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Disgruntled Employee of the Day: An anonymous Toronto Star editor upset over Star publisher John Cruickshank’s decision to outsource union editing jobs to freelancers expresses her displeasure the best way he/she knows how: By marking up the internal memo notifying employees of said decision.
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Disgruntled Employee of the Day: An anonymous Toronto Star editor upset over Star publisher John Cruickshank’s decision to outsource union editing jobs to freelancers expresses her displeasure the best way he/she knows how: By marking up the internal memo notifying employees of said decision.
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I know the chances are slim that anyone following me will know anything about this but I just feel like I have to get this story out there anyway, even if it’s just to spread the word that things like this need to stop. Now.
If you want to help Chato, you can click the photo to make a donation.
“The Atlanta Humane Society is offering a $5,000 reward on information leading to the identification, arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for setting a dog on fire on McDaniel St in Atlanta.
On Tuesday November 3rd “Chato” a one year-old bulldog-mix was let out to use the rest room. Approximately 25 minutes later, the dog was seen about a block from his home on fire. A good Samaritan immediately stopped her car to extinguish the dog using her own coat.
The dog is now at the Atlanta Humane Society Clinic and is being cared for by their medical staff. Director of Animal Welfare Initiatives and Outreach Miguel Abi-hassan says “The dog’s injuries are mostly 3rd and 4th degree burns, they extend throughout the dog’s entire left side. A good amount of the burning was focused around his mouth and face. At this juncture we’re trying to see if we can save his left eye.” Atlanta Humane Society expects “Chato’s” medical bills will cost upwards of $6500.00 and are currently seeking assistance to help pay for his care.
Atlanta Humane Society has a few leads but is actively pursuing information to seek justice for “Chato”. To this end, they are offering a $5,000.00 reward furnished by the Holland M. Ware Charitable Trust for a tip leading to an arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible.
If you have a tip related to this case, please call (404) 974-2868 and mention the Atlanta Humane Society reward. Reward will be awarded only after the successful identification, arrest and conviction of the person(s) involved.”this made me cry.
Find the asshole who did this, people.
Tony Auth
I have two B.S. degrees in International Affairs and Spanish (as of December), a GPA above a 3.0, certificates in Finance and East Asian Affairs, shitton of extracurriculars, 2 years of professional work experience, 2 study abroads, and 2 independent research projects.
Damn, when I write it out, it looks impressive. Why can’t I find a job?
GPOYW. Someone find me a job. Please.
REDACTIONS ARE LOUDER THAN WORDS An Arabic translator censored images and articles from newspapers Tuesday before Guantanamo Bay detainees were permitted to read them. (Photo: John Moore / Getty Images via the Wall St. Journal)
Also, I have pretty much become the best cook ever. This is brats and veggies which will then be put into organic flour tortillas which were brushed with a Dijon mustard and thyme sauce before being lightly heated.
Cartman pumpkin.
i was totally hoping for a fall. instead i came to the world of grey-dom.
I’m looking at a lot of the anti-marriage-equality ads from Maine, and reading a lot of the arguments supporting the repeal, and one phrase keeps coming up. If gay marriage remains legal, “gay marriage will be taught in schools.”
Can anyone tell me what that means?
How, currently, is marriage taught in schools? Is there some sort of marriage class that kids have to take? Are kids going to be taught how to be a gay spouse? Are kids currently taught how to be a heterosexual spouse? Are there quizzes and projects and things? What did you learn in marriage class? When was it? How old were you? Did you keep your notes?
Or does it mean that “the existence of gay marriage will be acknowledged in schools?” As in, marriage will be defined as a relationship between two adults? And, if that were to remain the law in Maine, why would that be a problem? In states where marriage is defined as a relationship between a man and a woman, and race is not specifically mentioned, is interracial marriage being taught to children? How?
Or are marriage-equality opponents just putting the notions of “sex” and “your children” into voters’ heads at the same time, without backing up their claims or even bothering to define them, knowing that’s a good way to override their rational minds and go straight to their emotions? Because they know they only really need to motivate a small sliver of them to get a repeal passed?
I think it’s because it would have more potential to come up in a school classroom. My issue with this type of reasoning is this: if your kids ever take a Government and Politics class or a Debate class or in my case it was in a Spanish class in eleventh grade…homosexuality/gay marriage already has the potential to come up as a subject of discussion.
In my AP Spanish class, my teacher would give us controversial prompts for debates once a week so that we’d have to use our vocabulary to its fullest extent. Things like climate change, legalization of marijuana, and (gasp) gay marriage.
If your child is in any type of a rigorous or challenging high school curriculum, usually teachers like to try to expand critical thinking skills and to achieve a generally elevated level of awareness of social issues in their students. All of my non-math or science IB classes did this: we talked about philosophy (GASP: FREUD) and all kinds of things that many parents would freak out about. The point being…it already had the potential to come up in any number of manners in the classroom, even though gay marriage definitely isn’t legal in North Carolina.
I understand that these type of parents would maybe prefer their children to be more sheltered, BUT, unless their kids end up at a fundamentalist religious college…THEY’RE GOING TO HAVE TO DEAL WITH REAL, LIVE GAYS ANYWAY. Even if you disagree with gay marriage, why not expose your children to the issue itself before it’s shoved in their face in college? It’s not like a teacher at the high school level is going to present the issue of gay marriage in the context of some sort of PRO-HOMOSEXUAL PROPAGANDA campaign. It would probably prepare them better for what they’re going to encounter later. I’m one of these real, live gays, and you know what I really am not bothered at all by people who think my lifestyle is a choice or that I’m going to hell or whatever. As long as we can achieve some level of mutual respect, why should I even be offended? I have one friend in particular who adamantly opposes gay marriage, but we’ve been close for three years now and we can go to lunch or hang out with no conflict because we each respect each other. If more people ON BOTH SIDES OF THE DEBATE could behave this way, I feel like so much more progress could be made.
However, I have to say that all of this backwardness still blows my mind. About a month ago, we had a raid on a gay bar here in Atlanta. Ridiculous. Even though I understand that marginalized social groups often have to struggle for years to obtain the same civilianship that everyone else already enjoys, I wonder sometimes why the US has such a hard time with learning from past mistakes. Is it going to take as long for homosexuals to achieve equal civil rights as it did for women or African-Americans? It’s like we’re the stubborn, overweight kid in middle school who calls the other countries “fat” because we can’t deal with our own insecurities.
