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Here is a linen souvenir postcard folder of Lake of the Ozarks, MO - One of the world's largest artificial lakes. It is published by W. E. and M. E. Atkinson, Eldon, Missouri, made by Curt Teich, Chicago, and numbered D-1869 on the inside cover. There is text and a map of the area printed on the inside cover. The views include:
Missouri State Capitol Building Jefferson City
Boating on the Lake of the Ozarks
Niangua Bridge Carrying U. S. Highway No. 54 Over Lake of the Ozarks, Near Camdenton
Lovers' Leap on Lake of the Ozarks
Suspension Bridge on Lake of the Ozarks, Warsaw
K'singer Bluff on Lake of the Ozarks
South Approach to Bagnell Dam
Hurricane Deck on Lake of the Ozarks, Versailles
The Cut (Approach to Bagnell Dam) On Lake of the Ozarks, Near Eldon
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A Bit of Beauty on the Lake of the Ozarks near Eldon
A Glimpse of the Lake of the Ozarks from the Highway, Osage Beach
Grand Glaize Bridge Across the Glaize River Arm of the Lake of the Ozarks
Standing Rock in the Lake of the Ozarks, Stover
Lake of the Ozarks at Castle Hahatonka, Near Camdenton
The Gem of the Ozarks - Mill Dam, Bennet Spring State Park, Lebanon
The Gem of the Ozarks - Bennet Spring Mill Dam and Fish Hatchery - Lebanon
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METULA, Israel, Aug. 16 -- From her dining room window, Zvia Drori looks into Lebanon, less than a mile away from this border town, and sees the yellow flags of Hezbollah stirring slightly in the hot sun. For Drori and her neighbors, the banners seem to taunt Israel for its failure to wipe out the Shiite militia."I don't want to stay here anymore," said Drori, 60, who came home Tuesday after fleeing for a month to Tel Aviv. "You see my beautiful view. But you still see Hezbollah."Thousands of Israelis are returning now to their homes near the Lebanese border. They are bitter and angry about what many call a futile war, and what others call an outright loss."Israel lost big-time," said Ravit Ben-Simon, 25, glumly reopening her cellphone store on Wednesday in nearby Kiryat Shemona. "It wasn't a worthwhile war at all. It all started because of the kidnapped soldiers. Where are they now? Still kidnapped. It was all for nothing."That view was reflected in a national poll released Wednesday, showing that public support for the government of Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has plummeted. The poll by the Maariv newspaper showed that Olmert's support had dropped from 78 percent on July 19, shortly after the war began, to 40 percent.Here in what Israelis call the "frontline towns" -- the kibbutz farming communities of the settlers who arrived decades ago and the hardscrabble towns that became home to immigrants -- the view is harsh. The rain of Hezbollah rockets emptied these places, sending most residents fleeing to the south and forcing the remainder into grim bomb shelters in their basements.They emerged with Monday's cease-fire to sweep up the broken window glass, haul away the burned cars and -- in Kiryat Shemona on Wednesday -- bury the dead. Hundreds of residents watched in the cemetery as uniformed soldiers fired a formal salute for Sgt. 1st Class David Amar, 24, a local who had been called up for the reserves. He was killed in Lebanon by an antitank missile Sunday, the day before the fighting stopped."He was always smiling. So happy," said a red-eyed soldier who would not give her name. "Was the war worth this? No. We don't think so."
Israel Television on Wednesday aired interviews with returning reservists offering scathing criticisms of the army, complaining that supplies and armaments were missing, orders were confused, and food and water were in short supply.
During the war, 118 Israeli soldiers and 39 civilians were killed. More than 5,000 were injured, and at least 12,000 homes were damaged. Estimates of the civilian death toll in Lebanon range from about 700 to more than 1,000, and Israeli bombardment left a path of destruction in southern Lebanon that is unmatched here.But for Israel, accustomed to military domination of its Arab foes, the failure of its army to crush Hezbollah, or even to reduce the shelling, was a bitter pill."Our government was unprepared. They didn't know what they were getting into," said Gital Lahyani, 36, as she reopened her cafe in Kiryat Shemona. "The situation is even worse now. Now the Lebanese, and the Syrians and the Iranians, perceive us as weak. It just set the ground for the next war." ...... All but an estimated 3,000 of Kiryat Shemona's 24,000 residents had left. Biton had stayed. It was "like a Warsaw ghetto. It was a catastrophe," he said. Beneath his building, a few residents had huddled in the claustrophobia-inducing concrete shelter until the tension drove them out. A child's painted handprints were the only sign of cheer left in the place. Affixed to the shelter's steel door was a sticker, handed out early in the conflict by a newspaper company: "We will win," it boasted in patriotic blue."This war didn't do anything," Biton said, waving the cigarette in disgust. "We lost over 100 soldiers. . . . What did we do? We failed."
The magnitude of Israel's failure in Lebanon becomes clearer every day. Hezbollah, stating the obvious, has said it has no intention of disarming (but it may curtail public displays of its weapons). Lebanese officials have made it clear that the "government" has no intention of disarming Hezbollah. Why, asked one leader, should the Lebanese army try to do what the IDF could not accomplish (especially with Hezbollah's popularity now at a new high)?Meanwhile diplomats are scrambling, without much apparent success, to come up with the members of the new UNIFIL force. If that force arrives, it can hardly be expected to take on Hezbollah. French troops are still expected to take the lead, and the French foreign minister (who has proclaimed Iran a force for stability) slyly promises only to attempt to persuade Hezbollah to disarm. In short, Hezbollah, the Lebanese government, and the international community are already rubbing Israel's nose it it, as well they might. Indeed, it would probably be better for Israel if no enlarged U.N. force appears -- that way the IDF will have more freedom to attack the next time Hezbollah provokes a crisis.
—Today, Condi Rice has an op-ed in the Washington Post claiming the U.N. resolution on Israel and Lebanon a success, writing among other things that the cease fire brokered, "a truly effective cease-fire, requires a decisive change from the status quo." She claims Hezbollah has earned "the blame of the world for causing the war."—Someone at State forgot to give Hezbollah, Iran, and Syria the talking points.—The status quo is changed all right, Israel is made weak, is made to look weak and Hezbollah has -—far from any blame -—new respect on the Muslim street. And the headline in the WAPO today is "Hezbollah balks at withdrawal from the South."
HISTORIANS will look back at this weekend's cease-fire agreement in Lebanon as a pivotal moment in the war on terror. It is pivotal in the same sense that the Munich agreement between Adolf Hitler and Neville Chamberlain was pivotal in an earlier battle against the enemies of freedom. The accord in October 1938 revealed to the world that the solidarity of the Western allies was a sham, and that the balance of power had shifted to the fascist dictators.Resolution 1701 shows that, for the time being at least, the balance has likewise shifted to the terrorists and their state sponsors. Like Munich, it marks the triumph of the principle of putting off until tomorrow what needs to be done today. Like Munich, it will mean not peace in our time, but a bigger war in our future.In that sense, the cease-fire may be even more momentous than Munich, and a greater blunder. In 1938 Chamberlain and other appeasers had the excuse that they were trying to prevent an armed conflict no one wanted. Today, of course, that conflict is already here. Historians will conclude that by supporting U.N. Resolution 1701 and getting Israel to agree, the Bush administration has in effect declared that its global war on terror is over. We have reverted to the pre-9/11 box of tools, if not necessarily the pre-9/11 mindset. From now on, the worst Iran, Syria, and North Korea will have to worry about are serial resolutions in the United Nations. Terrorists will be busy dodging Justice Department subpoenas, not Tomahawk missiles.Our enemies know better. They know the war is only entering a new stage, and they know who the winners and losers were last weekend.
The clear losers were the United States and Israel. Israel has sacrificed lives and treasure, and had its honor dragged through the mud of international opinion, for no purpose. America squandered its political capital at the start of the crisis by getting moderate Arab regimes to condemn Hezbollah instead of Israel. They did so because they thought Hezbollah was about to be annihilated. However, they soon realized their mistake. They now know Tehran and Damascus will set the agenda in the Middle East, not Washington. The Arab League's support for this U.N.-brokered deal is just one more measure of our strategic failure.The other loser is Lebanon. The price of peace in 1938 was de jure dismemberment of Czechoslovakia, as Germany annexed the Sudetenland. The price of Resolution 1701 is de facto dismemberment of Lebanon. A large, well-armed terrorist army acting at the behest of a foreign power now controls the southern half of Lebanon, and pulls the strings in the other half. The facade of Lebanese self-government has been preserved. As a territorial state, it may even last longer than Czechoslovakia did (Hitler gave the Czechs five months before he annexed the rest of their country).But other states in the region will have learned their lesson. Faced by an internal terrorist organization, especially one with links with Tehran, they will have to make accommodations. No white knight in the guise of U.S. Marines will ride to their rescue; no Israeli tanks and F-16s will do their dirty work for them. Appeasement will be the order of the day.That includes Iraq. The disarming of Sunni and Shia militias, the necessary first step to ending sectarian violence there, will be postponed - perhaps for good. On the contrary, this crisis has taught Iraq's Shia minority that extremism pays, particularly the Iranian kind.For everyone in the Middle East knows Iran is the clear winner. Only the diplomats and politicians, including the Bush administration, will pretend otherwise. Iran has emerged as the clear champion of anti-Israeli feeling and radical Islam. The Iranians have their useful puppet in Syria; they have their proxy armies in place with Hezbollah and Hamas. They have been able to install missiles, even Revolutionary Guards, in Lebanon with impunity. Sunni regimes in the region will move to strike their own deals with Iran, just as Eastern European states did with Germany after Czechoslovakia. That includes Iraq; the lesson will not be lost on Russia and China, either. And all the while, the Iranians proceed with their nuclear plans - with the same impunity.Finally, the other winners are the conventional diplomats at the State Department, especially Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs Nicholas Burns. In a narrow professional sense, appeasement is their business. They never saw the point to a "war on terror they are delighted to take back the initiative from the hawks at the Pentagon and the White House.The war in Iraq has clearly sapped the moral strength of the Bush administration. The men of Munich acquiesced to Hitler because another world war like the first seemed unthinkable. The Bush administration clearly feels it cannot face another major confrontation even with a second-rate power like Iran. Yet by calling off the war on terror, it has only postponed that conflict."We have passed an awful milestone in our history," Winston Churchill said after the Munich agreement was signed. "Do not suppose this is the end . . . This is only the first sip, the first foretaste, of a bitter cup that will be proffered to us year by year." Despite the failure of appeasement, Churchill still believed the Western democracies would make the "supreme recovery" and take up the banner for freedom again. The United States and the forces of democracy will recover from this debacle - even with a Democratic Congress in 2006 and a Democratic president in 2008. The reason will not be because Bush's opponents have a better strategy, or a clearer vision, or even a Winston Churchill waiting in the wings. It will be because our enemies will give us no choice.
Israel's debacle, courtesy of BushAug. 17, 2006 On Monday, the day the cease-fire was imposed on Israel's war in Lebanon against Hezbollah, and just days after the London terrorists were arrested, President Bush strode to the podium at the State Department to describe global conflict in neater and tidier terms than any convoluted conspiracy theory. Almost in one breath he explained that events "from Baghdad to Beirut," and Afghanistan, and London, are linked in "a broader struggle between freedom and terror"; that far-flung terrorism is "no coincidence," caused by "a lack of freedom" -- "We saw the consequences on September the 11th, 2001" -- and that all these emanations are being combated by his administration's "forward strategy of freedom in the broader Middle East," and that "that strategy has helped bring hope to millions." If there was any doubt about "coincidence," he concluded a sequence stringing together Lebanon, Iraq and Iran by defiantly pledging, "The message of this administration is clear: America will stay on the offense against al-Qaida." Thus Bush's unified field theory of fear, if it is a theory.Then, once again, Bush declared victory. Hezbollah, he asserted, had gained nothing from the war, but had "suffered a defeat."At the moment that Bush was speaking an Israeli poll was released that revealed the disintegration of public opinion there about the war aims and Israeli leadership. Fifty-two percent believed that the Israeli army was unsuccessful, and 58 percent believed Israel had achieved none of its objectives. The disapproval ratings of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Defense Minister Amir Peretz skyrocketed to 62 percent and 65 percent, respectively.The war has left Israel's invincible image shattered and moral authority tarnished, while leaving Hezbollah standing on the battlefield, its reputation burnished in the Arab street "from Baghdad to Beirut." Virtually the entire Israeli political structure has emerged from the ordeal discredited. When the war against Hezbollah ended, the war of each political and military leader against every other one began.
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George P. Taubman Digital Archives
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George Taubman submitted very few articles for publication, saving the majority of his writing for sermons. However, he did submit reports of his church work to the Christian Standard and wrote a regular column for a time about ministry to men.
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All Inclusive Marketing
The Atlanta REIA All Inclusive Marketing (AIM) Group is a networking and educational meeting led by Rock Shukoor and Dustin Griffin for like-minded real estate investors and small business owners who LOVE MARKETING and are interested in improving their business and taking it to the next level through creative marketing techniques.
The All Inclusive Marketing group is for folks who want to want to get together, learn and discuss marketing challenges, strategies and opportunities. Although many of the examples we cover at this meeting are geared towards real estate investors, the techniques and strategies learned at our meetings can be applied to any business.
We meet on the 2nd Monday of each month at 7:00 PM at the Hudson Grille located at 6317 Roswell Rd in Sandy Springs. We have our private meeting room and after the meeting we hang out for Late Nite Networking. AIM is FREE for Atlanta REIA Members. Guests and Non-Members can pay $20.00 at the door or RSVP Online for $15.00.
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- When: 2nd Monday of the Month at 7:00 PM
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- Why: To network & learn creative marketing strategies
- Cost: AIM is FREE for Atlanta REIA Members. Non-Members can pay $20.00 at the door or RSVP Online for $15.00
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How is it that the culture of German-speaking Europe has so profoundly influenced and shaped Western civilization—and especially the culture of the United States—through the centuries and into today? Can a liberal arts education be considered complete without an understanding of these influences?
The Department of German Studies provides the opportunity for students to explore such questions and others in its language, literature, and culture courses. Here, students will encounter a culture of "poets and thinkers" (as well as scientists, engineers, artists, and some admittedly unsavory characters), and have the opportunity to experience German language and culture firsthand through Smith's own study abroad program in Hamburg, Germany.
The German Studies Department has an unparalleled record in mentoring students for both undergraduate and graduate fellowships and offers opportunities for guided research with faculty members. So whether you are looking for intellectual stimulation, advanced German-language skills, or simply the cachet of possessing a great mind, the German Studies Department has something for you.
Deutscher Tisch (German Language Lunch Table)
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Student Symposium on German Studies
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March 2 - May 20, 2015
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Title: "Visual Arts in Germany Between the Wars 1925-1940"
Thursday, April 30, 2015
Seelye Hall 207 - 5:00 to 6:00 pm
Join students, faculty, and friends of the German Studies department for the seasonal end-of-year festivities, including the presentation of book awards.
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ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - Senate Majority Leader Tom Bakk says there's still room to discuss an expanded sales tax even though Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton intends to abandon that budget approach.
Bakk, of Cook, said Monday that the Senate Tax Committee plans to consider whether some services should be part of the sales tax mix. On Friday, Dayton announced he was moving away from his sales tax push amid widespread opposition.
Dayton will release a revised budget proposal this week. The Democratic governor says it will still include a call for a higher income tax on the top 2 percent of Minnesota earners, such as couples earning more than $250,000 a year.
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January 2003
By Richard I. Scharlat,
Greenberg Traurig, New Jersey and New York Offices
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Managing employee-related disputes gets increasingly complicated every
day. In tough times, reductions in force and other terminations present
a minefield of legal obstacles to navigate. Even in good times, more and
more employees raise more and more varied issues that must be resolved fairly,
efficiently, and economically. As you lean back in your chair behind your
desk, you look out the window and you can barely see the tops of the trees
outside over the tsunami-sized pile of litigation documents which threaten
to engulf your office. And you ask yourself, what can I do to stem the tide?
Well, the New Jersey Supreme Court in Martindale v. Sandvik,
Inc., 173 N.J. 76 (2002), has given you a tool — if used properly
and carefully — to help keep your company out of court and keep litigation
costs down. The Court has determined that employers can enforce an arbitration
provision in an employment application if employers give clear and unambiguous
notice of a waiver of a right to a jury trial, give prospective employees
a chance to review the document and discuss the arbitration provision with
a third party or counsel, and to sign it voluntarily.
In 1994, Maureen Martindale was hired by Sandvik, Inc. ("Sandvik") as
a benefits administrator. Martindale was required by Sandvik, as part of
the hiring process, to complete and sign an employment application, which
contained an agreement to arbitrate all disputes relating to her employment
or the termination of her employment. Specifically, the language of the
agreement set forth that:
As a condition of my employment, I agree to waive my right to a jury
trial in any action or proceeding related to my employment with Sandvik.
I understand that I am waiving my right to a jury trial voluntarily
and knowingly, and free from duress or coercion.
I undersand that I have a right to consult with a person of my choosing
including an attorney, before signing this document.
I agree that all disputes relating to my employment with Sandvik or
termination thereof shall be decided by an arbitrator through the Labor
Relations Section of the American Arbitration Association.
As a condition of my employment, I agree to waive my right to a jury
trial in any action or proceeding related to my employment with Sandvik.
I understand that I am waiving my right to a jury trial voluntarily
and knowingly, and free from duress or coercion.
I undersand that I have a right to consult with a person of my choosing
including an attorney, before signing this document.
I agree that all disputes relating to my employment with Sandvik or
termination thereof shall be decided by an arbitrator through the Labor
Relations Section of the American Arbitration Association.
Martindale signed the application containing this provision and took
the job with Sandvik. In January 1996, after almost two years of working
for Sandvik, Martindale informed the company that she was pregnant. A series
of "medical problems related to the pregnancy"2
ensued and, about two weeks before her delivery of the baby, Martindale
went on disability leave. Upon Martindale's request, Sandvik thereafter
granted her Family and Medical Leave to begin at the end of her disability
In November 1996, after Martindale's disability leave ran out, and shortly
after her Family and Medical Leave began, Sandvik informed Martindale that
her position as Benefits Administrator had been eliminated "due to a reorganization."3
At the same time, Sandvik terminated her disability payments. Martindale
sued Sandvik in New Jersey Superior Court alleging a "violation of the New
Jersey Family Leave Act ,"("FLA")4
and ultimately filed an amended complaint adding a claim against Sandvik
for violation of the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination ("LAD").
Relying on the arbitration agreement in the employment application that
Martindale had signed in 1994, Sandvik moved to stay the litigation in State
Court and to compel arbitration. The trial court granted the motion to stay
the proceeding and dismissed Martindale's complaint without prejudice, but
ordered a stay of the matter pending appeal.5
On appeal, the Superior Court, Appellate Division affirmed the trial court's
ruling. The Appellate Division determined that the arbitration agreement
contained in the employment application was not a contract of adhesion,
and was valid and enforceable.
Granting Martindale's petition for certification, the New Jersey Supreme
Court reviewed the lower courts' rulings. In affirming the dismissal of
the complaint, the Supreme Court's analysis is very instructive as to future
formulation of arbitration agreements and their incorporation into employment
The Court first determined whether a "valid agreement to arbitrate existed."6
The Court cited the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA),7
which provides that arbitration agreements have the same validity as other
contracts. Similarly, the New Jersey legislature has endorsed the validity
of arbitration agreements, and favors them as a means of dispute resolution.8
The Court determined that the arbitration agreement was enforceable because
it was an agreement to arbitrate all claims against defendant Sandvik.9
The Martindale Court analyzed whether there was consideration
underlying the contract to arbitrate. Notably, the Court found that the
arbitration agreement between Martindale and Sandvik was supported by identifiable
and valuable consideration: Sandvik's willingness to consider employing
Martindale. Specifically, the Court found that "although defendant was under
no obligation to actually hire plaintiff, defendant's consideration of plaintiff's
application, its extension of an offer, the commencement of employment,
and thereafter the provisions of compensation and on-going employment constituted
sufficient consideration to support the parties' agreement to arbitrate
their disputes."10
The Court next considered whether, although the contract might be valid
on its face based on its terms,
it was an unenforceable "contract of adhesion."11
A contract of adhesion is one in which one of the parties (here, the employee)
does not have meaningful opportunity to negotiate the terms of that contract.
To be sure, a contract is not necessarily void even if it is found to be
a contract of adhesion. "The standardized nature of the contract, the parties'
relative bargaining positions, the subject matter of the contract, the degree
of economic compulsion"12
that motivates the (weaker) party to enter into the contract, and public
interest, are all considerations that weigh in determining whether a contract
of adhesion will be void.
The Martindale Court held that the Sandvik employment application
was not "offered on a take-it-or-leave-it basis,"13
such that it was a contract of adhesion. The Court weighed heavily the fact
that Sandvik gave Martindale the "opportunity to ask questions about the
and consult with a third party, including an attorney. The Court also considered
that Martindale herself was an "educated person who was experienced in the
field of Human Resources."15
The Court noted that nothing in the record showed that Martindale asked
or attempted to change or to negotiate any terms of the agreement.
The Court then considered the scope of the agreement to arbitrate. That
an employee may validly waive a right to pursue claims in court in favor
of arbitration is well established.16
As long as no substantive rights are given up by submitting to an arbitral
forum, there is no invalidity to the proceeding -- so long as its objective
is to achieve final disposition in an inexpensive and expeditious manner.
The Court also noted that neither the FLA nor LAD preclude the use of arbitration
to pursue claims under those statutes. In the absence of a legislative mandate
that would restrict the use of arbitration, a valid agreement to arbitrate
will be enforceable, so that all claims subject to the arbitration provision,
in this case encompassing Ms. Martindale's employment and the termination
thereof, must be submitted to arbitration rather than a court.
Finally, in light of another case addressing similar issues,17
the Martindale Court considered whether the language of the arbitration
agreement was sufficiently clear to give Martindale notice that she was,
in fact, waiving her right to a jury trial on the statutory claims concerning
her employment. Failure to provide sufficient notice is likely to be fatal
to an action to compel arbitration. The Court contrasted the language in
the Sandvik agreement to that which was the subject of the Garfinkel
case, in which the arbitration agreement at issue stated only that:
"[A]ny controversy or claim arising out of, or relating to, this Agreement
or the breach thereof shall be settled by arbitration."18
The Garfinkel Court determined that that "language was too ambiguous"19
and was not an enforceable waiver of the employee's right to take
the matter to court instead of arbitration. The Court determined that a
waiver must at least notify the employee that "all statutory claims arising
out of the employment relationship or its termination" will be subject to
arbitration. On that basis, the Court found that the Sandvik agreement was,
in fact, clear, unambiguous, and enforceable.
In his dissent, Justice Stein determined that the Sandvik arbitration
clause should be deemed "unenforceable as a matter of public policy"20
because of the vast disparity in bargaining power between the parties. The
dissent framed the question before the Court as whether employers should
be allowed to "extract concessions in a job application form, such as a
waiver of the right to a jury trial, from prospective employees."21
Justice Stein also noted that there was no reciprocal arrangement to the
arbitration clause; Sandvik was not required to arbitrate any disputes that
might arise with an employee.
The dissent notwithstanding, the Supreme Court of New Jersey has laid
down the law. You can break out your employment applications, sit down with
counsel, and start redrafting. If you are careful with the language, provide
clear and unambiguous notice of a waiver of right to a jury trial, and give
prospective employees a fair opportunity to: (1) review the document; (2)
discuss the arbitration provision with a third party or counsel; and (3)
sign it voluntarily, knowingly and without duress, you have begun to reduce
the paper work on your desk and the cost of litigation from your company's
bottom line.
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COLLEGE PARK--With the shot clock ticking down under eight seconds and Maryland guard Seth Allen seemingly stuck in purgatory dribbling near half court with just over 16 minutes to play on Saturday afternoon, the sophomore calmly took a screen from center Shaquille Cleare.
He drove to the basket and passed up a contested layup through traffic in the lane, instead choosing to kick it out to fellow guard Dez Wells, who was wide open on the perimeter. Wells knocked down the three to push Maryland's lead over Florida State to 18 points early in the second half.
Save a late push by Florida State in the final minutes of the second half, that was the kind of afternoon both Allen and Maryland had on Saturday, with the sophomore guard tallying a career-high 32 points and grabbing four rebounds in a 83-71 win over the Seminoles at Comcast Center in College Park.
Allen's 32 points eclipsed his previous career high, when he scored 21 points in a win over Virginia Tech on Feb. 7, 2013.
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Two games after having his best all-around game of the season against Virginia Tech, Allen was at the center of Maryland's offense on Saturday afternoon, tying his career high of 21 points and needing just 17 minutes in the first half to do so.
What was the difference? He was more balanced, patient, and poised than we have seen him in other games. Nothing was forced and a lot of his looks came from better ball movement as a team to find space on the perimeter.
He finished with 32 points on 11-of-15 shooting overall, including 7-of-10 from behind the arc.
In Maryland's loss to Florida State earlier this season, the Terrapins allowed the Seminoles to shoot an incredible 14-of-26 from three-point range. On Saturday, it was clear from the start that the Terrapins game plan would not allow that again.
Maryland was more active on the perimeter, flying in the face of shooters and closing out to contest shots. Florida State shot just 2-of-7 from three-point range in the first half.
The Seminole would finish 5-of-12 from three.
How do you defend a front line that features two seven-footers? If you're Maryland, the answer is, "Not very well." The Terrapins experimented with a full-court press early, but the result was too often an easy basket at the rim for big man Michael Ojo.
Maryland's 46-29 lead at the half easily could have been more, had they not given up 10 offensive rebounds through the first 20 minutes. The Seminoles finished with 20 total offensive rebounds.
For nearly four minutes until the under four-minute timeout of the second half, Maryland went without a field goal. During that time, Florida State cut a 20-point deficit in half and got to within as little as nine points with 1:23 to play.
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CONYERS -- A Conyers man wanted in Newton County on a failure to appear warrant was charged with drug violations by the Rockdale County Sheriff's Office Friday.
According to the RCSO incident report, an informant at Allied Recycling called a deputy shortly after 5 p.m. to report that Michael Wayne Christian, 37, of 1840 Francis Road, was at the Old Covington Road business with scrap metal. In his report the deputy stated that he knew Christian had been scrapping a lot of copper and other metals and wanted to catch him with some stolen property.
The deputy also stated that he knew Christian was wanted out of Newton County for failure to appear on burglary charges.
When the deputy arrived at Allied Recycling he saw Christian's pickup truck coming from the right side of the property and blocked his path with his patrol vehicle.
Christian was the passenger in the vehicle. The driver was identified as Scott Brady Stallings, 37, of 2677 Rock Chapel Road, Lithonia.
Christian was placed under arrest on the Newton County warrant. Another deputy who arrived at the business searched Stallings and found a small black bottle in his left pants pocket. The bottle contained what appeared to be a small plastic bag containing methamphetamine shards.
A search of the vehicle uncovered a two glass pipes, a small set of electronic scales and a plastic bag containing other small plastic bags.
Christian and Stallings were taken to the Rockdale County Jail. A small bag of suspected methamphetamine was reportedly found on Christian during a search of him at the jail.
Christian was charged with two counts of possession and use of drug-related objects, possession of methamphetamine, possession with intent to distribute controlled substances and crossing a guard line with drugs without consent.
Stallings was charged with possession of methamphetamine.
In other police news, an RCSO deputy running radar on Ga. Highway 138 near Ralph Road early Sunday morning led to the arrests of two men on charges of drag racing.
The deputy reported that he was on the southbound side of the four-lane highway at about 4:15 a.m. when he observed two vehicles traveling northbound at a high rate of speed. The deputy clocked the vehicles at speeds ranging from 71 mph to 80 mph.
The deputy pulled over a white Chevrolet Cobalt while the other vehicle, a gold Malibu, kept going and turned into Martha's Vineyard subdivision.
The driver of the Cobalt, James Michael Watson, 21, of 5907 Ga. Highway 212, Covington, was questioned as to what he was doing, to which he replied "Being stupid," according to the report. Watson was charged with speeding, fleeing and attempting to elude a police officer and drag racing.
Watson denied knowing the driver of the other car that was involved in the racing; however, once at the jail he admitted that he and the other driver were friends.
Another deputy called to the scene located the driver of the other car. Joseph Conrad Christian, 20, of 573 Oglesby Bridge Road, Conyers, was charged with speeding, fleeing and attempting to elude a police officer, driving under the influence of alcohol, and drag racing.
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Sullenberger piloted the 15 January emergency water landing of a US Airways Airbus A320 into the Hudson River in New York City, drawing media acclaim.
While Sullenberger says the ensuing months have been full, with he and his family having unforgettable experiences, "I have missed working with my colleagues at US Airways and I am eager to get back into the cockpit in the months ahead. In my new role, I will continue to be the same kind of advocate for aviation safety that I have been for decades."
Sullenberger has also used his time in the limelight to highlight decreasing salaries for airline workers in the eight years since the September 2001 terrorist attacks. During a Congressional hearing in February of this year he stressed that through the bankruptcies and mergers following the attacks, "management teams who have used airline employees as an ATM have left the people who work for airlines in the United States with extreme economic difficulties".
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FRANKLIN, Tenn. --- Two late bogeys put a damper what was a solid round by Rocio Sanchez Lobato in the second round of the NCAA Championships on Wednesday. Sanchez Lobato holed out from 135 yards on No. 15 to move to 1-over on the day, but then gave those strokes back at No. 17 and No. 18.
Sanchez Lobato signed for a 3-over 75 and is currently tied for 53rd overall at 149 halfway through the 72-hole tourney at the Vanderbilt Legends Club.
"I thought the course played very difficult this afternoon," head coach Kelley Hester said. "It was nearly impossible to get the ball near the hole to a front hole location. At times, 'Ro' hit what you thought was a really good shot and it would end off over the green. It was not a bad round at all, but it stings a little bit when you finish with a couple of bogeys."
Firm greens were unsympathetic to virtually every approach and most putts longer than 10 feet.
In fact, Sanchez Lobato's birdie and eagle came only after hitting the flagstick and pin, respectively. At No. 6, she hit an 8-iron from 135 yards that hit the flagstick before settling about six feet from the hole. At No. 15, Sanchez Lobato used a 9-iron from about 145 yards that landed pin-high about 10 feet to the right of hole and released down a slight slope into the hole.
"The greens were faster and firmer today so it made it really complicated to stop the ball on the green and make very many birdies today," Sanchez Lobato said. "The birdies that I had were because they touched the flag and stayed close to the hole. You would hit a perfect shot and it would go past the pin. It wasn't easy."
Sanchez Lobato will play in the morning wave on Thursday, a welcome change.
"All the low scores came in the morning," Hester said. "You would really have to golf your ball to break 75 or 74 in the afternoon. All the red numbers came in the morning. We'll try to take advantage of that tomorrow and hopefully post a number."


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SAN ANTONIO, Texas - The New Mexico State volleyball team (20-10) swept the Denver Pioneers (17-13), 25-15, 25-17, 26-24 in the quarterfinals of the Western Athletic Conference Tournament, Monday, Nov. 19 in San Antonio, Texas.
The Aggies hit .389 as a team with only 10 attack errors to handle Denver and head into the semifinals of the tournament. Junior middle hitter Desiree Scott led the way with a .625 hitting percentage posting 10 kills on 16 swings without a single error. Junior outside hitter Lauren Loerch added a match-high 11 kills while hitting .474, which is a season-high for her.
Sophomore Meredith Hays added nine kills and a match-high 13 digs, while junior Ciara Brown and freshman Taylor Livoti split the setting duties as they marked 22 and 21 assists respectively.
"We ball handled very well today and our defensive effort was pretty good today," head coach Mike Jordan said. "We took a lot of good swings and we were low error. It was a good match all-around."
The Aggies started the match hitting .462 in set one with 19 kills on 39 swings with only one attack error. NM State hit .462 while holding the Pioneers to only eight kills and a .121 hitting percentage. The Aggies took a 5-4 lead on a Preslie Alexander kills and never lost the lead after that. NM State went up by 10 at 19-9 when Hays hammered a kill down before eventually winning the set by 10 at 25-15 with freshman Nathalie Castellanos wrapping it up with her fourth kill of the evening.
NM State fell behind 6-2 in set two but fought back scoring seven straight points to take a 9-6 lead. The Aggies would not relinquish that lead and went up by as many as six at 21-15 after two consecutive attack errors by Denver. The Aggies concluded the set with three straight kills (one by Scott, two by Hays) to win 25-17. There were four Aggies with two kills apiece as Loerch led the way posting four kills on four attempts.
Set three was much different as Denver picked up some momentum and kept it close until the Aggies won 26-24. There were five ties and two lead changes in a set that saw red shirt freshman mark five kills on seven swings. NM State struggled midway thru the set falling behind 18-11. NM State wouldn't give up and pulled to within one at 22-21 on a Denver attack error. A kill by Nash tied it up at 24-all and then the Pioneers buckled posting two attack errors to give NM State a 26-24 win.
The Aggies head to the semifinals versus the winners of the Utah State/UT-Arlington match, Tuesday, Nov. 20 at 5:30 p.m. (MT) in San Antonio. The match is scheduled to air live on the radio in Las Cruces on KSNM AM 570 with Jay Sanderson giving the play-by-play action. Live stats will be available online at www.NMStateSports.com.


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By 1982, the Black Hawks squeaked into the playoffs as the 4th seed in the Norris Division (at the time the top 4 teams in each division automatically made the playoffs), and were one of the league's Cinderella team that year. Led by second-year Denis Savard's 32 goals and 119 points, and Doug Wilson's 39 goals, the Hawks stunned the Minnesota North Stars and St. Louis Blues in the playoffs before losing to another surprise team, the Vancouver Canucks. Chicago proved they were no fluke the next season, also making the 3rd round before losing to the Edmonton Oilers. After an off year in 1984, the Hawks again faced Edmonton and lost in the 3rd round in 1985.
In 1986, while going through the team's records, someone discovered the team's original NHL contract, and found that the name "Blackhawks" was printed as one word, not two, as "Black Hawks," the way most sources had always been printing it and as the team had always officially listed it. So the name officially became "Chicago Blackhawks" from that point forward.
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The current population of Carroll County is 15,575 with the median age of 46. Carroll County's median household income is $45,611, and the average household net worth is $338,496. 39% of Carroll County's population are long term residents having lived in their homes for more than 5 years, while 10% of Carroll County's population have moved in the last year.
|Carroll County
|United States
|Median Household Income
|Average Household Net Worth
|Long-term Residents (5+ years)
|Annual Turnover
|Median Age
|46 years
|36 years
|37 years
Age distribution represents the distribution of the population in Carroll County by age group. In Carroll County, the male-to-female ratio is 7,802:7,773, which is 4% higher than the ratio of Illinois, which is 6,385,635:6,638,421. Age demographic data is sourced from census, 2015.
Crime rate index represents the average crime rate for a local area in comparison to nearby areas and the national average. A crime index of 100 represents the national average. Carroll County, has 46% less property crime than Illinois, and is 50% below the nation's average. Carroll County, has 85% less personal crime than Illinois and when compared to that of United States, Carroll County is 83% below the national average.
Marital status represents the percent of residents in Carroll County that are single, married, widowed and divorced. In Carroll County, 81% of people are married and 19% of people are single. The percent of people married is 8% higher than the ratio of Illinois, which is 73%. Marital data is sourced from census, 2015.
Household income distribution represents the distribution of Carroll County income brackets at the household level. Overall, the median household income for Carroll County is $45,611, which is 20% lower than that of Illinois ($56,777). Income data for Carroll County is sourced from census, 2015.
Education data represents the highest level of education attained by residents in Carroll County. In Carroll County, 11% of residents 18 and over graduated from high school and 16% completed a Bachelor's degree or higher, which is 15% lower than that of Illinois. Education statistics is sourced from census, 2015.


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Keep the Faith
A reader blog about liberal religion with Rev. Beth Ellen Cooper
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Why SB1 and HB2 are Not in Good Faith-A Letter from Texas Faith Leaders
We write as concerned Texans from across faith traditions. As clergy from diverse religious communities, we are united in our overwhelming opposition to TX HB2/SB1. As Texans who honor the wellbeing of all and answer to the imperative for justice, we are deeply troubled by the dangers this bill poses to women's safety, equal access to reproductive health care across the state, women's dignity, and religious freedom.
We urge you: defeat this troublesome, coercive legislation.[Read More]
SB1, Voluntarism, and Choice
One of the arguments philosophers have made against voluntarism(the will of an authority alone as a guiding force, internal or external) is that choices, especially moral choices, are not either the purview of individual or the communal. Making good moral choices is about balancing the voice of whatever authority you trust (religious, governmental, internal, etc.) with critical thinking, community standards and conscience [Read More]
Faithful Feminism: Rachel Held Evans' Year of Biblical Womanhood
Unless you've been too caught up watching Tivo'd episodes of Honey Boo Boo, or are willfully impersonating an ostrich, it would be hard not to notice that women have been at the forefront of our political and cultural minds in the last year. Whether it was February's debate over the place of contraception in healthcare, the personal attacks and speculations about the women who spoke in favor of the mandate, the fact that in 2011 across all 50 states over 1100 pieces of legislation were enacted that directly affected women's access to abortion, contraception and other healthcare, or the recent fallout over Mitt Romney's "Binders full of Women" comment, the reality is that everybody and their brother seems to have an opinion on women, our place in society, what we should be allowed to do, and how we ought to live.
Enter Rachel Held Evans.[Read More]


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Events for K-12 Educators
The calendar of events for K-12 Educators includes:
- on-campus events hosted by the Wright State Career Center for our students and alumni
- off-campus events hosted by consortiums, school districts, and other hiring agents
The Career Center hosts Education Fair and Interview Day, for Wright State University students and alumni who will be licensed to teach or who will qualify for administrative positions in the upcoming academic year. Participants must meet a variety of deadlines.
Learn about Education Fair and Interview Day
School districts, education consortiums, and special programs submit information about recruiting events and application opportunities for licensed educators and administrators. The Wright State Career Center posts these opportunities as an information service to our students and alumni.
Upcoming K-12 Recruiting Events
The Wright Search
The Wright Search
- Career Services On-Campus Events
- Career Talks
- Events for K-12 Educators
- Off-Campus Opportunities
- Fall Semester Career Fair
- Education Fair and Interview Day
- Spring Semester Career Fair
- National Student Employment Week
- Student Employment Virtual Job Fair
- Start Smart Salary Negotiation for Women
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Hidition NT-6
"Please spare with my broken English. My first language is not an English LOL. I have placed order my nt6 from hidition about 3 weeks ago. They took exact 2 weeks to build iem (10 business days) from the date they received my ear impression. My NT6 is little special than others because it is original version of NT6. (NT6 Ver.1) Basically what you see on Hhidition.co.kr..." --skfktkwjs
Hidition NT-6PRO
"Months ago I believed the JH13Pro Freqphase to have the most clarity when it came to Custom In-Ear Monitors, but I was properly blown away by the Hidition NT-6 Pro with its death-defying clarity and resolution. Introduction After spending a lot of time with my JH13Pro I decided to seek another CIEM to possibly challenge or even defeat it. After browsing the ever-beloved head-fi.org, I..." --VisceriousZERO
UE 11 Pro
" This is my very first pair of custom IEMs after trying almost all of the high end universal IEMs -- SE530, UE Super Fi 10, Etymotics etc. The sound of these UE11 Pros is superior in every way to all of the universal ones I had, but even more important they stay in my ear and provide a proper seal. Since my ear canals get very narrow, I found it very difficult to get any of my universals to..." --alyanm
UE 18 Pro
" I had owned the UE-10's before this for about 3 years. So upgrading to these was a huge improvement in my opinion. Very nice full sound, with improved frequency response from 20 Hz to 18,000 Hz. Bass is much more present on these but not too overly stated. Gorgeous build quality. Very happy with these In ear monitors, I also own the JH-16's and still love listening to these all the time on..." --Richard Devine
UE 4Pro
Technical parameters: Frequency Response: 20Hz - 15kHz Sensitivity: 108 db Impedance: 17.5 ohms Noise Isolation: -26 db Connector: 3.5 mm (1 / 8 ") gold-plated Internal Speaker Configuration: 2 proprietary precision balanced armatures
Ultimate Ears 200 Noise-Isolating Earphones, Grey
Ultimate Ears 200 Noise-Isolating Earphones get in the zone. Designed by Ultimate Ears, these sweet-sounding earphones give you the right fit even if you've got small ears.
Ultimate Ears 200vi Noise-Isolating Headset, Blue
"First I would like to inform that this review is not going to be long. i will just describe everything very briefly. first thing is i am not an audiophile but I play guitar and I love music. So the following review I am going to talk about the things which are I consider important for choosing the right headphone. Built Quality: To be honest i think the build quality of this..." --dkshifat
Ultimate Ears 350
Tuned by the same engineers who make the custom earphones preferred by the world's top touring musicians. Tuned with extra bass for deep, thumpin' beats that make you feel like you're in the middle of the club.Your earphones are built to keep on looking and sounding great. With five pairs of soft silicone ear cushions from XXS to L, you won't have to worry about getting...
Ultimate Ears 400
"This is sort of a mini review. Overall the sound and build quality are pretty okay. I like the smooth and balanced sound signature these in-ears have. The soundstage isn't too wide or high but it's acceptable. There is sibilance on high notes but with lower volumes it's okay. Bass is not overly powerful but still leaves impact and the mids and trebles are smooth and clear. I..." --Slashfury99
Ultimate Ears 4 Pro Custom In-Ear Monitors
We developed the Ultimate Ears 4 Pro Custom In-Ear Monitors specifically for emerging artists and audiophiles alike. If you're playing gigs at a local club or performing at church, now it's possible to make the move up from wedge monitors to the detail and versatility you only get with Custom In-Ear Monitors. Ultimate Ear's UE 4 Pro Custom In-Ear Monitors are crafted to fit,...


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There are at least 4 artists that go by the name Mr Brown: 1. Mr Brown is a German indie rock band from Hamburg, founded in August 2000. The band's lineup has changed over the years. Current members are Daniel "Brown" (vocals/guitars), Hanni "Brown" (drums) and Jakob "Brown" (bass guitars).
In the beginning they played countless gigs in Germany, later also in Denmark, Sweden and France, which soon earned them a reputation as great live act and a talent award. In 2004 they recorded their Love Songs EP and participated in the well-known Emergenza-Contest.
Read more about Mr Brown on Last.fm.
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Shannon Henry demonstrates her E-textile fiber optic skirts at Maker Faire Bay Area 2011. LEDs, fiber optics, and accelerometers are just a few of the elements that she uses to embellish her fashions.
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Comments by a former top U.S. transportation official in the aftermath of a fatal crash of an Amtrak train in Philadelphia have rekindled a debate: Would train passengers be safer if they…
(NEW YORK) — The site of Tuesday's Amtrak train derailment isn't new to railway tragedy. On Sept. 6, 1943, a Pennsylvania Railroad train crashed at Frankford Junction in northeast Philadelphia, killing 79 people and injuring…
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — Hampton Roads Transit is investigating the derailment of a light rail train in Norfolk. Agency spokesman Tom Holden tells WAVY-TV (http://bit.ly/1x8if4L ) that The Tide came off its track Saturday night…
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia environmental officials are proposing a $361,000 fine against CSX Transportation for an April 2014 train derailment that dumped nearly 30,000 gallons of Bakken crude oil into the James River in…
JESSICA GRESKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A coal train derailment that killed two Maryland college students was caused by a broken rail on a section of track being monitored by a railroad because of…
Metro is still looking for the cause of the off-hour derailment on the Red Line that disrupted service early yesterday.
Metro is warning of delays and crowding on the Red Line Friday after the overnight derailment of a non-passenger train.
An investigation into why a Silver Line test train derailed is underway.
The Maryland Transit Administration says that the Friday derailment of a CSX train will have only a small impact on Monday\'s MARC trains.
A preliminary National Transportation Safety Board report does not give a cause for the Aug. 20 derailment that buried two women in coal, killing them.
Family and friends are gathering Saturday to
remember Rose Mayr at Bethany United Methodist
Church in Ellicott City, Md.
The funeral service for Elizabeth Conway Nass, a
student at James Madison
University in Virginia, will be at the Church of
the Resurrection in
Ellicott City.
The derailment of an 80-car CSX train in the
heart of historic Ellicott City left two women
dead. Howard County Executive Ken Ulman tells
WTOP no one in Ellicott City can \"remember a
derailment of this magnitude ever happening
Following last week\'s derailment on the Green
Line, Metro says it
will change protocol for how fast trains should
be going during periods of extreme
Metro has fired a track worker because of a recent derailment at the Rosslyn Station.