That is not an easy question to answer. After all, a new job might bring you higher pay, more authority, more responsibility, a better opportunity for advancement, even a better work environment. On the other hand, making a move for the wrong reason can send you down a treacherous path and away from your ultimate goal.

Consider the stories of two former clients. Their names are changed, but their stories are true. Jim Peters dreamed of becoming a Sales Manager for a national construction company. After spending five years as a salesman for a Georgia-based construction company, he thinks it’s time to move on. He feels underpaid and sees no room to move forward. After talking quietly with a few local companies (who are hiring salespeople with his level of experience), he takes a better-paying job at an architecture firm.

Four years later, Jim is ready to move again. While he enjoys his boss, the job is more difficult than his previous job and the chances of advancement are non-existent. What’s worse, the 10% raise Jim engineered by switching jobs was also paid to his successor at his old construction sales job.

Given his disenchantment with architectural sales, Jim opts to return to construction sales. Learning that Washington, DC is one of the hottest construction markets, Jim starts looking there. But no firm is willing to raise his salary because his architectural sales experience is worthless. A company offers a job without a salary increase. Jim agrees, rationalizing that there will be an opportunity to advance further. Jim moves to Washington. But the disappointment arises a few years later when his expected promotion does not materialize. Jim eventually buys a fast food franchise with his brother-in-law.

Bill Doyle, a civil engineering student with highest academic honors, dreams of leading a design team for one of the nation’s leading engineering firms designing luxury hotels. But no civil engineering company hires at his university. His resumes do not generate interviews from his target employers. Instead, upon graduation, he settles for an offer from a local utility company.

Three years later, Bill learns of the exceptional wages civil engineers earn in the Texas oil fields. This time, submitting a resume leads to an offer and a 25% pay raise with a major oil company. Bill dicks. Five years later, the oil depression hits and Bill is fired. After six months of searching, he finds a job designing pulp and paper plants for a 20% pay cut. Bill eventually finds his way back into hotel design, as an individual designer, not a manager, for a national chain of rather boring hotels.

Unfortunately, both Jim and Bill made fundamental and common mistakes. They were willing to change jobs for better offers, but their moves never moved them toward their ultimate career goals. The end result was a lot of movement that did not lead to the desired destination.

Don’t let the same thing happen with your professional goals. With some basic career planning, you can find the right jobs and know when to accept the right offers.

The following career planning method uses straightforward common sense. Don’t be fooled by the simplicity. The difficulty comes in the execution. You will need discipline, self-assessment, and commitment.

A safe two-step plan

My advice boils down to two points: Adopt a career goal, and then develop plans to execute it. These two steps allow you, not fate, to control your progress.

Your career goal should be a specific position within a specific industry (ie, you may want to be an executive editor for a technical publishing company or a chief engineer for a major auto parts manufacturer).

Your work plan will have two elements. Your long-term plan will be a list of all the jobs you need to have to reach your career goal. This plan should include not only job titles, but also all the skills and experience needed for each position. Your short-term work plan will list the skills and experience needed to move up to the next rung of the ladder.

For most of us, there are no shortcuts. Only with a goal in mind can you know when you have arrived. Only with a plan can you be sure that you will arrive on time, or not at all.

To choose an appropriate goal, honestly assess your experience, skills, interests, strengths, weaknesses, enthusiasm, and dislikes. If you find self-assessment difficult, ask a close friend for help or see a career counselor. Once you have a clear picture of how you work best, you can select a career goal that fits your character.

ask, ask

Try to get an idea of ​​the day-to-day reality of the position you are applying for. Research is paramount here. Spend time in the library. Read relevant books and magazines. Talk to executive recruiters. They know what it takes to thrive in a given role. As you begin to clarify your goal, interview people who have achieved it. Find out if he really wants his responsibilities and hard work. (Either way, it’s best to know ahead of time.)

To start setting up your work plan, ask your role models how they got promoted to their current positions. Record your professional histories and consider the composite result as a very rough road map. You cannot follow their advice to the letter, because the professional landscape always changes slightly. For example, foreign languages ​​may become important as your business or industry becomes more international. You may need experience in a process or technology that didn’t exist when your mentors were at your stage.

So be sure to ask your role models two additional questions: What qualifications was your successor expected to have, and what skills were you lacking, but wish you had, when you started this job? As you begin to see the path to your goal, interview the people who stand in your way. The better you understand what awaits you, the better you can rise to the challenge.

When you’re ready to move forward with your plan, time becomes of the essence. You should look for each new job as soon as you are ready to be successful in it. Moving before you have the skills and confidence can be disastrous for your career and your company. Also, there is no need to move too early or too high just because a great opportunity arrives prematurely. There are always opportunities for outstanding talent.

Similarly, there is no career benefit to staying at your current job once you’ve prepared for another one. Loyalty and stagnation are two different things. As soon as you’re ready for more responsibility, seek it out. As you move forward, stay on top of changes in your industry. Changes in regulations, technology, and business conditions have the potential to alter both your route and your destination. Stay flexible and regularly review your plans and goals.

keep a high profile

Your reputation within an industry is highly influential in getting you interviews and securing new positions. Never assume that doing a good job is enough. It’s just a good start. The best way to build your reputation (and keep up with the job market) is to be active in a trade association. Serve on a committee in your area of ​​interest, write articles for your group journal, and agree to speak when invited. These initiatives announce your commitment to your field.

Cultivate a network of successful people within your industry. Make it clear that you respect their achievements and want to emulate them. Most people will be flattered and happy to help. This network will provide early warning of the best vacancies, which are rarely advertised.

If you have a choice, it’s better to stay employed and learn about openings through your network than to quit your job and work as a full-time detective. Your appeal as a successful employee is worth much more than the extra hours spent shopping.

To review, effective career management requires a goal, a plan, and good timing. Choose a goal that is worthwhile but achievable. Develop a plan based on in-depth, up-to-date industry knowledge. Look for your next job as soon as you have the skills and confidence to move forward. Do these things consistently and well. You will realize your true professional potential.

Introduction

Why become a founder? What are some of the things you can do to become a successful founder?

Having worked extensively with founders as a startup lawyer in Silicon Valley for many years and building my own business as well, I have some advice to share on these points.

Tips on why you should become a founder

Why become a founder?

1. If you are successful as a founder, you will earn much more than you would as an employee. Obvious, but it bears repeating.

Founders want the big advantage that will come from a successful company. The goal is very difficult to achieve, but the rewards can be great.

2. If you are successful as a founder, you keep more than you earn.

As an employee, you will be hit with ever-increasing taxes on your compensation.

Forget the rich. It’s the average employee who gets soaked. You pay, say, up to a third of what you earn in federal, state, and local income taxes. Add another nearly 10% for payroll taxes. Now suppose that inflation pushes you into higher tax brackets. Then the rates for those sections are raised. So payroll tax rates go up. And the cap on social security was lifted. And new taxes were added to fund future health benefits. You will be left with a smaller and smaller net amount of your salary. Welcome to be the employee of the future.

However, as a founder, your biggest reward by far will not come from salary, but from a liquidity event where you cash in your tokens. At that point, you pay a one-time capital gains tax on much of the financial reward you get from your business. You pay less income tax because the capital gains rate is lower. And you pay no employment taxes at all. With capital gains, you also have some control over time, and this can help minimize what you pay.

Everything comes from the same effort. You sweat for what you earn. You can take your reward as ordinary income or, as a founder, convert a large part of it into much more advantageous capital gains. With success, you not only earn more, but also keep more.

3. Being a founder can be rewarding not only financially but also psychologically.

When you venture out, you have the opportunity to realize a vision for your company and benefit not only yourself but also your co-founders, your investors, your employees, your customers, and the general public. You have the opportunity to see your company grow and prosper. You have the opportunity to see how it has an impact on others forever.

The satisfaction that can come from success is a great intangible reward.

4. Finally, being a founder gives you the independence of being your own boss. You will rise or fall on your own merits. This is a great opportunity and a great challenge. This is the one advantage that most employers will eventually say they value the most.

Tips for becoming a successful founder

What does it take to be successful as a founder? Here are some thoughts.

1. Above all, build from strength.

Be prepared before you venture out. Get a solid education. Work with the best to get great training in your field. Master your craft. Build relationships. Take what you do best and make it better. That is the key to innovation. And this is the best path for most founders.

Or it may be based solely on the strength of exceptional business talent. Or a specialized skill that allows you to work in a team with others who supply what you may lack. Nothing formulaic here. But you need to build on some force form.

This also means that you do No venture based on a naked idea. Try this one from the bubble age: “I’ve been in manufacturing for a year and I know how to revolutionize that field through an idea I have for a website.” I’m sorry, but abstract ideas get you nowhere.

It also means that you do No do something just because you’re tired of something else. Think twice about that romantic little tea shop. That is, unless you know about the tea shop business. Others do, and they will make you pay. Know what you are doing before you get into something.

No one will carry you when you go out alone. So be prepared to build on something you do exceptionally well. That is your main key to success as a founder.

2. Count the cost before you venture out.

You need the right temperament to start your own business. If you crave security and certainty, being a founder is not for you.

Don’t idealize the process either. Business is tough. You will lose the certainty of a regular paycheck. You’ll have bills to pay, whether you’re making money or not. You will face a relentless variety of challenges, from people problems to financial pressures, competitive challenges, legal disputes, enormous psychological pressures and all sorts of other obstacles. When you get through all of this, or at least most of it, you’ll have built “goodwill,” that is, going-concern value for your company. Goodwill is nothing more than the benefits you gain from the blood you have shed. It is a great advantage that makes your business better than others. But you Will blood must be spilled on it. Understand this from the start and be prepared to pay the necessary costs.

It follows, of course, that if you’re not willing to pay the costs, you should stick with the steady job.

3. When you pitch, try to pitch with a multi-talented team.

There is no fixed rule here. However, experience confirms that a team is much more likely to succeed than a single founder. This may just be another way of saying that if something is really good, others will be drawn to it. Most likely, it’s another way of saying that launching and building a successful company is hard to do and that it takes a multi-talented team to make it happen. Where you cannot supply everything, others will supply what you lack.

4. Make sure you have a solid business model.

Technical innovations are great, but by themselves they usually can’t sustain a business. Sometimes they can be sold or licensed to a large company. Nothing wrong with that. In most cases though the technology will not be enough.

With or without key technology, for a company to be successful, it must have to have a solid business model that allows you to build and maintain a significant competitive advantage that makes you consistently profitable.

Without that, you’re not going to get anywhere, no matter how innovative this or that element of your company is.

5. Watch your spending.

Waste is perhaps the biggest flaw of early-stage businesses.

Small business entrepreneurs have much less difficulty with this than startup founders. Why? Because they are usually dealing with their own money. If you know what it cost to win it in the first place, the chances of you being wasteful with it are greatly reduced.

One aspect of wasteful spending is simply extravagance. You fund and you go out and you get the best money can buy. expensive offices. Extravagant salaries. lavish parties. And so on. In early-stage businesses, you will regret such an expense when you hit roadblocks where you wish you had that cash. Inevitably, you will run into those potholes. Plan accordingly.

Yet another side of wasteful spending comes from not focusing your efforts properly in the early stages. You have ten great things you want to do as a company. You don’t make good judgments about which of these to focus on. You spend on all of them. Before long, your funds are dissipated before you can generate a reasonable income stream.

Use your best judgment on where you can best use your limited funds, and use them wisely.

6. Carefully plan your legal implementation.

Don’t charge unnecessary legal fees up front. However, when you’re ready for a significant launch, set it up properly.

If you have a founding team, be sure to give serious thought to using restricted stock rather than direct stock grants when making grants to founders. In other words, keep chains in action until won unless there is some exceptional reason not to. Use cheap stocks to avoid tax problems. Get the IP in the company. Secure employment and consulting deals, making sure all intellectual property from those deals goes to the company. Review your trademark issues in relation to any trademark you make. Submit provisional patents as appropriate. When you’re ready to bring in a larger team, set up an equity incentive plan.

Work closely with a good business attorney to get the legal steps right.

7. Fund your business incrementally when possible.

The worst trap an early-stage business can fall into is one where it overextends itself. Plan smart to avoid this trap.

Work with early-stage investors or have a reserve of your own funds to take you through the phases before you have significant income.

Don’t put yourself in a position where you run out of options, except to buy your opportunity for venture capitalists. Either you will not receive funding (the most likely outcome) or you will be butchered on the terms of the funding.

conclusion

Think carefully before you venture out as a founder. The rewards can be great, but you have to be ready to meet the challenges. If you think you are, a great open world of opportunities awaits you.

Richard Branson, world-renowned adventurer, extreme sports enthusiast and entrepreneur, was incredibly impressed on his first visit to Squamish BC, Canada’s outdoor recreation capital. “This place is amazing! I will definitely be back at some point to do more kitesurfing!” exclaimed Branson after a 40-minute kite ride in strong winds on Squamish Spit against the backdrop of snow-capped mountains and the monolithic Stawamus Chief rock-climbing park.

Of course, this wasn’t just a chance for Richard Branson to go out and have some fun. It was also a media event, with a helicopter circling overhead and camera crews on the ground. All of this provided great photo opportunities for two Virgin Mobile promotional spots, including the announcement that Virgin Canada has pledged $100,000 to sponsor a team of extreme female athletes. Virgin Canada Chairman Andrew Black said the ‘Women’s Extreme Team’ was a good fit and a good opportunity for Virgin as extreme sports reflected their brand. Female athletes were chosen because much of the sponsorship and attention of extreme sports had previously focused on men.

What led Branson and Virgin to choose Squamish BC to host this event? It seems there were a number of factors. First, Western Canada was left out of Virgin Mobile’s announcements with Branson when the company launched in March. Second, Branson has recently become an avid kite surfer. He was eager to promote the sport in Canada, where, according to Branson, participation levels are below what they are in other parts of the world, and below what they should be, given that it is a great sport and one “can access it for a relatively low cost. Voila – a visit to Western Canada’s premier kitesurfing destination was in order.

Members of the Squamish Windsurfing and Kite Surfing Society rated Branson “pretty good”. Since it’s always tough in a new location until a kite surfer feels the local wind and waves, Branson put on quite a show on his first trip to Squamish. One member noted that it was impressive that he used a 14-foot platform instead of a 12-foot one, given the high winds.

What makes Squamish Spit such a great place to windsurf? The best summary I found was on the site http://www.flexfoil.com, summarized in an article by Cliff Umpleby, a Flexi team rider:

If you’re not familiar with the kite scene in Canada or the infamous Spit at Squamish, I’ll let you know…
With Stawamus Chief, the second largest granite monolith on earth as a backdrop, Howe Sound’s constant thermal winds lead to epic conditions with summer usually 6 days a week on the water. The basic rule here is, if it’s sunny, it’s windy. Warm air rising inland sucks cool sea air up the valley.

The Squamish Spit is located at the end of Howe Sound on a narrow piece of land that divides the Squamish River from the rest of the Squamish Estuary. While it’s best left as a destination for intermediate to advanced riders, it’s perfect for learning if the tide is out. The Squamish Windsport Society charges a fee for access, which includes a Jet Ski on hand in case you get off and can’t get back.

Beyond kite surfing, Squamish offers an incredibly wide variety of outdoor recreation opportunities. Over 1,000 routes of all varieties on clean granite make Squamish the premier rock climbing destination in Canada. Add to that an extensive network of trails for walking, running, and mountain biking, and some class three and four rapids for the kayaks and rafting boats, and you get an idea of ​​why Squamish attracts thousands of rafting enthusiasts. adventure sports like Richard Branson all summer. Of course, there are also golf courses, excellent fishing opportunities, and moderate day hikes for the less adventurous.

Richard Branson started his famous business career selling music by mail order and went on to build a business empire that includes an airline, music stores, Virgin Mobile of course, and a pretty good cola that’s sadly not available in Canada.

If you’re looking for hotel accommodations in Squamish, then The Sea to Sky Hotel, on Highway 99 is probably your best bet.

Legal Process Outsourcing or LPO, as it is popularly known, is a practice through which law firms seek legal assistance and services from other law firms within or outside their own country. The type of services that outsourcers are looking for are legal research, legal document drafting, document review, pleading writing, contract management, litigation support, document discovery, intellectual property and patent services (search for patent prior art, patent portfolio management). , optimization of patents and patent/trademark registration processes).

LPO has become a compelling option for most companies in the west. US and UK law firms have suffered the worst economic fallout in recent years. As a result, they have started looking for options to reduce their costs. Legal services are very expensive in the US and UK with hourly rates for lawyers and consultants going through the roof. This has helped countries like India and the Philippines get a lot of legal work from abroad. The LPO market was valued at $320 million in 2008 by Value Notes research and is likely to reach $640 million by the end of 2010. Price has been the key factor for law firms looking to outsource.

Although legal work in India and other major outsourcing hubs has grown in recent years, there have also been some challenges. Some lawyers in the US and UK have started committing their fees due to the economic crisis. Some start-ups doing legal work in countries like India have been unable to deliver on their promises. This has resulted in many companies in the US seeking legal firms within their country to ensure that all processes involved are followed in an ethical manner. In addition, there are concerns looming over client confidentiality and the ethical makeup of outsourcing companies.

India has become one of the most popular destinations for companies that want to outsource legal work. This is so because there are certain very obvious advantages, such as the availability of qualified, US and UK graduate lawyers who speak English and work at cheaper rates. Also, the Indian legal system is much like its counterparts in the west. The other main LPO centers are in Japan, France, Australia, South Korea and China. Some companies are also looking into setting up their own stores in these countries to save costs. For example, SDD Global Solutions is the only US law firm to operate its high-end legal KPO service center in Mysore, India. They have managed to reduce their installation costs by almost 43 times by doing so in India. Hollywood companies such as HBO, Sony Pictures, MTV, ABC and Twentieth Century Fox have outsourced their legal work to SDD in India as this reduces their costs to just 10% of what they would pay lawyers in the US. and the response time is less.

Legal process outsourcing is an important part of the outsourcing pie. Although there are limitations and challenges around this, we can only expect growth in this sector. If the large and experienced BPO companies manage to work on the ethical and quality aspects of this vertical, we can expect unprecedented growth in the coming years.

It’s your first date. You look good? Does your breath smell good? Will she like you? What will you talk about? If these or other questions cross your mind on a first date, don’t be alarmed; everything is perfectly normal. However, while things may be “normal,” they can still make it much more difficult to present yourself clearly and avoid tripping over your own feet in an attempt to win the girl over.

Don’t worry though, it’s very possible to reduce your anxiety and therefore increase your chances of a comeback date. After all, first impressions ARE the most important, and with the help of this article and a willingness to change, you can present him with the best possible version of yourself. keep reading…

Top Things To Ask A Girl On Your Date: Make Her Fall For Your Words In No Time

What most men miss when they’re on a date is conversation. What should you talk about? And how should the issue be approached? Here are a couple of non-offensive questions to ask on a date that might help you understand her character a little better.

Question 1: Which FRIENDS character do you like the most? This question isn’t so much about the TV show FRIENDS as it is about breaking the ice and learning a bit about it. You can substitute any show, but FRIENDS or Gossip Girl are usually safe bets as most women tend to watch these shows. If you actually get to talk about a show she loves, it’ll be better for you, but just striking up a conversation is good enough at this point.

If he mentions a show you didn’t talk about, suggest he introduce it to you; this would be a great opportunity for a second date.

Question 2: What do you want from life? This question is best reserved for second dates when you get to know her a little better, as this question can be a bit invasive. However, his response will help you get a sense of his character and will let you know if you will be compatible in the long run. Asking a question that forces her to assess herself and her situation is known as ‘getting value’ and is commonly used among the pickup community as a method of forming lasting bonds with a woman.

Question 3: Did you like your childhood? Be careful how you phrase this question though, as it can be offensive if you’re not careful. Known as ‘memory regression’, this technique has the girl look back on her life and relive the highlights with you. This makes her emotionally addicted to you and is a great way to transition into a hypnotic technique that involves sending a girl on an emotional thrill ride that makes her fall head over heels for you.

Now that you’re armed with the questions you need to be successful, all that’s left is to go out and try your hand at dating. Remember, every experience is something you can learn from and use to refine your technique, so get out there and have some fun!

If you just graduated from college or even grad school, law school, or medical school, your education section is probably the first on your resume (after your header and possibly a summary/brand statement) . Why? Because it studies what you have done most recently and is most relevant to your potential employer. (There may be exceptions to this rule if you have a long and relevant work history. If you think you are one of those people, ask an expert for advice.)

The following are five helpful tips for organizing your Education section. Follow these tips to include a lot of information without taking up half the space on your resume:

1. What should be the basic format?

has. List your educational institutions in reverse chronological order, just as you list your employment history.

b. The most important part of each school section is the name of the school you attended. Make it bold and/or lowercase, followed by the city and state. Use the same format you use for your employers.

against Next, put the title you received. If you are anticipating a degree, write “BA Candidate,” “BS Expected,” or “MA Anticipated.” Fill in the appropriate grade of course.

2. Do I need a separate line for my GPA and for each of my honors?

To save space, you can combine your GPA and honors on one line, and even put them on the same line as your major. How much you combine things will depend on how much space you have on other lines. Here are some possibilities:

has. BA in Political Science, cum laude, 2006 (GPA: 3.41)

b. Degree in Political Science, concentration in Psychology, May 2005

Major Average: 3.73; Cumulative average: 3.68

3. How should I list honors and activities?

You do not need a separate section for Honors or Activities. Only create these separate sections if you need to fill the space! Instead, place them under the appropriate school entrance.

Do you have many honors and/or activities? If you need space, you can group them. For example, you can have a bullet that says “Honors:” and follow that title with your honours, separated by semicolons. Then have a bullet that says “Activities:” and list your activities, separated by semicolons. You can put any relevant date in parentheses after the honor or activity and before the semicolon.

Examples:

has. Honors: Undergraduate Honors Thesis Research Scholarship (Honors Program Award); Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society; Golden Key International Honor Society

b. Honors: Dean’s List (2006-2009); Baylor University Alumni Scholarship (2005-2009); Greek Women’s Leadership Award (2009); Midwest Conference Academic All Conference Team (2008 and 2009)

Contra Activities: Latino Student Association, Secretary (2006-2007), Delegate/Community Service Committee (2005-2007); Organization of Mexican Students, Social Chair (2005-2006); South American Student Association, Member (2004-2007)

d. Activities: Varsity Girls Basketball Team, Four Year Charter Winner; Pi Beta Phi Fraternity, Board Director (2006-2007) and Member (2004-2007); University Chapel Choir, Member (2004-2007)

4. Do I need a separate section for Study Abroad?

Nope! Studying abroad is part of your university education. It can be a bullet point, or if you want to emphasize it because of your international interest or language ability, you can put it in bold. Do not leave a space between your college degree section and the study abroad section, unless you need to fill in the space.

Bullet format example:

[end of undergraduate section here]
• Third year semester at the University of East Anglia, Norwich, England (1993)

Example of bold section in undergraduate section:

[end of undergraduate section here]
Reid Hall, Columbia University, Paris, France

Summer 2003 Study Abroad (Courses: 19th Century French Painting, French Language)

5. How long should the Education section be?

Unless you’ve already earned five different degrees from five different schools, your education section should generally take up a maximum of one-third of a page. This means it’s important to get experience to put on your resume and not rely on your education to get a job!

Implementing these five tips will give you a great start to your Education section, making it efficient and effective.

One of the best ways to keep your name clean if you are charged with a crime is to hire an experienced and talented criminal defense attorney. These attorneys have vast knowledge in many areas of criminal charges such as drug possession, robbery, DUI, and breaking and entering. However, you should know that not all attorneys are the same, so be sure to explain your case to them so they can tell you if they are qualified to help you. Sometimes new attorneys who lack experience work well, but in many cases, the inexperience of your attorneys could end up being detrimental. However, there are some young, new attorneys whose enthusiasm makes up for their lack of experience.

There are cases where a public defender can be assigned to you for free, but in many cases it would be better to find an affordable attorney to work with you. Payment plans can be made for people on any type of budget at great rates and these can be very helpful in obtaining legal representation. When it comes to clearing your name of a misdemeanor or felony, hiring a criminal defense attorney may end up being your only hope.

To get a good idea of ​​which attorney to choose, you should talk to at least two different potential candidates, and they should be fairly easy to find in your location. Finding similar and relevant cases online with local criminal defense attorneys is a great way to start your local search. If you know of someone who has faced criminal charges before, then it would be wise to ask for an attorney referral. In most cases, the discounts may even be a little better if you are referred by a previous customer.

You can make a more informed decision if you also find some online reviews for local criminal defense attorneys. You could avoid hiring the wrong criminal defense attorney by reading these reviews because they show how they treat their clients and that says a lot. An experienced criminal attorney is an absolute must to win your case, especially if you are facing serious criminal charges. Not having an experienced attorney by your side could make all the complex steps of a criminal trial even more difficult to navigate.

The good news is that there are many local defense attorneys who will fight for your rights and they are affordable in your area. The affordability factor is something that really comes into play when hiring a criminal defense specialist to represent you. However, you want the lawyers’ impact on your case to be positive, so make a few calls and read a few reviews to make sure you’ve selected the right person to represent you. When you are charged with a criminal offense, the quality of the criminal defense attorney you retain will play a key role in the outcome of your case.

The four teenagers drove outside the city limits (of St. Paul), drinking in the car; they seemed to have come from nowhere to nowhere. And suddenly there was a crash, and Chick Evens standing looking down at the car, his car, a 1952, Desoto, and three bodies in the car, the car shattered, totaled (he was in a stone-black stillness, like if he were up in a tree, looking down), all motionless, his brain was numb, curious.

Then he appeared in real time, his brain now tired and angry. He was a guy who loses his temper. Sometimes breaking things; in this case, he kicked the car and kicked it hard, smashing the headlight with his kick, mad as hell.

He tapped Ralph Eldridge on the shoulder, he was still alive, and then pulled him out of the front seat of the Desoto, the two girls in the back seat, unconscious.

This was the first time in his life that he had come so close to death (fifteen years, drunk and without a license). He had the lives of three friends in his hands. He just had to walk, not look back, and they would be dead.

How vividly I remember tonight when I turned that corner on Gray Cloud Island and slammed on the brakes and the car ended up in the frozen Mississippi River.

It was a cold December night. In Minnesota, December, January, and February are typically the longest months. Everybody who lives in Minnesota all they do is sneeze and cough, and their chest and nostrils are congested, until the summer, sneezing all day, coughing all night.

I always used strong beer, even when I was fifteen, to take the chill out of my body, after and before eating; as she had tonight. But there was a catch.

He had pulled Ralph out of the car, “What happened?” she asked her, and started laughing.

“What is so funny?” Evens commented-the car demolished.

“You only have one shoe on and no sock on your right foot.”

That was strange, wasn’t it, he thought…

As I looked around (an empty wine bottle lay by the front tire of the car, half empty beer bottles under the seats, the car on solid ice), and leaning forward I made one of my strange but truthful observations ) seemed to have caught on. at me unexpectedly, “I want you to notice something Ralph?” I said.

“What?” she asked her. I started, “The two girls haven’t woken up yet, I can hear them breathing so they’re fine, maybe I should just get the hell out of here before the police come?”

“That doesn’t sound quite right?” Ralph told me.

“Well, let’s put it this way,” I said, “it’s a favor to the municipality of this small village, I’m sure if they have to spend their time dealing with tired and dissatisfied people, on my own, it will only increase their stress.” boring lives. It all cost tax money too, putting us in jail and feeding us, you know.”

Ralph smiled at me, “That is expressed very sympathetically!” he commented.

“Ralph, you are indescribably boring, and this is not a boring business: better for both of us to get sober and get out of here fast.”

Then we woke the two girls up and helped them out of the backseat of the car, stabilized them a bit and they stopped a car, as the ice cracked on the river and the car began to sink, and we, Ralph and I walked to the her sister’s house.

Here we were in a car with two flashy girls, more plain than flashy to be honest, and had taken them for a ride, now dropped them off while they took a ride back to town (I took the plates off the car), and We quickly made up a few bull-and-bull stories in case the police investigated the accident. But I did not read anything about it in the newspapers the following week, and that led me to live a gray and somewhat sad life waiting for something that was not going to happen. As a result, I decided to go to the police and let them know that I was the one who had had that horrible accident where everyone was fine; He had no intention of mentioning anyone else’s name, or in the story. And when I went to the St. Paul police station and started to explain my story, the police officer said, “What are you talking about?” (While he was reviewing his records for an accident report).

Police station
(St. Paul, Minn.)

Police Officer: I don’t know what you are talking about, Mr. Chick Evens, there is no such matter that has been reported or brought to our attention (a sad, meaningless look on his face).

Chick Evens: (Thinking: If I stayed and tried to convince him of my guilt, I would just talk like this, as I just described aimlessly, for this quarter of an hour, and then we would have parted ways in the afternoon anyway, the same way .) Thank you officer, have a nice day. (Thought: I don’t feel silly about this, just tired.)

5-14-2009 (HS)

It was sometime in the mid-1980s. I was dining at Forlini’s restaurant at 93 Baxter Street in midtown Manhattan with my good friend Rudy Riska, who was the athletic director of the Downtown Athletic Club and was known as the King of Heisman Trophy. I grew up across the street from Forlini’s, in a tenement at 134 White Street, on the corner of Baxter Street in the Sixth Ward, across the street from the city jail called the Tombs. Rudy had grown up on Madison Street in the adjacent Fourth Ward, just a 10-minute walk away.

People from the Fourth and Sixth Districts were friendly enemies, especially in sports. My first memory of the Fourth Ward was in 1958 when I went to play Little League baseball at Coleman Oval, under the Manhattan Bridge. By then the neighborhood had been completely transformed and tens of thousands of people had been driven from their homes by the cruel Eminent Domain law. This was done to make way for the construction of the low-income projects of Al Smith and the middle-income cooperatives of Chatham Green. The same thing had happened in the Sixth Ward, albeit on a smaller basis, to make way for the construction of middle-income co-ops in Chatham Towers.

Over dinner at Forlini’s, Rudy told me about the Fourth District of the 1940s and early 1950s. He mentioned streets that no longer existed; such as Roosevelt Street and Oak Street, and parts of Williams Street. And he mentioned a Catholic church that he had never heard of called St. Joachim’s, which was on Roosevelt Street. Then Rudy started talking about the boys he grew up with.

“Do you remember Victor Star?” Rudy asked me.

No, I didn’t, but after reading the wonderful book “Between Two Bridges” by Victor Colaio (Victor Star), although I never met the man, I know Victor Star very well (we even went to the same high school – Cardinal Hayes in the Bronx).

Both Victor and Rudy are about 10-12 years older than me. The Lower East Side they grew up on was a little different than the Lower East Side I grew up on. Sure, we played stickball, stoopball, softball, hardball, basketball, and soccer, just like them, but we had actual balls that we bought at a sporting goods store on Nassau Street, whose name escapes me (Spiegels?). In the Victor era, they would buy pink Spaldeen balls and occasionally a Clincher softball, like we did, but their soccer balls were made of wrapped newsprint and duct tape. Talk about roughing. (I’m guessing they used real basketballs, because if the ball wasn’t perfectly round, how could they bounce correctly?)

Also, in the era of Rudy and Victor, television was a new invention; basically only bars had them to show sporting events like baseball and boxing. However, I don’t remember not having a TV in my apartment, nor do I remember any of my friends not having TVs in their apartments. But this was in the mid to late 1950s; not the mid to late 1940s, when Rudy and Victor grew up.

In “Between Two Bridges”, Victor talks about spending many wonderful evenings at the Venice Theatre, which was owned by a wonderful woman named Mazie, who would let children into the theater for free if they had no money. Mazie also gave the Bowery bums money, so they could buy something to eat, or probably something to drink. I don’t remember the Venice Theater, but I do remember Mazie, but the Chatham Theater in Chatham Square, under Third Avenue El, which was torn down when she was about 9 or 10 years old. However, the Chatham Theater remained there for many years.

In “Between Two Bridges,” Victor regales the reader with stories of how children played catch on “The Lots,” a strip of dirty land under the Manhattan Bridge. I don’t remember “The Lots”, but I do remember Coleman Oval, which was built on the former site of “The Lots”. This is where the Two Bridges Little League Baseball Association used to play their games. In fact, in 1960, my Transfiguration Little League team beat the Victor St. James Little League team for the Two Bridges championship.

And then there were the nicknames, which almost everyone had.

Victor was Victor Estrella. My nickname in Sixth Ward was Mooney; people still call me Mooney. Victor mentions childhood friends like Pete the Lash, who was built like a strongbox and wasn’t afraid to throw the weight of it. After moving to the Fourth Ward’s Knickerbocker Village in 1964, I met Pete the Lash, who was definitely an impressive physical specimen; only in the mid-’70s did his brick-built body have a bit of a beer belly. Even though Pete was basically a friendly and jovial guy, woe betide those who got on the wrong side of Pete the Lash.

Victor mentions other nicknames such as Richie Igor, Nonnie, Paulie Knock Knock, Junior, Bunny, and Butch, all men I met in later years. But I don’t remember Goo-Goo, Bobo the Hippo, Hammerhead, Paulie Batman, Georgie Egg, Bopo or Bimbo. But I wish I had.

Growing up on the Lower East Side of Manhattan between the 1930s and 1960s was a unique experience; an experience that no longer exists for the youth of New York City. On the Lower East Side, we grew up with people of all denominations and religions. The Two Bridges Little Baseball League had teams from the Church of the Transfiguration, almost exclusively Italian and Chinese. St James was mostly Irish with a few Italians. St. Joseph was mostly Italian with a few Irish. The Mariners Temple team was Puerto Rican. Educational Alliance and LMRC were Jewish. And Sea and Land, sponsored by people from the neighborhood, were African American. And there were Polish children, Spanish children from Spain and Czechoslovak children scattered throughout the teams.

We had neither the time nor the energy to be racist or prejudiced. We all grew up together and we all respected each other. It was the only way to survive.

One thing that Victor points out in his book is very true. If you grew up on the Lower East Side, you grew up balls; you had to You had to fight almost every day, and if you didn’t; you were beaten almost every day. Bullies invariably picked on the weaker kids, or the ones who didn’t fight back. But if you stood up for yourself, even if you took a beating or two, the bullies went on to pray more easily.

It was just the law of the jungle.

The Lower East Side produced mobsters of all nationalities. But it also produced doctors (Joe Fiorito), lawyers (Mathew J. Mari of the Fourth Ward is a noted criminal lawyer), politicians (Al Smith of James Street became governor of New York and lost the 1928 presidential election), various judges (Judge Piccariello), professional singers (Johnny Maestro, Luther Vandross) and professional athletes. Rudy Riska was a professional athlete from the Lower East Side (he played for the Triple A Yankees); his brother Steve his was another (Cincinnati Reds farming system). There was also a guy named Vinnie Head (never found out his real name) from the Sixth Ward (New York Giants farm system), and Charlie Vellotta, also from the Sixth Ward (Dodgers farm system). Charlie lived on the same floor as me at 134 White Street.

My next door neighbor at 134 White Street was Mikey Black; real name Michael Corriero (we share a fire landscape, and Mikey used to knock on my door frequently because he forgot his apartment key and had to use my bedroom window to get to the fire landscape to get into his apartment). Mikey, after being on the fringes of youth gangs as a teenager, became a lawyer and then a judge in the New York State Juvenile Court System. He is now the Executive Director and Founder of the New York Juvenile Justice Center.

Therefore, there.

Growing up on the Lower East Side in the mid-20th century couldn’t be better described than Victor Colaio in “Between Two Bridges.” I highly recommend this book to all New Yorkers, regardless of age group. And if you come from other parts of the country, you can’t help but enjoy this brilliant book too. If people who aren’t from New York City can flock to watch a ridiculous show like “Mob Wives,” they should read a book that is true to reality, not a stereotype of the worst possible people in the area of New York City.

One more thing: if you don’t buy “Between Two Bridges”, I may have to send Pete the Lash to visit you.

And that can never be a very good thing.

In recent months, Google has undergone some interesting changes. Penguin 4.0 had its final phase implemented, which means it’s now in real time. The search engine also displays official Twitter profile feeds for entities to all English search engines around the world.

There is a clear emphasis on providing current content to users so that search engines receive the most up-to-date and relevant results first. Google is now going one step further in providing real-time updates by introducing Google Posts, also known in the past as Your Podium on Google.

This “experimental new podium” will allow individuals and businesses to produce content directly on the search engine. When people search for a particular business or name, the content will rank highly in search results. In a way, it seems to be the new Google+ for brands and celebrities.

How does it work?
Google has been relatively quiet about the new feature, but has been experimenting with it for some time. In January 2016, it was launched as a way to allow political candidates the opportunity to post lengthy debate rebuttals.

The goal is to give people the opportunity to hear directly from the companies and people they care about. At this stage, it’s by invitation only and only verified people and organizations will be able to use the feature.

Those with an invite will be able to communicate directly on Google through images, videos, and text. The content creation process is meant to be quick and easy, just like on social media. Once you’ve published your content, it will instantly become visible in search results related to your name or that of the organization you represent.

Entities also get their own profile, which looks a lot like your average social media page. It displays a profile picture above their name, above what appears to be a cover image, along with their post.

Clicking on one of the posts opens a dedicated full-screen webpage displaying the full text and accompanying images. You can also share the posts on popular social networks quickly. All you have to do is click the social sharing icon to share the post directly to Facebook, Twitter, email, or Google+.

It’s a lot like the carousel Twitter profile feeds you see on Google today, with a card-like format. However, while you can share the content, you cannot currently like or comment on it. These options may be something that will be introduced in the future as it is currently in its early stages.

We know that Google has had problems in the past with the development of its own social network; only time will tell if this new platform will perform any differently than Google Buzz and Google+.

Manage a one-way content feed
For Google users, the new feature will allow them to receive up-to-date information directly from their favorite brands and people. But what will it mean for public figures and organizations? Well, it puts a one-way content feed that builds right on top of search results pages under your full control.

The fact that the feature isn’t available to just anyone helps instill a sense of trust. Google verifies everyone first, so you know the information and messages you see come from a trusted source.

There are several ways you can take advantage of the new feature, now that you have a podium where you can reach your customers instantly. Users will be able to access the content you post directly from the search pages., without having to navigate any other links. They will see all this, even if they only write their name.

You have the opportunity to drive relevant content to Google, increase user interactions through the use of text, images, and videos, and encourage social sharing. Higher engagement will also help you increase conversion rates. How do you know that the reader has specifically searched for you; there is a higher chance that they will be interested in what you have to say.

You can instantly post lightweight content with fast loading results, just like on social media. However, the fact that you get a dedicated webpage means you have a bit more control over the amount of information you post and the corresponding images.

What does all this mean for SEO?
With brands and people being offered the opportunity to directly control the content that appears on Google when you search for their names, you can see some pretty significant implications for both organic and paid brand searches.

The carousel appears below the paid ads, but above the organic listings., so it ranks high in the results. If you do it right, there’s a lot to gain. While it may subtract clicks from your other results, it could end up saving you money that you would have otherwise spent on pay-per-click ads.

You just need to make sure that you make the most of the opportunity and include links within the posts that take your users to your website. Since we’re talking real-time, it’s the perfect way to draw attention to current sales or promotions you’re running, and therefore increase conversions.

Like we said, it essentially puts you in the driver’s seat. You can steer the content in any direction you want, so you could even use it to distract users from any negatives that show up in search results for your brand.

While the feature is currently invite-only, you can join the waitlist if you’re a public figure or represent a brand or business. While we have yet to see how this new feature will pan out, it’s worth joining the waitlist to find out.

It’s a great opportunity to control what people see first when they Google your name, so make the most of it. One day it could become a very powerful and useful tool to deliver the desired content directly to the consumer.