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Are you always on the lookout for tools to maximize your business efforts? Do your spidey senses tingle every time a new marketing tool or social media tool hits your radar? Paying attention to startup companies creating productivity tools is an excellent way to uncover business growth opportunities long before your competition ever becomes aware of their potential. Check out the following list of productivity hacks; you just might find a few options you can integrate into your brand building strategy.
Limitless - Limitless offers a Chrome plugin that lets you set goals, track/manage your time, identify your distraction triggers, and even take notes to maximize your efforts. Limitless is part of BoostVC's Winter 2013 class.
Sift - Also part of BoostVC's Winter 2013 class, Sift's productivity software helps you to coordinate your calender with those in your business/social network. Sift lets you toggle your status for activities like video chats, urgent meetings only, SMS availability, and even your in transit status.
Mashboard - Mashboard connects all of your favorite online services into one handy dashboard. Whether you use Basecamp, Dropbox, Evernote, or Gmail to get through your workday, Mashboard makes seamless synchronization easy. Mashboard is currently accepting update subscriptions.
Clover - Also creating a unified dashboard for project management software is Clover. Teams will be able to collaborate on projects, search for files, add reference notes, and work across multiple devices once Clover officially launches.
Board - Creonomy's Board lets you keep and track all of your inspiration data in one central location. From images and screenshots to URLs and notes, Board makes mastering your references easy.
TipTal - TipTal offers productivity software for job seekers. TipTal users can track jobs from multiple sites, create custom lists, apply directly to job leads from TipTal, and share recruitment leads socially.
ZenDay - Previously featured on TechTidbits, ZenDay lets users maximize their calender by prioritizing tasks according to urgency and completion status.
These 7 startups are just the tip of the proverbial iceberg if you are looking for innovative companies creating productivity tools you can use in your daily business efforts. Which of these startups will you be following? Which tools do you plan on test driving?
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Thursday, March 20, 2014
MANILA - Fifteen people led by Commission on Audit (COA) Chairperson Grace Pulido-Tan have applied or been nominated to replace Supreme Court (SC) Associate Justice Roberto Abad, who is set to retire on May 22.
Tan rose to prominence last year when her agency's special audit on the disbursement of the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) from 2007 to 2009 resulted in the filing of cases against lawmakers who allegedly conspired with businesswoman Janet Napoles to pocket pork barrel through ghost projects.
She supported the presidential campaign of then Senator Benigno Aquino III in 2010. A year later, Aquino appointed her as COA's first woman chief.
Tan's colleague at COA, Commissioner Maria Rowena Guanzon, made it to the initial list of applicants released by the Judicial and Bar Council (JBC), the constitutional body that vets nominees for vacant positions in the judiciary and the Office of the Ombudsman.
Solicitor General Francis Jardeleza is also a candidate for the post, nearly two years after he lost his bid to become chief justice.
He had argued for the constitutionality of PDAF, Reproductive Health (RH) law, Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP) and the Cybercrime Prevention Act, where most of the provisions were upheld by the SC as legal including online libel.
Applicants from the Court of Appeals (CA) are CA Presiding Justice Andres Reyes Jr. and Justices Nina Antonio Valenzuela, Apolinario Bruselas, Rosmari Carandang, Ramon Paul Hernando, Jose Reyes, Stephen Cruz and Noel Tijam.
Sandiganbayan Associate Justices Maria Cristina Cornejo and Rafael Lagos, Quezon City Regional Trial Court Presiding Judge Reynaldo Daway, dean of Dela Salle University College of Law and chair of the Free Legal Assistance Group (Flag) Jose Manuel Diokno round out the list.
Diokno, Tijam, Reyes and CA Presiding Justice Reyes previously tried to secure a seat in the SC while Bruselas was part of the shortlist last year for Sandiganbayan presiding justice, which is currently occupied by Amparo Cabotaje-Tang.
"The list is preliminary and is based on the actual receipt of applications as of March 18, 2014. Applicants who filed their applications by mail may still be added to the list if the applications were mailed within the deadline (March 18)," the SC Public Information Office said.
Abad's replacement will be the fifth Aquino appointee in the High Court, apart from Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno and Justices Bienvenido Reyes, Estela Perlas-Bernabe and Marvic Leonen.
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This girl, who told police her name is Binah, was found wandering through the Walmart on Ferguson Road in Westwood on Thursday night.
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PHILADELPHIA, PA (3/09/02) - The Saint Joseph's men's lacrosse team dropped its fourth loss of the season Saturday afternoon to Colgate. The Raiders downed the Hawks 12 to 7 on Finnesey field's turf. Sophomore Brian Mullan led the way for SJU scoring three goals. Freshman Jason Vasas scored three goals for the Raiders en route to the 12-7 win. The first quarter was a defensive duel as the Hawks and Raiders fought for a goal. With three minutes remaining in the period, Raider Nick Gerken connected to lead the game 1-0.
In the second quarter, the Hawks were outscored as the Raiders jumped out to a 5-0 lead. At the 4:28 mark, SJU's Kevin McGrann found the back of the net putting the Hawks on the board 5-1. Colgate scored the next two goals pushing the lead to 7-2. With 46 seconds left in the second quarter, Mullan scored off a Ryan Madairy assist to end the half 7-2.
Colgate dominated the beginning of the third quarter talllying four goals while holding the Hawks scoreless. The Raiders outshot SJU 11-2 during the period.
The Hawks fought back in the final period scoring five goals while containing the Raiders offense, holding them to only one goal in the fourth quarter. Alex Heidenberger scored for the Hawks while Chris Spay and Mullan added two goals a piece for SJU. Despite the solid comeback, the Hawks were unable to hold on as Colgate's offense proved to be too much closing the game with a final score of 12-7. Freshman goalie Dan Morrissey protected the net for the Hawks turning away 15 shots.
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PITTSBURGH (93-7 THE FAN) — The FAN's Chris Mueller was joined early Friday morning by Cory Geiger, of The Altoona Mirror, to discuss the imminent Bill O'Brien hire at Penn State.
Geiger talked about fan expectations for a big name hire, and how most football fans didn't know who O'Brien was until he got into a shouting match with Tom Brady.
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Ojakian gave the Friars an early 2-0 lead as he scored two-straight goals to open the first quarter of play. Ojakian's first goal came at the 13:56 mark off an assist from junior Skip Dunphy (Manhasset, N.Y.). He registered his second goal of the day, unassisted, just 52-seconds later (13:04). Manhattan registered it's first goal at the 8:07 mark of the first quarter as Justn Otto netted one of his seven goals on the day. Providence regained it's two-goal advantage (3-1) on an unassisted goal from freshman Dan Giuntini (Flora Park, N.Y.), with 16 seconds remaining in the quarter. Manhattan's Brady Becklo closed the first quarter scoring on an unassisted goal with one-second remaining on the clock, making the score 3-3.
In the second quarter Giuntini put PC up 4-3 with 14:22 on the clock, off an assist from freshman Frank Bosco (Cortlandt Manor, N.Y.). Manhattan would rally to score five-straight goals in the quarter, while holding the Friars scoreless. In the five-goal attack Otto netted two goals, while Becklo, Nick Silva and Eugene Tanner scored one goal each. Michael Kelly, and Tanner were credited with one assist each in the drive, and Manhattan took an 8-4 lead into halftime.
In third quarter action, Otto gave Manhattan an 9-4 lead on an unassisted goal at the 14:23 mark. Providence cut the lead to two goals (9-7) with three-straight goals. Bosco struck first with 10:24 remaining on the clock off an assist from sophomore Kevin Kornobis (Merrick, N.Y.). Junior Jon Meehan (Peabody, Mass.) tallied a goal at the 7:51 mark from senior Chris Houston (Garden City, N.Y.) and Kornobis connected from Ojakian with 1:24 remaining in the quarter. Ojakian's assist earned him his 100th career point, in just his second season with the Friars. The Jaspers took a 10-7 lead with 55-seconds remaining in the quarter as Otto converted his fifth goal of the game on an assist from Tanner.
In the fourth quarter the Jaspers scored two-straight goals to take a 12-7 advantage, on goals from Nick Silva and Otto. PC's Kornobis tallied a goal at the 9:03 mark on an assist from Giuntini to make the score 12-8, but Manhattan came right back on a goal from Don Femminella with 7:06 remaining in the game. The Friars final two goals were scored at the 5:30 and 4:12 marks of the fourth quarter by Meehan, to make the score 13-10, but it would be as close as the Friars would get. Manhattan closed the game out with two more goals (Otto and Tanner), and the 15-10 victory.
Providence falls to 8-5 overall and 4-2 in the MAAC. The Friars will host Brown on Wednesday, April 24 in Providence, Rhode Island.


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Mylan, Metso, CPC Properties, Google: Intellectual Property
Mylan Inc. won an appeals court ruling in its bid to sell generic versions of Warner Chilcott Plc's antibiotic Doryx.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Washington said a judge erred when granting an order that bans Mylan from selling the copy while a patent-infringement suit is pending. The judge should have listened to some of the expert testimony in the case before ruling, the appeals court said as it returned the case to the trial court for further proceedings.
Doryx generated sales of $127 million in the first nine months of the year, Dublin-based Warner Chilcott said Nov. 4, or about 6 percent of the company's total revenue. Warner Chilcott contends that Mylan shouldn't be allowed to sell low-cost versions of the medicine until patent 6,958,161, which covers a modified coating for the drug expires in December 2022.
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Metso's Damages in Patent Case Against Terex Doubled by Judge
Metso Oyj's damages in a patent-infringement case against Powerscreen International Distribution have been increased to $31.6 million, according to a Dec. 8 court ruling.
The Helsinki-based maker of process machinery sued Powerscreen, now known as Terex Corp., in federal court in Central Islip, New York, in 2006. The suit was related to patent 5,577,618, covering a mobile processing plant for aggregate.
In December 2010, a jury awarded Metso $15.9 million in damages, and said the infringement was deliberate. A temporary order barring infringement of the patent was replaced in July 2011 by a permanent order barring Terex from making and selling seven different devices that were found to have infringed the patent. Terex is also not allowed to import them into the U.S.
In his Dec. 8 order, U.S. District Judge Arthur D. Spatt doubled the damages.
He denied Metso's request for attorney fees, saying that even though Terex "did employ some marginally vexations litigation tactics," he recognized that "this case has been high staked from its inception" and "litigation by its nation is adversarial and often zealous advocacy can cross the fine line between fervor and offense."
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He asked Metso to take another look at the litigation costs of $2.8 million they are seeking. He said that while some of the costs fall into permissible categories, "many of the costs are for expenditure that are now allowable." Metso has until Dec. 18 to submit a new bill of costs.
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Samsung Electronics Co. was sued for patent infringement by the technology licensing agency of the University of Washington.
According to the complaint filed yesterday in federal court in Seattle, the university has a license to a suite of patents for chipset technology developed by Edwin A. Suominen related to radio frequency receiver technology used in data communications including Bluetooth.
The university said others have taken license to the patents, including Broadcom Corp., Erickson AB, Infineon Technologies AB and Toshiba Corp.
Samsung products are accused of containing chipsets made by NXP Semiconductor NV that are unlicensed and infringing.
Specifically, the University objects to Samsung's HotSpot SGH-T409 and Katalyst SGH-T739 phones. It said it will investigate during the course of litigation to see if other Samsung products also contain infringing chipsets.
The school asked the court for awards of money damages, attorney fees and litigation costs.
Samsung didn't respond immediately to an e-mailed request for comment.
The university is represented by C. Dean Little and Jonathan Yeh of Blank Law & Technology PS of Seattle.
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CPC Properties Crabs About Other Restaurants' Use of Trademarks
CPC Properties Inc., the Wilmington, Delaware-based parent of the Chickie's & Pete's crab house and sports bar chain, has filed two trademark-infringement suits in efforts to protect its "crabfries" mark.
According to the database of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, CPC registered the trademark in December 2009. The company also has a second trademark "Chickie'S & Pete's Famous Crabfries" it registered in November 2007.
The company has filed infringement suits against restaurants in Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina, and Westminster, Maryland. In both cases it's objecting to names that it claims infringe on its marks.
In a Dec. 5 filing, North Carolina's S. Myers Corp responded by saying that it didn't infringe, and that its use of "crabby fries" wasn't so similar to CPC's marks.
It does business as "Crabby Fries," and has a page on Facebook Inc.'s social media site. Despite inquiries posted by news reporters and fans of the restaurant, Crabby Fries says it won't comment on the case.
The Maryland restaurant, New York J&P Pizza, hasn't yet responded to the complaint in a court filing.
The case against the Maryland restaurant is CPC Properties Inc. v. S. Myers Corp., 2:11-cv-00051, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of North Carolina. The case against the Maryland restaurant is CPC Properties Inc. v. New York J&P Pizza, 2:11-cv-06731-CDJ, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia).
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Google Chairman Assails Anti-Piracy Bills in U.S. Congress
Google Inc. Chairman Eric Schmidt assailed Hollywood-backed legislation aimed at curbing online piracy, saying that measures under consideration by the U.S. House and Senate would spur censorship of the Internet.
Requiring Internet-service providers and search engines to remove links to websites accused of trafficking in counterfeit movies and music would amount to "censorship" and set a bad example for other countries, Schmidt said after a speech in Washington.
The House Judiciary Committee may vote this week on a bill supported by movie studios and the recording industry that would let the U.S. Justice Department seek court orders forcing Internet-service providers, search engines, payment services and advertising networks to block or cease business with foreign websites linked to piracy.
"Their goal is reasonable, and the mechanism is terrible," Schmidt said during a question-and-answer session with reporters. "By criminalizing links, what these bills do is they force you to take content off the Internet. By doing so it's a form of censorship."
Representative Lamar Smith, a Texas Republican and chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, has said he plans to hold a committee vote before year-end on the Stop Online Piracy Act, which he introduced.
Google, Facebook Inc. and other Web companies said in a Nov. 15 letter that the House measure and a similar bill in the Senate would create "new uncertain liabilities" for Internet companies and asked lawmakers to seek "more targeted ways" to combat "rogue" websites in other countries.
Senator Ron Wyden, an Oregon Democrat, and Representative Darrell Issa, a California Republican, unveiled a draft measure meant as an alternative to the Hollywood-backed bills. The Wyden-Issa proposal would give the International Trade Commission the lead role in fighting foreign websites trafficking in illegal content and counterfeit goods.
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Trade Secrets/Industrial Espionage
Global Cooling's Trade Secrets Case Moved to Federal Court
A trade secrets case Global Cooling Inc., a maker of ultra-cold laboratory freezers, filed against a Dutch company has been moved from Ohio state court to federal court in Columbus, Ohio.
Global Cooling of York Township, Ohio, is suing E.G. Sagittar BV of Doetinchem, in the Netherlands, over an agreement that included transfer of intellectual property the Ohio company claims is worth 11.9 million euros ($15.7 million).
The suit, originally filed in Athens County, Ohio, Nov. 7, alleged that Saggitar had agreed to acquire all of Global Cooling's IP in return for 45 percent of the shares in the Dutch company in the first stage of a transaction.
In the second state, Saggitar would be merged into Microgen Engine Corp. Holding, with 25 percent of its shares issued to Saggitar's shareholders, which included Global Cooling.
Global Cooling said that despite a written agreement memorializing these transactions, it's never received any shares, and it claims that Saggitar and Microgen are trying to pull the merger together without any involvement from then Ohio company.
If the merger goes through, Global Cooling said it will lose control of its designs and IP. It asked the court either to order the return of the IP or to award it damages related to their value. Additionally, it asked that the damages be tripled and for awards of litigation costs and attorney fees.
On Dec. 5 court filing, Sagittar said state court wasn't the proper venue for the dispute because it isn't a citizen of Ohio, and asked for the suit's refilling in federal court. The Sagittar filing didn't address the allegations in the state-court complaint.
The case is Global Cooling Inc., v. E.C. Sagittar BV, 2:11-cv-01083-GCS-MRA, U.s. District Court, Southern District of Ohio (Columbus).


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Global Youth Service Day Engage Michigan Youth
LANSING, MI. - The Michigan Community Service Commission, Michigan Nonprofit Association, Volunteer Centers of Michigan, The LEAGUE Michigan, and Michigan Campus Compact, with support from Youth Service America and the Corporation for National and Community Service, announced the distribution of more than $11,000 in mini-grant funds to support 2014 Global Youth Service Day (GYSD) projects across the state. Thanks to these mini-grants, hundreds of Michigan youth will lend their considerable resources to addressing critical issues in their communities this April.
Thirty-four organizations from across Michigan received funds to coordinate service projects that tackle critical challenges in their communities; including education, environmental stewardship, hunger, homelessness, and services for veterans. Grants range in value from $90 to $500. Michigan, now ranked #3 in the GYSD project registration rankings, put Michigan in the national spotlight for GYSD efforts!
All of the projects funded by the mini-grants incorporated youth in the planning process and/or will engage youth as volunteers.
"It is exciting to witness the energy behind the projects youth are planning as part of the Youth Service Day" said Ginna Holmes, Executive Director of the Michigan Community Service Commission. "Michigan youth have so much to offer as they invest their time and talents to make an impact in their communities. We are pleased to assist youth with participating in this state-wide Volunteer movement."
GYSD is an annual volunteer event that celebrates and mobilizes the millions of children and youth who improve their communities each day through service and service-learning. Established in 1988 by Youth Service America, GYSD is the largest service event in the world and is now celebrated in more than 100 countries. On this day, children and youth address the world's most critical issues in partnership with families, schools, community and faith-based organizations, businesses, and governments entities. GYSD will be celebrated this year from April 11 through 12, 2014, with several projects occurring on additional dates.
"The GYSD funds are an invaluable asset to our communities," said Donna Murray-Brown, President and CEO of Michigan Nonprofit Association. "In addition to tackling the challenges we face in Michigan, these programs teach our young people the value of service and civic engagement."
If you're interested in serving as a volunteer, please visit www.gysd.org to search for opportunities in your area.
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Queens Botanical Garden Children's Garden Interns
The Queens Botanical Garden (QBG) is a private non-profit cultural institution located on 39 acres of New York City public land in Flushing, New York.
Queens Botanical Garden's HSBC Children's Garden enables children ages 5-12 the opportunity to plant, maintain, and harvest vegetables, herbs, and flowers in an outdoor learning environment. The children not only explore various methods of gardening, but also discover their surrounding environment through hands-on activities about birds, insects, trees, solar energy, water conservation, and composting. These unpaid positions offer a unique opportunity for individuals with interests in horticulture, education, environmental sustainability and/or non-profit organizations. Internships are available throughout the year and can be combined or filled by different individuals.
Responsibilities include:
- Planting, preparation, and maintenance of the Children's Garden
- Working with children and facilitating lessons during spring, summer and fall programs
Ideal candidates will:
- Be pursuing studies in education, botany, environmental studies or related field
- Be knowledgeable of basic small-scale fruit and vegetable gardening
- Have experience working with children
- Be able to work some evenings, and weekends, as mentioned below.
- Be self-motivated with the ability to work both alone and in groups
Dates and Times
- There are several positions available, and any or all of the following listed can be combined.
- Ideally, these interns will be available for the following schedule: (can be flexible)
- Spring program- Saturday mornings for 10 weeks (late March-mid June)
- Summer program- Mondays through Thursdays for 7 weeks (July-August).
- Fall program- Weekend afternoons for 4 weeks (September-October)
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Greeting from the CEO
Our Mission
The Assemblies of God has dedicated Maranatha Village to providing quality retirement, long-term medical and rehabilitative services with Christian love and compassion to its clergy, laity, and members of the community at large.
Our Goals
- To be a leader in the field of long-term care & retirement living.
- To provide an environment based upon Christian principles which is marked by love, joy, and peace.
- To provide services which enhance resident dignity, personal independence & self-fulfillment in all aspects of life.
- To promote the philosophy of employee personal growth, professional development & operational excellence.
- To be involved in the expanding kingdom of God.
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Cheeses such as Camembert. Generally, they ripened from their rinds leading to a breakdown of the interior, giving a sumptuous, creamy consistency.
Key Facts
- Type of Milk Goat
- Vegetarian Yes
- Country Product of England
- Region Somerset
- Organic No
- Flavour Fresh and gentle
- Accreditation None
- Weight 220g
Store & Serve
Individual cheeses will carry their own Best Before/Use By Date, we endeavour to give a minimum of 7 days from the date the order is despatched
- StorageKeep refrigerated.
- Instructions for useServe at room temperature.
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Ireland — Seasonally Adjusted Live Register increases to 433,000 in March
02 April 2010
The seasonally adjusted Live Register total, published by the Central Statistics Office (CSO), increased from 432,400 in February to 433,000 in March, an increase of 600.
In the year to March 2010 there was an unadjusted increase in the Live Register of 65,918 (+17.9%). This compares with an increase of 84,503 (+24.0%) in the year to February 2010.
The monthly increase in the seasonally adjusted series consisted of an increase of 500 males and 200 females.
The average net weekly increase in the seasonally adjusted series in March 2010 was 150, which compares with a weekly decrease of 575 in the previous month.
The standardised unemployment rate in March was 13.4%. This compares with 13.1% in the fourth quarter of 2009, the latest seasonally adjusted unemployment rate from the Quarterly National Household Survey.
In the month, the estimated number of casual and part-time workers on the Live Register was 42,284males and 37,565 females.
The Live Register is not designed to measure unemployment. It includes part-time workers (those who work up to three days a week), seasonal and casual workers entitled to Jobseekers Benefit or Allowance.
Unemployment is measured by the Quarterly National Household Survey and the latest seasonally adjusted figure, for October to December 2009, is 281,700 persons unemployed.


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Pennsylvania's Domestic Services Exemption Not Applicable to Third-Party Employers
A recent decision by the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania interpreted Pennsylvania's domestic-services exemption from overtime and minimum-wage requirements to apply only to an employer who is a householder of the private dwelling where the home-care services are performed, and to not apply to a third-party employer – even if that third-party employer were to qualify as a "joint employer" with the householder.
At issue in Bayada Nurses, Inc. v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 2010 Pa. LEXIS 2585 (Pa. Nov. 17, 2010), is the Pennsylvania Minimum Wage Act of 1968 (the "Act"), which exempts from the statute's minimum wage and overtime requirements employment for "[d]omestic services in or about the private home of the employer." 43 P.S. § 333.105(a)(2). A regulation promulgated by the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry (the "Department"), defines "domestic services" as "[w]ork in or about a private dwelling for an employer in his capacity as a householder, as distinguished from work in or about a private dwelling for such employer in the employer's pursuit of a trade, occupation, profession, enterprise or vocation." 34 Pa. Code § 231.1(b). The Pennsylvania Supreme Court interpreted the regulation as drawing a distinction regarding the type of employer for which an employee had to work in order for the exemption to apply; specifically, the work had to be performed for an employer in his or her capacity as a householder.
Pennsylvania's domestic-services exemption is similar to – but not the same as – the companionship exemption contained in the Fair Labor Standards Act ("FLSA"). The FLSA's companionship exemption provides for an exemption from minimum wage and overtime requirements for "any employee employed in domestic service employment to provide companionship services for individuals who (because of age or infirmity) are unable to care for themselves." 29 U.S.C. § 213(a)(15). In 1975, the U.S. Department of Labor promulgated regulations clarifying that "[e]mployees who are engaged in providing companionship services, as defined in § 552.6, and who are employed by an employer or agency other than the family or household using their services, are exempt from the [FLSA's] minimum wage and overtime pay requirements by virtue of section 13(a)(15)." 29 C.F.R. § 552.109(a).
In the lawsuit, Bayada Nurses, Inc.("Bayada") sought a judgment declaring (1) the definition of domestic services found in the Department's regulation to be inconsistent with the Act and void to the extent it denied agency employers the domestic-services exemption; (2) Bayada's clients are employers for purposes of the Act, such that Bayada and its clients may take advantage of the domestic services exemption as "joint employers"; and (3) the domestic services exemption should be interpreted consistent with the FLSA.
Rejecting Bayada's first contention, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court reasoned that the statutory language of the exemption imposes two requirements: (1) the worker must be providing domestic services in or about a private home; and (2) the employer must be of a particular capacity, i.e., an employer in whose home the work is being performed. The court characterized the statute as unambiguous, and concluded that it focuses on one type of employer, i.e., a householder. Accordingly, the Court held that the Department's regulation is consistent with the Act's limited exemption for domestic services.
The Court also rejected Bayada's second contention premised on a joint-employment theory, interpreting the statute and underlying regulation to mean that an employer must be a householder to satisfy Pennsylvania's narrow domestic-services exemption. The Court went on to explain that if Bayada's householder client were to qualify for the exemption, Bayada still could not qualify for the exemption – even if it were to qualify as a joint employer with the householder client – because it is not a householder.
Finally, dismissing Bayada's third contention that the Act must be interpreted consistently with the FLSA's companionship exemption, the court reasoned that the FLSA does not supersede state law in this area and the Act's domestic-services exemption is more narrow than the FLSA's companionship exemption. Thus, the Court held that regulations promulgated under the Act were not constrained by the DOL's regulations interpreting the FLSA.
Implications for Caregiver Registries
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A new self-healing chemistry for plastics
April 15, 2014
Scientists at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and Evonik Industries have developed a self-healing chemistry that allows for rapid healing of a plastic material using mild heating, restoring its initial molecular structure. It is based on a reversible chemical crosslinking reaction*.
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Fosters Half-Built Harmon Hotel in Vegas Beyond Repair, Says Report
MGM Resorts and general contractor Perini are embroiled in a lawsuit over the Harmon Hotels allegedly defective construction.
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Based on what you have seen and read about this project, how would you grade it? Use the stars below to indicate your assessment, five stars being the highest rating.
A new report finds that Foster + Partners' unfinished Harmon Hotel tower on the Las Vegas Strip is beyond repair and could potentially collapse in a "code-level" earthquake.
Owner MGM Resorts International recently commissioned Weidlinger Associates, a California-based engineering consulting firm, to perform a structural assessment of the 400-room, oval-shaped high-rise that anchors the northeast corner of CityCenter. The report, whose findings were made available July 11, says the 28-story tower's construction defects are "so pervasive and varied in character that it is not possible to quickly implement a temporary or permanent repair," and questions "whether repairs are possible."
On Tuesday, government officials ordered MGM to turn over substantiating tests, documents, and calculations from their report by August 15 and devise a remedy for the half-built tower, including possible demolition.
Weidlinger Associates' findings contradict a 36-page government report released January 31, which stated that the building is "structurally stable under design loads from a maximum-considered earthquake event." Houston-based Walter P Moore performed the structural assessment on behalf of Clark County, Nevada.
The Harmon is at the center of an ongoing bitter lawsuit between MGM and its general contractor, Perini Building Company, a unit of Tutor Perini Corporation (Sylmar, California), over construction defects, namely improperly installed reinforcing steel inside link beams on 15 floors. The building was nearly lopped in half in January 2009 as part of a cost-cutting measure, trimming 207 high-end residences, of which fewer than half had sold. The move saved $600 million in construction costs, and deferred another $200 million in expenses needed to finish interiors.
MGM's lawsuit claims that Harmon has "substantial defective construction" resulting in "hundreds of millions of dollars in estimated damages." The building's problems are the result of "design defects" but are fixable, claims Perini in a July 12 statement. He believes "the Harmon is worth more dead than alive to MGM."
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Robin Thicke Publicly Begs For Paula Back & Justin Bieber Posts Creepy Instagram Pic Of Ex
Robin Thicke isn't giving up on his marriage to Paula Patton. According to a report from E! Online, the singer sent his estranged wife musical message at his Atlantic City concert on Sunday night. When a fan shouted out, "I love Paula!," Thicke said, "I do too" and then launched into a cover of Al Green's classic love song "Let's Stay Together."
This isn't the first time the "Blurred Lines" singer has addressed his split with Patton in concert. Robin, the public begging is cute n' stuff, but maybe you should just stop being inappropriate with random fans…
Is Justin Bieber trying to win Selena Gomez back? UHMMMM OBVI….Well yesterday he posted an Instagram photo of Gomez wearing a fancy gold gown at the Vanity Fair Oscar party on Sunday night, along with the caption: "Most elegant princess in the world." Now even though I'm pretty sure this ship has sailed…and he's kindaaa lame…I have to admit…if my ex-boyfriend did that…I'd like it… kinda!!!


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8* MLB O/U Play
8* MLB O/U Play
Colorado vs. LA Dodgers, 07/13/2013 19:15 EDT, Score: 0 - 1
Total: -120/+7 Over
Sportsbook: 5Dimes
Result: Loss
Rockies vs. Dodgers Over 7
The Colorado Rockies offense has been hobbled for quite a while, but they are now back at full strength.
With guys like Dexter Fowler, Carlos Gonzalez, and Troy Tulowitzki all in the same lineup, this is a team that can definitely score some runs no matter where they are playing.
The Los Angeles Dodgers were shut out last night, but I don't expect that to happen very often to a lineup like the Dodgers have. Yasiel Puig is questionable for tonight's game, but even if he doesn't play this lineup is very good.
Adrian Gonzalez has been consistently driving in runs. Hanley Ramirez is hitting the ball as well as anyone in baseball right now. Carl Crawford is a table setter and Andre Ethier is getting his swing back.
Tyler Chatwood is a guy that allows a lot of base runners, and I don't think that's a formula for success against the Dodgers.
Chatwood allowed 11 hits and 6 runs in five innings of work against the Dodgers two weeks ago.
Zack Greinke has been pretty good at home this year, but he'll face a tough lineup and the warm weather in southern California will help the ball fly well today.
The over is 11-5 in the last 16 meetings between these clubs. Take the over.
8* Play on Rockies vs. Dodgers over 7. Good Luck, Razor Ray.
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The Ebonyi State Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency on Tuesday said it had arrested 95 drug suspects from January to date.
The Commandant of the agency in the state, Mr Raph Igwenagu, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Abakaliki that it also seized 350 kilogrammes of illicit drugs during the period.
"The NDLEA in Ebonyi State, also during the year, counselled, rehabilitated and discharged 40 drug users while six drug dependent persons are still undergoing rehabilitation," he said.
Igwenagu said 10 suspects were convicted while 30 cases were undergoing prosecution and 15 cases still under investigation.
According to him, the prevalence of illicit drug use among the youth is on the increase as a result of their being susceptible and more vulnerable than adults.
He urged parents and guardians, whose children and wards had become victims of drug abuse, to bring them to the agency for care, treatment and rehabilitation.


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Michael Smith
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Photographer Michael Smith started making images in 1986 while attending high school in Green River, Wyoming. After graduation from GRHS in 1987 he attended the Savannah College of Art and Design in pursuit of a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Photography. After four years in Savannah he transferred to the University of Arizona to finish up his BFA.
After college Michael worked for a variety newspapers and wire services as a photojournalist in southern Arizona. In 1996, Smith moved to Washington, DC to pursue freelance and editorial work. While in D.C., Michael covered the White House, Capitol Hill and was the in-studio still photographer for NBC's 'Meet The Press' with Tim Russart. In 1999 he began working for Getty Images and covered political and editorial stories that were featured in Time, Newsweek, People, The New York Times, and many other publications. In 2001 Michael moved back to Wyoming and started working at the Laramie Daily Boomerang. In 2005 Smith joined the Wyoming Tribune Eagle as photo editor and chief photographer.
Michael has a wonderful wife, Marissa, and two great kids, Micah and Inez.


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(Bylaws, Article 14.65)
A. The Honors Program Advisory Committee shall consist of the following members:
One faculty representative, from the Undergraduate Coordinating Council (UCC), shall be chosen by the faculty of the Undergraduate Coordinating Council;
One faculty representative shall be appointed by the undergraduate curriculum committee of each undergraduate degree-granting college except the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences;
Three faculty representatives shall be appointed by the undergraduate curriculum committee of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences to represent the areas of humanities, social sciences, and the other sciences;
One faculty member appointed by the faculty of the University Libraries;
Five student members shall be selected by all students enrolled in the Honors Program from among the students in the program, one to be nominated to serve on the Undergraduate Coordinating Council;
The vice provost for undergraduate studies education and the director of the Honors Program shall be ex officio, nonvoting members.
Faculty members shall serve three-year, staggered, renewable terms, beginning in the fall semester.
Students shall serve one-year renewable terms beginning in the fall semester.
The chair shall be elected by the voting members of the Honors Committee and shall serve a one-year renewable term beginning in the fall semester.
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The Honors Committee shall have the responsibilities to:
- Advise the director of the Honors Program on the administration of the program;
- Monitor and evaluate the Honors Program, and make recommendations for its improvement;
- Evaluate individual components of the Honors Program, and make recommendations for their improvement;
- Participate in the selection of the director of the Honors Program;
- Advise the director of the Honors Program on extra-curricular components of the program;
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2008. Germany. Caroline Link. 129 min.
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A Year Ago in Winter
2008. Germany. Written and directed by Caroline Link. With Karoline Herfurth, Josef Bierbichler, Corinna Harfouch. 129 min.
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Saturday Night in The Woodlands
The band, "Coast to Coast" will perform tonight on stage at 10 pm inside the Streamside Bandstand w/ DJ Godfather. Fishboy from 98.5 KRZ will host the area #1 dance party inside Evolution Nightclub as we count down to NYE. DJ's Kev & RedBull Ron mixing the club hits. Remember, the first 985 people get in free with $1 drinks from 9-11!
Saturday Night Live at The Woodlands
Daddy O & the Sax Maniax will be appearing tonight for a second time at around at the Woodlands Inn. This is a twelve piece party band with horns and will perform on stage starting 10 pm inside the Streamside Bandstand. If you missed Daddy O & the Sax Maniax last week then you must come out tonight and see why Saturdays are the place to meet friends and party. Also, Fishboy from 98.5 KRZ will host the area #1 dance party inside Evolution Nightclub with DJ's Kev "the Rev" and "RedBull Ron". Remember, the first 985 people get in free with $1 drinks from 9-11!
The Woodlands Inn, M80 Performs inside Evolution
Tonight at the Woodlands inside Evolution Nightclub. It is the most fun you are allowed to have on a Wednesday. The areas #1 retro party band – M80- plus DJ Mike "the Godfather" turn things back to the day when Michael was king and Prince was still Prince. It's the 80's dance party insideEevolution with Jumpin Jeff Walker of 98.5 KRZ. Doors open at 9pm with $1 drinks from 9 till 11pm.
The Blennd performs at The Woodlands Inn
Tonight in the Woodlands Executive Lounge… For the early crowd, "the Blennd". Performing live on stage starting at 7pm. When the lines at the mall have you stressed. Stop by the Woodlands on the way home. Sit down by the fireplace, enjoy a cocktail, and take in the smooth sounds of "the Blennd."
"MEET ME IN THE WOODS"… THE TONES TAKE THE STAGE IN EVOLUTION TO PUT THE FINISHING TOUCH ON WHAT WAS AN AWESOME WEEKEND. IF YOU LIKE THE CLASSICS COME CHECK THEM OUT. HAPPY HOUR 8-10 WITH 1/2 PRICE DRINKS AND NEVER A COVER CHARGE. DJ GODFATHER WORKING ALL THE CLASSIC VIDEOS. DOORS OPEN AT 7pm.


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Grupo PI picks up BocaBoca's 4th Floor
Spanish sales consortium Grupo PI has picked up international rights from producer BocaBoca on Montreal best director prize-winner and local box office performer 4th Floor (Planta 4a).
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With Lego-themed amusement parks located throughout the world and the first ever full-length Lego film being released this month, those little bricks are big business.
However, it is still the humble home Lego enthusiast that is at the heart of this multi-national company.
A small set of Lego can quickly grow in to a more extravagant collection as we found out when we discovered a number of enthusiasts here at Confused.com.
Jamie Gibbs, 27, a digital marketing executive at Confused.com, has an impressive Lego collection of 5,000 bricks worth around £700.
He says: "Like most people I got Lego sets when I was a kid, and it was something that I just didn't grow out of.
"There are a lot of sets that are tailored more towards the adult population and they can actually help you learn about architecture.
"Some people keep their Lego stored up in boxes to gain value but that isn't really the point of it if you ask me - Lego is there to be enjoyed.
"I suppose there is a little bit of a stigma attached to adults buying toys, but I think more and more people realise they are a great way to use your imagination.
"I think its popularity will continue to rise."
Analyst Chris Williams, 29, started collecting Lego two years ago after receiving a set as a present.
Since then he has spent around £2,000 on approximately 8,000 pieces of Lego.
This includes a customised model of our very own BRIAN the Robot, which took Chris 18 hours to build.
Williams says: "I really enjoyed making BRIAN.
"It did take a long time to build though, as I had to take pieces from a different collection and use my imagination to put it together correctly.
"For me Lego is a hobby and I find it very relaxing working out how to put together the different sets.
Williams stores all his Lego pieces in a games room where one of his most prized possessions is a model of Star Wars' R2-D2 worth £150, as well as his BRIAN the Robot model.
He adds: "As my collection has grown in value I have started thinking about protecting it by adding it to my home insurance.
Gareth Lane, head of home insurance at Confused.com, says serious Lego collectors should ensure their valuable sets are covered.
He says: "Like all collections of works of art and curios - rare, unusual or intriguing objects - it's important to make sure these items are insured.
"In most cases your home insurance policy will cover your Lego collection.
"However, high-value collections worth more than £1,000 may have to be listed separately on your home insurance policy.
"This is likely to incur an extra cost, but it should guard you against a greater financial loss should anything untoward happen to your precious collection.
"It may also be required for the items to be independently valued or that you have proof of possession and condition of the items."
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The Week That Was
A weekly review of the past week in sports and maybe not sports. Everyone else has a weekly list or 8 so why not us.
As my Grandmother used to say – Uff-da! It's been a helluva week here at PocketDoppler HQ, with work in all its splendid magnifigance throwing every conceivable thing it possible could at me. So today's edition of ' The Week That Was ' is not only late it will be rather abridged.
1. Madden Curse: It's true, Polamalu is out 3-6 weeks with a knee sprain I will bet money that as soon as he comes back Fitzgerald gets injured. Just watch.
2. Jekyll, Hyde: I actually for a spell there during the Badger game last weekend was thinking they were maybe a semi-good team, then the fourth quarter started. They still won but I hope they can get their stuff straight before the "real" season starts.
3. Stricker On Top: Wisconsin's own Steve Stricker won the Deutsche Bank Championship, which is believable. What's really cool and somewhat unbelievable is Stricker is also the leader in the points race for the FedEx Cup . That statement is not a cut on Stricker, if anything it's an ode to his renaissance this year.
4. Scary: I don't know if this page makes me excited or scared…
5. In Case You Wondering: ….it makes me excited. I get amped for the start of every Packers season, yes I said Packers Season and not Football Season, but this year I feel very good about what may happen. Let's hope those feelings aren't short lived.
Alright, that's all I have the time or energy for this week. Enjoy the real start to the Football, I mean Packers, Season on Sunday!


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WACO, TX -- The Western Kentucky Lady Toppers will try to shock the world when they play Baylor in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.
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I've searched the message boards and can't find exactly what I'm looking for so I thought perhaps the Sewing Techniques and Tips forum would be the best area for my question. In sewing jeans and pants when you want to topstitch the legs, how do you accomplish this when the legs are so skinny? Even with my free arm machine, it's hard to get all the way up and down the leg and have a nice-looking stitch. In the latest issue of Threads, in their article about jeans, Kenneth King advises sewing the side seams and topstitching before you put the legs together but then the inseams are hard to topstitch......any advice?
Thanks, Jane
None of my RTW jeans have topstitching on the inside leg. I am still in the "thinking about it" stage on sewing jeans, but have decided that I will not topstitch the inside leg.
I only topstitch the side seams -- stitch up the side seams, topstitch and then do the inseams.
Have never tried to do both.
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Inseams are not topstitched. It's an impossible endeavor.
All my RTW jeans are topstitched on the inseam. I read somewhere that several years ago the RTW industry switched to the inseam because of wear and tear. I topstitch mine before sewing the side seams.
Keep in mind that the flat-felled seams you see on RTW jeans are produced with a specialized sewing machine that can put a FF seam on a tube.
Video: How It's Made Jeans (If this link is not active, just Google "video how it's made jeans".)
At time stamp 2:47 you can see the specialized machine that does the entire flat felled outer seam in one pass along a tube, not something easily accomplished with a home sewing machine.
ETA:Here's the machine: Feed-off-the-Arm machine, Singer 261U, and a more detailed description here. Speaking only for myself, I am unlikely to have one of these in me sewing room any time soon.
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It seems to me that on the Jalie jeans pattern, you do topstitch the inner legs before sewing the outside leg seams. Then, after you sew the outside seam, you only top stitch to down about where the pocket ends. It's shown in the instructions in steps 37 - 40.
Jalie 2908 instructions
Is that what you mean?? -- Edited on 9/11/13 8:38 PM --
My RTW jeans have topstitching on the inseam, not on the outside seam but I once decided to top stitch trouser side seams after the legs were all stitched up, while using a pattern that did not ask me to top stitch, to be fair to the pattern maker! My own idea entirely. As I got further down the leg seam it was like sewing into a time tunnel, but I did manage it LOL Not sure I recommend it, but it's doable if you're patient (stubborn??!) and the legs aren't skinny.
A different pattern that did call for topstitching had me make up the pants in a different order. Very sensible.
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Brad Pitt's Big Fat Greek Toga Party
By CHARLES McGRATH
Published: May 9, 2004
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THE toga movie, once the tiredest-seeming of all the Hollywood genres, is suddenly back in fashion. First there was "Gladiator." Then the progenitor of "Gladiator," "Spartacus," was remade into a television mini-series broadcast last weekend on the USA network. Both ABC and HBO, meanwhile, have begun shooting multi-parters about Rome during the reign of Caesar and Octavius, and an Oliver Stone movie about Alexander the Great is coming next fall. Film togas turn out to be like basketball uniforms: they've got a little longer and baggier in the years since Steve Reeves, Charlton Heston, Kirk Douglas and the rest used to stride around in thigh-hugging miniskirts. But the values of the toga flicks themselves turn out to be remarkably consistent; they're about spectacle and about warriors so heroic and good-looking that they will stand out in all the crowd scenes.
The newest, and so far what feels like the longest, installment in this revival is Wolfgang Petersen's film version of the Iliad, "Troy," which opens Friday. Like Homer's text, which mixes several genres — not just war story and family drama but also pastoral and even something like sitcom, in the scenes between Zeus and Hera and the other scheming, bickering gods up on Olympus — "Troy" strives to be several things simultaneously. It's an action picture (again like the Iliad, it has no shortage of fight scenes); it's a romance, featuring a bankable hottie (Brad Pitt in this case); it's a brief nostalgia trip, wheeling out, not too much the worse for wear, two glamorous 60's stars, Peter O'Toole and Julie Christie; but mainly it's a big-screen pageant — an old-fashioned, sandal-shod, chariot-wheeling two-and-a-half-hour "epic."
The Iliad is famously about quarrels. There is, first of all, the legendary 10-year war between the Trojans, holed up in their walled city, and the invading Greeks, who have come to reclaim Helen and their tribal honor, and to pick up whatever additional booty falls their way. There are the two sibling rivalries — between the Trojan princes, noble and heroic Hector and cowardly, lascivious Paris, and between the Greek king, Agamemnon, and his hothead brother Menelaus — and of course there are the hair-trigger rages of Achilles, who is at odds with just about everyone. In "Troy," there is also another, unexpected battle: a clash between two styles of filmmaking, between, in a way, Old Hollywood and New.
In this version, Troy, where everyone is well dressed, well groomed and well spoken, turns out to be run more or less on the studio system, with people deferring to the studio head, King Priam, and at least pretending to keep disagreements and billing disputes private. The Greeks, by contrast, look like long-haired bikers (Menelaus, played by Brendan Gleeson, is a dead ringer for the wildman screenwriter Joe Eszterhas), and are always bickering over perks and credits. Achilles, sulking in his tent, is less an angry warrior than an insulted star waiting out a contract dispute.
The most moving moment in the Iliad comes close to the end, when the grieving King Priam appears alone in Achilles' camp to beg for the return of the body of his son Hector, which Achilles has been dragging around behind his chariot. In the movie Priam is played, with stirring dignity, by Peter O'Toole, a little gaunt and sunken-cheeked these days, but with his plummy accent, bright, shining eyes and regal bearing still able to flood the screen with old-fashioned Hollywood grandeur. Surprisingly, in his long, heroic film career, Mr. O'Toole has played only one other toga part (as Tiberius, in Bob Guccione's 1980 porno-epic, "Caligula" ), but here he seems born to the classical robes, and when he mists up and pleads for his dead son's corpse, it's a set-piece of old-style emotional scenery-chewing. Achilles is fairly taken aback by the old man's performance. You can almost hear him thinking: who is this dude?
Achilles is Brad Pitt, who was cast presumably because of his performances as Rusty Ryan in "Ocean's Eleven" and as Tyler Durden in "Fight Club" — as both a laid-back and immensely cool guy, that is, and also as one who has an anger-management problem and a thing about fighting. In many of his movies, Mr. Pitt essentially plays himself: hunky and a little bit vacant. For the Iliad, this actually makes textual sense. Achilles, as Homer is always reminding us, is not like other men; he's the son of a goddess, Thetis, and beloved of another, Athena; he's faster, stronger, better-looking and moodier than ordinary mortals, and even among all the famed and heroic Greek warriors, he has something like celebrity status — remote and unapproachable. In the poem, part of what gives his meeting with Priam such poignance is that it shows him beginning to behave like a human; in the film version, he's an actor waking up and finding himself in a different kind of movie from the one he expected.
Homer's Achilles is not much of a lover. None of the Greeks are — not even Odysseus, who in the Iliad has yet to acquire the uxorial steadfastness (if not strict fidelity) that he demonstrates in the Odyssey. The bedroom star of the Iliad is Paris, abductor of Helen, who is still so inflamed by her that even after a battlefield humiliation at the hands of her husband, Menelaus, he retreats to her chamber for an afternoon sex session. In "Troy," Helen is played by Diane Kruger, a relative unknown, and some viewers may feel, as I do, that she isn't sufficiently fabulous-looking to be convincing as the face that launched a thousand ships. The best way to film Helen, come to think of it, is not to show her face at all.


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BOSTON, April 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Wainwright Bank & Trust Company (Nasdaq: WAIN), announced today that it has recently closed on a complex New Markets Tax Credit financing structure for Hope House, a non-profit with a 50-year history of providing clinical treatment, job training and job placement for recovering alcoholics and substance abusers.
The Bank provided $10MM of New Markets Tax Credit Allocation (as the controlling entity of AI Wainwright LLC) as well as $7.4MM of loans to facilitate Hope House's move to 34,000 sq feet of new programmatic and administrative space in the Roxbury neighborhood of Boston. Additionally, this project is LEED Silver certifiable with green design features such as photovoltaic panels and a geothermal heating system. The goal of Hope House rehabilitation services is to provide a structured and comprehensive environment to support a client's recovery from alcohol and drug abuse in a clean, safe, comfortable, and supportive home environment and to encourage an independent lifestyle. Its new green facility with the affordable financing provided through this transaction will allow Hope House to lower their fixed costs and use the additional cash flow to expand their programming.
"Wainwright Bank's creative approach to financing and strong support of our mission has been integral to Hope House's success. We are excited to provide a new and wonderful home for our residents. Thanks to Wainwright, we will be able to better serve our clients as they move through recovery and become productive members of their communities," said Hope House Executive Director Tom Duffly.
In making the announcement, Jan A. Miller, President/CEO stated, "We are pleased to team with Hope House to enable them to build their new facility and continue to provide their valuable rehabilitative serv
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George W. Bush Presidential Library Prepares For Official Dedication Ceremony
Former first lady Laura Bush looks at the 360-degree LED high... News PhotoAdult,Agreement,Campus,Ceremony,Dallas,Former,Freedom Hall,George W. Bush Presidential Center,Gulf Coast States,Horizontal,Laura Bush,Looking,Politics,Southern Methodist University,Texas,USA,WomenPhotographer Kevork DjansezianCollection: Getty Images News 2013 Getty ImagesDALLAS, TX - APRIL 24: Former first lady Laura Bush looks at the 360-degree LED high definition video wall inside the Freedom Hall during signing ceremony for the joint use agreement between the National Archive and the George W. Bush Presidential Center on the campus of Southern Methodist University on April 24, 2013 in Dallas, Texas. The video wall orients visitors to the museum's permanent and temporary exhibits. Dedication of the George W. Bush Presidential Library is to take place on April 25 with all five living U.S. Presidents in attendance. (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)


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Curious to know more about their role within this niche community, which we later learned spans the full circumference of the globe, we sat down with the two before they headed off to Miami to work on an upcoming, so-far-unnamed project. Check out our interview with Twinsmatic below.
How would you describe the culture you belong to?
Connected, full of ideas, underground, open-minded.
Where do you see the culture heading?
It's hard to define as a lot of people are trying to create something or become someone. There are the ones who do it for the fame, the ones that do it for passion, the ones who fake everything. So at the end, the culture will be heading to the real one individual or collective.
Is it a global movement or limited to a certain geographical area?
It's global but still in the big cities: New York, Paris, London, Tokyo…
How would you describe your personal style?
Simple and technical.
Do you think fashion and music are related? How so?
Yes, definitely. Both worlds are similar, constantly changing using influences from the past and present to create the future.
Who are your musical influences?
Timbaland, The Neptunes, Kanye West, Noah "40" Shebib to name a few.
What inspires you when creating new music?
We're kind of influenced by everything that surrounds us.
Which brands and designers do you pay special attention to?
All the sneakers brands. Concerning streetwear, Supreme, WTAPS, Ünkut, A Bathing Ape, fragment design. We don't really wear designer clothes but we always keep an eye on whatever's out through sites like Highsnobiety.
What do you look for in a new brand or designer?
New cuts, new materials, innovative ways to wear. We also pay attention to the way they communicate their brand through lookbooks, web strategies or street ad campaigns.
Check out Julian and Nadeem above, visit Twinsmatic on Instagram, and stay tuned for more installments in Reebok Classic Subcultures.