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Nomination Hearing
Date: Wednesday, June 5, 2019 Time: 10:00 AM Location: Dirksen Senate Office Building 538
THE COMMITTEE ON BANKING, HOUSING, AND URBAN AFFAIRS will meet in OPEN SESSION to conduct a hearing on the following nominations: Mr. Thomas Peter Feddo, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Investment Security; Ms. Nazak Nikakhtar, of Maryland, to be Under Secretary of Commerce for Industry and Security; Mr. Ian Paul Steff, of Indiana, to be Assistant Secretary of Commerce and Director General of the United States and Foreign Commercial Service; The Honorable Michelle Bowman, of Kansas, to be a Member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System; Mr. Paul Shmotolokha, of Washington, to be First Vice President of the Export-Import Bank of the United States; and Ms. Allison Herren Lee, of Colorado, to be a Member of the Securities and Exchange Commission.
All hearings are webcast live and will not be available until the hearing starts. Individuals with disabilities who require an auxiliary aid or service, including closed captioning service for webcast hearings, should contact the committee clerk at 202-224-7391 at least three business days in advance of the hearing date.
Chairman Mike Crapo (R - ID)
Crapo Statement 6-5-19
Ranking Member Sherrod Brown (D - OH)
Brown Statement 6-5-19
Mr. Thomas Peter Feddo
To Be Assistant Secretary
The Treasury for Investment Security
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Ms. Nazak Nikakhtar
To Be Under Secretary
Commerce for Industry and Security
Mr. Ian Paul Steff
To Be Assistant Secretary of Commerce and Director General
The United States and Foreign Commercial Service
Ms. Michelle Bowman
To Be a Member
The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
Mr. Paul Shmotolokha
To Be First Vice President
The Export-Import Bank of the United States
Shmotolokha Testimony 6-5-19
Ms. Allison Herren Lee
The Securities and Exchange Commission


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'Modern Family' Thanksgiving Special: How to Watch, What Time and What Channel
Modern Family's final Thanksgiving episode is set to air incredibly soon on ABC. And if you want to tune into all of the shenanigans for yourself, you're going to need to know how to watch, what time the special will air, and what channel to tune into.
Modern Family's Thanksgiving special will air on ABC on Wednesday, Nov. 20, at 9 p.m. ET. If you can't watch the show via cable or antenna, you can always go the streaming route. Both Hulu and Sling have live TV packages that will enable you to watch the episode right as it airs. However, you will want to check out pricing and availability for those services beforehand.
In a sneak peek of the episode, Haley (Sarah Hyland) can be seen attempting to cook a Thanksgiving meal for her family because, as she put it, her mother, Claire (Julie Bowen), and father, Phil (Ty Burrell), have been so helpful as she raises her newborn twins. Unsurprisingly, and thanks to some cooking mishaps, things quickly go awry for the Dunphys' meal.
It's a Dunphy Dinner Disaster! Join #ModernFamily for The Last Thanksgiving tomorrow at 9|8c! pic.twitter.com/DijewWt3u6
— Modern Family (@ModernFam) November 19, 2019
In another clip from the episode, Phil gets to have another bonding session with his father-in-law, Jay (Ed O'Neill), as they head out to go fly the patriarch's model airplanes. Their hangout quickly turns into a "threesome" as Haley's husband, Dylan (Reid Ewing), tags along, as well, much to Phil's dismay.
As previously mentioned, this episode will mark Modern Family's last Thanksgiving episode, as the show is currently in its 11th and final season. The cast has been especially vocal about the end of the show, which originally premiered in 2009. Ariel Winter, who portrays Alex, appeared on The Ellen DeGeneres Show in October and discussed how bittersweet it is to wrap up the series.
"It's sad, obviously. It's not something that we want," she said. "We love each other and we love our show and obviously we'd love to make many more. But it's been 11 years and I think everybody's ready to do new things but it's obviously going to be really sad that we won't get to see each other every week."
"We love everybody: we love the cast, we love the crew, we have the best. And it's been half my life," she continued. "I'll be 22 when we end the show at the beginning of next year. It's so amazing to have a job like this with people that you love for 11 years, the amount of grateful that we all are is ridiculous."
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TORONTO - When Lilly Singh arrived on the set of the Kunal Nayyar movie "Dr. Cabbie" earlier this year, she faced a bit of a learning curve.
The 26-year-old already had millions of fans and was regularly mobbed by teenage girls at the mall. But the Markham, Ont.-based star wasn't a famous actress or pop singer — she was a YouTuber.
"I went on set and I just started acting right away. They were like, 'No, no, we need to call action,'" Singh recalled with a laugh during a recent telephone interview.
"I'm like, 'You have to call action? What do you mean? No one calls action for me. I call action!'"
Singh is among a new generation of entertainers who are finding massive success on YouTube. With self-produced, low-budget videos, YouTubers are attracting devoted fan followings, earning steady paycheques and increasingly landing film roles, TV shows and record deals.
On her channel IISuperwomanII, Singh posts comedy videos twice a week for her 4.4 million subscribers. She typically shoots them in her parents' house in Markham, where she lives, and plays multiple characters — male and female — with a goofy, refreshing lack of self-consciousness.
With videos like "How Girls Get Ready" and "Types of Kids at School," Singh has fostered a largely suburban, teenage female audience. She often finds humour in her relationship with her Indian parents, frequently donning a fake beard and thick accent to portray her dad.
"I don't feel the need to be this perfect, very pretty type of person, and I think my fans really relate to that," said Singh. "A lot of times they tell me, 'You're so real, and you make me OK with being myself.'"
Singh said her upbringing in Scarborough, a diverse suburb of Toronto, greatly influenced her comedic style. One of her first videos to go viral was titled "(Stuff) Punjabi Mothers Say," which has now been viewed more than four million times.
"When I first started, inevitably (my fanbase was) majority Indian, because my videos were titled, like, 'My Indian parents so-and-so.' Now, I don't do that anymore because I very quickly realized you don't have to put Indian in the title because it applies to everyone, for the most part," she said.
"Even if I'm talking about my (South) Asian parents, I can do it in a way that someone who has Jamaican parents, or Chinese parents, they can relate to it as well."
YouTube creates room for alternative voices that aren't well-represented in mainstream media, said Aubrey Anable, an instructor at the University of Toronto's Department of Visual Studies who has studied digital culture.
"There are a lot of YouTube celebrities that are minorities, or their type of performance or what they are doing on YouTube is not something that can be easily found in mainstream media culture," she said.
She said YouTube stardom is distinct from traditional TV and film fame because of a greater sense of intimacy between creator and fan. Often YouTubers shoot their videos in domestic spaces like bedrooms, directly address their fans and appeal to them to subscribe or leave a comment.
"All of these are unique to YouTube and I think it creates this sense of connection between amateur YouTube celebrities and their fans," she said.
Of course, the line between YouTube and the mainstream entertainment industry is becoming increasingly blurred, Anable said. Not only are pop stars and TV networks setting up YouTube channels to promote and share their products, but YouTube stars like Singh are landing roles in feature films.
Famously, Justin Bieber was first discovered because of his YouTube videos. More recently, another Ontario teenager, Shawn Mendes, landed a record deal and released a popular single after his videos on the social video app Vine attracted millions of views.
The Montreal-based Epic Meal Time crew found Internet fame by posting short videos in which they cooked up and devoured calorie-laden, artery-clogging fare. Led by "Sauce Boss" Harley Morenstein, the group recently launched their own TV show, "Epic Meal Empire," on specialty network FYI.
Despite the fact that the Jack Daniel's-guzzling foursome isn't allowed to drink or curse on TV, Morenstein said he preferred the show to the YouTube channel. A bigger budget allows them to create more elaborate concoctions, like a 2.4-metre chicken made of chicken tenders and 100 eggs.
"They let us do what we want, which is the best part of being on FYI," he said in an interview earlier this year. "They were the ones that really put the trust in us… Now, the show is exactly what we want. It's something we're proud of. It's hilarious. I think it's an awesome show."
While Morenstein and Singh have already skyrocketed to stardom, YouTuber Megan MacKay is just beginning her ascent. The Toronto comedian saw her subscriber count jump from 300 to 30,000 overnight in September when her "Ray Rice Inspired Make-up Tutorial" went viral.
MacKay used the conventions of a well-known YouTube genre, the make-up tutorial, to poke fun at the NFL's handling of domestic abuse allegations against Rice and to make a serious point about violence against women. Later, she used the same format to comment on the Jian Ghomeshi scandal.
"I think for me the impulse has always been, 'I wanna be funny.' I was that really obnoxious class clown in the back of the room trying to do bits," she said in a recent interview. "But I think I've always been kind of politically minded too and really interested in the news."
A graduate of Toronto's Second City Conservatory Program, MacKay turned to YouTube as a way to build her portfolio as a comedian and writer. In the process she discovered it was the perfect space to experiment and hone her comedy chops.
"The only way I could have ever done this is by making just garbage for so many years. You guys don't see that because I deleted those videos," she said. "And you have to get it out, you have to try everything, because that's the only way you're going to get to know what works for you."
For those curious about how YouTubers earn money, MacKay said she is paid through the site's partner program, which places advertising on and around her video content. With YouTube taking 45 per cent off the top, a million hits makes her about two thousand dollars.
"It's not like, 'I'm filling a swimming pool with money and I'm going to swim in it for the rest of my life' money, but it's the job. It is a job for a lot of people," she said.
Grace Helbig, an American YouTube star who recently published a book, "Grace's Guide: The Art of Pretending to be a Grown-Up," said the online video platform suits her introverted nature.
"I feel there's a common thread in a lot of online content creators. There's an introvertedness there that I think is just a personal attribute that's shared among the community," she said in an interview last month. "I think it's like a group of introverted control freaks are basically YouTubers. It's people that like owning what they do and like being the boss of what they do but also enjoy quieter moments alone."
Helbig, 29, warned that aspiring YouTubers shouldn't expect to make a viral video or get a million subscribers overnight. Instead, she advised hard work, consistency and self-satisfaction.
"The crazy thing is that YouTube careers exist now as a viable future for people, and that was never the case when I was growing up... Now, there's this whole digital world you can choose to make money in," she said.
"It doesn't happen overnight. And if it does happen overnight, that to me is scary. This has been kind of a slow build to me in this world. I've been doing it for six, going on seven years now. And if I had had one of those overnight success stories, the anxiety that comes along with that would be crippling to me. So I'm really happy that it's happened the way it has."


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Q: Consistency of estimators by Chebyshev's inequality Here is a follow-up question to a question that I asked before. I will re-introduce the background.
If $\hat{\theta}_n$ is an estimator for the parameter $\theta$, then the two sufficient conditions to ensure consistency of $\hat{\theta}_n$ are:
Bias($\hat{\theta}_n)\to 0$ and Var$(\hat{\theta}_n)\to 0$,
then we will have $\lim_{n\to\infty}Pr(|\hat{\theta}_n-\theta|>\varepsilon)=0, \forall\varepsilon>0$.
Now suppose $X_1,\ldots X_n$ be iid samples drawn from the Binomial$(2,p)$ with unknown parameter $p\in[0,1]$. We have $E(X_1)=2p$ and $Var(X_1)=2p(1-p)$. Let $\hat{p}=\frac{1}{2n}\sum_{i=1}^n X^2_i$ be the estimator for $p$. This is a biased estimator and we cannot use the fact introduced above to conclude consistency. I find that Chebyshev's inequality will make things worse, as $E(\hat{p})\neq p$.
How should I proceed to prove/disprove consistency? Thanks!
For the case where $\hat{p}$ is independent of $n$, say $\hat{p}=X_1+X_2$ referring to the same distribution above, is it possible to discuss on the consistency?

A: By WLLN, $\hat p=\frac{1}{2n}\sum_{i=1}^n X^2_i$ converges in probability to $$\frac{1}{2}E[X_i^2]=\frac{1}{2}\left(\text{Var}(X_i)+\left(E[X_i]\right)^2\right)=p(1+p).$$
You could also use Chebyshev's inequality to obtain $\frac{1}{2}E[X_i^2]$.  In fact, you can prove WLLN quite simply using Chebyshev's inequality in the case of an iid sample under a finite variance.
As for the alternative estimator, $\hat p=X_1+X_2$, there is no dependency here on $n$.  Since it is constant in $n$, it simply converges in probability to itself as $n\to \infty$.

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Eat and Greet at Illegal Pete's in Denver, CO Tonight!
JUST ANNOUNCED! The Revival Tour is coming through Denver tonight, Thursday, April 12th at the Summit Music Hall and we arranged a last minute Eat and Greet at Illegal Pete's. This year's lineup includes Chuck Ragan (Hot Water Music), Tom Gabel (Against Me), Nathaniel Rateliff, and Cory Branan as well as Joe Ginsberg (Baywood), and Jon Gaunt. All the guys and their crew will be eating at Illegal Pete's Downtown (1530 16th St) from 4pm to 6pm. You are invited to come down, meet the guys, and have a bite and drink before attending the show at the Summit. Doors open at the Summit at 7pm with the show starting shortly after.
If that weren't enough, during 4pm to 6pm at Illegal Pete's, you can buy 2 for 1 tickets while supplies last. The guys will also be bringing records, CDs, and other merch as giveaways while there.
Sirius XM's The Loft – Your Roots Are Showing
SiriusXM's The Loft is proud to present the entire month of April with the 2012 Revival Tour lineup on Your Roots Are Showing!
*Featuring live music from Chuck Ragan, Tommy Gabel, Dan Andriano, Cory Branan, Joe Ginsberg, Jon Gaunt and special guest Tim Barry!*
"What The Revival Tour boils down to is camaraderie. Started in 2008 by Chuck Ragan, this yearly affair brings together musicians and allows them to share the stage for an evening filled with what can only be described as pure musical joy." Franny Thomas – Twang Queen/Your Host
We still can't believe what was captured in The SiriusXM Performance Theater this week as this year's main line-up of Chuck (Hot Water Music), Tommy Gabel (Against Me!), Cory Branan, Dan Andriano (Alkaline Trio, In The Emergency Room), Jon Gaunt and Joe Ginsberg, with Tim Barry (Avail), drove up, plugged-in leaving everyone completely mesmerized. They came together (and we do mean together, at times we had five guitars strumming, a fiddle and an upright bass going and all seven voices singing at once) to perform songs from each of their catalogues with ferocity, passion and most of all fellowship. At one point during the session Franny turned to Marrone and Jack MacInnis and whispered, "This session is better than Christmas, a birthday and Halloween all rolled into one!" She wasn't kidding.
New Episodes of Your Roots Are Showing featuring The Revival Tour will air every Sunday in April (1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd and 29th) at 6PM EDT/3PM PDT On Sirius XM's The Loft (Channel 30). Encores every Thursday at 2PM EDT/11AM PDT and Friday evening at Midnight EDT.
Beginning Sunday April 1st at 6PM ET we'll serve up slices of the blistering live set throughout the month alongside songs handpicked by the gentlemen themselves.
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The West Side Nut Club Fall Festival is almost here. Festival dates run from October 1-6 and will be filled with rides, entertainment and lots of food. And by lots of food, there will be 136 food booths to be exact.
Look forward to special events such as the King & Queen Contest, Amateur Hour, Main Parade, Tug of War, Pet Parade, Family Day and Youth of the Day.
Pre-sale wristbands for unlimited rides are still available until September 28 for $17. Those are available at Old National Bank, Schnucks and Donut Bank locations. Purchasing one wristband is good for one night at the festival. Wristbands are sold for $20 regularly and will be sold nightly at the festival until 9:00 PM.
Wristbands can also be purchased online here.
Tickets can also be purchased individually for $1.25, on a sheet of 22 tickets for $25 or the nightly wristbands. Ticket windows will be located at Acorn Plaza (Kiddie Rides), 10th Ave. & Franklin St. and Wabash Ave. & Franklin St.


Hey CDub here – Happy Friday the 13th!
This is blog post is meant to completely document the entire process of getting Veeam Backup & Replication Replication operating with Veeam Cloud Connect running in Microsoft Azure and able to perform a partial failover of a Hyper-V replica.
Earlier this year at Microsoft Build the public announcement of nested virtualization (sometimes called paravirtualization) within Azure would be supported with the new Dv3 or Ev3 VM sizes.
Hosts based on the Intel Broadwell E5-2673 v4 2.3GHz and the Intel Haswell 2.4GHz E5-2673 v3 processor. These new processor types enable the ability to introduce Hyper-Threading and a shift from physical cores to virtual CPUs (vCPU) in the Azure VM sizing.
Microsoft has a few great articles and videos that illustrate how to get this setup within Azure – so I'm not going to focus on that. I'll just point out that within Azure MAC spoofing is not supported and will not work so you'll need to create a NAT Network for the level-2 VMs that are running on the Hyper-V host. This process is fully documented by Microsoft and is, in fact, a fully supported configuration.
In my testing, I utilized the US East data center and the Standard D16s v3 VM with 16 vCPU / 64 GB RAM. I also added a 1 TB data disk to the VM (G:) with ReFS 3.1 for my VMs. I also added a second data 1 TB data disk (H:) again formatted with ReFS 3.1 which would be used as a Cloud Repository for Cloud Connect backups. This drive could also be used for host-based backup of your level 2 VMs running on your nested Hyper-V host (yes, this works with on-host proxy mode). For this post, I'm utilizing Cloud Connect Replication acting as a Service Provider type setup. The great part about Cloud Connect is it doesn't require an Azure ExpressRoute or any type of direct connection to Azure. All of the traffic goes over the internet secured by TLS along with a provider controlled certificate.
The port requirements for Veeam Cloud Connect are documented here.
The Virtual Switch Manager (seen below) shows that I have created an external vSwitch as well as an internal vSwitch named VmNAT. The level 2 VMs are placed on the VmNAT network. You can statically assign IP address to these VMs or if you choose, set up a DHCP server so that as new VMs are provisioned on the VmNAT network they're automatically assigned an IP within the correct range and are able to get out to the internet.
Once we have our host networking correctly configured the remainder of the steps completed are done within the Service Provider and Tenant Veeam Backup & Replication consoles. In this case, Veeam is installed on the same Hyper-V host as my VMs – everything is completely self-contained on this single Hyper-V node. I've also added the standalone Hyper-V node to my Veeam console. With this, we can now set up our Cloud Gateway, Cloud Backup Storage, AND Hardware Plan.
The Hardware Plan is the main point of this blog post as this is where we define the amount of Compute, Memory, Storage, and Networking that the tenant replicas have access to. Essentially is like a hardware quota per se.
The Tenant account is responsible for defining a set of resources that an on-premises Veeam Backup & Replication server is able to consume. These resources can be either Cloud Backup or Cloud Replication – these are simply defined in the New Tenant Wizard.
Assign the correct Hardware Plan to the tenant account and choose to utilize the built-in network management capabilities during the failover. This will deploy the Network Extension Appliance (NEA) within your Azure Hyper-V host as well as on the tenant side as well. The NEA is a virtual appliance based on OpenVPN that's responsible for bridging Layer 2 network connectivity between the tenant side and the replica running in Azure. During the partial failover scenario both NEAs are automatically powered on so that users can access the application/service/VM just as they would during normal operation – the only difference is that it is running in the Cloud and not at the primary site.
One of the most important steps of this entire configuration process is next, so pay attention 🙂 The NEA should be edited in the wizard and given a static IP address on the VmNAT network so that the VM that's being failed over can have external access to the internet.
Once we finish the wizard we'll now see that we have in Hyper-V Manager, an NEA deployed (powered off). In a scenario where multiple tenant accounts are created, each NEA deployed has the tenant name within the "Name". We're now ready to configure the Tenant side and start our replication!
The large majority of the configuration is now completed and our Azure instance is ready to receive our Veeam Backup & Replication Hyper-V Replicas.
Within the Tenant Veeam Backup & Replication console navigate to the Backup Infrastructure pane and add the FQDN of your Azure instance.
After completing the wizard the NEA is deployed to the specified Hyper-V host or cluster on-premises and left in a powered off state. Once the partial failover is initiated the NEA will be powered on and the VPN connection between the provider and the tenant is established.
With the first few steps completed, we're now set to replicate our first VM to Azure. If you've used Veeam before to replicate to another Hyper-V environment the steps are exactly the same.
We'll want to enable the network remapping since the source and destination networks are different.
Now we need to pick the critical VMs we'd like to replicate to our Azure provider. The difference being that for on-premises/private cloud replication you'd pick Hyper-V from the drop down – in this instance, we're replicating to our Cloud host.
Network re-mapping, choose the source Network as well as the Network defined within the Hardware plan. If any type of VLAN tagging is being utilized on-premises you'll want to make sure you note this here.
The rest of the replication job creation is straightforward. If your VM has an application like Active Directory, SQL Server or Oracle you'll want to use the Guest Processing/Application-Aware-Image Processing.
Here are a few illustrations of the job log from a Failover, Failback and Commit Failback.
Note: Veeam Cloud Connect is an available technology primarily for Service Providers. This tech is also available Enterprise Customers that have a Microsoft Enterprise Agreement (EA) or VMware Enterprise License Agreement (ELA).
For the complete demo of the entire partial failover process as well as how to commit changes and failback to the production site, check-out this video!


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Shapeshifting soul singer Georgia Anne Muldrow channels Aretha Franklin's backstage poise in her new "Overload" video. The clip cuts between the musician during a dressing room interview (decked out in a Fela Kuti T-shirt) and belting into a vintage microphone.
Director Capricorn Clark detailed the Franklin influence in a statement about the visual. "'Overload' felt like such a contrast between chaos and control that I wanted to find a subtle way to relay – in a way that allowed the non-core fans to meet her and gave the core a champion," she said. "Aretha Franklin kept coming to mind, and an image of her in her dressing room kept coming back to me, so I built a world around that. Georgia is a huge being. She emotes this light, but she isn't aiming for the spotlight, so I had to bring the light to her."
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On behalf of Rodger Daley of Law Offices of Rodger C. Daley posted in Domestic Violence on Friday, April 12, 2019.
The intersection of domestic violence and family law is a difficult place for anyone to be. The problem that they face is that the criminal matter can have a direct impact on their family life. This is a challenge that can be hard to cope with because it can mean having to stay away from their children. It is imperative that anyone who is facing this type of accusation know what they are facing.
On behalf of Rodger Daley of Law Offices of Rodger C. Daley posted in Domestic Violence on Friday, February 1, 2019.
Domestic violence is a dangerous situation, especially when children are involved. For parents in this situation, making plans to get the kids out of danger should be the priority. This might involve leaving the only home they've known and not being able to see their other parent, but you have to put your children's needs first.
On behalf of Rodger Daley of Law Offices of Rodger C. Daley posted in Domestic Violence on Friday, November 23, 2018.
Being able to feel safe in your home is something to which you have a right. Victims of domestic violence don't get to experience this. If you are being abused by your spouse, you should make plans to get out of the situation before it becomes deadly. Your life might depend on your being able to walk away.
On behalf of Rodger Daley of Law Offices of Rodger C. Daley posted in Domestic Violence on Thursday, October 18, 2018.
Domestic violence is a very serious issue that must be treated as such. When you are the victim of this type of situation, moving past it can be difficult. Many people don't realize how difficult it is to have to deal with these things. It is especially hard for people to understand how much domestic violence impacts a person when the abuse is emotional instead of physical since you can't really see the emotional damage.
On behalf of Rodger Daley of Law Offices of Rodger C. Daley posted in Domestic Violence on Saturday, September 1, 2018.
A child custody case that involves accusations of domestic violence is a trying situation for both parents. The parent who is making the claims against the other parent might be fighting to stop the alleged abuser from having time alone with the children. The alleged abuser might not ever have laid a hand on the children and might not have any intention of abusing the children. They might just want to move on with life and raise their children.
On behalf of Rodger Daley of Law Offices of Rodger C. Daley posted in Domestic Violence on Thursday, July 12, 2018.
Domestic violence cases can run the gamut from non-physical abuse to fatalities. There are many causes and outcomes of domestic violence. One recent case in Pueblo West involves one of the more dangerous outcomes.
On behalf of Rodger Daley of Law Offices of Rodger C. Daley posted in Domestic Violence on Friday, June 8, 2018.
Domestic violence is a serious matter that has a lot of impacts. For the victims of the abuse, there are health effects that can begin to creep up over time. While you might think that you are only going to have to deal with these if you are physically abused, this isn't the case. You can face health effects if you are the victim of domestic violence that didn't involve physical contact, such as with emotional abuse.
On behalf of Rodger Daley of Law Offices of Rodger C. Daley posted in Domestic Violence on Wednesday, April 18, 2018.
Family law cases that involve accusations of domestic violence often bring two court systems together. On the family law side, you might have a divorce and child custody cases. On the criminal law side, you might have criminal charges for the accusations.
On behalf of Rodger Daley of Law Offices of Rodger C. Daley posted in Domestic Violence on Friday, April 6, 2018.
Being in an abusive relationship can feel like you are stuck. You might not think that you can leave. In fact, many victims of abuse can think of almost endless reasons why they have to stay put. The fact that you realize you are in an abusive relationship is one of the most important steps that you can take toward getting out of it.
On behalf of Rodger Daley of Law Offices of Rodger C. Daley posted in Domestic Violence on Friday, January 26, 2018.
Domestic violence impacts the entire family. From the adults to the children, any human in the house is likely affected by the incidents that occur. Unfortunately, there are times when innocent people, such as the children, suffer more than the adults.


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Q&A: Kyriaki Drakotos
"Everyone was proud of their names and it meant something personal to them, they each had their own stories. Watching this interaction gave me an idea and it was out of this that the concept of the line was first born."
by Nina Moll
Photography by Sylvia Austin
Styling by Kristen Mom
Prop Styling by Savanna Barrett
Market by Jessica Calderon
Hair and Makeup by Grace Fong October 14, 2019
When we think of the alphabet, neither design nor beauty typically come to mind. Our initials, however, hold a true and sometimes unique meaning.
Surface spoke with Kyriaki Drakotos on the day of her brand's launch about the importance of the names we were given and how that became the inspiration for her textile collection.
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I'd love to hear about how you got your start in the fashion industry and the creation of Kyriaki.
My interest in fashion started when I was young. Every girl in Greece was taught embroidery. I loved seeing images come to life using various stitches and the beautiful colors for the threads. I came to New York from Greece when I was 10 years old and during high school, I loved going to thrift shops in New York to buy vintage pieces with lace, cutting them up, sewing them by hand to create new garments—halter tops and blouses. During this period, I entered a contest the Metropolitan Opera was sponsoring for Carmen. The winner would have their design exhibited in the showcase outside for the duration of the showing. I still have the $10 check which was my prize for winning.
I enrolled in Pratt's Fine Arts program, focusing on graphic arts and illustration. I often frequented the city's museums, falling in love with the medieval tapestries at the Metropolitan Museum, the way painting and weaving married each other creating beautiful works of art in fabric, the variety of flora and mythological animals were captivating.
I have had a variety of jobs, my first working for Bonwit Teller, and later as a colorist for a textile studio in the city. By this time, I decided combining design, fabric, and painting was what I wanted to work with.
While at Pratt I studied calligraphy, which sparked my interest in initials. Later on, I began to teach art, and found my students loved an assignment designing their names. Everyone was proud of their names and it meant something personal to them, they each had their own stories. Watching this interaction gave me an idea and the concept of the line was first born.
Now, many years later, this holds true. I am continually inspired by those around me and feel there is something enduring about letters, initials, and how this connects us to our own personal stories and each other.
I'm wondering if your upbringing had a strong influence in the way you think about or experience design?
Yes, I was influenced by the beautiful things I saw around me, first the handmade clothing and embroideries of my childhood in Greece, and then the eclectic interiors I grew up with after immigrating to New York, collected from various parts of the world (Persian rugs, lace curtains, beautiful velvet cushions, satin pillows in pastel hues).
I was raised in Jamaica, Queens, with my aunts and uncles, who appreciated art and it showed in our everyday life, particularly through things that surrounded us in the home: paintings on the walls from artist friends, Chinese wallpaper in the living room, decorative vases from Italy, marble cabinets, fine objects and decorative statues collected from the 1920s and 1930s. My aunt was a talented seamstress; I admired the way she could look at a garment, make a pattern, assemble it and create a beautiful coat or dress. She learned in Greece, gathering various designer pieces from France and Italy, which she would then reference and reinterpret in her own designs. It helped to provide for our family during the war and periods after. They often traveled and brought back objects from diverse places like Africa and Italy. They also frequented museums, bringing back brochures for me to look at, which incited my curiosity and made me dream.
Fashion design was respected as well. My mother had bed jackets, negligees which she embroidered with initials—surrounded by floral designs in cross stitch and my favorite French knots. They came in soft, lovely colors like peach, cream and lavender. I remember embroidered tapestry evening bags in petit point.
All these visual elements created a well of inspiration that I was able to draw from.
How and where did you decide to create this hyper-personalized brand?
I decided I wanted to see women wear something that was part of their own lives, not just designer names and logos, but their own name and story. I wanted them to feel special, because often women would get married and change their names. I wanted them to feel like this was their's and something they could feel happy with. (This is now becoming less and less the case, but this was where the idea first began.. many years ago.)
The collection honors strong women and individuals, particularly ones that I have known and who inspired each design: painters, sculptors, musicians, an opera singer, outspoken activists, educators, professionals, each with their own narrative, experiences, and ornate story.
The design process was a meticulous one, which started by experimenting with design placement and functionality, painting on fabric to see how they would drape and how the design would fall on the body.
I started experimenting with the letter and allowing it to create the design—the letter suggested the shapes and colors. I then began to elaborate and pick out what I liked. The letters intertwined with the design itself, so the letter would reveal itself or remain hidden, until I achieved a result where they together were harmonious and played with each other visually. I felt that color was important, one color for each letter. The color itself is symbolic to the design and is one of a kind.
I worked in my studio every morning for 4-5 hours. It was small space but full of light and surrounded by trees, which gave me a wonderful view of nature and landscape, for me this is important. The sunlight affects the colors, they way they are seen and in their creation.
Where do you draw inspiration from?
I draw inspiration from nature, tapestry, antique fabric designs, wallpaper, interiors. I have always collected books and magazines and look through them for inspiration, referencing fabrics used for upholstery and the home, and I've kept Italian pattern books from the 1940's that have beautiful motifs and patterns. I also collect handmade table cloths, pillows, blankets, ceramics, all of which speak to me in different ways and lend themselves to my designs.
What do letters mean to you?
Letters connect us. A letter communicates a story, a memory. They are personal, they each have meaning, and can signify different things to each person, but everyone has a connection to them in one way or another.
What about Kyriaki are you most proud of?
To have honored the women in my life who have inspired me and supported me. This is a testament to them and my way to give back to the ones that first believed in me and encouraged my work in art. As well, to be able to create an outlet which in turn will give back to supporting issues that have long been important to me, specifically supporting women and their work in environmental justice, media creation, healing, and indigenous rights.
What do you do when you're not working?
I often attend concerts, most recently flamenco and classical performances in intimate settings like the barge under the Brooklyn Bridge. I also frequent museums (Neue Galerie, Noguchi Museum) and go to the cinema (great films at the Museum of the Moving Image, various international film festivals), and I am involved in local political issues.
What's next for the ever-growing brand?
The brand is just launching today so there is a lot ahead for us. The website and Instagram are now live! We will continue to build out our social media and site where we will share updates on the brand's development and latest projects. Excited to be available as we look forward to the holidays since this is such a wonderful moment to honor those we love with gifts that are personal. We are working on new designs for the next season, new sizes, shapes and introducing new initials. After completing the alphabet with the scarves, I see the brand growing into more diverse categories and creating a lifestyle brand including more accessories categories and decorative items.
We are also exploring collaborations and custom designs. Since there is such an element of personal connection, I feel it is important to offer the possibility of creating pieces that are bespoke.
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Spoofs be damned, Lincoln is at it again.
Still trying to figure out what the hell Matthew McConaughey is talking about in those commercials? We'd suggest re-watching HBO's True Detective—Matty clearly is channeling crusty and abstruse Rust Cohle for the Lincoln spots—but that might only add to your confusion.
One thing's certain: Lincoln has the actor's enigmatic . As Cohle might say, "everything we've ever done or will do, we're gonna do over and over again." As a normal person might say, Lincoln has tapped McConaughey again, this time for a pair of ads.
Considerably more brief, the second ad,"Diner", opens with McConaughey sitting in a café waiting out a rainstorm. When it stops, McConaughey flicks his glass of water, gets up, steps into the MKZ, and opens the sedan's signature giant $2995 sunroof, stating "There we go."
What do the ads mean? We don't really care. We're just waiting for the inevitable, excellent spoofs.


Bad habits, as we all know, are hard things to break, and good ones, frustratingly, are hard to make.
It will come as no surprise then that healthy habits in particularly so regularly elude us. In a bid to change this, we've looked at the golden rules that every healthy person swears by.
It goes without saying that if you plan your meals for the week, you'll eat better. Then you won't be tempted to reach for that ready meal or just several rounds of toast and jam, when you've had a hard day in the office.
But is there any real proof that being organised really will make you be healthier? Well, no but anecdotally, we spoke to 10 of the healthiest women we know and discovered that the really key to staying healthy and fit in terms of food, is preparation. The good news is that it doesn't have to be all chia seeds or having to buy a Nutribullet (as much as we love them) to stay in shape.
Here is a brilliant meal plan we found on Hungry Healthy Happy blog, which provides an ace clean food menu which is easy to stick to.
We don't need to tell you that you need to drink a lot of water to stay in shape. So we'll avoid telling you that one. There is, however, one thing many a healthy person swears by and that is keeping a food diary. In a study of 1,700 people by the Kaiser Center for Health Research in Portland in 2008 dieters who kept a food diary for six months lost twice as much weight as those who kept no food record. Essentially, you're accountable for every bit of food that passes your mouth. If that doesn't sound particularly fun, why not download the MyFitnessPal app which helps you chart what you've eaten, or try taking pictures of every bit of food you eat.
Another thing that's vital for keeping on track with a healthy programme is ensuring you don't beat yourself up about the fact that you've had dessert after a meal, you've decided to have a glass of wine or you just really want to eat a packet of crisps. OK, so you probably don't want to indulge every day like that but everything in moderation will mean you get the health benefits and enjoy the treats when you want to.
TinyBuddha.com has some brilliant ways for helping you to understand how strict you really need to be with yourself.
This is a clear no-brainer. We're not suggesting you don't drink at all but there are many studies that show why you should limit your consumption so that you don't have various health problems. The NHS website offers great advice on how you can do this but also what the real health benefits are, such as your skin looking healthier, your feeling better in the mornings and feeling fitter. There are also massive long-term affects such as helping your heart, ensuring you sleep better but also improving your immune system.
Focus on your overall wellbeing rather than weight loss - this is about feeling healthy. While it's true that studies suggest weight loss and self-esteem go hand in hand, realise that if you don't get rid of those extra pounds, you're not a failure and you should recognise how your body feels rather than looks. The other important thing that every healthy person understands is that this is a lifestyle, not a sudden quick-fix diet plan which means you can't go back to gorging on multipacks of penguins.
When you start changing your lifestyle to be one a bit healthier you immediately feel like beating yourself up if you don't lose five stone in a day. But don't start fretting about this, it's important that you understand you're only human. PsychCentral.com suggests that to meet your healthy goals, it's best to set realistic ones in the first place as therefore you're more likely to achieve them. Also, huge goals can feel massively discouraging if you fall short.
By that we mean, make sure you get a decent pair of trainers if you're going running. Perhaps you might want to start using something like My Fitness Pal to track your calories or the Nike Running app for when you're going for a run. Thing is, you don't want to have so many contraptions that's cost you your month's rent or end up feeling like a robot when you're out for a simple walk. Essentially, get what you need and enjoy it.
And if you're really strapped for time, some studies have shown that even if you just do a short burst of high intensity exercise that you can still see results. This is especially great for those who are pushed for time. Even if you're just getting up in the morning and doing a workout in front of the TV for 15 minutes every morning at least you're getting your heart rate up.
Dr Michael Mosley, author of the ridiculously popular book Fast Diet better known as the 5:2, is advocating this new method of exercising. According to Mosley "when you exercise intensively you release things called catecholamines – adrenalin - that is a fat-burning hormone. Levels of catecholamines can go up 10-fold even after a 20 second burst."
We can't stress (joke) how important this actually is. If you don't ever take time out from rushing around, where that's reading a book, painting your nails or taking a relaxing bath, chances are you're never really going to feel like you're chilled out. Not only that, never relaxing and eliminating stress from your life can be bad for your heart, such as high blood pressure, and your mental wellbeing.
While there has been a lot of debate over whether actually getting a little bit extra shut-eye does encourage weight loss, it's clear there is a correlation. If you sleep over nine hours per night, the genetic factors that lead to weight gain can be overridden.
So there you have it. Sleep more, lose more weight.


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Micah Jair McClure, 40, was arrested in November 2017 by the Victoria Emergency Response Team, with his co-accused Tristan Kieth Gordon Jenkins, 27, and was charged with three counts of possession for the purpose of trafficking. (Kendra Crighton/News Staff)
Victoria man arrested with enough fentanyl to kill thousands sentenced to 3.5 years
Micah Jair McClure, 40, was arrested in November 2017 while travelling from Nanaimo in a cab
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A Victoria man was sentenced to 41 months in jail for his part in trafficking enough fentanyl to potentially kill thousands of people, along with other drugs.
Micah Jair McClure, 40, was arrested in November 2017 by the Victoria Emergency Response Team, with his co-accused Tristan Keith Gordon Jenkins, 27. They were charged with three counts of possession for the purpose of trafficking.
The court heard back in April, that after disembarking a ferry in Nanaimo from the Lower Mainland in November 2017, Jenkins and McClure got into a cab and began to make their way towards downtown Victoria. Jenkins had picked up drugs in Vancouver with the intention to sell them in Greater Victoria and police believed he may have been armed.
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More than half-a-dozen surveillance vehicles followed the cab, eventually stopping at a gas station where police made the decision to act.
Four officers dressed in balaclavas circled the cab, two on either side with a fifth positioned near the driver's seat, with instructions to remove the driver immediately and arrest the two suspects.
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Jenkins and McClure were seated in the back seat with a bag between them.
Police seized 250 grams of fentanyl and 100 grams of cocaine at the time of the arrest. It was previously noted in court, the amount of fentanyl seized was enough to kill thousands of people.
Earlier this year, the pair presented the argument that unreasonable and excessive force was used in their 2017 arrests and had breached their charter rights. But the judge found both arrests were lawful and did not breach Charter rights.
McClure was found guilty in June and was recently sentenced to 41 months in jail. Jenkins was found guilty in August and his sentencing is scheduled for Nov. 15.
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The Collectible Juantiesha Christian
October 16, 2018 by Carrielle Sedersten
Juantiesha Christian is a self-taught fashion designer. She does not have traditional training. She did not take any classes, and she does not hold a fashion degree. She learned her craft by feeling textiles and examining the stitching on clothes in her closet and in stores.
The realization of her dream to become a fashion designer was based on a feeling.
The feeling started when she was in college making costumes for her sorority pageant at Northwest Missouri State University. In 2009, she showed her first collection at Omaha Fashion Week.
After her collection walked the runway, a woman found Christian backstage and insisted on taking home the green mohair coat Christian designed. The prospective client offered her $400 to sell it.
Seeing people's reactions coupled with the woman wanting to buy one of her designs gave Christian a new confidence. This was the moment she knew she was ready to go into the fashion industry.
Local artist Nate Gurnon is a family friend of Christian's whose artwork was incorporated into some of her designs last season.
"I've know Tiesha for a long time," he says. "I'm truly impressed with her skill, style, dedication, and willingness to push the boundaries—including my prints from Satisfaction Not Guaranteed, which are a little out of the ordinary."
Just as she learned to design by feeling, Christian still lets the fabric lead her when selecting materials for her collections. She doesn't sketch. Instead, when she walks into a fabric store, she touches the different fabrics and lets the inspiration take her from there.
Christian's designs show the history of her growth as a designer—from her very first collection, full of muted green and white dresses; to the later vibrant, Frida Kahlo- inspired clothing, bold and floral; to her most recent work, an interpretation of what Kahlo might have worn today. It is refined, more adult than earlier pieces, while still having that colorful, statement quality that distinguishes her design aesthetic.
Her ready-to-wear fashion label, SuShe by J. Tracey, is for women who want to stand out in a crowd.
The brand's name references her middle name (Tracey) and her first experience with sushi. "It was beautiful and different to me, but I assumed I was not going to like it because it was not my food 'style,'" she says of sushi. "Once I tried it, I fell in love with it, and it's one of my favorite foods."
Her mission for SuShe by J. Tracey is to create high-quality statement pieces that are affordable and that every woman will feel beautiful wearing.
"I would love for women with different styles and body types to have at least one statement piece of mine," Christian says. "Whether they have more of a gothic style, or more of a preppy look, or a glam look. There's a little bit of something for everyone, even if it's not their everyday wardrobe."
Christian currently resides in New York City while working full-time as a college academic adviser at the Borough of Manhattan Community College. She spends the rest of her time designing new collections and creating custom orders. Her long-term goal is to design full time and eventually have her own store.
Gurnon has no doubt she'll be able to achieve these goals.
"To make the move to New York from Omaha with a dream of fashion design is unheard of," he says. "But she has a lot of support from her family and friends in Omaha. She works hard and it shows, her heart is in fashion."
"I want to be remembered for being a very versatile designer and knowing that fashion can be affordable and that it can be enjoyed by everybody," Christian says. "I know some people want to be known as the all-natural designer, the cruelty-free designer, the plus- size designer, and the vintage designer. I do a little bit of everything."
Visit sushebyjtracey.com for more information.
This article was printed in the November/December 2018 edition of Omaha Magazine. To receive the magazine, click here to subscribe.
Posted in: Fashion, Omaha Magazine, People
Topics: Carrielle Sedersten, design, fashion, fashion design, Juantiesha Christian, Manhattan Community College, Nate Gurnon, New York, Northwest Missouri State University, Omaha, Omaha Fashion Week, Omaha Magazine, ready to wear, SuShe by J Tracey
Fashion Nomad
August 19, 2018 by Tara Spencer
In the fashion world, often known for inflated egos and shameless self-promotion, it's easy to forget that not everyone is in it for money and fame.
Up-and-coming local fashion designer Paige Modlin isn't buying into those ideals. And, like her clothing, it's downright refreshing.
In person, her demeanor is quiet. She is hesitant when speaking about herself and her sentences occasionally trail off. One look at her social media tells a different story, though. When modeling her own clothing or just hanging out with friends, her confidence in herself and her personal style is clear.
Her style, by the way, is very street. She says she likes to focus on shape and silhouette, though color clearly plays a key role in her designs. But most importantly, she likes to make clothes that people feel comfortable in, no matter their gender. "I definitely design clothes for men and women, but that either gender could wear."
She adds that her personal style is "sort of all over the place." One day, she might be feeling the sporty look, the next she may want to do super preppy. Or maybe she's just feeling a certain color.
"I was trying to wear all pink today, but I didn't really have the jacket for it."
Modlin says she got interested in fashion as a sophomore at Westside High School, from which she graduated last year. She says it's "crazy how good the program is" there.
She says she was already interested in clothing and shopping, so she decided she "might as well try" making her own.
Her mother, Pam Modlin, says Paige is the artsy one out of her five children. She was the one who liked to draw or wanted to play the flute. However, "It wasn't until high school when she started sewing that she really blossomed on the art scene."
"I've always known I wanted to be an artist, but ever since I started making clothes, I was over painting," says the 19-year-old Modlin.
She says she finds inspiration everywhere. For her clothing designs, she especially enjoys searching thrift shops, which she visits at least once a day. And of course, "definitely the internet," specifically Instagram, where she tends to follow others interested in vintage clothing. At first it may be difficult to see where that vintage inspiration is represented in her designs, but she says it's usually in the color palette. "I like the bright, retro jumpsuits."
Modlin says one of her favorite creators is Belgian fashion designer Raf Simons, which makes sense once you've peeped his classic yet contemporary designs. While they both emphasize the structure of a piece, Modlin's clothing is definitely more colorful. That bit of inspiration stems from her affection for Japanese streetwear and designer Takashi Murakami.
Her love of fashion also drives her to travel. She recently visited her father in Mexico, and before that she travelled to Europe to "self-study" fashion. She was in France and Italy during fashion week, though she didn't get to attend the actual shows. But she says she found the street art very inspiring, although she did think the lack of color was odd.
"All the young kids were wearing black or neutral colors, and I was wearing these bright colors. I stood out so much," she says. "I have this picture [taken] in Rome of me wearing one of the shirts I made and everyone in the background is wearing a black coat…like I'm some crazy girl." She adds that the people in Amsterdam were more relatable and "way nicer."
Next up on her travel list is Japan. "Streetwear is very big in Japan, and that's where a lot of my inspo comes from."
When it comes to the future, Modlin says she will continue to study fashion, and she plans on taking classes at Metropolitan Community College. "They have a lot of fun classes there," she says. Besides fashion design, she also really enjoys photography. Graphic design is another medium she would like to get into more. Plus, she adds, it would be a good skill to have to fall back on. Not that she plans on falling.
"I want to be able to make my own brand and sell it, and graphic design would definitely fit in with that." But for now, where she'll end up is a mystery. "I don't know," she says. "I never know!"
This article was printed in the July/August 2018 edition of Encounter.
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Posted in: Encounter, Fashion, Stylists
Topics: fashion, fashion design, Instagram, Omaha, Omaha Magazine, Paige Modlin, style, Tara Spencer


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A missing husband, a murdered chemist and an Egyptian curse. Can the legendary detective Sherlock Holmes unravel the Case of the Vanishing Man?
Opening with a swirl of London fog, the victim of the title is pursued by a mysterious assailant through the back alleys of London, where the swirling white transforms into laundry hung to dry. Before his fate is revealed, we drift to the familiar environs of 221B Baker Street, were a bored and drug-addled Sherlock is producing great clouds of pipe smoke. Writers Leah more and John Reppion work with artist Julius Ohta to create a compelling sense of place, setting in motion a classic detective story which does what great detective fiction should do – makes the reader believe that they might be able to solve this riddle, if only they can spot the hidden clues.
You might find yourself pouring over dialogue, checking the details in the background, searching for anything that might make you feel as smart as the consulting detective.
Sherlock Holmes: The Case of the Vanishing Man hints at the supernatural, but retains a sense of bloody realism and brings the more unpleasant aspects of the character and his world to the forefront. This is no marketable Cumberbatch – Holmes is a drug addict, careless with the lives of others, driven only by a desire to escape boredom.
The inclusion of uncoloured pages highlights how Ellie Wright's colours add depth to this world. Some backgrounds aren't so much coloured as textured, and there are subtle shifts in the colour scheme between scenes which adds to the sense of place.
What starts as an interesting case slowly becomes more complex, as strange events hint at a darker riddle, and motives are revealed.
We'd recommend picking up Sherlock Holmes: The Case of the Vanishing Man. See if you can solve this mystery before the turn of the final page.
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Roosevelt County holding appreciation day
Cannon Connections: Alisa Boswell Roosevelt Chamber of Commerce Director Karl Terry, left, and Promotions Director Sandy Van Der Veen go through boxes of door prizes Monday afternoon for the Cannon Appreciation Day, which is happening Saturday in the 801 military housing in Portales.
By Alisa Boswell
The Roosevelt County Chamber of Commerce is holding a Cannon Appreciation Day on Saturday for local military personnel. The event will include live music, food and door prizes along with bounce houses and face painting for children
"It's very much a family event," Chamber Director Karl Terry said. "The purpose is to show them that we appreciate them being in Portales and we appreciate their service."
Terry said the event is not just open to military members living in Portales but to all military members at Cannon.
He said although Portales and Roosevelt County have held events before to show Cannon Air Force Base support, this is the first appreciation day the town has held for the base.
"I really feel good about our involvement with Cannon now and we need to be involved in a good way and this event is a good way," Terry said. "We hope to have Military Affairs more involved next year."
Terry said the Military Affairs Committee was restarted the beginning of September and other projects and events for military personnel will be done through the committee throughout the year.
He said the chamber plans to make the appreciation day an annual event.
"We have people asking us about it and they are excited about the event," said Paul Hopkins, manager of the base Community Center. "We are on board, but Portales is handling the whole thing."
Hopkins said he and other base officials anticipate a good turnout at the event and a lot of fun for Cannon families.
"Portales has always been a strong supporter of Cannon Air Force Base and it was just really nice to have them show their appreciation in another way," Hopkins said. "And it will be really nice for families to be able to come together and have a good time with other families and with each other."
Terry said Portales businesses have donated the door prizes for the event, which include household items, knick-knacks, coupons and toys.
"Everything we've heard from Special Operations is that more than anything, they want their families taken care of," Terry said. "So we want to step up and show them we care about their families by hosting this event. Hopefully, we can continue to do more events that show this."
Terry said the event will include musical entertainment by local residents Andy Mason and Don Thomas and Eastern New Mexico University will be bringing its mascots, Vic and Tory.
"We've got more military families living here in Portales than ever before," Terry said. "We're very proud a lot of them are picking Portales."
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Filthy Live Review - 'Rise Above 25th Anniversary Shows' @ The Garage, Islington, UK (December 27th/28th, 2013)
Words and Pictures by Wayne Simmons
One weekend in late December, Rise Above Records, fine purveyors of eclectic metal and rock, celebrated their 25th year in business with an Anniversary party. Several hundred rock fans gathered for a kickass line-up featuring some of the world's best doom and occult rock bands. And thanks to our good friends at Megabus and the London underground, yours truly was there to experience it.
The Garage was our venue; a sizeable rock club in Islington, London. Overpriced drinks in hand, Ms Wayne and I found ourselves a perch and got ready for some killer grooves.
Being the new baby of Cathedral's Garry Jennings, I was expecting a lot of doom and gloom from opening band, Death Penalty. What I got was a raunchy mix of early Motley Crue and Dio. Belgian lead vocalist, Michelle Nocon, strutted on stage like a modern-day Lita Ford, pouting and slapping her hip to the beat of Frederik Cosemans and Raf Meukens' driving rhythm section. Her vocals were good, the tunes tight. But this isn't a band at its best just yet. Everything needs time to gel, especially that all-important live chemistry.
Watching second band, The Oath, set up, I knew occult rock was afoot: the look of this lot; their whole vibe; had a late 70s/ early 80s feel, and yet the band themselves looked to be in their twenties. For a band so early into their career, then, The Oath put on a sterling live show, delivering some great tunes. Linnéa Olsson's riffs were solid, Johanna Sadonis' vocals pitch-perfect. Sure, it's what you might expect given their look; Sabbath meets Doro meets NWOBH; but it all felt incredibly polished and I, for one, will be lining up when their debut album drops later this year.
With a name like Admiral Sir Cloudesley Shovell, you know you're in for trouble. Sure enough, these likely lads from Hastings blew the doors off Friday night. It was all very Tap meets That 70s Show, their sound and vibe not unlike fellow Brits, Gentleman's Pistols. And while I wouldn't say this is my cup of tea on record, Sir Cloudesley were certainly a barrel of laughs to experience live, and tight as fuck to boot.
Eight thirty. Time, then, for a load of bearded blokes in 70s gear to flood the stage. Turned out it was Horisont, our fourth band of the evening. Alas, their Zepplin-esque grooves just weren't rubbing my lamp at all. Nothing wrong with them, per se, and definitely plenty of people in the room feeling it. But I wasn't.
Thank God, then, for Uncle Acid and the Deadbeats, tonight masquerading as The Sharon Tate Experience. Now, this was my first time hearing Uncle A and yet they had me from the first chord. Then came those two-part harmonies and I was right over to the merch stand for everything of theirs I could find. Think Ghost B.C. meets Selim Lemouchi & His Enemies, or indeed, The Devil's Blood, and you're on the right track. Strong melodies and heavy guitar made this set immediately engaging and Uncle Acid the perfect way to close our first day partying with Rise Above.
Sadly, we arrived at the venue too late to see Age of Taurus, so, for Saturday, Troubled Horse were our kick-off point and probably the biggest surprise of the day. Now, these days, I'm not really a fan of garage rock, but these kooky swedes certainly brought something new to the table. Their sound was modern indie fused with occult rock tendencies (think The Strokes meets Pentagram) and it really hit the mark for me. I was right over to the merch stand again, walking away with a CD and tee on the strength of this performance alone, so definitely a high recommend.
Despite an iffy start, struggling with sound-levels, third band Purson soon found their mojo to deliver one of the best performances of the whole weekend. It's a peculiar vibe they've got going, reminding me of 90s throwback bands such as Jellyfish and Red Kross as well as contemporary mainstreamers like Florence and The Machine, and yet somehow they manage to be one of the brightest new stars on the occult rock circuit right now. Rosalie Cunningham's vocals were to die for, not to mention that storming lead guitar concluding the set. This was a great set from a band that should be huge this time next year, if there's any justice in the world.
Iron Man were up next, their old-school stomp rock proving a little dated for my own personal tastes. But you couldn't argue with the performance; before a sizeable moshpit of diehards, these guys gave their all and some.
Save the best for last, they say, and Blood Ceremony certainly delivered a performance worthy of their headlining status. For the uninitiated, this is THE occult rock band of the moment; a frothy mead of Sabbath, Uriah Heap and just about every 70s horror film you've seen. I've followed their career pretty closely since catching them back in 2006 or so when they toured with Electric Wizard and both their songs and live presence have come on in leaps and bounds. Alia O'Brien is the star of the show, her vocals and keys and flute and general witchiness the central focus throughout the entire set. Being the UK debut for new album, The Eldritch Dark, made this performance even more special and Blood Ceremony a fitting way to close Saturday night.
I'm a huge fan of London's Desertfest and this felt like a prelude to that, if you like. Kudos to the Rise Above crew for putting on such a great show at a reasonable price with some wonderful acts in attendance. In five years, they'll be celebrating thirty years in the business and I hope to be with them again for that party.
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On April 26 th 2006, Flemish Sign Language (VGT) was recognized by the Flemish Parliament. The recognition of this minority language in Flanders can only be meaningful if the language is also 'recognized' and respected by the hearing society.
That is why the Flemish minister of Culture granted Fevlado (the Flemish Deaf Association) a subsidy for developing an awareness campaign about Flemish Sign Language. The campaign consists of three elements: a new website, a flyer action and a television spot.
From September 22 nd till September 29 th, the television spot will be broadcasted on the Flemish public television. You can view the television spot here: http://www.vlaamsegebarentaal.be/?q=node/44.
During the same week, Deaf and hearing people will hand out flyers in all the main train stations in Flanders. The television spot and the flyers will guide people to the new website,www.vlaamsegebarentaal.be, where they can find all relevant information about Flemish Sign Language.
The campaign aims to make people aware of Sign Language People in Flanders, and Flemish Sign Language as a fully-fledged language.
in collaboration with the Flemish Deaf Assocation (http://www.fevlado.be).
The EUD/SINOSZ International Conference December is only some months away and will be an other important step on the road to an equal world where people with disabilities will be recognized as equal members of society that have the opportunity to contribute to the development of the community.
The EUD/SINOSZ International Conference will be held in Budapest, Hungary on 7th December 2007.
The Conference main focus will be on the public awareness and knowledge of the UN Convention and its Optional Protocol, which is one of the key elements and which is necessary for every advocate, every person with a disability, every policy maker, institution or international organization.
Since the opening for signatures on 30 March 2007, the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities has quickly gathered support from Member States. The 101 signatories to the treaty so far include 56 countries that have also signed the Optional Protocol. The Convention will enter into force 30 days after the 20th country ratifies the treaty, but so far only Jamaica and Hungaryhave taken the step of ratification.
The UN Secretariat for the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities estimates that the next 18 ratifications could be reached by as early as the end of this year.
It is time now for us, EUD members, to work towards the implementation of the Convention in countries around the world, with a special focus on the EUD countries.
It just takes a minute, so register now! To register, please contact Dalma Földes viahttp://www.sinosz.hu/ftp/dokumentumok/_jubileum/regform_english.doc.
The International Conference is a unique and important opportunity for all members to share ideas, to strengthen and to build the cohesion among members through personal meetings, social activities, common thinking and planning in all areas.
I am sure that your experiences and knowledge would largely contribute to the success of the EUD conference.
Looking forward to seeing many of you in Budapest.
We are working together for an equal tomorrow, today!
On the 20th of September 1997, Gestual Portuguesa (Portuguese Sign Language) was protected by the Portuguese Government in the Constitutional Law. The Federação Portuguesa das Associações de Surdos (FPAS) (Portuguese Federation of Associations of the Deaf) decided that important date, should be celebrated. Therefore FPAS hosted an International Conference under the theme "The Sign Language and Education" at Oporto on 22nd September, 2007.
Yannis YALLOUROS, EUD Board Member attended the Conference and gave a presentation about EUD and also compared the formal legislation of Sign Languages around Europe. His presentation was well received and also helped to increase awareness of the activities of their Deaf European neighbours. Yannis also had a meeting with Arlindo Ilídio OLIVEIRA, President of FPAS to increase co-operation between the two organisations.
EUD would like to take this opportunity to thank FPAS for their kind invitation to make it possible for Yannis YALLOUROS to speak at their very important conference to celebrate 10th anniversary of the formal recognition of their Sign Language.
On Friday 7th September, Helga STEVENS announced that she wishes to renounce her position as EUD President.
The reason for her decision is that she was nominated and sworn in as Community Senator into the Belgian Senate on 5 July 2007. This means that she now have a double political mandate: as Member of the Flemish Parliament and as Senator. In addition she was elected into the Ghent City Council and this local mandate is effective as of 2 January 2007.
This increased political workload will not allow her to continue to combine her political duties with the duties of the EUD President.
Helga will attend EUD Board Meeting on 27 th October at Copenhagen, Denmark to ensure that the handover goes smoothly.
The Board members of EUD wishes all the very best of luck to Helga as she will be sorely missed.
The conference, jointly organised by the Council of Europe Directorate General for Social Cohesion and the Ministry of Family, Veterans' Affairs and Intergenerational Solidarity of the Republic of Croatia, was attended by over 150 governmental and non-governmental experts on disability issues including Mark WHEATLEY representing European Union of the Deaf.
"The objective of the Action Plan is a shift from patient to citizen in our approach to people with disabilities. It has the potential to improve the quality of life of many disabled people in Europe" said Maud DE BOER-BUQUICCHIO, Deputy Secretary General of the Council of Europe.
"It is the right moment for all of us to move from policy to practice in order to improve the inclusion and active participation of people with disabilities in society, and to ensure equal opportunities and non-discrimination," she added.
The European High Level Conference on the Council of Europe Disability Action Plan 2006-2015: National Implementation – from Policy to Practice is a step forward at a time when a great number of European countries are signing the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Member states will use this opportunity to exchange good practice and ideas in order to advance in the national reform processes.
Panel sessions of the conference covered topics such as implementation of the Action Plan into national strategies and national legislation, also focusing on forms of development of regional and international co-operation as well as the interaction of NGOs with state institutions and local governments.
The conference highlighted examples of good practices of social protection for people with disabilities in the Council of Europe' participating member states.
The conference adopted a Declaration including practical recommendations.
Mark WHEATLEY took part at the discussion and creation of the final proposal of the Zagreb Declaration text and also gave a presentation about EUD in front of 150 governmental and non-governmental experts on disability issues as well as Ms Jadranka KOSOR, Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Croatia in attendance.
The General Assembly was jointly organised by European Union of the Deaf Youth and Swiss Deaf Youth (SDY) organisations. They have invited Mark WHEATLEY to chair the General Assembly and also to give a presentation about EUD.
The GA was attended by representatives of European Deaf Youth Organisations totalling 23 countries as well as EUDY Board (Seán HERLIHY, Minna KATAINEN, Kilian KNOERZER, Jaroslav CEHLARIK and Johanna KARMGAARD).
Mark WHEATLEY gave a presentation about EUD and also emphasised the importance of working relationship between EUD and EUDY. For example; EUDY Board should attend EUD General Assemblies to give presentation to increase awareness of their activities to representatives of European NADs. The same goes with representatives of EUD attending EUDY General Assemblies to share vital information which will benefit both organisations. Mark also pointed out that that co-operation is vital to the success EUDY's activities in the future.
Mark WHEATLEY chaired the General Assembly which was perceived as a success. Delegates have voted to approve to give the EUDY Board authority to amend and implement the new statutes following their suggestions. Seán HERLIHY, Minna KATAINEN completed their term and resigned from the Board. Jenny NILSSON ( Sweden) replaced Johanna KARMGAARD as a member of EUDY Board which is responsible for organising the next EUDY Camp at Serbia in 2008. Raffaele CAGNAZZO ( Italy) was elected as a member of EUDY Board. Jaroslav CEHLARIK was unanimously elected as EUDY President as he was the sole nomination for the post. The delegates also voted to choose Simon BAK's design of the new EUDY logo. FINLAND won the election despite strong competition from Italy and Germany to host the first ever EUDY Junior Camp in 2009 through excellent presentation by Outi TOURA and Jussi RINTA-HOISKA.
EUD and Mark WHEATLEY would like to thank EUDY Board, SDY and NAD Switzerland for their hospitality and also a valuable opportunity to demonstrate co-operation between two organisations.
1 232 771 signatures collected in only 9 months by the European disability movement in favour of a disability Directive were handed over in Brussels to the European Commission Vice-President.
'I am not proud or able to say that Europe and its institutions have made everything possible. We have not! We have failed and we a have a lot more work to do" said today Margaret WALLSTRÖM, Vice-President of the European Commission. "You are such an important pressure on us that continues to remind us about the work that we still have to do and you are an important collaborator for the European Commission to prepare legislative proposal. I know that work is going on for a legislative proposal, hopefully for next year. We promised to deliver and we will deliver also on these promises".
These were the words that Margaret WALLSTRÖM addressed to the two thousand representatives of disabled people, which had travelled to Brussels from 30 different European countries. "I understand your disappointment", said WALLSTRÖM, when the participants expressed their resentment regarding President BARROSO's last minute decision not to attend the event.
"We need the Commission to fulfil the promises that were made back in 2004. We need now your answer. Not only for the persons present here, but also for those in all capitals, in all cities, in all villages. We firmly believe that Europe has to be a place of equal opportunities for all. If Europe fails, it will be even more away from its citizens", said Yannis VARDAKASTANIS, President of the European Disability Forum. "We cannot tolerate ignorance; we cannot tolerate any delays on the part of the European institutions. There is no excuse. Everybody knows".
Hans-Gert PÖTTERING, President of the European Parliament and one of the key supporters of the campaign renewed the Parliament's full support for a European specific Directive: "the European Union is based on the principles of respect and human dignity. Let us work together to achieve this goal. I am glad that you succeeded in collecting the million signatures: this is a sign of hope for Europe".
Idalia MONIZ, on behalf or the Portuguese Presidency of the European Union: " Portugal is ready as Presidency and as Member State to work on the Commission's proposal aiming to strengthening equality legislation and in particular, through the adoption of a comprehensive and efficient European disability legislation".
Several authorities representing the various decision-levels in Belgium were also there to support the European Disability's Forum campaign, including Gisèle MANDAILA, Federal Secretary of State for People with Disabilities, Steven VANACKERE, Flemish Minister of Welfare, Public Health and Family, Belgium and Evelyne HUYTEBROECK, Ministry of the Brussels-Capital Region.
A symbolic cheque representing the 1 232 771 signatures was handed over to the Vice-President of the European Commission. The boxes containing the signatures will be certified and sent to Mr Barroso's office in the next days.
The Frontrunners III group has launched their new website.
The SignOn! project is coming to an end. In 3 years, a European consortium from 7 countries has dveloped the SignOn! website, where sign language users can learn English. On-line, with translations of 10 English texts, in 7 different sign languages and in International Sign.
On the website you will also find grammar explanations in sign language, interactive exercises, and an interactive dictionary with the translation of English words, into 7 European Sign Languages (AT, ES, FI, IS, NL, NO, and UK).
SignOn! was developed to help sign language users learn English. But yes, if you know some English already, you can also use SignOn! to learn a foreign Sign Language, or International Sign.
Source: Press release by SignOn!
The fifth edition of the bi-annual European Anti-Discrimination Law Review is now available on the Migration Policy Group website.
Prepared by the European Network of Legal Experts in the non-discrimination field and managed by Human European Consultancy and MPG at the request of the European Commission.


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NINE brave Scots are hoping to complete a daring swim between two of Scotland's most remote islands this summer.
It's claimed that this will be the first time that anyone has swum the 65 miles between the Outer Hebridean islands of Harris and St Kilda.
The swim relay team will face numerous challenges when they attempt the North Atlantic crossing on June 28.
The sea in the far north-west of Scotland is notoriously rough and often subject to treacherous weather.
In fact, finding a long enough window of opportunity is team leader Colin Macleod's biggest concern.
Colin, of Stornoway, on the island of Lewis, said: "We need at least a few days of favourable conditions to even think about getting in the sea.
Colin knows only too well how the weather can hamper a long open-water swim.
In 2012, an attempt to swim the 30-mile Little Minch strait, which separates the Highlands and the Inner Hebrides, failed due to bad weather.
The following year, thanks to unusually good conditions, Colin and a relay team successfully swam the 55-mile Big Minch, from Ullapool, on the mainland, to Stornoway.
The St Kilda Swim 2014 will be his biggest swimming challenge yet.
The epic swim will also raise funds for three charities, The Leanne Fund, The Fisherman's Mission and Yorkhill Children's Charity.
The team of three women and six men hope to leave from Horgabost, south-west Harris, on June 28. They will swim in a non-stop relay of 45 minutes each for around 60 hours.
The swimmers will be supported by a motorised cabin cruiser, the Kyle Bhan, which has sleeping quarters, and three kayakers.
Colin said: "Navigation will be tricky and we need the help of the boat and skipper to lead us the right way.
The kayakers will also be on hand just in case any of the swimmers get into difficulty.
During the Big Minch swim, one female swimmer was suddenly confronted with Orca whales. Other dangers include stinging jellyfish.
The nine swimmers, aged between 29 and 58, live as far afield as the Western Isles, Ross-shire and Lanarkshire.
They are currently training hard, swimming hundreds of lengths each week at their local pools.
In the months to come, they will put on wetsuits and train in lochs and at the coast.
John Dyer, 59, a retired firefighter and the eldest in the team. He said: "Unlike some people, I really enjoy swimming in Scotland's waters.
Sandra Morrison is a newcomer to open-water swimming.
The team have asked the permission of the National Trust for Scotland, which looks after the island, to stay overnight at their remote destination.
Colin said: "As well as the satisfaction of knowing that we could be the first to swim this difficult crossing, we will also be able to enjoy staying on St Kilda.
The team are still looking for financial support to pull off the challenge, as well as charity donations.


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EXTDESCR=Descripcion de mi modulo va aqui

I am using Joomla!1.5 to develop modules because I think that newer versions of Joomla are compatible with older modules. Anyway, the question is: How can I set the values of name and description in mod_module.xml to the strings found in the corresponding language file ?

A: Joomla 1.5's component installation manifest definition includes a section for administrator interface language files:
...
<administration>
    <languages folder="administrator/language/">
        <language tag="en-GB">en-GB/en-GB.com_my.ini</language>
        <language tag="es-ES">es-ES/es-ES.com_my.ini</language>
    </languages>
</administration>
...

However, this specification does not work for modules in that version.
The Document type definition used by J1.5's manifest files is no longer served.
Thant's why I am not sure whether the failure to copy the language files to the admin section's folder is a bug or is done by design. Their removal during the uninstallation process indicated that it is indeed a bug.
Joomla! v1.5 module installation is performed by libraries/joomla/installer/adapters/module/php.
This file is not accessing this node during the installation, but is deleting it during uninstall it deletes it:
$this->parent->removeFiles($root->getElementByPath('administration/languages'), 1);

What can you do?
Legacy packages support in 2.5 and 3.x requires compromises. I would personally advise against it, as it cripples your design.
Therefoe, you can either write a Joomla! 2.5+ module, or you can try to hack your way around this, which would not be pretty. Modules don't event have installation scripts, so you cannot even copy the language files during the module installation process.
The first thing that comes to mind is copying the language files to the administrator folder the first time the controller is invoked.
All this should, hopefully, convince you (and anyone reading this post) to switch to the current Joomla! version.

A: Try this,
In your xml file
<languages>
    <language tag="en-US">languages/en-US.mod_modulo.ini</language>
    <language tag="es-ES">languages/es-ES.mod_modulo.ini</language>
</languages>

in your mod_modulo.ini file
EXTNAME="Mi modulo"
EXTDESCR="Descripcion de mi modulo va aqui"

in your default.php file have.
echo "Name :".JText::_('EXTNAME');
echo "Description:".JText::_('EXTDESCR');

Hope its help you..