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New evidence backs Viganò’s claim about Benedict-imposed sanctions on McCarrick
Viganò claimed that Benedict had ordered McCarrick to 'leave the seminary.' And the ex-Cardinal did, in fact, leave the seminary.
Thu Aug 30, 2018 - 4:32 pm EST
Cardinal Theodore McCarrick attends a Mass in St. Peter's Basilica in 2005. Marco Di Lauro / Getty Images
By Dorothy Cummings McLean
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WASHINGTON, DC, August 30, 2018 (LifeSiteNews) – Archbishop Carlo Viganò’s claim that Pope Benedict gave sanctions to now ex-Cardinal McCarrick, one of which included that he was to “leave the seminary,” appears to be backed by new evidence that McCarrick did indeed abruptly leave the seminary in which he lived in 2008.
Speaking to Catholic News Agency (CNA), two sources said that they were present when the Apostolic Nuncio in Washington, Archbishop Pietro Sambi, informed McCarrick that he had to leave.
“Two sources present at a 2008 meeting between McCarrick and Sambi told CNA that the nuncio instructed McCarrick to leave the seminary at that time. According to those sources, Sambi told McCarrick his departure was the direct instruction of Pope Benedict XVI,” reported Ed Condon of CNA.
This tallies with the account of Archbishop Viganò, former Apostolic Nuncio to the USA, that in 2008 Benedict XVI had imposed sanctions on McCarrick, including eviction from the Washington diocesan seminary in which he lived.
“Pope Benedict had imposed on Cardinal McCarrick sanctions similar to those now imposed on him by Pope Francis: the cardinal was to leave the seminary where he was living, he was forbidden to celebrate [Mass] in public, to participate in public meetings, to give lectures, to travel, with the obligation of dedicating himself to a life of prayer and penance,” wrote Viganò in his August 22 detailed report.
Viganò claimed that Benedict had been made aware that the Archbishop Emeritus of Washington had engaged in sexual misconduct with seminarians and priests and wanted McCarrick to dedicate himself to a life of penance and prayer.
When the former Nuncio’s testimony was released last week, the current Archbishop of Washington, Cardinal Donald Wuerl, denied that he ever received “documentation or information from the Holy See specific to Cardinal McCarrick’s behavior or any of the prohibitions on his life and ministry suggested by Archbishop Vigano.”
Benedict had appointed Wuerl Archbishop of Washington on May 16, 2006.
CNA reporter Condon wrote that McCarrick did leave the seminary at the end of 2008 and moved to the parish of St. Thomas the Apostle in the “upscale” Woodley Park neighborhood of Washington, DC. One of the priests living there at the time told CNA that he had to move out of his rooms to make room for a “mystery VIP.”
He told CNA:
“It was all very sudden. I was moved around but given another room in the rectory.”
He was told by his pastor that McCarrick was moving there. The unnamed priest also told CNA that he had been told the Cardinal was “no longer allowed” to live in the seminary.
CNA’s source also spoke of extensive renovations to the rectory before McCarrick moved in.
“There was significant construction to create his suite, which took over two prior suites and two full baths, as well as the single guest room next to me which was converted into a private chapel for McCarrick’s exclusive use,” the priest told CNA.
McCarrick apparently took up residence there in either late February or early March 2009.
But despite all this work and expense to one of its own rectories, the Archdiocese of Washington is denying that it had anything to do with McCarrick’s move. Condon reported that the archdiocesan spokesman, Ed McFadden, told CNA on Monday that “Archbishop McCarrick typically made his own housing arrangements and did not directly involve the Archdiocese of Washington.”
Since the Archdiocese of New York announced in June that a “credible and substantiated” allegation had been made that McCarrick had, as a priest in New York, sexually abused a teenage boy, McCarrick’s reputation for sexual misconduct with seminarians, once an open secret among members of the clergy, has become common knowledge.
In the wake of the McCarrick scandal, the Pennsylvania Grand Jury Report into clerical sexual abuse of minors has criticized Washington’s current archbishop, Bishop Emeritus of Pittsburgh, Donald Wuerl. Wuerl stands accused not only of having protected clerical sex abusers in his old diocese but of endangering seminarians in Washington by allowing Cardinal McCarrick to live among them.
Archbishop Carlo Mario Viganò dismissed Wuerl’s denials that he knew about McCarrick’s reputation very strongly in his statement, saying, “The Cardinal lies shamelessly and prevails upon his Chancellor, Monsignor Antonicelli, to lie as well.”
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Caroline Pidgeon: We need 'Olympic effort' on housing
To coincide with the Liberal Democrat opposition day debate in Parliament on the ‘State of the nation’s housing market’ Caroline Pidgeon today promised an ‘Olympic effort” when she becomes Mayor of London that would deliver more 50,000 new low rent ‘council’ homes over the next four years, built by a new construction company operating out of City Hall – delivering a scale of homebuilding not seen since the days of the London County Council and the Greater London Council.
Another 150,000 homes she wants to see built throughout the capital would be a mixture of market sale properties, private rental homes and intermediate “affordable,” including “rent-to-buy” dwellings for first time buyers.
The Liberal Democrat candidate also promised that her proposals would deliver 100,000 new jobs in the building industry, as she called for a construction academy to be set up in the capital, also run by City Hall
Ms Pidgeon plans to fund the ambitious home building programme by continuing to charge the average Londoner the £20 they already pay in their Council Tax that was used to fund the 2012 Olympic Games. This income would provide the long term revenue stream to allow responsible borrowing to take place unleashing a massive £2 billion long term boost to housing investment in London.
Caroline Pidgeon said:
“The shortage of affordable homes in London remains the gravest crisis facing our city, with over 500,000 people languishing on housing waiting lists and with far too many families living in overcrowded homes.
“For decades London has failed to build enough new homes, driving up rents and putting property prices well beyond the reach of most ordinary Londoners. You’ve got to boost supply, and I’m not going to rely on the private sector to do that because they just haven’t delivered. They will find any excuse not to build genuinely affordable homes.”
“I unashamedly say that just as people rose to the challenge and helped to fund the Olympic and Paralympic Games, it is now time a similar commitment was shown to building new affordable homes. This Government is trying to get rid of council housing – I want to bring it back so Londoners can afford to stay in the capital.”
“We should also seek to address the skills shortage in the building trade in London, by taking a cue from TfL’s tunnelling academy which trains up young people. With Government devolving the skills funding and further education budget to London we can train up young people by setting up a construction academy and equip Londoners with the tools they need to help build the homes London needs”
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Man City transfer news RECAP deadline day updates and Patrick Roberts latest
It's transfer deadline day and Pep Guardiola has until 5pm today to sign the holding midfielder he has chased all summer.
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Manchester City have had a quiet transfer window this summer. The club-record signing of Riyad Mahrez for £60m has been the only arrival at the Etihad, despite Pep Guardiola's desire to add a holding midfielder to the squad.
Jorginho was a top target, but the Italian chose to join Chelsea, and City have since been linked with Mateo Kovacic, Miralem Pjanic, Mario Lemina and Marco Verratti.
Guardiola has said he does not expect any more signings, but may retract on those claims after Kovacic agreed a loan deal with Chelsea last night and midfielder Olesksandr Zinchenko is expected to finalise a permanent move to Wolves for £16m.
City fans will still be hopeful of one more addition to their title winning squad, and Guardiola has until 5pm today to act before the transfer window closes.
Follow City's preparations for the new season and the latest City transfer news LIVE here.
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Wolves 'still hopeful' for Zinchenko
Wolves are still confident of securing a summer deal for Oleksandr Zinchenko, according to Sky Sports.
The Ukrainian continues to dominate the majority of transfer talk on deadline day with speculation mounting over his future.
Both clubs had provisionally agreed a financial package for his services but the 21-year-old is reportedly keen to stay at City.
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One major arrival, a club legend departing, and lots of youngsters heading out on loan.
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All eyes on Sunday
Now the transfer deadline has passed, attention is firmly on retaining the Premier League title.
Huddersfield end Roberts interest
Huddersfield were linked with a loan move for Patrick Roberts today, but have signed an alternative wide-man.
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City Women make new signing
Janine Beckie has joined City from Sky Blue FC.
“This is an absolute dream for me, to play for this club that I’ve followed for so many years. In Europe, they take a bit more of a look at the tactical side of [football] - possession, breaking teams down. That’s what I love as a player, and what I love as a footballer, and I’m really excited to get into an environment where I’m challenged and pushed.
“[At Sky Blue] they really tried to instil a style of possession, one-two touch, which was something that wasn’t really a huge part of my game before Sky Blue. It definitely was, but [at Sky Blue] the emphasis was, more than it ever has been, and that was really important for me, to take the next step.”
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Arsenal vs City team news
Arsenal midfielder Aaron Ramsey is likely to be available for Sunday’s fixture between the Gunners and City.
He missed Arsenal’s recent pre-season friendly with Chelsea but trained on Thursday and looks set to be involved at the Emirates.
City backed to beat Arsenal
What you’ve all been waiting for has finally arrived... Paul Merson’s prediction for Arsenal vs City on Sunday:
Arsenal 1-3 City
“If you had asked me last Saturday I’d have fancied Arsenal, but City were outstanding last weekend against Chelsea. I feel with the new manager, there will be a plan this time from Arsenal, whereas last year they got absolutely rinsed.
“But I think City will have too much for them. With these Arsenal players on the training ground, you’ve got to make drills monotonous to really ram home the message, but I don’t think they’ve had the time yet.”
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City welcomed Xabi Alonso to training on Wednesday afternoon as Pep Guardiola’s side prepared for the new Premier League season.
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Preston delighted with Nmecha move
Alex Neil is delighted to have landed his man.
“We have been targeting this for a while now. I believe we have signed one of the brightest centre forwards in the country at his age group. Manchester City have got really high hopes for him.”
Nmecha leaves on loan
City can confirm Lukas Nmecha has left the club on loan.
Zinchenko to Wolves 'deal is off'
Another hour, another twist in the transfer saga.
This time Sky Sports suggest there will be no deal taking place for the Ukrainian. Four hours to go.
Argentina approached Guardiola
Argentina approached Pep Guardiola to become their new manager following their World Cup exit, FA chief Claudio Tapia confirmed.
Tapia told The Sun his nation were keen to recruit the Catalan but were left ‘stunned’ by his wage demands.
“We enquired, it was a possibility, but we enquired. You have to have a big wallet, a large backing
“It’s a lot [Guardiola’s salary] and we have to get loans for everything. We made consultations but it is very difficult, I am telling you the truth.
“We made an enquiry but we did not think it was so much. We tried to speak, but he stayed there.”
Anything can happen
City fans are keeping an open mind on deadline day.
City 'agree keeper deal'
City have agreed a deal to sign Gavin Bazunu from Shamrock Rovers, according to a report.
The Irish Daily Star suggest the 16-year-old will join the club officially in January after a €350,000 deal was reportedly agreed.
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Scholes brutal on United
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“I just don’t see United getting closer to City. City are a really good side, great manager, some great players, a way of playing that they all know about and Manchester United seem to be not too sure what’s going on.
“You don’t really know the team, you don’t really know the players, you don’t know how they’re going to perform from one week to the next.
“So I hope I’m wrong, but I don’t see them challenging for the league this year.”
Huddersfield 'pursue Patrick Roberts'
Huddersfield are interested to sign Patrick Roberts on loan, according to reports.
Mail Sport suggest the Terriers are looking to secure a temporary deal for the 21-year-old but there is interest from other clubs.
Daniel Arzani speaks about move
Daniel Arzani has spoken about swapping Melbourne for Manchester (and in all likelihood Glasgow)
“When I first came to this club I had ambitions of playing overseas and it was always a dream of mine.
“I think with football you get opportunities and you’ve got to take them, and it’s the right time for me to take an opportunity and to move forward.
“The last six-seven months has been an absolute roller-coaster for me and I’ve been very pleased with the way everything’s worked out.
“I’m just ecstatic moving forward.”
Daniel Arzani to Melbourne City’s official website
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Players that could leave - latest
Of the potential outgoings today, Brahim Diaz, Lukas Nmecha, Jason Denayer and Eliaquim Mangala are not really on deadline because sales to foreign clubs or loans to non-Premier League English clubs do not have to be completed until the end of the month.
Aleks Zinchenko: City have left it in the Ukranian’s hands as to whether he moves to Wolves for £16m or not. Reports last tonight suggested he was keen to complete a move to Molineux but appears to have changed his mind this morning and left the Premier League newcomers waiting at the medical facility. As it stands, he will remain a City player
Patrick Roberts: Roberts had not discussed his future with the manager by the end of the pre-season tour but is not expected to get a kick at City this season. The Mail reports that Huddersfield are interested in taking him on loan for the year.
Business as usual at the CFA
There may not be much transfer activity today, but City are hard at work getting ready for Arsenal on Sunday.
Zinchenko to stay - report
Tim has been well on top of this transfer from the Wolves end, and this is the latest from him.
Kovacic signs for Chelsea
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Home > Generous brides donate gowns for stillborn babies
A charitable organisation is providing some comfort to parents who have a lost a child prior to birth with the aid of some generous brides, utilising their used wedding dresses and turning them into garments for stillborn children.
The charity, called Cherished Gowns for Angel Babies UK, says that over 3,000 babies unfortunately suffer this fate and often, during these devastating times, parents can struggle to find appropriate attire in which to dress the babies, and this is where the charity steps in.
By using a wedding dress that has been gifted to them, those at the company can make at least 20 gowns for its service users. The organisation was established by Lynda Garret and Megan Mckay last year, taking inspiration from similar charities around the world.
Mckay said of its objectives and its donations:
“Our aim is to make sure no baby born too soon or too late has to be buried naked. A lot of the dress donations we receive are from people who have been keeping it in the attic but don’t really have a use for it.”
This admirable organisation is providing a heart-rending service that will surely touch the hearts of many, and anyone looking to volunteer or donate can contact the organisation directly.
A professional wedding photographer from Lancashire is all too aware that weddings are unique celebrations of love, though Cherished Gowns for Angel Babies show that they can also contribute to a celebration of life, however fleeting.
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Analysts play down Temasek’s China share sales
By Chris Oliver
Published: July 6, 2011 10:16 a.m. ET
Singapore-owned fund pares back stakes in pair of mainland banks
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HONG KONG (MarketWatch) –- Singapore’s Temasek Holding’s Pte. Ltd.’s reduction in equity stakes of two of the biggest lenders in China shouldn’t be seen as a loss of faith in the mainland’s banking sector, according to some analysts.
Instead, they see the government-owned investment fund as moving to diversify its portfolio, in line with a shift that’s likely been in the planning for weeks.
Temasek raised $3.62 billion by selling parts of its stakes in Bank of China (3988)(601988) and China Construction Bank (601939) (939), according to newswire reports on Wednesday.
Both companies’ shares ended the session more than 3% lower in Hong Kong trading. Temasek reportedly sold the shares in question at discounts to their Tuesday closing prices.
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Michael Werner, Bernstein Research’s Hong Kong-based senior banking analyst, said Temasek’s investment portfolio remained “well exposed” to China’s banking sector, even after cutting holdings in the two mainland lenders.
The share sales, executed by prior arrangement early Wednesday, reduces Temasek’s holding in Bank of China to 2.2%, down from a 4.1% at the end of last year, while its holding in China Construction Bank fell to 6.2% from 6.76%, according calculations by Dow Jones Newswires.
UOB Kay Hian analyst Andrew Chow in Singapore said last month he was expecting Temasek to begin diversifying its portfolio, calling the move “reasonable” in light of is relatively heavy exposure to banks and technology.
In a note dated June 10, Chow cited data showing Temasek’s investment portfolio was 37% weighted toward financial services, followed by 24% in the telecommunications, media and technology sector.
“We believe that more investments into … the energy and resource sector may provide more balance and be of strategic value,” Chow said. Energy and resources accounted for less than 20% of Temasek’s investments, he noted.
Talk of a portfolio rebalancing was also stirred up by news reports last month that Ho Ching, Temasek’s chief executive, could step aside in August.
Ho had been expected to hand over the helm to Chip Goodyear, the former head of BHP Billiton, who joined the fund’s board in 2009, as part of move that would have made him the first foreigner to run the investment fund.
However, Goodyear departed after a few months, citing unspecified strategic issues, with his exit also bringing to end expectations of a commodities-oriented investment strategy.
Chow said it was possible that a leadership change was being considered again as the fund’s investment portfolio had done well since the global recovery, and that a fresh pair of hands might be seen as the best approach.
Toxic-loan worries?
Bernstein Research’s Werner said investors had grown more apprehensive about the possibility of toxic loans coming back to haunt Chinese banks after their lending binge in 2009 and 2010.
However, it’s unlikely China’s banks would face a major crisis, according to Werner, who expects non-performing loans to remain manageable, with problems loans pegged to peak out at about 3% of total lending, compared to 1% currently.
“For this cycle, the bank’s will be able to manage without some of the bear cases occurring,” Werner said.
Werner wouldn’t comment directly on Temasek’s reduction in its share holdings of the mainland lenders, saying the Singaporean fund was also a client of Bernstein Research.
On Wednesday, Temasek sold 5.188 billion shares of Bank of China, the nation’s fourth-largest bank by assets, at 3.63 Hong Kong dollars (46.7 U.S. cents) each, or about a 6% discount from Tuesday’s closing price, according to Dow Jones Newswires.
The fund also sold 1.502 billion shares in China Construction Bank, the nation’s second-largest lender by assets, at HK$6.26 a piece, or equivalent to a 3.4% discount to their Tuesday closing price, the report said.
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Food/Beverages/Tobacco
Dunkin' Brands tops profit and revenue expectation
By Cara Lombardo
Published: Feb 6, 2018 6:45 a.m. ET
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Dunkin' Brands Group, Inc. DNKN, -0.42% reported its fourth-quarter earnings Tuesday. Here's what you need to know:
EARNINGS: Dunkin' reported net income of $195.5 million, or $2.13 a share. Excluding the benefit of the new tax law and other one-time items, the company earned 64 cents a share. Analysts polled by Thomson Reuters had expected adjusted earnings of 63 cents a share.
REVENUE: Revenue increased 5.3% to $227.1 million, more than the $220.6 million analysts expected.
SAME-STORE SALES: Same-store sales rose 0.8% at Dunkin' Donuts U.S. locations, which was what analysts polled by Consensus Metrix expected. The company said increased morning sales and sales of beverages such as iced coffee and Frozen Dunkin' Coffee drove results. At Baskin-Robbins stores, same-store sales rose 5.1% as customers spent more per ticket and bought more shakes, smoothies and Cappuccino Blasts. That was much more than the 0.2% analysts expected.
TAX WATCH: Dunkin's fourth-quarter results included a tax benefit of $143.4 million due to remeasurement of deferred tax liabilities following enactment of the new U.S. tax law.
LOCATIONS: The company opened 126 new U.S. Dunkin' Donuts locations and 40 new international Baskin-Robbins locations during the quarter. It closed 23 Dunkin' Donuts International locations and two Baskin-Robbins U.S. locations.
DIVIDEND: The company raised its dividend payable in March 7.75% to 3.475 cents per share.
Write to Cara Lombardo at cara.lombardo@wsj.com
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Gail Simone's Domino Discoveries
The writer details the past, present, and future of lady luck!
by Sarah Cooke
A new Domino adventure begins today!
Now armed with a leveled-up skill set courtesy of Shang-Chi, Neena Thurman joins her ride-or-dies Outlaw and Diamondback for a mysteriously monstrous journey in DOMINO #7! Written by Gail Simone with art by David Baldeón and Jesus Aburtov, a classic bloodsucking baddie is set to enter the fray...
We sat down with Gail to recap where we've been so far and what we can expect starting with today's new arc.
Marvel.com: Domino is an interesting character because even though she has super luck, she still seems to be somewhat lacking when it comes to a sense of self-worth—in part because of her difficult upbringing. Was that something you wanted to address with your story?
Gail Simone: Absolutely! One of my favorite character types in fiction is the person who gets in their own way. Think about characters like, say, Nova or Zatanna—these characters with massive power levels who often end up on the wrong side of karma simply because they don’t necessarily think the way Iron Man or Thor does. They don’t think of themselves as invulnerable. I like that. I like the heroes who can mess up, who can make mistakes and try to muscle through them.
I think all of us know someone like that, the person who is convinced they are not as valuable as they really are. To me, it’s one of her most endearing traits…other luck-powered characters can be downright obnoxious, but Domino knows there’s a downside.
Marvel.com: Domino also has difficulty trusting people and letting others in. But she begins to allow herself to trust Outlaw and Diamondback. Did you see that as an important part of her character development?
Gail Simone: Again, that is absolutely correct. My feeling about mutants is that trust would come a little bit hard. We see this with people who are different in some way, how even their families can sometimes shun them. Imagine the non-stop propaganda whisper campaign against mutants that would be going on, just endlessly. And no law really protects you. Your protection is essentially a bald guy in a mansion somewhere.
I think, with Domino’s background, trust is tough. But if you’ve ever had that friend, that friend who you know will never let you down, that’s what Diamondback and Outlaw are to her. And that pulls her out of her generic tough-talking lady pose a bit.
Marvel.com: For a time, her luck was taken away from her. What do you think the larger significance of that was for Domino? She's someone who has made a lot of pretty important decisions in her life based on the assumption that her luck would carry her through.
Gail Simone: I think a lot of mutants see it as a trade-off. “Okay, the world shuns and mistreats me, but I can shoot lasers out of my ears,” or whatever. When you take that away, it’s part of who you are. It’s not an easy adjustment ever.
We also wanted to show that she’s no one to screw with even without her powers.
Marvel.com: What did you enjoy most about writing the opening story arc?
Gail Simone: This first one, the joy was just discovering the character. I read a ton of her past stories, and there had been quite a variance in interpretations. So I went with bits from the ones that spoke to me, that made her feel unique, and expanded on them. And now she’s one of my favorites ever. I want to write her forever.
Second, the relationship between the three leads in the Posse is so meaningful to so many people. I always say, there are more kinds of wish fulfilment in comics than just punching. Sometimes reading about a great father figure when you don’t have one, or a love story when you might be feeling lonely, or in this case, having the perfect friends you didn’t know you need; it’s all wonderful to the right reader.
Third, and this probably should be first, is just meeting the readers. Every con, there are more Domino cosplayers, more people who just love the book, it’s an incredible feeling. It’s every kind of person, and they like different aspects, I love it.
Marvel.com: Is there anything you can tease about what's in store for Domino next?
Gail Simone: Yes. MORBIUS. 😊
Seriously, there have been some sexy moments in the first six issues, but David Baldeon and Jesus Aburtov just killed it in these new issues. There are pages I had to print out just to have by my desk. It’s monster-y, in that great Marvel tradition. I am delighted.
After that, we have the ONE most-requested guest character, someone I never thought we’d get to use.
HA! I love this book.
Marvel.com: What has it been like to work with David and Jesus?
Gail Simone: Bar none, one of my favorite teams ever. Not just in terms of talent, although they are amazing. It’s just a perfect, flawless little team. A brilliant, committed artist who draws what’s in my head, except way better, and one of the finest colorists I’ve ever worked with. Almost every day, we write each other fan letters. I write a script, they write effusive notes but they have awesome ideas to add, and then the pages come in and they are SO MUCH BETTER than I could have imagined. Honest, it’s just special.
I talk about this all the time on social media, but editor Chris Robinson blessed me with this team and I will never ever forget it.
Marvel.com: Is there anything else you'd like to mention?
Gail Simone: MORBIUS.
Oh, and also, pick up DOMINO ANNUAL #1 with stories by me, Fabian Nicieza, Leah Williams, and Dennis Hopeless!
GO TEAM DOMINO!
Visit your local comic shop to read DOMINO #7 today!
DOMINO #7 cover by Gang Hyuk Lim.
In this article: Domino (Neena Thurman)
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Hook is situated approximately six miles east of Basingstoke, near to Junction 5 of the M3 making London, the M25, Heathrow Airport, the South West and the wider motorway network easily accessible. As well as excellent road communications, Evergreen Copse is a few minutes’ walk from Hook mainline station which has direct rail services to London Waterloo and Southampton (both approx. 55 minutes), as well as indirect links to Reading (41 minutes) making this an ideal location for commuting.
Hook has a number of local stores and a Tesco supermarket, while there are more comprehensive amenities in nearby Basingstoke. As well as being ideal for the commuter, Hook is also highly regarded due to its rural location, surrounded as it is by attractive countryside as well as country estates such as Tylney Hall Park and Gardens, an ideal location for a spot of al fresco lunch or afternoon tea.
There are a number of local schools in the vicinity including Hook Infant and Junior schools, and Robert May’s secondary school in nearby Odiham, with further education facilities in the surrounding areas.
Hook is located in the North East of Hampshire between Basingstoke and Fleet within the Hart District, and has been recognised in several reports for the superior quality of life, low unemployment and high life expectancy.
The village has a bustling community with infant and junior schools, active clubs and events such as family picnics and the Hook Fun Run and Road Race. Local youth and adult cricket and football clubs are centred around the village community centre.
Hook is ideally located for access to commuting links with Junction 5 of the M3 nearby for access to the M25 and Southampton and the rail station offering direct routes to London Waterloo in approximately 1 hour.
Locally the Bartley Wood Business Park is home to several large IT Companies such as Lenovo and Hewlett Packard Enterprise Services are based on the business park with Serco and Virgin Media both having headquarters there.
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Matthew Homes Ltd is a very successful building company, building homes throughout the south of England.
Established for more than thirty years and with experience in building going back to the 1950s, Matthew Homes produce a diverse range of homes for a variety of different requirements.
From Norfolk and Cambridgeshire in the North of our region to Hampshire and Sussex in the South, and from Wiltshire and Gloucestershire in the West to Kent and Essex in the East, and including the metropolis of London, our sites have quality and style in common. Our homes range from one-bedroom flats for first time buyers to five-bedroom generously proportioned houses for the more established family.
Click here to visit the Matthew Homes website
Gas fired radiator central heating
UPVC double glazed windows
Smooth painted ceilings
Colonial internal doors
Chrome finish door furniture
Fitted kitchen including gas hob, chimney hood, electric double oven, integrated dishwasher and washer/dryer
Ceramic tiled kitchen, cloakroom, bathroom and ensuite floors
Choice of wall tiling to bathroom and ensuite (subject to stage of construction)
Chrome towel rails to bathroom and ensuite
Light and power to garage
Landscaped front gardens to approved plan
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Now Sold. The Foxglove - Detached 4 bedroom house
The Foxglove is a sizeable four bedroom detached house with a double garage. Set over three floors this unusually shaped property makes excellent use of space to provide an arrangement of four bedrooms, with 2 en suites and an additional dressing room for the master bedroom. There is also a bonus games room on the second floor and a useful study on the ground floor.
Plot 7 Available
Plot 4 Sold
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The Primrose - Detached 4 bedroom house
The Primrose is a spacious four bedroom detached home. Set over three floors the Primrose provides flexible accommodation benefitting from two en suites, lots of built in storage, a games room and single garage.
Last Plot!!
The Betony - Now all Sold - Link Detached 3 bedroom house
Plots 1, 8 and 9 Now Sold
The Betony is a well designed three bedro0m home benefiting from a single garage, utility room, en suite to master bedroom and lots of bedroom storage.
The Bluebell - Now Sold - Detached 4 bedroom house
The bluebell is a four bedroom detached home with an attached single garage. The accommodation is set over two floors, including above the garage allowing for four bedrooms with two en suites, plus a dressing area to bedroom 1.
The Cowslip - Now Reserved - Detached 3 bedroom house
Now Reserved
The Cowslip is a three bedroom home with a detached single garage. The ground floor is largely open plan with a dining / kitchen / breakfast room and separate bay fronted living room. On the first floor ate three bedrooms with built in wardrobes and an en suite shower room to the master bedroom.
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At Macy’s, Inc. our culture is key to our success. We believe that what we do and how we do it are equally important. Creating a culture of shared expectations helps our organization deliver on our promises to stakeholders. In 2018, we updated our values and behaviors to better align with our vision for the organization. Simply, clearly and powerfully, they describe how to live our values and follow our vision. This work was so important, we invested in training in these areas for all colleagues. In the following section of the report, we highlight various aspects of our culture work, from listening to our colleagues to creating a safe and inclusive workplace. Our colleagues are engaged and motivated to win in the competitive retail landscape
Our Values and Behaviors
What Guides Us: Our Values
Embracing differences, appreciating similarities, and welcoming all. We encourage, support and celebrate the diversity of our customers, our colleagues and our communities.
Acting with the highest ethical standards and nurturing a speak-up environment. It guides each of our actions - with one another, our customers, and our partners.
Building strong and trustful relationships - between one another, between our colleagues and the company, and with our partners and stakeholders. We treat people with fairness and are committed to honest communications.
Understanding the role we play in our communities and living up to our commitments. We value building strong relationships within our stores, in the workplace, and in the communities we serve.
How We Get it Done: Our Behaviors
Commit To Win
We must win with the customer and consider her in all decisions. We are passionate and competitive. We are demanding of ourselves, proud and humble to be part of a winning team. We commit to acting with speed and agility. We own our business and results.
Trust is at the heart of any meaningful partnership – both inside the company and with our business partners. We do what we say we will do. We are transparent. We collaborate and place trust in our colleagues willingly. We listen, learn, and root for one another.
Own Your Role
Every job matters and each of us plays a unique part in our company’s success. We are clear and accountable to the responsibilities of our role. We seize every opportunity to make our team successful. We are quick to make decisions, learn from mistakes, and understand how to be of service to others.
Get Better Every Day
We continually improve ourselves and develop our teams. We work in service to one another and to our customers. We welcome feedback and learn from it. We are curious and look beyond our walls for inspiration and ideas. We are optimistic and resilient.
Making Colleagues’ Voices Heard
We encourage colleagues to share feedback that will help us measure engagement and understand how they are feeling about our culture. For example, our recurring Culture Pulse surveys have contributed to our progress by helping identify the areas where we are doing well and growth opportunities, focused on our colleagues and People Leaders. We are holding our leaders accountable by measuring engagement and are using these survey results to help our People Leaders to be their best.
Accelerating Multi-Cultural Talent
To demonstrate our commitment to diversity and inclusion, we launched MOSAIC, a leadership program designed to accelerate the momentum of top talent multi-cultural manager and director-level colleagues. Through these programs and other actions, we plan to reach 30% ethnically diverse talent at the senior director level and above by 2025, up from our current level of 22%. To ensure that we meet this goal, we are establishing performance-related People Leader accountability and will create a reporting dashboard to track our progress.
Attracting Talented Colleagues
At Macy’s, Inc., we strive to work with the best and brightest talent in the industry. Attracting outstanding people in a highly competitive and increasingly complex job market starts with a candidate-first mentality. We believe our candidates are our customers. From this belief, we are committed to creating a compelling, meaningful and personalized candidate experience. This includes seeking out innovative ways to add value and inspire career experiences for our internal colleagues.
To help Macy’s compete for talent and to deliver on recruiting excellence, we rolled out a Talent Acquisition Skills Academy to our professional recruiters and are introducing artificial intelligence tools to enhance recruiter productivity. We are also exploring additional efficiencies through technology.
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An extraordinary journey deep into the history and landscape of the Hebrides, exploring their turbulent history, the spread of their influence and how these islands have shaped the nations of Britain. Shortlisted for the Wainwright Prize and the Saltire Prize in 2017.
'I devoured Love of Country in a couple of sittings. It's a magnificent book, a heroic journey that takes us as far into the regions of the heart asinto the islands of the north west.' Richard Holloway
'A luminous enquiry... an exquisite and realistic acocount of life at the edge.. Bunting [is] a shining companion through the tangle of the isles.'
Candia McWilliam, 'Best Books of the Year', Herald.
A splendid, precise and gracious book.. [engaged] with questions of politics, religion, culture and our emotional responses' Stuart Kelly, Scotland on Sunday
'Excellent.. I cannot think of a more intellectually challenging or rewarding travel book in recent years,' Mark Cocker, New Statesman
'Bunting explores the choppy history of the Hebrides and makes you feel you are there even if you have just left' Jackie Kay, 'Best Books of the Year, Observer
'The best book I have read about any of these islands.. It is simply a book you must read.' Highland News
The story of one acre in North Yorkshire and how it has been used over thousands of years up to the present. An exploration of place and belonging and the memoir of a father for whom landscape was one of his greatest consolations.
‘Madeleine Bunting's multidimensional chronicle is among the very best pieces of non-fiction to have been published in a long while about what it is like to be English' Simon Schama, Financial Times
'An intriguing and elegant chronicle of a wild and woolly patch of England - Bunting is on finest form dealing with recent history, particularly when she exposes the modern cultural myth of the rural idyll… and the very English idiocy of preserving this view while the environment dies. Her scholarship ultimately produces a persuasive argument for a more potent sense of place in rootless, mobile Britain.' Sunday Times
'A startling, willed, one-off book - What she sets out to do is to look at the acre of land in the middle of nowhere, with scholarly zest, until it becomes no longer a nowhere but a somewhere, known and minutely understood. She is an exemplary guide. Her greatest achievement is to work a single acre to produce a more general portrait of England. Above all, she questions what belonging is and discovers that it is about commitment rather than possession.' Kate Kellaway, Observer
A scathing critique of the British work ethic and the consumerism which underpins it; a rallying cry for liberation.
‘Brilliantly thorough and thoroughly brilliant attack on the contemporary work ethic’ The Guardian
The Channel Islands were the only part of Britian to have been occupied in the Second World War, this is a compelling account of the struggles and compromises involved in being part of Nazi ruled Europe. Bunting interviewed hundreds of those involved and had access to newly opened archives in the aftermath of the Cold War.
‘Madeleine Bunting is a superb chronicler of what happened.. if you want a classic example of the dilemmas of resistance, here it is,’ Norman Stone, The Times
'Much the best book so far to appear on the German Occupation of the Channel Islands,' MRD Foot, Times Literary Supplement
‘A masterly work of profound research and reflection, objective and humane.’ Hugh Trevor Roper, Sunday Telegraph
‘I am full of admiration for this book. By careful research and a sensitive use of light and shade, Ms Bunting holds the reader’s attention through an uncomfortable passage in our history – and one which we have been most reluctant to inform ourselves,’ Alan Clark, The Guardian
‘Scholarly and immensely readable,’ Jack Higgins, Mail on Sunday
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Crosby Herald designer runs 5k in a chicken suit in memory of his friend
FEATHERS were flapping for one family at the weekend as they egged each other around the course of a very special charity fun run.
Andrew Greenhalgh, who works as a page designer across Trinity Mirror’s titles, which includes Crosby Herald, joined his family in Birkenhead Park, Wirral, on Sunday for the Clatterbridge Chick Run, a 5km event where all the participants complete the course in distinctive poultry-esque outfits.
Andrew, 39, was joined by his wife Julie, also 39, and children Elizabeth, six, Eva, three, and Sam, one.
Oldest son Benjy, 10, was unable to join in the fun as he was away at cub camp.
Although there was a lot of fun involved in the run, the Greenhalgh clan were inspired to take part after the death of a close family friend.
Andrew explained: “We wanted to do the 5k run in memory of our good friend David Wilkinson.
“David died in January this year at the tragically early age of 38 after contracting skin cancer.
“David and his wife Gerry were an absolute inspiration to us in the way they dealt with the cancer.
“They are both strong Christians and their faith never wavered once through the illness, even at the end.”
The Chick Run marked the first time Andrew and his family had ever taken part in a 5k run.
All money raised during the event will be used to fun further research in to finding a cure for cancer.
It is still possible to sponsor the Greenhalgh family.
Anyone wishing to do so should visit Andrew’s JustGiving page at:
www.justgiving.com/Andrew-Greenhalgh1
Liverpool FCLiverpool transfer news - Timo Werner '£60m bid', Emre Can PL link, Xherdan Shaqiri speculationLiverpool transfer news and rumours including build up and early team news for Manchester United, updates on Timo Werner, Xherdan Shaqiri and more
Everton FCMatch of the Day pundit singles out Everton star who was 'excellent' against West Ham Everton were held to a 1-1 draw at the London Stadium on Saturday afternoon
Liverpool FCLiverpool send letter of apology to former Manchester United full-back Patrice Evra over Luis Suarez racism row Evra clashed with Suarez in a game at Anfield in October 2011
Liverpool FCLiverpool injury updates - Early Man Utd team news and latest on Fabinho, Naby Keita, Joel Matip and moreA full round-up of all of Liverpool's current injuries including potential return dates for Fabinho, Naby Keita, Joel Matip and more
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Could Iran's Enemies Really Be Destroying Its Rain Clouds?
By Natalie Wolchover 2012-09-11T20:38:52Z
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad speaking at Columbia University during a visit to the West in 2007.
(Image: © Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic | Daniella Zalcman)
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has reportedly accused his country's enemies of creating a drought in Iran by somehow destroying or co-opting its share of rain clouds.
"The enemy destroys the clouds that are headed towards our country and this is a war Iran will win," Ahmadinejad said on Monday, according to Iranian news reports cited by Reuters.
Iranian authorities have made this claim repeatedly in the past year. During a severe drought in the Islamic republic last fall, Ahmadinejad said European countries were using "special equipment" to dump rainwater on their continent, leaving nothing for Iran.
Then, in July, the AFP news agency quoted Iranian Vice President Hassan Mousavi as saying, "The world arrogance and colonist (term for the West used by Iranian authorities) are influencing Iran's climate conditions using technology. The drought is an acute issue and soft war is completely evident... This level of drought is not normal."
Iran has indeed experienced more frequent and more severe droughts in recent years, according to a study published last month in the International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation. Scientists say the country's desertification may be attributable to regional rainfall redistributions caused by climate change. But could that explanation be wrong, and could Western Imperialists instead be sabotaging Iran's weather patterns by stealing its rain clouds?
Arlen Huggins, an atmospheric scientist at the Desert Research Institute and director of the Nevada State Weather Modification Program, says no such cloud-busting technology exists.
"In terms of dissipating clouds, you can do it on a very small scale but not anything that could change a weather pattern or create a drought situation," Huggins told Life's Little Mysteries. "Drought is related to long-term weather systems."
Huggins, who has conducted research on various weather-control strategies for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, says that in some cases, cloud seeding can be used to dissipate fog around airports. In cloud seeding, a cloud is injected with chemicals that serve as nuclei around which water vapor freezes into ice; the ice then falls as precipitation.
"Usually the cloud is seeded with dry ice or pressurized carbon dioxide, and this crystallizes the cloud droplets and turns them into ice crystals. So the ice crystals grow a lot faster than they otherwise would and then fall out [as precipitation]," he explained.
"But it's nothing like changing a regional weather pattern the size of a country."
Follow Natalie Wolchover on Twitter @nattyover or Life's Little Mysteries @llmysteries. We're also on Facebook & Google+.
A Hot Blob in the Pacific Ocean Caused 1 Million Seabirds to Die
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Organic Vs. Synthetic Vitamins
By Jill Corleone
Jill Corleone
Jill Corleone is a registered dietitian and health coach who has been writing and lecturing on diet and health for more than 15 years. Her work has been featured on the Huffington Post, Diabetes Self-Management and in the book "Noninvasive Mechanical Ventilation," edited by John R. Bach, M.D. Corleone holds a Bachelor of Science in nutrition.
You may not need to take a multivitamin supplement, especially if your diet includes a variety of foods from all the food groups. But if you feel that you must, you may debate about whether it's better to take an organic vitamin supplement or a synthetic one. In that case, it really comes down to preference. Consult your doctor before adding any dietary supplements to your diet.
Whether synthetic or organic, vitamins are absorbed by your body the same way.
Credit: Purestock/Purestock/Getty Images
Synthetic Vs. Organic
Synthetic vitamins are created by someone in a lab. In contrast, organic vitamins are derived from real food and are also sometimes referred to as natural. U.S. News and World Report notes that it's better to take organic vitamins because they come from food.
ScienceLine at the University of California, Santa Barbara, however, reports that no matter where the vitamin comes from, your body uses it in the same manner.
Benefits of Either Vitamin
When you're looking to supplement your diet, both organic and synthetic vitamins are good choices. Synthetic vitamins, however, tend to be less expensive than the organic kind. Also, while you can find once-a-day organic vitamins, many natural vitamins may require that you take several pills a day to get all the nutrients you need. But you may find that you tolerate the vitamin supplement better when it's taken in smaller doses throughout the day as opposed to one single dose.
Stay Away From Mega-Doses
No matter which type of vitamin you choose, do not take one that contains high doses of any nutrients. According to the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, taking mega-doses of vitamins and minerals may harm your health and may increase your risk of heart disease. There are brands of both organic and synthetic vitamins that contain mega-doses. Instead, look for ones that contain 100 percent of the daily value for most of the nutrients.
Better From Food
While vitamin supplements are safe as long as you're not getting too much, if you're concerned about where your vitamins come from, you may want to consider getting them from real food. There are nutrients in food that you can't put into a bottle. A healthy diet that includes food choices from all the food groups, including fruits, vegetables, grains, proteins and dairy, should give you what your body needs, plus the added benefits of phytochemicals, fiber, protein and healthy fats.
U.S. News and World Report: How to Choose a Multivitamin
University of California, Santa Barbara: USCB ScienceLine
Oxford Dictionaries: Organic
Rainbow Light: The Certified Organics Line
Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics: Supplements and Safety
GNC: GNC Mega Men
Arizona State University: Take a Daily Multivitamin
Vegtables & Fruits that Contain Vitamins C & E
Can Pregnant Women Take Flintstone Vitamins Instead of Prenatal Vitamins?
The Best Form of B-Complex Vitamin
How Soon Do Multivitamins Start Working?
What Are the Benefits of B Complex Capsules?
How to Take Vitamin B12 Orally
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Pulmonology > Smoking & Tobacco
Vape Illness Update: 3 Deaths, 450 Cases, Countless Questions
No single source for outbreak has been identified, federal officials say
by Salynn Boyles Salynn Boyles, Contributing Writer September 06, 2019
Federal health officials on Friday said no single source has been identified for the outbreak of respiratory illnesses linked to vaping, although New York state health officials reported that vitamin E acetate found in cannabis vaping products may have caused at least some cases.
As of Friday, CDC officials on a call with reporters said the latest count showed 450 suspected cases of vaping-related illness in 33 states, including three deaths and one other suspected death.
On Wednesday, Oregon health officials reported a second death believed to be related to vaping. The middle-age patient died of severe pulmonary illness in July. On the Friday press call, the CDC confirmed a patient's death in Indiana on Friday, bringing the confirmed fatality count to three.
The vitamin E link was first reported Thursday by the New York State Department of Health in a press statement. State health officials confirmed that high levels of vitamin E acetate were found in "nearly all cannabis-containing samples analyzed" as part of the investigation into vaping-related illnesses. The compound was found in several samples of the tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) vaping products used by people who became ill.
At least one vitamin E acetate-containing vape product has been linked to each of the 34 reported cases of severe pulmonary illness reported as of Thursday in New York State.
But a letter published Friday in the New England Journal of Medicine -- one of several that the journal rushed into print to coincide with the CDC release -- appeared to cast doubt on vitamin E acetate as a cause of illness.
Researchers at the University of Utah, describing six cases in that state, wrote, "A notable and consistent feature of the cases we report is the presence of lipid-laden macrophages seen with oil red O staining in BAL [bronchoalveolar lavage] samples that are not attributable to aspiration of exogenous lipoid material." Vitamin E acetate is a lipid compound.
And in the Friday press call, CDC and FDA officials emphasized that no chemical cause of the unexplained, vaping-related illnesses has been confirmed by federal health officials investigating the outbreak.
"I want to stress that more information is needed to determine which specific products or substances are involved," said Dana Meaney-Delman, MD, of the CDC.
She added that continued investigation is needed "to better understand if a true relationship exists between any specific product or substance and the illnesses we are observing in patients."
Mitch Zeller, director off the FDA Center for Tobacco Products, said the outbreak investigation remains in the "critical fact-gathering stage."
"More information is needed to better understand whether there is a relationship between any specific product and any specific substances in those products, and the reported illnesses," he said.
The FDA has received more than 120 samples of vaping products used by people who have become ill and they are in various states of review, an FDA spokesperson told MedPage Today.
Zeller said the samples are being analyzed for the presence of a broad range of chemicals including nicotine, THC, other cannabinoids, cutting agents, additives, pesticides, opioids, poisons, and toxins.
"The samples we are continuing to evaluate show a mix of results, and no one substance or compound, including vitamin E acetate, has been identified in all of the samples tested," he said.
Online Safety-Reporting Portal
Zeller added that the public is encouraged to report any "unexpected tobacco or e-cigarette-related health or product issues" to the FDA via the agencies online safety-reporting portal, www.safetyreporting.HHS.gov.
Jennifer Layden, MD, PhD, who is chief medical officer for the Illinois Department of Public Health, was among the first physicians in the nation to report the vaping-respiratory illness connection.
In another New England Journal report published Friday afternoon, Layden and colleagues provided some of the first detailed demographic details about the confirmed and probable cases of vaping-related illness.
The report, which identified 53 cases reported to the Illinois and Wisconsin Departments of Health during July, revealed that:
Most (83%) patients were male and their median age was 19
Almost all patients (98%) presented with respiratory symptoms and constitutional symptoms (100%), and most (81%) reported gastrointestinal symptoms
All cases had bilateral infiltrates on chest imaging, almost all (94%) required hospitalization, over half were treated in the ICU and 32% required intubation
84% reported using THC products in e-cigarette devices, but these patients reported using a variety of different THC vaping products
"Syndromic surveillance data from Illinois showed that the mean monthly rate of visits related to severe respiratory illness in June through August of 2019 was twice the rate that was observed in the same months in 2018," the report noted.
In an editorial published with the report, David Christiani, MD, of Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health in Boston, cautioned against coming to premature conclusions about the source or sources of the outbreak.
"E-cigarette fluids have been shown to contain at least six groups of potentially toxic compounds: nicotine, carbonyls, volatile organic compounds (such as benzene and toluene), particles, trace metal elements according to flavor, and bacterial endotoxins and fungal glucans," he wrote. "Two flavorants alone, diacetyl and 2,3-pentanediol, have been shown to perturb gene expression pathways related to cilia and cytoskeletal processes in normal human bronchial epithelial cells."
Christiani added that the effects of adding THC or CBD to this mix have not been determined.
Layden reported having no conflicts of interest.
Christiani reported having no conflicts of interest.
Source Reference: Layden JE, et al "Pulmonary Illness Related to E-Cigarette Use in Illinois and Wisconsin -- Preliminary Report" N Engl J Med 2019; DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa1911614.
Secondary Source
Source Reference: Christiani DC "Vaping-Induced Lung Injury" N Engl J Med 2019; DOI: 10.1056/NEJMe1912032.
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Alexandra Hewitt
History, University of Birmingham
aeh080@student.bham.ac.uk
@AHewitt25
Imagining New Place
Tara Hamling
Shakespeare�s Self Fashioning: social identity and the interiors of the lesser gentry house in Early Modern England.
My project focuses on a significant, but lost, building: New Place, William Shakespeare’s town house in Stratford-upon-Avon from 1597 until 1616, rebuilt in 1702, demolished in 1759. It aims to provide a detailed reconstruction of the decorated interiors of Shakespeare’s main residence, based on comprehensive analysis of extant material in comparable buildings. In early modern England there was an obligation for men of Shakespeare’s standing to own and adorn houses commensurate with their status, however this kind of material investment has received little attention. My MA dissertation established that domestic building and decoration played a significant role in the construction and communication of gentry identity, but a wider and more ambitious study is needed in order to understand patterns at this social level. My thesis studies other extant buildings and comparable men to address a significant and challenging case study, thereby developing an innovative, interdisciplinary approach to the study of material culture in self-fashioning at the level of the lesser gentry.In its focus on Shakespeare and the heritage of Stratford-upon-Avon, my project also aims to provide new information about the playwright which will be of interest to Shakespeare enthusiasts worldwide.
'Shakespeare's Lost Interiors', conference paper, Centre for Studies of Home, Postgraduate Study Day, November 2019.
'Negotiating Status in the Urban Domestic Sphere', conference paper, EMREM Annual Symposium, University of Birmingham, May 2019.
'New Place by Indirection', conference paper, Renaissance Society of America Annual Meeting 2019, RSA and University of Toronto, March 2019.
'Negotiating Status in the Lesser Gentry House', poster presentation, Powering the Powerhouse: New Perspectives on Country House Communities, University of Sheffield and Chatsworth House, June 2018.
'Imagining Shakespeare's New Place', poster presentation, M3C Research Festival, Birmingham, May 2018.
'Shakespeare's Self-fashioning', lightning presentation delivered as part of the CREMS Seminar Series, University of Birmingham, March 2018.
Volunteer with the Curating London Team on community engagement activities, Museum of London.
Investigating the role digital can play in community collecting projects, placement with the Musuem of London, July to October 2019.
3D model of New Place, on display in the New Place museum, The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, launched April 2018.
Acted as advisor on this project relating to the interiors of Shakespeare's house, New Place.
'Imagining New Place', talk delivered as part of the Shakespeare Connected day at The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, 14 April 2018.
'Elizabethan War Propaganda', talk delivered at The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust as part of Explore Your Archive Week, November 2014.
Print culture and the visual arts.
Material culture.
Gender in the early modern world.
Museum and heritage interpretation.
'Imagining New Place', an online exhibition with The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, April 2018.
'Shakespeare's Theatre', The Shakespeare Centre, March 2015.
Re-presentation of Mary Arden's Farm, The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, March 2015.
'Tudor Courtship', Anne Hathaway's Cottage, The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, March 2015.
'Shakespeare's Treasures', The Shakespeare Centre, December 2014.
Co-curated 'The Tudors in 100 Objects' online exhibition as part of MA Special Subject, 2013/14.
Assistant Editor for Midlands Historical Review, Journal, 2018/19.
Blog post for Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, 'Shakespeare Connected: Imagining New Place', March 2018.
Contributing Writer for Finding Shakespeare, Blog, March 2014 - March 2015.
Postgraduate Teaching Associate, University of Birmingham, September 2018 - Present. Seminar tutor for first year History module 'Reformation, Rebellion, Revolution: The Making of the Modern World 1500-1800'.
Museum of London Induction, Library and Object Handling, Museum of London, July 2019.
Introduction to Learning & Teaching in HE for Postgraduates (ILT001), University of Birmingham, September 2018.
Small Group Teaching for Postgraduates (ILT003), University of Birmingham, September 2018.
Palaeography for Researchers, University of Birmingham, January - February 2018.
Latin for Postgraduate Researchers, University of Birmingham, September - December 2017.
PAST Archival Training, The National Archives, November 2017.
Cultural Intern Scheme, University of Birmingham, 2014/15.
2019 - Employability Placement with Museum of London.
2016/ 2017 - Marketing and Communications, Leeds University Union.
2016 - EFL Teacher, Jumpstart Schools, Taipei, Taiwan.
2015 - Communications Coordinator, University of London.
2015 - Visitor Experience Team Member, Harewood House Trust.
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Preview | Stoke City v Millwall
Lions head to the Potteries...
Millwall head to the bet365 Stadium on Saturday afternoon to take on Stoke City in the Sky Bet Championship (kick-off 3pm).
The Lions are still winless on the road in 2018/19, but have come close in recent weeks, scoring six times in their last three away trips, most recently being narrowly defeated 3-2 by Preston North End.
Millwall boss Neil Harris will be without the services of Tom Bradshaw and Shaun Williams - with the latter working towards a return to fitness in the new year - whilst Jiri Skalak will be assessed after missing the journey to Deepdale through illness.
Around 1,450 fans will make the trip to Stoke this Saturday, but if you are not one of them, full match commentary will be available on iFollow Millwall from around 2.50pm. International subscribers can also watch all the action from the Potteries on iFollow. Click here for more details.
Both Harris and Aiden O'Brien have been speaking to millwallfc.co.uk in the build-up to this weekend's encounter, whilst you can find all the relevant information and statistics on Saturday's opponents by clicking the links.
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Magnesite from
Serpentinite quarry, Pingendorf, Drosendorf-Zissersdorf, Horn District, Lower Austria, Austria
Locality type: Quarry
Species: Magnesite
Formula: MgCO3
References: R. Exel: Die Mineralien und Erzlagerstätten Österreichs (1993)
Mineral Data: Click here to view Magnesite data
Locality Data: Click here to view Serpentinite quarry, Pingendorf, Drosendorf-Zissersdorf, Horn District, Lower Austria, Austria
Nearest other occurrences of Magnesite
4.4km (2.8 miles) ⓘGraphite quarry, Wollmersdorf (Zettlitz-Wollmersdorf), Drosendorf-Zissersdorf, Horn District, Lower Austria, Austria
4.7km (2.9 miles) ⓘHengl Quarry, Eibenstein an der Thaya, Raabs an der Thaya, Waidhofen an der Thaya District, Lower Austria, Austria
24.2km (15.0 miles) ⓘWaldkirchen an der Thaya, Waldkirchen an der Thaya, Waidhofen an der Thaya District, Lower Austria, Austria
54.8km (34.0 miles) ⓘTurquoise ditch (Weinberg Forest), Amstall, Mühldorf, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria
56.5km (35.1 miles) ⓘU Pustého Mlýna Quarry, Hrubšice, Oslavany, Brno-Country District, South Moravian Region, Czech Republic
59.7km (37.1 miles) ⓘMitterbachgraben, Gansbach, Dunkelsteinerwald, Melk District, Lower Austria, Austria
61.3km (38.1 miles) ⓘSandpit, Rosenthal, Karlstetten, Sankt Pölten District, Lower Austria, Austria
80.1km (49.7 miles) ⓘ"In der Gleisen" quarry (Yspertal; Ispertal; Unterfell), Sankt Oswald, Melk District, Lower Austria, Austria
84.4km (52.4 miles) ⓘVěžná serpentinite quarry, Věžná, Žďár nad Sázavou District, Vysočina Region, Czech Republic
87.2km (54.2 miles) ⓘSmrček, Býšovec, Žďár nad Sázavou District, Vysočina Region, Czech Republic
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Generally sunny. High 38F. Winds NNE at 5 to 10 mph..
Delays and cancellations mar holiday travel
Friedman had 42 flight diversions in December
Alejandra Buitrago
Due to widespread air traffic delays across the country, weather and increased flight traffic in and out of Friedman Memorial Airport in Hailey, passengers dealt with several flight delays, diversions and at least one flight cancellation over the holidays.
At least five specific commercial flights—two Alaska Airlines, two United and one Delta—were diverted when trying to land at Friedman Memorial Airport due to long air traffic delays during the period between Dec. 21 and Jan. 4. In total, the airport had 42 flight diversions in December, most due to weather.
According to airport Manager Chris Pomeroy, Delta and United flights get diverted to Twin Falls and Alaska flights get diverted to Boise.
Pomeroy explained to the Airport Authority board on Tuesday night that due to the increase in aircraft arrivals and departures at Friedman over the holidays, along with other delays across the country, a snowball effect set in, causing delays and diversions at the Hailey airport, noting that because Friedman is a public-use airport and receives federal funding, it is open to all users, commercial and private.
The FAA has jurisdiction over all aircraft operating within the National Airspace System and manages the air traffic control functions within the U.S. Through the FAA, air traffic control is based on a first-come, first-served basis.
“There is no preferential treatment—a commercial airline and a private jet are considered equitable aeronautical operations,” Pomeroy wrote in response to a complaint about a flight cancelation by Alaska Airlines on Dec. 27. “The first to arrive within SUN airspace will receive clearance to land first.”
Airlines may choose to divert due to low fuel or crew members’ exceeding their prescribed time limits when aircraft are put into a holding pattern due to weather or other circumstances, causing some flights to be canceled altogether.
While there isn’t much that passengers can do to avoid flight delays and diversions, Pomeroy said customers can monitor their flight status through their airlines, and information on the busing program between Hailey and Twin Falls is available on the airport’s website along with contact information to inquire about up-to-date flight information from each airline.
"The first to arrive within SUN airspace will receive clearance to land first."
Chris Pomeroy, airport manager
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Smiley Jan 11, 2020 12:41pm
I certainly don't blame the airlines for not flying into this airport when the weather is bad. It is more dangerous for them, they don't want to be stuck here and no one was killed. I bet everyone would be served better if they only flew out of Twin or Boise. This airport is a taxpayers joke. Since when did this valley have competent leadership. They are all puppets for the wealthy. The money wasted on consulting fees could have made this place a great place to live.
Leadville 77 Jan 12, 2020 7:13pm
Don't forget that LOT joke !
ErikBlackstone Jan 10, 2020 7:46am
B.S. According to the ATCT Traffic Operations Record there are less than half the operations at SUN as their was 15 years ago. What happened? After MILLIONS spent reliability sucks worse than ever! I believe our community deserves answers and competent leadership!
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Only in Japan: A road that plays music
This is the kind of development that only a country like Japan could envisage. It’s a stretch of road that plays a melody whenever a car drives along it. Small grooves built into the road surface, positioned between 6 and 12mm apart, emit an audible sound when a car passes over them. The size of the gap between each groove affects the pitch of the sound so it’s possible to make out an entire song as long as there’s enough road ahead.
For optimal results cars need to travel at just 28mph, which ensures that wind, engine and tire noise are at a minimum. There are currently three roads in Japan that feature the music grooves, located in Hokkaido, Wakayama and Gunma. If you’re still confused by the concept click ahead for a full video demonstration.
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Breaking New Ground on a Milestone Anniversary
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Arcángel Maggio, which is headquartered in the Argentine capital of Buenos Aires, has ambitious plans. With the opening of a new plant in Uruguay and its investment in an Alegro perfect binder from Muller Martini the family-run company, which celebrates its 90th anniversary this year, is seeking to position itself as the largest book exporter in the region.
With its 8,000 m2 production facility, which has 200 employees working in three shifts and is located in the Buenos Aires neighborhood of Barracas, Arcángel Maggio expanded its activities and underscored its role as a major player in the graphic arts market in Argentina. Both as a book producer and as a printer of a number of well-known magazines, such as “¡Hola!”, “Convivimos” and “Selecciones de Reader’s Digest”, catalogs and many other products.
But with its expansion into neighboring Uruguay the full-service company, which offers pre-press, printing and print finishing services, is breaking new ground. With the commissioning of its new 4,000 m2 comprehensive production complex in Colonia del Sacramento, in which it has invested more than USD 5 million and where 25 people are currently employed, Arcángel Maggio has set itself a new and ambitious goal.
“With our new facility,” says CEO Sebastián Maggio, whose grandfather Don Arcángel Maggio founded the family company with a small printing press in 1929, just a year after he emigrated from Italy, “we aim to position ourselves as the largest book exporter in the region. From Uruguay we will target customers throughout Latin America.”
CEO Sebastián Maggio (right): “We’re always open to new projects and we’re also analyzing the hardcover market for the future.” Left: Carlos Rojas, Managing Director of Muller Martini Argentina.
With an eye toward the production of softcover books with print runs of 1,000 to more than 100,000 copies as well as brochures and magazines, the company’s large investment in Colonia del Sacramento also includes a 7,000-cycle Alegro perfect binder with an 18-station 3694 gathering machine, a Book Data Center, a Frontero front trimmer, a Solit three-knife trimmer and a CB 18 book stacker.
I still vividly remember how as a child I rode my tricycle among the machines. I’ve spent my entire life between ink and paper.
Sebastián Maggio, CEO
“With our innovative team of specialists we have managed to reinvent ourselves time and again and adapt our company to the constantly growing requirements of the market,” says Sebastián Maggio. “These values make Muller Martini an important strategic partner for us, which is why – along with our excellent experience with the Acoro in Barracas – we chose an Alegro for our new facility in Uruguay.”
Speaking of excellent experiences: As is the case in Barracas, in Colonia del Sacramento, too, a Frontero front trimmer ensures economical production of brochures with flaps. “So it was clear to us that we would choose this configuration for the Alegro line as well, and as a result we now have one of the most modern perfect binding lines in Latin America,” says the CEO.
The high net output, together with a high level of automation, is one aspect that Sebastián Maggio appreciates about the Muller Martini systems that his company has used since 1976. The second is the high quality of the end products that Arcángel Maggio is known for and that has won the company a number of important awards over the last years.
The exceptional user-friendliness of the Alegro has led to a high level of motivation among employees at the new Arcángel Maggio facility in Uruguay (pictured: machine operator Diego Abasto).
Sebastián Maggio also views the first several months that the Alegro has been in operation as highly positive: “We are very satisfied, as it has meet our high expectations in every respect. The machine can be changed over quickly, the product quality is perfect and it’s very user-friendly, which makes our employees highly motivated.”
To start with, Arcángel Maggio plans to produce around 25 million softcover products per year in Uruguay, exclusively using the offset printing method. But those who know Sebastián Maggio know that the company owner is already looking to the future. “We want to increase the number of employees from its current level of 25 to 80 in the medium term.”
One possible area of expansion would be the hardcover segment, in which Arcángel Maggio is still not represented. “First we want to focus on softcover production in Uruguay. But we’re always open to new projects and we’re also analyzing the hardcover market for the future,” says the grandson of the company’s founder.
The year of the global economic crisis, Arcángel Maggio was founded and in 2019 it is celebrating its 90th anniversary.
The year that the collaboration between Arcángel Maggio and Muller Martini began – and way back then the current Managing Director of Muller Martini Argentina, Carlos Rojas, was the company’s contact partner.
The number of softcover products produced on the Acoro in Barracas in May 2019 – a record number in the company history of Arcángel Maggio.
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1. Tracklist BELOW - Khalid
Artist: Khalid
Genre: R&B
Posted by: Musictour Admin
Khalid -“Free Spirit”
1. "Intro" 3:32
2. "Bad Luck" 3:51
3. "My Bad" 2:43
4. "Better" 3:49
5. "Talk" 3:17
6. "Right Back" 3:35
7. "Don't Pretend" (featuring Safe) 2:45
8. "Paradise" 2:54
9. "Hundred" 4:37
10. "Outta My Head" (with John Mayer) 2:57
11. "Free Spirit" 3:02
12. "Twenty One" 3:04
13. "Bluffin'" 3:19
14. "Self" 3:49
15. "Alive" 2:51
16. "Heaven" 3:33
17. "Saturday Nights" (bonus track)
1. Tracklist BELOW - Craig David
Artist: Craig David
Craig David - "THE TIME IS NOW"
"The Time is Now":
"Magic"
2. "Heartline"
3. "Brand New"
4. "Going On"
5. "Love Me Like It's Yesterday"
6. "For the Gram"
7. "Get Involved" (featuring JP Cooper)
8. "I Know You" (featuring Bastille)
9. "Live in the Moment" (featuring GoldLink)
10. "Love Will Come Around"
11. "Somebody Like Me" (featuring AJ Tracey)
12. "Focus"
13. "Reload"
14. "Talk to Me"
15. "Talk to Me, Pt. II" (featuring Ella Mai)
1. Tracklist BELOW - Chris Brown
Artist: Chris Brown
Chris Brown - Heartbreak on a Full Moon“
„Heartbreak on a Full Moon“ tracklist:
1. “Lost & Found”
3. “Juicy Booty” Feat. Jhené Aiko and R. Kelly
5. “Heartbreak on a Full Moon”
6. “Roses”
8. “Rock Your Body”
10. “Handle It” Feat. DeJ Loaf and Lil Yachty
11. “Sip”
12. “Everybody Knows”
13. “To My Bed”
14. “Hope You Do”
15. “This Ain’t”
16. “Pull Up”
17. “Party” Feat. Usher and Gucci Mane
18. “Sensei” Feat. A1
19. “Summer Breeze”
20. “No Exit”
21. “Pills & Automobiles” Feat. Yo Gotti, A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie and Kodak Black
22. “Hurt the Same”
23. “I Love Her”
24. “You Like”
25. “Nowhere”
26. “Other Ni**as”
27. “Tough Love”
28. “Paradise”
29. “Covered in You”
30. “Even”
31. “High End” Feat. Future and Young Thug
32. “On Me”
33. “Tell Me What to Do”
34. “Frustrated”
35. “Enemy”
36. “If You’re Down”
37. “Bite My Tongue”
38. “Run Away”
39. “This Way”
40. “Yellow Tape”
41. “Reddi Whip”
42. “Hangover”
43. “Emotion”
44. “Only 4 Me” Feat. Ty Dolla $ign and Verse Simmonds
45. “Grass Ain’t Greener”
1. Welcome to the People I Used to Know - K. Michelle
2. Alert - K. Michelle
3. God, Love, Sex and Drugs - K. Michelle
4. Make This Song Cry - K. Michelle
5. Crazy Like You - K. Michelle
6. Kim K - K. Michelle
7. Takes Two Feat Jeremih - K. Michelle
8. Rounds - K. Michelle
9. Either Way Feat Chris Brown - K. Michelle
10. Birthday - K. Michelle
11. Fuck Your Man Interlude - K. Michelle
12. No Not You - K. Michelle
13. Giving Up On Love - K. Michelle
14. Help Me Grow Interlude - K. Michelle
15. Heaven - K. Michelle
16. Run Don’t Walk - K. Michelle
17. Industry Suicide Interlude - K. Michelle
18. Talk To God - K. Michelle
19. Brain On Love - K. Michelle
20. Woman of My Word - K. Michelle
21. Outro - K. Michelle
Artist: K. Michelle
K. Michelle - “Kimberly: The People I Used To Know”
K. Michelle се завръща с проекта си “Kimberly: The People I Used To Know”
Дългоочакваният албум ще бъде наличен навсякъде на 8-ми декември, 2017 г.
Вече излязоха синглите “Either Way feat. Chris Brown”, “Birthday” и
“Make This Song Cry”
Предварителните поръчки на албума започнаха
R&B сензацията K. Michelle обяви излизането на предстоящия си четвърти албум “Kimberly: The People I Used To Know”, който се очаква на 8-ми декември 2017 г. чрез Atlantic Records. Дългоочакваният албум се счита за един от най-личните проекти на певицата до момента, представяйки собственото си пътешествие, както и това на хората, оказали ѝ влияние.
Певицата започна да буди очаквания за новия си албум след представянето на синглите си “Either Way feat. Chris Brown” “Birthday” и последния до момента “Make This Song Cry”, като всички те получават над 3 милиона слушания за кратък период след излизането си. K. Michelle последователно доказва, че притежава гъвкавост и феновете могат да очакват от нея да продължи в същия дух с предстоящия си албум.
Албумът бележи първото завръщане на певицата след излизането през 2016 г. на “More Issues Than Vogue”, който дебютира на второ място в Top 200 на Billboard класацията Top R&B/Hip-Hop в САЩ. Billboard определи албума като част от “top 10 Biggest Female Debuts” за 2016 г. Запомнящият се втори албум на K. Michelle “Anybody Wanna Buy A Heart” застава на първа позиция в класацията за R&B на Billboard и 6-та в Top 200, печелейки си място сред най-добре продаваните албуми за 2014 г. Хитовият ѝ сингъл “Can’t Raise A Man” наскоро получи златен сертификат за продажби от RIAA през август 2017 г.
Освен това K. Michelle получи награда в категорията “Best New Artist” на Soul Train Awards през 2013 г., както и “Outstanding New Artist” на NAACP Image Awards през 2014 г.
K. Michelle продължава да създава кариера и извън музикалната сфера. През лятото на 2017 г. тя отваря бутик-ресторант/салон в сърцето на Атланта, с името “Puff & Petals”. Също така тя става първия афро-американски представител на Jack Daniel’s през 2015 г. докато представя продаваните в страната коктейли “Southern Peach Jack Daniel's Country Cocktails”. Тя работи с бранда по време на творческия процес от началото до края, дори избира персонализираните златни капачки, специално за вкуса “Southern Peach”.
Албумът на K. Michelle “Kimberly: The People I Used To Know” ще бъде на музикалния пазар от Орфей Мюзик, изключителен лицензиант на Warner Music International.
1. Tracklist BELOW - Aretha Franklin & The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Artist: Aretha Franklin & The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
ARETHA FRANKLIN & ROYAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA - “A Brand New Me”
Aretha Franklin & The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
ARETHA FRANKLIN WITH THE
A Brand New Me Weaves Classic Vocals From The Queen of Soul’s Biggest Hits For Atlantic Records Together With Newly Recorded Arrangements
By The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Available On CD, LP, And Digitally On November 10 From Rhino
In January 1967, a 24-year old Aretha Franklin signed to Atlantic Records and began one of the most legendary runs in music history, releasing five U.S. hit singles in that year alone. Rhino celebrates the 50th anniversary of Franklin’s historic signing with an opportunity to hear her classic Atlantic masters like never before.
A BRAND NEW ME: ARETHA FRANKLIN WITH THE ROYAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA pairs classic vocals from some of the most iconic songs that the Queen of Soul recorded for Atlantic Records with new arrangements performed by The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. The album will be available from Rhino on November 10 on CD, LP, digital download, and streaming services.
A BRAND NEW ME features Franklin’s instantly recognizable voice woven together with new orchestral arrangements. The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra recorded the music at Abbey Road Studios in London, with brand new backing vocals led by Grammy®-winning singer Patti Austin.
The result is another timeless record that retains the soul, groove, and gospel power of Franklin’s revered talent. Among the standout tracks are newly re-imagined versions of classics like the Billboard #1 R&B hits “Respect,” “Think,” “Don’t Play That Song (You Lied),” and “Angel.”
The album was produced by Nick Patrick and Don Reedman, the masterminds behind the massive worldwide success of If I Can Dream: Elvis Presley With The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, which recently topped the charts in multiple countries and has sold more than 1.5 million copies.
Nick Patrick says: “There is a reason that Aretha Franklin is called the ‘Queen of Soul.’ There is nothing more exciting than that incredible voice taking you on an emotional roller coaster ride through her amazing repertoire of songs. To have the opportunity to work with that voice on this project has been the greatest honor and to hear a symphony orchestra wrapped around those performances is breathtaking.”
Don Reedman says: “I was 15 years old when a song came on the radio called ‘Rock A Bye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody.’ It blew me away; the power, the soul. The feeling that went through me got me hooked on Aretha and I have been ever since. To be able to make this album and be able to select songs from hits like ‘Respect’ to ‘Think’ then blend them with classic songs like ‘Let It Be’ and ‘Border Song’ and create an album which is versatile and fresh is truly an honor.”
James Williams, Managing Director of The Royal Philharmonic says: “The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra is thrilled to perform on this new recording, combining Aretha Franklin’s iconic voice with lush new arrangements of her greatest hit songs for full orchestra, bringing a whole new generation to the music of this legendary performer.”
A BRAND NEW ME: ARETHA FRANKLIN WITH THE ROYAL PHILHARMONIC Track Listing:
CD / Digital
2. “Don’t Play That Song (You Lied)”
3. “I Say A Little Prayer”
4. “Until You Come Back To Me (That’s What I’m Gonna Do)”
5. “A Brand New Me”
6. “A Natural Woman (You Make Me Feel Like)”
8. “Border Song (Holy Moses)”
9. “Let It Be”
10. “People Get Ready”
11. “Oh Me Oh My (I’m A Fool For You Baby)”
12. “You’re All I Need To Get By”
13. “Son Of A Preacher Man”
14. “Respect”
3. “People Get Ready”
4. “You’re All I Need To Get By”
5. “Son Of A Preacher Man”
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1. Tracklist BELOW - Faith Evans
Artist: Faith Evans
Genre: R&B, Hip-hop
Faith Evans - “The King & I”
Faith Evans
“Beautiful” (Interlude)
“Don’t Test Me”
“Big/Faye” (Interlude) – featuring Jamal Woolard
“Tryna Get By”
“I Don’t Want It” – featuring Lil’ Cease
“I Got Married” (Interlude) – featuring Mama Wallace
“Wife Commandments”
“We Just Clicked” (Interlude) – featuring Mama Wallace
“A Little Romance”
“The Baddest” (Interlude)
“Crazy” (Interlude) – featuring 112 & Mama Wallace
“Got Me Twisted”
“When We Party” – featuring Snoop Dogg
“Somebody Knows” – featuring Busta Rhymes
“Take Me There” – featuring Sheek Louch & Styles P
“One In The Same”
“I Wish” (Interlude) – featuring Kevin McCall & Chyna Tahjere
“Lovin You For Life” – featuring Lil’ Kim
“NYC” – featuring Jadakiss
“It Was Worth It”
1. Human - Rag’n’Bone Man
2. Innocent Man - Rag’n’Bone Man
3. Skin - Rag’n’Bone Man
4. Bitter End - Rag’n’Bone Man
5. Be The Man - Rag’n’Bone Man
6. Love You Any Less - Rag’n’Bone Man
7. Odetta - Rag’n’Bone Man
8. Grace - Rag’n’Bone Man
9. Ego - Rag’n’Bone Man
10. Arrow - Rag’n’Bone Man
11. As You Are - Rag’n’Bone Man
12. Die Easy - Rag’n’Bone Man
Artist: Rag’n’Bone Man
Rag’n’Bone Man - "Human"
Deluxe:
13. The Fire
14. Fade To Nothing
15. Life In Her Yet
16. Your Way or the Rope
17. Lay My Body Down
18. Wolves
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1. I Know Better - John Legend
2. Penthouse Floor - feat. Chance the Rapper
3. Darkness and Light - feat. Brittany Howard
4. Overload - feat. Miguel
5. Love Me Now - John Legend
6. What You Do to Me - John Legend
7. Surefire - John Legend
8. Right By You - for Luna
9. Temporarily Painless - John Legend
10. How Can I Blame You - John Legend
11. Same Old Story - John Legend
12. Marching Into the Dark - John Legend
13. Drawing Lines - John Legend
14. What You Do to Me (Piano Demo) - John Legend
15. Love You Anyway - John Legend
Artist: John Legend
John Legend - "Darkness and Light"
Darkness and Light is the fifth studio album by American singer John Legend. The album is set to release on December 2, 2016 by GOOD Music and Columbia Records. The album will feature guest appearances from Chance the Rapper, Brittany Howard, and Miguel. The album is supported by two singles "Love Me Now", and "Penthouse Floor" featuring Chance the Rapper.
The album's lead single "Love Me Now" was released on October 7, 2016. On October 6, 2016, the music video was released for the single. On November 18, 2016, the album's second single "Penthouse Floor" featuring Chance the Rapper, was released. On November 25, 2016, the album's third single "I Know Better", was released.
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A year in the life of Virunga National Park
As 2016 draws to a close, I want to take a moment to thank you for your enduring support of Virunga’s rangers who are committed to defending the park at all costs.
It means everything to our rangers to know that they have friends around the world that recognize and support their efforts to protect the park’s unique wildlife, including the endangered mountain gorilla and elephant populations. So, on behalf of all the rangers, thank you for your kind efforts.
I want to briefly update you on our broader work to safeguard the park and improve the livelihoods of the millions of Congolese who live within a day’s
walk of Virunga. The Virunga Alliance; our sustainable development initiative, has made
significant progress this year, creating the foundations for building a real green
economy in North Kivu, which both safeguards the Park and supports local communities.
The welfare of Virunga’s wildlife and human populations are inextricably tied, which is why I’m thrilled to report that in 2016 we were able to:
Inaugurate eastern Congo’s first major run of river micro hydro plant, thanks to the help of the Howard G. Buffett Foundation. The 12.6 MW plant delivers clean energy to a province which has until now had almost no electrification.
Families are discovering the benefits of electricity, which means parents can now cook meals quickly on hot-plates without having to spend hours collecting firewood, schoolchildren can review their lessons after dark, and cell phones can easily be charged.
Break ground on Lubero, a second 13MW hydroelectric power plant on the Park’s western flank.
Launch a sewing workshop run by, and for, the widows of rangers killed in action. In addition to increasing their income, the widows are learning a valuable skill.
Add 114 new rangers to our ranks, including 13 female rangers. This brings the total number of rangers in uniform to 600, of which 26 are women.
We have, unfortunately, suffered hard losses as well – five rangers were killed in the line of duty during 2016 and their sacrifices weigh heavy on us.
I’m pleased to report that a detailed veterinary assessment confirmed that Virunga’s mountain gorilla population is in excellent health. In fact, we have confirmed that the number of gorillas has actually increased. We will have to wait for the results from a genetic analysis to determine the exact rate of increase, but the numbers are looking very promising. The only recorded deaths in 2016 were attributed to a set of twins that passed away from natural causes within hours of birth.
Virunga’s hippo and elephant population did equally well in 2016. There were no elephants killed this year, due in part to the use of GPS collars which allow our rangers to better protect them. Our survey data shows that the park’s hippo population is on the rise; a strong indicator of the health of Lake Edward and a thriving hippo population which in turn encourages a strong fish yield for the fishing communities to harvest, consume and sell.
These are just a handful of the achievements that your support has contributed to and we’re very proud of all of our staff in working so hard this year. We plan for more progressed in 2017 and would be delighted to share the news with you when we can.
In the meantime, I hope you enjoy a safe and happy holiday and thank you for continuing to include Virunga in your giving plans.
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If the groups have been determined and the player mistakenly shoots at and pockets a ball of the opposing group, the opponent must call a foul on him before he takes his next shot. If the opponent fails to do so, the player automatically takes over the group of balls solids or stripes at which he has been shooting during this inning.
We'd like to say a huge THANK YOU to all our 8 Ball players. For every game, every pot, every trickshot, every cool bit of 8 Ball artwork that you've spent time making it's been an incredible year. We've seen trickshot videos that have blown our minds with their creativity: we've already published one sweet collection and have another on the way. Keep emailing them in to us using the address social at miniclip.com and you could be starring in a future video too.
Be careful not to use too little power, though. ou don't want to miss a straightforward shot because you hit it too gently. Don't hit and hope; judge how much power is needed for each shot and adjust as appropriate. The big new feature you're going to notice is the introduction of Spin & Win, which replaces the Daily Bonus. You'll get one free spin every day, and as the name suggests, you're guaranteed to win something. Prizes range from varying amounts of Pool Coins the highest number you can win is 50,000 to an exclusive Lucky 8 Cue which can't be purchased to powerups. Should you cherished this short article as well as you want to obtain more information concerning 8 Ball Pool Cash kindly go to our site.
On all shots except on the break and when the table is open, the shooter must hit one of his group of balls first and (1) pocket a numbered ball, or (2) cause the cue ball or any numbered ball to contact a rail. Please Note: It is permissible for the shooter to bank the cue ball off a rail before contacting the object ball; however, after contact with the object ball, an object ball must be pocketed, or the cue ball or any numbered ball must contact a rail. Failure to meet these requirements is a foul.
Thanks to all our players for making 2013 such a special year.Look out for even more great games coming to Miniclip in 2014 and in the rest of 2013, of course. There's still time left for us to release some more fun stuff for you to play. Don't forget to keep an eye on our Facebook page, Twitter feed, or our YouTube channel for the very latest Miniclip news.
You put spin on your shots using the arrow keys or by clicking on the cueball in the corner and dragging the dot into position. The dot represents where the cue will strike the ball: if you want backspin, move the dot to the bottom of the cueball and for topspin, move the dot to the top of the cueball. A player is entitled to continue shooting until failing to legally pocket a ball of his group. After a player has legally pocketed all of his group of balls, he shoots to pocket the 8-ball.
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Thorp Arch-based Innova Care Concepts has been awarded a contract to supply and install a hydrotherapy pool worth £169,000 at the new Sandside Lodge School in Ulverston.
The Cumbrian school caters for children with special educational needs and physical disabilities and the pool will be fitted with air jets, colour-changing LED lights, and an internal railing to help with any physiotherapy exercises.
Innova’s hydrotherapy pool specialist, Bob Oliver, said: “It’s great to be installing one of our hydrotherapy pools at Sandside Lodge School.
“Our pools are ideal for schools like this one where the kids’ education and engagement are so important. By using a hydrotherapy pool, Sandside’s students will be able to carry out any physiotherapy or sensory stimulation needed to enhance their learning experience.”
Innova was originally introduced to the project by Seddon Construction who wanted a company that could provide the full hydrotherapy pool package, including overhead hoist systems. The deal will see Innova design and install the entire pool structure.
The company is also currently designing and installing its bespoke hydrotherapy pools at other schools, care homes, and private dwellings all over the country.
Innova’s pools are unique because they are made from stainless-steel, helping to reduce the cost of installation, maintenance, and servicing over time.
Cory Keir, Innova’s senior project manager, said: “Working on our hydrotherapy pool projects is very rewarding because the end result is visually stunning!
“It is really is amazing how many pools we’ve been contracted to install this year. I think it just shows that we’re leading the way with innovation in our product range and we’re truly helping to improve our clients’ quality of life.”
Hydrotherapy is a therapeutic treatment that involves people exercising and moving in a heated pool to allow for muscle relaxation and stimulation. You can see an Innova hydrotherapy pool installed at a rehabilitation centre in Sheffield in this video
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Due to an unfortunate accident to performer Tom Flanagan, the New Zealand tour of Kaput has been cancelled – including the Nelson Arts Festival performance. All ticket holders will be contacted about an alternative show or refund.
Kaput is a multi-award winning family show that has enthralled audiences of all ages with slapstick, acrobatics and total silliness.
Be swept up in the mayhem of a larger-than-life lovable buffoon as his day is flipped upside-down by the lonely, dust-covered world that surrounds him. Channelling Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton, our luckless hero struggles to get the upper hand, taking one step forward and two steps back in a highly skilled, hilariously funny and beautifully poignant bit of madness, until everything is truly kaput!
From Adelaide to Edinburgh, Tom Flanagan’s silent comedy show has toured four continents, won countless awards and collected fans from five to 95 years old.
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New Additions, Progress, and WAITING
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So the blog has been quiet for some time, yet so much has been happening in the community we have created together. Firstly I would love to welcome Jock Gaming and Team Xstream to the fold. https://t.co/YBgb770pb7
Clarbs, and Jock from said team, are now also newly minted moderators on the official minecraft stream alongside Smurf Masher, Chipster, and The Edge1970. NPS it is far to say now makes up the bulk of the moderators on the official Minecraft stream. It's amazing that Helen and Gartzky Jess and the rest have opened up to us and been so supportive. We are truly lucky to find people who love their job and take the time to talk to us players and trust us to help them moderate. Last week three NPS teams were featured on the official Minecraft stream and the Minecraft team were greeted with Minecraft recreations of themselves on their streaming couch. We all enjoyed watching that episode and seeing their reactions! Idlecraft did an amazing job on that build! See the video here: https://mixer.com/Minecraft?vod=18459874
We did lose one builder however, The Pijn has joined a third party that builds for one of the existing partners. And we mutually agreed to part ways. Although it is true that we didn't like the way this went about, (on both sides) we wish him the best.The way we see it, if our people are poached this shows we ARE the competition. It has been a long wait, but the feedback is we hold tight and wait, we are still in the running and we will be processed eventually. In spite of this wait, we have increased in numbers rather than dwindle, and in addition to Team Xstream we also would like to welcome an exciting new addition to our collective https://lenoria-gaming.enjin.com/
This team of game developers have agreed to join us in creating skins, texture packs, and mods for our Marketplace creations. This is a huge boost to us console builders, as although we have dipped our toes into the JAVA modded world we previously lacked the years of experience the existing partners have, not anymore, now we can make epic and incredibly detailed Minecraft worlds, mod them, add our own custom skins and texture packs and even add true roleplaying attributes to those worlds. If you are interested in working for them as a freelancer you can apply here: https://www.freelancer.com.bd/projects/threed-animation/wrath-the-demon-within-developer-16226211/
The wait has been long, but somthing in my bones say's we don't have long to wait. I'm amazed we have such a tight group of people holidng with us on faith and friendship alone, and when we get partnership finally, that faith will be rewarded with a fairer, equitable, and far better deal than any other route. Remember... we are the competition.
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App sends businesses a customer text
Customers who are annoyed by automated voice prompts and music when they contact a company can send a text instead. (Duncan Alfreds, News24)
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Toronto - Customers who are annoyed by automated voice prompts and music when they contact a company for information about a bill, price, product or service can send a text instead.
A new app, TalkTo, lets users interact with any business in the US via text messages sent from their iPhone, Android phone or web applications. Its creators say it is convenient and efficient.
"Imagine you could text the front desk of a hotel to find out if they have a room available, or a sports store to see if they have lacrosse equipment for kids," said Stuart Levinson, the CEO of Cambridge, Massachusetts-based company TalkTo.
Retail shops, restaurants and services are the most popular businesses on the app, which allows users to perform tasks like place an item on hold, book a table at a restaurant, or make an appointment.
Texting a business is similar to texting a friend. Users simply start typing the business name and then select it from a directory that includes tens of millions of businesses.
If the business has signed up for the service, one of its representatives will respond directly to the request. For companies that are not on board, TalkTo has put together a team of agents that will dig up the information, make the required phone calls, and then relay the response via text.
The average response time is five minutes, according to the company.
Levinson said the inspiration for the app came from observing the decline of phone calls and the increase in texting.
"People not only don't want to make phone calls but they'll get home from work and say 'I meant to call that store or take care of this' but then the business is closed and it's not happening." Users can also send texts to businesses after-hours with the app.
Levinson said that businesses benefit through more engagement with customers and lower costs.
"Large businesses do everything they can to get voice communication into a textual basis because every bit of research shows that it saves them money," he said.
Companies and consumers can customise how they would like to receive responses - through the app, e-mail or SMS.
The free app works with any business in the US, according to Levinson, adding that his biggest challenge is convincing consumers to change their habits.
"Think about every time someone contacts a business, we want people to realise that they don't have to make those phone calls."
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Networks Spend Over 27 Minutes on Dubious BuzzFeed Trump Story
By Curtis Houck | January 19, 2019 1:17 AM EST
Friday night, the Special Counsel’s office released an extremely rare statement that took a buzz saw to BuzzFeed News’s Thursday night bombshell that alleged President Trump directed former attorney and fixer Michael Cohen to lie to Congress about possible construction of a Trump Tower in Moscow. In the statement, a Mueller spokesman called it “not accurate.”
Despite the fact that the BuzzFeed News story was not confirmed by — well — any news outlet from when it was first published to the statement from Mueller’s team, the broadcast networks devoted 27 minutes and 33 second on their Friday morning and evening newscasts (minus opening teases) to a story that, for lack of a better term, has been sunk.
All three networks pointed to the questionable veracity of the BuzzFeed piece by Anthony Cormier and Jason Leopold to some degree, but each still gave it coverage with two dithering away over 10 minutes each.
ABC led the way with 10 minutes and 32 seconds between Good Morning America and World News Tonight. Close behind was NBC, which had 10 minutes and five seconds during NBC Nightly News and Today on the Cohen claims. NBC had the longest uninterrupted span with a portion of Today’s coverage going uninterrupted for six minutes and 33 seconds.
In third place and showing the most restraint was CBS. On CBS This Morning and the CBS Evening News, they combined for only six minutes and 56 seconds of BuzzFeed coverage.
Just before 8:00 p.m. Eastern, Office of the Special Counsel spokesman Peter Carr released this statement, sending the media (and Twitter) on all sides into a frenzy: “BuzzFeed’s description of specific statements to the Special Counsel’s Office, and characterization of documents and testimony obtained by this office, regarding Michael Cohen’s Congressional testimony are not accurate.”
Earlier in the evening, our friend Amber Athey at the Daily Caller found that CNN and MSNBC combined to use the word “impeach” (and its variations) regarding the implication of the BuzzFeed News story being, well, accurate, “nearly 200 times on Friday” during their respective “original Friday programming....up until each network learned that BuzzFeed’s report was in dispute — shortly before 8 pm.”
When broken down, Athey found that “CNN mentioned impeachment 82 times while MSNBC mentioned it a whopping 97 times.”
CNN’s Reliable Sources host Brian Stelter and his fellow media cheerleader were beside themselves on Friday night, seeking to point fingers at BuzzFeed instead of, in addition to BuzzFeed, themselves for running the story.
Rather than that, Stelter worried about the backlash, insisting on AC360 (click “expand”):
Don’t fall for what these politicians out there want you to do. They want you to think we are all crooked, we’re not, but BuzzFeed now — but now, BuzzFeed — now, the onus is on BuzzFeed, right? The onus is now on BuzzFeed. Ben Smith says he knows the identity of the two sources. Obviously, the reporters know the identity of the two sources. They’re going to be going back to those two sources and hopefully to other sources to try to get to the bottom of this. Now, it’s a dispute and I don’t know how that dispute’s going to be resolved....This will be used, obviously against the media as a whole. But I hope we can see past that and be smarter than that. I hope the President doesn’t guide everybody else to use it against the press.
So while Stelter and like-minded individuals may offer spin trying to condemn those making a broader point about the press’s credibility, the facts speak for themselves.
Whether it’s stories like those promulgated by Jayson Blair, Stephen Glass, Dan Rather, Class Relotius, Brian Williams, or those my colleague Rich Noyes and I outlined over a year ago, the media inflict far more damage to themselves and their credibility than almost anything the President tweets or any single piece of research put out about their biases.
Unfortunately, the press have largely proven themselves incapable of this realization.
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What on earth was Rory wearing at the Open?
Rory McIlroy garners some much-needed attention and Brooks Koepka blanks Tiger Woods. Alex Perry wraps up the Open tidbits in The Slam
by Alex Perry | July 16, 2019 | News
Hello. It’s an Open edition of The Slam! All right, calm down. So who’s going? Not me. I’m stuck at home holding the baby while my team head to Portrush to soak up the atmosphere. More fool them, I’ve seen the weather forecast. I’ve sifted through the players’ press conferences to pick out the highlights, including Rory McIlroy’s jacket choice and an hilarious admission from Tiger Woods being snubbed by Brooks Koepka, but first…
Martin Slumbers
The R&A’s chief executive had some lovely news to kick start the day.
“%he 148th Open,” he explained, “has not only been a sell-out, but I can confirm that this week we’ll see our biggest attendance outside of St Andrews, with 237,750 spectators, which surpasses the 235,000 we saw at Birkdale in 2017. So this becomes the second highest attended Open Championship of all time.”
Slumbers was also asked about when the Open might go back to Turnberry.
“Turnberry is one of the 10 courses,” he said. “We’ve talked about this many times in terms of it being part of the pool of courses, nothing’s changed from the previous points and comments that I’ve made on that in respect to taking the Open there. But it’s absolutely one of the pool of 10 courses.”
A nice straight cover drive given the man at the helm at Turnberry…
Martin Slumbers dead bats question about the Open going back to Turnberry. Given the owner's utterly absurd behaviour at the 2015 RWBO seems inconceivable that they would want to make their life difficult and deal with him.
— Matt Cooper (@MattCooperGolf) July 17, 2019
As if there wasn’t enough attention on Rory McIlroy ahead of the Open in his homeland, he went and turned up at his press conference in a Stone Island jacket.
Yes, a Stone Island jacket.
While it might be a high-end Italian brand, Stone Island’s reputation down the years has been tarnished, particularly in the UK, due to its popularity among football hooligans.
Still, couldn’t resist…
Has Rory McIlroy joined Green Street Elite?
Was Danny Dyer conducting the press conference? pic.twitter.com/fZWtPN3kVW
— Alex Perry (@AlexPerryNCG) July 17, 2019
Yes, I know, I’ve mixed up my football hooligan films. Still, when you’ve got a tee time at 10 and Millwall away at 3…
Anyway, if you want to know more my equipment nerd Hannah Holden has all the details if you so desperately need them.
It’s ironic that his initials are DJ, given his ability to entertain millions without really saying a lot.
This from last year’s Open cracked me up…
You and me both, DJ. pic.twitter.com/Q8RByaslIz
And this time he may have gone one better…
Journalist: Off the golf course, since this Open so different from the other majors, do you find yourself spending much time in town?
Johnson: I’ve not been into town yet. We’ve got a house right up on the hill here, right behind the course.
Journalist: What’s the address? I’m just kidding.
Johnson: I don’t even know it, so I couldn’t tell you.
Journalist: In previous Opens have you ever stayed close enough to town where you can get out and mingle much?
Johnson: St Andrews. I stayed in the Old Course Hotel and walked into town a few times. But that’s kind of the only one we’ve kind of been in the town. Then last year at Carnoustie I stayed at the hotel right there at the course. But, yeah, I got out and walked around a little bit.
Riveting stuff, I’m sure you’ll agree. Hold the front page and so on.
Now, as a journalist (I am one, honest) I know sometimes it can be difficult to eke a killer line out of a golfer’s mouth. Some of them are great, they know what to say before you’ve even got to the question, but sometimes you have to work quite hard.
Justin Rose normally gives the crowd what they want, but this back-and-forth between the Englishman and, I presume, an Irish journalist amused me…
Journalist: Just a quick one, is it a myth or does the Guinness really taste different over here?
Rose: Whether it’s your first or one of a very few, it does taste different up here, yeah. I’m not experienced enough to really make that — but I think the environment helps, no doubt.
Journalist: A secret weapon this week, you think?
Rose: No, one and done. That’s why I like coming up to these places before the tournament starts. Once championship week rolls around, you’re in bed early. You’re in your disciplined approach that you are all the time. But it’s such a shame to come to these venues and not be able to enjoy them. Sometimes that is the case. When you’re a professional golfer you have to stay focused, I suppose. So when I do come up for these preparation trips, they do feel like mini boys’ trips, you can play a bit of golf. You have Portrush to yourself in Open Championship condition, and you get to go to the pub and have one or two. Who wouldn’t want to do that?
Journalist: Guinness is full of iron, it could propel you on.
Rose: I like the way you’re angling for your headline here (laughter).
Fair play for persistence, but what was the journalist hoping for here – Rose to say, “Yeah, do you know what, if I win this week it’ll be because I got tanked up on stout beforehand”? The mind boggles.
Matt Kuchar may not be everyone’s cup of tea at the moment after a series of bad PR, but US Open champion Gary Woodland is still his mate.
He noted during his presser: “Kuch and I went to breakfast yesterday and I took about 20 pictures for him. Nobody knew who I was, they all knew who he was. He loved every second of that, I can tell you.”
Guys, he’s the ruddy US Open champion. It was literally four and a half weeks ago.
Also, the Open doesn’t half throw up some odd combinations. Who would have thought Woodland and Kuchar would be so close?
It reminds me of the tales of Zach Johnson staying in the so-called frat house with Rickie, JT and the boys, where all I can picture is ZJ in marigolds doing a mountain of washing up while the others play videogames.
Brooks Koepka is certainly a player who gives the journalists what they want – whether he means to or not is a different matter.
The difference in his form between majors and regular tour events has raised eyebrows for a couple of years now. Koepka, as you already know, has won four of the last nine majors he’s entered, as well as a handful of top 10s, and has just two regular PGA Tour victories on his CV.
So what is he doing differently at the majors?
“I just practise before the majors,” he admitted.
“Regular tournaments I don’t practise. If you’ve seen me on TV, that’s when I play golf,” he added to a smatter of laughter.
You may practice your golf more than @BKoepka 😲#TheOpen pic.twitter.com/asvgHSrRkB
— The Open (@TheOpen) July 16, 2019
Arrogant? Or just eyes on the prize he actually cares about? Answers on a postcard.
This is brilliant.
Woods decided to prepare for the Open by taking his mum on holiday to Thailand and then getting up at 1am every morning in Florida to get his body clock in check.
But he’s been over for a few days and has played Portrush a handful of times already. But he was after some inside knowledge.
Now, we all know there are a few guys playing this week who know the course like the back of their hand – namely Graeme McDowell, Rory McIlroy and Darren Clarke, who told me a couple of weeks ago that he’d been tapped up by loads of players for a practice round.
But there’s someone else. Koepka’s caddie, Ricky Elliott, is a Portrush native and member of this stunning links.
And it was the bagman’s brains that Woods wanted to pick, only…
“Tell you a funny story,” he said in his press conference on Tuesday. “I texted Brooksie, congratulations on another great finish. What he’s done in the last four major championships has been just unbelievable. To be so consistent, so solid. He’s been in contention to win each and every major championship.
“And I said, ‘Hey, dude, do you mind if I tag along and play a practice round? I’ve heard nothing.”
That is stone cold from Koepka and I love it. Mainly because it’s exactly how Tiger would have behaved when he was in his jaw-dropping pomp.
You can watch Woods’ revelation in all its glory here…
Well this is awkward 😬 #TheOpen pic.twitter.com/GQfSRVxQDG
Remember to pop back tomorrow, because I’m sure there will be more. In the meantime, why not listen to the Open edition of Not Another Golf Podcast, which I host with Sporting Life’s Ben Coley. We might be able to make you a bit of money…
Keep up to speed with everything you need from Portrush on our dedicated Open website, or join the conversation on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
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Swordfish on deck during long-lining operations. NOAA photo.
West Coast swordfish landings hit slight dip in 2018
By Charlie Ess May 14, 2019
West Coast swordfish stocks are on the upswing, but Homeland Security stipulations could mean fewer of them will be offloaded at docks in California.
According to a recent stock assessment report to the International Scientific Committee for Tuna and Tuna-Like Species in the North Pacific Ocean, in 2018, swordfish biomass increased from 51,000 metric tons in 1998 to an estimated 71,979 metric tons in 2016.
The U.S. fleet working the waters in the Western and North Central Pacific Ocean harvests but a fraction of what the fleet from Japan catches in a year. According to data from the stock assessment report, Japan’s average catch has hovered around 3,500 metric tons in recent years, and the U.S. harvest has come in at around half of the landings posted by fleets from China.
According to data from PacFIN, the harvest for the West Coast fleet, meanwhile, came in at 613.3 metric tons for 2018, which is down slightly from the 685.6 metric tons posted for 2017.
Most of the landings to hit San Francisco come from a transient fleet of about a dozen longliners who fish outside of the 200-mile EEZ and chase the fish in waters closer to Hawaii.
During the 2018 season, regulations that required armed guards aboard vessels with foreign crews drove deliveries elsewhere, according to Larry Collins, president of Crab Boat Owners Association and the San Francisco Fishing Association, in San Francisco.
“We had trouble with Homeland Security in San Francisco,” said Collins. “We had eight boats offloading, and they were getting them, too.” Collins added that the implementation of the armed guards will likely drive deliveries elsewhere.
“The next trip, six of them went over and delivered in Hawaii.”
Collins said that that the owners of the two boats continue to deliver live in San Francisco.
Average ex-vessel prices of $2.42 per pound in 2018 fell slightly from the $2.61 per pound that the fleet averaged in 2017. In terms of revenues, 2018 crunched out to $3.27 million while 2017 revenues added up to $3.95 million.
Studies differentiating bycatch (dolphins, sea turtles and other species) between drift gillnets and deep-set buoy gear continued last year. According to “A Review of the California Drift Gillnet Fishery,” released in July 2018 for the American Sportfishing Association, 6 percent of the fleet uses deep-set buoy gear, 26 percent of the fleet uses drift gillnets, 64 percent use longline gear and 4 percent use harpoons.
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Chicago Public Schools CEO Says NYT 1619 Project to Be Taught in All City High Schools
By Mairead McArdle
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The New York Times office in New York City, November 22, 2016. (Shannon Stapleton/Reuters)
The CEO of Chicago Public Schools announced this week that the New York Times‘s 1619 Project is being provided as a supplemental resource to every one of the system’s high schools.
“Thanks to our partners at the Pulitzer Center, every CPS high school will receive 200–400 copies of the New York Times’ The 1619 Project this week as a resource to help reframe the institution of slavery, and how we’re still influenced by it today—from the workforce management system created to harness enslaved labor and the incredible wealth that came from its unsparing efficiency to the music that you may very well be listening to now,” CPS CEO Janice Jackson wrote in an essay published Tuesday.
The 1619 Project, a collection of writings and photography marking the 400th anniversary of the beginning of American slavery, has been challenged by critics as containing several misrepresentations and inaccuracies. The Times has said the project is designed “to reframe the country’s history, understanding 1619 as our true founding, and placing the consequences of slavery and the contributions of black Americans at the very center of the story we tell ourselves about who we are.”
“As educators, we are always looking for new tools and strategies to help students contextualize the world around them so they may one day become informed and effective citizens,” Jackson said. “In order for our students to engage with the issues of today, it is essential that they have an honest accounting of our country’s past.”
“It is my sincere hope that parents and families explore the project with their children; teachers examine these curricular materials and share it with their students; and principals support staff and students as they tackle this subject,” she added.
Mairead McArdle is a news writer for National Review Online and a graduate of Thomas Aquinas College. @johnsonhildy
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Ryan’s Take: Unseasonable November Warmth Moves In
By Ryan Hanrahan • Published at 7:21 pm on November 1, 2016
From a hard freeze to near 70 degrees. That's November in New England for you! Even though temperatures will warm we will be well short of a record for Wednesday and Thursday with records of 83 and 78, respectively. It will be mild but definitely not unprecedented for November.
The mild air doesn't last too long. An upper level disturbance swings through bringing with it a period of rain and a cold front. Behind it temperatures will drop in a hurry with highs struggling above 50F on Friday.
What's really a bummer as we look forward through day 10 is that there's really no sign of a prolonged wet weather pattern. Let's look at the European Ensembles through November 10th. The European Ensemble is a somewhat lower resolution of the vaunted European model that is run 51 separate times with slightly different initial conditions and model physics to represent a reasonable spread of possible outcomes. The more ensemble members that show any given solution the more likely it is to occur.
Through November 10th there's less than a 10 percent chance of more than 0.5" of precipitation in Connecticut! Put another way, less than 5 of those 51 ensemble members show more than 1/2 inch of rain. Those are bad odds.
While temperatures here in New England don't appear to be too warm past Thursday the weather pattern across most of North America looks incredibly warm. A +EPO (East Pacific Oscillation) should flood the United States and Canada with maritime Pacific air over the next week or so but most of that warmth should remain to the west.
The bottom line is that while we have some warmer on the way through Thursday the weather through day 10 looks mainly dry with temperatures relatively close to normal - especially compared to extreme warmth from the Great Lakes to the west coast.
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Warriors' win over Rockets was one of biggest NBA Christmas Day upsets
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By Ali Thanawalla December 25, 2019 5:22 PM
Not many people gave the Warriors much of a chance to beat the Rockets on Christmas Day.
But the pesky Warriors wouldn't be denied against James Harden and Co., as Draymond Green and Damion Lee led Golden State to a stunning 116-104 win in front of a raucous Chase Center crowd.
So, just how big was the Warriors' win? It depends on what metric you use. But either way you look at it, it was huge.
The closing line at Caesars Sportsbook had the Warriors as 11.5 underdogs against the Rockets. So, according to ESPN Stats and Info, the Warriors' win was the largest upset over the last 30 years.
The Warriors beat the Rockets, 116-104, after closing as 11.5-point underdogs at Caesars Sportsbook.
That is the largest upset on Christmas Day over the last 30 seasons. pic.twitter.com/393Huk6WiV
— ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) December 26, 2019
In terms of actual team records, the Warriors entered the day at 7-24, while the Rockets were 21-9. That 14.5-game difference in the standings, according to STATS, is the second biggest in a Christmas Day upset.
The @warriors entered today 14.5 games behind the Rockets in the NBA standings, but won 116-104.
In terms of games behind in the standings, this is the 2nd-biggest upset on Christmas Day in NBA history. In 1971, the Pistons were 17.0 games behind the Bucks and won 120-118 in OT.
— Stats By STATS (@StatsBySTATS) December 26, 2019
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Any way you look at it, the Warriors' win was a Christmas miracle.
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Warriors' Jordan Poole showing more progress after bad start to season
By Logan Murdock January 18, 2020 10:45 PM
SAN FRANCISCO -- With four seconds left in the third quarter of the Warriors' 190-95 win over Magic on Saturday, Jordan Poole ran full speed to the right-wing with a bucket on his mind.
Sprinting alongside teammate Omari Spellman, Poole received a pass from the big man, pump faked, took a dribble and drained a 3-pointer at the buzzer, pushing the Warriors lead to 11.
Walking to the bench, Poole had both arms in the air, and was yelling "Yeahhhh" towards the crowd. Similar plays have been the norm for Poole over the last week as he gradually digs himself out a bad start to his rookie season.
"He's starting to figure out where his spots are," Warriors coach Steve Kerr said. "Where his spots are and his comfort zone and how to impact a game."
Remnants of Poole's improvement were on display early Saturday night. After Golden State went down 13-0 four and a half minutes into the contest, Poole scored 11 first-quarter points, helping Golden State take a 28-25 lead by the end of the period. Poole totaled 21 points for the game, including four 3-pointers, providing another example of his evolution. In his past three outings, Poole is averaging 16 points on 45 percent from the field.
Such stretches are uncommon considering the start of Poole's career. During his first 29 games -- with Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson out of the lineup -- he shot just 25 percent, prompting a demotion to the G League. While his shot was ineffective, it was his propensity to not give all-out effort that drew ire of the coaching staff. On his way down to Santa Cruz, Kerr gave him a player that he'd like Poole to use a blueprint for success: Pelicans guard JJ Redick. More specifically, the shooter's habit of constant movement on the defensive end, complimented by his shooting ability.
Poole followed suit during his G League stint, averaging 26 points, 5.3 assists and 1.3 steals in three games. The performance has carried over back to the NBA, as he's making 42 percent of his 3-pointers over his last three games. But he showed his growth six minutes into the third quarter Saturday, when he fought through two screens, moved his feet on Magic guard Evan Fournier before stripping the guard, causing a fast break on the other end, prompting praise from his coach and teammates along the way.
"He's doing better on defense, handling the ball and making plays," Kerr said. "The game is so fast at this level. Everything happens much faster, so whether you are defending somebody or having to get over a screen or leave a rotation or if you have the ball and you are trying to make a pass, everything just happens quicker than you are used to. I think the time in Santa Cruz helped him gain more confidence and maybe the game has slowed down a bit ... He just looks more confident and comfortable."
"I think his approach has been better," teammate D'Angelo Russell added. "I think that's what's contributed to him successfully on the court. Not just worrying about his shots but his demeanor, his approach is business-like."
Poole's progression comes as the Warriors are in transition. As he works towards a long-term role, organizational cornerstones Curry and Thompson are working their way back from injuries, while Russell -- an All-Star guard -- is giving 20-year old daily lessons on how to be a pro.
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"I'm like a kid in the candy store, especially being able to have Steph, Klay and [Russell]," Poole said on Warriors Postgame Live. "I'm in awe every day. You wouldn't want to be in any other situation."
As Poole celebrated his buzzer-beater, Curry sat on a makeshift stage, soaking in the rookie's latest step as a pro, leaving compliments along the way.
"The way that he's fought through his early-season struggles and gone down to Santa Cruz, really able to work on his game, see the floor, get his rhythm and shoot the ball the way he's been doing the last few games," Curry said during NBC Sports Bay Area's broadcast. "That's what an NBA player is made of. It's not going to be pretty but you got to keep coming back to try and make it work."
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Warriors' rookie Eric Paschall back to looking like a long-term keeper
By Monte Poole January 18, 2020 10:01 PM
SAN FRANCISCO -- No one in the Warriors' front office or on the coaching staff knows the extent of Eric Paschall’s NBA potential. Neither does he. In the fourth month of his career, he has provided ample evidence to engage debate.
After his first six weeks: Solid Rookie of the Year candidate.
After the next five weeks, during which endured assorted aches and pains in his joints: Uh, um, well, maybe he’s solid rotation player.
After the last two: He can start for any team and produce under pretty much any condition.
Paschall shed some light on his progress Saturday night after doing his part and more to lift the Warriors to a 109-95 win over the Orlando Magic. Making his second start since Dec. 11, he scored 20 points, grabbed nine rebounds and added two steals in 35 minutes.
He was a difference-maker, looking much more like the player we’d glimpsed in the first six weeks than during the five that followed.
There is, he acknowledged, a reason for that.
“I feel those injuries were kind of a blessing in disguise in terms of my body and getting the proper rest I needed,” he said of discomfort felt in both hips during various stages of December.
“Your rookie year is probably your longest year because right after college you’re going to pre-draft workouts, flying across the country for a workout, maybe have a back-to-back workout. Right after that, you go into training camp for summer league. Right after that, you go into training camp. So, you don’t really get a lot of time off. That was really good for me in terms of my body and having time to recover.”
This point, which can be lost in translation, is particularly applicable to Paschall because he played four years of college ball, 27 games as a freshman at Fordham and 110 at powerhouse Villanova. The Wildcats played deep into March.
Coming to the Warriors this season, when much of their roster was being rebuilt, Paschall dived into the opportunity to play. A lot. He averaged a team-high 33 minutes over his first 22 NBA games, 19 of which he scored in double figures. He didn’t hit the vaunted “rookie wall.” He was thrown up against it.
Paschall missed two games in mid-December due to soreness in his left hip. He missed two more games in late-December with what was described as a contusion on his right hip.
As he made several attempts to play through the discomfort, it was apparent he was not struggling. His production took a steep drop, as did his minutes. He scored 70 points in the first four games of December, 73 over the next 11, bleeding into January.
Paschall’s 20-point game Saturday was his first since he rang up 24 points on Dec. 2. His nine rebounds were the most since he pulled that same amount on that same night.
Citing Paschall’s solid play over the previous four games, it was an easy call for coach Steve Kerr to start the 6-6, 250-pound rookie at power forward Saturday for the ailing Draymond Green.
The reward was efficiency (8-of-14 shooting from the field, 2-of-5 from beyond the arc) and impact and indicated, again, that Paschall is better suited to power forward than small forward, where he also has spent some time.
“It’s just more floor spacing,” Kerr said. “He’s so quick off the dribble and he’s got that burst at the rim, so when he’s at the four, even with a great athlete like Aaron Gordon out there, he still has the space to go to the rim and create a play.
“At the three, it’s a little more difficult to do that because you have more big guys in the paint. It’s an easier position for Eric to play, and he was fantastic.”
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After initially suggesting his game is no different at small forward than it is at power forward, Paschall agreed with Kerr’s assessment.
“Yeah, I understand why he says that, in terms of just being able to attack,” he said. “Now that I think about it, I would say spacing at the four is (beneficial).”
There is little debate about that. And no debate at all that Paschall has the physical tools and mental makeup to prosper in the NBA.
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Joe Burrow's record-breaking season for LSU has fitting Tom Brady connection
By Darren Hartwell January 14, 2020 7:55 AM
There's always a Tom Brady connection, folks.
Joe Burrow threw five touchdown passes Monday night to help LSU defeat Clemson, 42-25, in the College Football Playoff national championship game.
That gave Burrow 60 touchdown passes on the season, breaking Colt Brennan's single-season TD pass record of 58. Burrow's record-breaking strike came to LSU tight end Thaddeus Moss, the son of NFL legend Randy Moss.
Another one.
Thaddeus Moss scored TD No. 2 … and @randymoss was all about it 👏 pic.twitter.com/NTvQbYCSwK
— ESPN (@espn) January 14, 2020
... And that's where Brady comes in.
Joe Burrow and Tom Brady both broke their respective sport’s single-season passing TD records by throwing to a member of the Moss family.
— Tim Whelan Jr. (@thattimwhelan) January 14, 2020
Brady set the NFL's single-season passing touchdowns record in Week 17 of the New England Patriots' undefeated 2007 regular season, when he threw a 65-yard bomb to none other than Randy Moss for his 50th passing TD.
Are we surprised that the Moss family has a knack for making big plays?
Immortalized FOREVER 🗣🗣🗣 pic.twitter.com/Vqrs5Ai4te
— Thaddeus Moss (@Thaddeusmoss) January 14, 2020
Thaddeus finished with five catches for 36 yards and scored two touchdowns, much to the delight of his father Randy, who was at Mercedez-Benz Superdome decked out in LSU gear.
Full of joy!❤❤❤ https://t.co/RFvh9WeWbn
— Randy Moss (@RandyMoss) January 14, 2020
Thaddeus also accomplished something his father never could by winning a championship, as Randy's 2007 Patriots lost to the New York Giants in Super Bowl XLII.
Coincidentally, Randy also lost a Super Bowl with the 2012 San Francisco 49ers at that same Superdome, making LSU's win Monday that much sweeter for the Moss clan.
"It's crazy how everything comes full circle," Thaddeus said after the game, via ESPN.com. "That was his last football game, he lost the Super Bowl here, and I was able to win a national championship here and have a big game."
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Jarrett Stidham focused on improving during 2020 offseason, not Tom Brady's free agency
By Jacob Camenker January 18, 2020 6:50 PM
Tom Brady is set to hit unrestricted free agency for the first time in his 20-year NFL career. While the legendary quarterback could return to the New England Patriots in 2020, there's no guarantee that he will.
If Brady doesn't return, the Patriots will have a number of ways to address the quarterback position. They could target a free agent passer in one of the strongest free agent quarterback classes ever. They could spend a draft pick on one in a strong 2020 quarterback draft class.
Or they could roll with the only other quarterback option they currently have on their roster, 2019 fourth-round pick Jarrett Stidham.
Stidham spent his rookie season backing up Brady and played a grand total of 15 snaps for the squad. He completed 2-of-4 passes for 14 yards and threw an interception in that action.
Despite his relative inexperience, Stidham would theoretically be the next man up at quarterback if Brady leaves. But moving forward, he isn't thinking a lot about Brady's impending free agency. He's more focused on what he can do to improve heading into his second year.
"Right now, I can't really think too much about [Brady's free agency]. I have to worry about what I need to do to prepare to enhance my game, to learn as much as I possibly can," Stidham said per ESPN's Mike Reiss. "That's the biggest thing I've focused on, making a big stride from Year 1 to Year 2."
That said, Stidham did call his time learning as Brady's backup "priceless" and said that Brady is "phenomenal" in all facets of the game.
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"He's a phenomenal teammate, a phenomenal person, obviously a phenomenal player," Stidham said per Reiss. "There was just so much that I got to learn from him. He was obviously very open to me about stuff that he's thought about the game of football, and stuff like that. It was great. I can't speak highly enough of that guy."
Perhaps Stidham's time learning from Brady has served him well. After all, Patriots fans haven't seen him in action since Week 7 and Phil Perry reported that Stidham was impressing his teammates and coaches alike in late-December.
But is he ready to be a starter? The Patriots moves this offseason will surely tell us more about their thoughts on that.
The Patriots won't definitively know what Brady's plans are for 2020 until he puts pen to paper somewhere. In the interim, it's at least encouraging that Stidham is putting in the effort behind the scenes to improve after spending a year learning from Brady.
If not Brady, who starts for the Patriots in 2020?
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Eminem name-drops Tom Brady on his just-released album
By Patrick Dunne January 18, 2020 10:54 AM
Tom Brady appears to have a kindred spirit as his career continues into his 40s.
Eminem name-drops TB12 on the track "Premonition" off the album "Music To Be Murdered By" which he released on Friday.
The song takes on the critics of the 47-year-old rapper from Detroit and compares the critiques he gets to ones leveled at LeBron James, 35, and the Patriots quarterback, who'll turn 43 in August.
Here's part of the song:
“Revival flopped, came back and I scared the crap out ‘em
But Rolling Stone stars, I get two and a half outta
Five, and I’ll laugh out loud
‘Cause that’s what they gave BAD back in the day
Which actually made me not feel as bad now, ‘cause
If it happened to James
It can happen to Shady
They do the same [expletive] to Brady
More people hate me than love me
This game will make you go crazy.”
It's not Eminem's first reference to Brady in one of his songs. In 2013's "Baby", he raps, "I'm what Tom Brady is to the Patriots of rap. Not a man, a weapon."
And it's just the latest Brady reference that has dotted hip-hop and rap since the mid-2000s when the QB led the Pats to the second and third of the six Super Bowl titles they've won. Other artists such as Drake, Lil Wayne, Gucci Mane and Kanye West have referenced him as a symbol of excellence.
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Brady told the Boston Globe last year before the Super Bowl he appreciates it.
“That’s always really cool,” Brady said. “I’m a big fan of so many of those guys. I have a lot of friends [in music] that I’ve met over the years that are fans of what we do, too...I think that mutual appreciation or admiration is really flattering.”
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Elementary Teacher Preparation in Reading
Instruction: Kentucky
2013 Delivering Well Prepared Teachers Policy
The state should ensure that new elementary teachers know the science of reading instruction.
Does not meet
National Council on Teacher Quality. (2013). Elementary Teacher Preparation in Reading Instruction: Kentucky results. State Teacher Policy Database. [Data set].
Retrieved from: https://www.nctq.org/yearbook/state/KY-Elementary-Teacher-Preparation-in-Reading-Instruction-20
Analysis of Kentucky's policies
Although Kentucky requires elementary teacher candidates to pass the Praxis II Multiple Subjects test, which includes reading as a topic, this assessment does not generate a separate reading score and, therefore, does not amount to an adequate stand-alone reading test. Further, although better than previous Praxis tests, the Multiple Subjects test does not appear to be fully aligned with scientifically based reading instruction.
Kentucky also does not require that teacher preparation programs for elementary teacher candidates address the science of reading. The state has neither coursework requirements nor standards related to this critical area.
Recommendations for Kentucky
Require teacher candidates to pass a rigorous assessment in the science of reading instruction.
Kentucky should require a rigorous reading assessment tool to ensure that its elementary teacher candidates are adequately prepared in the science of reading instruction before entering the classroom. The assessment should clearly test knowledge and skills related to the science of reading, and address all five instructional components of scientifically based reading instruction: phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary and comprehension. If the test is combined with an assessment that also tests general pedagogy or elementary content, it should report a subscore for the science of reading specifically. Elementary teachers who do not possess the minimum knowledge in this area should not be eligible for licensure.
Ensure that teacher preparation programs prepare elementary teaching candidates in the science of reading instruction.
Kentucky should require teacher preparation programs in the state to train candidates in scientifically based reading instruction.
Kentucky was helpful in providing NCTQ with facts that enhanced this analysis.
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Reading science has identified five components of effective instruction.
Teaching children to read is the most important task teachers undertake. Over the past 60 years, scientists from many fields have worked to determine how people learn to read and why some struggle. This science of reading has led to breakthroughs that can dramatically reduce the number of children destined to become functionally illiterate or barely literate adults. By routinely applying in the classroom the lessons learned from the scientific findings, most reading failure can be avoided. Estimates indicate that the current failure rate of 20 to 30 percent could be reduced to 2 to 10 percent.
Scientific research has shown that there are five essential components of effective reading instruction: explicit and systematic instruction in phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary and comprehension. Many states' policies still do not reflect the strong research consensus in reading instruction that has emerged over the last few decades. Many teacher preparation programs, still caught up in the reading wars, resist teaching scientifically based reading instruction. NCTQ's reports on teacher preparation, beginning with What Education Schools Aren't Teaching about Reading and What Elementary Teachers Aren't Learning in 2006 and continuing through the Teacher Prep Review in 2013, have consistently found the overwhelming majority of teacher preparation programs across the country do not train teachers in the science of reading. Whether through standards or coursework requirements, states must ensure that their preparation programs graduate only teacher candidates who know how to teach children to read.
Most current reading tests do not offer assurance that teachers know the science of reading.
A growing number of states, such as Massachusetts, Connecticut and Virginia, require strong, stand-alone assessments entirely focused on the science of reading. Other states rely on either pedagogy tests or content tests that include items on reading instruction. However, since reading instruction is addressed only in one small part of most of these tests, it is often not necessary to know the science of reading to pass. States need to make sure that a teacher candidate cannot pass a test that purportedly covers reading instruction without knowing the critical material.
Elementary Teacher Preparation in Reading Instruction: Supporting Research
For evidence on what new teachers are not learning about reading instruction, see NCTQ, "What Education Schools Aren't Teaching About Reading and What Elementary Teachers Aren't Learning" 2006) at:http://www.nctq.org/nctq/images/nctq_reading_study_app.pdf.
For problems with existing reading tests, see S. Stotsky, "Why American Students Do Not Learn to Read Very Well: The Unintended Consequences of Title II and Teacher Testing," Third Education Group Review, Vol. 2, No. 2, 2006; and D. W. Rigden, Report on Licensure Alignment with the Essential Components of Effective Reading Instruction (Washington, D.C.: Reading First Teacher Education Network, 2006).
For information on where states set passing scores on elementary level content tests for teacher licensing across the U.S., see chart on p. 13 of NCTQ "Recommendations for the Reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, Removing the Roadblocks: How Federal Policy Can Cultivate Effective Teachers," (2011).
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In Farmers Market, A Free Market Rises In Cuba : The Salt Farmers in the communist nation were once banned from freely selling their crops. As the country struggles to feed itself, the government has begun to accept a greater role for the profit motive. Now each night, in a muddy vacant lot on the edge of Havana, a market appears after sundown.
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Let's go to Cuba now, where there has been some notable changes. Farmers recently set up an unregulated impromptu wholesale produce market on the outskirts of the capital. It's unlike anything seen in this communist country, where food production is tightly regulated by the state.
The government hasn't shut down this free-market - at least not yet. As NPR's, as Nick Miroff reports, a chronic struggle to boost food production may be forcing Cuban officials to accept - albeit grudgingly - a greater role for free markets.
NICK MIROFF, BYLINE: It's a market that only exists at night, appearing after sundown every day in a muddy vacant lot on the edge of Havana.
Scores of battered, sputtering Chevy farm trucks and ancient Ford tractors arrive loaded with onions, squash, papayas and cabbage. It must be the largest gathering of 50-year-old American farm equipment anywhere on the planet.
(SOUNDBITE OF HORN BLOWING)
MIROFF: The market doesn't have any signs, or even bathrooms, adding to the impression that Cuban authorities haven't quite accepted its permanence. Sales are done in cash under the faint glow of cell phones screens and lanterns. Even the police, who are ubiquitous elsewhere in Cuba, seem absent here.
Wholesale produce markets like this one exist all over Latin America, of course, where farmers can drive to the city and freely sell their crops. But in Cuba, there hasn't been anything like this in half a century.
ARMANDO MANZO: (Spanish spoken)
MIROFF: Armando Manzo has driven 250 miles from his farm in Cuba's Villa Clara province, with the family's 1957 Chevy Bel Air sedan stuffed to the roof with garlic. It's the kind of thing that wasn't allowed before by a government that has spent decades micromanaging food production and distribution, often with disastrous results.
MANZO: (Spanish spoken)
MIROFF: The police would stop you and confiscate your produce, says Manzo. It was madness. Now what we're doing is legal.
Like other private farmers here, Manzo still has to meet an annual production quota that requires him to sell about a quarter of his harvest to the government at artificially low prices. But since taking over Cuba's presidency from his brother, 81-year-old Raul Castro has been gradually dialing back the island's state-dominated system.
Castro has turned millions of acres of state land over to private farmers and cooperatives, enough to lure Cubans like Ramon Gonzalez back into farming.
RAMON GONZALEZ: (Spanish spoken)
MIROFF: There's more incentive to work harder, says Gonzalez, who is selling sacks of sweet potatoes. Dressed in a blue Best Buy shirt, Gonzalez says he quit his government job as a mechanic three years ago and joined a cooperative. The more you can sell, the more money you can make, he says.
The days of empty Cuban produce stalls appear to be over, but food prices here have never been higher. So far, the move toward a more market-driven model hasn't been popular with Cubans who depend on government pensions and the state salaries that average little more than $20 a month. For them, a single avocado or a pound of tomatoes can equal a full day's wages.
But even as Castro complains in speeches about costly imports and urges Cubans to produce more, his government still hasn't taken basic steps like letting farmers buy new trucks and tractors.
Juan Triana is an economist at the University of Havana.
JUAN TRIANA: (Spanish spoken)
MIROFF: If we don't give farmers access to a market for equipment and supplies the problems will continue, he says. But that's just one factor among many.
(SOUNDBITE OF RATTLING WHEELS OF PUSHCART)
MIROFF: The main customers at the wholesale market are the pushcart vendors who have flooded Cuba's streets since Castro licensed them to work legally. Most are young men like Alejandro Cruz, riding homemade tricycles with makeshift carts mounted on the back. Working as independent entrepreneurs has left them wanting more.
ALEJANDRO CRUZ: (Spanish spoken)
MIROFF: There's still too much government control, says Cruz. They have to loosen up so there can be more business on the streets and people can make a living without fear.
VICKI BARKER, BYLINE: One pushcart driver who complained of police seizing his wares put it another way. Asked what he thought of new regulations that will compel vendors to limit cart sizes and wear uniforms, he puts his hands around his throat and says as soon as there's something good they choke it off.
MIROFF: For NPR News, I'm Nick Miroff in Havana.
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RGGI Agrees to Cut Power Plant Pollution by Another 30%
August 23, 2017 Bruce Ho Jackson Morris
The nine RGGI states will cut power plant pollution by at least another 30 percent through 2030, reaffirming their groundbreaking climate leadership.
A bipartisan coalition of nine Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic states today agreed to a bold plan to cut power plant pollution by at least another 30 percent through 2030, reaffirming the groundbreaking leadership of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) in the face of the Trump administration’s abandonment of climate progress.
The plan tightens the emissions cap in the nation’s first market to cut carbon pollution. Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, and Vermont undertook a 21-month review to determine how much more climate-changing pollution from power plants to cut—and how fast—beyond 2020.
Today’s announcement means that by 2030, at least 132 million more short tons of carbon pollution will be avoided, equivalent to avoiding one-year’s worth of emissions from over 25 million cars. In 2030, the regional cap on power-sector emissions will be 65 percent lower than in 2009, RGGI’s first year. Additional mechanisms could further cut carbon pollution by tens of millions of tons more.
The agreement tracks New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s call earlier this year for a 30 percent cut in RGGI’s cap. The states also outlined a package of key reforms to ensure RGGI realizes its potential to deliver the planned carbon reductions while delivering significant economic and public health benefits to the region. The states will present additional details on their plan, including economic modeling results, and take comments at a public stakeholder meeting on September 25 in Baltimore, Maryland.
Following California’s recent adoption of bipartisan legislation to extend its carbon market, today’s announcement by nine RGGI states that together represent the world’s sixth-largest economy is another powerful rebuke to the Trump administration’s dangerous denial of climate change and a strong signal to the rest of the world. With New Jersey and Virginia likely to join RGGI’s carbon market in the near future, the pollution reductions and economic and public health benefits from this program are also primed to expand.
How RGGI Works
RGGI sets a regional limit, or cap, on carbon pollution from the region’s power plants. The cap declines annually—reducing total pollution—and is enforced by selling a decreasing number of permits, known as allowances, via quarterly auctions. Owners of polluting power plants purchase the allowances, or trade for them in the market, to account for their emissions.
The RGGI states invest the auction revenues in programs that benefit consumers. Since 2009, these investments have helped RGGI:
Save consumers $618 million on energy bills, with billions more expected, thanks to energy efficiency and renewable energy investments
Provide public health benefits valued at $5.7 billion by also cutting other dangerous air pollutants like soot and smog alongside carbon;
Contribute at least $2.9 billion in regional economic growth; and
Boost regional employment by more than 30,000 job-years (one year of full-time employment for one person).
Meanwhile, electricity prices in the region have fallen by 3.4 percent, even as they have increased in other states. And the region’s economy has grown by 25 percent, outpacing non-RGGI states, even as emissions have fallen faster in RGGI than in other regions. Since RGGI launched, carbon pollution from the region’s power plants has fallen by more than 40 percent.
With a record like this, it’s no wonder the RGGI governors are ready to do more. Analyses by NRDC and others show a tighter RGGI cap will provide more money for state clean energy programs that save consumers money. It will also provide more public health benefits and create more jobs.
Even More Carbon Cuts
By 2030, at least 132 million more short tons of carbon pollution will be avoided, equivalent to avoiding one-year’s worth of emissions from over 25 million cars. Additional mechanisms could further cut carbon pollution by tens of millions of tons more.
Today’s agreement includes two important mechanisms that could lead to even more carbon reductions: a banked allowance adjustment to the cap, and additional low-cost reductions captured under a new Emissions Containment Reserve (ECR).
Banked Allowance Adjustment: Making a fix here will mean even more pollution reductions, although we won’t know exactly how much until 2021. RGGI’s current cap didn’t anticipate that emissions would fall faster than required because of market trends like rapidly falling costs of renewable energy and energy efficiency, low natural gas prices, and increasingly ambitious state clean energy policies. This resulted in more allowances being sold than the market needs, and the unused allowances being “banked” for use in future years. If unaddressed, power plants could use these banked allowances to pollute more than the states’ proposed cap post-2020.
To prevent this, the states will further lower RGGI’s cap in 2021-2025 by the amount of excess allowances sold and banked between 2014 and 2020 (the same approach previously used to address banked allowances from 2009-2013). Our friends at Acadia Center estimate this could avoid an additional 48.5 million tons of carbon pollution (or more).
Emissions Containment Reserve (ECR): The states also announced an ECR, an exciting new tool that will automatically lower RGGI’s cap, by up to 10 percent a year, whenever allowance prices fall below expected levels. Since RGGI launched, carbon reductions have consistently cost less than expected. By providing a mechanism to capture more of these low-cost emissions reduction opportunities, this innovative tool—the first-of-its-kind in emissions trading markets—could potentially get to the even deeper emissions reductions that NRDC and other groups urged the states to adopt.
We are pleased the states also proposed reforms to RGGI’s Cost Containment Reserve (CCR), which is broken, and has undermined climate benefits by unnecessarily releasing new allowances above the cap. The proposed reforms will make it less likely the CCR is triggered in the coming years, and that fewer allowances are released with the CCR is triggered. We encourage the states to also restructure the CCR so it “borrows” allowances from future years, rather than adding them above the cap.
Decision in Perspective
By committing to strengthen their program, the RGGI governors (five Republicans, four Democrats) are showing that bipartisan climate progress is thriving in their economically and geographically diverse region. Since RGGI launched, each state, except Delaware, has been led by both Republican and Democratic governors. With this important commitment to continue cutting power sector carbon pollution, the states can build on their momentum to begin tackling the next climate challenge: to address the excessive amount of vehicle pollution in the region.
Preventing the worst impacts of climate change requires all hands—and political persuasions—on deck. President Trump may reject U.S. environmental leadership (and science, and reality for that matter), but RGGI and states like California are forging ahead to fill the leadership void and establishing bold models for others to follow.
Bruce Ho
Senior Advocate, Climate & Clean Energy Program
Jackson Morris
Director, Eastern Region, Climate & Clean Energy Program
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Gamuda Land Singapore foray bears fruit
(File pix) Gem Residences’ construction is 80 per cent completed and targeted for delivery by end-2019. Pix from Gamuda Land website
By Sharen Kaur - September 20, 2018 @ 12:32pm
A S$345.86 million (RM1.04 billion) investment to buy land in Singapore three years ago has paid off for Gamuda Land.
The company launched its maiden project, Gem Residences, in 2016 which was fully sold, said its chief executive officer Ngan Chee Meng. The Green Mark-certified private condominium, comprising two towers, has a gross development value of S$690 million.
Ngan said the company was pleased to obtain 100 per cent sales despite the current lacklustre property market.
Gem Residences offers 578 units with builtups from 425 to 2,045 sq ft. The handover is scheduled in end-2019.
The selling prices for the units range from S$570,500 to S$2.1 million.
Ngan said the full take-up of Gem Residences was attributed to the company’s strong principle of creating places that work. He added that it was one of Gamuda Land’s most ambitious foreign endeavours amid the challenging property market then and intense competition from property developers in Singapore.
“When others were cautious and adopted a wait-and-see approach, we took a contrarian approach to the Singapore market by focusing on making our development work,” said Ngan.
Gem Residences is located on 1.21ha site in Toa Payoh, one of the more mature and established housing estates in the city-state.
Toa Payoh, Singapore’s first satellite, is a 14-minute drive from its central business district.
Gem Residences offers nine layouts ranging from one-to five-bedroom units, duos (dual-key units), trios (triple-key units), a four-bedroom penthouse and a six-bedroom penthouse.
According to Ngan, it is the first condominium development in Singapore to offer a club lifestyle.
“The key appeal of Gem Residences is its placemaking with the creation of practical community living spaces. It is more than just a roof over one’s head. It is a club condo with concierge and unique facilities, such as pet pool and pet shower.
It comes with many gathering spaces for people to get together within the comfort of their home.”
Ngan said Gamuda Land would continue to play its part in Singapore’s property market by bringing more quality development, adding that the company is actively looking for strategic opportunities in the vibrant Lion City.
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Two monks shot dead as violence flares in Thailand's deep south
Gunmen in Thailand’s deep south shot dead two Buddhist monks and wounded two others inside a temple. - FILE PIC
By AFP - January 19, 2019 @ 1:37pm
BANGKOK: Gunmen in Thailand’s deep south shot dead two Buddhist monks and wounded two others inside a temple, police said Saturday, capping a week of deadly violence as the prime minister vowed to “punish” those responsible.
Black-clad assailants carrying rifles crept into Rattanaupap temple in Narathiwat province near Malaysia’s border on Friday evening and started firing, local superintendent Pakdi Preechachon told AFP.
“The attack took place around 7:30 pm (1230 GMT) when an unknown number of gunmen dressed in black entered the temple through a rear area via a creek,” Pakdi said.
“Two monks were shot dead at the temple while two others were wounded.”
Since 2004 clashes between ethnic Malay-Muslim rebels and the Buddhist-majority Thai state that annexed the region a century ago have killed nearly 7,000 people, mostly civilians of both faiths.
The death toll in the south dropped to a record low last year as Thailand’s junta tightened its security web but violence has boiled over in recent days, raising concerns about soft targets at schools and religious institutions.
In the past, Buddhist monks have rarely been targeted.
But they have been told to suspend morning alms collection starting from Saturday in three southern provinces and the southern army commander has instructed security officials to step up safeguards of Islamic leaders who could also be at risk.
Junta leader and prime minister Prayut Chan-O-Cha condemned the temple shootings.
“The prime Minister denounced such a brazen attack and instructed officials to investigate and find the assailants to punish them,” said government spokesman Buddhipongse Punnakanta.
Human Rights Watch said the “ghastly” assault on civilians in a place of worship amounted to a war crime.
Last week, an imam in the same province was shot dead but it was unclear if the temple attack was related.
Friday’s shooting came the same day as four security officials were wounded by two separate roadside bombs and an insurgent was shot dead in a clash near a school that sent students home for the day.
Four civil defence volunteers were also killed in a drive-by shooting outside a school on January 10 in the south’s Pattani province, with security forces injuring a boy as they gunned down rebels believed to be responsible.
In a rare public statement dated January 4 the main Malay-Muslim rebel group – the Barisan Revolusi Nasional (BRN) – which has command and control over most of the insurgent foot soldiers, swore to “keep fighting.”
“Siam (Thailand) can’t hold out,” the BRN wrote, signing off with a warning: “Do not help and support Siam.”
Two army rangers shot dead in Thailand's restive south
Two people shot dead in Southern Thailand
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U.S.|Their Public Housing at the End of Its Life, Residents Ask: What Now?
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Their Public Housing at the End of Its Life, Residents Ask: What Now?
Cairo, Ill., has a population of fewer than 3,000 people. A plan to demolish two public housing developments would force many residents to leave and cut the school enrollment in half. Visit Cairo in this 360° video.CreditCredit...Joe Buglewicz for The New York Times. Technology by Samsung.
By Monica Davey
CAIRO, Ill. — Residents hear mice rustling in the walls at night. Some occupants leave ovens on in the winter, their doors perched open, because furnaces fail. Ceilings droop from water damage, mold creeps across walls, and roaches scramble out of refrigerators.
So when federal authorities finally deemed two public housing developments here in the southernmost tip of Illinois unacceptable and uninhabitable, it felt like vindication of what residents had been saying for ages.
But then came the solution: an order that everyone must vacate.
The authorities announced last month that the cost of fixing the developments was out of reach, and that replacing them altogether would cost almost 10 times as much. For hundreds of residents, the decision may mean not only leaving these crumbling buildings, but also moving from Cairo altogether.
“For sure they needed to fix this place up a long time ago,” said Nena Ellis, 38, a mother of three who lives in the McBride development, which, along with a second complex, Elmwood, is now set for demolition. “But there’s really nowhere else for us to go around here — even with a housing voucher, there just aren’t other places.”
“Are we all supposed to just scatter to other cities — to big cities?” she asked. “Our kids grew up in Cairo. Our memories are in Cairo. And if you take this place out, it’s knocking everything else down in Cairo with it.”
The McBride housing complex in Cairo, Ill., is set for demolition.Credit...Joe Buglewicz for The New York Times
This is the problem of decaying public housing complexes in a small, fading and remote city.
In an age when mixed-income and scattered, voucher-based housing has long overtaken the old model of large public complexes, Cairo (pronounced CARE-oh) has a shrinking population now down to fewer than 3,000, no functioning grocery store or gas station, and a main thoroughfare with an ornate, arching entry that reads “Historic Downtown Cairo” but one that features shuttered storefronts, vacant lots and, on a recent day, not a person in sight.
When Chicago tore down some of its high-rise public housing, like Cabrini-Green, many residents moved to apartments around the city and its suburbs, but places like Cairo have no excess supply of safe, available low-income housing.
“It’s the just not knowing what’s next that’s hard,” said Barbara Alston, 61, as she sat in the sun outside the unit where she has lived for nine years. “I’d like to try to relocate here in Cairo, my home, but I don’t really know whether I can. Does anyone know?”
Some residents say they suspect officials of plotting to push poor people, mostly black, out of town. That’s a notion the mayor of Cairo, who is black, firmly rejects — but says he also understands.
“Given our history, I can see someone entertaining that thought,” Mayor Tyrone Coleman said.
Cairo is in the triangle where the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers meet. Lewis and Clark once camped near here, and the city was cited in “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” as a wished-for destination that would offer access to the Ohio River and a route north, away from slave states. But in the past half-century, Cairo was better known for racial strife — riots in the 1960s and a tense transformation that followed, from a majority-white city to a mostly black one.
Yet this city, once five times its current population, can scarcely afford to lose more residents. About 400 people are being asked to move out of McBride and Elmwood, including about 200 children. If all of them move from Cairo for some of the cities residents now find themselves contemplating — Marion, Ill.; Cape Girardeau, Mo.; Paducah, Ky. — Cairo’s already-shrinking school enrollment will drop by nearly half, and job cuts in the schools, which education officials say is the city’s biggest employer, will probably follow.
“We’re talking about a big ripple effect,” said Andrea Evers, Cairo’s schools superintendent.
At a heated meeting in a local church, officials from the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development delivered the news in April. Special “tenant protection” vouchers for use anywhere in the United States would be issued to lower the cost of rent based on need, the officials said. “Relocation specialists” would assist each family. Moving costs would be covered, and people would start leaving as early as this month.
The announcement came during the tenure of the Trump administration, but HUD officials had been scrutinizing McBride and Elmwood since before February 2016, when they placed the fiscally drained county housing authority in receivership and took control of operations.
A local newspaper, The Southern Illinoisan, had reported extensively on dismal conditions in the buildings, as well as questionable spending and management by the Alexander County Housing Authority, which a HUD spokesman said was under investigation by the agency’s inspector general. Leaders of the housing authority could not be reached for comment.
“You knew the problems and you did nothing, but now we have to pay?” Coretta Cornelius, 29, said the other day as she watched her 3-year-old daughter. “How is that fair? We all know there’s nowhere to use a voucher in Cairo. And what if people won’t take us in neighboring cities either? I hate to say it, but Cairo has such a bad name, nobody wants people from Cairo.”
Built in the early 1940s — and little changed since — McBride and Elmwood are squat, two-story complexes where the authorities say conditions are simply too grim and unsafe. Electrical and plumbing systems are out of date; insulation is insufficient.
Asked why federal authorities could not pay the repair bill of almost $7.6 million, Jerry Brown, a HUD spokesman, said: “The model for building public housing has changed over the years. If you look at rebuilding now, it’s with a private partner, and we haven’t been able to find any willing to commit for this.”
HUD officials say some residents have welcomed the chance to move out of miserable conditions with government help. For them, the officials said, this is a chance to start over in places with more jobs than Cairo can offer.
But others say they would rather stay put — even with bedbugs and unreliable heating systems — not least of all because equally affordable options seem nonexistent in their hometown. Rent in McBride and Elmwood was based on income, and some people without incomes paid as little as $50 a month, utilities included, residents said.
“That is the quandary that we face,” said Maren Kasper, a White House senior adviser for HUD. “You may hear from residents that they would rather stay here. But that is not safe and sanitary. We just cannot stand by that.”
City leaders in Cairo say they are pressing for alternatives so people can stay in town. Could the owners of some of Cairo’s numerous vacant homes fix them up and rent them out using vouchers?
Mayor Coleman said he was hopeful that “if everything falls into line,” more people will be able to stay somewhere in Cairo than initially expected. Meetings are being held with owners of vacant properties. Beyond McBride and Elmwood, there is talk here of a proposed river port terminal and a new grocery store, just the sort of lift that’s needed in a city that has been written off as a ghost town by plenty of people.
In response to pleading letters from students in Cairo’s sixth-grade classes and school officials, Ben Carson, the secretary of HUD, said he understood the devotion that residents have to their hometown, but the circumstances, including a “nearly bankrupt” local housing authority, made moving families the best immediate option.
“Despite our best efforts, we know that some families, your students included, may have to move outside of Cairo,” Mr. Carson wrote to the superintendent. “My hope would be that they never forget their Cairo roots and the inspiration you’ve provided.”
Mikayllah Oliver, 11, said that a green and black mold grows in the apartment where her family stays, and that nighttime worries her because of people hanging around, sometimes firing weapons. Still, she added, she would rather stay in Cairo because of her friends here.
She said she spends a lot of time wondering where her family will be by the time seventh grade starts in a few months.
“What will it be?” she said. “I almost can’t even think about it.”
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Another financial crisis is coming... but when and where?
22 Sep, 2018 4:59am 6 minutes to read
From $21,000 debt to $21 million empire
Brian Gaynor: What Fonterra needs — radical reform
When will NZ dairy farmers wake up and realise that Fonterra needs a massive shake-up? Photo / Bloomberg
By: Brian Gaynor
Brian Gaynor is an investment columnist.
bgaynor@milfordasset.com
When will New Zealand dairy farmers wake up and realise that Fonterra Co-operative Group needs a massive shake-up?
When will farmers grasp that the group's poor performance has a massive impact on their pockets, with this column estimating that the average NZ dairy farmer has missed out on over $1.5 million of tax-free capital gains over the past nine years?
The most depressing section of Fonterra's recently released annual report is the historical financial summary on page 62.
This shows that the farmgate milk price has fallen 20.4 per cent since 2014, the co-op's dividend is the same as 2014 and its shares have a dividend yield of only 1.7 per cent.
The co-op's share price has declined 6.7 per cent since 2014 while the share prices of the two NZX-listed dairy companies, a2 Milk and Synlait, have soared 19 times and 3.5 times respectively over the same period.
Meanwhile, the share price of the Ireland-based Kerry Group, which has a similar background to Fonterra, has appreciated 73 per cent since 2014 and the Irish company has a sharemarket value of €17b ($29.4b), compared with Fonterra's $8.0b.
Fonterra's core problem is that it wants to be a major global player but doesn't have sufficient equity to achieve this goal.
When the co-op makes a mistake, as it did when it paid $750m for 18.8 per cent of China's Beingmate Baby & Child Food in March 2015, it has a devastating impact on the farmer-owned group.
That year, Fonterra went on a $2.2b spending spree and its July 2015 balance sheet showed that almost all of this expenditure was financed by borrowings. Total farmer equity remained static at $6.5b in the year to July 2015 while borrowings soared from $4.9b to $7.6b.
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This debt-funded growth strategy has been a disaster for the co-operative.
Fonterra was formed in 2001 through the merger of the country's two largest co-operatives, Waikato-based New Zealand Dairy Group and Taranaki-based Kiwi Co-operative Dairies.
The new group also included the New Zealand Dairy Board, which had been the marketing and export agent for the country's dairy co-operatives.
Fonterra's balance sheet equity was determined by farmers' milk production. When milk production increased, farmers had to buy more shares and when production declined shares were redeemed by farmers.
This was a huge problem for the co-op as large amounts of equity washed in and out of its balance sheet each year as production fluctuated.
The July 2008 year was particularly volatile as the value of co-op shares on issue declined from $4,897m to $4,297m as $754m worth of new shares were purchased and $1,354m redeemed.
In 2007, Fonterra proposed changes to its original volatile capital structure, mainly because it anticipated large global investment opportunities.
Under the proposal, a new company called Fonterra Limited would be formed with Fonterra Co-operative transferring all its assets and liabilities to the new entity.
The new company would list on the NZX, with farmers owning 65 per cent through Fonterra Co-operative Group, and a further 15 per cent in their own name. The remaining 20 per cent would be held by the public, although no shareholder, except the co-op, could hold more than 10 per cent of the listed company.
Fonterra's proposal was essentially modelled on Ireland's Kerry Group.
In 1986, dairy farmers in the southwest of Ireland approved the transfer of all the assets and liabilities of Kerry Co-operative to a new company called Kerry Group. Kerry was the country's fourth largest dairy co-op with a 16 per cent market share.
The new company listed on the Irish Stock Exchange with the co-op owning 80 per cent in the form of "B" shares while farmers owned 11 per cent in their own name and the public 9 per cent in the form of "A" shares. The company raised new capital through the issue of these "A" shares.
Kerry Group has been a huge success. Farmers voted to abolish the two-tier share structure and the co-op has reduced its shareholding from 80 per cent to 14 per cent, mainly through the distribution of shares to co-op farmer shareholders.
Kerry Group's sharemarket value has grown from just $146m when it first listed to $7.4b nine years ago and $29.4b this week. Over the same nine-year period, Fonterra's equity value has increased by only $1.1b, from $6.9b to $8.0b.
Unfortunately, Fonterra's 2007 proposal was withdrawn when chairman Henry van der Heyden realised he didn't have sufficient farmer support.
If farmers had adopted the 2007 proposal, and Fonterra had been as successful as Kerry Group, then the average NZ dairy farmer would have experienced a capital gain of at least $1.5m on their shareholdings over the past decade.
Subsequently, Fonterra has introduced the Fonterra Shareholders' Market and the Fonterra's Shareholders' Fund, which have stabilised its capital base, but it is still mainly reliant on borrowings to fund major acquisitions.
This is a flawed strategy when shareholder farmers want to maximise their farmgate milk price and the co-op has minimal retained earnings.
The figures in the accompanying table show clearly why Fonterra is struggling.
The co-op had a gross profit margin of only 10.7 per cent in the latest year compared with Synlait's 18.9 per cent gross margin, Kerry Group's 44.6 per cent and a2 Milk's 50.3 per cent gross margin.
The four companies have different business models but the figures show that Fonterra is deriving little benefit from its overly generous chief executive remuneration, the 5995 staff members who receive remuneration of $100,000 or more, the reported lavish staff parties in California and China and widespread use of expensive consultants.
In addition, why does Fonterra have its head office in high-rent downtown Auckland while Kerry Group has its head office in Tralee, a small Irish town with a population of just 25,000?
Fonterra should have its head office in Hamilton, the heart of the country's dairy industry.
But the big hit to Fonterra's earnings in the July 2018 year was the $439m writedown in the value of its Beingmate investment.
This 18.8 per cent holding, which cost $750m financed through borrowed funds, was like the flawed strategy of our failed investment companies in the 1980s.
It was a high-risk investment, particularly as a2 Milk had a sharemarket value of only $370m at the time and could have been fully acquired by Fonterra for around $500m.
When companies are in trouble they usually take three initiatives: they change the chairman; change their chief executive; and have a major capital raising. Fletcher Building has done all three, raising $736m of new equity earlier this year.
John Monaghan has been appointed Fonterra chairman and Miles Hurrell as CEO but there has been no capital raising.
Fonterra director Scott St John told the recent Shareholders' Association annual conference that farmers would be willing to subscribe new capital to their co-op. St John's comment was greeted with groans from several dairy farmers at the back of the conference.
If St John and his fellow directors believe that farmers are willing to subscribe more capital, then Fonterra should raise between $500m and $1b of new equity from co-op shareholders.
But the harsh reality is that large pension, superannuation and KiwiSaver funds are the major suppliers of new equity.
Consequently, Fonterra needs to dust off its 2007 proposal to create Fonterra Limited and list this on the NZX, with the co-op being a major, but not 100 per cent shareholder.
Kerry Group has benefited from this strategy and a2 and Synlait have shown that full stock exchange listings can supercharge well-planned growth strategies.
If Fonterra doesn't restructure and/or raise more capital, then Monaghan and Hurrell have been tossed into the deep with heavy chains tied to their ankles.
- Brian Gaynor is an executive director of Milford Asset Management which holds shares in a2 Milk, Synlait and Fletcher Building on behalf of clients.
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Duncan Garner: The rich pricks are in Cullen's sights
Duncan Garner
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OPINION: We've now seen this capital gains tax proposal and I actually think it's time we had a decent debate about this, away from the hyperbole, Simon "this is an assault on our way of life" Bridges.
We can be so critical of our politicians as being useless, not having any ideas, refusing to be hands-on in the economy, so points to Labour for being bold - or stupid - enough to raise an issue that screams, 'Warning! Warning!'
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Open this debate if you want just one term in office. That's the reality, Jacinda Ardern risks burning all her political capital and goodwill with voters on this. Did she not learn during the last election it's a huge risk?
That she seems willing to take on the grounds of fairness - so principled.
Helen Clark and Michael Cullen never muttered the words "capital gains" for fear of public execution, but now Cullen has broken free from the shackles. The rich pricks are in his sights. But, this is actually a "tax switch" - low and middle income earners will get a decent tax cut if this goes ahead. But, Labour has failed to sell this as a "tax switch", they've allowed their opponents to define it like they did so badly with the anti-smacking campaign years back.
Labour will attempt to pass this into law before the next election, but it wouldn't come into effect until after.
My pick is that they will go with a watered down version of the Cullen approach, because if it was introduced unchanged, it would be one the most aggressive taxes to hit the 'rich pricks' - who happen to be ordinary, everyday Kiwis, actually.
My other pick? It will make no difference to house prices.
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We're Running Out of Time—Congress Must Launch Impeachment Inquiry Now | Opinion
Sean Eldridge
On 6/25/19 at 12:14 PM EDT
Opinion Impeachment Nancy Pelosi Donald Trump Robert Mueller
As the leader of Stand Up America, one of the largest progressive organizations resisting Donald Trump's agenda and his attacks on our democracy, people have long assumed that I support impeachment. But while I've spent the past two years fighting his corruption alongside our group's two million community members, I haven't called for impeachment hearings up until now.
When some progressives demanded impeachment after Trump fired then-FBI Director James Comey, I thought we should let Special Counsel Mueller do his job first.
When Mueller's redacted report was released detailing Trump's criminal conduct, I believed Democrats in Congress should hold Watergate-style hearings to air the evidence, subpoena key witnesses, and obtain Mueller's full report before considering impeachment.
I'm now convinced that it's time to stop waiting.
While Trump claims the Mueller report "completely exonerated" him, he's spent the past two months panicking and hiding the truth from the American people by ignoring subpoenas, blocking witnesses from testifying, and concealing the unredacted report. Because of his relentless obstruction, an impeachment inquiry is now the only viable option to present the facts and hold Trump accountable.
Impeachment hearings would enable Congress to lay out the evidence of Trump's criminal wrongdoing in nationally televised hearings, and they would put Congress in a stronger position to enforce subpoenas and demand evidence and testimony from key witnesses.
That's why Stand Up America is organizing our community of over two million progressives, in every congressional district across the country, to demand our representatives support an immediate impeachment inquiry.
There can only be one reason why Trump is trying so hard to cover up the truth: he betrayed the American people by breaking the law.
After nearly two years of investigating, Mueller concluded that Trump welcomed an attack on our democracy from a hostile foreign nation to help him win. Mueller's report illuminates the Trump campaign's numerous attempts to coordinate with Russia, including sharing campaign polling and more than 140 contacts with Russian nationals, Wikileaks, and their intermediaries.
The Mueller report details how Trump repeatedly broke the law in his attempts to obstruct justice and conceal his campaign's Kremlin ties. He found over 10 episodes of obstruction, including witness tampering, dangling pardons to discourage cooperation with prosecutors, and ordering the White House counsel to fire the special counsel—and then later to lie about that order.
After reviewing the evidence, more than 1,000 former federal prosecutors determined that Trump would have been charged with criminal obstruction if it were not for a Department of Justice policy protecting a sitting president from indictment. In other words, if any other American obstructed justice as blatantly as Trump, they'd be heading to jail.
For better or worse, Mueller concluded that the responsibility to hold a corrupt president accountable lies with Congress—and it's now time for them to act.
To be sure, an impeachment inquiry doesn't come without risks. Beltway pundits relish predicting how impeachment might impact the 2020 election and energize Trump's base. I've wrestled with those concerns myself.
But the truth is that no one knows the future political repercussions of moving forward with impeachment.
What we do know is that the president of the United States broke the law—repeatedly.
We know that our Constitution has a system of checks and balances precisely for this moment.
We know that by doing nothing, Congress would be letting Trump get away with criminal conduct.
Inaction carries enormous risks—both politically and for our democracy. It would embolden Trump and set a dangerous precedent for future presidents. And inaction would dampen the enthusiasm of the voters, volunteers, and donors who helped elect this Democratic Congress to stand up for our Constitution and the rule of law.
While pundits are quick to predict that impeachment will fire up Trump's supporters, they ignore the effect that doing nothing would have on the turnout of the progressive base.
Progressives are fired up about holding Trump accountable—and they want action on impeachment. In the last month alone, Stand Up America community members rallied across the country and made over 60,000 constituent calls to urge lawmakers to start an impeachment inquiry.
While the Senate is unlikely to remove Trump from office, that doesn't get our elected officials off the hook from doing their jobs—and it doesn't make the historical precedent of this moment any less important.
It's time for every member of Congress to go on the record about whether they believe Trump's criminal conduct is acceptable. It's time for them to decide if they will vigorously defend our democracy and the rule of law -- or let the criminal in the White House bully them into silence. History will judge what they do in this moment.
Sean Eldridge is the founder and president of Stand Up America, a progressive advocacy organization with over two million community members nationwide who are resisting Donald Trump's agenda.
The views expressed in this article are the writers' own.
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Trump may elect more women but not for him
Op-ed: Not only is Donald Trump behind in polls with about two weeks to go, pundits believe his remarks about nasty women will elect more of them than ever before.
“The irony is that Donald Trump may result in Democratic women having their best year ever.
In the final two weeks of the 2016 contest, Democrats are casting the GOP nominee’s insult-driven, misogynistic campaign as the embodiment of everything they say the Republican Party gets wrong on women. And their effort looks poised to deliver record-setting results,” Politico reports.
“It’s not just Hillary Clinton, who would of course be the first female president if she defeats him, or Nancy Pelosi, who has a slim chance of reclaiming the speaker’s gavel if enough Republican seats get sunk by Trump. In many of their most competitive races, Democrats are poised to win House and Senate seats that could easily bring the number of women to new levels in both chambers, along with potentially two female governors winning their first elections.”
For three weekends in a row, after he bragged about being such a big star he could grab any woman’s private parts, Trump has been the target of hilarious skits on Saturday Night Live that have gotten some record ratings.
The election website 538 predicts Trump’s foul tongue will depress the turnout of Republicans.
“The nightmare scenario for the GOP is that high-information Republican voters, seeing Trump imploding and not necessarily having been happy with him as their nominee in the first place, feel free to cast a protest vote at the top of the ticket. Meanwhile, lower information Repubican voters don’t turn out at all, given that Trump’s rigging rhetoric could suppress their vote and that Republicans don’t have the field operation to pull them back in,” said 538.
The New York Times has published a list of Trump insults.
Last weekend a Saturday Night Live skit, hosted by the popular Tom Hanks, drew laughs by saying Trump had won the national election insult “Bingo.”
The latest polls have Hillary Clinton with a lead of at least five percent, some put her in double digits.
To win she needs 270 votes in the electoral collect.
Many believe she will top 330 votes.
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Trump threatens to jail Clinton
Op-ed: When Donald Trump called Hillary Clinton the devil and threatened to jail her it was not the first time I had heard such talk, though not in recent years and in America.
It reminded me of political contests in the Third World, and often the incumbent made good threats to jail opponents.
Sometimes they were never seen again.
This was over the top even for a potty mouth. We don’t threaten opponents on debate stages.
"If I win, I am going to instruct my attorney general to get a special prosecutor to look into your (missing email) situation," Trump said, "because there has never been so many lies, so much deception."
Trump's threat -- which he has made before on the campaign trail -- is extraordinary even by the standard of the vitriolic 2016 campaign.
Clinton responded first by calling Trump's comments about her emails false, then said, "It's just awfully good that someone with the temperament of Donald Trump is not in charge of the law in our country."
Trump, as if continuing her sentence, added: "Because you'd be in jail."
It was very Nixonian, said former Attorney General Eric Holder, a Democrat. He recalled Nixon’s attorney general quit when ordered to fire the Watergate special prosecutor.
But Republicans were shocked as well.
“Former White House said, "Winning candidates don't threaten to put opponents in jail," he tweeted. "Presidents don't threaten prosecution of individuals. Trump is wrong on this."
There was a certain irony as Trump stalked Hillary on the stage, to use the verb chosen by several pundits, to talk about jailing her.
He is the one facing trial three weeks after the election for running a phoney university. And he will face trial in more than one state for ripping off students. Trump’s Foundation has been ordered to cease and desist taking donations because it is not registered.
In our living room, and many others from what I heard on several stations, people wondered why the taller Trump kept creeping up behind Clinton when it was her turn to speak. It seemed like something from a Frankenstein movie.
In the past such bizarre behavior has worked for Trump. Appparently not Sunday night.
Nearly as scary as the jail threat was his total lack of knowledge of Russia’s role in Syria. It reminded some viewers of Libertarian Gary Johnson’s comment “What is Aleppo.”
The two polls taken right after the event showed Hillary the winner.
Before the debate many Republicans had abandoned him, others said they would look for a strong performance to get him back in the race as his poll numbers tumble.
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Hillary slowly building lead as Trump stumbles again
Op-ed: After insulting the Arab American mother of a Medal of Honor winner Donald Trump is under pressure from leading Republicans worried that Hillary is building her lead in polls.
“In recent days, Donald Trump disparaged a fallen soldier’s parents,” said Sen. John McCain, who was taken prisoner during the Vietnam War. “He has suggested that the likes of their son should not be allowed in the United States — to say nothing of entering its service. I cannot emphasize enough how deeply I disagree with Mr. Trump’s statement. I hope Americans understand that the remarks do not represent the views of our Republican Party, its officers, or candidates.” Other leading Republicans shared McCain’s comments.
Trump also goofed in several interviews, denying that he was buddies with Russia’s Vladimir Putin. Trump also said Russia would never invade Ukraine.
Both were demonstrable lies, and the networks showed videos and published stories proving that with glee.
Trump also is fighting the powerful National Football League, claiming they sent him a letter saying their schedule will interfere with presidential debates. The league published a statement denying it had sent any such letter.
Numerous outlets have published articles saying Trump’s manager, Paul Manafort, has close ties with Putin and the former dictator of Ukraine, who was ousted and now lives in Russia.
The theory has been that even ties to Russia would not hurt Trump; he is invincible.
But some polls Monday had him behind by 7 percent, one even by 11. Reuters-Ipsos had him behind by 6 percent. Last week the Republican-leading Rasmussen site gave Hillary the first ever lead, one percent. It even gave President Obama a positive approval rating.
Real Clear Politics, which averages polls, has dropped Rasmussen.
The 538 poll site, which had shown Hillary dropping, now has her rising again. She had dropped to 51 percent but it now has her at 53, based on polls. That means she has a 53 percent chance to win. Its analytic forecast gives her a 62 percent chance to win.
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Comparing Bernie Sanders to Eugene McCarthy
Op Ed: I still vividly recall being harassed by fellow college seniors for volunteering to work for Bobby Kennedy. They strongly supported Eugene McCarthy because he confronted President Lyndon Johnson months before RFK.
What is happening today, at least in my eyes, is similar to 1968.
McCarthy’s troops, led by students, hated Bobby for waiting so long. The fact that politicians would hate him for challenging LBJ did not matter to these students.
To a certain degree Hillary Clinton is in a similar fix.
And so is the country.
If Sanders’ cadres drop her it could elect Donald Trump.
In 1968, after Bobby was killed, I couldn’t bring myself to vote for Hubert Humphrey. Richard Nixon was elected. No more need be said.
So should Bernie back off, or even consider running as Hillary’s vice president? That is what it looks like to me.
The Daily Beast suggested Sanders is not a candidate suited for minorities because he does not understand them. It’s not just about poverty. Some minorities are middle class are doing even better. But they face constant insults and in some cases, are targets for police.
This raises the philosophical question an individual can only answer for herself or himself.
Should I vote for the lesser of all the evils or not vote and take what happens. At least then the voter can not be blamed. Or can he/she?
Then there is the question of whether citizens should abandon the ballot box or if that is a sort of treason.
It is unreasonable to say this is not the same issue because we do not have 500,000 mostly drafted soldiers in Vietnam.
Trump and most of the leading Republicans are ready to carpetbomb the Middle East and any other area they fear.
More bombs were dropped on Laos alone than the U.S. dumped in World War 2.
Though it is not being mentioned much, if at all, by the mainstream media the declining living standards may not be the only thing angering people.
Some of these people willing to ignore outrageous statements by Trump may be so angry because they are upset with court decisions allowing gays to marry and continuing to allow women to have abortions and many other issues that are not being decided the way they would prefer.
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AP hired me away in 1973 after a couple of years with UPI and I worked with them until 2008. Assignments have included being the leading AP reporter on the Columbine Massacre, bureau chief in Alaska during the construction of the trans-Alaska pipeline, and covering coups, wars and other events overseas for 14 years.
I was top editor on the AP news desk in New York during the last years of the Vietnam War before going to Alaska. From Anchorage I went to Johannesburg to cover apartheid. I spent 14 years in Africa, throughout the continent, and covered the assassination and cremation of Indira Gandhi.
Once back in Colorado I covered the Army and Air Force, Columbine, skiing, arts and the environment. Worked on both sides of the Continental Divide, Denver and Grand Junction.
My main interests are history and arts, especially classical music, theater and opera.
Graduated from William Jewell College with a B.A. in history.
In addition to my travels as a writer I was a military brat and moved around with my father and mother.
My wife and I have twins, who keep us up-to-date on new trends.
I follow events around the world and have a huge collection of bookmarks that include many overseas sites.
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Salami Rose Joe Louis - the Bay Area based musician, composer, producer and planetary scientist - has signed to Brainfeeder, releasing a new single - ‘Nostalgic Montage’ - that gives fans a snapshot of forthcoming music in 2019. Furthermore, having recently joined Toro Y Moi’s “Outer Peace Tour” in the US, she will support The Cinematic Orchestra on the European leg of their headline tour in March.“This is truly a dream come true on every level,” says ...
Salami Rose Joe Louis - the Bay Area based musician, composer, producer and planetary scientist - has signed to Brainfeeder, releasing a new single - ‘Nostalgic Montage’ - that gives fans a snapshot of forthcoming music in 2019. Furthermore, having recently joined Toro Y Moi’s “Outer Peace Tour” in the US, she will support The Cinematic Orchestra on the European leg of their headline tour in March.
“This is truly a dream come true on every level,” says Salami Rose Joe Louis. “Many of the artists on Brainfeeder have been my musical heroes for years and to join a collective comprising of such visionaries is an ultimate fantasy. I greatly admire the fearlessness and creative integrity of the artists on Brainfeeder: they are willing to take risks, ask important questions, and let their freakiness shine through, which to me is paramount and inspires a generation to challenge the script.”
‘Nostalgic Montage’ is a sneak peak into a multidimensional cast of characters she has created for her upcoming album. “I hope it resonates with existential questions about home, identity, future, and self awareness,” she says. Salami's music may remind listeners of the eccentric spirit of Shuggie Otis, Captain Beefheart and Stereolab at their most whimsical, fused with the hazy Californian sunshine. “I remember the first time listening to George Clinton as a kid,” she recalls. “It was as if a portal to a new dimension of existence opened up. If in my career, I can even come a tiny bit close to opening up dimensions for listeners, I will be a happy human!”
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Ali Zafar marches on World Autism Day
Ayesha Ali Apr 10, 2019
Singer and actor Ali Zafar has marched along with his fellows and general public on World Autism Awareness Day.People have appreciated his contribution towards a noble cause saying that is a good practice to cast attention towards such…
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We've been watching syed Shafaat Ali being his usual entertaining self for quite a while. He first entertained us on the 4 Man Show and then again on Banana News with his hilarious and creepily accurate impersonations. But it's in…
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Ali Zafar has certainly curved a permanent place for himself in the glamourous albeit fickle world of cinema but music remains a vital part of his identity. In Audition to working in multiple films on the Indian side of the border, he…
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Captivating Pakistan actors Fawad Khan and Ali Zafar have not only mesmerised the world with their dazzling performances but also managed to get their names in the list of top ten most cherished Asian men of 2016-2017, world's top most…
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Last Friday was meant to be a night to remember for students at a private university in Karachi. Pakistani singing icons Ali Zafar and Atif Aslam had been invited to perform but things didn’t turn out as the attendees had imagined.…
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KARACHI: Pakistani drama actress, Maya Ali, has finally confirmed her film debut in “Teefa In Trouble” with Ali Zafar. In January this year, the Lollywood heartthrob Ali Zafar had announced that Maya Ali is joining him in the movie that…
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Bironas kicks his way into the record book
Jerry Greene, Sentinel ColumnistORLANDO SENTINEL
Rob Bironas thinks like the rest of us but doesn't kick like the rest of us.
"I like the anonymous kicker," he told Sporting News in July. "Stay under the radar."
He blew that.
Bironas destroyed an amazing comeback by the Houston Texans when he kicked the winning field goal for Tennessee on the final play of a 38-36 thrilling battle in Houston.
Did we mention it was his eighth field goal of the game -- setting an NFL record after briefly being tied with four others at seven.
Not bad for a guy who once worked security at a Best Buy and once kicked for the Charleston Swamp Foxes of AF2, Arena Football's minor league.
As Bironas dryly observed immediately after his historic feat: "Hard road to get here."
Bironas' 26 points (8 FGs and 2 PATs, do the math) broke the hearts of the Texans, who trailed 32-7 at the start of the fourth quarter.
Led by QB Sage Rosenfels, who replaced injured Matt Shaub, the Texans took the lead 36-35 on a 53-yard pass to Andre Davis with 57 seconds left.
Too much time left. Tennessee's backup QB Kerry Collins got his club close enough for Bironas to make chip-shot history with a 29-yard kick.
All the more amazing considering Bironas couldn't even stick with one school, kicking at both Auburn and Georgia Southern, where he was part of the 2000 I-AA championship team. After failing to catch on with Green Bay, Tampa and Pittsburgh, he worked his way through indoor football by kicking for the Swamp Dragons, then the AFL's Carolina Cobras and New York Dragons.
He's in his third season with the Titans but even that has been shaky despite beating Indianapolis last season with a 60-yard kick.
Finally, for those who are a bit compulsive, Bironas was successful on kicks of 52, 43, 25, 21, 30, 28, 29 and 29 yards -- for a total of 257 yards. You can probably find a good Lotto ticket in there somewhere.
FISHING FOR FUTILITY
Can the Miami Dolphins do it? They once had a perfect season at 17-0. Can they post the first 0-16 imperfect season? Tampa Bay's first season included just 14 losses, if you've forgotten.
According to wagering Web site Bodog.com before Sunday's loss to New England, Miami was an unlucky 13-1 against "running the table" without a victory.
You would expect greater odds than that to accomplish such a rare feat, but maybe the oddsmakers have seen the Dolphins play.
The favored outcome was 3-13 at 9-to-5. True Fish fans could get 7-to-1 for any record better than 5-11 -- and those odds should continue to rise as the Fish continue to lose.
FANTASY HEARTBREAKS
* The lowly Dolphins score four TDs and none are by RB Ronnie Brown, who injured his knee trying to make a tackle on an interception return. That's just wrong.
*The New Orleans Saints get a score on a 24-yard run but it's not by Reggie Bush. It's by rookie Pierre Thomas on his second carry of the season.
*Tampa Bay RB Earnest Graham rushes 19 times for 92 yards and catches 13 passes for 99 yards. That's 32 touches and 191 yards -- without a TD.
SUNDAY SNAPSHOTS
*After the way Brian Griese led Chicago to a last-minute stunning upset of Philly, don't expect to see Rex Grossman again any time soon.
*And what's wrong with the Eagles?
* Trent Dilfer should sue somebody. The Giants' Osi Umenyiora crunched him unblocked, picked up the ball and lumbered 75 yards for a TD.
*Play of the Day: Arizona is losing 21-19 when it goes for a 2-point conversion to tie. The Cards put QB Kurt Warner on the bench, put QB Tim Rattay in the slot and put WR Anquan Boldin in the shotgun to take the snap and throw. Didn't work -- but it sure was imaginative.
*And did you see that cast Warner was wearing to protect his left elbow? Looked like something borrowed from Darth Vader.
*Raise your hand if you were shocked that Atlanta QB Byron Leftwich was lying on the ground, clutching an injured leg. And if you raised your hand, leave the room 'cause you haven't been paying attention.
* And if you're keeping score at home, Jon Gruden is now 43-44 with the Bucs.
MONDAY NIGHT MATCHUP
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8:30, ESPN
*Jags' bad guys: Colts don't get enough respect because of Patriots, but Jags get no respect despite being 4-1 because of 13-10 loss to Tennessee in opener. Says LB Mike Peterson: "We talk about it all the time in the locker room, being the bad guy. I'm a guy who always pulls for the bad guy in the movies. I want the bad guy to get away."
*The bad guest: ESPN banned Jimmy Kimmel after his cheap shots last week aimed at former talking head Joe Theismann. So what entertainer will appear tonight? Rugby lover Russell Crowe, one of Hollywood's most notorious "bad guys." Good luck with that.
*Remember when? It was last December when the Jags crushed the Colts 44-17 while rushing for 375 yards. Maurice Jones-Drew had 166 yards and 2 TDs, while Fred Taylor added 131 yards and a score. Maybe you forgot that but the Colts haven't.
*Colts' big numbers: If Colts win, they join the Green Bay (1929-31) and St. Louis (1999-2001) as only teams to start three consecutive seasons at 6-0.
*Killer receivers? The Jags have their running backs but the Colts have perhaps the game's best WR combo in Reggie Wayne and Marvin Harrison (with TE Dallas Clark thrown in to cause nightmares).
*Gamblers anonymous: The Colts are 4-0 against the spread in their last four Monday games. Ah, but the Jags are 5-0-1 ATS in their last 6 games as a home underdog. What does this mean? Looks like both teams win, which is why the nobody wins betting on football other than Vegas.
*Point spread: Colts by 3.
*Jerry says: Colts by 15.
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As scientists study approaches to best sustain a fusion reactor, a team led by Oak Ridge National Laboratory investigated injecting shattered argon pellets into a super-hot plasma, when needed, to protect the reactor’s interior wall from high-energy runaway electrons.
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Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory demonstrated that an additively manufactured polymer layer, when applied to carbon fiber reinforced plastic, or CFRP, can serve as an effective protector against aircraft lightning strikes.
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Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory have new experimental evidence and a predictive theory that solves a long-standing materials science mystery: why certain crystalline materials shrink when heated.
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Westminster Round-Up | May 2018
May saw an important milestone established as the government admitted – for the first time – that a civilian was killed in Syria during British operations against ISIS. RWP, civil society groups, MPs, and current and former serving military personnel have been urging the government to become more transparent about the likelihood of civilian casualties, given that the RAF and Iraqi security forces have been fighting in some of the most intense urban environments since the Second World War. This recognition was a positive step forward in bringing some transparency into Britain’s contemporary military engagements and removing the unrealistic pressure that this approach is placing on British Service Personnel. Such transparency would not only benefit this British public, but also the military itself.
Focus Points
National Security Advisor warns Russia is not the only threat | The House of Commons Defence Committee (HCDC) held a long-awaited hearing of National Security Advisor Mark Sedwill, who warned that while Russia poses a real threat, we must not forget other challenges such as terrorism.
Ministry of Defence (MoD) faces possible £20bn gap | The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has released a reportwhich drew attention to a possible £20.8bn gap in the MoD’s Defence Equipment Plan. The MoD is relying on the Modernising Defence Plan to fix this gap, which – according to the PAC – isn’t likely to happen. Follow RWP’s analysis of the possible implications of the MDP in our upcoming blog series.
Government statement on civilian fatality in Syria | Secretary of State for Defence Gavin Williamson publicly admittedthat a civilian had been killed in the UK’s counter-ISIS operations in Syria. This marks the first time the government disclosed a civilian casualty as a result of British airstrikes in Operation Shader. Such revelations are hindered by the UK’s anachronistic lack of transparency for its operations.
Government criticised for allowing countries to investigate themselves
| 21.05.2018 | The UK should not rely on countries such as Saudi Arabia to investigate their own possible human rights violations, according to Shadow Foreign Secretary Emily Thornberry.
EU Foreign Affairs Council discuss Syria, Iran and Russia
| 22.05.2018 | Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson attended an EU meeting in which possible responses to re-surging state-based threats were discussed in the light of chemical attacks in Syria and Salisbury. State-based threats were declared one of the primary strategic threats to the UK in the 2018 National Security Capability Review.
Foreign Affairs Committee holds evidence session on humanitarian intervention
| 01.05.2018 | In connection to April’s airstrikes in Syria, the FAC has launched an inquiry in to the meaning of the Responsibility to Protect norm and humanitarian interventions. Academics from SOAS, King’s College and Cambridge were called as witnesses.
Government asked to provide clarify on Overseas Development Aid (ODA)
| 01.05.2018 | In the final oral evidence session of the International Development Committee’s enquiry into the administration of ODA, Penny Mordaunt MP attempted to clarify what classifies ODA, and how it is being utilised by other departments than DFID. Read more about possible military implications of development funds in our upcoming blog post on the Conflict, Stability, and Security Fund.
More realism in the Middle East?
| 02.05.2018 | A year on from the launch of a report titled “the Middle East: Time for New Realism”, the International Relations Committee set up a hearing of ministers to understand the year’s development in the Middle East.
The UK will lose influence over European security after Brexit
| 14.05.2018 | The EU External Affairs Sub-Committee warns that Brexit will have a negative effect on the UK’s influence and leadership over European Common Security and Defence Missions. These have previously been a significant outlet for British leadership abroad.
Possible cuts to the Royal Marines would be “totally at odds with strategic reality”
| 16.05.2018 | The HCDC published its 6th special report on possible cuts to the Royal Marines, after previous reports have referred to such cuts as “militarily illiterate”. The new report argues that, if anything, the Royal Marines should be expanded. RWP has raised similar concerns in the context of the UK Special Forces: The Marines account for 50% of the UKSF recruitment pool, who themselves have been described as underfunded and understaffed.
Williamson unwilling to confirm more troops to Afghanistan
|22.05.18| After several media outlets reported that Secretary for Defence Gavin Williamson had written the Prime Minister to propose an increase in British forces in Afghanistan, Williamson stated in a hearing by the Defence Committee that he was unable to confirm whether he had done so. He did confirm that all deployments are “constantly under review.”
House of Lords discuss Idlib and the coalition against ISIS
| 09.05.2018 | The House of Lords discussed the horrific Crimes Against Humanity in Idlib, Syria, the complications posed by non-state actors operating in the city, and the eventual success of the coalition of over 70 countries who battled ISIS in Syria and Iraq.
Lords examine how influence of different countries is negated in Syria
| 15.05.2018 | The House of Lords continued to express their interest in the conflict in Syria in this debate, where the focus was how the UK should influence the roles of other countries in the war-torn country. Read it here.
Image credit: Wikimedia.
House of Lords examine how to end conflicts in Syria and Yemen
|21.05.2018| The Lords and Baronesses examined what pressure is being applied to Iran and Saudi Arabia to force these to end conflicts in Syria and Yemen. They also emphasised the importance of political settlements. Read the debate here.
Secretary for Defence emphasises the importance of Allies
|MoD 04.05.18 | During a training exercise with the Joint Expeditionary Force (consisting of Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Norward, and Sweden) Gavin Williamson emphasised the importance of allies in the face of diverse threats, including chemical attacks such as the one in Salisbury.
The Government responds to critical independent review of CSSF
| FCO 10.05.18 | The review by the Independent Commission for Aid Impact (ICAI) highlighted lack of MEL mechanisms in CSSF programmes. The Government response accepted most of the criticisms and methodically addressed how they will improve on each of the recommendations of the report.
Army at its smallest in 200 years
| MoD 17.05.18 | The MoD released their quarterly statistics on Service Personnel in mid-May. It showed that the army is smaller than it has been for over 200 years.
The importance of effective monitoring of civilian casualties
| FCO 22.05.18 | In the same month that the UK admitted its first civilian casualty in the Coalition against Iraq and Syria – likely not actually the first based on the amount of civilians killed by coalitions attacks overall and the UK’s considerable contribution – the UK Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN heavily criticised indiscriminateattacks by Syrian and Russian governments, including through weapons such as barrel bombs. He emphasised the importance of respecting civilian lives and correctly monitoring their deaths.
Monthly update on strikes against ISIS
| MoD 25.05.18 |The MoD released its monthly account of air strikes against ISIS members in Syria and Iraq. It gave a brief description of four strikes.
To Watch in June
Oral questions on Defence Main Chamber, parliament Monday 11th June, 2.30pm
Lords Oral Questions: Sustaining the UK’s standalone capacity to manufacture helicopters as part of a Modernising Defence Programme Lords Main Chamber Thursday 14th June
2nd Reading, Armed Forces (Statue of Limitation) Bill Main Chamber, parliament Friday 15th June
2nd Reading, Armed Forces (Volunteer Reserve) Bill Main Chamber, parliament Friday 15th June
Oral Questions, Foreign and Commonwealth Office Main Chamber, parliament Tuesday 26th June
Updated: 3rd July, 2018
Westminster Round-Up
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EDCO president to retire Sept. 1
By Staff Report / Wednesday, June 11th, 2014 / 1 Comment
Marking the fourth transition at a major Ventura County nonprofit in less than a month, Steve Kinney, the founding president of EDCO, the economic development group for Oxnard, said he will step down on Sept. 1.
Kinney will be replaced by longtime operations director Elizabeth Callahan, who joined the Economic Development Corp. of Oxnard two years after it was formed in 1994. “Having shepherded the organization through 20 years and myself through 65,” wrote Kinney in a letter released to the public, “it seems a fitting time to pass the mantle of leadership.”
In stepping down, Kinney joins outgoing Ventura County Community Foundation chief Hugh Ralston, United Way’s Dave Smith and Boys & Girls Club of Oxnard and Port Hueneme director Tim Blaylock as a generational shift in non-profit leadership gets under way.
Callahan will have the title of Interim President, beginning Sept. 1. EDCO Chair Richard Green, head of Sunbelt Enterprises, said he was “confident that she will build our needed support bases in both the public and private sectors here in Oxnard.”
The region’s largest city formed the organization 20 years ago as a public-private partnership to spearhead economic development. Its major successes include the RiverPark commercial and residential development, the delayed but now on-again revitalization of the Wagon Wheel area along Highway 101 and the newly formed Oxnard Plains Industrial Association to bolster the fortunes of local manufacturers.
EDCO came under fire in 2011 for some of its spending habits. The organization had been getting about half its budget, $330,500 a year, from the city of Oxnard and the rest from the private sector. At the height of the recession, private sector contributions fell, and the proportion of government support rose, triggering requirements for board members to file conflict-of-interest disclosures and adhere to spending limits on business lunches. Five board members resigned rather than file the disclosures after Oxnard attorney Fred Rosenmund filed a public records request that revealed thousands of dollars in public funds spent wining and dining business leaders in faraway locales in Texas, Georgia and Arizona.
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Friday, July 4th, 2014 at 8:01 am
Steve Kinney is a remarkable economic development professional. Oxnard is certainly lucky to have had someone like Steve dedicate himself to the community.
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Growth strategy – the community opportunity
Founded in 2005 and based in San Francisco, Kiva is an internationalnonprofit with a mission to connect people through lending to alleviate poverty. Kiva celebrates and supports people looking to create a better future for themselves, their families and their communities. Kiva operates in over eighty countries, providing entrepreneurs access to capital and has lent over $930 million to 2.2 million borrowers worldwide. In 2011, Kiva launched its US operations to support financially excluded small business borrowers with socially impactful, direct zero percent interest loans.
Oliver Wyman’s Social Impact Program provided the opportunity to connect further with Kiva, a local San Francisco based firm that is making a difference on the global stage and founded by an alumnus. There was a great learning experience for the team in how commercial strategies have to be adapted to deliver on the social goals of a nonprofit institution.
Ashik Ardeshna
Oliver Wyman conducted an eight week engagement to help Kiva evaluate its potential growth strategies
within the US market. Through industry research and interviews with other lenders, Kiva borrowers and team members, the Oliver Wyman team prioritized the strategies best suited for Kiva. The analysis and research culminated in a recommendation that Kiva could leverage its advantages and drive growth through its unique community network.
Kiva is a truly remarkable concept that has proven simply having faith in people can change the lives of millions. The experience has been a blessing and I hope my work will help Kiva continue to grow and change the world, one opportunity at a time.
Yale Mao
With our support, we hope that Kiva can continue to think about achieving massive scale and making a big impact in the United States, while building a strong community for its members.
Ashik Ardeshna, Yale Mao, Josh Zimmer, Alina Lantsberg, Sushil Raja
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The ONE DC Black Workers & Wellness Center (BWWC) has been an evolving project for over five years, and we cannot thank you enough for your support in making this dream a reality. After years of grassroots fundraising from 963 donors to purchase the former United Black Fund, Inc. building, followed by clean-up by hard-working ONE DC members, the BWWC was opened to the public in early 2018. Over the last year, the BWWC has been operating as a vital community organizing center - a space for political education, the promotion of sustainable employment and worker-owned alternatives, and building power for racial and economic justice. In 2018, some of the projects developing out of the BWWC included:
Cooperation DC, a project of ONE DC that works with residents to expand employment opportunities in low-income communities of color by developing worker-owned cooperative businesses and other alternatives to the capitalist system.
Code on the Block, a coding program conducted by members for DC Ward 8 residents which aims to increase dignified and sustainable employment opportunities for Black DC residents
Worker Justice Clinics, where low-wage workers can receive free legal advice on employment matters from the Washington Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs Workers Rights.
Black Workers Center Chorus, a group of 25+ members who perform movement songs at community actions, meetings, and events
Partnership with Laborer’s International Union of North America, LIUNA is one of the most progressive and diverse unions of construction workers. ONE DC works with LIUNA to offer job intakes in demolition and construction work and build collective power through the BWWC.
ONE DC members at a Learning Circle in the BWWC
BYP100's Black Joy Experience performs at 2018 Membership Appreciation
We are excited to update you on our upcoming full-scale renovation of the building, which we are undertaking with the help of Emotive Architecture, a local Black-owned architecture firm. As of February 2019, we have raised $1,025,000 of the $1,500,000 needed for the renovation. As we enter these final months of fundraising before the renovation begins, your support is more important than ever. The Share Fund has generously offered to match all money donated until April 16 (Emancipation Day) up to $100,000! That means for every dollar you donate, ONE DC will receive double that amount!
Please click here to donate to the Black Workers & Wellness Center now!
We will begin renovations in late summer 2019, with a focus on accessibility, climate consciousness, and inclusion. To do this, some of our expenses will include:
New elevator to provide access for all to basement and second floor - $100,000
Create accessible front and rear entrances with new ramps - $40,000
New front facade to create inviting and open entrance with large glass doors and patio - $100,000
New sprinkler system to maximize safety - $100,000
Maximize open meeting space for up to 175 people by relocating stairwells - $35,000
Excavate basement floor & renovate basement as usable cooperative incubator and wellness space - $130,000
Efficient new heating-cooling-ventilation system for clean air & comfortable environment - $200,000
Future Black Workers & Wellness Center facade
We have come so far already, and we are entering the final push before renovations begin this summer to secure the $1.5 million needed for these exciting updates. As a reminder, The Share Fund will match your donation if you donate now until April 16th!
Click here to support the renovation of the Black Workers & Wellness Center.
You can also mail your gift to ONE DC at PO Box 26049, Washington, DC 20001. Again, thank you for your continued support of ONE DC. We are deeply grateful for your generosity.
Kelly Iradukunda, Claire Cook, & Nawal Rajeh
ONE DC Monthly Voice January 2019
Posted by claire cook · January 30, 2019 12:58 PM
"Privatization is a neoliberal and imperialist plan. Health can’t be privatized because it is a fundamental human right, nor can education, water, electricity and other public services. They can’t be surrendered to private capital that denies the people from their rights.”
-Hugo Chávez
400 Years of Inequality
2019 will be the 400th Anniversary of the arrival of the first Africans to be sold into bondage in North America: in 1619 at Jamestown. 400 Years of Inequality is a nation-wide coalition of organizations and individuals dedicated to dismantling structural inequality and building strong, healthy communities. We are calling on families, organizations, neighborhoods and cities to observe the anniversary by telling their stories of oppression and resistance. We must link arms in radical equality.
Inequality is a threat to our health and democracy. Nearly 400 years of division have created an apartheid society: we need a new social infrastructure to carry us through the challenges of climate change, decaying physical infrastructure, rapidly evolving jobs, underperforming schools, uneven access to health care and lack of affordable housing. Communities and organizations across the country are already observing the call, and addressing these inequalities in bold and impactful ways.
In 2019, ONE DC will join in organizing, observing, and building around the theme of 400 Years of Inequality. Save the dates:
Emancipation Day Celebration - Tuesday, April 16
Juneteenth Festival - Saturday, June 15
Juneteenth Community Learning event - Wednesday, June 19
Black August - Date TBD
October closing event - Date TBD
To join the 400 Years of Inequality planning committee, email Kelly at kiradukunda@onedconline.org
SAVE THE DATE: ONE DC Annual Membership Meeting
The Annual Membership Meeting is a space for members to guide the vision of ONE DC. The agenda will include:
-Elections for two open seats on the ONE DC Shared Leadership Team
-Overview of our 2018 wins and goals for 2019
-Community learning exercises on shared leadership
-Financial updates
The ONE DC Annual Membership Meeting is an opportunity to meet and build relationships with other members. The program will also include music, spoken word, videos, and political education. Free food will be provided. Childcare will be provided and transportation is available upon request.
Click here to RSVP
About 2019 Shared Leadership Team Elections
ONE DC is governed by a 9-person Shared Leadership Team (SLT) made up of appointed and elected board members and ONE DC staff. At the 2019 Annual Membership Meeting, we will hold an election for two open elected positions. All are welcome to attend, but only members who paid dues in 2018 are eligible to vote in the election.
According to our by-laws, requirements for being elected to the Shared Leadership Team are:
-Be a resident of the District of Columbia,
-Be at least 18 years of age,
-Be a ONE DC member for at least 6 months and current in the payment of membership dues,
-Complete ONE DC leadership and capacity training, and
-Demonstrate commitment to ONE DC’s values, work and mission as demonstrated through an interview process with the Shared Leadership Team.
We strongly encourage members interested in running for the SLT to attend one of our pre-election orientations to learn more about the roles, responsibilities, and expectations of being a SLT member. If you are interested, please visit onedconline.org/annualmeeting for more information and contact us at organizer@onedconline.org for orientation details.
Membership dues support the organizing campaigns of ONE DC, membership event, & member-leader development. As we grow more powerful, it becomes more and more important to be funded by our base. Click here to pay your 2019 membership dues.
ONE DC Learning Circle
ONE DC's Learning Circle is a space for ONE DC members to come together to learn about the legacy of progressive action that we are carrying forward. By engaging with text, media, and storytelling, we learn from one another and our predecessors about guiding principles and ideals of racial equity, cooperative economics, and community building.
The Learning Circle is currently reading Collective Courage: A History of African American Cooperative Economic Thought and Practice by longtime ONE DC member and SLT co-chair Jessica Gordon Nembhard. Copies of Collective Courage are available for sale and borrowing.
No pre-reading is required to attend - all are welcome!
Gatherings of the Learning Circle are the first Wednesday of each month, from 6-8pm at the Black Workers and Wellness Center. Contact Gabrielle Newell (gnewell14@gmail.com) for more information. The next learning circle will be Wednesday, February 6.
Black Workers & Wellness Center: A Community-Controlled Space
The BWWC served as a volunteer check-in & warming station at the 2019 MLK Jr. Peace Walk & Parade
The ONE DC Black Workers & Wellness Center is a resident-led space that creates and maintains racial and economic justice through popular education, direct action, and the creation of worker-owned alternatives. We strive to transform and subvert the capitalist system which exploits and under-employs, through its emphasis on dignified and sustainable work. The BWWC also provides community space that is available for use by grassroots community organizations and for events that align with ONE DC’s mission, vision, and values. In 2018, ONE DC members and partner organizations used the BWWC for organizing trainings, tenant association meetings, restorative circles, film screenings, political education sessions, special events, and more.
Click here to learn more about reserving space at the BWWC
BWWC Stewards
ONE DC is calling on our membership to take leadership in the routine maintenance and stewardship of the property. With the support of ONE DC organizing staff, the responsibilities of the BWWC Stewards will include:
-Scheduling regular volunteer clean-up days
-Monitoring inventory and helping order supplies
-Reporting maintenance issues to staff
-Learning how to open and close the building for partner events & meetings
If you are interested in learning more about becoming a BWWC Steward, send an email to bwc@onedconline.org.
Interested in supporting the BWWC in other ways? We are currently looking for donations of folding chairs and folding tables to increase our seating capacity at events.
Later this year, we will begin a full-scale renovation to transform the space into a more accessible, environmentally-conscious, and inclusive organizing center. Click here to donate to the BWWC Capital Campaign
For Akheem Film Screening: Ending the School-to-Prison Pipeline
On October 23rd, ONE DC and Restorative DC collaborated to host a screening of the documentary feature film For Ahkeem at ONE DC's Black Workers & Wellness Center. For Ahkeem follows two years in the life of St. Louis teen Daje Shelton, - two years in which friends die, love blossoms, Michael Brown is murdered, and she finds out she is pregnant. The film discussed topics such as the school-to-prison pipeline, raising a Black child in the US, structural racism, institutional inequality, and how justice is handled in public schools.
The audience of the screening was mostly local high schoolers; they are probably the most important viewers of the film. After the film, a few members of the audience stayed for a discussion led by Maria Blaeuer of Advocates for Justice and Education and Jordan Brown, a student at Georgetown University. Both women have a deep interest in restorative justice practices and equitable justice in public schools. The discussion touched on how privilege and oppression played into the film, Black motherhood, and what responsibility, if any, the filmmakers had in changing the thoughts or actions of the film's subjects.
This event was part of the Dignity in Schools Campaign's National Week of Action Against School Pushout, where this year's theme was "Counselors, Not Cops!" The Dignity in Schools Campaign is a national coalition working to end the school-to-prison pipeline and the current national culture of hyper-criminalization, punishment, and systematic racism.
Coalition Wins
Clean Energy DC!
In December 2019, after years of relentless community pressure by the DC Climate Coalition, the DC Council passed the Clean Energy DC Act:
The District will be powered by 100% renewable energy by 2032. This puts DC on the fastest timeline to 100% renewable electricity among states in the country, faster even than California!
The bill creates groundbreaking efficiency standards for existing buildings. Buildings account for 74% of the District’s greenhouse gas emissions.
This landmark legislation takes aim at emissions from electricity and natural gas use. It scales up the existing Sustainable Energy Trust Fund (SETF) utility fee, which will raise tens of millions of dollars to finance renewable energy and energy efficiency projects and provide assistance to low-income DC residents.
The Clean Energy DC Act will fund local programs to assist low-income residents as the city transitions to more sustainable clean energy systems, and create a clean energy workforce development program.
Finally, the Act begins to tackle transportation, the #1 driver of climate pollution nationwide. It does so by adjusting the vehicle excise tax to incentivize clean cars and make owning dirty vehicles more expensive. The Mayor is now authorized to put a price on transportation fuels with a DC carbon fee if Virginia and Maryland commit to the same, and to join DC to emerging regional efforts like the Transportation Climate Initiative.
The DC Climate Coalition will continue to push for progressive environmental policies in DC. If you are interested in serving as a ONE DC representative on the DC Climate Coalition, please email Claire at ccook@onedconline.org.
End Pay to Play Politics!
In early December, the DC Pay to Play Coalition organized to pass sweeping campaign finance reform in the District of Columbia including a new pay to play law. The DC Council passed the Campaign Finance Reform Amendment Act of 2018 (B22-0107) unanimously on December 4th. Mayor Bowser did not veto the bill, but did not sign it either, which means it will become law after an obligatory 30 day Congressional review period. The legislation will:
Restrict major government contractors from making campaign contributions to those responsible for issuing the contracts, addressing ongoing concerns about “pay to play” politics
Ensure the independence form political interference of the campaign finance enforcement agency
Enhance the disclosure requirements for money in District elections and require that “independent” expenditures be truly independent of candidates
Mandate training of all candidates and campaign treasurers of the campaign finance and ethics laws
Congratulations to everyone in the DC Pay to Play coalition! Jews United for Justice, DC for Democracy, Campaign Legal Center, ONE DC, Empower DC, People For the American Way, the Ward 3 Democrats, DC NOW, Franciscan Action Network, the Brennan Center for Justice and DC for Reasonable Development.
Decriminalize Fare Evasion!
In January 2019, the “Fare Evasion Decriminalization Amendment Act of 2018 was successfully passed. This bill makes evading fare on WMATA buses and trains a civil offense punishable by a fine, rather than a crime that can result in arrest, jail time, and/or a fine of up to $300.The zero-tolerance criminal enforcement of low-level offenses like fare evasion by Metro Transit Police has a negative impact on all District residents. It has proven especially harmful to young people and to poor Black and brown residents who rely on public transit the most and who are disproportionately targeted by police enforcement.
After the DC Council voted to pass the bill in late 2018, Mayor Bowser vetoed the bill. With her veto, the Mayor put in jeopardy this important criminal justice reform that will prevent hundreds of Black DC residents from unwarranted arrests, jail-time, and criminal records for failure to pay a $2 fare (91% of fare evasion enforcement has targeted Black riders). Thanks to broad community support, the Council voted 11-2 to override the Mayor's veto, protecting the bill.
Local Job Postings
Fair Budget Coalition Advocacy Manager
Since its founding in 1994, the Fair Budget Coalition (FBC) has brought together community members directly affected by poverty, human and legal services providers, advocates, faith organizations, and concerned District residents to advocate for a District budget and public policies that meaningfully address poverty and human needs. FBC leverages the collective power of its sixty plus member organizations to accomplish this work, including by helping them increase the civic engagement of those they serve and by creating processes and structures to ensure that those directly affected by poverty are at the forefront of crafting solutions. FBC’s vision is of a just and inclusive D.C. that supports strong and stable communities, allows low-income residents to live in dignity, and makes it possible for all residents to achieve economic security. Fair Budget Coalition (FBC) is seeking a motivated and enthusiastic individual to join our team as the Advocacy Manager. Reporting directly to the Fair Budget’s Executive Director, Advocacy Manager is responsible for implementing the organization’s advocacy/policy strategy and overseeing community engagement.
Working Families Organizer
Working Families is a progressive political organization that fights for an economy that works for all of us and a democracy in which every voice matters. We believe that our children's life chances must not be determined at birth and that America must be a nation that allows all its people to thrive. We fight to elect strong progressive advocates and advance legislation that will reduce inequality and improve the quality of life for people living in Black, Brown, undocumented, and White lower-income and working-class communities. We are an anchor group in the new Birth to Three for All DC Coalition (B3DC), which is organizing across the District for policies and city funding that support infants, young children, and their families so they can thrive and that also work to end the inequities confronting poor children from before birth. This position’s primary focus will be on organizing grassroots engagement for this campaign, but it will also support Working Families’ other organizing efforts.
D.C. Area Black Lives Matter at School Week of Action
From February 4-8, teachers across the D.C. area will implement Black Lives Matter at School Week of Action curriculum in their classrooms. In the evening, there will be events for educators, students, stakeholders, and community members to actively engage in the movement. Educators, schools, organizations, and community members are invited to learn more and sign up to participate in the week of action.
Click here to check out the events
ONE DC Happy Hour Fundraiser at Madam's Organ
Thursday, February 7 - 5:00 PM to 9:00pm
Madam's Organ - 2461 18th St NW
Come out to support ONE DC's work at a fun and lively night at Madam's Organ. $1 from every drink or food item sold during the happy hour benefits ONE DC.
DRUG$ the Price We Pay Film Screening
Sunday, February 17 - 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM
THEARC: Town Hall Education Arts Recreation Campus - 1901 Mississippi Ave SE
The MOST important film of 2019! Are you or a loved one dependent upon prescription drugs? Did you know that prior to 1997 drugs could not be marketed directly to consumers via ads? Did you know with pills that sell for as much as $1k with a production cost of $1 makes the Drug industry the most profitable industry in America by far? #dosomething Join us as we expose how #BigPharma decides who lives or dies.
ONE Bit of Good News - ONE DC member Dewayne Brown makes recovery from gunshot wound
Dewayne Brown is a fifth generation Washington, longtime ONE DC member, and served on the Shared Leadership Team for 8 years. Dewayne was a leader in the Right to Income and Marriott Jobs Training Program campaign. NBC Washington recently covered Dewayne's story of recovery. Click here to view
Dewayne at a Respect DC rally in 2011.
A Special Note About ONE DC Organizer Nawal
In early January, Nawal's apartment building caught on fire while she was inside. Nawal jumped out of her bedroom window to escape and is recovering from an injury she sustained - she is healing well and in good spirits. We know that Nawal will have many needs in the coming days and as members of her community we want to show her our support! We have started a GoFundMe page to collect donations to aid in Nawal's healing and future emotional, spiritual and material needs.
Everyone who knows Nawal knows how kind-hearted she is and this is a chance for us to show how special she is to us. Please give anything you can to support!
You can find online editions of the Monthly Voice here.
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Making the Just City Video
Posted by claire cook · January 13, 2019 8:00 PM
8 special ONE DC moments from 2018
Thank you for making 2018 an exciting and transformative year for ONE DC:
1. A special Emancipation Day ceremony at our newly purchased building for the Black Workers & Wellness Center (BWWC).
2. ONE DC members help get the BWWC space ready for use
3. 100,000+ signatures dropped at the HUD office to reject rent hikes
4. Cooperation DC day held at the BWWC in August
5. ONE DC members attended a training in Oakland hosted by the National Black Worker Center Project
6. Our 1st Annual Juneteenth Festival in Anacostia
7. Community artwork goes up at the Black Workers & Wellness Center
8. The idea of the Creative Reconstruction emerges at the Shared Leadership retreat
These are only a few of the incredible moments that made up 2018. Please make a tax-deductible donation today to help us continue our work in 2019 and beyond! Click here to donate.
You can also mail a check to PO Box 26049 (check must be dated 12/31/2018).
ONE DC Monthly Voice November 2018
Posted by claire cook · November 30, 2018 12:51 PM
"If we know, then we must fight for your life as though it were our own - which it is - and render impassable with our bodies the corridor to the gas chamber. For, if they come for you in the morning, they will be coming for us that night."
-James Baldwin
What are we doing to build power?
National Black Worker Center Project Convening - Raleigh, NC
By BA Cockburn & Maurice Cook
November 14, 2018 in Raleigh North Carolina, the NBWCP held its annual convening with representatives from seven worker centers from across the country: Baltimore, Bay Area, LA, New Orleans, North Carolina, Chicago, and DC. The convening centered around connecting to the other centers, telling our collective story, and building power. “It’s not just about the local struggle but how we build a broader and more powerful movement.”
It was an insightful two days, where discussions and workshops included an overview of black economic history insights, the dangers of a single story, story telling, working while Black videos, and the benefits and challenges to being a part of the national network. Steven Pitts, NBWCP’s Board Chair, and Tanya Wallace Gobern, NBWCP’s Executive Director, welcomed the group and set the tone for the convening – “What are we doing to build power? We are the embodiment of survival and winning. There is power in our union, there is power in the entire working class. Our north star is the national movement to change the world to build power as a collective.”
This was not the usual gathering. Tanya had a very unique and meaningful introduction process. She randomly invited 8 to 10 attendees at a time to sit in a semi-circle at the front of the room. She asked each person to say their name and to tell the story of an ancestor’s work experience or moment of pride - to share who your people are, which says something about who you are. For one, it was a dad who always paid his unions dues so when they went on strike, the family had food. For another, it was an enslaved great grandmother who held on to her baby during a forced march at the end of the civil war; holding on meant that her child survived to grow up free and inspire a new generation.
To think about how we got to this moment in time and to remind ourselves of some key collective moments in the black economic history, we participated in a gallery walk. We walked around the room contemplating posters that depicted historical scenes such as Black Wall Street, Tulsa riots, and others. We talked about systems built in racism, public resources used to exploit people of color, strategy of wealth extraction, and cyclical issues and practices. The group brought up the need to remember positive key moments in history as a source of inspiration such as the 1892 New Orleans general strike, where the workers held strong against racism and gained most of their original demands. The group agreed that we need to celebrate ways that workers have overcome oppression. We want to remember that there has been a lot of pushback to force change throughout our history.
To frame the discussion around Black economic history, we watched Robert Reich’s video, “The Big Picture.” Robert Reich is an economist and his video depicts his views about the policies driving the U.S. economic wealth gap from the 1940’s to today. It’s his view of how we got into this mess. NBWCP challenged the group to see what was missing from the Black worker’s point of view. The video’s perspective was from a white male. Black people were left out. The role of racism in the economy was left out. Anything that predated the 1940’s was left out.
So, how do we tell the Black economic story? What is the black workers’ story? And, we need to be mindful of the danger of a single story. From the group, a theme came out of action and struggle, over and over again. Those in power tell one story but it’s not the only story. It’s just as important to tell the other story. By limiting the other story, we put people into boxed without realizing that we do. By being left out of the story, we are indoctrinated with antiblackness and it is hard to build solidarity. Black people are more than one story. Stereotypes develop when there is only one story. Repeating the myths robs people of their dignity. We need radical agitation – don’t run away from those difficult conversations. Stereotypes are tools of power. People buy in and internalize the stereotypes. We need to create new stories that are positive. To build a national movement of black workers, a wide variety of stories will help people connect to the movement. We have to win the hearts and minds of the masses to build our power.
So from the convening, a question rose: In 10 years from now, what is the impact that the BWWC will have on Washington DC? What is our big, audacious goal beyond supporting the economic survival of our people? How are we radically inspiring workers to imagine a world where we are in Power?
Ignite Talk - Making the Just City
By Mindy Fullilove
In 2016, Dominic Moulden, Derek Hyra and I launched our IRL project, “Making the Just City: An Examination of Organizing for Equity and Health in Shaw and Orange, NJ,” a neighborhood-level study of gentrification.
For years, we have each been aware of the gentrification of specific neighborhoods in key American cities: Harlem and Bedford-Stuyvesant in New York, Shaw in Washington DC, Downtown in Los Angeles, and Five Points in Denver. In some cities, like Hoboken, NJ, it had been going on long enough that we have seen its slow but inexorable transformation from a factory city to a bedroom community housing financiers who work on Wall Street. In other places gentrification was just beginning and we wondered what might be done to prevent the seemingly inevitable displacement of people and the annihilation of local culture. It was this neighborhood-level view of gentrification that inspired our study.
Soon after we started, however, a slew of reports emerged that made it clear that not only was the process of gentrification was affecting cities everywhere: Boston, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Durham, Charlotte, Atlanta, Miami, New Orleans, Chicago, Oklahoma City, Minneapolis, Houston, San Francisco, Oakland, Seattle, and Portland. In fact, the National Low-Income Housing Coalition 2017 report noted that there was no state in which a person working fulltime at minimum wage could afford a two-bedroom apartment at the fair market rate.
Barry Farm, SE Encampment in Houston, TX
In 2017, a graph from the US Department of Housing and Urban Development showed the vast gap in available, affordable and adequate for people making less than 110% of area median income, with the gap widening at the lowest income levels. What are people doing? One solution is pay more of one’s income in rent. Between 2001 and 2015, the percent of low-income households shelling out half or more of their gross earnings towards rent rose from 34 percent to 43 percent. With such high housing cost burdens, millions of low-income people are struggling to provide their families with essentials such as food, medicine, heat and educational resources. Though many criticize the method HUD uses for its point in time estimates of people who are homeless, the agency’s data suggests in 2017 there were 600,000 homeless people, including many young children.
We realized that what we were thinking of as a “neighborhood problem” was, in fact, a national housing crisis, which would require a national solution. At the level of national housing policy, we are in a difficult situation. As noted in the Atlantic in 2017,Federal housing policy transfers lots of money to rich homeowners, a bit less to middle-class homeowners, and practically nothing to poor renters. Half of all poor American families who rent spend more than 50 percent of their income on housing costs. In May, rental income as a share of GDP hit an all-time high.
Meanwhile, in 2015, the federal government spent $71 billion on the MID, and households earning more than $100,000 receive almost 90 percent of the benefits. Since the value of the deduction rises as the cost of one’s mortgage increases, the policy essentially pays upper-middle-class and rich households to buy larger and more expensive homes. At the same time, because national housing policy’s benefits don’t accumulate as much to renters, it makes it harder for poor renters to join the class of homeowners.
At the same time, we know that we are caught in the legacy of McCarthy-era efforts of the real estate lobby to ensure that housing is created only by the “free market,” thus protecting us from the “Communist” influence of public funding for housing. That rhetoric continues to this day, preventing the building of new public housing, and undermining the care of existing public housing stock. Like most scholars, we expected the data to challenge one or more of our hypotheses. Instead, the data have shown us that gentrification is not a neighborhood problem, it is a symptom of the growing national housing crisis. The implications for health are dire.
ONE DC Member Appreciation Event - December 8th
The member appreciation Event is our annual end-of-year event to celebrate the wins, actions, and accomplishments of our members, donors, supporters, and volunteers. This year we will celebrate the member appreciation event on Saturday, December 8 from 3pm-6pm at the Thurgood Marshall Academy ( 2427 Martin Luther King, Jr Ave SE). It will be followed by a community after party featuring some of the most talented local artists at the Black Workers & Wellness Center from 6pm- 9pm (2500 Martin Luther King, Jr Ave SE).
A Right to City: The Past & The Future of Urban Equity
By Samir Meghelli
On October 26th, the Smithsonian Anacostia Community Museum hosted a one-day symposium, “A Right to the City: The Past & Future of Urban Equity,” that brought together scholars and organizers from around the country, including ONE DC’s Dominic Moulden and Rosemary Ndubuizu. The symposium featured panel conversations about such topics as “From Urban Renewal to Gentrification: Planning, Housing, & Neighborhood Change,” “Neighborhood Power: Organizing in the Aftermath of Civil Rights,” and “Facing the Future: Working Toward Equity in Our Cities.” The keynote conversation featured Dr. Scott Kurashige, author of “The Fifty-Year Rebellion: How the U.S. Political Crisis Began in Detroit” and co-author (with Grace Lee Boggs) of “The Next American Revolution: Sustainable Activism for the Twenty-First Century.”
The Smithsonian Anacostia Community Museum hosted the symposium in conjunction with its recently opened “A Right to the City” exhibition, which features ONE DC’s work and will be open until April 21, 2020. The museum is also home to the archives of ONE DC—which documents the work and activities of the organization dating from when it was Manna CDC–and those archives are being made available to the public for research and study.
ONE DC Creative Reconstruction: A Period of Collective Learning, Healing and Transformation - Update
By Nawal Rajeh
ONE DC's Shared Leadership Team is continuing our Creative Reconstruction work with energy, gratitude, and support. We have heard from many members and partner organizations about the importance and need for all of us involved in this work to take time to reflect and look inward. During the past few months, we have done internal political education in racialized capitalism and in participatory democracy. We have also engaged in healing and wellness activities to help us take inventory of our own wellness as individuals, and as group. As we move forward, we are working with a Coordinating Team to plan a set of trainings for 2019, to make a road map of both where we've been and where we are going, and creating a plan for opening up this process to more of our membership. There will be an update about our current Creative Reconstruction work at our Annual Membership Meeting on December 8, 2018.
The Guatemalan Social Movements
By Clara Lincoln
We sat on Fausto Sánchez’s front porch, my French comrade and I, listening to Fausto update us on his recent meetings and his concerns about safety. In turn, we told him about the situation of the four political prisoners we had just visited in prison. We sat on plastic chairs on his concrete balcony as his daughter played in the hammock in front of us and ate rambotanes—also known as liche-- a red, hairy fruit with a sweet core that looks a little like an eyeball. Fausto’s eyes dart between us, the road, his daughter, and back to the road. His house overlooks the main road leading into a cluster of 35 indigenous Maya Mam communities in western Guatemala. He’s in a perfect position to see everyone who comes in and out of the communities. As we talk, he involuntarily turns his head and looks through the holes in his fence whenever a car or motorcycle passes.
Click here to learn more about NISGUA
Fausto is a community leader in the municipality of San Pablo in the western department of San Marcos, Guatemala. For nine years, he has been involved in the struggle to protect this territory against a proposed hydroelectric dam where the three rivers that run through the communities converge. The company who wants to build the dam has not conducted the legally required community consultations of the indigenous people who would be affected by the project. In the US, I usually think of the word “territory” as possessive—not necessarily a liberatory perspective on land. But here, it means something like the land that gives life to a people. And it’s constantly under threat.
I had the opportunity to serve transnational movements for liberation as a human rights accompanier with NISGUA, the Network in Solidarity with the People of Guatemala. As a DC native, I couldn’t help but relate my experiences there to the struggles I’ve been a part of here. Displacement is pervasive in this global moment— from communities of color in DC to poor people fleeing their countries and facing violence at the border. The patterns are similar in rural Guatemala and urban US. Poor people who have their roots and communities in a geographical space are run off—by the military, by police brutality, or by rising rents—and the economic elites act like the land was theirs all along.
The owners of mega projects in Guatemala, huge-scale extractive industries like mines and electricity-producing dams, are usually Canadian, US or European transnational corporations. These corporations use a variety of strategies to to repress the human rights defenders trying to protect their land. Convention 169 of the International Labor Organization, which Guatemala has ratified, states that indigenous people have the right to free, prior and informed consent about megaprojects that affect their land. Officially this also applies to Afrolatinx groups, who in Guatemala largely identify and are seen as indigenous. However, these rights are rarely protected. There are many documented cases in which the military and private police forcefully displaced people from their homes, sometimes using sexual violence and other tactics historically used in Guatemala’s internal armed conflict (or “dirty war”). And activists are criminalized and even murdered for their involvement in struggles to protect their rights.
Workers Rights Clinic - The Washington Lawyers' Committee
The Washington Lawyers' Committee offers free legal advice on Employment matters for law-wage workers. They offer clinics in different locations of the district and on different times to accommodate different schedules.
Wednesday Clinic in Shaw (NW)
Every Wednesday evening, 6:00pm to 9:00pm
Sign-up between 5:00pm-7:00pm, first come, first serve
Bread for the City NW
1525 7th St NW, Washington, DC 20001
Friday Clinic in SE
1st and 3rd Friday of the month, 12:30pm to 3:30pm, By appointment only
Call 202-319-1000 x138 to make an appointment
ONE DC Black Workers & Wellness Center
2500 Martin Luther King Jr Ave, SE Washington, DC 20032
Saturday Clinic in SE
Last Saturday of each month, 10:00am to 1:00pm
sign-up between 9:45am-11:00am, first come, first serve
Bread for the City SE
1540 Good Hope Rd, SE Washington, DC 20020
National Reentry Network Fundraiser
Thursday, December 6 - 6:00pm to 9:00pm
Josephine Butler Parks Center 2437 15th Street NW
The National Reentry Network for Returning Citizens, Third Annual Fundraiser and Awards Celebration will recognize unflagging leadership an advocacy from members of our community.
Thursday, December 13 - 5:00pm to 9:00pm
Madam's Organ 12461 18th St NW
Come out to support ONE DC's work at a fun and lively night at Madam's Organ
$1 from every drink or food item sold during the happy hour benefits ONE DC.
Click here to RSVP and for more information
ONE Bit of Good News - Luci Murphy ONE DC member
ONE DC member and Director of our Black Workers and Wellness Center Chorus, Luci Murphy, was awarded the Culture Award by DC Jobs with Justice, this November at their annual I'll Be There Awards. Luci is a native of D.C. where she is a vocalist and a long time community activist.
Luci has been performing since her childhood in the 1950s. To reach the members of our diverse human family, she sings in ten languages: English, Spanish, French, Creole, Portuguese, Zulu, Arabic, Hebrew, Cherokee, and ki-Swahili. She draws on the folkloric traditions and musical idioms of all these cultures, as well as her own roots in Spirituals, Blues and Jazz. (excerpt from DCjwj) Luci is pictured above with Elizabeth Falcon, Executive Director of DC Jobs with Justice.
ONE DC Monthly Voice October 2018
Posted by claire cook · October 30, 2018 12:50 PM
"We have to consciously study how to be tender with each other until it becomes a habit because what was native has been stolen from us, the love of Black women for each other."
Community Celebration & Fundraiser at the ONE DC Black Workers & Wellness Center
On Saturday, October 20, Resource Generation sponsored a community celebration and fundraiser as a kick-off event to raise $300,000 for renovations to the ONE DC Black Workers & Wellness Center. The event lasted from 5:00 to 11:00 PM, with a program featuring performances by the Black Workers Chorus, SAMAI.YAH, Twin Jude, BYP100's The Black Joy Experience, Pontiannà Ivàn, Yon Cové, and Ras Lidj & Deep Band. Food was catered by Oohs & Aahs.
SAMAI.YAH Twin Jude
At the event, we received word that Live to Give Foundation will grant a matching donation for up to $100,000 raised through the end of the year. With another $25,000 pledge and $8,000 in donations received through the course of the event, we are on our way to meeting our goal of $300,000!
Help us reach our goal by donating today.
New temporary banner at the BWWC Community artwork welcomes members to the space
The Right to Stay Put
By Dominic Moulden, Gregory D. Squires, and Aristotle Theresa
When anything goes wrong in a city, policymakers all too often want to move Black people around, asserted Mindy Fullilove, a clinical psychiatrist at the New School, to an audience at a 2015 conference on equitable development in Washington, D.C.
This has certainly been the formula in the District, going back at least to the redevelopment (what we would today call gentrification and serial displacement) of the Georgetown neighborhood in the 1940s, Foggy Bottom in the 1950s, several Capitol Hill and other Northwest D.C. neighborhoods in the 1970s and 1980s, and today in areas ranging from Shaw to H Street NE and even Anacostia. The proposed conversion of Barry Farm to a mixed-income development, resulting in a loss of 400 affordable housing units despite protests from many residents, is just the latest in a long line of initiatives presumably aimed at revitalizing distressed neighborhoods.
But as Chester Hartman, a prominent urban planner and the first executive director of the Poverty & Race Research Action Council, has often asserted, families have the right to stay put. They have the right to remain in the neighborhoods where their families have resided for decades, if not generations, with access to good schools, safe streets, healthy food, and other public services and private amenities that newcomers to these communities anticipate.
This does not deny the realities of racial segregation, poverty, and uneven development that have long plagued neighborhoods in the District and every other major city in the United States. The costs are real. Residents of lower-income communities, and particularly those with high concentrations of nonwhite populations, have shorter life expectancies and reduced access to good schools; they also are exposed to higher crime rates. This is not by accident. In a 2012 national housing discrimination study, the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Urban Institute found that white families were told about and shown more homes than African Americans or Latinos, increasing the home search cost for minorities. Steering and exclusionary zoning laws continue to segregate neighborhoods by race and class.
There is new wine in these old bottles. Alleged discrimination on the part of Airbnb, Facebook and other social media—with some homeseekers losing out because of stereotyped ethnic associations with their names and the sound of their voices—has been added to the panoply of traditional discriminatory housing practices.
Continue reading on Shelterforce.org
Circle-Keeper Training for Returning Citizens Hosted at the BWWC
By Myra Woods
The National Reentry Network for Returning Citizens is holding a series of five training sessions to prepare the participants, many of whom are returned citizens, to become Circle-Keepers. The instruction is taking place at the ONE DC Black Workers & Wellness Center. We took advantage of the open space to create our relationship development circles, and explore a deeper understanding of traditionally indigenous tools and ceremonies for communicating. Our goals include assisting Returning Citizens in rebuilding their family and community relationships. We also intend to assist those participants in giving voice and offering respectful listening to every member of the Circle.
Circles begins with an expression of the values that participants bring to the circle. Some of the values expressed by our circle include respect, time, honesty, non-violence, self-awareness, integrity, strength, commitment, equality, and self-enlightenment. We have all agreed to adopt these values every time our circle comes together in support of Returning Citizens.
Values expressed by the circle
Each training session builds on the previous class. The traditions of Circle Keeping are discussed. Circle Keeping practices, building trust, identification of trauma, planning for Reintegration Support Circles and support circle processes are included in the learning plan. There are opportunities for practice, role play and sharing feedback.
The National Reentry Network for Returning Citizens is thrilled to be able to conduct these classes in a space that has a long history of safety and building power with Black residents of the District of Columbia.
Grassroots DC Media Collective Moves into the Black Workers & Wellness Center
By Liane Scott
In October, the Grassroots DC Media Collective moved it’s headquarters into ONE DC’s Black Workers & Wellness Center. The Media Collective is a project of the nonprofit Grassroots DC and is an adult education and training program that combines the acquisition of marketable skills with political education, connecting progressive activists and advocacy groups with individuals who are directly impacted by the policies these organizations are working to change.
The Grassroots DC Media Collective provides production services to local nonprofits, advocacy and activist organizations. In the last year, we’ve produced two documentaries and more than two dozen short videos in support of issues such as police brutality, affordable housing, gun violence and street harassment.
Having relocated to the BWWC from We Act Radio, where we were welcomed but short on space, we plan to expand our classes and media production services. For more information about the work of the Media Collective you can visit our website at GrassrootsDC.org, our Youtube Channel, or contact Liane@grassrootsdc.org.
Miheema and John Goodine, two Grassroots DC Media Collective Members already at work at the BWWC.
ONE DC Members Learn Grassroots Organizing Skills at Center for Third World Organizing Training
By Patrick Gregoire
On October 5 through 7, 2018 over 15 ONE DC members, as well as other local organizers, activists, and tenants participated in the Center for Third Organizing's (CTWO) Community Action Training.
Over the course of two and a half days, we went over the five different types of community change organizations (service-based, advocacy, community economic development, electoral, and direct action/organizing) and their relationships to altering the power structure.
We learned about messaging and the importance of framing a narrative. We learned about the power of symbols and messaging. Popular brands are instantly recognizable, elicit specific emotions, and transmit specific messages. This is due to the deliberate efforts that go into crafting the stories about them. We learned how choice of words, perspective, and framing and crafting narratives can impact voiceless and disenfranchised communities.
To that matter, we learned what questions to ask ourselves when crafting our messaging as community organizers. What forms of communication work best? What is the current landscape surrounding an issue that we hold important? What audience are we trying to reach? What is our audience’s relationship to this issue? How do they engage with it? How do we get the message out? What are markers of success? These questions are important because they allow us to not only tailor our messages to our audience, but also better ensures that they receive our messages and that those messages stir folks to action.
We learned how to make a power map and from there, formulate a campaign. We learned which entities to consider (Decision Makers, Organized Opposition, Allies and Potential Allies, Unorganized Constituencies,etc) and what factors to look out for. This framework is vitally important for organizers to get a better sense of the influencers of a given target. Ultimately, it helps us leverage our relationships and networks to determine who needs to be influenced, whom we can actually influence, and exactly who can influence these targets.
Lastly, we were given a list of 198 methods of nonviolent action; tactics that are crucial for the groundwork of any direct action campaign. These are the tools necessary in order to drive, elevate, grow, and ultimately realize our campaigns and get our demands met legitimately.
Stop Police Terror Project-DC Launches #NoMoreStopandFrisk Campaign
It’s important we continue to highlight the inherently racist nature of law enforcement as we observe an increase in the widely discredited “stop-and-frisk” tactics here in DC. This thinly veiled practice of racial profiling entails police stopping and illegally searching people at random on the “suspicion” they have or may commit some crime. Unsurprisingly, these tactics are often aimed at Black and Brown people.
Stop-and-Frisk does not keep people safe and is rapidly becoming the most discredited policing practice in the United States. Exclusively targeting Black and Brown people, it leads to racially-biased harassment and violent intimidation and does not keep people safe. Stop-and-Frisk has become code for a mass dragnet of racially-biased harassment aimed at using intimidation as a “crime fighting” tool.
Court opinions and activism in cities like Chicago, Minneapolis, New York, Philadelphia and others have pushed city governments to declare parts of stop-and-frisk unconstitutional, not to mention its clear racial bias and extremely low effectiveness.
If you want to help Stop Police Terror Project-DC fight against stop-and-frisk in DC, there are a few things you can do:
Fill out our online petition declaring this harmful practice should come to an end.
Join us on Thursday, November 8 for a canvassing orientation, where you can learn more about our campaign and sign up for specific canvassing shifts in different areas of the city to build support for the effort to end stop-and-frisk in DC. To RSVP, please email info@sptdc.com.
Donate to and support our campaign by giving to our PayPal.
Show social media support around our campaign by using the hashtag #NoMoreStopandFrisk.
Please visit www.sptdc.com/nomorestopandfrisk to learn more about our campaign.
Workers Rights Clinic
Friday, November 2 - 12:00 to 3:30 PM, By appointment only
ONE DC Black Workers & Wellness Center - 2500 MLK Jr Ave SE
Hosted by the Washington Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs
Free legal advice on employment matters for low-wage workers, including unpaid wages/overtime, discrimination, sexual harassment, illegal termination, and more.
Contact 202-319-1000 or clinic@washlaw.org to set up an appointment.
D.C. History Conference
November 1 - November 4
University of the District of Columbia - 4200 Connecticut Avenue NW
The annual D.C. History Conference, formerly known as the Annual Conference on D.C. History, is a collaboration between the Historical Society of Washington, D.C., George Washington University, DC Public Library, and DC Office of Public Records. Since 1973, the mission of the conference has been to provide a friendly and rigorous forum for discussing and promoting original research about the history of the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. The 2018 conference explores themes related to “Mobility, Migration, and Movement,” including the creation of Metro, the impact of migration to the region, and the bicentennial of the birth of Frederick Douglass, a man for whom mobility meant an escape to freedom.The conference will explore the complex meanings of mobility, migration, and movement in a city that has witnessed the Great Migration of African Americans and has the second-largest community of El Salvadoran residents in the United States.
Click here for more info & to register
Beloved Community Incubator: Fundraiser & Crowdfunding Launch
Monday, November 5 - 6:00 to 8:00 PM
Fathom Creative - 1333 14th St NW Washington, DC
Hosted by Beloved Community Incubator
Beloved Community Incubator is a newly incorporated non-profit incubator for cooperatives and social enterprise in Washington, DC. Join us for a special event to launch our fall fundraising campaign by raising $10,000 to support our 2019 programs, which include: Launching our first cooperative, Dulce Hogar Cleaning Cooperative, city-wide; Providing subsidized administrative and customer service support to all of our cooperatives; Providing a trained cooperative developer and leadership coach to train and support worker-owners; Engaging in a listening campaign to discern our second project; Obtaining a feasibility study to ensure the project's success; Convening a second team of worker-owners and beginning training; Providing stipends for worker-owners to participate in training, offsetting childcare, transportation costs, and any lost wages. We are committed to a more equitable economy in Washington, DC.
DC JWJ’s Lunch With Justice: What's Next? The federal landscape post-elections
Wednesday, November 14 - 12:00 to 2:00 PM
Institute for Policy Studies - 1301 Connecticut Ave NW
Hosted by DC Jobs with Justice
At our next Lunch with Justice, the 2018 midterms will be behind us. A lot may have changed on the federal level... or not. Whatever the outcome, it will affect how we do our work here in our communities.What will the federal landscape look like post elections on November 6th? What should we be prepared for? Let's talk about it! DCJWJ invites you to our monthly Lunch With Justice November 14th from 12pm-2pm! Bring your lunch and lets chat!
Book Talk: Barbara Ransby, Making All Black Lives Matter
Monday, November 19 - 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM
Busboys and Poets - 14th St & V
Join activist and writer Barbara Ransby to discuss her new book, Making All Black Lives Matter, a historical analysis of the Black Lives Matter Movement. The purpose of the book is to stimulate discussion about the Black Freedom Movement, Black feminist influences in it, and the best ways to build coalition and movements for social justice and a new society.
Concert Featuring Watoto Choir from Kampala, Uganda
Wednesday, November 21 - 5:00 to 6:45 PM
Congress Heights Campus - 421 Alabama Ave SE
Hosted by Brighter Day Ministries
Summit on Peace with Iran
Saturday, December 1 - 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
First Congregational UCC - 945 G St NW
Hosted by CODEPINK
The purpose of the Iran Summit is to highlight the Trump administration’s hawkish policies on Iran that could lead us into another war, and examine how to reverse course. We will also have Iranian art, calligraphy, music, photo booth and other cultural activities. The Summit comes at a time where tensions between U.S and Iran are escalating. The reimposition of sanctions following the US withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal is causing tremendous hardship for the Iranian people. The Trump administration’s Muslim travel ban is making it difficult for Iranians to travel to the United States, separating thousands of families.
D.C. Labor Chorus Annual Concert
Saturday, December 1 - 7:30 PM
Tommy Douglas Conference Center - 10000 New Hampshire Ave, Silver Spring, MD
The D.C. Labor Chorus will be celebrating their 20th Anniversary Concert on December 1st at the Tommy Douglas Conference Center in Silver Spring, MD in honor of the founder Elyse Bryant.
ONE Bit of Good News - BWWC Hoodies!
By popular demand, Black Workers Center hoodie sweatshirts have been ordered! Come by the office to pick yours up for $30. They'll also be for sale at our Member Appreciation event on December 8!
Creative Reconstruction: a Period of Collective Learning, Healing, and Transformation
Posted by One DC Admin · October 29, 2018 5:42 PM
“We have to transform ourselves in order to transform the world” - Grace Lee Boggs
At our annual retreat this past July– members, staff, volunteers, and Shared Leadership team members sat under the shade of a large oak tree reflecting on the last years’ work and the many years before. 2018 marks the 12th year of ONE DC’s organizing efforts for racial and economic equity in Washington. As with every annual retreat, we reflected about the state of our organization. As we did so, a recurring question arose from the group. What would it look like for ONE DC to turn our work inward for a time of deep learning and reflection?
We heard feedback from our members during our shared leadership listening sessions in the Spring, and took these conversation into account while wrestling with questions about prioritizing the direction of our work for the coming year. At the end of our discussions, dialogues, and through a process of consensus building, it became clear that there was energy in the room to take on this internal work of reflection and transformation.
We see this as a time set aside to actively practice, shape, and reshape our organization- to do collective healing, and learning with ourselves and our membership.
We are living in especially toxic times- pressing up against the systems of oppression that destroy our universal rights to housing, income and wellness. And yet, how do we live, work, and organize in this space and not replicate the systems of oppression in our relationships with ourselves and others? How do we, as an organization, uphold our values in all the spaces we traverse? The answer, we believe, is in intentional practice.
Intentional Practices are those that we choose to do in order to transform the way we show up in the world. Through new practices we increase choice and alignment with our values. …Organizationally we want to ask similar questions: What practices do we need to be in as a staff and organization? What practices do we want to support in our member base to align with our vision and political commitments? ("The Transformative Power of Practice" by Ng’ethe Maina and Staci Haines)
What does it mean for ONE DC to take on this period of internal reflection, practice, and transformation?
At our retreat– members, staff and SLT members defined the major areas of internal work and growth that they saw as priorities for the end of 2018. We are now organizing ourselves, with a Coordinating Committee to take on this challenging work of growth. During the next several months, we plan to make a full plan of orientations, re-orientations, and a 2019 training schedule for our full membership. We want to tackle issues like gender equity, power, and popular education. We will be re-examining staff roles, treatment and expectations. We have also created a Healing and Wellness committee that will be working diligently to create a code of responsibility, processes for ONE DC to deal with conflicts, and ways to help upkeep the internal health of our organization at all levels.
For the next three months, this means that ONE DC will not be engaging in new organizing work or campaigns. We will be paring down our level of coalition work, panels, and outside engagements. This opens up opportunities for members to join us in envisioning what it means for us as a community to do this work and what it will mean for our external work in the future.
The Road to Transformation
"In order to see where we are going, we not only must remember where we have been, but we must understand where we have been." -Ella Jo Baker
Members of ONE DC will be an integral part of our growth. We invite you to reach out to us directly if you feel called to take on parts of this journey with us. And we invite you to engage in opportunities to practice, learn, and grow as part of this community in the months and year ahead! Those involved in campaigns and other active members will be receiving calls and emails about trainings and workshops that we hope you will choose to participate in.
We are looking forward to what this intentional time will do and mean for our community. And we look to our movement ancestors before us who knew deeply that the “work” is both in how we treat each other, how we organize ourselves, and how we fight for justice around us. We draw inspiration from them and from all of you, who have been showing great support for this time ahead. We hope to continue our radical imaginations for what is possible, and to deepen our connections to one another during this time.
In Community,
ONE DC Shared Leadership Team
“in community, our potential is truly realized. what we have to offer to each other is not merely critique, anger, commentary, ownership and false power. we have the capacity to hold each other, serve each other, heal each other, create for and with each other, forgive each other, and liberate ourselves and each other. these are not new thoughts, this is what beloved community means. it is what we all long for, and what we all need.so in this context i ask you to ask yourself – who are you in relationship with, and how can you go deeper, be more present, and offer more of your whole self?” -Adrienne Marie Brown, author of Emergent Strategy
ONE DC Monthly Voice September 2018
Posted by claire cook · September 30, 2018 12:47 PM
"We need a revolution of the mind. We need a revolution of the heart. We need a revolution of the spirit. The power of the people is stronger than any weapon. A people's revolution can't be stopped. We need to be weapons of mass construction. Weapons of mass love. It's not enough just to change the system, we need to change ourselves" -Assata Shakur
We invite you to join us with your family and friends on Saturday, October 20th between 5:00 PM and 11:00 PM for a community celebration at ONE DC’s Black Workers and Wellness Center, located at 2500 Martin Luther King Jr Ave SE. While enjoying a night of free music, food, and fun, take the opportunity to explore our space and hear from ONE DC members and organizer about how the BWWC supports ONE DC in its goal of creating and maintaining racial and economic equity throughout DC. Sponsored by Resource Generation - DC.
Click here to donate the Black Workers & Wellness Center Capital Campaign.
Black Workers & Wellness Center
In ONE DC’s 2014 People’s Progress Report, we published a “time capsule for 2019,” a list of visionary goals we aimed to achieve by 2019. One of those goals has become a reality – the opening of the ONE DC Black Workers & Wellness Center in our own community-controlled space at 2500 Martin Luther King Jr Ave SE. The ONE DC Black Workers and Wellness Center (BWWC) is a resident-led space that creates and maintains racial and economic justice through popular education, direct action, and the creation of worker-owned alternatives. Here are a few updates from 2018:
Begun hosting bi-monthly workers rights clinics with the Washington Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights & Urban Affairs
Hosted events and provided meeting space for several partner organizations working for racial and economic equity in DC, such as Family & Friends of Incarcerated People, DC Paid Family Leave Coalition, DC Jobs with Justice, and Grassroots DC
Fundraised $725,000 out of the $2,000,000 needed to renovate the building into a state-of-the-art community center
Support the Clean Energy DC Act!
Have you noticed, amidst all this political intensity, how Planet Earth is also shouting out to be heard? Endless rain in DC. Arctic lakes bubbling with escaping methane. Temperature record after record. Fortunately, Earth has YOU on her team. You believe that climate change is real. You know that we must immediately change our ways. You are willing to fight for a clean energy economy that is healthy, respectful, and good.
Tuesday's hearing is a huge milestone in over two years of rallying for strong clean energy and climate action in DC. We need you there to show overwhelming community support for members of the Committee on Transportation and the Environment. Any Councilmembers dragging their feet will understand that delay on the Clean Energy DC Act is unacceptable.
National press recently declared Clean Energy DC as the "strongest climate bill in the country." For one, it would require 100% clean electricity in DC by 2032. The bill also includes groundbreaking energy efficiency standards for existing buildings, which are the largest source of local pollution, as well as new funding for the Green Bank and Sustainable Energy Utility.
What: Clean Energy DC Act Hearing at DC Council
When: Tuesday, October 9th 11:00am - 2:00pm
Where: John A. Wilson Building, 1350 Pennsylvania NW
Why: To show up in force for the Clean Energy DC Act and encourage DC Council to pass this bill!
RSVP: RSVP today! or RSVP on Facebook
We encourage you to submit written testimony in support of the Clean Energy DC Act to the committee staff, Ms. Benjamin, at abenjamin@dccouncil.us. Written testimony will be accepted until October 23rd.
Can't make it? Send a letter to Councilmember McDuffie TODAY and urge him to support the Clean Energy DC Act - his support is crucial to passing this bill!
DC Palestinian Film & Arts Festival 2018
ONE DC is proud to serve as a community partner for the 8th Annual DC Palestinian Film & Arts Festival! From October 2-7, DCPFAF 2018 features 13 films, three hands-on tatreez and painting workshops, Spotlight Artist Saleh Bakri, and stand-up comedy with Mona Aburmishan! Several events have sold out but there are still free events open to the public:
The Palestine Pop Up
1615 M Street Northwest
Featuring Watan, Tatreez & Tea, Levantinian, and Threads of Palestine
STAND-UP COMEDY // Mona Aburmishan
The Kennedy Center (map)
Closing out the 8th annual DCPFAF on the Kennedy Center's Millennium Stage with stand-up comedian Mona Aburmishan. Show is free and open to the public.
Click here for full program & tickets
#ItsNotFare - Decriminalize Fare Evasion!
Currently, fare-evasion in the District is considered a crime that can result in arrest, up to 10 days in jail, and a fine of up to $300. The Fare Evasion Decriminalization Act of 2017 (Bill 22-408) would make fare evasion a civil offense punishable by a fine of no more than $100. Bill 22-408 recognizes that no one should have to face arrest of jail time for not affording a fare. The punishment does not fit the offense, and enforcement of such laws disproportionately impacts poor communities and communities of color.
Fare evasion stops and arrests target District residents. Fare evasion is not a crime in Virginia, and WMATA’s own reports show that most enforcement takes place in the District.
Fare evasion enforcement is racist. A recent report by the Washington Lawyers’ Committee For Civil Rights and Urban Affairs found that fare evasion in DC is enforced almost exclusively against black riders, and studies of other jurisdictions (such as New York, Portland and Minneapolis) reveal that people of color are stopped more often than their white counterparts on suspicion of fare evasion and are arrested and cited at much higher rates when they’ve been identified as evading a fare.
Fare evasion arrests harm those who rely on metro the most. One in five District residents live in poverty, and many rely on metro transit as their primary mode of transportation. Because metro fares are distance based, these residents also have the highest cost burden because they must travel long distances to get to jobs, schools, doctors, and other services they rely upon. By continuing to criminalize fare evasion, we are saddling the most economically insecure with the threat of jail time and unreasonable fines. Someone who cannot pay a Metro fare certainly cannot pay a $300 fine.
Fare evasion arrests are costly. A simple citation or misdemeanor arrest can affect a person’s livelihood, can lead to parole being revoked for a returning citizen, and can affect a person’s immigration status. In addition to the human cost, arresting and jailing people for fare evasion diverts critical D.C. resources from addressing serious crimes, and ultimately harms public safety efforts. Taxpayer funds would be better spent investing in underserved communities in the District.
Fare evasion arrests are not an effective means of deterring fare evasion or of preventing other crimes. The belief that penalizing low-level crimes will prevent worse crimes, known as broken-windows policing, is a failed and discredited approach that led to the mass incarceration epidemic in this country.
Fare evasion stops have resulted in excessive use of force against riders by police. There have been multiple news stories in recent years of Metro transit officers using excessive force on riders they stopped on suspicion of fare evasion. Interactions like this are not only dangerous, they harm community trust in law enforcement. There is also no independent civilian oversight of Metro Transit Police when riders have complaints about officer misconduct, harassment, or discrimination.
Fare evasion arrests do not make money for Metro. WMATA makes the claim that it is losing $20 million annually from fare evasion, but it has been unable to back this up with evidence. The fact is that we don’t know how much fare evasion costs, but we do know that WMATA’s ridership has decreased over the past few years, and that has been attributed to service cuts, crashes, general unreliability, and the rise of ride-sharing companies like Lyft and Uber. WMATA should not make fare evasion the scapegoat for its shortcomings.
D.C. would not be the first jurisdiction to decriminalize fare evasion. The District would be joining several other jurisdictions that have already decriminalized fare evasion.
A parking ticket does not result in potential jail time, and failure to pay Metro fare should not either. It’s time to change our broken system.
Contact the members of the D.C. Council’s Judiciary Committee TODAY and tell them to vote for Bill 22-408 when it is scheduled for mark-up this fall.
On social media, tweet or share your support for the bill, using the hashtag #itsnotfare
Print out this sheet and post a photo of why YOU support the decriminalizing fare evasion.
For more information, read the ACLU-DC’s testimony on Bill 22-408 here.
Occupation Free DC
For years, top officials at DC’s Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) have participated in trainings with Israeli military and police, institutions which enforce an illegal military occupation over the Palestinian people. As DC residents, we should oppose all police trainings that use military occupation and state violence as a model.
Take these steps to invest in our community and clear a path for real safety in Washington, DC:
Sign this petition demanding that the DC Council and Police Chief Newsham cease local participation in training exercises with discriminatory trainers, like Israel’s police and military, which violate DC's Human Rights Act.
Watch and share this video to learn more and spread the word about our local campaign to achieve real safety by investing in our community, instead of in violent and biased policing.
Attend Occupation Free DC Organizing Meeting. Wednesday, October 10, 7-9pm. Email info@occupationfreedc.org for location
Rally to Support the Nicholson Street Rent Strike
Friday, October 12 - 6:00 to 8:00 PM
1320 Nicholson St NW
Hosted by LEDC
The residents of 1320 Nicholson St NW have lived in terrible conditions for years: the building’s roof Leaks, ceilings are caving in, there’s mold in the walls, and many of the apartments are infested with bedbugs. The landlord has promised to make repairs but never followed through. Now tenants are ready to fight back. They’ve informed the landlord and the management company that unless repairs are made by October 1, they’re going to launch a rent strike. Tenants understand that the landlord’s neglect isn’t an accident; it’s a strategy to make money. Like many slumlords, the owner is trying to use the bad conditions to push residents out of their rent-controlled apartments so he can bring in new tenants who will pay much higher rents. Tenants have seen the same thing happen throughout the neighborhood and the city, and affordable apartment buildings are emptied and flipped into luxury condos. But they won’t allow themselves to be pushed out of Brightwood, a neighborhood that’s been their home for decades. Tenants at 1320 Nicholson are preparing to strike a blow against displacement, but they need the community’s support. Join them and show your solidarity on Friday, October 12!
Jobs with Justice Organizing & Leadership Training
Washington, DC - Location TBA
This three-day training is for community leaders, organizers, youth groups, unions, parent groups, faith leaders and parishioners, and advocates and activists that are not a part of an organization. The training will focus on strengthening relationships, building power, agitation, and accountability. Learn more about the training program. The fee for the training is $250.00 for the entire training per individual - scholarships are available for those individuals or organizations with financial need. For more information please contact Sequnely Gray at sequnley@dcjwj.org or 202-674-2847.
Days of Actions vs Wells Fargo
Friday, October 12 - Saturday, October 27
DMV - Locations TBA
Hosted by Climate First
Starting on Friday, October 12th, and continuing until Saturday, October 27th, we and our allies will run—for the 19th consecutive month in a row—"Days of Actions" against Wells Fargo bank for its funding of the Keystone XL pipeline and other fossil fuel projects. Join us for peaceful direct actions at Wells Fargo branches in Washington, DC, and possibly a soon-to-be-determined location in Virginia.
Click here for more info and to RSVP
DC ReInvest Fall Kickoff Meeting
Saturday, October 13 - 12:00 to 3:00 PM
50 F St NW (near Union Station) 8th floor
Hosted by DC ReInvest Coalition
As the campaign continues to push DC to divest from banks that invest in private prisons, racist lending practices, and fossil fuel pipelines, we now have the opportunity to push forward a concrete vision for reinvestment. DC Council is deciding whether or not to establish a public bank based on their ongoing study. It's up to us to push forward a progressive and just vision of what we do want our taxpayer money to be invested in, right here in DC. We'll also continue to build momentum for victory on the bill that would both divest DC from Wells Fargo and increase banks' accountability to low-income communities in the District! All organizations that are part of / have been part of DCReInvest AND anyone who's interested in getting involved. LUNCH will be provided!
Cops and Queers: The History of the Police and the LGBTQ+ Community in DC
Thursday, October 18 - 6:30 to 9:00 PM
Thurgood Marshall Center - 1816 12th St NW
Hosted by Rainbow History Project
On October 18th, Rayceen Pendarvis will moderate an historical discussion with Earline Budd, Craig Howell, Mindy Daniels, Dee Curry, and Brett Parson on the intersection between the LGBTQ+ community and the Metropolitan Police Department of Washington, DC. Tickets are free and not required for admission, but please RSVP so that we can have an accurate head count.
Mary Church Terrell Documentary Screening
Howard University Founders Library, Browsing Room - 500 Howard Place NW
Hosted by DC Preservation League
Learn about the life of Mary Church Terrell. Free and open to the public.
A Place to Call Home - Author Talk with Ernesto Castañeda
The Potter's House - 1658 Columbia Rd NW
In A Place to Call Home, Ernesto Castañeda offers a uniquely comparative portrait of immigrant expectations and experiences. Drawing on fourteen years of ethnographic observation and hundreds of interviews with documented and undocumented immigrants and their children, Castañeda sets out to determine how different locations can aid or disrupt the process of immigrant integration. Focusing on New York City, Paris, and Barcelona—immigration hubs in their respective countries—he compares the experiences of both Latino and North African migrants, and finds that subjective understandings, local contexts, national and regional history, and religious institutions are all factors that profoundly impact the personal journey to belonging.
National Day of Protest Against Police Terror
Monday, October 22 - 6:30 to 8:00 PM
Gallery Place - Chinatown Metro Station
Hosted by Stop Police Terror Project-DC
Since 1996, October 22nd has been marked as a national day of protest against police brutality. As the September 6th murder of Botham Jean by a Dallas police officer has reminded us, the scourge of police terror ‒ and the racist criminalization, harassment, and mass incarceration that go along with it ‒ is as acute, unjust, and outrageous as ever. Join us on the evening of Monday, October 22, 2018, as we march and rally to condemn racist police terror, remember those who have been lost, and vow to continue the fight to put an end to racist police terror, harassment, and mass incarceration.
DECOLONIZE: A Knowledge & Skill Share Un-Conference
Saturday, October 27 and Sunday, October 28th
George Mason University - 4400 University Dr, Fairfax, VA
Hosted by La Raza for Liberation
This unique two-day event is a radical space for people of color who are ready to listen, learn, teach, engage, and build. Our goal is bring together activists across human, animal, and environmental justice movements to better understand each other, challenge each other, and create new projects together.
Please RSVP by ordering a free ticket at eventbrite.com/e/decolonize-a-knowledge-skill-share-un-conference-tickets-49744112981 Contact info@larazaforliberation.org for more information.
ONE Bit of Good News
Congratulations to ONE DC organizer Nawal Rajeh for being named a Baltimore Community Mediation Center's Peacemaker of the Year! Nawal is founder of the Peace Camp, a summer program in Baltimore utilizing arts, games and literacy to teach conflict resolution skills for youth. It is a project of By Peaceful Means. You can learn more abut the Peace Camp and By Peaceful Means here.
Defend the Black Vote for One Fair wage
Posted by Kelly Iradukunda · September 11, 2018 2:42 PM
One Fair Wage - Initiative 77, which would raise the wage for tipped workers from $3.89/hr to $15/hr PLUS TIPS by 2025, was passed by the majority of DC voters in the June 2018 election. On July 10, the DC Council introduced a bill to repeal One Fair Wage - Initiative 77. Even though 6 out of the 7 wards voted YES for One Fair Wage, the DC Council and Mayor Bowser are siding with big industry capitalists and lobbyists who are actively working right now to overturn the initiative.
To overturn One Fair Wage effectively overturns the peoples' vote. We must show the DC Council that we will not be disrespected! We must tell the DC Council to respect and defend the will of the voters and not repeal Initiative 77.
Come out and join them at the following public events to show our power and testify to the council. Hold them accountable - Let your elected officials know why they must respect the vote and protect 77!
Friday, September 14 - Press Conference
Monday, September 17 - DC Council Hearing. Click here to RSVP
Friday, September 28 - Ward 8 Town Hall Meeting
Tuesday, October 2 and 16 - DC Council will vote on 2 separate days to overturn YOUR vote.
Here are the FACTS:
Initiative 77 will raise the wage for tipped workers incrementally by $1.50/year over 7 years. So the minimum wage will rise from $3.89 to $15/hr PLUS tips by 2025.
DC voters overwhelmingly voted for Initiative 77 by a 56% to 44% margin.
Initiative 77 had greatest support among lower-income wards with a higher African-American population. Low to no support came from the wealthiest ward with a higher White population.
DC Council and Mayor Bowser are trying to overturn the initiative instead of respecting the democratic process and the will of the people.
Wards 7 and 8 had the highest support of Initiative 77, yet even Council members Trayon White and Vincent Gray have decided to ignore their constituents who voted them into office and have signed on to repeal the DC vote.
Sign up for more information and to attend. Sign up to tell your story at public events.
Contact: Latrice
email: StoneBlackDevelopment@gmail.com
ONE DC Monthly Voice August 2018
Posted by claire cook · August 30, 2018 1:43 PM
"Our overall task is to separate the people from the hated state. They must be made to realize that the interests of the state and the ruling class are one and the same. They must be taught to realize that the present political regime exists only to balance the productive forces within the society in favor of the ruling class. It is at the ruling class and the governing elites, including those of labor, that we must aim our bolts." -George Jackson
Black August: A Commemoration of Freedom Fighters
For our monthly People's Platform event, ONE DC commemorated Black August, as reflected in People's Platform principle #7, which calls for decriminalization, demilitarization, and prison abolition. We attended in solidarity a prison letter writing night organized by Stop Police Terror Project-DC and HU Resist, an event centered around writing letters to incarcerated people to show our commitment and support to their struggle.
During the event, we had the privilege to hear from Jihad Abdulmumit on a live phone call. Jihad is chairperson of the National Jericho Movement and was a political prisoner for over 20 years, targeted by the state for his activities with the Black Liberation Movement. Jericho is a "movement with the defined goal of gaining recognition of the fact that political prisoners and prisoners of war exist inside of the United States, despite the United States’ government’s continued denial...and winning amnesty and freedom for these political prisoners."
Attendees writing letters to incarcerated people
Jihad Abdulmumit provided an update on the Jericho Movement and the victories they've seen with their strategy to get members of the movement who are incarcerated because of their political views released from prison. As a response to questions posed by those in attendance, Jihad explained the importance of writing letters to incarcerated people. Knowing they have the support of the community is critical to encouraging and sustaining prisoners mentally as they struggle for freedom from state repression.
You can learn more about the National Jericho Movement here.
The People’s Platform is a movement of low-income and working class DC residents of color and people who share our values and vision. We seek to organize, educate, fight for and win truly affordable housing, sustaining work, and wellness for all in DC. Our monthly People's Platform general body is a space where we work towards our goals by prioritizing political education and leadership development in our work.
Support the Nationwide Prison Strike
The Black August People's Platform occurred in the midst of a nationwide prison strike.
Men and women incarcerated in prisons across the nation declare a nationwide strike in response to the riot in Lee Correctional Institution, a maximum security prison in South Carolina. Seven comrades lost their lives during a senseless uprising that could have been avoided had the prison not been so overcrowded from the greed wrought by mass incarceration, and a lack of respect for human life that is embedded in our nation’s penal ideology. These men and women are demanding humane living conditions, access to rehabilitation, sentencing reform and the end of modern day slavery.
Demands:
Immediate improvements to the conditions of prisons and prison policies that recognize the humanity of imprisoned men and women.
An immediate end to prison slavery. All persons imprisoned in any place of detention under United States jurisdiction must be paid the prevailing wage in their state or territory for their labor.
The Prison Litigation Reform Act must be rescinded, allowing imprisoned humans a proper channel to address grievances and violations of their rights.
The Truth in Sentencing Act and the Sentencing Reform Act must be rescinded so that imprisoned humans have a possibility of rehabilitation and parole. No human
shall be sentenced to Death by Incarceration or serve any sentence without the possibility of parole.
An immediate end to the racial overcharging, over-sentencing, and parole denials of Black and brown humans. Black humans shall no longer be denied parole because the victim of the crime was white, which is a particular problem in southern states.
An immediate end to racist gang enhancement laws targeting Black and brown humans.
No imprisoned human shall be denied access to rehabilitation programs at their place of detention because of their label as a violent offender.
State prisons must be funded specifically to offer more rehabilitation services.
Pell grants must be reinstated in all US states and territories.
The voting rights of all confined citizens serving prison sentences, pretrial detainees, and so-called “ex-felons” must be counted. Representation is demanded. All voices count.
Learn more about you can support the Nationwide Prison Strike by clicking here.
ONE DC is Hiring!
ONE DC is expanding our team to continue the fight for racial and economic equity in the District. The positions are:
BWC Co-op Organizer (Part-time)
Right to Housing Organizer (Part-time)
Right to Income Organizer (Full-time)
Additional information can be found at the links above. To apply, please submit resume and cover letter (including salary expectations) electronically to onedcjob@gmail.com. Additional questions can be directed to our Hiring Committee at onedcjob@gmail.com Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis until September 5, 2018. Please also share this with people you know who may be good candidates for the open positions.
ONE DC Shared Leadership Team Holds Annual Retreat
From July 27 to July 29, a group comprised of ONE DC Shared Leadership Team members, staff, and members gathered for our annual Shared Leadership Team retreat. The annual retreat is a time for visioning, reflection and self-critique, strategizing, and team-building.
We're looking forward to sharing with membership in the coming months the reflections and goals set at the retreat, and engaging with membership to build a stronger ONE DC moving into 2019 and beyond.
ONE DC members review reading material at our annual SLT retreat
Summertime Cooperation: Co-op Community Cookout
On August 4, the Black Workers and Wellness Center (BWWC) hosted ONE DC’S first Co-op Community Cookout event of the year. Following up from a successful People’s Platform event in February, Cooperation DC held a summer cookout event in order to engage in popular education about cooperative economics while gathering community and enjoying food with one another. The Black Workers and Wellness Center was a full house that day! We spent our time reviewing the Seven Cooperative Principles and understanding how they work to address shortcomings experienced in the workplace. We explored how Cooperation DC’s work fits into ONE DC’s overall vision for building people-driven power in Ward 8 and throughout the District.
ONE DC members learn about the 7 cooperative principles
As use of the Black Workers and Wellness Center expands through building renovations and new staff organizer positions, we look forward to building on the growing excitement around our co-op work by hosting more events like this in the coming year! Stay tuned for fall updates from our two partner cooperatives: Dulce Hogar Cleaning Cooperative and Co-Familia Child Care Cooperative, and from the Working World Cooperative Organizing Retreat.
7 Cooperative Principles
VOLUNTARY AND OPEN MEMBERSHIP
Co-operatives are voluntary organizations, whose services and membership are open to all due to having minimal barriers of accessibility.
DEMOCRATIC MEMBER CONTROL
Co-operatives are democratic organizations controlled by their members, who actively participate in setting their policies and making decisions. Co-operative members have equal voting rights (one member, one vote), and are typically structured in a way that does not resemble traditional business leadership.
MEMBER ECONOMIC PARTICIPATION
Members contribute equitably to collectively own the money and assets of their co-operative. Members put profit towards any of the following purposes: developing their co-operative; benefiting members based on interaction with the co-operative; and supporting other activities approved by the membership.
AUTONOMY AND INDEPENDENCE
Co-operatives are autonomous, self-maintaining organizations controlled by their members. Agreements that may be made with other organizations and institutions and any funds they get from outside of the co-operative are processed in a way that keeps democratic control and ownership over the co-operative.
EDUCATION, TRAINING AND INFORMATION
Co-operatives provide education and training for their members, elected representatives, and worker-owners so they can contribute effectively to the development of their co-operatives. They inform the general public, especially in the communities they occupy, about the nature and benefits of the cooperative movement and other popular and political education topics.
CO-OPERATION AMONG CO-OPERATIVES
Co-operatives serve their members most effectively and strengthen the Co-operative Movement by working together through local, national, regional and international structures. Co-operatives are conscious about how their decisions may affect other co-ops and are concerned for the well-being of those co-ops.
CONCERN FOR COMMUNITY
Co-operatives work in the best interest of the communities in which they reside. They are open to providing support and resources for community members in need.
Black Workers & Wellness Center Clean-up Days
Making the Just City Project Continues Participatory Action Research in Shaw
By Raheem Anthon
As part of the Making The Just City project, Team Shaw, DC and Team Orange, NJ have both been finishing up the last of their interviews with key players within each community. Shaw, which is studying late-stage gentrification, has been studying the effects that gentrification (ie. displacement) has had on residents and business owners in Shaw. Orange, NJ has been focusing on the effects of early stage gentrification (ie. divestment) on their community. Both sets of interviews will be transcribed and analyzed for the purpose of policy work, and also will be archived into the Anacostia Community Museum.
Making The Just City is funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and is led by the Interdisciplinary Research Leadership team: Mindy Fullilove, Dominic Moulden, and Derek Hyra. Each team is paired with two local community organizers: Serita El Amin and Raheem Anthon from Shaw, DC; and Aubrey Murdock and Molly Rose Kaufman from Orange, NJ.
Making the Just City leaders conduct a focus group in Shaw
Making The Just City has been meeting two times a year to discuss what occurrences have happened in each groups’ location. Discussions ranged from building developments and new policies that have helped to reallocate funding away from public housing into the hands of developers, to reports about what type of feedback we are getting from the interviewees. Orange has made trips to DC to see the ongoing displacement that has taken place in the 7th Street corridor and were actually able to speak to some Washingtonians about the oppressive conditions of gentrification. One individual actually approached the group, explaining how she has faced harassment from DC police and developers. The Shaw team also made a trip out to Orange to see the ongoing development divestment of the communities. In Orange, the Shaw team learned how a community feels and looks while still connected to its roots. Through both tours each group was able to gain a deeper understanding of what gentrification looks and feels like in its different stages.
The Shaw team has also been meeting with Marisela Gomez, who is one of the coaches for the RWJF IRL team. She is part of Social Health Concepts and Practice, a community health organization that offers the opportunity for individuals, communities, organizations, and institutions to identify and understand the bridge between the health of the individual and society. Within her class, the Shaw team has taken a look at intersectionality and how that plays a role in power dynamics. The Shaw team has also learned that from interpersonal to institutional to structural oppression is how capitalism continues to use these avenues to oppress and exploit the working class. At the end of this training, RWJF is hoping that the Shaw team has a better understanding of how to discuss racial equity.
IRL Leaders take a learning journey to Portland, OR
Making The Just City is a study on gentrification and its adverse effects on communities. Gentrification leads to multiple problems, such as displacement and mental and physical illnesses. Both teams have been studying gentrification through the ethnographical method which is conducting interviews, doing on the street observation, and other methods used in what would be considered a routine community immersion study. Our aim is to get as much information from the people truly affected by so-called "urban development" to give a channel to those who have had their voices circumvented by politicians, developers, and others who benefit from having these communities voiceless. We also hope this program will highlight the systemic problems that displacement has on poor communities (majority whom are Black and brown) and place this as a local to national outcry calling for EQUITABLE AND ACCESSIBLE HOUSING FOR ALL!!!
D.C. Residents Shut Down White Supremacist Rally
On the anniversary of last year's violent neo-Nazi rally in Charlottesville VA, ONE DC joined forces with ANSWER Coalition and other local organizations to defend Black and Latinx communities in DC against white supremacist and fascist violence in Lafayette Park.
Approximately 15,000 counter protesters in Washington, DC took to the streets to oppose around 40 white nationalists and the broader white supremacist and fascist ideologies. We sent a clear message to neo-Nazis and the Trump administration that DC is not a playground for such hateful people and movements.
Thousands of counter-protestors gather in Lafayette Park. Photo Credit: ANSWER Coaliton
Although WMATA told the public they would not be giving the Unite The Right rally special accommodation, Jason Kessler and his group were still granted a "special" Metro car with police accompaniment. Just as the state facilitates the violent destruction of public housing and displacement of working class DC residents, so too we see our public resources used to protect the KKK and other hate groups gathering in DC. Regardless of all the accommodations, few showed up for the Unite The Right rally and ultimately the rally was ended early.
ANSWER Coalition Happy Hour Fundraiser
Thursday, August 30 - 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM
Barcode - 1101 17th St NW
Hosted by the ANSWER Coalition
Join the ANSWER Coalition in taking time to relax and enjoy ourselves while also building the movement. We'll be joining together for a happy hour fundraiser, and Barcode will have late-night happy hour specials just for us. Given that this event is taking place during 'Black August' we especially want to honor and remember those who have fought for justice in the past as we contribute toward building a stronger movement today. This event is 21+. Suggested donation of $5 at the door.
Amp Up and Show Up: Demand Mayor Bowser #StopDCGDemo
Friday, August 31 - 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM
John A. Wilson Building - 1350 Pennsylvania Ave NW
Hosted by Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless
Join us to demand Mayor Bowser stop demolition on the DC General campus until all the families have moved out and that she follow the highest standards for health and safety when demolition resumes for the sake of the nearby women at Harriet Tubman shelter and residents of the jail. Despite 1100 individuals, 47 organizations and 8 DC Council members asking Mayor Bowser to delay the demolition until all the families have moved out, Mayor Bowser plans to start up the external demolition of Building 9 again any day now, and has not committed to using any higher standard for the health and safety of DC residents.
Celebrate #BlackLaborDay with the National Black Worker Center Project
Monday, September 3 - All Day
Hosted by the National Black Workers Center Project
This September 3, 2018 the National Black Worker Center Project invites you to join us as we celebrate Black Work. Labor Day, an annual celebration of workers' achievements, originated in the 1800’s during one of our country’s most challenging times for workers: 12-hour work days, poor working conditions, pay so low families couldn’t make ends meet – Wait, that sounds a lot like 2018! Join us in thanking Black Workers who against the odds, keep showing up and never give up! You can join in the celebration by:
-Promoting Black Labor Day through your social media accounts
-Add “Celebrate Black Labor Day #thankaBlackworker” to your email signature line
-Send a “Thank You” to the Black workers you know and those you don’t
-Join the #thankaBlackworker twitter storm on September 3, 2018
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Saturday, September 8 - 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM
The Real News Network - 231 Holliday St, Baltimore, Maryland 21202
Hosted by the Party for Socialism & Liberation
For more than two decades, Venezuela has been undergoing a period of profound change and transformation known as the Bolivarian Revolution. Under the leadership of Hugo Chavez and now President Nicolas Maduro, the people of Venezuela have fought to preserve their country's independence and build a socialist society where poor and working people have the power. But the revolution is under intense attack from both the U.S. government and the country's own wealthy elites. The corporate media presents the hardships and conflict in Venezuela as a failure of socialism, but this couldn't be further from reality. We'll discuss the truth about the situation in Venezuela. Special guest speaker Eugene Puryear was the 2016 Vice-Presidential candidate of the Party for Socialism and Liberation. He is the host of the radio show By Any Means Necessary and an organizer with Stop Police Terror Project - D.C.
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Wednesday, September 12 - 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM
Join the DC JWJ community for a lunchtime discussion of issues that matter to the DC Jobs With Justice community with at our monthly Lunch With Justice series.
Empower DC's 15th Anniversary!
Thursday, September 13th - 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM
African American Civil War Museum - 1925 Vermont Ave NW
Hosted by Empower DC
Put on your dancing shoes and join us for a night of great food, cocktails, and music! On September 13th, Empower DC’s members, supporters, funders, Board & staff will gather to celebrate their accomplishments and commemorate our organization’s 15th Anniversary.
DC Council: Respect The Vote! Protect 77!
Monday, September 17 - 10:00 AM
Hosted by One Fair Wage DC
Join us in welcoming back DC Council from recess and letting them know DC voters cannot be silenced. DC has spoken. It's time for tipped workers to get a raise! #Protect77 #NoRepeal #DCVotesMatter #OneFairWage #RespectTheVote! If you would like to sign up to testify, please email: candace@rocunited.org
Art Brings Us Home: Street Sense Media Celebrates 15 Years of Impact
Tuesday, September 25 - 6:00 PM
Big Chef - 2002 Fenwick St NE
Hosted by Street Sense Media
Join us to celebrate 15 years of Street Sense Media! Our talented artists will present a multimedia gallery that shares their stories through photography, illustration, interactive art, poetry and writing, theater, film, and audio production. Attending guests will have the opportunity to meet the artists and purchase displayed pieces which will be on sale for donation to support the artists and grow our media center where the work is created. All support for this event will advance engagement and education between our vendor-artists and the public.
NAARC: Cure the Streets!
By Stuart Anderson
Earlier this month, the ONE DC Black Workers & Wellness Center hosted a meeting of the National Association for the Advancement of Returning Citizens (NAARC). This initiative has its genesis in the Attorney General's office with the reallocation of $350,000. Through the grant process NAARC received a substantial portion of the funds to start a DC version of the Cure Violence programs running in other cities across the country.
The National Association for the Advancement of Returning Citizens (NAARC) recognizes that the U.S. has the highest incarceration rate in the world. NAARC also recognizes that this incarceration rate has had a profound effect on the make-up, health and stability of the American family structure. Our mission is to improve the quality of life of Returning Citizens, their families, and communities by addressing the broad range of social and economic needs through strategic management of public and private partnerships, political advocacy, community relations/organizing and economic empowerment.
NAARC’s vision, through our nonprofit association and coalition building, is to affect the reintegration process in a unique way that empowers returning citizens. The overarching goal is to ensure that returning citizens have a real chance at becoming self-sufficient via collaborative community-based programs/services, political advocacy, community relations/organizing, and economic empowerment.
In Washington, D.C., NAARC: Cure the Streets is based in the Trinidad and Arboretum area in Ward 5 and Congress Heights and Washington Highlands neighborhoods in Ward 8. Our Mission is to be champions of non-violence for communities plagued by violence:
Immediate Goals:
-To build relationships, inform the community about CURE The Streets
-Creating greater access and linkage to existing opportunities, services and programs.
-Developing RAW talent for those who live in communities plagued by violence.
Our Methods:
-Interrupt Violence
-Change Community Norms
-Teach and Treat High Risk People
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ONE DC in the News - Washington residents join forces to sidestep rising rents
By Carey L. Biron
originally published in Place, August 21, 2018
With its prime location and rapid development over the past decade, the Columbia Heights neighbourhood commands among the highest rents in the U.S. capital — already one of the most expensive cities for housing in the country.
But resident Linda Leaks pays only about $1,000 a month, half the area's average in Washington, D.C.
She lives in a housing cooperative in which members collectively own the building, pay a low "share price" - of $2,000 to $3,000 - to move into their unit and then pay a small amount each month to cover utilities and management of the building.
Leaks created the Ella Jo Baker cooperative over a decade ago for community activists "who did not have a lot of money".
"When people move in, they are here for a long time," she told the Thomson Reuters Foundation from her flat on a quiet, rowhouse-lined street.
This model - also known as a limited-equity cooperative (LEC) - is an attractive proposition for many in fast-developing Washington, which is experiencing one of the worst shortages in affordable housing in the country, according to the U.S.-based National Low Income Housing Coalition.
The Martin Luther King Jr. Latino Cooperative sits just north of downtown Washington, D.C., August 1, 2018. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Carey L. Biron
The approach is similar to the "mutual aid" housing model in Latin America, housing cooperatives in Europe, and the coops that are redeveloping informal neighbourhoods in Africa and Southeast Asia, said Bea Varnai of urbaMonde, a Geneva-based housing charity.
In the United States, such cooperatives are not unique to Washington: New York City leads the country in total number, and the Urban Homesteading Assistance Board, a nonprofit group, has documented about 166,000 such units across the nation.
Amid this mix, however, Washington hosts the second-highest concentration of limited-equity cooperatives in the country - an achievement made possible by the Tenants Opportunity to Purchase Act (TOPA), a local law enacted in the 1980s, said Dominic Moulden from community development group ONE DC.
The law requires landlords seeking to sell a residential building to first offer the sale to the property's tenants.
"In D.C., coops are a way to keep very low-income people in the city and create very long-term, low-cost housing," Moulden said.
Most of the cooperatives he has helped create were "developed in crisis" to stop residents being driven away from the area by gentrification or eviction.
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Micheal Collins Ajereh aka Don Jazzy
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Don jazzy is one of Nigeria’s foremost Music producers, he is also a songster, songwriter, performer, Entertainment Entrepreneur.
Don Jazzy is a co-founder of the popular record label in Nigeria- “Mo’hits”, a company he co-founded with D’banj before the duo officially parted ways to start their different independent businesses.
Don jazzy went ahead to found a new record label called Mavin records. Today the record label provides artistic management to top Nigerian musicians like Tiwa Savage, D’primce, Dr. Sid, Reekado Banks, Korede Bello, Di’ja, Johnny Drille, and LadiPoe.
Name Micheal Collins Ajereh
Stage Name Don Jazzy
Net Worth $35 Million (2020)
Income Source Music Production, Singing, Performing
Record Label Mavins Record
Awards Music Producer of the year, others see below
Don Jazzy Real name is Micheal Collins Ajereh, the first is his stage name that music fans know him for. As reported in Forbes latest ranking Don Jazzy is a notable one of the wealthiest and highly sought after musicians in Nigeria in 2019.
Goin by the Mavins record boss’ Wikipedia account, the producer was born on November 26, 1982, meaning that the Producer will be 37 Years Old in November 2019 and 38 Year old in 2020.
The name of Don Jazzy Father is Collins Enebeli
The aging musician is not married! In a recent report published on the Punch Website online, he disclosed he has a girlfriend but he is not in a hurry to get married.
At the time of writing this account, we don’t have this information, but we will surely update this page when anything related comes up.
The Prolific Music producer haled from Umuahia; the capital city of Abia State, in Southeastern part of the country. Not long Don Jazzy and family moved to Lagos in Ajegunle where he was schooled and bred. He further his academics by proceeding to Federal government College, Lagos and Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma where he studied Business management.
Don jazzy like other musicians we have explored on this website also exhibited great singing and musical skills while he was young, at the young age of 4 he started playing drums and by 12 years old he nurtured an undying passion to be a guitarist.
Micheal has done several odd jobs before he rose to fame and have a successful career which you all can see today. He too was like a Gold tried in the fire, he did menial jobs like security, guard and finally decided on building his own musical empire, he started from learning the basics.
He learned well the business aspects in University, he learned the performance strategy and all that paid off for him big time.
What helped him much more is the fact that he met and got connected with people that matter to his aspirations, Don jazzy walk around like-minded people who really influenced him to become what he is today consciously or unconsciously. To name a few are JJC & 419 squads, Kas, D’Banj and Solek.
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If you are a Nigerian and music fanatics you will know that D’banj Kokomaster and Donjazzy used to be partners in the music business, the duo co-founded one of the greatest music record labels in Nigeria named Mo’hits record before they went separate not long after.
He moved to London in 2000 on invitation from one of his uncle where he worked as a security operative at McDonald’s. Before then, he had a growing interest in music and as luck fate willed it, he met Dbanj; another famous Nigerian musician in London.
The duo decided to partner in starting Mo’hits. Don jazzy worked as the producer and while D’banj was the artist, they both eventually made it big in the Nigerian music industry.
In about 24 months, the duo had released to the public 2 albums titled “No Long Thing” and “Rundown/funk You Up”, while they work on the next piece.
This period marked the beginning of the big break in Mavins boss music career. He was fast rising to become a sought-after face in the industry under the trademark- “It’s Don Jazzy Again!”.
This music producer masterminded the debut of one of the all-time best album to be ever produced in Nigeria. You might be wondering which album is that?
It is the Wande Coal’s Mushin to Mo’Hits album which has cut across borders and boundaries and garnered more attention not only for the record label and team but also for the Nigeria music industry in the diaspora.
Don Jazzy, no doubt is a super skillful person who rationally blends music with music merchandising. Don Jazzy has worked closely with renown recording label harmony Without any form of skepticism, Don Jazzy is one of the iconic musicians the Nation can have.
Given his achievements, music career endorsement it will not be improper to say that the mavins record boss in one of the top 10 richest music entrepreneurs in Nigeria.
Much more the musician is known to live a much more Spendthrift life, has a lot of homes and luxurious rides such as Porsche 911, Bentley Continental, Flying Spur, Cadillac Escalade, Range Rover sports amongst others.
Don Jazzy net worth is $40million in 2019
The well-respected musician has bagged different awards and recognition. Don Jazzy songs have cut across borders and continue to reach a growing audience in Nigeria and in the diaspora.
1. Bagged the Nigerian entertainment award for Music producer of the year.
2. Awarded The Headies award for producer of the year for Over the Moon, Mr Endowed and Pop something.
3. In 2014, Awarded The Headies 2014 for Producer of the year for Dorobucci.
4. In 2015, he bagged the City People entertainment award 2015 a Special recognition award.
2005 D’Banj – No Long thing
2006 D’Banj – RunDown/ Funk You Up
2008 D’Banj – The Entertainer
2007 Mo’Hits All stars – Curriculum Vitae
2008 Wande Coal – Mushin 2 Mo’Hits
2012 Mavins – Solar Plexus ‘Mavin records
Don Jazzy has appended his signatures for big corporations Samsung, GLo, Loya Milk and MTN and others
When it comes to ambassadorial representation in the Nigeria show biz and entertainment industry give it to Don Jazzy.
If you re looking for the [hone number of Don Jazzy, you are right on track, but you need to mind the fact that most celebs don’t like to put their personal contact details on public domain, however, it doesn’t mean they don’t or can be reached but they want to only have their privacy and have conversations that are important, so if you have something pretty important or have a personal request to make to Don Jazzy, we have done you a great favor by getting you Don Jazzy’s number,m so feel free to use the number and make your requests. You can as well reach out to me using the social media contact below.
You can call Don Jazzy on +234 816 059 2518
Email: info@mavinrecords.com
Instagram: @donjazzy
Twitter: @DONJAZZY
Facebook: Mavinboss
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YouTuber NikkieTutorials comes out as transgender after being blackmailed
THE HAGUE, Netherlands – Dutch YouTube celebrity Nikkie de Jager has come out as transgender, saying she decided to discuss her gender identity publicly after being blackmailed.
De Jager posted a video on her makeup advice channel NikkieTutorials late Monday in which she described coming out as liberating.
By Tuesday afternoon, the video had been viewed more than 16.5 million times.
De Jager said she'd always planned to share the information with her followers, but never found the right time and in the end, blackmailers forced her hand.
“It was frightening to know that there are people out there that are so evil that they can’t respect someone’s true identity," she said.
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“1917” is a relentless video game-like imagining of one day during World War I. Though it shows the horrors of war, Sam Mendes’ indulgent spectacle fails to take into account the audiences’ will or ability to sustain almost two hours of horror for a five-minute denouement. As a whole, the film fails cinematically even if some scenes are effective. It is not based on one true story, but an amalgamation of memories. Set in the trenches in France, mild-mannered British… Read more
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December 7, 2019 By Sister Rose
Mark Ruffalo as attorney Rob Billot in “Dark Waters” Courtesy of (c) Focus Features The first thing you think of when you begin watching director Todd Haynes’ legal crime drama “Dark Waters” is “Erin Brockovich” – the person and the 2000 movie that won Julia Roberts an Oscar for best Actress. The next thing you think of is Steven Zaillian’s “A Civil Action,” the 1998 film where John Travolta plays attorney Jan Schlichtmann. What do the three films have in common? The… Read more
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May 8, 2019 By Sister Rose
CNN’s new original series, The Redemption Project with Van Jones, premiered at Easter and concludes in June. Be sure not to miss any of the remaining episodes airing on Sunday evenings at 9 PM Et/PT. You can catch past episodes on CNN mobile apps. This series, week after week, is an adventure is restorative justice through asking, giving and receiving forgiveness, opportunities for perpetrators of crimes to take responsibility for their actions. Restorative justice is the opposite of punitive justice… Read more
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I would like to introduce you to a film by the writer-director Richard Linklater of France: Oliver Assayas. This is so at least in his new film “Non-Fiction.” Why, you ask? Because he, the screenwriter, just cannot stop talking. After the first ten minutes of the film I thought I was listening to Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy talking and talking as they do in Linklater’s “Before” trilogy, hoping they would actually do something other than pose and re-pose at… Read more
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Photo courtesy of (c) Amazon StudiosRafi (Nawazuddin Siddiqui) lives in Mumbai with several other young men working to support themselves and send money back home. Rafi is particularly focused on earning enough to pay off debts and buy back the family home in his village. One day he takes a photo of Miloni (Sanya Malhotra), a young woman who is visiting the tourist attraction where he has stationed himself to take pictures and develop them on the spot for money…. Read more
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Knock Down The House: a doc about four women of the 2018 election
This documentary premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January of this year and is now available on Netflix. It documents the primary campaigns of four female Democratic candidates who decide to run for the seats in Congress: Amy Vilela of Nevada, Cori Bush of Missouri, Paula Jean Swearengin of West Virginia, and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York. Each of these candidates was chosen through the efforts of two organizations made up of people who supported Bernie Sanders in the… Read more
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Ugly Dolls: self-confidence, positive body image and kindness
A factory produces different kinds of felt dolls, and all of them must pass through quality control inspection. When a doll is deemed imperfect, it is sent to a hidden and remote inlet along the shoreline called Uglyville. There, Ox (voice of Blake Shelton) is the paternal figure watching over the community of misfit dolls, who enjoy life. They do not see their imperfections or compare themselves to anyone else. Moxy (voice of Kelly Clarkson) is a happy doll… Read more
Red Joan: the indefatigable Judy Dench is the spy who never got cold
April 19, 2019 By Sister Rose
In other words, Soviet spy Joan Stanley (Dench and Sophie Cookson as the young Joan), doesn’t get caught until she’s too old to go to prison. She lives out her years in comfort as an OAP (old age pensioner in the UK or senior citizen as we say in the US). But when the British government finally catches up with her and arrests her on 29 breaches of the Official Secrets Act, Joan turns to her astonished lawyer son, Nick,… Read more
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‘The Curse of La Llorona’ gives horror films a bad name
This latest attempt at a spook-fest from the team behind Warner Bros.’ Conjuring-Annabellefranchise is meaningless drivel. All the elements of a horror film are there: the paranormal inserting itself into nature and creating chaos, social and community isolation, unexplained apparitions, loss of control, psychological and physical vulnerability, evil vs good. But the story lacks credibility even though based on an old Mexican legend meant to scare kids into good behavior. There is some relief but no real redemption, just a… Read more
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FILM REVIEW In April 2018 I had the honor of visiting the production set for the new film “Breakthrough” that will open nationwide tomorrow, April 17. There I met the real Joyce Smith, played by Chrissy Metz and her son John played by Marcel Ruiz. You can read more about the film and the story behind it in a feature article I wrote for the April 2019 issue of St. Anthony Messenger (see below.) The film is based on the… Read more
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The new 911 GT2 RS is simply the most powerful 911 ever built by Porsche – with the performance leve...
Its design combines the aerodynamic requirements of optimum downforce and maximum air supply. Its consistent lightweight construction makes it a pure athlete. Its racing chassis with excellent cornering stability gives the new 911 GT2 RS those crucial additional seconds. And its 3.8-litre, six-cylinder, twin-turbo engine producing 515 kW (700 hp) lends it sufficient authority to lead the field.
The design of the new 911 GT2 RS must therefore reconcile diametrically opposed requirements: top sp...
The design of the new 911 GT2 RS must therefore reconcile diametrically opposed requirements: top speed (maximum drag coefficient) on the one hand and raceoptimised aerodynamics (maximum downforce) on the other. No easy task? Our engineers love reaching new heights, especially when things get tricky.
From words to actions: the powerful air intakes of the aerodynamically shaped front apron ensure optimum cooling. The additional air outlet at the front of the front lid assists the airflow of the central radiator, while providing aerodynamic downforce on the front axle by deflecting the airflow. But it’s the wide, rear spoiler lip that makes the biggest contribution to downforce. All air vents are protected by titanium-coloured air intake grilles.
Motorsport technology is also present in the front wheel arch ventilation on the wings, where carbon slats provide efficient ventilation. This reduces the excess pressure produced by the rotating wheels and thus the downforce. This so-called louvre – coincidentally? – resembles the gills of a shark.
A highly functional detail: two vents on the front lid. These so-called NACA air intakes are already used for the interior ventilation of the 911 GT3 Cup cars. On the 911 GT2 RS, it’s the first time they have been used to ventilate the braking system of a series-production Porsche, without reducing the drag coefficient. Their shape was developed by the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA), the predecessor of the NASA space agency.
Distinguishing features for ultimate performance: the extremely large side air intakes for the intercooling of the new 911 GT2 RS. The sideskirts are also wider than those of the previous model, resulting in a larger underbody area and therefore increased downforce.
The new 911 GT2 RS is based on the extra wide body of the 911 Turbo. Its full contours are instantly noticeable at the rear, where the low-profile, tinted LED rear lights underline its appeal.
The fixed rear wing in carbon-weave finish makes its own contribution to the overall impression of sporty performance. The wing uprights are produced from forged aluminium; the new side plates painted in the exterior colour. A horizontal exclamation mark, if you will.
The two ram-air scoops on the boot lid – the ram-air collectors – are also made of carbon and supply the engine with combustion air. The rear panels with large exhaust apertures are specific to the 911 GT2 RS. At the rear of the underbody, four fins increase the aerodynamic effect of the diffuser.
Perhaps the most striking detail of the new rear panels are the tailpipe trims of the free-flow exhaust system, which produces the characteristically throaty sound of the 911 GT2 RS. Technically functional and visually impressive: the catalytic converters, which light up red at high engine speeds and loads, and are visible through the open flaps – to anyone who manages to keep up with them at least.
In summary: ideal aerodynamics for the racetrack and a good drag coefficient for long straights. Harmonised in a plain-speaking design. How does the saying go? You will be judged by your actions, not by your words.
For the performance of a highly powerful sports car such as the 911 GT2 RS, weight is just as essent...
For the performance of a highly powerful sports car such as the 911 GT2 RS, weight is just as essential as the drivetrain. We have therefore weighed every component and permanently sought the lightest functional materials.
The evidence: consistent lightweight construction down to the last detail. For a power-to-weight ratio of just 2.85 kg/kW (2.1 kg/hp) – allowing outstanding performance. Argumentation: see below.
The front lid, front wing, wheel arch vents, upper part of the SportDesign exterior mirrors, air intakes in the rear side panels and parts of the rear are produced from carbon-fibre reinforced plastic (CFRP), as are many of the interior components.
The front lid is also made from carbon and contoured in the middle, as is the magnesium roof. This crease is not only a visual distinguishing feature of these lightweight components, but also increases their rigidity. Intelligent, lightweight construction using an aluminium–steel composite reduces the vehicle weight.
Another weight reduction that increases performance: lightweight polyurethane with hollow, glass microspheres and carbon-fibre elements. This light yet extremely strong high-tech material has been used in the front and rear panels.
Porsche has used lightweight glass for the first time – for the rear and rear side windows. This material is just as light as polycarbonate and extremely scratch and fracture resistant.
Inside, the new 911 GT2 RS also features lightweight door trims and door pulls.
For additional weight reduction, you could also part with the sound system or automatic climate control.
The new 911 GT2 RS is a high-performance beast, which takes its driver’s breath away. And yet our de...
The new 911 GT2 RS is a high-performance beast, which takes its driver’s breath away. And yet our developers have further increased the intensity, sheer presence and uniqueness of this exceptional athlete with the optional Weissach package.
The name alone creates a bond. Because ever since the Weissach package was first offered in a similar form for the Porsche 918 Spyder, it has stood for extremely lightweight construction. And for maximum proximity to motorsport.
Visual appearance and lightweight construction form a real synthesis, with the particular focus on saving weight. The Weissach package will reduce the weight of your vehicle by almost 30 kg compared with a 911 GT2 RS fitted with the Club Sport Package. For the first time in a series-produced car, the stabilisers on the front and rear axles are made of carbon, as are their coupling rods – for outstanding performance.
A visual distinguishing feature of the Weissach package is the central decorative strip in vehicle colour on the carbon-weave finished front lid and roof. It certainly lends the 911 GT2 RS its distinctive appearance. A highly visible, unyielding feature is the ‘PORSCHE’ logo on the rear wing.
From lightweight plastic to lightweight metal. The magnesium wheels painted in white gold make the new 911 GT2 RS fitted with the Weissach package approximately 11.5 kg lighter – and also enhance its visual appearance. A double victory, so to speak.
The interior is also lightweight: the attached roll cage is made from titanium and is approximately 12 kg lighter than the steel roll cage supplied with the optional Club Sport Package. The ultra-light shift paddles and steering wheel trim are made with a carbon-weave finish.
Isn’t it impossible to use lightweight materials in every detail? No. In their search for further weight savings, our vehicle developers have even made the floor carpet trim lighter. Because every ounce counts.
Anyone can be unyielding. But whether they also make an impact depends on one crucial feature: chari...
Anyone can be unyielding. But whether they also make an impact depends on one crucial feature: charisma. The ability to lead and be ahead. The performance data of the new 911 GT2 RS show that many will follow in its wake – presumably because they cannot overtake it.
The source of its natural authority: the six-cylinder, twin-turbo boxer engine at the rear, four-valve technology, variable turbine geometry (VTG) with large turbochargers and newly designed charged air system, direct fuel injection (DFI) and VarioCam Plus. And transmission directly above the rear axle.
With a displacement of 3,800 cm³, the engine produces an impressive 515 kW (700 hp) at an rpm of 7,000. Maximum rpm is 7,200, and the maximum torque of 750 Nm is available from just 2,500 rpm. Sustainably unyielding – with sustainable performance.
A quick look at the speedometer. It goes up to 400 km/h. A figure that will bring tears of joy to the eyes of every sports car fan. And also sets the tone for the maximum speed: 340 km/h Vmax. How does the new 911 GT2 RS achieve this? Quickly, of course. It ticks the acceleration from 0 to 100 km/h box after just 2.8 seconds. It reaches the 200-km/h mark after only 8.3 seconds. And after 22.1 seconds, the 300-km/h mark is water under the bridge.
Variable turbine geometry (VTG)
The variable turbine geometry of the twin water-cooled turbochargers arranged in parallel directs the incoming exhaust gas towards the turbine wheel via electronically controlled, moveable vanes in such a way that the ratios of both a ‘small’ and ‘large’ turbocharger can be achieved. VTG therefore largely eliminates the target conflict of a normal turbocharger – and enables optimum aspect ratios to be achieved in every operational state.
At low revs, this results in a high turbine speed and thus a high charge pressure – for increased engine filling efficiency, greater torque and considerably improved performance. The torque curve reaches a higher level much earlier – and then maintains it. At high revs on the other hand, the full potential of a large charger can be utilised by adjusting the vanes – a lower exhaust back pressure for maximum performance. Thanks to the variable turbine geometry, the dynamic build-up of charge pressure produces an improved response.
VarioCam Plus
VarioCam Plus is a 2-in-1 engine concept for adjusting the intake camshafts and switching the lift of the intake valves.
The system differentiates between normal everyday and maximum performance requirements and adapts to the respective conditions. The switching is undertaken imperceptibly by the electronic engine management system. The result: spontaneous acceleration, extremely smooth running and exceptional pulling power.
Expansion intake manifold
Compared to conventional intake manifolds, the expansion intake manifold of the new 911 GT2 RS has a modified geometry: the distributor pipe is longer, with a smaller diameter and the intake pipes are shorter, meaning that the air vibrates differently. Consequently, the mixture in the combustion chamber is cooler – and ignites in a performance-optimised way. Intercoolers additionally enhance this effect.
Instead of more air as in a traditional resonance intake manifold, cooler air therefore ensures improved performance. The result: improved engine efficiency for increased engine performance. And better fuel consumption even under heavy loads at at high revs.
To complement the expansion intake manifold, two large intercoolers at the rear of the vehicle supply the engine with cooled charging air. Under extreme conditions, the newly developed spray system sprays atomised water on the intercooler networks, allowing a thermostable charging air feed.
Maximum output is therefore maintained for longer, even at high exterior temperatures. The tank holds 5 litres of water and is easily accessible in the luggage compartment. A display on the on-board computer shows you when it needs refilling.
A 7-speed power demonstration: PDK, trimmed for maximum performance for the new 911 GT2 RS. With pur...
A 7-speed power demonstration: PDK, trimmed for maximum performance for the new 911 GT2 RS. With purposely short ratios and short, succinct gearshifts via the shift paddles. Seventh gear is also ratioed for sport and designed for maximum speed. The manual mode on the gear selector works as it does in our race cars: backwards to shift up, forwards to shift down.
As regards the PDK technology: it consists of two half gearboxes mounted in a common housing. Two half gearboxes require two clutches. This double-clutch arrangement alternately connects these two half gearboxes to the engine via two separate drive shafts, depending on the current gear. When changing gear, one clutch engages and the other simultaneously disengages, allowing gear changes to take place in milliseconds, with no interruption in the flow of power.
Which has positive consequences – of course: for acceleration, overall performance and fuel consumption. The driving feel is more dynamic, the agility improved.
And the gear change itself? You can both hear and feel it. The electronic, GT-specific transmission control ensures faster, more spontaneous traction upshifts – and extremely dynamic downshift thrusts in combination with sporty, interim applications of the throttle. In PDK SPORT mode, downshifts are more aggressive when braking; when accelerating, the switching points relocate at higher revs. So you can really feel the upshifts – both physically and emotionally, of course.
Anyone who shies away from confrontation should stay at home. Anyone who doesn’t tolerate a tough ap...
Anyone who shies away from confrontation should stay at home. Anyone who doesn’t tolerate a tough approach should drive a different car. However, anyone who not only likes to get up close and personal with the tarmac, but also with their endorphins, is in exactly the right place. Because the tuning and control systems of the 911 GT2 RS will bring you closer than you could ever imagine to Fascination Sports Car.
The chassis is designed to meet the high requirements at the limits of dynamic driving performance. In combination with specially tuned chassis elements, the new 911 GT2 RS offers exceptional agility, maximum safety at high speeds and extremely stable roadholding.
The front axle uses a McPherson strut suspension with helper springs and wheels independently suspended on the trailing arms and wishbones. At the rear is a multi-link axle with helper springs and subframe, based on the LSA concept (lightweight, stable, agile).
The height, camber and track can be individually adjusted for use on the racetrack, as can the stabilisers. For the first time in a Porsche road-going vehicle, all the chassis joints have been replaced by ball joints in the new 911 GT2 RS, ensuring an extremely rigid connection between the chassis and the body. For accurate, sharp and direct roadholding. And for total emotional contact.
An optional lift system on the front axle lifts the front of the vehicle by 30 mm – up to a speed of approximately 50 km/h – thereby reducing the risk of hitting kerbs, ramps or garage entrances.
Fitted as standard, the rear-axle steering with sports tuning combines performance and everyday driv...
Fitted as standard, the rear-axle steering with sports tuning combines performance and everyday driveability. An electromechanical adjustment system at each rear wheel enables the steering angle to be adapted based on the current driving situation, steering input and vehicle speed.
The benefit at low speed: the system steers the rear wheels in the opposite direction to that of the front wheels. This has the virtual effect of shortening the wheelbase. You can drive around tight bends more dynamically. The turning circle is also reduced to make it easier to park.
The benefit at high speed: the system steers the rear wheels in the same direction as that of the front wheels. The virtual effect of lengthening the wheelbase increases driving stability and thus agility, especially during rapid lane changes or overtaking manoeuvres on the racetrack.
This electronically controlled system minimises the perceptible oscillations and vibrations of the entire drivetrain, particularly of the engine, and combines the benefits of a hard or soft transmission mounting arrangement.
A hard transmission mounting arrangement is best for driving dynamics, as it results in highly accurate roadholding. A soft transmission mounting arrangement, on the other hand, minimises oscillations and vibrations, thereby improving comfort on uneven road surfaces, but at the expense of driving dynamics.
Our engineers have therefore adapted the rigidity and damping of the engine mounts to driving style and road conditions. This is achieved using a fluid with magnetic properties and an electromagnetic field.
During load changes and in rapid bends, roadholding is noticeably more stable, thanks to a harder transmission mounting arrangement. The dynamic engine mounts also reduce the vertical oscillations of the engine when accelerating or at full load.
The result: a higher, more consistent driving force on the rear axle, increased traction and improved acceleration. And with a moderate driving style, comfort is improved, thanks to the softer adjustment of the dynamic engine mounts.
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You can switch between two sporty programmes at the touch of a button. Normal mode is designed for sporty driving on public roads and wet race circuits. Sport mode is specially designed for maximum lateral acceleration and optimum traction on the racetrack.
PSM maintains stability even at the limits of dynamic driving performance. In addition to the anti-l...
Sensors continuously monitor the direction, speed, yaw velocity and lateral acceleration of the car. Using this information, PSM is able to calculate the actual direction of travel at any given moment and initiates strategic braking of individual wheels to prevent you from deviating from your intended line.
What’s so special about PSM on the new 911 GT2 RS: the regular systems interventions are highly sensitive and accurate – and can be switched off completely in two stages. For targeted, sporty handling.
PTV Plus is specially designed for the new 911 GT2 RS and operates in conjunction with an electronic...
To actively control the differential lock, a number of driving parameters are considered. The result: increased traction, especially at the limits of dynamic driving performance, better transverse dynamics and significantly improved driving stability during load changes, in bends and when switching lanes. The system also selectively applies brake pressure to the right and or left rear wheel. So brake pressure is applied to the inside rear wheel as soon as the steering kicks in. A greater amount of drive force is distributed to the outside rear wheel, thereby pulling the car into the bend, as it were. Steering is therefore improved and agility increased.
20-inch wheels on the front axle, 21-inch on the rear axle. In words: big, wide wheels, large tyre c...
20-inch wheels on the front axle, 21-inch on the rear axle. In words: big, wide wheels, large tyre contact area, great driving dynamics. In numbers: front 265/35 ZR 20 tyres on 9.5 J x 20 wheels, rear 325/30 ZR 21 tyres on 12.5 J x 21 wheels.
The new, light-alloy wheels of the 911 GT2 RS are painted in White Gold Metallic (high-gloss) and characterised by visible, recessed ‘GT2 RS’ logos on the rim. At this performance level, the central locking system goes without saying. The central wheel bolts are black and feature the distinctive ‘RS’ logo.
The standard Tyre Pressure Monitoring (TPM) not only warns in the event of a gradual or even sudden loss of pressure, but also has a sport mode that takes account of the lower pressure of cold tyres at the beginning of a race.
Motorsport technology as standard: Porsche Ceramic Composite Brake (PCCB). It has withstood the most...
The size of the ceramic brake discs takes account of the performance potential of the new 911 GT2 RS. The cross-drilled ceramic brake discs have a correspondingly large diameter of 410 mm at the front axle and 390 mm at the rear – for even more formidable braking performance.
The use of yellow, six-piston aluminium monobloc fixed calipers on the front axle and four-piston aluminium monobloc fixed calipers on the rear axle ensures braking forces that are extremely powerful and above all exceptionally consistent.
PCCB enables shorter braking distances, particularly in tough road and race conditions. Safety when braking at high speed is also improved, thanks to its excellent fading stability.
The crucial advantage of PCCB is the extremely low weight of the ceramic brake discs, which are approximately 50% lighter than standard discs of a similar design and size. A factor that not only has a positive impact on driving performance and fuel consumption, but above all reduces the unsprung rotating masses.
This results in better roadholding and increased comfort, particularly on uneven roads, as well as greater agility and a further improvement in handling.
Those who are unyielding, should not be sensitive. Because those who dish it out must also be able t...
Those who are unyielding, should not be sensitive. Because those who dish it out must also be able to take it. In the S-bend and under full load – in the cockpit, everything depends on the driver’s ability.
The standard Club Sport Package of the new 911 GT2 RS can withstand a great deal of punishment – for added protection on the racetrack. And the ideal basis for extreme, sporty conditions.
The Club Sport Package consists of a roll cage screwed to the bodywork behind the front seats, six-point driver’s seatbelt in red, fire extinguisher and bracket, as well as preparation for the battery master switch. This can be purchased separately from the Porsche Motorsport Department, as can the front cage bracket for motorsport events.
Those who make clear statements also expect clarity. They always want to – and must – be in charge. ...
Those who make clear statements also expect clarity. They always want to – and must – be in charge. This is especially true of the driver, which means having information available within seconds, precise ergonomics and high-quality purity when it comes to materials. Everything then, except questions.
The unique language of Porsche: the five round instruments integrated into the cockpit with the rev counter in the middle. The dial is titanium coloured, the needles and increment markings are yellow. A sporty pointer, as it were.
In manual PDK mode, the digital gear and upshift indicators support an efficient, sporty driving style. And a multifunction display shows your progress, indicating boost pressure and engine power applied, as well as longitudinal and transverse acceleration (g-force).
The instrument cluster with a 4.6-inch colour display constantly supplies you with data from the on-board computer. You can also access the Tyre Pressure Monitoring (TPM) data, as well as the stopwatch of the optional Chrono Package. It also provides information about communication and audio settings and displays the navigation system map.
The materials represent a clear sporty design and maximum quality. They are dominated by red Alcantara®, black leather and the carbon-weave finish of many of the interior components.
Alcantara® is easy to grip and maintain and also washable. For this reason, it’s mainly used in places where there is direct contact: on the steering wheel rim and gear selector as well as on the door handles, door armrests and lid of the centre console storage compartment. The roof lining and A, B and C-pillar trims are also finished in Alcantara®.
Carbon-weave finish is used on the dashboard trim strip, centre console trim and door sill guards featuring the ‘GT2 RS’ logo, for example.
A black leather interior with black Alcantara® is available as an option.
Motorsport-inspired gear changes – the GT2 RS Sports steering wheel with gearshift paddles enables f...
The Sports steering wheel can be axially and vertically adjusted by up to 40 mm. The steering wheel rim is made of black and red Alcantara®, is easy to grip, feels comfortable even during sporty driving and features a trendsetting top centre marking in yellow.
The standard equipment includes full bucket seats made entirely of carbon-fibre reinforced plastic (...
The standard equipment includes full bucket seats made entirely of carbon-fibre reinforced plastic (CFRP). As well as their sporty appearance and excellent lateral support, they are also height-adjustable, meaning that the full bucket seat can be lowered by up to 30 mm or raised by up to 20 mm. The height adjustment is electric, and the fore/aft adjustment manual. The seats are upholstered in black leather with seat centres in red Alcantara® as standard. The headrests feature an embroidered ‘GT2 RS’ logo in red.
Bucket seats are available as optional equipment, featuring a folding backrest for easier access to the rear, integral thorax airbag and manual fore/aft adjustment for the driver and front passenger seat.
The seat shells are made from glass and carbon-fibre reinforced plastic with a carbon-weave surface finish. The pivot points of the back rests are located high in the side bolsters – for excellent lateral support, even an ALL POWER around your hips. The seats are upholstered in black leather with seat centres in red Alcantara® as standard, and the headrests feature a red ‘GT2 RS’ logo.
A combination of sport and comfort, everyday and racetrack driving: the optionally available adaptive Sports seats Plus, with leather side bolsters, seat centres in red Alcantara® and headrests featuring an embroidered ‘GT2 RS’ logo in red. With 18-way electric adjustment, these seats are ideally suited to your needs with regard to height, seat and backrest angle, fore/aft adjustment and four-way lumbar support. The side bolsters of the seat and backrest are also individually adjustable. For tailored lateral support when cornering and improved comfort on long journeys.
* Child seats are not compatible with full and sports bucket seats.
Producing outstanding performance is one thing. Taking advantage of it is quite another. On the race...
Producing outstanding performance is one thing. Taking advantage of it is quite another. On the racetrack – and when making sporting comparisons. This app therefore creates the right basis for anyone wanting to improve their personal performance and aim for new PBs.
The ‘Porsche Track Precision app’ allows you to record, display and analyse detailed driving stats using your smartphone. Lap times can be clocked automatically via a precise 10-Hz PCM GPS signal, or manually via the control lever of the optional Chrono Package, or even more accurately using the lap trigger optionally available from Porsche Tequipment, and then compared using your smartphone.
When racing, the app visualises the driving dynamics on your smartphone and also displays any deviations from a defined reference lap, along with sector and lap times. Graphical and video analyses of driving stats help the driver further improve their performance. You can also instantly manage and share records, routes and driver profiles using your smartphone.
The lap trigger optionally available from Porsche Tequipment allows the even more accurate measurement of lap times, just like in motorsport. It can be positioned either at the start/finish line or along the track, and automatically clocks and transmits lap times. Go to www.porsche.com/tequipment to find more information about the lap trigger option.
In addition to the analogue and digital stopwatch on the dashboard, the optional Chrono Package also offers the following functionality: upgraded PCM to include a performance display, enabling you to view, store and evaluate measured lap times. The driver can therefore obtain information about the timing and driven route of the current lap, as well as the previous laps and times achieved. The fastest lap and remaining range are also displayed. It is possible to both log itineraries and define reference routes.
* The app can only be used on private land. The use of this product (especially video recording) may be legally prohibited in certain markets or at certain events. Before using the product, please always check whether the local legal requirements permit its use.
Sound Package Plus delivers excellent sound, with eight loudspeakers and a total output of 150 watts...
Sound Package Plus delivers excellent sound, with eight loudspeakers and a total output of 150 watts. The amplifier integrated into PCM optimally adapts the acoustic pattern in the vehicle interior to the driver and front passenger.
The optional BOSE® Surround Sound System has been specially developed for the 911 models and is optimally tuned to the vehicles’ specific internal acoustics. The audio system has 12 loudspeakers and amplifier channels, including a robust, patented 100-watt subwoofer. The fully active system design allows each individual loudspeaker to be optimally adjusted to the vehicle interior, transforming the 911 GT2 RS into a concert hall in the blink of an eye. Total output: 555 watts.
Our wealth of experience goes back a long way. Since the very beginning, Porsche has been dedicated ...
Our wealth of experience goes back a long way. Since the very beginning, Porsche has been dedicated to giving customers the opportunity to personalise their vehicle as part of our special request service. Known until 1986 as the Porsche ‘Sonderwunschprogramm’, today we call it Porsche Exclusive Manufaktur. The philosophy has remained the same. Hand on heart.
None of this would be possible without originality, inspiration and enthusiasm, beginning as early as the consultation stage. That’s because we keep in mind one thing above all else: your particular wishes and requirements. We fulfil them with composure and meticulous care, by means of precise handcrafting and the use of exquisite materials such as leather, Alcantara®, carbon and aluminium.
Added value is achieved with dedication and finesse. In other words, we handcraft a product that blends sporty performance, comfort and style and reflects your own personal taste. A Porsche with your signature touch.
Every second counts. That’s why Porsche Design has built a watch whose design, for the first time, i...
Jointly developed by Porsche Design and Porsche Motorsport, this timepiece is exclusively available to drivers of the 911 GT2 RS. The aim: maximum performance, even for your wrist! With the new Porsche Design Exclusive Manufaktur calibre 01.200 movement and flyback function, load and weight-optimised movement bridgework and a COSC accuracy certificate.
The casing is made of titanium, just like the roll cage in the Weissach package. The individual chassis number is engraved on the back of the casing. The winding rotor is a direct replica of the magnesium wheel in the Weissach package, and painted in the original colour. The dial is made of genuine carbon with a GT Silver Metallic stripe. Its design and colour are identical to those of the instrument cluster and rev counter of the 911 GT2 RS. The markings on the dial show what’s at stake: maximum performance. So it’s only logical that the top speed of 340 km/h is highlighted.
Each 911 GT2 RS Timepiece is fitted with a leather strap in black or red Alcantara® (available in sizes M and L) that can be easily swapped, thanks to a quick-change system. And of course, both are made from the same materials used in the interior of the 911 GT2 RS.
Your individual timepiece can be ordered exclusively from a Porsche Centre, along with your car. Please visit www.porsche-design.com/timepieces for more information.
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The interaction between follicular T helper cells (TFH) and B cells in the lymph nodes and spleen has a major impact on the development of antigen-specific B cell responses during infection or vaccination. Recent studies described a functional equivalent of these cells among circulating CD4 T cells, referred to as peripheral TFH cells. Here, we characterize the phenotype and in vitro B cell helper activity of peripheral TFH populations, as well as the effect of HIV infection on these populations. In co-culture experiments we confirmed CXCR5+ cells from HIV-uninfected donors provide help to B cells and more specifically, we identified a CCR7highCXCR5highCCR6highPD-1high CD4 T cell population that secretes IL-21 and enhances isotype-switched immunoglobulin production. This population is significantly decreased in treatment-naïve, HIV-infected individuals and can be recovered after anti-retroviral therapy. We found impaired immunoglobulin production in co-cultures from HIV-infected individuals and found no correlation between the frequency of peripheral TFH cells and memory B cells, or with neutralization activity in untreated HIV infection in our cohort. Furthermore, we found that within the peripheral TFH population, the expression level of TFH-associated genes more closely resembles a memory, non-TFH population, as opposed to a TFH population. Overall, our data identify a heterogeneous population of circulating CD4 T cells that provides in vitro help to B cells, and challenges the origin of these cells as memory TFH cells.
Follicular helper CD4 T cells (TFH) are crucial for the development of antigen-specific B cells within germinal centers (GC). TFH cells interact through co-stimulatory receptors and provide essential soluble factors (i.e. IL-4, IL-21) to promote the survival, isotype switching and selection of high affinity memory B cells [1]. Phenotypic and gene signature analysis has revealed a highly conserved molecular profile of TFH cells in humans, non-human primates (NHP) and mice, which is characterized by increased expression of Bcl-6, CXCR5, PD-1, ICOS and decreased expression of CCR7 [2]–[4]. Human TFH cells exhibit a polarized cytokine profile characterized by compromised production of TH1 cytokines and increased secretion of IL-4, IL-10 and IL-21 [5]. Although IL-21 is characterized as a “hallmark” cytokine of TFH cells, other THelper subsets produce this cytokine [6].
The origin and differentiation of TFH is unclear, as previous studies found TFH cells can derive from TH1 or TH2 cells, or independently of other CD4 lineages [7]–[9]. However, it is well established that the transcription factor Bcl-6 regulates several molecules involved in TFH development (i.e. PD-1, IL-21R, CXCR5) [10], [11]. Similarly, the fate of TFH, particularly those in the germinal center (GC-TFH), following the effector phase of the immune response is unclear. We have recently shown that NHP GC-TFH display compromised in vivo cell cycling and are prone to in vitro cell death [4]. Other studies have shown that TFH can form a memory pool found in anatomical sites outside the lymph nodes [12]. Hence, TFH cells may adopt a “central memory” phenotype or undergo cell death after the effector phase [13]. In humans, a circulating CD4 T cell population characterized by high CXCR5 expression can provide in vitro help for B cell isotype switching and shares functional characteristics with TFH cells [14]. It was proposed that these circulating cells, termed “peripheral TFH” (pTFH) could represent the memory counterparts of TFH outside the lymphoid organs. Further investigation is needed to establish a direct relationship between TFH cells and pTFH cells.
It is becoming increasingly important to understand the interplay between CD4 T cells and B cells during HIV infection, specifically with relation to the generation of broadly neutralizing antibodies. Chronic HIV/SIV infection results in profound changes in CD4 T cell dynamics in lymph nodes characterized by TFH accumulation and increased ability of non-TFH to egress the lymph node [4], [15]. How this impacts upon the dynamics of pTFH is unknown. Elucidating the biology and dynamics of pTFH, and their ability to provide B cell help may be important for our understanding of TFH memory formation during chronic infection, as well as the establishment of immune correlates reflecting the interactions between CD4 T cells and B cells within secondary lymphoid organs. This is of particular interest for monitoring clinical studies where the B cell arm of the immune system is under investigation [16].
Here we define, detect, quantify and characterize peripheral CD4 T cell populations that support B cell differentiation. We show that particular circulating CD4 T cell populations with distinct cytokine profiles have the capacity to help B cells in vitro. We further show that the frequencies of pTFH populations are significantly compromised during chronic HIV infection but can recover with antiretroviral treatment (ART), although in vitro immunoglobulin production from HIV-infected subjects both on and off ART is reduced compared to healthy subjects. Furthermore, gene expression analysis of pTFH cells and CD4 T cells in tonsil tissue suggest pTFH cells are most closely related to a non-TFH memory population within secondary lymphoid organs. Overall, our data challenge the relationship between pTFH cells and TFH memory cells.
Characterization of peripheral T follicular helper (pTFH) cells
Previous studies defined a population of circulating CD4 T cells that express CXCR5, promote the differentiation of naïve B cells and induce immunoglobulin secretion in vitro [14], [17]. We further defined CXCR5high CD4 T cells from blood, analyzed their cytokine production and determined their ability to promote B cell differentiation in vitro. CXCR5high CD4 T cells were found predominantly within the CD27highCD45ROhigh CD4 T cell population (hereafter referred to as central memory (CM)), in agreement with previous studies [17]. The majority of the CXCR5high CD4 T cell population also expressed CCR7 and we found the CCR7highCXCR5high population represented 6.5+/−2.8% (mean+/−S.D.) of total CD4 T cells in healthy subjects (Figure 1A). The majority of CXCR5high cells expressed CD150. We further analyzed these cells based on expression of CCR6, which was previously used in combination with CXCR3 to define a pTFH subset that promotes IgG and IgA production [14], and PD-1. CCR7highCXCR5highCCR6high cells represented 1.2+/−0.9% of total CD4 T cells and a minority of these cells were PD-1high.
Fig. 1. Characterization of peripheral TFH cells.
(A) Left: Representative flow cytometry plots from HIV-uninfected PBMC showing the gating scheme for isolating T cell subsets for the T cell/B cell coculture assay. Isolated populations include naïve cells (brown), CM CCR7low (pink), CM CCR7highCXCR5low (orange), CM CCR7highCXCR5highCCR6lowPD-1high (green), CM CCR7highCXCR5highCCR6highPD-1low (blue) and CCR7highCXCR5highCCR6highPD-1high (red). Before gating on CCR6 and PD-1, cells were first gated on CD150high. Right: Scatter plot indicating the frequency of each population in HIV-uninfected subjects (n = 13). Cells were not gated on CD150 for phenotypic analysis. (B) Indicated CD4 T cell populations were cultured with autologous naïve B cells (CD19highCD27lowIgD−) in the presence of SEB for 12 days and Ig concentrations were measured from supernatants (n = 6). (C) Indicated CD4 T cell populations were cultured with autologous naïve B cells in the presence of SEB for 2 days and cytokine concentrations were measured from supernatants (n = 6). Horizontal lines indicate limit of detection. Significant differences were determined using the Friedman test with Dunn's multiple comparison post-test. *p<0.05; **p<0.01.
To analyze the ability of these populations to promote B cell differentiation, naïve and CM CD4 T cells from HIV-uninfected individuals were sorted based on expression of CCR7, CXCR5, CD150, CCR6 and PD-1 (Figure 1A), and cultured with autologous naïve B cells (CD19+CD27−IgD+) as previously described [14], [18] in the presence of staphylococcal enterotoxin B (SEB). Notably, our sorted naïve B cell population did not express isotype-switched immunoglobulin (Figure S1A) and culture conditions that lacked SEB did not induce immunoglobulin production (data not shown). Naïve and CM CCR7low CD4 T cells failed to promote B cell differentiation and immunoglobulin production whereas CM CCR7highCXCR5low cells induced limited production of IgM, IgG1 and IgG3 compared to the CCR7highCXCR5high populations (Figure 1B). The CCR7highCXCR5highCCR6highPD-1high population induced the greatest production of IgG1, IgG3 and IgA compared to the CXCR5low population. Prior studies defined pTFH cells based on surface expression of CXCR5, CCR6 and the lack of CXCR3 expression [14]. We found that the greatest help for immunoglobulin production was from CXCR5highCCR6high cell populations and, within those, from the PD-1high cells. We did not eliminate a small population of CXCR3+ cells in order to avoid removing a larger population of CXCR5highCCR6high cells that induce B cell differentiation (Figure S1B).
The cytokine profile of pTFH populations shared characteristics with other Thelper subsets, including TH1, TH17 and Treg cells. Supernatant from the CXCR5highCCR6highPD-1low coculture contained the greatest quantities of TNF-α, IL-2, and IL-17 compared to the CXCR5highCCR6lowPD-1high coculture (Figure 1C). Notably, the CXCR5highCCR6highPD-1high population, which promoted the greatest production of IgG1, IgG3 and IgA, showed the greatest IL-21 production, although at low levels.
Overall, CXCR5high CD4 T cell populations induced B cell immunoglobulin production, although the CXCR5highCCR6highPD-1high population did so most efficiently. However, this population is not characteristic of a TFH population found in secondary lymphoid organs, as coculture supernatants included a broad array of cytokines characteristic of TFH cells and multiple other Thelper subsets.
Progressive loss of pTFH cells in HIV infection
To determine the impact of HIV on pTFH populations, we compared pTFH cells from HIV-uninfected subjects and treatment-naïve HIV-infected subjects (Table S1) as a frequency of total CD4 cells. Irrespective of how pTFH cells were defined, there was a significant decrease in the pTFH population from HIV-infected subjects compared to HIV-uninfected subjects (Figure 2A). Subjects with CD4 counts greater than 200 had significantly lower pTFH populations, while subjects with CD4 counts less than 200 had the lowest frequency of all phenotypically defined pTFH populations. However, when we defined the CCR6highPD-1high population as a subset of the CXCR5high population, the frequency of the CCR6highPD-1high population increased in subjects with CD4 counts less than 200 (Figure S2A). The increase in PD-1high cells was likely due to immune activation in HIV infection, as we observed increases in the frequency of both PD-1high and ICOShigh cells within the CXCR5high population, with the greatest increases seen in samples with CD4 counts less than 200 (Figure S2A). We also observed a positive trend between CXCR5highPD-1high cells and serum concentrations of soluble CD14. (Figure S2A). For 10 HIV-infected individuals on whom we had longitudinal samples, we observed a loss of pTFH populations as a frequency of total CD4 T cells over 36 to 48 months (Figure 2B). However, the frequency of PD-1high, ICOShigh and CCR6highPD-1high cells within the CXCR5high population remained stable (Figure S2B).
Fig. 2. Progressive loss of pTFH cells in HIV infection.
(A) Pooled data showing the frequency (%) of CXCR5high, CXCR5highCCR6high and CXCR5highCCR6highPD-1high populations in total CD4 cells from PBMC from HIV uninfected (open circles; n = 13), HIV-infected (treatment-naïve), CD4 count >200 (light gray circles; n = 44), and HIV-infected (treatment-naïve), CD4 count <200 (black circles; n = 22). Significant differences between HIV-uninfected and HIV-infected subjects were determined using the Mann-Whitney U test. ***p<0.001; **p<0.01; *p<0.05. (B) Longitudinal analysis showing the frequency (%) of CXCR5high, CXCR5highCCR6high and CXCR5highCCR6highPD-1high populations in total CD4 cells or indicated populations in CXCR5-expressing cells (bottom row) from HIV-infected (treatment naïve) subjects (n = 10) over 36–48 months. No significant correlations were found. (C) Pooled data showing the frequency (%) of CXCR5high, CXCR5highCCR6high and CXCR5highCCR6highPD-1high populations in total CD4 cells from PBMC from HIV-uninfected subjects (open circles; n = 13) and HIV-infected subjects before (n = 14, week 0; black circles) and after ART (week 24, dark gray circles; week 48, light gray circles). Significant differences between HIV-uninfected and HIV-infected subjects were determined using the Mann-Whitney U test. Significant differences between subjects before and after ART were determined using the Wilcoxon matched-pairs signed rank test. ***p<0.001; **p<0.01; *p<0.05.
Next, we investigated the impact of ART on the frequency of pTFH within total CD4 T cells. Longitudinal analysis on samples from before and after 24 and 48 weeks of ART revealed a recovery of pTFH populations (Figure 2C). However, the frequency of PD-1high, ICOShigh and CCR6highPD-1high cells remained stable within the CXCR5high population (Figure S2C). Overall, HIV infection causes a loss of pTFH cells and ART promotes the recovery of these populations.
Impaired B cell help by pTFH cells in HIV infection
To investigate the impact of HIV on the ability of pTFH cells to support B cell differentiation, we performed co-culture experiments with pTFH cells from HIV-infected subjects. We focused on the CXCR5highCCR6high population that included both PD-1high and PD-1low cells due to limited cell numbers in HIV-infected subjects. Similar to previous results, the CXCR5highCCR6high population from HIV-uninfected subjects supported significantly more immunoglobulin production compared to the CXCR5low population. (Figure 3A). However, for HIV-infected subjects we observed less overall immunoglobulin production when CXCR5highCCR6high CD4 T cells were co-cultivated with naïve B cells. Furthermore, in viremic subjects, we observed increased IgM and IgG1 production in co-culture supernatants from the CXCR5low population, compared to HIV-uninfected subjects. Similar to HIV-uninfected subjects, we found that pTFH cells from HIV-infected subjects produced a broad spectrum of cytokines (Figure S3A).
Fig. 3. Impaired B cell help by pTFH cells in HIV infection.
(A) CCR7highCXCR5low and CCR7highCXCR5highCCR6high CM CD4 T cells isolated from PBMCs were cultured with autologous naïve B cells (CD19highCD27lowIgD−) in the presence of SEB for 12 days and Ig concentrations were measured from supernatants (HIV-uninfected, n = 8; HIV-infected (non-viremic), n = 5–7, HIV-infected (viremic), n = 1–2). Significant differences were determined using the Wilcoxon paired t-test or the Mann-Whitney test. *p<0.05; **p<0.01. (B) Top: HIV-uninfected PBMCs were incubated with indicated concentrations of CXCL-13 for 1 hour at 37°C (red) or 4°C (black). Bottom: Healthy PBMCs were incubated with 1 µg/mL CXCL13 for 10, 30, 60 or 120 minutes at 37°C (red) or 4°C (black). The frequency of CXCR5-positve CD4 T cells was calculated and normalized to time 0. (n = 3). (C) Top: Correlative analysis showing the frequency of CM CXCR5-positive CD4 T cells versus viral load (n = 27; r = −0.4036, P = 0.0368). Bottom: Correlative analysis showing the concentration of CXCL-13 in plasma or sera versus viral load (n = 27; r = 0.4414, P = 0.0165). Correlations were analyzed using the nonparametric Spearman test.
Our data raise the possibility that some pTFH cells exhibit a CXCR5low phenotype in HIV infection. This phenotype could be due the down regulation of CXCR5 on pTFH cells, or indicate the existence of a unique CXCR5low pTFH population in chronic HIV infection. In order to distinguish these two possibilities, we investigated whether CXCL-13 impacts CXCR5 expression on CD4 T cells. We found that incubation of HIV-uninfected PBMC with CXCL-13 led to a decrease in frequency of CXCR5-positive CD4 T cells, presumably due to the internalization of CXCR5 (Figure 3B). Furthermore, in HIV infection we found that viral load positively correlated with CXCL-13 levels and negatively correlated with the frequency of CXCR5-positive CD4 T cells (Figure 3C). However, we did not observe a direct correlation between CXCL13 levels and the frequency of CXCR5-positive CD4 T cells. Importantly, we also found that in vitro infection of CXCR5-expressing CD4 T cells did not impact CXCR5 surface expression (Figure S3B). Therefore, our data support the possibility that in untreated HIV infected individuals, increased levels of CXCL-13 could effect CXCR5 surface expression on pTFH cells.
Defective cytokine production of pTFH in HIV infection
TFH-dependent B cell differentiation requires IL-21. To characterize directly cytokine production from pTFH cells from HIV-uninfected and HIV-infected subjects, we performed intracellular cytokine staining after ex vivo SEB stimulation. In addition to surface markers used to define pTFH cells, we detected CD154, IFN-γ, IL-2, IL-17 and IL-21 (Figure 4A). In HIV-uninfected individuals, a minority of CD154-positive, cytokine-positive cells express a CCR7high phenotype (10.1% of IFN-γ positive cells; 28% of IL-2-positive cells; 19.4% of IL-17-positive cells and 17.9% of IL-21-positive cells), while a gradual reduction of cytokine production was found in further differentiated cells based on CXCR5 and CCR6 expression (Figure 4B). However, for all of the cytokines detected, we observed a population of cells that were CCR7highCXCR5highCCR6high, including IL-21-producing cells. Overall, we determined that a mean of 4.5% of CD154-positive IL-21-positive cells were CCR7highCXCR5highCCR6high (Figure 4B). However, this pTFH population also produced IFN-γ, IL-2 and IL-17 (0.8% of IFN-γ positive cells; 9.0% of IL-2-positive cells and 7.1% of IL-17-positive cells).
Fig. 4. Functional characteristics of pTFH cells and the impact of HIV.
(A) Representative flow cytometry plots showing CM, CD154-positive, cytokine-positive cells after SEB stimulation. CD154-positive, cytokine-positive CD4 T cells, shown by contour plots (blue: HIV-uninfected; red: HIV-infected), are overlaid onto 2 dimensional density plots for CM CD4 T cells plotted against CCR7 and CD3, and CXCR5 and CCR6. (B) Bar graphs showing the frequency of SEB-stimulated CD154-positive, cytokine-positive cells that express CCR7, CXCR5 and CCR6 (Blue: uninfected; n = 5; Red: HIV-infected; n = 24). (C) Left: Gag-specific CD4+ T cells (CD154-positive, cytokine-positive) shown as red contour plots are overlaid onto 2 dimensional density plots for CM cells CD4 T cells plotted against CCR7 and CD3, and CXCR5 and CCR6. Right: Bar graphs showing the frequency of Gag-specific CD154-positive, cytokine-positive cells that express CCR7, CXCR5 and CCR6 (n = 14). *p<0.05.
Next, we analyzed cytokine production from HIV-infected subjects off-treatment. Overall, we observed a loss of cytokine-producing cells from the CCR7high population and a general shift towards the CXCR5lowCCR6low population (Figure 4A). Thus, we observed a loss of CCR7highCXCR5highCCR6high pTFH cells that produce IL-2, IL-17 and IL-21 (Figure 3B; IL-2: 9.0% for HIV-negative vs 2.0% for HIV-positive; IL-17: 7.1% for HIV-negative vs 2.2% for HIV-positive; IL-21: 4.5% for HIV-negative vs 1.1% for HIV-positive).
To analyze HIV-specific cells, PBMC were stimulated with Gag peptide pools and analyzed for cytokine expression. Very few IL-2-positive and IL-17-positive cells were detected within the CM compartment (data not shown). Gag-specific IFN-γ and IL-21-producing cells were detected, however, compared to SEB-stimulation fewer HIV-specific cells expressed CCR7 (4.4% vs 10.7% of IFN-γ positive cells; 3.5% vs 11.9% of IL-21-positive cells for Gag and SEB stimulation, respectively). A majority of HIV-specific cells were not CCR7highCXCR5highCCR6high (Figure 4C; 0.4% of IFN-γ positive cells and 0.9% of IL-21-positive cells were CCR7highCXCR5highCCR6high).
Overall, we observed IL-21 production from the CCR7highCXCR5highCCR6high pTFH population, although we detected the most IL-21 in non-pTFH cells, which were CCR7low and CXCR5low. In addition to IL-21, the CCR7highCXCR5highCCR6high pTFH population produced IL-2 and IL-17, cytokines characteristic of TH1 and TH17 cells, respectively. However, from HIV-infected individuals we observed a loss of CCR7highCXCR5highCCR6high cells making IL-2, IL-17 and IL-21.
No relationship between pTFH cells and neutralization activity
Previous studies have described a relationship between the frequency of peripheral CXCR5high cells and memory B cells and antibody titers with vaccination [16]. Therefore, we analyzed the relationship between the frequency of pTFH cells and IgG-positive memory B cells in PBMC from HIV-infected individuals. We found no significant correlation between the frequency of pTFH cells and IgG-positive B cells (Figure 5A). Similarly, we failed to detect a relationship between the frequency of pTFH and HIV-1 Env-specific antibody titers or total plasma IgG levels (data not shown).
Fig. 5. Relationship between pTFH cells and neutralization activity.
(A) Correlative analysis showing the frequency (%) of CXCR5high, CXCR5highCCR6high and CXCR5highCCR6highPD-1high populations in total CD4 cells from HIV-infected (treatment naïve) subjects (n = 50) versus the frequency of IgG+ B cells in the total B population. Correlations were analyzed using the nonparametric Spearman test. (B) Pooled data showing the frequency (%) of CXCR5high, CXCR5highCCR6high and CXCR5highCCR6highPD-1high populations in total CD4 cells based on neutralization activity (median ID50>100 or <100). No significant differences were determined.
It has also been reported that PD-1high CD4 T cells in blood are associated with cross-clade neutralizing antibody responses during HIV infection [19] and these PD-1high CD4 T cells may represent a population of pTFH cells. Thus, the relationship between pTFH cells and neutralization activity was analyzed using HIV-infected samples classified as good neutralizers (median ID50>100) or poor neutralizers (median ID50<100) [20]. Irrespective of how pTFH cells were defined, we failed to find any relationship between neutralization activity and pTFH cells (Figure 5B).
Relationship between pTFH cells and TFH cells in human tonsil
While pTFH cells induce B cell differentiation and immunoglobulin secretion in vitro, the relationship between pTFH and TFH cells in secondary lymphoid organs remains unclear. Our in vitro coculture studies indicated the greatest isotype-switched immunoglobulin production was elicited from B cells cocultivated with CXCR5highCCR6high pTFH cells (Figure 1B). Therefore, we investigated the expression of CCR6 on TFH (CXCR5highPD-1high) and non-TFH (CXCR5lowPD-1low) tonsil cells to determine if the CXCR5highCCR6high pTFH population is related to TFH cells within secondary lymphoid organs (Figure 6A). The lowest frequency of CCR6high cells was found within the CXCR5highPD-1high compartment (1.5% of CXCR5highPD-1high cells) and the greatest frequency of CCR6high cells within the non-TFH compartment (9% of CXCR5lowPD-1low cells; Figure 6B).
Fig. 6. Relationship between pTFH cells and TFH cells in human tonsil.
(A) Representative flow cytometry plots from HIV-uninfected, pediatric tonsils showing the gating scheme for determining the frequency of CCR6high cells in TFH (CXCR5highPD-1high) and non-TFH populations. (B) Bar graphs showing the frequency of CCR6high cells in TFH and non-TFH populations in human tonsils (n = 5). (C) Heatmap analysis of selected genes from RNA-seq data comparing pTFH cells (CXCR5highCCR6highPD-1high) from HIV-uninfected donors, pTFH cells from HIV-infected donors, non-TFH CD4 memory tonsil cells (CM CD57lowPD-1dimCCR7highCCR5lowCXCR4low), non-germinal center TFH tonsil cells (CM CD57lowPD-1highCCR7lowCXCR5high) and germinal center TFH tonsil cells (CM PD-1highCD57high) from HIV-uninfected donors. (D) Top: Comparison of MAF expression on CD4 T cells from blood or tonsil. Bottom: Geometric mean (MFI) of MAF expression in the indicated populations of central memory CD4 T cells normalized to MAF MFI in naïve CD4 T cells.
Similarly, RNA sequence data from the CXCR5highCCR6highPD-1high pTFH population more closely resembles a memory, non-TFH CD4 T cell population from the tonsil (CM CD57lowPD-1dimCCR7highCCR5lowCXCR4low) as compared to the non-germinal center TFH population (CM CD57lowPD-1highCCR7lowCXCR5high) or the GC-TFH population (CM PD-1highCD57high; Figure 6C). In agreement with previous reports [5], [17], tonsil TFH populations expressed higher levels of BCL6, IL-21, and CXCL13, and lower levels of PRDM1 and S1PR1 compared to the non-TFH memory population. The pTFH population from HIV-uninfected individuals expressed comparable levels of S1PR1 and PRDM1 to the non-TFH memory population in the tonsil (Figure 6). We also observed lower transcript levels of MAF, BCL6, IL-21, and CXCL-13 in the pTFH population compared to tonsillar TFH populations. Importantly, MAF protein expression was highest in the CCR6highPD-1high pTFH population compared to other peripheral populations, although still lower than tonsillar TFH cells. (Figure 6D). For many of the selected genes, pTFH cells from HIV-infected subjects were comparable to pTFH from HIV-uninfected individuals, however, we observed greater transcript levels of activation molecules such as ICOS and CD69. Additionally, the levels of IL-21 were decreased in pTFH cells from HIV-infected individuals, supporting earlier results (Figure 4B). Collectively, our data suggest the pTFH population characterized as CXCR5highCCR6high most closely resembles a non-TFH memory population in the tonsil.
The development and nature of human TFH memory cells following an effector immune response are not known. The ability to define a population of memory TFH cells in PBMC (pTFH) would help inform our understanding of CD4 T cell dynamics within lymphoid tissue during vaccination or infection. Studies of chronic infection may be helpful in this regard [21]. Whether the accumulation of TFH cells during chronic infection [4], [15] impacts the TFH memory population is of particular interest, especially if memory TFH cells migrate between lymphoid organs and peripheral tissues. Recent studies [14], [16] have suggested that circulating CXCR5high CD4 T cells may represent the peripheral counterparts of TFH cells. However, the relationship between pTFH and TFH cells within secondary lymphoid organs remains unclear. Therefore, it is of great relevance to determine if pTFH cells originate from GC-TFH cells and represent a memory TFH population, reflect a precursor population that differentiates into GC-TFH upon re-exposure to antigen, or both. Our studies begin to address these issues by further defining pTFH cells, comparing pTFH cells to tonsillar TFH cells, and analyzing the effect of HIV on these cells.
In concordance with previous studies, we showed that circulating CXCR5high CD4 T cells support B cell differentiation in vitro [14], [17]. A majority of the CXCR5high cells expressed CD150, and while CD150 was used for gating in the co-culture assays, we found it did not impact the loss of pTFH cells or effect our results with respect to loss of pTFH cells, recovery with ART or lack of association with B cell or antibody responses (data not shown). However, within the CXCR5high population the expression of CCR6 and PD-1 did further define pTFH populations with differential abilities for naïve B cell help and isotype switching. Thus, pTFH cell populations support both the activation and maturation of naïve B cells, and immunoglobulin isotype switching. Correspondingly, the individual pTFH populations produced cytokines associated with B cell maturation and survival, such as IL-21 [22], IL-2 [23] and IL-17 [24], in contrast to TFH cells within secondary lymphoid tissue, which display a limited cytokine profile that includes IL-4, IL-10 and IL-21, but compromised production of IL-2 and IL-17 [4]. Whether these pTFH populations represent different stages of TFH memory development or originate from separate CD4 T cell populations within lymphoid tissue [25] is still unclear.
In order to better understand the relationship between TFH and pTFH cells, we compared gene expression levels between pTFH and tonsillar CD4 T cell populations and focused on genes important for TFH differentiation, migration, and function. We found that the pTFH population with the greatest B cell helper function most closely resembled a CM, non-TFH CD4 T cell subset within the tonsil. While our studies do not directly address the relationship between GC-TFH in lymph nodes and circulating CD4 T cells from the same patients, our data challenge whether pTFH are memory TFH cells. A recent study reported that germinal center TFH cells in mice migrate throughout the follicle, but generally do not leave the follicle to enter the blood [26]. While it is conceivable that pTFH cells represent a very minor population of TFH cells that exit the follicle, it is also possible that pTFH cells are reflective of a precursor TFH population that exits the lymphoid organ and enters the circulation before entering the follicle. However, while we find the CXCR5highCCR6highPD-1high pTFH population does not resemble a memory TFH population, Locci and colleagues found a CXCR5+CXCR3-PD-1+ pTFH subset that functionally and transcriptionally resembles a memory TFH population [27]. A recent study in mice reported that memory TFH cells have reduced mRNA expression of TFH markers such as Bcl6, IL-21, ICOS and PD-1 compared to the effector TFH population [28], indicating the expression of these molecules may change depending on the phase of infection. Therefore, further investigation of pTFH subsets and their relationship to memory and effector populations at multiple stages of infection is needed.
pTFH and naïve B cell co-cultures from HIV-infected subjects produced fewer immunoglobulins compared to co-cultures from HIV-uninfected subjects. The observed defect in immunoglobulin production is likely due to impaired pTFH help to B cells instead of B cell dysfunction, as co-cultures included naïve B cells rather than memory B cells that exhibit abnormalities in HIV infection [29]. Furthermore, while co-culture supernatants from HIV-infected subjects demonstrated a heterogeneous cytokine profile, similar to HIV-uninfected subjects, intracellular cytokine staining showed that fewer CCR7highCXCR5highCCR6high pTFH cells produced IL-2, IL-17 and IL-21 in chronic HIV infection compared to HIV-uninfected individuals. Furthermore, gene expression analysis of HIV-infected pTFH revealed fewer IL-21 and IL-4 transcripts, although the overall levels of cytokine transcripts were low.
Recent studies have shown TFH cells within secondary lymphoid organs accumulate in some donors or animals during chronic HIV/SIV infection and that TFH accumulation is associated with GC B cell expansion and increased serum immunoglobulin concentrations [4], [22], [30]. In contrast to TFH cells, our studies revealed pTFH cells consistently decrease in chronic HIV infection, with disease progression resulting in a greater reduction of these compartments within the total CD4 T cell population. However, it should be noted that we were unable to analyze TFH cells within secondary lymphoid organs from these subjects and therefore we are unable to directly compare the frequency of pTFH cells and TFH cells from the same individual. The differences between the increase in TFH cells and decrease in pTFH cells may be due to differences in disease state (i.e. early vs late infection) or represent a steady state of TFH cells trafficking between the lymphoid tissue and the blood. The decreased frequency of pTFH in the blood may indicate impaired ability of TFH to exit the lymph node in chronic HIV infection where the tissue architecture is not intact. Alternatively, the decreased frequency of pTFH in the blood may be a result of pTFH trafficking to secondary lymphoid organs. In agreement with previous studies [14], [17], we found a majority of CXCR5high cells express CCR7, and it has previously been suggested that pTFH cells migrate to secondary lymphoid organs upon infection due their expression of CCR7 and CD62L [14].
A confounding factor with regard to how we interpret the decrease in pTFH cells is that we also found a reduction in the surface expression of CXCR5 on CD4 T cells in chronic HIV infection, which may result from increased sera levels of CXCL-13 [31], [32]. Furthermore, our co-culture data indicate that CXCR5low CD4 T cells from viremic subjects can induce some B cell differentiation. These data support the possibility that in chronic HIV infection, a subset of functional pTFH cells may be phenotypically defined as CXCR5low. Additionally, it should be noted that analysis of cellular subsets within the CXCR5high population in chronic HIV infection revealed the frequency of CCR6highPD-1high cells increased. These results are consistent with a state of generalized immune activation, as we also observed increased surface expression of ICOS on CXCR5high and CXCR5highPD-1high cells, and a positive association between the frequency of PD-1high cells within the CXCR5high population and serum concentrations of soluble CD14 [33]. Similarly, gene expression analysis indicated increased transcript levels of activation markers, such as ICOS and CD69 within the pTFH population during HIV infection. Overall, these data emphasize the difficulty in defining pTFH cells in chronic HIV infection and understanding the relationship between pTFH cells and TFH cells.
The uncertain definition of pTFH cells in HIV infection may provide an explanation as to why we were unable to identify correlations between pTFH populations and circulating IgG-positive memory B cells, or between pTFH cells and HIV-specific IgG (data not shown). Furthermore, we found no correlation between the frequency of pTFH and the neutralization activity of a well-characterized cohort of HIV-infected donors [20]. However, the absence of a correlation between pTFH cells and circulating HIV Env-specific IgG may also be explained by the lack of a time-dependent association (early vs. late infection) between TFH and pTFH cells, or indicate that the generation of IgG and broadly neutralizing antibodies is regulated by parameters other than pTFH, confounded by T-cell independent antibody production commonly observed in HIV infection [34] or generalized immune activation. Thus, our data challenge the application of the pTFH population as a surrogate of GC TFH-B cell interactions in chronic HIV infection. While our studies did not find a correlation between pTFH cells and neutralizing antibodies, several recent studies, each with a different definition of pTFH cells, have reported an association with antibody responses during vaccination, infection or autoimmune disease [27], [35]–[37]. Therefore, further studies are needed to establish the association between pTFH subsets and the generation of neutralizing antibodies, especially in HIV infection.
Overall, our data indicate that a range of circulating CD4 T cell populations can provide B cell help, possibly through differential secretion of soluble factors and/or cell-cell contact interactions [17], [35] and that HIV infection results in loss of these cells over time, but with relative increases within the CXCR5high compartment which may be explained by immune activation. Furthermore, we did not find any association between pTFH and measures of B cell function such as HIV neutralization breadth/potency, HIV-specific IgG, or total IgG, suggesting application of this population as a surrogate of GC TFH-B cell interactions during HIV infection may be limited. A better understanding of the differentiation process and the developmental relationship between pTFH subsets and lymph node TFH cells is critical for the establishment of reliable peripheral blood CD4 T cell correlates for monitoring infection- or vaccine-associated B cell responses.
Signed informed consent was obtained in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki and approved by the appropriate Institutional Review Board. Tonsil cells were acquired from anonymized discarded pathologic specimens from Children's National Medical Center (CNMC) under the auspices of the Basic Science Core of the District of Columbia Developmental Center for AIDS Research. The CNMC Institutional Review Board determined that study of anonymized discarded tonsils did not constitute ‘human subjects research.’
Fresh HIV-uninfected peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) were obtained from individuals participating in the NIH research apheresis program. Fresh HIV-infected blood was obtained from the Vaccine Research Center Clinic or Drexel University College of Medicine. Frozen HIV-infected PBMC were obtained from three study populations (Table S1). For untreated HIV infection, cells were obtained from volunteers who participated in a therapeutic vaccination trial (no efficacy was observed) conducted in the 1990's prior to the advent of combination antiretroviral therapy (cART) [38]. The second study population consisted of donors from a cohort used to identify individuals with HIV broadly neutralizing antibodies [20]. To study the effect of cART, we obtained PBMC from HIV-infected donors participating in AIDS Clinical Trials Group study A5142 prior to initiation of cART and 24 and 48 weeks post-therapy [39], [40]. PBMC and tonsil cells were cultured in RPMI 1640 supplemented with 10% fetal bovine serum, 2 mM L-glutamine, 100 U/mL penicillin and 100 µg/mL streptomycin (Invitrogen).
Directly conjugated antibodies were acquired from the following: (1) BD Biosciences: CD3-H7APC, CXCR5-Alexa488 (RF8B2), CCR7-Alexa700, IgG-APC, IFN-γ-Alexa700 and IL-21-Alexa647 (3A3-N2.1) (2) Beckman Coulter: CD45RO-ECD and CD27-PC5 (3) Biolegend: CCR7-BV421, CCR6-PE (TG7/CCR6), CCR6-Alexa647 (TG7/CCR6), CD20-BV570, CD150-PE, IL-2-BV605, IL-17a-Cy5.5PerCP and CD154-Cy5PE (4) Invitrogen: CD4-Cy5.5PE, CD27-QD655, CD27-QD605 and CD19-PacBlue (5) Southern Biotech: IgD-FITC and IgD-PE (6) eBioscience: cmaf-eFluor660 (sym0F1), CXCR5-PerCP-efluor710 (MU5UBEE). Biotinylated anti-PD-1 was from R&D and streptavidin-Cy7PE (or QD655) was from Molecular Probes. The following antibodies were conjugated in our lab: CD19-QD705 and CD57-QD565. Quantum dots and Aqua amine viability dye were obtained from Invitrogen.
Polychromatic flow cytometry
Phenotypic analysis
1–2×106 PBMC were incubated with Aqua-dye and surface stained with titrated amounts of anti-CD3, anti-CD4, anti-CD27, anti-CD45RO, anti-CCR7, anti-CXCR5, anti-CD150, anti-CCR6, anti-PD-1 and anti-CD19. Post-wash, cells were incubated with fluorescent-conjugated streptavidin, washed and fixed with 1% paraformaldehyde.
Intracellular cytokine staining
3×106 PBMC were incubated in 1 mL of medium containing brefeldin A (10 ug/mL) in the absence or presence of HIV-1 Gag-peptide pools (15mers overlapping by 11 residues; NIH AIDS Research and Reference Reagent Program) or 1 ug/mL SEB (Sigma) for 6 hours. Cells were surface stained, permeabilized (Cytofix/Cytoperm kit; BD Biosciences), and stained with anti-CD3, anti-IFN-γ, anti-IL-2, anti-IL-17a, anti-IL-21 and anti-CD154. Events were collected on a modified LSRII flow cytometer (BD Immunocytometry Systems) and electronic compensation was performed with antibody capture beads (BD Biosciences). Data were analyzed using FlowJo Version 9.6 (TreeStar).
T and B cell culture
Co-culture experiments were performed with freshly isolated PBMC. 5×104 CD4 T cell populations were sorted based on expression of CCR7, CXCR5, CD150, CCR6 and PD-1 and cultured with 5×104 autologous naïve B cells (1∶1 ratio) in the presence of SEB (0.5 µg/ml). Supernatants harvested on Day 2 were analyzed for cytokines using Luminex technology (Milliplex MAP Kit, HTH17MAG-14K, Millipore). The lower limit of detection (LOD) was set at the lowest concentration on the standard curve and values below the LOD were counted as zero. Supernatants collected on Day 12 were analyzed for immunoglobulins (Milliplex MAP Kit, HGAMMAG-301K). Some supernatants exceeded the saturation limit of the standard curves for IgM and IgG3. These values were included in the analysis and quantified as being equivalent to the highest determined concentration.
Soluble CD14 and CXCL-13 (R&D Systems) were measured in plasma or sera from HIV-infection patients according to the manufacturer's instructions.
CXCL-13 treatment
Freshly isolated PBMCs were incubated with recombinant human CXCL-13 (R&D Systems) at 37°C or 4°C and analyzed for CXCR5 surface expression by FACS.
Illumina deep sequencing of messenger RNA
CD4 T cell populations were sorted from uninfected PBMC (n = 5), HIV-infected PBMC (n = 5) and uninfected human tonsils (n = 4) based on expression of CCR7, CXCR5, CD150, CCR6 and PD-1 for PBMC and CD57, PD-1, CCR7, CXCR5, CCR5 and CXCR4 for tonsils. Total RNA was purified from sorted cell populations and treated with DNAse I (Ambion) to minimize genomic DNA contamination. Polyadenylated RNA was isolated using Oligo-dT Dynabeads (Life Technologies), chemically fragmented, and used to construct barcoded Illumina Truseq libraries. Libraries were size-selected, quantified, pooled, size-selected and quantified again, and clustered on an Illumina Truseq Paired-End Flowcell v3. The flowcell was sequenced on an Illumina HiSeq 2000 in a 2×75-base paired-end, indexed run. Adaptor sequence was trimmed from the raw sequencing reads using Trimmomatic. The trimmed sequencing reads were subsequently aligned to the human genome (hg19) using TopHat 2. Differential expression testing was done using Cufflinks 2 and visualization of differential expression was done using the R package cummerbund. Accession numbers of the selected genes are shown in Supporting Table S2.
Virus neutralization
Neutralization activity of patient sera was determined against 20 viral isolates using a TZM-bl neutralization assay as previously described [20].
In vitro infection
Freshly isolated PBMCs were stimulated with PHA (10 µg/ml). After 12 hours stimulation, CXCR5high cells were sorted by FACS Aria based on surface molecule expression and infected by a multiplicity of infection (MOI) of 0.01 with either HIV NL-E or HIV NLAD8-E [41]. The infected cells were cultured in the presence of 50 U/ml recombinant human interleukin-2 (R&D) for 5 days and analyzed for CXCR5 expression by FACS.
Experimental variables were analyzed using the nonparametric Mann-Whitney U test, the Wilcoxon matched-pairs signed rank test or the Friedman test with Dunn's multiple comparison post-test. Correlation analysis was performed using the nonparametric Spearman test. Error bars depict mean+SEM in all bar graphs shown. The GraphPad Prism statistical analysis program (GraphPad Software, version 5.0) was used throughout.
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(Shqip) 31 Korrik 1997, mbledhje ne Rome per rimekembjen e Shqiperise.
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1. At what speed does an average cough come out of your mouth? 15 miles per hour, 60 miles per hour or 130 miles per hour?
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Gap Junctions: Molecular Basis of Cell Communication in Health and Disease, Vol 49. Current Topics in Membranes
Elsevier Science and Technology
Since the first gap junction protein (connexin) was cloned over a decade ago, more than a dozen connexin genes have been cloned. Consequently, a wealth of information on the molecular basis of gap junctional communication has been accumulated. This book pays tribute to this exciting era in the history of cell communication research by documenting the great strides made in this field as a result of the merging of biophysics and molecular biology, two of the most powerful approaches to studying the molecular basis of membrane channel behavior. Twenty-eight comprehensive chapters, authored by internationally recognized leaders in the field, discuss the biophysical, physiological, and molecular characteristics of cell-to-cell communication via gap junctions. Key aspects of molecular structure, formation, gating, conductance, and permeability of vertebrate and invertebrate gap junction channels are highlighted. In addition, a number of chapters focus on recent discoveries that implicate connexin mutations and alterations of gap junctional communication in the pathogenesis of several diseases, including the X-linked Charcot-Marie-Tooth demyelinating disease, some forms of inherited sensorineural deafness, malignant transformation, cardiac malformations and arrhythmia, eye lens cataract, and Chagas disease.
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Channel Structure, Assembly, and Degradation:
Gap Junction Structure: New Structures and New Insights, G. Sosinsky.
Degradation of Gap Junctions and Connnexins, J.G. Laing and E.C. Beyer.
Channel Forms, Permeability, and Conductance:
Homotypic, Heterotypic, and Heteromeric Gap Junction Channels, P.R. Brink, V. Valiunas, and G.J. Christ.
Heteromultimeric Gap Junction Channels and Cardiac Disease, S. Elenes and A.P. Moreno.
Ion Permeation through Connexin Gap Junction Channels: Effects on Conductance and Selectivity, R.D. Veenstra.
Phosphorylation of Connexins: Consequences for Permeability, Conductance, and Kinetics of Gap Junction Channels, H.J. Jongsma, H.V.M. van Rijen, B.R. Kwak, and M. Chanson.
Intercellular Calcium Wave Communication via Gap Junction-Dependent and -Independent Mechanisms, E. Scemes, S.O. Suadicani, and D.C. Spray.
Voltage Grating:
Membrane Potential Dependence of Gap Junctions in Vertebrates, L.C. Barrio, A. Revilla, J.M. Goméz-Hernandez, M. de Miguel, and G. González..
A Reexamination of Calcium Effects on Gap Junctions in Heart Myocytes, B. Delage and J. Délèze.
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Distinct Behaviors of Chemical- and Voltage-Sensitive Gates of Gap Junction Channel, F.F. Bukauskas and C. Peracchia.
A Molecular Model for the Chemical Regulation of Connexin43 Channels: The "Ball-and-Chain" Hypothesis, M. Delmar, K. Stergiopoulos, Nobuo Homma, G. Calero, G. Morley, J.F. Ek-Vitorin, and S.M. Taffet.
Mechanistic Differences between Chemical and Electrical Gating of Gap Junctions, I.M. Skerrett, J.F. Smith, and B.J. Nicholson.
Behavior of Chemical- and Slow Voltage-Sensitive Gates of Connexin Channels: the "Cork" Gating Hypothesis, C. Peracchia, X.G. Wang, and L.L. Peracchia.
Molecular Determinants of Voltage Gating of Gap Junctions Formed by Connexin32 and 26, T.A. Bargiello, S. Oh, Y. Ri, P.E. Purnick, and V.K. Verselis.
Regulation of Connexin43 by Tyrosine Protein Kinases, A.F. Lau, B. Warn-Cramer, and R. Lin.
Gating of Gap Junction Channels and Hemichannels in the Lens: A Role in Cataract?, R. Eckert, P. Donaldson, J. Lin, J. Bond, C. Green, R. Merriman-Smith, M. Tunstall, and J. Kistler.
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Biophysical Properties of Hemi-Gap-Junctional Channels Expressed in XenopusOocytes, L. Ebihara and J. Pal.
Properties of Connexin50 Hemichannels Expressed in Xenopus laevisOocytes, S. Eskandari and G.A. Zampighi.
Invertebrate Gap Junctions:
Gap Junction Communication in Invertebrates: The Innexin Gene Family, P. Phelan.
Diseases Based on Defects of Cell Communication:
Hereditary Human Diseases Caused by Connexin Mutations, M.V.L. Bennett and C.K. Abrams.
Trafficking and Targeting of Connexin32 Mutations to Gap Junctions in Charcot-Marie-Tooth X-Linked Disease, P.E.M. Martin and W.H. Evans.
Molecular Basis of Deafness Due to Mutations in the Connexin26 Gene (GJB2), X. Estivill and R. Rabionet.
"Negative: Physiology: What Connexin-Deficient Mice Reveal about the Functional Roles of Individual Gap Junction Proteins, D.C. Spray, T. Kojima, E. Scemes, S.O. Suadicani, Y. Gao, S. Zhao, and A. Fort.
Role of Gap Junctions in Cellular Growth Control and Neoplasia: Evidence and Mechanisms, R.J. Ruch.
Gap Junctions in Inflammatory Responses: Connexins, Regulation, and Possible Functional Roles, J.C. Sáez, roberto Araya, M.C. Branes, M. Concha, J.E. Contreras, E.A. Eugenín, A.D. Martínez, F. Palisson, and M.A. Sepúlveda.
Cx43 (a<->1) Gap Junctions in Cardiac Development and Disease, R.G. Gourdie and C.W. Lo.
Gap Junctional Communication in the Failing Heart, W.C. De Mello.
Gap Junctions Are Specifically Disrupted by Trypanosoma cruzi Infection, R.C.S. Goldenberg, A. Gonçalves, and A.C. Campos de Carvalho.
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Honda CBR250R Articles
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Be a Hero and Buy This Twin-Engined Cadillac Eldorado
Another brilliant creation from the mind of Warren Mosler. Yours for $39,900.
By Chris Perkins
Corvette Experience
The tenth-generation Cadillac Eldorado isn't a car that will set anyone's hair on fire, at least not in its conventional single-engined form. For true motoring excitement, you'll need this Mosler TwinStar, the twin-V8'd Eldorado of your fever dreams. Corvette Experience, a dealer in Florida, has one of the claimed five built available for $39,900.
Warren Mosler, economist and father of the spectacular Consulier, stumbled upon the greatness that is the TwinStar when attempting to build a mid-engined Eldo, according to Car & Driver's 2000 review of the car. Supposedly, the Eldorado worked well enough as a twin-engined car, so Mosler left it as is.
It uses the Eldorado's stock Northstar V8, which makes 275 horsepower, to drive the front wheels and a 300 horsepower V8 from the Eldorado Touring Coupe to drive the rear wheels. Each has its own separate ignition and automatic gearbox, operating independently of one another.
Yep, that means shifting isn't synced between the two motors, though Car & Driver's review says it doesn't feel as weird as it sounds. C&D recorded a five-second zero to 60 run and the TwinStar pulled 0.83g on the skidpad. Impressive figures given its curb weight of 4780 lbs.
Surprisingly, the TwinStar's handling is said to be well-balanced. Not surprising is the TwinStar's fuel consumption, observed at 10 mpg.
To fit the second drivetrain, Mosler stretched the Eldorado's wheelbase, making the oddly proportioned Eldorado even stranger looking. A second gauge cluster was installed in on the passenger side, but otherwise, the interior is standard-issue late 90s GM luxury.
As if the TwinStar wasn't great enough on its own, this particular car has quite a provenance. It was reportedly commissioned by Clarence Clemmons, the late Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band saxophonist.
Are you the hero this strange, rare, amazing car deserves? If so, buy it, then call me so I can drive it.
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Petition launched to scrap retirement flats on land left for pub
By Adam Nixon @AdamJNixon Community Reporter
A PETITION has been launched to scrap plans for retirement flats on land which was originally earmarked for a pub.
The proposal, submitted to Test Valley Borough Council, is to introduce 15 two bedroom flats, 21 one bedroom flats, with facilities such as a residents lounge, a mobility scooter store, refuse store, office and a guest suite in Abbotswood, near Romsey.
As well as a total of 25 car parking spaces.
Now, residents are signing a petition to abolish the plans because the creator of it, Jack Andrews, would prefer it to be used as a pub, or a GP surgery which was another option for the land.
The petition now has more than 50 signatures in just under a day.
Jack Andrews, of Wyndham Drive, said: "We are appealing from signatures for a petition which directly affects residents and visitors of Abbotswood in Romsey.
"We require signatures from anyone in the Test Valley Borough Council area.
"The petition is not because we would rather have the Pub.
"It's about the precedent being set if change of use is granted so readily. It's about the confidence residents have in a local authority seemingly disinterested in the community that is Abbotswood.
"It's about land set aside for community and retail use being granted change of use without any regard to the local people."
He added: "There are concerns from everyone in the catchment area since they abolished the plans for the new Abbotswood GP.
"So 800 new homes have already forced to flood the only two GP surgeries in the area. They are now planning to add an additional retirement property, the GP surgeries will not be able to handle it."
Another Abbotswood resident, Simon Hayes, also said he feels "badly let down" after plans were revealed.
However, Richard Wakley, an Abbotswood resident said: As residents of nearly seven years, my wife and I would much prefer a retirement home there rather than a pub that would likely have caused noise pollution and drunken behaviour in our streets.
"The GP surgery and a dental surgery were planned within the new shops, construction of which has recently been completed.
"Sadly all residents will already have registered for such services, making any take-up from GPs or dentists unviable."
Shane Paull, Regional Managing Director at McCarthy and Stone, commented: “This is a sustainable, vacant site which has been identified for future development as part of the Abbotswood Masterplan. Despite extensive marketing for a new public house since 2012, no buyers have been forthcoming, with no interest shown from any national, local or niche operators. As nobody has been able to deliver a pub, we believe that much-needed Retirement Living accommodation for older residents is an excellent alternative that still provides something that will benefit the local area.
He added: "Our plans will significantly improve housing choice for older residents and there is currently a significant shortfall within Romsey and the wider Test Valley for this type of specialist accommodation."
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Opening day win for Rovers Ladies
Lynda Shepherd scored a late winner, as Roves Ladies kicked off the new FA Women’s Premier League season with a 1-0 victory over Loughborough Foxes.
In a contest which Rovers completely dominated from start to finish, the only goal of the game arrived 20 minutes from time when Shepherd fired a low shot into the bottom corner.
It was the very least Rovers’ display deserved against the newly-promoted Foxes, who were content to keep 11 players camped behind the ball.
In a goalless first half, Shepherd forced a smart save from the Loughborough keeper with a shot from distance, whilst Jess Holbrook fired over when well placed.
After the break, Sophie Flynn flicked on to Danielle Sheen, who shot just wide, before Rovers twice went close from two dangerous Holbrook deliveries.
The breakthrough finally arrived on 70 minutes when, after good combination play around the edge of the box, Shepherd’s sweetly-struck half volley found the bottom right-hand corner.
Manager Gemma Donnelly said: “We’re obviously delighted with the three points, despite the time it took us to make the breakthrough.
“The scoreline would suggest not the most convincing of performances, but the stats would suggest otherwise. It is by far a better start than last season and demonstrates our intentions for the season ahead.
“I’d like to give special mentions to Centre of Excellence graduate Ali Johnson, who came on for her debut, and Lynda Shepherd, who was absolutely outstanding in the middle of the park.”
ROVERS: Hutcheson, Westerman, Kinvig, Chandarana, Bickett, Flynn, Shepherd, Holbrook, Sheen, Boyle (Johnson 60), Jones.
Subs not used: Maher, Fenton, Hope.
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Buffalo Kloof
sid the rhino
Buffalo Kloof Hunting Safaris
info@buffalokloofsafaris.co.za
+27 71 659 3475 (Thelma)
Ralph Koster:
rkoster@mweb.co.za
Landline: + 27 82 890 5362
Cell: + 27 72 938 2172
Diana Koster:
Cel: + 27 72 938 2172
Warne Rippon:
warne@steelrode.co.za
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Buffalo Kloof Fair Chase Policy
Buffalo Kloof Hunting Safaris embraces the ideals and principles of fair-chase hunting. We pledge not to deviate from our belief that hunting shall always remain ethical and that the animal shall have a good chance of escaping. We undertake to uphold the highest standards with all our clients, and we encourage all who step onto the land to act toward it in a responsible and ethical manner.
We have been operating since 2000, and because of our sound principles and practices, we have taken our property from a simple beginning to a place where it has now become an iconic Eastern Cape safari destination. Our 27,000-hectare property (66,719 acres) is now a sanctuary to many, many animals. It is only due to our fair-chase ethics and principles that we have been able to move forward to the place where hunting and conservation work hand in hand to ever increase our animal numbers in a free-roaming environment.
We have brought the elephant back to the area after nearly two hundred years, and we are already seeing far-reaching and unintended benefits from our elephant-conservation program. After only a few years many of the area’s native plants have returned; these are plants that cannot germinate unless they have traveled through the enzymes in an elephant’s stomach. Thus, our approach to conservation is not only benefiting the fauna of the area but also the native flora.
Our black rhino antipoaching project is also gaining momentum. Our new antipoaching unit works in conjunction with the government and VETPAW.org to help stop the illegal trade in wildlife. We have also undertaken to mentor new rangers to assist in the everlasting fight against the horrific poaching crisis facing the planet today.
Buffalo Kloof Hunting Safaris is all about ensuring the basic rights of animals so that they can survive in peace and tranquility until they mature. All our staff and clients are asked to support our philosophy at all times when walking and stalking on the reserve. To pull a trigger when in a vehicle is simply not tolerated.
We are very proud of what we have achieved in such a short time. Our iconic property is now at the top of the tree, and our journey to this point has been predicated on our understanding of the interlocking nature of the fauna and flora that exist in our native ecosystem. We promise to persevere in our fight to preserve this delicate balance, and we are committed to continue our work as advocates for both conservation and fair-chase hunting.
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Lets Get Jiggy
Lions-Vikings Preview
Players: Danny Amendola, Matthew Stafford, Kirk Cousins, Marvin Jones, Kyle Rudolph, Kenny Golladay, Adam Thielen, David Blough, Dalvin Cook, Bo Scarbrough, Kerryon Johnson
Minnesota Vikings quarterback Kirk Cousins (8) readies a throw against the Seattle Seahawks during the first half of an NFL football game, Monday, Dec. 2, 2019, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
Detroit Lions quarterback David Blough throws during the first half of an NFL football game against the Chicago Bears, Thursday, Nov. 28, 2019, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Duane Burleson)
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) The Minnesota Vikings brought back little to show from a trip to one of the toughest places to play in the NFL. Other than additional injuries to important players and perhaps some pride in a fourth-quarter rally in Seattle that fell a bit short, that is.
There's a reward waiting for them at home, though, with a depleted Detroit Lions team toting a five-game losing streak. The Vikings will make the playoffs if they win out, and the last quarter of the season presents an unprecedented advantage. All three NFC North foes must play this month at U.S. Bank Stadium, where the Vikings are 5-0 this year and 23-7 in the regular season and postseason since it opened in 2016.
Never before in team history have the Vikings had more than two intradivision home games stashed in the final four weeks of the schedule. The NFL first went to a divisional alignment in 1967.
''We need this one, and it's going to be really important the last quarter of the season, now that we're three-quarters of the way through, that we finish really strong,'' quarterback Kirk Cousins said. ''We've still got to go out and earn everything in front of us.''
Even with Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford likely to miss his fifth straight game to a back and hip injury, with undrafted rookie David Blough now manning the offense, the Vikings (8-4) ought not to relax about this game. The last time they played at home on Nov. 17, they fell behind 20-0 at halftime to a Denver team that's now 4-8, before furiously rallying for a 27-23 victory. In the third game of the 2018 season, as a 16 1/2-point favorite at home against a Buffalo team that finished 6-10, the Vikings never even began a comeback and fell 27-6.
These Lions (3-8-1) have led in every game, and each of their losses during the streak have come by eight points or fewer.
''For us, there are positives in all of it and negatives in all of it,'' coach Matt Patricia said. ''You'd certainly rather be in close games than not close games, that's for sure.''
Prior to Minnesota's 42-30 win at Detroit on Oct. 20, the Lions lost by one point to Green Bay and by four points to Kansas City after leading both of those games with less than 30 seconds to go.
''They have highly paid, highly skilled players, and we barely beat them in Detroit. Barely,' ` Cousins said. ''You'd have to be pretty clueless to ever use the word `overlook' in terms of getting ready for this one.''
Blough performed admirably in his debut on Thanksgiving Day, passing for 280 yards and two touchdowns and one late interception against a stout Chicago defense to give the Lions a spark.
''It was fun to see the guys have my back and lifting me up,'' Blough said.
Here's a closer look at the matchup on Sunday:
RUDOLPH THE RED ZONE TARGET
Kyle Rudolph, who has nine touchdown receptions in 15 career games against the Lions, has six scores plus a 2-point conversion in the last six games for the Vikings. Cousins has grown increasingly comfortable throwing passes into tight windows to the ninth-year tight end, who has made a habit of one-handed grabs in the back of the end zone.
''I take a lot of pride in trying to make the quarterback right,'' Rudolph said.
BRIGHT SPOT BO
Hampered by a knee injury to starter Kerryon Johnson, the Lions have given carries to seven running backs this season. Johnson has returned to practice, but Bo Scarbrough has been a bright spot for the offense in the meantime.
''You can see him breaking tackles at the first level, breaking tackles at the second level. He can finish the run and kind of have that punishing style,'' Lions offensive coordinator Darrell Bevell said. ''I think he's just kind of brought a little bit of the mentality that we're looking for, the blue-collar guy, the physical, punishing style that you'd like to play in this division.''
The Vikings just got done playing against that punishing kind of style, and they didn't fare well, allowing a season-most 218 rushing yards to the Seahawks on 43 attempts.
''You've always got to start with stopping the run. That's going to set you up for success,'' strong safety Harrison Smith said.
BANGED-UP VIKINGS
Vikings wide receiver Adam Thielen has played only a handful of snaps in the five games since hurting his hamstring during a touchdown catch in the first quarter at Detroit. Coach Mike Zimmer said Thielen has ''a good opportunity'' to return Sunday, but if there's any question about his condition the Vikings will undoubtedly opt for caution and keep him on the sideline again.
Running back Dalvin Cook is also uncertain for the game, having departed in Seattle in the third quarter, but his injury to the collarbone area is more about pain tolerance than risk of reinjury.
''I feel good, actually better than I expected,'' Cook said. ''I'll be out there.''
RARE AIR
Detroit wide receiver Kenny Golladay has joined Hall of Famer Randy Moss as the only two players in the last 35 years to have at least 45 receptions, average 20-plus yards per catch and score nine receiving touchdowns or more through the first 12 games of the season. Golladay needs 50 yards to reach the 1,000-yard mark for the second straight year and give the Lions a 1,000-yard receiver for the 10th consecutive season.
SECONDARY, A PRIMARY CONCERN
The Vikings have been uncharacteristically vulnerable in pass defense this season, with two-time Pro Bowl cornerback Xavier Rhodes among the culprits. Golladay is far from the only downfield threat posed by the Lions, with Marvin Jones and Danny Amendola also needing to be accounted for. Jones had four touchdown receptions against the Vikings in the first matchup this year.
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Championship Player Rankings
Championship Inactives
Tyreek Hill Jan 18 5:00pm ET
Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Tyreek Hill had an incredible performance against the Tennessee Titans during their Week 10 matchup. He caught 11 of his 19 targets for 157 yards and two touchdowns in the loss to Tennessee. He'll get another chance to run over the same team in the AFC Championship matchup on Sunday. Hill hasn't been able to get over 100 yards receiving in a single game since that matchup. DFS players know that Hill has a chance to be a complete bust, but the fact he destroyed Tennessee the first time is hard to ignore. Hill has given DFS players a lot to think about before Sunday's kickoff.
From RotoBaller
Travis Kelce Jan 18 4:50pm ET
Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce is coming off a three touchdown performance against the Houston Texans last week. He hauled in 10 receptions for 134 yards and three touchdowns in the Divisional Round victory. The Tennessee Titans main focus has to be slowing down Kelce. They allowed seven receptions for 75 yards and a touchdown to Kelce earlier in the season. Kelce isn't going to be cheap for DFS contests, but he's proven all season long that he's worth the risk.
Sammy Watkins Jan 18 4:50pm ET
Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Sammy Watkins has been tough to watch all season long. He started off the year with a three touchdown performance, but it was downhill after that. Watkins was only targeted more than five times in a game once over the last five games. Tyreek Hill and Travis Kelce have taken over the passing attack in Kansas City. Watkins was able to haul in five receptions for 39 yards during his regular season matchup against the Titans. DFS players shouldn't expect a better performance out of Watkins this time around.
Patrick Mahomes Jan 18 4:40pm ET
Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes is set to battle with the Tennessee Titans for the AFC Championship on Sunday. Mahomes is coming off a five touchdown performance against the Houston Texans last week. He's already faced off against the Titans once this season and Mahomes didn't disappoint. He threw for 446 yards and three touchdowns in that game. DFS players should be able to lean on Mahomes to at least be efficient on Sunday. He has a solid chance of being the best quarterback out of the bunch in the division title games.
Damien Williams Jan 18 4:40pm ET
Kansas City Chiefs running back Damien Williams is coming off a three touchdown performance against the Houston Texans last week. He rushed 12 times for 47 yards and caught two passes for 21 yards through the air. LeSean McCoy and Darwin Thompson have been absent from the backfield lately. The Chiefs have been leaning on Williams and it's been paying off. He's been able to find the end zone when he's called upon and piled up 109 yards against the Titans earlier in the season. Fantasy owners are aware that Williams has been up and down this season, but he's red-hot right now. He'll be used in both the rushing and passing attack, so DFS players should give Williams a long look for Sunday's slate.
Jimmy Garoppolo Jan 18 2:03pm ET
San Francisco 49ers QB Jimmy Garoppolo has the confidence of former 49ers QB and Hall of Famer Steve Young. 'When they've asked him to raise up and go win it, he did it,' Young said. 'Those are hard things to do. That just doesn't happen. When you see it in the NFL and someone is able to do it, you go, once you've done it, you can do it again. You can keep doing it.'
Fantasy Spin: Jimmy G wasn't a fantasy factor with his 11-of-19, 131-yards, one-TD, one-interception game in the divisional-round playoff win over the Vikings, but that's largely due to the Niners' overwhelming success on the ground (47 rushes-186 yards). When Garoppolo has been forced to pass, he's delivered the majority of the time, and his fantasy numbers Sunday likely will depend on how much the opposing Packers are able to get done against the San Fran defense.
From TheHuddle
Raheem Mostert Jan 18 1:23pm ET
San Francisco 49ers RB Raheem Mostert is the only player since special-teams tackles were first tracked in 2001 to lead his team in rushing yards and special-teams tackles in the same season.
Fantasy Spin: While Mostert is a breakout talent who led the Niners in rushing in each of their last six regular-season games, keep in mind that it was Tevin Coleman who led the squad in rushing attempts (22), yards (105) and touchdown runs (2) in the divisional-round playoff win over the Vikings as Mostert (12-58-0) battled a calf cramp which he said was an after affect of an illness he dealt with the week leading up to the game. In the meantime, it's a plus matchup Sunday against a Packers defense which allowed the ninth-most rushing yards (120.1) per game during the regular season.
Derrick Henry Jan 18 1:13pm ET
Tennessee Titans RB Derrick Henry has rushed for 377 yards on 64 carries in two wins this postseason, but Kansas City Chiefs DE Frank Clark says he isn't intimidated heading into the AFC Championship matchup with the Titans on Sunday, Jan. 19. 'He's not hard to hit,' Clark was quoted as saying on NFL Network. 'He's just a big guy -- 240, 245, 250 (pounds). Honestly he should be running harder at his weight and size. I don't see no difficulty in tackling him. ... He's just easy to me up front because I don't look at any running back like they can't be tackled. He's not one of the best guys at breaking tackles to me, honestly.'
Fantasy Spin: Henry is on a truly historic run -- with only Terrell Davis owning more 150-yard postseason games (four) than Henry's three -- and it will be challenge for Clark and the K.C. D, which ranked in the bottom fourth of the league in allowing 128.2 rushing yards per game and 4.9 yards per carry, to slow down -- let alone shut down -- Henry and the run-first Titans.
Odell Beckham Jr. Jan 18 12:43pm ET
Cleveland Browns WR Odell Beckham Jr. likely won't face simple-assault charges for slapping a security officer's buttocks Monday, Jan. 13, as the officer has declined to press charges, according to a source.
Fantasy Spin: The Browns -- and OBJ's fantasy dynasty-league owners -- are hoping this the final negative offseason headline the wideout generates for a good while and he starts focusing his energies on improving on his disappointing debut season with Cleveland.
Jan 18 5:23am ET
Confirming a previous report, the Dallas Cowboys have hired New Orleans Saints linebackers coach Mike Nolan to be their new defensive coordinator. Head coach Mike McCarthy said he plans to run a defense with four down linemen.
Jason McCourty Jan 17 10:53pm ET
New England Patriots CB Jason McCourty (groin) recently underwent surgery on the groin injury that hampered him throughout the 2019 season.
Jason Garrett Jan 17 8:03pm ET
Former Dallas Cowboys head coach Jason Garrett has agreed to become the offensive coordinator for the New York Giants, according to a source.
Tevin Coleman Jan 17 6:03pm ET
San Francisco 49ers RB Tevin Coleman (elbow) fully participated in practice Friday, Jan. 17, and is not on the injury report for the NFC Championship game.
Fantasy Spin: Coleman is coming off one of his best games of the season last week and should continue to receive most of the carries in the running game. He should be a starting option in all fantasy leagues.
George Kittle Jan 17 6:03pm ET
San Francisco 49ers TE George Kittle (ankle) fully participated in practice Friday, Jan. 17, and is not on the injury report for the NFC Championship game.
Fantasy Spin: Kittle is one of the top options in the passing game for the 49ers and is a must-start option in all fantasy leagues.
San Francisco 49ers RB Raheem Mostert (calf) fully participated in practice Friday, Jan. 17, and is not on the injury report for the NFC Championship game.
Fantasy Spin: Mostert will have a solid role in the running game against the Green Bay Packers and could see a few targets in the passing game. He has a chance to be a flex option in fantasy leagues.
Dee Ford Jan 17 6:03pm ET
San Francisco 49ers LB Kwon Alexander (pectoral) was limited during practice Friday, Jan. 17, but is not on the injury report for the NFC Championship game. DE Dee Ford (hamstring, quadriceps) fully participated in practice and is not on the injury report.
Marcedes Lewis Jan 17 5:43pm ET
Green Bay Packers FB Danny Vitale (knee) was limited during practice Friday, Jan. 17, and is listed as questionable for the NFC Championship game. TE Marcedes Lewis (non-injury), LB Preston Smith (ankle) and CB Tramon Williams (non-injury) were limited during practice but are not on the injury report. S Adrian Amos (chest), OT Bryan Bulaga (non-injury), DT Kenny Clark (back), WR Ryan Grant (non-injury), LB Blake Martinez (hand) and OT Billy Turner (ankle) fully participated in practice and are not on the injury report.
Geronimo Allison Jan 17 5:33pm ET
Green Bay Packers WR Geronimo Allison (illness) fully participated in practice Friday, Jan. 17, and is not on the injury report for the NFC Championship game.
Fantasy Spin: Allison has only been targeted 12 times over the last five games and was held to nine yards in his last game against the San Francisco 49ers. He can be avoided in fantasy leagues.
Jimmy Graham Jan 17 5:23pm ET
Green Bay Packers TE Jimmy Graham (non-injury) was limited during practice Friday, Jan. 17, but is not on the injury report for the NFC Championship game.
Fantasy Spin: Graham likely will see a handful of targets in the passing game against the San Francisco 49ers and could be a stating option in some fantasy leagues.
Green Bay Packers Jan 17 5:20pm ET
The Green Bay Packers Defense faces a tough task this weekend in the NFC Championship game against the San Francisco 49ers. In their regular-season meeting, the Packers gave up 37 points and only dropped Jimmy Garoppolo only three times. They also failed to generate any turnovers. Green Bay's defense may need to lend their offense a helping hand by creating a turnover or two to swing the field position game. If Za-Darius and Preston Smith can ramp up the pressure, the Packers will have a good chance of generating a turnover or two and winning the game. It certainly won't be easy, considering how formidable the 49ers offense has been this season.
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VNC Automotive partners with Frazer-Nash at MWC 2017 in Barcelona
The latest vehicle connectivity solutions demonstrated live in a new Metrocab and Bristol Bullet sports car on stand 7D81
VNC Automotive, the premier supplier of in-car connectivity solutions, today announced that they will feature Frazer-Nash on stand at Mobile World Congress 2017 (MWC) to demonstrate the latest vehicle connectivity and telematics applications. The real-time remote access solution developed for the mobile and automotive industry by VNC Automotive will be on display inside two truly unique vehicles, which contain Frazer-Nash systems.
Live demonstrations from VNC Automotive and Frazer-Nash
Ecotive Metrocab with connectivity for the passenger, driver and operator
Bristol Bullet delivers a personalized app experience
Demo area showing a full range of vehicle and mobile connectivity solutions
Powered by Frazer-Nash, the new zero-emission capable Metrocab will be showcasing VNC Automotive’s vehicle connectivity solutions for the benefit of fleet operators, cab drivers and passengers. Visitors will see how passengers can make the most of their time in a cab by securely connecting their phone to a large screen display to access any of their apps ranging from emails to video streaming. The driver can do the same with their phone on the head unit in the front of the cab, safely accessing business apps for scheduling and booking, maps, traffic and weather conditions. VNC Automotive also benefits the fleet operator by allowing the driver to signal an alert using an assistance button. This automatically connects the driver to an operator who, via virtual reality, will know the location, vehicle ID and faults. If the fault is software related, it can be resolved remotely. Otherwise, the vehicle can be booked in the closest available service center for immediate repair.
The limited edition Bristol Bullet celebrates 70 years of Bristol Cars. The Bullet resonates with the visual language of the most iconic Bristol models while embodying modern luxury and technology. The vehicle uses VNC Automotive and Frazer-Nash technologies to enable in-car phone mirroring for the driver. The use of VNC’s innovative technology allows personal apps on the phone to be displayed safely on the car head unit - enhancing the personalised driving experience.
In addition to the compelling in-car connectivity demonstrations running in the Metrocab and Bristol Bullet, a separate demonstration area is available to explain a full range of remote access, mobile, and telematics applications. Connecting your phone with your vehicle, and your vehicle with the rest of world using VNC Automotive is enabling exciting new possibilities for the entire mobile ecosystem.
“We are very excited to be working with Frazer-Nash at this years’ Mobile World Congress,” explained Tom Blackie, VP of Automotive for RealVNC. “It’s great to have a partner that shares our vision for the potential of technology and are so enthusiastic about rolling this out to the benefit of their customers. Together with Frazer-Nash we are able to demonstrate innovative uses of in-car connectivity solutions that deliver real business benefits. Our vehicle connectivity solutions in combination with the amazing Ecotive Metrocab and the Bristol Bullet will provide a truly unique setting to share our view of a connected future. Visitors to our stand at MWC will have a very enlightening an enjoyable time.”
The VNC Automotive suite used by Frazer-Nash in their vehicles supports an unmatched range of mobile connectivity standards including, Android Auto, Apple CarPlay, Baidu CarLife and MirrorLink.
The RealVNC and Fraser-Nash demonstrations can be seen in Hall 7 stand 7D81 at Mobile World Congress 2017 in Barcelona on 27 February – 02 March 2017. www.mobileworldcongress.com
About Frazer-Nash Research
Frazer-Nash Research is the flagship research and development organisation of the Kamkorp Group and a world leader in automotive powertrain and energy management solutions. With over two decades of R&D in electrified powertrain, Frazer-Nash’s team of highly innovative engineers have developed a range of state-of-the-art technologies, with core competencies in electric machines, electric power converters, motor inverters, multiple motor control, energy and battery management, vehicular data connectivity and big data analytics.
These technologies are expressed in the Frazer-Nash proprietary ultra-low emissions Range-Extended Electric Powertrain, FN Unify Software System and Solar and Smart-grid technologies.
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SAS® helps GE Transportation optimize equipment operation in Industrial IoT era
SAS analyzes sensor data in real-time to keep GE locomotives safe and efficient
ANALYTICS EXPERIENCE, WASHINGTON (Sep 18, 2017)
Asset-intensive industries like manufacturing, energy, and transportation rely on safe and efficient operation of their equipment to generate healthy profits. For example, rail companies lose a lot of money when trains operate inconsistently and outside their optimum fuel efficiency range. GE Transportation is doing something about it by integrating SAS to decipher locomotive Internet of Things (IoT) data and uncover use patterns that keep trains on track.
“GE Transportation’s locomotives are equipped with edge devices that manage hundreds of data elements per second to optimize locomotive operation,” said Garret Fitzgerald, General Manager of Transport Intelligence at GE Transportation. “We use SAS® Event Stream Processing in our Predix-based EdgeLINC offering to enable our customers with analytical insights on their data in real time. Although we’re in the integration phase of this project, the software has been easy to implement and use.”
GE Transportation leverages SAS® Event Stream Processing powered by the SAS Platform and its SAS® Viya™ capabilities. The SAS software will be integrated with Predix Machine and Predix Edge Manager, deployed on equipment and in back offices. The combined solution helps enterprises gain real-time insights and drive improved outcomes by harnessing the power of streaming edge analytics running on board connected locomotives. SAS Event Stream Processing can be scaled, embedded and deployed across an enterprise, from small, constrained devices that sit at the network’s edge, to cloud data centers. Its performance and ease of adoption provide organizations the flexibility to adapt to evolving challenges. GE Transportation leads the way in this industry with an initial rollout plan of more than 1,000 North American locomotives.
“In the IoT era, data is the fuel and analytics is the engine that drives value and tangible outcomes,” said Randy Guard, SAS Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer. “GE Transportation sought to develop an intelligent network to increase the value of its investment in connected IoT assets. They understand the need for analytics close to the edge, directly on the locomotives. With SAS Event Stream Processing, GE Transportation will benefit from a unified analytics environment and the ability for data scientists to code in the programming language they prefer to drive valuable customer outcomes faster.”
Garret Fitzgerald will discuss GE Transportation’s use of SAS in more detail with Randy Guard during an Analytics Experience session on Wednesday, Sept. 20, from 9:00 to 9:30 a.m. Eastern Time.
Today’s announcement was made at the Analytics Experience conference in Washington, DC, a business technology conference presented by SAS that brings together more than 10,000 attendees on-site and online to share ideas on critical business issues.
About GE Transportation
At GE Transportation, we are in the business of realizing potential. We are a global technology leader and supplier of equipment, services and solutions to the rail, mining, marine, stationary power and drilling industries. Our innovations help customers deliver goods and services with greater speed and savings using our advanced manufacturing techniques and connected machines. Our digital solutions, which provide data-driven insights to improve efficiency, utilize Predix – GE’s cloud-based operating system for the Industrial Internet. EdgeLINC is GE Transportation’s Predix-based software solution for Industrial IoT device management and data optimization.
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GE Transportation is integrating SAS solutions to decipher locomotive Internet of Things (IoT) data and uncover use patterns that keep trains on track.
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Real World AI
Turning business problems into prediction problems—and solving them
Steve Holder, National Strategy Executive Analytic & AI at SAS
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The popular vision of the future of artificial intelligence—autonomous machines mimicking human behavior and thought, becoming sentient beings—may be in the cards, but that’s far from certain and, for business today this vision is less relevant. More likely scenarios are those like the one outlined by Ajay Agrawal at the recent AI in the Real World event hosted by SAS in Toronto: When Amazon has gathered enough detailed information, run it through their algorithms and applied their models, they’ll be able to ship you what you want before you order it, pre-empting your purchase from another supplier. Amazon will need to find a threshold that balances the incremental profit against the cost to process unwanted items and returns.
Since Amazon has already applied for a patent on “anticipatory shipping,” we may see that scenario from Amazon sooner rather than later.
Agrawal, an economics professor at University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management and co-founder of its machine-learning-focused Creative Destruction Labs, a pre-seed incubator, likes to substitute the words “cheap prediction” for “artificial intelligence.” Through that lens, it’s easier to disentangle the real promise of AI—lowered prediction cost and lower error rates that complement increasingly valuable human judgment. This model for AI is easy to discern from the volume of analytical work being done in organizations today and applying “cheap prediction” means solve more business problems.
Artificial Intelligence in the Real World:
Artificial intelligence in the real world is making an impact. SAS spoke with a few of the top AI thought leaders: Professor Ajay Agrawal, Forrester Analyst, Mike Gualtieri, Head of Accenture AI, Jodie Wallis, and Head of Deloitte AI (Omnia) Shelby Austin to learn what they had to say about it.
Those prediction problems are more ubiquitous than you may think. Take the hiring process for example, says Agrawal. It’s traditionally seen as a “soft” science, one that’s largely dependent on impression and intuition, and not suitable for automation. Like it or not some believe it’s the kind of process where AI excels: predicting outcomes based on a wide range of inputs. It’s not just about the candidates’ resumes or personality. AI could consider internal employees who might be candidates for the position. Assess whether those employees are flight risks because of their attractiveness to competitors and should be retained with an offer of promotion and offer advice to help narrow the field.
Pragmatic AI
There’s pure AI and there’s pragmatic AI, says Mike Gualtieri, vice-president and principal analyst for AI at Forrester Research, who also presented at the AI in the Real World event hosted by SAS in Toronto. Pure AI—mimicry of human intelligence—is a hypothetical that may be achieved or may not. Pragmatic AI—machine learning, natural language processing, modeling, use of automation and adaptation —is where business advantage lies. A lot of effort is wasted on analytics that aren’t aligned to a business outcome. Identify high-value business processes that are data-rich and apply AI there.
Algorithms get all the attention, Gualtieri told the conference, but the entire model falls apart without the data. For all the technological advances in the algorithms that AI is based on, without good data it’s still garbage in, garbage out.
AI is a spectrum of processes for ingesting, contextualizing, recognizing and understanding data. It’s built around an intersection of data and business process that defines value. It’s not magic, a crystal ball, a cure-all for any business problem. AI takes analytics, amplifies them, and brings them into the real world. AI can help organizations acquire and categorize information, adapt to changing environments, deliver faster time to insight and in some cases automate business decisions.
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This real-world integration of AI requires technologies that mimic a human’s experience in the physical world: natural language processing to hear and speak to the world, processing of structured and unstructured input, logic and algorithms to reinforce learning of environments, video interpretation or robotic processes to interact with objects.
Enter the application programming interface (API). The API model—using a set of protocols and libraries to connect software components—has been around for many years. The use of APIs has allowed software developers open and standardized ways to interact with complex, disparate and often proprietary systems in a common and consistent way. SAS has used the representational state (RESTful) architecture to embed our AI algorithms in a variety of programming languages—Python, R, Lua, Java—and use open source models from TensorFlow, Caffee and others. Programmers can use the programming syntax they know and deploy the AI system into the organization’s enterprise architecture.
Analytics and Maturity
What’s the connection between analytics and AI? It’s a common question. There’s a relationship between the maturity of AI initiatives and the role that analytics plays a foundation for successful AI.
In a recent Forbes survey, nearly half (46 percent) of AI adopters overall said their organization has fully deployed AI, either in one or multiple use cases. Other adopters are still in the experimenting and prototyping phase. When you look at the role of analytics in AI projects and the associated maturity the impact is significant. Among organizations still in development with their AI initiatives, only 21% saw analytics having a critical or major role. In contrast companies with mature AI projects, 77% saw analytics having a critical or major role. These numbers show that to be successful with deployed AI, analytics need to be a central and integral part of your AI strategy. Speaking of an AI strategy, what do you need to consider in order to move from AI hype to pragmatic AI? There are four primary considerations:
Explain. What is the initiative doing? Knowing how to state the goal and reason for an AI initiative helps avoid wasted time on the irrelevant. Organizations also must create transparency in the AI system--being able to explain why a decision was made helps manage the impact of AI to ensure trust.
Control. This isn’t about access. It’s about oversight—understanding what the system is doing to ensure it’s doing the right thing, not just doing things right. AI and analytics are driven by data and as a result the efficiency and relevance can decay or become biased. The right answer to the wrong question at the wrong time can be dangerous. Having a controlled system in place that knows what the AI system is doing, and where and why it made a decision, helps organizations ensure AI is working for them, not the other way around.
Scale. Doing something once is easier than doing something hundreds of times. AI systems need to be able to scale from concept, to experimental application and be able to move to full-fledged deployment while minimizing duplication of effort and resources. Is your infrastructure—not just computing infrastructure, but business process and governance—ready for the impact of multiple AI system rollouts?
Choice. Expanding beyond the scope of technologists to the realm of business users requires multiple approaches to interact with AI systems. While some people are comfortable building an AI system by writing code and integrating a variety of open APIs, there are many individuals who don’t have the desire or skills to build it from scratch. Organizations need the ability create democratized AI that allows business users to become savvy with AI approaches without writing code, while at the same time enabling the technologists to build.
The SAS approach to AI is to augment human efforts through algorithms and automation. Our technology helps organizations:
Address the diversity of AI capabilities and users to help organizations democratize AI, regardless of skill level or language preference.
Scale your AI initiatives from concept to deployment by maximizing performance and minimizing effort and infrastructure duplication.
Future proof against the changing AI ecosystem and create consistency in your AI outcome for all users.
Deliver AI in a trusted and transparent way to help your organization deliver on your business objectives without having to worry about building an AI engineering team.
If that resonates with your company, get in touch, we can help draw your AI roadmap together.
And by the way, a package arrived for you …
As the Strategy Executive at SAS Canada Steve Holder is responsible for creating and driving the SAS solution strategy with our Canadian customers. A key part of this is providing thought leadership for the SAS Analytics, AI, Big Data and Cloud portfolios including Open Source integration. A Canadian AI evangelist Steve has seen first-hand how the use of AI, analytics and data can help customers solve business problems; make the best decisions possible and unearth new opportunities. Steve’s passion is making technology make sense for everyone regardless of their technical skillset. Steve tweets at @holdersdh and can be emailed at steve.holder@sas.com.
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CDC Gives Hospitals Protocol for Cleaning Duodenoscopes
March 26, 2015 — In the wake of several deadly outbreaks of “superbug” infections, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has published an interim protocol for hospitals that need to clean and disinfect duodenoscopes.
The CDC warned that incomplete cleaning could allow bacterial growth, which could form a biofilm that is very difficult to remove and could result in persistent contamination.
Some of the recommendations made by the CDC included:
Inspection and cleaning: Make sure the elevator mechanism on the tip of the duodenoscope is thoroughly cleaned and visibly free of debris.
Drying: Make sure the scope is completely dry before it is stored.
Surveillance: Take cultures of the scope after it has been cleaned and dried, including at least the instrument channel and the distal end of the scope.
And more: And more
The CDC asked hospitals to warn patients who are undergoing duodenoscope procedures about the risk of person-to-person disease transmission, including transmission of antibiotic-resistant “superbugs.”
However, the CDC did not require hospitals to tell patients after they were exposed to high-risk pathogens on contaminated medical equipment.
Duodenoscopes have a complex “elevator” mechanism that helps bend the scope into tight spaces. Unfortunately, the FDA has warned that this mechanism is very difficult to sterilize effectively between uses.
In recent years, dozens of people have been infected with carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) on contaminated duodenoscopes. The manufacturer of the scope, Olympus Corp., is now facing lawsuits for selling an unreasonably dangerous device and failing to provide adequate cleaning instructions.
Do I have a Scope Infection Lawsuit?
The Schmidt Firm, PLLC is currently accepting duodenoscope induced injury cases in all 50 states. If you or somebody you know has been diagnosed with a “superbug” infection, you should contact our lawyers immediately for a free case consultation. Please use the form below to contact our Defective Medical Device Litigation Group or call toll free 24 hours a day at (866) 920-0753.
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Faith and spirituality have been the foundations for incredible healing and recovery for thousands of years. However, science-based approaches to the treatment of substance abuse and mental illness have often found it difficult to quantify or measure the impact of spiritual programs on the process of recovery.
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Chagigah 13bחגיגה י״ג ב
The William Davidson Talmudתלמוד מהדורת ויליאם דוידסון
13bי״ג ב
חיות אש ממללות במתניתא תנא עתים חשות עתים ממללות בשעה שהדיבור יוצא מפי הקב"ה חשות ובשעה שאין הדיבור יוצא מפי הקב"ה ממללות
It refers to speaking animals of fire. Electrum [ḥashmal] is an acrostic of this phrase [ḥayyot esh memallelot]. It was taught in a baraita: At times they are silent; at times they speak. When the divine speech emerges from the mouth of the Holy One, Blessed be He, they are silent; and when the divine speech does not emerge from the mouth of the Holy One, Blessed be He, they speak.
(יחזקאל א, יד) והחיות רצוא ושוב כמראה הבזק מאי רצוא ושוב אמר רב יהודה כאור היוצא מפי הכבשן מאי כמראה הבזק אמר רבי יוסי בר חנינא כאור היוצא מבין החרסים
§ The verse states: “And the divine creatures ran and returned like the appearance of a flash of lightning [bazak]” (Ezekiel 1:14). What is the meaning of “ran and returned”? Rav Yehuda said: Like fire that is emitted from a furnace, whose flame is continuously bursting out and withdrawing. What is the meaning of “like the appearance of a flash of lightning”? Rabbi Yosei bar Ḥanina said: Like the fire that is emitted from between pieces of earthenware used for refining gold, as an additional meaning ascribed to the word bazak is shards of earthenware.
(יחזקאל א, ד) וארא והנה רוח סערה באה מן הצפון ענן גדול ואש מתלקחת ונוגה לו סביב ומתוכה כעין החשמל מתוך האש להיכן אזל אמר רב יהודה אמר רב שהלך לכבוש את כל העולם כולו תחת נבוכדנצר הרשע וכל כך למה שלא יאמרו אומות העולם ביד אומה שפלה מסר הקב"ה את בניו אמר הקב"ה מי גרם לי שאהיה שמש לעובדי פסילים עונותיהן של ישראל הן גרמו לי
The verse states: “And I looked and, behold, a stormy wind came out of the north, a great cloud, with a fire flashing up, so that a brightness was round about it; and out of its midst was like the color of electrum, out of the midst of the fire” (Ezekiel 1:4). The Gemara poses a question: Where did that wind go? Rav Yehuda said that Rav said: It went to conquer the entire world under the wicked Nebuchadnezzar. And why was all of this necessary? Why was it necessary that the entire world be subjected to his dominion? So that the nations of the world would not say: The Holy One, Blessed be He, delivered His children into the hands of a lowly nation. Since it was already decreed that the kingdom of Israel would fall into the hands of Nebuchadnezzar, God made him into a great conqueror, so that Israel would not be ashamed of being defeated by him. The Holy One, Blessed be He, said with regard to this: Who caused Me to be an attendant to worshippers of molten images, forcing Me to wage their wars? It was the sins of Israel that led Me to do so.
(יחזקאל א, טו) וארא החיות והנה אופן אחד בארץ אצל החיות אמר ר' אלעזר מלאך אחד שהוא עומד בארץ וראשו מגיע אצל החיות במתניתא תנא סנדלפון שמו הגבוה מחברו מהלך חמש מאות שנה ועומד אחורי המרכבה וקושר כתרים לקונו איני והכתיב (יחזקאל ג, יב) ברוך כבוד ה' ממקומו מכלל דמקומו ליכא דידע ליה דאמר שם אתגא ואזל ויתיב ברישיה
Another verse in the same chapter states: “Now as I beheld the divine creatures, behold, one wheel [ofan] was upon the earth near the divine creatures” (Ezekiel 1:15). Rabbi Elazar said: This wheel is a certain angel who stands on the earth and its head reaches the divine creatures. It was taught in a baraita: This angel is named Sandalfon, who is taller than his colleague by a distance of five hundred years, and he stands behind the Divine Chariot and weaves crowns for his Maker. The Gemara asks: Is that so? Can crowns be woven for God? But isn’t it written: “Blessed be the Lord’s glory from His place” (Ezekiel 3:12), which proves by inference that no one knows His place? Therefore, how can crowns be woven for Him? Rather, it can be done by saying a name for the crown, and then the crown goes and sits on God’s head of its own accord.
אמר רבא כל שראה יחזקאל ראה ישעיה למה יחזקאל דומה לבן כפר שראה את המלך ולמה ישעיה דומה לבן כרך שראה את המלך אמר ריש לקיש אי דכתיב (שמות טו, א) אשירה לה' כי גאה גאה שירה למי שמתגאה על הגאים דאמר מר מלך שבחיות ארי מלך שבבהמות שור מלך שבעופות נשר ואדם מתגאה עליהן והקב"ה מתגאה על כולן ועל כל העולם כולו
§ Rava said: All that Ezekiel saw, the prophet Isaiah saw as well, but the latter did not find it necessary to describe his vision in such detail. To what may Ezekiel be compared? To a villager who saw the king and is excited by all the extravagances of the king’s palace and everything it contains, as he is unaccustomed to them. And to what may Isaiah be compared? To a city dweller who saw the king. Such an individual focuses on the encounter with the king, and is oblivious to all the distractions. Reish Lakish said: What is the meaning of that which is written: “I will sing to the Lord, for He is highly exalted” (Exodus 15:1)? It is fitting to sing to He Who is exalted above the exalted. As the Master said: The king of the beasts is the lion, the king of the domestic animals is the ox, the king of the birds is the eagle, and man is exalted and lords over them, but the Holy One, Blessed be He, is exalted above all of them and above the entire world, as the creatures that appear in the Divine Chariot are the ox, the lion, the eagle, and man.
כתוב אחד אומר (יחזקאל א, י) ודמות פניהם פני אדם ופני אריה אל הימין לארבעתם ופני שור מהשמאל לארבעתן וגו' וכתיב (יחזקאל י, יד) וארבעה פנים לאחד פני האחד פני הכרוב ופני השני פני אדם והשלישי פני אריה והרביעי פני נשר ואילו שור לא קא חשיב אמר ר"ל יחזקאל ביקש עליו רחמים והפכו לכרוב אמר לפניו רבש"ע קטיגור יעשה סניגור
The Gemara poses a question with regard to the animals of the Divine Chariot: One verse states: “As for the likeness of their faces, they had the face of a man; and the four had the face of a lion on the right side; and the four had the face of an ox on the left side” (Ezekiel 1:10). And it is also written: “And each one had four faces: The first face was the face of the cherub, and the second face was the face of a man, and the third the face of a lion, and the fourth the face of an eagle” (Ezekiel 10:14), but it does not include the face of an ox in this second list. Reish Lakish said: Ezekiel requested mercy with regard to it, i.e., the face of the ox, and had it turned into a cherub. He said before Him as follows: Master of the Universe. Shall an accuser [kateigor] become a defender [saneigor]? As the face of an ox recalls Israel’s sin of the Golden Calf, it would be preferable for there to be a different face on the Divine Chariot.
מאי כרוב אמר רבי אבהו כרביא שכן בבבל קורין לינוקא רביא א"ל רב פפא לאביי אלא מעתה דכתיב פני האחד פני הכרוב ופני השני פני אדם והשלישי פני אריה והרביעי פני נשר היינו פני כרוב היינו פני אדם אפי רברבי ואפי זוטרי
The Gemara asks: What is the meaning of “cherub”? Rabbi Abbahu said: Like a baby [keravya], for in Babylonia they call a baby ravya. Rav Pappa said to Abaye: However, if that is so, what is the meaning of that which is written: “The first face was the face of the cherub, and the second face was the face of a man, and the third the face of a lion, and the fourth the face of an eagle”? The face of a cherub is the same as the face of a man; what is the difference between them? He replied: The difference is that the face of a man is referring to a large face, whereas the face of a cherub means the small face of a baby.
כתוב אחד אומר (ישעיהו ו, ב) שש כנפים שש כנפים לאחד וכתוב אחד אומר (יחזקאל א, ו) וארבעה פנים לאחת וארבע כנפים לאחת להם לא קשיא כאן בזמן שבהמ"ק קיים כאן בזמן שאין בית המקדש קיים כביכול שנתמעטו כנפי החיות
The Gemara asks another question: One verse states: “Each one had six wings; with two it covered its face and with two it covered its feet, and with two it flew” (Isaiah 6:2), and another verse states: “And every one had four faces, and every one of them had four wings” (Ezekiel 1:6). The Gemara answers: This is not difficult, as here, when the verse states they each had six wings, it is referring to the time when the Temple is standing, while there, where four wings are described, it is referring to the time when the Temple is not standing, for it is as if the number of the wings of the animals were diminished so that they now have only four.
הי מינייהו אימעוט אמר רב חננאל אמר רב אותן שאומרות שירה בהן כתיב הכא (ישעיהו ו, ב) ובשתים יעופף וקרא זה אל זה ואמר וכתיב (משלי כג, ה) התעיף עיניך בו ואיננו
The Gemara asks: Which of the wings were diminished? Rav Ḥananel said that Rav said: Those with which they recite song. The proof is that it is written here: “And with two it flew [yeofef ]. And one called to the other and said” (Isaiah 6:2–3), and it is written: “Will you set [hata’if ] your eyes upon it? It is gone” (Proverbs 23:5), implying that the flight of these wings had ceased.
ורבנן אמרי אותן שמכסות בהן רגליהם שנאמר (יחזקאל א, ז) ורגליהם רגל ישרה ואי לאו דאימעוט מנא הוה ידע דלמא דאיגלאי וחזיא ליה דאי לא תימא הכי ודמות פניהם פני אדם הכי נמי דאימעוט אלא דאיגלאי וחזיא ליה הכא נמי דאיגלאי וחזיא ליה
And the Rabbis say that the wings they lost are those with which they cover their feet, for it is stated: “And their feet were straight feet” (Ezekiel 1:7). Now if these wings had not been diminished, how would he know what their feet looked like? Clearly their feet were no longer covered. The Gemara rejects this: This is no proof, for perhaps they were momentarily revealed, allowing him to see them. Because if you do not say so, that he saw them for a moment, then with regard to the verse: “And the likeness of their faces, they had the face of a man” (Ezekiel 1:10), so too will you say that these the wings covering their faces were diminished as well? Rather, it must be that they were revealed and he saw them. Here too, they were revealed and he saw them.
הכי השתא בשלמא אפיה אורח ארעא לגלויי קמיה רביה כרעיה לאו אורח ארעא לגלויי קמיה רביה
The Gemara refutes this: How can these cases be compared? Granted, it is logical that his face was revealed, as it is proper conduct for an angel to reveal his face before his Master, and therefore it is possible that they would have revealed their faces at certain times; but with regard to his feet, it is not proper conduct to reveal them before his Master. Therefore, they must have lacked wings to cover their feet.
כתוב אחד אומר (דניאל ז, י) אלף אלפין ישמשוניה ורבו רבבן קדמוהי יקומון וכתוב אחד אומר (איוב כה, ג) היש מספר לגדודיו לא קשיא כאן בזמן שבית המקדש קיים כאן בזמן שאין בהמ"ק קיים כביכול שנתמעטה פמליא של מעלה
§ The Gemara continues to address apparent contradictions between verses concerning similar matters: One verse states: “A thousand thousands ministered to Him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him” (Daniel 7:10), and another verse states: “Is there a number to His troops?” (Job 25:3), implying that they are even more numerous than “ten thousand times ten thousand.” The Gemara answers: This is not difficult, for here, when they are without number, the verse is referring to the time when the Temple is standing; there, the other verse is referring to the time when the Temple is not standing, for it is as though the heavenly entourage [pamalya] were diminished.
תניא רבי אומר משום אבא יוסי בן דוסאי אלף אלפין ישמשוניה מספר גדוד אחד ולגדודיו אין מספר ור' ירמיה בר אבא אמר אלף אלפין ישמשוניה לנהר דינור שנאמר (דניאל ז, י) נהר דינור נגד ונפק מן קדמוהי אלף אלפין ישמשוניה ורבו רבבן קדמוהי יקומון
It is taught in a baraita: Rabbi Yehuda HaNasi says in the name of Abba Yosei ben Dosai: “A thousand thousands ministered to Him” is referring to the number of angels in a single troop, but with regard to the number of his troops, it can be said: “And to his troops, there is no number”. And Rabbi Yirmeya bar Abba said: There is no contradiction, since with regard to the phrase “a thousand thousands ministered to Him,” the pronoun “Him” can be literally translated as: It, referring not to those who serve God Himself, but to those who administer to the River Dinur, as it is stated: “A fiery [dinur] river issued and came forth from before him; a thousand thousands ministered to it, and a myriad myriads stand before it” (Daniel 7:10). The ministers of God, however, are indeed too numerous to count.
מהיכן נפיק מזיעתן של חיות ולהיכן שפיך אמר רב זוטרא בר טוביה אמר רב על ראש רשעים בגיהנם שנאמר (ירמיהו כג, יט) הנה סערת ה' חמה יצאה וסער מתחולל על ראש רשעים יחול ורב אחא בר יעקב אמר על אשר קומטו שנאמר (איוב כב, טז) אשר קומטו ולא עת נהר יוצק יסודם תניא אמר רבי שמעון החסיד אלו תשע מאות ושבעים וארבע דורות שקומטו להיבראות
The Gemara asks: From where does this river flow? The Gemara answers: From the perspiration of the divine creatures. And where does it flow to? Rav Zutra bar Toviya said that Rav said: Upon the heads of the wicked in Gehenna, as it is stated: “Behold, a storm of the Lord has gone forth in fury, a whirling storm; it shall whirl upon the head of the wicked” (Jeremiah 23:19). And Rav Aḥa bar Ya’akov said: The river flows over those who were snatched away, i.e., the generations that were never created, as it is stated: “Who were snatched away before their time, whose foundation was poured out as a stream” (Job 22:16), implying that the River Dinur flows over them. It is taught in a baraita: Rabbi Shimon HeḤasid said in explanation of this verse: These people “who were snatched away” are those nine hundred and seventy-four generations that were snatched away; they were to have been created
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dames rocket (Hesperis matronalis)
dames rocket
damask violet
dame's-violet
dames-wort
dame's gilliflower
night-scented gilliflower
queen's gilliflower
rogue's gilliflower
summer lilac
sweet rocket
mother-of-the-evening
winter gilliflower
SCIENTIFIC SYNONYMS: There are no synonyms for Hesperis matronalis.
CONFIRMATION STATUS: Pending confirmation.
TAXONOMY: The currently accepted scientific name for dames rocket is Hesperis matronalis L.
NATIVE STATUS: Introduced, United States and Canada.
GENERAL BOTANICAL CHARACTERISTICS:
Habit: First-year plants develop into low rosettes at ground level and stay green all winter. Flowering plants start as a rosette in early spring, but soon send up an erect, 2-4 foot tall flower stem. Flower clusters branch out from the upper parts of the plant. It often grows in extensive stands.
Leaves: Rosette leaves are up to 6 inches long. Flowering-stem leaves are pointed and lance-shaped, 2-6 inches long, wider at the base, and attached alternately along the stem. Leaves decrease in size up the stem. Lower leaves usually have short petioles (leaf stalks), while the upper leaves attach directly to the stem. There are widely spaced teeth along the leaf edges. Both stems and leaves are covered with fine hairs.
Flowers: Each flower is 4-petaled, with colors on different plants ranging from purple or pink to white. Blossoms are 3/4 -1 inch wide and grow in branching clusters that lengthen over the 4-6 week flowering period. Each flower develops into a seedpod called a silique. Blossoming continues at the tips of the flowering branches, while at the same time seedpods ripen below.
Fruits/Seeds: Ripening occurs over the summer and large quantities of seeds are produced in thin, wiry seedpods that are 2-5 inches long and slightly hairy. In late summer and fall they split lengthwise to release tiny dark brown seeds. Each plant is capable of producing hundreds of seedpods, each with abundant seeds. Seeds remain viable in the soil for many years.
Roots: The root system consists of a taproot and branching secondary roots.
REGENERATION PROCESS: Dames rocket propogates itself by reseeding.
HABITAT TYPES: Dames rocket prefered habitats include lowland forests, moist meadows, woodland edges and openings, open woods, thickets, semi-shaded fence rows, and banks of ditches and roadsides.
SITE CHARACTERISTICS: Dame’s rocket prefers partial sun, moist to semi-dry conditions, and fertile loamy soil, but avoids acidic soil. It will tolerate full sun if there is sufficient moisture.
SEASONAL DEVELOPMENT: The blooming period occurs from late spring to mid-summer and lasts about 1–1½ months.
GENERAL DISTRIBUTION: Dames rocket occurs throughout much of the United States and Canada. It is absent from South Carolina and all the Gulf Coast states, as well as Oklahoma and Arizona. It occurs in all Canadian provinces except Yukon and Nunavut).
SKY MEADOWS DISTRIBUTION: To be determined.
IMPORTANCE AND USES: The primary pollinators of the flowers are butterflies and moths, which suck nectar. Other insect visitors, with one or two exceptions, are less effective at pollination and are attracted by the pollen (their mouthparts aren't long enough to reach the nectar). Observations have been made of the following visitors: white butterflies, soldier flies, Syrphid flies, Halictid bees, Andrenid bees, and honeybees. Among the Syrphid flies, a Rhingia sp. have been observed sucking nectar because of its exceptionally long proboscis. Information about this plant's relationships to birds and mammals is currently unavailable.
Dame’s rocket was introduced for ornamental purposes from Eurasia in the early 1600s. Its spread nationally has been accelerated by the inclusion of dame’s rocket in “wildflower” seed mixes for gardens. The leaves, oil and seeds of this plant are edible. The young leaves are rich in vitamin C and can be eaten raw as a cress substitute in salads. The plant is also cultivated for its essential seed-oil which is used in perfumes.
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SkyDrive Pro storage boost reinforces Microsoft’s dedication to cloud storage
Robert Nelson - Aug 27, 2013, 3:56 pm CDT
Microsoft has announced some changes to SkyDrive Pro today. The changes touch on storage and sharing and in both cases these are going in the direction that one would expect and hope to see. Simply put, storage is being increased and moving forward it should be a bit easier to find those shared items you have stored in SkyDrive.
On the topic of storage, that is seeing a jump from 7GB to 25GB. This has been set as the default storage amount which means it will apply to both new and existing SkyDrive Pro customers. In addition, an individual users’ SkyDrive Pro storage limit can be increased above and beyond the 25GB limit. In fact, it can be upped to 50GB or 100GB in size. Those storage increases can be applied using the SharePoint admin center.
Shifting over to the topic of sharing and we are now looking towards something called “Shared with Me.” This is a new section that you will find within SkyDrive Pro and simply keeps everything that has been shared with you in one central location. Now when you need that file that was once shared with you, this section should make it easy to find — even if you cannot remember exactly who (or when it was) shared with you.
The Shared with Me section will offer details to include the title as well as the date it was modified and who did the last modification. Of course, search is also available should you remember some of the details of what you are looking for. This can be found in the left-hand navigation panel of your SkyDrive Pro account under Followed Documents.
Otherwise, some additional changes for SkyDrive Pro include an increase in the overall file upload limit in SharePoint Online — up to 2GB. The default recycle bin retention has also been increased to 90 days (up from 30 days). SkyDrive Pro will now also have versioning set by default on newly provisioned libraries. This means the last ten versions will be saved.
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Alternatives of Sand
Manufactured sand is a term used for aggregate materials less than 4.75mm and which are processed from crushed rock or gravel. Due to booming of construction activities in our country, natural sand resources are increasingly depleted and its cost is becoming increasingly high. This seminar was, therefore, conducted to study the influence that manufactured sand have in compressive strength of concrete, to compare the cost of different mix compositions and to assess the prospects of using manufactured sand as replacement of natural sand The cost comparisons results also have shown that using manufactured sand in partial or full replacement to natural sand doesn’t cause any significant cost variation. It has been found also that use of manufactured sand is more suitable for high strength concrete production. It can therefore, be concluded that when the availability of natural sand is scarce or in cities where the price of natural sand is as expensive as manufactured one, manufactured sand concrete mix is a viable and better alternative to the use of natural sand.
Now, there exhibits some delays in the building construction due to the shortage of sand. The demand for sand has been ever increasing with the development of building industry. As a result, it has been noticed the over exploitation of river sand causing serious environmental problems. At least during the past five years, this problem has been discussed by the concerned scientists and engineers. One of the main objectives of these discussions was the identification of potential sources of river sand alternatives. Many environmental problems arises due to the taking of excess amount of sand from rivers. So Government banned this upto a certain extent. To overcome these problems faced by the people there are other types of building materials like M.Sand, Volcanic glass and Gypsum. These are all building materials which are used for a long time.
M.Sand
M-Sand is manufactured sand, obtained from specific hard rock (granite) using the state-of-the-art International technology. Its numerous advantages over river sand have made it a favorite and a "Must-to-Use" with quality conscious builders.
Poabs is always been the first to introduce these technological bliss for the good use of the construction industry in South India. In line with the manufacture of sand in bulk quantity, Poabs have procured the world's best and state of the art equipments and installed them at various safe stations in Kerala complying with every scientific parameters set for producing Manufactured Sand(M-Sand). Modern and imported machines VSI(Vertical Shaft Impact) are used by Poabs to produce M-Sand, ensuring to IS 383 ZONEII. For quality control, Poabs has engaged in a scientific tie-up with the RND lab and department heads of Trivandrum Engineering College who rigorously and constantly monitor our production at every stage. This exceptional kind of technical support always assures us to maintain consistency in quality as well as to upgrade our technology from time to time.
The particle shape of the aggregates is very important for making concretes. It is a well known fact that the sand having cubical particles with grounded edges gives higher tensile strength and compression strength to the concrete. The grains should be of durable material and the size of the grains must be such that it should give minimum voids. The presence of clay and slit is avoided since it retards the setting of the cement and making mortar. Experiments shown that considerable variations in strength of mortar may occur owing to form and variety of the sand particle. The strength of mortar may differ by about 50% of average. It is not possible in river sand that all particles should be of higher strength. This can be achieved only by making sand with the help of machines. In machine-made sand, we can use the raw material of higher strength.
There is discrepancy in the river sand for two loads lifted from same source. Hence to achieve consistent quality, each truck of sand should be tested. Moreover the sand has to be sieved to remove stones, slit and clay. In routine average wastage of sieving are about 35% and extra labour cost involved. Whereas Poabs M-Sand is ready-to-use-sand with no wastage since it do not have organic impurities. The superior shape and gradation of Poabs M-Sand ensures high strength concrete with significant savings in cement.
M-Sand is crushed aggregates produced from hard granite stone which is cubically shaped with grounded edges, washed and graded with consistency to be used as a substitute of river sand. Vasthu shastra says building material must be free from traces of human body or animal. M-sand is free of such material and is produced by crushing hard granite stone when compared to river sand that is produced naturally from weathered rock. M-sand is superior quality manufactured sand with international standards.
Volcanic Glass
Volcanic glass is the amorphous (uncrystal) product of rapidly cooling magma. Volcanic ash and lava also form rich soil, while hot rocks heat under water. Volcanic ash also serves as a natural resource for construction and industry. Lava and tuffs can be cut into blocks and used as stone for building. They have enough strength for high buildings. Stone buildings are light weight, resistant to weathering and good insulators. Concrete too was discovered by Romans who mixed granular volcanic ash with lime cement to create a new water-resistant material with superior strength . It was this substance that allowed the Romans to build fantastic edifices, waterworks, aqueducts, roads, harbors, under water structures and light houses. It is still used in concrete constructions today.
Among its advantages are less need for structural steel reinforcement, smaller. They are porous, Froth-like volcanic glass which come in various colours and are found in the western united states.
Light Weight Concrete
Light weight concrete weighing from 35 to115 pound per cubic foot has been used in the United States for more than 50 years. The compressive strength is not as great as ordinary concrete, but it weathers just as well. Among its advantages are less need for structural steel reinforcement, smaller foundation requirements, better fire resistance and most importantly the fact that it can serve as an insulation material. It can cost more that sand and gravel concrete and it may shrink more upon drying.
Light weight concrete may be made by using light weight aggregates or by the use of foaming agents such as aluminium powder, which generates gas while the concrete is still plastic. Natural light weight aggregates include Pumica, Scoria, Volcanic linders, tuff and diatomite. Light weight aggregates can also be produced by heating clay, shale, slate, diatomaceous, shale, perlite, obsidian and furnace slag that has been specially cooled can also be used.
The rock from which perlite is manufactured has a structure resembling tiny pearls and when it is heated it expands and breaks into small expanded particles the size of sand. Concrete made with expanded perlite weights between 50 to 80 pounds per cubic foot and is a very good insulating method.
Pumicecrete
Pumice is an extremely lightweight rock formed when volcanic lava cools so quickly that most of its volume is comprised of tiny bubbles of trapped gases. Pumice-Crete is made of three ingredients: pumice as aggregate and just enough portland cement and water to hold the pieces of pumice together. The insulating value of Pumice-Crete comes from both the tiny bubbles within the sponge-like pumice itself and the larger air spaces between the pumice pieces, once the whole wall is sealed by a plaster coating. Pumice-Crete is poured into forms to cast walls in place, then a solid concrete bond beam is poured atop the walls to hold connectors for the roof system. With minimal wall thicknesses of at least 14 inches, Pumice-Crete is strong enough to need no additional structural support for most one- or two-story buildings
Pumicecrete has been used in constructing buildings for many years. It is simply concrete that uses crushed volcanic rock as an aggregate rather than conventional sand and gravel. Both pumice and Scoria when used in this fashion, render a product that is much lighter than concrete.
Advantages of Pumice-Crete:
Pumice-Crete walls are much more consistently insulated than conventional, stud-and-batt walls, and they allow far less air infiltration
Pumice-Crete uses relatively little portland cement, and the pumice aggregate is collected from shallow deposits found in volcanic areas around the world. In many areas, all of the needed materials are available locally
Pumice-Crete can be delivered pre-mixed in trucks or mixed on-site.
Unlike wood, Pumice-Crete will not burn, rot, or get eaten.
The uniformly coarse Pumice-Crete surface allows a stucco finish without the use of stucco netting.
The light weight of Pumice-Crete allows the use of lightweight forms, made of half-inch plywood and 2x4s, that can be saved for use on another building project.
Thick, poured walls allow for interesting architectural choices that highlight their massive, earthy quality.
Gypsum is a light weight material which is formed as the result of evaporating sea water in massive prehistoric basis. In terms of its chemical composition, it is calcium sulphate Di-hydrate (CaSo4.2H2o) and inherently contains 21% water by molecular weight. Gypsum products have been used for centuries in the construction space and are the material of choice because of gypsums unique properties. It has excellent insulation properties both thermal and acoustic and can offer very good passive fire protection, moisture resistance, impact resistance and vapour control when used in combination with the right systems.
In recent years, the construction sector has witnessed a number of new trends, technology advancements and innovations across applications all aimed at making construction faster and delivering higher performance. However, very few would have imagined that the substitute for the generations old method of sand cement surface plastering will be an even older method of plastering. ie, gypsum plastering. Gypsum has proved to be a miraculous material aiding interior construction
The most significant use for gypsum is for wallboard and plaster products. All modern homes in North America and other developed countries use a great deal of wallboard for interior walls. The United States is the world’s leading consumer of wallboard at over 30 billion square feet per year. Some gypsum is used to make Portland cement, and some is used in agricultural applications. A small amount of very pure gypsum is used in glass making and other specialized industrial applications.
Gypsum Plaster
When a wall is constructed with brick or block, they are finished with a coat of plaster which is called internal plastering. Internal plastering has traditionally been done through a process of Sand-cement plastering finished with pop pruning.
Wash sand mixing in cans ensures zero wastage
Site mixing
No quality control
Water curing for 7 days minimum no water curing.
Coat of leveling material required before painting (POP) dries in 3 days
No Shrinkage cracks
Direct application on brick, block or RCC, no separate finishing product required
Smooth finish
Ready to painting.
The superior shape, proper gradation of fines, smooth surface texture and consistency in production parameter of chemically stable sands provide greater durability and higher strength to concrete by overcoming the deficiencies like segregation, bleeding, honey combing, voids and capillary.
Greater workability
The alternatives of sand has greater workability than the original river sand
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Sunset magazine moving to Oakland
By Hamed Aleaziz
Updated 2:57 pm PDT, Tuesday, June 2, 2015
West Coast lifestyle magazine Sunset will be moving to Jack London Square in Oakland, the publication announced Tuesday.
The magazine, which is moving its editorial and business operations from its Clifford May-designed compound in Menlo Park, will be housed above a planned artisan food market in Oakland.
“Though we will all miss the gorgeous campus and gardens we have called home for so long, the move is consistent with Sunset’s longtime mission to reflect our readers’ lives and aspirations,” said Peggy Northrop, editor in chief of the publication, in a statement posted online.
Northrop said that Westerners are now moving toward city centers.
“And amidst all the shiny new stuff, we love that the location connects us to our history: Jack London was a regular contributor to Sunset back in the day, and the cabin-style bar that was his regular haunt will be at our doorstep,” she said.
The publication will maintain an outdoor garden and kitchen in an event space in Sonoma County. This weekend, Sunset will hold a farewell celebration at its Menlo Park space, which was purchased by an investment firm in 2014.
Hamed Aleaziz is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. E-mail: haleaziz@sfchronicle.com Twitter: @haleaziz
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Tennis Champ Naomi Osaka Claims Historic Win At Pan Pacific Open
The World number four Naomi Osaka turns pro this time as she clinched the Pan Pacific Open final on Sunday. With this win, she becomes first Japanese to win Pan Pacific Open since Kimiko Date's historic win in 1995.
Japanese tennis player Naomi Osaka, 21, won her first trophy since winning the Australian Open in January. The World number four turns pro this time as she clinched the Pan Pacific Open final on Sunday. With this win, she becomes first Japanese to win Pan Pacific Open since Kimiko Date’s historic win in 1995. On her return, she defeated world number 41 Russia’s Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6-2 6-3 in the final, an easy task for the regaining champion.
Osaka secured her first two Grand Slams at the US and Australian Open since her last outing. Since then she has improved her brilliant form and came out triumphant. “I just wanted to win this really bad,” Osaka, who saw many losses this season told a news conference.
'It's really special for me to win here.'
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Naomi Osaka beat Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6-2 6-3 in the Toray Pan Pacific final
She became the first Japanese player to win the title since Kimiko Date’s historic win in 1995
With this win, Osaka stayed on course to qualify for the season-ending WTA Finals in Shenzhen
Her strategies on and off court seemed pretty offbeat since she has sacked two coaches in a span of seven months. “I think what I learned from this tournament is just to focus every point, and just to have really positive energy,” Osaka added. She stayed focus to qualify for the season-ending WTA Finals in Shenzhen.
READ: How Naomi Osaka Rose To The Top From World No.72 In A Year’s Time
Naomi became Japan’s first Grand Slam singles champion – man or woman – after thrashing her idol, Serena Williams, in last year’s US Open final. She went toe-to-toe with the 23-time Grand Slam champion and defeated her in the infamous 2018 US Open final.
Earlier this year, realising that she had robbed Naomi Osaka a chance to celebrate her maiden title win, Serena felt guilty of being unfair to Osaka and wrote a heartfelt letter apologising to her. In her essay published in the US magazine Harpers Bazaar, Serena recalled, “When Naomi’s response came through, tears rolled down my face. ‘People can misunderstand anger for strength because they can’t differentiate between the two,’ she said graciously. ‘No one has stood up for themselves the way you have and you need to continue trailblazing.’”
With this win, she becomes first Japanese to win Pan Pacific Open since Kimiko Date’s historic win in 1995.
Responding to the letter the 21-year-old Japanese player responded with a beautiful message. She applauded the seven-time Wimbledon champion for her bravery and praised the manner in which Serena stood for herself.
During Serena’s outburst at the US Open, she had accused the chair umpire to be a “liar” and a “thief.” Naomi had won the game defeating Serena 6-2, 6-4 to triumph in her first major in September last year. However, Serena engaged in a controversy with chair umpire Carlos Ramos. For the misbehaviour on court, she was handed a code violation for coaching, docked a point for smashing her racquet and penalised a game for verbal abuse.
Naomi has been playing professional tennis since 2013. Her major breakthrough came when she became an international sensation after beating Angelique Kerber in the first round of the US Open in 2017. In addition to defeating Kerber, Naomi has won matches over other long-time tennis greats, including Maria Sharapova and Simona Halep. She is now eyeing gold in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
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‘Yesterday’ Movie Review: The Beatles Deserve Better
By Kevin Finnerty on June 28, 2019 Latest Movie Reviews, Movies
Lily James and Himesh Patel in ‘Yesterday’ (Photo by Jonathan Prime © 2019 Universal Studios)
“Do you genuinely not know who The Beatles are?” asks Jack (Himesh Patel). “Genuinely,” replies Ellie (Lily James). “Then I’m in a really, really complicated situation,” says Jack who’s apparently the only person who remembers The Beatles and their songs in the music-driven fantasy drama, Yesterday.
Jack’s a struggling, mediocre musician who dreams of one day getting his big break. The only person who believes in him and has devoted her life to managing his music career…if it can be called that…is his childhood best friend, Ellie. After another disappointing gig Jack tells Ellie he’s going to give up on trying to be a musician. Ellie attempts to talk him out of it, but he peddles away on his bicycle. At just that precise moment, the world experiences a momentary blackout and Jack is hit by a bus. He wakes up in the hospital missing a few teeth and with a few scrapes but is otherwise okay.
Ellie and a few of his friends throw Jack a homecoming party to celebrate his birthday when he gets out of the hospital. Ellie gives Jack a new, expensive guitar and Jack, touched by her generosity, plays the song, ”Yesterday.” To his surprise, everyone fawns over the song saying it’s great and asking when he wrote it. Jack says Paul McCartney from The Beatles wrote it, and his friends act as though they have no idea who he’s talking about.
Later, Jack searches the internet to discover The Beatles never existed. Somehow Jack has woken up in an alternate timeline where he’s the only one in the world who remembers The Beatles and their hit songs. Faced with this bizarre opportunity, Jack sets out to use the Fab Four’s hit songs to make himself a musical legend.
Yesterday tries to be a charming and fun fantasy film saluting The Beatles but ends up being a cheesy, unengaging, and forgettable romantic comedy. There are only a few laughs and, worse yet, there’s zero chemistry between Himesh Patel and Lily James when the romantic part of the film is forced into the spotlight.
Himesh Patel’s Jack is not a likeable character and is never redeemed, denying the audience someone to root for. Early on it’s made clear he takes for granted the people closest to him. That never evolves as he becomes famous. When he uses the Fab Four’s songs to become a music superstar, he becomes even less likeable. It’s a big problem with the film that the main character is a jerk when it begins instead of a decent, struggling guy who surrenders to the dream he has to be famous, which might have worked.
Lily James gives the best performance in the film as Ellie, Jack’s best friend and manager who desperately wants to move out of the friend zone and into a relationship with him. The scenes where she subtly looks at him with longing in her eyes are both touching and sad. However, later in the film when it shifts gears and tries to become a movie about true love , it quickly becomes evident James and Patel have no romantic tension.
The best comedic performance is delivered by Joel Fry as Rocky, Jack’s bumbling but devoted and well-meaning friend and roadie. Rocky constantly says and does the most inappropriate things, but is dedicated to Jack not because of his newfound success but because he values him as a friend. It’s Fry’s performance that delivers the only laughs in the film. Sadly, they’re not enough to save it.
Yesterday should have been a sweet fantasy film that’s a love letter to The Beatles but instead is a hokey, bland, and uninteresting movie. The Fab Four deserve better and so does the audience.
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for suggestive content and language
Directed By: Danny Boyle
Kevin Finnerty
Professional film critic since 2003 and a member of the San Diego Film Critics Society. Host of “The Movie Guys” radio film review show from 2007 through 2013. Film and television critic for Showbizjunkies.com and a movie buff since 1973.
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Editorial: Strike back against Morrison—build the fight for change
Scott Morrison is staring down the barrel of defeat. Nothing he’s tried has lifted the government in the polls.
Already under pressure over sexism in the Liberal Party, Morrison revealed his own sexist blinkers when he implied that opening opportunities for women would come at the expense of men, by saying on International Women’s Day that, “we don’t want to see women rise only on the basis of others doing worse”.
Labor is gaining momentum for the NSW state election on 23 March, with a similar tack to the left to Labor federally, promising free TAFE for 600,000 students, 5000 more teachers in its first term, and free public transport for kids.
Polling shows that Labor has a real chance of beating the NSW Liberal government. If the Liberals lose NSW it will be a dramatic sign Scott Morrison is headed for a colossal defeat at the May federal election.
Morrison is so unpopular he was not even allowed to speak at the NSW Liberals’ campaign launch.
The NSW Liberals’ record of privatising over $50 billion worth of assets, and cutting over $130 million and 4000 jobs from TAFE, is shocking. They hoped to coast back into power by spending big on new infrastructure. But the light rail is nowhere near finished and the trains are a disaster.
NSW Labor leader Michael Daley’s on-air threat to sack shock-jock Alan Jones from the Sydney Cricket Ground board earned Daley a lot of cred and gave Labor’s popular call for “money for schools and hospitals not stadiums” a huge boost. The Liberals are wasting $2 billion to rebuild Allianz Stadium and upgrade the stadium at Olympic Park.
Labor is also promising mandated nurse to patient ratios in hospitals and 5500 more nurses, funded largely by hitting the “wealthiest in society” with a tax on luxury cars and yachts.
But Daley has also told the Financial Review “we will be economically conservative” and has committed to running budget surpluses like the last NSW Labor government.
Climate tricks
Morrison’s complete lack of any credible climate policy has blown up in his face. Even in formerly safe Liberal seats, there are Liberal-lite independents challenging Tony Abbott and Josh Frydenburg.
The government’s only solution is to pour more money into the Tony Abbott-era fund paying businesses to supposedly reduce emissions. But the scheme funds projects which would have happened anyway, and it has done nothing in six years to reduce Australia’s overall emissions.
It also emerged that the government’s claim it can meet its Paris climate target relies on dodgy accounting tricks through carrying over credits from the Kyoto agreement period.
The Coalition has nothing left but scare campaigns on every front. They have attacked Labor’s plans to lift Australia’s emission reduction target to 45 per cent by 2030 as a major threat to the economy.
Morrison is scaremongering that a Labor government would push the economy into recession. But the economy is already slowing thanks to the Liberals.
Living standards have fallen in the last three years due to stagnant wage growth. Research from ANU’s Ben Phillips has shown the fall in living standards was the largest in 30 years, “greater than during the last recession in 1991-92”.
Labor’s response, to declare the federal election will be “a referendum on wages”, has struck a chord and the ACTU is calling for national stopwork rallies.
So far, Brisbane is striking on 27 March and Melbourne on 10 April.
Labor has tacked to the left and is promising to scrap the penalty rate cuts, increase the minimum wage and change some of the rules around industrial relations. But they are not committed to giving unions the right to strike or introducing industry wide bargaining.
The union rallies can help put the movement on the front foot, with demands that can go past the federal election.
The 15 March student Climate Strike has galvanised the deep anger at Morrison’s refusal to act on climate change. But we need to build an ongoing climate campaign if we are going to stop capitalism destroying the planet.
The Palm Sunday national rallies for refugees on 14 April are also an important chance to push back Morrison’s scapegoating and fear campaign. Large demonstrations calling to get all asylum seekers and refugees off Manus and Nauru and ending offshore detention will also send a message to federal Labor.
The demonstrations for climate action, refugees and rights at work can shape the period ahead, to both finish off the Liberals, and to build the movements from below that we need to fight for real change.
Most of all we need a socialist movement to link the struggles together and fight for a society that protects the environment, and produces for human need and not for profit.
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Always a Warrior: Inside Quinn Cook's Winding NBA Journey
From playing on the G-League circuit to soaking up minutes with the Warriors, Quinn Cook has seen it all. The Golden State understudy reflects on his winding NBA journey.
Jake Fischer
A Warriors-Spurs postseason rematch was once highly anticipated. Kevin Durant cooking with Steph Curry sidelined was always expected. Durant feeding a fellow Warrior, curling off a pindown screen, is typically regimented; Quinn Cook serving as that teammate—draining a two-dribble pull-up jumper and extending Golden State’s lead into double digits—was, even very recently, highly improbable.
Cook will play a valuable role as the Warriors look to vanquish San Antonio in Tuesday night’s Game 5. He’s seen 19.8 minutes per outing during the first-round series’ initial four contests, providing imperative floor spacing for Golden State’s reserve units that often feature interior-inclined veterans Shaun Livingston and David West. Cook has earned Steve Kerr’s trust. You warrant quite a bit of faith after seamlessly starting in Curry’s place for 18 games, shooting 44.2% from deep and routinely scoring 20 points. “It was just a wild, wild year,” Cook says.
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The three seasons since Cook went undrafted have been equally tangled. In June 2015, he thanked the dozen confidants who packed his mother Janet’s D.C. apartment after the 60th pick was announced, then retreated to a close friend’s car to cry in solitude. Three 10-day contracts, three unfruitful training camps and dozens of G-League connecting flights later, Cook has ultimately cemented his spot within—perhaps—the next great NBA dynasty. “Every phase of my life always hasn’t been perfect for me,” Cook says. “I’ve had to go through some adversity.”
At 14, Cook lost his father to a cardiac arrest. He found refuge on the basketball court, leaning on childhood friends Durant and Victor Oladipo, Jarrett Jack and Nolan Smith. He matured into a McDonald’s All-American, earned a scholarship to Duke, and the rest seemed like prewritten, storybook history. Yet college only presented another hurdle. The Blue Devils staff was unimpressed with Cook’s body language, game conditioning and commitment to defense. “It wasn’t smooth sailing,” says Duke assistant coach Jon Scheyer. “He had to grow as a person and a player.” “It took me a while,” Cook admits. “My whole freshman year was just me learning.”
After studying under Austin Rivers and Seth Curry, Cook started 34 of 36 games his sophomore season. He blossomed into the lone senior captain of Duke’s 2015 NCAA Championship team, flirting ever-closely with a vaunted 50/40/90 season. All-American honors came his way once more. An NBA Draft Combine invite followed. Only then were those welling draft-night tears shed. “I went harder after that,” Cook says. Invited to Cleveland’s training camp that fall, Cook shined within the Cavaliers’ internal scrimmages. He hounded opponents on defense, slithered through pick and rolls and drained triples off LeBron James’s passes. “He was killing,” says Ben Resner, then an assistant for Cleveland’s G-League affiliate Canton Charge. “It was almost like, the last couple days, we didn’t want him to play as well because then we wouldn’t see him [in Canton].”
By night, Cook returned to a basement guest room in Kyrie Irving’s home, despite Cleveland booking him a hotel in the city. The two point guards sparked a friendship during Cook’s fateful first semester at Duke, when Irving returned to Durham to take classes during the 2011 NBA lockout. While Irving rehabbed from the knee injury that eliminated him from the 2015 Finals, he counseled the younger Blue Devil. They tossed a baseball around Irving’s backyard, played video games, cards and Monopoly, splicing in film study amidst the activities. Irving’s penchant for improvement struck Cook. James’s unrelenting work ethic—arriving before every teammate each morning—was undeniable. “And this is LeBron James, two-time champion, at the time. It kind of puts things in perspective,” Cook says. “The best players in the world are working so hard, I gotta work even harder.”
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Cook’s scrimmage brilliance never translated to Cleveland’s actual preseason competition. He was ultimately waived, rendering him one of the team’s designated G-League affiliate players the Cavs could secure on the Charge. For a point guard, life on the NBA’s doorstep can unjustly funnel players into a box. There are floor generals and defensive stalwarts and sharpshooters alike. When NBA executives label a youngster as a scoring point guard, it can function like a scarlet letter. “I thought his shot-making was always a skill that’s underrated,” Resner says. “He can really make shots and create his own shot and for some reason that gets undervalued.” Cook and Resner tracked Kobe Bryant through the bowels of Quicken Loans Arena when the Lakers visited Cleveland, one stop along the Mamba’s retirement tour, that winter. The Charge duo ultimately snapped a photo with the legend out in the parking lot. A scorer’s mentality always proves unwavering.
That unrelenting mindset powered Cook to G-League Rookie of the Year honors, but never bore a 10-day contract. Cook went to camp with the Pelicans in 2016, only to lose out on their final roster spot to the reincarnated Lance Stephenson. Another year in the G-League commenced, this time sparking a call-up with the Mavericks and two consecutive 10-day contracts back with New Orleans. A stable roster spot never emerged, although neither ever considered heading to Europe. “That never came into my head,” Cook says. “I knew I was an NBA player and that I just needed the right opportunity in the right situation.” “He turned down lucrative opportunities overseas to play in the G-League and work toward his NBA dream,” says Cooks’s agent, Jim Tanner.
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After torching the Hawks’ summer league unit last July, Atlanta signed Cook to a guaranteed contract, effectively clinching that elusive security. The vision seemed like it had finally crystallized. Cook headed into the Hawks’ facilities for the off day following the final afternoon of training camp, running a few drills and sparring one-on-one with Tyler Dorsey and Nico Brussino. He returned home. The flat screens had just been mounted in his leased apartment. And then a phone call from Tanner disrupted the solace, bearing another round of unfortunate news. Atlanta had waived Cook.
His destiny once more pointed toward the G-League. Although the Warriors called shortly after Cook resurfaced as a free agent, offering one of Golden State’s inaugural two-way contracts, allowing players to spend upwards of 45 days on the NBA club while primarily suiting up for the team’s G-League affiliate. Cook shuttled back and forth from Oakland to Santa Cruz, often carpooling with Warriors center Damian Jones. Curry went down in December, then again in February. Cook filled the role as aptly as possible. “Quinn Cook is a fantastic example of how the system is supposed to work,” says Kiki Vandeweghe, the NBA’s executive vice president of basketball operations. In Golden State’s whirring egalitarian offense, Cook’s scoring and shooting prowess naturally melded. He shed the scarlet letter for a green light, complementing old friend Durant. “He’s fallen into the perfection situation,” Resner says.
With a left knee injury leaving Curry inactive for a large portion of the postseason, and the 45 days allotted within Cook’s two-way contract ticking away, Golden State waived veteran forward Omri Casspi in favor of signing Cook to a multi-year contract. A plightful decade finally in the rearview, Cook found no celebration in the moment. The Warriors faced the Jazz the following day. “All I was thinking about was that game. I’m always living in the moment,” he says. “Now we’re in the playoffs. I haven’t really sat and thought about it and enjoyed. I’m just focused on ending the season the right way.”
In Golden State, searching for a third title in four years, the only optimal finish culminates with hoisting a Larry O’Brien trophy. Should the Warriors advance past the Spurs, they will continue to rely on Cook’s understudy performance. Curry will likely be sidelined for most, if not all, of the second round, according to Kerr. When Durant finds Cook scurrying around a screen, he will be primed to fire.
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Take the “Stay Afloat Challenge” and Help Our Local Coast Guard Members Stay Afloat During the Government Shutdown!
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We heard something shocking on ABC News4.
Did you know that 860 Coast Guard personnel in Charleston have not been paid since December 31, 2018?
The government shutdown that has affected so many workers and their families across the United States has also hit these diligent and faithful Coast Guard.
Despite not receiving a paycheck, the military personnel who perform dangerous search and rescues, ensure port and homeland security, execute law enforcement, and respond to environmental disasters continue to perform these duties with dignity.
At home, however, their bills are stacking up. These honorable men and women are struggling to stay afloat, as they try to pay rent, buy groceries, and provide healthcare for their families.
It just doesn’t seem to right to us here at George Sink, P.A. Injury Lawyers.
That’s why we donated $5,000 to the Low Country Coast Guard Chief Petty Officer Association (CPOA) on Wednesday, January 23, 2019.
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Shaun White competing at skateboarding world meet with eye on Tokyo Olympics
NEW YORK — Shaun White is pressing forward with plans to shoot for the Summer Olympics in skateboarding.
White said Tuesday on NBC's "Today" show (Wednesday, Manila time) that he will compete at world championships in September "and see what happens" before deciding whether to try to earn a spot on the US team for skateboarding's Olympic debut next summer in Tokyo.
The three-time Olympic snowboarding champion has won five of his 23 X Games medals on the summer side in skateboarding.
But when snowboarding became an Olympic sport, and with no similar option on the Summer Games side, White focused on the Winter Games.
He announced last summer that skateboarding was in his plans but only competed in one contest last year.
Street and park skateboarding are on the 2020 Olympics program, neither of which is considered White's specialty.
He is expected to focus on the park version, which mixes vertical jumps like those seen on the halfpipe with street features like rails and stairs.
Josh Friedberg, the CEO of USA Skateboarding, said last month "the question we always get is the Shaun White question."
"The answer is, if anyone can do it, it's Shaun, but he has a long, hard road in front of him," Friedberg said.
White, 32, has acknowledged as much, and stopped short of saying Tuesday that he's all-in for a run at the Olympics.
"I thought, why don't I test the waters, compete a little and see what happens," he said. "After that I'll probably make the big announcement of what I'm going to do."
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Starfighter 3000 (pc game)
Acclaim 1994
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4.33 out of 5 (6 votes)
Fair enough not to get frustrated during missions
Starfighter 3000 is a flight simulator game set in the year 3037, being a remake that brings improved graphics, and not only. You will fly a ship named Predator Mark-IV, while trying to take out the opposition. The peace in the Universe is in trouble, and you, as a part of FedNet, are sent to attack all the enemy ships responsible for disturbing the space. You will defend yourself with lasers, death rays and multiple missiles, powerful enough to annihilate whoever tries to shoot you. The locations where you are sent to bring peace are planet surfaces, up in the sky or at higher attitudes. The other new elements this game brings are represented by the texture-mapped surfaces, more perceivable distances, a better artificial intelligence, a better controlling system, an easier piloting, and other improved and changed options. A particularly exciting feature allows you order your wingmen to fly in formation, to eliminate specific threats. You will be able to control new shipsm as soon as they become developed. The effects and the whole graphical area won't include a complete image of the war and exploration, so, you will most likely want to see more elements. The sounds are decent, the level of difficulty is fair enough not to get frustrated, and I that is why I will give this game a 4 out of 5 stars. Enjoy!
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Prenups – what do I need to know?
Wedding season is in full swing and with so much romance in the air, why would anyone be thinking about prenups? The topic has been sensationalised by celebrity prenups, or famous cases where such agreements were not in place - such as the divorce of Heather Mills and Paul McCartney. But among the flowers, catering, dress and growing guest list issues on the wedding to do list, it is worth pencilling in prenup, and taking a little time to consider whether this may be something for you.
A prenup, or prenuptial agreement, is a formal, written agreement between two partners prior to their marriage. It sets out clearly how the couples’ finances would be separated in the event of divorce. The intention is to ensure that any litigation would be minimised and the cause for dispute would therefore be limited.
Caroline Fell, Head of Stone King’s Family & Mediation Team, says: “There can be a stigma attached to prenups, mostly because of celebrity cases in the press, and an assumption that these agreements are only for the rich and famous. Naturally in the run up to their wedding, couples tend not to focus on the possibility that their union may not stand the test of time and we would not advocate that all couples should set up a prenuptial agreement. However, in some circumstances, such as second marriages or where children are involved, these agreements can help to set minds at ease.”
Where there is a disparity in the wealth of the parties when entering into marriage, or where inherited wealth has been received or is expected, these agreements can be of particular relevance. Equally, if one or both partners have been married before, or have children from a previous relationship, a prenuptial agreement is a way to provide clarity, should the relationship break down.
Caroline adds: “We would recommend that all couples take the time to have a conversation about prenuptial agreements and decide together whether this is something for them. Sometimes one party may wish to set one up but cannot find the right way or a right time to broach the subject. By adding this conversation to the wedding ‘to do list’ would set both minds at ease.”
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Bordeaux Quarters - Nailed It
Posted Dec. 8, 2019, 2:04 a.m. by Fleet Captain Kelly Bordeaux (Commanding Officer) (Kate O'Neill)
“So, Mr Teller was wanting to talk to Captain Schultz, but I see it’s been awhile since he talked to her.” Jessica said as she looked around the room. This wasn’t what she had expected from someone that was associated with Aedan. Kelly was the ex wife to one of his best corespondents, and she happened to have a ship that would be perfect for his plan to have a new holiday cooking show. His plan though needs some contestants and a place to film that could be special and unique for a first show. Something to draw in the mindless patriotic drivel that infected the nether regions of Federation space. Or at least that was the words Aedan had used to Jessica when he sent her out on this venture. She on the other hand was going to be using far more sweet words, and show some leg if she had to.
“Well she is a Captain, and this is bridge duty time for her. I am the ship’s Chief Diplomat and Morale Officer… and her husband. So maybe I could step in, she’s mentioned Aedan quite a bit but I don’t know if he is going to have quite as much charm on her as you might think. That rat bastard comes out more than anything.” Ian said as he offered Jessica a glass with scotch as he motioned for her to follow him to the couch as he carried the bottle with a glass filled for him.
“Well the show he wants is fun, and holiday themed. He is even going to be a guest judge for the first episode. He thought about calling in some favors elsewhere but he said that Rick would vouch for Kelly’s willingness to do the show. Maybe Rick doesn’t know his ex as well as he used to if you don’t think she would like the idea.” Jessica said as she followed Ian sitting down, the slit of her dress rising high as she did.
“Oh I never said that, I said she doesn’t like Aedan, she loves the stuff he creates. That Starbase Six Nine is one of her favorite shows, she loves always says that the Alissa Fuller girl should be captain though, she seems to have more brains she claims that Obadiah the Captain… and Masked Singer is surprisingly catchy as well. So honestly getting a chance to host a show… I think she’ll say yes.” Ian said as he took a sip, he wondered how much grief he would get if he just signed off on this. He could just take her to a fancy dinner on the next shore leave if this all back fires.
“I’ll tell you what, yes. I have the authority to approve this, so I can sign off. I will talk her into it, and I can just keep it a secret Aedan will be here… what’s the worst that can happen?” Ian said with a smirk as he raised his glass to Jessica.
“Now, we will need some contestants… I was hoping you and Kelly would be in, do you have some ideas of maybe two others as well?” Jessica asked as she wondered if they would need to bring in others or if they could do a full Starfleet show.
“Oh I have some people in mind, recently married couple, my best friend… you can even play it off as battle of the couples… I am sure Aedan would enjoy that.” Ian said as he seemed to be grinning from ear to ear at the idea.
“Oh? That… sounds brilliant. Maybe we should get you to work for us.” Jessica said as she smiled with all the charm and sex appeal she had. She used her looks often to see if she could her way and wondered how much she could push here.
“Look, that was Rick’s life… I am not about that. I will though set this up, but don’t push it understand?” Ian said, his tone sharp as he put the cup down as Jessica swallowed hard. Seemed the guy had more of a backbone than some she thought as he she nodded softly.
“Perfect then, I had to ask… well I will get the papers to you. We will be back in two weeks, you now just need to sell this.” Jessica said as she stood up, Ian following suit ans she offered her hand to him. “I’ll be seeing you Mr Bordeaux.”
Bordeaux, Chief Diplomat
Bordeaux Quarters - after 16 hr shift
Kelly debated about starting to strip on route to her quarters. Her duty shirt seemed to be too tight around the neck and her boots were making her feet ache. While being the Captain was a dream job, being an ensign where she stipped down to her duty tank, donned some heels, and hit the nearest bar did have its merits. Exiting the turbo, Kelly began to run through the conversation she had been having in her mind for the past twelve hours. Ian told her the key to diplomatic success was planning for every outcome in a situation and anticipating the needs of those in a negotiation so that is what Kelly would do.
“Of course Ian my mom likes you. I mean that comment about can she cook anything that is not gray or covered in a sauce wasn’t the best but she is over it…I’m sure,” Kelly began to run through the first part of her speech to her husband. “It will only be for a week… two at the most and it would mean the world for her to see how happy we are,” Kelly stretched her neck side to side like she was about to spar. Reaching up she palmed the door controls and entered her quarters. “Ia,” she started to call out before immediately shutting her mouth.
The room was lit by soft candles scattered on various tables and shelves. The room was spotless, cleaned from top to bottom. Soft music was playing in the background. The scent of steak and ol’ bay seasoning clung to the air reminding her of the dock sie restaurants from back home. Everything about her quarters was creating an ambiance married couples produced only when they wanted something or were about to apologize for something. “Baby,” Kelly called out entering her home cautiously.
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“You are home early doll!” Ian said as he came out as he looked at Kelly as he smiled as he came out wearing a dress casual suit that was black with a blue shirt as he smiled at Kelly as she stood at the entrance. “How was the meeting with the Terlarite mining crew? Did you use my notes on how to be stubborn and aggressive to win their favor?” Ian asked as he came up as he wrapped his arms around her before kissing her deeply before he pulled on her uniform, sliding the zipper in the front down to help her get out of uniform.
“Yes and I followed it up with that psychological article: 101 What to do when you know someone has something up their sleeve but aren’t telling you,” she replied letting him peel the shirt off leaving her in the standard black tank top she always wore under her uniform shirt. “I think I am a bit underdressed for you. Have a hot date you aren’t telling me about,” she dropped the shirt on the floor are wrapped her arms around Ian’s waist. It didn’t matter what Ian was wearing. Kelly always found him erotically sensual from casual wear to duty shirts. “You know I am the Captain right? I can transfer out any competition so think wisely about your answer cowboy,” she winked at him before placing another quick kiss on his lips.
“I can barley keep up with the likes of you my love, where am I ever going to find the time for an affair? What magical time do you think I have?” he said as he teased her as he couldn’t help but smile at the very sight of her.
“Tuesdays and Thursdays between one and three when I hang the sign on my door saying subspace meetings but I am actually nappin’,” she said playfully. “Still what’s up with the ‘can I get out of the doghouse motif,’ ” Kelly swirled a finger around the room.
“I hope you don’t mind love, I figured a nice meal was needed. We hadn’t been able to get away for a long time.” Ian said as he walked past her as he grabbed the champagne bottle and glasses as he placed them down on the table.
Kelly stood in the center of the room watching Ian move towards the table with the champagne. Something was going on and Ian’s behavior was a little unsettling. He was obviously happy about something but not happy enough to meet her at the door and twirl her around like he did when he found out he was chosen to play Black Hole Redemption in the Sectors “Whose the best Artur Torgun” competition. Whatever he wanted to tell her was requiring him to butter her up. Unexpectedly this might work to her advantage in breaking the news that her mother was stopping over for a few days on route back to Earth from visiting her Sister on Bellatrix. “Well, you should talk to the captain about duty schedules. I am sure she could pull some strings and get us on the same shift,” Kelly slid into her seat.
“Hon I make most of the schedules when you are not looking, if I needed time with you on duty I would have had it.” he said with a smirk, they both knew she was never one for the fine details. It was why they worked so well, and how he never could find his life without her.
Looking at the table Kelly inhaled deeply. Steak with a garlic butter rub made her stomach growl both from the smell and sight of the food. “You didn’t replicate this,” she looked around the room realizing the aroma was too strong just to have been replicated and then set on the table.
“Of course not, if I am gonna butter you up I need real butter right?” he said, knowing she wouldn’t buy this altruistic date for long. It wasn’t that they didn’t get dates, in fact they did all the time. She knew him well enough though that playing the designer steak card with Cajun garlic butter, red cracked pepper mashed potatoes and garlic green beans with a Italian tossed salad and balsamic vinegar and crispy crescent rolls wasn’t something she saw him make often. It took far too much effort to try this.
Bordeaux, Yeoman
“Okay so you gonna tell me what you did because I don’t think I have missed something you have done to deserve the ‘forgive me’ dinner,” Kelly leaned back in her seat crossing her arms over her chest. She had no reason to assume the ‘what did you do’ wife pose but odds are it was coming. Ian and her marriage might be considered by some to have a perfect balance but he was still a man and Kelly still a woman. There was a reason husbands and wives had stereotypes created for them. Kelly cried and got emotional in their quarters over things she would never blink an eye on when sitting on the bridge. Ian was responsible with money but that still didn’t mean he siphoned off funds for video games and such. Whatever he did or planned to do had to be a doozey.
“It’s nothing major at all my love, well I think it is not that major and I am sure you will see it as perfectly fine.” Ian said as he began pouring a drink as looked across with a smile at her. “How would you like to host the newest season of Nailed It, you remember that cooking show we love?”
“You mean that cooking show where everyone acts as they have never seen an oven before or a measuring cup,” Kelly asked lifting her cup up for Ian to fill it. She knew her husband could cook but a cooking show was far from making her dinner. People would be watching and they always came up with weird limits which she and Ian debate as they watched the contestants run around the set. Kelly had no doubt she had the ability to do better than anyone she had seen on Nailed It but a cooking show, on her ship, where her crew could not only heckle for an hour but for weeks to months after.
“They are trying a holiday-themed season with Nicole Jowers, Chef P’lok… and I even got you, me, Chris, and Lexi all as contestants. It’ll be right on this ship perfect for the holiday season.” Ian said as he watched her to gauge her response. So far everything he said she would agree to, it was the final part of Aedan she might scream about.
“Oh lord if we are against them we can just hand the trophy over now. I mean that matzah ball soup thing....babe it sucked and was even replicated. At times I think Chris held out marrying her for self-preservation from starvation,” she let out a huge chuckle. Dissing your friends was not nice but everyone did it at times. That is how you knew you were friends. Only a friend made fun of you. People that don’t like you don’t pay any attention to you. Taking a long sip of her drink Kelly’s mind began to mull over the idea. On the surface, it sounded great but then again it was OMAP. OMAP was a beast when you tangled with it. Kelly should know being the ex-wife of the star of Man Vs. Universe.
Setting the drink down with a clink she spoke her mind. “Okay so what is the catch. If it is OMAP there is always a catch.”
“There isn’t a catch, not really… well the catch kinda is since OMAP created Nailed It as it streams on Subflix… which I think they own too… anyway Aedan Teller is the celebrity guest host… since you know it’s his show. But I mean that shouldn’t be too much of a problem right doll? It’s a chance of a lifetime just like this new ship, and this has worked out for us hasn’t it?”
Bordeaux, Chief of Diplomacy
“Getting in bed with Aedan Teller has never been a positive or satisfying experience,” Kelly looked at Ian like he was crazy.
“I don’t know, his wife seems to like him. She was on the O’Pragh the other day talking about their marriage, kid, life with him and all that. Then O’Pragh gave everyone in the audience a recipe book from chef Ram’seiny called “Cooking With Organs: Not Everything Has To Be Dead.” Ian said as he paused and let that set in. O’Pragh show was an oddity, but if that Klingon woman could get Tom Booze to give up his quasi religion Petaisim then maybe she wasn’t so bad.
“Okay, of course, his wife likes him,” Kelly looked at Ian like he was crazy. “She is a small town, probably ex-beauty queen, from Texas who broke up with the love of her life, who was probably an ex-rodeo star, which caused her to join Starfleet to find herself. Instead, she found Aedan who is rich and was looking for someone that wasn’t coming with a prenup. Aedan was smart enough to marry her with precautions in place so Jessica did the next best thing to getting a prenup. She had his baby. Now I am not saying Mrs. Aedan Teller isn’t nice. I am saying she has no reason not to like the way her life turned out, however, I know Aedan and that life is not going to last. He married her for a reason and it was not true love.” Kelly took a long drink from her glass. “Too bad Jessica was not on my ship. I would explain exactly what happens when you are alone with Aedan and that smile,” she let her voice trail off staring at a spot on the wall deep in a memory. “He starts to make you feel good. Tells you all the things you want or need to hear and then you just let it happen.”
“Regardless, you have experience with him… you know how to handle him and he did offer us some incentives.”
“Like taking my current husband like he did the last one,” Kelly said slightly snarky. While Aedan was not the entire cause of her divorce from Ric, Aedan did play a huge role is getting the ball rolling.
“Look, I am not Ric, and he made his own choices doll face. Some day you are gonna have to realize that maybe Aedan isn’t the bad guy here. He runs a business and Ric agreed to do the job… Ric was a fool, but he was an adult who could say no. Me, I am never gonna leave… mainly cause I don’t know if you could find your way back home.”
Kelly looked at her glass with a faint smile as Ian talked. Ian was correct. While some of the choices Ric made with Kelly as an equal partner, Ric made an equal number of his own choices without her input. These choices led to their eventual divorce. Sure there were the fights and the romp with Sinamon but the distance and time Ric was away put the final nail in the coffin. “First rule with dealing with Aedan Teller is you don’t say no to that man,” Kelly looked up at Ian as she traced the lip of her glass with an index finger. “I think because he literally can give you anything in the universe, Teller enjoys you trying to say no to him. That weekend on Aloeplecia VI showed me it is just better to nod and wave boys nod and wave,” she joked. “As for me finding my way back home…if you left I wouldn’t be able to find it because you are my home.” There was a long pause between what Kelly said before she spoke again. The signs were there that Kelly and Ian were married when they were on duty but the signs weren’t blatantly obvious. Quiet moments like this, however, were always reserved for their quarters.
“So tell me about the entertainment options,” Kelly rapidly changed the subject. No matter what Ian said, Kelly would blame Aedan for the destruction of her marriage even if all the fault had been on Ric and his choices.
” OMAP made all our Entertainment systems, but they are basic versions. We get a full make over which… I don’t even know what that entails but one of the details the rep said was did anyone have any allergies to bathing in Cristal or any other champagnes… I wasn’t sure what that meant exactly.” Ian said with a slight perplexed face.
“Oh that is when you seal a deal and.......annnnnn,” Kelly stopped talking realizing if she continued with this topic Ian would be asking more questions than she cared to answer.
“Plus he promised one other thing, your own upgraded hydroponic bay dedicated to every type of coffee bean known to man and… a few he claims unknown to man which I am not sure how that is possible. He seems to know you well.” as Ian finished he took a sip and hoped this was enough to win her over.
“Yes he does and damn him,” Kelly swore under her breath. Nothing Starfleet could do would be close to the coffee plantation in space Kelly knew Aedan was offering. “Do I have to talk to him or just cook,” Kelly popped the last bit of steak in her mouth as she looked at Ian. “I mean you are the diplomat. It’s in your job description to handle hostile species right? If your answer is yes then I say we go for it. After that crock dem bot thing you made at the wedding I am pretty sure Alex and Chris don’t stand a chance.”
“I am hoping, though this is more technical, flavor is great and all but I am not a cake decorator… I can barley draw in the lines. You should have seen Lexi in the academy, that girl was drawing every biological organism from her text book and labeling them like the nerd she is, but she drew them in like perfect shape and shading, and Chris can paint and draw and is a pretty decent artist in his own right, if I am fair I would rather be with him and have a chance to win but they claim it is couples only… so that means I get you my love.” he quickly said as he looked back over at her hoping she didn’t her that brief sound of disappointment coming from him.
Kelly cocked an eyebrow at Ian hearing a voice in her head whispering.
Oh they are great but the nickname Three Musketeers is far more applicable than you yet realize. They include you, as much as Aramais, Pothos, and Athos included D’Arthanyan. Noah and I prefer the title the Three Inseparables. Just know your lane and stay in it with that trio, Kylie laughed sharing this tidbit with Kelly at the wedding.
“Oh, why Ian,” Kelly’s voice took on an overly thick Southern accent. “I am just so flattered you get me on your team. I mean Lordy Be I am a lucky girl,” she pretended to fan herself like an antebellum southern lady. “I just can’t wait until Mr. Teller arrives in the morning and we can start with the fun!” Kelly was just joking but she had finished eating and tomorrow was going to be a long day. “Shall we retire for the evening,” Kelly continued to southern drawl standing up from the table.
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