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Going to sleep at the same time as your partner is part of a healthy bedtime routine. It is an intimate activity you two share together, after all of the teeth brushing and flossing has ended. There is something so special about those few moments snuggling in each other's arms before you both pass out. It doesn't matter if one of you has to get up earlier than the other, as long as you are making a point to both share your goodnights.
Going on new adventures together or trying out a new activity can be a really great experience for a couple. You can learn how to bond and work together as a team in certain scenarios. You can also try doing something your partner enjoys, but maybe you don't enjoy. It will show your partner your willingness to do something selfless for them, and who knows, you might actually find yourself enjoying it. Part of loving someone is compromise, so get on that fishing boat, girl!
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Snow in May, Kseniya Melnik's debut short fiction collection, is an impressive feat. Written in masterful prose, the nine stories span 50 years with protagonists both male and female, young and old. And although they are stand-alone pieces, some characters make multiple appearances, threading their way though the tales, rendering the book somewhere in between a story collection and a novel.
But the stand-out feature of the stories is their location: Magadan in the far east of Russia. Every story takes place there or is some significant way related to the town.
From the first few pages, it becomes quickly evident that Magadan is unlikely to become the next hot tourist destination. During the 1950s, it was "the gate to the most brutal of Stalinist labor camps—the most remote island in the notorious Gulag Archipelago," reports Tolik in "Closed Fracture." "By the mid-sixties, half the town was ex-convicts, some living and working side-by-side with ex-guards." Their ghosts can be felt throughout the book. Desolate, cold, and isolated, it is one of the few port towns in a remote part of Russia, without a railway line and no easy way in or out.
This grim place has always loomed large in Melnik's imagination. And with good reason. She was born and raised there before emigrating to Alaska as a teenager because of her father's job. Extended family remained, and although Melnik has never been back since, Magadan has never left her. It's played a prominent role in her fiction dating back to her earliest stories. "I'm drawn to writing about places that I've left and the distance that gives me," Melnik explained.
Melnik started out by collecting oral histories from her family. The fragments and pieces of stories from her relatives and family friends became jumping off points for her. "Most of the stories were sparked by some element from my family history," Melnik said. "But then when I wrote the stories, things would change. The premise might be based on a real event, but then the story itself would walk far away from that. I'm more interested in capturing the echoes from events, than writing personal narrative," Melnik explained.
Revisionist history is on display in "Our Upstairs Neighbor" and "Strawberry Lipstick," which are both about "reinterpreting events and personal history," Melnik explained.
"Strawberry Lipstick" opens with Olya already feeling doomed. "Olya lay in bed between her younger sister, Dasha, and her older sister, Zoya, feeling that, at 18, her life was over." Things never improve for her. She marries an alcoholic who gambles away much of his income and eventually she leaves him. Like many of Melnik's stories, it is epic in scope, following Olya through decades of her life.
Melnik's interest in medicine dates back to her childhood in Magadan. She worked in her grandmother's clinic and even considered going into medicine as a profession. In "Summer Medicine," Sonya, who appears in almost every story in Snow in May, is a young girl who takes a fascination with medicine too far. She comes up with a plan to fake an illness so that she can be hospitalized. "Patients in faded pajamas shuffled along the flower-lined alleys, holding on to walking sticks or the elbows of visitors. Ambulances buzzed by....[d]octors hurried in and out of doors like white cranes. All the chambers of my heart were aflutter.... here I would finally observe real medicine." Sonya's plan, however, doesn't quite work out the way she had hoped.
Although Magadan is by and large the main setting for the stories, America hangs over everything. "The collection has a direction towards America and towards the West," Melnik says. In "Kruchina," which originated as a screenplay, Masha is visiting her daughter who has moved to Fargo, North Dakota and her grandchildren and the resulting cultural conflicts and alienation that the characters feel for one another. "As Masha was acclimating to the cluttered, overheated house in Fargo, a feeling of unsettlement lodged into her, and the more she tried to tease it out, the deeper it burrowed, like a fractured splinter." Masha decides to sing a song called Kruchina, which means grief, at her daughter's and granddaughter's green card party celebration. The party ends in tears, and Masha contemplates suicide.
Melnik's stories are largely devoid of a political angle. But because of the time period during which the stories are set—the 1950s through to 2012—they provide insight into recent Russian politics as told through the every day experience of its most ordinary citizens. Melnik approaches this subject matter with both a personal connection and the viewpoint that distance and time provide. It is this combination of reporterly tone, family history, facts, and imagination that give Snow In May such a unique voice and perspective on Russia during the past 50 years.
SUSAN BUTTENWIESER's writing has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize and has appeared in the Atticus Review, Teachers & Writers Magazine, Bound Off, and other publications. She teaches creative writing in New York City public schools, and for organizations helping underserved populations, including incarcerated women.
People often ask me the difference between being an Iraqi in Sweden versus in the United States. I usually find myself taking a deep breath and sinking into my chair before answering this somewhat mnemonic exercise.
Over the past decade, the community of artists of color who retell American history by remixing and repurposing its archives has reached fever pitch.
In July 1971, poet Bernadette Mayer set out to complete what she called an "emotional science project" by setting a set of constraints for herself: to shoot one roll of Kodachrome film on a 35mm camera each day of the month while simultaneously keeping a set of journals.


I understand CTOT is the targeted takeoff slot (-5 to +10 min) and delays are...well delays. Can anyone elaborate on how these populate on the flight schedule screen?
-I scheduled a flight to leave KMDW to leave at 1500 local/2000 Zulu planning to fly this in "FS" time. This was done at 1648 local (I live near KMDW)/2148 Zulu and the delay was filled in as 18 minutes. This doesn't make much sense to me. If this simply compared to the release time to scheduled departure, then I should have had a delay of 0148, not 18 minutes (the dates match for real and FS plan). So what exactly is going on?
-I've never seen CTOT filled in. Since scheduled departure is off blocks time, shouldn't this default to scheduled departure + default taxi time?
I'm just not quite sure what the program is doing with these fields and the manual didn't explain much more than what these fields stand for (actually CTOT isn't mentioned at all that I could find).
Could the delay have been the difference between the scheduled time enroute and the estimated time enroute? For example, I planned a flight that according to the schedule would take 10 hours and 35 minutes, but the estimated time enroute was 10 hours and 44 minutes. The delay was 9 minutes according to PFPX.


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GENTRIFICATION: €50m investment in Metropole Hotel in Cork City 'Victorian Quarter'
By TheCork.ie on 8th June, 2017 Comments Off on GENTRIFICATION: €50m investment in Metropole Hotel in Cork City 'Victorian Quarter'
Plans for a €50 million investment in the Metropole Hotel by Trigon Hotels Limited – the owners of the Metropole Hotel, Cork International Hotel and Cork Airport Hotel – represent a unique development opportunity, signaling a renaissance in Cork city's historic Victorian Quarter.
Trigon Hotels Limited will shortly submit a planning application to Cork City Council for the iconic project which will include the sensitive refurbishment and expansion of the Metropole hotel, together with the construction of a new, contemporary urban hotel called 'The M', which will be built on an adjacent site near Harley Street.
The two hotels will be linked by a glass balustrade bridge across Harley Street, with an enclosed bridge at first floor level, linking 'The M' hotel to the Metropole Hotel providing easy access for guests to all hotel facilities. The overall development will deliver more than 400 hotel bedrooms in the heart of the historic Victorian Quarter, in addition to a double basement car park in the Metropole Hotel. Trigon Hotels Limited has a strong track record in Cork, as the successful operator of three significant hotel properties.
Vincent O'Farrell, Director, Trigon Hotels Limited, announced the company's exciting investment plans. "This year marks the 120thanniversary of the iconic Metropole Hotel so it's fitting that our extensive refurbishment plans for the 'Grand Dame' of Cork's hotel market will see the property sensitively and lovingly restored to her former glory, or her return to greatness!
"In addition to our extensive refurbishment and expansion plans for the Metropole Hotel, we also have plans to build a new, contemporary urban hotel on an adjacent site near Harley Street, called 'The M'. This property will be a brand new hotel concept for Cork featuring a relaxation collision space, where all the front of house hotel activity happens in the same zone, a living room for the Cork city experience, if you like. If asked to compare the two properties, I would describe the Metropole Hotel as a glass of champagne, while 'The M' is an Espresso Martini!" said Mr. O'Farrell.
Aaron Mansworth, Group General Manager & Director, Trigon Hotels Limited, said the investment plans represent a significant tourism opportunity for the city. "This is a wonderful opportunity to move forward with exciting renewal plans for MacCurtain Street and the historic Victorian Quarter. The proposed restoration and expansion of the Metropole Hotel, in addition to the development of 'The M' hotel, will create significant local employment, bringing additional tourists and visitors to the area which is critical to the future economic prosperity of our city."
The standout feature of the refurbished Metropole hotel will be a uniquely-designed Winter Garden in the heart of the development, which takes its inspiration from the original architecture of the late 19th century and is based on the concept of a central double-height glazed glass atrium. The Winter Garden will be flooded with natural light and will feature an interior courtyard-style restaurant, delivering a bustling, social meeting space in the heart of the city.
The Metropole refurbishment will deliver three boutique retail units, a seventh-floor penthouse, an elevated rooftop bar, upgraded spa facilities and function rooms, an additional 140 new bedrooms and 43 bedroom suites and meeting rooms, completing the up-scale offering on the north side of the River Lee.
Once fully occupied, the total number of employees in the hotel and retail units is estimated at 200 people. The construction phase is expected to take approximately three years to complete, during which up to 300 people will be employed.
The overall Metropole expansion project comprises more than 22,800m2 across two blocks around Harley Street, complementing Cork City Council's plans to link MacCurtain Street to the new Harley Street pedestrian bridge, due for completion in 2019. The bridge will provide a vital link from the Victorian Quarter to the St. Patrick's Street retail core, through the centre of the proposed Metropole Hotel development. This marks a unique opportunity to develop a new, vibrant urban space in heart of the city in terms of vitality, activity and connectivity which will benefit generations of Corkonians and visitors alike.
Plans for the Metropole expansion project have been in development for the past 12 months, involving extensive consultation with city planners. A world-class, Cork-based project team has been working on the development, led by Seán Kearns and his team at Reddy Architecture & Urbanism and including specialist conservation architects, Jack Coughlan Architects, structural and services engineers, JODA Engineering Consultants, cost consultants, Michael Barrett & Partners, planning consultants, Cunnane Stratton Reynolds and economic consultants, DKM.
GENTRIFICATION: €50m investment in Metropole Hotel in Cork City 'Victorian Quarter' added by TheCork.ie on 8th June, 2017

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The Federal Government, states and local governments have shared N649.19bn as revenue for December 2018.
The Accountant-General of the Federation, Mr. Ahmed Idris, who disclosed this on Friday in Abuja, said the figure showed a decline of N163.57bn, compared to the N812. 76bn that was shared in November 2018.
Giving a breakdown of December revenue, Idris said that the Mineral revenue reduced from N421.8bn in November to N354.22bn.
Also, the Non-Mineral Revenue decreased from N227.7bn in November to N193.24bn.
Idris, however, said that the Value Added Tax (VAT) collected for the month increased from N88.39 billion to N96.73bn in December.
"The gross statutory revenue of N547.46bn received for the month was lower than the N649.62 billion received in the previous month by N102.16bn.
"Federation Crude Oil export sales dropped by N1.7m barrels, resulting to a drop in Federation revenue by 83.54m, regardless of a significant increase in price from 72.84 dollars to 81.06 dollars per barrel.
Idris said that the Federal Government received N255.2bn; States N129.44bn and N99.7bn was received by the local governments.
According to him, N45.52bn, representing 13 per cent of the mineral revenue, was shared to oil producing states.


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Mr. Bill Canny - World Interfaith Harmony Week
Mr. Bill Canny
Category: Speakers
Written by Bill Canny, Catholic Relief Services
An Interfaith Code of Conduct for Disaster Relief
I work with Catholic Relief Services, which is affiliated with 165 Catholic organizations around the world. But I also represent here an important group of organizations and people that represent you, the various and multiple faiths that we have in the room. These are organizations that go out on your behalf and assist the poor, who provide charity in times of disaster, and who try to right the wrongs and injustices that exist. So I speak on their behalf.
Whether providing food, shelter, water, or medicine, we, the non-governmental organization community, ensure rapid response, professionalism, and coordination in emergency program and disaster preparedness. We work together.
We work with governments; we work under the umbrella of the United Nations; we work with organizations of many faiths and with local communities.
Whether it's tackling the HIV pandemic or the consequence of climate change, we share knowledge amongst each other to help the most marginalized become protagonists of their own development.
Whether it's training communities in peacebuilding – and many of us are involved in that – or bringing divided peoples together, we seek to end conflict nonviolently, promoting one humanity through interfaith dialogue.
Whether it's speaking out on economic justice or migration, we empower poor people in communities to challenge unjust international policies, practices, and attitudes. I come from a group of organizations and people who believe that poverty and social injustice are the real weapons of mass destruction.
As an emergency responder, I have had the pleasure to work with Hindu-inspired organizations in Haiti, Islamic organizations in Somalia, other Christian organizations serving Muslim populations during the tsunami, and Jewish organizations here in this country trying to help settle refugees seeking asylum.
Our group of organizations came together in the 1990s around a code of conduct for the International Red Cross and Red Crescent movement and non-governmental organizations in disaster relief.
Organizations such as Catholic Relief Services, Caritas Internationalis, Lutheran World Federation, and the World Council of Churches came together to discuss the critical principles for a code of conduct.
One of them is that aid will not be used to further a particular political or religious viewpoint. Humanitarian aid will be given according to the needs of individuals, families, and communities.
Notwithstanding the right of NGOs to espouse particular religious opinions, we affirm that assistance will not be dependent on the adherence of those recipients to those opinions. We will not tie the promise of, deliver, or distribute assistance to the embracing or acceptance of a particular political or religious creed. We adhere to that principle.
And if you go out and see your organizations working in the disaster world, you'll see them adhering scrupulously to that principle. However, we must recognize that spirituality is one of the great motivators for communities to respond to the bad things that happen to them.
In Haiti the first week after the earthquake, small groups of religious adherents came together and began to pray. That was the first reaction of the Haitian community the first days after the earthquake.
As we respond, the spiritual dimension must also be paid attention to, and while we must be careful to deliver based on need, not creed, organizations must become better at providing for spiritual needs. We look to the UN and the organizations of the UN to help us pay more attention as we respond and give us the space to respond to spiritual needs.
Finally, I would say to the many new organizations that are coming in to work, take a look at the code of conduct that I mentioned. Be sure to adhere to its principles. Join us in seeking solidarity with the poor and the promotion of the common good.
Bill Canny is the director of emergency operations at Catholic Relief Services (CRS). Based in Baltimore and overseas, he supervises a team that responds to disasters and helps communities to prepare for potential catastrophes. Prior to this, he was CRS' country representative in Haiti, regional director for South Asia, deputy director of the Eurasia region and the Africa region, and country representative for Burkina Faso. Mr. Canny began his career with CRS in 1983 coordinating emergency food and shelter for Ethiopian refugees. Mr. Canny holds a B.S. degree in human services from the University of Scranton and a master's degree in public health from the University of Pittsburgh.
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At Amore Bakery, we want to support businesses and help them to make the best choices, so they can get in front of more businesses or customers and grow, from sending them corporate cakes to running a giveaway, we have put together our top 5 tips to market your business.
As you know, we produce beautiful corporate cakes, which are perfect for all kinds of businesses. Whether you are looking to do a branded giveaway or send deliveries to companies that might be interested in what you do, it's a great way to get in front of people and get their attention.
Running a competition is a great way to drive to engagement online.
You can increase traffic to your social media channels, get more people to sign up for your newsletter or promote key products, all by running a great competition. Make sure you choose a prize that your customers are going to love and means they are willing to give you their information.
This is a great thing to do for businesses whose customers are mainly online. Whether when you send items out and say share your pictures for 10% off your next order, or whatever it might be, it can help increase the brand awareness across the internet.
4. Have a stand at an event or a show.
We attend shows and events a lot at Amore Bakery. From handing out corporate cakes at trade shows, or selling our delicious flavoured cupcakes at customer shows. Whether you are trying to get in front of customers or businesses, it's the perfect way to get in front of people straight and tell them all about yourself.
5. Shout about your feedback.
An essential part of being a business is getting feedback from your customers. However, when you get that feedback – what should you do with it? You should share it with potential customers to tell them how great you are, without it coming directly from you. Whether you share this feedback on Facebook or Google, it can help you bring in new clients or customers.
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Drama as opposition leaders beg Mnangagwa to join national dialogue…As Khupe begs Chamisa (VIDEO)
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Some political parties that spurned the Political Actors Dialogue (POLAD) after its launch in February this year are now approaching authorities seeking to get involved, President Mnangagwa has said.
Speaking at a meeting yesterday to chart the way forward following the successful launch of the dialogue, President Mnangagwa said he referred such political parties to the conveners.
Despite the absence of MDC in national dialogue, other leaders of different political parties continue to meet
The process is being co-convened by National Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC) chairperson Retired Justice Selo Nare and Zimbabwe Gender Commission (ZGC) chairperson Mrs Margaret Sangarwe-Mukahanana.
"I have received inquiries from some political parties outside the dialogue, who were once here and left, who want to come back, but I have told them to go to the conveners," said the President, without naming the concerned parties.
Out of 23 political parties that took part in the July 31 harmonised elections last year, 21 joined the political dialogue aimed at finding consensus on solving problems affecting the country and address various socio-economic and political issues.
MDC-Alliance leader Mr Nelson Chamisa refused to join the dialogue, setting conditions which were settled by the electoral process for him to get involved.
The electoral process ended with a ruling of the Constitutional Court (Concourt), which confirmed results released by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) which showed that President Mnangagwa had outrightly won.
The meeting at State House was the first since the official launch of the dialogue process.
President Mnangagwa briefed the political parties on various developments that have taken place since the launch, adding that the parties' call for a peaceful resolution to challenges facing the nation had been well received in the sub-region, the continent and internationally.
"Our collective call that day for the peaceful resolution of the challenges facing the nation was well received," he said. "
The call earned us the envy of not just our Sadc sub-region, but that of the continent and the wider progressive international community in seeking internal solutions to internal challenges."
The President said challenges facing the nation needed a collective approach.
"Let me emphasise that although as Government we have the Transitional Stabilisation Programme (TSP) as our roadmap for addressing the economic challenges facing our nation, we can still, as a collective, share ideas with the people on how best to resolve the challenges," he said.
"This call from ordinary citizens is for protection from incessant and often unjustified price hikes, is ringing loud and clear."
President Mnangagwa said the recently launched Tripartite Negotiating Forum should be at the centre of bringing Government, business and labour in crafting strategies to enhance macroeconomic stability in the country and preserve the value of salaries.
"As we roll out dialogue, we also need to brief the general populace on devolution and how it is being implemented," he said.
"Many of our people may not actually know that the process of devolving power to the provinces and local authorities has in fact started. However, certain legal processes need to be completed first before Provincial Councils can be constituted to fully assume the powers and responsibilities being devolved to them.
"I must emphasise that the cornerstone of devolution shall be, among others, the enhancement of good, people-centred governance and the implementation of effective economic projects and programmes that create jobs and transform livelihoods, while maintaining the essential tenets of a unitary State."
President Mnangagwa said it was important that people benefit from their natural resources and contribute to the fiscus. He also briefed the parties on the dialogue with the European Union.
"Already, the EU has shown commendable willingness to re-engage, as evidenced by the positive developments in recent weeks," said President Mnangagwa. "In that regard, the meeting which has been scheduled for November this year should yield tangible results along the path to full normalisation of relations with that bloc.
"At the moment, the re-engagement with the EU is at the officials' level, but they have requested for it to be escalated to ministerial and political leadership levels.
"Naturally, it is our hope that other sections of the international community will also come on board and embrace us as an equal partner, as we emerge from decades of isolation and stagnation. Such re-engagement will assist in fulfilling one of our agenda items namely, Revival of Industries and Investment in re-industrialisation for job creation. The preservation of peace and unity is critical to the achievement of these milestones."
President Mnangagwa said it was critical that the various investment deals that Government has entered into with various investors be implemented expeditiously.
"The efficient provision of utilities such as water, electricity, roads, rail and airports should help attract investors and also anchor our efforts to achieve Vision 2030 as an upper middle income, knowledge and technology driven society," he said.
President Mnangagwa said the dialogue was one building block to attain that vision.
He reiterated Government's commitment to eradicate corruption in all its forms.
"The pace might appear slow, but the anti-corruption crusade has taken off in earnest," said President Mnangagwa. "We are reviewing our institutional framework for dealing with this vice which has reached monstrous levels.
"It is important to entrench transparency and honesty in conducting State business in order that we curtail the prejudice perennially suffered by Government and ordinary people through underhand deals by fellow citizens, who in some instances, act in cohorts with criminal elements from outside our borders."
President Mnangagwa said the law on unexplained wealth being crafted will help fight corruption.
Meanwhile, the leader of the breakaway MDC-T party Thokozani Khupe has appealed to her rival Nelson Chamisa to come and join her and other losing presidential candidates in the Political Actors Dialogue (Polad) discussions. Khupe insisted that this is the only national dialogue that will take place.
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Valorie Curry is Married and Has a Husband! Couldn't be More Content About it
Published on: Feb 22, 2018 @ 07:46 AM
Many want their life to be a fairy tale; the tale where you fall in love, get married and live happily with your spouse till your life's end. Well, a couple blessed enough to lead such a fairy- tale is American film actress, Valorie Curry, and her partner.
Actress Valorie Curry, best known for her role Emma in The Vampire Diaries, is living as a married lady with her costar turned husband. She stumbled upon her husband while she was on a hunt for her soul mate, and today she is living a blissful married life.
Take a detailed look at their married life and get acquainted with a beautiful relationship with her husband!
Valorie Curry's Blissful Married Life:
Valorie curry got married to Surrey-born actor Sam Underwood back on 13 May 2016 after dating him for few years. While she was on cloud nine for getting the opportunity to work in Ewan McGregor's directorial debut, American Pastoral released in 2016, her husband proposed her, doubling the happiness she already achieved.
The coordination between Valorie and Sam was crucial while juggling between wedding preparation and filming of the movie, but she was able to enjoy the best of both with the support of her husband.
Valorie's affirmed that her husband was very supportive at that time as he also belongs to the same profession and is a British actor.
Valorie expressed her eagerness to be with her husband Sam while sharing a picture with romantic essence back in July 2017.
A post shared by Valorie Curry (@valoriecurry) on Jul 26, 2017 at 12:26pm PDT
Also, she shared a picture collage with her husband on her Instagram account back in December 2017 sharing her gratitude for her husband.
A post shared by Valorie Curry (@valoriecurry) on Dec 31, 2017 at 1:23am PST
Although Valorie has played a role of a pregnant lady on screen but in real life, she hasn't hinted anything about having a baby with her husband. But the couple may be planning for that as well, who knows?
More About Valorie Curry:
Valorie Curry was born in Orange County, California USA as a youngest of three children on 12 February 1986. The birth name of Valorie, who stands at the height of 5' 4" (1.63 m), is Valorie Mae Curry.
She joined Sonora High School in La Habra, California in 2004 and later got graduated with Bachelor of Art in Theater from California State University Fullerton.
While gushing about her parents, Valorie shared a picture of her father via Instagram back in December 2013, where her father is relishing reading her magazine.
A post shared by Valorie Curry (@valoriecurry) on Dec 15, 2013 at 10:21am PST
Moreover, she shared her mother's picture back in December 2012 where Valorie's mother is enjoying her first Mister Softee's ice cream.
A post shared by Valorie Curry (@valoriecurry) on Oct 27, 2012 at 1:35pm PDT
Valorie, who has great intimacy with her parents, loves experimenting with her hair as well. Back in 2012, she trimmed her long hair short and flaunted the new hairstyle via Instagram.
A post shared by Valorie Curry (@valoriecurry) on Jun 13, 2015 at 10:49am PDT
The experiment sure was a success, right?
Shifting the focus towards her acting career, Valorie started her screen acting by playing several roles in California State University Fullerton's theatre. She is widely known for her role as 'Emma Hill' on the Fox series The Following and her recurring role as Jane Kuhne on the UPN but is best known as Charlotte in the 2012 movie The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2.
As of now, Valorie is busy with a TV series The Tick and has been involved in projects named Ophelia, Detroit: Become Human and Inherit the Viper as well.
Think we're missing something? Do let us know in the comment section below!
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All our divisions follow long term athlete criteria.
Co-ed Blast T-ball for children born in 2014. They will play on Thursday evenings at the core Unionville Diamonds beginning at 6:15 pm. In Blast T-ball children hit off of a tee and use a softer ball. This age group is formed with less children on a team with a maximum of 10 children on a team. The home run line is used as there are no outfield positions and the focus is on the infield only. This is level 1 of Timbits Softball Learn to Play.
Co-ed T-3 Pitch for children born in 2013. They will play on Monday evenings at the core Unionville Diamonds beginning at 6:15pm. In T-3 Pitch, children are successful each time at bat as they are pitched 3 balls to them by a coach on their team and if unsuccessful at hitting the child will use a tee to hit off of. Everyone bats each inning. The home run line is used as there are no outfield positions and the focus is on the infield only. This is level 1 of Timbits Softball Learn to Play.
Co-ed Coach Pitch for children born in 2012. They will play on Tuesday evenings at the core Unionville Diamonds beginning at 6:15pm. In Coach Pitch, children are pitched 5 balls from a coach on their team. Everyone bats each inning. This is level 2 of Timbits Softball Learn to Play. *The home run line may be used if registration numbers are low.
Co-ed Five Pitch for children born in 2011. They will play on Wednesday evenings beginning at 6:15pm. This is the last division of co-ed ball. A 'friendly pitcher' (player from the same team) will pitch 5 balls to the batter of their team. Runs are counted and after 3 outs or 5 runs teams will switch. This is level 2 of Timbits Softball Learn to Play.
The Mite (children born in 2009-2010) division is the first year where they are split by gender. Girls will play Tuesday evenings and boys will play on Thursday evenings beginning at 6:15pm. The pitcher will pitch to the opposing team in this division. Runs are counted and after 3 outs or 5 runs teams will switch. This is level 3 of Timbits Softball Learn to Play.
In the Squirt (children born in 2007-2008) division girls will be playing Wednesday evenings and boys will be playing on Monday evenings. Similar format as in Mite however the base and pitching distance is longer.
Novice Bantam Girls (those born in 2003-2006) play Thursday evenings at 6:45pm or 8:30pm. This division plays with similar rules as in the past division however will play with a 12″ ball. Teams are drafted evenly between Novice (2003-2004) and Bantam (2005-2006). Players will pitch from their specific division distance.
Peewee Bantam Boys (those born in 2003-2006) play on Tuesday evenings at 6:45pm or 8:30pm. This division plays with similar rules as in the past division however will play with a 12″ ball. Teams are drafted evenly between Peewee (2003-2004) and Bantam (2005-2006). Players will pitch from their specific division distance.


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David Catanese: Essential intelligence from the campaign trail: If Nelson retires, would Bob Kerrey run?
Senate races
If Nelson retires, would Bob Kerrey run?
More Nebraska intrigue as the clock continues to tick on Sen. Ben Nelson's retirement decision.
Nebraska Watchdog reports that former Sen. Bob Kerrey didn't completely rule out a run if Nelson calls it quits.
He's also less confidence Nelson will be on the ballot in 2012.
"I'm not as confident as I was a couple of months ago," Kerrey tells Nebraska Watchdog (see transcript below) in an exclusive interview. "I think (Nelson's) genuinely trying to decide."
Nebraska Watchdog: If Nelson were not to run, because I'm sure you'll get phone calls, would you consider it?
Kerrey: Oh I've been very pleased, in all the stories about him possibly not running, no one's mentioned my name, I'm so happy. Leave it to Joe Jordan to be the first one to ask me. Would I consider it? I'd have to say yes or no. I guess I wouldn't rule it out automatically. It's not on my radar screen. I think it's highly unlikely that I would.
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Governors' races
Post indictments, Perdue down by 10
It's a very tough day for an incumbent if the good news is that the bottom hasn't fallen out of a poll showing you down 10 points.
Public Policy Polling delivers another bad batch of data for North Carolina Gov. Bev Perdue.
Republican Pat McCrory, who hasn't formally announced his bid, is ahead 50 percent to 40 percent, according to the latest PPP poll. Perdue's approval rating sits at 37 percent.
In addition to being popular with Republicans, independents with an opinion about [McCrory] break more than 2:1 favorable (38/16), and even 25% of Democrats see him positively. McCrory would defeat pretty much any Democrat in North Carolina next year unless he's significantly cut down to size. Running someone else instead of Perdue is not some magical solution to the Democrats' problems.
This is the first public data since indictments dropped on three former Perdue campaign aides.
The Democratic-aligned pollster paints the bright side: "Perdue's numbers obviously continue to be very weak, but the good news for her at least is that the indictments last week didn't cause the bottom to fall out."
House races
Report: Walsh promised $3.5M to switch
Money changes everything, even for tea party purist Joe Walsh.
The Daily Herald reports a promise of heavyweight fundraising from the speaker for Walsh's move back into his considerably more Democratic 8th Congressional District.
Walsh — lured by the thought of an easier primary and the promise, according to top Illinois GOP officials who requested anonymity and influential Barrington Republican Jack Roeser, of $3.5 million in general election fundraising help from House Speaker John Boehner — will now make a bid in the recently drawn 8th District, roughly centered in Schaumburg and including Addison, Elk Grove, Hanover and Wheeling townships.
At the conclusion of the third quarter, Democrat Raja Krishnamoorthi had $635,996 on hand and his primary opponent Tammy Duckworth had $364,295.
UPDATED @ 3:16 PM: When asked directly by POLITICO whether the report was true, National Republican Congressional Committee spokesman Paul Lindsay did not deny it.
"Congressman Walsh gives Republicans the best opportunity to win the 8th District, and we're excited about his candidacy. We anticipate he will enroll in the NRCC's Patriot Program, which is based on need plus merit," he said.
UPDATED @ 4:36 PM: A spokesman for Speaker Boehner called the report "not true." "The Speaker has not pledged financial support to Congressman Walsh," said Boehner spokesman Cory Fritz.
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Illinois,
A policy of intervention
My story on the mothership this morning explains how the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee has embraced a policy of intervention this cycle, while their counterparts at the National Republican Senatorial Committee have kept their distance from primaries in public.
The question is whether that all-in strategy will pay dividends down the road — or whether the NRSC's hands off public approach is the safer route.
One Connecticut Senate candidate feels spurned by the process, but is embracing the outsider roll.
Susan Bysiewicz, a former Connecticut secretary of state elected three times who is also running for Senate, suggested Murray is only backing [Rep. Chris] Murphy because he's already in the Beltway.
"She knows him because he's in Washington. She may not have her finger on the pulse of voters in our state and around the country that are upset at the grave dysfunction and gridlock in Washington," she said Thursday. "This is a year where the special interests in Washington do not matter to people."
DSCC,
NRSC
Walsh announces run for a suburban Chicago-based seat
Illinois Rep. Joe Walsh, the controversial and bombastic freshman Republican, appears finally to be done with his district shopping.
Walsh announced Thursday evening that he's running for a suburban Chicago-based seat — a decision that came less than two months after initially announcing that he would be running against fellow GOP Rep. Randy Hultgren in another district.
He will have an uphill path: The 8th District seat that he's settled on is Democratic-friendly, and both of Walsh's prospective Democratic opponents, former Veterans Affairs Department official Tammy Duckworth and ex-state comptroller candidate Raja Krishnamoorthi, have established themselves as formidable fundraisers.
But running against Hultgren, Walsh likely realized, wouldn't be any easier.
GOP officials in Washington say they were largely left in the dark about Walsh's move, but many of them said privately that the Republican had damaged himself severely and wouldn't have stacked up well against Hultgren — particularly after telling a local newspaper that he would "punch [Hultgren] in the face, figuratively speaking" and after a video emerged of Walsh becoming confrontational with his constituents.
Still, Walsh's decision is a win for the National Republican Congressional Committee, which has circumvented an ugly brawl between two members.
Posted by Alex Isenstadt 10:12 PM
Calif. Dems fundraise for Berman
California House Democrats are lining up behind Rep. Howard Berman in his race against fellow Democratic Rep. Brad Sherman — and now they're going to bat for him on the fundraising circuit.
On Wednesday, 22 members of the delegation — all of whom endorsed Berman several weeks ago — will host a Capitol Hill fundraiser for Berman, according to an event invitation obtained by POLITICO. The list of hosts crosses the ideological spectrum, including liberals like Reps. Lynn Woolsey and Barbara Lee and more moderate members like Reps. Jim Costa and Dennis Cardoza.
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, who appears to be strongly leaning in Berman's favor, isn't listed on the invitation — but several of her top allies, including Reps. George Miller and Xavier Becerra are expected to attend.
Berman has received the backing of more than two-thirds of the state's Democratic delegation, while Sherman has picked up the public support of just two members: California Reps. Grace Napolitano and Judy Chu.
Howard Berman
Bob Turner's lessons from the N.Y. special
One of Bob Turner's main consultants, Steve Goldberg, offers lessons learned from the New York 9th Congressional District special in a memo obtained by POLITICO.
The first takeaway -- Stay on message -- isn't all that groundbreaking, but the second offers a window into the campaign's thinking about how to handle tea party sentiment in a Democratic district.
In essence, Goldberg, a New York based strategist who has worked for John McCain and Jon Huntsman, argues that Turner let it flow to him naturally without being defined by it.
Lesson 2. Democrats tried to demonize Turner with the Tea Party, social issues and social security issues but they didn't stick.
He wasn't going to let himself be pictured as a radical because he's not a radical. He is a man of middle class values and the voters knew it. They, too, are middle class. The Turner campaign did not care and did not get caught up in where the anti-Obama feelings were coming from. They were respectful and willing recipients of all the anti-Obama sentiment. They knew that they had to harness that anger and channel that focus into votes for Turner. The Democrats tried to portray Turner as a white, male, non-caring conservative, Tea-Party radical who is disconnected from people. The voters in the district felt empowered that their vote meant something and they were making a statement. That is the critical lesson: the voters knew their vote mattered as should every vote in this upcoming election. We're at a critical juncture in our history where we need a President in the tradition of an Andrew Jackson or a Teddy Roosevelt who has to recognize where we need to go as a country to properly lead us. The Republican candidate that is able to demonstrate that he or she has these leadership qualities will be our next president. The only way to achieve that outcry of support from the community is a simple, clear message that cuts through all the chatter and the noise and tells the voters in the district "your vote matters and you need to exercise it".
Goldberg's first lesson is after the jump.
» Continue reading Bob Turner's lessons from the N.Y. special
Bob Turner,
In the States
The four races to watch in Ohio
The cover of Thursday's Cleveland Plain-Dealer stands out by way of drilling down to the top four contests in the perennial battleground state.
Also notable: Two are Democratic primaries.
Why Kaine won the debate
The first impression I had after the 90-minute sparring session between Tim Kaine and George Allen in Richmond on Wednesday was that Kaine emerged the victor.
It wasn't a sweeping win that will change the tight trajectory of the race, and Allen didn't make any jolting mistakes — but it is clear that Kaine is a more disciplined and pointed debater, relentlessly returning to two core arguments:
1) Allen has little fiscal credibility to launch critiques on the Obama agenda because of his own voting record.
2) Allen is more partisan and represents the politics of division, whereas Kaine represents balance who will play well with others.
These graphs (after the jump) in my story today encapsulate how Kaine was able to frame the race on his terms:
» Continue reading Why Kaine won the debate
George Allen,
Tim Kaine,
The best of four new Crossroads ads
Of the four new Crossroads GPS Senate spots rolled out Thursday, the Ben Nelson commercial is the most biting, and in my judgment, the most effective.
In addition to the cadence and the memorable voice of the narrator, it tells a clear story of what's likely to be the Democrat's greatest vulnerability: Trading favors in exchange for a critical vote.
"He demanded a payoff ... accused of selling his vote ... cynical what's-in-it-for-me-type politics ... What's wrong with Washington," is the money line.
It's the monkey on Nelson's back summarized in nine swift seconds.
It's also the only one of the ads when the viewer does not hear from the Democrat in the cross hairs. In the spots against Sens. Claire McCaskill and Jon Tester, and Massachusetts candidate Elizabeth Warren, Crossroads lifts soundbites from each to paint them as a hypocrite.
It's understood that the idea is to pit their own words against their actions, but a Democratic strategist involved in one of the races wonders why Crossroads would allow their foes to appear to validate their own points on camera.
For instance, in the Missouri clip, McCaskill says, "All of us need to realize the debt is a real problem." The words are plastered across the screen.
A casual observer doing laundry or on the treadmill may read that quickly and be left with the impression that McCaskill is ... serious about the debt problem.
"It comes across like they're allowing [them] to defend [themselves]," observed the Democrat.
Remember, most of the people who see these ads don't watch them as closely as we do.
Crossroads Media,
Oppo pre-empts Thomas Senate entry
Bob Thomas's likely entry into the Indiana Senate race means trouble for Richard Mourdock's insurgent bid to upend Sen. Dick Lugar.
A Howey Politics report signaling a move just after the New Year swiftly prompted a drop of oppo on Thomas.
Documents provided to POLITICO show that Thomas, a wealthy auto dealer, has had an checkered voting history.
Thomas did not vote in primary elections in 2008 and 2011and failed to cast a ballot in the 2010 general. Going back further, he appeared to be more inclined to skip primary votes.
In the past decade, he showed up just once to participate in a primary — and that was in 2010 when he was running for Congress.
An email to Thomas' campaign account was not returned.
Mourdock's team should see Thomas as a real threat. His entry likely divides the anti-Lugar vote, squashing the best chance at bringing down the six-term GOP incumbent.
Herald poll puts Warren up 7
A second poll in as many weeks shows Elizabeth Warren with a lead over Sen. Scott Brown in the Massachusetts Senate race.
The University of Massachusetts-Lowell/Boston Herald delivers Warren a 7-percentage point spread, 49 percent to 42 percent. The margin of error is 5 points and the total includes "leaners."
The Herald details Warren's movement:
The poll of 505 registered Massachusetts voters was conducted for UMass-Lowell by Princeton Survey Research from Dec. 1 to Dec. 6, and shows Warren with her largest lead yet in the campaign. A UMass-Lowell/Boston Herald poll taken in late September showed Brown ahead by a 41 percent -38 percent margin, so the new poll represents a 10-point swing in Warren's favor in less than two months.
Last week a UMass-Amherst poll put Warren up 4 points over Brown, 43 percent to 39 percent.
The troubling trendline for Brown: He is well under the 50 percent marker and appears to be slipping behind Warren, less than three months after her official entry into the race.
Republicans argue Warren's bump is to be expected after dropping $1.5 million onto the airwaves with a well-produced sunny bio spot.
In addition, Brown has taken some body blows as a result of the League of Conservation Voters advertising campaign.
But it's not as if Warren isn't taking her licks as well: Crossroads GPS has been on the air linking her to the "Occupy Wall Street" movement.
Nonetheless, a GOP strategist familiar with the campaign promises there's no reason to panic.
"There was always going to be a Democrat, any Democrat, running within single digits of Brown. That's the nature of the state," said the operative. "The upside is that Scott has a lot of resources, the right record and remains a popular figure, even with independents."
All in all, this is the success story of the off-year for Democrats: Evidence that they have a real shot at stealing a seat away in a cycle that almost everyone thinks will result in a net loss of seats for the party.
This race is promising to produce a photo finish, but Warren is out in front a few legs ahead in the first lap.
Elizabeth Warren,
Bluffing Ben Nelson & Bonamici goes up
Headlines while I was away in Richmond for the Virginia Senate debate and battling the tsunami on I-95 . . .
Ben Nelson says Gov. Dave Heineman is bluffing.
Suzanne Bonamici goes up on the air in the Oregon special. And Rob Cornilles' camp thinks Dems are nervous.
A ballad for Dick Lugar from girls who are young but are not really dumb.
Vermont GOP State Sen. Randy Brock announced he'll challenge Gov. Peter Shumlin.
Ohio Democratic Rep. Betty Sutton will seek reelection by challenging GOP Rep. Jim Renacci.
Her fans have chosen the slogan: "Elizabeth Warren — The best candidate money can't buy."
It's decision time for Rep. Joe Walsh: The Illinois frosh promises an announcement on where he'll run Thursday.
Are Tim Tebow's polling numbers better than his passing numbers?
Ben Nelson,
Massachusetts,
Nebraksa,
Oregon,
The Kaine-Allen debate
The first general election Senate debate of the cycle is today in Richmond, between Virginia titans George Allen and Tim Kaine.
I'll be traveling there to take in the 90-minute face-off live beginning at 1:30 p.m. It will also be live-streamed by the Times-Dispatch HERE.
Going in, both campaigns have signaled that the debate could turn into a proxy battle over the Obama and Bush administrations.
From my preview piece:
Since announcing his candidacy in April, Kaine has worked to shed the trappings of Washington, fashioning himself as a fiscally responsible, independent leader who reaches for compromise. Allen's team views Wednesday afternoon's debate in Richmond as a chance to remind voters that for the past 2½ years, Kaine has been a leading partisan cheerleader for Obama's unpopular policy decisions.
Kaine, on the other hand, will likely tout another point on his résumé: his tenure as governor, during which the commonwealth was seen as a magnet for new business.
And with anti-Washington fervor casting a large shadow in Virginia, Allen is also likely to spend more time talking about his gubernatorial record than his job in the Senate, which he lost after a humbling single-point defeat in 2006.
"The stimulus, the health care debacle, the spending: Those are the things Tim Kaine championed. Virginians know what they are getting with Tim Kaine and that's him standing shoulder to shoulder with the president," said Allen adviser Dan Allen.
Kaine's team embraces the economic contrast — but projects it through a different prism in order to ask voters to turn the clock back five years.
"Gov. Kaine balanced the state budget and cut more than $5 billion in state spending. Sen. Allen took us from record surplus to record deficit, adding more than $3 trillion to the national debt. Under Gov. Kaine, Virginia was the best state for business four years in a row, while Sen. Allen voted for Bush policies that led to near economic collapse," said Kaine spokeswoman Brandi Hoffine, playing up Allen's tenure in the Senate.
Paul Ryan for Pete Hoekstra
Pete Hoekstra's campaign has rolled out almost every recognizable conservative elected official you can think of to bolster his Michigan Senate bid against two primary challengers.
The latest is likely one of the most significant: Rep. Paul Ryan.
"Pete Hoekstra is a creative thinker, smart person, principled man and the kind of person we need," says Ryan in the endorsement video.
Ryan's blessing follows backing from Iowa Rep. Steve King, Ohio Gov. John Kasich and Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann.
While those are all names that lend credibility in a primary, they are also some of the most polarizing figures that could be used against Hoekstra in a general election.
The endorsements provide cover for Hoekstra now but could be used next fall to paint him as too far to the right and outside the mainstream.
Paul Ryan,
Pete Hoekstra
Crossroads puts 'Pea-losi' in Boswell's pod
Crossroads GPS is investing another $150,000 over the next two weeks into its advertising campaign against Iowa Democratic Rep. Leonard Boswell.
The newest spot, released first to POLITICO Wednesday, ties Boswell to House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and plays a quote twice of her saying how "we took a half a trillion dollars out of Medicare" to pass the Affordable Care Act.
"Leonard Boswell, Barack Obama and Nancy Pelosi. Three peas in a pod on healthcare," says the narrator before a shot of Pelosi morphs into a pea pod.
Its the second Crossroads ad against Boswell this fall. An October spot utilized the "pea pod" theme as well to criticize Boswell's support for the stimulus package. But that commercial only referenced President Obama and left out Pelosi.
This latest flight will put Crossroads' television tab at over $300,000 in the 3rd Congressional District.
It's the second Crossroads ad against Boswell this fall. An October spot tapped the "pea pod" theme as well to criticize Boswell's support for the stimulus package. But that commercial only referenced President Obama and left out Pelosi.
American Crossroads,
Warren boots BoSox question (again)
She might have passed the Jeopardy portion of the program, but Elizabeth Warren flubbed trivia about the beloved Boston Red Sox again at a Democratic forum at Stonehill College.
At least she wasn't alone.
Asked what years the Red Sox have won the World Series in this century, Warren replied, "'04, '08."
She was close -- and closer than the other Democrats on the stage, whose wrong answers provoked audible groans from the audience.
The correct answers: 2004 and 2007.
But it's not the first time Warren has bobbled a Red Sox question.
In July, she said on MSNBC that her husband was the baseball fan, and noted she's not a native.
Democratic strategists have argued that Warren's lack of baseball knowledge won't matter in Beantown as long as she doesn't try to fake it.
Warren defends outside groups
During a Democratic Senate candidate forum Tuesday night, Elizabeth Warren defended the role of outside groups to have their say in the Massachusetts Senate race.
"There are environmental groups, there are family advocacy groups who want to be heard in an election, so I think a blanket notion that nobody talks except the two candidates is not within the spirit of how democratic elections work," Warren said.
Last month, Sen. Scott Brown said he wished all outside groups would cease running ads.
Brown campaign manager Jim Barnett said it was "sad" Warren declined to join Brown's call.
This fall, the League of Conservation Voters and the anti-Brown super PAC Rethink have targeted Brown while Crossroads GPS has assailed Warren.
Translating Patty Murray's briefing
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Flanked by three female Senate recruits, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee chair Patty Murray predicted Tuesday that Democrats would make the 2012 cycle a historic year for women.
Nevada Rep. Shelley Berkley, Hawaii Rep. Mazie Hirono and Wisconsin Rep. Tammy Baldwin were all showcased at the DSCC press briefing, each allotted time to lay out their personal biographies and highlight unique qualities they bring to the race as females.
But when it was Murray's chance to field questions, she mostly exercised a prevent defense strategy, playing it safe by couching her answers and not offering much up in terms of news.
As a result, the time seemed ripe to utilize a POLITICO favorite -- the dissection of what Murray said and what she really meant.
New Mexico Senate
What Murray Said: "As you know we recruited Rep. Heinrich, he's doing a great job. We have not endorsed in that race. But I think he's doing really great and look forward to supporting him."
What She Meant: The DSCC is with Heinrich. There isn't a sitting member of Congress they aren't supporting. But it doesn't want to fan flames and upset Hispanics, who are hoping to nominate State Auditor Hector Balderas. Using the word "recruited" rather than support is semantics but it provides some space to avoid a headline that could upset locals.
Nebraska Senate
What Murray Said: "[Ben] is a fighter. He really knows his state and understands his state. Obviously he's going to be deciding here in the next few weeks whether he's going to run or not. He's got a tremendous amount of encouragement from our caucus and from our people from both sides of the aisle."
What She Meant: That 'no more retirements' statement she made earlier this year is no longer applicable. There's now a real sense Sen. Ben Nelson could decide to throw in the towel, but it's likely the DSCC is just as much in the dark as the rest of us. Murray didn't offer a contingency plan if Nelson quits, but the bench in Nebraska doesn't seem to be deep for Democrats.
What Murray Said: "Claire knows her state. She knows when to stand with the president and she knows when to say 'this is not right for my state.'"
What She Meant: McCaskill should go near President Obama only if absolutely necessary, meaning a big dollar fundraiser. Other than that, her messaging and charm is when she flashes her independence from her party. We not only expect her to do that, we hope she does. It's Missouri for gosh sakes.
Texas Senate
What Murray Said: "Texas is a large state and of course we have a Democratic candidate there and he's out working and we're following that race closely."
What She Meant: Likely not to draw audible laughs, which that response did. After being initially hailed as a pick-up opportunity, Texas is off the radar for Democrats. DSCC executive director Guy Cecil suggested as much last month. Murray didn't even mention Ricardo Sanchez's name.
Connecticut Senate
What Murray Said: "When we go out to talk to people in states, we look at who is the strongest candidate, who can win, who has the strongest support. And in that state Chris Murphy is just a great candidate and I expect him to win."
What She Meant: It's significant that even as the DSCC touts a 'year of the woman' meme, there's one female candidate who didn't make the cut: Susan Bysiewicz, a former Secretary of State who is the only person in the race who has previously won statewide. Does deference belong to Murphy because he's a congressman? Bysiewicz's camp doesn't seem to mind. It gives them the "outsider" label that's so en vogue. "We have no problem not being accepted by the party," campaign manager Jonathan Ducote tells POLITICO. "If you look at Susan's record she has never been a favorite of insiders in Hartford either. It is because she has taken on tough fights."
Tree heads to Hardball, snags Murphy
Here's the benefit of subduing an unruly passenger on a plane carrying Chris Matthews.
You get booked on Hardball.
Illinois congressional candidate John Tree, an Air Force colonel who helped flight attendants restrain a passenger on a flight from Chicago to Washington last week, is scheduled to appear on MSNBC's Hardball Wednesday to discuss the incident. Matthews was also on the plane and witnessed it unfold.
Tree, a Democrat running in the 10th District seat currently held by Rep. Robert Dold, also snagged the endorsement of former Rep. Patrick Murphy, the first Iraq War veteran elected to Congress.
In a statement provided first to POLITICO, Murphy praised the fellow veteran's unique background.
"Last summer, we all watched with disgust as Washington gridlock brought us to the brink of a government shutdown that would have stopped the Pentagon from paying our troops and their families. John Tree, who watched it all unfold from the Pentagon, was outraged that some members of Congress would put partisan politics ahead of our troops. John's determination to fight for military and working families showed me he has what it takes to win. As a Colonel in the Air Force Reserve and a successful businessman, John has a unique background to beat the Republicans and help put Americans back to work. I'm proud to endorse John Tree and I thank him for his service to our country."
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Motherlode | Not an Adoption Diary. Yet.
Not an Adoption Diary. Yet.
But would the guy who wrote that first diary entry in January ever think he would utter those words? Absolutely not. I didn't know what to expect when we went to meet Evy for the first time; now Rachel and I have some parenting experience under our belts, and are looking forward to what's next as well as enjoying what Evy is now.
This diary ended up changing over that time, too. It started as an adoption diary, then turned into a "preemie diary," then changed to a "new middle-aged parent diary." The issues we're going to face with adoption, like birth parent visits, making sure Evy knows her origin story, and being part of a multi-ethnic family will all come later. Right now, we're just dealing with Evy on a parent-to-newbornish basis, obsessing about her feeds and trying to get her to stick her tongue out and maybe give a nongassy smile.
We know that we'll have to deal with these issues, and soon. The next big hurdle is when we finalize her adoption in July. But for now, we haven't been out in the world enough with Evy to encounter some of the too-probing questions, side glances or even nasty remarks because she is quite obviously our adopted daughter.
So far, the reception Evy has gotten has been one of fascination and amazement, and not just because she's cute; at a first birthday party for one of the children from our pre-adoption group, it was hard to miss that Evy was appreciably smaller than the other children our group mates have adopted, and not just because she was months younger. Because she was born so early, she still looks like a newborn, and we get surprised looks when we tell people that she is almost 4 months old. "Was she just born?" a little girl asked in the blunt way little children always ask things of adults. Explaining why she is so small takes time, but at least we have the story down pretty well.
That's the most difficult question we're facing right now, but we know there will be much more difficult questions ahead of us, from others and from Evy. But we've bonded with her so much at this point, we feel we're more equipped to handle whatever comes our way, because we want to make sure that our daughter has the support she needs in her life.
One place Evy, who is likely over the seven-pound mark, doesn't seem small is the neonatal intensive care unit where she spent the first 53 days of her life. We took her back there for the first time this past weekend, and all the nurses were amazed at how well their "rock star" was doing. Penny, her primary nurse, even brought over a mother of twins, both born at 26 weeks and both under two pounds, to show her that preemies that small can thrive like Evy has.
Then Penny held Evy for what seemed like a half-hour; the look on Evy's face made it seem as if she was right back in the NICU, a little peanut who didn't know she was so tiny. Anyone who thinks that babies forget didn't see that look. She was in her first home, in the arms of the first person who cared for her, and she was so happy. We were, too, because without all those people, without the kindness and forthrightness of Evy's birth mother, without the help of the adoption agency to bring us together and without the help of our friends and family, we wouldn't have been there to see that fantastic reunion. And for all of those people, we'll be eternally grateful.


Ruby was due August 27th, 2008. On September 2nd, we went in for an appointment and non-stress test and I asked if she was breech – something just seemed different. An ultrasound later, my fears were confirmed: Ruby was frank breech. Her weight was estimated by ultrasound to be 8lbs 15 oz, an external version was out due to her size, and a c-section was scheduled for the next day.
Side note: it was about then that my sister called in a panic, having just had an ultrasound of her own. She was having twins. It was a doozy of a moment, let me tell you.
If I had to do it again, I'd have waited the full week waiting to see if Ruby would flip on her own. They would have let me go to 42 weeks, I'd have taken every moment of it to see if I could avoid a c-section. But I didn't.
We got to the hospital at 9:00 am, the c-section scheduled for 11:00 am. We got bumped. Several times. We finally hit the OR around 12:15 pm. The waiting was excruciating, not knowing what to expect.
I got a spinal and was awake for my c-section, Blaine at my side. It wasn't nearly so horrible as I'd imagined and was over within an hour. Ruby never left my side – she was in the OR with me and I actually held her as they wheeled me back to my room.
Ruby Alexandra was born at 12:43 pm on September 3rd, 2008. She weighed 9 lbs. 1 oz. She was almost Chloe Alexandra instead, but with morphine in my system and a nurse and Blaine both voting for Ruby, Ruby it was. So glad – I cannot imagine her as anything else. Alexandra is after her Aunt Erin. She would have been Reuben James had she been a boy.


Processed in 2007 by Rivka Schiller. Finding aid edited, encoded and posted online thanks to a grant from the Gruss Lipper Family Foundation.
Electronic finding aid was converted to EAD version 2002 by Yakov Sklyar in March 2007. EAD finding aid customized in ARCHON in 2013. Description is in English.
Mordecai Gebirtig was born in Kraków (Cracow), Poland on May 4, 1877. He was killed in the Kraków ghetto on June 4, 1942, during the deportation to the Belzec death camp. Gebirtig, a carpenter by trade, became world famous as the poet and composer of a wide array of Yiddish folksongs. His ballads and song-poems were performed by foremost artists of his time, as well as itinerant street singers in the Jewish courtyards of Europe. His songs were heard and admired in the prestigious Yiddish theaters of Poland. Much has been written about Gebirtig, both during his lifetime and in the aftermath of his death. Today, his music and legacy continue to flourish even in countries where Yiddish is not regularly spoken. His book, has been published in the United States, Poland, France, Italy, and Germany. His songs are widely recorded. The collection consists mostly of manuscripts of Mordecai Gebirtig's songs ranging from the 1920s-1942.
The collection consists of manuscripts of Mordecai Gebirtig's songs ranging from the 1920s-1942. Included here are Kinder-yorn, Hershele, Hulyet, hulyet kinderlekh, Motele, Reyzele, Undzer shtetl brent, and Yankele. There are four numbered notebooks and some loose musical scores of his songs. The latter were copied by Julia Hoffman. Each notebook bears a statement from Julia Hoffman (in Polish) attesting to the fact that she received the manuscripts in her custody from Lola Gebirtig in June 1942, following Mordecai Gebirtig's death.
Also contained here are materials of a fragmentary nature, such as copies of correspondence between Gebirtig and the Yiddish theater actresses, Diana Blumenfeld (dated 1941) and Khane Grosberg, as well as original, handwritten incipits in Yiddish and German. Included here are the songs Ker bezeml ker ("Sweep Little Broom Sweep"), dated August 15, 1938, Kraków, and Kinder-yorn ("Childhood Years"), undated.
The collection contains twelve incipits and melody lines that were transcribed from Gebirtig's original works by Julia Hoffman in 1957-1958 in Kraków. Included here are: A lidele tajer wie gold ("A Song as Dear as Gold"), Hej Cigajnerl ("Hey Little Gypsy"), Hob rachmunes ("Have Pity"), Oj, mein chawer ("Oh, My Friend"), and Unser tochter Chaje ("Our Daughter Khaye").
The collection also contains the bilingual Hebrew/Yiddish book, HaAyara boeret/Undzer shtetl brent, published by the Kibbutz Givat Haviva Moreshet Archives in 1967 in Israel, which includes facsimiles of Gebirtig's original manuscripts. These manuscripts are housed today at the aforementioned Kibbutz Givat Haviva Moreshet Archives.
Mordecai Gebirtig, whose real surname was Bertig, was born in 1877 in the Jewish quarter of Kraków to a family of impoverished petty merchants. Gebirtig received a traditional kheyder education until the age of ten, at which time he began a carpenter's apprenticeship. He would go on to practice carpentry until the end of his life.
From early on, Gebirtig demonstrated an interest in music, poetry, and theater. In 1905 he began publishing articles and songs in several periodicals, among them Der sotsyal demokrat, the Yiddish organ of the Social Democratic Party in Galicia, of which he was a member. Gebirtig served five years in the Austro-Hungarian army (as Kraków and all of Galicia were at that time under Austrian rule), and began collecting folksongs during this period.
The state of destitution that Gebirtig experienced during his childhood prevented him from receiving any kind of formal musical training. Thus, he was fortunate to meet and befriend the prominent musician, Jan Hoffman, who was one of the first to recognize his talent and potential. Hoffman transcribed Gebirtig's melodies into musical notes. It is thanks to him that much of Gebirtig's composed works are now available to us. Gebirtig issued his first collection of folksongs called, Folkstimlekh ("Of the Folk") in 1920 in Kraków. This included children's songs such as Hershele, Viglid ("Lullaby"), and the popular, Unter geyt di velt ("The World is Going Under").
In the 1920s and 1930s Gebirtig's fame began to grow. It was during this period that he wrote Kinder-yorn ("Childhood Years") and Hulyet, hulyet kinderlekh ("Rejoice, Rejoice Children"), which were performed and popularized all over the world. In particular, Gebirtig's songs and melodies were performed in the kleynkunst theaters of Warsaw, Łódz, and Vilna: Azazel, Ararat, Sambatyon, and Maidyim, and during the `Gebirtig Evenings' that were organized around the country.
Gebirtig's songs include lullabies, children's songs, songs of one's home, youth, and childhood, underworld themes, and songs about destruction of Jewish life including Undzer shtetl brent ("Our Town is On Fire") and S'tut vey ("It Hurts").
In April 1942 Gebirtig and his family were transported to the Kraków ghetto. On June 4, 1942, the day known in the history of the ghetto as "Bloody Thursday", Jews were rounded up for deportation to the Belzec extermination camp. Gebirtig was shot and killed during this roundup.
It is believed that Gebirtig wrote many songs during the Nazi occupation period and in the ghetto proper. Only four of the songs written by Gebirtig in the ghetto were ever recovered, the final one being the sarcastically titled, S'iz gut ("It's Good"), which was dated May, 1942.
Gebirtig's friends, the composers Borukh Sperber and Jan Hoffman, helped set his poetry to music. In 1936 Gebirtig's second book of folksongs, Mayne lider ("My Songs") was published and edited by the folksinger Menakhem Kipnis. This edition was later reprinted with additions in 1942 and 1948. New editions and frequent recordings of his songs, as well as a number of biographical works about him in the post-war years, have signaled a revival of interest in Gebirtig's body of work.
Related Materials: A larger and more extensive Gebirtig collection is housed at the Kibbutz Givat Haviva Moreshet Archives in Israel, which contains several of the poet's notebooks.
Preferred Citation: Published citations should read as follows:Identification of item, date (if known); YIVO Archives; Mordecai Gebirtig Papers; RG 740; folder number.


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Living… in Dancing Elk, Minnesota. Juno's parents divorced when she was young, leaving her to be raised by her father and stepmother. So now she is living in her father's cluttered house with her stepmother and three half-siblings.
Profession… high school student. Juno's wit clearly reveals that she's an intelligent girl, but she doesn't lose too much sleep over her studies. Not that anyone could blame her – now that she's pregnant she has bigger problems.
Interests… playing the guitar, gory horror movies, old punk rock, and hamburger phones. Juno has an eclectic array of interests that don't follow any real rhyme or reason.
Relationship Status… single, but pregnant. It started as just another boring afternoon with her longtime friend, Paulie Bleaker. The pair was trying to find something to watch on TV, but decided that it would be more interesting to take each other's virginity. The casual tryst takes on new, troublesome dimensions when Juno discovers that she's carrying Paulie's child.
Challenge… muddling through nine months of pregnancy as a teenage girl. After much deliberation Juno decided that she wants to give her baby up for adoption, and is carrying the child to term so she can give it to the Lorings – an almost aggressively perfect couple. As the seasons change and Juno's belly swells, she'll have to deal with the usual pitfalls of pregnancy (cravings, cramps, constant scrutiny, ETC.) as well as struggle to ensure that the Lorings are providing the kind of home that they've promised for her baby.
Personality… rebellious and sarcastic, yet strangely charming. Juno has the kind of paradoxical magnetism that comes from not caring what other people think of her. She's individualistic and impulsive, and often speaks without thinking. Fortunately, she is evidently good-natured, which causes most people to give her a pass even when she says something incredibly inappropriate. Juno's penchant for trendy slang and over exaggeration can often make her seem immature, but beneath her flippant exterior is an intelligent and responsible girl.
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My guess is not very far. People seem to keep slowly turning up one or two bugs in each AOLsever 4.0 beta, which are then quickly fixed. And some OpenACS folks have been using the 4.0 betas for a long time now and are satisfied with it. So my guess is once 4.0 final and a matching nsopenssl are released (not sure when that will happen, or if it already has), OpenACS will want to start recommending it. Maybe even start requiring AOLserver 4.0 as of OpenACS 5.0, I dunno.


A junior at Rutgers–New Brunswick, Tamaj advocates for diversity education as a way to make a lasting impact on the university community.
I'm my mother's oldest child and I have two younger sisters, one of whom also goes to Rutgers. Coming from a home of all women, I've always put them on such a high pedestal. I didn't really see activism as my way of making a change until I started realizing how my blackness affects me and all the people around me who are black. The Sandra Bland incident is when it really just kicked in. It made me want to take action immediately.
At the time, I was running this really popular Instagram account highlighting black women. Right after high school in the summer of 2016, I made a bunch of posts that other people shared and it led to me planning my first protest. It was a way for me to connect with those outside of my immediate circle and I saw that I had the power to galvanize people.
Over 100 people from Newark, New York, and different parts of New Jersey came together for the day to rally behind the death of Sandra and others. None of them knew who I was, but they believed in the same causes I did. We met at Penn Station [Newark] and walked all the way up to the Essex County prosecutor's office and City Hall. In that moment, I just knew I had a voice.
Coming to Rutgers, I wanted to be involved in some way. I joined the Black Student Union (BSU) during my freshman year and was eager to make change. That December, I was in a FIGS seminar about social activism and our peer instructor pointed out the chairwoman of Black Lives Matter–New Jersey. Ironically, I already knew her from BSU, but she never talked about Black Lives Matter while we were together.
When I first joined Black Lives Matter, I was the public relations chair and I wanted to solve every problem under the sun. I was definitely still learning about the organization and getting more acquainted with the Rutgers community, especially the black Rutgers community, but I didn't really examine one problem too long and if something came in front of me, I wanted it fixed immediately.
Then in April [of my freshman year], I stepped up and became our chairperson and had to really examine the issues and focus on the bigger picture. I was finding out what exactly people saw as problems at the university and one of the common issues mentioned had to do with the curriculum. While the SAS Contemporary Challenges Core is very broad, it does not specifically talk about diversity. That's when I decided that as chairman, I wanted to focus most of my effort into reinvigorating the conversation started by the Scarlet and Black project and push toward implementing a diversity requirement.
We've gone to as many different RUSA town halls as possible to advocate for it in front of President Barchi and other university administrators. When Harry Belafonte visited Rutgers, we pushed it with him. We even started going to faculty meetings and reaching out to faculty members who we knew could have a bigger hand in implementing it. In time we ended up connecting with the core evaluation committee and they asked if we wanted to serve [on the committee]. It was in that moment that I thought, this is actual progress. We now have a voice at the table in making these decisions.
I care about education and I'm especially passionate about making sure students of color receive the best education possible. From my time as a primary school student to the university level, I've noticed that our education system doesn't highlight people of color. I want to have a hand in changing that so that students who are people of color can see themselves represented during their educational careers.
I think everything I'm doing at Rutgers is important and believe that it can be extended to a broader community, such as having diversity also taught in inner city schools and urban communities. I want to ultimately keep doing work around education to try to build up students, especially those in primarily black, brown, and Latinx areas to show them that they have both a history and a future.
A native of Newark, N.J. Tamaj is currently a junior double-majoring in political science and Africana studies.


Building upon the success of Srixon's previous generation irons, the new Z Series irons offer tour-validated designs with a soft forged feel. Cutting-edge technologies help enhance distance, workability and feel, and the new Z Series irons are built to perform.
"The Z 785 irons are yet another step forward for Srixon as we continue to produce some of the highest-performing irons designed for better players," said Jeff Brunski, Vice President of Research and Development.
The Z 785 irons feature a tour cavity, providing additional mass behind the impact location for increased shot-shaping ability and versatility. The Z 585 irons feature an added speed groove which allows for more face-flex, enhancing ball speed and distance.
Tour V.T. Sole - Provides more consistent ball striking with smoother turf interaction.
Tour Cavity – Available solely in the Z 785 Irons, this extra mass behind your impact location allows for powerful shot shaping with increased versatility.
The Srixon Z Series irons launch in UK on September 14th, 2018 and have an RRP of £799 for a 6-piece steel set (£899 for a 6-piece graphite set) for both Z 585 and Z 785 sets.
Building on the success of the Z U65 Utility iron, which is currently the most played utility iron on the PGA Tour, the new Z U85 Utility iron features a hollow, forged construction for a high-launch trajectory, soft feel and unmatched distance. The utility irons offer an iron-like address profile making them perfect to create the ideal combo set with the Z 785 or Z 585 irons, depending on player preference.
A compact players shape gives a blade-like appearance at address. Srixon keep MOI lower to improve workability (with more mass directly behind the impact zone), a request from their tour staff. Forged from a single piece of 1020 carbon steel 785s have laser milling between each face groove to maximise consistency and stopping power, particularly from the rough.
Srixon have refocused their attention to the tour and better player market, and the new Z 785s are everything a decent player wants. They sit beautifully behind the ball, look simple and unfussy and feel every bit as good as any forged iron we've hit. It should be no surprise then Srixon were the fastest growing iron brand in the UK last year. From all the irons with a Forgiveness rating of 2, the Z 785's produced our test pro's longest average carry distance (179 yards) without being the strongest loft, which is seriously impressive.
A lovely subtle, traditional styled players iron with some serious performance for decent golfers. In the current market the price tag represents really good value for money, especially when you factor in 12 premium shaft options at no extra cost.


To accommodate for tight scheduling in the school year, the MCPS Board of Education decided on spring break scenario one, ensuring a longer vacation for the 2019-2020 school year, after debating two options.
The two options over the future of spring break were open to the public to leave comments through a survey. The Board of Education also met with internal work groups and external focus groups to receive feedback. After surveying and discussing opinions, the Board of Education ultimately decided to approve scenario one.
Scenario one presented a ten day spring break containing four non-instructional days and two weekends while scenario two offered a six-day spring break with one weekend and two non-instructional days. Scenario one gives students time to travel, rest and begin to prepare for exams.
Some attribute this issue of tight scheduling to Governor Larry Hogan's law extending summer break. Before the law, MCPS was planning to start the school year mid-August, giving more time for students to prepare for exams. Now the school year begins four weeks later than what MCPS intended.
Ms. Jones expresses that she holds the law accountable as the reason why there is debate between each spring break option. "It's with the intention of benefiting the economics of Ocean City," she says.


It's recreation friendly lifestyle – from the Arena and Recreation Centre to access to the Heritage Trail System. Plus the abundance of shopping and amenities, and quick commuter access to the GO and major highways.
Any demographic. Great schools for young families, and ample amenities for seniors.
A healthy mix of detached family homes, townhomes, and high-rise condominiums.
Increased growth in housing, amenities, and infrastructure to accommodate the new Oakville Hospital.
Mixed housing, from high-rise condos in the $200,000s to detached family homes up to $1.2 million.
Having everything you need at your fingertips. Tons of amenities and green space to enjoy with the family.
Interested in homes in River Oaks?


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Jake Gyllenhaal, Ansel Elgort and Zendaya Lead Brian Helgeland Crime-Thriller "Finest Kind"
By Edward Douglas on	 February 10, 2018 2 - FILM NEWS, Attachments (Film)
The latest package to be put together for sale at next week's European Film Market in Berlin is Oscar-winning screenwriter Brian Helgeland's latest film FINEST KIND, which has attached Jake Gyllenhaal, Baby Driver star Ansel Elgort and actor/singer Zendaya.
The crime-thriller from the Oscar-winning filmmaker is about two brothers, played by Gyllenhaal and Elgort, who make a deal with a crime syndicate that gets them drawn into the Boston underworld, which puts their bond to the test.
Finest Kind will be produced by Gary Foster and Russ Krasnoff of Krasnoff/Foster Entertainment (Denial, The Soloist), as well as Imperative Entertainment's Dan Friedkin and Bradley Thomas, along with Gyllenhaal and Riva Marker for their Nine Stories banner.
30WEST is financing the film with STXinternational handling international distribution for the film, introducing it to potential buyers at the upcoming European Film Market. STXinternational will also distribute the film in the UK and Ireland, while CAA and Endeavor Content are handling the U.S. rights for 30WEST.
Repped by CAA and Jackoway Tyerman, Helgeland won an Oscar for writing the late Curtis Hanson's L.A. Confidential in 1998, which he followed with a second nomination for writing Clint Eatwood's Mystic River. Helgeland has directed five films including Mel Gibson's Payback, the late Heath Ledger's A Knight's Tale and The Order and more recently, the Jackie Robinson drama 42 and the Tom Hardy Kray Brothers crime-drama Legend in 2015.
Finest Kind would be the second recent film by Gyllenhaal made in Boston after 2017's Stronger, a movie he co-produced for which he deserved a second Oscar nomination after 2006's Brokeback Mountain. Gyllenhaal starred opposite Carey Mulligan in Paul Dano's directorial debut Wildlife, which just premiered at Sundance last month, and he has Jacques Audiard's English language debut The Sisters Brothers and Luca Guadagnino's Rio on his upcoming slate.
Although it hasn't been reported whom 21-year-old Zendaya will play in the film, she's coming off two huge hits in Sony's Spider-Man: Homecoming and Fox's The Greatest Showman, so she's clearly going to be more focused on acting for a while. She has the Warner Bros' animated feature Smallfoot and the sequel to Spider-Man: Homecoming in the cards for early 2018.
Elgort is also coming off a good year as the lead in Edgar Wright's action-romance-comedy Baby Driver, which grossed over $100 million domestically and for which he received a Golden Globe nomination. He is currently filming The Goldfinch for John Crowley and Warner Bros.
In a statement, producer Gary Foster said, "Brian and I have dreamed about making this film together for a long time. Brian's directorial vision and powerful screenplay which draws on his experiences growing up in the tough town of New Bedfrod, Mass., has attracted a stellar cast lead by Jake, Ansel and Zendaya. I couldn't be more thrilled!"
Imperative Entertainment, 30WEST and STXinternational previously joined forces for Ridley Scott's All the Money in the World, for which Christopher Plummer received an Oscar nomination as the film was distributed in the U.S. by TriStar Pictures with STXinternational distributing internationally through its overseas partners.
Gyllenhaal is represented by WME and Bloom Hergott, Elgort by CAA, Brookside Artist Management and Morris Yorn Barnes, and Zendaya by CAA, Monster Talent Management and Skrzyniarz & Mallean.
Edward Douglas | East Coast Editor