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Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Daily LifeI scheduled a technician from Comcast to come to the house this morning.
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In an ESPN Insider column today, I looked at DVOA over the last four seasons, including the playoffs. FO readers know, of course, that Seattle is No. 1, but can you guess which other franchises have been among the top ten over the four-year span? You'll find out that Carolina has been better than you probably remember, and that Detroit has been surprisingly consistent in its mediocrity.
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The Chiefs make a big move upwards, as their domination of Houston now ranks as the best single game of the year. The all-around special teams performance was particularly impressive.
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The Miami Dolphins are hiring 37-year-old Adam Gase to be their new head coach. Gase spent this season as offensive coordinator in Chicago, but he's best known for his last few years as offensive coordinator in Denver, working with Peyton Manning and (as quarterbacks coach in 2011) Tim Tebow. Gase will be bringing aboard Cincinnati defensive backs coach Vance Joseph as his defensive coordinator.
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We've got a podcast double feature here to look at the upcoming NFL playoffs: the return of the Off The Charts podcast after two weeks off, and my annual appearance on the Beating the Book podcast as well. (Click to read more.)
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I went through and looked at some lesser-known players who could make a big impact in the postseason. Well, lesser-known to most fans. I'm sure FO readers have heard of most of these guys: Tyler Lockett, David Johnson, James White, Kawann Short, Whitney Mercilus, Ryan Shazier, Ron Parker, and (as the next Justin Bethel/Matthew Slater on punt coverage) Jeff Janis.
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Peter King polled a broad panel of 24 NFL people, from analytics guys (including me) to players and media people and one celebrity fan (John Legend) to get these picks for 2015 awards. Come read my impassioned argument for Buffalo offensive coordinator Greg Roman as Assistant Coach of the Year, even though only coordinators from playoff teams seemed to get votes from anyone else.
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David permalinkJuly 23, 2008 8:43 pm
No titties, jus a big ass? What happened to the full package? She aint got no lips for sucking either??? I seen her around town and it's not pretty. She is a groupie ho, but can serve good drinks.
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Atheist-reformist movement that preceded Periyar
It is a mystery why the reformist initiative faded into oblivion
A page from the English journal ''The Thinker'' which was run by the Madras Secular Society between 1878 and 1888 CHENNAI, November 8, 2012 B. Kolappan Many decades before Periyar E.V. Ramsamy launched his self-respect movement (1925) and propagated atheism, the erstwhile Madras presidency had seen a well-organised atheist-reformist movement (1878-88), which later faded into oblivion. The Hindu Free Thought Union, a movement launched in 1878, took inspiration from the London-based Anti-Church Movement of Charles Bradlaugh. In the middle of 1886, it was renamed Madras Secular Society (Chennai Loukeeka Sangam). Now there is a need to rewrite the history of the reformist and atheist movement in Tamil Nadu. There is a strong case for shifting the focus of the movement from Bengal-centric perspective, said V. Arasu, head of the department of Tamil, Madras University, who has traced the history of the movement and collected journals published by it. But, there is no information available as to who launched and ran the movement and why it suddenly disappeared. P. Munesawmy Naicker was the manager of the two journals run by the society and there are references to P. Appathoaray Chettiayar , identified as the secretary. One Masilamany Mudaliar had written extensively. The journals, one in English and another in Tamil, advocated atheism, pro-labour policies, womens education, widow-remarriage and strongly condemned the four-varna system, said Dr. Arasu, who first came across Thathuvavivesini, the Tamil journal, in the Prof Anbazhagan library in Anna Arivalayam. The English journal was called The Thinker. http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/tamil-nadu/atheistreformist-movement-that-preceded-periyar/article4074929.ece An interesting slice of history.
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Wed Nov 7, 2012, 08:42 PM
MineralMan (92,313 posts)
1. Unfortunately, the image is unreadable,
even at the link and when enlarged. Too bad. I enjoy reading 19th century stuff.
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Wed Nov 7, 2012, 09:19 PM
rug (81,088 posts)
2. Yeah, it can't be enlarged.
I can't find anything on the Madras Secular Society. That's too bad because I'd like to know a little more about it. Anyway, here's wiki on Charles Bradlaugh, referenced in the article.
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The LG Optimus Black uses the standard Android gallery. The gallery automatically locates the images and videos no matter where they are stored. It also boasts cool 3D effects and transitions, which we find rather attractive.
Images and videos placed in different folders appear in different sub-galleries that automatically get the name of the folder, which is very convenient - just like a file manager.
The different albums appear as piles of photos, which fall in neat grids once selected.
You can use the gestures button to flip through photos and zoom-in on a photo.
Alternatively, you photos can be organized by date with the help of a button in the top right corner, which switches between grid and timeline view. In grid view, theres a date slider, which can also be used to find photos taken on a certain date.
The pinch zooming is also available here thanks to the Optimus Blacks multi-touch support but you can also use double tap or even the +/- virtual buttons.
There are tons of options for a picture you can crop or rotate it directly in the gallery. The Send feature offers quick sharing via Facebook, Twitter, Picasa, Email apps or Bluetooth.
Zooming and panning is fast and smooth and theres absolutely no lag in doing it.
The music looks familiar but it has seen some polish. It can do the usual filtering by album and artist and you have alphabet search and regular search for finding songs quicker.
Flipping the phone on its side reveals a cool 3D wall of all the albums you have in your music collection. Tap on an album and youll see a list of all songs from it. Theres an alphabet scroll at the bottom of the screen to make finding albums faster.
The Now playing interface places a big album art image in the center with controls above and below it.
Swiping the album art left or right is the easiest way to skip a song or go back to the previous one.
A press and hold on the album art will bring up a menu to search for the title, the artist or the album title. After that you can pick where to search your music collection, YouTube or a general Internet search.
There are equalizer presets available including a Virtual surround option, which works even without headphones, but the effect doesnt do much without them.
Also when youre playing a song it gets displayed in the notification area. You can also pause and change tracks.
Surprisingly, the LG Optimus Black P970 failed to impress in our audio quality test. The handset did well below the norm even when connected to an active external amplifier - it has its extreme bass frequencies cut-off, the noise levels, stereo crosstalk and dynamic range are mediocre and the distortion levels are average at best.
If it comes as any consolation to you, things get only marginlly worse when you plug in a pair of headphones - the stereo crosstalk takes a hit and the distortion levels increase, but only very slightly. This doesn't suffice for a good overall mark. Plus the Optimus Black is one of the quiestes handsets we have seen, so you will understand why we aren't too excited about its performance here.
Test | Frequency response | Noise level | Dynamic range | THD | IMD + Noise | Stereo crosstalk |
LG Optimus Black P970 | +0.21, -3.07 | -64.5 | 65.6 | 0.046 | 0.202 | -66.8 |
LG Optimus Black P970 (headphones attached) | +0.22,-2.96 | -63.0 | 63.4 | 0.058 | 0.258 | -48.3 |
LG Optimus 2X | +0.01, -0.03 | -90.1 | 90.1 | 0.011 | 0.016 | -89.2 |
LG Optimus 2X (headphones attached) | +0.14,-0.04 | -89.8 | 89.9 | 0.0098 | 0.111 | -35.1 |
Samsung I9000 Galaxy S | +0.03, -0.04 | -90.7 | 90.6 | 0.014 | 0.019 | -90.6 |
Samsung I9000 Galaxy S (headphones attached) | +0.40, -0.12 | -90.7 | 90.6 | 0.018 | 0.329 | -43.3 |
+0.01, -0.07 | -90.5 | 90.6 | 0.0041 | 0.011 | -92.0 | |
+0.01, -0.07 | -90.4 | 90.4 | 0.0036 | 0.092 | -68.4 | |
+0.09, -0.44 | -90.6 | 90.4 | 0.014 | 0.517 | -92.6 | |
+0.09, -0.44 | -93.2 | 92.9 | 0.020 | 0.728 | -17.9 | |
Samsung I8700 Omnia 7 | +0.13 -1.14 | -84.4 | 85.1 | 0.017 | 0.266 | -82.5 |
Samsung I8700 Omnia 7 (headphones attached) | +0.31 -0.33 | -80.5 | 81.1 | 0.016 | 0.311 | -37.7 |
+0.17, -1.69 | -85.6 | 87.2 | 0.021 | 0.301 | -86.2 | |
+0.19, -1.36 | -85.4 | 86.9 | 0.021 | 0.643 | -46.5 |
LG Optimus Black P970 frequency response
You can learn more about the whole testing process here.
If you get tired of your music collection, theres an FM radio with RDS in the LG Optimus Black. It can play over the headphones or the loudspeaker, but the headphones need to be plugged-in either way (they act as an antenna).
The video player has a fairly simple interface its just a list of all the videos on the devices. Theres an alphabet scroll to help users locate videos faster but thats about it. You can of course play videos from the Gallery if you prefer its folder-centric organization.
The interface during playback is nothing overcomplicated either theres the scrubber to skip to some part of the video along with the play/pause button and next and previous buttons.
Two more buttons are available on the screen one toggles cropping (i.e. fit video to screen, or crop it to fill the entire screen) and the other activates the Virtual surround.
The LG Optimus Black handled just about every video file we threw at it the usual 3GP and MP4 stuff along with WMV and AVIs using DivX and XviD. 1080p videos are a no go, due to the single-core processor. Still 720p videos work just fine.
Subtitles worked fine too, with settings for font and size. You can toggle subtitles on and off, but theres no option to manually point to a subtitles file, so the subtitle filename has to match the video filename.
There are some issues that need to be addressed though only English subtitles worked, any non-Latin characters would cause the subtitles to fail (even Spanish subtitles). Using UTF didnt help.


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Laurent Koscielny's late header salvaged a 2-2 draw for Arsenal in their Emirates Cup clash with SSC Napoli on Saturday, but the Gunners' inconsistent performance would have strengthened Arsene Wenger's desire to improve his squad.
Wenger has so far failed to land any of his main transfer targets, including Liverpool forward Luis Suarez, and the frailties shown by a familiar looking lineup as the hosts fell behind to first-half goals from Lorenzo Insigne and Goran Pandev provided cause for concern.
To make matters worse, Arsenal striker Lukas Podolski had a penalty saved in the opening 45 minutes of the four-team pre-season tournament.
However, Gunners boss Wenger could at least draw some comfort from a much-improved second-half display that was capped by Olivier Giroud's goal and then Koscielny's equalizer in the final minutes.
Gonzalo Higuain's presence in the Napoli squad served as a reminder of Arsenal's failure to recruit during the close season, with the former Real Madrid striker opting for a move to Italy ahead of a switch to the Emirates Stadium.
Wenger's focus has since switched to Suarez, but while a forward has been his priority, the way his defense performed during the opening 45 minutes served as a reminder of weaknesses elsewhere in his squad.
Both goals came as a result of poor defending and with Napoli repeatedly threatening on the break, there was much to concern Wenger.
Wenger has been linked with a move for Ashley Williams, the Swansea captain, and Arsenal scouts were in south Wales this week to watch the central defender in action in the Europa League tie with Malmo.
The display would only encourage further interest as Insigne's third-minute opening goal came from an individual error by Carl Jenkinson.
The Gunners rightback inexplicably attempted to head a floated through ball back to goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski, but succeeded only in looping the ball into the path of the Napoli winger, who volleyed home from close range.
Arsenal's soft center was then exposed once more in the 28th minute when Marek Hamsik was allowed to advance unchallenged deep into the Arsenal half before releasing Pandev.
The Macedonia striker drifted away from Per Mertesacker far too easily and rounded Fabianski, before chipping the ball home.
In between those goals, Podolski had the opportunity to bring Arsenal back into the game from the penalty spot after Valon Behrami had brought down leftback Kieran Gibbs, but the Germany international failed to take the chance, striking the ball too close to Pepe Reina, who marked his first appearance back in England since his acrimonious loan move from Liverpool with a comfortable save.
Reina later saved well from Per Mertesacker's header, while Jack Wilshere came close after the break with a right-foot shot after a fine run.
Arsenal were finally rewarded for their improved second-half showing when Giroud met Theo Walcott's left-wing corner with an acrobatic overhead-kick in the 73rd minute.
Koscielny then claimed the leveler with three minutes left, following up after Reina had saved from Mertesacker.
Earlier in the day, Galatasaray beat Porto 1-0 thanks to a 70th-minute Felipe Melo penalty.
Porto twice missed from the spot, first through Jackson Martinez and then Lucho Gonzalez.


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Creative England: New online hub for creative start-ups
A new service called 'Creative Entrepreneurs,' an online platform for the creative sector, is due to be launched by the government, according to MP Ed Vaizey. The portal will provide a single hub for the creative sector, where if you're running a start-up you can go and find all the tools you need to help your business grow, including routes to skills and finance and links to initiatives like Creative Nation.
Ed Vaizey joked about holding a written copy of his speech and the lack of graphics despite being Minister of State for Culture and the Digital Economy as he took the stage at Creative England's innovation event at Google in London today, but stressed how remarkable it is that he has managed to stay connected to the event on his journey here via Twitter.
Vaizey praised the creative sector in the UK, which contributes around 5% of jobs and leads the way with UK exports, to which it contributes about 9%. The creative economy is growing three times faster than the UK economy as a whole, and thanks to a range of specialist organisations such as Innovate UK, the Arts Council, the British Film Institute and UKTI, Vaizey believes the government has fostered a climate in the UK where people can invest and grow this sector. In fact, the three largest movie franchises, Bond, Harry Potter and Star Wars, are UK exports.
However, rather than resting on its laurels, Vaizey's department is keen to extend the support available to the creative sector. Next month will see the publication of a new digital strategy to support culture in the UK, art and design and music have been kept in the curriculum until 14, and arts GCSEs are being reformed to encourage creativity from early on.
In addition, Vaizey claimed to be "acutely aware" of the need for financial support for the creative industries, referencing the tax credits given to the film industry. Tax relief is also being extended to the games industry, theatres and orchestras. There is also the Enterprise Investment Scheme to help creative start-ups get financed.
Speaking about the technology sector in the UK, the minister praised the Tech City programme, which he conceded he had been initially sceptical of. The government has also established Tech North in Manchester, as well as other tech hubs around the country, which provide support to the fastest growing tech companies and an online business course. Elsewhere in the UK there are also video games and media hubs.
Fast-moving SMEs are important to the growth of the UK economy. Following on from a government promise to allocate £1 in every £3 of government procurement spend to SMEs, Vaizey said the uptake of SME spend has been good so far, and that big business teaming up with disruptive start-ups can bring significant innovation to the sector.


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7 thoughts on "My Favorite Songwriter Who Isn't Bob Dylan"
Cohen in Zurich last year was utterly brilliant. (Are you familiar with the wonderful Iowa songwriter Greg Brown?)
I do like Greg Brown. I used to hear him play in a little pub near the U of I campus in the late seventies. By the way, that clip you posted of Richard Thompson playing "1952 Vincent" is wonderful. Thompson has brilliantly carried the Anglo-Celtic ballad tradition forward, as has Dylan, who added blues.
How miserably different my life would be without Dylan, Cohen, and Lou Reed. Eww, I hate to think of it.
LC is one of my gods.
Greg Brown also does "1952 Vincent Black Lightning" sometimes (and lots of Dylan, too).
I was amazed by how simple Thompson's playing seemed on that video! Simple in the sense of not complicated, not simple in the sense of easy to do!
Andrew, that's the thing about real masters — they know how to do simple. I just came from the first day of an intro to poetry class where we read and worked through Jarrell's "The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner." A simple little poem.
Terrific taste in music…you must love Warren Zevon as well, it is hoped…
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In regulations that became effective December 30, 2012, California employers received additional guidance on how to handle leaves of absence for employees disabled by pregnancy, childbirth, or a related medical condition. This guidance comes in the form of amended pregnancy disability leave (PDL) regulations applicable to all California employers that employ five or more employees. According to the newly formed Fair Employment and Housing Council, these amended regulations are necessary to, among other things:
While the regulations do provide additional clarity and guidance on notice and related obligations,3 the new regulations also appear to create conflicts with existing law. These conflicts are likely to create even more confusion for employers who may already struggle with leaves of absence and disability accommodation issues.
Disabling Conditions Considered to Be a "Pregnancy, Childbirth or a Related Medical Condition"
The new regulations expand the circumstances under which a woman may be viewed as "disabled by pregnancy." In essence, the regulations now list as "disabilities" that may require employers to provide leave, a job transfer, or reasonable accommodation certain medical conditions related to pregnancy, that could be temporary in nature. These conditions include: severe morning sickness; gestational diabetes; pregnancy-induced hypertension; preeclampsia; and post-partum depression. The new regulations also clarify that a woman may be disabled by pregnancy if she needs time off for: prenatal or postnatal care; bed rest; childbirth; loss or end of pregnancy; or recovery from childbirth or loss or end of pregnancy.4
At first glance, the list of potentially per se disabling conditions may not appear to expand employee rights. However, employers should be aware that the inclusion of post-partum depression and loss or end of pregnancy may expand the circumstances under which leave, a job transfer, or other reasonable accommodation must be provided. For example, an employee who may end her pregnancy may be eligible for time off for the procedure, as well as for time off to recover, or a transfer or other reasonable accommodation while she recovers. Likewise, if an employee suffers post-partum depression after delivering a child or due to the loss or end of a pregnancy, she may need leave or may request a job transfer or other reasonable accommodation while she copes with the depression. Based on the expansion of circumstances that may be considered pregnancy-related disabilities and related medical conditions, employers must keep in mind that such less-common conditions may entitle the employee to leave, a job transfer, or reasonable accommodation.
Moreover, employers should be aware that the regulations include lactation as a potentially disabling "related medical condition." The regulations recognize that lactation without medical complications is generally not "disabling" and would not necessarily require a leave of absence. Nevertheless, they also state that lactation may require a job transfer or other reasonable accommodation. In discussing lactation, the regulations reference California Labor Code sections 1030 et seq. These Labor Code sections require that an employer provide employees with a reasonable amount of break time to express breast milk for the employee's infant child. They also provide employers with the ability to deny this break time if it would seriously disrupt the employer's operations. However, as discussed in more detail below, the new regulations do not permit an employer to deny requests for a job transfer or reasonable accommodation based on an "undue hardship" defense. As such, the reference to the Labor Code section providing an undue hardship defense to lactation break time appears to create a conflict between lactation-related accommodation requests and requests for other pregnancy-related accommodations.
Reasonable Accommodation and the "Interactive Process"
The new regulations repeatedly refer to the concept of "reasonable accommodation," which is by now a familiar concept to employers who must comply with federal and state law requiring reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with a physical or mental disability. However, employers that have established interactive process procedures for dealing with physical or mental disabilities should not be lulled into a false sense of security. Specifically, the new regulations impose a virtually unconditional duty to provide an accommodation to a pregnant employee, so long as her health care provider5 characterizes the accommodation as "medically advisable." This "medically advisable" standard is different from the "medically necessary" standard utilized in accommodating other physical or mental disabilities and also in the family and medical leave context.
Whether an accommodation is reasonable depends on each situation's facts and how those play out when looking at "the totality of the circumstances." Factors that may be considered include, but are not necessarily limited to, the employee's medical needs, the duration of the requested accommodation, the employer's past and current practices, and other factors.
While the regulations refer to an "interactive process," the regulations themselves do not actually provide for the back and forth process used to discuss alternative accommodations. None of the regulations appear to take into account the employer's business realities or require the employee to interact with the employer to select an accommodation that meets everyone's needs. Unlike existing disability law that allows an employer to argue that a particular accommodation is unreasonable or that it creates an undue hardship, the new pregnancy disability regulations do not provide for any undue hardship defense that would allow an employer to reject a requested accommodation.
The regulations do not provide the employer with the ability to propose alternative accommodations or to choose among accommodations that may be effective. Likewise, the regulations do not offer the employer the option of obtaining a second opinion, as is available in the family and medical leave context. Under the new regulations, so long as the requested accommodation is "medically advisable" and reasonable, an employer must provide the accommodation. Thus, employers must understand that the accommodation process for pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions does not provide the same options or defenses that exist for other disabilities and in the family and medical leave context.
Length of Leave and Reinstatement Requirements
When addressing leave situations, California employers have historically measured family and medical leaves in weeks and pregnancy disability leaves in months or working days. The new regulations address these disparate terms by explaining that four months under the PDL law is equivalent to 17-1/3 weeks. Employers who have used 16 weeks as a rule of thumb for estimating or measuring the time an employee may have for pregnancy disability leave should be aware that 17-1/3, not 16, weeks is the magic number for measuring leave in weeks.
Similarly, employers should also note that the new regulations provide a means to address the amount of leave available in an intermittent or reduced schedule situation. Specifically, the regulations explain that an employee who normally works 40 hours per week will be eligible for a total of 693 hours of pregnancy disability leave. Someone who normally works more or fewer hours per week will receive a pro rata or proportional amount of leave. Moreover, if an employee's schedule varies from month to month, the employer should use the monthly average hours worked for the four months prior to the employee's leave to determine the total number of hours available for pregnancy disability leave.
As has always been the case, the regulations require an employer to reinstate an employee to the same position, or a comparable position if the employer can show the employee would not have been otherwise entitled to reinstatement to the same position. The new regulations, however, include two notable differences with regard to reinstatement. First, the regulations remove the employer's ability to deny reinstatement when the employer can show that preserving the job or duties for the employee would substantially undermine the employer's ability to operate the business safely and efficiently.
Second, the regulations impose job search obligations on the employer in situations where reinstatement may be denied to a comparable job. Under the regulations, if the employee cannot be returned to her original position, she must be given a comparable position for which she is qualified on her scheduled reinstatement date or within 60 calendar days of that scheduled reinstatement date. During this 60-calendar day period, the employer has an affirmative obligation to provide notice to the employee of available positions in person, by letter, telephone or email, or by links to postings on the employer's website if there is a section devoted to job openings. It will not be enough simply to give the employee the option of searching for comparable jobs; the employer will now have the obligation to notify the employee of potential comparable positions.
Benefits Continuation
California's pregnancy disability law was amended in 2011 to require an employer to continue an employee's group health coverage while the employee is on a pregnancy disability leave for up to four months. The amendment took effect on January 1, 2012,6 and the new regulations were intended to address this change in the law. While the new regulations do in fact include provisions to clarify the obligation to continue group health care coverage for the maximum duration of a pregnancy disability leave, the regulations go a step further and attempt to include a change in the law that is not supported by statute.
Specifically, the new regulations state that the time an employer maintains and pays for group health coverage during a pregnancy disability leave cannot be used to meet an employer's obligation to continue and pay for 12 weeks of group health coverage under the FMLA and the Moore-Brown Roberti Family Rights Act (aka the California Family Rights Act or CFRA). The regulations also state that: "This shall be true even where an employer designates pregnancy disability leave as family and medical leave under FMLA. The entitlements to employer-paid group health insurance coverage during pregnancy disability leave and during CFRA are two separate and distinct entitlements."7 The regulations effectively creates an obligation to continue group health coverage for up to a maximum of 7 months for a woman who takes both a PDL and leave protected by the FMLA or CFRA.
However, this newly approved regulation conflicts with the CFRA's existing statutory and regulatory language. Specifically, the CFRA states that an employer must only provide continued health care coverage for a maximum of 12 workweeks in a 12-month period regardless of whether the leave is a CFRA leave only or a FMLA/CFRA leave.8 Likewise, the CFRA regulations say the same thing.9 When interpreting the law, the U.S. Supreme Court has explained that courts must presume that the unambiguous language of a statute means what it says and that other interpretations should not be given to the law.10 Here, it appears clear from the face of the CFRA statute that an employer's obligation to continue group health care coverage under the CFRA was intended to be satisfied when an employer provides coverage when only FMLA applies, when only CFRA applies, or when FMLA and CFRA apply to a leave of absence. Thus, the new pregnancy disability regulation that would require an additional 12 weeks of continued group health care coverage under CFRA beyond the 4 months that might be covered by both the PDL law and FMLA appears to be in direct conflict with existing statutory law.
At present, there is no guidance on how such a conflict should be handled.11 If the Fair Employment and Housing Council does not address the inconsistency, employers who fall under not only the PDL law, but also under the FMLA and CFRA, will be forced to wait until an employee challenges an employer's benefits continuation policy and a court resolves the issue. In the meantime, employers must decide whether to follow: (a) the pregnancy disability leave statute and regulations (resulting in a maximum of four months plus 12 weeks of continued group health coverage, e.g., 29-1/3 weeks); or (b) the CFRA's statutory and regulatory requirements layered over the pregnancy disability statute and regulations (resulting in the maximum of 12 weeks under FMLA and/or CFRA benefits continuation running concurrently with the four months of pregnancy disability leave benefits coverage, e.g., 17-1/3 weeks).
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1 For more information on changes to the law that occurred in 2011, please see Helene Wasserman and Michelle Barrett, The Stork Has Landed: California Employers Must Maintain and Insurers Must Provide Pregnancy Benefits, Littler ASAP (Oct. 19, 2011).
2 California Fair Employment and Housing Council, Initial Statement of Reasons.
3 The new regulations provide new proposed notices for an employer to post in the workplace and/or include in its handbook, as well as a suggested medical certification form for an employer to use.
4 Likewise, the regulations also make clear that the protection for individuals "perceived" to fall within a protected category also extends to those who are perceived to be pregnant.
5 Health care providers who can now opine on the need for leave, transfer, or reasonable accommodation due to pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions include, among others, marriage and family therapists, acupuncturists, midwives, chiropractors, and clinical social workers.
6 Cal. Gov't Code § 12945(a)(2)(A).
7 Cal. Code Regs. tit. 2, § 7291.11(c)(2).
8 Cal. Gov't Code § 12945.2(f)(1).
9 Cal. Code Regs. tit. 2, § 7297.5(c)(2), (4).
10 Connecticut Nat'l Bank v. Germain, 503 U.S. 249, 254 (1992).
11 Interestingly, the proposed notices set forth as Notice A (for employers covered by only the PDL law) and Notice B (for employers covered by the PDL law, as well as the FMLA and CFRA) differ with regard to benefits continuation. Notice A explains benefits coverage will run for the duration of a pregnancy disability leave. Notice B mentions only that taking a family care or pregnancy disability leave may impact an employee's benefits and that employees should contact their employers.
Michelle Barrett, Co-Chair of Littler Mendelson's Leaves of Absence and Disability Accommodation Practice Group, is a Shareholder in the San Francisco office. If you would like further information, please contact your Littler attorney at 1.888.Littler, firstname.lastname@example.com, or Ms. Barrett at email@example.com.
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Since the O's 1st pick in the draft was #90, there wasn't any fanfare about their selections. But I was intrigued by their second pick (4th Round #138). He has a fastball that reaches 95mph with sink. He also has a sharp curveball and a good change up. he's a 2 sport athlete (basketball) and is compared to Jeff Samardzija at this same point in his career. He was at the Yard yesterday for his physical, and it looks like an agreed upon deal is in place, pending the results.
it has been suggested that he is an under the radar guy who is better than his slot in the draft. but that comment came from an in-house MASN person. I generally dismiss their glowing reviews right away.


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Antigua Guatemala
222 Kms from Cojutepeque
An ideal starter country, Guatemala is small enough to be easily navigable on a short trip. The Spanish spoken here is largely intelligible (unlike, say, Chile), it's cheap, and there's an awesome mix of sights and activities -- from partying in Panajachel to climbing volcanoes to wandering the ruins of one of the world's greatest ancient civilisations.
205 Kms from Cojutepeque
Antigua, once a colonial capital is rich in history, cultural and natural disasters. After a large earthquaked hit the capital the King of Spain moved the capital to Guatemala City. The town is surrounded by three active volcanoes. The last larger eruption came out of Volcano Fuego in September 2012. Most days you can see smoke coming out of this volcano. For those brave enough to go in for a closer look, tourist offices can arrange day hikes up the volcanoes.
A walk through the city displays historical colonial monuments, vibrant markets and street vendors, a diverse mix of Catholic churches (both modern and from the Spanish colonial era), and a an array of restaurants catering to locals and foreigners. Of course with this boom in tourism here, prices are more expensive in Antigua than the rest of Guatemala.
For those wanting to stay longer there are many options including volunteering, working at chocolate or coffee farms, dance classes, Spanish language centers, and cooking courses.
279 Kms from Cojutepeque
The weekend markets here may be derided as touristy, but they're also a fun and accessible spot full of local colour. Hone your bargaining skills while you wander the lanes checking out carved wooden masks, colourful textiles, and everything else under the sun.


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This is a real analog. Dont be confused by it's size. This thing knocks the pants of the Roland JP-8000 and Korg MS-2000 and all the rest of those modern keyboards that sound "analogish".. I guess they're good noise makers but um... well this is a real analog monosynth that you can fit in your backpack.... I would easily pay as much as i paid for it again if i found it. I might pay more depending. Can't wait until i have a breath controler (BC-1). I deeply thank Yamaha for making this synthesizer. It seems to have very solid construction (thought i wouldn't feed it a glass of orange juice or introduce it to the floor at 32feet per second)
The Yamaha build quality is fantastic. It feels substancial, despite it's size and the keyboard is excellent. The controls are precise and easy to set. You can do from a good lead to a good bass sound in under 15 seconds.
For serious sounds, I've stuck it through a proper amp and a decent guitar effects processor (EQ + chorus + delay). It beefs up well enough to compare favourably with both a Moog Prodigy and an SH101. It has enough of it's own merits to be considered on a par with these classics.
12db filter & on/off resonance are a limitation. (fixed in the MkII?!). The pitch bend is also not very useable. However, these are more than offset by the size and build quality.
I paid UKP 50 for mine. Bargain of the century. A fantastically practical instrument. It's the size that makes it so unique. So good that I'm looking for a breath controller.


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A government sting operation targeting hundreds of employers across Britain has uncovered widespread racial discrimination against workers with African and Asian names.
Researchers sent nearly 3,000 job applications under false identities in an attempt to discover if employers were discriminating against jobseekers with foreign names. Using names recognisably from three different communities – Nazia Mahmood, Mariam Namagembe and Alison Taylor – false identities were created with similar experience and qualifications. Every false applicant had British education and work histories.
They found that an applicant who appeared to be white would send nine applications before receiving a positive response of either an invitation to an interview or an encouraging telephone call. Minority candidates with the same qualifications and experience had to send 16 applications before receiving a similar response.
The alarming results have prompted Jim Knight, the employment minister, to consider barring companies that have been found to have discriminated against employees from applying for government contracts.
"We suspected there was a problem. This uncovers the shocking scale of it," he said. "Candidates with an Asian or African name face real discrimination and this has exposed the fact that companies are missing out on real talent."
Researchers from the National Centre for Social Research, commissioned by the Department for Work and Pension (DWP), sent three different applications for 987 actual vacancies between November 2008 and May 2009. Nine occupations were chosen, ranging from highly qualified positions such as accountants and IT technicians to less well-paid positions such as care workers and sales assistants.
All the job vacancies were in the private, public and voluntary sectors and were based in Birmingham, Bradford, Bristol, Glasgow, Leeds, London and Manchester. The report, to be released tomorrow, concludes that there was no plausible explanation for the difference in treatment found between white British and ethnic minority applicants other than racial discrimination.
It also finds that public sector employers were less likely to have discriminated on the grounds of race than those in the private sector.
One reason for this discrepancy, according to the conclusion, is the use of standard application forms in the public sector which hide or disguise the ethnicity of an applicant. The research is also understood to have found that larger employers were less likely to discriminate than small employers.
Researchers have refused to release the names of the guilty employers, but it is expected that they will be contacted to let them know they had been targeted.
The report has been welcomed by senior race advisers as evidence of discrimination in the job market. Iqbal Wahhab, chair of the Ethnic Minority Advisory Group, which proposes policy changes for the government on race and employment, said: "The evidence of the DWP report is unquestionable – we live in a society where racial discrimination systematically occurs and currently goes in the main unchallenged." Wahhab, an entrepreneur, said that the employers should not be "named and shamed" but persuaded to change.
"The employers who fell foul of the DWP CV test are not bigots – they are business people. I don't suggest we slap injunctions on them and probably not even name and shame them, but instead we should help them understand that their current practices mean they are not fit to supply big customers like government departments," he said.
The findings echo the experience of black and Asian jobseekers contacted this weekend. James Nkwacha, 28, a physics graduate whose family are from Nigeria, said he has applied for 60 jobs this year but had only two replies. "The jobs are within my range. I am qualified for them. But for some reason I have been overlooked," he said.
Navdeep Sethia, 24, an unemployed architecture graduate from Chalk Farm, central London, has submitted more than 400 job applications, but has only heard back from 40 employers and has had fewer than 20 interviews.
"I personally feel that my foreign-sounding name makes a lot of difference. I am sure employers think of Southall when they see my name and that is enough for them to put my application aside," he said.
Peter Luff, the Conservative chairman of the Commons business, innovation and skills select committee, praised the survey as a worthwhile exercise – as long as the companies that have been targeted were not exposed to public ridicule.
"The conclusions are indeed deeply disturbing and indicate the probability of significant discrimination which will have to be analysed closely once the full report is released this week," he said. "I think this was a good exercise by the government, and on balance was worth the money."
Abigail Morris, employment policy adviser to the British Chambers of Commerce, said the research was flawed. "There are limitations to the results. The researchers only used nine occupations, and I am not sure that the number of replies they received is a representative sample. We are concerned that the results will be interpreted to say that most employers are racist, whereas they prove no such thing."
Morris also questioned whether the government should be involved in using a "sting operation" to uncover racism in the middle of a recession and whether it was worth the money. "Business is struggling with the worst recession for a generation. Is this really the time to be wasting government resources and the time of hard-pressed companies with fake CVs?" she asked.
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Quote: I would venture a guess it is another reason for holding free sparring to blue belt, so they have more of an arsenal to draw from.
Quote: Quote: I would venture a guess it is another reason for holding free sparring to blue belt, so they have more of an arsenal to draw from. Is this only at international competitions, because at most of the local tournaments I have been to, there have even been yellow belt divisions for sparring. Personally I have no problem with this, although I think most people prefer to be at least green belt before they think about competing.
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text: An Optical Illusion Has Been Tricking Everyone About the Size of Saturn's Rings for CenturiesRia Misra2/02/16 5:35pmFiled to: spacesaturnoptical illusionspace historysaturn's ringsplanetary ringssaturn rings8320EditPromoteShare to KinjaToggle Conversation toolsGo to permalinkLook at this picture of Saturn. Can you see the biggest ring? Are you sure?AdvertisementSaturn's rings have always had something of an air of mystery—but astronomers had at least been fairly confident in their observations of those rings and their relative size. The brightest and most opaque sections were assumed to be the largest, while the parts that were dimmer and more transparent were assumed to be sparser. Then researchers figured out how to weigh those rings, and found something surprising. It's not as simple as stacking everything on a scale. Rather, researchers had to come up with a formula to get measurements of spiral density waves taken by NASA's Cassini mission from inside of the ring, to get a series of weights. Then they compared the heavier-looking portions of the rings with the lighter ones. They found that, although parts of the rings certainly looked less transparent and considerably brighter than their surroundings, their weight was more or less the same throughout.What's going on here? Although researchers are fairly comfortable pointing to the fact that it is an illusion, the cause of it remains unclear. What is much clearer is that it's not just about ring size, it's also about age. The estimates of the age of Saturn's rings have been based in a large part on their size. Now those may have to be revised, perhaps by quite a lot. AdvertisementWhen all the interplanetary dust has settled, NASA estimates that the age estimate could drop from somewhere in the billions to closer to a relatively youthful couple hundred million years.Follow the author @misra.Top image: A downward view of Saturn's rings / NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute/G. Ugarkovic; Middle image: Detailed cross-section of Saturn's rings / NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute


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Wow Grandma – haven't you grown!
If you go down to Liverpool today, you're be sure of a big surprise. At 7.5m high, Grandma is one of three giants who are to spend the weekend roaming the city's streets.
Giants… in Liverpool?
Grandma is a puppet who needs 26 people to move her. She, and her two companions Little Girl and Xolo, come in peace. They're in town to tell the story of Liverpudlian soldiers who lost their lives during the First World War.
What's she got planned?
After waking up from a rather undignified slumber in St George's Hall, during which 20,000 visitors came for a gawp, Grandma went for a stroll along the waterfront before hot-footing it to Newsham Park. Today, the giants will head back into the city centre to see the sights.
Who's pulling the strings?
The show is put on by French theatre company Royal de Luxe. Taking the spectacle to destinations as far-flung as the Chilean capital Santiago and remote Chinese provinces, director Jean-Luc Courcoult claims to have created "a race of sleeping giants, who can come to life at any time, anywhere".
Have they been seen here before?
Yes. The show came to town in 2012 to commemorate the centenary of the sinking of the Titanic. It was the city's most successful event ever, bringing £12m to the local economy.
What's the story this time?
The details are under close wraps. But Royal de Luxe has revealed that the puppets have come to Liverpool to tell the story of the King's Regiment, which was made up of local men, many of whom perished during the First World War. The story will culminate on Sunday with the three giants sailing away up the River Mersey. Surely, a sight to behold.


text: Here's How Nitrous WorksKristen Lee9/16/16 3:24pmFiled to: NitrousNOSScience15212EditPromoteShare to KinjaToggle Conversation toolsGo to permalink GIF Some of my favorite bad and dumb movies are the Fast and Furious films. They don't take themselves too seriously, and the plots are so easy to follow that you don't really even need to know how to speak English to enjoy them. Fast and Furious also introduced me to nitrous oxide, or NOS (though that's technically a brand owned by Holley). I didn't know how that worked. But then I learned and now I'm showing you. Advertisement The recipe for almost any combustion reaction includes fuel and oxygen, the latter of which your engine gets from air. But air isn't very oxygen-dense (it's 78 percent nitrogen), meaning much of the engine's intake charge is basically wasted space. That's where nitrous comes in.In an internal combustion engine like the one in your car, a combination of fuel and air is ignited at high temperatures by either a spark (in the case of a gas engine) or by compression (in the case of a diesel engine). The expansion of gases from combustion drives the piston down (the power stroke) and drives the crankshaft, which eventually sends power to the wheels through a set of clutches, gear sets and shafts. Advertisement Or just a set of belts and wizardry, if you drive a car with a CVT. Image Credit: YouTube Nitrous oxide, or N2O, is made up of two nitrogen atoms and one oxygen atom. When heated to around 570 degrees Fahrenheit (gas heats up during compression and, of course, combustion), the chemical bonds holding the oxygen to the nitrogen will break, thus increasing the amount of oxygen present in the combustion chamber. With more oxygen available, you also need to inject more fuel to keep the air-to-fuel ratio optimal, which yields a more powerful explosion, which means more torque to the wheels and thus faster acceleration times. Yay!In a way, it works a lot like a turbocharger – cram as much oxygen into the cylinder so you can stuff in more fuel for a more powerful explosion. Except instead of compressing the intake charge, nitrous changes its chemical composition. Sponsored But if oxygen is what is needed for combustion, why inject any other gas? Well, nitrous oxide is preferred over regular compressed oxygen because it packages well. Nitrous can be liquefied easily if it's pressurized, while liquefying oxygen requires freezing it down to some ungodly temperature, hence why oxygen tends to be transported in compressed gas form. But N20 in dense liquid form takes up much less room and yields more oxygen per unit volume than compressed gaseous O2.Plus it's safer. Not inadvertently exploding yourself is always a plus. Advertisement Nitrous for a car is stored in a canister under pressure to keep it in a liquid state. Once it's released into the motor, it comes out as a really cold gas. How much gas you use is controlled by jets in the nozzle of the container, which then affects the horsepower level. Image Credit: YouTube Moderating the amount of nitrous that goes into your engine is also important because you can't keep a constant supply of the gas flowing. An engine uses a shit-ton of oxygen, so you wouldn't want it to run on full tilt or you'd run out in no time.On top of that, because nitrous comes out as such a cold gas, it also cools the intake air, which increases the density and gives the engine more oxygen. Nitrous can also actually suppress the risk of early detonation because of how cold it can make things. Advertisement A nitrous system relies on the existing airflow into the engine to pull the gas into the intake manifold and into the cylinders. You want to be at full throttle when you use it because this lets the engine computer add more fuel so the air-to-fuel ratio stays ideal. Don't want to be running lean, now.So if you've got a manual, you have to make sure not to activate the nitrous when you take your foot off the gas to shift. If you do that, you're risking an engine backfire. Generally, the best results occur when you apply nitrous early on off the line, because you get such a huge surge of torque. Image Credit: YouTube There are a couple types of nitrous systems: dry systems and wet systems. Dry systems are where only nitrous is injected. These have to be used with electronic fuel injection because they use oxygen sensors in the exhaust to balance out the increased amount of oxygen in the cylinders with more fuel. Wet systems inject nitrous and fuel simultaneously, which keeps the ratio of air and fuel in check always. Advertisement Advertisement This video is a good explainer:Nitrous is a relatively inexpensive way to add horsepower quickly. The systems and kits I looked at on the Holley site were mostly under $1,000. But you should also keep in mind that nitrous shines brightest when used in bursts. So it would make the most sense if you use your NOS in drag races and in quarter-mile runs.And a nitrous kit supplies a lot of what you need apply nitrous to your car, though we should note it doesn't exactly make everything a plug-and-play operation. It includes: Advertisement The nitrous bottle, nitrous lines, nitrous solenoids, fogger nozzle and associated wiring. The bottle is normally mounted in the trunk and stainless steel braided lines are run into the engine compartment. They are connected to the solenoids that operate like an electric valve to turn the nitrous flow on and off. Then the solenoids are connected to the fogger nozzle on the intake manifold where the nitrous is actually injected into the motor.But you can't just plug it all up and expect it work flawlessly, as you've also got to make changes to ignition timing. Advertisement The air charge in the engine becomes very oxygen dense, which can cause the combustion in the cylinder to occur too early. It means that instead of combusting while the cylinder is at the top of its travel—like it's supposed to—the combustion happens before that and will push the piston down before it reaches the top. This is bad.Preventing this involves retarding the ignition timing. Luckily, some nitrous kits come with software that will adjust timing. Motor Trend's David Freiburger has a good video explaining it. Each engine responds to the extra power differently. Before you install a nitrous kit (correctly and carefully, I might add), you also need to make sure that your existing hardware can handle the extra power. There will be extra heat and force in the pistons that the stock engine, drivetrain and cooling system might not have been engineered to handle. Advertisement That's when shit goes boom. Let's avoid that.Boom Is No GoodHere's How Much Nitrous You Can Spray Into A Small-Block Engine Before It Blows Up Here's How To Install Nitrous Boost Step By StepWatch A Nitrous-Equipped Mustang Explode In A Street RaceKristen email@example.com@KristenLeeWriter at Jalopnik and consumer of many noodles.Reply152 repliesLeave a reply


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Review: Samsung Juke
Being a music-focused phone, you'd expect the Juke to totally kick butt in this department. In terms of sound quality, the Juke does an incredible job. Only the Juke's awkward user interface prevents it from being once of the best music phones around.
First comes loading music. Using the included cable, you can plug the Juke directly into your PC's USB port and drag and drop music files directly into the Juke's music folder. Because it has 2GB of internal memory, these means you can add a fairly generous number of songs. This part of the process was easy. There is no removable storage, so this is the only way to get music onto the phone. You can also choose to use Verizon's media manager program, but drag-and-drop is much more intuitive.
Unlike just about every other feature of the phone, the Juke has to be closed to access the music player. Even though you can access the music player through the main menu, all it does is ask you to close the phone before moving forward. With the phone closed, pressing and holding the center of the spin wheel / D-pad launches the music player. The phone has to be held sideways with the spin wheel on the right to use the music player interface. There are some serious hiccups with the Juke's music player. The first is that you have to use the spin wheel as a spin wheel to access the features. If you try to use it as a D-pad and press it, you'll likely close the application or choose something you didn't intend.
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The main music menu has the expected set of selections from which to choose, including All, Playlists, Artists, Genres, Albums. You cannot adjust any of the player's settings from here, though. You have to launch a song first. Only then can you get into the options menu and make alterations to the way the music player appears or sounds.
With music playing, you get a screen that displays album art, the song title, artist name and progress bar with time remaining and so on. To the right of that is a short menu. Pressing up on the D-pad takes you back out to the music selection menu. Hitting the center of the D-pad plays/pauses the song. Hitting the D-pad left or right will go back to the previous track or play the next track. Hitting the D-pad down will bring up the options menu.
The options menu is fairly generous. You can choose from five different play modes (normal, shuffle, repeat, etc.); add the current track to a playlist; change skins; adjust the equalizer; and check on song and memory information. The equalizer is very good. There are 15 preset equalizers. All of them make noticeable adjustments to the sound. Using these presets, it was easy to find a sound that was suitable to your tastes. If you are super picky, there is an eight-band user adjustable equalizer. Eight fully adjustable bands is the most we've seen on a phone.
Once you've made all the adjustments, you can enjoy your tunes. Aside from the clunkiness of the user interface, the sound quality through the included headphones was quite good. The sound was rich and full and made you think you were listening to a much better music player than one included in a phone. The good sound processors of the Juke prove that is is a music player first, and a phone second.


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"Arrow" has cast Nicholas Lea ("The X-Files") to guest-star in at least two upcoming episodes of Season 2.
Lea will play a character named Mark Francis, according to TVLine. A close associate of Walter Steele (Colin Salmon), Francis will play a major role in the life of Moira Queen (Susanna Thompson) after her murder trial ends. The actor is currently scheduled to appear in episodes 12 and 13, both of which are likely to air in the winter of 2014.
Will Moira soon be dating one of her ex-husband's friends? That would be rather awkward, although not entirely out of character.
Although best known for playing "X-Files" nemesis Krycek, Nicholas Lea has also appeared on "Supernatural," "Continuum," "The Killing" and more.
"Arrow" airs Wednesdays at 8 p.m. on The CW.


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We live in an increasingly prosperous world, yet the estimated number of undernourished people has risen, and will continue to rise with the doubling of food prices. A large majority of those affected are living in India. Why have strategies to combat hunger, especially in India, failed so badly? How did a nation that prides itself on booming economic growth come to have half of its preschool population undernourished? Using the case study of a World Bank nutrition project in India, this book takes on these questions and probes the issues surrounding development assistance, strategies to elimi ... More
Keywords: undernutrition, India, World Bank, aid, development, Tamil Nadu, hunger, South Asia
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There was a time when I could make a dress for myself off a pattern and it would mostly fit. Admittedly I would have to chop 6 inches off the bottom due to my limited height, but mostly I was of extremely average proportions.
Those days have gone.
My front has expanded, my back, above the waist, has not. Ergo I am a 16 in the front and a 14 in the back. And do I have a charming, helpful offspring to help me pin myself into an ill fitting pattern?
No I do NOT.
I have a cantankerous little cow who is far too obsessed with her own search for a job, and the high life, to give her mother more than five minutes, with the worst grace in the world, to pin up the back zip opening.
It is time to invest in a dressmaker's dummy. But where will it live? These things take up space!
But wait! I have an idea. There is always THIS room!!!!!!
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10 Destinations Cheaper to See by Cruise Than on Land
by Heidi Sarna | February 19, 2016Cruising is a convenient and carefree way to travel, and it's also often a cheaper option than traveling overland and staying in hotels. This is especially true in expensive cities like Tokyo and New York City, as well as for areas where you need to fly between islands such as Hawaii.
And not only do cruise fares cover getting you from point A to points B, C, and D, they also often include extras that help you immerse yourself in the destination such as lectures and live music from local musicians, plus money-savers like transfers to main sights. Here are 10 amazing places that are less expensive to see by cruise ship than land.
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Ron Wallach (Deleted) said (18 Feb 2011):
Love the photo Katherine. I think I'd get rid of the distraction in the lower left corner and deepen the blacks a little. Just a suggestion.
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Lovely, pristine