Leading a healthy lifestyle is not only important for me, but for my entire family as well. Eating healthier and being active is something I firmly believe in for my children. In an effort to encourage a healthier way of life, The National Dairy Council and the NFL have partnered to launch Fuel Up to Play 60.
Fuel Up to Play 60 is a school nutrition and physical activity program to give kids a strong foundation for a healthier life for kids. It is the largest in-school wellness programs across America and has helped change over 73,000 schools. The program urges children to consume low-fat and fat-free dairy products, fruits, vegetables, lean meats and whole grains in addition to 60 minutes of physical activity each day.
Qualifying California schools are eligible for up to $4000 each school year. Eligibility for the 2015-2016 school year is determined using a competitive program designed to support schools to implement plays from the Fuel Up To Play 60 Playbook. The program is geared to use school support to partner children and educators to complete specially designed plays geared for healthier lives. Kids are educated on how to make healthy choices through the different plays from the program.
The program is a great way to empower children with knowledge and encourage lifestyle changes that will last them a lifetime. Students have an opportunity to earn point by completing challenges and win prizes. Additionally the program helps children become leaders in their school by striving to become ambassadors who encourage and lead their schools towards healthier lives. Children have a chance to attend events and meet NFL players. The program has resulted in 38 million students eating healthier by adding nutritious foods into their every day diets.
The program also encourages educators and parents to get involved. By taking an active roll in helping schools join the program, becoming advisors and implementing dietary changes, parents and educators have a direct impact on aiding young kids to build healthier futures.
Fuel Up to Play 60 is a great way for kids to educate themselves and others through fun methods while building leadership skills. The Fall 2015 Fuel Up To Play 60 grant applications are open to California K-12 schools through November 4, 2015. If you're interested in supporting wellness initiatives and want to sign up an eligible school, visit FuelUpToPlay60 and start playing.
As parents, I think we all want our kids to be active and eat healthy! This is an awesome program!
What a wonderful way to get kids active! I think this is just great.
This is a great program! It is so important for kids to stay active! It definitely seems to be harder and harder with all of the technology that keeps them indoors these days!
I am a huge fan of the FuelUpToPlay60 initiative! It's so great to see kids getting active!!
This sounds like a great program. I like that my kids are always running around or playing.
I'm all about getting kids to be healthier, this is great!
This is an awesome program. Kids really need to get more active!
This is a really great program that really helps kids get active.


"You can't argue with a word like 'fraught'." The conversation continues.
Tigger is my favorite character within the Hundred Acre Wood, and that fact may explain why the word fraught became my favorite word after Tigger advised Roo.
Here is a trailer to the movie, which includes the 'fraught' scene.
Would you kick me if I said that post was fraught with hilarity? I love when you talk to yourself. It makes me feel, well, less crazy. And I'm diagnosed with bipolar and OCD so that's a lot of crazy. You make me feel sorry for my parents, though, who just had my step-brother with them for a week.
He's schizophrenic so that's a lot of self talking. With hand gestures.
P.S. I LOVE PUMPKIN FRAP SO THERE OMA!
Kick you?! No! I'd hug you! I am glad you thought this was fraught with hilarity! Bonus hugs for using 'fraught'!
I am glad I am able to help you fee a little less crazy, Kim. Everyone needs a friend like me (and me), eh? You can stop watching "Cops" and "Jerry Springer", because I am crazy enough to help you feel normal.
I figured I might as well milk my self-conversations for what's its worth – because the conversations flow frequently.
I use hand gestures when talking with real live people. I don't use 'em so much with myself. I guess that's one saving grace, eh?
I'll tell you in the original Winnie the Pooh Disney cartoon, the Huffalumps and Woozels scared the crap out of me.
Now I'm going to be thinking of that all day.
Steve, I am certain – CERTAIN – the illustrators of the original Winnie the Pooh were doing LSD when they created the Heffalumps and Whoozels. Those things scared the crap out of me when I was young. (My kids, too.) Lumpy is a kinder and gentler heffalump. No nightmares.
And, I thought of you when my internet went down – because you and I chatted a bit on Sunday (or was it Monday?). Who knew I'd be relating to your situation minus the snow?
Glad you liked the post, Darla. I am to please. Me, too!
I remember my mother picked up the girls a Tigger. It bounced when you pushed a button and it said "Bouncin' is what Tiggers do best." Never understood the plural of Tiggers. I thought there was only one, until now. Now I get it.
Aw man, Georgette! Now I don't get it. Why is Tiggers plural when there is only one. Oooooooh. Wait a minute …. he talks to himself like I do! See?! I KNEW I liked Tigger best!
Your 'conversations' are always so civilized, LD, how do you do it?
Editing, PW. Lots of editing.
I love how you talk to yourself like you are your best friend…that is priceless. Maybe I'll start doing that.
We – er – I have that affect on rooms. Glad I made you laugh!
You get along so well with yourself. Conversations with myself usually end in screaming and rending of clothing.
Fraught is a great word. I'm fond of the word mirth. It's fun to say.
We've been land-line free for years and haven't missed it.
No internet until Monday? I don't think I could make it. Ours was out for a few hours last night due to a storm and I had to keep a wooden spoon handy cause the withdrawal spasms were so bad.
Hope you make it through the weekend!
I had to make through the weekend and beyond, Amy. I'm back now, though. Some residual shaking remains….
Too funny Lenore! Good luck getting your service back on.
Brilliance, Jacquelin! My lack of internet did not allow me to respond to your brilliance until today. I am bowing down to you.
Your use of fraught was excellent; adding the alliteration was the cherry on top!
Lenore in this post you actually made us confused, you actually throw us for loop, you actually made us laugh. So you made us to react while reading this one, the way you wanted. So Hats off to your imagination. And its always feels great when someone write something unique. It was one of them. Congrats! Keep Writing!
I greatly appreciate your compliment. Thank you!
Lenore Can i make your blog part of my blogroll?
Certainly, Arindam. Thank you for including me.
I love love love the Airplane reference. And I'm with you about flavored coffees. Way too sweet.
Oh, technology. I feel like I'm the world's last dinosaur. I like gadgets well enough but I will not get rid of my old Bakelite rotary phone or stop reading a good, crinkly newspaper.
You got the Airplane reference, eh? Great taste, Leonore. Great taste.
I am still chuckling. You have a way with endings, Lenore. They satiate, and make one ask for more, all at once.
Thank you very much, Priya. I love the word 'satiate', and I am honored you used it to describe the ending.
As always, I appreciate you spending your time here. Thank you.
That's funny, Deb. Hopefully you'll remember all of the above this time next year…. prior to purchasing, of course.
You can call this dialogue crazy if you want to, Lenore, but I know the truth. There are a lot more than two of you in there, and these are the normal ones.
You're not allowed to ask me how I know this.
Oh Charles, I won't ask how you know this – provided you keep it secret. The others are getting nervous … and waiting for me to express their two cents in my blog. The line is getting longer.
The wonderful thing about Tiggers, is that Tiggers are wonderful things!
…Their tops are made out of rubber, their bottoms are made out of springs!
Gotta love that bouncy little guy.
They're bouncy, flouncy, trouncy, pouncy fun fun fun fun fun!
I've been fraught with anxiety knowing I haven't been over for a few days. I'm so behind on my reading. How do you keep up?
I love it when you talk to yourself. It makes me feel better about the conversations I have with myself, but sadly, mine are not quite as funny.
I don't believe you, Nancy. I'm certain you have funny conversations with yourself, with your kids providing the inspiration.
And, I have not kept up with the reading and writing, lately. Slowly, I'm catching up… slowly but surely.
Thanks for visiting (and using the word fraught)!
David Letterman wanted me to ask if you'd remove that Uma-Oprah reference or he'll have to resort to legal action. He had hoped everyone had forgot about that by now.
An elephant never forgets, though I'm not sure what that has to do with the price of peanuts.
Have David's people call my people – so many people.
I thought about Uma -Oprah right away, as well. What I want to know is, how did Starbucks create so much free advertising by having us all blogging about the pumpkin latte? Sorry neither of you liked it – I thought it was yummy.
Hahahahahaha! Please tell me 'sorry neither of you liked it' was directed to me and at least one of my personalities. I – er – We took it as such and had a great laugh.


In 1982, John Loftus, a young attorney in the Justice Department's Office of Special Investigations (OSI), appeared on 60 Minutes, the most acclaimed television news program of the time, and revealed that following World War II, both the Justice and State departments covertly admitted vast numbers of Nazi war criminals into the US and naturalized many of them. In his latest book, America's Nazi Secret, John Loftus reveals the shocking secret of the Justice Department's decades of Nazi collaboration.
As Mordechai Vanunu can testify, being a whistleblower carries with it grave personal risks. But, unlike Vanunu, whose public revelations regarding Israel's alleged nuclear weapons program placed Jewish security at great risk, John Loftus, a Roman Catholic, took on this role in the pursuit of truth and justice for Jewish victims of the Holocaust.
In 1982 Loftus appeared on 60 Minutes, the most acclaimed television news program of the time, and revealed that following World War II, both the Justice and State departments covertly admitted vast numbers of Nazi war criminals into the United States and naturalized many of them. For this, 60 Minutes received an Emmy Award for outstanding investigative journalism, while Loftus and his family received death threats.
In 1977, as a young attorney working for the Justice Department's Office of Special Investigations (OSI), Loftus was officially assigned to investigate Nazi war crimes cases from Byelorussia (known today as Belarus), but also covertly to determine who had fixed some of the Nuremberg trials, and why.
Little did he know that within those darkened, underground, highly classified archives in Suitland, Maryland, he would come across a dusty box containing the diary of Sol Shnadow, a Byelorussian Jewish survivor and Bielski partisan, and that in doing so his life was about to take an irreversible turn.
That 60 Minutes interview led to the 1982 publication of The Belarus Secret, the Knopf Nominee for the Pulitzer Prize in history, and the first of his many highly controversial works. It detailed who these Byelorussian Nazis were, and identified the US agencies and individuals responsible for bringing them into America — all done behind Congress's back. His latest book, America's Nazi Secret, has just been released and includes details previously censored out from The Belarus Secret by the government.
"I can finally tell the whole story," he said.
These intricate details were made available to him when he worked as a special investigator for the OSI, under the direction of former Nuremberg Trials prosecutor Walter J. Rockler. The OSI was established by Congress to investigate allegations of Nazi war criminals residing in the US. Loftus's security clearance was upgraded from Top Secret to COSMIC (NATO), Q (nuclear weapons), and SCI (codeword).
After leaving government, he arranged permission with the CIA to conduct interviews under attorney/client privilege, on the condition that this information would be cleared with the CIA. The CIA, as well, coordinated this clearance with the other intelligence agencies.
Now, thirty years later, this CIA clearance is no longer necessary.
"It might be too late for justice, but it is not too late for the truth," he said.
Although Loftus has many detractors, he is determined to continue to put out the facts as he sees them. Loftus, a resident of St. Petersburg, Florida, was in Montreal recently promoting America's Nazi Secret. It was there, in the offices of the Canadian Institute for Jewish Research (CIJR), where Mishpacha first caught up with him. In follow-up phone conversations and e-mail correspondence, Loftus discussed his new book and its secrets; his detractors; US intelligence networks; and what he claims is the infiltration of the Muslim Brotherhood into these agencies — particularly the FBI. His revelations — finally declassified — were shocking.


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Spirits come to life at 5th annual Haunting at Mill Hill
By LESLIE LAKE
Published 5:30 pm EDT, Friday, October 16, 2015
"The Gray Ghost" is just one of several historical hauntings put on by the Norwalk Historical Society's re-enactment crew. The hauntings begin Oct. 23.
NORWALK — Illuminated only by the glow of lanterns, the graveyard at Mill Hill burying ground will come to life as the "spirits" of some of Norwalk's earliest citizens will rise up to tell the stories of their tragic demise at the 5th annual Haunting at Mill Hill.
Sponsored by the Norwalk Historical Society, the "ghostly" storytelling tours on October 23 and 24, will feature the true stories of some of Norwalk's past citizens as portrayed by costumed re-enactors. Led by lantern-toting volunteers, attendees will encounter six "spirits" who appear at various points in the cemetery to tell their tragic stories of murder, death, and destruction.
Two of the six "ghosts" who will make an appearance are Nelson Taylor, a troubled spirit from South Norwalk, and Jacob Nash, a Revolutionary War soldier who met his demise during the Burning of Norwalk.
"I don't want to give away too much," said Madeleine Eckert, board member of Norwalk Historical Society (NHS) and researcher for the stories being presented. "Nelson Taylor was a prominent businessman, the mayor of South Norwalk and the son of a Civil War general. He met a very sad ending. Jacob Nash died during the Battle of Norwalk.
Eckert sifted through old newspapers, city records and archives to compile the tales of both well-known and obscure citizens from the city's past.
"These are all real stories of real people who lived in Norwalk," Eckert said.
Eckert and her husband Ed, well-known local historians, will also play an acting role in the Haunting.
"I play a woman who lived in Norwalk and who died in an asylum," Eckert said.
Costumed re-enactors from past tours have depicted a "ghostly" passenger from a train crash in Norwalk in the 1800s, a Civil War soldier who died on the battlefield, and various early citizens who met with an unfortunate end.
"This tells the unknown history of Norwalk," said Samantha Kulish, NHS education coordinator. "If it weren't for Madeleine's research, these stories would be forgotten. These aren't stories you'll find in history books, these are real people who lived in Norwalk and we are bringing their stories to life."
The burial ground at Mill Hill, Norwalk's 3rd oldest cemetery which dates back to the 1740s, is the final resting place of early Norwalk settlers that included members of the Betts, Grumman, and Lockwood families.
The planning for the cemetery tour takes the better part of six months and according to NHS executive director Diane Jellerette, tickets for the popular Haunting sell out quickly.
"We typically have between 500 to 600 attendees from throughout the
tri-state area," she said. "People remember it from previous years and when tickets go on sale, they tend to sell out quickly."
Net proceeds from the tour will benefit the NHS education and cultural programs.
Refreshments will be served after each tour in the onsite 1826 Little Red Schoolhouse.
The Norwalk Historical Society is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization and the Haunting at Mill Hill is sponsored in part by: Collins Funeral Home, Crystal Theatre, Dunkin Donuts, Spinnaker Real Estate Partners, Stew Leonard's, Stop and Shop, Tuliptree Site Designs & Whole Foods.
"A Haunting at Mill Hill": tours every half hour from 6 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., Friday, Oct. 23 and Saturday, Oct. 24 at Mill Hill Historic Park, 2 East Wall St., Norwalk.
Tours will be under a tent during inclement weather. Attendees are asked to bring a flashlight.
There is limited space on each tour. Purchase tickets online at www.norwalkhistoricalsociety.org. Early Bird Tickets purchased by Oct. 22: $13/Adults and teens; $8/Children. Tickets purchased after October 22 and at the door: $15/Adults and Teens; $10/children. Tour is not recommended for children under 8 years old.

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Amputee Dancer Beat Cancer To Perform Breathtaking Moves.
Gabi Shull has been through more than any average 9 year old when she had to have her leg amputated above the knee after surviving a rare form of cancer that destroyed her knee. The Missouri schoolgirl injured herself in January of 2011 when she was ice skating, and assumed she merely bumped her knee. After a couple of weeks went by and the bruising still persisted, her parents took her to the doctor's office to get an MRI scan. Sadly, the tests showed Gabi suffered from a type of cancer called Osteosarcoma. After 12 rounds of chemo, the strong ice skater was finally able to shrink her tumor to a size that'd allow doctors to operate on. This was just the beginning for Gabi. But where there's courage and resilience, there's triumph and freedom. Gabi is now able to show off her impressive dance moves thanks to a groundbreaking surgery that literally changed her life.
Thanks to the chemo, the tumor shrank and Gabi was able to get it removed. After receiving several treatment and surgery options that called for amputation, her family and herself decided on a groundbreaking technique that would allow her to move, dance, and go on with her life.
Thanks to rotationplasty, a technique that calls for surgeons to remove the diseased knee and rotate the foot 180 degrees, and reattach it to her upper leg, Gabi now has more mobility and is allowed to move freely, focusing back on the one thing that truly made her happy: dancing!
Gabi's mom Debbie recently talked about how they decided to go ahead with rotationplasty.
"We talked about it with Gabi and we started looking at videos of kids roller blading, rock climbing, water skiing after having a rotationplasty."
There are virtually no cons to this surgery, outside of the strange way the leg might look for outsiders. Needless to say, the visual aspects of the surgery were the last thing on Gabi and her family's mind so they decided to focus on the quality of life she would have.
Where there's a will, there's a way. No one knows this better than Gabi who has beat the odds and is now a cancer survivor ballerina with the most incredible dance moves! Watch the video here.


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Concrete homes are a rising trend in every state out there and are progressively being employed to improve the visual appeal of our residential areas. This is not just owing to prominent short and long term economic benefits, but also due to the massive and ever growing appealing choices it offers. You may not be aware a house is a concrete one by looking at it, but once you step into it, you will be fascinated by the experience you get. In disparity to our conventional notion of wooden homes, it is currently becoming the go-to substitute to the mind-numbing ancient construction decisions we have been fixed on for quite some time.
Apart from offering a modernized view of house constructions, concrete homes are economical in that they lower energy bills as well. Below we are going to look at the different ways in which concrete homes lower energy bills.
Ways that concrete homes lower energy costs.
costs equated to wood. In this reference link, you can see Houston Ready Mix Trucks filled with the highly-absorbant material. In my view, this is the best benefit of concrete homes. Its ability to absorb, accumulate and later discharge substantial heat amounts is a significant cost saving feature.
A safe house is an economical home since the worry of repairs in case of a fire breakout is behind you. The malleable foams used in concrete homes can never add the intensity of burning in case there is a fire breakout in your home. This is because they are treated with flame retardants to preclude them from scorching or catching any unnecessary flames. This material would be perfect for an outdoor stepping path. In firewall checks, ICF and concrete walls endured incessant contact with powerful fires and high temperatures of up to two thousand degrees F for around four hours short of a physical catastrophe, likened to wooden walls that malformed in not more than an hour or so.
Concrete homes save on heating and air-conditioning costs.
They offer radiant heating which is an excellent heating feature. On cold winter days, concrete homes can have warm floors for your enjoyment. Warm heat is conveyed to your feet not forgetting the air around you gets heated up as well. This is a heating system that is reliable, cost-reducing and energy efficient to top it all up. Furthermore, there is circulation of warm water through robust plastic pipes which are fixed in concrete. This ensures more warmth is dispersed throughout your home.
Concrete has high insulation properties.
There are various insulation varieties of concrete homes ranging from polystyrene panels to foiled backed batts.
Other benefits of concrete homes.
Concrete is safe from elevated gusts of winds.
If your home is erected in areas susceptible to tornados or hurricanes, concrete is the best choice for you. Wooden homes will be completely destroyed by storms while concrete will stay erect and strong; since they can endure flying wreckage from whirlwinds and hurricanes with great wind speeds.
Concrete homes ensure you pay less insurance.
This is owed to the fact that concrete homes are less likely to catch fire, get infested with pests or get knocked over by strong winds unlike wooden homes; therefore, insurance payments will definitely be less. Paying less on insurance covers will ensure you save more money to use on other bills that may arise.
Concrete provides a healthier interior environment.
Concrete material only contains inorganic material that is non-toxic. This ensures that mold growth or any other harmful microorganisms will not be supported. Air infiltration is also reduced meaning less exposure to allergens. This ensures a less likely visit to the hospital hence saving on costs as well. Furthermore, concrete homes are environment- friendly in that trees are not cut down so as to build wooden homes and there is less building waste. This ensures conserving of forests for future generations.
Concrete homes provide comfort and privacy.
The everyday noise of the outside will be impervious to you in a concrete home. No more nuisance of the neighbor's barking dog, the noisy car honks or the noisy downpours. Peace and quiet is all that someone looks for when you go home and that is what a concrete home offers.
Concrete does not entail much maintenance.
This benefits constructors and contractors while not forgetting the homeowners.
Concrete is a renowned building material.
This quality allows you to save on total development costs since the home will last an extended amount of time.
When allowing for all of this, it is not tough to envision concrete homes becoming a usual in houses and other constructions around the realm within the subsequent generations to come. The expenses are minimal, the reimbursements plentiful and the prospective of a unique style is immeasurable.
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I have been eating Homity Pies for about 25 years! I first had them when I was a student.............. bought from a delightful little bakery round the corner from my practice placement. It was at a time when I didn't eat meat and I loved that this was a vegetarian fresh-baked pie that I could eat on the go at lunch, which was really tasty, quite unusual and sort of cemented the fact that I could present as a bit 'trendy' (which most of the time I wasn't).
I also loved that the recipe came from Cranks which at the time, was well-known in vegetarian circles to be hip, healthy and alternative. It was vegetarian food taken to a new level, but with a social conscience! Well........ studying social work, the cultural experience sort of came as expected!
In search of the ability to make this perfection of vegetarian pies, I rushed out and bought The Cranks Recipe Book (1982) and there on page 141 I found them. I have been making them ever since, with a few variations of ingredients along the way and now in gluten free form.
One of the things I really like about Homity is the simplicity of the ingredients, yet they are packed with flavour. The filling to the crisp pastry base is essentially potato, onion, garlic and cheese. The original recipe uses boiled or steamed potatoes, but I have always used left over baked potatoes (or baked them especially), because I think they taste better and you retain the goodness and texture of the potato skins. In the past, I have made them with sweet potato as well, which adds a sweeter, alternative dimension and a delightful orange hue to the pies.
The recipe that I have given below is fairly close to the original, but for dietary reasons I have used a crisp gluten free almond-pastry base, which works beautifully with the wholesomeness of the filling.
Eaten warm, the filling is soft with the potato and tangy with the sweetness of caramelised onion and garlic, offset by the slight sharpness of the cheddar cheese (I always use at least mature, if not extra mature for depth and strength of flavour). The parsley adds an iron-richness and the almond pastry provides a wonderful nutty, background bite.
They are equally as delicious cold............ Eat them in packed lunches or on picnics for the perfect alternative to sandwiches and sausage rolls. Much tastier and heaps better for you!
Hosted by Anneli at Delicieux (and Lou from Eat Your Veg) the theme for April is 'Celebrate Vegetables'. Homities are a fantastic cheesy base for any number of vegetable combinations, providing there is a bit of 'root' going on in there. And the onions in mine come straight from my garden. I can certainly celebrate the fact that my last year's home-grown veg is still feeding us even in April!
Make your pastry as in this post and roll out to line 6 individual (10 cm/4 inch) pie tins or foil dishes. Because you are using gluten free pastry which you do not want to 'over-work', split the pastry dough into individual portions before you roll out. This will prevent it from becoming crumbly.
Place the pastry cases in the fridge to rest for about an hour.
Cut your baked potatoes into small pieces.
In a large pan, sauté the chopped onion in the olive oil for about 10 minutes until very soft, stirring frequently.
Add the garlic and cut potatoes, stir and continue to cook for a further 5 minutes.
Remove from the heat and stir in the butter (so that it melts), parsley, half of the cheese, milk and seasoning. Stir to combine thoroughly. If you are adding bacon or sausage, do so at this stage.
Cool the mixture slightly, whilst you pre-heat the oven to 220 C/425 F/Gas 7.
When cool enough (warm is fine), spoon the mixture into the uncooked pastry cases so that you have chunky tops.
Sprinkle the top of each pie with the remaining cheese and bake for about 20 minutes until the tops are golden.
They look delicious and I love their rsutic appearance. I have a cranks cookbook somewhere, I must hunt it out.
Thanks Katie. Definitely dig out the Cranks............. I'd forgotten how many fab recipes there are in there!


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All this under-the-radar normalcy would not be noteworthy in the least if the two stars weren't the most staggeringly high-profile Hollywood couple since Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton (except with only three divorces between them and not nearly as much booze or bling). This month, in By the Sea, they'll appear together for the first time in a decade, since the action-packed romp Mr. and Mrs. Smith introduced them to the world as a couple onscreen and (subsequently, they insist) off. Though the new film, by Jolie Pitt's own account, is a "small" one, it will likely attract a lot of interest in the media juggernaut known as Brangelina—especially since the story involves a couple whose marriage is in deep crisis. The movie, set in an isolated seaside hotel in France, lays them emotionally bare in a way they've rarely been seen before, and certainly not together.


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Fine-dining restaurants are tackling the growth of delivery in the age of eating in
Patrons enjoy a meal the old-fashioned way at Spruce in San Francisco. (Alanna Hale)
In today's on-demand world, convenience is more important than ever. But what happens when the trend envelops the hospitality industry, one that's quite literally defined by welcoming guests?
As food and beverage–delivery mobile apps like GrubHub, DoorDash and UberEats continue to grow in popularity, higher-end restaurants are grappling with how to bring their caliber of service into customers' homes—even for these service-based businesses, the trend has been difficult to ignore. Those who've adapted, however, are enjoying the benefits of an added revenue stream.
Once upon a time, if restaurants wanted to provide carryout or delivery services, they took the orders and dispatched drivers themselves. These new app-based businesses are now providing the labor, potentially making deliveries more efficient and more profitable for restaurants.
According to a Gallup poll this past July, 84% of U.S. adults say they order delivery or takeout at least once a month. And according to mobile market data company App Annie, the number of meals ordered on mobile devices rose 130% in the two-year period from 2016 to 2018. Over the same period, global downloads of the top five delivery apps increased 115%. A March 2018 report from Cohen Financial, a real-estate firm that analyzes industry trends, predicts that restaurant deliveries will increase at more than three times the rate of on-premise sales between 2018 and 2023, led by digital orders.
"There's really been a big shift," said David Rekhson, principal of Chicago's DineAmic Hospitality, which offers all nine of its restaurants on the Caviar app and is seeing month-over-month growth on delivery orders. "People definitely want to stay home and eat, so being able to provide a restaurant-quality experience in their home is a major priority for us."
Putting fine dining on wheels
DineAmic is one of many companies that have had to reshape their operations to capitalize on the increasingly important revenue stream while minimizing growing pains. To avoid pelting their cooks with an influx of to-go orders, the group reconstructed their kitchens to include designated stations for delivery orders, and added employees to expedite them.
Los Angeles' Mozza Restaurant Group established an entirely new takeout and delivery-only concept, Mozza2Go, adjacent to their Pizzeria Mozza, Osteria Mozza and Chi Spacca. Beverage director Sarah Clarke said they created it about five years ago to satisfy demand without placing added burden on their dine-in only restaurants.
"Now it's just so commonplace everywhere to have everything delivered," Clarke said. "So I think we definitely need it, partly to be relevant, partly because it's good for sales."
By featuring a menu that's mostly limited to the pizzeria's items, Mozza2Go also addresses one of the biggest issues posed by delivery: maintaining the integrity of the food during transit. Especially for serious dining destinations, handing off a dish to a delivery carrier, essentially a third-party contractor who's outside of the organization's control, can be problematic.
"Obviously if you're at [Chi] Spacca and you have a particular temperature on your steak, that doesn't travel well," Clarke said.
San Francisco–based Bacchus Management Group employs the same solution, offering abbreviated menus at two of their eight participating restaurants with more intricate cuisine, Wine Spectator Grand Award winners Spruce and the Village Pub. There, customers are limited to just a few items better-suited for travel, like salads and burgers.
"We always think about all of our restaurants, even those higher-end restaurants, as being rooted in their neighborhoods, and we want to be able to take care of the people in the neighborhood," said founding partner Tim Stannard. "I think it's just an opportunity in our case … for people to use the restaurants in more and different ways than they have in the past."
That challenge has stopped certain restaurants from participating, like Del Frisco's Double Eagle Steak House's 16 locations. "It's nothing against the apps, rather than delivery not providing the best medium for them to present their food," a representative of the chain told Wine Spectator via email.
What about wine?
In some states, such as California, Minnesota, Illinois and Florida, customers can also order wine through these platforms, creating the added challenge of ensuring that the third-party carrier serves it exclusively to adults.
Chicago-based group Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises cautiously evaluated the security of each platform's wine-delivery process before offering bottle lists for particularly wine-centric concepts such as Restaurant Award winners RPM Italian and RPM Steak.
"Whenever it was integral to the dining experience and we could guarantee safe service, we bundled them," said wine director Richard Hanauer.
Still, brands like RPM and Bacchus Management Group say delivery orders account for a very small percentage of overall wine sales, finding that guests prefer to pull from their own stash rather than order bottles for delivery.
Are guests still coming in?
Restaurants also have to decide if the increased sales are worth the added costs in operations, employees and delivery companies' fees. In high-demand markets, delivery company fees typically range from 25 to 40 percent per order. As more customers order in and don't visit, profit margins start to shrink.
But the fine-dining restaurant owners interviewed for this story report that, so far, they are reaping the benefits of the business model as a supplementary revenue stream. And they say that isn't decreasing dining-room guests. Fine dining has been the top performing segment in the restaurant industry in the past two years in sales growth, according to restaurant industry research firm TDn2K.
Restaurants with significant atmosphere and service elements can maintain foot traffic in the dining room, where guests are also more likely to opt for wine. That means more opportunities for profits and less money lost to fees.
That would be good news for wine-and-food lovers who fear dining out's doomsday is imminent. Even for restaurants expanding into delivery, dining-room service remains the top priority, as delivery can only provide a fraction of the experience to which these establishments are dedicated.
"We would so much rather have a guest come into our restaurant, have the dish plated, be able to engage with the sommelier," Hanaeur said. "All of that is stripped away [with delivery]."
B&B Butchers & Restaurant owner Benjamin Berg, whose menu is available on the app Favor, echoed this sentiment. "While it adds a layer of convenience for certain evenings, people also need and want to get out of their house and eventually want the experience and entertainment of dining in the restaurant," Berg told Wine Spectator via email.
These restaurants are about far more than cuisine, and consumers are still willing to show up for that added value. "There's something about going to a fine-dining restaurant," Stannard said. "There's a certain level of that experience that can never be replicated on an app."
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University of North Carolina–Greensboro
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The Department of Human Development and Family Sciences (HDFS) explores the psychological, social, and biopsychosocial processes that lead individuals and families to a spectrum of outcomes, from productivity, health, and well-being at one end to illness, dysfunction, and distress at the other. HDFS at UT-Austin is a dynamic program that is among the nation's best interdisciplinary departments. Our faculty are award-winning teachers, leaders in prestigious scientific societies, recipients of national and international awards for outstanding research accomplishments and distinguished careers, and recipients of major grants from the National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health, and numerous private foundations. Our senior faculty are among the elite researchers in the discipline, and our junior faculty are some of the field's brightest up and coming stars.
The Human Development and Family Studies concentrations are part of the Department of Educational Psychology in the College of Education. These program areas prepare professionals through study, research, and practical experiences to enhance the quality of life and education for children, youth, adults, and families. Graduates are prepared to assume diverse roles in parent/family life education, child life, early childhood intervention, teaching, research, administration, and other professions requiring knowledge of human development and family life. The undergraduate and graduate programs are connected with the Certified Family Life Educator credential through the National Council on Family Relations and with Early Childhood Intervention certification through the state of Texas. We have had an active Child Life program since the 1980's, and we train public school teachers who certify in Family and Consumer Sciences.
Child Development and Families Studies (CDFS) is a program in the Department of Learning Sciences and Human Development in the College of Education and Human Services at West Virginia University. Both B.S. and M.A. degrees are offered. Students in the B.S. program can select from two options: (a) Birth through Pre-K Early Childhood Education or (b) Family and Youth Studies. Birth through Pre-K Early Childhood Education is best suited for students who are interested in working with young children, from birth to four years, and their parents in pre-school or child care programs. Family and Youth Studies is best suited for students who are interested in working with older children, adolescents, and/or families in youth development or family development programs in community agencies. A M.A. can pursued in Educational Psychology with an emphasis in CDFS. Students complete 33 hours of coursework which includes a six-credit hour research-based thesis. Doctoral studies in Human Development and Family Studies (HDFS) is available as an emphasis within the Interdisciplinary Ph.D. in Education in the College of Human Resources and Education. See details below.
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University of Nebraska - Lincoln
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More Evidence That Two Boston Mosques have Ties to International Terrorists
Dean Garrison April 24, 2013
Why is the media so scared to call the Boston tragedy what it is? It appears that once again some very bad people did some very bad things in the name of Allah. Saying that does not make me a bigot. America needs to know the whole truth. America needs to know how deep this corruption may run. A few days ago we ran an article titled "Why Does Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick Openly Embrace Radical Islam?" which was written by my friend Tim Brown.
I want you to imagine that your governor went to embrace the likes of Fred Phelps from Westboro Baptist Church. That is what Patrick's action is akin to. The difference is that American politicians can't quite get behind the "God Hates Fags" message, but they can get behind this "religion of peace" routine that we see in the mainstream media. As a reminder… Not all Muslims are terrorists but most terrorists are Muslims. That is a fact. So let's start calling this what it is. This was more than likely an act of jihad by Muslim terrorists.
I want to give you a bit of background before I go on to the new information. Do you think the people of Boston might take this video a little more seriously after the bombings? I would certainly hope so.
USA Today Exposes Mosque for Radical Ties…
Two days after my good friend Tim had the courage to print the truth, USA Today has jumped on the bandwagon. Mosque that Boston suspects attended has radical ties was released late Tuesday so I am betting most people missed it. I want to quote the sections about the known radical ties:
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and his brother, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, attended the Cambridge mosque for services and are accused of setting two bombs that killed three people and injured at least 264 others at the April 15 Boston Marathon.
The FBI has not indicated that either mosque was involved in any criminal activity, but mosque attendees and officials have been implicated in terrorist activity:
• Alamoudi, who signed the articles of incorporation as the Cambridge mosque's president, was sentenced to 23 years in federal court in Alexandria, Va., in 2004 for his role as a facilitator in what federal prosecutors called a Libyan assassination plot against then-crown prince Abdullah of Saudi Arabia. Abdullah is now the Saudi king.
• Aafia Siddiqui, who occasionally prayed at the Cambridge mosque, was arrested in Afghanistan in 2008 while in possession of cyanide canisters and plans for a chemical attack in New York City. She tried to grab a rifle while in detention and shot at military officers and FBI agents, for which she was convicted in New York in 2010 and is serving an 86-year sentence.
• Tarek Mehanna, who worshiped at the Cambridge mosque, was sentenced in 2012 to 17 years in prison for conspiring to aid al-Qaeda. Mehanna had traveled to Yemen to seek terrorist training and plotted to use automatic weapons to shoot up a mall in the Boston suburbs, federal investigators in Boston alleged.
• Ahmad Abousamra, the son of a former vice president of the Muslim American Society Boston Abdul-Badi Abousamra, was identified by the FBI as Mehanna's co-conspirator. He fled to Syria and is wanted by the FBI on charges of providing support to terrorists and conspiracy to kill Americans in a foreign country.
• Jamal Badawi of Canada, a former trustee of the Islamic Society of Boston Trust, which owns both mosques, was named as a non-indicted co-conspirator in the 2007 Holy Land Foundation terrorism trial in Texas over the funneling of money to Hamas, which is the Palestinian wing of the Muslim Brotherhood.
USA Today did not mention that Abdul Rahman Ali Al-Habri attended the same Mosque as the Tsarnaev brothers. So far any potential role in this bombing has been very much covered up by the mainstream media and the federal government. But, let us not forget that six of his family members are among Saudi Arabia's most wanted terrorists and five more of the Al-Habri clan currently sit in Gitmo.
Let me ask you something. Is this much just like a cross-section of your local place of worship? I don't know about you, but where I come from we get a lot of recovering drug addicts and former inmates who may have done some bad things in their past, but the point is that they come to our Churches to get better. They don't learn to do those bad things while attending.
I was elated to see that USA Today had the guts to print this. It's a shame that I have to give kudos to anyone for printing the truth.
It's a scary world we live in.
Editor's note: Here's the location of the mosque in question to which all citizens of Boston should point their elected representatives to and demand that they outlaw Islam. You can learn how to do this Constitutionally here.
Finally, I found Anwar Kazmi's comments at the end just as deceptive and disingenuous and downright dangerously demonic at the end of the USA Today article. Kazmi, a member of the Cambridge mosque's board of trustees, said, "This kind of violence, terrorism, it's just completely contrary to the spirit of Islam. The words in the Quran say if anybody kills even a single human being without just cause, it's as if you've killed all of humanity." Oh you mean those words meant for the Jews? Why will these people not quote the very next verse about what they actually do believe concerning these attacks rather than hiding behind and twisting the text of their own book? Ah, I think I know. It's because then they would have to openly support their known jihad and attacks against Americans.
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Tomáš Ortel, rodným jménem Tomáš Hnídek (* 26. prosince 1975, Plzeň), je český zpěvák, lídr rockové skupiny Ortel, bývalý bubeník kapely Conflict 88. Je držitelem dvou bronzových a jednoho stříbrného slavíka v kategorii Zpěvák. Vystupuje jako host na demonstracích odpůrců islámu.

Život
Respekt o Hnídkovi uvedl, že jej hudba přitahovala odmala a v paneláku k nelibosti sousedů hrál na bicí. Vyrůstal na Landově skinheadském Orlíku. Vyučil se operátorem CNC strojů, soustružením a frézováním se dlouho živil.

Okolo roku 1994 začal hrát na bicí v neonacistické kapele Conflict 88. Za své působení v této kapele se nestydí a nelituje jej, svůj odchod z kapely a založení vlastní kapely jdoucí odlišným směrem považuje za důkaz posunu smýšlení. V roce 2002 založil skupinu Ortel, pro kterou píše hudbu i texty a jejíž je frontmanem, a která je považována za kontroverzní a xenofobní.

Od roku 2013 se živí hudbou, v tomto roce se též nechal přejmenovat z Hnídka na Ortela. Tomáš Ortel podniká v pohostinství, do dubna 2015 provozoval v plzeňské Rybářské ulici restauraci Schenk u Ortela se středověkou tematikou, v současnosti si jím plně vlastněná společnost Tomáš ORTEL s.r.o. pronajímá sál Alfa a provozuje jej jako Rebel Alfa Music Club.

Dne 20. dubna 2018 se Tomáš Ortel oženil s dlouholetou přítelkyní Janou Purer. Svatba proběhla ve středověkém stylu na zámku Zbiroh. Oba věřící snoubenci byli v minulosti rozvedení, proto je v tamní kapli Nanebevzetí Panny Marie oddal kněz z apoštolské církve. Média zmínila, že svatba se koná na den výročí narození Adolfa Hitlera na zámku, kde za 2. světové války sídlilo velitelství SS.

Hudební kariéra
Hudební kariéra Tomáše Hnídka zahrnuje působení v dvou kapelách.

Conflict 88

V roce 1994 stál Tomáš Hnídek jako bubeník u zrodu plzeňské neonacistické kapely Conflict 88, jejíž název odkazuje čísly 88 na nacistický pozdrav Heil Hitler. Texty písní vyzdvihují nadřazenost bílé rasy a jsou otevřeně antisemitské a rasistické. Kapela hrála mimo jiné v Srbsku na srazu neonacistické organizace Combat 18. Jednu ze svých písní kapela věnovala nacistickému politikovi Rudolfu Hessovi. Ortel se proti spojování s touto ideologií brání poukazem na fakt, že nebyl autorem textů kapely, ze které odešel v roce 2002. Podle záznamů koncertu Sons of Bohemia na serveru YouTube hrál Tomáš Ortel některé písně skupiny Conflict 88, např. "Vrať se k nám" nebo "Krásné časy", i po opuštění skupiny. Redaktor Vedral uvádí stejné písně i na koncertech skupiny Ortel.

Ortel

Tomáš Ortel založil v roce 2002 skupinu Ortel, ve které od té doby působí. Je lídrem, zpěvákem, kytaristou a zároveň autorem textů a hudby skupiny. Skupina je považována za kontroverzní a xenofobní. Tomáš Ortel je také autorem písně Hadr, kterou si jako svou hymnu osvojila později zakázaná Dělnická strana. V souvislosti se svým působením ve skupině se v Českém slavíku Mattoni 2015 umístil na třetím místě mezi zpěváky, v ročníku 2016 postoupil na druhé místo se 16 432 body.

Napojení na krajní pravici
Podle Plzeňského deníku se zúčastňoval řady průvodů a demonstrací příznivců Dělnické strany. V roce 2009 byl během rozsáhlé razie proti neonacistům zadržen policií. V roce 2013 se účastnil protiromského průvodu Plzní, kdy šel v čele průvodu a byl jedním z řečníků demonstrace. Na výročí 17. listopadu v roce 2015 vystupoval na náměstí Republiky v Praze jako předskokan těsně před zahájením demonstrace Národní demokracie nazvané "4. tábor lidu".

V roce 2016 zahájil krátkým koncertem pražskou demonstraci "Czexit – boj za naši kulturu a bezpečnou zem", na které se odpůrci islámu setkali 17. září na Václavském náměstí. Na konci září vystoupil jako speciální host s písní "Mešita" na plzeňské Svatováclavské demonstraci hnutí Úsvit a Bloku proti islámu, přičemž jeho vystoupení bylo přenášeno telemostem na další protiislámské demonstrace v Praze, Mostu a Ostravě. Několik písní včetně "Mešity" zazpíval také na shromáždění příznivců prezidenta Zemana, odpůrců islámu a pravicových extremistů k výročí 17. listopadu na pražské Letné.

Na 25. dubna 2019 byl ohlášen jeho koncert i s kapelou na demonstraci hnutí SPD Tomia Okamury za účasti představitelů zahraničních radikálních politických stran Le Penové, Salviniho a Wilderse na Václavském náměstí v Praze.

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Energy, environment at forefront of Colorado's attorney general race
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By David O. Williams As Originally Reported by Colorado Politics
Friday, Sept. 7, 2018 5:21 PM
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From standing up to President Donald Trump to gun control, there are a lot of issues where George Brauchler and Phil Weiser diverge dramatically.
But there's no starker distinction between the two candidates for Colorado attorney general than on the twin topics of energy and the environment.
And it is over those issues that Brauchler and Weiser differ sharply on the legacy of their predecessor, Cynthia Coffman.
The fall election pits Republican Brauchler, the 18th Judicial District attorney since 2013 and the man who prosecuted Aurora theater shooter James Holmes, against Democrat Weiser, a former dean of the University of Colorado Law School and Justice Department official in the Clinton and Obama administrations.
In lengthy interviews with Colorado Politics, the two men often returned to their differences over energy and environmental issues – and their views of outgoing Attorney General Coffman.
From former President Barack Obama's Clean Power Plan to reduce carbon emissions from power plants, to prioritizing public health and the environment in oil and gas drilling, to federal methane emissions rules that were based on Colorado law, Republican Coffman often butted heads with term-limited Democratic Gov. John Hickenlooper. Coffman is leaving office after failing to gain her party's nomination for governor.
"Cynthia Coffman is a very political attorney general," said Weiser, a former clerk to U.S. Supreme Court justices Byron R. White and Ruth Bader Ginsburg. "We cannot allow our institutions here in Colorado to be corrupted by someone who operates with a political agenda. We need to build trust in our government and in our legal institutions."
Weiser slammed Coffman for going against Hickenlooper to sue the Environmental Protection Agency to block the Clean Power Plan – which former EPA administrator Scott Pruitt moved to dismantle anyway. He also criticized her for appealing a March 2017 court decision in the Martinez v. Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission case giving the nod to public health in drilling operations and for failing to back the governor in his bid to compel federal oversight of methane emissions.
"We need an attorney general who's elected for the people of Colorado, who works on the issues that matter for Colorado, and Colorado cares about clean air, clean water and public lands," Weiser said. "I've talked to people in Colorado, and that's what Coloradans want."
But Brauchler said that Coffman made the right call on both the appeal of the Martinez case and the Clean Power Plan lawsuit.
The Trump administration on Aug. 21 announced a less-restrictive alternative to the Obama plan called the "Affordable Clean Energy Rule."
"The Clean Power Plan was a significant federal overreach," Brauchler said. "Remember, this wasn't something that Congress passed or that the state Legislature weighed in on. This was one bureaucratic agency 1,500 miles from here deciding how we were going to govern ourselves."
The Martinez case centered on young environmental activists suing the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission to prioritize public health and the environment in the approval and regulation of drilling operations. A district judge ruled for the state, but an appeals court overturned that decision, and the case is now being weighed by the state supreme court.
"We have a series of laws that are administered really through the COGCC, and that structure is in place not by edict or by an executive order," Brauchler said. "That structure is in place by a legislative design. That means we, through our representatives, had a chance to weigh in on that.
"And frankly, we have one of the most rigorous regulatory structures in the United States of America for oil and gas exploration and development."
'Dark money' vs. out-of-state fundraisingWeiser contends Brauchler's pro-industry approach to energy extraction in Colorado stems from the same group that helped put Coffman in office with an injection of nearly $2.6 million in campaign spending in 2014: The Republican Attorneys General Association.
"To put a finer point on this, (it's) dark money," Weiser said. "The Republican Attorneys General Association – at that point led by Scott Pruitt – with a lawsuit led by Scott Pruitt (against the EPA) that (Coffman) agreed to join."
Now, Weiser contends, RAGA is ready to spend much more to help get Brauchler elected.
Colorado Freedom, an independent expenditure committee funded by RAGA, spent $512,000 in July in support of the Brauchler campaign, most of it on advertising. And "RAGA has threatened to spend up to $5 million," Weiser said.
"Dark money. We can say with a high level of confidence that it's mostly out-of-state corporations, and from past investigative work we can also say that we know the NRA is there, and that the Koch brothers are there, pharmaceutical companies have been there," Weiser said of RAGA's funders.
Brauchler fires back that Weiser raised huge amounts of out-of-state cash in his primary victory over state Rep. Joe Salazar – a race in which Weiser outraised Salazar by more than $1 million but only won by a few thousand votes.
"This is a guy who raised more money from outside of the state of Colorado for his primary than any AG candidate in the history of the state of Colorado," Brauchler said of Weiser. "In fact, he raised out of state three times the money than Joe Salazar raised for his entire campaign. This is a guy who spent more money to win his primary – $1.4 million – than the entire AG's race from 2014, both sides, (and) than the entire AG's race from 2010, both sides."
Brauchler ran unopposed in the GOP primary.
Weiser says there's a good explanation for his out-of-state fundraising for the primary. He grew up on the East Coast, the son of a Holocaust survivor mother who was born at Buchenwald concentration camp in Germany the day before it was liberated by the U.S. Army during World War II. He moved to Colorado after law school at New York University.
"At my out-of-state fundraiser, you'll see my dad beaming in the first row, and the honest-to-God truth is I went to New York for my daughter's debate camp, to visit my parents and a professor of mine from law school, and my parents said, 'We want to have a fundraiser and raise some money,'" Weiser said. "All of those donors who gave me money are disclosed on my reports. That is not comparable to out-of-state companies who we don't even know who they are who are giving unlimited amounts. "
Brauchler again discounted Weiser's shot at RAGA spending in Colorado.
"To suggest that, 'Hey, I'm really scared of the money that's coming into this race and where it's coming from,' one, I can't control any third-party efforts, and my guess is the Democratic Attorneys General Association – that has called Colorado one of their key pick-up states – they're going to invest heavily in this race, too," Brauchler said.
Weiser says outside spending by 501(c)3 groups has corrupted the political process and is doing lasting damage to our democracy. He wants to help pass a law similar to Montana's Disclose Act, which mandates transparency. Thanks to the Supreme Court's Citizens United decision, many of the donors to RAGA and its Democratic equivalent can maintain anonymity, he says.
"It is one of my top agenda (items). Right up there with (dealing with) the opioid epidemic, getting rid of dark money in our politics is at the top of my list, and we have to win the state Senate, too, or we have to find people who hold principle above party," Weiser said. "Dark money is about democracy; it's not about party politics. We should win or lose elections fair and square without dark money, without gerrymandering, without voter suppression, without cyberattacks."
Brauchler, a CU Law School grad who grew up in Lakewood, says he's trying to raise the bulk of his campaign cash from inside the state and that, again, he can't control outside, third-party expenditures.
"That's how a candidate should raise money – not on the East Coast, not on the West Coast," Brauchler said.
On the contentious issue of gun control, the candidates agree on one key approach and differ on another.
Brauchler and Weiser both favor another try at passing a "red flag" bill – one allowing firearms to be seized from a person deemed an imminent risk under a court order – after an attempt failed in this year's state legislative session. Brauchler had testified in favor of the bill.
But Brauchler opposes the 2013 state law limiting firearm magazine capacity to 15 rounds; Weiser disagrees.
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