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Will the proposed MAT increase the number of resident drug addicts or homeless?
While predicting the actual impact on our local homeless or drug-addicted population is an imprecise science, it is not unreasonable to anticipate some changes. A responsible approach might be to look at other communities where MAT clinics have been installed as examples. Our researchers have not yet found a comparable example in the State of Washington where a similar sized town has had a similar sized MAT facility placed within the retail district or city limits. We do not speculate on the reasons for this, although community input may help us to locate a good example and anticipate such impact, if any. Until we have data to present to this question, we can only look to dissimilar site examples.
Most of the information I am told seems positive. Why do you oppose the MAT?
Some articles and studies attest that there is no negative impact while others claim there are. We cannot speculate as to the impact for Sequim. We do encourage a skeptical approach to researching the topic. At the risk of engaging in an information-based war of words, we feel a few guidelines and examples could be offered. 1. Google is your friend, but not your best friend. Initial searches reveal good news. A lot of good news. So much good news in fact it begs the question, "if the news is so good, why does our society look so bad?" Look deeper. Follow the links in studies and articles. They often tell a different story. Search for the sponsor of the information. Do they have motive? 2. Ask questions about the statistics. Numbers tell a story, but not the whole story and can be used to lead readers to an incorrect conclusion. For example, the 2012 study showing Clallam county to have the highest opioid use in the State of Washington did not reveal if the data included end of life, chronic pain, or nursing home data. These points matter. Click here 3. Crime statistics can change over time due to reasons unrelated to actual crimes committed. For example Seattle has stopped making arrests for low level crimes and posession of less than one gram of Heroin. This policy will make it appear that the crime rates are going down when in fact they may even be going up. We are told that Sequim does not differentiate between an overdose of heart medicine vs. illicit drugs. 4. Check for dates and trends. Not all old studies are irrelevant, and not all new studies are accurate. For example, The statistics for opioid overdoses used to support the need for this new clinic used data from 2016 - the year our opioid OD's peaked. it has been lower every year since, yet the lower numbers are barely mentioned.
What are some examples of communities affected negatively by MAT?
Large city (Queens New York) MAT quietly placed within community: Click here Down the coast in southern Orange County, sheriff's officials said homelessness has increased in recent years, in tandem with an influx of new drug treatment centers. Click here Community shares our concerns with proposed center. "It's not that we don't want people to receive help. [It's] a facility in the middle of a residential area, on a strip of commercial land where there is a dollar store and a Save-A-Lot. So, we have our kids and our elderly in the midst of that." Click here
Do services such as MAT draw or attract people?
Unanswered Concerns
How will clients be limited to our region?
The clientele for this MAT clinic cannot be limited to a geographic area because of the mobile nature of this subset of society.
First, what is Save our Sequim all about?
Save Our Sequim is an organic grass roots organization fighting for the future of our town. Sequim, population 7,108, does not need a 25,000 square foot, regional scale opioid addiction treatment center/mental health facility in the heart of its economic core! Furthermore, Sequim does not have the resourses and infrastructure needed to support such a facility.
Sequim was targeted for this facility because of its proximity to the developers existing medical offices - which already offer opioid treatment. There are no recent studies to verify the need for additional opiod treatment facilities in Sequim, while existing facilities twelve miles away in nearby Port Angeles continue to operate below capacity. Furthermore, a new facility offering methadone treatment is expected to open in Port Angeles within the current year. Click Here For more information acess links in FAQs below.
What is being proposed?
Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe, Olympic Medical Center and Jefferson Healthcare (the Developers), in collaboration with city, county, state, and congressional leaders-have made plans to bring a regional scale, multi-phased opioid addiction rehabilitation center and mental health inpatient facility to tiny Sequim. Click Here
Despite having excess treatment capacity located within twelve miles of Sequim, and no current data to confirm additional need, the Developers have proposed:
A 15,000 square foot opioid addiction and drug treatment facility in the retail core of Sequim
Serving 300+ addicts utilizing the Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) daily dosing protocol using Methadone, Suboxone and Vivitrol
Further expanding to include another 100 MAT treatment seats and a 10,000 square foot, 16 bed in-patient psychological Evaluate & Treat (E&T) involuntary commitment center, estimated to serve 350 lock-in patients per year
The regional facility proposed in tiny Sequim is designed to serve hundreds of opioid addicts residing in Jefferson and Clallam Counties, despite a lack of current data indicating this level of opiate addiction in Sequim
The Developers have chosen to place this facility where there is no need or supporting infrastructure. Currently there are ample drug treatment facilities located in Jefferson and Clallam counties where the need has been established, and another treatment facility is scheduled to open in Port Angeles before the end of 2019. Click Here
If defined as a designated Essential Public Facility (EPF), the project must be reviewed by City Council through mandatory purblic process, rather than rubber stamped as proposed by city administrative staff. Click Here For more information acess links in other FAQs
Is Sequim the right location for a regional scale MAT treatment center?
The site location that was chosen for this facility has more to do with convenience than actual need. Comments from the Developer's website (October, 2019) state:
"Sequim is where we operate a 35,000 square foot primary care clinic and is also home to many other health service facilities. As such, it makes it easier to operate and manage. In addition, the site behind big box stores was chosen because it was zoned as an Opportunity Zone for healthcare clinics and services of which the MAT Clinic qualifies."
This statement reflects the Developer's self-serving interests; they appear more concerned with zoning and the ease of administering the proposed regional facility than with community impact or their clientele. The site selection does not consider the actual need for opioid treatment in this area. In fact, the site selection could not be more mismatched to the neighborhood where it is proposed.
The Developers have since polished their statement, apparently to present a more benevolent public image (November, 2019):
"Sequim is where we operate a 35,000 square foot primary care clinic and is also home to many other health service facilities. That makes it easier for patients who might be receiving care at one of our other locations and makes it more efficient to manage. In addition, the site behind big box stores was chosen because it was zoned as an Opportunity Zone for healthcare clinics and services."
Additionally, the federal government had determined that Sequim is a "Non-Optimal Area for Opioid Treatment" even during the height of the opioid crisis in 2016. The map below shows the assessment made by Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMSHA). The Developers, along with state and local officials appear to disregard the study below which is intended to inform policy makers:
"The maps are created with a methodology that seeks to include the highest potential need areas from individual counties so that county-level stakeholders are also informed." (Click Here)
Sequim is a poor site location for a regional scale opioid treatment facility/psychological inpatient E&T clinic.
What other factors make Sequim a bad choice? Check out the additional FAQ's.
What is the current need for treating opioid addiction in Clallam county?
How do we determine the appropriate level of care to meet the need for our area? The data that drives these decisions focuses on drug-related overdoses and deaths, and crime statistics. Here we will focus on the drug-related statistics. At the peak of the opioid crisis in 2016, Clallam County had 16 opioid related deaths. In 2017 that number was down to 10 deaths. In 2018 the recorded number of opioid deaths was 2 Other factors may explain this decline, including the increased use of Narcan by emergency services, which reverses the effects of opioid poisoning. Nevertheless, during the same time period, the availability of MAT treatment increased each year and is currently up to what many could consider an excess need in Clallam County. Keeping in mind that, during the peak of the opioid epidemic in 2016, Sequim was considered a non-optimal area for increased treatment availability. Yet the centers were built, and currently there is at least one facility that is only open part time due to low enrollment. (NOHN) The diagram below shows capacity for all of the designated MAT clinics in Clallam County. When compared to the overall population of Clllam County the treatment density provided after construction of the proposed new facility would be 1:66 or one treatment seat for every 66 residents. Even IF we had that many addicts in Clallam County, they have to want to enter treatment first, and need insurance coverage to pay for it. In comparison to Pierce County, which has a much greater population and more need for this service, MAT coverage is considerably lower, 1:438 or one seat for every 438 residents. Where will the people in Pierce county go to get treatment if facilities are not available near their homes? It seems a better use of these funds would be to build MAT facilities in Pierce County. In fact it would require building over 10,000 more treatment seats to bring Pierce county MAT treatment up to the density offered in Clallam County if this new facility is built.
What is the current success rate for MAT clinics and how is success defined?
In the field of MAT success is NOT the number of addicts that are clean and back on their feet. Success is retention rate, which is the number of patients that are still enrolled in a program after a certain amount of time. According to the most recent study in Western Washington ( Click here) published in April of 2019: On Intake:
13% of participants self- reported interactions with law enforcement, either arrests or pending charges
30% reported intravenous drug use
53% had stable housing
6 months after enrollment:
18% of the patients self-reported the continued use of illegal opioids
Job and school involvement increased 9%
Still only 55% had stable housing
At the 1 year follow up:
12% self-reported continuing criminal justice involvement within the past 30 days
The success rate claimed by the developers is much higher. Read on to find out why.
Why is the 80% success rate claimed by the developer so high?
The developer describes their success rate as an 80% retention rate over 2 years. This number is explained by the Jamestown S'Klallam Health Director as an average reached by combining data from the Jamestown Family Health Clinic MAT program and the Swinomish Wellness Center MAT clinic in Anacortes, WA. Jamestown Family Health MAT program only serves 30 patients, according to the Washington State 2018 Hub and Spokes Directory ( Click here). This does not provide a large enough sample size to provide reliable data. Furthermore, HIPPA regulations prohibit access to this data by outside groups, making verification of the data impossible. One could further argue whether or not it should be considered a success to have 24 out of 30 people still enrolled in a Suboxone program two years after enrollment, since the primary goal should be to get people opioid and drug free. This "retention rate" also does not report continued illicit drug use of enrollees as reported in reputable studies ( Click here). The Swinomish Wellness Center opened in November 2017 with a very small patient volume, slowly increasing their numbers over time. Therefore it is impossible to make claims about a 2 year result when, at the time of this writing, the clinic has not been open for 2 years. Furthermore, private data is protected by HIPPA and is not indepently verifiable.
How do clinics of this type impact real estate values? Any research?
The following study by the Journal of Sustainable Real Estate concluded that by using a dataset from central Virginia real estate markets an 8%-17% real estate value reduction radius can be shown to occur around these centers. Link here.


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Getting the Best Out of the Five-Generation Workforce
How Shadow Boards Bridge Generational Divides
They let younger employees partner with senior leaders on strategic initiatives.
Jennifer Jordan
Mahwesh Khan
March 08, 2022 · Long read
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A shadow board is a group of nonexecutive employees who work with senior executives on strategic initiatives. It is designed to leverage insights from younger generations and to diversify the perspectives that executives are exposed to. These boards can be used to test and pilot novel initiatives that are important to younger employees, bridge generational gaps between workers, and create respect and understanding across the organizational hierarchy.
A shadow board is a group of young, nonexecutive employees tapped to work with the executive board on strategic initiatives. It's designed to introduce a company's (typically middle-aged) leadership team to new perspectives and insights, thereby helping to drive strategy. The shadow board might contribute to initiatives as significant as developing a new marketing plan, redesigning a business model, or updating key processes in the organization's value chain. It can also shift corporate culture in two ways: Board members can gain access to new perspectives and younger employees can experience the inner workings of a board and share what they learn with their peers.
As we welcome Gen Z into the workplace, such initiatives are more important than ever. While the Silent Generation, Baby Boomers, and Millennials are still learning how to work together, the addition of Gen Z has brought different challenges to light. Research reveals that this newest generation of employees has suffered the most from Covid-19 isolation, and many workers have been remotely onboarded to teams they still haven't met in person. Gen Z also cares a lot about diversity and inclusion, having entered the workforce during Black Lives Matter, #MeToo, and gender diversity movements.
Forming a shadow board with representatives from a younger generation or two is an effective way to navigate this shift among employees — and prepare for new customer segments and market dynamics.
What Shadow Boards Contribute
We spent five years studying the shadow boards of more than two dozen organizations across Europe, Asia, Africa, and the United States. These organizations ranged in size from very small (25 employees or fewer) to very large (more than 200,000 employees) and included professional service firms, energy giants, regional banks, and nonprofit organizations. All had formally announced the creation of a shadow board within the previous three to five years.
Through our research, we found that the organizations gained two primary benefits. First, they were better able to test and pilot initiatives that were important to younger employees and customers. Second, they more effectively bridged gaps between workers of different generations, which enhanced respect and understanding across the hierarchy.
Testing ideas.
Shadow boards can serve as safe spaces for the sharing and testing of new initiatives before implementing them at scale.
For example, at Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts, the senior executive team had been discussing the need to create a booking app for more than a year. All of the company's competitors had such apps, so it seemed like a no-brainer to develop and roll one out. The IT department conducted extensive feasibility studies, but just as the company was preparing to look for vendors, management ran the idea by the shadow board — and members balked. "Why would you guys waste your time and money making an app?" they said, explaining that no one wanted to download another app or remember another password. The senior management, IT, and commercial teams considered this view and worked with the shadow board to develop a direct web interface instead. "It was a very cool moment," recalls Craig Cochrane, senior vice president of talent and culture. "I don't know how much time or money we would have spent going down the app route for no particular gain, had it not been for the shadow board giving us that feedback so bluntly."
We spoke to several executives in other companies who agreed that testing ideas with their shadow boards allowed them to stay connected to the changing expectations of younger demographics and empowered them to pursue bolder strategies.
Bridging gaps.
Shadow boards give both senior executives and rising young talent regular opportunities to communicate with one another, fostering understanding at both levels. The younger, less-experienced employees learn the complexities of the business, see how leaders make decisions, and get advice on their goals. The senior executives get new information and insights from different parts of the company and form personal relationships with up-and-comers in the pipeline.
The exploration division at TotalEnergies launched its shadow board, a group of employees under the age of 35, in the second quarter of 2021. One member describes the experience as a win-win that builds empathy between generations. "Sitting next to the executives and seeing how complicated it is to make decisions for large groups of stakeholders makes us more aware of the realities of leadership," he explains. "And it's beneficial for management since we introduce topics that they might not be aware of yet."
The executive sponsor for the board, Gautier Baudot, echoes those sentiments. "At a critical time in our industry, the shadow board provides insights about how the next generation sees the future of the profession, and we get to know the rising talent," he said. In addition, "we're able to provide learning opportunities to the members of the shadow board. [They] receive mentoring and unparalleled visibility across the organization."
Forming a Shadow Board
If you think your company could benefit from a shadow board, here are four steps you can take to form one.
Step 1: Define your generational target.
Which generation or generations do you want advice from? If your goal is to understand the views of your youngest consumers and employees, look to Gen Z. But if it's to redesign business models or rethink the organizational structure, you might want to look to Millennials.
Step 2: Recruit a diverse group.
Once you define your target generation, bring in people who represent different genders, races, functions, cultures, and other types of backgrounds.
Some companies choose candidates from their formal leadership development pools. Others have an open application process for all employees in the selected generations. We recommend the latter approach since it creates more enthusiasm around the shadow board, typically generates a more diverse pool of applicants, helps to uncover hidden talent, and makes employees feel better represented even if they aren't selected. Some organizations combine both strategies, asking designated high potentials to apply and bringing them together with employees nominated by managers or by themselves.
One executive team we know even found that the shadow board members selected through the open application received better executive assessments than those picked from the high-potential pool.
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As far as size, the number of people on your shadow board should match, as closely as possible, the number who sit on the executive board. Having a fairly proportional representation allows for an equal balance of voices on both sides, as well as the opportunity for the shadow board to understand what it "feels" like to be on a board the size of the executive committee. Avoid creating a group that is significantly larger, as complexity of decision-making grows exponentially with the addition of people in a team.
Step 3: Define the time commitment.
Across the organizations we studied, members of shadow boards were expected to add the role to their regular responsibilities without extra compensation. By maintaining those dual roles, they were able to keep tabs on what was happening on the ground, report back to and hear from senior leaders and fellow board members, and take the insights and ideas discussed into their day jobs.
But candidates should understand up front that being on the shadow board is a big commitment. Organizations must be clear on how much time someone is expected to contribute and ensure that the tasks assigned don't cause anyone to exceed that amount. We recommend recruiting people with the self-discipline to balance both roles and a true desire to participate. That's why we endorse the standard policy of not paying people for shadow board work: While the evidence is mixed, financial remuneration could create a perverse incentive, overshadowing young employees' intrinsic motivations to contribute to the strategic direction of the organization. In addition, we think it's important that shadow boards not create a financial burden for companies, which is why the decision of whether to start one should be purely about the value the group could bring, rather than about budgetary concerns.
Step 4: Embed the board into organizational decision-making.
For a shadow board to have impact, it needs concerted, focused, and deliberate coordination by its sponsors.
One of the biggest mistakes we came across in our research was failing to onboard members and guide their interactions with the executive board in a structured way. The two groups comprise less- and more-experienced people, respectively, from two different levels and generations, so it will take some work to ensure that they can communicate effectively and cooperate. We recommend a formal onboarding period for both boards.
For example, Shakespeare Martineau, a UK-based law firm, set aside several days for an offsite where shadow and executive board members got to know one another and devised their governance guidelines. The CEO, Sarah Walker-Smith, explained that her team did preparatory work ahead of time, giving assignments to participants to demonstrate that everyone's voices would carry equal weight at the onboarding sessions. She noted that some executive board members were initially apprehensive, feeling their authority could be undermined. But ultimately, "the prework created common ground and established informal rules of engagement between the shadow and main board, which enabled the retreat to be a resounding success," she said.
After the induction period, the two boards should meet separately and then together to further discuss how they will interact. Important questions to consider include: Will the shadow board be present at every executive board meeting, or a subset of them? Will a representative of the shadow board be elected to attend executive team meetings and share the shadow board's viewpoints, then report back to their own board? Will the representative role rotate across the shadow board, or be held by one person throughout the board's tenure?
Best practices are to hold several joint board meetings and to have a shadow board representative at some executive meetings. This method allows the shadow board to stay abreast of management decisions while still giving the executive board the autonomy it needs.
Potential Pitfalls
While shadow boards can make lasting contributions to organizations, they can also present challenges. When forming and running a shadow board, be on the lookout for two key pitfalls.
Lack of CEO or executive committee sponsorship.
When a shadow board fails to have impact, this is often the reason.
In one company we studied, the shadow board was the brainchild of the CHRO. While she made a convincing argument for why it would benefit the organization, the CEO saw it as a distraction and even a threat. The board lasted one year, and none of its recommendations were taken.
In another case, a shadow board supported by the CEO was formed and just as quickly disassembled because other members of the executive team, who were worried about the company's survival, didn't buy in.
To avoid this pitfall, you need to establish a clear business case for the shadow board that resonates with all stakeholders. The key sponsor must also show their commitment to the board and its success. "I take it seriously, so they take it seriously," Mgcinisihlalo Jordan, the deputy CEO of Deloitte Africa, told us. Publicly celebrating some early wins, like finalizing a deliverable or making a strategic choice, can help to support the business case. And manage expectations about the value the shadow board is expected to bring and the timeline it should happen on.
No clarity or purpose.
A second major pitfall is a lack of clearly defined output or deliverables. Without such deliverables, shadow boards can be perceived as just another top-management initiative meant for show rather than for substantial strategic or cultural contribution.
Specifically, these can include projects or specific assignments and mandates. For example, at TotalEnergies the shadow board is tasked with learning what the next generation thinks about careers in energy exploration. A regional bank assigned its shadow board to find methods for attracting and retaining the young customers who were flocking to fintechs. It's not enough to merely ask for opinions from your shadow board. You need to know what the organization will do with them.
During one of the most tumultuous times in recent business history, shadow boards are an effective way to break down generational barriers, build trust, and bring diverse groups together to solve problems and respond to fast-evolving market dynamics. When done correctly, with the right planning and goals from the top, shadow boards can put management's finger on the pulse of the organization while also keeping its eyes on the future.
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Mahwesh Khan is a research associate at IMD and a former corporate governance officer at the International Finance Corporation.

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The US is known for a large variety of crops, but which crops are the most grown in our country? The US is home to a large variety of farms including vegetable farms, tree nut farms, and row crop farms. Of those farms, though, which produce the most common crops?
You probably guessed that corn is the top producing crop in the US. It seems like whenever you drive past a farm, you see rows and rows of cornfields. Shockingly enough, most of the corn that is grown in the US is given to the livestock as feed. Corn is also used for a wide variety of food products as well as industrial products.
While we don't eat cotton, it is an important crop in the US. Corn is a textile fabric. Not only are we a top producer of cotton, but we are also one of the top exporters of this fabric. Cotton brings many jobs to the US and it also helps our economy grow.
The US is a top producer of rice, which many people are not aware of. We export the rice around the world. The US grows many types of rice grains including short, medium, and long grain. A majority of the rice grown in the US is for human consumption and a majority of it is grown in California.
The US began harvesting soybeans in the 1800s, but it wasn't until the 1940s that they really began harvesting them more as that is when war damaged most of China's soybeans. They are grown in almost 30 states and feed millions of livestock every day. They are also used in various foods meant for human consumption.
The US is the third largest crop grown in the US. A majority of the wheat planted in the US is planted in the fall. The US exports more than half of the wheat that it grows. In the US, wheat is used for bakery products, pasta, bread, and beer.
The crops grown in the US help the economy as they are sold for consumption here as well as exported throughout the world.
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We've all been there, and if you're ready this beyond 10pm - you are no doubt struggling to sleep.
Whether it is stress keeping you awake or maybe the darker, longer nights have got you feeling down and restless.
If you're finding it hard to sleep, this breathing technique can supposedly send you to sleep within a minute, as the Manchester Evening News reports.
It's called the "4-7-8" method and has been championed by various people, from best-selling author and Harvard trained medical doctor Dr Andrew Weil, to popular wellness bloggers.
The "4-7-8" method is a breathing technique and it's very simple.
The method is designed to relax you by increasing the amount of oxygen in your blood stream, slowing your heart rate and releasing more carbon dioxide from the lungs.
However Dr Michelle E. Gordon - founder of Northern Westchester Surgical Associates General - an acute and emergency surgery specialist says it did not send her to sleep but it DID relax her.
She told Medical Daily in an email: "The breath does elicit a sense of relaxation and calm.
"I teach it to my patients as a means of keeping calm when having anxiety over surgery or post-operative anxiety.
Dr Weil himself claims that "it produces a very pleasant altered state of consciousness.


Having sacrificed so much of her life to become a ballerina, Calyssa has met her goals only to long for something more. She will dance the role of the Sugar Plum Fairy in the 'Nutcracker' one more time before quitting her traveling ballet troupe.
But, when a late-night rehearsal ends with surprising danger, Calyssa and theater owner, Nikolas Clauson, are caught in a battle with an unexpected villain. As the smoke clears, Calyssa finds herself on a journey to her own, real-life 'Land of the Sweets'. Will she also find her own Nutcracker Prince, or will his stormy past and current secrets be more than this ballerina can overcome?
I love books about ballerinas and dancing. And though I should have expected it because of the title, I didn't catch on based on the chapter titles that this story was a play on The Nutcracker Suite. Oops!
It was fun to follow Calyssa as she was swept away into a world of danger, dancing and romance. The mix of romance and mystery was light-hearted and fun.
The story loosely followed along the theme of the ballet without forcing things or making it seem contrived.


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In an apparent race to develop the most unwatchable series on television, TLC has just announced it will be bringing Dr. Pimple Popper to series. God help us all.
After airing a one-hour special following Dr. Sandra Lee as she made lumps on people's bodies burst so all the awfulness could stream toward the camera in January, TLC saw the special earned 1.2 million viewers and trended on Facebook and needed more. Much more.
Of course, we did this to ourselves.
Each episode will run a full hour and will certainly be the show for the whole family to gather around the TV for, ordering a piping hot pizza with bubbles of cheese just ready to burst and flow down their throats. Yum.
The series is based off Dr. Lee's YouTube series, and I'd dare say that if TLC is going to turn to the internet for programing ideas, they still have leagues of disgusting waste to plunder before they ever come up dry.


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Shrewsbury Town are determined to build on their fine season so far and make a real push for promotion to the Championshiop.
The Shrews have been one of the surprise packages of the season after beginning it as the bookies' pre-season favourites for relegation, but they have confounded their critics and sit third in League One.
Now, manager Paul Hurst wants to reinforce his squad and he has made a £175,000 for former Plymouth Argyle winger Nathan Thomas.
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Here is a duel fight vs the Hood. She doesn't shrug off the Shock debuff.
Duel fight vs Hyperion. Rogue doesn't shrug off Incinerate or Armor Break.
This is not a bug exclusive to 19.0. This has been going on for a few months. Others have posted about it , minus vids, and it's been ignored. Not everyone has the time or desire to test and post vids to show what is wrong with the game.
I'd like a mod to please explain exactly what Rogue isnt able to shrug off.
What about concussion? Poison? I've not tested those.
She shrugs off coldsnap, but not frostbite. Why? Is it because frostbite is called a "charge"? It acts as a debuff. Whatever it is, it is.
Just clarify and tell us exactly what she can or can not shrug off!
Shrugs off Concussion but not Incinerate.
Side note, the new pause menu is a welcome addition, but I noticed that Nebulas Shock is listed as a passive. How is Shock considered passive and not listed as a debuff?
Frosbit is passive. So tjah WHO bit all offer no idés why.
Here's another vid versus The Hood in this months story quest. Shock is clearly listed as a debuff, but Rogue isn't shrugging it off.
She's my top champ 5/65, haven't noticed a change on her. She still shrugs everything off quick. Her abilities aren't to shrug off debuff. Her ability is to reduce the amount of time it's placed on you. 70% shorter time. So if it's 10 seconds it will be around 3 seconds that it actually lasts on ylu. She doesn't shrug off like bones or AV.
I just tested this. Against cyclops. He has a 9 second armor break. My rogue shrugged it off in about 3.5 seconds. And he had 2 armor breaks stacked. Both shrugged off fast.
Can't say man, but I haven't seen issues with mine. But I can be honest and say I don't think I've been hit with an Incinerate with her in a long time, so I can't confirm nor deny that one. I used her on biohazard this morning with no issues. And as mentioned above the armor break was fine too. I'll see if I run into a cable in UC and repost if I see an issue.
Feel free to test her vs incinerate, but my vids above are pretty straightforward.
After review , @panchulon21 is right . She does reduce the armor break debuff.
Rogue is not reducing the time of Shock and Incinerate debuffs.
Hopefully a mod will take notice.
Will this continue to go ignored? I've posted several videos as evidence and can provide additional information if needed.
What's the point of having a bug section if you're just going to ignore people's posts? Perhaps I should have opened the thread under general discussion since that gets 10x more attention.
I just want to get these bugs acknowledged.....The first step in a long process of getting a bug fixed.
Bugged or nerfed? If its been months i would consider it nerfed.
So.... I see mods closed a bunch of threads. Can a mod please address the issues with a Rogue that I've presented?
Rogue is now reducing the length of Shock and Incinerate debuffs.
Frostbite is not a debuff. It's a passive. It works against debuff immune champions.
Yes. Rogue does not reduce the duration of Gwenpools incinerate as well. Tested it in AQ map5.
Yeah, I've tested Rogue versus various Incinerate champs several times. Same thing with Shock; she doesn't reduce the time of the debuff like her abilities say she should.
I'll just post vids every day until Kabam responds.
I shouldn't have to do this, but how else can i get them to deal with a valid issue???
Since this was ignored again yesterday, I'll have to make another vid today showing how Rogue is bugged.
I miss the old forums where we usually got timely responses.
Rogue doesn't reduce the length of the Incinerate and Enervate debuffs.
Can I get paid for all the testing I'm doing?
Why do mods ignore this ?
Another day of silence from Kabam mods. Thread has been open for 9 days now and absolute silence.
They're able to closed newly created threads, but they can't take the time to review and respond to a valid issue?
Is this a demonstration of poor support and service from Kabam? You deserve the bad rating you receive.


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Health experts say COVID-19 probably will become endemic, meaning it will always be around — without causing a public health emergency
By Catherine Marfin - Dallas Morning News • Published July 19, 2021 • Updated on July 19, 2021 at 5:06 pm
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As vaccinations have increased, North Texas is doing its best to return to normal: Masks are no longer required most places, workers are returning to offices, and large gatherings are becoming common.
The statistics have given people with the protection of inoculation a strong sense of safety. Since early May, 60 or fewer COVID-19 deaths have been reported statewide on most days, and in Dallas County 200 or fewer new cases have been reported on the majority of days. That's a big change from January, when Dallas County was regularly reporting 2,000 new cases per day and the daily death toll statewide surpassed 400.
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Even when Act 148 Universal Recycling Law bans food waste from the landfill, composting should be a last resort for food that is still edible. The DEC has produced a chart and strategies that show the order of steps in which leftovers should be managed.
These options will also exempt your business from the costs of hauling the food waste to a certified facility. In Rutland County, there are no certified compost or anaerobic digester facilities, though some are in the process of becoming certified. Once that happens, businesses with the most food waste will be notified if there is capacity to process their food scraps, and that they must begin separating food scraps from the trash to comply with the law.
July 1, 2016: businesses producing 26 tons or more of food waste annually (½ ton per week) must send it to certified composting facilities within a 20-mile radius. A business outreach coordinator will be in touch with most restaurants by that date, but if you would like to be proactive with your business, feel free to reach out before then.
July 1, 2017: all trash and recycling pick-up services (haulers and transfer stations) must offer to also pick up food scraps for residents and businesses. All restaurants, grocery outlets, and other institutions producing food waste will have to begin separating food scraps by then to comply with the law. Contact your hauler to find out when they will offer this service.
For more information about the Act 148: Universal Recycling law, visit the DEC's website at dec.vermont.gov/waste-management/solid/universal-recycling.
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2020-21 IWLCA Award Winners Honored
By IWLCA Admin, 11/18/21, 8:30PM EST
The Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association (IWLCA) announced its 2020-21 award winners at the Hilton Anatole in Dallas, TX during the 2021 IWLCA Convention presented by StringKing. The Victory Club, Outstanding Assistant Coach awards, and Regional and National Coach of the Year Awards were presented during an awards ceremony on Wednesday. The IWLCA recognized the winners of the Service Award, President's Cup, the Tina Sloan Green Award and the Diane Geppi Aikens Memorial Award at the 2021 IWLCA Hall of Fame and Honors Banquet Dinner held on Thursday, November 18.
"It is always inspiring to celebrate the achievements of our membership each year at Convention, especially this year when we are able to meet in person again," said Liz Grote, IWLCA President and head coach at Bowdoin College. "I am continually amazed by the successes of our member coaches and having the opportunity to share their stories and celebrate them publicly is important to the growth of our profession and the sport."
The event kicked off with the presentation of the 2020-21 IWLCA Service Award. Megan Smith, assistant coach at Lee University, was acknowledged for her contributions to the IWLCA during the previous academic year. Smith serves as the co-chair of the Annual Meeting Planning Committee and is also an active member of the All-American and the Membership Committee. Derrell Martin, head coach at Lee, presented Smith with her award.
"I am so honored to be receiving the IWLCA Service Award and to be counted among the many incredible people who have received this award before me," Smith said. "I have had amazing mentors that have showed me the importance in giving back to the IWLCA and encouraged me to do so as well. I am the lucky one who gets to serve alongside so many incredible people who impacted my life and the sport greatly!"
The President's Cup Award is presented to a member of the lacrosse community who has exhibited distinguished contributions to the collegiate women's lacrosse scene during the previous academic year. The IWLCA recognized the members of the Racial Equity Task Force (RETF), with the honor this year. Jessy Morgan, an emeritus member of the association, and Mary Ann Meltzer, head coach at Lawrence Tech and a former member of the Board of Directors, are co-chairs of the RETF. During the past year, the RETF undertook several initiatives, including driving the creation of an Equity and Inclusion Statement for the association and Anti-Harassment, Discrimination, & Conduct Policies for IWLCA Recruiting events, launching a coaching symposium for student-athletes of color, creating the Tina Sloan Green Award to recognize equity and inclusion work, and funding scholarships for BIPOC prospective student-athletes to attend IWLCA Experience Clinics at no cost.
Meltzer stated, "We are very excited to receive this acknowledgement of the work the task force has undertaken during the past year. Every person involved with the RETF has contributed towards our mission of making the IWLCA a more inclusive association. We're very fortunate to work with a great group of women and men who are passionate about the sport and committed to initiating the changes needed to ensure that we not only value equity and inclusion, but that our practices match our intentions."
The Tina Sloan Green Award was created to recognize those individuals or teams that have actively worked to promote equity and inclusion in the lacrosse community in a given academic year. The inaugural recipient of the award is Ashleigh Gundy, currently a senior at Cornell University. Following the murder of George Floyd, Gundy showcased her passion and drive for racial justice through her documentary film featuring athletes exploring both the intersection of race and sport, and systematic flaws embedded in the criminal justice system after George Floyd's murder. Gundy, the chairwoman of Cornell's Black Student Athlete Committee, is a member of the Women of Color in Cornell Athletics (WOCA), a leader of the women's team's Social Justice Committee, and the Vice President of Internal Relations for Cornell's BlackGen Capital group. This award was previously announced on November 9.
The IWLCA's marquee honor, the Diane Geppi-Aikens Memorial Award, was presented to Johns Hopkins University head coach Janine Tucker. The award is named in honor of the legendary Loyola coach whose courageous battle with cancer inspired the nation and recognizes lifetime achievement to the women's college game. Tara Singleton, Associate Head Coach at Johns Hopkins, played for Geppi Aikens at Loyola and presented the award to Tucker.
Tucker is known for her openness and generosity among her coaching peers, regularly participating in the IWLCA Mentoring program and serving as a clinician at the both the IWLCA and USA Lacrosse Conventions. She is a member of the Positive Coaching Alliance Board of Advisors, the Baltimore Advisory Board for Harlem Lacrosse, a member of the Collegiate Women's Lacrosse Officiating Association's Board of Directors, and the USA Lacrosse Long-term Lacrosse Athlete Development Model Committee. She has authored six books about coaching women's lacrosse and is the Director of Tucker Lacrosse, which helps her promote women's lacrosse through camps, clinics and speaking engagements across the country.
"Winning the Diane Geppi-Aikens award means so much to me. Throughout my entire coaching career, I have tried to emulate Diane – my mentor, friend, and role-model. I haven't gotten close to her magic, but I do strive every day to make her proud," Tucker shared. "Diane was the epitome of a player's coach, and I am so honored and grateful to receive an award named in her honor."
IWLCA Award Winners
12 honorees earned Victory Club recognition for achieving milestone victories during the 2020 and 2021 seasons. Seven coaches were recognized for reaching 100 career victories, while two coaches were celebrated for notching 200 career wins, and another three reached the 300-win milestone.
100 Career Wins
Jill Batcheller, Drexel University
Rachel Dell, John Carroll University*
Meghan Kelan, Rhodes College
Lindsey Munday, University of Southern California*
Lauren Scott, Meredith College*
Lisa Velnetine, Christopher Newport University
Kim Wayne, Davidson College
* Earned during the 2020 season
Gary Gait, Syracuse University
Meghan McNamara, Long Island University
Kelly Amonte-Hiller, Northwestern University*
Kerstin Kimel, Duke University*
Janine Tucker, Johns Hopkins University
Three assistant coaches were honored with the Outstanding Assistant Coach Award (previously announced on October 26, 2021). Jen Kent (Boston College), Erin Abbott-Gillin (University of Indianapolis), and Hedy Veith (Tufts University) were presented with their awards in front of their peers.
The 2021 IWLCA Regional and National Coaches of the Year for all three divisions also received their awards. Acacia Walker-Weinstein (Boston College), Jack Cribbin (Lindenwood University), Jim Nestor (Salisbury University), and Lauren Bennett (Keiser University) were honored as the Division I, II, III, and NAIA National Coaches of the Year respectively. The Division I, Division II, and Division III Coaches of the Year were previously announced in July.
Division I Coach of the Year
Acacia Walker-Weinstein, Boston College
Regional Coaches of the Year – Division I
Mid-Atlantic Region: Jill Batcheller, Drexel University
Northeast Region: Acacia Walker-Weinstein, Boston College
South Region: Jenny Levy, University of North Carolina
West/Midwest Region: Kelly Amonte Hiller, Northwestern University
Division II Coach of the Year
Jack Cribbin – Lindenwood University
Regional Coaches of the Year – Division II
Atlantic Region: Xeni Barakos-Yoder – East Stroudsburg University
East Region: Kristin Paolini – Roberts Wesleyan College
Midwest Region: Jack Cribbin – Lindenwood University
South Region: Clare Short – Queens University
Division III Coach of the Year
Jim Nestor – Salisbury University
Regional Coaches of the Year – Division III
Berkshire Region: Kristin Mullady – Springfield College
Boardwalk Region: Evan Mager – Fairleigh Dickinson University
Chesapeake Region: Jim Nestor – Salisbury University
Empire Region: Linda Michele – St. John Fisher College
Great Lakes Region: Amanda Daniels – Denison University
Metro Region: Heather McKay – Messiah University
Pilgrim Region: Courtney Shute – Tufts University
West Region: Megan Keelan – Rhodes College
NAIA Coach of the Year
Lauren Bennett – Keiser University
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The teeming imagination of Guillermo del Toro has inspired us with magical worlds filled with fantastic, horrific and unforgettable imagery and characters, from the monsters in Pan's Labyrinth to the aquatic creature in The Shape of Water.
Produced by DreamWorks Animation, How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World concludes the trilogy started with 2010's How to Train Your Dragon. The film picks up where the second (2014) film dropped off, with Hiccup, now the chief of Berk, having fulfilled his dream of creating a peaceful dragon utopia.
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Summary: THE RELUCTANT EXPAT is Alan Laycock's light-hearted account of his transition to life in a new country.
Alan has no desire to move to Spain, but his sister Cathy and brother-in-law Bernie are going regardless, so he decides to tag along. Despite his initial pessimism, he soon sees that life in their new home has more to offer than he first suspected, and by befriending a pair of local oldies he finds surprising new opportunities opening up to him.


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2012 Surfing Contest Calendar to Begin With "Ground-Breaking" Two-Event Festival in China
Posted December 29th, 2011 - News Posted for ISA News.
For ISA World Surfing Games medalist and former ASP World Tour contender, Cory Lopez (USA), the year starts in China. Photo: ISA/Watts
World's Best Surfers Competing For Country and Career in China
Hainan Wanning Riyue Bay International Surfing Festival Presented by Quiksilver
January 7 to 14, 2012
Wanning, Hainan Island, China
The sport of surfing will have an exciting beginning to the 2012 contest calendar, with the ISA China Cup and the Hainan Classic taking place at Hainan Island in China as part of the Hainan Wanning Riyue Bay International Surfing Festival Presented by Quiksilver.
The two-event Festival will begin on January 7 with the ISA China Cup and conclude on January 14 with the final day of competition for the Hainan Classic, an ASP Men's 4-Star. This is an unprecedented happening in China, a country of 1.4 billion people and 9,000-plus miles of coastline with very little surf culture to speak of. The hope is that the Festival may serve as the initial spark in cultivating a rich surfing presence. The Festival is the work of the ISA and Womei Media, a Beijing sports and media organization that is exclusively representing the ISA's commercial interests in China.
"This will be a unique and different start to the year: a series of ground-breaking events that are happening because of the joint efforts of the ISA and Womei Media," said ISA President Fernando Aguerre, who initiated the idea for the ISA China Cup. "I can't wait for the horn to blow for the first heat."
The four-day ISA China Cup will feature the finest surfers from the top eight qualifying countries, based on the results of the 2011 ISA World Surfing Games. National Team surfers will include former World Tour competitors Chris Ward and Cory Lopez for the USA, Sofia Mulanovich for Peru, and Dion Atkinson from Australia, and others. Each country will field a National Team of 4 men and 2 women vying for team and individual gold medals.
Immediately following completion of the event, the Hainan Classic, an ASP Men's 4-Star with a $ 95,000 USD prize-purse, will commence. Much like the ISA China Cup, the contest will draw surfers from all over the globe, but instead of competing for their country, surfers will be vying for individual ASP World Ranking points. Aside from many of the top male competitors from the ISA China Cup, other surfers confirmed to be attending include former ASP World Tour competitor Nathaniel Curran (USA), Mitch Crews, an up-and-coming talent from Australia, and Yujiro Tsuji, one of the top prospects in Japan.
The Festival opens on January 7 with the traditional ISA Opening Ceremony, the Parade of the Nations and the Sands of the World Ceremony, which will be held at the Le Meridian Hotel in the city of Wanning, Hainan Island, China.
Aside from the ISA China Cup, the ISA will also host the World Standup Paddle (SUP) and Paddleboard Championship in Peru in February, the ISA World Junior Surfing Championship in Panama in April, as well as the ISA World Surfing Games, the ISA World Bodyboard Championship, and the ISA World Masters Surfing Championship.
Registration for the Hainan Classic is open now on www.aspaustralasia.com.
The event will be webcasted live on www.hainaninternationalsurfingfestival.com beginning January 7 and until the final day, January 14.
About the International Surfing Association:
The International Surfing Association (ISA), founded in 1964, is recognized by the International Olympic Committee as the World Governing Authority for Surfing. The ISA governs and defines Surfing as Shortboard, Longboard & Bodyboarding, StandUp Paddle (SUP) Racing and Surfing, Para Surfing, Bodysurfing, Wakesurfing, and all other wave riding activities on any type of waves, and on flat water using wave riding equipment. The ISA crowned its first Men's and Women's World Champions in 1964. It crowned the first Big Wave World Champion in 1965; World Junior Champion in 1980; World Kneeboard Champions in 1982; World Longboard Surfing and World Bodyboard Champions in 1988; World Tandem Surfing Champions in 2006; World Masters Champions in 2007; World StandUp Paddle (SUP, both surfing and racing) and Paddleboard Champions in 2012; and World Para Surfing Champions in 2015.
ISA membership includes the surfing National Federations of 108 countries on five continents. The ISA is presided over by Fernando Aguerre (ARG). The Executive Committee includes four Vice-Presidents Karín Sierralta (PER), Kirsty Coventry (ZIM), Casper Steinfath (DEN) and Barbara Kendall (NZL), Athletes' Commission Chair Justine Dupont (FRA), Regular Members Atsushi Sakai (JPN) and Jean Luc Arassus (FRA) and ISA Executive Director Robert Fasulo as Ex-officio Member.
Its headquarters are located in La Jolla, California (USA).
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Braniște è un comune della Moldavia situato nel distretto di Rîșcani di 1.474 abitanti al censimento del 2004

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James is Unit Director based in the Norwich regional office which he established in 2007. By 2018 he will have 30 years' of continuous experience in ground-related construction, mostly for the property sector. Although an engineering geologist by training and geotechnical minded, James also works in contaminated land and environmental permitting.


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AlphaStar, playing as Zerg (in red), fighting off its human opponent.
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Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning
DeepMind's AI has now outcompeted nearly all human players at StarCraft II
AlphaStar cooperated with itself to learn new strategies for conquering the popular galactic warfare game.
by Karen Hao
In January of this year, DeepMind announced it had hit a milestone in its quest for artificial general intelligence. It had designed an AI system, called AlphaStar, that beat two professional players at StarCraft II, a popular video game about galactic warfare. This was quite a feat. StarCaft II is highly complex, with 1026 choices for every move. It's also a game of imperfect information—and there are no definitive strategies for winning. The achievement marked a new level of machine intelligence.
Now DeepMind, an Alphabet subsidiary, is releasing an update. AlphaStar now outranks the vast majority of active StarCraft players, demonstrating a much more robust and repeatable ability to strategize on the fly than before. The results, published in Nature today, could have important implications for applications ranging from machine translation to digital assistants or even military planning.
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StarCraft II is a real-time strategy game, most often played one on one. A player must choose one of three human or alien races—Protoss, Terran, or Zerg—and alternate between gathering resources, building infrastructure and weapons, and attacking the opponent to win the game. Every race has unique skill sets and limitations that affect the winning strategy, so players commonly pick and master playing with one.
AlphaStar used reinforcement learning, where an algorithm learns through trial and error, to master playing with all the races. "This is really important because it means that the same type of methods can in principle be applied to other domains," said David Silver, DeepMind's principal research scientist, on a press call. The AI also reached a rank above 99.8% of the active players in the official online league.
AlphaStar, playing as Protoss (in green), countering an attack from a Zerg player.
In order to attain such flexibility, the DeepMind team modified a commonly used technique known as self-play, in which a reinforcement-learning algorithm plays against itself to learn faster. DeepMind famously used this technique to train AlphaGo Zero, the program that taught itself without any human input to beat the best players in the ancient game of Go. The lab also used it in the preliminary version of AlphaStar.
Conventionally in self-play, both versions of the algorithm are programmed to maximize their chances of winning. But the researchers discovered that that didn't necessarily result in the most robust algorithms. For such an open-ended game, it risked pigeon-holing the algorithm into specific strategies that would only work under certain conditions.
Taking inspiration from the way pro StarCraft II players train with one another, the researchers instead programmed one of the algorithms to expose the flaws of the other rather than maximize its own chance of winning. "That's kind of [like] asking a friend to play against you," said Oriol Vinyals, the lead researcher on the project, on the call. "These friends should show you what your weaknesses are, so then eventually you can become stronger." The method produced much more generalizable algorithms that could adapt to a broader range of game scenarios.
The researchers believe AlphaStar's strategy development and coordination skills could be applied to many other problems. "We chose StarCraft [...] because we felt it mirrored a lot of challenges that actually come up in real-world applications," said Silver. These applications could include digital assistants, self-driving cars, or other machines that have to interact with humans, he said.
"The complexity [of StarCraft] is much more reminiscent of the scales that we're seeing in the real world," said Silver.
But AlphaStar demonstrates AI's significant limitations, too. For example, it still needs orders of magnitude more training data than a human player to attain the same level of skill. Such learning software is also still a long way off from being translated into sophisticated robotics or real-world applications.
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Tift Merritt: A Poetic Songbird
Tift Merritt
A Poetic Songbird
By James Calemine
"I can't keep quiet
Oh, I can't hide
I want to shout and sing
And shine, shine, shine..."
"Tambourine"
--Tift Merritt
Her voice sounds flawless. She crafts her own songs, plays her own instruments and her ability to convey emotion to a crowd renders her a rare songbird in any generation. She adds soul to any song she sings. Tift Merritt, born in Texas, grew up in North Carolina--began playing music in her early teens. She spent years honing her songwriting while searching for musicians to fit into her overall sound. Her first album released in 2002--Bramble Rose--proved a reflective collection of introspective songs that marked the work of a budding musical poet. Her 2004 disc, Tambourine, found her rocking out a little more and exploring a STAX-like sound that earned her a Grammy nomination.
Tift's latest work, Another Country, finds her in a state of grace. These quiet songs, written in France, during a time she wanted to get away from anything familiar--define Tift Merritt as a serious songwriter. Her live performances, such as the one on Austin City Limits, illustrate her power as a performer. Don't be fooled by her beauty… she's very serious and the proof is in the songs.
In this Swampland/Mystery And Manners interview, Tift discusses her early music influences, career moves, recording, writing, singing with Emmylou Harris, literature, photography, Another Country, future plans and a glimpse into the future. Tift Merritt emerges as one of the south's finest female artists today. She also proved an interesting conversationalist…a real southern belle…
TM: James?
TM: I'm so sorry. I Sunday'd out…
Its okay--
TM: In fact, when the phone rang I was about to go running and I wondered who could be calling me on a Sunday night from a number I don't know. The funny thing is…I had a big sign on my desk: 'Don't forget--Interview Sunday Night!'
No problem. So, you've got a little time?
TM: Of course. How about you?
I'm just wrapping up something I wrote about seeing The Black Crowes on Friday in Chattanooga, which is relevant to our conversation because George Drakoulias produced the Crowes' first two records and he produced your last two…
TM: Wow. In fact, we just cut a track in London with Paul Stacey (Stacey played in Chris Robinson's band New Earth Mud, produced The Lost Crowes, served as The Crowes' lead guitarist from late 06 to mid-07 and he produced The Crowes' latest disc Warpaint).
Really? He's a great guitar player…
TM: He is a great guitar player.
I have to congratulate you…Another Country sounds mighty fine.
TM: Oh, thank you. George deserves thanks too…and Dave Bianco…and all the musicians…
Let's go back all the way. You were born in Texas and you grew up in North Carolina…
TM: Oh, wow. We really are going all the way back…
We won't get lost back there, but what are your earliest musical memories?
TM: My earliest musical memories are singing with my dad or watching my dad play music and me trying to sing along. Just him teaching me cool old songs and just spending time with him…
Was his guitar always around and you'd pick it up?
TM: Well, he played piano and guitar. So I started playing piano first. Then I guess I was 13 or so when I started playing…ah that was so long ago…I should be so much better at it. At 13 or 14 I started to take an interest in his guitar. He had a beautiful old Guild. He always said he won it in a pool game, but that is so unlike my father that I just don't believe him. It's a great story but I don't think it's true. So, I eventually got a little guitar of my own by the time I was 14 or 15.
What kind of music were you buying and listening to at that time?
TM: I was always a bit out of synch. I was doing what most folk musicians do…I was figuring out the songs that I could play. What I listened to was what I could figure out how to play. So, I listened to a lot of Bob Dylan, a lot of old soul and Joni Mitchell. I had Blonde On Blonde and this Michelle Shocked record…anything I could hear and latch onto and try to figure out on my own and try to sing what I was really interested in hearing.
How did you get your first band together?
TM: I played with people a little in high school, but mostly I was just by myself. I played in bars for a while when I was in my late teens. I was by myself and I couldn't drink and I didn't know how to handle drunk boys and I looked really young. So I didn't like that much. I tried playing with other people but nothing really stuck. I was pretty introverted. I eventually went to college. I just kept writing because that seemed to make the most sense to me. Then I met Zeke (Hutchins) and we put a band together and that just stuck.
Was songwriting your angle at that age?
TM: I was always a writer first. In fact, I thought that I would write stories and novels. Songwriting was really a natural part of that, but I wanted to be a writer. I didn't necessarily have to have a band.
Speaking of writers…what's the last book you've read?
TM: I'm reading a biography of Alan Waters right now.
Have you ever read any Cormac McCarthy?
TM: Oh, he's one of my favorites. In fact, I read The Road…it wasn't the last book of his I've read. In the past year, I've read The Road and that was incredible, but I love The Border Trilogy…
That's his sweetest stuff…
TM: I know. Some of the other stuff…like Suttree…that was really hard. He gets pretty dark.
His early works are not for the faint of heart.
TM: I think he writes about violence in such a beautiful way.
So, around 1999 you're playing around Chapel Hill, and that's when you and you're band crossed paths with the Two Dollar Pistols.
TM: Yeah, we had our band and we opened a lot for the Two Dollar Pistols and they would get me up on stage to sing a duet.
Around that time you met Ryan Adams, right?
TM: Yeah, it was all around the same time. Ryan wasn't living in North Carolina at the time. It was probably around 2000-2001. We were just playing clubs and doing our thing and so it was around then. Let's see, I signed to Lost Highway in 2001…yeah, it was 1999 or 2000 when I met Ryan.
Bramble Rose was your first real record. It's a pretty laid back affair with well-constructed compositions. You even got Tom Petty's great keyboardist Benmont Tench to play on the record…
TM: Benmont's wonderful. We were working with Ethan Johns (Glyn Johns' son) who has a great community of musicians around him. It was all very natural. There was nothing tricky about it.
You attracted some critical acclaim over Bramble Rose. What was happening in between Bramble Rose and your next record Tambourine? I know you were out on the road some…
TM: I went out on the road for a while, but not long as you would have thought. We were out for about six months. Then I got the call that I needed to go home and write another record.
That's about the time you came across George Drakoulias, right?
TM: Well, while I was writing that record (Tambourine) I met George. George has always been a dream producer for me. I picked up the Maria McKee record when I was a teenager and just had this gut feeling that George would understand what I'm trying to do. There was a fair amount of pressure put on that record in the beginning…'we need a hit'…when that ideology is touted—I'm not saying it's anyone's fault, it's just part of the deal (laughs). That was a good time for me to say I want to work with George. Also, I felt like Bramble Rose is such a part of me…it's special, but I'd never been on the road before. I really found myself in a new place as a writer and as an artist after being on the road. We had this amazing capability as a rock band, and as a performer I was getting my own confidence. That record had so much tenderness on it. I really wanted to make sure that I made a record that stayed as genuine and sincere, but it didn't have so much time spent on the introverted…I wanted to rock out. We played so many ballads on that tour that it was very natural that I wanted to rock. It wasn't so much that I wanted to go in the other direction as I wanted a balance of all the colors. I think George has a really amazing way of handling sincerity and energy. That was how I met George. He and I hit it off immediately.
So, since Draloulias worked with Tom Petty in the past—he recruited Mike Campbell and Benmont Tench to play on your second album Tambourine…
TM: Yeah. We got lucky there. It was pretty scary because they are so good.
Emmylou Harris' band member Don Heffington also played on Tambourine.
TM: Yeah, he's played with everyone…
Tambourine is a great record too. It's got a little more rocking on there. At the end of the Tambourine tour was when you taped your great Austin City Limits session, right?
TM: Yeah, it was late in the album cycle when we recorded that.
It was a great way to highlight the band…
TM: Absolutely, that was a great band.
So, what sort of headspace were you in that made you want to live in France? Those songs you wrote there make up your latest CD, Another Country…
TM: Well, I was doing a tour over in Europe and the record cycle was done, and I didn't know what was next. I just decided to stay in Paris—just to take a vacation. So I rented an apartment with a piano in it. All of a sudden I just started writing. So, I called home and said I was coming home.
How many songs did you write in France?
TM: Well, once it was all said and done—more than that, but by the time we went in to do the session it was very clear what was going on the record. I write a lot more songs that go on the record—some are finished—some aren't. Some are just pathways to other songs. It's a process for me…not really a number.
Where did you record Another Country?
TM: In California.
Drakoulias once again produced it. Bob Dylan's old guitar player, Charlie Sexton, plays on Another Country, but your band plays on all the songs. Not too many guests on this one.
TM: Yeah.
You've got a Letterman appearance coming up…
TM: Yeah, I have two. One I'm a back-up singer for Emmylou Harris.
Her new record All I Intended To Be is great.
TM: Oh, it's beautiful.
You're in good company. Was Another Country your first record you really got to do what you wanted?
TM: Yeah. When I was writing this record I didn't even know that I was writing a record. I was just hanging out in France trying to give myself some time. I'd been working really hard on the road for a long time. We were nominated for a Grammy and that made everything crazy. Then everything just stopped. I didn't know what was going on (laughs). I wasn't even sure I wanted to make another record y'know? I was just totally writing for myself. I brought these songs back to the States and kept writing and kept going back to France and kept writing and then eventually this record was dropped. So by that point, I knew where to go because these songs made things self-evident for all the right reasons because that's what it is…I wrote the songs because I wrote them. I just followed the songs.
Were you feeling any pressure during that time?
TM: I think the concept of pressure is a funny one. There was pressure on this record, but a very different kind of pressure. It was a pressure of I didn't think I had anything to say. I didn't think I had it inside. I don't want to draw lines between personal and professional pressure. I do what I do because I mean it. Of course, sometimes there's pressure in the soup…somebody's calling up saying you have to do this or you should do that. I do what I do and say what I say because it's real. Whether any of those things are there are not. So, I think you're right—this record is an exceptional experience. (Pause) It wasn't the same as my other works. I think really what happened with this record is it's so apart from the music business that even talking about it in a music-business sense makes it even less special. I stepped away from my whole life and went to another country where I didn't even speak the language. It's a kind of freedom we only get a few times in our life.
Well…I must say, for someone who says they don't speak the language…the last song on Another Country—is a beautiful song you sing in French called "Mille Tendressess"…
TM: Well, I do speak the language, but I'm not fluent. I can certainly get by, but it's still an experience while just communicating with one other person is something you can't take for granted.
You've got some pretty serious tour dates coming up…
TM: Yeah, we've been out for about three months already. We did six weeks in New York and a month in Europe.
Tuesday is your next date…you're in Philadelphia Tuesday and then it's back to Europe. I'd like to try and catch your show in July at the Grand Ol' Opry.
TM: That would be great. I think they're going to televise that show.
At this point, being in the business, what's been the hardest thing for you to learn?
TM: That's a good question. The music business is not real. There are days it feels real for good or bad and you certainly have to make it work somehow. I don't know if it's been the hardest thing to learn but it's a constant reminder that I'm a working artist, and I'm glad to be working. I just want to be a good writer and a good musician. It's always been about storytelling, but somehow that doesn't seem personal enough. I think it's important to remember music is real but the business is not.
Regardless of the business, music, writing, or whatever you're just trying to move the audience—to make them laugh, cry or reflect…
TM: Ah, semantics are very important when you're talking to a writer (laughs). I would say when I'm performing, I am a storyteller because I'm not trying to illicit a reaction from the crowd—I'm trying to tell a story as true as I can. I have a radio show where I talk to artists about the kind of things you're asking a little bit. Sometimes the road is such an insular place you should be really careful that you're bringing new…uh…
…That you're not amputating yourself from real life…
TM: Absolutely! I couldn't say it better myself.
Maybe there are semantics involved (collective laughter). You're not a greenhorn anymore…
TM: We're all thankful we're not green anymore.
Obviously a Grammy nomination is up there, but what are some of your other highlights?
TM: Well, the first time I sang with Emmylou Harris in my hometown with my parents there. That was really amazing. That will always be a highlight. That was in 2002. It was a landmine benefit. I was a surprise on the bill because someone had to cancel. Emmylou introduced me in my hometown and chimed in on a song with me and I thought I died and gone to heaven. My mother told me I'd never get anything else for Christmas (laughs) since I got everything I ever wanted. There are definitely times…there are highlights of writing…highlights of performing…it's important to remember it's one of those great things about being a musician. It's not a one-sided career. You're a performer—you're a business person—mostly a writer and a musician. So, there have been moments on stage or moments in my own privacy when I was writing when they would touch that place you're trying to touch. Sometimes I get there without effort…and those are the ones you say 'I can't believe that happened'.
So, like many folks, you take photographs…
TM: Oh, I'm a hack. I started taking pictures. If I could draw or paint—I'd be a painter—but I can't. I don't have the gene where your hand expresses what you mean on canvas. Photography is really important to me for a couple of reasons—one, I think it's good to think in pictures and not think in words—as a writer it's a practice of using my eyes and challenging the words. I think it's important to look. As a performer—I really got serious about it when I was on tour because I was so desperately tired of myself and I just didn't feel interesting at all and I'd go look at other people and it was a really important part of what made me happy every day.
You can distract attention away from yourself…
TM: You get outside of yourself and that's important for all of us. Then you have this love for your step-child (laughs) and there's no pressure for you to be any good at it.
The expectation is low…
TM: Yeah, so it brings a special kind of happiness.
Even when I take a flawed photograph…it's still first class fun…
TM: Exactly.
You know, if you ever have time, I'd love to publish some of your photographs and you could write a little story around it. Or maybe you could write something about your favorite southern songwriters…
TM: Oh wow. That would be amazing.
I got Jim Dickinson to write about his favorite places to eat on the road, his favorite pianists, films and desert island albums…
TM: That's great. I'm looking at the Swampland site now. I didn't know Robert Rauschenberg died…
Well, you've got an open invitation…
TM: I'd love to do that…
You'd be an interesting correspondent.
TM: That's really cool. I'll send you a link to my radio show. I talk to all different kinds of artists—painters, writers, musicians--about how they make their work and how they live their lives.
I always love to throw the artist a curveball. Like, for instance Tift, where does your loyalty abide during college football season?
TM: Well, my college football loyalty does not exist (laughs). I'm from North Carolina, so it's all college basketball.
Yeah, between The Tar Heels, Duke and rival Kentucky being so close…that's indeed basketball country…
TM: It's always pretty crazy during the season.
So, who are the guys you've got out on the road with you behind Another Country?
TM: Well, Zeke Hutchins—he's been my musical partner and business partner and boyfriend for a long time. Jay Brown has been with us for ten years—he's the bass player and harmony singer. Danny Isenberg has been with us for about five years now. Scott McCall has recently started playing guitar with us—he's a North Carolina man. He's wonderful.
You're upcoming tour schedule is rigorous…
TM: You should have seen it three months ago (laughs).
Yeah, when we first set up our interview, I remember thinking that's two months from now. You're home now, right?
TM: Yeah, I'm at home in New York right now. I play Philly, New York—then I do Letterman. Then I go to Norway!
Then back to Colorado…
TM: Crazy routing, eh?
I look forward to the Letterman performance. I'll remind you in a couple months about contributing...
TM: Yeah, let me give you my email. As you know I don't have a bunch of time on my hands, but I'm always interested in writing—getting my thoughts together for something particular…
Even if you wanted to write something around some Norwegian barbecue joint you take a picture of on tour (heh heh heh)
TM: That would be a story! (laughs). That would be awesome.
No pressure. No forced march towards the deadline…
TM:…Or some dreaded homework paper…
…Only submit things that give you a buzz…
TM: Awesome.
Well, since you'll be singing onstage in Philadelphia less than 48 hours from now…and you're not going to have much down time this summer…I'll bid you goodnight.
TM: I enjoyed this…it was fun. It was really nice talking to you. Please forgive me for being late…
Of course, you're forgiven…
Mystery and Manners,


Confirms it will bid on the next available spectrum.
Search monolith Google late last week confirmed that it will bid on the US government's impending auction of the mobile wireless spectrum in the 700 MHz band, should certain conditions be met by the FCC.
*"'Open networks:"' Third parties (like internet service providers) should be able to interconnect at any technically feasible point in a 700 MHz licensee's wireless network.
As a sign of its commitment to this lofty cause the multinational confirmed that CEO Eric Schmidt sent a letter to FCC Chairman Kevin Martin, stating that should the FCC adopt all four license conditions requested above, Google intends to commit a minimum of $4.6 billion to bidding in the upcoming 700 MHz auction. A full copy of the letter and the release itself can be found here.
A few ifs here, but "if" Google's conditions are met and "if" it wins the auction, the company would likely change the face of US mobile networks since it has long been a closed and stagnant market. Of course, the FCC may (probably) not agree and even if it does Google itself is no charity and has long been rumoured to be working on a mobile phone. It has also inked deals with numerous handset manufacturers in the last year to provide its search engine natively on their offerings, including Apple's iPhone.
For the record, 700MHz airwaves will be returned to broadcasters when they move from analogue to digital signals in early 2009.
So Google: beam of light in a profit driven age or sneaky wolf in sheep's clothing…?


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Wealth Management Litigator Joins McDermott's Private Client Practice Group
Christen Douglas Brings New Dimension to Top-Ranked Team in New York
Clients Privés & Gestion de Patrimonie
NEW YORK (July 23, 2015) – McDermott Will & Emery announced today that Christen Douglas has joined the Firm's Private Client Group as a partner in the New York office. She was previously a senior associate at another AmLaw 100 law firm.
Ms. Douglas's practice includes trust and estate planning, administration and litigation. She counsels individuals and families with respect to estate, gift and generation-skipping transfer taxation, family business succession and philanthropic planning. She also works closely with individual and corporate fiduciaries in administering trusts and estates.
Ms. Douglas began her legal career as a litigator in Los Angeles and brings a valuable perspective to private client controversies by understanding both the highly technical aspects of estate and tax planning as well as winning courtroom litigation strategies. Her litigation experience enables her to help clients avoid potential issues and ambiguities in their estate plans that might otherwise lead to costly litigation.
"We are delighted to welcome Christen to the Firm," said Carol Harrington, partner and global head of McDermott's Private Client Practice Group. "Our private clients are affluent individuals and families with complex challenges requiring sophisticated and experienced advisers. Christen's experience representing high net worth individuals in civil disputes gives her a broad view of today's legal challenges impacting clients' estates. Her unique combination of litigation and private client experience will add a depth of knowledge and bench strength to what is already a world-class private client team."
Ms. Douglas received her LL.M. from New York University School of Law in 2011 and her J.D. from University of Virginia School of Law in 2007. She earned her B.A. from Princeton University in 2004. She is admitted to practice in New York, Pennsylvania and California.
McDermott's Private Client Practice Group represents high-net-worth individuals, families and closely held businesses with an extraordinary focus on the client's specific, unique objectives. The team of 75 lawyers and 30 non-lawyer professionals is recognized as the top private client practice in the United States and among the top practices worldwide. In 2014, U.S. News–Best Lawyers named McDermott "Law Firm of the Year" in Trusts & Estates Law for the second time. Chambers USA has ranked McDermott's Private Client Practice Group in the top tier nationwide from 2006 to 2015.
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Christen K. Douglas
Associée | New York
Carol A. Harrington
Counsel | Chicago


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ART ARCHIVES
'Crossing Brooklyn' Contains Multitudes at the Brooklyn Museum
by Christian Viveros-Faune
Marie Lorenz puts the crossing in "Crossing Brooklyn": Archipelago (Mast View), 2012 Courtesy the artist/Jack Hanley Gallery
Can contemporary art be très Brooklyn? The answer is yes, if you're French or negatively predisposed to the sort of idealism taking root in New York's artiest borough. Part of a movement that has fully flowered in American cities like Chicago and Houston, Kings County's own seeding of socially engaged art is on view in a survey called "Crossing Brooklyn: Art From Bushwick, Bed-Stuy, and Beyond" at the Brooklyn Museum. Billed as a show focusing on artists who are "engaged with the world," the exhibition proves by turns inspiring and cringe-worthy. Like genuinely radical politics or Frenchmen in Speedos, it promises to leave few unfazed.
A display that features more than 100 artworks by 35 artists (or artist groups) who live or work in the borough, "Crossing Brooklyn" is committed to examining the area's "established role as a creative center" but sports a significant subtext promoting the local version of an emerging avant-garde. For those who missed the memo, the past decade has witnessed a gradual shift toward community-centered art on a global scale. A multigenerational response to $58 million Balloon Dogs and $142 million Francis Bacon triptychs, these creative efforts have largely been designed to counteract two historically related phenomena: art's ongoing gentrification and the cultural effects of rising income inequality. For those who prefer their art to critically address their time, socially engaged art — or, as it's alternately termed, social practice — may provide a last best hope.
Curated by Eugenie Tsai and Rujeko Hockley, "Crossing Brooklyn" presents works in virtually every medium, including a few most people will have never heard of. Titled after Walt Whitman's famously expansive "Crossing Brooklyn Ferry," the exhibition unfolds in the fifth-floor galleries, yet it also spills out onto the museum's sidewalk and its green areas, not to mention several off-site spaces that include Brooklyn's streets, its waterways, and not a few square miles of air rights. Like much of the Brooklyn Museum's popular programming, the show is intended to extend art to a wider public. And like nearly all socially engaged art today, the display is anxiously preoccupied with the new definitions, social responsibilities, and real-world impact of art beyond the confines of the art world.
The product of visits to many of the borough's reported 4,600 studios, "Crossing Brooklyn" varies wildly in form, execution, and quality. The number of clunkers on view is shocking at first — until you consider the amount of reflection that goes into reinventing art's wheel, one struggling artist at a time. For every hermetic John Cage–inspired performance (Gordon Hall) and instance of someone bundling up twigs to make a photo-diary (Matthew Jensen), you'll see an equal number of cases of winning innovation and downright usefulness. Among the latter are the greenmarket, vegetable gardens, and bicycle-generated "Energy Hub Station" that Linda Goode Bryant and the Project Eats collective have parked right outside the museum. Among the former, there's Miguel Luciano's videotaped record of his work with a rural community in Kenya. A flat-screen representation of the artist making self-portraits-as-kites with children, the work is not just Million Dollar Arm–moving, it actively demonstrates how art, like sports and learning, can open up unfathomed possibilities in people's lives.
Other works in this vein coalesce around a couple of tropes that have emerged jointly with the rise of social practice. The first is the alternative-economy ideal, which in "Crossing Brooklyn" takes on several manifestations. The most activist of these is Heather Hart's "Bartertown," a temporary marketplace established to get perfect strangers to trade everything — goods, services, songs, experiences — except currency. The second features an increasingly popular think-by-walking artist's motif (by my count, six show participants pick up on this peripatetic notion). Its most eloquent exponent is the adventurous Marie Lorenz, whose elegant multiscreen-and-balsawood installation, Archipelago, shows her traveling NYC's mysterious waterways to update Diogenes' dictum, solvitur ambulando: It is solved by boating.
Whatever you think of their heart-on-their-sleeve work, these artists deserve credit for doing something so huge it's almost foolhardy — pitting art's symbolic and activist power against the laissez-faire effects of raw finance. Skeptics may consider the struggle against Goliath's instrumental values a mismatch, but it's hard not to root for the Davids' long-term odds. Battle lines are drawn: See this show and decide which side you're on.
This article from the Village Voice Archive was posted on October 29, 2014
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