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Striking Fast Food Workers: "Power concedes nothing without a demand"
Original post made by Mike Cherry, Another Pleasanton neighborhood, on Aug 29, 2013
I refer to the biggest fast food strike yet—a title that's been set and eclipsed repeatedly in the past year—which is sweeping across the country today, with workers in 60 cities reported by organizers to have walked out of their fast food (and, in some cases, retail) jobs. The workers are calling for a living wage of $15 an hour and for the right to form a union without intimidation or retaliation in the form of reduced hours, inconvenient job assignments, and the loss of a job (firings).
In every strike, workers cite a simple fact: They cannot live on the $7.25 or $8 they are paid, especially with unpredictable part-time schedules that make their paychecks vary wildly from week to week, especially when they have children to care for or tuition to pay. But they also have stories of gratuitous mistreatment, from being forced to work off the clock to insults to injuries on the job without proper care.
Workers are striking in Indianapolis, Los Angeles, Denver, Peoria, St. Louis, and dozens of other cities. In Chicago, Trish Kahle writes:
I'm striking as a step forward. I'm striking because power concedes nothing without a demand. I'm striking because I have a dream. I'm striking because another world is not only possible, but worth fighting for. I'm striking because the only way to see a different future is to stand up, and gaze over the walls of what people say can't be done. I believe we can win, and that as we stand here, on the shoulders of giants and masses, we can see a better world in embryo, nestled among a hundred workers wearing red shirts and singing, "Power to the union, power to the workers!"
Speaking of dreams, and to those who say that $15 an hour is too much to ask for: One of the demands of the 1963 March on Washington was a $2 minimum wage. In today's dollars, that's as much as $15.27 (or as "little" as $13.39). These workers are paying rent, supporting families, trying to get by and make lives for themselves, and in this system now and on the wages it allows hugely profitable corporations to pay, it is simply impossible.
Comments (26)
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Aug 29, 2013 at 8:29 pm
Lol, truth to power.....that's good stuff there, mike. You go ge the man...male sure no ones able to gain an entry level position ever again. While you're at it, explain how fast food work is now considered a 'career'. Boy, you can't make this stuff up....
a resident of Birdland
on Aug 29, 2013 at 9:18 pm
If you want a living wage, get a real job/career. Fast food restaurants are a training ground on job responsibility. If wages go up, expect those jobs to be automated, a loss of entry level jobs.
a resident of Valley Trails
on Aug 29, 2013 at 9:29 pm
The average food workers age is 28 yrs old dude. Maybe 40 years ago they were a training ground, but not now. People are supporting there families with there fast food wages. Theyre going to automate any way. Lets talk about right now and giving people a wage to live on. What you got against fast food servers dude. Sounds like you don't want them making a living. That's sick dude.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Aug 29, 2013 at 9:41 pm
I confess that I don't understand the argument here. On one hand you have workers that are pressing for higher wages. On the other hand, those same workers are in the least expensive food establishments in the nation. And in the middle, you have the American consumer, who is demanding low-priced, convenient, fast food. It's the consumer that is driving the cost of the items, and therefore the amount of wages that can be paid.
Are the workers trying to raise the price of the product they're preparing, and thus put themselves and the firms they work for out of business? Doesn't appear that they have thought this one through.
a resident of Downtown
on Aug 30, 2013 at 7:16 am
Camillo, dude, you got this figured out, man. But what do you think they should make? $50,000 a year won't allow you to buy a house in the Bay Area. I'm thinking they should be making close to $100,000 in order to support there families. Hey, wait a minute dude, do you think a 16 year old will get hired for that kind of money when they could hire someone with experience?? Oh, nice try, but it appears the mean people might be correct. Well, whatever dude, can you super size that for me?
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Aug 30, 2013 at 9:17 am
These poor, unskilled workers shouldn't have to learn skills in a higher paying trade or educate themselves to obtain a career that pays what they think they deserve. No, they should have th govt dictate what they can do and for how much. Further, the govt must put price controls in place so businesses can't pass the cost on to consumers. And then, we should give them all food stamps, welfare and obamaphones, along with plat panel TV's, new cars and all the free healthcare they can use to overcome their bad habits. What a country! Let's bring the whole family from the old country....
a resident of Birdland
on Aug 30, 2013 at 9:49 am
These jobs are absolutely skill-less. If you want to support a family you should get a skill. People are not entitled to earn a specific living. You need to work on it. I guess we are living in the entitlement-generation. I was taught by my parents that if you do not want to flip burgers all your live and make almost nothing, you need to educate yourself and get some marketable skills. Looks like there are some out there now that think flipping burgers is a career and a skill. Go to a junior college or a trade school, or even educate yourself online. You have to make the initiative. It is not the responsibility of others.
a resident of Valley Trails
on Aug 30, 2013 at 12:38 pm
Theres some real messed up people here. Plenty of fast food workers have college degrees. Do you? your ever worked before Dude? Fast food people make the food. we cook it. we serve it to customer's. Who says we have to make minimum wage when we do all the work? We want whats do to us dude. but you know what dude? You can cry all you want. You can make up your phoney lies. You don't pay my wages. You don't count.
a resident of Vintage Hills
on Aug 30, 2013 at 1:04 pm
Kathleen Ruegsegger is a registered user.
Actually, anyone who buys fast food is paying the wages of those employees. There is a correlation between what your responsibilities/skills are and what you can earn. Fast food is not rocket science. I'd have to see data that indicates $15 is a fair wage for what is being done. But I will agree with others who have said flipping burgers is not something you choose as a career, unless it is part of a program where you advance into supervising and management.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Aug 30, 2013 at 1:12 pm
camillo/mikie---if you want what is due to you, it is the minimum wage and nothing more. You want more, get a better job, maybe with your excellent writing skills. You are right, I won't pay your wages, since I'm not buying fast food any longer. Or, you can keep flipping burgers instead of flipping the bird blaiming everyone else for your lack of success.
a resident of Downtown
on Aug 30, 2013 at 5:33 pm
the real economic wage of a fast food employee is less the current minimum wage. the learning curve for any position there is approximately 3 hours and that's being generous.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Aug 30, 2013 at 5:51 pm
If your qualification is flipping burgers and you want to get paid a lot more, wait for the BART strike and apply to be trained as a train operator. That is probably an easier job than flipping burgers anyway.
a resident of Valley Trails
on Aug 30, 2013 at 7:38 pm
I worked two split shifts today. 12 hours. On my feet. You people cant do that. do any of you speak 3 languages/ My boss decides how much to pay me you don't dude. He can pay me 10 an hour or 15 an hour. That's his decision. You people are seriously messed up. Who says thare's a correlation between wages and skill? No info will change you're thinking because your twisted and evil. You had bad parents. seriously. What is wrong with you/?
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Aug 30, 2013 at 8:25 pm
Somebody, somewhere along the line, Camillo, seriously missed the boat with these folks. Likely parenting. You're right. They are messed up. Welcome to the PW clown club where people with bartending and secretarial 'skills' think they deserve to make more than you ... because they were fortunate enough to enjoy some higher education which they then turn upon those who haven't been afforded that advantage. Rousseau called this one of the vilest of human traits. Yes, they are among the vile ones.
Let me quote myself: "One of the demands of the 1963 March on Washington was a $2 minimum wage. In today's dollars, that's as much as $15.27 (or as "little" as $13.39). These workers are paying rent, supporting families, trying to get by and make lives for themselves, and in this system now and on the wages it allows hugely profitable corporations to pay, it is simply impossible."
Let's start with Kath R. "Actually" she begins... and then proceeds to ladle up a bucket of ideological, nonsensical slop. Fast food workers (16 year-olds) were making minimum wage of less than 2.00 back in the sixties. Why haven't workers' wages increased with the times? Kath R of the clown club wants you to believe it's because of the consumer. She claims SHE pays your wage, Camillo. That qualifies as the dumbest thing said on these posts for quite some time.
Workers continue to get 2.00 an hour whether owners make 90 times or 900 times the profit on those unhealthy burgers. What Kath doesn't admit (and won't, because she hates you) is that 2.00 per hour only becomes 10.00 per hour if workers agitate for the higher wage. As one fast food worker so eloquently put it: "Power concedes nothing without a demand."
Oh, the companies will automate -- what? assuming they won't if they don't have the chance already? Mobilized, organized workers are not behind increased automation: the quest for profit is behind it, and usually at the expense of exploited workers.
Oh, raise the minimum wage and the price of a 3/4-pounder will automatically go up. Not so. It is owners/managers' choice whether they can live within existing profit margins. Fact is, over the years, owners have found that fast food is an extraordinarily profitable enterprise. It can be more profitable, or less profitable, depending on how greedy are the owners. The ignorant ones will insist that higher burger prices are the result of workers' wages; they'll never admit the reality that those higher prices are inextricably bound up with profits, profits, profits, and workers can go take a hike.
Camillo, I applaud your determination to better your life through organization with your fellow workers. Your skill level with three languages I'm sure triples what these pompous, vile, haters can claim for themselves. And I believe you when you say most of the posters here couldn't do what you do, as you do it, day in and day out. Secretaries, bartenders, what a joke they are. The educated ones! You have over them in so many ways, Camillo. All best to you and yours.
Viva America's Fast-Food Workers! Viva Freedom for America's Laborers! Viva Economic Justice For All!
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Aug 30, 2013 at 8:45 pm
This is very entertaining, watching you two morons pontificate about what great contributions you are making to society and how the rest of us that pay your way are 'messed up'. Obama is handing our free money for college for linguistically limited knuckle draggers such as you two. I suggest you take him up on his generosity with money from contributors such as taxpayers like me. No need to thank me.....he confiscated the funds.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Aug 30, 2013 at 9:12 pm
And that, ladies and gentleman, is about the best these clowns have to offer. Nice contribution, Troll.
The Troll seems to think working your butt off twelve hours a day in order to support a family is somehow bound up with taking "free money" from the government. Too much hatred, too much venom. The troll can't seem to grasp the idea of someone working hard and long hours and getting paid a reasonable wage in turn.
Fact is, minimum wage increases only after unionized labor and other labor groups push for it. Nobody gives workers anything. The real tragedy here is that dimwits like Troll and Kath R wallow in the ignorance that owners depend on in order to sustain the enduring equation of high profits and low wages. In their remarks, moreover, the core of their character oozes out. Is their comic book ideology one that attracts all that is vile within a human being? Or is it that their ideology enables them to rationalize their hollowness as human beings?
Re-read Troll and the other monikers he posts with. Re-read KR's cardboard cut-out remarks. "Actually...." Would you want to get to know these people on a personal level? Didn't think so. Ah, but the American public is increasingly learning more about these types, what personality flaws exist at the core of their being, and how we must raise our children to be a different, better type of soul.
Viva Progress! Viva Freedom! Viva Freedom and Equality for ALL Workers, Everywhere!
a resident of Vintage Hills
on Aug 30, 2013 at 9:29 pm
Kathleen Ruegsegger is a registered user.
Go to school; earn a promotion; do anything OTHER than whine that life is treating you unfairly. Saying, "Do you want fries with that," is not a career. Hopefully its's a step toward a better paying position.
What I said was I want to see the data that justifies $15 an hour. Maybe it's right; maybe it isn't. I made no judgement call, though you'd like to attribute one to me. And as other have pointed out, it won't be my dollar anyway.
a resident of Valley Trails
on Aug 30, 2013 at 10:23 pm
Hey lady, I go to school. I know 3 languages and work harder then you do. Why don't you go to school? Why don't you learn Spanish or Chinese like I know how to speak. Instead of being a winey you know what, make some thing with the rest of your life. Your seriously messed up lady. You put words in my mouth. Life is good lady. My hard work should get better pay. What do you do other than wine about me making a better wage so I can support me and my family.
Can you say do you want fries in Spanish or Chinese? Like I say lady you can't do the work I do. And you sit and tell me how to live? You've got some serious issues lady.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Aug 30, 2013 at 10:35 pm
Camillo, let me take a 100% self-serving stand on your situation. I sincerely hope that you're motivated to improve your quality of life and to take steps to improve your skills to get off the bottom of the wage scale. If you do so, you'll not only be helping yourself, but also me. I don't benefit from minimum-wage unskilled fast-food workers. But I do benefit from higher-skilled, higher-paid workers that bring expertise and value into the marketplace. The tide rises, and we all rise along with it. Take advantage of the programs that are available in education and advancement.
As long as you blame your boss for your low wages, you won't get very far. Your boss is your boss for a reason - he or she is responsible for running some part of the overall business. If your boss is skilled at their job, you'll be compensated based on the value that you bring to the organization. Flipping burgers = low value = low skill required = low wages.
Ultimately, the value of your job is completely dependent on the value of the product you produce. Fast food is driven by competition with other fast-food vendors; somewhat on the perceived quality of the food, but mostly on price. You can't get paid $15 an hour, because to do so, the price of your product would need to increase, which would drive business away, and then your company would need fewer workers. Yes, it really is as simple as that.
a resident of Valley Trails
on Aug 30, 2013 at 10:56 pm
Joe dude, you like the bottom. You don't know anything. You've got issues like the lady. We want to lift the bottom up. You don't get it dude. You can't do what I do and you say I belong at the bottom. That's messed up dude.
Yo Mike. Your right. They don't pay more then they have to. they got people lined up out the door who will work for minimum and uses that against us. Only when we push back do we get more pay. Si, se puede! Viva mis Amigos!
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Aug 30, 2013 at 11:52 pm
Yes Joe, those 'demanding' are full of contradictions. Hard to grasp, because they are illogical. Stupid people do not understand why or how we are the miracle in the eyes of the world. They do not get it. Fast food jobs .were NEVER meant to provide for a 'family'. They are for teenagers, and immigrant elders WHILE they are studying English and our constitution to become citizens and fully assimilate....the way MY grandparents did, while they paid off their passage and learned English first thing. Government never gave so much as a cup of coffee in those days..AND, not get pregnant until they could 'provide' for a family. There were NO government programs ! Most people here do NOT start at the top, except for a few brilliant tech founders, everybody starts at the bottom. MY white brother picked fruits and worked in 'canning' factories all through high school and college, and gas stations during the school year. Bur on his own, he did become a COLLEGE PHYSICS PROFESSOR!!! But then dumb politicians decided kids couldn't do that work anymore, making it harder to 'get started', like PRICING PEOPLE OUT of fast food jobs!! Usually it's stupid politicians that allow these 'protection' laws, which make everything WORSE !!
I am sick of the unions destroying our elementary schools and colleges and breaking our cities and state Unions drive UP the cost of everything ! I watched a townhall on C-Span today with a Cuban congressman to a Hispanic audience. A Hispanic SEIU union organizer/ union recruiter was there to rouse the group to raise minimum wages (&PRICES)!! Many were illegals learning how to 'demand'...NOT understanding economic causes & effects!! His closing chant was 'agitate'!! agitate! agitate. That's their new mantra!. Political whores, illegals, and union recruiters chanting agitate are in the process of destroying our country, because they do NOT WANT to ASSIMILATE and work within our system. Hypocrites come to our country because they've heard how GREAT it is, then PROCEED, and politicians are willing to sell out themselves, and sellout us, 'the public', as well, in the course of destroying our systems and our middle class. Middle class use to be something to strive for. Today, it is becoming difficult to hang on for those we DID make it, but are now falling below that from being unemployed. Yet the stupid and greedy demand to 'start out' at that famous middle class, while it is slipping away for those who had made middle-class. People better wake up. Just ruling an unsustainable minimum wage will make things worse.
An economists in today's paper, said jumping $$8-15., will increase the cost of a 'burger' and in the process cost jobs, and increase the COL. Ignorant, stupid, and greedy people will ultimately hurt themselves and the country.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Aug 31, 2013 at 12:07 am
Camillo, push back and we'll have wars in the streets.
Need has ZERO to do with wages. People are 'in charge' of DECIDING their 'family size', which is the biggest contributing factor to their needs. I had one child. Every job has a certain 'value'. Value is determined by how many people there are for a certain job...too many people for one job, not worth very much. If it's something a teenager can do without much education, it will NOT pay very much. 'Wanting more', 'needing more', or 'demanding more' is irrelevant!! If employer needs someone with special skills that require lots of education there won't be many for that job so it will pay more. Learn, Assimilate, work your own way UP, now demand as a group and wind up with nothing. I think that thinking might be accepted in some countries. They might be worth checking out. We're all about 'individuals' here.
a resident of Birdland
on Aug 31, 2013 at 10:03 pm
Daveg is a registered user.
Interesting article in the latest issue of Time magazine dated September 9, 2013 regarding "The Robot Economy". One of the statements in the article was, "If your job involves applying a set of logical rules to task after task – for example grilling a hamburger – you are ripe for replacement by a robot".
Several other points reinforce the fact that repetitive jobs are ripe for automation. I understand Camillo's, i.e. "dude's" frustration with his pay rate, however when one looks at what is required then it's obvious his language skills could be better utilized elsewhere. However, flipping burgers does not require knowing three different languages and expecting $15 for such a job is not going to happen.
a resident of another community
on Oct 24, 2013 at 12:11 am
Karl Bonner is a registered user.
Radical conservatives like Listen Up! and Kathleen, etc. are the typical FOXNEWS thinkers who refuse to accept that the capitalist system has been failing American workers for 30 years.
Radical conservatives refuse to accept that some grievances over low wages and income inequality might be perfectly legitimate and rooted in meritocracy, and instead choose to flippantly dismiss legitimate concerns for economic fairness as being "crybabyish."
Radical conservatives lost the 2012 election due to their flippant attitudes toward income inequality, economic fairness, and capitalists squeezing workers' pay relative to productivity. After 32 years since the election of Reagan, they have LOST the battle of ideas.
And now radical conservatives threw a huge infantile temper tantrum in the House of Representatives for 16 days because they're not getting their way with the American people, further undermining their 2014 prospects to the point where not even gerrymandering may be a reliable strategy anymore.
I'm looking forward to electing a bunch more Elizabeth Warrens to the House and Senate over the next two election cycles! Maybe we can finally get real respect for the 99% agenda.
a resident of another community
on Oct 24, 2013 at 1:12 am
Karl Bonner is a registered user.
Wow. Conservatives have sure become completely clueless when it comes to the shifting reality of the American economy, and the fact that Karl Marx is turning out to be at least half correct:
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I can forgive, though. The whole conservative movement has long rested in a propaganda system designed to promote and advance the economic interests of the 1%, not the 99%.
The simple truth is that the middle-wage jobs have been hollowed out over the past 40 years, and all we are left with are low-wage "McJobs" and a handful of specialized professional jobs. Yet somehow, in the eyes of many a modern-day right-wing conservative, the TENS of millions of low-wage service-sector workers are all just a bunch of teenagers who need to be taught work ethics, responsibility, 'emotional maturity' (i.e. shut up and suck it up), conformity to orthodox cultural norms, and abstinence until heterosexual marriage.
Is $15 too high a wage to ask for? I say YES - but $10 ought to be a pretty realistic goal to fight for. Given that, after our Marxian overproduction crisis and Keynesian liquidity trap, we are left with a problem of inadequate consumer demand. If all the big corporate retailers (food and hard goods) could somehow get together (or get pressured by sufficiently strong grassroots movements), and give every low-wage service employee a $1/hour raise, then someone working 40 hours' worth of these jobs every week would earn another $2,000 per year. Given that propensity to save is very low at lower income levels, that money would quickly get spent back in the economy, so the real cost to the retailers' bottom lines would actually be a lot less than it appears at first glance. And more consumption is exactly what the economy needs to grow right now, not more austerity and tax cuts for the 1%.
My intuition is that the service sector could probably support up to $3 worth of wage increases before some of the first symptoms of "going too high" start to set in. But even $1 would be a tremendous boon to workers and to the economy as a whole.
a resident of Birdland
on Oct 26, 2013 at 7:25 pm
liberalism is a disease is a registered user.
Kkkarl, I admit to being part of the 1% and would not normally engage someone at your level that has displayed a twisted outlook on economics, but you must be corrected. Your assumption (intuition) that a business should forego any revenue that makes someone like you feel good or less guilty by propping up unskilled workers is fallacious. Workers earn money for services provided, based on their value to their employer, not based on your feeling, your assumption of how the business should spend their capital or a govt mandate from socialists currently occupying office.
Your version of utopia was tried in the failed Soviet experiment. It's time for you and your far left comrades to move on and if you must socially engineer entry level workers, try supporting educating them to earn their worth, not provide them with corp. welfare.
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Does social networking make sense for government institutes?
Doing a search for women´s institutes in Mexico yields few results – even though all women´s institutes are required by law to have websites. Mexico´s 2002 transparency law was heralded as key to ending corruption, a vindication of citizens' right to know. Getting info out of the Federal Institute for Access to Public Information (IFAI) may not be crystal clear (in fact, women´s electronic network Modemmujer developed a multimedia training module called the Crystal Ball to help women learn how to ask for information via the IFAI system) but it has meant that at the very least government institutions are required to have a website. So while all state women´s institutes do have sites, in reality they are hard to find, and several have little information and are poorly packaged.
I asked why that was when I gave a workshop on women´s rights and social networking last week with approximately 30 women´s institutes operating at the state level in Mexico. I was surprised to hear that the lackluster officialist sites were, reportedly, a result of the very law which dictates transparency. Social communication specialists just biting at the bit to do something more on the internet complained about being strapped into a straight jacket. Many state governments have set up the website architecture according to a minimalist interpretation of the access to public information law´s stipulations and women´s institutes have to fit into that mold.
I suggested workshop participants forget about what they can or can´t publish on their websites and focus instead – as state women´s institutes – on WHO they wanted to be talking to, WHAT they wanted to be saying, and most importantly, WHY. Some wanted to debunk a myth that the institutes only exist for women facing physical violence. "We want to connect with teenagers in highschool, professional women, senior citizens – all need to know their rights, how to exercise them and what our services are." They wanted to get out the word on their campaigns and contests, and many cited wanting a channel for interaction with the women in their states, to hear their concerns and needs. "After all, we're here to serve them, and many women don't even know the institutes exist!" They were especially keen on getting practical information available in all spaces possible, such as the steps to follow and services available if a woman faces violence at home.
Most institutes operate on a shoestring budget – struggling to survive and frequently tasked with both being the watchdog for women´s rights and gender mainstreaming as well as a service provider or referral service for women in vulnerable situations.
Enter social networking – an inexpensive solution for getting the word out? Easy to use? A way to connect with broader audiences? All of the above were reasons they´d come to the workshop. Discussion was animated – seeing the internet as a vital point of reference for youth but recognising that at least in Mexico, the majority of women are not online, especially if they are over 30. "But their daughters, nieces and grandchildren are online," some observed, seeing social networking as complementary to other communications and outreach efforts.
Debate about whether spaces such as Facebook or Twitter are even "appropriate" for women´s institutes or government bodies ensued. Institutes in Veracruz and Jalisco shared their success stories, noting that Facebook provided them with an easy and quick way to get information out in all types of formats, and that lively discussions and questions and answers were exchanged. Others shared how they did use Facebook to promote women´s rights and media equality in reporting, but without the offical stamp of the women´s institute because it was not permitted in state government policy. We took a look at privacy concerns with Facebook, as well as the difference between fan and community pages versus personal profiles. Everyone in the room was on Facebook – would they want their profiles to be linked to an institute´s Facebook page?
Still others shared creative ways to talk about women´s rights – being a strong advocate by example and participation, rather than simply listing women´s rights or available services. The Jalisco women´s institute sponsored a one-minute cinema contest on date violence. The movie that won, Cicatrices (Scars) is promoted in You Tube as a favorite pick and was screened at the Avon Speak Out Against Domestic Violence in the Cannes 2009 Short Film Corner.
Social networking goes far beyond a Facebook profile, and what it means to have an increased and interactive presence on the internet using and interconnecting with any number of social networking communities must necessarily fit in with institutional and communicational objectives. Participants were interested to see how wikis and photo, video and document sharing can have internal and inter-institutional collaboration benefits as well. Having the opportunity to explore the possibilities with 30 communications specialists dedicated to women´s rights was not only fun, but an honor. "It´s all about guaranteeing the right to communication and information for women in the state," said one participant – hmm, gender mainstreaming of transparency and the right to know, yet another task for women´s institutes.


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- Breakfast
- Suitable for events
- Elevator in building
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|Piazza del Grillo, 00184 Roma, Italy
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2 double bedrooms are supplemented with a double sofa bed in the living room. The compact, but fully equipped kitchen includes a washing machine.
Be at the Pantheon in 15 minutes' by foot. From there, walk past the Piazza Navona Square and across the river to the unmatched Vatican. The beautiful Trevi Fountain is just a 10-minute walk away.
Rome's main central ruins are mere steps away. Walk past Constantine's Basilica and the Temple of Venus and Roma towards the Arch of Constantine and the Colosseum in 10 minutes'. Termini Train Station is 10 minutes' away by metro.
House rulesNo smoking.
No pets.
An obligatory city tax of €2 per guest per night applies for a maximum of 10 nights.
A €100 refundable deposit is required.
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|Monthly rate for up to 2 guests
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Reviews of this property
It was excellent. The appartement was excellent, the location was excellent and hostess Silvia was very helpful and friendly. There even was a nicely filled fridge with breakfast waiting. Plenty of traveling guides about Rome where also in the apartment for our use. We have stayed in other apartments before but this was one of the best. When we go back we will be staying here again :-)
We just got back from a three night stay in this appartment, 2 adults and a small child, and we highly recommend it. It has everything you need, good beds, clean, filled kitchen for breakfast and perfect location to all the main sites to see in Rome. Contact with hostess was also very good and smooth. We hope to come back to Rome again and will then choose this accomodation again!
We had a great time in Rome, also thanks to Silvia. She made us feel welcome in her apartment. It was more like living there in stead of visiting.
The apartment is clean and very well equiped, the location is perfect. You can visit the main attractions from there on foot. Highly recommended!
Perfect apartment, very comfortable in central location near to Forum and Colosseum. Good quality restaurants very near to apartment. 100% recommendation
Rome is very nice and the hostess of the apartment contributed to an even more splendid stay there. Great location, excellent deal, and the idea of reward us with champagne and breakfast food is to their favor. Definitely recommend this apartment, and go there.
Roma es muy bonita y la anfitriona del apartamento contribuyó más todavía a una estancia allí espléndida. Buenísima ubicación, un trato excelente, y la idea de obsequiarnos con champan y comida para el desayuno dice mucho a su favor. Recomendaremos sin duda este apartamento, y volveremos allí.
We were greeted very well and we felt immediately at ease in the apartment. Luckily the rooms are air conditioned. Thanks for everything! Lucio and family (with two teenage boys)
Siamo stati accolti molto bene e ci siamo sentiti subito a nostro agio nell'appartamento. Per fortuna che le stanze sono climatizzate. Grazie per tutto!
Lucio e famiglia (con due ragazzi adolescenti)
Great location, very nice apartment, excellent sanitary facilities, two large bedrooms, fully stocked kitchen, well stocked fridge for breakfast, courteous owner!
Tolle Lage, sehr schöne Wohnung, ausgezeichnete Sanitäranlagen, zwei große Schlafzimmer, gut bestückte Küche, gut gefüllter Kühlschrank für das Frühstück, zuvorkommende Vermieter!
This was a very pleasant stay, the place could'nt be more central in the city. The host was very friendly and helpfull. Rooms were big and kichen well equipped (we were with 4 persons). Watch channel 69 the 80's music channel, very entertaining. There is a restaurant next door which is very good, shops are everywhere in the surrounding. We will definitely stay there again.
Particular. Welcoming excellent location must
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Speedy rookie joins Sawada and Murray as the IceCaps' momentum seizers
Published on May 15, 2012
Robin Short, The Telegram
The now-familiar applause rained down from the seats at Mile One Centre last Saturday night, and rightly so.
"Eddie! Eddie! Eddie!"
Eddie Pasquale has been the St. John's IceCaps' best performer so far through the Calder Cup playoff dance. Not even close.
The 6,287 faithful would break into the "Eddie's better! Eddie's better! Eddie's better!" salute every so often, no doubt a knock at the opposing puckstop, and a spinoff from the "Crosby's better!" Winnipeg jeer at Alexander Ovechkin.
On this Saturday, or any other night of the week, for that matter, you would be pressed to hear an "Albert! Albert! Albert!" unless, of course, you had an old Canadian Tire commercial taped.
Young John Albert hasn't exactly been an offensive dynamo for the IceCaps this season, but the rookie out of Ohio State University has carved himself a nice little niche in the St. John's lineup.
Saturday at Mile One, in the IceCaps' biggest game of the year, Albert was the game's second star as St. John's slipped past Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins 3-2 in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference semifinal.
That series win sets up a date with the Norfolk Admirals in the East final which begins Thursday night at The Scope in Norfolk, Va.
Though he managed only nine goals and 27 points in his first professional campaign, Albert did a lot of little things right this year, and it could be argued the trio of Albert, Garth Murray and Ray Sawada was the best St. John's iced in the second round against the Penguins.
"He's been a surprise," IceCaps coach Keith McCambridge said of the 23-year-old winger. "His speed really jumps out, his work ethic jumps out. That's the biggest thing.
"What John Albert does for this team is he makes players around him better, he makes players work harder.
"When guys might not have that energy during the regular season, or the playoffs, they watch what John Albert brings to the ice. He raises the level of the guys around him."
It's an interesting combination, that so-called energy line of Albert, Murray and Sawada. There's the rookie and the veterans (Sawada's 27 and Murray is 29). Albert has the wheels. Murray brings a fierceness. Sawada has the size to control the corners.
"They can seize you momentum," McCambridge said. "When you feel the game may be slipping away, you can put them out and they will try to get it back being physical, getting pucks deep and getting pucks out of your own zone."
Saturday night, St. John's got the all-important first goal when Albert raced down the left side and threaded a nice pass through two Wilkes-Barre defenders on to the stick of Sawada, driving to the net to cash in his third goal of the playoffs.
Sawada, 6-2 and 205-pound product of Richmond, B.C., is relatively new to the IceCaps, having joined the team in March in a minor league deal that saw Shawn Weller set to the Texas Stars.
But the other two have been around since Day 1, odd couple they are. Murray, a Canadian from Saskatchewan, made his NHL debut while Albert, an American from Ohio, was still playing minor hockey.
"I came into camp and I had no idea who he was," Albert said of Murray. "Then we kind of got acquainted and got put together on a line.
"We've gotten to be good friends off the ice," said Albert of Murray. "Almost every day, he comes over to the house to play video games or whatever.
"He's a good guy … a real nice, respectful guy."
Murray pegs Albert as a "fun-loving guy," a player everybody in the room likes.
But he's also a player they respect for what he brings to the game.
"When you can skate like that, especially nowadays, you create a lot of space for yourself," Murray said.
"He's got a lot of energy, and when you've got wheels, you cover a lot of ice and you create stuff.
"Alby's smart too… he knows where to go and where the puck will end up."
Albert is only signed for one year, although one would think the Jets will table him an offer over the summer.
Not that he's thinking contract now. Rather, it's about winning an AHL championship.
"We're focused on one thing and that's winning the Calder Cup," he said. "We have the team to do it and everybody in this locker room knows it."


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My first swarm ever! Luckily it was a pretty easy one for a beginner. Got a call from someone who had seen my name on one of the swarm retrieval lists. Approximately 3 lb. swarm on a tree stump in East Canton, OH 44730. The swarm had been there for about 24 hours. Day time temperatures were in the mid to upper 50s, night temps down to upper 30s. Light to moderate drizzle most of the day, but the rain stopped by the time I collected the swarm in the evening.
A lot of the bees were hiding under rotten bark, which I peeled off pretty easily and shook the clinging bees into the box. I did not see the queen, but once I had scraped about 1/2 of them into the box with a hair pick (works great, and doesn't crush bees the way something flat would) most of the others followed, so I think she must have been in the box by then. There were lots of them doing the Nasonov fanning on the top bars. By that time, most of them were taking to the air as I scraped them off the stump, rather than falling off in clumps into the box. But most of them seemed to settle into the box.
A few (maybe 50 or so) kept stubbornly settling back onto a particular small spot on the stump. I figured that they must have smelled residual queen pheromones on that spot that attracted them back. After checking the spot very carefully to make sure the queen wasn't really still there, I smoked them off of the stump and declared the job finished when only 10 or so remained.
Amusing note: when I first started, I tried to brush them into the box with a black paintbrush. This was a bad idea, and was not well-received. They were perfectly calm before that, but when I brushed them many took to the air and viciously ATTACKED the brush, with about 100 of them clustering on it and doubled over trying to sting it. Apparently, they thought it was an animal. Wish I had a video. Amazingly, none tried to sting me, a real animal. When I tried to shake them off of the brush into the box, they took to the air and instantly re-converged on the brush. It was like iron filings on a magnet! So I set the brush aside, and they left it alone within a few minutes. After that they calmed down again, just as gentle as I've ever seen bees behave.
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(April 21, 2006)--U.S. Rep. Charles Gonzalez presented awards for the annual Congressional District 20 high school art competition in a ceremony this month at the UTSA Downtown Campus.
Fox Tech High School student Andres Rea earned first place for his artwork, "Mirror Image."
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Other award winners were Michael Larque (second place), Thomas Jefferson High School, for "Insanity Rising;" Samantha Rivera (third place), Brackenridge High School, for "Self Portrait" and Kristen Guemes (fourth place), Thomas Jefferson High School, for "Self Portrait."
The judges for the competition were UTSA art collection curator Arturo Almeida and local artists Adriana Garcia and Susan Straus.
The first-place award includes round-trip airfare for three to Washington, D.C., provided by Southwest Airlines and scholarship money provided by UPS. Additionally, the first-place winner's artwork will be displayed for one year in the Cannon Tunnel of the U.S. Capitol.


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Report: Vatican rejects fairy-tale princess as ambassador
posted at 4:25 pm on April 11, 2009 by Allahpundit
Too bad. If there's one family that's tried hard to live the teachings of the Church, it's the Kennedys.
Vatican sources told Il Giornale that their support for abortion disqualified Ms Kennedy and other Roman Catholics President Barack Obama had been seeking to appoint…
The Italian paper said that the Vatican strongly disapproved of Mr Obama's support for abortion and stem cell research. The impasse over the ambassadorial appointment threatens to cloud his meeting with the Pope during a G8 summit in Itay in July.
True or not? The rumors were credible enough to draw public reproaches this week from prominent American Catholics, but a Vatican spokesman tells Catholic News it's much ado about nothing.
"No proposals about the new ambassador of the United States to the Holy See have reached the Vatican, and therefore it is not true that they have been rejected. The rumors circulating about this topic are not reliable," the spokesman, Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi, told Catholic News Service April 9.
The spokesman's comments echoed off-the-record remarks by informed diplomatic and Vatican sources in Rome, who said the reports appeared to be unfounded…
There have been occasions in the last two years when the Vatican has objected to ambassadorial candidates — from Argentina, in the case of a divorced Catholic with a live-in partner, and from France, where the candidate was an openly gay Catholic in a union with another man.
"For Catholic ambassadors, there is the question of their matrimonial situation. But outside of that, I don't think there are other criteria," said one Vatican source.
There's a lot of wiggle room in that word "proposal." Could be that Team Barry put out feelers informally to see how Caroline's nomination would be received in order to avoid the embarrassment of a formal appointment and rejection. The Vatican's been leaning more on pro-choice Catholic politicians in the last few years, so it'd be hard to look the other way at having one as their official American liaison; on the other hand, publicly humiliating the princess of Camelot would cause them headaches among Catholics who still belong to the Kennedy cult. Better just to say the subject's never come up, no?
If it's true, though, that they're turning away Catholics who disagree with them on abortion, isn't it also true that the Vatican's standards of religious orthodoxy in this area are stricter than, er, Saudi Arabia's? Here's the list of U.S. ambassadors to the Kingdom; not too many Islamic names among them, which seems to suit the Wahhabis just fine even though (a) the Koran is the country's official constitution and (b) the practice of religions other than Islam is normally prohibited. Isn't the "insult" of having an ambassador who thinks Mohammed was a false prophet greater than the insult of having an ambassador who disagrees about the sanctity of life? Exit question: Why is Obama even bothering with Caroline here? Doug Kmiec shilled embarrassingly for him for months last year as being the logical choice for pro-life voters notwithstanding The One's record on infanticide. How much further does he have to humiliate himself before he gets a little recognition?
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Some years ago, I was interviewed on public radio about the meaning of the Emancipation Proclamation. I addressed the familiar themes of the origins of that great document: the changing nature of the Civil War, the Union army's growing dependence on black labor, the intensifying opposition to slavery in the North and the interplay of military necessity and abolitionist idealism. I recalled the longstanding debate over the role of Abraham Lincoln, the Radicals in Congress, abolitionists in the North, the Union army in the field and slaves on the plantations of the South in the destruction of slavery and in the authorship of legal freedom. And I stated my long-held position that slaves played a critical role in securing their own freedom. The controversy over what was sometimes called "self-emancipation" had generated great heat among historians, and it still had life.
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As I left the broadcast booth, a knot of black men and women—most of them technicians at the station—were talking about emancipation and its meaning. Once I was drawn into their discussion, I was surprised to learn that no one in the group was descended from anyone who had been freed by the proclamation or any other Civil War measure. Two had been born in Haiti, one in Jamaica, one in Britain, two in Ghana, and one, I believe, in Somalia. Others may have been the children of immigrants. While they seemed impressed—but not surprised—that slaves had played a part in breaking their own chains, and were interested in the events that had brought Lincoln to his decision during the summer of 1862, they insisted it had nothing to do with them. Simply put, it was not their history.
The conversation weighed upon me as I left the studio, and it has since. Much of the collective consciousness of black people in mainland North America—the belief of individual men and women that their own fate was linked to that of the group—has long been articulated through a common history, indeed a particular history: centuries of enslavement, freedom in the course of the Civil War, a great promise made amid the political turmoil of Reconstruction and a great promise broken, followed by disfranchisement, segregation and, finally, the long struggle for equality.
In commemorating this history—whether on Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday, during Black History Month or as current events warrant—African- Americans have rightly laid claim to a unique identity. Such celebrations—their memorialization of the past—are no different from those attached to the rituals of Vietnamese Tet celebrations or the Eastern Orthodox Nativity Fast, or the celebration of the birthdays of Christopher Columbus or Casimir Pulaski; social identity is ever rooted in history. But for African-Americans, their history has always been especially important because they were long denied a past.
And so the "not my history" disclaimer by people of African descent seemed particularly pointed—enough to compel me to look closely at how previous waves of black immigrants had addressed the connections between the history they carried from the Old World and the history they inherited in the New.
In 1965, Congress passed the Voting Rights Act, which became a critical marker in African-American history. Given opportunity, black Americans voted and stood for office in numbers not seen since the collapse of Reconstruction almost 100 years earlier. They soon occupied positions that had been the exclusive preserve of white men for more than half a century. By the beginning of the 21st century, black men and women had taken seats in the United States Senate and House of Representatives, as well as in state houses and municipalities throughout the nation. In 2009, a black man assumed the presidency of the United States. African-American life had been transformed.
Within months of passing the Voting Rights Act, Congress passed a new immigration law, replacing the Johnson-Reed Act of 1924, which had favored the admission of northern Europeans, with the Immigration and Nationality Act. The new law scrapped the rule of national origins and enshrined a first-come, first-served principle that made allowances for the recruitment of needed skills and the unification of divided families.
This was a radical change in policy, but few people expected it to have much practical effect. It "is not a revolutionary bill," President Lyndon Johnson intoned. "It does not affect the lives of millions. It will not reshape the structure of our daily lives."
But it has had a profound impact on American life. At the time it was passed, the foreign-born proportion of the American population had fallen to historic lows—about 5 percent—in large measure because of the old immigration restrictions. Not since the 1830s had the foreign-born made up such a tiny proportion of the American people. By 1965, the United States was no longer a nation of immigrants.
During the next four decades, forces set in motion by the Immigration and Nationality Act changed that. The number of immigrants entering the United States legally rose sharply, from some 3.3 million in the 1960s to 4.5 million in the 1970s. During the 1980s, a record 7.3 million people of foreign birth came legally to the United States to live. In the last third of the 20th century, America's legally recognized foreign-born population tripled in size, equal to more than one American in ten. By the beginning of the 21st century, the United States was accepting foreign-born people at rates higher than at any time since the 1850s. The number of illegal immigrants added yet more to the total, as the United States was transformed into an immigrant society once again.


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horrible mb topic!! esp. in light of MH who's on suicide watch
+1 for both.....so....

Oderint Dum Metuant
It's too bad, I'm too good....
[quote user="bandwgn86"]horrible mb topic!! esp. in light of MH who's on suicide watch[/quote]

Oderint Dum Metuant
It's too bad, I'm too good....
[quote user="JPizzack"]
+1 for both.....so....

GOOD JOB! lol
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[quote user="bandwgn86"]horrible mb topic!! esp. in light of MH who's on suicide watch[/quote]

meh....
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Sorry work got busy.
[quote user="MattMeyerBud"]1) In your opinion if Casey Anthony is found guilty, do u think she gets Murder 1 or Murder 2.[/quote]
it's actually impossible to formulate an educated opinion on this question, that's what you don't understand, in order for CA to have been convicted there needed to be more evidence, depending on what that new evidence was CA may have gotten Murder 1? maybe Murder 2? maybe felony Murder? maybe Manslaughter.....it all depends on what the evidence was....so I can't answer your question...(no one could if we are being honest.)
[quote user="MattMeyerBud"]2) Has anybody charged wtih Murder 2 anywhere received the death penalty[/quote]
I doubt it, I haven't looked into it though as whether someone was
charged/convicted with Murder 1 or Murder 2 has no relevancy to this
argument, it's not about the difference's between the 2, it's about the
rules used to determine the difference...(none of which are "Matt's
opinion of the person's character)
[quote user="MattMeyerBud"]3) Has anybody that been charged with Assisted suicide gotten murder 1?[/quote]
I don't think so, that doesn't mean it's not possible or even required in some states.
[quote user="MattMeyerBud"]i hope ur learning that your wrong most importantly
I'm learning that you are a bigger troll then me nowadays....considering you know absolutely nothing about either topic we are talking about yet claim to be an expert on both lol.
[quote user="JPizzack"]
+1 for both.....so....

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Wall Street gave up some earlier gains as concern about weak US economic data outweighed the reassurance that global central banks remain more committed than ever to bolster growth.
Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda began his term with a larger-than-expected boost to kick-start the Asian nation's economy including plans to purchase 7 trillion yen (US$73 billion) of bonds a month.
"This is an unprecedented degree of monetary easing," Kuroda told reporters, according to Reuters. "We took all available steps we can think of. I'm confident that all necessary measures to achieve 2 per cent inflation in two years were taken today."
The yen sank more than 3 per cent against the greenback, posting a similar loss against the euro.
"They eased a lot more than anticipated," Vassili Serebriakov, a foreign-exchange strategist at BNP Paribas in New York, told Bloomberg News. "It's a much more aggressive move than the investors expected. Markets weren't necessarily positioned for this."
In Frankfurt, European Central Bank President Mario Draghi pledged support for the euro zone economy following its meeting of policy makers today. While the ECB kept its key rate steady, as expected, Draghi said it was "ready to act".
"Weak economic activity has extended into the early part of the year and a gradual recovery is projected for the second half of this year, subject to downside risks," Draghi told reporters. "Against this overall background our monetary policy stance will remain accommodative for as long as needed."
The Bank of England also maintained its rate and asset purchase program.
In the US, the latest data on the labour market was in line with this week's weak reports. Jobless claims unexpectedly rose in the week ended March 30, climbing 28,000 to 385,000, the highest since November.
"What we do know is that the growth momentum has slowed, employment has slowed. The question is how much?" Millan Mulraine, a senior economist at TD Securities in New York, told Reuters.
The monthly payrolls report, due tomorrow, is expected to show employers created 200,000 jobs in March, keeping the unemployment rate at 7.7 per cent.
In afternoon trading in New York, the Standard & Poor's 500 Index slipped 0.06 per cent, while the Nasdaq Composite Index fell 0.18 per cent. The Dow Jones Industrial Average eked out a 0.04 per cent gain.
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Inmate Profile Summary
This County Detention Facilities Summary provides a monthly profile of Florida's detention facility inmate populations. Monthly Average Daily Population (ADP) figures include male, female, adult and juvenile inmates.
These population figures are arranged into felony, misdemeanor and "other" subcategories in Table 1. "Other" includes the number of parole violators, state inmates, undocumented aliens, holdings for other jurisdictions and individuals detained under the Baker (mental health) and Myers (alcoholism) Acts. Within felony and misdemeanor subcategories, the number of inmates sentenced, held for trial or sentencing, and those detained or sentenced for violation of probation are listed.
Table 2 features the Average Daily Population and incarceration rate in each county. Table 3 lists the number and percent of felony and misdemeanor pretrial inmates at each detention facility.
The Jail Population Summary (Table 4) lists detention center totals for the year to date.
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On the average, there were 53,058 inmates in Florida's county detention facilities during the month of May 2003. The statewide average daily (ADP) totals include 46,023 adult males (86.8%), 6,465 adult females (12.2%), 550 juvenile males (1.0%) and 20 juvenile females (0.0%). The overall distribution of male and female inmates has remained constant in county detention facilities for the past several years. The following provides an analysis of the inmate population for May 2003:May 2003 Jail Population Recap
In May 2003, the statewide county detention incarceration rate was 3.4 per 1,000 county residents based on the population estimates for April 1, 2002. The county population estimates are provided by the Bureau of Economic and Business Research at the University of Florida. Incarceration rates ranged from a low of 1.8 in Flagler and Union Counties, to a high of 8.4 in Franklin County. Other counties may be experiencing high incarceration rates due to the contracting of bed space for federal inmates.Pretrial Population Levels
During the month of May 2003, 30,203 of the inmates housed in county detention facilities were classified as awaiting trial. Of these, 24,876 offenders (82.4%) were awaiting trial for felony offenses while 5,327 (17.6%) were detained for misdemeanor violations. Of the 64 counties reporting, 38 had over half of their populations awaiting trial.
Notes: The numbers in this report do not include the following facilities: Calhoun County Jail, Duval County Jail and Gulf County Jail.
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I am a first year beekeeper and a KTBH beekeeper. I was asked to share my experiences with KTBHs with my bee club.
I've included the link to the presentation so if you want to use it by all means, go ahead.
Most all of the clear pictures are of my hives and the ones which are not as sharp are ones I downloaded from the internet. There are mistakes I know, but I tried not to make many. Like the picture with the bread knife is stuck too far into the brace comb (I had to do this to hold the knife as I took the pictures myself).
I also brought in a new KTBH as a display model for people to handle. It was well received especially as there were only three of us in the entire club who had experience with KTBHs. I had never met these two guys before so it was nice to become contacts for each other. I had several people ask if they could come by my place and take a look...which I'm glad to oblige.
I used info from Michael Bush's website, so thank you sir for all your wonderful resources! I have my notes from the presentation, so if this would help someone, I'd be glad to share this as well.
Here's the link to the Prezi website where the presentation is accessible. Hope you like it; I had fun creating it...


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The heat reminds me of when I first started running in Florida when I was 18. I used to love running over the Punta Gorda Bridge. Bridge running is my favorite. It's just enough incline and relief to keep it manageable. When I moved to San Francisco, I would drive across town just to run the Golden Gate Bridge. Miss that. Have you ever walk/ran across an amazing bridge? Or at least made out on one? Where should I go?
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Volume 27 - Article 8 | Pages 201-232
Family ties and depression across the life course: An Overview
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Background: Family ties in Europe are affected by demographic trends associated with parenting and partnering, such as a decline in fertility, an increase in childlessness, postponement of parenthood and of partnership formation, the rise of "new" relationship forms and divorce rates. It is unclear how the contemporary family structure and composition are associated with people's mental wellbeing.
Objective: This article examines how ties with parents, siblings, a partner and children are associated with depressive mood of men and women in seven Eastern and Western European countries.
Methods: To test our hypotheses we made use of data from the Generations and Gender Surveys. We performed logistic regression analyses to study the associations between people's family ties and depressive mood.
Results: Our research findings show that family ties can diminish people's depressive feelings. Although we find some gender differences in these associations, we do not find support for the argument that family ties are more important for the mental wellbeing of women than of men. Moreover, our findings support the hierarchical model of family relations in which new ties with partner and children in adulthood gain precedence over the original primary ties with parents and siblings. Finally, we find that the association between family ties and depressive mood is quite similar in Eastern and Western Europe, but being married or having a partner more strongly reduces depressive feelings in Eastern than in Western Europe.
Conclusions: Although longitudinal data were not available to us, our research results do provide some indications about how demographic changes, for instance, those affecting family size -- the number of children or siblings -- might be associated with mental wellbeing. Our findings also suggest that the demographic trend of increasing partnership dissolution may have larger consequences for people's mental wellbeing in Eastern than in Western Europe.
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Nienke Moor - Tilburg University, Netherlands
Aafke Komter - Universiteit Utrecht, Netherlands
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NPGA Welcomes Energy Industry Expert Jeff Petrash
Former American Gas Association Counsel Joins Propane
Washington, DC (March 22, 2013) – The National Propane Gas Association (NPGA) is pleased to announce that Jeff Petrash has joined the association as Vice President and General Counsel. An energy policy expert, Petrash will also serve as one of NPGA's senior advocates on Capitol Hill and in federal agencies.
"Jeff's extensive knowledge of federal and state regulation of the energy industry and his background in natural gas policy and legislation are an ideal fit for the propane industry as we focus on getting policies in place that will facilitate greater adoption of propane in applications ranging from home heating to fueling fleets," said Rick Roldan, NPGA's President & CEO. "Additionally, he is one of the foremost experts on federal full-fuel cycle policy - a key issue for the propane industry," Roldan continued.
The propane industry is rapidly growing due to increased supply from natural gas shale production. "70 percent of total U.S. propane supply comes from natural gas liquids, and the industry is fervently working with policy makers to establish favorable parity with natural gas in public policy. Jeff's expertise in this area will tremendously benefit NPGA's members," said Ray Murray, NPGA's Chairman. Between 2005 and 2011, the amount of propane produced in the U.S. increased nearly 10 percent. Supply is expected to continue growing with increases in shale gas and shale oil production.
For more than a decade, Petrash was Senior Managing Counsel at the American Gas Association (AGA). Previously, he was a partner in a law firm in Washington where he specialized in energy regulation and litigation. He received his Juris Doctorate degree with honors from the University of Michigan and is a member of the District of Columbia Bar.
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It was only two summers ago that twin brothers Brandon and Matt Johnson stood on the pool deck at Palo Alto High as the new coaches of the boys' water polo team. Fast forward to Tuesday afternoon. The brothers were back on the same pool deck, only this time as opposing coaches.
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Thank you for covering this! Not completely accurate, but still, thank you!


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- 1/4 cup reduced-sodium soy sauce
- 2 tablespoons water
- 2 tablespoons honey
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 pound smoked kielbasa or Polish sausage, cut into 1-1/2-inch pieces
- 8 cubes fresh pineapple chunks (1-inch)
- 12 cubes cantaloupe (1-inch)
- 1 small green pepper, cut into 1-inch pieces
- In a small bowl, combine the first five ingredients. Set aside half of the marinade for basting; cover and refrigerate. Pour remaining marinade into a large resealable plastic bag; add sausage. Seal bag and turn to coat. Refrigerate for 3 hours.
- Drain and discard marinade. On four metal or soaked wooden skewers, alternately thread the sausage, pineapple, cantaloupe and green pepper.
- Grill, uncovered, over medium heat for 8-10 minutes or until sausage is browned, basting frequently with reserved marinade and turning once. Yield: 4 kabobs.
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Simar's 'Blooming Prairie' is Western Writers of America Spur Award finalist
Candace Simar, Pequot Lakes author, was chosen as a Spur Award finalist in the best western juvenile fiction category for her latest historical novel, "Blooming Prairie" (North Star Press, 2012).
The Spur Award is an annual literary prize awarded by the Western Writers of America. Simar received her award June 28 at the Western Writers of America annual convention in Las Vegas, Nev., where she also served as a panelist.
"Simar's descriptions of the natural world are beautiful. Her characters are drawn with subtlety and depth. There are unforgettable death scenes and tender weddings. This is a story of the bonds of family and friendship, of perseverance and love. It is a rare book, powerful and true," said Nancy Plain, award-winning author and Spur Award judge.
Simar is author of the Abercrombie Trail series of historical novels from North Star Press of St. Cloud, which recount the story of Scandinavian immigrants in early Minnesota during the 1862 Sioux Uprising. The series includes "Abercrombie Trail" (2009), "Pomme de Terre" (2010) and "Birdie" (2011). "Birdie" won the Spur Award for Best Western Juvenile Fiction in 2012.


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Jamie. . .
What you're doing for school lunches is terrific.
When you get that done, how about taking a look at
retirement homes. . .noodle entree with noodle salad,
noodles with mashed potatoes, pot pie with bread, fried processed
meat, etc.
Keep up the good work.
#2 Mon 21 May 12 7:28pm
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Welcome to the forum missminch
Retirement homes do vary a great deal , some have really good food whilst in others its just awful.
I am not sure who inspects them or who is in charge of them but it probably varies from area to area and country to country.
I am sorry . I dont know what to suggest.
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Speak with the catering manager in the first instance to raise your concerns. Depending on how passionate you are about a change, you could put together some new menus ideas, perhaps using fresh, local ingredients that can be sourced cheaply. Retirement homes have an obligation to keep residents well fed with a nutritionally balanced diet. You may like to have a look at the Caroline Walker trust website, where you can find guidelines on nutrition in care homes. www.cwt.org.
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I am currently resident in a retirement home. The food is excellent. However, I do cook it myself (or the missis does under directions).
But I'm not mistaking it for paradise.
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One of the many pleasures of stalking the show floor at E3 was bumping into some of the smaller developers. Two such encounters were with Dave Lang of Iron Galaxy whose new game Wreckateer was featured in the Xbox keynote and is coming later this year, and Tequila Works CEO Raúl Rubio Munárriz whose game Deadlight is also due out soon.
Both these titles are slated to be part of the Xbox 360′s Summer of Arcade program, and I think families should look forward to both of them — although for very different reasons.
Firstly, Wreckateer (as you can see in the interview below) is a combination of Angry Birds, Burnout and Boom Blox. That's quite a trio of games to reference for any developer. Iron Galaxy has taken those three seeds and added Kinect controls. The result is a super-simple and super-destructive tower attack game.
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Russian terrorists qualify for food stamps?
Original post made by excuse me???, Pleasanton Heights, on Apr 28, 2013
Can anyone explain why these people, who ultimately killed and maimed hundreds, were allowed to collect food stamps? They came here as "refugees" and we decided to pay them to stay? Their kids went to public schools and they more than likely lived in subsidized housing. While our own citizens go without food and many live on the streets.
What is wrong with us that we allow this trash to come here under cloak of fleeing from something and then massacre our own people? I know that we have plenty of people here already who commit crimes like this -- but do we really need to open the borders to people like this who know only violence? Is it perhaps time to be a little more careful about who gets into this country?
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a resident of Canyon Oaks
on Apr 28, 2013 at 9:30 pm
i blame the unions.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Apr 28, 2013 at 10:34 pm
Just like J Brown wanting to spend extra taxpayer money on schools where there are no tax payers. And our kids / parents get to suffer bigger class sizes instead.. We don't mind! Limo liberals don't care,
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Apr 29, 2013 at 12:08 am
I understand people may need to flee their homelands because of torture, rape, or whatever other excuses they claim to have. But if we have to take them in, can't we put them in internment camps or something where they can be forced to work as a condition of life? Just sitting around idly hatching terror plots - Fox News reported there are 1.5 million of them - doesn't seem right. And food stamps only adds insult to injury upon tax payers.
a resident of Carlton Oaks
on Apr 29, 2013 at 1:06 am
What's becoming clearer is that the two brothers were Putin plants, all part of the attempt to deflect attention from the most serious problem facing our nation: Obama's working hand-in-glove with the Muslim Brotherhood, and all with the blessing of Putin who, beginning with a weakened Alaska, plans to invade and deprive us of our Constitutional liberties.
a resident of Livermore
on Apr 29, 2013 at 9:49 am
i blame the entire problem on ice cream...yum yum...
a resident of Amberwood/Wood Meadows
on Apr 29, 2013 at 1:12 pm
According to the news sources this family was granted amnesty by the US State Department. Granting amnesty is done for the protection of the individual from varying degrees of persecution in their motherland. If there was no fear for this family flying back and forth from the US and Russia, what persecution are we talking about? By the way who was paying for these flights? It costs a lot of money to fly. These people were living near the poverty level so who was paying their way for their tickets? Who was paying for the younger brother to attend college. Who paid for the material that the older brother used to make the bombs. One news source said that the older brother purchased firework mortars. I thought you had to have a pyrotechnic license in order to buy these things? Typically it takes years and years to gain citizenship. But these people were able to obtain it in 2 years????
Something really smells fishy in Denmark.
Who is watching the State Department?
We want the huddled masses yearning for freedom, but please, we do not want the world's trailer trash.
a resident of Pleasanton Heights
on Apr 29, 2013 at 2:35 pm
Thank you Bill! That is my point exactly. Why do we let people from these violent countries come here just because they say they are "afraid for their lives"? So afraid that they made trips back to where "people were trying to kill them" so that they could learn to kill our citizens with bombs. The mother had no problem running away from her shoplifting charges. Some gratitude to her adoptive country. Shoplift in Chechnya and see where it gets you.
Time to be a whole lot more selective in who gets into this country. And for future reference -- when Russia wants the FBI to investigate this immigrant, who travels between Russia and the US, that should make the little light bulb go on. Hello FBI, you guys are too stupid for words.
a resident of Bridle Creek
on Apr 29, 2013 at 10:21 pm
$100k in public assistance since 2002. We have a huge entitlement issue in this country.
And now there's talk about military action in Syria, so there goes our money to corporate interests as well.
As citizens, to the left and the right of the political spectrum, we are getting screwed by our political and media class.
Enjoy the decline.
a resident of Carlton Oaks
on Apr 29, 2013 at 10:26 pm
Gosh, who would have known?
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posted at 1:30 pm on November 6, 2012 by Ed Morrissey
Apparently, his voting rights are secure, thanks in part to a form of photo ID:
ABC News' Jason Ryan reported via Twitter Tuesday afternoon that some DC poll workers have been given a photo of Attorney General Eric Holder in an effort to positively ID him should he show up to vote.
"After James O'Keefe stunt in DC precinct 9 poll workers given picture of AG Eric Holder with 'The real Eric Holder' scrawled on paper," @JasonRyanABC wrote.
The revelation that poll workers are relying on the photo to identify Holder comes after conservative filmmaker James O'Keefe captured undercover footage earlier this year of DC poll workers offering Holder's ballot to a young white activist.
If it takes photo ID to protect Eric Holder's right to cast his own ballot, maybe it makes sense for the rest of us, too.
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[quote user="bandwgn86"][quote user="bansaw"]hope they shut Eli down for the preseason...let the stitches heal up right
how long the TiCats been around...104 or 114 years or something and now some owner talks about moving them? I hate these new age owners, ruining it all
[/quote]141 years.. its the Mayor/City Counsil thats running them out of town, along with the PanAm games.. the dunderheads are going to lose a great opportunity[/quote]

I asked Bansaw about a Russian guy because that's who just bought the NJ [basketball]Nets . Wonder if he might be doing something like that up there. Why would theMayor / City council [and Pan Am games] want to run a team with so much history out of town Mr. Bandwagon?

[/quote]long story short Mr 105.. the Mayor's stubborn and has got his head up his ***. quite the legacyhe'll have if it happenslol..

there was a Russian dude not so long ago that wanted to bring a NHL team to Hamilton/Quebec Citywonder if its the same dude..

Can't think of his name off hand , but yeah , the guy is aRussian billionare

Thats a shame if the Tiger Cats get run out of town. Mayors come and go but "Cats" have so much history. Have you been to any ofthere games? My guess is .....of course you have[]


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Keeping my head down. I have nothing but antipathy for JOB as a coach and hated his hiring in the first place. Why should I add anymore to it than that...and that seems to be the topic of discussions these day.
BTW, I'm not the biggest DG fan so his trade is not a national emergency to me.
and I DO still post in the Random Haphazard thread.
but I'm constantly reading this forum.
If you get to thinkin youre a person of some influence, try orderin somebody elses dog around..


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The story of the founder of Buddhism is one of the world's great archetypal tales of spiritual awakening. He was born Siddhartha Gautama in the sixth century BCE, the son of a prince who ruled a small kingdom in what is now Nepal. Siddhartha led a sheltered existence until the age of twenty-nine, when he left his life of ease and set out to find a solution to the problem of suffering. For years he wandered as a homeless ascetic, practicing severe austerities that brought him to the brink of death but no nearer to his goal. He then abandoned asceticism for a "middle way." Sitting down under a tree, he vowed to remain there until he realized the truth. After a night of deep meditation, his Enlightenment came at dawn, and he was thereafter known as the Buddha, the "Awakened One."
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