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In response to recent criminal incidents against women on University Drive, Starkville Police Department is warning females to be vigilant when it comes to their safety.
Master Training Officer Laura Hines Roberson said the most important aspect of vigilance is a personтАЩs awareness of his or her surroundings.
тАЬThe criminal is scoping you out and determining whether or not youтАЩre a good target,тАЭ Roberson said. тАЬIf you are aware of your surroundings, then you are not a good target. If youтАЩre listening to your iPod (with) speakers in both ears and youтАЩre oblivious to whatтАЩs around you, then you are the perfect target.тАЭ
Although officers believe both incidents were unrelated, Detective Josh Buckner said both victims were approached from behind. Neither of the women knew their attackers.
Roberson said a personтАЩs awareness of someone approaching can be key in staying safe. Even in full daylight, Roberson said continually looking around and being proactive about your surroundings will make you safer.
тАЬIf you see them first, a lot of times thatтАЩs a good defense because they donтАЩt get to sneak up on you,тАЭ Roberson said. тАЬSo if you beat them on that particular aspect, youтАЩre doing good because they want to be sneaky.тАЭ
Roberson said the departmentтАЩs warnings are not intended to scare anyone, but officers want residents to be smart and aware in light of recent events. Officers say running alone during the early morning or late at night is unadvised. They also encourage runners to avoid listening to music in both ears, change the time of day they run as much as possible and avoid using the same routine route.
Roberson said although she means no disrespect to previous victims, walking alone at night is never a good or safe idea and everyone should do everything in their power to make themselves a bad target for criminals.
тАЬIf you have somebody with you, that makes you less of a good target,тАЭ Roberson said. тАЬIt never hurts to have a cell phone with you. You can call 911 if you need it, or you could be a witness to someone else being attacked and need to call the police.тАЭ
Roberson said she encourages anyone who witnesses any suspicious behavior, who is in fear of their safety or who thinks they are being followed to immediately call 911.
тАЬDonтАЩt be afraid to be rude or to be wrong; itтАЩs always better to be safe,тАЭ Roberson said. тАЬYour fear of being rude or unsure should never outweigh your fear for your own or someone elseтАЩs safety.тАЭ
Roberson said the police remain confident the person who attempted the sexual assault will be apprehended, but they will need the publicтАЩs assistance.
тАЬWe want to catch this guy,тАЭ she said. тАЬSomebody has to know him. I guarantee you heтАЩs around females every day because he wants to be around females. HeтАЩs scoping out (potential victims); he could be a guy you see at the grocery store. If somebody is making you feel uncomfortable, donтАЩt second-guess yourself. Trust that instinct and call the police.тАЭ
Roberson said itтАЩs helpful to give police your name when reporting someone suspicious, although itтАЩs not necessary and shouldnтАЩt stop someone from reporting something.
тАЬItтАЩs helpful because if the officer doesnтАЩt get there in time to identify the subject, we might need to contact you for additional details,тАЭ she said. тАЬHowever, we would never give out your name, and if you want to call anonymously you can.тАЭ
Roberson listed the following tips to remember: тАЬIf someone approaches you in a threatening way, scream your head off. If you have access to your keys and your car is nearby, hit the alarm on your car. Carry mace or a loud whistle with you and have it in your hand, ready to use. If you donтАЩt have mace, use your keys as a weapon. Use anything you can reach as a weapon. If you can get to rocks, sand or dirt, throwing it in their eyes can temporarily blind them. The best places to injure an assailant are the eyes, throat, nose or genitals. If you are caught from behind and you canтАЩt head-butt them in the face or get a foot between their legs, place the heel of your foot underneath their knee cap and rake down their shin as hard as you can. (Do) anything ... to get them to release their grip for just a second so you can run for safety. You cannot hesitate or think. It is very important thing is to practice these things ahead of time. DonтАЩt wait until an attack is imminent to think through what youтАЩre supposed to do. Practice ahead of time what you will do so that it comes naturally to you if something were to happen.тАЭ
Roberson said she wants to make it clear that these self-defense tactics are suggestions to keep you safe, but obviously if your life is at stake, there are no perfect rules to follow.
тАЬJust do whatever you have to do to survive тАФ whatever it takes,тАЭ she said. тАЬThe most important thing is to get away with your life.тАЭ
Roberson said based on her experience as a counselor, she believes sexual assault is an addiction-related crime and progressive in nature, which means the attacks can get worse and sexual offenders are statistically likely to attempt the attack again.
Roberson said if you are involved in an altercation, kick, punch, scream, pull hair, scratch, do anything within your power to get away. When you reach safety, call the police immediately.
тАЬAnd as hard as it may be, do not wash your hands or shower,тАЭ she said. тАЬYou could have DNA underneath your fingernails or hair on your clothes that could ultimately put a criminal behind bars.
For walkers and runners who do not want to give up their daily exercise routines, Starkville Parks and RecreationтАЩs indoor track is an alternative.
тАЬOur track is open from 5 a.m. to 9 p.m., Monday through Friday; 7 a.m. until 3 p.m. on Saturday; and 1 p.m. until 5 p.m. on Sunday,тАЭ employee Walter Williams said.
For those interested in learning more on self-defense, Cheryl Chambers, an assistant instructor at the Starkville Martial Arts Academy, said residents can try a self-defense for free.
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MVP Again?National baseball writer for FOX Sports Jon Paul Morosi declared today that Dustin Pedroia is his first-half AL MVP. It's always nice to see Boston players get national recognition—especially at the expense of a Pinstriped Poser. Robinson Cano currently leads Pedroia is All-Star Game balloting—but Morosi's view places him as not only inferior to Pedey at second base but overall as well. Of course, Morosi's declaration has already generated a considerable amount of controvery—particularly among advocates of Miguel Cabrera and Chris Davis as MVP contenders. Count us as agreeing with Morosi about The Muddy Chicken.
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LeBron James scored 30 points, Chris Bosh had 28 against his former team and the Miami Heat beat Toronto 100-85 Sunday for their 10th straight victory over the Raptors. Dwyane Wade added 23 points as the Heat bounced back after Friday's 102-89 loss at Indiana, ensuring their team Super Bowl viewing party would be a happy one. Rudy Gay led the Raptors with 29 points and DeMar DeRozan had 27. Kyle Lowry scored 10 points and Aaron Gray had 12 rebounds for the Raptors, who have lost four of five. James finished with team highs of eight rebounds and seven assists and Bosh scored 13 in the fourth quarter for Miami, which improved to 12-11 on the road. Terrence Ross and DeRozan sandwiched 3-pointers around a hook shot by Bosh, bringing Toronto to within three at 84-81 with 5:22 left. Miami's Norris Cole scored a layup but DeRozan answered with a driving dunk, and Miami called timeout up 86-83 with 4:09 left. Bosh made one of two from the line after the stoppage, then followed with a 3...
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For Adult Productions Auditions: Auditions notices for adult productions are sent out prior to each audition. If you would like to be added to our audition mailing list, contact Ann Hedger, Programming Coordinator, at 440-951-7500, ext. 103
For Youth Theatre Productions: Audition notices for youth theatre productions are NOT mailed out but WILL appear in the newspapers listed to the right. Audition information flyers may also be picked up at The Fine Arts Association.
Audition Information for:
Mel Brooks' The Producers, the musical
Director – James Mango
Musical Director – John Krol
Choreographer- Jennifer Justice
Thursday, March 26, 2015 beginning 6:30 pm – Board Room
Friday, March 27, 2015 beginning 6:30 pm – Corning Auditorium
Callbacks by invitation only: Sunday, March 29, 2015 at 1:00 pm
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Monday, April 20, 2015
Rehearsals will be Mon-Thu 6:30-9:30 pm & and one weekend day TBD
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NOTE: There will be a 1:00 senior matinee on Wednesday, June 10, 2015.
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A down-on-his-luck Broadway producer and his mild-mannered accountant come up with a scheme to produce the most notorious flop in history thereby bilking their backers (all "little old ladies") out of millions of dollars. Only one thing goes awry: the show is a smash hit! The antics of Max Bialystock and Leo Bloom as they maneuver their way fecklessly through finding a show (the gloriously offensive "Springtime For Hitler"), hiring a director, raising the money and finally going to prison for their misdeeds is a lesson in broad comic construction. At the core of the insanely funny adventure is a poignant emotional journey of two very different men who become friends. …Music Theatre International.
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There has been a sudden surge in arrests among pro-democracy activists and online campaigners in Morocco in recent days. Three have occurred in the past week alone. Little has been reported in the press and it took bloggers to report on the arrests for the traditional media in Morocco to pick up on the stories.
The anti-corruption campaigner
The first arrest occurred on Monday when authorities in the northern city of Fnidaq apprehended blogger and anti-corruption campaigner Mohamed Douas. Mohamed is the founder of a community news website called Fnidaq Online.
The arrest, according to his friends and supporters, might be related to a Facebook group, Wikileaks Fnidaq, Mohamed founded and where he published documents allegedly exposing corruption within the local administration. Mohamed was accused of drug trafficking but a group of bloggers and online activists say the accusation is baseless.
Hamid Salim writing on Young Immigrants says the judicial process is biased and politically motivated. He writes [ar]:
Charges were fabricated and the likely reason behind Mohamed's arrest, at this particular time, was his campaign against corruption and the fact he revealed the involvement of a number of regional officials in cases of corruption and drug trafficking.
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Another activist, rapper Moad Belghouat, alias Haked (Arabic for The Vindictive or The Outraged) was arrested on Friday on charges of assaulting a pro-regime demonstrator. Moad is a an active member of the Moroccan pro-democracy youth movement known as February 20.
Words of support for Moad abound on Twitter and Facebook. Blogger Ghassan Wail writes:
The 20th february movement is a protest movement in the spirit of the "Arab spring" and has been fighting for more democracy, liberty, dignity and social justice over the last seven months. Haked is one of the artists highly involved in this movement. His lyrics are famous for being outspoken and critical about the Moroccan regime. He criticizes corruption, clientelism, the oligarchy of a few families in Morocco and the monarchy's excessive wealth.
Free Moad Haked.
Moad's support group counts over a thousand members on Facebook.
On Sunday activists marched in solidarity with Moad Haked wearing T-shirts bearing the phrase "Free Haked or arrest us all."
Moad supporters released the following video [ar] showing people holding a sign calling for the release of the rapper:
The poet
On Saturday, poet and political satirist Younes Belmalha, a.k.a Inkicharia, was reportedly detained. He is known for his humorous and irreverent videos mostly critical of the regime. Shortly after the news of the arrest, netizens reported that Younes' YouTube channel was being emptied of its video content. It is not clear at this point what Younes has been arrested for nor whether the deletion of the videos was the result of a third party intervention.
Younes was reportedly released on Sunday. No details have emerged as to why he was apprehended.
Has anything really changed?
These arrests come only two months after the country adopted a supposedly democratic constitution, described by its advocates as one that would guarantee greater freedom of expression. Blogger Don Aminos wonders [fr]:
The question I ask myself today is: at a time when all the tyrants are falling all around us, what results do the authorities think they will get out of these arrests? Fear has switched sides. To try to intimidate protesters seems to me to be suicidal as it only reinforces the credibility of the [pro-democracy] movement and crystallizes the hatred against the regime. But is the king informed of these arrests that go against his own interests? If so, what is his response or position? He, who has accustomed us with his soporific rhetoric on the role of the youth in society and the efforts made in its favor.
This post was originally published by Global Voices.
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Sad news!
The governments of North Africa and the Middle East need to take note of the tide of history. It will eventually wear them down and freer societies will be formed, one way or another.
And all this while Morocco has been recently caught, along with the Great Beast Saudi Arabia, funneling millions into Spain secretly to radicalize the Muslim population, make them hate democracy and Spanish liberal values, increase hate speech in mosques and support the Salafists who are openly waging war & trying to take over Spain & force it under Islamic brutal rule again.
We have adopted Spain as our home & have Moroccan friends who tell of repression on all levels there. There is little freedom of anything there.
Sad news. I have friends from Morocco and they have always been proud of how progressive and democratic it is compared to other Middle East countries.
I agree wholeheartedly with Harshiita. The more the government tries to stop the people from being heard, the harder they will rebel. Better to listen, make change and keep your dignity as a ruler. Look at the Shah of Iran, Saddam, Mubarak and Ghaddafi. Despots end up desperate.
Moroccan people are so beautiful. I hope they can improve their country without bloodshed.
The USA is tge best place to live. So sad for those persicuted people.
It would probably be more appropriate to report on this type of abuse a little closer to home, like Madison Wisconsin or Washington D.C.? Land of the free, home of the brave, cradle of Democracy, blah,blah, blah, or lamestream sanitizing of real news and abuse?
Thanks for posting this article!
This is totally unjustified,but then whenever people come out on the streets to protest against the wrong doings of the government,these arrests,detainment happen. Governments do this to silence people,to demotivate them,to scare them. But they forget that these incidents motivate people more and more.
I hope justice be given to moroccan people!
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thank you for this good idea, I do not know. Now I will put stones in the fountain.
I wonder if those beavers have a little television set in their house where they can sit and watch reruns…
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It took two months and a few days, but I'm here at The Cooler to announce that the 2006 calendar year hath finally begun.
It happened in a quiet place, too. It happened in Maryvale, Ariz., on Thursday. I was in front of the concession stand. It first required a quick phone call, though, to my buddy Schuchie. He's from Milwaukee and I needed to know if the goods were real. I called him at his Florida home and asked him if I was making the right move.
"Live from Maryvale," I said by way of greeting.
"Home of the 2006 World Series champion Milwaukee Brewers," Schuchie said.
"Klement's," I said. "Is that legit Milwaukee bratwurst?"
He broke right into the Klement's jingle.
"But you have to wash it down with an Old Style," Schuchie said.
"All they have is Miller," I said.
"That'll do," he said, and wished me well.
One Italian Klement's bratwurst. One Miller Lite. I had my choice of seats, so I went about 10 rows behind the third base dugout and I had an entire row to myself. The sun was blazing with no clouds in sight. I carefully placed the beer by my feet and took a bite of the Italian special. I picked up the Miller Lite, and took a long stretch. I was completely satisfied.
I leaned back and watched the Brewers take the diamond. Chris Capuano went into his windup. The Giants' Randy Winn waited. Fastball high.
The PA announcer didn't let the moment pass. "Game-time temperature is 72 degrees," he said. "Game-time temperature in Milwaukee is 32 degrees, with a wind chill of 23."
A chuckle rippled through the crowd. Capuano went into the windup for his second pitch.
And ball season has begun.
On, then, to the Weekend List of Five:
1. The Oscar Pregame
After enduring the Red Carpet show before the Oscars, it dawned on me: Is there such a thing as a good pregame show in any arena?
Unless Charles Barkley is feeling particularly chippy or Boomer Esiason threatens to punch out Shannon Sharpe, most pregame shows come, occasionally irritate, and then go. And then there's the Oscar Red Carpet Show. It comes, irritates constantly, and seemingly never leaves.
I'm guessing that there are occasions in the history of Western Civilization in which conversations have been more awkward than those between Red Carpet host Isaac Mizrahi and his guests. But as of yet, I am unaware of any -- perhaps the exchanges between the lawyers and Germans at the Nuremberg Trials rated or any bedroom patter between Michael Jackson and Lisa Marie Presley. But that's about it.
What's needed to save the Red Carpet Show is a dose of what Johnny Miller brings to golf coverage: unadulterated blasts of honesty. Give me Mizrahi ripping Felicity Huffman's dress to her face. Give me Jake Gyllenhaal admitting he regrets green-lighting the tent scene in "Brokeback Mountain." Give me Matt Dillon recounting how he installed a hidden camera in Janet Jones' shower in her trailer on the set of "Flamingo Kid."
Alas, it wasn't to be. Plus, the Red Carpet was woefully short on cleavage. A loser all the way around.
2. And then the Oscars
As usual, it was 3 hours and 25 minutes of bloat, with about 15 distilled minutes worth watching. Yet we watched all of it. Which means, we saw the following:
Jon Stewart's amusing opening video of former hosts/Stewart's awkward opening monologue in front of a stiff audience/George Clooney doing his modern-day Clark Gable impression/Ben Stiller's green unitard completely topping Stewart's monologue/Dolly Parton, a former mammarian legend, now looking like Huffman's "Transamerica" character with falsies/Will Ferrell and Steve Carrell coming a close second to Stiller for comedic presentation for Best Makeup, with special mention for Carrell's eyelashes/Poor Lauren Bacall sounding every one of her 81 years/Jennifer Lopez landing the first blow in the "Holy Smokes She's an 11" category/Salma Hayek driving the lane and gorilla-dunking on J-Lo, scoring the first-ever "Holy Smokes She's a 12" win/Lily Tomlin and Meryl Streep striking a blow for those who remember the Oscars in the 1970s/Stewart making a comeback by mocking the montages/Stewart making more of a comeback with his fake commercials for nominees/Stewart, still realizing at some point in the evening that it's a no-win gig/Stewart, saved by the victory of the Three 6 Mafia, milking 15 more minutes of jokes out of it/The Three 6 Mafia winning Best Song, forcing one to remember that Bob Hope and Bing Crosby used to win Best Song, forcing one to realize the 20th century is finally, officially, over/Philip Seymour Hoffman winning Best Actor, stirring up tremendous memories of Scotty J.'s horrendous, failed kiss of Dirk Diggler in the driveway, clearly the roots of Hoffman's brilliance/Reese Witherspoon winning Best Actress, and her overall cuteness reminding every dude that he wished he once had her as a high school girlfriend/And Jack Nicholson, as surprised as anyone, awarding "Crash" Best Picture. It didn't matter who won. Jack, as cool as ever at 67, was off to a party. Wherever he went, it clearly was going to be the place to be.
3. The Missouri Valley Conference
I speak to all of you -- fans of ACC schools, of Big Ten schools, of Big East schools, of SEC schools, of Pac-10 schools. None of us wants any part of any school from the MVC in two weeks. At least, that's the way the SGI (Sports Gut Instinct) goes. When the field is announced, you never want to see Southern Illinois, or Bradley, or Wichita State, or Creighton as the 10 seed to your alma mater's 7 seed. You're toast.
Then again, there may be hope. This year, the MVC is getting major run from the mainstream media: Sports Illustrated, ESPN, the New York Times you name it, and somebody has come to write and extol the virtues of the MVC, and how nobody wants to face any of these teams come March. This may be the kiss of death for the MVC. In past years, Selection Sunday was always a time for Jim Nantz or Billy Packer or Greg Gumbel to remind us that a Saluki is an Egyptian dog, or for us to see a shot of a Northern Iowa team wildly celebrating a 12 seed as the ultimate underdogs -- usually camped out on the couch of their coach's house in team sweatsuits with the coach's wife serving Ruffles and onion dip and the coach's yellow Lab sprawled out on the floor for a homespun, Midwestern effect.
But this year? This year, it's different. The underdog label is gone. The MVC is getting so much pub, the Selection Sunday camera shot may show a bloated Southern Illinois squad half-heartedly picking at a pricey buffet laden with lobster at the Chicago Ritz Carlton, while barely noticing its seeding. I believe I am quoting Wayne Campbell in "Wayne's World," who was quoting Kierkegaard when he said: "If you label me, you negate me."
The MVC has been labeled. Its fans better hope that means it's not negated.
4. The WBC
Woke up at 4:30 a.m. MT in Arizona on Friday morning to head to work -- the mothership KNBR having sent us down to Scottsdale for some spring training shows. Flipped on the TV and there it was live from Tokyo: the World Baseball Classic or, as it's known by an alternate name, "Dropout City." If they had waited a week longer, 10 more players from various countries might have told their managers that their dog ate their homework and couldn't play.
Just a couple of quick thoughts: One, can a ball game in Japan be played outdoors, for once? Come on, friends. It's a beautiful world out there. Go breathe that smoggy air. And two, can we let Japan and China wear unis that feature their own, native language on them? There is no need for English lettering. What made the Soviet Union fun to watch weren't the words "SOVIET UNION" on its hockey jerseys. It was the letters "CCCP."
And yet, I'm officially on board with the WBC. As an avowed fan of the World Cup, the Olympics, and the European soccer championships, I like any and all international competitions. They rule. And I hate to admit this, but sometimes it's fun to root for other teams. Don't get me wrong. I love my country. Love it. Love cheeseburgers, voting, Little League, "Seinfeld" reruns, college football, Springsteen and everything else beautiful about our nation. It's just well in these kinds of competitions, we're the No. 1 seed playing the 16 seed; the D-I school playing a I-AA school to fill out our schedule; the Wal-Mart forcing the mom-and-pop store out of business. So it wouldn't be the worst thing in the world to see a smaller country like the Dominican Republic, Venezuela or Puerto Rico win this damn thing.
5. Meanwhile, in Durham, N.C.
I'm not entirely positive, but I think ESPN covered the Duke-Carolina game on Saturday night. I can't vouch -- I was watching ESPN Deportes.
In any event some game! Has anybody else spent the season finding a bizarre look-alike made between star Tar Heels freshman Tyler Hansbrough and former MTV Real World star "The Miz"?
I'm dating myself by referring to the Miz's time on "The Real World." The younger demographic would know the Miz's work in later years from the epic "Real World/Road Rules Challenge: The Inferno." Which, of course, brings the digression to that whole series. Imagine a "Real World/Road Rules Challenge" pitch meeting:
Idea Guy: "Yeah, let's take all these insufferable narcissists and foist 'em on America for another 10 weeks. And here's the hook: they do a, like, death-match thing at some point in each episode. Sort of like 'Ultimate Fighting Championship' meets a low-rent "Star Search.'"
MTV Exec: "How soon can we start shooting?"
Hate to admit it, Duke fans, but I was rooting big for Carolina. And I'll admit why: jealousy.
As a UCLA alum who entered Westwood's hallowed grounds in 1985, I was attending a school just 10 years removed from John Wooden's retirement and five years removed from Larry Brown taking Kiki Vandeweghe and the boys to the 1980 NCAA title game. In other words, I was attending the school with the greatest college basketball tradition in America. Yes, better than Kentucky. Yes, better than Indiana.
So what happened? In the next 10 years, I watched UCLA slip and slide to a Hazzard-ous mediocrity, while schools like Duke soared to UCLA-like levels. Combined with the rise of ESPN, Dick Vitale and March Madness, Duke became the new UCLA of the TV Age and UCLA became as relevant as the CCNY dynasty of the early 1950s.
I was bummed. And Duke represented my bummed-ness. I'm just coming clean with you guys. And, you know, sorry about "The Miz" ruining Senior Night for all you Blue Devils.
But take heart. After all, it's Ball Season.
E-mail Brian Murphy at email@example.com.


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She's ready for the summer!
Work it, girl.
Mariah Carey, her boobs and her new beau James Packer, aka the fourth richest man in Australia, took their love to Ibiza, Spain where they gallivanted on a yacht with her kids.
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ABSTRACT: The intrinsic signaling networks of the coagulation pathways have recently emerged as crucial determinants for survival in sepsis and systemic inflammatory response syndromes. Protease activated receptor (PAR) 1 is central to both lethality promoting and vascular protective signaling. In the vascular anticoagulant pathway, EPCR/aPC-PAR1 signaling prevents vascular leakage and genetic or acute deficiencies in this pathway promote lethality. In addition, coagulation signaling acts directly on cells of the innate immune system. Dendritic cell (DC) thrombin-PAR1 signaling is coupled to the migration promoting sphingosine 1 phosphate receptor 3 (S1P3). Thrombin generated in the lymphatic compartment perturbs DCs to promote systemic inflammation and disseminated intravascular coagulation in severe sepsis. Signaling-selective aPC variants and selective modulators of the S1P receptor system attenuate sepsis lethality, suggesting novel therapeutic approaches that can be employed to rebalance alterations in the coagulation signaling pathways in severe inflammatory disorders.Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis 08/2009; 7 Suppl 1:118-21. DOI:10.1111/j.1538-7836.2009.03374.x · 5.55 Impact Factor
Article: Protease-activated receptor (Par)1 alters bioelectric properties of distal lung epithelia without compromising barrier function.[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: Proteinases contribute to the pathogenesis of various lung diseases, partly through activating cell surface receptors by limited proteolytic cleavage. The authors provide evidence that in primary cultures of distal lung epithelia, basolateral protease-activated receptor 1 activation rapidly reduces transepithelial resistance but does not alter paracellular permeability to small uncharged solutes. Changes in transepithelial resistance were partially blocked by ion transport inhibitors and were completely blocked by placing cells in low chloride buffer. In vivo studies did not reveal enhanced lung permeability in response to pulmonary or intravenous administration of protease-activated receptor 1 activators. This information is relevant as strategies to inhibit protease-activated receptor 1 signaling are considered in order to preserve lung epithelial barrier function.Experimental Lung Research 04/2009; 35(2):136-54. DOI:10.1080/01902140802490723 · 1.75 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: For more than 2 centuries active immunotherapy has been at the forefront of efforts to prevent infectious disease [Waldmann TA (2003) Nat Med 9:269-277]. However, the decreased ability of the immune system to mount a robust immune response to self-antigens has made it more difficult to generate therapeutic vaccines against cancer or chronic degenerative diseases. Recently, we showed that the site-specific incorporation of an immunogenic unnatural amino acid into an autologous protein offers a simple and effective approach to overcome self-tolerance. Here, we characterize the nature and durability of the polyclonal IgG antibody response and begin to establish the generality of p-nitrophenylalanine (pNO(2)Phe)-induced loss of self-tolerance. Mutation of several surface residues of murine tumor necrosis factor-alpha (mTNF-alpha) independently to pNO(2)Phe leads to a T cell-dependent polyclonal and sustainable anti-mTNF-alpha IgG autoantibody response that lasts for at least 40 weeks. The antibodies bind multiple epitopes on mTNF-alpha and protect mice from severe endotoxemia induced by lipopolysaccharide (LPS) challenge. Immunization of mice with a pNO(2)Phe(43) mutant of murine retinol-binding protein (RBP4) also elicited a high titer IgG antibody response, which was cross-reactive with wild-type mRBP4. These findings suggest that this may be a relatively general approach to generate effective immunotherapeutics against cancer-associated or other weakly immunogenic antigens.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 03/2009; 106(11):4337-42. DOI:10.1073/pnas.0900507106 · 9.81 Impact Factor
Article: Endogenous EPCR/aPC-PAR1 signaling prevents inflammation-induced vascular leakage and lethality.[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: Protease activated receptor 1 (PAR1) signaling can play opposing roles in sepsis, either promoting dendritic cell (DC)-dependent coagulation and inflammation or reducing sepsis lethality due to activated protein C (aPC) therapy. To further define this PAR1 paradox, we focused on the vascular effects of PAR1 signaling. Pharmacological perturbations of the intravascular coagulant balance were combined with genetic mouse models to dissect the roles of endogenously generated thrombin and aPC during escalating systemic inflammation. Acute blockade of the aPC pathway with a potent inhibitory antibody revealed that thrombin-PAR1 signaling increases inflammation-induced vascular hyperpermeability. Conversely, aPC-PAR1 signaling and the endothelial cell PC receptor (EPCR) prevented vascular leakage, and pharmacologic or genetic blockade of this pathway sensitized mice to LPS-induced lethality. Signaling-selective aPC variants rescued mice with defective PC activation from vascular leakage and lethality. Defects in the aPC pathway were fully compensated by sphingosine 1 phosphate receptor 3 (S1P3) deficiency or by selective agonists of the S1P receptor 1 (S1P1), indicating that PAR1 signaling contributes to setting the tone for the vascular S1P1/S1P3 balance. Thus, the activating proteases and selectivity in coupling to S1P receptor subtypes determine vascular PAR1 signaling specificity in systemic inflammatory response syndromes in vivo.Blood 02/2009; 113(12):2859-66. DOI:10.1182/blood-2008-12-192385 · 10.43 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: The ability to selectively induce a strong immune response against self-proteins, or increase the immunogenicity of specific epitopes in foreign antigens, would have a significant impact on the production of vaccines for cancer, protein-misfolding diseases, and infectious diseases. Here, we show that site-specific incorporation of an immunogenic unnatural amino acid into a protein of interest produces high-titer antibodies that cross-react with WT protein. Specifically, mutation of a single tyrosine residue (Tyr(86)) of murine tumor necrosis factor-alpha (mTNF-alpha) to p-nitrophenylalanine (pNO(2)Phe) induced a high-titer antibody response in mice, whereas no significant antibody response was observed for a Tyr(86) --> Phe mutant. The antibodies generated against the pNO(2)Phe are highly cross-reactive with native mTNF-alpha and protect mice against lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced death. This approach may provide a general method for inducing an antibody response to specific epitopes of self- and foreign antigens that lead to a neutralizing immune response.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 08/2008; 105(32):11276-80. DOI:10.1073/pnas.0804157105 · 9.81 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: Defining critical points of modulation across heterogeneous clinical syndromes may provide insight into new therapeutic approaches. Coagulation initiated by the cytokine-receptor family member known as tissue factor is a hallmark of systemic inflammatory response syndromes in bacterial sepsis and viral haemorrhagic fevers, and anticoagulants can be effective in severe sepsis with disseminated intravascular coagulation. The precise mechanism coupling coagulation and inflammation remains unresolved. Here we show that protease-activated receptor 1 (PAR1) signalling sustains a lethal inflammatory response that can be interrupted by inhibition of either thrombin or PAR1 signalling. The sphingosine 1-phosphate (S1P) axis is a downstream component of PAR1 signalling, and by combining chemical and genetic probes for S1P receptor 3 (S1P3) we show a critical role for dendritic cell PAR1-S1P3 cross-talk in regulating amplification of inflammation in sepsis syndrome. Conversely, dendritic cells sustain escalated systemic coagulation and are the primary hub at which coagulation and inflammation intersect within the lymphatic compartment. Loss of dendritic cell PAR1-S1P3 signalling sequesters dendritic cells and inflammation into draining lymph nodes, and attenuates dissemination of interleukin-1beta to the lungs. Thus, activation of dendritic cells by coagulation in the lymphatics emerges as a previously unknown mechanism that promotes systemic inflammation and lethality in decompensated innate immune responses.Nature 05/2008; 452(7187):654-8. DOI:10.1038/nature06663 · 42.35 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: Tissue factor (TF) is the primary initiator of coagulation, and the TF pathway mediates signaling through protease-activated receptors (PARs). In sepsis, TF is up-regulated as part of the proinflammatory response in lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-stimulated monocytes leading to systemic coagulation activation. Here we demonstrate that TF cytoplasmic domain-deleted (TF(Delta CT)) mice show enhanced and prolonged systemic coagulation activation relative to wild-type upon LPS challenge. However, TF(Delta CT) mice resolve inflammation earlier and are protected from lethality independent of changes in coagulation. Macrophages from LPS-challenged TF(Delta CT) mice or LPS-stimulated, in vitro-differentiated bone marrow-derived macrophages show increased TF mRNA and functional activity relative to wild-type, identifying up-regulation of macrophage TF expression as a possible cause for the increase in coagulation of TF(Delta CT) mice. Increased TF expression of TF(Delta CT) macrophages does not require PAR2 and is specific for toll-like receptor, but not interferon gamma receptor, signaling. The presence of the TF cytoplasmic domain suppresses ERK1/2 phosphorylation that is reversed by p38 inhibition leading to enhanced TF expression specifically in wild-type but not TF(Delta CT) mice. The present study demonstrates a new role of the TF cytoplasmic domain in an autoregulatory pathway that controls LPS-induced TF expression in macrophages and procoagulant responses in endotoxemia.Blood 07/2007; 109(12):5251-9. DOI:10.1182/blood-2006-10-051334 · 10.43 Impact Factor
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Getting ready for the first practice session of the 2011 TTXGP season, the Brammo Empulse RR is on hand at Infineon now we got a chance to take some photos and talk to Director of Product Development Brian Wismann. We already brought you the first photo of the revised Empulse RR, standing in front of the Brammo offices in Ashland, Oregon, where we saw the newly revised race livery (now in Brammo Racing Green). Photos and details of the Brammo Empulse RR after the jump.
Sitting outside of Brammo HQ in Ashland, here's the first photo of the Brammo Empulse RR in its 2011 TTXGP livery. The green, white, and black paint scheme is a welcomed change from the red we've seen on the Empulse RR in the past, and should make it easy to spot the Brammo Empulse RR at Infineon this weekend, as Steve Atlas will be vying for the top step against the other five bikes that will be on the grid.
As we head up to the Sonoma track for the weekend, Asphalt & Rubber should get some more glimpses of the electric race bike, and bring you the first photos of it lapping the raceway-formerly-known-as-Sears-Point. We should also be getting our first glimpses of the Lightning Motors machines, but unfortunately will only be seeing the Mission R in the paddock, as Mission Motors has decided not to race this weekend.
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Our good friend Ted Dillard from The Electric Chronicles got an interesting email from Brammo CEO Craig Bramscher this past week, in which the Oregonian company stated that it will be pushing deliveries of the Brammo Empulse back yet another year to 2012, and then fairly bluntly hinted that the revamped Empulse would be fitted with the company's newly licensed Integrated Electric Transmission (IET).
In his email to Dillard, Bramscher states that "Brammo teams and suppliers across the globe are working hard to deliver you a motorcycle of the level of quality Brammo riders have come to expect. We had a tough decision to make recently: Deliver the Empulse this riding season, or integrate our latest technology and deliver a superior bike in 2012. After much deliberation, we decided to be true to our values and build the best bike we can."
MotorcycleUSA has let it slip that it will be competing in the first round of the North American TTXGP series on-board the Brammo Empulse RR. Taking to the electric race motorcycle with be MotoUSA editor Steve Atlas, who will get the honors of piloting the Empulse RR in its first race outing (Brammo had to sit out its attempt to race a the FIM e-Power race at Laguna Seca last year after having a technical issue).
Brammo has been testing its Empulse RR for almost a year now, so the Oregonian company's race package should be well-polished for the race at Infineon. When we saw the Empulse RR testing at Thunderhill Raceway earlier this year, the electric bike seemed capable of some good lap times, but of course we'll have to wait and see how it compares to the competition that arrives later this May.
As for Atlas, the last we heard was that he single-handedly changing the well-earned stigma that motorcycle journalists don't know how to ride motorcycles, which should make for some good racing for the TTXGP/AMA fans. Some photos of the Brammo Empulse RR are after the jump.
Yesterday was a sunny day in the San Francisco/Bay Area, with weather in the mid-60's. Just recently getting my bike back from a tune-up, I was itching for a ride and decided to pack things up early for the day, and go for a quick jaunt up to Thunderhill Raceway to gatecrash Brammo's latest testing session with the Empulse RR electric race bike (close-up shots from Laguna Seca last year here).
Using my best ear-to-ear smile at the front gate, I rode into the paddock to see Brammo's Director of Product Development Brian Wismann shaking his head upon my arrival, and muttering something about someone posting the session's schedule online. Always a good-sport, Wismann graciously allowed me to stick around for the remaining day's sessions, while Brammo's CEO Craig Bramscher definitively removed me from his Christmas card list (you'll still get a card from me though Craig).
The guys up in Ashland have been busy testing their Brammo Empulse RR electric race bike. Taking some laps around Thunderhill Raceway, and hitting the curves around the Ashland area, Brammo's Director of Product Development Brian Wismann was at the helm of the Empulse RR in these videos. Surely gearing up for the 2011 racing season, Brammo was testing the Empulse RR's systems, and from the looks of it, the Empulse RR has some moves. Videos after the jump.
Although it didn't take part in the e-Power electric race at Laguna Seca, the Brammo Empulse RR was on display in the Brammo pit area during the weekend, and we got a chance to lay our hands on the bike for the first time. Based off the Brammo Empulse street bike, the Empulse RR comes packed with 12.5 kWh of battery power (same as the MotoCzysz E1pc), which according to Brammo makes it the best bike in the paddock in terms of power-to-weight ratios.
Coming together in just eight weeks, the Brammo Empulse RR still has some kinks to iron out, as the bike apparently cooked off its liquid-cooled motor during testing. While the Brammo team figures out its foray into liquid-cooled electric motors (the Brammo Enertia uses an air-cooled motor), the rest of the Empulse RR package looks very promising.
This is what we believe is the first shot of the Brammo Empulse RR race bike that was slated to race in the e-Power Championship round at Laguna Seca this weekend. Unfortunately for fans, and for Brammo, the Empulse RR race bike suffered a critical component failure, and will have to be a scratch on Sunday…but fortunately for Brammo fans (and Brammofan) Brammo CEO Craig Bramscher said on twitter today that the team would race this year.
Officially Official: Brammo Racing at Laguna Seca
Confirming what we already knew, Brammo has officially announced that it will be racing at Laguna Seca in the e-Power Championship in two weeks' time. Taking to the track with its new Empulse RR race bike that's based off the new Brammo Empulse, Brammo will be reunited with racing rivals MotoCzysz and Team Agni (the latter has not been independently confirmed).
With the addition of Brammo to the line-up, the FIM's e-Power Championship race at Laguna Seca is looking like the electric race of the year, as the "Flying Banana" of Lightning Motors, which is currently leading the TTXGP points standings in the US, will race at the event, along with Betti Motors who have been dominating the European rounds of the e-Power Championship.


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Here's Why the Summer Job is Disappearing
Teens today are half as likely to have summer gigs compared to the 1970s.
A new Pew report finds that employment for 16 to 19-year-olds has been on a steady decline over the last couple of decades, with fewer than a third of teenagers working a summer job last year.
Between 1950 and 1990, employment of U.S. teens generally rose and fell with the economy. But ever since the recession in 1991, young people have had a harder and harder time getting jobs—even during periods of recovery.
Last summer, less than 32% of teens were employed between June and August, compared to 58% in 1978. The current rate is barely higher than the all-time low of about 30% in 2010 and 2011.
One reason for this steady drop in employment, the Pew report suggests, is a declining number of entry-level jobs, as well as an increase in pressure on young people to take unpaid internships rather than waitressing or lifeguarding gigs. Many of these problems aren't limited to Americans, as younger workers across the world are facing much tougher labor markets than in years past.
Pew researchers also found that teen employment differed across racial groups. White teenagers in the U.S. were more likely to work summer jobs last year, with employment at 34% for white 16 to 19-year-olds—versus 19% for black teens, 23% for Asian teens, and 25% for Hispanic teens.
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Why the California Ruling on Uber Should Frighten the Sharing Economy
The question at the center of several similar cases is likely worth billions
This week a ruling from the California Labor Commission was made public because popular ride-sourcing company Uber appealed it. A San Francisco-based driver named Barbara Ann Berwick brought a case alleging that she is an employee, not an independent contractor as Uber claims. It emerged that the commission ruled in her favor, saying the company owed her $4,152 in expenses. But this could lead to rulings worth much more.
Filed in March, the ruling is non-binding, has no legal bearing on any other drivers, and won't force any money to change hands. But Uber's decision to appeal will now move the fight to California's court system where — along with several similar lawsuits pending in the state—it could set a binding precedent for a multi-billion-dollar question plaguing the booming on-demand economy: Do such companies have employer-employee relationships with tens of thousands of American workers?
That might sound like a mundane bureaucratic distinction, but it's a concrete reality for the drivers, personal shoppers and lunch deliverers who enjoy the flexibility of setting their own hours but do not get standard employee benefits like overtime pay and worker's compensation. In California, unlike most other states, employers are explicitly on the hook for reimbursing employees for all expenses necessary to do the job. And if the workers like Berwick win their cases, there are more than 15,000 other drivers in San Francisco alone who might want to be reimbursed too.
"Uber has essentially shifted to its workers all the costs of running a business, the costs of owning a car, maintaining a car, paying for gas," says Shannon Liss-Riordan, a Boston-based attorney who has a class-action case pending against Uber in California federal court. "Uber has saved massive amounts …. It's important that the labor laws be enforced so that the companies can't take advantage of workers that way. Uber's a $50-billion company and I think it can afford to bear the responsibilities of an employer." She expects her trial will be underway by next year and will make arguments for class certification later this summer, saying this ruling "could be a lot of help."
In a statement to TIME, an Uber spokeswoman said that its drivers embrace their status as independent contractors. "It's important to remember that the number one reason drivers choose to use Uber is because they have complete flexibility and control," she says. "The majority of them can and do choose to earn their living from multiple sources, including other ride sharing companies. We have appealed this ruling."
Liss-Riordan has also filed a class-action case on behalf of workers for house-cleaning company Homejoy, as well as delivery service companies Postmates and Try Caviar, arguing that they have been misclassified as independent contractors when they should be treated like employees. Other cases are pending against ride-sourcing platform Lyft and grocery-delivery company Instacart. "Instacart does all it can to distance itself from the employer-employee relationship," lawyer Bob Arns told TIME when that case was filed. "Why does a company want to do that? It's to keep the bottom line lower, to unfairly compete against other companies. That's the crux of our case." Instacart did not respond to a request for comment for that story.
The growing independent-contractor workforce is a key reason that companies like Instacart and Uber have been able to grow so quickly, because the cost of organizing independent contractors is much less than hiring employees. There's no requirement to pay unemployment tax or ensure that workers are making at least minimum wage. In many cases, the companies don't have to pay for the smartphones or data plans workers use on the job. They don't have to deal with the costly spools of red tape that come with federal and state withholdings and healthcare and anti-discrimination laws.
David Rosenfeld, a labor law expert and lecturer at the University of California, Berkeley, says a California superior court will likely set a trial date in a few months. If the judge agrees with driver Berwick, the rulings could be appealed back and forth all the way up to the California Supreme Court. That process could take years. But the California courts have been sympathetic to workers and Rosenfeld says its unlikely the state's highest authority would overturn a ruling made in their favor. In the meantime, he says, lawyers like Liss-Riordan can "show the ruling around" as evidence that helps build their cases, if not a precedent to use in court.
"This is big, high stakes problem for them," Rosenfeld says. While Uber emphasizes that the labor commission ruling is only about the status of a single driver, he notes that if Uber beats Berwick in court that doesn't bar other drivers from bringing similar claims. Liss-Riordan says she has been contacted by more than 1,000 Uber drivers who believe they've been wronged. And her doors have been open to other "1099 economy" workers who want to file their own claims.
"A lot of companies are watching Uber and seeing whether it's going to be allowed to get away with this," she says. "These companies want to have it all. They want to have control over their workforce so they can provide this consistent quality service they sell to the public but at the same time deny it has any obligations to these workers that it is treating as their employees."
How much control companies like Uber have over these workers will be central to the cases. Does their ability to kick drivers off the platform, their ability to set rates, their mandates to follow certain protocols amount to an employer-employee relationship? Uber has repeatedly argued that they are not a transportation company but merely a technology platform that helps willing drivers connect with passengers willing to pay for a ride.
But in denying a summary judgment in the class-action case earlier this year, District Judge Edward Chen wrote that Uber's claim that it is not a "transportation company" is "fatally flawed." In the March ruling, the labor commissioner wrote that Uber is "involved in every aspect of the operation." A 2012 ruling from the labor commission, however, found that another Uber driver was, in fact, an independent contractor and describes Uber as a "technology company." In the statement, Uber says similar commissions in five other states have come to the same conclusion.
These cases apply only to workers in California. So the endgame could look a few different ways if these on-demand companies lose their cases, all of which would require a change in business models. Operations could be shut down or take a different approach in California. Companies could start shouldering the costs of treating their armies of workers as legal employees. Or they could change the way they operate—giving up control over their workers and therefore control over the quality of their services—in order to keep treating them as independent contractors.
The latter, Rosenfeld says, is what FedEx recently decided to do after paying $228 million to settle claims from 2,000 pickup and delivery drivers in California who alleged that they were mislabeled as independent contractors. That high ticket price was directly related to California's law requiring expense reimbursement. But making the decision to give up oversight is not an easy one. "You lose control of your brand," he says. "And you lose control of your model."
How to Talk to New Grads About Finding a Job
Be there in a productive way
It can't be easy watching your beloved, talented, educated money pit child walk off that graduation stage, diploma in hand…and move back home with no job prospects. Last summer when I graduated with a couple of freelance jobs but looking for something full-time, I was lucky that my parents mostly employed the strategy they had been using with me since the fourth grade: "She's got it." They were always supportive but never pestered me about what progress I had made that day, where I was applying, who I had reached out to, because they knew I was on top it. And guess what? Their trust in me gave me much more confidence in my job search than constant nagging would have.
Any expert and anyone who has been there can tell you that self-esteem is the thing that takes the biggest hit during unemployment. Trust me, your kids are just as eager to find a job as you are for them to have one. They know you've just spent thousands of dollars on their education, and (I hope) they are endlessly grateful. They desperately want to have an answer to the question, "Where are you working?" Social media is there with unrelenting reminders of what isn't true but certainly feels like it is: "EVERYONE HAS A JOB EXCEPT YOU, LOSER." In short, they're downright terrified. (For confirmation on that, just read this piece I wrote last year, "Fears of a New Graduate.") From talking to many friends who have been through this difficult situation with their parents in the past year, here is some friendly advice for being there for your child in a productive way during the job search.
1. Don't micromanage.
You know your kid, and maybe he or she is someone who needs an extra push to get things done. But either way, trying to micromanage your adult child's career is ill-advised. I just read a truly horrifying anecdote in Aliza Licht's new book Leave Your Mark about an insistent mother who called DKNY repeatedly seeking a job for her daughter. She literally sent an email with the subject line, "A job for my daughter." While I doubt that most parents reach that degree of desperation (God I hope), it is an extreme illustration of the difficulty in watching your college graduate look for a job, and your natural desire to help in any way possible. Don't go down that path. At this point, the kids are officially raised—you have to trust they're equipped to find a job on their own.
2. Trust their unconventional choices.
I have written about nine successful millennials who did something after graduation other than start a full-time job. Your child's career path might not look like you expected it to. In fact it almost certainly won't, given the rapidly changing job market. One of my friends said one of the things he appreciated most about his parents was that they never questioned his unusual career choices, in particular one summer when he took an internship at Sesame Street. This may have seemed crazy at the time, but the internship turned out to be an eye-opening experience that motivated him to go to law school. The paths to success are many, and multiplying every day.
3. Be realistic in your expectations.
When that same friend found himself applying to law schools two years later, his dad insisted that he apply to all of the Ivy Leagues, despite my friend explaining that his GPA was below the threshold they even considered. Not very productive. This goes double for your sons and daughters seeking jobs right now. Sure, it's getting better, but it's tough out there. You can't expect them to send applications one week, have an interview the next, and be sitting down at their new desk the week after that. Asking, "have you heard anything yet?" every day will only make them frustrated and demoralized. You also can't expect them to be searching for a job eight hours a day–yes finding a job is a full-time job, but other goals or even social events can be equally essential.
4. Don't throw their financial status in their faces.
I'm not in a position to tell anyone how to parent, but I am in a position to determine whether someone is being rude. If you agreed to let your child live in your house and they are obeying the terms of that agreement, it is unfair and wrong to throw that fact back in their face if they are clearly making an effort to find a job. Yes, they live in your house again and you're allowed to impose whatever rules you see fit. You can make them do the dishes every day, shovel the driveway, hand wash your unmentionables, whatever. But using "well you're living here for free!" as an angry or passive aggressive jab is not only cruel but insanely counter-productive. (Pro tip: Making someone feel like a loser is not conducive to that person rocking an interview and landing a job).
5. Don't make comparisons to "when I graduated."
"When I graduated I had four six-figure offers…" Stop right there. You're different people, you have different paths in life. But even if your child is in the exact same profession as you, that comparison is flat out untenable. Most millennials graduated during the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression, and this year's graduates are still feeling its effects. During our Great Recession, the unemployment rate for those over 34 peaked at about eight percent, but unemployment between the ages of 18 and 34 peaked at 14 percent in 2010 and remains elevated. According to Pew Research we are the first generation ever to have higher levels of student loan debt, poverty and unemployment, and lower levels of wealth and personal income than their two immediate predecessor generations had at the same age. We all know it's not the same, so don't make the mistake of acting like it is.
6. Support them, love them…
…in the same way you've been doing for the past 22 years. Thanks for that by the way. I hope that I speak for my generation when I say that we appreciate it more than you know.
This article originally appeared on Levo.com.
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U.S. Economy Added a Healthy 280,000 Jobs in May
The nation's unemployment inched up to 5.5%
The U.S. economy added a robust 280,000 jobs in May, and the unemployment rate rose to 5.5% from a near seven-year low of 5.4% in April, according to the latest employment situation report released by the Labor Department.
That number beat economists' expectations of 225,000, and job gains came from a wide range of sectors, including professional and business services, leisure and hospitality, healthcare, and construction, to name a few.
The jobless rate rose because more people, such as new college graduates, entered the workforce, suggesting growing confidence in the jobs market.
Importantly, the report showed that wages increased by 8 cents per hour in May, and that wage growth has averaged 2.3% over the past year. While those gains aren't extraordinary, they show that worker pay is increasing slightly faster than inflation, which should help bolster consumer spending and the overall economy going forward.
March's job gains were revised up from 85,000 to 119,000, but job gains in April were revised down slightly. Overall, revisions of job gains for the previous two months means there 32,000 more U.S. jobs than previously thought. Over the past three months, job gains have averaged more than 200,000 per month, a key threshold that suggests that the weak GDP reading in first quarter of this year is a temporary blip rather than a harbinger of a broad economic slowdown.
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The unemployment rate can often be used as a measure of how tough or easy it may be to get a job at a certain time. That one number, however, paints a picture that's a little too simplistic. The unemployment rate fails to include people who have given up looking for work and those who consider themselves underemployed. To get a clearer picture, look at the employment growth number and the unemployment rate together.
Why High School Athletes are Cool Even After Graduation
They're just better at everything
Nerds are supposed to get their revenge after graduation.
Sure, high school jocks are popular. But as mothers across America tell their uncoordinated children: Study hard, get good grades, and you'll have the last laugh by making more money later in life.
However soothing as this tale may be to athletically challenged youngsters, economists say it's a lie. Former high school athletes "display significantly more leadership, self-confidence, and self-respect than those who were active outside of sports—such as being in the band or on the yearbook staff," according to a recent study published in the Journal of Leadership & Organizational Studies (via The Atlantic).
Not only that, but former high school athletes retain these qualities as long as 60 years after they hung up their varsity jackets. The Atlantic also points to several other studies that former athletes earn "from 5 to 15 percent" more than non-athletes.
The jury is still out on whether this statistical difference is because the act of playing sports in high school teaches kids skills like hard work and determination, or because kids with those qualities gravitate towards sports in youth. Either way, it would appear that there are more reasons than fleeting glory to go out for the football team this fall.
This Stat Is One Big Reason the Recovery Has Been So Weak
Almost half of American workers don't have a full-time job
The Commerce Department's announcement Friday that GDP growth was negative in the first quarter of this year, has analysts scratching their heads, searching for reasons the economic expansion, now in its sixth year, hasn't yet reached escape velocity.
One explanation? The jobs recovery has been historically weak, both in terms of the pace of job growth and the quality of jobs that have been added.
A report released last week by the Government Accountability Office underscores this point. According to the GAO, a whopping 40.4% of U.S. workers are contingent as of the most recent available data in 2010 — meaning they work some in some other arrangement besides a standard full-time job.
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We found that compared to standard full-time workers, core contingent workers are more likely to be younger, Hispanic, have no high school degree, and have low family income. These contingent workers are also more likely than standard workers to experience job instability, and to be less satisfied with their benefits and employment arrangements than standard full-time workers. Because contingent work can be unstable, or may afford fewer worker protections depending on a worker's particular employment arrangement, it tends to lead to lower earnings, fewer benefits, and a greater reliance on public assistance than standard work.
This rise of part-time, contract, and other sorts of non-permanent work arrangements has caused our current economic recovery to be dominated by consumers who are wary of spending — or simply aren't being paid enough to power our consumer-driven economy.
This is why many economists, like Vice President Biden's former Chief Economist Jared Bernstein, have stressed the importance of policies that would lead to full employment, like higher infrastructure spending, work-sharing programs during downturns, and loose monetary policy.
In an environment of full employment, competition for workers would require employers to offer higher pay and better conditions in order to retain their workforce. One of the few times the U.S. economy reached full employment was in the late 1990s, and it was also one of the few periods in past forty years where the median American worker saw significant and sustained growth in his or her wages.
Why Monitoring Employees' Social Media Is a Bad Idea
there is a vast difference between asking for employees to exercise good judgment and hovering over their Tweets like Big Brother
People today live in a virtual online aquarium, and chances are good that one of the people watching you is probably your current or potential employer. According to job site CareerBuilder, 52% of companies now check job applicants' social media profiles before hiring them, up from 43% just a year ago.
On one hand, it's understandable. After all, it can be embarrassing for a business if one of its representatives posts offensive content or does something illegal via social media. Employers can even get into legal trouble for their workers' actions. Advocates of the practice say that it's necessary to protect companies' reputations, confidential information, and is an inevitable byproduct of the Internet age, according to the Wall Street Journal.
But does monitoring of employees' social media really protect a company or can it do more harm than good?
First, the argument that companies need to keep tabs online to ensure that their employees refrain from inappropriate or illegal behavior doesn't really hold. While it's conceivable that some low level silliness, such as posting a picture of yourself dancing on a table, could be prevented by employer monitoring, more serious infractions are unlikely to be shared on social media and therefore never appear on the radar of the company anyway.
In addition, when job candidates or employees know that they are being watched, they can restrict access to certain posts, set up dummy profiles to fool companies, or otherwise throw up smokescreens. This is particularly true of millennials, who are technologically adept at controlling and manipulating their online avatars. The point is, the limited preventative effect of social media monitoring may not be worth the time and expense required for companies to do it.
There is also the problem of bias. Americans today are arguably more socially and politically conscious than previous generations and actively use social media to convey their thoughts, debate important topics, and fight for causes. In some cases, employers may even be supportive, such as if a job candidate works tirelessly to raise money for breast cancer research, but in other cases, there is a real danger of people being penalized for their personal views on things like politics, race, or religion.
Even if a company itself is neutral, the subjective feelings of the person tasked with monitoring employees' social media could easily lead to discrimination, especially in the highly polarized environment of the U.S. People should be able to share their views on gay marriage, for example, with their friends on social media, without running afoul of an employer who disagrees with them. Recognizing that in essence this is an inadvertent violation of laws that prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, political preference, gender etc, employers should at the very least factor this into their social media policies and put safeguards in place to prevent against it. The harm caused by bias to workers is immense but so are the potential legal consequences for companies.
Finally, by looking over workers' shoulders, companies could stifle the most important trait that can benefit a business: creativity. As innovation becomes increasingly necessary in a hyper-competitive business landscape, this factor can be crucial for a company's success.
Social media, for those who use it avidly at least, can be a medium to express our personality – for who we are – which is naturally linked to our creativity. Companies that foster creativity are more profitable and 50% more likely to be market leaders than their peers, according to the Harvard Business Review. Yet some businesses fail to make the connection between suppressing their employees' online freedom and restricting their creativity.
There is no doubt that companies are within their rights to expect compliance with some common-sense social media etiquette. However, there is a vast difference between asking for employees to exercise good judgment and hovering over their Tweets like Big Brother. The latter can erode a necessary sense of trust between companies and their workers and undermine loyalty. Just as an employee or a job candidate needs to trust that a company has integrity and is worth working for, the company needs to show its people that it trusts them to behave like responsible adults.
By allowing workers to live their personal lives without intrusion, smart businesses can make a powerful statement; namely, that they accept them for who they are, treasure their professional contributions to the company, and want them to be happy and fulfilled outside as well as inside the office. This, in turn, would inspire loyalty and boost productivity in the workforce, and make those companies more profitable.
Kumar has worked in technology, media, and telecom investment banking. He has evaluated mergers and acquisitions in these sectors and provided strategic consulting to media companies and hedge funds.


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"The pain is her penance," says one of them, amid the screams of labor.
late 13c., "religious discipline or self-mortification as a token of repentance and as atonement for some sin," from Anglo-French penaunce, Old French peneance (12c.), from Latin pænitentia (see penitence). Transferred sense is recorded from c.1300.
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Arsenal's Arteta counting on Wilshere to rattle Bayern Munich
Arsenal midfielder Mikel Arteta hopes Jack Wilshere can turn it on against Champions League opponents Bayern Munich.
Arteta has hailed the determination of Wilshere to return from serious long-term injury.
"The character he has shown coming back in the last few months after a long injury and getting back to his fitness level is amazing," said Arteta. "He is a bigger winner and we want him to show that."