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What's the mood among English cricket fans? I imagine a fair bit of relief to finally get a WC... but in bizarre circumstances.
RE: Awesome stuff you see on the internet
@Hooroo said in CWC Final - Black Caps v England:
@Rapido said in CWC Final - Black Caps v England:
@ACT-Crusader said in CWC Final - Black Caps v England:
4 seamers and no spinners in the tournament XI.
That stat alone is probably the most pertinent when judging if NZ have missed their only ever chance at a world cup, rather than what age Sodhi and Blundell will be in 2023.
Btw, where will the tournament be hosted in 2023, I assume India?
Yes, India.
I don't get the last chance to win a world cup. We have a great team to build from
It's because we've had a bit of a golden generation of cricketers in recent times, with a handful of genuinely world class players backed up by a very competent support cast. 4 years is a long time and it's likely we won't have some of those players at the next WC.
The Caps are not like the ABs where they churn out world class players on a regular basis; the 2015 and 2019 teams are the best we've had at WCs.
@hydro11 said in CWC Final - Black Caps v England:
England probably should have taken the game away from us. It is ironic that they won because of more boundaries scored. It was relying on boundaries which was their problem. Stokes showed limitations as a batsman in that he couldn't rotate the strike. Root also got out because he just couldn't get enough singles and got frustrated. Credit to all our bowlers but especially Neesham and CDG.
I don't have a huge problem with how the game ended. If it is tied on the day, you should go back to who did better throughout the tournament. That is England. So the right winner in the end.
Luck did seem to go against us. Then again both Ferguson and Southee only just made catches. In some ways they were lucky to take those. So it depends how you look at it. Overall, we were fortunate to be in the semis.
See I have an issue with the 'who did better in the tournament' position. Don't have finals if you want to reward tournament play.
In a final it shouldn't matter how you got there, it's just that you get there and are in with a starters chance.
It should come down to what happens in the game.
It's a much better metric than wickets lost. Each team is given resources of 300 legal deliveries and 10 wickets. New Zealand didn't use all of our resources. If England got bowled out for 241 in 49 overs, you could argue they should have won for having more deliveries available which they did not use.
No way, if you finish your innings with wickets in hand it means the opposition wasn't good enough to bowl you out. Failing to bat your 50 is seen as a really bad thing for a reason. Also if the chasing team wins it is described as "won by X wickets" because that shows how many wickets you still had up your sleeve.
Deciding the result on boundaries hit instead of wickets goes against the very core principles of the game. That rule had to he devised by someone with absolutely no appreciation for the game whatsoever. The kind of person that just likes the 4s and 6s without appreciating the countless other facets. It's the single stupidist rule I've ever seen and it's unfortunately left a hell of a sour taste on what was otherwise a great tournament.
For me, the ruling has borderline brought the game into disrepute as crickets biggest showcase was decided on a rule that simply doesn't make any bloody sense.
The goal isn't to bowl someone out though - it's just to limit how many runs the other team scores. If a team is dumb enough to finish 50 overs with 5 wickets left over, they are as stupid as a team which doesn't bat out their overs. Wickets remaining would be a silly way to decide it. I would consider it as bad as most boundaries.
The goal is absolutely to bowl teams out, as that is by far the most effective way of limiting runs. The only way the Black Caps defend that total is by taking wickets; if both Stokes and Buttler are there at the end then England coast home. It was taking those wickets that nearly (should have) got us home.
Runs are the most important, which is why that is used to decide games. The next best metric, by a country fucking mile, is wickets. Boundaries hit is completely and utterly meaningless, I honestly cannot believe they would even contemplate using that as a metric to decide a game.
Well that's bloody disappointing. So many clutch moments went against us, any one of which would have won us the game. Can't help but feel we've missed a golden opportunity to win a WC which we won't get again for a long time.
Proud of the way the guys played. The way they never gave up despite lady luck being firmly against them was nothing short of incredible. Wonderful game overall but ending in a tie is a pretty crap way to finish.
Congrats to England. Managed to play well under immense pressure at home, so credit where its due.
Winning a WC without winning the final. Has that ever happened in any other sport? Just seems insane.
They didn't win the game but they win the WC.


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Q: How to Set User Device Name in WifiDirect? Is there any method to broadcast custom string using WiFiDirect without establishing connection? I am trying to BroadCast Long string using wifi direct. when peer clicks on the device I want to manipulate this string.
So I decided to attach this string with device name but device name change code is not working.
I tried to use the reflection of WifiManger API.
But this method is hidden cannot be accessed.
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this try catch block trying to access this method and use it to set custom string BroadCastName as Device Name or Host name
I want Device's Default Name in WifiDirect to be Modified as String BroadCastName but I see no change.

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Skeletal Muscle Created from Stem Cells
Discovery is major step towards a stem cell replacement therapy for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy.
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) scientists have developed a new strategy to efficiently isolate, mature, and transplant skeletal muscle cells created from human pluripotent stem cells, which can produce all cell types of the body. The findings are a major step towards developing a stem cell replacement therapy for muscle diseases including Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, which affects approximately 1 in 5,000 boys in the U.S. and is the most common fatal childhood genetic disease.
The study's senior author is April Pyle, associate professor of microbiology, immunology and molecular genetics and member of the Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research at UCLA. Using the natural human development process as a guide, the researchers developed ways to mature muscle cells in the laboratory to create muscle fibers that restore dystrophin, the protein that is missing in the muscles of boys with Duchenne.
Without dystrophin, muscles degenerate and become progressively weaker. Duchenne symptoms usually begin in early childhood; patients gradually lose mobility and typically die from heart or respiratory failure around age 20. There is currently no way to reverse or cure the disease.
For years, scientists have been trying different methods that direct human pluripotent stem cells to generate skeletal muscle stem cells that can function appropriately in living muscle and regenerate dystrophin-producing muscle fibers. However, the study led by Pyle found that the current methods are inefficient; they produce immature cells that are not appropriate for modeling Duchenne in the laboratory or creating a cell replacement therapy for the disease.
"We have found that just because a skeletal muscle cell produced in the lab expresses muscle markers, doesn't mean it is fully functional," said Pyle. "For a stem cell therapy for Duchenne to move forward, we must have a better understanding of the cells we are generating from human pluripotent stem cells compared to the muscle stem cells found naturally in the human body and during the development process."
By analyzing human development, the researchers found a fetal skeletal muscle cell that is extraordinarily regenerative. Upon further analysis of these fetal muscle cells two new cell surface markers called ERBB3 and NGFR were discovered; this enabled the researchers to precisely isolate muscle cells from human tissue and separate them from various cell types created using human pluripotent stem cells.
Once they were able to isolate skeletal muscle cells using the newly identified surface markers, the research team matured those cells in the lab to create dystrophin-producing muscle fibers. The muscle fibers they created were uniformily muscle cells, but the fibers were still smaller than those found in real human muscle.
"We were missing another key component," said Michael Hicks, lead author of the study. The skeletal muscle cells were not maturing properly, he explained. "We needed bigger, stronger muscle that also had the ability to contract."
Once again, the team looked to the natural stages of human development for answers. Hicks discovered that a specific cell signaling pathway called TGF Beta needs to be turned off to enable generation of skeletal muscle fibers that contain the proteins that help muscles contract. Finally, the team tested their new method in a mouse model of Duchenne.
"Our long-term goal is to develop a personalized cell replacement therapy using a patient's own cells to treat boys with Duchenne," said Hicks. "So, for this study we followed the same steps, from start to finish, that we'd follow when creating these cells for a human patient."
First, the Duchenne patient cells were reprogrammed to become pluripotent stem cells. The researchers then removed the genetic mutation that causes Duchenne using the gene editing technology CRISPR-Cas9. Using the ERBB3 and NGFR surface markers, the skeletal muscle cells were isolated and then injected into mice at the same time a TGF Beta inhibitor was administered.
"The results were exactly what we'd hoped for," said Pyle. "This is the first study to demonstrate that functional muscle cells can be created in a laboratory and restore dystrophin in animal models of Duchenne using the human development process as a guide."
Further research will focus on generating skeletal muscle stem cells that can respond to continuous injury and regenerate new muscle long-term using the team's new isolation and maturation strategy.
The newly identified strategy to generate skeletal muscle from human pluripotent stem cells is covered by a patent application filed by the UCLA Technology Development Group on behalf of The Regents of the University of California, with Michael Hicks and April Pyle as co-inventors.
Illustration: Skeletal muscle cells isolated using the ERBB3 and NGFR surface markers (right) restore human dystrophin (green) after transplantation significantly greater than previous methods (left). Credit: UCLA Broad Stem Cell Research Center/Nature Cell Bio.
University of California, Los Angeles News Release (12/18/17)
Science Daily (12/18/17)
Abstract (Nature Cell Biology; 2017.)

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Q: Sitemap-XML in Processwire 3 how can i generate a sitemap for processwire 3 for huebert-webentwicklung.de/sitemap.xml it doesen't work with the Plugin MarkupSitemapXML. Any idea how to get it work?
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A: Create a new page template (sitemap.xml) then set the page output to be XML the the PW backend. Create a page and link it (set it to hidden).
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Takashi Ishii (jap. , Ishii Takashi; * 27. August 1954) ist ein ehemaliger japanischer Mittelstreckenläufer.

Bei den Leichtathletik-Asienmeisterschaften 1975 siegte er über 1500 m und gewann Bronze über 800 m.

1977 wurde er beim Leichtathletik-Weltcup in Düsseldorf über 1500 m Fünfter mit dem Asienrekord von 3:38,24 min. Bei den Pacific Conference Games holte er Gold über 1500 m und Bronze über 800 m.

Ebenfalls Gold über 1500 m und Bronze über 800 m gab es für ihn bei den Asienspielen 1978 in Bangkok.

Über 1500 m gewann er bei den Asienmeisterschaften 1979 Silber. 1981 siegte er über diese Distanz bei den Asienmeisterschaften und wurde Neunter beim Leichtathletik-Weltcup in Rom.

Fünfmal wurde er Japanischer Meister über 800 m (1974–1978) und viermal über 1500 m (1976, 1977, 1979, 1980).

Persönliche Bestzeiten

 800 m: 1:47,8 min, 30. Oktober 1977, Tokio
 1500 m: 3:38,24 min, 3. September 1977, Düsseldorf
 1 Meile: 3:59,7 min, 10. Februar 1977, Melbourne

Weblinks

800-Meter-Läufer (Japan)
1500-Meter-Läufer (Japan)
Asienmeister (1500-Meter-Lauf)
Japanischer Meister (Leichtathletik)
Japaner
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Geboren 1954

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February 1, 2018 February 1, 2018 | King County News - Fresh Juice for the Northwest
While we're currently here on Earth, inhabiting these physical vessels, it is each individual's responsibility to be the architect for the life they desire. As such, one has the power to actively choose to manifest and live the life they want – whether an individual chooses to thrive and live in their light or succumb to the comfortable complacency of their darkness is solely that person's decision to make. But, based on the thoughts, words and actions you consciously or subconsciously decide to put out into the Universe, the Universe will return to you exactly what you send out.
So take your power back.
Far too often, people surrender their personal power to exterior forces – be it money, relationships, jobs, environment, dis-ease, etc. Despite all the "darkness" that seems to be taking up space around the world today, we are living in extremely auspicious times. And now, perhaps more so than ever, is the time for each and every being on this planet to take back, embrace and recognize just how absolutely and limitlessly powerful we are.
With "Around The Way", Raz Simone links up with Clayton "C-Dogg/B-ragg" Bragg to demonstrate the power of using your time and energy to build up another individual while simultaneously putting on display how recognizing your own power can help to inspire and influence those around you. In doing so, "Around The Way" allows both Simone and C-Dogg to play their hand in making this world a better place.
At only 22 years old, C-Dogg has been surviving and thriving through all the obstacles God has placed before him, including a lifelong bout with cerebral palsy. And no obstacle is put in your way to stop you – they are only there to help your growth and help push you to recognize your own power. With 27 surgeries under his belt, 11 of which have been on his heart, the determination and the drive of C-Dogg has helped to inspire a number of people who have witnessed or heard his powerful story.
One of the people inspired by C-Dogg is Raz Simone. Although they don't have the "same problems", Simone and Clayton have both inspired each other with their ability to overcome adversities. In Raz's own words, the two have the same spirit. And that spirit does not quit, does not surrender, and it certainly does not give up it's power – it's internal light – to exterior forces.
As Raz points out on "Around The Way" with a slick double entendre, his work is "always quality" and he never stretches it. Anyone familiar with Simone's body of work recognizes the Black Umbrella founder has a catalogue abundant in both quantity and quality – he's not cutting corners or laying down half-assed verses in order to get content out there. So, even when he's helping out his people, Simone isn't going to hop on a track just for the hell of it. According to Simone, he told C-Dogg he would only get on record with him if he was feeling it and, when it came to "Around The Way", Clayton "slapped the mess outta [him] wit this one."
A common theme when discussing Raz Simone is his authenticity and his realness. Being "real" does not always have to mean you're "street" or "gangster" or anything along those lines – realness has more to do with an individual's drive, dedication, heart and their authenticity. Realness comes from one's ability to overcome even the hardest of adversities without getting trapped in the darkness. There are school teachers who are real, there are chefs and plumbers and cashiers who are real. Realness is about the individual in and of themselves, not the label placed upon them based on exterior factors.
In that sense, C-Dogg is real. And Simone is real.
As always, credit and praise must be sent to Simone's go-to cinematographer, Jacob Hill. Feeling inspired by the energy of the experience, Hill went back to Black Umbrella HQ after shooting "Around The Way" and decided to edit and finalize the video that night. Instead of sleeping, Hill made sure the video was turned around in time for release overnight. That's heart, dedication and sacrifice…that's real. And not only did he come through with the quick flip of the video, but he cooked up a final product that gives off no sense of being rushed or half-assed. Ya'll, there's something to be said about work ethic
and it's clear there's a reason Hill is reppin' Black Umbrella…
Much love to Raz, B-ragg and Jacob Hill for creating and sharing this beautiful message of acceptance and love. This that medicine the world needs a heavy dose of right now.
Experience "Around The Way" below and peep some older BTS footage of Raz and B-ragg in the studio here.
https://youtu.be/ljupWQJHuLA
Originally Published at https://yeezytaughtmehappythoughts.blogspot.com/2018/01/raz-simone-around-way-feat-b-ragg-video.html
December 3, 2017 December 3, 2017 | King County News - Fresh Juice for the Northwest
by JP Scratches
December 1, 2017 FAT LACES – the Life and Death of Seattle Hip Hop is an eye-witness account of the who/what/where that happened on the Northwest Hip Hop scene from 1982-1994. The historic Dance Clubs, iconic Breakdance Crews, seminal Graffiti Artists, legendary Dj's, and platinum selling Rappers are all waiting inside.
Sir Mixalot's early job as an arcade vendor? The New York City Breakers defeat at the hands of Seattle's High Performance crew? Edawg's shady domino technique? The stories are finally being told in the extremely detailed book on the golden age of Seattle hip hop by acclaimed Seattle artisan David Toledo.
David Toledo's writing embodies the genius of hip hop in all its chaotic beauty. The raw emotion of teen angst and first loves with the wisdom of an old soul. The hunger, passion, and wide-eyed optimism of youth tempered with a life-time of loss and disappointment. His first-person writings of Seattle's hip hop history, iconic characters, and historic events take readers to a place of wonder and excitement as he jumps quickly from past to present and back again, from happening to happening, introducing multiple characters and conversations. Providing an emotional potpourri that perfectly fits the subject he is writing about. Hip Hop at its roots is contained-chaos; a whirlwind of emotion and art that somehow fit together like a hand in a fingerless glove.
Paperback available at Amazon.com.
The Todd Beamer High School dance team took first place in the 4AState Championships hip-hop division in Washington State, avenging their 2016 loss and 2nd place finish the previous year.
2016 was a year of success as the Todd Beamer Dance Team won 1st place in all but one of their competitions, including the USA National Competition in Anaheim, California.
The one exception was falling to 2nd place in the 2016 State Championships, notched by Shorecrest High School.
What made the victory even more amazing is that the Todd Beamer Dance Team did not have a coach for more than half of the 2017 season. After losing their 2016 Coach the Team-Captains (High School Seniors) took on the job of planning, scheduling, and conduction practice until Coach (and founding TBDT member) Debbie Yaranon joined the team.
The story behind this season would make a perfect made-for-tv movie about friendship, perseverance, and determination. These girls never gave up, and worked together to make their dream come true. We can't wait until 2018 to see what's next!
WEST SEATTLE GETS ANIMATED
September 20, 2016 June 25, 2018 | King County News - Fresh Juice for the Northwest
October 19, 2016 – The Alaska Junction District of West Seattle is known as an Artist hub so it's no surprise that it's home to one of Seattle's favorite cartoonists, David Toledo. David is the Program Manager for the Unified Outreach youth-arts program which has operated for nearly 2 decades and regularly teaches a summer and winter break day-camp with a focus on cartoon animation.
David's current project is called "the Mascots" which when completed will be a 30-minute animated feature scheduled to debut at the 2017 Emerald City ComiCon. As with most 30-minute cartoon programming the time will be divided into 3 individual cartoon shorts averaging about 10 minutes each. The first 10-minute episode titled "Join the Band" is currently viewable at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTUZ60sbfR8
What's the cartoon about?
The Mascots are 4 friends dealing with peer pressure, girl troubles, and trying to make the "team". It's everything you'd expect in the lives of your average, all-American, teenage…. Animorphs?
David says "Everyone is familiar with the superstar mascots that strut their stuff through the world's biggest sports arenas – bringing smiles to children and firing up the fans in the stands! But have you ever wondered about their lives outside of the spotlight? Life BEFORE they made it to the main stage?"
David Toledo is the Creator, Writer, Illustrator, and Animator of "Meet the Mascots" and also voiced multiple characters who appear in the Pilot Episode including the (4) Leads. Joining him for the pilot episode is a small group of voice-over talent that includes some very well known artists in Seattle's hip hop community.
Meet the Voices featured in the Pilot Episode:
Robert Anderson (DJ Iceman) has been a DJ for 33 years. originally from Brooklyn, New York; he's been a staple in the South Sound Music scene since he moved to Tacoma Washington in 2007. He is a proud member of 206 Zulu and has been a Wu-Tang DJ since 2011. you can currently hear him on Wednesdays at 7 pm on www.wild1radio.com on his "Sure Shot" radio show.
Clayton Bragg (C-Dogg) is a rapper and video-blog host living in Edmonds, Washington (just north of Seattle). Born in Des Moines and raised in Snohomish County, Clayton graduated high school in 2009 as a proud Panther.
Clayton was born with conical heart defect and cerebral palsy, but that has not stopped him from pursuing his love of music. You can follow C-Dogg on twitter at handicapbragg, or at https://www.youtube.com/user/rappercdogg.
Christina Virgillo-Emery (Mz. Music Girl) is a DJ at Zulu Radio and can be heard at www.kbcs.fm or on 91.3 fm.
Born and raised in Culver City (L.A.), California, Mz. Music Girl moved to Washington State in summer 1995, and became a member of 206ZULU in 2005. She enjoys music, turntablism, traveling, arts & crafts, sports, and many other things!
Cinnamon Rosa the founder of Village Keepers; a youth-focused outreach program in Tacoma, Washington; and a Food Equity Leader for the Puyallup Watershed Initiatives Just & Healthy Food System. Cinnamon's role within the "Meet the Mascots" project also includes script consultant and character development.
Able Fader is veteran Hip Hop DJ, Music Producer, Event Promoter, Mobile DJ, Graphic Designer, Web Developer and Recording Artist. Able has been creating art within Hip Hop culture since 1987 and DJing since 1994. He is founding resident of (((THE JAM))) a popular Hip Hop club night on second Fridays at Vermillion on Seattle's Capitol Hill as well as HOME SLICE a monthly showcase of local NW Hip Hop talent at Seattle's historic The Crocodile. Able collaborates actively with many of Seattle's most respected artists and is a member of both 206 Zulu and the Filthy Fingers United producer collective. http://fade.graphics
Music/Mobile DJ Website: Thubba Thubba: http://thubbathubba.com
Additionally, there will be plenty of opportunities for local artists to partner on the project as it moves forward. There is a Facebook page where updates will post; as well as open-calls for voice-over artists, cosplay actors/actresses, and others interested in being part of the program.
https://www.facebook.com/SeattleMascots/posts
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Local High School Wins National Hip-Hop Championship
June 1, 2016 June 1, 2016 | King County News - Fresh Juice for the Northwest
The Todd Beamer High School dance team took first place in the Championship large hip-hop division at last weekend's USA National Competition in Anaheim, California. Dancers from across the country competed, and the Titans' early morning performance earned them a place in the finals along with two other teams.
Their outstanding show as finalists that evening led to their first-place championship win.
This is the first national championship for the team, and it's a big win for a Titans dance team that has placed second and third in prior competitions.
"We're excited to bring home this championship title to Federal Way and Todd Beamer High School," said coach Valicia Valiani. "The team has worked hard this year and deserves this win and national recognition."
The win in California makes the team undefeated this year as they head into the state championship competition this weekend in Yakima.
Their season tops off with the team's 13th annual dance showcase, the Beamer Breakdown, on May 6-7 at Todd Beamer High School (35999 16th Ave. S., Federal Way).
The Todd Beamer High School Dance Team holds eight state championship titles.
The 24-member team is coached by Valiani. The assistant coach is Teddy Bakke, and team captains are Josh Moran, Layne Hardin and Natalie Smith. The team's hip-hop routine this year is choreographed by Daniel Cruz.
In addition to performing in local and national competitions, the team has performed at half-time during a Seahawks game, participates in the local dance community and performs at school and community sports events and activities.
Originally Published at "http://www.federalwaymirror.com/community/373593461.html#"
If You Have One Of These Old Seattle Rap Albums It May Be Worth Thousands!
May 29, 2016 May 29, 2016 | King County News - Fresh Juice for the Northwest
P. Lagiarist
May 29, 2016. Got old Seattle rap albums collecting dust on a shelf somewhere? Maybe you already reclaimed the space and they're sitting in an attic long-forgotten. Hopefully you didn't throw them out, though, as it turns out there might be quite the market for some old Seattle Rap records. Modern engineering practice for music releases and re-releases tends to include adding or editing the original playlist from the original album version. While some people (squares) don't mind or even enjoy these changes, real Seattle OG's believe the original cut is worth spending the additional cheddar.
This translates to listings on eBay for certain Rap records at astronomical prices. It's unknown if these early Seattle Rap albums will reach the level of other Seattle musician's such as Patrinell Staton's "Little Love Affair" which sold for $3500; but we've seen several Seattle Rap albums such as original copies of the Emerald Street Boys early releases and Sir Mixalot's early Nastymix singles regularly going for $500 – $1000. It is believed that Indie Seattle Rap records in particular might be valuable to collectors for other reasons. Local DJ and Hip Hop Icon JP Scratches says "Early Seattle Rap LP's are a rarity. Finding an early eighties cassette tape from Seattle is hard enough; but finding records is nearly impossible." Because of this, certain Seattle Rap collectors are convinced that these LP RECORDS are worth something."
According to Seattle Hip Hop Historian and Legendary DJ Mr. Supreme, the "white-whale" of Seattle Rap is the rumored 2-copy pressing by Sir Mixalot contemporary "Baron Von Scratch". If one of these copies was to ever surface there is no telling what sort of numbers the bidding might reach.
On the hot investment list are pre-1992 LP Records by Seattle Rap Artists the Emerald Street Boys, Sir Mixalot (Nastymix label), Incredicrew featuring Chelley Chelle, Chilly Uptown, High Performance, Criminal Nation, Kid Sensation, and Moving Target featuring David Toledo/Dawny Toledo/Esera Mose.
While it's possible some Rap records are indeed worth quite a bit, you may also be able to find some of the more heavily produced (aka successful) artist material (Such as Sir Mixalot, Edawg, and Kid Sensation) at a very reasonable price.
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Hip Hop Royalty Theatrical Debute
May 25, 2016 | King County News - Fresh Juice for the Northwest
(Seattle, Washington) June 17-18, 2016 marks the highly anticipated return of Hip Hop emcee, producer, and organizer Danny "King Khazm" Kogita, with a double album release and theater production entitled "Diaries of a M.A.D." The first show at the newly renovated Historic Washington Hall.
Diaries of a M.A.D. is an interdisciplinary installation, uniquely bridging music, cinema, and performing arts in an intimate exploration of struggle and perseverance. The album is laden with crisp snares, warm kicks, and dusty samples produced by members of Dev From Above, Third Eye Bling and Khazm and his beat crew, The Konstructicons. The soundscapes of this autobiographical essay paint a dark lacquer of social commentary.
The stage show produced by Olisa "Spyc-e" Enrico, is an artistic interpretation of how a biracial, disabled youth was able to overcome challenges in Seattle's South end. An amalgam of Hip Hop, Japanese culture and disability awareness; the conceptual musical performances, blended with visual projections, dance and theatrical segments, push the boundaries of what is and what can be.
In 2003, King Khazm, along with his rap group- Cyphalliance, emerged onto the Northwest Hip Hop scene with exceptional response with debut album "Industreets." A barrage of technological mishaps and life prevented the long awaited follow up album from seeing the light of day- until now.
One decade later, Living as a M.A.D. has been miraculously recovered, and after several months of extensive reconstruction, the album will finally be released. This sonically diverse project, recorded at Seattle's renown Pharmacy, includes production by Jake One, Vitamin D, DJ Tre, Kitone, and others. The soundscape ranges from socially conscious lyrics to smooth melodic vocals.
Diaries of a M.A.D. and Living as a M.A.D. both release on Fresh Chopped Beats / MADK Productions and will be available at iTunes, Amazon.com and finer Hip Hop specialty stores.
For more information and announcements, visit www.freshchoppedbeats.com
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NEW HEAT ALERT:DRAZE UNVEILS THE "SEATTLE SWEETIES" MUSIC VIDEO
November 15, 2015 | King County News - Fresh Juice for the Northwest
Originally posted by BigBoss ENT on November 15, 2015 at 2:59pm
SEATTLE, WA (November 13, 2015) – Seattle rapper Draze is proud to unveil the music video for his latest single "Seattle Sweeties," here. Directed by Atuanya Priester (A Real Grip), this video celebrates the beauty and diversity of style, of women in the Northwest. Draze explains, "I know women from all over the country; and I can truly say there is nothing like a Seattle Sweetie. This is my own way of saluting them. I hope this video captures a little bit of their mystique."
In true Draze form "Seattle Sweeties" is more than just a song or video, but rather a movement. Draze partnered with cafe and bakery giant, Cupcake Royale to create six new cupcake flavors that are available from now through November 22, at each Cupcake Royale location. Among the flavors are: Choco Latte, Lemon Cherry Blossom, Chai Cinnamon, Banana Cream, Caramel Delight, and Vanilla Dream. Draze expounds, "It is fresh to see my city buzzing about this song, these cupcakes and the entire movement. I am hoping that the video can be the cherry on top." A portion of the proceeds from each "Seattle Sweetie" cupcake sold goes to benefit survivors of domestic violence through partners at "Runway to Freedom."
WHAT'S NEXT FOR DRAZE
With a ringing endorsement from Seattle native, Macklemore, Draze is bringing a wave of momentum into this musical fourth quarter. Recently Draze's music was featured on Fox's hit show, "Empire", ESPN's "Sports Center" and MTV. In addition, Draze's hit street single, "The Hood Ain't The Same" a song highlighting the effects of gentrification, was archived at the Museum of History and Industry during a ceremony lead by Mayor Ed Murray. Draze's newest single, "Seattle Sweeties" is available online here as a free download. Draze is set to release his new Mixtape titled "Seattle's Own" soon.
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How Macklemore Conquered Addiction and Teamed With Rap Royalty for New LP
October 11, 2015 October 11, 2015 | King County News - Fresh Juice for the Northwest
By Simon Vozick-Levinson
Originally Published at http://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/how-macklemore-conquered-addiction-and-teamed-with-rap-royalty-for-new-lp-20150910
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September 10, 2015 – An hour before they took the stage at MTV's Video Music Awards in Los Angeles on August 30th, Macklemore and Ryan Lewis were sure their set was going to be a total disaster. The Seattle rapper-producer duo had just finished the final run-through of the performance — an ambitious outdoor version of their new single, "Downtown," involving tricky choreography and multiple guest vocalists — and nothing was going right. "We watched the playback, and Ryan was bummed," says Macklemore. "He was like, 'Dude, this isn't good. It's going to be a s**show.'"
In the end, their first televised performance in more than a year went off without a hitch — but it was a high-stakes moment for more reasons than one. The last awards show Macklemore and Lewis performed at was the 2014 Grammys, where their platinum-selling The Heist beat out Kendrick Lamar and others for Best Rap Album. The backlash that followed was swift and brutal: Many fans saw them as symbols of the advantages that white artists have even in a historically black genre. Last fall, the rapper — who went sober in 2008, but relapsed into drug use during his sudden rise to fame — got clean again, and he says the 12-step philosophy has helped him deal with criticism. "There's this tendency to be like, 'Where's the negative stuff? How valid is the criticism?'" says Macklemore. "But honestly, what people think of me is none of my business. If I live on the Internet looking for public approval, I'm going to be miserable."
The day after the VMAs, Macklemore is calling from a mountain cabin in eastern Washington, where he and Lewis are putting the final touches on their follow-up to The Heist. "I'm feeling great about this album," he says. "It has a diversity of sounds and textures and concepts. We've been able to take our time with it, and it's a great feeling to get to that point."
His relief at having gotten through the VMAs is audible. "It was intense," he says. "You're sitting in your seat, Kanye's giving his speech 10 feet away from you, and you realize how many people are out there watching and commenting and judging and making memes. This Internet culture that we're in feels so foreign and so strange sometimes. The VMAs, the Grammys, Twitter, Facebook — all of that is artificial. What's real is creativity."
The "Downtown" video has been viewed more than 11 million times on YouTube; the song is the result of an 18-month-long recording process that began when Macklemore and Lewis were on tour somewhere in the American Midwest. "Ryan made a beat called 'Moping Around,' and I thought it was about mopeds," Macklemore says with a laugh. He began writing rhymes about the vehicles that he and Lewis had bought to relieve the monotony of life on the road. Lewis took this theme as a production challenge, building "Downtown" into a five-minute epic packed with stylistic detours into Seventies rock, show tunes and more. "We worked at whatever studios were available when we had random ideas," Lewis says. "There was a long time when I didn't think I was going to be able to capture what was in our heads."


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Charles Laeser (Genebra, 12 de setembro de 1879 - Genebra, 28 de julho de 1959) foi um ciclista profissional que defendeu as cores de Suíça.

Participações no Tour de France
 Tour de France 1903 : venceu a 4ª etapa da competição
 Tour de France 1904 : abandonou

Ligações externas

 Charles Laeser, Memoire du Cyclisme
 Tour de France 1903, Radsport-Seite.de

Ciclistas da Suíça
Naturais de Genebra


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Twins in Sports
In sports every important figure has a brother from another mother. Here are five sets of non-related fraternal twins that have so much more in common than many blood brothers.
Kevin Durant and Bryce Harper
Both of these guys have that "it" factor. Every time Durant takes the court or Harper takes the field it's just obvious that they're just that much better than everyone else. And despite being young guys, they both seem to understand the moment, and play the game the right way. Save for a serious injury we will be seeing these two stars rewrite the record books and waltz into their respective halls of fame.
Alex Rodriguez and Dwight Howard
Even though these two sports luminaries have been blessed with unmatched physical talent, neither one could master the mental aspect of being a star athlete. ARod and Howard both suffer from the fatal disease of: Since I try way too hard to appear cool everything I say or do comes off as disingenuous, staged, and forced. Rodriguez tried unsuccessfully for years to mimic the above reproach, stoic, confident swag of Derek Jeter. Despite being 7 feet tall and 265 pounds, Howard sadly tries to dress nerdy like NBA stars half his size. The whole spectacle is so very sad.
Roger Clemens and Lance Armstrong
They are in a nutshell two big, strong, Texans who are rich enough to hire lawyers good enough to manipulate the legal system. Anyone with two hemispheres in their brain can come to the conclusion that both of these guys were doing performance enhancing drugs for years. Neither one has ever failed a drug test, but with so much evidence implicating them, it's almost impossible not to reach this conclusion. Just to make sure everyone fully understands this, neither one will be found guilty of any crimes. Armstrong may be stripped of his Tour de France victories, but he will never lose in a court of law.
Bob Arum and David Stern
Two rich, arrogant, savvy dictators who have enough power to dictate the outcomes of their sports. Arum, the CEO of the boxing promoting company, Top Rank, has been involved in many controversies in his 40 plus years in boxing. His greatest alleged transgression involved his current cash cow Manny Pacquiao. In quick summary, Pacquiao (the champion) was robbed of a fight he dominated against an unknown, yet undefeated opponent Timothy Bradley (Arum promotes both of these fighters). Instead of allowing Pacquiao the obvious rematch, Arum is "making" Pacquiao have a 4th fight against an opponent no one wants to watch. This allows Bradley, who isn't that good, to be promoted as the undefeated champion who beat the great Pacquiao. Now any fight with Bradley will generate huge revenue … even though he's an average fighter and a paper champion.
Stern rigged the inaugural NBA draft lottery, watches idly as referees obviously fix the outcomes of games, nixed a perfectly legitimate three team trade (without ever giving a real reason), and lastly allowed a team that his league owns (New Orleans Hornets) to win the #1 pick in this year's draft. Both of these criminals need to go.
The triplets: Floyd Mayweather, Tom Brady, and Roger Federer
These three brothers have been considered to be the best to ever play their sport by many in the media, but nothing could be further from the truth for all of them.
· Mayweather may end his career undefeated, but many of his victories have been against cupcakes, and he never fought Pacquiao in his prime. This is a HUGE asterisk on his resume.
· Brady already has better stats than Joe Montana, and could easily tie or pass him in Super Bowl victories. What Montana never had was a blemish on his record in the big game, let alone two … to the same opposing quarterback no less. As awesome as Brady has been his whole career, such a distinction precludes him from being the best ever.
· Fed has more major titles than any man in tennis history, the record for most consecutive weeks ranked #1, and has captured the career Grand Slam. What he doesn't have is a winning record against his contemporary Rafael Nadal. Nadal leads their head to head rivalry 18-10, and has defeated Federer in the final match of a major 6 consecutive times (6-2 overall lead). I can't say a guy is the best ever when he can't match up at all to his chief rival.
Even though these two sports luminaries have been blessed with unmatched physical talent, neither one could master the mental aspect of being a star athlete. ARod and Howard both suffer from the fatal disease of I try way too hard to appear cool that everything I say or do comes off as disingenuous, staged, and forced. Rodriguez tried unsuccessfully for years to mimic the above reproach, stoic, confident swag of Derek Jeter. In spite of being 7 feet tall and 265 pounds, Howard sadly tries to dress nerdy like NBA stars half his size. The whole spectacle is so very sad.
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A Feminist Entrepreneur's To Do List
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With the new year and a vaccine on the horizon, many entrepreneurs are crawling from the wreckage known as 2020, dusting off, and thinking, what next?
In the past, mainstream entrepreneurship has focused on opportunity and extraction: find a market gap or problem, figure out how to exploit it, and then work to extract as much wealth and power for yourself and investors as possible. Meanwhile, social entrepreneurs sought to find the harm caused by Big C Capitalist pursuits; figure out how to fix the mess; then set to work abiding by capitalist light rules.
Neither one of these models make sense for the ground that has shifted beneath our feet this past year and for what's coming next. The very purpose of entrepreneurship, attendant policies, and the way we do business must undergo a profound revolution.
So, in addition to all the things we normally think about—launching, pivoting, downsizing, upsizing, going digital, managing growth (some enterprises are thriving!), getting through the next lockdown, making payroll—there is this to consider: how to build a truly accountable enterprise that models an inclusive, restorative, and generative future versus perpetuating the rapacious systems, standing behind decorative diversity mission statements and operating with the fear-based mindset of the now.
Of course, no one knows the answer to that big question, but here are some things to kickstart the process of getting there:
Stop perpetuating systemic oppression: Take a hard look at your culture, policies, pay scales, processes and practices. Centre the word 'care,' and start rooting out anything that enables oppression—whether racism, anti-black racism, white supremacy, colonialism. Let's turn the page on the way we lead, communicate, operate, and design products and services.
Advance critical consciousness: Do action work. Participate in and encourage difficult, uncomfortable conversations that lead to personal growth, political awareness, and systems thinking mindsets for staff, customers and suppliers. Everyone, not just the founder, must evolve and reckon with internalized oppression as well as external. We learn best in community with others. Seek out expertise and communities that facilitate growth and help sustain them in return.
Take stock of whose work and ideas you amplify: What stories do you tell on your company blog? Whose ideas do you advance on social media? What art do you hang on your workspace walls? Looking at who and what you focus on can also tell you who and what you're not supporting—and should.
Re-write your procurement policy: Make a commitment to sign up to WEP and direct 30 per cent or more of your procurement spend to enterprises owned by women, BIPOC, trans or gender-expansive folk. These directories can help you find the services or products you need: Black, Women's or LGBTQ Chamber of Commerce, The Native Women's Association, Immigrant Women in Business, Feminist Founders, WEKH Ask and Give app, WeConnect and Femmbought—to name just a few. Follow our stories about services offered by feminist founders on www.liisbeth.com and in our newsletter. We have profiled over 183 feminist identified, progressive enterprises that are all looking for customers and a shot at new generative collaborations.
Get Political and connect with other aligned social movements: Social change is collective work—not hero work. And the best and freshest thinking today is generated by BIPOC, women-led, grassroots, activist groups, not large, corporatized institutions. Engage with BLMCda, BLM USA, the LEAP, DIEM25, Pace e Bene, Salmon Nation, and other generative movements that embrace social justice, feminism, and environmentalism. Sign up for their newsletters. Donate. Invite their speakers to talk to your stakeholder group. Invite an activist to sit on your advisory or fiduciary board. Answer their calls to action. It has to be a give and take.
Diversify your media spend and attention: Spend at least 50 per cent of your annual media budget on indie outlets to diversify your listening power. Consider indie outlets such as rabble.ca, APTN (Indigenous) Yes Magazine, Herizons, Peeps Magazine and, of course, LiisBeth.com
Ask who's in the room? Who's not? And consider why? Over 54 per cent of all businesses in Canada have one to four employees (considered micro companies by StatsCan) often including the founder and co-founder. This presents an obvious challenge when it comes to advancing inclusion: your company may just be a close-knit founding team of three cis-het white women with no plan or money to hire. And that's OK. But there are countless ways micro companies like this can engage with the 30 per cent of the Canadian population that is BIPOC identified. Make that engagement a priority as it will inform and strengthen your work. Need advice? Join the Feminist Enterprise Commons community (FEC).
Trailblaze like a trailblazer: Like Bloom + Brilliance, a women-owned website and branding company, be transparent about your intersectional feminist values on your business website. Integrate the use of pronouns in your staff directory and website. Radically change your bylaws to strengthen accountability. Consider implementing a barter pay system in addition to trading in cash (because a lot of folks will have a lot less of it next year).
As brutal as the year was, 2020 delivered a gift: it has unveiled what needs fixing in ways that not even mainstream folks can continue to ignore. We cannot turn away from it or all the suffering will have been for nothing, all the pain and carnage will continue. I suggest we heed the words of Audre Lorde: It is time for us all to be "deliberate and afraid of nothing."
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If These Streets Could Talk
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Chloe Doesburg, Co-Founder, Driftscape
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There's something special about exploring a city on foot. Whether you've lived in the same place for twenty years or are visiting someplace new, going for a wander—headphones in, music on, people watching, popping into shops, turning down a side street and discovering a hidden gem—is a consummate pleasure.
What if, though, you could engage more intimately with the cityscape by accessing information about it—events, history, restaurants, music—as you move through it? That's the idea behind Driftscape. Co-founder and CEO Chloe Doesburg calls the app a "cultural discovery platform," which allows the user "seamless connection" to the physical spaces they occupy.
Driftscape offers a selection of topics—from architecture to history to arts and literature. As users approach things that might interest them, the app on their cellphones will send a notification. This could be a piece of trivia, a festival nearby, or what Doesburg calls the most "sophisticated" option: an immersive experience such as a Jane's Walk, free urban tours inspired by Jane Jacobs, who penned the classic, The Life and Death of American Cities, and advocated for mixed-used, walkable streets; or First Stories, which documents the rich Indigenous history of Toronto; or Queerstory, which will leads to sites in Toronto's vibrant LGTBQ2S+ culture.
Driftscape, which now employs six, officially incorporated in 2017 but had been "in the works" for at least a year before that and involved a lot of "serendipity," says Doesburg. She was inspired by a "location-specific project" called Murmur, which existed before smartphones: You could dial in and hear a story about a specific place. She was also working with a musician friend who was recording an album of location-specific songs set in Toronto; they created Track Toronto, which allows users to listen to music associated with places in the city as they pass through them, now used by Driftscape.
"People were super enthusiastic" about the experience, says Doesburg. While working on that concept, she met programmers working on a similar project, and together they dreamed up Driftscape.
The project has evolved significantly since its inception, adding more layers of information by becoming a subscription platform. For a fee—Driftscape partners—which range from not-for-profits to private content producers to businesses and municipalities—provide content for the app, such as visitor's guides, self-guided tours[1] , and digital walks. There's a sliding scale for partners, ranging from $1,000 to $4,000 a year. More content draws more eyes to the app, which draws more users to the app and, in turn, more partners subscribing, creating a positive feedback loop.
Says Doesburg: "We're working with municipalities who are layering these things with tourism information so that we can become (their) digital visitor's guide, which is even more relevant now, in the time of COVID-19. People want to do more digitally. People are looking for self-guided tours, for ways they can be their own guide, and also just looking to rediscover their own city and places nearby, the way the way you would as a tourist."
"We're working with municipalities who are layering these things with tourism information so that we can become (their) digital visitor's guide, which is even more relevant now, in the time of COVID-19″.
Chloe Doesburg
That style of subscription service, however, is not without issues. Open the Driftscape app and you'll be presented with a map of Canada, with Driftscape's points of interest and services— loaded by its subscribers. The first thing you'll notice is that most of the content is based in Southern Ontario, and the vast majority of that in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA), making the app, at present, tremendously urban-centric. In Northern and rural areas, programming options include things like Historica Canada and its Heritage Minutes, providing a perspective that can skew to colonial, cis-heteronormative Settler norms. That's a very different experience than users can access in the GTA, where Driftscape offers more of a mosaic.
This discrepancy is due to growing pains, Doesburg says. Driftscape can't offer a wider variety of content in more remote areas until they bring on a wider variety of partners. "That's certainly something we've spent a lot of time talking and thinking about and we're trying to layer in other perspectives wherever we can. We are especially working to grow the Indigenous voices on the app."
"We would certainly welcome organizations anywhere in Canada and in North America to host their content on the platform," she adds.
In April, Doesburg participated in Fifth Wave Labs, a four-month feminist incubator geared towards supporting women-identified digital media entrepreneurs in Southern Ontario. She says the program provided mentorship and networking in a time when, due to COVID-19, everyone was feeling very distanced from each other. It also altered the way she thought about her business practices.
Although Doesburg doesn't necessarily consider Driftscape a specifically feminist enterprise— "We haven't really been using that word"—she thinks of it as being in keeping with those values.
"Before doing the Fifth Wave labs program, I didn't really think about feminist business practices," says Doesburg, "but certainly while we were part of that program I was like, 'Oh, this is what we already do.'"
Doesburg says she thinks of Driftscape as a social enterprise. That "seems very, very similar, although not identical (to feminism) but certainly in terms of just looking at business as something that has profit as one of its goals, and not its only goal."
The company's social values, she says, include "a commitment to supporting the cultural community and being part of that ecosystem" as well as "how we run our business, that we're committed to making the best place to work for employees. "We're committed to having a really transparent company where we involve everyone at all levels of decision making. We're really open about what we're doing and what our values are, what our challenges are."
In contrast to multinational social media giants serving up information, Driftscape features diverse local experts. Says Doesburg: "We boost the voices of local organizations who are creating fantastic content, and we create a place where users can access a wide-range of otherwise hard-to-find local information on an ad-free platform at no cost to the user."
Driftscape is Doesburg's first entrepreneur venture. Until 2015, the University of Waterloo graduate worked as an architect, a profession that obviously gives her a special appreciation for cities and the nature of place. "Being an entrepreneur certainly offers more freedom and flexibility," she says of the change. "Buildings take years to complete so, compared to architecture, working on software is refreshing because it's possible to iterate quickly, see what works, and make changes easily."
With Driftscape growing, adapting and adding new directions, Doesburg is content knowing what entrepreneurial path she is on. "I don't have any next steps in mind. For now, I'm focused on growing Driftscape."
Contributor's Bio: Lori Fox is a queer, non-binary journalist based in Whitehorse, YT. Their work focuses primarily on issues of class, gender, sexuality and environment, and has appeared previously with Vice, The Guardian, CBC, and The Globe and Mail. You can find them on twitter @fox.e.lori.
Publishers Note: Driftscape is a participant in Canada's first feminist accelerator program for womxn in digital media, Fifth Wave Labs. The Fifth Wave is a year-round program offered by CFC Media Lab and its partners to support the growth and development of women entrepreneurs in the digital media sector in southern Ontario. All enterprise founders in the Fifth Wave community are selected for both their potential and commitment toward weaving intersectional feminist ideals of equity and fairness into sustainable and scalable business growth strategies. Fifth Wave Initiative is committed to 30% participation by members of underrepresented groups. The Fifth Wave is a LiisBeth Media partner and ally. Apply here.
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New city wide tech festival learns a few hard lessons on the way to opening day. Advancing inclusion and diversity in an industry that is anything but takes a lot more than a ticket discount.
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How to Govern Like a Feminist
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Just over a year ago, Shaanaz Gokool, a woman of colour and CEO at Dying with Dignity, wrote a letter to her board of directors of the Canadian nonprofit. She presented a list of grievances, including pay equity (her predecessor had been paid more despite a narrower range of responsibilities) and ongoing experiences of systemic discrimination that undermined her ability to do her job. The pay equity issue was eventually resolved—but the systemic discrimination issues, which Gokool found to exceed federal and provincial human rights code thresholds — remained. Gokool requested a third-party mediation so that she, and the enterprise, could resolve the issues and move on in a positive way.
Soon after, the head of the Board's human resources committee requested a meeting – Gokool thought to kick off the long-awaited mediation process. Instead, three board members showed up at her office and said, "You're fired." They slid an envelope across the table containing the paperwork, handed her a box for her things and coarsely ushered her out the door which made Gokool feel like she was a military grade threat. When she stopped to comfort a close colleague who, after hearing the news, was sobbing in her office, one of the board members attempted to block Gokool's path.
"I really believed the organization was going to fulfill its commitment to mediating. I was surprised…it was abrupt…it was very shocking."–Shaanaz Gokool
A few months later, a new CEO, a white woman, was hired as Gokool's replacement.
To this day, the board denies any wrongdoing. So much for dignity. Hello trauma for all.
A year later, Gokool has not been able to find employment in her field. She believes it's because she now has reputation as whistle blower, a troublemaker, an untouchable.
The nonprofit, the board clearly failed to treat their living employees with dignity. As for governing with care via a social justice lens or in accordance with their own stated "person-centered code of conduct," The Dying with Dignity board, even if on safe legal grounds, gets a total fail.
Unfortunately, Gokool's experience is far from unique.
Set Up to Fail
There is a profound lesson here for founders. Most startups and their advisors ignore what is now one of the most important steps in the creation of a new enterprise — crafting meaningful and enforceable organizational bylaws.
But guess what? Times are a changing. Social justice is now a global concern. Forget shareholder activism. Today's stakeholder activism demands your bylaws protect human rights and fight systemic racism — with increasingly loud voices. Failing to listen could sink the reputation of your enterprise along with access to funding, talent, government contracts and customers. And you could well be slapped with a human rights lawsuit.
Need more convincing?
Consider the impact on the Green Party of Canada when they recently hired an Executive Director who had a history of sexual harassment related allegations against him. During his several years on the leadership team of Engineers Without Borders (EWB) (#aidtoo), Prateek Awasthi also participated in IWB executive team efforts to discredit and orchestrate retaliation against whistle blowers. Former EWB employee Chelsey Rhodes broke her nondisclosure agreement in 2019 and created an online space for other victims to connect and come forward. About 90 people expressed support and 35 additional incidents were reported. Aakhil Lakhani, another former EWB employee who was sexually harassed and silenced, also broke their nondisclosure agreement in early 2019 to call out Awasthi's conduct. Still the Green Party, while under the leadership of Elizabeth May, hired Awashi in May 2020. Several Green Party leaders and staffers protested his hire. Two staffers quit. Party members threatened to leave.
The Green Party's Federal Council's (board) response to the outcry: maintain their position that he had learned from his past mistakes and, well, all that was in the past.
Those harmed disagree, vehemently. His misconduct still impacted their lives. Many had not yet healed. Chelsey Rhodes, who filed her grievance seven years ago, organized a recent GoFundMe campaign to help Lakhani with their legal costs associated with breaking their silence, an example of feminist solidarity.
All this raises an important question. Who gets to decide when it's ok to exonerate past behavior? The perp? Or the victims? And how much did anyone learn given the uproar from past victims and the Green Party's stubborn defence of their hire?
The Green Party's constitution and bylaws outlines a clear fiduciary duty to advance social justice, but its Federal Council gets a fail on follow through and implementation. It's not enough to market progressive intentions, the governing body has to act in alignment with those values and be clear about interpreting them — who will the board protect, the organization or the people the organization serves?
Another social justice organization, Equal Voice, faced similar fallout after firing three women of colour –initially hired to increase diversity then fired for speaking up about oppressive practices. The national nonprofit, which promotes women in politics, later struggled to keep funders, four directors resigned, and even supporters called into question the rationale of organization's entire mission. Equal Voice bylaws make zero reference to social justice responsibilities although the goal of the nonprofit is to advance equality.
In August, LiisBeth called out the government funded nonprofit incubator Futurepreneur for its bungled response to a complaint of racism levelled against one of its volunteer mentors. Did their conduct follow rules in their bylaws when it comes to social justice issues? Hard to say. Unlike our other examples cited here, their bylaws are not available online via a Google search.
Underlying all these cases is a problem of governance, namely, out of touch and/or ignored bylaws. And that leaves enterprises purporting to advance social justice doing the exact opposite – casting out whistle blowers as troublemakers instead of embracing them as solutionaries to advance their cause.
Why Entrepreneurs Need To Get Their Bylaws Together
I work with hundreds of entrepreneurs and founders. Few understand or appreciate the importance and role of bylaws.
Bylaws are essentially your house rules — backed by the rule of law. They are the heart of your organization. They tell investors, stakeholders, customers and employees how you really show up in the world. They lay out what you see as your duty of care and the quality of fiduciary conduct you expect from directors.
They are more powerful than any website mission or diversity and inclusion statement. And they work to align staff conduct policies (which are often more progressive) with director conduct expectations.
But too often, bylaws are bare bones, written in haste and deliberately kept short. Lawyers routinely advise founders to do so because bylaws are harder to change later due to the consensus building required. Deferring the development of contemplative bylaws saves a startup time and money. And many will argue that badass bylaws, ones that demand accountability beyond minimum legal requirements, will make it harder to entice directors to join your board.
But template bylaws and laisse-faire attitudes towards them reflect classic patriarchal standpoints.They protect directors, not enterprise stakeholders.They focus fiduciary duty on money, power and efficiency. In recent years, more progressive organizations have amended their bylaws to follow the ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) standards, which gives a nod to the environment (do no harm) and corporate social responsibility (CSR), which is primarily about giving back to a community, not doing what is just in your organization.
And it doesn't go nearly far enough in throwing off the shackles of systemic oppression.
Why Bylaws Need a Feminist Frame
It's time to move past governing like a patriarch to governing like a feminist. And this means reconsidering how power is distributed, centering the concept of care, and articulating a commitment to social justice.
Yes, this applies also to enterprises with a founder/director of one. Un-incorporated sole proprietors would also do well to consider these issues.
The first step? Acknowledge that we live in a white supremacist, patriarchal, colonial and neo-liberal capitalist society, hence, so are the bylaws such a society spawns. Accept that it's no longer acceptable to perpetuate these and other oppressions fueling inequality. And move, embracing guidelines for better conduct.
The next step is to boldly commit to change and consider the following:
Centre care and healing as a key fiduciary responsibility: Add an expectation of care and dignified treatment of all stakeholders, especially survivors of oppressive treatment as a result of your enterprise's actions. Duties should also include working to help those unintentionally harmed by hosting a healing circle, funding trauma counselling and sponsoring meaningful anti-oppression training.
Make clear your committment to advance social justice: Incorporate a commitment to meet or exceed Employment Standards, pay equity and the Human Rights Act. Most bylaws say something general about following the laws of the jurisdiction. But making compliance explicit sends a clear message.
Offer the Right to Be Heard: Update language regarding the right to file grievances, request independent third-party mediation, and survivor support — especially when the grievance relates to a harassment or human rights issue. Consider appointing an independent ombudsperson.
Clarify and restrict the use of nondisclosure agreements: Sometimes these are appropriate and serve all parties. But when it comes to rights violations, silencing someone from talking about trauma experienced under your watch is akin to cutting out their tongue. It also forestalls healing for all. There is no plainer way to say this: Stop this practice. Work to offer healing to all parties involved, even after a formal relationship is severed.
Reconsider the distribution of power: Boards are beginning to ensure diverse representation, but should also consider diversity of roles. Too often boards operate like aloof Kings and Queens in the Game of Thrones. Sure, they source input from staff who have lived experience running the day to day, but afford them little formal power to see their concerns addressed or ideas adopted. Establish voting seats for key staff, beneficiaries and/or customers. Diversity of roles incorporating lived experience along with distributed power will strengthen your organization's ability to make wise decisions on tricky issues.
Make your bylaws accessible and transparent: Post them on your company's website. Make it clear what your company expects of its directors. Articulate them in clear accessible language. Invite stakeholders to review bylaws and comment before ratifying. By the same token, stakeholders — clients, partners, allies, beneficiaries and staffers — need to know board bylaws and play a part in holding directors accountable. Never seen them? Ask for them.
Own your good, bad and ugly: If you as the founder or board makes a mistake, don't hide. Come clean. Tell people. Explain how you are working to fix it. And share what you learned. Futurepreneur gets points on this one.
Adopt zero tolerance: Make it clear: Your enterprise will not accept any board candidate with a confirmed history of sexism, racism or human rights violations. Period. Do your homework. Many bylaws openly "cancel out" directors with bankruptcy declaration histories (an indicator of being a poor money manager). Enterprises who work with vulnerable populations require police checks. A socially progressive startup should not tolerate a record of misconduct on human rights issues.
Extend duty of care to include next generations: Consider including the Indigenous "Seventh Generation Principle" in board decision making to acknowledge that what we do today impacts future generations. This principle is often thought of in context of our relationship to mother earth. But it also applies to the relationship between the sexes and entire peoples – Indigenous, BIPOC, and migrant communities — for the benefit of future generations. Include a "reach out" principle, making it a fiduciary duty to forge meaningful connections with those harmed by our collective past. Chamber of Commerce member?. Sign up and support the Women's/Black/LGBTQIA Chamber of Commerce as well, and articulate board support for aligned activism (such as Black Lives Matter or TheLEAP).
Still need more convincing?
At the recent Social Values conference, Stephen Nairne, Chief Investment Officer of Raven Indigenous Capital Partners, an Indigenous-led and owned financial intermediary, told the audience this: "Your enterprise will be called to account. We have to learn how to heal it when breached and potentially even reorganize to maintain their core purpose under radically changed circumstances."
Or put another way, if you are not taking stakeholder activism seriously, rethinking your bylaws, or taking care in crafting new ones, you are screwing your investors, stakeholders, and community. Not to mention the future.
Be the change? Fuck that. Get out there and lead the change.
Contributor's Bio: pk mutch (she/her) is a white, cis top end Gen X serial entrepreneur, feminist, street journalist, consultant and educator who lives in Toronto and enjoys getting from place to place by bike. pk mutch is also the founder and publisher of LiisBeth Media and Eve-Volution Inc.
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U.S. Cattle on Feed Down 1 Percent
US - This Cattle On Feed report by USDA NASS, contains the monthly total number of cattle and calves on feed, placements, marketings, and other disappearances; by class and feedlot capacity for selected states; number of feedlots and fed cattle marketings by size groups for selected states.
Cattle and calves on feed for slaughter market in the United States for feedlots with capacity of 1,000 or more head totaled 11.1 million head on May 1, 2008. The inventory was 1 percent below May 1, 2007 and 4 percent below May 1, 2006.
Placements in feedlots during April totaled 1.54 million, 2 percent below 2007 and 5 percent below 2006. Net placements were 1.46 million head. During April, placements of cattle and calves weighing less than 600 pounds were 315,000, 600-699 pounds were 278,000, 700-799 pounds were 428,000, and 800 pounds and greater were 515,000.
Marketings of fed cattle during April totaled 2.01 million, 11 percent above 2007 and 13 percent above 2006. This is the highest fed cattle marketings for the month of April since the series began in 1996.
Other disappearance totaled 75,000 during April, 24 percent below 2007 and 14 percent below 2006.
Terms and Definitions of Cattle on Feed Estimates
Cattle on feed are animals being fed a ration of grain, silage, hay and/or protein supplement for slaughter market that are expected to produce a carcass that will grade select or better. It excludes cattle being "backgrounded only" for later sale as feeders or later placement in another feedlot.
Placements are cattle put into a feedlot, fed a ration which will produce a carcass that will grade select or better, and are intended for the slaughter market.
Marketings are cattle shipped out of feedlots to a slaughter market.
Other disappearance includes death loss, movement from feedlots to pasture, and shipments to other feedlots for further feeding.
Reliability of Cattle on Feed Estimates
Survey Procedures: During January and July all known feedlots in the U.S. with capacity of 1,000 or more head are surveyed to provide data for cattle on feed estimates. During the other months, all known feedlots from 17 States are surveyed. The 17 States account for 98 percent of the cattle on feed in feedlots with capacity of 1,000 or more head.
Estimating Procedures: These cattle on feed estimates were prepared by the Agricultural Statistics Board after reviewing recommendations and analysis submitted by each State office. Regional and State survey data were reviewed for reasonableness with each other and with estimates from the previous month when setting the current estimates.
Revision Policy: Revisions to previous estimates are made to improve month to month relationships. Estimates for the previous month are subject to revision in all States each month when current estimates are made. In February, all monthly estimates for the previous year, and the number of feedlots and annual marketings from two years ago are reviewed and subject to revisions. The reviews are primarily based on slaughter data, state check-off or brand data, and any other data that may have been received after the original estimate was made. Estimates will also be reviewed after data from the Census of Agriculture are available. No revisions will be made after that date and estimates become final.
Reliability: Since all 1,000+ capacity cattle on feed operators in every State are not included in the monthly survey, survey estimates are subject to sampling variability. Survey results are also subject to non-sampling errors such as omissions, duplications, and mistakes in reporting, recording, and processing the data. The effects of these errors cannot be measured directly. They are minimized through rigid quality controls in the data collection process and through a careful review of all reported data for consistency and reasonableness.
To assist users in evaluating the reliability of estimates in this report, the "Root Mean Square Error" is shown for selected items in the following table. The "Root Mean Square Error" is a statistical measure based on past performance and is computed using the differences between first and latest estimates. The "Root Mean Square Error" for cattle on feed inventory estimates over the past 10 years is .1 percent. This means that chances are 2 out of 3 that the final estimate will not be above or below the current estimate of 11.1 million head by more than .1 percent. Chances are 9 out of 10 that the difference will not exceed .2 percent.
The following table also shows a 10 year record of the range of differences between first and latest estimates for selected items. Using estimates of number on feed as an example, changes between the first estimate and the latest estimate during the past 10 years have averaged 10,000 head, ranging from 0 to 35,000 head. During this period the initial estimate has been below the final estimate 7 times, and above the final estimate 1 time. This does not imply that the initial estimate is likely to understate or overstate final inventory.
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Symboli Kris S. gallops to win in season finale
by Barbara Bayer
FUNABASHI, Chiba Pref. — No chills and thrills of heated battle accompanied the lead runner down the stretch at Nakayama on Sunday. Indeed, the space between the winner and the runnerup was so great the actual moment race favorite Symboli Kris S. crossed the line was anticlimatic. Even the stands, packed with some 124,000 fans, were surprisingly quiet. There was, simply put, no competition.
Olivier Peslier, on favorite Symboli Kris S, pumps his fist after winning the Arima Memorial at Nakayama Racecourse in Chiba Prefecture.
In record time and by a record 9 lengths, the 4-year-old son of Kris S. annihilated the field of the Arima Memorial to capture the Grade 1 year finale for the second year in a row.
Fifth-choice Lincoln finished a far second, with second-pick Zenno Rob Roy crossing the line in third place 3/4length later.
Symboli Kris S. broke from the far outside No. 12 post and held a steady fourth position a good 9 lengths off the front past the stands and through the backstretch. Rounding into the final bend and shadowing Yutaka Take aboard Lincoln on the outside, Olivier Peslier, moved to within striking distance of front-runners Tap Dance City and Active Bio.
Before the 200-meter-mark Symboli Kris S. stepped into the lead and switched into high gear, cruising down the straight as he widened his margin with every stride.
Peslier likened the victory to his record win of the fall Emperor's Cup Nov. 23.
"He was traveling easily and he felt like he had in the Emperor's Cup. When I asked him he just went."
Symboli Kris S.' winning time of 2 minutes, 30.5 seconds over 2,500 meters of turf shaved 0.1 seconds off the 1991 record. The colt's 9-length margin was the widest of the Arima, topping the previous record set in 1967 by a full 3 lengths. The American-bred Symboli Kris S. became only the fourth horse in the race's 48-year history to have won the race two years in a row.
Symboli Kris S., trained by Japan leading trainer Kazuo Fujisawa and owned and bred by Takahiro Wada, was retired in a ceremony at Nakayama Racecourse following the day's racing. The 180 million yen winner's share of the Arima boosted the colt's earnings to just short of 985 million yen for eight wins, including four Grade 1s, in 15 starts.
Take breaks own mark
Jockey Yutaka Take claimed his 13th career title for most races won in a single season after rewriting his own record with his 204th win at the conclusion of the Japan Racing Association season Sunday.


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5 Brands That Celebrate Diversity and Inclusivity in Fashion
In recent years, we've been seeing more and more of the fashion industry going against the usual norms. It's no longer enough to have pretty pictures or glossy pages in a magazine. To make a real impact, brands are using their platforms to further worthy causes like female empowerment, racial equality, and body positivity. Though the movement is far from perfect, it's nice to see the new kids on the block stepping up and walking the talk.
That said, here are 5 brands that are leading the way towards a more diverse and inclusive industry around the world.
HARA the Label
From day one, HARA the Label has been operating with diverse women in mind. As an underwear brand, you can see from both the roster of models it works with and the sizes it catered to that its business is more than just about tokenism. The images used are a far cry from the usual lingerie models who don't have a single strand of body hair or a bump out of place. What's more is that HARA believes that self-love and love for the planet go hand-in-hand, which is why it strives to uphold the highest standards when it comes to worker wages and its environmental footprint. The brand is dedicated to paying workers fairly and using only natural dyes and fabrics.
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The Social Outfit
For The Social Outfit, diversity is the standard. As a social enterprise, it is their mission to empower migrants and refugees by hiring them and giving them an avenue to share their local techniques in sewing and craftsmanship. It's their genuine effort to engage with the multicultural community that adds depth to their designs, instead of simply co-opting traditions and reducing cultures to simple stereotypes. As a result, The Sustainability Portal notes that the brand's clothes are noticeably vibrant, and owning an item feels like having a unique slice of wearable history.
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Woman Within
With almost half of American women now falling under the "plus size" range, it's alarming that a lot of brands have chosen to alienate the biggest market demographic. As a result, plus size women have long had to stick to baggy shirts and plain leggings. But fashion-forward retailer Woman Within is proving that every customer deserves to have options, whatever shape they may be. The brand is known for their comfortable yet trendy designs that help plus size women look and feel their best. Their vast selection includes everything from dresses and jackets, to jeans and activewear.
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Kirrin Finch
Built on the foundation of supporting the LGBTQI community and women, gender-neutral brand Kirrin Finch is injecting innovation into androgyny. By putting a fresh spin into the usual shirt-and-pants combination, it's making menswear-inspired apparel more accessible to people at all points of the gender spectrum. It's certainly not your typical clothes divided starkly with their "men" and "women" labels, as the brand makes sure to embrace diversity on all fronts. Moreover, their shirts are made from natural fabrics to ensure the most minimal environmental impact possible.
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Birdsong London
Birdsong made a name for itself when it started outing the fashion industry's sweatshop model. But beyond the company's precise ethical processes and transparency with customers, it empowers customers by working with a diverse selection of models and making sure all campaigns aren't retouched. The team's commitment extends all the way to funnelling a portion of their profits into women's organizations, letting Birdsong put "feminist fashion" into full perspective.
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Africville
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For readers of Lawrence Hill and George Elliott Clarke, a ferociously talented writer makes his stunning debut with this richly woven tapestry. Set in the small Nova Scotia town of Africville, settled by former slaves, Jeffrey Colvin depicts several generations of one family bound together and torn apart by blood, faith, time and fate.A richly woven story, structured as a triptych, Africville chronicles the lives of three generations of the Sebolt family—Kath Ella, her son, Omar/Etienne, and her grandson Warner—whose lives unfold against the tumultuous events of the twentieth century, from the Great Depression of the 1930s, through the social protests of the 1960s, to the economic upheavals of the 1980s.
A century earlier, Kath Ella's ancestors established a new home in Nova Scotia. Like the lives of her ancestors, Kath Ella's is shaped by hardship as she struggles to conceive and to provide for her family during the long, bitter Canadian winters. She must also contend with the locals' lingering suspicions about the dark-skinned "outsiders" who live in their midst.
Kath Ella's fierce love for her son, Omar, cannot help her overcome the racial prejudices that linger in this remote, tight-knit place. As he grows up, the rebellious Omar refutes the past and decides to break from the family, threatening to upend all that Kath Ella and her people have tried to build. Over the decades, each successive generation drifts farther from Africville, yet they take a piece of this indelible place with them as they make their way to Montreal, Vermont and beyond, to the deep South of America.
As it explores notions of identity, passing, cross-racial relationships, the importance of place and the meaning of home, Africville tells the larger story of the black experience in parts of Canada and the United States. Vibrant and lyrical, filled with colourful details and told in a powerful, haunting voice, this extraordinary novel—as atmospheric and steeped in history as Any Known Blood, The Known World, George & Rue, The Underground Railroad, Homegoing and The Book of Negroes—is a landmark work from a sure-to-be major literary talent.
À propos de Jeffrey Colvin
JEFFREY COLVIN served in the United States Marine Corps and is a graduate of the United States Naval Academy, Harvard University, and Columbia University, where he received an MFA in fiction. His work has appeared in Narrative, Hot Metal Bridge, Painted Bride Quarterly, Rain Taxi Review of Books, The Millions, The Brooklyn Rail, and elsewhere. He is a member of the National Book Critics Circle and is an assistant editor at Narrative magazine. He lives in New York City.
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