Jane Austen?s Novels, Ranked

Jane Austen

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See also Adelle Waldman?s essay about what she?s learned from reading all of Austen?s books again and again.

Jane Austen?s Novels, From Best to Worst

Jane Austen?s 10 Most Devastating Character Assessments

Few writers equal Austen in her ability to sum up a character in a pithy sentence or two. Below are some of her most devastating assessments.

10. John Dashwood, Sense and Sensibility

?He was not an ill-disposed young man, unless to be rather cold-hearted and rather selfish is to be ill-disposed.?

9. Lady Bertram, Mansfield Park

?She was a woman who spent her days in sitting nicely dressed on a sofa, doing some long piece of needlework, of little use and no beauty, thinking more of her pug than her children, but very indulgent to the latter when it did not put herself to inconvenience.?

8. Sir John and Lady Middleton, Sense and Sensibility

?However dissimilar in temper and outward behavior, they strongly resembled each other in that total want of talent and taste.?

7. Mr. Bingley?s sisters, Pride and Prejudice

?Not deficient in good humor when they pleased, nor in the power of being agreeable where they chose it; but proud and conceited. They were rather handsome, had been educated in one of the first private seminaries in town, had a fortune of twenty thousand pounds, were in the habit of spending more than they ought, and of associating with people of rank; and were therefore in every respect entitled to think well of themselves and meanly of others.?

6. Lady Catherine DeBourgh, Pride and Prejudice

?She was a most active magistrate in her own parish, the minutest concerns were carried to her ? and whenever the cottagers were disposed to be quarrelsome, discontented or too poor, she sallied forth into the village to settle their differences, silence their complaints, and scold them into harmony and plenty.?

5. Margaret Dashwood, Sense and Sensibility

?Margaret, the other sister, was a well-disposed girl; but as she had already imbibed a good deal of Marianne?s romance, without having much of her sense, she did not at thirteen bid fair to equal her sisters at a more advanced period of life.?

?Self-important, presuming, familiar, ignorant and ill-bred. She had a little beauty and a little accomplishment, but so little judgment that she thought herself coming with superior knowledge of the world, to enliven and improve a country neighborhood.?

?Emma Woodhouse, handsome, clever and rich, with a comfortable home and happy disposition, seemed to unite some of the best blessings of existence. ... The real evils of Emma?s situation were the power of having rather too much her own way, and a disposition to think a little too well of herself.?

2. Mr. Collins, Pride and Prejudice

?Mr. Collins was not a sensible man, and the deficiency of nature had been but little assisted by education or society. ? The subjection in which his father had brought him up had given him originally great humility of manner, but it was now a good deal counteracted by the self-conceit of a weak head.?

1. Mrs. Bennet, Pride and Prejudice

?She was a woman of mean understanding, little information, and uncertain temper. When she was discontented, she fancied herself nervous. The business of her life was to get her daughters married; its solace was visiting and news.?

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Navidea cancer imaging agent may see wider use

(Reuters) - Navidea Biopharmaceuticals Inc said its cancer diagnostic agent was effective in identifying the first lymph node reached by the disease in patients with head and neck cancer, paving the way to expand its use in all solid cancers.

The company said a safety monitoring committee recommended that the trial be stopped early due to the positive results.

The diagnostic agent, Lymphoseek, correctly identified cancer in 38 of the 39 patients determined to have cancer in their lymph nodes, the company said, citing an interim analysis of a late-stage trial of the imaging agent that is already approved for use in two other cancers.

The company said detection of cancer-affected nodes by Lymphoseek led to the removal of only about four lymph nodes per patient on an average, while surgery ? considered the gold standard to detect the spread of cancer ? led to the removal of about 38 lymph nodes per patient.

The false negative rate of the study was 2.56 percent, which was also statistically significant, Navidea said.

The company expects to file an approval application for the expanded use of Lymphoseek later in the year.

Lymphoseek was approved in March - the first such drug to be approved in 30 years - to identify cancer-carrying lymph nodes in patients with breast cancer or melanoma.

The agent will be launched in the second quarter by drug wholesaler Cardinal Health, Navidea's commercial partner.

The company also intends to get it approved for mapping sentinel lymph nodes, the first nodes affected by cancer and which indicate whether the cancer has spread to other parts of the body. There is no approved agent for this indication.

Navidea is also developing two other imaging agents to detect Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease.

The company's shares, which have fallen 26 percent since Lypmhoseek's approval, closed at $2.55 on the American Stock Exchange on Wednesday.

(Reporting by Esha Dey and Vrinda Manocha in Bangalore; Editing by Maju Samuel)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/navidea-cancer-imaging-agent-may-see-wider-120219287--finance.html

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Woman Files Insurance Claim For Stolen Items Using Receipts From ...

It?s quite awful to have more than $116,000 in jewelry, electronics and high-end accessories, including a Lois Vuitton purse, stolen from the back of your dad?s Lexus. Awful! But if those items perhaps never even existed and you file an insurance claim on them using receipts from a store that wasn?t open on the date of the receipts? Don?t expect any sympathy from police.

That?s what authorities say was the case for one woman, who reported a Lexus stolen and then submitted receipts to her insurance company for items she claimed were missing from the car. But according to police, those proofs of purchase came from a store that didn?t exist yet, reports the Delaware County Daily Times in Delaware, Pa.

Police investigating the incident say a 38-year-old woman parked her dad?s Lexus SUV on July 5 and went off to watch Fourth of July fireworks. She claimed that when she returned, the car was gone, along with a purse with?a $30,900 diamond engagement ring, a $6,000 diamond bracelet, a $79,800 diamond pendant, a $1,500 iPad and $650 sunglasses inside.

She filed a claim with Allstate Insurance, say cops in the charging document, including receipts for the purse, iPad, and sunglasses. She also claimed that Allstate had appraised the jewelry before, and included receipts for those items as well.

Here?s where the problems come in with her story: First, she never showed up for an examination under oath with Allstate?s attorney to repeat her telling of events. A jewelry store owner also told agents later that his store hadn?t opened for business until March 2011, although her receipts allegedly listed purchases for jewelry in 2008 and 2009. Oops.

?Therefore, [the owner] could not have sold any jewelry to [the woman's fiance]?and receipts provided to Allstate are fictitious,? the document states.

That document charges her with charged with filing a false insurance claim, attempted theft and receiving stolen property, all third-degree felonies. She was also charged with?felony criminal use of a communication facility and forgery.

Police: Ridley Twp. resident filed bogus insurance claim [Delaware County Daily Times]

Source: http://consumerist.com/2013/04/04/woman-files-insurance-claim-for-stolen-items-using-receipts-from-store-that-didnt-exist/

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Valeant expects Mylan's launch of generic herpes drug to hurt profit

(Reuters) - Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc, Canada's biggest listed drugmaker, said it expects Mylan Inc's launch of a generic version of Valeant's genital herpes drug to reduce its cash earnings-per-share for the year by 30 to 40 cents.

The company said it would launch its own generic of the ointment, Zovirax, on Thursday.

Mylan, a generic drugmaker, said on Wednesday it received final approval for the first generic version of Zovirax from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

Valeant had said in January it sees 2013 adjusted profit, which it calls cash earnings per share, of between $5.45 and $5.75.

The company, caught in a bidding war with German drugmaker Merz Pharma Group for cosmetics products maker Obagi Medical Products Inc, has been bulking up its skin care portfolio in the United States.

"While the timing of a generic approval was always uncertain, this was not unforeseen and we were prepared for its eventuality," said Chief Executive Michael Pearson.

However, the company did not factor in the generic launch in its original budget expectations.

The company said there are other actions, such as several product acquisitions, repricing of its term loan debt that could mitigate the impact of Zovirax losing patent protection.

(Reporting by Bhaswati Mukhopadhyay in Bangalore)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/valeant-expects-mylans-launch-generic-herpes-drug-hurt-134006697--finance.html

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TLC doing film on letters to Jackie Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) ? The TLC network is making a movie about some of the 800,000 condolence letters that were sent to the widow of former President John F. Kennedy after his 1963 assassination.

"Letters to Jackie" will air this fall, as the 50th anniversary of Kennedy's killing approaches on Nov. 22.

The film revisits the aftermath of the assassination to examine the former first lady's role in helping the nation through its grief as she suffered through her own.

Twenty celebrities will read the letters, including Zooey Deschanel, Kirsten Dunst, Anne Hathaway, Mark Ruffalo, Betty White and Michelle Williams.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/tlc-doing-film-letters-jackie-kennedy-143936544.html

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Ethical Omaha Legacy Project - Business Ethics Alliance

Ethical Omaha ? Our Gift

The legacy of Greater Omaha?s five, business core values is being formally offered to Greater Omaha organizations and it?s free! From now and into 2014 we will be promoting, publicizing, and maybe even with?sponsored support advertising this FREE business ethics tool.? Full details are on the Ethical Omaha tab at www.businessethicsalliance.org.?

The presentation has been created to be a do-it-yourself program.? Using our facilitator?s guide, our ethical dilemma video and other supporting materials, organizations can guide their employees through ethics education on Accountability, Community Responsibility, Financial Vitality, Integrity and Moral Courage.? Registrants download the Facilitator?s Guide from our Ethical Omaha web page and collect the other supporting materials from our resources page.

By participating and sharing the core values, organizations are:

• Moving the world forward, and people and values are at the heart of this.
• Injecting intention around ethics to see how they can become even better at ensuring the highest ethical standards.
• Exhibiting corporate responsibility and social responsibility to their community.

Proving the right things work

In addition to the presentation, we also offer a pre- and post surveys to help us measure behavior change.? We?re in this to prove the right things work so managing these important metrics will help us move our mission forward.? Our behavior goals for the programming are:

1. Understand that the value is one of Greater Omaha?s core values
2. Understand what the value means in Greater Omaha
3. Articulate one?s sense of the value
4. Identify the value in a real life scenario
5. Distinguish ?just business? from ?ethics in business?
6. Walk away with a strategy for how to deal with an ethical struggle

We can help

Additionally, we offer to give the presentation for a small honorarium and will otherwise get more involved if preferred.? And actually, we do prefer ? it is a better opportunity for us to share all we do with organizations.

Organizations are implementing this programming as employee education to introduce or maintain intentionality around ethics.? It is our hope that these presentations lead to more opportunities for the Alliance to help solidify the ethics program/department within Greater Omaha organizations.

You can help

Right now we are offering the Community Responsibility guide and the Curriculum Committee is finalizing the Integrity guide.? All five ? along with a compilation version ? will be available by the end of this year.? Perhaps your organization can offer these presentations to employees?? Perhaps you can share this program with your peers?? Again this program is our gift to Omaha as well as our way to introduce Omaha to the Alliance.? We appreciate your support.

Source: http://www.businessethicsalliance.org/blog/ethical-omaha-legacy-project/

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Ten Reasons You're Not Getting a Raise (And What You Can Do About It)

You might think you deserve a raise, but that doesn't always mean your boss agrees with you. And no, you can no longer heap all the blame on a bad economy. At 7.7%, the unemployment rate is the lowest it has been since December 2008. In February alone, the Labor Department reported that the economy added 236,000 jobs. So, what does this mean for you? It's the perfect time to ask for a bump in pay.

If it's been a while since you increased your salary and you're coming up against a wall, the most likely reason is...you. Here are the top ten reasons you haven't landed the increase you so desperately want, and how to fix them.

You Have Unrealistic Expectations

In 2012, a typical merit raise averaged 1.9 to 2%, while the highest-performing employees received closer to a 4% raise. To determine if you're worthy of that 4% (or more), it's vital to check in with your boss regularly so you're on the same page about your performance. Does your boss think you turn in above average work or is there an area she thinks you're struggling with?

Also, does your company give raises at a certain time each year (say, at annual review time), or are they rolling, based on performance? If it's the former, make sure to time your request for optimal results.

Finally, remember to consider your company's financial situation. Asking for a big raise when the company is struggling can come off as out of touch.

You Didn't Do Your Research

Before deciding how much of a raise you deserve, look up the standard industry salaries for similar positions on sites like Salary.com and Glassdoor.com. That will give you a point of reference for framing the conversation. But it's not enough to cite averages-you also have to make a case for your personal performance, and how you're going above and beyond your job duties. Which brings us to...

You Do Only What's Expected of You

Doing your job is what you are paid for, whereas a raise is a sign that your boss sees that you're contributing at a higher level than what you were originally hired to do. One good rule of thumb is to be an employee who makes your boss's job easier: Volunteer to take on additional projects and think about what you can do to lighten her workload. Or notice what she is complaining about, and figure out how to solve a problem within your department. If you present solutions for her now, you'll find your superior more willing to meet your demands later.

You Don't Call Attention to Your Accomplishments, or You Act Entitled

Neither of these extremes will help you get that salary bump. And, admittedly, mastering the fine art of self-promotion isn't easy. First, make sure that your boss is aware of everything you've taken on. And feel free to share your successes?they show that you're capable and competent. Just be subtle about it: Set up a meeting to discuss the projects you're working on, mention key wins you've had and ask for feedback on how you could still do better.

Another good strategy: Rely on third-party praise. Copy your boss on an email chain discussing a successfully-executed project or forward her a particularly moving compliment from a client.

You're Not Staying Current

Evaluate your skill set: How much has it changed since you started in your industry? In certain jobs, a lack of tech finesse, or the ability to stay on top of the latest trends, can trip you up?and cause your salary to stagnate. That's especially true for older workers, who, unfortunately, can face age discrimination in the office: In a survey of people 50 years old or older, over one-third of respondents reported that they or someone they know has faced age discrimination at work, and 25% of all complaints filed with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission involve age discrimination.

But there's no reason to let a lack of skills hold you back. Bookmark and follow industry blogs, and look into workshops and courses teaching the latest industry developments. You can even mention them to your boss and see if the company will foot the bill for your continuing education. Bonus: He'll see that you're trying to sharpen your skills.

You're Unable to Problem Solve, or Love to Complain

Be honest with yourself: Is your gut instinct to tell your boss every time an issue arises, or do you try to navigate through hurdles yourself?

If it's an issue that truly needs to be escalated, by all means, manage up. But a broken printer is a good example of what not to kick up the food chain. Also, beware of becoming the employee who's always got a gripe, whether it's about company policy or your coworker you just can't stand. Ultimately, the people who get raises are the employees who consider it their jobs to provide solutions, not raise problems.

You Don't Pay Attention to the Details

Does your boss tell you to fix the same type of mistake over and over again? Do you constantly need reminders? Do you usually ask the same question twice? If you answered "yes" to any of these questions, a raise is (most likely) not in your near future.

Take notes while your supervisor is giving instructions, see if you can find the answer yourself before asking questions, and each time you make a mistake, write down for yourself what it was, why it happened and how you'll prevent it from happening in the future.

You Made it a Personal Matter

Your argument for why you deserve a raise should be focused on your work ethic, your accomplishments and your value to the company?and those three things alone. What should be left out of the proposal? Your student debt, your rent, your hospital bills or the fact that you "just can't make ends meet on this salary." Bottom line: A raise will be awarded based on your merit, not your sob story.

You Didn't Ask for One

If none of the above eight reasons apply to you, then seriously, ask for a raise. Don't expect your boss to bring it up.

You Were Unfairly Penalized for Being a Woman

Unfortunately, even in 2013, this happens: In a study by Harvard researcher Hannah Riley Bowles, participants were shown videos of men and women asking for raises?using the same script. The results: Participants agreed to give the male participants raises, while the women were considered too aggressive and their requests too demanding.

While sexist and unfair, it may still be a reality female employees need to work around. In another experiment, two techniques helped to eliminate the different perceptions of women and men. First, says Riley Bowles, a woman should focus on how her performance has helped the company, and solicit feedback, with a simple: "What do you think?" It can also be effective to bring a third party into the conversation. For example: "My leader advised me to do this."

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