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Kaplan Test Prep Survey: Adapting to the Current Realities of the Employment Landscape for Lawyers,

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Kaplan Test Prep Survey: Adapting to the Current Realities of the Employment Landscape for Lawyers, Half of Pre-Law Students Say They Plan to Use their Law School Degree in a Non-Traditional Legal Job

NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)– The employment stats don’t paint a pretty picture for pre-law students looking ahead, but flexibility about their future career and their passion for it is driving them forward. According to a recent Kaplan Test Prep survey* of more than 200 pre-law students, 50% say they plan to use their law degree in a non-traditional legal field. Of that 50%, nearly three out of five (58%) said the current job market for lawyers factored into this decision. Forty-three (43%) percent of survey respondents overall said they plan to use their law degree to pursue a job in the business world rather than in the legal world—which helps explain why 42% said they’d likely pursue an MBA if they weren’t already pursuing a JD.

The growing interest in non-traditional legal jobs comes on the heels of the latest report from the American Bar Association which shows that just 56% of 2012 graduates secured long-term, full-time jobs that required bar passage—a 1% increase over the class of 2011.

Other results from the Kaplan Test Prep survey of pre-law students:

  • Most students say they’re motivated to go to law school by passion, not money: 71% say the primary reason they are applying to law school is “to go into a career I am passionate about.” Only 5% listed salary potential as the primary reason.
  • Passion only goes so far, without financial assistance: 43% say they are likely to postpone or alter their plans to attend law school if they don’t get the financial aid package they were hoping for. That line of thinking aligns with advice proffered by graduating law school students: in a separate Kaplan Bar Review survey** of third-year law students, 87% say a law school’s financial aid package should play a significant role in helping pre-law students determine where to enroll.

“We’ve always encouraged pre-law students to think about how to finance their legal education and what they can do with their degree, but with the recent contraction in the job market for lawyers, it’s clear that students are more concerned than ever about the financial investment in law

From: http://www.dailyfinance.com/2013/04/11/kaplan-test-prep-survey-adapting-to-the-current-re/

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Dr. Jill Biden Announces Sheila Nix as Chief of Staff

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By The White House

Washington, D.C.—The Office of the Vice President today announced that Sheila Nix, who most recently served as Chief of Staff for Vice President Biden at Obama for America, will serve as Dr. Jill Biden’s new Chief of Staff.

Dr. Biden said: “I am thrilled to have Sheila take on this new role. She’s a terrific leader and I know that her wide-ranging experience, strategic vision, and passion will continue to move us forward.”

Sheila Nix comes to the White House from a broad range of leadership positions, including serving as ONE’s U.S. Executive Director, where she was responsible for ONE’s advocacy, communications, and campaign activities in the United States. Before joining ONE, she was a senior vice president for the Strategy Group, focusing on direct mail strategy and production for presidential, Congressional, and state races.

Nix brings a wealth of experience having worked in federal and state government and politics for more than 20 years. Her public service career includes serving as the first Chief of Staff to Senator Bill Nelson of Florida and serving as Chief of Staff and Legislative Director to Senator Bob Kerrey. She also served as the Budget Director at the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee.

She earned her BSBA in Accounting from Creighton University and her JD from the University of Chicago Law School.

Source: FULL ARTICLE at The White House Press Office

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Weston Financial Says "Avoiding Tax Mistakes" Key to Financial Planning

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Weston Financial Says “Avoiding Tax Mistakes” Key to Financial Planning


New White Paper Offers Tax Tips for 2013 Planning

WELLESELY, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Weston Financial Group, Inc., a Wellesley, MA-based registered investment advisor with $1.6 billion under management, today released a white paper, “Avoid Tax Mistakes:Taxes Become Strategic for Financial Planning in 2013.”The paper highlights the two types of broad tax strategies and the eight common tax errors people should consider when reviewing their financial plans. The paper also discusses marginal, effective and situational rates, capital gains, managing IRAs, and risk of being enticed by new tax rules.

Information about the white paper, or Weston Financial services, is available by contacting Drew Bottaro , Esq., CFP ® , Weston Financial Group Vice President & Senior Financial Counselor, at 1-781-235-7055. Bottaro, who was recently named a Five Star Wealth Manager by Five Star Professional, has more than 20 years of experience as a financial planning professional.

Weston Financial, a division of Washington Trust Wealth Management , was founded in 1979 to assist affluent families, high net worth corporate executives, and professionals in managing their financial affairs. Weston’s team of wealth managers hold advanced degrees and designations, ranging from JD, MBA, CFP® practitioner, CPA, Masters in Taxation, and Chartered Financial Analyst®. Weston’s services include investment management, retirement planning, estate planning, and tax and risk management. Weston Financial is a division of The Washington Trust Company , the oldest community bank in the nation and is the largest independent bank headquartered in Rhode Island. The Washington Trust Company is a subsidiary of Washington Trust Bancorp, Inc ., NASDAQ Global Select: WASH, a $3.1 billion corporation headquartered in Rhode Island.

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How to convert FORTRAN subroutine to awk function?

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By Akshay Hegde

Hi All I am trying to convert following subroutine to awk function , those who know kindly help, I want to learn about awk user defined function

Code:
JD -- > JULIAN DATE

Code:
SUBROUTINE GDATE (JD, YEAR,MONTH,DAY)
C
C---COMPUTES THE GREGORIAN CALENDAR DATE (YEAR,MONTH,DAY)
C GIVEN THE JULIAN DATE (JD).
C

INTEGER JD,YEAR,MONTH,DAY,I,J,K
C
L= JD+68569
N= 4*L/146097
L= L-(146097*N+3)/4
I= 4000*(L+1)/1461001
L= L-1461*I/4+31
J= 80*L/2447
K= L-2447*J/80
L= J/11
J= J+2-12*L
I= 100*(N-49)+I+L
C
YEAR= I
MONTH= J
DAY= K
C
RETURN
END

Code:
number to be inputted is JD

Code:
Example: YEAR = 1970, MONTH = 1, DAY = 1, JD = 2440588.
Gregorian date for Julian date[JD] 2440588 is 01/01/1970

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The dangers of surveillance: It's bad, but why?

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(Phys.org) —Surveillance is everywhere, from street corner cameras to the subject of books and movies. “We talk a lot about why surveillance is bad, but we don’t really know why,” says Neil Richards, JD, privacy law expert and professor of law at Washington University in St. Louis. “We only have a vague intuition about it, which is why courts don’t protect it. We know we don’t like it, and that it has something to do with privacy, but beyond that, the details can be fuzzy.” …read more
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Manning & Napier Exhibits at Pensions & Investments' East Coast Defined Contribution Conference

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Manning & Napier Exhibits at Pensions & Investments’ East Coast Defined Contribution Conference

FAIRPORT, N.Y.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Manning & Napier, (Manning & Napier or “the Company”) is exhibiting at the 2013 Pensions & Investments Annual East Coast Defined Contribution Conference (P&I East Coast) at the InterContinental Hotel in Miami from Sunday, March 10 to Tuesday, March 12. At booth #21, the Company will provide materials on the convergence of health care and retirement, a key issue in the retirement readiness crisis.

Mary Moglia-Cannon, JD, Senior Analyst and Portfolio Strategist at Manning & Napier, will be on-site at booth #21, where Manning & Napier will feature several recent white papers that highlight how spending and savings choices impact retirement readiness.

For more information on Manning & Napier, visit: https://www.manning-napier.com/.

For more information on Pensions & Investments’ East Coast Defined Contribution Conference, visit: http://www.pionline.com/conferences/dc-east/2013/overview.

About Manning & Napier

Manning & Napier (NYS: MN) provides a broad range of investment solutions through separately managed accounts, mutual funds, and collective investment trust funds, as well as a variety of consultative services that complement our investment process. Founded in 1970, we offer equity and fixed income portfolios as well as a range of blended asset portfolios, such as life cycle funds, that use a mix of stocks and bonds. We serve a diversified client base of high-net-worth individuals and institutions, including 401(k) plans, pension plans, Taft-Hartley plans, endowments and foundations. For many of these clients, our relationship goes beyond investment management and includes customized solutions that address key issues and solve client-specific problems. We are headquartered in Fairport, NY and had 502 employees as of December 31, 2012.

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Manning &amp; Napier Recognizes Health-Wealth Convergence

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Manning & Napier Recognizes Health-Wealth Convergence

FAIRPORT, N.Y.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Manning & Napier (Manning & Napier or “the Company”), is showcasing a suite of materials on the importance of health-wealth convergence at the 2013 Pensions & Investments Annual East Coast Defined Contribution Conference (P&I East Coast). The Company is providing materials at booth #21 on the ongoing convergence of health care and retirement planning and promoting this as a key issue in the retirement space.

“Health care simply cannot be ignored in today’s environment,” said Mary Moglia-Cannon, JD, Senior Analyst and Portfolio Strategist at Manning & Napier. “Our responsibility as an active investment manager is to help plan sponsors manage risks. Today, rising health care costs and health care reform are impacting a company’s bottom line. As health and retirement have increasingly converged, you need someone awake at the wheel who understands how retirement outcomes have been re-defined.”

Manning & Napier is featuring several white papers that highlight how health care is impacting retirement. These include:

“Outcomes have always mattered in defined contribution,” said Moglia-Cannon. “In today’s environment, the definition has just broadened: the retirement industry has both a responsibility and an opportunity to help plan sponsors better understand the health-wealth convergence.”

For more information on Manning & Napier, visit: https://www.manning-napier.com/.

For more information on Pensions & Investments’ East Coast Defined Contribution Conference, visit: http://www.pionline.com/conferences/dc-east/2013/overview.

About Manning & Napier

Manning & Napier (NYS: MN) provides a broad range of investment solutions through separately managed accounts, mutual funds, and collective investment trust funds, as well as a variety of consultative services that complement our investment process. Founded in 1970, we offer …read more
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Conflict of interest rules must extend to government contractors, says ethics expert

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The American Bar Association’s House of Delegates recently adopted a resolution recommending that the federal government expand its protections against conflicts of interest among government contractors. The resolution was based in part on a report Kathleen Clark, JD, ethics expert and professor of law at Washington University in St. Louis, wrote for the Administrative Conference of the United States (ACUS). …read more
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