Temp's contract expired? He can still sue you ? Business ...

Temporary workers can still sue even if they no longer work for you because their contracts expired and weren?t renewed.

Recent case: Mark, who is black and Native American, started work for Vivo on a six-week temporary con?tract. Shortly after starting, a supervisor told him he might be rehired on a six-month basis. Then Mark got into an argument with another supervisor about the project he was working on. After the incident, Vivo declined to extend his contract.

He sued, alleging the reason was race discrimination and that he had endured a hostile work environment.

Fortunately for the company, the case was dismissed when Mark was unable to point to any specific instances of racially hostile behavior, slurs or other obviously hostile acts. (Adams v. Vivo, et al., No. C-12-01854, ND CA, 2012)

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Early Childhood Education IS important (for ALL!) ? MomsRising Blog

As a parent of a 21 month old, I have found myself thinking about childcare and school options a lot lately. Earlier this week, as I watched the inauguration of Barack Obama with my son, I thought about how great it would be if early childhood education was something that the administration could focus on for the term.

This is a topic that is not new to the national conversation. In my research I found a NYTimes piece dating back to 1989 (?!?!) discussing a citing childcare as an area of concern, and discussing a report issues by a delegation that went to France to explore child care in that country. (Interestingly, former First Lady and Secretary of State, Hillary Rodham Clinton, was part of that delegation, when she served as Chairwoman of the Children?s Defense Fund, an advocacy group.)

Last week I read a disturbing article entitled ?The Early Education Racket.? It said among other things, that preschool only really benefits children who come from ?disadvantage families? such as families that are below the povery line, uneducated mothers or who are racial minorities).? Despite what the Slate article states, I do believe early childhood education is fundamental to getting children on the right track for success in learning later on in life? all children, not only those from ?disadvantage backgrounds.?? I compare it to building a home or a building, if your foundation is crappy, then the home is crappy. It is the same thing with children, if you do not give them a good foundation in early childhood, how can we expect that they will succeed later on in life?

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From conversations I have had with other parents, I know I am not the only person who is concerned about this topic, and I knew it must be a topic of importance when? a couple of days ago, one of my favorite journalists of all time, Nick Kristof, wrote a piece discussing the importance of early childhood education and his hope that Obama would tackle it this time around. Kristof explains explains that James Heckman, a Nobel Prize-winning economist, ?argues that the most crucial investments we as a country can make are in the first five years of life, and that they pay for themselves. Yet these kinds of initiatives are underfinanced and serve only a tiny fraction of children in need.?? (key word: UNDERFINANCED)

Kristof cites research conducted in Philadelphia in an area inhabited mostly by working-class blacks and Hispanics and points to the lack of resources they have, few libraries and limited access to computers. Unfortunately, access to quality early childhood education and resources often depends on where you live, and as, often pointed out, on your socio-economic status. Data shows that children that come from homes where there are two professional parents working are exposed to more words by the time they are 3 than homes where parents are working class (30 million vs. 20 million), or on welfare (10 million). ***Before anyone starts judging ?working class? parents, or parents who rely on public assistance, it is necessary to understand them? if you are working two jobs or working long hours just to make ends meet, you are perhaps not home as much as you would like, or are too tired to engage with your children in stimulating play at the end of a long day. (I don?t work two jobs and sometimes I feel I am too tired to engage!)

Kristof explains that improving education programs for low-income families is a good start to helping end cycles of poverty. I would go further and say that it is not only necessary to improve these programs for low-income children, but for all children; society as a whole would reap the benefits. While I do not qualify for any ?low?income programs? such as Head Start, and I live in a household with two working professionals, I can tell you that I would not be able to pay the exorbitant amounts of money that Nursery School in NYC costs, (even more infuriating is that for the price, it is not even a full day of school, but rather some hours a day). If universal Pre-K existed, children would start school at an early age, and this would alleviate some stresses of working parents. I am not advocating for a government handout, but instead for a system where early childhood education is valued for what it is: a stepping stone that will prepare children for the future, and something that all children should have access to. A program that can help working parents, with affordable rates, longer hours (more in tune with the realities of working parents? schedules!)

I believe sending children to early childhood ed. programs will benefit society as a whole. In addition to preparing children for the future academically, early childhood education programs can help instill in children the social skills they need to be healthy adults. Children could learn, from certified teachers and instructors, how to deal with their feelings,? and learn how to play and work well with other children and adults, in other words? how to socialize outside the family cadre. Aside from learning about the ABCs and colors, these centers could also teach children about empathy, about bullying and why it is wrong, about healthy eating? all the issues that we are currently grappling with in our school systems. They say repetition and modeling is key to learning. Teaching children about these things early on could alleviate some social ills we are currently facing (shootings, bullying, obesity epidemic, just to name a few). ??

Debates about early childhood education, Head Start, etc. have been around for a long time. (it?s been 24 years since that NYTimes article!) I do hope things will change in my lifetime. I will leave you with some food for thought, that perhaps show what is wrong with this picture: we spend approximately $7,000 per child in a Head Start program (and much more if it is a private pre-school program, depending on the area, but around $18,000 for NYC by conservative estimates!) but we are spending an average of $31,000 per inmate incarcerated. According to the Vera Institute of Justice, ?The total per-inmate cost averaged $31,286 and ranged from $14,603 in Kentucky to $60,076 in New York.? There is something fundamentally wrong with these facts. We currently live in a society that puts more value on putting people in prison than educating children? what an alarming thought.

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(This post originally appeared on my blog, Ladydeelg)

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Diana Limongi is the publisher of the LadydeeLG blog. Diana lives in Astoria (Queens), NY and works full-time. She has a Masters degree in Migration Studies from the University of Kent and is currently pursuing a second Masters degree in Nonprofit Management at the Wagner School for Public Service at New York University. Diana works hard juggling a full-time job, motherhood, family, grad school and most recently, her blog where she writes about issues she is passionate about: motherhood, teaching her son Spanish, Latino issues, good quality food, women?s rights and most recently, Obama. She contributes to Mamiverse, SpanglishBaby and Multicultural Familia. You can follow her on Twitter: @dianalimongi or on Facebook.

Source: http://www.momsrising.org/blog/early-childhood-ed-important-for-all/

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Egypt army chief: Using military on streets 'very risky'

By Ayman Mohyeldin, Correspondent, NBC News

CAIRO -- Egypt's military chief has expressed frustration at the involvement of soldiers in tackling the country?s political unrest, describing the strategy as ?very risky.?

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On the second anniversary of the uprising that toppled Hosni Mubarak, huge crowds take to the streets in five cities.

Defense minister Abdel Fattah al-Sissi, who is also head of the country's army, issued a statement on his Facebook page Thursday as rival politicians met for talks in a bid to end some of the deadliest violence since the 2011 downfall of Hosni Mubarak.

He said: "The involvement of the armed forced in political conflicts and going down to the street again after handing over power is very risky.

?Since emerging from political life completely and now having focused on training functions and raising combat effectiveness over the past several months, Egypt is qualified to deal with the enemy and respond at any time, and not with handling protests and demonstrations organized by fighting political powers."

His exasperation with the country?s political instability follows days of clashes on streets in Cairo and elsewhere that have left more than 60 dead. Protesters have called for the removal of new President Mohammed Morsi, an Islamist.

A meeting in Cairo on Thursday was convened by Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayyeb, head of the thousand-year-old al-Azhar university and mosque, one of the few institutions still seen as neutral in a society that has become increasingly polarized, according to Reuters:?

Participants signed a document pledging to renounce violence and agreed to set up a committee of politicians from rival groups to work out a program for further talks.

Ejijah Zarwan, who analyzes Egyptian politics for the European Council on Foreign Relations, said Thursday's intervention by al-Azhar was important, but it was far from clear whether it would be enough to calm the streets.?

"It's a good first step. Certainly it will help the formal opposition to be very clearly on record as opposing violence," he said. But he added: "The people fighting the police and burning buildings are not partisans of any political party. They might not even vote."

On Tuesday, Sissi warned the struggle between political forces in Egypt could ?lead to the collapse of the state.?

Related:

Analysis: Egypt violence rooted in economy, too

Source: http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/01/31/16791721-egypt-army-chief-using-military-to-secure-the-streets-is-very-risky?lite

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Fall in love with a well trained pet | PetSafe Blog

By Robin Rhea, PetSafe Senior Brand Manager

Go Fetch a Well-Trained Dog

We are all happier when we feel we know what is expected of us. Even our dogs are happier when they know how to behave in order to get treats, toys and love. Yet, we are often very tolerant of bad behaviors in our pets. In fact, nearly 25% of dog owners have never tried to train their dogs (APPA, 2010). Taking the initiative to train our dogs in a few areas can greatly increase the quality of life we enjoy with our pets and even how much we love them.

Grow your relationship

Communication is key in any successful relationship. When we start training our dogs effectively, we are communicating with them on a whole new level. Your dog feels good because she knows she did what you wanted. You feel good because you accomplished something and may have even solved a problem. The experience creates a positive foundation for more of the same. Before you know it, you and your dog are communicating better than ever before.

Discover more to love

Once you?ve got your communication down, watch for those behaviors that your dogs do naturally that could be coached into tricks or fun play. We discovered that, with a little training, our newest dog Finn could fetch a ball. It might not seem like but it?s entertaining to watch and it?s been a great confidence-builder and good exercise for Finn. With a behavior like this, you?ll know your dog is enjoying the experience. Plus, it can be much easier to encourage an existing behavior than teaching a brand new one.

Stay out of the dog house

A well trained pet usually means we as owners come home to fewer accidents, destroyed property, and stress. Our households are more peaceful and this just gives us more time and energy to shower our pets with love. But remember to be unconditional in your love. Even very well-trained dogs still have challenges, get distracted, or have a bad day. Never stop reinforcing your training to ensure it sticks with your dog for a lifetime.

So pick one behavior that you want to work on with your dog and fall in love with each other all over again.

Watch this video to see Finn fetch.

ABOUT ROBIN

Robin Hawn is the Senior Brand Manager of the PetSafe Family of Brands for Radio Systems Corporation, head quartered in Knoxville, TN. She works to build a brand of products designed to give consumer more of the best moments they can possibly have with their pets. She has a MBA with a Marketing Emphasis, a B.A in English, and 10 years experience developing and launching marketing plans, brand strategy and PR campaigns across a variety of diverse industries. Her French bulldog Buckley typically logs the same hours at the office as Robin. She volunteers with the Most Pet Friendly Community initiative that has a mission of making Knoxville, TN the most pet friendly community in America.

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Source: http://www.petsafe.net/blog/2013/02/01/fall-in-love-with-a-well-trained-pet/

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Should the boss play favorites? Some say yes

A. Pawlowski , NBC News ? ? ? 5 hrs.

Quick, name your boss?s favorite employees in the office.

Chances are you know exactly who they are, or you may think you?re one of them, even though ?favoritism? is generally a dirty word in the workplace.

But should it be? Some experts think awarding favorite status ? for the right reasons???can be an effective management tool.

?I am a big believer in the concept of playing favorites. However, you have to be absolutely clear on how anyone can qualify to become a favorite,? said Jill Geisler, author of ?Work Happy: What Great Bosses Know? and head of The Poynter Institute?s Leadership and Management programs.

?(Managers can say), here are the things I believe in. I believe in high performance, collegiality, good workplace citizenship, and those of you who qualify under those qualities are the most likely to be my favorites.?

The rewards that come with such status might be desirable assignments, a better schedule, travel opportunities and more time and attention from the boss, Geisler said. At the same time, employees must know that they won?t be anointed a favorite in perpetuity, only for as long as they meet the criteria, she added.

One new?study finds that?workers feel better about themselves, are more willing to go above and beyond and are less likely to break the rules when they feel they are receiving preferential treatment from their manager.

?There is a benefit to be gained for making each person feel somehow a little more special than the others,? said Karl Aquino, a professor at the University of British Columbia Sauder School of Business and co-author of the study, which has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Business Ethics.

?With the caveat that you don?t want to make it extreme or obvious that you?re favoring a certain person,? he added.

The study was based on a combination of surveys and experiments. Everyone who took part was treated well, but some participants were treated ?a little better,? which Aquino described as having the designated leader in the experiments commenting more positively about their ideas, smiling at them more and giving them more attention.

People are always comparing themselves to others and care deeply about their relative status in a group, so they?re very sensitive to the fact that they?re being treated better ? an important lesson for bosses, Aquino said.

??You want to make everybody feel special, that seems to be what the takeaway of this is. If you can do it as a manager, that could be better than making everybody feel the same,? Aquino said.

?The really skillful managers can find a way to? balance this making everyone feel like there?s something special about them while not creating this wave of resentment among all the other people.?

But what about the cost to morale? Many workplace experts believe any whiff of favoritism will have a negative effect on employee productivity and behavior.

?It?s never a wise thing in any business situation for a manager or anyone in a leadership position to even give the perception that they?re playing favorites,? said Bob Kelleher, CEO of The Employee Engagement Group.

?What you?re trying to do is to get the other employees to raise their level of performance, not raise their level of suspicion.?

Preferential treatment will not typically be a good long-run strategy if it means a worker receiving more than his or her individual performance warrants, said Barry Gerhart, a professor at the Wisconsin School of Business.

Still, favoritism seems pervasive in the workplace. A 2011 poll of senior executives at large U.S. corporations found that 92 percent have seen it at play in employee promotions.

The perception of favoritism occurs often, but it?s truly unusual to have a boss explicitly demonstrate such behavior, Kelleher said. He urged managers to be very transparent when they decide who gets a coveted assignment or a big promotion because employees will otherwise fill in the blanks, usually in a way that?s not complimentary to the manager or the company.

?I believe the vast majority of times, managers do the right thing but it?s the perception that gets in the way,? Kelleher said.

Source: http://www.nbcnews.com/business/should-boss-play-favorites-some-say-yes-1C8115300

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Virginia GOP Follows Bad Examples Set by Dems

?When I am weaker than you,? wrote science-fiction author Frank Herbert, ?I ask for freedom because that is according to your principles; when I am stronger than you, I take away your freedom because that is according to my principles.? The words would make a fine monument in?Virginia?s?Capitol Square.

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At the moment, Virginia Republicans are stronger than Democrats?and doing everything they can to get stronger still. Last week they rammed a redistricting measure through the Senate. The plan packs minority voters even more tightly into certain districts and, political cartographers believe, would give the GOP several more seats in the chamber.

Republicans followed that up by advancing a measure that would reapportion?Virginia?s electors by congressional district. The motive is obvious.?Virginia?s districts are carefully tailored to Republicans? advantage. So under the system proposed by Sen. Charles Carrico, President Barack Obama would have received only four electoral votes in?Virginia, instead of 13. Republicans pretend they merely want to make the system more fair. Democrats, naturally, are screaming bloody murder. ?The deck is stacked,? gripes Sen. Chap Petersen.

Yet this is not a new proposal. It has been bobbing around like a Styrofoam cup in a tidal pond for two decades. For most of that time, Democrats were pushing it?and Republicans were the ones pushing back.

?House Panel OKs Changing Electoral System,? ran a Times-Dispatch headline in 1992, when Democrats ruled the House. Under that measure, ?electors would be apportioned according to the presidential vote in each congressional district,? the story said. ?In?Virginia, that could benefit Democrats and deprive President Bush of electoral votes.? State GOP executive director Joe Elton called the proposal ?another example of the Democrats trying to change the rules in the middle of the game.?

There?s nothing wrong with changing the rules if they?re broken?and the Electoral College is, at the least, flawed. But since congressional districts are distorted by gerrymandering, incorporating them in the system is no improvement.

Nevertheless, Democratic Del. James Scott carried such a bill for years. In 2001, he was joined in sponsorship by Democratic stalwart and State Sen. Mary Margaret Whipple. Seven years later, Democratic State Sen. John C. Miller took up the cause. Democratic Del. Vivian Watts long supported the change, and introduced her own bill to allocate electors by congressional district as recently as last year.??At one point during those years, Republican Del. Riley Ingram railed against the proposal?calling himself ?dead set against? it and insisting that it ran contrary to the design of ?our forefathers who founded this great country.? Those forefathers, he said, ?put in the Electoral College for checks and balances.? Oh.

All of this is great fun to watch, and if the story ended here one could simply wish a pox on both their houses and be done with it. But the story doesn?t end there: The GOP?s Electoral-College ploy is only one move in a series of dubious machinations.

Among them: the Senate redistricting maneuver. Republicans were able to pull that off in the evenly divided chamber because Sen. Henry Marsh was absent, attending the MLK-day inauguration of President Barack Obama. Nice.

Republicans also have been working tirelessly to impose more stringent voter-ID measures. Democrats have overstated the effect of those measures, but to say they have done less harm than they could is not to say they have done no harm at all. And any harm they do is amplified by the fact that the measures are needless: Evidence of voter impersonation at the polls is about as common as unicorn droppings. In fact, the most recent case of electoral fraud in?Virginia?involves a GOP operative. In October Colin Small was charged with 13 felony and misdemeanor counts after voter-registration applications were found in the trash behind a store in?Harrisonburg.

Conservatives in the GOP also managed something of a putsch some months back when the state central committee changed the party nomination method from a primary to a convention. The shift, which benefits a small cadre of purists, led Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling to withdraw from this year?s gubernatorial contest.

Politics is a blood sport, not patty-cake, and nobody should cry too many tears for those who let themselves get outmaneuvered through what political scientist William H. Riker called ?the art of political manipulation.? All the same, the Virginia GOP?s moves look tactically smart?but strategically self-destructive.

Instead of seeking to broaden the party?s appeal, Republicans have narrowed it by driving a hard-right social agenda on issues such as gay rights and abortion. Now they are trying to insulate themselves from public disapproval of policy by manipulating procedure. In so doing, they are making the same mistake Virginia Democrats once did?when they relied on partisan gerrymandering to hold a majority of seats long after they had lost a majority of the popular vote.

We all know how well that worked out for them in the long run.

Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/reason/Articles/~3/HB_7qsqTz9Y/virginia-gop-follows-bad-examples-set-by

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French military seizes Kidal airport in Mali: Voice of Russia

This has been confirmed by an official of the Touareg National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad, which reported this Monday about the liberation of Kidal from Islamic fighters.

The situation in Mali has been aggravated in recent weeks.

A French military force arrived in Mali on the 10th of this month to reinforce the Malian Army.

Voice of Russia,?RIA

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UK to send advisers to Mali?

Britain will send hundreds of military advisers to Mali to boost the French forces battling the Islamist separatists in the troubled West African country.?

The 330-strong British team will be training Malian soldiers and will not be taking part in combat operations.

Malian government vows to hold fair election

The Malian government has vowed to hold ?fair and transparent? presidential election by the end of next July. Mali?s acting President Dioncounda Traore broke the news at an international conference in Addis Ababa on donor aid for the counter-extremist operation in northern Mali.

He said that the operation?s goal was to liberate the rebel-controlled northern parts of the country and restore the rule of law.

At present, the Malian army supported by French troops is mounting an offensive on rebel strongholds. Earlier, Bamako regained control of two major northern cities ? Gao and Timbuktu.

Donor aid for Mali operation to exceed $450 mln

International donor aid to for the military and humanitarian operation in Mali will amount to $450 million under an agreement reached at a summit conference on Mali, which is currently being held in Ethiopia.

The African Union promised $50 million worth of aid for the coalition forces helping the Malian government to combat Islamic extremists.

Meanwhile, French and Malian troops have reportedly entered the ancient northern city of Timbuktu without any significant resistance from Islamists.

Last Saturday, rebel forces were ousted from Goa, the most densely-populated city in the north of Mali. And on Tuesday, Tuaregs took control of another major city, Kidal.

Tuaregs oust Islamists from Kidal in northeast Mali

In Mali, Tuareg rebels have seized Kidal, a major city in the northeast of the country. According to a statement published on the website of the National Movement for the Liberation Movement of Azawad, Tuaregs ousted Islamists from Kidal and are ready to fight terrorist groups and to cooperate with French troops.

After last spring?s failed army coup in the capital Bamaco, Tuaregs proclaimed an independent state of their own in the northeast, but by the end of June the area became controlled by Al Qaeda-linked Islamists and other radical groups.

Earlier this month, France sent troops to Mali to curb Islamists and help the authorities restore control over the rebel north.

Mali Islamists get help from abroad ? Gao mayor

Mali?s Islamist militants are receiving outside military help, a Voice of Russia?s correspondent has cited Gao Mayor Sadu Diallo as saying in a TV interview.

The mayor of the recently recaptured Malian city Gao has accused Qatar, among others, of sending its cargo planes to rebel-controlled airports.

He said that without Qatar?s help, who had also been providing Islamist insurgents with financial aid, the radicals wouldn?t have been able to hold Gao and other northern cities in Mali.

Mr. Diallo pointed out that Islamists had been seeking to impose strict Sharia laws on local residents and virtually made their life a living hell.

Many experts believe that Qatar has been trying to get the upper hand strategically in West Africa and in the Sahel region to challenge Saudi Arabia in the Muslim world. Islamists? defeat would throw it back, pundits say.

France will not remain in Mali - Hollande

France does not intend to remain in Mali after achieving victory over the separatists according to a statement by French President Francois Hollande.

The French military is currently in Mali to help the Malian army regain control over the country and will pass the baton to forces from neighboring African states.

Hollande hailed the "courage and effectiveness" of the French soldiers who, in a short time, have managed to stop advancing terrorists, inflict upon them serious damage with the help of air strikes and with the Malian army secure the release of the major cities of Mali.

The French President stressed that it was an extremely complex operation whose purpose was not only the destruction of the terrorists, but also to preserve the lives of civilians.

Voice of Russia,?BBC, TASS, Interfax

Source: http://english.ruvr.ru/2013_01_30/French-military-seizes-Kidal-airport-in-Mali/

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