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Michelle Obama Mad about Dolls
The TyGirlz dolls do NOT have her stamp of approval.
Yesterday, we told you about the new dolls bearing the names of Sasha and Malia.
Now we've discovered that First Lady Michelle Obama is not pleased about these dolls one bit.
"We believe it is inappropriate to use young private citizens for marketing purposes," Ms. Obama's spokeswoman said.
Ty Inc. released its "Sweet Sasha" and "Marvelous Malia" dolls this month. Both dolls have bronze skin and dark hair.
The dolls are part of the Westmont-based toymaker's TyGirlz line. The company is also the creator of Beanie Babies, which have reportedly generated more than $6 billion in sales since their debut in 1994.Would you be mad about these dolls if you were Michelle? Comment below.
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I won't make this about race because I think that it's all about the MONEY!!! Let's be realistic. This was and will forever be a historic moment. Everyone (including Ty Inc.) wants to be associated or connected to this day! They knew that creating these dolls and naming them "Sasha" and "Maliah" (after the first african american daughters) would land them thousands of dollars; maybe millions. Clearly, no time or effort was put into making these dolls look like the girls and there's no doubt that parental consent was not saught simply because Ty Inc. couldn't take the chance of President and First Lady Obama refusing consent and/or rejecting the idea entirely! So…. nothing personal, just business!
They Have Lost Their FREAKEN minds.
Get real! They drug their kids into the limelight when they sought the presidency. I bet the girls are kind of excited, although they would have liked the dolls to look more like them. Of course, then Ty would have to get permission. MAybe Mrs. Obama should be thankful that at least one large company is trying to stay afloat without a handout.
Paulette, did any of the presidents you mentioned have coins minted in their honor before they were even in office, and if by some chance I missed them, were they touted ad nauseum on TV in their own little admercials? I think not. Yet you throw out the racial card now. It is significant that Mr. Obama is the first African American to become president. America is about realizing dreams, both noble and, as you might say, capitalistic. I would rather present the positive to my own 3 daughters than the negative.
Paulette, did any of the presidents you mentioned have coins minted in their honor before they were even in office, and if by some chance I missed them, were they touted ad nauseum on TV in their own little admercials? I think not. Yet you throw out the racial card now. It is significant that Mr. Obama is the first African American to become president. America is about realizing dreams, both noble and, as you might say, capitalistic. I would rather present the positive to my own 3 daughters than the negative.
This goes to the anoymous person who wrote "Look who we elected for president" !!!! Get over the fact that Barack Obama is president !!! He is here and now and he is staying!! I am glad that he got to be president Finally get to get those ole country hicks out of the office!!! KUDOSS 4 that!!! Had it of been MCcain for president nothing would of been said about nothing!!! Give Obama his props and the respect he deserves!! ! MIchelle keep doing your thug thissm girl stop lettting these country hicks take over !!!!!
The debate can never be about whether either or not the company intended to use the President's children names. The combination of Sasha and Malia are very unlikely and there is no excuse to exploit these children in that way. It is wrong,tasteless, and ridiculous. This company is clearly making money off the backs of these children. Who by the way have know knowledge about why people do what they do? These dolls need to be taken off the market because it is both disrespectful and morally wrong. PLus the dolls are terrible. The Obama girls look nothing like those dolls.
What struck me about this article is the writer's usage of the word "mad" connected to Michelle Obama. We all remember the mud slung at Michelle during the campaign. Attempts to depict her as an angry African-American woman failed big time. She said the dolls were inappropriate. How did that equate to "mad?" I'm willing to be the author is a Republican who still has not accepted the fact that they lost. Using the code word "mad" to describe Michelle is a example of cheap shot tactics. It also reminds us why the Republicans lost the last two elections.
Thank you Mrs. Obama. I say you did the right thing what your reason was you have that right. This is only to make MONEY . You stand up and made it clear.
I Find It Unbelievable and typical that some white americans would have the view and disrespect they have for the first family. every where they have gone they have caused chaos ,murdered,kidnapped,raped and destroyed family . These are the same people that descend from great britain and yet tell us to go back where we came from, and teach that christopher columbus discovered america how can you discover somewhere there is people already existing .the american indian was damn near made exstinct land stolen and put on reservations this is prophecy being fulfield white america is afraid the rooster has come home to roost nothing they say or think surprise me .they have always known who we are !
They look just like them to me and i bet they are happy about being dolls huh?
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MediaPost Launches Video Sharing and Social Networking
I just received the following email from Media Post announcing their new social networking platform which is powered by conVerdge. In it, you can see that it mentions the ability to share videos...
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We've just finished migrating MediaPost.com to a new social networking platform to allow for stronger connections and better, more frequent communication among members. You can now directly interact with your colleagues, friends and business contacts, search for new leads, start or join groups of common business or social interest as well as share photos, videos and news feeds.
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I immediately went to check out the video sharing features as well as the overall experience. Here are some of my initial impressions:
Video Sharing:
I have not quite figured out how to choose a video from Media Post or other Media Post Community users to "share" on my profile. I would also add that there seems to be a small bug in that I can not view the videos they display in their brightcove video widget. Clicking on the video thumbnails does nothing.
However, there is the ability to upload and post videos to your network.
They offer both a batch upload (via java) and a "simple upload" feature. Here is a screenshot of the simple upload:
Unfortunately, I have a few preliminary complaints with this. In order to upload multiple videos, you need to utilize the same tags for each. In addition, clearly they could use a few additional categories, or at least an "other category" ;-) and perhaps description fields. Finally, there is no indication on either upload page as to whether or not there are file, length, or size restrictions. I have not tried enough videos to test this but I imagine that you would be disappointed when a video was rejected that you were not aware would have any limits. However, I do think this is a nice and simple layout.
It may sound like I am down on the site, but I realize it has just launched. I am confident that Media Post is headed in the right direction and will get this right. Part of the reason for my faith in this is due to their company but, in addition, I feel that media companies alike will HAVE to get video "right" on the web in order to survive in the coming years.
Social Networking:
As far as the social networking goes, the system is quite robust as described in the email above.
A particular feature that I enjoyed was their network/add friends utility. When setting up my network, I was able to choose from more than 70 different social networking and social bookmarking sites to add my network from a site where I have an existing account. This includes: myspace, yahoo 360, friendster, facebook, and many others.
And, you can see from my profile URL (http://my.mediapost.com/video) that there are not too many users at this point.
I am certain that they will take this URL away when you consider that their video section is at http://my.mediapost.com/video/ ;-)
You will also notice on my profile, that there is still a bit of work to complete.... this is one issue I have in general with social networking. I used to utilize myspace on occasion and am a fan of linkedin, but I believe that most people, if they are like me, will stick with the ones that have the greatest network as well as privacy, etc... Right now, all the buzz that I hear is about facebook. I digress.
I would suggest signing up as it is free and MediaPost constantly covers very relevant and detailed information about online video and online video marketing in their video insider piece. Here is a great post from Monday titled "2007 Status Report" where the author discusses the status of online video, video sharing, video search, and video advertising.

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The Bears, coached by Tim Barrera, finished the season with a team GPA of 3.17, the second highest among Colorado Division I programs. Colorado College finished just ahead with a 3.36 cumulative GPA.
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The slave generally was an outsider. He ordinarily was of a different race, ethnicity, nationality, and religion from his owner. The general rule, as enunciated by the specialist on classical slavery Moses I. Finley, was that no society could withstand the tension inherent in enslaving its own members. In most cases, the slave was an outsider because he was enslaved against his will in one society and then taken by force to another.
As with nearly all rules, there were exceptions, however. Korea, for reasons that are not understood, was one. India was another exception, because of ritual requirements that the social origins of intimate associates be known; there slaves were ritually distanced from their owners. Muscovite Russia, which had outsider slaves as well, was yet another exception, perhaps because the boundaries between insiders and outsiders were blurred. A number of scholars have pointed out that, although the status of the slaves was uniformly lower than that of comparable free people in every society, the material and sometimes other conditions of slaves were frequently better than those of free people; thus it is not surprising that free people occasionally volunteered to be slaves. What is somewhat more surprising is that so few societies found that form of social welfare to be acceptable; most took measures to prohibit or inhibit it. Solon in 594 BCE, for example, forbade enslavement for debt in Athens, and the Lex Poetelia Papiria did the same for Rome, about 326 BCE. Muscovy in 1597 prevented self-sale into slavery from becoming hereditary by mandating manumission of such slaves on their owners' deaths.
Regardless of the slave's origin, he was nearly always a marginal person in the society in which he was enslaved. In Africa slaves were despised, and their low status, which was passed on to freedmen, persists to the present time. In most societies most slaves were at the very bottom of society.
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So I have to agree with the idea of being able to "bank" dailies. Why not take a page from Wintergrasp and turn them into a batch of Weeklies.
There are a set number or jewelcrafting dailies that randomly rotate each day. Just get rid of the random rotation and allow you to complete them all once per week. Jewelcrafters can choose to do them all at once, or doll them out through the week, but either way, someone can't outpace the pack by getting 40 tokens a day.
nice idea!
Actually, I've felt the same way about daily dungeons for a while. Blizzard has said before that they don't like the feeling of "must log in every day" that the daily dungeon rewards create. It seems like it wouldn't be difficult to "bank" the unused days the same way you can get rested XP levels while you're under the level cap.
Great idea, best idea I've heard so far!
That's the point. Reduce religiously tedious everyday chores.
You can choose to do them once a day distributed over a week or you can do them all at once and get it over with so you can spend the rest of the week doing other things.
I think having a weekly pool of quests would definitely be better.
It's more of a quality of life thing.
Why should I be required to go to the grocery everyday for a cup of milk and 2 slices of bread when I can buy a quart and a loaf and not go for a week?
Blows your mind away just thinking about it...
@Kaphik: But you're not getting a handout! In this scenario you're still putting in the same effort, just with a little more flexibility as to WHEN you do it. I don't think anyone's saying it should be unlimited, as in you could do 100 "dailies" in one day and be done with it. Rather, if something like this were implemented you wouldn't have the pressure of HAVING to log in daily or else fall behind. If you have seven weekly quests to complete you can do them all on Tuesday when they become available, you can space them out over the week however you please, or you can leave them until Monday even right before they reset—you're still doing seven quests a week, the exact same amount of work. It just feels less grindy and is less punishing to players who can't log on every day.
@Kaphic " Too many handouts in WoW anyway, we should put SOME effort into our characters."
Please explain how the effort involved in doing seven "weekly" jewelcrafting quests all at once is any more or less of an effort than doing one each day. I fear I am missing your point entirely.
My only concern for this idea is that it leaves one open for even more of a loss than requiring one per day. If you put them off until the end of the week, and then have something urgent come up that prevents your playing, you would be out seven tokens instead of just one. I suppose if you fancy balancing risk with reward, the reward of not having to slavishly log in every single day is certainly worth the extra risk.
I totally agree.
Having Daily quests (or whatever) meaning you miss out if you don't log in EVERY day and perform some task, is kinda draining. I'm all for moving to a Weekly rotation, probably with increased time required and benefit received to balance it out. This means if you have a busy week and can only play in the weekend, you don't miss out on most of your progress, but it still provides a gating mechanism to prevent power leveling.


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Chapter 229 Reviews
Tension mounts and Frank's cruel.
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>Frank's POV<
Wednesday was an odd day to go to a club really. Smack bang in the middle of the working week - getting pissed, high and laid would usually be the last thing on people's minds. But then - thanks to our stunt on Monday - we had no school! And the club was heaving. Tonight was going to be good.
Gerard stood next to me, looking rather nervous. The pulsating lights lit up his skin in bright colours, and displaying the tension in his body. He got like this last time we went to a club as well. After a few drinks he was ok though, but he always looked really guilty after downing the first couple of shots. I guess it was because he got kicked out for drinking but he generally loosened up after a few swigs of the strong stuff. And a couple of pills.
I wasn't really in the mood for waiting around. Everyone else - well everyone else who hadn't been grounded for getting kicked out of school - was already here and on the dance floor. "C'mon!" I shouted over the music, tugging on my boyfriend's sleeve. I dragged him down to where everyone was was dancing and grinding against each other. The DJ wasn't playing particularly amazing music but we could fix that. Eventually, we found Lena and Amy dancing, and giving two boys eyes across the dance floor.
"Hey guys!" I yelled.
"Hi!" Amy shouted back over the pounding music.
"Have you guys not requested any decent shit yet?"
"Yeah - Motorhead a while back but you know. It's all mainstream shit now!"
"Tell me about it." Of course, it was at that moment The Ace Of Spades came on. "Great - now we just look like hypocrites!" I shouted in despair.
"Shut up and enjoy the music!" Lena yelled back and we all began head banging.
Read 'em and weep, the dead man's hand again,
Head bang to guitar solo
I see it in your eyes, take one look and die,
Even more mental head banging to guitar solo.
The only thing you see, you know it's gonna be,
The Ace Of Spades
The Ace Of Spades
Surprisingly enough, Motorhead went down extremely well. I guess people are beginning to appreciate good music again, as opposed to the fucked-up mess of Eminem and Justin Beiber. So the DJ played more head bangers. The four of us, just stayed in the middle of the floor, pounding our heads back and forth and screaming the lyrics in between huge guitar solos. One of the many reasons to love heavy metal.
"Frank!" Gerard, yelled in my ear after a good half hour. He was grinning; ecstatic from the dancing and awesome music.
"What is it?"
"Can we get something to drink?"
"Yeah, sure!" I shouted. We made our way over to the bar and ordered a couple of beers. The idiots that work here are really stupid - they never bother to ID anyone, even short-arses like me who blatantly aren't twenty-one. I sat with Gerard for a while, sipping our drinks and laughing at people's dancing. There really were some maniacs out there.
"Heyya Frankie!" Lissa and Phin appeared in front of us suddenly. I started, then laughed at my shock.
"Hello dudettes!" I called back.
"Hi," I heard Gerard say, but he seemed less than happy at the girl's appearance.
Phin seemed oblivious, but I knew there was no way she wouldn't have picked it up. "Come on - why aren't you dancing?" She grabbed my wrist and pulled me off my barstool; towards the dance floor. "Lissa, Gerard - come on!"
>Gerard's POV<
They're just good friends. I told myself as Phin pulled my boyfriend off. Just good friends. But that wasn't the easiest thing in the world to convince myself.
"You ok?" Lissa asked me, her dark skin looking extremely odd in the coloured flashing lights. Almost other worldly. She was holding two beers, one of which she was holding out to me. I accepted and opened the lid with a twist.
"Yeah, I'm fine." I answer in a monotone. "Why wouldn't I be?"
"Because Phin just disappeared off with your boyfriend?" Well that was harsh.
"Great." I said bitterly. "Just perfect."
Lissa rolled her eyes. "Look, neither Phin or Frank has been able to date anyone without their boy or girlfriend getting jealous of the other person."
"I'm not surprised."
"Neither. The point is - they're genuinely just good friends. Phin wouldn't cheat on Andy anyway. I've never seen her like that about a guy; usually they're just an amusement until she gets bored."
"What about Frank?" I asked.
"What about him?" Lissa asked, her voice tiny bit too innocent.
"Would he cheat on me?"
She took a sip of her beer before replying. "I don't know. To be honest, I wouldn't like to say. You know he likes to sleep around... he also likes to mess with people's heads. I just don't know."
"Great!" I said, my voice dripping with sarcasm.
"Look, if you want my advice - take it easy. Mess around with the guy and have fun and sex and whatever, just don't get too attached. That way if it ends messily, you won't get hurt too much."
I sighed, thinking that it was way too late to not get attached. I'd been attracted to Frank from the first moment I saw him, and now my feelings went beyond that. I wasn't about to say I loved him, or any shit like that, but I sure as hell didn't want to lose him. I wanted him to be mine, and stay that way. I didn't say this of course. "Thanks Liss'. I have no idea what to do though."
"Get smashed?" She shrugged.
I could deal with that. "Best idea I've heard all day!"
Lissa laughed and bought two shots of vodka. "Cheers!" She said and we clinked the glasses together, before downing them. The strong alcohol burned my throat on the way down, but I welcomed the sensation. It meant that soon my brain would disengage and I wouldn't have to think anymore. I'd barely finished the drink when Lissa was ordering a second round. The bartender gave her an odd look, but handed the glasses over anyway, full to the brim with deceptively clear liquid.
"So where's Bob?" I asked, after my second shot.
"Parents grounded him. For getting suspended you know. Mine weren't too impressed either, but they're used to Halloween being a riot."
"Lucky you! My parents wouldn't be too happy with me. Sure as hell wouldn't let me go to a club."
"Well mine just think I'm round Phin's. I'm bunking there tonight anyway, so not really lying."
"Fair enough."
"I wanna dance." Lissa announced. "You coming?"
I shook my head. She smiled sadly at me then disappeared into the mass of swaying bodies. The music was good, and I wondered why I didn't just join her. Truthfully, I had no idea.
I got up off of my seat and began to wander around the edge of the dance floor. We'd been here for about an hour and a half now and during that time more and more people had poured in. The heat was stifling, the music loud and my head was spinning. Nothing felt real, and the smoke machines and pulsating lights only added to that effect. They made everyone's skin look so weird.
The wall was lined with large holes, a bench lining the inside of each of then. People were sitting on the benches - groups of friend laughing and drinking, couples wrapped around each other and kissing passionately. I sighed, thinking of my own boyfriend and how unsure I was of him. It was almost as if thinking that caused what I saw next.
Frank my boyfriend was sitting in one of the booths, his arms wrapped around some guy I'd never seen before today. I clenched my fists in anger. That bastard. He was supposed to be dating me. Did that mean nothing?
Furious, I stormed over to the two boys. I wanted to tear that little fuck to shreds, but instead I simply put my hand on Frank's shoulder and jabbed his neck to get his attention.
Slowly, he pulled off of the other guy and looked up at me. A dopey grin stretched across his face. "Hey Gee!" He slurred and I wondered how much he'd had to drink.
"What are you doing?" I snarled, trying to keep my temper under control.
I'm amazed that he heard me over the music, but Frank smiled up at me, a teasing glint in his eye. "It's called kissing. I can teach you if you like."
I gritted my teeth. I was not going to punch him. "I'm going home and I'm taking the car. Feel free to come." And I walked away. Part of me hoped he'd stay with that idiotic, confused expression on his face. The larger part of me hoped he'd come running after he. Yes, I was angry, but that didn't mean I wanted to break up with him.
I stormed out into the car park. The nights were still warm, but compared to the heat of the club, it was freezing outside. I stumbled over to where the car was parked. It was only at this point I remembered that it was Frank's car - he had the keys. Typical. Well, I wasn't about to go back inside. He's just see me, know that he'd won and go back to making out with strangers.
Sighing, I sat down on the ground and leaned against the car. The cold nipped at me and I shivered. Only my pride was preventing me from going back into the club. Not that I was much better out here. It was dark, and desolate and depressing. I'd rather be inside, but there was no way in hell, I was facing Frank again sooner than I could help it.
At least I had a pack of fags in my pocket. I fished a cigarette out of the small cardboard box and put it into my mouth. Then, I searched around in my jean and jacket for a lighter. Typically, I didn't have one. Gre-eat! Then my hand found something. In the inside pocket of my jacket was a small plastic bag. Inside of that was eight little blue pills. Ecstasy. I wasn't sure where I had got them from - probably one of the gang at some party. As always, I hesitated before taking any. Thinking of my parents, of New Jersey, of Mikey. He was coming over the week after the next. And as always, the these thoughts weren't enough to stop me swallowing two of the pills.
Within a few minutes, I was high as a kite. What a stupid expression. I wasn't a kite - they were stupid flappy things that got blown about in the wind. Or was that flags? Black Flag! That was a good band... or was it? Who knows... Who cares... No one cares about poor ickle Gerard that's for sure! Neither do I!
I sat there for a good hour before Frank finally came out of the club. Amy, Lissa, Lena and Phin were with him. I leaned my head back against the car and spaced out again.
Next think I knew, Frank was right in front of me. And then, for no apparent reason, I burst into tears.
"Oh God, Gerard. What's wrong?" Frank murmured in my ear, snaking his arms around my waist. I tried to push him away, but my attempt was so feeble, me probably didn't even notice.
"Y-you!" I stuttered, the tears coming thick and fast.
"What have I done?" He sounded defensive and pulled back, which only made me cry harder. He didn't care that I was hurt, only that the blame was on him.
"K-kiss-sed that g-guy!"
Frank frowned, then wrapped his arms back around me. "Look Gerard." He said sternly. "I'm a slut. I'll admit it - it's only the truth. But I don't care about anyone I kiss. Apart from you."
I hiccupped. "B-but, why?"
"I enjoy it. What more can I say?" Frank rolled his eyes. "Come on - let's go home. You'll feel better in the morning!" I nodded and allowed my boyfriend to pull me to my feet. I swayed and leaned on him, which was entirely uncomfortable as he was so short. "And Gerard?"
"I'm sorry, ok?" I nodded again and he pressed his lips against mine in a short, ashamed kiss. I closed my eyes and tasted him. His breathe stunk of beer, but I didn't mind - mine probably wasn't much better.
Frank pulled back, and helped me into the car. I'd barely collapsed on the seat when I passed out.
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According to Edmunds and R.L. Polk research compiled by Bloomberg, South Korea's Hyundai and Kia have upped their market share among the youngest buyers by 6.8 points. Buyers in the 25 to 34 year old bracket are up 5.1 percentage points over the last five years.
The Detroit 3 - Chrysler, Ford and General Motors - have also grown after years of decline. Registrations to 18 to 24 year olds are up 1.9 percent and they're up 1.5 percent for 25 to 34 year olds.
That growth comes at the expense of Japanese-branded vehicles, which still dominate the under 35 market but have lost considerable share over the last five years.
Together, Japanese automakers lost 9.8 and 7.7 percentage points for the youngest and next youngest groups, respectively. Still, Japanese brands continue to account for about 43 percent of all sales to buyers under 35.
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- European automakers - up 1.1 points
- Korean automakers - up 6.8 points
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- European automakers - up 1 point
- Korean automakers - up 5.1 points
- Japanese automakers - down 7.7 points
Why the trend away from Japanese-branded cars? The market in general has shifted more toward Korean brands in particular, but the Detroit 3 are notable for the emphasis they've put on developing vehicles that appeal to younger buyers, analyst Jessica Caldwell from Edmunds told Bloomberg.
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But I am worried anew about you folks and your receipts. See, this Book Fair helps support the Newberry Library, which is a fully operational 501(c)3 outfit—that means if you give us something you can claim it on your income taxes. So we give out receipts. And, as I have mentioned before, this seems to confuse people.
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- The 2014 Big Picture on Cyber Security
- AFCEA Answers
- Ask the CIO
- Building the Hybrid Cloud
- CDWG/NetApp
- Connected Government: How to Build and Procure Network Services for the Future
- Continuing Diagnostics and Mitigation: Discussion of Progress and Next Steps
- Federal Executive Forum
- Federal Tech Talk
- The Future of Government Data Centers
- The Future of IT: How CIOs Can Enable the Service-Oriented Enterprise
- Government Perspectives on Mobility and the Cloud
- The Intersection: Where Technology Meets Transformation
- Maximizing ROI Through Data Center Consolidation
- Mitigating Insider Threats in Virtual & Cloud Environments
- Modern Mission Critical Series
- Moving to the Cloud. What's the best approach for me
- Navigating Tough Choices in Government Cloud Computing
- The New Generation of Database
- Reimagining the Next Generation of Government
- Satellite Communications: Acquiring SATCOM in Tight Times
- Targeting Advanced Threats: Proven Methods from Detection through Remediation
- Transformative Technology: Desktop Virtualization in Government
- The Truth About IT Opex and Software Defined Networking
- Value of Health IT
- Air Traffic Management Transformation Report
- Cloud First Report
- General Dynamics IT Enterprise Center
- Gov Cloud Minute
- Government in Technology Series
- Homeland Security Cybersecurity Market Report
- National Cybersecurity Awareness Month
- Technology Insights
- The Cyber Security Report
- The Next Generation Cyber Security Experts
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Inside Government is produced by the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE). The program features interviews and commentary on a wide range of subjects that impact the lives and livelihoods of federal and D.C. government workers and the general public, and features lawmakers, journalists, union leaders, celebrities and more.
AFGE continues efforts to end workplace discrimination - September 20, 2013 and September 27, 2013
(From Left to Right) Eric Young, Geddes Scott
Special Rebroadcast
Eric Young
President, AFGE Council of Prison Locals
John Garvey
President, AFGE General Services Administration Local 2275
Ivan Weich
National Fair Practices and Affirmative Action Coordinator, AFGE District 11
Geddes Scott
Executive Vice President, AFGE Department of Veterans Affairs Local 1988
Eric Young
President, AFGE Council of Prison Locals
- Priorities as newly elected council president
- Challenges correctional workers face in the Bureau of Prisons
- Staff morale
John Garvey
President, AFGE General Services Administration Local 2275
- Efforts to end workplace discrimination
Ivan Weich
National Fair Practices and Affirmative Action Coordinator, AFGE District 11
- Response to a layoff proposal at the Columbia Basin Job Corps in Moses Lake, Wash
Geddes Scott
Executive Vice President, AFGE Department of Veterans Affairs Local 1988
- Additional VA staffing needs to properly care for veterans


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For those folks who like motorcycles but also cars, Honda, the Japanese manufacturer unveiled special edition of a 3-door Civic Type S inspired by CBR1000RR Fireblade motorcycle. Special built for the Italian market, the Honda Civic Type S Fireblade Replica features a 2.2-liter turbo diesel engine capable do develop 140 hp and 340 Nm. Fitted with a 6-speed manual gearbox, the vehicle hits 100 hp in just 8.6 seconds and has a top speed of 205 km/h with an average fuel consumption of 5.2 liters/ 100 km.
The car will be available in three colors, Black, Red and Silver and will feature a re-designed front bumper, new side skirts and a new rear bumper with integrated exhaust system. What is really special about this edition is the graphite color for all this parts of the body kit, color found also on the 18 inch alloy wheels. Price of the car: €25,000 or approximately $40,000.


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Measuring just over 6,000 square feet, this famed fashion brand's new flagship features a sleek white facade that sets it apart from its neighbors on Robertson Boulevard, plus a kaleidoscopic design concept by Dcnnenico Dolce and Stefano Cabana. The Long Prom Dresses can show your distinguished image and the cocktail dresses can show your sweet side. D&G aficionados will enjoy strolling through the series of rooms to peruse the women's and men's collections, accessories, beachwear, eyewear, jewels, timepieces, and underwear.
The chic, modern interior of this 1,100-square-foot salon crew the perfect backdrop for one of the world's finest jewelry collections. Exquisite jewels from the 19th century and Art Nouveau and Act Deco periods will no doubt lure Leighton's stab" lashed following of collectors and connoisseurs, prominent fashion designers, celebrities, and stylists. Of the many highlights, Paul Plato's sensational aquamarine and ruby belt necklace-which finely belonged to Mrs. Cole Porter, who later gave the necklace to Fred Astaire's daughter, Ava-is not to be missed.
This Italian luxury watchmaker has renovated its Beverly Hills boutique to incorporate a new global design concept that pays homage to the box brand's seafaring history. Nautically inspired interiors showed the main event-some of the most exquisite watches in the world.
After working for many years' fashion designers, Proprietors Yael Alfaro and Chi Bui tired of deadlines, overseas production, and watered- down design. With a dream of making cute clothes that they could wear tight away, the duo opened a boutique to feature their instant and unique garment, many reconstructed from carefully selected vintage clothes. This neat new shop is all about the individualization of fashion-and with its wide range of tanks, tops, tees, dresses, and skirts, it something stylish for everyone.


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Iron Maiden · The Number of the Beast
170 Plays
Seeing Maiden in a month. I am excited.
Seeing Maiden in a month. I am excited.
If you have like 18 minutes to listen to a mostly instrumental and fairly calming song, give this a try. It's fantastic.
Pressure Drop — The Clash
Life During Wartime — Talking Heads
Bluebells — Patrick Wolf
Love Is Only A Feeling—The Darkness
Okay. I'm going to start doing Musical Monday again. Because if I can't keep up with doing one Tumblr post a week what can I keep up with?
The Lonely Island — Space Olympics
In honor of the ongoing Olympics AND Curiosity landing on Mars.
King James — Buckethead
I've been slacking off on Musical Monday. Time to do better.
Sexyback — Poison
I don't even know anymore.
Love Comes in Spurts — Richard Hell and the Voidoids
Princes of the Universe — The Protomen
I am so excited for this show.
Handle with Care (Traveling Wilburys cover) — Jenny Lewis with the Watson Twins featuring Ben Gibbard, Connor Oberst, and M. Ward


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Gibbs: So the Pearl. Any idea on how to get her out?
Jack Sparrow: We shall need a crossbow, an hourglass, three goats, one of us must learn to play the trumpet, whilst the other one goes like this.
Gibbs: I know a man with a goat.
Jack Sparrow: Good, then I can go like this.
(Source: themagicofvenice)


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In the matter between:-
Dispute between Employer and Employee unions – Interdict on illegal strike -Declaratory order on dispute not conciliated under s76 of Industrial Relations Act - strict observance of the dispute resolution procedures under Part VIII of the Act.
1. The Applicant in this matter approached this Court on an urgent basis seeking an order in the following terms:
- Interdicting and/or restraining the Respondents and/or their members employed in the Applicant's establishment from engaging in a strike action in an attempt to force the Applicant to pay them seventeen (17) days annual leave;
- Declaring that the Applicant has a right in law to grant the Respondents' members employed in its establishment thirteen (13) days annual leave/holiday with full pay or such other number of days as may be stated in law from time to time by legislation or other legal instrument;
- That costs of suit be paid by the Respondents.
- Directing that pending finalisation of this application, an interim order be granted in terms of prayers 1 and 2 herein above, to operate pending finalisation of this application.
- Further and/or alternative ancillary relief.
2. The 1stRespondent did not file any papers in opposition whereas the 2ndrespondent vehemently opposes the application and duly filed an affidavit to that effect.
3. The case of Applicant is as follows;
- In the year 2008, following the Applicant company's above average general performance and financial position it offered its employees bonus benefits for that current year to commend them for their efforts in maximizing productivity and for having met set targets for that year. These bonus benefits included additional bonus pay, additional annual holiday or leave days with full pay that amounted to 17 working days.
- Apparently in the following year the Applicant's business slumped as a result of the increase in the number of factories engaged in the same business as the Applicant and the now proverbial global economic meltdown. As a result it could not grant its employees the bonus leave days but undertook to grant only the statutory 12.5 days annual leave with full pay.
- The employees embarked on a strike action to force the Applicant to pay them the 17 days and this industrial action forced the Applicant to pay the 17 days. This, the Applicant contends, was done to avoid further unrest.
- Again in the year 2010 the employees engaged in another strike action still demanding payment for 17 days annual leave. The Applicant approached this court for remedy and that strike action was declared illegal.
- In December 2011 the Applicant employer engaged the Respondent unions to have the issue of the 17 days annual leave addressed but the Respondent unions insisted that their members, who are the Applicant's employees, should be paid the 17 days leave. This, apparently, is despite the fact that the Applicant's financial position is precarious and as such it cannot afford to pay the over 2500 employees the 17 days annual leave.
4. It is on that basis therefore that the Applicant approached this court in the manner alluded to herein above seeking the orders therein spelt out.
5. The 2ndRespondent, as mentioned afore, opposes this application by the Applicant and in that regard filed papers in opposition in which it raised a point in limine and further answered to the Applicant's application.
- The point of law raised by the 2ndRespondent relates to the affidavit of Judy Kwok. The contention by the 2ndRespondent is that it does not disclose sufficient averments to prove authority for the said Judy Kwok to institute the present proceedings on behalf of the Applicant, a juristic person. On the date set for arguments of this matter this point was argued simultaneously with the merits of the matter.
6. Mr. Shabangu, the Applicant's counsel in this matter, submitted that the Wages Order for the Textile and Apparel Industry allows 12.5 leave days as opposed to 17 days. However, and at its own discretion, the employer graciously increased the leave days of its employees to 17. This he argued, did not then mean that because the employer granted the employees bonus leave days in 2008 then even in the next year it was now bound to grant the extra 4.5 days. Shabangu's contention herein was that the extra 4.5 days was granted gratuitously by the employer because of its good financial standing then. There was no legal requirement that the employer should pay 17 days annual leave, he further submitted.
7. Counsel for the 2ndRespondent, Mr. Manana, on the other hand
started of his arguments by addressing the point of law raised. Manana argued that the Applicant in this matter is a juristic person and as such the deponent to its founding affidavit, Judy Kwok, should disclose sufficient averments to prove authority to institute the present proceedings on behalf of the applicant.
8. On the merits, Manana's arguments were to the effect that the Regulation of Wages Order for the textile and apparel industry sets minimum standards that have to be adhered to. In the case of the present parties before court, they negotiated and agreed on the 17 days. As such the employer cannot then unilaterally reduce the leave days.
9. Further argument by Manana was to the effect that the Applicant had not engaged the Unions before bringing the present proceedings to this court. As such, as employee representatives, they were not aware that indeed the company was in a precarious financial position.
10. It is trite law that in cases of juristic persons, such as the present Applicant, there must be proof that the juristic person has authorized the bringing of the application in its name. It has been repeatedly pronounced that the annexing of a copy of a resolution to that effect is not always necessary, but sufficient proof that the application was properly authorized must be put before court. In the founding affidavit of the Applicant in casu, Judy Kwok deposes as follows;
"…I am an adult female employed by the Applicant as Factory Manageress based at Nhlangano in the Shiselweni District. I am authorized to institute these proceedings for and on behalf of the Applicant"(Court's emphasis)
Cleary the above statement by the deponent is sufficient proof, under the circumstances of the present case – an urgent application – that the application was properly authorized. We accordingly find that the objectionin limine by Manana on this issue is without substance and accordingly dismiss same.
11. Perhaps an important submission by Manana is that on the Applicant having not engaged the Respondents before running to court on this matter. We must hasten to add here that it is desirable that matters of this nature be conciliated, and always, by way of alternative dispute resolution mechanism which provides a friendlier, informal, expeditious and less expensive environment. This is provided by Part VIII of the Industrial Relations Act, 2000, (as amended). The importance of the Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration Commission's role is such that these provisions should be strictly observed.
- In this Court the Applicant bears the onus of showing why it did
not follow the laid down dispute procedures as enunciated in Part VIII of the Industrial Relations Act, as amended.
13. Since the landmark decision of Hannah CJ, as he then was, in the case of Swaziland Fruit Canners (Pty) Ltd v Phillip Vilakati & Another Industrial Court of Appeal Case no 2/87, this court has always insisted on the use of the procedure laid down in Part VIII of the Industrial Relations Act. The ratio decidendi of the decision is as follows;
"Not every party to an industrial dispute is entitled to have the dispute determined by the Industrial Court…the policy of the Industrial Relations Act is that before a dispute can be ventilated before the Industrial Court, it must be reported to the Labour Commissioner who is obliged to conciliate with a view to achieving a settlement between the parties…where the dispute remains unresolved the Labour Commissioner is obliged to issue a certificate to that effect and then, and only then, may application be made to the Industrial Court for relief.(Now CMAC)
- We point out here that it is most desirable that industrial
disputes be settled, if possible, by means of conciliation rather than determined in the more formal surrounds of a court. It is without a shadow of doubt that the existence of a statutory conciliation procedure saves the Industrial Court from hearing many time consuming cases which are capable of resolution with the assistance of a neutral and expert third party. In the case of Phylyp Nhlengethwa & Others v Swaziland Electricity Board IC case no.272/2002, Judge President Nduma, as he then was, had this to say on CMAC;
"The creation of this institution has increased the need for the Industrial Court to enforce strict observance of the dispute resolution procedures under Part VIII of the Act because we now have a more suitable structure of expeditiously, conveniently and less expensively resolving industrial disputes which otherwise find their way unnecessarily to this court, and in the process aggravating the backlog the court has suffered for a longtime."
15. Shabangu in his answer on this issue argued that the Applicant is before court seeking a declaratory order, which CMAC cannot grant. We do not agree with the Applicant's counsel. Whether it be a declaratory order or not that a party seeks, if, after conciliation, the dispute remains unresolved they can always refer it to this court for adjudication. They can also exercise their right and choose the expeditious process of arbitration by the Commission. And whatever decision the Commission would arrive at would be binding on the parties as if it were an order of this court.
16. It is for the aforementioned reasons that we find it unnecessary to make a pronouncement on the merits of this matter. Be that as it may, this court cannot sit back and look at a flagrant disregard of the law. The Applicants states that it has a real fear that violence, consequent from the intended illegal strike action, would ensue, thereby putting lives and property at risk, unless interdicted by this court. This court cannot allow that. For these reasons the Court accordingly makes an order as follows;
- The Respondents and/or their members employed in the Applicant's establishment are hereby interdicted and/or restrained from engaging in a strike action in an attempt to force the Applicant to pay them seventeen (17) days annual leave.
- The rest of the prayers in the Applicant's notice of motion are dismissed.
- The Court makes no order as to costs.
The members agree.


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|Sunday, 18 December 2011 08:42
This promo from Disney Channel features new music we will see in January 2012. The shows featured in this clip are: "Austin & Ally," "Phineas and Ferb," "Shake It Up!," The Ready Set on "So Random!," and "Frenemies."
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