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So you are thinking of buying that new luxury car you have always wanted. You stroll into the dealership looking to buy not only a car but into the high end brand family. You see lots of well-dressed staff in kahki pants and black golf shirts, as you wander toward the sales floor. Suddenly, what appears to be the dealership owner's son, pops in front of you and says "Are you looking for a new ride dude"? "My name is Matt and I will be your sales representative. I just started 4 weeks ago, but man do I love these cars…they rock!"
You look up to reaffirm you are not in the local skate shop. Matt has already been distracted by an incoming text on his smart phone, you walk out for air.
This may be extreme, and by no means is it a slam to all of the students who work in the auto or tourism industries, but my point is why do we leave one of the most important jobs in tourism to absolute rookies?
DMO's spend a ton of money and time to attract visitors to their region using all sorts of online tactics. Once here, some of them, will pop into the local information centre to get loaded up on recommendations, maps, and guides of all the things to see and do. This is a significant sales interaction where the client is standing right in front of you. The opportunity for a stay to be extended, a tour booked, a hotel upgrade found etc. It may not be worth as much as one luxury car, but given the volumes in the tourism industry, it adds up to a heck of a lot more over the course of a season.
So why is it this sales role is generally seen as a minimum wage summer job? Its because the local chamber of commerce, cvb, or tourist association runs on a shoe string budget and can only afford students. If there was some incentive to 'make sales' like in the car dealership, the tables may turn.
One of the solutions is to start running information centres like a hotel concierge service and allow the staff to get paid for making people happy. Referral fees or contra, or kickbacks as they are called in the industry are not a bad thing. Bell or concierge staff usually receive a 5-10% commission on anything they sell. One industry insider says that this is why you see a lot of people making a career out of it. Simply put, they make a ton of money.
This approach accomplishes several goals:
1. Attracts a more career oriented staff
2. Raises the earnings of staff substantially
3. Creates an incentive to raise the customer service experience
4. Allows the operators to become competitive and get involved in their local info centre or hotel.
We need to stop treating front line tourism workers as second class. These are the industry's best sales people who have the ability to interact and engage with the customer standing right in front of them. Not through Twitter, Facebook or the postal service but right in front of them. So look at your organization and see if you can make some changes and run it more like a high-end car dealership or hotel.

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GREENSBORO � The technical fouls that were called on coach Mike Krzyzewski and Rasheed Sulaimon will undoubtedly lead to the inevitable narrative that Duke lost its composure during Sunday�s 72-63 ACC tournament championship game loss to Virginia.
Cavaliers coach Tony Bennett was asked about that very subject during his press conference immediately following the game. But to suggest that the Blue Devils lost because they lost their cool would be the ultimate slight to a championship team that�s been slighted enough already. In reality, the cause and effect were exactly the opposite.
If Duke really did lose its composure, it�s because it was well on its way to losing a game in which it was outworked, outhustled and outplayed by an opponent that clearly wanted the title more than it did.
Virginia isn�t a household name in college basketball circles and it doesn�t play the style of game that lends itself to SportsCenter highlights. As a result, it has been forced to defend its credentials on more than one occasion over the past few weeks. It won�t have to do that much longer, though.
Now that tournament time is here, the very same characteristics that have kept the sixth-ranked Cavaliers flying so far under the radar � defense, rebounding, teamwork, unselfishness, toughness and resiliency � are the same strengths that are likely to carry them a long way into the NCAA tournament. They�ve already helped coach Tony Bennett�s team claim two championships. Virginia added its first ACC tournament title since 1976 to the regular season crown it clinched last week by making Duke work for every shot it got, getting to the line 38 times, dominating the boards in the second half and � as it has all season � not beating itself.
�The mark of a team to win a championship and a conference tournament is that you have to play with that kind of poise, composure down the stretch,� Bennett said. �They haven�t gotten flustered. That�s been a trademark of them.�
It showed again Sunday. Not only did the Cavaliers get standout performances from stars Joe Harris, who won the Everett Case Award as the tournament�s MVP, Malsolm Brogdon and Akil Mitchell, they also got an unexpected 12 points and seven rebounds from unheralded reserve forward Anthony Gill. And every time Duke appeared ready to wrest control of the game in the second half, they always seemed to have an answer. Virginia put the game away by scoring on 16 of its final 18 possessions.
"I admire them. I think they�re a helluva basketball team,� said Krzyzewski, who was slapped with his technical for throwing pen coming out of a time out late in the first half. �They�ve had a great season, great kids. They�re none of the best teams in the country. They�ve done that in a consistent manner.�
Now all they have to do is get somebody to take them seriously. For the longest time, it appeared as though Virginia (28-6) would become the second straight team to win both the ACC regular season and tournament titles and be snubbed for a No. 1 NCAA tournament seed. The only reason the Cavaliers avoided the same fate as Miami last year is that Wisconsin, Michigan, Villanova and who knows who else all lost in their own conference tournaments this week.
Maybe that lack of respect is backlash from the hype the ACC received over the addition of Syracuse, Pittsburgh, Notre Dame and soon, Louisville. Or perhaps it comes from the widely held belief that traditional powers Duke and North Carolina are the only programs worthy of national attention.
But the fact is that Virginia is now the third straight non-North Carolina team to cut down the nets at the ACC tournament. That�s the longest such streak in the event�s 61-year history.
�I didn�t know it was the last three years, but thinking about it, it is,� Bennett said. �That�s special, but it shows you the stranglehold (Duke and UNC) have had on it. Our job is to pry it away.�
Based on recent results, Florida State, Miami and Virginia have already begun that process. Maybe now it�s time people, especially those outside the ACC�s geographic footprint, start to take notice.
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Aside from Fairport Convention, Steeleye Span was the most successful and enduring British folk-rock band. The parallels between the bands are numerous: both updated traditional British folk material with rock arrangements, both featured an excellent female lead singer (Sandy Denny for Fairport, Maddy Prior for Steeleye Span), both frequently employed multi-part harmonies, and both mixed original and traditional songs. Although Fairport was more innovative in its early days, Steeleye Span was arguably the more interesting band after 1970, when personnel changes had gutted the original Fairport lineup. Steeleye Span, too, would undergo numerous personnel changes even at their peak. Prior was the constant factor that gave the group something of a recognizable identity at all phases of their journey.
One thing that differentiated Steeleye Span from their counterparts was that Fairport came to traditional folk from a rock background, whereas Steeleye traveled in the opposite direction. The original lineup, formed around the beginning of 1970, included guitarist Terry Wood, who had been in a traditional Irish folk group called Sweeney's Men (with Andy Irvine). The supple-voiced Prior had been in a folk duo with guitarist Tim Hart. The impetus for Steeleye Span's formation, ironically, came from ex-Fairport Convention bassist Ashley Hutchings. Hutchings wanted to keep pursuing the traditional folk direction ploughed by Fairport on the 1969 album Liege and Lief, and left Fairport to joined forces with Prior, Hart, Terry Woods, and Gay Woods (Terry's wife) to anchor the first incarnation of Steeleye Span.
This lineup only lasted for one album, with the Woods leaving for Doctor Strangely Strange; Terry Woods would eventually resurface with the Pogues in the 1980s. He was replaced by Martin Carthy, one of the most respected guitarists on the English folk circuit. Carthy's abdication of acoustic folk for electric (if drum-less) folk-rock apparently caused much consternation within the purist English folk community, a kerfuffle that is hard to understand (at least from an American perspective), given that Dylan had already successfully fought that battle in the mid-'60s. While Steeleye Span played folk music, they had no aversion to playing it loud, and this version of the band proved that it was possible to create an energetic ruckus without a drummer.
Both Hutchings and Carthy, by far the most famous members of the group, left around the end of 1971. This sort of defection would have crippled most acts. Yet Steeleye Span not only persevered, but entered their most commercially successful phase. Tim Hart was once quoted as saying that the group wanted to "put traditional music back into current musical language -- to make folk music less esoteric." They were aided in doing so by new bassist Rick Kemp, who later became Maddy Prior's husband. In 1973, they finally added drums to the band, becoming a true folk-rock act after years of ramping up.
One asset to Steeleye Span's unusual durability (in the face of the revolving door of players) was their open-minded approach to contemporary influences. They covered oldies (and well) by Buddy Holly, the Four Seasons, and Phil Spector. David Bowie and Peter Sellers made cameo appearances on their albums in the mid-'70s. They occasionally acted in plays (in which they also musically performed as a group). They covered Brecht-Weill songs. Some of their work was produced by Mike Batt, whose primary previous credentials was as the mastermind of the Wombles, a British kiddie rock group.
Steeleye Span finally had a British chart hit in 1974 with the Christmas song "Gaudette." In 1975, they had a huge (by folk-rock standards) smash with "All Around My Hat," which reached the U.K. Top Five. In the United States, they (like Fairport) were consigned to cult status. They picked up some airplay on open-minded FM stations, but got their widest Stateside exposure as an opening act during a Jethro Tull tour. The onslaught of punk and new wave weakened any prospects for continued chart success at home. In 1977, they took on more traditional elements with the return of Martin Carthy, and the addition of John Kirkpatrick on accordion, but they finally split the following year.
Not for good, however. In a final parallel with Fairport Convention, they decided to periodically reunite while pursuing their own projects. Other studio albums appeared, and the group sometimes performed at festivals or even toured, though with enough irregularity to make it confusing to determine whether they were "together" again. A devoted following makes it possible for them to be received warmly by cult audiences whenever the mood suits them to play live again. Carthy has enjoyed the most notable solo career of the Steeleye Span alumni, continuing to command great respect among British folk listeners. Maddy Prior's most notable outside endeavor has been her duo recordings with fellow British folk singer June Tabor. Tim Hart released a handful of notable solo outings as well, before retiring to La Gomera, in the Canary Islands, where he passed away after a long battle with cancer in 2009.
by Richie Unterberger ~ allmusic.com
Wonderful first album by this legendary band. It was formed by ex Fairport convention bassist Ashley Hutchings who wanted to explore more of the british folk roots than Fairport Convention was willing. He was fortunate enough to gather such a band of great musicians and singers, releasing the first of a long string of critical acclaimed albums. It was a pity that Hark! The Village Wait was the sole Steeleye Span album to feature both the talents of female singers Maddy Prior and Gay Woods. The Woods couple would be leaving the group soon after the completition of the recordings for this LP.
The sound is quite traditional, of course, but it does include some drumming provided by Dave mattacks (Fairport Convention) and Gary Conway (future member of Fotheringay and The Pentangle). The music is a sophisticated, very well played, reading of traditional english and irish tunes. And from the beginning Steeleye Span (the name came from the ballad Horkstow Grange, about an argument between John Bowlin and Jon Span, nicknamed steeleye) was a special band. The chemistry between band members was amazing for such a new outfit. Progressive? Yes! For they did put those traditional, simple, songs into a whole new light, with modern instruments and giving them new, bold structures. They would evolve into something more rockier in the future, but from the get go they were too advanced for the time to be labeled as just another folk essemble.
Hark! The Village Wait (Wait was a medieval town band) is still my favorite CD from this groundbreaking folk band. I´m really glad that they are now on PA at last. If you want to hear some great traditonal folk music with elaborate and tasteful arrangements (with some progressive leanings here and there) and beautiful vocals, then this is a must have.
Review by Tarcisio Moura ~ progarchives.com
The Blacksmith:
Ashley Hutchings - electric bass
Maddy Prior - lead vocals (2, 3 ,6, 7, 8, 12), vocals, 5-string banjo, step dancing
Tim Hart - lead vocals (4), vocals, electric guitar, 5-string banjo, electric dulcimer, fiddle, harmonium
Gay Woods - lead vocals (3, 5, 9, 10), vocals, auto-harp, concertina, bodhran, step dancing
Terry Woods - vocals, mandola, electric guitar, 5-string banjo, concertina, mandolin
Guests: Gerry Conway - drums (2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8)
Dave Mattacks - drums (4, 10, 11,12)
1 A Calling-On Song 1:12
2 The Blacksmith 3:40
3 Fisherman's Wife 3:13
4 Blackleg Miner 2:45
5 Dark-Eyed Sailor 5:58
6 Copshawholme Fair 2:35
7 All Things Are Quite Silent 2:40
8 The Hills of Greenmore 4:02
9 My Johnny Was a Shoemaker 1:11
10 Lowlands of Holland 6:00
11 Twa Corbies 2:06
12 One Night as I Lay on My Bed 3:29
Total time 38:52
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The smell of cinnamon brings out the New Englander in me. One whiff and I would start pining for apple orchards, hayrides, and a big piles of raked leaves ready to be jumped in, even though I actually grew up in a city and rarely did all that bucolic fall stuff. But 'tis the time of year.
Or is it? Here in Beijing, the days have confused me slightly; hot and muggy one day, cool and crisp the next. I spent my last fall in Colorado and California, but I still remember all those years of living in the Northeast when summers dragged late into September, well after the kiddies have gone back to school and clothing stores have purged themselves of anything short-sleeved.
This cinnamon and ginger tea, served cold, is possibly the perfect transition drink for September. The heady aroma of cinnamon goes well with the shortening of days and yellowing of leaves, but the crisp icy taste is still refreshing when the temperatures climb back up.
Last month in Korea I had this drink at an Insadong teahouse, a cute little place with creaky wooden stairs, charmingly mismatched furniture, and birds that flew around uncaged. My cinnamon and ginger tea came in an enameled bowl, at a temperature to match the blasting AC next to our table. It was just sweet enough, with little pine nuts were sprinkled on top, adding a nice finishing touch and crunchiess at the end. The only drawback was that the tea cost the equivalent of 6 or 7 USD, expensive even by New York standards.
My re-creation at home costs nowhere near that amount, though yes, I'm sure shop rent in Insadong may be a bit more than what I'm paying in my Beijing 'hood. Taking a page from Chinese dessert soup, I sweetened the tea with rock sugar instead of granulated sugar for a smoother taste. After a few hours of chilling in the fridge, you too can have a drink to sip while you ponder where did the summer go.
Korean Cinnamon Tea
Makes about 4 to 6 servings
- 8 cups water
- 1 teaspoon grated ginger
- 3 sticks cinnamon
- 1/2 cup rock sugar
- Pine nuts for garnish
- In a medium-sized pot, bring the water to a boil. Add the ginger and cinnamon and simmer for 15 minutes. Remove from the heat and add the rock sugar; stir until fully dissolved. Let cool, and then transfer to the refrigerator to chill for at least 2 hours.
- When ready to serve, divide the cinnamon tea into individual cups and garnish with pine nuts.


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NEWS- Drug money: ALS study gets <i>WSJ </i>attention
Should patients with fatal diseases be asked to fund the research that might save them? That's the question the Wall Street Journal posed in an April 10 article about UVA neurologist Jim Bennett. He's the doctor who came up with that plan in an effort to develop a promising drug to treat ALS, the rare but devastating disease also known as Lou Gehrig's Disease.
Facing a funding shortage for his study– which had shown promise anecdotally– Bennett, the subject of the Hook's February 24, 2005 cover story "She's dying: His drug could save her," told patients in September 2004 that the drug he'd discovered on a German laboratory shelf would probably not continue to be available if he didn't find alternate sources of money. He divested himself of any financial interest, and the money from patients, their friends, and families– hundreds of thousands of dollars– rolled in.
That money, coupled with grants and official sources of funds, has allowed Bennett to continue dosing patients suffering from the fatal neurodegenerative disease, and his studies have expanded to several other university locations around the country.
But some ethicists say patients should not be involved in fundraising. One reason: they might not be objective about the research, according to Dan Brock, director of the division of medical ethics at Harvard Medical School, who was quoted in the Journal.
In Bennett's defense, Brock points out that no patients were coerced or denied treatment if they could not afford to contribute. And Bennett, reached after the Journal article appeared, says the early fundraising efforts were initiated by patients– not at his request– and that patients and their families continue to lead the effort.
"In a very real sense, they made and continue to make the decision about whether any of this has gone/ will go forward," he says.
The Hook first reported Bennett's study in that 2004 cover story, detailing the early difficulties he and several of his patients faced when a UVA ethics committee ruled that the research could not continue without further safety testing.
Two of those patients, Mary Jane Gentry and Bev Nicola, were outraged by the decision, asking how the committee could cite safety as a concern when the disease would rob them of their ability to walk, talk, and eventually breathe within two to three years of their diagnosis.
The drug, pramipexole, is the chemical mirror image of the Parkinson's drug Mirapex, and like that drug, it is a powerful free radical scavenger. Bennett hypothesized that free radicals play a role in the nerve damage that occurs in ALS, and he believed pramipexole would not have the same serious side effects as Mirapex.
Following eight weeks of dosing, Gentry and others provided anecdotal evidence that the drug was lessening– and in some cases reversing– their symptoms. But the UVA Human Investigations Committee, the ethical watchdog for human research at UVA, said such reports could be attributed to the "placebo effect," and that patients in dire circumstances should not be asked to serve as experimental subjects when the effects of the drug were not known. Eventually, the Committee and the FDA approved Bennett's request to continue dosing patients.
Now, two years later, Gentry, Nicola and nearly all of the original 15 subjects have died, but Bennett's study continues– and has expanded.
In May 2005, Bennett connected with Knopp Neurosciences, a small Pennsylvania-based drug company willing to develop the drug commercially, a costly and time-consuming undertaking.
Knopp spokesperson Tom Petzinger says the company has raised nearly $10 million for the commercial development, and has another $20 million in pledged funds. But the commercial studies, still in preclinical stage, could take several years, and no one who has taken any dose of the drug through Bennett's trials is eligible to participate in the commercial trials.
Fortunately, Knopp has pledged $300,000 to Bennett's study, so that those who cannot participate in commercial trials will still have access to the drug.
While research is ongoing, Bennett says he has submitted several articles to medical journals, but it could be several months before any are published. His articles will show the drug is tolerated well in various doses, he says, but none will reveal efficacy, something that can be shown only through larger scale studies, such as the ones to be conducted by Knopp.
Neither Gentry's nor Nicola's widowers could be reached by press time, but Nicola's widower, Eli, told the Journal he has no regrets about his late wife's participation in the study or in the fundraising.
"The doctor said he had to raise money somehow," said Nicola, "and Bev put everything in her soul into it."
Dr. Jim Bennett's study on a drug to treat ALS is one of the only hopes for individuals with the devastating disease.
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It is inhumane, if not criminal, to with hold, much less withdraw, ANY possible treatment from informed and consenting any DYING PATIENTS. I also suffer from bulbar form of ALS and in a few months have lost the ability to speak and swallow. I can not believe it is anything other than the competition for dollars (protection of same) in our immoral, unethical society rather than fear of liability. Where are all the Supposed Christian Conservatives ranting and raving when Terry Schiavo was allowed to die?


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...fair enoughOk I might have been wrong generalizing with 'kids'... And in fact I don't have anything against people taking kiting to the extreme jumping piers and other stuff
...you're right, i don't really get the (imo over the top safety craziness), that's why originally posted. Isn't the whole idea of thread topic to split opinions and have pros/cons and fors/againsts otherwise your thread would just be...You just don't get anything we are talking about (safety) and the whole meaning of this forum! Have you thought to read a different forum perhaps?
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U.S. Equal Employment
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Jury Found Company Violated Federal Law by Shunning Legally Blind Applicant
DENVER - In a disability lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), a federal court in Denver has ordered Beverage Distributors Company (BDC) in Colorado to pay around $200,000 and hire him to a position he had been denied because of his impaired eyesight, the agency announced today.
According to the EEOC's suit, Mike Sungaila, who is legally blind, worked for BDC for over four years as a driver's helper. When the company decided to eliminate his position and instead use contract laborers, Sungaila applied for a position as a night warehouse loader. BDC offered Sungaila the position subject to a pre-employment medical examination. Following the medical examination, BDC withdrew the job offer, believing that Sungaila could not safely perform the functions of the position due to his poor eyesight. The position involves loading cases of liquor and kegs of beer into the back of trucks. The EEOC, contending that Sungaila could safely perform the job, filed suit in U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado after first attempting to reach a pre-litigation settlement through its conciliation process. EEOC v. Beverage Distributors Company, LLC, 11-cv-02557-CMA-CBS.
Following a four-day trial in April, the jury agreed with the EEOC that BDC intentionally violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) when it withdrew its job offer to Sungaila because of his impaired eyesight. The jury initially awarded Sungaila $132,347 in back pay, but found that his damages should be reduced by $102,803 because the jury believed that Sungaila could have mitigated his damages by finding a comparable position. This week, U.S. District Judge Christine Arguello vacated the jury's finding that Sungaila could have mitigated his damages, finding that BDC failed to prove there were any available comparable jobs that Sungaila could have performed, and ordered BDC to pay Sungaila his entire back pay. Moreover, BDC must pay interest on the award, which will increase the award to approximately $200,000, and must compensate Sungaila for any tax consequence he will suffer due to being paid this judgment in one year.
In addition, the court ordered BDC to hire Sungaila as a night warehouse loader with the same seniority that he would have had BDC not withdrawn the job offer due to his eyesight. Sungaila must be offered this position within the next six months and will be paid the same salary as other employees who have been employed in the position for five years, which is approximately $23 per hour.
The court also found that "the testimony of Beverage Distributors managers and human resources professionals demonstrated a lack of sufficient knowledge about the ADA, its interactive process, and the requirement that reasonable accommodations be provided to employees." The judge also stated that BDC's employee handbook was insufficient to explain to employees how they can request accommodations and contained an incorrect statement of its obligations under the law. Therefore, the court ordered that BDC must engage an outside consultant to provide employee training and assistance in revisions to BDC's policies, job postings, notice posting, and reporting and compliance review. BDC must report to the court within six months that it has complied with the judge's order.
"The Commission is always willing to resolve cases informally," said EEOC General Counsel P. David Lopez. "As we have demonstrated consistently nationwide, when necessary, we will try the case and secure both monetary relief for the victim and, importantly, non-monetary relief to ensure the company modifies it practices so that the discrimination does not recur. The Commission has prevailed in 10 of its past 11 jury trials."
"Employers must provide accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and must base all employment-related decisions on facts, not stereotypical assumptions about an employee's abilities," said EEOC Regional Attorney Mary Jo O'Neill. "We believe this order will ensure that going forward, individuals with disabilities will no longer be discriminated against by Beverage Distributors. Further, this decision will send a message to all employers that it does not pay to discriminate."
EEOC Denver Field Office Director Nancy Sienko added, "We are excited that Mr. Sungaila will finally be fully compensated for the harm that he suffered due to discrimination by his former employer."
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MINNEAPOLIS – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced that Chief Judge Michael J. Davis of U.S. District Court in Minneapolis has approved a consent decree settling a pregnancy discrimination lawsuit filed by the EEOC against White Way Cleaners for $42,250 and other relief. White Way is a dry cleaning company located in St. Paul, with store locations in Minneapolis and St. Paul as well as pick-up and delivery service to the Twin Cities suburbs.
In its lawsuit, the EEOC charged that White Way violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended by the Pregnancy Discrimination Act (PDA), by taking adverse action against a pregnant employee. Under the PDA, an employer is prohibited from taking action against women who are pregnant by refusing to hire them, transferring them, denying them a benefit of employment or firing them due to their pregnancy.
The EEOC alleged that White Way maintained a policy of transferring pregnant women from the dry cleaning plant to store positions. Michelle Johnson worked as a presser at White Way, and was transferred to a counter position in a store when she became pregnant. The EEOC alleged that Johnson was denied a raise while working in the counter position as a result of her transfer. Johnson became pregnant again, and within days of notifying White Way of her pregnancy, she was terminated.
"This was an important case for the EEOC because it underscores the clarity and strength of federal law regarding pregnancy discrimination," said John Hendrickson, the EEOC regional attorney for the Chicago District, which includes Minnesota. "The U.S. Supreme Court held almost 20 years ago that an employer may not substitute its own judgment on an employee's pregnancy for hers. The EEOC is dedicated to ensuring that women are not treated differently because they are or may become pregnant, and this case reminds employers of their obligations under the law."
According to Associate Regional Attorney Jean Kamp, who supervised the EEOC's litigation effort, the linchpin evidence in the agency's case was the fact that White Way maintained a policy that discriminated against pregnant employees. Kamp said that the evidence clearly showed White Way had applied its discriminatory policy to Johnson.
Kamp added, "Such policies, even if well-intentioned, can't justify discrimination."
Under the decree approved yesterday, White Way will pay Johnson monetary damages of $42,250. The decree also contains an injunction prohibiting the company from engaging in further discrimination on the basis of pregnancy, as well as prohibiting retaliation against employees who exercise their rights under the federal civil rights laws relating to employment. White Way will be required to provide training to managers and employees and to report to the EEOC for the next two years.
The EEOC's lawsuit was filed August 5, 2009, in U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota. (EEOC and Michelle Johnson v. White Way Cleaners, 09-cv-02048-MJD-JJG).
In addition to Hendrickson and Kamp, the EEOC was represented by Trial Attorney Jessica Palmer-Denig and Senior Trial Attorney Laurie Vasichek of the EEOC's Minneapolis Area Office.
The EEOC enforces federal laws prohibiting employment discrimination. The EEOC's Chicago District Office is responsible for processing charges of discrimination, administrative enforcement, and the conduct of agency litigation in Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa and North and South Dakota, with Area Offices in Milwaukee and Minneapolis. Further information about the EEOC is available on its web site at www.eeoc.gov.


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"We support local stakeholders' efforts to craft an agreement that works for everyone, but it remains to be seen whether this agreement will hold water," said Erica Terence of the organization Klamath Riverkeeper in a statement.
The group says it is particularly concerned about a new clause that would give California, Oregon, the federal government, and PacifiCorp the power to amend the agreement without the consent of other parties under some circumstances.
As the Associated Press reports, the dam removal project will not be cheap.
"PacifiCorp will not bear the estimated $450 million cost of removing the dams. Oregon has approved $180 million in surcharges on state ratepayers. Another $250 million depends on California approving general obligation bonds," according to the news agency.
That high price tag has many concerned.
"California budget cuts have caused drastic cutbacks in public safety, health, education, and environmental programs. It doesn't seem possible that the state will have the money any time soon to help implement the restoration project," said Steven Evans of the California group Friends of the River in a statement.
"It's going to take a lot more work and effort by all parties to ensure that the dams are actually removed and the Klamath River salmon are restored in our lifetime," Mr. Evans said.
Complications over a water deal?
At least one group, Oregon Wild, questions what connection the dam removal might have to the broader water deal in the region negotiated by the Bush administration.
"Even more controversial is the linkage between the [dam agreement] and ... a nearly $1 billion water deal drafted over the last six years and heavily influenced by former Bush administration officials. [These] negotiations have proceeded in secret since a draft document was released to the public in January of 2008. The settlement scheme would guarantee water for commercial agriculture in the Bureau of Reclamation's Klamath Irrigation Project without providing a similar guarantee to threatened fish species," the groups said.
"The dam deal announced today isn't perfect, but the true test is still to come," said Steve Pedery, conservation director with Oregon Wild. "When the water deal gets packaged with this dam deal, are river advocates going to be able to live with the fish and wildlife sacrifices made in the final settlement? We all want dam removal, but we shouldn't have to trade salmon and bald eagles for broken concrete."
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While the agreement still has many hurdles to clear, most heralded it as an important step forward for the environmentalist cause.
"This Agreement represents a major step toward restoring the health of the Klamath River. We look forward to working with all Tribal, agricultural, and fishing communities in the Klamath Basin on implementing these solutions," said Troy Fletcher, negotiator and Yurok tribal member.
The Obama administration also weighed in.
Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said: "This agreement marks the beginning of a new chapter for the Klamath River and for the communities whose health and way of life depend on it. Hats off to all the stakeholders who have worked so hard to find common ground on one of the most challenging water issues of our time."
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Everything has its price, but $10,000 for a chance at a date is taking advantage of people desperately looking for companionship.
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Barack Obama's enthusiasm gap began at home.
There is a surprisingly simple explanation for Obama's up-and-down performance as a candidate during his reelection grind in 2012, for those lackluster TV appearances, for that epic flop Oct. 3 on the Denver debate stage that might yet cost him his presidency on Tuesday.
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Until the final sprint, he just wasn't that into it.
The key to understanding the Obama enigma of 2012, according to more than a dozen Obama associates interviewed by POLITICO during the campaign, is that the president enthusiastically approved the message of relentless attacks against Mitt Romney. But until the last week of the campaign — when optimism made a major comeback — Obama executed it mirthlessly and mechanically, at times reinforcing the "meh" vibe of his supportive but uninspired base.
( Also on POLITICO: If Obama loses ...)
Obama's pollster, Joel Benenson, told him early on that hope and change couldn't be recycled in a country enduring three years of grim recovery, and the campaign's highly effective June and July anti-Romney blitz in battlegrounds was brutally effective. But the attack-first, hope-second strategy never quite suited Obama personally — in fact, it seemed to directly contradict his transformational, upbeat brand.
That unease with his own campaign not only drained energy from his reelection effort but could have nasty, knock-on consequences if he wins. A scorched-earth victor won't do much to heal Washington's divisions, with a probable GOP House and Democratic Senate set to be at loggerheads, regardless of who wins the presidency.
"I get why he had to do what he did. It was smart politically. But he's become the embodiment of the partisanship he once decried," said The New York Times's David Brooks, one of the few journalists to strike up a real relationship with Obama during his first term. "The dissonance [between Obama in 2008 and 2012] is so obvious. … Can you think of a president who ran more different campaigns the first and second times? I've tried. I can't."
( PHOTOS: Final countdown to Election Day)
Obama officials say their boss had no choice but to run the campaign he did, given Romney's fact-challenged attacks on Obama's record. They point to key moments — from the campaign's first ad to Obama's convention speech to his positive closing argument at the second debate — to bolster their claim that his 2012 message isn't quite as downcast as people think.
"Elections are always about choices, and it was our job to lay out that choice throughout the course of this campaign," said Deputy Campaign Manager Stephanie Cutter. "But now is the time to make our closing argument, when people are making their final choices, and the president is making a very compelling and persuasive case to stick with him and finish what we started. And, he's enjoying it."
Even Brooks, a right-leaning centrist whose critique annoys Obama's team, acknowledges that Obama's 2008 theme needed a makeover for 2012, given the initial lack of enthusiasm of his base and the country's larger anxieties about the possibility of a long, slow national decline.
( Also on POLITICO: The best stories of 2012)
But the absence of such a powerful motivating message has contributed to the sense, among political professionals and regular voters, that Obama downsized his own aspirations to hold onto power, something he railed against in 2008.


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The market has reached a key point after posting several days of losses, CNBC's Jim Cramer said, and the catalyst that will stop the slide is what market pros are watching: the interest rate on 10-year Treasurys.
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For all the computing power that animators employ these days, sometimes it's a simple sound that conveys the most emotion. Pixar's hit movie, "WALL-E," is the most recent example of sound's crucial role. The first hour of the intergalactic love story has almost no human dialogue. Instead, the story line starts with simple bleeps, squeaks, and background atmospherics, which, by the end of the film, become a sophisticated interweaving of 2,600 sounds.
The orchestrator of this symphony is Ben Burtt, who, with his team, found everyday sounds they could alter to create each mood. Making a robot "come alive" on screen takes clarity on the part of both animators and sound designers. "It's about understanding if the sound should be happy or sad, sympathetic or mechanical," says Mr. Burtt from his office in Nicasio, Calif. That way, every time the character WALL-E moves his arm, turns around, or "speaks," his sounds consistently reinforce his kind, industrious, and ever-hopeful nature.
Despite the fact that animated films are largely special effects, creating the character voices for "WALL-E" did not originate with an electronic synthesizer. Burtt recorded human voices for the robots and converted them electronically to fit the focus of each scene. He would then play them for director and co-writer Andrew Stanton to be sure they were true to his vision of the characters' identities.
The collaborative nature of this animated film was more intense than working on the live-action "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull," says Academy Award-winner Burtt, who also created the voice of R2D2 in "Star Wars." "If there's one thing you learn at Pixar," he says, "it's that every animator is an actor. So when the creative team got together, the animators all spoke in funny voices and acted out the characters' personas. My job consisted of what I call 'audio puppeteering' – pulling the strings to make the character come to life audibly. So when I saw the movements of the animators, I understood better how the characters should sound."
Burtt's career started the same way. As a boy, he'd act out movements to the classical music his mother enjoyed. Then he became fascinated with sounds on television shows and movies, such as "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea." "I'd record favorite sounds and when I played them back, the whole drama came to mind. Then I saw Walt Disney's 'Fantasia.' " Burtt says the film's colorful movements, displayed in sync with Bach's "Toccata and Fugue in D Minor" helped him understand visually how sound could initiate movement. Then he put it all together, making adventure films with friends using his dad's home-movie camera.
It was not until 1979 and the release of "Apocalypse Now" that the term "sound designer" was coined by Walter Murch, who created sound for the film. Prior to then, and with the exception of the genius of Alfred Hitchcock, Orson Wells, and a few others, movie sound was often an afterthought, plugged in between and under dialogue after filming was completed.
Randy Thom, sound designer for "Horton Hears a Who," "Ratatouille," and "The Polar Express," recalls, "Walter taught me the importance of sound in every aspect of life. The first sense active in a baby, before it's even born, is the sound of its mother's heartbeat, stomach, and voice," he says from his office at Skywalker Sound, north of San Francisco.
"It's all about listening," Mr. Thom adds, referring to the need to understand the director's artistic vision. "Walter taught me the importance of meeting with the director before shooting begins, so we can determine if the environment of the film is noisy or quiet, sinister or banal. Just because you have a script doesn't mean you know how a movie is supposed to sound."
Movie sound gained a new dimension with George Lucas, the creative force behind the "Star Wars" saga, when he articulated the need for organic or "real world" sound. For years movie sound was designed to be flawless. But Mr. Lucas recognized that movies could be more engaging by using everyday sound, instead of studio-perfect effects. "Ben Burtt took and ran with this idea," says Thom.
When Burtt was hired to collect sounds for "Star Wars" while a graduate film student at the University of Southern California, he recorded noises made by TV sets, vacuum cleaners, and howling bears among other things. These were modulated, amplified, and later became the sounds of laser swords, land rovers, and Chewbacca's "Wookie" voice. As for R2D2, it was his beeps and squeaks that helped moviegoers relate to the softer side of the sci-fi epic.


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