Monday, October 15, 2012

Maximizing Relationships

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Maximizing RelationshipsRelationships play a crucial role in every aspect of our daily lives.? Every personal and professional interaction provides a significant opportunity to develop, nurture, strengthen, and establish a quality relationship.? Whether in your family, business or work, personal of professional networking, or any other interpersonal interaction, your perceived value and level of commitment will determine the role each relationship plays in your life.

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Thursday, October 11, 2012

Samsung smartphone ban reversed by appeals court

Kim Kyung-Hoon / Reuters

Apple's iPhone (L) and Samsung Galaxy Note are displayed at a shop in Tokyo in this August 31, 2012, file photo.

By Reuters

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A U.S. appeals court overturned a preliminary injunction banning the sale of Samsung Electronics Co Ltd's Galaxy Nexus smartphone on Thursday, sending the case back to a California court for reconsideration.

Apple had filed a lawsuit in February accusing Samsung of infringing eight patents, and had asked a California court to ban the sale of smartphones it said infringed on its patents. The lower court agreed.

But the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, which had previously put a stay on the injunction, ruled that the district court in California "abused its discretion in entering an injunction."

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24 Passengers Join Jetblue ?Pilot Meltdown? - Personal Injury Law ...

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In an amended complaint filed on September 27 in the United States District Court, Eastern District of New York, 24 additional plaintiffs joined a lawsuit over the ?pilot meltdown? episode aboard Jetblue Flight 191. In all, 34 passengers from the March 27th flight ? which had to make an emergency landing after the pilot in command began ranting and terrifying passengers and crew ? have joined the lawsuit, brought against the flight?s operator, JetBlue Airways Corporation, and the pilot, Clayton Osbon.

The passengers are represented by the Manhattan-based law firm of Jonathan C. Reiter, and Garden City, New York?s Barket, Marion, Epstein & Kearon. Each plaintiff is asking for $1 million in compensatory damages and $1 million in punitive damages bringing the total damages claimed to $68 million.

The amended complaint alleges a frightening chain of events: a veteran airline captain running up and down the aisle yelling about Al-Quaeda, Iran and 9/11 and to ?say your prayers? and ?we?re all going down.? Osbon, the complaint alleges, had displayed disturbing behavior on the flight deck, telling the first officer that they would not make it to their destination. Plaintiffs were terrified, fearing they would be killed in a plane crash. Osbon was ultimately subdued by passengers some of whom were experienced in security. The flight, which had a planned route from New York?s John F. Kennedy Airport to Las Vegas, diverted to Amarillo, Texas where the passengers were detained on the airplane for questioning, adding to their anxiety.

In July, Osbon was found not guilty by reason of insanity of the criminal charge of interfering with a flight crew. The complaint in the current case alleges that psychotic episodes like Osbon?s are almost always preceded by behavioral, emotional, and mental changes that should have alerted Jetblue to Osbon?s impaired mental state.

Indeed, negligent supervision is one of the five causes of action the complaint alleges against Jetblue. Others include assault, reckless and negligent infliction of emotional distress, and negligent infliction of mental distress. Jetblue is liable under these causes of action, because Osbon was acting in his capacity as a Jetblue employee at the time.

?The flight ended with an arrest but it could have ended in tragedy, says aviation accident attorney Jonathan Reiter. ?That makes it particularly important that there is investigation and accountability ? and that something like this never happens again.?

For more than 30 years, the Manhattan-based accident law firm of Jonathan C. Reiter has been among the country?s leading personal injury, medical malpractice, and aviation accident law firms. Our attorneys are dynamic, compassionate, and experienced trial lawyers with an impressive track record for winning just awards for clients in catastrophic injury and wrongful death cases. We are committed advocates for those who have been seriously injured or killed as a result of airline crashes, medical malpractice, defective products, construction accidents, mass disasters, and other types of negligence.

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Saturday, September 15, 2012

Internship Opportunity at a Residential Interior Design and Home ...

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***Must be a Current or Former Arc_ID Student to Apply***

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For eager candidates who want to really learn the fundamental skills that are needed to run an interior design business.

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-Manage fabric library
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-Get mail and sort mail for each individual
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Local officials fear final end of personal property tax | Capital News ...

By ANJANA SCHROEDER

Capital News Service

LANSING ? Local governments across northern Michigan would face more budget cuts because of a personal property tax proposal passed by the Senate and awaiting House action.

The proposal would exempt businesses from taxes on personal property like machines, desks and supplies.

Local governments rely on the personal property tax to finance public services.

Josh Reid, who chairs the Gladwin County Board of Commissioners, said he is not confident that the state will make up the loss if the proposal becomes law.

?We have zero confirmation there will be replacement revenue,? he said.

Dan Papineau, the legislative director for Sen. Jack Brandenburg, R-Harrison Township, said local governments should not be concerned about replacement revenue because if the state doesn?t replace the revenue, the personal property tax will be reinstated.

Mason County Administrator Fabian Knizacky said it would become a burden on the local government to keep the state accountable.

He said the change would result in a loss of more than $200,000 annually for the county.

However, Knizacky said the county is not starting any pre-emptive planning but is waiting until 2016 when the bill would be implemented to take steps to deal with the situation.

He said he hopes there will be a constitutional guarantee of replacement revenue from the state to affected localities.

Sen. Goeff Hansen, R-Hart, stressed the importance of replacing revenue.

?This is so important and is the lifeblood of our locals.?

If the money isn?t replaced, the tax will be reinstated Hansen said Hansen said he remembers paying the personal property tax when he was in the grocery business.

Hansen was one of 23 senators who voted for the bill and he predicted it will become law.

Knizacky is not the only one calling for a constitutional guarantee to ensure the state pays.

Deena Bosworth, legislative coordinator for Michigan Association of Counties, said, ?We are supportive of eliminating the personal property tax as long as the replacement revenue is guaranteed.?

However, Papineau said Brandenburg doesn?t support a constitutional amendment to guarantee replacement revenue but local governments should be reassured because the state has to pay.

Crawford County Administrator Paul Compo said he does not want local taxes raised to make up for any lost revenue.

?Our community is taxed enough,? Compos said. ?Nearly 80 percent of the budget is in personnel costs,? adding that he hopes layoffs would not be necessary.

If the House passes the personal property tax bill and Gov. Rick Snyder signs it, cities, villages, townships, schools districts and counties would feel the effects in 2016.

Source: http://news.jrn.msu.edu/capitalnewsservice/2012/09/14/local-officials-fear-final-end-of-personal-property-tax/

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Judge rules in favor of Legion in contested will

(AP) ? A U.S. judge has ruled in favor of the Legion of Christ in throwing out a lawsuit contesting the will of an elderly widow who gave more than $30 million to the disgraced Roman Catholic religious order.

But Judge Michael Silverstein of Rhode Island Superior Court found evidence that the woman, Gabrielle Mee, had been unduly persuaded to change her will and give the Legion her money, detailing the process by which the Legion slowly took over control of her finances as she became more deeply involved in the movement.

Pope Benedict XVI took over the Legion in 2010 after a Vatican investigation determined its founder, the late Rev. Marcial Maciel lived a double life: he sexually molested seminarians and fathered three children by two women. The pope ordered a wholesale reform of the order after finding serious problems with its very culture, and named a papal delegate to oversee it.

The Maciel scandal has been particularly damaging for the church given that the Mexican-born priest was held up by Pope John Paul II as a model for the faithful, admired for his perceived orthodoxy and ability to bring in money and attract new seminarians.

It was that high esteem that attracted Mee, a devout Roman Catholic, to the Legion in the first place, Silverstein wrote in his Sept. 7 order throwing out a lawsuit filed by Mee's niece contesting her will.

The niece, Mary Lou Dauray, had alleged that Mee was defrauded by the Legion and unduly influenced by its priests into giving away her fortune. Her late husband was a one-time director of Fleet National Bank.

Silverstein, however, ruled that Dauray had no standing. Dauray's attorney, Bernard Jackvony, said his client was considering an appeal.

Yet in his 39-page ruling, Silverstein took pains to cite evidence submitted by Dauray's attorneys to detail the process by which the Legion wooed Mee, bending the rules to let her become a "consecrated" member of its lay movement, giving her privileged access to Maciel and inviting her on special trips to Rome and Mexico.

He cited letters from the Legion thanking Mee for her money, emphasizing how her generosity was "pleasing both the Lord and assisting his mission" while also satisfying her late husband's wishes.

Such fundraising tactics have long been a hallmark of the Legion: critics have pointed to the process by which typically good-looking priests would shower wealthy patrons with praise, access and spiritual guidance while persuading them to donate their fortunes.

"The transfer of millions of dollars worth of assets ? through will, trust and gifts ? from a steadfastly spiritual elderly woman to her trusted but clandestinely dubious religious leaders raises a red flag to this court," Silverstein wrote.

Maciel himself, whom Mee considered a living saint, gave her financial advice, and another Legion priest helped her with her estate planning, Silverstein wrote. He detailed how Mee, after she became consecrated, created a Legion-appointed committee to determine distributions from her trust and eventually gave the Legion full control over her finances.

At the same time, the Legion withheld full information about Maciel's misdeeds, which first came to light in 1997 with a newspaper article alleging the sexual abuse, Silverstein wrote. By 2006, Legion leaders knew of Maciel's child.

The Legion claimed in court filings that Mee was informed of Maciel's double life, but Silverstein cited evidence disputing that and also noted that she cut off support to another religious movement as soon as she learned that one of its founders had had sexual relations with another man.

"Plaintiffs argue, and the court recognizes, that this could reasonably indicate how Mrs. Mee would have acted if she had known of the allegations (or the extent of the allegations) against Father Maciel," he wrote.

An email seeking comment Friday from the Legion was not immediately returned.

The Legion has been facing a serious slump in fundraising following the revelations of Maciel's double life. Properties have been sold off and schools have been closed as the Legion's once exponential growth has contracted, with dozens of priests leaving the order and fewer seminarians joining its ranks.

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