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I prefer female protagonists and this series of posts is homage to some of the most formidable female main characters in science fiction novels or series.
I would like to thank you all for your suggestions, I love new books to read especially about formidable female protagonists. Here are this week's
- Jezibeth 'Jez' Kyte – Half-Mane (Chris Wooding)
- Sarah – Cyborized Gun-for-hire (Walter Jon Williams)
- Teela Brown – Born Lucky (Larry Niven)
- Lore Van de Oest – Playing Spanner's Game (Nicola Griffith)
- Dion – Wolfwalker (Tara K. Harper)
Jezibeth 'Jez' Kyte – Half-Mane
Books: Retribuiton Falls, The Black Lung Captain
Series: Tales of the Kitty Jay
Author: Chris Wooding
Genre: Steampunk
Publisher: Gollancz
I am reading the Black Lung Captain at the moment and Jez is as formidable as ever. The crew has just seen her in action for the first time and are having all kinds of weird thoughts at the moment. She is one of the principal characters in the Tales of the Kitty Jay and in my book the most interesting with her half-mane nature. This retro futuristic world has their own Flying Dutchmen, only these ones are no ghosts. One of them started to convert her but was destroyed before he could finish, so now she is somewhere in between hearing the Manes and forever being afraid to turn. She is the strangely competent navigator of the Kitty Jay.
Sarah – Cyborized Gun-for-hire
Books: Hardwired (1986)
Series: Hardwired
Author: Walter Jon Williams
Genre: Cyber punk
Publisher: Tor, Macdonald, Orbit, Nightshade books
Sarah, a cyborized gun-for-hire, teams up with Ex-fighter pilot Cowboy, "hardwired" via skull sockets directly to his lethal electronic hardware to make a last stab at independence from the rapacious Orbitals.
This one looks cheesy but on occasion I like cheesy. New for me and there is two other books in the same series.
Teela Brown – Born Lucky
Books: Ringworld (1970)
Series: Ringworld
Author: Larry Niven
Genre: Space Opera
Publisher: Ballantine, Gollancz, Sphere, Del Rey, Orbit
Teela was the fourth crewmember sought by the Puppeteer Nessus for the expedition to the Ringworld. Her sole qualification was the Puppeteer's trust in Teela's luck: She was the descendant of six generations of winners of the Birthright lottery. Teela could be called the "good luck charm" of the expedition.
As I understand it Teela also figures in Ringworld's Children (1979) and The Ringworld Engineers (2004). I might have read this one way back but I don't remember much.
Lore Van de Oest – Playing Spanner's Game
Books: Slow River (1995)
Author: Nicola Griffith
Genre: Dystropian Science Fiction
Publisher: Del Rey
Most of these are new to me and this one gives me a Citizen of the Galaxy vibe from the blurb. I definitely think I need to get this one.
She awoke in an alley to the splash of rain. She was naked, a foot-long gash in her back was still bleeding, and her identity implant was gone. Lore Van Oesterling had been the daughter of one of the world's most powerful families…and now she was nobody, and she had to hide.
Then out of the rain walked Spanner, predator and thief, who took her in, cared for her wound, and taught her how to reinvent herself again and again. No one could find Lore now: not the police, not her family, and not the kidnappers who had left her in that alley to die. She had escaped…but the cost of her newfound freedom was crime and deception, and she paid it over and over again, until she had become someone she loathed.
Lore had a choice: She could stay in the shadows, stay with Spanner…and risk losing herself forever. Or she could leave Spanner and find herself again by becoming someone else: stealing the identity implant of a dead woman, taking over her life, and creating a new future.
But to start again, Lore required Spanner's talents—Spanner, who needed her and hated her, and who always had a price. And even as Lore agreed to play Spanner's game one final time, she found that there was still the price of being a Van Oesterling to be paid. Only by confronting her family, her past, and her own demons could Lore meld together who she had once been, who she had become, and the person she intended to be…
Dion – Wolfwalker
Books: Wolfwalker (1990), Shadow Leader (1991), Storm Runner (1993), Wolf's Bane (1997), Silver Moons, Black Steel (2001)
Series: The Grey Ones Series / Tales of the Wolves
Author: Tara K. Harper
Genre: Psionic Science Fiction
Publisher: Del Rey
Dion is a healer and a wolfwalker living in a mysterious future world. She and Tara are both new to me but this looks interesting i love psionics like in Catspaw and Slan. Dion has a unique telepathic bond that she shared with the wolf Gray Hishn who sometimes seemed to amplify her sensitivity to her patients.
The books have psionics, angry slavers, war and death in the wilderness, secret of the ancients and aliens.
Thank you all for your suggestions, here is the list so far in case you want to suggest some more.
- Alicia DeVries – Cadre and Fury (David Weber)
- Terese Drajeske – Ex Field Commander & Mother (C. L. Andersen)
- Mackensie Elizabeth Winifred Wright Connor Sol (Julie E. Czerneda)
- Zoe Boutin Perry – Teenager & Holy Icon (John Scalzi)
- Parrish Plessis – Postapocalyptic Bodyguard (Marianne de Pierres)
- Benita Alvarez-Shipton – the Perfect House-wife (Sheri S. Tepper)
- Kris Longknife – Princess & Officer (Mike Shepherd)
- Tobin Kerr – Leading From Below (Tanya Huff)
- Sassinak – Older Than Her Mother (Anne McCaffrey & Elizabeth Moon & Jody Lynn Nye)
- Sharrow – Symbol of a Solar System (Ian M. Banks)
- Heris Serrano – Civilian Warrior (Elizabeth Moon)
- An – Transcending Egghead (Emily Devenport)
- Adele Mundy – Sharpshooting Librarian (David Drake)
- Michelle Henke – Unpolitical Stateswoman (David Weber)
- Lenie Clarke – Meltdown Madonna (Peter Watts)
- Ofelia Fulfarres – Nest Guardian (Elizabeth Moon)
- Bella Lind – Icon at the End of Time (Alastair Reynolds)
- Helva – The Ship Who Sang (Anne McCaffrey)
- Nimue Alban – Mind of a Dead Starship Captain (David Weber)
- Rowan – Steerswoman (Rosemary Kirstein)
- Margaret Bain – Seven of One (Sheri S. Tepper)
- Jenny Casey – Cyborg Pilot (Elizabeth Bear)
- Nimisha Boynton-Rondymnse – First Family Castaway (Anne McCaffrey)
- Freya Nakamachi-47 – Soulful Machine (Charles Stross)
- Nausicaä – Ecological Princess (Hayao Miyazaki)
- Sarah – Skinned Quester (Anne McCaffrey)
- Elizabeth "Bet" Yeager – Stranded Veteran (C. J. Cherryh)
- Morgan Roche – Agent of Change (Sean Williams & Shane Dix)
- Honor Harrington – The Salamander (David Weber)
- Captain Reverdy Jian – Sceptic Pilot (Melissa Scott)
- Ariane Kedros – Killer of Worlds (Laura E. Reeve)
- Chanur – Alien Trader (C. J. Cherryh)
- Priscilla 'Hutch' Hutchins – Starship Pilot (Jack McDevitt)
- Kylara Vatta – Fixing The Family (Elizabeth Moon)
- Cirroco Jones – Captain & Wizard (John Varley)
- Athena Hera Sinastra – Intrepid Rebel (Sarah A. Hoyt)
- Nell – Mouse Queen (Neal Stephenson)
- Nicole des Jardins Wakefield – Stowaway to the Stars (Arthur C. Clarke & Gentry Lee)
- Sauscony 'Soz' Valdoria – Empath Commando (Catherine Asaro)
- Festina Ramos – Expendable (James Alan Gardner)
- Shan Frankland – Immortal Diplomat (Karen Traviss)
- Acorna – Unicorn Girl (Anne McCaffrey, Margaret Ball, Elizabeth Ann Scarborough)
- Moon – Clone Goddess (Joan D. Vinge)
- Cordelia Naismith – Free Your Mind (Lois McMaster Bujold)
- Catherine Li – Human Construct (Chris Moriarty)
- Friday Jones – the Sometimes Single Cyborg (Robert A. Heinlein)
- Esmay Suiza – Landsbride Officer (Elizabeth Moon)
- Gloria VanDeen – Glorious Bureaucrat (C. J. Ryan)
- Molly Millions – The Original Razor Girl (William Gibson)
- Cassandra Blaine – Cyber Star (Wilhelmina Baird)
- Cally O'Neal – Secret Assassin (John Ringo)
- Angharad Gwyn – the Rowan (Anne McCaffrey)
- Sira di Sarc – Welcome Stranger (Julie E. Czerneda)
- Boss – Safety First (Kristien Kathryn Rusch)
- Rebel Elizabeth Mudlark – Mind Recording (Michael Swanwick)´
- Ariane Emory – I Made Me (C. J. Cherryh)
- Claire Haskel – Super Razor (David J. Williams)
- Ellen Ripley – Kick-ass Mother (Alan Dean Foster)
- Sweetness Octave Glorious Honey-Bun Asiim Engineer 12th (Ian Mcdonald)
- Thursday Next – Literary Operative (Jasper Fforde)
- Mearana – The Harper (Michael Flynn)
- Sparta – Venus Prime (Paul Preuss)
- Briar Wilkes – Persistent Mother (Cherie Priest)
- Caitlin Decter – Best Friend of the Web (Robert J. Sawyer)
- Ilia Volyova – Triumvir Ultra (Alastair Reynolds)
- Jennifer Government – Law woman (Max Barry)
- Killashandra Ree – Crystal Singer (Anne McCaffrey)
- Signy Mallory- Bloody-minded Commander (C. J. Cherryh)
- Y.T. – Yours Truly (Neal Stephenson)
- Deadpan Allie – Pathosfinder (Pat Cadigan)
- Dakota Merrick – Machine Head (Gary Gibson)
- Kivrin Engle – Temporal Historian (Connie Willis)
- Rydra Wong – Poet Captain (Samuel R. Delany)
- Miriam/Helge – Queen World Walker (Charles Stross)
- Ruby Kubick – Agoraphobic Salvage Artist (Laura J. Mixon)
- Paula Myo – Intrepid Investigator (Peter F. Hamilton)
- Sissy – High Priestess of Harmony (C. F. Bentley)
- Paula Mendoza – Unconventional Negotiator (Cecelia Holland)
- Casseia Majumdar – Scientific Revolutionary (Greg Bear)
- Dirisha Zuri – the Matadora (Steve Perry)
- Nicole Shea – Not so perfect Hero (Chris Claremont)
- Anyanwu – Two Immortals (Octavia Butler)
- Rissa Kerguelen – Underground Poster Child (F. M. Busby)
- Laura Webster – Improve the World (Bruce Sterling)
- Pricilla Delacroiz y Mendoza – Exiled Spacer (Steve Miller & Sharon Lee)
- Jez – Half-Mane (Chris Wooding)
- Sarah – Cyborized Gun-for-hire (Walter Jon Williams)
- Teela Brown – Born Lucky (Larry Niven)
- Lore Van de Oest – Playing Spanner's Game (Nicola Griffith)
- Dion – Wolfwalker (Tara K. Harper)
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"You can observe a lot just by watching," Yogi Berra said.
So, too, can you learn a lot just by getting off the chairlift.
You can learn, for example, that an athletic 12-year-old girl, who has just made her first run on a snowboard down the Snow Bowl's Allen trail, is nonetheless susceptible to falling as she gets off the lift.
That when she falls, it's likely to be on her back. And that she's probably going to reach her arms behind her to break her fall.
Which vastly increases the odds that like so many boarders before her, she will sprain her wrist as she topples backwards.

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Annie Lou Witt
Annie Lou Witt, 82, of Wister diedMonday, Sept. 19, 2011, in Wister. Anniewas born July 22, 1929, in Eufaula to Fredand Ruby (Eskridge) Williams. She was arestaurant cook. Annie was preceded indeath by her parents; son, Donald Adams;daughter, Betty Adams; husband, Eschol"Hank" Witt; three sisters and one brother.Survivors include one son and daughter-in-law, DarrellJ. and Ginger Adams of Wister; three daughters and sonsin-law, Carolyn and Robert Gutierrez of Belton, Texas,Reah and George Maynor of Wister, Linda and GarrySkinner of Poteau; grandchildren, Kristy and Brad Hill ofHowe, Jerrod and Jeannie Adams of Wister, Kevin andBecky Adams of Wister, Brian and Becky Maynor ofChoctaw, Chris and Dayla Adams of Wister, Dustin andHeather Adams of Weatherford, Texas, Bruce and LeslieMaynor of Wister, Amanda and John Goode of Humble,Texas, Robert Gutierrez of Hurst, Texas, Bradley Adamsof Tahlequah; 14 great-grandchildren; two brothers andsisters-in-law, Lester and Nancy Williams of Newstrum,Kan., Dean and Diane Williams of Heavener; one sisterand brother-in-aw, Ellen and Thomas Brown of Wister;other relatives and loved ones; many beloved friends.Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 21, at FirstBaptist Church in Wister with The Revs. Keith Stewartand Brad Hill officiating. Burial will follow in EllisChapel Cemetery, Wister. Pallbearers will be JerrodAdams, Kevin Adams, Brian Maynor, Chris Adams,Dustin Adams, Bruce Maynor, Robert Gutierrez andBradley Adams (her grandsons).The family will be at the funeral home from 6-8 p.m.Tuesday to visit with relatives and friends.Online messages may be left at evansandmillerfuneralhomes.comArrangements are under the direction of Evans andMiller Funeral Home, Poteau.


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Big East Conference commissioner John Marinatto announced on Monday that he has resigned from his post and that the league will have new leadership as it enters a new era with several new members.
Joseph A. Bailey III stepped in today as the league's interim commissioner while the league conducts its search for a permanent replacement. The search will be chaired by Cincinnati president Dr. Gregory H. Williams.
So do the day's events change Houston's confidence in the league's future, as the Cougars are set to join in 2013?
"Not at all," UH athletic director Mack Rhoades said on Monday. "We are excited about our future and that future includes the Big East Conference. Transition is a part of college athletics and we have the utmost faith in President Williams and the search committee to bring in a dynamic new commissioner for our league."
Houston is one of eight new schools that will join the Big East by 2015. Central Florida, Houston, Memphis and SMU are leaving Conference USA to join the Big East in all sports on July 1, 2013. Temple will begin its football membership this fall and all-sports membership in 2013. Boise State and San Diego State begin football-only membership in 2013 and Navy will begin football-only membership in 2015.
The tabbing of the next Big East commissioner will be critical to the league's future as it welcomes its new members to offset the losses of Pittsburgh, Syracuse and West Virginia. The league is set to renegotiate its media rights deal in the fall, which will be crucial to the league's long-term financial health. The new leader will also be charged with helping the league navigate the world post-automatic qualification since the Bowl Championship Series says it will do away with AQ status starting in 2014.
But Rhoades is confident that the future is still bright for UH and the Big East. Here's more from Rhoades on the Big East developments:
"We want to thank John Marinatto and recognize how instrumental he was to the University of Houston gaining membership in the Big East Conference," Rhoades said. "It has been a tumultuous time in college athletics the past few years and John played a critical role in helping the Big East expand and position itself for the future.
"I also want to thank the university CEOs for their appointment of Joe Bailey in the interim. Mr. Bailey has incredible credentials and has worked in every facet of the sports industry. His experience will serve us well as we move into a truly national conference, with a new commissioner and new media rights opportunities."


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With five NFL coaching jobs open, one name continues to emerge on the various wish lists: San Diego offensive coordinator Ken Whisenhunt.
At a minimum, the Lions, Redskins, and Titans are interested in talking to Whisenhunt.
He's now available to interview, with the blessing of the Chargers. But the Chargers have a game coming up on Sunday at Denver, and there are only so many hours that Whisenhunt can spare from his current job. At some point, the Chargers surely will say, "Enough."
The former Cardinals coach, who led the team to a Super Bowl in 2008, remains regarded as the favorite to become the next coach of the Lions, the only team with a franchise quarterback in place. And that's a good thing for Whisenhunt, given that his most success in Arizona came with the franchise quarterback he inherited from the prior regime.
Of course, Whisenhunt first had to realize that Kurt Warner would be a better option than Matt Leinart, a first-round pick the year before Whisenhunt was hired. Once Whisenhunt did, the foundation was in place for the Cardinals to have a couple of solid seasons.
In Detroit, Whisenhunt would be working with a 25-year-old franchise quarterback who has five years of experience. But Matthew Stafford seems to be a reluctant franchise quarterback, unwilling to fully embrace the commitment to mechanics and film study and leadership and doing everything he can do and then some to help his team win. Someone needs to get the most out of Stafford.
For now, the Lions may be willing to entrust that task to the man who worked directly with another franchise quarterback who needed some time and some coaxing to develop into a franchise quarterback — Ben Roethlisberger. Others may want him, too, but not every team that wants to interview Whisenhunt will get a crack at him in the next six days.
If he only interviews with one or two teams, we may know plenty about where Whisenhunt is leaning.


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COLUMBIA - The Bluffton High wrestling team showed Saturday what it can do with a full lineup.
The Bobcats went 5-0 in their final team tournament of the season to capture first place in the Highlander Duals at Heathwood Hall.
Bluffton, which was without starters Austin Farmer and Harry Chirinos for academic reasons until last week, opened with a 60-12 victory against Charlotte (N.C.) Christian. The Bobcats beat Irmo 49-25 in the second round, Mitchell (N.C.) 42-36 in the quarterfinals and Mauldin 48-21 in the semifinals.
In the finals, Bluffton defeated White Knoll 42-24.
Nick Stead (106-pound weight class), Levi Joly (113), Talon Seitz (132) and Michael Meyerink (152) won all five of their matches.
Bluffton, which has been eliminated from contention for the SCHSL Class AAAA team tournament, will hold its final team match of the season at 7 p.m. today against Colleton County. The Region 8-AAAA finale will serve as the team's senior night.
The Bobcats will host rivals Hilton Head Island, Beaufort, Battery Creek and Whale Branch for the Beaufort County championships Saturday. Weigh-ins are scheduled to begin at 10 a.m.
Boys basketball evens region record
The Bluffton boys basketball team earned a critical Region 8-AAAA victory Friday, overcoming an early deficit to win 58-48 at Fort Dorchester.
The win evened the Bobcats' region record at 2-2, moving them into a four-way tie for second place entering Tuesday's home game against Beaufort. That game was completed after press time Tuesday night.
Bluffton (9-5), which got 11 points from C.J. Frazier and 10 apiece from B.J. Hill and Demetrius Smalls, fell behind 11-4 in the first quarter and evened the score at 27 by halftime. The Bobcats moved ahead for good in the closing minutes and built on their lead via free throws.
Frazier hit a key 3-pointer for a five-point lead with about two minutes remaining, coach Brett Macy said, and the defense made a stop on the other end.
"It was nip-and-tuck the whole second half. It was just back-and-forth," Macy said. "It was a huge win."
Bluffton followed that victory with a 61-54 non-region loss Saturday at Ridgeland-Hardeeville.
Macy said the game played out much like the Fort Dorchester contest, but Bluffton eased up after it took a two-possession lead in the fourth quarter. Ridgeland-Hardeeville made a run and the Bobcats never responded.
"When we took the lead, we let off," Macy said. "We relaxed and they pushed back ahead. We have to sweep that one under the rug."
The Bluffton girls lost a pair of games over the weekend, falling at Fort Dorchester 32-21 and at Ridgeland-Hardeeville 32-19.
Coach Lonnie Roberts said Bluffton was plagued by missed layups at Fort Dorchester after trailing only 16-12 at halftime. Tiffany Banks led the Bobcats, who fell to 0-4 in the region, with seven points.
Both Bluffton teams will host region games against Ashley Ridge starting at 7 p.m. Friday. They visit Whale Branch for two non-region games at 3 p.m. Saturday.


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Each inmate has her own personal web page that may include as many photos and as much text as she wants. There is a one time minimal cost for her to place an ad, but there is no cost associated with you retrieving her mailing address. So if you're looking for prison pen pals from among the inmates on the web, click on the links below to one of the various index pages to search for your next female inmate friend.
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In the early days of Gabby's Lounge, I began receiving a lot of personals ads from inmates, which prompted the categorization of "Jailbabes" to separate them from other personals ads. The name stuck, and at one point someone else even registered that domain name. It didn't last long because they tried to charge $7.00 (or so) for each inmate's mailing address that you can get here for free.
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In a little over a week, the Arkansas General Assembly will kick off its third fiscal session, and there is little doubt what will dominate the debate.
In a little over a week, the Arkansas General Assembly will kick off its third fiscal session, and there is little doubt what will dominate the debate.
Committee meetings on the budget are already in full swing, but the topic on everyone's mind is renewing the Arkansas private option. Both proponents and opponents seem confident.
The Arkansas private option was a plan approved in last year's legislative session after the Supreme Court threw the states a hot potato. While the court upheld the Affordable Care Act as constitutional, it carved out a narrow bit of flexibility for states to decide whether to expand state Medicaid programs to those with incomes within 100-138 percent of the federal poverty level. In Arkansas, that would apply roughly to a family of four making around $20,000 to those making in the lower $30,000 range in annual income.
Legislators tried to make lemonade out of the lemons and came up with a middle-ground solution. While agreeing to expand health-care coverage to the state's population up the 138 percent line, they created a new innovative program that utilizes the private health insurance market rather than the traditional Medicaid program.
But not everyone likes the taste of the lemonade. Although a bipartisan group of legislators passed the private option in 2013 with more than 75 percent of both chambers, opponents have increased in number and are preparing to fight against continuation of the program in the fiscal session.
The potential to end the program is the result of "built in circuit breakers," as one of the Republican architects of the private option, Rep. John Burris, coined during the previous session. Funding for the private option is dependent on the state Legislature annually approving the appropriation by three-fourths of both chambers. Although theoretically true for every state program, the feature was presented as one of the selling points last year to help convince reluctant legislators to vote for the plan.
The biggest hurdle for continuing the plan likely lies in the state Senate, where it appears the votes are short. In 2013, the funding was approved by 28 senators with 27 out of 35 votes needed. But two of the 28 votes are no longer there.
• Sen. Paul Bookout of Jonesboro was forced to resign over campaign finance violations and incoming Sen. John Cooper was elected to replace him largely on a platform of opposing the private option.
• Sen. Missy Irvin of Mountain View went from a reluctant vote for the plan in 2013 to — at least right now — opposing refunding the plan in the upcoming session. In her lengthy statement explaining her switch, she pointed primarily to concerns over the reimbursement rates paid to doctors under the plan and concerns over the health saving accounts which are slated to be added to the plan in 2015.
The result is that the plan will need to be resold during the fiscal session. Sen. Jonathan Dismang of Beebe, one of the Senate leaders of the plan, framed the debate well when he said that it boils down to the question of "is real conservative reform worth the growth in eligible enrollees."
That's the debate. Does Arkansas reject expanding completely as some other states have done by refusing the federal funded Medicaid expansion dollars or do we continue to build one of the top health-care reform programs in the country?
I will add that other conservative Republican-led states such as Utah and Iowa are hoping to duplicate the ideas of legislators from Arkansas. Arkansas has become a leader on the subject of state-based health-care reform!
In the end, plan supporters will have to keep enough Republicans on board by touting the private market and consumer-oriented reforms. For the plan to continue, the case must be compelling enough to overcome the toxic nature of supporting anything that even hints of Obamacare.
Jason Tolbert is an accountant and conservative political blogger. His blog — The Tolbert Report — is linked at ArkansasNews.com. email: email@example.com


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Date: Dec. 9, 2013
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Wage and Hour Division
Release Number: 13-2198-CHI
Norwood Commercial Contractors agrees to pay nearly $400,000 in back wages and damages to 96 workers following U.S. Labor Department investigation
Company signs consent judgment to prevent future labor violations of the FLSA
BENSENVILLE, Ill. -- Norwood Commercial Contractors Inc. has agreed to pay 96 workers $395,465 in back wages and liquidated damages following an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division. The investigation found that the commercial construction contractor misclassified 16 workers as independent contractors and denied them and the remaining employees proper compensation for all hours worked, in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act's overtime and record-keeping provisions.
"The misclassification of employees as independent contractors denies workers of wages and benefits they are entitled to under the law. It also leads to unfair competition because businesses that play by the rules operate at a disadvantage when compared with those that don't," said Thomas Gauza, the division's district director in Chicago. "We often find misclassification in the construction industry. This investigation should send a clear message to other employers to evaluate their pay practices and to ensure that they are in compliance with federal labor laws."
The investigation determined that employees—such as carpenters, electricians, masons, laborers, painters, and drywall hangers and finishers—were misclassified as independent contractors and were denied proper compensation, in violation of the FLSA. Many of these employees were not paid overtime premiums at time and one-half their regular rates of pay for hours worked beyond 40 in a workweek, and they were not paid for travel time to and from assignments when employees worked away from home. Additionally, the company took illegal deductions from employees' pay in overtime workweeks and banked some overtime hours to be paid at straight time in future workweeks. The investigation also alleged that the employer reduced the number of hours worked when processing payroll, in violation of the FLSA's record-keeping provisions.
Norwood Commercial Contractors and the company president, Douglas Hudson, have signed a consent judgment to resolve a lawsuit brought by the department before the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, in Chicago.
Under terms of the consent judgment, in addition to paying the back wages and damages found due, the company has also agreed to a variety of enhanced compliance provisions. The employer has agreed to designate a compliance officer to act as a liaison with the Wage and Hour Division, and to provide employees with specific Wage and Hour compliance information, including contact information for the division. The employer has also agreed to maintain accurate payroll records; to provide full access to payroll records during visits by the Wage and Hour Division; to give a minimum of two presentations on compliance with the FLSA to contractor's associations; and to create online informational tools, including information on FSLA compliance, on the company's website. The company will also create a compliance-related question-and-answer forum on its Facebook page.
The misclassification of employees as something other than employees, such as independent contractors, presents a serious problem for affected employees, employers and to the economy. Misclassified employees are often denied access to critical benefits and protections, such as family and medical leave, overtime, minimum wage and unemployment insurance, to which they are entitled. Employee misclassification also generates substantial losses to the U.S. Treasury and the Social Security and Medicare funds, as well as to state unemployment insurance and workers' compensation funds.
Under the FLSA, an employment relationship must be distinguished from a strictly contractual one. An employee, as distinguished from a person who is engaged in a business of his or her own, is one who, as a matter of economic reality, follows the usual path of an employee and is dependent on the business that he serves. For more information, visit http://www.dol.gov/whd/regs/compliance/whdfs13.htm.
The FLSA requires that covered, nonexempt employees be paid at least the federal minimum wage of $7.25 per hour for all hours worked, plus time and one-half their regular rates, including commissions, bonuses and incentive pay, for hours worked beyond 40 per week. Employers are required to maintain accurate time and payroll records. For more information about the FLSA and other federal wage laws, call the Wage and Hour Division's toll-free helpline at 866-4US-WAGE (487-9243) or visit http://www.dol.gov/whd.
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NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- Charlie Davies and Pat Haggerty scored second-half goals as No. 14 Boston College blanked Yale 3-0 at the Soccer-Lacrosse Stadium. Issey Maholo made five saves in goal to post his sixth shutout of the season for the Eagles, who improved to 8-3 overall with the victory. Geoff Hollington and freshman Dwayne Whylly combined to make four saves in goal for Yale.
After a scoreless first half, the Eagles jumped on the board when Davies knocked in the rebound of Johann Helgason's shot in the 55th minute. The Bulldogs had a great chance to tie with 9:20 left, but Maholo made a sliding, kick save on Alex Munns, who was sent in on a breakaway after a nifty feed from Andrew Dealy.
BC added an insurance goal less than two minutes later when Haggerty headed in Jarryd Goldberg's corner kick at 83:58. The Eagles' third score came on an own goal at 86:12.
"I don't think the final score reflects the way the game was played," said Yale head coach Brian Tompkins. "It was very even. We had a couple of careless moments, and they took advantage. In many ways this was one of our better performances. We will try to duplicate the good things on Saturday in Ithaca."
Both teams had eight shots on goal.
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Pear OS is a desktop Linux distribution based on Ubuntu, Desktop, but with a desktop appearance fashioned after the Mac OS X UI. A review of the latest edition, Pear OS Linux Panther 3, has already been published on this website (see Pear OS Linux Panther 3 review).
This article presents a step-by-step guide on how to dual-boot Pear OS and Windows 7. To start, you need to download Pear OS Panther 3 from here and burn it to a CD or transfer it to a USB stick. The computer used for this article has a 500 GB hard drive with an existing installation of Windows 7, and it is assumed that you will also be attempting this on a computer that also has an existing installation of Windows 7.
The objective is to install Pear OS alongside Windows 7, so that whenever you reboot the computer, you are given the option to boot into windows 7 or Pear OS.
This screen shot show the partitions on the system as seen from Windows 7's partition manager. Since there is no unpartitioned space left, the only way to install Pear OS alongside Windows 7 is to resize the C drive. That can be done from Windows or while installing Pear OS. For this tutorial, I chose the latter method. Any method you use will produce the same result. The key is to know how much free space is available. You can tell by looking at the "Free Space" column in Windows 7's partition manager. That should give you an idea of how much space you can recover from Windows 7.
After resizing the Windows partition, you then create those partitions that will be used to install Pear OS. For this tutorial, three partitions will be created from the recovered disk space. They will be mounted at /boot, Swap and /, the root partition. You may also create a separate partition for /home, where your home folder will be located.
To start, boot the computer with the Pear OS installation CD in the optical drive. The boot menu is shown below. Though the second option gives the impression that you can boot directly to the installer from the boot menu, selecting the first or second option will actually boot into the Live desktop. From there, click on the "Install Pear OS" on the desktop to begin the installation process.
When the installer starts, click through the first two or three steps until you get to the one shown in the image below. Unless you intend to wipe or delete Windows from the hard drive, you will want to avoid the second option. Choosing the first option leads to an automated resizing of the Windows partition, but it does not give you the opportunity to install GRUB, the boot loader, in a location other than the Master Boot Record or MBR.
This screen shot shows the step after you choose the first option in the previous step. You can see how much disk space is used by Windows, and you can very easily resize the partition by dragging in between the two sections shown. But since the installer does not give you the opportunity to install the boot loader in a custom location, this is not the best route to take for this type of configuration. So, to continue with this tutorial, you can either click back to the previous page and select the last option – "Something else," or click on the "advanced partitioning tool" link at this step.
Either one brings you to the advanced partitioning tool. The tool is not really advanced in terms of features, it just means that you need a fundamental knowledge of disk partitioning in Linux to use it, or a good tutorial on the subject. If you are new to this, you might want to read guide to disks and disk partitions in Linux and tips for dual-booting Windows and Linux.
So, we already know what the objective is, which is to resize the Windows partition, and create three partitions from the recovered space for Pear OS installation. Note that because Windows has already used up two primary partitions, we only have two left to play with (the system does not allow more than four primary partitions). By using an extended partition, it is possible to create the three partitions that we need. But first things firsts; resize the Windows partition. To do that, select it as shown in this image, and click Change.
The edit partition window shows the total size of the partition. How much you choose to resize it by, is your decision. For this tutorial, I am splitting it in two; half to Windows 7, half to Pear OS.
Here is the same screen after a new size has been specified. OK.
Just a friendly warning. Continue.
Back to the advanced partitioning tool, you can see the free space that has been recovered from the Windows partition. Time to start creating Pear OS partitions. Select the free space and click Add.


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Jesus' General riffs on Bush's new national health policy.
29 July 2007
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You screwed up the link to Jesus General. You have an extra "http://"
Are you really naive enough to believe the SCHIP bill is about children?
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And, no, it certainly is more far-reaching. However, it says volumes about this president that for six years he never met a spending bill he didn't like, but now that the other party is on office he's willing to block bills like this on the pretext of 'fiscal responsibility.'
I think his real agenda involves preventing the metastasis of government-run health care.ReplyDelete
He is, of course, often wrong. But (in my not-so-humble opinion) he's got this one right.
What a load of crap. The man who signed a trillion-dollar Rx benefit entitlement suddenly gets religion for a (comparatively) tiny expansion of healthcare for the poor and vulnerable?ReplyDelete
Yeah, I know that's his *pretext* for opposing SCHIP expansion. But really, it's crass politics. he wants to deny the democrats any legislative accomplishments so the GOP can run against a 'failed' or 'do-nothing' dem congress in 2008. That's been their open strategy for a while now. I'm OK with that -- I mean, it's pretty shitty to play chicken with children's healthcare, but that's politics.
But don't pretend there's anything more to it - any principle or anything noble.


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Depending on the space in question, the attention given to acoustical sound attenuation is as important as the location of power and communications outlets, the performance of lighting systems, and the efficiency of energy usage. This is especially true for interior spaces such as a teleconferencing rooms, clinics, theaters, or open-plan offices. As such, it's important that you understand the basic principles of architectural acoustics: the technology of designing spaces, structures, and mechanical/electrical systems to meet the needs of the occupants.
Let's look at an excellent example of how sound attenuating electrical designs and installation methods work together to get the job done.
Building design case history
The 2062-seat concert hall in the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center in Dallas, Tex. is an excellent example of how vibratory and aerodynamic noise can be reduced. The building, made primarily of reinforced concrete, is located in the flight path of the busy Dallas-Ft.Worth airport and near two major streets. The designated noise-critical spaces are the audience chamber, performance platform, sound locks, inner lobbies, assembly areas, control rooms, rehearsal rooms, warm-up rooms, and lighting positions.
To make sure that no mechanical noise is carried into the concert hall from vibrations generated within the facility, the entire utilities plant budding is separated from the main building by 2-in. joints.
Located in the utilities building, the electric service room contains five step-down transformers and distribution boards, all of which are installed on a floating slab. The slab, designed for total weight support, was cast in place and then jacked-up to provide air gap separation supported by double-deflection molded neoprene isolators, as shown in Fig. 1. Conduits penetrating the jacked-up slab or walls use a sleeve-within-a-sleeve construction. The sleeve around each conduit is packed with polyethylene foam and sealed with non-hardening mastic compound.
In addition, transformers on the jacked-up slab, shown in Fig. 2 on page 108, are mounted on 5/16-in. thick neoprene pads ribbed or waffled on both sides, providing static deflection of not less than 0.03 in.
Penetrations of walls and slabs for conduits leaving the utility building have sleeved openings that are packed and caulked airtight, as shown in Fig. 3 (see page 112). Where a conduit or cable passes through a wall, a steel sleeve is grouted into the structure; where the conduit or cable passes through a floor or ceiling slab, the sleeve is cast in place. The internal dia of a sleeve is 2 in. larger than the outside dia of the conduit passing through it. After the piping is installed, the electrical contractor checks the clearance and corrects it, when necessary, to within 1/2 in. Then, the void is packed full-depth with glass fiber and sealed at both ends, 1-in. deep, with a nonaging, nonhardening mastic compound backed by a polyethylene foam rod that is placed, like a bead, around the opening.
Motors and electrical equipment are supported on slab by springs and neoprene mounts or, where hung from slab, on springs and neoprene hangers. Electrical conductors are carried in a minimum 36-in. long flexible conduit having a 360[degrees]loop. A separate grounding conductor is run within the flexible conduit and terminated at each end at a grounding bushing.
Located outside the noise-critical spaces, the dimmer racks are installed 3 ft clear of adjacent walls and on metal and waffle neoprene isolation pads. All wiring connections to the dimmer rack enter through neoprene gasketed collars with conduit grounding bushings, as shown in Fig. 4 (see page 113).
Lighting fixture and lamp type selection was reviewed by the lighting consultant (Fisher & Marantz, New York City) and the acoustical consultant to make sure that the incandescent lamps used in the concert hall and other noise-critical areas would not "buzz" when dimmed. The selection was limited to "A" lamps, "R" reflector lamps, and tungsten-halogen, endprong, reflector lamps. No ballasted fixtures are located within the noise-critical spaces.
To minimize aerodynamic turbulence (see sidebar on page 114) at the supply outlets, the acoustical consultant asked that the maximum supply air velocity in the main ducts be held to 1500 cubic feet per min (cfm), and in the concert hall to 600 cfm. These requirement were met by having the main ducts feed into a concrete chamber lined with 2-in. fiberglass. This configuration slows the velocity of air exiting the chamber to 600 cfm or less. Air leaving the chamber travels through nozzles that open onto the concert hall. In addition, double-level concrete floors are used to create return air plenums with acoustic linings.
The acoustical consultant was Artec Consultants, Inc., and the mechanical-electrical engineering design was by Edwards & Zuck, with Anthony M. Cottone as project executive and Harry Hagenfeld as project electrical engineer. Both firms are in New York City.
The installing electrical contractor was J.D. Keys Electric Co., Dallas, Tex., with Carl Tyner, as project coordinator.


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Southern Conference expanding by three
Hilton Head, SC – Depleted by conference realignment, the Southern Conference is expected to grow by three with the addition of East Tennessee State University, Mercer University and likely the Virginia Military Institute for the 2014-15 school year.
SoCon commissioner John Iamarino, in an announcement from the conference's spring meetings Thursday, said ETSU and Mercer have accepted invitations to join the conference next year, while VMI is expected to formally ratify joining the conference when its Board of Visitors meets Friday.
The trio of schools would become SoCon members on July 1, 2014. The conference would have 10 members.
"The addition of these three institutions will solidify the Southern Conference and ensure our position as a vibrant league with a bright future," Iamarino said. "We are delighted to invite three quality institutions, two of which are returning to a home they previously enjoyed for many years.
"Our membership is excited about rekindling old rivalries and establishing new ones. Most importantly, we've been able to grow while not extending our geographic footprint to an extreme extent."
ETSU, located in Johnson City, Tenn., was a SoCon member from 1978-2005 before it joined the Atlantic Sun Conference. The Buccaneers have 17 sports programs and will restart the football team, which was dropped in 2003, in time for the 2015 season.
Mercer, in Macon, Ga., is the last charter member of the Atlantic Sun and will add football this year in the non-scholarship Pioneer League, but will go to scholarships to join the SoCon. When it becomes a SoCon member, Mercer will have 18 sports programs.
VMI, the nation's first state-supported military college and located in Lexington, Va., was a SoCon member from 1924-2003 before departing for the Big South Conference. It has 18 sports programs, including football.
The SoCon is in transition. It is losing the College of Charleston to the Colonial Athletic Association later this year; Appalachian State and Georgia Southern, both FCS powers, to the Sun Belt Conference next year; and Davidson to the Atlantic 10 next year as well.
The SoCon's membership for the 2014-15 academic year will be as follows: The Citadel, East Tennessee State, Furman, Mercer, North Carolina-Greensboro, Samford, Chattanooga, VMI, Western Carolina and Wofford. UNG does not have a football program.


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NEW PRODUCTS AND INVENTIONS (Aug, 1941)
The latest contribution to the field of automatic merchandising devices is this dispensing unit that makes pure, cool and refreshing canned fruit juices available to a thirsty public. From its magazine of 214 standard size 6 oz. cans, it delivers a choice of 6 juices, ready for consumption on the spot. The customer simply moves the lever to desired juice, and inserts his nickle.
Speedier fire fighting operation has been added to the 4 lb. carbon dioxide extinguisher recently announced. The extinguished is discharged by merely pulling a trigger. This type of discharge control permits the extinguisher to go into action faster. Photo above.
Production of the first all-rubber multiple outlet electrical plug has been started. By an unusual manufacturing method the plug (upper left) is molded in a single unit, with metal parts inserted later. It is smaller than conventional triple outlets, is unbreakable, and safer.
A new luggage-type portable receiver with marked advantages over the older sets has just been put on the market. It operates on a rechargeable airplane-type storage battery and eliminates the inconvenience of dry cell replacement.
A spectacle-like device recently introduced, promises to cut strokes off the average golfer's score. It has V shaped openings at the bottom of each lens, the balance being amber color. The player, by looking through the slots when addressing the ball, sees it as white framed in amber. Any movement will cause a tint to show on ball.
Exercise and pleasure is claimed for the users of a recently patented toy for children. The toy includes a circular disk to be rolled along the ground by means of an attached cord. A mechanical monkey is attached by the arms and legs to circular slots in the disk, so that when the disk rotates the movements of the arms and legs create the illusion that the monkey is trying to escape from a cage. The disk will hot remain erect unless the child keeps it rolling, thereby insuring plenty of exercise to accompany the monkey's amusing antics.
A diaperless cradle for infants is described in a newly issued patent. A heavy cloth hammock supports the infant while a pan underneath the hammock serves as a portable toilet receptacle.
The bottom of the cradle consists of a water jacket through which either warm or cold water may be passed to control the temperature of the cradle.
Ventilation vents and suitable thermometers assist in maintaining air condition.
– For rapidly drying hair ladies now have available a novel dryer which is shaped like an oversized fork. The fingers of the unit are curved to fit into the hair and are hollow and perforated. One set of , fingers is connected to a hot air blower, while the alternate fingers are attached to a vacuum. After the hair is washed or waved the dryer is inserted and the blower is operated to supply heated air. At the same time the vacuum fingers draw off air to provide circulation of air through the hair.
In 1718 a British patent was granted on a machine gun which fired round bullets against Christians and square bullets against Turks. The military or social significance of the difference in types of bullets appears never to have been understood.
A shock absorbing steering wheel that is yield-able against collision is a newly patented safety features for automo- biles. The new wheel consists of a flexible steel rim in the form of a coil spring constructed of wire having a rectangular cross section. The curves of the coil spring are wound close together so as to produce a continuous gripping surface. The rim is flexible toward the center of the wheel. However, it is rigid against movement in the circumferential direction. Otherwise it would not be effective as a steering wheel. In addition the spokes of the wheel yield under pressure. In case of a sudden stop or collision, if the spoke is in front of the driver, both the spoke and the rim bend forward. If a spoke is not in front of the driver, only the rim yields. Serious injury is avoided by means of the new wheel.
An ordinary hot water spigot supplies the heat needed for the cutting elements of a novel ice cuber. The invention has a number of U-shaped cutting parts through which hot water is made to flow. Cutting is accomplished by pressing the cutters downwardly into the ice and then by pulling the tool forward for the width of a cube. All the cut cubes are removable from the block of ice.
The problem of protection against ice and snow is a serious one if you drive an automobile. After a heavy snowfall or a freezing rain it is necessary to first clean the windshield before the car can be safely driven. To avoid the finger numbing job, it is now possible to protect the windshield with a cover in the form of an oblong apron which has tie loops for fastening the cover to the handles of the doors. The cover is made of canvas or the like and it may be water-proofed as an added protection. When it is not in use, the cover may be rolled up and conveniently carried in the automobile.
If you have a baby in the family you may have felt the same urge as a recent inventor had to design a saddle which would permit free movement of the infant short of dangerous gymnastics. One answer to the problem appears to be a patented strap which has openings for the head and arms of the baby. By means of suitable tapes, the strap is fastened to a high chair. The garment permits all ordinary movements by the baby but prevents the infant from standing up or falling out of the chair.
If you have ever watched a sand car spreading sand on car tracks on a sleety and icy day, you probably felt that you would like to have it accompany you as you slowly skidded along' the highway. To the rescue comes a newly patented Sander which can be installed in the trunk of an automobile. The device includes a cylinder for storing sand or salt and a shaft for delivering the sand into the path of the rear wheels of the car. Inside the shaft there is provided an impeller which rotates to assist in delivery of the sand in front of the driving wheels. There may be a single sand container with a delivery pipe to each rear wheel or separate sand tanks with separate delivery pipes may be used. A suitable lever near the dash board serves to operate the sander and a signal notifies the driver when the supply of sand is low and should be replenished.
The National Council of Inventors, an agency for studying inventions valuable for national defense, receives offers not only from skilled inventors, but from many amateurs as well. It is reported that several hundred defense suggestions pour into the offices of the council every day.
To encourage inventions for our national defense, the National Inventor's Council has been formed with Mr. C. F. Kettering of General Motors Corporation as its chairman. The organization will work with the National Defense Research Committee.
Green hair for coconut shell heads can be grown, according to a recent patent, by the use of soilless garden practice. The upper portion of the head is provided with a series of slots through which blades of grass pass. The inner portion of the shell carries a supply of peat moss and water which serves as a bed for growing grass seed. Unfortunately for obvious reasons, this invention is not the answer to a bald man's prayer.
A new attachment for golf clubs is said to assist a beginner to acquire a correct swing. The invention consists essentially of a flexible loop or sling fastened to the club shaft. The length of the loop is such as to permit it to rest snugly against the little finger of the left hand. Since the left hand is the lead hand with most players, the loop exerts its corrective action on this hand while the club is carried through the swing. By a slight change, the sling can be used with clubs for left-handed golf players.
Fore and aft reflectors for pedestrians can be mounted on a harness worn on shoes. Suitable elastic bands serve to hold the reflector buttons against the rear portion of the heel and over the front instep part of the arch. The unit may be carried in a pocket and it can be readily applied so as to reflect light from automobiles traveling on unlighted highways.
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Toy ……………………………………………………..No. 2,232,244.
Cradle ………………………………………………..No. 2,234,515.
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Climate Road Trip: An Indian Movement for Change
by Anna da Costa
Anna da Costa, co-director for the India Climate Solutions Project, reports on the launch of the Indian Climate Solutions Road Tour, aimed at catalyzing and inspiring climate change solutions across India.
As clocks ticked past midnight on December 31, signaling the start of the new year, a group of seven passionate individuals from India and around the world gathered in the eastern city of Chennai to begin an epic climate journey.
The team was embarking on a month-long road tour across India to raise awareness about local climate solutions and to empower Indian youth on one of the greatest challenges of our time: global climate change.
Representing an expanding network of youth and young professionals known as the Indian Youth Climate Network (IYCN), the travellers will traverse more than 3,500 kilometers through 20 cities to reach India's capital, Delhi, on February 4. They will be accompanied by a solar-powered electric band, Solar Punch, and will travel in a medley of alternatively powered vehicles, including solar plug-in Reva electric cars, a sustainably produced plant-oil powered truck, a solar-roofed jeep, and a waste vegetable oil-powered van.
The group's message is clear: climate change is real, but many of the solutions to this challenge already exist-with the greatest solution of all being the human capacity to act.
During visits to colleges and schools in each city, the team will conduct structured climate leadership trainings to encourage young people to create solutions in their local communities, envisioning and acting on the future they wish to see. To support communication of solutions, the travellers will document the innovative approaches they encounter, along with additional commentary, on their website. Events held in each city will celebrate local climate solutions, honoring the most inspirational and innovative expressions of this message through dance, music, and art.
The Climate Solutions Road Tour is the first call of its kind to India's youth. It is a positive, collaborative, and questioning search for a future that youth can aspire toward, take a lead on, and be proud of. It is also the launch of IYCN's India Climate Solutions Project, which will continue to highlight some of India's most transformative climate solutions as well as conduct campus-based leadership programs across India moving forward.
The project aims to accelerate the uptake of climate change "best practice" and innovation across sectors in India. It will also provide a forum for dialogue around how to capture low-carbon opportunities most effectively, and to demonstrate that India has a unique opportunity to become a low-carbon leader. Most crucially, such a climate response can support environmental sustainability, economic development, and energy security simultaneously.
With the clear and unflinching international message that 2009 must be a year for change globally, and in the face of the ongoing collapse of the global auto industry, the team is also turning outward and calling on decision makers around the world to seize this unique opportunity to become a low-carbon leader, transforming automobiles to run on zero-carbon systems.
The importance of true international collaboration and a solutions-based climate movement is beyond question. This urgency is particularly great in light of the upcoming Copenhagen climate negotiations in December, where an ambitious, equitable, and effective successor to the Kyoto Protocol needs to be established.
It is clear that we have the potential and opportunity to address the climate crisis, yet there is still a vast gulf between our knowledge and action. The Climate Solutions Road Tour aims to start the year with a cohesive, positive, and impactful call to India and the globe, encouraging us all to be the change we wish to see in the world.Updates from the road will be posted daily on the group's Climate Solutions Blog. The trip itinerary is also posted online.


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The Atlanta Braves got their first breathing room in two games when Justin Heyward hit a two-run single in the bottom of the seventh inning to give the Braves a 4-1 lead over the Dodgers in Game 2 of the NLDS. Here's how fans reacted on twitter:
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There are few things as boring as a dinner party where the dominant subject of discussion is what movies we've all seen. We're all just casual moviegoers offering up pablum about how great Meryl Streep is and wasn't the scenery pretty.
But a dinner gathering where the discussion turns to books? That's my kind of party.
A conversation like that forces us to actually use our brains. To offer an informed view of why the novel we just finished was so remarkable, or what was lacking in the memoir that preceded it.
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VERGENNES — A potential sale of Kennedy Brothers in Vergennes has fallen through, but the principals in the deal still hope for a lease arrangement that would establish a grocery store on the North Main Street landmark's ground floor.
Vergennes resident Neil Swenor, a former longtime worker at Greg's Meat Market in Middlebury, had hoped to buy the Kennedy Brothers property, which includes 4 acres and an almost 42,000-square-foot building.
It all happened one Thanksgiving weekend back in the 1980s after Richard Wood watched Miracle on 34th Street (as is his family's Thanksgiving tradition). The South Burlington native latched on to what Alfred said in the movie: "Of all the 'isms' the worst of them is commercialism!"
On a lark, with the intention of taking on the "black" in Black Friday, Wood put on a Santa hat and headed out to the local shopping centers.
MIDDLEBURY — The question "What was General Lee thinking at Gettysburg?" has puzzled historians for decades. For Middlebury College geography professor Anne Kelly Knowles, the question came to her almost at the same time as a way to uncover the answer.
A pioneer in historical geography, Knowles uses geographic information systems (GIS) technology to shed light on historical questions and situations. The technology can process and analyze massive databases, so long as the data is attached to a physical location.
BRISTOL — The Bristol selectboard last week disciplined Police Chief Kevin Gibbs for his handling of a grant over three years.
On Dec. 17, the board held a disciplinary hearing in executive session to discuss Gibbs' handling of a Department of Health grant. In public session, the selectboard voted to direct Town Administrator Bill Bryant to issue a written reprimand to Gibbs, and to require Gibbs to pay $6,895 in restitution to the police department by June 30, 2013.
BRISTOL — The host Mount Abraham Union High School girls' basketball team used tough first- and third-quarter defense to turn back determined Otter Valley on Wednesday, 46-38.
The Eagles forced 13 of the Otters' 28 turnovers and received nine of junior Ashlie Fay's game-high 20 points in the first quarter to take a 15-5 lead after the first eight minutes.
This week's writer is Haviland Smith, a retired CIA station chief who served in Prague, Berlin, Beirut and Tehran and as chief of the counterterrorism staff. He lives in Williston.
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Texas has been ranked dead last in the "How Green Is My State?" assessment by MPH Online, a site that gathers and analyzes information on public health education programs.
Using data on each state's renewable energy production, gasoline use, air quality and other measures, MPH Online determined that the Lone Star State is the least green state in the country. Texas ranked high for its friendliness to renewable energy, as nation's No. 1 state for installed wind power capacity. But Texas is the nation's worst when it comes to air quality and CO2 emissions, the organization determined.
Oil boom: Texas pumping more oil than some OPEC countries
Texas' position on the list also was hurt by its high gasoline consumption and low mass transit use. Texans use about 5.5 million gallons of motor gasoline per day, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.
Still, with all the concerns about the impact of hydraulic fracturing on groundwater, Texas ranked relatively high for water quality, coming in No. 15 on the MPH Online list.


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I am making a Monster Tour movie.
"The Monster Tour" fan movie will consist of (mostly) Eminem's set, using footage from hundreds of people and editing it all together to make a brilliant film. I plan to release the film Christmas 2015. I will hire editors starting December 5th. Thank you for reading.
[EDIT 11-26-14] For all the people doubting me right now, I'm not lying. I'm serious about this shit.
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You must own an video editing program, like Sony Vegas or Videopad.
You have to commit to this project in order to do this; our deadline for the final film is December 6th, 2015.
You need to have a shit ton of patience. This film is similar to jediswag's "Yeezus" film. We will be compiling fan footage from "The Monster Tour" from all 6 shows. If you attended the tour, you can implement your own footage if you'd like.
You must have at least 5 minutes of compiled footage in order to be credited as an editor. If you provide over 15 minutes of compiled footage, you will be credited as an executive producer. If you provide over 25 minutes of compiled footage, you will be credited as a director, and listed in the Special Thanks section at the end of the film.
You must have at least 4-5 sources for your sequence.
Once you accept being an editor, you CANNOT leave the production team unless you have a LEGIT reason why.
Since I am the director, I will assign you certain sequences (like Rap God/Marshall Mathers/I Don't Give A Fuck). I will be doing the first minutes of the film.
Thank you. I will be choosing 5 editors on December 19th. Production starts on January 9th.


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I've also been working on his announcement. It took me over a week to decide which photo I wanted to use, but I finally made the decision and the announcements are on their way! I'm excited.
I scoured Pinterest when I first found out I was pregnant for the "perfect" announcement and I definitely knew what I was going to do as soon as I saw it. I will share it with you all soon, but I'm sure you won't be surprised. This design has been floating around a lot of your Pinterest boards. :-)
Anywho, here's a few of my faves from our recent shoot! I just love my baby boy!


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Predicting the United States roster for Sochi Olympicsby Corey Masisak / Chicago Blackhawks
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There were no line combinations or defense pairings for the assembled media to analyze at U.S. Men's National Team Camp in Arlington, Va., earlier this week, but USA Hockey did gather a group of 48 players to begin the process of selecting a team for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia.
General manager David Poile made a startling point at the introductory press conference inside Kettler Capitals Iceplex: None of the 48 players at the camp had been born before Feb. 22, 1980, when a group of American college kids upset the best team in the world.
The United States' entry at the 2014 Games will be older than the "Miracle on Ice" crew, but the Americans are likely to be one of the youngest teams at the tournament in February. However, they won't be inexperienced at this level; there were 16 players in Northern Virginia who wore the USA sweater in Vancouver four years prior.
Those players were part of a transition from the old guard of players who won the 1996 World Cup of Hockey and finished second at the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics. Now they not only will be the core of the team but also be expected to lead the group.
The narrative four months prior to the official selection of the roster is clear: The Americans are heavy on elite goaltenders and skilled two-way forwards, but lack elite depth at center. The most under-reported aspect of the roster might be the makeup of the defense, where Poile and his management team could have some tough decisions to make.
Here is one take on what the 25-man roster could look like for the United States in Sochi, Russia:
Jonathan Quick, Los Angeles Kings
Quick's recent resume is irrefutable. Unless there is a dip in form or injury, pencil him in for the start on Feb. 13, 2014, against Slovakia.
Ryan Miller, Buffalo Sabres
Miller might be the safest pick of the top remaining candidates to make the team, but the least likely to start. It's also possible he has a great few weeks leading up to the tournament and there's a push to see if he can rekindle his 2010 magic.
Jimmy Howard, Detroit Red Wings
Nearly a dead heat between Howard and Craig Anderson (Ottawa Senators) with Cory Schneider (New Jersey Devils) a bit behind because of NHL playing-time concerns. The defense in front of Howard should be better with Detroit this season, and he looked like a legitimate star during the 2013 Stanley Cup Playoffs.
Zach Parise, Minnesota Wild
Trying to figure out what the forward lines might look like is not easy at this point, but Parise likely will be on the left side of the top line.
Dustin Brown, Los Angeles Kings
If Parise ends up on the top line, Brown could be deployed at left wing on the second or third forward group.
David Backes, St. Louis Blues
Backes, if healthy, is a lock, but his actual spot in the lineup (and position, for that matter) could remain a mystery. He can play center or wing for this team and end up on any of the top three lines.
Ryan Kesler, Vancouver Canucks
Kesler needs to prove he is healthy. If he does, he'll be on this team and likely centering one of the top three lines.
Patrick Kane, Chicago Blackhawks
The Conn Smythe Trophy winner will be on the right side of one of the top lines, and the other top-six right wing likely will be …
Phil Kessel, Toronto Maple Leafs
… this guy. Kessel and Kane figure to be the two game-breaker types on the roster, though there could be a surprising third (that's called a tease).
Ryan Callahan, New York Rangers
If Kane and Kessel are the top two right wings, then Callahan slots in on one of the bottom lines. A line with Brown and Callahan on it (and with Backes or the next player on this list at center) would not be a lot of fun to play against.
Joe Pavelski, San Jose Sharks
Like Backes, he could end up at center or wing. Pavelski, like Kesler, consistently has been one of the top American-born faceoff guys in the NHL, though his percentage slipped in 2012-13.
Bobby Ryan, Ottawa Senators
His offensive production was down a bit in 2012-13, but he's a near-lock for this team and could end up as the left wing on the second or third line (with Brown in the other spot).
Derek Stepan, New York Rangers
Stepan might be the least heralded of the five players who are best bets to play center for the Americans, but he might end up on the top line. It could be a pretty fluid situation, to say the least.
Paul Stastny, Colorado Avalanche
Stastny did not have a great NHL season in 2012-13, but he did have a huge performance at the 2013 IIHF World Championship. That, plus the rest of his work in a USA sweater and his status as one of the top five American centers, should get him on the roster.
James van Riemsdyk, Toronto Maple Leafs
He's big but fleet afoot, which will be something the management group likely emphasizes when making the final decision on the last few roster spots.
Max Pacioretty, Montreal Canadiens
This spot could belong to T.J. Oshie. They are different players, and it could come down to fit. They also each could make it in place of the surprise player who is next on the list.
Alex Galchenyuk, Montreal Canadiens
This is a leap of faith. He's not one of the 14 forwards who should be on the team in early September, but if he has a Tyler Seguin- or Steven Stamkos-like second-season surge, the United States could use another speedy, slick-skilled scorer with plenty of recent experience on the big ice surface.
Ryan Suter, Minnesota Wild
He's the No. 1 defenseman on this team.
Ryan McDonagh, New York Rangers
Already a burgeoning star, his offensive numbers could take off with Alain Vigneault in charge instead of John Tortorella. It's also less likely McDonagh will miss the tournament after breaking a bone blocking a shot.
Kevin Shattenkirk, St. Louis Blues
Canada is short on left-handed shooting defensemen, and the United States is a little light on righties. Shattenkirk probably is the safest bet among the right-shot players to make it.
John Carlson, Washington Capitals
His offensive numbers take a hit because Mike Green and Alex Ovechkin hold a monopoly on the point positions during NHL power plays, but Carlson has been great for Washington at even strength, even when stuck with a lesser partner, which won't be the case on this team.
Jack Johnson, Columbus Blue Jackets
None of the three NHL.com writers (this one included) who projected the United States roster a little more than a month ago put Johnson on their list. His lengthy resume in a USA sweater is a good indication he will be on this team.
Keith Yandle, Phoenix Coyotes
Yandle has 44 goals since the start of the 2009-10 season; that's more than any U.S.-born defenseman who has played the position that entire time. None of the other players on this list (save for the last one) are shoot-first defenders.
Paul Martin, Pittsburgh Penguins
This spot could go to his teammate, Brooks Orpik, who was on the 2010 team, or another right-handed shot: Justin Faulk (Carolina Hurricanes), Zach Bogosian (Winnipeg Jets) or Seth Jones (Nashville Predators). Martin gets the nod in place of Orpik because the U.S. management team has not been shy about placing an emphasis on speed and skating ability on the big ice.
Dustin Byfuglien, Winnipeg Jets
Byfuglien might almost be too obvious a choice as the 25th man on the roster. He's probably not going to get 20 minutes a game for the United States on the international ice surface, but he certainly could be the seventh defenseman who either sets up next to Suter on the power play or in front of the goaltender.


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Chicago Tribune's Kass affirmed Beck's baseless and false claims about Obama
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Chicago Tribune columnist John Kass sat by as Glenn Beck repeated a baseless claim in Kass' column and added a falsehood of his own regarding Barack Obama's house purchase in Chicago. Beck repeated Kass' claim that Obama received "a $300,000 discount" on the purchase of his Chicago home and falsely asserted that indicted businessman Antoin Rezko "bought the property next door at $300,000 more." Kass did not dispute either assertion.
On the March 5 edition of his CNN Headline News program, Glenn Beck claimed that Sen. Barack Obama received "a $300,000 discount" on the purchase of his Chicago home and that at the same time, indicted businessman Antoin Rezko "bought the property next door at $300,000 more." Asking his guest, Chicago Tribune columnist John Kass, for confirmation, Beck said, "Or something like that?" Kass replied, "About that, yeah. Something like that." Kass did not correct Beck's assertions that Obama received a "discount" on the purchase of his home and that Rezko bought the "property next door at $300,000 more." Kass had similarly claimed in his March 2 Tribune column that Obama received a "discount" on his house. In fact, according to a February 18 Bloomberg article, the people from whom Obama bought his house said that his was "the best offer." The sellers also said, in the words of Bloomberg reporter Timothy J. Burger, "they didn't cut their asking price because a campaign donor bought their adjacent land, according to e-mails between Obama's presidential campaign and the seller." Moreover, according to the Bloomberg article, Rezko's wife reportedly paid the asking price of $625,000 for the adjacent property (a fact that Kass himself acknowledged earlier in the segment with Beck); she did not pay "$300,000 more."
The Obamas subsequently bought a part of the adjacent property, which had been purchased on the same day as the Obamas' house by Rezko's wife. The Washington Post reported on December 17, 2006, that an Obama spokesman said the strip of land Obama purchased from Rezko's wife had been appraised at $40,500, "but Obama considered it fair to pay one-sixth of the original price for one-sixth of the lot," which came to $104,500.
Later in the program, Kass stated, "It looks like, from what I read in The Wall Street Journal and -- and John Fund's column and out of Brit -- out of Britain, that there is some money that may have trickled through to Re -- from Iraq to Rezko into, perhaps, into the house, or into the -- which I think was not $300,000. Maybe it was a $150,000 discount. Into -- into something involving -- in Illinois, involving Mr. Obama." Kass provided no evidence that money "may have trickled ... from Iraq to Rezko ... into the house." Indeed, neither the Wall Street Journal article Kass cited nor the London Times article the Journal references provided any evidence that the Obamas used anything but their own money to purchase the house.
From the March 5 edition of CNN Headline News' Glenn Beck:
BECK: Tony Rezko and Barack Obama. What's the connection, if anything? Here's a guy who's paying attention, so I don't have to. Let's listen in. John Kass, he's a columnist for the Chicago Tribune. John, who is he?
KASS: Well, Glenn, I call Tony Rezko, I call him Barack Obama's personal real estate fairy.
KASS: He's the fellow who helped -- he -- he helped buy Barack a house. Barack didn't have the money to pay full price. Let's see, he paid -- Barack paid, asking pri -- or less than asking price, $300,000 less. Rezko's family paid the asking price for a house -- for a lot next door. They kind of put it together, and Barack still hasn't been answering questions as to exactly what happened. The Tribune -- the Tribune broke that --
BECK: Wait, wait, wait. Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. So when the housing prices were still really good --
KASS: When they were high.
BECK: -- he paid -- he got a $300,000 discount. And Rezko bought the property next door at $300,000 more? Or something like that?
KASS: About that, yeah. Something like that.
BECK: What -- what was that? Was that just a really good friend? Or -- 'cause I -- 'cause I -- Tony, I could use a new friend.
KASS: Tony Rezko -- if you want a friend like that, you'd want to be -- you know, have a lawyer, too. Because Rezko's been indicted on federal extortion and corruption charges for playing a -- for being an influence peddler in government in Illinois.
BECK: OK. Barack Obama has built his whole campaign as being, you know, a reformer. He's different. He's clean. He's not -- let's get rid of all these dirty politics and everything else. You've got an article coming out tomorrow called "The Chicago Way." Is Barack Obama part of -- is this a smear campaign, or is he part of something that is dirty?
KASS: So under -- here's what's going on, Glenn. Outside of Chicago, reporters, particularly in the -- I guess, the Eastern establishment, liberal media establishment hive --
BECK: Yeah. Well, we're -- yeah, we're totally clean out here.
KASS: Yeah, but you're not part of -- well, the deal is, they look at him like, as if Barack Obama is the boy King Arthur, you know, pulling the sword from the stone, ready to fight dragons and reform our government. But he's from Chicago, right? This is Chicago politics. And the Rezko story is about basically the Chicago way. And I'm trying to illustrate that tomorrow in a column and a video.
BECK: OK. All right. So, so --
KASS: What is the Chicago way? What is the Chicago way?
BECK: I saw The Untouchables. I think I know what the Chicago way is.
KASS: That's one way to look at it.
BECK: What is it?
KASS: What's the -- I don't know. In the -- in the -- right in the city council chambers of Chicago, there's a portrait of George Washington, right? Where all the aldermen, and George Washington has his hand out like this. So I -- I don't know. We'll have to figure it out.
BECK: Hang on just a second, John. One last question. There is something to do with this London billionaire that apparently was laundering money for Saddam Hussein, and Rezko has been to Syria, like, eight times or something like that. Is there some sort of Middle East connection?
KASS: It looks like, from what I read in The Wall Street Journal and -- and John Fund's column and out of Brit -- out of Britain, that there is some money that may have trickled through to Re -- from Iraq to Rezko into, perhaps, into the house, or into the -- which I think was not $300,000. Maybe it was a $150,000 discount. Into -- into something involving -- in Illinois, involving Mr. Obama. All he's got to do, Glenn, is sit with you and talk about that.
BECK: I got to tell you, John, thank you very much. I mean, see, America? That's why I don't -- I just stopped paying attention. I mean, jeez, what is that?
From Kass' March 2 Chicago Tribune column:
The Republican Party should be eagerly lining up for this week's federal corruption trial in Chicago of Barack Obama's personal real estate fairy, Tony Rezko, the way a baseball team lines up to smack fat fastballs from a tired pitcher.
But the Republicans aren't swinging. They're keeping their bats on their shoulders. This should concern Sen. John McCain, the Arizona Republican who will likely face Sen. Obama (D-Rezko/Daley). As most Clinton operatives and Republicans know, Rezko is the indicted political fixer who helped Obama buy his dream house.
The sellers split the parcel in two, one a vacant lot and one with a home. Obama got a $300,000 discount on the house. The Rezkos paid the full asking price for the lot next door.
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Now, as I did... I'm sure you can see that a quick response was needed. It would have been the right thing to do. It would have been the humane thing to do. You only have to read the tweets to see how urgent things were... to find out more... following a link or two would have given you a deeper glimpse of the story behind it. A wife with her husband (and father of her two small children) dying in hospital just before Christmas.
You know what the response was from Vodafone? Silence. When pushed by another person... what was their response?
'We answer our tweets in a chronological order'
And it took them 6 hours to make that response. The same generic response they gave to someone else in their very next tweet. They still haven't responded to @rachelacj as of 8 hours after her original tweets. An opportunity to do the right thing and offer true customer service at a time where it would have made a big difference? Missed completely.
The lessons from this:
1. Be a human being if you're providing a human service on Twitter
2. Prioritise using whatever method you want... but be flexible when appropriate
3. Remember the world is watching4. Make a difference where it matters.
Sad, sad bit of customer service on the day before Christmas Eve.
Thoughts are with rachelacj. For some reason, though I brushed up against these tweets by chance this morning they've lodged themselves in my head.


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Oct 13, 2008
Oct. 13, 2008
NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Miyuki Hino, who scored both goals in Yale's 2-0 victory over Dartmouth on Saturday, was named the Ivy League Rookie of the Week on Monday. Hino shared the honor with Columbia's Nora Dooley.
Hino's first goal came at 25:21 following a scramble in front. She struck again at 76:04 on a shot from the right side. It was the first multi-goal game of her young career.
Hino, who has appeared in all 12 games, is the third Bulldog player to be honored this season. Ayana Sumiyasu and Maggie Westfal earned Player of the Week honors earlier this fall.
Yale is off until a game on Saturday at Cornell. Kickoff is slated for 4:30 p.m.
Report filed by Tim Bennett, Yale Sports Publicity