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ANKARA - Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan won Turkey's first direct presidential election Sunday, striking a conciliatory tone toward critics who fear he is bent on a power grab as he embarks on another five years at the country's helm.
"I will not be the president of only those who voted for me, I will be the president of 77 million," Erdogan said in a victory speech delivered from the balcony of the Ankara headquarters of his Justice and Development Party, or AKP.
"Today the national will won once again, today democracy won once again," he told thousands of flag-waving, cheering supporters. "Those who didn't vote for me won as much as those who did, those who don't like me won as much as those who do."
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The three-term prime minister's message of unity was in stark contrast to his mostly bitter, divisive election campaign, when he poured scorn on his opponents, cast doubt on their Turkish identity and even accused his main challenger of being part of a shadowy coup conspiracy he said was run by a former associate living in the United States.
"I want to build a new future, as of today, with an understanding of a societal reconciliation, by regarding our differences as richness, and by pointing out not our differences but our common values," he said.
Erdogan, 60, has dominated Turkish politics for more than a decade. Revered by many as a man of the people who ushered in a period of economic prosperity, he is reviled by others as an increasingly autocratic leader trying to impose his religious and conservative views on a country with strong secular traditions.
His critics have accused him of running a heavily lopsided, unfair campaign, using the assets available to him through his office as prime minister to dominate media exposure and travel across the country. His office has rejected these claims.
"Erdogan did not win a victory today, he moved to (the presidential palace of) Cankaya through chicanery, cheating, deception and trickery," said Devlet Bahceli, head of the Nationalist Action Party which backed Erdogan's main rival, Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu.
"This person is too questionable and dubious to be seen as president," he said.
With 99 percent of ballot boxes counted, Erdogan had 51.9 percent of the vote, according to figures from the state-run Anadolu news agency, which had reporters at ballot counting stations across the country. Ihsanoglu had 38.3 percent and the third candidate, Selahattin Demirtas, had 9.7 percent.
Ihsanoglu, the 70-year-old former head of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation and a political newcomer, conceded defeat in a brief speech in Istanbul.
"I hope that the result is beneficial for democracy in Turkey," he said. "I congratulate the prime minister and wish him success."
Official results were expected Monday.
"The result was not a surprise. Opinion polls had indicated that Erdogan would obtain around 54 to 58 percent of the vote. He had dominated the election campaign," said Fadi Hakura, an associate fellow at the Chatham House think tank in London.
"Mr. Erdogan will perceive this result as a decisive mandate to push ahead with his plans for an executive form of presidency," he said.
Erdogan has vowed to transform the presidency from a largely ceremonial post into a powerful position - something his detractors say proves he is bent on a power grab. He has said he will activate the post's rarely used dormant powers - a legacy of a 1980 coup - including the ability to call parliament and summon and preside over Cabinet meetings.
Hakura said the result would not alter Turkey's course.
"Nothing will change much," he said. "Neither his style of governance, neither domestic policy nor Turkey's external policy."
Legislator Huseyin Celik, the AKP spokesman, said the party - which now must elect a new party leader and designate a prime minister to replace Erdogan - would hold a meeting during the night and another on Monday. Erdogan is widely expected to appoint a compliant prime minister so he can continue to exert control.
Party rules barred Erdogan from serving another term as prime minister. Turkish presidents used to be elected by parliament but Erdogan's government pushed through a constitutional amendment in 2007, changing the procedure to a popular vote.
Yet the past year-and-a-half has been a turbulent one for Erdogan, who faced widespread anti-government protests in 2013 triggered by a violent police crackdown on demonstrators objecting to a construction plan in central Istanbul.
More anti-government protests erupted in May after 301 miners died in a coal mine fire blamed on shoddy safety practices. Erdogan and his son have also been implicated in a corruption scandal that he has dismissed as a coup plot by a moderate Islamic preacher and former ally living in the United States, Fethullah Gulen.
Dozens of judicial and police officials involved in the probe against him have been dismissed or re-assigned, and dozens of police have been arrested and jailed.
Nevertheless, his popularity clearly endures. He has been credited with Turkey's good economic performance in recent years, as well as broadening welfare access, Hakura said before the vote.
The third reason, he said, was that Erdogan is seen by a large segment of the Turkish population who feel they have been ostracized and marginalized by the previous secular establishment as representing their interests.

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November 17, 2009
TWD- Cranberry Caramel Apple Crisp with Walnuts
Now in all seriousness, one thing I've learned since I started baking too often is that you should follow your instincts with a recipe. Too often I've thought- I should add some whatever and decided to follow the recipe instead, only to try the final product and wish it had cinnamon or whatever I'd left out. I'm still up for trying new things and techniques but when I saw this recipe I knew it needed orange zest so I added it and it worked out great. The flavor enhanced all the others and was nice and subtle.
I'd also recommend subbing some whole wheat flour in the topping. With all the spice and flavors no one will be the wiser (how's that for grown up!) Don't forget you can easily sub in the fruits or nuts you have on hand or in the freezer- this recipe is good like that. Here's the recipe with my changes. I'm definitely going to make this again! Thanks for the fun choice, Repressed Pastry Chef! See the original there and don't miss the other versions from all the TWD peeps. This really is a delicious and quick recipe- perfect with all the holiday craziness already creeping up.
Cran-Apple Crisps
adapted from Baking by Dorie Greenspan
For the topping
¾ cup whole wheat flour
½ cup (packed) light brown sugar
½ cup old-fashioned oats
¾ cup chopped walnuts
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 stick (8 tablespoons) cold unsalted butter cut into 4 pieces
For the filling
5 medium apples, peeled, cored and cut into ¼ inch chunks
1 cup fresh or frozen cranberries (if frozen, don't thaw)
½ cup moist, plump craisins (if you are like me and bought the enormous bag at Costco and they've seen better days, plump them up in some hot water, or orange juice even, before mixing in)
1/2 cup chopped up Peter's caramel (or kraft caramels if you haven't succumbed and bought this yet, but you should!)
2/3 cup sugar
1 teaspoon orange zest
2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
Getting Ready:
Center a rack in the oven and preheat the oven to 375°F. Lightly butter eight ovenproof cups or bowls, each with a capacity of about one cup. Put the cups on a baking sheet lined with parchment or a silicone mat.
To make the topping:
Put all the ingredients in a food processor and pulse just until the mixture forms big curds, about 1 minute. (You can make the topping up to 3 days ahead and refrigerate it in an airtight bag.)
To make the filling:
Toss all the ingredients together in a large bowl. Divide the fruit evenly among the cups then spoon an equal amount of topping over each portion of fruit. Bake the crisps for 40-45 minutes or until the topping is golden and the fruit juices are bubbling up around it. Transfer the cups to a rack and let them rest for at least 10 minutes before serving. Top with whipped cream or vanilla ice cream for the perfect fall dessert.
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Looks fabulous! I've always loved nuts for snacking, it's only been recently (last 5 years I guess) that I like them in baked goods, though I still opt for sundaes without them :) I'm 42, so it took me a while! LOL I made this this week too and I loved it! Though I think I'll cut the sugar back next time.ReplyDelete
I bet that the orange zest in these cookies adds a wonderful flavor. I'm going to make a note to try this sometime. I'm with you, I like nuts only sometimes. I'm not all the way there on liking nuts in my baked goods though. Your crisp looks lovely.ReplyDelete
Looks terrific. I was thinking of tossing some caramel into mine when I make it for Thanksgiving. Sounds divine!ReplyDelete
I love the idea of caramel in the topping -- when I finally get around to making the crisp, I'll try that for sure. Thanks!ReplyDelete
oooooooo yum!ReplyDelete
O my gosh, I missed your PW post !
Wow !
If you come out with a book,please go on a tour !
Hugs to the babies,
Auntie Queen B
- AnonymousNovember 17, 2009 at 7:22 AM
Orange zest sounds like a delicious addition! Your crisp looks wonderful. I like nuts in some things but my husband doesn't like them in almost anything, so they usually don't end up in my baking.ReplyDelete
This looks great! I thought I was the only one that wasn't crazy about nuts in my cookies. And I can definitely do without shredded coconut in my desserts.ReplyDelete
I used only whole wheat flour in the topping and I think it worked out really good. Looks fabulous, Anne.ReplyDelete
Looks delicious and sounds like the orange zest made this! Who wants to be a grown up I am not a nut girl either!ReplyDelete
Looks beautiful.ReplyDelete
I added caramel to mine.
I love your tweaks! I haven't made this one yet but will definitely add nuts to the crisp, and orange zest too. And extra cranberries (I saw that on Nancy's post) and vanilla ice cream. I should just make the thing before it gets any more evolved!ReplyDelete
I actually added orange zest too and just like you said.. it makes a world of difference. I love the way this dessert turned out. Yours looks awesome!ReplyDelete
Awesome crisp! I've always loved nuts. But I hear you about parents saying someday you'll like...whatever. Let's see, Mom, I've always hated onions, still do and just turned 40. Nope, not looking like I"ll ever grow up!ReplyDelete
But great job trying out walnuts. I added walnuts to my crisp, too, because I think they should have nuts as well! Ooh and the orange zest sounds great.
Love your photos.
WOW! his recipe I wanna try..ReplyDelete
Hurrah for being grown up!ReplyDelete
I agree with you that crumb topping needs some sort of nut. Your crisp looks delish!
Thanks for the great substitution and addition ideas,especially caramel! I may have to try one or two when I make this next week. Yours looks divine!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousNovember 18, 2009 at 12:35 PM
Loved this post. I feel the same way about nuts. I had to ask my mother-in-law (in the smallest voice possible) to leave a couple of cinnamon rolls nutless just two weeks ago. And coconut is definitely for sunscreen and shampoo!ReplyDelete
I never want to grow up!ReplyDelete
I'm going to try using whole wheat flour in the crisp part next time.
A lovely post! I'm still not grownup enough for cranberries, so I used plums.ReplyDelete
This looks super-tasty, I'll definitely be bookmarking this to bake soon (though I think it might be something I bake for my parents instead of my friends-- most of my college friends aren't real big fans of nuts in their baked goods, either).ReplyDelete
Also, agreeing with the coconut-tasting-like-sunblock thing. Blech.


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Design of smart power grid renewable energy systems
Design of smart power grid renewable energy systems /Ali Keyhani. Wiley-IEEE Press, July 2011, 592 p. ISBN: 978-0-470-62761-7
To address the modeling and control of smart grid renewable energy system into electric power systems, this book integrates three areas of electrical engineering: power system engineering, control systems engineering and power electronics. The approach to the integration of these three areas differs from classical methods. Due to complexity of this task, the author has decided to present the basic concepts, and then present a simulation test bed in matlab to use these concepts to solve a basic problem in development of smart grid energy system. Therefore, each chapter has three parts: first a problem of integration is stated and its importance is described. Then, the mathematical model of the same problem is formulated. Next, the solution steps are outlined. This step is followed by developing a matlab simulation test bed. Each chapter ends with a set of problems and projects. The book is intended be used as textbook for instruction or by researchers. This book can be used as undergraduate text for both electrical and mechanical engineers. The prerequisite for the course is a course in fundamental of electrical engineering. (© Wiley)


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Trading Across our BordersMarch 3, 2011
Francisco Sánchez, Under Secretary for International Trade
When people think about exporting in the United States, they commonly think of destinations such as China and Europe.
Canada and Mexico, however, are also two of the strongest markets for American goods and services.
In fact, each day, the United States conducts $2.5 billion in trade with our neighbors. This, in turn, translates to $1.7 million a minute.
Last year, U.S. exports to Mexico grew more than 25 percent to more than $160 billion. In addition, the U.S. exported over $240 billion to Canada which is an increase of $45 billion over the previous year.
As you can imagine, the trade along our borders is an important priority to both the International Trade Administration and President Obama.
It is for that reason, that I spent this past Tuesday rolling out our new Border Export Strategy with colleagues in both San Diego and Tijuana.
The Border Export Strategy (BES) is a key component of President Obama's National Export Initiative which aims to double U.S. exports by 2015. The BES will spur job creation and aid to our nation's economic recovery.
ITA's Border Export Strategy will increase export opportunities for U.S. companies along our shared borders by reducing trade barriers that impact the flow of secure, effective and legitimate commerce. The San Diego and Imperial Valley region was the perfect place for me to begin rolling out this strategy and I look forward to the weeks and months ahead.
My staff and I look forward to working with businesses and government officials to advance ITA's Border Export Strategy and to achieve President Obama's goals for the National Export Initiative.


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LONDON, England (CNN) -- New York is in Candace Bushnell's blood. The best-selling novelist and columnist has a gift for tapping into the zeitgeist of any New York minute. Smart, chic and driven, her story is also a classic New York success story - she was the girl who came to the city to make it and did so through a desire and determination to succeed.
Candace Bushnell: "Sex and the City was never written to make people feel good."
"I think people who come here and stay here are, number one, people who always have a dream," she told CNN.
Bushnell was born on December 1, 1958 in the New England town of Glastonbury, Connecticut. However, at the age of 19 she shunned the idea of a more parochial life for the bright lights of New York in order to pursue her dreams of becoming a professional writer.
"I was going to University in Houston, Texas and I decided that I knew what I wanted to do and it was time to go and do it. I literally ran away from college," she told CNN.
Whilst enrolled at New York University, and juggling waitressing jobs, she wrote a children's book for publishers Simon and Schuster and received her first big paycheck of $1000. However, this was the first of many different writing jobs Candace undertook over the years.
Watch Candace Bushnell take CNN on a tour of New York. »
She wrote for a series of underground papers and publications such as Night Magazine which documented the goings-on of the New York club circuit. By now Candace had herself become a fixture in Manhattan society and a regular at iconic nightclubs like Studio 54.
"For me it wasn't about being a socialite. To be a socialite you had to come from a family who had money. New York is a city where people come to make it. And it doesn't really matter where you come from, but it's all about making it and success."
After graduating from college she worked as a freelancer throughout her twenties. "I finally got a job on 'Ladies Home Journal,'" she told CNN.
"The first thing I had to do every morning was sharpen pencils and my boss said I was the best pencil sharpener that they had ever had!"
Bushnell got her real big break when she started writing for the New York Observer in 1993. She soon made an impact as a reporter with stories such as her investigation into burnt out New York celebrities in rehab in Minneapolis.
She was given her own column in November 1994 which she called "Sex and the City". It chronicled the life, people and stories she had come to know in the Big Apple.
The column was an immediate success and became a must-read in New York and it was not long before producers in LA began to take note. It was bought as a book in 1995 and sold to HBO as a series in 1996, which would become the basis for the hit television show and subsequent movie.
See the story of "Sex and the City" in photos. »
"It started as a seed, with an absolute truth that people may agree with or it may disturb them. It disturbs me sometimes when I read it because it's very wrong and very honest," she told CNN.
"I think most call it cynicism but I call it realism -- it is absolutely raw reality. It was never written for a big audience and it was never written to make people feel good. It was written as the truth in a humorous way."
Since then Bushnell has written another four best-selling books which continue her dark humor and observations of New York society and its characters. Her book "Lipstick Jungle", published in 2005, also went on to become a successful television series on NBC.
Amidst this success, the one thing Bushnell had not necessarily planned was marriage. The single girl about town, just like her "Sex and the City" alter-ego Carrie Bradshaw, it was a surprise even for her to fall for her husband Charles Askegaard, a principal dancer with the New York ballet, whom she met at a gala seven years ago.
"I was cynical about relationships. I wasn't sure about marriage. But when I saw Charles across the room I thought 'that's the man you're going to marry,'" she said.
Candace is now currently working on three more novels, including a young-adult book about Carrie Bradshaw's teenage years in the city. She continues to capture the spirit of the place she has made her home with the flair and drive of a true New Yorker.
"I was a person who was born in a sense with a mission -- I don't always follow it but I always have it and I continue with it."


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Writing, Grammar, Literature, ACT Prep
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Katie is an enthusiastic teacher who strives to make connections between literature and student's every day lives.
Subject, predicate, and objects are the three different components when breaking down a sentence. The subject is the "who" or "what" of the sentence, the predicate is the verb, and the object is any noun or concept that is part of the action of the subject. Learn how to identify the three parts of a sentence.
So we are talking parts of a sentence now and there's three main parts that you're going to want to know anytime you're breaking down a sentence; you're going to want to know the subject, the predicate and the object and this will really help you in a lot of ways. The reason we break down sentences to their different parts is so we can start working on subject verb agreement, we can start taking a look at the different kinds of sentences we have in our writing and we can also look at how different words are working in those sentences, so it's really important to have an understanding of the basics.
Alright, the first and probably the most important thing in a sentence is its subject; that's who or what is doing the action. Then you have the predicate and I'm going to let you in on a little secret here, the predicate is just a fancy word for a verb; it's the action or state of being that the subject's completing and I know that sounds really complicated but it's the verb of the sentence. And then an object in a sentence is any noun or concept that's part of that action that's being done, it usually completes the thought.
So let's take a look at the example, "The streetlights shine brightly in the moon." So who or what is this sentence about? Well, it's pretty easy; it's focused on the streetlights, so there we've got our subject, alright? Once we've got that subject we just need to ask ourselves so what is that subject doing? So what are our streetlights doing? They're shining. So shine is our predicate. And then do we have any objects that follow that, that kind of complete the thought? And if we steer along, we've got the moon and the moon's acting as an object in the sentence and there's lots of different kinds of objects. We are not going to go too deeply into that but just know that you can recognize that as an object.
Alright, some tips when you're looking at subjects and predicates in the different kinds of sentences. First of all, it is possible to have compound subjects, so in this sentence we had the streetlights and the lamps, you would identify both of those as the subject of the sentence because they are both doing an action. You can also have a compound predicate, so if the streetlights were shining and flickering, you've got that compound action, it works together but you'd identify both of those as the predicate. And then finally in some tricky sentences, usually commands, you've got an understood subject, so like the sentence, "Go home." I'm not saying, "You go home." but that's understood so you is actually the subject of the sentence even though it doesn't actually exist there in the sentence.
Alright, so I think that's pretty, you got that pretty damned, let's take a look at some of these examples. Take a look at them and see if you can identify subjects, verbs and objects. So we've got "The girl threw the ball to the shortstop." Alright, who or what is doing the action? The girl is doing the action. Alright, so she's our subject, and what's she doing, she threw the ball, so threw is our predicate and then what's that object that's part of the action, she actually threw the ball is acting as an object and we've got another object here because we've got that prepositional phrase at the end; she threw it to the shortstop.
Alright, "The runner sprinted and made it safely to third base." Let's take a look; who or what's doing the action? The runner is the one that's running, making it safely, so we've got the subject. Now here is where it gets a little tricky; what's this runner doing? Well, we know the runner is sprinting so we've got our predicate there but this runner also is making it safely to the third base, so we've got to include that as a predicate and this is one of those compound predicates, alright. And then finally, they made it to the third base, third base is part of that action, so it's our object, alright?
Last one, "The coaches and players celebrated the victory." Who or what is the sentence about? Well, it's about the coaches, they are celebrating, but we've got to also note that the players are also celebrating, so we've got an example of a compound subject here. And what are they doing? We already said they were celebrating, so that's our predicate and the thought that completes that predicate, the object is they are celebrating the victory, so that is our object. So now you've got it down; subjects, predicates, you remember that's just a fancy name for the verb and objects that all work together to make up the sentences. Once you've got those down, the rest of the lessons are going to be pretty easy.


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Universe Awareness: one place in the Universe
Universe Awareness (UNAWE) is an international programme that exposes very young children in under-privileged environments to the scale and beauty of the Universe. Universe Awareness illustrates the multicultural origins of modern astronomy in an effort to broaden children's minds, awaken their curiosity in science and stimulate global citizenship and tolerance. Using the sky and children's natural fascination with it as common ground, UNAWE creates an international awareness of our place in the Universe and our place on Earth.
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UN Millenium Development Goals
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Organisational Associates:33
National Websites: 111
Cornerstone Projects: 12
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Pipers, Drummers, and Drum Majors
This personal project has been ongoing to capture the characters and personalities of the pipe band community.
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I am a photographer based out of Victoria, British Columbia on Vancouver Island. I grew up in the remote fishing community of North Shore, on Cape Breton Island where the population was 27 people. My love of people watching came at a early age when my parents would take me along on their many visits with elderly neighbours. I would sit quietly and study their faces as they laughed and told stories with their hands, taking in the details of their kitchens, tea cups, wood stoves, and rubber boots at the door.
Raised on an island full of storytellers, musicians, and characters, produced a strong sense of cultural pride. Being an active participant in its preservation was encouraged from a young age. Music was the first expression of my creativity and it eventually became a natural extension of my photography, with many of my projects stemming from my cultural identity.
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This chapter examines federal disability rights laws and provides an overview of their applicability to the parenting rights of Americans with disabilities. Specifically, the chapter examines the protections afforded by the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and their application to the efforts of people with disabilities to create and maintain families.
Federal Disability Rights Laws: An Overview
The landmark ADA and its predecessor, the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, established comprehensive national mandates prohibiting discrimination on the basis of disability. Collectively, these two laws prohibit public and private entities from discriminating against people with disabilities and ensure equal opportunity to participate in and benefit from a wide range of services and programs.
Under federal law, a person is defined as having a disability if he or she (a) has a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities; (b) has a record of such impairment; or (c) is regarded as having such impairment.[120] Pursuant to the 2008 ADA amendments, major life activities include but are not limited to seeing, walking, and learning, as well as the operation of major bodily functions, such as the reproductive system.[121] The amendments clarify that the ADA covers people with episodic conditions, such as epilepsy. Today, a person is protected under the ADA if he or she has a disability that substantially limits a life activity when the condition is in an active state, even if the condition is not evident or does not limit a life activity at all times.[122] Furthermore, public entities and places of public accommodation may not discriminate against an "individual or entity because of the known disability of an individual with whom the individual or entity is known to have a relationship or association."[123]
Rehabilitation Act of 1973
The first federal civil rights law protecting people with disabilities was the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.[124] The intent of the Rehabilitation Act is to "Empower individuals with disabilities to maximize employment, economic self-sufficiency, independence and inclusion and integration into society through…the guarantee of equal opportunity."[125]
The most well-known provision of the Rehabilitation Act is Section 504, which states,
"No otherwise qualified individual with a disability . . . Shall, solely by reason of her or his disability, be excluded from the participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance…."[126]
Section 504 prohibits discrimination against people with disabilities by programs conducted by federal agencies as well as any program or activity that receives federal financial assistance.[127] Section 504 applies to nearly all public schools, public and private colleges, human services programs (including the child welfare system and adoption agencies), and public housing agencies. Notably, Section 504 applies to all health care entities and providers that receive federal monies, including through Medicaid, Medicare, or federal block grants.
The Rehabilitation Act includes other significant provisions as well. Section 501 requires affirmative action and nondiscrimination in employment by federal agencies.[128]
Section 503 requires affirmative action and prohibits employment discrimination by federal government contractors and subcontractors with contracts of more than $10,000.[129] Section 508 requires that all electronic and information technology developed, maintained, procured, or used by the Federal Government must be accessible to people with disabilities, including employees.[130]
Americans with Disabilities Act
On July 26, 1990, President George W. Bush signed into law the Americans with Disabilities Act, which extended the protections and prohibitions of the Rehabilitation Act to private conduct, with the goal of reducing the social discrimination and stigma experienced by people with disabilities.[131] In passing the ADA, Congress recognized that "historically, society tended to isolate and segregate individuals with disabilities, and, despite some improvements, such forms of discrimination against individuals with disabilities continue to be a serious and pervasive social problem."[132] In furtherance of the objective of eliminating discrimination, Congress stated that "the Nation's proper goals regarding individuals with disabilities are to assure equality of opportunity, full participation, independent living, and economic self-sufficiency for such individuals."[133] In light of the ADA's intended "clear and comprehensive national mandate for the elimination of discrimination,"[134] the ADA ensures the rights of people with disabilities to create and maintain families in a variety of ways. Indeed, before the passage of the ADA, Congress gathered an unprecedented amount of testimony concerning discrimination against people with disabilities, including stories of people with disabilities who had lost custody of their children[135] and people with disabilities who were denied the opportunity to adopt children.[136]
The ADA is divided into five titles that cover the various protections afforded by the law:
- Title I covers employment.[137]
- Title II Part A covers public entities: state and local government.[138]
- Title II Part B covers public transportation provided by public entities.[139]
- Title III covers private entities: public accommodations, commercial facilities, examinations and courses related to licensing or certification, and transportation provided to the public by private entities.[140]
- Title IV covers telecommunications.[141]
- Title V contains miscellaneous provisions.[142]
Titles II and III are most relevant here because they govern access to public entities run by state and local governments, and places of public accommodation, respectively.
Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act
Title II of the ADA prohibits discrimination by public entities run or funded by state and local governments.[143] It mandates, "No qualified individual with a disability shall, by reason of such disability, be excluded from participation in or be denied the benefits of the services, programs, or activities of a public entity, or be subjected to discrimination by any such entity."[144] The ADA defines public entity to include "any department, agency, special purpose district, or other instrumentality of a State or States or local government."[145] Examples of covered programs and entities include state courts, state legislatures, town meetings, police and fire departments, and state and local offices and programs. Entities that receive federal financial assistance from DOJ, including state judicial systems, are also prohibited from discriminating on the basis of disability under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act.[146] Further, the Supreme Court has held that providing people with disabilities access to courts is a mandate of Title II. According to the Court, "Unequal treatment of disabled persons in the administration of judicial services has a long history," which the ADA seeks to redress.[147] Title II (and Section 504) are thus crucial, because they mandate access for people with disabilities to the child welfare system, family law courts, and public adoption agencies.
Title II requires the following of public entities:
- Public entities must provide people with disabilities an equal opportunity to participate in programs, services or activities.[148] To implement this mandate, public entities must make reasonable modifications in policies, practices, or procedures unless such modifications would fundamentally alter the nature of the service, program or activity.[149]
- Public entities shall administer services, programs, and activities in the most integrated setting appropriate to the needs of qualified individuals with disabilities;[150]
- Public entities shall not impose or apply eligibility criteria that screen out or tend to screen out any individual with a disability from fully and equally enjoying any service, program, or activity, unless such criteria can be shown to be necessary for the provision of the service, program, or activity being offered;[151]
- Public entities must furnish auxiliary aids and services when necessary to ensure effective communication, unless an undue burden or fundamental alteration would result;[152]
- Public entities may provide benefits, services, or advantages, beyond those required by the regulation, to people with disabilities;[153]
- Public entities may not place surcharges on individuals with disabilities to cover the costs of measures to ensure nondiscriminatory treatment, such as making necessary modifications required to provide program accessibility or providing qualified interpreters;[154]
- Public entities may not deny the benefits of programs, activities, and services to individuals with disabilities because entities' facilities are inaccessible.[155] A public entity's services, programs or activities, when viewed in their entirety, must be readily accessible to, and usable by, people with disabilities.[156]
Title II also requires newly constructed or altered facilities to comply with the ADA's 2010 Standards for Accessible Design (2010 Standards), if the start date for construction is on or after March 15, 2012.[157] If elements in existing facilities already comply with corresponding elements in the 1991 Standards or the Uniform Federal Accessibility Standards (UFAS) and are not being altered, Title II entities are not required to make changes to those elements to bring them into compliance with the 2010 Standards.[158] Under the "program accessibility" standard, public entities are not necessarily required to make each of their existing facilities accessible if other methods are effective in achieving compliance with the regulations.[159] Instead, a public entity's services, programs, or activities, when viewed in their entirety, must be readily accessible to, and usable by, people with disabilities.[160]
Examples of alternative methods to ensure accessibility include relocating a service to an accessible floor or facility, or providing the service at home. There are limits to the program accessibility requirement; public entities are not required to take any action that they can demonstrate would result in an "undue financial and administrative burden" or that would "fundamentally alter" the nature of the program, activity, or service.[161] However, they must take other necessary action to ensure that people with disabilities receive the benefits or services provided by the public entity.[162] Moreover, public entities may impose legitimate safety requirements necessary for the safe operation of services, programs, or activities.[163] However, the public entity must ensure that its safety requirements are based on actual risks, not on mere speculation, stereotypes, or generalizations about people with disabilities.[164] Similarly, public entities are not required to permit a person to participate in or benefit from its services, programs, or activities if that person poses a direct threat to the health or safety of others.[165] In determining whether a person poses a direct threat, a public entity must make an individualized assessment, based on reasonable judgment that relies on current medical knowledge or on the best available objective evidence, to ascertain the nature, duration, and severity of the risk; the probability that the potential injury will actually occur; and whether reasonable modifications of policies, practices, or procedures or the provision of auxiliary aids or services will mitigate the risk.[166]
Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act
Title III of the ADA prohibits any public accommodation from discriminating against people with disabilities by denying them access to the full and equal enjoyment of goods, services, or facilities. Public accommodations include all areas open to the public, including restaurants, stores, banks, pharmacies, legal offices, doctors' offices, and hospitals. Pursuant to Title III, "private entities are considered public accommodations if the operations of such entities affect commerce and fall within one of the 12 categories set out in the statute."[167] Title III is relevant here because it unquestionably governs access to private adoptions, as it precisely includes "adoption agency" in the definition of public accommodations.1[68] Similarly, assisted reproductive technology providers must comply with Title III because they provide services in a health care provider's office or hospital, which are included in the definition of public accommodations.
The purpose of Title III is to ensure that no person with a disability is denied goods or services offered to the public because of their disability. Under Title III,
- A public accommodation shall not impose or apply eligibility criteria that screen out or tend to screen out an individual with a disability from fully and equally enjoying any goods, services, facilities, privileges, advantages, or accommodations, unless such criteria can be shown to be necessary for the provision of such goods, services, etc.[169]
- A public accommodation shall make reasonable modifications in policies, practices, or procedures when such modifications are necessary to ensure that people with disabilities have access to the goods, services, facilities, privileges, advantages, or accommodations, unless the public accommodation can demonstrate that making the modifications would fundamentally alter the nature of such goods, services, etc.[170]
- A public accommodation shall take those steps that may be necessary to ensure that no individual with a disability is excluded, denied services, segregated or otherwise treated differently because of the absence of auxiliary aids and services, unless the public accommodation can demonstrate that taking those steps would result in a fundamental alteration or undue burden.[171]
Public accommodations must also provide physical access for people with disabilities.[172] Generally, new construction and alterations must comply with the 2010 Standards if the start date for construction is on or after March 15, 2012. A public accommodation must remove architectural barriers where such removal is readily achievable; that is, easily accomplished without much difficulty or expense.[173] On or after March 15, 2012, elements in a facility that do not comply with the 1991 Standards requirements for those elements (e.g., where an existing restaurant has never undertaken readily achievable barrier removal) must be modified using the 2010 Standards to the extent readily achievable. The standards include revisions to the 1991 Standards as well as supplemental requirements for which there are no technical or scoping requirements in the 1991 Standards (such as swimming pools, play areas, marinas, and golf facilities). Public accommodations must comply with the 2010 Standards' supplemental requirements in existing facilities to the extent readily achievable.
Public accommodations may deny a person the opportunity to participate in or benefit from the goods, services, facilities, privileges, advantages, and accommodations if the person poses a direct threat to the health or safety of others.[174] In determining whether a person poses a direct threat, a public accommodation must make an individualized assessment based on reasonable judgment that relies on current medical knowledge or on the best available objective evidence to ascertain the nature, duration, and severity of the risk; the probability that the potential injury will actually occur; and whether reasonable modifications of policies, practices, or procedures or the provision of auxiliary aids or services will mitigate the risk.[175] Moreover, public accommodations may impose legitimate safety requirements that are necessary for safe operation.[176] Safety requirements must be based on actual risks and not on mere speculation, stereotypes, or generalizations about people with disabilities.[177]
Ensuring Accessibility for the Whole Family
Despite the laudable requirements of the Rehabilitation Act and the ADA, parents with disabilities and their families continue to experience significant accessibility barriers. These barriers not only impede the abilities of these parents to fulfill their parenting responsibilities but also affect the entire family.
For example, parents with disabilities regularly experience accessibility barriers at their childrens' schools and daycare centers. In October 2006, TLG convened 55 representatives from the Bay Area to initiate the Bay Area Parents with Disabilities and Deaf Parents Task Force.[178] According to TLG:
"Bay Area Task Force participants reiterated a frequent complaint of parents with disabilities nationally: they are excluded from active participation in their children's school life. Typically, because the majority of children of disabled parents are not disabled, center and/or school administrators and teachers are unaware of or insensitive to the needs of parents with diverse disabilities. This can be [owing] to a number of factors: the physical inaccessibility of the center and/or school (e.g., inaccessible sites for a parent-teacher meeting or other school activities that other parents attend); inaccessible communication modes (e.g., no interpreters for deaf parents or inaccessible media for parents who are blind); assumptions about parents helping their children with homework if the materials are not in accessible formats. Further, because of a lack of education or familiarity with diverse disabilities, center and/or school officials may make inaccurate or negative assumptions about the capabilities of parents with disabilities."[179]
The task force cited the following specific accessibility problems parents with disabilities encounter:
- Parents with disabilities do not know what their rights are with regard to their children's centers and schools.
- Centers or school systems do not know what their legal obligations are with regard to parents with disabilities.
- Center or school administrators and teachers often do not know if any of their children's parents have disabilities or are deaf.
- Communication from center or school personnel—in person, by phone, or by written communication— may be inaccessible or inappropriate (e.g., no interpreters, inaccessible formats for written materials, linguistically difficult information for parents with intellectual disabilities).
- Information from the centers or schools is often not sent in a timely manner (e.g., a parent may need several days' notice to arrange transportation or get materials in braille).
- Even centers or schools that have classrooms/programs for children with disabilities may not consider the perspectives or needs of adults with disabilities or the fact that they can be parents.
- If there are multiple children in the family or if the child changes centers or schools, navigating different schools or different school districts can be challenging.
- Although most centers or schools include curricula on diverse ethnicities and languages, few address disabilities unless the focus is on children with disabilities.
- Deaf parents particularly noted that teachers inappropriately use their hearing children to interpret conversations between teachers and parents. Other parents with disabilities described center or school personnel who are visibly uncomfortable, paternalistic, or insensitive when talking with them.[180]
The parents with disabilities with whom NCD spoke reported encountering similar barriers. Christina,[181] a woman with significant physical and sensory (vision and hearing) disabilities and the single mother of three children, often encounters difficulties trying to get her children's schools to provide her with interpreters and materials in accessible formats. Christina also is frustrated that she cannot watch school football games with other parents because the stands are not wheelchair accessible. Danielle,[182] a deaf mother, describes her experiences with her children's schools as "hell," explaining that the school, especially the after-school program, refuses to provide interpreters even though she has sent several letters and threatened a lawsuit.
Kathryn,[183] a wheelchair user and mother of one child, experienced significant difficulties finding an accessible home daycare center. After contacting more than 10 providers, she eventually found one that was willing to provide her an accommodation: The house is not wheelchair-accessible, but the provider meets Kathryn at her car and takes her daughter in.
Jessica,[184] a wheelchair user and mother of twins, told NCD that in addition to the accessibility barriers at her children's school, which she describes as "awful," the lack of accessibility in the community significantly affects her ability to care for her children. Community accessibility problems were identified in a 1997 national survey of parents with disabilities, conducted by Linda Barker and Vida Maralami under a contract from TLG: Sixty percent of parents reported barriers to accessing the community.[185] This survey also found significant barriers to employment (76 percent) and recreation (73 percent), presumably due, at least in part, to noncompliance with disability laws.[186]
The Rehabilitation Act and the ADA touch all aspects of the lives of parents with disabilities and their children. However, until these laws are fully complied with and enforced, countless families will continue to suffer. As Samantha,[187] a wheelchair user and mother, said, "Society must shift its focus from how do we accommodate people with disabilities to how do we accommodate people with disabilities and their children."
The proper application of federal disability rights laws for parents with disabilities is crucial to achieving and promoting the purposes and goals of the Rehabilitation Act and the ADA: namely, the full participation of people with disabilities in society and protection against discrimination that would limit such participation. Until these laws are properly applied and enforced, people with disabilities will continue to face barriers to exercising their fundamental right to create and maintain families.


text: U.S. Vice President Mike Pence reportedly used a private email account to transact state business when he was governor of Indiana, and his AOL account was hacked once, according to a news report.Emails released to the Indianapolis Star following a public records request are said to show that Pence used his personal AOL account to communicate with his top advisers on issues ranging from security gates at the governor\u2019s residence to the state\u2019s response to terror attacks across the globe.A hacker seems to have got access to his email account in June last year and sent a fake mail to people on the former governor\u2019s contact list, claiming\u00a0 that Pence and his wife had been attacked on their way back to their hotel in the Philippines, according to the report. Pence subsequently changed his AOL account.The use of private email servers by Hillary Clinton when she was secretary of state was a key issue during the campaign for the presidential elections in which she was the candidate of the Democratic party.The FBI had concluded in July that Clinton or her colleagues had been "extremely careless" in the handling of very sensitive, and highly-classified information, but the agency did not recommend filing any charges against her. The FBI later said it found some more mails that it thought appeared relevant to the investigation, but by November Director James Comey said the new mails found had not changed the agency's July decision not to recommend charges against Clinton. Working in Pence\u2019s favor is that Indiana law does not ban public officials from using personal email accounts. The law is generally interpreted to mean that official business conducted on private email must be retained for public record purposes, IndyStar reported.But Pence will quite likely be pulled up by security experts and other critics over the judiciousness of using private email for state business, as government email systems are generally regarded to be more secure.Pence\u2019s office could not be immediately contacted for comment after business hours.In a response to IndyStar, Pence\u2019s office said that similar to previous governors, Pence had maintained both a state email account and a personal email account during his tenure as governor of Indiana.But Pence fully complied with Indiana law regarding email use and retention, and government emails involving his state and personal accounts are being archived by the state consistent with Indiana law, and are being managed according to Indiana\u2019s Access to Public Records Act, according to the statement.


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Nationally recognized for her decades of work on behalf of women and the family, Shirley Dobson doesn't show signs of slowing down. Since 1991, Dobson has faithfully served as chairman of the National Day of Prayer Task Force, a role she continues to relish.
Speaking with BGEA by phone a few weeks ago, Dobson discussed the importance of the May 3 observance and why praying for our nation is so crucial. We hope you'll take a few minutes to check out our interview.
Q:/ Can you tell us about this year's National Day of Prayer?
Dobson: We have a wonderful theme this year, "One Nation Under God," which is based on Psalm 33:12. It reminds us that "blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord." All across this nation, there will be prayer gatherings at court houses, capital buildings and state parks. We have 50 private pilots flying their planes over each capital, so every state will be covered in prayer.
We have so much to be in prayer about this year and I want to encourage everyone to have a prayer gathering, either attend one in your community or you can have one in your home. Have a BBQ and invite your neighbors over—and pray for the different centers of power throughout our nation.
Coming up on this election, we need to be praying for righteous men and women to be elected to office. The Lord has always been the centerpiece of our nation and we're beginning to turn our backs on that, unfortunately, and we are paying the consequences for it. We are losing a lot of our religious liberties.
Q:/ Franklin Graham was the honorary chairman in 2010. Who is serving this year?
Dobson: Dr. David Jeremiah—esteemed author, founder of Turning Point Ministries and senior pastor of Shadow Mountain Community Church––is serving as the 2012 Honorary Chairman of the NDP Task Force. He will give the keynote address at the National Observance in Washington, D.C., at the Cannon House Office Building.
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We were so honored to have Franklin as our chairperson in 2010; he did an outstanding job. Also, Billy Graham was the first honorary chairperson in 1952. It was such a blessing. He spoke in Washington, D.C. at the prayer gathering.
Q:/ Why is prayer so crucial?
Dobson: Scripture tells us to pray without ceasing. God wants a personal, intimate relationship with us and prayer is one of His greatest gifts. If you think of it, we can communicate with the God of the universe through prayer.
This nation was birthed in prayer and the wisdom of the founding fathers, I believe, came from divine inspiration. We dare not abandon that relationship with our Creator now, especially when we are facing such troubling perils as a nation.
Our Congress in 1952 under President Truman, and then again in 1988 under President Ronald Reagan, gave us a National Day of Prayer, which is a wonderful blessing. And if we don't go out and celebrate it and use this day, we could lose it.
There is so much to be praying about today. We need to pray for our national leaders, our families need prayer—they are in disarray—and we still have men and women whose lives are in jeopardy in Afghanistan and Iraq. Ultimately, prayer is the only hope for America.
God was going to destroy Nineveh because they were a wicked and perverse generation. Yet the people repented, humbled themselves, and prayed and asked for forgiveness and God said He changed His mind.
I feel, in many ways, America is like that. We are a wicked and perverse nation. The things that are going on in our nation today are appalling. I feel if we come together in humility and sincerity, repenting for our sins and crying for mercy that God will be gracious and He will answer our prayers.
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Icona Pop is following up their radio hit 'I Love It' with their new dance single 'Get Lost,' and it's the perfect tune for any summer playlist.
And just when we didn't think the Swedish duo could release anything catchier than their chart-topper that had everyone everywhere chanting, "I don't care, I love it!" Their new single is fitting for their second go at the US market — its beat and hook will be stuck in your head all day, much like their first!
The song also has the same attitude and infectious feel that inspires the desire to live life to the fullest. They sing (or yell), "Let's get lost / Drive all night / Leave this whole f---ed up world behind." The pair delivers the chorus with such conviction that it's hard not to do just that.
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Some big stuff went down in Celebland this year: Cheating, rehab, hookers, blow, engagements, adoptions, and offensive tirades! Here are the top ten stories that kept us enthralled.
Lindsay Lohan cried in court, went to jail, and then to rehab.
Wyclef Jean and Sean Penn battled over who had done what in Haiti following the devastating earthquake. Wyclef wanted to be president… but then withdrew from the race.
Michael Douglas was diagnosed with throat cancer, and became the subject of a Star magazine death watch. He currently seems to be doing quite well.
In an audio tape, Mel Gibson ranted to his ladyfriend: "You look like a fucking pig in heat, and if you get raped by a pack of niggers, it will be your fault." He also called Winona Ryder an oven-dodger. So: Racist, aniti-semitic, abusive asshole. Got it.
Charlie Sheen was either drunk and naked or coked up and pantsless. Either way, there was an "escort" involved.
Taylor Swift released her album, which included a song called "Dear John." It seemed to be about her relationship with John "The Player" Mayer, with lyrics like: It was wrong/Don't you think nineteen's too young/To be played…
Prince William and Kate Middleton got engaged; copy-cat rings suddenly materialized.
Shiloh Jolie-Pitt started dressing like a tomboy, got a haircut and all hell broke loose. Even GLAAD weighed in. (Angelina, on the defensive, had to explain that Shiloh "begged" to have her hair cut short.)
Sandra Bullock's husband was revealed to be a liar, a cheater and a possible Nazi enthusiast.
Last, but not least: Sandra Bullock bounced back with a secret baby. Yes, the woman who played a white lady who brought a black youth into her home became a white lady who brought a black youth into her home. All's well that ends well!


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WMO hosted the first Symposium and User Summit of the Integrated Global Greenhouse Gas Information System (IG3IS), one of the recent initiatives of the WMO Global Atmosphere Watch (GAW) Programme, from 13 to 15 November in Geneva.
WMO has joined the global commitment to reduce deaths due to air pollution by two thirds by 2030. At the First World Health Organization (WHO) Global Conference on Air Pollution and Health, held in Geneva from 30 October to 1 November, WMO pledged to improve the quality and availability of pollution observations, enable provision of air quality forecasts and advisory services, and incorporate health impacts in key scientific assessments on climate and climate change.


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European Debt-Crisis Agreement Not Quite Ready
This is WEEKEND EDITION from NPR News, I'm Audie Cornish. In Brussels, European leaders are meeting to forge consensus on a broad plan to stop the eurozone's worsening debt crisis from spreading. But it doesn't look like there will be a breakthrough - at least not until another summit on Wednesday. NPR's Eric Westervelt is in Brussels and we have him on the line. Eric, some people were saying that this was the weekend to save the euro, but what's happening?
ERIC WESTERVELT, BYLINE: Well, it looks like the savior won't come until the middle of the week, Audie. It became clear by really the middle of last week that the two largest euro zone economies, Germany and France - these key players in this ongoing debt drama - were still far apart on important issues, especially on how to best use and get the most power out of the eurozone's bailout fund to help stop, you know, these sovereign debt problems from spreading. So, EU leaders have agreed to keep talking today and in the days ahead to come up with a broad agreement by the end of Wednesday. French President Nicolas Sarkozy said last night that between now and Wednesday - in his words - a solution has to be found - a structural solution, an ambitious solution, a definite solution. But I have to point out that EU leaders have several times in the last two years come out and said, look, this is the big solution to the debt crisis, only to see those hopes dashed as the problems spread, as markets reacted negatively and as the crisis continued. So, we'll just have to wait and see, but they certainly set the bar pretty high, saying by the middle of this week they will have some kind of grand solution to the debt drama.
CORNISH: This has got to be worrying for all those banks that hold Greek debt. I mean, there's been violent protests in the streets over European demands for greater austerity. Walk us through some of the key issues at the center of this.
WESTERVELT: Well, Greek debt is one key issue of several they will be working through. In late July, banks and other holders of Greek government debt agreed to take a 21 percent loss - a so-called 21 percent haircut - on the bonds but barely three months later, with Greece's economic problems worsening and with some Greek bonds trading at 40 percent of their face value, it became abundantly clear that that summertime deal was no longer viable. So, some EU officials and economists now think a loss on Greek bonds of 50 to 60 percent is now likely and needed. Banks, of course, oppose taking such a large haircutter or loss and being repaid just half of what they're due or worst. EU officials voiced some optimism last night but then the lead negotiator representing investors and banks told the Associated Press that the two sides were, in his words, nowhere near a solution.
CORNISH: So, what are EU leaders proposing to help banks generally to ride out the market turmoil?
WESTERVELT: Well, again, like so many other areas of this debt crisis, there's, you know, disagreement over the scale of the problem and how best to fix it. There's concern that, you know, among European leaders and economists that the financial health of European banks have been badly hurt by the falling value of sovereign bond holdings. Many of these big banks, of course, hold large portfolios of Greek, Irish, Portuguese, Spanish and Italian debt - countries that are having such economic problems. So, there's a lot of concern that unless banks get more capital to cover potential losses on these bonds, you know, other banks will be less likely to lend to them and that could trigger a broader liquidity crisis and EU officials want new capital rules to just sort of force banks to boost their capital reserve to head off this problem and raise more than 100 billion euros. But, you know, there are no details yet on the amount and how that would work.
CORNISH: And finally, Eric, Germany and France - these are the big players here - are they any closer to agreement on how the rescue of the weaker economies should work?
WESTERVELT: It appears they're closer but they're still at odds and talks are ongoing. France has been pushing for weeks to use the eurozone's large rescue fund and link it to the European Central Bank to try to get the fund more oomph, more power, because it would have access to the unlimited funding of the European Central Bank. Germany and the ECB strongly oppose this move. They say it would be illegal, it would be against EU treaties and set a dangerous precedent. But it's still not clear in the end what kind of solution they'll come up with. You know, one possibility is a broad agreement to use this big rescue fund to guarantee losses on Italian and Spanish government bonds if they get into deeper trouble. But details are still being worked out, and EU leaders, again, have set the deadline of mid-week to say that's our drop-dead date, that's when we want to come up with viable solutions to these complex issues.
CORNISH: NPR's Eric Westervelt in Brussels. Eric, thank you.
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Tyson Fresh Meats to pay $2.25 million to settle sex discrimination cases with OFCCP
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Tyson Fresh Meats to pay $2.25 million to settle sex discrimination cases with US Labor Department
More than 1,650 qualified female applicants denied jobs at 4 Midwest plants
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs today announced that Tyson Fresh Meats Inc. has entered into two consent decrees to settle allegations of sex discrimination. The Dakota Dunes, S.D.–based company will pay a total of $2.25 million in back wages, interest and benefits to more than 1,650 qualified female job applicants who were rejected for employment at facilities in Joslin, Ill.; West Point, Neb.; and Waterloo and Denison, Iowa. Tyson Fresh Meats is a subsidiary of Springdale, Ark.-based Tyson Foods Inc., a federal contractor and one of the world's largest processors of beef and pork.
"Companies that profit from federal contracts must not discriminate in employment decisions," said Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis. "Today's settlement, one of the largest in OFCCP's history, means that women who were unfairly denied job opportunities will be compensated."
During scheduled compliance reviews of the four facilities, OFCCP determined that Tyson Fresh Meats had violated Executive Order 11246, which prohibits federal contractors from discriminating on the basis of sex. Under the terms of the decrees, the $2.25 million settlement will be divided among the rejected female job applicants. Tyson also has agreed to offer jobs to at least 220 of the affected women as positions become available in Joslin, Waterloo and Denison. The West Point plant closed in 2006. Finally, Tyson will undertake extensive self-monitoring and corrective measures to ensure that its employment practices fully comply with the law.
These consent decrees resolve the latest lawsuits in a string of cases brought by OFCCP against subsidiaries of Tyson Foods Inc. In 2008, a Labor Department administrative law judge found that TNT Crust in Green Bay, Wis., systematically had discriminated against Latino applicants in its entry-level position hiring. Last year, OFCCP settled a case against Tyson Refrigerated Processed Meats after finding evidence that the company had discriminated against 157 African-American and 375 Caucasian job applicants at the company's bacon processing plant in Vernon, Texas.
"A year after filing suit, the Labor Department has made good on a promise to those job seekers who were denied the opportunity to work simply because they are women," said OFCCP Director Patricia A. Shiu. "We will remain vigilant, particularly with a serial offender like Tyson, to protect the rights of workers who can and should expect basic fairness from a company that profits mightily from doing business with the federal government."
Tyson Foods Inc. has received federal contracts totaling more than $200 million in each of the past three years and recently was awarded another $8 million contract to provide beef and pork products for resale at two commissary stores in Guam. The company is a major supplier for the U.S. Departments of Defense and Agriculture, and is one of the largest employers in Joslin, Waterloo and Denison.
In addition to Executive Order 11246, OFCCP's legal authority exists under Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974. As amended, these three laws hold those who do business with the federal government, both contractors and subcontractors, to the fair and reasonable standard that they not discriminate in employment on the basis of sex, race, color, religion, national origin, disability or status as a protected veteran. For general information, call OFCCP's toll-free helpline at 800-397-6251. Additional information is available at http://www.dol.gov/ofccp.


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Happy Monday everyone! Hope you all had a great weekend. It was GORGEOUS here in LA, so the hubby and I took advantage of that and enjoyed the outdoors. :) I'm super excited to share Brittanie + Zach's wedding today. Zach is a musician and on an international tour right now. Brittanie is joining him and they're making stops along the way, making the trip part of their honeymoon. :) Their wedding just screams Brittanie + Zach + their love for music. With the most stunning photos from The Last Forty Percent it really is just perfect. Thanks Brittanie for sharing some details into your gorgeous day!
Right off the bat we wanted this wedding to scream Zach and Brittanie, from our processional song to Zach's Darth Vader cufflinks. We wanted to know that if our guests were lured in blindfolded when the blindfold was removed they would still say "Hey, this must be Britt and Zach's wedding" before even seeing us. We wanted our guests to feel the love and to see that the purpose of our wedding day was truly the marriage that would follow. We wanted our wedding to be the tangible expression of our lives coming together.
Much of our inspiration came from music. Zach is a musician, we met at a show and music is generally a huge part of our lives. I handcrafted most of the decorations using vintage sheet music. Our flower girl had sheet music petals to drop as she walked down the aisle. The venue we chose was the rooftop of the London Music Hall (a venue Zach has performed at many times.) We had our friends perform a song during the ceremony and we couldn't decide on a song so our friends composed a "mash-up" of Zach's song choice and mine. It was truly one of a kind.
We love the look of DIY but we still wanted the wedding to be classic and city. So we took traditional and classic ideas and changed them just a little bit. I bought my dress knowing that I was going to alter it to be one of a kind. I bought it plain white and added the black sash as well as the black flowers. (cut from a $4 H&M headband…heck yeah!) My vintage brooch bouquet was an idea I got from my photographer and it was entirely handmade by my mother. It was probably my favorite design item of the day. She added black feathers at the last minute and we carried the feather theme into the boy's boutonnières (etsy) and other areas of the wedding. There were no (live) flowers used at the wedding which I love. The bridesmaids carried dried hydrangeas.
I just love these fun (and absolutely GORGEOUS) photos they did in the hotel room before the wedding!
Best moment of the day? We both agree the best moment was the ceremony. We did a first look and going into things I was worried it would take away from the emotion of seeing each other at the ceremony but that was not the case. We have been together almost 5 years and finally hearing the words "husband" and "wife" and "covenant" while standing there together was absolutely surreal. Every time our pastor would say "to be my wife" we would both look at each other with huge eyes as if to say "WHAT? Really? YESSSS". Seriously I wanted to cheer when I was up there. Several people came up to me after the ceremony and said "the way you were looking at each other, I've never seen that look before, I've never seen that in anyone's eyes" It felt like we were all alone up there. After the ceremony we ran out and gave each other the biggest high-five..it was an awesome moment.
Advice for those planning now? I love all the little wedding details as much as the next bride but if I could give any piece of advice it would be to remember the goal. We wanted a marriage and we decided early on that if my dress dragged through a mud puddle, the food all burned, my bouquet fell apart, and the music skipped, as long as I was his wife at the end of the day it would be a HUGE success.
Also, use your resources. We were very inspired by our friends and family. We have such talented people around us and truly wanted our wedding to be a group effort.
Our invites were designed by an artist friend of ours, my boss made all the desserts for the dessert buffet, our friends sang for the ceremony, my mom and bridesmaids made all the favors, My mom designed and made the guestbook. It was so awesome to look around and see how the support, love and talents of our families and friends came together to create our perfect wedding day. Lastly, enjoy your day. I woke up that morning and literally said out loud, "I surrender this day, as of right now it's out of my hands." I turned off my phone and had the best day with my friends and family.
We want to thank the Last Forty Percent for their help, ideas and phenomenal photography. Also Green Wedding Shoes for providing me with amazing inspiration throughout this blog. I was a faithful reader throughout my engagement and still check the blog even after our wedding. We're so honored to be a part of it.
Photographer : Ewan Phelan, owner of The Last Forty Percent Photography (Be sure to also check out their AMAZING engagement photos! )
Hotel for getting ready : Hotel Metro
Ceremony + Reception : On the rooftop of London Music Hall
Gown : Maggie Sottero
Make-up : MAC
Hair : Sessions Hair and Esthetics
Suits : H&M
Big thanks to The Last Forty Percent for letting me share your work today + congrats to Brittanie + Zach!


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A black ribbon gracefully curls into a wave-like loop for sculptural statement earrings that use modern minimalism to elevate any outfit with sophisticated simplicity and a dash of boldness.
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