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Roman Polanski's THE PIANIST is based on the memoirs of the talented pianist Wladyslaw Szpilman (Adrian Brody), a Polish Jew, who miraculously survived World War II. The first half of the film transports viewers to 1939 Poland, and brings it to life clearly and believably. Szpilman is a tall, handsome, winsome man who is revered for his piano performances on public radio. He lives with his family--an intelligent, loving, and spirited bunch--in an upscale flat in central Warsaw. Bombings have begun to torment the citizens of Warsaw, and step by step, the Nazis infiltrate, the Jews are branded and set apart from their neighbors, imprisoned in a ghetto, and slowly exterminated. The story is told through Szpilman's eyes, and thus carries as much confusion and fear as disgust and torment. Polanski paints Warsaw in bleak shades of gray and black, expressing the helplessness of the Jewish people and the cruelty of the Nazis with captivating photography. In the second half of the film, which takes place in the early 1940s, Szpilman is alone, having managed to avoid the trains to the death camps. His struggle to survive, with some help from non-Jews but mostly his own will to thrive, takes place in long, silent, languid stretches filled with the imagined piano music that inspires Szpilman to live. In a climactic scene of immense beauty and spine-tingling tension, Szpilman must actually perform for a German soldier who is inexplicably patrolling the near-deserted and utterly dilapidated Warsaw ghetto. THE PIANIST, in the subtlety of its sublime and heartbreaking tale, is carried by the intensely moving performance of Brody, whose transformation is truly unforgettable.
Grand gagnant de la course aux récompenses de lannée 2003, Le Pianiste de Roman Polanski méritait amplement sa palme dor, ses trois oscars et ses sept césars. Adapté de lautobiographie de Wladyslaw Szpilman, ce film empreint dune grande dignité raconte la lutte pour sa survie dun pianiste juif, en Pologne, pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale.
Polanski, lui-même juif, a attendu des années avant daborder ce sujet douloureux. Avec un classicisme tout en retenue, loin de la dramatisation excessive, le cinéaste au passé sulfureux tente ici dexorciser des démons qui hantent le monde et sa vie depuis plus dun demi-siècle. De la construction du ghetto de Varsovie à la libération de la ville par les Russes, Polanski nous fait vivre, de lintérieur, lincompréhension puis la terreur absolue de ce peuple persécuté.
Porté par linterprétation subtile et émouvante dAdrien Brody, en accord parfait avec la sobriété de la mise en scène et du propos, Le Pianiste offre des scènes finales bouleversantes, porteuses despoir. Un film qui, au-delà de lhorreur, a le mérite de laisser croire que lhumanité peut renaître de ses cendres. --Helen Faradji
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As far as the character in this movie, and his lack of resistance, we are omniscient observers. We know how long the war will last and how it will all turn out. We know how many Jews are ultimately slaughtered. We understand the motivation of the 3rd Reich. The character doesn't! But he is plucked out of that line and given a chance. He survives by waiting. How do we honestly know if we'd do anything different? One could say that his inaction makes him a hero because he must be warring within himself. The gentle artistic man faced with a world of unimaginable ugliness.
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Adrian Brody as Jewish musician Wladyslaw Szpilman,whose only escape
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In the beginning of the film, the Germans have invaded Poland and the Szpilman family are adjusting their lives to the new ruling of the Nazi Germans. They find their living conditions deteriorate as they are hustled away from their comfortable home to Ghetto and finally to the "melting pot". We see two brothers conflicting with each other as Hendrik, Szpilman's brother did not like the way he supposedly grovel to the authorities and using his privilage as a famous pianist which many Jews may envy. Even Hendrik was ungrateful when his brother freed him from prison. "Are you mad?" Szpilman asked. Hendrik's reply was "That is also my business."
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At their last classes on Friday, the students tackled Proposition 32 from Euclid's Elements, then contemplated the significance of the title of Flannery O'Connor's short story "The Enduring Chill." During recreation time, most either played in or watched the student-prefect soccer game, making the most of their final hours on campus. All are eagerly looking forward to tonight's banquet and dance.
After classes the prefects gave the students some goodbye presents, mementos of the last two weeks: a Thomas Aquinas College book bag containing a copy of C.S. Lewis's The Screwtape Letters plus framed photos of the entire group and each student's section. You can see those photos in the slideshow below.
Check this blog on Saturday for dance and goodbye pictures. It's hard to believe the program is coming to an end!
At Wednesday afternoon's recreation period, students could be seen playing various sports: A tennis tournament was under way on the campus courts, with the winner to be determined Thursday. Triads of young men formed squads and practiced for Thursday's 3-on-3 basketball tournament. Volleyball teams clashed on the sand courts. And soccer enthusiasts prepared for Friday's match pitting the students against the prefects.
The sporting events were followed by a brief dance class in anticipation of Friday's soiree. Then the College bookstore briefly opened its doors to a rush of student customers looking to pick up some mementos of their nearly finished time on campus. From there it was dinner and study hall, with students once again being excused early to work on their Euclidean propositions. The students remain as smitten with Euclid as ever, boasting of the number of alternative proofs they have been able to devise. One young woman even used her newfound geometrical skills and a necklace to construct a compass in her residence hall!
Following the nightly Rosary in the Chapel, students made their way over to the coffee shop for root-beer floats and a pint of theology, courtesy of Rev. Sebastian Walshe, O.Praem. ('94). Having collected questions beforehand, Fr. Sebastian addressed students' queries on a range of topics that included faith, morality, natural law, and the ways grace builds upon nature. He also allowed for follow-ups, leading to a lively and thoughtful conversation.
At curfew time, the students returned to the residence halls for a wide array of snacks — chips, salsa, guacamole, soft pretzels and, in the women's hall, a birthday cake for prefect Maggie Conklin ('17) — and nightly consecration. Fr. Sebastian paid visits to both the men and the women, answering more questions about the Faith by the courtyard fire pits.
With that, Wednesday drew to a close as, sadly, the Summer Program will all too soon …
Following Monday's classes most students spent the afternoon recreation period on the College basketball courts, preparing for that night's basketball tournament. Then came dinner, followed by an abbreviated study hall. About halfway through the session, students headed off for various classrooms around campus, where prefects taught them how to demonstrate Euclidean propositions in preparation for Tuesday morning's class.
After study hall and Rosary, the group returned to the basketball courts for two highly anticipated match-ups of students vs. prefects. In both the women's and the men's matches, the prefects emerged triumphant, but the games were close and hard-fought, and everyone had a great time.
Back in the residence halls after curfew, students enjoyed the usual prayers and said their nightly consecration.Then it was time to catch some sleep before another big day on Tuesday — Euclid in the morning, the beach in the afternoon, and Santa Barbara at night!
Sunday began with Mass in Our Lady of the Most Holy Trinity Chapel, with early risers attending Mass in the extraordinary form at 7:15, and the rest of the group going to the ordinary form Mass at 9:00. Because students would be spending the day in Los Angeles — and not returning until late in the evening — there was then a study session in the library, so that all would have time to prepare for Monday's classes. Afterward came lunch, and then students, prefects, chaplains, and a few tutors boarded three coach buses for the city. The first stop was the Getty Museum in the Santa Monica Mountains, with its panoramic views of the Pacific Ocean and the vast expanse of metropolitan L.A.
At the Getty students viewed world-renowned paintings, ancient Greek and Roman sculptures, illuminated manuscripts, and other works of art, including some by Monet, Van Gogh, and Renoir, as well as sketches by Da Vinci and Michelangelo. Students also found time to take plenty of pictures around the museum's beautiful gardens, fountains, and outdoor patios.
At about 5:00 p.m. the group re-boarded the buses for a trip to the Hollywood Bowl, where students enjoyed a quick pizza dinner on the picnic grounds before settling in for the performance. The night's concert was Pagliacci & Cavalleria rusticana, billed as "the extreme, no-holds-barred passions of jealous lovers in this beloved double-bill from two Italian opera composers at the top of their game." Students delighted in the spirited performance, relaxing under the stars on a hot summer night in the Hollywood Hills.
The concert ended fairly late (about 10:30 or so), at which time students returned to the buses back to campus. Then it was off to bed for some much-needed rest before Monday's classes on Euclid's Elements and Tolstoy's Death of Ivan Ilyich.
The Summer Program students are in Los Angeles today, with visits to the Getty Center (above) and the Hollywood Bowl. We will post more photos from those outings as soon as they become available, but in the meantime, we have some new pictures from yesterday's events. Below is a short slideshow from the hike that some students took to the "painter's shack" while the rest of the group was at the Punch Bowls. The group dabbled with watercolors under the leadership of head women's prefect Kathleen Sullivan ('06):
And here are some photos from Saturday night's barbeque dinner, presented by Mr. Daly and the Admissions staff:
After dinner on Friday night, students met up in St. Bernardine of Siena Library for a dramatic — and, at times, hilarious — reading of Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest. To allow as many students to participate as possible, some of the major roles were divvied up among several actors. And delighting all with his performance of Algernon "Algy" Moncrieff was none other than the Summer Program's director, Dr. Christopher Decaen.
Afterward, students headed down to the lower part of the campus, where they prayed along the College's new outdoor Stations of the Cross. From there, they walked over to the three spring-fed ponds for sing-along by the campfire.
In the first of Friday's two classes, the Summer Program students looked at Pascal's "wager" over the existence of God. Then, in the second session, using St. Thomas's fifth way, they looked at a proof for God's existence which relies on seeing that natural bodies act for an end. In support of part of St. Thomas's argument, students also read Jean Henri Fabre's detailed descriptions of the grey cricket. Together these readings, contrary to the claims of Pascal, provide evidence for the existence of God.
For afternoon recreation there were many options: Auditions for open-mic night, games on the athletic fields, a hike to the "painter's shack," practice for The Importance of Being Earnest, resting, reading, or visiting in the residence halls. Some students, though, decided to have a tea party with breakfast bread, a lunch cake, and a variety of teas:
The evening promises to be fun, with the much-anticipated dramatic reading of The Importance of Being Earnest, followed by prayers along the College's new Stations of the Cross and a campfire and sing-a-long. Next, an exciting weekend is in store, with a wilderness hike on Saturday and trips to the Getty Museum and the Hollywood Bowl on Sunday.
For updates, check in regularly at thomasaquinas.edu/summerblog or the College Facebook page. (Click "like" to get news sent directly to your feed.)
There were no afternoon classes on Wednesday, so students and prefects used the time for a program-wide volleyball tournament. There were 10 teams in all, each with six to eight players of varying skill and experience levels. It was a double-elimination tourney, and the winning squad then moved on to challenge a team of the College's tutors plus one "ringer" — Summer Program Chaplain Rev. Sebastian Walshe, O.Praem. ('94). It was hard-fought, best-of-three match, but the tutors eked out a close win in the first game, and then pulled away for a decisive victory in the second.
Afterward the tutors and their families joined with the students for a barbeque dinner on the lawn between Sts. Peter and Paul Hall and St. Bernardine of Siena Library. Next, it was on to study hall, where the students finished passages from Genesis and Kierkegaard, and looked ahead to upcoming readings by Tolstoy, Fabre, and Pascal.
Wednesday night's Rosary included a special blessing — Eucharistic adoration in Our Lady of the Most Holy Trinity Chapel. Prior to exposition, Fr. Sebastian gave a beautiful talk about how Jesus left us not merely a photograph by which to remember Him, but his real, physical presence in the form of the Blessed Sacrament. Throughout the adoration period, Fr. Sebastian and Chaplain Rev. Paul Raftery, O.P., manned the Chapel's two confessionals, hearing students' confessions and offering God's absolution. It was a time of great peace and grace!
The evening then concluded with a dance lesson in preparation for the upcoming, end-of-the-program soiree. Prefect Dan Selmeczy ('08) taught some basic merengue and swing steps to the students, whom he called "some of the best" he's ever seen. It seemed that everyone attended the class — and stayed to continue dancing afterward.
At curfew the men and women returned to their residence halls for pretzels, mustard, and good conversation. Then it was off to bed!
At the end of Thursday's classes, students filled the campus coffee shop to capacity for a lecture by College tutor Dr. John Nieto, "On Art and Beauty." Dr. Nieto supplemented his remarks with a PowerPoint slideshow depicting many famous sculptures and paintings, several of which are at the Getty Museum in Los Angeles, which the group will visit on Sunday
In his lecture, Dr. Nieto explained St. Thomas Aquinas's definition of beauty, advising students that, when they tour the Getty's exhibits, they should examine every work for beauty's three characteristics — integrity or unity, proportionality, and clarity. The talk was well received, giving the students a better understanding of how to approach various kinds of art.
Discussion of Dr. Nieto's talk continued through the dinner hour, during which prefects announced the cast of Friday night's dramatic reading of The Importance of Being Earnest. Among the show's performers will be the Summer Program's director, Dr. Christopher Decaen, who will play the part of Algernon Moncrieff. Prefects also announced auditions for Saturday's Open Mic night, which promises to include music, comedy, and possibly even some juggling from this year's talented students.
After dinner was study hall, and students read passages from Pascal, Fabre, and St. Thomas Aquinas. Some even got a head start on next week's lessons by beginning Tolstoy's Death of Ivan Ilyich. Then came the nightly Rosary which, for the first time, was led by the students themselves, and not the prefects.
During the evening recreation time there were was another dance class — swing and rhumba — in St. Joseph Commons. "The girls are eager to dance," says prefect Patrick Cross ('14). "And the boys, well, they're getting much better!" The class was only half an hour long but, once again, most of the participants continued practicing until curfew. When they arrived back in their respective residence halls, the men and women enjoyed cheese and crackers, recapping the day's lessons and experiences before tucking in for the night.
Soon after the conclusion of afternoon sports yesterday, the high school students found their way over to St. Joseph Commons for dinner, where they debated the extent of Oedipus's culpability for his tragic fate. Study hall followed, and was "very quiet," according to the prefects — save for the dramatic reading of Sophocles' Antigone led by prefect Chris Sebastian ('13).
Afterward came the evening Rosary in Our Lady of the Most Trinity Chapel, and then social time back in the Commons. Most students played board games — Apples to Apples being the favorite — while others played the guitar or piano, and others still continued on with the Antigone reading from study hall. In the campus coffee shop, prefect-baristas served iced mochas and Italian ices, gratis, to their appreciative customers. The festivities concluded at 10:30 p.m., followed by consecrations back in the residence halls.
The night, however, was still young. Over in Sts. Peter and Paul Hall, the men took their turns clobbering a piñata — only to discover, much to their dismay, that the prefects had filled it not with candy, but carrots! The students' disappointment soon subsided, however, as the prefects tendered boxes of fresh donuts. Then the women arrived en masse on the front lawn to serenade and give a birthday cake to prefect Rocky Brittain ('15), who turned 22.
Afterward, the women enjoyed a party of their own in St. Monica Hall, complete with singing, dancing, and a conga line. "The friendships are already forming," says women's head prefect Kathleen Sullivan ('06). "It's a beautiful thing to see."


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An unfired bullet discovered last year in the Clinton Township, Michigan, building that once housed Comics World will be tested to see whether it's connected to the 1990 murder of co-owner Barbara George.
Her husband Michael George was twice tried and twice convicted — first in 2008 and then in 2011 — in the fatal shooting, which prosecutors claim he staged to look like a robbery so he could collect money from an insurance policy and a shared estate, and start over with another woman. George, now 53, is serving life in prison without parole.
According to the Detroit Free Press, the bullet was found in February 2013 by an employee of the company that manages a building while he was cleaning the backroom where Barbara George was shot nearly 23 years earlier. It was turned over to township police, leading defense attorney Joseph Kosmala to file a motion in January for the bullet to be tested for ballistics, fingerprints and DNA (there was a filing delay because of a miscommunication between Kosmala and Michael George's appellate attorney). Macomb County Circuit Judge Mary Chrzanowski granted that motion last week.


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Shocking news, the PlayStation 4 version of the upcoming Diablo 3: Ultimate Evil Edition, will run at a full 1080p and at 60 frames per second. Why is that impressive? Because the Xbox One version of the game will run at 900p.
When asked about the reason behind the two versions and their difference in resolution, Senior Producer, Julia Humphreys, has stated "We're prioritizing frame rate."
Diablo 3: Ultimate Evil Edition will be the complete bundle, including the base game as well as the first major expansion, Reaper of Souls, and is scheduled to release on August 19th.


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Kroy Biermann, defensive end for the NFL Atlanta Falcons, is not only known by his football career but also his marriage to Kim Zolciak. In 2008, Kroy was a fifth round draft for the Falcons and has been in Atlanta ever since, leaving behind Montana where he was born, raised, and attended and played college football at Montana University. In 2010 Kroy met Kim at a dance charity event and the couple quickly fell in love and a marriage followed in 2011. Since they've been married, Kroy not only claimed Kim's daughters, Brielle and Ariana as his own, but they've had four kids of their own, KJ, Kash, and most recently twins, Kane and Kaia. They've wasted no time, having four of the six children in under two and a half years, and giving birth to twins just 18 months ago. They still managed to find time to build their dream home in Alpharetta, GA and continue on with their busy, ever-changing lives.
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We knew it was a great Washington Fair, the 2012 event in August, and that feeling was reinforced after the annual report on it was given at the Washington Area Chamber of Commerce business meeting held last week. Dale Westhoff, Fair chairman, presented the report.
The Fair theme this year was "Making Memories" and the event lived up to those words. The Fair is much more than making a profit, which is important, but it does have activities that live in the minds of fairgoers forever. It does bring the area community together for five days to enjoy a wide range of entertainment, contests, including livestock judging and an auction, displays, fellowship, carnival rides and booths, food, motor sports, and the list goes on and on. Perhaps the most important aspect of the Fair is the work of volunteers involved in all kinds of jobs that make it a success.
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Vt. approves spending money for rail upgradeThe Associated Press | November 21,2013MONTPELIER - Efforts to bring back passenger rail service to western Vermont are a big step closer to reality.
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Angry Birds Star Wars coming to iOS, Windows Phone and Android 8 November
Rovio has officially announced its next chapter in the Angry Birds franchise - and it really couldn't be more exciting. Come 8 November, the developer will be releasing Angry Birds Star Wars. Oh yes.
To be honest, Pocket-lint already revealed as much a few days ago, after Rovio posted a teaser image of what looked to be a Jedi Angry Bird, but now the game is official. The Finnish company has partnered with Lucasfilm to bring a brand new Star Wars-flavoured cross between the original Angry Birds and Angry Birds Space.
Locations from the Star Wars trilogy will be the battlefield, including Tatooine and the Death Star. And the Angry Birds themselves will take on the roles of classic Star Wars characters, such as Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia and Chewbacca. The pigs will play the role of The Empire, including a particularly porky Darth Vader.
"This is the best Angry Birds game we've ever done. It's the best parts of Angry Birds with all new cutting-edge gameplay set in in a galaxy far, far away," said Peter Vesterbacka, CMO of Rovio. "As a big Star Wars fan myself, I'm really excited about this new universe. The Force is definitely strong with this one."
Unlike other Rovio releases, including the recent Bad Piggies, Angry Birds Star Wars will be coming to Windows Phone, Amazon Kindle Fire, Windows 8, Mac and PC on day one, as well as the standard Android and iOS.
Fans of either or both franchises will also be able to buy officially licensed toys in the future. Hasbro has signed a deal to launch an Angry Birds Star Wars range which will include an AT-AT Attack Battle Game.
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I thought I would never click in one of these "Taylor vs Kim" crappy articles, but who knew all you had to do was throw Mean Girls in it. Well played, buzzfeed.
She says that uncircumcised guys "know their dicks are gross". Sounds derogatory to me.
Whoever wrote this scene has clearly never seen an uncircumcised penis. "Peel it back"?? WTF??? No!! There's no need to "peel" anything!!
First Finding Dory, now The Jungle Movie! And I thought I would never see Arnold finally telling Helga he loves her too.
As long as we still have Sarah and Freddie…
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Or maybe it's proof that Johnny Depp has worked a lot more than them?? Do you think Kim Kardashian deserves to get as much money as Depp only because she is a woman??
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Why you make me choose between Freddie and JTT, BuzzFeed??? WHY???
Movie Awards different from VMAs
OMG! There was less drama in All My Children!
How annoyingly relatable.
That's not anger, it's dissatisfaction.
Laziness!! How hard is it to pick up a phone or to type a message?? If you're gonna do something big, do it right!! I wasn't even a huge fan of Sookie, although I consider her the most important female character other than the Gilmore girls, but I just think the people behind this revival have totally messed up here.
Screw this! The most 90's are not even here anymore. Give Britney the trophy, hand it to Friends, whatever, I've already given up on this.
13/13. Totally Friends addict. But I still hate this quiz format!
Literally all my choices - except for Clueless - are losing miserably!! Who is voting for this??? How are N*Sync, Britney and Leo more 90's than BSB, Spice Girls and Freddie Pinze Jr.????? Don't get me wrong, I like all these options, but the ones losing are definitely "more 90's".
Rapunzel. Pretty close, but Mulan is my all time favorite.
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I had to give up around question #593, I haven't had dinner yet and the sun is rising.
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Making me choose between Freddie and JTT and Friends and Lion King??? Not cool, BuzzFeed, not cool. And how on earth are Sarah Michelle Gellar and Legends of the Hidden Temple losing??
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It's funny how everyone says that Jess matured and became a better man, while Dean was terrible. Well, we never got to know what happened to Dean. He probably has grown to become a better man as well. Honestly, the 3 guys had their flaws, but so did Rory. She was no miss perfect, so I don't know why people expect her to find "the perfect man".
"Choose a rapper"
Eminen is not an option. WTF, BuzzFeed??
You should've just guessed BSB for everyone and the results would be 90% accurate
No mention to her Galliano in 1999?? Shame
Van Damme doesn't count!! He was interested in Rachel, he and Monica never dated!!
So the story is about Violet and Piper Perabo was pushed to the far left, where we can barely see her?!?! Great poster!
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You got: '90s kid through and through!
You are the epitome of a '90s kid. This means that you were either born in the late '80s or were just damn cool and way ahead of your time. Platform shoes and "The Fresh Prince" were your jam, and if anyone tries to tell you there were more than 151 Pokémon you will fight them. 89. I guess it's the first time Buzzfeed actually gets it right for me.
No Hades nor Izma????
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Choosing among Britney, Christina and Spice Girls was really tough. The boyband one, however, easiest decision of all. One Direction who??
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Or maybe they could, you know, wear whatever the fuck they want!!
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I got Monica. Cool, since I'm the Chandler of my group.
I wanna punch some of those kids so hard
How about Jon Foo as Shang, Andy Lau as the father and Pei Pei Chang as the grandma?
And I like Ming Na as the mother since she voiced Mulan and all, but I also think Michelle Yeoh would be a good choice.
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#22 Guilty!
I guess the ISU Judging System helped Adelina. I'm pretty sure Yu-Na would've taken the gold home with the 6.0 system. Or not…guess we'll never really know.
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Dreamer? Yeah. Hopeless romantic? Definetely. But I am never late! I have to tell my friends to show up 1 hour before everything. And even so I'm always the first one to arrive.
This is not Match.com
Thank you, my day just got better.
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Is it weird that I know "hopefully" was used incorrectly in the example "Hopefully it'll be hot there!"??
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I was born in the late 80s. So yeah, "not a good list" it is!
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On 7/21/16, from 2 – 4 PM, I'll be presenting, Understanding Labor & Employment Law for Businesses, at the Rogers Park Business Alliance, 1448 W. Morse Ave., Chicago. It's the very same neighborhood I grew up in.
On 7/6/16, I'll be presenting "Employee Contracts & Agreements: When, Why, Where & How to Use Them. How to Legally Restrict Employees During & After Employment How laws and court decisions can affect your company's bottom line." This is from 9 AM — 10:30 AM, at the Illinois Department of Employment Security & Illinois WorkNet, at 723 W. Algonquin Rd., Arlington Heights, IL.
The IUOE Local 150 states the below objections & demands certain retractions to my 6/2/16 post. Their objections & demands follow in their entirety without any edits. At this time, I stand by my post.
"Powerful" is how the Chicago Tribune describes the International Union of Operating Engineers Local 150 (4/24/15). They have their own in-house legal staff. They're big labor.
A year ago, my client AMS Earth Movers & I beat Local 150 of the International Union of Operating Engineers at the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). Recently, we learned that we beat these same parties again—2 more times in 2 different venues. We beat them at grievance arbitration & at the Illinois Department of Employment Security's Board of Review (IDES BOR). They all concern the same case—the same union, employees, witnesses & circumstances. It's rare to beat a union 3 times & before 3 different tribunals, especially when these tribunals exist to protect employee rights. All 3 decisions are below following my Disclaimers.
What makes these cases even more interesting is the the impact a workplace bully can have on a company, & how Local 150 attempted to prevent its own member from testifying at the IDES hearing (discussed in pp. 11-12 of the arbitration decision). That type of behavior is discussed in greater depth by me in this post. Hopefully, all 3 cases & decisions give some insight into union operations, modern labor relations, the labor litigation process across various venues & the nature of evidence. Think of it as a story of a workplace dispute from start-to-finish being told by 3 panels of judges or about 8 decision-makers in total (up to 2 at the NLRB). Here's some factors to take note of:
Here's my May 11, 2016 presentation handout from my preventing disputes seminar at the City of Chicago's Department of Business & Consumer Affairs.
Thanks to Fingercheck.com & Katherine Muniz for quoting & citing me in her 4/26/16 article "10 Things to Prepare For an Employee's Last Day" I was quoted in #3 & #8 & cited in #9. The article is here & below.
On 5/11, from 3-4:30 PM, at Chicago's City Hall, 805, I'll be presenting The Essentials for Avoiding Employment Related Disputes. This presentation will provide information on how to resolve disputes in-house and how to know if you're in over your head (when to get help!). It will also provide information dealing with difficult employees, and government regulators, etc. More info. is here.
And on 5/24, I'll be speaking at The Masters Conference on the 4:15 PM to 5:15 PM panel: The Social Media (R)Evolution: How Social Media Content Impacts e-Discovery Risks and Costs. My co-presenters are: Barry Brotine, Bruce Malter, Colleen Kenney & Pauline Levy. We'll be discussing how to develop sound social media policies while navigating compliance, corporate regulations, e-discovery & attorney ethics. It's at the Metropolitan Club at Willis Tower, 233 S. Wacker, 67th Floor.
Most employers prepare for an employee's first day, but how many prepare for the last? While big firms typically have procedures in place for guiding employee termination, not every employer has a professional guiding the exit process. In order to tie up loose ends and make sure you and your employee both have what you need to transition through their resignation smoothly, consider preparing with this checklist:
So your employee is leaving – you may not have expected the resignation, but once you get the news, take it like a champ. Instead of falling to pieces, congratulate him or her on their new position and focus on making the best use of their remaining time. Find out what their last day will be and decide how best to communicate the departure to the rest of your staff. If the exiting employee is handling her resignation professionally, then let him or her make the announcement to their colleagues. Team morale is important, and you want to make sure the resignation news is delivered in a way that honors their service.
During the interim, enlist their help in creating a transition plan that prepares your existing staff to handle their duties until you can find a replacement. Have them make a list of everything they're currently working on, and discuss any outstanding projects they have in the works. Decide what that they should finish prior to leaving, and figure out together how to split their responsibilities among your staff, whether it means splitting duties between people or having an employee shadow them.
Squaring away time off is important. Has the employee accrued any vacation time, sick time, and/or personal leave? If so, this is where your HR policy manual should come in handy. "A company should ideally outline in their HR policy manual and employment agreements provisions around termination payout," says Susan Power, a Certified Human Resources Leader and Owner and CEO of Higher Talent Inc. Some states enforce that it is the employer's responsibility to pay out accrued vacation depending on its own policies and practices.
According to Charles Krugel, a management-side labor and employment lawyer & HR counselor, there are no federal laws concerning the payout of accrued PTO, and the field is mostly regulated by state and local law. "Generally speaking most states take this approach: If the employee earns it then it's something they're entitled to even when they leave, thus the payout. Some states permit companies to have a use it or lose it rule."
The "use it or lose it" rule often comes with its own set of terms. According to Michael S. Gottlieb of Momentum Law Group, "The law (in Maryland) provides that if the employer has a policy of use it or lose it at the termination of employment and that policy is communicated to the employee at the start of their employment relationship, then the employer doesn't have to pay it. If, however, either of those conditions aren't met, then the employer will have to pay out the unused PTO."
If you decide to cash out, Attorney Robin Solomon, a partner in Ivins, Phillips & Barker's Employee Benefits practice, advises that "The cashout is paid as additional wages and reported on Form W2. If paid at termination, it is typically included in the employee's final paycheck."
If the exiting employee is non-exempt, it is your employer responsibility to continue to keep records of their time worked up until their very last day on the job. Federal law requires you to retain specific records containing timekeeping data and payroll information. According to the Department of Labor, "Records on which wage computations are based should be retained for two years, i.e., time cards and piece work tickets, wage rate tables, work and time schedules, and records of additions to or deductions from wages." See our article on meeting recordkeeping requirements for more details.
If your employee isn't voluntarily separating from the company, you'll want to consider how to treat attempts to recover post-pay. "Determine whether you will contest any application for unemployment benefits, realizing that it is very difficult to prove that the employee is not eligible for benefits absent some form of misconduct," says Richard Meneghello, a partner at Fisher & Phillips Attorney at Law. Also, he says "Figure out whether it is worthwhile to consider a severance agreement that will provide an amount of money in exchange for a complete legal release." (A legal release is a contractual agreement in which an employee waives their right to sue the company over their termination in exchange for some type of benefit, like severance pay.) Adds Scott Behren, Attorney and Founder of the Behren Law Firm, "Severance to pay is not required in many states but good to buy off any possible lawsuits down the road."
If the exiting employee owes the company any cash, now is the time to collect. According to Attorney Robin Solomon, "An employer generally should determine any necessary deductions BEFORE the employee's final paycheck. These deductions might include reimbursement for expenses, such as training costs or moving costs, that were explicitly advanced by the employer to the employee. Before deducting these amounts from a final paycheck, however, employers should check with counsel as to whether state law could limit their ability to withhold from the final paycheck."
Likewise, you might owe them money. Make sure to pay out accrued PTO, salary or commissions or wages, and turnover of company property, advises Attorney Scott Behren. We'll discuss final pay and recovering property later on in the article.
Treat your employee's separation from the company as an opportunity to obtain feedback on their time working for the company. According to Angela Reddock, Employment Law Attorney and Mediator at the Reddock Law Group of Los Angeles, the exit interview can be a formal or informal conversation, or an exit document that the employee completes.
"Not surprisingly, employees often are willing to share more information about their experience in working with a company when they are exiting than when they are actively employed. The exit interview provides the employer an opportunity to learn what works well at the company and what does not work well, along with learning about any potential legal or other risk management issues on the rise."
Says Dianne Crampton, Team Development Coach and Founder of TIGERS Success Series, if you're taking on the role of HR, make sure the employee has what they need from the company before they exit. "Make time to review the paper work and answer any questions related to the paperwork including health insurance transfer procedures, benefits, letters of recommendation, recommendation points of contact, opportunities to freelance and instructions on how to apply for future freelance positions and outplacement benefits if those apply."
Another recommended action for the exit process is to recover company property. "Collect any items that belong to the employer such as keys, laptops, and identification badges," says Reddock. "Additionally, terminate the employee's email address and voicemail extensions and/or place a message on the systems advising individuals of who to contact in the employee's absence."
Adds Charles Krugel, a Human Resources Attorney and Counselor, all company property should be inventoried and returned, "e.g., keys, data, documents, manuals, equipment, phones, etc. All company passwords and usernames for any online accounts should be checked, e.g., LinkedIn, Facebook, company intranet, etc. The company may want to have a checklist of all the property to be inventoried and returned, and may want written acknowledgement of their return from the employee."
The rules on delivering the exiting employee's final paycheck are very specific, and according to Reddock, the biggest mistake employers make when an employee resigns is not paying the employee his or her final pay on time.
"Following the final pay requirements is important because failure to do so could expose the employer to penalties and interests up to 30 days of the employees pay. In California where I practice, the California wage and hour laws require an employer to pay the employee his or her earned wages through the date of resignation, along with any accrued vacation pay at the time of the employee's exit. If the employee provides advance notice of his or her resignation, the employer must be prepared to pay the employee his or her final pay on the day of resignation. If the employee does not provide advance notice of his or her resignation, the employer then has 72 hours to pay the employee his or her final pay."
Additionally, included within final pay should be accrued and unused paid time off and outstanding expenses, commissions or bonuses, says Krugel.
Finish your employee's exit on a positive note. This can be done with a wish you well gesture like an event or lunch to thank the employee for their service, says Reddock. "Even when an employee is exiting, the exit provides the employer an opportunity to show good will for exiting employees and to create lifelong supporters of the company."
If the exiting employee was a valued contributor to the company, Crampton suggests inviting the employee to participate in future opportunities with the company. "Go over your 'boomerang program' if this applies. We call freelancing opportunities and invitations to return to the company boomerang. There are times when people leave companies to return later after additional skills and experiences are learned. This is a key strategy to sever employment in a way that keeps your company in a favorable light with talented employees who leave for more opportunity. Severance does not need to be adversarial and there are many benefits that come from offering a boomerang program in today's work climate."
Saying goodbye to an employee can be difficult, but you can help them end their employment professionally and respectfully by shaping the exit process using the ten steps listed in this guide.
Thanks to Avvo for quoting me in Mary Fetzer's 4/5/16 article "What's Hurting Education the Most?" My remarks concern teacher tenure & its impact on education–"The Tenure Debate."
April 5, 2016; By Mary Fetzer
Many believe that America needs conservative education reform, and that control of our schools needs to return to the local level. Here are some of the arguments currently being made in favor of two primary conservative ideas on how to fix our education system: abolishing Common Core, and rethinking the use of tenure.
Author Carolyn Carpeneti says a "definite pro" of Common Core is its ultimate goal: to introduce critical thinking and problem-solving skills that better prepare students for college and life. However, she also doesn't believe the program addresses how a student learns best. "Until we figure that out," says Carpeneti, who describes the standard as one-size-fits-all, "we will never see real education reform. It's unfortunate that Common Core didn't address this."
In 2009, 42 states implemented Common Core with surprising haste. Why? Because significant federal funds were attached. "When Common Core came to be adopted, it was a very big overhaul of the education system in America," says Bryan Wetzel, cofounder of Skubes, an online provider of educational materials. "It had changes to curriculum and came with extra federal funds, which meant that politicians were deciding what was being adopted in their state schools."
And that's where detractors say the biggest problem lies. Common Core is purportedly a "voluntary program," and no federal pressure forces states to participate. But those irresistible federal dollars were too much for most commonwealths to refuse, and now local school districts are knee-deep in federal standards.
Despite that funding, the statistics say Common Core is not working. Due to disappointing test results, a number of committed states are preparing to step away from the new standards. This creates a vicious cycle, says Wetzel, who explains that every time the curriculum changes, states, counties, and localities are forced to spend millions on new materials and training, and "the constant curriculum carousel is hurting kids!"
Robert Schaeffer, public education director of the National Center for Fair and Open Testing, toldU.S. News and World Report that Common Core assessments are failing because of the political controversies surrounding the standards themselves. He argues that the National Assessment of Educational Progress, used for decades as the nation's report card, was a good common metric for cross-state comparisons.
Carpeneti agrees. "The fact that Common Core is a 'national' standard raises a bunch of concerns, again making it way too political."
Many teachers and educators are dedicated professionals, and tenure was put in place to protect good teachers from being fired for non-educational issues, such as personal beliefs or personality conflicts with school administrators or board members. However, some argue that tenure has become less of a tool to promote educational autonomy, and more of a crutch. "Tenure is problematic," says Charles Krugel, a Chicago labor and employment lawyer. "It creates complacency." A tenured teacher, said an anonymous Pennsylvania superintendent, "is almost impossible to fire."
Tenure protects all teachers, and thus by extension acts as a shelter for those who are low-performing. "Maintenance of the lowest common denominator in teacher and student performance is usually the result of tenure," says Krugel. It doesn't matter whether the school district is good or bad. "The only impact that tenure appears to have is that it maintains the status quo."
So should tenure be eliminated? "Eliminating tenure will increase competition among educators, and increased competition leads to increased performance and results," says Krugel. "Poor performing schools will then have their best chance to improve because, ostensibly, eliminating tenure will make it easier to get rid of poor performing teachers."
My 1st post on this topic is here. But there's so many hits on my website concerning pyramiding of overtime (OT) that I figured it's time for an SEO boost & revisit this subject.
Simply put (hopefully), pyramiding of OT occurs when an employee receives OT for both working more than 8 hours in a day & working more than 40 hours in a week. It results in the payment of OT through OT or premium pay for the same hours worked regarding work performed in excess of 8 hours in any 1-day or in excess of 40 hours in any work week. This typically affects few OT hours in a week, & there's a narrow & often confusing circumstances that lead to pyramiding. However, if this occurs with more than one employee the monetary loss can be significant. Moreover, it could set a bad precedent. Also keep in mind that some states mandate double pay or "premium" pay for certain overtime situations (e.g., CA & NY). In those states determining OT or premium pay can be more complicated.
Pyramiding can happen if an employee works scheduled extended hours on a daily basis. For example, say an employee works a scheduled 4 AM until 4 PM four days a week. The employee may try to claim OT after the 40th hour that week, & after the 8th hour worked each day, unless there's some prior arrangement. The prior arrangement could be to pay the employee OT from 4 AM – 6 PM & from 2:30 PM – 4 PM each day, 14 hours of OT per week. In this example, pyramiding results if the employee gets 18 hours of OT that week (14 + 4 hours) instead of 14.
It can also occur when that same employee claims OT if a holiday falls say on a Friday, but the employee works Monday through Thursday. In that instance, the employee may claim OT for all of Friday (8 hours) instead of either straight time or their regularly scheduled OT of 3.5 hours that day.
Premium or bonus rates that apply to OT worked can also result in pyramiding. An employee may try to claim a premium or adjusted rate based on using both rates for all hours over 40 in the week. A policy against pyramiding is sufficient to prevent this. Most companies will just use the highest hourly rate of pay for those hours, or have some sort of stipulation, e.g. that any hours worked on Sundays or holidays are separate from the normal workweek.
There aren't a lot of court cases out there on this topic, maybe two-dozen published & unpublished decisions. Like I said, there's narrow circumstances that lead to pyramiding. There are at least hundreds of arbitration decisions though. Most of the decisions uphold company policies or agreements stipulating to one rate of pay for OT.
One very well written arbitration decision, that's conveniently from November 2015, decided the question of whether union employees were properly compensated for workweeks that included Thanksgiving 2014, Christmas 2014, New Year's 2015, Memorial Day 2015, Independence Day 2015, and Labor Day 2015. Note that this is a class action, so we're talking about what could be big money (unfortunately there's no mention of how many employee would be affected). The collective bargaining agreement (CBA) stated that for all hours worked beyond 40 hours in a workweek an employee receives the legally mandated time & one-half their regular rate for that workweek. The CBA explicitly stated that there's no pyramiding of OT, & defined pyramiding as the utilization of multiple overtime rates. Names & AAA case # redacted; 2015 WL 10489688 (AAA).
The employer won. But in really instructive language the arbitrator summarizes the law on pyramiding of OT:
The Union's case flies in the face of the great weight of arbitral authority interpreting no-pyramiding clauses. The Company's brief contains references to six cases which were resolved in large part by concluding that no-pyramiding clauses are to be honored and adhered to. A few are cited herein. "[T]he majority of arbitral thought takes a dim view on pyramiding, particularly when a Collective Bargaining Agreement strictly prohibits same." Folgers Coffee Co. and Auto Workers, Local 1805, 124 LA 1623, 1627 (2008)(company did not violate contract when it paid employees who worked 48-hour week straight time for all non-holiday hours and double-time holiday pay for working Thanksgiving, where contract prohibited pyramiding of pay). See also Bunge North America, Inc. and Steelworkers Local 13-447, 132 LA 1379 (2013)(company did not violate contract when it paid employee double time for four holidays, in accordance with the holiday pay provision, and did not pay time-and-one-half for work over forty hours in those weeks because to do otherwise would violate no-pyramiding clause of contract); "The prohibition on pyramiding prevents an employee from receiving a windfall when two or more different premium pay rates would otherwise apply to the same hour." Cambridge Medical Center v. Int'l Union of Operating Engineers, Local #70, FMCS Case [REDACTED] (July 24, 2006)("The fact that the no pyramiding clause appears in the contract is evidence of the parties' intent to disallow the practice of counting hours twice for multiple premiums.").
In one published & typical court decision, Hallam v. Holland America Line, Inc., 180 P.3d 955 (2008), Alaska Supreme Court, the court dismissed the employee's claim to pyramided OT by noting that the employee could not point to any jurisdiction adopting a pyramiding theory. Moreover, Alaska prohibits pyramiding via statute, AS 23.10.060(b): "the number of hours worked shall be determined without including hours that are worked in excess of eight hours in a day because the employee has or will be separately awarded overtime compensation based on those hours." For those of you who are litigation aficionados, the employee's lawsuit was originally dismissed via summary judgment.
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Recently, I came across a reporter inquiry concerning deductions from salaried employees. The reporter was under the impression that payroll deductions must be made only in full-day increments; an employer can't make partial-day deductions. I don't know the reporter's source for this belief, but I know it's not true.
It's generally true that you're not supposed to "deduct" compensation from salaried employees, but there's no law about full or partial deductions for significant safety violations. The one-day rule does apply for disciplinary reasons; e.g., suspending a salaried employee for a half-day without pay for fighting is, in most instances, illegal.
The issue with payroll deductions & salaried employees is that a salaried employee is supposed to earn an established amount of money on an annual, semi-annual or more frequent basis. Any deductions from that amount of money makes the salary classification seem more like a trick to evade paying overtime. This is why deductions are frowned upon, but aren't necessarily illegal.
The FLSA allows employers to exclude certain types of compensation from salary, but employers have the burden of showing that a particular exception applies. However, the exceptions are construed narrowly in favor of employees. 29 U.S.C. § 207(e); 29 C.F.R. § 778.200(a); Idaho Sheet Metal Workers, Inc. v. Wirtz, 383 U.S. 190 (1996); Arnold v. Ben Kanowsky, Inc., 361 U.S. 388 (1960).)
Employers cannot avoid the regular rate requirement by simply defining payments as excludable or declaring, by policy or agreement, that the regular rate equals the employee's base rate or some other standard amount. The regular rate is derived from the employee's total compensation, and whether a payment can be excluded from the regular rate depends on the nature of the payment, not the employer's characterization. 29 C.F.R. § 778.108; Walling v. Harnischfeger Corp., 325 U.S. 427, 430 (1945); Dietrick v. Securitas Sec. Servs. USA, Inc., 50 F. Supp. 3d 1265, 1270 (N.D. Cal. 2014).
You can also refer to the U.S. Dept. of Labor's website, http://webapps.dol.gov/elaws/whd/flsa/Overtime/cr5.htm, for this guidance:
"Are there any types of pay deductions that an employer may impose to discipline an employee? An employer may only dock an exempt employee's pay for penalties imposed in good faith for infractions of safety rules of major significance. Safety rules of major significance include those related to the prevention of serious danger in the workplace or to other employees, such as rules prohibiting smoking in explosive plants, oil refineries or coal mines. A deduction from pay as a penalty for violating a safety rule of major significance can be made in any amount."
Then, there's the 1-day disciplinary suspension rule: "How long can an exempt employee be suspended without pay for disciplinary reasons? Deductions from the pay of an exempt employee may be made for suspensions of one or more full days imposed in good faith for disciplinary reasons for infractions of workplace conduct rules. Such disciplinary deductions may only be made in full day increments."


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FrSIRT said memory corruption errors exist in the AcroPDF ActiveX control, also known as AcroPDF.dll. Because of this, the application mishandles malformed arguments passed to the "setPageMode()", "setLayoutMode()", "setNamedDest()", and "LoadFile()" methods. Attackers could exploit this to execute arbitrary commands by tricking the user into visiting a specially crafted Web page with Internet Explorer.
Adobe acknowledged the existence of the flaws in an advisory, saying, "These vulnerabilities would cause the application to crash and could potentially allow an attacker to take control of the affected system."
The problems affect Adobe Reader 7.0.0 through 7.0.8 and Adobe Acrobat Standard and Professional 7.0.0 through 7.0.8 on the Windows platform when using Internet Explorer. Users of other browsers are not affected, Adobe said.
"The Secure Software Engineering team is working with the Adobe Reader Engineering team on an update to Adobe Reader and Acrobat 7.0.8 that will resolve these issues, which is expected to be available in the near future," the vendor said. A security bulletin will be published on the Adobe Web site once a fix is available.
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