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This bottle (pictured above) is related to one of my life-changing decisions this year.
When I was buying it last year it seemed to make sense to me because: a) it was blue in colour b) it carried the words "For Men".
But even as I picked it off the shelf of City Joy supermarket in Mbuya, I was ruing the absence of a home-made brand that I could use, and felt bad that the Ushs6,000+ I was spending was mostly going to Turkey rather than to a soap manufacturer right here in Kampala, or perhaps in Hoima or Kotido, who might end up spending some of it to send SMS messages using SMS Media or something close to me.
Which is why I am stepping back a little bit to assess more of what the marketing people have gotten us to do with our money, and find ways of changing that for our benefit.
The only things about my bottle of soap, for instance, that claims to be "For Men" are: a) it is blue in colour b) it carries the words "For Men".
Reading the rest of the text on the back of the bottle and employing the venerable services of Google Search and its cousins Wikipedia et al gave me no indication whatsoever that it would be risky or unsuitable for women, girls or boys to use this product.
"Xtraa Care Body Wash is a combination of effective active ingredients with extracts of Seaweed revives your skin as you shower. It helps to maintain and restore the skin's natural moisture balance." reads the top of the paper on the back.
First of all, the damn product's name is mis-spelt – which irritates me. Then, to my alarm, the grammar is suspect – like you find on those boxes of those shrill sounding toys made in the Far East and sold in supermarkets in Uganda.
"It helps to maintain and restore the skin's natural moisture balance. A gentle formula to leave you feeling clean and relaxed."
I haven't tried bathing with Omo or Nomi or Jireh but I suspect that if I did they would leave me feeling clean and relaxed, as I have noticed over the last thirty-something years tends to happen after I bathe – even when I used to bathe using what we used to call 'washing soap'.
If the manufacturers of 'Kisumuluzo' soap (is it still there?) could write anywhere that it was "a gentle formula to leave you feeling clean and relaxed", would that be untrue?
Skipping the section of that paper that contained 'Directions', because I felt I would have been insulting myself by reading instructions for how to use soap, I went straight to the ingredients:
"Aqua" – this is either actual water or a colour-addition to make the soap light greenish blue in colour, and many sites explain that manufacturers of liquid soap actually mean 'water' when they write 'Aqua' on the bottle. #ThatIsAll
"Sodium Laureth Sulfate" – according to Wikipedia, "an anionic detergent and surfactant found in many personal care products (soaps, shampoos, toothpaste etc.). SLES is an inexpensive and very effective foaming agent… (it is a) surfactant used in many cosmetic products for (its) cleansing and emulsifying properties. (It) behaves similarly to soap." Basically, it makes the soap foam or bubble up when you mix it with water.
"Cocamide DEA" – again, Wikipedia tells us, "It is a viscous liquid and is used as a foaming agent in bath products like shampoos and hand soaps…" It makes the soap foam up or create bubbles when mixed up with water.
"Cocamidopropyl Betaine" – same as immediately above. Seriously, it is "used as a foam booster in shampoos" and "to a significant degree has replaced cocamide DEA", Wikipedia says.
There are thirteen (13) more ingredients and not enough time to google them all for the purpose that brought us here. There is also no indication of the amounts of each and the mixture made.
But let's note that one of them is "Parfum" which is simply "perfume". I have even less time left now for this.
Because of the quantities of all the ingredients involved, it is likely that the most expensive thing about this bottle of liquid soap is the combination of the bottle packaging, the label and the glue used to stick the labels on.
If one of these people making soap in garages in Kampala could get their packaging right, they could make us spend Ushs6,000 on 500ml of soap that is "Active" and "For Men".
Or "For Women". Or "For Children". Or "For Married Couples".
Of course, the same company probably makes other soaps "For Women", and enough varieties of those that it is not afraid of restricting this particular bottle to only "Men".
Technically speaking, they are not lying or misleading us when they label the bottle "For Men", because they haven't said it's "Not For Women" or given us any caveats on other genders washing with this soap.
But does this soap even contain all these ingredients? We have to believe that it does – see, it's "Mfd by Sera Cosmetics Inc, Turkey. Made in Turkey For RAA Ltd. P.O. BOX No 3355-00506, Nairobi, Kenya."
A quick internet search of RAA Ltd. wasn't very useful, as their Facebook Page is only a suggestion page (I think created automatically by Facebook using some web search method) with 9 Likes, and whereas the online Yellow Pages of Kenya lists them it isn't very revealing.
Does it contain a stamp from the Uganda National Bureau of Standards? No – even though we DO have a standards on toilet soap called "US EAS 186: 2011, Toilet soap – Specification".
So we don't really know whether it is even genuine soap or not, or whether the mixture of the above chemicals (ingredients) is safe for our use or not? No – we don't.
Again, therefore, if one of these people making soap in garages in Kampala could get their packaging right, they could make us spend Ushs6,000 on 500ml of soap that is "Active" and "For Men".
So, stressing my position now: I am looking for a Ugandan soap manufacturer. Any suggestions? Just get me one who has worked out packaging, a good brand name, and the right spellings and grammar on their labelling and marketing materials.
In fact, I can help with the spellings and grammar, and may even overlook it more than I did this Turkish bottle.
Mind you, I bathe A LOT and most of us need to bathe even more than we already do, so the opportunities available here are MASSIVE and we should be serious about this!


text: Payment FAQ 1. What are the payment options available? For credit card options, you may pay with Visa, MasterCard, JCB or American Express. 2. How do I know if my payment got through? Upon confirmation, you will see the itinerary page which will include a booking number with a "Confirmed" status. A confirmed itinerary will also be sent to the email you used to make your booking. Alternatively, you can logon to Manage My Booking to review your itinerary or contact our Call Centre to check the status of your booking. 3. Can I pay with Visa, MasterCard or Amex for all currencies? Yes, Visa and MasterCard are accepted for all currencies available on AirAsia.com. American Express can be accepted for MYR, THB, USD, AUD, SGD, BND and HKD while JCB can be accepted for JPY transaction only. 4. What is 3D Secure for credit card payment? 3D Secure was created for Visa/MasterCard/JCB to further secure CNP's (Cardholder Not Present) internet transactions which creates a 'trust chain' for every secure payment made. This creation was to ensure users that even when shopping online all your information and transactions are exclusively meant to be used by you only. Each credit card has their own version, for visa it is "Verified by Visa", for MasterCard it is "MasterCard SecureCode" whereas JCB is "J/Secure". 5. What happens during a 3D secured credit card payment? When you pay with a 3D secured credit card, the 3D secure service launches automatically. After you enter your credit card number and submit your payment, a 3D secure window will appear and your card issuer will display an authentication page. Enter your information and password and click submit. Once your identity is verified, your checkout continues. 6. What if I do not have 3D Secure? You may still register for 3D secure services with your credit card issuing bank. For additional help, please contact your credit card issuing bank directly for the most up-to-date information about using 3D secured card. 7. What are 'cross-border fees' that appear in my credit card payment? Credit card issuing banks may impose additional charges on all cross-border transactions. Cross-border transactions are defined as transactions whereby the country of the cardholder's bank differs from that of the merchant. Please note that the additional charge is not imposed by AirAsia nor do we benefit from it. You are advised to seek further clarification from your credit card issuing bank should a cross-border charge be applied to this transaction. 8. What is direct debit payment? Direct Debit is a simple, safe and convenient way of online payments from your account with the financial institution. When you confirm a direct debit payment, you agree with the financial institution the amount to be collected and the date of payment. From then on the amount will be deducted from your account and paid to AirAsia as agreed. 9. What are the direct debit options available? Depends on your financial institution, different types of direct debit option are offered, for example banking account online fund transfer, online ATM card payment, or e-wallet account. 10. Is direct debit available for all currencies? No, you will see the direct debit tab if the direct debit payment option is available in your selected currency. 11. When can I pay with direct debit/ credit card? Credit Card payment is available up to 2 hours before scheduled time of departure. Direct debit payment is available up to 24 hours before scheduled time of departure. 12. Is direct debit available 24 hours? Direct debit available 24 hours but may be affected by local financial institutions' operating hours. Please check with your local financial institutions on their services before opting for the direct debit option. 13. Are debit cards the same as direct debit? No, by definition debit cards are issued by banks and can be used to pay for services, goods, as well as used as an ATM card; Whereas direct debit deducts the amount straight from the user's account when they have confirmed their purchases via the internet. 14. Other than purchasing online at www.airasia.com, where can I purchase tickets and what are the respective payment methods? You can also purchase tickets at our sales office, airport sales counter, AirAsia's kiosk or through our call centre. Payment methods available: Sales office credit card/cash Airport sales counter credit card/cash Kiosk cash Call centre credit card/ATM payment/over the counter Click here for list of payment channels.

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Clinical education: Student-attorneys representing clients
The University of Baltimore School of Law annually provides as many as 200 students the opportunity to participate in a broad range of clinical programs and externships.These programs provide both day and evening students a broad range of experiential learning opportunities as licensed student attorneys (clinics) and closely supervised law clerks (externships).
While students in the clinical program at the University of Baltimore School of Law receive unmatched, real-life practical experience, they also generate significant results that benefit Baltimore, Maryland and beyond. The school's proximity to Washington, D.C., has allowed students to participate in externships in a wide range of governmental, public-interest and private-sector placements. Clinics represent, on average, 200 low-income clients every year, including adults, children, neighborhood associations and other nonprofit organizations.
Under the supervision of faculty, most clinics allow students to provide the full range of representation to clients. Clinic work includes interviewing, counseling, planning case strategy and appearing in court or before administrative agencies. Certain clinics, such as the Community Development Clinic, provide experience in transactional work.
Finally, most clinics also allow students to engage in more systemic work, including drafting and testifying in support of legislation and participating in state and national task forces on issues such as child neglect, domestic violence, protection for consumers and the promotion of affordable housing.
The clinic facility is run as a law office with a teaching and public-service mission.


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When I thought that 2016 was a terrible year for me, I was wrong. 2017 continued to tank to a new level of crappiness. There were many frustrating things–one after another. It was like when I asked, "How much worse could 2017 be?", it was like a challenge to the universe. So stuff happening in real life obviously affected how much time I have for this blog or attempted to keep some sort of activity. I did better than last year regarding updates, but that was a lot of effort, because I'm still way behind on some news that I wanted to talk about. Yet no time or more like didn't feel like it at the moment. I continued to get drained to another level that I thought might not be possible–like several days before. Then the pattern just repeat itself at different intervals. I think somewhere along the way, I ended up revamping my blog by getting rid of the too random posts. Like those general update ones. Although my blog already is random on many levels, but I didn't want to just post for the sake of placeholders too much. Anyway, here are some stats for this year.
Total Posts in 2017: 155 (11.7% of all time).
January: 18 (% of the year)
February: 10 (%)
March: 21 (%)
April: 20 (%)
May: 11 (%)
June: 18 (%)
July: 6 (%)
August: 4 (%)
September: 20 (%)
October: 14 (%)
November: 9 (%)
December: 4 (%)
Books Reviews: Sad, because I actually read a bit this year but didn't feel like doing reviews for some of them. Maybe I'll go back to do them later.
Movies + TV Series Reviews/Episode Summaries:
- Female Butler
- The Classic of Mountains and Seas
- The Four Horsemen
- The Legend of Wonder Lady
- The Maverick
Fan Fiction: Complete failure–unlike what I promised last year about getting things done. I started looking over some of the fan fics again and managed to get going on some, but I can't promise on how fast it would be rolled out. I'll get it out when I'm happy with what I wrote.
Songs Translations: I used "You're Always Beautiful" to start the year, thinking that if I continue to retain some sense of positiveness, somehow things will get better. But it didn't. Anyway, how was this year regarding translations? I didn't realize I was that productive. Mostly, I tried to push the majority of 183 Club's songs out.
- Confined Bird by Phil Chang
- Conquer The Whole World by 183 Club
- Courageous Happiness by Sweety
- Deceive by 183 Club
- Don't Ask by Zhang Han
- Don't Want To Leave by Nicholas Teo
- Eraser in the Head by Ehlo Huang
- Exchanging Lives by Calvin Chen
- Forgotten Happiness by Eric Suen and Rachel Liang
- Heaven of Love by Cyndi Wang
- Hero by 183 Club
- Hero in the Wind by Zhang Han
- Lemon Dream by 183 Club
- Listen With Your Heart by Van Fan
- Love On Sale by 183 Club
- Love Won't Change In This Lifetime by Kenny Lin
- Make A New Start by Ming Dao, Ehlo Huang, and Jacky Chu
- My Heart Is Like A Cloud by Jimmy Lin
- Not Every Love Song Has Fond Memories by Jimmy Lin
- Once Again by 183 Club
- One Thousand Paper Cranes by Samuel Tai
- Painted Heart by Nicole Wang
- Petty and Low by Eric Suen
- Pure Love by 183 Club
- Resenting Heaven For Changing His Heart by Sophia Fang
- Suffer For You by Jeff Chang
- The Next Page of Me by Cyndi Wang
- The Years Like Song by Xu He Bin
- This Kind of Feeling is Love by Joanne Tseng
- Turning Back Is Hard by Phil Chang
- Will Never Change My Love For You by Hu Ge
- You're Always Beautiful by 183 Club
- Chut Ky Niem Buon by Manh Dinh
- Dung Nhac Den Tinh Yeu by Lam Nhat Tien
- Hay Quen Nhau by Manh Quynh
- Lang Le Mua Dong by Lam Hung
- Nhat Nghe Tinh by Van Son
- Sai Lam Van La Anh by Nhat Hao
- Vi Tri Nao Cho Anh by Ly Hai
I didn't want to do this update like I said last year. However, I felt like I needed to persuade myself to continue on. Not to mention, I want to keep some sort of teeny, tiny bit of hope that 2018 will actually be better. So we'll see, right?


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Gymnastics Open Gym
Youth Gymnastics Class
Open gym at the YMCA is designed as time for those who want to play in the gym within a non-structured environment, and acts as way for gymnasts and non-gymnasts to get a taste of the gym and practice their skills. A well qualified instructor is present to encourage and challenge while ensuring safety. Adult open gym is an opportunity for adults ages 16 and up to either perfect their gymnastics skills or learn something new. Cheerleaders are welcome to come and work on tumbling skills.
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Last Updated: Aug 03, 2016
You may have performance issues if your Kyocera DuraXT:
Try each of these steps to see if it helps improve your phone's performance.
Safely remove your SD card.
Determine if your phone has low memory.
Close background applications.
Some apps continue to run in the background after you exit them. Sprint recommends that you close background applications when you're not using them.
Verify that your Kyocera DuraXT is running the most recent software.
There may be a software update that improves battery life on your phone. Check for software updates.
If you're still having issues, try the Sprint Community pages or make an appointment at a convenient Sprint Repair center.


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carry around(redirected from carrying one around)
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carry around
1. To physically carry someone or something to many places; to tote someone or something around. A noun or pronoun can be used between "carry" and "around." After carrying a toddler around all day, my arms are pretty sore. Your purse weighs a ton because you carry around so much unnecessary junk!
2. To keep something in one's possession (on one's person). A noun or pronoun can be used between "carry" and "around." I always carry a pen and paper around with me, in case I get an idea for a song when I'm away from home.
3. To retain a memory or feeling of closeness with one who has died. A noun or pronoun can be used between "carry" and "around." Because I had such a loving relationship with my grandmother, I feel like I've been carrying her around with me ever since she died.
4. To internally retain the feeling of the burden of something, often a particular emotion. I hadn't spoken to my father in years, and now that he's dead, I've been carrying around a lot of guilt.
carry someone around(with oneself)
1. Lit. to be the source of transport for someone, usually a child. I'm tired of carrying this baby around with me everywhere. Can't I buy a baby carriage? I always carry around my child with me.
2. Fig. to have in mind the memory or a sense of presence of another person with oneself. I have been carrying my dead grandfather around with me for years. She carries around her brother with her in her memories.
carry something around (with one)
to have something on one's person at all times. He carries a backpack around with him. Max carries around his checkbook with him.


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|The steel sample was etched in 4% picral solution first and revealed the presence of pearlite and carbides distinctly. Further tint etching in SMB resulted in the straw coloured martensite to appear as a band. Retained austenite is appearing as very fine white particles. The bainite is appearing as bluish-black background between the martensite constituents. Coarse dark grains are pearlite. Microhardness measurements and SEM studies further proved the constituents identity. Conventional nital etching is not successful in delineating all the micro-constituents so distinctly.
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For the last two years, I've bounced around a lot. Between my parents, my grandma's, and friends, I haven't had a real place to call home. Its unsettling, its frustrating, and gawd damn if I just want to walk around in my underwear when I get home from work at night.
I thought, for a time there, that wherever I was, as long as I was with Rura, I felt like I was home.
I was so wrong. I've found, over the last month, that home is where your heart is.
My heart is right here. With all of you. The comments that you left for me, the emails that you sent me, the phone calls and the text messages, the long, long nights of plurks… I wouldn't be able to even be anything. From these two literally holding my head up, night after night, situation after situation. To him reassuring me that I am neither dumpy nor uncool and literally cracking me up while my cheeks were damp with tears.
I can never ever express exactly what all of you mean to me. Some may think its pathetic, but when I get online, anytime of the day, I know I'm home.
As of now, Rura and Miss are no longer Rura and Miss. We both have our reason's for this, even if they are on complete opposite sides of the relationship spectrum. I know I can't be in a relationship where I never talk to or see my boyfriend. He says he can't love a liar. We are both hurting. As much as I am all about the over sharing, I think this time I'll leave it at that.
In all honesty, I don't think this portion of my life is over. I think it just might be the hardest thing we will ever go through. Usually we fight through these things together, but this time, I dont believe thats an option and I am not going to push for it to become one. He has things he has to sort out and so do I. If we can find each other after all of those clouds are gone, then we were meant to live this life together after all.
Until then, it's Just Miss.
I hope you join me. There will be cold beer in the fridge at least and a full bar to the left.


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Auburn standoff ends, suspect in custody
Standoff ends around 4 p.m.
A standoff in the parking lot of the Auburn Shaw's Supermarket ended peacefully after a man surrendered to police.
Maine Public Safety spokesman Steve McCausland said Randolph Nutter, 45, surrendered shortly before 4 p.m. Monday.
Nutter was taken to St. Mary's Hospital in Lewiston for evaluation. He was later charged with theft and creating a standoff and taken to the Androscoggin County Jail, Auburn Deputy Police Chief Jason Moen said.
Auburn police said the situation began when a man grabbed a 68-year-old woman's purse in the Walmart parking lot around 11:16 a.m. An Auburn police officer located a silver Jeep in the Shaw's supermarket parking lot that matched the description of the vehicle the purse-snatcher drove off in.
The man in the vehicle refused to leave the Jeep and officers later learned that the man was suicidal and had a handgun, Moen said. Police set up a perimeter in the area and evacuated the Auburn Mall and Shaw's Plaza.
Center Street and the Veterans Bridge were closed during the standoff.
The state police tactical team and crisis negotiation team responded to the incident, Moen said.
Nutter agreed to surrender at 3:36 p.m. and was taken into custody without incident.
An Airsoft handgun was taken from Nutter's vehicle, Moen said. An Airsoft gun is a replica gun that fires plastic pellets instead of bullets.


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The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
This guidance document was issued upon approval by vote of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
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|Enforcement Guidance on non-waivable employee rights under EEOC enforced statutes
|Date Issued
|General Topics
|Race, Color, Sex, Religion, National Origin, Age
|This document addresses EEOC's position that an employer may not interfere with the protected right of employees to file a charge or participate in any manner in an investigation, hearing, or proceeding under the laws enforced by EEOC.
|Date Posted
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|Title VII, ADEA
|Employers, Employees, Applicants, Attorneys and Practitioners, EEOC Staff
The contents of this document do not have the force and effect of law and are not meant to bind the public in any way. This document is intended only to provide clarity to the public regarding existing requirements under the law or agency policies.
EEOC NOTICE Number 915.002 Date 4/10/97 1. SUBJECT: Enforcement Guidance on non-waivable employee rights under Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) enforced statutes. 2. PURPOSE: This enforcement guidance sets forth the EEOC's position that an employer may not interfere with the protected right of employees to file a charge or participate in any manner in an investigation, hearing, or proceeding under the laws enforced by EEOC.1 3. EFFECTIVE DATE: Upon issuance. 4. EXPIRATION DATE: As an exception to EEOC Order 205.001, Appendix B, Attachment 4, Section a(5), this Notice will remain in effect until rescinded or superseded. 5. ORIGINATOR: ADEA Division, Office of Legal Counsel. 6. INSTRUCTIONS: File after the last Enforcement Guidance in the 800 series of Volume II of the EEOC Compliance Manual. 7. SUBJECT MATTER: I. General Statement An employer may not interfere with the protected right of an employee to file a charge, testify, assist, or participate in any manner in an investigation, hearing, or proceeding under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VII), 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq., the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), 42 U.S.C. § 12101 et seq., the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), 29 U.S.C. § 621 et seq., or the Equal Pay Act (EPA), 29 U.S.C. § 206(d). These employee rights are non-waivable under the federal civil rights laws. This position is built on two cornerstones: (a) interference with these protected rights is contrary to public policy; and (b) the anti-retaliation provisions of the civil rights statutes prohibit such conduct.2 II. Background Some employers attempt to limit an individual's right to file a charge or participate in an EEOC proceeding by requiring him or her to sign an agreement in which s/he relinquishes these statutory rights. Such language may appear in contracts requiring the use of alternative dispute resolution procedures (such as mediation or arbitration), waiver agreements,3 employee handbooks, employee benefits plans, and "non-compete" agreements. Notwithstanding the format or context of the agreement in which such language might appear, promises not to file a charge or participate in an EEOC proceeding are null and void as a matter of public policy. Agreements extracting such promises from employees may also amount to separate and discrete violations of the anti-retaliation provisions of the civil rights statutes. III. Analysis A. Public Policy. EEOC acts to vindicate the public interest in the eradication of employment discrimination. "[T]he EEOC is not merely a proxy for the victims of discrimination .... Although [it] can secure specific relief, such as hiring or reinstatement ..., on behalf of discrimination victims, the agency is guided by 'the overriding public interest in equal employment opportunity ... asserted through direct Federal enforcement.'" General Telephone Co. v. EEOC, 446 U.S. 318, 326 (1980) (quoting 118 Cong. Rec. 4941 (1972)). A strong public policy prohibits interference with governmental law enforcement activities. Agreements that prevent employees from cooperating with EEOC during enforcement proceedings interfere with enforcement activities because they deprive the Commission of important testimony and evidence needed to determine whether a violation has occurred. Furthermore, insofar as such agreements make it more difficult for the Commission to prosecute past violations, an atmosphere is created that tends to foster future violations of the law. See Brooklyn Savings Bank v. O'Neil, 324 U.S. 697, 710 (1945); EEOC v. Astra USA, Inc., 94 F.3d, 738, 742 (1st Cir. 1996). In EEOC v. Astra USA, Inc., the employer obtained settlement agreements from a number of employees which, inter alia, prohibited them from assisting the Commission in investigating any sexual harassment charges against the employer. The district court granted the Commission's request for a preliminary injunction prohibiting Astra from entering into or enforcing the provisions of the settlement agreements barring employees from assisting the Commission during the investigation of any charges. 94 F.3d at 742. The First Circuit affirmed the injunction. Invoking important public policy concerns, the court pointed out that Congress "entrusted the Commission with significant enforcement responsibilities in respect to Title VII." EEOC v. Astra USA, 94 F.3d at 744. It cited EEOC v. Shell Oil Co., 466 U.S. 54, 69 (1984), for the bedrock principle that the Commission's ability to investigate charges of systemic discrimination must not be impaired. Turning to the agreements in controversy, the court concluded that "clearly, if victims of or witnesses to [employment discrimination] are unable to approach the EEOC or even to answer its questions, the investigatory powers that Congress conferred would be sharply curtailed and the efficacy of investigations would be severely hampered .... The EEOC acts not only on behalf of private parties but also 'to vindicate the public interest in preventing employment discrimination.'" Id., citing General Telephone Co. v. EEOC, 446 U.S. at 326. The First Circuit reasoned that "[p]ublic policy ... clearly favors the free flow of information between victims of [employment discrimination] and the agency entrusted with righting the wrongs inflicted upon them." 94 F.3d at 745. Thus, "any agreement that materially interferes with communication between an employee and the Commission sows the seeds of harm to the public interest." Id. at 744. See also EEOC v. U.S. Steel Corp., 671 F. Supp. 351, 357-59 (W.D. Pa. 1987) (invalidating as contrary to public policy retirement plan provision that conditioned higher benefits on retiree's promise not to assist in EEOC investigations). A strong public policy interest also prohibits interference with the right to file a charge with EEOC.4 The primary purpose of a charge of discrimination filed with EEOC is to "place the EEOC on notice that someone ... believes that an employer has violated [one of the anti-discrimination statutes]." EEOC v. Shell Oil Co., 466 U.S. at 68; see also EEOC v. Cosmair, Inc., 821 F.2d 1085, 1089 (5th Cir. 1987)(primary purpose of a charge under ADEA "is not to seek recovery from the employer but rather to inform the EEOC of possible discrimination"). This notice to the EEOC serves to trigger law enforcement proceedings by the EEOC that include an investigation and, if there is a finding of discrimination, may include conciliation and litigation. Thus, every charge filed with the EEOC carries two potential claims for relief: the charging party's claim for individual relief, and the EEOC's claim "to vindicate the public interest in preventing employment discrimination." General Telephone Co. v. EEOC, 446 U.S. at 326. Courts have consistently recognized that individuals possess a non-waivable right to file charges with the EEOC. See Gilmer v. Interstate/Johnson Lane Corp., 500 U.S. 20, 28 (1991)(individual who signs an agreement to submit an employment discrimination claim to arbitration remains free to file a charge with EEOC); EEOC v. Cosmair, Inc., 821 F.2d at 1090 (invalidating former employee's promise not to file a charge with EEOC because it "could impede EEOC enforcement of the civil rights laws" and is void as against public policy); EEOC v. U.S. Steel Corp., 671 F. Supp. at 357-59 (invalidating as contrary to public policy retirement plan provision that conditioned higher benefits on retiree's promise not to file charges with EEOC). Congress reaffirmed the public policy against interference with EEOC enforcement efforts, including the right to file a charge, by including the following explicit language in the waiver provisions of the Older Workers Benefit Protection Act of 1990 (OWBPA), amending the ADEA: "No waiver may be used to justify interfering with the protected right of an employee to file a charge or participate in an investigation or proceeding conducted by the Commission." 29 U.S.C. § 626(f)(4) (ADEA). The legislative history states that this statutory provision is intended "as a clear statement of support for the principle that the elimination of age discrimination in the workplace is a matter of public as well as private interest." Moreover, "[n]o waiver agreement may be permitted to interfere with the achievement of that goal. This position is consistent with the holding and reasoning of EEOC v. Cosmair, Inc., 821 F.2d 1085 (5th Cir. 1987)." S. Rep. No. 263, 101st Cong., 2d Session 35; Legislative History of OWBPA, Part 1 p.354. See also EEOC v. Johnson & Higgins, Inc., 91 F.3d 1529 (2d Cir. 1996) (In light of the strong public interest in eradicating age discrimination, EEOC authority to enforce the ADEA cannot be altered by a waiver of the rights of a private party). These principles apply equally to all of the statutes enforced by the EEOC. B. Prohibitions Against Retaliation. Congress enacted provisions barring retaliation in each of the statutes enforced by the Commission in large part to ensure that employees remain free to report suspected violations to the government. See Veprinsky v. Fluor Daniel, Inc., 87 F.3d 881, 889 (7th Cir. 1996) ("Given the instrumental role individual employees play in the statutory scheme, the protection of those individuals from retaliatory acts by the employer 'is essential to accomplish the purpose of Title VII.'") (quoting EEOC v. Pacific Press Pub. Ass=n, 676 F.2d 1272, 1281 (9th Cir. 1982)); Garcia v. Lawn, 805 F.2d 1400, 1405 (9th Cir. 1986) (retaliation "is likely to cause irreparable harm to the public interest in enforcing the law by deterring others from filing charges"). Cf. NLRB v. Scrivener, 405 U.S. 117, 121-22 (1972) (" 'Congress has made it clear that it wishes all persons with information about [unlawful practices] to be completely free from coercion against reporting them to the [government.]' ... This complete freedom is necessary ... 'to prevent the [government's] channels of information from being dried up by employer intimidation of prospective complainants and witnesses.'") (construing anti-retaliation provisions of the National Labor Relations Act). Agreements that attempt to bar individuals from filing a charge or assisting in a Commission investigation run afoul of the anti-retaliation provisions because they impose a penalty upon those who are entitled to engage in protected activity under one or more of the statutes enforced by the Commission. By their very existence, such agreements have a chilling effect on the willingness and ability of individuals to come forward with information that may be of critical import to the Commission as it seeks to advance the public interest in the elimination of unlawful employment discrimination. See, e.g., EEOC v. Board of Governors, 957 F.2d 424 (7th Cir.), cert. denied, 506 U.S. 906 (1992) (unlawful retaliation for a collective bargaining agreement to allow the termination of an administrative grievance proceeding upon the filing of a charge with EEOC); EEOC v. Cosmair, Inc., 821 F.2d at 1089 (impermissible retaliation arises when payments to which one is otherwise entitled are stopped merely because a charge is filed with EEOC); EEOC v. U.S. Steel Corp., 671 F.Supp. at 358 (retaliation under §4 (d) of the ADEA results when an employer revokes enhanced pension benefits for persons who file charges or otherwise participate in EEOC proceedings)5. Cf. Connecticut Light & Power v. Secretary of Labor, 85 F.3d 89 (2d Cir. 1996) (construing the anti-retaliation provisions of the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 and finding a violation where an agreement sought to prevent an individual from reporting unlawful conduct to the government). C. The Commission=s Position is Consistent with the Public Interest in the Voluntary Settlement of Employment Discrimination Disputes. The Commission supports efforts by employers and employees to resolve employment discrimination disputes voluntarily. In particular, on April 25, 1995, the Commission announced that it "supports efforts by employers to develop voluntary internal ADR programs to address workplace discrimination disputes, because the interests of employers and employees will be served by the development of fair, credible, internal ADR programs that resolve discrimination disputes satisfactorily."6 Nothing in this enforcement guidance diminishes Commission support for post-dispute agreements entered into knowingly and voluntarily to settle claims of discrimination or utilize alternative dispute resolution mechanisms. Nor does the guidance create any Asubstantial disincentive to settlement.@ See EEOC v. Astra USA, 94 F.3d at 744. In this regard, the Commission notes that even though an individual who has signed a waiver agreement or otherwise settled a claim subsequently files a charge with the Commission based on the same claim, the employer will be shielded against any further recovery by the charging party provided the waiver agreement or settlement is valid under applicable law. This is true whether the EEOC or the private individual brings a subsequent action. See EEOC v. Astra USA, Inc., 94 F.3d at 744 (injunction prohibiting covenants preventing employees from assisting EEOC does nothing at all to promote further litigation between Astra and the settling employees or to disturb the finality of the negotiated settlement); EEOC v. Cosmair, Inc., 821 F. 2d at 1091 (although an employee cannot waive the right to file a charge with EEOC, he can waive the right to recover in his own lawsuit as well as the right to recover in a lawsuit brought by the EEOC on his behalf); EEOC v. U.S. Steel Corp, 671 F. Supp. at 358 (where provision in a waiver agreement preventing employees from assisting EEOC is enjoined, employer may still assert the waiver as a bar to recovery on a claim of age discrimination brought by or on behalf of an individual who signed a valid waiver involving that claim). However, while a private agreement can eliminate an individual's right to personal recovery, it cannot interfere with EEOC=s right to enforce Title VII, the EPA, the ADA, or the ADEA by seeking relief that will benefit the public and any victims of an employer's unlawful practices who have not validly waived their claims. See EEOC v. Harris Chernin, Inc., 10 F.3d 1286, 1291-92 (7th Cir. 1993); EEOC v. United Parcel Serv., 860 F.2d 372, 374 (10th Cir. 1988); EEOC v. Goodyear Aerospace Corp., 813 F.2d 1539, 1542-43 (9th Cir. 1987); New Orleans S.S. Ass'n v. EEOC, 680 F.2d 23, 25 (5th Cir. 1982); EEOC v. McLean Trucking Co., 525 F.2d 1007, 1010 (6th Cir. 1975). Enforcement actions for the purpose of advancing the public interest in the elimination of employment discrimination are squarely within the EEOC's authority "to vindicate rights belonging to the United States as sovereign." Goodyear Aerospace Corp., 813 F.2d at 1543 (citation omitted). IV. Conclusion For the reasons set forth and discussed above, an employer may not interfere with an individual=s protected right under Title VII, the EPA, the ADA, or the ADEA to file a charge, testify, assist, or participate in any manner in an EEOC investigation, hearing, or proceeding. V. Charge Processing Instructions 1. Investigators should take and process charges in conformity with priority charge processing procedures regardless whether the charging party has signed a waiver of his or her right to file a charge. 2. If a charging party has been required to relinquish his or her right to file a charge or participate in a commission investigation, hearing, or proceeding, a cause determination should be issued. 4-11-97 /s/ _______________ ____________________________________ Date Gilbert F. Casellas Chairman 1. Although the enforcement guidance addresses this issue primarily in the context of the private sector, the principles and considerations discussed herein are equally applicable to the federal sector. 2. Title VII, for example, provides that: it shall be an unlawful employment practice for an employer to discriminate against any of his employees or applicants for employment, for an employment agency, or joint labor-management committee controlling apprenticeship or other training or retraining, including on-the-job training programs, to discriminate against any individual, or for a labor organization to discriminate against any member thereof or applicant for membership, because he has opposed any practice made an unlawful employment practice by this title, or because he has made a charge, testified, assisted, or participated in any manner in an investigation, proceeding, or hearing under this title. 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-3. In Robinson v. Shell Oil Company, 117 S. Ct. 843 (1997), the Supreme Court held that this section extends protection to former employees. Comparable anti-retaliation provisions appear at 29 U.S.C. § 623 (d) (ADEA); 29 U.S.C. § 215 (a) (3) (EPA); and 42 U.S.C. § 12203 (a) and (b) (ADA). 3. "Waiver agreement" refers to the type of agreement described in section 7(f) of the ADEA (permitting knowing and voluntary waiver of an individual=s right to recovery under the Act). 29 U.S.C. § 626(f). Although the ADEA is the only EEOC-enforced statute containing specific language authorizing the use of knowing and voluntary waiver agreements, such agreements are widely used with respect to rights protected under other statutes enforced by the Commission. 4. The Commission relies on charges not only as its principal source of information regarding unlawful conduct, but also, in the case of Title VII and the ADA, as a statutory prerequisite for its investigations and proceedings. 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-5(b); 42 U.S.C. § 12117(a) (ADA section incorporating Title VII procedures). Under the ADEA and EPA, the Commission is empowered to investigate without a charge. 29 U.S.C. § 626(a) (ADEA) and 29 U.S.C. § 211 of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). 5. A longstanding Commission interpretive regulation under the ADEA provides that "[c]lauses in employee benefit plans which state that litigation or participation in any manner in a formal proceeding by an employee will result in the forfeiture of his rights are unlawful insofar as they may be applied to those who seek redress under the Act. This is by reason of section 4 (d) which provides that it is unlawful for an employer ... to discriminate against any individual because such individual 'has made a charge, testified, assisted, or participated in any manner in an investigation, proceeding, or litigation under this Act.'" 29 C.F.R. § 1625.10(d)(5). 6. See Daily Lab. Rep. (BNA), No. 80 (April 26, 1995).
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UK: SFO to investigate Southern Water
The Serious Fraud Office today announced an investigation into whether Southern Water deliberately misled the water regulator, Ofwat, about its failure to meet customer service standards.
Southern admitted that figures it provided to Ofwat relating to response times for billing inquiries and service complaints from customers were inaccurate. As a result, it may have failed to pay customers compensation, as water utilities are required to do if they fall short of standards under the industry's Guaranteed Standards Scheme.
Southern, which was informed of the investigation by the SFO on yesterday, said it would cooperate with the investigation, which could lead to a prosecution.
The privately held company, whose biggest shareholders include Royal Bank of Scotland, supplies 2.3 million people in Kent, Sussex and Hampshire and provides sewerage services to 4.5 million.
The inconsistencies were discovered last October when a new management team took over at the company and informed Ofwat, which subsequently referred the matter to the SFO.
Separately, Ofwat announced that it planned to fine Thames Water up to £140m for failing to provide an adequate service to its eight million customers in the south-east of England. Thames also failed to pay customers compensation, but there is no suggestion that it deliberately misrepresented itself to Ofwat.
Since April Ofwat has had the power to impose a fine on water companies of up to 10% of their turnover. Thames, which is owned by German group RWE, had a turnover of £1.4bn last year, up more than 18% on the previous year. The fine cannot be recouped from customers.
Southern and Severn Trent Water are already also facing fines for customer service failures, and the SFO is also investigating Severn Trent.
Last month Thames, whose pre-tax profits increased by almost a third to £346m, announced that it had failed to meet targets for reducing leakages for the third year in a row, but escaped a fine after it agreed to increase investment in its antiquated network of pipelines.
Ofwat and Thames Water have appointed Ernst & Young to carry out an independent investigation. Ofwat said today it would consider what further action it needed to take, including the amount of the fine to be imposed, after the investigation had been completed.
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Although a long-running army offensive has improved security in much of Colombia, the oil-rich eastern province of Arauca remains a hot zone--for both combatants and journalists. This week, for example, the National Liberation Army (ELN), the smaller of the country's two guerrilla groups, called a transportation strike, effectively shutting down traffic and commerce throughout the province and making any vehicles on the highways fair game--no small event.
But when Sarare FM Stereo, in the town of Saravena, reported on the strike, the local army commander accused the station's reporters of being guerrilla apologists. According to Sarare FM reporter Emiro Goyeneche, the officer then suggested to Saravena's mayor that he shut down the radio station.
Sarare FM continues to broadcast, but reporters say they are walking a tightrope. If they broadcast news about the army, they receive threatening phone calls from the guerrillas. "It's extremely complicated," Goyeneche said. "You have to handle the news with a lot of prudence to not get either side angry."
Journalists have long been targeted in Arauca, CPJ research shows. Two army soldiers were convicted for the 1991 killing of Henry Rojas Monje, the Arauca correspondent for El Tiempo, Colombia's leading daily, a 2005 CPJ special report said. Efraín Varela, Arauca's most respected journalist who worked for the Meridiano 70 radio station, was gunned down in 2002. His replacement, Luis Eduardo Alfonso Parada, was murdered the next year. Eleven days after Alfonso's murder, a mysterious list appeared, naming 16 local journalists as assassination targets of the guerrillas or paramilitaries, according to CPJ research.
Since then, overt violence against reporters has diminished--but not much else. "The only thing that's changed is that they haven't killed any more journalists," Goyeneche said. But this may be due, in part, to the fact that journalists have become more cautious. Carmen Rosa Pabón, a reporter for La Voz del Cinaruco radio station, says that because of the threat of kidnappings and attacks along the highways, she rarely travels over land from the capital of Arauca City to towns just 40 or 50 miles away.
Reporters have given up trying to interview the guerrillas because they fear being branded as traitors by the army or targeted by right-wing death squads or rogue army troops. Meanwhile, serious investigative reporting is on the decline. Nearly all of the reporters for local radio stations--the dominant media in Arauca--sell advertisements for their programs, which are mostly purchased by local and state government agencies. "If there is bad news about the public hospital, I have to go easy on them and minimize the criticism because they are an advertiser," said Eduardo Cedeño, a reporter for Meridiano 70.
Muckraking journalism can also be dangerous. An imprisoned leader of a paramilitary death squad testified last year that Arauca's former governor, Julio Acosta Bernal, ordered the killing of Varela, the Meridiano 70 reporter who often investigated government corruption. Bernal is in prison on charges of collaborating with paramilitary groups. Goyeneche, in turn, said that huge sums have been wasted on the construction of a hospital in Saravena, but he hasn't touched the story based on the advice of his boss and colleagues. In another case, he said, he came upon what appeared to be doctored government figures inflating how much had been spent on public works projects and he was approached by a man who offered him a bribe to pull back from the story.
This is a particularly bad moment for journalists to stop looking under rocks. Local and state elections are scheduled for October 30, and there are serious questions swirling around many of the candidates. According to an investigation by the Nuevo Arco Iris, a Bogotá think tank, one of the gubernatorial candidates has ties to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia guerrilla group, while a second is closely linked to Bernal, who continues to pull strings in Arauca politics even from behind bars.
That said, there's apparently so much graft to uncover in Arauca that reporters can't help stumbling upon acts of wrongdoing. Last week, Meridiano 70's Cedeño reported that a mayoral candidate in Arauca city had reprinted--almost verbatim--the governing program of the mayor from a nearby city and presented the material as his own campaign platform. Cedeño figured this out through a simple Google search.


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Plant extracts and essential oils, the key ingredients in our products, are the result of organic agriculture (no pesticides or chemical fertilizers) in pristine fields (far from factories and roads). We travel to the far ends of the earth to find farmers with crops which can meet our demanding standards. This purity maximizes the healing power of the oils and reduces the possibility of negative side effects. We then use the oils in very high concentrations in our treatments for optimal effect.
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Adherence to Long-Term Therapies - Evidence for Action
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Adherence to long-term therapies: evidence for action.
1. Patient compliance. 2. Long-term care. 3. Drug therapy - utilization. 4. Chronic disease - therapy. 5. Health behavior. 6. Evidence-based medicine. I. WHO Adherence to Long Term Therapies Project. II. Global Adherence Interdisciplinary Network.
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Operations Management is a multi-disciplinary field that focuses on managing all aspects of an organization's operations to provide products and services. Operations managers apply ideas and technologies to increase productivity and reduce costs, improve flexibility to meet rapidly changing customer needs, enhance product quality, and improve customer service. The concerns of Operation Management range from strategic to tactical and operational levels, which involve designing, planning and managing the system.
The Operations Management Concentration is designed to prepare students to be leaders in their operations management careers. With the trend in globalization and decentralization, successful management of supply chain requires system thinking and cross-functional skills. The rigorous coursework and curriculum offered by Operations Management faculty at Krannert aim at providing state-of-the-art trainings to ensure the competitiveness of our students.
Recognition: a top ranked program
The Krannert Operations Management option has been recognized for its excellence by every national publication that ranks such options/programs/specialty areas. For example, 2011 US News and World Reportranked our operations MBA and Undergraduate options #7 and #3;
Operations is a key capability of many Krannert alumni and lands them senior management positions globally. They include CEO and/or Chairman of Wastco, TVS Motors, Wabtec, Fairfield Manufacturing. A survey conducted by Spencer Stuart indicates that for the second year in a row, Operations (31%) was the most popular functional role before becoming CEO, followed by finance (21%) and marketing roles (12%).
Requirements for the option
The Operations core course, MGMT 660 (offered in Module 3), is a pre-requisite for all other Operations courses. 10 elective credit hours (5 classes) are required beyond the core courses from the following set of courses:
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MGMT 669 Operations: Practice and Models
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MGMT 690 Sustainable and Socially Responsible Operations
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Unusual cloud formation over Hopkinsville, KY
A few days ago in the late afternoon, this unusual cloud formation stretched across the sky from horizon to horizon over Hopkinsville, KY.
I don't know if it was a natural phenomenon or if it was created by an airborne vessel. It seemed much too wide to be a normal jet track, but perhaps it was. Or perhaps the little green men brought the mother ship this time.
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Visiting a mosque on U.S. soil for the first time, President Barack Obama urged Americans to reject politics that target those of a single faith and told Muslim-Americans "you're right where you belong."
Obama's visit to the Islamic Society of Baltimore offered him a chance to counter anti-Muslim rhetoric from some leading GOP presidential hopefuls such as Donald Trump. And it was met with resistance from some on the country's political right. Calling members of the Muslim faith who reside here "true Americans," the president thanked them for "serving" their communities and helping "build America."


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Phil Pressey Named to Cousy Award Top 20
COLUMBIA -- For the second consecutive season Missouri point guard Phil Pressey is among the 20 watch list finalists for the 2013 Bob Cousy Collegiate Point Guard of the Year Award.
The annual honor, named for Hall of Famer and former Boston Celtic Bob Cousy, recognizes the top point guards in men's college basketball. An original list of 80 candidates was trimmed down by a nationally based committee to the below list of 20.
Pressey has been on a tear over the last three weeks. The Dallas native has recorded career highs in assists and scoring and set single-game assist records at both Mizzou Arena and Pauley Pavilion (UCLA).
Pressey opened his run with a 12-point, 11-assist double-double vs. previously undefeated Illinois in the Bud Light Braggin' Rights game in St. Louis and then recorded the first 19-point, 19-assist game in basketball (college or NBA) since John Stockton with the Utah Jazz during the 1990-91 season. Pressey enjoyed that 19-19 game at UCLA and broke the Pauley Pavilion record in the process. The 19 assists were also the most in college basketball since 2008 and the most by a major college performer since 2000.
Pressey then scored a career high 26 points on Jan. 5 to lead the Tigers to a win over Bucknell (also named SEC Player of the Week) and recently scored 11 points and dished 13 assists to top Alabama in the SEC-opener. Those 13 dimes tied the Mizzou Arena record.
Over his last four games Pressey has logged three point-assist double-doubles and is averaging 17.0 points and 12.0 assists.
His 7.6 assists per game are the most in school history and rank No. 6 nationally.
Missouri Basketball returns to action on Saturday night at Ole Miss. Game time is scheduled for 7 p.m. in Oxford, Mississippi and the game will be televised live on FSN.


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Saugatuck Michigan, Sherwood Forest Bed and Breakfast offers luxury. Hardwood floors, leaded-glass windows and wraparound porch add to ideal surroundings. Two suites are available with Jacuzzi-fireplace. One room sports a hand-painted mural that transforms the room into a canopied tree loft complemented by gas fireplace. Outside is a heated pool adorned with a hand painted mural of a sunken Greek ship embedded in a coral reef. Walk 1/2 block to a Lake Michigan beach and beautiful sunsets.
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Death of Marilyn Monroe 50 years Ago
August 5 marks the 50th anniversary of the death of actress Marilyn Monroe. The nation's sex symbol was found dead at age 36 in her Brentwood bungalow of an apparent suicide from an overdose of barbituates.
From the front page of The Denver Post, August 6, 1962.
Her death ended a troubled life. She was an illigitmate child, never knew her father, and her mother suffered with mental illness and was frequently institutionalized.
As a child, Marilyn was shuffled between family members, friends, foster homes and an orphanage until she married James Dougherty at age 16. She was married three times. In 1954, she married Joe DiMaggio the New York Yankee outfielder. They were divorced within the year. In 1956, she married playwright Arthur Miller. They Divorced in 1961.
Monroe was in top demand as a star. Yet her emotional instability and insecurity caused problems in her personal life and at work. She was fired and sued by her studio and characterized as one of the stars who was ruining Hollywood.
Our library index cards chronicle some of those difficulties.
Behind the sex symbol was a motion picture talent. She is best remembered for "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes," "How To Marry and Millionaire" "The Seven Year Itch," and "Some like it Hot."
This quiz accompanied a story by Ralph Albi in the August 12, 1973 Empire Magazine.
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Minor in Communication Studies
The Department emphasizes two areas of study, Interpersonal Communication and Public Communication. The program promotes the growth of and knowledge about communication and its uses to achieve individual, group, and societal goals. Students explore the functions, processes, channels, and influences of communication. They work to acquire proficiency in critical analysis, social scientific and humanistic research methods, argumentation, and oral written presentation.
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Upon completion of the Minor, students should be able to:
- Define communication in interpersonal and rhetorical contexts.
- Analyze and evaluate messages and interaction in interpersonal and rhetorical settings.
- Identify and discuss historical developments and key theories in interpersonal and rhetorical communication.
- Recognize and explain self-reflexivity in rhetorical and interpersonal contexts.
- Read critically and analyze productively published research articles.
- Recognize and explain multiple perspectives in rhetorical and interpersonal communication theory.
- Conduct original research in interpersonal and/or rhetorical communication at a level appropriate to capstone work in an undergraduate education.
- Identify and assess features of ethical and unethical interpersonal and rhetorical communication.
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The purpose of this section is to check adults for Macular Degeneration using an Amsler Grid pattern.
Before you take this test, you should know the difference between an eye check or test and an eye exam done by an eye doctor.
Macular Degeneration is a disorder at the back of the eye in which the central part of one's vision is blocked as if a blurred area had been placed in the center of the picture. The image around the blurred area may be clearly visible. An abnormality in the appearance of the Amsler Grid pattern may indicate macular degeneration. If you notice any such abnormality, you should arrange for a professional eye exam. Please note that some people with AMD may not see a distortion on the Amsler grid.
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Augmented Reality Apps That Make Ads Come to Life
AllThingsD's Lauren Goode takes a look at mobile apps like Blippar, Zappar and Snaps, which make ads and posters for big brands come to life on your phone. But can these types of AR apps go beyond the gimmicks?
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The LA Galaxy season may be over, but LA Galaxy Insider Adam Serrano will spend the next few weeks offering an evaluation of each member of the squad. VIEW CALENDAR
The LA Galaxy Player Ratings will begin with players who appeared in the least number of games this season starting with goalkeeper Brian Rowe and concluding with Sean Franklin who played in all 34 of the club's regular season games. There will also be an evaluation of head coach and general manager Bruce Arena and his moves at the conclusion of the list.
We will have two to three evaluations per day and focus on what each player did well, what they need to improve on ahead of next season as well as a select thought from the player on their performance and a rating from myself out of four stars.
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APPEARANCES IN ALL OFFICIAL COMPETITIONS: GP: 28 [5 in MLS Cup Playoffs, 4 in CONCACAF Champions League], MIN: 1519, G: 3, A: 1
HIGHLIGHTS: Edson Buddle returned from a year-long spell in Germany to great fanfare, but the moments of glory on the field were few and far between. In a year marred by injury, Buddle scored just three goals, his lowest tally since his rookie season with the Columbus Crew in 2001. Perhaps his finest goal came during LA's 2-2 draw against the San Jose Earthquakes when he and strike partner Robie Keane seemed to mesh as LA earned a point in a tough road match against the Supporters' Shield winners.
LOWLIGHTS: Buddle endured a difficult year for the Galaxy in 2012 as each time he appeared to regain his scoring touch, injury or other circumstances would set the forward back. After scoring in LA's first match of the season, Buddle went on a 10 game scoring drought—the longest of his Galaxy career—before scoring in LA's 2-1 defeat against the Houston Dynamo on May 26. However, Buddle would suffer a torn meniscus in his right knee that forced him to undergo a knee surgery to repair the damage. The surgery would cause Buddle to miss 15 matches in all competitions before he returned in a late-August CCL match against the Puerto Rico Islanders. The injury and an inability to find the back of the net would plague Buddle for the rest of the season as he scored just once more in 2012, tallying in LA's 2-2 draw with the San Jose Earthquakes on Oct. 21.
HIS THOUGHTS: "I know my knee hasn't been as strong as my left just because of the surgery [in June]," Buddle said. "I really don't notice [my right knee] when I'm running around, but if I do isolated exercises on my right knee; I can definitely notice a difference. It's not something I want to walk around miserable and make everybody know that my knee isn't 100 percent, but it's a good time right now to get it strong so it doesn't linger…I want to show [the fans] that I can still score. I know once I'm healthy, I should be able to score goals if I just condition myself the right way and just do the little things that I've done in my past." – Buddle upon being traded to Colorado on December 14.
Injuries prevented Edson Buddle from the type of joyful homecoming that was expected when he returned to the club in the offseason. However, next season offers the forward a chance to reinvent himself—albeit in a different location. On Dec. 14, Buddle was traded to the Colorado Rapids for allocation money and a first round pick in the upoming Suplemental Draft. If Buddle can get completely healthy then expect him to become a regular contributor for the re-tooling Rapids.
Adam Serrano is the LA Galaxy Insider. Read his blog at LAGalaxy.com/insider and contact him at firstname.lastname@example.com


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Five years from now, will sequencing centers have enough capacity to meet global demand?
Justin Zook of the National Institute of
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New York, May 30, 2012--Authorities in Argentina must immediately investigate death threats made against a local radio journalist and ensure the perpetrators are brought to justice, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.
Gustavo Tinetti, the host for "Despertate" on Cadena Nueve radio station and a reporter for the station's website, was threatened by an unidentified gunman who walked into the station's office in the city of 9 de Julio, in Buenos Aires province, on Tuesday, according to news reports. The man threatened the journalist's daughters and threatened him with death, and warned him against publishing "the rest of the information that we know you have," the journalist said, according to Cadena Nueve. The man told Tinetti not to file a complaint and then fled in a car that was waiting outside the station, the journalist said.
Tinetti told local journalists that he thought the threats were related to his coverage on Cadena Nueve's website of an alleged tax evasion investigation into Walter Battistella, a local mayor. The journalist told the Argentine press group Foro de Periodismo Argentino (FOPEA) that he had more information regarding the case that he planned to publish in coming days.
Battistella told local newspaper Tiempo that the allegations were false, FOPEA reported.
"We condemn this blatant act of intimidation against journalist Gustavo Tinetti," said Carlos Lauría, CPJ's senior program coordinator for the Americas. "Argentine authorities must fully investigate these threats and ensure that provincial journalists can report critically without fear of reprisal."
Buenos Aires province had the greatest number of press freedom violations in the country in 2011, according to CPJ research.


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|Whomping Willow on Hogwarts Grounds
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Long and thin (deciduous plant)
Protection of a given location; offensive weapon
Extant (but very rare)
- "People used to play a game, trying to get near enough to touch the trunk. In the end, a boy called Davey Gudgeon nearly lost an eye, and we were forbidden to go near it."
- —Remus Lupin[src]
A Whomping Willow is located on grounds of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. It was planted in 1971 to disguise the opening of a secret passage leading from the Hogwarts grounds to the Shrieking Shack, a building located in the village of Hogsmeade. A very violent plant, it has been known to attack anyone who disturbs its branches.
Whomping Willows are a very valuable, very violent species of magical plant. Whomping Willows attack anyone and anything that comes within range of its branches. A deciduous plant, its limbs function as arms and any damage to them must be treated in much the same way.
Early historyEdit
The Whomping Willow was planted around the year 1971, the same year that Remus Lupin began attending Hogwarts. It was placed to disguise the opening of a secret passage leading from the Hogwarts grounds to the Shrieking Shack in the village of Hogsmeade. This allowed Lupin to travel unnoticed to and from the Shrieking Shack, where he was able to undergo his transformation as a werewolf in privacy. There are two known ways to immobilize the particular Whomping Willow placed at Hogwarts: pressing a particular knot at the base of the tree or using the "Immobulus" spell. The purpose of the tree was kept a secret from everyone but Hogwarts staff and Lupin's three closest friends, James Potter, Peter Pettigrew and Sirius Black. In time, Severus Snape also discovered its purpose.
1992-1993 school yearEdit
In 1992, Harry Potter and Ron Weasley accidentally crashed the Weasleys' Flying Ford Anglia into the tree, seriously damaging it. The tree violently defended itself and nearly killed both boys. The following day, Herbology Professor Pomona Sprout had to bandage some of the tree's limbs to try and repair the damage, possibly assisted (or hindered) by then-Defence Against the Dark Arts Professor Gilderoy Lockhart.
1993-1994 school yearEdit
In 1993, Harry Potter's Nimbus 2000 broomstick was destroyed when it fell from the air into the Whomping Willow's branches.In 1994, Sirius Black, in his animagus form of a large black dog, dragged Ron Weasley into the secret passage beneath the Willow leading to Hogsmeade's Shrieking Shack . They were quickly followed by Harry and Hermione, then later by Lupin and Snape.
Battle of HogwartsEdit
In 1998, Harry, Ron, and Hermione sneaked through the passage under the Willow to the Shrieking Shack during the Battle of Hogwarts. There, they witnessed Snape's murder by Lord Voldemort and his serpent, Nagini.
Behind the scenesEdit
- In the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, the Whomping Willow is located in the Training Grounds, whereas in the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, the tree is on a hill, far from the castle.
- In the Chamber of Secrets video game, the Whomping Willow is located within the boundaries of the Forbidden Forest. This is its largest incarnation to date as it appears to be nearly a hundred feet tall. It is the first boss in the game.
- The Whomping Willow inspired a popular wizard rock band called The Whomping Willows. Often the band speaks as though it were the Whomping Willow. In one song, the Whomping Willow wasn't allowed to be sorted so it created a new house, The House of Awesome.
- The tree also appeared on the Marauder's Map that was included in the Harry Potter 5 video game box. It was drawn with the letters WHOMPING WILLOW, instead of with lines. The tree's appearance on the map is quite strange, because the tree didn't appear in the game itself.
- In the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Remus Lupin immobilises the Whomping Willow. However, in the book, someone has to touch the knot in the tree.
- In reality, the tree known as the 'Willow' does not look like the Whomping Willow in the films, but it is possible they were supposed to look more like a real Willow tree in the book adaptations.
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (First appearance)
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film)
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (video game)
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- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (video game)
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (Appears in flashback(s))
- LEGO Harry Potter: Building the Magical World
- LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4
- Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey
- Harry Potter Trading Card Game
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