Today's Teamster News 09.21.13

<a href="http://teamsternation.blogspot.com/2013/09/strikers-ordered-back-to-work.html" rel="nofollow">Striking railroad Teamsters ordered back to work, no single operators allowed</a>  TeamsterNation   ...An Akron, Ohio, district court judge this afternoon ordered striking locomotive engineers and trainmen at the Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway back to work. He also ordered the railroad to refrain from allowing supervisors or management to operate trains...<br /><a href="http://www.teamster.org/content/warehouse-workers-ikea-vote-join-teamsters" rel="nofollow">Warehouse Workers At IKEA Vote To Join Teamsters</a>  teamster.org   ...Warehouse workers, employed at the IKEA distribution center in Frederickson, Wash., have voted to join Teamsters Local 117. The 64 workers at the facility came together seeking job security, fair and equal treatment, strong representation, and respect...<br /><a href="http://www.teamster.org/content/trade-good-when-its-fair" rel="nofollow">Hoffa, Brune: Trade Is Good When It's Fair</a>  teamster.org   ...It's been almost 20 years since the signing of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), and families and communities are still reeling from its consequences...<br /><a href="http://www.teamster.org/content/teamsters-picket-rochester-wegmans" rel="nofollow">Teamsters Picket Rochester Wegmans</a>  teamster.org   ...Wegmans-picketing Teamsters from Local 118 are calling on their employer to protect good jobs in Rochester and stop retaliating against employees for standing up for their rights under Federal law. Today the union will file an unfair labor practice charge against Wegmans due to the company’s actions against employees...<br /><a href="http://www.midhudsonnews.com/News/2013/September/19/SC_Teamsters-19Sep13.htm">Sullivan settles five-year contract with Teamsters</a>  Mid-Hudson News   …Ratifying a new contract was a tossup among members Teamsters Local 445 who work for Sullivan County in New York. The union narrowly agreed to the new five-year deal by a 152 to 141 vote...<br /><a href="http://www.teamster.org/content/teamster-women-get-fired" rel="nofollow">Teamster Women Get Fired Up</a>  teamster.org  ...Teamsters General Secretary-Treasurer Ken Hall addressed the Women’s Conference on Friday, the second day of the annual event, in New Orleans. Get the full coverage of the conference <a href="http://www.teamster.org/content/2013-teamsters-women%E2%80%99s-conference-0" rel="nofollow">here</a>... |<br /><a href="http://www.teamster.org/content/ruralmetro-files-two-critical-documents%E2%80%94plan-reorganization-and-disclosure-statement" rel="nofollow">Rural/Metro Files Two Critical Documents—Plan of Reorganization and Disclosure Statement</a>  teamster.org   ...Rural Metro filed two critical documents outlining how the company plans to emerge from bankruptcy on Sunday, September 15. Those documents are the Plan of Reorganization and Disclosure Statement...<br /><a href="http://www.teamsters492.org/index.cfm?zone=/unionactive/view_article.cfm&homeID=342876" rel="nofollow">ABF Teamster Wins National Four-Axle Competition Championship</a>  Teamsters Local 492   ...Teamster and Albuquerque ABF Line Driver Ralph Garcia won first place in the four-axle competition at the 2013 National Truck Driving Championships, which was held in Salt Lake City late August...<br /><a href="http://www.tristatehomepage.com/story/labor-leaders-react-to-hotel-latest/d/story/WJG9IszSSU66gZ84OpGL3g" rel="nofollow">Labor Leaders React to Hotel Latest</a>  Tristate   ...The Southwestern Indiana Building and Construction Trades Council said Thursday it stands in full support of the proposed downtown hotel. Chuck Whobrey, president of Teamsters Local 215, wasn't at the meeting, but said the hotel is necessary for downtown redevelopment...<br /><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/feedarticle/10983942" rel="nofollow">Employers cut jobs in 20 US states in August</a>  Associated Press   ...Unemployment rates rose in 18 states, fell in 17 and were unchanged in 15...<br /><a href="http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com/2013/09/target-to-hire-18000-fewer-seasonal.html" rel="nofollow">Target to Hire 18,000 Fewer Seasonal Workers This Holiday Season; Expect Other Retailers to Do the Same </a> Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis   ..."Target lowered their expectations for the rest of the year, citing a tougher-than-expected spending environment..."<br /><a href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/09/20/homeless-recruited-to-buy-iphones/2844979/" rel="nofollow">L.A. homeless hired to buy latest iPhones</a>  USA Today   ...Many driven from Skid Row to Pasadena say they were unpaid and stranded after Apple Store halted scheme...<br /><a href="http://www.latimes.com/opinion/editorials/la-ed-foodstamps-house-gop-cuts-20130919,0,6891665.story" rel="nofollow">GOP's misguided attack on food stamps</a> (opinion)  Los Angeles Times   ...Unable to push a $20-billion cut in food stamps through the House in June, Republicans are now seeking to cut $40 billion over 10 years by tightening eligibility and cutting off able-bodied adults who don't find or train for jobs. ...But while it may motivate some idle adults to get to work, it would also punish those who simply can't find jobs at a time when there are three applicants for every opening...<br /><a href="http://www.brookings.edu/about/projects/bpea/latest-conference/2013-fall-elsby-labor-share" rel="nofollow">Offshoring Linked to Declining U.S. Labor Share, Likely to Continue</a>  Brookings   ...The decline in the U.S. labor share – now at its lowest level in the post-war period after the Great Recession – has been concentrated in sectors that face increased import competition in the wake of the overall rising role of imports in the U.S. economy, according to a new paper presented today at the Fall 2013 Conference on the<a href="http://www.brookings.edu/about/projects/bpea"> Brookings Papers on Economic Activity (BPEA)</a>...<br /><a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-09-20/linkedin-customers-say-company-hacked-their-e-mail-address-books.html" rel="nofollow">LinkedIn Customers Allege Company Hacked E-Mail Addresses</a>  Bloomberg   ...LinkedIn Corp. (LNKD), owner of the world’s most popular professional-networking website, was sued by customers who claim the company appropriated their identities for marketing purposes by hacking into their external e-mail accounts and downloading contacts’ addresses...<br /><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/federal-eye/wp/2013/09/19/unions-launch-offensive-against-potential-government-shutdown/" rel="nofollow">Unions launch offensive against potential government shutdown</a>  Washington Post   ...Federal employee unions, having guided their members through government shutdown threats in 2011 and 2012, are arming for another possible shutdown in 11 days if Congress cannot resolve its partisan fiscal battle...<br /><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/contractor-which-vetted-snowden-says-it-did-background-check-for-navy-yard-shooter/2013/09/19/7e778cae-2173-11e3-a358-1144dee636dd_story.html" rel="nofollow">Contractor that vetted Snowden says it also ran background check for Navy Yard shooter</a>  Washington Post   ...USIS, the Falls Church, VA government contractor that handled the background check for National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden, said Thursday that it also vetted Navy Yard shooter Aaron Alexis for his ­secret-level clearance in 2007...<br /><a href="http://www.katv.com/story/23481116/arkansans-in-line-with-house-vote-cutting-food-stamps" rel="nofollow">Arkansas lawmakers back cuts to food stamp program</a>  KATV ABC 7   ...Arkansas' four congressmen have voted to cut nearly $4 billion a year from the food stamp program, a 5 percent reduction to the nation's main feeding program used by more than 1 in 7 Americans...<br /><a href="http://www.postandcourier.com/article/20130920/PC05/130929998/1010/ex-halliburton-manager-charged-in-gulf-spill-probe" rel="nofollow">Ex-Halliburton manager charged in Gulf of Mexico spill probe</a>  Associated Press   ...A former Halliburton manager was charged Thursday with destroying evidence following BP’s 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, a case that coincides with a guilty plea to a related charge by the Houston-based oilfield services company...<br /><a href="http://www.sacbee.com/2013/09/19/5751375/chase-bank-jpmorgan-chase-to-refund.html" rel="nofollow">Chase Bank, JPMorgan Chase to refund customers $309 million for unfair billing</a>  Sacramento Bee   ...Federal regulators on Thursday ordered Chase Bank and JPMorgan Chase to refund $309 million to more than 2 million customers for illegally billing them for credit-monitoring services they never received...<br /><a href="http://news.firedoglake.com/2013/09/20/federal-reserve-program-is-socialism-for-the-rich/" rel="nofollow">Federal Reserve Program Is Socialism For The Rich</a>  firedoglake   ...Why is there such a gap between the haves and the have-nots? Probably because the Federal Reserve is pumping up assets for the haves to the tune of <a href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/kitconews/2013/09/18/focusfed-leaves-qe-unchanged-at-85-billion-monthly-gold-rallies-sharply/">$85 billion, a month.</a>..<br /><a href="http://www.salon.com/2013/09/20/elites_strange_plot_to_take_over_the_world/" rel="nofollow">Elites’ strange plot to take over the world </a> Salon   ...Western elites in America and Western Europe after World War II made a serious effort to get rid of nations altogether, and combine all “freedom-loving peoples” into one giant “Atlantic Union,” a federal state built on top of the NATO military alliance...<br /><a href="http://don%27t%20take%20ax%20to%20public%27s%20right%20to%20know/" rel="nofollow">Don't take ax to public's right to know</a> (opinion) The Cap Times   ...If Wisconsinites were looking for a measure of how far out of control things have gotten under Gov. Scott Walker’s hyperpartisan approach to governing, they need look no further than an incident involving a key confidante of the governor and a process server seeking to deliver paperwork related to the state’s open records law...<br /><br />

Today's Teamster News 09.21.13

Striking railroad Teamsters ordered back to work, no single operators allowed  TeamsterNation   ...An Akron, Ohio, district court judge thi...

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How To Lose Weight With Only Thirteen Minutes Exercises?

<div style='font-style:italic;' class='uawbyline'>By Elhassan Errezzaki</div><br /><br /> <div class='uawarticle'>Provided that you're "averagely overweight," that is, not specialist diagnosed with amazing corpulence, or provided that you only need to feel better by losing or shedding a couple of pounds, there's great news for you - from ACCREDITED, dependable, trusted masters who likewise think about your well-being.<br /> <br /> Truth: Ten minutes of every day practice is honorable since its far superior than zero minutes of profitable vigor use. In any case, practice physiology and weight reduction science indicate 30 minutes for every day, no less than three times each week, as a feature of your best muscle to fat quotients change situation.<br /> <br /> This is the correct inverse of muscle tissue, where you can see and feel fundamentally prompt results. Smoldering fat requires understanding. You fundamentally require to permit yourself TIME to let practice impacts happen.<br /> <br /> Your body has possible life structures. Yet, to metabolize fat, your build demands that oxygen be realistic. Long-story-short: brief, "expedient" practice sessions look for fast life sources. These stay in blood and in muscle. It assumes control over a few minutes to essentially exploit your fat stores, and , to seethe of it for a long chance to lose some noteworthy structure weight.<br /> <br /> Accomplish Your Aerobic Threshold<br /> <br /> Ordinarily, practice starts with a warm-up stage, no less than 1-3 minutes. Gave your force stays inside your target heart rate preparing zone, (in the ballpark of 120 heart thumps for every moment - an expected normal for generally non health-impeded mature people) you'll use the following 7-10 minutes arriving at your vigorous limit. Staying close to, however directly underneath the focus where your muscles blaze (from a too-exceedingly extreme execution initiating lactic harsh corrosive fabricate up) will carry you to an essentially immaculate "fat-smolder." Yet, THIS very uncommon gathering just happens at medium-to-low intensities, which sits down for a bit.<br /> <br /> Lipids (a streamlined word for "non-water-solvent fats" inside your framework) need to move from the outside of a cell, through the cytosol, blend with pyruvate, in addition to oxygen... then move ahead to your "heater" (mitochondria). This is the place you separate fat into your "compensating and tremendously needed" by-items - vigor (the work you've accomplished); H2o (sweat); and carbon dioxide (a mess of consistent "sighing").<br /> <br /> Along these lines, provided that you stop at the 10-moment stamp, you deny yourself pretty nearly an extra 10 calories or more for every moment of weight lost, principally from fat stores. Halting this process at 10 minutes is much like heading off the distance to the entryway of your top choice party yet never venturing inside... for the "true" activity.<br /> <br /> With the greater part of that said, there is a more greatly compelling yet logical excuse for why you might as well work out for over 0 minutes. Indeed, no less than 30-moment practice sessions demonstrate usually advantageous for adequate weight reduction and enhanced continuance. You'll get basic profits from this:<br /> <br /> At first, you shield your LEAN shape mass (which you require in light of the fact that it seethes fat clearly superior to fat can seethe itself).<br /> <br /> Second, you get to make use of MAXIMUM calories (the correct key to getting thinner - amplifying caloric consumption, which is a period expending step).<br /> <br /> Third, your developed physical action makes you change the way your physique USES nourishment inside or metabolically for instance, getting three-fold build in calories used, contrasted with individual remaining stationary.).<br /> <br /> The main concern is that basically all specialists in diabetic science, stoutness control, dietetics & nourishment, practice science & individual preparing, and practice physiology concur that broadened, low-to-direct force physical action is yet the most noteworthy and adaptable component in vigor use for getting more fit.<br /> <br /> Blend that with common sense, sensibility, and use the accompanying tip: Base your sheltered, viable weight reduction objectives around the key rule that you have to adjust your vigor equalize in the NEGATIVE bearing by consuming around the range of 500 calories for every day from shrewdly controlling both EXERCISE AND DIET. You'll uncover that its scarcely even conceivable to achieve this deed by changing nourishment alone.<br /> <br /> The main concern is that fundamentally all specialists in diabetic science, stoutness control, dietetics & nourishment, practice science & individual preparing, and practice physiology agree that broadened, low-to-direct force physical action is yet the most remarkable and adaptable part in vigor use for getting more fit.<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'>Before looking for anything else, make sure you visit Elhassan Errezzaki weight loss blog <a href='http://www.weightloss4every1.com/'>quick fat loss</a>, and <a href='http://www.weightloss4every1.com/19-top-fat-burning-food-you-should-consume/'>great diets for a successful weight loss</a></div><br /> </div><br />

How To Lose Weight With Only Thirteen Minutes Exercises?

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Charity Clothes Swap

<span style="font-size: large;">In aid of the local hospice.</span><br /><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">The concept is you bring along a few items of clothes you are finished with along with a donation of €10.  Then you get to browse all the other clothes and take away some items you like!</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">There was a raffle with tickets for €2 and also an auction of embarrassing photos of the event attendees. </span></div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRgxEwKJlBGGOywS6l9EXScSdLlDfd83gdK65Y8KAMftomlnOTD9Ca9egsSgggKH7oUT7V7D-zRYaquG5ZIoRGID25Ayjtu0nveQQbIvkFV5XssolwM5A7OpEGif08oxb2nE3NJOBXk3Nc/s640/blogger-image-1236662095.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRgxEwKJlBGGOywS6l9EXScSdLlDfd83gdK65Y8KAMftomlnOTD9Ca9egsSgggKH7oUT7V7D-zRYaquG5ZIoRGID25Ayjtu0nveQQbIvkFV5XssolwM5A7OpEGif08oxb2nE3NJOBXk3Nc/s640/blogger-image-1236662095.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;">I'm unsure of this top - I will try it on again at home</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeYsnpURfMtNVzxBfNmkgHS0Zxf8a0jmAZ68HHHTm6imuZnev_GzX706h5fgOwxXSjgXpS6YIcbzmK71-zESEEPcpIkzDQyGqd9bd1qZ7oj-uUtshW0PNzBCfWkepa2WFaKegWI1XNyVrk/s640/blogger-image--1563414837.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeYsnpURfMtNVzxBfNmkgHS0Zxf8a0jmAZ68HHHTm6imuZnev_GzX706h5fgOwxXSjgXpS6YIcbzmK71-zESEEPcpIkzDQyGqd9bd1qZ7oj-uUtshW0PNzBCfWkepa2WFaKegWI1XNyVrk/s640/blogger-image--1563414837.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/AVvXsEjz8BVdjGPmpgHJUbE8oc8kFotsqWnYn6PvhcAP1ezAD-rLYMiNk4rPQ0QS-nQf2fhkqaHiaX2bLVzZ1wR-1Q76200tO1XDiMlPUlLEVXDqESPRRTuWuixU0fxCkn1Tl-LVdLLDMQjAn786/s640/blogger-image-100447955.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz8BVdjGPmpgHJUbE8oc8kFotsqWnYn6PvhcAP1ezAD-rLYMiNk4rPQ0QS-nQf2fhkqaHiaX2bLVzZ1wR-1Q76200tO1XDiMlPUlLEVXDqESPRRTuWuixU0fxCkn1Tl-LVdLLDMQjAn786/s640/blogger-image-100447955.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;">There were accessories too - handbags, jewellery, shoes, etc.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb3XmEgTgqPNQpoT3QSMmqKhi19ENxDT9WcCYIYhdcaUAcONtkuOtU6bzavNgZuJedGhBU31948Gzxp022wyoJ-nQ6ORC4k6ZxEHu2w3d3gllMhP2CMRRA-vDSmBeFp0jmW84Vv0iDYeVp/s640/blogger-image-1807427341.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb3XmEgTgqPNQpoT3QSMmqKhi19ENxDT9WcCYIYhdcaUAcONtkuOtU6bzavNgZuJedGhBU31948Gzxp022wyoJ-nQ6ORC4k6ZxEHu2w3d3gllMhP2CMRRA-vDSmBeFp0jmW84Vv0iDYeVp/s640/blogger-image-1807427341.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></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;">This is a Per Una dress - never worn with the tags on.  Good find!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuE38l2RTgf0KWp4ftHqnTyFzWJ8iGK7u2fptcV8KynBi19OoT3zUwZU0Z5pCrOkqjBWkuTIoE7fiAfy3GUHUmTKJQqXDdSoUoZLp17i-OKvD_3y3m5zqonHV4nm9ejoJQzNaN5Q85bkJR/s640/blogger-image--897700144.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuE38l2RTgf0KWp4ftHqnTyFzWJ8iGK7u2fptcV8KynBi19OoT3zUwZU0Z5pCrOkqjBWkuTIoE7fiAfy3GUHUmTKJQqXDdSoUoZLp17i-OKvD_3y3m5zqonHV4nm9ejoJQzNaN5Q85bkJR/s640/blogger-image--897700144.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/AVvXsEjK50O6buOp8lav4b8YphlziVGlgsqp2TwCu-pFWQ-1TCMZe8yNv_bu0uxrbxeZCG_vDvGulY31QrKphxLe1sUa836jzNx7RYpF1Pzj039u2Ar18CCC8bfzbENYUq2eiNZ21RoqKJnUvIvw/s640/blogger-image--907968973.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK50O6buOp8lav4b8YphlziVGlgsqp2TwCu-pFWQ-1TCMZe8yNv_bu0uxrbxeZCG_vDvGulY31QrKphxLe1sUa836jzNx7RYpF1Pzj039u2Ar18CCC8bfzbENYUq2eiNZ21RoqKJnUvIvw/s640/blogger-image--907968973.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/AVvXsEj47L32WbXQoh_OSsSDhRjVwKQWdJEhrpeQSvk0gfEDLBVVPioL-gT68SxhgKeudhUjEPIf-gVo3kk8cM7KXeiKxmPBbdmqBhEY4yg3-8SW_RKHCdxMMKS8f_cfZU-B2C9bgBWm9SPD3wkh/s640/blogger-image--175452908.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj47L32WbXQoh_OSsSDhRjVwKQWdJEhrpeQSvk0gfEDLBVVPioL-gT68SxhgKeudhUjEPIf-gVo3kk8cM7KXeiKxmPBbdmqBhEY4yg3-8SW_RKHCdxMMKS8f_cfZU-B2C9bgBWm9SPD3wkh/s640/blogger-image--175452908.jpg" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;">A fun entertaining event arranged by my aunt.  Hopefully it raised lots for the local hospice.</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div>

Charity Clothes Swap

In aid of the local hospice. The concept is you bring along a few items of clothes you are finished with along with a donation of €10.  Then...

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Striking railroad Teamsters ordered back to work, no single operators allowed

An Akron, Ohio, district court judge this afternoon ordered striking locomotive engineers and trainmen at the Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway back to work. He also ordered the railroad to refrain from allowing supervisors or management to operate trains.<br /><br />The order by Judge John R. Adams ended the strike by the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen that began this morning. The walkout stopped virtually all activity by the railroad, which generally runs 45-50 trains a day.<br /><br />BLET President Dennis Pierce said,<br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">I hope that the condition imposed by the judge will lead W and LE to recognize the importance of this issue to our members, who now will be returning to work with the assurance that while the matter is under consideration by the court, no further provocative actions may be taken by the carrier.</blockquote>According to a <a href="http://www.ble-t.org/pr/news/newsflash.asp?id=5489" rel="nofollow">BLET statement</a>, the workers walked out because the W and LE repudiated its contracts between locomotive engineers and trainmen. The railroad used supervisors to do the work of the engineers and trainmen, and running one-person operations.<br /><br />A <a href="http://www.ble-t.org/pr/pdf/Temporary-Restraining-Order-9-20-13.pdf" rel="nofollow">temporary restraining order</a> will remain in effect until a hearing can be held on the railroad’s request for a longer-term injunction.<br /><br />Pierce also thanked General Chairman Bob Linsey, Local Chairmen Kevin Nahrebecki and Lonnie Swigert, and all officers and members of Division 292, as well as general counsel Mike Wolly and his team for their outstanding efforts.<br /><br />The BLET is part of the rail conference of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters.<br /><br />

BLET rail strike Striking railroad Teamsters ordered back to work, no single operators allowed

An Akron, Ohio, district court judge this afternoon ordered striking locomotive engineers and trainmen at the Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway...

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Matt Said, Jay Said 888-727-BECK

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Matt:  Helloooooooo?<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRH82H2q07yApKDffVI3IP-PF7IP-_UQKVVUIKNyrLm9sIYxipi3szBWy9mguhjcaDwLK7o5s9jy4hEkEFxXWrkKC2z_vNUQSogPqDpNGE3iQZw1MsEEFqx_LtGxA5HnK4LBXyCFewMk3M/s1600/Scarlett+Johansson+Hot+Naked+Tits.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="323" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRH82H2q07yApKDffVI3IP-PF7IP-_UQKVVUIKNyrLm9sIYxipi3szBWy9mguhjcaDwLK7o5s9jy4hEkEFxXWrkKC2z_vNUQSogPqDpNGE3iQZw1MsEEFqx_LtGxA5HnK4LBXyCFewMk3M/s400/Scarlett+Johansson+Hot+Naked+Tits.jpg" width="400" /></a>Jay:  Hi.  How are you?<br />Matt:  I’m fine, and you?<br />Jay:  Okay, I guess.<br />Matt:  Something wrong Pumpkin?<br /><br />Jay:  Eh…It’s just that talking on the phone is way overrated.<br /><br />Matt:  But we do it every Sunday during our<i> IWS Radio Show</i>.<br /><br />Jay:  Oh I know, but that’s different.<br /><br />Matt:  How so?  Because we have a live audience, but during show prep calls you’re stuck talking only to me?<br /><br />Jay:  Noooo, not at all.  I just think actual talking is overrated.<br />Matt:  I think maybe you just don’t like talking to me on a one-on-one basis.<br />Jay:  Not at all.  And now that you are basically calling me a liar, I think you underrate me as a person.<br />Matt:  Noooo, not at all.  I adore you.<br /><br />Jay and Matt:  (awkward silence)<br /><br />Matt:  You know who Schmoop thinks is wayyyyyyyy overrated?<br />Jay:  Who?<br />Matt:  Scarlett Johansson.<br />Jay:  What?  Schmoop is out of her mind!!<br /><br />Matt:  I know right?  Schmoop says Scarlett is ugly.  Schmoop is crazy!!<br />Jay:  Hell yeah she’s crazy; I mean, just a bit.  I wouldn’t want to overrate Schmoop’s craziness.<br /><br />Matt:  Y’know what Jayman?  I think we have an idea for this week’s show.<br />Jay:  I believe you are right.  We could talk about people…<br />Matt:  Places…<br />Jay:  And things that are either overrated<br />Matt:  Or underrated.<br /><br />Jay:  Damn dude…Our brilliance is wayyyyy underrated.<br /><br />Matt:  You and I are far more underrated than The Beatles were overrated.<br /><br />Jay:  Oh my God…Buddy Acapella singing lyrics by Paul Piatt would be better than The Beatles.<br />Matt:  True dat, my underrated friend.<br /><br />Jay:  Rev. Moneymaker may have some words for the IWS Radio congregation this weekend.<br />Matt:  So will Paul Piatt.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCrzJDnImp5fqwQmTvZoyM-XpNK_W594Mx0bgWYPPRX5TL-2qWQ2FIL3AEMOgnTvxuCtQvwaZIhyphenhyphenUv-OkZtRbkwtP2WkmGBl8LMnCCRXIE6TFeK1neftTPn8pvTbAwlxY2zliReOiUSzPx/s1600/Doc+Thompson+The+Blaze+Stupid+Asshole.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCrzJDnImp5fqwQmTvZoyM-XpNK_W594Mx0bgWYPPRX5TL-2qWQ2FIL3AEMOgnTvxuCtQvwaZIhyphenhyphenUv-OkZtRbkwtP2WkmGBl8LMnCCRXIE6TFeK1neftTPn8pvTbAwlxY2zliReOiUSzPx/s320/Doc+Thompson+The+Blaze+Stupid+Asshole.jpg" width="320" /></a><br />Jay:  And we may have a few surprises as well.<br /><br />Matt:  And your phone calls at 661.244.9852, as we do the <i><a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/im-with-stupid/2013/09/22/overrated-and-underrated-show" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Overrated and Underrated Show</span></a></i> this Sunday.<br /><br />Jay:  It’s this Sunday from Noon-2 PM ET and we will also talk about how <i>The Blaze Radio</i> host, Doc Thompson is stealing my nearly copyrighted tag lines.<br /><br />Matt:  It’s an outrage!!<br /><br />Jay and Matt:  So…Join us this Sunday from Noon-2 PM ET on Blog Talk Radio, as <i><a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/im-with-stupid/2013/09/22/overrated-and-underrated-show" target="_blank">I<span style="color: blue;">WS Radio</span></a></i> discusses all that is overrated or underrated.<br /><br />To catch us<i> LIVE</i> on Sunday from Noon-2 PM ET you can click right <i><a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/im-with-stupid/2013/09/22/overrated-and-underrated-show" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">HERE</span></a></i>. </div><br /></div>

Matt Said, Jay Said 888-727-BECK

Matt:  Helloooooooo? Jay:  Hi.  How are you? Matt:  I’m fine, and you? Jay:  Okay, I guess. Matt:  Something wrong Pumpkin? Jay:  Eh…It’s ju...

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Prisoners: We cannot escape our nature

<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #5e5e5e; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><b><i>Prisoners</i> </b></span></span></span></span></span></span><b>(2013) • <a href="http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/wb/prisoners/" style="color: #27a9c5; text-decoration: none;">View trailer</a></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><b> </b><br /><b>Four stars. Rating: R, for profanity, torture and disturbing violent content</b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br style="background-color: white; color: #5e5e5e; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #5e5e5e; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><b>By <a href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/12885694730612878577" style="color: #27a9c5; text-decoration: none;">Derrick Bang</a> • </b></span>Originally published in <i><a href="http://www.davisenterprise.com/" style="color: #27a9c5; text-decoration: none;">The Davis Enterprise</a></i>, 9.20.13</b></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:OfficeDocumentSettings> <o:AllowPNG/> </o:OfficeDocumentSettings></xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:TrackMoves>false</w:TrackMoves> <w:TrackFormatting/> <w:PunctuationKerning/> <w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing> <w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing> <w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery>0</w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery> <w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery>0</w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:DontGrowAutofit/> <w:DontAutofitConstrainedTables/> <w:DontVertAlignInTxbx/> </w:Compatibility> </w:WordDocument></xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" LatentStyleCount="276"> </w:LatentStyles></xml><![endif]--> <!--[if gte mso 10]><style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;} </style><![endif]--> <!--StartFragment--> <br /><div class="MsoNormalCxSpFirst"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Revenge thrillers have become a violent — often tawdry — Hollywood staple.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Not this one.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><br /></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1V-43GzrMCo6-CbCeQ0U3cuY0VB8BzZJcDt1JGArXfhyWzjJRrKGedLKpK64RxFQN2DWRcTiD2BzzWi-fQ5Gc5niVHkkjYUElQxYM5WU-B3tQRYqunFYmuxiAXY7-j2YRac7ljonG2Tg/s1600/Prisoners+blog.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1V-43GzrMCo6-CbCeQ0U3cuY0VB8BzZJcDt1JGArXfhyWzjJRrKGedLKpK64RxFQN2DWRcTiD2BzzWi-fQ5Gc5niVHkkjYUElQxYM5WU-B3tQRYqunFYmuxiAXY7-j2YRac7ljonG2Tg/s400/Prisoners+blog.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">When Alex (Paul Dano, on his back) is released for lack of evidence, Keller (Hugh<br />Jackman) angrily confronts the younger man, convinced that he knows more than he's<br />telling about the disappearance of two little girls. Given time to think and plan, Keller<br />will continue this "conversation" in a less public setting, and with a decidedly more<br />dangerous intensity.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Prisoners</i> is a brooding, atmospheric slow burn: part character drama, part mystery, part thriller ... and all-consuming. It has a distinctly European feel despite the small-town Americana setting: very much in the unsettling mode of French director George Sluizer’s 1988 chiller, <i>Spoorloos</i>, which he remade five years later with an American cast, as <i>The Vanishing</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Prisoners</i> comes from the capable hands of Québec-born director Denis Villeneuve, whose résumé includes tension-laden dramas such as <i>Maelstrom</i> and <i>Polytechnique</i>, and who garnered an Oscar nomination for 2010’s <i>Incendies</i>. Point being, Villeneuve has a superb sense of atmosphere and a knack for making the most innocent scene feel enshrouded by a blanket of malevolence.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">He also has a gift for drawing persuasively authentic performances from his actors, and that’s certainly the case here. While the entire cast is compelling, stars Hugh Jackman and Jake Gyllenhaal are sensational. Both are gifted actors; both have been fine before. Under Villeneuve’s capable guidance, they’re even better.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The story opens on a cold, overcast Thanksgiving Day in a working-class Pennsylvania suburb: the kind of town where kids set up lemonade stands. The homes and yards are tidy but looking a bit distressed: fading paint and weather-beaten vehicles a testament to folks barely hanging on during the tough economy.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Out in the nearby woods, Keller Dover (Jackman) offers a solemn prayer to God before encouraging teenage son Ralph (Dylan Minnette) to squeeze the trigger and claim his first deer. It’s a clean shot; as they drive the carcass home, Keller — a survivalist by nature — explains that they must be prepared at all times, must be their own strongest advocates, must expect to take charge when others inevitably fail.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Keller collects his wife, Grace (Maria Bello), and their 6-year-old daughter, Anna (Erin Gerasimovich); the family strolls up the street to celebrate the holiday with best friends Franklin and Nancy Birch (Terrence Howard, Viola Davis). Ralph pairs off with teenage Eliza (Zoë Soul), who disapproves of the elder Dover’s fondness for hunting; Anna and 7-year-old Joy (Kyla Drew Simmons) play together with the exuberance of small children.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Cinematographer Roger Deakins’ camera ... hovers. We feel nervous: can’t explain why. Even as the adults relax after the huge meal, Franklin sharing his lamentable trumpet skills, the utter normality of this staunchly American ritual — playing out, we know, in similar homes across the entire country — is pregnant with building tension.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And yet it’s simply an ordinary celebratory tableau. All is right with the world.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Until, suddenly, it isn’t.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><br /></div><a name='more'></a><br /> <div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Keller notices first: The little girls haven’t been seen for awhile. Everybody searches — initially calm, increasingly frantic — to no avail. Anna and Joy are simply <i>gone</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Police are summoned; the case falls to Loki (Gyllenhaal), a loner detective whom Keller instinctively mistrusts for his youth, his (supposed) inexperience and his failure to have a family of his own, thereby branding him as somebody who Simply Doesn’t Understand. Ralph remembers an odd, dilapidated RV that had seemed out of place when he and Eliza had taken the little girls for a walk earlier.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The vehicle is found; police arrest its driver, a quiet, withdrawn and deeply frightened twentysomething named Alex Jones (Paul Dano). Much as Loki wants this to be The Guy, there’s nothing on which to build a case. The RV contains no physical evidence; more to the point, the developmentally disabled Alex has the mind and social awareness of a child.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And yet ... he was driving the RV. By himself.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Keller seizes on this little detail, can’t let go of it; to him, this indicates proof. Then, when the police are forced to release this suspect for lack of evidence, Keller is present when Alex looks him straight in the eye and says something that nobody else hears: something possibly innocuous, but Keller thinks otherwise.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And, so, he takes matters into his own hands.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On this level, Aaron Guzikowski’s enormously taut and clever script is ripped from contemporary headlines and ceaseless discussions of post-9/11 morality. If “society” — in this case, the local police — seems ineffectual or unqualified, is individual action appropriate? How far should it go? Do the stakes justify <i>any</i> approach, no matter how cruel or heinous? And, God forbid, what if you’re wrong?<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Villeneuve subsequently cross-cuts between three simultaneous storylines: Keller’s determined effort to wrest Truth from Alex, with the reluctant participation of Franklin; the agonizing, engulfing stasis that smothers the wives and elder children left back in their homes, as every minute stretches into an eternity of self-recrimination; and Loki’s dogged pursuit of stray threads that offer the tantalizing hope of a lead, but inevitably go nowhere.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Still, something’s definitely not right; the vibes are off. Keller has badly misjudged Loki; truth be told, this young detective will move heaven and earth in order to solve this case. Nothing else matters, particularly the dubious glances coming from colleagues and his ineffectual oaf of a precinct captain (Wayne Duvall, everybody’s nightmare bureaucrat come to life).<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Pay close attention, because details matter; Guzikowski has orchestrated a wickedly fiendish puzzle. I haven’t seen a thriller this carefully layered, this meticulously crafted — one that builds to a slick payoff that puts all the pieces together — since M. Night Shyamalan’s <i>The Sixth Sense</i>, back in 1999 (when that fellow still knew how to make a good movie).<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Remember how knocked out you were, during that film’s climax? How ingenious you thought it was, at the moment of revelation? Guzikowski delivers the same sort of emotional wallop here.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Jackman unerringly navigates a tremendously difficult role, as Keller’s apparently facile personality — impatience, snap judgment, anger-management issues — yields to an unexpectedly complex and badly damaged soul. Keller sees himself as the ultimate father figure: the provider and protector, the White Knight. When he cannot fulfill that role, his notion of self disintegrates: Jackman’s very being — his commanding aura — seems to wither away, as if the bones supporting his frame are crumbling, turning every motion into a herculean effort.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But the fury never vanishes; if anything, that particular fire sucks an increasingly proportion of Keller’s life force, leaving him less able to think, feel or question the wisdom of his actions. On top of which, Keller never loses his perceptive edge: He may be stubborn and rash, but he’s not stupid.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It’s quite a portrait, and we can’t take our eyes off Jackman. We wince time and again, wondering how Keller can make this already frightful situation even worse.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Gyllenhaal has the quieter, less florid role; Loki is procedure personified, a methodical investigator who believes that slow and steady <i>always</i> wins the race. That said, his need to remain calm, to resist the same vengeful impulse that governs Keller, has taken its toll; Loki’s uncontrollably twitching eyes betray his own bottled-up rage, his fear of impotence. When that fury does erupt — quite memorably, in one unexpected moment — the result is shocking.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Otherwise, Loki is deceptively restrained, Gyllenhaal’s misleading smile a truly dangerous thing. I love Loki’s interviews with persons of interest, either in the station house or out in the world; despite his scruffy, sleepless bearing, Gyllenhaal is almost charming. Until he isn’t.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dano, with plenty of misfit characters in his past, is perfectly cast as the helpless, overwhelmed Alex. He radiates the frightened vulnerability and fragility of an injured sparrow; Alex simply is no match for the raw ferocity of a man such as Keller, who — in Dano’s terrified expression — looms as a monster from the worst possible nightmare. Terrified, yet also uncomprehending; the Alex/Keller dynamic is like watching a deaf/mute being tortured by a sadist who doesn’t realize that his victim cannot speak.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Or is it all a sham, and is Dano playing us, the way Edward Norton did so memorably, back in 1996’s <i>Primal Fear</i>? Keller certainly thinks as much; if we share that sentiment, do we become complicit in what comes next?<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Howard is achingly raw as the conflicted Franklin, who wants no part of Keller’s “plan” but, at the same time, places far too much value on how he measures up in his best friend’s eyes. No matter what Franklin does, as a result, he’ll betray either himself or Keller; the misery of this Hobson’s Choice radiates from Howard’s agonized gaze.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bello has the most tragic role, because Grace simply shuts down as the catastrophe continues through and beyond the second, third, fourth day. She has bought into her husband’s role as family protector, and cannot cope with his inability to bring their little girl home. Grace’s life force simply drains away.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Davis, alternatively, moves Nancy Birch in unexpected directions, suggesting that even the most civilized individual can be pushed too far. Thanks to the intensity of Davis’ performance, we’re not surprised by any of this.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Villeneuve and editors Joel Cox and Gary Roach tighten the screws with ruthless efficiency; despite clocking in at a generous 153 minutes, the tension never flags. Indeed, the intensity simply mounts, much like the long-form TV thrillers that the British deliver so well.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Prisoners</i> — great title, by the way — is quite a ride. See it quickly, before the many layers of Guzikowski’s deliciously twisty narrative are exposed by Internet spoilers and jerkwad TV personalities.</span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><!--EndFragment-->

2013 drama Dylan Minnette Four Star Films Hugh Jackman Jake Gyllenhaal Len Cariou Maria Bello Melissa Leo Paul Dano Terrence Howard thriller Viola Davis Prisoners: We cannot escape our nature

Prisoners   (2013) •  View trailer   Four stars. Rating: R, for profanity, torture and disturbing violent content By  Derrick Bang  •  Origi...

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Apple Butter Festival Saturday at Skyland

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0D7dLx2GL7QjpcK1bEF-ejS29fAuEhJjHtnHgxJupcCxSftJn1PeqnsSZ1FPb4tpCk8gFupD4ZhWuypslH3lDBr9zD7CPgBrvOouKh8Im6lqaoyhlkOl_DclTERUrSCz2pJFoWHWo0WdO/s1600/11.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="350" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0D7dLx2GL7QjpcK1bEF-ejS29fAuEhJjHtnHgxJupcCxSftJn1PeqnsSZ1FPb4tpCk8gFupD4ZhWuypslH3lDBr9zD7CPgBrvOouKh8Im6lqaoyhlkOl_DclTERUrSCz2pJFoWHWo0WdO/s400/11.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>Saturday, September 21. Come to Skyland as the staff sets up the copper kettles and stokes up the fire for a day of apple boiling. Watch the process, give the kettle a stir, and try a delicious sample. Then take home some fresh-from-the-kettle jars of apple butter. The Chef will be creating a great menu of items such as grilled chicken with an apple salsa, apple smoked barbecue, granny apple cole slaw, apple cobbler and hot & cold apple cider. Wine tasting, pony rides, children’s crafts, and live entertainment featured throughout the day. Held on the historic lower level area at Skyland Resort, miles 41.7 or 42.5 on Skyline Drive.<br /><br />Photo by Lynn R. Mitchell <br /><br />

Apple Butter Festival Blue Ridge Mountains Shenandoah National Park Skyland Skyline Drive Apple Butter Festival Saturday at Skyland

Saturday, September 21. Come to Skyland as the staff sets up the copper kettles and stokes up the fire for a day of apple boiling. Watch th...

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The Typical Retail Trade Employee's Near Miss

The following chart shows the 12-month moving average of weekly hours worked by production and nonsupervisory retail trade employees.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_gGX16Onn9kDm3Zc5cweIEQEsGOwgfSarDJ5udgue4jIcJIT1M3JcqBujhalq3NX3oMu_uZW4K9Iq2pRyERvVVVwV_6Z-sM6isM0qizENRvJJAURHo48qAwd2MufAlrew9HCQ-bObGUc/s1600/The+Typical+Retail+Trade+Employee%27s+Near+Miss.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_gGX16Onn9kDm3Zc5cweIEQEsGOwgfSarDJ5udgue4jIcJIT1M3JcqBujhalq3NX3oMu_uZW4K9Iq2pRyERvVVVwV_6Z-sM6isM0qizENRvJJAURHo48qAwd2MufAlrew9HCQ-bObGUc/s320/The+Typical+Retail+Trade+Employee%27s+Near+Miss.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">Click to enlarge.</span><br /><br />This is your captain. I have good news and bad news.<br /><br />First, the good news. Although it appeared to be a sure thing, I am pleased to report that we averted the disaster of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Near_miss_%28safety%29">hitting the median</a>. The plane stalled just in the nick of time.<br /><br />Now, the bad news. Similar to the period from 2003 to 2009, we are once again screaming towards the ground again. Please assume crash positions.<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://www.bls.gov/data/#employment">BLS: Employment</a>

The Typical Retail Trade Employee's Near Miss

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Red Lobster in Mourning (Musical Tribute)

<b>September 20, 2013</b><br /><a href="http://finance.yahoo.com/news/revamps-olive-garden-red-lobster-140839710.html">Revamps for Olive Garden, Red Lobster fall flat</a><br /><br /><div style="color: #666666;"><i>Despite the moves, sales fell 4 percent at Olive Garden restaurants open at least a year in the latest quarter. The figure was down 5.2 percent at Red Lobster, where the company added more non-seafood options to attract a broader audience. Darden has blamed its troubles on a variety of factors, including more cautious spending by consumers.</i></div><br />Red Lobster at night<br />Investor's delight<br />Red Lobster in mourning<br />Investor's warning<br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/HXfc7VMyj94" width="420"></iframe><br /><br />This post inspired by Watchtower in the comments found <a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2013/09/real-retail-and-food-services-sales-per.html">here</a>.<br /><br /><b>See Also:</b><br /><a href="http://www.loc.gov/rr/scitech/mysteries/weather-sailor.html">Is the old adage “Red sky at night, sailor’s delight. Red sky in morning, sailor’s warning” true, or is it just an old wives’ tale?</a>

Red Lobster in Mourning (Musical Tribute)

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Peak Covered Employment per Capita

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Peak Covered Employment per Capita

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Railroad Teamsters strike Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway today

More than 100 members of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) today struck the Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway (WLE). The railroad is trying to run trains with one operator even after the recent Lac-Megantic tragedy that killed 47 people.<br /><br />Picket lines were posted at seven primary WLE terminals in Ohio and Pennsylvania, shutting down the railroad’s entire operation.<br /><br />General Chairman Bob Linsey said they were forced to strike to defend their contracts. The railroad,<br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">...has used management officials to perform the work of bargaining unit employees, namely locomotive engineers and conductors. In defiance of the union’s warnings, the carrier has also recently ignored longstanding crew consist agreements and operated single-person operations in an effort to eliminate trainmen.</blockquote>The WLE outright admitted that it has no right to run the railroad that way. It made proposals at the bargaining table to lift the restrictions on single-person operations and letting management do the work of conductors and locomotive engineers.<br /><br />BLET national President Dennis R. Pierce blasted WLE for its actions, saying the WLE loaned money to the Montreal, Maine and Atlantic, which declared bankruptcy after <a href="http://bangordailynews.com/2013/08/22/business/trustee-named-to-oversee-montreal-maine-and-atlantic-railway-during-bankruptcy/?ref=latest" rel="nofollow">one of its trains rolled driverless down a hill and derailed in Lac Megantic, Quebec</a>. The explosion killed 47 people. Pierce said,<br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">The WLE bankrolled Ed Burkhardt’s failed one-person operation on the Montreal, Maine and Atlantic to the tune of a $25 million loan, so this doesn’t come as much of a surprise. When General Chairman Linsey asked for strike authorization on behalf of our members, the stakes involved made this a fairly easy decision for me to make. It is clear that WLE’s actions are in outright defiance of its obligations, a major dispute in and of itself. BLET will not idly stand by and allow this totally unsafe abrogation of its collectively bargained agreements.</blockquote>Pierce said Republican and Democratic members of Congress sponsored a bill — H.R. 3040, the Safe Freight Act — requiring at least two crew members on all freight trains in the nation. He called on the House leadership to move forward with the legislation.

BLET railroad strike Railroad Teamsters strike Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway today

More than 100 members of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) today struck the Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway (WLE). ...

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Today's archidose #707

Here are some photos of the Cultural Center "SDK" (2013) in Warsaw, Poland, by <a href="http://www.wwaa.pl/">WWAA</a> and <a href="http://137kilo.pl/">137kilo</a>, photographed by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wojtekgurak/">Wojtek Gurak</a>.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wojtekgurak/9796374653/" title="Służewski Dom Kultury by Wojtek Gurak, on Flickr"><img alt="Służewski Dom Kultury" height="427" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5475/9796374653_ccd1fe2ede_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wojtekgurak/9796296535/" title="Służewski Dom Kultury by Wojtek Gurak, on Flickr"><img alt="Służewski Dom Kultury" height="427" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3755/9796296535_81679ecb51_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wojtekgurak/9781742551/" title="Służewski Dom Kultury by Wojtek Gurak, on Flickr"><img alt="Służewski Dom Kultury" height="427" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3740/9781742551_73d7f2c4be_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wojtekgurak/9781948996/" title="Służewski Dom Kultury by Wojtek Gurak, on Flickr"><img alt="Służewski Dom Kultury" height="427" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3767/9781948996_0ea287669c_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wojtekgurak/9781948326/" title="Służewski Dom Kultury by Wojtek Gurak, on Flickr"><img alt="Służewski Dom Kultury" height="427" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7320/9781948326_5269e4752b_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>

Today's archidose #707

Here are some photos of the Cultural Center "SDK" (2013) in Warsaw, Poland, by WWAA and 137kilo , photographed by Wojtek Gurak . ...

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LIVE FROM NASHVILLE II

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QFormat="true" Name="TOC Heading"/> </w:LatentStyles></xml><![endif]--> <!--[if gte mso 10]><style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Calibri;} </style><![endif]--> <!--StartFragment--> <br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.0pt;">Day 1 of House of Bishops began exceedingly well with presentations by Bishop Katharine and the President of the House of Deputies, the Rev. Gay Jennings. It was so good to see the leaders of the two houses relating well and working cooperatively. It gave me hope that some of the divisions that have previously hindered us in the mission are behind us and we can get on with the work.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.0pt;">After that, the 1^st day was frustrating for me on a couple of counts. First, a lot of time went into yet another presentation on emergent ministries. While I support the idea, believe in the theology, and approve of the particular program, we had heard all this before. It also included disparagement of the institutional church, which certainly needs some work, but is not remotely as bad as our presenter was saying. The second frustration was entirely my fault. I lost my file that contained my notes for a presentation I am to give as part of an upcoming panel on loss and transformation. I was unable to find my flash drive so I could get my notes off my computer and onto paper. Finally, I found my flash drive and got the notes reprinted. I start today with a much better attitude.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.0pt;">I began Day 2 with a better attitude. Day 2 kicked off with presentations by Christian and Jewish leaders on the Middle East. The big names are Bishop Suheil Duwani of the Diocese of Jerusalem and David Proctor, the Canon For Reconciliation for the Anglican Communion. Rabbi Steve Gutow truly spoke to my heart as he laid out principles for relationship building that can help us work together to address seemingly intractable matters:<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.0pt;">      Get to know each other personally. (Make a friend)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.0pt;">      Speak with integrity and consistency.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.0pt;">      Act together in joint action on concerns where we agree. (Interfaith social<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.0pt;">           justice movements)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.0pt;">      Be sensitive to the fears and pressures that weigh on the other.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.0pt;">      Be present when the other requests or is in need.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.0pt;">      Say together what you can say together even when there are differences<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.0pt;">It gives me hope to see that there are such good people working for the Kingdom Mission. It also shows that our community organizing work in Nevada is building the skills and connections that are the road to peace not just locally but internationally. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.0pt;">Canon David Proctor works out of Coventry Cathedral on Archbishop Welby’s central project of reconciliation. He is a veteran of the peace process in Ireland from back in the bad old days. They start with reconciliation within the Church of England as they find way to make room for their deep differences over issues of sexuality and the new authorization for women bishops. (The first woman Bishop in the UK was appointed today in Ireland.) I am struck by how Archbishop Welby is practicing the principles that Rabbi Gutow recommends including one on one meetings with each of the primates around the Communion. The reconciliation project however goes from local to global. It looks for ways that Anglicans can contribute to reconciliation in the world.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.0pt;">      Canon Proctor speaks of “conflict resilience.” It takes strong pastoral presence but the clergy often do not receive necessary support to preserve their own balance in the midst of widespread trauma. It is hard for churches to resist colluding in conflict such as the stress of the long hard conflict in Northern Ireland or the brutal violence in the Congo. This is very serious stuff indeed. It makes me look at the things we Episcopalians take so seriously – and I know they are serious to us – but the hardships others face put our conflicts in a different perspective.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.0pt;">The Archbishop’s focus, after the Church of England, is on conflict in:<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.0pt;">        The Middle East<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.0pt;">       Nigeria (on verge of being a failed state)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.0pt;">       Pakistan (major migration ties to the UK)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.0pt;">       Sri Lanka (Hindu vs. Buddhist violence broadens conversation about religion                   and violence outside the bounds of the Abrahamic faiths)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.0pt;">In the Middle East: How do we make sure religious ideas do not block a healthy political process? I would add: how might our religious ideas support a healthy political process? If our religious ideas perpetuate violence instead of fostering peace and reconciliation, do our religious ideas need rethinking? <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.0pt;">Reconciliation, Proctor says, is not a soft and cuddly word. “Peace is offensive. Justice is a tease.” How do we make peace when retributive justice is denied? Peace with justice is good in theory. But the justice is illusive. Our offense at peace is ameliorated by the truth that we are all sinners. Acknowledging that we have been complicit in the conflicts and violence is at the heart of what makes us uncomfortable with making peace. “Reconciliation is a bastard. It says see those people who have bombed your people for 40 years. They are now your friends.”<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.0pt;">I have been slow to form an opinion on the new Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby. But if David Proctor represents his priorities, I am an enthusiastic supporter!!!<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.0pt;">Over lunch, Province 8 bishops met. Navajoland is making great progress with developing lay and ordained ministries to revitalize that seriously challenged part of our Church. There is great hope, but money is a problem. Recently a building needed all its leaky gas pipes replaced at a cost of $40,000. So Province 8 (the money comes from the diocese, whose money comes from the parishes, whose money comes from the members) presented a $40,000 check to Bishop David Bailey of Navajoland. Our tears. God’s money from your pockets. There was also talk of positive developments in San Joaquin. More on that later.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.0pt;">Returning to plenary session: We had table discussion and with report-outs on the process of reimagining the Episcopal Church of the future. We then heard about the process of gathering more input from the grass roots on restructuring of the church.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.0pt;">We then had a report from the Ecclesiology Committee and reviewed a paper on Episcopal Ecclesiology (doctrine of the nature of the Church). Probably not a hot issue in Twitter-world. But I actually thought there are some important questions here – just not the one the paper is about. It is pretty focused on governance. What I want to ask is what we think God calls the Church to be and do. On the one hand, what do we say when the young adult says “I know Jesus. Why do I need the Church?” On the other hand, when a deacon asks a congregation to do research to discover the needs of the surrounding community because a Church is not a club, what do we say when congregants say, “But a club is exactly what I want,” what then do we say. What does it mean to be the Body of Christ or is that a model of the Church that we still embrace? If we understand ourselves as the Body of Christ, what are we called to be and do? The answers to those questions ought to be Twitter material.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><!--EndFragment-->

LIVE FROM NASHVILLE II

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Librarian/Media Specialist - Coventry Public Schools

<strong>Librarian/Media Specialist - </strong><strong><strong><span style="color: #48286d;">Coventry Public Schools</span></strong></strong>. Beginning: Oct 14, 2013. Deadline: Open until filled. Job Description: Description: District Wide, K - 8 Library Media Specialist. Job Summary: The Library Media Specialist will provide leadership and expertise necessary to ensure that the school library program is aligned with the mission, goals, and objectives of the district and is an integral component of the instructional program. This position is also responsible for researching and analyzing data to improve and enhance technology integration into all content areas. Qualifications: CT 062 Certification required. FTE: 1.0. Application Procedure: Apply On-line: <a _fcksavedurl="http://applitrack.com/coventry/onlineapp" href="http://applitrack.com/coventry/onlineapp" target="_blank">http://applitrack.com/coventry/onlineapp</a>. Please be sure to include cover letter, resume, three reference letters, unofficial transcripts, and proof of certification. EOE.

Librarian/Media Specialist - Coventry Public Schools

Librarian/Media Specialist - Coventry Public Schools . Beginning: Oct 14, 2013. Deadline: Open until filled. Job Description: Description:...

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Unions, advocates take a stand against TPP

<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/AVvXsEgXjuG4WmloI64ast_uENHruE9ELcP8067ei0qdQJRtVoUYezWip68SqLZLDghSUHScpYbqfFHCkwIivQOMHVoJ6F2gOU-wIxnXn1hAUd1RQYvjOFobcwxsseq-_KaskB7Z6OukdIeQXXZJ/s1600/Local+952+080.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXjuG4WmloI64ast_uENHruE9ELcP8067ei0qdQJRtVoUYezWip68SqLZLDghSUHScpYbqfFHCkwIivQOMHVoJ6F2gOU-wIxnXn1hAUd1RQYvjOFobcwxsseq-_KaskB7Z6OukdIeQXXZJ/s400/Local+952+080.JPG" title="Protesters wore ghoulist costumes and built a "TPP Death Star" during Friday's event." width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Demonstrators call out corporate-led TPP during Washington protest.</td></tr></tbody></table>Scores of Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) protesters urged trade negotiators this afternoon to stand up for workers and consumers by opposing the trade deal. They chanted and cheered in front of the U.S. Trade Representatives' office in downtown Washington where representatives from the 12 nations involved in TPP discussions were meeting.<br /><br />Holding signs saying "Bring TPP Out of the Shadows" and "Fast Track: Derailing the Middle Class," union representatives as well as fair trade, health care and environmental advocates each took turns rousing the crowd in an effort to chide officials to end the secrecy revolving around the proposed Pacific Rim trade agreement. They called for the deal to get the full consideration of Congress, as the U.S. Constitution mandates.<br /><br />Ken Peres, chief economist for the Communications Workers of America, welcomed the negotiators to the nation's capital but said TPP opponents are not going to go quietly:<br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">We want to remind these negotiators -- no justice, no peace. We support trade, but fair trade.</blockquote>Different speakers led rounds of call-and-response chants that raised the crowd's spirits and volume during the demonstration. They frequently repeated that workers' jobs and wages are at stake if the TPP is implemented:<br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">Working people are under attack. No TPP and no fast track!</blockquote>The Obama administration and multinational corporations have made it clear they want to push forward with finalizing the TPP as soon as possible. They tout economic gains for employers and employees alike. But the numbers just don’t support those claims. A <a href="http://www.cepr.net/documents/publications/TPP-2013-09.pdf" rel="nofollow">report</a> released last week by the <a href="http://www.cepr.net/" rel="nofollow">Center for Economic and Policy Research</a> shows that even when using the most pro-TPP statistics to determine U.S. economic growth, the trade pact would result in a pay cut for 90 percent of U.S. workers.<br /><br />Luckily some are sounding the alarm. <a href="http://www.teamster.org/content/trade-good-when-its-fair">Teamsters General President James P. Hoffa co-authored an op-ed with Sierra Club executive director Michael Brune today</a> warning negotiators about how both fast track and the TPP could harm workers.

protest TPP Unions, advocates take a stand against TPP

Demonstrators call out corporate-led TPP during Washington protest. Scores of Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) protesters urged trade negotia...

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Another Teamster organizing victory in Washington!

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ8l930CpSGL2AKGok6-GogY_cKooswz-jhmFSmGBnJLamxEZ_S_dddNnYjmrEXdOzt34CHyR6QbmhzLgh4NtNdHjdnvkq51ilJqfNST9YhMuSJwnl93njREjs1zQeHyyyXqByV_IFzKj6/s1600/victory.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ8l930CpSGL2AKGok6-GogY_cKooswz-jhmFSmGBnJLamxEZ_S_dddNnYjmrEXdOzt34CHyR6QbmhzLgh4NtNdHjdnvkq51ilJqfNST9YhMuSJwnl93njREjs1zQeHyyyXqByV_IFzKj6/s200/victory.jpeg" width="133" /></a></div>Welcome to our 64 new brothers and sisters who work at an IKEA distribution facility in Frederickson, Wash.! They <a href="http://www.teamster.org/content/warehouse-workers-ikea-vote-join-teamsters">voted by a 2-to-1 margin to join Teamsters Local 117</a>.<br /><br />The warehouse workers voted on September 18, seeking fair treatment, respect, job security and strong representation. <br /><br />Mario Sapilak, a four-year IKEA employee, says he is thrilled to be a Teamster:<br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">We are excited to have the strength of the Teamsters behind us. We need to have a voice at work and to have management listen to our concerns, and the Teamsters will help us achieve that.</blockquote>During their organizing drive, the workers got international support too. <a href="http://www.uniglobalunion.org/Apps/uni.nsf/pages/homepageEn" rel="nofollow">UNI-Global Union</a> and other unions in Sweden that represent IKEA workers sent letters of support to Local 177.<br /><br />Tracey A. Thompson, secretary-treasurer of Local 117, said global solidarity and Teamster support paid off:<br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">We are grateful for the strong support of our labor partners abroad as well as the support of our own international union – the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. We are happy to welcome the IKEA warehouse workers to the Teamsters. We look forward to working with them to improve their working conditions and to help them achieve a strong contract.</blockquote>This is a big win considering that IKEA is not exactly the most union-friendly employer. In 2011 the furniture giant <a href="http://teamsternation.blogspot.com/2011/04/welcome-to-3rd-world-danville-va.html">moved its factory in Eastern Europe to Danville, Va</a>., to cut labor costs and take advantage of Virginia's "right to work" for less law against unions. And our brothers and sisters in British Columbia are <a href="http://teamsternation.blogspot.com/2013/07/ikea-locks-out-teamsters-for-8-weeks.html">still locked out by IKEA</a> after rejecting a concessionary contract.<br /><br />Unionized IKEA <a href="http://www.uniglobalunion.org/Apps/uni.nsf/pages/homepageEn?Opendocument&exURL=http://www.uniglobalunion.org/Apps/UNINews.nsf/vwLkpByIdHome/B1970B05D330CBB9C1257BEB005548F1?OpenDocument" rel="nofollow">workers in Germany are also struggling</a> with the company.<br /><br />IKEA's bad labor relations are <a href="http://articles.latimes.com/2011/apr/10/business/la-fi-ikea-union-20110410" rel="nofollow">well known</a>. Fortunately for our new brothers and sisters in Washington, they now have the protection of a strong union and a great local that fights hard for its members.<br /><br />Welcome to the Teamsters!

IKEA Local 117 organizing victory Another Teamster organizing victory in Washington!

Welcome to our 64 new brothers and sisters who work at an IKEA distribution facility in Frederickson, Wash.! They voted by a 2-to-1 margin t...

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Puttin' Out For Allah

<br /><br />Those lucky Mujadeen.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2304128/Tunisian-girls-head-Syria-offer-Islamic-fighters-sexual-jihad.html"><b>Tunisian girls 'head to Syria to offer themselves to Islamic fighters as part of sexual jihad'</b></a><br /><br /><blockquote>Reports spread on internet calling for girls to offer themselves to fighters<br />Tunisian media said 13 girls traveled to rebel-held Northern Syria <br /><br />At least 13 Tunisian girls reportedly traveled to rebel-held Northern Syria to offer themselves as sex workers to opposition fighters.<br /><br />The report comes as concerns in Tunisia grow about religious orders or 'fatwas' that have circulated the internet calling on women to perform jihad through sex.<br /><br />Last week, a Tunisian minister of religious affairs appealed to girls not to be influenced by Islamic preachers outside of Tunisia who, it has been reported, made a number of 'sexual fatwas'. </blockquote><br />Here is an example of the sensuous delights they can look forward to in a rare exotic setting otherwise known as a bathtub to the rest of us.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgddD0-FO5MhvBo2kiVA4Gdir5VO5gKifeA75q0lEY-gbWDG_2dcB4Sv9QRHab0F3lcmjU5oFm0jSiurrZxccEq7GF3MMyq4CdZvpOYch1ysrsa5-ackPpK3prcVjFy9U1U7dGiHc_OhV3q/s1600/4eqo5Nd.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgddD0-FO5MhvBo2kiVA4Gdir5VO5gKifeA75q0lEY-gbWDG_2dcB4Sv9QRHab0F3lcmjU5oFm0jSiurrZxccEq7GF3MMyq4CdZvpOYch1ysrsa5-ackPpK3prcVjFy9U1U7dGiHc_OhV3q/s640/4eqo5Nd.jpg" /></a><br /><br />Yeesh.<br />I'd rather fight.

Puttin' Out For Allah

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Bohemian Gravity: A physics thesis that will get read because of an awesome video

<object height="315" width="420"><param name="movie" value="//www.youtube.com/v/2rjbtsX7twc?hl=en_US&version=3&rel=0"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="//www.youtube.com/v/2rjbtsX7twc?hl=en_US&version=3&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="420" height="315" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object><br /><br /><span style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #111111; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">The strange world in which we live is that a masters student will likely get his thesis read because it is attached to a really incredibly geekily awesome video which is a physics parody of Queen’s <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Queen/Bohemian%2BRhapsody" rel="lastfm" target="_blank" title="Bohemian Rhapsody">Bohemian Rhapsody</a>. </span><br /><span style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #111111; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #111111; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">It is worth a watch even if <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/String_theory" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="String theory">string theory</a> is something you do when you try to estimate how far to stand away from the your friend when you try to shoot the <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/String_cheese" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="String cheese">string cheese</a> at his mouth. 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Bohemian Gravity: A physics thesis that will get read because of an awesome video

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Nice But I Don' Wanna Visit

<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6OY_2Xgxhmgftfh4dT5lXF5hI5qfiU6gi1sbSPcGTbon9pquH4EJLlQkwlCAsXoP3O60hmE6o84uN00Vb1D-yBMlPnqMIcPeINqrHjQEkSwKuV98uU8hyXZbrdT6X7qJnJG7VItsgASrv/s1600/Jailhouse-Hottie.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6OY_2Xgxhmgftfh4dT5lXF5hI5qfiU6gi1sbSPcGTbon9pquH4EJLlQkwlCAsXoP3O60hmE6o84uN00Vb1D-yBMlPnqMIcPeINqrHjQEkSwKuV98uU8hyXZbrdT6X7qJnJG7VItsgASrv/s640/Jailhouse-Hottie.jpg" /></a> <br /><br />Yeah.<br /><br />I deleted the last post. After sleeping on it I figure it probably wasn't such a good idea to leave that up.<br /><br />A little venting is all. Yeah, that's the ticket, venting, yeah.<br /><br />Nothing to see there anyway.<br /><br />I know that nothing ever truly disappears forever on the internet but making someone search is preferable to leaving it in plain sight.<br /><br />I'm innocent man.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-KJv1M4wLa6_F3mY1Trxw7ZK3rX_LbFnJX7CRe-pR9x23bdAfkU-Z-xkkYvO8v_9YHRxHxIMc_CXIyTWfvnf4zxySYp8BSqY7BD9gZmmLI8qP2F1-zuhD_lZ1YiIBvFBaegTQ9TbSRxyh/s1600/http:__www.hdwallpapers.in_walls_cute_baby_innocent_eyes-normal.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-KJv1M4wLa6_F3mY1Trxw7ZK3rX_LbFnJX7CRe-pR9x23bdAfkU-Z-xkkYvO8v_9YHRxHxIMc_CXIyTWfvnf4zxySYp8BSqY7BD9gZmmLI8qP2F1-zuhD_lZ1YiIBvFBaegTQ9TbSRxyh/s640/http:__www.hdwallpapers.in_walls_cute_baby_innocent_eyes-normal.jpg" /></a>

Nice But I Don' Wanna Visit

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Mandisa Leads Idol Albums, Carrie Back in Top 100

<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/AVvXsEjttdmP8KbyZL0BXSPwb6cPsyM-8pZfbZjiJAJXgtZM1Y-WZKX4YXo9Kae4sktF4NmZY2NO9G7E9mv1n69ggU0ixxLpo4cWZmj93g4vl6Uw8jlV1fgU_8Dnz50LLGLeZimTx6K1FgGtAc6X/s1600/bb200-20130920.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjttdmP8KbyZL0BXSPwb6cPsyM-8pZfbZjiJAJXgtZM1Y-WZKX4YXo9Kae4sktF4NmZY2NO9G7E9mv1n69ggU0ixxLpo4cWZmj93g4vl6Uw8jlV1fgU_8Dnz50LLGLeZimTx6K1FgGtAc6X/s400/bb200-20130920.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">green = Mandisa, maroon = Phillip, lt blue = Carrie, dk green = Kelly, orange = Fantasia</td></tr></tbody></table>The latest <a href="http://www.mjsbigblog.com/billboard-chart-date-092813.htm" target="_blank">BillBoard 200 album chart</a> now has only four American Idol alumni albums in the chart as Fantasia's "Side Effects of You" drops off the chart after remaining on the chart for 20 weeks since its April release, selling over 250K units. Leading the group for the third straight week is Mandisa's "Overcomer" album at #60, with Phillip Phillip's "World From the Side of the Moon" not too far behind at #74. Carrie Underwood sees her "Blown Away" album pop back into the top 100 at #93, but Kelly Clarkson sees her "Greatest Hits" compilation drop out of the top 100 to land at #119.<br /><br />It is now less than 20 days until Candice Glover's "Music Speaks" is set to be released, but does anybody even know that? I did find a somewhat <a href="http://www.candiceglover-official.com/" target="_blank">official looking website</a> for her, but all it has are pre-ordering links for her album. and links for her <a href="https://www.facebook.com/CandiceGloverMusic" target="_blank">Facebook</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/candiceglover" target="_blank">Twitter</a> pages. It does not even mention a release date for the album, which scares me to wonder if it will be moved yet again. The <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/music-speaks/id648566040" target="_blank">iTunes</a> and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Music-Speaks-Candice-Glover/dp/B00CTX6EUG/" target="_blank">Amazon</a> links do not have a track listing, but at least they do still both say October 8. There is a whole lot more information on Scotty McCreery's new "See You Tonight" album (released a week later) on his site. Amazon has <a href="http://www.amazon.com/See-Tonight-Deluxe-Scotty-McCreery/dp/B00EUUJICM" target="_blank">his track listing</a>, but <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/see-you-tonight/id703759628" target="_blank">iTunes</a> does not. Plus his title track single is still getting some radio play and he is still <a href="http://www.scottymccreery.com/tour" target="_blank">playing shows</a> on the weekends. Of course, Scotty now has two albums worth of material he can perform live so he can play a pretty full set. His album releases October 15 and should hopefully have some pretty good sales numbers. We need these two American Idol releases in October to keep my album chart filled with pretty colored lines as Phillip and Kelly's album approach their one year birthday (and Carries continues well past it)! I am pretty sure Scotty will do it, but I am worried for Candice.<br /><br /><br />

Mandisa Leads Idol Albums, Carrie Back in Top 100

green = Mandisa, maroon = Phillip, lt blue = Carrie, dk green = Kelly, orange = Fantasia The latest BillBoard 200 album chart now has only ...

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