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Q: Remove .html extension from URL only in root I'm trying to remove the .html file extension from my URL's to make them look nicer. I've seen many examples of this and have tried them, but I'm struggling to find something that only works in the root, and doesn't apply to any subdirectories or subdomains.
Can I get any help with this?
Example:
example.org/test.html > example.org/test
example.org/food/xyz.html > example.org/food/xyz.html
login.example.org/something.html > login.example.org/something.html

A: Your question is a bit vague, so I will concentrate on the main issue you mention:
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !/.+\.html
RewriteRule ^/?([^/]+)$ $1.html [L]

Alternative approach:
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}.html -f
RewriteRule ^/?([^/]+)$ $1.html [L]

If this is limited to only a single host name (as your examples might suggest) depends on your setup. Such thing is easiest done if you place the rule in the real host configuration of your http server instead of using .htaccess style files. That is also why I append a general hint:

You should always prefer to place such rules inside the http servers host configuration instead of using .htaccess style files. Those files are notoriously error prone, hard to debug and they really slow down the server. They are only provided as a last option for situations where you do not have control over the host configuration (read: really cheap hosting service providers) or if you have an application that relies on writing its own rewrite rules (which is an obvious security nightmare).

In the comment you wrote that you also want to force the shorter notation, so redirect users request a URL with such "file name extension" to the version without.
I don't really see any point in this, but it certainly is possible:
RewriteEngine on

RewriteCond %{ENV:REDIRECT_STATUS} !^.
RewriteRule ^. - [L]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/.+\.html$
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f
RewriteRule ^/?(.+)\.html$ /$1 [L,R=301]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/.+\.html$
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}.html -f
RewriteRule ^/?([^/]+)$ /$1.html [L]

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Home Life & Style Treasuring Our Biodiversity
Treasuring Our Biodiversity
Ogunjobi Muyiwa FelixÂ
"We should treasure the environment as the only treasure that bears other treasure…"
The colossal figures that describe the loss of flora and fauna in Nigeria over the last two decades are so saddening. It simply points to the fact that the word "biodiversity" is just a well-known vocabulary or should I say, a terminology that only exists in books.
For the sake of pedagogy, "biodiversity" is evidently a coinage of two words – "biology" and "diversity" – hence the phrase "biological diversity". It solely expresses the various forms of nature, its inherent beauties, and dynamism. Therefore, the depth of the word is a function of the level of awareness of the user.
May 22nd presents us another worthy opportunity to not only mark but understand our Biodiversity as a people. The International Day for Biological Diversity 2017 themed 'Biodiversity and Sustainable Tourism' has been chosen to coincide with the observance of 2017 as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development as proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly.
This decision stems from the strong connection between biodiversity and tourism. The dependence of one on the other has helped both to thrive under varying anthropogenic factors. However, while using sustainable tourism as a fulcrum to raise awareness for biodiversity, it is also expedient to know that sustenance of biodiversity would require that all hands be on deck as several other competitive land uses have, over the years, succeeded in dwindling the world's natural reserves.
By scholastic evaluation, the rain forests of West Africa have been earmarked as one of the world's hotspots of biodiversity according to a research carried out in 2000. If it is so, Nigeria by virtue of her status should shoulder the weight of this responsibility. But on the contrary, according to World Conservation Monitoring Centre, "Nigeria is home to at least 4715 species of vascular plant of which 4.3 per cent are endemic; about 1417 known species of amphibians, birds, mammals and reptiles". Sadly, the total forest cover in the country is fast declining with just about 7.7 per cent remaining in 2015 having lost nearly 80 per cent of its old-growth forests between 1990 and 2005 giving the dubious distinction of having the highest deforestation rate on the planet.
These statistics affirm a single thing – mismanagement – mismanagement borne out of over-dependence on natural resources -Forest and water resources.
From social indices of which poverty is topmost, local communities living around forest and water resources over-depend on these resources as a source of protein, fuel, food, herbs and protection, thus depleting its biodiversity, these they achieve through horrendous acts of poaching and deforestation.
Only close-access resources upon which economic importance, such as tourism has been placed escape this dastard situation. This explains why barely only eight National Parks are remaining in the country at the moment.
What then is the way forward?
As much as an International Day for Biological diversity would help to raise awareness, its celebration in this part of the world seems already banal – one can almost predict the usual.
This time, it would take more than; a televised "speech" from the Minister of Environment, ritual exchange of handshakes and presentation of uncircumcised honorary awards to achieve the wanted change. It would require a fundamental approach from parents and other societal institutions to expose their children and members to environmental education.
For parents, it is an opportunity to environmentally prepare our children for the future; I personally suggest that urban settlers leave a small part of the compound bare, no cement, no interlocking stones.
Let your children learn from nature; let them see earthworm burrow into the soil. Let them see snail crawl on the fence. Let them see how a garden is nurtured. Let them see how banana suckers emanate. Let them mix soil with their hand trowel. Let them see prune flower with their secateurs, irrigate with their watering cans and more importantly, watch them pluck and eat from the purity of nature.
For adults, we should treasure the environment as the only treasure that bears other treasure knowing that it is a phenomenon to consider in all life's endeavour. That way, "we" wouldn't have to rely majorly on tourism as a factor to sustain Biodiversity, it becomes a lifestyle.
.Felix writes from Port Harcourt
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Spokane protesters stop burning of flag during demonstration downtown on Sunday
UPDATED: Mon., June 8, 2020
By Emma Epperly emmae@spokesman.com(509) 459-5122
Twice a small band of protesters attempted to light an American flag on fire during demonstrations against police brutality on Sunday in downtown Spokane.
And twice fellow demonstrators stamped out the flames.
The protest against police brutality had started to thin out Sunday evening, leaving a group of a couple of hundred protesters standing in the entrance of Riverfront Park, when a white man walked out from the crowd and started burning an American flag.
That's when Lysa Cole, a young Black woman in a hoodie and sweatpants, walked up, stomped out the fire, and took away the flag.
As three men set fire to an American flag during a Black Lives Matter protest in Spokane on Sunday, June 7, 2020, a Black woman emerges from the crowd to stamp out the flames and recover the flag.
"I was just hurt because people worked hard for that flag," said Cole, 20.
Cole's father served in the military and her brother is currently in the service, so she said she has a special appreciation for their sacrifice.
"With us protesting for Black Lives Matter, we're not standing up against America, we're standing up for what America can be," Cole said.
The men didn't seem happy when Cole took away the flag. They swore at her and said she was taking their property.
"If it was your property, you wouldn't be destroying it," Cole responded.
After the incident, Cole didn't feel like continuing to protest and decided to head home.
Just a few minutes later, it was the same scene. This time, the same men were burning a piece of fabric with multiple American flags printed on it.
Simone Richardson walked out and stopped them.
Richardson had been chatting with her friend Cole when she initially intervened. Her friend had left before the second flag burning.
"I got the second flag. and told them 'Don't burn it!'," Richardson said. "That's not what this protest is about."
A few minutes later, the man who burned the flag walked up to Richardson and apologized.
"We got each other's different perspectives," Richardson said.
The pair respectfully talked it out.
"We shook hands and just went the opposite way," Richardson said.
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Richardson, 19, recently graduated from high school and plans to attend Spokane Falls Community College next year. She wants to become a lawyer to help people who are wrongfully convicted through the appeals process.
Richardson said she and the flag burner just have different perspectives on the importance of the flag.
"He understands where I'm coming from, and he just doesn't think we should be respectful of the flag because it's just a symbol," Richardson said.
But Richardson said she feels like there are so many people who died for that symbol.
"I think that we should at least respect it, because it's our way of giving back," Richardson said.
Cole hadn't heard about the man's apology to Richardson, until asked about it by The Spokesman-Review late Sunday night.
"That's so good," Cole said.
The apology affirmed that Cole stood up for what was right, she said.
"It just really confirms that standing up in the face of injustice really makes an impact," Cole said."This positive thing was reinforced."
Cole attended Whitworth University last year and planned to study psychology and pre-law before having to take a year off to save money. She now works as a special needs caregiver, but hopes to go back to school and become a lawyer.
Her ultimate goal is to help change laws to protect victims of human trafficking.
"There's not a lot of laws that benefit them," Cole said.
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That's not just a standard C8 painted with an added dew shield. The tube is much longer plus the corrector's cell is moved forward on another piece of aluminum tubing. Not to mention what's that thing on the tube? In one still it looks like (pretending), he's using it to focus. I think it's either some kind of custom job or just a prop that they thought would look more impressive if it was made longer. Plus, check out the custom finder.
If it was done just for the movie, why would anybody bother doing anything more than painting one? Perhaps, to fit in with the overall gadgetry of James Bond movies?
I had a friend who did production design for movies. Before that he did model making for, among other things, James Bond movies. He had many stories about the incredible attention to detail that some directors (and production designers) have. When someone focuses a C8, it doesn't appear to do anything. In a movie, when a character is adjusting a piece of equipment, it should have a dramatic visual effect. While it would have been possible to get the effect with a refractor draw tube moving, that is a small effect, and it looks old-school. These are people who are used to camera lenses where the front element moves as its focused. Ergo, "Props department, fix that thing so the front moves in and out when he's focusing it!"
His model shop once spent a month building an ultra-detailed scale replica of Bond's car to be used in a scene where it jumps a drawbridge. When it was delivered, it got dropped and broken, so they rushed to assemble a plastic hobby kit overnight and do the best they could to paint it to match. It was only on screen for about ten frames anyway. Another thing I learned from him is that in outdoor winter shots, when there are icicles in the scene, they have to be replaced with glass because a shoot can span hours or days, and real icicles change shape, which would appear in cuts between takes.
So when it comes to movies doing crazy things, cutting up a C8 to make it visibly move when it's being focused is just another normal day in the props shop.


Representatives from thirty-four colleges, universities and the military were in attendance on Wednesday morning as Inland Lakes hosted its first College Day.
College readiness coordinator John Hulbert made the arrangements.
Sophomores Lindsay VanDaele and Makayla Henckel talk with the representative from Western Michigan University during College Day on Wednesday, March 16.
The Inland Lakes Schools welcomed students from Onaway, Pellston and Alanson to come and join the fun of college day. College day is a great day for students to interact with different colleges around Michigan.
"I thought it was a great idea that we got to visit with people who are interested in helping us figure out what we want to do," freshman Ashley Gleason said.
Students form seventh through twelfth grade had the chance to walk from table to table and think about what they wanted to do in there future. College advisers got to have one-on-one talks with students about what they need and what they can do to reach their goals.
Big thanks to Mr. Hulbert for planning and organizing the day.


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MR imaging in "lacunar" hemiballismus
José Biller, Neill R. Graff-Radford, Wendy R.K. Smoker, Harold R. Adams, Patricia Johnston
We compared cranial CT and proton magnetic resonance imaging in two patients with hemiballismus secondary to lacunar infarctions. Magnetic resonance, but not CT, showed lacunar infarctions in the subthalamic nucleus. To confirm the location of the infarctions, we measured the distance of the lacunae from the anteroposterior commissure line in three planes (sagittal, axial, and coronal) and demonstrated that the infarctions were located in the lateral part of the subthalamic nucleus.
Journal of computer assisted tomography
Cerebral blood vessels, occlusion
Computed tomography-Magnetic resonance imaging
Hemiballismus
Dive into the research topics of 'MR imaging in "lacunar" hemiballismus'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.
Lacunar Stroke Medicine & Life Sciences 100%
Subthalamic Nucleus Medicine & Life Sciences 95%
Dyskinesias Medicine & Life Sciences 82%
Magnetic Resonance Imaging Medicine & Life Sciences 24%
Biller, J., Graff-Radford, N. R., Smoker, W. R. K., Adams, H. R., & Johnston, P. (1986). MR imaging in "lacunar" hemiballismus. Journal of computer assisted tomography, 10(5), 793-797. https://doi.org/10.1097/00004728-198609000-00016
MR imaging in "lacunar" hemiballismus. / Biller, José; Graff-Radford, Neill R.; Smoker, Wendy R.K. et al.
In: Journal of computer assisted tomography, Vol. 10, No. 5, 1986, p. 793-797.
Biller, J, Graff-Radford, NR, Smoker, WRK, Adams, HR & Johnston, P 1986, 'MR imaging in "lacunar" hemiballismus', Journal of computer assisted tomography, vol. 10, no. 5, pp. 793-797. https://doi.org/10.1097/00004728-198609000-00016
Biller J, Graff-Radford NR, Smoker WRK, Adams HR, Johnston P. MR imaging in "lacunar" hemiballismus. Journal of computer assisted tomography. 1986;10(5):793-797. doi: 10.1097/00004728-198609000-00016
Biller, José ; Graff-Radford, Neill R. ; Smoker, Wendy R.K. et al. / MR imaging in "lacunar" hemiballismus. In: Journal of computer assisted tomography. 1986 ; Vol. 10, No. 5. pp. 793-797.
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Tintoretto és un cràter d'impacte en el planeta Mercuri de 94 km de diàmetre. Porta el nom del pintor italià Tintoretto (1518-1594), i el seu nom va ser aprovat per la Unió Astronòmica Internacional el 1976.

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Question: My 1 and half month baby pee more than 15 times a day is it normal?
Answer: Hello Dear Constipation during pregnancy is very common dur to harmonal imbalance. You can try some natural remedies for easing the bowel movements, before you go for some medication. Lemon water: Squeeze half a lemon in a glass of lukewarm water and have this mixture every morning. This will help you have a smoother bowel movement. Watermelon: This fruit is full of water and eating a lot of it helps manage bowel movements well. Dry fruits: Eating dry fruits such as dates, raisins, and prunes helps treat constipation. Yogurt: Yogurt is rich in probiotic bacteria that stimulate digestion and prevent gastrointestinal disorders.


From Somerset to Scotland, we have fields of farm work on a locum and permanent basis all year round! Come rain or shine, Sheep or Cow, we are always looking for dedicated large animal vets to assist in this sector!
From small companion animal work to specialist referral work, we have a constant and growing need for vets and rvns from new grads to advanced practitioners. Our jobs are Nationwide and a plenty!
We work with the majority of the UK's Corporate and independent practices and have a wide coverage of jobs across the UK. We also work across Europe, USA, Canada and Australia. Our CPD courses are accredited to UK standards and are available internationally and are due to launch this coming February 2019. Keep checking in!
1st opinion general practice. This is 90% of where our work takes us and is in constant supply. Our vet practices are always in demand for capable vets or enthusiastic new graduates. We cover the entire Nation and work with all the corporates and independent practices and are happy to consider any qualified vet surgeon with an eligibility to work in the UK.
At the beginning of 2018 we started working heavily with a network of international Specialists to service various contracts we had with a number of our UK referral hospitals. From Neurology to Ophthalmology, cert holders to Diplomates, we are in constant close talks with some of the most prestigious hospitals and clinics across the UK and also at an international level. We also host CPD courses at some of the main facilities across the UK with the most renowned surgeons in the Country. There are many ways to get involved and network with us. We would love to hear from you!
Given where we are and our fields a plenty, we wouldn't miss out the gentle giants in dairy, farm and equine and have a great relationship with practice, farms and stables across the whole of the UK and Isles. We are always in need of TB testers, Locum large animal vets, equine vets and so on to service this sector and the work is year round so come rain of shine, from Somerset to Scotland we always have a wide range of jobs available here!
We are looking to launch our new venture into the world of Human medicine in early 2019. From Doctors and nurses to Consultants and surgeons servicing both the NHS and private practice we are proud to announce that we have got some exciting contracts and projects to work on so will be networking with anyone healthcare related and we are very excited to do so! Have a chat with us about how we can help.
Have a look at what our Vets and Practices think about working with us!
Thank you for helping us find the 2 staff members we desperately needed. Had been looking for a good while so very relieved and very pleased with the 2 that came to join us. Much appreciated and would highly recommend.
I got my first UK based job in 2015 with Fortis and again when I gained more experience they found me exactly what I was looking for and I formed a great relationship with Kat. A really friendly service that I would 100% recommend. Very happy with my time with them.
Meet Kat: Co founder of Fortis vets with partner Lee. Kat comes from a Linguistics and Business development background and after 10 years of living under the sun in Spain, she moved back to the UK to help set up this Biz with her partner Lee. She is also a writer and one day dreams of being published! Kat is a massive lover of jazz and classical music and is a keen pianist and ex Viola player. She speaks fluent Spanish and loves books!
Meet Lee: Meet Lee. Co founder and Director alongside partner Kathryn. Lee comes from Zimbabwe where he has had a fair share of exciting exposure to some raw wildlife. He has grown up with mass amounts of dogs throughout his life. A mans best friend. He does NOT like snakes. Lee is a big Motocross and golf lover and a keen fisherman. He deals with our specialist sector so neurosurgeons and cardiologists, he's your guy! Lee lives in Yorkshire with his wife Kat and their 2 little girls and pup Lola.
Meet Emily; Emily is the head of our South East regions for vets and RVN's . Her and her husband recently relocated from Yorkshire down to Essex which is now one of the areas she covers. She is a mummy to 2 year old Abbie and to a VERY new little boy called Callum who was born in mid January 2018 and to a very lively and lovely springer spaniel called Zola! She is super friendly so feel free to give her a call to chat vet jobs!
Meet Emma: Emma is the head of our Midland regions and covers west and east midlands and North West. She tends to deal mainly with RVN's as she is one herself though if you are a vet, feel free to give her a buzz also as she always has a lot of jobs to go around in her regions! She is a mummy to 2 lovely little ones with her youngest Olivia acting as her very cute and chatty PA and ever her partner Anthony is known to have the odd job for the odd vet here and there. She is very well connected in the Veterinary world so chances are she can easily find you your next dream job!
Meet Elsa: Elsa is a vet surgeon from Portugal that works as a locum in the South of England and also works for us souring Locum vets from all around the UK. Her partner Leo also helps out from time to time just to keep it in the family :) Elsa is also big into the CPD side of our project and works alongside Kat to help network and create events and seminars in all subjects. She also covers the Dorset and west regions for permanent vets and nurses so in case she can help, give her a shout!
Meet Charlotte. Our head of Finance and payroll officer. Shes a whizz with numbers, though she lives on a farm and has that many chickens she can no longer count them! Charlotte has also just taken over our Northern regions for permanent and locum vet and RVN vacancies so if you are a vet or nurse looking for a job up North, She's your lass!
Meet Krissy. Our head of fundraising, creative marketing and PR. She is our creative lady that loves horses and chilling with her little girl! She doesn't pop in often though if we have any digital art or branding issues, she's our girl!
Meet Rae. She is an external Fortis body and lives in Lee's homeland of Zimbabwe where she Directs and funds her own lion charity called 'matusadona lion project.' She is also Kat's littlest sister and brings a little of Yorkshire to Africa! She is a PhD in wildlife conservation and allows some of our vets the opportunity to head over and help her with wildlife charities and CPD. She is also linked heavily with our wildlife fundraising and collaborates with other wildlife charities across the Globe. Right now she is in the Yukon territory playing with Wolves in the snow.. Exciting opportunities for our vets to have a couple of months away all start with her!
Meet Lola: Cute golden lab pup that is the Fortis mascot of the North! This is Kats baby and she loves her mummy, cheese and cuddles by the fire! You're welcome!
Meet Zola: Cute springer Spaniel that is the FOrtis mascot of the South! She lives with Emily and Bruce and their 2 kiddies and she loves long walks and swims. She also has really cute ears!


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import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.HashMap;

import org.dom4j.Element;
import org.dom4j.ElementHandler;
import org.dom4j.ElementPath;

/**
 *

 * DispatchHandler implements the ElementHandler
 * interface and provides a means to register multiple
 * ElementHandler instances to be used by an event based
 * processor. This is a special ElementHandler in that it's
 * onStart  and onEnd  implementation methods are called for every
 * element encountered during the parse. It then delegates to other
 * ElementHandler instances registered with it to process the
 * elements encountered.
 *

 *
 * @author Dave White
 * @version $Revision: 1.11 $
 */
class DispatchHandler implements ElementHandler {
    /** Whether the parser is at the root element or not */
    private boolean atRoot;

    /** The current path in the XML tree (i.e. /a/b/c) */
    private String path;

    /** maintains a stack of previously encountered paths */
    private ArrayList pathStack;

    /** maintains a stack of previously encountered handlers */
    private ArrayList handlerStack;

    /**
     * HashMap maintains the mapping between element paths and
     * handlers
     */
    private HashMap handlers;

    /**
     * ElementHandler to use by default for element paths with no
     * handlers registered
     */
    private ElementHandler defaultHandler;

    public DispatchHandler() {
        atRoot = true;
        path = "/";
        pathStack = new ArrayList();
        handlerStack = new ArrayList();
        handlers = new HashMap();
    }

    /**
     * Adds the ElementHandler to be called when the specified
     * path is encounted.
     *
     * @param handlerPath
     *            is the path to be handled
     * @param handler
     *            is the ElementHandler to be called by the event
     *            based processor.
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    public void addHandler(String handlerPath, ElementHandler handler) {
        handlers.put(handlerPath, handler);
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    /**
     * Removes the ElementHandler from the event based processor,
     * for the specified path.
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    public ElementHandler removeHandler(String handlerPath) {
        return (ElementHandler) handlers.remove(handlerPath);
    }

    /**
     * DOCUMENT ME!
     *
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     *            DOCUMENT ME!
     *
     * @return true when an ElementHandler is registered for the
     *         specified path.
     */
    public boolean containsHandler(String handlerPath) {
        return handlers.containsKey(handlerPath);
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    /**
     * Get the registered {@link ElementHandler}for the specified path.
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     * Returns the number of {@link ElementHandler}objects that are waiting for
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     * called for any path which does NOT  have a handler registered.
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     *            is the ElementHandler to be called by the event
     *            based processor.
     */
    public void setDefaultHandler(ElementHandler handler) {
        defaultHandler = handler;
    }

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Sun, Feb 03, 2008 - Page 22 News List
■ ATHLETICS
Legat wins sixth Wanamaker
Bernard Lagat used his signature finishing kick to win his sixth Wanamaker Mile at the 101st Millrose Games on Friday. The reigning 1,500 and 5,000m world champion pulled into the lead with a lap and a half to go as the Madison Square Garden crowd roared. He easily held off Australian Craig Mottram, who gave him a tough race last year to finish in three minutes, 57.51 seconds. Lagat immediately confirmed he'll return to chase another record. The Kenyan-born American moved a victory away from matching the record seven wins -- the last in 1987 -- by Irishman Eamonn Coghlan, dubbed the "Chairman of the Boards" for his dominance on the old wooden Millrose track.
■ FREESTYLE SKIING
Kravchuk, Li win aerials
Stanislav Kravchuk of the Ukraine won his first World Cup aerials, and world champion Li Nina of China topped the women's field on Friday in Park City, Utah. Kravchuk led after the qualifying round, so he was the last jumper in the finals at Deer Valley. He tried not to pay attention as most of the other jumpers slipped on their landings. And then he was the first. A tailwind pushed Kravchuk's triple-twisting triple flip out a little far off of the kicker, but he nailed the landing. Once he straightened his knees after the impact, Kravchuk pumped his fist, knowing he had won it.
■ MOTOR RACING
Fisichella boosts morale
Italian Giancarlo Fisichella boosted the morale of his Force India team on Friday by posting the fourth-best time in testing at Barcelona's Circuit de Catalunya. "I think we made a lot of progress," the 35-year-old Roman said in a team statement after completing 100 laps in the team's Ferrari-powered interim car without any major mechanical problems on a cold day at the Spanish track. "I felt more comfortable in the car too -- we are definitely going in the right direction and the times were pretty good. I'm very happy as we are showing the potential we have now," the former Renault driver said.
■ BOXING
Thai wins olympic spot
Thailand's 2004 Olympic champion Manus Boonjumnong was among 19 boxers to win a spot at the Beijing Games via this week's Asian Olympic qualifying tournament. Uzbekistan was the most successful nation at the tournament, winning four places, while South Korea, Thailand and China all claimed three Olympic places. A further 19 places will be at stake in another regional qualifying tournament in Kazakhstan next month. In all divisions except heavyweight, both finalists in this tournament received an Olympic berth, giving extra emphasis to winning semifinals.
■ GOLF
Blind golfer hits hole-in-one
A hole-in-one is rare on the golf course, but what are the odds of a blind golfer sinking one? Leo Fiyalko couldn't see it, but his golf buddies did -- a hole-in-one on the fifth hole at the Cove Cay Country Club. Fiyalko is 92 and has macular degeneration. He's been golfing for 60 years, but his 100m shot with a five iron on Jan. 10 was his first hole-in-one. "I was just trying to put the ball on the green," Fiyalko said. Fiyalko tees off every Thursday with a group of golfers ranging in age from 70 to 90-plus. He used to have a seven handicap, but now he needs help lining up his shots and finding his golf balls because he only has peripheral vision in his right eye.


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Is It Time?
A Very Pregnant Amber Rose Leaves A Medical Building With Boyfriend Anthony 'A.E. Edwards
The model announced she was expecting a baby in April 2019.
Heidi Klum & Tom Kaulitz Are Married — All The Details On Their Secret Ceremony
Busy Parents Kanye & Kim Step Out For A Much Needed Dinner Date Night
Is Amber Rose ready to give birth? The very pregnant model was spotted exiting a medical building late Wednesday evening, July 10, with boyfriend Anthony "A.E." Edwards.
Amber, 35, and Anthony left the Beverly Hills medical center with two friends. One was pushing the Def Jam record label executive in a wheelchair.
The How To Be A Bad B***h author sported a tight black tank top, orange sweatpants and white slides.
She held a white towel over her massive baby bump as she headed out of the building.
Anthony wore a loose white tee shirt, a white sweatband and black sneakers.
Amber announced she was expecting her second child in an Instagram video on April 3. She is already a a mom to son, Sebastian, whom she shares with ex-husband Wiz Khalifa.
The actress recently revealed that she suffered from a severe vomiting condition during her pregnancy. In a series of candid posts, she opened up about her struggles with hyperemesis gravidarum.
When do you think Amber will give birth? Sound off in the comments below!


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Danielle Taylor
Bubbly singer-songwriter Danielle Taylor joins us at Dripp in Chino Hills, CA to discuss how her latest album release Colors challenged her as an artist, why she believes full-length records will never die out, and the importance of staying humble.
So you recently released your new album Colors. Wanted to say congratulations!
Danielle Taylor: Thanks girl!
For those who have yet to discover its amazingness, care to share a little bit about the songs and the instrumental elements that you showcased?
Danielle: Yeah! So for this record, I wanted to showcase my voice more. In order to be able to do this for a living, I end up doing a lot of cover shows. That's my bread and butter while my original music is slowly starting to make me money. But when I perform other people's songs at shows, I tend to do a lot of different stuff with my voice. I figured, 'Why don't I do that more in my own stuff?' I was also thinking more about the audience this time with what I wanted to do, like, how I wanted them to feel or how I wanted their head to move as such. I wanted to make this record more groove-centric and wanted to incorporate more electronic sounds because it's just fun to be able to experiment with what's out there. It's not too crazy of experimenting and I still really love real sounds, like, a real drum kit and a real piano, but it's still very fun, bob your head, groove along kind of stuff. It's the same themes that I always talk about in my songs, but the vibe is definitely more eclectic, especially in terms of what my voice is doing.
And there's nothing wrong with experimenting. Sometimes we just need a little change in our lives!
Danielle: Totally! *laughs*
And how was this recording process similar or different than that of the stuff that you had done in the past?
Danielle: It was pretty much the same in terms of getting to the brass knuckles of it. The process is to always record it on the piano, and then record the drums, and then record the band around it, and then finally once the band is layered around it, we'll do the vocals. That's pretty much been the process every time, but this time I did a lot of demos on my own. When I write a song, I write it completely by myself and then record the demo of it, which has pretty much been just the piano and the vocals up until this record. This time I was more concerned with how the listener was going to feel when they listen to it. I built in the drums for the demo, I built in the guitar parts, I put all the stuff together for the record. When you listen to the demo and then you listen to the record, the main difference is that one sounds professional and one sounds like a demo. *laughs* But other than that, they're pretty much the same exact song. I like that I had way more control over the process than I did before. Before I was totally fine with having someone writing the various parts and taking control. It was almost like, 'Here's the song. Let's work together to bring it up to what it can be.' But this time it was more me and I'm very much happier with that.
Yeah! And which song was your favorite to write and record?
Danielle: Oh man, that's so hard!
These could separate songs too! I know the processes are different.
Danielle: My favorite one to record was "Countdown," which was the first song on the record, and the reason that it was my favorite to record, like vocally record, was because it has this amazing guitar line in the bridge of the song where it just goes crazy. I wrote it into the song on the piano as like a slide thing, and I told my guitarist do it for the recording. When I was listening to it for the first time in the booth about to record the vocals I was like, 'Holy crap, this is amazing!' He did such an amazing job! I was so into it! I think it terms of performance, like playing piano and recording it, "What I Like" would be my favorite. It's a fun song that's not that complicated on piano, but it changes a lot throughout it. I used a lot of seven chords to make it a little jazzier and funkier. I don't play like that that often, so that was a little challenge for myself for this record. So yeah, "What I Like" would be the recording favorite, and "Countdown" would be the favorite for the writing. The beginning and the end, that's funny, the very first song on the album and the very last one. *laughs*
Photo Courtesy of Danielle Taylor
So modern music listening has been focused on the streaming aspect, and also the EP and singles-style releases. Do you feel that these types of releases will eventually take over as opposed to full length works? Or do you think that there's still a market for listeners that are like, 'I need this full thirteen song album'?
Danielle: I want there to still be people who want records. I mean, I think they're still out there. I'm definitely a person who still likes records. And not to disparage artists and writers who are out there, but I think because the focus has been on those one shot types of works like the single and the EP, or even just releasing one song at a time on the EP or whatever, everything is all about your numbers, specifically your streaming numbers that focus on one song at a time. They're not making records where all ten, twelve songs are amazing, they're making records that are more what you call an 'album cut,' where they have the 'whatever' songs that were made for the artist that are a little more artistic mixed in with the big hits. You know what I mean? They're making records more geared towards money than music. I think there are some artists that are making records for the sake of doing it because they love music and they happen to have the amount of songs to make a record, but I also think there are super successful people that are very calculated who end up coming out with songs that have like four writers. Of course, that's usually what ends up being a smash hit, so I'm definitely not knocking it, but I think they're always going to go in that direction because they're going in the direction of money. For me, I'm still going to go in the direction of making records. I just love doing the record style, and I think it's because it's hard for me to just pick one song to focus on. For this one, I had fifteen songs written and I had to bring it down to ten when we were recording for money reasons. I'm broke girl! It sucks! *laughs* But I was like, 'I love all fifteen and I have to cut it down by five?' It's just awful!
It's like trying to pick your favorite child!
Danielle: It really is though! When people are like, 'What's your favorite song on the record?' I'll be like, 'I'll tell you what it is today!' *both laugh* Sometimes I just don't know! But for music listening now, I think it's like 60% streaming and EPs and singles, and then 40% of musicians and big people behind musicians who are like, 'Nah! Records are still awesome! Let's make one!'
I mean, everybody has a big general idea of what they want to flesh out in a record. Right?
Danielle: Yeah! I think even more established bands have the flexibility to make records because their fans were there back when records were a thing. But when you're just coming out, or starting to come up, if you don't establish that as your 'thing' and you just come out with singles then it gets a little tricky. It's cool because it pushes your career and gives it a forward momentum where it's like, 'Hey! In two more months, I've got a single coming out!' But like, my record that I just did cost me so much money! It's just insane how much they cost! I mean, I chose to work with the fancy producer and such, but my goodness, I can't even imagine having to do that same thing for separate singles. For me, I have to do it all at once and then make payments to my credit card company. I can't constantly be doing however many thousands of dollars per track and also pay the musicians, like, every three months. I'd go crazy! *laughs* I guess I have a different mentality. I still think that 60% for streaming, singles and EPs is going to grow, but then there's going to be this niche market where people are like, 'Oh I definitely still want records!' I think my fans buy my records because when they see me live it's like an impulse buy. You don't see people buying a physical copy of your single, that's just weird. *laughs* But online, of course they'll buy singles so that's why it's better for streaming.
It's definitely a tricky situation, especially when you have that whole crowd that grew up with CDs, or cassettes!
Danielle: Yes! The cassettes! These kids now are like, 'What's a cassette?!'
'Is it that thing that has tape in it?'
Danielle: 'It's got, like, holes, right?'
'You use it as a coaster, right?'
Danielle: 'That's what I have as my phone case right? That's a cassette?' *both laugh*
What's funny is there actually are cassette style phone cases, and they look really cool.
Danielle: I know! They look like the older, mixtape looking ones with the black and the white label on it. *both laugh*
So apart from streaming and how wonderful that is, social media also plays a huge part in marketing for the modern music industry. Do you feel like social media has kind of been a door opener for independent artists to get their name and content out there?
Danielle: Yes and no. I think if you're a singer, social media has a lot of benefits for you. There's just so many apps out there that are available to help. I forgot the kid's name, but there was this guy who did a duet with Jessie J through this app and it got huge. You just download it for fun, and she's one of the artists that's built in and you can do a duet with her. It's a split screen thing, and you just do what you do, like, six million times until it's perfect, and then you can post it online. Well, the guy posted it online, and it was really good! I watched it, all of America watched it, and Ellen [Degeneres] was like, 'Oh my God you're amazing! Come on my show!' That was huge exposure for that kid, and he got signed to a record label right after that. They wanted to capitalize on his movement, his momentum, that's what it's all about and that's what social media is good at doing. But at the same time, what's there after all that? Where is the meat?
Where's the substance?
Danielle: Yeah! Where's the sizzle on the steak? *laughs* I just feel like you've gotta have something to back that up, and I don't think that a lot of the people who are focusing on recording these little videos are necessarily doing that. If you do, then it's going to be awesome! Like that chick Ruth B, she got huge because of Vine. I saw her video a long time ago and I totally thought it was a real song. That ended up not being the case, but it was still a few seconds of a cool hook that she came up with. It ended up becoming so big because people loved her voice so much that a record label signed her and wrote a song around it, or she helped write a song around it.
Shawn Mendes too!
Danielle: Yeah, him too! So I do think it helps when you're looking to get huge numbers of people to see you. But I also think that if you just toured everywhere the odds are pretty much the same. Whether you do it the old-fashioned way or the new way, I think you've got to have something there besides your cool voice on a cover song.
Definitely. And do you feel that social media puts a pressure on artists to constantly have something going on in their lives like tours, new music, etcetera?
Danielle: Oh yeah. Oh my God, I take so many food pictures I want to murder myself. *laughs* They, the internet, and a bunch of other people, keep telling you what you're supposed to do and say that you need to stay active, so people don't lose interest in what you're doing. They also say to do between one and two posts per day on every single social platform that's out there, but who can really do that? Like, you have to have a life! I'm the kind of person who likes to be in the moment and experience it as opposed to taking a video of it. I'll be doing something, and then I'll be like, 'Oh shoot! I should take a picture of this!' or 'I should be filming this!' because I've got to put it online somewhere, you know? I try to create as much content as I can, but a lot of times it ends up being about how I went to the gym and what I had for lunch or me being at someone else's show. I'm not always singing. *laughs*
You're showing you're a real person!
Danielle: Yeah exactly! And people seem to like it! I don't know if it's the way to do it, but that's what I'm doing because that's what works for me. And people do it differently. Some people have beautifully curated posts! I don't know how they have money to do all these photo shoots or if they do them themselves, but they'll post a bunch of these perfectly polished pictures of themselves online and their profile is super professional. Mine is like, 'I'm just another girl who just happens to sing.' *laughs*
It takes so much time and effort to do all that staged social media stuff though. I have no time for that! Unless you get me a clone then maybe we'll talk. *laughs*
Danielle: I mean, I definitely wouldn't mind a clone. But then they would have different experiences than me. I'd have to have their brain feed into mine. *laughs*
I'll just have my clone do all the shit that I don't wanna do. *laughs*
Danielle: Yes! I'll be like, 'Yeah, you go to work. I'll be at the beach.' But I'm hoping that my original music will be the full time work soon.
Photo Courtesy of Erich Talaba
So speaking of showing who you are on social media, you have a little segment called Live In The Living Room where you choose a bunch of different songs to cover. If you could make a five song EP of only covers, which songs would you choose?
Danielle: Ooh! I would for sure do "Chandelier" by Sia, because I love love love that song. I would also do one of Adele's songs, maybe "Send My Love To Your New Lover." That song isn't as cool on solo piano though, so I would have to bring someone in to make it a little cooler. I would do "Breakeven" by The Script. So that's three right there. I would do "Rehab" by Amy Winehouse. And then the last one would be Queen's "Somebody To Love." They're all over the span of genres, but I feel like these would be the most diverse spaces that I can move into as an artist.
You're showing a variety!
Danielle: Yeah!
So being in Southern California, especially in L.A., there's literally music in every nook and cranny.
Danielle: Oh totally!
Do you feel like there is some sort of unpublicized competition between the local music scene, specifically within the singer-songwriter realm?
Danielle: Not for me. Even though we're all entertainers and want to be the center of attention, I feel like there's a lot of support in the community too. Obviously, I'm a part of the community as well, but because I'm performing so often I very rarely get to be a 'guest' at someone else's performance. When I do get the chance to see them, I'm like the first out there to tell them that they were awesome. Not for like any hidden agenda kind of thing, but purely for the fact that they were good. I'll even try to find something nice to say even if I think they have some rough spots. But if they're good, I go out of my way to let them know that and I always make sure to tip them.
Tip your bartenders and tip your musicians everyone!
Danielle: Yes! Please do! *laughs* But yeah, I think there's definitely support in the scene, but I guess it's hard if you've been in the game for a long time and you're watching other people have successes that you're not having. That's more about who you are as a person and being ok with where you're at, and also just trusting that we all start at a different point on the path. I don't know where all these people start, so I really can't compare myself to them. It's more of a personal journey as opposed to just angst against other musicians. I want to be happy for anyone who's got something cool going on, especially if they're really talented, because I believe that they deserve every second of it. Of course, in the back of my mind I'll be like, 'Man! Why is that not me?' But I don't know why it's not me, you know? Maybe somebody does something different than me that works for them. I think it's more of a self-reflecting thing than feeling angsty towards another person, because if you're good and you keep going, people drop like flies all the time. I've been doing music for like ten years , oh my God, that's such a long time! *laughs* Ten years I've been trying, not ten years of being a full-time musician and making money off my music, but ten years since the day I started learning the piano and writing songs. So my worst, crappiest songs still paved a way for where I am now. It really took some time for me because I had a job where I was working forty hours for someone else.
Yeah. It's definitely tough to follow your passions when you have bills and stuff sitting at the back of your mind.
Danielle: Exactly! You totally get where I'm coming from! *laughs*
And if you could choose three artists to go on a world tour with, who would you choose an what would you name your tour?
Danielle: Ooooooh! I would choose Dave Matthews Band because I love them so much and because they're so eclectic and use so many different instruments. It's almost like classical music but in a modern form for me. I would choose Elle King because she has so much attitude and I love it! And then it's a toss-up between Pink and Kelly Clarkson. I don't know which one I would choose out of the two out them. *laughs* And it would be called, hmm, I would want to use our names as an acronym or something. *laughs*
Sometimes that's the way to go! *laughs* So as a female singer-songwriter, do you feel that women in the music industry need to portray themselves in certain ways in order to have a successful career?
Danielle: Absolutely not. I feel like people think that they do, but we really don't. The best thing a woman can do is to, of course, be herself, but to also focus on the music as opposed to the aesthetic. When I think about people building their career on sex appeal, at least for women, I assume that that's because they want to. I'm not going to judge them, like, if they feel hot then they should be able to go and do their thing if that's what they want. But I don't think that's necessarily wise because I don't think there's tons of longevity in that. We're all going to get old and wrinkly, and then end up wearing Spanx to try to suck it all back in or getting plastic surgery because it's just impossible to stay young and beautiful forever. Say whatever you want and look however you want, but don't make your career based purely on how you look, you know? Carol King for example, she's very beautiful and she's aged wonderfully and has a great selection of songs. She focused on the music, and I know it's different genre to genre, but if you want to stay in the business for a long time, you have to focus on the quality of the work you're putting out. The same with Annie Lennox. I remember there was some article about her where they were like, 'She's still doing it!' or 'She can still do it!' and she was like, 'I've been doing it this whole time, what are you talking about? It doesn't matter how old I am, it matters what I've been saying in the music and what the music sounds like.' I think that anybody who's stood the test of time, the ones that didn't die young, those are the artists that have all made good music because they make sure to focus on that aspect. That's the way I think it should be, not focusing on your sexy body, even if you're bangin', but focusing on the music because the music is what will carry you through.
Music really does stand the test of time.
Danielle: Yeah! Especially if it's good! *laughs*
And if you could give your younger self some advice in regards to what you've experienced so far in your music career, what advice would you give her?
Danielle: Oh man!
You're like, 'Where do I start?' *laughs*
Danielle: I know! *laughs* I would probably tell her, 'You're not that good. Calm down.' I had such a big ego about myself when I was starting out because I've always been in music and understood music. Because I thought I was the best, that actually translated to not only my songwriting but my singing as well. I thought I was like the bee's knees and the best singer ever because all I got was awesome feedback from people. I mean, not to try to put myself down, but I really was just 'alright.' I wasn't like 'amazing,' you know? But hearing the growth from my very first record to the one I just made is like, 'Oh dang!' The only way to get better is to realize that you can get better. If you think you're amazing, there's just no way that you're going to get better because you don't think there's anything to work on. So yeah, I would tell her to chill and to be a little humble. But then on the flipside of that, I would remind her that, 'You've been through stuff, you've learned things, and you're not wrong because someone else is fancier than you.' That was actually really hard for me to learn. At one point I was going through this teeter totter of thinking I was right about something, like, feeling very passionately that I was correct. I was very much like, 'I am the writer of this song. I know what I want it to be.' But on the other hand, I would also be like, 'Oh, well he knows more than me because he's been around longer and has more experience. He's worked with famous people, like, who am I? Maybe I should listen to him.' That internal push and pull that I had made me less fun to work with for sure. I think because I was very scared the whole time, it made me not very open to suggestions. I had to apologize for being crabby. *laughs* But at the same time, I was also going through that thing where I thought I was the bee's knees, only to have people be like, 'Eh, you're not really cutting it.' There was just a lot of push and pull for me at that time, and it's such a hard line to walk because the only way you can get better in a recording or music environment is to be placed in that environment more often. For me, that kind of environment costs a lot of money to be in, and when you don't have the opportunity to be in that environment all the time, you have to learn quick. I'm not trying to be a jerk, I'm genuinely trying to be a nice person, but I also want to be true to myself and put out what I believe in. It's totally a balancing act that I wish I would have learned earlier.
What one word would you say defines you as an artist?
Danielle: 'Genuine' is the word that I would use. I know, it's a little cliché, *laughs* but it's because I try to say things in the way that I think. I try to walk the walk and talk the talk whenever I put it in a song. I try to make it inspirational because while I'm making this for other people, I'm also making it for myself. They're constant reminders of how I'm feeling or what I've experienced. I'm trying to do my best as a vocalist and a melody writer in addition to writing real lyrics, and that's why I say 'genuine' as opposed to 'amazing' or 'great singer.' I guess that last one was two words, *laughs* but instead of trying to say stuff like that, I'm trying to be honest. I hope that people can connect with that in some way, whether it's through the lyrics or the music or even what my voice is doing. It's all about being authentic, you know.
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Absolutely! And what do you hope that your audience will take away from your music?
Danielle: I hope that they like it and have a good time with it. Music is so weird, it's so personal, but yet certain songs mean different things to different people in different moments. Apart from liking it and listening to it, I hope that if they're having a crappy day that it makes them feel better. Or even if you just need to cry while listening to one of my ballads then I hope you can. Whatever you need, I hope that you can get it from my music, or any music that you're listening to, because that's what art is about, just expressing life through music or paintings or photographs or dance or whatever speaks to you.
Beautifully said. Music is one of the few things that can connect us all emotionally and it's wonderful when it does.
And to end us off, apart from the recent release of Colors what other exciting things should we be looking forward to from you in the near future?
Danielle: I'm hoping that this year I will be signing with a label. It's a little hard to find the right partner, you know? I'm not just trying to find any label, I'm trying to find the right label. So that's the main goal right now, and I have some balls in the air so I'm hoping everything will work out. I also have a couple songs already written, but I really want to work with some people at these labels that I'm meeting with to make them happen and maybe turn them into singles, even though I don't really do singles. *laughs* I want to work with people that are better than me so I can see what magic they can do and watch them grow and change. So that's kind of where I'm at right now. I might do some cover songs this year just to have something out there and see what people think of them. I normally focus on originals, but I think it could be fun to rent out a studio one day and just go in there, do it all in one day, you get what you get and then put it out. And of course, because my record came out in October of last year, I'm going to be doing some music videos. I've gotta figure out what songs I'm gonna do. *laughs* But lots of stuff in 2019, I just don't know how it's going to shake down because you've always got plans and you have to work hard to make them happen. If they work out then you're like, 'Yay!' but if they don't you're like, 'Damn, next time!' *laughs*
Next year!
Danielle: Yeah, next year! Well, hopefully not next year, I've still got some goals that I want to make for sure. *laughs* But stay tuned everyone!
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When you hear the name 'Chino,' it's hard to not automatically think of The OC (followed by its accompanying theme song). While Chino is not officially a part of Orange County, OC coffee roasters Dripp have found themselves a home in the fabulous Chino Hills Shopping Center. While located at the shopping mall, its steampunk meets diner feel somehow makes its atmosphere immensely more relaxing than your neighborhood Starbucks. A variety of geometric and brightly colored tiles accent the neutral color palette, while the addition brushed metals and tubular light bulbs adds to its vintage look. A huge perk is that the shop provides plenty of space for any sized group to lounge in their choice of cushy couches and armchairs upstairs or weathered washed wooden benches and industrial styled bistro tables downstairs. Its playlist comprised of classic, old-timey crooners (tee hee) playing in the background makes it easy to want to stay there for a few hours.
Now to discuss their menu. I must say, it was pleasant to be able to have a great array of options to choose from for both food and coffee. Pastries and sweets of many forms (including ice cream) are available for whatever your craving may be that day (in this case, the guava croissant was calling my name). Not only do they have a revolving selection of single origins and blends for both their pour overs and espressos, but they feature recipes that you don't normally see in smaller shops let alone franchise stores. Specialty drinks like the Bru La La as well as the inclusion of cascara (the cherry encasing that protects the coffee bean while it's growing) and large list of wonderfully named loose leaf teas are eye-catchers, but the drink that is interestingly one of their main specialties is the raspberry jam, cocoa, molasses, and cardamom infused Turkish Latte. Historically described as the 'first coffee ever made' with it being served to sultans of the Ottoman Empire, this luxurious recipe was replicated by incorporating the special brewing method common to that region, in which the coffee is made unfiltered with finely ground beans boiled in a special pot (usually a cezve or ibrik) with sugar and cardamom. The Black Goat Turkish Coffee is just one of Dripp's signature, single-origin coffees that are offered to customers like myself who are looking to try something new.
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Sunday Review|How Interracial Love Is Saving America
How Interracial Love Is Saving America
By Sheryll Cashin
Mildred and Richard Loving in 1965.CreditCreditEstate of Grey Villet
As a descendant of slaves and slaveholders, I embody uncomfortable incongruities — just as America does. In "Notes on the State of Virginia," Thomas Jefferson wrote with anguish about the risks of amalgamation, or interracial sex, to a new nation. Whites were "stained" when they mixed with blacks, whom he speculated were inferior in mind and form.
There was a Strom Thurmond-esque artificiality to this cry for racial purity. Southern patriarchs made an art out of objecting to what was happening under their own noses — or pelvises. As history would prove, human urges, whether violent or amorous, inevitably muddy lines, and master-slave rape and coupling produced many mixed people.
Today, the "ardent integrators" who pursue interracial relationships are motivated by love and are our greatest hope for racial understanding. Although America is in a state of toxic polarity, I am optimistic. Through intimacy across racial lines, a growing class of whites has come to value and empathize with African-Americans and other minorities. They are not dismantling white supremacy so much as chipping away at it.
Fifty years ago next week, on June 12, 1967, Mildred and Richard Loving won their landmark Supreme Court case, Loving v. Virginia, ending state bans on interracial marriage. Mildred was a homemaker of indigenous and black heritage, cast as a Negro by Jim Crow. Richard was a white brick mason who drag-raced cars with similarly mixed-race friends. They lived in Central Point, a rural hamlet with a history of racial mixing that began in the colonial era, and they were considered felons under Virginia's Racial Integrity Act of 1924.
Such miscegenation bans were a relic of slavery. When wealthy planters transitioned from largely white indentured servitude to black chattel slavery in the second half of the 17th century, they feared that poor whites who labored alongside slaves and sometimes took them as lovers would rebel with them or help them escape.
Miscegenation laws in as many as 41 states helped to keep these dangerous whites from subverting slavery, and later Jim Crow. As Chief Justice Earl Warren wrote in the unanimous Loving opinion, such laws were an instrument of "White Supremacy" — the first time the Supreme Court used those words to name what the Civil War and the 14th Amendment should have defeated.
Today the race mixing that supremacists feared is growing apace, and interracial dating, marriage, adoption and friendship are occurring at rates that were unfathomable 50 years ago.
As of the 2010 census, the most reliable recent source, around 24 percent of adopted children in the United States were placed with a parent of a race different from their own, up from 17 percent in 2000. Christian groups in red states are part of this trend.
About 17 percent of new marriages and 20 percent of cohabiting relationships are interracial or interethnic. About one-quarter of Americans have a close relative in an interracial marriage. In the most recent Pew Research Center survey, 91 percent of respondents said that interracial marriage was a change for the better or made no difference at all.
Whites and blacks are still less likely to intermarry — they make up about 11 percent of newlywed heterosexual couples — but acceptance is growing. For whites in particular, intimate contact reduces prejudice. Whites with reduced prejudice, in turn, have a worldview similar to that of many minorities; that is, they support policies designed to reduce racial inequality.
Those who think of white people in monolithic terms miss this nuance. A small study of whites married to blacks documented increased understanding of racism. And those married to nonblack minorities were likely to experience a shift in their thinking about immigration.
This transition from blindness to sight, from anxiety to familiarity, is a process of acquiring "cultural dexterity." Love can make people do uncomfortable things, like meeting a black lover's family and being the only white person in the room. Culturally dexterous people have an enhanced capacity for intimate connections with people outside their own tribe, for recognizing and accepting difference rather than pretending to be colorblind. And if one undertakes the effort, the process is never-ending.
One need not marry or adopt a person of another race to experience transformational love. Close friendships across group boundaries have been shown to reduce prejudice, ease anxiety and enhance willingness to engage in the future.
Ardent integrators also transfer benefits to the less dexterous people in their tribe. Attitudes can be improved merely by knowing that someone has a close friend from another group.
Social psychologists have even documented that people can develop virtual ties with a fictional character or, say, a black president, in ways that reduce prejudice. As the media represents more diverse racial experiences with shows like "Black-ish," it will further humanize others.
After Loving was decided, politicians dog-whistled for five decades. Divide-and-conquer tactics like union-busting and gerrymandering destroyed the possibility of class unity among struggling people. In its absence, culturally dexterous people may be our only hope for disrupting hoary race scripts. I believe that growing interracial intimacy, combined with immigration and demographic and generational change, will contribute to the rise of this group.
Eventually, a critical mass of white people will accept the loss of the centrality of whiteness. When enough whites can accept being one voice among many in a robust democracy, politics in America could finally become functional.
This transformation occurred in California as it evolved from majority-white to gridlocked to majority-minority to functional over a 20-year-period.
In 1994, the Republican governor, Pete Wilson, behind in the polls, blamed undocumented immigrants for California's troubles. He was re-elected by a landslide. Around the same time, the state passed its three-strikes law for felony offenders and tried to bar "illegal aliens" from public schools.
But California changed because the people who constituted a political majority changed.
By 2011, one in four newly married couples there was interracial. As a result, a plurality or perhaps even a majority of people knew someone who was married to a person of a different race. Many Californians also engaged in interracial cohabitation or adoption, and black-white residential integration increased significantly. Increased proximity most likely expanded white people's knowledge of what nonwhite people face. And older whites, who tended to have less dexterous worldviews, went to see their maker.
Another change was the increase in Hispanic, Asian-American and other minority populations. They were not only gaining in numbers but also engaged more in politics, eventually helping approve ballot initiatives that placed redistricting in the hands of a bipartisan commission and that reformed the primary voting system to encourage moderation.
Though it is far from perfect, California is now retreating from the War on Drugs, investing in education and offering an example of what functioning, multiracial politics looks like.
A similar story could be told about America in a decade or two. Donald Trump has accelerated political engagement by Latinos, Muslim Americans and other groups offended by his scapegoating, and he has also accelerated the ability of many whites to see and name racism. Activists for #BlackLives, for example, have more allies than they might imagine; about 60 percent of whites under 30 agree with the group's critique of law enforcement.
More loving and more activism could lead to the dismantling of stubborn structures born of supremacist thinking. We could begin by imagining what the culturally dexterous class should create in their place — that is, what the third Reconstruction might look like.
Sheryll Cashin, a law professor at Georgetown, is the author of the forthcoming "Loving: Interracial Intimacy in America and the Threat to White Supremacy," from which this essay was adapted.
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Our Reading Lives
What Giving Up Fiction Did To Me
Jean Kuo Lee Nov 16, 2020
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The home I grew up in had a lot of TV blaring in the background, relatives always over, a ton of noodles and fried rice, but precious little books. My parents, Chinese immigrants from Taiwan, never took me to the library nor read a single book aloud to me. Were they really going to bring home Goodnight Moon or Curious George when they could scarcely read the bills that came in the mail every day?
It was the blessed school librarian who led me to my first story. She let my 3rd grade class browse the shelves quietly for 15 minutes during language arts period. I brought home Island of the Blue Dolphins and read the entire book in one sitting the next day. I remember being astonished that Saturday afternoon when I finished the last page and closed the book, awestruck. What time was it? I had no idea how long I'd been sitting there. I only knew through Karana's story, I traveled across time and space to a rocky island in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California over 100 years ago, there to be deserted until finally rescued by a ship.
From then on I was hooked on fiction. Books were no longer inert objects collecting dust in air conditioned libraries. They were portals to interesting places and fascinating people. It should be self-evident to anybody who has ever been transported by literature how powerful the medium is. We shouldn't need scientific studies to prove to us how reading fiction trains us in empathy, how it enables a person to live several lives, to be different people, to see from other perspectives. Yet scientists continue doing studies on reading fiction because people still wonder: what exactly are the benefits of reading literature?
It's a valid question and I've had my share of people voicing their doubts about the value of literature over the years. A young, engineering friend once bravely asked me about my English degree. He couldn't understand the utility of it nor see why anybody would choose to waste four expensive years of their higher education reading fiction.
"What does it do?" he asked innocently.
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"What do you mean?" I asked.
"I mean, what does it do in real life?" he tried again. He probably wanted to know what job it would prepare me for, the way a degree from a trade school could guarantee preparation for a particular vocation. E.g., you study engineering to become an engineer. So, you study literature to become a…what?
"For one, it helps you learn how to communicate," I said.
He nodded but stood aloof. He still didn't get it.
But I understood his skepticism. To people who build bridges and skyscrapers in real life, literature and its imagined worlds are hugely impractical. To them, fiction is an escape from real life, not a reckoning with it. In the physical world, literature can't house you, grow food for you, do open heart surgery, treat metastasizing cancer. Its benefits are intangible, if any.
Is that why leisure reading in America is at an all-time low? Because it's too impractical? Because we're too busy doing real-world things? Because there's too many alternatives to literature and too little time to pick up a novel anymore? I know for myself, when I graduated and went into interior design, something happened to me. I suffered some sort of regression in verbal thinking. As I left literature behind, my whole world became visual and I found myself thinking in pictures. The part of my brain that I used for work—the part that designed furniture, space planned, juxtaposed colors and textures for visual harmony—grew larger as the verbal part of my brain shrunk. Reading slowed to a trickle and I found I had no attention span for a novel, hardly enough even for a magazine article.
I didn't recognize myself after a couple years of this. I became a woman who would flip through the glossy pages of a magazine, scan the text impatiently, then spend several minutes ogling and analyzing the illustrations. The visual reveal was all that mattered; words irritated me. I continued to take my beloved books with me to every new apartment I moved into, but they existed almost as artifacts of a former self, or worse, as decorating objects. I officially became part of the population of Americans who don't read for pleasure.
I'm glad I didn't petrify into this way of life. I eventually turned around and picked up a novel again. The first book I opened after years of mental slumbering was Dostoyevsky's Crime and Punishment. What a way to clear way the cobwebs! It was a wake-up call to shock me out of the complacent stupor I had fallen into.
What happened to me during those hibernating years, though? Aside from neglecting my intellectual life, giving up literature turned me into something I never expected to become: an unimaginative, judgmental, and dull person. I wasn't a terrible human being but I definitely felt my lively mind shrivel up into dry crust. It shouldn't surprise me that I lost my curiosity and zest for life—that certain appetite to know the minds of others. My cognitive flexibility disappeared and I became a person who resorted to the comfort of reducing issues and people into black and white categories.
What happened to me made sense after I read the research on what reading fiction can do for us. In her article "The Case for Reading Fiction," Christine Seifert points out one study which suggests that reading literature is an effective way to enhance our ability to keep an open mind, a skill which is particularly important for people who have a high need for what they call cognitive closure, or the desire "to reach a quick conclusion in decision-making and an aversion to ambiguity and confusion." Resisting this need, it turns out, makes us into individuals who are "more thoughtful, more creative, and more comfortable with competing narratives—all characteristics of high EQ." She goes on to explain how "research on reading shows literature study to be one of the best methods for building empathy, critical thinking, and creativity."
It's also interesting to note what fiction can do for you that no other medium can. In "Does Reading Fiction Make Us Better People?" Claudia Hammond discusses three advantages which fiction has over true stories we read in the news:
"We have access to the character's interior world in a way we normally do not with journalism, and we are more likely to willingly suspend disbelief without questioning the veracity of what people are saying…[Novels] allow us to do something that is hard to do in our own lives, which is to view a character's life over many years."
After being reinitiated into the literature-reading fold again, I can personally vouch for the power of books, especially fiction, and most especially literary fiction. It's helped me feel comfortable with ambiguity again, to be comfortable not knowing all the answers. I'm not so quick to take up sides anymore. I'm more willing to listen. As I withhold judgment, my curiosity has come back along with an open mind, which isn't surprising considering what researchers have confirmed all along.


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James Spader (NBC's Black List, ABC's Boston Legal) has signed on to play the robot villain Ultron in writer-director Joss Whedon's upcoming superhero sequel Avengers: Age of Ultron, Marvel announced today.
Originally created by Hank Pym (Ant-Man) in the source material, Ultron has long been a chief villain for The Avengers since their inception.
Spader joins the returning cast that includes Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo and Samuel L. Jackson with indie darling Elizabeth Olsen is in talks to play Wanda Maximoff a.k.a the Scarlet Witch.


I'm in denial about it being autumn; I miss the long sunny evenings of summer and Christmas is not quite near enough to get excited about yet. So when I picked up a copy of frankie, an Australian independent magazine, and found that it was infused with the down under excitement of 'summer is just round the corner', it was the best antidote to the cold, dark pre-Christmas days in Britain.
Frankie reminds me of an Australian equivalent of Betty magazine, which I reviewed last year. They both have vintage girl's name titles, and share a retro vibe in fashion and DIY craft projects, pastel illustrations and an informal, fun tone aimed at women in their teens and twenties. Frankie has been around for 12 years to Betty's 6, and while it focuses on art, music, photography, culture, craft and fashion, the team at frankie is clearly comfortable writing about any issues or ideas that would interest or inform its readers. Homophobia, living with cystic fibrosis and a volunteer organisation providing free school lunches are discussed alongside more benign topics: fruit sticker collections, netball, terrible housemates, dogs wearing hats.
Among the pastel-hued pages, women such as Shirley Manson (Garbage frontwoman) and Pam Grier (actress) are celebrated for being strong role models for women. Frankie doesn't openly declare itself to be a feminist magazine like others such as Ladybeard, with a similar readership do, but it is suffused within the pages. It's heartening to find similar opinions on the other side of the globe.