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I planned to write about a new food company starting up in San Ramon. I always like to promote new startups in San Ramon, and this one looks like the best one yet. I need to try all of their new products, pancakes with nuts, nut sprinkles, and nut butters (what a hardship!), but I'm trying to yo-yo down 10 lbs. again; so I have to eat a little at a time.
In the meantime, here are a couple of recipes I like to make. The Pizza is not on my yo-yo string these days either, but if you'd like something different on your pizza give this combo a try. It's very easy to make because it uses all packaged ingredients.
Mt. Diablo Pizza
This is my homemade version of Mountain Mike's Mt. St. Helen's Pizza. That pizza comes with Louisiana hot sausage and green chilies. The Mt. St. Helen's was introduced by the Mountain Mike's Pizza chain a few years ago. I remember going to the Dublin Mike's during the remodeling of the shopping center at the corner of Alcosta and San Ramon Valley Blvd. That was two or three years ago when they were building the condos at the south end of the parking lot. It was hard to park and hard to get into the restaurant, but I loved the Mt. St. Helen's Pizza.
It was not like any other pizza combination I ever had. It was also not ordered by anyone else in San Ramon or Dublin. In fact they took it off the menu for a while but the headquarters made them put it back. One time they actually sent someone out to pick up the ingredients, Louisiana Hot Sausage and green chilies, because they didn't have them in stock.
I wanted to make it more convenient for me to get; so I tried making it at home. I used a Red Baron 4 cheese frozen pizza as a base and spread a small can of green chilies over the pizza and then sliced some Louisiana hot sausage on top and baked it. I was disappointed with how it came out. It wasn't the same as the Mountain Mike's version.
I like Evergood Chipotle sausage better than Louisiana, and I wondered how that would work on a pizza. So I made a half-and-half pizza with different sausage on each side. I definitely preferred the chipotle.
The next time I tried it I skinned the sausage and sliced it thinner. Without the skin, it crumbled a little too. I put the green chilies on top of the sausage instead of underneath, and covered the new toping with a dusting of Sargento Reduced Fat 4 Cheese Italian.
1 Red Baron Classic Crust 4 cheese frozen pizza
1 Evergood Chipotle sausage
1 can Old El Paso Green Chilies
½ C Sargento Reduced Fat 4 cheese Italian
520 calories for 1/4 pizza
Skin sausage and cut into 1/4" thick slices and spread over top of pizza. Spread green chilies over top of pizza and around and over sausage. Spread Sargento Reduced Fat 4 Cheese Italian over pizza. Bake according to directions on pizza box.
I was storing my stove top griddle in the oven because it took up too much room on the top of the stove. So I used that to bake the pizza on instead of the rack or a pan. Wow! This came out great. So I renamed my creation appropriately, Mt. Diablo Pizza. If any of you try it, let me know what you think.
Grandma Ida's Stewed Eggplant
My next recipe is one handed down from my Hungarian immigrant Grandmother. She was a wonderful cook and baker. I have not come across any other eggplant recipe exactly like this. It may sound like ratatouille, but it doesn't taste like it.
Ratatouille and other online recipes for stewed eggplant add garlic and sauté the vegetables in olive oil before cooking. Ratatouille retains the flavors of the different vegetables.
My stewed eggplant is not sautéed. It is boiled to a mushy consistency with only eggplant, peppers, onions, and tomatoes no zucchini or garlic. This stewed eggplant is great as a vegetarian main dish or traditional side dish and keeps well in the refrigerator or freezer.
1 firm medium eggplant, peeled and cut into 1" cubes
15 oz. can of diced tomatoes in juice
1 to 2 Bell peppers, green, red, orange, yellow or combination
1 large sweet onion cut in slices or chunks, do not chop fine
2 bay leaves
1 tsp. to 1 table hot or sweet paprika (or 1 tsp. of each)
1 t salt
Peel and cut eggplant into a large pot. Add salt and 15 oz. can of diced tomatoes in juice. Bring to a boil, reduce heat, and simmer until eggplant starts to release juices and wilt.
Add chopped up bell peppers and onion, bay leaves, and paprika. Cook over low heat until eggplant gets mushy and loses its shape, maybe an hour or more.
I used to be able to buy hot paprika from Paprikas Weiss in New York City, but they closed about 20 years ago. I don't make it hot anymore, but if you want it spicy hot, you could add some cayenne pepper or tabasco sauce in addition to the sweet paprika.
Simmer a long time to soften the eggplant. Add water, tomato juice or tomato sauce as needed. My mother would throw in any leftover tomato products, ketchup, spaghetti sauce, tomato juice, or even V8, but the taste always remained the same.

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Editor's note: Jack D. Hidary co-founded a technology company, Earth Web/Dice, and a financial research company, Vista Research. He works currently in the fields of clean energy technology and policy and is chairman of SmartTransportation.org which successfully pushed for the use of hybrid cars as taxis in New York City.
Jack Hidary says the Cash for Clunkers program promotes fuel economy and safety while boosting the economy.
NEW YORK (CNN) -- Our country is facing a daunting economic challenge this year and we must take steps to pull ourselves out of this ditch.
One such program that has hit the ground running is Cash for Clunkers. It's helping consumers move beyond these hard times and has reignited a whole industry.
Cash for Clunkers is now working in more than 10 countries around the world. In Germany, consumers have junked more than 1.2 million guzzlers in the last five months and significantly boosted the economy there. So we know that Clunkers programs get the job done. How many other government programs can you say that about?
The Senate has joined the House in passing an additional $2 billion for Cash for Clunkers, allowing the program to move forward. This will bring additional buyers to the showroom. One key feature of the Clunkers program is that it is not just $3 billion of new money into the economy. It is injecting $21 billion -- since consumers must bring the rest of the money to pay for the new car. That is a lot of stimulus for the dollar.
Cash for Clunkers is saving jobs up and down the auto supply chain: from dealers to assembly workers and parts markers. Dealerships alone lost 50,000 jobs in the last 18 months and would continue to shed jobs without this program.
If you look at the new cars consumers are buying with the program, 45 percent are from Detroit's Big Three automakers. That is a lot of new sales for Ford, GM and Chrysler.
Cash for Clunkers also helps autoworkers across the country. Let's remember that lots of the Toyotas and Hondas sold in the program are made by American workers right here in this country. They are in states such as Kentucky, Tennessee and Alabama. This program helps all American autoworkers, not just those up North.
Some people ask why we should help the auto industry and not other industries in this same way. Cash for Clunkers actually helps all of us -- even those of us who do not participate in the program or work in the auto industry.
First, the auto industry has so many connected jobs in real estate, finance, manufacturing and other industries, that is hard to separate it out.
Second, one of the biggest drags on our economy is our trade imbalance. We import about $700 billion more than we export. That hurts our capital flows, credit and other key indicators.
Guess what amounts to 50 percent of that trade imbalance? Oil. We use 21 million barrels of oil every day in the United States and import 62 percent of that -- mainly from countries that really don't like us. We use that oil mainly for transportation -- cars, SUVs, and other vehicles.
Unless we scrap guzzlers at a faster rate, we will never reduce our oil consumption. Cash for Clunkers is a step in the right direction. It educates the consumer on how much they are paying for having a low-MPG car and encourages them to get into a more efficient vehicle.
A family can save $750-$1,000 a year by jumping just 10 mpg in efficiency. Those savings will increase as gas prices go back up. Gas has already shot up from $1.50 a gallon to $2.60. Do you want to be stuck with a 10 mile-per-gallon guzzler when gas jumps back to $4 a gallon?
Third, Cash for Clunkers saves lives. When you bring in a clunker that has no airbags, anti-lock brakes or other modern safety features and get a new car that does, you are protecting your family. Forty thousand people die every year on American highways and many more get serious injuries.
You can reduce your chances of becoming a statistic by getting the most safety for your dollar -- and with the Clunkers program you can now do that more affordably.
As a co-architect of the federal Cash for Clunkers program with the Center for American Progress and the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy and adviser to various congressional offices on the issue, it is gratifying to see how quickly it has been adopted by the American people. It achieves multiple goals -- it stimulates auto sales, increases the efficiency of the U.S. fleet and makes us safer.
Let's support this program by encouraging our friends and neighbors to finally retire that guzzler and help the country with the purchase of a cleaner, lower maintenance car for the future.
The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Jack D. Hidary.
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Today I'm celebrating my friend Anna Simpson's (a.k.a Emaginette) cover reveal for her new book, White Light, coming from Three World Press on Dec. 22, right in time for Christmas. :-)
About The Book:
Emma never dreamed of being a super-sleuth. In her mind, she's more Scooby Doo than Nancy Drew and when her nosy neighbor, Mrs. Perkins, drags her to an anniversary party to solve a mystery, she rolls her eyes, buys a box of chocolates and hops in the car.
What's a party without an attack on its host—or more accurately on the host's grandson, sparking an allergic reaction and moving the party to the hospital waiting room. Suddenly, everyone is a suspect. Emma and Mrs. Perkins, along with Great Aunt Alice (a spirit with boundary issues who keeps stepping into Emma's body like a new dress and playing matchmaker), dive into an investigation that almost gets Emma killed along with the man they are trying to protect. With so many reasons to kill him and so much to be gained if he died, Emma and Mrs. Perkins must unravel the tenuous ties that point to every member of his family as potential killers.
Even if it means going back to the psych ward, Emma will protect her friend and this innocent man. What good is freedom if it's haunted with guilt?
About the Author:Anna Simpson lives near the Canadian-US border with her family. Even though she's lived in several places in British Columbia, her free spirit wasn't able to settle down until she moved back to her hometown.
She is easy to find though, if you know the magic word -- emaginette. Do an internet search using it and you'll see what I mean. :-)


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Indian economy needs 12 million new jobs every year to absorb a growing workforce and urban migrants.
When Narendra Modi talks about creating jobs in labour-intensive manufacturing, textile entrepreneur Sudhir Dhingra hopes the Indian opposition leader means business.
Dhingra, who employs 30,000 workers in more than 20 factories around New Delhi, says that politicians - for all their promises - have shown no interest in acting to avert a looming employment crisis.
"The government doesn't care," says the outspoken 66-year-old, who got his first break when he sold a batch of cheesecloth shirts to Britain in 1972.
Early on, Dhingra survived a change of fashion that saddled him with a pile of unsold stock. Learning his lessons - to keep close tabs on the market and control costs - he built Orient Craft into $250 million business making 200,000 garments daily.
That success has come despite, and not thanks to, India's politicians, who Dhingra says are obsessed by the size of investments but have given "no serious thought" to how jobs are actually created.
In the 63-year-old Modi, who polls show could become the next prime minister, Dhingra at last sees a leader who offers a better recipe: labour reforms, cheap land, steady power supplies and better infrastructure.
"Modi understands how to promote industry. He has a track record," said Dhingra, a tall man who cut a patriarchal figure as he strode the floor of his busy factory.
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Modi model
Backers highlight Modi's economic success over more than a decade as chief minister of Gujarat, which boasts one of the highest growth rates among Indian states thanks to the type of business-friendly policies that Dhingra favours.
In a recent research report, US investment bank Goldman Sachs estimated that if other Indian states boosted manufacturing employment to levels achieved in Gujarat, India could create 40 million industrial jobs in the next decade.
Yet sceptics counter that Modi's vaunted 'Gujarat model' favours capital-intensive industries and has failed to generate better jobs, while his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had little success on labour reforms when it last ruled in 1998-2004.
Asia's third-largest economy needs 12 million new jobs every year to absorb a growing workforce and urban migrants - a task made harder by the longest spell of growth below 5% since the 1980s.
The stakes are high: either India gets its youth working - more than half of its 1.2 billion people are under 25 - or it will fall further behind Asian leaders like China or South Korea that long ago embraced jobs-driven growth.
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That is where firms like Dhingra's come in: the 4,000 workers at its factory in Gurgaon, a satellite city of Delhi, each make around $150 a month supplying retailers like GAP Inc and Marks & Spencer.
The pay, just above the minimum wage, is low. But there is no shortage of takers - many cloth cutters or sewing machine operators working at the crowded but orderly plant are migrants from hard-up northern states like Bihar.
"Before, I wasn't earning, but now I can save enough money to support my family," Anita, a sewing machine operator, told Reuters. Her son is with her family, but she has been able to go home on leave to visit.
Orient Craft could expand further, but rigid hire-and-fire laws mean Dhingra cannot employ seasonal workers to meet peak summer demand for cottonwear. Overtime is tightly controlled.
"It slows you down - it's too much bureaucracy," said Dhingra, who still controls the business after handing 'sweat equity' to two longtime partners.
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Workforce vs workfare
The signature jobs initiative of the present Congress-led government, a guarantee of 100 days' paid work a year for the rural poor, has been faulted for choking the supply of labour to more productive urban jobs like those in Gurgaon.
With Congress heading for a drubbing at the polls, employers hope that the BJP, if elected, can make good on its manifesto pledges to fix India's complex and rigid labour laws.
Subramanian Swamy, a party strategist, said that a BJP-led government would review the Industrial Disputes Act of 1947, which requires the state to approve layoffs in firms with more than 100 workers.
But how far Modi could go would depend on possible parliamentary alliances and whether he can win over sceptics in his own party.
"Labour reform is a sensitive subject," said BJP spokeswoman Nirmala Sitharaman. "Steps would be taken in consultation with all stakeholders."
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Even if Modi wins a strong mandate, India's constitutional setup may rule out radical change, as responsibility for labour policy is shared between the central government and the states.
"Modi's likely instinct would be to amend labour laws to facilitate greater competition among the states," said Milan Vaishnav, at the South Asia programme of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington.
"However, this would require contentious legislative change and, thus, may not be an early priority."
One prominent commentator, Omkar Goswami, argues that India's labour laws "are politically impossible to repeal", and Modi should focus instead on growth-promoting investment.
"That - and not the case for frictionless firing - is the basis of labour market reforms," Goswami writes in "Getting India Back on Track", a book due to be published by Carnegie in June.
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Indira Hirway, of the Gujarat-based Centre for Development Alternatives, disagrees. She said Modi's system had deprived workers of the benefits of gains in their productivity, making it the wrong model for India.
For textile boss Dhingra, a smart - if self-interested - solution would be for the state to subsidies his full-time staff rather than pay the rural poor to do 100 days work a year.
"Why don't you consider connecting these 100 days to labour-intensive industries?" he told Reuters, volunteering to pay the wage bill for the other 265 days of the year.
"Our labour costs come down and we provide permanent work for the people. It's a win-win situation."


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[235 U.S. 151, 152] Messrs. William Harrison, Edwin O. Tyler, and Ethelbert T. Barbour for appellants.
[235 U.S. 151, 156] Messrs. S. T. Bledsoe, J. R. Cottingham, C. O. Blake, Clifford L. Jackson, R. A. Kleinschmidt, C. E. Warner, and Mr. Charles West, Attorney General of Oklahoma, for appellees.
Mr. Justice Hughes delivered the opinion of the court:
The legislature of the state of Oklahoma passed an act approved December 18, 1907 (Okla. Comp. Laws, 1910, 860 et seq.), known as the 'separate coach law.' It provided that 'every railway company . . . doing business in this state, as a common carrier of passengers for hire,' should 'provide separate coaches or compartments, for the accommodation of the white and negro races, which separate coaches or cars' should 'be equal in all points of comfort and convenience' ( 1); that at passenger depots there should be maintained 'separate waiting rooms,' likewise with equal facilities ( 2); that the term 'negro,' as used in the act, should include every person of African descent, as defined by the state Constitution ( 3); and that each compartment of a railway coach 'divided by good and substantial wooden partition, with a door therein, should be deemed a separate coach' within the meaning of the statute ( 4).
It was further provided that nothing contained in the act should be construed to prevent railway companies 'from hauling sleeping cars, dining or chair cars attached to their trains, to be used exclusively by either white or negro passengers, separately but not jointly' ( 7).
Other sections prescribed penalties both for carriers and for passengers failing to observe the law ( 5, 6). The act was to take effect sixty days after its approval ( 12).
On February 15, 1908, just before the time when the statute, by its terms, was to become effective, five negro [235 U.S. 151, 159] citizens of the state of Oklahoma (four of whom are appellants here) brought this suit in equity against the Atchison, Topeka, & Santa Fe Railway Company, the St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad Company, the Missouri, Kansas, & Texas Railway Company, the Chicago, Rock Island, & Pacific Railway Company, and the Fort Smith & Western Railroad Company, to restrain these companies from making any distinction in service on account of race. On February 26, 1908,-after the act had been in operation for a few days,-an amended bill was filed seeking specifically to enjoin compliance with the provisions of the statute for the reasons that it was repugnant (a) to the commerce clause of the Federal Constitution, (b) to the enabling act under which the state of Oklahoma was admitted to the Union (act of June 16, 1906, chap. 3335, 3, 34 Stat. at L. 267, 269), and (c) to the 14th Amendment. The railroad companies severally demurred to the amended bill, asserting that it failed to state a case entitling the complainants to relief in equity. The circuit court sustained the demurrers, and, as the complainants elected to stand upon their bill, final decree dismissing the bill was entered. This decree was affirmed by the circuit court of appeals (109 C. C. A. 110, 186 Fed. 966), and the present appeal has been brought.
The conclusions of the court below, as stated in its opinion, were, in substance:
1. That, under the enabling act, the state of Oklahoma was admitted to the Union 'on an equal footing with the original states,' and, with respect to the matter in question, had authority to enact such laws, not in conflict with the Federal Constitution, as other states could enact; citing, Permoli v. New Orleans, 3 How. 589, 609, 11 L. ed. 739, 748; Escanaba & L. M. Transp. Co. v. Chicago, 107 U.S. 678, 688 , 27 S. L. ed. 442, 446, 2 Sup. Ct. Rep. 185; Willamette Iron Bridge Co. v. Hatch, 125 U.S. 1 , 31 L. ed. 629, 8 Sup. Ct. Rep. 811; Ward v. Race Horse, 163 U.S. 504 , 41 L. ed. 244, 16 Sup. Ct. Rep. 1076; Bolln v. Nebraska, 176 U.S. 83 , 44 L. ed. 382, 20 Sup. Ct. Rep. 287. See also Coyle v. Smith, 221 U.S. 559, 573 , 55 S. L. ed. 853, 860, 31 Sup. Ct. Rep. 688. [235 U.S. 151, 160] 2. That it had been decided by this court, so that the question could no longer be considered an open one, that it was not an infraction of the 14th Amendment for a state to require separate, but equal, accommodations for the two races. Plessy v. Ferguson, 163 U.S. 537 , 41 L. ed. 256, 16 Sup. Ct. Rep. 1138
3. That the provision of 7, above quoted, relating to sleeping cars, dining cars, and chair cars, did not offend against the 14th Amendment, as these cars were, comparatively speaking, luxuries, and that it was competent for the legislature to take into consideration the limited demand for such accommodations by the one race, as compared with the demand on the part of the other.
4. That, in determining the validity of the statute, the doctrine that an act although 'fair on its face' might be so unequally and oppressively administered by the public authorities as to amount to an unconstitutional discrimination by the state itself (Yick Wo v. Hopkins, 118 U.S. 356, 373 , 30 S. L. ed. 220, 227, 6 Sup. Ct. Rep. 1064) was not applicable, as there was no basis in the present case for holding that any discriminations by carriers which were unauthorized by the statute were practised under state authority.
5. That the act, in the absence of a different construction by the state court, must be construed as applying to transportation exclusively intrastate, and hence did not contravene the commerce clause of the Federal Constitution. Louisville, N. O. & T. R. Co. v. Mississippi, 133 U.S. 587, 590 , 33 S. L. ed. 784, 785, 2 Inters. Com. Rep. 801, 10 Sup. Ct. Rep. 348; Chesapeake & O. R. Co. v. Kentucky, 179 U.S. 388, 391 , 45 S. L. ed. 244, 246, 21 Sup. Ct. Rep. 101; Chiles v. Chesapeake & O. R. Co. 218 U.S. 71 , 54 L. ed. 936, 30 Sup. Ct. Rep. 667, 20 Ann. Cas. 980.
6. That with respect to the existence of discriminations the allegations of the bill were too vague and uncertain to entitle the complainants to a decree.
In view of the decisions of this court above cited, there is no reason to doubt the correctness of the first, second, fourth, and fifth of these conclusions.
With the third, relating to 7 of the statute, we are [235 U.S. 151, 161] unable to agree. It is not questioned that the meaning of this clause is that the carriers may provide sleeping cars, dining cars, and chair cars exclusively for white persons, and provide no similar accommodations for negroes. The reasoning is that there may not be enough persons of African descent seeking these accommodations to warrant the outlay in providing them. Thus, the attorney general of the state, in the brief filed by him in support of the law, urges that 'the plaintiffs must show that their own travel is in such quantity and of such kind as to actually afford the roads the same profits, not per man, but per car, as does the white traffic; or, sufficient profit to justify the furnishing of the facility; and that in such case they are not supplied with separate cars containing the same. This they have not attempted. What vexes the plaintiffs is the limited market value they offer for such accommodations. Defendants are not by law compelled to furnish chair cars, diners, nor sleepers, except when the market offered reasonably demands the facility.' And in the brief of counsel for the appellees, it is stated that the members of the legislature 'were undoubtedly familiar with the character and extent of travel of persons of African descent in the state of Oklahoma, and were of the opinion that there was no substantial demand for Pullman car and dining car service for persons of the African race in the intrastate travel' in that state.
This argument with respect to volume of traffic seems to us to be without merit. It makes the constitutional right depend upon the number of persons who may be discriminated against, whereas the essence of the constitutional right is that it is a personal one. Whether or not particular facilities shall be provided may doubtless be conditioned upon there being a reasonable demand therefor; but, if facilities are provided, substantial equality of treatment of persons traveling under like conditions cannot be refused. It is the individual who is entitled to [235 U.S. 151, 162] the equal protection of the laws, and if he is denied by a common carrier, acting in the matter under the authority of a state law, a facility or convenience in the course of his journey which, under substantially the same circumstances, is furnished to another traveler, he may properly complain that his constitutional privilege has been invaded.
There is, however, an insuperable obstacle to the granting of the relief sought by this bill. It was filed, as we have seen, by five persons against five railroad corporations to restrain them from complying with the state statute. The suit had been brought before the law went into effect, and this amended bill was filed very shortly after. It contains some general allegations as to discriminations in the supply of facilities and as to the hardships which will ensue. It states that there will be 'a multiplicity of suits,' there being at least 'fifty thousand persons of the negro race in the state of Oklahoma' who will be injured and deprived of their civil rights. But we are dealing here with the case of the complainants, and nothing is shown to entitle them to an injunction. It is an elementary principle that, in order to justify the granting of this extraordinary relief, the complainant's need of it, and the absence of an adequate remedy at law, must clearly appear. The complainant cannot succeed because someone else may be hurt. Nor does it make any difference that other persons who may be injured are persons of the same race or occupation. It is the fact, clearly established, of injury to the complainant-not to others-which justifies judicial intervention. Williams v. Hagood, 98 U.S. 72, 74 , 75 S., 25 L. ed. 51, 52; Marye v. Parsons, 114 U.S. 325, 328 , 329 S., 29 L. ed. 205, 206, 5 Sup. Ct. Rep. 932, 962; Tyler v. Registration Ct. Judges, 179 U.S. 405, 406 , 45 S. L. ed. 252, 253, 21 Sup. Ct. Rep. 206; Turpin v. Lemon, 187 U.S. 51, 60 , 47 S. L. ed. 70, 74, 23 Sup. Ct. Rep. 20; Davis & F. Mfg. Co. v. Los Angeles, 189 U.S. 207, 220 , 47 S. L. ed. 778, 781, 23 Sup. Ct. Rep. 498; Hooker v. Burr, 194 U.S. 415, 419 , 48 S. L. ed. 1046, 1050, 24 Sup. Ct. Rep. 706; Braxton County Ct. v. West Virginia, 208 U.S. 192, 197 , 52 S. L. ed. 450, 451, 28 Sup. Ct. Rep. 275; Collins v. Texas, 223 U.S. 288, 295 , 296 S., 56 L. ed. 439, 443, 444, 32 Sup. Ct. Rep. 286.
The allegations of the amended bill, so far as they pur- [235 U.S. 151, 163] port to show discriminations in the conduct of these carriers, are these:
We agree with the court below that these allegations are altogether too vague and indefinite to warrant the relief sought by these complainants. It is not alleged that any one of the complainants has ever traveled on any one of the five railroads, or has ever requested transportation on any of them; or that any one of the complainants has ever requested that accommodations be furnished to him in any sleeping cars, dining cars, or chair cars; or that any of these five companies has ever notified any one of [235 U.S. 151, 164] these complainants that such accommodations would not be furnished to him, when furnished to others, upon reasonable request and payment of the customary charge. Nor is there anything to show that in case any of these complainants offers himself as a passenger on any of these roads and is refused accommodations equal to those afforded to others on a like journey, he will not have an adequate remedy at law. The desire to obtain a sweeping injunction cannot be accepted as a substitute for compliance with the general rule that the complainant must present facts sufficient to show that his individual need requires the remedy for which he asks. The bill is wholly destitute of any sufficient ground for injunction, and unless we are to ignore settled principles governing equitable relief, the decree must be affirmed.
Decree affirmed.
Mr. Chief Justice White, Mr. Justice Holmes, Mr. Justice Lamar, and Mr. Justice McReynolds concur in the result.
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Eugene and Springfield sit across from one another on the Willamette River. Home to the University of Oregon, the area has a large timber industry and is a transportation hub for routes south into California. The setting is attractive, and clean and prosperous downtown Eugene has the kind of shops and restaurants one would expect in a college town. The park system is excellent, most particularly a waterfront park along the river. Good growth management has minimized sprawl effects but there is a new and modern mall along I-5 northeast of town.
Most good residential areas lie west and south of the downtown and campus. The university and its attendees leave a distinctly liberal, folksy imprint on the otherwise conservative region. The slowing timber industry has brought some unemployment, which is projected to improve over time as other businesses locate there. Excellent state-subsidized rail service connects the area with other cities north, and the area has a nice airport with good, if not cheap, service. The area has a good mix of setting, climate, and small-town feel and a fairly low cost of living by Oregon standards.
Eugene is located at the southern end of the fertile Willamette Valley. The Cascade Mountains to the east, Coast Range to the west, and low hills to the south surround the valley, while the level valley floor broadens to the north. Foothills to the east obscure the snow-covered Cascade peaks, some 75 miles away. The Pacific coast is 50 miles west. Forested areas lie in every direction except north. The climate is controlled by marine air from the Pacific and the Cascades block all but the strongest continental air masses.
Summers are dry and warm with an occasional hot spell up to 95 degrees and cool evenings. Winter days are cool and damp with highs in the 50's, lows in the 30's, and occasional dips into the 20's. Rain is highly seasonal, starting in September and lasting through May. Although a little south of the main storm track, winter rains are sometimes heavy. Snow is rare and usually melts on contact. The valley location and nearby water cause occasional fog. First freeze is late October, last is late April.
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The cost-of-living crisis and energy poverty in the EU: Social impact and policy responses - Background paper
The EU Presidency of Czechia organised a high-level conference in October 2022 on 'Tackling energy poverty: EU approach & sharing best practices'. The event aimed to bring different actors together in order to strengthen the dialogue on possible solutions on how to further tackle energy poverty in the EU. This background paper, prepared at the request of the Czech Presidency, aims to contribute to the debate.
This working paper investigates the practical implementation of the European Works Council (EWC) Directive at company level. It explores the challenges faced by existing EWCs and provides examples of solutions identified and remaining issues from the point of view of both workers and management. In addition, the paper looks at how EWCs meet the requirements of the EWC Directive in terms of establishing processes of information and consultation.
Európske trhy práce sa po skončení pandémie COVID-19 výrazne obnovili. Na konci roka 2021, teda o viac ako 18 mesiacov od vypuknutia pandémie, bola miera zamestnanosti v EÚ takmer na úrovni pred krízou. Táto správa zhŕňa vývoj na trhu práce v rokoch 2020 a 2021 na základe štvrťročných údajov z prieskumu pracovných síl v EÚ. Robí tak zo štrukturálneho hľadiska, pričom sa zameriava na údaje na úrovni odvetví a povolaní a na kľúčové demografické premenné: pohlavie a vek. Aj keď sa úroveň zamestnanosti v členských štátoch EÚ vráti na úroveň pred krízou, zloženie zamestnanosti sa výrazne zmení.
The rise in cost of living and energy poverty: Social impact and policy responses. 14 October 2022, Informal Meeting of Employment and Social Affairs Ministers (EPSCO). Presentation by Ivailo Kalfin, Executive Director, Eurofound.
Pandémia ochorenia COVID-19 zvýraznila nerovnosti v mnohých aspektoch európskych spoločností vrátane nerovností medzi ženami a mužmi v niekoľkých kľúčových oblastiach. V tejto správe sa skúmajú rodové nerovnosti, ktoré existovali už pred krízou COVID-19 a opisuje sa v nej, akými spôsobmi pandémia rodové rozdiely ovplyvnila. Analyzujú sa v nej rôzne politické reakcie jednotlivých členských štátov v rámci EÚ, ktoré boli zamerané na riešenie rodových rozdielov, resp. na zabránenie ich prehlbovaniu počas pandémie.
Lower levels of health, increasing financial pressure and a significant degree of unmet healthcare: these are the findings of the fifth round of the Living, working and COVID-19 e-survey: Living in a new era of uncertainty – a report that presents an overview of responses from over 200,000 people across all five rounds of the e-survey, which took place from spring 2020 to spring 2022.
In this data story, we use the e-survey data to take a closer look at the impact of the pandemic on mental health.
The platform economy is one of those moving targets, which, despite receiving increasing media and policy attention, has proven difficult to regulate. Given the heterogeneity of employment relationships, business models, types of platform work and cross-border issues, this is not surprising. Yet, in recent years, an increasing number of initiatives and court rulings across EU Member States have sought to address the employment rights and working conditions of platform workers.
Retailové bankovníctvo je úrodnou pôdou pre štúdium vplyvov digitalizácie na prácu a zamestnanosť. V čoraz väčšej miere sa finančné služby poskytujú online, čiže bez inštitúcií sprostredkúvajúcich priamy kontakt s klientmi. Od obdobia celosvetovej finančnej krízy mnoho bánk v tomto odvetví prešlo viacnásobnou reštrukturalizáciou a je jedným z mála odvetví služieb, v ktorých zamestnanosť stagnuje alebo sa znižuje.
Although the worldwide pandemic situation had already disrupted supply chains and triggered increases in energy and food prices in 2021, the situation deteriorated in 2022 with the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Governments throughout the EU had already started to intervene with policy measures in a bid to cushion the impact of rising fuel and energy prices on citizens, but the situation demanded further responses. This article summarises these first policy responses, as reported in Eurofound's EU PolicyWatch database, up to the end of May 2022.
As the war in Ukraine has intensified, the cost of food, raw materials and energy prices, already high due to the COVID-19 pandemic, has continued to rise substantially. Ahead of coordinated action at EU level, as agreed by EU energy ministers on 9 September 2022, governments across the EU have started to implement policies to support companies affected by the rising prices, and those with commercial ties to Ukraine, Russia or Belarus. This article summarises these first policy responses, as reported in Eurofound's EU PolicyWatch database, up to 31 May 2022.
European Restructuring Monitor
The European Restructuring Monitor (ERM) has reported on the employment impact of large-scale business restructuring since 2002. This publication series include the ERM reports, as well as blogs, articles and working papers on restructuring-related events in the EU27 and Norway.
European Working Conditions Telephone Survey 2021
Eurofound's European Working Conditions Survey (EWCS) paints a wide-ranging picture of Europe at work across countries, occupations, sectors and age groups. This series consists of findings from the European Working Conditions Telephone Survey (EWCTS) 2021, an extraordinary edition conducted during the COVID-19 pandemic. The survey was first carried out in 1990.
Developments in working life, industrial relations and working conditions in the EU
This publication series gathers all overview reports on developments in working life, annual reviews in industrial relations and working conditions produced by Eurofound on the basis of national contributions from the Network of Eurofound Correspondents (NEC). Since 1997, these reports have provided overviews of the latest developments in industrial relations and working conditions across the EU and Norway. The series may include recent ad hoc articles written by members of the NEC.
Eurofound's work on COVID-19 examines the far-reaching socioeconomic implications of the pandemic across Europe as they continue to impact living and working conditions. A key element of the research is the e-survey, launched in April 2020, with five rounds completed at different stages during 2020, 2021 and 2022. This is complemented by the inclusion of research into the ongoing effects of the pandemic in much of Eurofound's other areas of work.
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European Working Conditions Surveys
The European Working Conditions Survey (EWCS) launched in 1990 and is carried out every five years, with the latest edition in 2015. It provides an overview of trends in working conditions and quality of employment for the last 30 years. It covers issues such as employment status, working time duration and organisation, work organisation, learning and training, physical and psychosocial risk factors, health and safety, work–life balance, worker participation, earnings and financial security, work and health, and most recently also the future of work.
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European Company Survey 2019
Eurofound's European Company Survey (ECS) maps and analyses company policies and practices which can have an impact on smart, sustainable and inclusive growth, as well as the development of social dialogue in companies. This series consists of outputs from the ECS 2019, the fourth edition of the survey. The survey was first carried out in 2004–2005 as the European Survey on Working Time and Work-Life Balance.
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Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth End Engagement
It's officially over: Reps for both Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth confirm to PEOPLE exclusively that the engagement is off between the two stars.
The news marks the end of a tumultuous year in which Cyrus, 20, and Hemsworth, 23, have experienced more break-ups than bonding moments.
The couple – who first met on the movie set of 2010's The Last Song – got engaged in May 2012. At the time, the singer told PEOPLE, "I'm so happy to be engaged and look forward to a life of happiness with Liam."
But earlier this year, the pair decided to postpone their wedding.
Cyrus was subsequently seen out without her 3.5-carat Neil Lane engagement ring but soon it was back on her hand and the couple were reunited in July in Canada, where Hemsworth was shooting his new movie Cut Bank, and on the red carpet for his movie Paranoia in August.
Since then the couple seem to have been living separate lives as the "Wrecking Ball" singer continues to plug her album Bangerz and Hemsworth prepares to promote Catching Fire.
Reps for both stars had no further comment.
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Sunday, August 5, 2012
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I bet learning German is easy.ReplyDeleteReplies
- AnonymousAugust 6, 2012 at 9:03 AM
Nouns yes. Verbs no.ReplyDelete
Because English words like fireman and pineapple are so much more imaginative.ReplyDeleteReplies
Good point! I'm sure we took our inspiration for those words from GermanDelete
- AnonymousAugust 6, 2012 at 3:46 PM
I wonder how "Ananas" relates to pineapple though.Delete
Probably the same way as "apple" relates to the fruit.Delete
Hello. :) I'm half German and I like this cartoon. It's true that German nouns seem very simply constructed! Some of the 'scary-looking long words' are just 3 or 4 small words put together.ReplyDeleteReplies
Glad you like it! I do enjoy German, not least of all because of its hilarious word combinations.Delete
I've got a good one. Living in Graz atm, and there's a Schloss on the Berg in the center of town. You get three guesses what they call the Berg.ReplyDelete
Yup. Schlossberg. Castle-Mountain.
Great work! As a German teacher, I absolutely love this! Sorry to be pedantic, but shouldn't word-book be word(s)-book? Wörter is the plural form... Also, I'd love to see "vacuum cleaner" (dust sucker in German) if you do a Part III :-) CheersReplyDeleteReplies
You're not being pedantic, you're just doing your job! Yes, it should be "words-book."Delete
I will add "dust sucker" to the list for Part 3!
- AnonymousDecember 18, 2014 at 11:25 AM
I'm German and what I love about German is that you can express almost everything precisely using ordinay words so that everybody can understand what you are talking about even not knowing a thing of the materia.ReplyDelete
To give an example. I work in the air line business and whenever a plane takes off or lands a messages is send so that everybody is informed. This messages in English is called "movement". Quite logical but it can mean an endless forms of movemnts that do have nothing to do with air planes. The German word (that hardly anybody uses) is Flugbewegungsmeldung. Looks scary, doesn't it? But it's a composite of the words Flug-flight, Bewegung-movement and Meldung-messages. All of these words are common and known to ordinary people so everybody would know what it's all about. And there are much more examples like this.
On the other hand there are words that change their meaning completely just by adding a prefix and this makes it extremely difficult to learn. e.g:
kommen - come
einkommen - income
auskommen - get along w. st. / subsistence
verkommen - degenerate
ankommen - arrive
abkommen - go astray deviate / agreement
umkommen - die
Nachkommen - offspring, descendant
Vorkommen - occurence, incident
aufkommen - emerge.
Es kann vorkommen, daß die Nachkommen mit dem Einkommen nicht auskommen und umkommen
It may happen that the descendants do not get along with the income and dieReplies
This is wonderful - I think it needs to be a comic of its own!Delete


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I know the specific Tehillim to recite for Tikkun HaKlali, but I'm looking for the Hebrew text (with nikkudos) of the declaration before and Reb Noson's prayer that follows the Tehillim. Is this available somewhere online?
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That website has the psalms too. The typeface isn't good. The original text is on the Breslover site which doesn't have niqudot.
(Found looking for Tikkun Olam of Rebbe Nachman)
Here with Nikud
For all interested, I've typeset the entire thing to make it a bit easier on the eyes. I used the text available at alonolam.com/tikun_haklali.htm and simply made it look a lot better.
If anyone would like to proof-read it, it's available at myorthodoxlife.com/sefer/tikkunhaklali/. I'd like to improve it in a few ways still, such as removing the nikkud from Hashem, adding nikkud in the few places where it's lacking, etc. If anyone has any comments or concerns, please let me know.
The source code is available on GitHub at github.com/rfkrocktk/tikkun-haklali. Feel free to fork it and suggest changes.
I gather you had alonolam's permission....– msh210 ♦Oct 24, 2011 at 18:11
Just asking for it now :-X Oct 24, 2011 at 21:39
I believe I found one in the app: Sefaria.
This would be more helpful with a specific link (you can do so easily when looking at Sefaria from a browser)– mblochJun 8, 2020 at 3:35


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WASHINGTON, DC—Responding to widespread speculation, members of the U.S. Supreme Court told reporters Monday that they will not continue to hear cases if Chief Justice William Rehnquist, 80, steps down.
"It just wouldn't be the same court without Bill," Justice David Souter said. "He's the heart and soul of this judicature, the one who motivates us to keep ruling. I can't imagine doing it without him."
In October, Rehnquist, who has served on the Supreme Court for 33 years, announced that he has thyroid cancer. The statement led some to speculate that he will not complete his annual term.
"The Supreme Court is a middle-aged man's game," Rehnquist told Law and Justice magazine in November 1997. "I can't see myself swinging the gavel at 90. I just don't have the stamina."
At an informal hearing held in Justice Steven J. Breyer's kitchen in December, the Supreme Court voted 7 to 1 in favor of breaking up, with Justice Antonin Scalia abstaining from the vote. Rehnquist was the sole dissenting voice.
"Bill kept arguing that no matter what happened, the Supreme Court should continue," Justice Sandra Day O'Connor said. "It was touching to see how much faith he has in us, but I think the majority opinion is in favor of quitting while we're on top, rather than muddling through a bunch of mediocre judicial sessions and becoming some sort of kangaroo court."
Continued O'Connor, "The hardest thing to achieve with a judicial body as large as ours is a rapport. To effectively interpret the law, you need that certain magical something. Without Rehnquist, we'll lose that vibe."
Justice Anthony Kennedy agreed.
"Maybe you have to be sitting on the bench to understand, but there's something special about Rehnquist," Kennedy said. "You can feel the electricity fill the air as soon as the court marshal calls out, 'Oyez! Oyez! Oyez! All persons having business before the Honorable, the Supreme Court of the United States are admonished to draw near and give their attention, for the court is now sitting.'"
While he was not appointed chief justice until 1986, Rehnquist has appeared on more television shows and in more magazines than any justice in the history of the Supreme Court.
"Rehnquist's been the court's spiritual leader since being sworn in in 1972," Souter said. "Right now, the Supreme Court is the most powerful legal body in the country. I think we'd all prefer to go down in the books that way."
Bernard Tomaine, publisher of the Supreme Court fanzine The Docket, characterized Rehnquist's role as "essential."
"When Rehnquist leaves, it's going to be the end of an era," Tomaine said. "He's absolutely irreplaceable."
Added Tomaine: "I've got a bootleg copy of an opinion that Rehnquist wrote for U.S. v. Verdugo-Urquidez that would blow your mind."
Although the associate justices have yet to announce their plans following the dissolution of the Supreme Court, Tomaine said he believes that many will continue on with solo judiciary projects.
"I don't think they're ready to give up interpreting the law just yet," Tomaine said. "I wouldn't be surprised if a number of these justices get together and start something very similar to the Supreme Court, but under a different name. I heard that Scalia wants to set up a new organization under the name 'The U.S. Supreme Court featuring Antonin Scalia.' Personally, I think it's very disrespectful to use the name of that honorable institution, but I suppose it's his right."
While no definitive time frame has been established for Rehnquist's departure, many speculate that it will be soon.
"Swearing in Bush for his second term will be a big moment," Tomaine said. "Unless he's got something up his sleeve for [terrorism suspect Zacarias] Moussaoui's trial, he'll probably leave right after the inauguration. I can't see Rehnquist going out on a quiet note. That's just not his style."
Although the justices' resolve seems strong, some fans of the Supreme Court say the eight justices will change their minds after Rehnquist leaves.
"This is not the first time a government branch has threatened to quit for personal reasons," said Henry Loghermann, a prominent Washington D.C. historian and Supreme Court groupie. "Take the Department of the Interior in the '80s. They kept saying that if James Watt left, they'd all go their separate ways. Well, Watt left, and the DOI is still going strong. And I can't even count how many times the British House of Lords has broken up and reformed in the past 50 years. When the harsh reality sets in, the high court will see what few options they have and cut the bluster."


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There's a fascinating boxing match on TV tonight between a faded, formerly great champion and a younger brawler with limited skills, but enough about the Cotto-Kamegai match on HBO. Instead of watching a real fight, millions will tune in for a glorified staring match between a middle-aged, retired, three-time ex-con and a semi-sentient growth protruding out of an oversized gorilla tattoo. Even though it is a stupid mismatch with no athletic significance whatsoever, its record-setting success is inevitable and unsurprising. Not only do Floyd Mayweather, Jr. and Conor McGregor boast two of the largest, loudest and least educated fan bases in the world, but it's a freak show. And it's exactly the right freak show for 2017, a year when a reality TV star became president and an Olympic gold medalist raced a fake great white shark on television. And, hey, if Donald Trump (who, in addition to his close friendship with Mayweather, also boasts a loud, large, and poorly-educated fan base) were to fight a great white shark on TV, I'm sure that millions would tune in for that as well. Hell, I know I would. At least it would be a more competitive match-up than Mayweather-McGregor.
I didn't want to ever write about this fight. Yes, I'd opened my dumb mouth last year to opine it would never happen, but if you read past the headline, I was eerily prescient. I said it would only happen if Floyd ran into more trouble with the IRS. Well, we now know that has happened. I also thought the UFC would never let it happen because it would screw up their then-hypothetical $4 billion sale, but now that sale has happened, and it has turned out to be a catastrophe (even more so, with the latest Jon Jones news), leaving the UFC's new owners hemorrhaging money to an extent that federal regulators have basically told investors that they'd have to be stupid to lend them any more money. The UFC has no choice but to let its only remaining bankable star do whatever he wants, even though no serious analyst would give Conor a snowball's chance in the Las Vegas heat against Floyd fucking Mayweather. I also said that if it happened, it would be a dull, one-sided fight between a faded version of an already dull fighter and his own personal Vanilla Ice, a man who has logged fewer boxing rounds against professional fighters in the past decade than has Mitt Romney.
But even that is way too optimistic. Far too optimistic. This fight is going to make Mayweather's snoozefest against Manny Pacquiao look like Hagler-Hearns. This fight is going to make the Trump-Clinton debates or the audiobook of Paradise Lost look like Hagler-Hearns.
Let's begin with the most obvious reason this fight will suck: Punching in boxing and MMA are totally different enterprises. Forget that the gloves are different and that MMA fighters fight barefoot, and focus on the most important and least understood element of boxing: balance. Boxers—at least good boxers—are masters of maintaining balance at all times. You can neither punch effectively nor absorb a clean punch if you are not on balance. This is why boxers all generally fight from similar stances: hands up, legs crouched, feet spread shoulder length apart, never bringing their body square or perpendicular to their opponent. It's the most balanced position one can be in. MMA fighters, however, face a completely different set of challenges. They need to be able to guard their entire bodies, not just their midsections and head. They need to defend against kicks, elbows, and takedown attempts. The result is that MMA fighters do not have the luxury of assuming such a perfectly balanced stance. A boxer is a baseball catcher, an MMA fighter is a soccer goalie.
What does this mean? It means any claim that Conor has to being a powerful puncher in MMA (putting aside the Nate Diaz evidence to the contrary) is almost meaningless when trying to project how he'll perform in a boxing ring. It's like trying to anticipate how a superstar rugby player will perform if randomly tossed into an NFL game for the first time. Sure, some of the activity may look superficially similar, but you wouldn't be able to project with any confidence how his tackling ability will compare.
But that's not even the biggest problem Conor faces. The problem is that even if his MMA form translates to boxing (it won't), his style is quite possibly the worst possible style to try and beat a guy like Mayweather. You see, McGregor is at his most powerful as a counter-puncher. Everyone remembers the thrilling knockout McGregor scored against José Aldo. Devoid of context, it's perhaps easy to imagine him doing something similar to the similarly-sized Mayweather. But there is so much context. Aldo was knocked out when he recklessly leaped in, throwing a wild hook against McGregor, who landed a much sharper and faster hook. Look at McGregor's overwhelming display against Eddie Alvarez and you'll see something similar; Conor landed his best shots when Alvarez charged in at him.
But Floyd Mayweather will never come in on an opponent. Floyd Mayweather is a mirage, an oasis that evaporates before your eyes as you get too close. Although his low-output fighting style is occasionally mistaken for cowardice, it's actually the opposite: Mayweather is one of the few fighters who is brave enough to let his opponents take their best shot without flinching. It is precisely this confidence in his ability to block or elude punches that makes Mayweather so effective. While most other fighters tense up under pressure, Mayweather casually dips and slides out of danger: he is the hyperspace button in Defender. Once his opponent misses, generally leaving himself wide open, Mayweather responds with his best weapon: a straight right hand down the middle that lands with just enough force to momentarily paralyze his foe while Floyd casually resets his position.
So, how does one beat an elusive phantom like Mayweather? There's only one proven formula, most effectively put to use by José-Luis Castillo and Marcos Maidana (both of whom arguably deserved to win their first fights versus Mayweather), and that is to smother him. If you bull rush Mayweather, force him to the ropes, and unload with a barrage of punches from all angles, you both minimize his ability to elude and also prevent the conservative Mayweather from throwing his counter-right. So, is there any chance McGregor could employ that strategy?
There is not. Not only is McGregor most effective when his opponents come to him but, his reputation for exciting fights notwithstanding, McGregor is (by boxing standards) a supremely inactive fighter. In the UFC, McGregor averages about 5 strikes per minute in fights that go a maximum of 15-25 minutes, and which (in McGregor's case) routinely last far less than that. To effectively mount an offense like Castillo or Maidana requires throwing close to 30 punches per minute for a fight that almost certainly would run a full 36 minutes. In other words, Conor would have to be nearly nine times as active as he generally is with his hands (again, while trying a new sport, wearing heavier equipment, and fighting the most elusive fighter of his generation).
And what if Mayweather allows Conor to land a punch out of boredom, or a decline in skills due to his age (a fact Mayweather has been reduced to citing to make the fight seem even remotely interesting)? Well, the odds are pretty good it won't matter. Floyd has actually shown a pretty good chin in his career. He's been in with plenty of big punchers and once ate an absolutely nasty shot from Shane Mosley, one of the hardest punchers of his generation. And what happened? Floyd briefly wobbled and then caught himself and proceeded to win virtually every second of the fight from there forward. The only time Mayweather has officially been knocked down in his career came when he landed a big punch to the forehead of Carlos "Famoso" Hernández, broke his own hand from the impact, and briefly touched the ground in pain. And, of course, Mayweather then continued on and won virtually every second of the fight from there forward. Do you see a pattern here?
Let's cut to the chase: Conor McGregor would be a significant underdog against even a top amateur fighter. (Just ask Xtreme Couture trainer Robert Follis, who told ESPN, "Conor's striking is good, but I've got pro guys who will go to the boxing gym and work with some 14-year-old amateur who has 40 fights and they get picked apart.") That top amateur would be a significant underdog against a serious pro, who in turn would be an underdog against a top pro. And that top pro? Well, with the exception of Manny Pacquiao and Canelo Álvarez, all the well-established, experienced, top boxing contenders who have faced Mayweather in recent years have gone into the ring at odds of close to 30:1. Do the math and you quickly arrive at a Dumb and Dumber routine: Conor's odds are not good. Like one in a hundred? No, more like one in a million.
If that argument isn't compelling enough, consider this: The highlight of Conor's training camp has been his sparring sessions against retired boxer Paulie Malignaggi. There's some debate as to who got the better in those matches, but remember that (1) Malignaggi was paid to be a sparring partner for Conor, and (2) Malignaggi is part of the broadcast team tonight, and clearly benefits from increased interest in this stupid event. Let's assume, though, that Paulie wasn't taking it easy on Conor to build up his confidence. Who is Paulie Malignaggi, the boxer? Well, he's the worst possible sparring partner to train for a guy like Mayweather. Their styles are nothing alike, and Malignaggi legitimately may be the lightest-punching name fighter in the last decade, while Floyd possesses significantly-underrated power even though he rarely uncorks it. Besides, even at his best, Malignaggi was absolutely humiliated by Amir Khan, a guy who was blown out by Canelo, a guy who was skunked by, wait for it, Floyd Mayweather. Any way you do the math, no matter how many benefits of the doubt you cut in Conor's favor, the result is the same: He's orders of magnitude below Floyd's skill level.
And this brings us to one of the most frustrating aspects of any Mayweather fight. People don't tune in to watch Mayweather elude his opponents; to the contrary, even in his prime, crowds routinely walked out on Mayweather's dull, dominating performances before they were over. No, most people tune in because Mayweather is such an awful fucking human being that they want to see him get knocked out. As someone who has done as much as anyone to educate the public on what an awful human being Mayweather is, I sympathize with the instinct. But you're not going to get what you paid for. You're just going to subsidize the extravagant lifestyle of an unrepentant serial batterer who smears the mother of his children on national TV by suggesting (a la Stephen A. Smith on Janay Rice) that she was responsible for her own beating.
Besides, how fucking impatient are you people? You do realize that if by some miracle—or perhaps interference from Vladimir Putin—McGregor scores a McKnockout it will be on every McChannel and online McStreaming site within minutes? Oh, and that the whole fight card will replay, for free, next weekend? If Floyd is knocked out—he won't be, but go with me—wouldn't you rather save $100 and watch it a minute after it happens?
The November election proved that the American people are not very good at deciding how to vote with their ballots, but we can still redeem ourselves—even if just a bit—by voting with our wallets. By not buying this fight, you are effectively being paid $100 to not support a morally bankrupt human being in a meaningless freak show likely to be devoid of entertainment. (Let's not even discuss the undercard, which is the worst I can ever remember.) Doesn't this sound like an almost incomprehensibly good deal? Or, doesn't it at least sound better than the alternative?
Daniel Roberts deleted his Twitter account and has never been happier. If you want to tell him how much he sucks, you now need to email him at firstname.lastname@example.com. You have his apologies for the inconvenience.


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It's the ultimate tug of war challenge... and a GREAT team-building event! Gather a team of 10, raise a minimum of $250 for a team of 10, or $25 per person, and join in the Fire Truck Pull Challenge. Your team will play "tug of war" with a 55,000-lb fire truck. The team with the Fastest Team Pull will be named the Fire Truck Pull Challenge Champions!
Bring all of your biggest fans to cheer you on during your pull - it's excitement for all ages!
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Each team captain will receive a packet with their team's on-site registration time, parking information, required waiver forms, and other important information. Please choose a team captain who can deliver this information to the entire team.
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Presentation of VERSA Plus control panel in Italy - SATEL Italia
From the 1st to the 3rd October 2014, SATEL's representatives had the pleasure to visit the head office of SATEL Italia, the exclusive distributor for the Italian market. It was a great opportunity to meet directly with the owners of Italian companies redistributing SATEL devices. The conference was hosted by the experts, including, on behalf of SATEL Italia - Antonella Renaldi, Owner of the Company, Lucio Marcattilio, Sales Manager, and Fabio Morganti, Technical Specialist, and on behalf of SATEL - Mateusz Krawiec, Sales Consultant for Exports. Mr. Leszek Polakiewicz and Mr. Grzegorz Rutkowski, Members of SATEL's Management Board were the special guests.
The meeting, which was held in a charming restaurant located on the beach in the seaside town of Grottammare, was the place of the world premiere of the VERSA Plus hybrid panel, a long-awaited addition to SATEL's VERSA family. This unique device made an excellent impression on the large group of Italian specialists, because it allows you to create a modern, fully wireless alarm system, and also one that will be supplemented with hard-wired components. Moreover, the advanced structure of this panel enables communication within the system via as many as three channels (Ethernet, PSTN, GSM/GPRS), thus providing efficient and reliable messaging, control and configuration.
The presentation also included various solutions that enable easy management of the system based on the VERSA Plus control panel: remotely - through the VERSA CONTROL application for mobile devices, and locally - through the VERSA-LCDM-WRL fully wireless keypad. The fact that the VERSA Plus is fully compatible with the well-recognized, award-winning INT-TSG touch keypad was also emphasized.
During the conference, the OPAL outdoor dual-tech detector, which was expected by the market, was also officially announced. This is the first device of its type in SATEL's portfolio, which will offer a remarkable resistance to adverse weather conditions, including moisture.
Te solutions presented in Grottammare are a response to the expectations and needs of the Italian market. For this reason, the presentation of the VERSA Plus control panel met with a great interest among the owners of all the most important redistribution companies, which is a cause for pride and satisfaction for SATEL and SATEL Italia.
Design and technologies used in the VERSA Plus control panel, as well as the functionality it offers, make it a versatile device. The alarm system with this device at its heart can be perfectly customized to the needs and features of each small or medium-size building, providing a sense of peace and security.


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In the world that Ed Schultz lives in, journalists have just been too negative about ObamaCare, showering the President's law with insults. The MSNBC anchor on Tuesday theorized as to why the implementation of the health care law has been received so poorly: "I think that network reporters throughout the entire industry maybe caught in a dilemma that ObamaCare is so positive and going to have such a tremendous impact on American life and American society." [See video below. See MP3 audio here.] Later, he mocked the "crappy" insurance that many Americans are losing.
According to Schultz, these reporters "are having a hard time saying something nice about it or positive about it because they might be viewed as journalistically compromised." In a bizarre move, the host implicitly attacked his own liberal network as part of this conspiracy against Obama. The anchor included a clip of MSNBC's Willie Geist asserting, "White House officials were aware that between 40 to 67 percent of individuals will not be able to keep their policies."
So, MSNBC is in on this effort to derail ObamaCare?
In reality, far from attacking the Affordable Care Act, the networks Schultz mentioned have offered generous, positive coverage, hiding the negative aspects. An MRC study found:
With the ObamaCare exchanges set to take effect today, and polls showing the President's health care law as unpopular as ever (a September 25 poll from CBS News/New York Times found 51% "somewhat" or "strongly" disapproved of the law), the Big Three (ABC, CBS, NBC) news networks have been reluctant to report the multiple fiascos surrounding its implementation:
On July 2 and 3, all three broadcast networks covered the one-year postponement of the ObamaCare employer mandate as a "surprising," "significant setback" for the President. But that was it for major coverage of that delay — apart from a few passing mentions in other stories, after July 3 the networks only discussed the employer mandate delay on the Sunday talk shows.
ABC and NBC still haven't gotten around to telling viewers that the Obama administration had decided to delay until 2015 the requirement that people provide proof of their eligibility for federal subsidies (sort of like those no-document mortgages from a few years ago). The CBS Evening News gave that just 9 seconds on August 13, part of a round-up of delays with the law. [House Speaker John Boehner also brought this up, unprompted by moderator Bob Schieffer, on the July 21 Face the Nation.]
On August 1, Politico reported that the Office of Personnel Management had decided to issue new regulations this week to protect members of Congress and their staffs from seeing their health care premiums skyrocket. ABC and NBC have completely skipped this news, while CBS This Morning gave it a grand total of 18 seconds on Friday, August 2 (nothing on the Evening News.)
Schultz's rage came as he tried to rationalize and explain away Obama's repeated claim that "if you like your plan, you can keep it." According to the anchor, people are simply being " forced to upgrade to a plan with standards under the Affordable Care Act." He seethed, "Folks, this is about standards."
Speaking of people who are losing their health insurance, Schultz mocked, "These 14 million people that buy insurance on the individual marketplace, some of them are going to get these notices because they have, I can't use the S-word, they have crappy insurance."
A partial transcript of the October 29 segment is below:
ED SCHULTZ: You know, there is so much negativity right now that's taking place in the media. I find it absolutely amazing. It's almost as if we're afraid to say a positive statement about healthcare for millions of Americans. Let's start with the numbers tonight if we can. ObamaCare by the Gallup Poll was at 41 percent with the American people back in August. In October it was at 45 percent. It's gaining in popularity. The more we hear about it, the more people realize it. But I know we're fixated on websites right now.
You know what? I think that network reporters throughout the entire industry maybe caught in a dilemma that ObamaCare is so positive and going to have such a tremendous impact on American life and American society. It's setting the foundation for better changes in the future. I think that network reporters and people on TV are having a hard time saying something nice about it or positive about it because they might be viewed as journalistically compromised. They're not really showing a great deal of integrity if they say something positive about ObamaCare.
Here is the point. There are absolutes. And if you go to a free healthcare clinic and if you run into someone who hasn't seen a doctor for seven years and that person has stage four breast cancer, believe me, it will change you. All of that is going to be changed under ObamaCare, but in the meantime there's an awful lot of misinformation floating around television about ObamaCare these days. So let me just take a few minutes to set the record straight tonight. Let's start with perception about what America is going through. When I was in London last week, I tweeted out man on the street, a conversation in UK. Why does you media want health care to fail? Now, where in the world would they ever get that idea? Take a look at some of the reporting over the last few days.
ELISABETH HASSELBECK: Millions of people right now can't -- either holding their hands up in distress. Number one, because they're losing their insurance policies.
CHARLIE ROSE: More than two million Americans have been told they cannot renew their current health insurance policies.
NORAH O'DONNELL: And that is more than triple the number of people said to be buying insurance under the Affordable Care Act.
WILLIE GEIST: He discovered the White House officials were aware that between 40 to 67 percent of individuals will not be able to keep their policies.
CHRIS CHRISTIE: The real problem is that people weren't told the truth. You can remember they were told that they would be able to keep their policies if they liked them.
SCHULTZ: Oh, lots of accusations floating around. Who's lying? Lots of numbers being thrown out there whether they're correct or not? Well let's get to the chase. Let's start tonight by giving you the Paul Harvey rest of the story. Fourteen million people in this country purchase insurance on the individual marketplace. If you purchase health insurance from an individual marketplace, there are no changes made to your plan if you can keep it. Amazing, isn't it? You're grandfathered in. Now, however, if your insurer, meaning the insurance company makes changes to your plan like changing a premium or deductible or you're plan is no -- and you're is no longer valid. OK, you would get a cancellation notice. And that's what's going on right now and be forced to upgrade to a plan with standards under the Affordable Care Act. Folks, this is all about standards. These 14 million people that buy insurance on the individual marketplace, some of them are going to get these notices because they have, I can't use the S-word, they have crappy insurance.


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GAF AG and partners successfully complete the obsAIRve project and continue provision of resulting services. GAF AG, together with a group of European partners, has successfully implemented a project to provide satellite and in-situ based air quality information services for the European Commission's Directorate-General for Enterprise and Industry.
The air quality monitoring services deliver near-real-time information through a website and mobile apps and build on previous experience gained in the European Copernicus programme. The project is led by GAF and involves the partners DLR, T-Systems International and the Environment Agency Austria.
Air quality is a key parameter for quality of life. A recent study (2013 Report on Air Quality in Europe) by the European Environment Agency (EEA) states that more than 90 percent of urban citizens in the European Union (EU) are exposed to air pollutants at levels that exceed the threshold values specified by the World Health Organisation (WHO). To increase awareness about air pollution and to provide the European public with up-to-date air quality information, the European Commission initiated the obsAIRve project as a Copernicus pilot service in 2010. Copernicus (formerly GMES - Global Monitoring for Environment and Security) is a joint European Union (EU) and European Space Agency (ESA) initiative promoting the operational use of earth observation based products and services for the environment.
ObsAIRve provides near real-time air quality information services throughout Europe based on satellite and in-situ data. Major air pollutants are ozone (O3), nitrogen dioxide (NO2) and particulate matter with a particle diameter of up to 10 µm (PM10). The obsAIRve services provide information about these pollutants in the form of up-to-date maps and forecasts ranging up to 72 hours. In-situ measurement data are integrated from a range of sources: Near real-time air quality values from thousands of measurement stations located all over Europe are provided by the EEA and air quality measurement indices from about 90 European cities are procured via the Citeair project. In order to create a uniform information product from the heterogeneous data sources, obsAIRve automatically refines raw input data and converts it to the Common Air Quality Index (CAQI). Several air quality model forecasts computed by the Copernicus projects MACC and PASODOBLE are also automatically assembled into a single European-wide air quality map.
The resulting information is disseminated to citizens via a range of communication channels, such as a dedicated website (www.obsairve.eu) and mobile apps for Android and iOS. Dr. Matthias Baron, GAF Project Manager, comments: "This project underlines GAF's role as a one-stop-shop for comprehensive global environmental information services based on earth observation and geo-information." Dr. Peter Volk, GAF CEO, adds: "The success of this project demonstrates the importance of Copernicus services for the daily life of European citizens, and we aim to provide even higher spatial and temporal resolutions in the future.
After three years the project has been concluded with a very positive result; the consortium has therefore decided to maintain the obsAIRve services and portal throughout 2014.Download PDF: IN_Copernicus Air Quality Monitoring for Europe


text: SOS Children's Village Urgench SOS Children's Villages has been supporting families and children in Urgench since 2010. By providing family strengthening programmes to assist vulnerable families we aim to reach children who are at risk of losing parental care. Many parents move abroad leaving their children behind Siblings playing together in their SOS family home (photo: SOS archives) Urgench is the capital of the Khorezm region, some 1,000 km north-west of the country's capital of Tashkent, and near the border with Turkmenistan. Although the region has traditionally relied on agriculture, the harsh climate (temperatures range from +45°C to -45°C) and the shortage of water in the area make this way of earning a living rather precarious. There is very little alternative employment in the region; the few jobs that are available are badly paid and seasonal. As a result people move abroad in search of work; most go to Russia, the Ukraine and Kazakhstan. In many cases parents migrate without their children, sometimes leaving them alone and other times in the care of extended family members who do not have the resources to care for them either. Many parents think that they will just go abroad for a few years in order to make money and then return home. However, the children suffer deeply from the loss of parental care during this time. For children living in poverty, home is often a run-down basic shelter which lacks electricity, gas, running water or heating. Children from female-headed households are at a greater risk of being poor due to the unfavourable position of women in the labour market. These children are very vulnerable to exploitation; many do not go to kindergarten or school as their parents cannot afford it. Poverty and unemployment often lead people to fall for the false promises of human traffickers operating in the area. An urgent need to support families and care for children without parental care SOS Children's Villages has had support from the local government since we started working in the area. For example, the local municipality informs us about families who are struggling to care for their children and are at risk of falling apart. We are then able to include them in our family strengthening programme. As well as working in Urgench, we also support families in the nearby town of Shavat. What we do in Urgench Children from the SOS families grow up together, living side-by-side children from the neighbourhood. (photo: SOS archives) The SOS Children's Village provides different kinds of assistance to the local population: support to vulnerable families and children in crisis situations, educational support to teachers and children in the area, and loving homes for children who have lost parental care. We work closely with parents in the neighbourhood so that they can continue to care for their children. In collaboration with local agencies we ensure that children have access to essential educational, health, clothing and nutritional services. We also provide advice on parenting skills and income generation, and inform parents of their rights regarding housing and state allowances. We give younger children a free kindergarten place and older children textbooks so that they can go to school. Because there is a shortage of teachers with adequate skills, we run an educational programme for teachers in the community. We work closely with the local kindergarten and schools to enhance the skills of teachers and we support individual children by offering tuition in areas where they are struggling. We organise after-school groups, where children can do their homework. Children who can no longer live with their parents can find a loving home in one of the six SOS families. The SOS parents provide a loving and stable environment where children can flourish. The children attend the local kindergartens, schools and after-school activities - this helps with their integration into the community. In addition, the SOS Children's Villages houses and flats are located throughout Urgench, integrated in the community. In this way, the children from the SOS families grow up alongside children from the neighbourhood.


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A beautiful design. Simplicity. Convenience. And the fact that every time you use it, you are making the planet a cleaner place to live.
Enjoy the freedom of making your own sparkling drinks in just seconds, with the SodaStream Source home soda maker. Powered by a reusable CO2 carbonator, the refined mechanics of the SodaStream Source make the entire top surface responsive to touch to quickly transform water into perfectly customized sparkling drinks. An LED display indicates three levels of fizziness for precise carbonation with every use, while a new snap-lock bottle mechanism makes the Source even easier to use.
It may come as a surprise that the SodaStream soda makers do not need any batteries or electricity to operate. They are powered solely by the compressed gas carbonator that comes in the starter kit. A starter carbonator will prepare 6L of soda – enough to start you off with the system. As soon as the starter carbonator runs out, visit one of the 15,000 stores to exchange it for a full 60L one (visit www.sodastreamusa.com to find the store nearest to you. And do not worry, most of the big name retailers are already carrying them). Make sure you use the MAIL IN REBATE INCLUDED IN THE ORIGINAL BOX to get the first 60L cylinder for free.
To get started, remove the cap from the CO2 carbonator that came with your soda maker. Open the back of the Source home soda maker by inserting your index finger into the hole in the back cover panel and pulling firmly toward you. Fit the carbonator into the gasket at the top of the carbonator housing, and tighten as you would a light bulb in a socket. Turn only until hand-tight; no tools are necessary. Click the back cover panel into its original closed position.
Fill water to the line indicated by the iconic facet and wave design.
Pro Tip: Cold water absorbs and holds carbonation better than ambient temperature water. For best-tasting results and maximum carbonator yield, refrigerate water before carbonation.
Snap lock the filled bottle into the soda maker by pushing the bottle up and forward in a single motion. Unlike earlier soda makers that required a twisting gesture to connect the bottle to the machine, Source features the efficient and ergonomic Snap-Lock bottle mechanism, making carbonation even simpler and faster than ever before.
The entire top surface of the Source's carbonating block is responsive to touch. Simply press down firmly on the carbonating block and watch in amazement as CO2 whooshes into the water! Three LED lights on the front of the soda maker give you an instant feedback on the carbonation level. The carbonation levels are also represented by whistle sounds, so you can both see and hear how much your drink is being fizzed.
Pro Tip: Sparkling water and fruit flavors often taste best with lighter carbonation, while colas and New York-style seltzers are typically enjoyed with more intense bubbles. Experiment with carbonation levels until you find your perfect fizz.
When you have reached the optimal carbonation level for your taste, release the carbonating block to stop CO2 from flowing into the bottle. Place two fingers beneath the carbonating block and lift it gently upwards to its original position. You will hear the airlock opening as excess pressure is released harmlessly from the bottle. Pull the bottle toward you to release the Snap-Lock bottle grip and remove your carbonated water from the soda maker.
Pro Tip: If you find that your carbonated water is not fizzy enough, you can repeat the carbonation process – for water only – to achieve stronger fizz. Drinks that have flavor added may not be re-carbonated.
SodaStream offers over 60 different flavor varieties to satisfy every taste and mood. Tilt the carbonated water bottle to a 45-degree angle, and pour the sodamix down along the inside wall of the bottle. Use a pre-dosed sodamix portion pack or pour your preferred flavor amount from a full-sized bottle to customize your taste experience. (Yes! You can adjust the intensity and sweetness of our drink by varying the amount of sodamix you put into the bottle. You can use a cup as your measuring devise.)
Place SodaStream's signature fizz-preserving bottle cap on your soda bottle and tighten. Gently roll or shake the bottle to ensure the sodamix is thoroughly combined with the carbonated water. Allow to settle for a few moments (now would be a good time to prepare your drinking glasses and garnishes!) and carefully uncap.
Pro Tip: you may find that – after having shaken your soda – it may be extra-fizzy as you open the bottle. Try twisting the cap a quarter-turn to release pressure, and then quickly tighten again before opening all the way.
You are now ready to taste the perfect sparkling beverage, prepared expressly by YOU!
** This quick-start guide is not a substitution for the full instruction manual. Please read your soda maker's instruction manual carefully before first use.