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M&S is set to report a decline in like-for-like general merchandise sales, including clothing, of as much as 5pc for the six months to September 30.
This will drive down pre-tax profits by around 10pc, putting the focus on Mr Bolland.
However, the Dutchman will say that his three-year, £2.4bn plan to turn the 128-year-old company into an international, "multi-channel" retailer is on track.
The former Morrisons boss is also likely to state that management changes in the clothing division should lead to a recovery in sales, and that the M&S food business continues to thrive despite fierce competition from supermarkets.
At an analyst presentation last week, Mr Bolland said the retailer is now "in the pack with a clear plan to lead" in the vital e-commerce market. The M&S boss, who joined in 2010, said almost one in six of its customers is "multi-channel", using its website or smartphone applications as well as visiting stores.
Mr Bolland also said that M&S is attracting younger customers and insisted the risks of his spending plans are "manageable".
New figures from accountants BDO highlight the logic of Mr Bolland's drive into e-commerce. BDO says "non-store" sales for retailers rose 40.4pc year-on-year in October, due to the growing popularity of "click-and-collect" and mobile apps.
However, the data also suggests that M&S may have struggled in October. Its high-street sales tracker says like-for-like fashion sales were flat due to a slump in high-end womenswear as "thrifty shoppers chose not to refresh wardrobes ahead of midseason sales".
Overall, BDO said like-for-like sales on the high street rose 0.9pc thanks to a 5.2pc boost in non-fashion as consumers stocked up on winter gear.
Analysts have expressed concerns about the cost of Mr Bolland's plans and their progress ahead of the conclusion of the strategy next year.
In the first quarter of M&S's financial year to June 30, general merchandise like-for-like sales slumped by 6.8pc as the retailer battled a double-dip recession and stock management issues that left it short of bestselling products.
This prompted Mr Bolland to overhaul the division, moving John Dixon from head of food to lead general merchandise, bringing in former Debenhams chief executive Belinda Earl as style director, and allowing Kate Bostock to leave.
These changes are not expected to make an impact until next year, but in the second quarter M&S's clothing sales should be boosted by improved consumer sentiment over the summer.
The consensus among analysts is for second-quarter general merchandise sales to be down 2.5pc, with food up 1.5pc.
Nonetheless, M&S remains under pressure from rivals such as Debenhams, Primark and Zara.
Christine Cross, chief retail adviser to PricewaterhouseCoopers and a non-executive director at Next, said: "M&S is challenged by the physical amount of space and size of stores it has on the high street. Its customers are older than many of its competitors, and are migrating to a multi-channel experience, especially when they find the stores cluttered or unexciting."


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This watch has a thick matt stainless steel case and a leather strap. It has a quartz 3 hand movement and has a 50m water resistance with a scratch resistant mineral glass and comes with a 2 year warranty. Available in black.
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1875 Jul/Sep Born Frederick Ernest Buckton at Leeds
1881 census living at 56 Bainbrigge Terrace, Headingly, Leeds
1891 census Living at 216 Chapeltown Rd, Chapeltown, Leeds
1901 census A boarder at 1 Reginald Terrace, Chapeltown, Leeds
1901 Oct 17. 2nd West Hiding of Yorkshire (Leeds), The undermentioned Second Lieutenants to be Lieutenants : F. E. Buckton.
1902 Sep 4.Married at Leeds to Gertrude Watson
1906 Jun 30. Royal Engineers (Volunteers). 2nd (Leeds) Yorkshire (West Riding); Lieutenant F. E. Buckton, to be Captain.
1907 Mar 16 NOTICE is hereby given, that the Partnership heretofore subsisting between us the undersigned, Harry Scott Buckton, Walter Buckton, and Frederick Ernest Buckton, carrying on business as Linen Manufacturers, at Hunslet Linen Works, Goodman-street, Hunslet, in the city of Leeds, under the style or firm of Richard Buckton and Son, has been dissolved by mutual consent as and from the sixteenth day of March, 1907. All debts due to and owing by the said late firm will be received and paid by the said Harry Scott Buckton and Walter Buckton, who will carry on the business under the style or firm of Richard Buckton and Son as heretofore
1916 Apr 1. R W Fusiliers The undermentioned temp. Lts. to be temp. Lts. 1 Sept. 1916, but with seniority from F. E. Buckton (from S. Wales Bord.). 1 Apr. 1916
1917 Mar 31. Garrison Battalions. Ches. R. Temp. Lt. F. E. Buckton, from R. W. Fus., to be temp. Capt.
1918 Dec 9, War Diary Bedfordshire Regt. A Draft of 63 ORs. Laying on of water completed [Comment; Captain Frederick Ernest BUCKTON, Lts R.R. PARKIN and J.C. DOWNIE. MC arrived]
1920 May 31. Ches. R. 2nd Garr. Bn.— Temp. Capt. F. E. Buckton relinquishes his commission on completion of service, and retains itihe rank of Capt.
1920 Jul 7. The undermentioned to be temp. Capts. whilst specially empld.: Capt. F. E. Buckton, late Garr. Bn., Ches. Regt. He was Grade II
1920 Nov 20 The undermentioned relinquish their temp, appts.: Spec. Appts., Cl. II.— Temp. Capt. F. E. Buckton, Gen. List. (also Carter in same listing). And also relinquishes his commission.
1925 May. died Leeds age 49
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Get my high school diploma – My Story
Coming from Africa, and now living in the United States, I look at my 2 children, squabbling and fighting over the Nintendo DS or the Casio Keyboard, and wonder whether they'll ever understand my story of overcoming adversity, walking 5 miles barefoot each way to school just to get my high school diploma!
Strangely enough, the best part of my childhood life, was always that 5 mile dusty stretch to school! There were always a lot of kids from the village to walk with, all sharing a common goal and a singular belief; that education was the only key to a better life and a way to support our parents and make them proud!
As we would walk on this stretch of gravel road, singing church songs whilst piggybacking younger kids who were not strong enough to walk the entire stretch, we would visualize what we wanted to be, and it always went something like; "Once I get my high school diploma, I want to be…."
Funny thing is, most of our aspirations were usually what our parents wanted us to be, this being either a Doctor or a Lawyer!
Whilst I turned out to be neither of the above, I still made it through Primary, then secondary school (or High school to you), to finally get my high school diploma!
Those were the days!
As beautiful as my life may have turned out to be, I still worry about the future for my kids. Times have changed, we're now no longer just a first World economy, we're a Global economy and competing at that level.
As in all Global economies, jobs can and will be shipped to overseas markets where labor is dirt cheap, never to return to the US again, – ever!
If it's not jobs being outsourced overseas, then it's the influx of highly educated and specially trained personnel from places such as India, China and yep, even Africa, to come and take on specialist jobs that the local manpower does not have the skills-set to execute!
Trust me, I should know for, when I decided to get my high school diploma, I became one such recipient!
So, if my childhood memory of how I went to get my high school diploma does not spur you to graduate from high school so you can move onto more enterprising and enjoyable pursuits, then perhaps the thought of never getting a job that pays above minimum wage, or losing the one you have to someone not yet born, should!
I overcame adversity to get my high school diploma from an accredited college, and this is because of the way economies are in most third World countries!
So there's really no excuse for you not to find a credible institution that will provide you with the means to achieve your goals and make your dreams come true.
There are a couple of highly recommended accredited Institutions that come to mind where you can get your high school diploma with minimal fuss and, the best part is, they offer grants too!
Get my high school Diploma Recommendation
Getting a high school diploma can be a huge source of pride for anyone interested in furthering their education. It is the first step, and from there onwards, only your imagination can stop you.
Children too, are motivated more when they see their parents practicing what what they preach – about homework and getting a better education which then leads – to a better life!
I know what I would do if I were in a dead-beat job that did not pay me what my true worth was, I'd search for a credible institution to get my high school diploma! Hope you do too.


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I love how accessible Sim-on-a-stick makes OpenSimulator. Just plug it in and double click one batch file and after a succession of pretty windows a virtual world awaits. It's like a virtual Rube Goldberg machine unfolding right before your eyes. By default the Sim-on-a-stick flavor of Opensim is for a single user. So teachers with access to a bunch of PCs (yes, it only runs on PCs so far, but I'm sure some dedicated people will figure it out for Mac) could make as many copies on USB drives as they have students, hand them out, and let students manage their own personal sims. Or students could pair up or whatever.
I mentioned in a previous post that an adventurous teacher could configure a Sim-on-a-stick for multiple users, so you'd have all of your students logging into the same sim from their own computers. This would be nice for collaborating on a project, like when I had students build The Parthenon together. In keeping with the Sim-on-a-stick's ease-of-use, here's a step-by-step to doing that. So here goes.
You can go ahead and plug in your USB stick, download the latest version of Sim-on-a-stick from the website and unzip it to the stick. Before you run the Opensim_autostart you have to change a few things.


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Canada to double reach of Arctic shipping regs
The Government of Canada is further asserting its claims of Arctic sovereignty.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper yesterday said it will double the range at which Canadian environmental laws and shipping regulations will be enforced.
"Whether it is the thawing of the Northwest Passage or the suspected resource riches under the Arctic seabed, more and more countries are taking an interest in the waterways of the Canadian Arctic," said the Prime Minister. "We will be sending a clear message to the world that our environmental standards and sovereignty are not up for debate -- if you are in Canada's Arctic you will be playing by Canada's rules."
The Harper government will be introducing changes to the Arctic Waters Pollution Prevention Act as part of its fall legislative agenda. Currently the Act allows the Canadian Government to regulate all shipping in zones up to 100 nautical miles from the nearest Canadian land in order to guard against pollution of the region's marine and coastal environments. Under the proposed new law, this jurisdiction will be extended to 200 nautical miles.
In addition the Prime Minister announced that his government will establish new regulations under the Canada Shipping Act, 2001 that will require mandatory reporting from all ships destined for Arctic waters within the same 200 nautical mile limit.
"As an environmental matter, as a security matter and as an economic matter we are making it perfectly clear that not only do we claim jurisdiction over the Canadian Arctic, we are also going to put the full resources of the Government of Canada behind enforcing that jurisdiction," said the Prime Minister. "We are acting today to protect our environment, improve the security of our waterways and ensure that all Northern residents--and, in particular, the Inuit-- have a strong say in the future of our Arctic for generations to come."
The announcement follows one the previous day in which Prime Minister Harper said the Canadian Government will "use the full tools of modern geological science to encourage economic development and defend Canadian sovereignty throughout the North."
"As I've said before, 'use it or lose it' is the first principle of sovereignty in the Arctic," said the Prime Minister. "To develop the North we must know the North. To protect the North, we must control the North. And to accomplish all our goals for the North, we must be in the North."
The geo-mapping program will combine field research and advanced scientific analysis to provide Canadians with a fuller assessment on the extent of mineral and energy resources in the Canadian North. This information will help generate additional investment and economic development in Canada's Northern communities.
"We know from over a century of northern resource exploration that there is gas in the Beaufort, oil in the Eastern Arctic, and gold in the Yukon. There are diamonds in Nunavut and the Northwest Territories, and countless other precious resources buried under the ice, sea and tundra," said the Prime Minister. "But what we've found so far is merely the tip of the proverbial iceberg. Managed properly, Canada's share of this incredible endowment will fuel the prosperity of our country for generations. And geo-mapping will pave the way for the resource development of the future."


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While Linus Torvalds has been a great Linux ambassador thus far, it may be time for him to shape up or ship out as the face of the community. True leadership starts at the top and he needs to set a better example if he wants Linux to go to the next level. Mr. Torvalds needs to leave the fun and the quirkiness to the users and be the mature leader that the Linux community so desperately needs.
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Monday, January 17, 2011
Monday Meme's, January 17th
This is Monday and time to share our Blues with the Smiling Sally meme Blue Monday.
We got this at the Festival of the Little Hills in St. Charles Missouri, it has a blue background and a lace piece with our last name embroidered in blue. It hangs in our great room.The Festival runs all weekend long and is a great experience for people who love to go to Craft fairs or festivals. Click here for more info..
Another meme that I participate on Mondays, is at Sheila's blog,
Book Journey and "What are you reading?" This week I am reading "My Name is Memory" by Ann Brashares, author
of the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants series.
From Publishers Weekly
A romance that stretches across centuries and past lives constitutes the core of Brashares's varied second adult novel, the first in a planned trilogy. The story is primarily that of Daniel, as, in the present, he pursues Lucy (whom he knows as Sophia in a previous life) and attempts to persuade her of their history and destiny, but his passion initially and understandably scares her off. He disappears, presumed dead, but Lucy, unable to forget him, investigates his claims of their history until she discovers the truth. Meanwhile, Daniel takes readers on a tour of romantic near-misses, from sixth-century Africa through eighth-century Turkey to WWI. The story moves slowly and predictably, though when a plot finally materializes, Brashares (Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants) manages some satisfying momentum, even if the story begins to feel like it's borrowed from a James Patterson novel. Brashares's insights into human nature, meanwhile, should appeal to readers who enjoyed The Time-Traveler's Wife, but can appreciate a Nicholas Sparks-esque sensibility. (June)
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Hope you have a great week, off to visit the other bloggers to see what they have posted..
11 comments:
- Lily said...
I did enjoy the sisterhood books, I hope you do too.
- January 17, 2011 at 8:51:00 AM PST
- SmilingSally said...
What a lovely treasure that lace is.
Happy Blue Monday, Joy.
- January 17, 2011 at 9:03:00 AM PST
I love the lace, Joy! Just absolutely beautiful!
- January 17, 2011 at 9:30:00 AM PST
- Diann @ The thrifty Groove said...
Joy, that lace piece is just beautiful!
- January 17, 2011 at 10:42:00 AM PST
- nannykim said...
Interesting, my daughter did the same thing with some lace.
- January 17, 2011 at 10:50:00 AM PST
- Sheila (Bookjourney) said...
I enjoyed The Sisterhood - I hope you enjoy this one as well! It sounds good and I look forward to your review!
- January 17, 2011 at 11:13:00 AM PST
- Dorincard said...
Patience is not a general thing: some have patience to craft a lace object, but not to do other things. And the other way around. Motivation, or lack of it, is key. :)
- January 17, 2011 at 3:28:00 PM PST
- The Quintessential Magpie said...
Very pretty lace, Joy. The framing really sets is off well, too. The blue background makes the lace's details pop.
As to what I'm reading, Churchill's HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH SPEAKING PEOPLES.
Happy Blue Monday...
Sheila :-)
- January 17, 2011 at 6:39:00 PM PST
- Donnie said...
That lace is just gorgeous.
- January 18, 2011 at 4:37:00 AM PST
- Crystal (I totally paused!) said...
I haven't read any of the Traveling Pants series yet, but I really want to. I enjoyed the movies quite a bit!
- January 18, 2011 at 8:10:00 AM PST
I just finished reading glass castle and broke back horses ; both by jeanette walls. They were good ; especially glass castle. veronica fron n.c.
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Due to a computer glitch, the last sentence of a job description on the electronic PERM form got cut off and disappeared from the Form. [1]
When the C.O. audited the application and asked for a complete copy of the form, the employer tried to correct the deficiency by typing in the missing phrase.
Not satisfied with the employer's segmental approach, the Certifying Officer denied the application, saying that an electronic fowl-up could not be forgiven and, according to the regulations, employers cannot make corrections to PERM forms.
The PERM regulation states that a substantial failure by the employer to provide documentation requested by the C.O. will result in the denial of a PERM application. The Board uses a two-part test[2] to assess the sufficiency of employer responses: (1) whether a C.O. reasonably requested the documentation, i.e., the documentation was readily, or at least reasonably available to the employer, and (2) whether the omission of this documentation is material enough to constitute a "substantial failure….to provide required documentation."
The Board agreed that the requirement to provide a signed copy of the form was reasonable and that the failure to provide a complete copy would normally constitute a substantial failure. However, the employer provided an affidavit stating that it had typed the entire sentence on the form and that, but for the glitch, the form would have been complete.
The employer also pointed out that the missing language appeared elsewhere as in the prevailing wage request in part K of the PERM Form where the employer had written the foreign worker's experience in cloned language.
Since the failure to submit an original, completed form appeared to be an electronic error, the Board decided the omission was not material and ordered approval for the employer.
[1]Spirent Communications, Inc., 3013-PER-2757, May 18, 2017
[2]SAP America, Inc., 2010-PER-1250, April 18, 2013 (en banc); Accent-Media Productions, Inc., 2012-PER-712, September 23, 2015.
Updated 06-15-2017 at 10:03 AM by JStewart
The US Department of Labor recently issued two denials of PERM certification to Apple, the first US company with a market value above $700 billion.
In one interesting case upholding denial of PERM approval, the Board of Alien Labor Certification (BALCA) cited important principles relating to typographical errors on the application form 9089 filed with the labor department by employers. In reporting the details of an alien workers experience gained over a period of 72 months with different employers, mostly abroad, the employer mistakenly wrote only 69 months of qualifying experience. See Apple, Inc., 2012-PER-03515 (April 24, 2017).
The PERM process was created at the end of 2004 to promote expedited processing of applications which had previously been backlogged as much as seven years. Some delays had been caused by lethargic bureaucratic procedures, while others had to do with corrections, modifications and supplements to existing record files. The Department of Labor asserted that the new PERM process would use a zero-tolerance policy for any kind of errors, thus eliminating most reasons for long delays.
After the PERM process began, the very first case to be appealed was HealthAmerica, in which an Employer had made a simple error on the form by typing the wrong date of publication for a newspaper advertisement. The regulations required two Sunday ads, but the employer (who had indeed placed two Sunday ads as required) put the date of the second ad eight days after the first date.
The mistake seemed to be so insignificant that the employer was joined by the American Immigration Lawyers Association, which filed an amicus brief to appeal the decision. They argued that if the DOL applies a strict, zero-tolerance policy in its determinations, the electronic on-line form provided to the public should be user friendly to warn of data input errors. BALCA agreed and held that denial of certification for a minor, non-substantive error could not stand.
In 2008, however, DOL overcame BALCAs lenient policy towards typos by issuing regulations that specifically prohibit any kind of correction to a PERM application after it has been filed. Additionally, the new regulations prevent employers from providing such documentation because typographical or similar errors are not immaterial if they cause an application to be denied based on regulatory requirements. DOL believed that the correction of even the smallest typographical errors would be a significant and costly resource drain on the PERM case management system and staff.
In another case, Apple, Inc., 2012-PER-03516, (April 24, 2017) decided the same day, BALCA upheld denial of certification because the employer had not matched the educational requirement (a Masters Degree in Business, Operations, Supply Chain, or a related field of study and thirty-six months of experience) with the statement of the foreign workers experience (a Masters degree in Mechanical Engineering).
The employer argued that the coursework of the worker in graduate school, also listed on the form, required the same amount of time, coursework and specialized education as a Masters degree in Business Operations, or Supply Chain, but the Board of Alien Labor Certifications disagreed, holding that despite the fact that the worker had equivalent coursework, there is a difference in being exposed to a few
related courses during ones graduate-level matriculation versus being immersed in a full course load of business classes (or a Masters level business program) while in graduate school.
Denial of the first Apple case was based on a clear typographical error, while the second case was based on a subtle interpretation of the foreign workers educational qualifications of coursework in a field of study instead of a formal college level degree in that field of study.
Employers who seek labor certification to employ foreign workers must prove that they have not found suitable US workers who are qualified, willing, able and/or available. Somewhere in the cosmos, there must be somebody, but US workers are not extraterrestrials to be found somewhere in the far reaches of outer space.
Its not rocket science, either. The law has devised a down-to-earth method to search using familiar forms of advertising. For most jobs, workers may be found through the state workforce agencies, which maintain databanks of local workers who may be looking for the exact job offered by an employer, ads placed in two Sunday newspapers, and notices posted at the employers place of business or through in-house media. For professional positions (defined by a list of occupations maintained by the Department of Labor), three additional forms of recruitment are necessary.
When workers appear on the horizon, they must file applications according to the instructions of the employer. This may be by sending resumes by mail, email or fax, or even by applying electronically at the employers website.
Difficulties arise about how to differentiate between job referrals and job applicants. Referrals are persons whose names may be matched on state job service sites, or whose names may appear on lists of potentially available workers, while applicants are persons who step forward to apply for job opportunities in response to advertisements with instructions provided by employers.
In the PERM program, workers may be referred to employers whether they are authorized to work or not. This arises from the fact that verification of work authorization is not necessarily included in the dossiers of the State Workforce Agencies or other sources of recruitment.
A government program known is E-Verify, intended to maintain work authorization status for everyone in the United States, is controversial because it does not meet the stated objective to provide safe, reliable information about all job applicants. E-Verify is available in some, but not all, states, but even in those states where it is in place, workers are only E-verified if they appear personally at the agency. Those who apply on-line are not verified at all.
Even if workers are verified according to E-Verify, they may not meet the definition of U.S. workers as defined in the PERM labor certification program. Since PERM is a program to find permanent, full-time employees, U.S. workers are limited to persons with permanent, full-time work authorization. Specifically, these can only be American citizens, permanent resident aliens, US Nationals, Asylees, Refugees, and certain foreigners who may have qualified for amnesty under the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986.
Employers are usually reticent to ask workers directly if they have permanent employment authorization, because under E-Verify and employer-based verification using Form I-9, employers cannot discriminate against workers who have temporary and permanent work authorization. The same agency that requires detailed verification of each worker also prohibits misuse of the system to prejudice individuals because of race, religion, national origin and so forth.
The Department of Labor often denies PERM applications after issuing a determination that the employer failed to explain why the U.S. workers who applied were lawfully rejected. The denials are fair in those instances when the workers were indeed U.S. workers as defined in the PERM Rule, but not fair when the workers were persons with temporary work visas or even with no work authorization at all.
Little attention has been given to this discrepancy in the PERM Rule. Large employers often use other techniques to ferret out persons who are not defined by PERM as U.S. workers. One method is to place special language in the advertisement about whether job applicants need sponsorship. This only identifies persons who answer affirmatively because they would like the employer to sponsor them for permanent residency status and, therefore, to work full-time and permanently in the U.S.
According to USCIS policy, employers fear asking workers to prove their work authorized status, whether temporary or permanent, until after they have been hired and have reported to work. This sometimes lead to the embarrassing situation that workers must be terminated during the first day of employment when it is discovered that they are not properly documented.
The work authorization verification program was created in 1986. Prior to that time, anyone could work as a natural right, including persons in unlawful status. In recent years, however, the issue of documentation and the right to work has commanded front page attention. In a nation of immigrants, the country struggles to determine which persons should be permitted to remain and which persons should be removed to the place from whence they came even as local labor shortages exist in many sectors of the economy and in every part of the country.
A little-known requirement in the PERM Rule states that employers must offer to train job applicants, if they can acquire the education, training, experience, and skills necessary to perform the job duties in a reasonable period of time.
While deference is given to the Employer, whose judgment is the best arbiter of such matters, government policy regarding the requirements themselves are tortuously ambiguous.
To be fair to US workers, job specifications are strictly regulated by government standards in official publications. Employers must look to an on-line catalog of jobs called the O*Net, which in turn is based on normal training requirements detailed in the SOC (Standard Occupational Code). The SOC was introduced in 1998, and conflated approximately 12,000 occupations that previously existed in the DOT (Dictionary of Occupational Titles) to 23 major occupational groups and about 1,000 detailed occupations.
The DOT was the bible of employment immigration practice for many years, and its job-related data were unquestioned. In the late 1980s, I went to visit the birthplace of the DOT, the North Carolina Field Office, where Mr. Stanley Rose and his team relentlessly determined and re-determined constantly changing job requirements for all 12,000 jobs known to exist in the USA.
Mr. Rose showed me some of the office procedures, including typical surveys made of US employers to determine their normal requirements, but the results of these surveys were often at odds with reality. Because employers had always suspected that the data obtained for publication in the DOT were not reliable, I asked Mr. Rose, who stated that many of the job requirement summaries were educated guesses.
Mr. Rose and his team were dedicated and well-intentioned professionals, but the lesson to be learned is that statistics used in the foreign labor certification program cannot be expected to be 100% correct, and this bears on question H-12 on the PERM ETA Form 9089. This question asks,
12. Are the job opportunitys requirements normal for the occupation?
If the answer to this question is No, the employer must be prepared to provide documentation demonstrating that the job requirements are supported by business necessity.
If the employer answers No, an audit may be triggered and denial of certification may ensue; and if the employer answers Yes, and the DOL statistics do not support the employers conclusion, this may also trigger an audit and denial.
Employers need to be aware of the fact that there are real world occupations and training requirements and there is a parallel universe the PERM world.
Tread carefully lest you fall astray!
Updated 03-30-2017 at 11:53 AM by JStewart
Question from a reader:
Dear Sir,
I read your blog post regarding the December 6, 2016 DOL stakeholder meeting.
In this meeting, the Office of Foreign Labor Certification agreed to stop issuing denials based on the outcome of a BALCA decision (SmartZip Analytics, 2016-PER-00695).
My case is also currently with BALCA for the same reason as
Smart-Zip Analytics, i.e., unquantified skills in section H.14
Now that DOL has recognized that cases with unquantified skills should be reconsidered based on the lack of guidance provided by the agency, is there something I can do at my end to
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Dear A.,
Whenever a new policy is introduced, the agency cannot correct itself until it passes through a time-consuming learning curve. During that time, some applications will be adjudicated, or readjudicated, according to the new rule, but many will not.
Your attorney or representative should assume the responsibility to make sure that your application is properly processed by DOL. In some cases an audit or denial may be issued.
In case of an audit, an appropriate response may be provided, and the DOL should approve the application.
In case of a denial, a Request for Reconsideration may be provided. The DOL uses the reconsideration process to correct cases that were denied but should not have been denied based on newly announced policies.
Since your application was already sent to BALCA, your attorney or representative may file a request with BALCA requesting the application be returned to the Atlanta DOL processing center per the new change in the policy. Since this normally occurs with the consent of Atlanta, the request could be addressed to both the Certifying Officer in Atlanta and the Board of Alien Labor Certification Appeals in Washington.
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This Wednesday at 4pm EDT, join Ben and whatever panel he can get together to talk about the developments that took place after Apple's WWDC 2017 developers conference. Link to the hangout will be private. DM Ben (@BenRoethig) on Twitter if you would like to join.
You can access the show notes here.
Due to unforeseen internet connection issues, tomorrow's special episode is postponed.
The Hangout is Rescheduled for net Wednesday June 28th at 4EDT.
WWDC 2017: The Hardware Barrage of iMacs, MacBooks, iPads, and HomePods
Make no mistake, WWDC is Apple's developers conference. Its primary mission is announcing what's coming next to Apple's operating system line up. That said, hardware is not out of the question. This year's keynote had an unusually large amount of hardware across 5 different product categories. Three of those were completely new or radically redesigned. With as Mac focused as it was, we'll start there.
The big redesign updates to Apple's notebook range happened in 2015 and 2016. 2017 is spec upgrade to Intel's latest 7th Generation Kaby Lake Core CPUs. The 12-inch MacBook remains the only Mac in Apple's lineup to use USB-C only instead of USB-C + Thunderbolt 3. Its price also remains the same. However, its specs are now worthy of its price tag with a very useable 8GB of memory and a 256GB hard drive. Unlike the 11" MacBook Air, this can be your everyday computer.
The low end model comes with 256GB of SSD storage and a 1.2ghz dual core Core m3 for $1299 while the high end model has a 1.3ghz Core i5, and 512GB of storage. Both have 8GB of Low Profile DDR3 memory and Intel HD 615 Graphics. Both models are now shipping.
Like its little brother, the 13 and 15 inch MacBook Pros got an upgrade to Kaby Lake. With the exception of a new 13" 128GB model to effectively replace the low end 13" MacBook Air, there is not a whole lot different from the 2016 models except for CPUs and graphics. Same configurations, same price points, same storage options, same upper limit of 16GB DDR3. For 2017 the 13" models come with Iris Plus 640 and 650 integrated graphics while the 15" models get your choice of a 2GB AMD Radeon Pro 555 or 4GB Radeon Pro 560.
The Non-Touch Bar 13" has a 2.3ghz Dual Core i5 CPU and gives you your choice of 128GB of storage for $1299 or $256 for $1499. The Touch Bar 13" comes with 3.1ghz Core i5 in $1799 for 256gb or $1999 for 512GB. The 15" model comes in at $2399 for a 2.8ghz Quad core i7, 256GB of storage, and the 2GB Radeon Pro 555. The higher end model comes with a 2.9ghz CPU, the Pro 560, and 512GB of storage. Addition options are available BTO. They ship today.
All ranges of the iMac got their first big update in quite a while. Like the MacBooks, they get Kaby Lake, albeit of the desktop variety. They come in 3 Different models: 21.5" Full HD, 21.5" 4K, and 27" 5k. All models of the iMac have been upgraded with modern I/O. No matter what model you choose, you get 4 USB 3.1 Type-A connectors and two Thunderbolt 3 ports as well as a SDXC slot, Gigabit ether, and the standard 3.5mm headphone jack. With the exception of the Full HD model which has the Intel Iris Plus 640, all iMacs for 2017 come with dedicated Radeon Pro 500-series graphics. The 21.5" 4K model gives you the choose of the Radeon Pro 555 or 560; the 27" 5K offers the Radeon Pro 570, 575, and 580. The displays are 43% brighter than previous models and display up to 1 billion colors.
The new iMacs are shipping now. The Full HD model starts at a very affordable $1099 while $200 more gets you the entry level 4k iMac. The 27" 5K starts at $1799, BTO options give you up to 32GB of storage and 1TB of SSD storage or 2TB of fusion drive storage.
If you want the Trash Can Mac Pro in an iMac, your wish has been granted in the iMac Pro. This Space Gray Beauty shares its screen and looks with the 27" 5k iMac, but that's all it shares. Internally, its pure workstation. The iMac Pro gives you the option of 8, 10, or even 18-core Xeon CPUs. Ram has a very tower-like 128GB maximum of 2666mhz DDR4 error correcting memory. Storage is all SSD with up to 4TB. Graphics are provided by workstation class Radeon Vega-series chips with up to 16GB of video memory. While the normal iMac had 2 Thunderbolt Ports, the Pro doubles it to 4. Those four can drive up to two additional 5K displays in addition to its own. To top it off, the iMac Pro comes standard with 10 gig-E ethernet.
In short, this is not an iMac pretending to be a workstation. Quite the opposite, its a workstation trying to pose as an iMac. When shipping it also has a workstation level starting price: $4999. It'll come in December. Make no mistake, this is the fastest and most advanced computer Apple has ever made.
The iMac Pro wasn't the only Pro model Apple's introduce today. The iPad Pro got an update as well. Both models were upgraded with the 6-Core A10X fusion system on chip with 12-core GPU and high end displays with ProMotion technology for an an active refresh rate up to 120hz. the iPad Pro comes in two sizes: the 12.9" starting at a familiar $799 and a 10.5" model replacing the 9.7" for $649. The larger display on the smaller model allows for a full size on screen keyboard and distances itself from the consumer model. Like pretty much everything else, you can get your hands on them now.
Rumors of Apple's competitor to the Amazon Echo and Google Home proved to be true in the form of the Apple HomePod. As expected, the HomePod is based around Apple Music, Siri, and HomeKit functionality.
In both price and feature set, this a more high end device. The HomePod features a 7 tweeter array with custom woofer for 360° sound. For listening, there is a similar array of 6 microphones. Apple is targeting at those who want the high end sound of a Sonos system with the functionality of an Echo. Basically if you've used one of those or Siri at all, you know how to use a HomePod, the big difference is security. Apple doesn't monetize data, so they submit yours anonymously.
To accomplish this, its smart. Really smart. HomePod is able to sense the room and its position in it then modify its sound output to give optimal sound for the room. Its even able to work with other HomePods to optimize sound. To achieve this, its based around the same A8 chip that you find in older iPhones and the AppleTV.
I hinted at a premium price, I wasn't joking. At $349, its double of the price of an Echo. It'll ship in December.
Today was Apple's annual WWDC conference. As expected they had some major… and minor news for their big 4 platforms: macOS, iOS, watchOS and tvOS. Let's take a look at what was announced.
Yes, I'm going go get this out front: yes, Apple made a weed joke about macOS High Sierra being full baked. Its not only mildly funny, its also accurate. Like Snow Leopard and Mountain Lion before it, High Sierra's major changes are under the hood where the end user doesn't seem them. There are big changes to the file system, graphics, and more.
High Sierra marks the end of the line for the Hierarchical File System (HFS). It was introduced back in 1985 with the Mac System 2.1. It has been upgraded in the form of HFS+ and has held up surprisingly compared to its contemporary FAT. That said, it wasn't designed for modern flash based storage. It first saw the light of data with iOS 10 and now is the standard file system for the Mac. I won't go into the nuts and bolts as file systems aren't sexy to the end user, but it will be a beneficial change that will hopefully underpin Apple for the next 22 years.
Video files are huge. Not just in terms of popularity, but in terms of file size. H.265 uses compression technology that shrinks down file size by up to 40%. For the end user, that means that streaming 4K uses less bandwidth and less of your data cap for both mobile and broadband connection. It also means that downloaded movies will use up significantly less storage space. Essentially HVEC brings 4K to the masses. Expect to hear more in the next few months.
Apple's history with graphics technology has been less than stellar. OpenGL was routinely years behind and poorly implemented. As a result, the Mac suffered on gaming and other graphics intensive programs. Metal was a major step in the right direction. The developers who ported their apps to it say major performance gains over OpenGL. However, too few took advantage. Apple is going all in with Metal 2 and making improvements and optimizations that will improve speed and hopefully make Metal the graphics system for developers going forward.
Metal 2 coincides with the addition of system-level hardware support for two types devices users have been asking for. First, High Sierra will officially support external graphics solutions via Thunderbolt 3. There are no shortage of manufacturers out there making PCIe to Thunderbolt boxes out there and they allow any Mac with Thunderbolt 3 access to even Nvidia and AMD's most high graphics cards. Also announced was support for VR. Valve SteamVR and HTC Vive are specifically mentioned and VR development tools are coming as well. Apple is also adding a patch to FCPX for VR video output.
Apple is also launching a developer Kit for external graphics which includes a PCI-E chassis and Radeon RX 580 8GB card as well as a USB-C hub for $599. Considering the price of both external enclosures and the RX580 cards, That's actually a pretty competitive price for what you get.
The system apps are getting some minor changes as well. The biggest and probably most welcome is with the Photos apps which allows editing apps like Pixelmator or Photoshop to launch within Photos and work with your library, There are also minor updates to Safari, Mail, iCloud Drive, and more.
Look, we aren't even going to talk pricing here because you know damn well its a free upgrade. The final version will ship this fall with the public beta launching later in June.
Source: [Apple}(https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2017/06/macos-high-sierra-delivers-advanced-technologies-for-storage-video-and-graphics/)
iOS is now Apple's most popular and flagship product. Its also the one with the most growth opportunity as mobile's not as mature a market as computers. Apple has continued to drop a wealth of new features with iOS 11.
There has been talk that the last few years have been iPhone-centric when it comes to the iPad and there is some truth to that. For 2017, the iPac is back in force. The Dock and app switcher have been redesigned to make them more powerful and a lot more like macOS and there's a new files app that combines iCloud Drive as well as DropBox and other cloud platforms into a system level storage apparatus. Files that were once locked down by iOS are now wide open while still being safe. The Apple Pencil app is now full baked into the OS and Notes are usable from the lock screen. This makes the iPad the paper notebook replacement it was meant to be.
iOS 10 introduced a new 3-pane lock screen giving you Home and Music access without ever having to get into your phone. iOS 11 brings this back to a single pane, but keeps the expanded functionality. It uses 3D Touch to allow users to expand what each pane grouping can do beyond basic controls.. 3D Touch is limited to the 6S and 7-series devices so, for owners of the 6, 5S, and SE, there may be a degraded capability depending on how they handle it. On iPads, they use the expanded screen real estate to get the full functionality.
Notifications and the lock screen are now one and the same and you get the same exact functionality here, complete with widget and camera access no matter if you device is locked or not.
The biggest changes in Camera with iOS 11 are in file formats. Video now uses the HEVC that was talked about on the Mac. There is a still picture counterpart called the High Efficiency Image File Format (HEIF). The question with HEIF and HVEC is compatibility with other platforms and services as well as older devices. Live photos get an upgrade allowing for. Loop and Bounce effects to create GIF-like images. You're also able to now choose any frame within the live photo as the still picture . Lastly, there is a new form of automatic movies called Memories created from similar content on your phone.
Just as VR is being integrated into the Mac, ARKit brings system level Augmented reality onto iOS allowing full access to hardware. This allows developers to make a far better AR experience than iOS currently enjoys.
Siri was the original system level personal assistant and it keeps a major update for Apple's platforms this time around. The voices have been overhauled for a more natural and less robotic tone. Like Cortana and Alex, the new Siri employs machine learning to tailor responses based on usage. Unlike the competition, Apple has no design to monetize this and keeps your results secure on device. SiriKit expands the tasks that Siri can perform. The Machine Learning that powers the new Siri is also available to developers in the form of CoreML.
Home Automation and Music may seem like strange bedfellows, but in iOS 11 they are very much intertwined. Airplay2 integrates into HomeKit and the Home app giving you multi-room audio with Siri support. HomeKit also adds additional device types and functions to the mix and makes it easier for developers to integrate existing devices and get them certified.
Apple Music has new social media functions allowing people to share music. There's also a new API called MusicKit allow the full power of Apple music in third party applications. There would no longer need any reader to go outside of your workout app or game to access your full AppleMusic catalog. This basically replaces an older and more limited iTunes integration.
Apple Pay expands person to person in iOS 11. If you want to know how this works, use Vemo or Square Cash because its pretty much the same thing. In fact, the name of the place you receive is called your "Apple Pay Cash Account", You can use funds added to this account for payment or you can send it back to your bank account. There's even a Messages widget that automatically determines if you need to pay someone and suggests itself. There is also Siri support.
This might not be the most popular feature in iOS 11, but I would argue its the most necessary. DND while Driving detects while your in a car through several methods and shuts down your notifications while you drive. The screen even goes black and gives you the option to send an auto message to tell your contacts that you'll text them back. If you are a passenger, there is a button to say I'm not driving, but please take a hint and don't use this while driving you'll be putting somebody else's life at risk.
The App Store gets a major makeover based on the design of Apple Music. Apps and Games are now separate panes and its easier to get to in-app purchases for Apps your already have. The App Store for Messages as also had a redesign.
Rounding things out are indoor maps for major shopping centers, airports, and lane guidance. Apple News is now personalized using machine learning. There has also been updates to the keyboard
As with macOS High Sierra, iOS 11 will be free and ship this fall. There is also a public beta coming at the end of the month.
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watchOS 4 continues to refine and enhance the Core functions of the Apple Watch. This year's improvements make it an ever increasingly useful accessory to your iPhone.
The biggest improvements in watchOS 4 have to do with health and fitness. Chiefly is communication with outside devices. Introduced with the new OS is GymKit which uses the NFC to pair and provide two-way communication with exercise equipment computers. The equipment gets your Apple Watches's sensors and the Watch gets the data from the equipment allowing for a single dataset. Apple already has support from several major exercise equipment companies. There is also enhanced compatibility with connected health devices, like continuous glucose meters.
The Workout and Activity apps have received upgrades to better switch between workouts on a single session. The Activity App also has personalized goal messages very reminiscent of the fitness app Human.
The biggest news about watch faces is what watchOS still does not have: any ability to add third-party faces. For a device that is supposed to be highly personalized, the lack of a FaceKit seems out of place. If you want something different, you're stuck with Nike or Hermes editions.
For the faces that we actually have to choose from, there are three new types. The most interesting one is the proactive Siri Face that uses the same machine learning as on iOS 11 to constantly update you with relevant data. You automatically get reminds, calendar events, location/ time specific items like boarding passes, traffic info, or HomeKit scenes. If that's not your scenes, there are Toy Story themed character faces in the form of Woody, Buzz, and Jessie. There's also a colorful kaleidoscope face. All faces get new access to complications for Now Playing and Apple News
watchOS 4 comes will come out later in 2011. Unlike iOS and macOS, there will not be a public beta.
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There is a reason tvOS is last. It was basically a giant IOU. Apple announced two things: That Amazon was thankfully and finally releasing their Prime Video platform on tv and that sometime later, presumably in the fall, they would be talking about tvOS. That would presumably come with new hardware. Until then, it's business as usual.


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Composed of a vast sea of islands and near shore environments, the culturally, biologically, and geologically diverse Pacific realm occupies a third of the planet and holds a crucial place in the Earth's history and resources. Pacific waters nurture two-thirds of the world's marine biodiversity. The islands are rich in plants and animals, most of which occur nowhere else. Pacific ecosystems respond rapidly to ecological and anthropogenic changes, and have become centers for extinction and endangerment of species as well. Because the people and biota of the Pacific face enormous challenges from climate change and loss of diversity and in order to stimulate creative and urgent research and synthesize knowledge about Pacific biogeography, an international conference will be convened. The conference will cover the contribution of Pacific biogeographic research to the fields of ecology, evolution, and conservation biology, and will highlight the contribution of indigenous knowledge to these subjects.


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Winless Flyers fire Laviolette; Berube takes over
Winless Flyers fire Laviolette; Berube takes over
Oct. 07, 2013
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — After a winless start, the Philadelphia Flyers fired coach Peter Laviolette on Monday, three seasons after he led them to the Stanley Cup finals.
Assistant Craig Berube, in his seventh season coaching within the organization, was promoted to replace Laviolette. He is the 18th coach in the club's history.
Chairman Ed Snider had grave concerns about the team by the end of the preseason, and only needed three games to make a move.
"I thought our training camp, quite frankly, was one of the worst training camps I've ever seen," Snider said. "I'm not talking about wins or losses. There was nothing exciting. Nobody shined. Nobody looked good. I couldn't point to one thing that I thought was a positive.
"Unfortunately, my worries were realized."
Laviolette just couldn't overcome a punchless offense, a pair of journeymen in goal and a patchwork defense to jolt the Flyers out of their trouble and keep his job. He dealt with rumors of his firing last season, a year in which the Flyers missed the playoffs after the lockout shortened the campaign. It was the only season in which he failed to make the postseason in Philadelphia.
Flyers general manager Paul Holmgren tried to mold a playoff roster in the offseason, signing forward Vinny Lecavalier, defenseman Mark Streit and goaltender Ray Emery. He also jettisoned overpriced and underperforming veterans, like goaltender Ilya Bryzgalov and forward Danny Briere.
Holmgren liked his transactions. He just didn't like how Laviolette was putting the pieces together.
"I think some of the additions that we made this summer were good additions," Holmgren said. "I think there was some excitement about our team going into training camp. Right from Day 1 of training camp, I was concerned.
"But it was more about how we played, and it was unacceptable. We don't look like a team at all."
Laviolette had been signed through 2014-15. He's just the second coach in Flyers history to coach parts of five seasons.
He was hired early in the 2009 season after John Stevens was fired, and led the Flyers on an improbable run to the 2010 Stanley Cup finals, where they lost to Chicago in six games.
Laviolette won the Stanley Cup coaching Carolina in 2006, and previously coached the New York Islanders. He's still set to serve as an assistant under Pittsburgh's Dan Bylsma for the United States in the 2014 Olympics in Sochi.
Berube had 20 goals and 54 points over parts of seven seasons with the Flyers. He played for four other teams over a 17-year career and his 3,149 penalty minutes are seventh in NHL history.
Berube will make his debut Tuesday, when the Flyers play host to Florida.
"Just because I've been in the organization a long time doesn't mean I'm going to do the same thing other coaches did," he said. "I'm not them. I have my own thoughts. I have my own way of how I want to coach."


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The young star shimmered in her gorgeous get-up last night! Get a full view of her frock & vote.
If I told you a 19-year-old was wearing a backless, sequins mini I'm sure you would expect to see something that looks more like an old Britney Spears stage costume and not the chic Jenny Packham creation Emma Roberts wore to ELLE's 17th Annual Women in Hollywood Tribute at The Four Seasons Hotel in Beverly Hills on Oct. 18.
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Snow, rain causing headache as storm threatens
Snow, rain causing headache as storm threatens
Light snow and rain are slowing drivers down and causing some problems on the roads.
Foster's Daily Democrat reports crashes in Rochester, near Daniels Hall and in Newmarket.
Police are reporting slick conditions but so far, no injuries have been reported.
The state is expected to get rain and snow for the next day as a storm that barreled across the country makes its way into the Northeast and New England. The timing is bad: Thanksgiving week is a big week for traveling.
Snow during the day today should turn over to rain tonight.
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Intimate Theatre
The Intimate Theatre was a repertory theatre in Palmers Green, London from 1937 to 1987, and is the name commonly used for St. Monica's Church Hall.
St. Monica's Church Hall was built in 1931, and the actor John Clements turned the building into the Intimate Theatre in 1935.[1] It became a full-time professional repertory theatre in 1937.[2]
After he was demobbed, Roger Moore was a member of the repertory company, and earned about £10 per week.[3] In the late 1940s, the BBC televised 14 plays from the theatre.
During the 1960s, the repertory company put on a new play each week,[4] although Max Rietmann's Hot and Cold in all Rooms played to a capacity audience for three weeks in 1962.[5]
In March 1968, David Bowie acted the role of Cloud in Lindsay Kemp's Pierrot In Turquoise at the theatre.[6]
In August 1968 Richard Todd starred in Man with a Load of Mischief with Dilys Laye.[7]
In 1969, the building reverted for a short time to its use as a church hall before returning to its use as a theatre.[8]
In 1987, the usage as a theatre was reduced to allow the church to hold other events.[9]
Current use[edit]
It has a current capacity of 435 Today (2012) the theatre is used by Protos Theatre & Arts Group, The London Pantomimers, [10] Acorn Theatre Company, [11] Saint Monica's Players, [12] and other amateur drama groups. It is located on Green Lanes.[2]
- ^ Chambers, Colin (2006). "Continuum Companion to Twentieth Century Theatre". p.165. Continuum International Publishing Group. Retrieved 31 March 2011.
- ^ a b "Intimate (London)". Theatres Database. The Theatres Trust. Retrieved 31 March 2011.
- ^ Moore, Roger. "Roger Moore from 1972 - page 4". Roger Moore - The Early Days. The Roger Moore Web Team. Retrieved 31 March 2011.
- ^ Shellard, Dominic (4 September 2006). "Interview with Stephen Wischhusen". Theatre Archive Project. British Library. Retrieved 31 March 2011.
- ^ Wischhusen, Stephen (6 September 2006). "Comment". Conference 'More Than Just Osborne?' 5 September 2006, 18.30-21.00. Theatre Archive Project. Retrieved 31 March 2011.
- ^ Kinder, P. "1958-1969 Concert Performances". Tours. BowieWonderworld. Retrieved 31 March 2011.
- ^ Man with a Load of Mischief, production details: West End Broadway: The Golden Age of the American Musical in London By Adrian Wright 2012
- ^ T F T Baker, R B Pugh (Editors), A P Baggs, Diane K Bolton, Eileen P Scarff, G C Tyack (1976). "Edmonton: Social life". A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 5: Hendon, Kingsbury, Great Stanmore, Little Stanmore, Edmonton Enfield, Monken Hadley, South Mimms, Tottenham. British History Online. Retrieved 31 March 2011.
- ^ "A Brief History of Risley Musical Theatre Company (Formerly Risley Operatic Group)". Risley Musical Theatre Company. Retrieved 31 March 2011.
- ^ The London Pantomimers Retrieved 29 May 2012
- ^ Acorn Theatre Company Retrieved 29 May 2012
- ^ St Monica's players Retrieved 10 May 2011
Further reading[edit]
- Intimate Memories: The History of the Intimate Theatre, Palmers Green by Geoff Bowden, Badger Press, 2006 ISBN 978-0-9526076-3-2


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Why Is It Still Confusing That I'm a Woman and I Like Football?
If I added up the time I spend watching football, researching players, and writing weekly fantasy recaps for my league, it would probably be at least a part-time job.
I still can't quite believe that NBC delayed the entire Olympics broadcast because sexism. But they did. And maybe that's why the media coverage of this year's Olympics — in which a number of women have been kicking butt and taking names — has been so unrelentingly terrible. It's all about the journey, and oh, what a sexist one it has been.
The Olympics are this rare time when we get to see a lot of incredibly talented athletes doing absurdly amazing and difficult things. And for a lot of sports, like lifting, it's one of the few times we see any media coverage of any kind. To have it so bitterly soured with sexism is really infuriating, and it's so deeply disrespectful to Olympic athletes, and to all women and girls in sports, including those who hope there might be an Olympics in their future.
So, a little rundown: The New York Times referred to Katie Ledecky — you know, record-breakingly amazing Katie Ledecky, the swimmer who got so far out in front of her peers that it looked like she was competing in an empty pool? — as Bruce Gemmell's "project." An "innovation" who thrived under his "tinkering," like she's a windup toy. Gemmell, for those who don't know, is Ledecky's swim coach, and it sounds like he's pretty good at what he does, but maybe the process story here should be about her, not him? Just an idea?
This isn't the only sexism Ledecky has faced: Ever since she hit the pool, people have been comparing her to a man. She's a "female Michael Phelps" or she "swims just like a man." Obviously women can't be celebrated for their accomplishments as a standalone thing, because that would upset the order of the world. How will we understand what women are doing without a man as a frame of reference?
Then there was Katinka Hosszú, who won gold and took out some records in the pool along the way, but got to hear an NBC commentator saying that her husband. Deserved the credit. For her win. The man sitting dry in the stands. Was responsible for the woman who swam her heart out.
That nauseating comment really neatly dovetails with what NBC said to justify the tape delay: Ladies, you see, aren't really into sports, but they like the Olympics because there's a narrative. Drama. Like a reality TV show. Because ladies like reality TV shows. Not sports. Just so we're clear. So, obviously, commentary on the swimming itself or, I don't know, just shutting up and letting people watch the race wouldn't be interesting to all those ladies that NBC painstakingly delayed the broadcast for, and those ladies definitely want to hear all about how an athlete's husband is responsible for her win.
Actually, you know what, let's just start referring to women the context of their husbands, like the Chicago Tribune did when it did a story about the wife of a "Bears lineman," who I guess won some medal or something, IDK? They can't possibly have been referring to trap shooter Corey Cogdell-Unrein, right? (I look forward to seeing reporting on football referencing players by their spouses, because I bet Corey Cogdell-Unrein's husband is super great at linemanning, whatever that is.)
Then we had NBC saying that the U.S. women's gymnastics team stands around like they're at a mall, which, what? Doesn't even make sens—OH, because they're girls, right? Just like the girls that Fox news commentators tore apart for wearing makeup, or not wearing enough makeup, or wearing the wrong kind of makeup, because obviously the makeup choices of female Olympians should be thoughtfully dissected on national media, since that is a valuable contribution to the world.
NBC commentators also helpfully identified Larissa França's wife, Liliane Maestrini, as her husband when the two celebrated after the Brazilian athlete got off the beach volleyball court. Meanwhile, the Mercury News may have taken the cake with their "Phelps shares historic night with African-American" headline, since apparently they didn't have room for a story about Michael Phelps AND a story about Simone Manuel.
And that's just U.S. media. The BBC obsessed over an Egyptian beach volleyball player's hijab and referred to a judo match as a catfight; the Korea Times made snarky comments about whether a tall volleyball player would be able to find a boyfriend, and an SBS commentator cracked a joke about a judoka's age; a German journalist spent an interview mocking rider Julia Krajewski with bizarre comments about being a "scaredy cat" on the course; a Brazilian news commentator asked a judoka about her weight; and a CBC commentator said a Chinese swimmer "went out like stink and died like a pig," whatever that was supposed to mean.
All of this sexism is not just your imagination: A recent study from Cambridge took a look at the way people talk about women and men in sports, finding that men get described in terms of what they do, while women get described in terms of who they are. And at the Olympics, where we have a rare opportunity to actually see women's sports in primetime, it becomes painfully apparent.
The only ladies at the Olympics who aren't being subjected to endless sexist commentary are of the equine variety, and that's a sad comment on the state of society. In recent years, U.S. media should have clearly seen that women really are seriously interested in sports, actually, but also that women's sports themselves are a matter of interest when networks bother to air them. It was the U.S. women's team who played the most-watched soccer game in U.S. history, after all.
But when your sports is coming with a heady helping of sexism, it becomes more and more unendurable over time. NBC's quest to "package" the Olympics is making them more unpalatable, displaying a fundamental disconnect, a lack of understanding, between television executives and the people consuming their content.
Women who are passionate about sports love the Olympics, especially since their favorite sports rarely appear in the media. Some women who aren't passionate about sports love the Olympics too, because they're an event, and a chance to see amazing women from all over the world doing incredible things. Some people undoubtedly do enjoy process stories and learning about the journey, but that's what magazines are for. NBC has an exclusive contract to air Olympics coverage in the U.S., so they least they could do is actually air that coverage sans obnoxious commentary.
I haven't been watching as much Olympics coverage this year in part because of the incredibly irritating tape delay, but also because of the toxic levels of sexism. I want people to talk about what the athletes are doing, not who their partners are or when they had babies or any number of other personal details. For color commentary, I look to local interest stories — if an athlete is from the Bay Area, I'd expect to find a feature about her in the Chronicle, for example, but I'd hope that the feature concentrated on her athletic prowess and how hard she worked to get there, rather than minute details of her life.
If women at the literal top of their game can't hope to be celebrated for who they are instead of what they're wearing (or not wearing), who they're married to, how many children they have, where they're from, who their coaches are, and any number of other mundane personal details, how are ordinary women supposed to have a chance?
There's a reason we rarely get to see women's sports on the television, and this is it: because fundamentally, the people in power don't care about what women do, and they assume that holds true for everyone. They think they need to sex up coverage of women's sports because it genuinely doesn't occur to them that...maybe people just want to watch women's sports?


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Amazing Charts Emerges as EHR of Choice for Small PracticesUsed by 3,600+ Practices and Growing by 70+ Practices Monthly (July 20, 2010)
SAUNDERSTOWN, RI -- (Marketwire) -- 07/20/10 -- For the small practice healthcare provider, selecting an Electronic Health Record (EHR) system can be a daunting task, with more than 300 vendors, complicated pricing, and products that are impossible to evaluate for usability, effectiveness, and implementation times. Oftentimes this leads to buyer's remorse and later switching to another EHR.
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