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Monday, February 28, 2011
Stand up against the Attacks on All Working Families!
Saturday, February 26, 2011
Social Security victory shows organizing is the way
The developing struggle to protect Social Security from the Republicans and the federal Fiscal Reform Commission won a victory recently in President Obama's State of the Union address. There's an important lesson for us here.
In his speech, Obama said: "To put us on solid ground, we should also find a bipartisan solution to strengthen Social Security for future generations. And we must do it without putting at risk current retirees, the most vulnerable, or people with disabilities, without slashing benefits for future retirees, and without subjecting American's guaranteed income to the whims of the stock market."
This is a solid statement that won praise from activists fighting to defend Social Security. Obama took a position in opposition to the findings of the Fiscal Reform Commission that he appointed. His state- ment, further, is in opposition to the divisive push by corporate forces to split young folks from retirees, central to their drive to destroy Social Security.
Leaders of retiree groups had been told, right up until game time, that Obama might include language supporting the Fiscal Commission. However, retirees organized a grassroots campaign that built the ground beneath Obama, giving him room to fully support this essential program in his speech.
There has been a growing crescendo of deficit cutting calls directed at Social Security and other programs aiding working folks. Obama, in a move that many saw as a dangerous concession to right-wing forces, set up the Fiscal Responsibility and Reform Commission. Its marching orders were to develop a "bipartisan approach" toward cutting spending.
Even though Social Security is funded by working people and has nothing to do with the nation's deficit, it immediately became the focus of the commission.
Commission co-chair Alan Simpson, the right-wing former Wyoming senator, called Social Security a "giant cow with 32 million tits." He went on to say he was "tired of people on Social Security sitting around in their gated communities, waiting to get in their Lexus to drive to the local Perkins to get their senior discount."
Worse than his arrogance, was the program that Simpson and the commission put forward to attack Social Security. They called for:
• raising the Social Security eligibility age from the present 62 to 70.
• cutting benefits for future recipients.
• introducing "means testing" for eligibility.
This was greeted with alarm by retirees and many others. Raising the eligibility age to 70 would be a death sentence for people working in hard physical jobs. The introduction of means testing for Social Security would make it more of a "welfare program" for only the poorest Americans, instead of the income base for all that it was enacted to be. This would make it an easier target for cuts. The commission said benefits wouldn't be cut for current retirees, only future retirees - trying to split youth from present retirees.
The anger at those extremist proposals made it impossible for the commission chairs to get the votes needed to officially send its plan to Congress. However, a majority on the commission did vote for the proposals. It helped create a poisonous atmosphere as the American people went to the polls last November.
The Alliance for Retired Americans (ARA) and coalitions across the nation launched a fight. Many thousands signed a petition demanding that Social Security be strengthened, not cut. Mass meetings were organized. Delegations demanded that their representatives NOT support the Fiscal Commission proposals. ARA leaders from every state co-signed a strongly worded letter to President Obama, urging him to oppose the commission proposals. Right up to the State of the Union, discussions continued in Washington.
A study titled "Social Security and the Future of the Democratic Party" was sent to activists. It was presented at union halls, churches and retiree centers and was given to Democratic elected officials. The study, backed up by polls and research, showed that when Democrats back Social Security, their support goes up strongly. It also showed that when they are associated with attacks on Social Security, their support plummets. It cited recent polls showing Democrats were now below Republicans in response to the question, "Which party is best at protecting Social Security?"
Clearly, the organizing bore fruit with President Obama's speech.
There has been an ongoing debate on what relationship the people's movement should have to the president and Democrats. Some have taken a "plague on both your houses" approach, saying there is no difference between Democrats and Republicans. Others have supported the administration but without doing enough to organize an independent fight for the people's agenda.
The Obama administration has corporate influences within its own ranks along with more progressive influences, and is facing heavily financed pressure from the ultra-right. Without pressure from an organized people's movement, the only push will be from the corporate side.
The ARA-led movement took a positive approach. They did not, even faced with real anger, break with Obama over the Fiscal Commission's plan. However, they were not going to sit on the sidelines and wait. What they did was mobilize and fight. This organized fight let all elected officials know that they attack Social Security at their own political peril. As a result, a victory was won, and retiree coalitions are stronger. With Obama's positive statement, support for him has also significantly improved.
Bruce Bostick, District 1 SOAR Coordinator
Friday, February 25, 2011
Attack on the Public Sector
- Government employees are overpaid compared to the private sector.
- Taxes are out of control.
- The debt is out of control.
Thursday, February 24, 2011
Indiana AFL-CIO President Nancy Guyott
STATEMENT: President Guyott on the defeat of "Right to Work"For Immediate Release
Contact - Jeff Harris, 317-632-9147
Mike Uehlein, 317-610-6634
Statement by Indiana AFL-CIO President Nancy Guyott
February 24, 2011
Working families in Indiana are thrilled to hear that Governor Daniels, Speaker Bosma, and Senate Leader Long have abandoned the falsely-labeled "right to work" bill. We agree with Governor Daniels' position that the members of the Indiana General Assembly did not campaign on these issues and so bringing it up during this General Assembly was indeed "a mistake," as Senator Long termed it.
After rallying all week at the Statehouse, these developments show that when Hoosiers join together and raise our voices in pursuit of fairness and an economy that works for everyone, working families can make a difference. Working people agree with Governor Daniels – now is not the time to be having this conversation – our leaders need to focus on creating middle class jobs.
Indiana's middle class is still under attack, and while we celebrate the solidarity and progress we've achieved on this issue, we continue to build momentum and mobilize to stop the numerous anti-worker legislative bills that threaten Hoosier working families. Without the ability of workers to join together, these attacks on the middle class will go unanswered.
Strengthening Indiana's middle class and creating good jobs should be the highest priority in the General Assembly. While we have won this battle, the fight continues and our cause will endure.
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Wisconsin's Governor Walker Tells All
A strong supporter of the legislation, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker unknowingly engaged in an extended tactical conversation with a blogger who claimed to be billionaire David Koch. Read on and view the video below.
The following is an excerpt from an Associated Press article:
"On a prank call that quickly spread across the Internet, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker was duped into discussing his strategy to cripple public employee unions, promising never to give in and joking that he would use a baseball bat in his office to go after political opponents.
Walker believed the caller was a conservative billionaire named David Koch, but it was actually a liberal blogger. The two talked for at least 20 minutes - a conversation in which the governor described several potential ways to pressure Democrats to return to the Statehouse and revealed that his supporters had considered secretly planting people in pro-union protest crowds to stir up trouble."
Click HERE to Watch the Video
The Right to Work for Less
- Right to work laws lower wages for everyone. The average worker in a right to work state makes about $5,333 a year less than workers in other states ($35,500 compared with $30,167).
- Weekly wages are $72 greater in free-bargaining states than in right to work states ($621 versus $549).
Federal law already protects workers who don't want to join a union to get or keep their jobs. Supporters claim right to work laws protect employees from being forced to join unions. Don't be fooled, federal law already does this, as well as protecting nonmembers from paying for union activities that violate their religious or political beliefs. This individual freedom argument is a sham.
Right to work endangers safety and health standards that protect workers on the job by weakening unions that help to ensure worker safety by fighting for tougher safety rules. According to the Federal Bureau of Labor Statistics, the rate of workplace deaths is 51 percent higher in states with right to work, where unions can't speak up on behalf of workers.
Right to work laws just aren't fair to dues-paying members. If a nonunion worker is fired illegally, the union must use its time and money to defend him or her, even if that requires going through a costly legal process. Everyone benefits, so all should share in the process. Nonmembers can even sue the union if they think it has not represented them well enough.
Big business and special interests spent a great deal of money to put key lawmakers in place to deliver for them. Now these lawmakers are fulfilling their commitment by pushing Right to Work legislation in a number of states.
SOAR needs to be in this fight. We must stand up to this attack on the labor movement. Find out if your state is being targeted. If so, call your state representatives and set them straight. Tell them to concentrate on legislation that creates jobs and to stop this unnecessary assault on workers.
Connie Entrekin, SOAR President
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
A Great Time At the Indiana Capital
Finally, today, the Democrats in the House of Representatives went to Illinois to prevent the Republicans from having a quorum and to slow the business down.
I am so proud of them for continuing to look out for Hoosier workers.
They are the greatest.
Monday, February 21, 2011
Is It Ironic or just Sad?
America has been the standard for many over the years for where they would like to be. An example of good hard-working people that stood firm on their convictions, principles and were willing to fight for them.
The "American Dream" was the goal of more than just those of us living in the U.S. Recently we have seen good examples of people rising up saying that they want a better life. They want good jobs and good schools. Many have pointed at the U.S. for what they wanted.
And yet, state after state is turning into a battle ground, because the "haves" are wanting to take out an even bigger piece of the pie and the "have-nots" are struggling to get a piece of the pie pan!
Who's left in the middle? It's the very group that created the middle class. The group that provides the workforce for the country and helped create that very American Dream that became the shining star of the world, and it is the Union. And how does corporate America show their thanks for the wealth we helped create for them? They attack us on every level, at every corner, and put the whole blame for the economic collapse of our country on us.
Wait, am I taking about America or the Middle East, well, isn't that ironic …and sad.
Buril W. Smith
USW Local 9231
Sunday, February 20, 2011
Steelworkers Lobby in Indianapolis
1. The so called "Right to Work" legislation (the freeloader bill) that would reduce wages and increase poverty, and decrease the number of people that have health insurance.
2. Another issue was the Republicans wanting to reduce Unemployment Insurance by 25% making Indiana the fifth lowest state in the country for average UI benefits.
3. A bill that restricts the ability of teachers to bargain for anything other than wages and benefits.
4. And finally, we lobbied for full funding of the CHOICE program which allows seniors to stay in their homes rather than have to go to a nursing home.
By the looks on their faces, you can tell that our SOAR members love to help their union and haven't forgotten the power of unity. The photograph above represents just some of our SOAR members that participated. SOAR members are hard to corral for such a photo in the midst of so many people.
Saturday, February 19, 2011
Thursday, February 17, 2011
"the worst week ever for workers at the Indiana Statehouse."
Indiana Steelworkers:
More Action Needed NOW!
"It wouldn't be a stretch to say that this has been the worst week ever for workers at the Indiana Statehouse."
- Indiana AFL-CIO President Nancy Guyott
Multiple bills designed to destroy our way of life and take away our rights have been introduced this past week in our state legislature.
Last week we asked you to write letters to Speaker of the House Brian Bosma telling him NOT to hold a hearing on right to work legislation. Over 5,000 letters have been written to date. Keep those letters coming!
On Tuesday, 600 Steelworkers converged in Indianapolis to fight back against this anti-worker legislation. We need to do it again!
We Need More Action Now!
Indiana Steelworkers are being asked to come to the Statehouse next week to show our legislators that they can't legislate us away.
We need members to come to the Statehouse on the following days:
Monday, February 21, 2011 beginning at 1:00 p.m.
Tuesday, February 22, 2011 beginning at 10:00 a.m.
Wednesday, February 23, 2011 beginning at 10:00 a.m.
Thursday, February 24, 2011 beginning at 10:00 a.m.
Please contact Brett Voorhies with the day you and/or your
local members will be coming at email@example.com or 317-435-3333.
LEGISLATIVE UPDATE -- The following are the anti-worker bills introduced this week.
Note: These are all IN ADDITION to previously introduced Right to Work legislation!
House Bill 1585: Seeks to permanently ban collective bargaining for state employees, criminalize the encouragement and participation in strikes by public employees and takes away the pensions of those who do. The bill also prohibits even voluntary collection of dues by local and state governments as well as school employers and disproportionately hurts the ability of women and minorities to bargain for better wages and working conditions. It passed out of committee, and now moves to the House floor for a vote.
Senate Bill 273: Like House Bill 1585, this bill seeks to permanently ban collective bargaining for state employees and criminalize the encouragement and participation in strikes by public employees.
House Bill 1203: An unnecessary bill designed to interfere with workers' ability to designate a union to represent them. If passed, the National Labor Relations Board has already pledged to sue the state.
House Bill 1538: Bars local units of government from setting a minimum wage higher than a state minimum wage, restricting an important way to put upward pressure on wages.
House Bill 1216: Prohibits project labor agreements and renders Indiana's common construction requirements useless. Specifically, the legislation exempts from common construction wage requirements projects under $1 million and all school and university projects. Currently only projects under $150,000 are exempt from this law. Passing this bill would lower the wages of Indiana's construction workers and open the door to out-of-state workers.
Senate Bill 333: Seeks to eliminate the use of all Projects Labor Agreements on publicly funded construction projects.
Senate Bill 575: Limits collective bargaining rights of Indiana's teachers to the point of dismantling them. If passed, only wages and certain fringe benefits may be bargained. This bill eliminates bargaining of hours and days, opening the door to extremely long hours and a longer work week with no additional compensation.
Senate Bill 001: Allows for outside agencies to be used to evaluate teachers and for teachers to evaluate other teachers. Teachers will not have input into the evaluation tool. The State Board of Education will have to approve the tool chosen by a school corporation, limiting local control. There is no appeal process under this bill if a teacher is fired unjustly. The Superintendent of Public Instruction may revoke a teacher's license at will.
House Bill 1002: Allows for charter schools to be established by mayors of 2nd class cities or a majority vote of a school board. The bill allows for acquisition of under-utilized buildings for $1 per year for up to 20 years. The school corporation must maintain the building. Charters have first option at any under-utilized building, meaning the corporation cannot choose to sell it if a charter wants the building. It also requires that only 50 percent of the teachers in charter schools need to be licensed.
House Bill 1003: Creates vouchers to allow public money to be diverted to private schools. If passed, public schools are estimated to lose $110 million.
USW To Congress: Stop Focusing on CEOs
For Immediate Release: Feb. 16, 2011
Contact: Roy Houseman, 202-778-4384
Pittsburgh -- The United Steelworkers (USW) is urging Congress to reinstate funding for the enhanced Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) program begun in 2009 that covers service workers and those whose jobs were exported to China or India due to unfair foreign trade.
The program had services slashed over the weekend when Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives voted to block a bill extending the provision. The program assists workers who have been impacted by trade agreements, such as the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), with job retraining and financial assistance. Opponents are trying to link the passage of future job off-shoring trade agreements to TAA.
Last week's vote reduces services for up to 170,000 Americans, from laid off steelworkers whose work was sent to China to office workers whose jobs have been outsourced to India. The Department of Labor was able to retain the program with reduced funding for one more year, but if Congress does not act to reinstate funding in the next year, tax-paying workers will lose a critical program that assists them in remaining competitive in the global economy.
"Once again, Americans are being put in the middle of a needless political battle and it's working families who are paying the price," said USW International President Leo W. Gerard. "While members of the House and Senate try to win political points and the new leadership focuses on helping corporations and CEOs, tens of thousands of middle class Americans who lost jobs through no fault of their own could see job training and health care disappear."
"These workers were already cheated out of good jobs because of bad trade deals. Now, they're being cheated out of a second chance by their own elected officials, many of whom ran on promises of creating jobs," Gerard said. "This political gamesmanship has to end so that Americans can go back to work."
The USW is the largest industrial union in North America and has 850,000 members in the U.S., Canada, and the Caribbean. It represents workers employed in metals, rubber, chemicals, paper, oil refining, atomic energy and the service sector. For more info: www.usw.org.
Is Indiana Senator Ed Charbonneau Anti Union?
It does not allow bargaining over working conditions.
Can you imagine working for some misguided, uncaring, nincompoop administrator in a school system and not being allowed to straighten that person out through collective bargaining?
Not all schools have nitwit administrators but when you have one with no common sense, you need to be able to negotiate changes in working conditions.
The saddest thing about this piece of right wing nutty Republican legislation is that my own State Senator is one of the authors and or sponsor.
Ed Charbonneau, from Indiana Senate District 5 is a sponsor of this bill and that really tees me off. This guy should know better.
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
NFL Players Face Lockout by Team Owners
- In early 2008, NFL team owners opted out of the current deal two years early. The owners threatened to lock out the Players when the Collective Bargaining Agreement expired on March 4, 2010. The Players are NOT threatening to strike. The Players would play under the current deal - they are not asking for more.
- The league generate $8 billion in revenue last year and has seen a 400 percent increase in revenues over the past decade. Each team is worth at least $1 billion dollars. The model has been beneficial to all involved in the business of the game. Since the owners opted out, the responsibility lies with them to answer one question: why doesn't the current deal work? If the teams are losing money, the owners should share audited financial statements with the Players so that, as business partners, they can help correct the problem.
- Thankfully, the NFL has remained strong despite the weak economy that has affected most Americans. The Green Bay Packers released limited financial information, and they generated $20 million in profits last year - not bad for a small-market team in one of the worst economic times in American history.
- The league has successfully negotiated multi-billion dollar television deals with CBS, Direct TV, NBC and FOX, although the NFL used the struggling economy as an excuse to lay off its employees and opt-out of the current CBA. The network deals contain provisions that require the networks to pay the NFL even if the owners lock out the Players and games are not played.
- The NFL has been granted every possible advantage from the federal government to become a successful business, including anti-trust exemptions. It also has 501c-6 non-profit status, which means the NFL pays less in taxes than average Americans.
- A lockout impacts not only owners, players and fans, but it hurts everyone associated with the business of the game. Economists estimate that team cities will lose approximately $160 million if there is a lockout.
- Hundreds of thousands in NFL communities will be impacted if owners lock out the Players, including:
- Approximately 100,000 stadium employees
- Hundred of thousands of municipal employees (Public Transportation such as train and bus workers, Parking Attendants, Police Officers, Radio/TV Reporters)
- Small business owners
- Retired players: Lose up to 80 percent of their benefits in an uncapped year
- 600 Coaches: Many of whom have already lost their pensions
Monday, February 14, 2011
Contact: Gary Hubbard, 202-778-4384 (O); 202-256-8125 (C); email@example.com
Washington, D.C. (Feb. 11, 2011) – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi joined House Democrats and USW President Leo W. Gerard to raise their voices yesterday, sending a clear message that the number one national priority is to create jobs.
"Americans are demanding that we put jobs first; that we act to invest in our future and help our economy grow," declared Leader Pelosi at a news conference in a U.S. Capitol room jammed with more than 100 USW members and activists of the union's Rapid Response Network.
Speakers at the U.S. Capitol Press Event (l-r): U.S. Rep. John Carney, Jr. (D-DE); Barry Mortimer, USW Local 1001 activist at Osram-Sylvania Co., Wellsboro, PA; Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi; Aaron Patterson, USW Local 1152-L President at Cooper Standard Automotive, Bowling Green, OH; Leo W. Gerard, USW International President; U.S. Rep. Loretta Sanchez (D-CA); U.S. Rep. Gerry E. Connolly (D-VA) - Photo by Steve Dietz
USW President Gerard reminded reporters behind the "Jobs Now" podium sign that more than 50,000 factories in American have shutdown in the past decade. "Everyone in these communities is affected," he said. "The schools with reduced taxes from fewer pay checks in the community, to the little corner stores and the suppliers. If we are concerned about getting out of debt, we need to be making things and getting everyone back to work."
He cited proposals for infrastructure repair, high speed rail and rebuilding water treatment plants as examples.
U.S. Reps. Gerry Connolly (D-VA), Loretta Sanchez (D-CA) and John Carney (D-DE) each spoke to the bill introduced in the new congressional session by Leader Pelosi, the Build America Bonds to Create Jobs Now Act, (H.R. 11). As a lead sponsor of the bill, Connolly called the Build America Bonds program a jobs bill. "During the last two years, $4.4 billion from the Recovery Act leveraged $181 billion in bonds needed for school construction, bridge and road repairs that created jobs." He said the bonds expired in December and need to be renewed.
USW Local 1152 President Aaron Patterson told the media gathering that the manufacturing recovery wasn't working for them after their rubber auto parts maker, Cooper Standard Automotive in Bowling Green, Ohio, last Friday announced the shutdown of their plant that's transferring jobs to Mexico, because Ford Motor Corp. wanted the cheapest hoses they could get. A group of 24 of the 200 workers at the Ohio plant were present.
The Bowling Green local union president looked at Pelosi, saying: "We need you to work with members of Congress to create policies that sustain our jobs."
The USW activists at the press event were among 700 participating in a 'Lobby Day' on American worker job advocacy issues legislation such as currency reform, extension of enhanced Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA), opposition to the U.S. – Korea and Colombia free trade agreements, and approaching the budget deficit battles with common sense solutions that don't endanger economic recovery and job growth.
Also speaking was Barry Mortimer of USW Local 1001, a rapid response coordinator at his plant of 110 at Osram-Sylvania in Wellsboro, Pa., where halogen light bulbs are fully U.S. made with energy saving standards. "Everything is made in America, including the box the light bulbs are packaged in," Mortimer said. "We need every government building in America to be buying and installing our bulbs to promote domestic jobs and energy savings."
Pelosi said, "Working together, we can expand our economy through innovation and public-private partnerships. We can invest in transportation, in clean energy and manufacturing in new industries."
The Democratic Leader's Jobs Program can be accessed at: http://www.democraticleader.gov/
Sunday, February 13, 2011
Monday, February 07, 2011
Support Public Education
Will you join us in standing up for our kids and for public education?
The Indiana Federation of Teachers and the Indiana State Teachers Association are joining forces to hold rallies in support of public education in Indianapolis, East Chicago, and Anderson!
We'll be standing together to have our voices heard! Let's tell the General Assembly that they can't fix the education system by demonizing workers and draining funding from our schools. Please plan on attending one of these rallies to show your support for our kids, our schools and our future!
Indianapolis Rally
Tuesday, February 8th
Indiana Statehouse, South Atrium (inside the Statehouse)
200 W. Washington St.
Indianapolis, IN 46204
5 p.m. Eastern Time
Lake County Rally
Wednesday, February 9th
4725 Indianapolis Blvd.
East Chicago, IN 46312
4:30 p.m. Central Time
(Outside event - Dress warm)
Anderson Rally
Thursday, February 10th
4610 S. Madison Ave.
Anderson, IN 46013
4:30 p.m. Eastern Time
(Outside event - Dress warm)
Join us at any of these rallies to stand with our union brothers and sisters! By standing together, we can make sure our representatives fight for Indiana's children!
Sunday, February 06, 2011
Hoosier Workers Under Attack in State Legislature
Negative impacts of "Right to Work":
- Drives down wages for all workers: Union and non-union workers in states with these laws make an average of $5,538 less a year than those that live in states without the law.
- Reduces benefits for all workers: Employers in "rtw" states are less likely to offer benefits and workers are losing health insurance coverage 70 percent faster than those in other states.
- Drains Billions for Indiana's fragile economy: With the reduction of wages and benefits, Indiana's economy stands to lose an estimated $17.3 billion as fewer dollars are circulated through the economy by Hoosier workers.
- Hurts workplace safety: According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics the rate of workplace deaths is 50 percent higher in "rtw" states.
- Reduces the overall quality of life: In addition to the decreased buying power of those in "rtw" states, the infant mortality rate is 16 percent greater while the poverty rate for all people is 19 percent higher and is 26 percent higher for children.
- Does not create jobs: Despite what the opposition would have you believe, "rtw" laws have no positive impact on states' economies. Indiana's unemployment rate is currently 9.8%. North Carolina, a state with a comparable population and economic base that has "rtw" laws on the books has an unemployment rate of 9.7%.
Saturday, February 05, 2011
"Right to Work" is Bad for Indiana
Won't Create Jobs
We're told this bill will create much- needed jobs, but that's just what they told us about NAFTA, trade with China and deregulating Wall Street, too. It's another corporate lie. "Right to work" for less laws actually lower wages, leaving workers like us with less money to spend and weakening our state's economy.
Lowers Wages for Everyone
Greedy CEOs love "right to work" for less laws because they drive down workers' wages and benefits. In fact, the average worker in states with these laws makes more than $5,500 less a year. In this economy, who can afford a $5,500 pay cut? (Bureau of Labor Statistics, October 2010)
Endangers Worksite Safety and Health
These laws weaken unions so we can't bargain for safe, healthy working conditions—resulting in more injuries and even deaths at the worksite. (Death on the Job: The Toll of Neglect, AFL-CIO, 2010)
Thursday, February 03, 2011
Wednesday, February 02, 2011
Indiana Senator Mike Delph's Bigotry
In an interview not long ago he said that he's "concerned about the exploitation of cheap labor for profit and the exploitation of human beings that's going on today in the state of Indiana."
I think if Senator Delph was truly concerned about the exploitation of human beings that's going on in the state of Indiana, he would be introducing legislation that would make it illegal for companies to permanently replace workers if they are locked out or find it necessary to strike a company.
To me, Senator Delph's proposed legislation is nothing more than his way of expressing his bigotry.


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By Chris Jenkins, AP Sports Writer
GREEN BAY, Wis. For much of this season, the Green Bay Packers have been causing fits for opposing defenses with their "Big Five" formation - five wide receivers and an empty backfield.
But with the weather turning bad against Seattle on Saturday, the Packers temporarily put their signature spread formation on ice and mostly ran their way to a dominant 42-20 victory.
The Big Five hiatus shouldn't last very long, though.
With the Packers preparing to face the New York Giants' banged-up secondary in Sunday's NFC championship game at Lambeau Field, there's every reason to think they'll return to turning their receivers loose.
Packers offensive coordinator Joe Philbin said coaches went into Saturday planning on using the five-wide formation, but decided to steer clear of it as the game unfolded.
"We just felt like we had better things in our game plan to utilize," Philbin said. "And obviously the score being what it was, the weather being what it was later in the game, it didn't make a lot of sense at that point."
By unofficial count, the Packers didn't use their Big Five formation at all against Seattle on Saturday. Green Bay did deploy a similar personnel group with four receivers and tight end Donald Lee lined up wide - but they only used that twice.
Instead, the Packers went in the opposite direction.
Not only did they run the ball 35 times while passing only 23 times - only the third game all season in which the Packers have run more than they've passed - they often did it out of full-house formations featuring two fullbacks and running back Ryan Grant.
It was an offbeat look for a team that until then had seemed to be spending more and more time with nobody lined up behind Brett Favre.
Philbin said the Packers' two-fullback attack is designed to make a defense commit to defending one side or the other, then exploit it.
"It's like anything else, you just try to figure out what they're trying to stop in that particular formation and then work off of that," Philbin said. "Are they geared up for the run? Maybe you've got some throws you can do. Are they geared up one side? Maybe you can work the other side. So it's not unlike many of our formation groupings that we're trying to just gain an advantage, a little bit here or there."
Big Five also makes defenses make difficult choices. Do they sit back in a zone, or do they play man-to-man coverage and blitz? Teams have tried both approaches, and neither has worked consistently.
But at the same time, the formation leaves Favre by himself in the backfield, relying solely on his offensive line and his ability to dump the ball off quickly to avoid sacks.
And while Packers right tackle Mark Tauscher ended up having an excellent day against star defensive end Patrick Kerney on Saturday, the Packers didn't necessarily want to take chances against the Seahawks.
Add in a stellar day from running back Ryan Grant and an unexpected snowstorm, and it didn't make much sense for the Packers to get pass-happy.
"You stay with what's hot, and obviously our run game had been very, very productive," Philbin said.
While Green Bay's Big Five has drawn a lot of attention in the second half of the season, Packers coach Mike McCarthy said the team hasn't necessarily been emphasizing it.
"If you sat there and watched every time we were in Big Five or Big Four, you'd say, 'Wow, they're doing more with that particular formation,"' McCarthy said. "But conceptually on the things that we do throughout, it's not as much, without getting into the details."
The Packers didn't go into this season expecting to regularly spread the field with five wide receivers, but needed something to kick-start the offense.
"You don't care if it's five tight ends or five wideouts, shoot, you're just trying to get the ball in the end zone," Philbin said. "I don't know. I don't really think in those terms. But it's been a nice little part of our package."
And it could be making a return very soon against a Giants team that might be dealing with injuries in its secondary. But if Philbin is planning on that, he isn't saying so.
"You can't make too much out of stuff like that," Philbin said. "Good teams usually have guys who rise up and step up to the plate when called upon. And those guys certainly did. They disrupted routes, they didn't have a lot of big deep explosive passes against them, they tackled pretty well. Those guys played well. So we're going to have to see what transpires here."
The Associated Press

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my mom saide its all hers can i do any thig about this i am named on the inherdines right along with my mom
Your question is a tad confusing. Did your father have a personal injury law suit going, and in the course of the case he diied? I would assume that he diied as a result of the negligence in the law suit, and it became a wrongful death lawsuit. Because the deceased is your father, you are a member of the wrongful death estate. Because you are a child of the deceased, you had a claim against the settlement proceeds of the law suit. A Guardian ad Litem should have been appointed to protect your interests in the proceeds of the law suit. Did you have a guardian ad litem? If you did, I would assume the GAL would issue a report reccomending that you get a share of the settlement. John Hone.Ask a similar question
I only know California law, so you should immediately consult with a local attorney who is experienced in wrongful death claims in your state. Your right to make a claim under the California Wrongful Death statute depends on your relation to the decedent. If you are next in line under the California laws of intestate succession, you should have a right to make a claim for wrongful death. If your father had already started the claim and filed a lawsuit , here in California you should be able to have an attorney substitute you in as a plaintiff. If the claim was for the loss of one of your father's children, perhaps your mom is the only correct plaintiff remaining. You should consult with a personal injury attorney who practices in the state where the wrongful death case is venued, since laws vary from state to state. Good luck, ClaudeAsk a similar question
Sorry to hear that your dad died. My condolences to you and your family. Your question is a bit confusing. I think you are asking that If your dad had a wrongful death law suit pending before his death, whether you can take over as a plaintiff since you are one of your dad's heirs. If I have accurately phrased your question, then the answer depends on many factors. One of them is the wrongful death and probate laws in Michigan. I advise you to contact a personal injury attorney in the state you live to discuss the matter further.
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German Bundesliga Standings
Bundesliga News
Arturo Vidal urges Arsenal's Alexis Sanchez to join him at Bayern Munich
Vidal, a Chile international teammate of Sanchez, has won the Bundesliga twice in consecutive seasons at Bayern.
Borussia Dortmund's Marc Bartra delighted to return after bomb attack
Marc Bartra said returning to action after the bomb attack on the Borussia Dortmund team bus represented one of the "best moments" of his career.
Stuttgart and Hannover confirm promotion back to Bundesliga
Daniel Ginczek set up three goals and scored the fourth for Stuttgart as the 2007 Bundesliga champions finished with 69 points.
WATCH: Lahm and Alonso say goodbye
Retiring Philip Lahm and Xabi Alonso said goodbye to the Bayern Munich fans at their Bundesliga title party.
Tuchel: Dortmund never lost faith
Thomas Tuchel praised the courage of his Dortmund side after their late winner in a thrilling match with Werder Bremen.
Aubameyang beats Lewandowski to Bundesliga top scorer accolade
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang's two goals on the final day of the season saw him beat Robert Lewandowski to finish as the Bundesliga's top scorer.


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With a stay at Ace Hotel Downtown Los Angeles, you'll be centrally located in Los Angeles, steps from Orpheum Theatre and minutes from Santee Alley.
This 4-star hotel is within close proximity of Pershing Square and Grammy Museum.
Make yourself at home in one of the 182 air-conditioned rooms featuring iPod docking stations and flat-screen televisions. Complimentary wireless Internet access keeps you connected, and cable programming is available for your entertainment. Private bathrooms with bathtubs or showers feature complimentary toiletries and hair dryers. Conveniences include laptop-compatible safes and desks, and housekeeping is provided daily.
Enjoy recreation amenities such as an outdoor pool or take in the view from a rooftop terrace. This hotel also features complimentary wireless Internet access and concierge services.
Grab a bite to eat at the hotel's restaurant, which features a bar, or stay in and take advantage of room service (during limited hours). Quench your thirst with your favorite drink at a bar/lounge. Breakfast is available for a fee.
Featured amenities include complimentary wired Internet access, express check-in, and express check-out.
About the Ace Hotel Downtown Los Angeles
Property Features
Ace Hotel Downtown Los Angeles offers its guests an outdoor pool and complimentary bicycles. There's a restaurant on site, as well as a coffee shop/café. You can enjoy a drink at the bar/lounge. WiFi and wired Internet are free in public spaces.
A rooftop terrace, tour/ticket assistance, and multilingual staff are also featured at the business-friendly Ace Hotel Downtown Los Angeles. For a fee, parking is available. A complete renovation of Ace Hotel Downtown Los Angeles was completed in December 2013.
This 4-star Los Angeles hotel is smoke free.
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- Built in 1927
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Ace Hotel Downtown Los Angeles offers 182 air-conditioned accommodations with iPod docking stations and minibars. Flat-screen televisions come with cable channels. Bathrooms include bathtubs or showers, bathrobes, complimentary toiletries, and hair dryers.
This Los Angeles hotel provides complimentary wireless Internet access. Business-friendly amenities include desks and laptop-compatible safes. Housekeeping is offered daily and hypo-allergenic bedding can be requested.
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Danske Bank Abandons Effort to Win U.S. Banking LicenseFrances Schwartzkopff
Danske Bank A/S, Denmark's biggest lender, cut three jobs in New York after deciding to abandon a four-year effort to win a U.S. banking license, according to an executive.
"It's been a laborious process with constantly changing demands," Jens Peter Neergaard, Danske Bank's global head of markets, said in an interview. "We reached a conclusion that we didn't want to pursue it any longer. It's been very frustrating that it's taken so long."
Without a license Danske Bank won't be allowed to accept deposits in the U.S. The Copenhagen-based bank doesn't need as much dollar funding as it did when the application was made in 2009, Neergaard said. The bank might instead expand its foreign-exchange business through its U.S. broker-dealer, he said.
"The broker-dealer part has worked well for us," Neergaard said. "We've gotten 200 new accounts since we got up and running two years ago and enjoy good business offering our rates and equities products to U.S. accounts."
Chief Executive Officer Eivind Kolding said last week that he may review a goal to more than double the lender's return on equity because central banks are keeping interest rates lower than the company anticipated.


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Phil Noble
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Phil Noble, Jr. (born May 17, 1951, Greenville, South Carolina) is an American entrepreneur and speaker in technology and the civic sector.
Growing up in Anniston, Alabama, Noble's father, J. Phillips Noble, a Presbyterian Minister, was involved in the civil rights movement during Gov. George Wallace's tenure as Alabama governor. FBI files indicate Noble's father was a top target of the Alabama Ku Klux Klan.[1]
After graduating from Tennessee Military Institute in 1969, Noble attended several colleges and universities, graduating from Birmingham-Southern College in 1974.[2]
Working in politics and technology[edit]
Since becoming involved in politics as a young child in John F. Kennedy's 1960 presidential campaign, Noble has started two businesses, Phil Noble and Associates and PoliticsOnline, working with over 350 public affairs, civic, corporate, and political clients in over 40 countries, helping to elect heads of state in 25 countries.[2]
After retiring from campaign politics in the 1990s, Noble began focusing on developing major interactive civic engagement technology projects with clients such as the BBC, European Union, United Nations, Amnesty International, and The Aspen Institute. Noble also authored 'Guide to Internet and Politics,' thought to be the first guide of its kind in the industry.
For his work, in 2001, Noble was chosen as a Resident Fellow of the Harvard Institute of Politics of the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.[2]
Working in South Carolina[edit]
In 1985, Phil Noble founded the Palmetto Project, a community service group that has initiated over 200 innovative projects focused on economic development, education, conservation, and improving access to health care. Noble served as the executive director from 1985-1992. In 2008, Noble founded One Laptop Per Child SC with a pledge to provide an educational laptop for every public school student in the state - the first such pledge in the country. To date, they have provided over 3,000 laptops in pilot projects in 15 schools across the state.
Noble has also been involved in South Carolina politics as a candidate for Lieutenant Governor in 1994 and as President of the South Carolina New Democrats, an independent reform group started by former Governor and US Secretary of Education Richard Riley. Noble also served as an early advisor to Barack Obama's South Carolina primary campaign.
- ^ Noble, P: Beyond the Burning Bus: The Civil Rights Revolution in a Southern Town, page 107. NewSouth Books, 2003.
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Jim Traveler Towle,
I am delighted that you have become fully engaged in the morality play
skimming across our monitor screens in hosta-open. Knowing that you were
a Ranger in Vietnam, makes me double proud to know you, even though we
have not met. I'm sure there were other men just like you there...strong
, young, intelligent, carrying on in the morality play underway there
where some in power were trying to take over from weaker people. We
supported the weaker side without complete committment in this
political/military struggle and we didn't win. There were many involved
who paid a high price personally. . I know, I was there for ten years
Now were are in a different scene, in act 2 or 3 in another morality
play.We are older and more intelligent and can make better choices
because of the things we learned.throiugh experience. We have chosen to
grow hostas in peace and freedom in our own country. But we find that a
morality play of sorts is heating up even here in our gardening
community. Our population has grown larger, we are more modern, many of
our values have changed, we have more gadgets and we are more affluent.
But the people are the same the world over and throughout time.
There are the Givers and there are the Takers. Those who have acquired
power, influence and authority and have become decisionmakers,
controllers and policy makers want even more power from others. This
control and power makes them feel good and that is why they want more.
Those of us who are aware of this accept the givens for a while perhaps
but then our patience accepts no more. We learn soon who the givers and
the takers are. and we support those who appear to be most like
The good guys vs the bad guys just like in the movies. The karmic
choices we make will determine the karmic happiness that will accrue,
if not now, then later.. Remember the lesson we learned when we were
small..."Whatsoever a man soweth, etc." Everyone certainly by this time
has learned that in the movies the good guy wins the girl and the bad
guy leaves town .But some of us are slow learners, it seems.
The Spikes, the Hitlers in Drag and the Zonnies will always be with us.
Those of us who love freedom and truth must do what is necessary to
modify our give/take environment so that it is more in balance.
So if you can't and won't take it any more, I will support someone like
you with the courage to stick your head out the window and say so as
eloquently as you have done.
Jim Hawes
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Jones Day has lost the head of its Munich patent team, partner Matthias Ricker, who is joining German IP boutique Wallinger & Partner
According to German publication Juve, Ricker is set to join Wallinger & Partner in March. He is taking Jones Day European patent associate Holger Tostmann with him.
Ricker helped launch the US firm's Munich patent department back in 2002. The Jones Day German IP team has already seen some departures this year.
Last month (January), German firm Heymann & Partner raided Jones Day's Frankfurt IP team of German IP practice coordinator Friedrich Klinkert and associates Piet Bubenzer and Nora Kessler.
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> Does anyone have a handle on the species P. torulosum? I got seed from
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A New Outlook on 2Chainz
I do a pretty good job at making sure I let the world know how much I dislike 2Chainz, but yesterday I did something different and decided to give 2Chainz one last chance and listen to his debut Based On A T.R.U. Story. It only made sense to me that if I hated this album, he's officially wack(because labels put in a lot of work making sure artist have songs for everyone) but to my surprise I actually found 7 out of 18 tracks that I actually can stand behind and say this is good. The thing is I'm old school so Nas' recent album is music to me, but this album is fun. Congrats Titty Boi, you gained a new fan.


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In between preparing for a new school year and the high holidays, the staff book club hasn't had a chance to meet for a while. Luckily, our new book, City of Women by David R. Gillham, is a compelling read full of twists and turns and ripe with moral dilemmas.
The book blurb reads:
It is 1943— the height of the Second World War. With the men away at the front, Berlin has become a city of women. On the surface, Sigrid is the model German soldier's wife: She goes to work every day, does as much with her rations as she can, and dutifully cares for her meddling mother-in-law, all the while ignoring the horrific immoralities of the regime. But behind this façade is an entirely different Sigrid, a woman of passion who dreams of her former Jewish lover, now lost in the chaos of the war.
But Sigrid is not the only one with secrets—she soon finds herself caught between what is right and what is wrong, and falls somewhere in the shadows between the two.
At once a well researched work of historical fiction, a love story, and a page turning espionage tale, City of Women is notable for its sympathetic but highly flawed characters and for Sigrid's unique perspective as a reluctant member of the resistance.
We will discuss the book this Thursday, October 3. Feel free to post your reviews and questions in the comments section, or to suggest other books.
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Chapter 2: The Witch and the Occultist - Page 4
"I wonder why the world hasn't see these things before."
"Maybe they're really good at hiding. Or maybe they've been living among us for all this time and they have learn how to adapt." I reasoned as we made it to the second floor. Katie looked at me, gesturing if I was ready. I nodded reluctantly as she cracked the door slightly, big enough for the both of use to look through. At first glance, we saw nothing…just another long hallway with bookshelves lining the wall. Katie slowly opened the door and we continued our spooky walk down the hall.
"But with the eve of smartphones, mounted cameras, motion sensors…you would think we would have caught and documented something by now…" She said to me as she stopped randomly at a classroom door. We both peeked through the tiny window to see…!
"Like I said…maybe they just got really go at hiding."
"But that suggest that these things are learning, adapting, evolving…" Katie said as I looked down at my sleeve, right were my wand was hiding.
"That could be true. For all we know, they really are living among us and we just don't know it."
"Would you tell me if you were a ghost or had magical powers?"
"…no." I calmly said to her. She stopped and turned around to look at me. We made eye contact and her expression when from her usual happy-go-lucky face to one of genuine respect.
"…and I don't expect it any other way. Ghost, espers, and magical beings have a title to uphold: to guard that secret to the very end.
"Then why are you trying to expose their secret?" I asked her as she looked forward and started walking down the hallway.
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"What do you mean?" I asked.
"My life was saved when I was little. Terrible multiple car pileup. People say it was a miracle that I survived, but witnesses and onlookers were skeptical that 'miracles' can defy 'reality'."
"Wait…what do you mean by that?"
"I'm the only survivor of that car crash. No broken bones, no cuts, no bruises. I walked away from that accident perfectly unscathed. However…" She stopped in her tracks. "Mom…Dad…and everyone else…"
"…I'm sorry. I-I didn't know…"
"But you know what the kicker is…?" She asked as I saw her body start to turn around. I expected her to be teary-eyed, ready to cry at any moment for making her remember such a terrible moment in her life.
…she was smiling.
"…I don't remember any of it."


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Emerald ran with all her might towards the elven land trying to keep ahead of the mist of loss by shortcuts through trees. She reached the area way before the mist and looked around desperate. She saw the Phoenix and ran for the libary.
Her hair was wild around her. She slammed the doors open and ran through the discusting corridors. They smelt foul to Emerald, they smelt of dead trees covered with ink and leather. She ingorned it and found the two elves leaning over a very large book.
Wait, what do I do now? Her thourghts were wild. If she just pulled them away, they would start to get confused at how thin air was pulling them. Then it hit her. She ran to a table where paper and ink was and grabbed the ink bottle. She went to the table they were at and saw the boy look up horrified
"I think we've got ourselves into something big here Mika," said the boy his eyes full with worry. "If what the Book says is right, then this is something far more serious than I thought. We've just encountered something that hasn't been seen in thousands of years. And now it's out to get us."
Emerald shivered remebering the last time this had happened. She was only a young wood nymph then. Then without hesitation she began to write.


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Roger . . . It does sound fantastic, but . . . It is not as farfetched as it appears. I know of one organization that does this already with thousands of home computers. I believe that NASA has a network of private/home based micro-computers doing some number crunching for them of deep-space radio signals. Check with your local planetarium, and ask the curator about "Project SETI". This project has been in existence for at least two years. You receive a free copy of the software from NASA, which works as a screen saver on your computer. In a background operation, it scans a data file for specific signal patterns. Once scanning is finished it returns the results via the InterNET, and receives a new data file to process. Maybe someone who knows more about "Project SETI" can provide some other insights on this subject. Now to get back to the subject of this newsgroup . . . I wonder if someone can come up with some Finite Element Analysis shareware/freeware that could utilize the power of InterNET networked microcomputers in a similar fashion to Project SETI or Juno . . . Hint . . . Hint . . . Hint . . . Sorry for this. But my company, specifically the Information Technology Department, does not think that engineers need any design or analysis software to do their job. Go figure - an engineering company which is not allowed (by ISG/IT staff) to use engineering software. By the way, our IT staff are very paranoid about any software which is outside their "standard" issued configuration. Under these rules, for example AutoCAD is not permitted for general use. You need approval signatures all the way up to the Chairman of the Board, and only then they may allow you to use AutoCAD LT. That's why I am always looking for engineering shareware/freeware, specifically simple structural (R.C., etc.) software, such as ultimate bending capacity of a single/double reinforced concrete member. Just a thought . . . -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 Message:0003 3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Roger Turk <73527.1356(--nospam--at)compuserve.com <mailto:73527.1356(--nospam--at)compuserve.com> > Subject: OT - Juno News Article To: SEAOC Listservice <seaint(--nospam--at)seaint.org <mailto:seaint(--nospam--at)seaint.org> > In this morning's newspaper there was a story that Juno is requiring subscribers to leave their computers on 24-hours a day so that Juno can use the computer when the subscriber isn't. It was described as operating something similar to a screen saver. Is this a big Juno joke? Today is February 5, 2001, not April 1st (April Fool's Day) or did the paper run the story almost two months early? Any Juno subscribers: Did you get a message from Juno modifying your subscriber agreement? Roger Turk Tucson, Arizona USA
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There is no denying that mobile devices are extremely popular nowadays with an increasing number of people having at least one mobile device of their own. The popularity of these devices is not surprising at all due to the fact that these devices are indeed extremely useful with people using these gadgets for communicating with others, connecting to the internet to get the information that they need or for entertainment as these devices can be used for listening to music, watching movies or playing games.
One part of the mobile device package that a lot of people tend to take for granted is the micro USB cable that is being used along with these devices. Most people do not put a lot of thought into these cables as they only see them as mere charging and data transfer accessories.
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Anthropology and the Bushman
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April 2007
BeschreibungCovers early travellers and settlers, classic nineteenth and twentieth-century ethnographers, North American and Japanese ecological traditions, the approaches of African ethnographers, and the work on advocacy and social development. This work reveals the impact of Bushman studies on anthropology and on the public.
1. Introduction
2. From Early Encounters to Early Anthropology
3. Victorian Visions of the Bushman
4. Beckoning of the Kalahari
5. Amateurs and Cultural Ecologists
6. An Original Affluent Society?
7. The Return of Myth and Symbol
8. Kalahari Revisionism and Portrayals of Contact
9. Advocacy, Development and Partnership
10. Representations and Self-Representations
11. Reflections and Conclusions
PortraitAlan Barnard is Professor of the Anthropology of Southern Africa at the University of Edinburgh.
Pressestimmen'Alan Barnard's fascinating examination of the changing images anthropology has held about the Bushmen of Southern Africa is an important contribution to the history of anthropology and offers rare insight into the lives, struggles and achievements of several generations of ethnographers. An important reading for any course on hunter-gatherers, southern Africa or the history of anthropology.'Jerome Lewis, London School of Economics
Untertitel: Sprache: Englisch.
Verlag: BERG PUBL INC
Erscheinungsdatum: April 2007
Seitenanzahl: 179 Seiten
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A Raven's Love
Wolfram sneered, holding his crossbow steady. His gray sideburns that met together in a beard were bristling with anger. The words that echoed from his mouth seemed to shake the walls on either side of the alley. They were fierce and commanding, "Give me the sword."
"I am no longer your subordinate, Wolfram," answered the young man. The blade between them shone white in the sunlight. "You have failed us." His voice had a whimsical accent, like wind whistling through reeds.
Wolfram spat upon the ground. "Nobody will know if I slay you now, Bundle."
"That would be an unfortunate display," said Bundle. "The boy would come to my aid before you could do much damage. And if I don't check in soon, others will come searching for my piece."
"You don't have a piece! Don't dare bluff at me, lad. Besides, I'm not foolish enough to take it."
"You're not?" Bundle mused. The man had wavy black hair that stuck out from under a dark blue kerchief. There was a scruffy goatee on his chin, and a scar upon his right cheek.
The trigger sprung. The arrow shot.
Only a yard away, Bundle used the sword to parry the arrow with blinding speed. As two others followed, he split them both and then knocked the crossbow from Wolfram's right hand.
His left hand was already in his pocket, removing a tiny arrowhead. However, it quickly grew to full size in his hands. The blue-patina of the metal crest shone brightly in the scarce sunlight that pervaded the alley. It was the Shield of Belendar. The crest, however, depicted a horned wolf.
A raven came to land on the ground behind Wolfram.
The sword came down against it unexpectedly, and let out a resonating clang. Bundle held the double-handed blade steady in just one hand. "Clearly, you have broken your oath, Wolfram."
"I don't know how that got in my pocket," Wolfram told him.
An adolescent boy of fifteen and a half came around the corner of the opposite end of the alley from where the raven was pecking idly at some fallen grain. He had a bow in his hands, with an arrow nocked to its string.
Wolfram smiled.
"Drop the sword, thief, or you'll get an arrow in the back!" bellowed Williard.
Bundle spun the sword into action, attacking Wolfram and completely ignoring Will's threat. Every swift swing of the blade, was but a blur of silver in every man's eye. And every time, it clashed against the shield which seemed to move with a mind of its own to block each and every attack.
Will, who had still not identified Wolfram, let loose the arrow, aiming for the thief's lower back.
Bundle jumped high, spreading his legs so that the arrow whistled by beneath his groin, and at the same time thrust down with the sword in an overhead swing.
The shield, unable to block two attacks at once, chose to defend against the sword.
Wolfram's leather armour and lower gut were consequently met with the penetration of an arrow. He winced and doubled back, unable to tap into his Gift with Will's aura around.
The raven took flight, as a middle-aged man with a butcher's cleaver in each hand rounded the corner.
Wolfram staggered backwards and fell onto the dirt.
Bundle undid his belt, and tossed it aside as he sheathed the Sword of Belendar and leaned against the opposite side of the alley.
Axbrand swung one cleaver down at Wolfram's left ribcage. As expected, the Shield of Belendar moved to block the blow, Wolfram's hand still attached to it. In that same movement, the shield's edge cut the protruding half of the arrow in his chest.
"No!" cried Wolfram.
Ax moved his right cleaver lower against the shield, pushing it lower and away from where he would next aim. Then the cleaver in his left hand came down and decapitated Wolfram faster than the enchanted shield could move to stop it.
"Very good," said Bundle. "One of you take the shield and one of you take my belt. I am not allowed to be in possession of more than one piece of Belendar's workmanship. It is punishable by death."
Axbrand took the shield from Wolfram's cold dead hand. As he frowned at it, it shrank to the size of an arrowhead in his hand. Ax pocketed it.
Will tentatively picked up the belt, wishing he had instead been entrusted with the sword. "Who are you?"
Bundle smiled, "I am Bundle, Son of Bald, and a member of the Order of Belendar. I am charged with protecting the late blacksmith's workmanship and making sure it does not fall into the wrong hands. As such, I must ask that the two of you come with me, and transfer those items to members of the Order of Belendar."
"Very well," said Axbrand. "Name's Axbrand. I was a friend of your late father's, and I owed him my very life. May he rest in peace."
Bundle nodded with sorrow. "News among the Gifted tells me this must be young Will."
"What 'bout the sword? I won it fair and square," said Williard. He held out the belt in exchange.
Bundle frowned, "Well, I am awfully fond of that belt, though far less proficient with it. Perhaps once you are finished your proper training, we could arrange for-"
"Kckaww!" A feathery black bird, larger than a raven and almost as large as a man, came soaring into the alley. Its talons wrapped around the belt loop, and it began to fly off. It smelled foul.
Bundle swung at the bird too late, and succeeded only in getting the belt wrapped around the blade. It sprung from his grip.
"Damn!" exclaimed Axbrand.
Will pursed his lips and shot an arrow as soon as he could, and it went whistling past the underside of a large black wing.
"He's casting with his better emotions," said Bundle. "Damn indeed."
"Huh?" said Will as he gave up the chance to shoot another arrow, because the unseemly large raven had flown away.
"Has nobody trained you at all, boy?!" exclaimed Bundle.
"Nobody," put in Axbrand, as he took Wolfram's money and searched him for valuables.
"You got the sword off him with just your aura?"
"My what?" asked Will.
"Hmmm... come with me at once. Both of you. You must meet my mother-"
Williard's stomach grumbled.
"-and her fine cooking," finished Bundle.
And as the trio walked off, leaving Wolfram's corpse in the alley, they did not notice the small raven that came down to land near its master's body.
With its beak, the raven nudged the head of Wolfram back against its neck. Slowly, the flesh bonded. An hour passed of slow healing. And though Vollomeer could have helped, he chose instead to watch. He wanted his master the feel the pain of his wounds as he was revived.
Finally, Wolfram let out an abrupt gasp for air, then began breathing heavily.
The raven towered up into the figure of a black-cloaked man. The man drew a sword, and grazed it against the blood on Wolfram's neck.
In that moment, the Sword of Belendar shone purple, and Belendar's eyes widened. The wound in his chest, which had healed as his head had joined with his body, then began to bleed once more.
"Why d-do you b-betray me, Vollomeer?" wheezed Wolfram.
"Because you never told me you were collecting," said Vollomeer. "I like that plan far better. But now I know I was just a pawn to you. You would use me, and then take my scepter. And you don't even know you're lying. Lies are so natural to you, they come about by instinct."
"I ha-h-have no Gift, n-now," said Wolfram, his lips dripping blood. "Why do you let me live?"
"I only stole one Gift from you, you know that," said Vollomeer, as he turned around and began to walk away. "Do with the others as you wish, but you cannot stop me. My love for her is too strong."
Wolfram slowly got to his feet, blood running from the severed arrow in his chest. When he looked behind himself, all he heard was the distant flapping of wings on a quiet, windless evening. With no coin, no salves and no crossbow to sell, Wolfram was left at the mercy of the old lady down the street who ran a quaint little apothecary. It stung and it smelled putrid. And she delighted to see him suffer.


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I sigh as I walk through the halls. Maybe today will be better. But I doubt it. It sucks being a Bruiser in a school full of Oranges, Greens, and Yellows. Even the teachers look down at you. It's sad. But I have nothing else to do. So I come. But I'm hoping that won't last long.
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"Hey, Kilia." Grace says sweetly. Grace, with her curly blonde hair and bright Orange eyes is the most poular girl in school. Surrounding her is her usual posse: Moira, the slightly chuby girl with a babyish face, Green eyes, and short red hair; Tay, the sporty, athletic one. Her straight brown hair that usually falls to her waist is now up in a bun, and her Yellow eyes are shining. And finally, Harmony. Harmony is Grace's twin, and they act alot alike, but don't look the same. In fact, their looks are completely opposite. Except for their eyes. Everything is about eyes.
I regard the four of them, carefully thinking of a response. They stand patiently waiting, Grace and Harmony with their arms crossed. Finally, all I say is, "Hi."
They laugh, and Grace steps up to me. Looking right into my hiddoues Bruiser eyes, she says, "You're coming with us."
I gulp as I'm lead down the hallway, outside, and behind a dumpster. Now is my chance. I can finally prove myself a fighter, and hopefully escape my prison. I check my watch, timing this perfectly.
Stalling, I say, "So, what's up?"
Grace snarls at me. "What's up? What's up? You're not suppossed to be here, that's what's up."
I give a weak smile and hold up a finger. "First off, that didn't make sense. And second," I say, adding another finger, "you're just going to beat me up for it?"
Harmony gives me a nasty smile and says, "Yep. Pretty much!" Like this is totally normal. Which, in my case, it is. Wow, my life is messed up.
Harmony and Grace look at each other and nod, then the group advances. I smile. Perfect timing, as usual. My fists fly out, and I attack. I throw punches, land kicks, anything that will bring pain. Real pain.
Then, just as soon as it started, it ends. And I'm victorious. Drunk with victory, I turn and run inside, just as the warning bell goes off. I can't help smiling at the thought that for once in their ugly, misreable lives, Grace and Harmony will be late for class.
I quickly open my locker, grab my things, stuff them in my backpack, and leave. Pausing at the door, I turn around to say goodbye. Although I've never liked this place, lots of emotions surge through me. But I shoulder my pack, turn, and never look back again.