St. Xavier's College Placements: St Xavier's College, Mumbai has got a very good reputation when it comes to placements. The salaries offered to the students are also really good.
Placement Cell: The College has an organized team which puts effort to place the students in some of the top-notch companies. Some of the college professors have taken responsibility for this cell and it has already received an enthusiastic response from Industry and Students.
Since I am in the first year I haven't learned much about internships but I know that it reflects upon the graduation certificate. For BSc in physics, I don't know the companies that come to recruit students.
Even the salary figures I don't have any idea but I guess the highest package for the previous year was 18 lakhs per anum.
I Don't know much abut alumni for my college so don't want to comment anything on the St Xaviers College, Mumbai.
Internship: Theoretical Physics at CBS - St Xaviers, Mumbai as a very good placement cell.
Good companies hires 100s of student every year.
Average salary is around Rs 5 lakhs per annum. Highest salary I guess was around Rs 10 lakhs per annum. Usually the students doing BMM, BMS and BA are the ones who are hired the most.
No internships were done yet. The alumni network is strong and well connected. All courses are offered, so a large variety of companies hire from our campus.
The Tech Mahindra company has hired me in the St Xavier's College, Mumbai's campus placements. So it the best college in Mumbai & even India.


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Overwhelm's great magical power? TO FREEZE. Sounds a bit dramatic, I know, but in my experience working with clients who are constantly battling overwhelm on so many fronts, I've come to believe it's true. I was reminded of this in recent work with a client.
Over-worked, over-performing, and of course, underpaid – she was OVER IT, and connected with me on how to achieve her goal of making more money. This is an incredibly smart, accomplished professional, yet when it came to figuring out the hows, when, even the what to say in her ask, she was utterly blocked.
As the thoughts of what her boss might say and what could potentially go wrong flooded in, her mind began to fill with more and more details that were completely unhelpful, and she felt increasingly more frozen with overwhelm. What she didn't realize was at the heart of that overwhelm was she was afraid she would get rejected.
What we were able to do together was get underneath the noise that was showing at the surface. One of the key tools was meditation.
Many people resist using meditation to resolve a very present stressor because it feels passive, but without finding that inner calm space you cannot find the power to release the root cause (spoiler: quite often, it's fear) of your overwhelm.
After using the meditation, my client was able to quiet her mind and clear out all the unhelpful chatter and noise that was resulting in her overwhelm. She was able to get clear on what she wanted and also feel confident that she could communicate this clearly. In both our work of structuring her ask and in approaching her boss with what she wanted, the meditation helped her to stay focused and calm, strong and confident. Those overwhelming doubts and insecurities were more easily held at bay – what a win!
Here's the great news: you don't have to do anything with that overwhelm but acknowledge its existence. Here's the tool I gave my client that helped her cope with her overwhelm, overcome her fears and achieve her goal of asking for more money. It's a meditation that can lower your heart rate, really pull you out of fear, and cut right through your overwhelm.
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This introduction to construction contracting as it applies to typical, every-day situations explains "theoretical" ideas in terms of what really happens in practice. It emphasizes the more common case law holdings and industry customs that help avoid troublesome legal issues during the completion of a project.
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The Biographical Dictionary of the History of Paleoanthropology is an ongoing digital humanities project by Dr. Matthew Goodrum, a historian of science who teaches in the Department of Science, Technology, and Society at Virginia Tech. The work contains biographies of individual paleoanthropologists, especially those for whom little information exists in English. They are organized in alphabetical order. Each biography is subject to revision as new information comes to light, and new biographies will be added over time.
Fundamentals of Business, 4th edition
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Fundamentals of Business, fourth edition (2023) is an open education resource intended to serve as a no-cost, faculty-customizable primary text for one-semester undergraduate introductory business courses. It covers the following topics in business: Teamwork; economics; ethics; entrepreneurship; business ownership, management, and leadership; organizational structures and operations management; human resources and motivating employees; managing in labor union contexts; marketing and pricing strategy; hospitality and tourism, accounting and finance, personal finances, and technology in business. The textbook was designed for use in Virginia Tech's Pamplin College of Business introductory level business course, MGT1104 Foundations of Business and is shared under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial ShareAlike 4.0 license.
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Neuroscience for Pre-Clinical Students covers neuroenergetics, neurotransmitters, neuropeptides, and selected amino acid metabolism and degradation. This USMLE-aligned text is designed for a first-year undergraduate medical course and is meant to provide the essential biochemical information from these content areas in a concise format to enable students to engage in an active classroom. Hence, it does not cover neurophysiology and neuroanatomy; and clinical correlates and additional application of content are intended to be provided in the classroom experience. The text assumes that the students will have completed medical school prerequisites (including the MCAT) in which they will have been introduced to the most fundamental concepts of biology and chemistry that are essential to understand the content presented here. With its focus on high-yield concepts, this resource will assist the learner later in medical school and for exam preparation.
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Pulmonary Pathophysiology for Pre-Clinical Students is an undergraduate medical-level resource for foundational knowledge of pulmonary pathophysiology. This text is designed for a pre-clinical undergraduate medical curriculum and is aligned to USMLE(r) (United States Medical Licensing Examination) content guidelines. The text is meant to provide the essential information in a concise format that would allow learner preparation to engage in an active classroom. Clinical correlates and additional application of content is intended to be provided in the classroom experience. The text assumes that the students will have an understanding of basic pulmonary physiology that will be helpful to understand the content presented here. This resource should be assistive to the learner later in medical school and for exam preparation given the material is presented in a succinct manner, with a focus on high-yield concepts.The 82-page text was created specifically for use by pre-clinical students at Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine and was based on faculty experience and peer review to guide development and hone important topics.
Pulmonary Physiology for Pre-Clinical Students
Pulmonary Physiology for Pre-Clinical Students is an undergraduate medical-level resource for foundational knowledge of pulmonary physiology. This text is designed for a course pre-clinical undergraduate medical curriculum and it is aligned to USMLE(r) (United States Medical Licensing Examination) content guidelines. The text is meant to provide the essential information from these content areas in a concise format that would allow learner preparation to engage in an active classroom. Clinical correlates and additional application of content is intended to be provided in the classroom experience. The text assumes that the students will have an understanding of basic cardiovascular physiology that will be helpful to understand the content presented here. This resource should be assistive to the learner later in medical school and for exam preparation given the material is presented in a succinct manner, with a focus on high-yield concepts.
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Why do some companies outperform others? In a dynamic and competitive business environment, the answer to this question can be the difference between success and failure. Firms that are successful generally have a strategic management process that helps them set goals and execute on a clear vision. This textbook offers an introduction to the key topics and themes of strategic management. The authors draw on examples of familiar companies and personalities to illustrate the different strategies used by today's firms—and how they go about implementing those strategies. Students will learn how to conduct a case analysis, measure organizational performance, and conduct external and internal analyses. In short, they will understand how organizations operate at the strategic level to be successful.

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I've been stocking up on some cozy chenille pieces this year and had to share my latest find with you! This pink top is from…are you ready for it? Walmart.
I was wandering through the ladies department recently and stumbled across this sweater. It was super cute on the hanger, so I decided to try it on! It comes in a ton of different colors and is just under $10. I've been opting for sweaters in lighter, pastel, Easter tones lately (like this one), because the soft & feminine colors really do help to brighten things up while we brave these chilly, winter temps!
Have you picked up any chenille pieces this year? Where did you find them? PS: linking the taupe booties here.
Gotta love a good walmart find!!!!


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Dog Alive After 2 Days Buried Under Wall
A dog aptly named Magic was found alive after being buried under a collapsed brick wall for two days.
The wall was three stories tall, and chunks of it cascaded off a building in the Kensington neighborhood in Philadelphia.
Debris crashed into Jose Gonzales' yard, onto his car — and onto his dog.
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Magic is a 16-year-old American Pit bull Terrier, and his family feared the worst. They dug through the wreckage but couldn't find Magic, or hear or see any movement.
Gonzales thought his faithful companion had died.
But two days later, construction workers discovered Magic when they were cleaning up the rubble.
"I see something black and I'm like, 'Stop!'" said Pedro Palmer of Palmer Demolition, who led the reconstruction clean-up. "I told my guy, 'Hold on, I think the dog is alive. I see something moving.'"
Magic has some head trauma and was dehydrated, and was taken to the vet soon after being discovered.
Apparently, the resilient pooch was up and walking 15 minutes after being rescued!
"They say men don't cry but I was so happy I was crying," Gonzales said, after he found out.
The city's Department of Licenses and Inspections is investigating how this happened. According to ABC 7 in Chicago, the contractor working on the collapsed building was unlicensed and uninsured; both had expired.
The contractor was doing "dangerous rehab work" in the basement of the home when it began to collapse, and city codes were not being met during the renovation.
"We are all happy about that, that nobody was hurt. That was the main thing. But when I found out my dog was here, it was the same thing as somebody getting hurt," Gonzales told NBC Philadelphia.
Our pets are part of our families, and we're so glad Jose Gonzales' family was found safe.
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I haven't written about dyeing (note 'dyeing', not 'dying') in awhile. Now with Autumn fast approaching, I've noticed the Black Walnuts are starting to drop, prompting me to sit down and compose this post.
Black Walnut Juglans nigra is a large, upright-spreading tree with stout branches growing 50 to 75 feet; in some instances, up to 100 feet tall. The leaves are deciduous, dark yellow-green, averaging 2 to 5 inches long, and turning yellow in the fall. The bark is dark gray to brown, sometimes almost black, and deeply furrowed. Black Walnut is native to hardwood forests of eastern North America, but the trees often grow around old homesites where they were once planted. We are fortunate to have one of those large Black Walnut that provides wonderful shade to our porch and summer kitchen here at Green Pastures Farm.
Other plants often do not survive within the root zone of large walnut trees because of the roots' production of juglone, a compound that inhibits growth or kills the roots of neighboring plants.
Black Walnut are not only aesthetically pleasing, but are also valued for their functional purposes. It is one of the most valuable trees in North America because of its strong, durable, richly grained wood used for furniture, veneers, and cabinetmaking. The fruit is edible. The bark is used in tanning.
However, it is the fluorescent green, 2 inch diameter, rounded fruit that are of interest to the natural dyer. These little "dye balls" cascade to the ground seemingly unending in late summer and fall. The dye is in the yellowish green outer hulls (husks) that surround the fruit (nut). The colorant is juglone (yep, that same compound that inhibits growth of other plants). Black Walnut is a direct or substantive dye, which means that no mordant is necessary when used for dyeing protein (animal) fibers or fabric. There are some tannins in the hull, but that is considered secondary to the strong juglone.
Adjective dyes - need a mordant for the colors to develop fully and fix permanently. Most natural dyes fall into this type.
Black Walnut dyes in rich browns or tans on protein (animal) fibers. Cellulose (plant) fibers may be dyed as well, but probably will require a mordant in order to be colorfast. Walnut also mixes well with other dyes to produce a wider range of colors. The color can be dulled and deepened with an afterbath of iron (see above). A near black can be achieved when overdyeing indigo on wool or silk.
The best time to gather the nuts is in the Fall when they are still green and newly fallen off the tree. I have read that if the nuts rot and turn black on the ground the dye may be damaged; however, I have also dyed with these black hulls and obtained similar results. You can dye with the fresh hulls or you can freeze them for year round dyeing. I have done both.
NOTE THAT WALNUTS WILL STAIN SKIN FOR DAYS. WEAR GLOVES WHEN HANDLING!!!
ALSO NOTE Walnut WILL stain countertops and kitchen sinks! So I dye with Black Walnut outside using a portable propane burner and the barn sink.
Place the whole hulls in a bucket or large stainless steel pot (that will not be used for cooking). Add enough water to completely cover the hulls. Place a lid on top. Leave the bucket or pot outside, periodically checking to add more water if necessary. About half way through the soaking process, I "smoosh" the hulls to crack their exterior and allow the juiciness to ooze out.
I typically soak for two days, at the very least, overnight. The water should be a deep brown. Using a strainer, pour the contents over another bucket or pot to strain the large chunks of walnut from the soaking water. Discard the solids and save the dye "liquor". Optional - Strain the liquid one more time through cheese cloth. This will remove any residual small pieces from the liquid.
Place the wetted fiber or fabric in this liquid dyebath. You may have to add more water to allow the fiber or fabric to be able to move freely in the dye. Slowly bring the dye bath up to a simmer. Occasionally, stir the pot gently to allow for an even take up of color. Simmer for 30 minutes. If the color is satisfactory (color will be lighter upon drying), remove the fabric and rinse with water until the water runs clear. Hang to air-dry. Note-If dyeing wool, to avoid felting, turn off the burner and allow the pot to cool before removing and rinsing. If the color is not intense enough, simmer for 30 more minutes. If a darker color is still desired, turn the heat off and leave in the dyebath overnight.
In the photo below, the silk scarf farthest on the left was simmered for an hour; the other three scarves simmered for 30 minutes. Shibori techniques were used to make the patterning.
I've shared my Black Walnut recipe that I've gleaned from reading lots of print and online sources. Here is a free PDF download of my Black Walnut dyeing process.
Thank you! You may download your free Black Walnut Dyeing PDF HERE.
I'd also will share two additional recipes from dyeing gurus. The first is from Catharine Ellis, a master weaver, dyer, and teacher. It is an excerpt from her SEPTEMBER 11, 2016 blog post. The second recipe is from Trudy Van Stralen, a well known and respected natural dyer, teacher, and author of Indigo, Madder, & Marigold.
I have learned that the secret to dyeing with black walnut is slow dyeing and lots of patience. I put the entire nut(s) in a mesh bag (fresh or dry), cover with water and simmer until the outer skin (the exocarp) breaks open, releasing the soft husk underneath which contains the dye. Then I cool the bath a bit, add the fiber, leaving the entire nut in the bath (in the mesh bag) during the entire dyeing process. The mesh keeps the fiber clean. I heat the dyebath slowly and leave it for a long time. There were many occasions that I was disappointed in walnut dye, only to finally learn that it takes TIME. I still have to resist the temptation to add more walnut to the bath during the first hour of dyeing, remembering that the dye will get darker with a longer bath.
I calculate about one fresh/frozen nut per 20 grams of fiber (or about 350%). If I am using dry walnuts I will double that amount, at least. Many more dry walnuts will be required to achieve the same color as the fresh walnuts.
Use dried walnuts (or 5 times the amount if fresh).
Weigh out the nuts and put them in a pot of water to soak overnight. If you place them in a net bag it's easier to remove them later.
The next day, bring the water to a vigorous boil and boil hard, covered, for at least 90 minutes.
Strain the dye bath into another pot. Straining is important, as any remaining bits of hull will make dark spots on the fiber.
Add wetted fiber to the dye bath, bring it to a boil, and keep at a gentle boil for 90 minutes (not just 60 minutes, as for other dyes). Remove the dyed fiber and rinse well.
I teach Natural Dye workshops. A typical workshop is 1 1/2 hours and includes a presentation on natural dyes, a hands-on dye project, and a narrated walking tour of the farm. I can also customize a program for you. If you or your group is interested in scheduling a workshop, please contact me via my contact page.


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Lesley Blair, CEO of the British Association of Beauty Therapy and Cosmetology (BABTAC) and the Confederation of International Beauty Therapy and Cosmetology (CIBTAC) has been awarded an MBE for services to the British beauty industry in the 2022 Queen's Birthday Honours List.
Honoured for being an outstanding ambassador for the beauty sector, Blair has been working with CIBTAC for almost 27 years, and has led both CIBTAC and BABTAC as the CEO and chair since 2018. During her nearly 30-year career she has advocated for regulation, fit-for-purpose qualifications and responsible practices in the UK beauty industry.
Throughout the pandemic, she served as a sectoral adviser for the government, providing invaluable industry insight and innovative solutions in the face of continued challenges, and was appointed to sit on the first recognised Sector Body for Personal Care Services within government on behalf of BABTAC.
She also worked with the Scottish government and contributed to its First Minister's decision to allocate £19 million to close-contact businesses affected by losses due to the Omicron variant. She also helped to distribute the funds to those most impacted, including self-employed individuals without premises.
Blair continues to represent and advocate for the beauty industry at government level and has made regular news and radio appearances to share her expertise.
"As an industry colleague, Lesley has been an impressive asset to the British beauty industry. She's the most deserving of this honour.'
Millie Kendall OBE
CEO, British Beauty Council
Blair also sits on the Cosmetics Informed and Empowered Public Sub-Group, part of the Scottish government's Interventions Expert Group, as well as the JCCP Register & Stakeholder Group and the JCCP Stakeholder Council Steering Group. She also contributes to the the Aesthetics APPG, the Hair & Cosmetology APPG, the Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery APPG and the Advisory Panel of The Safety in Beauty Campaign. A member of the HABIC Executive Council in Ireland, she is a Trustee for the Beauty Backed Trust, following a personal nomination from founder and skincare expert Caroline Hirons.
"Since becoming CEO of BABTAC and CIBTAC, my main objective has been to ensure that our organisations lead by example and the beauty industry as a whole continually strives to raise the standard of education and professionalism while ensuring our sector is also recognised for the value it brings to our economy," she said.
"I'm so honoured to have been awarded by Her Majesty in this year's Birthday Honours List for something I'm so passionate about. I look forward to continuing to work collaboratively with others, both in and outside our industry, to highlight the full worth of our sector and the urgent need for further regulation and legislation together with standardisation of fit for purpose qualifications.
"Protecting the ethical, qualified, and professional salons and therapists in our sector with the ultimate objective of ensuring consumer safety and wellbeing remains my goal."
Commenting on Blair's honour, Millie Kendall OBE, CEO of the British Beauty Council said: "I worked with Lesley throughout the Covid-19 crisis and as an industry colleague and fellow member of the government task force she has been an impressive asset to the British beauty industry. She's the most deserving of this honour."
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Power to the Members
Community development and planning organizations with a voting membership are rare, but the ones that do prioritize a democratic structure say it's well worth the additional work.
By Dennis Gaffney -
When May Louie gives orientations to prospective trustees of the Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative (DSNI), a Boston community-based planning and organizing nonprofit, she always shows them DSNI's organizational flow chart. Most nonprofits would place the board of directors on top, above the executive director and other staff. But in DSNI's chart, the word "Community" floats in a large blue bubble above everyone else. Next come "Members," and below them, the "Board of Directors." At the bottom sit "Staff" in a small rectangle.
"The simplicity of that chart tells us who is really in charge, which is the community," says Louie, DSNI's director of leadership and capacity building. DSNI has embraced a democratic organizational structure because "we want a community where people have a right to decide about schools, the quality of services, the kinds of businesses that come into the neighborhood, and who they hire—a neighborhood that's engaged, believes it has a right to housing, green space, and quality services, and demands it, and demands it of us."
Membership-Based Models: Once the Norm
Membership-based nonprofits, which elect their boards, are a rarity in the nonprofit world today, but they weren't always. "One hundred years ago, they were super-common, 50 years ago, less common," says Jon Pratt, executive director of the Minnesota Council of Nonprofits, who has written often about board governance. He notes that powerful political groups in American history, such as the agriculturally based Grangers and temperance associations, as well as fraternal groups, such as the Elks and Masons, were all membership-based.
"Over time, nonprofit organizations have pulled away from the community and engaged in more third-party representation," Pratt says. "So we're more an organization to help this community, but we're not 'by and of' this community."
Pratt, who advises people launching nonprofits, says they almost always avoid the membership model, preferring boards that are self-selecting. "At its most extreme, they say, 'How can we set this up so no one can take this away from me, my wife, and my cousin?'" Pratt says. "They want ownership and control over their nonprofit, but they also want the recognition that comes with one." People suspect that membership nonprofits are more work, and they're right.
"Dictatorships are a far more efficient way to go," Pratt says.
I spoke with leaders at four membership-based community development organizations—DSNI, People United for Sustainable Housing in Buffalo (PUSH Buffalo), Lawrence CommunityWorks (LCW) in Massachusetts, and Bickerdike Redevelopment Corp. in Chicago—to explore how their democratic structures influence their work. What are the advantages and disadvantages of membership-based structures? How do members influence issues pursued by a group? How do democratic nonprofit structures affect budgets, the role of staff, and power? And how do membership-based organizations change the people they serve?
Challenge #1: Membership-Based Organizations Are More Costly
Developing engaged members "takes money, time, and staff," says Joe Kriesberg, executive director of the Massachusetts Association of Community Development Corporations (MACDC). Aaron Bartley, co-founder and executive director of PUSH Buffalo, a member-based CDC that has worked to build affordable housing on Buffalo's West Side since 2005, concurs. PUSH started with two-and-a-half staffers, but within a few years Bartley realized that PUSH "didn't have the staff to fully engage members." It pursued funding from organizations such as the Catholic Campaign for Human Development, and after four years, raised enough to support three full-time organizers, a doubling of PUSH's staff and budget.
Bartley says the challenge was to convince funders that mobilizing members was as important as providing services. "Organizing and community engagement can sometimes be seen as an abstraction . . . and it's undervalued in our society and our funding culture," Bartley says. "But it's the way a community gets enough power to reverse the trends of disinvestment and poverty." To convince foundations of organizing's worth, Bartley highlighted an early success achieved by PUSH organizers: a campaign that convinced New York state in 2007 to give up control over 1,499 vacant Buffalo houses it owned and provide funding to help rehab them.
"We're continuing to highlight the tangibility of the work," Bartley says.
Challenge #2: Democracy Can Be Messy
Unfortunately, membership-based organizations are not immune to the political conflicts that surface in communities. "Running a member-based organization in a racially and economically diverse community is particularly complex," Kriesberg notes. "Communities can be very fractured—new residents versus long-term ones, wealthy versus less wealthy, renter versus homeowner." Such conflicts can sometimes paralyze, divide, or even destroy community organizations. Kriesberg also notes that majority rule in a membership-based organization sometimes conflicts with social justice. "Community involvement is a core value in our field," Kriesberg says. "But two other values we advocate for are economic opportunity and inclusion. If we have to choose between 'the community' getting its way and getting racial and ethnic involvement, I'm going to choose the latter."
At its founding in 1984, DSNI established a strong community-based democratic structure. Of 31 board positions, neighborhood residents were granted 16, a majority. Conscious of racial and ethnic tensions that had surfaced in their neighborhoods and in Boston historically, the founders took another step to ease potential political tensions within DSNI. They divided the 16 neighborhood board seats evenly, giving four seats each to the major ethnic groups in the area: African-Americans, Latinos, Cape Verdeans, and Caucasians.
"There was a conscious decision that we'd share power at our community table regardless of the percentage of people in the neighborhood," Louie says. "Nobody looks back and regrets that decision."
Since that time, DSNI has increased the diversity at its board table by adding four youth members, ages 15–17. Now 21 of 35 board members are residents.
Challenge #3: Membership-Based Groups Often Lack Expertise
Elected boards often lack the financial, political, and legal expertise found on self-selecting boards. That can be a problem, because elected boards have the same constellation of responsibilities as "resource boards," which generally solicit trustees connected to power and money, such as bankers, wealthy donors, and politicians.
"Ours is a decision-making board," Louie says of DSNI. "It meets monthly, approves budgets and work plans and initiatives, and major contracts. Just because it's a community board, it's not relegated to making less important decisions."
Joy Aruguete, executive director of Bickerdike Redevelopment Corp., a CDC working to redevelop communities in northwest Chicago, says that elected members bring "a high level of commitment and dedication to the organization's mission and work, but don't necessarily come with the technical skill and knowledge."
This is especially true in the highly regulated and financially complex world of housing, the bread-and-butter business for many CDCs. "People might not know what a performance bond is," Aruguete says, "or the implications of what it means to pledge collateral on a loan. Development and property management is very complicated, so you have to hire people with a fairly high level of sophistication in these matters, but you don't always have that on a board."
To compensate, she and her staff spend a good deal of their time educating members and the board so they are prepared to make difficult decisions.
"This is why people don't do this," Aruguete says. "This is not the easy way."
Advantage #1—Identifying Real Issues in the Community
Yet these leaders are convinced that the harder way often produces better results. Each January, when icy air and snow storms make picket lines and rallies difficult, PUSH Buffalo conducts its face-to-face membership drive, a litmus test for any such organization. "If you're having trouble getting members," Bartley says, "you're doing something wrong." As important as adding more members to the rolls, Bartley says, is "taking the time to sit down with each member, and find out what's happening and get feedback." These interactions help PUSH identify issues, evaluate its work, and fine-tune campaigns.
When Jessica Andors, executive director of Lawrence CommunityWorks (LCW) first came to that impoverished Massachusetts city in 1999, she and three other organizers assumed they'd develop low-income housing, the focus of the CDC they had inherited.
But they found out when they knocked on doors that people were more interested in things for their kids to do, Andors remembers. So organizers worked with parents to create a dynamic summer program for children, a pressing need. "We had one parent on the first field trip," Andors says. "On the last one we had 23."
From the trust built that summer, deeper conversations with residents began, Andors explains. "We asked them, 'Where do you want to go?' We started talking about the quality of life. We talked about crime, vacant lots, the need for parks, recreational facilities, where youth could go to be safe."
At first, LCW organizers channeled their organizational efforts through a resuscitated neighborhood association, but they found that power issues, such as "who was going to be president," got in the way of the work, Andors says. That's when, inspired by the vision of Bill Traynor, then LCW's executive director, they shifted to a "network" approach to membership, which focused on building relationships in the community.
"Our work over the last 10 to 15 years has not necessarily been around organizing around a specific issue," Andors has written. "It's about building people's habits and practices around civic, neighborhood engagement, democratic deliberation, understanding local power structures, ways to negotiate and navigate those systems, and get involved."
It's worked: LCW now has over 5,000 members. Over the last dozen years it has generated over $70 million in new neighborhood investment, including a community center, three playgrounds, and 162 units of affordable housing—an issue they have picked up again.
Andors argues that truly listening to members means respecting their issues, even if they sometimes seem like "small potatoes."
"Democracy in the community isn't about Tiananmen Square actions," Andors says. "It's about quality-of-life ones that impact people's daily lived experience in the neighborhood. They're not all the stuff of national headline news, but they're extremely important to making a community functioning and a place that people want to live in and stay in."
She points out that less ambitious efforts often lead to more consequential ones. For example, about half-a-dozen years ago the first group of students went through LCW's PODER program ("poder" is Spanish for "power"), which trains emerging leaders in the community. They began by organizing a March Against Garbage to improve the city's garbage collection. That campaign led them to question the city's budget process and priorities. That grew into the Fair Budget Campaign, which has led to institutionalizing hearings around budget priorities, translating the budget into Spanish, and posting Lawrence's budget online.
In the last few years, members drove the decision by LCW to get involved in improving Lawrence's troubled public schools, which went into receivership in 2011. "That was a huge decision for us," Andors says. "I'm not sure we would have ventured so strongly into it, but we had the membership mandate and the receivership, so we had the opportunity to change something pretty fundamental."
Advantage #2: Wiser Institutional Decisions
Democratically run institutions are also less likely to make unfair decisions. Marshall Ganz, a former leader of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and the United Migrant Farm Workers, and now a senior lecturer in public policy at the Kennedy School of Government, offers this analogy: If a local league is run by a wide swath of volunteer parents, decisions will most likely consider the interests of all the children. "If somebody says, 'We need professionals,' then you get money from two guys … Now, who starts deciding who gets on what teams, what the schedule is, and what the money pays for?"
For example, Susan G. Komen, one of the nation's largest breast cancer charities, made a top-down decision in 2012 to pull breast exam funding from Planned Parenthood. The politically motivated pronouncement alienated many supporters, and has deeply damaged Komen's ability to execute its mission.
DSNI's Louie says the "collective wisdom" of membership organizations helps avoid such tone-deaf decisions. "No one can come in and say, 'Do what I say.' That's why the community process is so important to people. We believe in the expertise people bring in and in their wisdom."
Staff's role is to educate members so they can make wise decisions.
"In our history, ideas have originated from everywhere—staff, board, residents, people inside the community and outside the community," Louie says. "But once there are ideas on the table, the question is, who chooses? That's the democracy part. I can have great ideas. I can say, 'They should do backyard fish-farming; here's how they do it in Hawai'i,' but I can't decide, and impose that decision. Our role is to look at many ideas, and help people weigh them and evaluate them and decide."
Recently, DSNI's board weighed whether to support a liquor license application from a struggling Roxbury convenience store owner. It was a tough decision: trustees wanted the store to thrive, but they didn't want to support easy access to alcohol. The board made a nuanced decision: They declined to supoort the liquor license, but connected the owner with people who could help him formulate a successful business plan. "And we decided to buy local," Louie adds.
"Nobody is reaching for an easy moralistic answer," Louie says. "It's not a patronizing discussion … It's the community wrestling."
Advantage #3: More People, More Power
Activists at these organizations also argue that membership-based groups can mobilize large numbers of people, which translates into power. "It's not only an idealist commitment to a particular form of governance," says PUSH's Bartley, "but it's a way to engage more people and to become a more powerful force for change."
"There's extra energy in the community, and if they feel that they're really involved, you can get more done," Pratt says. "You get more resources, monetary and non-monetary, and political legitimacy." Ganz notes that historically, and today as well, mobilized volunteers are the best counter-balance to concentrated wealth. "'Our people will walk to work rather than take a bus'—that was Montgomery," Ganz explains. "'Our people will go door-to-door, rather than do commercials.' That's how Obama was elected."
Members act as community ambassadors. "Having members expands who we are," says Aruguete. "It's not just staff and the board who can talk about what we're doing in the community."
Democracy within a membership-based community organization can lead to more democracy outside it. "We get people more civically engaged not just in the work of the organization, but in the broader political system," Aruguete says. With this in mind, Bickerdike committees are continuously promoting civic participation, including "getting people to vote," says Aruguete. "I don't think it's gone unnoticed by our elected officials that we have about 3,000 people living in our housing, and that the large majority of them are registered to vote. Politicians look at voting blocks, and they look at the poll sheets."
New leaders often rise from within these organizations. One October day eight years ago, Brenda Miller got a knock on her door from a PUSH Buffalo organizer campaigning to have National Fuel Gas (NFG), the local fuel provider, pay for home weatherization. Although she was unemployed and had three grandchildren under a year old in her home, NFG had just shut off her heat. The organizer convinced Miller to share her story at a rally two weeks later, where she discovered she wasn't alone.
"It seemed a big weight was lifted off my shoulders," she says. She also learned something about herself. "I was an activist, but I didn't know I was."
She ponied up $5 for her membership. "I belonged to something," she says. Miller came to PUSH meetings, she volunteered, she canvassed. Two years ago, she was hired as a PUSH organizer, and was part of the campaign that forced NFG to pay $7.5 million in a 2013 settlement that included ratepayer refunds and weatherization funds. Part of her job now is to solicit new members.
What does she tell them?
"The more numbers we have, the more powerful we are."
It's a message more nonprofits would do well to learn.
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On December 15, 1791, Virginia became the 10th of 14 states to approve 10 of the 12 amendments, thus giving the Bill of Rights the two-thirds majority of state ratification necessary to make it legal. The Bill of Rights consists of the first ten amendments to the Constitution. They were added at the request of several states who desired greater constitutional protection to individual liberties. Some, mainly Federalists, argued that a bill of rights was not necessary because the people and the states retained any rights and powers not delegated to the federal government. Others, mainly anti-federalists, argued that a list of protected rights was necessary to safeguard individual liberty.
The House of Representatives approved seventeen amendments. Of those, the Senate approved twelve. Those twelve were sent to the states, and the states ratified ten.
"Congress of the United States.
In the House of Representatives. Monday, August 24, 1789.
Resolved, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, two thirds of both Houses deeming it necessary, that the following articles be proposed to the several states, as amendments to the constitution of the United States; all, or any of which articles, when ratified by three fourths of the said legislatures, to be valid, to all intents and purposes, as part of the constitution.
Articles in addition to, and amendment of the Constitution of the United States of America, proposed by Congress and ratified by the legislatures of the several States, pursuant to the 5th article of the original constitution.
Article I. After the first enumeration required by the first article of the constitution, there shall be one representative for every thirty thousand, until the number shall amount to one hundred, after which the proportion shall be so regulated by Congress, that there shall be not less than one hundred representatives, nor less than one representative for every forty thousand persons, until the number of representatives shall amount to two hundred, after which the proportion shall be so regulated by Congress, that there shall not be less than two hundred representative [sic] [the usual "nor less than one representative" is omitted either by mistake or for brevity's sake] for every fifty thousand persons.
Art. 2. No law varying the compensation to the members of Congress shall take effect, until an election of representatives shall have intervened.
Art. 3. Congress shall make no law establishing religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof, nor shall the rights of conscience be infringed.
Art, 4. The freedom of speech, and of the press, and the right of the people peaceably to assemble and consult for their common good, and to apply to the government for redress of grievances, shall not be infringed.
Art. 5. A well regulated militia, composed of the body of the people, being the best security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed, but no one religiously scrupulous of bearing arms, shall be compelled to render military service in person.
Art. 6. No soldier shall in time of peace be quartered in any house without the consent of the owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner prescribed by law.
Art. 7. The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated; and no warrants shall issue, but [partly trimmed: upon probable cause supported by oath or affirmation, and par-] ticularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
Art. 8. No person shall be subject, except in a case of impeachment, to more than one trial or one punishment for the same offence, nor shall be compelled in any criminal case, to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty or property, without due process of law, nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.
Art. 9. In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation, to be confronted with the witnesses against him, to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favour, and to have the assistance of counsel for his defence.
Art. 10. The trial of all crimes (except in cases of impeachment, and in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the militia when in actual service in time of war or public danger) shall be by an impartial jury of the vicinage, with the requisite of unanimity for conviction; the right of challenge and other accustomed requisites; and no person shall be held to answer for a capital or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment by a grand jury; but if a crime be committed in a place in the possession of an enemy, or in which an insurrection may prevail, the indictment and trial may by law be authorized in some other place within the same state.
Art. 11. No appeal to the Supreme Court of the United States shall be allowed, where the value in controversy shall not amount to one thousand dollars; nor shall any fact triable by a jury according to the course of common law, be otherwise re-examinable, than according to the rules of common law.
Art. 12. In suits at common law, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved.
Art. 13. Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.
Art. 14. No state shall infringe the right of trial by jury in criminal cases, nor the rights of conscience, nor the freedom of speech, or of the press.
Art. 15. The enumeration in the constitution of certain rights shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.
Art. 16. The powers delegated by the constitution to the government of the United States, shall be exercised as therein appropriated, so that the legislative shall never exercise the powers vested in the executive or judicial; nor the executive the powers vested in the legislative or judicial; nor the judicial the powers vested in the legislative or executive.
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'Young Rock' Entertaining, but a Jabroni on Accuracy
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Scene from NBC's "Young Rock" with actors Bradley Constant, Adrian Groulx, Dwayne Johnson and Uli Latukefu all playing The Rock. (Image: NBC)
Can you smell what The Rock is cooking?
The TV sitcom "Young Rock," centering on the early life of Dwayne Johnson, the wrestling superstar turned action movie superhero, returns for a second season on NBC next March.
While I find it one of the best family TV shows in years, as a wrestling fan, I'm having a hard time suspending my disbelief.
While the show is more than just wrestling — it tells the life story and lessons of Johnson growing up — its historical accuracy is "rock bottom."
Three Stages of the Rock
Debuting last February, the premise of season one is Dwayne Johnson running for president in 2032, and recounting stories of his life growing up. This leads to "flashback" and "flash forward" segments, similar to the NBC drama "This Is Us."
The overlapping storylines focus on 10-year old Dewey, as he was known in his youth, living with his family in Hawaii in 1982; as a 15-year awkward teen in 1987 Bethlehem, PA; and a frustrated benchwarmer on the University of Miami football team in the early 1990s. All "Rocks" are played by different actors.
As was well promoted during his WWE career, The Rock was a third-generation pro wrestler. His grandfather, High Chief Peter Maivia, was considered the patriarch of wrestling's Samoan dynasty. Rock's father, Rocky Johnson, was a main eventer in the 1970s and early 1980s.
His grandmother Lia Maivia really did operate the wrestling promotion on the islands, taking over for her late husband, Peter.
It is natural that pro wrestling is a major part of the storylines, especially in the 1982 Hawaii scenes. But, it can leave a wrestling purist with a raised eyebrow of confusion.
Wrestling Accuracy? It Doesn't Matter
In the Christmas special that aired last week, we find a colorful cast of familiar wrestling names competing in a "Mistletoe Battle Royal," where the goal is to climb a ladder to present Miss Elizabeth the kissable plant. A match like that would never have happened then.
Recurring characters supposedly wrestling on the island include Andre the Giant, the Iron Sheik, Randy "Macho Man" Savage, and the Wild Samoans.
The only problem is, none of them wrestled regularly, if at all, in Hawaii. And, certainly not in the 1982 timeframe. Lia Maivia's Polynesian Pro Wrestling did not operate a full-time schedule either.
Of the wrestling characters, Andre was the only one who semi-regularly competed on the islands, and that would be maybe once or twice a year. Wrestling results database Cagematch finds no Andre matches in Hawaii in 1982.
Iron Sheik and the Samoans were regulars with Georgia Championship Wrestling in 1982 (all would make their way to the WWF, as it was known then, less than a year later). Savage operated his family's International Championship Wrestling in the Kentucky/Tennessee area.
The show's main supporting character, Rocky Johnson (played by Joseph Lee Anderson), would wrestle for his mother-in-law's group once in a while. But by Christmas 1982, he was already in the WWF.
In fact, on the Dec. 28, 1982, WWF show at Madison Square Garden in New York City, not only is Johnson wrestling, but Mrs. Maivia is seen in the crowd.
While not accurate, I give the show a pass. It is produced in association with WWE.
Andre, Savage, and Sheik were the most recognizable wrestlers of the 1980s and certainly the most interesting personalities.
If the show did retain historical accuracy, the wrestling characters would be Ripper Collins, Superfly Tui, and Farmer Boy Ipo. Who? Exactly.
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At Least the Actors Look the Part
Admittedly, the actors really do look like the wrestling legends they portray. Matthew Willig, a 14-year retired NFL veteran, does bear some resemblance to Andre the Giant, whom he portrays on the show. Willig is listed as 6'7″. Andre was billed at 7'4″.
Willig displays Andre's tenderheartedness and vulnerability, traits Andre was known for among friends. He would often call those wrestlers he respected, "Boss." Alternately, the real Giant was downright nasty with those who he did not like.
Brett Azar really does look like the Iron Sheik, with his bald head and trademark mustache. Azar has a background in bodybuilding. Kevin Makely must have gone to Macho Man school, as he has Randy Savage's moves down.
Ditto to the actors who play the Wild Samoans (John Tui and Fasitua Amosa).
A Family Sitcom at Heart
"Young Rock" is one of the few current TV shows I can feel comfortable watching with my children. It harkens back to the classic family sitcoms that are funny and have a moral message, but keep it relatively clean.
Father Rocky struggles to keep his family fed after his mainstream wrestling career nosedives in the mid-1980s. Mother Ata (played by Stacey Leilua) has traits of other classic TV moms — balancing keeping her family sane, while pursuing her own dreams.
Grandma Lia (Ana Tuisila) loves her family, but has a dark side when it comes to the wrestling business. A storyline in season 1 sees Lia get into a wrestling promotional war on the islands. This was true in reality and led to criminal charges against Lia and her business partner.
Behind the camera, Chavo Guerrero Jr., the former pro wrestling star, serves as wrestling coordinator for the show. He also helped with another wrestling-based show, "GLOW" on Netflix.
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Is energy M&A finally about to boom?
The long-awaited M&A boom in energy might finally be here. Big Oil has had a shocking lack of big deals, considering how far asset values have fallen during the commodity crash. But analysts are now sizing up major potential deals that could come to pass over the next several weeks. Tens of billions of dollars are being raised by institutional investors, and the implication from this capital raising is that it will be used for sizable deals.
In addition, Big Oil firms have cut costs to the bone in the aftermath of the oil crash. Some of the biggest operators have enough financial flexibility to preserve their balance sheets and make significant acquisitions. This was the impetus for Royal Dutch Shell (RDS.B) acquiring BG Group for $52 billion in early 2016. The deal was the largest in Royal Dutch Shell's history, and could be an indication of things to come.
While it is unlikely the energy industry will see another deal of that size and scale come to pass, there is nevertheless good reason to expect a surge in M&A deals in the coming weeks.
On paper, the conditions seem perfect for a boom in energy mergers. Asset values are very low, due to the fact that the price of oil sits at less than half the level seen just two years ago. Smaller exploration and production firms are in dire need of cash, as many are incurring significant losses and are saddled with high levels of debt. Normally, it would be customary for one or multiple industry giants to pounce and buy up acreage or other companies outright. After all, when there is blood in the water, it does not take long for the sharks to swarm.
Add to this the fact that the deep-pocketed integrated super-majors like Exxon Mobil (NYSE: XOM) have bided their time, raising billions of dollars through cutting costs and asset sales. With lots of money on the sidelines, there may be no better time than now for Exxon or one of its rivals to embark on a spending spree. But as of yet, this has not transpired.
One reason for the delay thus far is that companies with money to spend are simply waiting out smaller, highly indebted firms to declare bankruptcy, so that their assets can be bought for pennies on the dollar. Another reason is that Big Oil is increasingly aware of stranded asset risk, which is the risk that man-made climate change could permanently wipe out the value of oil and gas assets in reserves. The oil industry has come under heavy public and regulatory scrutiny as climate change becomes a more pressing environmental issue. If climate change itself, or the actions taken to combat it, result in oil giving way to renewable forms of energy, there are billions of dollars' worth of assets sitting on balance sheets that may not be recoverable.
Despite the significant risk posed by stranded assets, it is still likely that the oil and gas industry is about to see a major increase in mergers and acquisitions activity. The reason is simple; oil still accounts for the majority of energy production in the U.S., and high-quality reserves are increasingly hard to find. The premier oil fields in the U.S., including the Permian Basin and Eagle Ford, are intensely competitive. Finding new oil fields organically would be an extremely time-intensive and costly endeavor. It is far easier for Big Oil to simply buy up distressed competitors.
This is why it should come as no surprise that, according to recent reports, more than $100 billion has been raised by private equity and other institutional buyout investment firms since the oil crash started in 2014. Private equity buyers are snapping up a wide range of assets, from acreage to distressed loans.
The accelerating investment activity on the part of private investors could be the spark needed to incentivize Big Oil to get cash off the sidelines, to avoid missing out. The sense of urgency is heightened for the potential takeover targets, which are running out of time. There are many highly indebted companies that are still not breaking even at $50 oil. Making matters worse for them, bank funding is being cut off: Bloomberg reports that the eight biggest U.S. banks cut loans to the energy industry by 6 percent in the first half of 2016.
In addition to Exxon, one global integrated giant that has some cash to spare and could be on the prowl for a suitable takeover, is Chevron (NYSE: CVX). Chevron has embarked on an ambitious cost-cutting program over the past two years, designed to protect its balance sheet during the oil crash. It suspended share buybacks this year, cut capital expenditures by $5.3 billion through the first half of 2016, and is looking to sell $5 billion worth of assets in offshore China, as well as another $2 billion in Indonesian assets, to raise additional cash.
In the meantime, there are smaller companies that may be pursuing deals. Oil refiner CVR Energy (NYSE: CVI), which counts noted activist investor Carl Icahn as a controlling shareholder, has reportedly shown interest in buying smaller rival Delek U.S. Holdings (NYSE: DK). This could be more of a partnership built on necessity; both refiners are struggling with contracting crack spreads and elevated costs. Both stocks have lost more than 50 percent over the past one year, but combining the two could give the company and its investors more breathing room and flexibility to wait out the downturn.


I have had a dog, or dogs, the majority of my life. When one passed, another was adopted so there was always a small "pack" around. At the end of 2013, both of my senior dogs passed within 2 1/2 months of each other, the Siberian Husky October 18th and the Lab December 23rd. I told myself no more dogs for a while, too much work, too difficult when they passed, etc. I went out of town for Christmas and returned to an empty house. The "no more dogs" lasted about a week, until I found myself "just looking" at the local shelters.
On Friday, January 3rd I wandered into Best Friends in Mission Hills looking for a Siberian Husky. The husky and I didn't click so I wandered around for a bit. I stopped in front of one kennel with a crazy black and white lab mix that so hyper I thought no way, she's too much for me and continued on, going home to an empty house again. The next Sunday they had two Siberians listed for adoption so I asked my friend Kristen to join me in my search (she had two Siberians at the time). Again, the Siberians were not clicking with me so we walked around a bit. As I walked by the kennel with the crazy dog again I pointed her out to my friend. Kristen stopped and looked at her and I hear her laughing, saying "she's not paying any attention to me, her eyes are following you, you are being played". Oh boy, here we go I thought. I found a volunteer and we took this crazy dog named Fran to the play area. She was bouncing around, looking and smelling everything in the area and I thought she would never stop! I sat on the bench and she finally jumped up next to me, or on me was more like it. I gave her the "people" test. Played with her ears, touched her feet, looked in her mouth, pulled her tail. Every time her reaction was the same, I got a big slobbery kiss. Before I could stop myself these words came out of my mouth "I think I want her". Kristen asked if I was sure, laughing at this unruly dog. Yes, I was sure.
Unfortunately, I had some place to be that night so I didn't think I should bring a new dog into a strange house so I asked if I could fill out the paperwork, pay the fee and pick her up the next day, thinking if they said no, it really wasn't meant to be. They said "oh, yes" very emphatically. All night I kept thinking what have I done? I am only working part time and don't really have the money for this dog that is going to need a lot of work. I was expecting a small settlement check but not sure when it would arrive. So I told myself if the check arrived on Monday, then this was really meant to be. Yep, it arrived that day so off I went to pick up my dog that I named Frannie.
I found a private trainer through some friends and we began working 2-3 times a week on basic walking (I had to use 2 leashes and a backpack on her). Since I couldn't leave her alone I thought maybe doggie day care would work if I had a long day, but she didn't pass the assessment. The trainer suggested crate training so off I went to buy a crate. She took to the crate in just a few days so at least I could leave and not worry. Kristy Graham introduced me to LARPBO so we began group training. I would almost cry when I pulled up in the parking lot because Frannie was so strong and so dog reactive. Luckily Griffin was always there to rescue me as I was about to turn around and leave. I constantly questioned if this was the right dog for me or of I was the right human for her. A friend (that has three rescue dogs) suggested I think of her as a foster, and that I was getting her ready for the right home. So that's what I did, even though I knew she wasn't going anywhere. I continued the private training and the group classes. I took her for swimming classes hoping I would have a dog that liked to swim (she doesn't, yet). I worked with her every day. Everything was new to her, even a paper bag peaked her curiosity. She liked the work. And she was learning.
What do I have today? A dog I can take for walks and enjoy it. A dog that doesn't have to wear a yellow ribbon on her leash anymore while in class. A dog that can play with other dogs (even Min Pins). A dog that doesn't try to jump the fence. A dog that I am more bonded to than any other dog I have ever had. And every day I make it a point to look at her and say "how did this happen?" And every day she looks at me with that look that says "you know how this happened" and wags her tail.


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Air Force Revises Projected KC-46A Usage Rates
The Air Force informed Congress this week that it has increased the planned lifecycle flying hours for its future fleet of 179 KC-46A tankers, and added some 60 additional aircrews that it will assign to these airplanes, in order to utilize them more closely to their full potential, according to a service release. As a result of the projected increased usage of the new tankers over their 40-year lifetime, the service has revised up its estimate of the money needed to operate and support these jets, now predicting $103 billion in total costs, an increase of 11.2 percent, states the Feb. 5 release. The original estimate was $92.7 billion, reported Reuters (via the Chicago Tribune), also on Feb. 5. The projected cost increase is because the Air Force will use the KC-46 "more often and more effectively" than today's KC-135, and does not reflect increased costs to operate the KC-46, stressed service officials. "We're just flying it more," said Maj. Gen. John Thompson, the Air Force's tanker program executive officer and KC-46 program director. (Washington, D.C., report by MSgt. Jess D. Harvey)


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