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Recall supporters claim supervisor mailer intimidates voters
Supervisor Andy Vasquez says he's being targeted by pot supporters
Updated: 2:35 PM PDT Aug 28, 2015
Claire Doan
KCRA SOURCE: KCRA
A war of words is heating up in Yuba County, where supporters of a recall against Supervisor Andy Vasquez claim he's intimidating voters with his mailers and breaking election laws.Vasquez, who is in the first year of his second term, told KCRA 3 he was being targeted by pot supporters because they are upset over his vote for an ordinance banning outdoor marijuana cultivation.Watch report: Letter over recall initiative raises questions in Yuba CountyA man named Gary Simpson wrote the letter, and copies were mailed to hundreds of voters in District 1 of Yuba County, according to Vasquez.PDF: Read the letter to Linda and Edgewater neighborsSimpson wrote his cousin was "brutally murdered in his Marysville home" only "to steal his medicinal marijuana."The letter goes on to say that marijuana growers are targeting Vasquez with a recall.It stated: "These marijuana criminals have three petitions - 1) The Recall against Andy, 2) a groundwater petition, and 3) a petition to let them freely grow marijuana again. Don't be fooled by anything they say, if you sign these petitions, you will be identified as a marijuana supporter."Simpson declined an on-camera interview, but told KCRA he was simply stating the truth."They're saying, 'If you sign one of those three, you're going to be a marijuana supporter. They're taking people away from their ability to participate in local politics," said Charnel James, the attorney for the Yuba Patients Coalition, the group opposing the ordinance and pushing for the recall."People need to be feeling they're unencumbered by their right to vote. So if they're feeling threatened by somebody who's in a position of power over them, that's going to stop them," said Debbie Tharp, a spokeswoman for the group.Vasquez admitted he paid for the letter that expressed Simpson's personal feelings."I think he has every right to put that message out, and I'll help him put it out," Vasquez said. "Whatever he said in it, that's his statement."Vasquez was served recall papers after he and other supervisors voted to crack down on outdoor pot growing in April."There's nothing else about it. You can dance around it. You can say this and that. But it's the marijuana," he said.Yuba County District Attorney Patrick McGrath said he has yet to see the mailer because nobody has filed a complaint with his office about it yet.Jay Wierenga, the communications director for the Fair Political Practices Commission, told KCRA 3 the commission cannot comment on this specific case. However, he wrote, in general "any political advertising not covered in the Political Reform Act and any violations of other elections laws would be the domain of the DA or the AG's office."
MARYSVILLE, Calif. (KCRA) —
A war of words is heating up in Yuba County, where supporters of a recall against Supervisor Andy Vasquez claim he's intimidating voters with his mailers and breaking election laws.
Vasquez, who is in the first year of his second term, told KCRA 3 he was being targeted by pot supporters because they are upset over his vote for an ordinance banning outdoor marijuana cultivation.
Watch report: Letter over recall initiative raises questions in Yuba County
A man named Gary Simpson wrote the letter, and copies were mailed to hundreds of voters in District 1 of Yuba County, according to Vasquez.
PDF: Read the letter to Linda and Edgewater neighbors
Simpson wrote his cousin was "brutally murdered in his Marysville home" only "to steal his medicinal marijuana."
The letter goes on to say that marijuana growers are targeting Vasquez with a recall.
It stated: "These marijuana criminals have three petitions - 1) The Recall against Andy, 2) a groundwater petition, and 3) a petition to let them freely grow marijuana again. Don't be fooled by anything they say, if you sign these petitions, you will be identified as a marijuana supporter."
Simpson declined an on-camera interview, but told KCRA he was simply stating the truth.
"They're saying, 'If you sign one of those three, you're going to be a marijuana supporter. They're taking people away from their ability to participate in local politics," said Charnel James, the attorney for the Yuba Patients Coalition, the group opposing the ordinance and pushing for the recall.
"People need to be feeling they're unencumbered by their right to vote. So if they're feeling threatened by somebody who's in a position of power over them, that's going to stop them," said Debbie Tharp, a spokeswoman for the group.
Vasquez admitted he paid for the letter that expressed Simpson's personal feelings.
"I think he has every right to put that message out, and I'll help him put it out," Vasquez said. "Whatever he said in it, that's his statement."
Vasquez was served recall papers after he and other supervisors voted to crack down on outdoor pot growing in April.
"There's nothing else about it. You can dance around it. You can say this and that. But it's the marijuana," he said.
Yuba County District Attorney Patrick McGrath said he has yet to see the mailer because nobody has filed a complaint with his office about it yet.
Jay Wierenga, the communications director for the Fair Political Practices Commission, told KCRA 3 the commission cannot comment on this specific case. However, he wrote, in general "any political advertising not covered in the Political Reform Act and any violations of other elections laws would be the domain of the DA or the AG's office."

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You should be cautious about where you put your money. Many people assume that their deposit funds are safe and protected, and they may well be, up to a certain amount. With foreknowledge and proper planning, you can protect all of your deposit money. Here is an overview of deposit money protection in Canada and where you can get further information.
These are protected by the Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation (CDIC), up to a certain amount. In Quebec, it is referred to as the Quebec Deposit Insurance Board. Funds are automatically insured for up to $60,000 for each separate account. If you have more than $60,000 deposited, you can divide your funds among several CDIC members who are separate financial institutions. Some banks and trust companies have subsidiaries that are separate CDIC members, resulting in a ceiling of $60,000 each. For information, brochures and confirmation that your deposits are covered, contact CDIC at 1-800-461-2342 (Canada only) or at (613)996-2081.
These are protected by a deposit insurance plan that is specific to each province. Each province can vary in its protection for savings or chequing deposits. Depending on the province, the protection could be from $60,000 up to unlimited protection–that is, 100 per cent. Contact a credit union in your province to enquire, or phone the CDIC number to obtain contact numbers for the credit union deposit insurance head office in your province. Ask your credit union for an informational brochure and protection confirmation.


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Q: IBatis sql fragments used in different namespace I've got a sql fragments defined in a particular namespace like:
<sqlMap namespace="firstNamespace">
   .....
   <sql id="fragmentOne">

and then from another namespace I'm trying to use it, but seems that IBatis is not able to find it.

Could not find SQL statement to include with refid 'firstNamespace.fragmentOne'

Now I know that the loading order is important, so the SqlMapConfig.xml file I place the xml file containing the fragment first, but no results.
Do you have any idea on how to use a sql fragment from another namespace?
Thanks
Roberto

A: Have you enabled namespaces?
<sqlMapConfig>

  <settings useStatementNamespaces="true"/>

Reference:
http://java.ociweb.com/mark/programming/iBATIS.html

A: Besides, be carefull to put XML files in right order inside sqlMapConfig.Xml.

A: <sqlMapConfig>
    <settings useStatementNamespaces="true" /> <!-- add this line -->
    <sqlMap resource="ibatis/Web-Registration-Report.xml" />
</sqlMapConfig>

Note:
It easy enough to solve the problem, just add the line below in iBatis Configuration and make sure, now use the namespace when calling it.
Be aware. Since now, code will produce error if you are not using the namespace. So it will be wiser to make a final decision whether to use the namespace or not.

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Being in a business partnership can almost be like a marriage. You're sharing responsibilities, stress, and profits! But what happens when the partnership is no longer serving you well? In this week's episode of the This Week In Weddings podcast, we're chatting with wedding photographer Cameron Clark, who started as a solopreneur, gained a business partner, and then went back to being in business by herself. We're digging into the pros and cons of having a business partner, as well as the steps for dissolving the partnership.
After nineteen years as a professional photographer, Cameron still enjoys capturing real moments within the chaos of a wedding day. She draws inspiration from fashion, photojournalism and art. She has photographed weddings all over the world from Brazil to New York.
Cameron Clark Photography has been published in Brides, Southern Weddings Magazine, Style Me Pretty, The Knot Magazine, Charleston Weddings Magazine, Destination Weddings Magazine, Wedding Chicks, Pacific Wedding Magazine, Over the Moon, and Destination I Do.
Have you been putting off something that you need to do? As an entrepreneur, you're in charge of your own day to day schedule, and with that freedom comes a certain responsibility to manage your own tasks. There's no boss telling you when you have to get something done! If you're prone to procrastination, this week's episode of the This Week In Weddings podcast is for you. We're chatting with a clinical psychologist who has gone from procrastinating to productive and is sharing her best practices.
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Interior Department Announces Next Steps for Idaho Onshore Wind Energy Project
Contact: Interior_Press@ios.doi.gov
WASHINGTON — The Department of the Interior announced today that the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is seeking public input on a commercial-scale wind energy facility that is proposed to be constructed on BLM-managed public land in southern Idaho, approximately 25 miles northeast of Twin Falls. The Lava Ridge Wind Energy Project has the potential to generate 1,000 megawatts of wind energy.
"Renewable wind projects are a critical component of the Biden-Harris administration's commitment to confronting climate change, promoting clean air and water for our current and future generations, creating thousands of good-paying union jobs, and jump starting our country's transition to a clean energy future," said Secretary Deb Haaland. "At the Interior Department, we are doing our part to ensure these projects are done thoughtfully and avoid impacts to surrounding communities. The Department is committed to public input and meaningful Tribal consultation to uphold our trust and treaty responsibilities."
The Biden-Harris administration has committed to increase renewable energy production on public lands and waters, including a target goal of permitting at least 25 gigawatts of onshore renewable energy by 2025. In the last month, the BLM has made progress on more than 2,600MW of renewable energy, including the opening of the public comment periods on draft Environmental Assessments for four solar projects in California and Arizona, and Decision Records for a project in Utah.
The Department is continuing to make progress in developing a robust and sustainable clean energy economy, including partnering with other federal agencies to increase renewable energy production on public lands and waters. Interior is undertaking these goals with broad stakeholder engagement, including Tribal nations, states, local officials, agricultural landowners, outdoor enthusiasts, and others to identify strategies and goals that reflect the priorities of all communities.
The BLM is proposing that 73,000 acres of public lands be temporarily set aside from consideration of any land sale or new mining claim proposals for two years. This is to facilitate the orderly administration of the public land as the BLM considers the Lava Ridge Wind Project proposal.
The BLM is seeking public comments on issues, planning criteria, concerns, potential impacts, alternatives, and mitigation measures that the agency should consider in analyzing the proposed Lava Ridge Wind Project. The BLM will hold public meetings to provide information on the proposed project and to explain the Environmental Impact Statement development process as follows:
Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2021 at 2:00 p.m. MDT
Thursday, Sept. 9, 2021 at 6:00 p.m. MDT
Both meetings will be virtual. Please visit BLM's Lava Ridge Wind Project webpage and click on How To Get Involved for information on registration.
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Authors for Hire: What the New California Labor Law Means for Freelance Writers & Journalists
According to a 2018 study conducted by Gallup, approximately 36% of all American workers, or roughly 57 million people, participate in the gig economy either as a primary or a secondary job, including thousands of freelance writers, journalists, photographers and other content creators.
While U.S. companies have legitimately used freelance workers for decades to supplement their regular workforce, since the 2008 recession, there's been a flood of "wage and hour" litigation alleging some businesses have tried to skirt federal laws on minimum wage, overtime, health benefits, sick and vacation days, by improperly misclassifying certain employees as contract workers as a way to improve the companies' profit margins.
This culminated in an April 2018 ruling by the California Supreme Court on a class-action lawsuit against Dynamex Operations West Inc., a package and document delivery company that reclassified its delivery drivers as independent contractors rather than employees. The ruling held that a company cannot classify someone as an independent contractor unless it can demonstrate that the worker:
Is free to set his/her own hours, rates, and not subject to the control of the hirer
Performs work that is outside the hirer's core business
Regularly engages in an independently established trade, occupation, or business
"When a worker has not independently decided to engage in an independently established business but instead is simply designated an independent contractor ... there is a substantial risk that the hiring business is attempting to evade the demands of an applicable wage order through misclassification," Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye wrote in the decision.
Following the ruling, California Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez introduced AB 5 to amend California labor laws designating that any worker hired directly by an organization is an employee, unless he or she meets all three criteria above. We applaud California's goal to protect workers from exploitation and being denied the benefits and protections employee status provides. Unfortunately, neither the Dynamex ruling nor the original language of AB 5 considered the thousands of California freelance writers, authors, photographers, graphic artists, and other creators who work as independent contractors.
While there's no doubt many professional writers would prefer the stability and benefits that employee status confers, most have no alternative but to write on a freelance basis. Book authors regularly supplement their book earnings by writing articles, stories, poems, book reviews, and commentary in various online and print periodicals, whose business models depend on publishing a continuous mix of different voices, perspectives, and literary talent, which presents a challenge in hiring a contributing author as an employee. Other content publishers such as newspapers and online news sites simply lack the budgets to hire large numbers of full-time creators, as evidenced by the layoffs of more than 3000 journalists earlier this year.
To that end, American Society of Journalists and Authors led 20 writing and artist organizations, including The Authors Guild, in a loose coalition to help educate and persuade the California legislature that the new law as originally written would severely hamper the ability of writers and other creators to earn a living.
After several months of meetings and negotiations with Assemblywoman Gonzalez and others, the coalition convinced lawmakers to carve out a partial exemption for writers, editors, journalists, and photographers. This exemption allows business and nonprofit entities to hire freelance "creators" to provide content submissions up to 35 times a year. The coalition persuaded legislators to expand the definition of "content submission" so groups of articles or photos count as one submission in certain situations, such as coverage of an event or specific topic.
For example, if you take 100 photos about the impact a hurricane has on a community for a news site or write a 15 blog posts for a client about "novels written by first-generation Americans," those count as a single submission towards the annual cap of 35. While we were hoping to secure a blanket exemption like other freelance professionals such as marketers, accountants or lawyers have, we believe this is the best deal we could secure at this time.
While it is rare that a fiction writer or poet will ever place more than 35 pieces in a single online or print publication in a year, freelance journalists, such as weekly columnists, likely will be adversely affected. Please note that this rule applies to writers based in California even when working for out-of-state companies; publications hiring CA-based writers must comply with AB 5 with respect to your work performed on or after January 1, 2020, when the law takes effect.
New York State, home to a vast number of "gig workers," is considering similar legislation. The Authors Guild will be watching very closely to see if such a bill is proposed. If so, we likely will reach out to past coalition members to fight for the same or better terms for writers and other creators.
We thank Randy Dotinga of the American Society of Journalists and Authors for first calling our attention to this situation and coalition leaders at the National Writers Union, Society of Professional Journalists, National Press Photographers Association, Society of American Travel Writers, and elsewhere who spent many long hours negotiating the exemption on behalf of writers and other creators.
Click here to view the final version of AB 5.


The High Llamas are a London-based musical project created by Irish-English guitarist and songwriter Sean O'Hagan after the demise of his group Microdisney. Although he writes and arranges the music and frequently uses the High Llamas moniker for his own personal musical efforts (e.g. remixes), the High Llamas are nominally a group, which usually includes Microdisney bassist Jon Fell and a rotating cast of others including keyboardist Marcus Holdaway and drummer Rob Allum.
Although the High Llamas' output (including the eponymous debut album, technically credited to "Sean O'Hagan") shows influences including pre-1950s American pop and folk, Brazilian jazz and bossa nova, film composers of the 1960s, and 1990s European electronic music, criticism of O'Hagan's work most frequently includes references to Brian Wilson's psychedelic period and/or kitsch lounge revival. Although O'Hagan sometimes expresses discomfort at reviewers' claims of derivative works, he generally wears his influences on his sleeve, even naming several more recent songs after the composers and pop musicians who most inspired that particular track. (Examples: "Bach Ze", "Pat Mingus", "Shuggie Todd".) The Beach Boys' influence on O"Hagan is most obvious on the expansive, cinematic 1996 album Hawaii, a musical spaghetti western on themes of tourism and colonialism. It blended elements of Pet Sounds, Smile and Wild Honey so expertly that O'Hagan was even recommended by Bruce Johnston to produce an eventually mixed Beach Boys comeback LP.
The High Llamas' own musical arrangements vary according to album, but marimbas, nylon-string guitars, and heavily reverbed pounding tack pianos are often featured. For a period in the late 1990s, O'Hagan's work was often marked by distinctive vintage synthesizer "gurgling" or "bouncing" effects, first explored and developed in Turn On, his experimental collaboration record with members of Stereolab. The High Llamas' albums are also notable for frequent guest appearances by members of that band, with whom O'Hagan once played guitar, and for whom he often contributes string and horn arrangements.
The High Llamas infrequently tour and only release an album every few years; since the group was dropped by V2 Records they have made it clear that their records are personal projects that do not support them financially. O'Hagan frequently does arranging and production work for artists like The Boo Radleys, Doves and Sondre Lerche, and percussionist Allum has worked with Turin Brakes. Their work for V2 is anthologized on the compilation Retrospective, Rarities and Instrumentals, and they continue to record for Duophonic Records (UK) and Drag City (US.) Their latest album, Talahomi Way, was released in April 2011.


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Our work takes a grounded cognition perspective to understand the processes that trigger the desire for a certain product or behavior. We suggest that appetitive cues, such as foods or drinks, trigger consumption and reward simulations, based on situated representations of previous experiences, which can increase the motivation to consume. Using this theoretical framework, we study the basic mechanisms of desire and motivated behaviour, as well as applications in different domains of consumer and health behaviour.
Grounded cognition theory of desire
Together with Larry Barsalou, we have developed a grounded cognition theory of desire and motivated behavior that integrates our and other labs' findings to explain how desire arises. A preliminary version of this theory can be found in our chapter in "The Psychology of Desire", with more recent versions and applications to consumer behaviour here, and with links to much recent work in our lab and social psychology more generally here. We argue that people continuously store situated conceptualizations of rewarding experiences that integrate information about the current setting with actions performed in it, together with related sensory experiences, goals, bodily states, reward experiences, etc. These situated conceptualizations can later be activated by relevant cues in the environment, and produce simulations of non-present states or behaviors through pattern completion inferences. This may explain, for example, why simply passing by the coffee house where you typically get a muffin and a coffee lets you already taste the flavor of the coffee and feel the texture of the muffin in your mouth, possibly leading you to consume a second breakfast, despite the best intentions to watch your weight and wallet. In addition to explaining the experience of desire in response to environmental cues, this theory naturally explains nonconscious goal pursuit, habits, and goal priming, as well as the effectiveness of behavior change tools such as planning by means of implementation intentions. It also serves as a useful starting point for situating interventions to target nonconscious processes in behaviour change.
Hydration behaviour
Our work on the cognitive processes in desire has sparked promising applications in different domains of consumer behaviour, on which we work closely with key stakeholders. Funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), and in collaboration with Danone (France), we currently study the role of consumption and reward simulations underlying the desire for sugary drinks and water, and we examine how rewarding simulations can be triggered for water that will increase its attractiveness as a drink and therefore, stimulate healthier choices. We also examine hydration behaviour more generally, to understand how drinking is affected by habits, context, and consumer identity.
Almudena Claassen examines the representations of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs), and whether these can be used to increase the appeal of water among regular SSB consumers. Johanna Werner studies the roles of habits and reward in food and drink choices across different situations with a novel Situated Assessment Method. Amy Rodger is developing an app-based intervention to increase water intake in low water drinkers, based on an in-depth analysis of water drinking motivations and barriers.
We have two open, fully-funded PhD positions on hydration behaviour available, collaborating with Prof. Matthew Chalmers in the Social AI Doctoral Training Program.
Lab members: Almudena Claassen, Amy Rodger, Johanna Werner (Barsalou Lab), Esther K. Papies, 2 PhD positions tbc
Sustainable food choices
Reducing meat and dairy consumption is the most effective strategy for reducing an individual's environmental footprint. Given mainstream consumers' preferences for meat, however, scalable strategies are needed to make plant-based foods more attractive. We examine how consumers and the food industry communicate about plant-based and meat-based foods, and how the attractiveness of plant-based foods can be increased, for example by emphasising features of the consumption experience. Here, we collaborate with the Better Buying Lab at the World Resources Institute (WRI), a world-leading sustainability think-tank (www.wri.org), and how individual consumers experience the transition to sustainable diets.
Steff Farrar examines the language that is associated with desire for well-known, meat-based foods, and how this can be used to increase the appeal of novel, plant-based foods. This ESRC-funded project will result in a Shiny-App available to the food and food service industry to help create attractive descriptions of sustainable foods. Tess Davis studies how both meat-eaters and vegans represent and communicate about plant-based and meat-based foods, to better understand the societal challenges of transitioning to a more sustainable food system. Lara Wehbe examines the transition to sustainable diets from a self-control perspective, establishing which individual and social (identity) factors help and hinder sustainable choices for mainstream consumers.
Lab members: Tess Davis, Lara Wehbe, Stephanie Farrar, Esther K. Papies
Mechanisms of mindfulness
Understanding the role of eating and reward simulations also serves as the basis for our work on mindfulness as a tool to diffuse unwanted food desires. Here, we learn from contemplative science to develop strategies for deconstructing the subjective realism of one's consumption and reward simulations, and thereby reducing the desire that results from them. We have developed a theoretical account of how the two components of mindfulness – attention regulation and decentering – separately and together affect the fundamental processes that underlie self-control, for example, in eating, alcohol, smoking, etc. We also collaborate with Johan Karremans and Kim Lien van der Schans at Radboud University Nijmegen to examine mindfulness effects in romantic relationships. This basic-science approach may help us to understand the effects of mindfulness in terms of well-established cognitive processes, and to make mindfulness more generally accessible to researchers in psychology, both as a tool and as a research area.
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Putting A Ring On Privilege
Thankfully We Have A Monarch Around To Tell Us Regular Folk How To Be Better People
Alexandra Marshall
Since the devastating news that Greta Thunberg has relinquished the stage and returned to school, the world has been searching for a moral compass.
It is all well and good for elected despot tyrants to sit around glorified boardrooms, bickering about the fate of the Earth, but what about the voice of the people? The downtrodden masses? The oppressed, victimised, offended, and forgotten? If there is to be any sort of balance in international discussion, then the plebs have to nominate a representative.
Who better to lecture us on the elusive dream of world peace than an American actress who, despite temping at an embassy in Argentina and warning about the evils of the Colonial era, only discovered the existence of the Commonwealth when she married it?
Approaching an industry as a tabula rasa can be a good thing. Meghan Markle isn't bogged down by the intricacies of history or tied up with the tiresome complications of international arrangements. You don't want unconscious biases tainting humanitarian efforts at the United Nations or uncharitable thoughts regarding certain political representatives who may or may not be working their way through the crimes against humanity checklist.
Definitely, less-is-more when it comes to geopolitical knowledge if you intend to act as a passive billboard upon which various global factions can purchase advertising space, pinning slogans to diminishing fame.
Part of Meghan Markle's core drive for this coveted position is the erosion of privilege from the global society.
Privilege is the first principle of evil in the world – the cause of poverty, inequality, and Trump. It is not derived from power, but rather intrinsically linked to skin pigmentation. There's still some debate regarding at which shade an oppressor turns into a victim, but it seems to be around 1/1024 – or roughly one Elizabeth Warren.
Meghan empathises with the intersectional discrimination faced by those who cannot determine which side of the colour-palette equation they belong on.
"Being 'ethnically ambiguous'," she begins, "meant I could audition for virtually any role. Sadly, it didn't matter: I wasn't black enough for the black roles and I wasn't white enough for the white ones, leaving me somewhere in the middle as the ethnic chameleon who couldn't book a job."
She faces a similar problem when it comes to paying reparations for the sins of ancestral ghosts, being both a descendent of slaves and settlers. No one is quite sure if this has been exasperated or erased by marrying into the line of succession for the colonial royal family. Meghan either is the reparation or inherited the overdraft. Woke-math is a bit iffy on the detail.
Racism is rife in the West, which is why the head of the British Royal Family gave her blessing to the introduction of a quota-bride into the bloodline. Meghan faced bigotry from the outset, forced to battle over wedding tiaras until losing out to a whiter grandchild.
Even Meghan's faith as a devout climate activist was frowned upon, with the British press penning an avalanche of wildly unfair articles victimising her over the use of private jets and doubling of her carbon footprint despite her husband setting the record straight. It was necessary to save the planet, and besides – their celebrity friends had promised to plant some trees. The couple even went so far as using vegan paint in the £2.4 million renovation of Frogmore cottage, gifted to them by the Queen. What are you doing about your beaten-up ute? Not planting any shrubs, I bet.
Before becoming a European princess, Meghan fought sexism in Hollywood by taking on the role of a skirt in the chauvinistic production of Suits. It is here that the 'Meghan Effect' first began – later improved upon by her husband's proximity to the throne – in which she was able to dismantle the evil system of materialism in the capitalist world by only endorsing clothing and accessories with a sufficiently ethical management.
In a 2020 interview with Gloria Steinem, hosted in the modest gardens of her culturally inclusive £14.5 million Tuscan-esque villa in Los Angeles, she re-affirmed the importance of women in the upcoming American election by wearing a bracelet with the feminist's words, "linked not ranked". More specifically, that she was concerned about voter suppression and supported the Black Lives Matter peaceful* protesters. (*Peaceful may include acts of racially charged violence, intimidation, looting, and/or arson.)
How a Marxist organisation might feel toward a member of the imperialist monarchy advocating on their behalf remains a grey area.
Since finding freedom from the system of opulence she deliberately married into, Meghan has sacrificed some of her royal styles, albeit not quite voluntarily. After all, "Royal Highness", "Duchess of Sussex", "Countess of Dumbarton", "Baroness Kilkeel", and "princess of the United Kingdom" are more cumbersome to trail around one's name than the more prestigious university accolades. And so what if her monogram has a little crown doodled over her initial? It adds weight to Meghan's brand.
The real news this week is that Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex and her husband, Harry, have been able to attain financial independence from the wickedness of privilege. After several long years of suffering, squatting in mansions and slumming it on private jets, they will finally have the privacy as a family they have so desperately longed for – by signing a £75 million Netflix deal.
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She was born in The Bronx, of Turkish parentage, and grew up the way any average young American girl does. Her older brother and sister turned out to be less than talented at either piano or violin, so no one bothered about music lessons for Eydie. When it turned out that she did have a fund of musical talent inside her, there was only one way to get it out. Eydie sang.
She sang with the band and in musicals at the William Howard Taft High School. She was the peppiest cheerleader of them all. And, of most importance, she knew a boy named Ken Greengrass whose ambition was to lead a band, and who also thought Eydie was the greatest in the voice department.
She took a job with a theatrical-supply export company after graduation, and went to night classes in economics at City College. But Ken Greengrass kept in touch with her, gave her weekend singing dates with his band, gave her weekend singing dates with his band, and finally persuaded her that her future was in singing, and that his was managing her.
Thus, together, they embarked on a kaleidoscope of activity. She made demonstration records, and Tommy Tucker heard and hired her. She made a road tour and then sang with Tex Beneke's band, which was playing on the Steel Pier in Atlantic City. She was a hit, and toured the country with Tex for a year.
By this time, Eydie had her feet on the ground. She was no longer a fresh kid with a young, good - but sometimes unsure - voice. She knew something about the world outside The Bronx, she was learning about clothes and poise, and she was developing a style all her own. Ken booked her as a "single" in such plush night spots Ciro's in Miami, the Copa City in Pittsburgh, and found her a lot of theater dates, radio and television guest spots.
Coral Records picked her up from there - and Steve Allen found her at Coral Records.
It is hard to believe that such a beautiful girl as Eydie is not seriously in love. But it's also true that, up until now, she has concentrated on her career, and most of her dates have been casual, with no time to develop into anything permanent. She'd had the usual dates in high school, sometimes drove to the beach with a boyfriend and some other couples for a day of swimming. But she had never really discovered the delight of sand and surge until, after a brief illness, she was sent to Miami for two weeks' rest, stayed three months - and fell in love twice, though the romances didn't survive her return to New York.
Now, with Tonight's exciting junkets first to Florida and then to California, she's getting all the fun of vacation, while still working too hard to fall in love. At home in New York, she lives with her parents in the same fourth-floor walk-up apartment in The Bronx where she lived before success touched her with its magic wand. After her performances on Tonight - or after a full-dress date on weekends, or a Sunday drive in the country - she climbs the four flights of stairs with a sense of warm security and of coming home, where the people and the furniture and her own bedroom will be as they always were in a less abundant but also less hurried, less exacting time in her life.
And if, as she reaches her room, she finds herself dreaming of that home of her own, with a husband and children - well, Eydie is young and warm and alive, and she knows the future still stretches enticingly before her.


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The Bible and the Christian Science textbook, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures are our pastor.
The sermon each week is one of twenty-six topics covered twice a year in our weekly Bible Lesson Quarterly. Each Lesson is composed of selections read from the Bible on the specified topic of the week with complementary passages from Science and Health. Each lesson is specially prepared for that week, offering fresh inspiration for a deeper understanding of God's unconditional love and care for each of us.
The weekly Bible Lessons also provide a basis for ongoing independent study of the Bible and Science and Health to help us put into practice the lessons taught by Jesus to heal and bring peace to our experience, our family, our nation, and the world. You can find out more by visiting our Christian Science Reading Room.
Sunday School meets at the same hour. Child Care is provided. An elevator is available in the Reading Room foyer.
Halfway through the week we offer fresh inspiration.
Wednesday Testimony Meetings are from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. In the first half of the service the Reader presents readings from the Bible and Science and Health on a selected theme. In the second half, we share gratitude for healings and inspiration we've gained from our study of Christian Science, the spiritual laws of God.
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Working families of Immokalee, Florida, have been fighting exploitation by the agricultural industry. "I will always fight. As long as I can see my children happy and well, I will continue fighting to provide them with the best. My children are the motor that drives my life," Udelia says.
In 2008, Bernie traveled to Immokalee and met with migrant workers who were being ruthlessly exploited. He told the story to Congress in the hopes of improving their condition, and succeeded. But how many more Immokalees are there? How many fields or factories are there? We have to ask ourselves 'who benefits from this exploitation?' And to understand that it is not only the Immokalee workers who suffer but every worker in America because that pushes us in a race to the bottom.
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Bernie Sanders is a Democratic candidate for President of the United States. He is serving his second term in the U.S. Senate after winning re-election in 2012 with 71 percent of the vote. Sanders previously served as mayor of Vermont's largest city for eight years before defeating an incumbent Republican to be the sole congressperson for the state in the U.S. House of Representatives. He lives in Burlington, Vermont with his wife Jane and has four children and seven grandchildren.
Bernard "Bernie" Sanders was born in Brooklyn, New York, to immigrant parents and grew up in a small, rent-controlled apartment. His father came to the United States from Poland at the age of 17 without much money or a formal education. While attending the University of Chicago, a 20-year-old Sanders led students in a multi-week sit-in to oppose segregation in off-campus housing owned by the university as a Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) officer. In August of 1963, Sanders took an overnight bus as an organizer for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee to hear Martin Luther King Jr.'s historic "I Have a Dream" speech firsthand at the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.
After graduation, Bernie moved to Vermont where he worked as a carpenter and documentary filmmaker. In 1981, he was elected as mayor of Burlington as an Independent by a mere 10 votes, shocking the city's political establishment by defeating a six-term, local machine mayor. In 1983, Bernie was re-elected by a 21 point margin with a record amount of voter turnout. Under his administration, the city made major strides in affordable housing, progressive taxation, environmental protection, child care, women's rights, youth programs and the arts. In 1990, Sanders was elected to the House of Representatives as the first Independent in 40 years and joined the Democratic caucus. He was re-elected for eight terms, during which he voted against the deregulation of Wall Street, the Patriot Act, and the invasion of Iraq.
In 2006, Sanders defeated the richest man in Vermont to win a seat in the U.S. Senate as an Independent. Known as a "practical and successful legislator," Sanders served as chairman of the Committee on Veterans' Affairs where he authored and passed the most significant veteran health care reform bill in recent history. While in the Senate, Sanders has fought tirelessly for working class Americans against the influence of big money in politics. In 2010, he gave an eight-and-a-half hour filibuster-like speech on the Senate floor in opposition to extending Bush-era tax breaks for the wealthy. In 2015, the Democratic leadership tapped Bernie to serve as the caucus' ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee.
Known for his consistency on the issues, Senator Sanders has supported the working class, women, communities of color, and the LGBT community throughout his career. He is an advocate for the environment, unions, and immigrants. He voted against Keystone XL, opposes the Trans-Pacific Partnership deal, wants to expand the Voting Rights Act, and pass the Equal Rights Amendment.
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SIU 2017 Prostate Cancer
SIU 2017: Novel Classification of Gleason 7 Prostate Cancer According to the Discrepancy between Biopsy and Final Gleason Score after Radical Prostatectomy
Lisbon, Portugal (UroToday.com) This study, presented by Dr. Cho, evaluated the impact of pathological upgrading of Gleason score 7 prostate cancer on the risk of biochemical recurrence after radical prostatectomy (RP).
A total of 1678 consecutive patients who had biopsy proven prostate cancer and underwent RP with postoperative Gleason score (GS) of 7 were retrospectively reviewed. The patients were then divided into 4 groups:
1. upgraded GS 3+4
2. non-upgraded GS 3+4
Kaplan-Meier survival curve and multivariable models were developed to examine the influence of pathological upgrading of GS 7 on the risk of biochemical recurrence.
Mean age of the non-upgraded GS 4+3 was significantly higher than other groups. Five year biochemical recurrence free survival rate was 85%, 73%, 69% and 60% in the 4 groups, respectively. No significant difference was found between group 2 and group 3.
The authors concluded that that the information on pathologic upgrading could help provide more detailed information on the risk of biochemical recurrence in GS 7 disease.
Presented by: Cho MH
Affiliation: Medical Center, Seoul, South Korea
Written by: Hanan Goldberg, MD, Urologic Oncology Fellow (SUO), University of Toronto, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre.Twitter: @GoldbergHanan at the 37th Congress of Société Internationale d'Urologie - October 19-22, 2017- Lisbon, Portugal


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US air-strike kills over 90 people in Afghanistan
Sat, 2009-09-05 02:10 — editor
By Farzana Shah-Asian Tribune Correspondent in Pakistan
About 90 people were killed in air-strike by US led forces in Afghanistan on Friday. According to reports reaching here from Afghanistan, American jetfighter targeted two fuel tankers hijacked by the Taliban in northern Afghanistan on Friday, killing up to 90 people, including insurgents and dozens of civilians who had rushed to the scene to collect fuel.
Over 2000 Acres of Abandoned Paddy Lands to be Brought under Cultivation in the North
As the Ruling Freedom Alliance Government is very keen on the speedy rehabilitation of the villages which were destroyed by the LTTE's terrorism, over 2160 acres in the 35 resettlement villages in Vavuniya will be brought under cultivation shortly, Northern Province Governor Major General G.A. Chandrasiri says.
Sea of Humanity turns to bid adieu to YSR
UK Support to Rehabilitate & Reintegrate the Ex-combatants of Sri Lanka
An agreement for approximately Rs.17 million of UK's support towards the Rehabilitation and Reintegration of Ex-combatants was signed between the British High Commissioner Dr. Peter Hayes and the Head of International Organization for Migration (IOM), Mohammed Abdiker in the presence of the Justice Minister, Milinda Moragoda yesterday (September 04, 2009)
Hela Rangana 2009 – Sri Lanka Talent Show in Washington, D.C.
Educate Lanka Foundation an independent non-profit organization established in April 2006 by a group of Sri Lankan expatriates in the Greater Washington area to assist financially underserved students in Sri Lanka to continue their Education is holding a fundraiser Saturday, September 5 in Washington, D.C.
Northern Resettlement Program without Disturbing the Ramazan Religious Activities
Four hundred Muslim families will be shortly resettled in the Muslim village of the Salampaikulam in Pampaimadu, Vavuniya, Sri Lanka's Northern Province Governor Major General G.A. Chandrasiri said during a visit to meet the displaced persons in Salampaikualam village.
Sri Lanka Purchases New Mines Clearing Machines
Sri Lanka Government accelerates the demining process of the Northern Province making plans to purchase new machines for the purpose.
College of Surgeons plans to help local surgeons
President of the Royal college of Surgeons of Edinburgh in the UK, John D Orr has agreed to provide more training slots in the UK for local trainee surgeons. This was a result of the discussions held between the College of Surgeons of Sri Lanka and Orr at the recent Annual Sessions of the college of surgeons. Dr Narendra Pinto the President of the College of Surgeons who also received Chairmanship of the SAARC Surgical Care Society this year, says that this project will improve surgical care to the population at large.
Court sets aside Modi ban on Jaswant's Jinnah book
In a major setback to the BJP and Chief Minister Narendra Modi personally, the Gujarat High Court Friday set aside the Modi government's ban on Jaswant Singh's book on Pakistan founder, Mohammad Ali Jinnah.
Pak govt approves development projects worth Rs259b
The Pakistani government took up 20 development projects worth Rs259.4 billion with a foreign exchange component of Rs149 billion.
No sooner demining completed, Sri Lankan IDPs to be resettled
Sri Lanka assured that the internally displaced persons will be resettled as soon as the demining process is completed and infrastructure and basic services restored. Minister of Disaster Management and Human Rights Mahinda Samarasinghe met with the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday 3 September at the Palais des Nations in Geneva on the sidelines of the World Climate Conference.
Jinnah not secular for Sheikh Abdullah
The ghost of Jinnah, founder of Pakistan, has overtaken BJP, ever since L K Advani raised the controversy over Qaid-e-Azam, who is held responsible for dividing the subcontinent. Jinnah's apparition has of late plundered the BJP of inner party discipline that it was boasting of. Cracks are visible. The main opposition party is in a state of delirium, to the delight of the Congress.
Dr. Swamy appeals SC to scrap Sethusamudram project
Janata Party President Subramanian Swamy has filed a petition in the Supreme Court seeking that Setusamudram Shipping Channel Project (SSCP) be declared invalid.


Not small and charming enough to be quaint or large enough to be remarkable, my hometown is, by all appearances, highly ordinary. West Chicago, Illinois doesn't have a celebrity childhood home to visit or the world's largest statue of a flamingo or an undefeated high school basketball team. It has always been a place to drive by or pass through and has rarely enjoyed the distinction of being a destination. In fact, my hometown owes its existence to a railroad junction.
Like spokes on a cockamamie wagon wheel, the railroads radiated further and further west, north, and south from Chicago in the nineteenth century, slicing through the prairies and forests. In 1849 the Galena & Chicago Union Railroad (G&CU), Chicago's first railway, laid tracks thirty miles due west of the city. Surrounding towns realized the potential of such a direct connection to the big city, and three different railroads soon converged to create a junction, necessitating the existence of town. And thus Junction, Illinois was born.
A certain Mr. John B. Turner, president of the G&CU and a man with a shrewd eye for business, purchased land close to the junction. He donated and sold some of his plots and soon established the town of Turner next to Junction, Illinois.
Eventually, the two tiny populations combined to make Turner Junction. And in 1896, the town changed its name "West Chicago" in order to give the town a more industrial flavor by association with the actual Chicago. Never mind that Turner Junction is WAY west of Chicago (and not on the west side of the city) and that from then on people would forever be explaining this distinction to out-of-towners.
The city grew as manufacturers settled along the railroad ecosystem. The trains ferried goods and brought in waves of immigrants to work on the railroads and at the factories.
Today, it's still a city defined by what comes through it. My siblings and I would wait at the railroad crossings counting train cars carrying commuters, coal, tractors, and other freight in graffitied train cars. A couple of times I saw enormous wind turbine propellers being carried cross country. Strapped on the bed of the cars and gleaming in the sunlight, they looked like strange dismembered parts of an enormous extraterrestrial spaceship.
These specific memories make West Chicago remarkable to me.
While I was home visiting last week, I met up with a friend from high school who has since moved to the REAL Chicago. It was one of many meetings—some planned and some spontaneous—with old friends. We agreed that neither of us ever wanted to move back for good. We went to school out of state, we'd travelled, we'd seen and lived in far nicer places.
But, of course we keep coming back for visits. Because West Chicago is our hometown and in it we meet and see the friends and neighbors who loved us and watched us grow up as we skinned our knees on the sidewalk and chased fireflies in front of their houses. Every time I go back, I am warmed by these remarkable people in my ordinary hometown.
While at home, I went on a walk, remembering how, after a long rain, the air would smell like cupcakes or Cheerios as the fumes from General Mills wafted over the trees and rooftops in the tiny droplets that smelled particularly strong at the slight hill at the end of our street, which overlooked the tracks.
I turned right and then left and I walked through the old pedestrian tunnel beneath the tracks. I remembered the rebellious thrill of zipping my bike into the dark hole instead of responsibly walking it through, like the sign instructed. The cold dank air was a shock—condensed water dripped from the ceiling and that rank stench that permeates any public underground thoroughfare whipped past my nose as I zoomed by. The trains rumbled overhead, reverberating in deafening, rhythmic ba-boom, ba-booms. And then flash! you were on the other side of tracks and in the sunshine again.
I walked past the public library, where the librarians watched me grow up and then hired me to shelve books in high school. The director was outside and I stopped for a chat.
Hometowns are for these kinds of junctions. We cross paths with old and new faces. Our present selves confront our past selves. We see who we are and were and where we've been and what has changed and what might come next.
After a trial-by-fire year as public school substitute teacher and fly-by-night freelancer, Julia will shed the tribulations of the work-world to embark on a MA in art history and museum studies at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, OH. If you are in town, she'll gladly take you to a local museum. She enjoys walks, leopard print, and good conversation.
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Personal Loan Kamarhati, 16 January 2022 from Lakshmi Vilas Bank
Advance Salary Loan from Lakshmi Vilas Bank in Kamarhati
Kamarhati is a city and a municipality in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is located in the Barrackpore subdivision of the North 24 Parganas district. The place was initially a refugee colony soon after the partition of Bengal as many squatters from East Pakistan flocked to this area and encroached upon the public as well as private land. Within a very short time, these refugees initiated all the amenities required for a comfortable lifestyle and developed a proper society. Kamarhati belongs to the Kolkata Urban Agglomerate and houses around 3.5 lakh residents. There are several industrial units in Kamarhati like Texmaco Rail and Engineering Ltd, Kamarhatty Company Ltd (jute mill), Agarpara Jute Mills, Prabartak Jute Mills Ltd, National Tobacco Company Industries Ltd, WIMCO (a Swedish match company), Allied Ceramics Private Limited, Emami Paper Mills Ltd, etc. The Dakshineshwar Temple is located in this area and it draws thousands of devotees every day.
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In 1926, seven businessmen of Karur founded Lakshmi Vilas Bank under the leadership of Shri V.S.N. Ramalinga Chettiar. They aimed to serve the financial needs of people who were occupied in trading businesses, industry and agriculture, in and around Karur. The bank was established on November 3, 1926, under the Indian Companies Act, 1913, and on November 10, 1926, it obtained the certificate to commence business. After the Banking Regulations Act was introduced in1949, the bank received its banking license from RBI and became a scheduled commercial bank? revealing its capability to operate as a full-fledged commercial bank. Lakshmi Vilas Bank did considerable expansion of its branch network from 1961 to 1965, when the bank took over nine other banks. The bank started the development of its branch network beyond Tamil Nadu in 1974 to take benefit from the additional opportunities across India. Thus, offices were established in the neighboring states of Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, and Kerala, critical financial centres like Kolkata, Mumbai and New Delhi, as well as in other prominent business centers in Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, and Gujarat.


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The first signs of aging can often be seen near the eyelids. You can see eyebrows that are starting to droop (called eye ptosis) and crows' feet next to the top eyelid. Bags under the eyes start to form along with any excess wrinkles. Both phenomena make you look tired. Eyelid surgery is the kind of cosmetic surgery or aesthetic surgery that can be a good help in this case. It becomes more and more popular to do eye surgery abroad.
Treatment: Blepharoplastie with or without eyebrow lifting.
This operation can take place under local anaesthesia with or without sedation (sleep) and takes approximately 1 hour. First of all, the incisions to be made are drawn with a marker by the plastic surgeon while you are standing. Then, the upper eyelid will be numbed and the skin will be removed with a CO2 laser. This method causes little blood loss and very little bruising afterwards. A small sack of fat will also be removed from the inner eyelid during eyelid surgery.
You will also see that eyebrows often begin to sag at the same time. The eyebrow is then attached to your forehead in its anatomically correct position through the same incision. The wounds are closed using skin glue, which disappears automatically approximately one week after eyelid surgery. There will be no stitches to remove after eylid surgery.
Ice will be applied to your eyelids to help prevent post-operative swelling. You can keep applying ice on your eyelids at home for the next 2 or 3 days. You can take a shower the same evening of your surgery.
This operation takes place under local anaesthesia with or without sedation (sleep). First of all, the incision line right under the eyelashes is marked. The lower eyelid is then numbed. After making as short an incision as possible, excess fat tissue and skin folds are removed. The wounds are closed with skin glue. There will be no stitches to remove after eyelid surgery.
Ice is applied to the lower eyelids immediately after surgery to help prevent post-operative swelling. You can continue applying ice for the first three days at home after eyelid surgery. You can take a shower the same evening after your surgery. The skin glue will dissolve automatically after approximately 10 days.


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We haven't been in town the last several years during the 4th of July. Last year, we spent the entire day at Cedar Point, from 9am until 1am the following day.
This year, we took things a little easier, hanging out at home and going out in the evening to view the local fireworks.
The city moved the fireworks display to the community college on the west side of town several years ago, where access to the venue is limited, resulting in horrible traffic at the end of the show. As a result, many of us set up camp a little bit away from the venue where the view was still decent, without the hassle of traffic congestion.
We were in the Schnuck's parking lot.
Really, there's a nice grassy area, so it was a nice way to view the fireworks. In fact, the place was packed with other spectators, so word had gotten out to the masses.
Jill brought sparklers that the kids ran around with.
These bad boys shoot out sparks. Always living on the edge, that Jill!
I lugged my tripod along.
And was glad I did.


Japan's economy is tanking. So why should the UK listen to Shinzo Abe?
delay a scheduled rise in Japan's consumption tax from 8 to 10 per cent.
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The Bat Specialist Group of the IUCN Species Survival Commission (BSG) is one of a number of specialist groups formed within the Species Survival Commission (SSC) of IUCN-The World Conservation Union (IUCN). We are a collaborative multidisciplinary network of bat biologists and conservationists providing support and promoting bat conservation activities throughout the world.
Bats make up one fifth of all terrestrial mammals (1,293 species, N. Simmons 2013). They are among the most endangered of the world's creatures, primarily because much of their habitat has been eliminated by human development or because they are persecuted. Because bats are important seed dispersers and pollinators for many native plants, and key insect predators globally, their loss has serious consequences for the ecosystems to which they belong.
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See what SF/Arts curator Christian L. Frock had to say about I Want the Wide American Earth: "Organized and traveled by the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center, this exhibition considers how Asian Pacific Americans have participated in and been cultivated by this country's history, from a variety of historical vantage points, including the California Gold Rush, the development of the…
Bay Area Focus features History Museum's Asian Pacific American exhibition on KBCW
Michelle Griego discusses the Museum's new exhibition, "I Want the Wide American Earth: An Asian Pacific American Story" with Executive Director, Elisabeth Ward, and Historian and Author, Connie Young Yu. View it here
The Mercury News: September Shows: Train Days
Kids of All ages are certain to have an engaging time at Train Days on Sept. 16-17. The event — now in its ninth year — is held on the grounds of the Los Altos History Museum, and attracts many families from across the Bay Area. Visitors can mingle with model-train collectors and eye elaborate railroad layouts and scenery, scaled…
These Bay Area homes were built to be affordable and now cost millions.
Story of Eichler homes, their developer's middle-class vision told in museum exhibit. The Mercury News covers the Los Altos History Museum's current exhibit Eichler Homes: Modernism for the Masses running through October 8th 2017. Read the article here


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Enter the Falco: The tail dragger is in your town, Thursday night
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Smart Bets: Comic Expo and afterparty
-by Xpress Staff
Ah, the video-game cover-band scene. It's small, but has a devoted following, and if there are Godfathers of it, it's The Minibosses. The band plays the Comic Expo (the replacement…
Smart Bets: Wayne Robbins and the Hellsayers with The Sadies
Smart Bets: Urban Gypsy
Smart Bets: Tav Falco
Smart Bets: LEAF
American Craft Week: WNC fires up kilns and pulls out the paint
-by Jen Nathan Orris
Exit interview: 23 Skidoo says goodbye to Asheville
-by Alli Marshall
"This sounds beautiful:" Altamont Theatre earns a reputation for good listening
-by Kim Ruehl
Bring on the Paparazzi
Foodwire: Luella's wins the tempeh challenge, Dobra banished gluten and more food news
Luella's Bar-B-Que wins the challenge Luella's Bar-B-Que went to the Epic Tempeh Reuben Challenge on Sept. 30 with a brand-new sandwich recipe, and left with both the first place and…
Carouse in costume: This weekend offers two opportunities to eat and drink in silly clothes
-by Emily Patrick
Practice your chicken dance and your zombie shuffle: This weekend presents two chances to celebrate Asheville food and beer with jerky movements, varied vestments and specials at downtown bars and…
Munchies 'n More targets late-night cravings: Beer, condoms and cough syrup by delivery
Munchies 'n More, Asheville's new online delivery convenience store, was born out of a tried-and-true business model: See a problem, provide a solution. "I actually got the idea a couple…
Eat on the outskirts: Foreign flavors look yonder for their niche
Asana Xpress: "Letting the outside in"
-by Kate Lundquist
This is the second in our "Asana Xpress" series highlighting poses from the sun salutation and featuring local yoga students and teachers. Everyone steps onto the yoga mat at different…
Let me represent you: Legislative candidates spill backstories, views on state
-by Nelda Holder
To provide a glimpse of the more personal and philosophical sides of the Buncombe County candidates for N.C. House and Senate, Xpress asked each candidate (by phone or in person)…
Campaign calendar
Compiled by Nelda Holder, contributing editor Thursday, 10/11 Campaign Appreciation Event for Carol Peterson, Buncombe County Board of Commissioners, hosted by John Young at Weaverville Town Hall. Free event; hot…
Election 2012: 'Tis the season
-by Margaret Williams
It's election season — falling leaves, cool nights, and a host of voter forums, candidate photo ops, debate-watching parties and a near-last-minute visit by Vice President Joe Biden (photo by…
Saving the American chestnut: Asheville-based foundation hosts international summit Oct. 19-21
The American chestnut once thrived in the Eastern U.S., especially the Appalachians. Efforts to revive the tree — decimated by an invasive fungus — are under way and show promise.…
Best business advice 2012
In honor of the Best of WNC issues, we thought it would be the perfect time to gather some of our best business advice — well-worn wisdom that has guided…
-by Brent Brown
City Water CTS
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Weekly Asheville Disclaimer Page: 10/10/12
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Lucky, lucky us!
Kudos for your great, two-plus-page Sept. 26 spread, "Selfishness Has No Integrity Whatsoever." Thanks for putting the spotlight on last weekend's Black Mountain Colllege Museum and Art Center's events and…
Xpress is the marketing arm for the Seven Deadly Sins
Nature offers a persisting message that nothing in life is free. There's more than a little bit of irony in the reality [that] liberals who view themselves as paragons of…
Switch to alternative media while it still exists
I was interested to read the featured letter — to which Jeff Fobes felt it necessary to respond — "Et Tu, Xpress?" in the Oct. 3 Xpress. In that letter,…
I'm taking a break from Xpress
I read and reread Jeff Fobes' response to Virginia Bower's Oct. 3 letter, "Et tu, Xpress?" about her disgust with the Xpress for running the full-page ad for the anti-Obama…
You got it right, Mayor Bellamy
In the Oct. 3 letter, "Another Done Deal," Joe Cobble of Asheville quoted Mayor Terry Bellamy as having asserted, after voting against the wrong-headed plan for the McKibbon group: "I…
Old history dies hard
As Nelda Holder's Sept. 18 online story on the Asheville City Council's meeting with General Assembly representatives reminds us, the focus of acting in good faith in the possible seizure…
Downtown panhandling: It's time for some change
What's up with all these packs of people dressed in filthy rags (often with numerous dogs) demanding money just for simply passing by them? You can't avoid these packs of…
Support the Veteran's ID Card Act
I would like to bring a topic to the public attention. There is currently a bill on the table in Congress called HR 2985, otherwise known as the The Veteran's…
Go see Hairspray
I was blown away by the Sept. 27 performance of Hairspray at Asheville Community Theatre. If you want to have fun and leave with a big grin on your face,…
Many Americans have spoken
The practice of accumulating toxic coal ash in marginally protected lagoons is unacceptable, reprehensible and must be stopped. Toxic metals become concentrated in coal ash and leach continually through the…
A vote for Patsy Keever is a vote for average Americans
Patsy Keever is running to represent WNC's 10th District in Congress. This race presents a clear choice for voters. Patsy has stood up for "We, the People" all her life,…
Moffitt is a home-run legislator
Rep. Tim Moffitt has generated more bills in the past two years than any other freshman representative in N.C. legislative history. Out of 39 bills he sponsored or co-sponsored, 15…
Vote Jane Whilden
In 2010, a Raleigh tea-bag tycoon named Art Pope funded campaigns across the state through direct donations and through several political action committees. Pope targeted even the most moderate state…
J.B. Howard will put taxpayers first
As a past candidate for Buncombe County commissioner, I had the privilege of getting to know most of the candidates during primary season. One person in particular stood out: J.B.…
Pat Cothran's drive is indisputable
Pat Cothran's integrity and drive to get the job done right the first time are indisputable. During my tenure working for Old North State Title, I witnessed Pat's unerring demands…
Drew for deeds (and all people)
Our region is growing and diversifying. People from outside the state and even outside the county continue to move to Buncombe County because of our breathtaking environment and the vibrant…
Upholding state law is a public servant's duty
Register of deeds swearing-in ceremony, March 1, 2011: "I, Drew Reisinger, do hereby solemnly swear that I will support and maintain … the Constitution and laws of North Carolina, not…
The Other Side of the Mountain
For far too long, the need to feed the family forced me to live in a distant place. Although it was south of the Mason-Dixon Line, it wasn't the real…
Terrorism by any other name … On Nov. 19 and 20, I joined 19,000 other concerned citizens in protesting at the gates of Fort Benning, Ga., to demand an end…
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