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AID/WATCH contributes two chapters to Global Reality of Aid Report
Dec 4, 2014 | GENERAL NEWS, IN THE NEWS, PUBLICATIONS
The International Coordinating Committee for the Reality of Aid Network today launched the 2014 Global Reality of Aid Report on the side of a meeting to discuss the "modernization of the concept of Official Development Assistance" between CSO members of the Network and the OECD Development Assistance Committee (donor delegates) in Paris. AID/WATCH contributed 2 chapters to this report. One chapter we wrote looks at the unequal relationship between Australian and PNG in light of the aid and refugee policy nexus. The other chapter is an overview of the state of aid in Australia, both available in full online. The full Report is available at http://www.realityofaid.org/roa_report/rethinking-partnerships-in-a-post-2015-world-towards-equitable-inclusive-and-sustainable-development/
The theme of the 2014 Report is "Rethinking Partnerships in a Post-2015 World: Towards Equitable, Inclusive and Sustainable Development." The contributors explored the following topics:
Principles and practice for inclusive partnership at the global and national levels,
New (and existing) models of partnering for positive development outcomes for the poor, and
Preconditions for equitable partnerships that contribute to sustainable development outcomes for the poor.
For over 20 years, the global network has focused on the contributions of development finance, and in particular aid, to sustainable development. With less than a year before the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) expire, Reality of Aid now focuses on how development cooperation should adapt to the post-2015 environment, particularly the partnerships that underscore such cooperation.


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text: No one would confuse Boardinghouse for a good movie, but it is one-of-a-kind—and sometimes, that's a more remarkable achievement. Made in 1982, Boardinghouse was the first horror feature shot on digital video, which would be a notable landmark even if the movie's plot, performances, and dialogue didn't match its grade-Z aesthetic. As it is, director John Wintergate (who cowrote the screenplay with his wife Kalassu) apparently uses the rough visual format as an excuse to embrace all things crude and nonsensical. The intentionality of the movie's ludicrousness is debatable—there's a fine line between surrealism and inanity—but the end product is the same: a vision of primitive digital sleaze that seems to have drifted in from an alien dimension (or perhaps just from early '80s California).


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Colorado citizens can use an online application to screen for eligibility, apply for benefits, submit household changes and check the status of their benefits on the state's new PEAK website. The website features a streamlined application process for faster eligibility determination and the opportunity to print insurance cards online before receiving them in the mail.
To apply for assistance in person, pick up an application from either our Glenwood Springs office or our Rifle office, call to make other arrangements to obtain an application. You can print a paper application for public assistance located on the Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing website.
Walk-in interviews are available Monday through Friday from 9 am - 3 pm in our offices in Glenwood Springs, 108 8th Street, Suite 300, and Rifle, 195 West 14th Street.
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Epimeria bispinosa is een vlokreeftensoort uit de familie van de Epimeriidae. De wetenschappelijke naam van de soort is voor het eerst geldig gepubliceerd in 1986 door Ledoyer.

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Apple's macOS Big Sur is now available to download
Big Sur comes out of beta
Apple's latest and greatest desktop OS, macOS Big Sur, is finally available for public consumption — just in time for the new Macs.
Big Sur has been in beta since WWDC, and it brings a multitude of aesthetic and under-the-hood changes to modernize Apple's OS. And, of course, Apple is dropping the old OS X moniker it's used for the better part of two decades; macOS better matches the naming of the rest of the company's software lineup.
Among the notable changes, the UI looks a lot more iOS-like in its icons and use of transparencies. There's a Control Center that mimics the one on mobile devices; the same goes for the new Notification Center. Heck, you can even use iOS style widgets.
But perhaps the most important change is support for Apple's new ARM-based processors, including the powerful M1 chip in the new MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, and Mac Mini. Granted, the people buying these computers won't need to upgrade.
You can download the update from the Mac App Store now — just make sure you have a compatible laptop first. And for more on the changes in Big Sur, you can read Apple's post here.
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life-balance | Blog, Jane! Blog!
And while we're at it, I started a new practice – yoga! I LOVE Yoga with Adriene, check her out when you get a chance. But just a short 20 minutes by myself taking deep breaths has done wonders for me.
So yes… all good. Plus there are those things that have always been good… like these 2!
I woke up this morning feeling refreshed… and I'm going to give some of that credit to sitting down last night. Downloading pictures (from the same day!) and uploading them. Plus doing a little online scrapbooking. It's just the kind of stuff I like to do.
It was nice being back… Hoping to not stray far from that again.
I know I've mentioned it before in probably half of my posts. Life is busy… I don't have a lot of time to be writing on my blog. That's not to say I don't miss writing on my blog.
Just to catch you up on what we've been doing – Girl Scouts (Maria & myself – including selling cookies), Gymnastics (Maria is in a class, while Charlie & I go to parent & toddler class), Skating lessons for Maria, new(ish) job for Chad, growing pains (Maria), preparing for milestones (Charlie – big boy bed, potty training, turning 3!), transitions at work, and starting to think about what to do for a job that is scheduled to move an additional 40 minutes away from my home in a year.
It's frankly a lot. And even at work we talk a lot about work-life balance. And I'm working on it. I'm working on finding my passion at work and feeling valued. I think the transitions at work will help with that, but it is going to be up to me with what I put into those transitions. I also need to make sure I don't get sucked back into my own role of saying yes whenever someone needs help, just because it would be easier for the people asking if I said yes. It often sets me back from the direction I am going in, and I don't always easily get back on course.
And at home, accepting the balance. I think I'm a little out of balance right now. I'm over-committed. And I think Maria may be too. I want my kids to have lots of experiences. But I think right now with our work schedules and the amount of time we are away from home, we don't need to commit to being gone more than that. I'm going to fight through the end of February. Get the kids through this session of gymnastics, and bring back some consistency to our weeknights.
But really, I'm learning at all of this right now. Life keeps changing, so I need to also be ready for adjustments.
2012 was good. I don't know that I can break it down for you.
But my goal/theme for 2013 is "Less Is More". I just want to simplify and not over-think.
There you go – Happy New Year!
Ugh, I hate that 5 days just passed without much quality family time. One of those weeks, I guess. Chad returned on Monday, very tired. Tuesday was a long day at work for me, with our semi-annual national meeting. Kind of fun, but it's kind of like missing a whole day of productive work, which isn't good when deadlines are looming.
The rest of the week was spent working with some errands. Today I worked from home and got a tremendous amount of work done! Unfortunately it was not the work I planned to do as my priorities were re-shifted this morning. Oh well. Next week, right?
My weekend plans involve getting my fridge and house cleaned up. Somehow weeks like this set me back and I am not able to get ahead. I went out to lunch every day this week and bought breakfast at work every day as well. Not good for my wallet or waist… Luckily I was able to sneak away this morning to plan my menu for next week and get groceries purchased. So I'm looking forward to some good down time at home with the family this weekend.
Oh, and getting screened-in porch ready for warm weather! It's ready to go as we had the house exterior painted and deck stained earlier this week! Yay, warm weather!
Any big weekend plans? Or are your plans to mellow like me?
I have to say, I've got a LOT going on right now. I mean it's the typical 2 small kids and a 40 hour/week job… but then throw in a big life-impacting decision and I'm a bit overwhelmed. NO, the decision is not about Kid #3. That decision has been made. And I have a no-return policy on the stuff I've craigslisted… 🙂 The decision is whether or not to move in the next 2 years (or I need to find a new job), and I start to feel like I can't keep up.
I think it would be one thing if we felt assured that we had enough equity in this house. But buying a house in July of 2005, was a really good deal for the people who sold us this house! Although at the time, we thought we'd stay. We didn't know a lot about the community. In our excitement, neither of us realized we bought probably the nicest house in the neighborhood. We expected the neighborhood to turn over some more to a younger demographic. But the housing market changed and people weren't able to move out.
It's a lot to think about. I'm kind of a planner. I like to know what is going to happen. You can imagine the stress of that first week for me. It felt personal to me. But it isn't. My initial reaction was "We have to move" But slowly it sunk in. I am not married to this company. It would be crazy to move for a job when I have never had a single job for more than 3.5 years! So then I started thinking about jobs what companies do I want to work for, what do I want to do, would I compromise on company or even responsibilities if I could work from home (!)… could I be an independent consultant (?)… But then last week our financial advisor told us, that really right now is not a bad time to move, and to consider that we could buy a home with a lower value and low interest rates right now, that we would make up some (if not all) of the loss we take on this house over the course of a mortgage on a house, so then … swing.. went right back to thinking about moving.
So not a resolution, but my intention for 2012 is to quiet some of the noise in my life. My head is always going… always. unless I'm sleeping then I'm out – I don't dream (or remember my dreams) at all. I'm a tired mom!
plugging my iPhone in for a recharge earlier in the evening between 7-8 pm – this should help me avoid "1 more play in Words with Friends" or checking to see if anyone updated facebook, when I should be sleeping or getting ready for the next day.
unsubscribing to emails. Way less mails popping up on my phone or computer each day is a time-saver and it actually keeps me from visiting websites because there is a sale. Sales often don't save me money, they just invite me to spend more.
daily devotions. I downloaded a devotional book to my Nook, that I can read on my Nook or phone… so either when I first wake up or on the bus on the way to work. It's a great way to gain some perspective as I start each day.
So it is January 18th, we're currently just over halfway through the month, and how am I doing?
The first week was really good. The second week, work got busy, life got busy. And that Friday was the 13th. And it was NOT. A. GOOD. DAY!
I got to sleep in a little, because the kids were going to the back-up daycare center, so I was planning on driving in to work with them in the morning. So I had just bought my daily devotion the day before, so I read it before I got out of bed. It was about letting God guide us through our days. So after I read, I prayed that God would help me to listen to him. So I got up, got ready, got both kids fed, dressed and loaded in our Traverse (because it had snowed a little and I just feel safer in the bigger vehicle with both kids in bad weather).
Go back inside, tell Chad (he's mad!), find the insurance papers, put the kids in my car, because I still have to go to work, because my daycare is downtown today and I'm missing work the next week.
So driving to work, carpool lane, because I have both kids with me. Probably about 3 times, I checked my speed. I don't normally have to do this, because my Corolla does not go that fast without being kind of loud. But I did, and decide that I'm OK, a little over the limit, but that's pretty normal for the carpool lane (and me).
Driving into downtown (Charlie is shouting and pointing at the skyline – "dow-tow" where did he get this??!) And I leave the interstate to a different highway which takes me into downtown. Go to change lanes, as there is an intersection right ahead and I don't need to be in the left lane. Realize I can't change lanes, and BAM – rear-end another car. The kids are OK. I'm able to follow the driver to get off the road and onto the median. We exchange information, the state patrol and tow truck drivers come. We hang out in the cold backseat of the state patrol until Chad (who was now even more frustrated) gets there to take us home.
Anyway, I didn't total the car (came close though. it's already fixed.). Paid the deductible. The Traverse and wall, we're planning to fix out of pocket, because it's not much more than the deductible. It was a bad day! Really, it was a bad hour!
But the more I thought about it, my prayers were answered. Again, not in the way I'd expect… but I'm pretty sure God was telling me to slow down. And that He was the voice in my head telling me to check my speed.
This is a long post, I realize. And in the end, the accidents boil down to money we don't want to spend, but no one was hurt. And it gave me another reason to be more conscientious and deliberate about quieting my life.


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Posts Tagged 'Aaron Dessner'
Aaron & Bryce Dessner to Compose Music for Nicole Riegel's 'Dandelion'
Posted: October 19, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring Assignments
Tags: Aaron Dessner, Bryce Dessner, Dandelion, Nicole Riegel
Aaron Dessner (Cyrano, C'mon C'mon, Transpecos) & Bryce Dessner (The Two Popes, Irresistible, The Kitchen) (of The National) have been hired to compose the original music and score for the upcoming romantic drama Dandelion. The film is directed by Nicole Riegel (Holler) and stars KiKi Layne as a struggling but determined Cincinnati singer-songwriter who reluctantly […]
Taylor Swift's Original Song 'Carolina' from 'Where the Crawdads Sing' Released
Posted: June 24, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums
Tags: Aaron Dessner, Olivia Newman, Taylor Swift, Where the Crawdads Sing
Taylor Swift has released her original song Carolina from the thriller Where the Crawdads Sing. The track written and performed by Swift and produced by herself & Aaron Dessner is now available to stream/download in two different versions as a digital single on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also listen the official lyric […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (February 25, 2022)
Posted: February 25, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News
Tags: Aaron Dessner, Bryce Dessner, Butter, Cyrano, Fil Eisler, Hummie Mann, I'll Find You, Jan A.P. Kaczmarek, Jeff Toyne, Johan Söderqvist, Johannes Ringen, Roy Mayorga, Studio 666, The Automat, The Burning Sea, The Desperate Hour
Opening in theaters nationwide this week is the horror comedy Studio 666 directed by BJ McDonnell and starring Dave Grohl, Taylor Hawkins, Chris Shiflett, Pat Smear, Nate Mendel, Rami Jaffee, Whitney Cummings, Will Forte, Jenna Ortega, Leslie Grossman and Jeff Garlin. The film's original score is composed by Roy Mayorga (best known as the drummer […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (December 31, 2021)
Posted: December 31, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News
Tags: Aaron Dessner, Anthony Chue, Bryce Dessner, G Storm, Isobel Waller-Bridge, Jockey, Munich: The Edge of War
Already playing in select theaters since this past Wednesday, December 29, is the drama Jockey co-written and directed by Clint Bentley and starring Clifton Collins Jr., Molly Parker, Moises Arias, Logan Cormier, Colleen Hartnett. The film's original music is composed by The National's Bryce Dessner (The Two Popes, The Kitchen) & Aaron Dessner (Cyrano, C'mon […]
'Cyrano' Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: December 10, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums
Tags: Aaron Dessner, Bryce Dessner, Cyrano, Joe Wright, score, Soundtrack
Decca Records has released the full soundtrack album for the musical drama Cyrano. The album features the songs from the movie written by Bryce Dessner & Aaron Dessner (of The National), with lyrics by Matt Berninger & Carin Besser and performed by cast members Haley Bennett, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Ben Mendelsohn & others, as well as selections […]
The National's Original Song 'Somebody Desperate' from Joe Wright's 'Cyrano' Released
Posted: December 3, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums
Tags: Aaron Dessner, Bryce Dessner, Cyrano, Joe Wright, Matt Berninger, The National
Decca Records has released the original song Somebody Desperate from the film adaptation of the stage musical Cyrano. The track, which plays during the movie's end credits, is written by Bryce Dessner, Aaron Dessner & Matt Berninger and performed by The National. Visit Amazon (or any other major digital music stores) to stream/download the song […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (November 19, 2021)
Posted: November 19, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News
Tags: Aaron Dessner, Aska Matsumiya, Bruised, Bryce Dessner, C'mon C'mon, Ceiri Torjussen, Ghostbusters: Afterlife, H. Scott Salinas, Hide and Seek, India Sweets and Spices, Jon Batiste, Jonny Greenwood, King Richard, Kris Bowers, matthew he, Rob Simonsen, The First Wave, The Power of the Dog, Tim Jones
Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the supernatural comedy Ghostbusters: Afterlife directed by Jason Reitman and starring Carrie Coon, Finn Wolfhard, Mckenna Grace, Annie Potts and Paul Rudd. The film's original music is composed by Rob Simonsen (Foxcatcher, The Way Back, Nerve, Tully, (500) Days of Summer, The Age of Adeline, The Front Runner). Sony Classical has […]
'C'mon C'mon' Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: November 4, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums
Tags: Aaron Dessner, Bryce Dessner, C'mon C'mon, Mike Mills, score, Soundtrack
A24 Music will release a soundtrack album for Mike Mills' drama C'mon C'mon. The album features the film's original score composed by Bryce Dessner (The Two Popes, Irresistible, The Kitchen) & Aaron Dessner (Cyrano, Transpecos, Big Sur). The soundtrack will be released digitally next Friday, November 12 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. A first track (I Won't […]
First Song from 'Cyrano' Soundtrack Released
Posted: October 8, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums
Tags: Aaron Dessner, Bryce Dessner, Carin Besser, Cyrano, Joe Wright, Matt Berninger
Decca Records has released the first song from the soundtrack for the musical drama Cyrano. Available to stream/download now is Someone to Say written by Bryce Dessner & Aaron Dessner (of The National), with lyrics by Matt Berninger & Carin Besser and performed by lead actress Haley Bennett, Víkingur Ólafsson (on piano) and the London […]
Bryce Dessner & Aaron Dessner Scoring Mike Mills' 'C'mon C'mon'
Posted: July 20, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring Assignments
Tags: Aaron Dessner, Bryce Dessner, C'mon C'mon, Mike Mills
Bryce Dessner (The Two Popes, Irresistible, The Kitchen) & Aaron Dessner (Transpecos, Big Sur) of the rock band The National have teamed up to score the upcoming drama C'mon C'mon. The film is written and directed by Mike Mills (Beginners, 20th Century Women, Thumbsucker) and stars Joaquin Phoenix, Gaby Hoffman, Woody Norman and Kenneth Kynt […]


I took it upon myself to reach out via email to as many companies as I could to see if they would be willing to donate some "perks" for Westley's room. Much to my surprise a few companies stepped forward with some AMAZING gifts! First Home Depot called us in to let Westley pick out a touch less faucet for his bathroom. You may not understand the freedom this will provide him but it is HUGE. Home Depot then made a surprise delivery of 5 gallons of Behr paint and a TOUCHLESS toilet!! A few weeks later Costen Flooring contacted us with the news that they would like to donate the Vinyl tiles for Westley's bathroom and room. (Dallas and I are laying them ourselves so please pray for us! Eek!) He even got to go into their office and pick them out himself. I must say he has great taste. Throughout this entire process friends and practically strangers have reached out with donations, discounts or called in favors for discounts to building and supply companies. The kind and generous nature does not go unnoticed. I never want to be jaded by the blessings God places in our path. This process has made me even more eager to get Westley settled with a home, wheelchair and van so we can pay it forward to many more families like ours.
I would also like to thank Jason Davis for challenging his friends on Facebook to give up a night out to eat or an overpriced coffee and make a donation to help us furnish Westley's new room. We have raised enough to purchase a comforter set, lamps, night stand and a few wall decorations. It's been fun for me to watch Westley pick out the items for his room. I'm impressed at how mature he is choosing to decorate his space. (No Sponge Bob or Call of Duty; Whew!) Thank you Jason for opening your heart and your wallet for our son.
Once the room and the remainder of the house (we needed to take out a few interior walls so West can access the entire home) are put in order we plan to invite everyone to an Open House (just like my parents did during the holidays) to show everyone this amazing new space.
Until Then…We're going to DISNEY WORLD!!!!!
A few of you might remember Westley requesting a Pete Nelson tree house from Make-A-Wish but it seems 6 other boys had the same wish and Pete just couldn't help them all. After Westley heard his tree house wasn't going to be build by Pete the idea lost its luster and he requested to go with his 2nd wish. So on October 29th the four of us will board an airplane to Florida for 6 nights and 7 days to enjoy all the Disney adventures Westley can think of. We just can't wait!!!! This is just one more item Dallas and I couldn't afford to give our children and we are grateful to Make-A-Wish for the everlasting memories sure to be made.


I have been blessed with editing some of TV's greatest shows, working with some of the industry's greatest minds. "The Wonder Years," "Arrested Development," "The Office," "Scrubs," "Pushing Daisies" and, most recently, "A Series of Unfortunate Events." I have earned an Emmy, ACE Eddie Awards, and many nominations.
But whatever kudos I've received, over my career I have learned that the people who really deserve the top prizes are the editors who face badly directed dailies yet somehow manage to bring D material up to a C+ or better.
Bad writers, bad actors, bad producers, bad network execs, bad editors, are all exposed in the competitive world of Hollywood. Their performance, for the most part, is quickly evaluated, and if they're bad, their work is quickly rejected. But the director's work on a series is not so easily judged. Even if left without a director, the actors generally know their characters, the DP knows the look, and departments such as art and wardrobe often turn to the showrunner, not the director, for guidance. So in many cases, a bad director's work is shrouded by astute editing, reshoots and rewrites.
Back in the '80s I had one of my first assignments as a full-fledged editor cutting a 90-minute pilot for ABC. The director had had some success with a low-budget indie. As dailies came in and I struggled to put the scenes together, I noticed certain scripted beats were missing. I shrugged it off. After all, what the audience doesn't see won't hurt it. Then one day the executive producer came by the cutting room to see the dailies, which confirmed his fears. In an act of frustration, he grabbed the door and pounded it so hard it broke off its hinges.
We cobbled together a show that was compelling enough to get a pickup from the network, but executives wanted to replace the star of the show, which meant reshooting 85% of the pilot, and they also wanted to change out the director. In stepped a veteran television director. In a few weeks I was back cutting dailies.
That pilot reshoot was a revelation for me. Here were the same scenes, but their replacements were worlds apart. Scenes that before were a struggle in terms of pacing or simple geography became a pleasure to cut. I now could find moments, flow, subtext and emotion. The new director did this with greater efficiency, fewer setups and fewer takes than the old one.
When editors get together to kvetch, poor direction is the second-most-popular topic (the first one being long commutes). Over lunch, an Oscar-winning editor told me he was working on a project by a powerful mogul who was going to direct his first high-budget film. On the first day of dailies, my friend was in trouble. Nothing went together, unmotivated camera moves made it impossible to find cut points, and atrocious blocking made for badly designed shots. Even prestigious feature editors are not immune to bad directing.
Then there was the sophisticated European director who made his name on indie features and was "slumming it" on a TV pilot. During pre-production he was the master of gab, name-dropping about his brushes with celebrities at festivals and an evening with Truffaut and Hitchcock. During production we discovered he was bipolar. He turned what was supposed to be a light detective mystery into a Holocaust documentary.
I also had the pleasure of working with a well-known actor who wanted to take a stab at directing. On his first shooting day, he had all the actors standing in a kumbaya circle like in Madonna's "Truth or Dare." He called out "Action!" and "Cut!" with gusto, stepping in to give encouragement to the actors. It was easy to imagine him in jodhpurs and riding boots. But once in the editing room, it was hard to salvage the footage. There was bad blocking, no thought about camera angles, and forget about transitions. Clearly he didn't do the essential pre-production work of prepping the script and creating shot lists. There are many actor-directors who are successful auteurs, but too many times I have encountered thespians creating brilliant performances as actors but unable to act as good directors.
The editor's career pays off when he or she is collaborating with brilliant directors. Footage seems to cut itself as beautiful camera moves flow into profound performances, and the editor becomes the master of developing the emotional ebb and flow of the story. But in the shadow of inept directors, the work turns into a turmoil of added hours struggling to create simple continuity.
During those dark days of frustrating work, my only solace is that possibly the producers will move me up to direct an episode. Then it will be my turn to dump badly designed scenes on an unsuspecting editor.
Veteran editor Stuart Bass, ACE, has credits that date back to 1985.


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#15MGlobalStrike – Italian Grassroots syndicalist general strike on 27 January
15M Global Strike, Call out, News
We recognize that the strike on 27 January called by the USB, Unicobas, Orsa, SICobas, Snater and USI unions is an opportunity for this renewal of the ability to mobilize of the workers' movement in Italy and as anarchist communists, we declare our solidarity with the workers of all kinds and with all those who join the strike and participate in the demonstration in Rome on Friday 27 January.
Against the worsening crisis
Support the workers' mobilizations
Develop solidarity and mutual aid
2012 has opened without too many worries for those in Italy who hold 50% of the country's wealth, that is to say the 10% of the well-off who are part of the 1% of rich people throughout the world that prevents 99% of the world's population from accessing its wealth. Globalization has thus been a success, in the sense of global impoverishment. And Italian workers are now beginning to see the seriousness of the situation. With the support of a huge majority in Parliament and to the shame of certain trade unions who no longer have Berlusconi on their side, the Monti techno-government has closely followed the script written by the European Union and re-established the harshness of the class reality: the dominant, exploiting classes will not be paying anything, the dominated, exploited classes will have to pay for everything: they will pay the public debt, they will pay for social services, they will pay for assistance and healthcare in order to save themselves and the country.
This rescue will not cost anything for our entrepreneurs, financers, bankers and the tax-evasion economy, whose profits and goods have not suffered loss of any kind. The so-called Phase 1 of the Monti techno-government has now come to a close with an enormous draining of financial resources, taken from waged workers, pensioners and home-owners (of a single house). In the meantime any chance for an increase in wages has been blocked with a freeze on public sector agreements, despite rising inflation, and with the cancellation of the national collective agreement by FIAT and the metalworkers sector.
This unilateral, parallel and interconnected action on the part of Marchionne and Confindustria introduces into the context of acute crisis an element that is not so much simply the taking of our money, but the taking of our freedom and the dignity of workers, our right to organize ourselves in the workplace, to protest, to strike. Punishment and dismissals will be the fate of anyone who does not buckle down. And this is the basis on which the government's so-called Phase 2 lies.
So then, 2012 opens with a great many worries for everyone in Italy who still lives on a steady wage, or indeed an unsteady wage because they live on short-term job contracts and redundancy pay. The Monti techo-government is now getting to grips with its second executive order: easy dismissals and privatizations. This is a matter of re-writing the Workers' Statute and in particular art. 18, by raising the threshold for easy dismissals, or eliminating the obligation to apply the national collective agreement in the railways. As far as liberalization is concerned, there is the plan to push public services of a certain economic importance onto the market, by reducing so-called "in-house" management. This is perhaps the aspect that interests the government most, although it hides behind the liberalization of taxi services, pharmacies, newsagents', etc.
In these years of a crisis which is sure to be long and aggressive, the response from the people and the workers has been discontinuous and disunited, with mobilizations alternating between those with massive participation and those with little. We know there is no mechanical connection between a capitalist crisis and renewed class struggle. It is for this reason that the mobilizations and the struggles that are proposed must be supported and made the most of, despite our being aware of the limits that they often have, due to their partial nature or the lack of a clear project for workers' unity and unifying objectives. The world of combative syndicalism, in particular, made up of workers who still want to play a first-hand role individually and collectively in the protection of their rights and in formulating demands in their workplaces and in their communities – whatever organization they belong to – is the best placed to begin this action to re-launch, re-motivate and protect grassroots union activity, to express their clear social, proletarian opposition to the crisis, while at the same time build a struggle front that can really face up to the situation.
It is also necessary for them to act in order to soften the blows of the crisis, by developing forms of solidarity and mutual aid between workers, through eco-solidarity networks in the community.
We have along period of crisis ahead of us; there are already plans for other mobilizations, such as the FIOM demonstration on 11 February. But we need the involvement of all the grassroots opposition forces.
Workers' unity!
Social front against the crisis!
Labour Commission
Federazione dei Comunisti Anarchici
Related Link: http://www.fdca.it
Tagged 15mglobalstrike, italy, may, strike, union
Catalan police complaint about their comunication equipment and threatens to further action against the Government
The Occupy Wall Street Bus will be traveling around the North East. Connecting, sharing, and learning from other Occupations


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Q: How to get a specific entry from a message | discord.py I am creating a DC Bot that will accept registrations for an upcoming event, in order to do so a user needs to send a message in this format:

Team Name:-
Player 1-
Player 2-
Player 3-
Player 4-

But what I want to extract from their message is only what they entered their Team's name. I have never done something like that before so if you can refer me to a similar code or docs then it would be nice!

A: You would use commands.Greedy to get the members list.
Invoke it like this get_name @member1 @member2 Long team name
@bot.command()
async def get_team(ctx, members: commands.Greedy[discord.Member], *, Teamname: str):
    print(f"Team Leader: {ctx.author}")
    print(members)
    print(Teamname)
    if len(members) != 4:
        return await ctx.send("members must be 4)

    # code here

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In August, Justin Turner was bicycling in northeast Columbia when a vehicle failed to yield at a stop sign and pulled in front of a BMW, causing the BMW to swerve and hit Turner. The incident happened on Hardscrabble Road and Lake Carolina Boulevard. Turner later died at a hospital, leaving behind a wife and three children. The S.C. Highway Patrol is investigating the incident and still looking for the driver who caused the accident. The only lead is that the car that failed to yield may have been silver, an Highway Patrol spokesperson said. The patrol is asking for any tips to help solve the case.
A Gaston resident, Brandon Jamal Blanding was shot in the chest and died in a hospital on the night of Aug. 2. He was shot at 320 South Beltline Blvd. near the Woodland Terrace Apartments. A Columbia Police Department spokesperson said Blanding's shooting death is still be investigated to determine if a crime occurred. His obituary said, "Brandon accepted Christ as his Lord and Savior at an young age, and joined St. Paul Baptist Church. He had an amazing sense of humor and could make anyone laugh. He also had a big heart and a passion for life." He was a father to a son.
On Aug. 10, two teenagers found the decomposed body of Tykendrick Jamail Williamson behind a cinder-block building on Bob Hugh Road in Jefferson, a rural community of Kershaw County. Williamson did not have a fixed address, the Kershaw County Sheriff's Office said. His body appeared to be placed behind the building days before the discovery. Investigators learned that Williamson was involved in a fight earlier in the week but said they didn't have a solid motive for the 30-year-old's death. The investigation is ongoing. "We have very little information at all other than a decomposed body," said Chief Jack Rushing of the Kershaw County Sheriff's Office. "We've just had very few tips or anything." Investigators ask anyone with information on Williamson to contact the Kershaw sheriff's office.
Christopher Samson Sharpe was bicycling on U.S. 321, also known as South Main Street, near Sprahler Street in Gaston in Lexington County, when a truck hit him and fled, the S.C. Highway Patrol reported. Sharpe was riding in the median when he was hit. The coroner pronounced Sharpe dead on the scene. The incident happened Sept. 21 around 6 a.m. The Highway Patrol found the truck that hit Sharpe. Investigators are searching for the owner.
Around 9 p.m. on Oct. 28, people heard gunshots near the 400 block of Deerwood Street off Rosewood Drive near South Beltline Boulevard. When Richland County sheriff's deputies arrived, they found Presher shot in the upper body. He was shot through the front door of an apartment. The Richland County Sheriff's Department is still investigating Presher's death. Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 888-CRIME-SC. Callers will remain anonymous and may be eligible for a reward of up to $1,000.
Justin Turner was killed in a hit-and-run in northeast Richland County, SC, on Saturday, Aug. 25, 2018. In a recent interview recorded by the couple's church, they recall how they met and his wife, Brooke's, battle with breast cancer.
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Music connects people around the world! I'm so proud of my recent collaboration with the Jewish Community of Mumbai. Our song for Simchat Torah adds a global perspective for this holiday season! Click below to read and listen to more!


They stopped listening. Not all the players, but enough of them. And that's when Jacques Lemaire, the only coach the Minnesota Wild have ever had, knew it was time to go.
"I think they will be better without me," he said.
That startling revelation followed the formal portion of Lemaire's farewell press conference this morning at the Xcel Energy Center. Lemaire announced he was quitting Saturday night, minutes after the Wild's 6-3 victory at Columbus ended a frustrating season that saw the defending Northwest Division champions stumble along and miss the playoffs by two points.
Addressing a small group of reporters on Monday, Lemaire said he is too friendly with certain players to push them as hard as they need to be pushed without straining the relationship. And other players, he said, will benefit from another voice leaning on them.
"It's time to leave my whistle to somebody else and go on with life," he said. "I think all the players will need this. The team needs this.
Lemaire would not say which players stopped listening. But he agreed with the notion, comparing the relationship between coach and player to a father and a son. You can tell your son something until you're blue in the face, but he tunes you out because you're, well, Dad. Somebody else says the same thing, and he embraces it. Why? Who knows? But that's why Lemaire said he let assistant coaches Mike Ramsey and Matt Shaw lead the way in team meetings late in the season.
"The previous seven years, I ran the meetings, every one of them, because I wanted to make sure that they got it from me," Lemaire said.
Now, if some players won't listen to a coach who won 11 Stanley Cups as a player, coach and executive and ranks ninth in NHL coaching victories, why should we think they'll listen to the next guy? Unless general manager Doug Risebrough hires Scotty Bowman or raises Herb Brooks from the dead, the next coach won't have credentials or credibility like Lemaire.
And that puts Risebrough on the firing line, where a lot of disgusted Wild fans think he should be. Lemaire's departure eliminates the last safety net for Risebrough and the organization. Any failures from here on out are on Risebrough alone, which makes this a hire he dare not botch.
Complaints about Lemaire's dreadfully dull defensive style rolled off him because it kept the team competitive most nights. Lemaire coached to win games 2-1 instead of losing 7-5, the proper call given some of the stiffs Risebrough gave him to work with. (Chris Simon, anyone?) Too many nights, this team was unwatchable. Still, with Lemaire, you always figured something good could happen because of his smarts, talent and energy, and the imaginative ways he found to motivate players. Nobody pulled more rabbits out of more hats than that guy.
Now, that's gone. Risebrough said Monday it may take two months or longer to hire a coach, and he refused to speculate what kind of style he's looking for. Andrew Brunette and Mikko Koivu believe the Wild have enough talent in house to be a playoff team, which seems a stretch knowing the Wild will get nothing for Marian Gaborik if he leaves in free agency.
Since their unexpected run to the 2003 Western Conference finals, the Wild made the playoffs only twice in five seasons and lost in the first round both times. About a year ago, a former Wild minority owner asked me if that run might have been the worst thing that could have happened, because it raised expectations too soon. To these eyes, it gave fans hope the team was on the right track and bought management a couple of more years of goodwill.
The critical comments popping up on fan and newspaper message boards the last few months show that the goodwill has long expired. Risebrough is staking his future on a development system that, since 2004, hasn't landed as many good players as the Wild drafted their first four seasons. After bringing in Gaborik, Koivu, Brett Burns, Pierre-Marc Bouchard, Nick Schultz, Stephane Veilleux and Josh Harding from 2000 to 2003, the most productive player the Wild drafted and kept since 2004 is grinder Cal Clutterbuck.
Maybe players like James Sheppard, Benoit Pouliot and Colton Gilles, all drafted from 2005 on, will get better. And maybe with Lemaire gone, free agents who wanted no part of his defensive system will give Minnesota a look.
But I can't help thinking that losing Lemaire can't be good for this franchise. It's hard to imagine any coach reaching a player who won't respond to Lemaire's steely, blue-eyed stare, but Risebrough's future in St. Paul depends on finding one.


Clones pitcher Julian Hilario gave up three runs in hte fourth.
The first-place Clones fell to the Hudson Valley Renegades — their closest rivals in the McNamara Division of the NY–Penn League — leaving Brooklyn's beloved ball club just one game ahead in the standings.
The Renegades took an early lead with a solo blast by catcher Luke Maile in the second. The team put up three more runs in the fourth, as Cyclones starter Julian Hilario pitched himself into a jam by giving up a single to shortstop Ryan Dunn, then walking two straight batters. A line drive by first baseman Michael Williams scored one, and a double by third baseman Leonardo Reginatto brought in two more — forcing Cyclones skipper Rich Donnelly to call in reliever Ernesto Yanez from the bullpen.
Renegades hurler Jesse Hahn limited the Clones to no runs and just one hit in four innings on the mound, and sent them down in order three frames in a row. In the bottom of the sixth, Hudson Valley reliever Eduar Quinonez gave up a double to right fielder Eudy Pina and another double to center fielder Brandon Nimmo that brought Pina home, but the Renegades righty held the Cyclones hitless and scoreless for the last three innings of the game.


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Der Solitary Peak (englisch für Einsamer Gipfel) ist ein  hoher Berg in der antarktischen Ross Dependency. In der Queen Elizabeth Range des Transantarktischen Gebirges ragt er 7,2 km südöstlich des Mount Rabot auf.

Geologen der Ohio State University, die ihn zwischen 1967 und 1968 untersucht hatten, benannten ihn nach seiner verhältnismäßig isolierten geographischen Lage.

Weblinks
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 Solitary Peak auf geographic.org (englisch)

Berg im Transantarktischen Gebirge
Queen Elizabeth Range


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Dailey v. North Coast Life
129 Wn. 2d 572 (Wash. 1996)
Daileyv.North Coast Life
The Supreme Court of Washington. En BancJul 25, 1996
129 Wn. 2d 572•919 P.2d 589•129 Wash. 2d 572•
No. 63533-1.
Argued March 28, 1996.
Decided July 25, 1996.
Randall Danskin, P.S., by Carole L. Rolando, Richard C. Dietz, and Robert T. Carter, for petitioners.
Mary E. Schultz, for respondents.
James R. Dickens, Francis L. Van Dusen, Jr., and Susan K. Stahlfeld of Miller, Nash, Wiener, Hager Carlsen, on behalf of Washington Defense Trial Lawyers, amicus curiae. Mary E. Roberts and Marilyn J. Endriss, on behalf of Washington Employment Lawyers Association, amicus curiae.
Gary N. Bloom, Bryan P. Harnetiaux, and Debra L. Stephens, on behalf of Washington Trial Lawyers Association, amicus curiae.
TALMADGE, JOHNSON, ALEXANDER, and SANDERS, JJ., dissent in part by separate opinion.
DOLLIVER, J.
[1] Since its earliest decisions, this court has consistently disapproved punitive damages as contrary to public policy. See Spokane Truck Dray Co. v. Hoefer, 2 Wn. 45, 50-56, 25 P. 1072 (1891). Punitive damages not only impose on the defendant a penalty generally reserved for criminal sanctions, but also award the plaintiff with a windfall beyond full compensation. See Kadoranian v. Bellingham Police Dep't, 119 Wn.2d 178, 188, 829 P.2d 1061 (1992). Particularly in the case of workplace discrimination, the Legislature has assured a plaintiff may "become whole" through a full panoply of compensatory damages. See Barr v. Interbay Citizens Bank, 96 Wn.2d 692, 699-700, 635 P.2d 441, amended by 649 P.2d 827 (1981). Nevertheless, Plaintiffs in the present case have asked the court to endorse the trial court's tortuous path through three statutes to find a sufficient expression of legislative intent for punitive damages in employment discrimination claims. We instead hold punitive damages are unavailable under the Law Against Discrimination (LAD), RCW 49.60.
On March 16, 1990, Defendant North Coast Life Insurance Co. terminated Plaintiff Julie Dailey's employment. Dailey and co-Plaintiff Gregory Dailey filed a wrongful termination claim that included an allegation of sex discrimination in violation of the LAD and specifically sought punitive damages. Both parties moved for partial summary judgment on the availability of punitive damages under the LAD.
The trial court granted Plaintiffs' motion, concluding RCW 49.60.030(2) both permitted punitive damages in an employment discrimination action and operated retrospectively. Defendants appealed. At the request of the Court of Appeals, the Supreme Court accepted certification of the case. We now reverse.
[2-4] Governing resolution of this case is the court's long-standing rule prohibiting punitive damages without express legislative authorization. See, e.g., Barr, 96 Wn.2d at 699-700; Spokane Truck, 2 Wn. at 50-56. The trial court determined the LAD, RCW 49.60.30(2), expressly authorized punitive damages by incorporating that federal remedy by reference to the United States Civil Rights Act of 1991, 42 U.S.C. § 1981a(a)(1). See Mackay v. Acorn Custom Cabinetry, Inc., 127 Wn.2d 302, 316, 898 P.2d 284 (1995) (Madsen, J., dissenting) (noting RCW 49.60.030(2) does not authorize punitive damages under state law). While we do not fault the trial court's analytic framework, we find the statutory authority too ambiguous and attenuated to suffice as express.
Since 1973, the Legislature has authorized private equitable and compensatory relief under the LAD:
to enjoin further violations, to recover the actual damages sustained by him, or both, together with the cost of suit including a reasonable attorney's fees or any other remedy authorized by this chapter or the United States Civil Rights Act of 1964. . . .
Former RCW 49.60.030(2). In 1993, the Legislature acknowledged the Civil Rights Act of 1991 by amending RCW 49.60.030(2) to "any other remedy authorized by this chapter or the United States Civil Rights Act of 1964 as amended." (Italics ours.) RCW 49.60.030(2).
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 provided private remedies for employment discrimination in Title VII, historically authorizing only equitable relief. By the Civil Rights Act of 1991, Congress amended the 1964 Act to allow greater trial costs, including expert fees. 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-5(k); see Xieng v. Peoples Nat'l Bank, 120 Wn.2d 512, 528, 844 P.2d 389 (1993). The 1991 Act also amended 42 U.S.C. § 1981a, known as the Revised Statutes, to permit compensatory and punitive damages in an action for intentional employment discrimination:
provided that the complaining party cannot recover under section 1981 of [the Revised Statutes ( 42 U.S.C. § 1981)], the complaining party may recover compensatory and punitive damages as allowed in subsection (b) of this section, in addition to any relief authorized by section 706(g) of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, from the respondent.
42 U.S.C. § 1981a(a)(1).
Ambiguities cloud the relation between 42 U.S.C. § 1981a(a)(1) and RCW 49.60.030(2) to preclude characterization of their link as an express authorization for punitive damages. First, the structure of the language in RCW 49.60.030(2) arguably evinces an intent to incorporate only federal remedies qualifying as "costs." While the trial court read the provision as: "to recover the actual damages . . . together with . . . any other remedy .. .," we might reasonably read the term "including" as restrictive: "the cost of suit including . . . any other remedy.. . ." Under the latter interpretation, punitive damages simply would fall outside the scope of the incorporation provision. We need not choose between these alternative meanings, however, to decide the resultant ambiguity cannot overcome Washington's policy against punitive damages.
We find equally disturbing the relation between the provision of punitive damages in the Civil Rights Act of 1991 and the Civil Rights Act of 1964. RCW 49.60.030(2) explicitly incorporates only the 1964 Act as amended, but whether the 1991 Act actually constitutes an amendment to the 1964 Act is unclear. The Civil Rights Act of 1991 did not directly amend Title VII to permit punitive damages, but rather amended the Revised Statutes, 42 U.S.C. § 1981a. Indeed, the amendment explicitly describes compensatory and punitive damages "in addition to" remedies available under the 1964 Act. 42 U.S.C. § 1981a(a)(1). An implied incorporation of the 1991 Act does not meet our standard for express authorization.
The trial court found controlling this court's prior analysis of the interplay between RCW 49.60.030(2) and the 1991 Act in Xieng, 120 Wn.2d 512. Analyzing the scope of the incorporation of federal remedies by reference, Xieng held express legislative authorization for expert witness fees under the LAD lies in the explicit expert witness fee provision of the Civil Rights Act of 1991. Xieng, 120 Wn.2d at 528; RCW 49.60.030(2); 42 U.S.C. § 2000(e)-5(k). The trial court concluded Xieng compelled incorporation of all federal relief provided in the 1991 Act.
We reaffirm and distinguish Xieng. Both the nature of the remedy and the relevant statutory authority in Xieng differ from the present case. Certainly expert witness fees have not received the extreme resistance and condemnation as punitive damages. See Spokane Truck, 2 Wn. at 50-56. Unlike the punitive damages provision, the expert witness fee provision contains an explicit amendment to the 1964 Civil Rights Act. 42 U.S.C. § 2000(e)-5(k). Moreover, the presence of the explicit amendatory language in 42 U.S.C. § 2000(e)-5(k) reinforces our concern for the lack of an equally explicit amendment to the 1964 Act in 42 U.S.C. § 1981a(a)(1). At the same time, the incorporation of expert witness fees in Xieng is consistent with an interpretation of RCW 49.60.030(2) as limiting the incorporation of federal remedies to costs of suit. See Xieng, 120 Wn.2d at 528.
Where the Legislature has intended the exceptional relief of punitive damages, the statute has contained an explicit authorization. See RCW 9.73.230(11); RCW 19.86.090. The Legislature here, presumably aware of Congress' decision to allow punitive damages in the 1991 Civil Rights Act, had the opportunity to follow suit in its 1993 amendments to the LAD. If the Legislature intended to make punitive damages available for employment discrimination under the LAD, it would have unambiguously so provided. [5] We observe that even if the LAD permitted punitive damages for employment discrimination generally, that relief would remain unavailable in the present case. The Civil Rights Act, the only potential authorization for punitive damages under the LAD, did not permit that relief until 1991. Plaintiffs' claim concerns conduct prior to 1991. The United States Supreme Court has determined punitive damages under the Civil Rights Act of 1991 operate prospectively only. Landgraf v. USI Film Prods., 511 U.S. 244, 114 S. Ct. 1483, 1496, 128 L. Ed. 2d 229 (1994). Nor could the provision of punitive damages, a penalty and a new right of action qualify as a remedial amendment to permit a presumption of retroactivity. Agency Budget Corp. v. Washington Ins. Guar. Ass'n, 93 Wn.2d 416, 425-26, 610 P.2d 361 (1980); Johnston v. Beneficial Management Corp., 85 Wn.2d 637, 640-41, 538 P.2d 510 (1975); see Landgraf, 114 S. Ct. at 1506-07. Retrospective punitive damages thus could not constitute a "remedy available" under the Civil Rights Act. See RCW 49.60.030(2); McGinnis v. Kentucky Fried Chicken, 51 F.3d 805, 807-08 (9th Cir. 1994).
Reversed.
DURHAM, C.J., and SMITH, GUY, and MADSEN, JJ., concur.
TALMADGE, J. (concurring in part, dissenting in part)
The principal issue in this case is whether the Legislature intended by its 1993 amendments to RCW 49.60, our Law Against Discrimination, to incorporate the remedy of exemplary damages allowed in federal civil rights actions. Although I agree with the majority that the trial court erred in granting summary judgment for Ms. Dailey in this case, I disagree with the majority's analysis on exemplary damages under RCW 49.60.030(2), and therefore write separately.
A. Federal Law
Prior to 1991, a successful federal civil rights plaintiff generally could not recover exemplary damages. See 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-5. In the 1991 Civil Rights Act, Congress included a new statutory section, 42 U.S.C. § 1981a, which provides:
In an action brought by a complaining party under section 706 or 717 of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 [ 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-5, 2000e-16] against a respondent who engaged in unlawful intentional discrimination (not an employment practice that is unlawful because of its disparate impact) prohibited under section 703, 704, or 717 of the Act [ 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-2, 2000e-3], and provided that the complaining party cannot recover under section 1981 of this title, the complaining party may recover compensatory and punitive damages as allowed in subsection (b) of this section, in addition to any relief authorized by section 706(g) of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, from the respondent.
Under the terms of the statute, a successful litigant under the Civil Rights Act of 1964 can recover exemplary damages.
The majority determines the 1991 Civil Rights Act may not have amended the 1964 Civil Rights Act, majority op. at 576, based on an argument first raised by amicus Washington Defense Trial Lawyers Association that 42 U.S.C. § 1981a is a separate section and does not actually amend the text of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. This hypertechnical argument ignores the plain language of 42 U.S.C. § 1981(a)(1) allowing exemplary damages in "an action brought by a complaining party under § 706 or 717 of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 . . ."
Moreover, there is no federal authority supporting the position advanced by the majority and the Washington Defense Trial Lawyers Association. In McGinnis v. Kentucky Fried Chicken, 42 F.3d 1273 (9th Cir.), amended and superseded by 51 F.3d 805 (9th Cir. 1994), the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit specifically held punitive damages are allowed under the Civil Rights Act of 1964 as amended by the 1991 Civil Rights Act: "Punitive damages are authorized by that statute today." Id. at 807. The United States Supreme Court in Landgraf v. U.S.I. Film Prods., 511 U.S. 244, 114 S. Ct. 1483, 128 L. Ed. 2d 229 (1994) similarly held exemplary punitive damages were available under the Civil Rights Act of 1964. As interpreted by the federal courts, successful federal civil rights claimants may recover exemplary damages under the 1964 Civil Rights Act, as amended by the 1991 legislation, as a means of enforcing federal antidiscrimination law.
B. Washington Law
In 1993, the Washington Legislature adopted amendments to RCW 49.60.030(2) relating to private actions under RCW 49.60, allowing a party to seek:
to enjoin further violations, or to recover the actual damages sustained by the person, or both, together with the cost of suit including reasonable attorneys' fees or any other appropriate remedy authorized by this chapter or the United States Civil Rights Act of 1964 as amended, . . .
LAWS OF 1993, ch. 69, § 1; LAWS OF 1993, ch. 510, § 3(2) (emphasis added.) The "as amended" language was adopted in two separate legislative enactments by the 1993 Legislature, ch. 69, LAWS OF 1993, § 1 and ch. 510, LAWS OF 1993, § 3(2). The Legislature reenacted RCW 49.60.030(2) in its present form combining the disparate amendments to RCW 49.60.030 in Ch. 135, LAWS OF 1995, § 3. Thus, on three separate occasions in 1993 and 1995, the Legislature adopted legislative language incorporating into RCW 49.60 remedies authorized by the 1991 amendment to the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
Notwithstanding this statutory language, the majority finds exemplary damages are unavailable to claimants under RCW 49.60.030 because of Washington's strong public policy against punitive damages. Barr v. Interbay Citizens Bank, 96 Wn.2d 692, 635 P.2d 441, amended, 649 P.2d 827 (1981). The majority asserts exemplary damages are unavailable under Washington law in the absence of express statutory authorization. By this, the majority seems to mean the Legislature must use the specific words "punitive damages." This argument is too literal and ignores the clear direction of RCW 49.60.030 and the legislative history of the state and federal enactments.
By 1995, when the Legislature again amended RCW 49.60.030(2), the Legislature had the benefit of the decisions in Landgraf and McGinnis. In McGinnis, the Ninth Circuit held exemplary damages are available to successful claimants under RCW 49.60 because RCW 49.60.030(2) incorporated federal remedies and the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended in 1991, permitted successful claimants to recover exemplary damages. Nor was the Legislature ignorant of the nature of its own actions. As we have stated:
The Legislature is presumed to be aware of judicial interpretation of its statutes. Friends of Snoqualmie Valley v. King County Boundary Review Bd., 118 Wn.2d 488, 496, 825 P.2d 300(1992).
Another principle of statutory construction [is that] "Legislative silence regarding the construed portion of the statute in a subsequent amendment creates a presumption of acquiescence in that construction." Baker v. Leonard, 120 Wn.2d 538, 545, 843 P.2d 1050 (1993).
State v. Ritchie, 126 Wn.2d 388, 393, 894 P.2d 1308 (1995). See also State v. Young, 125 Wn.2d 688, 696, 888 P.2d 142 (1995); In re Foreclosure of Liens, 117 Wn.2d 77, 86, 811 P.2d 945 (1991) (the Legislature is presumed to know existing case law in areas in which it is legislating). The Legislature had to know it was incorporating the federal remedy of punitive damages into RCW 49.60.
By adopting the "as amended" language in 1993 and 1995, the Legislature intended to incorporate federal remedies in RCW 49.60. But the majority's interpretation of RCW 49.60.030(2) renders virtually meaningless the Legislature's intent. RCW 49.60.030(2) specifically mentions injunctive relief, and recovery of actual damages, costs and a reasonable attorney fee. We have already allowed expert witness fees as a cost of litigation. Xieng v. Peoples Nat'l Bank, 120 Wn.2d 512, 528, 844 P.2d 389 (1993). The reference to federal law remedies must be intended to expand upon the already mentioned remedies. However, beyond injunctive relief, compensatory damages, costs and attorney fees, nothing of substance is left but the punitive damages added to federal law in 1991. The Legislature clearly understood it was adopting exemplary damages as part of Washington's antidiscrimination law when it amended RCW 49.60.030(2) in 1993 and 1995.
C. Retroactive Application of the 1993 Amendments
The final question relates to retroactive application of RCW 49.60.030(2) in Ms. Dailey's case. All parties in this case agree Julie Dailey's cause of action under RCW 49.60 arose at the time of her wrongful termination on March 16, 1990, and had she pursued a cause of action under federal law she could not have recovered exemplary damages.
In Landgraf, a former employee brought an action alleging sexual harassment and retaliation in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The United States Supreme Court held the provisions of the 1991 Civil Rights Act, including 42 U.S.C. § 1981a, do not apply to a case pending on appeal when the statute was enacted, and had prospective effect only. The Court declined to apply the 1991 amendments retroactively unless Congress made clear such an intent. The Court found no such clear Congressional intent for retroactive application of the 1991 amendments. Landgraf, 114 S. Ct. at 1505.
Counsel for Ms. Dailey argues the amendments to RCW 49.60.030(2) must be applied retroactively because they are remedial in nature. I disagree. Because the Legislature adopted a federal remedy, we are obliged to construe the federal remedy in accordance with Congressional intent as understood by the federal courts. Xieng, 120 Wn.2d at 528-29. The United States Supreme Court in Landgraf determined the 1991 amendments to the Civil Rights Act of 1964 providing for compensatory and punitive damages could not be retroactively applied. If Ms. Dailey may not recover exemplary damages under federal law, she may not recover exemplary damages under RCW 49.60.030(2), as amended.
JOHNSON, ALEXANDER, and SANDERS, JJ., concur with TALMADGE, J.