20.7MP Camera, HD Display and Waterproof: SONY Xperia Z1 Launched

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: justify;">IFA’s platform of 2013 at Berlin is now witness of unveil another smartphone. On 4th September Sony launched Xperia Z1 with new features and specifications. New Xperia comes with 20.7 megapixel camera and you can also strap <a href="http://pc-gadgetworld.blogspot.in/2013/08/attachable-external-lens-for-iphone-and.html" target="_blank">Sony Lens</a> on to smartphone. The smart lens called QX100 and RX100.  Smart device is looking same as other SONY Xperia phones, except for camera features.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-M3ziXgpcPu4/UigYWPn35ZI/AAAAAAAAATE/c2VxQgUH0HQ/s1600/Sony-Xperia-Z1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="191" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-M3ziXgpcPu4/UigYWPn35ZI/AAAAAAAAATE/c2VxQgUH0HQ/s1600/Sony-Xperia-Z1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><h3 style="text-align: left;">Some new features of camera which is added to Xperia Z1 are as below:</h3><div style="text-align: justify;">Social live: You can broadcast your video live from Xperia Z1 to Facebook.  </div><div style="text-align: justify;">Timeshift brust:  Xperia Z1 can click 61 images in just 2 seconds and you can choose the best image.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Info-eye: Provide you information about the Landmarks which are clicked by you.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">AR effect: You can create customisable animations.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The smartphone have 5-inch full HD display with 1080 pixel. The device is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 quad-core chip clocked at 2.2Ghz and running on Android 4.2 OS with a Sony skin. User will get power from a battery of 3000mAh. If you are looking for space you can expand it up to 64GB from 8GB with help of Micro SD card and 2GB RAM is also available in Xperia Z1.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uPtiiEpsuTw/UigX465kB4I/AAAAAAAAAS8/9FgJ3Ckf4OE/s1600/Sony+Xperia+Z1+Phone+Blue+Colo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uPtiiEpsuTw/UigX465kB4I/AAAAAAAAAS8/9FgJ3Ckf4OE/s1600/Sony+Xperia+Z1+Phone+Blue+Colo.jpg" title="sony xperia Z1" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small; text-align: justify;">Androidadvices.com</span></td></tr></tbody></table><h3 style="text-align: left;">Technical specifications:</h3><div style="text-align: justify;">Processor: 2.2 GHz Qualcomm MSM8974 Quad Core with Sony Mobile BRAVIA® Engine 2</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Cameras: </div><div style="text-align: justify;">               Back camera: 20.7 megapixels with Sony G Lens with LED Flash</div><div style="text-align: justify;">               Facing camera: 2 megapixel</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Storage: 2GB RAM and 16GB in-built memory, expandable up to 64GB</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Connectivity: Wi-FI, NFC, Bluetooth, LTE and 4G</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Resolution: 1920-by-1080 pixel</div><div style="text-align: justify;">OS: Android 4.2 Jelly Bean</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Weight: 169 gm</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Dimensions: 144.4 x 73.9 x 8.5 mm</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The Xperia Z1 will available in market from the month of September, neither the exact date nor the price confirmed from SONY.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://plus.google.com/100638775997274345522" rel="author">Anil Swami</a></div></div>

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IFA’s platform of 2013 at Berlin is now witness of unveil another smartphone. On 4th September Sony launched Xperia Z1 with new features and specifications. New Xperia comes with 20.7 megapixel camera and you can also strap Sony Lens on to smartphone…

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Hey Israel? Syria Is YOUR Neighbor and Has a Broken Washing Machine...Why Does America Have to Wash Their Dirty Laundry?

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Cheeeeeeeers Chuckleheads and Happy Thursday to you all!!<br /><br />I have a couple of really concretely solid topics to touch upon, but those are best left to be mediaized on this Sunday’s next, sure to be #1 IWS Radio show, so?<br /><br />I am going to down a 211 and just let my thoughts flow on here today.  Mmmmm’kay?<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Dateline…Matt-Man’s head…<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpuqIjpjiGIeGQEFQpnV9mEQg_PMD_aaU0wXrAxQaRlDjzLfo9wg7Dd4nlnOG5Go_P_PffUiuFHjshdfC-fvmnmaHE5avFJvHD4m-WtHaggBgxkumHJExpnSSbBaOrJbpK0_Xqt5ysLmW_/s1600/bashar-al-Assad+Asshole.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpuqIjpjiGIeGQEFQpnV9mEQg_PMD_aaU0wXrAxQaRlDjzLfo9wg7Dd4nlnOG5Go_P_PffUiuFHjshdfC-fvmnmaHE5avFJvHD4m-WtHaggBgxkumHJExpnSSbBaOrJbpK0_Xqt5ysLmW_/s400/bashar-al-Assad+Asshole.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />You know what would we be cool…If instead of degrading Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s chemical weapons with missiles, we instead, gassed the entire country of Syria, but instead of using serin or mustard gas, we used laughing gas!!<br /><br />That would be fucking hilarious.  A bunch of punch drunk extremists with guns walking around feeding each other falafels all the while tea is pouring out the side of their mouths like they’re doped up on Novocain. Ha!!<br /><br />And what’s up with Israel?  Everyone is worried about what will happen to Israel over this crisis.  The only ones <i>not</i> worried about the Syrian Civil War are the Israelis and their 2 Billion Dollars a year from the U.S. <br /><br />Listen Israel…We give you 2 Bil a year to help arm yourselves and Syria is on your border, so could we see a little action out of you?  I know you are busy building tin shack “settlements”, but really?<br /><br />If Moses were alive today, he with his Rod of God in hand, would walk straight over to Damascus turn their rivers and their streets red with blood, and then return to Tel Aviv and rain toads down upon you, the Israelites, for being such pussies.<br /><br />Seriously…Netanyahu and all of you serve who in the Israeli legislative body of the Knish?  You need to ask yourselves, What Would Moses Do?<br /><br />In fact, and now I am getting a little steamed…it’s as if the State of Israel expects us, the United States of America to protect her.  It’s as if  we Americans are the savior of the State of Israel.  Hmmmmmmm?<br /><br />The last time there was a savior walking around in the land of Israel, the Jews preferred some dude named Barabbas, and helped to kill the Holy Baby Jesus.<br /><br />So boys and goils…enjoy your Rosh Hashanah, and delight in the fact that you will surely nail your America savior and benefactor to the cross in the near future.<br /><br />I hurt my knee today.  I knocked it into a twelve pack of Dr. Pepper…Did Israel care?  Hell No!!  They didn’t even send me any chicken soup with matzo balls.  It’s such a one way relationship.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYzHu3q9o5uhneViBUbikjsqHqFeVkBONSjFBQaPM2m8tDNaoDThN8Cb4xRlISBirriS7O0wiZSOAJr91NV3YxyGgGn72Q_JbOX0PP7V5O0UPccKRfpx9q4iKPdFRCKAOAIFuhhrs7vAYC/s1600/netanyahu+Jerk+Asshole.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="312" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYzHu3q9o5uhneViBUbikjsqHqFeVkBONSjFBQaPM2m8tDNaoDThN8Cb4xRlISBirriS7O0wiZSOAJr91NV3YxyGgGn72Q_JbOX0PP7V5O0UPccKRfpx9q4iKPdFRCKAOAIFuhhrs7vAYC/s320/netanyahu+Jerk+Asshole.jpg" width="320" /></a>Ha…you know what?<br /><br />My Stream of Consciousness thing actually turned out to be focused, and really?  Here’s the thing…<br /><br />I am not pro-war…I am very anti-war, but y’know?<br /><br />I get tired of hearing about how a solution and pathway to peace may be possible in the Middle East.<br /><br />It never will.  There are far too many zealots with far too many strident and monocular ideologies involved.<br /><br />Perhaps if we attack Syria, which I agree with, that may trigger an expansion of the conflict that sets the region on fire.  I feel bad about that, but then I think…<br /><br />Eh…so what, because as much as I hate death and destruction, it is an inevitability, because the unholy trinity of radical acolytes of Muslims, Jews, and Christians want it.<br /><br />To people like that, it’s just a matter of how and when.<br /><br />And sadly, upstairs in the supernatural open bar of heaven, God, Allah, Buddha, or whatever one prefers to refer to Him as, are sipping on a bottle of Jack and saying…<br /><br /><i>“Maybe there is another planet we could try this life thing on, ‘cause it ain't working here.”</i><br /><br /><i>Cheers!!</i><br /><br />Matt-Man<br /><br /><a href="mailto:mattmaniws@ymail.com">mattmaniws@ymail.com</a><br /><a href="https://twitter.com/MattMan_IWS" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">@mattman_iws</span></a><br /><a href="https://www.facebook.com/mattmaniws" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">My Facebook Page</span></a></div>

Hey Israel? Syria Is YOUR Neighbor and Has a Broken Washing Machine...Why Does America Have to Wash Their Dirty Laundry?

Cheeeeeeeers Chuckleheads and Happy Thursday to you all!!I have a couple of really concretely solid topics to touch upon, but those are best left to be mediaized on this Sunday’s next, sure to be #1 IWS Radio show, so?I am going to down a 211 and jus…

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The Trick to a Sustainable Economy

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPYTnmGZcjoPXff4STzd8eQQ8ND06XpSFOF69ScTzkcYYgHuMdpPLk44KwcnCYmkEA-u1oNyY8Yrae-iynPurCwmnU4_Cl2Sono2eKQ1aVna_JlL89Ci1SDT4LmHY801kJbLgwpWPYDNU/s1600/The+Trick+to+a+Sustainable+Economy.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPYTnmGZcjoPXff4STzd8eQQ8ND06XpSFOF69ScTzkcYYgHuMdpPLk44KwcnCYmkEA-u1oNyY8Yrae-iynPurCwmnU4_Cl2Sono2eKQ1aVna_JlL89Ci1SDT4LmHY801kJbLgwpWPYDNU/s320/The+Trick+to+a+Sustainable+Economy.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">Click to enlarge.</span><br /><br />Here's the theory. We need to add drinking jobs at least as fast as we lose manufacturing jobs (per capita, so job growth can keep up with population growth). 0% is therefore the goal. Achieve that and the world is our oyster! We've been doing great since November of 2010. That's nearly 3 years of solid performance. Let's hope we can sustain it permanently this time!<br /><br />Hey, I never said it would be easy over the long-term. As seen in the following chart, there may be a chance though.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIjSgeSbh95phc02kyDUAg_nWKpOufpkcp4gCq07jq4uWOibJb_G5GS1iBpxf-XttlLSfxJVy09oMvSSSHXWZOZbkfbO8qhWNnxy_0Qc8xZIoB-bodPCwkCcz0ZRZbAhQvlnyZb718uQs/s1600/Heavy+Drinking.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIjSgeSbh95phc02kyDUAg_nWKpOufpkcp4gCq07jq4uWOibJb_G5GS1iBpxf-XttlLSfxJVy09oMvSSSHXWZOZbkfbO8qhWNnxy_0Qc8xZIoB-bodPCwkCcz0ZRZbAhQvlnyZb718uQs/s320/Heavy+Drinking.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">Click to enlarge.</span><br /><br /><div style="color: #666666;"><i>Heavy drinking data from 1993–2000 represent all respondents aged 18 years and older who report an average of 2 or more drinks per day (i.e., 60 or more alcoholic drinks a month). Data from 2001–2009 </i><span style="color: red;">[2001-2012]</span><i> represent all male respondents aged 18 years and older who report an average of more than 2 drinks per day and female respondents aged 18 years and older who report an average of more than 1 drink per day.</i></div><br />Thanks to the increased frequency of hangovers brought on by exponentially increasing heavy drinking, the future's <a href="http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/hangovers/DS00649/DSECTION=symptoms">too bright</a>. I gotta wear shades. Sigh.<br /><br /><b>See Also:</b><br /><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2010/06/sarcasm-disclaimer.html">Sarcasm Disclaimer</a><br /><br /><b>Source Data:</b><br /><a href="http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/graph/?g=m4C">St. Louis Fed: Custom Chart</a><br /><a href="http://www.cdc.gov/alcohol/data-stats.htm">CDC: Alcohol Usage Trends</a>

The Trick to a Sustainable Economy

Click to enlarge.Here's the theory. We need to add drinking jobs at least as fast as we lose manufacturing jobs (per capita, so job growth can keep up with population growth). 0% is therefore the goal. Achieve that and the world is our oyster! We've …

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P28 High Protein Foods Review

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-SxakJ1bMRW4/UiertXg-0XI/AAAAAAAAJhI/1pWQekGAeJQ/s1600/13+-+1" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-SxakJ1bMRW4/UiertXg-0XI/AAAAAAAAJhI/1pWQekGAeJQ/s320/13+-+1" width="320" /></i></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>I was sent some high protein breads for review from <a href="https://www.p28foods.com/">P28 foods</a> and couldn't wait to just bite into them to see how they differ from other breads that we all know and have tried.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>High protein bread:</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>I have to admit I loved this bread it was full of flavor and delicious all natural ingredients that keep you fuller longer.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>I used it as a snack with strawberry jam spread on it but you could use it as a sandwich or whatever your heart desires.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>What I loved was that it wasn't too dry like other breads I've tried and it's quite filling!</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>High protein bagel:</i></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-tIOrzMcglTA/Ui5cRFbm-kI/AAAAAAAAJjw/hi6p_-oxzUc/s1600/13+-+1" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-tIOrzMcglTA/Ui5cRFbm-kI/AAAAAAAAJjw/hi6p_-oxzUc/s320/13+-+1" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><br /></i></span><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>I loved how this bagel wasn't too hard or to chewy it was just right and toasted perfectly in the toaster and worked great for a delicious breakfast with eggs,cheese, onions and pepper scrambled on top!</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>High protein flat bread:</i></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8RF27zfjgjY/UinQYhWuZ_I/AAAAAAAAJig/VhRCNX772oE/s1600/13+-+1" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8RF27zfjgjY/UinQYhWuZ_I/AAAAAAAAJig/VhRCNX772oE/s320/13+-+1" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><br /></i></span><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Great flavor and goes along great with eggs! </i></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><br /></i></span><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Flatbread pizza:</i></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SvehXH8Ze5c/UivXWzDlRXI/AAAAAAAAJjE/V6A-QC6_0vQ/s1600/13+-+1" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SvehXH8Ze5c/UivXWzDlRXI/AAAAAAAAJjE/V6A-QC6_0vQ/s320/13+-+1" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><br /></i></span><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>I hardly ever eat pizza and so wanted to have it on this delicious flat bread so I got out some cheese, pepper, garlic salt and sauce and went to work on the flatbread for this delicious mouth watering protein packed dinner!</i></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Great flavor and didn't need any salad or anything to go with it.</i></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><br /></i></span><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>It was very flavorful and and toasted up perfectly in the oven giving it a light crunch to it.</i></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>You can use flatbreads for pizza, a sandwich wrap or if you really want to get all creative whip up a delicious dessert pizza with chocolate sauce, strawberries and voila!</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Facts:</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>All natural </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>High in protein</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Good source of fiber</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><a href="https://www.p28foods.com/">https://www.p28foods.com/</a></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><a href="https://www.facebook.com/P28Foods">https://www.facebook.com/P28Foods</a></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><a href="http://instagram.com/p28foods">http://instagram.com/p28foods</a></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><a href="https://twitter.com/p28foods">https://twitter.com/p28foods</a></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

P28 High Protein Foods Review

I was sent some high protein breads for review from P28 foods and couldn't wait to just bite into them to see how they differ from other breads that we all know and have tried.High protein bread:I have to admit I loved this bread it was full of flavo…

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Talk Talk

<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;">Today When I showed a work colleague a photo of my new "<a href="http://renovatinglpa.blogspot.ie/2013/09/off-to-post-office.html">Trista</a>" Olive bowl he said that it reminded him of the work of James Marsh.  My colleague is a big fan of the band <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk_Talk">Talk Talk</a> and he went on to tell me how James Marsh designed most of their album covers.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;">He then produced a book called "Spirit of Talk Talk".  It is mainly about the band but the last chapter details the work of James Marsh.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkANYSLJRc4Ok0fmbQrGLoADl8-2p0RvACrV_aa-MF1_gtssnhYGz1Wryvva5ETUk2S4qYqLAcMkOkNOClu4ho-eaartpxd2LHGcw_Enzf3jdOQEJvHkMUO30m5fiKgQSnwoi4fwwk8Mrs/s640/blogger-image--827052482.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkANYSLJRc4Ok0fmbQrGLoADl8-2p0RvACrV_aa-MF1_gtssnhYGz1Wryvva5ETUk2S4qYqLAcMkOkNOClu4ho-eaartpxd2LHGcw_Enzf3jdOQEJvHkMUO30m5fiKgQSnwoi4fwwk8Mrs/s640/blogger-image--827052482.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;">The art work really is stunning!  I can understand why my colleague thought there was similarities.  Both artist's work are quite whimsical and are very brightly coloured.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWJmYpmj6BFZSJGyq4UGHK1OPj_rZ33FtDInk5mG1ik2XxtbZ-x2aBvBvpKWL0mRi_4ysp_Qrx6Lchfu6ehUAjt2gJSb-Lk9HYaMPx9PctLWWv_Psv1OgcnUEe36DG4p5zm_nZUChZnbsj/s640/blogger-image--991332791.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWJmYpmj6BFZSJGyq4UGHK1OPj_rZ33FtDInk5mG1ik2XxtbZ-x2aBvBvpKWL0mRi_4ysp_Qrx6Lchfu6ehUAjt2gJSb-Lk9HYaMPx9PctLWWv_Psv1OgcnUEe36DG4p5zm_nZUChZnbsj/s640/blogger-image--991332791.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS_ndIHUUPdSpR-qWEH3I90TI0ZiBXcm6hBd-fImSkKowqld-b_4m1FnvkZ1T5ku-TDwcJZ-A8LuhKjjUlON1Q32RTD9KnUW0h_Tn7zAeN_PQOtHFM9dQtD8kwmIUt5BVxGVnjUaZQ0Ohx/s640/blogger-image--463423433.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS_ndIHUUPdSpR-qWEH3I90TI0ZiBXcm6hBd-fImSkKowqld-b_4m1FnvkZ1T5ku-TDwcJZ-A8LuhKjjUlON1Q32RTD9KnUW0h_Tn7zAeN_PQOtHFM9dQtD8kwmIUt5BVxGVnjUaZQ0Ohx/s640/blogger-image--463423433.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4X9i8gFFAmB1lOvdsVaCT9ooGinUWeBMvnNNSh-Vk7AJUUxMfE9sccjhJjbe8H2i6EkMw5lMOIRlePoqpusTIWMSzYK_TsjA5Wwy85TXcj55YHCa-bG-7tMSadoIorRA1cSp-BDfANKlx/s640/blogger-image-464719210.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4X9i8gFFAmB1lOvdsVaCT9ooGinUWeBMvnNNSh-Vk7AJUUxMfE9sccjhJjbe8H2i6EkMw5lMOIRlePoqpusTIWMSzYK_TsjA5Wwy85TXcj55YHCa-bG-7tMSadoIorRA1cSp-BDfANKlx/s640/blogger-image-464719210.jpg" /></a></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;">My colleague showed me the back of the book where his name is listed.  He gave a contribution and agreed to buy a copy of this book before it was published.  </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG8Xm6han8nNwl9w4bE6fnff5fneTTBbam0wNlERzithlN_XUNtRt9kZLEK_rBeiI8fopf43cyhKA2QN-Mc7gGKOzzi9zasyFaobAzJTKhwJvd-vbH_5TmDs0P4D5h5h2R1y2spiImh95N/s640/blogger-image--1519994762.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG8Xm6han8nNwl9w4bE6fnff5fneTTBbam0wNlERzithlN_XUNtRt9kZLEK_rBeiI8fopf43cyhKA2QN-Mc7gGKOzzi9zasyFaobAzJTKhwJvd-vbH_5TmDs0P4D5h5h2R1y2spiImh95N/s640/blogger-image--1519994762.jpg" /></a></div><br /><br />

Talk Talk

Today When I showed a work colleague a photo of my new "Trista" Olive bowl he said that it reminded him of the work of James Marsh.  My colleague is a big fan of the band Talk Talk and he went on to tell me how James Marsh designed most of their albu…

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Fucking Idiots

<br /><a href="http://www.latimes.com/">Breaking news, ten minutes ago</a>.<br /><br /><br />A divided Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted today to authorize a punitive U.S. strike against Syria, opening the way for a vote in the full Senate next week.<br /><br />The vote was 10 to 7, with Democrats and Republicans on each side.<br /><br />Committee Chairman Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) was among the supporters of the resolution, along with Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and ranking member Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.). Opponents included conservative Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and liberal Sens. Tom Udall (D-N.M.) and Chris Murphy (D-Conn.).

Fucking Idiots

Breaking news, ten minutes ago.A divided Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted today to authorize a punitive U.S. strike against Syria, opening the way for a vote in the full Senate next week.The vote was 10 to 7, with Democrats and Republicans on…

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Oregon guv says he'll fight RTW4Less for government workers

<div class="tr_bq"><object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=9,0,47,0" height="270" id="flashObj" width="480"><param name="movie" value="http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f9?isVid=1&isUI=1" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF" /><param name="flashVars" value="videoId=2645579766001&playerID=2436822742001&playerKey=AQ~~,AAAAPLpuSqE~,a1DdoZJH5WT7C8Y068BNUzNkGsOfv-0l&domain=embed&dynamicStreaming=true" /><param name="base" value="http://admin.brightcove.com" /><param name="seamlesstabbing" value="false" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="swLiveConnect" value="true" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><embed src="http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f9?isVid=1&isUI=1" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" flashVars="videoId=2645579766001&playerID=2436822742001&playerKey=AQ~~,AAAAPLpuSqE~,a1DdoZJH5WT7C8Y068BNUzNkGsOfv-0l&domain=embed&dynamicStreaming=true" base="http://admin.brightcove.com" name="flashObj" width="480" height="270" seamlesstabbing="false" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowFullScreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" swLiveConnect="true" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash"></embed></object></div><br />Oregon's governor John Kitzhaber slammed a proposed ballot measure that would impose right-to-work-for-less on government workers during a Labor Day picnic. <br /><br />Backers of the ballot measure want to crush Oregon unions. They say they don't but they're lying.<br /><br />Jeff Mapes at <a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/mapes/index.ssf/2013/09/john_kitzhaber_tells_organized.html#incart_river_default" rel="nofollow">The Oregonian</a> reported:<br /><blockquote>Kitzhaber, speaking at a Labor Day picnic at Oaks Park sponsored by the Northwest Labor Council, denounced the initiative as an attempt to turn Oregon into a "so-called right-to-work state" that would weaken unions and leave workers less well-off... </blockquote><blockquote>"A right-to-work state means you have a right to work for less without a voice in the workplace," Kitzhaber told the labor crowd. "A right-to-work state means you have a right to be exploited and ripped off and work at unsafe jobs and low wages and no benefits." </blockquote><blockquote>The governor charged that anti-union forces are targeting Oregon "because this is where labor is strongest." He cited organized labor's role in passing the nation's second highest minimum wage law and noted that Oregon's largest union -- Service Employees International Union -- has been able to reverse the general trend in declining union membership by organizing home health care workers... </blockquote><blockquote>...unions have already been girding for another fight over an initiative they believe is aimed at weakening the public employee unions, which are <a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2013/01/despite_their_clout_oregons_pu.html">key backers of Democratic candidates in Oregon</a>... </blockquote><blockquote>He said right-to-work laws strike at the heart of unions that he said play a crucial role in building the middle class. "Without organized labor, we have very little chance to address the growth of income disparity," he said.</blockquote>

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Oregon's governor John Kitzhaber slammed a proposed ballot measure that would impose right-to-work-for-less on government workers during a Labor Day picnic. Backers of the ballot measure want to crush Oregon unions. They say they don't but they're ly…

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Belviq Pricing Perspective

I just want to say THANK YOU to those that donated to help me get my Belviq this month. I just picked up my RX. I can't belive I am starting month 3. Two and a half months in and I am so just as motivated as I was the day I started! <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLO5Ijeu6cdNbaiOzqT_k1xixd0gPOaZiReJeSzVt3JgUAyGvWEvhOI0C2WFOtx87HBdFrKi1OMHk9YxBjbKyRyxZAE4SbwtdzFgc07v0V0K4wilqKC6akxsOX4_YSTW5H-FqN6_lKgh0/s1600/IMG_0170%5B1%5D.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLO5Ijeu6cdNbaiOzqT_k1xixd0gPOaZiReJeSzVt3JgUAyGvWEvhOI0C2WFOtx87HBdFrKi1OMHk9YxBjbKyRyxZAE4SbwtdzFgc07v0V0K4wilqKC6akxsOX4_YSTW5H-FqN6_lKgh0/s320/IMG_0170%5B1%5D.JPG" /></a></div><br />The other day, I was at a luncheon for a seminar for work.  I met this lady and, naturally, Belviq came up (by me) at our table of 10.  I am not exactly sure how it came up but I took advantage of the conversation.  One asked if it was covered by insurance.  I said, "Not all carriers are covering it right now" and went into the 15 day free trian and the $75 off monthly coupon for 12 months.  I said, "At the end of the day, it's about $160 per month for me which is normaly way out of my budget right now".  Then the one girl popped up and said, "That's not bad when I think about how much I spent doing  those stupid weight loss programs"<br /><br />So, this weekend, I was visiting with a friend.  She's using a weightloss supplement that her sister sells.  I was talking about how much it is and she as well said, "That's really about what I am paying per month for the xyz method."  So, in retrospect, Belviq (without insurance) is about what the average person is paying on the street for alternative, non MD supervised weightloss program.<br /><br />That put alot into perspective about the cost of Belviq.  Although I personally could not afford to do one of those other methods, there are many more that can!<br /><br />I've had a few followers that were not able to continue with Belviq due to side effects. Everyone's body is different, but overall, Belviq is working miracles for MANY, MANY more people I think that is why you should definitely take advantage of the 15 day free trial. Go to www.belviq.com to learn more about it and see if it is right for you. <br /><br />Have a great Wednesday!<br />Ellie

Belviq Pricing Perspective

I just want to say THANK YOU to those that donated to help me get my Belviq this month. I just picked up my RX. I can't belive I am starting month 3. Two and a half months in and I am so just as motivated as I was the day I started! The other day…

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Walking It Back, Presidential Style

It seems to me that President Obama has gotten his tit in a wringer over this Syria business and now he is feeling the heat and wants out of the kitchen.<br /><br /><blockquote>US President Barack Obama Wednesday urged world support for punitive strikes against Syria for its alleged use of chemical weapons, while Damascus vowed retaliation and resistance even if a third world war erupts.<br /><br />Obama, fresh from efforts in Washington to secure bipartisan support for military intervention, said in Stockholm that the world had set "a red line" for Syria and it could not now remain silent in the face of the regime's alleged use of chemical weapons.<br /><br /><b>"<a href="http://www.newsmax.com/Headline/Syria-conflict/2013/09/04/id/523769">I didn't set a red line. The world set a red line,</a></b>" Obama said, referring to international rules banning the use of chemical weapons, even in case of war.<br /><br />"My credibility is not on the line," Obama said in remarks after arriving in Sweden for a two-day visit.<br /><br />"The international community's credibility is on the line and America and Congress's credibility is on the line because we give lip service to the notion that these international norms are important," he said.</blockquote><br /><br /><br />Gee, I might have killed a few million important brain cells over the years by partying too much but I am pretty sure I remember him saying that if Syria used chemical weapons, it would "cross a red line".<br /><br />I love the power of the internet for shit like this, don't you?<br /><br />August, 2012;<br /><br /><blockquote>“We have been very clear to the Assad regime, but also to other players on the ground, that<b> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/obama-issues-syria-red-line-warning-on-chemical-weapons/2012/08/20/ba5d26ec-eaf7-11e1-b811-09036bcb182b_story.html">a red line for us is we start seeing a whole bunch of chemical weapons moving around or being utilized.</a> </b>That would change my calculus,” Obama said. “That would change my equation. . . . We’re monitoring that situation very carefully. We have put together a range of contingency plans.”<br /><br />I wouldn't worry about your credibility Barry, it's already shot.</blockquote><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirl9WAji0t2h1St9Jijo8mrxtHJYsPY_pM7ThtBsByJMh40ph5yd-aHrvzcRmMKprJeuVRSZduI0Ja5GCBw9zzuZL9EHriHqJpX4QhDTTX3uetNcJuPZhE3Bdj3Sq3dVTWPi7BH5AYquEn/s1600/05.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirl9WAji0t2h1St9Jijo8mrxtHJYsPY_pM7ThtBsByJMh40ph5yd-aHrvzcRmMKprJeuVRSZduI0Ja5GCBw9zzuZL9EHriHqJpX4QhDTTX3uetNcJuPZhE3Bdj3Sq3dVTWPi7BH5AYquEn/s640/05.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />

Walking It Back, Presidential Style

It seems to me that President Obama has gotten his tit in a wringer over this Syria business and now he is feeling the heat and wants out of the kitchen.US President Barack Obama Wednesday urged world support for punitive strikes against Syria for it…

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It's Hump Day!

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzd2bu_MK1zw_C3bhxXM1llx9KSS7uOJh2JZXvHByRK5S59WB422TXzJVGwQc0sdlCdbTmeYw1n93xOg0ZgdvrPGFnW6r-T__6wWl7v7NnH2jE_GaCNju2PdOaUVGtOJ4mTWyXZ8hDMnM/s1600/Hump+Day.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzd2bu_MK1zw_C3bhxXM1llx9KSS7uOJh2JZXvHByRK5S59WB422TXzJVGwQc0sdlCdbTmeYw1n93xOg0ZgdvrPGFnW6r-T__6wWl7v7NnH2jE_GaCNju2PdOaUVGtOJ4mTWyXZ8hDMnM/s320/Hump+Day.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">Click to enlarge.</span><br /><br />This linear trend failure is making a most spectacular recovery! What a rare treat in this brave new era of trend failures!<br /><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nixon_Shock">Nixon Shock</a><br /><br /><div style="color: #666666;"><i>To prevent a run on the dollar, stabilize the US economy, and decrease US unemployment and inflation rates, on August 15, 1971, Nixon issued Executive Order 11615, pursuant to the Economic Stabilization Act of 1970, which imposed a 90-day maximum wage and price ceiling, a 10% import surcharge and most importantly, "closed the gold window", ending convertibility between U.S. dollars and gold.</i></div><br /><b>August 04, 2011</b><br /><a href="http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/the-nixon-shock-08042011.html">Bloomberg: The Nixon Shock</a><br /><div style="color: #666666;"><br /></div><div style="color: #666666;"><i>According to Burns biographer Wyatt Wells, Nixon issued his appointee some blunt instructions: <span style="color: red;">“You see to it,” Nixon said. “No recession.”</span></i></div><br />In hindsight, <a href="http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/graph/?g=m4z">good luck on that one Burns!</a><br /><br /><div style="color: #666666;"><i>And the anguish that Burns felt is Ben Bernanke’s unfortunate inheritance.</i></div><br /><a href="http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/graph/?g=m4A">Good luck to you as well Bernanke!</a><br /><br /><b>August 6, 2013</b><br /><a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2013/08/more-than-a-quarter-of-fast-food-workers-are-raising-a-child/278424/">More Than a Quarter of Fast-Food Workers Are Raising a Child</a><br /><br /><div style="color: #666666;"><i>(The Bureau of Labor Statistics, for its part, reports that <span style="color: red;">median age of "combined food preparation and serving workers,"</span> a category that includes your average McDonald's hand,<span style="color: red;"> is about 29</span>).</i></div><br />The following chart shows the additional percentage of 16- to 19-year-olds employed in July compared to those employed in January of that same year.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvvoMOyLTi9lBU31dhvXs7GuSo-p9N9h8SJEWnymd30x04tQQwA2sDvHMY3oFUnsGdfhf_-YwneHvuDhcSVA8TTLzZtiKvWuwPb_oLGJSBulF7QXy-jVr3q4UMtjHbC5ITNjaKkubxDP4/s1600/Death+of+the+Summer+Job.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvvoMOyLTi9lBU31dhvXs7GuSo-p9N9h8SJEWnymd30x04tQQwA2sDvHMY3oFUnsGdfhf_-YwneHvuDhcSVA8TTLzZtiKvWuwPb_oLGJSBulF7QXy-jVr3q4UMtjHbC5ITNjaKkubxDP4/s320/Death+of+the+Summer+Job.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">Click to enlarge.</span><br /><br />The long-term pressure is clearly to the downside, and that means that summer jobs have definitely become an endangered species. Of course, that's also true of employment in general for this age group. <a href="http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/LNS14000012">The jobs just aren't there.</a> And in my opinion, no amount of optimistic wishing is going to make them magically reappear either, especially over the long-term. Sigh.<br /><br /><b>Source Data:</b><br /><a href="http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/graph/?g=m4i">St. Louis Fed: 25- to 54-Year-Old Workers / 55+ Year-Old Workers</a><br /><a href="http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/graph/?g=m4q">St. Louis Fed: 16- to 19-Year-Old Employment Rate</a>

It's Hump Day!

Click to enlarge.This linear trend failure is making a most spectacular recovery! What a rare treat in this brave new era of trend failures!Nixon ShockTo prevent a run on the dollar, stabilize the US economy, and decrease US unemployment and inflatio…

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Walmart workers to strike in 15 cities tomorrow

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmIr_LUtNeDF5EhqZekWEY7Zj6FL6zJXrnOok0o7_x-29EOzkS8o2MWKKRQsEgTmAcnx2GgboryAjSip4xoMMmKUCqp7_bxCuIGw8ugCO4q6__Kuy7xesee5TXQdMf6QLgOELCCtcFuzFT/s1600/walmart+real+wage.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="305" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmIr_LUtNeDF5EhqZekWEY7Zj6FL6zJXrnOok0o7_x-29EOzkS8o2MWKKRQsEgTmAcnx2GgboryAjSip4xoMMmKUCqp7_bxCuIGw8ugCO4q6__Kuy7xesee5TXQdMf6QLgOELCCtcFuzFT/s320/walmart+real+wage.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Tomorrow is shaping up to be another big day of action among low-wage workers as Walmart employees prepare to mount widespread protests and walkouts. <a href="http://forrespect.org/" rel="nofollow">OUR Walmart</a> organizers are hoping the day of action will be the biggest since last year's <a href="http://teamsternation.blogspot.com/2012/11/wal-mart-strikes-in-100-cities-46-states.html" rel="nofollow">Black Friday strike</a>. <br /><br />Josh Eidelson at <a href="http://www.thenation.com/blog/175995/protesting-activists-firings-walmart-workers-plan-biggest-mobilization-black-friday#"><em>The Nation</em> reports</a>:<br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">This week’s rallies follow an August 22 civil disobedience action at which the campaign announced a Labor Day deadline for Walmart to raise its wages to at least $25,000 per year, and reverse the terminations of twenty workers who participated in a June strike.</blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq">Thursday’s actions will include a march through downtown Los Angeles to the site of a proposed Walmart in Chinatown, and a demonstration in Washington, DC, where all sides are awaiting word on whether Mayor Vince Gray will veto a bill (passed by City Council in July but formally sent to his desk last Friday) that would require “large retailers” like Walmart to pay employees at least $12.50 in total hourly compensation. Thursday actions are also planned for cities in the East, West, South and Midwest: Baton Rouge, Boston, Chicago, Cincinnati, Dallas, Denver, Miami, Minneapolis, New York, Orlando, Sacramento, San Francisco and Seattle.</blockquote>Walmart protests tomorrow follow strikes last week involving low-wage workers in the <a href="http://teamsternation.blogspot.com/2013/08/LA-port-drivers-strike.html">port trucking</a> and <a href="http://teamsternation.blogspot.com/2013/08/fast-food-strike-sweeps-naton.html">fast-food industries</a>. Walmart workers are fighting back against management retaliation against OUR Walmart supporters, and they are part of a growing movement to raise wages and standards for America's growing population that is trying to survive on poverty wages.<br /><br />Eidelson adds:<br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">Thursday’s rallies will have the largest total turnout by Walmart employees, and the biggest overall number of participants, of any Walmart mobilization since the one-day November 23 strike last year, in which organizers say 400-some workers walked off the job and thousands of supporters turned out to support them. Since then, organizers say hundreds of workers took part in collective confrontations with local management over scheduling on April 24, and over a hundred participated in the longer June work stoppage, which included a week of protests in and around Walmart’s Arkansas hometown. </blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq">The OUR Walmart campaign has asked the <a href="http://nlrb.gov/" rel="nofollow">National Labor Relations Board</a>, whose pace and penalties labor has long charged are insufficient for protecting workers, to seek an injunction to more quickly address Walmart’s recent alleged retaliation.</blockquote>Last week, <a href="http://teamsternation.blogspot.com/2013/08/la-port-strike-ends-with-return-to-work.html" rel="nofollow">port truck drivers staged a historic one-day strike</a> in their drive to become Teamsters and raise standards at the Port of Los Angeles. <br /><br />While corporations in retail and other low-paying industries are rolling in record profits, low-wage workers represent the fastest-growing segment of American workers and the country's expanding income gap. <br /><br /><a href="http://makingchangeatwalmart.org/" rel="nofollow">Making Change at Walmart</a> wrote in a <a href="http://makingchangeatwalmart.org/2013/09/03/walmart-workers-supporters-plan-for-largest-mobilization-since-black-friday/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=walmart-workers-supporters-plan-for-largest-mobilization-since-black-friday" rel="nofollow">statement</a> yesterday:<br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">Economists, labor market experts and others have been increasingly voicing concern about the growing income inequality and its impact on the economy. Walmart, the largest company on the Fortune 500 list, made $16 billion in profit last year, and the majority of owners of the company, the Waltons, have the combined wealth of nearly half of American families. Meanwhile, many Walmart workers continue to earn on average poverty wages of $8.81 an hour.</blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq">Rather than providing good jobs that American workers need and deserve, Walmart is trying to silence workers who are standing up with their co-workers to live better and spending its time and money trying to deny workers a decent day’s pay. </blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq">Since June, Walmart has illegally disciplined nearly 80 workers, including firing 20 worker-leaders. More than 100 Unfair Labor Practice charges have been filed with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) against Walmart.  </blockquote>Not only do Walmart and other low-wage workers represent a growing part of the labor force, they represent a huge upsurge of collective action against corporate greed and the fight to save the middle class.<br /><br />Teamsters and supporters everywhere are encouraged to stand in solidarity with Walmart workers tomorrow. Visit the <a href="http://corporateactionnetwork.org/campaigns/stand-with-the-walmart-60" rel="nofollow">Corporate Action Network</a> website to find a protest in your area.<br /><br />SOLIDARITY!

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Tomorrow is shaping up to be another big day of action among low-wage workers as Walmart employees prepare to mount widespread protests and walkouts. OUR Walmart organizers are hoping the day of action will be the biggest since last year's Black Frid…

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A Teamster daughter's tribute to her dad

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVKao6AzvEKBPybvs8_mwf4sUN2Q02WEug5pPoIZ_T0fhcCPaiRk0RJReXqe3yatTYTgDPIe961xrwIU07NtSWty8iyYw9rKfRkXBDdGDEJujkd2bnbmkWTq8PHzZqsLAmlyaPvrqL4NSD/s1600/Tiffany's+dad+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVKao6AzvEKBPybvs8_mwf4sUN2Q02WEug5pPoIZ_T0fhcCPaiRk0RJReXqe3yatTYTgDPIe961xrwIU07NtSWty8iyYw9rKfRkXBDdGDEJujkd2bnbmkWTq8PHzZqsLAmlyaPvrqL4NSD/s1600/Tiffany's+dad+2.jpg" /></a></div><i>We love to hear from our readers, especially when they tell us about Teamsters they know and love. </i><br /><br /><i>Tiffany Allison sent us this message about her dad, and we asked her if we could share it. She said she'd be honored. </i><br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">This is my dad Robert Allison who is no longer with us. He was one of the greatest men ever and lived to be a part of the Teamsters. The picture with all the guys are all Teamsters who were arrested for picketing Roadway Express. He believed in the Teamsters so much that he had my sister and I go to the Statehouse rally with him to protest with fellow Teamsters while I was only in 6th grade. Everything he taught my sister and I stuck with us. Proud to have had him as my dad, proud to know what the Teamsters stand for because of him.</blockquote>RIP, Brother Allison. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQp144sX7WQJOiUvIS1IJTI9E1HjCq52v9tDVX-Xfzp0we3fR9bZYxAHGhd77eGmlSjrwPf4ainx4xX6qvFsm6EeHSG-kJsgBNJVRLVcImUca1YjCST1lJG9Yod2gOQejS6g8ppYWSmwq8/s1600/Tiffany%2527s+dad.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQp144sX7WQJOiUvIS1IJTI9E1HjCq52v9tDVX-Xfzp0we3fR9bZYxAHGhd77eGmlSjrwPf4ainx4xX6qvFsm6EeHSG-kJsgBNJVRLVcImUca1YjCST1lJG9Yod2gOQejS6g8ppYWSmwq8/s1600/Tiffany%2527s+dad.jpg" /></a></div><br />

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We love to hear from our readers, especially when they tell us about Teamsters they know and love. Tiffany Allison sent us this message about her dad, and we asked her if we could share it. She said she'd be honored. This is my dad Robert Allison who…

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Teamsters join LA Labor Day march for workers

<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNiYzsAkCQyvAN94PkWF2YjvBLPfIrPV1pHXTCFTfI6msI1V5UsBJ4vH1mymMje1rCHC2g2mhjdx-5KOe10yOQyBIW15_XkY_Ebz5D8Lvon8_OdAOvjPhNW7UehPNVQ2xsp_3KhpRl_vC7/s1600/050.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNiYzsAkCQyvAN94PkWF2YjvBLPfIrPV1pHXTCFTfI6msI1V5UsBJ4vH1mymMje1rCHC2g2mhjdx-5KOe10yOQyBIW15_XkY_Ebz5D8Lvon8_OdAOvjPhNW7UehPNVQ2xsp_3KhpRl_vC7/s400/050.JPG" title="Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti met with Teamsters Horsemen during Los Angeles Labor Day festivities." width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti (center) met with Teamsters during picnic.</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>We're catching up with our Labor Day coverage. Here is a dispatch from California: </i></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">About 250 Southern California Teamsters joined more than 2,000 of their union brothers and sisters Monday in Los Angeles to march for workers’ rights. </span><a href="http://www.lalbharborlabor.org/" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #0563c1; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Labor Day parade</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> and rally took place near the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, where </span><span style="color: #0563c1; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://teamsternation.blogspot.com/2013/08/la-port-strike-ends-with-return-to-work.html" rel="nofollow">port truck drivers have been fighting</a></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> for fair treatment and the right to organize.<o:p></o:p></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Led by three 18-wheelers in front and about 100 motorcycles and classic cars in back, Teamsters from several different locals across the region chanted, cheered and revved their engines while traversing the mile-long parade route. They also delighted the hundreds of spectators taking in the event with their call-and-response cheers:<o:p></o:p></span></div><div><blockquote class="tr_bq"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Rolling, rolling, rolling with the Teamsters! Who are we? Teamsters!</span></blockquote><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Anthony Balbastro, a <a href="http://www.teamsters63.org/" rel="nofollow">Teamsters Local 63</a> member and a shop steward at United Stationers, said the Labor Day event filled him with pride:</span></div><div><blockquote class="tr_bq"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Only in America can you stand next to other brothers and sisters and march.</span></blockquote></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Patrick Kelly, secretary-treasurer of <a href="http://www.teamsters952.org/" rel="nofollow">Teamsters Local 952</a>, said the parade sends an important message to all workers:<o:p></o:p></span><br /><div><blockquote class="tr_bq"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It is an example of collective direct action where we can show the community who we are. It is important to reaffirm solidarity among working people.</span></blockquote></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And a group of retired Teamsters said they are concerned about the next generation of workers. Dan Salazar, a retired member of Teamsters Local 63, said:<o:p></o:p></span></div><div><blockquote class="tr_bq"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We are here out of respect for the lifestyle we enjoy for our families. We want other people to enjoy what we had. The laws have changed, peoples’ culture has changed. They are starting to get left behind.<o:p></o:p></span></blockquote></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhuQtLagdCg9rtRmy2IPFnvVAySsF3Q6RTjpB_UnSXS9jGMV-gBthO8Ai_UiOJQVhS5kBl9EWlojhEEuUcXUWYtf5KqSQljNCjWO231adkzRy2fH4UQLCj_E4LTpoNZSw4dmi4xdReV3Gp/s1600/038.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhuQtLagdCg9rtRmy2IPFnvVAySsF3Q6RTjpB_UnSXS9jGMV-gBthO8Ai_UiOJQVhS5kBl9EWlojhEEuUcXUWYtf5KqSQljNCjWO231adkzRy2fH4UQLCj_E4LTpoNZSw4dmi4xdReV3Gp/s320/038.JPG" title="Teamsters marching during the parade want better jobs, schools and health care." width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Teamsters marched for a better life for the middle class.</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Salazar said he was encouraged by recent actions by low-wage workers. Last week, </span><a href="http://www.teamsternation.blogspot.com/2013/08/la-port-strike-ends-with-return-to-work.html"><span style="color: #0563c1; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">L.A. port truck drivers returned to work after a historic 24-hour strike</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> ended against trucking company Green Fleet Systems. The drivers struck to protest unfair labor practices by Green Fleet’s management, including unlawful anti-union retaliation, harassment and intimidation.<o:p></o:p></span></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The short, sudden port truck driver strike was followed by more job actions by low-wage workers around the country. Fast-food workers in more than 50 U.S. cities walked off the job on Thursday. <a href="http://www.thenation.com/blog/175995/protesting-activists-firings-walmart-workers-plan-biggest-mobilization-black-friday#axzz2dwMbJVgt" rel="nofollow">Walmart workers are planning to strike</a> in 15 cities tomorrow, their largest mobilization since Black Friday. <o:p></o:p></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After the parade, people thronged a local park for a barbecue and entertainment. Joining them were federal, state and local elected officials who pledged to work on behalf of workers for fairer wages. <o:p></o:p></span></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Newly elected <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Garcetti" rel="nofollow">Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti</a> said now is the time to stand up for workers:</span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><blockquote class="tr_bq"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We will fight for a living wage. And better schools. And a greater Los Angeles.</span></blockquote></div>

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Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti (center) met with Teamsters during picnic.We're catching up with our Labor Day coverage. Here is a dispatch from California: About 250 Southern California Teamsters joined more than 2,000 of their union brothers and si…

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Résumé-writing tips for managers and executives

<b style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;"><span id="cbArticle_lblByLine">Lori Michelle Ryan, JIST Publishing</span></b><br /><b style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;"><br /></b><br /><div class="ArticleHeadline" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-top: -30px; text-align: left;"><div class="cbmsnArticleImage" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></div><div class="cbmsnArticleImage" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" src="http://emj.cbdr.com/artieimages/xq/ar5l7qf6yhvrp5q5kjxq.gif?time=12/6/2011%204:40:01%20pm" /></div></div><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;" /><div class="ArticleContent" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;">Job seekers often communicate a first impression through their résumés. In the newly updated edition of "<a href="http://www.bing.com/search?q=Expert+R%C3%A9sum%C3%A9s+for+Managers+and+Executives&src=IE-SearchBox&FORM=msns07" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial; text-decoration: none;">Expert Résumés for Managers and Executives</a>," authors Wendy Enelow and Louise Kursmark stress the importance of a strong résumé for all applicants.<br /><br />"A vital component of your career <a href="http://www.careerbuilder.com/jobs/keyword/management/" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial; text-decoration: none;">management</a> plan is your résumé, which must instantly position you as a well-qualified and highly competitive candidate," the authors say. "The easiest way to accomplish that objective is by developing a powerful, performance-based résumé."<br /><br />In their book, Enelow and Kursmark provide numerous résumé samples, divided by career field, that are aimed at people at all levels of management, from front-line <a href="http://www.careerbuilder.com/jobs/keyword/supervisor/" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial; text-decoration: none;">supervisors</a> to top-level<a href="http://www.careerbuilder.com/jobs/keyword/executives/" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial; text-decoration: none;">executives</a>. They also offer nine strategies for writing effective résumés:<br /><br /><strong>1. Write for the job you want:</strong> "You cannot write an effective résumé without knowing, at least to some degree, what type or types of positions you will be seeking."<br /><br /><strong>2. Sell it to me, don't tell it to me:</strong> "If you 'tell it,' you simply state facts. If you 'sell it,' you promote it, advertise it and draw attention to it."<br /><br /><strong>3. Use keywords:</strong> "Keywords are ... specific to a particular industry or profession. When you use these words and phrases, you are communicating a specific message."<br /><br /><strong>4. Use the "big" and save the "little":</strong> "Try to focus on the 'big' things -- revenue and profit growth, new initiatives and ventures, special projects, cost savings ... then save the 'little' stuff -- the details -- for the interview."<br /><br /><strong>5.</strong> <b>Make your résumé "interviewable":</b> After "you are contacted for a telephone or in-<a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=6253558023578505388" name="_GoBack" style="color: #000099; font-family: Arial; text-decoration: none;"></a>person interview, your résumé becomes all-important in leading and prompting your interviewer during your conversation."<br /><br /><strong>6. Eliminate confusion with structure and context:</strong> "Be consistent, make information easy to find and define the context in which you worked."<br /><br /><strong>7.</strong> <b>Use function to demonstrate achievement:</b> "A résumé that focuses on your job functions can be dry and uninteresting and says little about your unique activities and contributions."<br /><br /><strong>8. Remain in the realm of reality:</strong> "Do not push your skills and qualifications outside the bounds of what is truthful."<br /><br /><strong>9. Be confident:</strong> "There is only one individual with the specific combination of employment experience, qualifications, achievements, education and technical skills that you have."<br /><br />"Your résumé can have tremendous power and a phenomenal impact on your job search. So don't take it lightly," Enelow and Kursmark say. "Rather, devote the time, energy and resources that are essential to developing a résumé that is well-written, <a href="http://www.careerbuilder.com/jobs/keyword/visual/" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial; text-decoration: none;">visually</a> attractive and effective in<a href="http://www.careerbuilder.com/jobs/keyword/communication/" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial; text-decoration: none;">communicating</a> who you are and how you want to be perceived."<br /><i>Lori Michelle Ryan is the marketing communications specialist at JIST Publishing, America's Career Publisher. In this role, she helps job seekers, career changers, students and working professionals develop the knowledge and skills needed to succeed in the job market and world of work.</i></div>

Résumé-writing tips for managers and executives

Lori Michelle Ryan, JIST PublishingJob seekers often communicate a first impression through their résumés. In the newly updated edition of "Expert Résumés for Managers and Executives," authors Wendy Enelow and Louise Kursmark stress the importance of…

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Grammar lessons all job seekers should know

<b style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;"><span id="cbArticle_lblByLine">Kaitlin Madden, CareerBuilder Writer</span></b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;"> </span><br /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;"><br /></span><br /><div class="ArticleHeadline" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-top: -30px; text-align: left;"><div class="cbmsnArticleImage" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" src="http://emj.cbdr.com/artieimages/t5/ar5l21c70jx358y7tct5.gif?time=1/9/2012%2011:33:45%20am" /></div><br /></div><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;" /><div class="ArticleContent" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;">When applying for a job, there are few faster ways to get your résumé and cover letter thrown out of contention than by making a glaring grammatical error.<br />These days, <a href="http://msn.careerbuilder.com/jobs/keyword/human+resources/" style="background-color: yellow; color: #666666; cursor: pointer; font-family: Arial;">human resources</a> departments and hiring managers are flooded with résumés. They have to be narrowed down somehow, and grammatical errors are an easy way to eliminate applicants.<br /><br />"In an era of spell check, easily edited documents and instantly shared 'can you give this a look' emails, typos and grammatical errors on résumés and/or cover letters are pretty much unforgivable," says Sean Smith, <a href="http://msn.careerbuilder.com/jobs/keyword/president/" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial; text-decoration: none;">president</a> of Third Street, an <a href="http://msn.careerbuilder.com/jobs/indiana/indianapolis/" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial; text-decoration: none;">Indianapolis</a>-based <a href="http://msn.careerbuilder.com/jobs/keyword/marketing/" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial; text-decoration: none;">marketing</a>company. "The message sent by typing 'too' when it should be 'to' can literally be the difference between getting the nod or getting a no."<br /><br />Here is a proofreading checklist for your résumé and cover letter.<br /><br /><b>1. Know your homophones </b><br />Homophones are words that sound the same but have different meanings, like too, to and two. Using the correct version on your résumé is crucial.<br /><br />"The misuse of your/you're, there/their/they're, and to/too/two occurs more times than I care to dwell on," says Marisa Brayman, a <a href="http://msn.careerbuilder.com/jobs/keyword/web+developer/" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial; text-decoration: none;">Web developer</a> and blogger for Stadri Emblems, a company that designs embroidered patches. "If someone uses one of these incorrectly on a cover letter, he can say goodbye to his chances of ever landing a decent job. If this is due to a simple typo, that is one thing; however, in my humble opinion, if the individual doesn't know the difference between these basic words and has never bothered to take an hour out of his or her life to learn it, he or she is not deserving of landing a decent job."<br />A quick refresher:<br /><br /><b><i>Their, they're, there</i></b><br />Their: The possessive form of "they." ("Applicants submitted their error-free cover letters.")<br />They're: The contraction of "they are." ("I think they're getting the hang of this grammar thing.")<br />There: A location. ("The pile of cover letters is over there.")<br /><br /><b><i>Two, too, to</i></b><br />Two: A number. ("There are two applicants in the lobby.")<br />Too: Also. ("I'd like to be interviewed for the job, too.")<br />To: A preposition or infinitive. ("I'm going to apply.")<br /><br /><b><i>Your, you're</i></b><br />Your: The possessive form of "you." ("Don't forget to proofread your résumé.)<br />You're: The contraction of "you are." ("I have a feeling you're going to get this job.")<br /><br /><b><i>It's, its</i></b><br />The best-selling grammar bible, "<a href="http://www.bing.com/search?q=Eats%2C+Shoots%2C+and+Leaves&src=IE-SearchBox&FORM=msns07" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial; text-decoration: none;">Eats, Shoots, and Leaves</a>" by Lynne Truss, best describes the difference between these two words:<br /><br />"To those who care about punctuation, a sentence such as 'Thank God its Friday' (without the apostrophe) rouses feelings not only of despair but of violence. The confusion of the possessive 'its' (no apostrophe) with the contractive 'it's' (with apostrophe) is an unequivocal sign of illiteracy and sets off a simple Pavlovian 'kill' response in the average stickler. The rule is: the word 'it's' (with apostrophe) stands for 'it is' or 'it has.' If the word does not stand for 'it is' or 'it has' then what you require is 'its.' This is extremely easy to grasp."<br /><br />Some other common homophones you should know:<br /><br />Whose and who's<br />Every day and everyday<br /><br /><b>2. Use apostrophes properly</b><br />Apostrophes are used for a few reasons:<br /><ul style="margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 15px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 5px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" type="disc"><br /><li>They indicate the possessive: "In my last job, I managed the CEO's calendar."</li><br /><li>They indicate the omission of letters in words (i.e., in contractions).</li><br /><li>They indicate the exclusion of numbers in dates: "I graduated college in '05."</li><br /><li>They indicate time or quantity: "I must give my current employers two weeks' notice."</li></ul><br />Be sure to check your résumé for proper use of apostrophes, as well as for any erroneous punctuation. Apostrophes do not, for example, indicate the plural form of a singular noun. It is incorrect to say "I developed orientation programs to help new employee's get acclimated to the company."<br /><br /><b>3. Keep tenses consistent</b><br />"Building lists correctly is important," says Christina Zila, <a href="http://msn.careerbuilder.com/jobs/keyword/director/" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial; text-decoration: none;">director</a> of communications at Textbroker.com, a Las Vegas-based content-creation firm. "Use consistent verb tenses: If you start your job duties with 'managing multiple employees,' don't have your next point as 'prepared annual reports' but 'preparing annual reports.'"<br /><br />Similarly, as a general rule, all activities or accomplishments that you completed in the past should be in the past tense. Activities that you perform now should be in the present tense. This should be kept consistent throughout your résumé.<br /><br /><b>4. Proofread and then proofread again</b><br />The bottom line is that proofreading your application materials before submitting them is a must.<br />"There are enough people with bad grammar pet peeves that there is virtually no position out there where grammar doesn't matter," says Debra Yergen, <a href="http://msn.careerbuilder.com/jobs/keyword/author/" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial; text-decoration: none;">author</a> of the "Creating Job Security Resource Guide." "Since a basic search-engine inquiry for 'grammar pet peeves' nets more than 400,000 returns, it's safe to say that hiring managers are paying close attention to grammar and other résumé and cover-letter errors. Read and reread everything you write for a job application, and if you doubt yourself even slightly, run your submission past someone you trust."<br /><br /><i>Kaitlin Madden is a writer and blogger for CareerBuilder.com and its job blog, </i><a href="http://www.theworkbuzz.com/" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><i>The Work Buzz</i></a><i>. She researches and writes about job search strategy, career management, hiring trends and workplace issues. Follow @CareerBuilder on Twitter.</i></div>

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Have I told you lately how much I love talking with you? Yes, you.<br /><br />I love the comments you leave me each and every day and because of those comments I've started a lot of great friendships through this blog. I try my very best to answer each and every comment that comes in, but for some of you that's hard to do.<br /><br />Yes, its the dreaded 'no-reply' comment discussion. I'm not the first to talk about this and there are many out there who will tell you how to correct this (<a href="http://storyofmylifetheblog.blogspot.com/2013/05/a-rant-about-blogger-comments-are-you.html" target="_blank">here</a>, <a href="http://anyonecandecorate.blogspot.com/2012/09/are-you-no-reply-blogger-how-to-fix.html" target="_blank">here</a> and <a href="http://www.callingithome.com/2013/01/are-you-no-reply-blogger.html" target="_blank">here</a>) but the crib notes version is, if you have a Blogger profile (which you can have even if you don't have a blog of your own) and your profile does not include your email, then you are a no-reply blogger. Also, if you have your Google + account linked as your blogger profile then you are a no-reply blogger as well.<br /><br />This is frustrating because then I can't email you back. I used to do my best to research how to get a hold of the no-reply commenters and would sometimes be able to find an email address after a lot of digging but that is a lot of time. A lot.<br /><br />So PLEASE check your profile and make sure that your email is listed, because I want to chat with you.<br /><br />And one other thing for all of you fellow bloggers out there. In my former life I was in the big world of web development. Exciting, I know. And in that life I learned a few cardinal rules in the world of the web, one of which is broken all the time. Every single link within a post, whether it goes to another page on your blog or an entirely different site, should <i>open in a new window</i>.<br /><br />You don't want a reader to be in the middle of an engrossing post that you worked hard to create to click on a link within the middle of your story and be taken away to another site. It is just like putting down a book only to find when you come back that you've lost your place. So frustrating. And frustrating to you as well if that reader doesn't end up going back to your site to finish that post. You don't want that.<br /><br />The good news is that this is a super easy fix. When setting up your link, just make sure to click the 'open this link in a new window' box and you are all set.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCQGixrRpRaOqEga9aH3Vzpu9kjNZcAuIHpzGU5l9mnyws4U6X-ticbA0_gHx3o0-r_OyHJefQaFW92_cv4lwn07spIS9NwGbXwSvxh-cAdRAXfJKuJRnhmL7OJw_wAZjLd138ykMRlZ9w/s1600/openlinkinnewwindow.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="420" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCQGixrRpRaOqEga9aH3Vzpu9kjNZcAuIHpzGU5l9mnyws4U6X-ticbA0_gHx3o0-r_OyHJefQaFW92_cv4lwn07spIS9NwGbXwSvxh-cAdRAXfJKuJRnhmL7OJw_wAZjLd138ykMRlZ9w/s640/openlinkinnewwindow.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />So those are my two public service announcements for the day. And to thank you for your patience during this school lesson, I have a treat for you on Friday. You will love it, trust me.<br /><br />And by the way,<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKMYqgMES7XRDj946k-55_B6zO9F6DIJiFtmjHEjwNW1iXqHfxCpd0KhSQNVsQzSAv47glf5BtFAkEjh7yEkJKIyQJxY2pfP2ivHy3SJnEpB3iKmD791kV6MVC2VT7Dn009QBULmg_pYlp/s1600/youaremyfav..jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKMYqgMES7XRDj946k-55_B6zO9F6DIJiFtmjHEjwNW1iXqHfxCpd0KhSQNVsQzSAv47glf5BtFAkEjh7yEkJKIyQJxY2pfP2ivHy3SJnEpB3iKmD791kV6MVC2VT7Dn009QBULmg_pYlp/s400/youaremyfav..jpg" width="362" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/137782069820871479/" target="_blank">via</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br />

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A Personal Trainer Walnut Creek Conveys Some Training Advice For Athletes

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A Personal Trainer Walnut Creek Conveys Some Training Advice For Athletes

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Indiana Unemployment Insurance - How to file

<b> How to File for Indiana Unemployment Benefits</b><br /><br /><ul><li>Go to<b> <a href="http://www.in.gov/dwd/2508.htm">http://www.in.gov/dwd/2508.htm</a></b> to file a claim for Indiana Unemployment Benefits</li></ul><ul><li>Access the <b>Uplink CSS</b> - the <b>unemployment claim filing system</b> </li></ul><ul><li>Go through the tutorial to understand what is need to file a claim </li></ul><ul><li>In case you are familiar with the filing process go here to access the claimant self service logon</li></ul><br /><a href="https://uplink.in.gov/CSS/CSSLogon.htm">https://uplink.in.gov/CSS/CSSLogon.htm</a><br /><br /><ul><li>Check out the Unemployment Insurance FAQs for more information on how to apply for Unemployment Insurance, eligibility, how much one is entitled to receive and more</li></ul><br />The following information (mentioned in the Indiana DWD site) is needed to file a claim<br /><br /><ol><li>Complete name and address </li><li>Social Security number </li><li>Personal identification (if reporting to a WorkOne Center) </li><li>Your most recent employer's name and address </li><li>The dates you worked for your most recent employer </li><li>The reason you are unemployed. </li></ol>

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 How to File for Indiana Unemployment BenefitsGo to http://www.in.gov/dwd/2508.htm to file a claim for Indiana Unemployment BenefitsAccess the Uplink CSS - the unemployment claim filing system Go through the tutorial to understand what is need to fil…

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Today's Teamster News 09.04.13

<a href="http://www.ble-t.org/pr/news/newsflash.asp?id=5471" rel="nofollow">BLET, Tacoma Rail sign new 5-year agreement</a>  teamster.org   ...This agreement covers about 20 locomotive engineers and contains a signing bonus and significant wage and paid time off improvements, as well as health and welfare benefits equal to other city workers in Tacoma, Wash...<br /><a href="http://www.bmwe.org/news/2013/FAMES_DeviceDistractionAlert_Final.pdf" rel="nofollow">Safety alert for rail workers</a>  teamster.org   ...All distractions, electronic or otherwise, reduce your focus on safety and can be fatal. This is true whether you are on or near the track or highway...<br /><a href="http://www.teamster.org/content/henry-j-%E2%80%9Chank%E2%80%9D-breen-founder-and-first-director-airline-division-passes-away" rel="nofollow">Henry J. "Hank" Breen, Founder and First Director of Airline Division, Passes Away</a>  teamster.org   ...he assumed the position of Airline Division Director in 1961 at a time when the air cargo industry was largely unrepresented within an industry represented by other unions in the passenger airline industry...<br /><a href="https://events.teamster.org/ei/cm.esp?id=4010034&pageid=_3FH0ULU6B" rel="nofollow">2013 Teamster Women's Conference Registration</a>  teamster.org   ...The Teamster Women’s Conference will be held September 19-21, 2013 in New Orleans, Louisiana.  Register now to join your Teamster Sisters and Brothers!...<br /><a href="http://thehill.com/blogs/on-the-money/1005-trade/319949-obama-underscores-need-to-finish-asia-pacific-trade-deal-this-year" rel="nofollow">Obama underscores need to finish Asia-Pacific trade deal this year </a> The Hill   ...the president once again underscored his stance that the 12 nations involved in negotiating the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) should conclude talks this fall, the White House said...<br /><a href="http://act.aflcio.org/c/18/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=7025" rel="nofollow">Don't Let Corporations Hijack Another Trade Deal</a>  AFL-CIO   ...Corporations are trying to manipulate the Trans-Pacific Partnership—a free trade agreement being negotiated right now that would be bigger than NAFTA—to increase their power over the global economy, so they have a say in everything from your rights at work to the prices of your prescriptions and the safety of your child’s toys...<br /><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/federal_government/labors-thomas-perez-jobs-jobs-jobs/2013/09/01/b6ae9b7e-11b2-11e3-b4cb-fd7ce041d814_singlePage.html" rel="nofollow">Labor’s Thomas Perez: ‘jobs, jobs, jobs’</a>  Washington Post   ...I’ve traveled the country in my short time here on the job, talking to CEOs...<br /><a href="http://www.psmag.com/business-economics/the-case-of-the-still-missing-jobs-64727/" rel="nofollow">Why This Particular Recovery Is So Bad at Creating New Jobs</a>  Pacific Standard   ...Businesses are reluctant to invest their record profits in new workers, and instead, they’re hoarding cash—because they aren’t convinced people can afford to buy the goods and services they sell. Too many of them are unemployed!...<br /><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/bank-economists-summers-as-fed-chair-would-cost-05-off-gdp-and-350000-jobs-2013-9?op=1" rel="nofollow">ECONOMISTS: Summers As Fed Chair Would Shave 0.5% Off GDP And Cost Us 350,000 Jobs</a>  Business Insider   ...10-year Treasury rates have already risen because of the expectation that Summers will be nominated...<br /><a href="http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2013/06/expendables-temps-corporate-giants" rel="nofollow">The Expendables: How the Temps Who Power Corporate Giants Are Getting Crushed</a>  Mother Jones   ...Overall, almost one-fifth of the total job growth since the recession ended in mid-2009 has been in the temp sector, federal data shows. But according to the American Staffing Association, the temp industry's trade group, the pool is even larger: Every year, a tenth of all US workers finds a job at a staffing agency...<br /><a href="http://prospect.org/article/whats-killing-poor-white-women" rel="nofollow">What's Killing Poor White Women?</a>  The American Prospect   ...For most Americans, life expectancy continues to rise—but not for uneducated white women. They have lost five years, and no one knows why...<br /><a href="http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-aging-bridges-20130904,0,4964515.story" rel="nofollow">Across U.S., bridges crumble as repair funds fall short</a>  Los Angeles Times   ...Engineers say thousands are close to collapse. And between the recession, sequestration and congressional gridlock, money to fix them is scarcer than ever...<br /><a href="http://politicker.com/2013/09/koch-family-sinks-big-money-into-new-pro-lhota-pac/" rel="nofollow">Koch Family Sinks Big Money Into New Pro-Lhota PAC</a>  New York Observer   ...David Koch and his wife, Julia, have each contributed $145,050 to “New Yorkers for Proven Leadership,” which will begin airing television ads tomorrow touting the former MTA chairman and deputy mayor, sources said...<br /><a href="http://www.policymic.com/articles/61901/moral-monday-activists-in-north-carolina-demand-republicans-pay-attention-to-their-constituents" rel="nofollow">Moral Monday Activists in North Carolina Demand Republicans Pay Attention to Their Constituents</a>  PolicyMic   ...the protests were North Carolina’s new civil rights movement: especially as they resist the racially charged voter suppression legislation — described by some as the most restrictive in the country — that that impedes democracy for people of underprivileged racial and economic backgrounds...<br /><br /><div><br /></div>

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BLET, Tacoma Rail sign new 5-year agreement  teamster.org   ...This agreement covers about 20 locomotive engineers and contains a signing bonus and significant wage and paid time off improvements, as well as health and welfare benefits equal to other…

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