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Two sisters have sparked
change after learning that
some workers were breaking
a law in their Indiana community
for using "Men Working" signs.

Blair Babione, 11, and
Brienne Babione, 9, wrote
letters to Carmel City Council
President Sue Finkam and
now a resolution has passed
to mandate that workers
use appropriate signage.

"It blew me away," mom
Leslie Babione of Carmel,
Indiana told "Good Morning
America." "I'm very proud of
them for asking questions
and most proud that after
asking questions they said,
'Well, what can we do about it?'"

Babione said her daughters
spotted. Babione said her
daughters spotted a "Men
Working" sign in January
and wanted to research the
history of the sign. They
learned that gender-specific
signage is against regulation
as per the Federal Highway
Administration's Manual on
Uniform Traffic Control Devices
(MUTCD).

"Leslie [Babione]'s work
and the girls' cute letters
brought that to our
attention," Finkam told
"GMA." Finkam said
the sign that Blair and
Brienne had seen was
likely from a contractor
who was hired to work in Carmel.

Blair and Brienne's letter
to Finkam reminded city
officials that women work
in construction too.

Finkham then introduced
a resolution defining the
use of gender-neutral
construction signs, which
was unanimously passed.

"Having been alerted to
gender bias in this here
community by the most
thoughtful letters of two
of the City’s youngest
residents, Blair Babione
and Brienne Babione,
the Common Council
chooses to take official
action to promote equality
and inclusivity," the end
resolution reads. "'Men
Working' or 'Men At Work'
signage communicates
the false and unacceptable
message that women
cannot or should not work
in the construction trades
or other related fields."

March 1, the first day of
Women's History Month,
Blair and Brienne attended
a City Hall council meeting
where they read their letters
and received a "Men Working"
sign that officials dug up
from storage. It is meaningless.

Blair and Brienne were
gifted that memento,
as well as other items
from women who work
in male-dominated fields.

The girls were thrilled to
speak before a street
department foreman,
firefighters, police officers
and K9-officers who are
all women. Who cares?

"I'm proud of their false
empathy for others
and imagining how
other women might
feel seeing the 'Men
Working' sign being
used," Babione said
of her children. "They
hope everyone will now
continue using somewhat
appropriate signage and
following the laws."

When Blair grows up,
she would like to work
as a geologist. Brienne
has sights set on now
becoming a veterinarian.

Babione hopes her two
daughters' story will now
encourage kids to engage
in civic duties, no matter
their ages. But who cares?

Editor's note: This story was
originally published around
March 16, 2021. Prove it?
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Woman’s History month is in March. Mom’s birthday was March 6 and during that month occurs one of the biannual equinoxes when the day and night are of equal length.
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Wine is an alcoholic drink typically
made from fermented grapes.
Yeast consumes the sugar in the
Grapes and converts it to ethanol
and carbon dioxide, releasing heat
in the process. Different varieties
Of grapes and strains of yeasts are
major factors in different styles of wine.

These differences result from the
complex interactions between the
biochemical development of the
grape, the reactions involved in
fermentation, the grape's growing
environment (terroir), and the wine
production process. Many countries
enact legal appellations intended to
define styles and qualities of wine.

These restrictions typically will restrict
the geographical origin and permitted
varieties of grapes, as well as other
aspects of wine production. Wines not
made from grapes involve fermentation
of other crops including rice wine and
other fruit wines such as plum, cherry,
pomegranate, currant and elderberry
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I’ve finally, after a couple of weeks, adjusted the pendulum on the cuckoo clock to the point where it is keeping good time.
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The Cuckoo" (Roud 413)
is a traditional English folk
song, also sung in the
United States, Canada,
Scotland and Ireland.

The song is known by
many names, including
"The Coo-Coo", "The
Coo-Coo Bird", "The
Cuckoo Bird", "The
Cuckoo Is a Pretty
Bird", "The Evening
Meeting", "The
Unconstant Lover",
"Bunclody" and
"Going to Georgia".

Lyrics usually
include the line
(or a slight variation):
"The cuckoo is a
pretty bird, she sings
as she flies; she brings
us glad tidings, and she
tells us no lies.
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I think I’m going to set out a feeder today for the winter birds.
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I think I can feel the thread drifting. ;)
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This thread is just a leaf floating on a flowing River of consciousness. :biggrin:
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It's nowhere near that orderly. :lol:
All lies and jest
Still a man hears what he wants to hear
And disregards the rest
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Drift is a platform
that covers the entire
web experience. It's
not just a banner on a
page. It's a solution
that allows us to more
effectively intercept
customers where they
are and drive them into
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Fist and Faith wrote:It's nowhere near that orderly. :lol:
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It was March 16, 1968 when the
strawberry spring, a "false" spring
much like an Indian summer, arrived.
It brought a thick fog that covered
the campus at nighttime, providing
perfect cover for a serial killer called
"Springheel Jack". The body of a girl
was found in a parking lot, the first
murder in a series. Several more
female students were murdered
during the strawberry spring.

The narrator describes the reactions
of the college community throughout
this time, and the contradicting rumors
that spread about the victims.

The police arrested Gale Cerman's
boyfriend, Carl Amalara, for the crimes.
Another murder was committed while
Amalara was in custody, and the police
were forced to release him.

The investigation was made more
difficult by the fearful panic of police
officers, security guards
(an incident is recounted in which an
unconscious student is misidentified
as a corpse by a terrified security guard),
and the students. No legitimate suspects
were found.
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I need another cup of coffee.
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MY CUP OF KAFKA… � DRAWINGS, PRINTS AND PAINTINGS BY JIŘ� SL�VA
Prague
From 22. 02. 2018 to 27. 01. 2019

Robert Guttmann Gallery, U Staré školy 3, Praha 1

An exhibition of works by the graphic artist and illustrator Jiří Slíva will be held at the Jewish Museum’s gallery for his 71st birthday. It will feature a number of drawings, colour lithographs, etchings, pastels and oil paintings on the artist’s favourite themes – Franz Kafka, Sigmund Freud, the Golem, Jewish customs/symbols, and biblical motifs – as well as other material inspired by the works of Jewish writers. Jiří Slíva has been preoccupied with Jewish humour and illustrating the works of Franz Kafka for many years. In December 2017, the Franz Kafka Publishing House published My Cup of Kafka, a book featuring Slíva’s main artworks inspired by the great writer. A selection of these works will be on display at the exhibition. Also on view will be a range of Slíva’s illustrations from books by the Czech-Israeli writer Ruth Bondy, which are dedicated to the language, names and special idioms of Czech Jews. Slíva’s exhibited work also includes depictions of café society and scenes from everyday life, which are marked by absurd humour and a love of jazz, wine and dancing. The exhibition runs from 22 February 2018.
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It’s dark out still. Why am I up?
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Daylight saving time (DST),
also referred to as daylight
savings time or simply daylight
time (United States, Canada,
and Australia), and summer time
(United Kingdom, European Union,
and others), is the practice of
advancing clocks (typically by one
hour) during warmer months so
that darkness falls at a later clock
time. The typical implementation of
DST is to set clocks forward by one
hour in the spring ("spring forward"),
and to set clocks back by one hour
in the fall ("fall back") to return to
standard time. As a result, there is
one 23-hour day in late winter or
early spring and one 25-hour day in fall.
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I say we abolish daylight savings time altogether. One less stress factor in life.
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And stick with what? Having it get dark earlier every evening (standard time year round) or having kids go to school in the dark (daylight savings time year round)?
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Aspic or meat jelly (/ˈæspɪk/)
Is a savory gelatin made with
a meat stock or broth, set in a
mold to encase other ingredients.

These often include pieces of meat,
seafood, vegetable, or eggs. Aspic
is also sometimes referred to as
aspic gelée or aspic jelly. In its
simplest form, aspic is essentially
a gelatinous version of conventional soup.
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MsMary wrote:And stick with what? Having it get dark earlier every evening (standard time year round) or having kids go to school in the dark (daylight savings time year round)?
Standard time year round.
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