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Arkansas schools to start moment of silence when classes begin
A new Arkansas law will change the morning routine for children when they return to school.
A period of silence will take effect in each school before class begins.
Fayetteville High School is one of the many schools that will implement the new period of silence law.
Principal Kimberly Sutton said all the school's students will use it as a time of devotion or reflection or whatever their needs are.
Opinions are mixed about the law. Some say it's another way of getting the idea of prayer back in the classroom, while others say the period isn't restricted to just prayer.
"Moments of silence came out of legislation," Sutton said. "It just gave kids the opportunity, if they wanted, to have prayer. Many years ago, we used to have that moment of silence where kids could actually dedicate any type of religious beliefs they may practice at home."
The law makes it very clear that each public school has to have a minute of silence at the beginning of the school day used to pray, reflect or engage in silent activity.
Tom Kennedy, chairman of the American Civil Liberties Union's Northwest Arkansas chapter, said it was obvious what the legislation was trying to do.
"Some people believe in the power of prayer," he said. "More power to them. I have no objection to that, but not in our public schools."
The ACLU's Northwest Arkansas chapter tried unsuccessfully to overturn the period of silence law earlier in the year.
The Arkansas Department of Education said public schools should follow the period of silence like it would any other law.


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Last week's:
- Double my workouts. – Actually didn't work out at all this week. Sick!
- Drink at least 8 cups of water a day. – I was faithful in this until I got sick.
- Do the FIRM workout in it's entirety. – Didn't get that done either…
- Continue the 10 sit-ups a day. - Nope
- Cook a healthy recipe and do a post on it. – Nuh uh.
Yeh, not quite sure why I'm even posting these this week! lol But I am cutting myself some slack due to unforeseen circumstances.
So I'm going to make this easy for myself and stick to the same goals as last week. One exception. To number 1, I'm going to attempt to do the 30 day shred for 30 days, starting tomorrow. So this will be my Tuesday/Thursday workout and if I want to do another workout that day I will, but if I'm tired, I won't. But I will also continue my C25K MWF, or at least 3 times a week.
I'm really afraid of the scale this week. While I had lost all of that weight when I got sick, I gained it all back and some more. Want to know why? This is gross but my body is holding everything I eat in. That's right. I haven't had a "movement" since I started eating food again on Friday evening. UGH- When will it be back to normal? It's quite uncomfortable. Any recommendations for my "troubles"? lol Sorry for TMI!!


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THANK YOU to all our generous donors and everyone who came out to Santa Anita Park on Sunday, April 22 for the 2nd annual ON TRACK TO BEAT CANCER, supporting women's cancers research, treatment and education programs at City of Hope! Once again we had great weather and a great turnout.
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Crock Pot Roast Chicken is a great, low-far way to make chicken for soups, salads, or for enjoying all on its own!
As I've mentioned in the past couple of posts, life with a newborn is akin to running around like a chicken with its head cut off for most of the day (see what I did there?) Hurrying up and down the stairs, popping pacifiers in and out out of mouths, doing load after load of laundry, and kissing baby cheeks 'til ya' get swatted in the face or your hair pulled.
That is to say, it's go, go, go all day long and by the time dinner rolls around there's virtually no more gas left in the tank to cook dinner. That's why I'm loving Crock Pot Roast Chicken. Season a whole chicken with anything and everything you've got in the spice cupboard then throw it in a crock pot and let it cook for a few hours on high, or low and slow all day. The result is perfectly cooked chicken that's ready to eat whenever you are.
Newborn or not – this recipe is perfect for busy families, or even one or two-person households, as there's a ton of different ways to use the leftovers!
Carve the breast meat right off the bone and enjoy with a a side of pasta or veggies, or chop or shred the meat to use in salads, soups, tacos, and casseroles (I'll leave a few more ideas at the end of this post.) This is the recipe that keeps on giving.
My Mom brought this crock pot roast chicken over to Ben and me our first week home from the hospital after having Lincoln, and Ben loved eating it cold straight out of the fridge. The man has never reheated a meal in his life. Seriously, not even soup. Takes it to work, puts it on his desk, and then eats it at room temperature for lunch. I can't even.
How to Make Crock Pot Roast Chicken:
Anywho! Start by crumpling 5 or 6 sheets of foil into balls then lay them into the bottom of a 5 quart crock pot. The tin foil ensures your chicken does not sit simmering in it's own fat, should you choose to leave the skin on.
Next get the chicken ready. I used a 3.65lb whole chicken with the neck and giblets removed, and then removed the skin to make this dish lower in fat. Chicken skin actually has a TON of fat, in case you were wondering! Removing the skin is messy, but not hard, and it took me about 5 minutes with the aid of some kitchen shears. Just do it in the sink on a cutting board lest you fling chicken skin all over the counter and have to decontaminate the entire kitchen. Ain't nobody got time for dat.
Just an FYI, removing the skin will result in a SLIGHTLY less juicy chicken than leaving it on, but when you're mixing the chicken into other dishes, you can't tell the difference.
Next mix together 2 Tablespoons each melted butter and extra virgin olive oil in a bowl.
Then mix in a bunch of spices like paprika, garlic and onion powders, salt, and pepper. Feel free to change this spice mixture up. If you're making chicken solely for tacos – use taco spice. If you're wanting to use it in chili – use chili powder and cumin, etc. This chicken is totally customizable!
Brush the spice mixture all over the chicken, including under the skin if you leave it on, then place the chicken breast-side up on top of the foil.
Cook on high for 3-4 hours or low for 6-7 hours (depending on the size of your bird,) or until the chicken is very tender and the thigh bone easily twists off.
Crock Pot Roast Chicken
Crock Pot Roast Chicken is a great, low-far way to make chicken for soups, salads, or for enjoying all on its own!
- 3.5 - 4lb whole chicken, giblets and neck removed
- 2 Tablespoons butter, melted
- 2 Tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
- 1 Tablespoon paprika
- 1 Tablespoon garlic powder
- 2 teaspoons salt
- 1 teaspoon onion powder
- 1-1/2 teaspoons black pepper
- 6 ripped sheets foil, crumpled into balls
- Place foil balls in bottom of crock pot. Pat chicken dry and remove skin if desired to to lower fat content (chicken may be just slightly less juicy.) Combine butter and extra virgin olive oil in a small bowl then stir in spices. Brush all over chicken, including under skin, then place chicken breast-side up in crock pot. Cook on high for 3-4 hours, or low for 6-7, or until meat is tender, and thigh can be easily removed.
This recipe is courtesy of Iowa Girl Eats, http://iowagirleats.com.
There is no shortage of ways to use this juicy and tender meat!
Use Crock Pot Roast Chicken in:
Spinach & Artichoke Chicken Casserole
Signature Spicy, Smoky, Sweet Chili (use chicken instead of beef)


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Nada Te Turbe
>> Saturday, February 19, 2011
I learned about this song from an aunt friend here in Germany. I haven't heard of this one before so I looked it up on YouTube as she suggested. The song is in the form of a chant, that is why it is famous among the younger generation.
Nada te turbe, nada t'espante
Quien a Dios tiene, nada le falta
Nada te turbe, nada t'espante
Solo Dios basta.
Let nothing disturb you, Nothing dismay you
All things pass, but God never changes
Whoever has God lacks nothing
If you have only God, you have more than enough.
-Teresa of Avila 1515 – 1582-
The choir is composed of monks of the Taizé Community, an ecumenical Christian monastic order in Taizé, Saône-et-Loire, Burgundy, France. It is composed of about 100 brothers who come from Protestant and Catholic traditions. The brothers come from about 30 countries across the world.[1] The monastic order has a strong devotion to peace and justice through prayer and meditation. It was founded in 1940 by Brother Roger Schutz.
The community has become one of the world's most important sites of Christian pilgrimage. Over 100,000 young people from around the world make pilgrimages to Taizé each year for prayer, Bible study, sharing, and communal work. Through the community's ecumenical outlook, they are encouraged to live in the spirit of kindness, simplicity and reconciliation.
Perhaps hubby and I can visit one of these days. Have a good weekend everyone!
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Heavy bearspreading dominated the grain markets today with corn leading the way lower. December corn closed 12 ½ cents lower at $7.42, November soybeans down 6 ½ cents at $15.64, and December wheat down 11 ¼ cents at $8.72 ¾.
Export sales fell short of expectations for corn and soybeans but were above the highest guess for wheat. Even so wheat was unable to hold its early support and eventually followed corn lower on the day.
Estimated Range Actual
Corn: 150,000 – 375,000 MTs 142,300 MTs
Soybeans: 600,000 – 900,000 MTs 522,200 MTs
Wheat: 250,000 – 450,000 MTs 572,000 MTs
At 8:00am the USDA announced another sale of 120,000 MTs of US soybeans to unknown. This is on top of the 105,000 they announced yesterday.
Even though soybean sales were below expectations they were still well above the average per week needed to meet the current USDA demand estimate of 1.265 billion bushels. Sales equated to 19.2 million bushels and we only need to average 7.5. This brings us to 72.7% percent contracted for the year (new record). When we are only looking at 130 million bushels in total carryout (4.5% of total use) we really can't afford to raise exports. The market is counting on a decent crop in South America and should be very price sensitive if we run into any weather issues along the way. So far we have seen dryness in Northern Brazil and slightly delayed plantings in Argentina due to heavy rains. They have not been large enough issues to expect a significant change in production.
While soybean demand remains strong corn demand is looking poor. This doesn't mean I am necessarily bearish old crop corn. Our 2012 production is only estimated at 10.706 billion and the market is merely doing its job by holding back demand to meet its limited supply. I believe that we could stay range-bound through the end of the year unless we see a sharp rally in feed margins or another sharp rally in energy prices. We do have to keep in mind that it is election year and we are facing the fiscal cliff. Ultimately in the last election year we were struck with a massive selloff in the outside markets which also brought December 2008 corn down below $3 a bushel. Obviously this is an extreme example but it is worth noting that we can be highly affected by economic circumstances.
As of Wednesday October 25th the average price of December corn in Oct has been $7.51 ½. The average price of November soybeans has been $15.38 ½. We are through 19 of the 23 business days which decide the harvest price for insurance, which basically means we can't significantly change this price from here. With the fall crop insurance price set and your yields basically known it is time to re-evaluate hedge levels to see how to protect downside risk going into the winter. Please contact an EHedger broker to see how we can help you develop a strategy to finish out 2012 and look forward to the 2013 crop year. Phone: 1-(866) HEDGER-1. Have a great weekend!
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September 21, 2012, 8:19 am
Jazz guitarist Rory Stuart jams with Denver School of the Arts students
Jazz guitarist Rory Stuart, who's in Denver for a Saturday gig at Dazzle, stopped by Denver School of the Arts on Sept. 20 to conduct a class and jam with the students.
Here's a quick pic of the event (click through for the full-resolution version). From the looks on the faces of (most of) the students, the event was a success.


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Oil Tycoons Expand Real Estate Empires
Oil executives who made windfalls from the shale booms in Texas are expanding their real estate empires, buying residential properties in Dallas, Houston, San Antonio, and ranches out west. PHoto: Allison V. Smith for The Wall Street Journal.
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I. Core Curriculum Requirements1: 42 hours
- Communication (6 hours)
- Social and Behavioral Sciences (15 hours)
- Humanities and Fine Arts (6 hours)
- Mathematics and Quantitative Reasoning: (6 hours)
- 6 hours Calculus (MATH 1325 and 1326)
- Science (9 hours including at least one course with a substantial laboratory component)
1Curriculum Requirements can be fulfilled by other approved courses from accredited institutions of higher education. The courses listed in parentheses are recommended as the most efficient way to satisfy both Core Curriculum and Major Requirements at UT Dallas.
II. Major Requirements: 45 hours
Major Preparatory Courses (15 hours)
- ACCT 2301* Introductory Financial Accounting
ACCT 2302* Introductory Management Accounting
BA 2301* Business and Public Law
ECON 2301* Principles of Macroeconomics2
ECON 2302* Principles of Microeconomics
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BA 3333* Quantitative Business Analysis or MATH 2333* Matrices, Vectors, and Their Application4
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BA 3341 Business Finance
BA 3351 Introduction to Management Information Systems
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BA 3361 Organizational Behavior
BA 3365 Principles of Marketing
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STAT 3360 Probability and Statistics for Management and Economics or BA 3360 Managerial Decision Making under Uncertainty
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4 Students may substitute MATH 2418 or CS 2305.
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Free Electives (12 hours) (6 hours must be non-business courses)Both lower- and upper-division courses may count as electives but students must complete at least 51 hours of upper-division credit to qualify for graduation.
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Baskind records fourth hat trick of the season in win against Holy Cross (Gil Talbot).
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – The Harvard women's lacrosse team opened the game with five unanswered goals to down Holy Cross, 10-4, on Wednesday night at Harvard Stadium.
The Crimson (6-6) set the tone early as Melanie Baskind scored her first of three goals just four minutes into the contest. Chelsey Newman made it 2-0, while Danielle Tetreault and Jamie potter converted two free position attempts to put the Crimson up four. Less than 30 seconds later Baskind netted her second goal of the day extending Harvard's lead to 5-0. Maddie Carrellas was the lone Crusader to score for Holy Cross (6-6) in the half as Harvard took a 5-1 lead into the intermission.
The lead grew to 7-1 out of the break with back-to-back tallies by Jennifer VanderMeulen. Kyleigh Keating made it an 8-1 margin with 19:27 remaining, while Newman netted her second goal to lengthen Harvard's lead to eight. Two Holy Cross goals would end the Crimson's run with 10:45 left in the contest, 9-3. Baskind capped off her hat trick with 4:21 to play, securing the 10-4 win for the Crimson.
Baskind led all scorers with a hat trick, while Newman tied her career-high three points with two goals and one assist. VanderMeulen tallied two moving her into sole possession of sixth place on Harvard's all-time goals list with 124 career scores as six different Crimson scored in the victory. Micaela Cyr recorded a career-high six ground balls and Kelly Weis made six saves to record the win.
Harvard is now 8-0 all-time against the Crusaders, while the Crimson's four goals allowed matched its season low.
Carrellas and Sara Hennessey anchored Holy Cross's offense with two points (1g, 1a) and two goals, respectively. Sarah Webber came away with 16 saves in the losing effort.
Harvard out shot Holy Cross, 35-14. The Crimson also outdrew the Crusaders, 10-6, and grabbed more ground balls, 20-11.
Harvard returns to Ivy League play Saturday, April 14 at 1:00 p.m. against Princeton at Harvard Stadium.
Game Notes: Harvard's four goals allowed matched its season low ... Harvard improves to 8-0 all-time against Holy Cross ... Melanie Baskind scored her fourth hat trick of the season … Michael Cyr recorded a career-high six ground balls … Jennifer VanderMeulen moved into sole possession of sixth place on Harvard's career goals list with 124 … Chelsey Newman tied her career-high three points with two goals and one assist.


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"UX is the intangible design of a strategy that brings us to a solution."
UX has become a neologism. When something has "good UX" it is an implied meaning of having the core components of UX (research, maybe a persona, IA, interaction, interface, etc etc…). It's not really necessary or desirable to tack the word design onto the end anymore. It's a distraction and leads people down a parallel but misguided path… the path to thinking that UX = User Interface Design.
I was inspired to write this post after viewing Elisabeth Hubert's (@lishubert) presentation at the Future of Web Design 2012 conference in Prague. She says in the presentation quite clearly:
The interface is not the solution.
That's the true heart of the battle between UX and those who only want UI – or don't know the difference.
How UX people see UX
UX is an acronym for "user experience." It is almost always followed by the word "design." By the nature of the term, people who perform the work become "UX designers." But these designers aren't designing things in the same sense as a visual or interface designer. UX is the intangible design of a strategy that brings us to a solution.
Many UX designers have started to re-label themselves as UX Architects, UX Engineers, or UX Strategists. Some have even dropped the word "user" altogether and just go by Experience Architect/Engineer/Strategist. I think this is partially to help keep them from being marginalized as only interface designers, and partially as a result of the broadening nature of UX. You could be a researcher and persona writer in a senior UX role and never touch an interface design (or even have the skills to).
So what does UX actually mean? The various UX roles that a person can fulfill are plentiful. Some are whole jobs, some whole careers, and others are tactical roles we all dip in and out of.
What we want them to see
- Field research
- Face to face interviewing
- Creation and administering of tests
- Gathering, organizing, and presenting statistics
- Documentation of personas and findings
- Product design
- Feature writing
- Requirement writing
- Graphic arts
- Interaction design
- Information Architecture
- Usability
- Prototyping
- Interface layout
- Interface design
- Visual design
- Taxonomy creation
- Terminology creation
- Copy writing
- Presentation and speaking
- Working tightly with programmers
- Brainstorm coordination
- Company culture evangelism
- Communication to stakeholders
What they typically see
- Field research
- Face to face interviewing
- Creation and administering of tests
- Gathering, organizing, and presenting statistics
- Documentation of personas and findings
- Product design
- Feature writing
- Requirement writing
- Graphic arts
- Interaction design
- Information Architecture
- Usability
- Prototyping
- Interface layout
- Interface design
- Visual design
- Taxonomy creation
- Terminology creation
- Copy writing
- Presentation and speaking
- Working tightly with programmers
- Brainstorm coordination
- Company culture evangelism
- Communication to stakeholders
(Download this comparison list at UX is not UI – www.uxisnotui.com right now!)
UI design is a huge part of UX. I would say that in a good majority of cases the UX designer does in fact design the interface. But UX is not UI. This is where the education of others comes in. Helping people understand just what UX is and the invaluable role it plays is illustrated beautifully with the UX Umbrella.
The UX Umbrella
In a presentation that Dan Willis (@uxcrank) did for the DC Startup Weekend in 2011, he had a phenomenal image that really shows what UX encompasses:
The items that are sheltered by the umbrella have two purposeful omissions – user experience design and interface design.
User experience design is omitted because it is the loose term that encompasses all of the various disciplines. You're never really doing any "user experience design" that isn't just a combination of one or more of the things under the umbrella.
User interface design is omitted because it is the crossover between visual design (look and feel) and the interaction design (how the look and feel work). Combine those two and you have an interface. The interface is the result of the "solution design" that came before it.
A skillful interface designer understands the importance of providing the user with a solution to a defined problem.
How you get to an effective UI
UI implementation in production code is typically carried out by a front-end developer. There are people like me who are HTML/CSS slingers, I am often happy to build working prototypes. But when there is complex interaction with real backend code and frontend javascript, that is best left to professionals.
So how do we get to implementing a killer UI? Let's take a journey through an ideal hypothetical:
- We presume the problem has been identified through the user/market/persona research.
- User flows and stories are made, then trashed, then made again, then iterated on until the problem flow is clear.
- With an idea of ways to solve the problem, some rapid experiments are carried out to validate the assumptions with the personas.
- Some IA work is done to break out the product/site into the logical areas and hierarchies.
- Various wireframes and sketches are drawn to start to organize where things could go on the screen.
- With all the preceding research material and UX work, now mockups with UI included can be made with confidence.
- With mockups and a UI designed, they are user tested and iterated on through some prototypes or experiments.
- After the mockups have been vetted, it's now time to code up the interface – UI Design!
- Once the usability of the UI has been honed, you can move it on to production – the place that people usually think of as the singular UI.
That's quite an idealized journey. Not every step has to be taken depending on time and resources. There's also nothing to stop it from going pretty fast; a matter of days even. I've designed countless UIs straight from my head to the screen without following those steps, but that's not UX. I believe they call it "design malpractice." Good UI is not trivial or simple – solid UX, killer visuals, and effective interaction are all part of the formula.
Keep on educating!
This is how I'd like people to see UX and understand what is meant by "user experience design." It takes a lot of behind the scenes work to end up at a capable, elegant, and delightful interface. But the interface is not the solution. This is what the school of UX needs to combat, and then educate about what UX really can do. It's a huge strategic process that aims to create a product or website that customers/users/visitors are drawn to, find easy to use, and quickly understand. Through the UX work we'll arrive at the right interface conclusion.
Credit to Dan Willis (@uxcrank) for the UX Umbrella and Elisabeth Hubert (@lishubert) for Interaction Design Beyond the Interface.
Update: Download the comparison poster/graphic
I've had a lot of people email about the 2-column "what we want them to see, what they typically see" comparison lists, so I've put them up in PDF and PNG format at UX is not UI – www.uxisnotui.com!
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Al Franken ... wow a photo is wortha thousand words..photo about half way down the article.....
Al Franken ... wow a photo is wortha thousand words..photo about half way down the article.....
Couldn't happen to a better guy,who deserves anything that can be heaped upon him.
There are levels of bad behavior,,Al reached very close to the top !
I do disagree johnw ,this picture is PRICELESS.
Rare that we have photograpic evidence of just what a piece of shit he is !
At the very least, Franken should be awarded a Ted Kennedy merit badge and lapel pin.
Doesn't he already have the T. Kennedy Kewpie Doll?
So the republicans are saying that if Moore is elected he'll be ejected..... Now there is physical proof of franken's sexual
assault ..... he should be gone tomorrow.....
And he fundamentally admitted he did it.
If the senate gives him a pass because he apologizes for his past ,then ANYONE who has committed sexual harassment in any form should be extended the same...... Welcome to the senate Senator Moore.......
Ahhh, Moore denies all so how can he apologize for something he claims he didn't do?
"Groping" a woman's breast through body armor is equivalent to raping a teenager?
Proof Jasper, pictures or are you talking about JFK, BJC or many other dems, and remember Moore was a Dem when the allegations occurred.
How about you Jack, proof, or are they just allegations, for now. And why are Dems trowing Bill under the bus, is he no longer useful since Hilary lost, again?
Here's the fact,she told Frankenstein to step off after he planted a gross and unwanted French kiss on her....he did this after the fact...he doesn't understand that no means no.....get it....?That is uninvited sexual contact the very definition of sexual harassment......
From experience with training staff and supervising staff dealing with behaviors,johnw
just described the very essence of what sexual harassment is.
Agreed, and like your orange Jesus and SCROTUS, Franken is a gross predator and a hypocrite.
Another beautiful day in the left, say way lefter, Portland. Sexual harassment outbreaks lead every news cycle and any woman who has ever been on the receiving end of elevator eyes is howling how the perpetrator must resign. All while being very careful not to use the F(ranken) word.
And yes, the D babe Gilliland laments that Clinton should have resigned. Is she concerned with a Lewinski between consenting adults or his more felonious attacks that no D will acknowledge ever occurred?.
The "D" you speak of is "deflect" you ignorant cockroach.
Every day the Empire, The American Empire Kills 100's of innocents through proxy wars and offensive wars and Bezos and WaPo are concerned about who dicked who?
Do you know who dicked who, it be Bezos and WaPo with each passing day .
The is sexual harassment and then there is sexual assault....bubba Clinton and others physically assaulted women who weren't their employees or co workers......al Frankenstein may have done both.......
What is Sexual Harassment?
A woman working in an office is dreading the arrival of her male coworker, who has long made her feel uncomfortable but yesterday made an inappropriate comment about her body. Across the hall, a manager tells her young intern that she can provide great opportunities for those who "cooperate" and makes a sexually suggestive gesture. A man sitting in the corner cubicle, meanwhile, has been offending several of his coworkers for months by looking at pornography on his computer. What do these have in common? They're all examples of sexual harassment, a federal workplace discrimination claim that takes several different forms.
But how do we draw the line between acceptable behavior and unlawful harassment? In other words, how do we define sexual harassment and -- more to the point -- how do the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and the courts review a sexual harassment claim?
What is the Law on Sexual Harassment?
Sexual harassment is considered to be a form of sex discrimination under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which applies to all U.S. employers with 15 or more employees (some state laws may provide additional worker protections). Anyone affected by the offensive conduct in question, not just the person to whom it is directed, may be a victim. The EEOC defines the offense as follows:
"Unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature constitutes sexual harassment when submission to or rejection of this conduct explicitly or implicitly affects an individual's employment, unreasonably interferes with an individual's work performance or creates an intimidating, hostile or offensive work environment."
The EEOC offers additional guidance on what constitutes sexual harassment, including the following:
The conduct of the offender must be offensive and unwelcomed by the victim.
Harassment may still occur when there is no economic injury to or discharge of the victim.
The harasser can be the victim's supervisor, an agent of the employer, a supervisor in another area, a co-worker, or a non-employee.
The victim and harasser may be a woman or a man. The victim does not have to be of the opposite sex.
Types of Harassment: Quid Pro Quo and Hostile Work Environment
There are two different types of sexual harassment claims, although the manner in which a court will distinguish between the two for purposes of deciding whether harassment has occurred has become blurred in recent years:
Quid Pro Quo: Sexual harassment that occurs when a supervisor or one in an authority position requests sex, or a sexual relationship, in exchange for not firing or otherwise punishing the employee, or in exchange for favors, such as promotions or raises.
Hostile Work Environment: Sexual harassment that occurs through the presence of demeaning or sexual photographs, jokes or threats. The inappropriate behavior or conduct must be so pervasive as to, as the name implies, create an intimidating and offensive work environment.
Each state is different with regard to protections against sexual harassment. For example, Alabama allows for an employee to sue an employer for sexual harassment based on a theory of invasion of privacy. Vermont law, in comparison, requires every employer to adopt a policy against sexual harassment. Other states have no specific law prohibiting or punishing sexual harassment, and thus rely on federal law.
Applying the Definition
While it is easy to define sexual harassment, it is very difficult to apply that definition to a set of particular facts. Court opinions can seem inconsistent about whether sexual harassment has occurred, sometimes deciding differently in cases with very similar facts particularly in hostile work environment cases where it is more difficult than in quid pro quo situations to prove that harassment occurred.
The U.S. Supreme Court has held that employers may defend themselves in hostile work environment cases brought against them for actions of a supervisor or managerial-level employee by arguing that they took reasonable steps to prevent sexual harassment and made efforts to correct harassing behavior. Employers may also argue that they are not liable if an employee did not take advantage of available reporting or remedial measures to complain about incidents of sexual harassment.
Factors for Review: Hostile Work Environment
The court will base its decision on the facts in the case, with an emphasis on context. This was tested in a sexual harassment claim filed by a writer for the hit television show "Friends" who claimed she was the victim of harassment in the writing room, where they would often engage in taboo banter in order to stoke ideas. The California Supreme Court dismissed the suit, claiming the banter was all part of the "creative workplace" required for a comedy show with sexual themes.
Factors a court will consider in hostile work environment cases include the following:
Frequency of the alleged inappropriate behavior.
Severity of the behavior.
Conduct of the victim.
Context of the alleged harassment.
Size of the employer's business.
Nature of the employer's business.
In a hostile work environment claim, whether a reasonable person in the position of the plaintiff would have thought the environment to be hostile.
Note: If the alleged victim willingly participated in sexual banter or risqué jokes, it will be more difficult for them to prove that they have actually been harassed.
Dispelling Sexual Harassment Myths
Only women can be harassed: This is not true. Courts have previously ruled that a man can be harassed by a woman, although such a situation is slightly more rare than a male harassing a woman.
A woman can't harass another woman and a man can't harass another man: This is not true. The U.S. Supreme Court has recognized that illegal sexual harassment can occur between people of the same sex.
Sexual harassment can only occur in a workplace: This is not true. The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that teachers, professors, and other individuals with authority in school systems (including universities and colleges) can sexually harass students in violation of the law. While the case was decided under Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, rather than Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 the implication was the same: a teacher can sexually harass a student.
Only supervisors or those in authority positions can be a harasser: This is not true. A harasser can be a coworker and, in some cases, a third party such as an agent or client of the employer. The key is whether the employer knew or should have known of the harassing behavior and failed to take action.
Get a Free Initial Claim Assessment
Sexual harassment can disrupt a working environment, traumatize workers, and result in costly litigation. Whether you have been the victim of sexual harassment, are accused, or manage a workplace that you want to keep harassment-free you can benefit from the advice of a lawyer. Contact a local attorney for a free initial claim assessment to discuss your situation and learn how they can help.
The congress is now considering sexual harassment training for all members and their staffs.....I'd say they have been flaunting the law right along .
Sexual harassment is considered to be a form of sex discrimination under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which applies to all U.S. employers with 15 or more employees (some state laws may provide additional worker protections). Anyone affected by the offensive conduct in question, not just the person to whom it is directed, may be a victim. The EEOC defines the offense as follows:
Meanwhile, here in North Maine.........
I had a complaint about how DOT workers were doing such a poor job using cold patch to fill potholes on a major secondary road.
They would pull a shovelful off the truck, and throw it at the hole with much of the material ending up in the ditch.
I mentioned it to the foreman in my area, and he told me that they used to have classes for doing tasks like that but now all they have are classes on how to avoid sexual harassment issues.
From experiecne a correct assessment of situation with training issues.
I was vey proud that I successfully developed a training program for my staff that presente dthe issue in a more positive maanner,
if you do that your going to get fired etc. is not a strong motivator . But still had issue swith behaviors that were just stupid.
Of course the higher one goes in an organization acceptance of issue is a problem. Had my boss come to me and say he had hired "another female offcier with big breasts" ! I snapped on him. So much for support for training.
Oh Al how could you....a second woman comes forward....https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/11/20/he-put-his-han...
Not to throw cold water on this sexual harassment party, but the Duke Lacrosse case and the UVA case, among others, have shown us that all women should not be automatically believed just because they make claims of sexual assault.
Can't we get to the point where we:
A) Take it Seriously
B) WAIT to pass judgement
Why is it always IGNORE or PRESUME GUILT?
I never suggested ignore, but now the only option is to assume guilt. History has shown that this is a bad idea.
This whole thing is growing some legs and has real potential to turn into something.....something like a brand new giverment department. Maybe the Department of Depravity,with thousands of employees, buildings ,training centers and a huge budget. They could spend countless hours determining guidelines by age ,gender ,race,religion on what is and is not harassment........my word every dark cloud does have a silver lining....Oh and the latest it turns out tha a Rose really isn't a rose......OReily must be laughing his ass off.
Oh oh two more women have come forward accusing al of a little ass grabbing.....
Should we puke or laugh at al franken's latest apology..... imagine if Moore said something like this......
.I've met tens of thousands of people and taken thousands of photographs, often in crowded and chaotic situations," Franken said in the statement, per the Associated Press. "I'm a warm person; I hug people. I've learned from recent stories that in some of those encounters, I crossed a line for some women — and I know that any number is too many. Some women have found my greetings or embraces for a hug or photo inappropriate, and I respect their feelings about that … I've thought a lot in recent days about how that could happen, and recognize that I need to be much more careful and sensitive in these situations. I feel terribly that I've made some women feel badly and for that I am so sorry, and I want to make sure that never happens again. And let me say again to Minnesotans that I'm sorry for putting them through this and I'm committed to regaining their trust."
"Ah feel yer payehn..."
All those words ,except saying the ones that really matter....."I will be resigning from the US senate for my inappropriate actions."
Franken won't resign or be forced out of the Senate unless it's by the voters in the next elections. Moore, on the other hand, is toast. There's a reason so many Republicans don't want him in the Senate: he's a poisonous idealogue who wields the Bible like some sort of battering ram. Who need this kind of shit in a democracy, even if he is duly elected by a toothless majority who are probably to inbred to know any better.
LIke many today the lack of boundaries in their personal lives are evident in their comments. Not nice to talk about ones family like that Smegma.


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Austin College Women's Hoops Holds Off UTD
SHERMAN, Texas – The Austin College women's basketball team got out to a big lead behind the hot shooting of Jacqui Nickell but needed to hold off a late rally by the University of Texas-Dallas on Wednesday night, topping the Comets 55-52 to improve to 3-2 overall this season.
Austin College fell in a 10-3 hole early on before back to back treys from Nickell made it a 10-9 game with 12:54 left in the opening half, and another three from Nickell and baskets from Erin Riley and Shayna Clardy gave the 'Roos their first lead of the game at 18-16 with 5:26 on the clock. Nickell buried her fourth three of the opening half to extend the lead to five, but the Comets would chip away and make it a 24-23 Austin College lead at the break.
The 'Roos maintained their slim lead early in the second half before Nickell knocked down her fifth and sixth threes of the game to push it to a 38-27 game with 12:34 to play, and the lead grew to 47-31 following a bucket by Brooke Melton and a three from Clardy with just over eight minutes remaining.
The Comets would come surging back thanks to a 13-2 run that made it a 49-44 game with 4:49 remaining, and a three point play by Amber Brown would cut it to a 51-49 margin with under two minutes left. Four free throws from Christina Kime pushed it to a 55-49 game with 36 seconds left, and the 'Roos would manage to hold off the Comets and secure the three point victory.
Nickell hit 6-of-8 threes on her way to 18 points and Melton finished with 10 points, six boards and four steals as Austin College overcame 26 turnovers to earn the victory.
Jo'Anna Davis scored a game-high 20 points to lead the Comets and Kellie Loukanis added 10 in the loss as UTD shot just 32.8% from the field in the game.
Austin College opens up Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference play this weekend when they host Southwestern on Friday and Trinity on Saturday.
UTD Pulls Away from 'Roo Men's Hoops Late
SHERMAN, Texas – The Austin College men's basketball team was within five points late in their game against the University of Texas-Dallas, but the Comets used an 11-5 run to close things out and hand the 'Roos a 61-50 loss on Wednesday night in Hughey Gym. The 'Roos are now 1-4 on the year with the loss.
Austin College got off to a hot start, grabbing a 10-2 lead with 14:05 left in the opening half. UTD pulled to within one at 11-10 before the 'Roos pushed the margin back to 16-10 on a basket by Jordan Hancock. Carter Nash scored to cap off a 7-0 run for UTD as the Comets surged ahead 17-16, but the 'Roos grabbed the lead back at 24-22 on a bucket by Walter Phillips with 2:31 left before halftime. However, a last second tip in by Nash would put UTD on top 27-26 heading into the locker room.
UTD carried that momentum into the second half, scoring eight straight to push the lead to 35-26, and the lead grew to 40-29 with 15:35 left to play on a basket by Reese Dahse. A pair of three pointers and a layup by Hancock cut the margin to 42-39 with 11:14 remaining, but the Comets got two quick baskets from Kyle Schleigh on their way to extending the lead to 48-41 with just under nine minutes remaining.
Alen Michael had a tip in and Colton Castle hit an 18 footer to pull the 'Roos back to within three at 48-45, but that's as close as Austin College would get as Schleigh would score seven of UTD's final 13 points to give the Comets the 11 point victory.
Hancock hit 5-of-10 shots and 2-of-4 from deep on his way to a team-high 15 points and added three steals and Michael recorded a double-double with 10 points and 13 rebounds for the 'Roos.
Schleigh led all scorers with 22 points and added 13 boards, three assists and a pair of steals and Nash finished with 11 points and seven boards for the Comets.
Austin College opens up Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference play this weekend when they host Southwestern on Friday and Trinity on Saturday.
Austin College athletic teams participate as a member of the NCAA Division III and the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference.


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Pole Plays Tenori-On
A wide-ranging interview in advance of Stefan Betke's TENORI-ON demo on April 11th
Stephanie Kale - April 01, 2008
by Stephanie Kale
Taking two steps back has always resulted in one step forward for Stefan Betke, the originator of the Berlin-based dub-techno project Pole. For much of the past decade, Pole's approach to making music has largely revolved around taking a genre of electronic music – be it techno, dub or hip hop – and deconstructing it either to its skeletal remains or, beyond that, to the point of disappearance.
Betke likes to create what he calls a "non-referential space." He's explored this space through five major releases so far, and though the results have consistently met with a rollercoaster of critical opinion, no one can say that Pole hasn't been fearless in his approach.
His rollercoaster is currently on an upswing with Steingarten and its attendant remix album, which features Shackleton, Deadbeat, Ghislain Poirier and many others. Since the release of this last full-length album, Betke has been busy running his ~scape label, doing the mastering work on various projects, and occasionally playing live.
On Friday, April 11th, Betke will share the stage with Robert Lippok and Sutekh among others, at the Société des Arts et Technologies, for a demonstration of the new Yamaha Tenori-On console. Invented by Japanese media artist Toshio Iwai, this sequencer not only makes the audio visual, but also lends a transparency to the composition process, as the audience can follow what the artist is doing by watching the lighted interface.
We had the opportunity to interview Betke a few weeks before he plays Montreal, for a wide-ranging conversation about the Tenori-On, Steingarten, his creative process, and life in Berlin.
When is the last time you performed in Montreal and what do you anticipate for your upcoming performance?
The last time I was here was two years ago, with Jan and Mike and the band. It was on a Sunday night in this industrial area, for the closing night of the [Mutek] festival. How I understand this upcoming performance is it's a sort of collaboration. They want to launch this instrument, the TENORI-ON, worldwide. It's is an interesting instrument for some ways of production. I try to use it on stage so that everybody can see what this thing can do in my type of music. And when Sutekh is playing, he's uses it in his way of production. It's a totally different genre of production but it makes sense there too. It combines both interests and shows what's possible to the audience with this machine.
When did you start working with the TENORI-ON? How do you like it? Does it expand what's possible for you?
Not long ago, actually. I got it about two months ago at the Transmediale festival in the Berlin. The designer of the whole thing, Toshio, he's a media artist. So he comes from a kind of light installation and sound installation side of the business, which is really different from what I, especially as Pole, do in the studio – which is pure audio work, where every tool I use has to follow a certain function. And while I think that this TENORI-ON, being designed by a media artist and it works a lot with light design and flashes and looking really good and nice and entertaining, it has some features which a normal step sequencer, if you see it as a technical tool, doesn't provide so far. It has bounce mode, it has a draw mode, where you can draw with your finger the notes to play. It has some really weird shortening parts of the whole sequence. So, it's a very intuitive instrument, and also very easy because you can carry it around with a battery and headphones and make something really quick.
In my case, I'm not using it as a stand-alone tool. I combine it with other instruments in my set-up, and then it adds a new element to my performance. With this machine, lets say you want to have something random, something not following the same time measurement like the main song you're working on or the main track you're working on, so with this machine it can run out of time and then come back after a while, and then hits the beat again and then goes back out of the beat again. It is interesting to use it as an improvisation tool. It gives a good Steve Reich kind of style when you using something like the bounce tool. You have these percussive small sounds and it goes out of rhythm. It can go really on the side of serial music and that's what makes it pretty interesting.
Have you incorporated any other new hardware into your recordings lately?
I'm testing a few new synthesizers at the moment and some studio electronics, but these are mainly instruments, nothing that comes down to sequencers. I just found out about some old vintage stuff which I've never used in my studio which I'm now using – specialty made forms which were only existing in the early 80s only made for a short time and not built again. But I'm not really a technical nerd. I produce my stuff with what I have. If I can't hit the point of where I want, I ask myself is it because of the instrument that I'm using or is it my lack of fantasy. And only if it's a missing instrument then I buy something new. But usually I stay with most of the stuff that I have. I'm not buying that much stuff actually.
Your last full-length album, Steingarten, was a break from your previous releases, in a way there's much more going on. Was your compositional process different from your earlier work?
That's interesting because a lot of people think that there's less going on, but I tend to agree with you in that there's more because of this Kraftwerk-influenced guitar sound in nearly every track, building up kind of like a wall of sound. With Steingarten, I tried to go one step backwards again, and I was thinking a lot about what I did on the yellow album, and on the red one, and how I designed tracks there, and also the one with Fat Jon – the Pole record. And I tried to take the most interesting elements of those parts and combine it to a new one, and work with techno influences again which were really much obvious on the yellow album and absolutely gone on the hip hop sound of Fat Jon. I wanted to go back in this direction, without producing a techno record. I wanted a lot going on with a very thin sound but without any traces of influence. It's music that could've been here or it could've been there, like an alien in the electronic music world, standing there.
The idea behind Pole has always been to play with genres, to deconstruct them to a minimum so that they are there but not obviously recognizable. It has to go so far that it becomes a non-referential music. That would be the goal in the whole thing, non-referential music. I have no idea if I hit this, but that was the intention behind it. I think my first three records were kind of non-referential, yet at the same time they were referential - especially the yellow one to this kind of dubby-electronic techno from Berlin. But it was so much deconstructed that it was something not existing. And the record that I did with Fat Jon, that was very more concrete and beat orientated, so it was genre-connected. It was very much hip hop, it was experimental hip hop, of course, but it was hip hop in the very end. And that is my interest – to continue in this direction.
The energy that Pole has is to deconstruct something to a minimum and see what's the rest, what's staying there and what is intent enough to use it as a single line and it creates something that keeps you on the track for six minutes. That was always the original idea behind Pole and it is still the idea behind Pole.
How do you know when a particular track is finished?
To be honest, I have no idea. I think my music is something that starts and ends, it doesn't have 'A part,' 'B part,' 'C part,' and then comes the chorus line and then goes back to the 'B part.' It's kind of like sequential music with no real beginning and no real ending, of course you have an intro and a very small outro, but that's just because you have to start somehow. All of my music is following a permanent process, so I finish something when I feel that I can't add something to this track anymore, when I get the feeling that I've said everything to this, so I don't have any new comments to put on this existing part.
When I have the feeling that it is enough and it works, and I don't have to say anything in addition to it. Sometimes a few weeks after I've finished a track, I think 'Eh, wow, I could've added this to that part.' So I try to bring more of that element into the next track. The main idea of deconstruction is still imminent in the process of making music. It's not a big deal if a track is not 100 per cent finished because it's a permanent developing of the same part, just the forms are changing.
When you said that you were interested in carrying along techno influences from your yellow album to Steingarten, are there any particular artists that you are inspired by?
I'm living in Berlin and I'm traveling a lot around the world playing these festivals where other producers are performing live as well. So whatever I see is influential, right? Whatever I listen to, it's all influential. You can't leave your flat or your studio and close your ears and think 'I don't want to hear anything around me.' That would be stupid. It is important to listen to other people's music. I try to be really open-minded and follow a lot of different genres and different producers and get an overview of what's going on, and how, especially young producers are now making their own stuff and which direction they want to go and if that changes or not.
So all of that it is influential. But when I mention that I want to use the techno element again, the idea is not to follow a particular genre or subgenre, like Berlin dub-techno or Cologne minimal school, or whatever, that is not what I want. If I say techno it's the name for everything that is electronic dance music, and I deconstruct it so that it is in my music but not really obvious. So you hear a four-to-the-floor beat, but it's not the banging tune. If you want to be non-referential, you have to forget about your influences.
What are some of your non-musical influences? How do these affect your composition process? How do you feel about collaboration with artists working in other mediums?
Is that important though? If they [the influences] are in there, but not visible, then there must be a reason why they are not visible. And then it would not really make sense to explain something when it's not visible except that it would have this specific function involved. I think my music is not that complex in this case, that this part would become necessary for the whole music. The things that you can slightly see are more important than the non-visible things.
With the red album, I worked with a choreographer here in Berlin for a dance piece. They used my music for this dance piece and it was pretty interesting to see that. But I barely work with video installation or video artists on stage, or I've never done a video for one of my tracks or whatever. Of course, when I produce my music, I have a visual process going on while I'm making music, which is natural I think – every sound you create, you combine it with something you saw before, or big cities when you walk through the streets and you see special architecture then in your brain you hear a tone or a beat or an atmospheric structure that refers to what you see in this moment. So visual and audio sentiments are very close together always.
But I'm not really sure if this is the main part in the composing process in my case. I doubt that actually. I think that, especially when I mix the final track or whatever, it goes down to this pure audio sound, you could call it sound design or whatever, and it's pure audio. And this makes it interesting actually. That's why I give my tracks these weird titles, which means in the ends nothing to this track, as it could be any other title as well. It is a little for the audience who listens to this track to create their own images in their minds, and that is the idea. It's not important what I'm seeing or what I feel, it's important what the audience sees in this.
What have you been working on since Steingarten?
I'm working on a couple of tracks, and I want to use the 12" or 10" inch as a kind of fast medium. At the same time, I'm working on an album concept. But this will take a little bit of time and I don't want to not release in between Steingarten and my next album. And I thought to make tests and to have a very flexible and fast medium I wanted to chose the 10" or 12" inch format to release these two tracks, when they are done and I'm happy with them, and without a big conceptual idea like you need for an album release behind it, and just put it out. I've also done a few remixes, and I'm playing live.
What is like to be an electronic music artist in Berlin right now? How often are you playing live? Is there a supportive crowd for what you are doing?
We have public funding for festivals, but most of the really interesting festivals are privately organized and they get company sponsoring. There's Transmediale every year, the biggest one in Berlin. The culture of funding festivals isn't that big in Germany, it's not like in Denmark or in The Netherlands, where the government has a lot of money to give to these kinds of performances and festivals. The government here is not into funding electronic youth culture, they mostly fund classical music. In Germany you are performing really often if you are performing boring minimal techno or breakbeat or something like that. Everything else is not existing here.
I play outside of Berlin every four or five years. In Germany or in Berlin itself, I play in friends' clubs once or twice a year because these people are friends. It's challenging because there is no scene for alternative electronic music. It's a lot of boring minimal techno. Every club in Berlin plays exactly the same music. There's not diversity or something. When you go to Watergate and stay there for an hour, and then go next door to Club 103, and from there you go to Weekend and then the Panorama Bar, you have the same sound in every club – you don't have to go anywhere. You can just connect all of these clubs and put a big speaker on the central place in Berlin and let it play and we all are happy. [Laughing]
I have no idea why people are following just this. For me, the electronic music scene and how it was ten years ago there was a lot of diverse places and different things. Even in the same club you had a main room and an ambient floor where you heard something totally weird, and I have no idea why this isn't existing anymore. In the end, if you want to be really negative, it is a commercial decision. You can see that some artists are successful at what they do even if the music is absolutely stupid and boring but it works. And because it works, so many people are following the same track and make the same music and become successful.
At the same time, you sell fewer records, it's not easy to introduce something new that's risky on the market, and you can't make a living out of that anymore. It's easier to make money via live performances and everybody follows the live performance that works, and brings money. But that makes it boring. And the clubs are changing their bookings, they are only booking the same type of music every weekend. So, I play mainly outside of Germany.


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After last month's false launch, Google Base has officially thrown down the gauntlet. At first glance, Google Base appears to be a direct competitor for online communities such as eBay and Craigslist, Google denies that is the case.
Marc Leibowitz, Web search and syndication director, said Google merely wants to serve people who have information to share that is not already on a Web site and being crawled by a search engine to open it up to the public. In addition, much of the information in Google Base is expected to be noncommercial, a Google spokesman said.
For those of you living under a rock, Craigslist is a massive online community that has become most known for its colorful personal ads and classifieds sections. However, Craigslist is flawed in one irrepairable way — it is very much a jack of all trades and master of none. Their search is fairly limited and their input forms are the same regardless of whether you are posting an item for sale or looking for some new partner to go clubbing with.
Google Base has taken the generic posting form and enhanced it with steroids. When posting an item to Google Base the user selects a category, either from a predefined list or by creating their own. If they chose a category from the list then a specialized posting form will be displayed with attributes specific to that category. There is also the option to add custom attributes. If the user chose to define their own category then all the attributes are custom. Rather than forcing everything into a catch-all description field, Google Base allows specific descriptors to be specified which makes searching not only more accurate, but also more efficient.
Another advantage Google has over its competition is that it has the ability to include the Google Base postings in their other search indexes and it appears that this notion hasn't escaped Google.
[..] based on the relevance of your items, they may also be included in the main Google search index and other Google products like Froogle and Google Local.
I can just imagine going to Froogle and searching for those rare discontinued Beanie Babies and being overjoyed because someone right down the road from me is selling his ex-wife's collection for pennies! Speaking of pennies, this would appear to be a perfect marketplace for Google to test its rumored micro-payment service. The option to use Paypal for payments for items is mysteriously missing and whether that has to do with the fact that eBay owns Paypal, or if Google is intending to take on Craigslist and eBay remains to be seen.
Comparisons with Craigslist and eBay aside, Google Base is much more than an online classifieds site. The Frequently Asked Questions area of the site has this to say:
If you have information you want to share with others, but aren't sure how to go about gaining an audience, Google Base is for you.
It seems as though Google intends to index every piece of data in existence and this is yet another portal for doing just that.


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The International Trailer for City Island.
Meet the Rizzos, a family that might get along a lot better if only they could tell each other the truth. Dad Vince is the worst offender. But since the prison guard won't even admit that poker night is in fact acting class, how's he ever going to explain about his illegitimate son? His daughter works as a stripper when she's supposed to be in college, while young Vinnie Jr has a secret sexual fetish that involves a 24-hour webcam and the family's 300-pound neighbour. Vince's wife Joyce is the family's rock, but it's been a year since she enjoyed intimacy with her husband, and it's no surprise she thinks poker night spells A-F-F-A-I-R. When former prisoner Tony enters the Rizzos' lives, Joyce begins to suspect that the handsome young Tony isn't who Vince says he is. City Island is a funny, touching and smart family tale about the secrets of the past catching up with the lies of the present, and accepting that nobody's perfect - least of all your loved ones.
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It would seem the days of looking like a newbie because you're rocking a helmet on the slopes are over.
After all, Shaun White wore one during his gold-medal run at the Winter X Games last weekend and Sierra-at-Tahoe rider Maddie Bowman threw down in the Aspen superpipe Friday with a black helmet on.
Helmet sales and rentals at the South Shore have skyrocketed in the past few years, according to Powder House General Manager Bob Spees. More and more people are realizing it's simply a good idea to protect their heads while skiing or riding on the slopes, Spees said.
"The price has come down to where it's reasonable. [The helmets] have a lot more features, they're much more comfortable and the older people are realizing that it's just a good idea," he said.
Data from the National Ski Areas Association supports Spees' observations. The NSAA found that helmet users jumped to almost 70 percent of all winter recreationists this year, up from 25 percent in 2002. The lowest percentage of helmet users – 53 percent – were young adults 18 to 24 years old.
The Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma issued a statement in 2011 that outlined the importance of helmet use. The group found that helmets decrease the risk and severity of head injuries, which account for about 20 percent of all ski- and snowboard-related medical issues in the U.S. each year.
While it may seem like common sense to wear a helmet, some winter snowsports enthusiasts posited the headgear can actually increase a skier or rider's chance of injury.
A 2009 University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine nationwide survey of ski patrollers reported that only 23 percent wore helmets. The skiers and riders who didn't wear the headgear cited concerns about impaired hearing and discomfort. They also worried helmets would encourage recklessness.
Three years ago a group of Austrian researches set out to explore that claim – does helmet use actually encourage skiers and riders to take more risks? Their answer was a succinct "no."
"Risk-taking behavior on ski slopes is associated with younger age, higher skiing ability, male sex, lower body mass index and on average higher speeds. Helmet use is not associated with riskier behavior on slopes. In addition, helmet use has to be recommended because helmet use reduces the risk of head injuries among skiers and snowboarders," the conclusion read.
The scientists found that the more experienced or advanced the skier, the more likely he or she would wear a helmet.
Researchers from the same Austrian university also disproved the link between slower reaction time and helmet use. They tested the reaction times of 20 people with a hat, a helmet, a hat with goggles and finally a helmet with goggles. They found the helmet did not impair hearing or peripheral vision, nor did it decrease reaction time.
"It's just common sense that people buy them," Tahoe Sports Ltd. Owner Mark Gandt said. "We've seen helmet purchases be very steady for the past three years now."
California legislators sent a bill to Gov. Jerry Brown in 2011 that would have required children younger than 18 years old to wear a helmet while on the slopes. Brown vetoed the bill, and efforts to enact a helmet-use law in the state have stalled. While Vail Resorts required all its employees to wear helmets while on the job back in 2009, some extreme events like the Winter X Games still don't mandate helmet use.
But many people seem to have learned the benefits of the protective headgear, Spees said. It only took him one crash to convert from a hat to a helmet.
"There's still a lot of people on the slopes with beanies, but the number of helmet sales and rentals has gone up. The percentage of people without helmets is getting narrower," Spees said.


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Creating Custom Desktop Alerts In Dynamics GP
First off, full credit goes to David Musgrave for sharing the bulk of this code with me and for providing some great troubleshooting help as I worked to call the code properly from VBA.
Allow me to share some background information. While at Convergence 2012 in Houston this year, I attended a presentation on the Support Debugging Tool by David Musgrave and Mariano Gomez. (Protip: I've found the sessions they run to be the most valuable ones at Convergence, by far.)
At the session, David mentioned in passing that the Support Debugging Tool was configured to raise a "Desktop Alert" when certain criteria were met. As soon as he demoed this, I thought – this would be a great way to provide feedback to a user without interrupting their workflow. Up until now, any time I wanted to provide a message to the user (such as "Data Saved", etc) the only tool I had in my toolbox was a message box which they would have to click on to dismiss.
After emailing David with some questions about how he had implemented this feature, and with a lot of hand-holding from him as well, I had managed to code up a subroutine in VBA (and later, VB.NET) which I could call from a customization to send a Desktop Alert to the user. Here is a sample:
The code to do this is actually pretty simple, and uses the (unsupported, undocumented) pass-through Dexterity method to call the Dexterity code which raises a desktop alert:
Public Sub RaiseDesktopAlert(AlertTitle As String, AlertMessage As String) 'Author: Aaron Berquist 'Date: 07/16/2012 'Purpose: Raise a Dynamics GP "Desktop Alert" message in the bottom right-hand corner of the screen. 'Inputs: 'AlertTitle - The title to be displayed in the Desktop Alert 'AlertMessage - The message to be displayed in the Desktop Alert 'Based on sample code provided by David Musgrave 'http://blogs.msdn.com/b/developingfordynamicsgp/ Dim CompilerApp As Object Dim compilercommand As String CompilerApp = CreateObject("Dynamics.Application") Dim CompilerError As Integer Dim CompilerMessage As String = "" CompilerCommand = "local string IN_Title;" & vbCrLf CompilerCommand = CompilerCommand & "local string IN_Message;" & vbCrLf CompilerCommand = CompilerCommand & "IN_Message = " & Chr(34) & AlertMessage & Chr(34) & ";" & vbCrLf CompilerCommand = CompilerCommand & "IN_Title = " & Chr(34) & AlertTitle & Chr(34) & ";" & vbCrLf CompilerCommand = CompilerCommand & "call wfDisplayDesktopNotification, IN_Title, IN_Message;" 'Set the Product ID to 0 (Microsoft Dynamics GP) CompilerApp.CurrentProductID = 0 'Execute SanScript CompilerError = CompilerApp.ExecuteSanscript(compilercommand, CompilerMessage) End Sub
I hope you find this code useful. I have have good feedback from several users now who appreciate the fact that the Desktop Alert does not interupt their workflow, yet still provides valuable feedback to them about certain actions which have occured inside the system.


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NB: Over the centuries, the Roman army changed and developed, and conditions often differed somewhat depending on the provinces where the troops were fighting and stationed. The following information is intended to give a generic picture of military organization, armor, weaponry, etc. during the late Republic and early Empire.
LEGIONS (legio):
The legion was the basic unit of Rome's standing army of career soldiers, the legionaries, who were all Roman citizens and fought primarily as foot-soldiers (infantry). The number of legions under arms varied in different time periods (there were, for example, 28 legions under Augustus in 25 BCE), and each legion had both a number and a title, though some numbers were duplicated (we know, for example, of III Augusta, III Cyrenaica, III Gallica, III Italica, III Parthica).
Though the exact numbers of men in a legion varied, the basic pattern of organization remained the same. The smallest unit was the tent group (contubernium), composed of 8 men who shared a tent, a mule, and eating equipment. These were organized into a disciplinary unit called a century (despite the fact that a century typically had 80 rather than 100 men), under the command of a centurion. The basic fighting unit was a cohort, composed of six centuries (480 men plus 6 centurions). The legion itself was composed of ten cohorts, and the first cohort had many extra menthe clerks, engineers, and other specialists who did not usually fightand the senior centurion of the legion, the primipilus, or number one javelin.
CAMPS (castra):
As Josephus notes, the Roman camps were always constructed according to a set pattern, laid out like a city bisected by two streets leading to four gates. Even temporary camps used when the army was on the march were always fortified, surrounded by a deep ditch and a wall. Click on the following for some images associated with military camps:
One of the most striking visual aspects of the Roman army were the standards, tall poles topped with various insignia and symbols, including many types of animals. During the Empire, the image of the emperor was also added to many standards. The standards were not just for show; they served important practical functions as well. Each century, cohort, and legion had its own standard; during battle and other activities, these were held by officers called standardbearers (general term signifer) who were marked out from other soldiers by the animal-head skins they wore on their heads, which can be clearly seen on this relief from Trajan's column. The standards helped to keep the units together, since the soldiers could see them above the action. Standards also helped to preserve the cohesiveness and pride of each unit, as they represented a concrete symbol of that unit's achievements. They were also used in various religious rituals designed to promote unity. The most important standard in each legion was the legionary eagle (also visible in this relief), made of a precious metal (usually silver) and symbol of the power of Rome and the honor of the legion. To lose the legionary eagle in battle was a terrible disgrace, and leaders like Augustus who succeeded in recovering captured legionary eagles capitalized on the propaganda value of the event (for example, Augustus depicted the surrender of the eagle that had been captured by the Parthians on the cuirass of his Prima Porta statue). The eagle standard was carried by a special standard bearer (aquilifer) who wore a lion-skin headdress. Click on the following for more images:
General: Each military campaign was assigned one general (dux), though there was not a single commander-in-chief until imperial times because a number of campaigns could be conducted simultaneously in different geographic areas. Generals were always aristocrats of the senatorial class, usually consuls or ex-consuls, since they had to hold at least praetorian rank in order to be granted imperium (the right to command an army) by the Senate; during the Empire, the emperor was the sole commander-in-chief, though he frequently delegated the actual command duties to generals who were his close associates, often relatives by birth or marriage. Generals and other officers wore Greek style armor over the military tunica molded leather breastplate that imitated the musculature of the chest and fringed strips of leather over the thighs and shoulders. Extant depictions of generals (like this relief of the emperor Trajan addressing his troops) do not show generals wearing helmets, but they may of course have worn them in battle. The item of clothing that visually distinguished a general from all other officers was his purple cloak (this was a military style cloak, called a lacerna, that was fastened by a large brooch on one shoulder).
Legates and Military Tribunes: Generals commanded many legions, but each legion had its own commander (at least after the time of Augustus), called the legionary legate (legatus), who was also of senatorial rank. Under each legionary legate were six military tribunes (tribuni militares), who carried out administrative duties. Young upper-class Roman men used this position as a stepping-stone to a political career, so the tribunes often did not have much military experience or ability.
Centurions: Chief among the officers who were not of equestrian or senatorial rank were the centurions (centuriones), each of whom commanded an eighty-man century. The centurions were professional soldiers, responsible for maintaining discipline in their units and for supervising the fighting on the field. In other words, they were the officers who kept the army running (and fighting) smoothly. The armor of the centurions was similar to that of other officers, with the exception of their helmets, which were topped with a transverse crest that extended from side to side instead of front to back, the shin protectors ( greaves) they wore on their legs, and the vinewood staff they carried to discipline soldiers. This tombstone, put up for the centurion Marcus Caelius by his brother even though his body was never found, shows the vinewood staff and the numerous medallions (phalerae) won in battle by Caelius. Under each centurion was a standardbearer, a deputy (optio) who took command of the century if the centurion was killed or wounded, and the tesserarius, who was in charge of the sentries.
The Praetorian Guard: Since the time of Sulla, Roman legions were not allowed to be stationed in Rome or Italy, but in 27 BCE Augustus founded a new, elite organization, the praetorian guard, to serve as a permanent bodyguard for the emperor. There were originally 9 cohorts, 3 of whom were stationed in Rome with the rest in nearby towns. Under Tiberius, all 9 cohorts were garrisoned in one camp in Rome (the castra praetoria), and Caligula increased the number of cohorts to 12. The praetorians were under the command of two prefects (later only one) of equestrian rank and were divided into centuries in the usual manner. Service in the guard was easier and more prestigious than in the legions, and praetorians were paid 2-3 times more than the legionaries. As can be seen from the statue at right, their armor was similar to the dress uniform of earlier Republican troops, with molded leather breastplates and helmets with visors and crests. To learn more about the praetorians, visit the Praetorian Camp in Region VI of VRoma, either via the web gateway or the anonymous browser.
The Urban Cohorts: When Augustus instituted the office of city prefect (praefectus urbi), he also established 3 cohorts (the cohortes urbanae) to constitute a sort of police force for the city of Rome. These troops were also stationed in the camp of the praetorians in Rome, though they served under the command of the city prefect, a man of senatorial rank. Outstanding service in the urban cohorts could lead to promotion into the more prestigious praetorian guard.
The Vigiles: The vigiles, also founded by Augustus, served as fire fighters and night watchmen in the city of Rome. They were originally drawn from the ranks of freedmen and were not really soldiers, although they were organized on a quasi-military basis. The commander of the vigiles was a prefect of equestrian rank (the praefectus vigilum). They were divided into seven cohorts led by tribunes; each cohort was responsible for two of the 14 regions of the city.
Continue with Roman Army, Part II for information on legionary armor, auxiliary troops, army activities and pay, and punishments and rewards.
Barbara F. McManus, The
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