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Fundamental British tosh
Ümit Yildiz
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The government's Prevent strategy is inherently racist and it attempts to turn teachers into agents of the security services. Ümit Yildiz looks at the problems with enforcing a spurious notion of "British values".
Paul Gilroy wrote that "racism does not, of course, move tidily and unchanged through time and history". While on the surface "acceptable" racism in the UK has shifted its focus from colour to creed, culture and religion, its tools of operation remain the same: the judiciary, the police, the education system, the media, namely the British state itself.
Following the attacks on 11 September 2001, already growing anti-Muslim racism was normalised by the US administration and successive British governments.
The promotion of "fundamental British values" through the school curriculum is one of the means of this normalisation. These values were identified in the Prevent Strategy in 2011 as "democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty and mutual respect, and tolerance of those with different faiths and beliefs".
Prevent is a part of the UK government's counter terrorism strategy and, since 2012, these values have been part of the Teachers' Standards. Subsequently, in 2015, their promotion became a duty in schools and colleges.
Michael Gove, then the secretary of state for education, took advantage of the so called "Trojan Horse" affair in Birmingham schools in 2014 to justify the incorporation of "fundamental British values" within the national curriculum. The Trojan Horse affair was an alleged "Islamic take over" of the Park View Academy, a successful Birmingham school, and others nearby. The claims were made in an anonymous letter and have been roundly debunked (see Countering Extremism in British Schools? The Truth about the Birmingham Trojan Horse Affair by John Holmwood and Therese O'Toole, Policy Press 2017).
Gove was acting on then prime minister David Cameron's "muscular liberalism" speech at the Munich Security Conference in 2011. Cameron argued that multiculturalism had failed and that some communities, namely Muslim communities, were "living a parallel life".
The "parallel communities" argument was not new; New Labour had used it after the riots in northern towns in 2001, but "muscular liberalism" initiated a new chapter.
It was a wholesale attack on multiculturalism. Cameron's coalition government focused on "assimilationist" education policies. Promotion of "fundamental British values" was the central plank of this shift.
Cameron was not acting alone; the German chancellor Angela Merkel and French president Nicolas Sarkozy, were singing from the same hymn sheet in their respective countries at the time. Like their British counterpart, they attacked immigrant communities for not integrating within German and French cultures.
The promotion of "fundamental British values" is part of a racist, anti-immigrant, anti-Muslim discourse. The ideology of French secularism (laicite) and the German dominant culture (leitkultur) fulfil a similar role.
The promotion of so called "fundamental British values" through the curriculum serves multiple purposes.
Firstly, it is a tool for identifying "radicalisation and extremism" in schools. As it is part of the Prevent strategy, it makes teachers agents of the state security apparatus.
Secondly, it promotes the notion that "British values" are an essential element of western "civilisation" and that they are superior in comparison to non-Western values. The British are portrayed as the defenders and promoters of democracy, individual liberty and respect around the world.
This dovetails the notion that the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq were concerned with spreading "democracy". It is a means of "othering", a divisive policy which implicitly and explicitly and contributes to the positive elevation of Britain's bloody colonial past.
Thirdly, it serves to legitimise the idea of a "clash of civilisations". This concept was promoted by neo-conservatives in the early 1990s who argued that Western democracy had defeated the evil of communism but that it faced a new enemy: the "barbarism" of the "Islamic" world. This argument has been the backbone of the West's "war on terror".
The main teaching unions (NEU, NASUWT, UCU) have criticised the promotion of "fundamental British values" and the Prevent strategy. They have also agreed policy to campaign against Prevent. However, they have failed to take any visible action to implement this policy, for fear of breaking the law.
In 2017 the Home Office reported that 7,631 young people were identified as "radicals" and "extremist"; 65 percent of those were Muslims. Worryingly, a third of those were identified by schools and colleges and the median age was 14. One of the identification indicators is opposition to "fundamental British values".
We can challenge and stop the promotion of "fundamental British values" and Prevent. This can be done through collective union action and building support from all sections of society, particularly from the most affected Muslim and immigrant communities.
The recent 14 day University strikes demonstrated that collective sustained action can win. Workers pension, pay and equality demands can be combined with their political demands.
Education workers should make it clear that the notion of "fundamental British values" excludes Black, Asian and minority ethnics. But more to the point, there are no "fundamental British values" which span all classes and all communities. Explicitly challenging the notion involves challenging racism, defending multiculturalism in schools and opposing imperialist ideology.
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Responsible investment means action and accountability
The initiative between Climate Action 100+ and Royal Dutch Shell has demonstrated the potential power of investors. All asset owners committed to responsible investing must exercise shareholder power in support of the Paris Agreement and the SDGs
Relatives and friends hold a vigil in Brumadinho, Brazil for the victims of the Vale tailings dam collapse. Following the disaster, investor action coordinated by TPI resulted in the International Council on Mining and Metals agreeing to set up an independent panel to set safety standards for tailings facilities. © Adriano Machado/Reuters
By Adam Matthews, Director, Ethics and Engagement, The Church of England Pensions Board and Co-Chair, Transition Pathway Initiative (TPI) , Rory Sullivan, Chief Technical Advisor, Transition Pathway Initiative (TPI)
By Adam Matthews Director, Ethics and Engagement, The Church of England Pensions Board and Co-Chair, Transition Pathway Initiative (TPI) , Rory Sullivan Chief Technical Advisor, Transition Pathway Initiative (TPI) Claire Manuel,
Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 13 calls on us to take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts. Investors are responding to this challenge. Over 320 investors, collectively representing $33 trillion in assets, now support the Climate Action 100+ (CA100+) initiative. This is an investor-led engagement to ensure the world's largest corporate emitters of greenhouse gases (GHGs) take necessary action on climate change.
Similarly, investors have also supported stronger policy action by governments. During the most recent Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP24) in Katowice, Poland in December 2018, investors managing similar size of assets called on world governments to achieve the Paris Agreement's goals and to accelerate private-sector investment in the low-carbon transition.
Actions as well as words
This unparalleled coordination and mobilisation by investors is beginning to have a credible impact as investors back words with concrete actions. Perhaps the most striking example has been the December 2018 joint statement between the oil and gas major Royal Dutch Shell and institutional investors operating under the banner of CA100+ and the European Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC). The joint statement was the first time that investors had come to a common position with an oil and gas company about the nature of their transition to a Paris-aligned future.
The statement committed Shell to reduce its 'net carbon footprint ambition' by around half by 2050, to lock the ambition into rolling intermediate targets, to link these targets to executive remuneration, and to publish annual reports on progress. Shell also committed to review its membership of industry associations that lobby on climate change-related issues, to check that this lobbying aligns with Shell's stated support for the goals of the Paris Agreement.
These outcomes could not have been achieved without the support of investors in CA100+ and IIGCC. The process and outcomes have also shown that it is possible to align the long-term interests of institutional investors with a company that needs to manage an ambitious multi-decadal transition – in effect turning an oil and gas company into an energy provider.
The role of asset owners
Asset owners such as pension funds have been at the forefront of these efforts. There are various reasons for this. Some relate to the investment risks and opportunities presented by climate change.
The transition to a low-carbon economy may affect company cash flows and profits. Energy-intensive sectors, fossil fuel-based industries and high GHG-emitting sectors may see assets stranded. Delivering emissions reductions of the magnitude envisaged by the Paris Agreement will require considerable capital investment by both the public and private sectors.
The drivers for action are about more than the investment case. Asset owners have responsibilities to their beneficiaries and to wider society. Ultimately, asset owners not only need to provide pensions to retirees but must also ensure that they have not harmed the world these individuals will retire into. Asset owners, therefore, need to take a long-term perspective on climate change, and its implications for their assets and liabilities.
Asset owners also occupy a privileged and influential role in the investment system. Through their commitments and actions on climate change, they can drive change through the system and in corporate practice and performance. It is a uniquely important position that is beginning to demonstrate what can be achieved.
Since the joint statement with Shell, further agreements have been reached by investors with major coal producer Glencore on capping its coal production, and with HeidelbergCement and a range of other German companies to review their corporate climate lobbying. Other corporate commitments are expected in the coming months as investors ramp up their engagement.
However, asset owners have faced challenges in delivering on this leadership role. Corporate disclosures on climate change practice and performance remain inconsistent and incomplete. The consequence is that it is often not clear to investors what the transition to a low-carbon economy looks like for individual companies or for key energy-intensive sectors. This has allowed companies to make bold statements on carbon performance knowing that they are debating on their terms and that investors are unlikely to be able to properly hold them to account.
It has not been straightforward for asset owners to assess whether company strategies sufficiently address the climate risks that are embedded in business models, or whether companies are positioning themselves appropriately for a low-carbon economy and to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement.
It has also been difficult for asset owners to demonstrate to their own beneficiaries, clients and stakeholders that their interventions are making a meaningful contribution to the goals of the Paris Agreement – or that they are effectively managing the risks and opportunities presented by the transition to a low-carbon economy.
Clear objectives
These issues are important. If they are addressed well, they have the potential to unlock far greater capital and support for the Paris Agreement. Investors – both the asset owners at the top of the investment chain and their investment managers – need to recognise that these are, fundamentally, questions of corporate and societal governance.
How do boards ensure that companies are run in the interests of their investors/owners? How do we – investors, governments, stakeholders and so on – ensure that companies are run in a way that aligns with the short and long-term interests of society?
Ultimately, companies should be clear about their:
purpose (what they are and what they want to achieve);
goals (their objectives and targets, and how these are to be measured);
strategy (how they are going to deliver on their purpose, objectives and targets – both the actions they will take to deliver on their goals and the investments they will make to ensure the goals are delivered);
main risks to their purpose, goals, strategy – and how these are to be managed; and
performance against their objectives and targets.
Transition Pathway Initiative
The Transition Pathway Initiative (TPI) is an asset owner-led initiative co-chaired by the Church of England Pensions Board and the Environment Agency Pension Fund. It has been established to enable investors to hold companies to account for the goals that they set themselves and for the actions that companies take to deliver these goals. For companies in high-impact sectors, TPI evaluates the quality of companies' management of the most significant GHG emissions associated with their business.
It also assesses how these companies' planned or expected future carbon performance compares to international targets and national pledges made as part of the Paris Agreement. This allows investors to clearly and unambiguously identify those companies whose current and expected future emissions align with the Paris Agreement. As TPI data are updated annually, they allow companies to be held accountable for the delivery of the goals they set for themselves.
Figure 1 (above) presents an example from TPI's recent analysis of the oil and gas sector. TPI has prepared similar analysis for many of the other high-emitting sectors such as auto, electricity, steel, aviation and cement. TPI allows asset owners to hold investment managers to account for the companies held in their portfolios and for the actions being taken by the investment managers to reduce the emissions from these companies. Importantly, TPI also allows beneficiaries and other stakeholders to hold asset owners to account for their investments and for the effectiveness of their engagement with companies.
Ultimately, if asset owners want investment markets to take responsible investment seriously, then asset owners must start by demonstrating their own commitment to responsible investment, and then driving this through the investment chain. Through aligning their investments with the goals of the Paris Agreement, and using their unique position as owners of the companies to drive change in corporate behaviour, asset owners can play a key role in enabling society to meet the challenge of SDG 13.
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Merging 'Personal' with 'Professional' Development Being an educational leader can often be isolating, but coaching felt like having someone in my corner to help me process and develop action plans. Aleasha's Coaching Process and questions always provoked meaningful reflection. She also provided thoughtful insights into my professional journey so that I was not alone.
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Either Clemson or Florida State has represented the ACC in each College Football Playoff. Both are amonth the favorites, including Miami (FL), to make it in 2019. Here's why.
How has the ACC earned an invite to the CFP in four consecutive seasons? For one, it and the SEC are the only Power Five leagues that play 8-game conference schedules. The Big Ten, Big 12 and Pac-12 each schedule nine. This allows the former to schedule a softer FBS or FCS program in lieu of a potentially closer matchup vs. a rival. This is vital since the unofficial criteria for earning a CFP invite is to finish the regular season and conference title game with no more than one loss.
The ACC is also teeming with talent and good coaching. Let's take a look at why either Clemson, Miami (FL), or Florida State will head to the CFP in 2019.
The Tigers have kicked off the No. 1 or No. 2 seed in the CFP for three consecutive seasons, winning it all in the 2016-17 campaign with a 35-31 victory over Alabama. The team rivals any in terms of recruiting over the last few years, returning an elite defense and a glut of playmakers. It entered summer workouts less than a week ago with returning starter Kelly Bryant atop the depth chart at quarterback. Freshman phenom Trevor Lawrence is the backup, for now. Bryant led Clemson to a 12-2 mark last season, including an ACC title and beating five ranked opponents. Lawrence, the consensus No. 1 signal-caller in last year's recruiting class, is the better passer and outshined Bryant in the spring game. It's a very good situation under center whoever plays. The offense scored 31.2 points per game in 2017 and had no trouble sustaining drives with a 45.63 third-down conversion rate (11th nationally).
On defense, Clemson allowed 4.1 opponent yards per play last season, second fewest in the FBS. Defensive linemen Austin Bryant and Christian Wilkins, both expected to play in the NFL, opted out of the draft for return to the Tigers. Expect Clemson to field another top-10 unit.
The schedule is a bit daunting, but nothing head coach Dabo Swinney can't navigate. The Tigers play at Texas A&M in Week 2, sandwiched in-between a pair of gimmies hosting Furman and Georgia Southern. Swinney is just 12-9 SU and ATS against SEC competition, but has won seven of the last nine meetings. The two losses each came against Alabama in the CFP. The only other out-of-conference game is vs. South Carolina in the Battle of the Palmetto State to close out the regular season. The Tigers have swept the last four meetings by a 24.0 average margin.
The toughest run of games in ACC play occurs in Weeks 8-10. Clemson hosts N.C. State, travels to Florida State and then returns to Death Valley to take on Louisville. Swinney's squad is a double-digit favorite in advanced lines for each, spotting 20 points to the Wolfpack, 10 to the Seminoles, and 20.5 to the Cardinals. The Tigers have suffered one loss in ACC play in five of the last six seasons. They ran the table in 2015, and likely would have last year if not for Bryant being knocked out of a 27-24 loss at Syracuse due to a concussion.
Miami is coming off a 10-3 season, losing its final trio of games to close out the season. This includes a 34-24 Orange Bowl defeat to Wisconsin. The upcoming schedule is as a dream. Miami could kick off favorites in every game if they play up to potential. Head coach Mark Richt has the best chance of any ACC program to knock Clemson from the top.
The Hurricanes open the season at AT&T Stadium in the 2018 Advocare Classic against LSU. Oddsmakers opened Miami a 1-point favorite, but books adjusted to plus-2.5 following early Tigers money. Expect the line to swing back towards even-money approaching kickoff. Miami catches a breather against Savannah State in Week 2 before traveling to MAC contender Toledo on Sept. 15. A Week 4 home date against Florida International concludes all out-of-conference play. Since joining the ACC, Miami is 38-11 SU against non-conference opponents in the regular season.
What will make or break the Canes' CFP chances is a string of road games late in the year. Miami plays four away from home in a five-week span from Oct. 13-Nov. 17, including at Virginia, Boston College, Georgia Tech and Virginia Tech. Miami is 6-2 in away ACC contests under Richt, going off favorites in all but one (Hokies, +5.5, 2016). The defense is holding opponents to 19.2 points per game.
The winner of the ACC Atlantic has gone on to win the ACC Championship seven straight times. The Seminoles last made the CFP in the 2014-15 season, kicking off preseason national title favorites at +300. They were routed by Oregon 59-20 in the semifinals.
Willie Taggart takes over as head coach for the upcoming campaign. Expect a glut of changes with new schemes and varied play calling on both sides of the ball. The Seminoles will be more up-tempo on offense, relying on play-action and deep shots down the field. The defense will be ultra aggressive and take risks. If Taggart can get his team on the same page early, the talent is there to topple Clemson. The new looks can definitely work to the Seminoles' advantage is executed properly.
Florida State is just 14-10 against ACC competition the last three seasons, following two undefeated runs from 2012-14. Suffering a single loss in the upcoming campaign would be impressive for the Noles. They own the second toughest schedule in the country according to ESPN's FPI index behind UCLA. It includes road clashes at Miami (FL) and Notre Dame, and home dates against Virginia Tech, Clemson, and Florida. The only "sure thing" is a Week 2 date with Samford. Advanced lines see FSU catching 8, 10, and 9 points against the Hurricanes, Tigers, and Fighting Irish. Since 2000, the Seminoles are 15-26 SU as underdogs.


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MBA Reapplicants. Should You Reapply to B-School?
Last year you applied to business school...but all didn't go as planned. Now it's a new application season and you're looking to make a fresh start. Should you reapply?
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Creating an MBA reapplication strategy.
The difference between weak points and damaging information.
What business schools say about MBA reapplicants.
Last year you applied to business school…but all didn't go as planned. Perhaps you got into an MBA program but declined the offer. Maybe you're still on the wait-list at a school you would love to attend…but as time passes, the likelihood of being offered a place is dwindling. Whatever the case, it's a new application season and you're looking to make a fresh start.
Naturally you're asking yourself, Which schools should I target or re-target? Typically applicants create their short-list of schools from a mix of programs that they identify as being 'safety schools', 'target schools' and 'reach schools'. There's also a fourth type of school that I call the 'reach-reach school'. I've created a table (below) that illustrates how an applicant's short-list evolved from year 1 to year 2.
Application Year 1
Interview Probability
HBS Reach-Reach <5% / / /
MIT Sloan Reach 10% / / /
Dartmouth Tuck Target 35% Dartmouth Tuck Reach 10%
UVA Darden Target 35% New Program Target 35%
Michigan Ross Safety 50%+ Michigan Ross Target 35%
Cornell Johnson Safety 50%+ New Program Safety 50%+
/ / / New Program Safety 50%+
The application strategy in year 1 was a balanced one. The candidate chose to apply to six schools: 1/3 were safety schools, another 1/3 were target and a final 1/3 were reach or reach-reach schools.
With the benefit of year 1 results, we are better able to estimate how competitive the candidate is at each program in year 2. Since the candidate wasn't interviewed at Tuck in year 1, we'll drop the probability of interview from 35% to 10% thereby moving Tuck from a target to a reach school.
Likewise, Michigan Ross's status was changed from a safety to a target school in year 2. This system isn't scientific, it's just a good back-of-the-envelope way to create balance and manage risk in a candidate's application strategy. This system isn't scientific, it's just a good back-of-the-envelope way to create balance and manage risk in a candidate's application strategy.
Getting into a good MBA program is a lot like dating. How many times has this happened to you: You leave a first date thinking 'Mmmm let's never do that again…' but then, a few days later, you begin saying to yourself, 'I should really see if X wants to go out next weekend'. I'm guessing it's unlikely you've ever found yourself in that situation. That's because first impressions matter. When contemplating a reapplication, it's important to ascertain what sort of first impression your application might have made on the admissions committee.
The explanation for why a past application didn't result in admit usually falls predominantly into one of two categories: 'Weak Points' or 'Damaging Information'. Weak points can be addressed in your next application but it's almost impossible to walk back damaging information. If you're dealing with addressable weak points it's usually a green light to reapply. When something 'damaging' is identified many times it's best to move on and target MBA programs that have never received an application from you.
Previous MBA Application Issue. Weak Points.
Weak points are objective areas of your application that you could improve upon. These include:
Showing better academic potential by increasing your GMAT score, getting an A in a Master's-level course
Demonstrating professional advancement by taking on more responsibility at work, receiving a promotion, changing employers
Re-evaluating the professional goals you presented to the admissions committee and possibly adjusting course
Analyzing whether other recommenders might be more effective communicators or be in a better position to speak to your most recent achievements
Previous MBA Application Issue. Damaging Information.
Even with the best of intentions, sometimes a candidate just comes across the wrong way in their application (in particular via their essays and recommendations). There are a lot of things that can go wrong but generally speaking, when 'damage' has been done it's because the candidate has inadvertently come across as not being 'executive or managerial material'.
Examples of this can range from divulging too much information about one's personal life, to simply coming off as immature or egocentric.
Damaging information can take on more nuanced forms – usually just coming off as self-centered or immature is enough to do it. Such was the fate of a former client. In year 1 he applied to MIT Sloan (on his own). Ding without interview. In year 2 I got him in at Harvard (where he had not submitted an app in year 1) but MIT still wouldn't interview the guy in year 2.
Reapplications make up approximately 10% of Wharton's applicant pool in any given year. The most important thing is that you demonstrate through essays, subsequent career growth, and/or academic preparation that you are a stronger candidate who will add to the Wharton community.
– Wharton Adcom
Having applied in a previous year is not a negative factor in your application. We appreciate your sustained interest in Stanford and your resilience in reapplying. In fact, each year, we offer admission to some reapplicants who present compelling applications.
– Stanford Adcom
INSEAD, a European business school takes a much more frank (and in my opinion, honest) approach to reapplicants:
We are expecting a significant change in the applicant's profile. Perhaps it is a promotion, international assignment or change in job. An improved GMAT score is not sufficient however.
– INSEAD Adcom
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The traditional Camp Tawonga Shabbat stroll at Keshet family camp, led by (left to right): Cantor Marsha Attie, Jennifer Spitzer, Deborah Newbrun and Maya Abramson (Photo/Kyle Lasky)
Keshet celebrates 20th year of camp for LGBTQ families
By J. Staff | September 6, 2018
The first year, only 15 families came. This year, 75 families showed up, and they had something special to celebrate: the 20th anniversary of Camp Keshet, a family camp for LGBTQ Jewish families held at Camp Tawonga that has become a Bay Area tradition.
"Keshet has made me more conscious and proud to be part of this queer family community," said camper Paul Herman, who attends Keshet with his husband and twin daughters.
Like any Jewish family camp, Keshet (Hebrew for rainbow) has hiking or arts-and-crafts classes for kids and parents, communal Shabbats and other celebrations. In 1998, there weren't many places set aside for queer Jewish families — and certainly no camps. But Tawonga's then-director, Deborah Newbrun, knew there was a need: For her, it was personal.
"I needed a place as a young lesbian mother where my family could be in the majority and where we were not a spectacle," Newbrun said.
So Keshet was born. The camp, held over four days at the end of each summer, has changed over the years. Originally for lesbian families, now it includes gay and transgender parents as well. It's also no longer the only queer Jewish family camp in the country. As an indicator of its success, the camp has had a waitlist for the last three years.
This year, to commemorate the anniversary, there was a panel where older members of the camp talked about what it was like decades ago, both in the Jewish community and beyond.
For the kid campers, that's ancient history, and the inclusive nature of Camp Keshet is the new normal. It's a sign of the success the camp has had in working against the sense of isolation many queer families feel in the Jewish world.
"To be able to come to a place where we feel so comfortable and don't have to be self-conscious is so important," said camper Sharon Dulberg.
J. Staff
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Our interdisciplinary team approach to addressing legal issues facing the aviation industry enables us to identify and efficiently address significant matters impacting our clients. Our aviation team is comprised of attorneys who have a deep understanding of the aviation industry and are equally knowledgeable in the areas of litigation, tax, transactions, securities, environmental law, insurance, insolvency, labor, real estate and land use regulatory compliance in the aviation sector. Each of our aviation lawyers is focused on the particular business goals of our clients.
Sheppard Mullin's Aviation team brings a practical, bipartisan, problem-solving approach to clients' engagements with the federal government. We represent clients before Congress, the White House, DOL, the EEOC, DOJ, and DHS, DOT, TSA among others. We provide legal, legislative, strategic and policy advice to clients and individuals who face government scrutiny, seek to advance a policy agenda, or provide testimony to government overseers. Our team combines decades of agency, Capitol Hill and private sector experience in testifying, drafting and enacting legislation, policymaking, advocating before agencies and Congress, and responding to government oversight. We know both how government operates on the inside and how it can be influenced from the outside.
A mainstay of Sheppard Mullin's aviation law practice is its more than sixteen years of experience representing airlines and their trade associations in administrative proceedings and federal and state court cases challenging user fees and other charges imposed by national and local governments and airport authorities.
In 2007, the Firm served as lead trial counsel for seven U.S. airlines challenging millions of dollars in new airport terminal charges at Los Angeles International Airport. The U.S. Department of Transportation, on June 15, 2007, ruled that the new charges unjustly discriminated against the air carriers and ordered the airport to refund all of the unlawful fees. Alaska Airlines, Inc. et al. v. Los Angeles World Airports, et al., Docket No. OST-2007-27331 ("LAX III"), Final Decision, Order 2007-6-8 (available at http://www.Regulations.gov). The ruling sets important legal precedent, provides critical protections to air carriers against unjust discrimination by airports, and should result in more than 100 million dollars in refunds and cost savings to the affected airlines at LAX. The case is highlighted in "A Tale of Two Airports: Why DOT Found Unjust Discrimination Against Airlines at LAX But Not at Newark," Issues in Aviation Law and Policy ¶ 20,431 (October 2007).
The Firm also represented the same seven U.S. Airlines in the multiple challenges to the DOT LAX III decision filed in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. In August 2009, the D.C. Circuit issued its decision, affirming important aspects of the DOT decision and remanding other issues to the agency. Alaska Airlines, Inc. v. DOT, 575 F.3d 750 (D.C. Cir. 2009). Among other things, the Court agreed with the complainant airlines that DOT had improperly failed to explain why LAX could use fair market value to set terminal charges but not airfield fees. The Court also agreed with the airlines that LAX's monopoly power was relevant to the issue of whether LAX's terminal charges were lawful.
The Firm represented the Air Transport Association and several major airlines in administrative litigation before the DOT and in federal court litigation challenging landing fee surcharges imposed by a local governmental entity (Tinicum Township) at Philadelphia International Airport. In March 2008, the DOT granted the ATA's petition for an order declaring that the landing fees violate the Anti-Head Tax Act because the township does not own or operate the airport. The Firm represented ATA as an intervenor in the township's appeal of the DOT decision, and in September 2009, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit denied the township's appeal. Township of Tinicum v. DOT, 582 F.3d 482 (3rd Cir. 2009).
Our Firm has defended major U.S. airlines in class actions alleging that the carriers improperly collected Mexican tourist taxes from exempt passengers. In January 2010 the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed the ruling of a federal court in San Francisco which had dismissed the class action complaint challenging improper collection of the tax. McMullen v. Delta Air Lines, Inc., 2010 WL 55526 (January 5, 2010).
In 2009, we successfully represented a major Latin American airline sued in a class action for allegedly failing to comply with requirements for notifying passengers of their rights after being involuntarily denied boarding.
On multiple occasions we successfully pursued cases on behalf of a coalition of international airlines that challenged air traffic control user fees imposed by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration on flights that do not take off or land in the U.S. ("overflights"). E.g., Air Transport Association of Canada v. FAA, 323 F.3d 1093(D.C. Cir. April 8, 2003). These cases resulted in refunds of several millions of dollars plus cost savings in the hundreds of millions of dollars for the international aviation community. We also played an important role in successfully challenging the same type of user fees in 1998. Asiana Airlines v. FAA, 134 F.3d 393(D.C. Cir. 1998). Our experience in these cases is detailed in the Spring 2006 edition of the Journal of Air Law and Commerce in an article entitled "Will it Happen Again? — FAA's Disastrous Prior Experience with User Fees."
In 2009, the Firm represented the National Airline Council of Canada in negotiations with the FAA over FAA's plans to increase the overflight fees.
In 2006 and 2009, the Firm represented the Air Transport Association of Canada in challenging the U.S. Department of Agriculture's attempt to increase the fees charged for inspection of aircraft entering the United States for compliance with the U.S. laws regarding agricultural products.
We also represented an airline challenging passenger facility charges imposed by the airports in Minneapolis-St. Paul and Memphis. Northwest Airlines, Inc. v. FAA, 14 F.3d 64 (D.C. Cir. 1994).
We routinely represent DHL Express in negotiating leases and user agreements for on-airport facilities at most major airports throughout the United States.
Sheppard Mullin has decades of experience representing entities in the transportation sector and other industries in administrative and judicial challenges to federal and state agency decisions, rulemakings and investigations.
Our premier government contracts attorneys are experienced in government contract issues and disputes. We have successfully advocated our client's position on a variety of challenges, including cost and cost accounting challenges and audits, termination claims and bid protests, prime and subcontract disputes, as well as civil and criminal False Claims Act litigation.
Sheppard Mullin has deep and broad capability conducting assessments of corporate compliance programs intended to satisfy required statutory and regulatory mandates. We have a sizeable background in performing internal investigations related to possible violations of federal statutes and regulations.
Sheppard Mullin has experience handling U.S. customs and immigration problems relating to passengers and cargo.
Our attorneys have worked with ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) and other various governmental agencies including Los Angeles World Airports and the Director of Security at San Francisco International Airport.
Sheppard Mullin's Aviation Team has extensive experience in aircraft financing transactions, including the representation of leasing companies, banks and air carriers in such financings and in airline insolvencies in the United States and Brazil. Our attorneys are also experienced in representing borrowers, leasing companies, banks and other lenders in equipment leasing, project finance, acquisition financing, letters of credit, financing restructures and asserting and pursuing creditors' rights in airline insolvencies. We recently completed a leveraged lease transaction involving the sale and leaseback of $72 million in airport related equipment. These transactions draw upon the expertise of our finance, real estate, tax, bankruptcy, federal regulatory, securities and litigation attorneys.
Sheppard Mullin has been involved in some of the largest and most complex aircraft sale and purchase transactions in the industry, representing both sellers and purchasers, in both domestic and cross-border situations. We have significant experience in the broad range of lease transactions, financings and tax and regulatory matters associated with these complex transactions.
Bankruptcy and business restructuring is a critical component of Sheppard Mullin's practice. We have the resources to respond to the time sensitivity of financial crises and the depth to provide whatever size team is required. We regularly draw on all of the resources necessary to solve the multi-disciplinary problems presented by complex insolvencies and business restructuring endeavors, including real estate, intellectual property, tax, labor, securities and mergers and acquisitions.
We represent clients in all types of regional, national and international insolvency matters, from out-of-court workouts and financial restructurings to bankruptcy proceedings, creditors' rights and distressed acquisitions, including such proceedings in the airline industry. Our clients have included secured lenders, debtors, bank groups, creditors' committees, indenture trustees, equity holders, real property and equipment lessors, bankruptcy trustees and buyers, among others.
Our attorneys have been involved in most of the major U.S. airline chapter 11 cases where we have represented major institutional financers and lessors in such cases as Delta, Northwest, Continental, TWA, Tower, and Pan Am (I and II). In these cases, our attorneys have represented the interests of various institutions including ING Lease, TIAA-CREF, foreign airlines, and U.S. Bank as substantial creditors. We have also represented DHL and airlines as creditors in bankruptcy matters and provided bankruptcy counseling to American Airlines and Blue Panorama Airlines as a creditor in Delta Airlines' bankruptcy, as well as representing creditors in the Varig insolvency cases and the Fairchild Donier cases.
Sheppard Mullin takes a multidisciplinary approach to serving our clients. By teaming our Aviation attorneys with those from other practices including antitrust, environmental and land use, intellectual property, international arbitration, labor and employment, corporate, securities, and tax, we can address any dispute that may arise within the aviation industry.
As the aviation industry by its nature crosses many international borders, disputes will arise that involve the laws of many countries. The International Arbitration Practice at Sheppard Mullin is comprised of more than two dozen attorneys practicing across the Firm. More than a dozen different languages are spoken within the group, and our attorneys practice globally as well as being licensed in various domestic jurisdictions including many U.S. states and U.K. countries.
The Firm regularly represents clients before the leading international arbitration institutions, including the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), International Centre for Dispute Resolution (ICDR), American Arbitration Association (AAA), and the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA). We have experience in a variety of specialty practice areas, and have represented clients before the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), London Maritime Arbitration Association, Society of Maritime Arbitrators of NY, Iran-United States Claims Tribunal, and the Independent Film & Television Alliance (formerly the American Film Marketing Association), as well as in numerous ad hoc arbitrations.
For many years, Sheppard Mullin has been a leader in defending employers against large, complex and potentially devastating labor and employment lawsuits. Our Labor and Employment attorneys have represented employers in literally scores of single plaintiff and class action lawsuits. Our experience includes wage/hour class actions, including claims involving unpaid overtime, off-the-clock work, vacation pay, payroll deductions, commission disputes, waiting time penalties and alleged meal and rest period violations.
We recently represented a major carrier in a large wage and hour class action suit and an overtime class action case.
We also represent clients in sexual harassment cases, wrongful discharge, whistleblower, qui tam, trade secrets, and unfair competition cases. These lawsuits represent substantial financial exposure to employers, both in terms of verdict potential and the cost of defense.
In addition, our attorneys have successfully handled these matters before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Fair Employment and Housing Commission, Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs and other regulatory agencies. We have substantial experience in representing employers in lawsuits filed by these agencies, and we have successfully defended clients in individual and class action cases.
Sheppard Mullin has decades of experience assisting clients in complying with prevailing wage requirements on public works construction projects. We have litigated numerous matters before the Secretary of Labor, Labor Standards Administration, the California Labor Commissioner and state and federal courts involving the California State Prevailing Wage Law, the Davis-Bacon Act, the Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act, the Fitzgerald Act and related laws and regulations. We also represent companies and organizations in administrative and judicial matters involving the determination of prevailing rates and the appropriate application of benefit payment.
Preventative and proactive policies and procedures are often times the more constructive way management can avoid a union insurgence. Sheppard Mullin assists clients with the day-to-day decisions that affect the stability and atmosphere of a workplace, and our attorneys have been extremely successful in keeping many organizations union free through positive and ongoing management training programs.
The Firm represents clients before the National Labor Relations Board ("NRLB"), defending and prosecuting unfair labor practice charges. We counsel clients through labor disputes such as strikes and picketing, including how to set up separate gate systems, obtaining temporary restraining orders and injunctions and basic strike preparations. We have represented clients in lawsuits against labor unions, taking a number of significant cases through successful jury trials.
The Firm represents U.S. and foreign air carriers in trademark infringement, patent infringement, internet domain name and antitrust litigation, and in challenges to passenger facility charges imposed by airports.
The Firm successfully represented a major international airline in defending against claims for patent infringement in two separate cases filed in Texas. In the first case, the airline was dismissed based on the defense that the scope of the subject patent was confined to the territory of the United States. In the second case, the Firm was successful in requiring a third party vendor to indemnify the airline for all costs relating to the claim for patent infringement.
We have represented Airport Group International, LLC (prior to their acquisition of ASIG) and AOM French Airlines on various patent and trademark issues.
Sheppard Mullin has successfully defended clients against securities claims. We have tried several of these cases, and defended many of them by way of motions to dismiss, motions for judgment on the pleadings and motions for summary judgment. In cases that have settled, our clients have paid significantly less than the average settlement.
An example of our experience includes the representation of Northrop Grumman Corporation in a shareholder class action alleging misrepresentations made in connection with the aborted Lockheed/Northrop merger. This case was dismissed on a judgment on the pleadings and was won on appeal. We also defended four directors and officers of Polaris Aircraft Leasing Corporation, which sponsored income fund limited partnerships sold through Prudential Bache, in a series of class action and shareholder derivative actions.
Tax litigation requires not only expertise in tax law, but also highly developed advocacy skills. Sheppard Mullin can assist aviation clients in resolving tax disputes ranging from administrative appeals to litigation. Working with our clients' auditors and accountants, we have successfully resolved disputes through alternative dispute resolution forums, and state and federal courts, including the U.S. Tax Court. Our attorneys also regularly represent clients in audits before the Internal Revenue Service and State Revenue Departments.
As discussed above, a major component of our Aviation practice is representing airlines in administrative and judicial litigation challenging user fees and other charges imposed by national and local governments and airport authorities.
Sheppard Mullin lawyers counsel clients on environmental issues in connection with site assessments prior to purchasing, selling, leasing or lending secured by real property. We also negotiate and document remediation activities, both with private parties and with governmental authorities.
Attorneys in our Environmental practice have represented clients in connection with CERCLA enforcement actions, clean-up and abatement orders, underground storage tank regulation, removal and remediation of hazardous substances, hazardous waste storage and transportation, and the permitting of facilities that handle or store hazardous waste and private contamination litigation. We have also represented clients in proceedings before the Air Quality Management District Boards and have counseled clients with respect to asbestos removal procedures and asbestos related injury and abatement cases.
Recently, we represented a major refiner/marketer of aviation jet fuel in litigation arising from alleged contamination of soil and ground water at several California airport fueling facilities, some of which have been in operation for more than 40 years.
Our lawyers are widely recognized for their expertise in the areas of commercial and industrial development. As part of Sheppard Mullin's real estate development expertise, our attorneys regularly draft and negotiate documents related to the acquisition, construction, financing, management, leasing and operation of airport and on-airport real estate projects.
As part of our ongoing real estate representation of DHL Express, we handle both the lease of existing on-airport and near airport facilities, as well as the lease of build-to-suit facilities. The latter include the lease and development of an approximately 290,000 sq. ft. air and ground hub at the former March Air Force Base in California and an approximately 307,000 sq. ft. ground hub in Allentown, Pennsylvania. In addition, we served as primary counsel for the ground lease and development of a primary air hub at the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport and a major expansion of the air hub in Wilmington, Ohio acquired as part of the Airborne acquisition. Both the Cincinnati and Wilmington projects were financed primarily through the issuance of special facility tax-exempt revenue bonds issued by the local airport or port authority, transactions in which Sheppard Mullin represented DHL as the lessee/real party in interest to the financing. Our work at the March Air Force Base has included, not only the initial leasing and construction of the DHL facility, but also working on an ongoing basis with the airport authority to address citizen noise complaints and to put in place a new master plan and expanded CEQA and other environmental regulatory approvals for the anticipated expansion of civilian operations at the airport.
We also represented the City and County of San Francisco in obtaining permits required from the Bay Conservation and Development Commission ("BCDC"), the State Lands Commission, the Army Corps of Engineers and other regional, state and federal authorities to develop one or more additional runways extending into the Bay for the benefit of the San Francisco International Airport.
The corporate attorneys on the Sheppard Mullin aviation team provide general business legal advice, assist in structuring and implementing major transactions, prepare agreements to address unique business arrangements and consult with clients to resolve major business and ownership issues. We handle such matters as initial and later stage venture financings; leveraged buyouts and recapitalizations; public offerings; mergers and acquisitions; SEC compliance; the registration, sale and termination of franchises; partnership formation and related transactions; and corporate partnering, joint venture and other strategic alliance arrangements, preparing and reviewing contracts with travel agents and wholesalers, charter contracts, maintenance and spare parts contracts and passenger and cargo handler contracts.
Because of our diverse client base, we have experience representing substantial entities in complicated multinational and multi-state transactions, as well as advising smaller and emerging clients on the full spectrum of business matters.
The formation of Mountain Pacific Airlines, Inc.
Representation of Airborne, Inc. in a proposed stock sale transaction and provided a legal opinion to the minority shareholders of Airborne, Inc.
Representation of Northrop Grumman Corporation in the sale of $1,000,000,000 of intermediate and long term debt in a 144A offering. The underwriters were Credit Suisse First Boston, J.P. Morgan Securities, Inc., Merrill Lynch & Co., and Salomon Brothers Inc.
Representation of InTank, Inc., InTank Services, Inc. and InTank Technology, Inc. in connection with the sale of substantially all of their assets to AST Services, LLC, a subsidiary of Praxair, Inc.
Tax considerations affect every aspect of a business -- and the practice of tax law requires tremendous innovation and creativity. Sheppard Mullin's tax attorneys advise clients on all areas of corporate tax law, as well as provide clients with sophisticated expertise in employee benefits law, executive compensation, estate/wealth planning and tax-exempt or tax-advantaged finance. Based on our understanding of evolving and complex tax law, we are often able to design sophisticated transactions that are advantageous for our clients. Because tax issues are integrated into virtually all areas of the Firm's practice, our tax attorneys are known for their ability to collaborate and advise our clients in structuring transactions that comply with federal, state and international tax laws.
Sheppard Mullin can assist aviation clients with all aspects of qualified and nonqualified retirement plans and employee benefit matters under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 ("ERISA") and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. Our well rounded expertise in this highly complex area of the law has benefited our clients for the last several decades. Our advice spans the design, implementation and administration of all such plans. It also includes all work associated with the defense of employee benefit disputes, the evaluation of benefit claims and securing determinations from the Internal Revenue Service and, where necessary, the Department of Labor.
Companies are often faced with creating compensation programs for talented employees and executives in order to attract and retain crucial talent. Our attorneys assist organizations in establishing tailored incentive and compensation plans to win and keep the executives its competition wants most. We advise on establishing compensation plans designed to advance company interests and tax consequences, while at the same time rewarding employees for productive contributions. We have expertise drafting independent contractor agreements, executive employment agreements, consulting services agreements, incentive and non-qualifying stock option agreements, confidentiality/non-disclosure agreements, employee privacy statements, mandatory arbitration agreements, non-solicitation agreements and all other types of employment related agreements. We also assist employers in developing tailored bonus and commission plans that reward employees for contributing to the growth and increased revenue of an organization.
Our approach to employment and executive contracts takes into consideration the current market standards of the aviation industry, as well as the relevant and often highly technical tax, securities and intellectual property issues prevalent in today's work environment.


G.Skill became the big winner during the 2013 Computex show held in Taipei Taiwan with a massive six world records being shattered during a live overclocking event held by the company. Each rig that broke the record was using G.Skill extreme performance DDR3 memory modules and was overclocked by the best professional overclockers in the world.
In all six world records were broken including: Memory Frequency, PI Fast, Super Pi 32M, 3DMark Fire Strike Extreme, 3DMark Fire Strike and 3DMark 05. Other participating hardware was provided by ASUS, Intel, GIGABYTE and EVGA.


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Magnus Nilsson is the head chef of Faviken Magasinet restaurant in Sweden. After training as a chef and sommelier in Sweden he worked with Pascal Barbot of L'Astrance in Paris before joining Faviken as a sommelier. Within a year he had taken over the running of the restaurant, which is currently number 19 in the San Pellegrino World's 50 Best Restaurants list. Magnus is the author of the Faviken cookbook, also published by Phaidon. He features in the Emmy-Award winning US PBS-TV series, The Mind of a Chef, and the Netfix docu-series, Chef s Table. In 2015 he was awarded the White Guide Global Gastronomy Award.
Featured on the Netflix documentary series Chef's Table"A 2015 Best Cookbook"-Saveur"[A] lush, beautifully organized volume, one of the loveliest of the season thanks in no small part of Nilsson's own idiosyncratic authorial voice."-Eater"[An] epic tome, which somehow manages to include what seems to be the whole of traditional and modern cooking from Finland to Greenland."-New York Times"Nilsson takes a deep dive into the home cooking traditions of his country... Home cooks will be pleasantly surprised by how accessible this book is."-Epicurious.com"The definitive guide to Nordic cooking... A hefty volume of 768 pages that's surprisingly accessible [and] illustrates the diversity of [the] region's cuisine."-Bloomberg.com"It's an absolutely essential book for anyone who delights in cooking, storytelling, culture, and history." -Departures.com"The 32-year-old wunderkind [Magnus Nilsson] is modest, but with [the] release of his epic book of more than 700 recipes... He has a lot to brag about." -Vogue.com"Amazingly comprehensive... The perfect tome to simply crack open to a random page and have at it."-Publishers Weekly"A comprehensive look at Nordic Culture through food." -Milwaukee Journal Sentinel"A celebration of culinary traditions." -Tastebook"Do you know your lingonberries from your cloudberries and your glug from your gravalax? The Nordic Cookbook has all the answers."-High Life"We love Magnus Nilsson... His recipes tick plenty of health boxes (high in protein, fibre and good fats), and are interspersed with beautiful photos to transport us to the land of the Vikings."-Grazia"A beautiful compendium of landscapes and larder recipes."-Elle Decoration"Nilsson writes beautifully... This book shows him as writer, a collator and an anthropologist... And his recipe for Swedish meatballs is fantastic."-Waitrose Weekend"Not so much a cookbook as an encyclopedia of tastes from a part of the world you instantly - from page one - want to travel the length and breadth of."-The Guardian, Cook"The gamut of Scandi cooking... Magisterial... You want Danish comfort eating? It's all here."-Evening Standard"[A]n invaluable guide to the region's cooking, from the braised guillemot of the Faroe Islands to the taco quiche of suburban Stockholm."-Sam Sifton, The New York Times Magazine"A glorious compendium of landscapes and recipes inspired by Swedish super-chef, Magnus Nilsson's travels across Scandinavia."-elledecoration.co.uk"An invaluable guide to the region's cooking, from the braised guillemot of the Faroe Islands to the taco quiche of suburban Stockholm."-The New York Times Magazine"Comprehensive, meticulously researched, 768-page ode to Scandinavian cuisine."-The A.V. Club"A work of food anthropology. I cannot recommend it more highly."-NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour
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Rebecca Black gives advice to her 13-year-old self on 9th anniversary of Friday
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Rebecca Black has offered advice to her younger self as she marked nine years since the release of her viral hit Friday.
The singer was 13 when she was thrust into the limelight as the music video, which saW her driving around in a car with her friends, took the internet by storm.
Posting a photo of herself now and a picture of herself back then, she said: "9 years ago today a music video for a song called "friday" was uploaded to the internet.
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— Rebecca Black (@MsRebeccaBlack) February 11, 2020
"above all things, i just wish i could go back and talk to my 13 year old self who was terribly ashamed of herself and afraid of the world.
"to my 15 year old self who felt like she had nobody to talk to about the depression she faced.
"to my 17 year old self who would get to school only to get food thrown at her and her friends.
"to my 19 year old self who had almost every producer/songwriter tell me they'd never work with me.
Rebecca Black in 2017 (PA)
"hell, to myself a few days ago who felt disgusting when she looked in the mirror!
"i'm trying to remind myself more and more that every day is a new opportunity to shift your reality and lift your spirit. you are not defined by any one choice or thing.
"time heals and nothing is finite. it's a process that's never too late to begin. and so, here we go! this might be a weird thing to post but the honesty feels good if nothing else."
Black has been open about the bullying and trolling she received after Friday came out.
She previously revealed that it became so intense she left her school to be educated at home by her mother.
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I remember the day when we were asked or we asked our congregations to turn to page # and read together a printed responsive reading. Although the content was filled with God's Word, it seemed that we or they just went through the motions. Yesterday, as a response to our remembering Christ through the Lord's Supper I led our congregation through a responsive reading that was projected.
Remember that we had just shared in a sacred moment, taking the elements of the Lord's Supper, and interspersed with those actions we worshiped through singing.
So there should have been excitement about reading God's word that was a response to what we had shared...but it didn't start out that way. I had planned that it would be that kind of a start.
After I read the first leader line and they responded, I stopped the whole process and prompted them about how we should be reading the words with excitement. We then started again...wow what a difference. There was life in the words.
Remembering how things once were does influence how we plan, however, we need to evaluate on the content and quality of an element not on how it was used last.
Responsive readings do have a place in worship, especially when based on God's Word.
Getting the congregation to participate with energy is our job and not much different than encouraging them to participate in any other part of the service.
What are your thoughts about using responsive readings in worship?
When was the last time you participated in a responsive reading in a worship service?
This post is my participating in the blog carnival Sunday Setlists which can be found at The Worship Community.


New jeans, new backpack… what do they have in common with a new kitten*?
When your Cora + Spink backpack arrives you'll be in no doubt as to its quality, opening the package you'll see perfectly presented, vibrant black waxed canvas creation that will live on your back for years to come… but how are you going to make it stay crisp and beautiful? Well, you're not.
2 years on – and it looks different?
You see, I love denim and I love a perfectly tailored suit, but both of them are different fellows – a suit worn daily should always be hung in the evening and replaced in the wardrobe… a pair of jeans might, occasionally get hidden in a cupboard.
New range is coming soon – ready for you to wear it in perfectly. The waxed canvas gives such an amazing wear in pattern – you'll love it.
*treat them with kid gloves – but then shut outside to deal with the neighbours.
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This Wednesday started like any other morning. I got out of bed, drank some coffee, contemplated "working from home" on account of the dusting of snow that crunched beneath my feet on the front stoop, but couldn't justify a second day of it. In an effort not to make haste with my decision to journey out into the inches of snow, I sat down and finished a crossword, had a lovely conversation with the dog in which I provided all the dialogue, and packed myself a lunch before getting dressed and ready for work. I had ventured outside already, so I knew it was cold, but my car is less than 20 feet away from my house and my walk from the car to my office is similarly short, so I often find bundling up for these brief jaunts in the elements to be a waste of time. This morning was no exception. I did put on my winter coat, but no gloves, no scarf, no hat. This is Nashville, after all.
I loaded my arms with the things for the day, slid my phone into my zipper lined pocket, scraping the back of my hand as I compulsively checked to see if I had it, mere seconds after placing it there, turned the lock from the inside door handle, and pulled it shut behind me. As I walked to my car, I looked around and gave thanks for the beauty of a manageable snow and thought, "This must be how northerners feel all winter." I approached the car, reached for the handle and waited for the beep that would mark the door's acknowledgement of the key's proximity, thus unlocking it from my pocket, or so I thought.
I reacted quickly, laying out my options and finding a dry spot on the driveway for my bags while I formulated a plan. Not even bothering to check if I had perhaps failed to lock the door or maybe even the backdoor, I grabbed my phone and began deliberating between getting an Uber or calling a friend. The closest Uber was 14 minutes away. It would take Claire that long to leave work and get to my house as well. Already quite cold and not willing to withstand 14 or even 4 minutes more, I buttoned my coat, stacked my Pyrex dish of leftover chili flat on the top of my computer bag, which freed up a hand that I could now stuff into my zipper-mouthed pocket, and started walking.
I live fairly close to the church where I work and I've done a lot of talking about how I could easily and should walk or bike to work sometimes. I've only actually done it once, but it was on my day off and I had left my car at work the night before, turning a wise life choice into tomorrow's workout. The shortest route on foot is two miles and it involves walking on the Richland Creek Greenway that loops a g olf course, one that I have circled countless times myself, though never fully dressed for work or carrying a bag that contained more than my BYOB to a friend's house for dinner. Today, under my coat, I was fairly prepared for the elements with my sweater and skirt, tights, and boots (Okay, they're booties. And they're from the Vince Camuto outlet store, so this isn't exactly an all-terrain situation.). With a Kate Spade tote bag on one shoulder and a vintage Louis Vuitton knockoff over the other, I wondered what other great wilderness wanderers and survivalists would think of me, should we meet in a strange cross section of shared illusory experience. Alexander Supertramp burned all his cash and social security card before heading into the wild. "No phone, no pool, no pets, no cigarettes." Check. The Revenant guy just wore fur from the stuff he killed, probably (haven't seen it), which is kinda fancy like my bags so maybe I was on the right track after all.
In the stillness of that frigid morning, I was mostly alone. I met one or two other individuals who, based on their proper outerwear, were more intentional about their jaunts than I, but otherwise, the quiet solitude was eery. I'm usually alone on walks or runs but I traverse the worn path in the intentionally distracting company of whoever is speaking or singing to me through my earbuds. This morning, the cold temperatures had frozen my iPhone and my earbuds were in a knot on the TV cabinet, right beside my keys. Without the very fitting Bon Iver soundtrack I would have supplied to enhance the drama of this experience, I shuffled across the snowy bridges and dodged patches of slush that would take me down in a hot second. I noticed, with a white backdrop, how clearly I could see through to the golf course and thanked my body for never having to take one of those emergency mid-run bathroom breaks for which I had scouted out these very patches of bramble cover. I moved along and wiped tears from behind my glasses, in desperate search of significance beyond what was turning out to be a far less extraordinary morning than I had hoped.
I spent the rest of the day thawing out in my office, deeply aware that I had intentionally allowed the morning to be more difficult than it had to be. I could have paced around the driveway to keep myself warm for 14 minutes while someone came to pick me up. I could have knocked on the door of a number of my neighbors' houses to wait inside. I could have called 100 other people. But I chose discomfort–and not just for a good story, as I admit to having done before. Perhaps, even before remembering it was Ash Wednesday, the penitential nature of the day bubbled beneath my skin, propelling me to act in this way– to deprive myself of something or to feign a rustic existence for 45 minutes. I believe that the Spirit calls us all in different ways, in different voices, to different things and, yesterday, without cognizant intention, I said yes to a call to break routine, to veer from comfort, to pay attention to the world around me and to the hear and listen to the desires within me that cry out in response.
For me, choosing the harder, messier, less comfortable path marks the hunger for experience that nourishes my creativity. My typical days involve a scrolling marquee of ideas upon which I could expound, but don't; sometimes they earn some initial paragraphs in a now idle Pages document but usually, I condense them to 140 characters and move on to the next one. I quickly and easily talk myself out of doing a thing I love to do, whether it's because I think it's not worth the time or no one will read it or it's never going to be as good as I want it to be. This morning, I invited something to rattle me, to shake me awake and to help me remember who I am.
And as much as I didn't want to add to the flood of commentary about Ash Wednesday, but rather compose a silly overdone description of a how I survived the harrowing elements with only my wit and bowl of chili to sustain me, my Lenten reflection found me– mortal and broken and losing a staring contest with myself. I won't be giving up anything for Lent this year (and will definitely be investing in a Hide-a-Key), but I'm grateful for mornings like this one when my propensity to be difficult opens a door to remember other parts of me. My eyes and ears are open, ready to learn, ready to search, ready to receive what is already before me. Ready to take a different route every now and then. Ready to do whatever it takes to hear that cry and to listen to it. Ready to trust and to say yes.
Several things: 1. Alexander Supertramp?! 2. I bet that leftover chili was even better than Sunday night. 3. I love hearing what you have to say. 4. This was better than The Revenant.
I've read this 3 times now and look forward to reading it again through the week. Very good…. I may forward to a few friends.
Meagan, thank you so much! This is very kind and I am so glad you are reading and enjoying. Hope you are doing well — and give my best to Jason!