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JQueryPluginjQuery JavaScript library for Foswiki
On this page:
"jQuery is a fast, concise, JavaScript Library that simplifies how you traverse HTML documents, handle events, perform animations, and add Ajax interactions to your web pages."
Adding new pluginsThe JQuery ecosystem has a huge number of plugins - more than can be included by default by this plugin. If you want to add new plugins, then you will find instructions for adding them at Foswiki:Development.UsingJQueryWithFoswiki#adding_plugins.
Writing your own JavascriptWhether writing your own plugins or writing Javascript code in topics, you should observe the Foswiki JQueryCodingStandards.
jQuery References and tutorials
BUTTON{"text" ...} -- renders a nice button
TABPANE{...} -- tabpane widget
ENDTABPANE -- ending tag for tabpane widget
TAB{"text" ...} -- tab inside a tabpane widget
ENDTAB -- ending marker for a tab of a tabpane
JQICON{"name" ...} -- render an image
JQICONPATH{"name"} -- render the urlpath to an image
JQPLUGINS{"plugins" ... } -- display a summary of available plugins
JQREQUIRE{"plugin, plugin, ... "} -- enable a plugin on the current page
JQTHEME{"name" ...} -- switch jQuery UI theme
POPUPWINDOW{"topic" ...} -- opens a topic or url in a new window
Available jQuery plugins
1. bgiframeA jQuery plugin that helps ease the pain when having to deal with IE z-index issues. This plugin is enabled by default.
2. blockUIThe jQuery BlockUI Plugin lets you simulate synchronous behavior when using AJAX, without locking the browser. When activated, it will prevent user activity with the page (or part of the page) until it is deactivated. BlockUI adds elements to the DOM to give it both the appearance and behavior of blocking user interaction.
3. Button (active)This is a simple way to render nice buttons in Foswiki. It can be used to replace submit and reset buttons of html forms as well. FamFamFamContrib is recommended to display nice icons on buttons. Note, that this widget does not participate on the jquery theme roller. This is independent.
4. CookieEasy cookie handling using jQuery.
5. CornerThis plugin adds cross-browser support for rounded corners. For modern browsers the appropriate css attributes are used while there is a fallback strategy for others.
6. CycleThe jQuery Cycle Plugin is a lightweight slideshow plugin. Its implementation is based on the JQueryInnerFade Plugin by Torsten Baldes, the Slideshow Plugin by Matt Oakes, and the jqShuffle Plugin by Benjamin Sterling. It supports pause-on-hover, auto-stop, auto-fit, before/after callbacks, click triggers and many transition effects. It also supports, but does not require, the Metadata Plugin and the Easing Plugin.
7. DebugSimple jQuery logger / debugger using firebug's console or a div of its own of the form. Useful for JavaScript developers.
8. EasingUses the built in easing capabilities added In jQuery 1.1 to offer additional "easing" effects.
9. FarbtasticFarbtastic is a jQuery plug-in that can add one or more color picker widgets into a page. Each widget is then linked to an existing element (e.g. a text field) and will update the element's value when a color is selected. Farbtastic uses layered transparent PNGs to render a saturation/luminance gradient inside of a hue circle. No Flash or pixel-sized divs are used. There's a
color formfield for easy integration into Foswiki DataForms.
10. FluidFontRecompute the font size of an element based on its width.
11. FocusThis plugin sets the focus on a form input field or textarea of a form when the page is loaded.
12. FormThe jQuery Form Plugin allows you to easily and unobtrusively upgrade HTML forms to use AJAX. The main methods, ajaxForm and ajaxSubmit, gather information from the form element to determine how to manage the submit process. Both of these methods support numerous options which allows you to have full control over how the data is submitted. Submitting a form with AJAX doesn't get any easier than this!
13. Foswiki (active)This is plugin takes care of loading the jQuery core and default plugins and performs any initialization steps specific to Foswiki, For instance, it reads all <meta> tags from the html head as they have been set by Foswiki and constructs the
foswiki javascript object to be used by other javascript
In addition it adds some basic Foswiki tags to make life easier using jQuery
plugins, most notably
%JQREQUIRE{"pluginName"}% to load a subsequent
jQuery plugin and all of its dependencies, taking care where and how it
is added to the html page.
Curent default plugins are: jquery.easing, jquery.metadata, jquery.bgiframe,
14. GradientAdds a gradient to the background of an element.
15. hoverIntenthoverIntent is similar to jQuery's built-in "hover" function except that instead of firing the onMouseOver event immediately, hoverIntent checks to see if the user's mouse has slowed down (beneath the sensitivity threshold) before firing the onMouseOver event.
16. InnerFadeInnerFade is a small plugin for the jQuery-JavaScript-Library. It's designed to fade you any element inside a container in and out. These elements could be anything you want, e.g. images, list-items, divs. Simply produce your own slideshow for your portfolio or advertisings. Create a newsticker or do an animation.
17. LiveQuery (active)Live Query utilizes the power of jQuery selectors by binding events or firing callbacks for matched elements auto-magically, even after the page has been loaded and the DOM updated.
18. LoaderThis plugin allows to delay rendering parts of a page that are loaded later on asynchronously and patched into the page.
19. LocalScrollThis plugin will animate a regular anchor navigation. It will allow your visitors to navigate your site with a smooth scrolling effect. Each time a link is clicked, the element you decide(can be the whole screen), will gradually scroll to the targeted element, instead of "jumping" as it'd normally do. JQueryScrollTo is used for the animation.
20. MaskedInputThis is a masked input plugin for the jQuery javascript library. It allows a user to more easily enter fixed width input where you would like them to enter the data in a certain format (dates,phone numbers, etc). It has been tested on Internet Explorer 6/7, Firefox 1.5/2/3, Safari, Opera, and Chrome. A mask is defined by a format made up of mask literals and mask definitions. Any character not in the definitions list below is considered a mask literal. Mask literals will be automatically entered for the user as they type and will not be able to be removed by the user.
21. MasonryMasonry is a layout plugin for jQuery. Think of it as the flip side of CSS floats. Whereas floating arranges elements horizontally then vertically, Masonry arranges elements vertically then horizontally according to a grid. The result minimizes vertical gaps between elements of varying height, just like a mason fitting stones in a wall.
22. MediajQuery Media Plugin for converting elements into rich media content. Supported Media Players:
Any types supported by the above players, such as:
23. Metadata (active)This plugin is capable of extracting metadata from classes, random attributes, and child elements.
24. PlaceholderCreates a 'hint' or 'example' text in a textfield that disappears when the field has focus or has custom input text.
25. PNotifyFull featured plugin to show temporary floating messages for status updates, actions and errors.
26. PopUpWindow (active)Open a page in a new window.
27. QueryObjectThis extension creates a singleton query string object for quick and readable query string modification and creation. This plugin provides a simple way of taking a page's query string and creating a modified version of this with little code.
29. ScrollToWith this plugin, you will easily scroll overflowed elements, and the screen itself. It gives you access to many different options to customize and various ways to specify where to scroll. See also JQuerySerialScroll, JQueryLocalScroll
30. SerialScrollThis plugin allows you to easily animate any series of elements, by sequentially scrolling them. It uses JQueryScrollTo to achieve the scrolling animation.
31. ShrinkUrlsShrinks all urls in a given container whose link text exceeds a given size and have no white spaces in it, that is don't wrap around nicely. If the text is skrunk, the original text is appended to the title attribute of the anchor.
32. SimpleModalSimpleModal is a lightweight jQuery plugin that provides a simple interface to create a modal dialog. Note: please consider using UI::Dialog instead.
33. SlimboxShow images in a lightbox. Slimbox 2 is a 4 KB visual clone of the popular Lightbox 2 script by Lokesh Dhakar, written using the jQuery javascript library. It was designed to be very small, efficient, standards-friendly, fully customizable, more convenient and 100% compatible with the original Lightbox 2.
34. SuperfishSuperfish is an enhanced Suckerfish-style menu jQuery plugin that takes an existing pure CSS drop-down menu (so it degrades gracefully without JavaScript). Features:
35. SupersubsThis is a companion plugin to superfish. It resizes superfish submenus to fit their contents.
36. TabpaneThis implements an alternative tabpane widget. There is already one in jquery-ui, however as long as jquery-ui is still in flux, this alternative offers a safe substitute well integrated into Foswiki. Individual tabs can be loaded on demand using a REST call. Installing Foswiki:Extensions/RenderPlugin is recommended for that. Tabpanes can be nested. Tabs can be extended in height automatically. Heights can be auto-updated to follow windows resize events. Tabpanes can be established as part of reloaded content via ajax. Note that this widget does not participate in jquery-ui themerolling. It does match JQueryButton in terms of look & feel.
37. TextboxListTurns a text input into a Facebook like list widget with autocompletion. This plugin adds a new formfield type
textboxlist to DataForms.
38. Themeswitcher
39. TmpljQuery templates contain markup with binding expressions ('Template tags'). Templates are applied to data objects or arrays, and rendered into the HTML DOM Documentation for the jQuery Templates plugin can be found on the jQuery documentation site: http://api.jquery.com/category/plugins/templates Note: The jQuery team has decided not to take this plugin past beta. It is no longer being actively developed or maintained. The docs remain here for the time being (for reference) until a suitable replacement template plugin is ready. For more on the history of this change, see Official Plugins: A Change in the Roadmap and jQuery Templates and JsViews: The Roadmap
40. TooltipDisplay a customized tooltip instead of the default one for every selected element. Tooltips can be added automatically to any element that has got at
title attribute thus replacing the standard tooltip as displayed by
the browsers with a customizable one.
Content can be reloaded using AJAX. For example, this can be used to
display an image preview in a tooltip. Have a look at the thumbnail REST
service of Foswiki:Extensions/ImagePlugin how to load the thumnail from the
backend dynamically.
41. TreeviewLightweight and flexible transformation of an unordered list into an expandable and collapsable tree, great for unobtrusive navigation enhancements. Supports both location and cookie based persistence. Subtrees can be loaded on demand using AJAX. See the Foswiki:Extensions/RenderPlugin how to implement such REST handlers easily.
42. Twisty
43. UIWidget collection for jQuery. This is the official user interface library.
44. UI::Accordion
45. UI::AutocompleteAutocomplete, when added to an input field, enables users to quickly find and select from a pre-populated list of values as they type, leveraging searching and filtering. By giving an Autocomplete field focus or entering something into it, the plugin starts searching for entries that match and displays a list of values to choose from. By entering more characters, the user can filter down the list to better matches.
46. UI::Button
47. UI::Datepicker
48. UI::DialogA dialog is a floating window that contains a title bar and a content area. The dialog window can be moved, resized and closed with the 'x' icon by default. If the content length exceeds the maximum height, a scrollbar will automatically appear. A bottom button bar and semi-transparent modal overlay layer are common options that can be added. A call to
$(foo).dialog() will initialize a dialog instance and will auto-open the dialog by default. If you want to reuse a dialog, the easiest way is to disable the "auto-open" option with:
$(foo).dialog({ autoOpen: false }) and open it with
$(foo).dialog('open'). To close it, use
49. UI::Draggable
50. UI::Progressbar
51. UI::Resizable
52. UI::Slider
53. UI::Tabs
54. ValidateVery powerful client-side form validation framework (article).
55. WikiWordThis plugin allows to create a WikiWord on the base of a set of input elements. The value of these are concatenated and the result is normalized to be a valid WikiWord. For example, this can be used to derive a topic name from a free-form topic title text.
Using compressed javascript and css filesAll jQuery plugins are shipped with uncompressed js and css files, as well as minified and gzip compressed. For instance the jquery.form plugin comes with the following set:
/wiki/pub/System/JQueryPlugin root directory that ensures all these
files are up to date. By default all files in the JQueryPlugin package are up to date, so you only have to
issue a
make in the root directory if you wish to
modify one of the files underneath. This will update
all minified and gzipped files as required. Enable the
{JQueryPlugin}{Debug} flag in
to use the uncompressed files right away to omit the
make step during development of new javascript components.
Apache can be configured to automatically use the
.gz files if present using
mod_rewrite as follows:
.gz exists
in the filesystem, then there will be an internal redirect in the server while still enforcing the original mime-type.
The browser on the client side will unzip the css and js files automatically. This will drastically
reduce bandwidth and speed up interactive performance.
Installation InstructionsYou do not need to install anything in the browser to use this extension. The following instructions are for the administrator who installs the extension on the server. Open configure, and open the "Extensions" section. Use "Find More Extensions" to get a list of available extensions. Select "Install". If you have any problems, or if the extension isn't available in
configure, then you can still install manually from the command-line. See http://foswiki.org/Support/ManuallyInstallingExtensions for more help.
For Foswiki versions before 1.1, this plugin requires the Foswiki:Extensions.ZonePlugin to be installed. The ZonePlugin is not required for Foswiki 1.1 or later.
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Choose any three by three square of dates on a calendar page.
Circle any number on the top row, put a line through the other
numbers that are in the same row and column as your circled number.
Repeat this for a number of your choice from the second row. You
should now have just one number left on the bottom row, circle it.
Find the total for the three numbers circled. Compare this total
with the number in the centre of the square. What do you find? Can
you explain why this happens?
Make a set of numbers that use all the digits from 1 to 9, once and
once only. Add them up. The result is divisible by 9. Add each of
the digits in the new number. What is their sum? Now try some other
possibilities for yourself!
What happens to the perimeter of triangle ABC as the two smaller
circles change size and roll around inside the bigger circle?
Imagine you had four bags containing a large number of 1s, 4s, 7s and 10s.
You can choose numbers from the bags and add them to make different totals. You don't have to use numbers from every bag, and there will always be as many of each number as you need.
Choose some sets of $3$ numbers and add them together.
What is special about your answers?
Can you explain what you've noticed?
Charlie and Alison came up with some ways to represent what was happening.
Charlie's representation:
All multiples of three can be represented as:
The numbers in the bags can be represented as:
Similarly, numbers which are two more than a multiple of three can be represented as:
When I choose three numbers, I end up with a multiple of three $+3$ which will be a multiple of three.
Alison's representation:
Since all multiples of three can be written in the form $3n$, the numbers in the bags can be written in the form $3n+1$.
Similarly, numbers which are two more than a multiple of three can be written in the form $3n+2$.
As long as I remember I'm working with multiples of three, I could call these numbers $+0$, $+1$ and $+2$ numbers for short.
When I choose three numbers, I'm adding together three $+1$s, so I end up with a multiple of three $+3$ which will be a multiple of three.
What if you choose sets of $4$ numbers and add them together?
What if you choose sets of $5$ numbers, $6$ numbers, $7$ numbers...?
What totals do you think it would be possible to make if you choose $99$ numbers? Or 100 numbers?
Can you use Charlie's and Alison's representations to convince yourself?
Printable NRICH Roadshow resource.
Next, you might like to work on Take Three From Five,
or What Numbers Can We Make Now?

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Incentives for drip irrigation, addressing water-consuming vegetation along rivers and more water storage are all needed to protect the future of agriculture in Colorado.
Those were among the main points stressed by Brighton, Colo.,-area vegetable grower Dave Petrocco, asked to present during the two-day South Platte Forum in Longmont, Colo.
The two-day forum featured discussions on all angles of water — agriculture, oil and gas production, municipal use, climate, the ski industry.
While the event included presentations from ag experts with Colorado State University Extension and other CSU ag faculty, Petrocco was the only full-time ag producer who spoke at the event.
He took the opportunity to hammer home a few messages widely shared with others in the ag industry, which uses 85 percent of the state's water.
Drip irrigation, he stressed, uses 40 percent less water than traditional irrigating methods, but the up-front costs of implementing a drip system is $2,000 to $3,000 per acre.
Petrocco — who currently has 225 of his 2,600 acres of farmground under drip irrigation, and plans to have another 100-plus acres under drip next year — said farmers in California and Arizona have been pioneers in making the switch to drip.
"But in their climate, they have two growing seasons," Petrocco said, explaining that, with such large production each year, California and Arizona farmers can more easily recoup the costs of making the move to drip.
That's not the case in Colorado, Petrocco said, and, in a state where water on farms is routinely being sold to growing cities, those still farming in the future are going to need to make the most of their limited resources.
While farmers need to gravitate drip, he said he'd like to see the state of Colorado provide incentives for farmers to do so, because of such high costs to do so.
If farmers aren't more resourceful with their water, farmground will continue disappearing in Colorado, he said.
With limited water and the semi-arid climate of Colorado, rapidly growing cities here have routinely bought their needed water from farmers and ranchers leaving the land — an ongoing trend known as "buy and dry."
At the current rate of buy and dry, 500,000 to 700,000 acres of irrigated farmground could be out of production by 2050, according to the Statewide Water Supply Initiative study, released in 2010.
That's why Petrocco said he's pushing for the state to help farmers move toward drip irrigation systems, and is also pushing for more water-storage projects, which would capture excess snowmelt in abundant years, instead of sending more water than legally necessary across the stateline to Nebraska, which has occurred in recent years.
Petrocco also stressed the need for the state to address the wild vegetation along the rivers — known as phreatophytes.
A cottonwood tree, for example, can consume 1,000 gallons of water each day, maybe more, he explained. And as the trees and other vegetation have grown thicker along the rivers and continue to do so, those plants are soaking up water that's depleting surface flows and groundwater levels, which could be used by agricultural, industrial or municipal users.
That vegetation needs to be better controlled, he said.
Petrocco also believes that the state's augmentation requirements are too stringent, and need to be reexamined. Augmentation water is needed to make up for depletions to the aquifer caused by pumping water out of the ground.
Under the state's current requirements, some farmers have struggled to afford needed augmentation water, and have had their groundwater wells curtailed or shut off.
But, in recent years, groundwater levels in the South Platte have risen, causing basements to flood in some areas, among other problems. Some, including Petrocco, believe groundwater wells pumping less than they once did is responsible for the aquifier being too full.
The issue is now being studied by scientists at CSU.
"I firmly believe we're over-augmenting," said Petrocco, who, in referring to the many water challenges Colorado faces, stressed that addressing the issues won't be easy. "We grow crops in a great place ... close to the people and the markets, so there's less transportation needed ... a lot of sunshine during the day and cool nights — perfect for certain crops.
"We just need water, and we've got some things to figure out to make sure we have enough." ❖


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Phil Jones of Elkview died, surrounded by his family, Sept. 7, 2012, after a long and courageous battle with lung cancer and heart disease.
He was born Aug. 13, 1933, at Philippi, Barbour County, and moved to the Charleston area in 1960. He was a veteran serving in the U.S. Navy from 1952-1956, and he was retired from the U.S. Federal Aviation Agency. He was a talented self-taught musician and singer and was a founding member of a country/gospel group The Rays of Sunshine. He had an illustrious after retirement career as a flea market entrepreneur with his shop at the Capital Flea Market, Phil's Fix-It, that he ran with his good friend and fellow musician, Shirlene Dixon.
He is survived by his loving wife of 57 years, Mary Shanabarger Jones; his three girls, whom he loved dearly, Diana Roberts (Rick), LuAnn Shomo (Joe) and Crystal Tyler (Jim). He had six grandchildren that he was so proud of, Andrew and Emily Roberts, Nick Shomo and Mallorie Shomo Kennedy (Nick) and Tristan and Larkin Tyler; and two great-grandchildren, Tallen and Cayden Kennedy; sisters, Sue Austin of Philippi and Sherry Asher of St. Claire; special nephew, Mark Frantz, and so many other nieces and nephews, cousins, family and friends, too many to list.
He was preceded in death by his mother and father, Deloris Snider Jones and Clarence Jones; brother, Merl Jones; and sisters, Emogene Andrick, Betty Foster and Cinda Jones.
The family would like to recognize the nurses at CAMC MICU and 3 North for all their care and support. Phil's last wish was for everyone to quit smoking.
Service will be Tuesday, Sept. 11, at noon at Hafer Funeral Home in Elkview. Burial will follow in Donel C. Kinnard Cemetery. Friends may call Monday from 6 to 8 pm.
Online condolences may be sent to www.haferfuneralhome.net.Hafer Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.


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Looking to extend two long winning streaks, the Stetson women's basketball team opens a two-game Atlantic Sun Conference home stand Thursday night vs. Kennesaw State. Tip-off is scheduled for 7 p.m. at the Edmunds Center.
Winners of 10 straight games overall and 11 games in a row at home, the Hatters (18-5, 10-1) will be playing in front of their home fans for the first time since Jan. 25. Stetson recently completed a 4-0 road swing with victories at Northern Kentucky, Lipscomb, USC Upstate, and ETSU to move into a tie for first place in the A-Sun standings.
The lengthy road swing didn't slow down the Hatters' offense as Stetson scored 79 points or better all four games to raise its season scoring average to 79.8. That ranks as the 23rd-best offensive output in the NCAA, while the Hatters' .460 field goal percentage ranks as the 16th-highest shooting mark in the country.
The Owls (6-16, 4-7), meanwhile, are coming off a 53-39 win over Northern Kentucky in game where KSU held NKU to just six points in the first half. Stetson has won 10 straight head-to-head meetings vs. the Owls including a 98-75 win in Kennesaw on Jan. 18.
Several Hatters will be approaching statistical milestones Thursday night. Sasha Sims is eight points shy of reaching the 1500-point plateau, Cherisse Burris is four rebounds shy of 500, and head coach Lynn Bria needs one victory for 100 at Stetson.
The Hatters will also host Mercer at 1 p.m. Saturday in their annual Play4Kay cancer awareness game. A sweep this weekend would allow Stetson to clinch home court advantage for the Atlantic Sun tournament quarterfinals.
Tickets start at $5 and can be purchased online at GoHatters.com/tix or at the Edmunds Center box office. Stetson students, faculty, and staff are free with a valid ID.
Both games this weekend will be available on HatterVision and broadcast on WSBB myam1230.com. Live stats, the Stetson women's basketball twitter feed, and Hat-Alerts will provide in-game updates as well.


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Valuing Companies by Cash Flow Discounting: Ten Methods and Nine Theories
Pablo Fernandez
University of Navarra - IESE Business School
November 17, 2015
EFMA 2002 London Meetings
This paper shows 10 valuation methods based on equity cash flow; free cash flow; capital cash flow; APV (Adjusted Present Value); business's risk-adjusted free cash flow and equity cash flow; risk-free rate-adjusted free cash flow and equity cash flow; economic profit; and EVA.
All 10 methods always give the same value. This result is logical, as all the methods analyze the same reality under the same hypotheses; they differ only in the cash flows or parameters taken as the starting point for the valuation.
The disagreements among the various theories of firm valuation arise from the calculation of the value of the tax shields (VTS). The paper shows and analyses 9 different theories on the calculation of the VTS, lists the most important assumptions and valuation equations according to each of these theories, and provides an example in which the VTS of a company with debt of 1,500 goes from zero to 745.
Note: Previoulsy Titled: Valuing Companies by Cash Flow Discounting: Eight Methods and Six Theories
Number of Pages in PDF File: 16
Keywords: discounted cash flows, APV, WACC, Equity Cash Flow, beta
JEL Classification: G12, G31, M21
Date posted: May 14, 2004 ; Last revised: November 18, 2015
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Make a spectacular style statement with your embroidery machine! Unlock designer Evy Hawkins' expert tips for stabilizing, hooping and trimming as she guides you through three lovely cutwork projects, starting with an adorable, customizable quilted case. Learn how to use paper templates and create exquisitely aligned continuous borders on an elegant wrap, and find out the best way to make precise cuts around delicate areas. Add luxe lace cutwork to a linen hand towel with a chic feather design, and troubleshoot broken thread, glitchy stitches and gaps between motifs along the way. Then, show off your unique style with a bonus lesson on creating handy templates from any embroidery design, even without software or a printer!
Meet your instructor, Evy Hawkins, and dive into the basics of cutwork as you stitch a fun pre-quilted case.
Plan your next project, a stunning cutwork wrap. Evy shows you how to work with paper templates and audition the border design so you know exactly how it will look before you create a single stitch.
Your wrap is ready to stitch! Discover the best practices for stabilizing, hooping, cutting and stitching your wrap as Evy walks you through each step with thorough, engaging assistance.
Discover various ways to make gorgeous symmetrical borders with Evy's expert help along the way. Learn how to perfectly align your fabric in the hoop to create continuous borders and corners.
Evy takes the stress out of problem-solving as she teaches you how to fix thread breaks and fill in gaps. She'll also show you a few ways to finish and close your wrap.
Learn how to make a beautiful guest towel along with Evy as she demonstrates cutwork lace in the form of a delicate feather design on linen. She'll also show a fun variation using organza.
Learn to create templates for any embroidery design, whether you have a printer or not! Evy shares tips on marking, stitching, working with or without a hoop grid and trimming.
"Have so enjoyed this class. Evy is an excellent teacher, very clear and thorough in her demonstrations and gives detailed answers to all student questions. Really appreciate her tips on conserving stabilizer, fixing errors and providing info for enlarging or using alternate methods to create different looks. I learned a lot and can hardly wait to try out her lovely cutwork designs. And thank you Craftsy, hope you will ask Evy to provide us with future embroidery classes."
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Vancouver Island BC Canada


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They don't make almost twice as much as Franzen, their cap hit is just higher. Franzen is signed through 2020 with the last 3 years being 2, 1, then 1 mill to get his hit down. That's about Holland's cap manipulation, not their relative pay this past season.
Is this why Zetterberg and Datsyuk make almost twice as much as Franzen? I mean, you get what you pay for, right?
Mule was paid $5.25 mill this year, compared to 6.7 for Dats and $7.4 for Z.
Either way I don't think floating is something that should be excused by a player's salary. Teams that win have players who bust their ass to fulfill their role every second of every shift. That sure doesn't sound like Franzen.
It's not that I think the Wings should trade him, but I'd love for Babcock to sit him when he's floating out there.


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- Watchmaking – a must in Watch Valley, the Neuchâtel mountains offer a collection of wonders of precision set in the magnificent International Watchmaking Museum in La Chaux-de-Fonds and the Château des Monts Watch Museum in Le Locle. Exclusive brands are today established in the area.
- Architectural heritage – beautiful Neuchâtel farmhouses, a whole lot of dry stones walls, houses designed by Le Corbusier, native of La Chaux-de-Fonds, a geometric city, an Art nouveau touch& as many riches to be discovered.
- Nature in all her finery – the charming and wild banks of the river Doubs, the lake Les Taillères turning into a natural ice rink when winter comes, the Jura range all very round in forms.
- Places of interest – a journey to the center of the earth in the underground mills of Le Col-des-Roches; a jaunt to the zoological garden "Bois du Petit Château", back to the past with a visit to the museums, and a fairy stroll in the peat bogs of Les Pont-de-Martel.
- Sports and leisure – hiking, cycling, mountain biking, swimming, canoeing, hockey playing, skating, rock climbing. The Neuchâtel mountains are merely a paradise for sportsmen.
- Culture – popular events, exciting festivals, friendly "bistrots", lively cultural centers, an Italian-style theaters.


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belt pride is that where an individual makes sure their shirt is cleanly tucked in, allowing their belt to seen in plain view.
Hey check out Garrett's shirt. Why does he have it tucked in like that? I can count the notches on his belt from here. Yea he has some good belt pride going...
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Liam Neeson to receive video tribute from former school
The Taken star will return to Ballymena, Country Antrim this month (Jan13) to be awarded the Freedom of the Borough, the town's highest civic honour, and students at his former school, and a local college, have been asked to take part in the celebrations.
The youngsters have put together a special documentary film about Neeson's early days in Ballymena, charting his time at school and his subsequent rise to fame. They have even interviewed locals who knew him as a child, from his former drama group peers to former sparring partners at the local boxing club.
The film will be screened for Neeson at a red carpet event in the town on Monday (28Jan13).
Mayor of Ballymena, Alderman PJ McAvoy, says, "As a St Patrick's College 'old boy' and a longstanding supporter of the arts in our borough, I think Liam will really enjoy the fact we are showcasing young, local talent and creativity. As a movie star, he'll certainly appreciate the hard work and commitment which have gone into this excellent production."


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Since 2003, the Institute for Peace and Justice has created booklets based on our Distinguished Lecture Series for the benefit of students, scholars and the community. These booklets, available here in PDF, include biographies, interviews, lecture transcripts, question-and-answer segments and a list of related resources.
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Zainab Salbi
Founder, Women to Women International
"Compassionate Presence: Faith-Based Peacebuilding in the Face of Violence"
John Paul Lederach
Professor of International Peacebuilding, Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, University of Notre Dame
"Cultivating Peace and Justice"
His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama
Spiritual Leader of Tibet
2010-2011 Lectures - "Challenges to Post-Conflict Peacebuilding"
"From Peace Talks to Gender Justice"
Monica McWilliams
Chief Commissioner, Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission
"Breaking the Cycle of Violent Conflict"
Johan Galtung
Founder, International Peace Research Institute
"Achieving Justice for Victims of Genocide, War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity"
Stephen J. Rapp
U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues
"Children and Armed Conflict: The International Response"
Radhika Coomaraswamy
U.N. Under-Secretary-General, Special Representative for Armed Conflict
2009-2010 Lectures - "Development and Peacebuilding"
"Development: Creating Sustainable Justice"
Paul Farmer
Co-founder of Partners in Health and U.N. Deputy Special Envoy to Haiti
"From the Boardroom to the Border: Negotiating for Sustainable Agreements"
William Ury
Co-founder and Senior Fellow of the Harvard Negotiation Project
Co-author of Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In
"Aid That Works: Creating a 21st Century Vision for U.S. Development Assistance"
Raymond Offenheiser
President, Oxfam America
"Integrating Security, Development and Human Rights"
The Honorable Louise Arbour
Former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
"Armed Conflict: The Cost to Civilians"
Ambassador Jan Eliasson
Former Special Envoy of the U.N. Secretary-General for Darfur Former Under-Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs
"War, Peace and Climate Change: A Billion Lives in the Balance"
Jan Egeland
Former Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs
Emergency Relief Coordinator for the United Nations
"The Dynamics of Human Rights and the Environment"
Kenneth Roth
Executive Director of Human Rights Watch
"Reason for Hope"
Jane Goodall
Founder of Jane Goodall Institute
U.N. Messenger of Peace
"Iran Awakening: Human Rights, Women and Islam"
Shirin Ebadi
2003 Nobel Peace Laureate
"Preventing Mass Atrocities: Making 'Never Again' a Reality"
The Honorable Gareth Evans
President and CEO of the International Crisis Group
Former Minister for Foreign Affairs of Australia
"Women, War, Peace: Politics in Peacebuilding"
Miria Matembe
Co-founder of Action for Development
Alma Viviana Pérez
Consultant to the Colombian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Irene Santiago
Chair and CEO of the Mindanao Commission on Women
Co-founder of the Mothers for Peace Movement in the Philippines
"U.S. Policy in East Asia and the Pacific"
Ambassador Christopher R. Hill
Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs
"Perspectives into the Conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and
Contemporary Peacebuilding Efforts"
His Excellency Ketmile Masire
Former President of the Republic of Botswana
"Tainted Legacy: 9/11 and the Ruin of Human Rights"
William F. Schulz
Executive Director of Amnesty International USA
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Hanan Ashrawi
Secretary General of the Palestinian Initiative for Global Dialogue and Democracy
"The Responsibility to Protect: Prescription for a Global Public Domain"
The Honorable Lloyd Axworthy
President of University of Winnipeg
Former Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs
"Women, War and Peace: Mobilizing for Security and Justice in the 21st Century"
Noeleen Heyzer
Executive Director of U.N. Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM)
"Human Rights and Ethical Globalization"
Mary Robinson
Former President of Ireland and U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights
"Preventing Deadly Conflict"
Justice Richard Goldstone
Former Chief Prosecutor for the International Criminal Tribunals for the former
Yugoslavia and Rwanda
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Ambassador Donald K. Steinberg
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It is dawn.
The bird is singing with such enthusiasm, the one listening from the porch can be forgiven for thinking other dawns were only advertisements for thedawn at hand.
The singer has chosen the tip of the topmost limb of a tree long past its prime. The one on the porch listens well. Even now, day is breaking forth, as indicated by trucks and cars on the highway below. Soon, tractors will be in the fields, and business owners in surrounding small towns will unlock their doors, thus inviting in the workaday world. Gears will hum, wheels will turn, radios and televisions will crackle with commercials.
None of that matters to the lone singer in the tree, or, for that matter, to the one on the porch, listening.


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Go, Team Canada!
Go, Team Italy!
Hope others will post complete team photos for Russia and Japan (I've seen only partial groups) -- also for China and France. And for Team Korpi .
(Fernandez has been in many of Team Canada's informal snapshots.)
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I have nothing to post, but I will add my cheer for Team Japan and Team Russia, as well as China, France, and as you say, Team Korpi. (Hope Kiira's well and strong! I'd love to see her on the podium.)
By the way, the photos are great! What fun to see everyone posing together.
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An open, liberal economy combined with redistribution and social welfare: The Danish model has largely weathered the storm of the financial and euro crises. Yet, when looking at education and integration, not all is rosy in the Kingdom of Denmark.
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Denmark continues to be the OECD country that invests the greatest share of its wealth in education. As in 2010, in 2011 Denmark was the OECD country that spent the largest share of its wealth on education with a total expenditure on educational institutions of 7.9% of its GDP
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Education at a Glance 2012: Key facts - Denmark
Denmark should build on the strengths of its vocational and educational training programme to ensure that young people enter the labour market with the skills companies need and to meet the national goal of having 60% of young people enter higher education by 2020, according to a new OECD report.
This book provides, for Australia, an independent analysis of major issues facing its educational evaluation and assessment framework, current policy initiatives, and possible future approaches.
La Corée occupe la première place du classement de la nouvelle enquête PISA de l'OCDE qui évalue la façon dont les jeunes de 15 ans utilisent les ordinateurs et Internet pour apprendre. Viennent ensuite la Nouvelle-Zélande, l'Australie, le Japon, Hong-Kong – Chine et l'Islande.
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Denmark holds high ambitions to improve student outcomes and deserves credit for gaining broad agreement from all major stakeholders in efforts to stimulate an assessment and evaluation culture in compulsory education.
This report analyses the results of an electronically-delivered test in science literacy pioneered by PISA in Denmark, Iceland and Korea. It presents 15-year-olds' achievement scores and explains the impact of information communication technologies on both males' and females' science skills
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The immigrant population in Denmark is one of the smallest in Western Europe, but it is made up of highly diverse groups coming from about 200 different countries.
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The present country report describes the context of the policies and provisions related to support and aid for students with disabilities or learning difficulties in Denmark. It also describes the key factors that are influencing transition policies in the educational field for disabled students and includes references and descriptions of related factors in the field of employment.


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5 Simple Things That Every Bad Cook Does Wrong
Quite a few of you reading this are just now entering a phase in your life when you're expected to be able to actually prepare food that doesn't involve simply combining water with some kind of powder. Due to a lack of practice, most of you will be terrible at it.
I know I was, at least. But, over the last couple of years, I've thrown myself into cooking -- not just because I'm a gluttonous white devil, devoid of willpower and basic self-control, but because it's a major release valve for personal stress. At the end of a long line of increasingly edible dishes, and after watching hundreds of hours of Gordon Ramsay screaming the word "twat" at people in white aprons, I've accumulated a list of rookie cooking mistakes everyone seems to make. See if you can't catch yourself ...
#5. Cutting Meat Too Soon After Cooking It
What New Cooks Tend to Do
You've spent 30 minutes preparing the perfect dish, and your stomach is growling. The smells are just too much, and you're not sure how much longer you can wait because you have the self-control of a 4-month-old puppy. So you pull the meat out of the oven, and thank God, it's finally done. You cut into that shit, and meat juice flows out everywhere. That's a good sign. Juicy meat is awesome. But when you bite into it, something is slightly off.
How in the hell can the meat be so dry when you just saw half a gallon of brown juice ooze out of it? Well, that's the problem -- the juice is now on your plate instead of in the meat. You didn't let the meat "rest" before cutting into it.
Why That's a Bad Idea
What, you thought that those warnings to let the food sit for five minutes before eating was just to let it cool so you wouldn't burn your mouth like a dumbass? There's a bigger reason: Once the meat heats up during the actual cooking process, the juices inside start to "boil" from the inside outward. What's actually happening is that as the meat cooks, the muscle cells contract, and the juices get squeezed out, like ringing out a dishrag. It's why you can put a piece of meat into the oven, dry, and it develops a small puddle by the time it's done -- that's not all melted fat.
Sometimes, it's the tears produced by our soul-crushing lives.
When you pull it off of the heat, it will continue to cook for a few minutes. The residual heat from the outside of the meat will try to gain equilibrium with the cooler inside, so the center heats up while the outside cools down. A roast will typically rise another 10 degrees in temperature as it rests. That's important because as the meat rests, the equilibrium process will reach a peak before finally cooling as a whole, and at that point the muscle cells start to relax, turning into a sort of sponge and soaking up the liquid that was squeezed out earlier. Much like your bear costume at a Craigslist swap meet.
When you cut into meat before it's had a chance to relax and reabsorb the moisture, you're spilling the juice, leaving the fiber of the meat drier than if it just sat undisturbed for a few minutes. A good rule of thumb for resting a roast is 15 to 20 minutes on top of a turned-off stove, where it's still warm but not hot. Or loosely covered in foil, so it doesn't get cold. Smaller cuts of meat like steak or chicken only take five to 10 minutes. If the witch from "Hansel and Gretel" knew what she was doing in the kitchen, you could expect her to rest large cuts of meat like children anywhere from 30 minutes to an hour.
"Dude, I cook them whole -- turds and all. So I'm not too concerned about technique."
#4. Using High Heat on Everything
What New Cooks Tend to Do
It sounds obvious to the point of being insulting to include "don't burn the shit out of your food" on a list of cooking tips, but too much heat is still probably the most common cooking mistake in the world. After all, you're hungry as hell, and you only have 15 minutes before your stolen copy of The Karate Dog finishes downloading. So in anticipation of hearing Chevy Chase awkwardly slur out his lines as the voice of a dog that doesn't do karate for 99 percent of the movie, you chuck a big ass slab of meat into a frying pan, crank up the heat to "hell" and begin cursing at and degrading the food (insulting your meat is like spiritual marinade). Shouldn't take five minutes at that temperature, right?
Yeah, just 30 more seconds, baby. I'm like a cooking pit crew.
After all, fire is a loyal friend, and it would never, ever betray you.
Why That's a Bad Idea
The reason so many novice cooks get fooled by this is that high heat is a great way to make food appear to be cooked. A couple of minutes on high heat will make a piece of chicken look as golden as the one on the cover of a restaurant's glossy menu. Then you bite into it and realize the inside is still pink and carrying lots of still-living bacteria.
The reality is that there are only a few specific foods that ever require high heat. High-end pan-seared steaks like T-bone and New York strip. Flash-fried sides like zucchini. Certain breeds of European dog. Basically, any food that you want to be cooked more on the outside than the inside. Try that with chicken, and your ass could end up in the hospital, shitting out your soul.
Diagnosis: Wings.
In the case of more delicate food like eggs, it scorches the hell out of the edges and bottom, turning it crunchy while leaving the middle too runny, like deep-fried semen. No, most foods will use medium to medium-high because the lower the heat, the more control you have over the process. Lower heat tends to cook food more evenly because the outside of the food is rising in temperature at a rate more consistent with the inside.
If you've ever done the dishes and had a bullshit pan that required scraping or two hours of soaking before you could get it clean, it was cooked too hot with not enough lubrication between the food and the surface. The same is true when you've cut into a pork chop or fried chicken that's started to char on the outside and is still pink in the middle. The best way to make sure you're doing it right is to not only look up a recipe before diving in, but find a video that demonstrates the technique. And also be Scottish:
Of course, none of that matters if you make the mistake that many "just moved out for the first time" college students make ...
#3. Not Knowing Your Pans
What New Cooks Tend to Do
A pan is a pan. It's just a container to hold the food while I kick its ass with fire. Just throw the shit in, turn on the burner, and let's cook this bitch!
Why That's a Bad Idea
I'm not going to give you a rundown on what each pot and pan is used for, but there's a reason you don't see many people making a grilled cheese sandwich in the bottom of a kettle. Yes, certain pans were made for certain types of cooking, and it's not just nitpicky bullshit that finicky chefs harp about just to be elitist. They save the dick measuring for their actual food. A chef can't get away with using a single pan any more than a mechanic could get away with using a single crescent wrench. Different jobs require different tools.
Ironically, the problem with that car is that there's a cake stuffed into the engine.
Put a cast iron skillet on the hottest flame you can muster, and it'll be fine. Do the same thing with a nonstick frying pan, and your house is going to be full of smoke on a fucking Cheech and Chong level, minus the awesome effects. Sear off and fry potatoes in a frying pan, and you'll get that nice, crispy texture you're going for. Try the same thing in a big pot meant for boiling water, and its deep sides are going to trap and hold steam, giving it the consistency of limp dick.
It's the same with size. If you try to cook pasta in a pan that barely holds the noodles, they will give off so much starch in the confined area, they'll become gummy. You need a bigger pot that allows for more water and room for the noodles to cook without touching each other too much. You'll see the same result when browning too much shit in one pan. It gets overcrowded, and the released juices saturate and stew the actual contents, ruining the texture. So to get around the size problem there, you'd need to break down the contents into two separate pans.
Or suspend half of the food in midair until the other half is finished cooking.
But make no mistake, the pans do matter because it's all about texture. And if you don't think texture is important, imagine eating your favorite food as a gelatin. Everything about it tastes exactly the same, flavor-wise, but in the form of mucus.


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As part of the launch of his new spirit brand, Casamigos Tequila, George Clooney stepped out on Tuesday night to celebrate its launch at Rocco's Tacos in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.
The Descendants actor was there with his fellow founders Rande Gerber and Mike Meldman to sample cocktails and mingle with locals.
"George and Rande did not separate the entire night. They both drank the Casamigos specialty cocktails being served," an onlooker tells PEOPLE.
The "really friendly" Clooney also took time to take pictures with "almost every attendee at the event," the source says.
"There was one woman taking photos with her iPad and George was helping her get the best shots – he kept calling her 'the iPad lady'!" the source adds.
The promotional tequila tour – which is expected to bring the actor to L.A., Las Vegas and Dallas – kicked off with a short film starring Clooney, Gerber, Cindy Crawford and Stacy Keibler. In the minute long film, the group of friends play musical beds after a night out of drinking Casamigos.
On Wednesday the tour continued in Las Vegas with Clooney, Gerber and Crawford stopping into Andrea's inside Encore Hotel to indulge in some Asian cuisine. After greeting fans, the group enjoyed sushi, ribeye steak and vegetable sides. Following the meal, it was off to Surrender Nightclub where they continued to enjoy tequila and vodka for several hours.
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Incumbent West Virginia Sen. Jack Yost won re-election Tuesday night in the 1st Senate District.
Yost, 67, of Follansbee defeated Republican Patrick McGeehan of Chester.
Yost earned 22,517 votes to 16,507 for McGeehan.
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"I am very pleased with the support and confidence the folks in the 1st Senate District put in me," Yost said. "I am very humbled. The new district has some new (precincts) - and I did well in those and in both Ohio and Marshall counties.
"And Brooke County really poured it on for me - it was awesome."
Yost was first elected to the West Virginia House of Delegates in 2000. He served as a delegate through 2008, when he was elected to the Senate.
During his first term in the Senate, he has served as chairman of the Labor Committee and vice chairman of the Military Committee.
He also is a member of the Energy, Industry and Mining Committee, the Government Organization Committee, and the Finance Committee.
Yost said he hopes to gain more of a leadership position on the Finance Committee when the legislature next convenes in January.
He credits incumbency and endorsements as the reasons for his win.
"People saw I had a lot of endorsements," he said. "When they endorse you publicly, they are saying publicly they are supporting Jack Yost. Never had I seen so many of these endorsements before.
"Their confidence in me is building, and I am building leadership responsibilities in the Senate. I see advancements there."
Yost is retired from Weirton Steel. He and wife Kris have three children and three grandchildren.


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2. Jennifer Lawrence, 23, and Nicholas Hoult, 24: Like Stone and Garfield, they met on the set of a comic-book blockbuster and will again appear together in the upcoming X-Men: Days of Future Past. Also like their Spidey counterparts, he's self-deprecatingly British and she's got witty screwball charm.
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Oh, my goodness. Thank you, President Kaplan.
I had no idea I that was getting an award. I thought I just came to salute you graduates and the families. But thank you, so much, all of you, for the warm welcome here at Walden University with a proud and distinguished history. I'm delighted and feel privileged to be here and speak to all of you.
I am really here to congratulate you and to urge you to follow in the footsteps of those who selflessly laid the foundation for America. Give back to work for nonprofit organizations. You and I can make a difference in America.
Also I want to share my story to confirm that this is a great country—a land of opportunity. I have traveled to all areas of the United States and international[ly] to share my story and experiences for fighting for equal pay for equal work!
But, before I begin, I have a small confession to make. As pleased as I am to be here, a part of me wishes I wasn't.
The plan I had sketched out for my life was a simple one: I would work hard, raise a family, and play by the rules. I would save and build a nest egg. And when retirement came, I'd be able to simply settle down and enjoy the fruits of my labors. That's the way it's supposed to work, isn't it? I wasn't seeking fame, or looking to become a household name. I just wanted fairness and a good life.
That's not a lot to ask. Or so I thought. It should be pretty simple: You hold up your end of the bargain, your employers hold up theirs, and everybody wins. Right?
My name is Lilly Ledbetter and I held up my end of the bargain.
My employer, on the other hand, did not. And this afternoon I'd like to tell you a little bit about my story and why I continue the fight today. There are a lot of ups and downs, highs and lows; ultimately, the ending hasn't been written yet.
My story began in 1979, when Goodyear hired me as a supervisor in their production area of their Gadsden, Alabama. I wound up working there for 19 years, one of the few women to work there in a supervisory capacity.
It wasn't easy. The plant manager flat out said that women shouldn't be working in a tire factory because women just made trouble.
When I started at Goodyear, all the managers got the same pay. But then Goodyear switched to a new pay system based on performance. And that allowed people doing the same jobs to get paid differently. Goodyear kept what everyone got paid confidential. No one was supposed to know and we weren't allowed to ask.
Some years I got raises; some years I didn't. Some of the raises seemed pretty good, but I didn't know what the other people were getting and if mine was in line with theirs. But I did a good job; I even got a "Top Performance Award" in 1996.
I only started to get some hard evidence of what the men were making when someone anonymously left a note in my mailbox at work, showing what I got paid and what three other male managers were getting paid. As a result, I filed a complaint of discrimination with EEOC [Equal Employment Opportunity Commission], and sued Goodyear in 1998.
At the end of my career, when I was earning $3,727 per month, the lowest-paid male was getting $4,286 per month for the same work, and he had a lot less experience than I did. My retirements were also affected, because they were based on my salary. So, that causes me to be a second-class citizen for the rest of my life.
In court, Goodyear acknowledged that it was paying me a lot less than it did the men doing the same work. But they said it was because I was a poor performer.
That wasn't true, and thanks to some courageous women colleagues who spoke on my behalf, the jury didn't buy it, either. At the end of the trial, the jury found that Goodyear had discriminated against me in violation of Title VII. The jury awarded me back pay and more than $3.2 million in punitive damages.
That was the high point of my story. But that's also when things started to go downhill.
Although in agreement that the jury's verdict was amply supported by the evidence at trial, the trial judge was forced to reduce the punitive damages award to $300,000 because of damages caps in Title VII—a mere 10 percent of what the jury had awarded me and hardly more than a slap on the wrist of a company the size of Goodyear. Goodyear, of course, appealed the verdict, and my case eventually reached the [U.S.] Supreme Court. On May 29, 2007, I hit a low point.
That's when the Supreme Court reversed the judgment and took every dollar away—even the two years' back pay.
Justice [Samuel] Alito wrote the opinion. According to him, I should have complained every time I got a smaller raise than the men, even if I didn't know that the men were getting paid less—more than I was, and even though I had no way to prove that the decision was discrimination. The court ruled that once 180 days passed from the initial pay decision, the worker is stuck with unequal pay for equal work for the rest of her career and there is nothing illegal about it. The Supreme Court had said that if you don't figure things out right away, the company can treat you like a second-class citizen for the rest of your career. This decision completely reversed precedent, meaning that it wasn't just me who had to swallow the consequences of pay discrimination but every other working woman in America was being forced into the same corner.
Justice [Ruth Bader] Ginsburg wrote an amazing dissent that hit the nail on the head. She said that the majority's rule just doesn't make sense in the real world. You can't expect people to go around asking their co-workers how much money they're making. …. You want to try to fit in and get along—you don't want to make waves. But the bottom line was that every paycheck I received, I got less than what I was entitled to under the law.
That was wrong, not to mention illegal, but the Supreme Court disagreed.
I won't lie to you; I was pretty devastated by the court's decision. In one fell swoop, I lost my case and became the poster child for unequal pay for equal work. But instead of taking it quietly, I decided to fight back. I refused to take this unjust ruling lying down. I owed that much not just to myself, but to my daughter and my granddaughter, not to mention all of America's women and girls who deserved a fighting chance. And I was surrounded by good friends and organizations who were ready to stand with me every step of the way.
The first battle was to correct the Supreme Court's terrible ruling. Pay-equity stalwarts in Congress immediately got to work on legislation that would do just that. And so began an 18-month journey to pass a bill.
I testified twice before the House [of Representatives] and twice before the Senate.
I met with members of Congress, sent letters and emails, made phone calls, held briefings and press conferences, and rallied millions of people across the country for the cause equal pay for equal work.
It wasn't easy at first. The Ledbetter Bill passed the House in the 110th Congress, but we didn't have the numbers in the Senate to overcome a filibuster. However, the 2008 elections changed the landscape.
I never let up—I carried the message to the presidential transition team and worked with legislators even before the new Congress was sworn in. By the time the 111th Congress convened and President Obama took the oath of office, all the stars had finally aligned.
Jan. 29, 2009, was one of the most memorable days of my life. Walking into the East Room of the White House with President Obama for the signing ceremony was such a thrilling moment for me. Looking out into the audience, I was not surprised to see so many supporters of the Lilly Ledbetter Bill.
As President Obama signed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act into law, I felt so many emotions. I was excited to be present for such an historical moment. I was happy that all the hard work had finally paid off. But most of all, I felt incredibly grateful to be surrounded by people who care so much; not only about me, but for all the women and girls for whom that stroke of the pen would mean so much more than simply a signature.
Truth be told, though, I didn't feel completely satisfied that day, and I don't feel totally fulfilled now. The new law is important, but only brought us to where we'd been the day before the Supreme Court issued its ruling. Women continue to face a persistent wage gap that is not closing nearly fast enough. There are still loopholes in existing laws large enough for employers to drive a truck through. So, while I am thrilled with how far we've come, I am equally certain our work is not yet done, a point I made at the White House that day with [the first lady,] Mrs. Obama.
Ladies and gentlemen, our story is not finished. But the next chapter already has a name. It's called Paycheck Fairness Act.
The Paycheck Fairness Act is the next logical step to combat pay discrimination. This bill, sponsored by Rep. Rosa DeLauro and Sen. Chris Dodd, is a critical and comprehensive update to the 45-year-old Equal Pay Act that brings the equal pay law in line with other civil rights laws.
From my perspective, one of the most important provisions of the bill would prohibit retaliation against workers who ask about employers' wage practices or disclose their own wages to co-workers. The provision would have been particularly helpful to me, because Goodyear prohibited me and my colleagues from sharing our wages [information with each other]. This policy delayed my discovery of the pay inequities between me and my male counterparts by literally decades.
President Obama would sign this bill into law as well—after all, he was a co-sponsor himself just last year. So now it's up to the Senate. If the Senate follows through, this Congress will truly be remembered for making an historic commitment to pay equity. And as for that wage gap, its days are numbered.
Earlier in my speech, I told you that a part of me wished I wasn't here. When I set out on my career in 1979, it wasn't part of my grand plan to some day have my name on a Supreme Court case or an act of Congress. I simply wanted to work hard and support my family. The rest, I believed, would take care of itself.
Clearly, fate had other plans for this Alabama girl. After all, I started out as a supervisor at a tire plant. Thirty years later, I've been a litigant, an advocate, a lobbyist, an author, and a public speaker. Sometimes, life throws us curveballs. We may not ask for them, we may not have even expected them, but we still have to deal with them.
After everything that's happened to me, I've come to realize that the true test of a person is not so much what happens to us, but how we react to it. When we see an injustice, do we sit and do nothing, or do we fight back? When we experience failure, do we passively accept it, or do we learn from it and do better the next time? When we get knocked down, do we stay down, or do we get back up? Each of us, every day, breaks through barriers for women and girls simply because we choose to believe the future can be better.
I've tried to be a fighter. It's not easy, but I have to do what is right.
Thank you for having me here today. When it's all said and done, there's no place else I'd rather be. Thank you. God bless you.
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WASHINGTON – It's decision time. Mikhail Grigorenko is either going to spend the rest of the season in Buffalo or pack his bags for Quebec.
The Sabres' first-round draft pick played the fifth and final game of his tryout period Sunday in a 3-2 loss to Washington. The first year of his entry-level contract kicks in with a sixth game.
"I know that the rule says if I'm going to play next game I'm staying with the team," Grigorenko told The Buffalo News. "I hope so. Probably soon I will know what they are going to do with me. I hope I'll stay here."
Grigorenko gave the Sabres a lot to think about against the Capitals. He played a season-high 17 minutes, 10 seconds, nearly scored his first goal, took two shots and had three others blocked or miss the net.
"I really enjoyed the game," Grigorenko said in Verizon Center. "If we could win the game it would be like, you know, the best time in my life. But we lost the game, so I was really disappointed."
General Manager Darcy Regier said there's no deadline for the decision. Grigorenko could practice with the team a few more days and sit Tuesday against Toronto to allow management more time to think. The 18-year-old's junior team doesn't play again until Friday.
"Overall, it was a good showing for him," said coach Lindy Ruff, who had Grigorenko come to the rink Sunday morning for additional tutoring. "He's receptive. He understands there's some areas he has to get better. He knows that. Overall, I thought it was maybe his best effort."
Grigorenko nearly tied the game at 2-2 early in the third period. Tyler Myers fed the rookie at the left side of the crease, and Grigorenko tried to tuck the puck inside the far post. Goaltender Michal Neuvirth stretched out his right pad for the best stop of his 22-save game.
"I was really close to him when I got the puck," Grigorenko said. "I was trying just to reach the far post, and he was big enough to save it.
"I've done everything I could. I was trying to do everything the coaches wanted from me, be good defensively, win faceoffs, compete and stuff. I was making sure this is the most important thing in my game, and I was trying to do it perfectly. I hope I've done this well."
About an hour before puck drop, Rick Jeanneret was relaxing in the Sabres' broadcast booth, overlooking an empty arena. An assistant asked if he wanted to take a look at the day's cue cards, which spelled out sponsors and upcoming promotions he had to plug during the game.
"I'd better," said the Hall of Fame announcer, who can usually recite them in his sleep. "It's been about nine months since I've done this."
He quickly breezed through the spots and sat back comfortably in his chair, ready to call a game for the first time this season.
"I'm long past the days of being nervous, but I am anticipating it quite a bit because I'm not so sure I'm going to be right up to snuff to begin with here," Jeanneret said before the loss to Washington. "I think once things get under way, I'll be fine."
Even better for Jeanneret is he's fine. After an illness that included hospitalization and a four-game absence, Jeanneret is feeling well enough to travel with the team and assume his rightful spot in the announcer's chair.
"I think I sat around long enough," he said with a smile. "It's a short season, and I just made it a little shorter."
Although Jeanneret has skipped a few road trips the last couple of years, those were by choice. Neither he nor the team is accustomed to being apart from each other, especially at the start of the season. He doesn't think he'd missed an opener before this one since joining the team in 1971.
"Over 40-some-odd years, I've missed very few games," he said. "I can count them on two hands, but I don't think it'd be much more than that."
Jeanneret spent most of the previous week and a half resting. The orders from doctors and the Sabres specifically called for lying around, and he obliged.
"I spent a lot of time with the iPad and a lot of time on the Kindle reading," he said. "I really didn't do a whole lot more than that. I was told to rest, and I tried to keep my nose to the grindstone and obey the orders. That's basically all I was doing.
"I did keep in touch with the team, and they were letting me know what was happening. Mostly, from the top down, they just said, 'Stay away and get better. Don't even think about coming back until you are.' It was the typical Buffalo Sabres' treatment of employees. It was top shelf."
Top shelf, where mama hides the cookies? Sabres fans can hear that again now that Jeanneret has returned.
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The Distinguished Alumni Award is the association's most prestigious award presented to an NIC alumnus for a record of significant achievement in a chosen field of interest or profession who has developed a regionally-, nationally- or internationally-recognized reputation.
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Saturday October 3rd 2009 the Detroit Red Wings will face off vs St. Louis in SWEDEN at 3pm aired on CBC and Fox Sports Detroit. The usual Buffalo Wild Wings in Mt. Clemens will probably be the place unless we have some new comers, if then we can try and pick a more centralized location.
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redwingcapt Are you thinking about attending? If Mt. Clemens is a bit far for you, we could talk about going to the BWW in Troy.
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The Seneca East School District and surrounding community came out to support the family of five killed in a house fire early Tuesday morning.
The day after the tragedy, the school was given an overwhelming amount of support.
"It was a sad day and we are as good as can be expected," said Elementary Principal Brad Powers.
The students were in excellent hands, he said.
Professional counselors, local clergy and members of the community were on hand to assist students and faculty members with the grieving process.
Counselors included the Rev. Paul Fahrbach of Our Lady of Hope, the Rev. Michael Padula of Attica United Methodist Church; Kim Pachis, school psychologist from North Central Ohio Educational Service Center; Michelle Fay, guidance counselor from Mohawk Local School District; and Heather Schalk and Kim Thompson, Seneca East guidance counselors.
"We started the process after we heard the untimely news by sending a letter home with the children," Powers said.
"We gave the parents the opportunity to address the difficult topic of death with their kids," he said.
Throughout the day entire classes with students that were direct classmates were able to sit and talk with counselors.
"The students were very receptive about seeking assistance," Powers said.
"What I appreciate so much is the way the counselors made the kids feel comfortable," he said.
"It is truly a difficult time and the time to grieve can never be easy," Powers said. "I feel comforted knowing that there are others that care and are there for each other."