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ALA's new publication "Media Literacy in the Library: A Guide for Library Practitioners": Interviews with contributors Dr. Nicole A. Cooke and Kristen Calvert
April 7, 2021 April 7, 2021 Jamie Gregory News Literacy, Professional Development, Programming
As we celebrate National Library Week and School Library Month, we reflect on the importance of the library profession to American society. Digital access, privacy issues, and misinformation continue to intensify with the evolution of technology, prompting library professionals to revisit and refresh how they help patrons with their information needs.
This must include a renewed emphasis on media literacy as more Americans get their information from all types of media, including social media, television, Youtube, user-generated content, and infographics. How do librarians in all types of libraries help patrons navigate this rapidly-expanding technological information landscape?
ALA recently published "Media Literacy in the Library: A Guide for Library Practitioners" (free download) to help all library professionals (public, academic, school, special) plan programming and curate resources based on the experiences and expertise of 30 leaders in the field. This publication is part of a 16-month project, Media Literacy Education in Libraries for Adult Audiences (although the materials can be adapted to other age groups).
I recently interviewed 2 contributors: Dr. Nicole A. Cooke, Augusta Baker Endowed Chair and an associate professor at the School of Library and Information Science at the University of South Carolina, author of "Misinformation and Disinformation," and Kristen Calvert, Division Manager for Dallas Public Library in Dallas, TX, author of "Meeting Patrons Where They Are."
What was your inspiration for collaborating on the document "Media Literacy in the Library: A Guide for Library Practitioners?"
Dr. Nicole A. Cooke: I think many of us in the profession have been giving serious thought to fake news, which is a form of misinformation, and disinformation, and wondering how to address these concepts with our students, patrons, and community members. Information professionals have been doing this work for many decades in the form of information literacy instruction, and school librarians and educators have been teaching media literacy in their classrooms, and here we are faced with the same information quality problems. But this time, we need new ways to address old problems, particularly with the inclusion of social media, bots, and foreign adversaires deliberately launching disinformation campaigns. The guide was created to help practitioners and other users get up to speed with the various dimensions of misinformation and disinformation, and be able to hit the ground running with targeted programming that will benefit communities.
ALA's Public Programs Office convened a great group of information professionals – practicing librarians and LIS and media literacy educators – all of whom needed to address fake news and misinformation with their constituents in relevant, interesting, and non-partisan ways. The work has become more challenging and we all have a lot of great ideas that we needed to bring together and distill for the profession. After the larger advisory board met during an October 2019 immersive working session, a smaller group continued the work of creating the guide.
Kristen Calvert: In every interaction we have in the library, I think it's really important to understand where our patrons are coming from so we can best meet their needs. If we don't understand their perspective, how will we ever answer their questions? This is especially true when talking about media literacy. Library staff are looking for ways to provide factual information and they want their customers to believe it's sound and trustworthy. To help them get to that point, we need to understand why they might not want to trust what we're telling them.
What is your advice to librarians who are hesitant to address topics of media, news media outlets, and misinformation?
Dr. Nicole A. Cooke
NC: Librarians and information professionals no longer have the luxury of being hesitant and/or not addressing disinformation. In this age of COVID, racial unrest, climate change, and rampant societal inequities, libraries are more important than ever in terms of information provision. These are not easy things to teach, especially when so many people believe with their guts instead of their minds, but we have to make an effort when the outcome of disinformation or lack of information could literally result in harm or death.
Information professionals need to get on board, whether it's with this guide or with another resource of their choosing. Pick something manageable, e.g., disinformation on TikTok or misinformation about the voting process, and work with those until you're comfortable taking on additional topics. Work with colleagues, and even consider bringing in experts to help you tackle these topics in your libraries. There are so many resources available now you don't have to recreate the wheels or go it alone.
How do you handle a situation in which a patron may insist that a resource you have shared is not reliable?
KC: I would start by asking the patron why they think the source is unreliable. Depending on their answer, I would either show them other sources with the same information or I'd go in-depth on media bias/reliability and why I chose the sites I chose. This would probably focus on things like who pays for varying media outlets, research into what sources are the most trusted by Americans and why that is. This is really where relating to patrons on an individual level is so important. If I can understand where someone is coming from and why they believe what they believe, I'm more likely to make an impact and help them on their journey to finding good and reliable resources and information.
What are some practical tips for ensuring that library staff are not spreading false information or using unreliable sources of information?
Kristen Calvert
KC: By nature, librarians and library staff are by and large very skilled in finding accurate and good information. We believe in the importance of giving people the best and most thorough information we possibly can. This is innately who we are as professionals and as people. I think this mindset and desire to provide the most accurate and thorough information makes it pretty straightforward. We train library staff in the same way we work with customers on finding the best information. Training on accuracy, source quality, information bias, etc., happens both in school, on the job and through professional development opportunities. We train our people to be thorough, on how to use databases and why finding the right information to fit the need is important. Many times, librarians learn as they work. Two staff members often work the reference desk together. This allows for an opportunity for both staff members to work together to find the best information possible, not just relying on the expertise of one person. Library staff are taught to ask for help if they don't have the answers. They are encouraged to take down a phone number and email if they aren't immediately able to find the best information to answer an inquiry. This allows for an opportunity to research in depth and to seek out other staff for assistance.
Library staff are taught not to be driven by personal bias when answering questions. We do our best to remain neutral and answer all questions to the best of our abilities, even when we don't personally agree. Providing access to information is a pillar of librarianship.
Can you share a story about programming/education that has gone well?
NC: My small wins this semester include seeing the undergraduates in my news literacy pick up new facts and strategies and realize that they can always learn more and do better. Also, I'm pleased to see that more news outlets are using the terms misinformation and disinformation and moving away from the phrase "fake news".
KC: I had a customer who would regularly visit the library to discuss things she had seen on television and to ask follow-up questions. I took the time to find the information she asked for, but I also took the time to show her other ways she could fact check, like using some of the tips in the infographic I linked to earlier. I was able to help her understand bias and why sources could be biased a little better.
Dr. Cooke, your section, "Misinformation and Disinformation," provides librarians with practical programming ideas for patrons. Are there any common pitfalls to avoid?
NC: Pitfalls, and there can be lots of them, include: trying to do too much in our programs or instruction; not making our content relevant to our communities lives and interests; not making our content culturally relevant (e.g., Black and Brown communities are disproportionately affected by COVID and the misinformation/disinformation they are receiving could be different than what you're receiving); and, thinking we're smarter than our communities and not addressing the multiple sides of a given topic (i.e., avoiding examples or content because YOU, the information professional, don't agree with the slant or viewpoint of a source that could actually spur conversation, comparison, empathy, or understanding. "I won't include this station in my list of examples because I HATE that channel!" Or, "That movie is garbage and biased, and it shouldn't be listed in the Media Guide!").
Kristen, you point out in your section that mastery of media literacy is not a reasonable expectation because the information landscape evolves. What do you think are some of the most important media literacy skills that might transfer despite how the information landscape evolves?
KC: I think knowing how to find background information on sources will always be beneficial. Answering questions like, "Who is paying for this site?" will always be important. Having a broad understanding of how people consume information and what they're relying on for information is also important, because it helps us understand where to start when providing the tools to help patrons find quality information sources. I also think understanding why a source is quality and why one is not will always be important. The fundamentals of what makes something trustworthy have changed less than the actual mediums we get our media through.
Can you share programming ideas?
KC: I think media literacy skills are best worked into other programs. I love the idea of discussing media portrayal in book club discussions and after movie showings. I also think that we should add media literacy to skills taught in our beginning computer classes. I like the idea of inviting local journalists into libraries for informal conversations with patrons. Since the use of local journalism has declined over the past couple decades, I think this gives a great opportunity to discuss and build trust with local news outlets.
What additional resources related to media literacy can you share?
NC: There are lots of books, professional development webinars and resources, and short courses and research reports available at sites like the News Literacy Project, the Center for News Literacy, Pen America, The Center for an Informed Public, First Draft, and The Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy.
Cooke, N. A. (2017). Posttruth, truthiness, and alternative facts: Information behavior and critical information consumption for a new age. The library quarterly, 87(3), 211-221.
Cooke, N. A. (2018). Fake news and alternative facts: Information literacy in a post-truth era. American Library Association.
Cooke, N. A. (2018). Critical Literacy as an Approach to Combating Cultural Misinformation/Disinformation Online. In D. Agosto (Ed.), Information Literacy and Libraries in the Age of Fake News, (pp. 36-51). ABC-CLIO/Libraries Unlimited.
Cooke, N. A. (2020). The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of Digital Legacies. In H. Moorefield-Lang (Ed.), Library Technology Report on Digital Legacy, (pp. 12-16).Chicago, IL: American Library Association.
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Cooke, N. A. (2021). Media and information literacies as a response to misinformation and populism. In H. Tumber & S. Waisbord (Eds.), The Routledge Companion to Media Disinformation and Populism. London, UK: Routledge.
There are many strategies in the guide and in my ALA book "Fake news and alternative facts: Information literacy in a post-truth era" (2018). A couple of strategies include: reading/consuming outside of your comfort zone – break your own filter bubble; be your own fact checker, and don't accept every piece of information at face value; be mindful of your own biases and periodically reconsider who your gatekeepers/trusted sources are; and, take a breath when you see or hear something you don't agree with and check your emotional responses. It's healthy to be skeptical and discerning, but don't let that keep you from doing your own due diligence when critically evaluating information.
KC: I don't really like to point patrons to one specific source, even if it's a source that I use and trust in my personal life. Instead, I try to give patrons the tools they need to evaluate their own sources. Action 4 Media Education has a great infographic that takes customers through a logical way to understand how to evaluate news. NAMLE also has some great tools for helping people get accurate information on big issues like COVID-19. I also recently found allsides.com and their Instagram @allsidesnow which ranks media outlets on bias and provides news headlines from all sides of the political spectrum. I have used sites like snopes.com and politifact.com to help engage customers in conversations about misinformation they've found through social media. The Knight Foundation did a very in-depth study on information bias in 2018, which I found helpful when going in-depth with customers.
Jamie Gregory
Jamie M. Gregory is a National Board Certified Teacher in Library Media. She is the recipient of the 2021 Media Literacy Teacher Award from the National Association for Media Literacy Education, the 2022 SCASL School Librarian of the Year, and the 2022 recipient of the Eli M. Oboler Memorial Award.
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Aidan Herrick says:
It's really sad and frustrating that the linked infosheet recommends Hoaxed, an alt-right documentary hosted by white nationalist Mike Cernovich. If it's supposed to be as an example of fake news, there's certainly not enough context in the guide to make that clear to a reader.
Cooke clearly has an anti-racist stance and this oversight is glaring and unnerving. I hope future editions of this handout will exclude it.
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The Yemen Bomb Plot: ten years on, is cargo security still an afterthought?
In the August/September 2017 issue of Aviation Security International, an article appeared on the need to develop secure supply chains for air cargo security, citing, amongst other examples, the foiled Yemen bomb plot. The article highlighted the significant limitations of cargo security screening, pushed for more of a focus on supply chains, and asked whether the air cargo industry could develop an appetite for innovation. Now, on the 10th anniversary of the Yemen printer cartridge bomb plot, the author of that article, Shannon Wandmaker, looks back at the event, considers how the aviation industry and government responded, and what the future may hold for cargo security.
On 29 October 2010 two packages, each containing a sophisticated and viable improvised explosive device (IED) disguised in a toner cartridge, were discovered on separate UPS and FedEx cargo planes; one in Dubai, and one at East Midlands Airport in the UK.
The IEDs were contained in packages addressed to former synagogues in Chicago, and both devices were timed to detonate mid-air, with the suspected intention of destroying the aircraft over the US.
Saudi Arabia's Prince Muhammad bin Nayef
warned the U.S. of the bomb plot
By the time they were discovered, the device in Dubai had been on two Qatar Airways passenger aircraft and a FedEx Express plane, and the device in the UK had flown on one passenger and two cargo aircraft.
The IED found in the UK contained 400 grams of PETN and the one in Dubai 300 grams. Studies have shown that just 6 grams of PETN – around 2% of what was used – would have been enough to blow a hole in an aircraft's skin, and that the results of either of the IEDs detonating mid-air would have been catastrophic.
"…around 03:00 on 29 October, British military and police explosives experts subjected the package and the printer that contained the toner cartridge IED to X-ray, ETD and EDD screening. No explosives were detected, and the package was given the all clear at 10:00…"
What was particularly concerning about the plot and the devices was how artfully they were concealed.
The Saudi Arabian Ministry of Interior (MoI) had provided intelligence to the US the day before that included package tracking numbers and destinations, and alerted them to the fact the bombs would be in toner cartridges. However, even with this information, the bomb that arrived in the UK was almost missed.
Around 03:00 on 29 October, British military and police explosives experts subjected the package and the printer that contained the toner cartridge IED to X-ray, explosive trace detection (ETD) and explosive detection dog (EDD) screening. No explosives were detected, and the package was given the all clear at 10:00.
However, US authorities insisted the package be inspected again. British authorities consulted with officials in Dubai who, by this stage, had already discovered the other IED, and MI6 spoke with the Saudi MoI. The IED was eventually discovered at around 14:00, more than 10 hours after the package was first identified.
The FedEx Express consignment at Dubai Airport: the packaging, the contents and the concealment
Little wonder then that even though both devices went through X-ray screening in Sana'a they were not discovered.
Indeed, the German Federal Criminal Police Office, in reviewing the X-ray images taken of the bomb discovered in Dubai, noted the PETN resembled the printer cartridges powdered ink, and the timers resembled normal printer cartridge electronics, and that accordingly the devices would have been all but impossible to detect on X-ray.
Immediate Aftermath
Cargo security had always been the neglected stepchild of the aviation security industry, and nowhere was this more obvious than in the immediate aftermath of the foiled plot. Senior politicians demonstrated a sometimes spectacular lack of understanding of how air cargo travels.
With this in mind, the subsequent weeks went exactly as one would expect. The European Union (EU), Australia, Canada, the US and others, and even close neighbours like the UAE moved quickly to ban all air cargo out of Yemen, with predictable results on Yemen's export industry and already damaged economy.
In addition, countries also moved to ban cargo from other countries that were suddenly recognised as having little to no cargo security in place, including Bangladesh, Egypt, Somalia, and Syria, though the list varied by country and region.
"Yemen is not a natural provider of office supplies to…the Chicago area. Therefore, you might fondly imagine that the staff in the parcels' offices in the capital, Sana'a, might have checked the despatches more closely before allowing them anywhere near an aircraft, cargo or passengers. But they didn't." Simon Calder
It would have been easy at this point to assume that, as in the past, concerns about cargo security would once again get pushed back into the shadows, and the aviation security world would go on as before. However, this time governments and industry woke up to the fact that a threat to cargo security was a threat to all aviation, and cargo security had gaps in it literally large enough to put printer-sized bombs through.
The Next 10 Years
As I noted in my 2017 article, the reliance on X-ray screening of cargo placed two conflicting pressures – security and facilitation – on a weak link in the cargo supply chain: the screeners. In cargo facilities all across the world, hundreds of tonnes of cargo stack up at the entrance, and screeners are basically told, "Screen this cargo before the flights depart or else". Under these circumstances, it's reasonable to appreciate that a security officer, barely earning a living wage, will be more concerned about processing the cargo into the facility than screening it correctly.
The Yemen cargo incident was a perfect example of the failure this kind of pressure leads to. Both printers went through screening, but no-one had the time or presence of mind to think, "Why would someone spend $450 to send a $150 printer to the US? What's wrong with the address? Why is this box so beaten up? Let's take it off-line and look a little closer."
When you're a screener being told, "Process 400 tonnes of cargo a day or we'll find someone who can", you end up thinking, "Well, it looks like a printer, and the manifest says 'printer', so…"
As Simon Calder, the English travel writer and broadcaster, observed in The Independent newspaper on 6 November 2010, "Yemen is not a natural provider of office supplies to…the Chicago area. Therefore, you might fondly imagine that the staff in the parcels' offices in the capital, Sana'a, might have checked the despatches more closely before allowing them anywhere near an aircraft, cargo or passengers. But they didn't."
The Yemen plot drove recognition from regulators and industry that securing air cargo upstream in the supply chain, and then protecting it from interference until it's loaded onto an aircraft, moves a significant percentage of cargo out of the airport screening process, eases screening choke points at airports, and allows screeners more time to focus on suspicious items, high-risk cargo, and cargo that comes from unknown shippers.
As part of this focus on upstream and the supply chain, in 2011 the European Commission (EC) moved to establish its Air Cargo or Mail Carrier operating into the Union from a Third Country Airport (ACC3) programme. This programme sought to ensure all cargo flying into the EU had either been screened according to EU standards, or had come from an EU validated secure supply chain. A discussion about the effectiveness of ACC3 is an argument for another time; however, the existence ACC3 highlighted the importance air cargo security was now being given.
At the same time the World Customs Organization (WCO) responded to the plot by establishing a Technical Experts Group on Air Cargo Security (TEGACS) that included customs administrations, civil aviation authorities, intergovernmental organisations and the private sector. The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) established a similar Working Group on Air Cargo Security (WGACS).
A particular focus of these groups was the use of pre-loading rather than pre-arrival cargo information for risk analysis.
In 2014 the WCO and ICAO formed a Joint Working Group on Advanced Cargo Information (JWGACI) that, inter alia, looked at the results of three advanced cargo information system trials then being undertaken in the US, EU and Canada, and developed a set of harmonised global standards for such advanced data systems. These standards became known as Pre-Loading Advanced Cargo Information (PLACI).
In February 2017 TEGACS agreed that the risk to air cargo security highlighted by the Yemen incident was still present, and PLACI was a valuable additional layer in the detection of suspect shipments.
In May 2016 the EU introduced legislation requiring the submission of PLACI with implementation expected by 2020, the US made their Air Cargo Advance Screening (ACAS) programme mandatory in 2018, and Canada continues to implement and refine their Pre-load Air Cargo Targeting (PACT) programme.
On the screening equipment side of the equation, advances in technology meant the pure window dressing of X-ray cargo screening in the past began to morph into a useful screening regime as more sophisticated screening technology emerged.
There was also a move to incorporate other cargo screening methods, including explosive detection dogs (EDD), explosive trace detection (ETD), and other alternatives to traditional X-ray. Additionally, standards were developed in relation to the deployment of this technology and, in relation to EDD, the training and ongoing testing of the dogs.
Actions for the Future
On the regulatory side of the house, the future continues to move towards phasing out unvalidated known and account consignors and the implementation of 100% screening in some form, including piece level screening. The implementation of this level of 100% screening has made the adoption of secure supply chains using a regulated air cargo agent all the more important to ensure air cargo continues to be facilitated.
With new screening technologies a requirement, 100% screening does now provide some value. Provided, of course, it is used in coordination with supply chain security.
Future technology innovations include higher-powered computed tomography (CT) systems that allow for better cargo screening, explosive vapour detection (EVD) technology, as well as mass spectrometry rather than traditional ETD, which are already in the field and look promising for cargo screening.
In addition, the use of EDD continues to be developed and refined, and is becoming more widely accepted.
Organisations like the International Air Transport Association (IATA) have noted in white papers that in the future, cargo will be secured upstream with a combination of technology and data, and posits that information gained through screening will be used to automatically validate shipment documentation; all very positive, and all achievable with the technology and systems already available today.
"…aviation regulators, representative bodies and industry can rightfully claim to have taken meaningful air cargo security action…"
However, the cargo industry is not innovative by nature. More than 30 years after the internet became available to the public, in an age when people can buy anything from anywhere with a click of their phone, the cargo industry still uses paper documentation, and it still take eight days to deliver goods at a time when there is almost nowhere on earth a person couldn't deliver themselves in 48 hours (at least pre-COVID…). In the last ten years it has shown an admirable willingness to be dragged into the 21st century, and the next ten years will require more of the same.
Through all of this, spare a thought for Yemen. Throughout these last ten years it continues to be a failed state besieged by terrorism and mired by both a civil war and a Saudi-Iran proxy war. Regardless of what Ewan McGregor would have you believe about the salmon fishing there, the country has not progressed. And while states like Yemen continue to struggle, air cargo will need to continue its evolution.
But at least for the decade since October 2010, aviation regulators, representative bodies and industry can rightfully claim to have taken meaningful air cargo security action. They have taken the greatest gift the aviation security industry can receive – a near miss – and used it as an impetus for real change.
"…advances in technology meant the pure window dressing of X-ray cargo screening in the past began to morph into a useful screening regime as more sophisticated screening technology emerged…"
Shannon Wandmaker is the director of aviation security consulting company Cain Wandmaker, and was previously the principal consultant for the G4S Kuwait Airport Aviation and Cargo Security Project. He is the former head of cargo security for IATA, and former chair of the Global Air Cargo Advisory Group (GACAG) Security Task Force, and prior to this led the aviation security audit and capacity development programme across 44 pan-European countries for ICAO/ECAC in Paris. Mr Wandmaker spent 12 years in Australian Government aviation policy, operational and diplomatic positions, including as first secretary (transport) in the Australian Embassy, Abu Dhabi, during the period of the foiled Yemeni cargo plot, and also led aviation security capacity development activities in the South Pacific and South East Asia. He can be contacted at shannon@cainwandmaker.com.
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Summary: At some point, every one of us embarks on a journey to find love. We meet people, date, and get into and out of relationships, all with the hope of finding someone with whom we share a deep connection. This seems standard now, but it's wildly different from what people did even just decades ago. Single people today have more romantic options than at any point in human history. With technology, our abilities to connect with and sort through these options are staggering. So why are so many people frustrated?
To solve this problem, Aziz Ansari teamed up with NYU sociologist Eric Klinenberg and designed a massive research project, including hundreds of interviews and focus groups. They analyzed behavioral data and surveys, created their own online research forum on Reddit, and enlisted the world's leading social scientists to produce a result unlike any social science or humor book we've seen before.
Which, okay, is still pretty awesome and interesting and what-have-you. But an interesting pop-science look at romance in the twenty-teens is still not a hilarious memoir written by a pretty funny stand-up comedian whose voice is so distinct I can hear his inflections just by reading. I think that if a reader were to go into this book absolutely knowing that he or she would not be getting Ansari's stand-up in written form, and if said reader were interested in how teens through baby boomers (and maybe even octogenarians) find love since the invention of the smartphone, then, yeah, go for it. Modern Romance is for you.
But it wasn't for me (even though I really, really wished it were).
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Moh Lhean is the fifth studio album by American band Why?. It was released by Joyful Noise Recordings on March 3, 2017.

Critical reception
At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, Moh Lhean received an average score of 79 based on 14 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".

Paul Carr of PopMatters gave the album 8 stars out of 10, commenting that "As with the band's previous albums, it is exceptionally difficult to categorize their sound as it veers from psychedelia to folk to pop all with an undercurrent of hip-hop." Marcy Donelson of AllMusic gave the album 4 stars out of 5, saying, "The project remains a creative burst of sounds, grooves, and stylized observation that's uniquely refreshing to those open to its quirky complexity."

Track listing

Personnel
Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.

 Yoni Wolf – lead vocals, piano, keyboards, drums, percussion, production, mixing, artwork
 Josiah Wolf – drums, percussion, production, mixing
 Doug McDiarmid – bass guitar, guitars, keyboards
 Matt Meldon – guitars, slide guitar, ukulele
 Ben Sloan – drums, percussion
 Josh Fink – double bass
 Liz Wolf – vocals
 Molly Sullivan – vocals
 Ofir Klemperor – synthesizers
 Johnny Ruzsa – flutes
 Aaron Weiss – vocals
 Alex Cobb – ambience
 Millie Mason – vocals, guitar
 Genevieve Guimond – cello
 Dave McDonnell – contra-alto clarinet, saxophone
 CJ Boyd – double bass
 Ryan Lott – vocals
 Pete Lyman – mastering
 Scott Fredette – cover art
 Chris Doddy – covert art
 David Woodruff – layout design

Charts

References

External links

2017 albums
Why? (American band) albums
Joyful Noise Recordings albums

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New Orleans Hornets (48-21) +2, 190 at Cleveland Cavaliers (40-31), 7 pm Eastern Wednesday
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The top team in the West meets the defending champs of the East when the New Orleans Hornets visit the Cleveland Cavaliers Wednesday night.
NBA Sportsbooks list Cleveland as a two-point home favorite for Wednesday's game, with a total of 190. Also, the Cavs are posted at right around -140 on various Vegas moneylines, with New Orleans getting +125 as road underdogs.
The Hornets have won four straight games after winning at Indiana Tuesday 114-106, shooting 49% from the field and committing just 10 turnovers in the process. The victory kept New Orleans atop both the Southwest Division and the Western Conference, albeit by very small margins. And in the incredibly competitive West, the Hornets are only a game ahead of the fifth-place San Antonio Spurs.
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In the first meeting this season between these two inter-conference foes, New Orleans beat Cleveland 86-76 back on Dec. 29, covering the spread as five-point home chalk. The game also stayed well below its total of 186, thanks to the combined 40% shooting performance of the two teams. Last season, the teams split their two games, with the Cavs winning 97-89 and the Hornets prevailing 95-89. The o/u is 1-1-1 in those most recent three games in this series, with the games averaging just 177 total points.
This season, New Orleans is a very nice 44-25 against the spread, and 21-11 straight up and 20-12 vs. the numbers on the road. Meanwhile, Cleveland is 34-37 ATS this season, and while 24-10 straight up just 14-20 vs. the numbers at home.
Statistically speaking, the Hornets rank 5th in the league this season in point differential at +5.4 per game, while the Cavs, despite being nine games over .500, are getting outscored by .2 points per game.
New Orleans is shooting 46% from the field this season, 39% from 3-point range and 77% from the charity stripe, while Cleveland is shooting 44% from the floor, 36% from beyond the arc and only 72% from the line, which ranks 28th.
Also, the Cavaliers rank 2nd in the league in rebounding at +3.8 per game, the Hornets 8th at +1.4. And both teams are allowing opponents to shoot 46% from the field.
On the injury front, Cleveland forward Ben Wallace (5 pts., 9 rebs. per game this season) missed Saturday's game with a sore back, and is listed as out for Wednesday's game.
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$392,500 recovered for a single tenant in a rent-controlled apartment in San Francisco who was forced to vacate their longtime home pursuant to a trumped-up owner-move-in eviction where landlord never lived in the unit as their principal place of residence and instead used the subject unit as a pied-a-terre.
$262,500 recovered on behalf of a single tenant was living in a rent-controlled apartment in San Francisco. His landlord began construction work without proper permits. Contractors repeatedly entered the tenant's unit without written notice. The contractors removed all the drywall from an interior wall, leaving large holes that exposed the room to the outside. An interior support structure crashed down in the living room. The construction, which was supposed to take a couple of weeks, went on for months, rendering the apartment completely uninhabitable and forcing the tenant to vacate.
$212,500 awarded to Berkeley tenant wrongfully evicted so her landlord could remodel her unit to re-rent it for thousands of dollars more. Although the landlord provided a just cause to vacate by telling the tenant substantial repairs were necessary in her unit, he stalled on making repairs for nearly two years. During this time, the tenant bounced between temporary housing options, never able to commit to a long-term lease in the hopes that her landlord would offer her the unit back as required under the law. Eventually, the landlord stopped answering the tenant's calls, and the tenant sued for wrongful eviction.
$700,000 recovered for a single San Francisco tenant who was wrongfully evicted from her rent-controlled unit after the owners threatened her with eviction for complaining about the property manager's multi-year campaign of sexual harassment and failure to address habitability defects. The tenant was forced to move out of her home of eleven years.
$260,000 recovered in action brought against landlords for wrongfully evicting a single tenant from a rent-controlled apartment in San Francisco pursuant to an owner-move-in eviction. The owners continued living in a house they owned down the street until the lawsuit was filed.
$305,000 recovered for a single tenant who lived in a rent-controlled unit in Oakland for ten years before a new owner bought the property and immediately served the tenant with a bad faith owner-move-in eviction notice. The landlord never moved in, and instead re-rented the unit for three times as much rent. The tenant was forced to live in a travel trailer for several months.
$200,000 recovered on behalf of a family who endured deplorable conditions in their single-family home in Oakland. The family lived without heat for six months, with a massive cockroach infestation, multiple leaky ceilings, dysfunctional outlets, a broken refrigerator, multiple raw sewage floods, multiple water leaks, and a severe surface contaminant problem.
$400,000 recovered in action brought against a landlord in San Francisco who failed to make repairs and abate several Notices of Violation issued by the City. Instead, the landlord harassed the tenants in attempts to force them to leave the rent-controlled unit they occupied for three decades. As a result of the landlord's failure to repair, one of the tenants fell and suffered serious personal injuries requiring hospitalization.
$384,905 recovered in action brought against landlord and property managers who failed to maintain a San Joaquin County mobile home park in habitable condition. Seven park residents suffered with third-world conditions for years as the landlords failed to remedy numerous violations issued by the State. Habitability and security issues included squatters living in tents and abandoned vehicles, heaps of trash and debris throughout the park, vandalized electrical and gas facilities, sewage leaks, and lack of natural gas for eight months, which left some of the tenants without hot water, stoves, or heat.
Defense Verdict on behalf of a twenty-year San Francisco tenant who was being evicted by a landlord under a nuisance theory. After a five-day trial, the jury returned a 11 to 1 verdict in our favor.
$1.2 million plus recovered in action brought against landlord who failed to maintain Sonoma County mobile home park in habitable condition. Fifty park residents suffered with black, oily water for more than twenty years. The landlord could have attached to City water for a nominal cost, but refused to do it. Other habitability issues included park flooding, sewage leaks, broken fences, open ditches, and rats. Instead of making requested repairs the landlord blamed and harassed the tenants.
$225,000 recovered in action brought against landlord who failed to maintain an SRO building in San Francisco where individual rooms were rented out with shared kitchen and bathroom facilities. The five plaintiffs suffered from collapsed ceilings, no heat, mice, bedbugs, filthy common area bathrooms and kitchen, and an unsecured building that led to frequent trespassing by homeless persons and drug-addicts.
$425,000 recovered in action brought against landlord who failed to offer a rent-controlled unit back to tenants after post-fire repairs were completed. Instead of complying with the San Francisco Rent Ordinance and allowing the long-term tenants to return to the property, the landlords re-rented the unit to a third-party for thousands more per month.
$315,000 recovered on behalf of a single tenant who was forced out of his rent-controlled apartment in San Francisco when the landlord posted dozens of notes illegally demanding he move out in response to his complaints about lack of heat and unlawful rent increases.
$500,000 recovered in action brought against landlord who failed to maintain a two-unit building in Fremont in Alameda County. The three tenants had sewage overflows, yellow water, termites, rats, and no heat.
$200,000 recovered for single tenant in San Francisco who was evicted pursuant to a relative move-in eviction when the relative never moved in.
$250,000 plus recovered in action brought against landlord who wrongfully evicted a family from a rent-controlled unit in San Francisco.
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package com.intellij.slicer;

import com.intellij.ide.util.treeView.AbstractTreeBuilder;
import com.intellij.ide.util.treeView.AlphaComparator;
import com.intellij.ide.util.treeView.NodeDescriptor;
import com.intellij.openapi.project.Project;
import com.intellij.openapi.util.Comparing;
import com.intellij.psi.PsiElement;
import com.intellij.psi.PsiFile;
import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;

import javax.swing.*;
import javax.swing.tree.DefaultTreeModel;
import java.util.Comparator;

/**
 * @author cdr
 */
public class SliceTreeBuilder extends AbstractTreeBuilder {
  final boolean splitByLeafExpressions;
  public final boolean dataFlowToThis;
  volatile boolean analysisInProgress;

  static final Comparator<NodeDescriptor> SLICE_NODE_COMPARATOR = (o1, o2) -> {
    if (!(o1 instanceof SliceNode) || !(o2 instanceof SliceNode)) {
      return AlphaComparator.INSTANCE.compare(o1, o2);
    }
    SliceNode node1 = (SliceNode)o1;
    SliceNode node2 = (SliceNode)o2;
    SliceUsage usage1 = node1.getValue();
    SliceUsage usage2 = node2.getValue();

    PsiElement element1 = usage1.getElement();
    PsiElement element2 = usage2.getElement();

    PsiFile file1 = element1 == null ? null : element1.getContainingFile();
    PsiFile file2 = element2 == null ? null : element2.getContainingFile();

    if (file1 == null) return file2 == null ? 0 : 1;
    if (file2 == null) return -1;

    if (file1 == file2) {
      return element1.getTextOffset() - element2.getTextOffset();
    }

    return Comparing.compare(file1.getName(), file2.getName());
  };

  SliceTreeBuilder(@NotNull JTree tree,
                   @NotNull Project project,
                   boolean dataFlowToThis,
                   @NotNull SliceNode rootNode,
                   boolean splitByLeafExpressions) {
    super(tree, (DefaultTreeModel)tree.getModel(), new SliceTreeStructure(project, rootNode), SLICE_NODE_COMPARATOR, false);
    this.dataFlowToThis = dataFlowToThis;
    this.splitByLeafExpressions = splitByLeafExpressions;
    initRootNode();
  }

  SliceNode getRootSliceNode() {
    return (SliceNode)getTreeStructure().getRootElement();
  }

  @Override
  protected boolean isAutoExpandNode(NodeDescriptor nodeDescriptor) {
    return false;
  }

  void switchToGroupedByLeavesNodes() {
    SliceLanguageSupportProvider provider = getRootSliceNode().getProvider();
    if(provider == null){
      return;
    }
    analysisInProgress = true;
    provider.startAnalyzeLeafValues(getTreeStructure(), () -> analysisInProgress = false);
  }

  void switchToLeafNulls() {
    SliceLanguageSupportProvider provider = getRootSliceNode().getProvider();
    if(provider == null){
      return;
    }
    analysisInProgress = true;
    provider.startAnalyzeLeafValues(getTreeStructure(), () -> analysisInProgress = false);

    analysisInProgress = true;
    provider.startAnalyzeNullness(getTreeStructure(), () -> analysisInProgress = false);
  }
}


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'A sport that's like no other:' Girls wrestling is 1 of the fastest growing sports in the Midwest
Posted 9:34 pm, November 10, 2019, by Tim Van Vooren, Updated at 10:22PM, November 10, 2019
BURLINGTON -- One of the fastest-growing sports for youth participation in the Midwest is wrestling, specifically girls wrestling.
You'll find some major stress relief inside a wrestling facility in Burlington on a random weeknight.
Ashton Cadman
"Wrestling is a sport that's like no other," said Ashton Cadman. "It's coming into practice and knowing you get to beat on someone."
Cadman is one of the most decorated female wrestlers southeast Wisconsin has ever produced. She grew up on the mat and made it all the way to the Pan Am Games in Guatemala. Now a freshman at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, she still loves being in the gym.
Josie Stachowski
Josie Stachowski can't get enough of it either. She's from Mukwonago and is in her eighth year wrestling.
"It teaches you how to be a better person with handling yourself when you lost and when you win," said Stachowski. "Because sometimes in life, something won't come out of how you expected. Sometimes it will, so it teaches you how to act in those moments."
Sixth-grader Carley Ceshker is already a five-time state champion and two-time All-American.
Carley Ceshker
"I try to be the best, and I tell myself I'm the best every day, and I beat people because I think I'm the best, and I know I'm going to win when I step on that mat," said Ceshker.
Reminder: This is girls wrestling!
"It is incredible," said Kevin Bird, coach. "They work so hard, and they don't complain, and they don't whine, and they're a sponge. They want to get as much information and as much technique. It's incredible, and where it's going today, these girls are able to leave high school and go compete in college sports on a scholarship."
Concordia University announced plans to start a women's program. CUW will be the fourth school in Wisconsin competing.
"When I first started wrestling, I was the only girl in the wrestling room, and as the years came, there were more and more, and now, there's 20, 30, which is pretty amazing," said Cadman.
Several of the top girls in the state are part of the Badger Elite Wrestling Club -- set to compete at nationals in Colorado in early December.
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Topics: Badger Elite Wrestling Club, Concordia University Wisconsin, Ringers Wrestling, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
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Biographies of the Contributors – The Arab World Beyond Conflict
Noha Aboueldahab is a Fellow at the Brookings Doha Center. Since 2003, she has worked in the fields of international law, human rights, and development at various United Nations agencies and NGOs, with field missions and research trips to South America, the Middle East, East Asia, and Europe. She has guest lectured courses on law and anthropology at Northwestern University in Qatar and on law and development at Melbourne Law School, served as a judge at Georgetown University in Qatar's first moot court competition, and served as junior faculty at Harvard Law School's Institute for Global Law and Policy. Her book, Transitional Justice and the Prosecution of Political Leaders in the Arab Region: A Comparative study of Egypt, Libya, Tunisia and Yemen (2017), challenges mainstream transitional justice practice and scholarship using original material from interviews she conducted between 2011 and 2017. @NohaAboueldahab
H.E. Amatalalim Alsoswa is a Yemeni leader and activist who served on the 565-member Yemen Political National Dialogue. She was appointed by United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan as UN Assistant Secretary-General, Assistant Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme and Director of its Regional Bureau for Arab States, where she served from 2006 to 2012. In this post, Alsoswa led UNDP's 18 offices in the Arab region in their efforts to develop national capacities for poverty reduction, democratic governance, sustainable development, crisis prevention and recovery, and women's empowerment. She also provided regional thought leadership through the launching of two editions of the Arab Human Development Report, in 2006 and 2009. She served in various leadership positions in the public and private spheres in Yemen, including as Chairwoman of the Women's National Committee and most recently Managing Director of The Executive Bureau for the Acceleration of Aid Absorption and Support for Policy Reform. @AlsoswaAmat
Zeina Azzam is ACW's Publications Editor. Previously, she served as Executive Director of The Jerusalem Fund/Palestine Center, Senior Program Manager at Qatar Foundation International, and Director of Educational Outreach at the Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, Georgetown University. Azzam is co-editor, with Imad Harb, of The GCC Crisis at One Year: Stalemate Becomes New Reality (2018) and Trump and the Arab World: A First Year Assessment (2017). She has written articles for Al Jazeera English, The Hill, Jadaliyya, Middle East Eye, Common Dreams, Electronic Intifada, Huffington Post, Mondoweiss, and Social Education. Her poems have been published in a number of literary journals and edited volumes including Mizna, Sukoon Magazine, and Making Mirrors: Writing/Righting for and by Refugees. Azzam earned an MA in Arabic literature from Georgetown University and an MA in sociology from George Mason University. @zeina3azzam
Sultan Barakat is the Founding Director of the Center for Conflict and Humanitarian Studies at the Doha Institute and a Professor in politics and post-war recovery studies at the University of York. Previously he served as Director of Research at the Brookings Doha Center and Founding Director of the Post-war Reconstruction and Development Unit at the University of York. Barakat has worked on issues of conflict management, humanitarian response, and post-conflict recovery and transition, including as a Senior Advisor and Consultant to the UN, World Bank, EU, DFID, ILO, IFRC and other governments and international organizations. He is a member of the joint Economic and Social Research Council and the UK's Department for International Development (DFID) Commissioning Panel for research on poverty reduction. He was a founding Expert Panel Member of the Global Peace Index, where he served between 2008 and 2014. Barakat's most recent book is Understanding Influence: The Use of Statebuilding Research in British Policy (2014). @BARAKAT_Sultan
Linda Bishai is the Director of Research, Evaluation, and Learning at the American Bar Association Rule of Law Initiative. In her previous position at the U.S. Institute of Peace, Bishai was responsible for peacebuilding programs in Sudan, South Sudan, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Nigeria, and North Africa. She was an Assistant Professor of political science at Towson University and currently teaches international law and the use of force as an Adjunct Professor at the George Washington University's Elliott School of International Affairs. She has also taught at Brunei University, the London School of Economics, the University of Stockholm, and Georgetown University. Her research interests include identity politics, sovereignty, security, and states of emergency. In 2003-2004, Bishai served as a Supreme Court Fellow at the Federal Judicial Center. She holds a JD from Georgetown University Law Center and a PhD in international relations from the London School of Economics. @LindaBishai
Daniel Brumberg is a Non-resident Senior Fellow at Arab Center Washington DC, Director of Democracy and Governance Studies at Georgetown University, and Senior Non-resident Fellow at the Project on Middle East Democracy. Previously, he served as a Special Adviser at the U.S. Institute of Peace and as consultant to the U.S. Department of State and Agency for International Development, focusing on human rights, security sector reform, and governance issues in the Arab world. He was also Visiting Professor of Kuwait-Gulf Studies at Sciences Po in Paris, Visiting Professor of Political Science at Emory University, Visiting Fellow at the Jimmy Carter Center, Lecturer at the University of Chicago, and he continues to serve as a faculty member for the St. Martin-Georgetown University Program in Public Policy in Buenos Aires. Brumberg has published articles in print and online journals including Journal of Democracy, Foreign Policy, and The Atlantic. His most recent book is Power and Political Change in Iran, co-edited with Farideh Farhi (2016). @derboland
Shadi Hamid is a Senior Fellow in the Project on U.S. Relations with the Islamic World at the Brookings Institution. He is the author of Islamic Exceptionalism: How the Struggle Over Islam is Reshaping the World (2016), which was shortlisted for the 2017 Lionel Gelber Prize for best book on foreign affairs. He is also the co-editor of Rethinking Political Islam with William McCants and co-editor of Militants, Criminals, and Warlords: The Challenge of Local Governance in an Age of Disorder (2017). His first book, Temptations of Power: Islamists and Illiberal Democracy in a New Middle East (2014), was named a Foreign Affairs Best Book of 2014. He served as Director of Research at the Brookings Doha Center until 2014. Hamid received his BS and MA from Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service and his PhD in political science from Oxford University. @shadihamid
Imad K. Harb is the Director of Research and Analysis at Arab Center Washington DC (ACW). He is the Founder and Director of Quest for Middle East Analysis, a research and consulting firm, and served as Senior Analyst at the Abu Dhabi-based Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research. Harb has taught at the Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, Georgetown University, the University of Utah, and San Francisco State University. He earned his PhD in political science from the University of Utah. Harb is co-editor, with Zeina Azzam, of The GCC Crisis at One Year: Stalemate Becomes New Reality (2018) and Trump and the Arab World: A First Year Assessment (2017), and co-author, with John Bruni, of Domestic and Regional Challenges to US-Iran Relations (2015). @Harb3Imad
Khalil E. Jahshan, a Palestinian American political analyst and media commentator, serves as Executive Director of ACW. Previously, he was a Lecturer in International Studies and Languages at Pepperdine University and Executive Director of Pepperdine's Seaver College Washington DC Internship Program. He also served as Executive Vice President of the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) and Director of its government affairs affiliate, National Association of Arab Americans (NAAA)-ADC. His leadership positions in Arab American organizations include Vice President of the American Committee on Jerusalem, President of the NAAA, and National Director of the Association of Arab-American University Graduates. He writes and is interviewed frequently on Arab affairs and US policy in the Middle East by American and Arab news media. @KhalilEJahshan
Marwan J. Kabalan is the Head of Policy Analysis at the Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies in Doha, Qatar, where he also chairs the Gulf Studies Forum Committee. Previously, he served as Dean of the Faculty of International Relations and Diplomacy at Kalamoon University in Damascus, Syria. He taught International Political Theory at the University of Manchester and at the Faculty of Political Sciences, Damascus University. He was a member of the board of directors at the Damascus University Center for Strategic Studies and Research. Kabalan's research examines the theory of international politics and foreign and security policy in the Middle East. He is a co-editor of Turkey-Syria Relations: Between Enmity and Amity (2013) and Syrian Foreign Policy and the United States, From Bush to Obama (2009). @Marwan_Kabalan.
Mehran Kamrava is a Professor and Director of the Center for International and Regional Studies at Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service in Qatar. He is the author of a number of journal articles and books, including Inside the Arab State (2018); The Impossibility of Palestine: History, Geography, and the Road Ahead (2016); Qatar: Small State, Big Politics (2015); The Modern Middle East: A Political History since the First World War, 3rd ed.; and Iran's Intellectual Revolution (2008). His edited books include Fragile Politics: Weak States in the Greater Middle East (2016); Beyond the Arab Spring: The Evolving Ruling Bargain in the Middle East (2015); The Political Economy of the Persian Gulf (2012); The Nuclear Question in the Middle East (2012); and The International Politics of the Persian Gulf (2011). @MehranKamrava
Tamara Kharroub is the Assistant Executive Director and Senior Middle East Fellow at ACW. Her research explores issues of democratization and transitions, violent extremism and Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) programs, US policy in the Middle East and toward Palestine/Israel, with emphasis on democracy and human rights, identity and conflicts, the role of media and communication technology in political participation, and gender issues. She holds a PhD from Indiana University Bloomington and an MA from the University of Westminster and is the recipient of several awards and scholarships including the Fulbright. @tamarakharroub1
Rami G. Khouri is an internationally syndicated political columnist at Agence Global, a book author, and Professor of Journalism, Journalist-in-Residence, and Senior Public Policy Fellow at the American University of Beirut (AUB). He also serves as a Non-resident Senior Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School and Editor at large and former Executive Editor of the Beirut-based Daily Star newspaper. Khouri teaches at AUB and Northeastern University and has been a Fellow and Visiting Scholar at a dozen US universities. He recently completed a four-year term on the International Advisory Council of the International Committee of the Red Cross. Khouri was Editor-in-Chief of the Jordan Times for seven years and general manager of Al Kutba Publishers in Amman for 18 years. He was awarded the Pax Christi International Peace Prize for 2006. He has BA and MSc degrees in political science and mass communications, respectively, from Syracuse University. @RamiKhouri
Bessma Momani is a Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Waterloo and the Balsille School of International Affairs and a Senior Fellow at the Centre for International Governance and Innovation. She was also a Non-resident Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution, a Visiting Scholar at Georgetown University, a 2015 Fellow of the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation, and a Fulbright Scholar. She has authored and co-edited over eight books and over 65 scholarly peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters examining the IMF, the World Bank, petrodollars, the Middle East, and Arab youth. Momani is a current recipient of a research grant funded by Canada's Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) to study IMF and World Bank cooperation. She was the recipient of two previous SSHRC grants on the reform of the IMF executive board and on Middle East urbanization. Momani is a regular contributor to national and international media. @b_momani
Elly Rostoum is a political scientist and public policy practitioner with more than a decade of experience in both the private and governmental sectors. She has advised policy-makers and decision-makers at the White House, the Department of State, the Department of Defense, and the United Nations. Rostoum most recently served as a National Security Council staffer at the White House, covering the Middle East portfolio. She specializes in public diplomacy, foreign policy, and national security issues, and particularly enjoys working on issues of dignity, fragility, and resilience in at-risk and/or post-conflict contexts. Rostoum is fluent in Arabic and French and holds degrees from Harvard University, Stanford University, and Bates College. @EllyRostoum
Sarah Leah Whitson is Executive Director of Human Rights Watch's Middle East and North Africa Division, where she oversees the work of the division in 19 countries with staff located in 10 countries. She has led dozens of advocacy and investigative missions throughout the region, focusing on issues of armed conflict, accountability, legal reform, migrant workers, and political rights. Whitson has published widely on human rights issues in the Middle East in international and regional media, including The New York Times, Foreign Policy, Los Angeles Times, and CNN. She appears regularly on Al Jazeera, BBC, NPR, and CNN. Before joining Human Rights, Watch, Whitson worked in New York for Goldman, Sachs & Co. and Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton. She graduated from the University of California, Berkeley and Harvard Law School. She is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and speaks Armenian and Arabic. @sarahleah1


Week 17: Mommy's sporting a bump!
Other than that, been walking around (*ahem* shopping!) a lot during weekends. But get extremely tired after that, and my feet feels tired too. Am trying to practice sleeping on my left side, since I'm supposed to assume this sleeping position from Week 18 onwards (that's next week!). Has not been easy, as I love sleeping on my tummy. Let's hope I can get comfy and catch up on my beauty sleep…before it gets interrupted by back pains and a wailing baby!
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When do you stop researching? When do you ignore the unfolding of information coming at you!
My conclusion is that When Finding The Spider Comes out, there will be a number of Editions and Updates to follow on an Annual Basis. YES! I have no doubt about it. This Spider has long legs an will be continually updated. I thin this is the only way I can keep my sanity!
The fight is on! So here we go. please keep praying for me guys.


This Friday, February 2nd, the Silver Wings start their annual winter training. The training cycle will last the entire month of February. Each year the Wings use the downtime from demonstration jump season to train new instructors, certify demonstrators with PRO ratings, and build jump numbers for newly certified jumpers. Greg Windmiller will hold a week long canopy course focused on target accuracy and hold classes for B License canopy training requirements.
Most of the month the team jumps from the Cessna 182 from between 3,500 and 5,500. Friday through Sunday the team will jump the King Air. However, select other weather make-up weekdays they may jump the King Air. Civilian licensed skydivers are welcome to come jump during any day the team is training. So come get on loads when open slots are available!
Skydive Atlanta is Georgia's top facility for tandem skydiving, solo skydive certification, and has the Intrastate Paratroop Carry certification fro the Department of Defense.