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Elizabeth Holmes: from freethinker to felon
The ex-entrepreneur has been found guilty on four counts
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In a historic moment for Silicon Valley, Elizabeth Holmes was found guilty on Monday, Jan. 3, 2022 on one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and three counts of wire fraud against specific investors, out of 11 total charges. Each count could lead up to 20 years in prison and five years for the conspiracy count alone.
Holmes, founder and former CEO of Theranos, has been an interesting figure in the Silicon Valley startup landscape. To be a pioneer and successful entrepreneur as a woman in a male-dominated field is no easy task. In the early stages of Theranos, many cheered her on with vigorous enthusiasm, hoping she would be an inspiration to young women wishing to make life-changing impacts on society—and the tech industry.
She was competitive at a young age, and looked to Steve Jobs as her tech industry hero; from his visionary mindset to his attire, Jobs was a very important role model for her. Holmes went on to drop out of Stanford her sophomore year to found a company called Real-Time Cures, after studying abroad at the Genome Institute in Singapore.
Later, she would change the business name to Theranos.
Her story up to this point is no different than the many other tech moguls that wished to make it big in the era of the unicorn tech startup. So how exactly did Elizabeth Holmes go from pioneer to fraudster? It's a tale that encompasses ignorance, ambition and the harsh truth that, even for tech billionaires, some things are simply not physically possible. The struggle—and perhaps lesson—is in understanding limitations and transparency.
Holmes was eager since her dropout to revolutionize the healthcare industry and biotech by providing tests which could detect conditions such as cancer and diabetes with only a few drops of blood. This, of course, was known to be an impossible task by most practitioners of medicine, but in the era where the general public still held trust and belief in tech startups, many were willing to see her prove them wrong.
It wasn't until 2015 when a Wall Street Journal investigation reported that the blood testing technology it touted would not work. The Edison—the machine Theranos was building—claimed to conduct more than 240 tests inside its compact size.
As mentioned in The Inventor by medical professionals, many of the blood tests Theranos was claiming to be able to conduct were impossible with such a small amount of blood. Even omitting those tests, the Edison, as claimed, was too small for the physics that involve blood sampling to work.
That however did not stop Holmes from reassuring investors and the public alike that all was well within the development process. Behind the scenes, Theranos's lab was poorly run, and in some cases, outsourced most of their tests instead of conducting them in-house via the Edison. It became clear that the Edison was a machine destined for failure.
Was Holmes intentionally defrauding customers? Or was she in too deep, setting out to change the world only to realize her vision as she saw it wasn't possible? These were the questions that the trial sought to answer. White-collar fraud cases are difficult to prosecute, and Holmes' conviction on four out of 11 charges is less than common.
Instead of admitting defeat to a business failure, Holmes continued to be dishonest with investors and downplayed the struggles, even though many lab directors have testified that the technology was insufficient. Holmes testified in her own trial that it was never her intention to defraud customers or investors over her technology.
However, Theranos's projections in 2014 and 2015 were entirely unrealistic and impossible to make without lack of medical contracts. Theranos then projected $140 million in revenue—losing just $3 million—and raking in $40 million from pharmaceutical companies without any formal contracts. That, the jurors claimed, was what sealed the deal for intentional fraud.
The conviction of Holmes may serve as a warning to Silicon Valley idealism; sometimes, a vision just isn't enough to turn it into reality. When reality hits and what was imagined cannot—or should not—be created, there must be a moment to step back and accept this. Otherwise, the costs to deceive the very people who believed in you will be paid in full, no matter how hard you try to escape its grasp.
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Mission accomplished: US bloody imperialists put foot on Syria for good
After more than six years of unimaginable catastrophe that killed thousands, created millions of refugees and internally displaced, the Syrian war is still in process, yet, the most ruthless force seems to be achieving its primary target.
As the TeleSur reported:
U.S.-backed Kurdish forces in Syria — who are among Washington's most important and powerful regional allies — told Reuters Thursday that the U.S. military will remain in northern Syria "for decades to come."
A spokesman from the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), an alliance of militias headed by the Kurdish YPG, Talal Silo, told Reuters that the the United States has a "strategic interest" in the area, and that U.S. forces will be staying there long after the Islamic state group might be defeated.
The U.S. military has funded the SDF extensively, also supporting them with air strikes, artillery, and special forces on the ground. It was in March when the then-new U.S. administration of President Donald Trump began distributing arms to the YPG, ahead of their assault in Raqqa. When probed about their long-term strategy, Col. Ryan Dillon, another spokesman for the coalition, deferred Reuters to the U.S. Pentagon, adding that there is "still a lot of fighting to do, even after ISIS has been defeated in Raqqa". Eric Pahon, a Pentagon spokesman, in turn, stated, "The Department of Defense does not discuss timelines for future operations. However we remain committed to the destruction of ISIS and preventing its return."
The head of the YPG revealed last month that the United States has established seven military bases in areas of northern Syria that are controlled by the YPG or SDF, including a major air base near Kobani, which borders Turkey.
Despite the chaos by losing control over various extremist groups trained by CIA, it appears that the US achieves its primary target for permanent military presence in northern Syria. The Nobel Peace Prize(!) holder and proxy-wars expert, Barack Obama, has set the scene for Donald Trump. The US imperialists have learned from the disastrous Iraq war and decided to act "smarter" this time. They reached goal through a few airstrikes and minimum loses, just by training and arming different militant groups. The only problem is that it took longer. By the way, no one could blame them for direct invasion this time.
Syrian war shows emphatically how ruthless the US imperialists are. They won't give up their 'investments' in the Middle East, whatever it takes. And they have 'invested' for decades, especially in two sides, which have enormous ideological differences. On the one hand, the Kurdish communities, organized upon the most progressive ideas in the Middle East. On the other, the Saudis, the most brutal theocratic regime in the region. This fact depicts perfectly that the US imperialists will support anyone - no matter how democratic or tyrannic - who will help them to fulfill their goals.
Despite the geopolitical games through various pipelines, the ultimate plan of the US in the region was to create a continuous surveillance zone that would expand from the Iranian borders through north Iraq and Syria, up to the eastern Mediterranean coast. It appears that mission accomplished.
Through this zone, the US will attempt to:
Control all key roads of the pipelines from Gulf States to the north, and therefore, the main energy paths to Europe.
Put barriers against the normal functioning of the Syria-Russia-Iran-Hezbollah alliance in various levels.
Become a significant and 'annoying' power of tight scrutiny against the Russian presence in the east Mediterranean with the prospect to prevent the expansion of Russian permanent naval and other military bases.
Restrict further Sino-Russian economic expansion in the region.
With the ongoing chaos in Middle East, no one can tell to what extent the US will succeed on these goals, but the first key step is completed. Furthermore, there is another big question mark that seems to trouble the US imperialists: Turkey.
It appears that the relationship of the US with this strategic ally and one of the largest NATO armies becomes increasingly problematic. The rapid deterioration of the relations between the US and Turkey coincided with the beginning of the Syrian chaos, probably because Erdogan completely ignored the US interests in the region, by trying to promote his own agenda.
Turkey exploited the Syrian chaos and tried to crush Kurdish resistance. One of the reasons that supported ISIS was to use it against the Kurds. It is a sub-proxy war by Turkey in the area according to its own agenda. The US is probably not very happy with that because it wanted to use ISIS in full force against Assad and considers Kurds as allies.
Things got even worse last month. As Bloomberg reported:
Turkey's state-run news agency published U.S. base locations in northern Syria, a move that threatens to deepen distrust between the two allies by exposing American soldiers on the front lines of the fight against Islamic State.
In reports published in both Turkish and English on Tuesday, Turkey's state-run Anadolu Agency provided detailed information about 10 U.S. bases in northern Syria, including troop counts and a map of the U.S. force presence in the Turkish version. The reports said that the military outposts are "usually hidden for security reasons, making it hard to be detected." It said they were located "in the terrorist PKK/PYD-held Syrian territories," a reference to Kurdish groups that Turkey's government considers terrorist organizations.
Despite a tight military alliance dating back to the Cold War, Turkey and the U.S. have been at odds for years now over the U.S. backing of Kurdish fighters in Syria who are affiliated with separatist movements inside Turkey. The Turkish government probably leaked U.S. troop locations to Anadolu as retaliation, according to Aaron Stein, a fellow at the Atlantic Council in Washington.
Despite fulfilling their primary target, everything shows that the US imperialists will not have an easy job in the chaotic Middle East puzzle.
Yep, Bush spilled a huge bag of horseshit in the ME, and it will take generations to clean it up. What a fucking idiot.


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KaiOS adds Ding to bring instant top-up service to developing markets
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KaiOS Technologies, have announced a new partnership with Ding to provide airtime requests and mobile top-up service to their users
KaiOS Technologies, have announced a new partnership with Ding to provide airtime requests and mobile top-up service to their users, helping them stay connected with their KaiOS-enabled devices.
Available via the KaiStore, this new service allows KaiOS users to instantly send a request for airtime top-up from their phones to anyone in their address book, using WhatsApp. Friends and family can purchase mobile top-up on their behalf through Ding.com, making it easier than ever to keep their phones in credit and keeping them connected to their loved ones.
The partnership gives KaiOS users access to Ding's network of over 550 mobile operators across 140+ countries, covering 95% of the population.
Commenting on the new partnership, Rupert Shaw, Chief Commercial Officer at Ding, said: "We are delighted to partner with KaiOS to introduce international mobile recharge to their ecosystem. Customers will now be able to engage with the Ding platform and stay connected by recharging their own devices or buying credit for other KaiOS users all right at their fingertips."
International mobile top-up, which is the most efficient micro-value transfer option in the market, has long been seen by expatriates worldwide as a convenient add-on to cash remittance when supporting their families back home. This new offering will undoubtedly be welcomed by those with a KaiOS handset.
Mathieu Boyer, Senior Director, Ecosystem & Partnerships of KaiOS Technologies, said: "In times of increasing global volatility, it is even more crucial than ever to get everyone connected and stay connected. We are excited to work with Ding to provide this instant and secure online payment service, allowing our users to reach out to their friends and family to ask for a top-up, or enabling them to send mobile recharges back home this is a great gift to be able to give someone."
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Think Digital Forensics and Electronic Discovery is Just About Document Production and Review? Think Again
Computer User Activity Can Help Tell the Story in Many Cases
A Case Study in Re-Creating a Computer User's Actvity
The client was a large multi-national technology company with a billion dollar household brand. They had been recently shaken by the departure of a number of key wireless software engineers, all of whom went to work for a competing start-up. When it became obvious that three departed employees were in violation of their non-compete agreements, the tech giant sued the former employees and the new company they had gone to work for. The company's motion to compel the three former employees to produce their home computers for computer forensics examinations was granted. (internal company server logs showed the employees had sent emails to their home computers with confidential files attached, but that is the subject of another advisory). Computer analysis was performed
Bait and Switch
The initial examination revealed a troubling discovery; two of the three computers were not the home computers used by the employees. In fact, they had only recently been put into service by the employees, and the employees had re-named the computers (within the computer's operating system). Providing further evidence of deceptive intent, one of the former employees had "re-set" the computer's calendar and clock, in a fairly effective attempt to make the "decoy" computer appear to be the computer being requested for examination, based on the time frame it now appeared to have been operational.
Computer forensics analysis demonstrated that the users had entered the computer's internal systems and altered its settings. The users denied these misdeeds, but the judge found the expert's report far more credible than the statements made by a defendant with a lot to lose. The judge ordered the defendants to produce the real computers and threatened sanctions. The defendants were off to a very rocky start, and the judges opinion of the integrity of the defendants and their potential guilt was now firmly established.
The Take-Aways
Remember, it's not always just about the electronic documents. Careful and thorough analysis of a computer can often "tell the story" of what a user was doing around the critical time of an important event. This "story" can help you prove the elements of your case, with minimal cost of document production and review.
Digital fingerprints left behind by a user can be a rich source of electronically stored information (ESI). Critical user activity can include…
is the current hard drive in the computer the factory original or has it been "swapped"?
websites visited and frequency and duration of the visits
when a computer was purchased or put into service
if file deletion software was installed
instant message conversations
recently installed software (yes, even if it was "uninstalled")
contents of documents recently printed
list of applications recently ran
when CDs or DVDs were copied
a record of every device ever plugged into the computer
3. The application of this technology is wide and varied. Getting a clear picture of a computer user's behavior has broad applications to a wide-array of cases.
Fraud / Fidelity Claims (did the fraudster use wiping software to delete fraudulent entries in an accounting software application?)
Business Disputes (did the defendant alter key documents in a contract after it was signed?)
Employment, (did the user send his co-worker that inappropriate photograph?)
Collections (has the debtor visited on-line banking websites that could lead you to unknown bank accounts?)
Trade Secret (did the former employee upload files to a third party "cloud" computing site in order to misappropriate confidential data?)
Medical Malpractice / Insurance (did the physician alter electronic medical records to cover his tracks once he became aware of a law suit?)
Product Liability (did automotive company executives manipulate databases containing reports of product failures or vehicle "black box" data once they discovered a glaring deficiency?)
Securities (did the broker send erroneous text message rumors about a stock in order to artificially inflate its value after making a sizable purchase of the stock?)
Seasoned E-Discovery professionals will always take a look at user activity BEFORE launching into a detailed search for relevant or responsive documents. The user activity can help tell the story…don't ignore this rich source of ESI.
And finally, an examination of user activity that proves your case and requires perhaps 20 or 30 hours of examination time could save you tens of thousands of dollars in unnecessary electronic document production and review – resulting in a very happy client. Let user activity help you discover the truth.
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Air Date: Sunday, April 28, 2019
Time Slot: 8:00 PM-9:00 PM EST on CBS
Episode Title: (#RL101) "We Must All Care"
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"THE RED LINE," A NEW EIGHT-EPISODE ORIGINAL LIMITED SERIES THAT FOLLOWS THREE VERY DIFFERENT CHICAGO FAMILIES AS THEY JOURNEY TOWARD HOPE AND HEALING AFTER A TRAGEDY, PREMIERES SUNDAY, APRIL 28
The Series Will Air in Two-Hour Installments Across Four Consecutive Sundays
Noah Wyle, Emayatzy Corinealdi, Aliyah Royale, Noel Fisher, Howard Charles, Elizabeth Laidlaw, Vinny Chhibber and Michael Patrick Thornton Star
Greg Berlanti, Ava DuVernay, Sarah Schechter, Caitlin Parrish, Sunil Nayar And Kevin Hooks Executive Produce; Erica Weiss Co-Produces
Corey Reynolds Guest Stars as Dr. Harrison Brennan; Glynn Turman Guest Stars as Nathan Gordon, the Incumbent Alderman
"We Must All Care" - Three very different Chicago families journey toward hope and healing after a tragedy causes them all to consider how race and racial biases affect their lives, on the series premiere of THE RED LINE, Sunday, April 28 (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. The series will air in two-hour installments across four consecutive Sundays. Noah Wyle, Emayatzy Corinealdi, Aliyah Royale, Noel Fisher, Howard Charles, Elizabeth Laidlaw, Vinny Chhibber and Michael Patrick Thornton star.
On the north side of Chicago, Daniel Calder is a high school history teacher mourning the death of his husband, Dr. Harrison Brennan, an African American doctor who was shot while unarmed by a white cop. As Daniel tries to comfort their grieving daughter, Jira Calder-Brennan, the two butt heads when she decides she needs more support than her father can provide. She seeks the understanding of someone who knows what it's like to grow up as a young black woman, and searches for her birth mother to learn more about her personal history, culture and community. Daniel seeks comfort in his colleague - and Jira's teacher - Liam Bhatt. On the south side, Tia Young scours news of the shooting, torn between her political ambition of running for alderman and risking it all to comfort the daughter she gave up for adoption as a teen. Tia's husband, Ethan Young, a red-line train operator and devoted father to their 6-year-old son, champions her running for office, but cautions her about connecting with Jira. On the west side, police officer Paul Evans must face the reality of his actions and intentions in the fatal shooting of an innocent man and worries about his fate amidst the public and legal fallout. His police partner, Victoria "Vic" Renna, and his brother, Jim Evans, a volatile former cop confined to a wheelchair after being shot in the line of duty, cause more harm than good in their attempts to help him. As the stories of the Calder, Young and Evans families converge, they each discover that it's impossible to ignore issues of race; it's important for each of us to explore how our backgrounds and internal biases affect how we act; and we must open our eyes and see that we're all human and all deserving of the same dignity.
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Noah Wyle (Daniel Calder)
Emayatzy Corinealdi (Tia Young)
Aliyah Royale (Jira Calder-Brennan)
Noel Fisher (Paul Evans)
Howard Charles (Ethan Young)
Elizabeth Laidlaw (Victoria "Vic" Renna)
Vinny Chhibber (Liam Bhatt)
Michael Patrick Thornton (Jim Evans)
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Maximus Chase Evans (Benny Young)
Kristina Valada-Viars (Elizabeth)
Rammel Chan (Matthew Lee)
Corey Reynolds (Harrison Brennan)
Glynn Turman (Nathan Gordon)
Sadieh Rifai (Elena)
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Anna Brockman (Angelica Barrett)
Sean Bradley (Steve)
Alanah Marie Johnson (Young Jira)
Tony Peera (Cashier)
Mike Geraghty (Patient)
Pam Mack (Teacher)
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DIRECTED BY: Victoria Mahoney
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(from CBS's press release, May 2018) From acclaimed producers Ava DuVernay and Greg Berlanti, THE RED LINE is a drama that follows the lives of three vastly different Chicago families whose stories of loss and tragedy intersect in the wake of the mistaken shooting of an African American doctor by a white cop. As the stories of the Calder, Young and Evans families crisscross and converge, a message of hope appears - it's possible to emerge from tragedy stronger, and it's important to come together with others, not just to survive, but to thrive. Academy Award, Golden Globe and Emmy Award nominee Ava DuVernay, Greg Berlanti and Sarah Schechter are executive producers, and Caitlin Parrish and Erica Weiss are co-executive producers for Warner Bros. Television and CBS Television Studios. Victoria Mahoney directed the pilot from a script by Parrish and Weiss.
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Pile Carpets and Flat-weaves from the Silk Road in the First Millennium CE
11th APRIL 2018 at 7pm
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A talk by Dr Helen Persson
Dr Helen Persson will talk on the "Pile Carpets and Flat-weaves from the Silk Road in the First Millennium CE" from Sir Aurel Stein's unique collection of textile fragments in the Victoria and Albert Museum. She will also discuss those held in the British Museum and National Museum in New Delhi. Similar fragments in private collections in Europe and finds from recent excavations in China will also be discussed.
Helen Persson was a curator at the Victoria and Albert Museum for 14 years, and now at the Nordic Museum in Stockholm, Sweden. Helen has lectured internationally and widely published on the V&A Stein collection, and is involved in a major international project based around the Silk Road.
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Man Injured in Crash on Ash Street
Hit and Run Accident in Escondido Causes Serious Injuries
Escondido, CA (July 15, 2019) – A man suffers serious injuries in a hit and run accident in Escondido. The crash happened on the evening of July 15 on Ash Street.
A vehicle was traveling north on Ash Street, near Pennsylvania Avenue, when it hit a 28-year-old man. The pedestrian was hospitalized with serious injuries.
The driver fled the accident scene. The vehicle is described as a dark gray car. The driver was allegedly a woman.
The legal team at Nadrich & Cohen hopes that the accident victim makes a speedy and full recovery. We know how difficult it can be to recover physically, emotionally and financially from an auto accident. Let us deal with the insurance companies so that you can focus on treating your injuries and making a full recovery. The law firm of Nadrich & Cohen has handled thousands of accident and personal injury claims since our firm was founded in 1990.
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Man Injured in Pedestrian Crash at Walnut Avenue and Court Street
Victim Suffers Serious Injuries in Visalia Accident
Visalia, CA (July 14, 2019) – A man was seriously injured in a pedestrian crash in Visalia. The accident occurred on the evening of July 14 at Walnut Avenue and Court Street.
A 36-year-old man was walking in the intersection when he was hit by a Honda Accord. The pedestrian was thrown onto the windshield of the vehicle. The man suffered serious injuries and was taken to a local hospital.
The driver of the Honda, a 46-year-old man, was not injured. He remained at the accident scene. The cause of the crash is under investigation.
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Car Crashes Into Strip Mall in Irwindale Accident
Irwindale, CA (July 15, 2019) – A car crashed into an Irwindale strip mall, injuring one person. The accident occurred on the evening of July 15 on Arrow Highway.
A car crashed into a business in a strip mall located in the 16000 block of Arrow Highway. A clerk was hospitalized with minor injuries. The driver remained at the accident scene. The cause of the crash is unknown.
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Woman Killed in Pedestrian Crash on Interstate 5 Near Mathews Road
Victim May Have Been Attempting Suicide in Fatal Stockton Accident
Stockton, CA (July 13, 2019) – A woman in a wheelchair was killed in a pedestrian crash in Stockton. The fatal accident occurred on the evening of July 13 on Interstate 5.
A 52-year-old woman in a wheelchair was crossing southbound Interstate 5 near Mathews Road when she was hit by a van. She died at the accident scene. It is believed that the woman was trying to commit suicide. Interstate 5 was shut down for around 2 1/2 hours as authorities investigated.
Our heartfelt condolences go out to the friends and loved ones of the victim.
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4 Injured When Car Crashes Into Wall at Slauson and Broadway
Police Pursuit Ends in Los Angeles Accident
Los Angeles, CA (July 14, 2019) – A car crashed into a wall in Los Angeles, injuring four people. The accident occurred on July 14 at Slauson Avenue and Broadway.
The driver of a Dodge Charger was allegedly doing doughnuts when police attempted to stop the car. This led to a chase. The Dodge was traveling at high speeds when the driver lost control near Slauson Avenue and Broadway. The vehicle hit a curb and rolled several times before crashing into a wall. The four men inside the Dodge were hospitalized with serious injuries.
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Palmdale CA (July 14, 2019) – Two people were injured in a crash in Palmdale. The accident occurred on the evening of July 14 at North 110th Street East and East Avenue O.
Two cars collided at the intersection for unknown reasons. One person was trapped inside a vehicle. Two people were injured in the accident. Both are hospitalized in critical condition.
One driver fled the accident scene but later returned. That person was arrested and charged with DUI.
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Three vehicles collided on Highway 91 near Highway 71. The cause of the crash is unknown. A woman inside one of the vehicles was injured and taken to a local hospital.
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San Jose, CA (July 15, 2019) – A bicyclist was killed and another was seriously injured in a crash in San Jose. The fatal accident occurred on the morning of July 15 at Vistapark Drive and Capitol Expressway.
A woman driving a Chevrolet SUV was exiting a parking lot on Vistapark Drive when she hit two bicyclists. Both were taken to a local hospital. One later died, while the other has life-threatening injuries. The driver of the SUV remained at the accident scene.
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Miami Gardens man seriously hurt in dog attack
Owner says dog provoked by victim
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. – A man was seriously hurt after he was bitten by a dog Wednesday in Miami Gardens.
Miami-Dade Fire Rescue Lt. Felipe Lay said the attack happened about 3:45 p.m. in the 3700 block of Northwest 161st Street.
The man, who was not identified, was airlifted to Jackson Memorial Hospital's Ryder Trauma Center in Miami, where he was listed in stable condition.
Nadhir Ebanks, the owner of the 3-year-old Jack Russell Terrier and American bulldog mix, told Local 10 News that the victim is his next-door neighbor who was outside doing yard work with a tree trimmer.
Ebanks said the dog, whose name is Alba, began barking at the neighbor, and he panicked and swung the tree trimmer at Alba several times.
Alba was hurt and reacted by biting the man, Ebanks said. Neighbors said the man suffered bite wounds to both his legs and both sides of his neck.
Miami-Dade County Animal Services evaluated Alba and placed the dog under quarantine for 10 days. Animal Services said the dog had no history of attacks.


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Warrior run comes to heartbreaking end
Stanislaus falls to Chico in 1 point loss
Junior Rob Walters goes inside the paint for a shot with a Chico defender contesting the shot. Walters finished Monday nights game with eight points and 11 rebounds. - photo by Photo Contributed
The Cal State Stanislaus men's basketball team's amazing run came to a shocking end as Chico State edged the Warriors, 81-80, Monday night at the NCAA West Region Championship game.
Amir Carraway's two free throws with 1.8 seconds left gave Chico State the school's first ever NCAA West Region Championship and sent the Wildcats to the promise land for Division II Basketball — the Elite 8.
The seventh seeded Warriors did so many things right in a game they led by as many as 18 points, but for the first time this postseason they were out-rebounded.
Chico State's final rebound led to the demise of Stanislaus' hot streak, which ended with nine consecutive games. CCAA Champion Cal State Stanislaus ends the season 23-9.
"We don't get too many opportunities at these things and when you get the chance you have to take it," head coach Larry Reynolds said of winning the West and moving on to the Elite Eight. "I have to take the responsibility of it not coming to fruition."
That rebound by Carraway came after a Jordan Semple missed free throw and Carraway nailed both shots to lift the Wildcats.
The play before that sequence also didn't help the Warriors. Sam Marcus' outlet pass down the court to Rob Walters was taken away and miscommunications caused Walters to reach-in to foul Semple at half court, allowing Chico State to get to the line with about four seconds left.
"Rob was behind him and I was yelling 'guard him', because I didn't want him to run free, but the miscommunications was that he thought I said 'foul him'," Reynolds said.
"It was loud and I couldn't hear so I was watching coach's hands and reading his lips," Walters said. "Like (coach) said, it was a miscommunication."
But the game didn't have to come down to those two Chico State possessions.
The Warriors were hitting on all cylinders and led 58-40 when Clinton Tremelling nailed a three-pointer with 13:33 to play. After a second 18-point lead, at 12:09, on a pair of Shey Mataele free throws, an 8-0 run by Chico State gave the Wildcats some hope. The run was highlighted by Semple's three-pointer that cut the CSUS lead down to 10.
Still Stanislaus held a 13-point, 74-61, lead with 2:48 left. And the vocal Warrior Nation cheering section were chanting its signature "I believe that we will win" cheer.
Then things went downhill. Another run by Chico, this time a 16-5 surge in the next two minutes made it a two-point game after a Sean Park layup.
The Warriors missed three of four free throw chances in the final 30 seconds to open the doors for Chico State. The Wildcats took it, converting on that Park layup and four of five free throws with four from Carraway, who was just 2-of-5 on the line prior.
"We just didn't get the job done and you have to give credit to Chico State. They did a good job and held their poise and came back," Reynolds added.
Parker finished with 19 points and Carraway had 16.
Taylor Bell's breakout performance this weekend would have earned him the tournament's most outstanding player award. He ended up with 15 points on Monday to close out the tournament with 55 points.
Chris Read scored 14 and Rob Walters had 8 points and 11 rebounds. Marcus Bell was held to 4 of 13 shooting with eight points and five rebounds.
Chico State advances to the Elite 8, March 26-29, in Evansville, Ind., and will face Southeast regional winner, either Montevallo or South Carolina-Aiken.


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Review: Sunrise City
By FarmerLenny on	 March 15, 2013 Reviews
I was playing WarCraft III with @Futurewolfie and one of our friends a few years ago. We were on a local network, each on our laptops or desktops, our positions and strategies unknown to the others. I was furiously clicking, commanding my workers, building my army, preparing for battle. I had all sorts of buildings, my upgrades were maxed out, and my little city was beautiful.
I was out of the game almost as soon as my location was discovered.
The reason? I was playing WarCraft like it was Sim City.
I've abandoned computer games for the most part, but I've taken my desire to build into the tabletop realm. Even after several years in the hobby, though, I hadn't found a game that mimicked the experience of building a city from the ground up.
Until I saw Sunrise City from Clever Mojo Games. But is it worth breaking ground for? Find out below!
Sunrise City is a role-selection and tile-laying game for two to four players with a city-building theme. It plays in around an hour.
At the beginning of the game, players receive a set of playing pieces in their color (six bidding chips and a score track marker) and draft a hand of three role cards to play during the game. The City Hall tile is placed in the center of the table.
The role cards. The better role abilities have higher numbers, so the game encourages balance between choosing better roles and choosing roles that may allow you to go first.
The game is played over a series of three rounds, and each round follows four phases: preparation, zoning, bidding, and construction. In the preparation phase, each player draws four zoning tiles and four building tiles and chooses one of their drafted role cards to play. The role cards are numbered, and the player who plays the lowest-numbered card will be the start player for the round.
In the zoning phase, players take turns playing their zoning tiles orthogonally adjacent to tiles that are already part of the city. If a player plays a zoning tile adjacent to another tile of the same color, that player scores a point for creating a district. Similarly, there are five community zoning tiles, and if a player later plays a building tile of the same color adjacent (also diagonally) to these tiles, the player scores a point. (In the second and third rounds, the first player directs the zoning by choosing a direction–players must play zone tiles to that direction of the City Hall tile.)
Undeveloped zones.
Next, using their bidding chips, players bid for which zones they would like to build on. The first floor of a building must occupy at least one zone that a player owns, and it must be played on matching zoning tiles (so, for example, a blue building segment must be built on a blue zoning tile). Players play one bidding chip per turn, even covering other players' chips, and the chip at the top of any stack in a zone claims that zone at the end of the phase. (If a player gets two zoning chips in a row, bidding is closed on that zone.)
Finally, players lay their building tiles in turn order. Buildings are two squares wide and may be played as the ground floor (first floor) of a building or on top of already laid buildings to move the city skyward. Buildings may be played as the ground floor as long as the building's player controls at least one of the zones it's on. Players score points for building buildings, for having their zones developed with buildings, and for bonuses when a building gets high enough.
Benchmark tokens! These are star-shaped wood pieces that look and feel great.
The goal of Sunrise City, however, is not to earn points; it's to earn benchmark tokens. The scoreboard for Sunrise City shows four tracks (one for each player) tracking only points 1-10. Players earn one benchmark token whenever they pass 10 points. But if players land on 10 by exact count, they score two benchmark tokens.
Play ends after three rounds. Whoever has the most benchmark tokens is the winner.
@FarmerLenny's take:
Sunrise City is a stunning game, first off. Stunning. And I don't just mean if it gets dropped on you from above (all five pounds of which might do more than stun you). Rather, the production for this game is so good. From the clean, optimism-inducing, and evocative cover art to the consistent look and design throughout the game, to the incredible thick building tiles to the oversized zoning tiles, Sunrise City is, as I said, stunning, a production benchmark for future Kickstarter projects (and non-Kickstarter games, really) to aspire to.
I wasn't exaggerating: this game is five pounds. It could do serious damage if thrown at another player.
Of course, none of this matters if the game isn't any good. Thankfully, Sunrise City is an excellent game as well. The game is simple enough with a broad enough thematic appeal that it can be played with a wide variety of players, yet the game offers enough interesting decisions to keep new and experienced players returning. And the pieces really do get players interested in the gameplay. Each player I've introduced the game to has loved the thick tiles and the idea of building a city upward.
Oh yes, this is why it's five pounds. Look at what comes in the box!
Sunrise City is a bit of a mechanics mishmash, in a good way: it has a little of card drafting, role selection, and auctions and a lot–a lot, a lot, a lot–of tile laying. Yet despite these disparate parts, the game fits together and flows very well. It's fun to lay tiles, and it's especially fun to construct buildings and build the city upward. The mechanics of the tile laying aren't necessarily novel, but the implementation of them is a pleasing twist that should be a standout for players.
Where I think Sunrise City stands out mechanically is its scoring system. The game is not about scoring the most points; it's about scoring the smartest points. The best play is often not the one that's worth the most points; rather, it's the one that will get you to land on the star symbol by exact count. It's fun trying to manipulate your plays to land on the star. It's also fun to thwart your opponents by messing up their finesse plays, either pushing them past the star or ruining the setup they've just attempted. The role cards are particularly useful here. Whereas building tiles in a player's hand are concealed, role cards let every player know when bonus points are scored. Sometimes it is in a player's best interest to hand an opponent bonus points in order to prevent him or her from achieving a double benchmark. Even though Sunrise City is a mechanics mishmash, this is one area where Sunrise City stands on its own, and the scoring is interesting enough to make this game worth checking out.
The score track. Land on the star and get two.
The optimism evoked by the cover is present in the game. In some games, points are scarce and hard to come by, and every single point matters. I know that, in some respects, every point matters in any game, but Sunrise City does not feel like it runs on scarcity. Rather, you are building up a burgeoning city. Resources, points, benchmarks abound. Players can score points through their role cards, through community tiles, through districts, through their own buildings, and through others building on their zones. There are so many options that the game is really open to clever playing. Players aren't confined, and that makes the game fun for beginners. The game has a wealth of options, and that makes the game fun for more experienced players.
I mentioned thwarting your opponents, and there's definitely an aspect of that in Sunrise City. Despite this, the punk factor in the game is fairly low. The bidding war for zones can be cutthroat, but usually the zones will be fairly evenly distributed. And even if someone builds on your zone (this is allowed as long as at least one zone bears that player's token), you score bonus points for the building they played, and these are always consistent per color (unless the other player plays a purple building on your plot–worth 0 points–then they're just mean). I think, in this respect, the game is similar to Ticket to Ride: you can play with people cutting each other off or taking a pleasant train journey through the countryside. The game is only as cutthroat as the players.
The building tiles are as thick as two Carcassonne tiles and as long as almost three. That's some nice cardboard.
After all that I said in praise of the components at the beginning of this review, there are a few downsides to them. First, the cardstock for the role cards is not very good. I've run into this problem with other Kickstarter games, but it's disappointing that a game that excels in so many other component areas falls short in this one. The cards were also so tightly shrinkwrapped that I scratched one of the cards right out of the pack. Not a huge deal, as I would have sleeved the cards anyway (see: cheap cardstock above), but disappointing.
The zoning tiles are as thick as Carcassonne tiles but bigger.
Also, while it's easy to tell the purple and blue zoning tiles apart when you see them together, if you are holding only one of them in your hand, the blue looks kind of purple and the purple looks kind of blue. I wish there had been more contrast between the two colors, but this is easily fixed. I make sure to show players at the beginning of the game which is which so they have a point of reference during play.
The purple and blue zone tiles. You can tell them apart side by side, but if you have no reference point, they can be hard to pick out.
The last component "issue" is more like a backhanded compliment. I love the super thick tiles for the buildings in this game, especially when it comes time to lay them on top of each other and build the city, but they are a bear to shuffle. (I love the "such-and-such in five seconds" videos on Board Game Geek, but the one for Sunrise City is my favorite, and also very true.) This isn't a huge deal–so it takes a little longer to set up? worth it–but more often than not it means that I don't shuffle the tiles as well as they should be shuffled.
The city is moving skyward! Those black pieces are more wood, and they signify bonus points for building higher.
Sunrise City scales decently well from two to four players, though the two-player game is different and not quite as good. Also, the two-player game benefits from the inclusion of two variants: the double bidding option in the rulebook and drawing/playing six tiles instead of four (a variant mentioned by Clever Mojo on the Board Game Geek forums but not included in the rulebook). My wife and I have enjoyed the two-player game as a leisurely break. We play nicely, we focus on building a cool-looking city, and it works well for us. But where the game shines, I think, is with more players. The "auction" for zone tiles fosters fierce competition, and there are more opportunities for clever play. It also makes it harder to finesse your point track to score in exactly ten-point increments, making the game a more enjoyable challenge. It's fun with two; it's best with more.
More wood pieces: the scoring marker and bidding chips.
Sunrise City is a little bit meatier than the typical "gateway" game, but I think it still fits this category well, though the rulebook may be long for novice gamers: it may be best to be taught rather than learn the game yourself if you're not comfortable with reading rules. Also, it can take a few turns to get the hang of the game, which may bother some players. Still, the game is competitive if players want it to be or leisurely if such is the will of the people. I enjoy the game both ways: the components are so well done, and the thought of building a city is fun and different enough that I don't mind Sunrise City as a wind-down game (though I prefer a competitive atmosphere). Basically, I think Sunrise City is pretty great, a poster child for how Kickstarter games should be done. If the theme for this one interests you at all, I urge you to give it a try. I don't think you'll be disappointed.
iSlaytheDragon would like to thank Game Salute for providing us with a review copy of Sunrise City.
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Game looks fantastic
Flows well
Novel scoring system makes games exciting
Simple enough for novice players, but with enough meat for most gamers
Cardstock is a little on the cheap side
Building tiles are hard to shuffle
Blue and purple zone tiles can be hard to tell apart without a clear reference point
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Wilhelmine Schröder-Devrient: Soprano and Erotic Memoirist (?)
I have long maintained that the best way to ring in a new year is by profiling a female opera pioneer who rubbed shoulders with the great composers, inspired Wagner, and (allegedly) wrote a sexually explicit memoir.
Ladies and gentlemen, meet Wilhelmine Schröder-Devrient.
Wilhelmine Schröder was born into a theatrical family in Hamburg, Germany, on December 6th, 1804. Her father Friedrich Schröder was a singer, while her mother Sophie was later dubbed "one of Germany's greatest tragic actresses, so far as declamation and expression are concerned." The family moved frequently during the tumultuous Napoleonic era, but eventually they settled in Vienna, where her parents got jobs at the Burgtheater. Wilhelmine followed in their footsteps and appeared onstage for the first time at the age of five.
Her debut as an actress occurred at fifteen, when she appeared as Aricia in Schiller's translation of Racine's Phèdre. But even as a teenager she was creatively restless: she had her eye on mastering another art form altogether. On January 20th, 1821, she played Pamina in a Vienna Court Opera production of The Magic Flute. Her operatic debut marked the ignition of a revolutionary and uniquely Romantic career, which occurred adjacent to the greatest male composers of the mid-nineteenth-century.
Before the year was out, she appeared as Agathe in Carl Maria von Weber's Der Freischütz. He was lukewarm about her first performance, writing of her: "pretty, superb voice, apt acting, pure intonation, though in many ways a deficient singer." She must have consolidated her strengths over the winter, because after a performance the following year, he claimed she had surpassed everything he thought he'd written into the role.
She also appeared as Leonore in an 1822 Vienna revival of Fidelio. Beethoven himself was in the audience. As legend has it, he was so impressed by her performance that he sought the teenage singer out and offered to write another opera for her. The deaf man's praise speaks to the spell she cast using her physicality and dramatic talents.
(By the way, Schubert was also in the audience for that performance.)
In the early 1820s, Wilhelmine put down roots. She signed a contract with the Royal State Theatre in Dresden, which, despite her frequent touring, became a home base for the rest of her professional life. And in 1823, she married actor Karl August Devrient, a member of a family of German stage celebrities. Together Wilhelmine and Karl had two sons and two daughters. She appeared in a production of Weber's Euryanthe in the spring of 1824 in between pregnancies, but there's limited information as to her other professional activities during her early motherhood.
Unfortunately, the marriage was not a happy one. In 1828, she and Devrient divorced and, as was customary, the father retained custody of their four children.
Whether by choice or economic necessity or both, after her divorce, Wilhelmine found herself back onstage and in the music rooms of the elites. She made her Parisian debut in 1830; she met a thirteen-year-old Clara Wieck (later Schumann) in 1832 when they performed together, sparking a lifelong friendship; and in the mid-1830s, she took on the trouser role of Romeo in Bellini's I Montecchi e i Capuleti, to acclaim.
A man named Richard Wagner was in the audience for a performance of the Bellini. (He later claimed it was Fidelio.) "When I look back across my entire life, I find no event to place beside this in the impression it produced upon me," he later wrote of seeing Wilhelmine perform for the first time. It wasn't that she had the greatest voice (according to contemporaries, she absolutely didn't). But she had something even more powerful: an uncanny ability to use her whole body to tell a character's story. This all-consuming approach to the art shaped Wagner's, and helped lead in a very direct way to his conception of operas as music dramas.
Wilhelmine began to sing under Wagner's baton, and the two became friends. They worked together in productions of Rossini's Otello, Der Freischütz, Fidelio, and even I Montecchi e i Capuleti. He even began casting her in his own operas. She sang in the 1840s premieres of Rienzi, The Flying Dutchman, and Tannhäuser.
But she was no Wagner partisan. She was equally beloved by his rivals. In 1843, a mere ten weeks after the premiere of The Flying Dutchman, she appeared onstage with Felix Mendelssohn, singing the soprano part to Paulus. Felix's sister Fanny was enchanted, supposedly labeling Wilhelmine "the most amusing, most amazing damme."
She also burnished her friendship with Robert and Clara Schumann, who moved to Dresden in 1844. Wilhelmine became increasingly fascinated by the golden couple's work, singing pieces by both. In 1839, after seeing her Leonore, Clara had dubbed Wilhelmine "a powerful woman – my ideal in [this] art." Wilhelmine returned the admiration, writing in 1847, "How deeply I adore you as a woman and as an artist and you must have to read this in my eyes." In 1849, she and Robert and Clara went on a joint tour to Leipzig together, where Wilhelmine suggested that she and Clara use the familial du.
Her personal life remained as tempestuous as ever. She was irresistible to men, and they were irresistible to her. According to Wagner, when she met her second husband, a lieutenant named David Oskar von Döring, she was struggling to choose between two other lieutenants. She married von Döring in 1847. Unfortunately (and perhaps unsurprisingly), the marriage fell apart in a matter of months, a collapse no doubt hastened by von Döring's drawing up a contract which gave him rights to her assets and half of her pension.
She also participated in the unsuccessful Dresden uprising of 1849, although the full extent of her role isn't nearly as well-documented as Wagner's is. Wagner famously penned incendiary articles and even helped procure hand grenades in support of the revolutionaries. Had he not been forced to flee the country, Wilhelmine would have appeared in the premiere of Lohengrin.
Apparently Wilhelmine also left (maybe fled?) Dresden after the uprising, choosing to settle in Paris and more-or-less retire. In 1850, she married a wealthy landowner named Heinrich von Bock, who was thirty-two years old to her forty-six. The following year when she and von Bock were traveling through Dresden, she was actually arrested. Eventually, the lawsuit against her was dropped and she was freed.
Records (in English, anyway) of Wilhelmine's final years are scarce. It appears she left von Bock in 1858. In the spring of 1859, she asked Clara Schumann to perform at a comeback recital. Clara, concerned over the deterioration of her friend's voice, urged her not to, but the recital occurred anyway on March 6, 1859. This comeback performance was, in reality, a farewell, as Wilhelmine Schröder-Devrient passed away on January 26th, 1860.
In the final years of her life, Wilhelmine befriended a writer and translator named Claire von Glümer, as well as Claire's partner and housemate Auguste Scheibe, also an author. The trio shared history; they'd all been involved in the Dresden uprising and its aftermath. When Wilhelmine realized the extent of her own illness, Claire was tasked with shaping her surviving papers into a biography, which was published in 1862. If you read German, the free e-book is here; go for it.
Wilhelmine's name re-emerged in print in 1868 when a sexually explicit book called Memoiren einer Sängerin (or Memoirs of a Songstress) appeared, ascribed to her. A sequel dropped in 1875. The two parts taken together are known in English as Pauline, The Prima Donna, and if you want to read the 1898 English translation or buy a $750 illustrated edition, no one is stopping you. (Warning: both of those links are absolutely, positively not safe for work.)
I thought I'd include an excerpt or two here, but literally every one I chose (by randomly closing my eyes and scrolling up and down the page) was too explicit, even if I redacted liberally. The basic plot summary? Lots and lots and lots of graphic, no-holds-barred, no-details-spared nineteenth-century sex. Annnnnnnnnd that's pretty much it.
Assigning authorship of pornographic novels from the nineteenth century is just a tad out of my area of expertise, so I won't delve into the argument over whether this truly is or isn't Wilhelmine's work. Some sources believe the first half at least might be hers; others find the very idea she wrote any of it absurd. The questions and their implications are fascinating. Who wrote the books, if not Wilhelmine? Why, and why attribute them to her?
But I think we can all agree, no matter who wrote the memoir, Wilhelmine Schröder-Devrient's life was bigger than it. She ought to be remembered as one of the great musical icons of the Romantic era: innovative, wildly passionate, and prolific in her love for others and for her art.
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If you want to learn more, here's a list of sources:
Wikipedia page on Wilhelmine Schröder-Devrient
Encyclopedia Britannica entry on Wilhelmine Schröder-Devrient
MUGi article on Wilhelmine Schröder-Devrient by Juliette Appold
Schumann Portal article on Wilhelmine Schröder-Devrient
Richard Wagner and His World, edited by Thomas S. Grey
Sketch of Wilhelmine Schröder-Devrient by Mrs. E.F. Ellet from the United States Democratic Review, March 1845
Wagner and the Art of the Theatre, by Patrick Carnegy
Richard Wagner: The Last of the Titans, by Joachim Köhler
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2 responses to "Wilhelmine Schröder-Devrient: Soprano and Erotic Memoirist (?)"
curmudgon3216
I can see why you would have problems excerpting the Pauline translation! One might wonder if the original German was quite so explicit.
Yet another reason to learn German, hm? ;)


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Memorializing RBG through intersectional feminism
Sarah Erickson|October 1, 2020
Coauthored by Kathryn Vomero Santos
illustration by Kate Nuelle
There have been many moments in 2020 that have hit like a punch in the gut. In just the past few weeks, we have heard reports of forced hysterectomies in ICE detention centers, witnessed the failure of a grand jury in Louisville to charge the killers of Breonna Taylor with anything more than recklessly shooting some drywall, and mourned the death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Meanwhile, President Trump has announced a series of Executive Orders that describe the study of systemic racism, sexism, colonialism, and oppression as anti-patriotic. The contrast between these executive actions and our lived realities and traumas illustrates the essential nature of studying the very topics that the President seeks to discredit in the name of unity and patriotism.
The interdisciplinary program in Women's and Gender Studies at Trinity engages in exactly the kind of inquiry about historical and ongoing forms of oppression that President Trump attacks in his executive order. We unequivocally refute the President's claims and embrace knowledge as a site of liberation and equity.
Feminism has, at times, been a site of exclusion and division. For many years and in many ways, dominant understandings of the women's rights movement focused on the lived experiences and struggles of white women, particularly white women of a certain socio-economic class. While these issues and failures are certainly not yet resolved, the current moment demands that we imagine feminism in the most expansive, inclusive, and radical ways possible.
The conversations about Justice Ginsburg's legacy serve as a model for an intersectional, inclusive, and critical approach to feminism that we hope to cultivate in our interdisciplinary program. As several people have noted, Ginsburg was incredibly creative in her approach to demonstrating the harm caused by laws that made distinctions on the basis of gender. Rather than arguing on behalf of women who faced discrimination, she took on cases where she could clearly show that men were being denied equal treatment under the law. In doing so, she not only successfully changed such laws but also highlighted the fundamental animating principle of feminism: the belief in the social, political, and economic equality of all genders.
Although Ginsburg's record was complicated when it came to issues of race and criminal justice in this country, she clearly understood that gender was not the only axis of inequality and made several important decisions that reflect her intersectional approach to feminism. Even in her early cases for the ACLU, she cited Black lawyers, advocated for the reproductive rights of women of color, and pointed out crucial instances where laws that discriminated against women were also used to discriminate on the basis of race. She opposed changes to the Voting Rights Act, which removed oversight from states with a history of voter suppression. She was a consistent supporter of LGBTQ rights, most recently in the Bostock v. Clayton County ruling, which defined anti-LGBTQ discrimination as a form of sex discrimination.
Recently, in the Introduction to Gender Studies course —taught by Dr. Santos — students reflected on Justice Ginsberg's impact on feminism and society more broadly. After watching a video about her long career and contributions to the fight for equity in this country, many students found themselves both moved by the magnitude of her legacy and wondering what they could do to carry it forward and to build upon it. After all, one of the first things they learned in this class is that the work of feminism is ongoing, and it requires a commitment to activism and action beyond the classroom.
As the November election rapidly approaches, it is increasingly clear that one of the most immediate ways to do the ongoing work of feminism is to vote. But voting is simply not enough in and of itself. It is incumbent upon all of us to commit to educating ourselves about how our government works — and, in many cases, does not work — and to sharing that information with others. In order to achieve the world envisioned by feminism as we define it, we must continue the work done by those who came before us and actively fight for an end to systemic oppression and for the liberation of all people.
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