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USDA Coalition of Minority Employees & Representative, Justice for Black Farmers Group
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The Emergency Relief for Farmers of Color Act and The Justice for Black Farmer Act of 2021 are the most important pieces of legislation since The Civil Rights Act of 1964. We are pleased to be a part of helping make both legislations a part of America's civil rights history.
Lawrence Lucas, Present Emeritus
www.agcoalition.com
justice4Bfarmers@gmail.com
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Statement by Lawrence Lucas
The USDA Coalition of Minority Employees consider The Emergency Relief for Farmers of Color Act of 2021 to be the most pivotal civil rights legislation since The Civil Rights Act of 1964. The Act will bring relief to thousands of Black farmers, minority farmers, who have been discriminated against by USDA for decades. The USDA Coalition of Minority Employees has been engaged in the struggle on behalf of both Black farmers and USDA employees since 1994. Our vision is to bring to light the horrendous mistreatment of both Black farmers and employees within USDA. The Act of 2021 will address discrimination at USDA by creating systemic changes within USDA and its organization.
By way of history, the USDA Coalition of Minority Employees and a number of other Black Farmer Organizations initially engaged with a number of candidates for President to assist them in understanding the historical discrimination within USDA and its racist history, Black land loss, and the loss of generational wealth for Black farmers. Our letter with well over 100 signatures indicates the depth of our support from both rural and urban farmers from around the country.
In early 2019 Senator Warren, along with Senator Booker and Senator Gillibrand, drafted The Justice for Black Farmers Act of 2020. The Bill's comprehensive nature was gratifying to read as it addressed racism, complaint abuse, and inequities within USDA; creation of a "fire wall" between the Office of General Counsel and Civil Rights across USDA; the provision of debt relief; the opportunities to secure acres to farm; and policies that would address civil rights processing and administration throughout USDA. Senator Raphael Warnock drafted the "Emergency Relief for Farmers of Color Act" and included it in President Biden's $1.9 trillion-dollar COVID-19 relief bill.
We believe this is a new day for justice for Black farmers. While the Act specifically address the Black farmer issue, we see that the systemic changes that are included in The Act of 2021 will serve the needs of other farmers of color and USDA employees.
TS Radio Network: The USDA Hour Year end Wrap up
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Join us live Thursday December 3, 2020 at 7:00 pm CST!
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Join Lawrence Lucas & Marti Oakley for the year end review of the dismal activities taking place at the USDA. We will be discussing the impact of the Elizabeth Warren Plan and the May 2020 letters to the Biden campaign demanding they fix the USDA. Also, we will cover the Biden plan related to USDA and the call for change by so many.
The Justice for Black Farmers Act of 2020 was introduced November 30th and differs greatly from the Biden proposal.
Speaking out when it is not popular or in fashion takes great courage yet the rural and urban farmers do just that.
Michael Stoval, Black Farmer
Julian Hishaw, Attorney & Author
Lloyd Wright, Black Farmer & Advocate
Wayne Hinson, Researcher & Producer of the Black Farmer Documentary
Please tune in for this informative show!
TS Radio Network: The USDA Hour 10/29
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TS Radio Network: The USDA Hour with Kordel Davis 10/31
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Join us Thursday evening October 31. 2019 at 7:00 pm CST!
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Whistleblower's is presented in coordination with Marcel Reid and the Annual Whistleblower's Summit in Washington D.C.
Our guest this evening is Kordel Davis and Waymon Henson
Kordel is originally from Reading, Pennsylvania. He is currently a student at Rutgers University. In 2018 producers from Dateline NBC connected Kordel with the USDA and Coalition of Minority Employees. In May of 2018 Kordel wrote the paper "USDA Discrimination and the Effects on Food Systems and Food Security" under Dr. Xenia Morin at Rutgers University.
Kordel was one of the over seventy farmers, advocates, and researchers to sign their name to the letter to Elizabeth Warren. He has since created a video posted to YouTube regarding the letter entitled "USDA Discrimination, Elizabeth Warren, and The Future," which has caught the attention of documentary creators and helped to spur new national interest in the Black farmers movement. Kordel wishes to continue to be a powerful voice for displaced farmers in the future.
Waymon Henderson is a Black farmer documentary, researcher & publisher. He has earned degrees in theology and psychology is licensed as a psychologist and marriage and family therapist in Texas. His history with the Black farmer cause extends back to 1994 when he began to consult with farmers and their legal counsel. He has been affiliated with the Black Farmers and Agriculturalists Association in Tillery, NC since 2005 and currently is a board member. He has two published articles in the area of Black farmers and land loss and has presented at international, national, state, and regional conferences on racism, the USDA, and Black land loss. His special area of interest is the impact on the health and well being of farmers and families when dealing with the USDA and DOJ. He and Shoun Hill partnered on the Black farmer documentary beginning in 2018 and will complete it in late 2019.
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Black Farmers bring suit against the State of Georgia for Voting Rights violations
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THE COWTOWN FOUNDATION INC.
COREY LEA
ARRINGTON, TN. 37014
THE BATTLE LINES HAVE BEEN DRAWN AS BLACK FARMERS CHALLENGE THE STATE OF GEORGIA AND SECRETARY OF STATE BRIAN KEMP OVER VOTING RIGHTS FOR AFRICAN AMERICANS IN PREDOMINANTLY BLACK COUNTIES AND PRECINCTS IN GEORGIA.
Black Farmers from south Georgia filed suit against the State of Georgia and Secretary of State Brian Kemp alleging violations of section 5 of the Voting Rights Act, among several claims. The Black Farmers assert that the State of Georgia and The Secretary of State have failed to enforce federal laws and maintain uniformity of legal issues among all the counties that make up the state. In particular, the state and secretary have been alleged, to what amounts to putting on a charade, political gerrymandering. It is without question that the state and secretary knows counties must have preclearance from the Department of Justice or the United States District Court in Washington, D.C. before the counties can shut down polling locations or precincts in predominantly African American counties or precincts.
However, this will be a showdown of epic proportions. Also named in the petition are The National Republican Committee, The National Democratic Committee, The NAACP, The ACLU, The National Democratic Redistricting Committee, The State Republican Committee and The State Democratic Committee. The Black Farmers are united and have been fighting the USDA for years on similar civil rights issues. An interesting correlation has been drawn by the farmers and the history of questionable stances on civil rights issues by now Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue as former governor of the State of Georgia and his continued stance of denying Black Farmers the right to be heard at the administrative level.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1XMnXIXSX6bhcZzr8m56RM-9FUvxUOMzYpyi80H02Vp4/edit?usp=sharing
TheCowtownFoundation.org.
DEADLINE GEORGIA- DEMOCRATIC GUBERNATORIAL NOMINEE STACEY ABRAMS V. THE GOP-
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THE COWTOWN FOUNDATION INC.-NASHVILLE, TN.
THECOWTOWNFOUNDATION.ORG
IN RE: DEADLINE GEORGIA- DEMOCRATIC GUBERNATORIAL NOMINEE STACEY ABRAMS V. THE GOP- HOW THE USDA'S STORIED HISTORY OF DISCRIMINATION COULD BE THE DECIDING FACTOR ON WHO BECOMES THE NEXT GOVERNOR OF GEORGIA.
There is no doubt that the Republican Party is aware of the historical significance of the nomination of Stacey Abrams and her bid to become the first Black Female Governor in the United States. With this nomination, the eyes of the country will be hanging on her every word in regards to policy and civil rights. The Democrats are amassing a war chest for her bid to become the next governor of Georgia, but the Republicans will not be outdone. However, the one factor, that could be the deciding factor, is how Stacey Abrams tackles the issues of Socially Disadvantaged Farmers.
Socially Disadvantaged Farmers are legally defined as a protected class, to include Black Farmers, Hispanic Farmers, Indian Farmers and White Women. This protected class will be the deciding factor on if Georgia remains a red state or will it be the keystone of the crown jewel that the Dems. are hoping for in November. It is without controversy that former Georgia Governor and current Secretary of Agriculture, Sonny Perdue, inherited an absolute mess at the USDA, an agency that is truly out of control and in desperate need of reform. More
TODAY! Black Farmers and Small Farmers To Boycott Dollar General and File Historic Suit at Federal Courthouse in Albany, Ga.
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Contact: Corey Lea, the Executive Director of the Cowtown Foundation Inc.
Black Farmers and Small Farmers Protesting Dollar General and The USDA for Unfair Practices and Filing a Historical Suit Next Wednesday
Location: 201 West Broad Avenue, Albany, GA 31701
Date (and Time): Wednesday, April 25, 2018 (at 10 am.)
On Wednesday, April 25, 2018, the federal courthouse in Albany, Georgia, will be the very location, where a historic and momentous occasion is to take place. A national boycott – against the variety store, Dollar General, Farmers National Bank, CapStar Bank, among other businesses – will commence with the expressed desire to bring attention to the abuse of power committed by Dollar General heirs, Steve and Jay Turner, along with federal judges.
Also, this demonstration will be just one side of the plans for that day. As 1,000 people are expected to appear for this event, which will include a group of African-American farmers, a lawsuit will be filed against the USDA for continued discrimination.
The Georgia Chapter of the African-American Agriculturalist Association's main complaint is the Secretary of Agriculture at the USDA is not allowing hearings from African-American farmers like he does their Caucasian counterparts. So, they are desiring to see change and hope that justice will prevail.
In an alliance with the Georgia Chapter of the African-American Agriculturalist Association, multiple civil rights groups, and other groups representing small farmers, the protest is being organized by the Cowtown Foundation Inc., a Tennessee Corporation that specializes in the rights of minority farmers at the administrative level.
For more information:www.TheCowtownFoundation.org https://www.gofundme.com/socially-disadvantaged-farmers /
https://www.facebook.com/The-Cowtown-Foundation-Inc-1612264128844425/
TheCowtownFoundation.or
Whistleblowers! Corey Lea….Systematic Discrimination at USDA
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Join us Thursday evening, June 29th 2017 at 7:00 pm CST!
Whistleblowers! USDA Coalition of Minority Employees, Issues & Concerns
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USDA: Looks like the "Last Plantation" is about to get worse
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Living in a rural agricultural community, I have witnessed first hand the devastation to the land and water from industrialized agriculture. The other thing I have noticed over the years, is the dwindling numbers and kinds of wildlife, both large and small. It is not uncommon to see major fish kills in rivers, lakes and streams, dead birds and small animals in large numbers around the fields of gmo crops. The continual spraying of toxic chemicals to grow what is widely recognized as crops not fit for human consumption, is not to be stopped.
It only gets worse from here
Having done several Whistleblower's episodes on my blogtalk channel "TS Radio", the news that Sonny Perdue will most likely be the new Secretary of Agriculture does not come as good news. Perdue, who is funded and backed by major bio-piracy companies most notably Monsanto, and others who are in the process of overtaking agriculture for profit, should come as no surprise. More
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE PAID OUT OVER ONE BILLION DOLLARS IN THE LAST 10 YEARS FOR VIOLATIONS
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BY: COREY LEA
NASHVILLE, TN.
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE PAID OUT OVER ONE BILLION DOLLARS IN THE LAST 10 YEARS FOR VIOLATIONS; LESS THAN 2 PERCENT PAID TO BLACK FARMERS THAT HAVE 98 PERCENT OF PENDING CLAIMS
https://jfund.fms.treas.gov/jfradSearchWeb/JFPymtSearchAction.do
The USDA takes great pride in systemic discrimination and have been very effective in not paying for such egregious acts. Over the last 10 years, the USDA has paid over One Billion in claims filed for violations of law, but they have managed to pay less than 2 percent to Black Farmers who represent 98 percent of the pending claims.
The Administrative Procedures Act is a law enacted by Congress to give the Agency a chance to correct its own actions. However, the Agency has instructed the Administrative Law Judge and Judicial Officer to deny all claims by Black Farmers and minimize claims against White Farmers.
Of the One Billion paid by the Judgment Fund, the Administrative Law Judge only awarded 10 Million on settlements over the last 10 years. The reasons for this strategy or position taken, to deny formal hearing on the merits, is so that the complainants can not get all of the records to substantiate their claims if they file a suit against the agency in federal court. The Department of Justice has been very good at getting suits dismissed due to lack of evidence to substantiate claims.
The most common discrimination claim against the Department is Equal Credit Opportunity Act, a tort for discrimination. To be victorious in that claim, a claimant must provide proof of similarly situated White Farmers getting the same or similar favorable treatment in regards to loans. It is virtually impossible to provide such information. However, Congress mandated that the Agency must provide a copy of those records, which include similarly situated White Farmers in the records, found in the expressed language of section 14012 of the Food Energy and Conservation Act or 2008 Farm Bill. The Courts, in most cases, are not following the law and dismissing these discrimination actions by Black Farmers without the benefit of discovery or compelling the records as Congress mandated.
The Lil' Cowtown Ranch and Rodeo Inc.
BLACK FARMERS APPALLED BY ACTIONS OF NAACP
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Lawrence Lucas and Ron Cotton will be on TS Radio this evening at 7:00 CST to talk about this sad state of affairs in the NAACP> Where is the NAACP When it Really Counts?
Whistleblowers!: Lawrence Lucas; USDA planting misinformation
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Join us live September 22, 2016 at 6:00 pm CST!
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For Decades, the USDA Was Black Farmers' Worst Enemy….And for most of them, things haven't changed
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By, Marti Oakley
**Note: The article from "YES" magazine, referred to in this article, was dated July 6, 2016. Just two days before farmers from 18 states protested the USDA and its discriminatory practices in front of the Supreme Court. The article was a carefully timed and crafted propaganda piece. All information, data and statistics were obviously provided by USDA and simply compiled to make it appear that legitimate research had been done, when obviously, it had not.
As for the protest, I was left wondering just where all these civil rights icons were? What? No Jesse Jackson? No Al Sharpton? Where the hell was the NAACP?? (BIG)Blacks in Government? No?
Sometimes while I am researching one thing, I come across valuable information on another topic. This was the case recently when an article in Yes! Magazine caught my eye. Since last year I have been doing Whistleblowers! broadcasts which included black farmers discriminated against by USDA and they have a very different story to tell than the one relayed in YES!. And, they have the documents to back up what they have to say about their treatment at the hands of USDA..
These farmers never asked for special treatment. They are demanding only to be treated with as much respect, and with access to the same programs as others are.
The title "For Decades, the USDA Was Black Farmers' Worst Enemy. Here's How It Became an Ally" nearly made my head explode. I wouldn't swear to it, but I think at that point lightening sparked here in my office. I read the article with interest, but realized it was a propaganda piece, carefully constructed with information most likely provided directly by interests at the USDA. Obviously no actual research had been done. Had it been done, the article would have read quite differently and would have linked to relevant documents and resources. There were none. More
TS Radio Whistleblowers! Lawrence Lucas report on the Wise Case
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TS Radio: Whistleblowers! Dallas protests and Report on protest at the Supreme Court
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Join us this evening, July 14 at 6:00 pm CST!
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Call in Number: 917-388-4520
Hosted by Marti Oakley
Whistleblowers is presented in coordination with Marcel Reid and the Whistleblowers Summit July 27-29, 2016 in Washington D.C.
Carolyn Davis, former Dallas, Texas Council Woman. joins us to talk about the current protests and various social movements involved.
Dianne Andrews– entrepreneur, motivational speaker, author, philanthropist and now talk show host. She is the compelling host of the controversial show "Dianne Andrews, In Black & White". This is the show that everyone is buzzing about. "In Black & White's" content will make you stop, look, listen and consider the pertinent issues as Dianne uses her engaging interviewing style.
Lawrence Lucas & Eddie Slaughter join us to update the recent protest by black farmers in front of the Supreme Court. The protest was held to highlight the abuses taking place within the USDA, referred to as "The Last Plantation". Dred Scott is alive and well within the halls of this agency. 2.3 million acres have been taken from black farmers by USDA
Black Farmers protest USDA at the Supreme Court
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BLACK FARMERS PROTEST AT
"Are Black Farmers in 2016 the New Dred Scott of 1857?"
Eddie Slaughter – 229-649-2243
Cory Lee – 615-308-7787
Gary R. Grant – 252-578-4729
Eddie Slaughter, president, American Agriculturalist Association
On Friday, July 8, 2016 at 9:00 am, farmers from the Southern Region and others who believe in justice and equality will descend on the U. S. Supreme Court to once again seek and demand justice through the courts and to bring to light and awareness of the unfairness of the settlement of the Pigford Class Action, and the continued discrimination by the USDA, "The Last Plantation". The theme is "Are Black Farmers in 2016 the New Dred Scott of 1857?".
The protest will be held on the First Street NE sidewalk directly in front of the Supreme Court. The complaint at the Supreme Court is regarding Eddie and Dorothy Wise, farmers from North Carolina, who were foreclosed on and evicted from their 106 acre farm on January 20, 2016 by 14 militarily armed Federal Marshals and several Nash County, North Carolina deputy sheriffs without ever being granted a hearing.
Farmers Eddie Wise is a retired Green Beret and his wife Dorothy Wise is a retired Grants' Manager. The Wise's situation is akin to the Dred Scott Decision of March 6, 1857 (http://www.ushistory.org/us/32a.asp) because Black farmers are still being denied full due process. This is one of the most important issues that should be brought before the United States Supreme Court.
While many people in this country think that Black farmers across the nation got justice during the Pigford Class Action (Pigford v. Glickman 1999), the opposite is the truth. Black farmers who have been discriminated against by the Farm Service Agency (FSA) formerly called Farmers Home Administration (FmHA) continue to be put out of farming, denied opportunities to make a living, and lose land that impacts the quality of life for them and the rural Black communities in which they live.
The time has long expired on the unremitting discrimination and breach of The Pigford Consent Decree. Black Farmers are continuously denied due process; in particular, a right to have a formal hearing on the merits of their case before the Administrative Law Judge of The USDA.
Congress has expressed its intent for the Agency to hold the formal hearing on the merits in the 2007 Pigford Remedy Act which was incorporated in the 2008 Food Energy and Conservation Act or "Farm Bill." In addition, the USDA is denying all claims and hearings by Black Farmers, Women Farmers, Hispanic Farmers, and Native American Farmers. This denial of the formal hearing before the Administrative Law Judge allows 180 days for the Agency to correct its own mistakes is unlawful, unjust and contrary to Congressional Intent pursuant to the Administrative Procedures Act and The Pigford Consent Decree.
If you are a supporter of justice and equality, support Black Farmers, seek healthy and safe food, join with the Black Farmers and Eddie and Dorothy Wise, other speakers from the American Agriculturalists Association, the North Carolina-based national Black Farmers & Agriculturalists Association (BFAA), The Cowtown Foundation, Lawrence Lucas, President Emeritus, USDA Coalition of Minority Employees, and others to bring this issue before the United States Supreme Court. These farmers are asking the question… "Are Black Farmers in 2016 the New Dred Scott of 1857?"


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T.C. (Tommy) Douglas, shown in this 1961 photo being held up by supporters, after being chosen leader of the newly form New Democratic Party. He is held by trade unionist Claude Jodoin (left), national CCF president David Lewis and British Labour leader Hugh Gaitshell. (CP PHOTO)
The NDP turns 60: It's never truly been the political arm of organized labour
Published: June 27, 2021 8.35am EDT
Larry Savage, Brock University
Larry Savage
Professor, Labour Studies, Brock University
Larry Savage receives funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council.
Brock University provides funding as a member of The Conversation CA-FR.
Brock University provides funding as a member of The Conversation CA.
The New Democratic Party turns 60 this summer. Throughout its entire history, media pundits and political opponents have lambasted the party as the puppet of organized labour. This characterization, however, no longer holds water — if it ever did.
The widely held yet deeply flawed assumption that the NDP is the political arm of Canada's labour movement has been held up by voices on both the left and right of the political spectrum. The history and reality of the party-union relationship, however, is much more complex.
The Canadian Labour Congress played a key role in officially launching the NDP in August 1961 as a new progressive electoral vehicle for working-class voters.
The party's pro-union architects anticipated that the creation of the NDP would squeeze out the Liberals and establish the party as the primary alternative to the Conservatives. However, that much-hoped-for electoral realignment has never really materialized at the federal level.
From the start, union leaders struggled to convince their members to support the NDP. That created a dynamic characterized by close relations between union and party leaders without an equivalent relationship at the rank-and-file level.
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is applauded as he is introduced at the Canadian Union of Public Employees convention in Montreal in 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson
Formal union affiliation to the party peaked in 1963 at just 14.6 per cent of union members, before facing a steady decline over the next few decades.
And union members, despite the best efforts of some labour leaders, have never formed a reliable and consistent NDP voting bloc.
Why aren't unions loyal to the NDP?
Although important segments of the union movement continue to hold special status as key party stakeholders, and even though unions continue to be an important source of NDP candidates, organized labour's formal ties and influence over the party have diminished considerably in recent decades.
How do we account for this? There are several contributing factors.
First, the labour movement has undergone significant changes since the 1960s. The NDP was really the creation of private sector industrial unions that dominated the labour movement in the immediate post-Second World War period. However, the rise of public sector unionism has significantly altered the composition of the labour movement and, by extension, its political priorities.
Bob Rae, Ontario premier at the time, is seen in the provincial legislature in 1991. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Bill Becker
While the NDP does maintain some ties with specific public sector unions, the uneven track record of provincial NDP governments as employers has generally undermined the development of reliable electoral alliances. The ghost of Ontario NDP Premier Bob Rae's infamous anti-union wage restraint legislation still looms large.
Second, the federal NDP's lack of electoral success has undermined its union ties. Like most groups that try to influence the outcome of election campaigns, unions must concern themselves with the benefits, but also the drawbacks, of supporting a party that may share their values but can't get voted into power.
The third factor is financial. Historically, unions were an important source of funding for the party until their donations were severely curbed and then altogether banned by federal campaign finance legislation between 2004 and 2006. This severing of financial ties undermined the party-union relationship by limiting the direct ways unions could fund the party's activities and, by extension, influence its priorities.
All of these factors have led to weaker ties between organized labour and the NDP.
While the Canadian Labour Congress is still officially on record as supporting the NDP, the views of its affiliates and other unions are decidedly mixed. Some continue to work closely with the party, while most have sought alternative political strategies, including issue-based third-party campaigns and tactical endorsements of rival party candidates, usually as part of union-led, anti-Conservative strategic voting campaigns.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Unifor's Jerry Dias make their way to a meeting on Parliament Hill in 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Fred Chartrand
The changing dynamic between the NDP and unions has shifted the landscape of labour politics in Canada, but in unanticipated ways.
At the turn of the 21st century, loosening ties to the NDP was promoted by some unions as the key to developing a more independent and left-wing brand of working-class politics. However, it appears the opposite has occurred, evident in the widespread support among unions for anti-Conservative strategic voting — a tactic that has primarily benefited the federal Liberals.
The NDP's perceived grip on union voters seems more tenuous than ever as parties jockey for the votes of union members with populist cultural and economic appeals and targeted commitments to pursue pro-union initiatives.
The implications of a weakened NDP-union relationship for the future of labour and working-class politics in Canada are significant. If unions are more likely to pursue independent political strategies, will the NDP show less interest in championing labour movement priorities in the House of Commons?
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh's recent push to woo small business owners may provide a clue to the party's evolving priorities.
Whether the labour movement's ties to the NDP will continue to weaken remains to be seen, but there can be no doubt that the political muscle of unions that helped to launch the NDP in 1961 was never that strong in the first place. Even worse for the party, it's atrophied considerably over the course of the last 60 years.
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No Duterte in today's Independence Day rites | Inquirer News
No Duterte in today's Independence Day rites
By: Julie M. Aurelio - Reporter / @JMAurelioINQ
Philippine Daily Inquirer / 05:36 AM June 12, 2020
Don't expect President Rodrigo Duterte to join today's Independence Day celebration at Rizal Park, as he wants to avoid drawing crowds that may lead to the spread of the new coronavirus, his spokesperson Harry Roque said on Friday.
"The Inter-Agency Task Force allowed only 10 people to join the celebration. The problem is, people will really want to see the President if he is there. That cannot be avoided.
Wherever we celebrate, in Luneta or Davao City, that will be the problem," Roque said in a press briefing, adding that Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea will represent Mr. Duterte in the wreath-laying and flag-raising rites.
Roque said that Mr. Duterte's taped address for the country's 122nd Independence Day rites would be played after the ceremony.
"So his message to the people is still part of the program to be held at the Luneta."
The President, who is in Davao City, won't be back in Malacañang by Friday, "but will be returning earlier than scheduled to Manila," Roque said.
Police didn't help her, says mom of stranded commuter who died
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Digital Publishing: How the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Turned Around Its Social Media Strategy by 'Shooting in the Dark'
Rob Tornoe October 17, 2018
Despite repeated promises by Facebook to help support and promote the work being done by newspapers across the country (the latest being a $3 million project to help grow subscriptions), at times it seems like all newsrooms can do is triage the losses caused by constant tweaks to the social media giant's algorithm.
But Emily Ristow, the social media editor at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, has managed to not only limit the loss of traffic coming from the newspaper's branded Facebook page, but actually grow just about every meaningful metric over the past year, from post engagement to link traffic.
The Journal Sentinel may be the largest newspaper in Wisconsin, but back in 2016, social media was largely put on the back burner at the Gannett property after cutbacks left the remaining staff burdened with the responsibility of added digital responsibilities.
"For a few years, we didn't have much of a focus on social media," Ristow said. "Stories were being published on Facebook the minute they were posted on our website."
So Ristow developed a new approach to how and when stories were posted on the Journal Sentinel's flagship Facebook page that went into effect in January 2017. Instead of sharing a story the instant it went live on the Journal Sentinel's website, Ristow developed a schedule she described as "shooting in the dark" and limited posting on Facebook to every half-hour (every hour during slower times).
Then she participated in the Knight-Lenfest Newsroom Initiative known as the "Table Stakes" project, where the Journal Sentinel joined the Seattle Times, the San Jose Mercury News and the Houston Chronicle in an attempt to push metro newspapers from a more print-centric world into a publishing environment dominated by digital. Part of the initiative's goal was reaching more readers through social media.
After about three to four months, Ristow and her fellow producers took a deep dive into the numbers to see what worked, and what didn't. For instance, the newspaper discovered that adding text that encouraged a discussion of the newsroom's political stories led to more engagement on Facebook than something intended to garner a quick reaction.
"With some of the political stuff, our first inclination would be an angry face reaction and no comment," Ristow said. "Now I will think about what I can write to get people to discuss this topic. I avoid the quick reaction altogether."
An analysis of the data also made it clear that other types of content, including the type of investigative and watchdog work the newsroom was most proud of, required a different approach to garner much engagement on the Journal Sentinel's Facebook page.
Ristow said the Journal Sentinel will pay to boost the newsroom's investigative work on Facebook in an attempt to reach readers that haven't already liked the flagship page. They'll also create shorter, more engaging posts including a specific aspect of a longer investigative piece they think will attract a larger audience.
"We did a story that we launched around Thanksgiving on how germs are transmitted on planes, and how there aren't clear standards how to deal with them," Ristow said. "We also created a shorter piece for social about how you can avoid getting sick on a plane and used it to link to the larger piece."
Scheduling also plays an important role to maximizing traffic to the newsroom's meatier pieces. While most will appear in the Sunday's paper, the newsroom will typically post them online Thursday or Friday, when traffic is higher. Ristow has found success posting those pieces Sunday night on Facebook, as readers are looking toward next week.
Ristow said that for the Journal Sentinel, sports content tends to do the best in the early evening between 6 and 8 p.m. Politics tends to do well Saturday nights for the newspaper, while on the weekends, more positive and uplifting feature stories garner the most engagement and traffic. And on weekdays, early morning hours typically outperform stories posted in the afternoon between 1 and 4 p.m. when readers are at work.
In addition to scheduling out stories, the newspaper began to create exclusive content for Facebook in order to drive up overall engagement. One post asked readers to vote on where exactly "up north" was in Wisconsin, which led to a slew of comments and a popular story featuring an interactive heat map showing how readers voted.
"We saw the Detroit Free Press had done something similar with a graphic, and we thought it'd be popular with our readers," Ristow said. "As soon as we brought it up at the Monday morning meeting, a lot of arguing started happening, so we know it would be good."
But the scheduling does have a major downside—not all stories produced in the Journal Sentinel's newsroom end up on the newspaper's official Facebook page. Explaining to a reporter why their story isn't worth sharing, regardless of the reason, is never easy. And it can be incredibly frustrating from a writer's perspective, especially as newsrooms increasingly take web analytics into account for performance evaluations.
"It's been an ongoing educational process," Ristow said, noting that she's been very transparent about what is scheduled where and why (complete with an old-school whiteboard), and she does a daily post-mortem during the company's morning news meeting.
The numbers speak for themselves in terms of the success Ristow has had growing the Journal Sentinel's digital reach on Facebook. The weekly average reach of the Facebook posts is up more than 500 percent since January 2017, from around 500,000 people a week to north of 3 million in July 2018. The number of "likes" on the flagship page have nearly tripled, from 62,000 to more than 166,000.
Probably the most important metric for growth has been the increase in traffic from the branded Facebook page to the Journal Sentinel's website, which increased 141 percent from January 2017 to April 2018 (the last month before readers began hitting the website's paywall on social clicks).
Now that Ristow has the Journal Sentinel's flagship Facebook page humming along, she's been working on rolling out a similar approach to the newspaper's other branded pages, which includes business, local sports, entertainment and food, and home.
"We're also doing more with Instagram stories since we know that audience skews younger for us and we're trying to bring in the younger readers and make consuming (the Journal Sentinel's) content part of their daily habit," Ristow said.
Rob Tornoe is a cartoonist and columnist for Editor and Publisher, where he writes about trends in digital media. He is also a digital editor for Philly.com. Reach him at robtornoe@gmail.com.
https://www.editorandpublisher.com/columns/digital-publishing-how-the-milwaukee-journal-sentinel-turned-around-its-social-media-strategy-by-shooting-in-the-dark/
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The Woolpit Festival Society
History of Woolpit Festival
The Mill House Singers Ladies Choir was formed by Eileen Jones in 1972, meeting at the Mill House, Woolpit to sing together for pleasure and to partake in singing competitions. By 1975 the group had expanded to include men and juniors and public concerts were begun, usually in Woolpit, St Mary's Church, the Institute building in the village centre or the old pavilion (pre Village Hall). Shows included "Swinging Sampson", "Captain Noah and his Floating Zoo", and excerpts from Gilbert and Sullivan comic operas. We all regard this as the beginnings of Woolpit Festival as we know it today and in 1976 a touring version of "The Mikado" was presented at some 10 local venues. Other memorable concerts included Handel's "The Messiah", Mendelssohn's "Elijah", and "The Requiem" by Gabriel Faure. Then in 1977 a Silver Jubillee Programme of Music was presented and enjoyed at local venues.
During this period "Woolpit Music Week" was instigated by Eileen Jones and as a result many well known artistes came to Woolpit to perform, including Jake Thackray, Iris Williams, James Blades, Robert Docker and a young Victoria Wood about to embark on a stellar career. Many of us fondly recall our Woolpit Church filled to overflowing for a memorable Julian Lloyd Webber concert. Having set the ball rolling Eileen Jones retired in 1987 and was succeeded briefly as Chairman by Ann-Marie Mlinaric with David Cordon taking on the combined roles of Chairman and Artistic Director the following year.
David Cordon introduced a radical change of style, including a name change from Woolpit Music Week to the Woolpit Festival, the formation of a supporters group, organised fundraising campaigns, staff (all unpaid local people) dress code, a bar for all events and the Festival's own corporate logo. David undertook his dual duties for 10 years before passing the Chairman's role on and concentrating on running the festival events. He did this for another 6 years, leaving the Festival in great shape, financially sound and one of the region's foremost festivals. Among the artistes performing at Woolpit Festival during David's time were The Academy of St Martins in the Fields, John Julius Norwich, Janet Suzman, Sylvia Sims, Moira Shearer, Ludovoc Kennedy, Jenny Agutter, The Allegri String Quartet, Cantabile, Richard Baker, Tim Pigott Smith, Frank Middlemas, Josephine Tewson and Anthony Hopkins. An impressive list for a small Suffolk village.
In 2002 Ray Melvin followed David Cordon as Festival Director to work alongside his wife Ros, who was already in place as Festival Chairman. They became a brilliant team, and were responsible for bringing some superb performers along to Woolpit, such as Pam Ayres, Rodney Bewes, Sir Jonathan Miller, the Locrian Ensemble and some of the Jazz Greats such as Terry Lightfoot, Kenny Ball and the Temperance 7. Ray retired as Director in 2008 to be followed by Lionel Denny and the following year Jenny Semmens assumed the role of Chairman to succeed Ros Melvin.
The next few years saw some terrific evenings and events including Jacqui Dankworth, Richard Digance, and a wonderful evening with the Chris Barber Big Band. The Festival worked hard to encourage new audiences and enjoyed some cabaret style events with Buddy Holly and the Beatles (not the real ones of course) but excellent Shows and full houses. Cinema in the Village Hall was reasonably successful for a while, mainly older Classic Films. Also films and events aimed at children were well received.
Lionel and Jenny worked as a team until the 2014 Festival by which time it was becoming clear that facing fierce competition and an ever busy Festival scene in Suffolk, another change of direction was appropriate. Nick Foster assumed the role of Chairman, working initially with Allan Weide as Festival Director. They emphasised more on regional and local talents which has been popular and an opportunity for several talented local artistes to perform at Woolpit Festival, as evidenced by reference to the website's Archives link and this is seen as the way forward as well as moving the traditional June slot to successive weekends in October from 2019. Allan has since retired and Nick Foster has taken on Chairman and Director, much as David Cordon did. David was rewarded in the Queens 2004 New Year Honours list with an MBE for his services to Woolpit Festival.
Woolpit Festival is now a well established and popular event thanks to the hard work and efforts of the unpaid committee and many helpers from the village, the foresight of Eileen Jones back in 1975 and the skills and expertise of those officer's mentioned above. It is known as a friendly, welcoming Festival, always well priced to encourage as wide an audience as possible. Long may this continue.


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At a time when the world is battling to get through the dreaded coronavirus pandemic, protective face masks have come out to be the simplest, most economical, and highly effective ally in the war against the infection. The trend of protective face masks has surfaced with a stronger jolt of coronavirus being felt across various economies in terms of the elevating mortality rate and paralyzing economic values.
Significant efforts are taken by various government authorities as well as universities for promoting the use of face masks to repress the spike in infection cases worldwide. For instance, University of Utah Health, Latter-day Saint Charities, Intermountain Healthcare, U of U Health, Utah non-profits, and volunteer sewers across the US have introduced a collaborative project, Protect to manufacture PPE for frontline paramedics and medical professionals in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Global Market Insights, Inc., suggests that global protective face masks market size would be around $7.1 billion by 2027.
Not all kinds of face masks are suited for offering maximum security against deadly diseases, in this case, the Covid-19 pandemic. Take a look at the effectiveness and use of different types of masks in mitigating the spread of infections:
Homemade cloth masks
While many might think that facts of prevention of coronavirus spread from cloth masks are a hoax, CDC is now recommending the use of these masks in social gatherings where maintaining a six-feet distance is quite difficult. Moreover, the effectiveness of cloth face masks is largely dependent upon their construction. Below mentioned are the benefits offered by these in crucial times:
Cloth face masks can be made from common materials, adding to an unlimited supply of protective equipment.
They lower the risk of asymptomatic people transmitting the virus through coughing, sneezing, or speaking.
Better than no masks in places where physical distancing is hard to maintain.
Acute shortages of face masks, globally, left various small-scale businesses to change their operations to manufacturing good grade cloth face masks and helping the national economy and its people recuperate from the wrath of coronavirus.
One such small scale enterprise that has come up to help bridge the demand and supply gap is Frogmouth Clothing. The company, which is proficient in making apparels for roller derby athletes, had in 2020 made a temporary switch to developing reusable face masks. Masks designed by the company were deemed to be antimicrobial, developed to form a secure seal on the face, and more importantly, made from the firm's exclusive Nanoweave fabric.
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They might provide false sense of security: While considered effective to offer some degree of protection, cloth masks are touted to provide relatively less protection than respirators or surgical masks. A study of 2008 specified that homemade face masks may be half as effective as surgical masks and nearly 50 times less efficient than N95 respirators.
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The challenge of difficulty in breathing with 2 masks on, has eventually paved way for development and adoption of N95 respirators.
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N95 respirators or protective masks have been potentially regulated by government approved organizations like Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Occupational safety and health Administration (OSHA), and NOISH. As per CDC reports, N95 respirators are capable of filtering out at least 95% of particles in the air, inclusive of both small and large particles. These products are indicative of a strong potential of the protective face masks industry.
However, ever since the outbreak of coronavirus disease, the demand for these masks has been massively increasing while the ratio of supply to demand is highly uneven. In this context, more companies have been expanding their offerings and services to meet the demand for N95 respirators.
In 2020, a 3M Co Canadian plant, which holds prominence for supplying 50 million N95 masks a year, was known to help stave off acute shortages during the COVID-19 pandemic. Moreover, supporting the company's initiative, Ottawa and the province of Ontario publicized their plans of investing 23 million Canadian dollars each to expand the facility post experiencing serious problems as they tried to pile up on foreign made PPE for frontline warriors.
Are valved respirators safe for use?
Distinct varieties of N95 respirators are sold across global protective face masks market. Contemplating on the use of valved respirators, various governments are still debating on the adoption of these. Reason? Their speculated effectiveness in mitigating the pandemic spread. Addressing to various UTs and states in the Indian subcontinent through his letter, Dr. Rajiv Garg, Director General of Health Services in the Health Ministry of India, cited that N95 respirators with valves do not prevent the virus from spreading, as it may allow virus to escape out from the mask.
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It's been over a year since COVID-19 swept and ravaged the world, and in an effort to contain this unparalleled outbreak, face masks emerged as a necessity. However, an increase in the use of disposable face masks has been creating unwanted impacts on the environment, as observed by piles of discarded masks found near the coasts of Taiwan, Hong Kong, France, and others.
Estimates by Greenpeace Taiwan state that nearly 5,500 metric tons of face masks were produced within the span of 3 months since the outbreak, which means that approximately 5 tons of face mask waste were being transported to landfills for dumping. Moreover, Sciencemag.org reports that improper disposal of just 1% of face masks translates to more than 10 million items, weighting about 30,000 to 40,000 kgs. This is when the innovation and development of environmentally friendly face masks come into action.
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JamZone: Wednesday Night Wing Jam! BE THERE!!!
Tomorrow night, at the JamZone HQ. 9:00. RSVP in the comments section so King knows exactly how many chickens to kill and what size vat of blue cheese to buy.
Can we fry some other stuff too?
I've a hankering for mushrooms and jalapeno poppers.
I'm going to the store tomorrow after work to get supplies. Probably end up stealing most of the stuff. Can you piacture that? Me dashing down the freezer aisle, with cornerback speed, two cartons of frozen poppers under each arm??
Ranch is arguably the lesser of the two jam dressings but still a sauce to be jammed. Count me in. I might not go as hard as say 73 WINGS but I will still BE THERE with at least 20.
Bleu cheese for me please and some fried taters no doubt.
i am in. i will jam wings, mushrooms, and jalapeno poppers. i'll have worked up a mighty appetite by that point, so i'm going to jam out with my clam out.
who is this mystery jammer, you ask? well, i'll give you a clue: "jam" is part of my first name. i was born for this, baby.
I actually don't need Ranch for My Jam. I will use either Mayo or Melted Cheese for dipping.
Brandy that is the spirit!!!
i'm surprised Brandy aint down with BC..
I am disgusted by the sight and smell of blue cheese. Just as King cannot stand to see Grape and I whipping up soy sausage bombs in the mornings, I am horrified that people eat shet blue cheese. Of course, unlike King, I will not disparage y'all's affinity for the sapphire-veined stink blobs. Jam whatever Jams Best for You. BYOJ. Don't even ask what that stands for.
I am proud of us gentlemen. Opening up a forum to discuss the jam. If I may add, BYOJ as Brandy so eloquently introduced stands for "Be Your Own Jam." All of you out there should strive to understand that searching for the eternal jam, starts with looking inward and seeing what jam might suit you the best. To reach Zen Jam, you must align quantity of jam with quality of jam with thee self.
Take for example, bleu cheese. Brandy doesn't care for bleu cheese. This neither detracts nor adds to the jamness of bleu cheese. I personally think bleu cheese is the MFin' Jam but the true jamness of the bleu cheese is ultimately a spiritual jam for me, my mouth, and the delightful wing said condiment wraps in a glorious glow of bleu. Brandy however, being a zen jammer, would not dismiss my beautiful bleu as a non-jam but recognize the powerful and intensely personal aspect this jam has for me. The jam, my friends, is much more powerful than any of us combined. The sooner we recognize the beauty and awesome power of the jam, the closer we call come to the Ultimate Jam. But I digress, a topic I will discuss at length soon enough.
It's a beautiful Jam out there.
the path of the righteous jam is beset on all sides by the inequities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men.
Why aren't all you Jammers fat as cows? I can hardly get my mind around that jammy-jam.


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Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 X
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 X - Xbox Overview
Genre: Extreme Sports
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2x takes the most legendary name in skateboarding onto the latest gaming system with exclusive features only available on Xbox. Skate live against up to 8 friends using the LAN multi-player function! The power of the Xbox video game system is maximized with new Xbox-only levels as well as enhanced graphics and sound. Players can choose to ride with the awesome skills of Tony Hawk, the most recognized skateboarding pro of all time, or as one of the other 12 pro skaters from the super star line-up. Players perform hundreds of tricks with an intuitive and solid control scheme in a variety of realistic, obstacle-filled locations. Expanded multi-player modes increase re-playability for the ultimate in skateboarding action!
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Sterling citizen urges quiet zone study review
Jenni Grubbs / Fort Morgan Times
Jim McNay wants the Sterling City Council to work on putting in quiet zones at railroad crossings like this one in Fort Morgan, completed in 2013.
By Sara Waite | swaite@journal-advocate.com | Sterling Journal-Advocate
PUBLISHED: August 16, 2018 at 8:57 am | UPDATED: May 8, 2019 at 12:51 pm
The Sterling City Council heard from a couple of citizens during the public comment portion of their meeting Tuesday night.
Jim McNay brought two concerns to the council. One was the placement of handicapped access ramps on sidewalks around Columbine Park. McNay said when the bike trail was put in at the park, the city promised to put in ramps on all of the sidewalks in that area. However, McNay said there are still two places where there are not ramps, on the residential side of the street at Delmar and S. Second Avenue.
The other issue McNay raised went back to a quiet zone study the city participated in with Brush and Fort Morgan in 2009. The study identified estimated costs for making changes to the railroad crossings through town so trains wouldn't have to sound their whistles when traveling through Sterling, with the total coming in at over $1.5 million. According to McNay, since the study was completed, Fort Morgan has put in six quiet zones, and Brush has finished one.
McNay said that at the time, the Sterling council had identified putting in quiet zones as a top priority, but that doesn't seem to be the case any more. He feels the train noise is getting worse, and he would like to see the project put back at the top of the list, suggesting it could be the next issue the city takes up once the S-curve is completed.
McNay did not have any figures for the costs of the Fort Morgan and Brush quiet zones, but said that the Fort Morgan city clerk said it was much lower than they expected. Mayor Dan Torres said he talked to the Fort Morgan mayor at the time, who said the city was able to work with service organizations that raised half of the funds needed. He believed the cost was about $400,000 for each.
City Manager Don Saling noted that some of the crossings included in the study are actually located outside city limits.
Council member Bob McCarty agreed with McNay that the train noise creates a quality of life issue. "We probably ought to move it up on the priority list and start looking into it, because it is a problem," he said.
However, City Attorney Curt Penny said that the issue isn't a matter of the city deciding to put in the quiet zones, as there is a permitting process that must be completed.
"I get the feeling from council that, yeah, it'd be nice, but we can't do it because of this, this and this," McNay said. He urged the council to "change the thinking: We have obstacles, but we're going to get it done."
The second citizen to address the council was Joseph Fuller, who complained that the city has discriminated against him with its enforcement of codes barring the parking of commercial vehicles on residential streets.
Fuller said the issue stemmed from an incident earlier this year, when his semi truck, which had been parked on the street outside his home for months, was targeted by Sterling police. After several days of confrontations with officers and city employees over the truck being parked there, the city put up "No Truck Parking" signs on the streets near his home.
What Fuller claimed was unfair is that there are other semi trucks being parked in neighborhoods around the city, and "nobody will do anything about it." He said he has given addresses of illegally parked trucks to the police, but he is the only one who has been forced to move his vehicle.
"The city's supposed to be equal; it's not equal right now," he said.
Later in the meeting, Sterling Police Chief Tyson Kerr addressed Fuller's complaint. He said the reason Fuller's truck was such an issue was because it was obstructing a stop sign. He also noted that the police department has addressed some of the other semis that Fuller complained about, and that some others are not violating the code and therefore the department can not force them to move.
Sara Waite: 970-526-9310, swaite@journal-advocate.com
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Sara Waite is the editor of the Journal-Advocate. She has been with the paper since January 2008.


Five secondary school students were questioned and released on Saturday night for allegedly drinking in the school dormitory.
Korovou Police received a report after midnight that students were allegedly drinking liquor and causing trouble.
Police spokesperson, Ana Naisoro says two officers were sent to attend to the report and they found students fighting and in the process, one of the officers' was allegedly assaulted by two students aged 16 and 17 years.
They were taken in by police, interviewed and then released.
Later the same day, at around 2am another call was received from the school principal saying more students were allegedly drinking homebrew inside one of the boy's dormitory and causing trouble.
Upon arrival the officers found the two students who were taken in earlier and three others also aged 16 and 17 years drinking.
All five were taken in for interview and released as investigations continue.


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Q: read SOAP request in node.js How do you read the actual xml content of a SOAP request? req.body appears to be empty. The only information I see is req.headers.soapaction, which gives me some url.
app.use(function(req, res, next){
    console.log(req.headers.soapaction); // this gives some url
    console.log(req.body); // but nothing here.. how can i see the xml content?
});

Thanks!

A: I don't know if my answer is correct, but I was able to get my data (which was XML content).  Here's my solution:
const express = require('express');
const app = express();
...

const bodyParser = require('body-parser');
app.use(bodyParser.text({type:'text/*'})); // reads the body as text (see Express 4 API docs)

...

app.get((req,resp) => {
    var body = req.body; // Should be a giant object of characters
    var data = JSON.stringify(body); // Put all the characters into a single string
    console.log("Data: " + data);
});

app.listen(PORT, () => console.log(`App running on ${PORT}`));

Hope this helps!

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Sierra Secrets Cosmetics Secrets: What You Need to Know for Your Next Summer
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I had to take my eyes off the news of Sierra Secrets cosmetics' imminent launch to learn more about what's inside.
The new line of products is expected to hit stores in late summer.
This is the second time the brand has released an "official" launch date.
Sierra has launched a line of beauty products that debuted in May, but the brand is planning a launch for the summer months of July and August, with a full line expected to debut in October.
The new line is being made possible by a partnership with the Chinese manufacturer, who will produce all Sierra Secret products in the United States.
The brand also recently teamed up with a major beauty brand, Estée Lauder, to launch a line that combines both brands' products.
"We are so excited to partner with Estée to bring our new line to consumers around the country," Sierra founder and CEO Sarah Pender said in a statement.
"Estée Lauder is the leader in natural and innovative beauty and we know this partnership with Estee will be a great fit for us."
Estée has already released a few of the company's products in China, including a line featuring natural ingredients such as avocado oil and green tea.
Pender told The Next World that she hopes to add a full-size sunscreen to the brand's lineup as well.
Sierra Secret has also launched a range of products that are made with natural ingredients like coconut oil, jojoba oil, coconut oil and avocado oil.
The brand's first product, the Skinny Stick, features a blend of organic ingredients, including cocoa butter and coconut oil.
"It's super creamy and lightweight, with the perfect balance of natural and synthetic ingredients to help protect your skin and boost your complexion," Sierra Secret's description reads.
The Skinny stick comes in a compact size and is expected for a release in the spring.
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Ronaldo ends Messi's scoring monopoly 1.0 out of 5 based on 2 votes.
Cristiano Ronaldo has finished as the UEFA Champions League's top scorer for a second time, ending Lionel Messi's unprecedented four-year reign.
The Real Madrid CF forward registered 12 goals to take the prize he previously collected with eight strikes in 2007/08, when his efforts helped Manchester United FC lift the trophy for a third time. Since then, Messi has monopolised the award, as leading marksman in 2008/09 (nine goals), 2009/10 (eight), 2010/11 (12) and 2011/12 (14).
This term, however, the FC Barcelona talisman – whose side, like Ronaldo's, bowed out in the semi-finals – notched eight goals. That was enough only for a share of third place with Burak Yılmaz of Galatasaray AŞ and FC Bayern München's Thomas Müller. The trio were two goals behind Robert Lewandowski, thanks largely to the Borussia Dortmund attacker's four-goal haul in the semi-final first leg against Madrid.
Five players finished with five goals, including two – Chelsea FC's Oscar and Alan of SC Braga – whose clubs did not survive the group stage. A further ten players managed four goals apiece, including Bayern's Arjen Robben, the man whose effort proved decisive in the Wembley final.
Aside from Lewandowski's four-timer against Madrid – which made him the ninth player to hit four in a game in the UEFA Champions League era, and the first in a European Cup semi-final – there were six hat-tricks in this season's competition. They all arrived in the group stage: Ronaldo for Madrid at Ajax; Luiz Adriano in FC Shakhtar Donetsk's win at FC Nordsjælland; Claudio Pizarro as Bayern beat LOSC Lille; Roberto Soldado in Valencia CF's home victory over FC BATE Borisov; Burak as Galatasaray won at CFR 1907 Cluj; and SC Braga's Rui Pedro, also at CFR.


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AP NewsBreak: Ritz's office backed app deal…
AP NewsBreak: Ritz's office backed app deal without bidding
By Brian Slodysko |
PUBLISHED: August 31, 2016 at 2:36 p.m. | UPDATED: May 18, 2018 at 11:29 a.m.
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana schools Superintendent Glenda Ritz's office approved a lucrative technology contract that state government officials said should have been subject to competitive bid, awarding it to a company that later gave one of her key aides a senior job.
Documents and emails provided to The Associated Press show state officials who review contracts were alarmed it was not put out to public bid, and tried to stop it. They also show that the proposal to develop a mobile app for Indiana schools to communicate data such as standardized test scores to the state could be a multimillion-dollar boon for AT&T and its Georgia-based software developer N2N Services.
"We told (the Indiana office of technology) to sit on this and not do anything," one contract review supervisor wrote in an email on Aug. 26, 2015. The contract should have been "bid out through an open market solicitation," wrote the supervisor, who works for the Indiana Department of Administration managed by Republican Gov. Mike Pence's administration.
But the contract went ahead anyway. The point person was Ritz's then-spokesman and one-time political adviser David Galvin, who worked with N2N Services to develop the app and steer it through the bureaucracy. Shortly after it was finalized, Galvin went to work for N2N Services as its executive director of marketing and communications. AP reported in June on Galvin taking the job with N2N Services but since then AP obtained additional documents that show opposition to the way the contract was structured.
Critics said the technology contract highlights Indiana's lax ethics laws. It also feeds a perception that Ritz — the only Democrat elected to statewide office and who is seeking a second term in November — has been a poor manager of the Department of Education since she ousted incumbent Tony Bennett in 2012.
"There were (school) superintendents that complained about disorganization, about receiving mixed messages from the department," former Democratic state board of education member Tony Walker said of Ritz's management. "People being told one thing then having that reversed at a later date."
Indiana has seen several ethics scandals in recent years. Former schools superintendent Bennett was involved in a school accountability scandal, former Indiana Department of Transportation chief of staff Troy Woodruff sold land to the agency, and state Rep. Eric Turner helped kill a nursing home construction ban that could have cost his family business millions.
Ritz's chief of staff, Craig Hartzer, certified the contract for the app on Sept. 1, 2015, the day payment was approved, signing the document in a space reserved for a contract reviewer in the Department of Administration.
Current Ritz spokesman Daniel Altman said her office was never told about opposition to the arrangement and said that appropriate procedures were followed.
"We have not received any record of anyone from these agencies objecting to this project. If we had, we would have obviously worked out any issues before moving forward," Altman said.
N2N Services said in an email that Galvin is no longer employed there. Galvin could not be reached, though his profile on the professional networking site LinkedIn listed him as an N2N Services employee Wednesday and he has a company voicemail. An older website for the company lists him as an employee, but not a newer site.
The contract was structured as two amendments to the state's existing cellphone plan with AT&T — a move that appeared to circumvent the competitive bidding process generally required for purchases above $75,000. It also allowed the deal to move forward without formal review by the Indiana Department of Administration.
"We've never seen these before," an employee in the Indiana office of technology wrote in an email that alerted contract reviewers. "Do you know what it is and is it okay to process?"
The supervisor who manages the state's cellphone plan with AT&T later objected to piggybacking the deal on the cellphone plan, writing that it was "beyond the scope" of the AT&T deal.
Ritz had hailed the mobile app as a novel new way to communicate with school districts. If adopted by even a fraction of Indiana's roughly 300 school districts it could yield a large pay day for AT&T and N2N Services because each district would pay over $100,000 in startup costs, according to an estimate from AT&T.
Before he stepped down from Ritz's office, Galvin issued a July 2015 release touting the app, later updated to remove his name after the AP report in June that he took a job with N2N Services.
Galvin was a key figure in instigating an ethics investigation of Bennett as Florida's schools chief. Bennett took the Florida job after losing to Ritz. But he quickly stepped down after Galvin helped make public emails showing Bennett overhauled Indiana's "A-F" school grading system in 2012 to benefit a charter school run by a Republican donor.
An ethics expert said it was hypocritical of Galvin to push the contract and take a job with the company when he had championed ethics in attacking Republican Bennett.
"You want to be careful about throwing stones if you live in a glass house," said Stuart Yoak, executive director for the Association for Practical and Professional Ethics at Indiana University. "You should avoid even the appearance of a conflict of interest."
Indiana law generally requires a one-year cooling off period for state government employees before working for a company they had financial dealings with. Those suspected of violations can be investigated by the state's inspector general, who can forward findings to a prosecutor for further action.
Galvin sought informal ethics guidance before he took the job, but never requested a formal opinion even though it was recommended by an ethics officer "because of his extensive interaction with N2N," according to an email released by Ritz's office.
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Nacogdoches' Phillip Jones runs up the middle for a 24-yard touchdown in the Dragons' 24-17 win at Tyler Lee on Sept. 9.
Whitehouse is averaging 27.6 points and 317 yards per game -- 103.5 rushing and 213.5 passing.
The Wildcats have held opponents to 19.9 points per game and forced 20 turnovers -- 12 interceptions and eight fumbles.
Whitehouse led in the fourth quarter of both its district losses.
The Wildcats have not missed the playoffs in three consecutive years since 2003-05.
Nacogdoches is averaging 33 points and 390 yards per game -- 226 rushing and 164 passing.
The Dragons have held opponents to 26.3 points per game and forced 12 turnovers -- three interceptions and nine fumbles.
Nacogdoches running back Phillip Jones has touched the ball on 48.3 percent of his team's play calls, and is responsible for 49.7 percent of the offensive yardage.
The Dragons are shooting for their third playoff berth in four years. Prior to 2013, the preceding three Nacogdoches postseason appearances occurred in 1992, 1982, and 1966.
Key matchup: Nacogdoches rushing attack vs. Whitehouse defensive front. There hasn't been a more productive running back in all of East Texas this season than Nacogdoches senior Phillip Jones. And the biggest reason for that: he gets the ball. A lot. Jones enters Week 9 leading the region with 1,356 rushing yards on 214 attempts, also best in East Texas. The fewest carries Jones has had in a game this season is 18, which was in a Week 1 rout of Kilgore. But since then, the fewest number of attempts he registered was 2, and Jones is coming off a career-high 43 carries in last week's overtime loss to Corsicana. If there is one thing trending in the negative direction for Jones, it's been his slight decline in production since the beginning of district. Jones averaged 210 yards per game and 7.4 yards per carry during non-district, but in the last two weeks, the Dragons' workhorse is averaging 57 less yards, and the yards-per-attempt number is down to 4.3. And it's affected the Nacogdoches offense overall; the Dragons put up more than 37 points per game during non-district. Nacogdoches has scored 44 points total in its two 17-5A contests.
For the better part of a decade, Whitehouse had been known much more for offense than defense. That's not the case in 2016. The Wildcats' offense has been in a steady decline in the three years since the graduation of current Texas Tech quarterback Patrick Mahomes. Whitehouse averaged 37.6 and 27.2 points per game in 2014 and 2015, respectively. And things aren't much better this season, having begun district with a total of 35 points in two games.
Fortunately, the defense has helped rescue an inconsistent offense. The Wildcats have been among the area's stingiest and most opportunistic defenses, and will need another strong effort this Friday against Nacogdoches. Whitehouse has excelled both up front and in pass coverage. Coming into this week, the Wildcats have made 73 tackles for loss -- an average of more than 10 per game. Getting penetration into the Dragons' backfield would go a long way in disrupting Nacogdoches' willingness to stick with the run. But if Whitehouse is able to accomplish this, the Wildcats' secondary will be waiting. Whitehouse has 12 interceptions as a team on the season, and half of them belong to East Texas' co-leader in picks -- junior cornerback Javier Neal.
Don't be surprised if: Points are scarce Friday night. Do not expect Jones' recent downturn in production will discourage Nacogdoches from going away from the offensive identity its built throughout the season. More rushing attempts will equal longer drives, in effect shortening the game, providing less opportunities for either offense to put points on the board.


The majority of newsstand magazines in the UK are now 'Blippable'.
For many magazines are still the most popular way to read about the things that we love, from Empire to PC Advisor to Men's Fitness (I buy it for the articles I swear) the range of titles is as diverse as it has ever been. That's what makes this news that Blippar have started to work in the magazine realm a great addition to the AR world.
Those who use Zinio or iSubscribe can start to take advantage of extra content as well as subscription details and those all important social media links to the magazines online presence. The service is out now so take a look at the Blippar app to see a nice spot of interconnected technology at work.
Blippar, the visual discovery app, has reached an agreement with online newsstand iSubscribe and digital newsstand Zinio to make the majority of newsstand magazines in the UK 'Blippable'.
From Wednesday 14th October, 500 of the UK's most popular consumer newsstand magazines will be 'Blippable'. Consumers will be able to blipp magazine covers to discover additional content, subscription information, social media links and other useful content.
This new innovative strategic partnership with leading digital newsstands iSubscribe and Zinio launches this week at the FIPP World Magazine Congress in Toronto from 14th to 16th October. Following the UK launch, Blippar will then look to roll-out the initiative to other markets and are currently in discussions with other key digital newsstands across the globe.
This initiative is part of Blippar's ongoing drive to make the whole world 'Blippable' using their Visual Discovery app, the project also provides publishers with a dynamic route to growing a new subscriptions channel audiences while helping to grow Blippar's burgeoning 50m user base.
The new project builds on Blippar's four-year history of building strong relationships with publishers around the world. UK Magazine groups that have developed interactive editorial content using Blippar's proprietary tools, include Vogue Germany (Conde Nast), BBC Radio Times and BBC Gardener's World Magazine (Immediate Media) and Look Magazine (TimeIncUK).
As part of this launch Blippar has entered into a strategic partnership with the fashion discovery platform, Styloko. Readers will now Blipp to discover more about the fashions on the covers of UK titles which will include the likes of Vogue, Elle, and Marie Claire.
Readers can simply tap the 'Get The Look' button in the Blippar app, and be connected to Styloko's fashion inspiration pages featuring the outfits worn by the model or similar alternatives. Shoppers can then physically purchase from the end retailers or brands.
Speaking on the partnership, Styloko CEO, Shannon Edwards says, "Blippar is a disruptive and transformative leader in bringing to life the physical world and, in this case, the world of magazine publishing. The Styloko team is thrilled to be able to marry our 'view similar' commerce technology with Blippar's image recognition capability to give consumers the opportunity to get any look they blipp"