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Selena Quintanilla's Sister Says The Dress Scene From The Movie Sadly Wasn't Just A Story
BY Samantha Chavarria | July 31, 2019 AT 11:59 am
By Samantha Chavarria July 31, 2019 at 11:59 am
A classic scene in the 1997 film "Selena" is when the Tejano queen is shopping for a dress at a high-end boutique for the Grammy Awards. The scene features a pretty classic "Pretty Woman" moment that so many women of color can relate to. While shopping in a store, Selena is told by a shop employee that she will not be able to afford the dress that she was looking at and wanted to try on. Obviously, the woman was racially profiling the Latina and didn't recognize her as the famous pop star she was. The shop employee later gets her just deserts when she sees Selena surrounded by fans, all clamoring for an autograph.
Famously, the scene ends with Selena declining to buy the dress and the shop employee realizing that she messed up big time.
As much as we love that scene, we've now found out that it didn't exactly go down the way we thought.
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On July 30th, Selena fan Insta page, Selena.daily, posted a clip from a 2012 live stream where Selena's siblings talked about that infamous dress scene. In the video, Suzette and A.B. Quintanilla explained that the interaction between Selena and a rude shop employee wasn't just a one-time occurrence. Like many Black and brown people, Selena was racially profiled several times while out shopping with friends and family.
In the live stream, A.B. reads a question from a fan asking if the dress incident was a real thing that happened or if it was made up for the movie.
"It happened with me, too" A.B. exclaims in the video. "They were following us — some security guards. We were in a Macy's and Selena — she always picked me to go shopping with her, man. So I went with her when (Suzette) wasn't around and so I'm with her and some security guard is following us… She turns around towards the guy and says, 'Can I help you!? We're not going to steal anything!'"
Like so many Black and brown people, she was being racially profiled by security because she didn't fit the "look" of someone who would be shopping at the store. It's hard to imagine that someone as famous as Selena would have this happen to her too but, when it comes to racists and racial profiling, the only thing that matters is skin color.
Suzette shared the reason why she thought Selena was probably the victim of profiling more often than once.
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Suzette talked about memories of her sister; how she would dress and how she would react when she found herself in these situations.
"I think that Selena's thing was that Selena always dressed in jeans and a tee-shirt and she always had her hair in a low bun. You know, she would get mad when people would stereotype her."
The public usually sees celebrities dressed up and looking like they've come off the red carpet. Selena wasn't one of those celebrities. She was an ordinary girl who felt most at home in a pair of jeans. Due to this, it was easy for security guards and shop employees to mistake her for a non-celebrity. However, whether they aren't famous or they are, the profiling of people of color is very real (it even happened to Oprah recently!) and it remains something that regularly happens decades later.
The current racial profiling by ICE has become especially dangerous and is something that should be outlawed.
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Raids done by US Customs and Border Protection and ICE are racially motivated. Agents see groups of Black or brown people and identify these gatherings as possible targets to be detained. Places like buses, bars, restaurant kitchens, and nail salons are being targeted by these officers because they are identified as places that minorities frequent. It's not a precise investigation as much as it's a fishing net to capture for undocumented migrants.
The same happened to Francisco Erwin Galicia when he was illegally detained by ICE for three weeks. The teenager was just walking down the street with his brother when he was stopped and jailed by officers of ICE. Despite being a natural-born citizen, Galicia physically fit the stereotype of an undocumented immigrant so he became an easy target.
While that dress scene in "Selena" is one of the most satisfying parts of the movie, it points out a very real problem in our current society. We can't help but wonder: If Selena was alive and well today, would she be as vulnerable to these illegal raids as so many of us are?
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Bad Bunny Talks Depression And Says Sometimes He Still Feels Like The Boy Who Bagged Groceries Back Home
By Justin Lessner January 8, 2021 at 12:54 pm
BY Justin Lessner | January 8, 2021 AT 12:54 pm
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Bad Bunny is on top of the world. Or, at least, that's how it appears to all of us on the outside enjoying his record-breaking year. Not only did he release three albums in 2020 but he also landed his debut acting role in the Netflix series Narcos: Mexico and from his Instagram stories, he seems to be in a happy, contentful relationship.
But like so many others, Bad Bunny has his experience with mental health issues, of which he recently opened up about in an interview with El País.
Bad Bunny recently spoke up about his struggle with depression.
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Despite his immense success that's catapulted him to, arguably, the world's biggest superstar, Bad Bunny admits that sometimes he still feels like the young man who bagged groceries in a supermarket.
The reggaetonero revealed in an interview with El País that right as his career really started to take off, he was not happy. "You asked me before how I hadn't gone crazy. Well, I think that was the moment that was going to determine if I was going to go crazy or not. From 2016 to 2018 I disappeared, I was stuck in a capsule, without knowing anything. The world saw me, but I was missing," he said.
Although no doctor diagnosed him, he is sure of what was happening. it only did he feel lost and empty but he had stopped doing many of the things that brought him joy, like watching movies and boxing. Without realizing it, he had also fallen out of contact with much of his family, with whom he was typically very close.
"And that's when I said: who am I? What's going on?" he told El País. When he returned home to Puerto Rico from spending time in Argentina, he was able to get back into the right state of mind and remember who he was.
Despite his success, Bad Bunny still worries he's in financial trouble.
Although today, he is the number one Latin artist on Spotify and the awards for his music keep coming, there are times when Bad Bunny still thinks that he has financial problems.
"Not long ago, I was 100% clear in my head what I have achieved, maybe a year or six months ago; but until then, many times I forgot, I felt that I was the kid from the supermarket. He would happen something and say: "Hell!" And then: "Ah, no, wait, if I have here," he said, touching his pocket.
Much like Bad Bunny, J Balvin has also been candid about his own mental health struggles.
.@JBALVIN understands the impact that being open about mental health can have. The reggaeton star speaks to us from his home about being open, Colores, the Super Bowl, and life in self-isolation in this FADER Interview.
Watch J Balvin's colorful takeover:https://t.co/0xFG1egiic pic.twitter.com/B5ELCXYMau
— The FADER (@thefader) April 30, 2020
Bad Bunny is just the most recent to speak to the emotional havoc he experiences despite being a global superstar. And, thankfully, like many other celebrities, he's been able to find refuge in a reality that allows him to keep his feet on the ground so that he too can enjoy the achievements of his career.
Much like El Conejo, J Balvin is known for the brightness of his style and mentality. But he's long addressed the importance of caring for one's mental health. During his Arcoíris Tour, he encouraged people to not be ashamed of seeking professional help, and let the audience know they are not alone.
"Las enfermedades de salud mental son una realidad. Yo he sufrido de depresión y he sufrido de ansiedad, así que tengo que aceptarlo. Y eso me hace más humano, me hace entender que la vida tiene pruebas," Balvin said. "Pero si alguien está pasando una situación difícil, no están solos, siempre llega la luz. Tarde o temprano llega la luz."
"Mental health illnesses are a reality. I have suffered from depression and anxiety, so I have to accept it. And this makes me more human. It makes me understand that life has challenges," Balvin said in Spanish. "But if someone is going through a difficult time, they are not alone, light always comes. Sooner or later, the light comes."
We need more men like Benito and J Balvin to speak up about their mental health struggles, to help destroy the stigma that exists within our community.
And in the same interview, he also spoke about why he works to elevate the Spanish language.
'EL ÚLTIMO TOUR DEL MUNDO' by #BadBunny (@sanbenito) returns to the Top 10 on the Billboard 200 at #9, with a further 34K units moved.
It previously became the first all-Spanish-language album to hit #1. pic.twitter.com/YSyFVZEQHj
— Pop Crave (@PopCrave) January 4, 2021
As for the possibility of singing in English, the answer remains the same: a resounding no.
"You have to break this view that the gringos are Gods…No, papi," he told El País. And, although he's collaborated with artists like Drake, Cardi B and Jennifer Lopez, he has always sang in Spanish and with his famous accent.
"I am very proud to reach the level where we are speaking in Spanish, and not only in Spanish, but in the Spanish that we speak in Puerto Rico. Without changing the accent," he said.
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Bilingual Collaborations Are Taking The Music World By Storm, These Are The Dream Collabs For 2021
By Justin Lessner January 6, 2021 at 1:00 pm
BY Justin Lessner | January 6, 2021 AT 1:00 pm
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One doesn't have to look far back to know that Spanglish duets are a growing trend – and one that seems to be growing in popularity and Latino artists are making Spanish-language music go mainstream.
Just last year, we saw unprecedented collaborations between artists such as Maluma and The Weeknd, Banda MS and Snoop Dogg, David Bisbal and Carrie Underwood and Rosalía and Travis Scott. You can go back a little further in time to the chart-topping collab between and Luis Fonsi, Daddy Yankee, and Justin Bieber from 2017.
Despite all the movement in Spanglish collabs, there are still so many dream mashups to look forward to. Here's a roundup of some of the dream team ups that need to happen in 2021.
Bad Bunny & Harry Styles
Bad Bunny had an incredible 2020. And although many rumors exist that he may be leaving the music industry to focus on acting, the music world anxiously awaits his every move.
With his latest album, El Último Tour del Mundo, Benito gave us a look into alternative pop-rock Bad Bunny and we liked what we heard and saw. Meanwhile, Harry Styles is also an innovative, fashion-forward artist who – like Bad Bunny – makes music on his own terms.
If this collaboration were to happen, it would be a major milestone for the music industry and would easily be a major highlight of 2021.
Rosalia & Billie Eilish
Ok, so this one isn't exactly a "dream" collab since we already know it is happening. We just don't know when. It was back in April 2020 when the Spanish singer said she was trying to finish the song, telling Billboard, "I have been trying to finish the Billie Eilish collab. I think it's getting quite close."
And the world has been patiently waiting ever since. Both artists are experimental and strong songwriters, so we're all waiting with baited breath to see what this duo comes up with.
J Balvin & The Weeknd
J Balvin is no stranger to bilingual collaborations, including hits with Justin Bieber, Beyoncé, Selena Gomez, and Dua Lipa, to name a few. Balvin shines in his place as a reggaetón star – just look at his credits from 2020 – and he's made sure to bring his Latino essence into all the work he does.
Together with The Weeknd – who recently collaborated with Maluma – the duo would mesh their experimental sounds perfectly, making this one of the top dream collabs of 2021.
Daddy Yankee & Missy Elliot
This one might be a long shot but can you imagine?! The mashup of old-school reggaeton with old-school hip-hop and both Daddy and Missy Viking on their shared witty lyrics would bring us the ultimate '90s collab of our dreams.
Camilo & Sam Smith
This collab would work because these two pop crooners aren't afraid to show vulnerability and emotion in their lyrics. Sam Smith's powerhouse vocals would compliment Camilo's delicate vocals. Like Taylor Swift, Sam Smith has yet to collaborate with a Latin artist. It's never too late.
Karol G & Rihanna
Like many of us, Karol G is a major Rihanna fan. She even has a tattoo of the "Umbrella" singer on her arm. She previously told Billboard that Rihanna "presents herself as a real woman, she doesn't care about the negative comments. I love her lyrics because she sings about love, heartbreak, woman empowerment, and I feel that we have similar personalities."
And it wouldn't be the first Spanglish collaboration for Rihanna, who previously worked with Shakira on "Can't Remember to Forget You" in 2014.
Natti Natasha & Cardi B
Both Natti and Cardi are Dominican powerhouses: one is a reggaeton all-star and the other is hip-hop's darling. Many have long said that a duet between the two is long overdue, especially since they both seem to be major fans of each other's work.
And any collaboration between the powerhouse duo would be an important milestone in Latin music, regardless the route that they went.
What dream collaboration do you hope to see in 2021? Did we miss anyone on this roundup?
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The International Institute of New England has been welcoming refugees and immigrants to Massachusetts and New Hampshire for nearly a century.
Our movement began in 1910 when the Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) created the Department of Immigration and Foreign Communities to oversee field projects called "International Institutes" to serve the nation's growing foreign-born population. The Institutes offered multilingual social services for women and girls and became known as Red Feather Agencies.
The International Institute of Lowell was founded as part of the John Street YWCA in 1918, and in 1924, the International Institute of Boston was established at the YWCA then located at 12 Newbury Street. The Institutes separated from the YWCA in 1935, and over the ensuing decades hundreds of community groups, individuals, corporations, and foundations joined forces with the International Institute to help new Americans integrate into New England. The International Institute of New Hampshire was founded in 1994 as a reorganization, continuation, and expansion of existing services in place since 1987. In 2001 the three sites became one consolidated organization – The International Institute of New England.
Throughout our ten decades of service to New England, thousands of new Americans connected to the International Institute to learn English, meet other new Americans, learn about the culture of their new country, gain job skills, and receive assistance in finding employment. Historically and today, we work with local communities to help refugees and immigrants find places to settle and restart their lives.
Our history has paralleled the immigrant journey in America. In the first half of the 20th century, we welcomed and served many people from Europe. In the 1970s the rise of the Khmer Rouge and fall of Saigon brought thousands of people from Cambodia and Vietnam to Lowell and Boston, where they were welcomed by our staff. In the 1990s, Bosnian refugees, Kurds fleeing Iraq, and Kosovars fleeing Serbian aggression came to our doors, and in the 21st century we have welcomed and aided people from Iraq, Afghanistan, Bhutan, Somalia, the Democratic Republic of Congo, other countries in Africa, South and Southeast Asia, and the nations of Central America.
In 2017, we offered humanitarian relief, English language learning, employment, skills training, and citizenship programs to more than 1,833 people from 66 different countries.
From its beginning to the present, the International Institute of New England has helped thousands of immigrants with specialized services, assisted each new wave of refugees from all over the world, and served as a center of hospitality for many ethnic groups. The Institute has also invested in the revitalization of local communities throughout New England by receiving, supporting, educating, training, and job placing an ambitious and diverse workforce. With continued partnership from community groups and philanthropists throughout New England, the Institute will continue this service for the next 100 years and beyond.

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Millgate Meadow, Trowse and it's surrounding area
Nestled into a little spot on the outskirts of Norwich, with the River Yare flowing through, is the pretty village of Trowse.
As you drive over the bridge and into the village you are greeted with a view of a quintessential English village. Striking period flint knapped buildings, a charming terrace of Victorian cottages, decorative street lights, Saint Andrews Church, meadows, the village primary school and a pub decoratively frame the village Common. It feels like you're a long way from a thriving bustling city but in reality, Trowse is only 1.5 miles from the city centre. The Broads, a National Park, is only a few miles away and the coast only 20 miles drive, Whitlingham Country Park and it's broad is only a couple of miles 'down the road' where there are picnic sites, watersports and walks to enjoy; it's easy to see why this is such a popular village in which to live.
Trowse has sleepy neighbouring villages and plenty of stunning countryside to explore on foot, bicycle or boat. But if you are longing for the buzz of a night out in the city or need a day of ' retail therapy', then you have very easy access into the city; it really does have the best of many worlds! Within the village is a children's play area (Norfolk Homes are pleased to have worked with the Parish Council and provided additional play equipment to the existing play area on the common, pictured bottom far left), a cafe, two pubs and a primary school. On a practical level there is easy access to the A47 and the Northern Distributor Road and Norwich train station is only 1.5 miles away.
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Whitlingham Country Park for Watersport and walking activities
Norfolk Snowsports Club, Trowse, dry ski slope and activities
The Broads a few miles away
The Coast 20 miles drive
Redwell Brewery, Trowse,
River Green Cafe, Trowse
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[Abstract]:Trust and credit is a problem that many philosophers and thinkers pay close attention to. It is also the social ethical behavior that the social groups lack and should pay attention to. How to use modern consciousness and scientific point of view to re-explore and probe into the thought of trust and credit, taking the pre-Qin Confucian concept of trust as the starting point, In this paper, 38 "Xin" in Analects of Confucius in Pre-Qin period are extracted and studied, and it is considered that the study of trust thought of pre-Qin Confucianism must take into account both "trust view" and "credit view" at the same time. Pre-Qin Confucianism emphasized the important role of "trust" in personal morality, put forward a set of comprehensive individual credit view, also put forward the importance of national credit, but also put forward the prudent requirement of giving trust. This paper answers the reason why "Xin" is not high in Confucian morality, and points out that "Xin" is a kind of basic morality that should be realized and can be realized by everyone. The Confucian concept of credit and trust is embedded in the basic morality of human beings. In the contemporary era when the trust morality is low, the behavior of dishonesty and "killing familiar" is expanding, the Confucian view of trust and trust still has very important reference significance to the contemporary society.


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Rebels' Guide To Getting Married
Hillary Clinton on marriage: YOLO
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Oct 21, 2012 • 2 min read
In this month's edition of Marie Claire, Hillary Clinton shares her secret to marriage, which writer Ayelet Waldman calls "a partnership of equals" that "stands as both a model and a cautionary tale.".
Simply put "YOLO":
"You have to be true to yourself," Clinton told me. "You have to be enough in touch with who you are and what you want, how you want to live and what's important to you, to make your decisions based on that. Sometimes that's very difficult. Sometimes it's hard to have your own internal voice be heard … it's hard because you've got society with expectations and you've got family, friends, and others who are expressing opinions. When you're in the public eye, it's like open season with the entire world. You have just one life to live. It is yours. Own it, claim it, live it, do the best you can with it."
Waldman also gives Clinton an opportunity to respond to Anne-Marie Slaughter, her former director of policy planning who quit and then wrote a cover story on the difficulties of work-life balance in the State Department, and elsewhere, for the Atlantic. To which Clinton says, well, not everyone's cut out for it.
Clinton's disapproval was palpable. She reminded me that she has spent her career advocating on behalf of women, that she is committed to the idea that "it's important for our workplaces … to be more flexible and creative in enabling women to continue to do high-stress jobs while caring for not only children, but [also] aging parents." But, she said, Slaughter's problems were her own. "Some women are not comfortable working at the pace and intensity you have to work at in these jobs … Other women don't break a sweat. They have four or five, six kids. They're highly organized, they have very supportive networks." … Clinton has very little patience for those whose privilege offers them a myriad of choices but who fail to take advantage of them. "I can't stand whining," she says. "I can't stand the kind of paralysis that some people fall into because they're not happy with the choices they've made. You live in a time when there are endless choices … Money certainly helps, and having that kind of financial privilege goes a long way, but you don't even have to have money for it. But you have to work on yourself … Do something!"
Sing it Hillary, YOLO!
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El Sudamericano de Clubes Campeones de Voleibol Femenino 2009 o Copa Telefónica se llevó a cabo del 14 al 18 de octubre de 2009 en el Coliseo Niño Héroe Manuel Bonilla del distrito de Miraflores en la ciudad de Lima (Perú). El campeonato contó con la participación exponentes de voleibol femenino de Argentina, Brasil y Perú.

Los equipos fueron divididos en dos grupos de tres escuadras en un sistema de todos contra todos. El grupo A estaba conformado por: Unilever (Brasil), Boca Juniors (Argentina) y Deportivo Géminis (Perú). El grupo B contaba con: Sollys/Osasco (Brasil), River Plate (Argentina) y Regatas Lima (Perú).

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The Return Of MySpace
MySpace Will Relaunch Later This Year. Justin Timberlake Is The Creative Director Of The Site Now.
MySpace was one of the hottest assets in the social networking scene until Facebook toppled it in 2008. But even then, MySpace managed to retain a loyal following among musicians that appreciated how easy it was to have their own work hosted online for all to sample. Yet, platforms like Bandcamp and Soundcloud began depriving MySpace of even these. Defeated, MySpace was finally bought by Specific Media in June for a pittance of its former value ($35 million).
And now, after a couple of months of silence Specific Media has announced the relaunch of MySpace. This time around, the focus will be on beating services like Spotify and iTunes. The launch campaign that has been planned will feature a wealth of celebrities and brands acting as promotional partners. Justin Timberlake (who owns a stake in the company) will be the site's creative director. Timberlake has often expressed his belief that MySpace still has the potential to be the place where "fans can go to interact with their favorite entertainers, listen to music, watch videos, share and discover cool stuff and just connect."
When it was at its height, MySpace managed to have 70 million unique visitors each month in the United States alone. Even today it gets about 20 million monthly visitors.
Yet, it remains to be seen what impact can the rebranded MySpace have in a scene dominated by services and apps like Spotify, Bandcamp and Turnatble.fm. Even YouTube is a threat to it nowadays – many people who fled MySpace actually went to the popular video sharing service, and opened up their own channels there.
So, what do you think? Is it possible for MySpace to stand in the limelight back again, or has the service basically had its day? Sound off in the "Comments" below, I'd love to know how you feel, and whether you're giving the "new" MySpace a look when it finally comes around.
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Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Columbia(No. 92cv02494)Robert D. Joffe argued the cause for appellee. With him on the briefs was Henk Brands. Stuart W. Gold entered an appearance.
Jacob M. Lewis, Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, argued the cause for appellant. With him on the brief were David W. Ogden, Acting Assistant Attorney General, Mark B. Stern, Attorney, Wilma A. Lewis, U.S. Attorney, Christopher J. Wright, General Counsel, Federal Communications Commission, Daniel M. Armstrong, Associate General Counsel, and James M. Carr, Counsel. William E. Kennard, General Counsel, and C. Grey Pash, Jr., Counsel, entered appearances.
Andrew Jay Schwartzman, Angela J. Campbell and Randi M. Albert were on the brief for amici curiae Center for Media Education, Association of Independent Video and Filmmakers, National Association of Artists' Organizations, National Alliance for Media Arts and Culture, Consumer Federation of America, National Council of Senior Citizens, and Office of Communication, Inc. of the United Church of Christ.
The Time Warner Entertainment Company and the United States appeal from portions of the judgment in Daniels Cablevision, Inc. v. United States, 835 F. Supp. 1 (D.D.C. 1993). At issue is the facial constitutionality of two provisions of the Cable Television Consumer Protection and Competition Act of 1992, Pub. L. No. 102-385, 106 Stat. 1460 (1992 Cable Act). The "subscriber limits provision" directs the Federal Communications Commission to limit the number of subscribers a cable operator may reach.47 U.S.C. S 533(f) (1) (A). The "channel occupancy provision" directs the Commission to limit the number of channels on a cable system that may be devoted to video programming in which the operator has a financial interest. Id. S 533(f) (1) (B). Time Warner argues that both provisions facially--that is, no matter how sensitively or sensibly they might be implemented--violate the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States; the Commission argues the opposite. We conclude that both provisions are facially constitutional.
Time Warner and other owners of cable television systems challenged the constitutionality of the subscriber limits, the channel occupancy, and various other provisions of the 1992 Cable Act in Daniels Cablevision. Upon cross-motions for summary judgment, the district court held that the subscriber limits provision is unconstitutional, see 835 F. Supp. at 10, but the channel occupancy provision is constitutional, see id. at 7 & n.11.* The Government appealed the former ruling while Time Warner appealed the latter.
We consolidated both appeals with Time Warner's petition to this court for review of the regulations the Commission had promulgated to implement the two provisions. See Time Warner Entertainment Co., L.P. v. Federal Communications Comm'n (Time Warner), 93 F.3d 957, 979-80 (D.C. Cir. 1996).In September 1999, however, after the consolidated cases had been scheduled for oral argument, the Commission initiated further rulemaking proceedings with respect to the two provisions. Consequently, we severed Time Warner's statutory challenges from its petitionfor review of the regulations, held the latter in abeyance pending the completion of the further rulemaking, and heard oral argument on the constitutionality of the two statutory provisions that we address today.
Time Warner argues that the subscriber limits provision is a content-based restriction of its ability to communicate with its audience, and as such is subject to strict scrutiny. See Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. v. Federal Communications Comm'n (Turner I), 512 U.S. 622, 642 (1994) (Court has applied "the most exacting scrutiny to regulations that suppress, disadvantage, or impose differential burdens upon speech because of its content"). The Government denies that the subscriber limits provision is content-based, and argues for an intermediate level of scrutiny. See id.
In order to determine the applicable standard of review, then, we must decide whether the subscriber limits provision is content-based. In general, the "principal inquiry in determining content neutrality ... is whether the government has adopted a regulation of speech because of [agreement or] disagreement with the message it conveys." Id. (quoting Ward v. Rock Against Racism, 491 U.S. 781, 791 (1989)). A law that singles out speech based upon the ideas or views expressed is content-based, whereas a law that "confer [s] benefits or impose [s] burdens on speech without reference to the ideas or views expressed" is most likely content-neutral. Id. at 643; see also id. at 661 (law that does not "pose ... inherent dangers to free expression, or present ... potential for censorship or manipulation, [will not] ... justify application of the most exacting level of First Amendment scrutiny").
As a cable operator, Time Warner exercises editorial discretion in selecting the programming it will make available to its subscribers. Time Warner argues that the congress limited its ability to speak by restricting the number of subscribers--and therefore potential viewers--it may reach with the programming it has selected. That this limitation is content based, according to Time Warner, is evident from the Senate Report that accompanied the final version of the 1992 Cable Act. See H.R. Conf. Rep. No. 102-862, at 81-82 (1992), reprinted in 1992 U.S.C.C.A.N. 1133, 1133, 1263-64 (adopting provisions of Senate Bill, as described in Senate Report, S. Rep. No. 102-92, at 32 (1991) [hereinafter S. Rep.]).
Time Warner contends that the Congress's concern that media gatekeepers would "slant" information or fail to provideoutlets for "unorthodox" speech reflects a preference for one type of content and an intent to suppress another, namely, the speech of cable operators. The Company likens the Congress's efforts to limit its speech to the restraints the Supreme Court held unconstitutional in Buckley v. Valeo, 424 U.S. 1 (1976), and First National Bank of Boston v. Bellotti, 435 U.S. 765 (1978). Buckley involved a federal campaign finance law aimed at "equalizing the relative ability of individuals and groups to influence the outcome of elections" by limiting their political expenditures. Id. at 48. The Court rejected "the concept that government may restrict the speech of some elements of our society in order to enhance the relative voice of others [as] wholly foreign to the First Amendment." Id. at 48-49. Bellotti similarly involved a state statute that prohibited certain types of businesses from making contributions or expenditures for the purpose of influencing particular ballot initiatives. The Court reiterated the point it had made in Buckley: A state's effort to control some voices in order to "enhance the relative voices" of less influential speakers "contradicts basic tenets of First Amendment jurisprudence." Bellotti, 435 U.S. at 791 n.30 (noting exception "in the special context of limited access to the channels of communication" and citing Red Lion Broadcasting Co. v. FCC, 395 U.S. 367 (1969)).
The expenditure limit at issue in Buckley, like the prohibition at issue in Bellotti, was content-based because it "was concerned with the communicative impact of the regulated speech." Turner I, 512 U.S. at 658. As the Supreme Court made quite clear in Turner I, however, making way for some speakers, in the cable context where that necessarily means limiting the speech of others, is not inherently content-based. Id. at 643-45. There the Court determined that the "mustcarry" provision of the 1992 Cable Act, which required cable operators to "carry the signals of a specified number of local broadcast television stations," id. at 630, was not content-based, and applied intermediate scrutiny in its review of that provision. Although the must-carry obligation restricted cable operators' speech by limiting the number of channels they could program at will, it did so in a content-neutral fashion and for a content-neutral reason, namely, to protect the interests of non-cable subscribers in maintaining the viability of the television broadcasting industry. Id. at 646.
According to Time Warner, the subscriber limits provision expresses a hostility to the content of large cable operators' speech that did not underlie the must-carry obligation: The subscriber limits are meant to restrict large cable operators from presenting information in accord with their own "biases," in order thereby to promote a diversity of views in cable programming. Increasing the diversity of programming is not, Time Warner argues, among the ends the Supreme Court deemed content-neutral in Turner I.
Time Warner is correct that the Court's acceptance of the must-carry obligation as content-neutral rested in large part upon the Court's understanding that the purpose of the statute was to maintain the availability of broadcast television for those without cable; that does not render Turner I wholly inapplicable, however. The Court also identified the "bottleneck monopoly power" of the cable operator, arising out of the operator's "control over most (if not all) of the television programming that is channeled into the subscriber's home," as the threat to broadcast television. 512 U.S. at 656-57, 661.In enacting the subscriber limits, the Congress was concerned that cable operators might use that same bottleneck power to exclude other providers of cable programming. As with the must-carry obligation, its concern was not with what acable operator might say, but that it might not let others say anything at all in the principal medium for reaching much of the public. See id. at 657 ("The First Amendment's command that government not impede the freedom of speech does not disable the government from taking steps to ensure that private interests not restrict, through physical control of a critical pathway of communication, the free flow of information and ideas"). The must-carry obligation and the subscriber limits provision both preserve for consumers some competition in the provision of programming. The must-carry obligation preserves competition between broadcasters and the cable operator, while the subscriber limits preserve competition between the cable operator and its affiliated programmers on the one hand and unaffiliated providers of cable programming on the other. By placing a value upon diversity and competition in cable programming the Congress did not necessarily also value one speaker, or one type of speech, over another; it merely expressed its intention that there continue to be multiple speakers.
Finally, Time Warner argues that the subscriber limits provision improperly singles out for regulation the cable medium, as opposed to other video programmers such as Direct Broadcast Satellite (DBS) operators. Here it refers us to Turner I, 512 U.S. at 659, where the Court observed, "Regulations that discriminate among media, or among different speakers within a single medium, often present serious First Amendment concerns." According to Time Warner, with the subscriber limits the Congress "targeted a small number of [the various] speakers" capable of purchasing and providing video programming, id. at 660, without providing any justification for limiting the regulation to the cable medium.
In Turner I, however, the Court rejected Turner Broadcasting's claim of discrimination, stating that " [i]t would be error to conclude ... that the First Amendment mandates strict scrutiny for any speech regulation that applies to one medium (or a subset thereof) but not others." Id. at 660.Indeed, the same unique characteristic of the cable medium that justified the imposition of the must-carry obligation is also invoked by the Government to justify the subscriber limits, namely, "the bottleneck monopoly power exercised by cable operators." Id. at 661. In Turner I this bottleneck power was seen to jeopardize the viability of broadcast television; in this case, it arguably threatens diversity and competition in the provision of cable programming. As the Government notes, other video programmers such as DBS lack the bottleneck power of cable operators; nor do they reach nearly as many households as does cable.
A content-neutral regulation of speech "will be sustained under the First Amendment if it  advances important governmental interests unrelated to the suppression of free speech and  does not burden substantially more speech than necessary to further those interests." Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. v. Federal Communications Comm'n (Turner II), 520 U.S. 180, 189 (1997) (citing United States v. O'Brien, 391 U.S. 367, 377 (1968)). If a regulation on speech is intended to redress an actual or an anticipated harm to an important governmental interest, then the Government "must demonstrate that the recited harmsare real, not merely conjectural, and that the regulation will in fact alleviate these harms in a direct and material way." Turner I, 512 U.S. at 664. Our review of the Congress's predictive judgments is deferential; we ask only whether, "in formulating its judgments, Congress has drawn reasonable inferences based on substantial evidence." Turner II, 520 U.S. at 195. Finally, we will uphold a regulation if the important governmental interest in question "would be achieved less effectively absent the regulation" and the regulation does not "burden substantially more speech than is necessary to further that interest." Id. at 213-14 (quoting Turner I, 512 U.S. at 662).
As to advancing an important governmental interest, the Congress enacted the subscriber limits based upon two stated concerns: that cable operators would impose their own biases upon the information they disseminate, and that a few dominant cable operators might preclude new programming services from attaining the critical mass audience necessary to survive. See S. Rep. at 32-33. Time Warner does not argue that the Congress failed to identify an important governmental interest, but rather faults the Congress for having acted without having made findings, and without having evidence upon which it could have made findings, that either of these problems is a real one. See, e.g., Reno v. American Civil Liberties Union, 521 U.S. 844, 117 S. Ct. 2329, 2348 (1997) (invalidating portion of Communications Decency Act "in the light of the absence of any detailed findings by the Congress, or even hearings addressing the special problems of the CDA").
According to Time Warner, cable operators in fact can neither bias the flow of information nor obstruct the expression of unpopular speech because other statutory provisions require them to carry independent programming, including public, educational, and governmental (PEG) programming, and the programming on leased access channels and local broadcast stations. See 47 U.S.C. SS 531, 532, 534 & 535. As for the concern that cable operators might erect barriers to the entry of new programming services, Time Warner argues that the Congress did not establish either that cable operators have attempted to exclude new cable programmers, or that they have an incentive to do so.
The Government responds that the promotion of diversity in ideas and speech, as well as the preservation of competition, are important governmental interests, and that the Congress reasonably viewed increased concentration in the cable industry as a threat to both diversity and competition. The Government acknowledges that the 1992 Cable Act requires cable operators to carry PEG and several other types of local programming, but argues that these requirements were not meant directly to preserve competition, nor do they promote diversity in the sources of cable programming at the national level.
The Senate Report accompanying the 1992 Cable Act noted that concentration of ownership had increased dramatically: by 1990, the five largest cable operators served nearly half the country's cable subscribers. S. Rep. at 32. Witnesses testified that as a result of this increase in concentration "the large MSOs [multiple system operators] have the market power to determine what programming services can 'make it' on cable." S. Rep. at 33. Based upon this and related evidence, the Congress found that " [t]he potential effects of ... concentration [in the cable industry] are barriers to entry for new programmers and a reduction in the number of media voices available to consumers." 47 U.S.C. S 521(a) (4).It also found that " [t]here is a substantial governmental and First Amendment interest in promoting a diversity of views provided through multiple technology media." Id. § 521(a) (6). We conclude that the Congress drew reasonable inferences, based upon substantial evidence,that increases in the concentration of cable operators threatened diversity and competition in the cable industry. See Turner II, 520 U.S. at 195-96 (discussing deference due to Congress's findings).
As to burdening more speech than necessary, Time Warner argues that subscriber limits will not increase the diversity of information sources available to the public in any locale. Nor, we are told, are subscriber limits necessary in order to promote competition; the antitrust laws, as well as the anti-discrimination provision of the 1992 Cable Act, see 47 U.S.C. S 536(a) (3), provide a sufficient check upon any potentially anticompetitive conduct by cable operators.
Although we cannot say that a national ownership cap will surely increase the diversity of programming available at the local level, neither are we required to do so in order to uphold the statute as constitutional. See, e.g., United States v. Albertini, 472 U.S. 675, 689 (1985) ("The validity of [a] regulation [ ] does not turn on a judge's agreement with the responsible decisionmaker concerning the most appropriate method for promoting significant government interests"). It is enough that, having determined that " [c]oncentration has grown dramatically in the cable industry," S. Rep. at 32, the Congress reasonably concluded that this concentration threatened the diversity of information available to the public and could form a barrier to the entry of new cable programmers. That is hardly an unreasonable inference. See Federal Communications Comm'n v. National Citizens Committee for Broadcasting, 436 U.S. 775, 780 (1978); Phillip E. Areeda et al., Antitrust Law p 420a (1995).
Nor is it a fatal flaw that the subscriber limits provision focuses upon behavior already arguably proscribed by other laws. In the subscriber limits provision the Congress took a structural approach to the regulation of cable operators, whereas the anti-discrimination provision of the 1992 Cable Act and the antitrust laws are behavioral prohibitions. As a structural limitation, the subscriber limits provision adds a prophylaxis to the law and avoids the burden of individual proceedings to remedy particular instances of anticompetitive behavior. Cf. Turner II, 520 U.S. at 222-23 (dismissing petitioner's suggestion that antitrust enforcement or an administrative complaint procedure is an adequate alternative to must-carry obligation: "Congress could conclude ... that the considerable expense and delay inherent in antitrust litigation, and the great disparities in wealth and sophistication between the average independent broadcast station and average cable system operator, would make these remedies inadequate substitutes"). In sum, Time Warner has not demonstrated that the subscriber limits provision is on its face either unnecessary or unnecessarily overburdensome.
Vertical integration in the cable industry .... gives cable operators the incentive and ability to favor their affiliated programming services. For example, the cable operator might give its affiliated programmer a more desirable channel position than another programmer, or even refuse to carry other programmers [The channel occupancy provision] is designed to in-crease the diversity of voices available to the public. Some [MSOs] own many programming services. It would be unreasonable for them to occupy a large percentage of channels on a cable system.
The intent of this provision is to place reasonable limits on the number of channels that can be occupied by each MSO's programming services.
S. Rep. at 25, 80.
Time Warner argues that because the Congress expressed concern that cable operators might favor their affiliated programming services the legislature's "stated design was to suppress cable operators' speech," and to advance the speech of nonaffiliated programmers. Again analogizing itself to a newspaper publisher, see Miami Herald Publishing Co. v. Tornillo, 418 U.S. 241, 255-56 (1974), Time Warner argues that a cable operator has a constitutional right to favor its own speech. By interfering with that right in order to alter the mix of programming available on cable, the Congress has impermissibly regulated the content of cable operators' speech.
A cable operator is unlike a newspaper publisher, however, in the one respect crucial to the Congress's reason for enacting the channel occupancy provision: A newspaper publisher does not have the ability to exclude competing publications from its subscribers' homes. The cable operator's bottleneck monopoly is a physical and economic barrier to such intra-medium competition. The channel occupancy provision responds in kind, without regard to the content of either the cable operator's speech or that of the unaffiliated programmer for which it secures an outlet. See Turner I, 512 U.S. at 656.
Nor does the Congress's wanting to ensure a multiplicity of voices on cable inherently bespeak a preference for or a bias against the content of any speech. That is why, in Time Warner, we upheld under intermediate scrutiny the "leased access provision" of the 1992 Cable Act. That provision requires cable operators to set aside a percentage of their channels for commercial use by unaffiliated programmers in order both to bring "the widest possible diversity of information sources" to cable subscribers and "to promote competition in the delivery of diverse sources of video programming."93 F.3d at 968-69. In that case, we rejected Time Warner's argument that the leased access provision was a content based restriction, and therefore subject to strict scrutiny, because nothing in the statute favored or disfavored speech on the basis of its content: "The statutory objective ... [is] framed in terms of the sources of information rather than the substance of the information." Id. at 969 (citing Associated Press v. United States, 326 U.S. 1, 20, 65 (1945)).
Time Warner now argues that whereas the objective of the leased access provision was to promote speech from various sources without regard to content, the channel occupancy provision is meant to limit speech from a particular type of source and therefore necessarily imposes a content-based restriction. Here it refers us to the statement in the Senate Report that cable operators may have "the incentive and ability to favor" their own or an affiliate's speech. S. Rep. at 25. In response, the Government explains, and we agree, that the legislative concern was not with the speech of a particular source but solely with promoting diversity and competition in the cable industry. Like the leased access provision, that is, the focus of the channel occupancy provision is upon the source of speech, not its content. See Time Warner, 93 F.3d at 969 (the "qualification [of nonaffiliates] to lease time on [a cable operator's] channels depends not on the content of their speech, but on their lack of affiliation with the operator, a distinguishing characteristic stemming fromconsiderations relating to the structure of cable television").
We recognize, of course, the possibility that a seemingly neutral limitation may have been crafted in such a way as to single out for regulation the speech of some group that the legislature finds objectionable. See Minneapolis Star & Tribune Co. v. Minnesota Comm'r of Revenue, 460 U.S. 575, 580, 592 (1983) (noting that result in Grosjean v. American Press Co., 297 U.S. 233 (1936), "may have been attributable in part to the perception on the part of the Court that the State imposed the tax with an intent to penalize a selected group of newspapers"). There is not a shred of evidence, however, that such an illicit consideration underlies the channel occupancy provision, and indeed Time Warner stops well short of claiming otherwise. We are therefore confident that the channel occupancy provision is content-neutral and subject only to intermediate scrutiny.
In applying intermediate scrutiny, we inquire "not whether Congress, as an objective matter, was correct" that the channel occupancy provision is necessary to increase the diversity of voices available to the public via cable, but rather "whether the legislative conclusion was reasonable and supported by substantial evidence in the record before Congress." Turner II, 520 U.S. at 211. Time Warner argues that the Congress's reason for enacting the channel occupancy provision--to prevent cable operators from favoring affiliated programmers and possibly even excluding others--addresses only a speculative harm because the Congress had no evidence that such exclusionary conduct actually had occurred. On the contrary, Time Warner contends, a cable operator has an incentive to contract with unaffiliated programmers to the extent that doing so will increase the attractiveness of the video programming packages it offers to subscribers; this incentive is reinforced by increased competition from DBS and other alternative providers of video programming.
47 U.S.C. S 521(a) (5). The Senate Report accompanying the Act discusses the evidence upon which the Congress based these conclusions. Time Warner is of course correct that a cable operator has an incentive to offer an attractive package of programs to consumers, but the company does not deny that a cable operator also has an incentive to favor its affiliated programmers; where the two forces are in conflict, the operator may, as a rational profit-maximizer, compromise the consumers' interests. Hence, the concern of the Congress is well grounded in the evidence and a bit of economic common sense.
Finally, Time Warner argues that the channel occupancy provision is unnecessary in light of the anti-discrimination provision of the 1992 Cable Act as well as the antitrust laws. As we noted earlier, however, a prophylactic, structural limitation is not rendered unnecessary merely because preexisting statutes impose behavioralnorms and ex post remedies. Cf. Turner II, 520 U.S. at 222-23.
The district court at least appears to have found the channel occupancy provision constitutional on its face. The court noted in a footnote that " [l]ike the other vertical integration restrictions, the channel occupancy limits appear unrelated to content. Whether or not the regulations ultimately promulgated by the Commission will pass constitutional muster under [intermediate scrutiny] is, of course, at this point unclear." 835 F. Supp. at 7 n.11.


By: Rowland, Henry C. (Henry Cottrell), 1874-1933.
Across Europe in a motor boat; a chronicle of the adventures of the motor boat Beaver on a voyage of nearly seven thousand miles through Europe by way of the Seine, the Rhine, the Danube, and the Black Sea.
To windward : the story of a stormy course / by Henry C. Rowland ... ; frontispiece in colors by Charlotte Weber.
New York : A.S. Barnes & Company, 1904.
359,  p.,  leaf of plates : 1 col. ill. ; 20 cm.


Damp and excessive humidity are perhaps the two most annoying problems we experience in old houses, although neither are absent from modern buildings! From condensation and peeling paper to wet and dry rot, the results demand our attention.
The most serious of these are mouldy smells; both may indicate wet or dry rot.
Of these, wet rot is the easiest to treat; remove the moisture and the rot will die out. The most severely damaged wood will need to be replaced.
Dry rot is more difficult. Although recent research has shown that removing moisture and improving airflow does largely kill it off, this is not always possible, and any recurrence of damp will tend to revive the fungus.
See Managing Damp and Dealing with Mould for further advice.


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ROYAL DESCENT#4 – STARBURST MAGAZINE
By John	• 2 years ago
Mesmerising
The overall feel of a particularly vicious episode of Black Mirror.
ROYAL DESCENT #4
Author : John Farman
Artist : John Howard
Cover Colourist : David Newbigging
Review by Andrew Marshall
In Royal Descent, the fifty members of the extended royal family closest in line to the British throne have been transported to an uninhabited Hebridean island to fight to the death, the blue-blooded butchery screened as the reality TV contest Battle For the Crown, with the prize of becoming the country's next monarch.
The series so far has hardly let up for a moment and this latest issue is no exception, with barely a couple of pages going by without another gory and agonised killing. The arrogance you would expect of those who populate society's highest echelon is now in full display in many characters, but far more important (and interesting) is how utterly ruthless some of them are revealing themselves to be.
Mixing up the brutal violence are cutaways to TV presenters commenting on the carnage with the detached enthusiasm of sports analysts, giving events the overall feel of a particularly vicious episode of Black Mirror. They make further references to the ravaged country at large, incidental to current proceedings but offering a glimpse at the state of the dystopian hellhole the country has descended into, while also tacitly suggesting that the Battle's very existence is intended to distract the public from the realities of the doomed nation in which they reside.
Two new additions to the Battle, lottery-winning ordinary members of the public, make known the full force of their seething contempt for the royals. Their contribution is brief, but their assimilation into the combat is swift and uncompromising, even invoking Judge Dredd in the process. It's also rather telling that in a story where almost every character is an entitled noble born into wealth and influence via a society clinging to a vestigial stump of feudalism, they're the only ones so far who aren't white.
With such an expansive cast, all of whom need to be featured at some point if only to be swiftly killed, things could easily become cluttered. However, the various character threads are deftly wrangled (aided by the mounting body count), progressing each just enough to move things along, but not so much that other plotlines suffer. The kill methods maintain their streak of inventive variation (this time: cling film!) and several of the more recognisable characters have begun to get unceremoniously offed, with one death in particular being a darkly comic highlight that may well give you a vicarious sense of satisfaction.
The best issue yet of an already compelling series, Royal Descent #4 is action, satire, social commentary and black comedy colliding in a mesmerising barrage of blood-spattered brutality. Things are about to get very, very intense.
ROYAL DESCENT #4 / AUTHOR: JOHN FARMAN / ARTIST: JOHN HOWARD / PUBLISHER: VITAL PUBLISHING / RELEASE DATE: 1ST MARCH
Best issue yet of an already compelling series.	10
ROYAL DESCENT #1 & 2 – DOWN THE TUBES
SCHOOL OF THE DAMNED #2 – STARBURST MAGAZINE


Cumulus // The "fair weather" cloud. Puffy cotton ball looking clouds, sometimes with flat bottoms, these clouds are a good sign!
Cumulonimbus // A vertically built cloud that usually brings lighting, storms and snow blizzards in the Winter!
Nimbostratus // The rain cloud! Gray and and cotton candy like, this one carries rain wherever it goes.
Stratocumulus // Another dark grey cloud that travels in bunches. It usually comes at the beginning of a storm and is the "sprinkle" cloud, where you'll only feel little droplets of water.
For this project we simply gathered a bowl of cotton balls and stretched them out be able to manipulate them. Then using Elmer's glue we had the boys attach them to the clouds on the download. The next time we play the "What do you see in the clouds?" game we'll let you know if the usual "Elephant! Dragon!" responses are switched for a more accurate "Cumulus! Nimbostratus!" One can dream.
Love this. Totally going to do it this afternoon with Parker. Thanks!
Cute! This reminds me of montessori style, which I love.
Brilliant! This is right up my little brainiacs alley.


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Posted on Tuesday, September 01, 2020
Months ago, as shelter-in-place orders began blanketing much of the country, dozens of news stories described surging pet adoptions—a welcomed silver lining amid all the disturbing COVID-19 reports. As more people found themselves sequestered in their homes and in search of companionship, many opened their hearts—and their newfound pandemic bubbles—to pets awaiting adoption in humane centers like ours. In mid to late March, while the Richmond SPCA was reimagining much of our adoption process in a new virtual environment, our adoptions grew by about 6 percent over the prior year, and in the first three weeks of our modified operations under COVID-19, we sent 169 pets home with adopters.
Simultaneously, another positive national trend in animal sheltering was developing as a result of the public health emergency. As adoptions increased in those early weeks of COVID-19, the number of homeless dogs and cats entering shelters started to decline amid continued quarantine efforts. Shelter Animals Count (a national database of sheltered animal statistics) issued a COVID-19 Impact Report earlier this summer containing comparative data from 1,270 animal welfare organizations across the country. The report showed that 548,966 pets entered those combined organizations in March through June 2020 compared to 840,750 during the same period the prior year—a reduction of 35 percent. Government shelters saw the largest decline in overall intake (40 percent) compared to private shelters and rescues (23 percent). During the same period at the Richmond SPCA, our overall intake also declined, but by a lesser amount (2 percent), and the entire reduction was owing to the decreased intake at government shelters from which we transfer pets into our care.
Early increases in adoption coupled with sustained decreases in intake resulted in an improved live release rate for homeless animals nationwide. According to the same Covid-19 Impact Report from Shelter Animals Count, 89 percent of homeless dogs and cats left shelters alive from March through June 2020 compared to 86 percent during the same period in 2019. To put this in better context—tens of thousands fewer homeless dogs and cats lost their lives across the country this spring compared to last.
This is excellent news, and data worthy of much celebration. But while we celebrate, we know that our important work is far from done. Vulnerable animals in our own community and across the country are depending on two important factors to sustain the lifesaving momentum of the past several months:
Investments in shelter diversion programming. An essential ingredient to reducing intake of dogs and cats in animal shelters is shelter diversion (programs designed to keep pets in loving homes and out of shelters). As the old saying goes—an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. And to cure animal homelessness, we must continually invest in programs that address the root causes of that homelessness. This is how we move the needle of lifesaving forward—and keep it there. At the Richmond SPCA, we have been creating and providing shelter diversion programs for more than two decades. These services have included high-volume free and low-cost spaying and neutering, free pet behavior support via our Behavior Helpline, free pet food assistance through our Pet Pantry, temporary low-cost boarding, pre-adoption microchipping, Trap-Neuter-Return for community cats, full-service, low-cost veterinary care in our Susan M. Markel Veterinary Hospital and more. During the pandemic, we have seen increased demand for many of these services as pet guardians struggle with added financial and housing insecurities brought on by the pandemic. Your support of crucial shelter diversion programs assures we can meet the growing needs that exist for pets and the people who love them.
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Prioritizing adoptions. The puppy mills that supply pet stores and online sellers have seen the pandemic as an unprecedented opportunity. As the number of homeless animals in shelters has declined in recent months and as demand for adoption has stayed the same or increased in parts of the country, pet stores and online sellers have been marketing their puppies like never before. Don't fall for it. Just before the public health emergency started impacting Central Virginia, we launched a puppy mill education campaign, and these important messages are especially relevant during these extraordinary times. Pets in humane centers like ours are relying on your continued commitment to adoption. With a little time and patience, you will find just the right companion at an animal shelter. Please give us the opportunity to help you meet your match.
Across our region and the United States, compassionate and dedicated friends to animals have stepped up in big and important ways to help ensure COVID-19 did not create a simultaneous crisis for animals from forming. But the fight is not over. And I know we can continue to count on your support to achieve more progress for the animals who need us throughout the remainder of this pandemic—and beyond.
As the CEO of the Richmond SPCA, Tamsen Kingry oversees the development of our organization's short- and long-term strategies to achieve maximum lifesaving and fulfill with integrity the Richmond SPCA's mission.
When she's not busy working alongside our talented and dedicated staff, Board and volunteers, Tamsen enjoys spending time with her husband and daughter, as well as their two cats and a dog—all of whom they adopted from the Richmond SPCA.
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Match #7 Preview: Philadelphia Union at Portland Timbers
By Ben Feldman May 5, 2011, 6:49pm EDT
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PORTLAND, OR - APRIL 30: Members of the 'Timbers Army' celebrate after the game between the Portland Timbers and Real Salt Lake at Jeld-Wen Field on April 30, 2011 in Portland, Oregon. The Timbers won the game 1-0. (Photo by Steve Dykes/Getty Images)
Setting: Friday, May 6 at JELD-WEN Field in Portland; kickoff scheduled for 10:36:30 PM Eastern
Broadcast Information: Fox Soccer Channel (J.P. Dellacamera, Kyle Martino, Brian Dunseth) nationally on "Soccer Night in America" with coverage starting at 10:00 PM Eastern / Sportsradio 95.5 FM The Game KXTG (John Strong, Ross Smith), La Pantera 940 AM KWBY (Fernando Sobrevilla, Ricardo Rodriguez) in Portland / MLS MatchDay Live (it's free for this weekend and this match won't be blacked out)
Portland's Record: 3-3-1, sixth in West
Portland's Last Match: W, 1-0 vs. Real Salt Lake
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Coming off perhaps their most resilient performance in club history, the Philadelphia Union travel cross-country to take on the expansion Portland Timbers in a nationally televised match. The Union will be without the backline services of Jordan Harvey, whose red card from last week's match means an automatic one-game suspension. While it appeared for some time that the Union might appeal to MLS to have the suspension revoked, the club ultimately decided against it.
Portland, like Vancouver, has played in some ... interesting matches in their inaugural season, mainly due to defensive lapses. Unlike the 2010 Union, though, they occur more than once or twice per match, but have not been quite as harmful as the Union's were. Make no mistake though, Portland can certainly be exploited for those mistakes -- they've conceded 13 goals in seven MLS matches (the Union, remarkably, have conceded two goals in six MLS matches).
The Timbers, however, have been flat-out dominant at JELD-WEN Field. They're 3-0-0 in MLS play there, having just last week defeated Real Salt Lake 1-0, and the atmosphere is simply electric. It will be an incredibly tough challenge for the Union to get their footing straight tomorrow once play begins. This match, perhaps more than any of the previous six the Union have played in MLS this year, will require Faryd Mondragon to remain calm, cool and collected and try to make sure his teammates aren't up-tight and finding themselves out of position. It will be very, very loud on the pitch and the Timbers, who have ten goals on the season, will take advantage of any Union miscue. It will be up to the backline to remain in position while also making tactical step-ups to try and catch Timbers players in offside positions -- perhaps more than they might on average, as Portland leads Major League Soccer in offside plays so far this season with 31.
Projected starters, up-to-date injury reports and assorted match notes after the jump...
Likely starters:
Philadelphia: Mondragon (C); Gonzalez, Califf, Valdes, Williams; Daniel, Okugo, Torres, Le Toux; Ruiz, Mwanga
Portland: Perkins; Wallace, Brunner, Danso, Hall; Alhassan, Chara, Jewsbury, Nagbe; Perlaza, Cooper
Injury updates:
For Philadelphia, third-string keeper Thorne Holder is out with a concussion. Gabe Farfan, who's been dealing with a toe dislocation on his right foot, is no longer unavailable for the Union, and is now considered "probable", along with Stefani Miglioranzi, Danny Califf and Keon Daniel, who are dealing with a right groin strain, illness and a right foot contusion, respectively.
For Portland, Bright Dike is unavailable following a right Achilles rupture, Eddie Johnson is out with right Achilles tendonitis and Brian Umony has been ruled out due to a right knee MCL sprain. Adin Brown is considered "probable" despite a hamstring sprain, along with David Horst, Jake Gleeson and Peter Lowry, thanks to a right ankle sprain, left elbow sprain and right knee MCL sprain, respectively.
Of note:
Silviu Petrescu is scheduled to be the match referee for tomorrow night. In 29 career MLS matches, Petrescu has called for an average of just about 29 fouls per match, handed out just under four cautions per match, given a total of six red cards and has awarded a total of four penalty kicks.
Danny Mwanga, who hasn't had the start to the season that perhaps he would have liked, will have the opportunity to get on the right track in his return to Portland, his 'adopted' hometown and the area where he went to college. Family and friends will be in attendance, and it seems like this might be just the set of circumstances for #10 to get on the scoresheet, and help ignite the Union's offensive game into netting more than one goal.
For those of us who were unhappy with Fox Soccer's broadcasters throughout last year, when the Union were featured seven times, rest assured that you won't need to mute your TV tomorrow night. J.P. Dellacamera, the Union's current play-by-play voice, and Kyle Martino, the Union's local television analyst last year, will be in the booth. Hopefully their being reunited for a Union match won't induce the team into making 2010-like mistakes, though.
The Union will look to be the first MLS side to gain a result in Portland in regular-season action, while the Timbers look to continue to show the League that the city of Portland is not to be messed with. The crowd ought to be special, and the match should be quite a spectacle. Join us for a late-night gamethread as the Union try to steal a point or three on the road -- it should be a lot of fun.
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The risks of over-taxing the rich in a progressive tax system
"The wealthy get all the tax breaks." How many times have you heard that saying before? Probably more times than you could care to remember. Many people in today's society think that the rich get all the tax breaks. But is this really the case? Consider the parable below first devised by Professor David R. Kamerschen of University of Georgia. The bar stool economics piece aims to show that people are too narrow minded when it comes to 'big picture' things like Tax breaks, and thus they make assumptions without knowing the true facts.
Suppose that every day, ten men go out for beer and the bill for all ten comes to £100. If they paid their bill the way we pay our taxes, it would go something like this:
The first four men (the poorest) would pay nothing.
The fifth would pay £1.
The sixth would pay £3.
The seventh would pay £7.
The eighth would pay £12.
The ninth would pay £18.
The tenth man (the richest) would pay £59.
So, that's what they decided to do. The ten men drank in the bar every day and seemed quite happy with the arrangement, until one day, the owner threw them a curve. "Since you are all such good customers", he said, "I'm going to reduce the cost of your daily beer by £20". Drinks for the ten now cost just £80.
The group still wanted to pay their bill the way we pay our taxes so the first four men were unaffected. They would still drink for free. But what about the other six men – the paying customers? How could they divide the £20 windfall so that everyone would get his "fair share?"
They realised that £20 divided by six is £3.33. But if they subtracted that from everybody's share, then the fifth man and the sixth man would each end up being paid to drink his beer. So, the bar owner suggested that it would be fair to reduce each man's bill by roughly the same amount, and he proceeded to work out the amounts each should pay.
And so:
The fifth man, like the first four, now paid nothing (100% savings).
The sixth now paid £2 instead of £3 (33%savings).
The seventh now pay £5 instead of £7 (28%savings).
The eighth now paid £9 instead of £12 (25% savings).
The ninth now paid £14 instead of £18 (22% savings).
The tenth now paid £49 instead of £59 (16% savings).
Each of the six was better off than before. And the first four continued to drink for free. But once outside the restaurant, the men began to compare their savings. "I only got a dollar out of the £20," declared the sixth man. He pointed to the tenth man, "but he got £10!" "Yeah, that's right," exclaimed the fifth man. "I only saved a dollar, too. It's unfair that he got ten times more than I!"
"That's true!!" shouted the seventh man. "Why should he get £10 back when I got only two? The wealthy get all the breaks!" "Wait a minute," yelled the first four men in unison. "We didn't get anything at all. The system exploits the poor!" The nine men surrounded the tenth and beat him up.
The next night the tenth man didn't show up for drinks, so the nine sat down and had beers without him. But when it came time to pay the bill, they discovered something important. They didn't have enough money between all of them for even half of the bill!
And this is exactly how our tax system works. The people who earn the most money pay the most taxes and subsidise the people with lower income. When a tax reduction is announced, the people which pay the most tax should benefit the most from the reduction. In the above example, the seventh person saw the greatest saving but he did not recognise this, all he saw was the absolute pound sterling amount that the tenth was saving and wrongly castigated him.
Tax the wealthy too much, attack them for being wealthy, and they just may not show up anymore. In fact, they might start drinking overseas where the atmosphere is somewhat friendlier.
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With unflinching candor, a moving graphic novel follows a young woman's return from war and her bond with two dogs—one who saves her life in Iraq, and another who helps her reclaim it at home.
Liz served in Iraq with her trusty military working dog, Ender, by her side. But now that her tour is over, she has to readjust to life in her small New Hampshire town. Despite being surrounded by people she's known her whole life, Liz feels entirely alone and soon gets trapped in a downward spiral of flashbacks and blackout drinking. Things seem destined for a bad end, but when Liz's on-again-off-again boyfriend, Ben, almost hits a stray dog while she is in the car, things start to change. Brutus might just be the only thing that can bring her back from the brink. Brian David Johnson, Jan Egleson, Laila Milevski, and Karl Stevens have created a searing and honest portrait of reentry to civilian life after war and a touching exploration of the bond between dog and human.
Jan Egleson is an independent filmmaker and writer. Brian David Johnson is a journalist. This is their first book for young adults. They both live in or around Boston, Massachusetts.
Laila Milevski is a cartoonist and illustrator whose work has appeared in the comic anthology š! and online in Comics Workbook. She self-publishes short comics, but this is her debut in a longer format. Laila Milevski lives in Somerville, Massachusetts. Karl Stevens is a graphic novelist and painter whose comic Whatever appeared in the Boston Phoenix for three years. He lives in Somerville, Massachusetts.
A gritty, hard-hitting, and honest portrayal of one young woman's difficult journey to putting the pieces of her life back together after serving in the Iraq War...The story's strong language, graphic depiction of war, and Liz's unpredictable behavior make this an emotionally taxing read, but the ups and downs also effectively give readers a sense of Liz's trauma. A nuanced and skillfully composed snapshot of one woman's postwar struggle to live.
It does a good job documenting the struggles of coping with PTSD, and the female perspective of the book is a welcome change of pace.


I am trying to split large table (55Mn rows) into smaller csv files 1 Mn each. But TPT is failing when I try to do it in one run. I get error mentioned below. However when I use row number and limit rows as 10 Mn at a time and export 10 files, which made me execuet TPT script 5-6 times.
Somtimes I also chnaged few variables, which gave me errors as could not establish special session something.
I thought someone out there would know how this could be done in one shot. so sharing details below.
Why are you specifying 55 instances for each operator?
For the Export operator, you need 1 or 2 at the most.
For the file writer, writing to 55 files will definitely not provide you with any type of performance, and you might also be reaching some type of resource limit.
You are getting the error because you are specifying 55 instances for each operator, resulting in 55x55=3025 data streams.
I did mention 55 instances of file writer since my requirement is to export 55 split files for particular table.
Please correct me if there is a way to do that.
55 does seem like a lot, but I understand those are requirements.
Still, you cannot use 55 instances of the Export as 55x55 data streams is too many system resources.
Try 1 instance of the Export operator and see if the job runs.
The file writing will most likely always be slower than pulling data out from the DBS.
And to speed up performance, run the Export operator in NoSpool mode.
I tried 10 instances of file writer and split with row number 1-x0 and x1-y0..and onwards was able to split and export 10 files ..running this 6 times. but wanted to know if there is no way to export 55 files in one execution in TPT. Thats okay, I was just curious if there was another way.
Really appreciate steve for clarification!
You can try 55 instances of the file writer (and only 1 instance of the Export) and see what happens.
TPT does not have hard-coded limit. It all depends on your system resources.
In other words, if 1 x 55 still fails, you could talk to your server admin about raising the OS limits.
But keeping 55 fiel wroter and 1 or 5 or 10 exports results in the same failure.
I think I will stick to spliting the select statement with row number and export 10 files at a time. that seems to work.
Again (and I cannot stress this enough), if you are going to use a high number of instances of the file writer, then only use 1 instance of the Export operator. The number of shared memory data streams being used for the job to transfer data from the producer (Export) operator to the consumer operator (file writer) is a multiplication of the number of producer and consumer instances (not addition).
If 55 instances of the file writer leads to the same error, then lower it gradually until you find the number that your operating system will allow. You might be able to use 30 or 40. This will then lead to fewer TPT jobs to get the job done.