Founded in 2001, Polar Bear is a family owned and operated company. Our high quality of service and commitment to excellence has made us well known in the Washington D.C. area. We specialize in cooling, heating and indoor air quality systems for Washington D.C. and Northern Virginia homes and businesses. Whether you need maintenance, repair or replacement, we’ll get the job done right and in a timely manner.

Our commitment to excellence makes Polar Bear the company to call for air conditioning and heating installation, repair, and maintenance service in Washington D.C., Arlington, Alexandria, McLean and the surrounding Northern VA area.

A focus on our customers

We respect your home, from the planning stages of an installation to cleanliness during any visit.

We respect your busy schedule, and punctuality is important to us. That is why we’ve made a commitment be local.

We respect your trust. That is why we work efficiently and at the very highest standard for our customers, and we stand by our work.

Ask your neighbors about their experience with Polar Bear Air Conditioning and Heating. It will be our pleasure to do business with you.

Westward has been featured in publications and broadcasts locally and around the world. highlights include: GQ, Sunset, Coastal Living, Limite Magazine, USA Today, Huffington Post, Travels With Andrew McCarthy, Restaurant Design Digest, Restaurant Insider, Tasting Table, Gallivant, King 5, KIRO 7, KOMO 4, Seattle Magazine, Seattle Metropolitan Magazine and many more.

* Bon Appetit Magazine
September 2014

* GQ Magazine
March 2014

* Delta Sky Magazine
March 2014

* Sunset Magazine
April 2014

* Seattle Magazine
June 2014

* Seattle Metropolitan Magazine
April 2014

* Coastal Living Magazine
May 2014

* Where Magazine
November 2013

* The New York Times
September 2014
Awards

* James Beard Foundation Awards
Outstanding Restaurant Design Finalist

* Seattle Weekly’s Voracious Awards
Zeitgeist Award
* USA Today
10 Best Foodie Spots In Seattle

* Seattle Metropolitan Magazine
50 Best Dishes of 2013

* Bon Appetit 2014 Awards
Top 10 New Restaurants In America

* GQ Magazine 2014 Awards
Top 25 Best New Restaurants In America

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St. Paul Drunk Driving Attorney

Lawyer Defending People Charged With Fraud and DWI

If you are seeking legal assistance, you need an attorney who has dedicated his practice to protecting the rights of his clients. That attorney is Bradley John Haddy, Attorney at Law, located in Minnesota. I know the judicial system and take a proactive approach in the resolution of my clients' issues, whether they be large or small.

Contact Bradley John Haddy for a free consultation. 
800-523-4645 (Office) or 651-905-4453 (Cell). 
Phone answered 24 hours a day.

At Bradley John Haddy, Attorney at Law, I handle a wide range of cases including:

• DUI/DWI - Your DUI/DWI charge may be the result of bad judgment. Even if you have prior offenses, I can help you obtain a provisional driver's license and help you in the criminal phase of the charge.

• White collar crimes - Clients charged with fraud, embezzlement and other white collar crimes have benefited from my in depth knowledge of the various federal agencies and how they operate.

• Drug crimes - Drug laws are complex and the government often has the upper hand when charging you. I look at drug crime charges from all angles in order to get the best possible result under the circumstances.

• Family law matters - I understand family law matters can be stressful to all involved. I represent men and women in need of assistance with family law matters including divorce, child custody, child support and modifications of orders.

• Corporate law matters - Deciding to start your own business is a big decision. I can help you determine the best course of action throughout the life of the business- from start-up to succession issues and everything in between. I also handle corporate litigation.

You Don't Need a Big Law Firm

I work directly with all my clients. This one-on-one approach lets me understand the client's expectations and goals. After a thorough examination of the evidence and facts, I explain all the options in an honest and straightforward manner.

Contact me for assistance with your legal matter. I offer free initial consultations and accept all major credit cards. Spanish, sign language and Somali speaking translation services are available. I am available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

In American society a huge amount of commerce takes place every day. It has become easier to purchase goods and services with credit, including credit cards. And the Internet has significantly increased the number and ease of these transactions.

With this ease comes the temptation to commit credit card fraud to obtain things we want or need, with money we don’t have, or simply by using someone else’s identity or credit information. Credit card companies make it easier by making it so easy to get a card and use it, with high credit limits and cash available.

Large dollar purchases and large numbers of purchases are made by hacking others’ computers to commit credit card fraud. People also simply use a friend or relative’s card, or an employer’s. These actions may be illegal under federal as well as state law.

Penalties

You may be investigated for bank fraud without your knowing it, and charged with a serious crime. The dollar amounts and your own criminal record affect the severity of the charge, which could include a prison sentence as well as stiff fines. If you are convicted, your criminal record can cause problems for you for years to come. You may find it difficult to find a job, an apartment, or get into college.

Burnsville Wire Fraud Attorney

Police have limitations on the ways they can collect evidence. They must respect your rights. Prosecutors must prove the case against you. If they do not have a strong case, they cannot convict you. They must show, for example, that you knew you were using someone else’s card, or that you yourself used your computer to commit a crime, and not someone else on your computer.

Contact criminal defense attorney Bradley John Haddy for assistance with your white collar crimes legal matter. I offer free initial consultations on money laundering, theft, larceny and other charges and accept all major credit cards. Spanish, sign language and Somali-speaking translation services are available. I am available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

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Our work is recognised internationally and our firm’s professionalism, international reach, client support and execution are equal to any international firm. Our independent position in New Zealand allows us to be more personalised than larger, global firms and to deliver a result faster.

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Data Analytics Cornerstone Research has decades of experience addressing the data management and analysis challenges brought to us by clients seeking to conduct complex internal investigations, address class certification, establish the impact of conduct, estimate damages, assess exposure, or calculate settlement payments. We have expertise leading large projects requiring data management, production, and integration, as well as matters calling for advanced modeling and statistical techniques. These capabilities meet the demands of litigation as well as regulatory and internal investigations across practices.

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The ability to work with large datasets is fundamental to many high-stakes matters. Cornerstone Research regularly works with datasets containing hundreds of millions of records. We have the staff expertise and the state-of-the-art, secure computing facilities to maintain, update, and manage the public and private data used for investigations and to support expert consulting and testimony. We can ensure ongoing data integrity over the potentially long time horizon of litigation and regulatory matters. We use cutting-edge information-retrieval and management tools to minimize business disruption and cost for our clients.

Maintaining the security of client information is of critical importance to us. Client data are housed internally and reside on secured servers. We use firewall protections, encrypt all traffic between our offices, and return or destroy any media containing client data.

Client Data Production

We have extensive experience with helping counsel manage the discovery process in complex litigation and investigations, including working with clients to efficiently extract information from their proprietary data in response to discovery requests by regulators and litigants. Our experience working with many prominent companies on high-profile matters has given us a deep understanding of the structures, protection, and use of highly confidential client data. Because the questions posed in these matters usually do not arise in the normal course of business, responding often requires the company to pull data from multiple platforms using customized code and to develop new documentation. Our experience allows us to reduce the cost and effort required to complete this work and to turn over accurate and responsive data.

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Meir Ezra --- The Japanese love fresh fish. However, the waters close to Japan have not held many fish for decades. So to feed the Japanese population, fishing boats got bigger and went farther than ever.

The farther the fishermen went, the longer it took to bring in the fish. If the return trip took more than a few days, the fish were not fresh. The Japanese did not like the taste.

To solve this problem, fishing companies installed freezers on their boats. They would catch the fish and freeze them at sea. Freezers allowed the boats to go farther and stay longer.

However, the Japanese could taste the difference between fresh and frozen and they did not like frozen fish. The frozen fish brought a lower price.

So fishing companies installed fish tanks. They would catch the fish and stuff them in the tanks, fin to fin. After a little thrashing around, the fish stopped moving. They were tired and dull, but alive.

Unfortunately, the Japanese could still taste the difference. Because the fish did not move for days, they lost their fresh-fish taste. The Japanese preferred the lively taste of fresh fish, not sluggish fish.

So how did Japanese fishing companies solve this problem? How do they get fresh-tasting fish to Japan? If you were consulting the fish industry, what would you recommend?

Too Much Money

As soon as you reach your goals, such as finding a wonderful mate, starting a successful company, paying off your debts or whatever, you might lose your passion. You don’t need to work so hard so you relax.

You experience the same problem as lottery winners who waste their money, wealthy heirs who never grow up and bored homemakers who get addicted to prescription drugs.

Like the Japanese fish problem, the best solution is simple. It was observed by L. Ron Hubbard in the early 1950's.

"Man thrives, oddly enough, only in the presence of a challenging environment." — L. Ron Hubbard

The Benefits of a Challenge

The more intelligent, persistent and competent you are, the more you enjoy a good problem.

If your challenges are the correct size, and if you are steadily conquering those challenges, you are happy.

You think of your challenges and get energized. You are excited to try new solutions. You have fun.

You are alive!

How Japanese Fish Stay Fresh

To keep the fish tasting fresh, the Japanese fishing companies still put the fish in the tanks. But now they add a small shark to each tank. The shark eats a few fish, but most of the fish arrive in a very lively state.

The fish are challenged.

Recommendations

Instead of avoiding challenges, jump into them. Beat the heck out of them. Enjoy the game.

If your challenges are too large or too numerous, do not give up. Failing makes you tired. Instead, reorganize. Find more determination, more knowledge, more help.

If you have met your goals, set some bigger goals. Once you meet your personal or family needs, move onto goals for your group, the society, even mankind.

Don’t create success and lie in it. You have resources, skills and abilities to make a difference.

Put a shark in your tank and see how far you can really go!

If your spine is not aligned, you will have pain or become paralyzed.

An organization, much like a person, has its own spine. It is a set of ten “vertebrae” that must be defined AND aligned. Each of the ten must agree with all the other nine.

When one or more items on this spine are not aligned, you have problems. The result is inactivity, internal noise, no production, lack of team spirit and failure.

The basic problem in any organization is the misalignment of those items.

The subject of getting those items aligned and gotten into action is called management.

You cannot effectively manage without defining those items and getting them aligned.

Learn how to get those items aligned and you can get production and results occurring.

In this seminar you will learn:

- How to create the spine for your company and your life!

- How to remove all counter intentions and negative energy from your path to success.

- What is policy and why policy is so important.

- How to find your and your company’s goals.

- How to find your and your company’s purposes (yes, it is not the same as the goal).

- How to plan.

- What to plan.

- What you need to know FIRST, BEFORE you can plan.

- And much more…

The spine is a very powerful management TOOL that once you will learn, you will know you won and will have unshakable certainty on how to get others to win with you.

Our Specialties

As a leading whole orthopedic care provider, OC Orthopedic specialists consider each patient unique and work with them to understand their special needs and concerns. We treat the whole patient by getting to know them as we gather insights and information to help us select an appropriate course of treatment.

• Arm
• Foot & Ankle
• Hand & Wrist
• Knee
• Shoulder Surgery

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The feet and ankles are responsible for bearing the weight of the entire body and supporting the body in walking, standing, running, jumping, and more. As a result of falls, trauma, overuse, or wear and tear, a number of foot and ankle injures can develop. Dr. Howard Marans treats foot and ankle injuries with non-surgical methods and with surgery as necessary.

Common Injuries

Symptoms such as foot or ankle pain, swelling, or difficulty moving the foot or ankle should always be evaluated by a physician. Some potential causes of symptoms include:

• Achilles tendon tear – The Achilles tendon attaches the heel to the calf muscles. The Achilles tendon can tear as a result of sports, overuse, or wearing high heels. Tears may be partial or complete.

• Achilles tendonitis – In Achilles tendonitis, the Achilles tendon becomes inflamed but does not tear.

• Bunions – Bunions are bumps at the base of the big toe that develop when the big toe points toward the next toe. Bunions develop progressively over many years.

• Osteoarthritis – Osteoarthritis is the degeneration of one or more of the joints in the foot or ankle. In this condition, the cartilage, and sometimes the bone, breaks down, resulting in inflammation.

• Plantar fasciitis – The plantar fascia connects the heel bone to the toes and forms the foot’s arch. Plantar fasciitis occurs when the plantar fascia becomes inflamed. It’s common among joggers and people with flat feet.

• Fractured ankle – The ankle is made up of the tibia, fibula, and talus. The tibia is the shinbone, the fibula is a smaller bone in the calf, and the talus is a small bone that lies between the heel bone and the tibia and fibula. Any or all of these bones can be fractured. Fractured ankles vary in severity.

• Fractured calcaneus – A heel bone fracture usually occurs as a result of trauma, such as falling from a height or being in a car accident. A fractured calcaneus is a serious injury that can cause significant disability.

• Fractured toe – One or more of the toes can sustain a fracture. Fractured toes are painful, but not usually serious.

• Sprained ankle – The ligaments that support the ankle become stretched or torn. This can occur as a result of twisting the ankle in a fall, or even just by stepping the wrong way.

Non-Surgical Treatment

Every situation is unique, but many foot and ankle injuries can be treated non-surgical. Rest, ice, compression, and elevation (RICE) can often alleviate issues like sprained ankles and Achilles tendonitis. Simple fractures can be treated with casting or splinting. Physical therapy can be used to treat a wide range of foot and ankle problems.

Foot and Ankle Surgery

On the other hand, severe issues or problems that can’t respond to conservative methods need to be treated with foot and ankle surgery. During foot and ankle surgery, the doctor opens up the affected part of the foot or ankle and treats it. This can involve a wide range of foot and ankle surgery techniques, from repairing tendon and ligament tears to performing open reduction and internal fixation on broken bones.

When to See a Doctor

Some foot and ankle conditions occur as a result of trauma, and it’s immediately obvious because of the pain and difficulty moving the foot that something is wrong. If severe pain occurs or you are unable to move the foot, you should see a doctor or go to the hospital immediately. If pain is mild to moderate, you may use RICE for a few days and then decide whether to call a doctor.

Other times, the condition develops slowly over time. It’s important to recognize that having foot or ankle pain on a regular basis isn’t normal, and to schedule a consultation with Dr. Howard Marans if you notice symptoms.

For many years now, people in Southern California trust and respect Dr. Howard Marans’ specialty, along with his incredible effort in providing quality orthopedic surgical care. He’s one of the most distinguished orthopedic surgeons in Orange County, and his team delivers expert medical care in a warm setting in the heart of Southern California.

Surprisingly, Sarah Hammer, a 2012 Olympic silver medalist, has been his patient. Along with Sarah, a lot of patients have made Howard their personal physician because of his safe and prompt care. He often treats conditions of the upper and lower extremities.

With his help, patients can return to their daily activities as soon as safely possible. He can discuss with the patients the nature of their injury, and impart methods on how to prevent it from happening again.

Howard also offers pain management to his patients. As we all know, pain is an unpleasant feeling or discomfort caused by injury, illness or emotional disorder. Diseases and inflammations are some of the causes of severe pain.

He’s a man of dedication. He always makes sure that he’s giving his best in giving a precise diagnosis, a comprehensive explanation of treatment options and expectations, and proper execution of the chosen treatment whether non-surgical or surgical. With this, it’s apparent that he has a busy practice for more than 20 years. His commitment to the field is beyond compare.

Howard Marans MD provides prompt care utilizing established orthopedic treatments and innovative surgical and arthroscopic procedures. You can be sure that you’ll get back to your softball league or return to play on your school team with the help of his expertise.

Importance of Orthopedic Surgeons

Most people suffer from various problems on their musculoskeletal system every year, which were rooted from an injury or a disease. This then results to a slow down and restriction of movements.

Therapy and non-invasive treatments can be done on individuals with minor disease or injury since these methods are more than enough to treat the problem of the musculoskeletal system.

In order to repair the problem of people suffering from an acute injury or fighting a serious disease, a surgery is needed. Orthopedic surgeons are responsible for manipulating the musculoskeletal system in the human body and repairing the injuries, as well as fighting the diseases that attack it.

The musculoskeletal system is composed of bones, muscles, ligaments, and other connective tissues that allow the body to move. Orthopedic surgeons dedicate their time treating this particular system of the body. Sports injuries, degenerative disease, and congenital diseases are mostly the culprits in attacking the musculoskeletal system. As mentioned earlier, these could make an individual suffer a loss of range of motion or experience limited mobility.

There’s a battlefield waiting for you if you’re an aspiring orthopedic surgeon. You’re advised to be completely prepared in order to conquer this endeavor. You must not give up despite the unimaginable difficulties because it’ll be all worth it in the end, once you’re rewarded with a degree and licensure for practicing in this highly competitive field of medicine.

The standard education system for an orthopedic surgeon includes four years of undergraduate study culminating in a bachelor’s degree, usually in biology, chemistry, or another field of science; four years of medical school training that includes two years of pre-clinical courses and an internship; and residency training.

Orthopedics has one of the longest residency training programs among other medical fields due to its intricate nature. Just imagine what Dr. Howard Maransand other orthopedic surgeons have been through. Orthopedic surgeons have to take five years residency program with one year of general surgery training followed by four years of training in orthopedic surgery. More than 600 students complete residency training programs every year in the United States.

Some orthopedic surgeons continue their training in a sub-specialty within orthopedic surgery, which includes foot and ankle surgery, hand surgery, musculoskeletal oncology, orthopedic trauma, pediatric orthopedics, shoulder and elbow surgery, spine surgery, surgical sports medicine, and total joint reconstruction (arthroplasty).

Orthopedic surgeons can specialize in various sub-specialties, but first, Howard Marans MD wants you to remember two important things:

1. Sub-specialties normally require additional training in a fellowship program, which

lasts 1-2 years (depending on the research requirements) after the completion of a residency.

2. An individual who specializes in one of those sub-specialties isn’t always considered an orthopedic surgeon. For example, neurologists specialize in spine surgery, but they’re not orthopedic surgeons.

Howard agrees that orthopedic surgeons are, indeed, true warriors. The path to becoming an orthopedic surgeon has a lot of obstacles and hardships, and without serious dedication and strong will, an individual might fail to succeed in this field of medicine. Orthopedics has a long and difficult educational program, but for those who survived this battle will find themselves in a well-paid, highly competitive field with a first-class group of peers.

There are more than 20,000 practicing orthopedic surgeons and residents, according to the U.S. Department of Labor, and they represent only 3-4% of all practicing physicians. There are several factors that contribute to the salary of an orthopedic surgeon, it includes the location of his workplace, years of experience, and the size of the business, which are often similar to any career field. Each year, an orthopedic surgeon in the U.S. could earn around $440,979, which is considered as the median salary.

Howard Marans MD specializes in arthroscopic surgery, open reduction and internal fixation of fractures, sports medicine, and the treatment of arthritis. His team can take good care of you if you have any problems with your shoulder, knee, hand, wrist, elbow, or ankle. He serves more than 20 cities in the entire Southern California and Fountain Valley.

A lot of people in the region choose Howard as their personal surgeon because they strongly believe that he’s the most capable physician to perform a surgery on the injured part of their body. He’s also working very hard every day to give his patients a quality orthopedic surgical care, so all the recognitions he’s receiving right now is a strong testament that he’s doing an excellent job in orthopedics.

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• Owning an offshore LLC is 100% legal.
• It’s safer than being onshore (at least from perspective of avoiding costly frivolous lawsuits)
• It can save you thousands (or millions, depending on your net worth).
• What the media says is largely meaningless and should not affect your decision making

• A detailed explanation of what the project is about.
• The reason why the project was started, and whether there’s a real need in the world for it.
• A financial plan, where the key point is how much money the startup needs to get things going.
• The precise number of newly created crypto tokens that the project creators will keep for themselves.
• Information on whether the startup will accept only cryptocurrencies or regular cash as well.
• The end date for the ICO campaign. 

• Social media campaigns – these bounties are designed to use the followers of the participants’ social media accounts to raise awareness of the ICO. It is important to distribute rewards depending on the engagement levels generated by the “bounty hunters”. The most popular social media platforms used in this instance are Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube.
• Content creation – many of the people interested in cryptocurrencies have blogs with large audiences. These bounties are designed to motivate them to write articles about your ICO on their popular blogs.
• Signature bounties – these are the most popular ones, as they are open to all the people at the Bitcointalk forum. Startups usually restrict these bounties only for people who have a Jr. Member rank or above on this forum. 

• Translation – documents like the whitepaper, the official cryptocurrency website, and the Bitcointalk ANN thread are translated into several world languages.
• Bug Hunting and Reporting – every cryptocurrency platform and software has bugs, especially when it is young. Bug reporting bounties are designed to motivate people to report the bugs as soon as they discover them.