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Low-paid restaurant and cafe staff will lose some of their penalty rates for working on Sundays after a long-awaited decision by the industrial tribunal.
The decision means that the loading for working on Sundays will drop from 75 per cent to 50 per cent for some casual workers from July.
The restaurant and catering industries immediately lauded the changes, estimating that businesses would save $112 million each year.
The decision was made by the Fair Work Commission, though two members of the commission issued a strongly worded dissenting judgment.
According to the majority judgment, paying workers higher penalty rates on Sundays "may have a limited effect on employment".
This means that the commission accepted that some cafes and restaurants would be more likely to hire staff if wages were lowered.
But the majority judgment also rejected the argument by the restaurant and catering industry that, for casual workers, working on Sundays was no different to working on Saturdays.
"Working on Sundays involves a loss of a day of family time and personal interaction upon which special emphasis is placed by Australian society,'' the judgment said.
The decision applies only to the two lowest grades of employees in a restaurant, bar, or cafe.
In their dissenting opinion, commission vice-president Graeme Watson and commissioner Michael Roberts said the Sunday loading for the lowest paid casual workers should reduce by only 20 per cent, staged until January 2015.
Restaurant & Catering Australia chief executive John Hart said that some businesses, now shut on Sundays, could consider reopening.
"This will provide labour cost relief for restaurant and café operators currently trading on Sundays,'' Mr Hart said of the decision.
The restaurant industry is arguing for deeper cuts to penalty rates.
Mr Hart said the decision would affect between 30,000 and 40,000 workers across the country.
Mr Hart also said that the decision represented the first time the commission had accepted that higher penalty rates could lead to lower employment.
"That's a really important part of what this decision has found," Mr Hart said.
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United Voice, the union representing cafe and restaurant workers, said it would resist any further cuts.
Acting national secretary of United Voice, David O'Byrne, that the decision risked creating an underclass of lower-paid workers.
"The real concern for us is the treatment of casuals at the lower end of the classification structure," Mr O'Byrne said.
He said that food and beverage attendants classified as grades one or two were often new to the industry, more vulnerable than experienced workers, and often women.
As a result of the decision, these employees will receive a lower loading on Sundays than employees on higher grades.
"We think people should be treated the same, or with equality," Mr O'Byrne said.

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At Jumpin' Juice & Java in Worcester, poetry is read, shouted, and slammed in more ways than one on Sunday evenings.
At Jumpin' Juice & Java in Worcester, poetry is read, shouted, and slammed in more ways than one on Sunday evenings.
After several readers got up to participate in an open mic on one recent Sunday, featured poet MollyMeacham, a Chicago-based drama teachers and spoken word artist, recited a poem about learning to box – with a few mock jabs and hooks for effect.
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Gill became involved several years ago when a friend urged him to attend on Sunday evening.
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The Poets' Asylum reading series takes place Sundays at 6 p.m. at Jumpin' Juice & Java, 335 Chandler Street, Worcester. With open mic and featured poet. No cover; donations requested. For more information on this and other Poets' Asylum events and activities, visit www.poetsasylum.org.
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The chaos gripping Boston has the nation on edge to a degree not felt since the aftermath of September 11, when nobody knew the extent of that deadly conspiracy or whether more attacks were imminent.
This one is different. The toll, mercifully, is far lower. A young MIT policeman became the last victim early Friday, setting off the gun battles and explosions that left one of the attackers dead. By dawn all of Boston was on lockdown as police officers, FBI agents and other security forces swarmed from house to house and car to car seeking 19-year-old Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and trying to determine if he's part of a larger conspiracy whose inspiration we can only guess.
Thank the ubiquitous presence of cameras for quick identification of the Tsarnaev brothers, who it appears set out on the Thursday night rampage after seeing their photos on media everywhere. At the same time, the photographic record that has emerged is unnerving. More cameras than we know log our everyday travels. To find terrorists, we are glad of them. For a society increasingly sacrificing privacy, this silent observation of all is eerily reminiscent of Orwellian tales that had come to feel quaintly apocalyptic.
We have confidence that, having killed one bombing suspect and having captured the other, authorities will find the extent of any immediate conspiracy and neutralize it.
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Run-through signs with religious messages banned
KOUNTZE, Texas – Administrators at a southeast Texas school district have banned run-through banners at football games if they display religious messages.
The Kountze I.S.D. superintendent made the decision after receiving a complaint about one sign with a Bible verse that read, "I can do all things though Christ which strengthens me."
Kountze cheerleaders say the idea for banners with scriptures from the bible came up at cheer camp. The idea of came from Meagan Tantillo and was backed by her cheer mates.
"Coaches preach devotionals before games. We wanted to show our support for our boys," Tantillo said.
In a town of just more than 2,000 people, the signs are the talk of the town.
Someone asked the superintendent to remove the messages from the run-through banners at the football games. No one knows who asked the superintendent but he says he was reluctant to do so.
In a statement, Superintendent Kevin Weldon said, "I commend them for what they stand for. But I called legal counsel and even though it's led by students, it should not be allowed to go on."
Now many are standing behind the cheerleaders including the football players who run through the banner.
"We aren't backing down," Tantillo said.
The cheerleaders say they chose Christian messages to break away from the stereotypical signs that say "Claw the Tigers" or "Scalp the Indians." They say they wanted inspiring and uplifting messages instead.
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Join CPW for a very special portfolio review event where you'll have the opportunity to show your work to some of the most distinguished and important professionals in photography today. Held in NYC, in a supportive setting, you will have your work reviewed by five noted luminaries in one-on-one twenty-minute sessions. Reviews can provide you with constructive feedback, new directions, and perhaps that jolt of inspiration to take the next step. Testimonies from last year's participants included: "great feedback by committed and engaged reviewers", "informative and inspirational", "one-of-a-kind, unpretentious, and fun", "a great place to trade ideas", "encouraging, helpful, and insightful", "I got what I was looking for and made connections", "open minded, honest, and thoughtful", "it changed me and helps break barriers to the NY art world".
In the JUNE session you will meet with Patrick Amsellem, Curator at the Brooklyn Museum of Art; Sean Corcoran, Curator of Prints and Photographs at the Museum of the City of New York; Michael Foley, founder of Foley Gallery; Carlo McCormick, Paper Magazine; and Lonnie Schlein, Photography Editor at The New York Times. In the SEPTEMBER session you will meet with Darren Ching, Creative Director at Photo District News and co-owner Klompching Gallery; Jon Feinstein, Curatorial Director at the Humble Arts Foundation; Jodie Vicenta Jacobson, Curator at The Horticultural Society of New York; Joanna Lehan, Associate Editor of Books at the Aperture Foundation; and Sasha Wolf, owner of Sasha Wolf Gallery. The reviewers in the DECEMBER session will be announced in September. Additionally a representative from CPW will also be reviewing work at each session.
Please bring: a portfolio of 10-20 prints for review, resume, and optional artist statement
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Editors' Note: "Stories from the Frontlines: Letters to President Barack Obama" is a new media campaign launched to underscore the urgent need for congressional action and presidential leadership at this critical point in the fight to repeal "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" (DADT). Every weekday morning as we approach the markup of the Defense Authorization bill in the Senate and House Armed Services Committees, SLDN and a coalition of voices supporting repeal will share an open letter to the President from a person impacted by this discriminatory law. We are urging the President to include repeal in the Administration's defense budget recommendations, but also to voice his support as we work to muster the 15 critical votes needed on the Senate Armed Services Committee to include repeal. The Defense Authorization bill represents the best legislative vehicle to bring repeal to the president's desk. It also was the same vehicle used to pass DADT in 1993. By working together, we can help build momentum to get the votes! We ask that you forward and post these personal stories.
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Two senators are proposing to raise federal gasoline and diesel taxes for the first time in more than two decades as Congress struggles with how to pay for highway and transit programs.
Senators Chris Murphy, a Connecticut Democrat, and Bob Corker, a Tennessee Republican, pitched their plan Wednesday as a bipartisan solution to replenish the federal Highway Trust Fund.
That fund is forecast to go broke in late August.
The plan would raise the 18.4 cents a gallon federal gas tax and 24.4 cents a gallon diesel tax by 12 cents each over the next two years, and then index the taxes to keep pace with inflation.
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Trephining wrote:In the "armies" section you have both:
1-15 regions = 3 armies, and
15+ regions = 5 armies
The situation of 15 regions is included in both of those situations, so you should change one of them.
Option 1: 1-14 = 3 armies, 15+ = 5 armies
Option 2: 1-15 = 3 armies, 16+ = 5 armies
Dukasaur wrote:This map also has a very readable legend... I think I could play it with confidence.
Dukasaur wrote:What are the names of the different towers, and do they represent anything historical?
It would be nice to have some kind of context through which to interpret what I'm supposed to be seeing. I know there isn't room for this on the map, but you could put it in Post 1, and anyone (like me) who cares about that kind of detail could click on the [link to Discussion thread] when selecting the map, and read it.
Dukasaur wrote:What are the names of the different towers, and do they represent anything historical?
DearCyrus wrote:It all sounds good... Once it gets in beta I'm sure You will do some tweaking, though.
I think Gameplay looks alright. Graphically, the trees/forests look very cut and paste in comparison to the awesome mountains. I don't know what you would do about it . Maybe less detail? It sounds strange, but it may help it look more natural.
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REAL ESTATE- ON THE BLOCK- Love thy neighbor: Close quarters on Schoolhouse Hill
Address: 6373 Schoolhouse Hill
Neighborhood: Batesville
Asking: $598,000
Assessment: $400,800
Year Built: circa 1885
Size: 2,814 fin. sq. ft., 900 unfin.
Land: 1.2 acres
Agent: Norm Jenkins The New House Company 434-978-7900
Curb Appeal: 8 out of 10
Schoolhouse Hill is an improbably steep private drive just off Plank Road (Rt. 692) in Batesville. Past apple orchards and fields of straw bales, it's a scenic drive within commuting distance of Charlottesville or Staunton.
This property comes with some family history and a convenient front entrance. Mr. Charles Page, who owned the original general store in Batesville, designed the front steps of his house to lead straight on down the hill and into the back of his emporium. Today, it's the Batesville Store, a funky shop with a wide menu and regular live music. The store dates back to 1880. Although nobody can confirm the exact year the house was built, it is over 100 years old.
This property stayed in the family for many years but later fell into disrepair. In the 1980s, a Californian revived the home with a west coast flair and some updates. (He now lives next door.)
Damaged flooring on the first floor was replaced with cherry. The stairs and second floor are original, and the bedrooms have been carpeted. Skylights brighten the bedrooms and bath on the second floor. At some point, closets were built into the two smaller bedrooms; each has a door to a shared balcony. In the master, the original sleeping porch has been finished and is sort of an open dressing room with a rod for open clothing storage.
On the first level, the living, dining, and kitchen areas flow together in a modern way. A wood-burning stove stands guard in the center between the living and dining areas, but the kitchen and attached four-season sunroom are the real focal points. A six-burner Garland stove with open flame broiler is an old restaurant fixture and may have come from California (like the age of the house, it's a mystery). It gives the kitchen a casual feel, and the whole space looks like it could handle a huge Thanksgiving feast with room for lots of revelers. Between the professional oven, expanses of counter and a generous dining area, it's very much an entertainer's house.
Central heat and air are some additional updates, but the wood-burning stove and gas oven kept things toasty over the last brutal winter. A buyer worried about another Snowpocalypse (or Snowmageddon) will be glad to have them. A whole-house attic fan draws in cool night air during the warmer months.
Outdoor features expand the living space. It's possible that many of the plantings were established when the original owners lived in the house. Two koi ponds use stones from the creek below. Off one side of the house a long pergola is shrouded in wisteria over a built-in bench.
Beside a swimming pool, a studio apartment with kitchenette and bath could work as a guesthouse, rental, au pair digs, or as last resort for a boomerang kid. An unfinished workshop or artist studio on the second level is actually level with the drive– it's a steep hill.
Schoolhouse Hill is a tiny community, so a buyer will need to like neighbors who share the private drive and live in close proximity. With the Batesville Store below as a community meeting place, a country retreat this is not. Rather, it's a family home for folks who like a small town feel and want to know— if not exactly love—their neighbors.
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Anthony McLeod Kennedy, 1936–, associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1988–), b. Sacramento, Calif. He graduated from Stanford (1958) and Harvard Law School (1961). For many years (1965–88) he taught at the McGeorge School of Law at the Univ. of the Pacific. He was named to the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in 1975. In 1988, after the highly contested and unsuccessful nominations of Robert Bork and Douglas Ginsburg, President Reagan nominated Kennedy to the U.S. Supreme Court, replacing Lewis F. Powell. On the court, Kennedy has demonstrated a fairly conservative voting pattern, but by the mid-1990s he had come to be regarded as part of a centrist bloc with Sandra Day O'Connor and David Souter. Further changes in the court's composition by 2007 made Kennedy the main swing voter on the court. He also has come to be noted for advocating the consideration of foreign and international law and legal decisions when deciding U.S. constitutional issues and for his opinions in support of gay rights.
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Really, really like this outfit! Cheekily bought this dress from Primark last week for about £13. I got it in pink too (~haul~!) because I just couldnt resist. I could have probably got away with a 8 but a 10 is ok! I always find Primark dresses way too long for me so I had to fold it a bit at the waist! I decided to pair it with my fur gilet, which I'd actually already packed up so I had to dig through my boxes to find it! I also bought these £7.99 leggings from H&M. They are thick and shiney without being too shiney (get what I mean?), opaque and really black! Still taking baby steps away from my beloved American Apparel leggings, but Im very impressed by these ones from H&M.
I updated the links on the post I did yesterday about the teasing brushes. The seller completely sell out! There was only two sold before I posted about it! Bet they had a busy Monday morning! Really hope people like the brush if they bought it off my recommendation! Off to London for two days tomorrow and I've got a post scheduled for Wednesday, which is the outfit I wore on Saturday to a family meal! Have a good few days and I'll be back on Thursday!


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I thought I would make an attempt that starting a new 'series of discussion topics' celebrating next year's grand 20th Anniversary of the music of Jamiroquai. For the first topic, I thought we could discuss what we all think Jamiroquai's 'Best Single' release was. Now, given they had probably the 'best single catalogue' in the beginning to end of the 'Britpop' era of popular music, the criteria I'm judging the best single by is by cover art/B-Sides. So to start this first topic off, my choice for the best jami single release is no question their 1993 UK single release of 'Emergency On Planet Earth'. Sporting a killer single cover of the optimistic image of planet earth and equally impressive B-Sides including the breath-taking 10 minute 'Revolution 1993' demo, the live Jami acoustic rendition of the MTV Wanted recording of 'If I Like It, I Do It' and finishing off with a slightly neat extended version of the single song. There were other obvious great singles in my consideration but I leave the topic to you, please post your thoughts on what your fav Jamiroquai single release of the past was and I look forward to reading all your posts. Cheers!


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Community: Champion Hills in Hendersonville (Snapshot)
Do you desire a sanctuary of privacy, security, fresh mountain air, and room to roam? It is all yours with Southern mountain living in this magnificent home with incredible long range mountain views, located on the Tom Fazio design Champion Hills Golf Course. 2 story Great Room with massive wall of windows beaming natural light, 4 bed 4 Ba, Chef's kitchen, 5 fireplaces, formal dining room, Summer and Winter Master Suites, covered porches, 4 car garage. Stroll through your private 3 acres or on the walking trails. Enjoy quiet evenings on the screened porch. Immerse yourself in the sights and sounds of the waterfall flowing over native boulders into a KOI pond or relaxing on the private Gazebo. Entertain friends in the downstairs media room, and the authentic Pub. 50KW whole house generator, Home Warranty, private country club amenities, This luxury property is an experience. Exceptionally Unique! close to downtown, airports, and only a short drive to Asheville or Greenville SC ... see more property features
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Directions: From downtown Hendersonville, Church Street south to right on Kanuga to right on Willow. Continue right on Willow at the stop sign to right on Indian Cave Rd into Champion Hills. Continue on Indian Cave past Clubhouse, turn right on Pine Shadow. Follow Pine Shadow to cul-de-sac, go through cul- de-sac Pine Shadow continues, Sign will say Private drive, 229 will be immediately on your left on the golf course.
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Gently carved from the Blue Ridge Mountains, Champion Hills is a friendly, member-owned community. It is located just eight minutes from downtown Hendersonville and all the shopping, dining, microbreweries, medical care, and events that it has to offer.
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Champion Hills has residents from 36 states, the District of Columbia, and Europe. Whether you're looking for a full-time residence or a seasonal mountain retreat, the selection of existing homes is as diverse as the community itself, including villas, cottages, and single-family homes. If you prefer to build, there are several beautiful homesites available with mountain, golf course, or wooded views.
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Hendersonville, long known for its historic charms, is blooming into the future. The town (population 13,137) is the largest in Henderson County and is the county seat. In recent years, it has revitalized its local business scene and advanced its reputation as a place that offers something for just about everyone. Distinguished by the perfect climate, beautiful surroundings, and recreational variety, Hendersonville has attracted hundreds of families for visits and permanent homes.
With a diverse population of people of all ages and from all walks of life, Henderson County (pop. 106,740) is the perfect location for enjoying life. Henderson County is in North Carolina's mountain region, but is characterized by an extensive plateau along the French Broad and Mills River valleys. Henderson County currently has five incorporated towns/cities: Flat Rock, Fletcher, Hendersonville, Laurel Park , and Mills River. Of these, only Hendersonville possesses the typical characteristics of a more urban center with significant population.
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I agree with ivolga that at least part of it was a signal to his officers and his soldiers. I value my men and look what happens if you are like Dian Wei, look what will happen to your family.
Cao Cao did mourn Cao Ang (while scholars hated over-mourning, I think failing to mourn the death of your eldest son would be considered a bit strange) and one annotation suggests Cao Cao was haunted by it in his old age.


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Asslam O Alaikum
Current prevailing situation in our beloved country is a matter of concern for all of us, political unrest, energy crises, declining foreign exchange reserves, out flow of investments and above all, alarming increase in violence are posing a real threat to economic and social stability in Pakistan.
Our problems are deep rooted and require a lot of struggle and hardship to overcome. Here I want to start some discussions about the problems our country is facing and how we can help to overcome these problems. I have noticed that many knowledgeable Pakistani friends do visit this site frequently. I would like to take this opportunity to invite them to take part in these discussions and oblige us. I myself am not highly educated and expert Pakistani but I am sure that a lot of visiting friends do have the ability and expertise to participate and share their views with other friends. I can reserve a separate domain for this purpose but let us start from here first.
First of all let us discuss about the role of overseas Pakistanis in the development of Pakistan, how we can help to bring progress and prosperity in Pakistan.
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Ken Hershman was understandably in a good mood Tuesday. The president of HBO Sports who previously held a similar position for rival Showtime was basking in the glory of a terrific 2013. It was a year in which his company had the five top non pay-per-view boxing events on cable television in terms of audience participation.
They are as follows: Miguel Cotto vs. Delvin Rodriguez — 1,555,000 viewers (1,706,000 peak viewership); Julio Chavez Jr. vs. Brian Vera — 1,416,000 viewers (1,542,000 peak); Gennady Golovkin vs. Curtis Stevens — 1,410,000 viewers (1,566,000 peak); Adrien Broner vs. Gavin Rees — 1,398,000 viewers (1,551,000 peak); and Adonis Stevenson vs. Tony Bellew — 1,305,000 viewers (1,358,000 peak).
It was just one of many things that has made Hershman a happy man. During a telephone interview from the HBO offices in New York City, Hershman spoke in joyous tones about the year HBO had and what's ahead.
Keep in mind that HBO lost several star-power fighters to Showtime this year, including the likes of pay-per-view king Floyd Mayweather Jr., Saul "Canelo" Alvarez and Broner, who had just the one fight for HBO against Rees before moving over to Showtime.
The key element: All three fight under the Golden Boy Promotions banner. Broner and Alvarez are under contract to Golden Boy, and Golden Boy helps Mayweather promote his fights.
"The ratings stars that left the network had to be replaced and I think we did that and then some, and over-delivered in that area," Hershman said. "So if I'm most proud of anything, it's really that. Just identifying these new guys with tremendous fan-friendly fighting styles, great personalities, putting them on and seeing the audience respond so favorably."
Those newer stars include middleweight champion Golovkin, light heavyweight champions Stevenson and Sergey Kovalev, super featherweight champion Mikey Garcia and junior welterweight champion Ruslan Provodnikov.
All five of those fighters are vicious and outstanding. Hershman didn't even know for certain what to say when asked which among them is the biggest rising star.
"Tough question to answer," he said. "It's a good dilemma to have. I think, obviously, Golovkin has tremendous potential. His ratings growth has been the largest of all the newcomers. His personality outside the ring, his persona inside the ring, gives me tremendous optimism for his future."
Hershman couldn't say enough about Garcia, who is 33-0 with 28 knockouts.
"It's hard not to talk about Mikey Garcia, who just as a boxer, a technician, is so incredibly skilled and gifted," he said of the undefeated and ultra-talented super featherweight champion from Oxnard. "I just don't see anyone being able to compete with him, and there are so many attractive options as he moves up in weight that will test that theory. So I'm really stoked about Mikey and what we can look forward to in 2014 with him.
"And Kovalev and Stevenson are right in that mix as well. We love those guys. Ruslan Provodnikov as well. It's so hard to pick one."
No doubt, there is plenty about 2013 for which to be happy if you're Hershman. Heck, the boxing community as a whole — not just HBO viewers — benefited from a terrific 2013. But with all that good comes some negative stuff.
Hershman admitted that he is truly concerned about so many poor scorecards these days, and we saw many of them in 2013.
"I think even one wrong scorecard is too many because it does impact people's careers, impacts the credibility and foundation of the sport," said Hershman, who said the industry needs to perhaps re-educate judges and make sure only the best work.
There is also the rivalry between HBO and Showtime, which is now run by Stephen Espinoza, former Golden Boy attorney. Showtime does all of Golden Boy's big cards, and after so many Golden Boy fighters left HBO for Showtime, Hershman dropped a bomb when he announced HBO would discontinue doing Golden Boy fights for the time being.
Officially, Hershman said he wants to do business with a company that is on the same page with HBO. In other words, HBO developing fighters on its big stage only to have them bolt to Showtime is not the same page.
Now we have this situation where if one big-name fighter operates for HBO and another of the same ilk and weight for Showtime, chances of them fighting are slim.
"I think in boxing, all these impediments and challenges to making fights, whether it's based on promoters, managers and networks, alliances, agreements, where people want to take their careers, that's just been a part of the sport," Hershman said. "You have to live with it. And we do.
"And I'd rather focus on all the great fights that we can make, because I think if you're a boxing fan and you look back at 2013, it was a spectacular year and fights were made that the fans clamored for."
As frustrating as it is to hear about fights not being made, Hershman has a bit of a point. Boxing has always been difficult from a business standpoint. It probably always will be. That doesn't mean we have to like it.
Broner classless
It's one thing to be a big mouth like Adrien Broner, who talks about as much trash as anyone in boxing today. Until this past Saturday, when he lost his welterweight title to Marcos Maidana, he had backed up that mouth.
But there was absolutely no reason for one thing Broner did during the fight, and then he left before he could do the obligatory post-fight interview in the ring, a sign he lacks sportsmanship.
Now, since this is boxing, we understand that the rules aren't always going to be followed. But to turn around an opponent in a corner and then do several sexually suggestive moves, just comes off as really disgusting and crossing the line. Broner did that to Maidana near the end of the first round.
Of course, to make sure he wasn't shown up, Maidana foolishly returned the favor later in the 11th.
That said, Broner ate a big piece of humble pie, taking a convincing loss as his first career setback. Yours truly, as well as many other reporters, figured Broner was just too good for Maidana.
But Maidana, with an outstanding trainer in Robert Garcia, took charge from the get-go, eventually decking Broner twice. They were the first two times he's tasted the canvas in his career.
Now Broner wants a rematch. We have no problem with that. But a fight people are already aching for is Maidana against interim welterweight champion Keith "One Time" Thurman. Like Maidana, Thurman is a hard puncher and the two of them could cause some serious pain.
With Vitali Klitschko stepping down as WBC heavyweight champion this week, the title will be vacated, paving the way for the Nos. 1 and 2 contenders to fight for it. That would be Bermane Stiverne and Chris Arreola, respectively. The WBC on Thursday ordered negotiations to begin for that fight. Stiverne defeated Arreola via unanimous decision in April at Citizens Business Bank Arena in Ontario. … Abner Mares (26-1-1, 14 KOs) of Hawaiian Gardens will get a rematch with Jhonny Gonzalez (55-8, 47 KOs) of Mexico on Feb. 15 at Staples Center (on Showtime). They will fight for Gonzalez's featherweight title, the one he took from Mares via shocking first-round knockout in August at StubHub Center. … There will be no U.S. television on this, but it's noteworthy to point out that former great Roy Jones Jr. will take on cruiserweight Zine Eddine Benmakhlouf (17-3-1, 8 KOs) of France tonight at Dynamo Palace of Sports in Moscow, Russia. Jones, 44, is 56-8 with 40 knockouts.


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Ritola Reassigned to Admirals
The Tampa Bay Lightning have reassigned forward Mattias Ritola to the Norfolk Admirals, Lightning Vice President and General Manager Steve Yzerman announced today.
Ritola, 6-foot, 192 pounds, has appeared in a NHL career-high 31 games this season with the Lightning, recording career-bests with four goals and eight points. He has also averaged 10:03 in ice time per game. Ritola recorded his first career multi-goal game March 14 at Toronto on his 24th birthday. He has played in nine games with the Admirals this season, recording two goals and 11 points with a plus-4 rating.
A native of Borlange, Sweden, Ritola is a veteran of 220 AHL games with Norfolk and the Grand Rapids Griffins. He has amassed 43 goals and 117 points during his AHL career. Ritola had his best season in 2009-10 when he tied for third on the Griffins with 42 points in 73 games, while ranking third on the team with six power-play goals and also recording an AHL career-high 178 shots. Ritola has played in eight career Calder Cup Playoff games, recording two assists.
Ritola was originally selected by the Red Wings in the fourth round, 103rd overall, at the 2005 NHL Entry Draft. He joined the Lightning after being claimed off waivers from Detroit on October 5, 2010.
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Movies We Like
Blazing Saddles
Once upon a time in the golden period of films known as the 1970s, Mel Brooks was, along with Woody Allen, the biggest directing name in comedy. Both had been on the legendary writing staff of Sid Caesar's Your Show of Shows in the '50s (along with Neil Simon and Carl Reiner) and both brought a distinctly Jewish tone to their slapstick. While Allen represented the Manhattan highbrow, Brooks's style lurked more in the offensively low end Borscht Belt style. By the '80s, when Allen's status raised to the level of genius, Brooks's comedy had already become passe and completely juvenile, working in the obvious (Spaceballs, Dracula: Dead and Loving It, etc.). But his early string of comedies, from The Producers through High Anxiety, created a lot of laughs, peaking in 1974 with two comic masterpieces: Young Frankenstein and, maybe even better, the bawdy western spoof Blazing Saddles.
The western spoof is almost as old as the western itself—you had Laurel & Hardy in Way Out West, The Marx Brothers in Go West, Mae West and W.C. Fields did My Little Chickadee, and Bob Hope had The Paleface and then Son of Paleface, not to mention Destry Rides Again with Marlene Dietrich (which Blazing Saddles actually directly spoofs). The '60s saw an examining of the western most directly through the Italian spaghetti westerns and American western comedies such as Cat Ballou and Support Your Local Sheriff! In the '70s, the reexamining went to the extreme as the western was turned in on itself and poked at by post-modernists with films as broad as Jodorowsky's El Topo, Altman's Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson, to the sci-fi camp of Westworld. Blazing Saddles is more than a spoof; it's one of the rare big laugh comedies that actually has something to say about contemporary racial politics, making it much closer to the later, intellectually ambitious films than the earlier yuk-fests.
Taking its cue from a number of westerns including Once Upon a Time in the West, High Noon, and High Plains Drifter, Blazing Saddles uses the classic "town folks vs the greedy people" set-up. Oily State Attorney General Hedly Lamarr (Harvey Korman, who almost steals the film) is buying up cheap land along the railroad as it moves out West. When quicksand diverts the route through the frontier town of Rock Ridge, he sends his henchmen Taggart (Slim Pickens) and a posse to terrorize the townsfolk into abandoning their property. Instead, they ask the governor (Brooks, in one of numerous little roles he plays here) to provide them with a sheriff. Lamarr and the governor devise a plan to provide a sheriff they will surely hate, a black train-track worker who is about to be executed named Bart (Cleavon Little). When they see his cool-ass Gucci sheriff outfit the townsfolk react like the small town bigots the higher ups expected, calling him the N-word and even trying to lynch him. But when he saves the town from a brute monster of a man, Mongo (one time Detroit Lion Alex Karras), they begin to take a shine to him and even depend on him to save them.
Sheriff Bart partners up with a onetime notorious gunslinger that's now sleeping it off in the drunk tank, Jim AKA The Waco Kid (Gene Wilder). Eventually Lamarr puts together a nasty posse with Klansman, rustlers, Arabs, desperadoes, Mexican bandits (referencing a line from The Treasure of the Sierra Madre) and, as you expect from Brooks, Nazis (making Blazing Saddles the only other western besides Duck, You Sucker that I'm aware of to reference WWII so blatantly). They are instructed to go rape, loot, and pillage Rock Ridge. With Mongo now joining Sheriff Bart and Jim, they also recruit Bart's black railroad co-workers to help the townsfolk build an exact replica of the town for Lamarr's killers to attack. This leads to a giant fight that spills into a present day movie studio where a Busby Berkeley like director (Dom Deluise) is trying to shoot a dance sequence, mayhem ensues, until the inevitable showdown between Sheriff Bart and Lamarr in front of the Chinese Theater of Hollywood Blvd.
Never afraid to break the fourth wall, Blazing Saddles is so crammed with ideas and film references, from Hedy Lamarr's name (apparently she sued the movie) and blaxploitation jiving to Bugs Bunny, a Count Basie cameo, and most famously, Madeline Kahn popping up as Lili von Shtupp, a direct parody of Marlene Dietrich singing a song spoofing the one she performed in Hitchcock's Stage Freight. She also plays out a back room seduction scene with Bart that spoofs the one had with Gary Cooper in Morocco. Kahn, one of film's great female comic actresses, even got an Oscar nomination for her brief appearance. The entire cast nail their roles: Pickens and the bit players all play on western stereotypes perfectly. This is the best film role for Korman, a sketch comedy legend. Wilder, not Brooks's first choice for the role of a washed up drunk, is especially entertaining, his playing it cool being so against type.
Little was also not the first choice to play Bart; Brooks wanted Richard Pryor but the studio rebelled, finding him too dangerous and controversial to depend on. So instead Pryor joined the writing team along with Brooks, Norman Steinberg (My Favorite Year), Andrew Bergman (The Freshman), and Alan Uger (TV's Family Ties). Little made a name for himself on Broadway and then was mostly known for his appearance in Vanishing Point as Super Soul and one of the great All in the Family episodes as a burglar who holds the Bunkers hostage. No matter how ground breaking a stand-up comedian Pryor was, Little brings a cool strength and leading man presence that a trained musical theater thespian carries, and that Pryor would not have.
In its day, Blazing Saddles was considered maybe the most offensive big studio flick ever made. Mongo punching a horse, gay jokes, cowboys eating beans and farting around a campfire, all offensive but, under Brooks's skilled direction, all very funny gags. Today, the most shocking thing is the use of the N-word. In a comedy today, a (white) character would only speak that way to show what an extreme character he is, and he would probably have something bad happen to him in the end. But the casualness of Rock Ridge's townsfolk, so vulgar and mean spirited, actually adds to the humor. It's been said that a film such as A Clockwork Orange is so filled with ultra violence as to turn the viewer off to violence, then perhaps Blazing Saddles is so filled with racist characters it shines a light on the extremity of racism that still existed in the America of 1974, making racists just look ridiculous. When Bart says to the kindly looking old lady "And isn't it a lovely morning?" and she replies, "up yours n....". It's not hard to declare that they don't dare make comedies like Blazing Saddles anymore.


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UCLA School of Law has established a loan repayment assistance program to increase the ability of its J.D. graduates to pursue public service legal careers. The program seeks to address the increasing debt burdens facing many students and the implications of such burdens on students' ability to pursue relatively low-paying public service work.
Under the UCLA LRAP, graduates can apply to have a portion - and, in some cases, all - of the debt service on loans they incurred while at UCLA School of Law subject to a forgivable loan from the School. To qualify for such support, graduates must be employed in a public service capacity that makes substantial use of legal skills. Graduates can seek assistance each year for a period of up to 10 years.
More information about LRAP
UCLA Law has several new programs to help new graduates gain meaningful legal experience while also assisting employers to address unmet needs.
Public Service Fellowship Program
The School of Law's Public Service Fellowship Program seeks to support graduating students who have demonstrated a longstanding commitment to public service, enabling them to work with a variety of nonprofit organizations and government agencies, both domestically and abroad.
Professional Opportunity Fellowship Program
Through the Professional Opportunity Program, UCLA Law and Liberty Hill Foundation have partnered to set up a one year fellowship to allow successful candidates the opportunity to work full-time for up to one year with nonprofit organizations, government agencies or judges. Participants are paid monthly stipends.
New Graduate Opportunity Program
The New Graduate Opportunity Program funds part-time, temporary work with nonprofit organizations and government agencies for up to 200 hours at up to 20 hours per week. Participants are paid by UCLA School of Law - therefore negating any employer concerns regarding unpaid interns - and
have a unique opportunity to further build their resume and to enhance their legal skills while awaiting bar results. Although participating employers are not required to permanently hire these graduates, many host employers have offered our graduates long-term employment at the conclusion of the program.
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This new program allows boutique and mid-sized law firms that do not normally hire recent graduates the opportunity to participate in a pilot program at UCLA. Participating law firms will hire at least one UCLA Law 2014 graduate to work as an apprentice associate for a one-year term. UCLA will provide additional personalized training to participating graduates. The program allows participating firms a creative way of responding to market changes and client demands while allowing more senior associates the ability to develop additional management and business development skills.


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Brandon Hopkins
The 1997 Sophie Kerr Winner
After graduation, Brandon Hopkins moved to New York and worked in publishing for several years before leaving to complete the Masters Program in the Humanities at the University of Chicago, where he was critic Wayne C. Booth's assistant.
After a brief return to NY, he moved to Paris, where he freelanced as an editor, writer, and instructional design consultant while earning an advanced certification in French at the Sorbonne. Now back in the States, he works for Penguin and other publishers and journals, and has been branching into translation.
He is also an adjunct English professor at Frederick Community College. Since completing his first novel, The Impediments to Joy, he's been working on a second called The Crimes of Paris. He has also written a number of screenplays, teleplays, and a short story collection called Model Homes.


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Latina/o Religious Politics
Felipe Hinojosa
Religion is at the heart of the Latina/o experience in the United States. It is a deeply personal matter that often shapes political orientations, how people vote, where they live, and the type of family choices they make. Latina/o religious politics—defined as the religious beliefs, ethics, and cultures that motivate social and political action in society—represent the historic interaction between popular and institutional religion. The evolution of Protestantism, Pentecostalism, and Catholic Social Action throughout the late 19th and 20th centuries illuminates the ways in which Latina/o religious communities interacted with movements for social justice.
Latino Catholicism
Timothy Matovina
The Latino/Latina or Hispanic Catholic presence spans the colonial era, the period of U.S. expansion during the 19th century, and the waves of new immigrants in the 20th and 21st centuries. A long-standing element of Latino Catholic history, the struggle for justice both in church and society, became even more prominent during the 20th century.
While Catholics in the thirteen British colonies were a minority in a Protestant land, in Hispanic settlements from Florida to California, Catholicism was the established religion under Spain and, in the Southwest, under Mexico after it won independence in 1821. Spanish subjects founded numerous missions intended to Christianize and Hispanicize native populations. They also established parishes, military chaplaincies, and private chapels to serve the religious needs of Hispanic settlers. From the standpoints of original settlement, societal influence, and institutional presence, the origins of Catholicism in what is now the United States were decidedly Hispanic.
The first large group of Hispanic Catholics incorporated into U.S. territories was Mexicans in the Southwest, who, as a common adage puts it, did not cross the border but had the border cross them during U.S. territorial expansion. When military defeat led Mexico's president to cede nearly half his nation's territory to the United States in 1848, Mexicans underwent the disestablishment of their Catholic religion along with widespread loss of their lands, economic well-being, political clout, and cultural hegemony. Many continued their traditional expressions of faith, which enabled them to defend their sense of dignity, to collectively respond to the effects of conquest, and to express their own ethnic legitimation.
Nascent 19th-century Latino immigration to the United States quickened over the course of the 20th century, expanding the diversification of national-origin groups among Latinos in the United States. Mexican immigration increased substantially after the outbreak of the Mexican Revolution in 1910 and has continued into the 21st century. Significant numbers of Puerto Ricans, Cubans, Dominicans, and Central Americans have also come, along with some South Americans. Each group of Latino newcomers has fostered ministries and church structures that served the needs of their compatriots.
Latino Catholic activist efforts range from local initiatives such as establishing Spanish-language masses and prayer groups to broader endeavors such as the recent National Hispanic Pastoral Encuentros of the 1970s and 1980s, major events that enabled Hispanic leaders to articulate their ministerial needs and demands to Catholic bishops and the wider church. Latino Catholics have also been active in social causes such as the plight of farmworkers, immigration, and faith-based community organizing.