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When I daydream, I envision a workplace where people are nice to one another and everyone gets along.
I also envision wearing a jet pack, flying across the city and landing, to great applause, in a Dairy Queen parking lot where I'm given buckets of free ice cream.
Sadly, it's the second fantasy that's more likely to come true. Workplaces invariably contain non-nice people, including those whose non-niceness rises to the level of harassment.
Thanks to two recent rulings by the U.S. Supreme Court, workplace harassers, and the companies that employ them, are more likely to get away with making other people's lives miserable.
Generally speaking, it's easier for employees to hold companies liable for harassment if the harasser is a supervisor. It's a higher bar for a company to be liable for behavior among co-workers.
But in the first of these two cases, the justices narrowed the definition of a supervisor. They said that for a company to be liable in racial or sexual harassment cases, the harasser has to be a supervisor who has authority to hire, fire or demote an employee. Many of the country's lower courts had previously defined a supervisor as a person in charge of your day-to-day activity, which I'd argue is the logical definition of the term.
That effectively turns most middle managers in America — and in cases where human resources departments are in charge of hiring and firing, possibly all managers — into a "co-worker."
"The effect of that is where you have employees who have their day-to-day work controlled by other employees, if those employees harass the people who work under them, those people may be reasonably nervous about complaining," said Deborah Widiss, an employment discrimination expert and associate professor at the Indiana University Maurer School of Law. "And if they do complain, the employer is far less likely to be held responsible."
In her dissent, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg wrote: "We can expect that, as a consequence of restricting the supervisor category to those formally empowered to take tangible employment actions, victims of workplace harassment with meritorious Title VII claims will find suit a hazardous endeavor."
To make matters worse, the court's second ruling makes it harder for workers to prevail in retaliation lawsuits involving Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, which protects against employment discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex and national origin.
For example, an employee who claims he was fired or overlooked for a promotion because he filed a discrimination complaint must now prove that the complaint was the primary reason behind the company's decision. In other words, had he not filed the complaint, he would have not been fired or overlooked for the promotion.
Before, the employee would've needed only to prove the complaint was a motivating factor in the decision.
"I think employees who do feel they're subject to harassing conduct won't feel comfortable making a complaint to human resources or asking someone to look into it," Widiss said. "Because then if they get retaliated against, they have to prove something that's difficult to prove — that if I'd never made that complaint, then this other thing would never have happened to me."
She added: "We know that fear of retaliation is already a major reason why employees are hesitant to report discriminatory conduct. There's plenty of survey data and even anecdotal data showing that the risk of retaliation is a prime reason people don't complain. So anything that waters down the level of protection to employees who do complain will obviously make it worse."
Businesses are, of course, declaring these two decisions victories that will cut down on frivolous lawsuits.
It's undeniable that there are too many meritless workplace lawsuits. But there is also too much day-to-day harassment in workplaces, and I don't think the solution is to make it easier for companies to ignore.
In most, if not all, cases, corporations will follow the least expensive path. It's cheaper to train people to treat others properly and to weed out the dirtbags than it is to lose Title VII lawsuits. But if the threat of litigation isn't high enough, you better believe that training and weeding out is going to be dropped, and fast.
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In her dissent, Ginsburg wrote: "The ball is once again in Congress' court to correct the error into which this Court has fallen and to restore the robust protections against workplace harassment the Court weakens today."
I concur.
Applaud all you want for decisions that give greater power to businesses. I'll take my jet pack and keep buzzing around on the side of the workers. The ones our government, and our laws, should be protecting.
TALK TO REX: Ask workplace questions — anonymously or by name — and share stories with Rex Huppke at email@example.com, like Rex on Facebook at facebook.com/rexworkshere, and find more at chicagotribune.com/ijustworkhere.


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I brought my favorite cape out for another blustery day here in old Washington (as evidenced by the wind blowing my hair in my face). I actually saw several small whirlwinds build a few yards from me, threatening to turn into dust devils. I considered seeking shelter until the wind died down...but what's the point of life if you hide from a little breeze? Also, chances are spots this high up are often continously windy and I wanted to give a more complete picture of this region than usually presented on the blog. Whenever I'm wandering about for a spot for pictures or exploring, this is the scene I pass: distant purple mountains, fields, and eventually it all becomes evergreen forests. There are places where you can tell farms used to exist and orchards have become overgrown and unkempt, and dozens of spots for prime blackberry picking when the season is right. When I spied this hill I thought it would be a perfect opportunity to show more of a panorama of the area.
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it's an amazing setting that's for sure!ReplyDelete
is that dress the same model of your black H&M one?
i love this different view of your home. it reminds me of drives i've taken out west with the mountains in the distance. you got some really fantastic shots! oh, it must be so nice having such open land that leads into lush forest in your path everyday. i love seeing it come to life in the windy gif. bravo.ReplyDelete
That looks like such a lovely location, despite it being windy! I love your shoes, they are perfect :)ReplyDelete
Gorgeous picture Rebecca. You are an inspiration.ReplyDelete
such a beautiful place!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMay 14, 2010 at 8:22 AM
I love this, very inspiring!ReplyDelete
I love the profile shot. I also love these shoes, I think about it every time you post an outfit with them but I don't think I've ever commented about it.ReplyDelete
I love the place you took these pictures in, so gorgeous and I always love that cape when you wear it, it's wonderful!ReplyDelete
lovelove, m.
i'm always so jealous of your scenery! it never looks old! i remember that cape! you wore it new york! :DReplyDelete
gorgeous cardi! i didnt know you lived in washington? wow!ReplyDelete
OMG that CAPE!! Amazing! And your hair color... i'm so jealous :) How on earth did i not know of your blog before now?!? lolReplyDelete
I adore your animated GIFs. Keep 'em coming! That cape is awesome!ReplyDelete
Such a beautiful place! I'm inspired. I miss living near mountains (I live by the ocean now, so I guess that's ok!). Love your vintage cape, too! Perfect for a blustery spring day.ReplyDelete
your pictures are always so amazing! I really love the windy hair one!ReplyDelete
your cape is perfect for the settingReplyDelete
Lovely outfit, and a beautiful setting!ReplyDelete
Love love love!ReplyDelete
love the cape and that ring! <3ReplyDelete
This is my favorite outfit you've ever worn! So cozy and cute! and that side picture of you is absolutely perfect!ReplyDelete
What beautiful scenery! I miss the NW so much, but I'm headed back to Portland (after a few months in TX, yuk) and can't wait to see the color green!
It's so pretty. I love.ReplyDelete
There are no words for how much I love this cape...having done that thing where you discover a new blog then lose half a day devouring the archives, out of all your very beautiful clothes this one stayed with me the most. So much so that I immediately began the hunt for a similar one. Lo and behold, Lady Luck smiled on me because the same one came up on ebay and I snaffled it as quick as I could. It's a beautiful item, so thank you for bringing it into my life! : ) I live in Scotland though, so it tends to actually be a spring-summer item. Love the blog, you're a great inspiration!ReplyDelete
Your usual backdrops of forest greens and pretty flowers are always stunning but it's equally exciting to see these new places. (: plus I love the last photo of you! (:ReplyDelete
absolutely beautiful and impeccably styled!ReplyDelete
i love that cape :) its truly amazing, and these photos are so beautifulReplyDelete
Beautiful, the perfect setting for your capey cape.ReplyDelete
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Capes are always so chic - I wear one continuously in the winter LLGxxReplyDelete
I feel like there should be cowboys and Native Americans in the field behind you! love that cape with black tights & shoes.ReplyDelete
finally i saw that cape again!!!! so beautiful just like the first time i saw it in chictopia! :DReplyDelete
I've said it a million times, but I envy your location. I love Washington so much. I like the change of scenery today with the big panorama, really pretty and complements your warm outfit.ReplyDelete
yaaay the beloved cape! how inspiring... i'll never get over it! :)ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMay 14, 2010 at 12:44 PM
love the cape.ReplyDelete
This is the absolute most PERFECT setting for this outfit. What a stunning landscape!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMay 14, 2010 at 1:12 PM
Beautiful photos Rebecca! I think this landscape is really beautiful to me--I love the starkness and the great sense of the Northwest land.ReplyDelete
xo Jenny
I love these photos - they remind me of Pochahuntus a little bit :)ReplyDelete
I love the cape--looks so cozy! I'd happily switch weather with you if I could. It's in the 80s here in N. CA today and it's too warm for my taste.ReplyDelete
Gorgeous pictures!
it's chilly here too... but you look so darling! it must be a good thing!ReplyDelete
That cape is stunning, you look lovely!ReplyDelete
Do you do all your exploring in heels? Brave if you do!ReplyDelete
I know I've said it time and time again but your posts re just too beautiful. I love the wind, the outfit, and the setting so so much.ReplyDelete
awesome cape! and just noticed that your hair is getting long! love it!ReplyDelete
Thank you for braving the wind for these pics! They are all wonderful, you really live in a beautiful place. :)ReplyDelete
i love your outfit and these photos are beautiful!ReplyDelete
the 'moving' photo is haunting. but really lovely.ReplyDelete
you have such an amazing blog! im officially a follower!! (:ReplyDelete
Oh I love that cape!ReplyDelete
And gosh it's so pretty where you live!
Very cool outfit and incredible pictures!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMay 15, 2010 at 12:22 PM
You in the fourth photo is magical. :)ReplyDelete
You look like my kind of superhero in this vintage cape!ReplyDelete
the cape is so so beautifule !! I love it !ReplyDelete
I am in love with your cape. The heels are fabulous as well and the scenery is gorge!ReplyDelete
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the scenery is incredible, and ive said it before but i have a thing for your capeReplyDelete
The third photo is thoroughly and completely beautiful. I adore it. I would hang it on my wall I adore it so much. There is something of C.S. Lewis' "joy" in it (now here I am assuming that just maybe you have read Surprised by Joy). If not, what I am trying to say is there is a sort of magic too it.ReplyDelete
And of course the outfit is lovely. Adore that cape. LOVE that photo.
I just came across your blog, it is wonderful! Love it!ReplyDelete
These photos are stunning, and so are the posts before it!
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I can never get over how beautiful your hair is :)ReplyDelete
The cape! This is one of your garments that always stands out in my mind. It's so great!ReplyDelete
this cape is absolutely incredible!!!ReplyDelete
jp xx
I always love your animated gifs, but I especially like this one. It's really like watching a video.ReplyDelete
i just love the gif with the wind blowing, you get the real sense of movement but with all the specialness of capturing a single momentReplyDelete


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Rose Parade gives UNC kidney transplant patient chance to honor her donor, her son
For more than 20 years Delores Evans of Durham, N.C. battled diabetes, high blood pressure and, finally, kidney failure. By 2008 she needed a new kidney to stay alive, but she never could have imagined the circumstances that brought it about.
One day in November, 2008, Delores received a call from UNC Hospitals. Her adult son, Ryan Evans, was in critical condition and was not expected to live. When he died the next day, he also gave life, as an organ donor. Delores received his kidney.
On January 1, 2010, Delores honors her son, and helps promote organ sharing, as a participant in the Rose Parade in Pasadena, Calif., riding on the Donate Life float sponsored by OneLegacy, the Los Angeles-area organ and tissue donor services organization.
Delores was chosen for the parade among hundreds of people from across the country who wrote letters, describing how organ transplantation changed their lives, to the pharmaceutical company Astellas. In the letter, Delores described how difficult it was to keep working as an attorney while on dialysis and the toll both took on her body, including congestive heart failure.
"I vowed that if I were fortunate enough to receive a kidney transplant that I would become an avid volunteer working to increase organ, tissue and bone donations and be an advocate for people receiving dialysis," Delores wrote. "Until you have a personal or visual experience with people who are on dialysis, it is difficult to comprehend the issues."
Colleen Frazier, Delores's transplant coordinator in the UNC Comprehensive Transplant Center, remembers how difficult and relieved the moment was for Delores and her care team, including Robert Watson, M.D., assistant professor of surgery at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, who performed the transplant.
"We were so happy for Delores that she got a transplant, but we were all very sadden that she lost her son," Colleen says. Of the more than 100,000 people in the United States on a transplant list (one is added every 11 minutes), 80 percent of them need a kidney. "Like so many people she waited a long time, and this was the right kidney to the right person."
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I took my entire family to see "The Lego Movie" on opening day last weekend. We left the theater quoting Batman, laughing about Emmet's empty-headedness and singing the annoyingly catchy "Everything is Awesome."
I took my entire family to see "The Lego Movie" on opening day last weekend. We left the theater quoting Batman, laughing about Emmet's empty-headedness and singing the annoyingly catchy "Everything is Awesome." And I'm fairly certain we emerged un-indoctrinated by the film's supposed anti-capitalist message. I wouldn't have given much consideration to that last condition had I completely avoided media consumption. But it was difficult to miss mentions of a Fox Business discussion questioning whether Hollywood was "pushing its anti-business message to our kids," as host Charles Payne put it. I guess I just missed that. In fact, the day after seeing the film, I couldn't resist running out and buying a $50 "Lego Movie" set so that my kids and I could spend a few hours building, reminiscing and playing with the Emmet minifigure. For an anti-business production, "The Lego Movie" sure does an effective job of moving product. Earlier this week, The Atlantic posted a look at the film's "ideology," calling it "shockingly subversive" and referencing the film's "political subtext." I've enjoyed reading this and other analyses of the film. After all, "The Lego Movie" is awfully smart and ripe for critical analysis. Several reviews, including one written by Josh Terry for the Deseret News, recognize the film's depth. It's about much more than a line of toys. But in straining to pull all this social and political meaning out of it, is some beautiful simplicity being overlooked? Out of full disclosure, I missed the first few minutes of the film because I was carefully transporting two large tubs of popcorn and two large cups of root beer into the theater. (Full, occupied mouths make less noise in a packed auditorium.) I had a wiggly 4-year-old right by me. And just before the credits, my baby girl decided she was finished with the movie and had to be taken for a stroll in the aisle. So maybe I missed something that more sophisticated and unoccupied viewers caught. The themes I did recognize were about creativity, human differences and family relationships. The plot had me considering varying personality types - those who follow directions and those who would rather freelance. I didn't see either depicted as "bad" - just different. I reflected on the relevance to my own family. We've purchased a lot of Lego sets over the years - from the Star Wars AT-AT to Hagrid's hut to a flying dragon from Ninjago - and I've always wanted to build according to the directions and keep them pieced together. My kids, however, soon bust them down and add them to drawers of scattered pieces that they can use to build whatever they like. It's aggravating, but I've learned to live with it and even appreciate it. They've done some pretty cool stuff over the years. I even spent a year blogging about the random creations my kids made - all while resisting the desire to put everything back the way it was supposed to be. Recently, I drove my oldest son to school because he was afraid his valentine box might break. It was made completely out of Legos. Maybe I'm just a simpleton, but I didn't apply politics to "The Lego Movie." Yes, perceived Hollywood agendas can be annoying. I tend to resent it when my entertainment is peppered with political messages. But do we also tend to overreact when we feel like we're being preached to? I know I do. Let me float out some crazy notions. Perhaps "The Lego Movie" simply celebrates creativity. Perhaps the fact that its villain is a businessman is simply a character convention and not a shot at capitalism. Perhaps there's nothing about its messages that conservatives and liberals can't both appreciate - creativity, considering another's viewpoint and marveling at the imagination of a child. Or maybe I was indoctrinated by the movie. Maybe I'm just drinking all that Kool-Aid that Lego is serving up. Or maybe I just choose to think of the movie as simply "awesome."%3Cimg%20src%3D%22http%3A//beacon.deseretconnect.com/beacon.gif%3Fcid%3D145807%26pid%3D46%22%20/%3E


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While it's hardly news that businesses are exposed to reputation and liability risk through suppliers, the factory collapse in Bangladesh in April has upped the ante considerably. Retailers in the United States and abroad found themselves doing damage control as the death toll topped 1,100 and company after company uncovered ties to the garment factories involved in the disaster. Responses differed from company to company, but people everywhere reacted furiously.
While there has been substantial outcry after providers of products like fruits and vegetables, tires or pet food have been targeted for harm they caused, the factory collapse may have taken public outrage to a new level. In a sign of the times, that outrage was focused through social media.
For instance, when Benetton denied any ties to the tragedy, photos of Benetton garments found in the wreckage went viral on the Internet. Similarly, when Walmart and the Gap declined to sign on to the Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh, social media campaigns and online petitions sought to make the companies change their minds amid blistering criticism.
Many weeks later, the reputational damage continued to grow as not just the general public, but politicians and other retailers weighed in. Rep. George Miller, D-Calif., after touring some of the factories in Bangladesh where U.S. garments are made, said that retailers "have to make a decision now whether you want to have blood on your labels." American Apparel CEO Dov Charney has gone on the record saying that retailers should pay workers more or get out of the business: "They shouldn't be making clothing. If they can't pay $50 a week, don't make clothes."
Where does this leave U.S. companies? Probably looking for reputation insurance, lest trouble online translate to trouble at the cash register. A recent Harris poll indicated that almost four in 10 U.S. consumers are now unwilling to buy garments made in Bangladesh. Caroline Sapriel, managing director of international risk and crisis management firm CS&A, pointed out that companies could end up paying a price for the cheap cost of manufacturing garments in factories there.
"There have been some petitions calling for boycotts of certain retailers connected to the tragedy," she said. While she was "not sure how much traction they have . . . so far," she added that "[s]ocial media has been used to expose consumer/public outrage at this tragedy and . . . pockets of consumers with a higher consciousness are definitely rejecting some brands."
Tracie Grella, global head of professional liability for AIG, said that reputation risk is "one of the emerging risks and exposures now that insurance companies are looking at." Products that insure against reputation damage are actually fairly new, said Grella, so, even given the magnitude of the disaster, she doesn't anticipate any changes in underwriting to such policies as a result of the Bangladesh factory collapse. However, there is always the chance that could change in the future. Information gathered each time a problem occurs provides guidance for underwriters on where industry-specific risks may lie.
One thing Grella does expect, however, is that such coverage will grow. The spread of bad news via social media exponentially increases the damage to a company's reputation. "It could be a little restaurant down in South Carolina where something bad happens, and nobody outside the city would know," Grella said. "Now, the whole world knows."
George Haitsch of Willis Group recently pointed out on the WillisWire blog that risk management includes prevention of problems: "Strong risk management aligned with corporate values and business strategy works not only to manage the financial, supply-chain and reputational risks of outsourcing, but also to proactively prevent disasters before they occur. Aligning loss control best practices into contracts and partnerships can help to ensure that your firm's brand and reputation are protected regardless of where and who is producing your product."
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Secrecy surrounding Exxon's Pegasus probe fuels questions over Keystone XL plans
Exxon Mobil Corp.'s bid to shield from public view its inspection results for a shuttered pipeline that leaked at least 5,000 barrels of heavy Canadian oil sands crude in Arkansas this spring is galvanizing a debate over transparency and spill readiness that could affect the future of Keystone XL.
Federal regulators at the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration are set to decide as soon as this week whether Exxon can claim a trade secret exemption that would let it withhold inspection data for the ruptured Pegasus pipeline from Arkansas officials seeking it, including two GOP members of Congress. The immediate dispute hinges on a request from the local water utility to relocate the 96,000-barrel-per-day Pegasus following the spill, but the Arkansas conflict over Exxon's confidentiality rights echoes warnings from KXL opponents that pipeline operators are too loosely overseen to ensure safe oil transportation.
Exxon sought "confidential treatment" of both a 2010 Pegasus inspection and one completed several weeks before the March 29 spill in Mayflower, Ark., PHMSA chief Cynthia Quarterman told Arkansas lawmakers and the utility Central Arkansas Water (CAW) in a Friday letter first reported by the Arkansas Times. PHMSA must notify the oil giant if it decides to deny the trade secret request under the Freedom of Information Act and may opt to keep a close hold on the inspection data while it pursues a civil enforcement case against Exxon, agency spokesman Damon Hill said in an interview.
CAW and Exxon are discussing the utility's concerns for the Lake Maumelle watershed, which keeps faucets running for 400,000 Arkansans and sat hundreds of feet from the six-decade-oil Canadian oil sands crude pipe. Exxon spokesman Aaron Stryk said his company "is committed to sharing appropriate pipeline integrity data related to the watershed," but CAW Protection Manager John Tynan described the talks as yielding "no direct information" on the Mayflower spill's ramifications.
The sought-after inspection results are "critical to help safeguard the drinking water supply," Tynan said in an interview. "We are both disappointed and surprised about their refusal to share that."
Rep. Tim Griffin (R-Ark.), who co-signed state officials' records request, yesterday hailed "PHMSA's work and investigation on this issue" in a statement, adding: "Community leaders and the public need to know the facts so that we can do everything in our power to make sure the water source for more than 400,000 Arkansans remains safe."
Pipeline Safety Trust Executive Director Carl Weimer, whose watchdog nonprofit is respected by both industry and environmentalists, was less surprised by the FOIA invocation. Integrity management plans that operators such as Exxon and KXL sponsor TransCanada Corp. must draft to monitor safety along their pipelines also are kept closely held by private-sector companies, not public regulators, he explained.
"I've always been suspicious that this is planned this way, but industry doesn't have to give this stuff to PHMSA -- it's never in their hands, so no one can ask for it" under FOIA law, Weimer said in an interview.
He added a crucial caveat: "I don't think I've been able to get anybody to say that out loud."
When EnergyWire requested a copy of the integrity management plan for the southern leg of KXL, approved by the White House last year and set to start operation before 2014, a TransCanada spokesman aligned with standard industry practice by saying that document is "not something that we ever produce publicly ... for the safety and security of our employees."
The Pegasus rupture spilled heavy crude from Canada's oil sands, reviled by environmentalists for its higher carbon footprint than conventional oil and the same type of fuel that would dominate KXL. Exxon has not yet asked to begin reshipping fuel along the line's northern portion, and PHMSA denied a previous request to allow oil to run through its southern leg outside the spill zone.
More plans under wraps
Public release of emergency response plans and facility response plans, two separate requirements for pipeline companies to ensure oil spill preparation, is a major sticking point for activists seeking to block a presidential permit for the $5.3 billion KXL. The State Department's environmental impact statements for the controversial oil sands crude link between Alberta and the Gulf Coast include placeholder emergency plans drafted for its predecessor pipeline, known simply as Keystone, and do not touch on the facility response plan.
Paul Blackburn, an independent legal consultant to green groups and other pipeline safety nonprofits, urged the State Department to examine TransCanada's facility response plan in an April memo submitted to the government by the Plains-state anti-KXL group Bold Nebraska.
"A failure by PHMSA to ensure that TransCanada has complied with federal law could result in a botched worst case oil spill response with disastrous environmental and financial impacts and consequences," Blackburn wrote.
Another nonprofit watchdog group, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, recently sued PHMSA for disclosing six of 300 emergency response plans it sought under FOIA (EnergyWire, April 11).
Weimer said PHMSA took more than a year to begin responding to his group's FOIA requests for facility response plans that are expected to address "how big a spill could be, what resources they have to clean spills" and other readiness capabilities. Emergency response plans, by contrast, are tailored for local responders to facilitate communication on the ground in the event of an oil leak.
A provision in Congress' 2011 pipeline safety law called on the agency to make the facility response plans more publicly available. The conservative Canadian government of Prime Minister Stephen Harper, acutely aware of KXL's uncertain future and eager to expand U.S. markets for oil sands imports, yesterday vowed to ensure that "companies' emergency and environmental plans are transparent and easily available to the public" as part of a broader safety agenda that would set a $1 billion liability floor for pipeline operators.
What's Exxon hiding?
The documents shielded by Exxon likely include the result of in-line Pegasus inspections typically performed using "smart pigs," state-of-the-art robotic devices descended from simpler spherical tools that made piglike squeals as they moved through the interior of pipes. Smart pigs are designed to detect potential future failures or anomalies inside steel tubes that run hydrocarbons, but Weimer of the Pipeline Safety Trust said different breeds are tuned finely enough to catch trouble spots that may not require immediate attention.
"If I try to put the industry's hat on, I can kind of understand that they'd be worried about putting out a report about 10,000 flaws on 5 miles of pipe, because people in Mayflower would freak out," he said. "But it's too bad that they haven't done a better job of educating the public before there's an incident so they can actually explain that."
A PHMSA-commissioned study of Canadian oil sands crude's behavior within pipelines this week sparked fierce lobbying on both sides of the KXL controversy with a finding that the heavy fuel poses no greater risk of a pipeline leak than its conventional cousins. The conclusion from the National Academy of Sciences earned consternation from environmentalists and plaudits from the oil industry (Greenwire, June 25).
Stryk, the Exxon spokesman, referred to the inspection results as containing "a significant amount of data," adding that "much of this information is confidential in nature due to commercial and other considerations."
Weimer suggested a compromise approach to the dispute. Because the industry argues that "there's only a few people who can interpret the data," he said, inspection firms "have to be writing a report for people at the pipeline companies, and I think that report should be available."
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Been working out all week and started back up with my dance practice, so I decided to have a quiet sunday while my sore muscles repair themselves. I had a sudden pancake craving, and we have a few bananas which are really close to being super mushy, so at that point I was sold. We also just recently got a crepe pan, so I had to try it out! These are mainly made of oats and bananas and worked out really well. Sometimes my vegan pancake adventures turn into delicious but pretty unattractive abstract blobs.
- 1 1/4 cup rolled oats
- 1/2 cup whole wheat flour
- 2 tsp Baking Powder
- 1/2 tsp Vanilla Extract
- Couple pinches of Sea Salt
- Optional: 1/4 tsp Cinnamon, 2 tbs finely shredded Coconut
- 1 1/2 cups Almond Milk (Or Rice, Hemp, Soy…)
- 2 Ripe Bananas
- Fresh or Frozen Berries (I used cherries, raspberries, blueberries and blackberries)
- Toppings: Maple Syrup or just use the juice from the berries and drizzle on top. You can also sprinkle with some oats, coconut, hemp seeds or cinnamon.
- Extra Virgin Olive Oil or Coconut Oil (for skillet)
I've really wanted to try out a "stacked pancakes with dripping syrup" shot, so here is my debut…needs a bit of work but it looks pretty tasty, right? 😉
- Blend all of the ingredients (except for the berries, toppings and olive oil/coconut oil) together until smooth.
- Heat a non-stick skillet with a small amount of coconut oil or extra virgin olive oil to around medium heat. Get out a 1/4 cup or large spoon and use it to measure out the batter and pour into the heated skillet. (you can make them as large or small as you want, of course. I just made mine using just under a 1/4 cup of batter each and then I made a few smaller ones for fun). Heat for about 2-4 minutes on each side. They should be easy to flip over. The other side will probably need less cooking time, so make sure they don't burn.
- While you are making your pancakes, you can get out a wok or another skillet to defrost the berries (if using frozen). If you have fresh berries, you may still choose to heat them up or leave them as is.
- When your pancakes are done, top with some berries and/or berry juice, maple syrup, oats, coconut, cinnamon, or whatever else strikes your fancy!
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DRHOOK- Miscarriage: Many factors lead to pregnancy problems
"Baby, baby. Where did our love go?" "Baby,come back!" "Baby face, you've got the cutest little baby face."
There are more songs that use the word "baby," than smokers who throw their cigarettes out the car window. (Hello! You have an ashtray.)
So many people want to have a baby– maybe not the child as he or she grows up and becomes rebellious– but a soft cuddly baby. As over-populated as our world is, we know women are popping out babies as fast as popcorn in a kettle over a hot fire.
But are there as many miscarriages as there are full-term births?
It seems almost every woman I know has had at least one miscarriage. Yet, each woman with a miscarriage tells me that no one talks about it, although often it's emotionally devastating.
A miscarriage means the pregnancy spontaneously ends, and it usually occurs before or at 22 gestational weeks. Most miscarriages occur in the first 12 gestational weeks, one reason why most pregnant women defer telling friends and family they are pregnant. A miscarriage after 15 weeks is pretty infrequent.
For women who know they are indeed pregnant, 8-20 percent will have a miscarriage. Now get this: one classic study followed women and checked a daily urinary hCG (human chorionic gonadotrophin) to see if they were pregnant. Fifty percent of these women did not carry to childbirth (due to miscarriage or because the fertilized egg never implanted into the uterus)! Of those women who did become pregnant, 70 percent had a miscarriage without having known they were pregnant. Another important study showed about 64 percent of pregnancies resulted in a live birth.
So this shows many women have miscarriages– recognized and unrecognized. Women who have an early miscarriage tend to have a lighter but longer menstrual period.
Now, women reading this article who are having a hard time having a baby should not interpret these statistics in a doomsday manner. Remember, you are not a number!
But having said this, let's review some risk factors for having a miscarriage. The #1 risk is age: 20-30 year old (9-17 percent miscarry), 35years old (20 percent), 40 years old (40 percent) and 45 years old (80 percent) (which is why I wonder how Lynette on Desperate Housewives is pregnant with twins at the age 48– but it happens!).
Having had a previous miscarriage is a risk factor, though having had more kids is a risk factor as well– so go figure. Risk after one miscarriage is 20 percent, after two miscarriages is 28 percent, and after three or more miscarriages is 34 percent. If a previous pregnancy went to live birth, the next pregnancy has a 5 percent risk of miscarriage.
Smoking more than one-half pack of cigarettes a day increases the risk of miscarriage. Drinking moderate to high amounts of alcohol is associated with miscarriages as well, and with developmental problems if the fetus makes it to birth. Studies don't know how much alcohol is dangerous (I guess that is kind of like the definition of a drinking problem: it is someone who drinks more than you do).
Cocaine is a big toxin that often leads to miscarriage. Over-the-counter pain relievers like ibuprofen to naproxen can lead to miscarriage. Caffeine might be a risk factor, especially above 100mg a day.
Low folic acid is associated with miscarriage as well as with birth defects. Prenatal vitamins are given for a reason, and they are often used before trying to get pregnant.
One half of miscarriages are due to chromosomal abnormalities. Endocrine diseases like thyroid problems, Cushing's syndrome, and polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) are associated with miscarriages. Infections are as well, such as toxoplasma, parvovirus B19, and rubella.
A work up for repeated miscarriages can be done by an OB/GYN, but sometimes a referral to a sub-specialist might be worthwhile. Sometimes, it takes baby steps to reach your goal.
Dr. Hook cracks a joke or two, but he's a renowned physician with a local practice and an interesting website, drjohnhong.com. Email him with your questions.


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It looks like after a decade wading in motion-capture films, Robert Zemeckis' next film will be the live-action drama Flight. The Back to the Future director first entered negotiations to helm the flick back in April, but no one was certain which project he would choose as his next. He's flirted with the time-travel films Replay and Timeless, and there's always the ever-elusive Who Framed Roger Rabbit? sequel. Now 24 Frames reports that Zemeckis has firmed up Flight as his next project, with Denzel Washington expected to close his deal to star shortly and filming aimed for the fall.
The plot of Flight centers on an alcoholic/drug addicted pilot who saves a flight in distress, becoming an American hero in the process. The newfound fame comes with an investigation by the FAA to see whether drugs played a factor in the distress, while Washington's character attempts to turn his life around. Hit the jump for more on Flight and Zemeckis' other non-motion-capture projects in the works.
Though I'm thrilled to have Zemeckis diving back into live-action, I had hoped that he would choose the super-intriguing Replay as his next vehicle. The film is very Back to the Future-esque, centering on a radio journalist in his forties who dies, but awakes back in 1963 in his 18-year-old body with all of his previous memories intact. He dies again in 1988, but returns to 1963 to start the whole 25 years over again with every single memory intact, and the ability to make different life choices each time.
After the Zemeckis-produced motion-capture flick Mars Needs Moms bombed at the box-office, Disney pulled the plug on the director's motion-capture remake of Yellow Submarine. I can only surmise that Zemeckis finally got the idea that motion-capture animation is super creepy (at least I hope so), because he started mulling over a number of live-action flicks shortly after Yellow Submarine was canned.
The director's last foray into live-action was a decade ago, with 2000's Cast Away. The Tom Hanks-starred flick earned over $400 million at the box office, and was a critical success as well, so I'd say he never really lost his touch with regards to working with real live people. The prospect of someone as ballsy as Zemeckis teaming up with Washington is definitely enticing. I'm hoping Flight is a big success, so Zemeckis sticks with live-action. Hopefully he'll get around to Replay someday soon. For now, let's just be thankful he's back.


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Hi Everyone!
Just a reminder that the second installment of "Genealogy Roadshow" will air tonight, Monday, September 30, 2013, on your local PBS stations. For those of you local to the Chicago area that means you will be able to see the show on WTTW tonight at 9 PM Chicago time. The show runs for 1 hour.
The very first show aired last week and originated in Nashville, TN. Only 4 episodes are currently on tap to air for the brand new series this season.
Tonight's show was made in Detroit, MI.
Make a note of the time of the show tonight if you want to watch it in its live broadcast slot. If you miss it or want to watch it later, you can view it from the national PBS website when it becomes available:
According to the buzz from Dick Eastman's blog, it appears the show has a "Thumbs Up!" and is worth watching. Here is a link to Dick Eastman's blog post in which he provides his views and opinions on the first show that was aired:
Dick Eastman Blog Post With His Review And Opinion About The Premier Episode Of "Genealogy Roadshow"
I would especially take a look at the very long list of thoughtful comments left on Dick Eastman's blog post about the show in the above link. You can really get a better feel of the show from these comments as well as from Dick's original post.
See what you think about the show yourself.
It is different from "Who Do You Think You Are?"!
Give it a try either in watching when it broadcasts tonight or take a look at the past episode from the above PBS link in case you miss the original airing tonight.
Tony Kierna
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Menno-Blatt, a 4-page (9 x 11 1/2 in.) Mennonite periodical in the German language, issued monthly for the Fernheim settlement of Paraguay since 1930; its editor and publisher until 1955 was Nikolai Siemens. He was succeeded in 1956 by Peter Klassen. The first issue was December 1930, preceded by a 2-page Flugblatt in October 1930. The small hand press, which was a gift of the Mennonite Central Committee, was first set up in Lichtfelde in the home of the typesetter Peter Rahn, and later in the home of the editor in Friedensruh, until it was placed in its permanent quarters in Filadelfia. Originally a 4-page supplement, Kämpfende Jugend, was added, but later discontinued. The economic distress caused by drought and grasshoppers in 1935-1937 compelled them to discontinue the youth supplement. In content the Menno-Blatt served all the Mennonites in the Chaco as an informative journal to keep them in contact with each other and with their friends and brethren in Europe and North America. This paper was perhaps unique in the history of Mennonite colonization, in that it appeared in the first year of a new settlement in a primitive country and continued its publication even in the crises of pioneering. In 1955 it was taken over by Fernheim Colony and made an official publication.
Hege, Christian and Christian Neff. Mennonitisches Lexikon, 4 vols. Frankfurt & Weierhof: Hege; Karlsruhe: Schneider, 1913-1967: v. III, 94
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Kliewer, Fritz. (1957). Menno-Blatt. Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 21 September 2020, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Menno-Blatt&oldid=144372.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 3, p. 585. All rights reserved.
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Watch and enjoy.
A Day in California
Watch and enjoy.
28 comments:
- Barbara von Enger said...
I so enjoyed living in California.
This video reminds me of that time.
Have a nice weekend;-)
- September 1, 2011 at 12:40 PM
- cb said...
WOW! that was amazing and it shows too why i love my home <3!! that was just an incredible film, made me want to cry, the music was perfect. at points i thought it was fake, like little miniature stop action. so so so cool! again thanks for sharing a beautiful piece of california!
- September 1, 2011 at 12:47 PM
- Diana said...
Wow thats so beautiful and peaceful to watch and listen to. I think it would be a great project to see one done for every state! Happy Weekend sweety! Not much going on for Labor day, maybe a bbq! How are you? PS were having an adorable handmade rubber stamp giveaway on our lifestyle blog!
PS thank you for all of the sweet comments about my hair! <3
- September 1, 2011 at 5:10 PM
- The Many Colours of Happiness said...
That is so cool! I have always wanted to go there :) Thanks for sharing xoxo
- September 1, 2011 at 6:33 PM
- Castles Crowns and Cottages said...
Oh precious friend,
What a great memory for me to see this lovely video of a California I grew up in and around. THANK YOU.
All is well here; I had my Open House night and I am quite tired.
Just wanted to come and say GOODNIGHT! Anita
- September 1, 2011 at 7:03 PM
- stylenuggets said...
Incredible- takes patience to create something like this
- September 1, 2011 at 8:21 PM
- Unknown said...
I am here to wish you, my dear friend, the best weekend ever!!! I cannot watch this movie...don´t know why...but I will try later!
Mr. Sun is back here after a month away...all the windows are wide open and we are filled with energy!!!
Much, much love to you, dear Shawna!!
- September 2, 2011 at 4:17 AM
- Martina said...
Amazing! Would love to come to California one day myself! Have a gorgeous weekend doll!
- September 2, 2011 at 7:51 AM
- amy b.s. said...
how cool!
- September 2, 2011 at 7:53 AM
- Bad Joan said...
California is a great state and this is a beautiful video!
- September 2, 2011 at 11:55 AM
- Gorgeous Glam said...
wow so beautiful!! thanks for sharing this! I hope u have a great weekend sweetest!! xo -Taj
- September 2, 2011 at 3:16 PM
- Marie said...
I ♥ California too!:D
Have a safe and fun long weekend!:D
***** Marie *****
- September 3, 2011 at 1:49 AM
- simply_KC said...
What a wonderful work of art! It's hard to believe it consists of worth 10k of pictures. The ending part is just awe-mazing! I love the sky day or night and to see it in that kind of perspective with the tree is very serene.
♥ lots :)
- September 3, 2011 at 6:07 PM
- heather said...
i love this video too!!! how fun would it be to record all that for a length of time! looks like they are doing one for a year too! ho cool with all the seasons!!!
- September 3, 2011 at 10:22 PM
- k said...
that is crazy beautiful.
- September 4, 2011 at 3:17 AM
So beautiful! I love the music.
I want to visit California.
I'm so glad you enjoyed your weekend at the coast. How are your days?
I have been working a lot. I'm yet to complete my homework, or sleep well. But everything should be done soon.:) Oh, I went on an amazing bike ride. The world is so beautiful.
You have my love.
- September 4, 2011 at 7:44 AM
- Belle Armed said...
i have to agree, California is great. and the video = amazing!!
- September 4, 2011 at 3:33 PM
- Wander.Lust said...
awesome video! oooh how i miss cali ....
- September 4, 2011 at 9:39 PM
- Signe said...
Love it!!
A Norwegian photographer has made something very similar about the place I live here: http://vimeo.com/21294655 and here: http://vimeo.com/24456787.
- September 5, 2011 at 11:27 AM
- THE ALTERNATIVE WIFE said...
Gorgeous! I love CA too and can't wait to get back :) xoxo
- September 5, 2011 at 2:57 PM
- Unknown said...
This make me want to go back to California so badly!
- September 6, 2011 at 4:25 AM
- About Last Weekend said...
Love this, the music is also perfect. The people are like little toys, beautiful!!!
- September 6, 2011 at 11:51 AM
Have a lovely week, dear.
- September 6, 2011 at 2:14 PM
- Jeanine (Wayfaring Girl) said...
Oh my. Just stumbled upon your lovely blog. Love your creativity with your posts. Fantastic pictures...and in this particular post––the video is the neatest thing I've seen merging pics into video like ever. How cool are the perspectives from the camera angles in this? Wow. Genius!
Jeanine :)
- September 7, 2011 at 5:22 AM
- Mrs. C said...
Gorgeous!! I am biased living in Cali but I think it's one of the best places ever!! What do you think of my leopard picks for fall?
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- September 7, 2011 at 6:49 AM
- classiq said...
This is breathtaking!
- September 8, 2011 at 10:12 AM
- georgia ~ gi gi said...
Happy Friday Poppie Girl!
I can't believe another week has flown by.
How was your holiday weekend? I bet your Grandparents wedding anniversary was pretty special. Wow....65 years that is truly amazing!
I loved your Cali video. Darnit I wanna go so bad!
Ok, I gotta get to bed!
Love ya Poppie Girl
gi gi
- September 8, 2011 at 10:10 PM
- ECLECchic said...
Oh, it is fabulous. haha!!
- September 27, 2011 at 5:35 AM


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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A Roman Catholic monsignor who became the first U.S. church official branded a felon for covering up sex abuse claims against priests was sentenced Tuesday to three to six years in prison.
Monsignor William Lynn of Philadelphia, the former secretary for clergy at the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, handled priest assignments and child sexual assault complaints from 1992 to 2004.
Judge M. Teresa Sarmina said Lynn enabled "monsters in clerical garb ... to destroy the souls of children, to whom you turned a hard heart."
She added: "You knew full well what was right, Monsignor Lynn, but you chose wrong."
A jury convicted him last month of felony child endangerment for his oversight of now-defrocked priest Edward Avery, who is serving a 2½- to five-year sentence after pleading guilty to sexually assaulting an altar boy in church.
Lynn's lawyers sought probation, arguing that few Pennsylvanians serve long prison terms for child endangerment and their client shouldn't serve more time than abusers. Defense attorneys, who have vowed an appeal of the landmark conviction, said the seven-year maximum term advocated by the commonwealth "would merely be cruel and unusual."
The 61-year-old Lynn was acquitted of conspiracy and a second endangerment count involving a co-defendant, the Rev. James Brennan. The jury deadlocked on a 1996 abuse charge against Brennan, and prosecutors said Monday that they would retry him.
In 1992, a doctor told Lynn's office that Avery had abused him years earlier. Lynn met with the doctor and sent Avery for treatment — but the church-run facility diagnosed him with an alcohol problem, not a sexual disorder. Avery was returned to ministry and sent to live at the northeast Philadelphia parish where the altar boy was assaulted in 1999.
The judge said Lynn "helped many, but also failed many in his 36 year-church career."
Lynn said: "I did not intend any harm to come to (Avery's victim). My best was not good enough to stop that harm."
Prosecutors who spent a decade investigating sex abuse complaints kept in secret files at the archdiocese and issued two damning grand jury reports argue that Lynn and unindicted co-conspirators in the church hierarchy kept children in danger and the public in the dark.
Lynn's attorneys have long argued that the state's child endangerment statute, which was revised in 2007 to include those who supervise abusers, should not apply to Lynn since he left office in 2004.
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As we're closing in another New Year, and at least the illusion of a clean slate, it seems as good a time as any to think about ways to improve ourselves. (Assuming, of course, that the Mayans and Nostradamus are wrong about the world ending around this time next year, making us all look silly.)
I have main two areas of focus for my self-improvement efforts (well, three, if you count trying to ignore doomsayers like the Mayans, Nostradamus, the Rapture guy, and the folks who are Occupying Wall Street all over the country).
The first is to improve my relationship with the digital devices in my life. We just had a rough patch with a new computer whose ports didn't fit any of my existing devices (again), a broadband modem which took about 20 hours over three days to discover doesn't work yet with Lion 10.7 (which my cellular company knew about but neglected to mention to me or their "helpline" folks), and a new iPhone that seems to require more set up than the launch of a new mutual fund. Still, I acknowledge my part in all this, and resolve to make a genuine effort to understand the needs of each new device, and then whole-heartedly strive to meet those needs.
Second, I resolve to more resolutely resist the temptation to follow our current cultural path to be either rabidly for, or violently against things, with no room for rational thought or debate. For instance, I have little doubt that the Iraq war would have gone a lot better in much shorter time if, rather than simply shouting "Yes, War!" or "No, Peace!" at each other, we would have had a public debate about exactly what we were going to do, how long it would take and how we would know when we accomplished our goals.
More closer to home on the financial front, we have another classic example of the House Republicans who are so "against regulations" that we can't have a rational discussion of what changes are necessary to increase much needed investor protections. Meanwhile, the Washington Democrats are so "pro-regulation" they rammed Dodd-Frank into law, before we even identified the causes of the Market Meltdown, creating (among other things) new loan regulations that are so Draconian they are actually preventing new home loans from being made, thereby extending the housing crisis indefinitely.
Sure, some regulations needlessly hurt business while others are necessary consumer protections. Perhaps we all could resolve to take ourselves and our ideas a little less seriously, and intelligently sort out the very serious problems that confront us with a little less polarization—including distinguishing the regulations we really need from those that will have foreseeable "unintended consequences" that are worse than the problems we are trying to solve.
That's my 2012 Kumbaya moment. I hope you have an extra Happy New Year, just in case the Mayans and Nostradamus have it right.


text: Click here to read about some high schoolers who can see the bigger picture. Great story. When I think about some of the mean things kids say and do in school, especially now as a parent of a kid in school, I get pretty worked up. Imagine being this little girl's mom and having her come home from school each day in tears. Heartbreaking. I like that this was clearly not a contrived operation by the kids to draw praise – because the main kid didn't even tell his mom about it. He just did what he thought was right. I also like the fact that these kids DID something about the bullying. Lots of people talk plenty about anti-bullying initiatives etc, but actions have a far greater effect. Nicely done guys.


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Several poets and authors have used the fun double "l" word in their works. Ogden Nash wrote an animal verse titled, "The Lama." Mary Ann Hoberman writes of "The Llama Who Had No Pajama" in her poetry book of the same title.
More familiar to kids nowadays is Anna Dewdney's New York Times bestselling Llama Llama picture book series. Part of the reason the books are so popular is that parents and kids can easily identify with the various childhood dramas that little Llama Llama character experiences. In the books, Llama Mama helps him cope with his emotions and reassures her little llama. Dewdney's books are a joy to read and the rhythmic verses roll of your tongue with repetitive "llama llama ... mama" and other rhymes. The newest and fifth book in the series is Llama Llama Home with Mama.
Llama Llama Home with Mama by Anna Dewdney. Viking / Penguin Books for Young Readers (August 2011); ISBN 9780670012329; 40 pages
"Llama Llama, red pajama, sick and bored, at home with Mama."
Llama Llama wakes up feeling yucky and ends up spending his day sick at home accompanied by his mama. Mama Llama does all she can to help her little llama recover but, go figure, ends up sick with the same illness. Luckily, Llama Llama follows his mama's example and knows just what to do to help his mama feel better. In her painted illustrations, Dewdney perfectly captures the trials of spending a day sick at home...expressions of exhaustion, red noses (somehow she makes a sore, red nose look cute) and mounds of handkerchiefs. She also includes plenty of expressive words revolving around the sickness theme (yes, shnorltes is a word in her book!)
Out of all the books in the series this is my favorite. For once Dewdney doesn't really address a behavioral issue, but writes of sickness and colds, something that all children and parents suffer with at some point. The premise is so sweet and tender -- Llama Llama and Mama at home sick together snuggling and taking care of each other. Even though Llama Llama becomes bored when he starts to feel better, he doesn't behave inappropriately. Instead, he finds a solution to address his boredom. His solution? Books! Any book that promotes reading together as a family (sick or not) is, in my opinion, a keeper.
Other books in the series: Llama Llama Red Pajama, Llama Llama Mad at Mama, Llama Llama Misses Mama and Llama Llama Holiday Drama.
Related Links:
Anna Dewdney - Author Website
Find printables, games, activities and more at http://llamallamabook.com
Watch the Barnes and Noble Storytime this month and listen to Anna Dewdney read from her new book, Llama Llama Home with Mama.
The double "l" llama is the perfect word to use when discussing the letter "l" with preschoolers. I found a Llama Alphabet Coloring Page and printed it on cardstock paper for my son to color. We talked about a the letter "L" while he colored. After he finished coloring I cut out the llama and cut off the legs. My son was a little upset about this part of the craft but felt better when he saw that we were going to add new legs. We observed that a clothespin looks like a lower-case "l" and that the word "leg" also starts with "l." My son pinned the two double "l" clothespin legs on his llama and made his llama leap. Llama Llama likes to use his legs to leap!
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It's time for the fans to make their voices heard.
Supporters around the league can now vote for their own 24 Under 24 – the top 24 players under the age of 24 – via a Facebook ballot that launched on Labor Day Monday which features a list of 50 players as determined by the MLSsoccer.com editorial staff. Write-in candidates can also be submitted for players that fit the age criteria. Cast your vote today.
Fans can then compare their vote to that of the experts when the countdown to the No. 1 young player starts in earnest on Monday, Sept. 12.
MLSsoccer.com assembled a panel of the most respected MLS observers in the nation, who helped determine the final 2011 rankings for the 24 Under 24: Jeff Carlisle (ESPN.com), Marc Connolly (ESPN), Steve Davis (SI.com), Brian Dunseth (Fox Soccer), Allen Hopkins (Fox Soccer), Alexi Lalas (ESPN), Kyle Martino (Fox Soccer), Taylor Twellman (ESPN) and Grant Wahl (Sports Illustrated).
Seattle's Fredy Montero finished at the top of the list last year and later earned designated player status with the US Open Cup champion Sounders. Who will succeed the Colombian as No. 1 this year?


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None of this is pretty. In the immediate aftermath of the Sept. 11 attacks, members of the American political establishment stood together, determined to fight the war against terrorism, supporting those in military uniform and the buttoned-down bureaucrats whose job it was to make sure that something so awful would not happen again. Everyone--inside the Bush Administration as well as outside it--knew there had been massive failures of intelligence in the period before the attacks. But after Sept. 11, the Administration earned a reputation for steely-eyed competence, and its political opponents couched their legitimate criticism in language politer than that to...
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The "parent trigger" bill was hotly debated this afternoon by the Florida House, which then passed the measure 68 to 51.
The bill aims to give parents more say in the fate of a failing school. But critics fear it will be a mechanism for turning public schools over to private (and for-profit) management companies. They also argue that Florida parents don't want the measure.
"I reject your premise that parents do not have a voice," said Cynthia Stafford, D-Miami, speaking against the measure. "Not only do parents have a voice, they also have a seat at the table."
The bill allows an end run around local school boards and proclaims "outside, for-profit companies as heroes," added Rep. Karen Castor Dentel, D-Maitland. "It's about misleading the public."
The bill would allow parents, by petition, to suggest a required "turnaround" option for a school with an F on the state's school report card. The options include closing the school, allowing the district to manage it with more changes, turning it into a charter school (which might be run by a private firm) and turning it over to a private management firm.
The parents option would be presented to the local school board, which would make its decision and forward it to the State Board of Education, which would have final say.
"I don't see how more parent involvement can be a bad thing," said Jeanette Nunez, R-Miami, speaking in favor of the measure.
The state's F schools are "failing our students, they're failing our communities, they're maintaining the status quo at the expense of our children," Nunez said.
Rep. Manny Diaz Jr., R-Hialeah, said lawmakers owe it to parents in communities with F schools to give them more options.
"We have the responsibility to give them the avenue to speak up to their local school board…to be involved and in charge of their child's education," Diaz said.
State figures show there were 34 F grades handed to traditional schools in 2012, including the F given to Wheatley Elementary in Apopka.
Parents at those schools do have options now -- they can ask for a transfer. And 62 of Wheatley's about 380 students did ask for and take a move to another Orange school, district officials said.
A similar bill, officially called a "parent empowerment" measure, passed the Florida House last year but was narrowly defeated in the Senate.
The full Senate has not yet taken up its parent-trigger bill.


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Mod Edit (Emily): From now on, please use this thread to ask for recommendations or to ask simple questions about Chinese literature, history and strategy.
i am looking for some good books on chinese history(preferably on the later han and three kingdoms) and chinese strategy.
so far i got the sun tzu the art of war, mastering the art of war by zhuge liang,and The Seven Military Classics of Ancient China.
could anyone recommend some other good titles please?


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This has to do with the temperament of the wood.
We build these in batches and sometimes we need to paint the bottoms to get the wood to crown right for a flat pedalboard, and sometimes not.
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About HR Departments & Functions
Office of the Vice President
Provides strategic leadership in the planning and implementation of quality integrated human resources programs (i.e., all programs that fall under Compensation and Benefits, Employee & Labor Relations, Talent Acquisition, and Talent Development) for all officers, faculty, and staff of Pace University.
- Continuously evaluates programs and employee effectiveness within the University based on benchmarking, competitive positioning and HR metrics.
- Chairs the University's Compensation Committee and Benefits Advisory Committee and negotiates annual work plans, priorities, and formal action recommendations with faculty and staff elected representatives to these committees.
- Presents recommendations to Board of Trustees' Committees including Staff Affairs Committee, Pension & Investment Committee, and Finance Committee.
Compensation and Benefits
- Coordinates enrollment in University Benefit plans, including for events pertaining to qualifying life changes.
- Organizes the Open Enrollment process, which is the annual opportunity for full-time employees to make changes to their benefit elections.
- Assists employees with benefits concerns, including those related to claims processing and disability/Family and Medical Leave (FMLA) leaves.
- Provides education regarding benefits options, including medical and dental insurance, retirement planning, life insurance, Flexible Spending (FSAs), Commuter Reimbursement (CRAs), the Employee Assistance (EAP), long term care insurance, and tuition remission
- Conducts benefits orientation for new full-time employees
- Ensures salary and reward programs are administered in an equitable manner for staff and faculty.
- Ensures employees are assigned to appropriate job classifications.
- Authorizes salary changes, increases and appropriate job descriptions.
Employee & Labor Relations
- Coach and consult employees and managers with regard to performance management and policy interpretation
- Help facilitate resolution to work-related issues and concerns
- Reward and recognize staff and faculty contributions to Pace University
- Promote wellness in our employees
- Provide opportunities for community involvement
- Advise on the interpretation of collective bargaining agreements
Talent Acquisition
- Assists and advises Hiring Managers with developing and executing recruitment strategies and ensure that recruitment meets all affirmative action commitments.
- Assists Hiring Managers with hiring and onboarding.
- Develops and facilitates new hire orientation programs.
- Manages temporary staffing agencies and placements.
Talent Development
- Supports the 2015-2020 Strategic Plan through training, development and education of employees including technology training, professional staff training and management development.
- Manages the Performance Management and Development Process.
- Conducts needs analysis to ensure appropriate development opportunities are developed and delivered.
- Consults with divisions and schools on HR consulting needs, i.e. retreat and workshop facilitation, consultant referrals, etc.


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An aneurysm is a weakened area in a blood vessel that's at risk of rupturing. When the aneurysm is located in the brain, it's called a cerebral, intracerebral, or intracranial aneurysm. A cerebral aneurysm often develops over a long period of time and may not cause any symptoms before it bursts or ruptures. Most aneurysms develop after age 40.
A subarachnoid hemorrhage means that there is bleeding in the space that surrounds the brain. Most often, it occurs when an aneurysm that's located on the outer surface of the brain bursts and leaks blood around the brain and inside the skull. The blood that pools around the brain after a subarachnoid hemorrhage can increase the pressure on the brain, which may cause brain cell damage and life-long complications and disabilities.
Facts about subarachnoid hemorrhage
A subarachnoid hemorrhage may be a complication of one of two types of stroke—a hemorrhagic stroke. The other type of stroke is called an ischemic stroke, which is caused by a blood clot in the brain. An intracerebral hemorrhage is a hemorrhagic stroke, which leads to bleeding inside the brain. This bleeding can sometimes dissect through the brain and rupture into the subarachnoid space, either through the surface of the brain or into a ventricle, leading to subarachnoid hemorrhage.
Even though a subarachnoid hemorrhage leads to bleeding outside of the brain, it can still be life-threatening, because the blood from the hemorrhage can compress vital portions of the brain or cause herniation. A severe hemorrhage can cause a coma, or leave you paralyzed. In some cases, however, the ruptured brain aneurysm may stop bleeding on its own before it causes a lot of damage.
Although a brain aneurysm may not cause symptoms, a subarachnoid hemorrhage does. Common symptoms include:
Loss of consciousness
Double vision
Nausea and/or vomiting
Severe headache—the worst headache pain you've ever had that feels different from other headaches
Trouble speaking
Drooping eyelid
Confusion and difficulty concentrating
Sensitivity to light
Neck stiffness
Before a subarachnoid hemorrhage occurs, a large brain aneurysm that's started to push against nerves in the brain can cause symptoms, such as:
Pain surrounding the eye
Changes in your vision
Dilated pupils
Weakness or numbness on one side of your body
Loss of hearing or trouble with balance
Difficulty with memory
If you have symptoms of a subarachnoid hemorrhage, a doctor might use several tests to diagnose it:
CT scan or MRI scan to examine the brain tissue
Angiogram to evaluate the blood vessels in the brain
Spinal tap to analyze the cerebrospinal fluid for the presence of blood
A diagnosis of a cerebral aneurysm isn't usually made until a subarachnoid hemorrhage has already occurred.
A subarachnoid hemorrhage is a medical emergency, and immediate treatment is essential to help reduce the risk for permanent brain damage. The main goal of treating a subarachnoid hemorrhage is to stop the bleeding. Often, a doctor may perform surgery to place a small clip on the blood vessel to stop blood from leaking into the brain.
Alternatively, some types of aneurysms can be treated with an endovascular coil, either by a radiologist or neurosurgeon. This requires making a tiny incision in your thigh and passing a thin catheter through the artery in your leg up to the artery in your head that is bleeding. Recovery times from this type of treatment are much shorter than traditional surgery; however, not all aneurysms can be treated this way. Your doctor can determine if you are a candidate for this treatment after performing your angiogram.
Part of the long-term treatment of a subarachnoid hemorrhage also involves addressing any risk factors that may have helped trigger the hemorrhage. This may mean quitting smoking if you're a smoker, gaining better control of your diabetes, lowering cholesterol and blood pressure, maintaining a healthy body weight, and eating a balanced diet.
Calling the doctor
The sooner the bleeding in the brain is controlled, the better the prognosis. It's important to seek emergency medical attention if you have any signs of a subarachnoid hemorrhage.
After a subarachnoid hemorrhage, serious complications can occur. Swelling in the brain, or hydrocephalus, is one of the potential complications. This is caused by the accumulation of cerebrospinal fluid and blood between the brain and skull, which can increase the pressure on the brain. Subarachnoid hemorrhage can also irritate and damage the brain's other blood vessels, causing them to tighten—this reduces blood flow to the brain. As blood flow becomes affected, another stroke can result, leading to even further brain damage. In serious cases, the bleeding may cause permanent brain damage, paralysis, or coma.
Key points to remember
An excruciating headache—or the worst headache of your life—can be a sign of a potentially deadly, ruptured cerebral aneurysm and subarachnoid hemorrhage. Know the hallmarks of a subarachnoid hemorrhage, and seek immediate medical treatment if any of these symptoms affect you or a loved one.