Staggering CEO pay smashes all previous records

CEO pay reached astronomical levels last year, according to a new report whose author said he's never seen anything like it.<br /><div><br /><div>The 10 highest paid CEOs all took home more than $100 million, and two 'earned' more than $1 billion in a single year, according to GMI Ratings' 2013 Pay Survey.</div><div><br /><div>"I have never seen anything like that," the report's author, Greg Ruel, told the Guardian. "Usually we have a few CEOs at the $100m-plus level but never the entire top 10."<br /><br />Median workers' pay in the U.S. fell 9 percent since 1999.<br /><br />McKesson CEO John Hammergren, who took home<a href="http://www.forbes.com/pictures/eggh45jef/john-hammergren-of-mckesson/"> $131.2 million in 2011</a>, didn't even make this year's list. Perhaps that's because<a href="http://teamsternation.blogspot.com/2013/08/McKesson-shareholders-reject-CEO-pay.html"> investors said 'no' to his exorbitant pay package this year</a>. <br /><br />According to <a href="http://www.alternet.org/billion-dollar-pay-check-10-ceos-america-break-all-records-executive-pay?page=0%2C1&paging=off&current_page=1#bookmark">The Guardian</a>,<br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">...median household income, adjusted for inflation, was $51,017 in 2012, broadly unchanged from 2011. Wages for the average household have fallen about 9% from an inflation-adjusted peak of $56,080 in 1999. The census figures show a sharp recovery for those at the top of the wage scale as those at the bottom continue to see falls. </blockquote><div>Here are the top 10:<br /><ol><li>Facebook, Inc., Mark Zuckerberg, $2,278,668,214 </li><li>Kinder Morgan, Inc., Richard D. Kinder, $1,116,685,089 </li><li>Sirius XM Radio Inc., Mel Karmazin, $255,355,676 </li><li>Liberty Media Corporation, Gregory B. Maffei, $254,890,638 </li><li>Apple Inc., Timothy D. Cook, $143,828,867 </li><li>Dick’s Sporting Goods, Inc., Edward W. Stack, $142,052,496 </li><li>Liberty Interactive Corporation, Gregory B. Maffei, $136,450,484 </li><li>Starbucks Corporation, Howard Schultz, $117,562,601 </li><li>salesforce.com, inc., Marc Benioff, $109,544,875 </li><li>Verisk Analytics, Inc., Frank J. Coyne, $100,432,117 </li></ol>The report doesn't disclose the gap between the CEO's pay and the average worker's pay.<br /><br />The<a href="http://teamsternation.blogspot.com/2013/09/ceos-must-expose-inequality.html"> Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)</a> proposes companies disclose the gap, and the <a href="http://teamster.org/">Teamsters</a> support that proposal. Take, for example, Hammergren. During his tenure as CEO at McKesson, the company paid nearly $1 billion in fines for Medicaid fraud and price fixing, while newly organized Teamsters at the company's Lakeland, Fla., warehouse can't afford health insurance.<br /><br />Making CEO's explain to investors that there's a mind-boggling distance between their pay and their average workers' pay might just shame them into common decency.<br /><br /></div></div></div></div>

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My fucking internet connection is still acting up and ,of course, it just came back on long enough for me to check my mail and hopefully blast this message before I head out to work.<br /><br />Back later.

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Today's archidose #711

Here are some photos of the <a href="http://www.rowchicago.com/page/show/904068-wms-boathouse-at-clark-park">WMS Boathouse at Clark Park</a> (2013) in Chicago, Illinois, by <a href="http://studiogang.net/">Studio Gang Architects</a>, photographed by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jkz/">John Zacherle</a>.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jkz/10421249975/" title="WMS Boathouse by John (& Beth) Zacherle, on Flickr"><img alt="WMS Boathouse" height="640" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7296/10421249975_8f10417719_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jkz/10421251475/" title="WMS Boathouse by John (& Beth) Zacherle, on Flickr"><img alt="WMS Boathouse" height="640" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3817/10421251475_7332766c8e_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jkz/10368698356/" title="WMS Boathouse by #studiogang by John (& Beth) Zacherle, on Flickr"><img alt="WMS Boathouse by #studiogang" height="640" src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2880/10368698356_11304849f1_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jkz/10421215054/" title="WMS Boathouse by John (& Beth) Zacherle, on Flickr"><img alt="WMS Boathouse" height="640" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7344/10421215054_97b670041c_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jkz/10368712626/" title="WMS Boathouse by #studiogang by John (& Beth) Zacherle, on Flickr"><img alt="WMS Boathouse by #studiogang" height="640" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7426/10368712626_a8a5ac14e1_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br />To contribute your Flickr images for consideration, just:<br /><blockquote>:: Join and add photos to the <a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/archi-dose/">archidose pool</a>, and/or<br />:: Tag your photos <span style="font-style: italic;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/archidose/">archidose</a></span></blockquote>

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Intel promotes entrepreneurship programme for women and girls

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mr Saul Pila from SchoolNet South Africa facilitated the first workshop for Women and Girls in South Africa sponsored by Intel Corporation. The participants comprised a group of visitors from Zimbabwe who are all experienced Intel trainers and a diverse group of members from the South African Women’s Entrepreneurship Network (SAWEN)</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhQLvODAp51SXXNmD1plv2MevmreuKzJZVWATQpLX6uI9jtK0Fq-diW7Bx8HdnxmtxSU9vai75ClDJ1avxf7PveqjWGhzj6AJU_jqR86cxNY8A0OAEujkI7hZivOlGPmpkhoXvSQWtsSA/s1600-h/image%25255B2%25255D.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="247" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOO6Z4CwsrSaYsRgOF17xqKgc3PAT7FvQzrTXjmgJ_MMmQQtmQSmqVjJZCY3whQiL73RdFdaaQMSSRdo2UCvZntNKQe8IvOhfsKYR3DReYC4jbiIAOJwibxyGNrhfQUxeXRZOI7Htto4s/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px; display: inline; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Thabani Khupe representing Intel Corporate Affairs who were the sponsors of the event welcomed delegates to the workshop. The course materials, Intel Learn: Easy Steps have been developed by Intel for use in communities where adults need to acquire or improve their ICT skills in order to more competently and efficiently manage their businesses.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Members from both groups of participants had interesting backgrounds. The SAWEN group hailed from all parts of South Africa and ranged from people with entrepreneurial concepts that were yet to be realised, across a wide spectrum, to people who were successful business</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" style="width: 400px;"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" width="200"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAgWGOtE1DuaOtOLAJ6kV9ChHQHi0Dtkw3XobxFh6XHIz6ki03H69DWX5Mw00mk5L3JOiCfLm3IbGLekxTJ_UVYBAcKvJeEWDpYgqduOlv2YDwhe7jO0uv8MTlHq1NzNYTTHp-LKaxSo0/s1600-h/image%25255B9%25255D.png"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="181" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8TPPmNV7tA9IsEXeitGxzFvNs-bLLcWi0BJreHgCvf9_SYTvV_QG6Hw0hY6Gw-tPajLz0-0TMTsORKkuLdH2ftjrZGqxKtTo41r4J2cEZo3grqERaaXolhihJECV0ibiVu9DnzRZNAd4/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="212" /></span></a></td> <td valign="top" width="200"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguJ1VMTqAixgt7kN8RNOAnwWQ5JWtNwTB-Nv_8THVFNNRtfcAEJVzefvHA3eYJvTfuYTImxHkrkpkl83NXZAv6Dhqt6EKvocv9_c4YTgqaEPp1m-XqOPeECLlfMPU7WN4KlibDbFPFR9Y/s1600-h/image%25255B8%25255D.png"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEMHvR2Mn8PXeWd1Unukt3LyvhKj0zEtTTU8p1XcgwbOCVXdsc3aWfP7kUGEQCXHJLsUVpWmUgLCDFejEr8B-8XfAnpk73-t_BH7RW7yS4j0apLKLVJfgBbbuCuYrvpKbJL6ZNQDIZbWg/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="244" /></span></a></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The training ended on a high note with delegates promising to stay in touch and provide updates on training in Zimbabwe.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPgCJArwxZcmqCQfvcw7KsqcQZMgrPTKo7W23ym1jov8oVnFiVCc_JHXYUzwQYjpy-8-UQd7Pts4oHpINNhyRM7whpugX5ep8Jg_qAH1KCNLj1QAdU6N69ea38O8LYqVXBiYT3EVH5Sbg/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px; display: inline; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="400" /></span></div></div>

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Incorporate These Tips To Meet Your Excess Fat Damage Targets

<div style='font-style:italic;' class='uawbyline'>By Daniel Will</div><br /><br /> <div class='uawarticle'>Slimming down needs a although, however if you keep by using it, you will realize the final results you want. The article below has information you can use to obtain your dieting and exercise objectives.<br /> <br /> Progressively cutting your caloric intake every day is a great method to drop excess weight. A broad conception is usually to lessen your daily calorie intake by about 500 calories.<br /> <br /> You could possibly actually wish to steer clear of exercising if you are attempting to lose weight. This advice can be applied generally to people who dislike exercising out of simple obligation. As a replacement, you could do some thing enjoyable like use the canine for the go walking, play soccer along with your kids, drive your bike or hike with the woods. This is a fun and rewarding way to get your exercise.<br /> <br /> Celebrate the small points when you get to a reduced milestone, enjoy that second. Purchase something you may have been wanting, or take action just for on your own. This can help to increase your amount of determination although exercising.<br /> <br /> If you plan out meals and treats, make sure you are lowering your total caloric intake on a daily basis. If you eat far more calorie consumption than which you're burning, you should have a difficult time to shed pounds. Even healthy calories need to be included in your total every day calories matter. Have a foods record. It is an priceless body weight-decrease device that can help you take in significantly less.<br /> <br /> Including whole grains for the diet plan which you stick to will help you reduce weight. You are able to investigation what comprises healthier wholegrain choices on your own or by contacting a dietitian. Stay away from food products that claim to be enhanced, enriched or packaged. A lot of companies advertise whenever they use whole grain products inside their items, and when you are aware things to look for shopping for goods that contain cereals is simple.<br /> <br /> Consider the steps should you be attempting to lose weight. This may seem to be insignificant even so, the simple take action of utilizing the stairs can definitely push weight reduction in the direction of your desired goals.<br /> <br /> Purchase cozy and encouraging shoes for exercising. When you put on footwear that do not in shape appropriately, you may injured oneself and sustain a significant injuries. You don't ought to commit a lot of cash on a couple of exercise footwear, but do make certain that they can fit well and give some support.<br /> <br /> Ensuring you stay energetic is a great way to boost your fat loss. Avoid sitting down during the day. This assists keep the metabolic level up so you are constantly eliminating energy and slimming down.<br /> <br /> If you realise on your own really craving a specific bad foods, give in with it. Should you abide by your daily diet, it will not damage to possess a tasty treat or some other deal with now and then. Doing so does not always mean you decreased off the diet regime wagon. This may simply be a pleasure to present your self for sticking to your daily diet and remaining on target with your objectives. Usually do not look to be rewarded all of the time. Ultimately, your brand new method of having should certainly last a lifetime, so anything is improper if you have to maintain constantly fulfilling on your own.<br /> <br /> Once you success a position the place you have dropped a considerable variety of in . or weight, give away each of the clothes which can be now too big. This will likely build up your self confidence, and help you think about your ability to succeed. This can motivate you to adhere to your diet programs and lose much more excess weight going forward.<br /> <br /> Don't forget to feature exercise in almost any weight loss plan. Losing weight necessitates that you burn more calories than you take in. Doing exercises will help slim down quicker because it burns up a lot more calorie consumption. Strength training can develop far more muscles and assist your metabolism, while running and bike riding can burn off of unhealthy calories.<br /> <br /> Don't allow yourself become baffled by all of the fat loss details out there. It's easy to enable that to occur. Be sure to sustain simplicity in the early days so that you will do things smartly. Try your toughest to keep to the details provided in the following paragraphs to find the best chance at accomplishment.<br /> <br /> </div><br /> <div class='uawresource'><br /> <div style='font-style:italic;' class='uawabout'><br /> About the Author:<br /> </div><br /> <div class='uawlinks'>Similar information can be attained on <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSQNPNt3cGY">kako shujati</a>.</div><br /> </div><br />

Incorporate These Tips To Meet Your Excess Fat Damage Targets

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VIDEO: Q&A With David Tennant And Catherine Tate At The BFI Doctor Who At 50 Screening

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQU_izHbzoZVqApli14XuHipvpOohq0o3JHy1U-Yckh8MEZtByh9XgoCFtuPmw6j1G_CXuaaPdDL2jtmPaWxvCyZrEkAyQ1_guieOs-ebUI0MC5U5xDrbWk3Stqf5DpxmsV2_rV2vxG-1B/s1600/BFI-RT06.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQU_izHbzoZVqApli14XuHipvpOohq0o3JHy1U-Yckh8MEZtByh9XgoCFtuPmw6j1G_CXuaaPdDL2jtmPaWxvCyZrEkAyQ1_guieOs-ebUI0MC5U5xDrbWk3Stqf5DpxmsV2_rV2vxG-1B/s1600/BFI-RT06.jpg" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The British Film Institute have now posted a video of the Q&A session that followed the screening of <i>The Stolen Earth</i> and <i>Journey's End</i> as part of their Doctor Who At 50 celebrations. The screening took place on Sunday 29th September at the BFI South Bank</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The panel was attended by episode stars David Tennant and Catherine Tate along with producer Phil Collinson and director Graeme Harper. The event was hosted by Justin Johnson.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The very light-hearted panel talked, among other things, about scheduling the shoot around the very busy diaries of all of the guest cast members, about David Tennant's initial casting in the role of the Doctor, how Catherine Tate was brought back as a full-time companion, the secrecy around the Doctor's apparent 'regeneration' scene and their thoughts on Peter Capaldi's casting as the Twelfth Doctor.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.bfi.org.uk/news-opinion/news-bfi/video/video-stolen-earth-journeys-end-qa"><span style="color: blue;"><b>Click here to view the panel video</b></span></a></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">David Tennant will be returning to the TARDIS as the Tenth Doctor alongside Matt Smith in <i>The Day Of The Doctor</i>, the 50th Anniversary special, which will be simulcast worldwide on Saturday 23rd November. </span>

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PAGEANT: Ariella Arida Apologize for 'Latina' Remark

PH bet to Miss Universe apologized on Twitter.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH_PXfBqDYbf621NufeIFW5oc_IXDTso4bEJBf3k0Vkp75-wZGZ3aNyTHg78YAvkjKsic60j0QV1ZdCbHGOqaTAIVa3wPmBHZibo2e6hHxxF-dJWRf-tvtzBXswPhiBnYW4ntN0S_GIOW1/s1600/araarida.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH_PXfBqDYbf621NufeIFW5oc_IXDTso4bEJBf3k0Vkp75-wZGZ3aNyTHg78YAvkjKsic60j0QV1ZdCbHGOqaTAIVa3wPmBHZibo2e6hHxxF-dJWRf-tvtzBXswPhiBnYW4ntN0S_GIOW1/s1600/araarida.png" /></a></div>Earlier this week, Ariella Arida was quoted as saying "<i>Latinas can’t even speak a sentence, I mean a complete sentence in English. Many of the candidates have a translator,</i>" on an interview with Karen Davila on ANC's "Headstart".

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Easy Solutions To Become Successful At Shedding Weight!

<div style='font-style:italic;' class='uawbyline'>By Daniel Will</div><br /><br /> <div class='uawarticle'>It is entirely possible that any person to lose weight so long as a plan is at place. If you need some weight loss tips to help you along the way, you've can come to the correct position. Although slimming down can be very challenging, it is vital that you never ever stop trying.<br /> <br /> If you love potatoes and are attempting to lose weight, you can utilize cauliflower to make a scrumptious mashed potato replace. Cauliflower florets plus a little onion needs to be prepared in drinking water until sore, then mash up and mixture after some flavoured broth, time of year lightly and you also are carried out. This delightful aspect dish has a small part of the carbohydrates seen in mashed potatoes, but all the diet based in the cole group of fresh vegetables (that also includes cabbage, broccoli, and Brussels sprouts).<br /> <br /> By not ingesting red meat, you may find weight-loss to get much easier. Steak damages your heart and circulatory techniques because of the high cholesterol and saturated fat items. Substitute steak with slimmer alternatives. Tuna, turkey, salmon and chicken are decrease in extra fat and calories.<br /> <br /> A great idea in losing weight is usually to keep yourself active so you simply will not have considerable time thinking of foods. Once we stay about, we believe about things like meals and that creates a wanting that we could cave into. Keeping occupied inhibits these complaints from taking place.<br /> <br /> Don't be embarrassed to keep meals in the dinner table. Most moms and dads make young children try to eat almost everything while they are consuming, and also this can cause bodyweight troubles throughout their adulthood. There may be nothing wrong with taking leftovers back home. Tend not to truly feel pressured to enjoy almost everything on the dish when you are presently complete. Pinpoint the food you are eating and give up when you begin to feel happy.<br /> <br /> To assist in your fight against the bulge, have an exercise good friend. This assists you think of workout like a enjoyable sociable time as opposed to a laborious task. Buddies are an excellent supply of inspiration if you want it you may give the other person assistance. Doing exercises having a close friend can be so much fun that you simply look forward to working out. Before very long, you will certainly be losing all those unwanted weight while having fun.<br /> <br /> When your child is battling with excess weight, make sure that he or she beds down sufficient throughout the night. Youngsters grow whenever they sleeping, which implies they burn fat at night. A young child needs close to 8 hours of relaxation each night. To be certain your kids realise why sleeping is essential, you can illustrate to them how sleep impacts their progress.<br /> <br /> Dietary fads are often best prevented. Weight loss plans that limit the types of meals that you simply take in may possibly set your wellbeing in peril. Fad diet plans appear quickly, stick around to get a short while and often nourish swiftly. These diet plans may go apart instead of allow you to be healthier.<br /> <br /> Attempt preparing a huge set of meals every weekend, then dividing it into healthier servings and cold each. Maintaining the fridge stocked with wholesome foods that you could make quickly is a terrific way to avoid the pitfall of take out. Large food preparation also saves you lots of money due to the fact you end up acquiring all things in bulk then using it all up. Using this method, it is possible to guarantee that these ingredients tend not to ruin prior to you have a possiblity to utilize them.<br /> <br /> Be sure you take in a lot of sensible food while you are dieting. Do not be fooled into by way of a package which says low fat but has no nutrients. You might slim down this way, but your wellness will be affected long term.<br /> <br /> When you're trying to lose weight, tell people that you're accomplishing this. Maybe writing a blog about this can help you out. This may aid in your objectives due to the fact by not looking to enable your audience down, you are more likely to follow-through along with your programs.<br /> <br /> To sum up, more and more people every day make an effort to shed unwanted weight. You can find people who achieve actual success and develop excellent bodies. Other folks simple forget to get to their goals and end up rear in which they started off from at the beginning. Keep to the ideas from this article to successfully slim down.<br /> <br /> </div><br /> <div class='uawresource'><br /> <div style='font-style:italic;' class='uawabout'><br /> About the Author:<br /> </div><br /> <div class='uawlinks'>Read more about <a href="http://www.facebook.com/PopolnaPostava/info">kako hitro shujati</a>.</div><br /> </div><br />

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HOTTIE ALERT: Jeron Teng

<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/AVvXsEjK-rHjPmjF5QLvHrfXXWP5vJRMpVM-3vbgsCv_KF9rXgbMcStB_-cuOBtyJnv-Ru9vX1m6rWpzpnnrdpsgaOaxx5l5aiW2JvptL9ofmem7kQwcFMgesFtIbUMpDJ6H88V8_V2kdCWNwh2Y/s1600/BXBx2H9CIAAkrLJ.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="jeron teng topless" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK-rHjPmjF5QLvHrfXXWP5vJRMpVM-3vbgsCv_KF9rXgbMcStB_-cuOBtyJnv-Ru9vX1m6rWpzpnnrdpsgaOaxx5l5aiW2JvptL9ofmem7kQwcFMgesFtIbUMpDJ6H88V8_V2kdCWNwh2Y/s1600/BXBx2H9CIAAkrLJ.jpg" title="jeron teng topless" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">UAAP Finals MVP, Jeron Teng.</span></td></tr></tbody></table>CONGRATULATIONS, Baby Boy! *hugs x kisses*

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UAAP Finals MVP, Jeron Teng. CONGRATULATIONS, Baby Boy! *hugs x kisses*

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Fox News fires anti-union provocateur

<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="236" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/tIF70HsfpAg" width="420"></iframe><br /><br />You may remember this jackass from the <a href="http://teamsternation.blogspot.com/2012/12/surprise-alec-wrote-michigans-rtw4less.html" rel="nofollow">Teamsters' battle over right-to-work-for-less</a> in Michigan nearly a year ago. His name is Steven Crowder. Last year he went to the protest outside the Capitol, he tried to cause trouble and he made a <a href="http://doctored%20video/" rel="nofollow">phony video</a> that showed 'union violence' at a protest outside the capitol. Then Fox News aired the video -- over and over. Now <a href="http://wonkette.com/532300/bring-your-trumpets-we-are-having-a-new-orleans-style-funeral-for-comedian-steven-crowders-fox-news-career" rel="nofollow">Fox fired him</a>. <br /><br />The bad news is that Crowder didn't get fired for doctoring videos to make union members look bad. It was because he <a href="http://www.mediaite.com/tv/fox-comedian-crowder-slams-hannity-liberals-come-in-and-bulldoze-him-like-a-child/" rel="nofollow">criticized Sean Hannity</a>. Or maybe it was because he just wasn't that funny, and he<a href="http://fox%20hired%20crowder%20four%20years%20ago%20and%20gave%20him%20a%20lot%20of%20visibility.%20but%20the%20problem%20was%20that%20he%20was%20never%20that%20funny%2C%20and%2C%20in%20addition%2C%20he%20crossed%20the%20line%20more%20than%20a%20few%20times.%20so%20we%20let%20him%20go.%20it%20happens.%20this%20is%20a%20business.%20but%20now%2C%20sadly%2C%20on%20his%20way%20out%20the%20door%2C%20crowder%20is%20proving%20his%20true%20colors%2C%20by%20being%20disloyal%20to%20the%20folks%20who%20took%20a%20chance%20on%20him%20and%20had%20him%20on%20the%20payroll%20for%20so%20long.%20the%20attack%20on%20hannity%20only%20further%20underscores%20the%20wisdom%20of%20our%20decision%20to%20part%20company%20with%20him./" rel="nofollow"> criticized Hannity</a> as the door was slamming him in the butt.<br /><br />Whatevs. It is with absolutely no sorrow that we note the death of Steven Crowder's career.<br /><br /><br />

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Library Clerk (P/T) - Windsor Public Library

<strong>Library Clerk (P/T) -</strong> <strong><strong><span style="color: #48286d;">Windsor Public Library</span></strong></strong> is seeking a part-time Library Clerk III to work in the Children's Department. Enthusiastic individual who enjoys working with children desired to conduct outreach to schools, collection development, reference work and administrative duties. The preferred candidate will be a creative, flexible individual who holds an MLS or is working towards an MLS and has experience working with children, knowledge of children’s literature, and a strong interest in children’s programming. The position is for 6-10 hours per week with a starting rate of $13.00-$15.00/hour, commensurate with experience. Please apply at <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.townofwindsorct.com/humanresources/" href="http://www.townofwindsorct.com/humanresources/" target="_blank">www.townofwindsorct.com/humanresources/</a>. The application deadline is November 15, 2013 by 5:00 pm. EOE/AA.

Library Clerk (P/T) - Windsor Public Library

Library Clerk (P/T) - Windsor Public Library is seeking a part-time Library Clerk III to work in the Children's Department. Enthusia...

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Information Literacy Program Internship - Fairfield University DiMenna-Nyselius Library

<strong>Information Literacy Program Internship - </strong><strong><strong><span style="color: #48286d;">Fairfield University DiMenna-Nyselius Library</span></strong></strong>, Spring 2014. Description of Program: In concert with the mission of Fairfield University, the DiMenna-Nyselius Library Instruction Program seeks to develop information-literate lifelong learners. We define information literacy as the ability to recognize when information is needed; to effectively locate and organize information while considering the myriad of information sources and formats available; to logically and critically evaluate and assimilate information while seeking objective truth and personal meaning; to synthesize and use information to communicate conclusions persuasively; and to apply these skills ethically and legally throughout life, with a sense of social responsibility. Qualifications: Interns must be currently enrolled in a graduate level Library and Information Science or School Media program. Relevant class work in reference or instruction preferred. Description of Internship: The Intern will play an active role in our Information Literacy Program. The Intern will: Work closely with the Instruction Coordinator to design and deliver approximately 8-10 library instruction classes. The exact number and types of classes will be determined through careful review of the Intern’s experience and interests, as well as our Program’s needs. Have the opportunity to observe seasoned instruction librarians, and receive substantive feedback on content and delivery of instruction, work collaboratively with faculty on lesson plans, depending on experience, career interests, and need. The Intern could also produce a project related to our instruction program. The Intern would work closely with the Instruction Coordinator on such a project, meet regularly with the Instruction Coordinator for ongoing feedback and discussion. Depending on experience, previous coursework, and interest, readings and discussions of information literacy related readings may be included. This internship is an excellent opportunity to work in an academic environment, learn about Information Literacy Standards in theory and in practice, and gain valuable instruction experience. This internship begins in late January and runs through May, 2014. Contact: To apply, send a brief letter of interest and availability to Curtis Ferree, Interim Instruction Coordinator, <a _fcksavedurl="mailto:cferree@fairfield.edu" href="mailto:cferree@fairfield.edu">cferree@fairfield.edu</a>, (203) 254-4000 x2185.

Information Literacy Program Internship - Fairfield University DiMenna-Nyselius Library

Information Literacy Program Internship - Fairfield University DiMenna-Nyselius Library , Spring 2014. Description of Program: In concert w...

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Part Time Staff/Digital Services Librarian - Berlin-Peck Memorial Library

<strong>Part Time Staff/Digital Services Librarian - </strong><strong><span style="color: #48286d;">Berlin-Peck Memorial Library</span></strong>. Are you a techie librarian who’s great at multi-tasking, comfortable with Wordpress websites and enjoys working the reference desk? Then please apply for this position on our adult services team! Duties will include, but are not limited to: Staff the adult reference desk; Promote the effective use of all information resources through marketing and training; Update and maintain library’s website in coordination with website committee; Provide training and instruction to staff in use of automated systems and databases; Work with the town IT dept. to ensure an efficient technology environment for the library’s digital services; Assist patrons and staff with common computer hardware and software problems. Schedule: Tuesdays, 9-4; Wednesdays, 3-8; Fridays, 1-5; Every 4th Saturday. Qualifications: MLS preferred; will consider MLS student; Public library experience; Expertise with internet, databases, website management and ILS systems (Innovative Interfaces preferred). Salary: $21.50/hour – no benefits. Apply: Send letter of interest, resume, and completed Town application <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.town.berlin.ct.us/filestorage/193/209/emp_app.pdf" href="http://www.town.berlin.ct.us/filestorage/193/209/emp_app.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.town.berlin.ct.us/filestorage/193/209/emp_app.pdf</a> by Friday, <span style="color: red;">November 8, 2013</span>, to Helen Aveline, Library Director, c/o Town Manager’s Office, Town of Berlin, 240 Kensington Rd., Berlin, CT 06037. EO/AA.

Part Time Staff/Digital Services Librarian - Berlin-Peck Memorial Library

Part Time Staff/Digital Services Librarian - Berlin-Peck Memorial Library . Are you a techie librarian who’s great at multi-tasking, comfor...

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Computer Department Clerk - Ferguson Library, Stamford

<strong>Computer Department Clerk -</strong> <strong><strong><span style="color: #48286d;">Ferguson Library</span></strong></strong>, Stamford. Part Time up to 20 hrs/week. Salary Range: Hourly rate of pay dependent on qualifications and experience. Job Description: The Computer Services Assistant primary function is to set up and monitor AV equipment used for library programs. The assistant will set up projectors and microphones and stay for the program to provide technical assistance. Additional duties involve providing general clerical assistance for the Computer Services department. Those duties consist primarily of scanning materials for inclusion on the library digital archives site; data entry; and assisting in maintaining materials on the shelves. Duties Include: 1. Setting up and storing audio visual and computer equipment used in library programs. 2. Troubleshooting audio visual equipment problems. 3. Providing general clerical assistance for the computer services department. Duties may include scanning documents and photos; entering data; tracking down materials on shelves. Qualiftcations: Familiarity with setting up microphones, projectors and sundry audio visual equipment; Attention to detail; High school diploma required, college preferred; A high degree of skill at learning and adapting to new or changed technologies; Ability to multi-task; Business operations experienced desirable; Meticulous attention to detail and proficiency with Word and Excel. Availability to work evening/weekend hours when required. Interested persons should apply online. (<a _fcksavedurl="http://fs6.formsite.com/ferguson/application/index.html" href="http://fs6.formsite.com/ferguson/application/index.html" target="_blank">http://fs6.formsite.com/ferguson/application/index.html</a>).<br />

Computer Department Clerk - Ferguson Library, Stamford

Computer Department Clerk - Ferguson Library , Stamford. Part Time up to 20 hrs/week. Salary Range: Hourly rate of pay dependent on quali...

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Easily Lose The Extra Weight You've Been Carrying Around

<div style='font-style:italic;' class='uawbyline'>By Dennis Ramos</div><br /><br /> <div class='uawarticle'>When you are trying to lose weight, consider cutting out sugary drinks such as soda, iced tea, lemonade, and even juice. These drinks have almost no nutritional value in them and are simply empty calories. Instead, drink more water. Water contains no calories and has many benefits for your body.<br /> <br /> The most important thing to remember for weight loss is to take in less calories than you're burning. You can accomplish this in one of two ways. You can either exercise more so that you burn off more calories, or you can change your diet so that you take in less calories. The best way to lose weight though is a combination of the two.<br /> <br /> To enhance weight loss, chew your food carefully and really savor every bite. This helps your digestion and allows more time for the "fullness" to kick in. Mindful eating gives more satisfaction with less food, and helps eliminate eating due to boredom. A single bite of "forbidden" food does not have many calories, so if you can truly enjoy that one bite without needing to eat the whole thing you will not feel so deprived and you will be able to learn more self-control.<br /> <br /> A great tip weight loss tip is to eat "heavy" foods. What makes you feel full is not really the calories in your food but the weight of what you eat. If you consume heavier-weight foods like oranges, watermelon, grapefruit and broccoli, you will fill up faster and end up eating less calories overall.<br /> <br /> To help you lose weight, plan on eating a large, healthy breakfast each morning. Try to make sure that the food you choose is full of carbohydrates and protein. This strategy will help you avoid overeating at lunch time or craving snacks between the two meals. Egg whites are a good choice to help you achieve the results you want.<br /> <br /> To lose weight stay away from processed foods. These foods are loaded with artificial ingredients and subjected to processes that remove almost all their healthy components. While processed foods are designed for convenience, economy and speed, they're not healthy and won't help you lose weight. The benefiters of processed foods are the sellers not the consumers. Stick to healthy, unprocessed foods for weight loss.<br /> <br /> Make sure you are eating at least 5 servings of fruits and vegetables a day. Fruits and veggies are great for you. They contain vitamins and antioxidants that help your metabolism. They are also very low calorie. They will keep you remain full and be a smart alternative to other snack foods.<br /> <br /> Many people are trying to lose weight through a "diet". This approach makes sense: if you want to lose weight you need to cut your calorie intake. But there is a better approach: first look at providing your body with the complete nutrition it needs. Then your system will be able to cope with losing weight while staying healthy.<br /> <br /> A great way to help you lose weight is to pour a protein shake over a bowl of dry oats. When people think of oatmeal, they probably think of cooked oatmeal, but that's not the only way to eat oats. With a small protein shake poured over oats, you'll have yourself a healthy meal.<br /> <br /> Make sure you are getting some exercise while you are on your diet plan. Exercise in any form is great for helping you to lose those excess pounds. You don't have to have a gym membership to workout either. You can run, do sit ups and push ups and that will help you in your weight loss efforts. Walking is also another great way to help you lose weight. Try and stay active, get your body in motion to lose the weight.<br /> <br /> Instead of eating an extra meal or snack when you are hungry, try drinking two glasses of water. Sometimes, you do not need to consume food to get rid of your hunger. This will help to limit the calories that you take in and will improve the way that you look.<br /> <br /> Now, being equipped with some useful tips and techniques to help facilitate weight loss you ought to feel empowered. Weight loss doesn't have to be a daunting task, it doesn't have to hold you down and make you feel belittled. With the right equipment, and the right attitude weight loss is possible.<br /> <br /> </div><br /> <div class='uawresource'><br /> <div style='font-style:italic;' class='uawabout'><br /> About the Author:<br /> </div><br /> <div class='uawlinks'>If you want to lose weight effectively, you need to determine the best strategies to achieve your objective. It is very important to discover the exact <a href="http://www.slimerweight.com/">tips to lose unwanted pounds</a> effectively.</div><br /> </div><br />

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Eliminate Excess Weight With One Of These Tips

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Congrats!

Congrats are in order, big pats on my back, high fives and all that good stuff...  <br /><br />Or not...   <br /><br />And that's making it tough for me.  <br /><br />I joked a long while back that I needed to hire somebody to be my HoH.  Being that hubby didn't want to the job and all.  I was kidding, yet in a way I suppose I kinda needed it.<br /><br />I didn't intentionally search out someone to help me in a HoH'y kind of way.  And lord knows I wasn't looking for Sir.  This whole thing with him kind of blossomed out of a friendship and in the confines of mutual respect for our marriages.  And I guess like happens with most people, you can set out to follow what you think will be a set path of D/s or DD or whatever and it just becomes amalgum of TTWD.  <br /><br />So... part of this is that Sir has some rules that I must follow.  Just stupid domestic good mommy stuff.  I'm reminded often that they're HIS rules and that I do these things not only for my family but because it pleases him.  It's not the punishment that drives me, it's that I don't want to disappoint him.  And just hearing thank you or good girl... that's nice too.<br /><br />He's becoming a little piece of me, like the little angel on my shoulder reminding me that I'm supposed to do this or that.  Something that has surprised me is that I'm watching what I say a little more.  Like the nasty thing I was getting ready to say to hubby in response to his nasty comment or action... I'm tending not to say it as much.  I know Sir can't hear me, nor am I expected to tattle on myself for it but somehow knowing he'd be upset if I said it is enough to at least slow me down a little.  It's almost like our bickering has a witness so I'd better watch how I react.<br /><br />Because of his rules, my mornings are going really smoothly.  Mommy doesn't have to lose her shit nearly as often.  Laundry is getting done and put away.  Food is in the house.  Dinner is on the table more often than not.  House is cleaner.  I'm more organized.  I'm more productive with work stuff.  I'm happier.  I'm less reactive to stupidity.  I'm slowly working towards becoming the mom and wife I want to be.  <br /><br />Does hubby notice?  No.<br /><br />And it's killing me.<br /><br />I want to scream out all the amazing things I'm doing and I want him to come sweep me up in a big hug and tell me how proud he is for all I'm doing.  <br /><br />But are congrats in order?  Probably not...<br /><br />Hey congrats on not screaming at the kids this morning!  You're amazing for remembering to feed people today!  Most awesome person ever for paying the bills on time!  Mom of the year award for getting to soccer practice!  Emptied the dishwasher?  Didn't argue all day?  High fives!!!  Vacuuming and yard work and an oil change too?  Best wife ever!!!!<br /><br />See?  That's stupid.  Nobody gets a prize for stopping being awful.  Wish it was noticed or appreciated.<br /><br />Just knowing Sir is pleased with me is a great feeling.  I wish I could feel some appreciation here in person here with the people I love. 

Congrats!

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Snowden offers to fix Healthcare.gov

<br /><div id="bloghead"> <div class="graphic-header" id="index_headers"> <h2 id="indhed"><a href="http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/borowitzreport/" title="The Borowitz Report"><img alt="The Borowitz Report" height="72" src="http://www.newyorker.com/images/headers/ANDY_BOROWITZ_banner_N.gif" width="400" /></a></h2></div></div><div class="postNav top"> </div><div class="published" title="2013-10-21T11:49:24"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>October 21, 2013</b></span></span></div><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b> </b><b> </b></span></span><div class="byline"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Posted by <cite class="vcard author"><a href="http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/bios/andy_borowitz/search?contributorName=Andy%20Borowitz" rel="author" title="search site for content by Andy Borowitz">Andy Borowitz</a></cite></b></span></span></div><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b> </b></span></span><div class="socialUtils"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span class="show-share-more"></span></b></span></span> </div><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b> </b></span></span><div class="entry-content"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b></b></span></span><article><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b> </b><b> </b></span></span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><img alt="snowden-healthcare-580.jpeg" class="mt-image-center" height="286" src="http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/borowitzreport/snowden-healthcare-580.jpeg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 20px; text-align: center;" width="400" /></b></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>MOSCOW (<a href="http://bit.ly/NhEEu0" target="_blank">The Borowitz Report</a>)—The N.S.A. leaker Edward Snowden today reached out to the United States government, offering to fix its troubled healthcare.gov Web site in exchange for immunity from prosecution.</b></span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b> </b></span></span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Speaking from an undisclosed location in Russia, Mr. Snowden said he hacked the Web site over the weekend and thinks he is “pretty sure what the problem is.”</b></span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b> </b></span></span><div id="entry-more"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>“Look, this thing was built terribly,” he said. “It’s a government Web site, O.K.?”</b></span></span><br /> <span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Mr. Snowden said that if an immunity deal can be worked out, “I can get to work on this thing right away—I don’t need a password.”</b></span></span><br /><br /> <span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>In addition to full immunity, Mr. Snowden said he is requesting that he be allowed to work from home.</b></span></span><br /><br /> <span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>At the White House, President Obama offered a muted response to Mr. Snowden’s proposal: “Edward Snowden is a traitor who has compromised our national security. Having said that, if he knows why we keep getting those error messages, that could be a conversation.”</b></span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><em>Photograph: AP.</em></b></span></span></div></article> </div>

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New movie explains where our Middle Class went

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTprXScvuzi1SBLEzUr2Wk0xx1ASjJxPq54XbV1QRewzes_w8oLib2PyXU3r8DzT8vVI0lb5W64fkpvjIkgDOxTElSDiz3pZ1DW8Bmje9wc-rCsJNSuNRAptwYnSBWFI-0ILngi5kUpyEy/s1600/robert_reich_opinion.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTprXScvuzi1SBLEzUr2Wk0xx1ASjJxPq54XbV1QRewzes_w8oLib2PyXU3r8DzT8vVI0lb5W64fkpvjIkgDOxTElSDiz3pZ1DW8Bmje9wc-rCsJNSuNRAptwYnSBWFI-0ILngi5kUpyEy/s1600/robert_reich_opinion.png" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;">By<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT731"><a href="http://www.sacbee.com/search_results/?sf_pubsys_story_byline=the%20Editorial%20Board&link_location=top" style="outline: 0px none;" target="_blank" title="Read more articles by the Editorial Board"><span style="color: #024a82;"><span style="color: #024a82; text-decoration: none;">the Editorial Board</span></span></a></span></span></span></b></span></span></div><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b> </b></span></span><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;">Published: Monday, <span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT732">Oct. 21, 2013</span></span></span></b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b> </b></span></span><div style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 11.25pt;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;">Our<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT733"><a href="http://topics.sacbee.com/Declaration+of+Independence/" style="cursor: pointer; outline: 0px none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: black;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: black; padding: 0in; text-decoration: none;">Declaration of Independence</span></span></a></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>states that “all men are created equal.” Over the years, Americans have removed many barriers to that great aspiration – with the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT734"><a href="http://topics.sacbee.com/Fourteenth+Amendment/" style="cursor: pointer; outline: 0px none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: black;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: black; padding: 0in; text-decoration: none;">Fourteenth Amendment,</span></span></a></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>the vote for women, the civil rights acts, public education and more.</span></span></b></span></span></div><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b> </b></span></span><div style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 11.25pt;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;">But since the late 1970s, the United States slowly has become the most unequal of the world’s developed nations in its distribution of income and wealth. Our middle class is shrinking.</span></span></b></span></span></div><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b> </b></span></span><div style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 11.25pt;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;">A new film, “Inequality for All,” hopes to bring attention to this. The protagonist is the passionate<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT735"><a href="http://topics.sacbee.com/Robert+Reich/" style="cursor: pointer; outline: 0px none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #024a82;"><span style="color: #024a82; text-decoration: none;">Robert Reich,</span></span></a></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>an economics professor at the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT736"><a href="http://topics.sacbee.com/University+of+California/" style="cursor: pointer; outline: 0px none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: black;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: black; padding: 0in; text-decoration: none;">University of California,</span></span></a></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Berkeley, and a former labor secretary during the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT737"><a href="http://topics.sacbee.com/Clinton+administration/" style="cursor: pointer; outline: 0px none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: black;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: black; padding: 0in; text-decoration: none;">Clinton administration.</span></span></a></span></span></span></b></span></span></div><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b> </b></span></span><div style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 11.25pt;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;">The timing certainly is right for a clear explanation of what has happened economically to the middle class in the last 30 years, and the impact it is having on our democracy. All to the good if it can begin a spirited conversation to consider remedies.</span></span></b></span></span></div><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b> </b></span></span><div style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 11.25pt;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;">The most stark visual in the film is a<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT738"><a href="http://topics.sacbee.com/suspension+bridge/" style="cursor: pointer; outline: 0px none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: black;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: black; padding: 0in; text-decoration: none;">suspension bridge,</span></span></a></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>not unlike the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT739"><a href="http://topics.sacbee.com/Golden+Gate+Bridge/" style="cursor: pointer; outline: 0px none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: black;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: black; padding: 0in; text-decoration: none;">Golden Gate Bridge.</span></span></a></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>One tower is 1928; the other is 2007. These are the peak years of<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT740"><a href="http://topics.sacbee.com/income+inequality/" style="cursor: pointer; outline: 0px none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #024a82;"><span style="color: #024a82; text-decoration: none;">income inequality</span></span></a></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>in the United States. In both cases, we had economic crashes the year after the peak – and recovery took concerted action. Change did not come alone through<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT741"><a href="http://topics.sacbee.com/market+forces/" style="cursor: pointer; outline: 0px none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: black;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: black; padding: 0in; text-decoration: none;">market forces.</span></span></a></span></span></span></b></span></span></div><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b> </b></span></span><div style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 11.25pt;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;">The most stark fact in the film is that the typical male worker in 2010 earned $33,751; in 1978, he earned $48,302, in inflation-adjusted dollars.</span></span></b></span></span></div><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b> </b></span></span><div style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 11.25pt;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;">This stagnation of middle class incomes, Reich points out, has been masked by families becoming two-earner households, working longer hours (300 hours a year more than Europeans), using<span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT742"><a href="http://topics.sacbee.com/credit+cards/" style="cursor: pointer; outline: 0px none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: black;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: black; padding: 0in; text-decoration: none;">credit cards</span></span></a></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>and tapping their homes as<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT743"><a href="http://topics.sacbee.com/ATM+machines/" style="cursor: pointer; outline: 0px none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: black;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: black; padding: 0in; text-decoration: none;">ATM machines.</span></span></a></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>But with the bursting of the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT744"><a href="http://topics.sacbee.com/housing+bubble/" style="cursor: pointer; outline: 0px none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: black;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: black; padding: 0in; text-decoration: none;">housing bubble,</span></span></a></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>the mask has been lifted: “All of the coping mechanisms of flat wages for 30 years are now exhausted.”</span></span></b></span></span></div><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b> </b></span></span><div style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 11.25pt;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;">And a<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT745"><a href="http://laborcenter.berkeley.edu/publiccosts/fastfoodpovertywages.shtml" style="outline: 0px none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #024a82;"><span style="color: #024a82; text-decoration: none;">new report</span></span></a></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>released <span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT746">last Tuesday</span> by the UC Berkeley Labor Center points out more than half of fast-food workers – at places such as McDonald’s, Subway,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT747"><a href="http://topics.sacbee.com/Burger+King/" style="cursor: pointer; outline: 0px none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: black;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: black; padding: 0in; text-decoration: none;">Burger King</span></span></a></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>and Wendy’s – working 40 or more hours per week are enrolled in public assistance programs to cover basic needs of food, rent and<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT748"><a href="http://topics.sacbee.com/health+care/" style="cursor: pointer; outline: 0px none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: black;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: black; padding: 0in; text-decoration: none;">health care.</span></span></a></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>That costs all of us.</span></span></b></span></span></div><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b> </b></span></span><div style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 11.25pt;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;">Those at the top, however, have fared better. And if you think that’s all to the good, think again.</span></span></b></span></span></div><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b> </b></span></span><div style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 11.25pt;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;">Nick Hanauer, a Seattle pillow manufacturer and venture capitalist, points out in the film that the rich can buy only so many pillows and jeans. They invest some in companies creating jobs, but a lot goes to “funds of funds” – financiers financing other financiers instead of real industries.</span></span></b></span></span></div><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b> </b></span></span><div style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 11.25pt;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;">That helps to explain why inequality is widening even as the economy is growing.</span></span></b></span></span></div><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b> </b></span></span><div style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 11.25pt;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;">So what is the solution? Reich believes we should emulate the United States of the three decades after<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT749"><a href="http://topics.sacbee.com/World+War+II/" style="cursor: pointer; outline: 0px none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: black;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: black; padding: 0in; text-decoration: none;">World War II.</span></span></a></span></span></span></b></span></span></div><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b> </b></span></span><div style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 11.25pt;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;">That was a time when education was a national priority, including higher education. Presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt and<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT750"><a href="http://topics.sacbee.com/Harry+S.+Truman/" style="cursor: pointer; outline: 0px none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: black;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: black; padding: 0in; text-decoration: none;">Harry S. Truman</span></span></a></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>championed large-scale investments to assure greater access. And states contributed, too.</span></span></b></span></span></div><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b> </b></span></span><div style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 11.25pt;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;">It was a time of investment in infrastructure, such as the interstate<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT751"><a href="http://topics.sacbee.com/highway+system/" style="cursor: pointer; outline: 0px none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: black;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: black; padding: 0in; text-decoration: none;">highway system.</span></span></a></span></span></span></b></span></span></div><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b> </b></span></span><div style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 11.25pt;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;">And, Reich points out, it was a time when more than one-third of workers belonged to labor unions that ensured that workers got a piece of<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT752"><a href="http://topics.sacbee.com/productivity+gains/" style="cursor: pointer; outline: 0px none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: black;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: black; padding: 0in; text-decoration: none;">productivity gains.</span></span></a></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>As companies are designed to make profits, we need some countervailing force to look after the American worker.</span></span></b></span></span></div><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b> </b></span></span><div style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 11.25pt;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;">All this led to a cycle of economic growth, greater<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT753"><a href="http://topics.sacbee.com/tax+revenues/" style="cursor: pointer; outline: 0px none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #024a82;"><span style="color: #024a82; text-decoration: none;">tax revenues,</span></span></a></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>more<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT754"><a href="http://topics.sacbee.com/government+spending/" style="cursor: pointer; outline: 0px none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #024a82;"><span style="color: #024a82; text-decoration: none;">government spending,</span></span></a></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>a better educated populace – a cycle that fed on itself.</span></span></b></span></span></div><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b> </b></span></span><div style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 11.25pt;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;">Can this generation summon the political will to advance the aspiration of the Declaration of Independence? We should not stand by as our “land of opportunity” fails to meet that promise.</span></span></b></span></span></div><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b> </b></span></span><div class="storybug" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 11.25pt;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;">•<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT755"><a href="http://www.sacbee.com/search_results/?sf_pubsys_story_byline=the%20Editorial%20Board&link_location=bottom" style="outline: 0px none;" target="_blank" title="Read more articles by the Editorial Board"><span style="color: #024a82;"><span style="color: #024a82; text-decoration: none;">Read more articles by the Editorial Board</span></span><span style="color: #024a82;"><span style="color: #024a82; text-decoration: none;"></span></span></a></span></span></span></b></span></span></div><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b> </b></span></span><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT756"><a href="http://www.sacbee.com/search_results/?sf_pubsys_story_byline=the%20Editorial%20Board&link_location=bottom" target="_blank" title="Read more articles by the Editorial Board"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black; text-decoration: none;"><br />Read more here: http://www.sacbee.com/2013/10/21/5833679/editorial-what-has-happened-to.html#storylink=cpy</span></span></a></span></span></span></b></span></span></div>

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By   the Editorial Board Published: Monday, Oct. 21, 2013 Our   Declaration of Independence   states that “all men are created equal.” Ove...

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Governor announces 400 jobs in Fairfax County

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIhzWmNkhyphenhyphenpZLkUXGnu5WHFJqzs2WDbFlm6dWAQLVbkryeu_hJOpVK0Cv5cCwqwvL0T8IFz2SAeKc6HbrScA_WNL0C4tvKi6UQ3v0davWRfpAtt764tiIPQiUSE2KjqJRe4k4K7-xBWO05/s1600/Bob+McDonnell+5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIhzWmNkhyphenhyphenpZLkUXGnu5WHFJqzs2WDbFlm6dWAQLVbkryeu_hJOpVK0Cv5cCwqwvL0T8IFz2SAeKc6HbrScA_WNL0C4tvKi6UQ3v0davWRfpAtt764tiIPQiUSE2KjqJRe4k4K7-xBWO05/s200/Bob+McDonnell+5.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br />Four years ago, Virginia's attorney general, Bob McDonnell, was in the final days of his gubernatorial campaign with the slogan "Bob's for Jobs," a promise he kept when he was elected and joined with Lieutenant Governor Bill Bolling to make jobs a number one priority. Four years later, Governor Bob McDonnell continues to bring new opportunities to Virginians.<br /><br />On Wednesday the governor <a href="http://www.governor.virginia.gov/news/viewRelease.cfm?id=2046">announced 400 jobs</a> for Fairfax County with Cvent <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">(NYSE: CVT)</span>, a leading cloud-based event management platform that recently went public. Virginia competed with neighboring Maryland for the project that will move its headquarters to Tysons Corner and, according to the press release, will create 400 new jobs in three years and retain 451 jobs.<br /><br />As the governor made the announcement, he commented:<br /><blockquote>“As a corporate citizen that has called Virginia home since 1999, it is tremendous news that Cvent will continue to grow in Fairfax County with this headquarters expansion. The company benefits from the large, well-educated labor pool in the region that provides a qualified workforce, and the available site located on the new Silver Line Metro route is an ideal location that meets Cvent’s needs and allows room for future growth. We welcome 400 new jobs and celebrate the company’s Fairfax employee base of more than 450 that will continue to thrive in Virginia.”</blockquote>The Virginia Economic Development Partnership worked with the Fairfax County Economic Development Authority to secure the project for Virginia. Governor McDonnell approved a $1 million grant from the Governor’s Opportunity Fund to assist Fairfax County with the project.<br /><br />Through its Virginia Jobs Investment Program, the Virginia Department of Business Assistance will provide funding and services to support the company’s recruitment and training activities. Cvent will lease about 130,000 square feet of space at 1710 Solutions Drive, and plans to invest $7 million to expand its headquarters operations. The company plans to move in the latter half of 2014.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.governor.virginia.gov/news/viewRelease.cfm?id=2046">More information is available at the governor's website. </a>

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Four years ago, Virginia's attorney general, Bob McDonnell, was in the final days of his gubernatorial campaign with the slogan "Bo...

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