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The return of the working class hero
Updated 5:48 pm, Monday, December 9, 2013
For more than three decades, working-class Americans receded as cultural heroes, replaced in the popular imagination by swashbuckling entrepreneurs, brilliant innovators and shrewd investors who make millions at the touch of a computer key.
It was not always this way. In the 1930s, '40s and '50s, the people who operated the trains, worked the machines and tended the farms were stars of film and fiction. Think of Frank Capra movies such as "It's a Wonderful Life" and the fiction of John Steinbeck, including his underappreciated novel, "In Dubious Battle."
After five years of economic travail caused by Wall Street excesses and increasingly widespread worry over rising inequality and declining mobility, the culture shows signs of changing again.
In 2001, Barbara Ehrenreich published "Nickel and Dimed," her classic on the discontents of low-paid work. At the time, she was fighting against social winds, let loose by the tech boom and a soaring stock market, to bring attention to the many left out of our grand prosperity. Now, Ehrenreich has more company as gifted, younger writers bring the toil of cooks and servers and warehouse workers alive for wide audiences.
What's striking about the new labor writers is that they are not romantics. They don't think that we can return to the '30s or '40s any more than we can re-popularize black-and-white movies. But they write with clarity, empathy and understanding, treating our economy's service workers as flesh-and-blood human beings with responsibilities, families they deeply care about and aspirations they'd like to fulfill.
If you have any doubt that culture affects politics, consider our celebrations of the life and mission of Nelson Mandela. He is now an internationally beloved figure because of his work for reconciliation, and rightly so. But we forget the time when the anti-apartheid movement was controversial, when some branded the African National Congress as a "terrorist" organization, and when, in 1986, Congress had to override President Reagan's veto of the Comprehensive Anti-Apartheid Act.
Political mobilization around the world was central to Mandela's victory. In eulogizing him, President Obama used himself as an example of how the anti-apartheid movement defined a generation. The arts were a big part of this. More recently, the culture has thoroughly mainstreamed Mandela's triumph. The 2009 movie "Invictus" was based on Mandela's decision to unite his country behind the nation's traditionally white rugby team and its success in winning the 1995 World Cup.
It's an entirely good thing that many who were once among Mandela's critics have now embraced him as "the conscience of the world," in the words of my Washington Post colleague Eugene Robinson. This is Mandela's achievement. It's also the achievement of the political and cultural transformation he inspired.
What the anti-apartheid cause and the new concern for low-wage workers have in common is not only the fact that Mandela "was an organizer before he became a statesman," as Dorian Warren, a political scientist at Columbia University, helpfully point out. It's also that the success of both movements entailed changing the way a predominant culture looks at society.
There are moments when the arts take a top-down view of the world highlighting the contributions of the successful, the powerful and the influential. There will always be a place for this.
But at other moments, the creators of culture take on the different task of looking at the world from the bottom up. This entails an acknowledgment that there would be no wealth without the efforts of those who labor. It is rooted in a spirit of solidarity. Once-forgotten people are suddenly remembered again.
The word used over and over about Mandela was "dignity." His struggle asserted the dignity of everyone, including his one-time enemies. The new cultural turn is also about the dignity of all, and it's a healthy change.
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Boston Scientific to Share Rights to Guidants Drug-Eluting Stent Portfolio
Natick, MA (January 8, 2006) Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX) announced today that it has executed a binding definitive agreement with Abbott (NYSE: ABT) under which Abbott will purchase Guidant Corporations (NYSE: GDT) vascular intervention and endovascular businesses, assuming completion of Boston Scientifics proposed acquisition of Guidant (announced in a separate Boston Scientific press release issued today).
As part of this agreement, Boston Scientific will share rights to Guidants drug-eluting stent (DES) portfolio with Abbott, providing Boston Scientific a second DES platform.
Boston Scientific had announced its intention to divest Guidants vascular intervention and endovascular businesses and to share rights to Guidants DES portfolio in its initial proposal to acquire Guidant on December 5, 2005. Boston Scientific believes that the execution of its agreement with Abbott will enable the Company to rapidly secure antitrust approval of the acquisition of Guidant.
Under the terms of the agreement with Abbott, Guidants vascular intervention and endovascular businesses will be purchased by Abbott for a total consideration of $4.3 billion. This amount includes an upfront payment of $3.8 billion in cash on or around the closing of Boston Scientifics acquisition of Guidant, a payment of $250 million upon U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of an everolimus-based DES product, and an additional payment of $250 million upon a similar approval in Japan. These contingent payments are due if the requisite approvals are received anytime within 10 years of closing this transaction.
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Boston Scientific and Abbott have agreed that Abbott will supply Boston Scientific, on a private label basis, with Guidant DES products. This interim supply agreement will facilitate a transitioning of the shared DES rights to Boston Scientific. These rights include rights to intellectual property and technology transfers, sharing of regulatory and clinical trial assets and the rights to independently iterate, manufacture and commercialize DES technology. Drug-eluting stents sold by Abbott will be separately branded, priced and marketed.
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Our agreement with Abbott to divest Guidants vascular intervention and endovascular businesses demonstrates our commitment to address potential antitrust issues raised by our proposed acquisition of Guidant, and should enable us to complete the acquisition of Guidant quickly, said Jim Tobin, President and Chief Executive Officer of Boston Scientific. In addition, sharing rights to Guidants DES portfolio will enable Boston Scientific to offer both paclitaxel-eluting and everolimus-eluting stents to interventional cardiologists and their patients.


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Its the midway point of the 2012 NFL season and Peyton Mannings Broncos are quietly lurking in the middle of the AFC conference standings with a 4-3 record. Theyve only won one game on the road, the Patriots and Texans each scored 31 points on them, and both of those teams seem to be getting a lot more media attention as the teams to beat out of the AFC this week. But watch out for Denver. Its road to New Orleans Peyton Manning's hometown just got a lot clearer. Let me explain. Manning brings in the TV ratings. Add in the intrigue around the fact that he hadnt played in 18 months, and the NFL knew No. 18 in his new Broncos digs, no less would be a big draw come the start of the 2012 season. So, they front-loaded Denvers schedule with primetime games against big-time opponents. Look at the Broncos slate thus far: Week 1 vs. Pittsburgh Sunday night Week 2 vs. Atlanta Monday night Week 3 vs. Houston National CBS game Week 4 vs. Oakland National CBS game Week 5 vs. New England National CBS game Week 6 vs. San Diego Monday night Week 7 BYE Week 8 vs. New Orleans Sunday night The Broncos have played seven games, and every single one has been on national television. Theyve yet to play in a single early game on Sunday. Their schedule is about to lighten up a whole bunch. Look at whats ahead for Manning and his Broncos teammates: Week 9 @ Cincinnati (3-4) Week 10 @ Carolina (1-6) Week 11 vs. San Diego (3-4) Week 12 @ Kansas City (1-6) Week 13 vs. Tampa Bay (3-4) Week 14 @ Oakland (3-4) Week 15 @ Baltimore (5-2) Week 16 vs. Cleveland (2-6) Week 17 vs. Kansas City (1-6) That is nine games in a row, with eight of those nine coming against teams with losing records. The one team with a winning record the Baltimore Ravens is no doubt trending downward after the losses of Ray Lewis and Lardarius Webb. You can make a solid argument that not only will Denver be favored in every game from here on out, but that it will be a major upset if it does not win out the rest of the way. Now, the NFLs tough and there are strange things injuries, upsets, freak occurrences that happen on a weekly basis. I get that. But on paper? Theres no reason Denver cant win its next nine games. As for Peyton Manning? Hes long since silenced any of his critics. At this point, hes just shoving it in their faces. Since throwing three interceptions in the first half of Denvers Week 2 loss to the Falcons in Atlanta, Manning has thrown just one interception. Hes already tossed for more than 2,000 yards and has 17 touchdown passes on the year. Is he back? Hell, he may be better than he ever was. If you were tired of seeing the Broncos on national television every weekend over the first half of the NFL season, dont worry. Those days are over. But the Broncos run through the AFC? Well, that could just be getting started. Week 8 record: 5-9 Overall season record: 67-54 WEEK 9 CHEAT SHEET TRIVIA QUESTION OF THE WEEK: Three quarterbacks Eli Manning (27-5, .844), Tom Brady (34-11, .756) and Ben Roethlisberger (25-8, .758) improved their October winning percentages among starting quarterbacks (minimum 20 starts) in the Super Bowl era (since 1966) as all three led their teams to victory in Week 8. All three quarterbacks are among the top 5 quarterbacks with at least 20 career starts in terms of winning percentage. Daryle The Mad Bomber Lamonica is on the top 5 list, too. Which ex-Steelers and Bears QB is second all-time in October win percentage with a 16-4 career record as a starter in the seasons second month? See below for answer. Week 9 Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Pickup: Ryan Broyles, WR, Detroit Lions Thursday night Kansas City at San Diego: My initial reaction when I saw this one on the schedule for Thursday night? An old fashioned, Ugh. If youve been looking for a night to catch up on Homeland or The X Factor (guilty pleasure), this might be the one. The Chiefs havent led for a single second this entire NFL season, and the Chargers have been outscored by their last two opponents 42-6 in their last six quarters. So, yeah, this isnt exactly an AFC Championship preview. Give me the bad Chargers over the worse Chiefs. Ugly, ugly game. The Pick: Chargers 20, Chiefs 16 Sunday early games Denver at Cincinnati: Itd be just my luck that the same week I write seven paragraphs about the Broncos running the table from here on out theyd go out and get beaten up by an angry, motivated Bengals team in Cincinnati. Anythings possible. I just dont see the Bengals defensive backfield finding a way to stop Manning. Not with him playing the way hes been the past few weeks. The Pick: Broncos 31, Bengals 23 Baltimore at Cleveland: My big upset special of the week! The script last week for San Diego-Cleveland was the following: Bad loss, but theyve had a bye week to prepare and a trip to Cleveland where they can right themselves. Sure enough, the Browns didnt exactly roll out the red carpet and have some cookies and milk waiting. Cleveland is tough as nails. Theyre a 2-6 team, but theyve lost only one of those games by more than two scores. They played Baltimore tough in Week 4, and theyll play them tough in their own building on Sunday. Trent Richardson can run all over this beleaguered Ravens D. Give me the Browns. The Pick: Browns 24, Ravens 20 Arizona at Green Bay: My, how times have changed. Just three seasons ago, the Packers and Cardinals played in the highest-scoring playoff game of all time. The two teams combined for 96 points and a mind-boggling half of the 124 plays called from scrimmage went for first downs. Were dealing with a slightly different Cardinals offense this time around. That game nearly topped 100 total points. Id be surprised if this one topped 40. I like the Packers in one with slightly less offensive fireworks. The Pick: Packers 24, Cardinals 10 Chicago at Tennessee: Talk about a tale of two teams from a week ago. Chicago trailed the Panthers at home for an entire game, only to find a way to rally late in the fourth quarter and steal a win from Carolinas grips in Soldier Field. Down in Indy, the Titans held a touchdown lead late over the Colts, only to give what looked like a sure-fire win away in overtime. The Bears are first in the league against the rush. I dont see Tennessees offense finding much success against this unit. Chicagos dream season keeps on keepin on. The Pick: Bears 24, Titans 13 Miami at Indianapolis: If the playoffs were to start today, these two teams would be the AFCs two wild-card squads. Who saw that coming back in August? The Dolphins had their way with the Jets last weekend and the Colts just seem to find ways to win in dramatic fashion. Who are your three AFC Pro Bowl quarterbacks this season? Manning? Yes. Brady? Yes. The third? You can go with Ben Roethlisberger or Matt Schaub. Give me the rookie, Andrew Luck. I think Miami wins this one, but the two teams are still in the thick of the playoff hunt come December. The Pick: Dolphins 27, Colts 23 Carolina at Washington: Everybody loves the new baby. Go on Facebook and youll see the latest newborn baby getting hundreds of comments and likes on anyall photos. But what about the baby thats now a year old? Those comments and likes seem to dwindle down quite a bit, right? Well, Cam Newton was the new baby last year. RG3 is the guy everyones falling in love with this season. Just how well you perform when those likes and comments dwindle down show me a lot. There are very few in Cam Newtons corner these days. Im one of them. Im with you Cam. Last years baby is going to have a rare day to relish in some media love on Sunday. Hes going to tear up this horrendous Redskins defense. The Pick: Panthers 34, Redskins 24 Detroit at Jacksonville: The Lions may have some fight in them, after all, huh? I prematurely wrote Detroit off after looking sloppy, shaggy, and ragged against Chicago in its Week 7 Monday night loss. Down three points at home to the Seahawks on Sunday, Matt Stafford led the Lions on a 16-play game-winning drive that started at Detroit's 20 with 5:27 remaining, and ended with a Titus Young touchdown reception. The Lions converted first downs on 12 of 16 third downs on Sunday and Stafford actually looked like the guy who threw for 5,000 yards a season ago. He should have another big day against Jacksonville. Watch out for the Lions. The media spotlight bright, large and looming back in August has long moved on to other teams. Some teams thrive on that. The Pick: Lions 34, Jaguars 23 Buffalo at Houston: The Mario Williams Bowl! The NFLs first 100 million defensive player left Houston for Buffalo this offseason, but the Texans havent missed him. Houstons D has moved on just fine, while Buffalos D has been roasted continuously this year. The Bills defensive line a 200 million investment that looks like a worse way to spend money than marketing for that John Carter movie last summer cant stop the Houston running game. Give me the Texans. The Pick: Texans 35, Bills 20 Sunday afternoon games Tampa Bay at Oakland: Way back when, these two teams played in a Super Bowl. Way, way, way back when. I loved what I saw out of the Buccaneers this team, not the 2002 version last Thursday night. Coming off a tough loss to the Saints in Week 7, the Bucs bounced back on four days rest and beat the Vikings in Minnesota. Doug Martin, Mark Barron and Lavonte David the first three picks of Tampa Bays tremendous 2012 NFL Draft are all playing huge roles. Im all about the Baby Bucs. Give me the Bucs in another road game theyre listed as underdogs. The Pick: Buccaneers 32, Raiders 23 Minnesota at Seattle: I see these two teams playing and I cant help but wonder if Tarvaris Jackson the one-time franchise quarterback for both teams sneaks in a glance of the score while his Bills wrap up their 1 p.m. ET game with the Texans. Jackson has come and gone from both teams, as both have attached themselves with new, younger quarterbacks. Minnesota had a nice start to the season, but the schedule gets a lot rougher starting this weekend. Trips to Seattle are never easy. After this, Minny plays Detroit, Chicago twice, and Green Bay. It was a nice story for a while, 2012 Vikings. Well see you next year. The Pick: Seahawks 24, Vikings 16 Pittsburgh at New York Giants: The Giants got out of Dallas and beat Hurricane Sandy back to Newark late Sunday night, but it was by no means a regular work week for the Giants. Any other team? Id doubt them. Too much distraction. Too much agony. The Giants? They thrive on this. And so do their fans. Sunday will be a welcomed distraction for Big Blue and the crowd at MetLife. Give me the Giants in an inspired effort. The Pick: Giants 27, Steelers 23 Sunday night Dallas at Atlanta: Both of these teams fascinate me. Everyone is expecting the Falcons to suddenly come back down to Earth and lose, while most watching the Cowboys this year expect them to wake up and snap back out of this funk at some point. I dont see either happening on Sunday night. The Falcons are 7-0 for the first time since in franchise history, theyve scored at least 23 points in each game, and theyve won both close games and blowouts. I dont see the Cowboys beating them in Atlanta. The Pick: Falcons 30, Cowboys 24 Monday night Philadelphia at New Orleans: Phillys in a tailspin. The Eagles have now lost three straight games and the callers are lighting up the WIP phone lines. From a friend down in Philly, there was this exchange on Monday afternoon: Caller: Id rather have Donovan McNabb than Michael Vick. Host Angelo Cataldi: "If I had to choose between Vick and McNabb I'd choose tennis." These arent fun times to be an Eagles fan. Itll only get worse. Im taking the Saints. The Pick: Saints 34, Eagles 27 OH, AND BY THE WAY 1. Love him or hate him, Mike Shanahans usually pretty good for a quote. His thoughts on putting Robert Griffin III at wide receiver on Sunday? "After looking at that play, you feel like a complete dumbs," Shanahan told reporters during the teams media conference call on Monday. Dont change, Shanny. Dont ever change. 2. Though Im sure some health and wellness folks have a problem with Peyton Manning one of the most recognizable athletes in the country buying 22 Papa John's franchises last week, Im cool with it. But Id have a huge problem if they didnt give him unlimited garlic sauce, crushed pepper packets, and jalapeno peppers in the deal. Huge. 3. There have been several low moments for Chiefs fans this season, but it almost got really, really bad on Sunday. The NFL did away with its long-standing Emergency Quarterback rule last offseason, meaning that teams could carry just two quarterbacks on their game day rosters. Sure enough, Brady Quinn went down with an early injury. When backup Matt Cassel went down hard in the second half, there were questions of Umm OK, so who now? The Chiefs had no answers. CBS producers asked the Chiefs PR staff. Their answer? No comment. Yikes. Fortunately, Cassel got up and finished the game. Though, based on Cassels 2012 campaign thus far, perhaps a run with Dexter McCluster at quarterback for a few drives wouldnt have been the worst thing. 4. J.J. Watts Ive eaten bigger burritos than you line about Ray Rice two weeks ago was pretty funny. But on a serious note, Id like to try one of those burritos. I think Id really enjoy a human-sized burrito. Sour cream, guacamole, the whole thing. 5. There was a lot frustration from Giants fans over the fact Dallas managed to get three plays off in 10 seconds. Why not add a tenth of a second to the clock? They have it in basketball and it seems to work. Theres no reason a clock operator should have so much power when the technology is so advanced. And I also think robots should ref the games, too. But Ill keep that suggestion in my back pocket until the 2034 owners meetings. WEEK 9 CHEAT SHEET ANSWER: Kordell Stewart owns the second-best career winning percentage in games played in October for any starting quarterback with at least 20 career starts in the month. With the Steelers and Bears, Slash was 16-4 as a starter in the seasons second month.
PLAYERS: Peyton Manning, Ray Lewis, Lardarius Webb, Eli Manning, Tom Brady, Ben Roethlisberger, Ryan Broyles, Trent Richardson, Matt Schaub, Andrew Luck, Cam Newton, Matthew Stafford, Titus Young, Mario Williams, Doug Martin, Mark Barron, Lavonte David, Tarvaris Jackson, Donovan McNabb, Michael Vick, Robert Griffin, Brady Quinn, Matt Cassel, Dexter McCluster, Ray Rice, Robert Griffin III
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Derbyshire's mobile library service faces axe
Derbyshire could lose its mobile library service, as part of the county council's plans to save £157m over the next four years.
A public consultation is being carried out into the proposals, which include taking all 10 library vehicles off the road to save more than £700,000 a year.
The Labour-run authority announced it would have to make the savings in October.
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Crime and Safety Report: April 30-May 7 Edition
Reports courtesy of Mike Joyner, Public Information Officer, City of Fort Wayne Police Department
FORT WAYNE—At approximately 3:55 a.m., April 18, Fort Wayne Police responded to the report of a single vehicle accident involving a motorcycle in the intersection of Main Street and Watkins Street. On arrival, officers found an unresponsive adult male down in the middle of the street near his Harley Davidson motorcycle. The male was transported to a local hospital where he was admitted in critical condition.
Investigators have determined that the motorcycle was traveling westbound on Main Street and for an unknown reason traveled left of center struck a parked van flipped ejecting the male. At this time, It is not known if alcohol and or drugs played a role in this accident.
Gang unit arrests shooting suspect
FORT WAYNE—At approximately 4:46 p.m., April 19, the Fort Wayne Gang and Violent Crimes Unit arrested Demanuel Tompkins for his warrants in reference to the March 30, 2014 shooting inside of Peanuts Food and Spirits. Detectives received tips from the community regarding Tompkins' location and were able to locate him there. He was taken into custody without further incident.
Thompson was held on counts of felony battery and criminal gang activity.
Fort Wayne stabbing victim found in Ohio
FORT WAYNE—After a recent report a possible stabbing in the city, Fort Wayne police initiated a search for the victim. The subject of the search, Zaida Townsend, subsequently was located in Piqua, Ohio suffering from multiple stab wounds. She was admitted to an Ohio hospital in serious but stable condition.
An investigation revealed that Ms. Townsend had been taken from her residence here in Fort Wayne by her estranged husband, Tommy O. Townsend Sr., 45 ,and dropped off at a relative's home in Piqua. Shortly thereafter Mr. Townsend attempted suicide by crashing his vehicle into a parked car. Townsend survived the crash and has been placed under arrest by authorities in Ohio for OWI.
Fort Wayne police detectives have requested an arrest warrant charging Townsend with several crimes committed in our jurisdiction.
Man arrested on drug charges
FORT WAYNE—At approximately 1:12 p.m., April 22, the Fort Wayne Police Department's Vice/Narcotics Division and Emergency Services Team served a drug-related search warrant at 1937 Andreas Way, resulting in the seizure of two firearms, cocaine and paraphernalia.
As part of this several-month ongoing investigation, Richard Eric Jordan, 47, of 3003 Monroe St., was located and arrested on a variety of charges, including:
• Five counts of dealing cocaine;
• Possession of cocaine;
• Possession of heroin, and
• Possession of paraphernalia.
Jordan was held on $255,000 bond.
Two women injured in moped accident
FORT WAYNE—At approximately 11:04 p.m., April 23, the Fort Wayne Police Department responded to a personal injury accident at the intersection of West Jefferson Street and Getz Road. As officers and paramedics arrived on the scene, they located two female victims. Paramedics provided medical attention to the victims before transporting them to a local hospital, where one was listed in critical condition while the other was listed in serious condition.
Investigators determined that the two victims were riding together on a moped southbound on Getz Road. As the moped entered the intersection at Jefferson, it ran a red light and was struck by a vehicle traveling eastbound on Jefferson.
Neither of the victims were wearing helmets at the time of the crash. It is not believed that alcohol is a factor in the incident.
This incident remains under investigation by the Fort Wayne Police Department F.A.C.T team and the Allen County Prosecutors Office.
Three arrested on drug charges
FORT WAYNE—On April 24, officers of the Fort Wayne Police Department Emergency Services Team, in conjunction with the Meth Suppression Team, served a search warrant in an apartment in the 900 Block of West Jefferson. During the course of the investigation, the following individuals were arrested on the accompanying charges:
• Ryan Johnson—Felony possession of a controlled substance; felony possession of a precursor; felony maintaining a common nuisance, and misdemeanor possession of paraphernalia.
• Megan Ewell—Visiting a common nuisance, and misdemeanor possession of paraphernalia.(
• David Scarberry—Felony maintaining a common nuisance; felony possession of paraphernalia, and misdemeanor possession of synthetic cannabinoid.
Man arrested on meth-related charges
FORT WAYNE—At approximately 9:55 a.m., April 25, officers of the Fort Wayne Police Department's Emergency Services Team, along with the Meth Suppression Unit ,served a search warrant in the 300 block of Brandriff Street. Ashley J. Todd subsequently was arrested at the scene on the following charges:
• Felony maintaining a common nuisance;
• Felony possession of methamphetamine;
• Felony possession of precursor, and
• Misdemeanor possession of paraphernalia.
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The pale was a marker outside the Russian towns where Jews were forced to live, but neither separation nor integration protected them from pogroms, which continued into the 20th century. Into this world, midwife Gutke delivers baby Chava in 1889. They meet again after emigrating to New York City, when Chava is a young adult. Dykewomon, author of the classic Riverfinger Women (1974), has written a page-turner that brings to life turn-of-the-century New York's Lower East Side, with its teeming crowds, its sweatshops, the Henry Street Settlement House, and events like the Triangle Shirtwaist Company fire. Chava becomes active in the Women's League and is confronted with its racism and anti-Semitism. Gutke, married to a woman who passes as a man, shows Chava (and today's readers as well) one way that women made their lives with other women in the pre-Stonewall era. Infighting and lack of vision among progressive groups, immigrants torn between assimilation and preserving the traditions that define themthese issues are as pressing today as they were a century ago, and they are well portrayed in this historical fiction. Recommended for all collections.Ina Rimpau, Newark P.L., N.J. (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
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With evocative background detail, this novel by the author of the 1974 lesbian/feminist classic Riverfinger Women follows the lives of two Jewish women who flee Russia after the Kishinev pogrom of 1903. Teenager Chava Meyer, orphaned during the attack, endures an excruciating Atlantic passage with the relatives who have adopted her. In the U.S., she crosses paths with midwife Gutke Gurvich, who had attended her birth. Both women have strong memories of political unrest, anti-Semitism and poverty in Russia, and the narrative alternates the stories of their transformation as they enter a new world and a new century. With the encouragment of Gutke and her cross-dressing lover, Dovida, Chava becomes involved in the trade union movement, determined to improve deplorable working conditions. Ironically, the eventual catalyst for change is the horrifying 1912 Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, in which Chava's cousin and lover, Rosa, is one of the victims. Dykewomon skillfully interweaves historical detailsfrom the conditions of life in Eastern Europe's Pale of Settlement to the mechanics of early printing presses. Questions of Jewish faith and tradition, the socialist agenda and a growing feminist awareness provide the backdrop to this moving chronicle of strength and love that triumph over inhumanity. (May) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved


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I can't tell you how many times I heard this growing up when i would inquire as to how to make more money.
I do not agree with this as the wealthiest people in America seem to have time to enjoy their wealth as well. I'm not saying they are not full of hustle, they absolutely are. Though at a certain point as I have already discussed, you get to a point with wealth that your money begins making money for you, and becomes your best and most productive employee. This allows you the freedom to not always have to grind if you choose to slow down, some do, some don't.
The idea of working harder to make more money still only works so much as long as you are trading money for time, there are only 24 hours in a day…. if you were to work all of those hours then that is the highest possible amount you can make with the working harder theory, and that's with no food, no breaks, and no sleep, oh and also no family time…. not a very good system
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I believe in working smarter, sometimes that means that there are times to haul, and it qualifies as working harder. But my goal would be to continue to find ways to make my effort worth more to someone. Whatever that effort is in, doesn't matter as much to me.


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Hi all,
I have a "weird" question.
Do you have any experience how to encrypt the backup.
Let's say I have following backup method in use:
RMAN on UNIX box. I will use online backup and copy the backup set(s) either to the disk or the tape using OmniBack. How I can encrypt the backup sets either to the disks or to direct to the tape using OmniBack.
Do you have any similar setups...
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milan fashion shows
Dolce&Gabbana: 3D baroque
The new Dolce&Gabbana collection is a delirium so reckless and pinpoint precise at the same time that it takes your breath away. 27 years after their debut, Domenico and Stefano go back to the roots of their brand and revisit their history in a postcard so bright as to obscure everything else by Simone Marchetti
Remove the frames from the pictures. Detach the frescoes from the church walls. Unnail the statues from their pedestals. And again. Strip the Madonnas of their cloaks. Steal the gilded puttos that flutter about the villas of Palermo. And unhinge the baroque stuccos from the palaces of Noto. Take all this Sicilian loot, crush it, squeeze it, tame it as you would do with a wild cat. Then turn it into thread and embroider it on lace, silk, satin and taffeta. If you ever succeed in this impossible mission, you will have before your eyes the new Dolce&Gabbana collection, a delirium so reckless and pinpoint precise at the same time that it takes your breath away.
27 years after their debut, Domenico and Stefano go back to the roots of their brand, when shy and skinny they were the first to propose Sicily and romanticism at a time when fashion dictated shoulder pads and miniskirts. With hindsight and with the usual folly, the two dig into their DNA to dress it up as if to go to the patronal festival. The Dolce&Gabbana style for next winter will be the festival of all saints, a postcard so bright as to obscure everything else. "We've always said that Sicily is like a madam loved by all but never possessed by anyone", say the two designers shortly before the show. If possible, with this collection, the duo manages to refute the saying giving a piece of the island to all the fashion victims of the world. But let's look at the clothes. The work is admirable. It is in fact a 3D baroque, as if today the Leopard were directed by Quentin Tarantino and then watched on the big screen with red and blue glasses. The details are amazing: on the lace, treated exactly as a white canvas, we witness every experiment. The macramé breaks its severity and from it sprout little embossed flowers. The gold filigree nestles like a spider between the microscopic gaps of a bud. The point-thread draws millimetric tapestries, treating its surface to transform it into a tapestry. The decoration, then, is pushed to the extreme on the jewelry (earrings, combs and headbands) and on sandals (the shoes with wedge and decorations that mimic the Capodimonte porcelain are a true masterpiece). What is most surprising, however, is how this richness finds room in the minimalism of the garments: they are in fact pure form devoid of any construction. Mature, prepared, always ready to change though always remaining the same, Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana manage to surprise us once again. This collection, if possible, is the perfect summary of their new course: it's rich and simple at the same time, it possesses all the opulent inheritance of their first style, but also the amused disenchantment of the now abandoned D&G, which we don't really miss. Above all, it finds the right key to ferry the legacy of the past out of the crisis, but also towards a glorious future that promises to be long and even farsighted.
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text: Vassilis Grigoriadis <firstname.lastname@example.com> schrieb/wrote: > According to the EU Resolution FYROM cannot have the name Macedonia. It's not a EU Resolution. The Council of Europe (www.coe.int) is not (part of) the European Union but an independent international organisation, of which the FYR Macedonia has been a member since 1995. > I am putting the Resolution so you can read it. I'm sorry to say so, > but if Debian does not comply to the resolution of the foreign > ministers of the EU than i will be in the unpleasent position to bring > the subject to the EU court. The EU court won't enforce non-EU law. There's no court to enforce law of the Council of Europe (except the European Court of Human Rights), and even if there was, the resolution would still only be applicable to CoE organs and not to third parties such as Debian. BUT there are still reasons to follow the CoE, the UN, and other international organisations in their choice of the name of countries: The best one is that if anything is wrong with the name, you can point at them and claim that it's not your fault. Claus -- http://www.faerber.muc.de


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My Two Dads:Redefining the All American Family
>> Feb 19, 2011
This guest post was written by Sammie Jones who also writes on the topic of christian counseling degrees for onlineclasses.net
If you watched the Golden Globes last week you probably saw two things: Ricky Gervais subtly mocking Hollywood A-listers, and The Kids Are Alright racking up awards in almost every nominated category. I like to think that The Kids Are All Right didn't really win for the stellar performances of its stars Annette Benning, Julliane Moore and Mark Rufalo (because they weren't all that spectacular or funny)but rather for the refreshing and modern portrayal of American family life.
What I really loved about The Kids Are All Right is that it brought to light what many of us have been reading in news papers, blogs and websites over the last five years about gay parenting. Its become clear that the children of gay parents have proven to be better adjusted socially. They are also less likely to fall victim to gender stereotypes, and engage in anti-social behavior. Interesting if not for the fact that is the exact opposite of what many conservatives and pro-family organizations have claimed for the last thirty to forty years.
There are over one million lesbian gay, bisexual and transgender parents raising about 2 million children. Within in that population there isn't a difference between the desires of gay couples and heterosexual couples. All parents want the same things for their children; happiness, health, opportunity, prosperity and confidence for their children. A study by UCLA's Williams Institute found that "Good parents are good parents no matter their sexual orientation". Shocking!
A recent study conducted by contemporary gender studies professor Judith Stacey, and Kate Kendall head of the National Center for Lesbian Rights, found that children of gay parents were more likely to reject rigid ideals of sexual orientation. The study went on to find that these children tended to show greater interest in the activities of the opposite sex. The parent-child relationship tends to have an feminizing effect on boys and a masculinizing effect on girls. Young adult girls raised by lesbian mothers were found to be more sexually adventurous, while boys were less sexually adventurous and more chaste. The study found no significant differences between lesbian and heterosexual households in terms of the mental health of the children involved in the study.
Another study by the National Adoption Center found that thirty years of research have concluded that children raised by same sex parents perform better academically, are more confident than their peers and have fewer behavioral problems.
Despite the hard evidence that the kids are doing more than alright, they're fantastic really, somehow the general misconception remains that these children are tormented, maladjusted, purveyors of anti-social behavior. And when the subject of bullying and teasing comes up the general assumption is that social life will be harder for them. Some indicators point out that some adopted children may find it harder to adjust a gay household. But these are children who have learned society's jaded view of homosexuality. Younger children don't have this issue, and any bullying at school is more than likely offset by a strong and positive family structure at home. In both cases, however, the healthy values that parents instill more than offset any negative experiences the children may be subject to.
What most of the studies, papers, essays and subsequent articles conclude is that gay parenting should not be conducted in spite of the opposing views of organizations like Focus on the Family. Rather, parenting should focus on maintaining confidence in both the children and the parents ability to provide a nurturing environment to raise a child. It's that kind of confidence that has produced the data that supports the notion that gay parents are good parents, and in some cases, better parents than heterosexual couples.
For the record I don't see myself becoming a gay parent anytime soon(I'm straight), but I do remember being teased and sometimes bullied. As the only black kid in an almost all white elementary school in white suburbia, I like to think I can relate. In the end it's about good parents being supportive of their children, and not feeding into the cycle of anti-social behavior that makes this an issue in the first place.


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- If you have driving test goals, MyEDT Driving School can help you with them with their special incentive program.
The goal is for students to pass a driving test, and the new program pushes students towards that path.
This serves not only to assist students with their goals, but also to separate MyEDT Driving School from other driving schools in Dublin. RSA does a good job offering value - when students book five or more lessons, they can drive on the roads they'll face on their driving tests.
If students don't drive on the test routes, they might fail the driving test simply due to unfamiliarity.
The inclusion of the test routes in the 5-lesson package represents a significant change over previous pricing plans offered by the renowned driving school based out of Dublin.
Students in the past had to choose if they wanted to spend the extra money on the test routes; now that they are free, students can take advantage of this vital offering for no cost. But now it's different - the test routes are absolutely free, assuming the student books 5 or more lessons.
The change came about when MyEDT Driving School's curriculum designers observed that knowing the test routes was a major factor in determining whether or not their students passed the driving test. People buying driving lessons are often on a budget, so by charging money for the test routes, many students would pass on the opportunity.
The entire thought process of the student was changed with this incentive. The owners of the driving school want all of their students to pass the test - since they saw the test routes as so valuable, it only made sense to offer them for free.
MyEDT Driving School is structured around a results-oriented, student-driven educational format, with the singular goal of preparing students to pass the driving test and become drivers for life. The highway is one of the more difficult aspects of driving, which is why the school offers a free lesson for it once a student passes the driving test. MyEDT Driving School isn't just about passing the driving test: it's about preparing students to become the best drivers for life. Lots of driving schools say this, but the school actually backs up its vision with solid programs like the free motorway lesson. Though the school could have not included these free lessons, they did because they feel they make the roads and everyone driving on them safer.
Last but certainly not least, the third incentive is 12 EDT lessons for just under €300. Again, the budget-priced package is designed to encourage students to get as much knowledge of the roads and practice driving as much possible before becoming fully licensed drivers. More driving lessons means more experienced students and safer roads for everyone. Unlike most education, driving classes help the student stay safe for their entire lives. Every single one of these new programs offered by the school is aimed to get the driver as much experience as possible before being by themselves on the roads.
The new pricing incentives are in line with the school's mission to graduate fully prepared drivers for the open road so they can pass the driving test with with both skill and safety in mind at all times. The incentives offer students more schooling and better quality education for their money. This is in part what separates MyEDT Driving School apart from the rest.
Other driving schools try to keep up, but they can't match MyEDT Driving School's prices and expertise.
Don't just pick any driving school - pick MyEDT Driving School.
They have experienced instructors, affordable prices, and most importantly, a genuine interest in making the student the best driver possible.
Sometimes, Cheaper IS Better: MyEDT Driving School
MyEDT Driving School has launched three incentive programs, designed to help students easily achieve their driving test goals. The goal is for students to pass a driving test, and the new program pushes students towards that path.
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BRUSSELS (AP) -- European Union finance ministers made a fresh attempt to set up rules on who will pay for bank bailouts without letting taxpayers foot the bill, squarely putting the onus on the financial institutions' shareholders and creditors instead.
Such a deal would be an important step forward in establishing Europe's so-called banking union with the aim of restoring financial and economic stability to the recession-hit bloc. The EU's 27 finance ministers, however, still had not struck a deal early Thursday after six hours of negotiations in Brussels.
The rules under discussion seek to determine the order in which investors and creditors would have to pay to bail out a bank. Following the 2008-2009 financial crisis, countries like Ireland, Britain and Germany each had to pump dozens of billions of fresh capital into ailing banks to avoid the financial system from collapsing.
To avoid that happening again, finance ministers are discussing who should contribute in which order and how much to a bank's rescue — a so-called bail-in — so that ordinary taxpayers aren't left with the bill.
"It will be a long night," warned Irish Finance Minister Michael Noonan as he headed into the meeting in Brussels.
The ministers failed to reach a deal in 19 hours of continuous talks last week, but they seemed to make good progress at last.
"A compromise is within reach," French Finance Minister Pierre Moscovici said on Twitter.
A diplomat from another EU country said ministers were discussing a new draft that had wide backing since EU heavyweights France and Germany finally found a joint position. He declined to be named because he was not allowed to discuss the closed-door talks publicly.
The ministers' last-minute talks came only a day before a summit of the EU's 27 heads of state and government that is expected to take stock of the progress of the bloc's financial and economic policies.
A year ago, EU leaders pledged to tackle the eurozone's financial crisis by introducing a banking union, which aims to give the supervision and rescue of banks to European institutions rather than leaving weaker member states to fend for themselves.
The rules under discussion will call for banks' creditors and shareholders to be the first to take losses. But if that isn't enough to prop up the lender, small companies and ordinary savers holding uninsured deposits worth more than 100,000 euros ($132,000) will also take a hit.
To minimize the risk for both taxpayers and ordinary deposit holders, the new rules would also establish a minimum level of funds — be it capital, bonds, or deposits — that banks must have on their books to ensure that there's always enough privately held assets on which losses can be forced. Once those losses reach a level of about 8 percent of a bank's total balance sheet, then the government could top it up with a bailout worth another 5 percent of the balance sheet, according to diplomats. Details of the bailout component, however, remained still subject to intense controversy.
Last week, the ministers fought bitterly over the complex set of regulations, with two fundamental issues proving highly divisive.
The first argument is whether the same rules should apply for the 17 EU countries sharing the euro currency and the 10 members like Britain who have their own currency. The second dispute is over how much discretion should be granted to countries when it comes to restructuring or shutting down banks.
Some nations don't want to be bound by rigid European rules. Others warned that too much flexibility would create new imbalances between the bloc's weaker and stronger economies and a lack of common rules would destroy certainty for investors and erode trust in the financial system.
In the future, eurozone nations will be able to use the bloc's 500 billion euro permanent bailout fund as a last resort to shore up their ailing banks. The non-euro countries, however, won't have access to the funds and therefore ask for rules that give them more flexibility to design their own responses to bank failures.
Minister Anders Borg of Sweden, which does not use the euro, said countries with stronger banks should be allowed more discretion in how they handle possible bank failures.
"If we have a solution that is rigid, if you put on a straitjacket to solve the crisis, you will end up with a big mess," he said.
Europe has already had to deal with problems involved in restructuring banks this year. Cyprus had to seek a rescue loan after it could no longer shoulder the cost of bailing out its banks.
An initial agreement with the island's European creditors and the International Monetary Fund sparked market fears since it exposed small savers with deposits under the 100,000 euro guarantee to losses.
The deal was rapidly overhauled, but holders of large deposits in some banks were forced to take harsh losses.
In the U.S., the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.'s rules specify that deposits larger than $250,000 might have to take losses in case of bank failures, but Europe still lacks a common rule.
The EU's new rules will foresee the establishment of national bank restructuring funds, which will eventually be merged into a European resolution authority, one of the banking union's three pillars.
Once the ministers finalize the legislation, they will then start negotiating the legislation with the European Parliament.
Another part of the banking union will be centralized oversight of big banks anchored at the European Central Bank due to be operational next year. But the discussion on the third section, a jointly guaranteed deposit insurance, is only in its early stages.
AP writer Geir Moulson in Berlin contributed reporting.
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