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Former Flynn Counsel Finds 6,800 New Pages of Evidence Not Turned Over
Senior Executive Services Protect Their Own
This chart from How Eric Holder's Corporate Law Firm Is Turning Into a 'Shadow Justice Department'
Former Flynn Counsel Finds 6,800 New Pages of Evidence Not Turned Over – Judge Sullivan is Not Amused
Read the thread
Lou Dobbs With Sidney Powell: The Deeps State And The Future of General Flynn
Don't forget that Christopher Steele worked for Richard Dearlove in a FAILED attempt to OVERTHROW the President of the United States. General Michael Flynn was getting in the way of the Privy Council plans. The truth is the truth, folks. Take your redpill now..or later. It's not going away and too many of us around the globe are WOKE.
Trump Says 'COVID Reparations' Coming: US Will Bill China At Least $160 Billion
The House of Representatives has identified itself as a non-essential service
Kentucky Representative Thomas Massie Touches the Third Rail – Reveals DC's Biggest Secret
Trump Orders Meat Processing Plants to Stay Open as 'Critical Infrastructure'
U. K. Government Reveals There Is No Clean-Break Brexit Planning
.Hillary Clinton: Coronavirus 'Would Be a Terrible Crisis to Waste'; Need 'Universal Health Care'
Tara Reade blasts Hillary Clinton after Biden endorsement: She's 'enabling a sexual predator'
Secretary Mnuchin: Paycheck Protection Program Benefiting 60 Million Workers
History repeats itself. Jews being rounded up by Nazis? Weren't those Holocaust Museums scattered across America supposed to be reminders that we shouldn't be doing tyrannical stuff like this? Public school children received their obligatory trip to the local museum…What was the purpose, if not to remind us that this is not acceptable action from our government and people in power?
Both Strzok and Page are operatives for the Senior Executive Services.
NEW Strzok/Page Docs Show MULTIPLE Versions of Leaked Anti-Trump Dossier!
RFK Jr. Asks if Dr. Shiva Owning a Vaccine Company & Partnering with Microsoft is Why He's Splintering the Movement
"Shiva never mentions the fact that he is a vaccine maker. Shiva owns a pharmaceutical company, Cytosolve, that partners with vaccine and drugmakers to accelerate FDA approvals for vaccines and other pharmaceutical drugs. His principal business partner is Pfizer, the world's #4 vaccine maker. Are Shiva's attacks on our Movement calculated pandering, to court affection from Pfizer and the HHS regulators––upon whose favor his financial success relies––and to win their blessings by discrediting a Movement that questions vaccine products?
Shiva, Partner to Microsoft
Shiva's Echomail partner was Bill Gates' Microsoft. Even today, Shiva lists Microsoft as his partner on his EchoMail homepage. Gates, the world's most prominent and vocal advocate for universal mandatory vaccination is also a proponent for tagging human beings with injected technologies for tracking vaccine records. Both Microsoft and Gates are leading industry efforts to develop a subdermal biometric chip system. Shiva's success at dividing our movement and undermining and discrediting our leadership might ingratiate him with these business partners."
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— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 30, 2020
McConnell: Next COVID-19 Relief Bill 'Won't Pass the Senate' Without Liability Protection
Why Illinois Is Broke: 109,881 Public Employees With $100,000+ Paychecks Cost Taxpayers $14B
Michelle Obama Hosted Former Terrorist Bill Ayers
"Technological Resurrection" and the Future of Being
Anti-lockdown protesters are pictured outside the Colorado Capital Building in Denver on Sunday. The Rebel Alliance in force.
Anglers & Conservationists Unite For Fishing Responsibly
University Of Delaware Refuses To Provide Agreement Detailing Why It Can't Release Biden's Records
The conspiracy to suppress the feminine divine began long ago. We are living the RESULTS of a world that has suppressed and distorted the feminine energy for over 2,000 years. This is not the 'fake female' that you see with trannies, huskies, and feminazis. This is the beautiful, creative, loving energy of the Creatrix in harmony and balance with the Creator. It began…long ago…with a woman named Mary Magdalene.
Mary Magdalene: Hidden Illumined One
'MAGA May Day' Freedom Rallies Planned Across America to Protest Lockdowns
Italian Car Sales Plunged 98% In April
Coup and Coronavirus
Y'all remember that video a few Cat Reports ago where the commentators claimed that they had an insider who saw arrest warrants for these folks listed below? Recall how John Solomon, the Queen's propagandist in America, said indictments were coming (last week)? Wonder how many of these SES clowns uses Covington Law as their safe space to retreat from the truth that they conspired with the BRITISH GOVERNMENT to OVERTHROW Donald J. Trump.
Ask yourself why other media channels are not reporting the British connection to the coup and coronavirus. We have provided ample evidence and documentation and yet NO ONE else, traditional, mainstream or alternative, is reporting these INCONVENIENT TRUTHS.
Today's Rebel Alliance Salute goes to Carlos Gavidia
AIM Patriot John sends us the video below with this note:
The owner is Carlos Gavidia. He had put a Trump flag on his dock and the people across the canal from his house complained to the club.
Apparently they have a rule that you can't hang political signs on your property. Admirals told him that he had to take the flag down.
The guy got pissed and sent his boat to get a detailed vinyl wrapped and officially named the boat Trump. This is a video of him bringing the boat home after getting it vinyl wrapped.
Raw audio file for sharing: https://videos.files.wordpress.com/7m0hzTxm/video-2020-04-19-10-58-49_hd.mp4
Some of the newcomers to the site didn't understand the meme…so here is the background context: Trump Sexual Assault Accuser: Most People Think of Rape as 'Sexy'
We have processed enough of this book so we can cite it as a reference.
This focuses on Henry Luce III.
Anne Pimlott Baker. (2003). The Pilgrims of the United States, focused on Member and President Henry Luce III, proprietor of Time, Life, Fortune and Sports Illustrated, 194 pgs. Profile Books.
https://www.fbcoverup.com/docs/library/2003-The-Pilgrims-of-the-United-States-Henry-Luce-III-refs-by-Anne-Pimlott-Baker-194-pgs-Profile-Books-2003-comp.pdf
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Post 8:55 Clock Hands Clockwork Handiwork	 on April 29, 2020 at 12:08 pm
Warren Wilhelm Jr. (aka Bill de blah blah blah blah blah Blasio) has called in "the scoops":
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8267719/Mayor-Bill-Blasio-instructs-police-ARREST-mourners-funerals-large-gatherings.html#v-7436981496316837966
WAYMOrgue COVID-19(tm) Robo-Toe-tagger	 on April 29, 2020 at 4:21 pm
New York is a SmartCity, so, luckily, the scoops with be soon be self-driving and self-fulfilling:
https://waymo.com/
Who remembers the venerable, but cryptic, Phil Venables?
https://techcrunch.com/2018/10/02/nyc-wants-to-build-a-cyber-army/
https://sosa.co/
https://www.jvpvc.com/
https://www.pophistorydig.com/topics/soylent-green-1973/
Two years until: "It's the year 2022…"
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fauxscienceslayer	 on April 29, 2020 at 12:31 pm
How does one stop +20,000 MAGA rallies, twice a week, from here to Nov 2020….WuFlu
How does one end Bean Brain Bernie campaign and have a virtual DNC coronation for creepy Biden….WuFlu
Most Patriots ignored the 2016 DNC coronation, but Melissa Dykes of TruthStreamMedia(.)com covered it, here's her hilarious flashback….
"Bullshittery of the DNC"
https://youtu.be/MHD_bj5fXO0
ezduzit63	 on April 29, 2020 at 1:46 pm
Great Report All..keep up the GREAT work!
Declassified UK: Exclusive: Before coronavirus, UK government promoted 'business opportunities' in China's wet markets https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-04-04-exclusive-before-coronavirus-uk-government-promoted-business-opportunities-in-chinas-wet-markets/
Ron Spence	 on April 29, 2020 at 1:48 pm
I'm getting a sense of a bigger picture from General Flynn's case and how you've posted today. This is how these SES, Pilgrim Society, and these other secret societies keep control over everyone of their members, by doing exactly what they are doing to the General or worse. If you don't play ball their way, They ruin your life, career, family. Whatever it takes as well as use them for an example to the others members. They in concert drive the narrative, govern they way they see fit and defy the POTUS at every juncture as well as only supplying him with a narrative of their choosing. Like Fauci, Wuflu, on and on. Why can't he see through this?
And how many of the despots are there, Judges? Politicians, Corporate CEO's, Bankers, Lawfirms. The Swamp truly is that deep?
Our Spirit	 on April 29, 2020 at 2:02 pm
Bring Ron a big piece of cheesecake! The Brits always controlled the General Flynn take down operation. Can we say RICHARD DEARLOVE?
FBI Targeting "Anti-Vaxxers" for Causing COVID Pandemic Allegedly Backed by Russia
https://healthimpactnews.com/2020/fbi-targeting-anti-vaxxers-for-causing-covid-pandemic-allegedly-backed-by-russia/
Now we see SES Control over the FBI
ANTI-VACCINE POSTS ON FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM AND TWITTER COULD BE BANNED UNDER NEW UK LAWS
https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/anti-vax-facebook-twitter-instagram-vaccines-measles-mmr-a8841666.html
Wi-Fi is getting its biggest upgrade in 20 years
6GHz Wi-Fi is coming soon
https://www.theverge.com/2020/4/23/21231623/6ghz-wifi-6e-explained-speed-availability-fcc-approval
Luke	 on April 29, 2020 at 2:27 pm
'We know we haven't infected enough of the population with this virus'
Donner Kinnair Chief Executive, Royal College of Nursing.
Saheike1	 on April 29, 2020 at 3:30 pm
Didn´t already Edward Snowden name Covington and Burlin in other form when he fleed to Russia ? Where I´ve heard this name before ?
May the 4th	 on April 29, 2020 at 4:43 pm
I may no longer be able to post on AIM4Truth.org due to stipulations of a new contractual commitment I have entered:
scirel	 on April 29, 2020 at 6:22 pm
Series of 3 interviews of Jim Willie.
First of 3:
Al	 on May 1, 2020 at 6:03 pm
I was disappointed to hear about Dr Shiva so I did some research.I found he made a video explaining all the allegations against him. He said he is even planning to sue Kennedy and trolls over the false allegations. See video: https://youtu.be/6hKSu_d7KIs
Please explain. I am confused.
Our Spirit	 on May 1, 2020 at 6:22 pm
We did explain and offered evidence of his fraud.
tlsmith	 on April 29, 2020 at 7:35 pm
Wow, wow, wow. Dr. Ali butt-naked. My spidey-sense went off immediately when I first saw him in a video. …But never saw this one coming. OMG.. A Vaccine Maker !! (among all his many acclaimed talents). A bad crisis actor imo. No Oscar nomination for him. Booo. Tar-@nd-feathers too good for him.
We were watching him early on and saw red flags, but when all of the corrupt alternative media started pushing his videos lately, we knew something was not quite right. We will be showing you over the next few days that Shiva is a George Soros guy and Robert Kennedy is a vaccine proponent.
janmarsh	 on April 29, 2020 at 10:10 pm
Mandatory Covid Vaccination for Brits.
UK Control of Disease Act 1984 has just been amended.
Look what just quietly happened to we Brits. on 27th. April:
https://youtu.be/HzJpRvSUbl4
Our Spirit	 on April 29, 2020 at 10:48 pm
Excellent update.
christopherearlstrunk	 on April 29, 2020 at 11:26 pm
"EX-RUSSIAN INTEL OFFICER: Depopulation agenda is real" on YouTube: https://youtu.be/t2vqjBtnltI The featured Russian Epidemiologist insists that there is a historical memory that is organized with a cultural responsibility to safeguard 11 time zones .
ezduzit63	 on April 29, 2020 at 11:50 pm
https://www.voltairenet.org/article162545.html
They gathered at the home of Sir Paul Nurse, a British Nobel prize biochemist and president of the private Rockefeller University, in Manhattan on May 5. The informal afternoon session was so discreet that some of the billionaires' aides were told they were at "security briefings".
https://www.globalresearch.ca/billionaire-club-in-bid-to-curb-overpopulation/13736
ezduzit63	 on April 30, 2020 at 2:24 am
WHO puts global networks on alert over rare illness in children
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/puts-global-networks-alert-over-175425216.html
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How Farfetch and Uswitch use data and automation to reach customers at the most relevant moment
The crux of good advertising, when you boil it right down, is about reaching customers with the right message at the right moment in time.
Of course, actually doing this is a lot easier said than done. However, in our ever-more-online world, we have more insight into where our customers are in their journey, how they are engaging with our brand, and when they might be in the market for a particular product or service. The challenge for marketers, therefore, lies in better understanding customers and using this information to reach them with the most relevant messaging.
Two brands that have been doing this with great success are Farfetch, the ecommerce platform for luxury goods, and comparison brand Uswitch. In the second season of 'Marketing that Matters', a podcast from Econsultancy and Marketing Week sponsored by Google, both brands spoke about how they have used customer data and automation to reach audiences at the right moment and engage them with the brand.
Marketing That Matters: How leading brands reimagined digital strategy in the midst of turbulence
Adapting to evolving customer trends
Many sectors saw drastic shifts in customer behaviour brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic and its associated trends, such as home working and the digitalisation of many aspects of day-to-day life.
Sometimes, it has been relatively straightforward to determine how these will affect purchasing habits, but more often than not, marketers have needed reliable real-time sources of customer data to understand what these trends mean for their brand and how they can position themselves to take advantage.
Adam Cartlidge, Senior Director of Customer Acquisition at Farfetch, explained in the third episode of Marketing That Matters how his team used search data to determine how pandemic trends were affecting how customers interacted with luxury goods. Luxury retail was drastically impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic and the closure of bricks and mortar stores and boutiques; however, the demand for luxury goods was very much still present, just manifesting itself in different ways. As Cartlidge told Russell Parsons, Editor-in-Chief of Marketing Week and the host of Marketing That Matters:
"If we focus a little bit more on the search data side, it's not just about the obvious trends. … Consumers were still interested in purchasing luxury items for themselves and others. From a business sense, we've all been living on video calls for the last 13 months, potentially more. And there's a great focus people have on homeware – making renovations and improvements to our video call backdrops.
"You've then got a demand in shirts, blouses, caps, eyewear – essentially, anything above the waist that's in view. We could see how people were reacting there."
Cartlidge illustrated how data from search allowed Farfetch to keep abreast of these overarching trends, as well as other, briefer (but no less commercially viable) surges in demand and adapt the products it stocked and marketed accordingly.
"It's not just about the data that's building to prominence – it's the surge, or the bursting trends in buying behaviour. Last year was a great example with Air Jordans: when the 'Last Dance' biography about Michael Jordan ran on Netflix, from the moment the first programme went live, the surge globally was like a wave – but because we saw the data coming, we were able to react very, very quickly not only [in] how we merchandised the prominence [of these products] and the investment, but also to talk to our global boutique partners about the trends that we were seeing, to help potentially influence the stock that they were picking and putting on the platform."
Using customer data to match the audience to the message
Customer data can also be used in a much more granular way to zero in on the audiences who will be most receptive to a particular product or service. Gareth Jones, CMO at Farfetch, explained how the luxury retailer has been able to apply customer data to traditionally "mass media" advertising channels, thus targeting the most receptive customers with their message.
"We are taking a different approach to how we use some of those traditional broad brand channels – and we are plugging more data understanding into that," he said. "So, what I mean by that is that rather than buying TV traditionally, we've over-invested in programmatic TV; we've tested, for the first time, OTT, for instance in China. We've therefore been able to drop our 30-second Farfetch TV 'spot' into households that we are confident are high net worth and have a propensity for luxury fashion purchases.
"So, we've sort of used data as a 'glue' that dovetails all of our marketing activity across the funnel, and importantly, links it all together."
Matching the audience to the most relevant message has also been a key tactic for comparison brand Uswitch, which needs to determine when customers are likely to be in the market to switch provider for utilities like gas, electricity or broadband. In the seventh episode of Marketing That Matters, Louise Saul, Online Marketing Analyst at Uswitch, described how the brand's switch from an internal bidding tool to Google's automated bidding technology opened up more possibilities in terms of how precisely the brand can target customer demographics.
"One thing that Google bidding technology has over external providers is that Google can make use of a lot more data and signals … For example, Google will be taking into account a person's audience and demographic factors, and that's something that other tools just aren't able to do."
Ethan Radtke, Head of Marketing at Uswitch, then elaborated on how the brand is using automation to test a wider variety of creative across different channels and audiences and determine the most relevant moment to serve them a particular message.
"We're spending a lot of focused energy and effort now making sure we're matching the right audience with the right message, and putting the right investment behind both of those," he told Russell Parsons. "What that means in reality is creating a large amount of different creative; testing that at scale across different audience segments; and using effective data and tooling to make sure we're making the best decisions for which message to serve which consumer at which point in their journey.
"So, really, [automation has] expanded our capabilities across not only how much we invest in certain channels or certain campaigns, but also in being most effective in delivering the right message to the consumer as well."
A channel-agnostic approach to marketing
Taking this approach one step further, Uswitch has begun moving away from a more siloed, channel-dependent marketing strategy – in which different channels would be operating relatively independently of one another to reach consumers – towards a joined up, 'customer-focused' approach in which the emphasis is simply on reaching the customer with the right message, regardless of channel.
"At the end of the day, we don't really care which channel we reach a consumer on as long as we can deliver the right message in a cost-effective manner," said Radtke. "And that drives the end result for a consumer, which is helping them make an improved decision for their home services needs."
He explained how Uswitch has been trialling this approach with 'known customers', using the signals it has about customers who might be in the market to switch provider to reach them on whichever channel they are interacting with at the time.
"We've started down that journey primarily with what we call 'known customers' – so, people who have an existing relationship with Uswitch through either a previous switching activity or through coming to the website and not switching the first time, but entering their email to receive more information or downloading the Uswitch app and creating an account.
"We're ensuring that we're reaching consumers most effectively regardless of the channel – whether it be display, social, PPC, video, et cetera … We've found real benefit in that approach on those new audiences as a starting point – to the tune of between 20 and 40% lifts on retention and engagement."
Reaching the right audiences with the right message at the right moment is a win/win for both brand and customer: the customer is likely to feel more positive towards a brand that can demonstrate some knowledge of who they are and craft a message that is relevant to them, while the brand benefits from increased return on investment, more engagement from customers, and even a greater lifetime value.
Farfetch's Adam Cartlidge echoed this when he described how the brand approaches growth: not viewing it as a binary question of customer acquisition or retention, but of overall demand generation, with all marketing channels working in concert to nudge the customer towards a purchase – or repeat purchase.
"One of the biggest items we focus on is that sense of incrementality – and it's all of the channels working together collectively, rather than breaking down the isolation of one channel independently. My role is a prime example – my title might be Customer Acquisition, but my role is more demand generation. It's not just about the acquisition of the consumer; it's how we grow the lifetime value within that consumer, and understand what they're looking for."
Marketing That Matters: How automation helps Uswitch succeed amid 'cut-throat' competition

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The first part of the mission will be lengthy depending if you're aiming for both optional objectives. First, go into the jungle and go in UNARMED. Do not equip any sharp objects for this entire mission! As soon as you enter the jungle, activate Eagle Vision and survey the area below to ID the guardians hIding in the bushes.
In order to incapacitate these guys, Edward needs to approach them from behind and choke them out with his bare hand in order for the objective to count. Unfortunately, trying to stay out of sight from these guys will be difficult since they can spot you instantly once you are in the open.
INCAPACITATE ALL GUARDS WHILE UNARMED/INCAPACITATE GUARDIANS FROM STALKING ZONES: To incapacitate these guys without incurring their wrath, equip the blowdart and use Sleeping Darts on each one. The strategy here is to knock them out and then incapacitate them as soon as they wake up. The first jungle area has FIVE guardians in hiding.
Use a Sleeping Dart on the first guardian on the right side of the jungle while staying in cover. Once he's knocked out, quickly move towards his knocked out body and patiently WAIT for him to wake up. After the effect wears off, the guardian will stand up so quickly approach and incapacitate him! Choke him out when he stands up (NOT before) or else Edward will knock him out and it won't count towards the objective! Remember, Edward must choke them out one-by-one with his bare hands! If he kicks them, then you did it incorrectly!
There are three more guardians in the bushes, so locate them with Eagle Vision and then use the Sleeping Dart strategy on them to incapacitate them. When the area is clear, move on to the next jungle area and activate Eagle Vision to find some more guardians hiding in the bushes.
Use the Sleeping Dart strategy on one more guardian to fulfill the optional objective. Once five guardians have been incapacitated, Edward is free to use any other non-lethal strategy necessary to eliminate the guardians.
You can approach the guardians with fist fighting, air assassinations (bare hands only), or use more Sleeping Darts and then kick them while they're asleep (but don't kill them). Clear out the remaining areas of the jungle with your bare hands until you reach the Observatory area. Eliminate the guardians at the Observatory and Roberts will step in and do the rest. From there, pick up his treasure chest and follow him inside.
Once you get kicked into the water, it's time to climb back out. Make your way up the blocks until you get back to where you just were. Now, if you are looking at the astrolabe-looking Observatory, go to your right to find a ledge to keep climbing up.
This will take you up to an opening in the ceiling. Once out here, you will slide down a long, steep path right back down to the beach. Crawl forward until you can't go on.
Make you way towards Roberts at the beachside to complete the mission.


Whether that comes to fruition, though, is debatable. General manager Dave Gettleman wasn't in Charlotte for any of Peppers' eight seasons, and he won't let emotions get in the way of this decision. Peppers did have 7.5 sacks for Green Bay in 2016 – a number that would have ranked second on Carolina's team to Mario Addison – and would have value as a situational pass rusher at the least. And Gettleman has signed pass rushers at the tail end of their career before (see Allen, Jared).
I doubt Smith will participate in any sort of major ceremony with the Panthers while Gettleman remains the GM. The parting in 2014 was just too hurtful from Smith's point of view.
3. Silver Anniversary Celebration: While the Panthers have installed only one of their former players in the Hall of Honor at the moment, there will be a push to induct several more former players by or before the 2019 season – which will be Carolina's 25th in the NFL. That season will be one in which the Panthers celebrate their past in a variety of ways.
The Panthers plan to keep in place the "You Must Be Retired For At Least Five Years" rule to make their Hall, however. By 2019, that means that players such as Jake Delhomme and John Kasay would be eligible – Delhomme, in fact, is eligible now – but recently retired players such as Smith would not be.


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Former Senator Herb Kohl Endorses Rebecca Dallet for Wisconsin Supreme Court
"'m grateful to Senator Herb Kohl for endorsing my candidacy for Wisconsin's Supreme Court."
By Rebecca Dallet	- Mar 7th, 2018 09:01 am
MILWAUKEE — Today, former Wisconsin Senator Herb Kohl announced his endorsement of Rebecca Dallet for Wisconsin's Supreme Court.
"I am proud to endorse Judge Rebecca Dallet for Wisconsin's Supreme Court," said Senator Herb Kohl. "Wisconsin is a state that deeply values independence and equality and I know Judge Dallet shares those values. Judge Rebecca Dallet's experience as a prosecutor and judge will serve Wisconsin well."
Judge Rebecca Dallet thanked Senator Kohl, "I'm grateful to Senator Herb Kohl for endorsing my candidacy for Wisconsin's Supreme Court. Through his years of service in both public and private sectors, Senator Kohl is a shining example of why Wisconsin is great."
Elected in 2008 and re-elected in 2014, Judge Rebecca Dallet currently serves on the Milwaukee County Circuit Court. She has spent the past 23 years working in Wisconsin courtrooms – first as a prosecutor and now as judge presiding over more than 10,000 cases and more than 230 jury trials in a wide range of areas from domestic violence and misdemeanor court, to homicide and drug court, and civil and small claims court. Judge Dallet is running to protect our Wisconsin values during a time when our most basic rights are under attack. She lives in Whitefish Bay with her husband, Brad, and their three teenage daughters.
Dallet for Justice
People: Brad Dallet, Herb Kohl, Rebecca F. Dallet
Government: Milwaukee County Circuit Court
Recent Press Releases by Rebecca Dallet
Giffords Endorses Rebecca Dallet for Wisconsin Supreme Court Against Gun Lobby Backed Candidate
Mar 30th, 2018 by Rebecca Dallet
"Congresswoman Gabby Giffords and Captain Mark Kelly are American heroes who have served our country with distinction and honor, and I'm humbled to have their endorsement."
Vice President Joe Biden Endorses Judge Rebecca Dallet for Wisconsin Supreme Court
"I have always admired the Vice President's work on behalf of women and victims of sexual assault."
Senator Cory Booker Endorses Rebecca Dallet for Wisconsin Supreme Court
"I'm so honored that Senator Cory Booker has joined our fight to bring independence and fairness back to Wisconsin's Supreme Court."


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In 2011, SecureWorks was acquired by Dell, Inc. NMP was one of SecureWorks first institutional investors in 2000. At the time of its acquisition, SecureWorks employed approximately 600 people globally and had revenue exceeding $120 million annually.
SecureWorks won the "Best Managed Security Service" award for 2006-2011 from the security professional's publication SC Magazine.


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Tokyo Pop is a love story with musical elements. The film follows an American woman and a man from Tokyo who are in a pop band that enjoys brief success. The two main characters fall in love and experience the difference in each other's cultures.
| 1988 | | 6.6/10
Carrie Hamilton, Diamond Yukai, Taiji Tonoyama, Tetsurô Tanba
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A Read of The Dark Tower
A Read of The Dark Tower: Constant Reader Tackles The Gunslinger, Chapter 5: "The Gunslinger and the Man in Black," Sections 1-4
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The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed.
Welcome to A Read of the Dark Tower series. Join me each week as I, Constant Reader, tackle the magnum opus of Stephen King's career for the first time. If you want to discuss in general terms or talk about these first sections, join me by commenting here. If you want to talk spoilers, please head over to the Tor.com forums for the spoiler discussion for the spoiler discussion so my Dark Tower-virgin ears won't hear anything before I read it.
When we last saw Roland, he had just let Jake drop to his death into the gorge and had joined the Man in Black for a "palaver." In today's entry, I'll cover the first four sections of "The Gunslinger and the Man in Black," the last chapter of The Gunslinger.
The Gunslinger and the Man in Black: Section I
The Man in Black leads Roland into the "place of counsel," a golgotha or "place of the skull." There's something "indefinable" that lets Roland know the sea might be nearby. "I am in the West, Cuthbert," he thinks. "If this is not Mid-World, it's close by."
Roland silently gathers wood "like a common cook's boy" and brings it back to the Man in Black, who then ridicules him by telling him how methodical and "exceptional" and "resourceful" he is. Roland responds by dumping the big pile of wood at the Man's feet hard enough to stir up dust. (Yeah, THAT will scare him, Ro. Good move.) Roland watches as the Man in Black uses the wood to create an ideogram of a "complex double chimney" two feet tall, then lights the fire with the sign of the University of Texas Hook 'em Horns… er, I mean the sign of the evil eye. "I have matches, but I thought you might enjoy the magic," the Man tells Roland. Then he pulls a rabbit out of his robe already gutted and ready for cooking. A trick we also heard about him using back at the desert dweller's cabin. Roland is silent through all of this; he even spits the rabbit and roasts it.
Roland is hungry as he smells the rabbit cooking, but when it's done he hands it all to the Man in Black and reaches into his own knapsack for his last bit of jerky, which was "salty, painful to his mouth, and tasted like tears." The Man in Black points out that it was a useless gesture, but Roland admits he fears enchanted meat. (Don't we all?)
We — and Roland — finally get a look at the Man in Black. He's square-jawed and handsome, with shaggy black hair, full and sensual lips, and dark, brilliant eyes. Roland studies him for a time before saying "I expected an older man." To this, the Man in Black points out that he is nearly immortal, as is Roland — for now at least.
What Constant Reader Learns: Well, of course, the palaver spot has to be a golgotha. "Golgotha," an Aramaic word, was the hill outside Jerusalem where crucifixions were held, and where Jesus was crucified. And just in case that religious reference doesn't do it for you, the Man in Black sends Roland shuffling off to gather wood to build a fire for a meal "to remember your Isaac." Roland doesn't get the reference to Abraham's almost-sacrifice of his son Isaac yet, earlier, he made reference to "Man Jesus," so what part of Judeo-Christian history and belief systems have survived in this world-run-off-the-tracks isn't clear.
Roland's in a bit of a childish sulk through most of this section. He pouts as he picks up wood, refuses to talk, doesn't want the Man in Black's food.
Back at the Way Station, I think, Roland was talking to Jake about the Man in Black, and he speculated that MiB might be Marten or Marten's twin. Whatever happened with Marten (we don't know it yet) would have been quite a bit in the past, so that could be why Roland expects the MiB to be older. "I could have taken a face with which you would have been more familiar, but I elected to show you the one I was — ah — born with," the MiB says. And isn't that "ah" interesting? Was the Man in Black, in fact, born? Or was he always? Although he says he's "almost" immortal, which implies he can die or at least cease to exist.
One other odd references:
The MiB tells Roland to watch the sunset. "You won't see another sunrise for what may seem a very long time." Well, that doesn't sound promising.
The Gunslinger and the Man in Black: Section II
The Man in Black brings out a huge deck of cards and begins shuffling them. He tells Roland they are Tarot cards, of a sort — a mixture of standard Tarot with "a selection of my own development."
The Man in Black says he'll tell Roland's future. The first card is the Hanged Man, which MiB says signifies strength as Roland plods "ever onward toward your goal over the pits of Na'ar. You've already dropped one co-traveler into that pit." (Bye, Jake.)
The second card is the Sailor. "He drowns, gunslinger, and no one throws out the line. The boy Jake." Roland winces and doesn't respond.
The third card is a baboon sitting on the shoulders of a young man, holding a whip. "The Prisoner," the Man in Black says, but doesn't explain what it means.
The fourth card is a woman at a spinning wheel, a shawl over her head. She seems to be both smiling and sobbing. "The Lady of the Shadows," says the Man in Black. She is two-faced, he tells him. And "she broke the blue plate." To which Roland and I both ask, "What do you mean?" The Man in Black responds, "I don't know." And Roland thinks he's telling the truth.
The fifth card is Death. "Yet not for you," the man says.
The sixth card sends horror and joy across Roland: The Tower. The Man in Black places the Tower card atop the Hanged Man. "What does that mean?" Roland asks twice, and the MiB doesn't answer. Finally, Roland says, "Then be damned to you. What's the seventh card?"
The seventh and final card is a sun rising in a blue sky, with cupids sporting around it and, beneath it, a field of red. The gunslinger can't tell if the red is roses or blood. The seventh card is Life, the MiB says. "But not for you." When Roland asks where in the placement of cards this one goes, the MiB says, "That is not for you to know now or for me to know." Ah, so who's pulling the strings here?
He tells Roland to "sleep, perchance to dream and that sort of thing," but Roland charges at him instead, thinking to kill him. The "Man in Black, smiling, swelled in his vision and then retreated down a long and echoing corridor." And Roland dreamed. Oh boy.
What Constant Reader Learns: The Man in Black says he hasn't used the cards to see the future since the days when Gilead stood but, even then, he suspects he hasn't read a tale such as Roland's. "You are the world's last adventurer. The last crusader… Yet you have no idea how close you stand to the Tower now, as you resume your quest. Worlds turn about your head." Uh-oh. Why do I think we're going to see some of those worlds?
I kind of know how the Lady in the Shadows feels, with the simultaneous smiling and sobbing.
The cards. Well, I don't know how to read the cards. I do think it's interesting that the Man in Black throws out the odd sentence about the blue plate yet doesn't himself seem to know what it means. So something or someone — the Red King? The Tower? — is channeling information through the Man in Black? Later, after turning over the seventh and final card, the MiB says, "I'm not the great one you seek, Roland. I am merely his emissary."
I'm kind of dreading this dream Roland's just fallen into.
The Gunslinger and the Man in Black: Section III
In his dream/vision, Roland is drifting in the void until the godlike Man in Black creates the world in a bizarre mimickry of the opening verses of the Book of Genesis. We zip through history as some dinosaurs ramble around before man is created.
Next, Roland has the sensation of being in space and seeing the Earth from high above — the world's atmosphere held the planet in a "placental sac." An echoing, booming voice proclaims, "Let there be light." And the sun shrinks as Roland flies into deep space, beyond our solar system, to see the planets lined up, though they aren't named: Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto (back when Pluto was officially still a planet), then "one lonely ball of ice and rock… and, beyond this, darkness."
Roland and I beg for it to stop — "no more," we plead. But the Man in Black once again says "light," and he moves Roland outside the universe.
Roland is seriously freaked by now (whatever for?), "terrified of an ultimate meaning rushing at him." Yet when the Man in Black offers to let him turn back, he says, "never."
The Man in Black utters a final, "Then let there be light," and Roland loses consciousness. But before he does, he sees "something he believed to be of cosmic importance. He clutched it with agonized effort and then went deep, seeking refuge in himself before that light should blind his eyes and blast his sanity." In the end, Roland "came back to himself. Even so do the rest of us; even so the best of us."
What Constant Reader Learns: Uh, biblical creation story, much? Roland's in the void. The Man in Black says "let's have a little light," and there was light. The gunslinger thinks "in a detached way" that the light is pretty good. "Now darkness overhead with stars in it. Water down below," MiB says, and it happens. I feel like I'm reading the Stephen King version of The Book of Genesis, with Zombies, one of those mashups so popular these days.
As we're flying through space, reaching the outer edges of our known universe, Roland begs for it to stop, and the Man in Black gives him a choice: "Then renege," he says. "Cast away all thoughts of the Tower. Go your way, gunslinger, and begin the long job of saving your soul." Dante might as well be standing there with a sign that says "Abandon all hope, all ye who enter here." Go back and save your soul, or come on into hell, boys.
Finally, Roland sees "it," whatever it might be. The ultimate truth of life and death, I suppose. I can't help but think of someone earlier in the book (help me out here) who said Roland might be the only one who could go after the Man in Black and have his sanity survive because he isn't a deep thinker. So, in the end, Roland is able to shut down whatever truth he has seen (unlike Alice in Tull, who says "nineteen" and learns a truth that drives her mad) and hold onto his sanity, we presume. Which is almost more than I can say for myself.
The final line in this section, "Even so do the rest of us; even so the best of us" seems worth pondering. I take it to mean we all turn a blind eye and block out the full meaning of our place in the universe else we would go mad?
The Gunslinger and the Man in Black: Section IV
Roland comes to and it's still night — maybe the same night, or maybe not. The Man in Black, to whom Roland once again refers as Walter o' Dim, is smacking over the remains of the rabbit. "You did fairly well," he tells Roland. "I never could have sent that vision to your father. He would have come back drooling."
"You want the Tower," the Man in Black says, to which Roland answers yes. "Well, you shant have it. No one cares in the counsels of the great if you pawn your soul or sell it outright, Roland." He tells Roland he can't survive the Tower. Roland tries to argue, but the Man in Black says, "I made your father and I broke him. I came to your mother as Marten… and took her… I am the furthest minion of he who now rules the Dark Tower and Earth has been given into that king's red hand."
Finally, Roland wants to understand what he saw at the end, before he lost consciousness. The Man in Black asks what he remembers. Roland remembers a blade of grass. A purple blade of grass.
What Constant Reader Learns: Okay, so the Tower is under the control of Lord Sauron… I mean, the Red King, and so is the Man in Black. He's a minion of the Red King, yes? So he's far from the end game Roland thought he might be.
Roland asks him what it was he saw in the light just before passing out — he doesn't understand it — and is surprised to find the Man in Black doesn't know what to call it himself. He does know what it means, however. And next week, perhaps, so shall we as the Man in Black begins to speak.
That's it for this week! Next week—same time, same place—we'll pick up with the remaining five sections of The Gunslinger, and gird our loins (metaphorically speaking) for The Drawing of the Three. But for now I'm off to ponder my place in the universe without going mad, but fear it might be too late.
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The New Trocaderos is an independent American rock 'n' roll/power pop/indie rock/garage rock band formed in November 2013 by New England natives Brad Marino and Geoff Palmer of The Connection, and Kurt Baker of the Kurt Baker Band. The group has released several EPs including The New Trocaderos and Frenzy in the Hips, with John Borack of Goldmine Magazine calling the band "sort of a mini-supergroup" and describing its sound as "a louder version of mid-'70s Dave Edmunds all hopped up on stimulants."  Their first full-length album, Thrills & Chills, was released on August 20, 2015, and a vinyl release and sold out tour of Spain took place in October. Pop that Goes Crunch described the band's music as "timeless rock 'n' roll for the modern world."

History

2013: Founding and first releases
The rock band The New Trocaderos formed in 2013 when musicians Brad Marino and Geoff Palmer of The Connection began collaborating with Kurt Baker to record two rock 'n' roll / powerpop songs written by Los Angeles songwriter and producer Michael Chaney. Initially they recorded two songs for The New Trocaderos (EP), then three more for the Kick Your Ass EP. "Luckiest Man In The World" was recorded in February, 2015 for Frenzy in the Hips, a CD containing all six tracks recorded by the band up to that point.

Released in 2013, the band's debut EP was titled The New Trocaderos. "Money Talks"  features Marino on lead vocal, while "The Kids" features Baker on lead vocal. Both songs feature Geoff Palmer on lead guitar, Baker on rhythm guitar and bass, and Marino on rhythm guitar and drums.  The New Trocaderos was released in Spain as a 45-RPM vinyl single by Ghost Highway Recordings. The Ghost Highway cover art is a reference to the influence The Rolling Stones has had on band members.

Jeffrey Raskin at Pop That Goes Crunch! called the EP "good old-fashioned rock and roll done flawlessly," while PowerPopaholic described it as "a wild collaboration with songwriter/producer Michael Chaney." It was positively received by radio DJ and E Street Band guitarist Steven Van Zandt, who made "The Kids" a Coolest Song in the World (March 5, 2014) on his Little Steven's Underground Garage Sirius XM radio station, and also placed "Money Talks" into heavy rotation. Underground Garage DJs Drew Carey and Bill Kelly put "The Kids" on their lists of Top Ten favorite songs of 2014.

2014: Kick Your Ass and Frenzy in the Hips

In 2014, the band brought in Craig Sala on drums and Kris "Fingers" Rodgers on keyboard.  The New Trocaderos' second EP, a three-song collection of original songs titled Kick Your Ass, was released in October 2014 on the Uncle Mike's RnR label. In March, Kick Your Ass was released on vinyl in Spain by Ghost Highway Recordings as a three-song 45. Reviewer John Borack of Goldmine Magazine gave Kick Your Ass an "A" rating, calling the band "sort of a mini-supergroup" and describing the release as "a louder version of mid-'70s Dave Edmunds all hopped up on stimulants." In December 2014, Lord Rutledge at the FasterandLouder blog named Kick Your Ass his EP of the Year, stating, "there's not one hit here but rather three of them - each one taking inspiration from a different period of rock n' roll...[The New Trocaderos] do their heroes proud by crafting songs good enough to hold up in any era." Van Zandt made the EP's track "Dream Girl" a Coolest Song in the World on January 4, 2015, premiering it on a show dedicated to the Beatles and in which he interviewed Paul McCartney.

The band's EP Frenzy in the Hips was released on February 6, 2015 by Uncle Mike's RnR, and is being distributed by Kool Kat Musik. The EP includes the five tracks from the band's previous releases, plus the new, original song, "Luckiest Man In The World", "another bristling slice of hook-filled rockin' pop rooted deeply in the British Invasion and garage rock sounds of the 1960s." The review blog Powerpop Carolina wrote in a positive review that, "If you're familiar with Rockpile... then this is the record for you." In response to the EP, Something Else Reviews wrote that "The New Trocaderos offer a feisty fusion of garage punk, power pop, and rockabilly that reaches deep into the heart and groin."

2015: Thrills & Chills
The New Trocaderos went into the studio in June 2015 to record new original material, including "What The Hell Did I Do," "I'm So Bad, "Love And Hate" and "Crazy Little Fool." Fifteen songs were recorded. Twelve are on Thrills & Chills  while three were held back for a future EP. The three original members of the band plus more recent members Kris "Fingers" Rodgers and Rick "Stix" Orcutt took part, as did guest vocalists Kim Shattuck, Palmyra Delran and Line Cecile Dahlmann. Marino's friend Steve Philp was enlisted to play harmonica and slide guitar. The recording and mixing took place in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Thrills & Chills was released on CD on August 20, 2015, and a vinyl release and supporting tour of Spain took place in October.

The LP met with a uniformly positive reception from critics. It received praise from both Goldmine Magazine and Power Pop News, which described the songs as "an artistic leap forward." Faster and Louder went so far as to call it "a lock for album of the year," while Pop that Goes Crunch proclaimed it "year-end Top 10 stuff" and "timeless rock 'n' roll for the modern world." It was named Album of the Week for August 23, 2015 by the website 50thirdand3rd. Faster and Louder named the album No. 1 on its list of the "Top Ten Albums of 2015" in December. Labor of Love from The Connection was named #3, and Play It Cool from Kurt Baker was named #2, giving "The New England Mafia" a clean sweep of the top three positions. Real Gone described Thrills & Chills as "sharply produced and with choruses designed to stick with the listener in double quick time," Beverly Paterson of Something Else Reviews wrote that "[T]he New Trocaderos are the genuine article...breathing fire and fury into their insanely catchy tunes...pounding garage rock grooves and crafty pop detours."

2015: "Girl Band" - The Dahlmanns
After Line Cecilie Dahlmann guest appeared to sing backup on four songs on Thrills & Chills, the Norwegian pop band The Dahlmanns, her main group, released as a single the Michael Chaney composition "Girl Band". The Dahlmanns previously had performed the Kurt Baker composition "He's A Drag".

"Girl Band" was released through Pop Detective Records and was named "The Coolest Song in the World" by Little Steven's Underground Garage during the week of Thanksgiving, 2015. Faster and Louder named Michael Chaney its Songwriter of the Year in its 2015 Lord Rutledge Awards on December 23, 2015, writing "Chaney's songwriting brings to mind those classic late '60s albums by The Kinks, Rolling Stones, and Beatles - but in a fully original and relevant way."

2016: Tommy and The Rockets - Beer and Fun and Rock 'n' Roll
In April 2016, the album Beer and Fun and Rock 'n' Roll was released by Tommy and The Rockets, a Danish group led by Thomas Stubgaard. Nine of the CD/LP's ten songs were written by Stubgaard and New Trocaderos' songwriter, Michael Chaney. The tenth song was a solo Chaney composition. New Trocaderos Brad Marino, Kris "Fingers" Rodgers, and Geoff Palmer were involved in the project, with multi-instrumentalist Marino on drums, Rodgers on organ and piano, and Palmer engineering part of the album and mixing all of it. The release met with a positive response from rock legend Ed Stasium (producer/engineer The Ramones, The Smithereens, The Talking Heads, Mick Jagger), with reviewer John M. Borack of Goldmine Magazine calling the music "melodic sunshine seamlessly melding The Ramones, The Beach Boys and bubblegum." Richard Rossi of PowerPopNews opined that "[T]he songs are...the essence of the Beach Boys, Rockpile and The Ramones all rolled into one."

Members
Current as of 2015
Brad Marino - rhythm and lead guitar, drums, tambourine, vocals
Geoff Palmer - lead and rhythm guitar, acoustic guitar, vocals
Kurt Baker - bass, lead and rhythm guitar, vocals
Kris "Fingers" Rodgers – keyboards
Rick "Stix" Orcutt – drums

Supporting musicians
Craig "One-Take" Sala – drums on "Kick Your Ass"
Steve Philp - harmonica and slide guitar on Thrills & Chills
Nick Mainella – saxophone on Thrills & Chills
Chris Klaxton - trumpet on Thrills & Chills

Discography

Albums

Extended plays

Singles

References

External links

The New Trocaderos on Bandcamp
The New Trocaderos at Discogs
KurtBaker.com

Articles and interviews

Indie rock musical groups from California
Musical groups established in 2013
2013 establishments in the United States

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Former Wake Forest receiver Greg Dortch, left, was signed by the Carolina Panthers on Wednesday.
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Carolina Panthers sign former Wake Forest receiver Greg Dortch, who had been on N.Y. Jets' practice squad
By Conor O'Neill Winston-Salem Journal
The Carolina Panthers signed former Wake Forest receiver Greg Dortch on Wednesday morning.
Dortch had been on the New York Jets' practice squad since the preseason ended. He signed with the Jets after going undrafted.
Ever-present on social media, Dortch tweeted Wednesday: "Thankful for the opportunity & Glad to be apart (sic) of the @Panthers Organization! Wearing #14 #KeepPounding."
Dortch was added to the 53-man roster for the Panthers, who announced his position as returner. The move comes one day after the Panthers waived Ray-Ray McCloud, who had been the team's punt and kick returner since the start of the season. McCloud fumbled three times in six games.
The Panthers have won four straight games and are off this week. Their next game is at home against the currently unbeaten San Francisco 49ers on Oct. 27.
It's a return home of sorts for Dortch — not only in that he returns to the state where he played college football, but also in that his family moved from Richmond, Va., to Charlotte while Dortch was at Wake Forest.
Dortch left Wake Forest after last season, his redshirt sophomore year. As an undrafted free agent, he signed with the Jets and had eight catches for 49 yards and a touchdown in the preseason.
Last year, Dortch had 89 catches for 1,078 yards and eight touchdowns — despite missing the Birmingham Bowl with a hand injury. He had 25 punt returns for 276 yards and two touchdowns — both of which came against Towson — and had 18 kick returns for 376 yards.
He was named a first-team All-America returner by Sports Illustrated, the Football Writers Association of America and Pro Football Focus last year.
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The Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling are back in the GLOW season 2 trailer. Netflix's comedy series set in the world of 1980s women's wrestling returns later this month, with a whole new season full of body slams and emotional stakes. Watch the high-energy trailer below.
GLOW is one of Netflix's best shows for several reasons: the writing is smart and funny, the cast is great, the premise is enjoyable, and, perhaps best of all, the show never overstays its welcome. Many Netflix originals suffer from bloat – I'm looking at you, Netflix's Marvel shows – but each episode of GLOW runs around thirty minutes, which ultimately works in the show's favor. Each episode breezes by with little to no narrative excess, and the end result is rewarding.
GLOW season 2 arrives on Netflix on June 29, 2018.


Todd Hiett is Oklahoma's first Republican House Speaker in over eighty years, so his party has big plans for the 2005 legislature. But will Republicans in the House and Democrats in the Senate be able to reach agreements on important issues facing Oklahoma? Hiett describes the "Agenda of Principles" he's created to guide legislative activity for the upcoming session, and he responds to Democratic criticism about recent firings of House staffers (4:00).


Paul incorporates an extensive background and experience in Iyengar and Anusara Yoga, Restorative Yoga, Yoga Therapy and personal practice based on refining attention and alignment. His current work blends the above with elite trainer Brad Bartanen's functional training and the Awareness Practice of Zen Buddhist philosophy to morph into his and Jenni's own Evolutionary Yoga style.
Gifted in introducing beginners to Yoga with a light and disciplined approach, he has helped many experienced students and teachers take their practice and skill to the next level. He had several prior professional careers and holds degrees in economics and fitness training.
He has been teaching Yoga programs geared specifically for men for over fifteen years and initially helped create the Back Care program at Rancho La Puerta (where he continues to be a guest presenting teacher), was among the first advanced certified NIA™ teachers, and is an avid student and practitioner of Zen Buddhist meditation.
With his wife and partner Jenni Fox Paul owns NamaStay™ Retreat in Santa Cruz County and NamaStay Adventures, offering workshops and retreats worldwide as well as daily classes, some for men only, some geared to professionals in business and transition in their lives.
Influenced by his own practice and by many teachers, he's especially grateful to the teachings of Zen friend Cheri Huber, John Friend, Brad Bartanen, and partner/wife Jenni Fox.


Babydoll and prom style dresses are two of the many mid-20th centuries shapes that currently undergoes reinvention from decade to decade. Arguably the most arresting reinvention of this style was done in the eighties, as echoed in this Mesh Prom Dress by Glamorous.
Providing a distinctly eighties take on the shape is the choice of fabric and texture, creating a spunky edge to a very girly style – an interplay that characterised much eighties mainstream fashion. The peach tone and empire line echo the classic fifties vibe of the prom dress, while the extreme hemline gives a decidedly modern edge. Perfect for capturing the ethos of eighties street fashion.
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VMware's New Bid To Simplify Desktop Virtualization
VMware Wednesday launched VMware View 5.1, desktop virtualization technology designed to ease storage requirements and management chores; new vCenter management tools speed desktop provisioning.
In a bid to regain lost momentum with end users, VMware Wednesday launched VMware View 5.1, a more sophisticated approach to end-user device virtualization. In the process, it's adding desktop management tools to its vCenter management console, and making the rapid provisioning of hundreds of desktops at a time more of a sure thing.
VMware, the dominant supplier in enterprise server virtualization, has been playing catch-up to Citrix Systems and others in the end-user market. There, multiple device types, multiple display protocols, and multiple definitions of the required end-user experience have led to previously complex approaches from VMware and other vendors.
VMware View 5.1 is meant to simplify and rationalize the growing complexity. For example, it allows virtualization administrators to create and store just a handful of golden user desktop images, while still allowing them to capture personal settings, data, and applications that will individualize the users' workspaces upon restart, said Vittorio Viarengo, VMware VP of end user computing products.
An earlier attempt by virtualization vendors to store every individual desktop as a complete image led to immense, central storage costs. By replicating the parts of the workspace that many users share, such as the Windows operating system, Microsoft Office, and other applications, only a few master copies need to be stored.
[ Want to learn more about how network latency can spoil the best laid plans for desktop virtualization? See Desktop Virtualization Projects: Network Latency Can Kill. ]
VMware has added View 5.1 Storage Accelerator to the product to cache the data most frequently used, such as the operating system and application. This allows user workspaces to be assembled at the speed of memory rather than the slower speed of spinning disk drives, he added.
VMware has as an option in a "tech preview," or not yet a product, called Composer Array Integration, which will leverage the cloning ability of a storage array to assemble and deploy more than one user workspace at a time, allowing hundreds or thousands of users to start the day within a short time period without encountering a wait for a system to heed their calls. Composer Array Integration can be turned on for customers who wish to test drive it but it is not available as technically supported software, said Viarengo in an interview prior to the announcement.
The View Persona Management feature preserves users' personal settings from a physical desktop and can propagate them to all Windows devices. However, Viarengo said the settings are stateless. That is, users can't move from one device to another, start up a new virtual desktop, and expect to find applications holding data in the same state they left them on the other device. So VMware end-user virtualization hasn't quite reached the state where an end user can unplug from the corporate network, travel to another location, plug in with a new device, and retrieve work previously underway at the stage in which it was left.
Migrating "full blown, stateful desktop applications--we don't do that," he noted. Third parties, such as MokaFive and Unidesk, specialize in doing so, he added.
View 5.1 uses a PC-over-IP (PCoIP) protocol to deliver compressed, high-definition video with smooth motion or other rich media for an end-user experience equivalent to a powerful desktop PC, using the enterprise LAN or WAN Ethernet. The rendering has already been done on the server and the network is delivering the pixels that result.
User workspaces can be activated on Windows, Linux, or Mac computers; thin clients; iPhones or Androids; and iPad or Kindle Fire tablets. View's built-in network management recognizes the capacity of the network and nature of the end-point device and adjusts the display accordingly. If the network is constricted, a lower-definition image may be presented until capacity is freed up.
In addition to View 5.1, VMware has an add-on for View to allow vCenter Operations administrators to gain insight into desktop performance, watch for problem areas to develop, and troubleshoot bottlenecks.
VMware Horizon Application Manager, which has been available for six months as software-as-a-service from VMware is now available to work with View 5.1 as an on-premises appliance. VMware Horizon Application Manager is a rules engine, or "entitlement engine" (as VMware calls it), that applies rules and policies that determine what applications and data end-user desktops may access as they are generated. It includes the capabilities of two previous VMware products: ThinApp, which virtualized Windows applications, and the Horizon Application catalog of end user applications.
Viarengo said App Manager works across both on-premises applications and software-as-a-service and can use the federated identify features of Microsoft Active Directory so end users log in once and access all the applications to which they are entitled.
Another product, Project Octopus, is still in beta and will become available in the second quarter. It manages file syncing inside the firewall, under the supervision of IT. It would allow an employee to upload a photo from an iPhone to be shared with other employees across a variety of devices, Viarengo said.
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The Storage Accelerator feature in View 5.1 can provide great read performance improvements, allowing them to operate at memory speeds for any VMs that are locked into memory. The I/O patterns in VDI environments, however, tend to be very write-intensive (outside of a few areas like boot storms). We typically see 70% write/30% reads for steady state usage in VDI environments, and I was at a VMUG presentation yesterday where VMware suggested a steady state write/read mix of 90/10.
I work for a company called Virsto that leverages a log architecture that speeds up all writes all the time for all VMs, using about 12GB of capacity on each host. This software product installs transparently into each ESX/ESXi host and makes the storage you already own generate 10x the IOPS. Virsto supports View and when used in conjunction with the Storage Acceleration feature in 5.1, provides comprehensive speed up across both reads and writes in VDI environments.


Latvia Timber Trade is located in latvia, we are the raw timber, flooring timber, construction timber, timber for farm fencing, supplier, mainly for the north america, eastern europe, africa, mid east, western europe markets.
global timber network is located in cameroon, we are the timber logs, sawn timber, lumber, supplier.
Timber Flooring Ent. is located in malaysia, we are the merbau, teak, kampas, oak, unique timber, solid timber, pre-finished timber floor supplier, mainly for the eastern asia markets.
Timber Trade NZ Limited is a trading company based in New Zealand specializing in sourcing and marketing timber products internationally.
Viet A is located in vietnam, we are the timber products, logs timber, squared timber, sawn timber wholesaler.
QS Timber Marketing Associates Sdn Bhd is located in malaysia, we are the timber, timber products supplier.
Taranto's Timber is located in australia, we are the sawn timber, exotic timber, burls, logs, woodturners and wood carvers wholesaler.
Ukrainian Timber Resources is located in ukraine.
Heritage Timber Exports is located in fiji, we are the mahogany timber wholesaler.
Titan [Timber] Ltd is located in united kingdom, we are the timber, engineered wood products, plywood, flooring, timber products supplier.
TFP International Ltd is located in mauritius, we are the furniture, sawn timber, laminated board, veneered plywood, veneered mdf, pvc film on mdf, plyester film on plywood, furniture fittings, square log, beech timber, oak timber, sapele timber, teak timber, pine timber, timber varnish supplier.
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Did you know every three minutes, a food allergy sends someone to the emergency room.
Food allergy is a growing public health issue that affects children and adults. The most common food allergies are eggs, milk, peanuts, tree nuts, soy, wheat, crustacean shellfish and fish.
"We see more seafood allergy in adults, than in children, because children don't eat so much seafood," said Savannah Allergy Associates Dr. Melvin Haysman.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that food allergy affects nearly 4 percent of adults and teens and 5 percent of children under the age of 6 years.
Many people think the terms food allergy and food intolerance mean the same thing; this assumption is inaccurate. Food intolerance, unlike a food allergy, does not involve the immune system and is not life-threatening.
So What exactly is a food allergy? Dr.Haysman explains.
"An allergy would be if you experience abdominal pain, develop hives, get itchy palms, get flush when you eat a certain food, tightness of your chest or wheezing, if you experience any of those things you might consider you are developing an allergen," said Dr. Haysman.
There are no medications that cure food allergies. Strict avoidance is the only way to prevent a reaction. Dr. Haysman recommends making a commitment to healthy eating. Even switching to organic foods can help lesson symptoms people with allergies often face. Some studies show that organic foods have more beneficial nutrients, such as antioxidants, than their conventionally grown counterparts.
There are no medications that cure food allergies. Strict avoidance is the only way to prevent a reaction. Many people outgrow their food allergies, although peanuts, tree nuts, fish, and shellfish are often considered lifelong allergies.
The post Food Allergy or Intolerance? appeared first on About Time.


I wanted that pattern too. Should have ordered it when I saw it months ago.
That would work - but I had seen a hanger that was an acrylic bar. It attached tothe wall. The afghan would be squeezed between the part that attached to the wall and the bar that went over the top of the afghan was clear.
I think this purse is gorgeous - and any color goes with jeans!!
I think what you are looking for is Wiggly Crochet. Annie's Attic has a pattern for rugs - look in their For the Home section.
Thanks, Happy! I love the shawl - taking it to CT with me on Thursday so I can wear it where it is cooler! The bag is also going with me. I lined it in a striped material and the outside is blue (don't know if the picture shows the color that well). I had a great time with this swap and you are a fun partner. I will keep in touch!
I have gotten two items made from the Kit that HappyOldCro sent me. I had a great time doing them. One kit item she gave me was a pattern and yarn for an afghan. I'm waiting for winter to work on that. But in the meantime, here's what I did: Thanks, HappyOldCro!!
That is really, really pretty and looks great on you! Congrats!!
To All Who Have Made this Wonderful Pattern: I was wondering - how long does this pattern take to make? I would like to make a few for Christmas and am having surgery on my hand. I would like to get them done before I have surgery. Are they quick to make?
Shawl/Wrap Swap - Packages must be in the Mail by October 5th!!!
I have a new puppy too and she likes the yarn. I've taken several little clippings out of her mouth because I dropped them and she found them. Puppies are so cute ..... but such a pain!!


Join us for our final Lent bible study on Monday 15th April at 7pm in Dyke Church hall. Please come along for an evening of fellowship and discussion.
Join Dyke Primary School for their Easter Assembly in Dyke Church at 1.45pm. All welcome.
Join us for our Maundy Thursday service in Dyke Church starting with a light meal of soup and bread at 6.30pm followed by a service at 7pm.
Our Good Friday service is a joint service at Edinkillie Church at 7pm.
Join us as we celebrate that Christ has Risen! Come along to Dyke Church 11am on Easter Sunday for a joyful service! There will be an Easter egg hunt for the children and remember to wear your Easter bonnets! Please note there will be no service at Edinkillie this Sunday.
Our monthly joint service will be celebrating the sacrament of communion at Edinkillie Church at 11am. All welcome.


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Magnum Tonic Wine
7 February 2012 Back to News
Company: J Wray & Nephew (Jamaica) on behalf of Lascelles Ltd
Imported by: Flying Trade Ltd
Breach: Yes
Final Decision: 7 February 2012
"I wish to complain about the above product which is on sale in Tesco branches throughout London, and possibly elsewhere in the UK, where there is a Caribbean population. As a Jamaican I am familiar with this product's association with the dancehall culture in its country of origin. It is sold as a product enhancing sexual attraction and prowess. It is my understanding that in the UK that alcoholic drinks should not be advertised as improving attractiveness or enhancing sexual allure nor to be pitched at a very youthful demographic. The label makes a very direct and crude association with sex. The explicit image has been covered by white sticky labels on the shelves in the UK. It is my contention that this label does not comply with the restriction on advertisements for alcohol not to portray increased attractiveness and sexual allure"
Under Code paragraph 3.2(d)
A drink, its packaging and any promotional material or activity should not in any direct or indirect way suggest any association with sexual activity or sexual success.
Under Code paragraph 3.2(h)
A drink, its packaging and any promotional material or activity should not in any direct or indirect way have a particular appeal to under-18s.
Under Code paragraph 3.2(j)
A drink, its packaging or promotion should not suggest that the product has therapeutic qualities or can enhance mental or physical capabilities.
J Wray & Nephew UK Ltd explained it was the exclusive importer of products from the parent company in Jamaica J Wray & Nephew Ltd. It further explained that Magnum Tonic Wine was produced by JWN Jamaica on behalf of the brand owner and related company Lascelles Ltd. J Wray & Nephew UK Ltd asserted that it never had and never would import Magnum Tonic Wine into the UK market in its current format. The company further stated that J Wray & Nephew Jamaica (including Lascelles Ltd) never had and never would knowingly export Magnum Tonic Wine to the UK market.
They asserted that the Magnum Tonic Wine appearing on the shelf in Tesco did not come directly from J Wray & Nephew or any related company. They assumed the product was being imported into the UK by an independent third party over which the company had no control. Tesco Stores Ltd confirmed that the product was sourced from a third-party supplier, Flying Trade Ltd, who did not respond to the complaint. Tesco also confirmed that when the matter was brought to its attention it withdrew the product from sale and further delisted the product from its product range.
The Panel acknowledged that the company J Wray & Nephew had not imported the product into the UK and had, itself, acknowledged that the product was inappropriate for distribution in the UK. Nonetheless it considered that the product packaging featured an image of a naked couple embracing and a reference to Vigorton, a vitamin ingredient known for improving stamina. The Panel felt the image of the couple in combination with the product name and the reference to Vigorton associated the brand with sexual success and enhancement of sexual capabilities. Accordingly, it found the product to be in breach of Code paragraphs 3.2(d) and 3.2(j).
The Panel then considered whether the product had a particular appeal to under-18s. Overall, it considered that the packaging was unlikely to appeal particularly to under-18s and it accordingly did not find the product in breach of Code paragraph 3.2(h).
The company asserted that it would continue in its Portman Group responsibility policy of not importing into the UK the product in its current packaging.


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Author Interview: Economist Adam Smith Describes How 'Bootleggers & Baptists' Cooperate
Just over three decades ago, economist Bruce Yandle, then working for the Federal Trade Commission, published an article in the journal Regulation headlined "Bootleggers & Baptists: The Education of a Regulatory Economist," which noted how groups presumably at odds with each other often collaborate, wittingly or unwittingly.
In 1999, in another piece for Regulation (PDF), Yandle described more fully the phenomenon after an additional 16 years of observation:
"Durable social regulation," he said, "evolves when it is demanded by both of two distinctly different groups." Those groups are the "Baptists," a shorthand term for those who make a moral or ethical case for legislation or regulations, and the "bootleggers," a term that applies to economic interests who benefit financially from legislation or regulations. (A synonym for "bootlegger" might be "rent-seeker.")
"'Baptists' point to the moral high ground and give vital and vocal endorsement of laudable public benefits promised by a desired regulation," wrote Yandle, while "'Bootleggers' are much less visible but no less vital. Bootleggers, who expect to profit from the very regulatory restrictions desired by Baptists … are simply in it for the money."
What Yandle did was to apply public-choice economic theory to regulatory politics and, in the process, create a colorful concept that has been cited thousands of times since 1983 in attempts to explain how government makes rules.
Fast-forward to 2014, when Yandle, now a retired dean at Clemson University, has collaborated with his grandson, economist Adam Smith of Johnson & Wales University. Their new book is called Bootleggers & Baptists: How Economic Forces and Moral Persuasion Interact to Shape Regulatory Politics. The two authors spoke about it at a forum hosted by the Cato Institute in Washington on October 9, 2014.
'Aligned interests'
After the forum, I asked co-author Adam Smith a few questions about the book and his research.
Adam Smith speaks at the Cato Institute
Smith explained that the term "bootleggers and Baptists" originated during alcohol Prohibition in the 1920s, when "you had bootleggers and Baptists with aligned interests" even if they did not realize it.
Baptists, he explained, proclaimed "Down with legalized distribution of alcohol!" because they saw drinking as morally detrimental. Bootleggers, too, proclaimed "Down with legalized distribution of alcohol!" because Prohibition raised the price of illegal liquor and fed more profits to the bootleggers.
"It was a boon to the bootleggers," Smith explained, "and the Baptists were kind of oblivious to that situation."
Broadening the concept to include other kinds of regulations, Smith said, "what we see today in our modern political economy [are] many, many manifestations of the same kinds of strange bedfellows."
More and more, he said, "we're seeing that those bedfellows are recognizing one another and coming together to form even more powerful would-be bootlegger/Baptist coalitions."
There is also a relationship between "bootleggers and Baptists" and "crony capitalism," when government grants preferential treatment to certain, well-connected businesses.
Smith said that, in the book "we call it 'bootlegger/Baptist' capitalism instead of crony capitalism."
He added that "what I hope the book shows is that cronyism is more than just a bootlegger. That's the only thing that's usually recognized: There's just some special interest group."
Yet, he explained, "a special interest group cannot move forward without moral cover, or at least can't get much out of the political domain without the Baptist" providing a beneficent reason for legislation, "and so we have to call attention the bad work Baptists are doing in creating opportunities for cronyism."
Avenues for research
Both Smith and Yandle acknowledge that their book, while expanding upon the original thesis Yandle put forth in 1983, opens up new opportunities for further research by other economists and social scientists.
"There's obviously a lot of empirical work to be done," Smith explained.
He pointed to "all these social regulations that people aren't looking at in terms of econometric work in the same way that they are [looking at] economic regulations, because we just don't think of it that way. We don't think of environmental policies and health-and-safety standards as giving money to anybody."
Instead, he said, people "think of those as in the public interest. In other words, the Baptists have succeeded in convincing us of that fact but that's just not true. There are a lot of groups that benefit from that legislation and we need to put them under the microscope. We have to put those regulations under the microscope in the same way that we do economic regulations."
Smith added that "this is a useful framework for recognizing groups" that may have self-serving (but hidden) economic interests in promoting new regulations.
"Never count a good bootlegger down," he quipped. "A lot of times when we can't see the bootlegger, it doesn't mean they're not there. Seeing the Baptists can call attention to the fact that maybe there's a bootlegger standing in the shadows" during a debate about imposing new rules or restrictions on human action.
Bootleggers & Baptists, by Adam Smith and Bruce Yandle, was published by the Cato Institute on September 7, 2014.
(This interview appeared, in slightly different form, on Examiner.com on October 14, 2014.)
Labels: Adam Smith, author interview, Baptists, bootleggers, Bruce Yandle, Cato Institute, economics, morality, morals, persuasion, Prohibition, regulation, religion
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Dentaltown is celebrating 20 years at this year's Townie Meeting at Talking Stick Resort in Scottsdale AZ. I've written about how significant these achievement anniversary milestones are, in fact, 70% of SMB's fail in their 10th year in business, meaning just 30% will survive. So BIG congratulations to Dentaltown for hitting the big 2-0! If your practice is past the 10-year mark, congrats! If you're approaching – get ready!
Patient News, now in our 26th year, is participating in the Townie Meeting this month. Marketing Consultants, Jessie Stamp and Patti Lou Robinson will be there to dazzle you with the latest news on marketing and how the use of marketing and business intelligence technology will set your practice up for success in 2019. Plan to visit Jessie & Patti Lou in Booth 300 – I can't give anything away, but promise you'll love the special gift they have for you when you do!
Townie includes 15 hours of live CE – practice management, clinical, hygiene, and team development. The event organizers do a great job of setting up activities to encourage networking – golf, welcome reception, exhibit hall cocktails, plus the Party Like It's 1999 costume party! It's been fun to participate for many years, and we're looking forward to reconnecting this month. Of course, Howard Farran will kick off the meeting with his legendary opening remarks – always fun, always insightful.
Speaking of Howard Farran, in his January column he wrote about the importance of communication and I want to use that as a jumping point for today's blog.
At Patient News, we keep communication high on our priority list, both internally and externally. We always find that when things don't go as planned, guess what – more communication would have helped.
It's interesting to us when we run into practice owners and managers who just don't want to communicate or share data with their teams. Some offices don't want to share production numbers, others don't even want the front desk to know they're marketing for new patients!
They key is to share IMPACTFUL information; to encourage everyone to work more productively.
It's said that transparency in business is more important than ever. Without knowledge employees can be resentful, imagine bad things happening, may not realize "why" you're pushing for more new patients or investing in new-patient marketing (e.g. a corporate competitor or decreasing production) or they just won't understand your long-term vision and where they fit.
When everyone on your team understands your vision and the realities of your current situation, it instills security and creates a culture of hard work to ensure the practice achieves goals. Sharing information is good for your business.
The question is, what is so very secret? You have a business and it needs to be profitable. What horrible thing could possibly happen if your front desk team knew that your production was $1.5 million last year? Why shouldn't they know that a new patient's first-year value is twice that of an active patient? Why don't you want your team to know you need more new patients to continue to thrive, and that you're marketing hard to attract them?
Rather, what would happen if your team completely understood the financial impact of only rescheduling 52% of your new patients into a second visit? All of this will build a culture of trust and positivity for the practice.
Your front-line members are face-to-face with your patients and potential new patients every day. They are the ones that will either dazzle with superior customer service or have patients and new patients choose not to return. Getting a team involved in the goals of the organization, with clarity around results, can only improve engagement, patient satisfaction, and ultimately practice profitability.
Have your practice vision and mission clearly outlined and posted in your office.
Have your top competitive advantages identified (and posted) for marketing, and educate your team on them.
Establish and post production goals, new patient growth, and scheduling goals, and track and report results.
Share your marketing strategies, content, offers, and campaign goals with ALL team members at regular huddles – being inclusive helps encourage engagement and interest in practice success.
Train and role play articulating your top competitive advantages and key attributes (with everyone on the team) so that staff can reinforce your messaging with patients and area connections including friends and family.
Enhance patient and new-patient communications; monthly newsletters, direct mail, email, and referral and review campaigns – make sure everyone on your team gets copies of all active marketing campaigns – and have a show and tell; explain who you're targeting, review content, messaging, and offer strategies, and talk about the related desired outcomes (more new patients, more referrals, upselling a new service, reactivation, etc.).
Share wins and losses. Consolidate and share patient reviews at your weekly huddles. When negative points are made, don't get defensive. Consider the validity to the poor review and use it for an operations improvement. Boost morale by sharing great reviews with a pat on the back, and have your team help you respond to all reviews quickly.
Hold regular team functions where you share achievements, acknowledge team members' contributions, and talk about future plans. We do this at every team event, and especially love doing this at our annual holiday event with family and partners so we can also thank them for their support of our team, allowing our peeps to spend their time helping to grow Patient News.
A team that feels part of a team is always better. A team that understands what growth means to your dental organization – and their job security – will improve job satisfaction, morale, and your patient experience. Instead of having a team that views more new patients as more work, they'll see it's a necessary goal for a healthy practice! Taking the step to engage your team in your business – its challenges and its successes – will help you generate more referrals, upsell additional services, convert more new patients, and reactivate lapsing and inactive patients.
We can help you get started with a FREE Live Demo of your practice metrics in Practice ZEBRA. We'll show you the key data points you can have at your fingertips and the support we can provide you and your team to drive practice growth. We'll give you a bonus report of your top-value patients NOT scheduled to come back!
And if you'll be at the Townie Meeting – visit booth 300! Here's to a happier and more productive workplace!
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LSC applauds Jersey City Council vote for SciTech Scity
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The Jersey City Council voted last night to approve the land transfer necessary for Liberty Science Center's planned SciTech Scity, a mini-city, unique in the world, that will house a K-12 school dedicated to STEM; the world's first business "optimizer" for 100 science, technology, and engineering startups; a small conference center; and Scholars Village, short-term accommodations for visiting scientists and entrepreneurs and longer-term residences for STEM college students and people working at SciTech Scity.
"We want Jersey City to become one of the East Coast's premier innovation and STEM education hubs," said Paul Hoffman, President and CEO of Liberty Science Center. "SciTech Scity may be the region's answer to Silicon Valley."
Liberty Science Center is grateful to the dozens of parents, students, and community leaders who attended last night's public hearing and shared stories of how LSC changed their lives.
LSC trustee Minal Patel, who grew up in Jersey City, spoke passionately and persuasively about how SciTech Scity could make Jersey City a destination for science and technology innovators. "The original Silicon Valley was not in California. It was in Menlo Park, New Jersey," Minal said.
Councilman Jermaine Robinson, who represents Ward F, where LSC and SciTech Scity is located, voiced strong support for SciTech Scity: "My vision is for the children of Ward F to become astronauts, brain surgeons, engineers."
The Science Center is especially grateful to Mayor Steve Fulop for partnering with us on this visionary project and doubling-down on his support and commitment to helping Jersey City reach great new heights.
September 26th, 2018 Build a Halloween Costume in the MakerLab September 24th, 2018 Happy birthday, mole rat queen! September 21st, 2018 LSC's giant maze is home to 8 massive spiders September 19th, 2018 SpaceX announces first passenger for trip around the Moon


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Home General News D'Esposito Urges Governor To Sign Legislation To Prevent Leasing Of Pets
D'Esposito Urges Governor To Sign Legislation To Prevent Leasing Of Pets
Councilman D'Esposito asks governor to end the practice of leasing pets. (Photo source: Facebook)
Town of Hempstead Councilman Anthony D'Esposito is calling on New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo to end the practice of leasing dogs and cats.
At a press conference at Town of Hempstead Animal Shelter on Sept. 6, Senior Councilwoman Dorothy Goosby, New York State Assemblywoman Missy Miller, Assemblyman Ed Ra and Assemblyman Brian Curran joined Councilman D'Esposito to urge the governor to sign legislation that has been approved by the state legislature that prevents companies from leasing animals, as well as stopping the threat of repossessing animals.
According to recent news reports, some local pet stores offered financing plans to customers for the purchase of a cat or dog, but later revealed to the customers that they were actually locked into lease agreements. In many cases, customers are being stuck with bills that far exceed their anticipated loan payments, as well as the threat of having their pet 'repossessed' in the event of non-payment.
"Today, the Town of Hempstead is demanding that local pet stores 'call off their dogs' in the form of harassing customers who were unwittingly entered into leasing contracts for the purchase of their animals," said Councilman D'Esposito. "What's more, we are urging Governor Andrew Cuomo to sign state legislation that would end this deceptive practice."
Councilman D'Esposito added that in the event a person cannot make lease payments on their dog or cat—payments they did not anticipate at the time—serious animal welfare issues can arise when taking a pet away from its family.
"I urge residents to visit the Town of Hemsptead Animal Shelter to adopt a furry friend rather than buy a dog or cat from a pet store that is not being ethically responsible to the pet or the customer," said Senior Councilwoman Goosby.
"There are times when a lease agreement can just be a bad deal. But, there are certain leased that should just never be allowed to happen because they are predatory, morally wrong and cruel," added Assemblywoman Miller. "I believe that pet leasing calls into the latter category, and that is why I am committed to fighting to end the practice."
"Pet leasing benefits no one but sellers," said Assemblyman Ra, who cosponsored the legislation. "For the protection of both consumers and our companion animals, we must end this deceptive practice."
Councilman D'Esposito has been a steadfast supporter of the Town of Hempstead's "Adopt, Don't Shop" motto in urging adoptions from the town animal shelter. The town's Summer of Love Pet Adoption Program—when all pet adoptions were free from June 2 through Sept. 2, 2018—resulted in the adoption of 133 dogs and 165 cats.
In addition, Councilman D'Esposito's weekly social media campaign, "Furry Friend Friday" drives pet adoptions at the shelter. Recently, the program resulted in the adoption of Rocky, a beautiful 8-year-old Rhodesian Ridgeback mix.
For more information on pet adoptions at the Town of Hempstead Animal Shelter, visit hempsteadny.gov/animal-shelter or call 516-785-5220.
—Submitted by Town of Hempstead
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This performance celebrates the opening night of a festival of Bohemia in New York. The night features music from around the world, including music of the Balkans, Bulgaria, Greece, Russia, Ukraine, Italy, Klezmer, Gypsy music and more. This event is hosted by the winner of a Russian Nika Award, Darya Ekamasova.