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Everyone is looking for a magic potion to help shed unwanted pounds. But what if I told you there isn't one food that can do the trick? Rather, the secret ingredient that can make your weight loss dreams come true is planning.
The power of planning
Calorie counting and number crunching can become frustrating. Instead of focusing your attention on these tedious and time-consuming tasks, concentrate on building a healthy plate. The U.S. Department of Agriculture's MyPlate is an easy visual reminder on how to build a well-balanced meal. Fill half your plate with fruits and veggies, one-quarter with whole grains and one-quarter with lean protein. By using MyPlate as a visual cue to create meals using wholesome foods, the calorie counts tend to fall into place. Plus, it's a great way to make sure you're taking in important nutrients (like fiber) that might otherwise be overlooked.
Building a healthy plate takes some planning and organizing, but not as much time as you may think. Sarah-Jane Bedwell, a registered dietitian and author of the new book "Schedule Me Skinny: Plan to Lose Weight and Keep in Off in Just 30 Minutes a Week," says "by spending just 30 minutes a week in planning, you set yourself up for a successful week of eating healthy meals and losing weight without having to think twice about it during the busy work week." Bedwell breaks down those 30 minutes into writing out a meal plan (10 minutes), creating a strategic grocery list (five minutes) and preparing food for the week (15 minutes). Although these tasks may take a little extra time at the beginning, practice helps build these skills into ones which, over time, become lifelong habits and second nature.
[Read: U.S. News Best Diets: How We Rated 32 Eating Plans.]
Writing a meal plan
Be visual: Write out your weekly meals on a calendar and hang them on your refrigerator door or somewhere easily accessible.
Look ahead: See what events you have planned during the week ahead. Some days you may have more time to cook, while other you may only have time to thaw a pre-frozen meal.
Identify snack time: Getting in tune with your schedule also means honing in on times when you're most hungry. Do you find your stomach grumbling at 3 p.m. – and then run to the nearest vending machine? That's probably a good time to fit in a healthy snack.
Plan ahead when dining out: Eating out isn't an excuse to overindulge. Calorie counts appear on many menus, and ingredient lists are commonly available. Review menus before you go so you know what to order ahead of time.
[Read: What is the 'Best Diet' for You?]
Building a strategic grocery list
Clip coupons: Eating healthy doesn't have to cost a pretty penny. Collect coupons and circulars throughout the week, and plan meals around foods that are on sale. Check out your favorite brands online – many manufacturers offer printable coupons.
Take inventory: Check your refrigerator, freezer and pantry for staple ingredients like milk, olive oil, salt and black pepper. Toss out old or expired items, and make room for new foods. Review meal plans and recipes and jot down items you need to buy.
Go with the flow: Write your shopping list in the order by which you walk through the store. This will help you prevent inefficiently bouncing between aisles, saving you time.
Eat before you shop: Shopping on an empty stomach is a recipe for disaster. It leads to impulse purchases (which are usually high in calories) and over-spending. Have a light snack like non-fat plain Greek yogurt or an apple with 1 tablespoon of peanut butter before you go.
[Read: Unusual Uses for Greek Yogurt.]
Preparing food for the week
Precook: Take the time over the weekend to precook basic and versatile staples such as chicken, whole-grain pasta and brown rice.
Prep your produce: Slash prep time by slicing and dicing fruit and vegetables ahead of time. Either prep the night before (for breakfast) or in the morning before work (for dinner).
Cook now, freeze for later: Muffins, lasagna, stew, meat sauce, soup and many other foods can be cooked and frozen for a later date. Store dishes in pre-portioned containers to hasten thawing time.
What if your day doesn't go as planned? "That's why I keep some staples stocked in my pantry (like whole grains, quinoa, canned beans, canned tuna) and freezer (like frozen veggies, frozen fish)," Bedwell says. "I can throw together what I call a 'Plan B' dinner – a healthy meal that can be made in 30 minutes or less for super busy days."
Below is one of Bedwell's favorite "Plan B" recipes.
Serves 4.
Total preparation time: 30 minutes.
- 4 (6-ounce) frozen tilapia fillets
- 2 teaspoons Old Bay seasoning
- 4 teaspoons white wine, water or broth (1 teaspoon for each fillet)
- 4 cups frozen mixed vegetables (1 cup per fillet)
- 2 teaspoons dried thyme (1/2 teaspoon for each fillet)
- Salt and pepper to taste
- 4 lemon slices
- 8 teaspoons olive oil (2 teaspoons per fillet)
- 1/2 cup cooked quinoa per person (for serving)
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Place a 6-ounce frozen tilapia fillet in the center of a large square (1 foot by 1.5 foot) of aluminum foil, and sprinkle each fillet with Old Bay seasoning. Top the fish with 1 cup of frozen mixed vegetables, and sprinkle fish and veggies with salt, pepper and dried thyme. Drizzle with olive oil and wine, and top with a lemon slice. Roll foil up to secure packet and for baking. Bake for 25 minutes or until fish is done and flakes easily with a fork, and when veggies are crisp-tender. Serve with 1/2 cup quinoa per person. Yield: 4 servings.
Nutrition facts per serving: 450 calories, 13 grams fat, 2.5 grams saturated fat, 920 milligrams sodium, 42 grams carbs, 5 grams fiber, 40 grams protein, 45 percent DV vitamin A, 10 percent DV vitamin C, 6 percent DV calcium, 15 percent DV iron.
[Read: Quinoa 101: What It Is and How to Cook It.]
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Toby Amidor ,MS, RD, CDN, is the owner of Toby Amidor Nutrition and author of the forthcoming cookbook "The Greek Yogurt Kitchen" (Grand Central Publishing 2014). She consults and blogs for various organizations including FoodNetwork.com's Healthy Eats Blog and Sears' FitStudio.
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KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) Authorities in Kansas City, Kan., say a 39-year-old man is suspected of starting a fire at an apartment that killed a woman and a young girl she was babysitting.
KMBC-TV reports that police say the man said he set the fire early Saturday at the Legend Oaks Apartment after getting into a fight with a tenant.
The fire killed Brandi Johnson, 34, and Amiyah McClenton, 2. Residents say other tenants escaped after some residents ran through the hallways pounding on doors to alert people to the fire.
The American Red Cross helped 26 people who were displaced by the fire.


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MONTREAL, QUEBEC–(Marketwired – June 26, 2013) – Bombardier Aerospace announced today that ground vibration tests, as well as software upgrades and corresponding tests, have been completed on the first CSeries aircraft – Flight Test Vehicle 1 (FTV1). In addition, Safety of Flight (SOF) statements from all suppliers have been obtained and Bombardier's Flight Test Centre has applied to Transport Canada for the FTV1 Flight Test Permit.
During the final testing stage in preparation for first flight, FTV1 will conduct power runs, as well as low and high speed taxiing. Based on the latest program review, the first flight will occur by the end of July 2013. In order to enhance the effectiveness of the flight program, Bombardier extended the timeline slightly to allow for additional software upgrades for improved system maturity and functionality.
"Only five years after launching the CSeries airliner, we're approaching our maiden flight – a historic moment for Bombardier and a game-changing moment for the industry," said Mike Arcamone, President, Bombardier Commercial Aircraft.
"The success of the CSeries aircraft program so far is a testament to the dedication and hard work of our partners, suppliers and in-house teams; we have also benefitted greatly from the involvement of our customers," added Mr. Arcamone.
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Designed for the growing 100- to 149-seat market, the 100 per cent new CSeries aircraft family combines advanced materials, leading-edge technology and proven methods to meet commercial airline requirements. Powered by Pratt & Whitney PurePower PW1500G engines, the CSeries aircraft family will offer a 15(i) per cent cash operating cost advantage and a 20(i) per cent fuel burn advantage. With the extra capacity seating option, the CS300 aircraft's productivity further improves, offering airlines an average of four(i) per cent additional cash operating cost advantage per seat.
The CSeries aircraft's clean-sheet design is ensuring that the aircraft will achieve greatly reduced noise and emissions, as well as superior operational flexibility, exceptional airfield performance and a range of 2,950 nm (5,463 km)(i).
The CSeries aircraft will be up to 12,000 lbs. (5,443 kg)(i) lighter than other aircraft in the same seat category and will provide passengers with a best-in-class, widebody cabin environment in a single-aisle aircraft.
As of today, Bombardier has booked orders and commitments for 388 CSeries aircraft, which include firm orders for 177 CSeries airliners.
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) -- U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar apologized Wednesday for threatening to punch a Colorado reporter who asked him about problems with the government's wild horse program at a campaign event.
Salazar called Dave Philipps, a reporter with The Gazette of Colorado Springs, to apologize and offer him an interview, and also sent him a letter of apology. The apology came a day after the newspaper posted a story and an audio recording of comments Salazar made at an Election Day event in Fountain while on a tour to support President Barack Obama's re-election.
Salazar told Philipps by phone Wednesday that "I want you to hear me loud and clear," The Gazette reported (http://bit.ly/ZLfB5r ). "I shouldn't have said that."
In the audio recording from the campaign event, Philipps is heard asking for an on-camera interview with Salazar, a Colorado native who previously served as a U.S. senator from the state.
After a few general questions, Philipps asked Salazar what he knew about Tom Davis - a Colorado horse slaughter proponent who has bought hundreds of wild horses gathered from public lands by the Bureau of Land Management - and about the agency's wild horse management program, which Salazar's office oversees.
Salazar answered briefly, saying the BLM has made a "major effort" to address long-standing problems with wild horses on public lands.
Salazar noted he was appearing at the campaign event, about 80 miles south of Denver, in a "personal capacity," and said his office could arrange to talk about Davis "at an appropriate time."
After the interview, Salazar accused Philipps of setting him up. He then posed the threat, saying: "If you do that to me again, I'll punch you out."
Also on the audio, Philipps is heard telling Salazar that he previously got no response after trying multiple times to arrange an interview through Salazar's press secretary.
The Gazette reported that it initially held off on posting the audio in hopes of getting an interview with Salazar. But a Colorado Springs-based wild horse advocacy group, The Cloud Foundation, publicized the exchange Monday and the Gazette published a story Tuesday.
Philipps, a Pulitzer Prize finalist in 2010, and Gazette editor Carmen Boles declined to comment on the matter Wednesday to The Associated Press, but the newspaper did editorialize in favor of Salazar issuing an apology and granting an interview.
The BLM has struggled with how to manage growing horse herds, which can double naturally within five years if left unchecked. Horses have been injected with drugs and vaccines to slow reproduction and rounded up for adoption, but the agency currently has more horses in captivity than are left roaming the range.
Salazar addressed the problem in his phone call to Philipps.
"To tell the truth, the wild horse issue has been the most difficult issue we have dealt with. We've had hundreds of meetings on it and there are still a lot of problems," he said, according to the newspaper's account.
The Gazette previously reported that Davis acknowledged shipping horses out of state without inspections, in violation of branding laws. The case has been turned over to prosecutors in southern Colorado.
In a story for the nonprofit news organization ProPublica in September, Philipps reported that Davis has purchased 70 percent of the wild horses sold by the BLM since 2009 through its sale program and signed contracts promising that the animals wouldn't be slaughtered. Davis has said he has lived up to his contracts.


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The New And The Next: Fighter Who Won't Quit And Country Rap
From NPR West, it's ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. I'm Arun Rath.
It's time for the new and the next. Carlos Watson is the co-founder of the online magazine Ozy. Each week, he joins us to talk about what's new and what's next. Hey, Carlos. Welcome back.
CARLOS WATSON: Arun, good to be with you.
RATH: Some great stuff this week. There is one that I particularly enjoyed, about a man who's - let's say he's not the next big thing in mixed martial arts; Joe Kavey, I guess, who we can say he's got a perfect record.
WATSON: That's a funny way to think about it. You bet. He's 0 and 20-something. He has lost one match after another as an MMA fighter and has never quit. Most of us, if we had lost even a couple times, we would have said no mas and let it go. But incredibly, this guy, Joe Kavey, he's gotten to the ring or the cage one time after another in some really aggressive mixed martial arts and keeps coming back from more.
UNIDENTIFIED MAN #1: Representing Team Wasteland, here is Joe Kavey.
RATH: And can you explain for people what a cage match is? What is MMA, mixed martial arts?
WATSON: People use martial arts. They use classic boxing and punching. They use head butts. They use kicks. It's kind of all's fair. And this guy, Joe Kavey, is not the star of it but instead is an example of a guy who just won't quit.
BIG SMO: (Singing) Rollin' on them back roads blowin' pine, sippin' on that moonshine all the time.
RATH: OK, Carlos. There is something new in the world of country music. Could you explain what we're listening to?
WATSON: Of course. We are listening to what some people would call country rap. Over the last couple of years, not surprisingly, you've gone from having rap artists and country artists work together on pieces to now you've got a guy named Big Smo, whose real name is John Smith, who's emerged as one of the first country rap superstars.
And it all started with this amazing YouTube video that he did with some friends down in Tennessee and subsequently got signed to a big label. And he's the first of several stars in this space and calls himself the boss of the sticks.
RATH: Well - I mean, the great thing about him is not that he's having a good time, he - in their way they're tight, their grooves are good, and they're pulling it off.
WATSON: You know, I got to tell you, I first started laughing, and then I started grooving to it. They just signed a really interesting deal with Warner Bros. And so my guess is that more people are going to see them at the Country Music Awards and other places.
RATH: Excellent. I want to see some more of Big Smo. Before we go, this one's a little bit more serious, but I love this story. This is a Harvard economics professor. His name is Roland Fryer. He's won the MacArthur Genius Grant. He won it two years ago. But now, he's working on this - it's sort of an unusual experiment involving struggling schools in Houston and Denver.
WATSON: Sadly, as he tells the story, he was abused by his father and didn't have much of a home life early on. Found himself in jail multiple times or in juvenile hall at about 15 or 16, realized that he only had himself to turn to. Worked his way through college, finished college in three years while holding on a full-time job, former gangster turned Ph.D. in economics, said: I've got an idea on how I can fix our existing schools.
And so he got permission from the superintendents and the teachers unions, by the way, in both Houston and Denver, two of the largest school districts, to essentially take over parts of those school districts and run about 30 schools in all. And in just two short years, he's managed to see some substantial progress among the kids in their ability to read, their ability to write, their ability to do math, and most importantly, maybe, their interest in moving on to college.
RATH: Nice. Carlos Watson is the co-founder of the online magazine Ozy. You can find links to the pieces we discussed at our website. And you definitely - you got to see the video of Big Smo. You just have to.
RATH: Carlos, thanks for your time again.
WATSON: Good to be with you. See you next week.
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Police & Fire: January 4, 2013
Drunk driving
Sault Police were alerted to a possible suspended driver at a gas station in the 200 block of E. Spruce Thursday afternoon.
A subsequent investigation coupled with a battery of failed sobriety tests resulted in the arrest of Ernest Bright of the Sault for operating while intoxicated. Bright was also booked into the Chippewa County Jail for driving while license suspended after police confirmed he did not possess a valid license.
Warrant arrest
Chippewa County Sheriff Deputies report the arrest of Christopher P. Reed, 39, of Dafter on a pair of outstanding Friend of the Court warrants. Reed was picked up early today after pulling his vehicle into a 10 Mile Road residence in Dafter Township.
He was lodged in the Chippewa County jail.
Citation issued
Chippewa County Sheriff Deputies have issued one citation stemming from a Dec. 21 incident and are seeking a warrant for leaving the scene of a property damage accident.
According to reports, deputies located a vehicle in a ditch near the intersection of M-129 and 7 1/2 Mile Road and had it extricated and subsequently impounded.
The registered owner of the vehicle explained he was not behind the wheel at the time of the mishap. In a follow-up investigation Laurie J. Smart, 49, of Brimley was cited for speed — too fast for conditions.
Deputies are awaiting a ruling from the prosecutor's office regarding the second charge stemming from this matter.
Fenders bent
City police report investigating a trio of traffic mishaps on Thursday.
At 8:44 a.m. two vehicles attempted to occupy the same space while northbound on the I-75 Business Spur and side-swiped one another, causing minor damage. There were no injuries and police did not issue any citations.
At 11:23 a.m., a tractor trailed failed to navigate a curve on Johnston Street, slid off the roadway and struck a large anchor in front of the Kemp Marina. Police noted minor damage to both the big rig and the decorative anchor, but the truck driver escaped unscathed. There were no citations issued.
At 11:30 a.m., a westbound vehicle on W. Spruce lost control on a slushy stretch of roadway approximately 30 feet west of the Osborn intersection and slid into a legally parked vehicle. Again, police noted no injuries and concluded their investigation into the mishap without issuing any citations.
Snowmobile complaint
Sault Police also report taking a Thursday complaint regarding the misuse of a snowmobile in the 600 block of W. Portage.
The young male operator was reportedly visiting someone in the apartment complex when he traveled over the yard and sidewalk. A staff member reportedly spoke to the culprit and said he was welcome to visit the property with his sled, but advised him to stay in the parking lot.
Ignoring this advice, the suspect intentionally accelerated as he departed the scene, tearing up the snowbank and lawn — prompting the call to police.
Authorities have spoken with the renter the snowmobiler was visiting and will continue to follow-up on this matter.
Sault Firefighters reported a pair of Thursday morning runs.
The first call came in at 9:56 a.m. after employees of a W. Easterday convenience store noted an odor of smoke in a walk-in cooler. Firefighters determined a fan had overheated inside the unit and secured the electrical power, advising employees not to use the device until the necessary repairs were made. They cleared the scene at approximately 11 a.m.
The second call came in at 11:35 a.m. where an odor of natural gas was detected in a residence in the 2600 block of Forest Boulevard. Firefighters determined that a stove burner was the source of the odor and ventilated the structure before departing at 12:15 p.m.


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Classes resuming in Newtown, minus Sandy Hook
NEWTOWN, Conn. — With security stepped up and families still on edge in Newtown, students began returning to school Tuesday for the first time since last week's massacre, bringing a return of familiar routines — at least, for some — to a grief-stricken town as it buries 20 of its children.
One 6-year-old boy's funeral began Tuesday morning, and two other 6-year-old boys were laid to rest Monday in the first of a long, almost unbearable procession of funerals. A total of 26 people were killed at Sandy Hook Elementary in one of the worst mass shootings in U.S history.
Classes resume Tuesday for Newtown schools except those at Sandy Hook. Buses ferrying students to schools were festooned with large green and white ribbons on the front grills, the colors of Sandy Hook. At Newtown High School, students in sweatshirts and jackets, many wearing headphones, betrayed mixed emotions. Some waved at or snapped photos of the assembled media horde, and others appeared visibly shaken.
"There's going to be no joy in school," said 17-year-old senior P.J. Hickey. "It really doesn't feel like Christmas anymore."
At St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church in Newtown, a hearse arrived Tuesday morning carrying the casket of first-grader James Mattioli for the first of eight funerals of victims to be held in the coming days at the church. Mourners gathered outside, and the family followed the casket in a motorcade led by police motorcycles.
At the high school, students didn't expect to get much work done Tuesday but rather anticipated most of the day would be spent talking about the shooting.
"We're going to be able to comfort each other and try and help each other get through this because that's the only way we're going to do it. Nobody can do this alone," Hickey said.
Sophomore Tate Schwab echoed that.
"It's definitely better than just sitting at home watching the news," he said.
"It really hasn't sunk in yet," he said. "It feels to me like it hasn't happened. It's really weird."
As for concerns about safety, Hickey was defiant.
"This is where I feel the most at home. I feel safer here than anywhere else in the world."
Some parents were likely to keep their children at home anyway. Local police and school officials have been discussing how and where to increase security, and state police said they would be on alert for threats and hoaxes.
On Monday, Newtown held the first two funerals of many the picturesque New England community of 27,000 people will face over the next few days, just as other towns are getting ready for the holidays. At least one funeral is planned for a student - 6-year-old Jessica Rekos - as well as several wakes, including one for teacher Victoria Soto, who has been hailed as a hero for sacrificing herself to save several students.
Two funeral homes filled Monday with mourners for Noah Pozner and Jack Pinto, both 6 years old. A rabbi presided at Noah's service, and in keeping with Jewish tradition, the boy was laid to rest in a simple brown wooden casket with a Star of David on it.
"I will miss your perpetual smile, the twinkle in your dark blue eyes, framed by eyelashes that would be the envy of any lady in this room," Noah's mother, Veronique Pozner, said at the service, according to remarks the family provided to The Associated Press. Both services were closed to the news media.
"Most of all, I will miss your visions of your future," she said. "You wanted to be a doctor, a soldier, a taco factory manager. It was your favorite food, and no doubt you wanted to ensure that the world kept producing tacos."
She closed by saying: "Momma loves you, little man."
Noah's twin, Arielle, who was assigned to a different classroom, survived the killing frenzy.
At Jack Pinto's Christian service, hymns rang out from inside the funeral home, where the boy lay in an open casket. Jack was among the youngest members of a youth wrestling association in Newtown, and dozens of little boys turned up at the service in gray Newtown Wrestling T-shirts.
Jack was a fan of New York Giants wide receiver Victor Cruz and was laid to rest in a Cruz jersey.
Authorities say the man who killed the two boys and their classmates, 20-year-old Adam Lanza, shot his mother, Nancy, at their home and then took her car and some of her guns to the school, where he broke in and opened fire. A Connecticut official said the mother, a gun enthusiast who practiced at shooting ranges, was found dead in her pajamas in bed, shot four times in the head with a .22-caliber rifle.
Lanza was wearing all black, with an olive-drab utility vest with lots of pockets, during the attack.
As investigators worked to figure out what drove him to lash out with such fury - and why he singled out the school - federal agents said that he had fired guns at shooting ranges over the past several years but that there was no evidence he did so recently as practice for the rampage.
Debora Seifert, a spokeswoman for the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, said both Lanza and his mother fired at shooting ranges, and also visited ranges together.
"We do not have any indication at this time that the shooter engaged in shooting activities in the past six months," Seifert said.
Investigators have found no letters or diaries that could explain the attack.
Whatever his motives, normalcy will be slow in revisiting Newtown. Classes were canceled district-wide Monday.
Dan Capodicci, whose 10-year-old daughter attends the school at St. Rose of Lima Roman Catholic Church, said he thinks it's time for her to get back to classes.
"It's the right thing to do. You have to send your kids back. But at the same time I'm worried," he said. "We need to get back to normal."
The district has made plans to send surviving Sandy Hook students to Chalk Hill, a former middle school in the neighboring town of Monroe. Sandy Hook desks that will fit the small students are being taken there, empty since town schools consolidated last year, and tradesmen are donating their services to get the school ready within a matter of days.
With Sandy Hook Elementary still designated a crime scene, state police Lt. Paul Vance said it could be months before police turn the school back over to the district.
Lanza is believed to have used a Bushmaster AR-15-style rifle, a civilian version of the military's M-16. It is similar to the weapon used in a recent shopping mall shooting in Oregon and other deadly attacks around the U.S. Versions of the AR-15 were outlawed in this country under the 1994 assault weapons ban, but the law expired in 2004.
Private equity firm Cerberus Capital Management announced Tuesday it plans to sell its stake in Freedom Group, maker of the Bushmaster rifle, following the school shootings.
Cerberus said in a statement Tuesday that it was deeply saddened by Friday's events, and that it will hire a financial adviser to help with the process of selling its Freedom Group interests.
The outlines of a national debate on gun control have begun to take shape. At the White House, spokesman Jay Carney said curbing gun violence is a complex problem that will require a "comprehensive solution."
Carney did not offer specific proposals or a timeline. He said President Barack Obama will meet with law enforcement officials and mental health professionals in coming weeks.
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, flanked by shooting survivors and relatives of victims of gunfire around the country, pressed Obama and Congress to toughen gun laws and tighten enforcement after the Newtown massacre.
"If this doesn't do it," he asked, "what is going to?"
At least one senator, Virginia Democrat Mark Warner, said Monday that the attack in Newtown has led him to rethink his opposition to the ban on assault weapons.
West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin, a Democrat who is an avid hunter and lifelong member of the National Rifle Association, said it's time to move beyond the political rhetoric and begin an honest discussion about reasonable restrictions on guns.
"This is bigger than just about guns," he added. "It's about how we treat people with mental illness, how we intervene, how we get them the care they need, how we protect our schools. It's just so sad."


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Quip LLC and its parent, Salesforce, Inc. (together, "we," "us," "our", "Company" or "Quip") are committed to protecting the privacy of individuals who visit the Company's Web sites ("Visitors"), individuals who register to use the Services as defined below ("Customers"), and individuals who register to attend the Company's corporate events ("Attendees"). This Privacy Statement describes Quip's privacy practices in relation to the use of the Company's Web sites and the related applications and services offered by Quip (collectively, the "Services").
This Privacy Statement explains our practices regarding the collection, use and disclosure of information that we receive when you use Quip, as well as your choices regarding use, access and correction of your personal information.
1. Web sites covered
This Privacy Statement covers the information practices of Web sites that link to this Privacy Statement, including the Web site and platform available at https://www.quip.com/ (collectively referred to as "Quip Web sites" or "the Company's Web sites").
Quip's Web sites may contain links to other Web sites. The information practices or the content of such other Web sites is governed by the privacy statements of such other Web sites. The Company encourages you to review the privacy statements of other Web sites to understand their information practices.
2. Information collected
When expressing an interest in obtaining additional information about the Services, or registering to use the Web sites or other services, or registering for an event, Quip requires you to provide the Company with personal contact information, such as name, company name, address, phone number, zip code and email address ("Required Contact Information"). When purchasing the Services or registering for an event, Quip may also require you to provide the Company with financial qualification and billing information, such as billing name and address, credit card number, and the number of employees within the organization that will be using the Services ("Billing Information"). Quip may also ask you to provide additional information, such as company annual revenues, number of employees, industry or to enhance information on a user profile, gender ("Optional Information"). When Visitors apply for a job with the Company, Quip may also require you to submit additional personal information as well as a resume or curriculum vitae ("Applicant Information"). If you choose to create a Quip account via a third-party service, you may have to provide us with information such as your username or email for your account with the third party so that your identity can be authenticated and when the authentication is complete, we'll be able to access certain information based on your permissions from the third-party service ("Authentication Information"). Through our "import contacts" feature option, we may also collect information such as the name, company name, address, phone number or email address of contacts that you choose to share with us ("Import Information"). Our servers automatically record information about how a person uses Quip, including Internet Protocol ("IP") addresses, browser types, operating systems, pages or features of Quip that were used and time spent on them, date/time stamp, search terms, in some cases we collect and store information about where you are located, such as by converting your IP address into a rough geolocation, and other statistics ("Information about Use of Quip"). Required Contact Information, Billing Information, Applicant Information, Optional Information, Authentication Information, Import Information, Information about Use of Quip, and any other information you submit to Quip or through the Services are referred to collectively as "Data."
As you navigate the Company's Web sites, Quip may also collect information through the use of commonly-used information-gathering tools, such as cookies and Web beacons ("Web Site Navigational Information"). Web Site Navigational Information includes standard information from your Web browser (such as browser type and browser language), your IP address, and the actions you take on the Company's Web sites (such as the Web pages viewed and the links clicked). For additional information about the collection of Web Site Navigational Information by Quip and others, please see the Section entitled "Web Site Navigational Information" below.
3. Use of information collected
The Company uses Data about Quip Customers to perform the services requested. For example, if you fill out a "Contact Me" Web form, the Company will use the information provided to contact you about your interest in the Services.
The Company uses Data about Quip Attendees to plan and host corporate events, host online forums and social networks in which event attendees may participate, and to populate online profiles for Attendees on the Company's Web sites. Additional information on the Company's privacy practices with respect to Data about Quip Attendees may be found in additional privacy statements on the event Web sites, as the case may be. Please see the Section below entitled "Public forums, refer a friend, and customer testimonials" for more information on bulletin boards, blogs, or chat rooms provided by Quip in connection with its corporate events.
The Company may also use Data about Quip Customers and Data about Quip Attendees for marketing purposes. For example, the Company may use information you provide to contact you to further discuss your interest in the Services and to send you information regarding the Company, its affiliates, and its partners, such as information about promotions or events.
Quip uses Billing Information to check the financial qualifications and collect payment from prospective and current Customers and Attendees.
Quip uses Web Site Navigational Information to operate and improve the Company's Web sites or Services. The Company may also use Web Site Navigational Information alone or in combination with Data about Quip Customers and Data about Quip Attendees to provide personalized information about the Company. For additional information about the use of Web Site Navigational Information, please see Section entitled "Web Site Navigational Information" below.
Quip uses Applicant Information, Import Information, and Authentication Information for the limited reason for which it is provided to Us, such as to find someone you know using Quip or to add someone to your site. If you believe that one of your contacts has provided us with your personal information and you would like to request that it be removed from our database, please contact us here.
Quip uses information about use of Quip (and may engage third parties to analyze) to customize and improve Quip. We also use IP addresses to generate aggregate, non-identifying information about how Quip is used, and if such IP address is converted into a rough geolocation, we may use such location information to improve and personalize Quip.
4. Web Site Navigational Information, Cookies, Web Beacons and IP Addresses
Quip uses commonly-used information-gathering tools, such as cookies, Web beacons, or similar technologies, to collect information from your computer or mobile device as you navigate the Company's Web sites ("Web Site Navigational Information"). This section describes the types of Web Site Navigational Information used on the Company's Web sites and how this information may be used.
Quip.com uses cookies to make interactions with the Company's Web sites easy and meaningful. When you visit one of the Company's Web sites, our servers send a cookie to your computer. Standing alone, cookies do not personally identify you; they merely recognize your Web browser. Unless you choose to identify yourself to us, either by responding to a promotional offer, opening an account, or filling out a Web form (such as a "Contact Me" or a "30 Day Free Trial" Web form), you will not be personally identified by the Company.
Quip.com uses cookies that are session-based and persistent-based. Session cookies exist only during one session. They disappear from your computer when you close your browser software or turn off your computer. Persistent cookies remain on your computer after you close your browser or turn off your computer. Please note that if you disable your Web browser's ability to accept cookies, you will be able to navigate the Company's Web sites, but you will not be able to successfully use the Services.
The following sets out how we use different categories of cookies and your options for managing cookies' settings:
|Type of Cookies
|Managing Settings
Required cookies
Required cookies enable you to navigate the Company's Web sites and use its features, such as accessing secure areas of the Web sites and using Quip Services.
Because required cookies are essential to operate the Company's Web sites and the Services, there is no option to opt out of these cookies.
Performance cookies
These cookies collect information about how Visitors use our Web site, including which pages visitors go to most often and if they receive error messages from certain pages. These cookies do not collect information that individually identifies a Visitor. All information these cookies collect is aggregated and anonymous. It is only used to improve how the Company's Web site functions and performs. From time to time, Quip engages third parties to track and analyze usage and volume statistical information from individuals who visit the Company's Web sites. Quip may also utilize Flash cookies for these purposes.
To learn how to opt out of performance cookies using your browser settings click here.
Functionality cookies
Functionality cookies allow the Company's Web sites to remember information you have entered or choices you make (such as your username, language, or your region) and provide enhanced, more personal features. These cookies also enable you to optimize your use of Quip's Services after logging in. These cookies can also be used to remember changes you have made to text size, fonts and other parts of web pages that you can customize.Quip uses local shared objects, also known as Flash cookies, to store your preferences or display content based upon what you view on Company Web sites to personalize your visit.
To learn how to opt out of functionality cookies using your browser settings click here. Note that opting out may impact the functionality you receive when visiting Company Web sites.
Targeting or Advertising cookies
From time to time, Quip engages third parties to track and analyze usage and volume statistical information from individuals who visit the Company's Web sites. Quip sometimes uses cookies delivered by third parties to track the performance of Company advertisements. For example, these cookies remember which browsers have visited the Company's Web sites. The information provided to third parties does not include personal information, but this information may be re-associated with personal information after the Company receives it.
To learn more about these and other advertising networks and their opt out instructions, click here and here.
Web Beacons
Quip uses Web beacons alone or in conjunction with cookies to compile information about Customers and Visitors' usage of the Company's Web sites and interaction with emails from the Company. Web beacons are clear electronic images that can recognize certain types of information on your computer, such as cookies, when you viewed a particular Web site tied to the Web beacon, and a description of a Web site tied to the Web beacon. For example, Quip may place Web beacons in marketing emails that notify the Company when you click on a link in the email that directs you to one of the Company's Web sites. Quip uses Web beacons to operate and improve the Company's Web sites and email communications.
The Services may be used by our Customers to collect certain information about individuals and their online activities, such as interactions with a Customer's online content and electronic communications. Our Services use cookies and other tracking technologies to allow our Customers to understand how you interact with their content and electronic communications. Customers are responsible for complying with any legal requirements in using any tracking technologies made available through the Services, including complying with any notice and consent requirements, informing individuals on how to opt-out from certain technologies, and disclosing the use of such technologies in their respective privacy statements.
IP Addresses
When you visit the Company's Web sites, the Company collects your Internet Protocol ("IP") addresses to track and aggregate non-personal information. For example, Quip uses IP addresses to monitor the regions from which Customers and Visitors navigate the Company's Web sites. Quip also collects IP addresses from Customers when they log into the Services as part of the Company's "Identity Confirmation" and "IP Range Restrictions" security features. Quip.com also collects IP addresses from Customers when they log into the Services as part of the Company's "Identity Confirmation" and "IP Range Restrictions" security features.
Social Media Features
The Company's Web sites may use social media features, such as the Facebook 'like' button ("Social Media Features"). These features may collect your IP address and which page you are visiting on the Company's Web site, and may set a cookie to enable the feature to function properly. You may be given the option by such Social Media Features to post information about your activities on the Company's Web site to a profile page of yours that is provided by a third party Social Media network in order to share with others within your network. Social Media Features are either hosted by a third party or hosted directly on the Company's Web site. Your interactions with these features are governed by the privacy policy of the company providing the relevant Social Media Features.
Do Not Track
Currently, various browsers - including Internet Explorer, Firefox, and Safari - offer a "do not track" or "DNT" option that relies on a technology known as a DNT header, which sends a signal to Web sites' visited by the user about the user's browser DNT preference setting. Quip does not currently commit to responding to browsers' DNT signals with respect to the Company's Web sites, in part, because no common industry standard for DNT has been adopted by industry groups, technology companies or regulators, including no consistent standard of interpreting user intent. Quip takes privacy and meaningful choice seriously and will make efforts to continue to monitor developments around DNT browser technology and the implementation of a standard.
We also partner with a third party to display advertising on our website or to manage our advertising on other sites. Our third party partners may use cookies or similar technologies in order to provide you advertising based upon your browsing activities and interests. If you wish to opt out of interest-based advertising here, or if located in the European Union here. Please note you will continue to receive generic ads.
5. Public Forums, Refer a Friend, and Customer Testimonials
Quip may provide bulletin boards, blogs, or chat rooms on the Company's Web sites. Any personal information you choose to submit in such a forum may be read, collected, or used by others who visit these forums, and may be used to send you unsolicited messages. Quip is not responsible for the personal information you choose to submit in these forums.
Customers and Visitors may elect to use the Company's referral program to inform friends about the Company's Web sites. When using the referral program, the Company requests the friend's name and email address. Quip will automatically send the friend a one–time email inviting him or her to visit the Company's Web sites. Quip does not store this information.
Quip posts a list of Customers and testimonials on the Company's Web sites that contain information such as Customer names and titles. Quip obtains the consent of each Customer prior to posting any information on such a list or posting testimonials.
6. Sharing of information collected
Service Providers
Quip may share Data about Quip Visitors, Customers and Attendees with the Company's contracted service providers so that these service providers can provide services on our behalf. Without limiting the foregoing, Quip may also share Data about Quip Visitors, Customers and Attendees with the Company's service providers to ensure the quality of information provided, and with third–party social networking and media Web sites, such as Facebook, for marketing and advertising on those Web sites. Unless described in this Privacy Statement, Quip does not share, sell, rent, or trade any information with third parties for their promotional purposes. A service provider providing services on our behalf is authorized to use your personal information only as necessary to provide these services to us.
Quip.com Affiliates
The Company may share Data about Quip Customers with other companies in order to work with them, including affiliates of the Salesforce corporate group. For example, the Company may need to share Data about Quip Customers for customer relationship management, technical operations, marketing and account management purposes.
Business Partners
From time to time, Quip may partner with other companies to jointly offer products or services, such as our AppExchange partners. If you download, purchase, or specifically express interest in a jointly-offered product or service from or through Quip, the Company may share Data about Quip Customers collected in connection with your download, purchase or expression of interest with our partner(s). Quip does not control our business partners' use of the Data about Quip Customers we collect, and their use of the information will be in accordance with their own privacy policies. If you do not wish for your information to be shared in this manner, you may opt not to download, purchase or specifically express interest in a jointly offered product or service.
Quip does not share Data about Quip Attendees with business partners unless: (1) you specifically opt in to such sharing via an event registration form; or (2) you attend a Company event and allow Quip or any of its designees to scan your attendee badge. If you do not wish for your information to be shared in this manner, you may choose not to opt in via event registration forms and elect not to have your badge scanned at Company events. If you choose to share your information with business partners in the manners described above, your information will be subject to the business partners' respective privacy statements.
Third Parties
Section 4 of this Privacy Statement, Web Site Navigational Information, specifically addresses the information we or third parties collect through cookies, web beacons, and similar tracking technologies, and how you can control cookies through your Web browsers.
Quip uses a third-party service provider to manage credit card processing. This service provider is not permitted to store, retain, or use Billing Information except for the sole purpose of credit card processing on the Company's behalf. Any billing service provider providing services on our behalf is authorized to use your personal information only as necessary to provide these services to us.
Compelled Disclosure
Quip reserves the right to use or disclose information provided if required by law or if the Company reasonably believes that use or disclosure is necessary to protect the Company's rights and/or to comply with a judicial proceeding, court order, or legal process.
Your Request
If you expressly ask us to do so, or give us your prior consent to do so, we may disclose information provided to a third party.
Aggregate and Anonymous Information
We may share aggregated,non-identifying information with third parties for industry analysis, demographic profiling and other similar purposes.
7. International transfer of information collected
The Company primarily stores Data about Quip Customers and Data about Quip Attendees in the United States. To facilitate Quip's global operations, the Company may transfer and access such information from around the world, including from other countries in which the Company has operations. This Privacy Statement shall apply even if Quip transfers Data about Quip Customers or Data about Quip Attendees to other countries.
8. Communications preferences
Quip offers Visitors, Customers, and Attendees who provide contact information a means to choose how the Company uses the information provided. You may update your email preferences by using the "Unsubscribe" link found in emails we send to you, by accessing your account profile on our website, or by contacting us as described below.
9. Correcting and updating your information
You may access, correct or request deletion of Data We have about You by logging into your account. You may also request cancellation of your account by contacting us here. We'll take steps to delete your information within a reasonable timeframe, but some information may remain in archived/backup copies for our records or as otherwise required by law.
If personal information pertaining to you as an individual has been submitted to us by a Quip Customer and you wish to exercise any rights you may have to access, correct, amend, or delete such data, please inquire with our Customer directly. Because Quip personnel have limited ability to access data our Customers submit to our services, if you wish to make your request directly to Quip, please contact us here and provide the name of the Quip Customer who submitted your data to our services. We will refer your request to that Customer, and will support them as needed in responding to your request within a reasonable timeframe.
10. Customer Data
Quip's Customers may electronically submit data or information to the Services for hosting and processing purposes ("Customer Data"). Quip handles Customer Data in accordance with a Service's terms of service or a subscription agreement in place between Quip and our Customers, which exclusively govern the Company's treatment of Customer Data and supersede this Privacy Statement in case of conflict, or as required by law. In general, Quip may access Customer Data only for the purpose of providing the Services, preventing or addressing service or technical problems, or as may be required by law. Additional information about the Company's privacy and security practices with respect to Customer Data is available here.
11. Security
Quip uses robust security measures to protect Data about Quip Customers and Data about Quip Attendees. Because the Company uses the Services to maintain Data about Salesforce Customers and Data about Salesforce Attendees, this information, which is stored in the Services, is secured in the same manner as described here. We may retain Data for as long as your account is active or as needed to provide you services, comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes and enforce our agreements.
12. Mobile applications
Without limiting the generality of this Privacy Statement, in addition to information gathered through its Web sites or submitted to its Services, Quip may obtain information through applications ("Mobile Applications") that Customers or their authorized individuals ("Users") download to, and run on, their mobile devices ("Devices"). Mobile Applications provided by Quip may obtain information from, or access data stored on, Users' Devices to provide services related to the relevant Mobile Application. For example, a Mobile Application may: access a camera on a User's Device to enable the User to upload photographs to the Services; access the call history on a User's Device to enable the User to upload that information to the Services; access calendar information on a User's Device to enable the User to match meeting attendees with contacts submitted by the User to the Services; access the geographic location of a User's Device to enable the User to identify contacts submitted by the User the Services who are nearby; or access contact information on a User's Device to enable the User to sync contact information between the information that is stored on the User's Device and the information that is submitted to the Services. Information obtained to provide Mobile Application services may include information obtained in preparation for anticipated updates to those services. Mobile Applications may transmit information to and from Devices to provide the Mobile Application services.
Mobile Applications may provide Quip with information related to Users' use of the Mobile Application services, information regarding Users' computer systems, and information regarding Users' interaction with Mobile Applications, which Quip may use to provide and improve the Mobile Application services. For example, all actions taken in a Mobile Application may be logged, along with associated information (such as the time of day when each action was taken). Quip may also share anonymous data about these actions with third party providers of analytics services. In addition, if a User downloads a Quip Mobile Application after clicking on a third-party mobile advertisement for the Mobile Application or for Quip, the third-party advertiser may provide Quip with certain information, such as the User's Device identification information, which Quip may use to track the performance of its advertising campaigns.
Customers may configure Quip Mobile Application services, and the information accessed or obtained by the Mobile Application on a User's Device may be affected by the Customer's configuration. In addition, if a Customer downloads and/or purchases more than one Service from Quip and its affiliates, a Mobile Application may be designed to interoperate with those Services; for instance, to provide a User with access to information from any or all of those Services or to provide information from a User's Device to any or all of those Services. Information accessed or obtained by the Mobile Application on a User's Device may be accessible to the Customer and its organization, depending on the intended functionality of the Mobile Application. In addition to Mobile Applications offered by Quip, the Company may offer platforms for the creation of third-party Mobile Applications. Third parties may obtain information from, or access data stored on, Users' Devices to provide services associated with any third-party Mobile Applications that Users download, install, use, or otherwise interact with over a Quip platform. Quip's Mobile Applications may also contain links or integrations to other Mobile Applications provided by third parties. Third parties' use of information collected through third-party Mobile Applications is governed by the privacy statements of such third parties. The Company encourages you to review the privacy statements of third-party providers of Mobile Applications to understand their information practices.
Notices and contractual terms related to a particular Mobile Application may be found in the End User License Agreement or relevant terms of service for that application. The Company encourages you to review the End User License Agreement or relevant terms of service related to any Mobile Applications you download, install, use, or otherwise interact with to understand that Mobile Application's information practices. The Mobile Application's access to information through a User's Device does not cause that information to be "Customer Data" under Customer's Main Services Agreement with Quip (or a similar agreement that governs the Customer's subscription(s) to Quip's Services) or under this Privacy Statement, except as follows: To the extent that a User uses a Mobile Application to submit electronic data and information to a Customer account on our Services pursuant to the Customer's Main Services Agreement with Quip (or a similar agreement that governs the Customer's subscription(s) to Quip's Services), that information constitutes "Customer Data" as defined in such agreement, and the provisions of that agreement with respect to privacy and security of such data will apply.
13. EU-U.S. Privacy Shield Framework and U.S.-Swiss Privacy Shield Framework
The Services comply with the EU–U.S. Privacy Shield Framework and the Swiss-U.S. Privacy Shield Framework set forth by the U.S. Department of Commerce regarding the collection, use, and retention of personal information transferred from the European Union and Switzerland to the United States, respectively. Salesforce has certified to the Department of Commerce that the Services adhere to the Privacy Shield Principles. You can view a description of how we comply with the Privacy Shield Principles in our Privacy Shield Notice. To learn more about the Privacy Shield program, please visit the U.S. Department of Commerce's Privacy Shield website here; to view our certification, search for "Salesforce."
If you have questions or complaints regarding this Privacy Statement or associated practices, please contact us here. If you have an unresolved privacy or data use concern that we have not addressed satisfactorily, please contact our U.S.-based third party dispute resolution provider (free of charge) at https://feedback-form.truste.com/watchdog/request.
Any questions, comments or complaints about the data practices (including compliance with data privacy principles of notice, choice, onward transfer, access, security, data integrity or enforcement) of our Services' Customers or partners for which Salesforce processes data should be addressed to that Customer or partner.
14. Changes to this Privacy Statement
Quip reserves the right to change this Privacy Statement. Quip will provide notification of the material changes to this Privacy Statement through the Company's Web sites prior to the change taking effect.
15. Contacting us
Questions regarding this Privacy Statement or the information practices of the Company's Web sites should be directed to Quip Privacy by contacting us here or mail us at:
Salesforce Data Protection Officer
Salesforce Tower, 415 Mission Street, 3rd Floor
San Francisco, CA 94105, United States
16. Additional Disclosures for California Residents
The California Consumer Privacy Act requires businesses to disclose whether they sell personal information. As a business covered by CCPA, we do not sell your personal information. We do share personal information with third parties and allow third parties to collect personal information from our Services, but these authorized third parties may use Personal Data we share or allow them to collect only to provide services to Salesforce for the purposes described in this Privacy Statement or for purposes you have consented to in advance.
California law requires that we detail the categories of personal information that we share or disclose for certain "business purposes," such as disclosures to service providers that assist us with securing our services or marketing our products. We disclose the following categories of personal information for our business purposes:
- Identifiers;
- Commercial information;
- Internet activity information;
- Financial information;
- Professional information;
- Education information; and
- Inferences drawn from any of the above information categories.
California law grants state residents certain rights, including the rights to access specific types of personal information, to learn about how we process personal information, to request deletion of personal information, and not to be denied goods or services for exercising these rights.
If you are a California resident under the age of 18 and have registered for an account with us, you may ask us to remove content or information that you have posted to our website(s). Please note that your request does not ensure complete or comprehensive removal of the content or information, because, for example, some of your content may have been reposted by another user.
For information on how to exercise your rights, please refer to Section 9 of this Privacy Statement. If you are an authorized agent wishing to exercise rights on behalf of a California resident, please contact us using the information in the "Contacting Us" section, above, and provide us with a copy of the consumer's written authorization designating you as their agent.
We may need to verify your identity and place of residence before completing your rights request.
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|Requests Fulfilled in Whole Or In Part*
|Days to Respond Initially
|Median Days to Complete a Request**
|Requests for access to Personal Data
|Requests to delete Personal Data
*Requests may be unable to be completed due to factors like the inability to verify the resident's identity or lack of response.
**Time to complete a request may depend in part on receipt of information from the person making the request, such as information to verify the person's identity or information about the action requested.
Data is for all requests received by Salesforce Affiliates from California residents between January 1 and December 31, 2020.


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Mark Kirk on Jobs
Republican Representative (IL-10)
Proponent's argument to vote Yes:
Rep. CHARLES RANGEL (D, NY-15): The House, for weeks, has attempted to save the free world from a fiscal disaster. We have bailed out the banks and those who held mortgages. At the same time, we provided for energy extensions, we provided tax breaks for those people that tax provisions have expired. We provided for hurricane relief, for mental health. So over $1 trillion is out there for this House to ease the pain of millions of Americans.
While we were dealing with these gigantic powers, we overlooked the fact that over the last 12 months the number of unemployed workers has jumped by over 2 million, leaving 10 million Americans struggling for work. These are hardworking people that have lost their jobs through no fault of their own.
Rep. JERRY WELLER (R, IL-11): This important legislation provides additional needed assistance to the long-term unemployed. It's important that we pass this legislation today as our last act before we leave for the election campaign.
This legislation focuses the most additional benefits on workers and States where the unemployment rate is highest and where jobs are hardest to find. This program continues the requirement that those benefiting from extended unemployment benefits had to have worked at least 20 weeks. Americans were rightly concerned about proposals to eliminate that work requirement and allow 39 weeks or, under the legislation before us today, as many as 59 weeks of total unemployment benefits to be paid to those who have previously only worked for a few weeks.
Opponent's argument to vote No:None voiced.
Proponents support voting YES because:
The principle at stake here is the freedom that all workers should have to organize for better working conditions & fair wages. There are many employers around the country who honor this freedom. Unfortunately, there are also many employers who do not. These employers attempt to prevent workers from unionizing by using tactics that amount to harassment, if not outright firing. In fact, one in five people who try to organize unions are fired. These tactics are already illegal, but the penalties are so minor, they are not effective deterrents.
Opponents support voting NO because:
Democracy itself is placed at risk by this bill. The sanctity of the secret ballot is the backbone of our democratic process. Not one voter signed a card to send us here to Congress. None of us sent our campaign workers out to voters' houses armed with candidate information & a stack of authorization cards. No. We trusted democracy. We trusted the voters to cast their ballots like adults, freely, openly, without intimidation, and we live with the results. But here we are, poised to advance legislation to kill a secret ballot process.
Let's be clear. Every American has the right to organize. No one is debating that. This is a right we believe in so strongly we have codified it and made it possible for workers to do so through a secret ballot.
Proponents support voting YES because:
We have waited for over 10 years to have a clean vote on the minimum wage for the poorest workers in this country Low-wage workers had their wages frozen in time, from 10 years ago, but when they go to the supermarket, the food prices are higher; when they put gasoline in the car, the gasoline prices are higher; when they pay the utility bills, the utility bills are higher; when their kids get sick, the medical bills are higher. All of those things are higher. They are living in 2007, but in their wages they are living in 1997.
Opponents support voting NO because:
This bill is marked more by what is not in the bill than what is in it. Small businesses are the backbone of our economy. They create two-thirds of our Nation's new jobs, and they represent 98% of the new businesses in the US. What protection does this bill provide them? None whatsoever.
We can do better. In the interest of sending the President a final measure that provides consideration for small businesses and their workers, the very men and women who are responsible for our economy's recent growth and strength, we must do better.
As the federation of America's unions, the AFL-CIO includes more than 13 million of America's workers in 60 member unions working in virtually every part of the economy. The mission of the AFL-CIO is to improve the lives of working families to bring economic justice to the workplace and social justice to our nation. To accomplish this mission we will build and change the American labor movement.
The following ratings are based on the votes the organization considered most important; the numbers reflect the percentage of time the representative voted the organization's preferred position.
OFFICIAL CONGRESSIONAL SUMMARY: Federal Aviation Administration Fair Labor Management Dispute Resolution Act of 2006: Prohibits the FAA from implementing any proposed change to the FAA personnel management system in cases where the services of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service do not lead to an agreement between the Administrator and FAA employees, unless Congress authorizes the change during the 60-day period. Requires binding arbitration if Congress does not enact a bill into law within the 60-day period.
SPONSOR'S INTRODUCTORY REMARKS: Sen. OBAMA: Because what air traffic controllers do is vital to our safety, I became very concerned by a letter I received from Illinois air traffic controller Michael Hannigan. He wrote that "the air traffic controllers are not being allowed to negotiate in good faith with the FAA."
What was clear in Michael's plea was the sense that he and his colleagues felt that they were being treated unfairly. I looked into it and came to the conclusion that if we did not restore a fair negotiation procedure, it would threaten agency morale and effectiveness.
The problem is this: the FAA Administrator currently has the extraordinary authority to impose wages and working conditions on her workers without arbitration. In order to do that, she merely has to declare an impasse in negotiations and if Congress does not stop her from imposing her terms and conditions within 60 days, the Administrator can go ahead and act unilaterally. That authority denies air traffic controllers and all other FAA employees the opportunity to engage in and conclude negotiations in good faith.
It is in the best interest of the agency and public safety to have management and labor cooperate in contract negotiations.
LEGISLATIVE OUTCOME:Referred to Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation; never came to a vote.
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Love Of Victory In The Time Of Steroids
Oh, man. David Greene is off today so we can't hear his reaction to this news. He's probably still out partying because his Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Cincinnati Reds six-to-two in a National League wildcard playoff game last night. Over in the American League, the post season is going on without the Yankees. Alex Rodriguez faces his own cloudy future as he appeals his lengthy suspension for doping.
And commentator Frank Deford says it's all happening close to a previous sports doping anniversary.
FRANK DEFORD: There's a certain anniversary irony to the fact that Alex Rodriguez's arbitration hearing is taking place this week, for it was essentially exactly a quarter of a century ago that what we think of as the drug era in sports began. Oh sure, the use of steroids and blood doping traces back at least into the 1970s. East Germany itself was a pharmacy masquerading as a country. And there was considerable suspicion, never proved, that the sprint records set by Flo-Jo, the late Florence Griffith Joyner, were steroid-enhanced.
In 1988, at the Seoul Olympics, I saw a side-by-side video of Flo-Jo from 1984 and that present time. She looked and sounded like a different person. The comparison was so shocking that the producer told me he feared it would be an ugly bombshell back in the USA, if such incriminating evidence were shown about an American heroine. So NBC shelved the tape.
Instead the bombshell came a few days later, 25 years ago, September 27th, 1988, when Ben Johnson, Canada's hero, was stripped of his hundred-meter gold medal when tests showed a performance-enhancing drug in his system. So began publicly, with apologies to Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Love of Victory in the Time of Steroids.
The drug cheats are similar in that they all immediately deny the charge, and wonder how such an alien substance could possibly have snuck into their pure body. But in contrast, how utterly different the guilty athletes are as people. Some remain incredibly arrogant. Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa, who were like giddy little children when busting home runs, acted like fools when called before Congress.
Others, like Marion Jones - and eventually McGwire, too - do ultimately express regret. The major point is though, that there is no one personality type that succumbs to the temptation of taking advantage of drugs.
Could there, for best example, be any more different characters than perhaps the two most famous drug cheats, Lance Armstrong and A-Rod? Armstrong haughty, disdainful, so self-assured, a star in an individual sport who became something of a mob boss with his devoted cult of accomplices; and Rodriguez, phony, fragile, unloved, so insecure, a star in a team sport who searches desperately just to be accepted by his colleagues.
And here A-Rod is now, 38 years old, his body in betrayal - perhaps from all those years of drugs - hitting .244, hearing boos, even at home at Yankee Stadium, yet pleading desperately for a lesser sentence at the price of suffering more embarrassing revelations; a figure of pity that no one does.
So begins the second quarter-century of the drug era. You'll never guess who'll be next to be seduced.
INSKEEP: Frank Deford comes to us every Wednesday.
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How best to market your services is one of the most important factors that a professional genealogical researcher or lecturer must consider. After all, in order to conduct research professionally, someone must hire you to do so. In order for someone to hire you, they must know that you offer your services. This all comes down to how you market yourself.
Marketing has definitely changed in the past couple of years with the growth of the social Internet. How do you make yourself stand out from among other professionals? Obviously, research skill and experience are still essential. But they are no longer enough.
Here are two interesting and unique marketing ideas that I use:
The Visual Resume
A picture speaks a thousand words. We have heard this a million times, and it is as true today as it was the first time we heard it.
Why not apply this principle to your resume?
I created the following "visual resume" using Microsoft PowerPoint, and have posted it on SlideShare, LinkedIn, and Facebook.
These slides provide all of the most important information about my services, including testimonials from past clients, in an interesting and unique way. The dry format of a resume has been replaced with much more palatable ilustrations.
Trading cards
I have to thank Thomas MacEntee of Geneabloggers for discovering this company.
Meet-Meme allows you to create your own trading cards. The trading cards contain a QR code (as well a short link for those of us that are i-challenged) that will take people to a profile page that you create at the same time that you create the card. This profile page can contain several links, with special attention to social networking sites. My profile page, for example, contains links to my Twitter, LinkedIn, and Facebook pages, as well as custom links to my Lulu bookstore, this blog, and the African American Genealogy Examiner column.
At the Institute of Genealogical & Historical Research (IGHR) last week, I ordered and gave out 20 of these fun trading cards to fellow genealogists. They were a hit! Everyone that had a smart phone immediately wanted to run the QR code and go to my profile page.
Your Ideas?
Have you tried either of these ideas? What did you think about them?
Have you tried any other interesting marketing ideas?
I'd love to hear about them!


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For a film about a defiant young heroine discovering she's a renegade nonconformist at heart, 'Divergent' sure colors within the lines of the young-adult dystopian literature's playbook. You can practically hear a 'Hunger Games' violin playing throughout this overly long (2 hours, 20 minutes!) and brutishly violent tale based on Victoria Roth's best-selling trilogy. What makes this well-trod storyline enjoyable – almost – is its cast. The versatile Shailene Woodley anchors 'Divergent' with fire and intelligence, nailing her role with the same plucky conviction that Jennifer Lawrence brings to the 'Games' series. Woodley, so good in 'The Spectacular Now' and 'The Descendants,' receives strong support from both Theo James (TV's 'Downton Abbey') as her hunky, enigmatic love interest and Kate Winslet as a deliciously icy and mysterious manipulator. But even the three actors' magnetic presence can't distract from the fact that this material is as familiar as yesterday's lunch. Roth's story is set in a futuristic Chicago, a once-vibrant city that's been reduced to utter shabbiness as it struggles with postwar fallout about 100 years later. To keep order and peace, the population of this fenced-off metropolis has been divided into five distinct groups. The group known as Abnegation embraces altruism with a Christ-like devotion. Amity does a lot of farming, while Candor speaks brusquely and provides comic relief. Dauntless represents rambunctious Marines-like protectors who take Parkour skills to dangerous levels. And Erudite is made up of intellectuals; they're problem-solvers with high-minded ideals. Obviously, there's a lot of symbolism being batted around, from biblical and literary names of characters such as Caleb and Beatrice to the premise that no single human virtue is more highly valued than another. So how are these designations chosen? Every year, as a teen reaches a key age, individual tests determine which 'faction' best suits a new recruit. When Beatrice (Woodley) takes the test, a shocked examiner (Maggie Q) realizes she's 'divergent,' someone who shares various traits of each faction but can't be lumped into a specific category. The designation is considered a cultural stain. Rather than declare her status, an act that would lead to ostracization at the very least, Beatrice joins the limber and sexy Dauntless crowd instead of staying in the drably dressed and self-sacrificing Abnegation, a faction her parents (played well by Ashley Judd and 'Scandal's' Tony Goldwyn) belong to. Am I revealing too much? Hardly. The bulk of his exposition is fired at us from the get-go in a voice-over by Beatrice, who gets signed up for brutal physical contests that will determine if she has the Dauntless goods. By laying out the plot foundation out in voice-over narration, format screenwriters Evan Daugherty and Vanessa Taylor have made the scenario digestible, welcoming newbies to Roth's world while respecting the trilogy's humongous fan base. Where they and director Neil Burger ('The Illusionist' with Edward Norton) go astray is in logic. The confrontations here are so lopsided, the outcome becomes laughable. A word of caution to parents: This is one violent film, so heed that PG-13 rating before letting your kids go see it. The filmmakers also do the disservice of overstuffing their narrative, probably so they can appease fans of the book. But ditching a few 'Fear Factor'-like tests endured by Beatrice (who eventually adopts the hip name of Tris) would have made a brisker film. Where the filmmakers succeed is in creating Roth's world. Seeing Chicago hobbled and decayed makes Roth's vision of the future seem even more a possibility than the one imagined by Suzanne Collins in 'Hunger Games.' While 'Divergent' may not measure up to 'Games,' it's much more watchable and smart than a spate of other YA-based movie atrocities, from 'The Host' to 'Mortal Instruments: City of Bones.' That's a credit to Burger and the writers. But this dystopian template needs some work. A little innovation would likely create a brighter future for the ensuing films based on Roth's trilogy.
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