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- Jun 21
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- Overweight
- Diet
- Mostly anything
- Smokes
- No
- Drinks
- Not at all
- Drugs
- Never
- Religion
- Catholicism, but not too serious about it
- Sign
- Leo, and it's fun to think about
- Education
- Working on university
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- Has dogs
- Speaks
- English (Fluently), Tagalog (Fluently), Japanese (Poorly), Korean (Poorly)
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There's really not much to tell. I'm currently taking up business with major in marketing while working part time as an online English tutor. Other than that, I like to watch movies with close friends or having coffee and laughing all day long. I also enjoy reading, from novels to history books, and creating stories of my own. Music's my haven most of the time (but I suppose this is true for a lot of people). I used to sing back in high school and not to brag but I was pretty good...HAHA. I am undoubtedly honest, fiercely loyal and immensely passionate.
What I'm doing with my life
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I worry from time to time. About my future. But I'm enjoying life right now. It would be nice to have someone to spend it with though. :P
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Words and Music
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My Eyes? At least that's what I have been told by family and friends, but I really don't see anything out of the ordinary with my eyes. What else?...(thinking)… I've been asked about my nationality a couple of times (does that count?). People think I'm half Spanish or something like that.
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I'm up for any good book when I have the time. Watching movies are the best. I can do it all day... everyday. Surrounded by pillows and cuddles. I'm not really a fan of TV shows, but I'm really falling for The Big Bang Theory, How I Met Your Mother and Two Broke Girls. Music is my haven. I play the piano from time to time but I'm not really any good. I love eating as much as I love movies. I'm a big girl with a big appetite.
The six things I could never do without
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friends and family
mobile phone with internet access
comfortable bed with a lot of pillows
mobile phone with internet access
comfortable bed with a lot of pillows
I spend a lot of time thinking about
Global warming, lunch, or your next vacation… it's all fair game.
the many "What ifs..." I have :P
On a typical Friday night I am
Netflix and takeout, or getting your party on — how do you let loose?
in my room or watching movies...
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Our DD's 1st birthday is this Sunday and we plan on telling only our family before the party by having DD wear a shirt that says "I'm going to be a Big Sister" and wait for the grandparents to catch on.Ā Then we plan to change her into her ladybug dress for the party so no one else finds out.Ā I don't plan on telling friends until I'm at least 12 weeks along, but don't really have a plan for spreading the news just yet...may just post it on Facebook and go from there!Ā I'll be 6 1/2 weeks on my DD's birthday.
How are you telling the NEWS?
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We've only told my immediate family (mom, dad, brother, and new SIL). ┬ĀI told my mom when asking her to watch the kids for my appointment. ┬ĀI told my brother and SIL that it turns out all 5 of our kids got to attend your wedding (I was 3.5 weeks at the time of their wedding and hadn't tested yet).
We're waiting to tell the IL's as my SIL on that side of the family just had a m/c.
Lisa, homeschooling mama to
dd 9/04 ds 3/06 dd 1/08 ds 1/10 ds 2/12 ds 4/14
One of the cutest ways that I've seen an announcement was from a friend of mine who put her son in a "Big Brother" shirt and posted it on facebook with the tag "And now an important announcement from..."
Mommy to GabrielĀ(2) &Ā "Lil Peanut" coming in Feb
"Every person's life is a fairy tale written by God's fingers." Hans Christian Andersen
great idea for facebook!┬Ā i may have to "steal" that idea ;)
We had a recent loss so we have been on medicated cycles for a couple of months and all of our close friends and family new we were actively trying. They knew my cycle schedule and testing date so telling them was easy. We plan to announce it on Facebook in a week or 2. We may use┬Āthis quote or something similar. Of course we will end it with "We have truly been blessed. We are expecting our little one in about 6 1/2 months!"
"We had hope in a new beginning, found peace through all our pain, we finally got our rainbow, after all of the rain!ŌĆØ
Well we called our close family and then announced it on Facebook....so pretty much all our family and friends know :)
Lindsay married to Jon in 2003, M/C #1 03/01/06 @ 12wks, A. born 2/5/2010, M. born 2/10/2012, M/C #2 12/24/2013 @ 8.5wks
mom to Riley - DD (6) Zoey is here 2-3-12!!
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STANFORD, Calif. -- I'm going to go wayyyyy out on a limb here. When Serena Williams returns to competition here Wednesday, the world's top-ranked player will serve the ball powerfully over the net.
That definitely was not the case during her last, unsettling performance at Wimbledon four weeks ago. In what was termed a viral illness, Serena was so dizzy and weak that day she struggled just to bounce the ball on the ground while trying to serve in her doubles match with sister Venus. When she did manage to toss the tennis ball in the air and hit it, she double-faulted four times in a row.
Apart from an endurance runner stumbling with dehydration and extreme fatigue in high heat, I do not recall seeing an athlete so dizzy, off-balance and incapable of performing as Serena that day at Wimbledon. And those few endurance athletes were like that only at the end of a draining race. This was at the start of the match. If you were feeling that woozy, why even play?
Serena said she did not feel good walking onto the court that day, but did not appreciate how sick she really felt until after she left the court -- she said Venus told her repeatedly to stop playing. "I'm your big sister, I'm telling you -- you have to leave." Serena said it reminded her of when she was sick several years earlier, presumably referring to the embolism that hospitalized her in 2011.
"After this happened I kind of had that flashback," she said. "When you're in this moment, you don't realize how sick you are."
Monday marked Serena's first meeting with reporters since that disturbing performance, but her replies did not fully answer all the questions about what happened. There was a lot of speculation about Serena's condition that day at Wimbledon, with Martina Navratilova expressing doubt that it really was just a virus.
Serena maintained that it was a viral illness and that doctors required she stay at Wimbledon several days to recover, but she offered no specifics beyond saying she would undergo further tests when the 2014 season ends.
"I heard a lot of the response weeks and weeks and weeks later," Serena said of speculation and rumors regarding the illness. "Because I didn't leave my house or bed for a few days. By the time I read about it or heard about it from a few people, I was just like, 'Oh, really?' I had already moved on; I had just started working out and started to play again."
Having taken some vacation time in Croatia -- by which time she had recovered enough to post videos of herself catching ice cream in her mouth -- Serena will try to get her groove back in the Bank of the West Classic here.
Angelique Kerber said she watched Serena practice Monday and that she looked like she was in her usual top form.
"She was back, for sure," Kerber said. "She plays good. So let's see."
Serena had perhaps the greatest season of her life in 2013, winning the French and US Opens, plus nine other WTA titles while losing only four times the entire year and regaining her No. 1 ranking. She won 78 matches overall, 20 more than any other year in her career. This year has not gone so well. She has won three tournaments -- take that, Sloane Stephens -- but no majors and lost in the third round at Wimbledon and the second round at Roland Garros.


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YOUTH FIRST: Know why children put off homework; address their concerns
When children put off doing their homework or just don't do it at all, it can frustrate parents and teachers alike. Understanding why they procrastinate will help you figure out how to motivate them.
Many students become overwhelmed when given an assignment they perceive to be a great deal of work. This often is seen in students diagnosed with attention deficit disorder because it usually is difficult for them to visualize the finished product.
As students move into middle school, they begin to see assignments that take more steps to complete. Sixth-graders begin research projects that require gathering data from several sources, keeping notes on notecards and then writing their papers.
This may become very overwhelming to students and some simply shut down rather than ask for help.
Your children may become anxious when they are assigned a worksheet that is more than a single page.
Instead of working through it, they just put it off until later or refuse to do the assignment altogether.
The most important thing is to listen to your children's concerns about problems they are having at school. Is the work too difficult or are they simply anxious about the amount of work being assigned?
Empathize with your student about the problem. It may seem to be a small problem to adults, but it is can be a great big problem to your children. They will be more willing to discuss schoolwork with adults if they feel as if they are being heard and understood.
Teach your children to use an agenda book to keep track of their assignments. Many schools pass them out to all students at the beginning of the school year.
If your schools don't use agenda books, purchase them for your children and explain the importance of
writing down every assignment and then checking it off when they complete it. Many parents have found it helpful to have the teachers check that assignments are written properly.
Praising your children for properly writing down assignments will encourage them to track their assignments. Explain how using the agenda book properly will help them even when they graduate from high school.
As adults, we have to keep track of appointments, make grocery lists and write down reminders. Keeping track of tasks is a life skill children will use for the rest of their lives, so learning to use the agenda book now will make things less stressful as they grow older.
Make time to review the assignments with your children so they know you are holding them accountable for finishing their work. If they are assigned homework that is not due right away, encourage them to break it down into small amounts of work to be done daily.
Finding a way to make the homework fun will encourage them to do the assignment instead of putting it off.
Create a daily routine for doing homework. Some students need a small break after school before doing their homework, while others do best if they complete it right away.
Schedule a family meeting to discuss a routine that will work for everyone. Using TV time or games as rewards following the completion of homework also will help motivate students.
Dawn Tedrow is a school social worker for Youth First Inc., a local nonprofit dedicated to strengthening youths and families. To learn more, visit www.youthfirstinc.org or call 812-421-8336.
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ABATE of Washington
Board of Director's
Meeting Minutes
July 11, 2009
Sergeant at Arms: Mike McCarthy
Call To Order: 12:50 PM
Pledge of Allegiance
Roll Call
Central Washington
Kittitas County
Pacific County
Clark County
Lewis County
Rat City
Columbia Gorge
Mason County
Sky Valley
East Pierce County
North Kitsap
Sno King
Grant County
North Olympic
South King County
Grays Harbor
North Snohomish
Independence Chapter
Eastside Deputy Coordinator
Ambassador at Large
Westside Deputy Coordinator
NCOM Ambassador
A = Absent E = Excused P = Present T = Tardy V = Vacant 21+ 6
ABATE of Washington
Board of Director's
Meeting Minutes
Sergeant at Arms: Mike McCarthy
Call To Order: 12:50 PM
Pledge of Allegiance
Roll Call
Central Washington
Kittitas County
Pacific County
Clark County
Lewis County
Rat City
Columbia Gorge
Mason County
Sky Valley
East Pierce County
North Kitsap
Sno King
Grant County
North Olympic
South King County
Grays Harbor
North Snohomish
Independence Chapter
Eastside Deputy Coordinator
Ambassador at Large
Westside Deputy Coordinator
NCOM Ambassador
A = Absent E = Excused P = Present T = Tardy V = Vacant 21+ 6
Chaplains Blessing: None offered
Acknowledgments: None offered
Agenda Changes: Motion to approve agenda with additions, MSP Motion to suspend agenda, MSP
Motion to ratify Inland Empire Chapter, MSP. Motion to ratify NE Washington Chapter, MSP.
Motion to return to agenda, MSP
Officer Reports :
Coordinator- Mick Gillispie
· Mick asked for any chapter or committee chairs to give him any contracts they may have to sign on behalf
of ABATE of Washington prior to signing so he can send to Marty Fox to look over first.
* Report on the issuing of helmet tickets during the Spring Opener weekend and options to contest the tickets.
* State Secretary Election Results – Rona Smith
* Motion to certify election results as valid, MSP
Secretary - Rona Smith
* Submitting April '09 BOD Minutes for approval with one correction, MSP
* Distributed Chapter Compliance Report
Treasurer – Koeta Imhof
* Distributed Financial Reports
* Distributed Quarterly Reports
Motion to authorize Koeta to transfer funds from a checking to savings account, MSP
Lyle presented Tacoma Chapters Legislative Contribution of $900.00.
* Bellingham, Tri Cities, and Wenatchee area have people interested in being members, but are
in need of the leadership needed to run the chapters.
* Discussed motorcycle helmet check points and some legal cases. Spoke about the NCOM National.
* October 17 NCOM Regional.
Event Reports or Updates : Eastside Deputy Coordinator Report & Chairs the Meeting – Ron Voss
International MC Show 09 – December 11-13 Motion to participate this year, MSP
Black Thursday 2010 – January 21. Chris is working on the overnight accommodation location.
Discussion regarding helmet and parade RCW violation, Motion to table legislative action, MSP
Fall Swap Meet 09 – Rona handed out the advertising packages for the chapters to distribute.
Freedom Run 09 – Ed gave his report and the date of May 22, 2010
Spring Opener 09 – Ron gave report. Motion to use same location next year. MSP
Fall Bash '09 – Since the swap meet is only one day….we won't be having the event.
STEAM '09 – Mike gave an update on new location, and the events of the weekends.
* Categories – Nominees no input brought, Mick will mail. Chris asked for topics for discussion
Committee Reports or Updates : Westside Deputy Coordinator Report & Chairs the Meeting- Dutch Phillips
Bylaws – Chris Dulas presented the following. Motion to add the ABATE acronym article definition, MSP
Motion to approve changes to 5.3.1 and 5.3.2, MSP
Communications – Rick Ward was not present and will be resigning
Chaplain – Ranger Ric was not present
Legislative – Donnie Landsman was not present
Membership – Bruce Ramsey was not present, Mike gave the statistics.
* Current 1343, Grace Period 140, & 90 day New Member Status 172 Total = 1655
Rona distributed the new member information tri folds. Motion to be included with the new member pack, MSP
Newsletter – Chris gave his report on new changes, mailing labels and locations, and wasted newsletters.
Parliamentarian – Darcy had nothing new to report, she explained to the new chapters what she does.
Products – Roxy Kelly was not present
Public Relations – Don Cuda was not present
Quartermasters – Jay Frasier was not present
Safety & Education – Lenny Pletsch gave an update and gave the new chapters S & E information and
Darcy reported on what Olympia chapter has been doing with their S & E programs.
State Audit – Darcy had nothing to report
Webmaster – Rick Ward was not present and will be resigning
Unfinished Business:
1) Hearing Committee – Motion to go into Executive Session, MSP
Motion to adjourn Executive Session and return to BOD, MSP
2) Committee Charter, not prepared.
New Business:
1) BOD Agenda Notification, Motion to change bylaw 3.2.3 to be submitted at October's BOD's meeting, MSP
2) BOD Dates 2010. 1/16/10 – Olympia Chapter, 4/24/10 – no host, 7/31/10 – Koeta, 10/3/10 – Mason County, MSP
ECOM Meetings 2009 11:AM
July 19, meeting canceled, August 2, September 6, October 4, November 1, December 6
BOD Meetings 2009 12:PM except October = 10AM
October 4th
Scheduled Events 2009
September 13 Fall Swap Meet – Enumclaw
October 2 – 4 STEAM/BOD –
December 11-13 International Motorcycle Show - Seattle
Good of the Order: Mike wanted us to know of his health condition. Various chapter events.
Announcements: none
Adjourn Time: 5:21 PM
Submitted by: Rona K. Smith, ABATE of Washington, State Secretary
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ive seen that the Gnex score is lower than the G300. playing gta 3 on g300 lagged for me wen i had it. which phone, based on performance is better
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AUSTIN, Texas — The University of Texas at Austin School of Law announced today it has published the proceedings from the international conference on war crimes trials that took place at the Law School on November 6 and 7, 2003. Professor Steven Ratner and James L. Bischoff, '04, edited the publication.
According to the editors, the publication, International War Crimes Trials: Making a Difference?, "seeks to allow a broader audience – those who make policy regarding those tribunals as well as those who study them – to share the insights gained on these important issues. It is our hope that it is the beginning of a long dialogue among interested constituents."
The principal focus of the conference was the UN's criminal tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda, with attention to the implications for the International Criminal Court as well as mixed national-international courts. Panelists included former officials of UN tribunals, individuals directly affected by atrocities, political scientists, a psychologist working with sexual violence victims, and a historian of such trials. Along with Ratner, UT Law professors Sarah Cleveland, Karen Engle, and William Forbath participated on the panels.
Ratner, the Albert Sidney Burleson Professor in Law, is one of the nation's leading scholars in the field of international law. His research focuses on new challenges facing emerging democracies after the Cold War, including ethnic conflict, territorial borders, accountability for past human rights violations, and the role of international institutions in these issues.
Bischoff, a May graduate of the joint-degree program between Law and Latin American Studies, worked on the highest profile genocide prosecution at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda in Tanzania and has also interned on a judicial reform project in Guatemala and an anti-forced-labor initiative in the Amazon.
The Law School conference was funded by grants from the Jeht Foundation of New York City and the Human Security Program of the Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade.
For copies of the book, please contact Katrin Flechsig at 512-232-4857.
Related Links:
War Crimes Conference Release, including archived Webcast: http://www.utexas.edu/law/news/2003/102303_warcrimes.html


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Qtel Set to Hit 50,000 Mobile Broadband Customers Milestone
Qtel today announced that it will shortly hit a new customer milestone of 50,000 mobile Broadband customers in Qatar, with the company likely to hit the magic number as early as this weekend.
Mobile Broadband was introduced in Qatar in 2008, and the popularity has surged in recent months, particularly since the launch of prepaid mobile Broadband in December 2009. Qtel has consistently invested in enhancing the Broadband network, so that customers have benefited from faster speeds and smoother downloads.
To celebrate the major milestone, Qtel has planned a special surprise for the customer registering as the 50,000th mobile Broadband user in Qatar.
This lucky customer will get FREE Unlimited Mobile Broadband service for one year, worth QR4900, plus a Free My-Fi Personal 3G Mobile hotspot and a new LG Netbook, for a combined prize value of QR 6938.
The prize is designed as an added bonus to thank customers for their support of this pioneering service, which provides access for everyone to the Internet across Qatar.
Qtel's Mobile Broadband service provides customers with Internet connectivity from any 3G-enabled device. Customers can expect to receive speeds ranging from 1Mega bits per second (Mbps) to 3Mbps, depending on their proximity to a Qtel 3G tower.
Customers who would like a chance of winning the 50,000th customer prize should visit the Qtel store at Villagio Mall this Thursday night, and ask for more information about Qtel's mobile Broadband service.


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Refinery neighbors deserve to know what's in the emissions they're breathing in.
Copyright 2014: Houston Chronicle | May 27, 2014 | Updated: May 28, 2014 9:21am
Photo By Melissa Phillip/StaffHartman Park 93rd St. & E Avenue R Homes are near the refinery , Houston, Texas, United States Description: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced a proposal Thursday to reduce oil refinery pollution that if adopted would mark the first change to the industry's emission standards in nearly two decades. The move is part of a consent decree that resolved a lawsuit filed by nonprofit environmental attorneys with Earthjustice and the Environmental Integrity Project on behalf of people directly affected by emissions from refineries in Louisiana, Texas and California. The changes would compel operators to monitor benzene emissions, upgrade storage tank emission controls, ensure waste gases are properly destroyed and adopt new emission standards for delayed coking units. Operators would also have to make the results of monitoring publicly available. The suit filed in 2012 in district court accused the EPA of shirking its duties under the Clean Air Act by neglecting to review and possibly revise refinery emission standards every three years. The EPA hasn't implemented new emission standards since 1995. The suit also said that mainly low-income and minority people share fence lines with refineries, and are therefore at disproportionate risk of air-quality-related illnesses. The EPA will take comment on the proposals for 60 days. It also plans to hold two public hearings near Houston and Los Angeles, and will finalize the standards in April 2015. Environmental groups claim that some 150 petroleum refineries nationwide emit more than 20,000 tons of hazardous air pollutants annually, including chemicals that are linked to cancer such as benzene and toluene. The EPA says the proposals would reduce toxic air emissions by an estimated 5,600 tons per year. Environmental groups contend companies underreport the amount of chemicals they release, and have called for the agency to enforce stricter reporting requirements. Thursday, May 15, 2014, in Houston. ( Meli
People who borrow their neighbor's lawn mowers or shovels know to return them in no worse condition than when they were loaned. And the law requires that refineries - like any good neighbor - return the air they use without concentrations of chemicals harmful to human health.
The Houston area is home to eight of the 27 refineries in Texas. ("EPA targets oil refineries' neighborhood pollution" Page A1, May 16). We are the only major city without zoning, so it's common to find families living and children playing in neighborhoods located near petrochemical plants. The state also does not require so-called fence-line monitoring to keep track of air quality near refineries.
That's why we let out a sigh of relief over the recent decision by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to revamp the nearly 20-year-old rules monitoring air pollution at oil refineries.
The EPA's regulations now will require that refineries monitor their emissions at the fence lines of their plants and provide the information to the public. "If you want to annoy your neighbors, tell the truth about them," a 16th century playwright once said. Predictably, industry groups are not happy with the new rules. The American Petroleum Institute's director of scientific affairs, Howard Feldman, finds the proposed regulations costly and unnecessary.
Adrian Shelley, executive director of Air Alliance Houston, who was involved in the lawsuit that drove the changes, thinks otherwise: "It's absolutely essential that we know" how much benzene is escaping from the refineries. While Shelley is enthusiastic about the proposed rules, he thinks that they don't go far enough because the requirement for "passive" monitoring using samples at pre-scheduled intervals can miss spikes in emissions.
In addition, the rules call for limits on releases of the harmful chemicals that drift over the fence lines into neighborhoods. The EPA says the new procedures will help remove 5,600 tons of harmful chemicals a year without a "noticeable impact" on consumer prices for refined products. Houstonians are justifiably proud of our vibrant energy industry, one of the mighty engines of the area's economy. But while we've made great strides in recent years, we should not be satisfied until we rid the air of pollutants harmful to human health.
After the comment period, which is expected to end later this summer, the EPA should speedily enact finalized regulations concerning refinery emissions. The enactment of the new regulations will most strongly affect air quality around the fence-line communities that abut the refineries. But there's an old adage, "Love your neighbor but choose your neighborhood carefully." When it comes to the air we breathe, all of us along the Gulf Coast live in the same neighborhood.


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CES 2014: Polk Audio's New Xbox One 4 Shot Headphones & N1 Gaming Sound Bar
Correction: Only the Melee Xbox 360 Headset has 4 modes. The 4 Shot does not offer this feature.
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In Ybor City Nancy Pelosi lays out agenda for improving economic issues for women
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Women still earn only about three quarters of what men make, but the former speaker of the U.S. House was in Ybor City Monday afternoon promoting a plan to change that.
Democratic House Leader Nancy Pelosi told women leaders from the community that Congress needs to act in three areas to improve the economy by boosting up women: fair pay, paid family leave and affordable quality child care.
"We really have to change this environment. It's really not working. Why should we work nearly a quartr of the year, effectively, for free. 22 percent, 23 percent, whatever it is, of the year somebody else is getting paid during that time and women are not. So we wanted to put together an agenda to change the environment. Just to make it different so that women could succeed. In addressing some of the challenges that were put forth by our guest and certainly explained personally by Gerry. As we went across the country it turned into something, this is about the 15th meeting we've had of this kind, but halfway through we changed from listening to what would work to putting forth some of what we've heard and then hearing your views on that. And we came down to a place that said we have to have an economic agenda specifically addressing workplace. Specifically addressing the workplace, there's so many issues we can talk about as you well know. But this specifically addressing the workplace. And that brought us to this agenda with three pillars. Fair pay, raising the minimum wage. I don't have to say it again, 62 percent of people making minimum wage are women. Raising the minimum wage, and we have the legislation to do that called the 'Fair Minimum Wage Act'. When we took over the majority the first thing we did in the first one hundred hours in 2007, that first day was to raise the minimum wage. It had not been raised in 11 years. It's time to raise it again, in fact it's long overdue."
"Part of this problem is paycheck fairness. Equal pay for equal work. What is this? So we have a 'Paycheck Fairness Act' put forth by Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro who is unbelievable, champion, whirlwind, force of nature on this subject. She was also the author of the Lily Ledbetter Act that passed the Congress, first bill signed by the President. Now, as you know, that is when the right of recourse, should they find out that they had been discriminated against, so that's really important, but that isn't the 'Paycheck Fairness Act' which would make it the law of the land. So all of that is about, raising the minimum wage, paycheck fairness.
"The second point is about paid leave. I was there, we worked for a long time trying to pass the Family Medical Leave, but it wasn't until President Clinton was elected that we had a president who would sign it. It's wonderful, 100 million families in America have availed themselves of the family and medical leave, but it's not paid and everybody doesn't have it so we have to expand that. The very least we can do is a week's worth of earned paid leave. We have to insist upon that. I'll give you an example after I go to the next point. And the next point, we have the legislation to do that, it's called the 'Healthy Families Act'. How could it be in the United States of America that a woman cannot take a day off to care for herself, her family, her child, her parent, whatever it is, without being docked pay and not having this opportunity.
"And that takes us to the third point which is really, I think, going to transform, unleash the power of women in a very important way, and that is affordable quality child care. It is the missing link that was never done."
The initiative is called When Women Succeed, America Succeeds, An Economic Agenda for Women and Families. Pelosi spike today at the Childrens Board of Hillsborough County.
She was joined by Tampa-area member of Congress Kathy Castor and several women who shared stories about how the program could help them.
Pelosi was also asked about whether Republicans would succeed in stopping the implementation of the Affordable Care Act.
Enrollment begins next Tuesday for the health care marketplaces under the new health care law.
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Another excellent vintage from our vineyards in the Central Coast. The ripe aromas of cherry, raspberry, green tea, mocha and spice dominate the nose. This wine shows richer and broader tannins than the 2004 version, with a better overall concentration and depth of fruit. A long sweet cherry and silky oak finish complete this wine. Needs time to mature in the bottle.
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Fishing Report: 09.13.07
CORPUS CHRISTI: Trout and redfish are fair to good from the Oso Bridge on live shrimp and mullet. Gafftop and flounder are good on shad and mud minnows. Trout and sharks are good in the surf on finger mullet and croaker.
BAFFIN BAY: Trout are good in the Land Cut on piggy perch, croaker and morning glory Sand Eels, Trout Killers and Bass Assassins. Redfish are good in the Boat Hole on live bait and at Yarborough. Trout are good on topwaters around the rocks.
ROCKPORT: Trout are fair to good on live bait around Traylor Island. Redfish are good around Mud Island and the Estes Flats on live finger mullet.
PORT ARANSAS: Offshore is good for blackfin tuna, shark, dorado and kingfish. Bull redfish are good in the surf on mullet and shrimp. Redfish are good in Shamrock Cove and the East Flats on shrimp and mullet.
EAST MATAGORDA: Trout are fair to good while wading the reefs on 10W-40 Bass Assassins and roach Sand Eels. Redfish are good around Hog Island and Brown Cedar Flats on roach Hogies, Bass Assassins, Trout Killers and Sand Eels.
MATAGORDA: Trout and redfish are fair to good on the shorelines on topwaters and soft plastics. Redfish are good on live shrimp in Oyster Lake. Trout are good on live shrimp at the wells.
SOUTH PADRE: Redfish are good on topwaters and soft plastics around Three Islands. Trout are good on live bait in the same area. Trout are good while free-shrimping along the Intracoastal. Tarpon are good at Brazos Santiago Pass.
PORT ISABEL: Trout are good on live bait along the edges of the Intracoastal. Trout and redfish are good while drifting sand and grass on shad tails and DOA Shrimp under a popping cork.
TRINITY BAY: Trout are good on shrimp and croaker at the wells and on the deep shell. Redfish, trout and sand trout are good at the Spillway on live bait.
NORTH SABINE: Trout are good while drifting slicks and birds on red shad and pumpkinseed/chartreuse Bass Assassins, Stanley Wedgetails and Sand Eels. Redfish are good along the shorelines and in the cuts and drains in the marsh on live shad and topwaters.
SOUTH SABINE: Trout and redfish are good at the jetty on live bait and topwaters. Redfish are good at Garrison Ridge on topwaters and red soft plastics.
BOLIVAR: Bull redfish are good at Rollover Pass on finger mullet and shrimp. Trout are good on the outgoing tide on MirrOlures and DOA Shrimp. Redfish are good for waders on gold and silver spoons.
TEXAS CITY: Trout are good at night under the lights on live bait at the piers off the dike. Redfish are good on live bait in Moses Lake. Oversized redfish are good on mullet and shrimp from the dike. Trout are fair to good in the Ship Channel on croaker and live shrimp.
CHOKE CANYON: Water lightly stained; 90 degrees; 0.05' low. Black bass to 10 pounds are good on large soft plastic worms and lizards in 1220 feet. White bass are slow. Crappie are slow. Drum are good on live worms. Channel and blue catfish are excellent on punchbait in 310 feet. Yellow catfish are fair on live perch and goldfish.
COLETO CREEK: Water murky; 89 degrees (98 degrees at discharge); 0.03' high. Black bass to 3 pounds are fair on soft plastics in 812 feet. Striped bass are slow. White bass are slow. Crappie are good on minnows in 1214 feet. Channel and blue catfish to 5 pounds are fair on trotlines baited with liver and live perch in 1012 feet. Yellow catfish to 28 pounds are fair on trotlines baited with live perch in 1216 feet.
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