responses that will include such gems as, "Well, not in China it isn’t," and, "I do not submit to your groundless representation." And keep in mind that those are the rejoinders from colleagues. It’s much worse when you’re dealing with opposing counsel.
Fortunately, there is some relief. There is a place you can go to find peace, speak freely, be heard and never be contradicted. No, it’s not the neighborhood bar. It’s much closer than that. I’m talking about an old friend, the file. More specifically, we can express ourselves in the Memo to File, also known as "the CYA memo" and "the lawyer’s best friend."
When things go bad, the Memo to File is your ticket to saving your ticket to practice law. You can say whatever you want and, in the history of the practice of law, the file has never fought back, never told you you’re wrong, never rejected your conclusions or complained about how many hours it took. The Memo to File is peace of mind for lawyers.
Lawyers who believe that outrage has not yet died can use the Memo to File to report on behavior they consider outrageous, unethical or unfair. At the same time, they can explain why they should be held blameless and how they took the moral high ground. Or, if they just want to vent, this is the place to do it. It’s a simple matter of writing something up and filing it. Whistle-blowing has its repercussions. Writing memos to the file, in my experience at least, is a much safer approach.
I remember my first Memo to File. I had completed some research that I was certain was correct. But the partner to whom I delivered the work didn’t care for my conclusions, because they were contrary to what she had already told the client. The memo was altered and sent to the client. Fearful of losing my license to practice law or otherwise taking the fall, I wrote a Memo to File describing what happened. Suddenly, I felt safe. I eventually became so fond of the Memo to File that these days I sometimes send my columns there in order to avoid getting feedback from my editor.
When writing to the file, you can pass blame to whomever you like–colleagues at The Firm, clients and anyone else who might be there to accept it. Anyone, that is, except you, the memo writer.
If you want to be entertained, pull up a Firm file relating to a case that went bad. Maybe it’s that case, now part of Firm folklore, in which the client was advised that it was OK to dump toxic waste into the community swimming pool. That sort of file will be swimming with memos to the file. Such memos, packed with accusations and defenses, make entertaining reading. You can also pick up some tips–if any of the lawyers who wrote the memos are still with The Firm, still allowed to practice law and not presently incarcerated.
In the worst-case scenario, your malpractice insurance carrier, investigators from the state bar or even scarier types will be the ones to read what you write in your Memo to File. When that happens, the file is like your defense counsel. Think of the Memo to File as your Get Out of Jail Free card. Use it judiciously.
DEAR FILE
Fast Help for the Lonely, the Hassled, the Terrified
BY THE RODENT
In and around The Firm, it’s hard to say anything that will go uncontested. If you want to test this, try telling a colleague that today is Friday (assuming it’s not Saturday or Thursday or any day in between). You’ll get a variety of responses that will include such gems as, "Well, not in China it isn’t," and, "I do not submit to your groundless representation." And keep in mind that those are the rejoinders from colleagues. It’s much worse when you’re dealing with opposing counsel.
Fortunately, there is some relief. There is a place you can go to find peace, speak freely, be heard and never be contradicted. No, it’s not the neighborhood bar. It’s much closer than that. I’m talking about an old friend, the file. More specifically, we can express ourselves in the Memo to File, also known as "the CYA memo" and "the lawyer’s best friend."
When things go bad, the Memo to File is your ticket to saving your ticket to practice law. You can say whatever you want and, in the history of the practice of law, the file has never fought back, never told you you’re wrong, never rejected your conclusions or complained about how many hours it took. The Memo to File is peace of mind for lawyers.
Lawyers who believe that outrage has not yet died can use the Memo to File to report on behavior they consider outrageous, unethical or unfair. At the same time, they can explain why they should be held blameless and how they took the moral high ground. Or, if they just want to vent, this is the place to do it. It’s a simple matter of writing something up and filing it. Whistle-blowing has its repercussions. Writing memos to the file, in my experience at least, is a much safer approach.
I remember my first Memo to File. I had completed some research that I was certain was correct. But the partner to whom I delivered the work didn’t care for my conclusions, because they were contrary to what she had already told the client. The memo was altered and sent to the client. Fearful of losing my license to practice law or otherwise taking the fall, I wrote a Memo to File describing what happened. Suddenly, I felt safe. I eventually became so fond of the Memo to File that these days I sometimes send my columns there in order to avoid getting feedback from my editor.
When writing to the file, you can pass blame to whomever you like–colleagues at The Firm, clients and anyone else who might be there to accept it. Anyone, that is, except you, the memo writer.
If you want to be entertained, pull up a Firm file relating to a case that went bad. Maybe it’s that case, now part of Firm folklore, in which the client was advised that it was OK to dump toxic waste into the community swimming pool. That sort of file will be swimming with memos to the file. Such memos, packed with accusations and defenses, make entertaining reading. You can also pick up some tips–if any of the lawyers who wrote the memos are still with The Firm, still allowed to practice law and not presently incarcerated.
In the worst-case scenario, your malpractice insurance carrier, investigators from the state bar or even scarier types will be the ones to read what you write in your Memo to File. When that happens, the file is like your defense counsel. Think of the Memo to File as your Get Out of Jail Free card. Use it judiciously.
Tip# 79
A New Framework for Observing the Market
Part Two
by Van K. Tharp
Last week we opened the discussion that all models about the market come from you to some extent. And when you realize that all concepts of the market are made up, it means that you can make up new ones.
New frameworks for perceiving the market can you give you a tremendous advantage in trading. Until those ideas reach a critical mass, they allow you to think about the markets in ways that are not shared with other similar minds. Discussing new frameworks for observing markets would probably extend this tip into a book. Instead, I would like to suggest the following exercise to help you extend your thinking about markets to a non-ego viewpoint.
Write down on paper the central issue you are currently struggling with in the market. Also, write down a question concerning that issue you would like answered.
Get in a comfortable position, close your eyes, and bring your attention to your breath. Notice the air coming in and going out. After a while, notice how the air just seems to come in and go out by itself.
Look behind your eyes and watch your mind at work. You will see thoughts entering your consciousness and waiting for you to acknowledge them.
As each thought enters, acknowledge it and let it pass. This is like watching a ticker tape or a moving billboard. Give no value to any thought. Do not try to either reject it or hold on to it. Simply let each one enter, walk through your mind and leave. And if you find yourself holding on to a particular thought, just move your attention back to your breath.
After 10-15 min. when you feel centered and at peace, open your eyes and just start writing about the issue that came into your mind. Just write without even thinking about what you're putting down. And continue until you "feel" finished.
Close your eyes again and allow the central idea or concept that comes to your mind from the reading to expand in your mind. Ask questions about how this answers your question about the market. Again, write down what comes to you.
A New Framework for Observing the Market
Part Two
by Van K. Tharp
Last week we opened the discussion that all models about the market come from you to some extent. And when you realize that all concepts of the market are made up, it means that you can make up new ones.
New frameworks for perceiving the market can you give you a tremendous advantage in trading. Until those ideas reach a critical mass, they allow you to think about the markets in ways that are not shared with other similar minds. Discussing new frameworks for observing markets would probably extend this tip into a book. Instead, I would like to suggest the following exercise to help you extend your thinking about markets to a non-ego viewpoint.
Write down on paper the central issue you are currently struggling with in the market. Also, write down a question concerning that issue you would like answered.
Get in a comfortable position, close your eyes, and bring your attention to your breath. Notice the air coming in and going out. After a while, notice how the air just seems to come in and go out by itself.
Look behind your eyes and watch your mind at work. You will see thoughts entering your consciousness and waiting for you to acknowledge them.
As each thought enters, acknowledge it and let it pass. This is like watching a ticker tape or a moving billboard. Give no value to any thought. Do not try to either reject it or hold on to it. Simply let each one enter, walk through your mind and leave. And if you find yourself holding on to a particular thought, just move your attention back to your breath.
After 10-15 min. when you feel centered and at peace, open your eyes and just start writing about the issue that came into your mind. Just write without even thinking about what you're putting down. And continue until you "feel" finished.
Close your eyes again and allow the central idea or concept that comes to your mind from the reading to expand in your mind. Ask questions about how this answers your question about the market. Again, write down what comes to you.
Monday, August 18, 2003
Sunday, August 17, 2003
Pete Waterman did it to sell Kylie Minogue records when all the record companies laughed him to scorn. Many of the hip hopt prodcers who have become so wealthyt marketing thier brnad of music have done it. If you have music, perhpas you should do it too. Start your own record company.
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Saturday, August 16, 2003
Refdesk: reference, facts, news, free and family friendly
A very handy place to make your home page.
A very handy place to make your home page.
Monday, August 11, 2003
Friday, August 08, 2003
Jury Verdict Research: "
Davis vs. Ackerman
A 35-year-old female homemaker (Davis) suffered lacerations and abrasions on her face and head, resulting in permanent scarring, when she was bitten by her neighbor's dog. The plaintiff claimed the defendants were negligent for failing to properly restrain the animal. The defendants contended the plaintiff fed and welcomed the dog until the time of the attack.
Past Medical Expense Claimed: $2,200
Future Medical Expense Claimed: $3,000
State: PA
County: Bucks"
Davis vs. Ackerman
A 35-year-old female homemaker (Davis) suffered lacerations and abrasions on her face and head, resulting in permanent scarring, when she was bitten by her neighbor's dog. The plaintiff claimed the defendants were negligent for failing to properly restrain the animal. The defendants contended the plaintiff fed and welcomed the dog until the time of the attack.
Past Medical Expense Claimed: $2,200
Future Medical Expense Claimed: $3,000
State: PA
County: Bucks"
Thursday, August 07, 2003
This is a private blog for clandestine communication. All referenced names and identifyng information will be coded and all posting persons will use Nom de Guerre codenames inorder to prevent text retrieval.
This blog, while private is not invisible to search engines. Anyone with the URL can access and read it. Only those who have been granted rights to post can post here.
We could referenc eto job leads, salary ranmges and guess etc, but i suggest wer lave the name of the institution out or a code key kept elsewhere to protect from webcrawlers and indexers.
Now i will create some other users who can join.
This blog, while private is not invisible to search engines. Anyone with the URL can access and read it. Only those who have been granted rights to post can post here.
We could referenc eto job leads, salary ranmges and guess etc, but i suggest wer lave the name of the institution out or a code key kept elsewhere to protect from webcrawlers and indexers.
Now i will create some other users who can join.
