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The production of foie gras (the liver of a duck or a goose that has been specially fattened) involves the controversial force-feeding of birds with more food than they would eat in the wild, and more than they would voluntarily eat domestically. The feed, usually corn boiled with fat (to facilitate ingestion), deposits large amounts of fat in the liver, thereby producing the fatty consistency sought by some gastronomes.

Animal rights and welfare groups
Animal rights and welfare activist groups such as the Humane Society of the United States and the Animal Legal Defense Fund contend that foie gras production methods, and force feeding in particular, constitute cruel and inhumane treatment of animals. Specific complaints include livers swollen to more than ten times their normal size, impaired liver function, expansion of the abdomen making it difficult for birds to walk, death if the force feeding is continued, and scarring of the esophagus.

In modern gavage-based foie gras production, force feeding takes place 12–18 days before slaughter.

In 2001, the Director of the New York State Government Affairs & Public Policy Dept. for the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, which is one of America's leading environmental activist groups, wrote a letter to then NYS Attorney General, Eliot Spitzer, asking that the state's foie gras producers be prosecuted for violating animal cruelty statutes.

Late in 2003, the French group Stopgavage ("Citizens' Initiative for the banning of force-feeding") published the Proclamation for the Abolition of Force Feeding, which asks justices to find foie gras production practices a violation of existing animal welfare laws. For this manifesto Stopgavage claims the support of over eighty French animal rights and welfare associations, over a hundred such associations from 25 other countries, and over 20 thousand individual signatories.

Stopgavage, through its president Antoine Comiti, has criticized the INRA (a French public research institute) for allowing its researchers to receive grants from the foie gras industry for conducting research aimed at contradicting the EU report conclusions. Robert Dantzer, a retired INRA researcher, calls the INRA studies "pseudoscience" and "convenience research".

In 2005, the organisations APRL, IDA and PETA released a video narrated by Sir Roger Moore showing footage the groups took inside the three U.S. foie gras farms and several in France.

PETA wants this practice, which they say is cruel, stopped. Various American celebrities have lent their voices to this public campaign. Most recently in April 2009 PETA released a letter written by television and stage actor Bea Arthur to TV chef Curtis Stone deploring the practice of foie gras.

In 2014 Compassion in World Farming partners with other organizations such as the German Albert-Schweitzer Foundation and the French organization L214 to pressure the EU Commission and EU Agriculture Council to take action against the production of foie gras.

EU Scientific Committee on Animal Health and Welfare
The report of the European Union's Scientific Committee on Animal Health and Animal Welfare, Welfare Aspects of the Production of Foie Gras in Ducks and Geese, adopted on December 16, 1998, is an 89-page review of studies from several producing countries. It examines several indicators of animal welfare, including physiological indicators, liver pathology, and mortality rate. It strongly concludes that "force feeding, as currently practised, is detrimental to the welfare of the birds."

Members of the committee describe how geese and ducks show "avoidance behaviour indicating aversion for the person who feeds them and the feeding procedure".  Although the committee reported that there is no "conclusive" scientific evidence on the aversive nature of force feeding, and that evidence of injury is "small", in their overall recommendations, the committee stated that "the management and housing of the birds used for producing foie gras have a negative impact on their welfare".

On physiology, the report finds that based on studies available, "no definite conclusions can be drawn concerning the physiological activity of birds in response to force feeding" because although "force feeding induced hepatic steatosis in the duck or goose", "hepatic steatosis in the waterfowl is a normal metabolic response" and there was a low incidence of lesions. If gavage is stopped the "return to normal took approximately four weeks". As an economic indicator the report states "it is strongly in the interest of the farmer" to avoid disease as the "resulting fat liver is of no commercial value". It summarizes that "some pathologists consider this level of steatosis to be pathological but others do not" and recommends that research "should be carried out into methods of producing fat liver which do not require the use of force feeding".

The EU report notes that continued force feeding leads to early death of the animal, and the birds are typically slaughtered just at the point that mortality would drastically increase from the force feeding. In the studies it examined, "the mortality rate in force fed birds varies from 2% to 4% in the two week force feeding period compared with around 0.2% in comparable ducks".

On the force feeding process, the EU committee examined several experiments carried out by INRA (Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique) to detect pain or distress by looking at blood hormones, and found that no definite conclusions can be drawn from these studies. Other studies looked at behavioral aversion to the feeding process and found that force fed ducks avoided the feeding pen when given a choice, whereas a majority of the control group not being force fed would enter the feeding pen voluntarily. Daily hand-feeding of ducks and geese is normally associated with a positive response by the animals towards the person feeding them. In contrast, the working group observed that ducks and geese in a pen kept away from their force feeder when he entered the room. In an unpublished pilot experiment by INRA, ducks in cages reportedly displayed less avoidance behaviour to the force feeder's visit than to the visit of a neutral person coming along the cages later. However, in the working group's own observations, "Ducks in cages had little opportunity to show avoidance but sometimes moved their heads away from the person who was about to force feed them."

The report also recommends collection of additional data regarding the health of the animals, feeding methods, animal housing, and socio-economic factors.

American Veterinary Medical Association
In 2004 and 2005, the American Veterinary Medical Association House of Delegates, the US accrediting body of veterinary medicine, was forwarded resolutions from its Animal Welfare Committee to oppose the production methods for foie gras. After hearing testimony from 13 delegates, the HOD declined to take a position and left a simple statement: "Limited peer-reviewed, scientific information is available dealing with the animal welfare concerns associated with foie gras production, but the observations and practical experience shared by HOD members indicate a minimum of adverse effects on the birds involved."

The HOD sent delegates to visit foie gras farms. One delegate, Robert P Gordon of New Jersey, indicated his personal position changed drastically after the visit. He also testified tube feeding is less distressing than taking the rectal temperature of a cat and urged the AVMA to take a position based on science, not emotion, while cautioning against anthropomorphism.  The New York delegation offered their opinion that opponents of foie gras were intending to create a wedge issue; that the arguments used against foie gras would be modified to be used against other livestock production.  The testimony of the delegate from the Association of Avian Veterinarians was that medicating and feeding sick birds via tube was a normal practice that birds accepted without stress.  Another delegate who toured the farms stated that the birds appeared to be well cared for and better off than other poultry raised in factory farming.  The overall position of the House of Delegates was that "observations and practical experience shared by HOD members indicate a minimum of adverse effects on the birds involved."  The closing comments in the HOD were that the AVMA should be taking positions on facts and science, make broad policy positions on general animal welfare, and support positions that created oversight of controversial practices for fear that prohibition would cause production to move to countries without animal welfare regulation.

Critics of the AVMA have stated that the organization tends to defend the economic interests of agribusiness over animal welfare, and that it has also declined to take a position against other controversial practices such as forced molting and gestation crates.

Third-party opinions on U.S.-produced foie gras
In June 2005, New York Times editor Lawrence Downes was invited to a visit of the same farm, including specifically the gavage process, and he "saw no pain or panic...The birds submitted matter-of-factly to a 15-inch tube inserted down the throat for about three seconds, delivering about a cup of corn pellets. The practice...seemed neither particularly gentle nor particularly rough."

Dr. Ward Stone, wildlife pathologist with the NYSDEC and Adjunct Professor at SUNY has on several occasions conducted post-mortems on ducks that died from force feeding, including from the same farm a few months after Mr. Downes' visit.  In September 2005, he writes: "the short tortured lives of ducks raised for foie gras is well outside the norm of farm practice.  Having seen the pathology that occurs from foie gras production, I strongly recommend that this practice be outlawed."

In 2005, the delegates from New Jersey and Vermont of the American Veterinary Medical Association gave testimony to the organization after touring tube-feeding farms.  Dr. Robert Gordon had visited a farm in New York on July 5. He noted, "After being on the premises, my position changed dramatically. I did not see animals I would consider distressed, and I didn't see pain and suffering." As written at AVMA news, Dr. Thomas Munschauer visited a New York farm at the request of "both sides." "I didn't see exploding esophaguses ... and it didn't seem like the birds were distressed. For the most part, they appear to be well-cared-for. That's what I saw."

In January 2009, The National Advertising Division (NAD) of the Council of Better Business Bureau recommended that New Jersey-based foie gras producer D'Artagnan cease advertising claims that their product is made from "enlarged" rather than "diseased" livers, and that the animals were "hand-raised with tender care".  D'Artagnan voluntarily modified their advertising to remove the claims which the agency said had not been "adequately substantiated."

Foie gras producers and industry groups
Most foie gras producers do not consider their methods cruel, insisting that it is a natural process exploiting the animals' natural features. Producers argue that wild ducks and geese naturally ingest large amounts of whole food and gain weight before migration. They claim that geese and ducks do not have a gag reflex in their throats the same way that humans do, and therefore do not appear to find force feeding uncomfortable.  Michael Ginor, owner of Hudson Valley Foie Gras, author of Foie Gras... A Passion, claims his birds come to him to be fed and says this is important because "a stressed or hurt bird won't eat and digest well or produce a foie gras."

Mirepoix USA, a top provider of goose and duck foie gras, alleges that the animal rights activists attack is a form of prohibition against a cuisine item.  Mirepoix claims that the use of the term "diseased" to refer to fatted liver is inaccurate and that geese and ducks naturally store dead fish in their esophagi for long periods. The ducks used in foie gras production, however, are a hybrid of Pekin (a type of Mallard) and Muscovy ducks, both of which are dabbling ducks and as such, subsist mainly on a diet of underwater vegetation, larvae, and various insects.

Chefs
Chef Anthony Bourdain and chef/writer Michael Ruhlman have both supported foie gras production from humanely treated, properly raised ducks, and stated that the footage seen in the videos of critics is cruel but that no reputable chef would buy such product.  However other celebrity chefs such as Wolfgang Puck,  and Albert Roux  are against the use of foie gras. Roux has argued that foie gras should come with a warning so that "people know what's being done to the animals." He states that "More humane methods should be used that allow the animal to gorge themselves naturally." Chicago chef Charlie Trotter maintained that the production of foie gras is "too cruel to be served." However, Trotter refused to be associated with animal rights groups stating "These people are idiots. Understand my position: I have nothing to do with a group like that. I think they're pathetic."

Litigation
The controversy over foie gras has been the subject of several lawsuits.  The 1985 case Lovenheim v. Iroquois Brands was a shareholder suit regarding ethical concerns about a company selling foie gras.

In 2003, the Animal Protection and Rescue League and In Defense of Animals filed suit against Sonoma Foie Gras in California under the state's unfair business practices law, alleging animal cruelty.  The farm also sued the two groups and four activists who documented conditions at the farm for trespass.  The Legislature then intervened with a law allowing the farm to continue force feeding until the year 2012, after which point both the sale and production of foie gras has been illegal in California.

In 2006, Sonoma Foie Gras sued Whole Foods Market for intentional interference with contract for influencing Grimaud Farms to stop supplying ducklings and marketing for Sonoma.  The suit was settled for an undisclosed amount, though the jury returned a judgement of $5.2million.

Also pending is a 2006 lawsuit filed by the Humane Society of the United States against the New York Department of Agriculture and Markets, alleging that foie gras qualifies as an adulterated food that should not be sold.

In 2011, the Animal Legal Defense Fund filed a legal petition with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), urging that foie gras bear a consumer warning label stating "NOTICE: Foie gras products are derived from diseased birds." ALDF argues that because the USDA is responsible for ensuring that poultry products are wholesome and for approving only products from healthy animals, stamping foie gras products with the USDA seal without disclosing that those products are derived from diseased birds misleads consumers, contravening the Poultry Products Inspection Act.  Regularly eating foie gras can harm   the health of predisposed people.  Patients with Alzheimer's, rheumatoid arthritis, type 2 diabetes and other amyloid-related diseases should not eat it.

In 2012, the Animal Legal Defense Fund sued Hudson Valley Foie Gras over its advertising as "the humane choice" for foie gras. Hudson Valley settled the case and dropped this advertising campaign after a federal judge in California indicated that he would allow the parties to present evidence and decide whether Hudson Valley could prove that its "humane" claims were truthful.

In February 2013, the Animal Legal Defense Fund filed an appeal in a lawsuit against the New York Department of Agriculture and Markets for allowing the ongoing sale of foie gras. The original lawsuit, which was dismissed in February for lack of standing, alleges that the Department violates its own Agriculture and Markets Law by allowing the sale of foie gras. New York's state law requires the Department to declare "the product of a diseased animal" an adulterated product. In the appeal, the Animal Legal Defense Fund will defend its legal standing to bring the case, noting it has diverted substantial resources to warn the public of the dangerous health risks posed by foie gras and, will assert that the Department's failure to regulate has resulted in the slaughter of hundreds of thousands of diseased birds whose organs are distributed into the human food supply.

Statutory and voluntary bans

India
In July 2014, India banned the import of foie gras making it the first and only country in the world to do so, causing dismay among some of the nation's chefs. The managing director of the Humane Society International of India said "This is a triumph for animal welfare in India as well as across the globe, and sets a precedent for other countries to follow".

Australia
In Australia, the production of foie gras is currently forbidden, though it is legal to import it.

Argentina
In August 2003, Argentina banned foie gras production as it is considered a mistreatment or an act of cruelty to animals.

Brazil
In June 2015, the production and sale of foie gras was banned in São Paulo restaurants. In February 2016, the law was overturned.

Europe
Since 1997, the number of European countries producing foie gras has halved. As of 2016, only five European countries still produce foie gras: Belgium, Bulgaria, France, Hungary and Spain.

Foie gras production is banned in several countries, including most of the Austrian provinces, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, Norway, Poland, Turkey, and the United Kingdom.

The force feeding of animals for non-medical purposes, essential to current foie gras production practices, is explicitly prohibited by specific laws in Austria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, Norway, Poland, or following interpretation of general animal protection laws in Ireland, the Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, and the United Kingdom. However, foie gras can still be imported into and purchased in these countries. Most of these countries do not currently produce foie gras, nor have they in the past. Thus, these bans have stopped actual foie gras production in very few countries. The UK however plans to be the first European nation to extend its ban on production, to include all imports as well.

In France, the fattening is achieved through gavage (force-feeding corn), according to French law. French law states that "Foie gras belongs to the protected cultural and gastronomical heritage of France."

In 2012, eight members of the European Parliament called for foie gras to be banned across the EU.

"Until new scientific evidence on alternative methods and their welfare aspects is available", the production of foie gras is prohibited by treaty except for "where it is current practice" among 35 countries bound by the Council of Europe's European Convention for the Protection of Animals kept for Farming Purposes.

In 2023 foie gras production was banned in the Flemish Region of Belgium

Israel
In August 2003, the Supreme Court of Israel ordered the Israeli Ministry of Agriculture to ban the force feeding of geese, effective 31 March 2005. The last appeal was withdrawn in October 2005, but the law was left unenforced until February 2006. Most protest activities were conducted by Animals Now, which also tracks the enforcement of the ban, and files complaints against farms that conduct illegal force feeding. In May 2013, a bill proposed by Knesset Member Dov Lipman plans to prohibit all sales of the delicacy due to the controversial methods.

United States

California

Sections 25980-25984 of the California Health and Safety Code, enacted in 2004 and effective from July 1, 2012, prohibits "force feed[ing] a bird for the purpose of enlarging the bird's liver beyond normal size" and the sale of products that are a result of this process. On January 7, 2015, Judge Stephen V. Wilson held that the California law was preempted by the federal Poultry Products Inspection Act, and enjoined the California Attorney General from enforcing it. The case was appealed to the Ninth Circuit and on September 15, 2017, the District Court's ruling was reversed and law was upheld.

San Diego: On January 8, 2008, the San Diego City Council unanimously passed a resolution that "commends the Animal Protection and Rescue League (APRL) for raising awareness of the cruel practice of force-feeding ducks and geese to produce foie gras, commends the many San Diego restaurants that have stopped selling foie gras before the California statewide ban goes into effect, and encourages San Diegans to avoid supporting this extreme form of animal cruelty." The resolution also cites an independent Zogby poll finding that 85% of San Diegans favor an immediate ban on foie gras.

Illinois
Chicago: On 26 April 2006, the Chicago City Council voted to ban the sale of foie gras, effective 22 August 2006. Breaches of the ban were punishable with fines of $250–500. Alderman Joe Moore, who proposed the ban, described the method by which foie gras is produced as "clearly animal cruelty".

In response, several Chicago chefs filed suit and deliberately violated the law by continuing to sell foie gras. Furthermore, a handful of chefs served foie gras without charge, which they considered not to be against the law. Even for establishments that were violating the law, the City issued warning letters but, until February 17, 2007, no citations were given. On that date, Doug Sohn, owner of a gourmet hot dog shop was charged with a violation. Although the fine could have been as high as $500, Sohn agreed to pay a $250 fine on March 29. Several unusual dishes, including foie gras pizza, have been created in Chicago, in defiance of the City Council's banning of foie gras. 46,000 pounds of foie gras were sold in Chicago in 2006.

In December 2006, Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley referred to the ban as "the silliest law" the City Council has ever passed. As a result of the ban, Chicago restaurants Spiaggia and Tru developed dishes designed to simulate the foie gras experience. Chicago Tribune restaurant critic Phil Vettel found Tru's "Faux Gras" "close to the real thing", and Spiaggia's "terrina de fagato grasso vegetariano" "undeniably rich and indulgent", but "[lacking] the characteristic foie-gras intensity".

In response to Mayor Daley's objections on the foie gras ban, the City Council overwhelmingly repealed Chicago's ban on May 14, 2008.

New York
On October 30, 2019, the City Council of New York City voted to ban foie gras involving force feeding by 2022.

Retailer bans
A number of retailers have ceased the sale of foie gras produce following campaigns and protests over production methods. These include Amazon UK, Waitrose, Sainsbury's, Lidl, House of Fraser, and Harvey Nichols.

See also
 Animal welfare
 California foie gras law
 Eduardo Sousa, producer of non-gavage foie gras on a small farm in Extremadura, Spain
 Factory farming
 Food and drink prohibitions

References

External links

 The Controversy Over Foie Gras – Does a Duck have a Soul? How foie gras became the new fur.
 Report of the EU Scientific Committee on Animal Health and Animal Welfare on Welfare Aspects of the Production of Foie Gras in Ducks and Geese

 Mark Caro The Foie Gras Wars: How a 5,000-Year-Old Delicacy Inspired the World's Fiercest Food Fight 2009, Simon & Schuster. Retrieved 2010-05-26

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Banned Books Week REVIEW: A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
This edition published: May 2007. Click on the cover to buy from your local IndieBound-affiliated independent bookseller.
I should have read A Wrinkle in Time as a child- it's ostensibly written for children, and it's a classic, and lots of people recommended it to me. But there were two things that kept me from reading it. The first was that it is science fiction and I have always had a strong bias against reading science fiction. Cause, you know, I'm a literary snob. And secondly, it was my mother who recommended it to me, and who reads what their mother tells them to read?
My loss.
It's a great book, a sweet book, a satisfying read and a book that deserves to be the classic that it is. What surprised me the most was that although it's a children's/young adult book, it's not written like it's written for kids- the prose isn't dumbed down or noticeably simplified, the way that, you know, certain wizardy-trendy books are. Actually I can't talk authoritatively on wizardy books because I only read the first few chapters of the first wizardy book before I got bored and threw it down. But I digress.
The story centers on young Meg, her baby brother Charles Wallace and their friend Calvin, searching for Meg's and Charles Wallace's father, a scientist who has disappeared. Their search takes them to faraway planets and puts them in the middle of an interplanetary battle between good and evil. The battle continues through the next three volumes of L'Engle's Wrinkle in Time Quartet series.
I loved A Wrinkle in Time. I thought it was charming, sweet, suspenseful and thoroughly enjoyable. The writing is excellent; maybe a touch on the light side for an adult but really, really well-written. And the point is that it never sounds like it was written to be an easy read. It's also one of the top 100 most-challenged books of the 1990s, due to witchcraft content (always sure to irk certain types of "readers") and because of L'Engle's rather liberal Christianity as expressed in this book by listing Jesus alongside important secular artists and thinkers. A couple of other things caught my attention that might also have made the book vulnerable to challenges- one, the portrayal of a society that mandates conformity in order to make the point that individualism is a positive, and secondly, that Meg, the main character, loses faith in her parent and ceases (at least temporarily) to accept him as an authority figure. We can't have children thinking their parents aren't all-powerful, now can we?
A Wrinkle in Time is a wonderful book. A classic forever.
Posted by Marie Cloutier at 10:49 AM
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What a great review that revives my memory of the book. I remember when the Mrs W's reveal their secret roles in the cosmic fight against "the darkness" they ask the children to name some on Earth (a partially dark planet) who fight the darkness. First named is Jesus followed by several scientists, religious figures, and artists, including Buddha, Gandhi, Bach, Einstein, Euclid and Copernicus. It's fun book and I'll have to re-read it.
LorMil said...
The book is everything you stated. I loved it, and so did my children, and as adults, they still like it.
It's a timeless book.
Kathy W said...
Wow what a great review you wrote on this novel. I haven't read it but you've peaked my interest.
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Illegal is illegal regardless of religion. Deport them all and make America great again. Our country is now a cesspool of immigrants who don't try to even speak English. That's not the way it was intended.
We need to stop pretending that we can pray issues away, and get off our own asses and do something!
This is just wrong!!So unfair & obviously breaking the law (figures when one thinks of the present administration).
They broke the law coming to USA..so..


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by David on January 3, 2018
Barcelona head coach Ernesto Valverde admitted Neymar's world-record departure for Paris Saint-Germain was difficult for the La Liga leaders.
Neymar completed a stunning €222million move to PSG after the Ligue 1 club activated the Brazil star's buyout clause in August.
There was discontent among Barca fans after already watching bitter rivals Real Madrid win LaLiga and the Champions League in 2016-17 and Valverde conceded it was a tough moment for the Catalan outfit.
"Neymar's departure was a difficult moment for the club," Valverde told Barcelona's official website.
"We can't deny that."
Barca reinvested that money to replace Neymar, luring France forward Ousmane Dembele from Borussia Dortmund, while Liverpool's Philippe Coutinho continued to be linked.
A thigh injury has curtailed Dembele's impact at Camp Nou, having last featured on September 16, though the 20-year-old is nearing a return as Valverde considers where to play the Frenchman.
"Any Barca player is a different player. Dembele's profile was different to anything we had," Valverde said.
"He is able to play in various positions and is very fast. We have a big squad, we've made good replacements up to now, and now he's coming back. It's great news."
Wherever Dembele plays, it will revolve around five-time Ballon d'Or winner Lionel Messi, whose 15 LaLiga goals have helped Barca to a nine-point lead atop the table.
"Messi is the best player in the entire world. He does something extraordinary with every ball he touches," the Spaniard added.
"We have the incredible good fortune to have him at our club. I can see how he faces competition and his enormous commitment to the club and the team.
"In terms of his position, playing in the middle is good both for him and for us. However, he can play well anywhere."
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I've written extensively about the underappreciated social and academic benefits of integrated student bodies, so I'm thrilled to see influential charter school advocates embracing the cause. That said, there are some troubling questions about whether the most politically popular charter school model — the "No Excuses" model popularized by KIPP and embraced by Moskowitz's Success Charter Network — is palatable to middle-class and affluent parents.
According to Blackstone Valley, five middle-class and affluent families pulled their children out of the school after the 2009-2010 academic year, an attrition rate similar to that of less-advantaged families. The school also noted that there are a number of extra-curricular activities available for Blackstone Valley fifth-graders, including basketball, Guitar Club, Shakespeare Club and Step Club.
Patricia Cunningham is a middle-class parent who is very happy with the school, not least because she is pleased that her son is meeting children from other racial and ethnic backgrounds. Her first-grader has been diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome and anxiety but has thrived in Blackstone Valley's structured environment.
What seems clear is that the "No Excuses" model is not for everyone, and presents particular challenges to parents who are accustomed to the schedules and social routines of high-quality neighborhood public schools. It's important to note, however, that although other charter school models are less trendy, they do exist. In Grannis's op-ed, he mentions Community Roots, a diverse Brooklyn charter based on more traditional philosophies of educational progressivism and activity-based learning. The school is overwhelmingly popular with both middle-class and poor families in its neighborhood.
I think ideally, we'd see more progressive charter schools like Community Roots alongside more efforts, like the one in Rhode Island, to diversify the student populations within both neighborhood schools and choice schools, by drawing zoning boundaries with integration in mind.
Dana Goldstein is a Spencer fellow in education journalism at Columbia University and a contributing writer to the Nation and the Daily Beast. Follow her work at www.danagoldstein.net.


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The shooting occurred in the parking lot of the Food Depot in the 2800 block of Terry Road just before 2:30 p.m.
Jackson police have arrested a man accused of shooting and killing his mother in a grocery store parking lot Saturday.
Terry Huchen, 33, has been charged with murder in the shooting death of 51-year-old Ronia Rodgers, JPD Sgt. Rodrick Holmes said in a news release.
This is the 80th homicide of the year in Jackson.
When police arrived on the scene, they found Rodgers inside a vehicle suffering from a gunshot wound, Holmes said in the release. She was taken to a local hospital where she later died.
Both Huchen and Rodgers were inside the vehicle when a firearm was discharged, Holmes said in the release.
He remains in custody and is awaiting his initial court appearance.


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The fight between Son Goku and Bergamo begins. Bergomo requests zenoh that if Universe 9 is victorious then cancel the rule of erasure of the universes, zenoh agrees and the battle between son Goku and Bergamo finally starts. Bergamo reveals his true power to turn his opponents attacks into his own power, Goku then transforms into Super saiyan and launches a few blows on Bergamo which makes him even larger and slower. then Goku turns into Super Saiyan Blue which shocks all god of destructions and uses kaio ken as well and launches a powerful kamehameha wave which defeats Bergamo. Universe 7 is victorious. Then the Great priest explains the rules of Tournament of Power, The rules are- To defeat an opponent they must throw their opponent out of the ring, killing and using weapons is not allowed. The battle will be a battle royal as all the 10 warriors from both universes will be on the stage and the time limit will be 48 minutes. Suddenly a mysterious fighter appears and is revealed to be someone called Toppo the fighter of Justice from Universe 11. Toppo then challenges Goku to a battle and says that if Goku is evil he will be blown away if he even touches him. Goku accepts and their battle begins.


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Decoded was conceived in Los Angeles in 2012 & is comprised of Derek Jordan (Vocals and Guitar) and Heather Miller (Drums). With pop arrangements, catchy hooks and added elements of grunge, blues, classic rock, lounge, Native American influenced rhythms and melodies, the band not only grabs your attention with songs but has also been able to create their own sonic niche in the flooded landscape of sub-genres. In addition to their memorable songs, the organic rock group is most known for captivating live shows and relentless work ethic. Read more on Last.fm …read full bio
Decoded was conceived in Los Angeles in 2012 & is comprised of Derek Jordan (Vocals and Guitar) and Heather Miller (Drums). With pop arrangements, catchy hooks and added elements of grunge, blues, classic rock, lounge, Native American influenced rhythms and melodies, the band not only grabs your attention with songs but has also been able to create their own sonic niche in the flooded landscape of sub-genres. In addition to their memorable songs, the organic rock group is most known for captivating live shows and relentless work ethic. Greg Shaw of Nanbot Rock Reviews stated "When Decoded comes through your town, if you're not first in line for their show, you better be dead. Great things are sure to come to Decoded unlike most of the Treefort Fest attendees I have the privilege of saying I was there and what I saw was life-changing." According to Nicholas Pell of LA Weekly, Decoded's "a band that gives a shit. Their music rocks, in that it makes you want to sing along." Decoded has toured all over the Northwestern United States supporting their 2013 EP release "Topanga". Locally in Los Angeles the band has played notable venues such as Viper Room, The Roxy, Hemingways, and The Satellite. Decoded started working with Vanessa Silberman (Singer, Guitarist and Founder of the LA band Diamonds Under Fire) and her Artist Development Label: A Diamond Heart Production in the summer of 2014 and the band is currently in pre-production with Vanessa, who will be producing their next EP. The band will release a Deluxe Edition of their successful "Topanga" EP on July 14th, 2015. Which was produced by Davey Rieley, who also produced their 2012 "The/Split" EP and who's credits range from LCD Soundsystem, Rise Against to Elvis Costello. The "Topanga" Deluxe Edition EP will include a remix by Mark Needham (Credits include The Killers, Imagine Dragons, Neon Trees) of their hit single "Topanga", as well as a newly recorded bonus track, "Love is Dead", produced by Vanessa Silberman. The Deluxe Edition will be released under "A Diamond Heart Production" label. Their single "Topanga" off of the EP received national radio play on over 120 college radio stations and reached #1 for 4 weeks at 88.7FM WPCD in Champaign, IL. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
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If you love to smoke and want a reason to keep it up, here's something you can use. A new study found that quitting smoking raises your risk for diabetes. Of course, it's a lame rationale, given that smoking increases your risk for just about every other destructive health condition. And yes, smoking also raises diabetes risk, but apparently, diabetes risk goes up even more after quitting smoking (for a period of time) than it does while keeping it up.
The study, recently published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, followed 11,000 middle-aged, non-diabetics for a period of nine years. Forty-five percent of the subjects smoked. Three years into the study, those who continued smoking had a 31 percent elevated chance of developing diabetes compared to the nonsmokers. That's certainly a significant risk factor, given that smoking also multiplies the chances of getting cancer, heart disease, lung disease, osteoporosis and so on. But some of the subjects quit smoking during the study, and those who did quit raised their risk of developing diabetes a whopping 73 percent three years later compared to the nonsmokers. In the months and years right after quitting, that risk factor is even higher.
"Based on our analysis, [it's] probably 80 percent or even 90 percent [in the first few years after quitting]," says the study's lead author, Dr. Hsin-Chieh Yeh of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. On the other hand, the elevated diabetes risk goes down over time. By 12 years post-quitting, the nonsmokers and the former smokers were on par.
But is the increased risk directly related to quitting smoking…or to changes in behavior that quitting may initiate?
It's no secret that smoking suppresses appetite. Those who smoke crave an oral fix after quitting, and so tend to eat more and put on weight. That's the factor the researchers blame for the spike in diabetes. Those subjects who quit smoking gained an average of 8.4 pounds and 1.25 inches around the waist, and not surprisingly, the more weight they gained and the more the waistline increase, the greater the likelihood that they developed diabetes.
The researchers wisely suggest that people avoid taking up smoking in the first place. Given that smoking kills over five million people annually in the U.S., that it's the number one leading cause of preventable death worldwide, and that current trends indicate it will take a billion lives this century, the advice certainly seems sound. But for those who already have been smoking and now see the light, the experts agree: the benefits of quitting far, far outweigh the elevated risk of diabetes.
As for those who have already quit, Dr. Yeh suggests that their physicians should monitor them closely in the years right after. "You should probably do more frequent glucose testing after quitting for early detection," she says. She and her colleagues also suggest that individuals who have quit need to be especially vigilant about doing the things that prevent diabetes in the first place -- exercising and eating well.
For instance, Dr. Richard D. Hurt, director of the Nicotine Dependence Center at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, has some practical ideas. He suggests that former smokers should walk for 30 minutes daily, which "reduces the urges to smoke and reduces withdrawal symptoms. People are able to distract themselves," he says, "it makes them feel better, and it uses up some of the calories."
But Dr. Hurt has other ideas, too. Nicotine replacement products suppress appetite much like tobacco does, so he thinks using them may help. On the other hand, they work slowly and so subtly that they may not do enough to quell hunger, so he says larger doses may be required. On the other hand, given that all of these products have side effects, using high doses seems questionable. The side effects usually are minor, but there is some real risk of heart complications and at higher doses, that risk goes up. Along the same lines, he suggests that certain antidepressant drugs, such as Zyban or Wellbutrin, may do the trick. Again, though, there's the side effect issue, with problems like headaches, nausea and vomiting, neurological issues, seizures, sleeping problems, skin problems such as rashes, stomach problems and so on are all possible.
The bottom line, voiced by Natasha Marsland, of Diabetes UK, is that "The health benefits of giving up smoking far outweigh the risk of developing type-two diabetes from modest, short-term weight gain." But even that risk can be countered with exercise and diet. Of course, those who weren't disciplined enough to avoid cigarettes in the first place might have some trouble motivating themselves to hike every day -- or even simply to avoid consuming high fat, high-glycemic junk foods, which may explain why post-quitting weight gain is so prevalent. Perhaps lifestyle support programs for quitters might be needed to translate good ideas like eating well and exercising into reality. And in the meantime, instead of using drugs for appetite suppressants, you can try a natural alternative and avoid the health risks.
Quit smoking tip in the world, but it can work. Things like nicotine patches and gum things upside down, and they try to help you quit smoking by continuing to dose you with the very chemicals that you try to stop needs. Basically, what these products do is to keep you dependent, if you're ready to start smoking again as soon as you have a moment of weakness. And let is face smoking just feels better than chewing gum or glue a patch on the skin. smoking, and pasting with nicotine, nicotine cutting and pasting with smoking. That way, whenever you have an urge to smoke, smoke! Of course, nicotine-free tobacco products, most of the same negative effects on health, but most are not as addictive, so you can finish them when your nicotine cravings have disappeared.
What rubbish. Bearing in mind that upto the 1960s 75% - 80% of people smoked. However can anyone be alive aged 50 or over ?
Just think - there should be no senior citizens that we all have to pay for.
yup. this makes perfect sense, and i am the living proof.


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All-Queer Female Rockers STRANGE BREED Discuss and Debut Their Socially and Politically-Charged Record 'Permanence.'
Christopher Gonda - Sep 11, 2019 at 05:00PM Comments
It's a big week for a very important Canadian band; Strange Breed will release their debut album Permanence. on September 13th with a Canadian tour beginning in Vancouver the very next day. For those of you newcomers, Strange Breed is an all-queer, female alternative garage rock group from Vancouver, that is highly invested in not only music but also social and political causes; such as gender discrimination, mental illness, coming out/LGBTQ+ visibility, sexual assault, #MeToo, and gun laws.
This quartet is one of the most cognizant, socially-aware bands in Canada today, taking on with pride a recognition that they have the opportunity to not only bring visibility and transparency to these issues but to also amplify their own stories and those of others around them through the platform of music and performance. Strange Breed's songs may perhaps remind you of a lot of the femme rock that broke in the early 1990s and went through a period of great popularity. This all said, why not familiarise yourself with the band's previous music via Spotify or Apple Music.
Today we are not only pleased to premiere the entirety of their new album Permanence. but to also have a more in-depth chat about the issues at hand with lead singer and guitarist Nicolle Dupas. The rest of the foursome is rounded out by Terra Chaplin (lead guitar), Megan Bell (drums), and Ally Von Wallis (bass), and some of their standout new singles include "The C-Word," a song presented as a lighthearted, almost step-by-step guide to how consent should work, or "Sharks," an accessible rockers that is also closely linked to the #MeToo movement.
It's time to simultanesouly gain some awareness and rock out; this is the Permanence. premiere!:
Permanence. by Strange Breed
Strange Breed is a band with something to say in an age in desperate need of those with "something to say." As part of our premiere of Permanence., we spoke with Nicolle Dupas all about the record, the band, their motivations, #MeToo, and the production elements behind the album.
Who do you look towards as an inspiration for Strange Breed? Who are some particular artists, music or not, who have inspired you to go down this road as an empowered group of female garage rock artists?
Nicolle Dupas: "We all pull from very different influences, but then, of course, we intersect on many of them as well. For example, Megan favourite band is Tool, she's obsessed with Danny Carey's style of playing. She is constantly working on new, innovative fills and techniques to help us level up our sound, and it works.
Terra is really into old school punk, '90s rock, and metal. Veruca Salt is actually one of her favourite bands, so it's beyond cool that we've been able to work with a producer who actually engineered some of their music on 8 Arms To Hold You (the best album to be honest). Ally and Nicolle are both into a lot of indie rock/pop, but also have a soft spot for the '90s. Nicolle went through a huge emo/pop-punk phase in the early 2000s so a lot of that comes through melodically, too.
So I think with all those things combined, the biggest cross-over influences we share are bands like Veruca Salt, Paramore, The Pack AD, July Talk, The Pretty Reckless, Bikini Kill, Sleater-Kinney and Hole. Nicolle's vocal performance style has been often compared to Corin Tucker from S-K, which is a huge compliment. The general vibe of the album is a nod towards the albums we grew up with but has a firm grip on the current modern rock sound of today."
Released as one of the singles from Permanence, watch the music video for "Closer:"
One of your primary aims as a band is to stand firm and speak out against situations that suppress the voice of minority groups. What do you see as the most significant and current issue that threatens the rights and voices of minority groups?
Dupas: "In one word, Trump. Everything to do with him and what it has brought out in society, not just in the states, but in our own backyard.
But if we have to really pinpoint an issue that has been making us particularly weary lately, it would be the abortion bans and threats of abortion bans that are happening all over the states. It is a blatant attack on womxn's healthcare and bodies, and therefore freedom altogether. It doesn't only affect womxn of course, as but primarily, yes. You can visit the link in our Instagram bio and visit the National Network of Abortion Funds, that's what we did, and have donated some money where we can to help fight the good fight, and take a stand for womxn's fundamental rights to health care.
There's a huge, growing movement of artists that are standing with Planned Parenthood in the #BansOffMyBody campaign and other organizations. I think this is crucial, because whether people like it or not artists have huge social influence, and therefore political influence. They have platforms, and they're starting to work together use them for justice, the way it should be. "Staying out of politics" is OVER. It's ignorant, and it makes you look like you don't give a shit. The time for speaking up is now. That's all we want to see, and that's the industry we want to be a part of."
The totally rockin' cover artwork for Permanence.:
Your new album Permanence. is very much a statement against these situations and speaks up for many minority groups. What is it that you'd particularly like a listener to take away from listening to this album?
Dupas: "We're emerging in the industry during such a divided political climate. I think one of the things we want the listener to take away right off the bat is what side we're on. We believe survivors; we are survivors. We live with mental illness, and we support and want to hear from others who do as well. We believe in the power of community banding together and fighting for change. We believe in Consent. I mean, there are a lot of very clear messages there, but we aimed to get them across in the most accessible and enjoyable way possible. We really feel like this album achieves that.
Secondly, we want the listener to take away that they are not alone. Maybe they're a young queer person who wants to start a rock band but hasn't seen themselves reflected enough in the industry and doesn't feel seen. Maybe it's someone struggling with mental illness who needs to feel heard and understood and reminded of why they matter. Maybe it's someone healing from trauma who wants to feel powerful. We really believe there is something on this album for everyone to relate to, and we want them to know that the lines of communication are always open with Strange Breed! We're here for our listeners always!
You worked with Darren Grahn to produce Permanence. who has worked with a number of significant artists, including some strong female acts. What was the particular motivation in choosing to work with Grahn?
Dupas: "Darren is awesome!!!! (laughs) Well, we were lucky enough that he found us and heard the sound we were trying to create and loved it. I think the bottom line is we got along super well the first time we met with him, and after seeing his resume it was a no brainer. He's helped us craft our raw "garage" energy into something super marketable, but also keeping a certain unique edge that's cohesive front to back. His experience engineering for bands like Veruca Salt helped us bring back some of those nostalgic sounds in our layers of guitars and vocals, some of which I have yet to hear make a comeback. So it's cool to feel like it's something unique to us at this moment in the scene.
The first singles he helped us put out helped us receive government funding to complete the album, and start building a team of people around us, including press (Listen Harder PR) and plenty of industry contacts we would never have had. It's been awesome, life-changing, and we love that guy.
The world could certainly use some more "Gun Control."
One of the key tracks on Permanence. is "The C-Word" and it features a clever music video of a speed dating scenario that turns rather messy. What was the thought process behind this playful video?
Dupas: "'The C-Word' video was a lot of fun, and we wanted it to be! We wanted to have a playful video and sound to the song to offset the heavier nature of the topic. I think we also wanted to show that Consent applies to all relationships, and it can be simple and fun. The speed dating concept was an idea that Terra had which we all loved, to show a group of diverse individuals who are at all life stages and all different kinds of 'romantics' just going for it, but no matter what they are still talking about and engaging in consent."
The #MeToo movement has been in full effect for two years now since gaining enormous momentum back in the fall of 2017. What are your general feelings on how the movement has progressed since then? Do you still feel it's remaining true to its origins and what its goals were intended to achieve? As a follow-up question on #MeToo, as Canadian artists with a particular interest in social and political issues, how do you think the movement has progressed within Canada? Do you think it's been given proper attention within your own country?
Dupas: "We do feel like it's had the same amount of traction here in Canada as anywhere else, it was everywhere, and almost everyone we know was out there sharing stories. It was really powerful to see. It also drew a very firm line between those who supported and those who thought it was bullshit. I think it ended a lot of friendships (laughs), but that's ok. Our consensus is that is a good thing, because anyone who disagree so strongly on such an important topic like sexual assault, believing survivors will only grow to have a potentially unsafe and volatile relationship. It helped people find their true support networks and their real friends. I know it did for us! I think it showed a lot of people's true colours, and on the other side of the same coin, it showed a lot of peoples' strength.
We feel it is still alive and well, and that the movement sparked a community strength that we haven't seen in a long time. Well, in our generation we've never seen it first hand until now. Referencing back to the abortion bans, for example, seeing how people are continuously working to turn this around and to protect womxn's rights is really outstanding, I feel like it may not have had the same traction without #MeToo. That movement was, and is still very important!"
Watch the band's fun, original music video released for "The C-Word:"
In an exclusive quote regarding Permanence., the band collectively stated, "This album has been a long time in the making. When we first came together as a band, we hoped to get to this point of releasing a studio album, but I don't think we ever imagined it would end up being the way that it is. When we started in 2017, it was frankly Nicolle's last attempt at trying to get an all-female band together after a couple of years of trying. We started as more of a Riot Grrrl comeback type of punk band, but quickly evolved into a more accessible version of that sound, and caught the attention of a team of folks who led us to produce what became Permanence..
It was never a question about writing and recording songs that had a strong social and political message, or about being unabashedly queer and raw in our ways of sharing that message. What has surprised us the most is how quickly we've gone from 0-100 with receiving support, with building our team, with growing closer as a band and with becoming a fixture in our local scene. We couldn't be happier with the path this album has taken us down already, and it's only the beginning."
Permanence. Track Listing:
02. My Blood
03. Dead Girl
04. The C-Word
06. Sharks
07. Witch Hunt
08. Her
Upcoming Tour Dates:
09/14 - Vancouver, BC @ Red Gate
09/18 - Nanaimo, BC @ The Vault
09/19 - Victoria, BC @ The Rubber Boot Club
09/21 - Kamloops, BC @ The Kami
09/22 - Kelowna, BC @ Milkcrate Records
09/24 - Calgary, AB @ The Palomino
09/26 - Winnipeg, MN @ Good Will Social Club
09/29 - Toronto, ON @ The Hideout
09/02 - Kingston, ON @ The Mansion
09/03 - Ottawa, ON @ The Avant-Garde Bar
09/04 - Quebec City, QC @ Scanner Bistro
09/05 - Montreal, QC @ The Diving Bell
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Corday was born at St-Saturnin, France, on July 27, 1768. She was educated at a Roman Catholic convent in Caen. Although she considered herself devoted to the more enlightened ideas of the time, she tended to support the monarchy when the French Revolution began in 1789.
As the revolution progressed and fierce factions developed within the National Convention, she favored the moderate party of Girondins in contrast to men like Marat and Maximilien Robespierre, who were determined to destroy the monarchy and the nobility. After the Girondins were expelled from the convention during May and June 1793, Caen became the center from which they hoped to organize opposition to their opponents. Corday decided to devote herself to their cause and set off for Paris. Convinced that Marat was the chief enemy, she gained an interview with him under the pretext of wanting to tell him of events at Caen. Corday was immediately apprehended after the murder and sentenced to death. She was executed on July 17.


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National Association of Postal Supervisors
Branch 29 - Cincinnati, OH
P.O. Box 14003 Cincinnati, OH 45250-0003
Officer Pages
Const/Bylaws
Branch 29 Constitution & Bylaws
National Constitution & Bylaws
BRANCH 29
This organization shall be known as "BRANCH 29, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF POSTAL SUPERVISORS".
The objectives of this Branch shall be to promote, through appropriate and effective action, the welfare of its members and to cooperate with the United States Postal Service, in a continuing effort to improve the service, to raise the standard of efficiency, and to widen the field of opportunity for members who make the Postal Service a career.
Section 1 - NAPS shall have three classes of members. These classes of members shall be (1) active, (2) associate, and (3) honorary.
Section 2 - Active Members
Included are all supervisory/managerial and postmaster personnel who are not subject to collective bargaining agreements under Chapter 12 of Title 39, US Code, and who are employed in processing and distribution centers and facilities, including, but not limited to, Headquarters, area and district offices, post offices, network distribution centers, and other installation personnel.
NAPS is not the representative of personnel employed as PCES installation heads and postal inspectors, or other like positions in the USPS Headquarters or field facilities.
Section 3 - Associate Members
Former active members of this association who were in good standing at the time of retirement may be associate members.
Associate members shall be entitled to all the same benefits granted to regular members.
Associate members shall pay dues at the national or branch level no less than an amount one half the national per capita tax, which will include a subscription to THE POSTAL SUPERVISOR.
Associate members who hold offices at the national or branch level shall pay the full share and same dues and assessments as regular active members of their branches.
Section 4 - Honorary Members
Members of this association who are in good standing at the time of retirement or promotion shall be entitled to honorary membership.
Honorary members shall not be required to pay dues, and except for attending meetings, shall not be eligible for any of the benefits described in Section 3.
Section 1 - Regular meetings of this Branch shall be held quarterly, at a time and place set by the President. The fourth quarterly meeting shall be held in December and shall be known as the Annual Meeting.
Section 2 - A special meeting may be called by the President, or at the written request of ten members in good standing, filed with the secretary seven days prior to the proposed meeting. The recording secretary shall immediately notify all members by mail of such special meetings.
Section 3 - An attendance log must be maintained by the secretary of all members attending the meetings. This log will serve as the official attendance record of all meetings.
OFFICERS, NOMINATIONS, AND ELECTIONS
Section 1 - The officers of this Branch shall be a President, Vice President, Administrative Vice President-NDC, Executive Vice President-Customer Service, Secretary, and Treasurer. The officers and the Immediate Past President shall constitute the Executive Board.
Section 2 - All officers shall be elected by secret ballot. At the second quarterly meeting, in even numbered years, the President shall appoint a nominating committee. This committee shall have until the third quarterly meeting to solicit eligible members who wish to run for office. The list of candidates shall be presented at the third quarterly meeting. Every effort must be made by the committee to obtain at least (2) nominees for each office.
Section 3 - The President, at the third quarterly meeting, shall declare the meeting open for additional nominations from the floor for candidates for all offices. The nominations are declared closed at the adjournment of the third quarterly meeting.
Section 4 - To be eligible, a candidate must have attended three (3) Branch 29 meetings during the twelve months prior to the close of nominations. Retirees may run for any office, provided they have paid full dues and are in good standing. The official attendance log shall be used to determine eligibility.
Section 5 - The office of Administrative Vice President will be restricted to Branch 29 members employed at the Cincinnati Network Distribution Center.
Section 6 - When each winning candidate is announced, the candidate receiving the second highest number of votes shall be declared the alternate.
Section 7 - Newly elected officers shall be installed as the last order of business at the December meeting in even-numbered years, and they shall assume their offices on January 1st. Their tenure shall be for two years.
Section 8 - The office of Executive Vice President will be restricted to Branch 29 members who are currently or have been previously employed in the Customer Service field for a minimal period of 1 continuous calendar year.
Section - 1 The President shall preside at the meetings of this Branch and of the Executive Board, and call special meetings as provided by Article IV, Section 2, appoint committees, decide all questions of order subject to an appeal to the members present, enforce the laws and rules of this Branch, sign all warrants on the Treasurer as instructed by the membership and perform all other duties of his/her office. The President will be provided with a cell phone and all bills will be paid by the Branch. He/she shall be a delegate to state and national conventions, or to any other convention or gathering to which this branch may send one or more delegates. Any officer designated to be a delegate to state and national conventions, or to any other convention or gathering to which this branch may send one or more delegates shall be provided a specific sum of money for allowable expenses, which sum shall equal the appropriate reimbursement of expenses to include per diem, mileage, and lodging.
The President shall make the determination as to which officers attend gatherings other than the National and States conventions based on the purpose of the gathering and the applicability for that officer in relation to Branch activities. The office of Past President shall be recognized for a period of two years. The office will receive all benefits as a regular officer.
All elected officers are required to actively participate in the representation of the membership including disciplinary matters. While the President is required to handle matters of representation, including discipline, the workload and representation will evenly be distributed among the officers by the President when he/she is not able to handle the matter. Any officer failing to provide their share of representation to the membership will not be eligible for expense reimbursement and will be removed from their office.
An advocacy pool shall be established based on election of members consisting of 5 members. This pool will have a minimum of one representative from each functional area – Customer Service, P&DC, and NDC.
Section - 2 The Vice President shall serve in the absence of the President and in addition, shall serve as permanent chairman of the membership committee.
Section - 3 The Secretary shall keep an accurate record of the proceedings of the meetings of this branch and prepare and receive all correspondence.
Section - 4 The Treasurer shall be the custodian of all funds of this branch and shall disburse them only as directed by the membership upon proper certification by the President, properly attested by the Recording Secretary.
Section - 5 The Administrative Vice President will report to the President of Branch 29 on matters concerning the welfare of members employed at the Cincinnati Network Distribution Center.
Section - 6 The Executive Vice President will report to the President of Branch 29 on matters concerning the welfare of members employed in the Customer Service field.
A list of eligible delegates will be announced at the 1st quarterly meeting of the Convention year by the secretary. All eligible delegates will have until the start of the second quarterly meeting to declare their intentions to the membership regarding the Convention. The maximum number of delegates including the President shall be equal to 10% of the total membership. In the event that there are more eligible members to become delegates than the 10% maximum, the delegates shall be ranked in the following order, 1- Executive Board, 2- Members who attended all 4 quarterly meetings during the previous year, 3- First time attendees, 4- Members who attended the most meetings since the last convention. If there are still vacant spots remaining, the remaining eligible members who intend to attend the convention, will be selected by the Executive Board prior to the end of the 2nd quarterly meeting of the year in which the convention is being held. Retirees will be allowed to be delegates to the conventions and the Legislative Conference, provided that the retiree pays the full yearly dues. The expenses to all conventions will be fully paid for all officers of the branch. It is required that all members serving as delegates for Branch 29 must sit together as a group at all conventions. To be eligible to be a delegate, members must attend three (3) of the four (4) meetings prior to that year's convention.
DUES AND ASSESSMENTS
Section - 1 The dues of each active member shall be $11.00 per pay period.
Section - 2 The annual dues of active associate members shall be $60.00 plus auxiliary dues, state and national per capita assessments, payable annually in advance, or payable under the "Dues Check Off Plan" and provided further that the dues and per capita assessments of all elected officers be remitted during their term of office.
Section - 3 An annual subscription to THE POSTAL SUPERVISOR magazine is included in active members' dues. Honorary members desiring THE POSTAL SUPERVISOR magazine shall pay the current subscription price thereto.
Section - 4 From the dues of each member, there shall be set aside one dollar each month as a fund for delegates, 100% of this fund for national conventions, to be divided equally among the delegates attending.
Section - 5 Members in arrears for dues and assessments, for more than six months, may be suspended. Suspended members shall be reinstated upon payment of the arrearage.
Section - 6 "Annual" shall be construed as covering the period from January 1, to December 31, and constitutes the fiscal year of this Branch.
Section - 7 State Branch Membership - Branch 29 will not join or be a member of the Ohio State Branch or any other organization. Anytime endorsement or membership of Branch 29 is considered for either State Branch or any other organization, such will be put to a vote of the membership to modify this article and section of the constitution in accordance with Article 9 of this Constitution. Branch 29 will withdraw from membership in the Ohio State Branch.
Section - 8 Branch Auxiliary - The local Auxiliary will not automatically receive funds from the general membership. Any funds provided to the local Auxiliary must be approved by a majority vote of members at a local membership meeting.
This constitution may be amended by referendum, provided that due notice in writing of the amendment proposed shall have been read and filed with the Secretary at the previous regular meeting. The secretary shall prepare ballots and mail one to each member in good standing. Balloting shall be by mail or in person before 8:30 pm at the next regular meeting. An election committee of three (3) members appointed by the President shall count all ballots received by the Secretary. A vote of two-thirds of those voting is required for passage. An amendment receiving a two-thirds vote shall become operative immediately.
15 members present shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at any regular or special meeting.
The following order of business shall be observed unless varied by vote:
1. Roll Call of Officers 6. Unfinished Business
2. Reading of Minutes 7. New Business
3. Treasurer's Report 8. Announcements
4. Reading of communication, bills, notices, etc. 9. Election of Officers
5. Report of Committees 10. Adjournment
AUDITING COMMITTEE
There shall be an Auditing Committee of three members appointed by the President at the December meeting, who shall audit the books of the Treasurer immediately following the close of the books for the fiscal year, and to report to the branch at the next regular meeting. In addition, the Auditing Committee will screen the Secretary's files, removing and destroying all records over two years old and excepting that of branch meetings will be retained in the files for ten years.
PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURE
Robert's Rules of Order shall govern the proceedings in the meetings of this board. The President shall appoint a Parliamentarian.
These BY-LAWS may be amended or suspended at any regular meeting of this branch by a two-thirds vote of members present and voting.
FEES FOR NO-SHOWS
Expenses which are incurred due to any member making a reservation(s) for a Branch 29 function, and said member fails to cancel and said reservation(s) by notifying one of the officers by at least three (3) days prior to the function, shall be charged to the member who made the reservation(s). To maintain his/her status as a member in good standing, said member must pay any fees owed to Branch 29 before the next quarterly meeting.
Updated 12/6/14 to include proposals passed at the Annual meeting 12/6/14


2 unforgettable sessions of the summer camp ENGLISH CAMP took place from July 4th to July 21st in Chernigiv, Ukraine.
This year the theme of the camp was SUPERHERO – people have invented many superheroes in comics and cinema with different superpowers, but there is only one real superhero, Jesus, who really has the power to save us.
The total number of campers for two sessions was about 200 teenagers and young people from all over Ukraine. These were the children of military officers from different military units.
ENGLISH CAMP has been in existence since 2001, over a period of 17 years the camp has been visited by more than 4000 people. Each year, the Olive Branch Americans team and the Ukrainian team work together with one goal – to tell people about God through the study of English.
← Serving God through service to people is honorable, responsible and sometimes dangerous.


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President Obama meets with Emory Healthcare team about Ebola
By Laura Douglas-Brown | Emory Report | Sept. 16, 2014
President Obama met privately Tuesday with Emory University Hospital physicians, nurses and others who have cared for Ebola patients. Photo by Jack Kearse.
Third patient with Ebola virus disease arrives at Emory University Hospital Sep. 9, 2014
Ebola patients discharged from Emory University Hospital Aug. 21, 2014
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During an address at the CDC, President Obama praised Emory University Hospital's "extraordinary efforts" to care for patients with Ebola. Photo by Jack Kearse.
President Barack Obama met with Ebola experts from Emory Healthcare as part of his Sept. 16 visit to the federal Centers for Disease Control & Prevention.
Obama visited the Atlanta-based CDC for an update on the Ebola virus outbreak in West Africa and the U.S. response to it. The president met with Emory University Hospital physicians, nurses and others involved with the treatment of Ebola patients here before giving an address where he announced a significant expansion of U.S. efforts to combat the disease.
"Faced with this outbreak, the world is looking to us, the United States, and it's a responsibility that we embrace," Obama said. "We are prepared to take leadership on this, to provide the kinds of capabilities that only America has, and to mobilize the world in ways that only America can do."
The president's meetings with the Emory Healthcare team were closed to the press, but he discussed Emory's efforts in his public remarks after stressing that while "the chances of an Ebola outbreak here in the United States are extremely low," the administration is taking steps to make sure that American hospitals are prepared to identify and treat the virus.
"Here I have got to commend everybody at Emory University Hospital," Obama said. "I just had the opportunity to meet with Doctors Gartland and Ribner and members of their team and the nurses who — sorry doctors, but having been in hospitals, I know they are the ones really doing the work — and I had a chance to thank them for their extraordinary efforts in helping to provide care for the first Americans who recently contracted the disease in Africa.
Carolyn Hill, an Emory nursing unit director, receives a hug from President Obama during his meeting with the Emory Healthcare team who cared for Ebola patients.
"The first two of those patients were released last month and continue to improve, and it's a reminder for the American people that should any cases appear in the United States, we have world-class facilities and professionals ready to respond and we have effective surveillance mechanisms in place," Obama continued.
Last month, Emory University Hospital became the first hospital in the United States to treat patients with Ebola virus disease. Bryce Gartland, vice president of operations for Emory University Hospital, and Bruce Ribner, director of Emory's Infectious Disease Unit, were among a small group of those involved with caring for the Ebola patients who met with Obama early Tuesday afternoon.
Emory's first two Ebola patients, both American citizens who became infected with the virus while providing humanitarian aid in West Africa, were cared for in a special isolation unit created in collaboration with the CDC to house CDC scientists and others exposed to infectious diseases while traveling abroad.
Dr. Kent Brantly, who arrived at Emory on Aug. 2 after being transported by air ambulance from Liberia, left Emory University Hospital on Aug. 21. Nancy Writebol arrived at Emory from Liberia on Aug. 5; she was discharged Aug. 19. The two were able to leave the hospital after Emory physicians determined, in collaboration with the CDC and state health departments, that they had recovered from Ebola virus infection and posed no public health concerns.
A third patient with Ebola arrived at Emory from West Africa on Sept. 9 and is being treated in the same isolation unit.
In his public remarks Tuesday, Obama noted that he had met with Brantly this morning in the Oval Office prior to his trip to Atlanta.
"We are incredibly grateful to him and his family for the service he has rendered to people who are a lot less lucky than all of us," the president said.


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The fight against COVID-19 – how Africans are embodying the true meaning of Africa month
By Sello Hatang
If you have ever wondered why you feel such a strong sense of responsibility for the people in your community with the COVID-19 crisis upon us, just know that the spirit of unity was forged in our continent through centuries of struggle against colonisation and enslavement. The qualities of Ubuntu are deeply rooted in Africa and its people. The month of May should be a testament to this.
Africa Month is a celebration of a moment in time where leaders came together to create an organization on the 25th of May in 1963. It was the first-of-its-kind, aimed at uniting the hopes and goals of African leaders in over 30 countries. This organization grew into what we now know as the African Union, and it continues to uphold the charter values: to promote the unity of solidarity of African states and to coordinate effort towards a better life for the people of Africa. The AU was officially launched in July 2002, right here in South Africa, with former president Thabo Mbeki at the head as Chairperson.
18 years after Thabo Mbeki's Chairship, another South African leader is at the helm, and we able to look back and measure how much has been achieved towards the goals promised to its nations on Africa Day. In 2020 more African children are going to school than ever before. Technological advancement on the continent has seen the growing use of renewable energies and the invention of digital wallet products to narrow the financial access gap for the most underprivileged communities. Many of our economies are growing faster than anywhere else on the planet. We have been commended by the International Monetary Fund for creating an entirely new development path, which has solidified the place of countries like Ethiopia, Rwanda, Ghana, Côte d'Ivoire, Senegal, Benin, Kenya, Uganda, and Burkina Faso in the top ten consistently performing economies worldwide.
None of this would have been achieved without the concerted efforts of togetherness shown by Africa and its leaders even in the most trying times. Today, we are faced with another history-defining moment which will test our ability to rally together. The COVID-19 pandemic is taking a toll on the lives of Africans, and placing significant pressure on health systems and economies. The World Bank estimates economic and social impacts worth tens of billions of dollars in estimated output losses this year.
In light of this and other developing impacts on the continent, the African Union inaugurated a COVID-19 Diagnostic Laboratory at its Pan African Veterinary Vaccine Centre, AU-PANVAC, office in Debre-Zeit, Ethiopia on the 8th of May. The PANVAC laboratories, which were initially designed to test the quality of vaccines, were recently mandated to commence research into developing a new vaccine to fight the deadly pandemic. This is the first African Union specialized laboratory to be given such a mandate. While our leaders quickly work on developing a vaccine, we must remember what we are fighting for.
This makes this year's Africa Day more important than we could ever imagine. It is now that we need the strongest sense of togetherness to overcome this crisis. The values entrenched by a group of hopeful founders so many years ago, are what will define how well we are able to respond today. It is our devotion to each other as Africans, at the best and worst of times that will strengthen our resolve. As South Africans we aspire to be known for our generosity and practice of Ubuntu. This is the time for us to show these qualities. Not only must we be crisis-management leaders in the time of COVID-19, mounting the technical and logistical challenges, but we must also show leadership in meeting the needs of all who live in our country, especially our most vulnerable populations.
The Nelson Mandela, Kolisi and Imbumba Foundations have had the privilege of experiencing the spirit of Ubuntu as we have been travelling in South Africa providing much needed relief to families across the country. One such example was when we visited a community in Mpumalanga. The community got its resources together to build a house for an old woman whose house was damaged by a storm. This simple act restored her dignity. This bears testimony to what we are as a people.
Our country has become a global example for the fight against COVID-19. We have managed to keep our numbers down, with active social distancing and an aggressive testing response in a way that our European and American counterparts have not. Emergency relief work has seen the best of South Africa, with generosity and resilience to the fore. All that the African Union has called for on Africa Day is what we have seen exemplified every day during the crisis thus far. Of course, all has not been rosy. We have seen the deep divides of inequality play out in disturbing ways. Mistakes have been made. The challenge is huge.
But we have much to celebrate in Africa Month. We have experienced in recent months a quality of national leadership which is reassuring. We see robust inter-sectoral endeavour in face of national disaster. And we have seen demonstrated both the importance and the capacity of government to play a critical transformative role.
I wish all who live in South Africa a happy Africa day. May we regard ourselves as citizens of a continent of over a billion people and understand that our national interests are interwoven with those of the continent as a whole. May we do more than talk the talk about Ubuntu. And may we keep striving for excellence as we confront multiple challenges.
Sello Hatang is the CEO of the Nelson Mandela Foundation, a Brand South Africa partner and long-term stakeholder. Brand South Africa, the official marketing agency mandated with managing the image and reputation of South Africa for global competitiveness.
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Sprout is truly Ann Engelbrecht's design studio. Each order is hand crafted by Ann for people who love flowers. This dedication to artistry and excellence is a commitment to fulfill each order with the same exacting standards and quality that our fine floral friends are accustomed to throughout the year. In effort to keep up with requests we activate our virtual floral shop staff at allaboutsprout.com! Online ordering is very convenient and user friendly. If you aren't into shopping online, have a special request, or need event decor/multiple gift baskets etc, no worries, we're just an email or quick phone call away. Email is answered throughout the day and all telephone messages will be returned after 3 PM daily.
HOT SHOT DELIVERY is available for emergency floral situations. Please email "Floral 911" in the subject line of your note to ann@allaboutsprout.com and I will return your call as promptly as possible.
Black Out Dates apply. Overriding delivery dates (not filling the form in) will place your order on the next available date. Overridden delivery date orders can be refunded at a 6% service fee.
We reserve weekends for events and book up very early. Please book YOUR event as soon as possible.
Thank you, as always, for your generous support of my little flower shop! The holiday season is such a joy and equally as challenging. It's nice to be so wanted, and terrible to have to say 'no' when the demand exceeds the time available to design beautiful one of a kind gifts, wreaths, events & arrangements for YOU, the finest floral friends.
Homecoming is a 6 week season here at Sprout. Check out some of our corsages just click on the picture!
Plants are a great way to add warmth and ambiance to décor, and did you know they purify your home & office air quality too? Air pollution and other toxins get trapped indoors. NASA did a study that determined many types of plants have the natural power to purify air, especially in enclosed spaces that have very little airflow. Add some air purifying plants to your setting, you'll likely be able to breathe a whole lot easier! Click on the photo to learn more!
We will be back Tuesday.
For most people, Labor Day means two things: a day off and a chance to say goodbye to the summer. But why is it called Labor Day? Labor Day is a day set aside to pay tribute to working men and women. It has been celebrated as a national holiday in the United States and Canada since 1894.


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SAP HANA Security Part 1: The Difference Between Run-Time and Design-Time Roles
by Ned Falk, Senior Education Consultant, SAP
The basics about SAP HANA security can be a somewhat confusing topic, even for experienced users. However, there are some terms and concepts that users must understand in order to properly set up security in SAP HANA. In the first of this two-part series about SAP HANA security, gain an overview of two ways for building security roles: run-time and design-time roles. There are significant differences between these two techniques, each with its own advantages and disadvantages.
Reading this article, you will learn about:
The features SAP HANA has to deploy reporting security and when reporting security is needed in SAP HANA
The difference between run-time (catalog) and design-time (repository) roles
In the early days of SAP HANA, there was only one way to build roles that enabled some users to see data X and others to see data Y: it had to be coded manually. Now there are SAP HANA graphical and automated tools that allow security roles to be built that can be assigned to users to do this task. When choosing which graphical option to use, the SAP HANA SQL-compliant database codes the required data control language (DCL) syntax behind the scenes. There are options on which user interface (UI) to use, however, and even though either UI creates code, which one is chosen affects the ultimate goal of achieving an easy-to-administer yet still secure SAP HANA system.
SAP HANA is a SQL-compliant database that comes with many extra features that are not standard in most databases. These capabilities include text searching, a built-in web server, geo-spatial data handling, and more. As I understand it, a SQL-compliant database has to have the SQL basics implemented in order to secure the data. With SAP HANA, SAP has done this: implemented the basic requirements of standard SQL. However, although the basics of SAP HANA's security features are adequate for complying with SQL standards, the bare minimum security features are not enough for a complex corporate security environment.
To meet these needs, SAP HANA offers multiple user interfaces (UIs) that allow for more than one way to deploy security schemes and various features over and above the basics needed for SQL compliance. In this article I address one major area where options exist—the area of deploying security roles (run-time [catalog] or design-time [repository] roles). First, I give a high-level overview of the security options that come with the SAP HANA database, its features for deploying reporting security, and when reporting security is needed in SAP HANA. Then I examine in more detail the differences between run-time and design-time roles, and clear up some confusion that exists about these two options for deploying roles.
A High-Level Overview of Security in SAP HANA
Many different components make up SAP HANA security. This is because not only does SAP HANA operate in most scenarios as a database to support applications running in their own servers; it also behaves as an application itself with users getting information directly from the SAP HANA system. Both these scenarios have different security demands.
Ned Falk
Ned Falk is a senior education consultant at SAP. In prior positions, he implemented many ERP solutions, including SAP R/3. While at SAP, he initially focused on logistics. Now he focuses on SAP HANA, SAP BW (formerly SAP NetWeaver BW), SAP CRM, and the integration of SAP BW and SAP BusinessObjects tools. You can meet him in person when he teaches SAP HANA, SAP BW, or SAP CRM classes from the Atlanta SAP office, or in a virtual training class over the web. If you need an SAP education plan for SAP HANA, SAP BW, BusinessObjects, or SAP CRM, you may contact Ned via email.
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