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I would even argue against those 3.The_Pauser wrote:It's really disgusting how criminally underrated Luongo has become. He is easily a top 5 goaltender. Right now I would have Lundqvist (although barely), Quick, and Tim Thomas ahead of him. Pekka Rinne might have a slight edge, although he hasn't shown anything that suggests he should be put ahead of Luongo conclusively. Either way though, Luongo is still in the top 5.RoyalDude wrote: Mondi must have missed the shooting gallery playoff series between Philadelphia and Pittsburgh last year which might have been the motivating factor as to why Shero brought in Vokoun this off-season. I'm surprised Mondi didn't add the other culprit to that list - Bryzgalov.
Thomas has been good, but when he hasn't had the all-world defense of the Boston "Clutch and Grab" Bruins in front of him he has been fairly average. I don't see him giving Luongo's Panthers of old a chance at anything. All the same, he is a competitor and at least Louie's equal.
Lundqvist is coming off an incredible year, but he has done far less in the playoffs than Bobby Lou. Regular season numbers are fairly comparable, Lundqvist has a slight edge, but last year's performance really gave him a nice boost on the career totals. He certainly has never carried a middle of the pack team into the playoffs and then proceeded to win a goaltending duel to get into the next round. Again, he's Louie's equal but needs to repeat this past season's performance.
Rinne has had one amazing year. Last year he was good, but his numbers dropped off. He is also back-stopping one of the most defensively focussed teams in the NHL. It will be interesting to see what his numbers do now that he has lost one of his top 2 defensemen.
Jonathan Quick is coming off an incredible year. But I'm going to say it, he didn't deserve that Conn Smythe. He was not the reason that LA won the Cup. The team steam rolled their opponents. Against us in the opening round he was quite beatable, it wasn't until game 5 that he finally put it together and actually won LA the game. Before that it was the team in front of him taking away Vancouver's chances, clearing loose pucks, blocking shots, eliminating second shot opportunities, and playing the clutch-and-grab-dead-puck-era-hockey that saw goaltender's numbers skyrocket and netminders like Dominik "flop around" Hasek post unbelievable stats by simply laying down and taking away the bottom of the net. Second round was more of the same, St. Louis threw alot of perimeter shots at the net. Easy work for the goalie. In the last 2 games they only got 21 and 18 shots on net. Phoenix, more of the same. The Finals? 17, 33, 22, 23, 19, 18. Those are the shot totals that Quick faced against New Jersey. Only in game 2 did he have to post any real numbers. Game 6 was a wash, thanks to officiating, from the half way point of the opening period. Quick had an easy Cup clinching game. He's a really good goaltender, but we've seen how rattled he can get in years past. I would like to see what would have happened if he had been our goaltender and Schneider or Louie had been theirs. We probably would have watched the Kings destroy the Canucks in 4 and the scores not even be close.
It's funny how quickly people dismiss some amazing seasons and games and compare a goalie to peers who have less experience and have seen the benefit of some amazing play by the players in front of them.
My problem with Luongo is that he is a slow starter and lets in soft goals at bad times. I still think he opened up the series against LA with a vengeance. He was incredible and the Canucks should have been completely out of both games in the first period, but Louie kept them in it with some amazing saves. Unfortunately a goalie is only going to bail his team out with unstoppable stops for so long. The fact that Vigneault went with Schneider tells me that it is perhaps the team that feels better with Cory in net.....and we have all seen the collective deflation that follows Luongo's gaffs. It is just time for a change.

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Do you know what it means to be 'mindful'?
If not…
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[via Time] The Mindful Revolution ~By Kate Pickert
The raisins sitting in my sweaty palm are getting stickier by the minute. They don't look particularly appealing, but when instructed by my teacher, I take one in my fingers and examine it. I notice that the raisin's skin glistens. Looking closer, I see a small indentation where it once hung from the vine. Eventually, I place the raisin in my mouth and roll the wrinkly little shape over and over with my tongue, feeling its texture. After a while, I push it up against my teeth and slice it open. Then, finally, I chew — very slowly.
I'm eating a raisin. But for the first time in my life, I'm doing it differently. I'm doing it mindfully. This whole experience might seem silly, but we're in the midst of a popular obsession with mindfulness as the secret to health and happiness — and a growing body of evidence suggests it has clear benefits. The class I'm taking is part of a curriculum called Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) developed in 1979 by Jon Kabat-Zinn, an MIT-educated scientist.
The raisin exercise reminds us how hard it has become to think about just one thing at a time. If distraction is the pre-eminent condition of our age, then mindfulness, in the eyes of its enthusiasts, is the most logical response.
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The fastest way to a healthier, happier you?
Is learning to be in-tune with yourself.
Physically, and mentally.
By gifting yourself with the one gift, we so seldom GIVE ourselves, by doing nothing more…
Than by doing NOTHING.
Take a few minutes out of your day.
Just a few, to start with, is all it takes.
[via NaturalNews] Meditation is just as effective as antidepressant drugs in treating anxiety or depression, but without the side effects, according to a study conducted by researchers from Johns Hopkins University and published in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine. The study was funded by the U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
The researchers analyzed the results of 47 prior randomized, controlled trials conducted on a total of 3,515 people suffering from depression, anxiety, insomnia, heart disease, chronic pain, stress and other health conditions. In all the trials analyzed, mindfulness meditation had been compared to a placebo or to other treatments.
Mindfulness meditation consists of the regular practice, often 30 to 40 minutes per day, of a person remaining aware of their surroundings (such as sounds), thoughts and emotions, without forming attachment to their outcomes. This is in contrast with concentration practices, in which a person focuses on a single thought or activity (such as chanting or looking at a candle) to the exclusion of all other thoughts.
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A recent study published by NewHope360(1) showed that most Americans are not getting enough fiber, with most only getting 12-18 grams of daily fiber instead of the recommended 25-38 grams. The good news is that 72 percent of Americans have reported trying to consume more fiber to reach these daily fiber recommendations, which is important for overall health and wellness. According to Keri Glassman, a registered dietitian who has teamed up with Konsyl Pharmaceuticals to help educate people on fiber's health benefits, fiber can help with weight management, promote digestive health, manage blood sugar levels as well as insulin sensitivity, and helps to lower cholesterol levels to reduce risk of heart disease.
"To boost fiber intake, I recommend starting with foods naturally high in fiber like fruits, vegetables, whole grains and legumes and supplementing with an all-natural, psyllium fiber supplement like Konsyl Original Formula," explains Glassman. "Since Konsyl Original Formula has no flavor, it can easily be used in cooking and baking. I also love to mix it with parmesan cheese and sprinkle onto steamed vegetables, creating a healthy, high fiber dish."
Below is a high fiber recipe from Glassman featuring Konsyl Original Formula, which is made of 100% psyllium, an all-natural type of soluble fiber. Konsyl Original Formula has 75% more fiber per serving than other leading brands, with 6 grams of psyllium fiber (equal to 3 grams of soluble fiber) in just one serving.
Keri Glassman's Homemade Salsa Chili
2 tsp extra virgin olive oil
1 tsp finely chopped garlic
3 oz lean ground turkey
1⁄4 tsp ground cumin
1⁄4 tsp chili powder
1⁄2c jarred chunky red salsa
11⁄2 tsp chopped cashews
1⁄4c canned red kidney beans, rinsed and drained
1 tsp Konsyl Original Formula
1. Heat the oil in a small saucepan over medium heat. Reduce the heat to low and add the garlic and turkey.
2. Cook about 3 minutes, stirring constantly to break up the meat and prevent sticking, until the meat is no longer pink.
3. Add the cumin, chili powder, salsa and cashews, stirring to combine. Cook 1 minute.
4. Stir in the beans and continue cooking 1 more minute, or until heated through.
5. Add Konsyl, stir to combine.
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Headquartered in Easton, MD, the Konsyl Brand has been around for over 75 years. Konsyl is the number one doctor-recommended, all-natural psyllium fiber supplement. Konsyl Original and Konsyl Easy Mix psyllium fiber products are all natural, gluten-free and contain no sugar or sugar substitutes. Konsyl is safe for celiac patients, diabetics and pregnant and nursing mothers. Learn more at http://www.Konsyl.com.
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Keri Glassman is a nationally recognized nutrition expert, founder and president of Nutritious Life, a nutrition practice based in New York City and author, including her recently released, The New You and Improved Diet: 8 Rules to Lose Weight and Change Your Life Forever. For years Keri has been a leader in advancing a "whole person" approach to health and wellness. She has dedicated her career to creating services and promoting education through her "Nutritious Life" brand. Learn more about Keri Glassman at http://www.NutritiousLife.com
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EL RENO, Okla. (AP) — An Oklahoma man accused in the deaths of his ex-girlfriend and her four children pleaded guilty Friday to five counts of first-degree murder, thus avoiding a death sentence.
Joshua Durcho, 29, entered the guilty pleas before Canadian County District Judge Gary Miller. Durcho agreed to serve five consecutive life prison terms without the possibility of parole.
Durcho was accused in the January 2009 deaths of 25-year-old Summer Rust and her children — 3-year-old Evynn Garas, 4-year-old Teagin Rust and 7-year-old daughters Kirsten and Autumn Rust — in the family's El Reno apartment. All of the victims died from "ligature strangulation," meaning they were strangled with something that left marks on their necks, according to autopsies performed by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.
Prosecutors said Durcho also sexually abused the 7-year-old girls.
Jury selection for his trial had been set to begin Monday and prosecutors had sought the death penalty.
Last month, Dr. Shawn Roberson, a forensic psychologist with the Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, testified that Durcho's mental functioning was "at the low borderline range." Nonetheless, Miller rejected claims that Durcho is mentally disabled and ineligible for the death penalty.
Oklahoma law bars death sentences if a defendant meets the state definition of mental retardation, which includes an IQ of 70 or below and "significant limitations in adaptive functioning," the real-life communications, self-care and work and social skills people need to live independently and function safely and appropriately. In addition, the onset of mental retardation must occur before the age of 18.
Roberson said Durcho has been administered four IQ tests since he was 11 years old and scored between 72 and 78 on the tests. The most recent tests were administered in 2009 and 2010, and Durcho scored 72 on both.
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18 U.S. Code § 915 - Foreign diplomats, consuls or officers
Whoever, with intent to defraud within the United States, falsely assumes or pretends to be a diplomatic, consular or other official of a foreign government duly accredited as such to the United States and acts as such, or in such pretended character, demands or obtains or attempts to obtain any money, paper, document, or other thing of value, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both.
Based on section 232 of title 22, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Foreign Relations and Intercourse (June 15, 1917, ch. 30, title VIII, § 2, 40 Stat. 226; Mar. 28, 1940, ch. 72, § 6, 54 Stat. 80).
Reference to "jurisdiction" of the United States was omitted as unnecessary in view of definition of "United States" in section 5 of this title.
Mandatory punishment provision was rephrased in the alternative.
Minor changes were made in phraseology.
1994—Pub. L. 103–322 substituted "fined under this title" for "fined not more than $5,000".
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Emma Watson had a bit of a wardrobe malfunction at the "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" premiere, but she doesn't seem too bothered by the mishap.
Watson was a guest on "The Late Show with David Letterman" Wednesday night, and Letterman asked what happened at the movie's London premiere, when a gust of wind blew open her dress, Marilyn Monroe-in-"The Seven Year Itch" style, and exposed her skivvies.
"I don't actually remember when this happened," the 19-year-old actress said with a slightly embarrassed laugh. "At least I'm wearing underwear."


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Records Relating to Department of Labor and Tra... | State Archives Catalog
In 1935 the Department of Labor was established by statutory authority in PL 1935, chapter 2250, Section 90. Upon creation, the department assumed the responsibilities of the former Commissioner of Labor and the Superintendent of Industrial Statistics existing before that title. This statute also abolished the Census Board whereupon the Director of Labor assumed all responsibilities and functions relating to conducting the decennial census and keeping statistics. The last census was taken in 1935/6 and the statute was repealed completely in 1985. The department gradually evolved over the following decades to include a variety of divisions, boards, and advisory councils related to all fields of labor. In 1996 PL 226 renamed the department as the Department of Labor and Training (RIGL §42.16.1)
The Department began with three divisions, the Division of Labor Relations, the Division of Industrial Inspection, and the Division of Personnel (Census and Statistics). In 1936 the Division of Women and Children was created under the Department per Chapter 2289 of the Public Laws of 1936.
The Division of Women and Children administered the regulations affecting the employment of women and minors: The Minimum Wage Law, the Forty-Eight Hour Law, the Industrial Homework Law and the Child Labor Regulations. The Division also acted as a clearinghouse for requests for information regarding the federal law, supervised the issuance of minor work permits by school departments throughout the state and processed complaints received regarding the enforcement of the Federal law (Fair Labor Standards Act, 1938). The passage of RI Equal Pay Law in 1946 abolished wage differentials based on sex and Chapter 3420 established the state minimum wage in 1955. The division was renamed the Division of Labor Standards in 1973 (Chapter 250, 73-S-986)
Abbreviated Timeline:
1865: First RI state census is legislated and taken.
1887: Creation of the Commissioner of Industrial Statistics.
1919: Commissioner of Industrial Statistics renamed Commissioner of Labor, State Board of Labor established.
1935: Creation of the Department of Labor, headed by Director of Labor.
1941: Labor Relations Board is formed.
1943: Curative Centre Fund established.
1955: Director of Labor granted power to assign wages.
1961: John E. Donley Rehabilitation Center established, replacing former Curative Centre
1978: Department of Labor removes its Division of Statistics and Census
1985: Division of workmen's compensation, including the John E. Donley Rehabilitation
Center, transferred to the newly established Department of Workmen's Compensation
Extended Timeline:
1865: The first RI state census is taken and legislated
-PL 1865, chapter 577
-"Sec. 1, There shall be taken in several cities and towns in the year 1865, and every tenth year thereafter, a census of the inhabitants and voters."
-"Sec. 2, The census shall be taken in cities by agents appointed by the board of aldermen…the board of aldermen and assessors shall, on or before the first day of July of the same year, deposit the returns in the office of the Secretary of State."
1875: Superintendent of the Census and Census Board established to conduct the census
-PL 1875, chapter 449: An Act to provide for taking a decennial census of the state of Rhode Island
-"Sec. 3, The governor shall appoint a 'Superintendent of the Census' who, together with the governor and the secretary of state, shall constitute the 'Census Board' which shall have the charge of taking the census"
-"Sec. 4, The Superintendent of the Census, acting under the advice of the census board, shall prepare and print all the necessary blanks for taking the census…the superintendent of the census shall also superintend the taking of the census, and receive the returns when completed…present to the general assembly a report upon the census, showing the information obtained and its application to the promotion of the interests of the State."
1887: Creation of the Commissioner of Industrial Statistics, assumes responsibilities of the former Superintendent of the Census
-PL 1887, chapter 621
-Creates the office of Commissioner of Industrial Statistics.
-Appointed by the Governor with advice and consent from the senate for a two-year term.
-Duties of the Superintendent of the census transferred to Commissioner of Industrial Statistics.
-"[The Superintendent of the Census] must collect, arrange, tabulate and publish statistical details in relation to the conditions of labor and business in all mechanical, manufacturing, commercial and other industrials business of the state…"
1919: Creation of the Commissioner of Labor, formerly the Commissioner of Industrial Statistics, and State Board of Labor
-PL 1919, chapter 1741: An Act to create a commissioner of labor.
-"…at the time of the passage of this act shall be thereafter know and described as the Commissioner of Labor and shall be vested with all the powers and authority and subject to all the duties and liabilities now vested and imposed upon the Commissioner of Industrial Statistics."
-Establishes State Board of Labor.
-5 Members: the Commissioner of Labor, two representatives of employers of the state, and two representatives of the laborers of the state.
-"The Commissioner of Labor shall report to the Board of Labor at each of its monthly meetings such matter relating to the interests of labor…The board shall report to the general assembly at its January session and present in such a report any recommendations it may deem advisable in regard to the administration of such laws, and suggest any changes or amendments to such laws as it may deem desirable."
1925: Deputy Commissioner of Labor title established under statutory authority
-PL 1925, chapter 626: An Act in amendment of Section 5 of Chapter 87 of the general laws, entitled "Of the Commissioner of Labor and of the State Board of Labor."
-"There shall be a Deputy Commissioner of Labor…shall act as agent to the Labor Commissioner in the conduct of investigations of labor conditions, ordered by the Labor Commissioner and shall perform such duties as said labor commissioner may direct. He shall act as secretary to the State Board of Labor as provided by the following section. He shall, under the direction of the State Board of Labor, aid and assist any board of mediation and conciliation appointed by said board of labor.
1935: Creation of the Department of Labor under statutory authority
-PL 1935, chapter 2250, section 90: Administrative Code Act, an Act relating to the civil administration of the state government and amending or repealing certain general and public laws.
-Headed by director of labor, formerly the commissioner of labor.
-Must name an arbitrator, as required by law (chapter 94, section 9 of the general laws)
-Responsible for conducting the state census
"The census board appointed under authority of said chapter 86 of the general laws is hereby abolished and the director of labor shall perform all functions heretofore performed by the Census Board…"
-Establishes three divisions: Division of Labor Relationships, Division of Industrial Inspection and Division of Personnel.
1. Division of labor relationships with appointed chief
-Responsible for the enforcement of the workmen's compensation act and other duties as prescribed by the director of labor
2. Division of industrial inspection with appointed chief and inspectors
-Responsible for powers and duties formerly delegated to factory inspectors and steam boiler inspectors, and any duties deemed necessary by the director of labor
3. Division of personnel with appointed chief
-"Shall exercise powers and duties as conferred upon it by the general assembly."
-Establishes Bureau of Firemen's Relief
-Responsible for administering the fund for the relief of firemen
1935 Department of Labor responsible for establishing a national employment system as
mandated by the Wagner-Peyser Act of 1933, creates Division of State Employment Service
-PL 1935, chapter 2266: An Act creating a state system of public employment offices.
-"Sec 3. There is hereby created within the Department of Labor a division to be known as the Division of State Employment Service responsible for administering a system of public employment offices for the purpose of assisting employers to secure employees and workers to secure employment…having powers or duties under such act and to do and perform all things necessary to secure to the state of Rhode Island the benefits of such act in the promotion and maintenance of a system of public employment offices."
1936: Department of Labor creates Division of Women and Children.
-PL 1936, chapter 2289: An act to establish minimum fair wage standards for women and minors.
-"Sec.4, There is hereby created in the Department of Labor a division to be known as the Division of Women and Children whose duty it shall be to carry out the provisions of this act, to administer the labor laws of this state concerning women and children and in general to be responsible for the welfare of women and children employed in industry in this state."
-Division stood to protect women and minors from unfair wages bestowed upon them through the creation of wage boards. Said boards served to combine representatives from employees, employers, and the public to negotiate fair wages for women and children.
1936: Division of Unemployment Compensation, Unemployment Compensation Board created within Department of Labo
-PL 1936, chapter 2333: An act relating to unemployment compensation
-"Sec.10, There is hereby created in the Department of Labor the Division of Unemployment Compensation to be composed of three qualified electors of the state to be known as the Unemployment Compensation Board of Rhode Island."
"The Unemployment Compensation Board at its discretion shall recommend to the governor for transmission to the general assembly such actions as will tend to aid and promote the prevention of unemployment and as will affect the regularization of employment
-3 Members:
One representative of labor
One representative of industry
One representative of the public
1936: Bureau of Relief for Policemen (under Division of Industrial Inspection with Bureau of Firemen's Relief)
-Board consists of five members who administer the fund for the relief of widows and/or dependents of policemen who die from injuries received from their duties
1939: Bureau of Industrial Inspection changed to Division of Industrial Inspection and
Miscellaneous Regulations with State Sealer of Weights and Measures under its jurisdiction, Unemployment Compensation Board becomes the Division of Workmen's Compensation with relief bureau's under its jurisdiction; adds Division of Census and Statistics and Advisory Council on Coal and Coke.
1941: Labor Relations Board is formed.
-PL 1941, chapter 1066: An Act establishing a Rhode Island state Labor Relations Board to promote equality of bargaining power between employer and employee and to diminish the causes of industrial disputes by encouraging collective bargaining.
-Consists of seven (7) members:
Three (3) members to be representatives of the state.
Three (3) members to be representatives of management.
One (1) member to be representative of the public.
-Aims to deter the disparity between production and consumption, business depressions, unemployment and its attendant dangers, and the need for public and private expenditures for the relief of the unemployed and needy that are a direct result of poor negotiations between employer and employee.
-"…it is hereby declared to be public policy of the state to encourage the practice and procedure of collective bargaining, and to protect employees in the exercise of full freedom of association, self-organization and designation of representatives of their own choosing for the purposes of collective bargaining, or other mutual aid and protection, free from the interference, restraint or coercion of their employers."
1941: Department of Labor creates a Mercantile Division.
1942: Department of Labor adds a Board of Examiners of Electricians to its Division of Industrial Inspection.
-PL 1942, chapter 1234: An Act creating a state board of examiners of electricians and defining its powers and duties.
-"Sec. 5, The State Board of Examiners of Electricians may make necessary rules for the proper performance of their duties. They shall hold examinations in Providence twice in each year and at other convenient places within the state at the discretion of the board. Public notice shall be given of all examinations. In the conduct of the examinations they shall make the uniform requirement for all cities and towns, which may be revised from time to time, as circumstances require. Said examinations shall be sufficiently frequent to give ample opportunity for all applicants to be thoroughly and carefully examined, may be written and/or in practical work, and may be supervised by one or more of the examiners, but no license shall be granted except by said board."
-Board consists of five (5) qualified electors of the state:
Member of electrical inspection department of any city or town with 5-years experience, to represent the general public.
Qualified electrical contractor, to represent employers.
Journeyman electrician, to represent laborers.
Supt. of the state police, who shall be ex officio.
Qualified employee of any electric utility company, to represent said companies.
1943: Curative Centre Fund established.
-PL 1943, chapter 1362 (further amendment to the Worker's Compensation Act)
-"There is hereby established in the Treasury Department of the State of Rhode Island a special fund to be known as the Curative Centre Fund….such fund will be administered by the Director of Labor."
-Centre supplies medical care for state employees
-Curative Centre fund provides:
A suitable structure to house the centre.
The furnishing of said building with necessary equipment.
The employment of employee's salaries.
Money to pay all other necessary expenses for carrying out the above three provisions.
1946: Industrial Code Commission added to the Department of Labor.
-PL 1946, chapter 1785: An act to create in the Department of Labor an Industrial Code Commission..."
-"There is hereby created within the Department of Labor an Industrial Code Commission for Safety and Health…the Industrial Code Commission shall have the power to make, amend, ad repeal codes for the prevention of accidents or occupational diseases in every employment or place of employment."
-Commission verified the safety of work places and generated reports, to be approved by the Director of Labor, in order to ensure workplace safety.
1955: Director of Labor granted power to assign wages
-PL 1955, chapter 3588
-"The director [of labor] shall have power and authority to take assignments of wage claims, rights of action for penalties provided by section 8 of this act, without being bound by any of the technical rules with reference to the validity of such assignments."
1961: John E. Donley Rehabilitation Center established, replacing former Curative Centre
-GL 28-38-19: Establishment
-"From the fund created by S 28-27-1 (worker's compensation administrative account) the Dr. John E. Donley Rehabilitation Center shall be set up within the Department of Labor and Training."
-Provides medical treatment to any state employee receiving worker's compensation benefits.
-Takes over duties of former Curative Centre.
1972: Division of Industrial Inspection removed from the Department of Labor
1973: Division of Labor Standards replaces Division of Women and Children. Adds
Division of Occupational Safety (assumes responsibilities of the former Division of Industrial Inspection) and Code Commission for Occupational Safety and Health.
1973: Permanent Advisory Commission on Women established
-Resolution No.75, January Session, 1973
-ACW established to ensure and oversee opportunities for education and training for women, measures to strengthen family life through programs and services, policies and practices in public and private employment and development of employment opportunities for women, labor laws providing for social insurance, citizens and volunteers and legal rights of women.
1978: Department of Labor removes its Division of Statistics and Census
1983: Department of Labor establishes Bureau of Pipe-Fitters and Refridgeration Technicians.
-Bureau oversees the licensing of laborers in the pipefitting or refrigeration crafts
1985: Division of workmen's compensation, including the John E. Donley Rehabilitation
Center, transferred to the newly established Department of Workmen's Compensation
-PL 1985, chapter 365: An Act Related to Worker's Compensation.
-"A new Department of Worker's Compensation which shall be responsible for all matters relating to worker's compensation which previously were handled by the Department of Labor, Division of Worker's Compensation…"
-Aims to supervise and control the enforcement of the Worker's Compensation Act.
1985: Department of Labor adds division of professional regulation.
-PL 1985, chapter 181, article 47: An Act making appropriations for the support of the state for the fiscal year ending June 1986.
-"Within the Department of Labor there shall be a Division of Professional Regulation…the Division of Professional Regulation shall examine and license hoisting operating engineers of steam, gasoline, diesel, electric and compressed air powered machinery."
1985: State Census is repealed
-PL 1985, chapt.181: An act making appropriations for the support of the state for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1986
-"Chapter 42-25 of the General Laws entitled "State Census" is hereby repealed in its entirety."
1989: Department of Labor adds two new commissions: The Commission on the Deaf
and Hearing Impaired (GL 23-1.8-1) and the Permanent Commission on Hazardous Substances in the Workplace.
1992: RI Department of Employment Security becomes Department of Employment and Training
-PL 1992, chapt.133, article 68
-"Whenever in any General or Public Laws, the words 'Department of Employment Security' shall appear, the same shall be deemed to refer to and mean the 'Department of Employment and Training.'"
1996: Department of Labor becomes Department of Labor and Training, merges with Department of Employment and Training
-PL 1996, chapt.226: An act relating to Labor and Labor Relations
-"There are hereby transferred to the Department of Labor and Training all functions formerly administered by the Department of Employment and Training…and of all other General Laws and Public Laws heretofore carried out by the existing Director of Employment and Training and the department [thereof]…"
-DLT responsible for organizing employment training programs in the state
General Laws, Department of Labor:
RIGL 1896, Chapt. 70
RIGL 1909, Chapt. 80
RIGL 1923, Chapt. 87
RIGL 1938, Chapt. 281
RIGL 1956, Chapt. 28-1-1
Variant forms of the agency name:
Commissioner of Industrial Statistics, 1887
Commissioner of Labor and State Board of Labor, 1919
Department of Labor, 1935
Functions including changes over time, Director of Labor:
PL 1901, Chapt. 809, Sec. 13; PL 191, Chapt. 1741; PL 1922, Chapt. 2160; PL 1929, Chapt. 1362; PL 1935, Chapt. 2250; PL 1939, Chapt. 660
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From simplicity to diversity, Sun City's gardens blossom year 'round for their own pleasure and often the delight of their neighbors. Avid gardeners often join the Avant-Gardeners Club, where members share plantings, planting secrets and potted problems.
Once a year, they host a tour of some of the more dynamic gardens within the Sun City community to give residents a glimpse of garden potential and shaded nooks. This year's tour is Monday.
"We begin to look again after each tour is over, and sometimes before it's over for the next year's promising gardens," said Carol Tevault, publicity chair.
Among the gardens on display this year is the Community Hummingbird and Butterfly Garden, situated on a rise beside Lake Somerset. It is truly a community effort, for everything in it has been donated, purchased, built and planted by Sun City groups, clubs, neighborhoods and individuals.
The fountain, for instance, is a gentle bubbler donated by the Friends of Helene Ferree, an avid gardener who died in 2010. The sundial - which is embellished with a hummingbird in flight - was given to the garden by the Lake Somerset neighborhood.
A laminated sign posted under the entrance arbor - given by the photography club - lists many of the donors and their gifts to the community garden spot.
Marilyn Shaw, vice president of the bird club, said the garden has been in place now for about 1 1/2 years.
"The plants have had time to get established," Shaw said. "People are now using the garden for doing things, such as the concerts, a memorial service, tai chi classes. It's really wonderful."
Once a week, members of the Avant-Gardeners and the bird club come to pull weeds, deadhead faded blooms and make sure the deer aren't eating more than their fair share.
Loaded with plants that are spreading in place to attract hummingbirds and butterflies, the garden is sometimes very much alive with all kinds of flying creatures, including a certain mockingbird that Tevault says is the garden's guardian.
The garden also has a new designation - that as a Monarch Waystation, certified by Monarch Watch as a site that "provides milkweeds, nectar sources and shelter" for migrating monarch butterflies.
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On the other side of the community, Aileen Jaczko's simple garden reflected an Oriental feel, from the raked pebbles leading to a fountain in the front yard to the sturdy bamboo panels hiding the heat pump and other unsightly equipment in the back yard.
"My husband and I spent three years in Sasebo, Japan, and I wanted something that would give me that feel," Jaczko said. "Everything was so serene."
The Swan's garden is the complete opposite, with a riot of plantings greeting visitors in front, intriguing the eye with the "islands" planted in the lawn of his corner lot and providing a cool, lush respite on their patio in the back.
"It's a work in progress," said Cal Swan. It's his second time on the tour and he's added a lot since then. His garden includes a wax myrtle tree, brown fig, azaleas, kohlrabi, loquots and a palm tree that he always wanted. "My style is to fill holes."
The challenge will be after the plants have died down or stopped growing for the season.
"Next year I'll have to start to divide a number of my plantings," Swan said.
There are seven gardens on the tour this year and they are all different, Tevault said.
What: How does their garden grow?
When: 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Monday
Where: As listed on the ticket
Description: Tickets are $5 for members and $8 for non-members. Call club tour chair Eileen Lehrer at 705-6722. Admission is by ticket only. Refreshments will be served from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. in Pinckney Hall for those touring the gardens.
Details: If you or someone you know has a garden of delights, contact club President Irene Randall at 705-9309.


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I have a friend who has a profile on Myspace in order to keep up with her three daughters. She forwarded me a message sent to her from another MySpace member because it seemed odd. The gentleman's profile shows a picture of a middle aged white male claiming to be English and living in London. However, his English isn't the kind of English one would have expected from a Biochemical Engineer... which he claims to be. Initially I thought it was some idiot trying to pick her up so I gave her some text to reply with to him with that should have the effect of driving him away... It was a joke... But he responded and she forwarded me the response... I think I know where this is going and she has agreed to participate in having him reveal his intent so that he can be reported. The conversation so far is below.
The first message was entitled:- hello [Name Withheld], I'm waiting to hear from you soon.
Thinking he was a creep I had her send the following text:-Hello Dear,
Complement of the week dear. My name is Engr. David,a 41 yrs old British and i work with (N.N.P.C) LONDON. i came accross your profile while i was just going through myspace.com where i'm also a member. and i felt like loving you. cos i need a seriouse relationship. but i don't know if you will give me the room for that. just holla me on my yahoo id:email@example.com) i will be waiting to hear from you good and cool voice...lol
Your's Sincerely.
Engr. David.
Well... That actually got a response... entitled: It's Been Nice Hearing From You [Name Withheld]David:
I've been looking for a seriouse relationship. Will we be allowed to tell, like, the odd joke from time to time or would that be completely out of the question. I would understand if it was a religious requirement for you and would try to curtail my sense of humor whenever I am close to you. Or would that be good enough, would your religion preclude me from humor at any time in my life? I might not be able to keep that up for very long. If I did break the requirement is there some form of penance I would be expected to carry out? You know like Hail Mary's and stuff? That would be a real drag. Talking of drag... I know my profile doesn't really _emphasize_ it but I am one of America's leading drag artistes. Would that be a problem for you? I do hope not because it is very hard to get men to be seriouse about it when I tell them. It's funny really, I have always felt much more feminine than I ever did masculine, even when I played linebacker for my school.
Well.. What do you think?
This is where my "scam radar" went off. She has just sent the following:-Thanks [Name Withheld], i'm glad to read from you, and how're you doing today, hope ur ok? well i got ur email, i'll write you an email about that as soon as i'm chanced. but i want you to tell me more about your self, and what u do for work at the moment.I don't mind all that as far as you will love me and keep to my rules and nothing else.
like i ealier stated in my previouse email to you. that i need a seriouse relationship nomatter what the age may be. please do send the info's to my box direct: firstname.lastname@example.com
Like you know. my name is David and a 41yrs old British. presently working with NNPC in LONDON, (Nigerian National Petroleum Coporation) in london.
My Dept. Foriegn Contract Awards and Payment Approval. well i donno but if u can let me know u the more. that will be for the best of my pleasure thank you.
Your's Sincerely,
That's where we are now... I'll continue to document until he reveals that he is a scammer and then I'll go ahead and report him to MySpace...David:
I'm so glad my personal circumstances are not of concern to you. I find that quite refreshing. Most men are such pigs about it. With that in mind I would really rather continue to communicate with you here on MySpace. I have to be very careful about whom I deal with and swapping email addresses so quickly worries me. I hope that is ok with you and that you understand.
You wanted to hear more about me. Other than what you have seen from my profile I live in a nice house on the ocean, I love the ocean, do you? I'm an interior designer and have been very busy for the last year when my business really started to take off. I enjoy boating and spend most weekends out on the water. Do you boat David. I hope you do because I love it so much. I very much enjoy classical music and often attend concerts and the opera.
Sorry, I have to run... Complaining customer on the phone... Tell me more about yourself. I look forward to hearing more. You write so well.
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Photos of the Day: 3/24
Images from around the world.
A relative of a Chinese passenger aboard the Malaysia Airlines MH370 cries after being told the missing plane crashed into a remote corner of the Indian Ocean. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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A Hindu holy man waves to attract tourists as he stands seeking alms at the Pashupatinath Hindu temple premises in Katmandu, Nepal. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Newlywed brides attend a mass wedding of 120 couples in Karachi, Pakistan, for people who could not afford their own ceremony. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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A Chicago Transit Authority train car rests on an escalator at the O'Hare Airport station after it derailed in Chicago. More than 30 people were injured after the train "climbed over the last stop, jumped up on the sidewalk and then went up the stairs and escalator," according to Chicago Fire Commissioner Jose Santiago. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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Charles Dutoit: A maestro's wife reflects
December 24, 2017 by norman lebrecht
The conductor Charles Dutoit is consulting with lawyers and has vowed to clear his name after recent allegations of sexual assault.
Without prejudice to his course of action, and without making further accusations of sexual violence, Slipped Disc has received several reactions from female musicians, reporting the discomfort they experienced in Dutoit's presence.
The following email, which we have been permitted to publish, comes from the photographer Barbara Luisi, who is married to the international conductor Fabio Luisi:
Dear Norman,
Concerning the latest news about Dutoit…. I was for a long time thinking about my own experience with him, I told the story to Fabio already many years ago…
As a young violinist at Bamberg Symphony (I was 23 or 24… so 1988/89) I was sitting on stage before the concert rehearsal studying my part… Only a few musicians were there, when I suddenly felt a hand softly touch my back upwards to the neck on my bare skin and rest there…hearing Mr. Dutoit quietly talk to me at the same time. It was him. I froze completely. At this moment Mr Walter Forchert, our concertmaster and my friend and teacher entered the scene, saw this and said with a strange smile and a very decisive language: in this orchestra the women are not to be touched.
I immediately left and tried to wash the uncomfortable feeling off.
As an artist and a conductor's wife I felt I just would keep it to myself. Now it seems only logical to me, that there must have been other cases much more interesting ones…
best wishes
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Dear Barbara,
In this world, many women like it to be 'touched', as long it is not a sexual advance – others don't appreciate 'touching', but it does not upset them. And then there are women who get very upset by any 'touching' – and carry it with them as some kind of burden for the rest of their live, as is apparently the case here [redacted: abuse]
Obviously, she wanted to support the claims of other women, which are all difficult to sustain legally. I find this a rather sneering comment, and unnecessarily so.
Spot on comment!!!!
Why? Because it is blatant sexism and misogyny. Because unsolicited and inappropriate touching, in the workplace or in private, represents a breach of trust and of personal space. Because it crosses a line. Because it is a betrayal inflicted by the powerful against the less so. Because it is degrading and humiliating. That is why.
Dear UNGEHEUER,
This happened 30 years ago in Bamberg – Germany……
I can imagine the conductor heard her rehearsing and did not like it. To avoid embarrassment to her during the rehearsal, he went to her – crawling between all the chairs – to give some advise, may be lost balance and touched her not to fall and damage her violin, or saw her freeze and wanted to reassure her by touching (not uncommon in Germany), and he 'quietly talked to her' – no 'blatant sexism and misogyny' – and then my 'friend and teacher' enters the scene. Knowing her, he warns the conductor with a STRANGE SMILE and a VERY DESIVE LANGUAGE – 'in this orchestra the women are not to be touched' – and they laughed about the incident later.
What motivates her to write this letter, I won't speculate here, but this letter should never have been published at this site!
What a strange comment. Please keep your imagination to yourself; it's not relevant and it's inducing waves of gag reflexes among readers.
Hans !!! Keep your "Hans" to yourself! There is something a bit "off" with you, my man! Are you like…123 years old?! Thank the Gods – ethics and personal sovereignty are becoming THIS important, and essential to Human Dignity.
"…I can imagine the conductor heard her rehearsing and did not like it. To avoid embarrassment to her during the rehearsal, he went to her …"
Except that Dutoit seems to have no history of trying to avoid embarrassing musicians.
In most noisy work situations a tap on the shoulder would be an appropriate way to get someone's attention, not a hand up and down the back.
If you wish to raise something with a work colleague, you dont come from behind and slide your hand down their back; you approach from the front or side and speak to them, without touching. This anecdote is part of a pattern of inappropriate actions by Dutoit that can be explained away by those who dont take them seriously, but which have left the person on the receiving end feeling very disturbed by it.
Dear Hans,
Do Please continue to enlighten the world about what women want.
Maybe it´s just about getting some attention….
Dear Harold,
I think it is quite obvious that this is not attention getting. We all know how this business works. Go to a lawyer, file a complaint, all of a sudden your opportunities dry up and you don't have any work. Failing to recognize that it has been this way for a very long time is failing to recognize the reality of the music world. Shut up, don't say a word, and you get to keep working. That's the way it has been. I applaud these women. What they are saying and the way they are saying it make it perfectly clear that this has nothing to do with fabricating events or any attempt at getting attention drawn to themselves. Finally they are feeling safe to open up. And the fact that the vast majority that have worked with these predators aren't surprised by the claims further supports it. The women in our business deserve our full support and equal treatment. Every "artist" deserves equal treatment beyond their sex, sexual preference, skin color, height, or any other part of their being that defines them without having predators in positions of power affecting their opportunities or personal well-being.
With due respect,maybe you should wear a tinfoil hat.Can´t listen to this conspiracy theories about evil all male circles trying to prevent or destroy women´s careers and our law enforcement being ineffective and biased any more.There are certainly countries,in the far east or Africa where this applies but not in Western democracies.Not anymore,thanks God!As a former staff council representative in 2 opera houses i had to deal with maybe half a dozen cases of sexual harassment.I assure you the handling of these cases has always been fair,balanced,effective and without prejudice!!!
Tin foil hat? Just because in your places of work nothing had happened to the best of your knowkedge, it doesn't discredit it happening elsewhere. Your's is a very week argument. It is beyond obvious these women are telling the truth.
Healthy skepticism that is a combination of experience and intelligence is rather favorable to gullibility, isn't it?
Why?Why for heavens sake is it beyond obvious they are telling the truth?Do you know them personally?Do you have CCTV footage?We have to find out whether it is the truth or not.This attitude brought dozens of innocent people on death row!
…why? – simply because if Barbara Luisi's letter would have been in defense of Charles Dutoit instead, it would not have been worth publishing it on this blog!
Mr. Litigator. Death row.
His many murder cases did you try from the confines of your civil practice.
Sounds like you are the poster boy for the ACLU.
I assume your Volvo has a bumper sticker saying.
Protect your local criminal
Why is this entire discussion about women being the victims? Straight males deal with the gay pressures of the music business (certainly in opera) on a fail basis. Opera is for the most part a gay business climate. Touching goes in all the time: at auditions, rehearsals, backstage, socially, etc. The implications of getting or not getting hired when the powers-that-be deal with you as a straight guy are not very subtle. All this talk about Levine? Th Met has had a number of cases regarding music staff treatment and hiring over the years, some resulting in firings. That opera house has been a house of horrors in this respect ever since Levine came to power. I never cried about anything I endured or experienced. You get on with your life. If you want to take action, then take action. Being afraid of blacklisting is not unique to females. And, since we are at it here, we should also realize that a number of high-profile music and opera festivals are now run by women. Several high-profile ones among them are gay, and we in the business are privy to/aware of pressure being applied and headtrip games in hiring and working. Want some names? Not from me……
Why is this entire discussion about women being the victims?
Because the vast majority of men can physically overpower the vast majority of women. I think men often for get this; women generally don't.
Mr. Schwa might not have liked being touched by gay men in opera houses, but he most likely could have fought off any man who got too insistent or violent. Most women are not that fortunate.
Seriously, what woman has ever benefited from coming forward about something like this? Whether or not the complaint has merit.
Monica Lewinsky did not come forward or complain. In fact she filed a deposition denying contact with Clinton. Her relationship surfaced as a result of girl talk with Linda Tripp, who secretly taped the conversations and outed her to authorities.
"University of California regents have agreed to a $1.7 million settlement that will be paid out over the next decade to an employee who accused UC Berkeley's former law school dean of sexual harassment."
There is another lawsuit just filed by a woman who claims her PhD advisor looked her body "up and down" and hugged her "awkwardly".
Monica Lewinsky never came forward, and she has basically been unemployable as a result of this whole affair (small a). So yes, she's made some money from a book and perhaps from speaking/punditry, but I'm sure she'd rather none if it had ever come out.
Surely Monica would do it all over again and maybe would now take photos/videos. She did not have to betray a man she supposedly loved so much. She is certainly not a Fidelio Leonora, hahaha!
What the commenters above don't seem to understand, something my (younger) generation understands implicitly, is that it's not appropriate to go around touching women in ANY away unless it's clear that physicality is desired or needed. The sooner older man understand this the better. I think it's fair to say, certainly amongst my generation, that most women would rather not be touched by men at all in a work context. It's entirely unnecessary and inappropriate in the work-place unless it has been invited. There's a really simple rule. If in doubt, don't do it.
Congrats, Simon. That's what we old men want to see. The improvement of generations.
I do wonder what she hopes to achieve, nearly 30 years on…..this incident bears no relation to the recent much more serious allegations. A bit like conflating the touching of a knee or a suggestive text with actual assault or rape – there's no comparison, and like an earlier comment, smells a bit like revenge……served cold.
What Barbara Luisi hopes to achieve is to lend some credibility to the women alleging that Dutoit assaulted them – she's saying that the allegations probably aren't bogus because she personally had a similar experience with Dutoit. (And if her teacher hadn't come along, who knows how much worse it might have been?)
As a woman in the music profession, I hate to say this is not my idea of assault and particularly thirty years ago. Put your hand on someone's shoulder today and it's now assault!!! Glad I might not be around in the next 30 or 40 years.
Exactly my thoughts.
Telling that Hans questions her reaction and her sharing this experience. The question more properly is WTF did he think he was doing? Consider the time, place, age, hierarchy. Ask the question again.
Now play social analyst along with Hans. He generalized about degrees of familiarity. But we have a specific set of facts. How many women (or men) like being surprised from behind by an unknown and unfamiliar and uninvited hand?
It is not unheard of for conductor's wives to be jealous and resentful of other conductors.
One of the fellows in the Halle fell in love with a young woman – a singer – and they had quite the time together for a while. Then his wife heard of it, and there was a hell of a row. She went to see Barbirolli, hoping he could intervene, you see. She went to his room in the Free Trade Hall at the interval, and he was having his usual whisky. 'What can I do for you, my dear?' he said. 'It's my husband, he's got this young woman, and I don't know what to do.' And there she was sobbing away. 'You know,' he said, trying to comfort her in his kindly way, 'there's nothing to worry about, he's playing better than ever.'
I think Fabio is well-enough established that there's no need for jealousy towards Dutoit either by him or his wife.
Ironically, the Levine or Dutoit causes prove that noone is established well-enough. Maybe Luisi is next to join the fired squad.
In other news, it has been announced that Maestro Dutoit will temporarily remove the "o" from his last name until ongoing allegations have been investigated.
haha, good one!
I believe the accusers. I believe that Levine, Dutoit, and anybody who engaged in sexual harassment ought to be investigated. Once the facts are examined, the appropriate action should be taken.
Unfortunately, the letter by Signora Luisi devalues claims of the real victims. As a moderately attractive male, I often get touched at the opera and concerts by women (especially the older ones). In the past, I have been touched and patted on the lower back and posterior. Did I feel uncomfortable? Yes. Did I ever consider it harassment? Absolutely not.
There has to be a line between common sense and farce. In case the latter prevails, the real victims will be the biggest losers.
Dude, you don't get it. When that touching is done by the guy who has the power over your job, who is in effect your boss, and then moreso because within that world he is a major figure with very real powers, it's completely different. It's about the power imbalance, not the simple act of touching.
I have been touched by my boss' boss (a female) and a professor (a female) when I was a student. I was propositioned by a male professor, told him I was not gay and we both laughed it off.
Been Here, I think the difference is that, as a male, you were physically larger and stronger than those women; if their touching got aggressive, you could fight them off. This was so obvious that you didn't need to think about it for even a second.
And even with the gay man, the chances are that you could have defended yourself if he tried to force himself on you.
This is, of course, not true for women. Any woman who was grabbed and forcibly kissed by Dutoit had to wonder not only about the ramifications for her career if she complained afterward, but about the fact that, in the moment, he could overpower her if he wished.
I think men sometimes forget this.
I´ve been hugged and touched(in one case,to comfort me when i went through a rough patch) be one of my female bosses several times.No problem here.In return i did the same to her many times and to many female colleagues.No big deal.No one complained.It´s all about the intention behind the behaviour
There is no reason to touch anybody at work except shaking hands. If you stick to this rule you'll never have problems. Everybody else is walking on a thin line.
The best comment so far on this entire subject.
LOL!!!!!Living in Oliver Cromwells times????
Have you ever heard of work place romance? It's the other side of the same coin.
Bowing. No touching needed.
Asians are so much more civilized.
Depends on your nationality. We British don't do much handshaking in the work place or anywhere else. We leave it to the German and the American males! Wevtendvto.hug or just stand there. And when forced to by other nationalities and other cultures, it can feel quite insincere and alien. And I have to put up with being kissed three times on the cheek by Belgians, twice by tge French others in Europe and once by upper middle class Brits- so be it. Not my culture but would I ever say it was assault if I didnt know?
"There is no reason to touch anybody at work except shaking hands."
Perhaps that's true for a business- or office job, but it's certainly not true when you try to teach someone how to play or sing professionally. There is almost always a purely physical side of playing an instrument and sometimes it can't be avoided to touch someone just to point out matters of relaxation or technique.
There's no way to justify sexual harassment and the way Dutoit behaved, or rather misbehaved (apparently) in many cases. But what we should also avoid is an atmosphere of suspician and fear while teaching when it comes to touching somebody who is younger and/or of the opposite sex, just to make something elementary clear.
Sounds a bit creepy to me.
If you cry too often seek professional help.
Perhaps prozac can change your life
Hans van der Jansen,
With all due respect for your talent, your opinions are disgusting. You should not have squandered this opportunity to shut up.
Yours truly,
Douglas Nasrawi
Correction: Zanden
Mr.Van Zanden is one of the very few clear headed commentors here,not being swept away by populistic emotions and bathing in moral self glorification.
He has a right to his opinion without you being so rude, even if you disagree
What if your husband once touched a woman's arm, shoulder or neck during a rehearsal? What if this happened once 30 years ago before you met? Are you prepared for his entire career to be flushed?
What must poor Martha be thinking right now? No one seems yet to have given any consideration to that.
Martha must have practiced her own share of "touché" during that time…!
Obviously Martha enjoyed his courtship, and surely LOTS of women did. He is talented, handsome and famous, women seek such men. Maybe his accusers wanted him to commit/marry them. There could be many other utterly lowly motives ending in hubris.
If a woman feels she's inappropriately touched by fellow colleagues, whom she doesn't know, (soloists/conductors whatever) a quick "do you mind?"certainly does the trick. I know. It works! Don't complain after the event. Deal with it then. It's easy enough. Happy Christmas all!
Spot on!Happy holidays!
I once told a boss in TV after he pinched my bottom "hands off the merchandise". That killed it. Stone dead. We were great colleagues thereafter. People like frankness and honesty. A rare commodity these days. Happy Xmas.
I agree. In my experience men respect such women even more thereafter. Saying NO right away never seem to hurt a man. But yes, if she plays with man, goes half-way and then rejects him, and then 20.years later claims that "she felt like hell", well…just deal with it. He probably did not enjoy the experience too.
How many conductors have married players from the orchestras they have led? How many orchestra musicians have married one another? How many relationships have existed between conductors and musicians or musicians within orchestras? Hundreds and hundreds since the beginning of the industry. Today there are many examples. Without flirting there would be no relationships. Are we entering an age where orchestras will dictate dating policies? Will women be separated from men? This is the direction the west is headed while being led by the a liberal fascist elite. It's a new age. Merry Christmas.
You do a nice job of ignoring the power differential and pretending that all relationships are the same. Merry Christmas.
The letter tells more about Luisi and his wife than Dutoit. Probably that's why Norman published it.
Considering that touching people has been a cultural aspect, depending where you live (even shaking hands is not appropriate in Japan), there's no reason to mix this 30 years old memory with the serious subject in question. Women, and people in general, as this situation is not limited to any specific gender, knows that sooner they learn how to show the limits to others better they feel. [redacted: speculation]
Clearly Barbara Luisi found something distasteful, sexual and/or intimidating about it. It appeared to be more than just a casual touch of the shoulder.
Have you been there?
I would direct you to her own statement. Sigh.
Looks like she is trying to remove a rival by resorting to this slandering abuse. I hope someone will tell us a story how Fabio abused somebody. Is Barbara prepared for that? She better be. How ignoble.
Have you been there either.
In fact when was the last time you argued a court case Sir Litigator??
How can you sit and judge something you are totally ignorant about.
Typical liberal insanity and classic example if situational ethic's.
Do you argue parking tickets too?
The most significant information in the entire letter is not the touching incident (innocent or not), but the concertmaster's resolute reaction. Maybe he had reasons to be suspicious about mr. Dutoit intentions. Or maybe he had just witnessed some innapropriate behaviour by other conductors or musicians before and acted preventively. In any case, it just shows how present harrasment is in this business.
Correct. It's good he knew the exact sequence of words to use. I once saw a somewhat similar incident in a workplace decades ago. The woman under the hand looked at the owner of the hand and, without a trace of a smile said, "Hands off". That sequence of words worked too.
Agree! Still, apparently it was not Babara's main intention writing this letter. Agree also with Norman. We can only speculate here…
Bloody conductors.
The age of the great conductors,AT,B Walter,Ormandy,Klemperer,Boult etc etc is now well and truly over.
Maybe Zubin Mehta is the last of the mohicans in this regard.The rest?
Just a bunch of money hungry ego tripping charlatans.
Generalizing nonsense.
If Klemp were still alive,you can bet your bottom he would be the next on this shitlist….
Muti, Thielemann, Barenboim, Nelsons, Pappano, Haitink – just to name a few – are far greater conductors than Mehta.
Great conductors but also (some of them) great dictators! Harassment can be other than sexual, but who cares now?
I note above that Ungeheuer claims a second poster using his name has appeared. This also happened with me. Consequently I have altered my name. But I do respectfully suggest to NL that something should be added to the software to ensure that the registered name and email address are somehow linked. That will prevent other parties using existing names. I do believe this is important, particularly in the case of regular posters. Otherwise it becomes easy for trolls to take over.
NICK2, if the writers in this blog had the courage to use their real names, instead of NICKnames, this would not be an issue.
If that were a regulation, how many posters would this blog end up with? Well under half, I assume. And what makes you think that Nick is not my real name? I expect a lot of those who post have a good reason not to have their full names published. The quality of their posts over a period of time is sufficient to stand for their veracity.
NICK2, you are doing a good job justifying your fake name, but not answering your own questions. How are we to know if your adopted mask is real or not if you complain about letting someone else use it?
Does the quality of posts here, or anywhere else, justify this "ballo in maschera"…? You should have the courage to use your own full name if you expect any respect for what you write.
That is a reasonable point – up to a point. If I wrote my posts under the name Nicholas Derek, would you believe my name was real or fictional? The fact is, readers have no clue about the real identity of probably 90% + of the posters on this (and many other) blogsites. How do you prove what cannot be proved barring the addition alongside a post of a passport or other form of photo ID? You cannot! So "courage" or the lack of it has nothing to do with what name one uses.
Cui bono? Another conductor's wife helps to ruin a rival. How new or original is that? Only she forgets that her husband is not immune to calumny, and tomorrow some person out of grudge, envy, malice or fun will accuse her Fabio of wrongdoing. Maybe it will be a rival's conductor niece or nephew. And her Fabio will be thrown on the spot. How will she like that?
Well said. This email should not have been published here. If every conductor, male or female, who has touched an orchestral player is now to be persecuted then not a single one will be spared. I hope that Dutoit's legal team knows of this blog and pursues action against it.
Absolutely.Everybody can be the next on the#sorryialmost forgotmetoo or#pleaseremindmemetoo list
Harold you are a very sick puppy.
If I owned you I would take you to the Vet and have you put to sleep.
How vile.
People wonder why nobody wants to come forward, but why would anyone when you have comments like this. The suggestion is that "she was secretly gagging for it" or that "she is inventing the stuff to further her (husbands) career" suggests that she is on trial rather than the alleged perpetrator. Somehow "innocent until prove guilty" doesn't apply to the alleged victims. This is exactly the attitude and behaviour that allows poor behaviour to continue.
Innocent until proven anything seems to be a forgotten relic of law in this whole #metoo phenomena. No doubt there are many cads getting their due public humiliation, but – using the law of averages – one must presume a fair share of the accusations are either misrememberings (putting it mildly) or outright slanderous lies.
I'm not one to judge, but this one seems a little questionable.
I still don't approve/understand Mrs. Luisi's attitude. This story, probably one of many to come out now, found in Norman's Facebook page, sounds more appropriate to the situation : « Cher Norman
Je tiens à faire part de mon expérience assez douloureuse avec Mr Charles Dutoit et qui eut pour une jeune chanteuse en pleine ascension dans sa carrière des conséquences négatives sérieuses .
Je fus engagée par Mr Charles Dutois sur audition pour interpréter le rôle de Mélisande au Théâtre des CHAMPS ÉLYSÉE en mars 1995 Avec l'orchestre national de France qu il dirigeait .
Dès le début des répétitions je fus harcelée par des remarques sentencieuses, des propositions sans équivoques, des messages enflammés sur mon répondeur téléphonique .
Refusant de donner suite et feignant de ne pas comprendre je fus tout à coup la cible de remarques désagréables d'humiliation devant l'orchestre et mes camarades solistes.
Lors d'une dernière répétition en sortant du maquillage je suis surprise dans un couloir par Monsieur Dutoit qui me coinça contre le mur il se mit à me caresser la poitrine et autres me forçant à l embrasser.
De ce jour je demandais à mon mari de monter sur Paris afin qu'il ne me lâche plus d'une semelle lors de tous mes déplacement au théâtre jusqu'à la fin des spectacles.
Il fut avec moi d'une humeur massacrante ne m'adressant plus jamais la parole.
À ce moment Monsieur Glotz mon agent artistique avait déjà réservé pour moi de nombreux récitals et concerts à travers le monde avec Monsieur Dutoit.
Ayant refusé ses avances il téléphona pour tout annuler!
Bien entendu mon agent artistique me conseillera de ne pas faire de vagues ce qui aurait été préjudiciable pour ma carrière.
Anne-Sophie Schmidt »
I think with that one Dutoit's music life is over…
I'm also happy to finally read here people talking about gay sexual harassment. It happens more often than people would like to admit. And if physical constraint is not relevant, psycho and carrear damage are real.
I believe Harold you said you were,a,staff council representative.
I would take the,wording "staff council representative"
as being an an attorney.
Please better define. Staff council representative title a long with your rants about death row and exexuted,inmates presupposes you are an attorney or at least trying to pass as ,one
Go ahead and put the beverage down, Charles, and go home. One more comma and you'd have to be put asleep along with Harold at the local vet.
== I do respectfully suggest to NL that something should be added to the software to ensure that the registered name and email address are somehow linked.
I second that – it's too much of a free-for-all


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Day's Worst: U.S. House tells Post Office must keep six-day delivery
Will the Post Office meddling ever stop?
In the latest chapter of Congressional interference with the workings of the mail delivery service, the U.S. House passed a temporary spending measure to keep government running. But it includes a proviso that the U.S. Postal Service keep delivering mail six days a week.
Just last month, the agency said it would cut deliveries to five days a week in an effort to lessen the agency's losses. Cutting Saturday delivery of mail (package delivery would continue) would have saved the Post Office $2 billion a year.
As configured, the Postal Service loses $25 million a day. Though it has been self-financed since the 1980s, federal lawmakers still have authority over its operations. And they have all kinds of reasons, many of them political and few of them business-savvy, to try to dictate how the agency runs.
Last year, the Postal Service crafted a bold plan to get its finances in order that involved closing 3,700 rural post offices. Federal lawmakers moved to stall the idea, even conjuring up a post office closure commission, similar to the one that looked at which military installments ought to be shut down.
It's long past time for Congress to get out of the way and let the agency make the changes necessary to adapt to the changing way Americans conduct business and communicate.


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|2012-01-30, 11:47
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Well,of course that changes things A LOT,but that wasn't the scenario that was in discussion,the scenario that we were discussing was with Miria unable to join the fight (and also Miria can't awaken partially her legs like Claire did,if not she would have already done that before......maybe she can if someone help her,but the only one left that could have a chance in doing so would be Raftela,but honestly if wouldn't be belivable at all).
And again,even if Helen and Deneve get better it means NOTHING in front of Histy's immense speed.
If you can't imagine what it means to fight against an opponent that move at that crazy speed you can think of it in another way: Histy moves normally fast while EVERYTHING else move so slow that they are basically standstill.
No seriously,we have seen what was able to do Miria with speed alone against multiple enemies and without even getting serious and do you really think that Helen,Deneve and some useless warriors can do something against an opponent that moves so fast that in comparison Miria's top speed is a joke, and also is one of the strongest n.1s in history so it's quite obvious that even her yoki is at an unbelivable level?
Deneve and Helen CAN'T "power up" as Claire did,who the hell are you kidding?
It's not an opinion: it's a stated fact that when warriors awaken their strenght depends on how strong they were as warriors,so IT'S COMPLETELY IMPOSSIBLE for Helen and Deneve to become stronger than a certain level since even now they are probably more or less n.3 material (maybe weak n.2s, but that's being VERY generous),nothing more.
.....if we also consider the fact that Deneve and Helen are nothing special in the speed department,it doesn't take a genius to understand that two awakened n.3s (more or less) that move normally for their "rank" (if they are lucky maybe they can be a bit faster than normal,but sure as hell they would always move in slow motion compared to Histy,the speed's queen),can't do absolutely nothing against a monster like Histy that moves at an impossible speed.At least one has to move at a similar speed to defeat her (so the Miria plus awakened legs could be a scenario.......but at this point it would be best to completely awaken Miria,no?).
Like it or not,it's not an opinion that Claire is the only one that has a VERY ABNORMAL awakening,and it's quite obvious that her particular body is the ONLY reason.
This is not an opinion since we know for a fact that Riful confirmed this (it was not just her opinion,she really experimented) and also all the awakened seen so far follow strictly that rule with no exception.
You try to base your speculation on what happened to Cassy,but you are 100% mistaken for various reason:
- Roxy's judgment about Cassy is clearly not even close to be considered a proof
-If Cassy's basic ability was nothing more than n.5 like Roxy said,how the hell is possible that Cassy,even in a situation where she is super confused 'cause she has just came back to life and even WITHOUT using her special ability,she is still able to fight against a n.3,a n.5 a n.9 with tracking blade???
Give up Ryus,it's a fact (not an opinion) that Roxy was incredibly understimating Cassy.
Even the fact that she belived to be able to kill Cassy after the awakening proves that she once again was so biased towards Cassy to be unable to understand something that someone that is not a moron should be able to understand immediately: Cassy clearly had abyssals power.
-We know for a fact that Dae's true objective is to lure Priscilla and to do so it means that he needs those 3 monsters to be as powerful as possible.This means that Dae already knew that Cassy would have reached abyssal-level yoki so the only logical explanatiion is (ONCE AGAIN) that Dae was 100% sure that Cassy had n.1-level yoki
.....also it's not so fair to judge a warior without her main technique,lol.....not to mention that without her special technique Cassy maybe was simply quite bad at fighting (that's why Roxy could have made that comment),but that doesn't mean that she didn't have n.1's raw power (read "yoki").
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|2012-01-30, 12:54
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These guys have no idea what they are doing - I thought their was more to soul-linking then just syncronizing your yoki; these guys are just, typically, pulling some crazy idea in hopes it makes them stand a better chance. Simply syncing your yoki may seem the same in principle, but I highly doubt it will be that easy.
The, probably to our annoyance, thing is though, it will probably work and/or, by some dumb luck, both of these guys will come out of this experience totally okay and all too ready to try this again next time, and probably with better results.
Since this is such a crude experiment and they only get one try to make it work (over the Org who has had years, since A&B were infants really, to experiment to get the best results)
I hope it's not so easy, even if this works at all - that Helen and Deneve are out of control, or at the very least, berserk...I'm not sure I'm gonna be crazy if the Ghosts have their very own Alicia and Beth like this...at least so easily - it just feels like another embodiment of them pulling something out of nowhere and it just so happens to work flawlessly.
|2012-01-30, 13:14
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spoiler seems ok. have to see how that's handled in the chapter before i can form a proper opinion.
on a sidenote: why was i negged for my last post?
|2012-01-30, 13:28
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Tried to make sense of that dizzying translation. Based on my interpretation, Anastasia won't be kicking the bucket. It seems Miria will awaken her legs a la Clare and be just in time to block Hysteria as she goes for Anastasia. Hysteria goes for Miria, but Anastasia manages to cushion the blow using her hair.
Hm, never thought of Anastasia's hair having the toughness to manage to do that. We never really got proof that it has enough toughness to withstand anything greater than a claymore's weight. In this case, this may be just what they need against Hysteria—a finely tangled web of hair that'll slow her down just by enough to make her a viable target. It's a funny thought, an AO with spider-like legs getting caught in a web.
As for an awakened Helen and Deneve having a chance against Hysteria, well, we'll have to wait and see. If the Anastasia hypothesis turns out to be true, then they just might have a chance. Without the speed factor, Hysteria seems relatively weak for an AO strength- and durability-wise. If Hysteria keeps her speed, I say they'll still fall flat on their asses. Sure, they're probably be equivalent to single-digit ABs (probably ~No. 3-5), but what can those do against an AO. We know power isn't exactly additive in this world. Besides, as Gooral has pointed out, Yuma and Cynthia would be sitting ducks. I doubt they have Beth's ability to evade while synched, and it's not like any of the other claymores have the strength to even stop Hysteria once she targets those two.
If Miria joins in, well, the fun begins... I doubt she'd be able to match Hysteria's speed, though. Also, given the amount of injuries she has sustained, I seriously doubt she can still join in. She's probably out of yoki after fighting for so long. It's not like Cynthia or Yuma can transfer their own yoki to Miria...
|2012-01-30, 13:52
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On cell with limited time get back at shieky and malak in a few hours when i get home.
Anyways as to the hair not being that tough... well yes it's true a single strand can only support a single warriors weight, however could a thousand hairs block an AO or at least slow her down. Scientists have been trying to make spider webs/silk into next gen bullet proof armor and it works better than kevlar (forgive spelling if i got that wrong), the current problems come in manufacturing as to the main reason it hasnt been implamented on a wider scale. So Anastasia hair could theoritically stop a charging AO if enough of them are working together to stop her (especially if woven together very well).
As to Anastasia saying it couldnt stop an AO it was nike not Anastasia and she was referring only to a single stand of hair being able to support a warrior but not an AB. So nothing thus far says this couldnt happen.
|2012-01-30, 15:06
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Ehh, it's that time of the month where lurkers suddenly show up before they disappear again.....the same goes for neg-reppers, Mods and every other group you can think of.
|2012-01-30, 15:30
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BTW, I saw Jump SQ ToC and Claymore again is near the bottom in the ranking (closer to bottom than to the top). I hope it will improve soon, otherwise it might even get cancelled ;P.
|2012-01-30, 16:05
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As for Claymore's popularity.....ugh, I don't know what to say -- if anything, this could force Yagi to be even more conventional and cliche just to drive the readers back up if he wasn't intentionally trying to be in the first place.
A story as ambigious as this, including in fan-appeal, I'm not sure what can be done to appease the masses...
|2012-01-30, 16:14
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Spoiler for rough translation.:
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|2012-01-30, 16:32
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What gets me though is the lack of Roxanne and Cassandra again - if this spoiler is true, maybe they will show up, but at least give us a panel of them or something.
|2012-01-30, 16:35
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|2012-01-30, 16:53
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The thing that gets me is this sounds like an alternate version of last chapter. Another brawl with Hysteria. Only Miria can save the day. We are then left with the exact same feelings because nothing happens that will matter 5 chapters from now. I really hope that I'm just over reacting. I think it's just the fact that I've only been able to love 1 other manga besides Claymore. I can't stand the thought of this becoming like the the rest of the things I force myself to read.
And I'm not saying this fight is worth skipping or something. It's just that a lot so far had been build up this arc, and now it feels like build up within a build up.
|2012-01-30, 17:07
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I have to agree that these spoilers indicate another chapter without an end and merely a build up, but I for one wouldn't have it any other way.
It would be quite pathethic if an AO gets killed off in like 1 chapter, or that the entire ghost party(As truthful to the suggested powerlevels as it may seem) gets killed in 1 chapter.
Obviously due to having to wait for a month, I believe we get an increased urge for major plot twists, so as to give the impression that a pace is still being kept. I just hope, even though this arc seems drawn out, that it gets a complete amount of work put into it. (Do want more background on Hystie and Roxanne)
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I guess given the circumstances though, I might forgive it - they all did undeniably save Miria's life, especially after she abandoned them. At this point, she does deserved to be whuped, especially verbally...
But does it have to be Deneve? Can't another character talk cool at for a little while?
The thing is, when, say, Yuma says something cool, it's great....but when Dr.D says something, it just makes me want to smack her
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|2012-01-30, 17:59
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Let's be honest here, the instant the story will return to focus on Claire and Priscilla will be the instant where Claymore will return once again to do very well in the rankings,everyone know it,surely even Yagi.
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