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Criminal history information can be a crucial tool in the employment decision process. During the past few years, federal agencies and state governments have been limiting, employers' use of criminal history information in the employment process through regulation, litigation, and legislation. Two days ago the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ("EEOC") issued new guidance in an effort to limit employers' options with respect to their use of this tool. The EEOC's new Enforcement Guidance on Consideration of Arrest and Conviction Records in Employment Decisions Under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (the "Guidance") passed today by a 4-1 vote of the EEOC's Commissioners. See http://www.eeoc.gov/eeoc/newsroom/release/4-25-12.cfm.
This new Guidance's roots can be traced back to the Unites States Supreme Court's 1971 opinion in Griggs v. Duke Power Company and the more recent EEOC E-RACE (Eradicating Racism and Colorism in Employment) Initiative, which seeks, among other things, to address "21st century manifestations of discrimination" under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. According to the EEOC, studies reveal that people of certain races, colors, and national origins are arrested more frequently than others outside of those groups. In 2011 alone, 50,060 charges of discrimination alleging race/color/national origin-based discrimination were filed with the EEOC, which accounted for 50% of the charges filed that year. See http://www.eeoc.gov/eeoc/statistics/enforcement/charges.cfm. The new Guidance also supports its reasoning by citing studies finding that criminal history information is often incomplete and inaccurate.
The EEOC's Unilateral Move
The EEOC did not release a draft of this new Guidance for public notice and comment before finalizing it. Based on this unilateral move, many industry groups have protested against the issuance of new Guidance. It remains to be seen how far such challenges will go.
Some employer guidance was gleaned during a recent March 2012 conference where EEOC Commissioner Victoria Lipnic cautioned employers to avoid blanket policies on their use criminal history information (e.g., policies that prohibit individuals who have committed certain crimes from even being considered for employment). According to Commissioner Lipnic, employers with blanket policies will be targeted by the EEOC for investigation and even litigation. This statement was confirmed in the EEOC Guidance. Although not every EEOC investigation results in a lawsuit, an investigation alone can exhaust an employer's time, energy, and finances. This is especially true given that Commissioner Ishimaru stated in his remarks at the public meeting that the EEOC was currently investigating hundreds of cases where employers illegally used criminal history information in employment decisions.
The EEOC's History Of Enforcement
Because the EEOC did not allow for public comment, it is unclear whether or not the EEOC's new Guidance will be upheld by the courts. Unlike Congress, the EEOC does not have the authority to create statutes or issue non-procedural regulations under Title VII. Regardless, however, the EEOC can make it difficult and costly for employers that choose not to follow this new Guidance through its investigations, enforcement actions and subsequent litigation. Either employers will face substantial costs in following the new Guidance or fighting it in court. As part of its E-RACE Initiative, the EEOC has already filed several lawsuits against companies it believes use criminal history information in a manner that creates a disparate impact on race, color, or national origin. For example:
- In January 2012, the EEOC entered into a conciliation agreement with Pepsi Beverages for $3.13 million based on allegations that Pepsi Beverages racially discriminated against African American applicants based on their criminal history information. According to its press release, the EEOC stated that its investigation revealed that Pepsi had a policy of not hiring applicants with pending criminal charges that had not resulted in convictions; and failed to hire applicants with arrests or minor conviction records.
- In September 2009, the EEOC filed a complaint against Freeman Companies (Case No. 09-CV-2573) in the District of Maryland alleging that the company's use of credit histories and criminal backgrounds as selection criteria has a "significant disparate impact on [African American] applicants and that [the company's] use of criminal history information has an adverse impact on Hispanic and male applicants." This is a nationwide class action lawsuit under Title VII that is still pending.
- In September 2008, the EEOC filed a complaint against Peoplemark, Inc. (Case No. 08-CV-0907) in the Western District of Michigan alleging that the company maintained a blanket no-hire policy that denied hiring or employment to any person with a criminal record and that such policy had a disparate impact on African American applicants. This was a nationwide class action lawsuit under Title VII. After many months of expensive discovery, it became clear that the EEOC did not have a statistical expert to rebut Peoplemark, Inc.'s expert, so the case was voluntarily dismissed in March 2010.
State And Local Laws Addressing Criminal History Information
Many states have their own laws concerning "job relatedness" requirements for an employer's use of criminal history information, including Hawaii, Kansas, Missouri, New York, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. Other states do not even permit employers to inquire about criminal history information on the initial written application form, subject to a couple of narrow exceptions. Although most of these states (California, Connecticut, Hawaii, Massachusetts, Minnesota, and New Mexico) apply this prohibition to public employers, both the Hawaii and Massachusetts laws also cover private employers. Some 27 cities and counties in California, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas, and Washington also have this prohibition. Again, while these local laws apply mostly to public employers, private employers in cities in Connecticut, Massachusetts and Philadelphia are also impacted. Some of these state and local laws, such as Hawaii's law, also prohibit employers from inquiring about an applicant's criminal history information until after a conditional offer of employment is made. Additional states, cities, and counties have similar legislation currently pending.
The New EEOC Guidance
The EEOC's new Guidance consolidates and supersedes the EEOC's 1987 and 1990 policy statements concerning employers' use of criminal history information. The following are the key highlights of the new Guidance.
What An Employer Can Ask
The EEOC recommends as a best practice that employers not ask about convictions on applications. According to the EEOC, inquiries about convictions, if made, should be limited only to those that are job-related. Many employers currently ask about convictions in a blanket fashion or with minimal exclusions required by state or local laws. Per the new Guidance, employers should review their job applications and pre-employment inquiries. Even when considering convictions to determine job-relatedness, however, it is very difficult for an employer to establish whether a given conviction is job-related, and employers may need to rely on outside experts to make such an analysis.
Arrest Records
The new Guidance makes clear that use of arrest records "is not job related and consistent with business necessity." The new Guidance goes on, however, to state that an employer may make a decision on the underlying conduct if the conduct makes the individual unfit for a position. The new Guidance does not specifically discuss how, if at all, pending records are different from arrests, except to state that a person can be placed on an unpaid administrative leave while an employer investigates the underlying facts.
Factors To Consider When Evaluating Criminal History Information
It is no surprise that the EEOC reinforced its earlier guidance that bright line policies relating to the use of criminal history information will be unlawful. The good news is that the new Guidance does not contain any rule specifically limiting how far back in time an employer may consider recent criminal history information, or only a specified list of offenses—which many thought would be contained in the new Guidance. Rather, the new Guidance gives more insight into the factors that were originally set forth in the EEOC Policy Statement on the Issue of Conviction Records Under Title VII, http://www.eeoc.gov/policy/docs/convict1.html, as well as adding some additional factors to be considered. Based on the new Guidance, employers should consider the following factors when evaluating criminal history information and making an individualized assessment to determine:
- the nature and gravity of the offense or offenses (which the EEOC explains may be evaluating the harm caused, the legal elements of the crime, and the classification, i.e., misdemeanor or felony);
- the time that has passed since the conviction and/or completion of the sentence (which the EEOC explains as looking at particular facts and circumstances and evaluating studies of recidivism); and
- the nature of the job held or sought (which the EEOC explains requires more than examining just the job title, but also specific duties, essential functions, and environment).
Individualized Assessment
One of the biggest areas of change in the new Guidance is that the EEOC recommends that an "individualized assessment" can help employers avoid Title VII liability. Reading between the lines, although the new Guidance states that "Title VII does not necessarily require individualized assessment in all circumstances," employers may be challenged by the EEOC or private litigants if they do not do so. But, according to Commissioner Lipnic's opening statement at the public meeting yesterday, there may be instances "when particular criminal history will be so manifestly relevant to the position in question that an employer can lawfully screen out an applicant without further inquiry. A day care center need not ask an applicant to "explain" a conviction of violence against a child, nor does a pharmacy have to bend over backward to justify why it excludes convicted drug dealers from working in the pharmacy lab."
The EEOC sets forth a number of individual pieces of evidence that an employer should review when making an individualized determination including:
- The facts or circumstances surrounding the offense or conduct;
- The number of offenses for which the individual was convicted;
- Age at the time of conviction, or release from prison;
- Evidence that the individual performed the same type of work, post conviction with the same or a different employer, with no known incidents of criminal conduct;
- The length and consistency of employment history before and after the offense or conduct;
- Rehabilitation efforts, e.g., education/training;
- Employment or character references and any other information regarding fitness for the particular position; and
- Whether the individual is bonded under a federal, state, or local bonding program.
This is perhaps the most concerning area of the new Guidance. Clearly, this list is extremely burdensome and will cause employers to spend time and resources in evaluating criminal history information. One saving grace is the new Guidance indicates if the applicant does not respond to the employer's attempt to gather data, the employer can make the determination without the additional information. Employers will need to evaluate if there are any criminal offenses that have a "demonstrably tight nexus to the position in question" such that an individualized assessment may be circumvented. These will likely be in rare instances.
Compliance With Other Laws
The new Guidance acknowledges that compliance with "federal laws and regulations" disqualifying convicted individuals from certain occupations is a defense to charges of discrimination. For example, convictions of theft and fraud that disqualify in the financial services industry. Also recognized as a defense in the new Guidance: denying employment based on failure to obtain a federal security clearance—if the clearance is required for the job. However, the EEOC opines that compliance with state and local laws and regulations will not shield employers from Title VII liability due to Title VII pre-emption of state and local laws. Employers should therefore evaluate whether other laws on which they may be relying as a defense to run specific criminal history or eliminate an applicant/employee are preempted by Title VII.
Next Steps For Employers
Based on the new Guidance, employers should evaluate their pre-employment and hiring practices. Because the EEOC will be enforcing Title VII with this new Guidance in mind, employers are well advised to consider adjusting their use of criminal history information in accordance with it. Whether or not the EEOC prevails in any of its enforcement actions or lawsuits, the employers in these actions will be forced to spend substantial financial resources to defend and resolve them. The new Guidance itself sets forth a few employer "best practices:"
- Employers should eliminate policies or practices that exclude people from employment based on any criminal record.
- Employers should train managers, hiring officials, and decision-makers about Title VII and its prohibition on employment discrimination.
- Employers should develop a narrowly tailored written policy and procedures for screening for criminal history information. The policy should: (i) identify essential job requirements and the actual circumstances under which the jobs are performed; (ii) determine the specific offenses that may demonstrate unfitness for performing such jobs (i.e., identify the criminal offenses based on all available evidence); (iii) determine the duration of exclusions for criminal conduct based on all available evidence (i.e., include an individualized assessment); (iv) record the justification for the policy and procedures; and (v) note and keep a record of consultations and research considered in crafting the policy and procedures.
- Employers should train managers, hiring officials, and decision-makers on how to implement the policy and procedures consistent with Title VII.
- When asking questions about criminal history information, employers should limit inquiries to records for which exclusion would be job related for the position in question and consistent with business necessity.
- Employers should keep information about applicants' and employees' criminal history information confidential and only use it for the purpose for which it was intended.


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Thursday, 2 February 2017
You can find me at the Beach
I wish! I love the beach although this summer there hasn't been many days that I would say were beach weather!
I would like to enter my card into these challenges:
QKR Stampede - Anything Goes
The Outlawz Saturday Challenge - Anything Goes
I have used a paper, border and sentiment from paper pads by Kaisercraft. The image is from QKR Stampede and is coloured with copic markers. I also added some Kindy Glitz to the water in the paper.
Labels: QKR Stampede
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Hi, Suze - great look for this cute image - he does look like he'd be right at home on the beach! Thanks for entering the QKR Stampede weekly challenge.ReplyDelete
Dorothy S, DT member.
Aww this is a real cutie, great card, thanks for joining us at QKR Stampede this week, Pirjo DtReplyDelete
Very7 cool indeed and I like your bird house in the card below. Certainly shiver me timbers weather. Hugs Mrs A.ReplyDelete
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WASHINGTON - Barack Obama has been saying that Americans are doing a lot better than they were before he was sworn into office in 2009.
It's a claim he's been repeating everywhere he goes, at party fundraising events and in nearly every interview he's had in recent months.
"There's almost no economic measure by which we are not better off now than we were when I took office," he told Democrats earlier this month at a campaign fundraiser in Dallas.
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It's a fundamentally specious, slippery and exaggerated claim that contains more holes than than a pound of Swiss cheese -- a defensive political ploy that asks Americans to ignore the painfully sluggish, job-challenged economy that he's put us through for the past six years.
He took office in the midst of a severe recession when just about all of the relevant economic data was bad, from soaring unemployment to a shrinking economy.
But the average length of time it has taken our country to emerge from post-war recessions has been about two years. We are in the sixth year of the so-called Obama recovery in which the economy's performance is still being widely called "mediocre," "sluggish," "disappointing," "sub-par," "uneven" and "weak" in countless newspaper reports across the country.
"I don't think the facts on the ground merit anybody spiking a football and celebrating," economist Douglas Holtz-Eakin says about Obama's boastful claims.
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"Since 2000, GDP growth has averaged 1.7 per year, whereas during the Reagan-Clinton years, it was 3.4 percent," says University of Maryland business economist Peter Morici.
Obama points to the Labor Department's unemployment rate of 6.1 percent as proof that more Americans are a lot better off under his presidency. But there are a number of reasons to doubt the government's figures.
The decline in the official unemployment rate is in large measure due to millions of discouraged, long term jobless Americans who have quit looking for work and thus are no longer counted among the unemployed by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Friday's Bureau of Labor Statistics report was expected to show the economy created 235,000 jobs in July, with the jobless rate holding at 6.1 percent. "But that hardly tells" the full story, Morici says.
Many Americans who want and need full time jobs "are stuck in part-time positions...at lower wages" which a lot of businesses find more preferable. Obamacare's employer health insurance mandates will not apply to workers on the job less than 30 hours a week," he says.
When you add discouraged adults, who say they'd look for work if the economy improves, to part-time people who want full-time jobs, "the real unemployment rate becomes about 15 percent," Morici says.
Another huge hole in Obama's self-serving claims has to do with the extraordinary lengths the White House, and its friends in the news media, exaggerate the significance of the nation's monthly job numbers.
"The economy has created only about 6 million new jobs during the Bush-Obama years, whereas the comparable figure during the Reagan-Clinton period was about 40 million," Morici reports.
The Gallup Poll surveys Americans across the country weekly to measure the nation's real employment data. Its latest numbers put the national unemployment rate at 6.4 percent and the underemployment rate at 15 percent.
As for Obama's preposterous claim that Americans are "better off now than we were when I took office," Gallup's polling data suggests otherwise.
When Gallup asked Americans this week how they've been doing economically, 40 percent of them said they were "struggling," 4 percent said they were "suffering," and 8 percent said they were under "stress."
If the White House needs further hard evidence of how the American people view the Obama economy right now, they should take a look at the survey data Gallup released Tuesday showing that economic confidence was "down sharply."
Its U.S. Economic Confidence Index plunged six points last week, "the largest one-week drop since last October, and the lowest weekly index score since December."
The Index measures what Americans think of the U.S. economy now and whether they think it is getting better or worse.
Only 19 percent said the Obama economy is "excellent" or "good", while 35 percent said it is "poor." But when they are asked what they think about the economy's future, 60 percent said it was getting worse. Just 35 percent said it's getting better.
If Obama truly believes Americans have never had it so good since he took office, he's been talking to the wrong people. He's presided over an underperforming, slow job growth, declining income economy, according to just about every available economic measure.


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Many children and adolescents suffer from numerous emotional and behavioral disorders. Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is a common and often debilitating disorder that can affect a student's mental health, academics, and social relationships. Since Obsessive Compulsive Disorder is so prevalent, it is crucial for teachers and other student socialization agents to recognize and develop techniques to help these students cope in school.
It is estimated the prevalence of OCD affects one out of 40 persons. OCD is considered the fourth most common psychiatric disorder, and believed to affect 1 in 200 youngsters; or 3-4 students in an average size elementary school (Adams, Burke, p.2). Obsessive Compulsive Disorder is defined separately as obsessions and compulsions. Obsessions are referred to as "thoughts, impulses, urges, or images that seem to force their way into a person's thinking" (Adams, Burke, p.2). Some of the most common obsessions that children and adolescents with OCD have include "fear of contamination/serious illness, fixation on lucky/unlucky numbers, fear of intruders, need for symmetry or exactness, and excessive doubt" (www.ocdresource.com).
For example, a door handle in the classroom may cause a child to become overly worried about contracting germs. A student may also become upset if their desk is not in order or not clean. Children often ignore or suppress their obsessions. The obsessions often cause the child to experience great discomfort, fear, and/or anxiety. Without help, the child's thoughts may become out of control, and cause them to believe that they are crazy; although they are not (Adams, Burke, p.3).
While obsessions are thoughts that occur in the mind, the compulsions are the acts the person engages in to decrease their anxiety from the obsession. Compulsions are defined as the overt (outward, physical) or covert (internal, mental) rituals that the sufferer engages in to temporarily relieve the...


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Last week, the Progress Education Trust launched a new project called 'Breast Cancer: Chances, Choices and Genetics', inspired by Angelina Jolie's risk-reducing mastectomy surgery. It's a topic I was previously keen on avoiding. I hoped to get through an entire science-writing career without using the 'C' word, but alas. I've reviewed the first of the four events for BioNews (have a read then come back here).
By dint of deadlines and word counts, I had to leave out so much I wanted to say about the evening. The rest of this post contains a hodgepodge of offcuts from my review.
Women who inherit 'faulty' BRCA genes may face up to an 85 percent lifetime risk of developing breast cancer. Part of the event was about understanding what this number means and to whom it applies. Humans are not natural probabilistic thinkers (in my opinion). We navigate the world using our flawed and biased reasoning machinery and yet we deal with statistical risks on a daily basis.
(For the super-nerdy readers, we grapple with a frequentist universe in a Bayesian way. For the less nerdy, don't worry about that sentence – you will live happy and fulfilled lives without needing to think about that ever again.)
During the event's introduction, Professor Gareth Evans touched on how somebody's feeling of personal risk can be different to their understanding of risk. This nicely illustrates the clash within us as thinkers and as feelers.
We make decisions about our lives and our futures based on the information we receive about risks. Indeed, others may make life and death decisions on our behalves based on information like this. Getting it right – or getting it least wrong – is vital. (For excellent explanations of all this, read Ben Goldacre's Bad Science blog and the book Risk, by Dan Gardner.)
Risks change due to many factors, not least age. Baroness Delyth Morgan talked about the efficacy of screening and surgery – sensitive topics swayed by strong emotions. Nobody wants to be playing with people's lives as mere statistics, but we must consider the likelihood of people dying with cancer rather than because of it and begin to make decisions about who receives (or can receive) what. How you draw these lines in the sand, I don't know. Healthcare economists and their ilk have my eternal respect.
The clinicians also talked about the EMBRACE study, which is following 7,500 women and men. This got me wondering what research, if any, has been done with non-Western populations… (I'm yet to find out.)
Men were mentioned a few times during the event. I didn't realise men carrying BRCA mutations faced increased risks of breast and prostate cancer. Christine Patch, the chair, followed this with a mention of how much conversations focus on the women carrying the faulty genes, but these genes affect entire families.
As I mention in my review, finding out you're a carrier leads to hard conversations and considerations with your family – especially those genealogically above and below you (an unnecessarily fancy way of saying 'your parents and kids') who might also carry the 'faulty' genes. Patient organisations like BRCA Umbrella may provide a wellspring of support for such things.
Towards the end of the evening, there was a brief call of support for, as well as a couple of digs at, the Sun's "Check 'em Tuesday" Page Three campaign, associated with CoppaFeel. Apparently the original 'article' contained misinformation (I haven't 'read' it myself).
Speaking of fact-checking, the night rounded out with calls for journalists to engage more actively with their expert sources, running copy by them so needless errors don't creep into articles. Seems sensible – these affect people's lives, after all.
The next event – 'Risk Assessment: Breast Cancer, Prediction and Screening' – will take place on Thursday 8th May 2014, 6.30pm at University College London.


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The guests on this show, which I've never seen before, touch on most of the basic issues surrounding the debate about man-caused global warming, what if anything can be done about it, and perhaps most-importantly, this country, (America) and this Administration's (Obama) proposed solutions. The video takes a long time to load, at least it did for me, but it is well worth watching.
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Molotov to Host VMALAs
Mexican rock band Molotov will host the 2005 MTV Video Music Awards Latin America, MTV Network Latin America said Tuesday.
The programmer added that this marks the first time a band will host the VMALAs.
The 2005 MTV VMALAs will be held Thursday, Oct. 20 at the Great Tlachco Theater in Xcaret, located in Playa del Carmen in the Mexican Caribbean.
Among this year's performers: My Chemical Romance, Sean Paul, Babasónicos, Shakira, Foo Fighters, Good Charlotte and Simple Plan.


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The Rhinoceros Theater Festival is back, and currently in its 24th season, it is the city's longest-running fringe theater fete. Presented by Curious Theater Branch, it is, by necessity of budgetary constraints, a shaggy-dog affair.
"It's something we just keep doing," Curious co-founder Beau O'Reilly said with a shrug, a testament to Rhino's endurance, as well as its stubborn refusal to gussy things up.
"The American Drink Book"
"In rural New England towns, every bar is more or less identically disappointing," Rachel Claff says from the perch of a bar stool. "Same smoke-stitched carpet, same 1970s-era jukebox, same red rippled plastic cups, same Budweiser mirror hung on an otherwise blank wall. I pick at a scab of vinyl peeling from the bar booth and sip from my warm, slightly urinary beer."
Her monologue, "Dumb," which dredges up memories of a boyfriend from way-back-when, is one of six essays performed by the collective that goes by the name BoyGirlBoyGirl. They're keen writers and droll solo performers, and I have long been a fan of the group. Over the years they have tackled a variety of topics, always circling back to stories that feel intensely personal.
For lack of a better description, each piece is a short story read aloud, and for this year's Rhino Fest, their inspiration comes from a book of vintage cocktail recipes from 1953 called "The American Drink Book."
Claff's is by far the most visually descriptive. You can clearly picture each location, from the home belonging to her boyfriend's wealthy parents — "so old and massive that it has a separate children's annex, straight out of 'The Secret Garden,' except with a bigger pot stash" — to the parking lot outside the bar, where a member of a college golf team attempts to make clumsy, belittling conversation. Better yet, you completely grasp Claff's mood — at once self-possessed and yet unsteady and completely out of her element.
Both Diana Slickman ("Scotch & Soda") and David Kodeski ("Wallbanger") recall booze-filled memories that involve their parents. Slickman examines family lore, holding it up to the light to better see the cracks, whereas Kodeski offers a wry memory of the basement bar built by his father in their home.
But it is the piece from Edward Thomas-Herrera ("Cranberry Juice Cocktail") that hits you straight through the heart, as he recalls a miserable trip to Los Angeles with his friend Mary Scruggs, the head of Second City's writing program who died at 46 one year ago. Thomas-Herrera can't quite remember all the little details of their platonic night spent in a hotel room, drinking vodka cranberries.
Alcohol has a way of reducing our memories to mush, he helpfully explains. But who thinks to preserve these memories anyway, until it's too late?
"I Love You Permanently"
A fascination with words — their sounds, their meanings, their rhythms — has long been a defining quality of playwright Barrie Cole, whose latest one-act centers on a pair of middle-age star-crossed lovers. She wants a relationship. He does too, except he's already dating someone else and feels an obligation to stick it out. They decide to meet just one more time and "cram an entire relationship into one night."
"It's like an after thing," she tells her sister on the phone ahead of time, "an after-after thing. No, I'm not going to sleep with him. We agreed that could not happen." Predictably, it all goes awry. They have circular conversations that verge on the melodramatic (why can't we make it work?) only to then whimsically attempt to distract themselves.
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The emotions feel real enough (Amy Eaton and H.B. Ward are well-matched), but neither Cole nor director Eric Ziegenhagen have found a convincing way to create the kind of stakes that make you root for this couple to figure things out.
"The American Drink Book" is 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday. "I Love You Permanently" is 7 p.m. Fridays through Feb. 10. Both shows are at Prop Thtr, 3502 N. Elston Ave. Tickets are $12-$15 at rhinofests.com
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Oh sweet glory it's finally Friday.
I thought yesterday was Friday. I thought that because I dreamed it was and sometimes dreams come true? Not really. Also, when I was kind of half awake and it was almost time to get up I heard a truck outside because my neighbors are expanding their house and large trucks are involved. Also though, my trash gets picked up on Friday mornings and I could have SWORN that the truck was the garbage truck and I freaked out because I forgot to take the trash to the road.
But it wasn't Friday. So the trash was fine and I was let down.
But TODAY is Friday! I'm psyched because I have a blog date tonight with our friends from Struggling Home Brewer. I made dinner and I'm taking it over and it's, like, totally delicious. See Instagram for evidence of said dinner, and I'll tell you all about it next week. Promise.
SO. Remember a few days ago that I showed you the crazy easy spicy crab salad that tastes like the inside of a sushi roll?
WELL. Also remember that the spicy crab would be a super duper great addition to homemade sushi for a fun dinner at home.
But sometimes you just want something quick and easy. You don't want to reconstitute shiitake, or make sweet egg omelette, or find fish that you can eat raw in your tiny BFE town. Enter….sushi bowls. I made these the other day for lunch, and they were so light and easy!
Basically, you just make some rice. Sushi rice is flavored with vinegar and sugar, so just sprinkle a tiny bit of each over hot cooked rice. I added some blackened sesame seeds too, but you don't have to do that. I was just showing off.
Then, find veggies. Anything you like! If you've been to a sushi restaurant lately you know that ANYTHING is fair game when it comes to sushi, so take cues from your favorite types of sushi. I love cucumber and mushrooms, but asparagus, tomatoes and radish are all great choices too! Then, you plop your super simple crab salad in the middle, and BAM! Lunch. So simple, so delicious. I love the sweet crab flavor with the spicy mayo and fresh veggies, and of course you could make this different each time with anything you have on hand!
These are super fun for the weekend, and take just as long as it takes to cook and slightly cool rice. I served the rice about 20 minutes after it was done cooking, so it was still slightly warm, which makes the vinegar flavor really pop.
Try these soon, friends. They're so great!


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Andrew Wilkie and Nick Xenophon's reheated anti-gambling plan would cost more than $1.5 billion and not help a single problem gambler access counselling or treatment.
Clubs Australia Executive Director Anthony Ball said that $1 maximum bets had already been rejected by two Parliamentary inquiries, one of which was chaired by Andrew Wilkie.
"The economic, social and employment costs of this policy thought-bubble from Xenophon and Wilkie are even more astounding when you consider that the majority of problem gamblers bet less than $1 per spin," he said.
"The Australian Government has previously costed the introduction of $1 maximum bets nationwide at in excess of $1.5 billion.
"There is good reason why the last two Federal Parliaments looked at and promptly rejected $1 maximum bets.
"Nick Xenophon and Andrew Wilkie have set out their priorities for this Parliament, but I doubt they are shared by the Australian people. The establishment of another committee on gambling to consider a bad plan that has been rejected multiple times, is a poor use of the Parliament's time."
In contrast, Clubs Australia, with the support of governments has introduced a range of evidence-based, cost-effective and targeted solutions to help address problem gambling, such as the world-first Online Multi-Venue Self-Exclusion system, club chaplaincy and counselling services.
The industry's ClubSAFE responsible gambling program has also been recognised for its contribution to harm-minimisation measures on the global stage.
It is these types of industry-led initiatives, and our collaborative approach to working with State and Territory Governments, researchers and treatment services, which has seen the rate of problem gambling fall to less than 1% of the adult population – a remarkably low figure by world standards.
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Someone once pointed out that you only have 18 summers with your kids before they head off to college. That's not a lot of time for family vacations. Sooner or later, your child will be vacationing with their friends or significant others, and less with you.
It's important to spend those 18 summers with your children wisely. Take them someplace that can create lasting memories, something that may have a positive impact on their lives. I still recall the summer vacations with my family, and I look forward to replicating many of the same experiences for my own children.
Here are some incredible locations you can take your children before they grow up. I've decided to keep the list to within the United States because not only is it easier to travel with children domestically. Whether you are traveling by car or traveling by plane, the U.S has plenty of amazing sights that will thrill children and teens.
The Grand Canyon (Arizona):
To say that the Grand Canyon is a sight to behold is an understatement. At 277 river miles long, about 18 miles wide, and a mile deep, this monumental crevasse will render even the most cynical of teenagers awestruck. I was already in my 20s when I visited the Grand Canyon, but it was still awe-inspiring.
Yosemite National Park (California):
I was nine years old when my parents took me and my brother camping at Yosemite. I still remember its gorgeous waterfalls and overall serenity. For my first camping experience, there was no better location.
Incidentally, if you're taking your kids to Yosemite for camping, read my article on camping hacks for some helpful tips.
Smithsonian Museums (mostly located in Washington, D.C.):
I've been to the Louvre in Paris and the Met in New York City, so I'm no stranger to large museums. But the Smithsonian Museums are in a class on their own. With 19(!) locations, there is a lot to see. My husband still recalls his childhood encounter with a massive locomotive engine when he visited one of the Smithsonian's, which sparked his love for all things mechanical.
Crystal blue water, pristine sandy beaches, rich culture, incredible food—what's not to like about Hawaii? With six islands as major tourist magnets, Hawaii has something for everyone. Visit Oahu for surfing and pay your respects at Pearl Harbor. Check out the active volcano on the Big Island. Spend a lazy day in one of Maui's black, red, and white sandy beaches.
Petrified Forest (Arizona):
Get ready to give your kids a lesson in geology if you visit the Petrified Forest. They'll be bewildered to see what used to be logs transformed into rock over the course of millions of years. Incidentally, the Petrified Forest is about a three-hour drive from the Grand Canyon so if you're driving through Arizona, this would be a good chance to hit both places during the same trip.
Road Trip, Anywhere USA:
Speaking of road trips, this is definitely something you should do at least once with your kids before they're too old to appreciate it. The road trip is almost a rite of passage for families. It's a way to hit up as many points of interest as possible while traversing slowly across the country. We all have road trip stories, be they funny, adventurous, or just plain memorable.
Disneyland/Disneyworld (California/Florida):
No family trip is complete without mentioning a Disney theme park. What child wouldn't want to meet their favorite characters! I remember when my family took my younger sister to Disneyland for the first time, at 4 years old. She was a huge Aladdin fan, and when she met the "real" Aladdin she was star struck!
And if you're planning a road trip with the little ones to Disneyland, make sure to read my survival guide for long road trips. You'll thank me later!
Summer is coming to an end, so if you haven't taken your kids to these places yet, don't wait another minute and go!
Happy and safe travels!


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KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Every second counts if you're having a stroke, yet when you arrive at the emergency room, doctors face a dilemma: whether or not to treat with the drug tPA. The drug is effective in preventing disability, but it poses the risk of bleeding.
A doctor at Saint Luke's Hospital is one of the creators of an assessment tool called RESOLVE. Dr. John Spertus said it takes just 30 seconds to put in variables such as the patient's age, blood pressure, severity of stroke symptoms and how long he or she has had symptoms. RESOLVE then provides an analysis of the risk versus benefit in giving tPA.
"This is what President Obama talks about with precision medicine. It's being able to take patients' characteristics, and given their characteristics, define what is the benefit to them of getting treated or not," Dr. Spertus said.
Saint Luke's is already using the tool. Dr. Spertus said it may be even more beneficial at outlying hospitals that see fewer stroke patients. RESOLVE was developed through an American Heart Association initiative.


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If they want Islamic banking, crave Lebanese mezze at the dozens of restaurants and kebab houses, or hanker for a hookah pipe, the cognoscenti head for the Edgware Road, W2, in London. Here the hijab-clad women and Arabic signage make you feel, for all the world, that you are in the Middle East.
And so it was a trifle daunting – but also appropriate – that Sunday's event concerning the Jews of the Middle East and North Africa, Harif'sThe Jewish Nakba:remembering Jewish refugees from Arab countries, should have been held in the heart of London's Levant.
(Top) Some 80 people heard the harrowing stories of refugees from Egypt, Libya and Iraq. (Middle) Tom Gross and Michelle Huberman. (Bottom) Refugee from Iraq Nadia Nathan holds the award presented on Harif's behalf by Tom Gross to Rosemond Nissan for her work with refugees. (Photos: Gili and Niran)
The police, however, were taking no chances. Guests had to brave a ring of steely officers on entry to the hotel, going through airport-style security so tight that some bona fide latecomers were turned away. The organisers were not allowed to advertise their meeting lest the expression Jewish Nakba appearing on a hotel screen might incite some hothead with a kebab skewer to go on the rampage.
The date chosen was deliberate: 15 May was Nakba Day for the Palestinians, but it was also an opportunity to tell the world about a second Nakba – the mass displacement of almost a million Jews from the Arab world.
Before an audience of 80 people, Jewish refugees told their harrowing stories. Colette Littman was forced to flee Egypt in 1956 after days of listening to the mob screaming Ytbah al yahud in the streets of Cairo below her apartment.The family's cook Omar was found sharpening a kitchen knife: what was he doing? she asked him. 'Getting ready to kill the Jews', came the reply.
Colette left with only the clothes she was wearing and her suitcase was ransacked at the airport. Not only did Egyptian Jews face an uncertain future in exile, but they underwent the emotional trauma of seeing their communities destroyed and their families scattered to the ends of the earth.
Elia Meghnagi left Benghazi in Libya in 1958 to study abroad. His early memories are of brawls between Arab and Jewish youths. As a stateless student in England, he was forced to support himself. Later, he arranged for his family to join him, but they had to leave all their property and belongings behind. They quietly slipped out, leaving the table set as if for a meal so as not to arouse the neighbours' suspicions. Back in England, visiting the Libyan embassy in order to regularise his status, Elia narrowly escaped being bundled into a plane and forcibly returned to Libya.
Edwin Shuker's family had lived in Mesopotamia – now Iraq – for 2,700 years. One of five thousand Jews still left in the country after the mass exodus of 1950 -51, Edwin witnessed the noose tightening around the community's necks in the sixties, when Jews had to carry yellow identity papers. Then came the horrific hangings of 1969, when a mob half a million strong picknicked under the corpses of nine innocent Jews suspended from the gallows in the main square. Edwin's family had to leave like thieves in the night, leaving 2,700 years of history behind.
Dr Saul Zadka, academic, author and journalist, who described himself as a 'refugee at heart', gave an incisive political analysis of the refugee issue. The two cases were quite different. Some 100,000 Palestinian 'refugees' belonging to well-to-do families left the country a year earlier with their money and belongings with every intention of returning when the Jews had been crushed. A million Arabs, many of them hostile to Israel, lived as full citizens with more rights than any of their fellow countrymen in Arab states. Jews in Arab lands were loyal citizens, yet were rewarded with murderous riots in Iraq, Libya and Aden before the creation of Israel. It was a hopeful development that the US Congress had passed a resolution in 2008 demanding parity between Jewish and Palestinian refugees, but the Israeli government was still doing too little, too late. Dr Zadka himself distributed a statement to the audience demanding that Jewish refugee rights be recognised and compensation for property many times more valuable than Palestinian losses, as the Jews were big city dwellers while the Palestinians were largely poor farmers who supported the invading armies.
Following a showing of the 15-minute short version of the filmForgotten Refugees, the international relations expert Tom Gross said that the Jewish refugee issue was the single most important issue on the Middle East agenda. "Borders can be agreed, Jerusalem can be divided, but there is no answer to the Palestinian 'right of return' – apart from the refugees of the Jewish Nakba, " he said. Yet few knew about it – and he seriously doubted if Prime minister David Cameron and Foreign Secretary William Hague had even heard of it. As far as Israel advocacy was concerned, no session at 'We believe in Israel' conference taking place that day dealt with the topic. As for the press and media, they were mesmerised with the PalestinianNakba to the exclusion of other news and other refugees.
On behalf of Harif, Tom Gross presented an award to Mrs Rosemond Nissan, who had devoted 33 years to helping refugees from the Middle East at World Jewish Relief. Michelle Huberman spoke of what tools could be used to promote Jewish refugees: she unveiled Harif's newMezuzah campaign, recalling the stolen Jewish homes in Arab lands – every activist's must-have accessory.
As they stepped back out on to the Edgware Road, the ex-refugees in the audience went away fired up with renewed enthusiasm to tell their stories. Indignant Israel advocates prepared to vent their outrage at this neglected issue in letters to the editor – and the hungry simply went off in search of a hummus and pitta in London's 'Middle East'.


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Without doubt the best view of Eaglehawk Neck is from high up above the panorama of Pirates Bay on the take-off ramp used by daredevils to launch their hang-gliders and paragliders. Finding it is the secret to getting a view you will remember for the rest of your life – however, due to lack of maintenance since the forestry industry was stopped in this area, the road is now only for serious 4WD vehicles.
The circuitous route includes about eight kilometres of fairly rough, unsealed Forestry Tasmania road; no problem for a serious 4 x 4. The truly spectacular views at the end of the road are well worth the trouble. A final 150 metre gravel walking track from the car park, 'steepish' in parts, makes a reasonable level of fitness desirable and disabled access very difficult.
So, if you still want to get those views, follow the Arthur Highway out of Eaglehawk Neck toward Port Arthur for 1.3 kilometres past the "End 70" sign to a gravel road on the left marked Pirates Road and "Eaglehawk Lookout – 8 Klms".
Turn left and follow the road for around 3.5 kilometres to a 'Y' junction and take the left fork marked "Eaglehawk lookout – 5 Klms". After the stipulated 5 kilometres you will arrive at the small, gravel car-park. Then grab your camera, walk to the lookout and take a deep breath!


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The Best Apple iPhone SE Cases
Small phones are just as easy to drop as big ones. Protect your tiny new iPhone SE with a case that stands out from the crowd.
If the 4-inch Apple iPhone SE looks familiar, that's because it's actually identical to the iPhone 5s from a design perspective. That means you can wrap it in your old iPhone 5s caseâor the iPhone 5 for that matter, since the dimensions and button cutouts are the same. But where's the fun in that? A new phone deserves a new case, and that's what we're here for.
Physically, the iPhone SE measures 4.87 by 2.31 by 0.30 inches (HWD) and weighs 3.99 ounces. It's a great size for one-handed use, but even one-handed phones are susceptible to drops and dings. With that in mind, it's a good idea to invest in some protection. And what better way to do that than with a stylish new case?
We're rounding up some of the coolest iPhone SE cases we've seen. Here you'll find everything from unassuming translucent options that show off the new rose gold color option, to hand carved wood cases that add a more natural element.
New cases come out all the time, so be sure to check back for updates to this list. For now though, here are our top picks for your new iPhone SE. And as mentioned above, you can still use any of the selections from our roundup of The Best iPhone 5s and iPhone 5 Cases. But we've found plenty of new options here that are definitely worth a look.
If you're still using an iPhone 5c, check out The Best iPhone 5c Cases. If you're thinking about thinking about a bump up in size, take a look at The Best iPhone 6s and iPhone 6 Cases . And if you want the latest Apple has to offer, take a look at The Best iPhone 7 Cases.


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- The Olympic Games. // World Almanac for Kids;1996, p194
Offers a plethora of information about the Olympic Games. Brief history of the Games; The 1996 Summer Games in Atlanta, Georgia as the 100th anniversary of the modern Olympic Games; Timeline of Olympic firsts; Sites of the 1996, 1998, 2000 and 2002 Games; List of Olympic sports.
- The Olympic Games. // World Almanac for Kids;1998, p204
Discusses the modern Olympic Games. Brief history of the ancient Greek Olympic Games; Timeline of some Olympic firsts; Facts on the 1996 Olympics, held in Atlanta, Georgia, the 100th anniversary of the modern Olympics; Sites of the Winter Games for 1998 and 2002; Site of the 2000 Summer Games;...
- BA dumped for Cyprus Airways. // Travel Trade Gazette UK & Ireland;11/17/2003, Issue 2590, p7
Reports on the removal of British Airways as the official airline carrier for the Great Britain team to represent the Olympic Games in Athens, Greece in 2004.
- back story sporting spirit. // Engineer (00137758);9/20/2010, Vol. 295 Issue 7802, p24
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- S. Africa reinstated to Olympic Games. // Jet;7/29/91, Vol. 80 Issue 15, p46
Reports on the mixed reaction to the International Olympic Committee's (IOC's) decision to reinstate South Africa to international eligibility. Comment from Black Pan Africanist Congress; Comment by IOC officials.
- Openings. // New Yorker;8/17/92, Vol. 68 Issue 26, p22
Discusses the author's experience of meeting an old friend in Barcelona, Spain named Adolphe Frenche and how he had attended every Olympic Games from Munich to Spain and how he loves the opening ceremonies the best. The only live event he chooses to witness; A trip to Barcelona's equivalent of...
- Olympic notes. // Swimming World & Junior Swimmer;Aug98, Vol. 39 Issue 8, p13
Presents news items concerning the Olympic Games as of August 1998. Ticket prices for best seats in 2000 Olympics in Sydney, Australia; Orlando's bid to bring the 2012 Olympics to Florida.
- FOUR YEARS LATER. Lohn, John // Swimming World & Junior Swimmer;Jun2004, Vol. 45 Issue 6, p26
Compares the swimmers' preparation for Olympic Trials in 2000 and 2004 in the U.S.
- Carrying a torch. Kort, M. // Women's Sports & Fitness;Jul/Aug91, Vol. 13 Issue 5, p68
Discusses the difficulty women's sports have had in obtaining olympic status. Requirements set by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for an event to make the olympic program; Poor representation of women on the national governing bodies of their sports.


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The Tale of the Fallen Sea Queen
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Believing that solving Lucy's murder will lead to solving Tiffany's murder, the Drew Crew resolves to find a way to speak with the only eyewitness to both murders-Dead Lucy herself. To prepare for this incredibly risky séance, they set off to investigate the last few hours of Lucy Sable's life. Ultimately, they confront Dead Lucy in a horrifying séance, and Nancy is faced with a truth that seems to validate her greatest fear. (thetvdb.com)


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Sophie founded The Clabile Trust in 2002 when she was working as a volunteer teacher in South Africa.
"Every time I receive letters from the children, I remember why I do this and the huge difference it is making to the children's lives. I am so proud of what The Clabile Trust has achieved and extremely grateful to everyone who has supported our work."
Mark was born in South Africa so it has a very special place in his heart. As soon as he heard that long-time friend, Sophie, had set up The Clabile Trust, he was keen to use his expertise as a chartered accountant to help grow the charity. He has been integral in officially registering us with the Charity's Commission and managing the finances.
"It is a pleasure to help the children of South Africa and by providing them with the opportunity to develop their education and acquire useful skills. It is great to hear how the children have progressed and see how support for the charity is constantly growing."
"I had been aware of the charity for some time and have attended many of the fundraising events over the years. So when Sophie asked if I would like to get involved I jumped at the chance. I have worked in events for the last ten years so I feel I can make a real contribution, helping to put on fundraising activities, along with general day to day running of the charity. I feel very proud to be part of the charity and already I am seeing the impact and benefit it is having on children's lives".
Mary has been responsible for growing the Waterberg Welfare Society (WWS - www.waterbergwelfaresociety.org.za) since 2002. It is a grassroots community led NGO based in the Waterberg in South Africa dedicated to creating better lives for the community.
"I fell in love with the Waterberg Community in 2000 and within 24 months had made it my home. Never in my life have I felt so strongly called to make such a leap of faith. I feel so privileged to have had this opportunity to do something meaningful. I met Sophie when she came out to volunteer as a teacher in the Waterberg in 2002. We have both walked a long road since then and watched many of our kids benefit from the support and shelter provided by The Clabile Trust and Waterberg Welfare Society so I am thrilled to formally become a Trustee of Clabile and hope to bring my 15 years of fundraising experience to help raise further funds to help provide a sustainable platform for the youth in the Waterberg community."
It was during the filming of the South African film White Wedding that Jodie had an experience of Africa that stuck in her heart.
"When I arrived in South Africa I fell in love with this beautiful country but was also exposed to the great poverty and struggle of its people who have very basic living conditions and little or no access to education. Having found out about The Clabile Trust, it felt important to get involved. I see how hard they work fundraising and am reassured by the fact that, as a team of volunteers, they have minimal overheads - the donations are getting ot the people who need them.
The Clabile Trust is a passion project for the small group of people who keep it running and they are making such a huge difference to the lives of the children they support. I have found just what I was looking for in a charity and am proud to be its patron".


text: NEWS Chris Brown Nets First No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart 3/30/2011 by Keith Caulfield FACEBOOK TWITTER EMAIL ME As predicted, Chris Brown achieves his first No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart as "F.A.M.E." bows atop the tally with 270,000 sold according to Nielsen SoundScan. "F.A.M.E." is his fourth top 10 album, following his self-titled debut (No. 2, 2005), "Exclusive" (No. 4, 2007) and "Graffiti" (No. 7, 2009). "F.A.M.E.'s" start also marks the singer's second-best sales week -- only "Exclusive's" 294,000 bow was bigger. Video: Chris Brown Performs on 'Dancing With the Stars' Jennifer Hudson's sophomore effort, "I Remember Me," comes in at No. 2 with 165,000, while last week's No. 1, Adele's "21," slips to No. 3 with 96,000 (with a tiny 2% decline). For Hudson, "Me" matches the debut and peak position of her 2008 self-titled bow, which entered at No. 2 with a larger first-week: 217,000. Brown and J.Hud are just two of the seven new entries in the top 10 -- the most the region has seen since the Dec. 4, 2010 chart, when eight albums entered the top 10. The Strokes' "Angles" arrives at No. 4 (89,000) -- marking their third straight No. 4 set after 2003's "Room on Fire" and 2006's "First Impressions of Earth" both debuted and peaked there as well. Their "This Is It" debut hit No. 33 in 2002. Billboard Bits: The Strokes Starting 'Angles' Follow-Up Kirk Franklin's "Hello Fear" flies in at No. 5 (87,000) -- his best week since "The Rebirth of Kirk Franklin" debuted at No. 4 with 91,000. Sony Music claims the entire top five this week, the first time a distributor locked down Nos. 1-5 since the Jan. 15 chart, when Universal Music reigned. Just outside the top five, at No. 6, the digital-exclusive charity compilation "Songs For Japan" starts at No. 6 (68,000) and Panic at the Disco's "Vices & Virtues" bows at No. 7 (56,000). The final top 10 arrival, Bobby V's "Fly On the Wall," lands at No. 9 with 38,000. Adele, Eminem, John Lennon on 'Songs for Japan' Charity CD As for the rest of the non-debuting albums in the top 10: Mumford & Sons' "Sigh No More" shuffles 5-8 with 39,000 (down 6%) while Lupe Fiasco's "Lasers" slides 3-10 with 29,000 (down 38%). Over on the Digital Songs chart, Katy Perry's "E.T." (featuring Kanye West) maintains the No. 1 position, selling 254,000 downloads (down 3%). Coming in at No. 2 is Wiz Khalifa's "No Sleep," barging in with 244,000. The Black Eyed Peas' "Just Can't Get Enough" is stationary at No. 3, though it's up 11% in sales (219,000). Rihanna's "S&M" steps up one rung to No. 4 (166,000; down 2%), Cee Lo Green's "F**k You (Forget You)" rises four to No. 5 (155,000; up 12%) and Lady Gaga's "Born This Way" slips two to No. 6 (146,000; down 20%). Jennifer Lopez's "On the Floor" is up one to No. 7 (143,000; up 4%), Chris Brown's "Look at Me Now" drops one to No. 8 (143,000; up 1%) and Ke$ha's "Blow" breezes up a slot to No. 9 (126,000; up 3%). Rounding out the top 10 is another debut, this time from Brown, who -- with featured guest star Justin Bieber -- starts at No. 10 with "Next To You" (113,000). For those wondering if Rebecca Black's "Friday" moment in the sun has passed -- it hasn't. The tune rises 57-38 on Digital Songs with 50,000 sold (up 35%). Rebecca Black Looks to Move Beyond 'Friday' Overall album sales in this past chart week (ending March 27) totaled 6.48 million units, up 13% compared to the sum last week (5.71 million) and up 7% compared to the comparable sales week of 2010 (6.03 million). Year to date album sales stand at 71.19 million, down 5% compared to the same total at this point last year (75.11 million). Digital track sales this past week totaled 24.78 million downloads, down 1% compared to last week (24.92 million) and up 18% stacked next to the comparable week of 2010 (20.94 million). Year to date track sales are at 314.59 million, up 9% compared to the same total at this point last year (289.70 million). Next week's Billboard 200 competes with the same week in 2010 when: Usher's "Raymond v Raymond" debuted at No. 1 with 329,000 while Justin Bieber's "My World 2.0" fell to No. 2 with 291,000 (actually posting a 3% gain). FACEBOOK TWITTER EMAIL ME


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Contrary to expectations, the premium war between car insurers continues. The arrival of new players on the market forces insurers to further reduce car insurance premiums.
Car bargain by insurances price war insurers
Yet 98% of the insured still pay too much for his car policy. Last year, research by the Lender already showed that car owners can save an average of 171 euros per year.
Price decrease car insurance
The end of the fall in the price of car insurance is not yet in sight. The race for soil rates will continue even further in the coming months. Insurers will do everything they can to retain or conquer part of the market. The consumer is the smiling third party and can make substantial savings on his policy by switching.
What makes car insurance premiums lower?
There are three factors that cause car insurance premiums to fall considerably. First of all, the arrival of new internet insurers such as Allsecur, daughter of Allianz Nederland, is causing a stir. This insurer offers cheaper insurance with better coverage. This forces other motor insurers to adjust their pricing and coverage.
Decrease car damage
In addition, the number of damage on the road is falling and car damage in accidents is often less serious. This means that car insurers have money left over for stunt campaigns to attract new customers. For them, the car policy is like a foot in the door for customers to then also sell other insurance policies. Finally, the costs for insurers are falling due to the internet.
Comparing car insurance pays off
Last year, prices fell by an average of 15 percent and this year too, the price drop continues. Almost everyone can be more advantageous by switching to another insurer. Anyone who spends a few minutes each year comparing all car insurance policies quickly saves an average of 171 euros per year. What is a cheap car insurance policy for you depends on, among other things, your age, coverage, claim-free years and place of residence.


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I had lunch with my friend Mike Peyton to talk about options for getting his art out "there" and recognized. Not all art is as easy to market as paintings or photography.
Peyton creates sculptures out of gourds and then embellishes [some] with various objects and adds intricate patterns and designs with extreme detail, all freehand and amazingly all with Sharpie pens.
Much of his work is inspired by the Anasazi Indian art, but Peyton's animals, snakes and shaman really do stand out.
Gourd art is probably as old as cave drawings and fairly common today, too. Not quite like the six foot tall sculptures I've seen Peyton make. Peyton hasn't always been an artist, but lately he's been exploring ways to take it full time. Hence our lunch.
He tells me that about ten years ago he had to make a few lifestyle changes; being a single father to two young boys, he needed a hobby.
Pre-children, when money didn't vanish so quickly, Peyton was an avid art collector and one day while looking at his familiar, no longer growing collection, he wanted something new. He decided to do it himself. Using scrap wood and a band saw, Peyton created his first works of art, 2D Oaxacan lizards to fill the transom window openings in his house.
Then a chance online purchase of some gourds got him started on the cheap. Today, with awards under his belt, like best in show at the prestigious Southwest Gourd Fine Art Show, two years in a row I might add, Peyton has come a long way from just looking for ways to fill his evenings at home with his boys.
His work covers a wide range of sizes and subjects, from both functional and formal styled bowl shapes, to animals like lizards, snakes and crows. There are a few "aliens" in the mix and a few that are even re-purposed after losing battles with his boys. His signature work, though, are highly intricate, interwoven pieces that range in size from a couple of feet in diameter to standing at over six feet. Some of this work takes upwards of six months to complete. That's gotta be a lot of Sharpies!
Until Peyton surfaces again in a gallery or art studio nearby, follow him on Instagram: MikePeytonCreations.
Two weeks ago, due to the relentless rain, I postponed my event First Saturday Arts Market until this Saturday night. So if you think you missed us, well here's your second chance. Saturday night 6 – 10 p.m. between Gen's Antiques and YogaOne Studios at 540 W. 19th St. Details, as always, on the website 1stSatArtMarket.com
I consulted no calendar or other artists when making the decision to return on 3rd Saturday, and as you know, 3rd Saturday means Hardy & Nance Street Open Studios. I may have inadvertently put my own life in danger here, so if you are so inclined, please consider patronizing them as well Saturday evening.
If you hop on the freeway, Hardy & Nance is an easy seven minute drive, 902 Hardy Street, Houston, TX 77020. Coming July 22, at the studio, the artists have put together a modern day Salon des Refusés to assuage the rejected artist's from Lawndale Art Centers annual open-call, juried exhibition titled The Big Show. More: The Hardy & Nance Studios on Facebook.
Cohen is the founder of First Saturday Arts Market. Contact him through his website ArtValet.com.


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Love pecans? You're not alone. Of all the nut varieties, pecans are the only one commercially grown in Texas. The soils of the state's well-drained Hill Country make ideal conditions for these trees, but once a farmer has an orchard ready for harvest, he must get as many nuts off the tree in as short amount of time as possible. Unlike peaches or apples, you cannot pick pecans one-by-one off trees in a commercial orchard. How the harvesting of pecans happens is a lot more interesting than you might think.
Harvesting Pecans in the Texas Hill Country
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Harvesting Pecans in Commercial Orchards
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Commercial pecan orchards use large, mechanized shakers. These machines grab the tree trunk and literally shake the tree free of its pecans, which fall to the ground. A harvester scoops the pecans from the ground and collects them into a bin. After collection, the pecans must be dried to prevent spoilage and processed to ready them for sale.
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If you have pecan trees in your yard, which is likely as they grow in 152 counties in Texas, you can harvest the nuts yourself without expensive equipment. But for harvesting pecans, you will need to replicate the commercial process on a smaller scale. A length of PVC pipe or a pair of hands can substitute for a tree shaker, and eager children can replace a harvester. In lieu of these, grab individual limbs on the tree and shake them to force the pecans to fall to the ground. Then pick up as many as you can and bag them up. To preserve your harvest, you'll need to remove the outer husk and dry the pecans yourself.
Processing Pecans


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Kagate (Syuba), an endangered Tibeto-Burman language of Nepal
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Group represented Syuba speakers in Ramechhap and Yolmo speakers in Ilam
Language information The language is listed in the ISO codes as Kagate, but speakers in Ramechhap are increasingly using the name Syuba (Kagate is a Nepal word, while Syuba is the same name in their own language). The Yolmo variety spoken in Ilam is very similar to Syuba in Ramechhap, but the speaker have a history of referring to themselves and their language as Yolmo, which means it is categorised under a different ISO code.
Special characteristics
This deposit is a multi-dialect deposit. Please check whether you are using a recording from Syuba from Ramechhap or Yolmo from Ilam.
Archived collections from related languages:
This is a collection of recordings in the Lamjung variety of Yolmo, which is closely related to the varieties. A number of stimuli experiments have been run with both groups, and earthquake narratives were also collected with Lamjung Yolmo speakers - which provide useful comparative data across the two collections.
This is a historical collection of Yolmo spoken in the Melamchi area. Twenty cassettes from Anne Marie Hari's fieldwork in the 1970s and 1980s have been digitised and made publicly accessible.
Deposit contents
The majority of bundles in this collection are audio-video recordings. There are 8 and a half hours of narrative, conversations and interviews which can be broken down further by genre:
- 3 hours of data about the 2015 earthquakes in Nepal
- 2 hours of personal narratives other than earthquake
- 2 hours of historical narrative
- 1.5 hours of fiction narrative and two
There are also:
- 1 hour of descriptive texts
- 1.5 hours of song
- 3 hours of conversation
- 1.5 hours of stimuli tasks
- 7 hours of elicitation, which mostly covers tone, evidentiality and verb use
- 1 hour of video of people performing culturally important activities
There are also over 4.5 hours of recordings of people giving their consent for their recordings to be shared. While this is almost entirely in Nepali, and not Syuba, it contains a wealth of ethnographic information.
Approximately 3 hours of this data are in Ilam Yolmo, and the remainder are in Syuba. As of June 2016 there are interlinearised and translated ELAN transcriptions for 2 hours of Syuba data, and another 1 hours of transcriptions with Nepali translations. ELAN transcriptions and interlinearisations will continue to be added as they are processed.
Deposit history This deposit is also archived at Paradisec: http://catalog.paradisec.org.au/collections/SUY1
Acknowledgement and citation Funding for the creation of this collection came from ELDP, Firebird Foundation, NTU's Centre for Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Stack Exchange and The Awesome Foundation (Ottawa).
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Patriot has been in the business to provide high-performance and enthusiast level PC components. Their bread and butter was RAM, for the most part, in the beginning. Catering to the PC enthusiasts of the world. The last few years they have been working on some pretty fantastic mobile accessories like the FUEL iON and OTG drives. Along side that Patriot has been making high-performance SSD's (Solid State Drives) for consumers. The previous lines offered names like the Blaze, Torch and Pyro. Each model was better than the last, as are most product lines. This year at CES 2015 they unveiled the new Patriot Ignite SSD's which push the speeds and storage capacity up to the demanding needs of PC users around the world. Today I will take you on a tour and experience review using their new Ignite SSD line. This review is from an average consumers point of view The Ignite line ...Read More »
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Patriot Memory launching new 'Ignite' line of SSD's with read speeds up to 560MB/s in January
At CES 2015 I met up with Patriot Memory to see what new offerings they would be pushing to market this year. The mobile space is a relatively new market that they started breaking into last year and they have certainly upped their game for 2015, but it was their next line of Solid State Drives that kept me drooling. Currently Patriot offers three fiery named SSD's, The Torch, the Pyro and the Blaze. This year they are adding in a new one that carries the Ignite name. The 2.5-inch form factor Ignite line of SSD's will come in just two storage capacities, 480GB and 960GB. They both utilize the newer Phison S10 controller with qualified MLC NAND flash. The 480GB Ignite offers 512MB DRAM Cache while the 960GB carries 1024MB. In addition, it comes with advanced features such as end-to-end data protection, advanced wear-leveling, Advanced Garbage Collection, smartECC and Smart ...Read More »
PNY bringing new SSD line-up for casual consumers, gamers and enterprise users
SSD, or Solid State Drive, is the one very simple way to give your computer a massive speed boost. PNY is one of many manufacturers out there that are pushing the SSD market. This year at CES 2015 they announced a new series of drives that target each user set with speeds and storage sizes to compliment each. "PNY's new range of Solid State Drives is a result of the company's renewed focus on delivering innovative, high quality SSD products to address the growing needs of the storage market," said Vinny Girardi, Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Storage Solutions & New Products group at PNY. "This new series of solid state drives are highly reliable, as they have gone through rigorous validation and testing, ensuring they meet the stringent requirements specific to the enterprise and client markets. This new line-up of SSDs will truly make life simple ...Read More »
Instant performance boost with the Seagate 600 SSD 480GB
We use all sorts of technology to write articles, hack and root our devices, play games and any technology that helps us do this better is fine with us. That's why we are taking a look at the Seagate 600 SSD 480GB. It's amazing how much storage technology hasn't significantly changed for a long time. Computers and smartphones keep getting more and more memory and memory gets smaller and smaller, but computer hard drives have always been the throttling point of many products. The evolution of mechanical hard drives has finally reached a point where solid state memory is starting to replace them. No more tiny motors and magnetic platters holding your precious data and failing every couple of years. Solid State Drives or SSDs are now becoming a viable option as prices fall and speed and reliability increase. Laptops are the main concern as they are inherently mobile devices ...Read More »


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