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Many of the folks who submitted to our War Era Story Project said a lot in just a few words. Below are some of the briefer, but no less important, stories we received.
"When the war broke out, I started working at the Springfield Mass. Armory for about $35 a week! My job was working on the Springfield Rifle, and it was piece work. My job was to sand the wooden part of the rifle on a machine. An inspector came around often to see if the wooden part of the rifle was very smooth. If he found the least little rough spot, he would pull it aside for more sanding. Sometimes, the rifles could pile up beside me, because the rifles were on a moving belt and I had to take them off the conveyor belt as they passed by me. There were very few men working at the armory because they were all going in the army or navy. I worked the 3 to 11 p.m. shift. We received gas coupons to get to work. I was picked up, at my home, with four others for the drive to Springfield from Holyoke." - Edna M. Cook, age 90, Toledo
"My birthday is Dec. 7. My family and relatives were gathered at our house for my birthday. As we prepared to cut the cake, someone turned on the radio. The somber news about the bombing of Pearl Harbor was being broadcast. That was a date that will always be remembered by me. I can still see the circle of hushed relatives around the radio." - David V. Drake, age 82, North Jackson
"I lived near Cincinnati, Ohio, and was 13 when Pearl Harbor was bombed. We heard it on the radio about 3 p.m. and did not know where Pearl Harbor was or how Japan could convoy that far and not be detected. I found a job in poultry processing at age 15. I was granted a driver license and could deliver products. Dad worked at G.E. My older brother joined the Air Force. My sister was employed making 50 caliber shell casings. At home, we all had ration books: gasoline, tires, meat, sugar etc. In 1946 at age 18, I enlisted in the Marine Corps. I served on Guam and Saipan in the Pacific for two years in Supply Company. The focus then was the United States sending supplies to Gen. Chiang Kai-shek in China to fighting the communist takeover. That effort failed and Taiwan became the nationalist Chinese country. We loaded all types of military equipment on ships being sent there." - Robert W. Ernsting, age 84, Aurora, IN
"We were on the island of New Georgia in the Solomon Islands in the South Pacific. I was told to take my platoon down a trail to see what or who was down there. We started out down the trail. In a short time, it split into two trails. We decided to wait and see if anyone came down either trail. I leaned back against a tree trunk and put a cigarette in my mouth. My sergeant turned his lighter on to light my cigarette. He kept his hands down low so if anyone came down either trail they would not see the flame. I bent down to get a light. After I had bent down about 5 inches, a Jap sniper put a bullet into the middle of where my head had been. Thank heaven he waited until I had bent my head. The guys in my platoon finished him off in a hurry." - Fred Haeberle, Delaware
"I was just in grade school during the war. I remember my dad patching inner tubes for flat tires. He carpooled with four other men to go to work. They all shared their gas ration stamps. We did not go on any trips or outings because of the gas rationing. My Mother had stamps to buy sugar which was very limited. She would board the sugar through the year for canning in the summer. In school we bought savings bond stamps to put in a book. This was a way to teach us to save money. When the book was full, we held them for a certain period of time to cash in." - Yvonne Herbold, age 76, Milford
"I think I was about a 16- or 17-year-old young girl when the school passed out names and addresses of WWII boys asking girls to write to them. I took two names and sent my first letter to each. Two letters came back, just so overjoyed that I had written to them. I don't think my letters could have been that well-written or exciting, but I did write again, and again they were so happy to hear from me again that one said he wanted to marry me. I again answered both letters, but never heard from either one again. I just thought as a young teenager, they figured I was not a good letter writer, now I wonder what ever happened to them, did they get shipped out or what? I always wonder!?" - Kathy Lehman, age 82, Dayton
"My uncle, Arthur J. Burdett, was in the Navy aboard a small aircraft carrier, the USS Coral Sea. He was in a number of the battles in the South Pacific. His normal job was to patch aircraft up during or after fighting. At Iwo Jima, he was given a rifle and told to prepare to join the Marines in the island fighting. This was due to the great loss of Marines in the fighting. Just prior to his departure, the island was secured and he was ordered to stand down. He had absolutely no training for this type of exercise." - Ray Thomas, Columbus
"As a 15 year old boy, with older brothers in the service and sisters working in war factories, most of the farming chores fell to me, as father was incapacitated. Milking the cows morning and evening before and after school, planting and harvesting crops, and other chores kept me busy, however I never felt 'put-upon' as this was my contribution toward the war effort. Upon graduation from high school, I did join the Army to serve my country. I was disappointed not to have the opportunity to serve in battle like my brothers. However, I did have the experience of serving from 1947 to 1949 in the Panama Canal Zone while we patrolled the Madden Dam to deter any enemy attack. For this service, I did gain a college education as a result of the GI Bill. After Army service, I continued to serve my country as a high school educator teaching science and math." - Charlie V. Wojcik, age 83, Milford


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DES MOINES, IA -- Wells Fargo Home Mortgage has fired an employee at its branch here because of a 1963 incident at a Laundromat.
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GossipCenter's Top 12 in 2012: Kate Middleton's Best Looks
Looking back over the past year, Kate Middleton had a crazy roller coaster of highs and lows, and it all happened in the high-profile public eye.
From celebrating her first wedding anniversary to hitting the road for a worldwide publicity tour, the Duchess of Cambridge was a busy lady.
And perhaps Kate's biggest announcement in 2012 was the exciting news of her pregnancy, prematurely forced into the media due to her hospitalization for treatment of morning sickness.
Wherever she went in 2012, the Duchess of Cambridge made a fashionable impression. Here are Kate's top looks of 2012!
London's Natural History Museum (November 27) The Duchess showed off her new bangs in a long sleeved, knee length emerald green dress and black pumps as she attended the museum's Treasures Gallery opening.
University of Cambridge (November 8) Kate looked lovely in a black and white Alice Temperley floor length lace dress as she and William celebrated the prestigious school's 600th anniversary.
Royal Jubilee Tour- Brisbane (September 19) Looking just as beautiful dressed down as she does in a gown, Kate wore a simple pair of skinny jeans and a long sleeved white sweater accessorized with a colorful scarf for her arrival in the Australian city as part of the Royal Jubilee tour.
Diamond Jubilee Tour-Solomon Islands (September 17) Showing off her feminine side, the Duchess donned a pale yellow knee length frock with eye-lit cut outs paired with open toed sandals for her tour of the islands.
Singapore (September 12) Kate looked light and airy in a floral print dress and her trademark nude pumps as she and William visited the British High Commander's residence.
The Summer Olympics (August 10) Cheering loudly for the home team, Kate kept it simple in a white belted skirt and sleeveless white blouse as she took in the women's field hockey medal game.
Royal Academy of Arts (July 30) Kate looked elegant in a dove grey Roksanda Ilinic dress and grey suede heels at the academy's Creative Industries reception.
Bacon College (July 26) Accompanied by William and brother-in-law Prince Harry, Kate enjoyed a tour of the grounds in a grey and white patterned dress with a matching white belt that was perfect for a warm July day.
Beaufort Polo Club (June 17) Kate chose the fashionable but casual route in jeans, an olive green shirt and a brown jacket as the Royal Couple showed off their cocker spaniel puppy, Lupo, at a polo exhibition.
Diamond Jubilee River Pageant (June 3) The Duchess looked radiant in a red Alexander McQueen suit with a matching hat and nude heels at the event in honor of Queen Elizabeth's time on the throne.
Our Greatest Team Rises Gala (May 11) Kate was a show stopper in a floor length teal Jenny Packham gown with lace embellishment as she attended the charity event at Royal Albert Hall.
Imperial War Museum (April 26) Just days away from celebrating her first wedding anniversary, Kate showed off her figure in a belted charcoal grey Amanda Wakeley dress as she toured the museum.
Check out all of Kate's top looks in the gallery below!
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The Sleep Inn Hotel has a new promotional video on YouTube. The street scenes in the video reveal the results of recent beautification efforts in the area around the hotel. The street behind the Sleep Inn, Avenida 3, was once known as the Paseo de los Damas, or the street of the dama trees. These trees still line the street, creating sun-dappled shadows on the sidewalks, which have been widened and refurbished with granite pavers. Intrepid guests of the Sleep Inn might enjoy a pleasant eastward walk along the Paseo de los Damas.
Walkers can leave the hotel by way of the curving staircase and turn east once they are outside. Avenida 3 skirts the graceful trees and quiet shade of the Parque España. Then, the walk heads past the Centro Nacional de la Cultura (National Center for Culture), a gracious late-19th-century building that was once the Fábrica Nacional de Licores (National Liquor Factory). The center now has a museum and theater, and visitors can see interesting art exhibits and performances there. Farther east is the Estación del Atlántico, the Limón train station, where walkers can see an old narrow-gauge steam engine. After years of disuse, the train is now fully operational and will take riders to Heredia. The station itself is charming and provides a glimpse of the Costa Rica of long ago. The eastward walk finally leads to the old Aduana (Customs building), which has now been modernized and serves as the venue for art exhibits, theatrical events and dance performances. The renovated Aduana is an intriguing blend of classical and modern architecture.
The Sleep Inn is proud to be a part of this lovely section of San José.
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I have been following the steps in these 2 links to install and link java to firefox in backtrack 5
(64 bit gnome version)
I have installed java - and 'java --version" give me...
java version "1.7.0_05"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.7.0_05-b05)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 23.1-b03, mixed mode)
Which is what it should be.
However i cannot get firefox (version 10.0.2) - (because i cant update it past that using software manager) - to link to it.
I have created the link in the right places in mozila and firefox plugins folders. (to /usr/lib/jvm/jre1.7.0_05/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so) -
libjavaplugin_oji.so is the only file in that folder.
it never shows up in plugins (java) - i have no-scipts disabled - and webpage java check fails.
(and the right option of java is selected in the 1,2,3 choice you do in a terminal.)
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Justin Bieber Drops Video During Failed Web Chat
Sticking it to the Grammy man (he was snubbed), Justin Bieber scheduled a live stream web chat with his fans last night (February 10).
However, it seems there were way too many Beliebers on the site, and the "As Long As You Love Me" singer wasn't able to get into the chat room himself.
Justin tweeted, "livestream is over capacity [and is] not letting me in the room. Give me a second lol," after forty minutes of failed attempts.
And finally, Bieber realized it wasn't going to happen so he filmed a clip for his fans (sans shirt) to make up for the snafu- he even included a new track called "You Want Me."
Justin stated, "It's just not working. My fans are just overpopulating the sites and I just don't think it's going to work. So I'm just going to make a video and play some new music."
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DOL Deputy Secretary Seth D. Harris
Statement of Seth D. Harris
Deputy Secretary
U.S. Department of Labor
Before the
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
U.S. Senate
June 17, 2010
Chairman Harkin, Senator Enzi, and members of the Committee. Thank you for the opportunity to speak today about "worker misclassification."
"Misclassification" seems to suggest a technical violation or a paperwork error. But "worker misclassification" actually describes workers being illegally deprived of labor and employment law protections, as well as public benefits programs like unemployment insurance and workers' compensation because such programs generally apply only to "employees" rather than workers in general. Worker misclassification occurs when a worker who is legally an employee is treated as a self-employed worker, often referred to as an "independent contractor." Some misclassification is the result of uncertainty or misapplication of often complicated laws or situations. However, much worker misclassification is intentional. Misclassification as independent contractors also increases the opportunities for tax evasion, and some take advantage of those opportunities, with a resulting loss of Federal and state revenue. Too many workers are being deprived of overtime premiums and minimum wages forced to pay taxes their employers are legally obligated to payand are left with no recourse if they are injured or discriminated against in the workplace. Misclassification is no mere technical violation. It is a serious threat to workers and the fair application of the laws Congress has enacted to assure workers have good, safe jobs. In this difficult economic climate, millions of Americans are struggling to stay in the middle class. We can see the impact of these struggles in many different areas of the economy: workers trying to keep good jobs with good wages and benefits; small businesses struggling to compete in a difficult market; and state governments and the United States government working to fund budgets that can provide the essential services Americans need. Worker misclassification exacerbates all of these challenges. It shortchanges workers, employers, states, and the federal government. Workers are not paid the wages to which they are entitled. Law-abiding, responsible employers are denied a level playing field in a hyper-competitive business environment. And the revenues flowing into federal and state treasuries are diminished when employers that should be treating workers as employees avoid paying, unemployment taxes, workers' compensation premiums, and (unless the workers pay them) payroll taxes. When the misclassified workers themselves do not pay some or all of the employment taxes for self-employed workers, the Social Security trust funds suffer a permanent loss.
Most workers in this country simply assume they are protected by our nation's basic employment laws – minimum wage, overtime, health and safety, workers' compensation, anti-discrimination, and unemployment insurance, among others. What they may not realize is that these protections are directly linked to their status as "employees." For example, independent contractors, a label given to individuals who are genuinely self-employed, are not "employees" and, therefore, are not protected by these laws.
Unfortunately, it is all too easy for employers to misclassify employees and get away with it. Misclassification alone does not violate the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSH Act), the Mine Safety and Health Act (Mine Act), or most other statutes administered by the Labor Department. No penalty attaches under these laws when employers misclassify workers, even when the employer knows and ignores a worker's true legal status. Furthermore, employers are not obligated to perform a written classification analysis before unilaterally deciding to treat workers as though unprotected by employment laws. For these reasons and others, it can be difficult for the Labor Department's worker protection agencies to protect workers and for workers to protect themselves under our existing laws. There are, however, severe Federal tax penalties for employers who are discovered to have misclassified workers, and such employers may also be required to pay their unpaid unemployment insurance premiums.
The Labor Department's experience has shown that misclassification can be a tool for employers to evade their legal obligations to workers and thereby gain a competitive advantage over employers that obey the law. While some employers misclassify their workers in error, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) concluded that some employers choose to misclassify their employees in order to avoid laws that restrict their labor practices or require them to provide rights and benefits to employees.1 These are the cases we are targeting.
Workers are not the only ones harmed by misclassification—honest employers are as well. At a recent hearing of the House Education and Labor Committee's Subcommittee on Workplace Safety, a representative of the Mason Contractors Association of America estimated that companies that misclassify their workers expect to reduce labor costs by as much as 30 percent, in part by not paying workers' compensation premiums. Law-abiding business owners who play by the rules are being forced out of competition by companies that skirt the law and play games with the definition of "employee".
In a 2000 study of nine states commissioned by the Department of Labor's (DOL) Employment and Training Administration (ETA), the most significant reason for misclassifying employees as independent contractors was to avoid paying workers' compensation premiums and not being subject to workplace injury and disability-related disputes.2 At least one study estimates that employers can reduce their labor costs by 20-40% by misclassifying their employees as independent contractors.3 This underscores the need to level the playing field for high road employers - we should ensure that they are not facing these unfair downward pressures in order to stay competitive.
Mr. Chairman, the Obama Administration agrees with you that our current system cannot continue. The rules governing employers' decisions about whether to respect employees' rights under our nation's employment laws must change, and they must change now. We must restore a level playing field for responsible employers and employees and ensure that workers benefit from the protections Congress intended them to have.
The Obama Administration – from the Office of the Vice President and the Middle Class Task Force to the Treasury Department and DOL – is organizing itself to address this issue. Most prominently, the President's Fiscal Year 2011 budget proposes $25 million for a DOL initiative that will include close cooperation with our partners in the Treasury Department's Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to address worker misclassification. In addition, we look forward to working with this Committee, through the leadership of Chairman Harkin and Senator Sherrod Brown, along with Representatives Lynn Woolsey, George Miller and Rob Andrews, to enact legislation that will address worker misclassification under the Fair Labor Standards Act. We strongly support many provisions of the Employee Misclassification Prevention Act (EMPA) and view it as a critically important legislative vehicle for addressing worker misclassification. The President's 2011 Budget also includes a proposal to help employers and the IRS clarify the status of workers for employment tax purposes, so that the incidence of (and, in some instances, the excuses for) misclassification will be reduced.
In the remainder of my testimony, I will seek to define the scope of the misclassification problem, outline the Labor Department's current plans to address it, and offer the Administration's views on the proposals that are before this committee that would make important contributions to finding a comprehensive and effective long-term solution.
The Scope of the Misclassification Problem
In order to understand the scope of the problem, it is necessary to define what we mean by "worker misclassification." In simple terms, worker misclassification is the practice of treating a worker who is an employee under the law as something other than an employee, thus depriving the employee of rights and benefits to which they are entitled. Whether a worker is an employee depends on which law is applicable. For example, there is the "economic realities" test employers must apply to determine the nature of their relationship with their workers under the FLSA Under that test, which is broader than, for example, the common law test used by the IRS, employers must consider the following factors when determining whether a worker meets the statute's definition of "employee":
- The extent to which the services rendered are an integral part of the employer's business;
- The permanency of the relationship;
- The amount of the worker's investment in facilities and equipment;
- The nature and degree of control by the employer;
- The worker's opportunities for profit and loss;
- The amount of initiative, judgment, or foresight in open market competition with others required for the worker's success; and
- The degree of the worker's independent business organization and operation.
We recognize that it is conceivable for a worker to be correctly classified differently under the different standards that apply for different statutory purposes. However, that is not typical, and in most cases, applying the various laws does result in the same worker classification.
Of course, there are legitimate independent contractors who enter into arms-length contractual arrangements with other business owners for their mutual benefit. I want to be clear that the DOL does not define misclassification as an "independent contractor" problem. Legitimate independent contractors can play an important role in our economy and many companies make good and legally appropriate use of their services. But some employers intentionally misclassify workers as independent contractors who, under the law, are employees. Sometimes the misclassification may be forced on workers. Other times, the workers are complicit in the misclassification in an effort to increase their incomes by evading income and payroll taxes.
Such workers may or may not realize the risks they are taking in losing all of the protections of the social safety net that are provided to employees but not to independent contractors.
It is important to remember, however, that the workforce is not just divided into employees and independent contractors. Industries have developed a number of business models that are based on using the lowest cost labor possible, including independent contractors, leased employees, and outsourcing. Although the use of these models can be legitimate, they are frequently used without an analysis of the actual legal relationship between the company and the worker, which leads to the possibility that an employee will be misclassified and denied the rights and protections to which he or she is entitled.
Many workers do not know they have been misclassified by an employer until they need the law's protection. As a result, they are often not prepared for the consequences. For example, I recently learned about a case settled a while back by the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development. Alvaro was a dishwasher at a family-style restaurant in Madison, Wisconsin. He was being paid less than minimum wage and did not receive overtime. When Alvaro met with the employer to discuss the issue, the employer initially said he would pay all of the overtime wages Alvaro earned. A few days later, Alvaro was visited by the employer's attorney who said that the employer would only pay a fraction of what Alvaro was owed and if he made trouble they would make trouble for him. When Alvaro filed a wage complaint with his state's Department of Workforce Development, the employer's attorney claimed that the company did not owe him the minimum wage or overtime pay because Alvaro was an independent contractor. Remember, Alvaro's job was washing dishes for the restaurant in the restaurant's kitchen.
If we take this example in the hypothetical, outside of the wage and hour context, Alvaro could have also found that his employer had treated him as an independent contractor under the workers' compensation laws. If so, Alvaro would have received no compensation if he were severely burned by scalding dish water in the workplace. He may have also found that his employer had failed to pay its share of payroll taxes for unemployment insurance (UI), Social Security, and Medicare. If so, Alvaro would have had to pay all of those taxes himself, and he would not have been entitled to UI benefits if he lost his job. There is every reason to believe that Alvaro's employer did not perform an appropriate analysis of his status under any law. It is difficult to imagine a dishwasher for a restaurant could ever be a legitimate independent contractor. Typically, these workers do not bring their own equipment, do not decide their own hours or method of work, and do not have a profit or loss motive. In this example, the employer's motive to evade the law seems clear and has devastating consequences: Alvaro did not receive wages he rightfully earned until he filed a complaint with the appropriate state agency and they settled the case.
One measure of the scope of the misclassification problem is its effect on tax revenues. A 1984 IRS survey estimated that nearly 15% of employers misclassified some employees as independent contractors under the tax laws, with an estimated revenue loss of $1.6 billion in 1984 dollars.4 A 1994 Coopers & Lybrand study estimated that misclassification would cost the Federal government $34.7 billion between 1996 and 2004.5 The Planmatics 2000 study concluded that between 10% and 30% of the employers audited had misclassified some employees as independent contractors.6 The economy has changed significantly since those studies were performed, and even the number of workers that self-identify as independent contractors has grown.7 Still, these numbers suggest that misclassification occurs in significant numbers and, across the country, workers are finding themselves without the basic protections that Congress has enacted to ensure they receive fair pay, safe workplaces, and necessary supports when they are hurt or lose their jobs.
Several recent studies suggest that misclassification results in significant losses to state UI and workers' compensation funds in addition to tax revenue. When employees are misclassified, their employers typically do not pay unemployment taxes or carry workers' compensation insurance for those employees. As a result, UI and workers' compensation funds are underfunded. Moreover, employers that obey the law end up carrying the weight for scofflaws in the form of higher workers' compensation premiums.
A recent Tennessee study, for example, conservatively estimated that, due to misclassification in the construction industry alone, Tennessee lost between $4.9 million and $11.4 million in employers' unemployment insurance payments and between $30 million and $70 million in workers' compensation premiums in 2006.8 A Michigan study estimated that the state forgoes
almost $17 million annually in unemployment insurance payments because of misclassification.9 An Ohio Attorney General's Report concluded that, according to conservative estimates, misclassification cost his state $20 million in payments for unemployment compensation, $103 million in workers' compensation premiums, and over $36 million in forgone state income tax revenues in 2005.10
Misclassification also affects an unknown number of employees in the "underground" or "shadow" economy. These workers are typically paid in cash with no regard for wage standards, no tax forms are provided, and the wages are neither recorded nor reported. Many of these workers are otherwise vulnerable for a variety of reasons, including limited English language skills. While some may prefer an "under the table" arrangement, others may not know their rights or they may be afraid to assert them. The lack of record keeping and documentation makes it difficult to quantify just how prevalent misclassification is in this area.
DOL's Ongoing Efforts against Misclassification
Addressing worker misclassification is a necessary part of the Labor Department's "Good Jobs for Everyone" mission. We are exploring all possible options for addressing the worker misclassification problem, including regulatory innovations by several DOL agencies, opportunities to provide better guidance to both workers and employers, and improved enforcement through information-sharing among DOL agencies and between the Labor Department, the Treasury Department, and state labor and tax agencies.
Regulatory Agenda
The Labor Department's Spring 2010 Regulatory Agenda announced our intention to use new tools to detect and prevent worker misclassification. Generally, DOL announced its intent to move towards a broad strategy that requires employers to understand that the burden is on them to obey the law before they are visited by a DOL investigator. We call this compliance strategy "Plan/Prevent/Protect." This new strategy will require employers and other regulated entities to: (1) create a "plan" for identifying and remediating risks of employment law violations and make the plans available to workers so they can participate in their creation, fully understand them, and help to monitor their implementation; (2) thoroughly and completely implement the plan in a manner that "prevents" legal violations; and (3) ensure that the plan's objectives are met on a regular basis so that it actually "protects" workers from violations of their workplace rights.
One way in which "Plan/Prevent/Protect" will be implemented is by increasing transparency in employers' recordkeeping requirements under the FLSA. DOL's Wage and Hour Division (WHD) is considering a rule that would propose that employers, before declaring that a worker is not an "employee" under the FLSA, not only perform a written analysis of the worker's status applying the "economic realities" test described above, but also be required to disclose the analysis to the affected worker, and keep a record of the analysis in their files for review should a Wage & Hour investigator seek this information. The proposed rule WHD is considering, if it becomes a final regulation, would not change the criteria that employers use to make this determination.
This proposed rule would increase the likelihood that an employer makes the correct classification decision in the first place. The goal is to create transparency in employment relationships for both parties. Workers should have up-front knowledge of their employment status and what the implications may be for their wages and hours. Employers should be clear about their responsibilities under the law, and take affirmative steps to ensure that they are meeting those responsibilities. Employers who want to play by the rules should find compliance with those rules to be simpler and their obligations and responsibilities more transparent. By better ensuring that the employer-employee relationship is defined at the outset, all parties involved will have the opportunity to resolve any conflicts or misunderstandings before DOL has to get involved.
WHD is emphasizing misclassification in its ongoing enforcement strategy. All new investigators are being trained how to determine workers' employment status and to ensure they have been classified properly. In 2008, WHD began tracking whether misclassification was the primary reason for a violation of the laws it enforces – and these data suggest the practice is growing. In Fiscal Year (FY) 2009, the Department's Wage and Hour Division (WHD) found $2,650,510.28 in back wages owed to 2,190 employees in cases where misclassification was the primary reason why the employer failed to pay the minimum wage or proper overtime. This is an increase of almost 50% from FY 2008, when WHD found $1,320,343.46 owed to 1,278 employees for the same reason WHD is currently exploring ways to improve its tracking system so that investigators can always record when they discover that an employee has been misclassified, even if this was not the primary reason for a violation or did not result in any violations. This will give WHD a more accurate picture of the scope of the problem and allow it to better target its resources.
Additionally, as noted earlier, DOL is working with the Vice President's Middle Class Task Force and the Department of Treasury on a multi-agency initiative to develop strategies to address worker misclassification. The President's budget request for fiscal year 2011 included $12 million for WHD's increased enforcement of wage and overtime laws in cases where employees have been misclassified together with additional funding for our Office of the Solicitor and OSHA for their work in this area. It also included $10.95 million to provide grants to states to build capacity to identify and address worker misclassification in the Unemployment Insurance program through targeted employer audits and enhanced information sharing to enable detection. States that are the most successful will receive high performance bonuses that can also be used to further reduce worker misclassification. WHD is currently considering how best to use its proposed funding for a targeted enforcement strategy informed by the agency's experience that misclassification is particularly prevalent in industries with large numbers of low-wage, vulnerable workers..
Education and Outreach
This past April, WHD launched a campaign called "We Can Help." This effort is tailored to inform low wage, vulnerable workers of their rights and benefits, how to get help if they believe those rights are violated, and to assure them that their complaint is confidential. The campaign will place a special focus on reaching employees in industries where misclassification is most prevalent, such as construction, janitorial work, hotel/motel services, food services and home health care. Through this campaign, we hope to ensure workers know more about their employment rights.
Information Sharing
One important step we are taking as part of the Administration's employee misclassification initiative is to explore ways to increase information sharing among DOL agencies, DOL and other Federal agencies, and DOL and state agencies. In its 2009 Report, the GAO concluded that increased information sharing between DOL and Treasury, and among DOL agencies, would help to increase detection and prevention of misclassification – and we agree.11 Information sharing would allow government agencies at all levels to better leverage their resources against practices that violate the laws they enforce.
DOL's ETA is already a part of a joint initiative with the IRS and the states that is designed to improve information sharing and lead to better detection of tax and revenue losses due to worker misclassification. Through this initiative, often referred to as the "Questionable Employment Tax Practices" program (QETP), 39 states have signed memorandums of understanding with the IRS that enable the state and the IRS to participate in a two-way exchange of information. Participating states are now able to receive tax information and audit leads from the IRS, which allows them to target their state UI employer audits effectively. It is our hope that we can build on these existing relationships and develop agreements that also include Federal and state worker protection agencies to share information in a way that is meaningful despite our different jurisdictions and enforcement emphases.
Partnering with the States
The importance of working with the states on employee misclassification cannot be overemphasized. Last month, DOL hosted a State Forum on Misclassification. We invited representatives from a number of state agencies and misclassification task forces to meet with DOL staff and tell us about what their states have been doing on this issue. Attendees included representatives from the states of Connecticut, Iowa, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Ohio, New York, and Washington.
During the Forum, we learned about a wide range of tools and practices the states are using to stop and prevent misclassification, including sophisticated data analysis, various enforcement strategies, and laws passed by state legislatures to create a presumption of "employee status" or authorizing state agencies to issue stop work orders. We also heard from the states that they are looking to the Administration to provide some leadership on this issue. We look forward to working closely with our state partners in a variety of effective ways to counter misclassification.
The Need for Congressional Action
The passage of legislation like S. 3254, the "Employee Misclassification Prevention Act" (EMPA) is critically important. Even considering the President's FY 2011 budget initiative and the Labor Department's concerted efforts to expand regulatory protections, enforcement efforts, and partnerships with other government entities, legislation is needed to provide DOL with additional tools that the Department cannot use without action by the Congress.
First, EMPA would make misclassification a violation of the FLSA. For the first time, misclassification would be against the labor law. We believe this would provide employers with an important additional incentive to make the correct call when determining whether a worker is "employee." Only Congress can strengthen the law in this way.
Second, consistent with DOL's upcoming proposed rulemaking, EMPA would codify in the FLSA an employer's obligation to provide their workers with notice of how the worker is classified. If an employer fails to give this notice, EMPA establishes a legal presumption that the worker is an "employee." This presumption will put the burden of proof on the employer to demonstrate that the worker should be excluded from coverage under the FLSA. We have discussed whether DOL has the regulatory authority to create such a presumption and concluded that action by Congress will significantly reduce the litigation risks.
Finally, the EMPA provision that authorizes WHD to seek Civil Monetary Penalties for recordkeeping violations provides an important enforcement tool not only against misclassification, but against all FLSA recordkeeping violations. Time and time again, WHD investigators and employees find minimum wage and overtime violations, but the employer's failure to keep adequate records makes it difficult or even impossible to guarantee that the employee is made whole. Employers who violate the law should not be able to avoid paying fair compensation to their workers by failing to keep records as the FLSA requires.
We strongly endorse these provisions of EMPA and look forward to working with Congress to pass effective legislation to address the misclassification problem.
I also want to briefly highlight the Unemployment Compensation Integrity Act. This is draft legislation the Department recently shared with Congress and we believe it is another necessary element of a comprehensive strategy to end misclassification. The Unemployment Compensation Integrity Act contains provisions that would enable states to retain a percentage of delinquent employer UI taxes, including those resulting from misclassification, to use for increased efforts to identify worker misclassification. This incentive for expanded state tax efforts targeted at misclassification would be another way for us to help the states in their UI tax enforcement efforts.
Thank you again for the opportunity to testify before you today, and for your thoughtful leadership in drafting the EMPA. We believe that addressing this issue is essential to ensuring a level playing field in the marketplace, and protecting workers as Congress intended when it enacted a long list of employment laws. During this fragile economic recovery, workers are too often exploited and caused to lose out on the benefits they rightfully earned, while employers who do right by their employees are placed at a competitive disadvantage that they cannot afford.
DOL , along with the White House, the Treasury Department, and states across the country are taking meaningful steps to prevent worker misclassification and address it whenever and wherever it occurs, but we need your help to make misclassification illegal and to assemble a truly comprehensive solution to this problem. We applaud your work on EMPA. We look forward to working with you in this endeavor. Thank you for your time. I am available to answer your questions.
1Employee Misclassification: Improved Coordination, Outreach, and Targeting Could Better Ensure Detection and
2Independent Contractors: Prevalence and Implications for Unemployment Insurance Programs, Lalith de Silva et al, Planmatics, Inc. (2000).
3The Social and Economic Costs of Employee Misclassification in the Michigan Construction Industry, Dale L. Belman and Richard Block, School of Labor and Industrial Relations, Michigan State University (2008).
4Strategic Initiative on Withholding Noncompliance (SVC-1), Employer Survey, Report of Findings, .Ken Beier, Unpublished: Department of the Treasury, InternalRevenue Service, June 1989.
5Projection of the Loss in Federal Tax Revenues Due to Misclassification of Workers, Coopers & Lybrand (June 1994).
6Independent Contractors,supra note 2.
7In its 2005 Survey on Contingent and Alternative Employment Arrangements, the Bureau of Labor Statistics found that the number of workers who identified as independent contractors increased by 15%, from 6.4% to 7.4%, since 2001. http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/conemp.pdf.
8Misclassified Construction Employees in Tennessee, Dr. William Canak and Dr. Randall Adams, Study presented to the Tennessee House Committee on Consumer and Employee Affairs on February 17, 2010. Copy available for download at http://carpenters.org/misclassification/ALL%20DOCUMENTS/TN%20fraud%20study%201-15-10.pdf.
9Informing the Debate: the Social and Economic Costs of Employee Misclassification in Michigan, Dale L. Belman and Richard Block, Michigan State University Institute for Public Policy and Social Research (2009).
10Report of the Ohio Attorney General on the Economic Impact of Misclassified Workers for State and Local Governments in Ohio, 2009.
11GAO-09-717, supra note 1.


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Tornados Turned Away at NewberryOctober 13, 2012
Newberry, SC.- The Brevard College volleyball team went down in straight sets to Newberry College in Eleazer Arena on Saturday afternoon, 25-15, 25-14, 25-20.
Samantha Parrish led Newberry with 10 kills while Elayni Stokes had 14 digs. Madison Schultz had six of Newberry's 10 team blocks.
The first set began as a see-saw battle as the score was tied at 9-9 early. Newberry then scored 15 of the next 19 points to get a 22-13 lead before taking the set.
The Tornados struggled in the second set, leading at only 2-0 before the Wolves took control of the set.
The Tornados started the third set on fire, scoring the first seven points. The Wolves, however, went on an 8-0 run to take a 17-16 lead. BC was with Newberry as late as 19-19, but Newberry scored six of the final seven points to earn the sweep.
Fatima Gharachorloo contributed a team-high eight kills to head the BC attack.
The Brevard College Tornados are hosting a tournament on Saturday, October 20th beginning at 10 a.m. The Tournament will feature Converse College, Limestone College and Johnson C. Smith University. BC is scheduled to open the tournament at 10 a.m. against Converse, and play the final game Saturday afternoon against Johnson C. Smith.


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from Neuroscience to Philosophy for a New Generation, and more.
Introduction to the Neurosciences, taught by
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psychology and biology. It explores the relationship between the
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Philosophy for a New Generation is a seminar
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Candidates should be college students (grad or undergrad) with a strong portfolio of writing samples, design samples, and/or related materials. Relevant coursework and experience with student media preferred.
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• Increasing awareness of the magazine and strengthening relationships with readers and vendors via marketing efforts on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Google +, direct mail, phone, etc., as well as occasionally in person
• Attendance at bridal show events or other relevant events (if any take place during internship period)
The intern will work closely with and be directly supervised by the Publisher/Editor-in-Chief. The internship will give you invaluable hands-on experience and great clips/samples for your portfolio. This is not a "making coffee" internship!
Adirondack Weddings is available in 13 states and Canada, making it one of the world's most widely available regional bridal magazines. Our readers (50,000+ in print, 100,000+ online) come from both near and far to marry here each year. Our editorial coverage region includes the world-famous towns of Lake Placid, Lake George, Saratoga Springs, Saranac Lake, and Ticonderoga.
Our debut issue won a 2012 Eddie Award, one of the magazine industry's highest honors, in the "Full Issue — Annual" category. Our third and latest issue, currently on newsstands, has just been nominated for another Eddie for its cover story on Valcour Island. Our second issue won awards for photography and design. (With just three issues under our belt, we might be the most decorated bridal magazine in history!)
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WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Michael D. Brown, Department of Homeland Security's Principal Federal Official for Hurricane Katrina response and head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency announced today that federal disaster aid has been made available to Tennessee to supplement its efforts to assist evacuees from areas struck by Hurricane Katrina.
Assistance is available in response to a declaration by President George W. Bush to state and eligible local governments for emergency protective measures that are undertaken to save lives and protect public health and safety. Emergency protective measures, including direct federal assistance, will be provided at 100 percent federal funding.
This action provides emergency assistance and funds to those areas beginning on August 29, 2005, and continuing. All 95 counties of Tennessee are included in the designation.
Representing FEMA, Michael D. Brown, Under Secretary for Emergency Preparedness and Response, Department of Homeland Security, named Paul Fay as the Federal Coordinating Officer for federal recovery operations in the affected areas.
Secretary Brown has indicated that this is the largest response to a national disaster ever in the U.S., impacting 90,000 square miles in the gulf coast region. A total of 14 states are now included in the emergency declarations.
FEMA prepares the nation for all hazards and manages federal response and recovery efforts following any national incident. FEMA also initiates mitigation activities, trains first responders, works with state and local emergency managers, and manages the National Flood Insurance Program and the U.S. Fire Administration. FEMA became part of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security on March 1, 2003.


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Eve when the first star of the night is seen. This star represents
the star of Bethlehem. The children are promised that if they fast
faithfully they will see golden pigs at supper time. At the beginning
of supper, the candles are lit and the pigs appear on the wall and
ceiling. The flickering of the candle flames perform the trick,
because at the center of the table is the young roasted pig. The
supper consists of seven courses and what is left over (there are
always leftovers) is fed to the pigs. An extra place is set at the
table and left empty for the Christ-child.
The manger scene is ever present in both church and home. These
nativity scenes are called Bethlehems, and setting them up is a
great family pastime. Usually they are complete villages carved
from wood or fashioned from bread dough and then elaborately painted.
Carolers carry miniature Bethlehem scenes as they go from house
to house giving concerts. After singing, they are invited into the
home for a glass of wine and a piece of vanocka, a sweetbread.
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We got a DECT card and after a lot of playing managed to record and play back an unencrypted transmission.
Our biggest problem? (bigger than buying a DECT card from Switzerland...) was finding a phone in the shops we knew had encryption. The local shops (big Tesco's etc) only sell crap, nothing branded so cant tell what to buy to play with more lol
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WATCH: Psy's hilarious new video for 'Gentleman'
(Yahoo!) - Talk about a hard act to follow: Korean rapper Psy broke the billion mark on YouTube in 2012 with his viral smash "Gangnam Style." Now, he's finally taken the plunge and introduced his follow-up, a single called "Gentleman" which was released globally Friday.
Psy's original intent was to debut the song in his native South Korea, and then the rest of the world a day later. But he isn't known as the "King of YouTube" for nothing--the song was leaked and spread faster than one could say "Oppa."
And Saturday, the video for the song dropped, and it's already racking up views on YouTube. Whether it can compete with "Gangnam Style" remains to be seen, but we will say the new vid is pretty hilarious! Check it out:
Of course, the question on everyone's mind is, does the new tune gallop like "Gangnam"? General consensus around the Web is that Psy hasn't strayed far from what worked (very well) for him. "Gentleman" has a driving beat, a repeated catchphrase ("mother father gentleman"), and Korean words that will doubtlessly have nonspeakers scratching their heads.


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Tea Party Rep. Steve Stockman Targets John Cornyn
Tea Party favorite Rep. Steve Stockman (R-TX) has filed to run in a March primary against John Cornyn, the No. 2 Republican in the U.S. Senate.
In an interview with World Net Daily, Stockman said he was mounting his primary challenge because the Texas senator did not stand with Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) during the government shutdown. "We are extremely disappointed in the way he treated his fellow congressmen and broke the 11th Commandment and undermined Ted Cruz's fight to stop Obamacare," Stockman said. "And now it looks like Cruz was right and Cornyn was wrong. [Cornyn] sided with the president, essentially, in making sure Obamacare became law while Cruz did everything possible to stop it."
In a statement late Monday night, Stockman attacked his opponent, the Republican minority whip, as a left-winger. "You and I are in a foxhole fighting to save this constitutional Republic, but liberal John Cornyn is bayoneting us in the back," Stockman said. "Liberal John Cornyn betrayed Ted Cruz and worked with Harry Reid to fund Obamacare." The Texas congressman went on to link himself to Tea Party favorites such as Cruz and Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) while calling Cornyn "Harry Reid's Republican."
Stockman is in his second term in Congress, having served one term after the Republican wave of 1994 and then lost a reelection bid. He spent 16 years outside Congress before being elected in 2012 to the House seat vacated by Ron Paul.
Since his return, Stockman has made a name for himself with a wacky Twitter accountthat frequently engages in what can only be called trolling. The congressman also has been a forceful advocate for conservative issues such as gun rights, to a degree that one writer called his election "the closest his state ever came to electing a gun." And Stockman is on the record opposing the Violence Against Women Act, telling Betsy Woodruff of National Review: "it's called a women's act, but then they have men dressed up as women, they count that. Change-gender, or whatever. How is that—how is that a woman?" The congressman has garnered yet more attention for his refusal to vote for John Boehner's reelection as House speaker and his push for President Obama's impeachment.
And that's not all. Cornyn's new challenger has grabbed headlines with a variety of personal issues. He was once arrested by police with Valium pills in his underwear and has recently come under scrutiny for failing to file legally required financial disclosure forms with the Federal Election Commission. In addition, during his 16 years outside Congress, he filed for bankruptcy and was subject to a tax lien for failing to pay an employee.
Still, Stockman could receive support in his primary bid from some major conservative groups. In a statement, Matt Hoskins, executive director of the Senate Conservatives Fund, hinted that his group might back Stockman. "We haven't decided yet whether we will endorse Steve Stockman, but we're excited about the potential here," he said. "Texas deserves two conservative fighters in the Senate, not just one. John Cornyn has voted to increase the debt, raise taxes, bail out Wall Street banks, and fund Obamacare. He's part of the problem in Washington, and voters deserve an alternative."
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Utah's air pollution alerts are getting overhauled in a way that based on history would rarely result in red alerts that now warn people the air is unhealthy.
The idea behind the changes, officials said Monday, is to give Utahns vital news they can use for protecting their health and taking action to reduce pollution buildups.
But some health-advocacy groups worry that the changes will be confusing and lead to complacency rather than more preventive action.
"It's hard to make sense of [pollution conditions] even for people like me," said Brian Moench, co-founder of Utah Physicians for a Healthy Environment, who called the new approach "misleading."
"It's confusing, and confusion doesn't help anyone."
In a nutshell, the new system scraps the old red-yellow-green scheme that has been in place for more than a decade. Instead, the new warning system:
• Focuses on restricting use of solid-fuel stoves and other actions intended to minimize air-quality impacts with "voluntary" and "mandatory" action days, when wood-burning would be illegal in all of Salt Lake and Davis counties and parts of Utah, Weber, Cache, Box Elder and Tooele counties.
• Adopts the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Air-Quality Index, a six-color warning system that triggers a "red" alert only when daily particulate-pollution levels reach concentrations of 55. 5 micrograms of PM 2.5 pollution per cubic meter of air. Under the current warning system, a "red" advisory is triggered when pollution approaches 35.4 micrograms. At around that concentration, pollution levels are considered a health threat, according to federal regulation.
As Bryce Bird, director of the Utah Air Quality Division, put it: "Tomorrow's orange is yesterday's red."
• Urges people to check the pollution levels for their area online rather than judging air quality by the view outside their windows, where fog is often confused with pollution. Hourly readings, county by county, are available on the state's Web page.
"You can't always trust your eyes," said Bird, who noted that the old alert system, coupled with pollution controls and lower vehicle emissions, has been enormously successful in reducing particulate pollution in the past few decades.
Based on the new system, the pollution monitor at Hawthorne Elementary in Salt Lake City would not have had any "red" days last winter even though under the old system there were two mandatory "no-burn" days. The Hawthorne monitor tends to have higher readings for winter pollution than other monitors.
Utah Department of Environmental Quality Director Amanda Smith and air-quality division officials pointed out that, under the new system, industry and the public will be called on to take action sooner than before, and that is expected to lower pollution. For example, the same pollution and weather conditions would have triggered 15 mandatory "no burn" days last winter rather than the two that were declared.
"It's really difficult to communicate," said Smith, noting that it's important to educate people about the ways they can impact their neighbor's air quality by, say, warming up a diesel engine or using a wood-burning fireplace.
Smith added that the new system is "trying to separate those two messages," one on health and one on what individuals can do to avoid adding pollution to the air.
Cherise Udell, co-founder of Utah Moms for Clean Air, shared Moench's view that the new system will be confusing and misleading for people who have become accustomed to the old green-yellow-red alerts.
"It sounds like this will muddy the water in terms of helping people make decisions about their day, what actions they should take in terms of protecting their families," Udell said, adding that it appears to underplay the harm caused by even low levels of pollution.
Seeing fewer "red" warnings, she said, "creates public apathy because it doesn't seem like the problem is grave."
Mark Clemens, manager for the Utah Chapter of the Sierra Club, said he makes a habit of checking the state's air-quality Web page every day. It will be important, he added, for the state's air-quality office to step up its outreach to make it easy for people to see pollution levels.
"It's incumbent on the Division of Air Quality to push out the data through all the channels and the media for mass communication," he said.
Marty Carpenter, spokesman for the Salt Lake Chamber of Commerce and former communications director for the Gov. Gary Herbert campaign, said his organization welcomes the idea that Utah will be using the same pollution-warning system currently in use nationwide. He said it will put northern Utah on a level playing field with other places keen on attracting new business.
"Our ultimate goal is clean air," he said. "And if this helps us understand our air better and improves it, that's a step in the right direction."
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Artist's BiographyPatton Hunnicutt is a 2000 graduate of Furman University, earning his Bachelors Degree in Music Education. While at Furman, Mr. Hunnicutt studied Bass Clarinet with Dr. Robert Chesebro and performed in the University Wind Ensemble, Chamber Winds, Symphony Orchestra, and Symphonic Band. In 1998 he was named a Hambrick Scholar by the University music department. He also served as Principal Bass Clarinetist in the 1999 National Wind Ensemble for their performance at Carnegie Hall.
He currently serves as Assistant Director of Bands at Lakeside High School in Atlanta, GA. Prior to his arrival at Lakeside, Mr. Hunnicutt taught elementary band for ten years in the city of Dunwoody, just north of Atlanta. Mr. Hunnicutt currently resides in Kennesaw, Georgia with his wife, Heather, and their four children.
He plays a 1997 Leblanc 430 Bass Clarinet as well as a ~1959 Leblanc Model 63 Bass Clarinet (which is currently on loan.)


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Boston's Tom Scholz sues former guitarist in trademark dispute
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Boston's Tom Scholz is taking legal action against one of his former bandmates. "The Boston Globe" says the rocker has filed a trademark infringement suit against the band's ex-guitarist Barry Goudreau.
He's accusing Barry of engaging in "persistent, unauthorized, and willful misuse" of the band's name and his place in the group's history, which the suit says "deprives Scholz of his ability to control fully the nature and quality" of the band's "products and services." He also claims it "harms" Boston's "valuable reputation and goodwill."
Goudreau was in Boston in the late '70s, and played on the band's first two albums before officially leaving in 1981. Scholz says Barry only made minimal contributions to the albums, but agreed to give him 20-percent of the discs' royalties.
Tom also says he agreed to let Barry to bill himself as "formerly of Boston," but he's used such phrases as "Barry Goudreau from Boston," "Barry Goudreau of the Multi-Platinum Group Boston," and "Barry Goudreau Lead Guitarist Rock Legend from the Band Boston" in promoting himself.
Scholz says he's suffered financially as a result of Goudreau's acts. With the lawsuit he's trying to end the 20-percent royalty agreement, and block Goudreau from implying that he's still associated with the band.
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Since the last update, the title race between Malmö and Helsingborg remains the same, although it has taken some unpredictable turns. In early October, Helsingborg lost their first home game of the season to Gais, while Malmö increased their goal difference with a 3-0 thumping of Trelleborg. However a fortnight later, after the international break, Helsingborg became the first team all season to beat Elfsborg in Borås, winning 1-3. Meanwhile Malmö lost their first home game of the season, going down to Kalmar 0-1. Both sides recorded healthy wins this weekend, meaning the title race will go down to the last weekend of the season. As it stands both sides are level on points but Malmö's goal difference is better by 8 goals. Helsingborg must play Halmstad away and Kalmar at home. Malmö have BP away and Mjällby at home. Keep November 7th free because the last game of the season is going to be a corker!
Swedish football also made a rare appearance in the British media last week, although unfortunately for the wrong reasons. An article on AIK's recent hooligan problem featured on the Guardian's football website. Like many of the people who posted comments after the article, I think Sweden's supposed 'problem' has been hugely exaggerated…but I suppose when the quality of football isn't worth writing about you've got to find something else to write about instead. Having said that, within days of the article's publication AIK away fans were accused of physically threatening Halmstad players, suggesting they're not too fussed about adverse publicity abroad.
AIK have spent of the season in the relegation zone, but by winning their last two games, they have managed to pull themselves free. Which is more than can be said for BP who look almost certain to go down. Gelfe's 1-0 win over fellow struggles Gais last Sunday has given them slim hope but with games against Djurgården and IFK Göteborg, they'll struggle to get the points to pull themselves up. Åtvidaberg, AIK, Halmstad and Gais will all be desperately trying to salvage any point they can in the next two games to avoid the relegation play off.
Regardless of who ends up going down, we at least now know who will be replacing them with the Superettan season concluding last weekend. Syrianska, the club started by Syriac immigrants in Södertälje back in 1977, won the competition and will be playing in the Allsvenskan for the first time in their short history. Due to their Syriac roots, they've built up a cult following that extends all over the world, and no doubt their fans will add some much-needed colour to the top division next season.
IFK Norrköping, who have been on top most of the season, will also be promoted. Unlike Syrianska they have a long history in the Allsvenskan, and played their as recently as 2008. GIF Sundsvall will get the chance to win promotion through a play-off against the third last team in the Allsvenskan.


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LADY BRONC HOOPS - The Sheridan Lady Broncs bronc basketball team opens the 4-A state tournament as a number one seed Thursday morning they open with green river in the first game in the bracket at 9:00.
In the last two weekends the Lady Broncs have won the regular season conference title and the conference tournament title beating Gillette twice on the way to both titles.
Head coach Sean Yeager says it was especially good for the Lady Broncs to win that conference tournament championship on Gillette's home court.
Six Sheridan Ice Figure skaters competed in the 20th Annual Figure Skating Club of Billings Competition on March 2nd.
The girls competed in a total of 30 events this year and did very well. This was their final competition of the season.
Results are as follows
Elizabeth Winnop -- 3 firsts, 1 second
Catherine Winnop -- 1 first, 3 second
Molly Butler -- 2 firsts, 1 second, 1 third, 1 fourth
Maggie Pierce -- 3 firsts, 2 thirds, 1 fourth
Katelyn Kayser -- 2 firsts, 2 seconds, 1 third
Kaylee Frank -- 1 second, 2 thirds, 1 fifth
STATE 2-A BASKETBALL - The Tongue River Lady Eagles ran the table and won the 2-A girls state basketball championship Saturday in Casper beating Thermopolis 41-30.
They led wire to wire in the title game and went unbeaten all year after the victory Head coach Diane Moser says it was a great season.
It's the 8th state title for Moser in 39 years as the Head coach of the Lady Eagles program and she says it's hard to compare teams and she feels all her teams are special.
Women - Team Rankings
2) Kelly Walsh High 67
3) Laramie High School 57
4) Cheyenne East 55
5) Cody High School 45
6) Worland High School 43
7) Rock Springs HS-WY 38
8) Star Valley HS-WY 36.50
9) Evanston High School 35.50
10) Sheridan High School 31
11) Cheyenne Central HS 27
12) NCHS Girls Indoor 10
13) Thermopolis 7
14) Green River HS WY 2
15) Cheyenne South 1
15) Riverton High School 1
Individual Results
Shot Put
1st Shayla Christensen 37' 11.75" All - State
55 Meter Dash
6th Gabby Edeen 7.62
200 Meter Dash
There was lots of exciting basketball action this weekend with the State Tournaments underway. The Tongue River Lady Eagles completed a perfect undefeated season with their victory over Thermopolis to take the State 2A Championship 41 to 30!
After defeating Sundance on Friday by a score of 34 to 31, the Bighorn Lady Rams lost a close one to Rocky Mountain 46 to 39 for the Consolation Championship.
The Sheridan Lady Broncs dominated Gillette on Saturday winning 54 to 38.
The Arvada-Clearmont Girls lost to Burlington 54 to 46 in their Consolation Championship game.
The Cowboys suffered their fourth-straight loss against the New Mexico Lobos with a final score of 53 to 42.
Wyoming finishes the regular season by hosting rival Colorado State on Wednesday at 8 p.m.
4-A EAST REGIONAL BASKETBALL - The Sheridan Broncs basketball season ended suddenly in Gillette Thursday night with the Broncs losing to Cheyenne South in an elimination game 70-57 was the final.
The Broncs end their season with a 9-14 record.
The Lady Broncs will play in the regional tournament semi final tonight at 7:00 against Laramie we will have the game live for you on 14-10 KWYO.
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Alkaren Hyralt, on Feb 11 2008, 06:01 PM, said:
There is water inside main programming as well. We had two if not more if I remember correctly last year. One on each side of the main doors (the tech node being in the center) atleast. For the soap bubble I believe we had a lot more brought in.
As large of a cap that we have, I've thought that our 'outs' have balanced our 'ins' in one way or another, or atleast to the point of people not having to wait too terribly long. As said before the line problem last year was due to a drastic reduction in that cap, and a extremely high initial turnout (in my last walk of the line of the night I counted 4000+ people.)
On the same note, I only see the event from the inside; my final walk was really the last time I left the room until about 4:30am for example time sure flew by.
ah my apologies. I didn't mean to sound like I was attacking or anything.
I do agree, I think that people would misunderstand and it may cause problems, but I think if something were put in the main programing guide, it may clear things up. But like you said, it's all up to what Allen does with it. XD
Let's hope people utilize the drinks more now and keep them in mind. And let's all have a good soap bubble.


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Starry Sundays - Stamford Museum and Nature Center
Hours: 1:30 and 3pm
Ages: YE,TW,TE,AD
Price: $10;$5 Children ages 4-17; free for children younger than 4
39 Scofieldtown Road - 203-322-1646
Stamford, CT 06903
Description: Enjoy a chance to explore the night sky in the daytime. Discover seasonal constellations and the stories behind them in the planetarium. Shows are approximately 30-45 minutes. Limited seating; doors open 10 minutes before program starts; recommended for ages 4 and up.


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New River Community College is located in the heart of the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia, just minutes from Virginia Tech, one of nation's top engineering and architectural universities.
This Engineering Design Technology program takes students from an entry level CAD class their first semester, to highly-productive and highly-recruited graduates in two years with skill sets that companies like SAIC, SIS, Northrop Grumman, Huntington Ingalls Industries, MOOG, Federal Mogal, and VOLVO seek.
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Typical fandroid post that is so insecure with there product choice they feel they have to tell people why they like what they like is wrong because android does is stock.
But then goes on to say at how many things you have to do to get it to run right and get good battery life. 1st if you expect me to believe you get 72 hours off one charge with using the phone regularly. Lmao pretty sure old *** Nokia phones that did nothing but take phone calls didn't even get that battery life. Let alone a phone that is checking the Internet posting **** and getting push notifications all day long.
And news flash not everyone needs to beable to have all these features. Last time I checked you give someone a phone and ask them to zoom they will probably pinch. Why. Cause true innovation made that an industry standard. Building a phone with enough flash memory to hold your music. Hmmm who was the innovator on that.
I mean hell when a car company comes out with a new model guess what it's based off???? You'll never guess so ill give you a hint (the previous model)
well, this is what i think.
That's a pretty darn good phone!
If it was running iOS, I would buy it.
I tried it out, don't like the Android OS.
I do hope with the iPhone 6 that the screen width is adjusted. The i5 already looks like a remote; I'm sure Apple can increase the width and still make it look nice. Who cares if it fits in one hand or not? We're not crippled; we have two hands to function, not one.
S3 beats the 4S any day. I, myself, have a S2. It lasts around 2 days with constant usage (texting, internet, a game or two, youtube, etc). Plus, running a stable ROM over an unstable one or stock one (which most of you are referring to) makes a big difference. My custom lightweight CM9 ROM could beat iOS5/6 any day in performance or battery.
Also being able to underclock my CPU and force render most parts of the phone through the GPU maxes out my performance and battery. The amount of customization that Android allows is what every phone should have, but applefags don't see that. I use to be the biggest apple fan ever, but once I made the switch I'm glad I got rid of any and all Apple devices. The thing is, most of Apple products suck, and they steal ideas from jailbreak developers or from other phone companies and claim those ideas as their own by patenting it.
Samsung is such a genius for coming up with this ad, it doesn't take a genius to know that Samsung does know what stand by time is.
The maximum length of time a wireless phone or communicator is fully charged, turned on and ready to send and receive calls or data transmissions.
790 hours that's over a month, that's asinine! Their getting desperate it seems, losing a lawsuit and over a billion dollars will do that.
SG3 still lags on speed , even with all that horsepower... coz all that crap they got running in the background, no wonder they have a Sasquatch screen on there, to hide the car battery it takes to run the thing! ha!
If your underclock something you are DECREASING it's performance to save on battery life (like if I detune my wrex I will get better gas mileage). Having an argument that in order to get normal battery on your phone you under-clock it is a dumb *** logic.
The fact is my phone does not slow down a single bit and I never close apps. You obviously have not the slightest clue on what ram is there for and how it is used. And how multitasking uses it. Do a little research on how ram is allocated. My SG3 on AOKP couldn't last an 8 hour work day if it tried.
And I could give two shits on you specs. To be honest android needs big specs to run as smooth as iOS.
Typical fandroid. All you care about is specs on a peice of paper. A true pawn of life that needs the thrill of seeing numbers to excite them.
Most apple users love there apple devices because they just run right and make sense. A VERY small amount of purple care about over and under clocking. And when your phone burns out from all that **** your doing to it. Guess you'll have a nice paperweight.
What's funny is that you hate apple so much you let it consume your life going onto apple sites and trying to prove everyone wrong. Get a clue man. It's people's preference. You will not change that because its theirs and not yours.
If Samsung was so great there fans and company wouldn't need to put so much effort into trying to prove them wrong.
I guess what in saying is be proud of your decisions. No need to troll around pro apple sites looking for reasons to remind yourself why you got an android. People that are happy with there devises tend to stay in places that discuss them with fellow fans.
But it's ok we know you are deep down upset that you have made a horrible choice and are in denial about it so much that you have to come to this site.
Ps. Obviously I'm just trolling this person. In no way am I directing this at any other person in this site. The same ol "your wrong I'm right" is getting old. People like this guy feel that millions upon millions of people are hooked into this apple spell and only buy products from them because there sheep. Like anyone who buys an apple product is a mindless person who can't think on there own.
What's ironic is the biggest apple fan (Steve jobs) is noted to be the biggest Innovator an best minds of this time.
Well sheep on
I'm not going to lie, the samsung galaxy s3 is a decent phone, I'm a proud owner of a iPhone 4s and a galaxy s3. Previously had all iPhones starting from 2g. And I have pre ordered my iPhone 5. There are a lot of things I would love on my iPhone which is doesn't have. The ability to download torrents. Save files, mp3's etc. rather than having to go to iTunes and my computer to connect them, yes I can jailbreak it but it's not the same as getting it out of the box ready for you. Don't get me wrong I still and will always love my iPhone and it is a fantastic product. The quality it's made in etc. the battery life of my s3 is fantastic it gives me about a day and half with moderate to heavy usage. Compared to my iPhone give me about a day in moderate to heavy usage. The only thing I really can't stand on android is their play store... A lot of the apps are garbage. I yet have not found a twitter app that is decent. There are a f other things I can't stand on android in general but overall the hardware is great. Even the ability to overclock, custom rooms. S3 comes standard with ics but there are leaked versions on jellybean with is due to release in October.
I go to one forum they bash apple products and then i go to another and they bash android products. We all have fanboys inside ourselfs, but can we not bash products because of some of their features?


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LOS ANGELES - Southern California's offense was at its spectacular best. For once, the Trojans' defense kept up, too.
Poor Washington State never had a chance.
Matt Leinart passed for 364 yards and three touchdowns before coming out late in the third quarter, LenDale White rushed for 155 yards and two scores, and top-ranked USC took command early in beating the Cougars 55-13 Saturday for its 30th straight victory.
"It was a proud day for us," USC coach Pete Carroll said. "We did it all today. Our offense was ridiculously effective."
And so was the defense against the usually high-scoring Cougars.
USC essentially put the game away by taking a 28-6 lead in the first quarter as Leinart passed for 232 yards and three scores.
The Trojans, who entered as the country's leader in scoring (49 points per game) and total offense (581 yards), gained 269 yards in the opening quarter and had 459 by halftime along with 25 first downs.
USC finished with 745 total yards - most ever allowed by a Washington State team - and 40 first downs.
The Cougars came in averaging 518.6 yards and 39.1 points previously, but were held to 284 total yards and 13 first downs. Quite a performance for defense that's been labeled the Trojans' soft spot.
"You can't compare defense and offense, but they've got a powerhouse defense," Washington State's Jason Hill said. "They've got powerhouses on both sides of the ball."
Hill averaged 166.1 receiving yards in his team's first seven games - second-best in the country. He was held to six catches for 49 yards by the Trojans.
"We worked hard this week on our schemes," said USC's Josh Pinkard, moved recently from safety to cornerback because of several injuries. "We made a big statement today. We held their big receiver to a minimum."
Perhaps fueled by the latest Bowl Championship Series standings, which had them second behind Texas, the Trojans played their best all-around game of the season by far.
"We're back-to-back national champions. You can't spell BCS without USC," White said.
"It is in the back of our minds, and it is extra motivation," said Steve Smith, who caught two TD passes. "We're used to that because we were stripped two years of a national championship."
USC is shooting for an unprecedented third straight national title. As Smith pointed out, the Trojans were bypassed for the BCS title game in the 2003 season, but finished No. 1 in The Associated Press poll.
The Trojans are ranked No. 1 in the AP, coaches' and Harris polls, but fell .0007 behind Texas in the BCS standings this week because the computers favored the Longhorns. It will probably be a different story when the next set of standings are released.
Playing before a homecoming crowd of 92,021 at the Los Angeles Coliseum, the Trojans (8-0, 5-0 Pac-10) tied Texas for the 11th longest winning streak in major college football history. Only three teams have won as many as 30 in a row in the past 35 years.
USC also has a 24-game winning streak at home and a 20-game streak against Pac-10 opponents. Both are school records.
The loss was the fifth straight for the Cougars (3-5, 0-5), but was far more decisive than the other four, which came by a total of 21 points.
"We got our butt kicked, period. They got my vote," WSU coach Bill Doba said. "In the first quarter, their speed was something we had never seen.
"I've only been in college football 30 years, but they're as good as I've seen."
Leinart completed 24 of 34 passes with one interception and moved to second on USC's career completions list with 693. Carson Palmer, who won the Heisman Trophy in 2002, had 927 completions in his four-year career. Leinart also tied Palmer's Pac-10 record by reaching 200 passing yards for the 32nd time.
Last year's Heisman winner threw a 29-yard touchdown pass to Dwayne Jarrett to open the scoring, and hit Smith on scoring plays of 15 and 24 yards later in the first. Jarrett had 11 receptions for 200 yards - both career bests. He has caught 26 TD passes in 21 career games.
White, who carried 20 times, scored on a 2-yard run late in the second quarter and a 21-yarder early in the final period.
Reggie Bush gained 97 yards on 17 carries, but didn't have a touchdown, missing out in the first quarter when he fumbled near the goal line. Tackle Winston Justice recovered in the end zone for the TD.
WSU's Jerome Harrison, the second-leading rusher in the country, became just the third player in the past 42 games to gain 100 or more yards against USC, picking up 147 yards on 21 carries. He has surpassed the 100-yard mark in a school-record 11 straight games.
Harrison capped an 81-yard drive on WSU's second possession by scoring from 13 yards out. Lawrence Jackson blocked Loren Langley's conversion attempt, leaving USC with a 7-6 lead at that stage.
Then the rout was on for USC.
USC plays Stanford next week at home, the last team to beat the Trojans in the Coliseum. The Cardinal won 21-16 on Sept. 29, 2001.
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