The Board of Directors of the Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation recently authorized the distribution of $795,000 in grant awards to 74 nonprofit organizations. The awards include competitive grants from the Community Foundation's Funds for the Community, as well as donor-advised distributions.
During this grant cycle, the Community Foundation received $975,000 in requests for competitive grants from the Funds for the Community and funded $530,000 (or 55%).
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Cedar Valley Friends of the Family Inc.
Old Opera House Community Arts Council, Inc.
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Old Creamery Theatre Company, Inc.
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Town of Pierce residents battle over manure spreading
Discussion centered on whether resolutions at annual town meetings could be binding
Town of Pierce residents battle over manure spreading Discussion centered on whether resolutions at annual town meetings could be binding Check out this story on greenbaypressgazette.com: http://gbpg.net/1z1niur
Published 11:02 a.m. CT April 24, 2015
Town of Pierce Chairman Brian Paplham listens to residents demands to pass a resolution at the annual meeting to ban the spraying of liquid manure in the town.(Photo: Karen Ebert Yancey/Kewaunee County Star-News)
It was a microcosm of the countywide battle between farmers and non-farmers about cow manure, as residents of the Town of Pierce Tuesday night proposed a resolution at the town's annual meeting to ban the spray irrigation of manure.
More than 25 residents attended the meeting, some to ask the Town Board to pass a binding resolution that would prohibit the spraying of liquid cow manure, which has been linked to health problems and reduced quality of life.
Susan Connor, co-owner of The Flying Pig, proposed a resolution to adopt the same ordinance banning manure spraying that was passed by the Town of West Kewaunee earlier this year.
Town Chairman Brian Paplham said that he had checked with attorney Randy Nesbitt of Sturgeon Bay prior to the meeting and that resolutions passed by citizens at an annual meetings could only be considered advisory to the board.
But Suzanne Luft, who seconded Connor's resolution, said that she had read the state's book of town association statutes, which indicated that resolutions passed at town meetings could be binding on the board. Paplham said that the Town Board did not have a copy of the statutes at the town hall to confirm whether the resolution could be binding or advisory.
Paplham said a resolution banning the spraying of liquid manure was being studied by the town's Plan Commission after a resolution was proposed at last year's annual meeting. The Town Board needed the commission's recommendations before deciding whether to approve a ban, he said.
The commission itself was waiting for a state advisory group in Madison to issue its recommendations on manure spraying, Paplham said.
He asked for a hand count vote on the proposed resolution, which passed by a 17-11 vote. All of the Town Board members voted against it.
"This can be an advisory resolution only," Paplham said, noting that the board would ask the Plan Commission to schedule a public hearing on the manure spraying issue.
But several residents said that they had waited long enough.
"No other town has had to go through this," said Nancy Utesch. "The Town Board does not have to wait for the Plan Commission; you can enact this ordinance."
Dick Swanson, a member of the county's groundwater task force, noted that 10 municipalities in Door and Kewaunee counties had passed ordinances banning manure spraying.
"Your citizens are asking you to do something," Swanson said. "You can't wait for the county and state to help you."
Several residents described severe health problems that they or their relatives had experienced that were allegedly linked to manure spraying.
Other residents cited health concerns, particularly for children and the elderly. Utesch, who with her husband, Lynn, owns a farm in the town of Pierce, said that the county Health Department has been silent on manure spraying and that lawsuits filed by her neighbors had not resolved the issue.
"It is a health issue for our family – for our children and grandchildren," she said.
Lee Luft, a County Board supervisor, said he recently attended a state land and water conference where he learned that when state officials were conducting 20 tests of liquid manure irrigation systems, two of the tests had to be stopped because of high winds.
"I asked if there were automatic turn-off valve on these systems if the winds increased, and the answer was no," he said. He added that while the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR) recognizes 32 pathogens in liquid manure, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency cited 160 pathogens.
"There are lots of facts that are unknown," said Luft, adding that the WDNR did not have the staff to enforce existing regulations regarding cow manure.
"People are putting a message forward to you as their leaders ... and they feel they are being ignored," said Luft, noting that the county's groundwater protection ordinance to prevent the spreading of manure on farm fields under certain conditions, had been supported by more than 80 percent of voters in the April 7 election.
Randy Ebert, whose family owns 2,000 acres in the town, said that he was a fifth-generation farmer in the county. He said that while his family had no plans to use spray irrigation systems for their manure, he did not support a ban on manure spraying.
"At one time we had proposed spray irrigation, but with the changes in technology, we don't see a need for it," he said.
Robyn Mulhaney, co-owner of the Flying Pig, said that she was tired of hearing about farmers' rights.
"I am a first-generation business owner and I have rights, too," she said.
Retirees and business owners who had moved to the area should not have to endure the water and air pollution caused by cow manure, Mulhaney said.
"I cannot afford to have a Super Soaker spraying (excrement) during my prime business months," she said. "This is insane."
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What happens when documentary filmmakers, whose mission is to probe, explore, reveal, take as their subject one of the world's greatest living magicians, whose life and art are basically off limits to probing, exploration, and revelation? More than a decade in the making, Deceptive Practice: The Mysteries and Mentors of Ricky Jay is the captivating result of this curious conundrum: a mesmerizing journey into the world of modern magic and the small circle of eccentric geniuses who mastered it.
At it's center is the multitalented Ricky Jay, a best-selling author and historian, an acclaimed actor, a leading collector of antiquarian books and artifacts, but above all a conjurer capable of creating a profound sense of wonder and disbelief in even the most jaded of audiences. In his extraordinary—and extraordinarily popular—one-man shows Ricky Jay and his 52 Assistants and Ricky Jay: On the Stem, he proved himself to be the contemporary embodiment of an elite lineage, offering audiences not only exhilarating entertainment, but also a rare glimpse of a secret, lost world.
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Molly Bernstein has written and directed documentary profiles of leading figures in the arts, including Bernardo Bertolucci, Estelle Parsons, John Sayles and others for the Sundance Channel and AMC. She has also worked extensively as an editor on documentary films including the 2009 Emmy and Peabody Award winning JEROME ROBBINS: SOMETHING TO DANCE ABOUT, featured on the PBS series American Masters. Other editing credits include WITNESSES TO THE TWENTIETH CENTURY, an historical series written by Elaine May, and LIBERTY! , a PBS series on the American Revolution produced by Middlemarch Films. Molly has recently made numerous short films with Particle Productions about contemporary artists for the James Cohan Gallery, and about art collectors in China, Japan and the USA for VIP Art Fair and Christie's. She has an MFA in film from Columbia University.
Alan Edelstein received an Academy Award nomination for his documentary short THE WIZARD OF THE STRINGS, a profile of the 1920′s string instrumentalist and vaudeville star Roy Smeck. He has worked as a writer and producer for Nowak Associates, Great Projects Film Company, and Sundance Channel, among others. A journalist as well as filmmaker, he has written on arts and culture for publications including The New York Times, the Forward, and Transition, a Harvard University publication.
Alicia is a series producer/director of ARAB AMERICAN STORIES, a 13-episode public television series for broadcast in 2012. She is also developing the feature film PEACE LIKE A RIVER, based on Leif Enger's best-selling novel, at Warner Bros., and CATCH THE MOON, a comedy set in Gaza to be directed by Sameh Zoabi. She was producer/director (with Amy Rice) of the Emmy-Award winning film BY THE PEOPLE: THE ELECTION OF BARACK OBAMA, a behind-the-scenes look at the journey of Barack Obama and his campaign staff that premiered on HBO in 2009. Also in 2009, Alicia was executive producer of Cherien Dabis' award-winning debut feature AMREEKA. Among the independent documentaries she has produced are: TOOTS, GRATEFUL DAWG, and OFF THE MENU: THE LAST DAYS OF CHASEN'S.
Through his company Particle Productions, Philip has produced and directed dozens of short films about art and artists (including Bill Viola, Roxy Paine, and Beatriz Milhazes); performers, teachers and leaders — for Columbia University, James Cohan Gallery, the VIP Art Fair, Christie's, PBS and others. He directed a feature film called B MOVIE, starring James Urbaniak and Missy Yager, and produced over 50 hip-hop music videos for renowned artists including Salt-n-Pepa, Kid 'n Play, MC Lyte, Chubb Rock and Monie Love. He has an MFA in film from Columbia University and was a Fulbright Scholar in South America.
While Ricky Jay has long been considered one of the world's great sleight of hand artists, his career is further distinguished by the remarkable variety of his accomplishments as an author, actor, historian, and consultant.
His one man shows Ricky Jay & His 52 Assistants; Ricky Jay: On the Stem; and Ricky Jay: A Rogue's Gallery, all directed by David Mamet, were award winning critical and commercial theatrical events.
As an actor Mr. Jay has been seen in David Mamet's films: House of Games, Homicide, Things Change, Spanish Prisoner, State and Main, and Heist. He has appeared in many other movies including Boogie Nights, Magnolia, Last Days, Tomorrow Never Dies, The Prestige, Red Belt and The Great Buck Howard. On television he has hosted numerous programs and appeared regularly on the series Deadwood, The Unit, and Flash Forward.
His consulting company, Deceptive Practices, has supplied "Arcane Knowledge on a Need to Know Basis" for more than a score of films including Forrest Gump, The Illusionist, and Ocean's Thirteen.
He is the author of Learned Pigs & Fireproof Women, and Jay's Journal of Anomalies, both New York Times "Notable Books." Among his other works are Dice: Deception, Fate and Rotten Luck; Extraordinary Exhibitions; and most recently Celebrations of Curious Characters. He has defined the terms of his profession for the Encyclopedia Britannica and the Cambridge Guide to American Theater.
DECEPTIVE PRACTICE was mentioned in the Oct 8th New York Magazine Best of the Fest section.


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Home	NewsMaritime	Can the new Silk Road compete with Marine Silk Road?
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Can the new Silk Road compete with Marine Silk Road?
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Does Belt and Road, where many countries and international organizations plan to take part and invest, really compete with the new Silk Road, the existing Deniz Silk Road?
Politically, trade corridors between China and Europe and Africa seem to be the key to China becoming a leading global power in the 21st century. Logistics structure, a huge economic area representing 60% of the world population and 35% of the global economy is taking it to the next level. The new Silk Road can be considered as a kind of high-speed internet for the transportation of physical goods.
There are two routes from North China to Mongolia, Kazakhstan, and Russia to terminal stations such as Duisburg's Inner Harbor or Hamburg. This line is being home to Chongqing and the size of 30 million people, and the western region of China is also connected to the northern routes. In accordance with it roads from the west do not need to be transported to the Chinese coast for miles.
The cost between rail transport and ocean transport
These railway connections are important for logistics between Asia and Europe. In 2017, 2,400 trains carried about 145,000 standard containers between China and Central Europe. This roughly corresponds to the load of seven new generation large container ships. The International Railways Association (UIC) expects it to reach 670,000 standard containers equivalent to 33 container ships in 10 years. Despite this forecast growth, current rail connections between China and Europe are likely to remain logistically small. Compared with maritime transport, the volume of goods transported to Europe by land remains small in mathematics.
This is primarily a matter of cost. A standard container shipping between Shanghai and Duisburg by rail is between $ 4,500 and $ 6,700. In this case, the cost of shipping from a container similar to Hamburg from Shanghai is around $ 1,700. This difference is huge for rail transport to be really competitive against ocean transport, although the load moves about twice as fast. Efficiency improvements may not have enough impact to shift from ocean transport to the railroad.
Another factor is that China is now largely subsidized to these international rail connections. When this support ends in 2021, competitiveness may drop further. It is unclear whether rail transport will continue on its own without subsidies.
Also, in most cases, anyone who needs a fast shipment would prefer air cargo, even though this option is about 80% more expensive than the rail. Thus, freight transport by rail remains between economic (ocean) and fast (air).
China, in the southern region, plans another line will carry the load of a railway with the countries of Central Asia through Iran and Turkey to Europe bypassing Russia. By the way, a railway line has linked China to Iran since 2018 indeed. This route is geographically very similar to the "old" Silk Road, a trade route for camel caravans while traveling Central Asia to the eastern Mediterranean. If this railway line is completed one day, it will raise a number of questions from a European perspective: How can security, punctuality and reliability be guaranteed? How can customs delays be minimized? What impact will international sanctions have on crossing Iran? How to avoid the misuse of containers for illegal immigrants? In other words, before creating a railway corridor in the south of Russia, many questions need to be addressed.
There are two more routes in China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) strategy. One in Southeast Asia: 2,400 miles of rail line from Kunming to Singapore and a connection to Calcutta. The other is a railway line that starts in the westernmost part of China and goes to Pakistan's Gwadar port in the Arabian Sea. This technically challenging project, which covers various crossings in Central Asia, is expected to cost $ 62 billion. However, both routes have only indirect links to freight traffic between China and Europe.
Thus, it seems as if the situation will remain the same in the future, approximately 90% of the world trade will continue with the ships. Does rail transport through the new Silk Road change this and what factors will be effective? Better to experience and see…
What about Marine Silk Road?
Sea Silk Road is the transportation of cargo from China to Europe by sea. As soon as Portuguese sailors opened China to maritime trade in 1514, the old Silk Road began to disappear from memory.
Today, more than 50% of global trade takes place on the Sea Silk Road between China / East Asia and Europe. The world's largest container ports are on this route: Shanghai, Singapore, Shenzhen, Ningbo-Zhoushan, Busan and Hong Kong.
China has many plans for these built-in shipping routes, including port investments. It supports its plans with investments in about 80 port companies, including Piraeus and recently Genoa and Trieste. We should consider the reason why does China follow these goals to consolidate a leading global economic power position?
Europe should follow an advanced infrastructure development strategy for freight transport from and to China / Southeast Asia to ensure mutual change.
It is reasonable and less complex for China to plan to increase the maritime corridor along the Suez Canal, which shortens the transport between Africa and Central Europe by at least four days compared to the route around Africa.
Nobody can deny that the various projects of the New Silk Road have great economic potential. It will develop the connection network between Asia and Europe and serve the geopolitical interests of Beijing. China is creating an advanced infrastructure that it expresses will benefit all participants in the global economy. It would be correct for investors to carefully analyze impressive visions and fascinating narratives.
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I'm supposed to be reading right now. It's rest time with a book for the Priestman household, but I'm breaking my own rule. I'm not reading. Instead, I was on Facebook, and now I'm writing this. I blame the youngest in the household. Partly because I was the youngest for 9.75 years and then lived with a new youngest for about the same amount of time after that, and so I know that youngests are often to blame. (At least the oldests think so. Or – more appropriately – set them up to be so.) But mostly I blame the youngest because the youngest in THIS house hasn't stopped making noise for the last 30 minutes of rest time. Scratch that. He hasn't stopped making noise for the last 4.25 years. I can't concentrate on reading.
I've reminded him it's quiet rest time. He makes a "sorry" face. His noise continues, only quieter.
I pointed out that the rest of us are reading without talking. He stopped reading with talking. And then immediately began reading with singing.
I clarified that we were neither talking nor singing. He quickly stopped his singing. But seconds later, the humming began. Quietly.
None of the noise comes from a tone of disrespect. It's like a reflex for him. It's like it's physically impossible for him to NOT make noise. It's like a swimming fish. They just swim. They just do.
I know this, because after the talking, the quieter talking, the singing, and then humming, the humming stops. But then the tapping starts. And when the tapping stops, the clicking tongue starts. And in between time, there are a hundred thousand million questions about what he's reading, what I'm reading, what Sis is reading, and why raspberries grow this way and strawberries grow that way. He wants to know how telephones work and if dogs go to Heaven when they die and what would happen if instead of putting water on the plants, we put coffee or juice or maybe turned the plants upside down and spit on them 5 times a day. And every other question he asks is far out of my realm of expertise and even out of my slightest bit of understanding.
His every question is bigger than my brain.
Except for the questions that start like, "Mom, know what I would do if I was a strawberry?" Because he is FOREVER coming up with impossible scenarios and having very detailed explanations to answer his impossible-scenario-questions.
To which he responds with further explanation and even more conviction about why that is exactly what would happen if that impossible situation happened to take place. (And in case you're wondering, if Jacob was a strawberry, he would "Hop up and eat all the other strawberries. BUTCEPT FOR LUKE. I would NOT eat Luke if he was a strawberry!") Noted.
The other never-ending comments are about random facts he's learned about random things. Mostly animals, which he is very interested in and has billions upon billions of questions about, all of which I have exactly zero answers for. These random animal facts come out in full-story form at no particular time, anytime. Several months ago, he was explaining to me how frustrated he was that his Sunday School teacher "just totally interrupted me, Mom! I was right in the middle of my story, and she just totally interrupted! I didn't even get to finish!" So, I ask him what the teacher had been doing when he started his story. "She was telling us a story. But I raised my hand. And she called on me. And I was telling my story." I tell him that his teacher probably needed to finish the lesson she was teaching. And I ask him what his story was about. "Oh! It was about polar bears, Mom! Did you know that…" And then I proceed to turn my ears off and my random "Uh-huh"s on, because it is only 9am, but my ears are already exhausted. And while turning my ears off may seem rude to you, I promise you that it is true when I say this: you must pick your battles. If he were telling me about his day, or something he's concerned about, or even maybe why he likes his Dusty shoes better than his McQueen shoes, I would likely pay attention and give some authentic feedback. But stories about polar bears are not the time to use up my listening.
I've been a teacher of kids ages 8-12 for 12 years, and up until 4.25 years ago, I didn't even know "using up my listening" was a thing. It is. It's a real honest-to-goodness thing. My listening gets used up on a daily basis.
I don't really know why I'm surprised. I've told this story many times… When Jacob was just about 10 months old, Matt and I took the kids to the Woodland Park Zoo. After a long fun day, we buckled the kids in the car to head home. Annalise, just barely 3, fell asleep before we pulled out of the parking lot. Jacob began to babble – as many 10 month olds do – as we drove out of the lot and all around the UW campus nearby. His babbling continued 20 minutes later as we got on the freeway to drive our 100 miles home. It would take us about an hour and 45 minutes. We expected our bubbly bundle would doze off soon. We were wrong. He babbled and babbled. And then he would pause for just a second. And then he'd babble and babble some more. It must have been just north of Everett that we decided to count how long he would be quiet in between his noise. "1-2-3… Oh, babbling… …1-2-Babble… …still babbling…" I am not even kidding when I tell you this: We never got to 5. NOT. EVEN. ONCE. He babbled the entire one hour and 45 minute drive home in addition to the 20 or so minutes of babbling that occurred while driving around UW.
So no. I shouldn't be surprised.
Except that I'm a little surprised he hasn't run out of words already. At some point, you'd think his brain would just stop making questions because it had used them all up, wouldn't you?
Yesterday, we spent the day at home while Matt shot a wedding. Just like every other day, Jacob's mouth was in constant motion. While we ate, he asked questions and told stories. While he played, he narrated each and every thing his toys did through song. No one need respond. No one need even listen. No one need even be in the same room. The noise just is.
Annalise sat coloring and mumbled to me, "Is he ever gonna stop making noise? He just doesn't stop! EVER!" And then she used a word to describe him I'm not so fond of: annoying. While I can see that from a big sister's perspective, the constant noise would be bothersome, I don't like the tone or the label annoying gives. So we talked about other, more appropriate ways she could ask him to stop.
I have a very dear friend with 5 beautiful children. While I'm certain she has more mouths to feed, more bedding to change, more teeth to brush, and more laundry to do, and while I can even be reasonably sure she has a higher decibel level in her house just because of the number of vocal cords that live there, I think I may have her beat on number of words that enter my ears and try to be processed in my brain on any given day.
Do I sound like I'm complaining? Please know I am absolutely not. I love my little chatterbox. There are days where the constant flow of verbiage brings so much joy and laughter, and I am ever so thankful. There are days when I learn so much and am amazed at the thought process and ideas a boy of barely 3 1/2 feet can come up with, and I feel blessed beyond measure. And yes, there are days where I feel like – even though I'm still so thankful and still feel so very blessed – my ears might actually just shrivel up and turn into dust if they have to hear one. more. utterance. And if they don't, my brain certainly will.
I considered a bike ride. But the trailer bike he's been using is attached directly behind my bike. The last two times we went out, he sang a narration of everything we passed by. I found it funny then, but today didn't seem like the appropriate time to affix his mouth directly behind my ear.
8 little sets of eyes looked up at me as I reminded them of all we had learned so far about God providing for the Israelites. He had led them out of Egypt and slavery. He had parted the waters so they could walk across on dry land. He had given them manna from Heaven when they were hungry. Every need they had was fulfilled, and every promise He made was true. But now, here they were, afraid to go into the promised land, the land of Canaan. They complained and whined and questioned God. When they faced the fortified city and the strong people of Canaan, they forgot all that God had done and that He is all-powerful. And when they forgot that, they became afraid. And when they were afraid, they stopped trusting and did things their own way. And our way is never better than God's way.
As we reviewed all God had done for the Israelites and how they responded with a surprising lack of faith now, Jacob sat with his hand up in the air, waiting to talk. I didn't call on him right away, because – like his previous Sunday School teacher – I didn't want to interrupt the flow of the story with a tale of giant squid or sperm whales (not even kidding, thankyouverymuch to the show Wild Kratts) or a demonstration of something cool he could do with the gum in his mouth that he seemed to be quite interested in. When he finally had permission to talk, what came out surprised me. "What the Israelites did is kinda like what Peter did. When Jesus was walking on the water, then he got out of the boat and walked on the water, too. At first he did, but then he saw all the big waves and the water and he forgot about what Jesus could do and started to be afraid and then he just started to sink." Um… yeah. It was actually just exactly like that. Nice analogy that I didn't even think of, FOUR-YEAR-OLD.
And now, as he hummed and danced his way through the grocery store and sang and drove his matchbox car over everything he could reach on every aisle we went down, only knocking over one thing that thankfully didn't break, my nerves were shot and my head was mush and my ears had shut off. But I noticed the smiles on peoples' faces as they passed by. Mostly older faces. Come to think of it, their smiles may have been less about the sweetness of his song and innocence of his play and more of an "Oh this Mama has no idea how much she has her hands full." In any case, I thought of the smiles, and I thought of what happened in Children's Church. And I thought about this oh-so-wise boy who has ideas beyond what I think of and uses his mouth so well. And I prayed a prayer I've prayed before and I'm sure I'll pray many more times… May the words of his mouth and the thoughts of his heart be used to glorify the Jesus he spoke of today.
Jacob, my loquacious one, you have been given a gift making people smile, and of words and noise. Daddy and I have a very big job to try to teach you self-control of that noise. A very big job. We don't want to squelch your spirit or make you something you are not. But we will do our best to help train you to use your noise – at appropriate levels and in appropriate quantities – to bring Jesus to others. It's going to be one of our biggest jobs ever. But I know what an absolutely unstoppable force you could be for Him. I know first hand. And so does your sister. And Daddy too. Mostly anyone you spend one-on-one time with for any extended period of time knows. And also a few random strangers at the coffee shop and the Green Barn might be able to guess how unstoppable you and your words could be, too. And likely your Sunday School teachers know. And probably also most of Mommy's Facebook friends. Sorry about that. At any rate, I can't wait to see what God has in store for you and your gift.
In the meantime, keep making us laugh. Keep asking your questions. Keep singing your songs and humming your tunes. Keep dreaming about your what-ifs and possibly impossible scenarios.
But also remember, unlike your sweet mouth, Mommy's ears have limits.
Couldn't sleep so I enjoyed reading your blog this late night. What a little treasure you have! Thanks for sharing his insights and yours!


According to the Domestic Violence Research Center, one in four women have experienced physical violence by a partner, and 74 percent of Americans personally know someone who is or has been a victim of domestic violence.
These numbers are staggering and clearly demonstrate how many women — including many of Hollywood's A-list stars — have fell victim to abuse. A handful of celebs have publicly shared their painful stories in efforts to help other women and we commend them for that.
Take a look at the celebs who have overcome domestic violence and had the courage to speak their truth.
R&B singer Michel'le revealed that she was beaten by producer Dr. Dre during the course of their 90′s relationship.
The domestic violence in the six year relationship (1990-1996) with Dre was apparently "very public" and she revealed she even had to have her black eyes covered in a few of her videos. She thought that it was part of a normal relationship and she saw the abuse as love.
In her book "Never Make the Same Mistake Twice: Lessons on Love and Life Learned the Hard Way", NeNe tackles her painful childhood, the abuse she suffered at the hands of a violent boyfriend, her struggle to support her firstborn son, and her path to true love, self-acceptance, and pride. Additionally she founded The Twisted Hearts Foundation, an advocacy project that aims to make people aware about the issue of domestic violence against women.
Although some people have doubted K. Michelle's story, the reality star and singer stands by her truth.
Today, she has a partnership with the Saving Our Daughters nonprofit.
Evelyn Lozada described her domestic dispute and divorce from former husband Chad Johnson as the darkest days of her life.
Tina Turner first opened up about her story of brutal physical abuse by ex-husband Ike Turner in her memoir, I, Tina: My Own Story.
Givens has been very vocal about her violent marriage to former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson.
Tamar admitted that she had "two boyfriends that like to beat up girlfriends" on "Braxton Family Values." She's gone on to say she has no regrets because those abusive relationships helped build her self-esteem and led to her marriage to Vince.
Rihanna and her on-again, off-again boyfriend Chris Brown had a very public breakup and domestic violence dispute in 2009. He was 19 and she was 20.
Former "Real Housewives of Atlanta" star Lisa Wu spoke candidly about a violent relationship, most associate with ex-husband Keith Sweat. She said her mission was not to expose, but to show women that life can get better.
"America's Next Top Model" winner Jaslene Gonzalez revealed her history with domestic violence on the reality show. She partnered with Liz Claiborne for the "Love Is Not Abuse" campaign, to inspire domestic violence victims to seek help.
"R&B Divas" star Keke Wyatt left her first husband and road manager Rahmat Morton after years of abuse, and even a miscarriage. She is also known for stabbing her ex-husband in self-defense. She is now married to Michael Ford.
Christina has admitted that her Army Sergeant father Fausto made life hell for her family and she used music as an escape from the trauma of her beatings.
Cicely Tyson married legendary jazz trumpeter Miles Davis on November 26, 1981, and they were married for three-and-a-half years. Davis' physical and emotional abuse of Tyson has been a source of great frustration for many. And it was said that Miles also abused Francis Davis, a Broadway dancer who gave up her career to be with him.


Panini America and the NFL and NFL Players Association have officially come to terms on a multi-year trading card licensing agreement.
The deal covers the manufacture of football cards and stickers. In the coming weeks, Panini also expects to announce several agreements with NFL players who will serve as the face of its products on packaging and in promotions.
The 2010 NFL season marks the first year Panini will produce NFL trading cards under the new agreement. Panini purchased Donruss Playoff last year and released brands under the old name.
Panini kicks off its 2010 NFL Trading Cards with its 2010 Panini Prestige Football product, which is being released now. It will be the first time the 2010 NFL Rookie class will be featured on NFL football cards. Prestige will include autographs of top NFL Rookies autographed to 100 or less including Sam Bradford, Tim Tebow, Ndamukong Suh, Gerald McCoy, Golden Tate and Colt McCoy to name a few.
The Panini Prestige Football release will be followed by the release of other Panini Football products including: Donruss Elite, Score Football and Panini Classics Football – all before NFL training camps open.
"We look forward to continuing our partnership with Panini America. They're focused on engaging kids, attracting new users and increasing brand awareness. These elements, coupled with a strong rookie class, is a recipe for success," said Karen Austin, Assistant Vice President, Trading Cards and Collectibles for NFL PLAYERS.
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In case, the main concern area relates with medical assistants, you are likely to come across two different duties; clinical duties and administrative duties. The duties might vary, when compared with the ones, meant for pharmacy technician. For availing positive information about the same, you are likely to join hands with the accredited schools and colleges, as mentioned under ABHES and CAAHEP.
There are different other educational institutions available, which are not registered under CAAHEP and ABHES. If you tend to pass from these educational firms, it becomes hard to bag the best job under medical firms. The employers always try and look for the best among the lot, and only accredited medical assistant certification can offer you with the best salary packed job. The accredited schools can offer on-campus training and online training sessions, too.
It is an inevitable truth that medical assistants are practically instrumental and their main duty is to help patients feel at ease. They are mostly going to work with the physicians at their own offices or under any other medical field. They are going to help the doctor examine the patient and explain the instructions of the physicians.
Medical assistant are practically members of the PCMH, or the Patient Centered Medical Home. As per the latest survey, conducted by the intelligence network of healthcare facilities, medical assistants are ranked to be one of the best professionals, as associated with the PCMH team.
Maximum employers associated with the allied health personnel are associated with the CMA (AAMA) certified courses. The AAMA is going to offer certification mainly to the graduates of the related medical assisting programs. These programs are mostly associated with the CAAHEP or the ABHES structure, and those are under the certified associations.
After the test is practically completed, the medical assistant is the one, who is likely to print the available collected data, and an even help in removing the available electrodes and leads from the patients. Moreover, they are again going to help the patients to dress and help them with any other assistance, if they need one. These are some of the possible options, which you are likely to avail, whenever the main working level relates with none other than the prominent medical assistant working sector.
Just like the one mentioned above, the field of pharmacy technician is going to offer the right solutions, for the needs and demands of the customers. MA is likely to follow the available protocols, which can explain the details of the patients and can assist the doctors in the most proficient manner. They are even trained to dry any moist skin, when the need to electrodes is applied.


Aspen is a crossroads of wild mountain and electric city. Nowhere else does haute couture & haute cuisine mix so casually with bearded bro-bras and Colorado microbrews.
The Little Nell is an art gallery in its own right, which is perhaps no real surprise as Paula Crown, whose family owns the hotel, is an artist herself. A gallery at the foot of a ski slope – this would have made Walter Paepcke, father of the "Aspen Idea", pretty proud.
Aspen is a mecca for all shoppers -- from haute couture to consignment, it's all here and walkable. Aspen is a mecca for all shoppers -- from haute couture to consignment, it's all here and walkable. Aspen is a mecca for all shoppers -- from haute couture to consignment, it's all here and walkable.


The furniture carpet beetle, Anthrenus flavipes (LeConte), is a common pest of upholstered furniture. Like other species of carpet beetles, it is able to digest keratin, the principal protein found in animal hair and feathers.
Figure 1. Larvae (lower left) and adult of the furniture carpet beetle, Anthrenus flavipes (LeConte). Photograph by Clemson University; www.insectimages.org.
The furniture carpet beetle is a cosmopolitan pest and is most destructive in warmer parts of the world. In the United States, the furniture carpet beetle is primarily a pest of the southern states but may also be associated with heated buildings in northern states.
The furniture carpet beetle undergoes complete metamorphosis, passing through the egg, larva, pupa, and adult stages. The complete life cycle requires four to 12 months depending upon the temperature.
Adults: Adults of the furniture carpet beetle are round, 2 to 3.5 mm long, and black with a yellow and white mottling of scales on the back, and thick yellow scales on the legs. Color patterns vary but the adults can be distinguished from other species of carpet beetles by examining the body scales with a hand lens. The furniture carpet beetle has round or oval scales while other carpet beetle scales are long and narrow. Adults may be found feeding on the pollen of flowers, but do not cause damage to the flower. The adult furniture carpet beetle has a life span of 30 to 60 days.
Eggs: Females lay 35 to 100 white, oval eggs that are visible upon inspection. The eggs are 0.35 mm wide and 0.75 mm long and are deposited in cracks and crevices near the larval food source. Eggs hatch in one to three weeks.
Larvae: The larval stage of the furniture carpet beetle is responsible for causing damage. The larva is 5 mm long, oval, and covered with brown hair. The larva of the common carpet beetle, Anthrenus scrophulariae, is difficult to distinguish from that of the furniture carpet beetle. One way to distinguish the furniture carpet beetle from the common carpet beetle is to look for the presence of a long pencil of hairs at the end of the body that continually vibrates, which is indicative of the furniture carpet beetle. Larval color is dependent on the color of the food substrate. The number of larval instars may vary from six to 12 and requires two to three months before pupation occurs.
Pupae: The larvae of the furniture carpet beetle pupate in their last larval skin and are white in color. Pupation occurs on or near the larval food source. The pupal stage lasts an average of two to three weeks depending on temperature.
The furniture carpet beetle is capable of significant damage if infestations are undetected. It can destroy upholstered furniture by devouring both the padding and the covering. The furniture carpet beetle consumes any suitable food source rendering products unusable or aesthetically unappealing. Furniture carpet beetles are found on furniture where they feed on hair, padding, and upholstery. Other food sources include carpet, fur, horns, and silk. Cotton, linen, rayon, and jute may be attacked when stained with animal body oils or excreta. The current practice of encasing furniture horsehair in a green rubber coating does not protect horsehair from infestation. Dried insect specimens such as those found in insect collections are also devoured.
Additionally, individuals in close association with infested items may suffer allergic reactions as a result of exposure to beetle fragments, cast skins, or dusts.
Furniture carpet beetles can be detected by a close and thorough inspection of susceptible household goods. The presence of any furniture carpet beetles could warrant corrective actions. Depending upon the value of the infested items, some may choose to discard the items while others may choose control options in an effort to salvage the goods.
Careful inspection is the first step in controlling furniture carpet beetle infestations. All susceptible materials must be inspected for the presence of larvae, their cast skins, and damage. The adults may also be observed emerging during the warm summer months.
Proper sanitation cannot be overemphasized for controlling the furniture carpet beetle. An important tool that is used in sanitation is the vacuum cleaner. A vacuum can be used to remove pet hair, human hair, and loose fibers from furnishings, carpets, and clothes. Steam cleaners are more effective when cleaning infested items since hot soapy water kills all stages of the furniture carpet beetle. Infested clothes and furs should be professionally dry-cleaned. Cold storage treatments may also be effective for infested items such as furs.
In the case of heavy infestations, insecticide treatment may be necessary. Before making insecticide treatments for carpet beetles, the premises should be thoroughly vacuumed. Furniture should also be thoroughly cleaned before treatment to avoid staining the upholstery. Cracks and crevices can be treated with an insecticidal dust such as diatomaceous earth or silica aerogel. These dusts may also be applied at the edge of carpeting near the baseboards in infested rooms. Spot treatment of rugs may be made with residual sprays. Emulsifiable concentrates are the best formulations for treatment of carpets and rugs.
Paradichlorobenzene and napthalene (moth balls) offer little protection against furniture carpet beetles. Paradichlorobenzene has been shown to slightly inhibit feeding but is not an effective repellent.
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Traynier RM, Schumacher RK, Lau DM. 1994. Oviposition site selection by Tineola bisselliella, Tinea spp. (Lepidoptera: Tineidae) and Anthrenus flavipes (Coleoptera: Dermestidae). Journal of Stored Product Research 30: 321-329.


This is what happens when you shoot two days in a row, then go work at the office for a full day, then come home and edit photos until 11pm. Your judgment gets a bit off. I posted the original version of this headshot with the studio background intact (well, minus a broom handle I cloned out). Looking at it again in the clarity of new morning light, I realized that the background stuff, while cool, was a serious distraction from the goal of the photo – getting you to focus on the model's face. So I got rid of the background altogether in a remake – What do you think? Much better, no?
Sunday was my shoot with Bo. Bo is also a trainer and a bartender. I know he works VERY hard to keep the body he has but I still get jealous. Bo already had a bit of a portfolio so we were expanding his look. He needed new head shots first and foremost, so I concentrated on getting good full face images in each of the looks we did.
These are the prime candidates for head shots so far.
See what I mean about a body to be jealous of? It's like there's not an ounce of fat anywhere to be found.
Here's body movement for you – Bo is quite good at shaping his body to give it natural visual dynamic.
Several from the underwear series we shot.
What I was thinking when I put Bo against a black backdrop I'll never know, as he has jet black hair that wants to disappear into the black velvet. Keeping the hair light on the top of his head to pick it out from the background was a constant fight. But I think we got some very useable shots out of it in the end.
For the first hundred or so shots we did, there was an issue with his forehead being much darker than the rest of his face in the photos. He's got naturally very even skin tone but for some reason, the forehead was photographing darker than his face, which made it look like he had a sunburn, or he was wearing big ski goggles while outside that kept his eyes lighter. But as the shoot progressed, the problem went away.
For the fashion look, we did a bit of a rock-n-roll styling with a leather jacket, jeans, unlaced boots and a belt with a spinner in the buckle.
Yes, that belt buckle actually spins.
We did another casual look with a red checkered shirt – I do have more of these but I haven't edited through all of them yet – this was just one that popped out for the pose as well as the splash of color.
I thought I'd play around with turning a couple of the underwear shots black-and-white. I'm not terribly fond of digital black-and-white conversions – if I'm shooting personal work, and I want black-and-white, there's no substitute for real film. Here is the one I'm happiest with so far.
In this case, I think the black-and-white conversion does add something to the sensuality, and it could be a nice touch to diversify his portfolio. I have even more images to edit through from this shoot – I think the grand total was 489 in three hours. This is the time you do thank god for digital.


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PayPal Will Allow Customers to Buy and Sell Cryptocurrencies on Its Platform
By Bram Berkowitz – Updated Oct 21, 2020 at 2:28PM
NASDAQ: PYPL
$93B
The payments company also plans to allow customers to use the digital assets to make purchases at its 26 million merchants.
PayPal Holdings (PYPL -2.68%) announced today that it is rolling out a new feature that will allow account holders to buy and sell cryptocurrency on the platform, as well as use the digital assets to make purchases from its network of 26 million merchants.
Customers will be able to use their PayPal digital wallets to buy and sell bitcoin, Ethereum, bitcoin Cash, and Litecoin to start. PayPal is partnering with Paxos Trust Company to make the offering possible.
"The shift to digital forms of currencies is inevitable, bringing with it clear advantages in terms of financial inclusion and access; efficiency, speed and resilience of the payments system; and the ability for governments to disburse funds to citizens quickly," CEO Dan Schulman said in a statement.
The New York State Department of Financial Services has given PayPal a first-of-its-kind conditional Bitlicense to carry out the crypto offering, the company said.
Although other companies allow customers to buy and sell various cryptocurrencies, PayPal's massive network of merchants is a big win for crypto enthusiasts, and will greatly help expand the utility of digital currencies.
It comes at a time when the coronavirus pandemic has made the widespread adoption of digital payments and currencies much more feasible than ever before.
PayPal said the new crypto service will be available to U.S. customers in the next few weeks. The company will also make features available on its popular subsidiary Venmo and in select international markets in the first half of 2021.
Bram Berkowitz has no position in any of the stocks mentioned. The Motley Fool owns shares of and recommends PayPal Holdings and recommends the following options: long January 2022 $75 calls on PayPal Holdings. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy.
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A bowling Christmas ornament is a great way to show a bowler's love of the game. A bowler may bowl for entertainment as a social get together with friends. Many bowlers have their weekly bowling group. Some bowlers are members of bowling teams which makes the game more competitive. Many people like bowling because it is always a challenge. Few bowlers get a perfect 300 but they feel practice can make perfect!
Ornaments with Love offers several bowling ornaments that make great gifts for individual bowlers or team members. We carry male and female bowlers with brown or blond hair as they begin to roll the ball down the lane. We also have a bowling ornament featuring the ball in the middle of the lane just as it hits the last five pins still standing. The yellow background serves as the imaginary flash when the pins go down!
It is believed that bowling has been around since ancient Egypt when the ball was made of husks of grains covered by leather and bound by string. In 1511 English King Henry VIII was an avid bowler. In 1819 NY writer Washington Irving mentioned bowling in his story "Rip Van Winkle". 1950 the Golden Age of Ten-Pin Bowling was established with professional bowlers making large salaries. International tournaments became events. Bowling tournaments were featured on American TV. In 1948, a bowling lane was built in the White House as a birthday gift for the then President Truman. President Nixon, who was also an avid bowler.
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When you have an outstanding novel such as Of Mice and Men from an author who has won a Pulitzer Prize for literature then it is easy to understand why there are many essays and essay topics about the plots, the setting and characters in the novels of John Steinbeck. If you've been given an assignment at school to write an essay based on the novel of Of Mice and Men then you will not be short of information and ideas.
But in this article we are talking about what you want being something which is original. There are plenty of essays and essay topics dealing with aspects about Of Mice and Men which have been around for decades and written about by hundreds if not thousands of students.
What might help you is to tackle the novel from the point of view of the novelist. If you study his life and upbringing you may find yourself inspired to find an essay topic which matches the writer with the written word. For example anyone who knows anything about John Steinbeck will know that he grew up living in the areas he wrote about in his various novels. He knew the farmers and the people who worked on the land in that part of the United States he called home.
Because John Steinbeck and his work became so popular there are significant numbers of websites all with ideas and information about essay topics based on Steinbeck's novels and in particular Of Mice and Men. These websites may be from writing services which offer their services to produce essays. They could be from schools and colleges where Steinbeck's work is a major part of their literary curriculum. And they may even be from selected teachers who teach these novels in class and are happy to produce the work by their students.
Here are some possible original topics.
What's the connection between Steinbeck's early life and the characters?
What's significant about the relationships between the men?
How is the lone woman on the ranch portrayed?
How is the novel like a play?
Where does Of Mice and Men sit in the world of 20th century literature?
Where does Of Mice and Men sit with the other novels by Steinbeck?
How important is nature in the novel?
How does Steinbeck reveal human suffering in Of Mice and Men?
What sort of a character is Slim?
How does the action at the end seem justified?


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Philip Hanel April 2, 1958 - January 21, 2021
Philip Vincent Hanel
age 62, unexpectedly passed away Thursday, January 21, 2021. He graduated from the University of Washington as a 4 time All American in swimming in 1980 with a B.S. in Geology and received his MBA at the University of Denver in 1982. Phil had an extraordinary 31-year career at Bank of America, serving most recently as a Managing Director/Senior Vice President in their Global Commercial Banking division.
Phil is preceded in death by his parents, Edward and Hazel Hanel, and his wife of 36 years, Peggy Hanel. His immediate family includes; son Sean Hanel, daughter-in-law Kristen and grandson James of Alexandria, VA; daughter Megan McGuire, son-in-law Devin and granddaughters Harper and Molly of Seattle, WA; 5 siblings – Edward Hanel Jr., Douglas Hanel, Jean Chamberlin, Betty Yalich and Laurie Hilterbrant. Phil treated everyone like family and will be remembered as "Pops" or "Uncle Phil" by many more. Phil will be remembered for his generosity, his strong work ethic, his love of music, and as a devoted father, husband, and friend.
Services: A funeral Mass will be held in his honor later in the year. If desired, family and friends may make donations to Project Fiat online https://www.projectfiat.org/donate/ or via check to Project Fiat c/o Handmaids to the Sacred Heart 1242 S. Broad Street Philadelphia, PA 19146. Phil was a longtime supporter of this organization.
A funeral Mass will be held in his honor later in the year. If desired, family and friends may make donations to Project Fiat online https://www.projectfiat.org/donate/ or via check to Project Fiat c/o Handmaids to the Sacred Heart 1242 S. Broad Street Philadelphia, PA 19146. Phil was a longtime supporter of this organization.
Jeff Yoakum says
Phil was a wonderful colleague. He was a consummate professional yet didn't miss an opportunity to find humor in the moment with that infectious laugh.
Condolences to the Hanel family.
Dianne Smith says
I worked with Phil at the bank and got to know him over the years. He was a great guy! I'm glad he is reunited in Heaven with Peggy. Right now we don't understand, but some day we will.
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using System;
using System.Linq;
using FluentAssertions;
using Nest;
using Tests.Framework.Integration;
using Tests.Framework.MockData;
using static Nest.Infer;

namespace Tests.Aggregations.Bucket.DateHistogram
{
	/**
	 * A multi-bucket aggregation similar to the histogram except it can only be applied on date values.
	 * From a functionality perspective, this histogram supports the same features as the normal histogram.
	 * The main difference is that the interval can be specified by date/time expressions.
	 *
	 * NOTE: When specifying a `format` **and** `extended_bounds`, in order for Elasticsearch to be able to parse
	 * the serialized `DateTime` of `extended_bounds` correctly, the `date_optional_time` format is included
	 * as part of the `format` value.
	 *
	 * Be sure to read the Elasticsearch documentation on {ref_current}/search-aggregations-bucket-datehistogram-aggregation.html[Date Histogram Aggregation].
	*/
	public class DateHistogramAggregationUsageTests : AggregationUsageTestBase
	{
		public DateHistogramAggregationUsageTests(ReadOnlyCluster i, EndpointUsage usage) : base(i, usage) { }

		protected override object ExpectJson => new
		{
			size = 0,
			aggs = new
			{
				projects_started_per_month = new
				{
					date_histogram = new
					{
						field = "startedOn",
						interval = "month",
						min_doc_count = 2,
						format = "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss||date_optional_time", //<1> Note the inclusion of `date_optional_time` to `format`
						order = new { _count = "asc" },
						extended_bounds = new
						{
							min = FixedDate.AddYears(-1),
							max = FixedDate.AddYears(1)
						},
						missing = FixedDate
					},
					aggs = new
					{
						project_tags = new
						{
							nested = new
							{
								path = "tags"
							},
							aggs = new
							{
								tags = new
								{
									terms = new { field = "tags.name" }
								}
							}
						}
					}
				}
			}
		};

		protected override Func<SearchDescriptor<Project>, ISearchRequest> Fluent => s => s
			.Size(0)
			.Aggregations(aggs => aggs
				.DateHistogram("projects_started_per_month", date => date
					.Field(p => p.StartedOn)
					.Interval(DateInterval.Month)
					.MinimumDocumentCount(2)
					.Format("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss")
					.ExtendedBounds(FixedDate.AddYears(-1), FixedDate.AddYears(1))
					.Order(HistogramOrder.CountAscending)
					.Missing(FixedDate)
					.Aggregations(childAggs => childAggs
						.Nested("project_tags", n => n
							.Path(p => p.Tags)
							.Aggregations(nestedAggs => nestedAggs
								.Terms("tags", avg => avg.Field(p => p.Tags.First().Name))
							)
						)
					)
				)
			);

		protected override SearchRequest<Project> Initializer =>
			new SearchRequest<Project>
			{
				Size = 0,
				Aggregations = new DateHistogramAggregation("projects_started_per_month")
				{
					Field = Field<Project>(p => p.StartedOn),
					Interval = DateInterval.Month,
					MinimumDocumentCount = 2,
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Freedom Forum Institute > News & Commentary > News > Matthew Fraser speaks out on 15-year-old Supreme Court free-speech decision
Matthew Fraser speaks out on 15-year-old Supreme Court free-speech decision
Posted on April 17, 2001 by David L. Hudson Jr.
Matthew Fraser says the United States Supreme Court gutted students' First Amendment rights when they ruled against him 15 years ago in Bethel School District No. 403 v. Fraser.
In the decision, the court ruled 7-2 that Washington state high school officials could suspend Fraser for delivering a speech with sexual references before a student assembly at Bethel High School.
Fraser's speech nominated classmate Jeff Kuhlman for a student government office. The speech contained numerous sexual references. Excerpts from the speech include:
I know a man who is firm — he's firm in his pants, he's firm in his shirt, his character is firm — but most … of all, his belief in you, the students of Bethel, is firm.
Jeff is a man who will go to the very end — even the climax, for each and every one of you.
"I wrote the speech about an hour before the assembly," Fraser said. "One teacher told me it would 'raise some eyebrows.' But no teacher told me that it violated school policy.
"I knew it would cause some reaction, but I did not think it would merit me a suspension," says Fraser, who is now a debate coach at Stanford University.
Fraser decided to give the speech. The next day an assistant principal informed Fraser that he had violated a school conduct rule, which read: "Conduct which materially and substantially interferes with the educational process is prohibited, including the use of obscene, profane language or gestures."
School officials gave Fraser a three-day suspension but allowed him to return after two days. He sued in federal court, contending that the suspension violated his First Amendment rights.
Two lower courts sided with Fraser, finding that his speech did not cause a substantial disruption under the standard articulated by the United States Supreme Court in Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District.
In Tinker, the high court ruled that Iowa school officials violated the First Amendment rights of several students when they suspended them for wearing black armbands to protest U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War.
Supreme Court decision
However, on appeal, the Supreme Court reversed and sided with the school officials by a 7-2 vote.
"Surely it is a highly appropriate function of public school education to prohibit the use of vulgar and offensive terms in public discourse," Chief Justice Warren Burger wrote for the majority. "A high school assembly or classroom is no place for a sexually explicit monologue directed towards an unsuspecting audience of teenage students."
Burger wrote that there was a "marked difference" between the political speech at issue in Tinker and the "sexual content" of Fraser's speech. He added that "the constitutional rights of students in public schools are not automatically coextensive with the rights of adults in other settings."
Justices Thurgood Marshall and John Paul Stevens dissented. Marshall wrote a short opinion, saying that the school officials failed to show that Fraser's speech was disruptive.
Stevens wrote a longer dissent, beginning with the words from Clark Gable inGone with the Wind: "Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn."
"When I was a high school student, the use of these words in a public forum shocked the Nation," he wrote. "Today Clark Gable's four-letter expletive is less offensive than it was then."
Stevens emphasized that none of Fraser's teachers who reviewed the speech before he delivered it told him that it would violate a school rule. Stevens wrote that "it seems highly unlikely that he [Fraser] would have decided to deliver the speech if he had known that it would result in his suspension."
Though he eventually lost the case in the courts, Fraser says the case won him great acclaim in his school. He was selected by his fellow students by write-in vote to give the school's graduation speech.
"The school officials martyred me," Fraser said. "There were football players in the school who made signs saying 'Stand firm for Matt.' The last student newspaper was like an ode to Matt Fraser."
However, Fraser still wishes the Supreme Court had ruled differently.
Reflections of attorneys who argued before Supreme Court
Jeffrey T. Haley handled the case for Matthew Fraser as a cooperating attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union of Washington.
He feared that when the Supreme Court granted review of the 9th Circuit's decision that his side could lose. "Looking back, I wish perhaps that I had asked the 9th Circuit not to rule so strongly in our favor," Haley said.
He believes that the Supreme Court missed an opportunity to teach young people about the First Amendment and the Bill of Rights.
"Because the purpose of school is education, it is important to teach students about our government and the Bill of Rights," he said. "I fear that we are incorrectly educating our youth about the First Amendment and the Bill of Rights. If a student's speech is not obscene before a student assembly, then I would draw the line in favor of allowing the student speech."
William Coats, who argued the case for the Bethel School district, felt more confident in his chances when the high court granted certiorari. "Of course, you know as an attorney that it is a real long shot to obtain certiorari from the Supreme Court," he said. "You also have to keep in mind that the Supreme Court had not taken a pure student First Amendment speech case since 1969 [Tinker]."
Coats, who still represents school districts, believed that the 9th Circuit decision was "out of bounds." "We were never looking for a test case," he said. "This case occurred because of one phone call. I got a call from a school official saying, 'We had a student give a lewd speech before a student assembly. Can we discipline him? I said yes."
Coats disagrees with the notion that the Supreme Court sent a wrong message to public school students about the First Amendment and the Bill of Rights. "School officials have the responsibility to maintain an atmosphere that is conducive to the school setting. Schools have to maintain order and control and school officials can teach students proper decorum in different settings."
Fraser's impression of Supreme Court's opinion
"It was a phenomenal experience," Fraser says of the legal process in his case. "I learned a lot of law and it was a reality check for me."
It was a "reality check," he said, because the experience made him think of the United States Supreme Court in a whole new light. "From their questions at oral argument it was obvious that they were not really well prepared," Fraser said. "The lack of depth of the questions was noticeable."
"The decision effectively overruled Tinker," Fraser said. "Tinker may still be good law de jure, but it has been de facto obliterated."
"When the Supreme Court took the case I was not sophisticated enough to know that they would probably overrule the decision," Fraser said.
He says that he actually learned of the outcome before the opinion was released. "I had a friend of mine who was buddies with one of the Supreme Court's law clerks," he said. "I basically had a leak. I learned a month or two before the release of the opinion that things did not go well for me."
Impact of the decision
The decision has had a large impact on student First Amendment rights. Kevin O'Shea, publisher of the monthly legal newsletter First Amendment Rights in Education, says that "Fraser represents the first major step away from Tinker."
O'Shea said there had been a split of authority in the lower courts over how to apply Fraser. Some lower courts have applied the decision to student expression that is somehow school-sponsored. Other courts apply the principles of Fraser to any student speech that is considered vulgar or lewd — such as a T-shirt with a vulgar message.
Coats says that the broader application of the Fraser case is appropriate. "Schools should be able to prohibit vulgar and lewd speech in a school speech. This type of speech is inherently disruptive. But certainly, speech before a student assembly should not resemble speech in a pool hall, tavern or even the boys' locker room."
Fraser says that there should be a distinction between speech in a classroom and speech in a student assembly. "There should be a heightened level of protection for speech in a student assembly. If there is any hour in the entire year that is entitled to the protections of the First Amendment, it should be when students give nominating speeches for political offices."
Haley, who is still "technically" a cooperating attorney with the ACLU, agrees that in the context of school-sponsored speech, student speech for government offices should receive the highest level of First Amendment protection.
O'Shea says that the case is "emblematic of the greater willingness of lower courts to carve out exceptions to Tinker" and started what he terms a "troubling trend of restricting student First Amendment rights."
Fraser agrees with this notion that the case that bears his name has led to a troubling trend in public schools. "Public schools are setting a general tone of authority and control," he said. "They are teaching students to obey authority without question. And in a democracy, that is a very dangerous thing to do."
"It is a façade that the courts protect student rights," Fraser says. "As a practical matter, school administrators do what they want to do."
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6 thoughts on "Matthew Fraser speaks out on 15-year-old Supreme Court free-speech decision"
Mark M on July 5, 2020 at 3:38 pm said:
From what I see, an 18 year old kid decided to be a smartass and have a speech that would have gotten anyone in trouble. His teachers failed as they decided to assume versus confirm that there would be no trouble. Instead of manning up and accepting his punishment, he decides to try and waste time and money to get the courts to get himself out of trouble and his parents enabled his entitled beliefs instead of being parents. The courts decided "boys will be boys" until the Supreme Court had to smack everyone upside the head and be the adults in the whole thing. 15 years later instead of growing up and acknowledging he made a mistake, he turned into a bigger man child and refused to accept what he did was wrong. I pity any child he had as they had not received any decent parenting and are probably just as entitled as their father.
Mike Hunt on April 22, 2021 at 4:03 pm said:
Mark M never read the actual speech Matthew gave. It is also clear that Mark M never read the opinions of the dissenting judges. SUPREME COURT JUSTICES argued that Matthew said nothing obscene. Also Mark M says "instead of manning up and accepting his punishment," well Mark M, what if I told you that Fraser didn't sue until AFTER serving the suspension? Also, the biggest reason for this case in the first place, was because district court enjoined him from speaking at commencement. Again, Supreme Court justices argued that Fraser's exemplary academic career, alongside the fact that prior restraint is one of the biggest no-nos when it comes to the first amendment, SCOTUS reversed the decision. This did not allow him to speak at commencement. This allowed the student body to nominate him for commencement speaker, which they did. Mark M is no legal scholar.
Michael on May 27, 2020 at 9:46 am said:
See part one below.
This sounds to me like another case of simply trying to reward bad behavior. I admit that I don't know enough about the context of the situation. But as a parent myself, I would be embarrassed, I would support the school, I would never let my son give a speech like that again, and I would certainly not go to bat over his "first amendment rights." I grew up at roughly the same time as Matt. I graduated a year before he did. I think this marks the beginning of the end of high expectations for for the behavior of young people
The students in the assembly, some of whom were only fourteen, were not really free to leave. If Matt were to use similar words, but in a different context, in a private setting with one woman who was not allowed to leave, wouldn't we possibly be looking at sexual-harassment?
I just think that we should really take a good look at what mats speech really was and not couch it in some sort of "first amendment glory."
I'm going to have to try this in two parts in order to fit.
I don't understand. There are many things that we are not allowed to say without consequence. The first amendment does not protect all speech. It just doesn't. Matt's speech was not heroic. It was foolish and immature. It was sophomoric humor that has a place, and that place was not a school assembly.
In this article, Matt's speech is made to seem as if it were political. It was not. It was designed to provoke. He just thought it would be "cool" and funny. He certainly did not design the speech to create some sort of test case for the Supreme Court.
Now, of course I don't know Matt. Maybe he was a great kid. I have a feeling that he was highly intelligent. But looking at the speech he gave, I get the sense that he was also… well… a wise-ass. If I am right, then I have known many students like Matt.
This sounds to me like another case of simply trying to reward bad behavior.
Contd. below
Zoe on December 4, 2017 at 8:43 pm said:
This article helped me so much. I am doing a report on this case for history and you had so much great information. Thanks so much!
LaTanya McNeil-Jones on November 7, 2017 at 5:27 pm said:
I had the pleasure of having Matt as a debate coach at El Cerrito High School. I learned so many wonderful lessons from him that have helped me in life. Hearing of his case first hand was education far beyond the school curriculum. Thank you Matt!


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Q: Contact us functionality in Rails 3 I want to make a contact us form in Rails 3 with the following fields:

*

*Name

*Email

*Message title

*Message body

The posted messages are intended to go to my email address so I don't neccessarily must store the messages in the database. Do I have to use ActionMailer, any gem or plugin for it?

A: I updated the implementation to be as close as possible to the REST specification.
Basic setup
You can use the mail_form gem. After installing simply create a model named Message similar as it is described in the documentation.
# app/models/message.rb
class Message < MailForm::Base
  attribute :name,          :validate => true
  attribute :email,         :validate => /\A([\w\.%\+\-]+)@([\w\-]+\.)+([\w]{2,})\z/i
  attribute :message_title, :validate => true
  attribute :message_body,  :validate => true

  def headers
    {
      :subject => "A message",
      :to => "contact@domain.com",
      :from => %("#{name}" <#{email}>)
    }
  end
end

This will already allow you to test sending emails via the console.
Contact page
In order to create a separate contact page do the following.
# app/controllers/messages_controller.rb
class MessagesController < ApplicationController
  respond_to :html

  def index
  end

  def create
    message = Message.new(params[:contact_form])
    if message.deliver
      redirect_to root_path, :notice => 'Email has been sent.'
    else
      redirect_to root_path, :notice => 'Email could not be sent.'
    end
  end

end

Setup the routing ..
# config/routes.rb
MyApp::Application.routes.draw do
  # Other resources
  resources :messages, only: [:index, :create]
  match "contact" => "messages#index"
end

Prepare a form partial ..
// app/views/pages/_form.html.haml
= simple_form_for :contact_form, url: messages_path, method: :post do |f|
  = f.error_notification

  .form-inputs
    = f.input :name
    = f.input :email, label: 'Email address'
    = f.input :message_title, label: 'Title'
    = f.input :message_body, label: 'Your message', as: :text

  .form-actions
    = f.submit 'Submit'

And render the form in a view ..
// app/views/messages/index.html.haml
#contactform.row
  = render 'form'

A: This tutorial is an excellent example - and it's Rails 3
Update:
This article is a better example than the one I posted earlier, works flawlessly
Second Update:
I would also recommend merging-in some of the techniques outlined in this railscast on the active_attr gem, where Ryan Bates walks you through the process of setting up a tabless model for a contact page.
Third Update:
I wrote my own test-driven blog post about it

A: I couldn't make the code of this example work and I think it makes things a bit complex since your creating a model.
Anywat, I made a working contact form and blogged about it.. the text is in portuguese but the code itself is (mostly) in english http://www.rodrigoalvesvieira.com/formulario-contato-rails/
Note: I used sendmail, not SMTP.

A: You can use Contact Us gem via this link: https://github.com/JDutil/contact_us
The documentation is clear and you can use it simply.
Features:

*

*Validation

*Easy/Add remove fields

*Simple configuration

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Q: ng-if evaluated in two steps and UI is blinking I have a table built with ng-repeat.
In table cell I need to show a link or dropdown when user click on link.
So I declared my html like this (JADE template):
tr(ng-repeat='table in importMeta.displayedTables track by $index')
    td
        a(ng-if='!table.editCache' ng-click='startEditDbTableCache(table)') {{dbTableCache(table)}}
        button(ng-if='table.editCache' bs-select ng-model='table.cache' bs-options='item.value as item.label for item in importCaches')

And in my controller I switch table edit/view state in function:
....
$scope.curDbTable = null;

$scope.startEditDbTableCache = function (tbl) {
        if ($scope.curDbTable) {
            $scope.curDbTable.editCache = false;
            $scope.curDbTable.editTemplate = false;
        }

        tbl.editCache = true;
        $scope.curDbTable = tbl;
    };

But UI is blinking because of it seems like ng-if evaluated two times, and at some point for short period of time I see two controls in table cell.
It is possible to make AngularJS to evaluate both ng-if at once?
Or may be I could show dropdown with some other technique?
I use ng-if because I could have a lot of rows in table and dropdown could have a lot of items, that's why I need ng-if instead of ng-show.

A: It seems that problem not in AngularJS, but in CSS animation makes UI blinking.
After some CSS tweaks - blinking is gone.


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Q: How to count number of objects by a selected attribute(in nested) using Mongdb I have a collection that has documents taking a structure like this.
{
    "_id" : ObjectId("5d6db92e8e935c407f00f39c"),
    "id" : "1",
    "email" : "admin@test.com",
    "orgs" : [
        {
            "org_id" : "1",
            "org_name" : "Lenovo",
            "role" : "tenantadmin",
            "primary_locale" : null,
            "name" : "admin"
        }
    ]
}

I need to get the count of admin roles available and also the count of other roles(any other tenantadmin, admin, user). So that it would give a result like
{admin:10, others:20}

This is the code that I have tried out.
db.getCollection('users').aggregate([{'$unwind': '$orgs'},{ '$group': { '_id': "$orgs.role",'count': {'$sum': 1}}}])

Which gives me a count of all the type of roles
{
    "_id" : "user",
    "count" : 3.0
}
{
    "_id" : "tenantadmin",
    "count" : 2.0
}
{
    "_id" : "admin",
    "count" : 5.0
}

How to get an output like this {admin:10, others:20} ?.

A: You can use $cond to define your grouping key:
db.getCollection('users').aggregate([
    { '$unwind': '$orgs' },
    { '$group': { '_id': { $cond: [ { $eq: [ "$orgs.role", "admin" ] }, "$orgs.role", "other" ] },'count': {'$sum': 1}}}
    ]
)

Mongo Playground
EDIT: to get your grouping _id as result's keys you can run another $group followed by $replaceRoot with $arrayToObject:
db.getCollection('users').aggregate([
    { '$unwind': '$orgs' },
    { '$group': { '_id': { $cond: [ { $eq: [ "$orgs.role", "admin" ] }, "$orgs.role", "other" ] },'count': {'$sum': 1}}},
    { '$group': { '_id': null, root: { $push: { k: '$_id', v: '$count' } } } },
    { '$replaceRoot': { newRoot: { $arrayToObject: '$root' } } }
    ]
)

Mongo Playground

A: Try as below:
db.collection.aggregate([
        {
            "$addFields": {
                "other": {
                    "$size": {
                        "$filter": {
                            "input": "$orgs",
                            "as": "el",
                            "cond": { "$ne": [ "$$el.role", "admin" ] }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "admin": {
                    "$size": {
                        "$filter": {
                            "input": "$orgs",
                            "as": "el",
                            "cond": { "$eq": [ "$$el.role", "admin" ] }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        },
        {
            $project: {
                admin:1,
                other:1
            }
        }

    ])

Result will be :
{
    "_id" : ObjectId("5de0b60ec6794c1b2be95902"),
    "other" : 2,
    "admin" : 1
}


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Marinus van der Lubbe (Leida, 13 de Janeiro de 1909 – Lipsia, 10 de Janeiro de 1934) foi um conselhista nascido nos Países Baixos. Ativista antifascista, causou diversos incêndios em Berlim, entre os quais o incêndio do Reichstag, o parlamento alemão, em 27 de fevereiro de 1933, ato pelo qual foi condenado e executado. Porém, teve sua pena reduzida postumamente pelo governo alemão em 1967, e, mais tarde, teve perdão completo do governo em 2008.

Biografia
Filho de pais separados, ficou órfão de mãe aos 12 anos, e foi criado com a família de uma meia-irmã. No mesmo período, por volta de 1920 [fonte? certificado profissional? escola de ofício], já era aprendiz de pedreiro e, dada a sua força física, é alcunhado de Dempsey (antigo campeão do mundo de boxe) pelos colegas e amigos.

Devido a um acidente de trabalho ocorrido em 1925, de que resultou uma incapacidade parcial da visão, não pode continuar a exercer a profissão de pedreiro. No decorrer dos anos seguintes aderiu a uma organização de extrema-esquerda, a Oposição Operária de Esquerda (LAO).

Devido a um desentendimento com sua irmã, Van der Lubbe mudou-se para Leiden em 1927, onde fundou a Casa Lenine, organizando conferências sobre política. Enfrentou problemas com a polícia e esteve preso duas semanas devido ao facto de ter partido os vidros de um gabinete de ajuda social. Politicamente, afastou-se cada vez mais dos comunistas parlamentaristas, por os achar pouco radicais e pouco combativos, sendo ele um defensor de mais acções diretas.

Entre 1928 e 1932 van Lubbe viajou através da Europa perseguindo o seu sonho de entrar na União Soviética, entrada essa que lhe foi recusada. Ao mesmo tempo sua capacidade de visão foi se deteriorando e os médicos que o consultaram, comunicaram que estava condenado à cegueira.

Passou a viver em Berlim a partir de 1933, onde decidiu incendiar edifícios estatais como forma de ação direta contra o governo nazista. Foi detido pela polícia no interior do parlamento alemão (Reichstag) após atear fogo em diversas partes do grande edifício. Confessou estar por trás do incêndio no parlamento e disse que foi para alertar os alemães sobre os perigos do nacional-socialismo.

Após sua prisão os grupos de oposição ao nazismo se dividiram: enquanto o partido comunista alemão rotula-o de desequilibrado e afirma ter sido manipulado pelos nazistas, os comunistas de conselho e os anarquistas se organizam em sua defesa criando um Comitê Internacional van Lubbe.

Condenado à morte, Van Lubbe foi executado por decapitação na guilhotina em 10 de janeiro de 1934,. precisamente três dias antes de fazer 25 anos. Segundo a pesquisa histórica contemporânea a sua culpabilidade no incêndio do Reichstag é plausível, mas não está completamente assegurada.

Ver também
 Resistência alemã

Naturais de Leida
Mortos em 1934
Ativistas dos Países Baixos
Comunistas dos Países Baixos
Pessoas guilhotinadas
Pessoas executadas pela Alemanha Nazista
Neerlandeses assassinados