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NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- Shares of Deckers Outdoor (DECK) were getting hammered in late trades on Thursday after the fashion footwear seller missed Wall Street's consensus profit view because of weakness in gross margins and lowered its full-year outlook.
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Google Books Deal Not Dead, Only Resting, Authors' Lawyer Says
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The current settlement is too broad, and over-reaches, according to Judge Chin, because it draws all authors, including unknown authors, into a class action settlement that exceeds the scope of the original 2004 lawsuit. That was a fairly straightforward copyright-infringement lawsuit by the authors and publishers against Google for scanning millions of books without permission, and then making snippets available online.
In response to the original lawsuit, Google made a fair-use argument, roughly analogous to the one by which it has the discretion to index the entire web and sell ads against search results. It's important to remember that although Google has scanned millions of books into its database, it only displays a snippet of each copyright book for which it has no license. The purpose of the settlement was to allow Google to open up its database, creating a massive online library of 10 million books, accessible to all.
The problem is that the settlement reads like a forward-looking business contract between Google and all authors.
As New York Law School professor James Grimmelmann observed, "This move is what sinks the settlement."
"Chin has set up a dichotomy," Grimmelmann wrote in a legal analysis of the opinion. "Google's past conduct in scanning and searching was the subject of the lawsuit, but it is Google's future conduct in selling whole books that would [be] authorized by the settlement."
Naturally, Google's competitors, like Amazon and Microsoft, were not happy with the prospect of Google effectively becoming the sole publisher of orphan works, and both filed briefs to that effect. Judge Chin appeared to be swayed, at least in part, by their arguments. He wrote:
While the digitization of books and the creation of a universal digital library would benefit many, the ASA would simply go too far. It would permit this class action — which was brought against defendant Google Inc. to challenge its scanning of books and display of "snippets" for on-line searching — to implement a forward-looking business arrangement that would grant Google significant rights to exploit entire books, without permission of the copyright owners [emphasis added]. Indeed, the ASA would give Google a significant advantage over competitors, rewarding it for engaging in wholesale copying of copyrighted works without permission, while releasing claims well beyond those presented in the case.
For his part, Boni, the Authors Guild lead counsel, says the ASA — and the "class" it represents — has been "misportrayed."
"There were far fewer objectors than people believed and the press believed," Boni told Wired.com. "It's just that they were extremely vocal, in large part out of self-interest. If you look at the roster of objectors, they're competitors of Google, or they're societies that have their own agendas that don't align with Google's."
–Authors Guild lawyer
One reason the authors and publishers are so keen on the settlement is that, if they revive the original copyright claim against Google, they could be setting themselves up for a serious defeat that could establish a legal precedent about book-scanning and online use with far-reaching implications. (Google declined to comment beyond its original statement, and counsel for the Association for American Publishers did not return a call for comment.)
By saying that an opt-in settlement would ameliorate many of the objectors' concerns, Judge Chin appears to be telegraphing that the mechanism of a class action may not be appropriate in this case. The reason is that if the settlement were opt-in, it would obviate the need for a settlement at all, because today, any author can forge an individual opt-in agreement with Google, just as thousands have with Amazon.
For now, in the wake of Judge Chin's decision, the status quo prevails. Google continues to scan books — books that it can't share with — or sell to — the public, except for snippets.
"There are many, many people, class members in the thousands, for whom this is a very sad day," Boni said. "This settlement has a tremendous benefit for society and for authors, and we're cautiously optimistic that we will be able to achieve — if not this settlement — than our goals, down the road."
Judge Chin has scheduled a status conference for April 25.
See Also:
- Google Books Settlement
- The Fight over the Google of All Libraries: An (Updated) Wired.com FAQ
- Google Books Settlement Rejected
- Google Books Fosters Intellectual, Legal Crossroads
- Justice Dept. to Google Books: Close, But No Cigar
- Cultural Evolution Could Be Studied in Google Books Database
- Artists' Lawsuit Demands Piece of Google Books Pie
- Watch Out, Amazon: Google to Start Selling Books
- Justice Department Formalizes Probe of Google Books Settlement
- How Google Counted The World's 129 Million Books
- A Writer's Plea: Figure Out How to Preserve Google Books
- Google Launches Online Bookstore, Challenging Amazon
- Libraries Warn of Censorship, Privacy, Cost in Google's Digital Library

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Compare the Bushes with the Kennedys, and it's the Republican clan that casts the longer shadow. A Kennedy was President for a thousand days or so, but if George W. Bush completes his second term, someone named Bush will have been President for 4,383 days. There has been a Bush on the Republican ticket for six of the past seven presidential elections and a Bush in or near the White House for 16 of the past 24 years. And the run may not be over. Jeb Bush said in October that he would not run in 2008, but not everyone believes that promise is airtight. "I think there's still a sliver of a chance he goes," said one of Jeb's confidants. "First, it's the family business, and it's hard to see him leaving it. And there are enough unemployed Bush samurai out there who will want to eat and who will lean on him to run. He may not want to do it now, but I think he may."
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After getting caught cheating on Rob, a new report reveals that Kristen is very angry with herself. Read on for details.
Kristen Stewart issued a public apology on July 25 for having cheated on Robert Pattinson with her former director Rupert Sanders, and it appears that behind closed doors, she is truly devastated, according to a new report.
A source close to both Kristen, 22, and Rob, 26, reveals to Us Weekly that the Twilight actress is "devastated." "She's very angry at herself. She's really not blaming anyone but herself," the source tells the magazine.
This stems from the July 24 revelation that Kristen had an illicit encounter with Rupert, 41, who directed the actress in Snow White and the Huntsman. Rupert has been married to model-actress Liberty Ross, 33, for seven years. The couple have two children, ages seven and five, together.
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Posted at 7:27 PM on August 3, 2012
Kristen made a big mistake but it doesn't mean everyone else is better than her. A lot of people say it is not an excuse that she's human and made that mistake. But she's human and make mistake! It wasn't a mistake for her to make a very public apology. I don't think she made that public apology to save her place in Hollywood but an act of recognizing her wrongdoing and owning her hurtful actions. Her public apology to Rob shows that she was willing to sacrifice her career. She is full of guilt in her statement and hurting too but also her seeking for forgiveness shows humility in her part.
Although guilt is not seen as a very positive emotion, her repentance over her actions can be seen as a very important factor to improve her ways of thinking and behaving. The positive and transforming aspect of guilt is that we can admit our mistakes, ponder over them, and motivate ourselves to never repeat those actions under any circumstances.
I really believe she was sincere in her public apology. Kristen knows that a lot of girls/women looked up to her as a role model and she knows she betrayed them. Her sincerity in recognizing and owning her misgivings makes powerful her repentance and she will work hard to gaining the trust and respect of those close to her especially Rob.
Kristen there are some of us who believe that you can overcome all that has happened as a result of your bad judgment. Because like you, we are humans and made mistakes in our lives but did everything to become better persons in the end.
Keep strong Kristen. We're praying for you, Rob, and your families. Peace.
Posted at 1:44 AM on August 3, 2012
Hey Kristern don't blame on yourself. U learn lesson make mistake right now. You are too young as get to understand real life n out world it not movie! Please never again happen to Robert! U know real Hollywood n real out world friends/family real support care about u or fake not support u laugh at u for cheat. Who care don't listen to people f all people just about yourself focus on ur work ur life fix… I will always be ur fan! No one be perfect as everyone make mistake give u some time to think before u speak up… Don't trust no one nobody at all! Good luck bless u
Posted at 9:39 AM on July 27, 2012
Posted at 8:20 AM on July 27, 2012
Why is it that famous people have such a hard time staying faithful. It bothers me that my children adore these people who exhibit such poor moral values. Miley looks like she is shooting soft core porn, there are cutters, cheaters, and drug addicts that my kids are looking up to. It's disturbing!!
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Posted at 10:14 AM on July 27, 2012
People fail to realize that celebrities are still human.Kstew did a dumb thing.people all across this planet do things like this every day.She is famous so she takes a public beating and it's wrong for people to do that to her.Who says Rob was so great behind closed doors? We don't know what went on when they stepped away from the cameras.I believe he is a nice guy,does that make him a great boyfriend? Rupert sander had more to lose and supposedly he called Kristin and had her pick him up blocks from his house.After the make-out session she drops him off 3 blocks from his house.Celebrities have the same problems we all have,we just forget sometimes because of who they are and what they do.I don't believe this is the 1st time he has stepped out on his wife.My father is a habitual cheater my mom keeps taking him back.I love them both but stay out of it as long as he's not putting his hands on her.I know my dad loves my mom but she is a strong willed person.What she say goes and I believe that is part of the reason he cheats with women that hangs on his every word.Both couples already had problems before this affair happened.I just wished Kristin had gone home to Rob after leaving the gym instead of answering Rupert call to have a make-out session.She should've worked on the problems she was having with Rob.Kristin is young but this is a huge lesson for her.When a married dirty old man flirts with you laugh and keep walking.
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Posted at 9:47 AM on July 27, 2012
KRISTEN IS NOT STUPID!!! MAYBE YOU ARE!!!! >:((( she's just a good person who did one wrong choice.. nobody's perfect! And About Rob moving on? well, he's devastated… i know… but after years with kristen.. will you think he'll move on that quickly? HECK NO! no matter what, I still hold my Faith in ROBSTEN!!! FOREVER!!!!
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Posted at 6:43 AM on July 27, 2012
She should be angry at herself, she let a lot of people down with her behavior. But she is human and us human's make a lot of mistakes, so it shows she is human and made a huge stupid mistake on her part. I think she knew the paparazzi were there taking photo's as some of those photo's looked posed. When the paparazzi are in your face 24/7 then you know for a fact one of them is going to get some juicy photo's. Another actress from Hollywood making stupid mistakes with their life. Hopefully her and Rob, if they want and he can forgive her, get back together. Time will tell.
Posted at 4:51 AM on July 27, 2012
kristen has a lot to learn about hollywood and how men look
at women.she care about robert pattinson and she is not trash
and this what happens in tinsel town.if he takes her back it
will not depend on public opinion,it what he decides to do
the kind of love he has for her.is not going to disapear over
night.so!stop player hating.
Posted at 6:32 AM on July 27, 2012
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Posted at 2:41 AM on July 27, 2012
I'm younger than she is but I know better than to treat someone that you supposedly love like that. If you want to be with someone else, end the relationship and do it. Don't be selfish and a coward by abusing that persons trust just because you want to have your cake and eat it, too. Your judgement doesn't have to be perfect to know the difference between right and wrong.
Posted at 2:35 AM on July 27, 2012
Let's put the obvious issues to the side. To many Twi-hards, they aren't Kristen and Robert, they're Bella and Edward. They didn't make ONE mistake, they carried on an affair, probably throughout the duration of filming SWATH. The last Twilight movie is coming out and this will affect the box office tally of not only that movie, but the future financials of all Twilight movies (tv, rentals, DVD/ Blu-Ray purchases) as well as the planned sequel to Snow White and the Huntsman. All in all, this is going to affect more than just the 2 of them long term.
Posted at 2:34 AM on July 27, 2012
what else she can do? She was caught in the act!! anyway i feel sorry for her. but, what about the other women (Librety Ross who was legally married to Sanders), my heart cries for her too. If anyone should be dumped, Sanders is the one, who has a beautiful wife taking care of his two little children while he spent much of his time outside of his home. And Robert Patttinson? i think he should go his saperate way too, but considering celebrities lives, can anybody guarantee that he would find a better lover, more particularly who is a virgin. I hope Kristen was a virgin when he first slept with her. (no offense) he should be proud of that. Maybe Kristen is just eager to taste a real manhood (not vampire's), so, just forgive her Pattinson, who knows, if you judge her so harshly, you too may fall into the same trap keeping in my your own sexyness.
Posted at 2:08 AM on July 27, 2012
Posted at 12:23 AM on July 27, 2012
i love them both rob and kristen that's why im so affected..it's just that i really do'nt understand why'd she did that.rob loves her so much and i think kristen as well..but no matter what i believe that love conquer's all.in the end of the day they will make their choices and decisions..we just hope and wish that everything will be ok..
Posted at 11:53 PM on July 26, 2012
It's just good to hear that she is taking responsibility for her actions. I am by no means "glad" she's blaming herself. This is a horrible situation for both parties.
I am a huge fan of both of them and would only hope they could work it out. However I just don't see that happening. :(
Posted at 1:59 AM on July 27, 2012
shes not taking responsibility!! if she was doing that she would have confessed to rob on her own out of shame and guilt. she didn't. she only confessed when she found out the pics will be released they weren't going away and she didn't have a choice.
its not responsibility; its getting busted.


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clogged vent stack??
Ok, so we have sewer odor occasionally (seems weather related) in one room and the room below it. The one room is behind the bathroom and the other is below the bathroom. there are no leaks that we have seen.
The bathroom (on second floor) works pretty well. The toilet clogs more than normal but I think that the previous owner dropped something in it.
Anyways we were thinking that the vent pipe may exit into a wall or something stupid (our house is over 150 yrs old) however there is a vent pipe sticking up through the roof. I also am thinking that this was the first bathroom and that it is connected to the main stack, which I therefore assume is exciting the house through the roof. So this makes me in turn think that it isn't exciting into the wall but maybe our vent pipe is clogged a bit.
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Do you think we can just call a stupid rotor rooter service?? Would this be the first thing you would suggest doing?? If it were a clog would this cause the occasional odor? It seems temp related, which is why I was thinking it was exciting into the attic. I figured when the warm attic air cooled it fell down into the bedroom. however this doesn't explain why we don't smell it in the bathroom or any other upstairs room.
Well, there is such a thing as temperature inversions, which cause gases that would rise into the atmosphere to move downward. But, my guess is that you have a small leak from the bathroom drains (especially wax ring on toilet) and that it is entering the floor space, rising and ending up in the next room.
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Also, it happens most often when I use the shower. I don't think it happens if I just use the toilet. Ohh, in addition to this we redid the tub faucet that is in the wall behind the tub and this wall cavity did not smell. The toilet plumbing is not by that wall but the wall is all connected (no insulation on interior walls) so if it were leaking from the toilet wouldn't we smell it in the wall there also? I just don't get it!
First Thing I would do as Pinoke mentioned is change the wax rings under the toilets. My parents had a similar problem and i changed out the wax ring with no success,still had the occasional smell. This went on for months. Then one day they had a leak from the drain pipe. It turned out to be a rotted out drain line from the bathroom sink to the main drain stack. The drain line was a copper pipe that drain cleaner chemical finally ate through. replaced it and the smell went away.
The above is a worse case situation. The smell went away for a few years until this summer and came back. First thing I did was pull the toilet. The wax ring had melted! The only room in the upstairs that has air conditioning is their bedroom. It had gotten so hot over the years that the ring melted. Replaced it and the smell went away.
Easiest way to check for a bad ring is stick your nose at the base of the toilet and see if you smell sewer gas. If you do thats the problem.
Do you think we can just call a stupid rotor rooter service??
Sewer gas is a serious problem and one that should not be trusted to "Stupid" people no matter what their business letterhead or personal job title might be.
Sewer gas is a product of the decomposition of organic waste material and primarily contains a number of different gasses, which include but is not limited to: Hydrogen Sulfide, Ammonia, Methane, Carbon Dioxide, Nitrous Oxide and may contain remnants of household solvents, chemicals, oil, gasoline or any other liquid that may have been discharged into the drain system.
Sewer gas can be very elusive because the gasses are present in differing amounts from one moment in time to the next and some of the gasses or vapors are lighter than air while others are heavier than air so they may be rising in the vent system at one time and falling at another time. In addition, if the sewer gasses should happen to leak out of the vent system into the living space they may stratify in layers in the room air, near the ceiling and upper level of the room at one time and near the floor where they are less noticable at other times. It must also be noted that the rate at which these gasses rise or fall will vary in proportion to changes in the normal atmosphere barometric pressure. To make matters more complex some of the gasses present in sewer gas have a very strong odor such as Hydrogen sulfide (rotten egg smell) or Ammonia, while some of the gasses such as nitrous oxide or carbon dioxide are odorless. Again, because these gasses are present in differing amounts they may smell strong at one time but go totally unnoticed at others. To make matters even more complex when hydrogen sulfide is present in higher levels it actually paralyzes the body's olfactory sensors in your nose so you do not smell it.
Having said all that, let me also say that although it is not impossible, it is extremely unlikely that you could ever get a sewer gas buidup in a residence that would even approach dangerous levels.
Now to locate the source. As Pinoke already pointed out, the most common source is a defective wax ring under the toilet.
It is possible that it could result from an obstruction in the vent stack but generally you will see other indicators of a plugged stack.
1.The at rest water level in the toilet bowl lower than usual.
2.Slight movement of the water or a gurgling sound in the toilet bowl when a sink or tub is drained.
3.Dry traps-take a flashlight and visually look down the sink drain to see if there is water in the trap.
The Uniform Plumbing Code requires all vents to go through the roof however if you live in a region that is under the International Residential Code you should be aware that the code permits terminating auxillary vents in the attic space.
When doing so the code requires the vent opening to be at least 6" above the level of an insulation present but often people are unaware of the vents and add additional insulation covering the vent openings. When a vent is terminated in the attic space it is quite possible that the heavier than air components of the sewer gas will then permeat through any cracks or crevices and come into the living space.
Check under the lavatory to to see if you have an air admittance valve (Studor Vent) on the drain line. If so, the diaphram may be stuck in the open position. The proper fix is to replace the AAV. AAV's are threaded on the bottom and screwed into a female thread adapter so they can easily be changed.
If you have chrome plated brass tailpieces or traps check the brass carefully for signs of corrosion. Even if the surface of the pipe only feels rough it may be corroded sufficiently to allow gasses to escape. The only solution here is to replace the defective components.
If you have checked all of these points and still have not located the source of the problem you should contact a plumber or drain cleaning service that can run a camera down the vent stack to inspect it. In a worst case scenario the can also make a small access hole in the sheetrock and run the camera inside the wall which would preclude making a major tear out until you are sure you have identified the problem.
sorry I didn't mean to offend anyone with my comment. I just meant a service to clean my vent pipe.
Our house does not have everything up to code because of it's age. Things were "grandfathered" in and therefore not everything is what is expected.
all piping is of the pvc type and water in-lines are copper. The sewer pipe is cast iron.
there are no gurgling sounds and I don't think water is getting sucked from the traps. Once in a blue moon I will hear gurgling downstairs when the washer is running but it doesn't happen all the time.
we prefer to fix things ourselves as repair men we have had do not seem to respect our house and we are always dissapointed with their work. I was hoping to isolate the problem so I could figure out where to look first. I was hoping it was a simple clogged vent fix however I guess we will have to open the wall and see what is happening.
we can't use a AAV becuase I believe the vent in question is the main stack vent.


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When I was pregnant with DD#2 my morning sickness just disappeared at about 8 weeks or so. I had been very very sick but then it pretty much disappeared, I had a few more nauseous moments, but for the most part it had left. I am now pregnant with #3 and now that I am about 8 weeks the morning sickness has pretty much left. I know intellectually that since this happened last time I really shouldn't freak out- but I am just worried sick. Did this happen to any of you ladies? Do you think I should call my midwife? I feel so anxious- but I'm trying to calm myself down that this does not mean I have miscarried- esp. when I did this with baby #2!
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My sickness went at around 9 or 10 weeks. Felt strange as it was just gone all of a sudden and I wasn't even 12 weeks yet. Never had sickness before this pregnancy so was kinda freaking out as I didn't know this could happen. I'm just over 24 weeks now and baby is still doing great. If you would feel better ring your midwife for some reassurance. I'm sure they'd understand.
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Thanks ladies- this was reassuring. Sometimes when your paranoid you really just need other people to comfort you!
I am hoping all is fine- I have my first dr.'s appointment on monday, I'll be 9 weeks 3 days and hopefully that is far along enough to hear a hb on doppler- some reassurance for my anxious mind!
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I would love to trade places with you. I am also preggo with #3 and I'm 28 weeks and still battling morning sickness. Thankfully it's not as bad as it was in the beginning, but no fun none the less.
I understand your concern as the same thing happened to a friend of mine. If you can't get in to see if your midwife will check on the baby, you can always call your local women's resource center. They usually offer free ultrasounds for peace of mind. :o)
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My morning sickness made a lovely reappearance this morning. I will quit worrying now....
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Wel I am 8 weeks and mine has just got worse. I have had a little bit up until now at various times of the day but now but now feel nauseous all day!


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Roses and Fun in Full Bloom for Elizabeth Park Rose Weekend
Free activities for families and children abound during the annual Elizabeth Park Rose Festival June 23-24. The s.5 acre garden features 15,000 colorful rose bushes designed in an intricate layout of flower beds and climbing roses on arches. The Friends of Elizabeth Park, which maintains the gardens in association with Hartford City gardeners is hosting the event from 10:00 am to 4:00 p.m. daily.
Many community organizations will provide the music and dance performances and activities for adults and children. Children will enjoy a scavenger hunt and mask making with The Albano Ballet and can explore several "secret" gardens in the park. On stage will be the Hartt School of Dance, poetry readings by Friends and Enemies of Wallace Stevens, Americana music by the Heirlooms and guitarist Randy Spaulding. Highlights on Saturday included a new farmers market featuring locally grown products and on Sunday, viewing of The Connecticut Rose Society Juried RoseShow, with roses for sale
Elizabeth Park is the oldest municipal rose garden in the country and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The park is owned and maintained by the City of Hartford and is located in both Hartford and West Hartford. The Friends of Elizabeth Park, clebrating its 35th anniversary, is a nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving and maintaining the rose garden and the other gardens in the park.


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AT&T Park, San Francisco, California
W: N. Eovaldi (1-0)
L: M. Cain (5-4)
SAN FRANCISCO -- Miami manager Mike Redmond got immediate results from his decision to put Justin Ruggiano in the leadoff spot.
Ruggiano started the game with a home run in his third career start in the leadoff spot and added a two-run shot in the ninth that broke it open for the Marlins, who beat the Giants 7-2 Sunday for their 10th win in their last 11 games in San Francisco."This guy's got a lot of power," Redmond said. "We talked about our offense and trying to get guys in situations. We just led him off in hopes he'd put together some good at-bats and it happened, he hit a couple of big home runs. It was great. He had a great day and was a huge part of the win today."Nate Eovaldi (1-0) held the Giants in check into the seventh inning and Marcell Ozuna hit an RBI double and solo homer as the Marlins bested Matt Cain (5-4) and a struggling San Francisco bullpen to wrap up their first winning road trip of the season.The Marlins went 4-3 in Arizona and San Francisco after taking two of three at home against St. Louis as they try to put a rough 16-44 start to the season in the past."Awesome road trip," Ruggiano said. "We played some tough teams. To come out with a winning record, first time this year, you can see things turn around a little bit. It's exciting to come to the ballpark. We're having fun."The defending World Series champion Giants dropped three of four at home to the team with the worst record in the National League, scoring just eight runs in the four games.The Giants went 3-4 on the homestand that started with three games against San Diego, marking their first losing homestand since going 3-7 from July 23-Aug. 2 last summer. San Fracisco had won or split the last 10 homestands."You can try to make excuses but really we didn't get the job done," Cain said. "We didn't get some guys in when we needed to and we didn't throw the ball like we needed to. We had some games where we had the lead and we didn't finish it off. You have to kind of just say it's over with and move on now."The Giants did end a 90-inning home run drought when Hunter Pence led off the seventh against Eovaldi with a drive over the left field fence for his 12th of the season to cut Miami's led to 3-2. It was San Francisco's first homer since a leadoff shot by Gregor Blanco on June 14 in Atlanta.The eight homerless games coincided with an injury to third baseman Pablo Sandoval, who has been out since June 8 with a left foot strain. Sandoval homered the past two days on a rehab assignment with Class A San Jose and will be activated Monday for the series opener in Los Angeles."We need a lift right now," manager Bruce Bochy said. "He's a big bat, presence in the lineup. Hopefully he'll take a little pressure off the other guys trying to do too much. Any time you're missing a guy that's hitting in the heart of the order it does make it a little tougher. Hopefully he will spark this lineup."But Sandoval could only watch against Eovaldi and the Marlins.Eovaldi allowed just two hits in the first five innings -- a line drive that went in and out of the glove of sliding right fielder Giancarlo Stanton in the first inning and an infield hit between the pitcher's mound and first base by Blanco in the fourth.Eovaldi was finally touched for a run in the sixth when pinch-hitter Tony Abreu tripled and scored on a groundout by Marco Scutaro. Eovaldi's day ended when he walked Brandon Belt following Pence's homer in the seventh. He allowed two runs and four hits in six-plus innings.Ryan Webb preserved the lead when he got pinch-hitter Joaquin Arias to hit into a 1-6-3 double play with runners on first and third to end the seventh."It's really just a reaction play," Webb said. "As soon as I caught it, I just made sure I had the grip on it. Thankfully we were able to turn it."Chad Qualls pitched a scoreless eighth with help. Scutaro made the second out at second base when he tried to advance after Stanton threw to third following a single.The Marlins broke the game open with a four-run ninth against Jean Machi that featured homers by Ozuna and Ruggiano. It was Ruggiano's second career multihomer game.Cain pitched fairly well after the leadoff homer by Ruggiano on the second pitch of the game. Cain struck out eight batters and walked none in six innings.The Marlins scored single runs in the fourth on an RBI double by Ozuna and sixth when first baseman Belt couldn't handle a hot shot by Logan Morrison for a run-scoring error that made it 3-0.Game notes
San Francisco optioned INF Nick Noonan to Triple-A Fresno after the game to make room for Sandoval. ... The Giants are uncertain whether RHP Chad Gaudin will be able to start Tuesday in Los Angeles after he took a line drive off his pitching elbow in his last start. ... Madison Bumgarner (7-4) will start the series opener against the Dodgers versus Hyun-Jin Ryu (6-3). ... The Marlins are off Monday before beginning a two-game home series Tuesday against Minnesota.
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1st | J Ruggiano homered to left center (423 feet). | 1 | 0 | |
4th | M Ozuna doubled to left, L Morrison scored. | 2 | 0 | |
6th | L Morrison safe at first on error by first baseman B Belt, E Lucas scored, G Stanton to second. | 3 | 0 | |
6th | M Scutaro grounded out to second, T Abreu scored. | 3 | 1 | |
7th | H Pence homered to left (421 feet). | 3 | 2 | |
9th | M Ozuna homered to left (391 feet). | 4 | 2 | |
9th | G Dobbs doubled to right, D Dietrich scored. | 5 | 2 | |
9th | J Ruggiano homered to center (412 feet), G Dobbs scored. | 7 | 2 | |
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Game Time | 2:52 |
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Welcome from the Fort Worth Kennel Club
Upcoming Events - Responsible Dog Ownership Day - September 27, 2014 at Veterans Memorial Park in White Settlement
AKC All Breed Dog Show - March 21-22, 2015 at Will Rogers Complex, Fort Worth, Texas, proceeded by the Texas Combined Specialties on March 20.
AKC Agility Trial - August 8-9 2015 at Watt Arena, Will Rogers Complex, Fort Worth, Texas, proceeded by the Dallas Fort Worth Dachshund Club AKC Agility Trial on August 7.
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Also in 2014, FWKC will celebrate Responsible Dog Ownership Day at Veteran's Memorial Park in White Settlement. Many area Breed Clubs will compete for best booth. There will be Obedience and Agility Demonstrations.
FWKC hosts two AKC All-Breed Dog Shows each year. In 2015 these shows will be held back to back on March 21 - 22 at the Will Rogers Complex in Fort Worth Texas. For more information go to the Upcoming Shows webpage.
In 2015, FWKC will host an AKC Agility Trial on August 8-9, with the DFW Dachshund Club on August 8. For more information see the AKC Agility page.


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Taylor sends Harry secret messages from Australia, as she performs the song she wrote about him at the ARIA awards on Nov. 29. And Harry sent her a secret message back! Watch video here.
Taylor Swift is a clever girl. Even though she is thousands of miles away from Harry Styles, she has still managed to send him several secret messages. Taylor performed at the Australian version of the Grammy's, the ARIA music awards on Nov. 29, and she tweeted the above picture saying "Loving Australia", but what she really means is that she loves Harry. And Harry tweeted saying "can't wait to see you!" – is he talking to Taylor?! Read on and check out her amazing performance.
Taylor totally rocked the stage at the ARIA's when she performed her new single "I Knew You Were Trouble", a song that is supposedly about Harry. And she sang it while wearing a leather man jacket — which is exactly what One Direction wear when they perform! And that was not Taylor's only way of slyly signaling to her man, as she began spraying her male dancers in red paint. Didn't One Direction just post a video of themselves playing with red paint?
Just hours before Taylor performed, she posted a picture of herself on Instagram holding an Australian flag, and said "In the dressing room at the ARIA's. Loving Australia." This is quite coincidental as One Direction were nominated for the Best International Act award, which they went on to win that night. Does Taylor mean she loves Harry?
And Harry had a message for Taylor too! The One Direction boys did not attend the awards but Harry tweeted after "Thank you to our fans in Australia and everyone at the ARIA awards for voting us 'Best International Artist' We can't wait to see you!! .xx" Those kisses must be meant for Taylor! Taylor and Harry have not seen each other for two weeks, so is this their way of saying they miss each other? So sweet!
Taylor is flying into LA on Nov. 30, and she is due to perform on Dec. 7 in New York at Z100's Jingle Bell Ball. Meanwhile One Direction will be performing at Madison Square Garden on Dec. 3. So, they will both be in New York next week — will they meet? Watch this space!
What do YOU think, HollywoodLifers? Do Harry and Taylor miss each other?
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~haylor 4ever~
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Oh brother.
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Me :3
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Jesus what is this. This is literally the most poorly written article I have ever read. Oh my God. Here, lemme show you how each bit of your proof is wrong.
-I Knew You Were Trouble is NOT about Harry. Speculation over Jake Gyllenhaal and Conor Kennedy.
-First of all, its a letterman jacket. Not a leather man jacket. Second of all, Zayn is the only one that wore a letterman jacket to perform. Nice try though.
-Oh my god this might be the worst one. The video of them in the onesies? Yeah that was an ad. Nothing to do with Taylor. Taylor spraying red paint has nothing to do with that cuz its unlikely shes even seen it.
-This is such a sad article. No, this is not even close to valid. Taylor is literally saying that she is in her dressing room and that she loves Australia. Period.
-The "We can't wait to see you. xx" is Harry thanking the Australian fans, and referring to the fact that they will be touring in Australia after the American tour. He always puts xx at the end of his tweets. Literally has nothing to do with Taylor.
Honestly, I've never read a worse article in my life. Please quit your job, I think you'd do better at something more simple, like frying burgers at McDonalds. But be careful, the grill is hot.
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Swiftie in Venezuela
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This article is the most stupid thing I have ever read. Those aren't secret messages. They are not dating and this is ridiculous. I will not believe that these are secret messages. Harry always using "xx" when thanking people, and tweeting. "Can't wait to see you!" is not directed toward taylor either, because he is talking about a concert. "Loving Australia" okay don't even get me started with this, how could that even translate into "I love Harry." Please stop making them look like a couple.
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WORLD famous business psychology researcher, Professor Charlan Nemeth is coming to Aston University on Thursday 27 May to give the Leverhulme Trust Lecture.
The Leverhulme Trust is a funding body which gives UK Higher Education institutions the opportunity to receive visits from Leverhulme professors, highly distinguished scholars who are the best in their field worldwide.
The lecture, entitled "Authentic dissent as an agent of innovation in organisations" explores the theory that dissent (the act of making a disagreement of feeling or opinion known) in a company or organisation can have beneficial effects even when wrong, proving that, in some circumstances, two wrongs can make a right.
Charlan, Professor in the department of psychology, University of California, Berkeley, has researched the effect of dissent in companies and organisations for over 25 years. "While loyalty and commitment in a company has positive consequences for morale and productivity, it can be counter-productive in terms of innovation. We now have considerable evidence for the value of dissent, not because it is correct, but because it stimulates the kinds of thinking that leads to better and more creative solutions," she explains. "In this lecture, experimental and naturalistic evidence will be presented supporting the importance of independent views and discussed in the context of work on creative accomplishments as well as organizational cultures."
Professor Nemeth will stay at the university for two six week periods, where she will give a series of seminars and lectures, and extend her knowledge to staff and students.
The lecture, which begins at 5.30pm in the Warwick Lecture Theatre at Aston University, is open to everyone and offers invaluable information on business innovation and psychology, including organisational group decision making and collective information processing. It will also provide an excellent networking opportunity for business people and students in the West Midlands. A free buffet will follow.
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Charlan Jeanne NemethCharlan Jeanne Nemeth is a professor in the Department of Psychology, University of California, Berkeley. Her background includes a B.A. in mathematics from Washington University in St Louis and a PhD in psychology from Cornell University. Her faculty appointments include the University of Chicago, University of Virginia and University of British Columbia with visiting appointments in Bristol (England), Paris (France), Trento (Italy) and Mannheim (Germany). Her speciality is influence processes, creativity and small group decision making and her particular emphasis has been on the role of the outsider and of the value of dissenting viewpoints. Her work has been broadly applied, most notably during jury decision making and the managing of innovation in organisational settings. She was the first woman and first social scientist to speak at the Oregon Bar Association, her topic being jury decision making and has given invited addresses at Harvard, MIT, Cornell, Northwestern and Yale Business Schools on entrepreneurs, creativity and mechanisms for increasing innovation.
The Leverhulme TrustThe Leverhulme Trust was established by William Hesketh Lever, a Victorian businessman and entrepreneur.
The Trustees offer a limited number of Visiting Professorships each year to enable outstandingly distinguished academics from overseas universities to spend some time at UK universities. In special circumstances, the Trustees are prepared to consider candidates who do not hold a university post.


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Reception 12:00 – 12:30
Check-in for speakers, audience, and guests Balcony
Sandwiches and cold drinks available all afternoon.
Session I 12:30 – 1:50
Room A – Excellence at the National Conference on Undergraduate Research
The NCUR Experience
Taylor Clark and Taylor McCreery BAR (Faculty Mentor: Dr. Irina Naoumova)
Rachel Dehnel HAS (Faculty Mentor: Tom Bradley)
Don Fantozzi A&S (Faculty Mentor: Dr. Michael Clancy)
Niki Kalmus A&S (Faculty Mentor: Dr. Jane Horvath)
Stephanie Lessing BAR (Faculty Mentor: Dr. Lillian Kamal)
Hannah Schultz ENHP (Faculty Mentor: Dr. Sheetal Sood)
Quantitative Easing: An Analysis of the Experiences of Japan and the United States
Stephanie Lessing BAR
Playing the Past: Video Games and Disappearing Cultures
Rachel A. Dehnel HAS
Room B – Poetry and Prose: Making and Meaning
"I Feel the Same Way About the Internet as the Sunset"
Nikole Jewell A&S English
Percussive Poetics
Morgan Williams A&S English
Faulkner, Morrison, Walcott: Inspiration and Approach
Laura Ahking A&S English
Writing in Drag: Female Authors Writing in Male First-Person
Aven Rose A&S English/RPW
Room C – Engineering Solutions
The Hartford Hand: One Size Does Not Fit All
Casey Beasley ENHP
Prosthetic Training Across Borders
Megan Johnson HAS
Biomimetic Simulation Study in Support of Micro Aerial Vehicle Development Karen Brzostowski CETA
Controlled ElectroMagnetic Stimulation System to Simulate Muscle Contraction Jamie Nagode CETA
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Business Plan for 3D Printing: "Smart Switch"
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Big J Mart: A Business Plan
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Return to the Land: A Study of Jewish Farming Efforts Worldwide
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Ancient and Modern Borders of the Land of Israel: Past, Present, and Future
Evan Bennett A&S IS
The Gates of Jerusalem: Then and Now
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Numerical Solutions to the Lotka-Volterra Predator-Prey Model
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The Revolution Will Be Televised: Technology and Social Change
Donald Fantozzi A&S PoGo
A Case Study for Transparent Foreign Aid
Nicole Kalmus A&S IS/ML
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Globalization of a Youth Conference: Developing Active World Citizens
Kirby Maier Barney
Let's Show Some Sensitivity: Media Coverage of Three Major School Shootings
Theresa Menhart HAS
United States Imprisonment Binge: Origins and Consequences
Travis Francis A&S CJ
Rhetoric of Organizational Texts: Police Reports & Social Construction of Reality
Yaeli Lifshutz A&S CJ/Psych/Sociology
Room C – Writing History and Constructing Authors
The Evolving Problem: Plagiarism in the United States
Florence Weinstein A&S PoGo
Postmodernism vs. Romanticism
Kaitlyn Nadeau A&S RPW
Indenture of Bargain and Sale: 18th Century
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A Women's Revolution: The Lowell Factory Girls
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Decision-Making: The Effect of Personality on Choice Preference
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Exposure and Gender as Predictors of Compassion to Victims of Sexual Violence
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Rape-Splaining: Victim Blaming In News Print Media
Claire Capozzi A&S Psych
Project Woman Defined
Maria Demauro A&S Psych
Wilde Aud. – Music Theory and Performance
Ma'at Ensemble: Folklore and the Arts in the Information Age
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Digital Flying Fifths: Interactive Arduino Based MIDI Controller for Electronic Music
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The Business of Buying and Selling Love
Mikala Guyton A&S RPW
Attitudes toward Homosexuality: The Effects of Personal Relationships
Chantel Jamison-Brown A&S Psych
Unsettling Actuality: A Representation of Violence
Kyle Rodgers A&S Cinema
A Study of Moral Values & Helping Behavior
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Room C – Civic Life and the Holocaust
A Future of Hartford Built upon the Promises of Its Past
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Room D – Art and Education
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Wilde Aud. – Dance and Drama
Candide: Glitter and Be Gay?
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Portraits of Petrushka
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Over the weekend, The New York Times published a terrific op-ed by historian Stephanie Coontz about a vexing subject: why the feminist project of gender equality seems to be badly stalled. It's an excellent piece, rich in data and well-argued. Coontz makes many important points in the essay, and I strongly urge that you read the whole thing. I'm going to focus on one of the most important points she makes: that America's miserably inadequate work-family policies are an important reason why gender inequalities continue to loom large.
Not to put too fine a point on it, but when it comes to friendly-family work policy, the United States is horrible. We're one of the richest countries on the planet, and yet, compared to every other industrialized country, we come in dead last where work and family policies are concerned. As Coontz notes:
180 [countries] now offer guaranteed paid leave to new mothers, and 81 offer paid leave to fathers. They found that 175 mandate paid annual leave for workers, and 162 limit the maximum length of the workweek. The United States offers none of these protections (emphasis mine).
It's been a full 20 years since the passage of the Clinton-era Family and Medical Leave Act, which offers up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave to qualified employees. Yet since then, there has been nothing, at least not at the federal level. A few states (California, Connecticut, and New Jersey) and cities (San Francisco and Washington, DC) have passed modest paid leave programs, but we haven't heard anything from President Obama or any other national political figure on this issue. (President Obama's call for early childhood education in the State of the Union address was extremely welcome, but those programs are primarily for the kids — though parents will also benefit).
I understand that a big, expensive child care program — or even a modest expansion of the child care system we have — would be tough to get through the current, Republican-dominated Congress. But a paid family leave policy need not be terribly expensive. The one in California, for example, is paid for by minuscule increase in the payroll tax, and funded through the state's temporary disability program.
Moreover, work/family programs like paid family leave tend to poll extremely well. According to new research by political scientist Kimberly Morgan, recently, when political parties in Europe, even the right-of-center ones, adopted family-friendly policies, they won support at the polls, especially among groups of previously disaffected voters.
According to Ellen Bravo, over 40 million Americans lack even a single paid sick day, and that is a national scandal. Democrats would have much to gain by calling for national policies that promote work-family balance. Even if it's impossible to get anything decent passed in a Republican Congress, the Dems could shame the Republicans by forcing them to take unpopular votes, or by drawing attention to their opponents' opposition to these policies during political campaigns.
It's long past time for America to catch up for the rest of the world, and for the Democrats to put these issues back on the national agenda. What have they got to lose?
It�s long past time for the Democrats to put these issues back on the national agenda. What have they got to lose?
Their corporate bankrollers, I suppose, which means we the people are going to get short-changed again.
Sorry, but I'm just getting supremely cynical about our current political parties actually giving a damn about us voters. I realize there hasn't been a time where money hasn't held strong sway over our government, but geez, you'd think it would be in the Democrat's self-interest to keep the peasants happy, right?
"Why have family-friendly work policies fallen off the national agenda?"
Because the Republicans control the House of Representatives and they can't even decide whether or not to throw the country back into recession by implementing needless austerity. Seriously, when the political discussion is at the level of whether or not to ruin the credit rating of nation by defaulting on the national debt in order to soothe delusions of economic catastrophe, there is no oxygen for sane discussions about other policy. We must regain control of the House in 2014 and then resolve to govern without Republican input. They are no longer sane. They must be disempowered until they regain the ability to inhabit an evidence-based universe.
Yep. The corporate bankrollers - controlled by the wealthy plutocrats like the Koch brothers and Rupert Murdoch, and Edelston and ....
Wealth is power. When one controls wealth they control people. European feudalism was what happened when bandits/vikings/soldiers took over ownership of the land in a subsistence farming society. Along with the land came ownership of the peasants.
But when professional armies became powerful enough to defeat feudal levies then governments centralized and grew larger, relegating the aristocrats to other roles. In France the centralization of government happened with the Louis' until Louis XVI corralled the aristocrats in Versailles. Modern bureaucratic government was the result, and almost by accident so was democracy in the island kingdom, England.
Democracy was when economic power was separated and decentralized from government. As the USSR proved, a centralized government with total control of the economy will fail because it cannot make decisions rapidly and flexibly as required by the market.
What is happening in America now is that we have recreated local pockets of independent wealth which want free from central government taxation and regulations so that they hate.
Europe was fortunate (?) in that WW II destroyed all the powerful fortunes. Democracy grew up quickly after the war as demonstrated by the growth of socialized and national medical system. The systems of taxation in Europe has mostly prevented the growth of a class of aristocrats of wealth like the Robber Barons and the current similar wealth-based class who now skim the surplus wealth made created by workers to add to their own power. (All the wealth created by improved productivity since 1980 have gone to the wealthy aristocrats of the top 2% or maybe 5%. The recovery since the Bush Recession has ALL gone to the wealthy. Labor has not recovered proportionately and has in fact dropped back in share of the income.)
One last point. Wealth can be measured and compared. Power cannot. Prices in markets are set by relative power of buyers and sellers, but that is ignored by policy makers because power is invisible. Only its results can be viewed.
This information is not discussed because the wealthy conservatives own the mass media. Instead Libertarianism - the study of economics with no consideration of power - is the philosophy the American wealthy want spread.
And family-friendly policies take power away from the wealthy and give it to families.
It's one thing when leaders propose to lead on something - but, first, they need people to make it worth their while to take-up the issue in the first place.
With the destruction of the middle class virtually complete after 12 years of Reagan/Bush, with a an interlude for 8 years under Clinton, the 8 years of W, came as close to finishing the job as the powers-that-be could come in the time alloted.
People only care about keeping what they have - not expanding anything.
And this is what the purpose of the destruction of the middle class was: to take the power of the middle class, and move it up.All Americans started to get too "uppity" in the 60's and early 70's, and needed to be reminded of their place in societ.
And, now the work is almost complete. The middle class that remains is silent, hoping not to lose what they have. The poor ain't got any power to demand jack-sh*t, and the rich have the run of the table.Without people demanding rights, no politician in his right mind will challenge the ones with all of the real rights - the rich.
And so, President Obama is mum on this subject.
If we want him to take action, we'll have to make him.
But, who's going to raise their head in these perilous economic times, and put it in the cross-hairs?
People with nothing to lose.
And those with nothing to lose, have no power to affect those with SOMEthing to lose.This is what has been happening on all fronts, ever since Nixon came in, to stem the tide of money and power moving to the middle class, and away from the Oligarchs.
We can say they're evil, even stupid and self-destructive in the long run, but we can't say they've been unsuccessful.
I'm caught between Josef K and Peter C.
It seems these days our electoral choice falls between the indifferent (or marginally competent) and the malevolent/sociopathic. On the one hand, Dems seem to be more focused on treading water than actually getting somewhere; on the other the GOTea seems compelled to return the US to somewhere part-Counter-Reformation and part-Medieval/Old-Testament-Biblical era. Given the choice, while I'm hardly happy with it, I'll take indifferent over malevolent any day.
It is troubling, though, that the Dems have focused on so many issues yet left this one alone. My favorite saying about the last 50 years is that the US has gone from working fewer hours than the French and being more productive than the Japanese - to working more hours than the Japanese and being less productive than the French. Much of that transition can be laid squarely at the feet of politico-economic forces that held down wages for the last thirty-odd years, but more than a little comes from a business mindset (instilled into both students and those just eentering the workplace) that more work equals a better employee, and that things like substantial clocked overtime and banked vacation hours are signs of a good worker bee. So far, while the GOTea is better at singing the virtues of this transition, the Dems haven't been shy about going along, and few have dared question the trend openly.
We traded our parents' vision of a future where everyone had the free time to enjoy plentiful recreation for one where if you took the time to do more than eat and sleep you wouldn't get past the middle of the pack, let alone get to the top. Worker productivity is Business' new god: the robots, computers and other artifacts of 21st century business, which were supposed to make our jobs easier, are instead pushing us out of the workplace altogether, and unless you can keep pace and improve your per-employee productivity year-on-year, as a business you're not likely to attract investors and as an employee you're finished.
None of this, placed in the context of the rise of FundiEvangelism and a radical reinterpretation of the PWE, should surprise anyone: if The Elect� are discernible from their opulence, then of course everyone who believes that fantasy is going to work his/her a## off to afford the conspicuous consuption required to at least give the illusion of Election. BLEEP the vacation, the dinners not at your desk, the family life, the kids' homework: what matters is Mammon, and how much of it you can grab before you're used up and shipped off to a nursing home. And Gawd help you if you're one of those Other people who Gawd� told his Prophets� weren't supposed to get ahead in the first place.
Add to this the assumption that women are somehow inferior/subordinate/innately-evil, and any suggestion that work should accommodate them is instantly out of the question; the lack of progress is in no small part attributable to a hetero, male perspective on society (and Scripture). "Legitimate rape" wouldn't be a term in the language if women weren't somehow not supposed to think for themselves, make their own decisions, or [gasp] earn their own income (unless it's their share of Daddy's Trust Fund): if the Teahad had all its own way, the only "labor" associated with women would be between a woman and her OBGYN. Yet at the same time, for most of the US, a multi-income family is not only the norm, but a necessity; and so far the GOTea has yet to wrestle with that dichotomy in any meaningful - or convincing - manner.
So, yes: the US is dead last in family-workplace balance race. Big surprise. The only places where family-workplace balance is measurable worse prevent women from owning propety, driving their own cars, etc. And if the Teahad had its way they'd take us somewhere not dissimilar. The only reason we're not already there is that Dems have been able to hold off the worst of th
Family friendly workplaces? Hell, we don't even have worker friendly workplaces. Workers are competing with robots in the workplace and the robots are winning.
When I was a working mother with two daughters 30+ years ago, I hoped things would be easier for them. Now both of them are new mothers, back at work, and things have only gotten harder. Much harder. Raising kids is more expensive than ever (college tuition alone has skyrocketed) and even the meager steps business and government took in my generation to support working families have been stalled or reversed. Two incomes are now more necessary than ever (imagine what the beleaguered middle class would look like without women's incomes), causing many to delay or forego children out of concern that they simply couldn't cope with both kids and jobs.
There are a number of reasons for the absence of this issue from public discussion but I think the two most important are the weak economy and a hardening ideology that equates individualism with freedom. When jobs are scarce, as they are now and have been at least since 2008, employers hold the whip hand. They know it and employees know it. In that context, employers have no incentive to make any accommodation for working families and employees fear to ask for "special treatment." Keep your head low and keep your job is the mantra. The second factor is our culture's deeply ingrained individualism, which has only increased, especially on the right. In this formulation, having children is strictly a personal choice and strictly a personal responsibility. Neither employers, government, nor civil society as a whole has any obligation to help parents and each family is completely on its own. Accommodations by employers are "inefficient" and therefore to be deplored by the market. Mandates from the government are nanny-statism meddling, left-wing social engineering, and interference with free enterprise and are also to be deplored.
It's interesting that this issue is coming up at the same time as a flurry of hand-wringing articles about America's low birth rate. The authors of these articles worry about a lack of enough future workers to power our economy and pay the taxes that support programs for older citizens. They fear a demographic imbalance of old vs. young that stifles creativity and innovation. Here we see that all those individual choices about having children add up to significant effects on the country as a whole. Wouldn't it make sense, then, to enact public policies so that having and raising children isn't so damn hard?
Nothing good is going to happen in terms of improving the lot of workers and workers' families until the economy improves. The same is true of the environment. Anything that can be framed as Democrats wanting to make things harder for businesses will be framed that way, and the first ones who will get skittish will be DLC/Blue Dog/"fiscal conservative" Democrats in red states. That's what always happens. Until there's a way to spin family leave, or gender equality and equity more generally, as good for business, it's not going to get any higher off the ground than it is now.
I just became a grandmother at the same time as my step mother-in-law had pneumonia, at the age of 96. My daughter-in-law was able to take the 12 weeks of leave. Her insurance paid for a lactation consultant by phone. She had many physical limitations because the birth was by C-Section. It was family that had to provide all the services that she needed to take care of a new born and recover from surgery. Her own mother was limited in the time she could donate because she had to use her FMLA time to support another seriously ill grandchild. Neither my daughter-in-law's nor any government services provided the kind of clinical and/or in-home support that she needed.
In contrast, my mother-in-law was in the hospital for five days and then transferred to a rehab center for two weeks. When she was released to her subsidized housing, she received daily nurse visits, twice weekly physical therapy and government provided transportation to her doctor. All of these services were subsidized by taxpayers. She has made a complete recovery.
What is wrong with these two scenarios? It is obvious that we as a culture have chosen to support the elderly and not the young.
Now, I read the NY Times article. I thought it was good. But, I would offer this perspective. First of all, all the studies on women and work and motherhood are done by professional women who maintained their careers during motherhood.
That is why they are in a position to do the research. Secondly, the assumption in the article is, of course, how to accommodate mothers (and fathers) in the
work place. The studies do not look at what does a infant/child/ need? What does a mother/family need to provide that for a child? The question is not rhetorical.The reason they don't is political. The assumption is that women must work. But, babies/children can not be parked in lockers for 8 to 12 hours a day. Someone must take care of them. That someone must be paid. There is an assumption that somehow economies of scale in daycare resolve the problem.
But the daycare employees are usually women making minimum wage. What about their children?Why don't we subsidize mothers at home? That is not a rhetorical question. My answer: Daycare is a multi-billion dollar industry and has the best lobbyists in the country.
Thank you for bringing this up, Kathleen - this is an issue that's been on my radar for years.
To Coontz' list, I'd add that we have no minimum annual leave requirement, no sick leave requirement (practically every other developed country has both), and our overtime pay law is riddled with holes.


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This trail starts near the group camping parking lot at the end of the Loggiecroft road. The trail runs alongside the group campground for a while and then follows the meanders of the Rankin Brook.
At the end of the Black River peninsula the view is outstanding. It is an interesting trail with stands of various tree species enhancing the scenery along the way. The trail runs along the shore in a few locations, offering a view of the estuary.
In season, several bird species share neighbouring habitats. Ospreys and bald eagles can sometimes be seen diving for fish. Not many people hike this trail, but it's worth exploring! This trail is marked for snowshoeing during the winter.
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Herzog & de Meuron's 1111 Lincoln Road is the subject of a new three-minute documentary in the running for the Focus Forward film contest. It will also be the subject of a lot of attention in Miami this weekend.
Vanity Fair architecture critic Paul Goldberger joins scores of fans on Twitter saying goodbye to Oscar Niemeyer.
The AIA names its 2013 Gold Medal winner and Architecture Firm Award, writers everywhere join Brazil in mourning the death of Oscar Niemeyer, plus architecture news from New York, Toronto, and beyond.
The designer of the new Perot Museum of Nature and Science in Dallas was once better known for his iconoclasm. No less provocative today, the winner of the 2013 AIA Gold Medal has done some of his best work for the federal government's Design Excellence Program.
Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects won the AIA's highest honor for an architecture firm, a prize commending their often spiritual, always textural works, which include the recently relocated Barnes Foundation museum in Philadelphia.
The legendary Brazilian architect, known worldwide for his designs in the new and old capitals of Brazil—Cathedral of Brasília, Honestino Guimarães National Museum, Palácio da Alvorada—died at age 104, just days shy of his 105th birthday.
Jean Paul Carlhian, who designed new buildings for Harvard University as well as the Sackler Gallery of Art and the National Museum of African Art on the National Mall, also launched the design committee for the AIA—and never once ate a sandwich.
Students at Cooper Union, the tuition-free university for art, architecture, and engineering, have occupied an administration building to protest the university administration's decision to consider charging tuition.
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It will be a very special day for local school pupils at Aston University on Wednesday, 21 June as they take their places for a special children's graduation ceremony.
Youngsters from Aston Tower Primary School's nursery and above will receive special 'degree certificates' wearing caps and gowns to highlight their achievements at school.
The Aston Tower School Choir will also be in attendance and will sing 'This Little Light of Mine' as their friends go up on to the stage to receive their 'degrees'.
The ceremony starts at 1.20pm and will be finished by 2.30pm. Guests of honour will be Councillor Peter Hollingsworth and plenty of proud parents! The event is part of Aston University's widening participation scheme which aims to help extend educational opportunities to all sections of the community and raise the aspirations of young people towards higher education.
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Submitted by BoothM on Wed, 08/28/2013 - 00:12Corbett is right on the money again:
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It was a very small scale
Submitted by Michaelwiseguy on Wed, 08/28/2013 - 01:23. Permalink
It was a very small scale insignificant chemical attack. If Assad did a chemical attack, tens if not hundreds of thousands would be killed. Why are people so stupid they can't use logic?
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Who Gassed Whom?
Indeed, let's see the manufactured evidence. Excuse me, let's see the ironclad "evidence" to support John Kerry's assertion that Assad gassed his own people...
Even if Assad were crazy like Kerry, the USA still wasn't unilaterally attacked by Syria and therefore has NO constitutional authority to initiative a war with Syria.
Who Gassed Whom?
Is Assad the stooge
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Newcastle Falcons lock Carlo del Fava has been forced to retire with immediate effect because of a neck injury.
The 32-year-old, capped 54 times by Italy, has decided to take advice from medical experts that he would have to undergo two major operations on his neck to have any chance of playing on.
Del Fava was a part of the Falcons team which won promotion to the Aviva Premiership in 2012-13 and he made another 12 appearances this season before injury struck him down.
"I would like to thank everyone who has been a part of my rugby career and I'm now looking forward to the challenges post rugby," said del Fava, who also represented Parma, Bourgoin, Viadana, Aironi and Ulster.
"I'm very disappointed not to be involved with the club's Aviva Premiership campaign for the remainder of the season, and I would like to wish the team all the very best."
Director of rugby Dean Richards said: "I'm bitterly disappointed for Carlo, who during his two seasons with us has been a fantastic character to have around the club both on and off the field.
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FORT WORTH -- Gun sales are booming.
Enthusiasts are stocking up on guns and ammunition, and some in the industry are wondering whether sales are spiking as they did after Democrat Barack Obama won the presidency in 2008.
That rush created a nationwide shortage.
"We're at the top of the roller coaster and we're about to plummet down the side," said DeWayne Irwin, owner of the Cheaper Than Dirt gun store in north Fort Worth, which set a sales record for the month of February. "It's fixing to happen again. I don't know if it will be to the same extent it was before, but I see it coming.
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