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'We found the phone stable and well-behaved overall and we'd guess the firmware is reasonably close to release candidate status. '
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OLED-powered contrast ratio
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Construction is quite solid and durable
'The smartphone is sluggish.'
A great smartphone
Quality of the calls is decent
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Michelle Obama Hilariously Breaks Down Why Melania Trump's Inauguration Gift Exchange Appeared So Awkward
The former FLOTUS also explained to Ellen Degeneres how Barack stepped in and saved the day.
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Republicans kicked off Mitt Romney's national convention Monday with the banging of a gavel before a smattering of delegates as Tropical Storm Isaac led them to cancel most of the opening-day program.
Party Chairman Reince Priebus pounded the gavel, cited the convention rules requiring a 2 p.m. Monday start and then immediately recessed the session. It took less than two minutes.
Priebus then instructed delegates to look up at two "debt clocks" — one that reflects the actual national debt and a second that counts up rising debt during the convention. It was quickly in six figures.
The convention will hit full speed on Tuesday, just as forecasters say the storm could reach hurricane strength and make landfall somewhere between Mississippi and New Orleans.
"Our sons are already in Tampa and they say it's terrific there, a lot of great friends. And we're looking forward to a great convention," Romney said as he prepared to rehearse his convention speech Monday at a New Hampshire high school auditorium.
He said he hoped those in the storm's path would be "spared any major destruction" but indicated there were no thoughts of canceling the convention in Tampa, where Isaac's heavy rain had all but passed.
Tom Del Beccaro, a California delegate and chair of the state GOP, predicted the one-day delay in fullconvention events would supercharge the rest of the week's meeting.
"I think there's going to be a lot of bottled up energy, and I think that's going to show," he said.
But Sally Bradshaw, a Florida Republican and longtime senior aide to former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, was not so sanguine. "It's a mess all around and it's fraught with risk," she said. "It's not good for anybody — particularly the people impacted by the storm."
It was hardly the opening splash that convention planners had hoped for, and it risked the juxtaposition ofRepublicans partying as the storm batters toward land — almost exactly seven years after Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans.
"Obviously we want to pray for anyone that's in the pathway of this storm," Party Chairman Priebus said Monday on NBC's "Today" show, "but the message is still the same: that all Americans deserve a better future and that this president ... didn't keep the promises he made in 2008."
The party hastily rewrote the convention script to present the extravaganza's prime rituals and headline speakers later in the week, and further changes were possible. Planners said Monday's speakers would be worked into the schedule later in the week.
"We're going to continue with our Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday schedule," said Russ Schriefer, the chief convention planner.
At least one speaker bowed out. Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal announced Monday that he would not attend as the storm gathered strength and bore down on his home state.
As the weather threat to Tampa diminished, delegates focused on party message and the near-term task of making Romney the nominee and working to defeat Obama in November.
"There's a mission here," said Gary Harkins, a delegate from Brandon, Miss. "We have to nominate a candidate for president. Our mission is to save America from becoming a socialistic state."
Vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan, speaking in his hometown of Janesville, Wis., before heading for theconvention on Tuesday, delivered a message that echoed at meetings and news conferences all across Tampa — the Obama presidency has been a failure, and Romney offers a different course.
"''We're not just picking the next president for a few years," he said. "We are picking the pathway for America for a generation."
Ryan warned the United States under Obama has faltered.
"It's a nation in debt, it's a nation in doubt, it's a nation in decline," he said.
Sen. Rob Portman reinforced the message in Tampa, telling the Ohio delegation it was time for Obama "to stop blaming others and take responsibility."
"There are families all over Ohio that are suffering as a result. He hasn't measured up to his own standards," he said.
Democrats, for their part, said that if the Republican convention proceeds as planned Tuesday, they would resume their on-site efforts in Tampa to counter the GOP message. Democrats planned to focus Tuesday on Romney's record at Bain Capital and had several employees who worked for companies impacted by Bain in Tampa to talk to the media.
Democrats halted activities in their so-called "war room" Monday after Republicans essentially canceled the first day of the convention.
The weather was a constant concern for some. Jeanne Luckey of Ocean Springs, Miss., whose family lost a beachside home to Hurricane Katrina, said friends were helping secure their inland home for Isaac.
"It's a very busy time, certainly, but we've got to take care of the business of the party and make sure we get Governor Romney nominated," Luckey said. "We have a lot of work to do between now and November."
The storm was a complication, at best, for a party determined to cast the close election as a referendum on Obama's economic stewardship and Romney as the best hope for jobs and prosperity.
The concern was two-fold: that Tampa, hosting thousands of GOP delegates, would get sideswiped by the storm; and that it would be unseemly to engage in days of political celebration if Isaac made a destructive landfall anywhere on U.S. soil.
"You can tone down the happy-days-are-here-again a bit," said Rich Galen, a veteran Republican consultant in Washington. "Maybe you don't have the biggest balloon drop in history."
In Washington, aides said Obama was being updated at the White House on the storm. He was still planning his two-day campaign trip to Iowa, Colorado and Virginia, beginning Tuesday morning.
In a boost to Obama's convention next week, Florida's former Republican Gov. Charlie Crist was added as a speaker. Crist had announced on Sunday that he was endorsing Obama, saying he was the correct choice and criticizing his former party for its move to the right.
For all the weather concerns, a mix of partly sunny skies, fast-moving clouds and occasional rain covered Tampa at midmorning Monday as the outer bands of the tropical storm delivered unsettled conditions.
Traffic was light as streets around the arena were blocked off and security patrolled the area.
The roll call of state delegations affirming Romney as the party's nominee now is to unfold Tuesday, an evening capped by speeches from Ann Romney and an assortment of GOP governors. Ryan gets the prime-time spotlight Wednesday, and Romney closes out the spectacle Thursday night, his springboard into the final leg of the contest. That's all if the storm brings no further complications.
Polls find a tight race, and it's one that is likely to be settled in a small number of battleground states.
Republican office-holders past and present say the economy is the key if Romney is to expand his appeal to women and Hispanic voters.
"We have to point out that the unemployment rate among young women is now 16 percent, that the unemployment rate among Hispanics is very high, that jobs and the economy are more important, perhaps, than maybe other issues," said Arizona Sen. John McCain, who lost to Obama in 2008.
The Romney campaign released a Spanish-language radio ad with son Craig's testimonial to his father.
Woodward reported from Washington. Associated Press writers Steve Peoples in New Hampshire; Thomas Beaumont, Tamara Lush and Brendan Farrington in Florida; Philip Elliott in Wisconsin; and Alicia A. Caldwell in Washington contributed to this report.
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The former FLOTUS also explained to Ellen Degeneres how Barack stepped in and saved the day.
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Did you feel OK when you woke up this morning? Spare a thought for Gregor Samsa, that most unlucky of literary heroes. "When Gregor Samsa woke up one morning from unsettling dreams, he found himself changed … "
Thus Franz Kafka opens one of the most resonant stories of 20th-century literature, about an ordinary man who wakes up one morning to find himself transformed into an bug of indeterminate kind – an insect, a beetle, a cockroach – the original German "ungeheueren Ungeziefer" leaves his exact species ambiguous. (There has been much debate about this point over the years).
This nightmarish image of the human-insect lodged in our imaginations is now a Google doodle marking the 130th anniversary of Kafka's birth on July 3 1883 - but so far, in a machination worthy of the master himself, in almost all of the world except for the UK.
Why should this be? Is it that the powers-that-be at the global search engine don't feel he has universal appeal, or that he's too weird and European for British readers? That conclusion would seem odd, as Kafka was a master at finding universal metaphors that have grown ever more powerful with time.
And why, anyway, has Google chosen Metamorphosis rather than The Castle or The Trial to represent the master? John Banville would probably have opted for the "great and terrible novel of guilt, judgment and retribution", The Trial, while Guardian blogger William Burrows is not the only reader to believe that The Castle is Kafka at his most beautiful and most emotional. "The Trial and Metamorphosis are full of their own depth, and their own complicated sadness, but they don't strike the heart with the same poignancy as Kafka's final, unfathomable novel," he wrote.
Perhaps it's the beauty of beetles that was the draw, or maybe it's because the transformation of poor Gregor Samsa illustrates more clearly than any other of Kafka's images John Banville's view that "Kafka's work is a perfect illustration of Freud's conception of the uncanny as the familiar re-presented to us in unfamiliar guise".
Either way, Google's nod to the great Czech mythmaker seems appropriate in the creepy-crawly world of modern surveillance, where whistle-blowers Edward Snowden and Julian Assange are trapped in a no-way-out nightmare reminiscent of The Trial.
And what would Kafka, the great miserabilist, have made of his sudden elevation? Judging by one diary entry for 1910, not much. "Today," he wrote, "I do not even dare to reproach myself. Shouted into this empty day, it would have a disgusting echo."


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Human Resources
The Indium Way
The Indium Corporation has succeeded over the decades due to many factors. Some cite our market focus, others our materials expertise, and some say it is our process excellence. Of course all are necessary for success. But the one common denominator underlying these "mechanics" is our culture. And our culture is built on respect, appreciation, and achievement.
It is almost a cliché to cite "our people" as a company's most important asset. Reference the numerous corporate annual reports that do so. At the Indium Corporation, we know that we are almost nothing but people, but we are fortunate to possess that extra ingredient – respect.
Walk into any of our facilities after hours. Enter the Quality department, the Shipping area, the Accounting department, the Tech Support offices, et cetera, and you will see absolutely nothing occurring. Nothing gets done without our excellent staff of trained professionals. Whether you view the Production floor, the Maintenance shop, or the Administrative and Sales arena, it is our people who make everything happen. We respect that.
We also respect the people who came before us. Those individuals and teams who developed the processes, the products, the markets, and the connections that serve as the base of all we have today.
This respect extends to our customers, suppliers, and other business partners. These people appreciate how we deal with them as individuals.
In addition, our people have always respected our company. We have something special here, and I can't recall ever seeing any other group of people appreciating what they have built, as a team, more than we do. We truly have crafted a very special place to work - it's a pleasure to observe how we all nurture and continually improve the company. Respect is a key element of our culture.
At Indium we make an effort to catch people doing things right, trying hard to achieve, and toiling to reach our goals. It feels great when a coworker goes out of their way to say "thanks", or to let us know when our individual work has contributed to the greater goal.
Since so many of us have been here for ten, twenty, or more years, many have seen just how powerful all this extra effort is – how it makes our company stronger. It seems to come easy for us to appreciate each other. Then, we go out of our way to let each other know how much we appreciate the effort.
Yes, this behavior is well-known to be a positive force, but, amazingly, so few companies actually practice it. We do. Appreciation is a key element of our culture.
Even if we were all totally wonderful people, that alone wouldn't pay our salaries. To impress the customer we need to reach goals that are equal to or better than our competition, and that reach or exceed the customers' needs. In fact, we also set some internal goals that are extremely challenging - and we work extremely hard to meet them.
Achievement comes in many forms - large and small. Like everyone, we recognize and celebrate the grand results of a major effort. But, at Indium, we also recognize the many seemingly small and unnoticeable milestones that are critical for any major project.
Having attained those special levels of respect and appreciation, the Indium team puts it all together with good old fashioned hard work and brains - to achieve our goals. Achievement is a key element of our culture.
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Yes, we have good times and bad times. Economies fluctuate, and the marketplace hands us one challenge after another. Frankly, I wouldn't have it any other way. This challenging climate, which bedevils all companies, serves to make us stronger.
It is our Indium culture, The Indium Way, that allows us to weather these storms, and to take advantage of the opportunities. And it is The Indium Way that continually separates us from the competition.
For those of you who feel that you aren't always respected or appreciated enough – you're right. We can and will continually improve on these critical elements (please remember, it's a two-way street). And I hope there are some dubious readers who are thinking that we can also make great improvements in the achievement department. We always have, we can today, and we will tomorrow.
I refuse to work in any environment that will not emphasize respect, appreciation, and achievement, for I know that this is our advantage. I am proud to say that I have been at Indium since 1981 - and I have embraced our culture every single day.
I want to thank each and every Indium employee - from our founding in 1934 to today – for exemplifying the Indium culture. You have all made this a wonderful company for which to work.
Please join me in reviewing, understanding, internalizing, and demonstrating our unique culture of respect, appreciation, and achievement. The Indium Way.
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Alex Steinroeder is tied for the team lead with two singles wins in dual action (Harvard Athletic Communications).
This Weekend
The Harvard men's tennis team faces two more tough tests this weekend when it travels to Evanston, Ill., for matches against Northwestern and Vanderbilt. Harvard brings a 2-3 overall record into the weekend of action.
Last Time Out
Despite pulling out a pair of three-set singles victories, the No. 27 Harvard men's tennis team dropped a 4-3 final to Old Dominion Sunday afternoon at the Murr Center Tennis Courts.
In doubles, ODU's Can Cetinel and Carlos Lopez Villa picked up a break and held on for an 8-6 win over Nicky Hu and Andy Nguyen at No. 1. Harvard's second team of Shaun Chaudhuri and Alex Steinroeder breezed past Albert Ochagavia and Jonas Kuwert at No. 2, 8-2, but the freshman pair of Kelvin Lam and Conor Haughey fell, 8-3, at No. 3, allowing Old Dominion to claim the doubles point.
Steinroeder highlighted singles play for the Crimson, rolling past Ochagavia at No. 2, 6-1, 6-2, to get Harvard on the board in the match. Shaun Chaudhuri played one of three, three-set matches on the day, battling Lopez Villa in a 6-3, 3-6, 7-5 defeat. Andy Nguyen came out on top in a three-setter in the third singles slot, besting Dante Terenzio, 6-3, 5-7, 6-0 with a strong showing in the deciding set. The rookie Lam dropped the first set in his match at fifth singles, but rallied in the final two frames to clinch a 3-6, 6-4, 6-1 win over Wesley Barrett, giving Harvard three points on the day. Straight set losses by Hu at No. 4 and Haughey at No. 6 gave the Monarchs the points they needed for the slim 4-3 win.
About The Crimson
Only five matches into the dual season, Harvard has seen a number of different singles and doubles combinations, due to injury and availability. Senior captain Andy Nguyen is undefeated in singles so far this season, picking up wins at No. 3 and No. 4. Rookie Kelvin Lam is 2-2 on the year but undefeated in two matches at No. 5, while Alex Steinroeder is also 2-2 with a 2-1 record at second singles.
Harvard has put out seven different doubles combinations in just five matches this season. Steinroeder and Shaun Chaudhuri represent the lone undefeated pair, teaming for a win in the second position against Old Dominion. In all, Harvard has posted a 5-7 doubles record in dual matches this season.
Scouting The Wildcats
Northwestern has had a great start to its season and enters the weekend with an impressive 8-1 record. The Wildcats started their dual season with six straight wins, including a win at Notre Dame and a victory over Virginia Tech in the first round of the ITA Indoor Team Championships. Northwestern's lone loss on the year came in the final round of that event, a 4-0 loss at Duke. Victories over North Carolina State and William & Mary have the squad back to its winning ways, and the Wildcats will face off against Vanderbilt Friday before facing the Crimson Saturday.
Scouting the Commodores
Through six matches this year, Vanderbilt holds a 4-2 record. A season-opening 7-0 win over Butler was followed by a 6-1 loss to Michigan State, and the Commodores split matches at the ITA National Kickoff event, falling to Georgia, 4-3, and blanking Minnesota, 7-0. Vandy has notched a pair of 6-1 wins in its last two matches, taking down Middle Tennessee State and Tulane, and will face Northwestern Friday before its match with the Crimson Sunday.
Up Next
The ECAC Division I Indoor Team Championship awaits the Crimson following its stay in Evanston, Ill. The event begins Feb. 15 in Ithaca, N.Y., and goes through Feb. 18.


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Former US president Richard Nixon, who resigned in the aftermath of the Watergate scandal, was born to a poor family and made it to his country's top office, having trained as a lawyer, largely by dint of his own hard work.
In his address accepting his first presidential nomination at the Republican National Convention in Chicago on July 28, 1960, having already served for eight years as vice president, he said: "I believe in the American dream because I've seen it come true in my own life."
There is no specific definition of what the "American dream" actually is, but over the years it has come to be understood as the aspirations of the ordinary person, wherever they are from, to get ahead in the US armed only with freedom, opportunities and their achievements. Anybody in the US, so the idea goes, has the opportunity to develop as they please, to establish their own family from modest beginnings, and to move from rags to riches within three generations.
Meanwhile, new Chinese President Xi Jinping (習近平) has recently burst onto the scene, with Beijing's propaganda machine taking out adverts in the Washington Post proclaiming Xi's concept of the "Chinese dream." This new construct, purporting to place the people and the country at its very core, is the work of dictators sitting in China's capital, forcing their own conception of a dream onto the public.
The Chinese dream of the princelings political elite is but a rehash of the motto of modernizers in the late Qing Dynasty — "make the country wealthy and the military powerful" (富國強兵) — albeit without explicitly using the word "military." Xi's "resurgence of the Chinese people" (中華民族的復興) retains traces of Republic of China (ROC) founder Sun Yat-sen's (孫中山) motto "expel the foreigners [referring to the Manchu Qing rulers] and resurrect the Chinese nation" (驅逐韃虜,恢復中華): It is just that now the Manchu are no longer the foreigners in question, and Han Chinese ethnic chauvinism is now aimed at suppressing Tibetans and Uighurs instead.
The Chinese dream is also about "benefiting the people, although the people themselves were clearly an afterthought, an appendage to, not of, the main corpus. Nowhere in Xi's dream suite will you find anything approaching freedom or democracy. The realization of Xi's dream lies down the road of "socialism with Chinese characteristics." Indeed, it is reminiscent of the controlled reform advocated by the late Qing politician Zhang Zhidong (張之洞), with his concept of "Chinese learning for fundamental principles and Western learning for practical application."
The rich and powerful revel in plenty, while saying that they will create a dream for the masses. Meanwhile, in the real world, the Chinese elite, the business magnates and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officials who have sent their families abroad are competing with each other in search of their own American dream. The 1.3 billion people living in China are having their life spans shortened because of the polluted air they breathe; Tibetans are resorting to self-immolations to draw attention to the plight they suffer because of Beijing's policies; the Huangpu River is clogged with tens of thousands of pig corpses; and Chinese are obliged to cross the border into Hong Kong to buy baby milk powder they can trust not to poison their children.


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This is an excerpt from Assessment and Treatment of Muscle Imbalance: The Janda Approach by Phil Page, MS, PT, AT, CSCS, Clare C. Frank, DPT, and Robert Lardner, PT.
Muscle tension can decrease as a result of a structural lesion in the CNS such as a spinal cord injury or stroke. A loss of tension leads to flaccidity or weakness. Weak muscles are also described as hypotonic or inhibited. Functionally, muscle can be weak as a result of neuroflexive or adaptive changes and may exhibit delayed activation in movement patterns.
Many contractile factors can contribute to decreased muscle tension:
Noncontractile factors causing decreased muscle tension are stretch weakness and tightness weakness:
When an inhibited and weak muscle is resisted, as is the aim of strengthening exercises, its activity tends to decrease rather than increase (Janda 1987). It is important to distinguish between neuroflexive weakness and structural weakness. Often, if the tight antagonist is stretched, the weak and inhibited muscle spontaneously increases in strength.
Through his observations of patients with neurological disorders and chronic musculoskeletal pain, Janda found that the typical muscle response to joint dysfunction is similar to the muscle patterns found in upper motor neuron lesions, concluding that muscle imbalances are controlled by the CNS (Janda 1987). Janda believed that muscle tightness or spasticity is predominant. Often, weakness from muscle imbalance results from reciprocal inhibition of the tight antagonist. The degree of tightness and weakness varies between individuals, but the pattern rarely does. These patterns lead to postural changes and joint dysfunction and degeneration.
Janda identified three stereotypical patterns associated with distinct chronic pain syndromes: the upper-crossed, lower-crossed, and layer syndromes. These syndromes are characterized by specific patterns of muscle weakness and tightness that cross between the dorsal and the ventral sides of the body.
Upper-crossed syndrome (UCS) is also referred to as proximal or shoulder girdle crossed syndrome (figure 4.2a; Janda 1988). In UCS, tightness of the upper trapezius and levator scapula on the dorsal side crosses with tightness of the pectoralis major and minor. Weakness of the deep cervical flexors ventrally crosses with weakness of the middle and lower trapezius. This pattern of imbalance creates joint dysfunction, particularly at the atlanto-occipital joint, C4-C5 segment, cervicothoracic joint, glenohumeral joint, and T4-T5 segment. Janda noted that these focal areas of stress within the spine correspond to transitional zones in which neighboring vertebrae change in morphology. Specific postural changes are seen in UCS, including forward head posture, increased cervical lordosis and thoracic kyphosis, elevated and protracted shoulders, and rotation or abduction and winging of the scapulae (figure 4.2b). These postural changes decrease glenohumeral stability as the glenoid fossa becomes more vertical due to serratus anterior weakness leading to abduction, rotation, and winging of the scapulae. This loss of stability requires the levator scapula and upper trapezius to increase activation to maintain glenohumeral centration (Janda 1988).
Lower-crossed syndrome (LCS) is also referred to as distal or pelvic crossed syndrome (figure 4.3a; Janda 1987). In LCS, tightness of the thoracolumbar extensors on the dorsal side crosses with tightness of the iliopsoas and rectus femoris. Weakness of the deep abdominal muscles ventrally crosses with weakness of the gluteus maximus and medius. This pattern of imbalance creates joint dysfunction, particularly at the L4-L5 and L5-S1 segments, SI joint, and hip joint. Specific postural changes seen in LCS include anterior pelvic tilt, increased lumbar lordosis, lateral lumbar shift, lateral leg rotation, and knee hyperextension. If the lordosis is deep and short, then imbalance is predominantly in the pelvic muscles; if the lordosis is shallow and extends into the thoracic area, then imbalance predominates in the trunk muscles (Janda 1987).
Janda identified two subtypes of LCS: A and B (see figure 4.3, b-c). Patients with LCS type A use more hip flexion and extension movement for mobility; their standing posture demonstrates an anterior pelvic tilt with slight hip flexion and knee flexion. These individuals compensate with a hyperlordosis limited to the lumbar spine and with a hyperkyphosis in the upper lumbar and thoracolumbar segments.
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It took a war between the Ottomans and the Holy Roman Empire to bring schnitzel to Austria back in 1683. Today, a 1999 Chevy commercial truck delivers them to Midtown Manhattan office workers. Has society moved forward in these past 328 years? We stopped by Schnitzel & Things to find out.
Schnitzel is simple. It's boneless meat, pounded with a mallet until it scallops, then coated in bread crumbs and deep fried. Naturally, there are a million ways to go wrong with this preparation — too greasy, too bready, meat's too thick.
Schnitzel and Things gets the combination exactly right. The double-hand-sized cutlets are thoroughly ungreasy, though wear a squirt of richness-cutting lemon like a ray of sunlight on the palate. I opted for the traditional veal, which had been pounded to a perfect thickness. They also offer cod, chicken and pork cutlets, which look identical — a testament to preparation consistency.
Order the platter and you get two sides. I went traditional with pungent sauerkraut peppered with bits of corned beef, and mayoless German potato salad, which are among the best I've eaten anywhere in the new world. Also good, though less teutonic is the beet and feta salad and chickpea salad and, of course French fries.
Among the truck's other "things" include a bunch of fancy condiments, including Chipotle Sour Cream and a relish of ginger, scallions and garlic. While flavorful, they're unnecessary in the universe of schnitzel, though they're likely great for spicing up a boring workday of meetings.
Ultimately, it's all about ingredients and prep, both of which the Schnitzel truck guys do well and consistently. Ernst Rüdiger Graf von Starhemberg would be proud.
Loving Jalopnik's Street Meat Week? Check out Truck Yeah, where gourmet food, art, music, and design trucks convene at the Crown Victoria Bar in Williamsburg to celebrate mobile culture in NYC. Truck Yeah is produced by Art Cart NYC, Etta Place and Gawker Artists and sponsored by Jalopnik. October 2, 12-6pm | 60 S 2nd St @ Wythe


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Jaltay Khwab – Episode 112
Life is all about twists and turns, nothing is forever in an individual's life, neither good times nor bad times. With these changes in life the person gets affected sometimes in a good way and sometime it leaves bad memories forever. Same happens with the "ZOYA", who is born and brought up in a rich family and lived her life with all luxuries and comforts around. But situation never remains the same and she had face difficulties and hard times in her life. Zoya always stood like a rock and faced all her difficulties strongly.


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Product Description
This VIP Pass is for the Breaking Benjamin VIP Event only, a valid ticket to show is still needed for entry, which must be purchased separately.
Information for this show has already been sent out and is available at http://mailchi.mp/breakingbenjamin/psu
VIP Meet and Greet Experience
- Exclusive meet & greet with Breaking Benjamin
- Personal photograph with Breaking Benjamin
- VIP First in line for doors
- Collectible city specific tour poster autographed by the band
- Exclusive Breaking Benjamin VIP flag
- Breaking Benjamin rechargeable battery pack
- Breaking Benjamin merchandise surprise
- Exclusive Breaking Benjamin VIP cinch bag
- Commemorative VIP laminate
You must have a valid ticket to the Breaking Benjamin show on the same day to be admitted as part of any VIP Package. Tickets are sold separately and Breaking Benjamin shall bear no responsibility for fulfilling any VIP Package or refunding any amounts paid for a VIP Package that cannot be fulfilled because you have not purchased a separate ticket to the applicable Breaking Benjamin show.
Purchasers will receive an email from Breaking Benjamin approximately 3-6 days before the performance date with instructions regarding the fulfillment of the VIP Package items and additional details regarding day of show information. You must bring a valid PHOTO ID matching the PURCHASER/ATTENDEE NAME on your order. Those who cannot present a photo ID matching the PURCHASER/ATTENDEE NAME on the order will be not be admitted. There are no exceptions.
All VIP Packages sales are FINAL, NON-REFUNDABLE, NON-TRANSFERABLE AND NO WILL CALL NAME CHANGES WILL BE PERMITTED UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES. VIP Packages CANNOT BE EXCHANGED OR RESOLD AND ARE NOT REDEEMABLE FOR CASH. Please check with the venue directly for any age restrictions. Only purchasers of the applicable level of the VIP Package will be allowed into the Meet & Greet. VIP Package purchasers understand that fulfillment activities may be conducted before the applicable show and purchasers may be required to arrive at least 1-3 hours before door time. All pre-show programs and times may vary date-to-date and are subject to modification at any time for any reason. At Breaking Benjamin's discretion, VIP Package merchandise will either be shipped directly to the address provided at purchase (alternate shipping addresses are not permitted) or available for pick-up the night of the show. If shipped, delivery of such merchandise may occur after the event date. Merchandise is not needed for entry to the show. By purchasing a VIP Package, you will not gain or be authorized access into any venue specific VIP or backstage areas. No parental escorts without their own package purchased will be permitted.
*On stage access varies from show to show based on stage size, logistical constraints, safety, and local laws.


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U.S. Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission
Federal Agency Charges Merritt Restaurant and Bakery Fired Cook Because of Seizure
OAKLAND, Calif. – Merritt Restaurant and Bakery, a Lake Merritt neighborhood restaurant, violated federal law when it discriminated against an employee with a history of seizures, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it announced today.
The EEOC's suit charges that Jerry Gallon, a cook and kitchen manager, faced discrimination after he had a seizure while working the night shift in September 2009. The agency's investigation found that the restaurant refused to allow Gallon to leave work when he felt an oncoming seizure. Although Gallon had received a clearance from doctors, Merritt delayed his reinstatement and later transferred him to the day shift, causing a decrease in work hours and pay. Finally, despite his previously unblemished work history, Gallon was fired due to his disability and in retaliation for complaining about his treatment after the seizure, the EEOC said.
The Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) prohibits discrimination based on disability. The EEOC filed the lawsuit (EEOC v. McKinney Griff, Inc. dba Merritt Restaurant and Bakery, Case No. CV11-4468-EDL) in the Northern District of California after first attempting to reach a voluntary settlement. The suit seeks monetary damages, including back pay, compensation for emotional distress and punitive damages, as well as an injunction prohibiting further discrimination by the employer and mandating corrective action. The Legal Aid Society/Employment Law Center, a non-profit organization, intervened in the case to represent Gallon.
"I was surprised that Merritt Restaurant treated me so callously after I had my seizure," Gallon said. "I was perfectly capable of doing my job, but management transferred me to the day shift, reduced my hours and then fired me. When I complained about how I was treated, the restaurant owner, Charles Griffis, told me I should get a good lawyer – so that's what I did."
EEOC San Francisco Regional Attorney William R. Tamayo said, "Most people who have had seizures are able to work without any workplace accommodations. This lawsuit stresses that employment decisions should not be driven by myths and stereotypes about disabilities."
EEOC San Francisco District Office Director Michael Baldonado noted that, according to the Center for Disease Control (http://www.cdc.gov/Epilepsy/index.htm), seizure disorders affect two million Americans.
Baldonado stated, "It is not only illegal to target workers with disabilities for discriminatory treatment, but it's also bad for business. Employers lose trained and loyal employees when they turn away workers because of their disabilities."
The EEOC enforces federal laws prohibiting employment discrimination. Further information about the EEOC is available on its web site at www.eeoc.gov.


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Greetings Travellers!
After the roaring success of the Great Rift box set (now on a ship to our warehouse) and the Pirates of Drinax mega-campaign (due to start shipping pre-orders this week), we are proud to present a brand new Kickstarter:
The Element Class Cruiser Ship Builder's Blueprint box set will go live this Friday(February 16th) at 10am GMT.
This box set is jam-packed full of giant (28" x 40") blueprints that showcase each deck of the Element cruiser family of ships (each deck is 105" long, when you lay the blueprints end to end!), together with the Element Cruiser handbook that describes how these ships are used, how they go about operations, and the duties of each member of the crew, together with full High Guard descriptions of the ships, optional modules and new equipment.
But we do not want to stop there - we are hoping that, with your help, we will be able to add at least one more book to this box set, giving referees all the tools they need to run naval/bridge crew campaigns, whether they are based upon one of the Element class cruisers or another ship (or space station, for that matter...). This will formally introduce a new style of play to Traveller, one that has been touched upon in the past, but never fully catered for, and it is something we are very excited about!
As with the Great Rift Kickstarter project, backing at the basic level automatically qualifies you for every stretch goal and, like the Great Rift (which turned from a 200 page project to nearly a 400 page set, plus three standalone adventures), that will hopefully mean you get a lot of Traveller goodness!
This project goes live on Friday morning, and we hope to see you all there!
Mongoose News - Element Cruiser Box Set Kickstarter - Feb 16th 10am
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This is awesome; a New Improved AHL! Don't forget to add VTT compatible deck-plans.. Oh.. And miniatures as well!
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This Amara-Class ship is old. Ha! Almost 40 years old. The AHL is a different animal.
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