Consider your training design – Whether you are using an in-house trainer or working with a third party vendor, does the facilitator offer "next steps" to make sure participants not only learn through reinforcement, but are given opportunity to learn through practice? If not, then it may be time to evaluate training design in order to ensure that which is offered is given opportunity to be owned. Also, is the trainer recycling materials that are out of date or irrelevant to your desired outcomes?
Consider your application timeline – Quoting Saks and Belcourt, Raymond Noe observes, "Despite the importance of transfer of training and the emphasis that some companies are placing on it, research suggests that only 62 percent of employees transfer training immediately after completing training programs. This statistic decreases to 34 percent one year after training." Depending on the complexity of the topic, you may need to prepare for several months and possibly even years for proper transfer of training.
Consider your workplace environment – How successful are your efforts to create a climate that is conducive for transfer of learning? Are expectations clear? Do members of management support training efforts? Are employees encouraged to learn and then apply it? Are they evaluated pre and post-training to ensure transfer of training is indeed occurring? Is training a threat or an opportunity?
Consider your employees' abilities – When preparing our employees to learn something new, it is important to analyze their abilities. This is a delicate balancing act. If we give them something that is too simple, they may categorize the training as a waste of time. If we give them something that is too complex, they may reject the training as unreasonable. The key is to stretch our employees, but not break them.
Consider your employee's motivations – An unknown author rightly noted, "In absence of clearly defined goals, we become strangely loyal to performing daily acts of trivia." Some employees will set their own goals, but most will not. Co-setting training and development goals is one of the greatest gifts you can offer an employee and one of the primary ways to ensure transfer of training.
Let's keep the conversation going. How to you facilitate transfer of training in your organization?
A few years ago, I was exploring the shelves of a "vintage" bookstore. On one of the dusty shelves, I stumbled across a book called The City Manager: A New Profession by Harry Aubrey Tomlin, written in 1915 at the dawn of the Council-Manager form of government. It was a fascinating look back at a time when the city management profession was viewed as a reform movement and city managers as aggressive change agents who were dramatically transforming how cities worked.
City government is experiencing a civic revolution. We have run suddenly upon a novel age where tried formulas are nil, where old landmarks are transformed into strange beacon lights and the new anchorage is yet afar off. Revolution in municipal government is but one of our ventures into the virgin land of untried things. The seeking of the truer, cleaner and the finer, of the less wasteful and more efficient is the advertisement of our national restlessness.
The failure of the old has stung our pride into a pilgrimage to find something newer, nobler, and more satisfying than that which the old government could give, with its incompetence, its sloth, its extravagance. From this genesis, the new order sprang. The City Manager plan is part of this more modern trend of thought.
As I read and reread Tomlin's description of the political and operational context within which the Council Manager form of government was established, I realized we are once again in an age marked by national restlessness. But this time, the loudest voices cry out for a return to politically-driven management decisions, dilution of the City Manager into little more than an administrative executor of political decisions, and a leadership style that can best be described as "lick your finger and hold it up to the wind".
Cities who aspire to excellence must resist these forces of mediocrity and political cronyism which tempt us to return to the old ways "with its incompetence, its sloth, its extravagance". Instead, local government managers must recapture the sense of reformation that accompanied the founding of the profession. We must once again become revolutionaries who passionately seek "the truer, the cleaner, the finer… the less wasteful and more efficient".
Leadership requires great listening skills.
A good listener shuts up and listens.
That's it. A good listener lets the other person talk until he/she finishes the point. And, the leader does not respond until certain the speaker's message is fully delivered, and clarified, and understood.
At the heart of this skill is the simple trait called "turn-taking". To be a good listener, a person has to "take turns". Now, it is your turn to speak, and my turn to listen. Then, it will be my turn to speak, and your turn to listen.
When you speak over someone, when you are "figuring out what to say" instead of listening, then you are not listening! You are doing something else other than listening. So, shut up, clear your mind, and pay attention. This is what listening is.
The first person speaks, while the second person listens.
Then the second person speaks, while the first person listens.
Turn taking is the key.
Conversation is an exchange of turns, and having a turn means having a right to hold the floor until you have finished what you want to say.
So, if you are a leader, and you are in the midst of a listening moment, let the person speaking "hold the floor" until the one speaking has finished what he/she has to say. Wait, listen, hold your tongue, focus, pay attention, shut up! Then, and only then, is it your turn to speak.
Today is Memorial Day, which should be one of the most sacred and reflective days for all Americans, but especially those who lead others. On Memorial Day, we remember those who sacrificed their lives for our country. They gave all they could give.
One of my own uncles, Alton Mowery, died in the Philippines during WWII. He was in the infamous "Bataan Death March" and died later in a prison camp. If you've read the book Ghost Soldiers, you've read his story, although he's not mentioned by name.
My grandmother, Alton's mother, never visited his grave in the Philippines, but every Memorial Day—and I do mean EVERY Memorial Day—she led her family to solemnly honor his sacrifice. It made an impression on me as a young boy, although it wasn't all that exciting, as I recall.
BE – refers to one's character. It is inner strength which gives a person the courage to do what is right regardless of the situation. This character energizes a leader to develop the right attributes until they become habits. Leaders show subordinates through their actions how important character is.
KNOW – refers to the technical skills, the ability to operate equipment, and conceptual skills. It also refers to the ability to make good decisions, as well as the interpersonal skills it requires to work well with people. Leaders are learners, and if you ever stop learning, it won't be long until you're no longer leading.
DO – refers to the execution component of a leader's responsibilities. It's not enough for a leader to be and to know. At the end of the day: Leaders Do! They execute the mission. They communicate. They improve the organization. Things won't improve in your city just because you have good character or just because you have an increasing base of knowledge. You have to execute.
Today we enjoy the privilege of freedom because of the sacrifice of tens of thousands of people through the years. One of the best ways to honor them is to continue to make this a country worth sacrificing for. Let's take the time to honor their sacrifice. And then, let's make the most of the opportunities that their sacrifices provided by becoming the best leaders we can possibly be.
Do you have a disaster communications plan? I'm sure you do. Every organization has some kind of plan in a thick binder shelved away somewhere.
So maybe I should word the question differently. Do you have an active disaster communications plan? One that you have frequently practiced?
The importance of it is seen in situations like the recent fatal tornadoes that ravaged certain areas of Texas and Oklahoma. Even amongst the chaos, those affected had some sense of direction thanks to the officials who were in charge of the crisis communications.
They distributed vital information to the public: locations of shelters and triage centers, what affected residents need to do, how others can donate to the tornado victims, etc.
And that should be the goal for your organization—to be a compass in the midst of chaos.
Not having an active disaster communications plan is like having a fire drill, but never practicing it. What do you think will happen when a fire actually strikes?
"Practice isn't the thing you do when you're good. It's the thing you do that makes you good." – Malcolm Gladwell in Outliers: The Story of Success.
If your organization doesn't have a disaster communications team in place for natural disasters, I suggest you get one in a hurry and practice, then practice some more. The moment tragedy strikes is not the time to be unprepared.
Need help making sure your plan is effective?
It's difficult to provide step-by-step instructions on what your team should do and how they should practice because not all situations are the same. Luckily, the CDC has a very comprehensive Crisis and Emergency Risk Communication handbook that will help you in various scenarios.
It will help you prioritize the questions that need to be answered. What are the immediate dangers and risks? What do those impacted need to know now? How about next? And after that? Who will be the one(s) in control of getting this information out to the staff and public?
The resounding theme is the importance of those responsible for giving out the information to stay five steps ahead of what's going on.
Even though there will be plenty of tweets and statuses floating around giving out all kinds of information, your organization needs to be the main source where facts are double-checked. It needs to be the place where the media gets its information and where residents can stay in tune to the facts.
Essentially—it needs to be the compass in the midst of chaos.
Our hearts were breaking on Monday as horrific images of Moore, Oklahoma began to come in from one of the worst tornadoes in history. The physical devastation was mind-numbing. The unimaginable agony of parents whose children were missing was gut-wrenching. The warnings had sounded, the people of Moore did the right things to take shelter, and yet that wasn't enough. The fury of the storm was beyond imagination.
For me and for so many I talked to and for so many interviewed on television, the overwhelming sensation was one of helplessness. But for the public servants of Moore, and the area communities there was not time to feel helpless. It was time to act.
Before the skies had cleared, before the rain had stopped, before the storm was over, before in many cases they even knew whether their own families were safe and secure, city employees moved into action. Firefighters appeared on the scene to begin rescue and recovery efforts. Police officers began to manage traffic flow to ensure emergency access. Street workers began to assemble barricades to prevent access to dangerous areas. Utility workers began to repair broken water lines. Animal control workers began to deal with roaming and displaced animals. Public Information Officers began to deal with the onslaught of the media. Parks workers began to transform recreation centers into makeshift emergency shelters. Account clerks began to contact vendors to get needed supplies delivered immediately. Solid waste workers began clearing and hauling debris. Traffic engineers began repairing broken traffic lights to ensure smooth traffic flow.
I don't know anything specific about who did what in Moore, but I do know all of those things happened. I know it because it is what public servants do day in and day out. The media tend to only care about the visuals of the flashing lights of police and fire. But the reality is that when disaster strikes, the entire city organization kicks into crisis management mode and everyone knows their job and begins to act with urgency and unity of purpose.
My heart is still breaking for the families whose lives have been devastated in Moore. But I am inspired by the quiet heroism of the public servants who no one sees interviewed on television… who no one knows their name… who no one notices as they work hour after hour late into the night to restore basic public services… who everyone takes for granted… and who place service to their citizens above their own safety, comfort, and needs.
It takes someone special to always be ready to spring into action while the storm is still raging to assemble barricades, to clear debris, to rescue animals, to repair broken water lines, and ultimately to do whatever it takes to protect the well-being of the citizens they serve. It takes someone special to work hard to be taken for granted. It takes someone special to live the noble calling of a public servant.
My belief in the nobility of public service is sustained by the actions of these quiet heroes.
A Leader Who is Too Busy to Read?
Read – then do – then read some more – then do some more. This is the formula. And this Marine General reminds us of it so clearly.
I have been completely captivated by the wisdom in an email from Marine General Mattis. I read about it in a Business Insider article.
This is not new to the USMC approach to warfighting — Going into Kuwait 12 years ago, I read (and reread) Rommel's Papers, Montgomery's book ("Eyes Officers"…), "Grant Takes Command" (need for commanders to get along, "commanders' relationships" being more important than "command relationships"), and some others.
How many times have leaders found themselves in situations that require wise decisions and quick thinking, but they only have their own experiences to draw from? How many people rise to positions of leadership that require wisdom and depth, and yet they try to fulfill their roles without continuing the practice of regular, even daily, substantive reading?
General Mattis reminds us that nearly everything we face has been faced before. As new as this strange new world is, it is not that new.
If you read his email in its entirety, you come away with a deep sense that the failure to make time to read — the failure to read, and learn from what you read — is tantamount to a dereliction of duty for any leader.
Read… You have to! And, read… Your people need you to.
In the book The Great Workplace, the authors share the results of their extensive research on what makes an organization a great place to work—from the employee's perspective. The research says there are three relationships that an employee has that makes the difference.
So what kind of relationship to management, their job, and their colleagues is needed for an employee to feel the love?
Relationship to Management. There are three key words: credibility, respect, and fairness.
The employee must feel that management is credible. They walk the talk.
The employee must feel that management respects the employee as a person.
The employee must feel that management establishes and enforces policies that are fair.
Relationship to Their Job. The key word is pride.
The employee must feel pride in what he or she does. They must feel that it makes a difference, that it is significant, and that they are able to do it effectively. Pride is like cholesterol. There is a bad kind and a good kind. This is the good kind of pride. How can you tell? The good kind of pride is defined as: (P)-Personal (R)-Responsibility (I)-In (D)-Developing (E)-Excellence. When employees have that kind of pride, and they TRUST management, your organization is well on its way to becoming a great workplace.
Relationship to Their Colleagues. The key word is camaraderie.
I've observed that if the first two relationships are in place, it's often the case that this one is the easiest to establish and maintain. In fact, most of the time when there is a lack of camaraderie within the organization, it's not really a personality problem. It's usually a systems problem. The operational systems that govern processes, work, and relationships are usually flawed and are creating the strife.
So as a leader, if you want your employees to feel like, "This is a great place to work!" Then it might be helpful to take a serious look at these three relationships.
And don't forget to consider the impact of the way you do things. Changing the way you do things just might change the way employees see management, the job, and their colleagues.
Okay, maybe punctuation doesn't really save lives, but it definitely changes the meaning of your message.
The smallest mistake could literally cost you.
There's a story of an employee who was e-mailing his boss about some new office equipment.
So the employee went ahead and bought it.
What the boss meant to say was, "No, price too high," but the mistake wasn't realized until it was too late.
See what confusion a little mark on a page can cause?
In a world where everything is needed right now, you can't overlook the importance of paying attention to even the slightest of details.
Some of the e-mails I get from executives make me wonder if passing a basic writing class should be the requirement for getting promoted. Communication skills (written and oral) are imperative for those in leadership roles.
The correct use of punctuation is important— in text messages, in e-mails, and especially in formal publications. If you don't know how to use any of them, learn how to as soon as possible.
Just remember: punctuation can change the whole meaning of your message, so use it correctly.
The sighs grow heavier and louder as the training session progresses.
Eyes roll and pens lay untouched on the table.
One or two stay put when the group is invited to stand for an activity.
Sound familiar? Well, if you're a trainer, you know I'm describing one of your most challenging dilemmas— disgruntled participants.
They come in all shapes and sizes. Some of them resent being forced to participate in the training event. Others are in a lousy mood because a customer or co-worker prior to the start of the session reamed them out. Then there are those who just enjoy being difficult because that's just how they are wired.
So, what is a trainer to do?
It is critical that you are well prepared. Being well prepared keeps you laser focused and greatly enhances your ability to stay in control of the training environment. Lack of preparation puts you on edge. Little things can become big things in a hurry, and you may quickly blame others for what is happening in class when the fault lies with lack of preparation before class.
Show up early. Do not put the time a class starts in your calendar. Instead, put the time you need to be there on your calendar. At a minimum, you should arrive a half an hour prior to the session beginning. Best practices indicate you should arrive 45 minutes to one hour prior to start time. This allows you to check all connections, room set-up, and be free to start building rapport the moment the first participant enters the room.
Invite participants to take an ethical approach to training. I gently remind participants very early in all my sessions that we are "at work". I invite them to put the same energies into the session as they pour into their daily job responsibilities.
Explain why we're here. Malcolm Knowles, the thought leader in adult learning theory in the past many decades, notes adults learn more effectively when they know why they are learning. If you dive into the material without explaining why it is relevant, you may witness more blank stares than engaging minds.
Finally, if you have a participant who wants to take control of the class, do everything you can to involve him or her in sharing their expertise. If things begin to get out of control, take a ten-minute break, get with the individual one-on-one, and politely describe to the participant how his or her behaviors are impacting the class. Treat the person with dignity and respect, which will increase the likelihood that he or she will reciprocate.


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This is a call for transformation, a call to action to change how we all view mental injuries and indeed all form of mental health issues. We need to support those struggling with these difficulties with compassion, understanding and ultimately treat each other as we would wish to be treated ourselves.
We are now calling for all rank and file front-line emergency workers, their family members, friends and all citizens to show their support and join the We Are S.T.I.G.M.A. mission by purchasing and proudly displaying our logo Lapel Pins and or "Support First Responder" Window Decals. Click on "Buy Support Products" above.
Create an informal support system within First Response Agencies and Military Units to help ensure brothers and sisters in service get the support they need so that they do not 'fall through the cracks' of a system that has all too often failed them.
We Are Standing Together Inspiring Greater Mental-health Awareness.


Provide comfort for the family of Carol Andrews with a meaningful gesture of sympathy.
Carol (Karkut) Andrews, age 75 of Shelton CT entered into peaceful rest surrounded by her loving family on Saturday, December 1st, 2018 at Griffin Hospital; she was the beloved wife for 57 years to Donald M. Andrews, Sr. Carol was born August 23rd, 1943 in Derby, daughter of the late Chester L. & Helen (Homa) Karkut. She graduated from Shelton High School Class of 1961 and married the love of her life on September 9th, 1961. Carol was a machine operator for the Bic Corporation, Milford for over 30 years, retiring in 2004. She will be fondly remembered as the core of the family- a selfless, loving, stubborn and always giving woman. They created forever memories with their family while camping in Rhode Island where they spent their summers for over 40 years. What Carol loved most about camping was big campfires, cooking for family, clams and West Beach. She was an active member of the Key Volunteer Program for the USMC. In her younger years she proudly assisted her Dad in his Magic Shows.
There is nothing she loved more than her family. Besides her husband she is survived by: Her Daughter Debra & Richard Paz of Bethany and Her son Donald M. & Marilyn Andrews, Jr. of Otego, NY. 14 Grandchildren – Ricky, Michael, Jeffery, Christopher, Matthew, Daniel, Joshua, Kaitlyn and Tyler. Alex, Kyle, Steven, Jack and Mason. 15 Cherished Great Grandchildren- Jeremy, Zachary, Tovie, Kaleb, Harrison, Landon, Alana, Colton, Eliana, Lincoln, Matthew Jr., Ryan, Logan, Hunter and Avery Renee. Cousin Jack & Karen O'Donnell, of Shelton, Sister in law Betty Beecher of Beacon Falls and several beloved Nieces and Nephews. She is predeceased by her sister Beverly McGovern and cousin Linda O'Donnell.
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Suzie (GG) Forlivio and Joanne and Ernie Karkut have sent flowers to the family of Carol Andrews (Karkut).
My most heartfelt condolences go out to all of Carol's beloved family. We were so very blessed to have known her. God bless and comfort you all.
Suzie (GG) Forlivio purchased the Sweet Tranquility Basket for the family of Carol Andrews.
Joanne and Ernie Karkut purchased flowers for the family of Carol Andrews.


Chapter 7 from A Different Universe by Robert Laughlin.
The fractional quantum Hall effect reveals that ostensibly indivisible quanta – in this case the electron charge e – can be broken into pieces though self-organization of phases. The fundamental things, in other words, are not necessarily fundamental.
The important issue implicit in the von Klizting discovery is not the existence of physical law but rather what physical law is, where it comes from, and what its implication are. From the reductionist standpoint, physical law is the motivating impulse of the universe. It does not come from anywhere and implies everything. From the emergentist perspective, physical law is a rule of collective behavior, it is consequence of more primitive rules of behavior underneath (although it need not have been), and it gives one predictive power over a limited range of circumstances. Outside this range, it becomes irrelevant, supplanted by other rules that either its children or its parents in a hierarchy of descent. Neither of these viewpoints can gain ascendancy over the other by means of facts, for both are fact based and both are true in the traditional scientific sense of the term. The issue is more subtle – a matter of institutional judgment. To paraphrase George Orwell, all facts are equal, but some are more equal than others.


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Father, 64, finds $43,000 in cash stuffed in second-hand couch and returns it ALL to the woman whose late grandfather hid it there - despite lawyer telling him he didn't have to
Prince Harry is spotted laughing and joking as he enjoys low-key dinner with friends in west London pub
Postmaster's wife 'betrayed him with three men before he killed her'
By Chris Brooke for the Daily Mail
Accused: Robin Garbutt arrives at Teesside Crown Court in Middlesbrough yesterday
A village postmaster struggling with mounting debts murdered his cheating wife and pretended they had been the victims of a brutal robbery, a court heard yesterday.
Robin Garbutt, 45, is said to have battered his wife Diana, 40, to death with an iron bar as she slept and hours later dialled 999, claiming a masked attacker was to blame.
A tangled background of infidelity and financial problems lay behind the crime, Teesside Crown Court was told.
The couple, who ran the post office and shop in the quiet North Yorkshire village of Melsonby, allegedly maintained a 'facade' of being 'happy and financially comfortable'.
However, they were said to have been on the verge of splitting up, and the defendant had built up £30,000 of credit card debts by living beyond his means.
Prosecutor David Hatton QC said: 'The pressure, tension and ill-feeling erupted, we suggest, in extreme violence in which [Garbutt] killed his wife.' He said the robbery 'was, in short, a sham'.
The couple bought the post office business weeks before they married in April 2003, and lived above the village shop. Mrs Garbutt, a former court worker, was trained to be the postmistress, but in recent years her interest waned and she left the work to her husband, a former technology manager. He usually went to bed early, rising at 4am to start work with customers arriving from 4.30am onwards.
Mrs Garbutt had allegedly admitted to her husband that she had slept with another man in December 2008 and her profile on a dating website read: 'I want to meet with a guy age 35-50.'
She had also kissed a cousin's husband at a family gathering, and exchanged messages online with a local man she met for cycle rides, the court heard.
Mr Hatton said: 'Their conversations on Facebook would have a sexual tone, telling each other what they would like to do to each other if they were alone together.'
Garbutt denies murdering his wife on March 23 last year.
At around 8.30am, when he claims an armed robber took the contents of the post office safe and fled, the village was busy with children going to school and residents leaving for work. No one saw anyone suspicious leaving the post office.
The court heard a timed lock on the safe meant it couldn't be opened until after an alarm sounded at 8.30am.
Murder charge: Robin Garbutt pictured with wife Diana, who was found dead at her post office
Garbutt told police he was serving a customer when he heard the alarm, and that when they left a robber burst in from the living quarters.
Garbutt said the man told him: 'We've got your wife.' The defendant claimed he was forced to fill a holdall with cash from the till and safe, said to have contained more than £16,000. The robber took the bag and left.
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Garbutt said he then went upstairs and 'saw Di sprawled on the bed', and immediately dialled 999. 'I knew then that she wasn't right, I knew she was dead,' he said.
The court heard there were 79 seconds between the alarm sounding in the shop and Garbutt phoning the emergency services.
A metal pipe with Mrs Garbutt's DNA on one end of it was found by police on top of a wall opposite the post office, and rust fragments matching it were also found in her hair and on the bed.
Police searching the village post office in Melsonby, North Yorkshire, after the incident last year
Scientists calculated Mrs Garbutt was probably killed between 2.30 and 4.30am that night.
Garbutt said his wife was asleep when he got up, and added he heard two thuds upstairs at 6am but thought it was Mrs Garbutt going to the toilet.
Mr Hatton asked the jury to consider the likelihood of an intruder killing her and 'waiting four to six hours before going downstairs to rob the post office'.
The site was also allegedly robbed almost exactly a year earlier, again at about 8.30am.
No one else saw anything suspicious, the robbers were never caught and the missing cash – £10,000 – was reimbursed by the post office.
Postmaster accused of murdering wife 'called police and said she had been killed by gun-wielding robber'
Prince Harry is spotted laughing and joking as he enjoys low-key dinner with friends in west London pub The Duke of Sussex spent hours at the bar
Jennifer Lopez pictured out for the first time since her Oscars snub as she hits the gym in Miami amid Super Bowl halftime rehearsals
Buttery escargot, mounds of chips, $2,600 red wine and clotted cream... super-healthy Victoria Beckham enjoys indulgent Paris date night with David
Sia looks like an average Jane as she trades her signature black and white wig for sweats and a bare face just days after revealing adoption
Prince Andrew's still welcome at ma'am's! Tarnished Duke of York drives to lunch with the Queen and Prince Philip on Her Majesty's Sandringham estate
Lily Allen blasts Laurence Fox saying she is 'sick to death of luvvies forcing their opinions on everybody else' after Meghan Markle racism fight

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Southern Californian outdoorsmen are familiar with Turner's Outdoorsman, Southern California's leading hunting, shooting, and fishing specialty stores. They began in 1971 as a single store in Long Beach. Over the years, they have grown to 18 stores, located throughout Southern California.


ICSA schools are committed to using the best ingredients and some ICSA cookery schools even grow their own food; it doesn't come more local than that!
Community and food often go hand in hand. Sylvain Gachot from Season Cookery School says buying local is important for your local community.


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Senator John Thune
DETAILS: Senator John Thune
(1961 - ) South Dakota
Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
Subcommittee on Conservation, Forestry, and Natural Resources
Subcommittee on Rural Development and Energy
Subcommittee on Nutrition, Agricultural Research, and Specialty Crops
Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, Innovation, and the Internet
Subcommittee on Aviation and Space
Subcommittee on Manufacturing, Trade, and Consumer Protection
Subcommittee on Transportation and Safety
Subcommittee on Health Care
Subcommittee on International Trade, Customs, and Global Competitiveness
Subcommittee on Taxation and IRS Oversight
SD Senate
SD - 0 House
https://www.thune.senate.gov
https://twitter.com/SenJohnThune
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Here in Vermillion for today's rivalry matchups. Enjoying watching these great teams compete on a cold SD day. https://t.co/SjRiJ7VBCb
See tweet 2 hours ago
#USMCA just passed the Senate & is approaching the finish line.🎉 SD exports to Canada & Mexico topped $1.1 billion in 2017. By increasing certainty about trade with 2 key trading partners, #USMCA will benefit almost every sector of our economy, from manufacturing to agriculture. https://t.co/P4lblbrpQz
The Senate has passed the modernized #USMCA trade deal. I was happy to be one of 89 senators to vote YES. This agreement will open markets for South Dakota farmers and ranchers, who have struggled for too long in today's agriculture economy. https://t.co/yeGR6ypRLF
Glad to have been at the @WhiteHouse for today's event where the phase one trade deal with China became official. This is good progress. I look forward to passing #USMCA soon, too. There are few things more important to #Ag than good trade deals that help open and expand markets.
After months of delay by House Dems, #USMCA is finally moving through Congress. Here in the Republican-led Senate, we understand the importance of this deal & have advanced it rapidly through the 7 required committees. I expect it to receive final Senate consideration very soon. https://t.co/kn2bKLgtW1
#MidwestAg https://t.co/bBYIPa33iD
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VOTE: On the Cloture Motion: Yes | 09/18/2019-10:16pm
VOTE: On the Amendment: No | 06/28/2019-9:02am
VOTE: On Passage of the Bill: Yes | 06/27/2019-5:53pm
VOTE: On the Amendment: Yes | 06/27/2019-4:29pm
VOTE: On the Cloture Motion: Yes | 06/27/2019-3:50pm
VOTE: On the Motion to Proceed: Yes | 06/24/2019-9:32pm
VOTE: On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed: Yes | 06/19/2019-8:53pm
VOTE: On the Conference Report: Yes | 12/17/2019-5:32pm
VOTE: On the Motion: Yes | 12/17/2019-5:02pm
VOTE: On the Amendment: Yes | 10/28/2019-10:21pm
VOTE: On the Amendment: No | 10/28/2019-10:08pm
VOTE: On the Motion to Table: Yes | 11/21/2019-4:34pm
H.R.2333 To direct the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct an assessment of the responsibilities, workload, and vacancy rates of Department of Veterans Affairs suicide prevention coordinators, and for other purposes.
Signed by President., 1 month ago
John Thune received on Environmental Regulation
$20k Auto Care Assn
$18.5k Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers
$18k NextEra Energy
$17k National Assn of Realtors
$17k Lockheed Martin
$15k American Trucking Assns
$15k Walmart Inc
$15k National Assn of Convenience Stores
"The 2020 #NDAA, which authorizes a significant down payment for the B-21 bomber, has passed the Senate. Proud to vote yes on this important bill to support our servicemembers, restore our military readiness, and modernize our forces to deter adversaries across all domains. https://t.co/YpbbTtYY0d"
"Every year, Congress takes up the #NDAA to authorize military funding. After delays by Dems, a deal has finally been reached to advance #NDAA2020. This #NDAA invests in planes, combat vehicles, & ships of the future – including the B-21 bomber that will be based at Ellsworth AFB. https://t.co/jfaub2Zh7A"
"Key GOP senator: The "picture coming out" of diplomat's testimony is "not a good one""
CNN 2 months ago
"House Republicans stormed the hearing room where Pentagon official was testifying"
John Thune received on Military
$22.5k Polaris Industries
$15k Abbott Laboratories
$15k Capital One Financial
$13.5k National Business Aviation Assn
Both parties support stronger trade deals with foreign countries. Each party has a different focus on the matter.
H.R.5430 To implement the Agreement between the United States of America, the United Mexican States, and Canada attached as an Annex to the Protocol Replacing the North American Free Trade Agreement.
Message on Senate action sent to the House., 4 days ago
Politico 5 days ago
"Trump's top trade official heads to Hill to ease tensions with GOP senators over final USMCA deal"
Washington Post 1 month ago
Wants strong protections and the ability to negotiate- or walk away- from any trade deal that does not benefit the American people. Strategies include aggressive trade deals and focusing trade efforts on countries that share our values. source
Wants strong protections when dealing with foreign trade, so our government can set rules in place that protect our environment, jobs, food safety, and health. source
John Thune received on Trade
$17.5k Pfizer Inc
$17k UPS (UNITED PARCEL SERVICE)
Different approaches to dealing with crime.
H.R.1865 To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint a coin in commemoration of the opening of the National Law Enforcement Museum in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.
"Day in and day out, law enforcement officials across the nation put their lives on the line to protect our communities. I am so thankful to those in SD law enforcement who have made our state such a safe place to live, work, and raise a family. #NationalLawEnforcementDay https://t.co/8qiRsGEBZl"
See tweet 1 week ago
Republican favor a more strict approach to crime and criminals.
Democrats favor a more lenient approach to crime and criminals to make sure their rights and the chance to reform and improve are always possible.
John Thune received on Law Enforcement
$15k National Restaurant Assn
$15k Visa Inc
$15k American Hospital Assn
$15k American Hotel & Lodging Assn
$10k International Assn of Fire Fighters
$10k Facebook Inc
$9k American Financial Services Assn
$8.5k Hilton Worldwide
$7.5k Marriott International
$6k Lowe's Companies
CBS News 3 days ago
SFGate 4 days ago
SFGate 1 week ago
".@SpeakerPelosi holding up the articles of impeachment demonstrates that this is just a political game for Democrats. https://t.co/bpf8AhqOEf"
National Assn of Broadcasters
AT&T Services, Inc. and its affiliates
Auto Care Assn
U.S. Cellular Corp
Mellon Financial Services Corporation #1
Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers
Pfizer Inc
NCTA - THE INTERNET & TELEVISION ASSOCIATION
Sponsored Legislation[9]
• A bill to require the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to make certain operational models available to the public, and for other purposes.
• A bill to require that internet platforms give users the option to engage with a platform without being manipulated by algorithms driver by user-specific data.
• A bill to amend the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to allow the Indian Health Service to cover the cost of a copayment of an Indian or Alaska Native veteran receiving medical care or services from the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.
• A bill to expand enrollment in TSA PreCheck to expedite commercial travel screening and improve airport security.
• A bill to deter criminal robocall violations and improve enforcement of section 227(b) of the Communications Act of 1934, and for other purposes.
• A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow for certain residential rental property to be depreciated over a 30-year period.
• A bill to require that the Federal Government procure from the private sector the goods and services necessary for the operations and management of certain Government agencies, and for other purposes.
• A bill to improve the effectiveness of tribal child support enforcement agencies, and for other purposes.
• A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permit high deductible health plans to provide chronic disease prevention services to plan enrollees prior to satisfying their plan deductible.
Co-Sponsored Legislation[23]
• A bill to require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in recognition of Christa McAuliffe.
• A bill to provide clarification regarding the common or usual name for bison and compliance with section 403 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, and for other purposes.
• A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to clarify the authority of State Medicaid fraud and abuse control units to investigate and prosecute cases of Medicaid patient abuse and neglect in any setting, and for other purposes.
• A bill to amend title 36, United States Code, to authorize The American Legion to determine the requirements for membership in The American Legion, and for other purposes.
• A bill to amend title 36, United States Code, to require that the POW/MIA flag be displayed on all days that the flag of the United States is displayed on certain Federal property.
• A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the House of Representatives should, consistent with long-standing practice and precedent, prior to proceeding any further with its impeachment investigation into President Donald J. Trump, vote to open a formal impeachment inquiry and provide President Trump with fundamental constitutional protections.
• A bill to improve oversight by the Federal Communications Commission of the wireless and broadcast emergency alert systems.
• A bill to modify the procedures for loan guarantees provided for Indian housing, and for other purposes.
• A resolution honoring the life, accomplishments, and legacy of Senator Kay Hagan.
• A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to expand access to telehealth services, and for other purposes.
• A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit discrimination by abortion against an unborn child on the basis of Down syndrome.
• A bill to amend the Federal Meat Inspection Act to modify requirements for a meat food product of cattle to bear a "Product of U.S.A." label, and for other purposes.
• A bill to establish and ensure an inclusive transparent Drone Advisory Committee.
• A resolution designating November 2, 2019, as "National Bison Day".
• A bill to improve the cyber workforce of the United States, and for other purposes.
• A bill to require the Federal Communications Commission to make not less than 280 megahertz of spectrum available for terrestrial use, and for other purposes.
• A resolution recognizing and celebrating on November 30, 2019, the vital role of small businesses and the efforts of the Small Business Administration to help people in the United States start, build, and grow businesses.
• A bill to award a Congressional Gold Medal to the soldiers of the 5307th Composite Unit (Provisional), commonly known as "Merrill's Marauders", in recognition of their bravery and outstanding service in the jungles of Burma during World War II.
• A bill to amend the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council Act of 1978 to provide designees of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs and the Administrator of the Rural Housing Service of the Department of Agriculture with positions on the Appraisal Subcommittee of the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council.
• A bill to require the Federal Communications Commission to issue rules relating to the collection of data with respect to the availability of broadband services, and for other purposes.
• A bill to require that $1 coins issued during 2019 honor President George H.W. Bush and to direct the Secretary of the Treasury to issue bullion coins during 2019 in honor of Barbara Bush.
• A bill to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to provide for the defense of United States agriculture and food through the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility, and for other purposes.
• A resolution designating the week of January 26 through February 1, 2020, as "National School Choice Week".


Olga Litvinenko of Greenwich is the new Miss Connecticut USA 2017 and Miss CT Teen USA 2017 is Lana Coffey of New Canaan! Olga is the second 2007 Teen to win this year and one of only six to win a USA state title. She is the seventh Miss Connecticut Teen USA to win the Miss title.
Olga and Lana both competed in New York in 2014 & 2015 - last year Olga competed in CT where she placed fourth runner-up and Lana competed for the third time at Miss NY Teen USA and was a non-finalist. Lana is the younger sister of Miss New York Teen USA 2007 Tatiana Pallagi and is the fourth sister of a former titleholder to win a Teen crown this year!
First runner-up in the Miss pageant was newcomer Amber Marie Walker. Second runner-up went to Jonet Nichelle, a past runner-up in the Teen pageant. Third and fourth runner-up spots both went to newcomers, Mariah Malinguaggio and Caraline Bruzinski.
Among the top ten were Miss Connecticut Teen USA 2011 Samantha Sojka, 2013 third runner-up Fiona White, three-time semi-finalist Azria Rountree and two-time semi-finalists Samantha Lusniak and Hillary Scoville.
In the Teen competition first runner-up was newcomer Taliyah McGee, second runner-up went to Alexandria Palmer who moved up a spot from last year, third runner-up was Celina Chapman, a semi-finalist in 2014 and fourth runner-up was Savannah Meaike, also a newcomer.


As the lead article in the Hamline Journal of Public Law and Policy's symposium issue on "Sourcing Food: Finding Common Ground in an Age of Agricultural Competition and Conglomeration," this article focuses on the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the need for expanding and redirecting its powers in the broader area of food safety in light of the first steps taken by the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). This new food safety mandate embodies a proactive policy that should generate special concern in the area of genetically modified foods, which are allowed under current U.S. law with no labeling, preapprovals, or post-market monitoring, warranting new evaluation and regulation. In particular, this article evaluates coexistence strategies for transgenic, conventional, and organic crops, which are currently under review by the USDA through its most recent advisory panel, and reveals flaws in the structure of these advisory panels. Evidence of agency inaction contrasts sharply with the FSMA and other recent Congressional initiatives. In view of the heightened concerns for food safety amidst recent incidents of contamination, the author proposes strengthening the role of the USDA in its partnership with other agencies and constituencies to carry out the mandate of achieving food safety.
Strauss, Debra M., "Achieving the Food Safety Mandate: Bringing the USDA to the Table" (2011). Business Faculty Publications. 213.
Strauss, Debra M. Achieving the Food Safety Mandate: Bringing the USDA to the Table. Hamline Journal of Public Law and Policy 33.1 (2011): 1-47.


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Pewdiepie Is Teaching His Audience that Women Are Asking For It
A feud between Felix "Pewdiepie" Kjellberg and a streamer who goes by "Alinity" encapsulates the way many gamers and Twitch streamers feel about women online.
by Samantha Cole
May 25, 2018, 5:33pm
An ongoing feud between Felix Kjellberg, better known as Pewdiepie—the most popular YouTuber in the world—and popular Twitch streamer Alinity Divine, is a perfect example of how women are still objectified, vilified, and exploited in the gaming community, simply because they are women.
Earlier this month, Kjellberg, who has more than 63 million subscribers, uploaded a video of himself testing the Tobii eye tracker, which is able to show in real time what a user is looking at on the screen. Kjellberg invited fans on Twitter to send him videos to view, and recorded the results. One of the videos he watched, "SEXIEST TWITCH GIRL STREAMERS APRIL 2017!!! #2," was a compilation that featured Alinity.
While Kjellberg struggled to keep his eyes off their chests, he "jokingly" called women in the video "stupid Twitch thots," a derogatory term for women that stands for "that ho [whore] over there." Alinity saw a video and retaliated by filing a copyright claim with YouTube.
In his latest video on the subject, uploaded Wednesday, Kjellberg chastised Alinity for filing the claim, and suggested that Alinity somehow deserves the abuse she is getting online for wearing revealing clothes. He shows examples of times when she wore a sheer top and her bra straps showed, or when she played Just Dance in a dress.
"You're just playing games with the shortest skirt ever, that's our fault for looking at it in any sexual way, right?" Kjellberg said in the video. "I know you don't portray yourself to be the smartest person, but I know you're not that dumb to not be aware of what you're doing," he says. "Showing your underwear on screen? That's our fault, right?"
To understand how this escalated, you need to be familiar with the "Twitch Fails" genre of videos. Go to YouTube, type "Twitch Fails" into the search box, and you'll find an endless list of videos in this genre. The videos themselves show all kinds of things that both men and women record themselves doing on Twitch, but women showing cleavage, and often Alinity herself, are almost always featured in the thumbnails.
After seeing the eye-tracking video, Alinity said on a live broadcast that she was going to file a copyright claim against Kjellberg. She said that an agency called CollabDRM manages copyright claims for her, and issue claims on YouTube when they find someone posting her content in their videos. After the backlash from Kjellberg's response, she apologized and claimed that CollabDRM did it all without her knowledge. Kjellberg cut Alinity out of the video after she complained on her broadcast.
But none of this is really about a copyright battle. It's about women who stream on Twitch, a topic that Kjellberg, Alinity, and their supporters on both sides keep coming back to.
Read more: PewDiePie Is Inexcusable but DMCA Takedowns Are Not the Way to Fight Him
YouTubers like Kjellberg criticize women for what they wear and how they act on stream. If they are popular, it's only because of their bodies, and if people objectify them for that, that's their fault. At the same time, Kjellberg, like many YouTubers, is not above using the content these women create and putting them in the thumbnails of their own videos for their personal gain. When women do it, they are whores. When men do it, it's criticism.
Kjellberg said in one of his reaction videos to Alinity that it's not his intention to upset anyone with the videos he makes. In the latest video, the description reads, "This goes without saying but I dont condone anyone harassing anyone on my behalf." The video now has almost three million views and almost 65,000 comments, most of which are along one theme:
But what Kjellberg is doing isn't just opportunistic and gross, he is telling his audience of millions that men are not responsible for their actions and that when women dress a certain way they are asking for it. In doing so, he and others who perpetuate this behavior make it worse for YouTubers like Alinity. Besides his YouTube videos, he has also amplified the harassment and threats of some of his followers.
Sunday, Kjellberg retweeted a video of a fan of his saying they were going to report Alinity to the "Canadian immigration control" to his 16 million followers. The implication here is that Alinity got a fraud marriage to establish residency and should be deported, something that goes beyond online harassment and threatens her physical safety.
The video Kjellberg retweeted is a clip ripped from one of her video streams in which Alinity explains that she immigrated from Colombia to Canada after marrying a Canadian man. After being married for a year, she divorced him, she said. Alinity later explained that she did not commit marriage fraud, but taken out of context, the clip makes her seem opportunistic.
Read more: Twitch Commenters Talk About Games on Men's Streams, 'Boobs' on Women's
Alinity told me that over five years of streaming full-time, the hate from angry men has gotten worse and worse. "It's shifted from them [viewers] being perverts, to just straight up calling me a whore," Alinity told me in a phone conversation. "They're trying to control my body—people telling me how I should dress and how I should act. They're trying to diminish my value by saying, 'this is just what you are, and you should get out of here.'"
Kjellberg did not respond to a request for comment sent to an email listed on his YouTube channel.
A common rallying cry for men mad at women for streaming is that they get subscribers just because they're women. A 2016 study of one billion comments sent on Twitch showed that in female streamers' channels, the most-frequently used words were things like "boobs," "hot," "omg," "smile," and "babe." For men, it's more like "melee," "shields," "glitch," and "reset." On Twitch, men make up 65 percent of streamers, according to 2016 statistics from social media analytics site Statista. Thirty-five percent are women.
This is much larger than just Kjellberg. Some of the men who harass women on their Twitch streams then turn around and monetize them on YouTube. They recycle female streamers' clips into video compilations and slap a "booby streamer" or "hot girl fail" title on them.
The thumbnails for most of InternetFails, a channel with 180,000 subscribers, for example, are screenshots of women in compromising positions:
Another channel, Ultra Twitch Fails, has top-performing videos raking in around 700,000 views each, including Hottest Twitch Girl Fails 2017 #1 ft. CinCinBear, Alinity, Pink_Sparkles, Celestiavega, Abigale and All Twitch GIRL Fails Compilation of 2016.
In the past, YouTube and Twitch have each issued statements about how hard they're working to prevent hateful speech on their platforms, but the comment sections of any of these "booby streamer" compilations is an endless spigot of hate. I've reached out to YouTube and Twitch—a spokesperson for YouTube directed me to the platform's copyright policies, and Twitch did not respond.
Alinity told me that she has no problem with YouTubers using her Twitch clips if they're done in a tasteful context. For example, Alinity said that the YouTube channel Livestream Fails asked for permission to use her clips, and lists the Twitch links for each streamer featured. She's gotten viewers coming to her channel through channels like these that give proper credit and are showing funny or interesting moments, and not representing her in a sexual way. But others will clip moments where she stands up, or walks away, or some piece of clothing slips and shows more skin than usual—and when those get clipped and uploaded to YouTube, she's upset by it.
Following Kjellberg's videos, Alinity says she's had several women approach her in private to talk about how fucked up the harassment and toxicity has been—but they fear coming forward publicly, after what happened to her. "I can't express to you how horrible it's been," she said.
"I'm gonna be honest with you, if this wasn't my job this would have pushed me off the internet a very long time ago," she said. "It makes me wonder maybe this is why women are so underrepresented on Twitch in general."
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In September 2012 the first DC offspring, two sisters, waved goodbye to their anonymity when they participated in a short TV-documentary. Not only did they go public with their story, they also dared to hackle the current policy on fertility treatments with donor gametes in Belgium and defended the right of all DC offspring to know from whom they descend.
One of the sisters created a Facebook page called 'Donorkinderen België'. It would become the first platform for Belgian DC, making it possible for offspring to come in contact with one another. They also started to collect, investigate, and share information with others and reached out and connected with other national and international organizations, institutes, offspring, parents, donors, experts, …
Uniting forces with other DC offspring, DC organizations, parents, donors, experts, politicians, … led to some great initiatives and achievements. With hard work and good investigation we were able to get several official questions asked in our National and European Parliament. An official inquest was submitted by us regarding the lack of donor register and the false registrations of fertility treatments executed by clinics and doctors.
Apart from helping DC offspring, parents and donors, we dedicate our time in organizing gatherings, informing, building bridges to other international and national organizations, press coverage, participating in researches and student essays and conducting a political lobby to change the current law.
Biggest media achievement:
In 2012 a huge scandal came out: the Nordic Cryo Bank had worldwide supplied sperm of a donor who was carrier of the genetic disease NF1. When in 2009 a first child was diagnosed with the disease and reported, they waited 6 months before they alerted all the clinics and banks that had been supplied with this sperm. At first, our government and fertility doctors denied any Belgian involvement in this case.
In June 2013, with the help of Danish mothers, we revealed that the first child diagnosed and reported with the genetic NF1 disease – from Nordic Cryo sperm donor 7042 – was a Belgian child. We kept digging and found out that in total 20 children were conceived in Belgium with 16 mothers. Out of the 20 children, 7 were tested on the disease. Three of them have the genetic disorder. Nationalities of mothers who became pregnant in Belgium are: Belgian, British, German, French and Dutch. To this date, the amount of DC offspring from this donor reached 99.
The case of NF1 allowed us to get the attention of Europe. Official questions were submitted and an inquest has started concerning the failing of the Rapid Alert System, leading to an evaluation and adjustment of the European policy regarding the trade in donor gametes.
Goals and nuances:
We want to inform and connect DC offspring, parents and donors but also to create public awareness regarding the complexity surrounding donor conception.
We want to contribute as a stakeholder in the political debate and put an end to a law where the human right of knowledge on genetic heritage isn't automatically granted to the DC offspring.
We strive for the self-determination of every DC to know who they descend from and creating a possibility for half siblings to find one another. The choice of knowing and finding (or not) should be ours.
Due to the fact that a lot of records were destroyed and the lack of a register, the only possibility in finding each other is through DNA testing. By the start-up of a DNA-databank, and by voluntary subscribing to it, offspring and donors could be linked. We want to enable this possibility in Belgium.
We want to participate in creating an independent institute/authority where needs of all stakeholders will be taken in account and which would be given the tools by our government to ensuring compliances with the new law as well as to be an effective regulator.
We want to contribute in enabling better and specific professional support for DC, parents, recipients and donors.
We want a systematic, confidential system for collection and investigation of reports of birth defects and about the long-term health of donors, donor conceived persons and their biological relatives.
We want the assessment of the information reported and interpretation of the relevant risks for other biologically related individuals by knowledgeable healthcare professionals. But also the creation of an established structure to communicate health updates and risk information to individuals to whom it may be relevant.
Complete traceability of gamete distribution records, or preferably, accurate documentation of birth records and periodically updated client contact information.
We want to force our government in taking their responsibility in finally creating a national donor register. Not only do we want a national donor register, we want to extend it with a DC offspring register.
We want to contribute in achieving a better regulation on a national, European and worldwide level.
We are not against fertility treatments with donor gametes but are convinced there is a necessity for a better and mutual regulation, control and guidance of parents, donors and DC offspring.
Organizing DC offspring gatherings (10th so far)
Prominent presence in the media: TV, radio, and written press
5 official questions asked in National Parliament
1 official inquest started regarding fertility treatments with donor gametes
2 official questions asked in European Commission regarding the NF1-case
Contributed to two Belgian law drafts
Received public and official support of the worldly renowned genetic professor Jean-Jacques Cassiman and our Children's Rights Commissioner
Due to the bilingualism of our country we created a website and Facebook page in both of our languages. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact us.
Stephanie Raeymaekers, chairman, email donorkinderen@gmail.com
www.donorkinderen.com
Facebook Donorkinderen België
www.donorkinderen.wordpress.com
twitter @donorkinderen
Christine Sterno, vice-president, email csterno@hotmail.com www.enfantsdedonneurs.com www.facebook.com/enfantsdedonneurs


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This desire to own all aspects of a hyphenated identity at once was probably the most pronounced unifying theme for the conference participants, who spanned the gamut of skin tones and religious observance levels. We shared the experience of feeling like outsiders, and many shared an overlapping constellation of marginalized identities like non-whiteness, queerness and far-left politics (although it soon became clear that not everyone had the same political views on Israel and Palestine). Presented by the Jewish Multiracial Network and by Jews for Racial & Economic Justice, the event included African Americans and Latinos and Asians alongside Sephardic and Mizrahi Jews.
Sigal Samuel, "Jews of Color Get Personal and Political at First-Ever National Gathering," Forward, May 4, 2016. http://forward.com/opinion/340018/jews-of-color-get-personal-and-political-at-first-ever-national-gathering/.
Meet The Quebec Dads Making Beautiful Black And Mixed-Race Dolls
Posted in Articles, Arts, Canada, Family/Parenting, Identity Development/Psychology, Media Archive on 2021-02-13 23:21Z by Steven
Amélie Hubert-Rouleau
A little girl with her Ymma doll. INSTAGRAM/YMMA.WORLD
"We realized that the Black dolls were missing."
Ymma's website prominently features a Nelson Mandela quote: "It is in your hands to make a better world for all who live in it."
Gaëtan Etoga and Yannick Nguepdjop take that literally. The two Quebec dads founded the company, which makes Black and mixed-race dolls, to inspire children and expose them to difference…
Tags: Amélie Hubert-Rouleau, Gaëtan Etoga, Huffington Post, Quebec, The Huffington Post, Yannick Nguepdjop, Ymma
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The Man Striving to Be the 'Canadian Obama'
Posted in Articles, Canada, Media Archive, Politics/Public Policy on 2020-07-17 16:15Z by Steven
Dan Bilefsky, Canada Correspondent
"The abuse of power has plagued brown and Black people, and we have had enough," Balarama Holness said. Nasuna Stuart-Ulin for The New York Times
Balarama Holness, 36, a law student and community organizer who once played professional Canadian football, is becoming a leading voice against systemic racism in his country.
MONTREAL — For Balarama Holness, the defining moment of his life happened four years before he was born. It was at a Bob Marley concert in Montreal, when the eyes of his Québécois mother and his Jamaican father interlocked as the singer wailed, "Get up, stand up, stand up for your rights!"
It was the final year of the freewheeling 1970s, and his adventurous Francophone mother and ascetic Anglophone father were strangers in a sprawling hockey arena. But Mr. Holness said barriers of language and race momentarily collapsed as the Marley anthem washed over the crowd — a rare alchemy that he said he had spent his whole life chasing.
"The music dissolved fictitious divisions in society," Mr. Holness said, "and somewhere between the dreadlocks, the Jamaican patois and Québécois French, the seeds of my existence were sowed, along with my future as a rebel."
Educator, broadcaster, law student and former championship-winning professional Canadian football player, Mr. Holness, 36, aspires to be a "Canadian Obama" — another "biracial lawyer," he observes, who cut his teeth as a community organizer. His other role model is Colin Kaepernick, the Black quarterback whose kneeling during the American national anthem before N.F.L. games became a potent symbol against racial and social injustice.
Mr. Holness's outsized swagger and ambition are perhaps inevitable — he noted that because of his parents' respect for Hindu tradition, they named him Balarama, considered by some a god with extraordinary strength. A first cousin, Andrew Holness, is Jamaica's prime minister.
In Balarama Holness's case, he has grabbed Canadian headlines after mobilizing a grass-roots movement over the past two years that pushed Montreal's City Hall to hold hearings on systemic racism. That is no small accomplishment in Quebec, a French-majority province where the government has repeatedly denied the existence of systemic racism…
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Distorted Descent: White Claims to Indigenous Identity
Posted in Books, Canada, History, Media Archive, Monographs, Native Americans/First Nation, Passing, Politics/Public Policy, Social Science on 2019-12-29 02:30Z by Steven
University of Manitoba Press
Paper ISBN: 978-0-88755-846-7
Darryl Leroux, Associate Professor
Department of Social Justice and Community Studies
Saint Mary's University, Kjipuktuk (Halifax, Nova Scotia)
Distorted Descent examines a social phenomenon that has taken off in the twenty-first century: otherwise white, French descendant settlers in Canada shifting into a self-defined "Indigenous" identity. This study is not about individuals who have been dispossessed by colonial policies, or the multi-generational efforts to reconnect that occur in response. Rather, it is about white, French-descendant people discovering an Indigenous ancestor born 300 to 375 years ago through genealogy and using that ancestor as the sole basis for an eventual shift into an "Indigenous" identity today.
After setting out the most common genealogical practices that facilitate race shifting, Leroux examines two of the most prominent self-identified "Indigenous" organizations currently operating in Quebec. Both organizations have their origins in committed opposition to Indigenous land and territorial negotiations, and both encourage the use of suspect genealogical practices. Distorted Descent brings to light to how these claims to an "Indigenous" identity are then used politically to oppose actual, living Indigenous peoples, exposing along the way the shifting politics of whiteness, white settler colonialism, and white supremacy.
For more information on the rise of the so-called 'Eastern Metis' in the eastern provinces and in New England, including a storymap, court documents, and research materials, visit the Raceshifting website, created by Unwritten Histories Digital Consulting.
Introduction—Self-Indigenization in the Twenty-First Century
Part One: The Mechanics of Descent
Chapter One—Lineal Descent and the Political Use of Indigenous Women Ancestors
Chapter Two—Aspirational Descent: Creating Indigenous Women Ancestors
Chapter Three—Lateral Descent: Remaking Family in the Past
Part Two: Race Shifting as Anti-Indigenous Politics
Chapter Four—After Powley: Anti-Indigenous Activism and Becoming "Métis" in Two Regions of Quebec
Chapter Five—The Largest Self-Identified "Métis" Organization in Quebec: The Métis Nation Of The Rising Sun
Conclusion—White Claims to Indigenous Identity
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She was being raised as a white child in Texas while her Haitian father was fighting racism in Montreal
Posted in Articles, Audio, Canada, Family/Parenting, Media Archive, Texas, United States on 2019-11-12 19:54Z by Steven
The Doc Project
Shari Okeke, Producer
Rhonda Fils-Aimé and her father, Philippe, at a family gathering this year in Braunfels, Texas. (Submitted by Rhonda Fils-Aimé)
Rhonda Fils-Aimé was adopted by a white family as a baby, and her biological father, Philippe, had no idea
Until she was 49 years old, the only information Rhonda Lux had about her family background was that she was German, French and Indian. That's what her adoptive mother had told her, and for most of her life, Rhonda didn't question it.
Rhonda was born in San Antonio, Texas in 1968 and was left in a children's shelter.
"I was adopted by a white family and raised in a white community," she said.
Only recently, in 2017, did Rhonda discover the truth about her racial heritage and manage to find her father, Philippe — who she learned had been part of an historic protest against racism in Montreal…
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Who gets to be Metis? As more people self-identify, critics call out opportunists
Posted in Articles, Canada, Identity Development/Psychology, Media Archive, Native Americans/First Nation on 2017-11-24 22:38Z by Steven
Graeme Hamilton
Robin Robichaud shows his t-shirt after a meeting for the Wobtegwa aboriginal community, a new Metis group.
Christinne Muschi /National Post
The arrival of new players is stirring up tension with established Métis groups and raising concern among First Nations leaders
SHERBROOKE, Que. – The scent of burning sage lingers in the air as drummers begin a song of welcome. They are traditions dating back centuries, but on this Sunday afternoon the ceremony opens a gathering of one of the country's youngest Aboriginal groups — the two-year-old Wobtegwa Métis clan.
The meeting, held in a high school auditorium, has brought together members from a corner of Quebec stretching northeast from Montreal past Quebec City and south to the United States border. Some of those present have long known of their Indigenous roots; for others the discovery has come recently. But they have all come together to push for government recognition of their rights.
"This clan is sovereign on its territory," Yves Cordeau, band chief for the Lac-Mégantic region informs the group.
If the claim comes as news to many in Quebec, it's because the province's Métis awakening is recent. Raynald Robichaud, the Wobtegwa's clan chief, says even members of his own family discouraged him from returning to his Aboriginal roots. "We knew we had a great-grandmother who was aboriginal, but our family absolutely did not want to talk about it, because they were afraid," he says. "For us now, the fear is gone, and people are coming back."…
…Checking a box on a census or connecting to family heritage is one thing. But as groups like the Wobtegwa lay claim to special services and territorial rights — in some cases, the same land as other Aboriginal groups — a backlash to the influx of new Métis is emerging. Some critics question the motivation of those who "become" Métis, and the impact of their activism on more established groups. Others question the right to self-identify at all…
…Leroux, Gaudry and organizations representing western Métis maintain that mixed ancestry alone does not make one Métis. True Métis — as recognized by the Constitution as one of Canada's three aboriginal groups — must have roots in Manitoba's historic Red River settlement, they say. That can include Métis all the way west to British Columbia and into Ontario, but not as far east as Quebec and the Maritimes…
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Whispering Grounds whispers thoughts of origins and nature
Posted in Articles, Arts, Canada, Media Archive on 2012-08-23 02:28Z by Steven
Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph
Amanda Halm
Whispering Grounds, an exhibit of 13 charcoal drawings by artist Annie Lalande, is currently on display at the Bank National Financial Group Gallery, a space dedicated to visual arts in the Palais Montcalm.
Incongruous lines and organic shapes sweep across paper to symbolize the bi-racial identity that swirls inside the artist…
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Legos or other building blocks are so functional, and notice "fun" is part of functional, they just don't seem to go out of style! Young and old alike enjoy building with Legos or similar building blocks and many Lego Clubs have been formed harnessing that creative potential for educational purposes. I even started a Lego Club in my own home.
I've spent a lot of time compiling your ultimate Lego party supply list with DIY alternatives including a FREE printable for you.
Lego parties don't have to be limited to kids or birthdays. If you participate in a Lego Club this list is for you too. I've put together what I consider your ULTIMATE Lego / building block Party Supply List which includes some DIY ideas. (I'm using my affiliate links, thank you for supporting HallofFameMoms).
My list below includes baking supplies, unique party favors, and paper products/decor. Be sure to read my DIY ideas at the end of each of these sections.
FDA food grade heat-resistent silicone building brick molds for making crayons, chocolates, gummies, ice cubes and more.
Or this Building Bricks variety set with a medium sized cake mold.
A DIY idea: Use up old broken crayons to make your own minifig crayon favors with the molds I shared above!
Another DIY idea: use the molds above to make your own brick/minifig shaped gummies and chocolates!
Another DIY idea: Wrap construction paper around juice boxes instead. Draw circles on them or use your circle cutter to punch out circle shapes to complete the Lego brick appearance.
1000 piece bag of building bricks, described as having a tight fit and compatible with Legos, includes building brick separator.
*Could be great for favors to send home with guests or to use for party games. Price at time of this posting is on sale for $36 and FREE shipping.
A DIY idea: Buy colored gift bags and use a circle cutter if you have one (I have a circle punch similar to this) or cut circles free-hand to glue on the bags to make them look like Legos.
Again, since I mentioned it above, that 1000 pc. building block set looks like it would make great favors and pieces for games or activities. In our Lego Club the kids break up into groups and work on assigned challenge-builds. You could do the same and let the kids keep the bricks they use for the games.
DIY idea: Make your invites out of cut-to-size colored construction paper or cardstock. Then type up your info on the computer, print it out and cut to size, glue inside the folded colored cards, find some Lego stickers and embellish the front.
You can be as creative as you want – or don't want!
DIY idea: If you don't want to buy a banner you can make one out of colored cardstock or construction paper. Use a circle cutter or cut circles free-hand and glue on to make each piece of paper resemble a Lego or building brick. Attach each brick by a clothespin or paperclip onto string or twine. Hang wherever you need!
Building brick party supply pack for 8 includes: plates, napkins, silverware, and cups.
This building brick party set for 8 includes a banner and table cover as well as plates, napkins and cups (no silverware).
If you don't want to purchase a matching set of patterned supplies you can always go with one color or a couple colors and buy things individually. You can check your local craft or party stores if you want to buy in person. Don't forget to check the dollar stores, too.
There are LOTS of ideas on Pinterest and that is where I got some of mine. For more Lego ideas follow me on Pinterest on my Homeschooling with Legos board or my Lego/Star Wars board.
If need be, read my post here about how we use these themes.
My boys' loved all things Lego when they were younger. We still have a tub full of thousands of Lego bricks for younger kids to play with when they come to visit. I wish I would have thought of having a Lego themed party for the boys' when they were little. Fun list!
Thanks Tonya 🙂 I think the Lego molds would be especially fun!
I'm so glad to read that, Amy, thanks for sharing!


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Copper futures rose over 1 per cent during afternoon trade in the domestic market on Wednesday as investors and speculators extended their positions in the industrial metal as China returned from a 2-day break to buy metals following brighter global manufacturing reports.
Further, traders eyeing for signs of a pick up in physical activity in China in Q1 and all its credit restraints of the last couple of weeks recede.
At the MCX, copper futures for April 2017 contract is trading at Rs 381 per kg, up by 1.15 per cent, after opening at Rs 378, against a previous close of Rs 376.65. It touched the intra-day high of Rs 382.25 (at 14:55 hours).
Copper futures rose during evening trade in the domestic market on Thursday as investors and speculators extended their positions in the industrial metal on expectations of strong demand in top consumer China along with positive US economic signals.
According to Reuters poll, during the fourth quarter, Chinese economy is expected to grew by a steady 6.7 per cent, the same as in previous three quarters, helped by government spending and record bank lending.
Moreover, US data showed that December consumer prices rose the most y-o-y in 2-1/2 years as households paid more for gasoline and rent, signalling that inflationary pressures could be building, supported copper prices at futures trade.
At the MCX, copper futures for February 2017 contract is trading at Rs 394.50 per kg, up by 0.14 per cent, after opening at Rs 395.40, against a previous close of Rs 393.95. It touched the intra-day high of Rs 396.90 (at 15:44 hours).
Indian e-tailing market could reach USD 28 billion by 2019-20, registering a compounded annual growth rate of 45 per cent over the next four years, says a report.
According to domestic brokerage firm Kotak Institutional equities, this growth will largely be driven by an increase in number of buyers and annual average online spend. Other factors like steady increase in household incomes and shift in consumption towards discretionary spends could also boost India's retail demand.
"We estimate that the Indian e-tail market size could reach $28 billion by FY2020, led by an increase in number of buyers to 110 million (assuming one person per urban household to shop online), and stable annual spends of around $260 per consumer," Kotak Institutional Equitiessaid in a research note.
According to the report, though the growth of e-tail market in India is often compared to that of China, given the broad similarities in population and mobile internet penetration, in the near-term in India may not mirror China completely due to various economic and other differences between the two countries.
The report noted that the e-commerce sector is expected to see steady growth and is likely to register a 45 per cent annual growth over financial year 2017-2020. While China witnessed a CAGR of 116 per cent during 2009-15.
India's present internet user base of around 330 million was similar to that of China in 2009, when B2C e-commerce took off. However, the online buyer base in India has remained relatively stagnant over the past 2-3 years, and online buyer penetration at 16 per cent is already lower than that of China in 2009. Though mobiles have led internet penetration in both countries, it is essential to differentiate between the quality of users based on: the quality of handsets and data speeds.
Of the total 330 million internet users in India, only around 142 million have a broadband connection. This is in sharp contrast to China, which has around 86 per cent of its internet users on broadband (defined as 3G/4G networks), the report said, adding that the scenario in India may certainly change as data prices reduce and new broadband services are launched.
As per technology research firm Gartner, Indian smartphone shipments will remain skewed in favour of feature phones, implying that India may well be 5-6 years behind of China in smartphone quality which will eventually determine easier access to online shopping.
Another factor that may impact the Indian e-tail story is the low female participation in the labour force, the report added.
India's trade shortfall with its neighbour China expanded to USD 52.68 billion in FY 2015-16 attributed to higher demand for Chinese goods by Asia's third biggest economy.
In FY 2014-15, India had recorded a trade deficit of USD 48.48 billion with China, the world's second biggest economy, media reports showed.
"Increasing trade deficit with China can be attributed to the relative demand for imports in India and China for each other's goods," Commerce and Industry Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said in a written reply to the Lok Sabha on Monday, the PTI reported.
The Commerce and Industry Minister said that the Modi government is stepping up efforts to bolster overall exports by diversification of the trade basket, with strong focus on manufactured goods, services, resolution of issues related to market access and other non-tariff barriers.
India's major imports from China include telecom instruments, computer hardware and peripherals, fertiliser, electronic component, project goods, chemicals and drug intermediaries, while China purchases ore, slag or ash, iron and steel, tin, raw hides, leather, plastics and cotton from India.
Bilateral trade between the two Asian giants fell to USD 70.73 billion in the fiscal year which ended on March 31, 2016, down from USD 72.34 billion in FY 2014-15.
Copper futures closed higher in the international market on Monday boosted by the dollar's softer tone due to expectations the U.S. Fed will keep rates on hold this week, though weak investment data from top consumer China was expected to limit gains.
News that the U.S. economy created the fewest number of jobs in May for any month since September 2010 has led the market to think the U.S. central bank will not raise interest rates this week, which has weighed on the dollar.
When the U.S. currency falls it makes dollar-denominated commodities such as copper cheaper for non-U.S. firms.
Copper futures closed higher in the domestic market on Wednesday as investors and speculators booked fresh positions in the industrial metal after a stabilization in China's exports and imports signaled an improved demand outlook in the economy of the world's biggest metals consuming nation. China's exports fell by 4.1per cent in dollar terms, year on year, in May 2016, against an estimated drop by analysts of 6.8 per cent, while imports declined by only 0.4 per cent, the smallest drop since late 2014, signaling an easing slowdown in the world's second biggest economy.
At the MCX, Copper futures for June 2016 contract closed at Rs 304.20 per 1 kg, up by 0.28 per cent, after opening at Rs. 304.75, against the previous closing price of Rs. 303.35. It touched the intra-day high of Rs. 307.
Over 20 Indian firms are taking part in the 'India-China Business and Investment Forum' being held in China aimed at introducing latest investment opportunities under 'Make in India' campaign to their Chinese counterparts, said the PTI report.
The week-long event in Wuxi city included India Culture Week celebrations, which kicked off on Sunday.
The Indian firms would be introducing the latest investment opportunities in India in sectors like renewable energies, solar panels, roads, smart cities, infrastructure development, urban transportation and power sector, which are now available to Chinese companies under the 'Make in India' programme.
A series of business-to-business meetings have also been planned for participating Indian companies with their Chinese counterparts, Consul General of India in Shanghai, Prakash Gupta said.
A cultural performance from a Bhangra and Gidda troupe from India, sponsored by Indian Council for Cultural Relations, gave a performance at the South China University Campus.
In addition, an Indian Food Festival is also being held.
Kicking off a new week on a bullish note, Indian equity benchmarks jumped by more than 1 per cent on Monday with the Sensex soaring by over 300 points and the Nifty surpassing the psychological level of 7,700 as the government's decision to cut interest rates on small savings further bolstered speculation of a rate cut by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) at its upcoming policy meet on April 5.
Marking a second straight rally, the 30-share Sensex jumped by 332.63 points or by 1.33 per cent to end at 25,285.37, while the Nifty closed at 7,704.25 up by 99.9 points or by 1.31 per cent.
The BSE Sensex touched intraday high of 25,327.45 and intraday low of 24,988.27. The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 7,713.55 and intraday low of 7,617.7.
The country's central bank is poised to cut the repo rate by at least 25 basis points next month as softening consumer inflation, coupled with the government's decision to maintain fiscal prudence in the Union Budget leave more leeway for policy easing to help buoy demand and revive investments in Asia's third biggest economy. Moreover, a reduction in the rate offered on small savings schemes, which are seen competing with term deposits offered by banks, also pave the way for further softening of borrowing costs.
Sentiment was also boosted after the Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) has given the green signal to 15 FDI investment proposals worth Rs 7,262 crore including that of Japanese insurer Nippon Life Insurance, Tata AIA and Aviva Life.
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (Rs. 880.35,+4.05%), State Bank of India (Rs. 196.65,+2.93%), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Rs. 835.65,+2.42%), Larsen & Toubro Ltd. (Rs. 1227.80,+2.38%), Tata Motors Ltd. (Rs. 374.55,+2.36%), among others.
On the Sectoral front, consumer goods and capital goods advanced 2.01 per cent and 1.80 per cent, respectively.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall health of the market, was strong. On BSE out of total shares traded 3061, shares advanced were 1615 while 1246 shares declined and 200 were unchanged.
In Asia, China's Shanghai Composite surged by more than 2 per cent to a two-month high and Hang Seng ended tad higher, as policymakers vowed to loosen curbs on the Chinese stock market. China Securities Finance Corp. stressed that it will boost lending to brokerages for their margin trading business in measures aimed at boosting the country's stock market which recently fell prey to a rout and leverage more than halved from last year's peak. Japan's Nikkei 225 was closed for a holiday.


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I can open ArcMap with python using os.system. The first problem I seem to have is that it takes like 10 sec to open which I think messes up the script. I think I figured that out but know I want to zoom to a particular township\range\section that I have from a text file. Once I can zoom to that particular spot, I need to refresh the map and export it to .pdfs, and go on the the next township\range\section on the list. The last couple of items I think I have figured out but it is zoom in from a list that I am having problem with. Any ideas?
I have not looked into it much, but the arcpy.mapping module is supposed to be able to do most of this, including opening MXDs. I am sure there are limitations to it as it's not meant to completely replace ArcObjects, which is what you would have had to use in the past.
Thanks, I understand that Arcpy.mapping is the way to go with this, but I am still having problems zooming in to a particular township\range\section when the given township\range\section is in a .txt file. I have a PLSS feature class. How do I compare a column in that with what is in the .txt file? I guess that is what me question\problem is.


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The Rural Alberta Advantage at Bottom of the Hill this Thursday
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The Rural Alberta Advantage - "Frank, AB"
As I mentioned in the notes for this week's podcast, The Rural Alberta Advantage were a SXSW highlight, with an amazing set full of emotion and energy that reached a cathartic apex in the trio's in-the-audience performance of the song "Goodnight" (video here). The trio's stripped-down rock is built around insistent melodies, and the songs capitalize by being short and to-the-point. Hometowns, the group's debut album, was re-released yesterday on Saddle Creek, and it's quite good, although I'd still give the advantage to the live show, which you can see when the group stops in SF this Thursday night for a show at Bottom of the Hill.
The Rural Alberta Advantage - "In The Summertime"
The Bay Bridged, Volume 2 contributor Okay and Asthmatic Kitty artist Half-Handed Cloud round out the show, which is presented by ipickmynose. 9pm, $10, All Ages. Recommended!
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Curtis Gordon ( - ) est un musicien américain.

Biographie
Il est né le 27 juillet 1928 près de Moultrie, Géorgie. Curtis Gordon a commencé sa carrière en présentant un show sur la station WMGA de Moultrie en compagnie de Pee Wee Mills et ses Twilight Playboys au début des années 1940.Durant son enfance, Gordon a été fortement influencé par le style de musique d'Ernest Tubb, Bob Wills et Jimmie Rodgers.
Le  janvier 1949 il monte une formation qui se présenta à Atlanta. Repéré par un agent de la RCA Victor (voir RCA Records), on lui proposa un contrat pour la période entre 1952 et 1954. Il produisait ainsi plusieurs singles pour ce label, alliant Country et Rockabilly. Curtis Gordon, se singularisera surtout par le honky tonk en vogue dans plusieurs night-club de Mobile en Alabama. Curtis signe en novembre 1954 un nouveau contrat avec la firme Mercury, mais met fin avec ce label en 1957.

Depuis il ne se produisait plus que dans les clubs et à Radio Ranch, un grand night-club de Moultrie. Il disparaît en 2004 à l'âge de 75 ans.

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Musicien américain
Musicien de rockabilly
Musicien country
Naissance en juillet 1928
Décès en mai 2004
Décès à 75 ans
Artiste de RCA Victor

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