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Joaquin Phoenix on 'Joker' Violence Controversy: "It Was an Awkward Position to Be In"
Joaquin Phoenix has once again responded to criticism that Joker could inspire real-life violence and explained why he was so hesitant to address the controversy in the press.
Speaking to the L.A. Times, the actor explained that he was conflicted about even commenting on the potential for copycat killers — which many took as him avoiding the topic.
"It was an awkward position to be in because I thought, 'Well, I can't address this because this is the thing that is potentially part of the problem — that's precisely what you shouldn't do,'" he said, voicing his concerns about lending credence to anyone who would emulate his character's actions in the film.
At one point during Joker's initial press junket, Phoenix even walked out of an interview when asked about the potential to incite real-life violence.
"So it suddenly seemed like I was being evasive and trying to avoid this topic because it made me uncomfortable," he told the Times. "But really I was thinking, 'This is the very thing that would excite this kind of personality.'"
Amongst those who argued that the film could incite violence were families of the victims of the Aurora, CO, movie theatre that was the site of a mass shooting during a 2012 screening of The Dark Knight Rises. The cinema did not host screenings of Joker.
One theatre in California pulled screenings as well, after police received a "credible threat."
Prior to the film's release, the U.S. military issued a memo about incel violence, warning the army to prepare for possible incidents at screenings of Joker.
Despite all the controversy, the Todd Phillips-directed Joker was recently declared the most profitable comic book movie of all time, raking in more than $1 billion USD when it only cost $62.5 million to make.
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R.I.P. Monty Python Co-Founder, Actor and Director Terry Jones
Terry Jones — the Welsh-born actor, writer and director best known for his work with Monty Python — has passed away at the age of 77. He...


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Webinar : How to Manage Construction Delay & Change Risks In India
Industry experts Mr. Rohit Singhal (CEO, Masin), Mr. Amba Prasad (VP & Head of Legal, L&T Construction), Mr. Ajay Kharbanda (CLO – North & West Sector, GMR Airport Limited), Mr. Venkata Raman (VP Contracts & Legal, Tata Projects Ltd.), Mr. Sudip Mullick (Partner, Khaitan & Co.), Mr. Ajay Bhargava (Partner, Khaitan & Co.) shared their insights on the various aspects of the construction delay and innumerable risks attached to it.
Webinar : Lifecycle of a Construction Arbitration – Current Trends and Problem Areas
Masin organized the webinar with insight from our CEO, Mr. Rohit Singhal, Mr. Alastair Henderson, Managing Partner and Head of International Arbitration, Herbet Smith Freehills and Mr. Shourav Lahiri, Barrister, Atkin Chambers on Construction Arbitration and the various factors affecting it. You may view the recorded webinar by visiting the below link:
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Dear Santa: I'd like some more natural light for my front rooms, so I can turn off my flash. Thank you.
Most weekday mornings, after the last child is safely aboard the cheese box to school, I carry the second of my three daily steins of coffee to the computer for some quiet time.
Dewi secures - in his mouth - by scaling the living room sofa, coffee and/or end tables - the gift his human siblings left for him the night before. These gifts vary from pencils, pens and crayons to headbands, tinker toys and decks of Uno cards. Today it was a pair of Youngest Child's slippers.
Once the gift (or gifts - if they're lucky) is secured, the wild game of keep-away/bitey-face begins.
I promise I'll let you win this time. Just move a little closer.
Sucka! I eat your face off!
I grudgingly part with my chair and collect the contraband (aka poop on the party).
I'm finished speaking to you.
The dogs - usually physically exerted by now - assume their positions on the floor next to my chair and quickly drift off to doggie dreamland.
Until they hear a strange noise outside.
yep. we are creatures of habit.
our people are too for the most part, so that helps us out.
pretty good fun you two have together!
Thank you for giving me another daily smile and snort (my version of chuckle).
What fun! We have a busy morning too, but it takes a walk to get us to nap time! No children at our house to start the day! Darn it!


We are thrilled to announce that one of our trade show exhibits has won "Best of Show – Exhibits 200 sq. ft and Under" at the American Association for Respiratory Care's (AARC) 2017 International Respiratory Congress. Our client, Aerogen, is the world's leading manufacturer and distributor of higher-performance aerosol drug delivery technologies.
The "Best of Show" exhibit consisted of a 10' x 20' island that featured five interactive activities designed to attract Congress attendees while encouraging them to share their experiences with Aerogen products. The bold graphics and creative textures stimulated engagement between visitors and booth staff.


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Bruce Springsteen's Letter To You film, featuring the E Street Band, coming to Apple TV+
This "Letter" will be written on the screen.
"Bruce Springsteen's Letter To You," the filmed accompaniment to the new Springsteen album, "Letter To You," will be released Oct. 23, the same day the album is released, on Apple TV+.
The verité documentary film, shot by Thom Zimny at Springsteen's Colts Neck home recording studio, will feature a "behind the scenes" look at Springsteen's creative process and "full performances" from the E Street Band.
" 'Bruce Springsteen's Letter to You' captures Springsteen recording 'Letter To You' live with the full E Street Band, and includes final take performances of ten originals from the new record," according to an Apple news release.
The album "Letter to You" was recorded with the band in five days with no overdubs, "completely live" at Springsteen's home studio.
"I love the emotional nature of 'Letter To You,' " said Springsteen previously in a statement. "And I love the sound of the E Street Band playing completely live in the studio, in a way we've never done before, and with no overdubs. We made the album in only five days, and it turned out to be one of the greatest recording experiences I've ever had."
The album includes nine recently written Springsteen songs, as well as new recordings of three previously unreleased songs from the '70s: "Janey Needs a Shooter," "If I Was the Priest" and "Song for Orphans."
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The new movie is produced Jon Landau and Zimny, co-produced by Barbara Carr and executive produced by Springsteen.
Here's the news release from Apple:
Apple Original Films to Premiere "Bruce Springsteen's Letter to You" Documentary, Friday, October 23 on Apple TV+
Bruce Springsteen's New Studio Album with The E Street Band, "Letter To You," Arrives The Same Day
Bruce Springsteen fans around the world will get a behind-the-scenes look at the iconic artist's creative process in the documentary feature film, "Bruce Springsteen's Letter to You," from Apple Original Films, premiering exclusively on Apple TV+, Friday, October 23. The feature-length verité documentary arrives the same day as Springsteen's new album "Letter To You," and features full performances from The E Street Band, in-studio footage, never-before-seen archival material and a deeper look into "Letter To You" from Springsteen himself.
"Bruce Springsteen's Letter to You" captures Springsteen recording "Letter To You" live with the full E Street Band, and includes final take performances of ten originals from the new record. Written by Springsteen and directed by his frequent collaborator Thom Zimny ("Western Stars," "The Gift: The Journey of Johnny Cash," "Springsteen on Broadway"), the film is a tribute to the E Street Band, to rock music itself and to the role it has played in Springsteen's life.
"Letter To You" is Springsteen's first studio album recorded live and together with the E Street Band since 1984's "Born In The U.S.A." Both the album and companion documentary include recently-written Springsteen songs side-by-side with legendary but previously unreleased compositions from the 1970s. Throughout the documentary, Springsteen shares his thoughts and feelings behind "Letter To You" and puts the new music into the context of his entire body of work. In that way, it's the next piece in the autobiographical series that began with the memoir Born to Run, continued with "Springsteen on Broadway" and advanced through his film "Western Stars."
Apple Original Films' "Bruce Springsteen's Letter to You" is produced by Jon Landau and Zimny and co-produced by Barbara Carr, with Springsteen serving as executive producer. Fans can pre-add "Letter To You" on Apple Music HERE and receive a notification when the album is released.
Apple TV+ is available on the Apple TV app on iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, iPod touch, Mac, select Samsung and LG smart TVs, Amazon Fire TV and Roku devices, as well as at tv.apple.com, for $4.99 per month with a seven-day free trial. The Apple TV app will be available on Sony and VIZIO smart TVs later this year. For a limited time, customers who purchase a new iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, Mac or iPod touch can enjoy one year of Apple TV+ for free. This special offer is good for three months after the first activation of the eligible device.
Chris Jordan, a Jersey Shore native, covers entertainment and features for the USA Today Network New Jersey. Contact him at @chrisfhjordan; cjordan@app.com.


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The bulk of James Otis Hoyt's papers date from the 1860s, when he was a student at Harvard College and Harvard Law School. Of his correspondence, most are letters of a personal nature, including a number of love letters from a woman named Sara W. There are also a number of his writings, including a dissertation written in his junior year at Harvard entitled "On Carey's View of Trade as the Instrument of Commerce" and a later work entitled "Concerning the Liability of Partners as to Third Partners." There are also financial documents (mostly bills), and teaching materials from his time as a teacher at St. Mark's School and at Harvard.
Box 1 Folder 1 General, 1860s-1890s
Box 1 Folder 2 Exeter and Harvard, 1860s
Box 1 Folder 3 Financial, 1860s
Box 1 Folder 4 Letters from Sara, 1864-1864 April
Box 1 Folder 5 Letters from Sara, 1864 May-1867 undated, 1864, undated
Box 1 Folder 6 Teaching Materials, circa, 1860s
Box 1 Folder 7 Undated
Box 1 Folder 8 "Carey's View of Trade as the Instrument of Commerce,", 1865
Box 1 Folder 9 "Concerning the Liability of Partners as to Third Persons,", undated
Box 1 Folder 10 School Compositions, 1850s
Box 2 Folder 7 to 8 Circa, 1860s, (2 Folders)


To borrow Dobzhansky's famous line, nothing in fisheries makes sense except in light of menhaden. So where did all the menhaden go?
In 1880, George Brown Goode released his monumental work, "A History of the Menhaden." This was the first, and still one of the the most comprehensive, studies of a fishery to date. Goode's work laid the foundation for fisheries ecology, and the breadth of his study remains unmatched. Goode went out with fisherman to observe catches, took detailed measurements of menhaden landings over nearly a decade, interviewed fishermen, consumers, coastal residents, even lighthouse keepers to find out where menhaden schools were and how they were changing. In 1879, after the publication of his original book, but before significant revisions were made for the 1880 edition, the menhaden schools had vanished north of Cape Cod and catches throughout the east coast were plummeting. G. Brown Goode had begun his menhaden study at the beginning of the fisheries failure.
Before the advent of industrial fishing, when most ships were powered by oar or sail and nets were hauled by hand, before the idea that fisheries could even be managed, before anyone knew that the sea had limits and for the first time recorded in history, the greatest fishery in the world was on the verge of collapse.
You could be forgiven if you've never heard of a Menhaden. Menhaden go by many names: mossbunker, bug fish, fat-back, whitefish, porgy, old-wife, chebog, greentail. In order to study a fishery as broad as menhaden, Goode determined the common names used in every region menhaden were fished. It may seem like a minor point, but how could you even hope to study a fishery if you don't know what the fisherman call their catch?
Goode provided the definitive biological description of the genus commonly referred to as menhaden: Brevoortia. His study of external and internal anatomy, growth rates and feeding habits, and geographic ranges could have stood on their own, but they real beauty of this document is the synthesis of biology, natural history, ecology, and human interactions.
The investigation of the fishery included both qualitative and quantitative data, from extensive quotes to fish measurements. Since Goode's time there has been a division of disciplines and loss of such a comprehensive study methodology to really address all sides of an environmental problem. Such disciplinary boundaries are obscuring the causes and potential solutions to environmental crises.
Goode was not only in the field measuring the return of menhaden in the spring but asked fishers and processors about timing and trends over their career. One respondent described, "another run began about the first week of November, and quite a large additional quantity of fish were taken. They seemed to 'bunch up' well but were poorer in oil than previously thought, so that the fall fishing, in the point of oil, was a failure".
Goode could have easily made a career out of describing only part of what he covered in the book. He is among a handful of scientists to answer basic questions with divergent methodologies. He interviewed fishers on what they observed the menhaden eating and performed a stomach content analysis to verify what he had learned through the interviews. Combining techniques is still considered groundbreaking today.
By collecting and publishing different types of data, Goode also lends legitimacy to different sources of data. His comprehensive sampling gave credit to the ecological understanding that fishermen had from spending a career on the water.
The compelling quotes he included in his book largely agreed with the biophysical data he collected himself and lent some degree of explanation as to the observed trends. No source of data was left unturned, making it unlikely that he left out some important dynamic affecting the health of the fishery and dependent fishing communities.
The fishermen talk not only about abundance of the menhaden but how much oil per fish could be manufactured. Both factors are therefore important in understanding fishing pressure on the stock. Both are also important to consider when people discuss the collapse of the fishery – it's not only in quantity but in quality.
I hope that's true- later this afternoon I'm taking samples from some menhaden for stable isotope analysis. I suspect that they form an important part of the diet of young-of-the-year sandbar sharks here in South Carolina.
Should have a pretty clear signal, they're basically sacks of oil.
Makes you wonder if declining sandbar populations are due to their food source being removed from the ocean though.
I've been finding a ton of menhaden in my spiny dogfish stomach contents. Maybe they're competing with juvenile sandbars?
If dogfish and sandbars are using the same food resource, that's probably nothing new. Are adult spiny dogs in estuaries or offshore?
Usually they occur in big schools between the shoreline and the edge of the continental shelf, with the largest ones hanging out closer to shore. They'll follow food all the way up to the beach, and occasionally wander into bays and estuaries (as fishermen in the Beaufort/Morehead City area are discovering right now). The conventional wisdom is that they migrate off of the Carolinas during the winter and start heading back to New England in March and April. The fact that apparently there's a large number of them in Bogue Sound right now is breaking a lot of rules.
can you help me out with a question please? if menhaden are the big deal in the atlantic, what is the equivalent in the pacific? mullet?
There is a Pacific Menhaden in South America, but the Pacific also has huge schools of anchovies as well.


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Amazon Prime Day Strike: Workers say no to overwork and discrimination
July 15, 2019	11:02 AM CST By Mark Gruenberg
Amazon workers in Shakopee, Minn., demonstrate in June 2018. | Awood Center
SHAKOPEE, Minn.—Amazon Prime Day is becoming Amazon Strike Day. Amazon is forcing its workers at its monster warehouse in Shakopee, Minn., to walk out again. The 1,500 workers, one-third of them migrants and refugees from Somalia and other nations of East Africa are walking off the job for six hours today, July 15.
That's the first of the monster distributor and retailer's two Prime Days when it makes loads of money through deep discounts on televisions, toys, clothes, and more. The event is expected to rake in up to $6.1 billion in revenue for the company, according to some analysts. That would be a $2 billion improvement over last year's Prime Day.
Prime Day is also when Amazon cancels all vacation time and other breaks for warehouse workers, forcing excessive speedups and workloads to get products out the door.
The causes that forced the workers to walk: The speedups, the high workloads, and Amazon's refusal to promote temps it hires to full-time jobs, as warehouse traffic demands. One group of workers will walk out during the last three hours of the day shift, through 6 pm. The second group will stay out during the first three hours of the following night shift.
And that could put a crimp in Amazon's business. The Prime Days are when Amazon uses steep discounts on selected items to entice more buyers to sign up for paid subscriptions to Amazon's "Prime" service. As members, they get free shipping and access to media content. The big price cuts and free shipping on Prime Days are where the warehouse workers come into the picture. Demand goes way up, and Amazon orders them to satisfy it, all in the name of corporate greed.
Like other monster companies, Amazon is run by a capitalist class—in this case, Jeff Bezos, the world's wealthiest person, and his managers—that as a business practice exploits vulnerable workers, women, people of color, LGBTQ people, and others to line its pockets. The capitalist practices, in turn, widen the income and wealth gap between the rich and the rest of us.
So Amazon's Shakopee workers are forced to toil extra hours, often in unhealthy conditions, to fulfill those orders. When they complain, Amazon illegally retaliates against their leaders, forcing the workers and their reps at the non-profit Awood Center, which serves East African and other Somali migrants, to file labor law-breaking charges, formally called unfair labor practices.
This is not the first time Amazon forced its Shakopee workers to walk. Late last year, they staged demonstrations as winter approached in the downtown Twin Cities to protest untenable working conditions. That walkout occurred in subfreezing weather. In March, the workers had to walk over low pay and Amazon's refusal to accommodate their religious practices.
Amazon raised workers' pay and increased some benefits. It says that's enough. But Awood, which receives help from the Service Employees International Union, also lodged a complaint with the federal Equal Employment Opportunities Commission over the religious discrimination. The warehouse's East African and Somali workers are Muslims, and Amazon at first refused to lighten their workloads during Islam's holy daylight-hours fasting month, Ramadan. That refusal is illegal under U.S. civil rights laws.
So with that history, it's no surprise Amazon forced its workers to walk again. But the workers are using the leverage of the firm's Prime Days to achieve maximum impact and publicity.
As before, the workers want better working conditions, more opportunities for advancement, and respect on the job. They also want Amazon to recognize their right to organize. The pro-worker engineers joining them from climate-conscious Seattle demand Amazon also recognize—and ameliorate—its contributions to global climate change.
"As Amazon and its CEO Jeff Bezos continue to make record profits, workers are facing increasingly unstable jobs," Awood says. The workers also hate the mandated speedups and high packing quotas, a key characteristic of Prime Days.
"No one can meet this intense rate of demand" to pack and ship goods, warehouse worker Mohamed Hassan told the alternative paper City Pages after the March walkout. "Amazon treats us like robots. They just keep pushing us."
Awood members take part in a discussion with Rep. Ilhan Omar, hosted by the Minneapolis Regional Labor Federation. Somali workers shared their stories as they fight back against corporate greed to win jobs that are safe, pay enough to care for their families, and respect their communities. | Awood Center
The warehouse workers' past forced walkouts achieved at least one win—a lessening of the speedups and quotas during Ramadan. They also drew political attention and support, from the Twin Cities all the way up to Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Bernie Sanders, Ind-Vt.
After learning of Amazon's practices, Sanders last year introduced what he calls "The Stop Bezos Act," and he's described it during the recent presidential candidates' debates, though not by that name.
Sanders' bill would require any corporation which pays its workers so little that they must draw on federal aid such as housing vouchers and food stamps to help survive, to repay the government for the sums it spends. Amazon, Walmart, and McDonald's are the senator's prime examples.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., is lending her support to the strikers, tweeting out Monday morning: "I fully support Amazon workers' Prime Day strike. Their fight for safe and reliable jobs is another reminder that we must come together to hold big corporations accountable."
Warren, also vying for the Democratic nomination, has also proposed breaking up big tech companies like Amazon, saying they have monopoly influence over the market and wield that power for political gain.
The Prime Day strike is also going global. Amazon workers in Germany already started walking out of their warehouses this weekend in anticipation of the discount bonanza. The strikes are being held under the slogan "No more discount on our incomes," and began Sunday night at company sites in Werne, Rheinberg, Leipzig, Graben, Koblenz, and Bad Hersfeld.


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US National Glacier Park Is Losing Dozens Of Glaciers
Elaine Hannah
First Posted: May 12, 2017 05:10 AM EDT
Scientists have discovered that there is a shrinkage of dozens of glaciers at the U.S. National Glacier Park in Montana. They theorized that the United States might lose all its glaciers in the coming decades, and the glaciers in Montana have been the most affected.
Professor Andrew Fountain from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), said that ice on the mountain ranges had been melting for years all over the world. He thinks that the melting of the ice on the U.S. National Glacier Park in Montana is more intense than the other places in the country. He added that this corresponds to the trends that are occurring globally.
The researchers investigated about 37 named glaciers and two others on U.S. Forest Service land in the state. They discovered that these glaciers have lessened in size by an average of almost 40 percent since 1966. Some of them lost glaciers up to 85 percent. With this, only 26 glaciers remain of 150 glaciers larger than 25 acres in the national park, according to Independent. A glacier is characterized with snow and ice bigger than 25 acres.
Meanwhile, Dr. Daniel Fagre, the lead scientist from the USGS, said that the vanishing of glaciers in Montana is part of a broader loss that will see all glaciers. He further said that it diminishes from the lower 48 states of America by the middle of the century. He added that it is expected that the glaciers will vanish in the next few decades. He also said that the Colorado glaciers began to melt before Montana's. Even though there are bigger glaciers in the Pacific Northwest that will hold on longer, the number that could diminish will steadily grow until none are left, according to The Guardian.
The loss of ice in the national park could have ecological effects on aquatic species. It will change the stream water volume, water temperature and runoff timing in the upper elevations of the park, according to Dr. Daniel Fagre.
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St. Joseph Girl Scouts - Animal Wonders Inc.
We would like to thank the St. Joseph Girl Scout Troop! We had such a fun time with all of you. The animals loved your enthusiasm too. Zoe, the Amazon Parrot, boisterously showed just how happy she was. She was so excited to see all the crowd she tried to steal the show. Ash, the chinchilla, was a favorite with the scouts. It was his very first show and we are so proud of how well he demonstrated his amazing species, he is a wonderful animal ambassador. We hope the Girl Scouts enjoyed it as much as we did!
hi this is lauren. Do you want to know why I am wrighting this letter?Iam a ST.Joseph girl scout and I was there and we saw rick and sue,jimbuk.
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Home — Politics and Human Rights—Maritza Silva-Farrell
Maritza Silva-Farrell
Executive Director, Align New York
For the past seven years she has served as the Deputy Director and Campaign Director, as well as the coordinator of Real Affordability for All, the largest affordable housing coalition in the City. During her time at ALIGN, Maritza played a critical role in the Caring Across Generations campaign, helping to secure $1.2 million in funding for undocumented and low income seniors to access home care and the Universal Pre-K campaign which brought the program to many children across New York City. She originally joined ALIGN to prevent Walmart from developing in East New York, leading a four-year fight that successfully halted the company's plans and brought a union supermarket to the neighborhood. Previously, Maritza worked with the Long Island Progressive Coalition to coordinate the Yes, In My Back Yard (YIMBY) campaign, increasing affordable housing throughout the entire island. A native of Ecuador, Maritza earned her BA in journalism from the Central University of Ecuador and later completed a BA degree in communications from SUNY Old Westbury, where she organized with the New York Public Interest Research Group and United Students Against Sweatshops. She has also worked with Long Island Jobs with Justice on issues related to youth, labor, and immigrant rights where she combined her passion for documentaries, journalism and activism by producing short workers' rights documentaries.


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Students, friends recall retiring principal's 'spiritual gift'
W. Delores Robinson, the longtime Sumner principal, will retire in July after nearly five decades in education
by Editor June 14, 2016 February 10, 2021
W. Delores Robinson, who will retire as the principal of Sumner Elementary School in North Lawndale this year, after a June 12 Gospel concert at her church in suburban Maywood. Robinson threw the concert, which featured some of her former students, to raise funds for youths to go to college. | Michael Romain/Staff
W. Delores Robinson, the longtime principal of Sumner Elementary School in North Lawndale, will retire in July after 47 years in education, more than two decades of them spent at the West Side institution she currently helms. Last Sunday, Robinson commemorated the milestone doing what she does best — rejoicing in her suburban Maywood church and giving back.
"I have endured and was sustained due to my passion, faith and prayers," Robinson often says. And during two June 12 services held to commemorate her retirement, Robinson's current and former students, coworkers, family members, friends and fellow congregants offered a litany of testimonies that spoke directly to that claim.
Tracy Treadwell, a former student of Robinson's, was the wayward son of a preacher who had a reputation for his way with girls and with his hands.
"Most people who knew me knew I was a pretty tough cookie growing up and was respected," said Treadwell during an afternoon Gospel concert Robinson hosted at her church, the proceeds of which went to college scholarships for young people. During the morning service, Robinson saw to it that nearly 30 of the church's longtime educators were honored with certificates of recognition and white roses.
Treadwell said Robinson, a short, petite woman with an outsized, no-nonsense reputation, was one of the few teachers who could see through his manipulative appeals for pity and hold him accountable for his behavior.
"When it came to [some of the other teachers], they were pretty tough," Treadwell said. "We all had a saying, 'Nobody loves me, they just treat me so wrong.' Many of the other teachers would cry and pat you on the head. But with Mrs. Robinson, you couldn't get away with that."
Treadwell said Robinson sternly counseled him to "put all this effort that you have in fighting and put it into your classroom work." She said the young Treadwell reminded her of Fred Hampton — not a thug, but a brilliant leader of men. Treadwell took the comparison to heart, eventually becoming the leader of Sumner's local school council.
"She was never my direct teacher, but she put the fear of God in all of us," said Gospel music recording artist Kim McFarland, who sang during the afternoon concert.
If Robinson was tough, those who honored her recalled, she loved tougher. McFarland's brother, Theodore McFarland, quipped, "If the laws were then like they are now, most of my teachers would just be getting out of jail," before recalling paddles made in woodshop and used by teachers at Sumner as behavior modification devices, to put it euphemistically.
"But they disciplined us and chastised us, because they loved us," he said.
Vanessa Dukes, a member of the Gospel recording group the Brown Sisters of Chicago, said the retiring Sumner principal "was there for the Brown family" even in crises, such as the death of her sister and the illness of her mother.
Brown's mother was Robinson's longtime aide and her "dear friend," who once experienced a grave sickness that could've left her permanently unemployed if it weren't for Robinson.
"My mother lost both of her legs in that illness," Brown recalled. "She became very, very ill, but she came back to [Sumner] to help. This woman of God gave her another opportunity to come back to work in the school system. I love you for that."
Robinson's daughter, Keisha Robinson-Campbell, herself a Chicago principal, recalled her mother's devotion to her late husband, Richard Robinson, and their four children, despite long days at Sumner that would often spill into nights.
Robinson's work at the West Side school would earn her the attention of multiple mayors and even the White House. During President Barack Obama's first term, Robinson was invited to Washington, D.C., to share her expertise during a Department of Education panel discussion on improving under-privileged schools.
"Mrs. Robinson has a spiritual gift," said Theodore McFarland. "It takes a person with a spiritual gift to be able to deal with personalities that come from diverse homes and different kind of environments. We were coming from homes that were marginalized and disenfranchised, with single parents. It takes a special individual to deal with that. I'm so glad God put her in our path and allowed us to be the dreamers that she and her co-workers were leading us into being."


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If you've ever been involved in a foreclosure, or know someone who has faced the possibility of losing a home due to missing payments, it can be an emotionally taxing situation. It can also be difficult to navigate if not property educated. There are many questions that may seem difficult to answer, should you find yourself in this scenario.
Do I have options to keep the property?
Who can help me figure out what I can and can't do?
What if I want to leave this situation as cleanly as possible?
If facing foreclosure, it's good to get a grasp for what this topic and what solutions may be available before making big decisions about your home. This article is designed to give you some knowledge, insight, and suggestions, should you find yourself having to make decisions revolving around foreclosure.
As there are many options available in the instance that foreclosure may be in the future, this article aims to provide a better understanding of the process. As you'd suspect, every foreclosure scenario is different. The rules vary from state-to-state (sometimes county-to-county) and are circumstantial. That said, after reading this article, our advice is to continue to do research on your own, consult your lender, chat with other professionals like lawyers and real estate agents in order to get a complete picture of what may be the best options for you in your unique situation.
If you would like to keep your home, this article will give you some creative ideas to do so.
On the flip side, if you're ready to walk away, hopefully you'll feel a little more enlightened by the end of the article.
Foreclosure is simply the act of a home being possessed by a bank, due to the homeowner not being able to continue to make payments. There are a variety of reasons why homeowners fail to make their payments.
Foreclosure happens over time, and follows a series of steps before the process is officially complete. The proceedings in every state vary in terms of the process, as some states follow a judicial foreclosure process and some use a non-judicial system. The main difference between the two is states who use mortgages follow "judicial foreclosure", whereas states who use deeds of trust are considered to use a "non-judicial" process.
Contrary to popular belief, when mortgage payments are missed, foreclosure isn't the only option. At times, homeowners are only temporarily unable to make their payments, but are able to catch back up. When this happens, banks will occasionally offer the homeowner the option to make a payment of one lump sum at an agreed upon date to help them make up for the months of missed payments. This is what's known as reinstatement.
Additionally, banks may also spread the amount owed in missed payments over a handful of months to make it more financially feasible for the property owner in some cases, which is known as forbearance. Lenders usually prefer one of these options versus going straight to foreclosure, as they suffer a losses as well in the process.
In the official first step to foreclosure, the property owner will receive at least one letter in the mail from the lender. This letter will state that the property owner has failed to meet their obligation of making the payments they had agreed to, upon purchase of the property. The letter usually comes through the mail 3 months after the missed payment. It is also important to note that lenders would prefer to keep the homeowners in their home, as they usually suffer a financial loss too should the home go into foreclosure. That said, the letter is an official warning that the foreclosure process has started, and is sometimes the motivation for the property owner to get their affairs in order to find solutions to catching back up on their payments.
If payments have not been made after 4-7 months, and steps have not been taken to get the property owner back up to speed with their payment schedule, the state where the property exists will determine the next steps in the filing process. As mentioned earlier in this article, each state operates either under judicial or non-judicial guidelines when it comes to the foreclosure process. In states where judicial guidelines are followed, the paperwork must go through a court system, which can create a longer timeline for the foreclosure process to occur. On the flip side, in states where non-judicial guidelines are followed, the process has a tendency to move quicker, as there are less hoops to jump through.
If payments continue to not be made, after usually 4-7 months, the lender will be forced to complete the foreclosure process, which means that they'll take possession of the property. The property will then be priced it to sell, as the lender will want to sell it as soon as possible.
What kind of resources exist to help homeowners avoid foreclosure?
Occasionally, lenders will help their clients (property owners) secure a loan that will help them make up for their missed payments. This loan allows the owners to stay in the home, get up to speed with their payments (using the new funds) and continue to keep the property.
Did you know that your lender may be a source of assistance during a time that foreclosure may be on the horizon? Surprisingly, lenders are more flexible than one might originally think. As they are financially on the hook for the property too, they occasionally can assist with creative ways to help the owner keep their property.
Asking your lender if you could make partial payments for an allotted amount of time. For example, making interest-only payments, with a plan to pay the principal later.
Coming up with a plan with the lender to allow you to spread out your missed payments over a series of subsequent payments.
Refinancing is also another options that may help the property owner catch up on their missed payments.
Refinancing is the process of obtaining a new loan to replace the original. People will choose this option which will may lower the interest rate, thus lowering the monthly payments.
If you are refinancing, there are particular types of loans that should be avoided. These include variable interest and prepayment penalty loans.
If you refinance, avoid additional charges such as paying for different types of insurance that you weren't paying for previously.
Do not fall for scams such as paying for services that will offer counseling to eliminate your mortgage or prevent foreclosure.
In some instances, folks who are facing foreclosure are looking for an option for a clean exit. This means they have come to terms with parting with their property, and are ready to take the necessary steps to finish the foreclosure process and move on with their lives. However, be careful not to give up and give away your home equity. Sell your property and keep the equity you've put into it, to give you a good foundation to start your next adventure.
Do keep in mind that the only real way to escape the foreclosure and keep the property is to catch up with missed payments and continue to make mortgage payments as regularly scheduled.
A rule of thumb while calculating expenses and determining the feasibility of keeping a property, if the mortgage payment is not higher than 45% of your household income (monthly gross), it could be possible for you to continue to afford to keep your property. If not, it usually makes sense to allow foreclosure or make the decision on your own to put your property on the market.
Did you know there are resources available to help you fix up and sell your home (without shelling out a dime)? Choosing an option like this will alleviate some of the stress, and help you earn more profit from the sale of your home.
Statistically, homes that have been recently updated tend to turn a bigger profit than homes needing lots of fixes.
If mortgage payments are missed, it is better to do your best to catch back up sooner than later.
Contact your mortgage lender as soon as possible, as they will have ideas and solutions for you that will hopefully provide some breathing room.
Read your deed of trust or and promissory note to know how the lender may help if you default on your payments.
If you are approached by foreclosure prevention companies to pay them for assistance, instead apply the funds to your loan.
You may qualify for an interest rate reduction if you are a member of the military, which will in turn lower your mortgage payments.
The average time it takes to sell a home is 3-8 months, so if you foresee yourself losing your property, be realistic and put it on the market if you know that's your only option.
Remember the only solution for getting out of a foreclosure situation is catching up on your loan payments. Do not be too prideful if you're run out of possible solutions.


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Charter schools are controversial, but a new analysis of Boston's charter high schools has found that they have had persistent positive results. Students attending these schools—which use lotteries for admission—were more likely to pass the state graduation exam and qualify for a state-sponsored college scholarship, got higher SAT scores, sat for more AP exams, and were more likely to attend four-year public colleges in Massachusetts. These gains were larger for boys, special education students, and students with initially low achievement.


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The community center was established in 2005, championed by then-city Commissioner Sam Adams. Kendall Clawson, an African American lesbian, served as its first executive director. The center relocated to North Mississippi Avenue in 2009.

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External links

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 "Just Out and Portland Q Center form Strategic Partnership" (September 12, 2012), Just Out
 Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil: The Q Center's Winter Fundraiser Gala (and Afterparty) by Marjorie Skinner (January 31, 2014), Portland Mercury

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Rise of the naked female warriors
Kira Cochrane
Known for its topless protesters, Femen is a worldwide movement against patriarchy. But are the activists' breasts obscuring the message?
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One day last summer, Inna Shevchenko went into a forest outside Kiev, to learn how to use a chainsaw. The lumberjacks who were instructing her couldn't work out why she was so keen. "They thought I was just a crazy blonde," she says, shaking her white curls. "I was acting like: 'Oh really?'" She affects a coy, clueless demeanour. "'That's how you do it? Great!'"
The next day she went to a hilltop overlooking Kiev, and stripped to a pair of red denim shorts, worn with heavy boots, leather gloves, and a mask to protect her eyes. The Pussy Riot verdict was due that day, and in tribute to the Russian punk activists – and to mark her opposition to all religions – Inna proceeded to chop down a 13ft wooden cross that had been there since 2005. Despite her preparations, it wasn't easy. "When I started to cut it, I thought, 'it's not possible to destroy it,'" she says. But after seven minutes it fell, and she posed against the stump for invited journalists. With "Free Riot" scrawled across her bare breasts, she held out her arms to mirror the figure of Christ now lying on the ground.
Femen protester Inna Shevchenko cuts down a 13ft wooden cross overlooking Kiev, in tribute to Russian punk activists Pussy Riot. Photograph: Sergey Dolzhenko/EPA
Death threats arrived instantly. She says there were official calls for her arrest, and Russian TV reported that the cross was a memorial to the victims of Stalinism. Inna denies this, but Ukrainian journalists repeated the claim, and anger towards her sharpened. Men she suspected of being secret service agents immediately began milling outside her apartment, and a few days later, she was woken at 6am by the sound of her front door being kicked in. She escaped, jumping through a back window, then down from a first floor balcony, and made her way to Warsaw with $50, a mobile phone and her passport. She feared jail if she returned to Kiev, so some days later, she travelled to France, where women had expressed interest in joining Femen, the feminist group she runs with three Ukrainian friends.
Femen's aims are straightforward, broad and radical. A war on patriarchy on three fronts, calling for an end to all religions, dictatorships and the sex industry. The group has been offered a space in a rundown theatre in Paris as headquarters, and it is here I meet Inna, 24, at the start of a training session with 20 young Femen activists. She is giving instructions on the correct stance – feet apart, firmly rooted, aggressive. Femen warriors never smile, she says, they are not there to please anyone. The group has been protesting topless since 2010, using their bodies to attract attention, to lure journalists, and they have been roundly criticised by some people, who accuse them of playing into sexist stereotypes.
In a room covered with posters and murals – Fuck Religion, says one, Go out! Undress! Win!, says another – the activists stand in rows, screaming slogans at each other. They're dressed in T-shirts and tracksuits, occasionally stopping to swig bottled water. This is gym class for the revolution.
"Not a sex toy," they scream. Then "Poor because of you" and "In gay we trust". One by one, they take to the middle of the room, to show how they would behave at a protest. One new member shouts "Pope No More", before two other activists launch themselves at her. For a moment all three are mid-air, then they hit the ground and start struggling in a blur. Inna has told them they must move constantly, to avoid being covered; their slogan will be written across their bare chest and back, and they need it to be seen. One woman fights hard, still screaming, occasionally breaking free, running a few paces, only to be brought down again with a brutal thwack. Finally, Inna calls a halt, and the woman stands up with blood running down her arm. Inna smiles, grabs her hand, and holds the injured limb aloft. There is clapping, cheering, congratulations.
As the activists start the next stage of training – situps, press-ups, running-while-screaming – journalists and cameramen swirl around. There is no attempt to hide the fact this session is being played out for the press. As women fight, Inna comes up close to them, in her denim hotpants, hooded top and Converse boots, instructing them to look at the camera. It doesn't matter how many people come to a protest, she says – if there's one camera, that's what they need to target, to get their message out to millions.
On some level, this is working. Each time Femen stages an action, videos pop up on websites worldwide. But are their breasts obscuring their message? When I tell a friend I'm due to interview them, he is fascinated by the idea of topless feminist warriors – but switches off as soon as I mention their arguments. I suspect there are long-time feminist activists who take one glance at their tactics and, jaded by the use of women's bodies in art, advertising, commerce, don't pause to hear what they're saying.
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Their message can also get lost in the breadth and sprawl of their protests. While other groups focus on one or two issues, Femen are everywhere. Over the past few years they have protested for gay rights in St Peter's Square during the Pope's weekly prayers; against the use of ultra-thin models at Milan fashion week; and during Euro 2012, in Ukraine, they grabbed the championship trophy in protest against the sex industry. In London last summer, they smeared themselves in fake blood and accused the International Olympic Committee of supporting "bloody Islamist regimes"; at Davos, in January, they protested against male domination of the world economy. And in February, they provoked both raised eyebrows and a few sniggers by launching themselves topless at Silvio Berlusconi.
Their campaigning is unified by one central aim: to use their breasts to expose corruption and inequality wherever they see it. "One of the main goals," says Inna, "is to take the masks off people who wear them, to show who they are, and the level of fucking patriarchy in this world, you know?" She says they also want to reclaim women's bodies for women. "A woman's naked body has always been the instrument of the patriarchy," she says, "they use it in the sex industry, the fashion industry, advertising, always in men's hands. We realised the key was to give the naked body back to its rightful owner, to women, and give a new interpretation of nudity ... I'm proud of the fact that today naked women are not just posing on the cover of Playboy, but can be at an action, angry, and can irritate people."
The group started in 2006, when founders Anna Hutsol, Oksana Shachko and Alexandra Shevchenko (no relation to Inna), became friends in their home town in Ukraine. It was not long after the orange revolution, in which Ukrainians had demonstrated for democracy, and Alexandra, 24, says they wanted to keep the revolutionary feeling going. They started a women's group, and began organising against the sex industry. Sex tourism is a major problem in Ukraine, and every woman is victimised as a result, says Alexandra. "You'd walk down the street and foreigners, men, would come up to you, ask how much, touch you."
Inna joined the group in 2009, after meeting the other women on social media. In those early days they were just developing their views. Feminism was unpopular in Ukraine; saying you were a feminist was "something similar to saying you're an idiot, you're crazy," says Inna. Alexandra says she used to believe the "image created by patriarchy, where feminists are ugly women with moustaches who want to cut off men's penises". (They've played with this imagery themselves. Until recently, their website featured a picture of a woman holding an enormous scythe in one hand, a bloody scrotum in the other.)
They embarked on long, lively discussions about women's rights. "We're not based on 700 pages of doctrine," says Inna, "instead we would come in and saying 'can you believe that fucker? He just touched my arse and said he wants to fuck me, and he will pay me with a cocktail.' The discussion was very primitive, and we became angry, and wanted to express it, so we started doing street performances."
These were clothed at first. They would go out with price tags hanging off them to protest against the sex industry, for example; the group has long called for the Swedish approach to prostitution, in which clients rather than sex workers are criminalised. They always had an interest in branding, and initially wore all-pink outfits – some journalists called them the pink revolution. In 2010, in protest against the appointment of an all-male cabinet, they dressed up as men, then took off their suits to reveal women's clothing. Inna was working in the press office of the Kiev mayor at the time. As a result of the protest she was fired.
Femen activists protest outside Notre Dame in celebration of the resignation of Pope Benedict and the French parliament's decision to approve a draft law allowing same-sex marriage. Photograph: Joel Saget/AFP
That same year, they staged their first topless protest. Five activists at the polling station where presidential candidate Viktor Yanukovych was due to vote stripped in front of the media. The next day, the image went global. They weren't immediately convinced they should protest topless all the time, but the response started "a huge, hot aggressive discussion," says Inna. She was initially against the idea. She felt shy, uncomfortable with her body, and frustrated that as "a woman you have to take off your shirt to say something". But they continued to protest – sometimes topless, sometimes clothed – for six months, and she "realised that sometimes when we were not topless, we were talking about much more important topics, but they were just ignored". They decided to go for it, and grew wise to the tabloid tactic of cropping out their banners – they began scrawling slogans directly on their breasts. Inna says her naked body now feels like a uniform, while Alexandra describes it as, "my weapon, my gun".
The group has been accused of deploying only young, slim, beautiful women. But a new book about Femen, just published in France, features photos of women of different shapes and sizes on demonstrations, pictures I've never seen elsewhere. The media, unsurprisingly, pick the most obviously attractive photos. Inna says they have never chosen women according to their looks, or weight; the only proviso is that they have to be well-prepared. "There are a lot of girls who are very strong physically, but they cannot show aggression, they cannot imagine how they will react if someone tries to grab them." The movement is non-violent – Inna calls it "peaceful terrorism" – but she has been injured more than once, and was badly beaten during a recent action.
Their actions have sometimes been dismissed but there is no doubt the women of Femen take serious risks. In late 2011, for example, Inna and two other activists travelled to Minsk, in Belarus, to protest outside the KGB offices against Alexander Lukashenko, the man often called Europe's last dictator. While they expected to spend New Year in a Belarus jail, they allege that they were, instead, abducted by secret service agents – a claim the Belarusian KGB denies.
Inna says a group of men caught up with them at the bus station, and they were driven for five hours into a forest. There, she claims, they were covered in oil, threatened with lighters and knives, and ordered to strip completely. She assumed they were going to be raped. "They put handcuffs on us, and we were sitting like this," she leans forward with her hands behind her back, "for six or seven hours, not allowed to move or talk. One guy kept repeating that we were going to be killed, but before that they were going to have fun.
"They said, breathe, enjoy the air, because there is only one hour left of your life. Imagine the smile of your mother, and now imagine her face when she gets your dead body." Inna felt sure they would be killed, and started analysing her years with Femen. "I knew this was the best part of my life, and something I would never feel sorry about, even in a situation when I could be killed, and it was the greatest answer for me. It was one of the worst days of my life, but also the best, because I understood myself." The three women were eventually dumped in the snow, and she says the incident made her more determined than ever. "I suddenly saw the huge potential of this. Maybe it's strange to say this – I know some people already think we're kamikaze – but that's why I now say I'm more of an activist than a person, because I know that tomorrow I could be killed."
Alexandra says there is a criminal case against her at the moment in Ukraine, where she has been imprisoned a few times for her protests, but she is living in Berlin, organising the activists of Femen Germany. The group wants the movement to spread globally, and they try to support women who start offshoots in their own countries. They now have about 200 activists worldwide – a small number, but able to make a major impact – with branches in Switzerland, Poland, Holland, Sweden, Brazil, USA, Canada and Italy. An activist in Tunisia recently posted a topless image of herself online, and two days ago it was reported that a fatwa had been issued, calling for her to be stoned to death.
Apparently there are a few UK activists, and one British woman, Pippa, 25, who lives in Berlin, has been protesting with the German group. She says she appreciates how active they are. She was involved in student feminism in the UK, but found it grindingly difficult to get people interested in protests. When they started Femen, says Alexandra, they felt they needed to change the way feminism was communicated to young women. "They don't want to read huge texts," she says, so the key was to create something visual. "We understood that people have a lot of information coming at them through mass media, and we needed something that could shock people, shake them, grab their attention."
Pippa likes the fact they don't spend hours debating actions; they just get out and do them. But this approach might cause them trouble in future. In Germany, for instance, they've been criticised for comparing the sex industry to fascism, using Nazi imagery to underline this comparison. There seems little doubt they hate fascism – they protest regularly against extreme rightwing groups, who on one occasion knocked Inna's teeth out – but Alexandra is determined they should continue to use this loaded metaphor, despite protests from Femen Germany activists. "I understand that they feel this pain," she says, "but we want to make this connection between prostitution and fascism, because people know that fascism is a fucking bad thing." Inna uses the comparison in the context of religion too. "I strongly believe that one day religion has to be forbidden," she says, "the same way fascism was forbidden."
Femen aren't subtle, they aren't inoffensive, and they certainly aren't sorry. "We're provocateurs," says Inna, "and the reaction depends on those who are provoked." With members having faced loss of livelihood, alleged abduction, arrest, jail, death threats and ridicule, it seems they are in it for keeps. "One of our slogans is: 'Fight until the last drop of blood,'" says Alexandra, while Inna notes that every morning she wakes up to death threats, sent via text message, that simply say "die", or "burn". When she sees them she thinks: "Good morning!" she says, laughing long and hard.
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By Tom Williams • Jun 28, 2016
The acclaimed author of "Refuge" and "When Women Were Birds" and many others is one of the most thought provoking and articulate people you'll meet and an hour with her is unfailingly interesting.
Terry Tempest Williams' new book is "The Hour of Land: A Personal Topography of America's National Parks." Here's how the publisher describes it: The Hour of Land is "a literary celebration of our national parks, an exploration of what they mean to us and what we mean to them. From the Grand Tetons in Wyoming to Acadia in Maine to Big Bend in Texas and more, Williams creates a series of lyrical portraits that illuminate the unique grandeur of each place while delving into what it means to shape a landscape with its own evolutionary history into something of our own making. Part memoir, part natural history, and part social critique, The Hour of Land is a meditation and a manifesto on why wild lands matter to the soul of America."
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What to do THIS WEEK about the "Food Safety" bill!
From Gianni Ortiz:
Agribusiness shows its true colors!
Even though an agreement was reached on the Tester-Hagan amendment last week, the issue of the food safety bill is still not over!
For over a year, the big Agribusiness trade organizations have supported passage of S.510, the Food Safety Modernization Act. From Agribusiness's perspective, the bill was a win-win: they could absorb the costs of the regulations because of their size; they'd gain good PR for supposedly improving food safety practices; and the competition created by local food producers, which are rapidly growing, would be crushed by the regulatory burdens.
This was only speculation until now. But when the Senators agreed to include the Tester-Hagan amendment in the bill, to exempt small-scale direct-marketing producers from some of the most burdensome provisions, Agribusiness revealed its true colors. Twenty Agribusiness trade organizations fired off a letter stating that they would now oppose the bill.
The letter from the Agribusiness groups states: "[B]y incorporating the Tester amendment in the bill, consumers will be left vulnerable to the gaping holes and uneven application of the law created by these exemptions. In addition, it sets an unfortunate precedent for future action on food safety policy by Congress that science and risk based standards can be ignored."
What science and risk? No one has produced any data or evidence of any widespread problems caused by local producers and marketed directly to consumers. All of the major foodborne illness outbreaks have been caused by products that went through the long supply chains of Agribusinesss.
Agribusiness's real concern about the Tester-Hagan amendment isn't food safety, but the precedent set by having Congress recognize that small, direct-marketing producers are different, and should be regulated differently, from the large Agribusinesses.
Agribusiness is trying to convince the Senators to pull the Tester-Hagan amendment back out.
While the amendment is currently part of the "Managers' Package" – the amended version of the bill agreed to by six bipartisan sponsors – nothing is certain until the actual vote.
This Thanksgiving week, please take a moment to call or email your Senators to tell them to hold firm on KEEPING the Tester-Hagan amendment part of the bill. You can call the Capitol Switchboard at 202-224-3121 or go to www.senate.gov to find their website (if the phone lines are busy, the best way to reach them is through the Contact page on their website)
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• Coral reefs may not be able to survive another human decade because of the environmental stress we have placed on them, says author David Wallace-Wells. He posits that without meaningful changes to policies, the trend of them dying out, even in light of recent advances, will continue.
• The World Wildlife Fund says that 60 percent of all vertebrate mammals have died since just 1970. On top of this, recent studies suggest that insect populations may have fallen by as much as 75 percent over the last few decades.
• If it were not for our oceans, the planet would probably be already several degrees warmer than it is today due to the emissions we've expelled into the atmosphere.
David Wallace-Wells is the author of "The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming" (https://amzn.to/2Of5N3y). Wallace-Wells is a national fellow at the New America foundation and a columnist and deputy editor at New York magazine. He was previously the deputy editor of The Paris Review. He lives in New York City.
DAVID WALLACE-WELLS: I think there's basically no chance that coral reefs survive another generation. I think that we're looking at the total extinction of those biospheres by 2050 or so. There are some scientists who think there's some hope, and there have been some coral reefs that have recovered. But the impacts are so fast and so catastrophic, and we're so far from really changing course on carbon, it's hard for me to imagine that they endure, which means that the trips that we're now taking now to view those, we'll be taking really on the brink of mass extinctions.
Many of us think that rapid environmental change is a quintessentially modern crisis.


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Stara Pazova, conocida anteriormente como Pazova (En serbio: Стара Пазова o Пазова) es una localidad serbia de la provincia autónoma de Voivodina situada en el distrito de Sirmia.

Según el censo de 2011 la población de la municipalidad es de 65.792, de los cuales 18.602 residen en la localidad de Stara Pazova.

Geografía
El municipio es la capital de la municipalidad homónima. Está situada al este del distrito de Sirmia a 30 km de Belgrado y 40 km de Novi Sad. El área total de la municipalidad cubre una extensión de 351 km² y está ubicado entre 75 y 120 .

Historia

Durante el mandato del Imperio Otomano, Pazova estuvo poblada principalmente por serbios. En aquel entonces la región pertenecía al Sanjacado de Sirmia. En 1718 la localidad pasó a formar parte del Imperio de Austria. En el siglo XVIII se asentaron los primeros luteranos de etnia eslovaca y en 1791 llegó otro grupo de origen germánico. Estos últimos formaron el asentamiento conocido como Nova Pazova (Nueva Pazova) mientras que los eslovacos establecerían Stara Pazova (Vieja Pazova). A finales de la segunda mitad del Siglo XX, la etnia principal era de origen eslovaca mientras que el resto de la municipalidad era serbia.

Stara Pazova era parte de la frontera militar del mandato de los Habsburgo (hasta su abolición en 1882) mientras que entre los años 1848 y 1849 formaba parte de la Voivodina serbia. A finales del siglo XIX y principios del XX pasó a ser la capital del distrito del condado de Sirmia (en aquel entonces, dividido entre los reinos de Croacia-Eslavonia, de Hungría y el Imperio Austrohúngaro).

De acuerdo con el censo de 1910, la población era de 46.430 de los cuales: 24.262 eran seboparlantes, 9.348 de habla alemana, 5.779 eslovaca y 5.670 hablaban croata.

A partir de 1918, tanto la ciudad como la municipalidad pasó a dominios del Reino de Yugoslavia. En 1971, el 56% de la población era de origen eslovaco hasta el presente cuando la mayor comunidad étnica predominante es serbia.

Demografía

Bibliografía
Slobodan Ćurčić, Broj stanovnika Vojvodine, Novi Sad, 1996.
Dr. Dušan J. Popović, Srbi u Vojvodini, knjiga 1, Novi Sad, 1990.
Borislav Jankulov, Pregled kolonizacije Vojvodine u XVIII i XIX veku, Novi Sad - Pančevo, 2003.
Dr. Branislav Bukurov, Bačka, Banat i Srem, Novi Sad, 1978.

Referencias

Enlaces externos

Municipality of Stara Pazova - Official Website
Stara Pazova Municipality
Radio and TV station Stara Pazova

Municipios de Voivodina
Geografía de Voivodina
Distrito de Sirmia


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Nearly 10% of youth in one urban school district identify as gender-diverse, new study finds
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Many surveys aren't designed in a way that captures the true diversity of gender identification.
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Kacie Kidd, University of Pittsburgh
It seems that more and more teens are identifying as transgender, gender-fluid or nonbinary.
But because linguistic and cultural norms are always evolving, it's been challenging to pin down an exact number.
The 2017 Youth Risk Behavior Survey, which was conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, found that 1.8% of high school students identified as transgender. But my team – made up of pediatricians, adolescent medicine specialists and public health researchers – suspected that this study underrepresented the prevalence of gender-diverse youth. That's because not all people who are gender-diverse – an umbrella term for those whose gender identity does not fully align with the sex they were assigned at birth – identify as "transgender."
So we put together a survey using more inclusive questions.
We asked high school students in Pittsburgh questions about their gender in two steps. First, we asked about their sex assigned at birth. Then we asked about their gender identity and allowed them to select the identities that applied to them.
Of the 3,168 teens who completed the questions, 9.2% had a gender identity that did not fully align with their sex assigned at birth. For example, someone assigned female at birth might identify with a gender other than "girl," such as "nonbinary," "boy" or "trans boy."
This was a larger proportion than we'd seen in prior studies. Yet these more inclusive questions – which allowed us to identify anyone whose sex and gender identity did not fully align – may ultimately reflect the true prevalence of gender-diverse people.
There were some other notable findings.
For one, we also found that more teens of color expressed gender-diverse identities than their white counterparts. Yet the pediatric gender clinic where I work in Pittsburgh, like similar clinics across the United States, sees predominantly white patients.
Reasons for this pattern are not fully known, but we suspect that gender-diverse communities of color may have less access to medical specialists. They may also experience increased stigma and discrimination due to being both nonwhite and gender-diverse.
We also found that among the teens who identified as gender-diverse in our survey, more expressed a feminine or nonbinary identity, which doesn't reflect the makeup of the patients seen in both our local clinic and in gender care clinics across the country, where patients tend to express masculine identities. This may be because trans women and girls – particularly trans women and girls of color – face higher rates of violence, and so may be less comfortable coming out and seeking care.
There are also mental health implications for these gender-diverse young people.
On average, teens with gender-diverse identities have higher rates of depression and thoughts of suicide compared to their peers who are cisgender, or identify with the sex they were assigned at birth.
This may be associated with gender dysphoria – the distress associated with the incongruence between sex assigned at birth and gender identity. However not all gender-diverse people have gender dysphoria.
My experience caring for this population of young people was supported by the numbers we saw in this survey: Gender-diverse teens exist – and in larger numbers than many people might realize. Their lives and experiences matter, and given the fact that they're more vulnerable to mental health concerns, I believe equal access to compassionate, comprehensive health care becomes that much more crucial.
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The 26th annual Health Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) leadership survey involved 330 participants and asked about issues impacting the business side of healthcare.
Patient engagement, quality of care, and patient satisfactions were major focal points found in the results of the survey. The HIMSS vice president of strategic relations, John Daniels, noted that over 33 percent of the participants said their organization was able to demonstrate improvement in all three areas as a result of their IT use.
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Q: How to retrieve data from another Excel column into a PowerShell array? I'd like to create an array, which contains an Excel column. Where the current cell is empty, it has to retrieve the data from the other column.
Now my code looks like:
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        $arrItem=$arrTeilenummer}

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    $arrItem += $OpenedWorkSheet.Cells.Item($i, 8).value()

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And this code simply skip the empty cells, like normal case.

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Ane Brun Biography
Ane Brun is a songwriter, guitarist and vocalist, born in Molde, Norway in 1976. Since 2003 she has recorded eight albums. She has lived in Stockholm, Sweden since 2001, where she writes, records and runs her own label (Balloon Ranger Recordings) when not on tour.
She moved from her home town in 1995 and spend the next few years moving between Barcelona, Oslo and Bergen. In Bergen she began writing her own material while at university (jumping between courses in Spanish, law and music) as well as making a living working in record shops and bars.
After playing a few minor shows and recording her first demos in Bergen in 1999, she moved first to Uppsala and then to Stockholm in 2001, where she started to take her musical career seriously.
Ane recorded her debut album 'Spending Time with Morgan' in 2002 in both Stockholm and back in Uppsala, with engineers and producers Katharina Nuttall, Cécile Grudet and Kim Nelson. It was released on the label, DetErMine, which she formed with Ellekari Larsson from Swedish band The Tiny. The debut album came out in 11 European countries in 2003 through a licence/distribution deal with V2 Music.
After releasing the first album Ane toured around Europe but soon took some time out. She had been working intensively for two years and felt somewhat burnt out and in need of a break. After a six month breather she started touring around Europe again and within the next year had her second album ready. 'A Temporary Dive' was again produced by Katharina Nuttall and was released in 2005 throughout Europe, the US, Japan and Australia.
This album took the darker themes of 'Spending Time With Morgan' further, through songs like "The Fight Song" and title track 'A Temporary Dive' but there was also space for the lighter 'Song no 6', a duet with Ron Sexsmith.
'A Temporary Dive' was well received all over the world, especially by the press, and it picked up many rave reviews in magazines and newspapers from Time Magazine to The Independent. She received award nominations from all over Europe too, and that year took home the Norwegian Grammy for Best Female Artist.
After enjoying the collaboration on the previous few duets she had recorded, Ane was inspired to ask some artists whom she adored to sing with her on a full album called, of course, 'Duets'. This album was released in November 2005 and besides another recording with Ron Sexsmith it also included songs with artists such as Syd Matters and Teitur. It was a collaboration with the band Madrugada on the single 'Lift Me' that gained her another Norwegian Grammy for the shelf at home
Ane spent much of the next couple of years touring the world in many different stage arrangements. She's played with a full band including string section, just herself and string section at times, sometimes just a cello, perhaps with one backing vocalist – or maybe three. Of course it all started with her and the acoustic guitar, so she often ends up coming back to these solo performances too. "There is something about the focus in playing by myself that fascinates me", she says. "There's nothing to hide behind when I'm alone on stage and it becomes almost meditative for me when I play."
One of her tours was with a string quintet, and it was recorded and released as 'Live In Scandinavia' (2007) and featured Nina Kinert and the guitarist Staffan Johansson. The album includes songs from Ane's first two albums with new string arrangements by Malene Bay-Foged.
The next year she released her third studio album, 'The Changing of the Seasons' which was produced by Icelandic Valgeir Sigurdsson (Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, Múm, Coco Rosie). It includes string arrangements by American composer Nico Muhly (Antony and the Johnsons, Grizzly Bear, 'The Reader' Soundtrack).
Back on the road, a concert at the Stockholm Concert Hall was filmed and released as a live DVD in 2009. Also in this year came the album 'Sketches' which included acoustic, demo versions of the songs on 'Changing of the Seasons'. The 'Sketches' tour featured a stripped down, sparse sound and now touring with musicians Rebekka Karijord, Jennie Abrahamson and Linnea Olsson, there were memorable gigs in places such as the Union Chapel in London.
Late in 2009 Ane organised the 'No More Lullabies' concert to bring attention to the issues of climate justice. She assembled 24 well-known Swedish artists such as Robyn, Loney Dear, Titiyo and Benny Andersson of ABBA to take part in seven hours of live music and visuals to mark the International Day of Climate Action (October 24th). They succeeded in making some noise on the issue before the upcoming COP15 conference.
In 2011 she will release a new album named It All Starts With One. The album is produced by Tobias Fröberg, and should have been recorded 2010, but was postponed when both Peter Gabriel and Ani Difranco – two artists who have meant a lot to Ane – asked her to join them on their tours.
Peter Gabriel collaboration with the Scandinavian singer/songwriter continues on his next album New Blood, due to be released this year.
The first single "Do You Remember" from Ane Brun's upcoming album was released on the 17th of May 2011.
Source: anebrun.com/biography/


Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are a serious problem throughout the United States, but boast the highest infection rates among urban college students. Specifically, Chlamydia is the most commonly reported STI, and one of the easiest to cure. Despite the ease of treatment, individuals avoid seeking testing because of the stigma associated with STIs. The present study aims to decrease this barrier created by stigma through identifying opinion leaders, exposing these opinion leaders to a campaign tailored to decrease stigma, and encouraging the opinion leaders to disseminate the message throughout their social networks. This pre-/post-test study surveyed 97 undergraduate college students on their stigma attitudes. As was hypothesized, participants exposed to messages promoting Chlamydia testing as a social norm held fewer stigma beliefs and negative attitudes about Chlamydia (H1b), and had more positive about testing (H1a). Individuals connected more closely to opinion leaders were more likely to change attitudes (H2), although there were a low number of participants that qualified for this variable. With greater attitude change and connection to social network, individual intent to get tested increased (H3).


Based in a moderate-sized building on Alderglen Road, Cheetham Hill test centre can be found near Park View Residence and the A6010. Infamous for its frighteningly low pass rate, Cheetham Hill comes with a range of challenges up its sleeve—but for candidates willing to work hard, it is indeed possible to come away triumphant. If you're a learner looking to face Cheetham Hill head on, we'd recommend getting to know it better. You can do so by reading on for directions, pass rates, test routes and much more about Cheetham Hill.
Less than 5 minutes from the centre of Cheetham Hill itself, the test centre is easily accessible for all learners located in and around Cheetham Hill—particularly with the nearby A6010 and Cheetham Hill Road. If you've not yet looked around Cheetham Hill test centre prior to your lessons, you can find directions here.
With the DVSA no longer publishing routes, you won't be able to find an exact route for any of the test centres in Greater Manchester. Don't worry—you can get an idea of which roads might crop up by looking at videos of Cheetham Hill test routes on YouTube or by downloading our sample Cheetham Hill driving test routes. Additionally, if you're taking lessons with a local insructor, you'll be familiar with most of the local roads that will crop up on your test.
While the pass rate for Cheetham Hill is a lot lower than the national average of 47%, you should bear in mind that it's located in a challenging area. Arguably, it gives learners vital experience in dealing with difficult road features.Not had the chance to take your theory test yet? Take a look at how to pass your theory test.
What If I Can't Go To Cheetham Hill?
Learners in Greater Manchester have a wide variety of practical test centres to go to. Ordinarily, if you couldn't go to Cheetham Hill test centre, you would head to Salford test centre. At this moment however, Salford test centre is temporarily closed. As such, your nearest alternate test centre is Chadderton.
When you get back to Cheetham Hill test centre, the examiner will tell you your results. They'll also give you a feedback sheet so that you can look at the driving test faults you picked up. If you pass, you'll also get a test pass certificate and you'll be given the option to send for your new licence.
You wouldn't think it, but it's perfectly normal to fail your test—so don't beat yourself up over it. You can use the feedback the examiner gave you to help you the next time you take your test. PassMeFast can speed up the entire process and fast-track your test. If you'd like to get booked in, give us a quick call on 0333 123 4949 or contact us on our website.
PassMeFast is different to other driving schools. Instead of spreading out your lessons over months, PassMeFast offers intensive courses where you can learn to drive in a matter of days. Not sure how they work? Check out our crash courses guide. If you're looking to get passed fast, our fast-track practical tests put you ahead of the queue of learner drivers. And with our experienced grade A and B instructors, you'll learn all the skills you need to become a safe and confident driver.
The road to driving doesn't have to be long with PassMeFast. Take a look at our course prices and get in touch today to find out more—by ringing 0333 123 4949—or book a course online yourself to take one step closer to getting on the road.
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The German national competition authority, the Bundeskartellamt, has made a number of highly controversial recommendations concerning milk supply contracts, within an interim report on its on-going investigation into competition in the German dairy industry.
The investigation is chiefly focusing on Deutsche Milchkontor (DMK) which is a joint cooperative-plc structure and the largest dairy in the country, with over 8,500 suppliers. However the majority of dairies active in Germany have also been asked to supply extensive information on their supply agreements with farmers.
The report criticises a combination of factors within supply agreements, which it believes is limiting competition in the sector and proposes a number of recommendations to loosen the links between farmers and their dairies. Specific areas under review include contract duration lengths, exclusivity of supply and ex post pricing.
These recommendations have no legal weight but are aimed to launch a broad discussion and motivate voluntary change in the sector in Germany.
These proposals have been met with outcry by the German industry. ICOS is in close contact with our German counterparts, the Deutscher Raiffeisenverband (DRV), who are actively opposing the recommendations within this report and providing input to the authority.
As milk supply agreements are provided for in EU law, they are not in breach of competition rules and therefore these recommendations are considered off-point. These agreements are also laid out in cooperatives statutes, based on the democratic decision made by the farmers involved in that cooperative, something that has been ignored within this report. Changing these statutes is at the farmers discretion.
Loosening the links between farmers and their dairies in this way would seriously expose both the producer and the cooperative, particularly given the perishable nature of milk. It is hoped and believed that the final report will be limited in scope to a select few changes.