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Unpaid Intern Lawsuits: What Every Studio Owner Should Know
June 20, 2013 by Justin Colletti
By now, many studio owners have probably heard about the rise of class action lawsuits against businesses that rely on illegal unpaid internships.
In late 2012, Charlie Rose's for-profit production company was the first to settle such a claim, paying out $250,000 in back minimum wages that it had failed to pay its entry-level workers. Just last week, Fox Searchlight Pictures suffered a resounding loss in the first of these new lawsuits to make it all the way to trial.
This Monday, a former Atlantic Records intern brought suit against the Warner Music Group, making them the first major music company on the chopping block. Their name has been added to a growing list of defendants that includes prestigious publishers like Condé Nast and Harpers.
These cases are not unique to big businesses. I've even heard from a former intern who took a small recording studio to the labor board in California and won the case soundly. That decision is currently in appeals, but it doesn't look good for the studio owner.
If you haven't looked into the practices at your studio, it's time to do so now. This week, we'll look at what separates a legal internship from an illegal one, and how to make sure your studio stays out of the crosshairs.
A Brief History
To those who have grown accustomed to the presence of unpaid internships, these may seem like new developments. But in reality, laws prohibiting the non-payment of workers have been on the books since the passing of the Fair Labor Standards Act way back in 1938.
It's only been in the past decade-and-a-half that both prosecutors (and workers) have turned something of a blind eye to the practice.
If you ask the old-timers of the studio world, just like I did, many of them will tell you that back in their day, all the legit studios paid minimum wage to their gophers, general assistants and receptionists. No one had quite the imagination to think they could do otherwise.
It's true that new workers often lack the skills to be nearly as productive as experienced hires. But for countless generations, training new workers was just considered part of the cost of doing business.
Some time between the late 1990s and early 2000s, all that began to change – not just in the studio world, but throughout the entire creative sector.
Between 1992 and 2008, the number of students entering internships in the U.S. tripled, according to the National Association of Colleges and Employers. It's unclear how many of these internships are unpaid, but estimates range from about one-third to one-half.
Regardless of where you stand on the issue, it's difficult to deny that this dramatic increase in unpaid internships has gone hand in hand with a sharp decline in the availability of paying entry level jobs, a record spike in youth unemployment, and what economists have taken to calling the "jobless recovery" from the Great Recession.
How To Stay On the Right Side of the Law
Not all unpaid internships are illegal, but there's no question that according to existing labor laws, many are.
As Ross Perlin, author of Intern Nation writes, in 1947, a Supreme Court decision "established a narrow, common-sense exemption for those enrolled in a genuine training program," but "few internships these days are serious about training, and…most don't even pretend."
There are a few ways to make sure your internship program stays on the right side of the law and avoids litigation. Internships that pays minimum wage are no problem at all, so that's always a safe bet. And at non-profit firms, productive unpaid "interns" can simply be classified as "volunteers," so there's often no issue there either.
At for-profit companies however, the bar for an unpaid internship is set very high. In order to remain legal, any unpaid internship must be done for the express benefit of the intern, and the employer must receive no immediate benefit from the intern's labor.
What exactly is an "immediate benefit"? Simply put, anything that resembles "work." This includes answering phones, filing papers, entering data, distributing checks, picking up dry cleaning, going on mandatory coffee runs, mopping floors, cleaning toilets, washing dishes, and so on.
Our existing labor laws are not interested in the title we give to our new recruits – only their function. If it looks like a job, sounds like a job and smells like a job, it probably is a job. The law still holds that jobs have to pay, and the starting rate is minimum wage.
To qualify as a legal unpaid internship, the employer must be running something that resembles the kind of hands-on, structured vocational training that one would expect at a school. They must also not profit directly from the work of the intern in any way.
To help clarify the law, the Department of Labor offers a clear six-point guideline for keeping unpaid internships on the up-and-up. Of those six points, Maurice Pianko, an attorney with Intern Justice writes that the following points are the most commonly flaunted:
"The internship, even though it includes actual operation of the facilities of the employer, is similar to training which would be given in an educational environment;
The internship experience is for the benefit of the intern; The intern does not displace regular employees, but works under close supervision of existing staff;
The employer that provides the training derives no immediate advantage from the activities of the intern; and on occasion its operations may actually be impeded."
That's a pretty tall order to live up to, and it's doubtful that many unpaid internships at recording studios live up to these standards at all times. In the case of Fox Searchlight, the judge found that each of these guidelines had been violated:
"[Fox] Searchlight received the benefits of their unpaid work, which otherwise would have required paid employees. Even under Defendants' preferred test, the Defendants were the "primary beneficiaries" of the relationship…
"Undoubtedly, [the interns] received some benefits from their internships, such as resume listings, job references, and an understanding of how a production office works. But those benefits were incidental to working in the office like any other employee and were not the result of internships intentionally structured to benefit them. Resume listings and job references result from any work relationship, paid or unpaid, and are not the academic or vocational training benefits envisioned by this factor.
[The interns] performed routine tasks that would otherwise have been performed by regular employees. In his first internship, Glatt obtained documents for personnel files, picked up paychecks for coworkers, tracked and reconciled purchase orders and invoices, and traveled to the set to get managers' signatures. His supervisor stated that "[if the intern] had not performed this work, another member of my staff would have been required to work longer hours to perform it, or we would have needed a paid production assistant or another intern to do it."
If that sounds something like the internship program at your studio, you may be in trouble too.
The bottom line is that if you own a for-profit business and want to run an unpaid internship program, then it has got to be built around a rigorous training program. And if you want to benefit from the intern's labor, you've got to pay them.
Keeping that in mind, there may be suitable compromises that could allow cash-strapped studios the option to give young hopefuls ample real world experience while benefiting from their valuable labor as well.
For instance, you might pay an intern for help to set up and break down at the beginning and end of a session. You could then invite them to stay and observe during the session (so long as they're off the clock and not expected to be working) or to stick around to ask questions after you've wrapped up for the day. At minimum wage, this might cost a studio as little as $20 to $40 per session – A real bargain for an extra set of hands, and a potential win-win for everyone involved.
Similarly, you might actively train an intern in a new task off the clock (such as soldering cables, invoicing clients or printing stem mixes) and then pay them to complete the actual job as contract work.
This may be something of a legal gray area, and you'd be wise to discuss it with your own attorney. But at the very least, it's a clear step in the right direction compared to the ways in which many studios run their internship programs. If you ever did face a lawsuit, you'd actually have a real case to make in court, unlike Fox Searchlight. But perhaps just as importantly, you might be far less likely to attract one to begin with.
If you're a young worker and are having trouble finding legal, non-exploitative internships, consider launching your own portfolio-building projects instead. Volunteering at a non-profit is also a great resume padder, and can be a fantastic way to earn real hands-on experience. In many cases, they even offer more intensive hands-on experience than for-profit firms because they need the help that much more. Both of these options can add tremendous value to your skill-set without devaluing the positions you hope to land in the future.
For And Against
We could debate the pros and cons of unpaid internships all day long in the comments section, but that's not going to change the law.
By now, most of us have heard the stock arguments from both sides anyway. Defenders of unpaid internships say that they can be "A great way to gain experience." But this only begs the question, "Would it be any less of a great experience if the intern was paid minimum wage?"
The common response here is "Yes, because the position wouldn't have existed otherwise." To which the obvious reply is "How do you know? That's a pretty huge assumption to make."
Some of these lines of reasoning are difficult to resolve in a vacuum. Better perhaps, to look at the hard numbers and see what they say. At this point, those numbers seem to suggest that unpaid internships aren't actually much of an "opportunity" at all.
Results of NACE's 2013 Student Survey show that in a study of recent job hunts, 63% of graduating students who had paid internship experience received at least one job offer.
However, the same could only be said for 37% of unpaid interns. This gives unpaid interns a measly 1% advantage over students who took no internship at all.
Graduates with paid internship experience also earned far higher starting salaries than other applicants – By nearly 50%. The median starting salary for new graduates with paid internship experience is now nearly $52,000. This is far higher than their counterparts who had unpaid internships. They were able to secure average salaries just over $35,000. Ironically, even graduates with no internship experience whatsoever did better than the unpaid interns, averaging $37,000 to start!
Critics of illegal unpaid internships say that they destroy entry-level jobs, economic mobility and equality of opportunity. There may be yet another cost as well: A good case can be made that unpaid internships are just plain bad for business, too.
Regardless of whether you think unpaid internships are exploitation or opportunity, one thing is clear: Change is coming. Don't let it get the better of you.
Justin Colletti is a Brooklyn-based audio engineer, college professor, and journalist. He records and mixes all over NYC, masters at JLM, teaches at CUNY, is a regular contributor to SonicScoop, and edits the music blog Trust Me, I'm A Scientist.
Joe Lambert Mastering Works with Reptar, Black Dice, Fanfarlo, Young Man
May 10, 2012 by David Weiss
Based in DUMBO, Joe Lambert Mastering has reported a recent run of top indie projects.
Album highlights making their way through Lambert's KEF 207.2 reference monitors start with Reptar's Body Faucet (Vagrant).
Also in the queue were:
Black Dice – Mr. Impossible (Ribbon); Engineered/Mixed by Matt Boynton at Vacation Island Recording in Williamsburg.
Fanfarlo – Rooms Filled with Light (Atlantic); Produced by Ben Allen, Engineered by David Wrench at Bryn Derwen Recording Studio in North Wales.
Young Man – Vol. 1 (French Kiss)
Event Alert: Music Unites, Rolling Stone, Garnier Fructis Cover Reveal Party on Wed. Aug. 3
July 30, 2011 by David Weiss
Music Unites, the NYC-based non-profit organization dedicated to funding sustainable music education programs, is partnering with Rolling Stone and Garnier Fructis to celebrate the first ever unsigned artist cover.
On August 3, one of the two "Do You Wanna Be a Rock & Roll Star?" finalists, either Lelia Broussard (see the SonicScoop feature on Brooklyn producer Dan Romer's work with Leila here)or The Sheepdogs - together with music industry luminaries, VIPs and media, will gather at the Empire Hotel Rooftop in New York to celebrate the unveiling of the cover and raise funds for Music Unites. 100% proceeds from this event will benefit Music Unites.
As Music Unites explains it:
Rolling Stone's "Do You Wanna Be a Rock & Roll Star?" contest began with 16 unsigned acts competing for the most coveted prize in music – the cover of Rolling Stone. After four rounds of public voting, the two finalists battled it out on stage last month at the Bonnaroo Music Festival in Manchester, TN. The ultimate winner, in addition to being the first unsigned act to ever appear on the cover, will also receive a recording contract with Atlantic Records.
The winner will be announced on a billboard in Times Square on August 1 and they will also perform on "Late Night With Jimmy Fallon" the following day. On August 3, the winner will be joined by the Editors of Rolling Stone and Music Unites founder Michelle Edgar at the cover reveal party. Music will be provided by DJ Paul Sevigny.
Limited tickets to the invitation-only party are available for purchase for $50 at musicunites.org/events. Also, through Facebook, people can help support Music Unites simply by clicking "LIKE" on the Music Unites Facebook page and becoming a fan of the cause. Each new "LIKE" through August 1 is automatically entered in to a draw to win a pair of tickets to the exclusive cover reveal party. All proceeds will go towards launching the Music Unites Youth Choir campaign to create after school programs across New York City's five boroughs.
Proceeds generously donated to Music Unites by tickets sales for the Rolling Stone cover reveal event will enable the organization to build on the foundation it has created in its first two years inspiring and supporting the next generation of musicians and music professionals.
Music Unites programs and initiatives benefiting under-served communities in New York City, Chicago and Los Angeles, include the Music Unites Youth Choir, Empowering Women through Music, and Adopt-A-School. Music Unites has also hosted multiple workshops and discussion panels, some geared toward music education and mentoring for students, and others geared toward networking, for the music industry community at large.
Music Unites has fostered many exciting partnerships over the past two years, having presented several successful, inspirational and informative outreach events in conjunction with organizations including ASCAP, Girls Inc., The Grammy Museum, Bebe Stores Inc., The Intrepid Sea Air and Space Museum, and the UN Foundation. Some of the artists Music Unites has worked with include Sting, Mark Ronson, Chester French, John Forte, and more recently Kate Nash, Shontelle, Caitlin Moe, and Diane Birch.
The Rolling Stone unsigned artist cover is on sale nationwide from August 5.
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WHO: Rolling Stone cover winner (either Lelia Broussard or The Sheepdogs). Music provided by DJ Paul Sevigny
WHAT: Rolling Stone cover party unveiling first unsigned act to be on the cover
WHEN: August 3rd, 2011 at 8pm til 11pm
WHERE: Empire Hotel Rooftop, 44 West 63rd Street, New York
PRESENTED BY: Garnier Fructis SPONSORED BY: Heineken and Sobieski Wodka Polska
ADMISSIION: Limited tickets to the invitation-only party are available for purchase for $50 at musicunites.org/events, or via Facebook as detailed above.
Music Unites: Inspiration and Music Education in Motion Across NYC
June 27, 2010 by David Weiss
MIDTOWN, MANHATTAN: Charged up is a good way to describe the onset of Music Unites. A non-profit focused on bringing music education to underprivileged children in underfunded inner city school systems, Music Unites is one of many emerging organizations with an ambitious agenda.
A classically-trained pianist, Michelle Edgar launched Music Unites in mid-2009, after looking extensively for a charity that she would be thrilled to donate $1000 to. But lacking a match, she moved fast to start her own philanthropic program. Just a year later, Music Unites has made itself heard quickly by hosting innovative events, then following up with a star-powered style of community outreach that appears to be resonating.
The founder filled us in on the eve of two notable events in one week. First they're teaming with Rolling Stone to present InTune with the Fiery Furnaces and DJ Alexandra Richards downtown on Tuesday, 6/29. The next day, Wednesday 6/30, Music Unites will be the sole charitable beneficiary of an anticipated Culture Project production, the performance of "Twin Spirits" with Sting and Trudie Styler at Jazz at Lincoln Center.
Why did you kick off Music Unites?
I wanted to create a community that supported emerging and established musicians across all genres of music, and broke down traditional barriers between classical, rock, hip hop and jazz—bringing that music to underserved communities and funding music education programs.
I also wanted to give artists a chance to develop and build a philanthropic outreach program tailored to what they're passionate about. We work closely with the artists and their teams to develop long-term initiatives, and fundraise on the artists' behalf to make their initiatives and programs come to life, so they're proud of their initiatives which are personally tailored to what they stand for.
The community of artists and the showcases are meant to inspire artists of different genres to collaborate with one another, and expose people to new types of music across all genres that they traditionally might not be used to.
This seems to be a concept that's gaining steady steam, city-wide. Why do you think the focus of Music Unites — bringing music education to underprivileged children in inner city school systems – seems to have such a sense of urgency?
An investment in music education is an investment in both our children and in our society: Our mission is to foster and nurture the next generation of young artists.
Regardless of age, race, gender, or ethnicity, music has the ability to transcend barriers between people and effect positive social change. Music provides children with a creative outlet that promotes the development of self-discipline, self-esteem, cross-cultural understanding, teamwork, critical thinking, and problem solving skills. In adults, music can help strengthen the connection to our local community and society at large.
It's well documented that the skills learned through musical training and education are critical to both scholastic and future workforce success. Music Unites strives to build a platform for emerging artists – one that connects with under-privileged youths to engage them in music education.
That's a big mission to take on. So tell us about the approach you take to accomplishing your goals: How are you spreading the Music Unites message and helping it to take effect?
Started only one year ago, Music Unites has garnered much acclaim by raising $55,000 to support our first major initiative — The Music Unites Youth Choir, an inner city choir bringing together under-privileged children from the five boroughs of New York City together with our partners from the Young Audiences of New York.
Launched in fall 2009, this free after-school program allows young people to develop their musical, vocal and performance skills under the guidance of professional vocalists, musicians and theater artists, while exploring a variety of musical styles. The kids made their debut at Carnegie Hall in a Who tribute back in March and we've brought our artists, including John Forte and Jaicko, to do workshops and speak to the children. Back in May, we also brought the kids into a studio to record their first song they wrote.
On the educational outreach front, we've brought our services to inner city schools in Harlem and Brooklyn by doing programs with our artists where they go into the schools and share and inspire the children through their stories on how they got where they are today—teaching them the right lessons as well as their struggles and challenges along the way.
You do a lot of public events as well, including a dynamite duo this week: first InTune with the Fiery Furnaces and DJ Alexandra Richards on Tuesday, followed by benefitting from a a production of "Twin Spirits" with Sting and Trudie at JILC. Wow.
The charity continues to grow in leaps and bounds as we've produced successful events and gotten a diverse community of artists to support our cause from Sting, Joshua Bell, Lang Lang, Melanie Fiona, and Peter Bjorn and John, Fiery Furnaces to Alexandra Richards and more. Through these events and many others, we've worked with prestigious venues including Lincoln Center, the U.N. and Carnegie Hall which has helped us garner a certain level of respect in the industry, being such a young grassroots organization.
We are currently at a pivotal point in our organization's growth to help support of our music education initiatives, which include a nationwide instrument drive and the creation of an all-scholarship-based Music Unites Summer Camp, similar to that of Tanglewood but for children who would traditionally not have the opportunity to go to such a camp.
Those are some fast achievements, and tantalizing possibilities. But what differentiates Music Unites from other non profits out there?
We've built a dynamic and culturally diverse community of artists that are committed to our mission, and we give our artists an opportunity to create their own programs tailored to their passions — so they can feel strongly for what they represent and stand for.
There's consistency and regularity with our artist showcases which happen on a monthly basis. We've created a community where musicians across genres come and support one another
In less then a year, we've been able to partner with major companies like OK magazine, Rolling Stone and Lancome which has been tremendously exciting to such a young charity.
What's rewarding about working with a musical non profit? Let us in on a memorable moment or two.
There are so many—it's hard because they're all very special for different reasons and a labor of love. I would have to say the UN peacekeeping concert with the UN, Lincoln Center Fall Masquerade with the Young Patrons, The Who Tribute at Carnegie Hall where the kids made their debut and the HIGHLIGHT- our December event with Sting and Trudie premiering their Twin Sprits project, a classical music project which I really think speaks to what we stand for.
And now, being involved with the live production of the music on the 30th at Lincoln Center with our Music Unites artists including Joshua Bell and Natasha. Sting and Trudie's Rainforest Foundation gala was the inspiration of Music Unites and it has been such a true privilege and honor to work with them.
Those are some serious privileges. On the flipside, what makes this initiative a bigger challenge than you expected?
The desperate need for this kind of thing. With budgets being cut every single day we need to raise significant funds to service the schools and communities, to keep music alive. We have the artists who are willing to do whatever it takes: Now the focus is on fundraising and helping take this organization to the next level.
We all need mentors. Who are people that have been inspiring you along the way?
Gustavo Dudamel, Conductor of the LA Philharmonic, Julie Greenwald, Atlantic Records President, and Sylvia Rhone, the President of Universal Motown. I've been inspired with the work Gustavo has done tied to El Sistema orchestras and want to be part of the work he is doing here in the US with building these orchestras. Also, he works hard in bridging the gap and looks to do things out of the box by pushing the envelope. This is needed, especially right now to attract new audiences to classical music.
Julie and Sylvia are women I look up to. They are leaders and innovators in the music business who inspire the next generation. If I can do half of what they've contributed to the music community over my lifespan, I'd be content with myself.
If people or companies want to get involved with Music Unites, what are the different ways they can help?
We're always looking for strategic partnerships and are always open to new ideas across a multitude of industries from music, fashion, technologic, entertainment. We build platforms and look to 360 marketing integrations that are mutually beneficial for the organization since they help raise money, in addition to being mutually beneficial for the brand and company.
Finally, we say: Why must you be in NYC?
We were born here and NY will always be home. It's the melting pot—uniting people and music!
– David Weiss


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Following up on last week's post about the state GOP's chance to put ethics reform on the July primary ballot: Georgia Republicans did just that at their annual convention in Columbus, as well as approving a resolution calling on lawmakers to address the issue of lobbyist gifts in the next legislative session. It was a strong message from the party's grassroots membership to the elected officials who wear the GOP label, and primary voters now have a chance to reinforce that message with a "yes" vote in July.
Speaker David Ralston was critical of this message, however, when he made his own remarks in Columbus:
In times of great majorities like we enjoy now, we must remember that there are those around us who seek nothing less than to divide us. There are those who would sow the seeds of dissension and discord in order to advance a self-absorbed agenda that's not consistent with the best interests of our party.
Let me be very clear. Regardless of the course that others may take, as for me and the people's House of this state, we are going to stand united, working hard, standing Republican shoulder to Republican shoulder, to make Georgia a better state –- and not align ourselves with media elites and liberal special interest groups.
Because that last part wasn't very clear, reporters asked him afterward whom he meant by "liberal special interest groups," given that tea partyers have been at the forefront of the ethics push. (Yours truly, who is a member of the media but has never considered himself "elite," was unable to attend the convention.) He cited Common Cause and Georgia Watch.
But the more interesting part of his explanation, in my view, was this:
There's been some continuing chatter, and you know, every once in a while I think that part of my job as Speaker is to remind people that I represent a caucus that are basically good people doing good jobs. The inference by some on this issue suggests otherwise.
I, for one, find it hard to reconcile the speaker's assertion that legislators are "basically good people" with his constant warnings that these "basically good people" will be party to illegal behavior — i.e., underground, unreported lobbyist expenditures on them — if the ethics laws are changed.
If the legislators are "basically good people" — and let me say that, by and large, I agree with the speaker's assessment of them — why in the world should we expect them to go along with law-breaking? Yes, there could be some "gotcha" moments in which the tab ended up over $100 without their knowing it. But there's a pretty easy way to avoid that: Don't accept invitations to restaurants where the tab is likely to break $100 a person.
If I'm trying to avoid running up that kind of tab, I generally don't head for Hal's Steakhouse. As it turns out, I've never managed to spend $100 on myself at Chili's or Longhorn.
The whole point of a $100 cap is not to catch someone being naughty or prevent legislators from interacting with lobbyists altogether, even socially; that's why I personally support a cap rather than a ban. The point is to cut out the mentality among some of our "basically good" elected officials that they are entitled to a lifestyle of expensive dinners and entertainment while they're supposedly doing the people's business — a mentality that may make some of them confused about what exactly the people's business is.
And that, I can assure you, is not a point that only liberals are interested in making.
– By Kyle Wingfield
May 21st, 2012
11:38 am
Politicians are bought and sold. Nothing new here. They all have a price. I only wish we regular folks could afford it!
May 21st, 2012
11:41 am
Ethics is a partisan issue?
May 21st, 2012
11:47 am
Liberals, such a general word that covers such a large universe of non right wing conservatives. Why do you constantly refer to the world at large as liberal. And yourselves as religious for that matter.
As for "gotcha" moments, you make light of the real problem. Corrupt government that are there for its own self gratification is the real problem and to camouflage that into a community "good" is real liberal by the true definition. This also would explain why you want us to believe that the majority of the crooks are good people, like German propaganda. You have a state last in about every category measurable yet legislatures that have time to dine on steak and wine? How can they leave that much work at the office?
May 21st, 2012
11:48 am
The should go "Dutch" and let them pick up the tip, since their paycheck is easy money.
May 21st, 2012
11:51 am
"…and not align ourselves with media elites and liberal special interest groups."
Per chance Speaker Ralston are any of those "media elites" pointy headed?
If this is the best Ralston can do, the Republicans made need to re-think their speaker-ship.
May 21st, 2012
12:19 pm
Kyle: somewhere in your home team enthusiasm you must find your journalistic side saying there is a defect in my product. Like the Christopher Buckley's novel, Thank You for Smoking, where the main character was a public relation man for the tobacco company, at some point you must gather yourself for a new assumption.
May 21st, 2012
12:20 pm
Didn't Clark Griswold have to pay for his European vacation? Dave Ralston didn't, so, he doesn't want to give that up.
May 21st, 2012
12:21 pm
Of course Mr. Ralston…..a vote for ethics is a vote for the terrorists! Or something.
Congratulations Kyle on being one of the "elite." No wonder you're unconcerned about MARTA, with a private limo waiting out front 24/7 who cares about traffic?
May 21st, 2012
12:24 pm
GT, you are so enthused for YOUR home team that you missed the point of Kyle's article. He was speaking against his team, if you didn't notice. You are guilty of the very thing you of which you accuse Kyle.
May 21st, 2012
12:29 pm
Kyle: somewhere in your home team enthusiasm you must find your journalistic side saying there is a defect in my product
Kinda funny, when someone like John Edwards or Corzine get caught the libs bury their heads in the ground like ostriches…
May 21st, 2012
12:32 pm
Kudos, Kyle.
Georgia's lack of ethics in state government has become a huge embarrassment.
To wit, what a disgrace to come in dead last in that recent report!
That on top of us electing one of the 15 most corrupt members of the entire US Congress as our governor???
But the Republican faithful here apparently do not really care very much about corruption from their party leaders. Their only knee jerk response is something along the lines of, "But, look at so and so!"
As if that non-answer is good enough.
That to me, is the biggest shame in this entire matter. Because these men were elected to serve us – we the people – and who sometimes put themselves and their cronies first, know that there really will be no consequences if they have an R after their name…
May 21st, 2012
12:35 pm
Perhaps so, and if so I do stand corrected. I just object to the anyone finding any favor for a legislature that has caused a lot of it's own headwind playing populous politics for it's own enrichment and at the expense of our state. I would define Kyle as a good person, certainly not getting rich or allowing money to direct his thinking. Thanks for correcting my misunderstanding.
May 21st, 2012
12:44 pm
Congratulations Kyle! Welcome to the "Liberal Media Elite". I thought that Ralston could not have been more clear in his targeting it had named you and Jay outright.
May 21st, 2012
12:50 pm
I thought Ralston was going to pull a Balfour at the end of that speech and say "Look people, we been doing it this way for years and you never had a problem before!"
But in a surprise turn, he goes with the liberal conspiracy argument. What a Twist!
Seriously, Mr. Speaker, if you're going to call us all crazy liberals or liberal sympathizers for asking for a little more accountability from you and yours, then you're not fit to wield that big gavel.
May 21st, 2012
12:51 pm
"But the Republican faithful here apparently do not really care very much about corruption from their party leaders."
Of course, REALITY says otherwise, AmVet, as the party faithful just approved a ballot question asking voters their views on ethics reform.
But I guess incessantly wining about Republicans instead of actually reading Kyle's article is what you do best.
May 21st, 2012
12:52 pm
That would be "incessantly whining", AmVet.
May 21st, 2012
12:55 pm
Theft does not stop because you are Republican or Democrat. Greed is greed. Contrary to your view, I think legislators should take all they want with complete and loud disclosure. If their constituents are ok with their legislator taking the family to Europe during a transit study then that should be fine. If you are right about the tea partyers then the problem with those legislators should take care of itself….or will it?
May 21st, 2012
12:56 pm
There should be a complete ban on gifts.
1. A $100 limit is to much. Does that limit per day or per hour or per minute.
2. If you have a ban it makes it much more difficult to subvert it. If you allow a $100 lawmakers will add exceptions and loopholes.
May 21st, 2012
12:59 pm
I was in favor of a gift ban until Mr. Ralston said only media elites and liberal special interest groups were for it. Now I am opposed.
I don't care if the whole principle of self-government crumbles into dust and my legislators take bundles of hundred-dollar bills from Georgia Power live on television from the well of the House. So long as those media elites and liberal special interest groups don't get their foot in the door, I'm happy!
May 21st, 2012
1:01 pm
Kyle, granted. And I've written already that those involved – including the Ga. tea party – are to be commended.
And after further reading, believe your assessment is more correct than mine.
That I have conflated the viewpoints of the rabid right wingers who blog here – and who have run away from this topic whenever it is brought up – with rank and file Republicans voters in Georgia will hopefully be put to the test in 2013.
May 21st, 2012
1:03 pm
I think Dick Clark would have quite a different opinion on this matter.
May 21st, 2012
1:06 pm
And right on cue, the paragon of rabid right wingers lashes out with personal insults rather than add anything adult to the conversation.
Kyle, he is exactly who I hope is NOT representative of rank and file Georgia Republicans…
May 21st, 2012
1:06 pm
Republican law maker calls ethics reform a liberal conspiracy.
Kinda says it all about Republicans.
May 21st, 2012
1:18 pm
Hey, lay-off my boys in the Georgia State Legislature!
Do you know how "hard" it is (pun intended) to find quality "escorts" for under $100?
May 21st, 2012
1:29 pm
While ethics reform for our legislators is a very positive and "non-partisan" step, there is another even more critical and long overdue step needed to bring back some ethics and fiscal accountability back by top officials at the Board of Regents of the USG with the introduction of an amendment to our Georgia Constitution that currently allows the BOR zero accountability and, as former Gov. Perdue stated in an email to me, "exclusive authority" to do what they want with their "lump sum" state allocations annual check. The quote alone from BOR Chairman Tarbutton last week following the BOR giving $2.5 million to millionaire UGA President Adams should have had Georgians outraged! BOR Chairman Tarbutton was quoted as saying: "It's a lot of money. There's no getting away from that, but we're here to celebrate the job he's done. It is a generous package – some may say too generous – but we're excited about where we are and we're really closing this chapter and beginning to look forward." It's hard to imagine our USG students "celebrating" and being "excited" with the BOR's continued misappropriations of our state tax allocations when they – as students – are having to seek a third part-time job or quit college all together because of the BOR's tuition hikes and the continued filling of the USG's pockets. One USG employee said, "Top USG officials have been laughing on the way to their banks for years." I do not see our USG students and their families laughing. Do you? http://www.macon.com/2012/05/04/2014466/under-plan-retiring-uga-president.html
May 21st, 2012
1:30 pm
GT, since you honestly misunderstood, I regret and retract saying that you were blinded by enthusiasm for your home team. Sometimes we just assume what the other side from us will say and hear that instead of what was said. I am as guilty of that as anyone.
May 21st, 2012
1:31 pm
as the old saying goes– a hit dog hollers—well that's exactly what ralston is doing. it's hard
to get the pigs away from the trough. however it is time to do exactly that— federal and state.
i suppose ralston wouldn't have a problem with the federal judges vacationing in hawaii on the tax payers dime either. they never seem to care as long it's either a lobbyist or taxpayer footing their bills.
it's way past time for ethics reform in georgia and strengthening of the sunshine law as well.
May 21st, 2012
1:32 pm
$100 limit is standard in the private sector.
May 21st, 2012
1:35 pm
Thanks for pointing out to Speaker Ralston, and others, that "good" and "Republican" are two different words. Wish they always went together, but grownups realize that's not always the case.
May 21st, 2012
1:54 pm
I posted the below on Jim's blog and I will post it here for you to consider:
How do you enforce a $100 gift ban? What is the consequences of breaking the ban? Who determines who broke and did not break the ban? Will the people that voted the member to represent them have any say so in the matter? Who can file a complaint?
There are a ton of unintended consequences to imposing such a ban. You have to set up a agency to m monitor and how much power to give to said agency. Do a bunch of politically appointed people have the power to unseat an elected representative? Will the power lay in the legislature and if it does can you see what may happen to a member that votes their conscience instead of getting in line with leadership? What about the rights of the people that elect an individual? I can see now a Federal court case about an African American getting removed from office for accepting a $125 meal.
No, I am for as much sunshine as possible and let the people decide if the gifts are over the limit for their district. More government is never the answer to solve a problem.
May 21st, 2012
1:57 pm
"the paragon of rabid right wingers"
Once again, AmVet, your grasp of REALITY is tenuous at best, since my record in life and on this and Bookman's blog says I'm not even remotely a right winger.
May 21st, 2012
2:00 pm
Come on little "G-O-Piggies"; get your snouts out of the trough. I am conservative through-and-through; but I don't want to be affiliated w/ these characters who undermine the greater good.
May 21st, 2012
2:16 pm
I'm not even remotely a right winger.
THE laugh of the day.
The guy is so embarrassed by his own politics that he cuts and runs from them!
Lemme guess, you're a bedwetting liberal.
May 21st, 2012
2:18 pm
Didn't Speaker Ralston talk a big game about ethics and ethics reform when he assumed the office of Speaker? He certainly seems to have changed his tune since then.
May 21st, 2012
2:21 pm
td — "How do you enforce a $100 gift ban? What is the consequences of breaking the ban? Who determines who broke and did not break the ban? Will the people that voted the member to represent them have any say so in the matter? Who can file a complaint?"
"There are a ton of unintended consequences to imposing such a ban. You have to set up a agency to m monitor and how much power to give to said agency. Do a bunch of politically appointed people have the power to unseat an elected representative? Will the power lay in the legislature and if it does can you see what may happen to a member that votes their conscience instead of getting in line with leadership? What about the rights of the people that elect an individual? I can see now a Federal court case about an African American getting removed from office for accepting a $125 meal."
Businesses have no problem implementing and enforcing bans like that, and if my employer can do it, then the State of Georgia certainly can too.
May 21st, 2012
2:31 pm
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May 21st, 2012
2:21 pm
"Businesses have no problem implementing and enforcing bans like that, and if my employer can do it, then the State of Georgia certainly can too."
Yes, private industry just fires the person. How do we fire an elected politician if they have not committed a felony? Is it not true that it is the people of the district that elected the representative the employer so how does another agency or elected representatives fire a duly elected representative of a district without a lawsuit being filed (especially a discrimination lawsuit if a minority is fired by anyone other then their employers)?
May 21st, 2012
2:44 pm
The Georgia GOP has to ask if Georgia voters care about ethics? Lip service at best. The irony. I guess they can't or don't read their mail.
May 21st, 2012
2:44 pm
td — "Yes, private industry just fires the person. How do we fire an elected politician if they have not committed a felony?"
I didn't say 'fire' and neither did you. I leave it to others to determine what penalty is appropriate. However, my original point stands; you objected on the basis of the difficulty and expense/trouble of enforcing a ban. Seems to me that if a business can do it, then a State certainly can, too.
"Is it not true that it is the people of the district that elected the representative the employer so how does another agency or elected representatives fire a duly elected representative of a district without a lawsuit being filed (especially a discrimination lawsuit if a minority is fired by anyone other then their employers)?"
You're overthinking this IMO. We need not fire a transgressing state lawmaker. Let's just fine them, say 10-20 times the fair market value of the violative gift, and also bar them from receiving any state pay or per diem between the time the gift was received and the point when the fine has been paid in full. I suspect something like that would give wavering lawmakers the needed incentive to keep them honest.
May 21st, 2012
2:52 pm
It's a fact that Republicans can't give you the time of day without inserting a negative liberal comment. It's an addiction.
May 21st, 2012
3:12 pm
It's 3:10 you liberal bed wetter.
May 21st, 2012
3:13 pm
We bring up negative liberal comments a lot because liberals are ruining our country. But I guess we could try to develop a better label for liberals. Anyone have any suggestions??? Obamians??
May 21st, 2012
3:57 pm
Now most of the state elected officials are well off if not rich.Why do they "Need " to take the gift? They also get a per diem which is very adequate to cover their expenses. Ban all gifts and the fine is 5 times the gift amount. How is that td? No party, no position, no gifts, no differentiating!
It's a shame that all those legislators who ran as Christians don't do the Christian thing and take no gifts! It would even wipe out the appearance of wrongdoing!
May 21st, 2012
4:17 pm
Once you put a gift limit in place, Artie Blank's pleasure dome goes down the drain.


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John Gallo, Rolls-Royce, President, Defense Programs, said, "This new production facility represents our future. Unique both in what it does and how it does it – from cutting-edge manufacturing techniques to modern operating agreements with our workforce – this facility will help us improve our competitive performance and reduce costs for our customers. This new, stand-alone production capability was awarded to Indianapolis by Rolls-Royce following a global competition for the business."
Senator Joe Donnelly said, "I congratulate Rolls-Royce on opening another advanced manufacturing facility in Indianapolis. These high-tech jobs will help strengthen our state's economy by providing opportunities for Hoosier workers and demonstrating that Indiana is a great place for manufacturers to do business."
Rep. Andre Carson said, "It is wonderful news for Indianapolis that Rolls-Royce is opening a new facility with 100 high-tech jobs. Advanced manufacturing remains the backbone of Indiana's economy. I'm very encouraged that Rolls-Royce continues to grow and make vital investments in Indianapolis and our local Hoosier talent."
Parts known as banded stators will be manufactured at the facility; these are key components that guide and regulate air flow within the compressors of jet engines. Using a unique production technique known as "hot upset," production employees will join small airfoils to a metal framework that will then be assembled in the compressor. During flight, incoming air is squeezed at very high pressures within the compressor, and directing the air efficiently through the banded stators is crucial to the engine's operation.
The facility is already manufacturing banded stators for Rolls-Royce T56 engines and the Series 3.5 program, for C-130 and P-3 aircraft in use by multiple armed forces in the US and around the world. In future years, it will manufacture parts for a wide range of commercial and military engines for assembly around the world.
Located near the Indianapolis International Airport, and the newest Rolls-Royce facility in Indiana, the 81,500-square-foot facility underscores the company's global strategy of providing customers with state-of-the-art, advanced manufacturing capabilities in multiple locations around the world.
The new facility is the 12th Rolls-Royce location in Indiana and the second facility designed to focus on specific production capabilities. The first was the Rolls-Royce LiftFan Factory, which opened in Plainfield, IN, in 2010.
Indianapolis was awarded the work based on industry-leading engineering expertise and a proven track-record of operating a cost-competitive structure for the manufacture of these components. The new facility will be optimized for low unit cost, using lean operating principles. It will be expandable for future additional workload, as needed.
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Works great! I spent a little over a month using this 3-4 times a week and it definitely did the trick! Had a normal shampoo smell - not all toxic and tar-like. I haven't finished the bottle and I don't need to since the dandruff has not returned. Great purchase, great solution!
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My scalp had some dandruff and was getting really really itchy. Other dandruff shampoos werent working so i thought I would give this a try. BIG MISTAKE! I dont know if I am allegic to it?? But my scalp became so much worse.....it burned and itch continually for months. Ended up having to go to a derm. It was awful. It may work wonders for others but it was the devil for me!
Works amazingly well for me-I cannot recommend it highly enough. I get seasonal psoariasis (sp?) during the winter. This stuff is definitely the HG for such condition or for dandruff. Works so well that after regular use, I only need to use it about once a week, maybe less, just for upkeep. The results are amazing and this product is super FAST ACTING.
Obviously, its going to be a little drying, but given the purpose of the product, "high end" hair is not the result you should be looking for! And so what if your hair comes out a little dry? Just use extra high quality conditioner and you'll be fine.
Thank your lucky stars that Nizoral is out there because it does an amazingly effective job. Trust me.
This is the only shampoo I'll use. I have dry, curly hair, and dry angry scalp to match. Of course, I generally do not wash my hair with any shampoo(only water and conditioner), however ii do use it to maintain flake-free nirvana. This is the ONLY shampoo I've ever used that works consistently to control flakes, build up, dandruff, and scalp acne. It's a bit harsh and drying to the hair (try to use it only on the scalp, if you can) but a fantastic conditioner can fix that (I Like carol's Daughter and Pantene Relaxed or Natural Oil conditioner.
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This product always works for me to get rid of my occassional [seasonal] dandruff. I use it when I need it...because, agreed, it is not the best shampoo for conditioning my hair. So whenever the flakes come back, I use it for about a week, and they're gone. It does what it says it does every time, which is why this one got 5 lippies from me.
UPDATE: I read somewhere that ketoconazole is toxic for long term use. So i switch to virgin coconut oil pre-shampoo treatment, as it is has anti-fungal and anti-viral properties. Rub VCO on your scalp, leave it for at least an hour (if i'm not busy usually overnight). Wash. I no longer suffer from dandruff. Also watch what you're eating. Too much refined flour and sugar also bad for our skin.
A HG for my scalp. Here's how i use it without making my hair looking dull and dry:
1. Wash your hair with nizoral, let it sit for about 5 minutes (to kill the fungus)
2. Rinse.
3. Wash with conditioning shampoo, the one that makes your hair soft (i use Dove)
4. Rinse, then put on conditioner like usual.
I've been having dandruff since my teenage years (i'm 30), but the last four years i do this as my regime and dandruff has gone ever since.
Nizoral also effective to cure the sebhorroeic dermatitis on my nosefold. Usually i have cracked skin in my nosefold, peeling, with burning sensation. Really disturbing if i put on any kind of makeup foundation because of the burning and the flakiness.
After reading in some website about sebhorroeic dermatitis can be cured with topical ketoconazole, i rubbed Nizoral onto the area, let sit for 5 minutes then rinse. Very satisfying result. Definitely will repurchase.
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What PoeticDancer said. It works OK, but dries out my hair. It does have a nice lather, color and smell, and I like the tagline, "The Freedom Will Go to Your Head." How can you not like freedom? If there's actually any fungus on my head, I'm glad they're dead.
8/17/07: I'm giving this a five because it worked, when nothing else has for years. Now I only use it once in a blue moon. THANK YOU!
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It works alright for dandruff but really dries out your hair.
i use this shampoo all the time. it really works. i've tried many of the anti-dandruff shampoos. they don't hold a candle. seems to be safe on my color treated hair too.
i thought this was better than neutrogena t-gel, and that is a pretty good product. i like that it doesn't have that coal tar smell. it is kinda drying but if you use this once or twice a week it should be fine.
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the only time i have ever hit anyone out of pure, unadulterated anger was in Disney World when I was 4, right after these two pictures with Mickey and Goofy were taken. apparently, i hauled off and smacked my cousin greg, the little shit next to me, right across the goddamn face. no reasoning, i had just HAD IT.
that picture with goofy might be my favorite picture of myself ever, because the absolute rage in me is palpable. and goofy is just standing there being goofy.
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Whether you missed the first airing or you'd like to watch it again, Part V of the FRED&NICK directed Mumford & Sons documentary Gentlemen of the Road is now available to stream again here. Watch it soon, though, because it's only available for the next seven days.
Please note that this video is not available in all areas. As soon as a fully accessible version is made available, it will be posted on Mumford & Sons Blog.
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American soldiers helping in "Cow Protection" in Afghanistan
May Lord Krishna bless our soldiers and protect them all for this noble service.
July 14: U.S. Marines with the 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, RCT 2nd Battalion 8th Marines Echo Co. relax with a calf that has taken up residence at the base in Mian Poshteh, Afghanistan.
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Surviving Captivity: Stockholm Syndrome
Do you judge Jaycee Dugard for staying with her captors? You shouldn't -- and here's why.
Michelle Golland, Psy.D.: As a psychologist and a mother, I have been getting a variety of responses regarding the Jaycee Dugard captivity situation. There have been more than a few mothers who said, "I wouldn't have stayed. Why didn't she leave?"
It is important to understand the psychology of captivity. It is also imperative to understand that it is traumatic for us as humans to hear this story -- and to help us feel more in control of our own lives and distance ourselves from the horror of Jaycee's captivity, we try to emotionally defend ourselves against it by believing that we wouldn't have stayed, or that we would have responded differently to the trauma. It is important to understand this response, because inherent in that defense is the "victim blaming" that can occur while trying to understand Jaycee's traumatic experience.
The Stockholm Syndrome (named for a bank robbery in Stockholm in 1973) was actually a well-known psychological response to trauma known to clinicians long before its famous namesake. The Stockholm Syndrome explains the psychological bonding that can occur between captive and abuser. It also helps explain why people stay even if it seems they could physically escape the situation.
The emotional bonding with an abuser is actually a strategy for survival for victims of abuse and intimidation. Within the syndrome, there are four situations and conditions that are present that insure the victim's psychological bonding with the abuser:
1) The presence of a perceived threat to one's physical or psychological survival, and the belief that the abuser would carry out that threat
2) The presence of a perceived small act of kindness from the abuser to the victim
3) Isolation from perspectives other than those of the abuser
4) The real or perceived inability to escape the situation
When these four elements are at play with a victim of captivity -- like Jaycee Dugard and her two daughters -- they are put in the horrible position to survive physically through an emotional manner that causes a huge psychological fallout. The range of psychological disorders these three may have developed include: dissociative disorders, depression, anxiety, PTSD, and personality disorders due to the length of time in captivity.
For victims of captivity, the Stockholm Syndrome develops on an involuntary basis. Jaycee and her daughters did not purposely invent this attitude. This develops as an attempt to exist and survive in a threatening and controlling environment and relationship. They were trying to survive. Jaycee, abducted at the age of 11, was still in the early stages of her own identity development as she was stripped of all things familiar, and was physically and sexually abused for years. Jaycee Dugard's personality was developing feelings and thoughts in order to cope with and survive the situation, and to do anything she could to lower her emotional and physical risks.
As a clinician, I know the more dysfunctional and abusive the situation, the more dysfunctional the victim's adaptations may be to survive. Jaycee was trapped in a horrific situation and was simply trying to survive at all costs.
Given the recent revelations about the abusive couple who are now being investigated for multiple homicides in addition to the Jaycee case, one thing we know for sure is that Jaycee is amazingly resilient, and adapted well enough to survive for 18 years -- while also keeping her daughters alive.
|Dr. Michelle Golland is a USC graduate and a licensed Clinical Psychologist (PSY#16974). She works with adults, teens and is an expert in the field of marriage and relationships. Dr. Michelle Golland has given her expert advice on CNN, HLN, MSNBC, ABC, and Fox news. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband and two wonderfully exhausting children.
Well said! I cringe every time I hear a comment beginning with "well,I wouldn't have stayed…" This is a girl who wasn't even an adolescent yet when she was forcibly kidnapped & repeatedly raped by a 6'2' man who is frighteningly unbalanced & dangerous. Kudos to Jaycee for staying alive!!!! Whatever her circumstances were, SHE DID THE RIGHT THING EVERY STEP OF THE WAY TO SURVIVE. We so rarely hear of survivors of these sort of crimes because the criminals are so vicious in their manipulation of their victims. Jaycee shows remarkable strength & resilience in her very survival and that of her two daughters. My thoughts are with this family.
How anyone in their right mind could accuse the abused is beyond me.
I can't fathom the idea that any means taken to survive could be considered 'wrong'.
Shame on those who would pile more guilt and shame on this victim of abuse!
Did she choose to be abducted and abused? NO! She survived the best way she could, and I say BRAVO! to her for surviving ANY way she could and keeping herself and her children alive long enough to be rescued!
Blaming the victim is an all too common and unfortunate response to many events similar to this. What Dr. Golland states about people as observers trying to make sense and control their own feelings about such a horrific event makes sense, but unless those of us that know better try and educate people that are ignorant to to what Dr. Golland explains, people will just continue to think that the victim was somehow at fault. My hope is that Dr. Gollands article will be seen by as many people as possible, and that we Moms let people know the truth. After all would we feel the same if that was our daughter this happened to?
Unless u have been in a situation like that u never know how u will react. Having been there as a child, I know. Survive @ all cost. If someone is crazy enough 2 do what they r doing 2 u, then u believe them when they threaten 2 harm your family if u try anything. U feel as if the world has become the enemy and u don't know who is in on it with that person, so you second guess all chances to get away, until u just lost that moment, because u hesitated. You may not know where u r & might be afraid of getting caught by someone worse than who has u. Fear, fear, fear, distrust of the whole world is what u feel all the time. Why is no one coming to your rescue? They all must b in on it. Will anyone believe u if u tried to get away. If not, will they bring u back & things will b a lot worse after that. Does anyone out there understand yet? I hope and pray they don't bombard these girls with "professionals". Leave them alone to have their family just love them for a little while. Leave them alone and treat them with love, compassion and extreme patience. Please!
I am not quite sure how many would react, it is a tight space to keep sanity versus going insane. The fear factor alone had to be a high risk for a young girl to over come on her own. Her captors evidently may have tried in their own strange way to make it better for their young victim. But I am sure taunted her, and cajoled her into beliving what they were saying. It had to be a bad situation to not know how or when to look to flea from her captors, and not face their wrath. I can not imangine her pain.
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For Women, Baldness Need Not Be Faced Alone
Thea Chassin has started a support group called 'Bald Girls Do Lunch.'
Whether its Rogaine, HairClub or countless As Seen on TV cures, baldness is a problem often associated with men. But for women suffering with alopecia areata, baldness can be an embarrassing and often secret problem.
West Hartford native Thea Chassin is providing support for these women with a group she calls "Bald Girls Do Lunch."
Thea Chassin says she used to have a lot of hair.
I had hair. I had really great hair. I loved my hair.
But then, she started losing it. First her body hair began to fall out. Then she lost her eyebrows. And about 16 years ago ...
I lost my hair to such a degree that I didn't have a hairdo anymore. I didn't have hair that I could go out with and feel like I had a hairdo on ... so much of it was gone.
Chassin has alopecia areata. While the condition isn't common, it's not terribly rare either. Between one and two percent of Americans will experience alopecia at some point in their lives. Usually, it's mild. A patch of hair falls out and then it grows back.
But Chassin went completely bald. She said she felt shocked and isolated ... unsure how she would explain her baldness to family and to friends. And then came the questions about cancer.
Very frequently, someone will come up to me - give me that little touch on the elbow and say, "So, how you doing?"
Chassin says she immediately knows what that means.
They are very close to, have themselves experienced, or know somebody whose gone through chemo or cancer and they want to commune about it.
At "Bald Girls Do Lunch" women learn how to respond to these and other potentially awkward questions. They share a meal, swap beauty tips and enjoy the safety of confiding in other women who understand what it's like to be bald in a land of people with hair.
Hair loss, particularly for women, it's not a topic that people want to talk about. Hair, for women in particular, has been considered your beauty. Your sign of beauty. Your marriagibility. So it's no surprise that when someone loses their hair, they feel ... hmm. I don't fit in anymore. Where is my beauty? What is it?
Rachel Plout says that was exactly how she felt 27 years ago when her hair began to fall out. Today is her first time meeting other women with alopecia.
When you lose your hair it's like you lose yourself. When you look in the mirror, you're not you anymore. There's no more eyelashes, no eyebrow. No hair. So it's a very hard time to adjust. To pick up yourself and say, OK I got to go out there and I gotta face the world.
At the lunch, all the women are wearing wigs. Some aren't comfortable taking theirs off in public. But Chassin isn't so shy.
I take my hair off so randomly and so frequently that I don't even keep track. I'll have hair on more likely in the wintertime. I don't like to be too hot. So I don't wear wigs in hot weather. I rock my bald look. I also do a lot of hats and scarves and I tie them very fashionably and people just say, oh, really pretty scarf.
Chassin says Bald Girls Do Lunch is kind of like a social network for bald women - a place where they can connect, feel beautiful and understand they don't have to face baldness alone.
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Champagnat Marist AssemblyPosted by Kevin Wanden on 4 December 2013 | 0 Comments
Champagnat Marists, Lay and Brothers, from Kiribati, Fiji Islands, Samoa and New Zealand, will be gathering for an Assembly.
The theme of the Assembly is Determing our Future.
Br Emili (Superor General) will attend the Assembly which will begin on 12 December and conclude on 14 December.
International Mission AssemblyPosted by Br Kevin Wanden on 29 May 2013 | 0 Comments
The New Zealand Province has launched the local phase of the preparation for the Second International Mission Assembly in Nairobi, Kenya in 2014. This will contribute towards the New Zealand Province Assembly in December 2013. This latter gathering will mark the beginning of the new District of the Pacific.
The FM ConnectionPosted by Br Kevin Dobbyn on 5 March 2012 | 0 Comments
Br Charles Howard, SG (RIP)Posted by Br David McDonald on 20 February 2012 | 0 Comments
Br Charles' funeral can still be viewed here.
Powhiri at St John's College, HamiltonPosted by Br David McDonald on 20 February 2012 | 0 Comments
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New School Year BeginsPosted by Br David McDonald on 20 February 2012 | 0 Comments
Champagnat Marists begin to get ready for the new academic year.
Pacific Leader's ForumPosted by Br David McDonald on 16 February 2012 | 0 Comments
On Tuesday 17 January, the Country Coordinators of Fiji, Samoa and Kiribati met with the Brother Siaosi, Assistant Provincial in the Pacific, the Provincial and the Council to discuss leadership in the Pacific.
Province Formation MeetingPosted by Br David McDonald on 16 February 2012 | 0 Comments
The Provincial and Council invited formators to Fiji to review and clarify our formation processes.
Brother Luke Fong's Perpetual professionPosted by Susan Roome on 8 February 2012 | 0 Comments
Brother Luke made his Perpetual Profession in Fiji on Saturday 14 January 2012.


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question for the parents with kids that carry epi pens?
What type of carriers have worked out best for the "teens" that carry their meds with them? The more suggestions the better for me!! Thank you all so much
There are so many great carriers these days!
I know there is a leg version that is great for boys. And there are a lot of great purse styles.
This link from my website lists many sites that carry a variety of EpiPen carriers.
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My six year old carries his in an E-Belt (I'm sure if you google it, you'll find suppliers). I remembered it was a bit expensive, but his school has a policy that the allergic children must wear them, so we bought the E-Belt.
The leg-style carrier for boys sounds great too.
Epipen carriers designed as an undergarment belt or leg holsters make it easy to carry and coceal the large epipen tubes. The Legbuddy and Waistpal are great options. Sold at omaxcare.com, www.epicarriers.com and www.concealedepipen.com
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