A Bill progressing through the US Congress seeks to allow greater flexibility for The American Legion to allow US veterans of unrecognized periods of war to become members.
The Bill, which was introduced in February by Senator Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) and Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC), would enable The American Legion to accept membership for US service personnel who were involved in periods of war which are not yet recognized by the US Government. The Bill indicates that "In between those recognized periods of war, during so-called peacetime eras, the United States military has been involved in not fewer than 12 known eras, which are unrecognized by the United States Government as periods of war, resulting in numerous United States personnel combat casualties."
• the Greek Civil War "fought in Greece from 1946 to 1949 between the army of the Government of Greece, supported by active military personal of the United States and the United Kingdom, and the Democratic Army of Greece, the military branch of the Communist Party of Greece."
• the Chinese Civil War "which occurred during the aftermath of World War II."
• the Lebanon Crisis of 1958 "which involved more than 14,000 United States personnel and resulted in the death of one member of the Armed Forces who sacrificed his life in service to the United States and five non-combat deaths."
• the Cuban Missile Crisis "which took place between October 16 and October 28, 1962."
• the Iran Hostage Crisis "which lasted from November 4, 1979, through January 20, 1981"
• "The 11th unrecognized war era involving active United States military personnel started on April 5, 1986, when the La Belle discotheque in West Berlin, Germany, was bombed, killing two United States soldiers and wounding 79 other members of the Armed Forces, which triggered what became known as the Libyan Conflict."
• The Libyan Conflict "led to the 12th unrecognized war era involving active United States military personnel, known collectively as the Persian Gulf Conflicts, which lasted from July 24, 1987, through September 26, 1988."
The Bill explains that at present, "Eligibility for membership in The American Legion is determined by Congress through the establishment of specific dates of declared and officially recognized hostilities in which United States military personnel are on active service." This Bill, if passed, would declare that "it is fair, proper, and reasonable that the privilege of membership in The American Legion should be extended to all military personnel who served on active military duty during all of the unrecognized war eras involving active United States military personnel."
If passed, the Bill would therefore allow US military personnel who took part in operations in the UK and across Europe, as well as other locations in the world, during periods of time which are not currently recognized under existing US laws. This means in particular that Americans serving in the UK during The Cold War would be eligible for membership of The American Legion, and to participate in the many important projects and campaigns that the organization undertakes.


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Q: Implementing DataTables using EF. No results showing, no errors I try to follow this tutorial on how to use DataTables plugin: https://www.codeproject.com/Articles/155422/jQuery-DataTables-and-ASP-NET-MVC-Integration-Part?fid=1609174&df=90&mpp=25&sort=Position&spc=Relaxed&tid=4604201 but with using EF.
I've installed via package manager "Mvc.JQuery.DataTables".
This is my Controller (db is made out of generated edmx from Database, jQueryDataTableParamModel is a copy from a tutorial):
public class TablesController : Controller
{
    public ActionResult Index()
    {
        return View();
    }
    // AjaxHandler
    public ActionResult AjaxHandler(jQueryDataTableParamModel param)
    {
        var result = from p in db.Tables
                     select p;

        return Json(new
        {
            sEcho = param.sEcho,
            iTotalRecords = db.Tables.Count(),
            iTotalDisplayRecords = db.Tables.Count(),
            aaData = result
        },
        JsonRequestBehavior.AllowGet);
    }
}

This is my model class:
public partial class Table
{
    public int Id { get; set; }
    public string Name { get; set; }
    public string Surname { get; set; }
    public string Date { get; set; }
    public Nullable<decimal> DateValue { get; set; }
    public Nullable<int> cs_Table { get; set; }

    public virtual Surname Surname1 { get; set; }
    public virtual Date Date1 { get; set; }
    public virtual Name Name1 { get; set; }
}

This is my View:
@model IEnumerable<EFModel.Table>

@{
    ViewBag.Title = "Index";
}

Index

    @Html.ActionLink("Create New", "Create")

             @Html.DisplayNameFor(model => model.Id)

            @Html.DisplayNameFor(model => model.Name)

            @Html.DisplayNameFor(model => model.Surname)

            @Html.DisplayNameFor(model => model.Date)

            @Html.DisplayNameFor(model => model.DateValue)

            @Html.DisplayNameFor(model => model.cs_Table)

And this is my index.js with function for handling tables:
$(document).ready(function () {

    $('#myDataTable').dataTable({
        "bServerSide": true,
        "sAjaxSource": "Tables/AjaxHandler",
        "bProcessing": true,
        "aoColumns": [
            {
                "sName": "ID",
                "bSearchable": false,
                "bSortable": false,
                "fnRender": function (oObj) {
                    return 'View';
                }
            },
            { "sName": "Name" },
            { "sName": "Surname" },
            { "sName": "Date" },
            { "sName": "DateValue" }
            { "sName": "cs_Tables"}
        ]
    });
});

I import needed files for DataTables to work in the Head in _Layout.cshtml:

From what I've read it should suffice to display records in my view Index but nothing comes up. I've put breakpoint on AjaxHandler method but it doesn't go there.

A: I use datatables 1.10.18 and my return class is:
public class DataTableProcessingResult {
    public int draw { get; set; }
    public int recordsTotal { get; set; }
    public int recordsFiltered { get; set; }
    public object data { get; set; }
    public string error { get; set; }
}

so can tou check by fiddler or any network analyzer or debbuger the communication between you client and the server ?

A: I am using 1.10 Jquery Datatables and for the templating i am using Underscore JS.
Here is my code for loading from server side.
Put this template and table in your html code.

Then this method for js to load data from server side.
function  Load() {
            var tmpl = _.template($('#tmpl_Grid').html());
            $('#tblAccounts').DataTable({
                "dom": "<'row'<'col-md-6 col-sm-12'l><'col-md-6 col-sm-12'f>r>t<'row'<'col-md-5 col-sm-12'i><'col-md-7 col-sm-12'p>>",
                "paging": true,
                "info": true,
                "ordering": true,
                "search": true,
                "processing": true,
                "serverSide": true,
                "destroy": true,
                "ajax": {
                    "url": "/Accounts/LoadList",
                    "type": "POST",
                    "data": function (d) {
                        d.startDate = $("#txtStartDate").val();
                        d.endDate = $("#txtEndDate").val();
                        d.head = $("#drpAccountHeads").val();
                        var accounts = $("#drpAccountTypes").val();
                        d.accounts = accounts == null ? [] : accounts;
                        d.phase = $("#drpPhases option:selected").val();
                    }
                },
                "columns": [
                    { "data": null, "title": "ID", "className": "", "orderable": false, "searchable": false },
                    { "data": null, "title": "AMOUNT", "className": "", "orderable": false, "searchable": false },
                    { "data": null, "title": "DATE", "className": "", "orderable": false, "searchable": false },
                    { "data": null, "title": "TYPE", "className": "", "orderable": false, "searchable": false }
                ],
                "order": [[0, "asc"]],
                "rowCallback": function (row, data) {
                    $(row).html(tmpl(data));
                },
                "initComplete": function (settings, json) {

                }
            });
        }

Here is the code for controller.
[HttpPost]
        public async Task<JsonResult> LoadList()
        {
           var search = Request.Form["search[value]"] + "";

            var totalCount = 0;
            var fList = _context.Expenses.Include(x => x.AccountType).AsQueryable();
            if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(search))
            {
                fList = fList.Where(x => x.Description.ToLower().Trim().Contains(search.ToLower().Trim()));
            }

            var list = await fList.OrderByDescending(x => x.Id).Skip(start).Take(length).Select(x => new
            {
                x.Id,
                x.Amount,
                Date = x.Date != null ? x.Date.Value.ToString("dd-MMM-yyyy") : "",
                Type = x.AccountTypeId != null ? x.AccountType.Name : "",
                x.Description,
                x.BillAmount,
                x.Payment,
                x.AccountTypeId
            }).ToListAsync();

            if (list.Any())
            {
                totalCount = fList.Count();
            }

            var result = JObject.FromObject(new
            {
                draw,
                recordsFiltered = totalCount,
                recordsTotal = totalCount,
                data = list
            });
            return result;
        }

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The earliest records state that on August 21, 1887, there was a meeting held at Trondhjem House, which was located on Fourth and Ogden in Superior. With the help of Reverend Wangness from Minneapolis, the foundation of Concordia Lutheran Church was laid with the establishment of "Vor Frelsers Skandinavisk Lutherske Menighed i West Superior." Lars Shaker, O.C. Nubson and Iver Anderson were elected the first Board of Trustees.
In the summer of 1889, construction began on the former church building. The pioneers' dream became a reality on July 5, 1891, when the building was complete and the first church was dedicated. By 1912, when Concordia celebrated its Silver Jubilee, the church membership tripled to 900 souls. During those six years, Pastor Lockrem baptized 500, confirmed 255, conducted 195 funeral services, and tied 182 nuptial knots, "for better or for worse." The original church building served the congregation until 1929 when it was razed to prepare for the present church's construction. On Sunday, November 17, 1929, the cornerstone was laid on the building that serves the congregation to this day. The name of the congregation was officially changed from "Norwegian-Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church" to "Concordia Norwegian Lutheran Church" in January of 1930.
Because of the growth of the congregation under Pastor Lockrem, the members determined to reach out to other areas in the city. A mission in the North End on North Fifth Street was continued until May, 1925, when transportation was available to bring them to Concordia. By 1930 there were 112 students enrolled in the Sunday School. The East End Chapel was closed in 1957 and the teachers and students in the East End then commuted to Concordia for Sunday School.
Some highlights from Concordia's history:
A Sunday School was started in September of 1887.
The first baptism was on February 14, 1888.
The first marriage was on August 21, 1890.
The first funeral was for an infant, Jenny Pedersen.
The first confirmation class was confirmed in 1891.
The church's constitution was translated into English in February of 1927.
Crown Prince Olav and Crown Princess Martha of Norway graced Concordia with their attendance at a worship service on Sunday, June 18, 1939.
Concordia was the site of the marriage of Major Richard I. Bong and Marjorie Vattendahl on February 10, 1945; Major Bong's funeral was held at Concordia on August 8, 1945.
The Concordia Brotherhood organized on February 27, 1907.
The Concordia Lutheran Church Women (CLCW) held its first meeting on January 12, 1961, and was formed by a merger of numerous womens' circles.
The congregation celebrated its 125th anniversary in 2012.
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The secret to fried chicken as far as I can tell is to marinate the pieces in buttermilk brine for a full 24 hours. This keeps the meat tender and juicy. I like thighs because they are really flavourful and hold up to longer cooking. Coat the chicken pieces in a mixture of flour, salt, pepper, and any other spice you want, then fry in butter. Once the skin is brown and crispy, I put them in the oven and started browning another batch. The skin didn't stay crispy in the oven, but overall this fried chicken was absolutely delicious. Leftovers came back in wrap form.


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Lakers Go 3-1 Up on Nuggets, 76ers, Knicks Win
Sessions landed the go-ahead score that put the Lakers on top 89-86 with 48 seconds left, then reserve Blake made a dagger three-pointer on a pass from Kobe Bryant with 18 seconds remaining to bury the Nuggets.
"I was letting (Kobe) know (I was open) throughout the game, even when I missed one, I said 'I'm going to make the next one,'" Blake told reporters after tallying eight of his 10 points in the fourth quarter.
Bryant scored 22 points to go with eight rebounds and six assists to leave the Lakers able to secure a second round spot with a win in Game Five on Tuesday in Los Angeles.
Oklahoma City Thunder await the winner of the series.
Denver were coming off a 15-point home triumph over the Lakers in Game Three but they failed to recapture their fast-paced style and allowed the Lakers to slow them.
Danilo Gallinari had a team-high 20 for the Nuggets, who led for much of a tight game, but were shot down in the end.
In the Eastern Conference, Boston and Philadelphia each seized 3-1 series leads while New York avoided being swept by Miami and cut their series deficit to 3-1.
In Boston, Paul Pierce shook off a first-half knee injury to score 24 points while Rajon Rondo sliced up the defense with 20 points and 16 assists as the Celtics blew away Atlanta 101-79.
Pierce briefly went down with a left knee injury in the second quarter, but returned after halftime to spark one of Boston's best offensive performances of the playoffs.
"Ball movement. We started with stops and played together," Rondo told reporters after the Celtics shot 51 percent and made 11 three-pointers.
In Philadelphia, the eighth-seeded 76ers moved within a game of eliminating the injury-depleted Chicago Bulls as they scored their third consecutive victory over the East's top seeds, winning 89-82.
A victory on Tuesday in Chicago would give the 76ers their first playoff series win in nine years. "I think we're confident," 76ers forward Elton Brand told reporters. "But we don't want to come back for Game Six. We want to finish this."
Spencer Hawes paced the 76ers with 22 points, making nine of 11 shots from the field, and Jrue Holiday added 20 after a sluggish start.
Chicago hung in for much of the game despite playing without injured center Joakim Noah, who has a sprained ankle, and 2011 Most Valuable Player Derrick Rose, who is out for the season.
(Reporting by Jahmal Corner. Editing by Patrick Johnston)
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It seems like in today's world new businesses start up all the time thinking they are going to revolutionize an industry. And to be fair, quite a bit of that does happen. However, that is more of the exception than the rule. When it comes to operating a cosmetic dental lab with premier services, we try hard to be on the forefront of technological advances and the adoption of new techniques, but our primary ingredient for longevity and success is the stability and reliability of our dental lab technicians.
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Josh graduated from the American Institute of Dental Technology program in Provo, UT. His attention to detail, patience, and commitment to the process are just some of the skills we so appreciate about Josh. He has been a stable part of our cosmetic dental lab team since 2004 and we have no desire to see him move anywhere. When we asked Josh what keeps him around here he said, "I like the work and especially the atmosphere. I think this is a place where I can learn a lot and a place that will always have work for me." Aside from crafting crowns, josh also enjoys crafting products with wood. I guess he would have been a great fit for George Washinton and his wooden teeth.
Not long after Josh was hired on he was followed by Adrian Eames. It's a little crazy to think that Adrian has been around since 2005. Originally hired to work in the model and die department, his diligent work ethic, and eagerness to learn soon paved the path for him to join our Crown and Bridge team. Adrian is our resident CAD/CAM and Digital Impression specialist. His conscientious attention to the work makes him perfectly suited for his role and as a valuable asset for Treasure Dental Lab. one thing w love about Adrian is his desire to continually learn new techniques and then apply those techniques to his work. Like many of us, he loves spending time with his family and friends, particularly in the outdoors.
Dustin Tanner has been with Treasure Dental for about a year now, but prior to coming here had been working in another lab for 5 years. As a graduate of the Ameritech College of Health Care – Dental Lab Technician program, Dustin has a great foundational knowledge of dental technology that has proven to be a valuable asset for us. He is a detailed and quality oriented individual who provides a calm approach to our team. Early on Dustin told us that "From the time I was in school I had heard great things about Treasure Dental Lab and the people that worked there, so when the position opened up, which doesn't happen very often, I applied quickly – best decision I ever made!" Well, Dustin we agree…best decision you ever made for sure.
We understand that the life of a dental lab technician isn't always glamorous. To be honest, most of our technicians probably prefer it that way, but sometimes we just get the urge to share with the world how wonderful our team is. So thanks for indulging us as spotlighted a few of our unsung hero's.


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In a first for the Public Sector Commission's Aboriginal Traineeship Program, Burswood Park Board and Town of Victoria Park are working together on an exciting employment opportunity that brings together motivated young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and Western Australian government agencies. This is the first time that the program has shared hosting across a State Agency and Local Government Department, demonstrating the positive outcomes of cross government collaboration.
Ebony recently joined the two organisations on a shared arrangement, splitting her time between both locations to complete a Certificate III in Government.
"I am excited to be able to join forces with the CEO of Town of Victoria Park, Anthony Vuleta, for the Aboriginal Traineeship Program. I'm looking forward to learning a lot from Ebony and hope she enjoys her time with us and with Town of Vic Park". Said Linda Kut, General Manager Burswood Park Board
"This traineeship is an important goal from the Town's Reconciliation Action Plan to create career pathways for Aboriginal people in local government, and is part of the Town's broader commitment supporting inclusivity and diversity. I wish Ebony every success in the program." Said Mayor Karen Vernon.
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In January 2010, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down a key decision in the case of Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission.
The decision removed unconstitutional restrictions on the ability to speak freely at election time of grassroots groups like NRA and others.
But now, some are trying to reverse the decision–and while they recognize that they must amend the Constitution to do so, their amendment would gut the First Amendment rights of organized political groups as we know them.
The late Sen. Paul Wellstone had said during the original debate over the legislation at issue in Citizens United that it was his intention to silence groups like the NRA. While Wellstone singled out the NRA, this law delivered a clear message to all American citizens: "Keep your mouths shut and stay out of our politics."
The court declared unconstitutional the parts of the law that had been enacted for the explicit purpose of silencing the NRA and its members. Of course, the gun-banners in the White House and Congress opposed the decision because it thwarted their plans.
Now, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) is aggressively trying to reverse the Citizens United decision by pushing "Senate Joint Resolution 19," a proposed "amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to contributions and expenditures intended to affect elections."
As the title of the proposed constitutional amendment suggests, S.J.R. 19 is intended to allow anti-gunners in Congress to silence their critics and to control the gun "debate." S.J.R. 19 would authorize burdensome federal and state regulation--or outright prohibition–of spending by corporations and other legal entities (like NRA) to do what many were created to do: protect the rights of their members at the ballot box.
Prominent constitutional scholar Floyd Abrams said of S.J.R. 19, "It is intended to limit speech about elections and it would do just that…."
The U.S. Senate could vote on the measure as early as next week. NRA strongly opposes S.J.R. 19 and will score legislators' votes on the proposed amendment.
Please take action NOW to stop this proposed constitutional amendment that would severely restrict free speech during elections. Please immediately contact your U.S. Senators and tell them to OPPOSE Senate Joint Resolution 19.
You can contact your U.S. Senators by using the "Write Your Lawmakers" tool at www.NRAILA.org. You may also contact your Senators by phone at (202) 224-3121.
Established in 1975, the Institute for Legislative Action (ILA) is the "lobbying" arm of the National Rifle Association of America. ILA is responsible for preserving the right of all law-abiding individuals in the legislative, political, and legal arenas, to purchase, possess and use firearms for legitimate purposes as guaranteed by the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Visit: www.nra-ila.org
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When reading the Bible, it's easy to come across the book of Genesis or Exodus and get frustrated with the Israelites. You read and get so frustrated, you just want to say Why Can't You Just Listen! And it's easy to think this way but the Israelites are to be learned from, not looked down upon from our own pedestals.
The Israelites made many mistakes but the main theme of these books of the Bible is that God did not abandon them. Through all the complaining, whining, and disobedience, God still provided for them. This can encourage us as believers to remember that we are his chosen people and that God will continue to provide for us and our wellbeing. The Israelites are also a prime example of God providing us with enough to sustain us, meaning he gives us what we need, not necessarily what we want.
Exodus also shows us not to test God, because he simply doesn't test. He always has the upper hand and will punish the disobedient in the case of the Israelites.
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allows it to be configured to suit a customer's precise requirements. It can accommodate parts up to 3.2 m wide and 30 mm thick, and
the basic 10 meter bed length can be extended in 4 m increments up to a maximum of 42 m. The machine is equipped with state-of-the-art bevel head technology.
Managing Director Ludwig Esser explains that the motivation for investing in these new LVD machines was to strengthen the company's competitiveness by increasing productivity and adding new capabilities.
"The Phoenix has 2 by 6 m sheet capacity and we established that we cut a lot of material in this size range. We decided that this highly productive machine should be at least partially automated, so we specified it with an automated loading and unloading system."
This allows us to run unmanned at night if we want to, but also gives us the flexibility to load single sheets manually for one-offs and small batches."
"Taurus is a completely different concept. Rather than having a shuttle table like the Phoenix it has one big bed that we can lay two 12 by 3 m sheets on. The key factor was the ability to process sheets of this size to match the capabilities of our press brakes. While we are working at one end of the machine we can be unloading at the other."
"The ability to add value using the machine's bevel cutting capabilities was also important. We can cut contours using the 3D cutting head at any angle between plus and minus 45°. This can be used, for example to cut angled holes in the plate for pipe and tube intersections. We also use it for a customer in the bulk handling sector. We make big shafts for them that are made in two halves and we contour both sides of the longitudinal seam where they fit together."
The large parts we are cutting on Taurus often go into welded fabrications so bevel cutting cuts out a second operation. We can prepare the weld edge directly on the laser.
Reducing carbon footprint
Euskirchen, where Ludwig Esser Metallbau is based, was at the heart of the recent disastrous flooding that hit Germany, so one of the other justifications for moving to fiber lasers was thrown into sharp focus.
"One of our reasons for moving to fiber lasers was the reduction in power consumption, and hence CO2 emissions. It has become even more important since we bought it," says Mr Esser.
"In recent months the effects of climate change have become more visible – flooding, forest fires, storms – so the decision to make this move was very timely."
Overall, a decisive factor was the ability to buy everything from a single source – with the same programming software and a single point of contact for service and maintenance. A full ERP and CADMAN-JOB integration is scheduled to further optimise the complete production flow.
"As a subcontractor, it is important to us that we have a reputation for reliability in quality and on-time delivery. We have to be flexible in responding to the demands of our customers – which change on a daily basis.
To do that we rely on the support we get from the partners who supply our machines and need to be able to turn to them for advice on new components, materials and technologies. With LVD we feel that we are in good hands."
Company: Esser Metallbau GmbH
Since: 1886
Subcontractor for laser and waterjet cutting, bending, profiling and the fabrication of welded assemblies for mechanical and
plant engineering, bulk and component handling, agricultural machinery, commercial vehicles and environmental technology
All standard, high-strength and wear-resistant steels, stainless steel, aluminium and special alloys
Customers:
Industries including mechanical and plant engineering, bulk and component handling, agricultural machinery, commercial vehicles and environmental technology. They come from all over Germany, as well as the Benelux countries, France, Poland, the Czech Republic and others.
LVD equipment:
10 kW Taurus 24 fiber laser
10 kW Phoenix FL-6020 fiber laser
PPEB 500/61 press brake
PPEC 80/25 press brake
MVS 62/10 shearing machine
CADMAN software: CADMAN-SDI, CADMAN-B, CADMAN-L, CADMAN-JOB
Faster, better, cheaper (Eurofours, France)
More than a supplier (Vermeulen Metaal B.V. - The Netherlands)


MONTGOMERY, Ala. _ Alabama is the latest Republican-leaning state seeking to enact a strict abortion ban as conservatives take aim at the 1973 U.S. Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion. Energized by new conservatives on the Supreme Court, abortion opponents in multiple states hope to ignite new legal battles that could prompt the justices to revisit Roe v. Wade. Alabama lawmakers introduced legislation Tuesday that would make performing an abortion at any stage of pregnancy a felony unless the mother's health is in jeopardy. That comes after Kentucky and Mississippi approved bans on abortion once a fetal heartbeat is detected, which happens as soon as the sixth week of pregnancy. Other states, including Georgia and South Carolina, could enact similar bans. By Kim Chandler. SENT: 510 words, photos.
_ CAR HITS GIRL _ Police have arrested a man they say was driving the car that hit and seriously injured a 9-year-old girl playing in her front yard in suburban Atlanta.
_ REMAINS FOUND _ Human remains found last year in the City of LaGrange were recently identified as a missing man from the area.
COLUMBIA, S.C. _ South Carolina lawmakers are expected to quickly debate and pass a law requiring Uber and Lyft drivers have illuminated signs on their cars. The legislation was filed four days after police said a University of South Carolina student was kidnapped and killer after getting into the wrong car while waiting for an Uber ride. By Jeffrey Collins.
_ ROUSES-HEADQUARTERS _ Rouses Markets, a grocery store chain with stores across the Gulf Coast, is moving its headquarters.
_ BOX CUTTER ATTACK _ Police in New Orleans say they plan to arrest two women after another woman was slashed with a box cutter.
MERIDIAN, Miss. _ The Meridian City Council has voted to cut the salary of Chief Administrative Officer Richie McAlister to $0, citing his performance. Mayor Percy Bland says he will veto the action. The Meridian Star reports the order passed 3-2 following an executive session Tuesday. In a statement, Bland says the council's actions "were not only political and personal, but also outside of their legislative authority." SENT: 486 words.
_ SPECIAL ELECTION _ A south Mississippi man has won election to the state House, but he may have to win two or three more elections before ever casting a vote.
_ SPEEDING VIDEO ARREST _ Police were quick to arrest a man who posted video of himself driving 180 mph on a suburban Mississippi road.
_ DOUBLE KILLING _ 3 people have been arrested and charged with murder after a Monday shooting that killed two people in north Mississippi.
_ BYSTANDER SHOT _ A north Mississippi woman has died after authorities say she was caught in the crossfire of a shooting.
_ JAPAN-NISSAN-GHOSN _Nissan's former Chairman Carlos Ghosn, facing financial misconduct charges in Japan, says he will hold a news conference April 11.


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All of Us is an American sitcom that premiered on the now-defunct UPN network in the United States on September 16, 2003, where it aired for its first three seasons. On October 1, 2006, the show moved to The CW, a new network formed by the merger of UPN and The WB, where it aired for one more season before being cancelled on May 14, 2007.
Genre: Comedy, Family
Studio: UPN, The CW
Keyword: family relationships, reporter, divorce, family, sitcom
Cast: Duane Martin, LisaRaye McCoy, Khamani Griffin, Tony Rock
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Police...Open Up
Love Do Cost A Thing
The Courtship of Robert's Father
Like Father, Like Son, Like Hell
My Two Dads
Crime and Maybe Some Punishment
Everybody Loves Rain Man
Let's Go Bobby, Let's Go!
The B-R-E-A-K-U-P
An All of Us Joint… Custody Episode
Another Episode of All of Us
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It Was Fun While It Lasted
The Boy Is Mine
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Yesterday I attended a UKTI seminar on E-commerce in China.
Why you may ask? Because, as everyone knows, China is a rather large economy and one that continues to grow. Although none of my clients currently export to China it can only be a matter of time when they, or a new client, does; and I want to be ready to help!
I learned a lot and will split my observations over three articles. This first one will focus on general market trends, the second on how and where to sell online in China; while the final article will focus on social media in China.
After years of very high growth, the Chinese economy is now 'slowing' to around 7.5% per annum. This is considered to be 'better quality' growth in that foreign investment is now encouraged and wealth is now spreading beyond the Eastern coast and into the interior.
The Chinese economic model is now shifting from an export-investment model towards greater domestic consumption. This offers greater opportunities for exporting high quality consumer goods from the West.
Traditionally, exporters have focused on Beijing and Shanghai. However, not only are these two cities already saturated with competition, it also ignores the rapid growth elsewhere in China. The size of the country makes it difficult to retail goods in every area which is why e-commerce can provide a good solution especially as the infrastructure is rapidly improving.
Being a large country, not only does the climate vary from sub tropical to very cold, but the population also vary in terms of attitude and even size! Understanding a very wide range of consumer profiles is essential.
Estimates for 2020 suggest the middle class will grow to being 71% of the population in advanced cities, 67% in developing cities and 42% in emerging cities.
Middle class isn't measured on how much they earn or how big their house is, but how much disposable income they have (normally high due their being the inherited beneficiaries of the one child policy...) and their aspirations.
The statistics below are from Social Media Today.
About 45% are online - that is 618m people. However, internet speeds do vary greatly across the country.
A similar number are active users of social media.
Mobile phones penetration stands at 91%.
The most important thing, repeated again and again, was even if you are not ready to export to China yet, it is worth spending around £1000 on trademarking your name. Once your application is in, you have protection even though the process can take 12-18 monte to complete.


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Open source hardware in Digital Transformation strategy
David Lastra
In a world build around industrial patents and ownership, it's not difficult to find companies that have adopted digital transformation strategy based on the philosophy of open source hardware, i.e. publishing and sharing all the inventions that they develop. From electronic components, LED, cars, and cameras, to the description of industrial processes, such as the recycling of plastic or irrigation methods using sensors, open source hardware is still a very wide and constantly changing concept.
While the nature of hardware is different from software, especially with regards to the unavoidable direct costs associated, it is still possible to establish profitable business models in the open source environment, and many companies have based their growth on this. Within this model, the technological design, components, tools and documents are open and are publicly available thus allowing anyone to study, modify, distribute, reproduce, and sell them, or generate new hardware based on the original.
Hardware as a service, not a product
The increase in sensors and IoT connected devices, robots, drones, 3D printers, etc. is defining the next stage of development of the Web 2.0. This hardware revolution has been accompanied by the emergence of thousands of new independent hardware manufacturers, and is culturally, increasingly widespread by the DIY (Do-It-Yourself) individual, who seeks to create his own products – customized, economical, and easily repairable. Cheaper technologies for design, modeling, and manufacturing were previously only available to large manufacturers with R+D+I (research, technological development and innovation) centers, but today, these are available to any potential inventor (or "hacker") of new products.
Collaborative design tools such as Upverter, where one can learn from the collective knowledge of a large developer community; sites like Indiegogo where one can find initial funding for a project through crowd funding; or marketplaces such as Tindie that serve as a showcase for independent hardware manufacturers to reach consumers and business clients all over the world, are some of the many websites on which an entrepreneur can begin to build upon good business ideas.
If we look at the value chain associated with hardware products, we will find companies that are creating new business models based on open source code.
Design: This is the most common model in open source hardware. The company focuses on product design and R & D, while the manufacturing is dependent on a third-party (OpenRov, Open Energy Monitor, Arduino). In this model, the brand and the community are the key strategic assets.
Manufacturing: In this model, the company's main value proposition is manufacturing and distributing open source hardware products at affordable prices (SparkFun, Adafruit, Snootlab).
Experience: This consists of the monetization of knowledge through training or consultancy services (Wikispeed).
Services: subscription models, pay-per-use, data sales, etc.
Standardization: This involves the release of a key patent and making it open source, in order to seek leverage through other business forms. One example, and a particularly high-impact case, is Tesla Motors, which released their electric vehicle patents, in order to enter the huge market of batteries and charging stations.
Both established companies and new organizations are basing their digital strategy on new business models, far removed from the world of patents, by releasing all their knowledge in order to improve their products, and offer new services.
Tesla: How to move from being a niche-business to a technological revolutionary
Tesla Motors was founded with the culture of a small Silicon Valley technology company, promoting incremental iteration and the flexibility of "agile development," while growing to the extent that each new challenge required, as defined by the concept of the "lean startup." Consequently, their electric cars were subject to early adopters and technology lovers.
In June 2014, they announced that all their technology would become open source, thus allowing anyone that wanted to make their own version of the electric car on the Tesla Motors platform, to do so legally.
This decision made by Tesla Motors went far beyond short-term strategy and beyond altruism; rather, they were beginning to achieve growth and long-term establishment by significantly differentiating themselves from traditional automobile companies.
Multiply the technological return with a much lower investment: those that use the technology platform donate their achievements to the "community" and it also benefits the manufacturer. The owner of the platform is also the biggest asset: in terms of authorship, strategic decisions that guide the management of the project, the strategic position as a business of "services" and not of "things." Not only are costs saved, but the increased use of technology also incites the possibility to create new business environments as demand dictates.
The digital transformation of the agricultural sector through open source hardware
Open Source Ecology: this is a network of farmers, engineers and developers of free hardware, whose objective is to design a new generation of universally accessible industrial machinery, to encourage progress with the least possible environmental impact. Among this network's projects is the development of a low cost tractor; open source hardware called LifeTrac; and different agricultural tools.
The Third Industrial Revolution
"A third revolution is now under way," wrote The Economist in April 2012, "It will allow people to do things more economically, in much smaller quantities, with greater flexibility and less labor, thanks to new materials, new processes such as 3D printing, easy-to-use robots, and new collaborative manufacturing services available through the Internet."
Without a doubt, open source hardware is changing the world. The new factories will be formed by a small group of technically advanced people, who will have workshops and physical stores in one central environment, while they acquire the most of their contacts and sales through the Internet. The world's factories are shifting from mass manufacture towards more personalized and individualized production, where quality and connectivity to other products will be the essential requirements that we all demand.
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This month we will begin to study and learn about our skeletal system. Why do we need bones? What would we be without them? What do our bones protect? These and so many more questions will be answered. We have added pumpkin work to the science practical life and math shelves.
We will also begin our Fire Safety unit. What is an emergency? We will learn all about our 911 system and how to use it if needed. At the end of the month Gig Harbor Fire and Rescue will spend a morning with us. We will finish the unit with time to explore the fire truck with the firefighters.
This month we will also make applesauce and visit a pumpkin patch for fun and games with friends.


For lore about Uther Lightbringer, see Uther the Lightbringer.
Apprentice to the aged Archbishop Alonsus Faol who was the leader of the Holy Order of Northshire Clerics that guided the kingdom of Azeroth during the First War, Uther Lightbringer learned first hand that faith alone would not defeat the terrible Horde. Many of the Clerics were slain during the First War, and so the Archbishop devoted himself to rebuilding the Order as to provide the citizens of Lordaeron with hope and faith. Knowing that this war with the unholy Orcs could not end soon, Uther discerned that the Archbishop's new Order must be able to defend the people as well as heal them. Thus, young Uther took up sword and shield and issued the call to the most pious amongst the Knights of Lordaeron. Many great Knights heeded Uther's beckoning and joined the Order which became known as the Knights of the Silver Hand. With the strength of arms - and faith - possessed by these Paladins, Uther hopes to bear witness to the free people of the Northlands that the Orcish Horde can be cast back into the stygian pits that spawned them.
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Consider donating to Brighten Your Future, either as a one-time gift or an ongoing organization to fund annually. Or bequeath an amount to establish a legacy for education after your death.
or use the PayPal button below to donate via your debit or credit card.
The Name of the donor or organization is engraved on a large plaque in the main foyer of Logan High School.
The name of the donor/organization is engraved on a plaque that is located in the LHS guidance office. This plaque is on display at all BYF events such as Scholar's Night, College Night, and the BYF Alumni Breakfast.
The name of the donor/organization is on the flyer that goes in our annual mailing to over 3,000 LHS alumni and friends.
Centerpieces (table tents) are displayed at the Tailgate Party and Alumni Breakfast that list the current year named Grants, the grant recipients and their school of attendance.
Each year an article announcing the Named Grants and their recipients is placed in the Logan Daily News.


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Several news outlets have asserted that the popularity of bitcoins hinges on the ability to use them to purchase illegal goods.[141][230] Nobel-prize winning economist Joseph Stiglitz says that bitcoin's anonymity encourages money laundering and other crimes, "If you open up a hole like bitcoin, then all the nefarious activity will go through that hole, and no government can allow that." He's also said that if "you regulate it so you couldn't engage in money laundering and all these other [crimes], there will be no demand for Bitcoin. By regulating the abuses, you are going to regulate it out of existence. It exists because of the abuses."[231][232]
Researchers have pointed out at a "trend towards centralization". Although bitcoin can be sent directly from user to user, in practice intermediaries are widely used.[36]:220–222 Bitcoin miners join large mining pools to minimize the variance of their income.[36]:215, 219–222[120]:3[121] Because transactions on the network are confirmed by miners, decentralization of the network requires that no single miner or mining pool obtains 51% of the hashing power, which would allow them to double-spend coins, prevent certain transactions from being verified and prevent other miners from earning income.[122] As of 2013 just six mining pools controlled 75% of overall bitcoin hashing power.[122] In 2014 mining pool Ghash.io obtained 51% hashing power which raised significant controversies about the safety of the network. The pool has voluntarily capped their hashing power at 39.99% and requested other pools to act responsibly for the benefit of the whole network.[123] c. 2017 over 70% of the hashing power and 90% of transactions were operating from China.[124]
"A DAO consists of one or more contracts and could be funded by a group of like-minded individuals. A DAO operates completely transparently and completely independently of any human intervention, including its original creators. A DAO will stay on the network as long as it covers its survival costs and provides a useful service to its customer base" Stephen Tual, Slock.it Founder, former CCO Ethereum.
1) Controlled supply: Most cryptocurrencies limit the supply of the tokens. In Bitcoin, the supply decreases in time and will reach its final number sometime around the year 2140. All cryptocurrencies control the supply of the token by a schedule written in the code. This means the monetary supply of a cryptocurrency in every given moment in the future can roughly be calculated today. There is no surprise.
China banned trading in bitcoin, with first steps taken in September 2017, and a complete ban that started on 1 February 2018. Bitcoin prices then fell from $9,052 to $6,914 on 5 February 2018.[40] The percentage of bitcoin trading in the Chinese renminbi fell from over 90% in September 2017 to less than 1% in June 2018.[64] On August 1, 2017 a fork of the network created Bitcoin Cash.
Network nodes can validate transactions, add them to their copy of the ledger, and then broadcast these ledger additions to other nodes. To achieve independent verification of the chain of ownership each network node stores its own copy of the blockchain.[80] About every 10 minutes, a new group of accepted transactions, called a block, is created, added to the blockchain, and quickly published to all nodes, without requiring central oversight. This allows bitcoin software to determine when a particular bitcoin was spent, which is needed to prevent double-spending. A conventional ledger records the transfers of actual bills or promissory notes that exist apart from it, but the blockchain is the only place that bitcoins can be said to exist in the form of unspent outputs of transactions.[7]:ch. 5
On 3 January 2009, the bitcoin network was created when Nakamoto mined the first block of the chain, known as the genesis block.[25][26] Embedded in the coinbase of this block was the text "The Times 03/Jan/2009 Chancellor on brink of second bailout for banks".[16] This note references a headline published by The Times and has been interpreted as both a timestamp and a comment on the instability caused by fractional-reserve banking.[27]:18
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Perthshire based charity, Bring Back The Smile To Nepal, is pleased to announce it's largest and most ambitious project to date.
Anna Gurung, the charity's founder, is currently in Nepal working hard to assist as many families as possible, as the first anniversary of the earthquake approaches.
In the remote hills of Northern central Nepal (epicentre of last year's earthquake), a steep and bumpy ascent along a narrow and roughly cut track in the hillside, leads to the isolated village of Archanbas. The village lies in the Gorkha district, north of the Trisuli river.
Archanbas sits, quite literally, on the pinnacle of a very steep hill, affording a beautiful 360 degree vista of the countryside below. The view, however, contrasts sharply with the devastation caused by the earthquake. All 21 homes in the village have been destroyed, or severely damaged, by the tremors. Without outside assistance the residents have been unable to repair or rebuild their homes. Despite these conditions and the blisteringly hot sun, Anna was given a warm welcome, when she visited the community. She knew at once that her charity had an immediate and unique opportunity to help.
Bring Back The Smile To Nepal is pleased to announce that, with immediate effect, it will purchase steel support trusses and cement for every household. This will allow every resident, in partnership with the charity, to rebuild their home immediately. The special steel trusses offer increased support and load capability, whilst being comparatively lightweight and able to help spread and redirect the effect of aftershocks. These materials will mean that the charity can completely rebuild all 21 houses in the village, from the foundations up.
If you would like to assist the charity, contributions can be made via the official website www.bringbackthesmiletonepal.org. Further details can also be found on the charity's Facebook and Twitter pages.


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Ash cloud from Iceland volcano shuts down air travel in Europe
Iceland's Eyjafjallajokull volcano spewed an ash cloud halting air traffic across a wide swathe of Europe on Thursday. The ash plume, which rose to between 20,000 feet and 36,000 feet, lies above the Atlantic Ocean close to the flight paths for most routes from the U.S. East Coast to Europe.
The volcano still spewed ash and steam Thursday, but the sudden floods that have wiped out road ways in Iceland have subsided. Some ash was falling on uninhabited areas, but most was being blown by westerly winds toward northern Europe, including Britain, about 1,200 miles away. The cloud grounded planes all flights over Britain, Ireland, France and the Nordic countries. Thousand of flights were canceled, stranding tens of thousands of passengers, and officials said it was not clear when it would be safe enough to fly again.
An aviation expert said it was the first time in living memory that an ash cloud had affected some of the most congested airspace in the world, while a scientist in Iceland said the ejection of volcanic ash — and therefore disruptions in air travel — could continue for days or even weeks. If Iceland's active volcano gets even more active, Icelanders and air travelers won't be the only ones impacted. Gases from past large volcanoes have actually lowered Earth's temperatures, triggered lung ailments, caused acid rain and thinned our protective ozone layer.
"It is likely that the production of ash will continue at a comparable level for some days or weeks. But where it disrupts travel, that depends on the weather," said Einar Kjartansson, a geophysicist at the Icelandic Meteorological Office. "It depends how the wind carries the ash."
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I hope this terrible volcanic ash cloud will leave us alone. My sister is stuck in Greece and she is running out of money. I heard the ash will be staying for at least another 3 weeks but I don't know whether to believe it. Does anybody know if it's true?
Airspace in Europe divided in to open, cautious and no fly while airlines want bailout
[…] have begun asking for a bailout due to the governments lack of scientific measurements for the prolonged airspace closures. At a global loss of $200 million a day European airlines have easily lost hundreds of millions in […]
Jemima Maroney
It's a dreadful point in time for the flight industry, nevertheless our prayers – even though the images of the eruption are really outstanding – need to be with all those persons stationed very far from home.


Throughout your lifetime and career, you have been aided by the advice of trusted others. Many know instinctively which friend, colleague, or family member to turn to for advice when applying to school, moving to a new city, seeking a new job, switching career paths, or any other major life decision.
But where do you turn when it's time to make the jump to being a product management executive? Are you as well-prepared for this next transition?
During transitions, executives also struggle with self-management. Just over half say they spent too little time preparing for the personal demands and their own readiness in the new position. The executives with the most successful transitions, though, spent more time than others preparing for their roles, and they are 1.6 times as likely as others to report proficiency at the key skills for their jobs. What's more, they report doing a much better job than others of understanding their unique role on the executive team.
Most product managers learn a lot from "on the job" training. While often quite effective, it may not suffice in order to succeed at the executive level.
As a newly minted product management executive, you're going to be expected to scale your team. What in your previous experience has prepared you to fully understand your impact on group dynamics, which will be essential to building, developing, and retaining your team?
Oh, right — you're now responsible for retaining talent and keeping them happy and engaged! An article titled "Voluntary Turnover: They Usually Leave Their Bosses, Not Their Jobs!" points out the cold, hard truth: "Turnover costs can range from 93 to 200% of an exiting employee's salary." As the article's title implies, it's often the person — not the situation or the role — that impacts our employee's decision to stay or leave. This becomes a primary concern on day one as a product exec; you are not likely to have sufficient time to learn to scale your team on the fly.
As you forge the next stage of your career, you will need more than books and articles to succeed at the next level. Anyone facing this kind of career transition would greatly benefit from exchanges with seasoned product executives, opportunities to share and compare with peers, and the development of greater self-awareness of leadership, communication, and relationship skills needed for the executive level.
Product Management Festival, whose mission is to help product managers succeed and to amplify the impact of product management globally, has partnered with INSEAD, leading business school and executive education institution, to provide a 5-day, accelerated executive-level programme tailored to senior-level product managers. The Product Management Executive Programme was launched in response to rising product management executives' desire for a programme to help them prepare for their new role, and to current PM executives' wishes for a means to refine their skills.
Participants will engage with experienced professionals who have "been there, done that," learn from professors with deep expertise in the areas most important to executives, and network with peers. The program is designed to help you apply the learnings to your specific situation as you embark on your new initiative. You will leave able to hit the ground running faster and ideally minimize the growing pains that come with making the leap to the next career stage.
We understand the unique challenges facing the PM organisation. Come learn from those who've come before you. We invite you to take a closer look at the Product Management Executive Programme as you seek to press ahead in your professional development.


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"I want to move people away from thinking of racism as a feeling of hatred, because it's rare to find someone who blatantly hates people of color. But the impact of racial bias isn't lessened because it's not blatant. If someone denies me a job because I'm "not the right fit," without realizing that their idea of the right fit is almost always a white person, it doesn't hurt me any less than if I'm told, "I won't hire you because you're black." Racism is not necessarily an intention or a feeling. It is a system that produces predictable results." -Ijeoma Oluo
Mark Leviton, "White Lies: Ijeoma Oluo On Privilege, Power, And Race," The Sun, December 2018.�https://www.thesunmagazine.org/issues/516/white-lies.
Establishing the Denominator: The Challenges of Measuring Multiracial, Hispanic, and Native American Populations
Posted in Articles, Census/Demographics, Latino Studies, Media Archive, Native Americans/First Nation, Social Science, United States on 2019-12-01 00:22Z by Steven
The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science
Volume: 677, Issue: 1, What Census Data Miss about American Diversity, (May 2018)
DOI: 10.1177/0002716218756818
Wendy D. Roth, Associate Professor of Sociology
For multiracial, Hispanic, and Native Americans, norms for racial and ethnic self-identification are less well established than they are for other population groups. There is considerable variation and fluidity in how multiracial, Hispanic, and Native Americans self-identify, as well as how they are classified by others. This presents challenges to researchers and analysts in terms of consistently and accurately estimating the size and population dynamics of these groups. I argue that for analytic purposes, racial/ethnic self-identification should continue to be treated as a statistical numerator, but that the challenge is for researchers to establish the correct denominator—the population that could identify as members of the group based on their ancestry. Examining how many people who could identify with these groups choose to do so sheds light on assimilation and emerging racial classification processes. Analyses of the larger potential populations further avoid bias stemming from nonrandom patterns of self-identification with the groups.
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Recruiting Volunteers for a Study on Multiracials
Posted in Social Science, United States, Wanted/Research Requests/Call for Papers on 2019-11-30 23:39Z by Steven
Haley Pilgrim, Sociology Ph.D. Student
Do you have one grandparent that is white and three grandparents that are black or one grandparent that is black and three grandparents that are white?
If so, you may be eligible to participate in a dissertation study on the experiences of second-generation multiracials.
Participants will be asked to share their experiences in a 30-60 minute interview.
Please contact Haley Pilgrim, Ph.D. student at hpilgrim@sas.upenn.edu.
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What Racial Discrimination Will Look Like in 2060
Posted in Articles, Latino Studies, Law, Media Archive, United States on 2019-11-30 23:00Z by Steven
Marisa Franco
As biracial people become increasingly common in America, bias based on perceived rather than actual identity will too
In 2009, Nathaniel Burrage requested a transfer from his job in Youngstown, Ohio, where he worked as a driver for FedEx. He alleged that he was experiencing ongoing racially motivated harassment. According to Burrage, his supervisor, Dennis Jamiot, alternated between referring to him as "Mexican" and "cheap labor," and shouted "ándale" and "arriba" at him as he walked by. Soon after, he said his other supervisors began to chime in with the same racist insults, and Jamiot began to lob paper clips and chalk at him. One co-worker asked him to weigh in on whether what was etched on a graffiti wall was true: Mexicans are proof that American Indians had sex with buffalos.
Burrage filed a lawsuit under the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Yet, despite the verbal and physical abuse he alleged he'd experienced, his case was dismissed. The reason? Nathanial Burrage was not actually Mexican, or even Hispanic. Burrage was a black/white biracial man experiencing what I have termed in my research as "identity incongruent discrimination." Identity incongruent discrimination occurs when someone experiences racial discrimination for a race they are misperceived as.
As the browning of America continues, identity incongruent discrimination will only continue to rise. It'll be a pressing problem for the growing multiracial population—a group that is the fastest growing racial group in America and that's set to triple in size by 2060. Research finds that members of the multiracial group are more likely to be miscategorized than members of any other racial group. Compared to categorizing people into a single-race category, categorizing someone as multiracial is more mentally cumbersome, takes longer and is less likely to occur. And the most common race that black/white biracial people, like Burrage, are categorized as is Hispanic…
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Noel Ignatiev's Long Fight Against Whiteness
Posted in Articles, Biography, History, Media Archive, Social Science, United States on 2019-11-22 23:06Z by Steven
Jay Caspian Kang
Noel Ignatiev, the author of "How the Irish Became White," believed that whiteness was a fiction, and that true stories could dispel it. Photograph by Pekah Pamella Wallace
In 1995, Noel Ignatiev, a recent graduate of the doctoral program in history at Harvard, published his dissertation with Routledge, an academic press. Many such books appear, then disappear, subsumed into the endless paper shuffling of the academic credentialling process. But Ignatiev was not a typical graduate student, and his book, "How the Irish Became White," was not meant to stay within the academy. A fifty-four-year-old Marxist radical, Ignatiev had come to the academy after two decades of work in steel mills and factories. The provocative argument at the center of his book—that whiteness was not a biological fact but rather a social construction with boundaries that shifted over time—had emerged, in large part, out of his observations of how workers from every conceivable background had interacted on the factory floor. Ignatiev wasn't merely describing these dynamics; he wanted to change them. If whiteness could be created, it could also be destroyed.
"How the Irish Became White" quickly broke out of the academic-publishing bubble. Writing in the Washington Post, the historian Nell Irvin Painter called it "the most interesting history book of 1995." Mumia Abu-Jamal, the activist and death-row inmate, provided an enthusiastic back-cover blurb. Today, many of the ideas Ignatiev proposed or refined—about the nature of whiteness, and about the racial dynamics that unfold among immigrant workers—are taken for granted in classrooms; they influence films, literature, and art. But Ignatiev found it hard to accept the academic rewards that came with his book's success. Committed to radicalism, he spent much of his time in academia doing what he had done on the factory floor: publishing leaflets and zines about the possibilities of revolutionary change…
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Whites can be black if they wish, says lecturers' union
Posted in Articles, Identity Development/Psychology, Media Archive, Passing, United States on 2019-11-22 21:00Z by Steven
Mike Wright, Social Media Correspondent
Anthony Lennon, a white theatre director who describes himself as an 'African born again' Credit: Twitter
People should be allowed to identify as black no matter what colour they are born, a lecturers' union has said.
The University and College Union (UCU), which represents more than 100,000 university lecturers and staff, set out its position on whether people should be able to self-identify as different races or genders.
In the paper "UCU Position on Trans Inclusion", it stated: "The UCU has a long history of enabling members to self-identify, whether that is being black, disabled, LGBT or women."…
…The debate over racial self-identification has become heated in recent years. Last November, Anthony Lennon, a white theatre director who describes himself as an "African born again", drew criticism for securing public funding intended to help ethnic minorities develop their stage careers.
Mr Lennon, 53, who was born in London and whose parents are Irish, won a place on a two-year Arts Council-funded scheme, after a leading black theatre company accepted his claim to be of "mixed heritage"…
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UAH professor publishes new book on mixed-race at home and abroad
Posted in Articles, Census/Demographics, Gay & Lesbian, Identity Development/Psychology, Media Archive, Social Science, United Kingdom, United States on 2019-11-22 03:24Z by Steven
Dr. Jennifer Patrice Sims, Assistant Professor of Sociology at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) recently published her second book
Photo Credit Michael Mercier
Dr. Jennifer Patrice Sims, Assistant Professor of Sociology at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) recently published her second book, Mixed-Race in the US and UK: Comparing the Past, Present, and Future coauthored with UK-based scholar Dr. Chinelo L. Njaka. The book is the second in the Critical Mixed Race Studies book series by Emerald Publishing…
Read the entire press release here.
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Posted in Articles, History, Interviews, Media Archive, Mississippi, Passing, Religion, United States, Women on 2019-11-20 02:21Z by Steven
Eric London
Victoria Bynum
An interview with the author of The Free State of Jones
Historian Victoria Bynum, author of The Long Shadow of the Civil War: Southern Dissent and Its Legacies (University of North Carolina Press, 2010), The Free State of Jones: Mississippi's Longest Civil War (University of North Carolina Press, 2001) and Unruly Women: The Politics of Social and Sexual Control in the Old South (University of North Carolina Press, 1992), spoke to the World Socialist Web Site's Eric London on the historical falsifications involved in the New York Times' "1619 Project."
The 1619 Project, launched by the Times in August, presents American history in a purely racial lens and blames all "white people" for the enslavement of 4 million black people as chattel property.
Bynum is an expert on the attitude of Southern white yeomen farmers and impoverished people toward slavery. Her book The Free State of Jones studied efforts by anti-slavery and anti-confederate militia leader Newton Knight, who abandoned the Confederate army and led an armed insurrection against the Confederacy during the Civil War. It was adapted for the big screen in Gary Ross's 2016 film Free State of Jones.
WSWS: Hello Victoria, it is a pleasure to speak to you. The New York Times writes that slavery is "America's national sin," implying that the whole of American society was responsible for the crime of slavery.
But [Abraham] Lincoln said in his second inaugural address in 1865 that the Civil War was being fought "until every drop of blood drawn with the lash shall be paid by another drawn with the sword." What was the attitude of the subjects of your study toward slavery? Is it possible to separate those attitudes from the economic grievances that many white farmers and poor people harbored against the Confederate government of the slavocracy?
Victoria Bynum: Direct comments about the injustice of slavery are rare among plain Southern farmers who left few written records. Knowing this at the outset of my research, I was delighted to find clear and strong objections to slavery expressed by the Wesleyan Methodist families of Montgomery County, North Carolina, which I highlighted in my first book, Unruly Women. In 1852, members of the Lovejoy Methodist Church invited the Rev. Adam Crooks, a well-known abolitionist, to address their church…
…WSWS: Do you see parallels between the New York Times' references to genetics (the historic "DNA" of the United States) and the argument, advanced by the slavocracy, that "one drop" of black "blood" was enough to count a light-skinned person in the expanded the pool of slave labor. Can you expand on this?
VB: The frequent correlation of identity with ancestral DNA continues to mask the historical economic forces and shifting constructions of class, race and gender that have far more relevance to one's identity than one's DNA can ever reveal. Historically, race-based slavery required legal definitions of whiteness and blackness that upheld the fiction that British/US slavery was reserved for Africans for whom the institution "civilized." From the earliest days of colonization, however, both forced and consensual sexual relations created slaveholding and non-slaveholding households that were neither "black" nor "white," but rather were mixed-race. The frequent rape of enslaved women by slaveholders produced multitudes of such children, but so also were many mixed-race children born to whites and free blacks. Slave law dictated that the child of an enslaved woman was also a slave—and therefore "black"—regardless of who fathered the child. Conversely, deciding the race of children born to free women who crossed the color line was not so easy, and became even more difficult after slavery was abolished. In the segregated South, where one's ability to work, live, love, travel and enjoy the full benefits of American citizenship depended on one's perceived race, such questions might end up in court, as was the case in 1946 for Newt Knight's mixed-race great-grandson, Davis Knight, after he married a white woman. While custom dictated that Davis Knight was "black" based on his great-grandmother Rachel's mixed-race status, state laws required more precise evidence. Under Mississippi law, unless one was proved to have at least one-fourth African ancestry, one was legally—though not socially—white. On this basis, Davis Knight went free…
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Raptors GM draws on mixed upbringing in building team's post-Kawhi Leonard identity
Posted in Articles, Asian Diaspora, Canada, Media Archive, United States on 2019-11-20 01:29Z by Steven
Ben Golliver, NBA Reporter
"I don't think I look super Asian or white," said Toronto Raptors General Manager Bobby Webster, who became the NBA's youngest GM when he was appointed in 2017. "Being both was freeing." (Chris Young/The Canadian Press/Associated Press)
LOS ANGELES — When Bobby Webster took the stage as a guest speaker at the U.S.-Japan Council's annual conference earlier this month, the moderator introduced him as a world champion and a hapa.
The first label was self-evident: Webster is the Toronto Raptors' general manager, a low-key strategic planner and salary cap specialist who reports to Masai Ujiri, the organization's brash, larger-than-life president.
The second term — a Hawaiian phrase that means "part" and refers to people of mixed race — described Webster's Japanese-American background. Webster's mother, Jean, descended from Japanese immigrants who came to work in the stables at a Hawaiian sugar plantation around the turn of the 20th century. Webster's father, Bob, a redheaded Chicago native, moved to Hawaii in his late 20s and never left…
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Black Judas: William Hannibal Thomas and "The American Negro"
Posted in Biography, Books, History, Literary/Artistic Criticism, Media Archive, Monographs, United States on 2019-11-19 21:15Z by Steven
Paperback ISBN: 9-780-8203-5626-6
John David Smith, Charles H. Stone Distinguished Professor of American History
University of North Carolina, Charlotte
The classic biography of the infamous black Negrophobe William Hannibal Thomas, with a new preface by the author
William Hannibal Thomas (1843-1935) served with distinction in the U.S. Colored Troops in the Civil War (in which he lost an arm) and was a preacher, teacher, lawyer, state legislator, and journalist following Appomattox. In many publications up through the 1890s, Thomas espoused a critical though optimistic black nationalist ideology. After his mid-twenties, however, Thomas began exhibiting a self-destructive personality, one that kept him in constant trouble with authorities and always on the run. His book The American Negro (1901) was his final self-destructive act.
Attacking African Americans in gross and insulting language in this utterly pessimistic book, Thomas blamed them for the contemporary "Negro problem" and argued that the race required radical redemption based on improved "character," not changed "color." Vague in his recommendations, Thomas implied that blacks should model themselves after certain mulattoes, most notably William Hannibal Thomas.
Black Judas is a biography of Thomas, a publishing history of The American Negro, and an analysis of that book's significance to American racial thought. The book is based on fifteen years of research, including research in postamputation trauma and psychoanalytic theory on self-hatred, to assess Thomas's metamorphosis from a constructive race critic to a black Negrophobe. John David Smith argues that his radical shift resulted from key emotional and physical traumas that mirrored Thomas's life history of exposure to white racism and intense physical pain.
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Hollywood at the Intersection of Race and Identity
Posted in Anthologies, Asian Diaspora, Books, Communications/Media Studies, Media Archive, Passing, Social Science, United States, Women on 2019-11-19 21:13Z by Steven
31 b-w photographs
Paperback ISBN: 978-0-8135-9931-1
PDF ISBN: 978-0-8135-9935-9
EPUB ISBN: 978-0-8135-9935-9
Delia Malia Caparoso Konzett, Professor of English, Cinema/American/Women's Studies
University of New Hampshire, Durham
Contributions by: Ruth Mayer, Alice Maurice, Ellen C. Scott, Delia Malia Caparoso Konzett, Jonna Eagle, Ryan Jay Friedman, Charlene Regester, Matthias Konzett, Chris Cagle, Dean Itsuji Saranillio, Graham Cassano, Priscilla Peña Ovalle, Ernesto R Acevedo-Muñoz, Mary Beltrán, Jun Okada, and Louise Wallenberg.
Hollywood at the Intersection of Race and Identity explores the ways Hollywood represents race, gender, class, and nationality at the intersection of aesthetics and ideology and its productive tensions. This collection of essays asks to what degree can a close critical analysis of films, that is, reading them against their own ideological grain, reveal contradictions and tensions in Hollywood's task of erecting normative cultural standards? How do some films perhaps knowingly undermine their inherent ideology by opening a field of conflicting and competing intersecting identities? The challenge set out in this volume is to revisit well-known films in search for a narrative not exclusively constituted by the Hollywood formula and to answer the questions: What lies beyond the frame? What elements contradict a film's sustained illusion of a normative world? Where do films betray their own ideology and most importantly what intersectional spaces of identity do they reveal or conceal?
Hollywood Formulas: Codes, Masks, Genre, and Minstrelsy
Daydreams of Society: Class and Gender Performances in the Cinema of the Late 1910s / Ruth Mayer
The Death of Lon Chaney: Masculinity, Race, and the Authenticity of Disguise / Alice Maurice
MGM's Sleeping Lion: Hollywood Regulation of the Washingtonian Slave in The Gorgeous Hussy (1936) / Ellen C. Scott
Yellowface, Minstrelsy, and Hollywood Happy Endings: The Black Camel (1931), Charlie Chan in Egypt (1935), and Charlie Chan at the Olympics (1937) / Delia Malia Konzett
Genre and Race in Classical Hollywood
"A Queer, Strangled Look": Race, Gender, and Morality in The Ox-Bow Incident / Jonna Eagle
By Herself: Intersectionality, African American Specialty Performers, and Eleanor Powell / Ryan Jay Friedman
Disruptive Mother-Daughter Relationships: Peola's Racial Masquerade in Imitation of Life (1934) and Stella's Class Masquerade in Stella Dallas (1937) / Charlene Regester
The Egotistical Sublime: Film Noir and Whiteness / Matthias Konzett
Race and Ethnicity in Post-World War II Hollywood
Women and Class Mobility in Classical Hollywood's Immigrant Dramas / Chris Cagle
Orientalism, Diaspora, and Indigeneity in Go for Broke! (1951) / Dean Itsuji Saranillio
Savage Whiteness: The dialectic of racial desire in The Young Savages (1961) / Graham Cassano
Rita Moreno's Hair / Priscilla Peña Ovalle
Intersectionality, Hollywood, and Contemporary Popular Culture
"Everything Glee in 'America'": Context, Race, and Identity Politics in the Glee Appropriation of West Side Story / Ernesto R. Acevedo-Muñoz
Hip Hop "Hearts" Ballet: Utopic Multiculturalism and the Step Up Dance Films / Mary Beltrán
Fakin da Funk (1997) and Gook (2017): Exploring Black/Asian Relations in the Asian American Hood Film / Jun Okada
"Let Us Roam the Night Together": On Articulation and Representation in Moonlight (2016) and Tongues Untied (1989) / Louise Wallenberg
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The Gators expect to have three names called in the first round of the 2018 MLB Draft tonight. Pitcher Brady Singer, third baseman Jonathan India and pitcher Jackson Kowar all expect to go early.
Brady Singer, at one point, expected to go No. 1 overall in the draft, but now figures to slot in somewhere between the three and six spots. He recently went through a hamstring injury, bur MLB.com Draft Expert Jonathan Mayo doesn't believe it affected his draft stock.
Singer continues to produce on the bump this season with an 11-1 record, a 2.27 ERA and 98 strikeouts. Moreover, opposing batters are only hitting .188 against him this season. Mayo projects Singer to get drafted fourth by the Chicago White Sox on MLB.com.
Is Jonathan India a Top-10 pick?
Mayo expects India to go immediately after Singer at five to the Cincinnati Reds. After an average season in 2017, India has launched up draft boards into first-round discussion.
He's batting .364 on a year highlighted by his 24-game hitting streak where he hit .513. It is the longest hitting streak under Florida head coach Kevin O'Sullivan.
Where Does Jackson Kowar Stand?
Jackson Kowar is one of the most intriguing picks in the entire draft. Truthfully, he doesn't have the stuff to go high in the draft…yet. His upside, however, is incredible. In this draft, scouts will likely select him in the first round based on potential alone.
Mayo and MLB.com have Kowar going either No. 19 or 20 to the St. Louis Cardinals or Minnesota Twins, respectively. Although Singer has been great, Kowar has been just as good. He has a 3.21 ERA, a record of 9-4 and 91 strikeouts on the year.
The Gators have a few prospects that expect to hear their names called early in the draft. Catcher Anthony Siegler (Cartersville, GA) projects to go No. 24 to the Chicago Cubs and pitcher Mason Denaburg (Merritt Island, FL) figures to go in the late first round/early second round. Outfielder Connor Scott (Tampa, FL) also should go in the first round.
MLB.com isn't set on Scott's spot, with its two experts slotting him at 15 or 28. If any of these three players forgo their MLB opportunity, Florida will receive a big boost for 2019.


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Evolution and Effects of Sequence Stratigraphy
Robert M. Mitchum1
1 Retired, Houston, Texas, United States
April 4, 2017 Tuesday 8:05 A.M. AAPG Annual Convention and Exhibition, Houston, Texas
In many ways, sequence stratigraphy's effect on stratigraphic interpretation is comparable to that of plate tectonics on structural geology. After 40 years, stratigraphic concepts that seem self-evident to today's students faced painful periods of ridicule and resistance, both within Exxon and in industry, when first systematized by Peter Vail in the 1960's. The history of this slow acceptance is marked by a gradual evolution of concepts that bring basin tectonics, sea-level fluctuations, and sediment supply into an integrated stratigraphic solution. In the early 1950's, Peter Vail, John Sangree and Robert Mitchum became graduate students at Northwestern University under the tutelage of Larry Sloss, whose ideas of cratonic sequences had a strong influence, especially on Vail. The Exxon era started in the mid '50's when all three students joined Carter Oil Company, the ExxonMobil precursor. Early ideas on chronostratigraphy were first developed in bedding patterns in well logs and outcrops. Despite criticism and ridicule, Vail transferred to the Geophysical Division and almost single-handedly demonstrated that seismic reflection patterns are chronostratigraphic surfaces. In 1965, he was allowed to start a seismic stratigraphic group that quickly blossomed with ideas on worldwide sea-level cycle documentation, seismic facies analysis, computer applications, mapping techniques, and improved biostratigraphic analysis. In 1977, AAPG Memoir 26 was published. Following that, an accommodation model was developed that integrated the effects of eustatic sea level, tectonics and sediment supply. Systems tracts – lowstand, transgressive, and highstand – occur within a cycle of relative change of sea level. Recognition in well logs and outcrops led to the name change to sequence stratigraphy. In the late 1980's, Vail became a professor at Rice, and Sangree and Mitchum became consultants and teachers for industry in general. About this time, the use of 3D seismic on workstations exploded in industry, greatly affecting sequence interpretation. Ingenious uses of 3D imagery, such as Henry Posamentier's seismic geomorphology, show more and more details of what earlier 2D imaging had only imagined. Through all these changes, however, the sequence model has proven to be astonishingly robust in predicting facies and environment in a wide variety of basins and tectonic settings.


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2015 Published: March 6, 2015 Updated: February 19, 2019 | WORDS: Hana Kim
"Made By You" Campaign: Converse Gets Personal
Converse gets personal in its Spring 2015 campaign, "Made By You", by putting the focus on the iconic Chuck Taylor All Star and its legions of loyal fans.
Converse has launched the 'Made By You' Spring 2015 campaign to celebrate fans and loyal wearers of the brand's iconic Chuck Taylor All Star over the past decade.
To put the 'Made By You' campaign together, Converse scoured the globe to collect beloved and distinctly personal Chuck Taylor All Star sneakers, each of which tells a story of transformation from blank canvas to a self-portrait of their owner.
The Singapore leg of the campaign an exhibition of Chuck Taylor All Star sneakers belonging to people in the likes of musician-actor Benjamin Kheng from local folk-pop band, The Sam Willows, as well as Yoyo Cao, a style icon and owner of Exhibitstore. The exhibition is on from now till April 15th at Bugis Junction, in front of Hotel Intercontinental.
Store discounts are also given to sneakerheads who enter their worn Chuck Taylor All Star at a one-day only pop-up Photo Booth at the exhibition on April 11th.
There's no doubting the Chuck Taylor All Star's influence on style and culture. The silhouette that debuted in 1917 as a basketball sneaker has, over time, become synonymous with a wide range of individuals from rockstars to artists, and even skateboarders.
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Pinch punch first day of the month! Wow, can you believe it's February already? It honestly feels like it was just Christmas….then I blinked. Does it feel the same for you? Before we know it, all the snow will melt and Spring will be here.
But lets focus on the moment we're in, it's February and that means it's Black History Month. A time to reflect on the people, stories, experiences and accomplishments of the black community. I also think it's a time to celebrate the good and bravery of black people in North America.
Here's an interactive link to 23 black Canadians who made major contributions to Canada's culture and legacy.
I encourage you to look through, reflect and join me in celebrating Black History Month.