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How Cher's romance with Tom Cruise began, plus more news
By Wonderwall.com Editors 11:59am PDT, Sep 17, 2018
Cher opens up about her relationships with Tom Cruise, Val Kilmer and more famous exes
Cher's love life has fueled tabloid reports for decades, thanks to the long list of famous men she's dated and married. In a new interview with The Mail (via ET), the 72-year-old singer and actress gets candid about her most memorable romantic partners, revealing that her marriage to Gregg Allman was "intense" but clouded by his drug use ("drug use and I were never meant to be together," she says), her marriage to Sonny Bono was "weird" ("he treated me more like a golden goose") and Gene Simmons of KISS is still "the one I'm crazy about." As for her '80s flings with "Top Gun" stars Val Kilmer and Tom Cruise? "When we kissed, I thought my head would shoot right off my body," she says of her affair with Val. Cher noted that she met Tom, whom she's called one of her "top five lovers," at Madonna and Sean Penn's wedding in 1985, then again at an event focusing on dyslexia. "A bunch of people who were dyslexic were invited to the White House, and Tom and I are both dyslexic. We didn't go out till way later, but there definitely was a connection there," she recalls, adding, "… I don't get what he does, that whole Scientology thing. I can't understand it so I just… don't." These days, though, there's no special guy in Cher's life. "Not this week. I'm still on the lookout," she says playfully. "The problem I have with all the boyfriends lately is that I don't want to go any place with them because you can't keep a relationship going in this kind of goldfish bowl, where everything you do and every picture you have taken will be on Instagram. There's no way to keep something special."
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Jennifer Lopez, 49, shows off her stunning figure in a revealing peach swimsuit
"Everything's just peachy 🍑." So said Jennifer Lopez on Instagram over the weekend alongside a pair of gorgeous photos of herself lounging in a peach-colored, deep V-cut swimsuit. Adding "#tangerinedream #peachesNCream#topnaughty #suitsandfruits#throwingshades #doublebuns" and Knot your average peach 🍑To peach their own 🍑 Practice what you peach 🍑 😂," the 49-year-old singer, who looks half her age in both pics, showed she wasn't afraid of flaunting her insane figure. A few of her famous followers were as stunned as any of her other fans. Paris Hilton posted no less than eight fire emojis on the pics, Kim Kardashian West wrote, "WOW" and Rosario Dawson chimed in with "Indeed." Her insane bod's not just the result of Mother Nature's generosity, though. In 2016, she told E! News she works with two trainers using two very different approaches to stay in shape. She also gets at least eight hours of a shut-eye each night and stays away from booze and tobacco. "She is a fitness enthusiast and she's a much better athlete than me," J.Lo's beau, former Yankee star Alex Rodriguez told E! in 2017. "She does all types of workouts," he added. "I don't try to keep up."
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Lily Allen reveals Chris Martin helped her realize she'd hit rock bottom
Lily Allen was suffering from a dark combination of postnatal depression and the various effects of serious substance abuse issues when Chris Martin and Gwyneth Paltrow invited her over for lunch and staged a small intervention a few years back. As she explains in her new memoir, "My Thoughts Exactly," out this week, Lily had gotten wasted at a Halloween party hosted by Kate Hudson the night before the lunch. She accidentally head butted Orlando Bloom and managed to knock herself unconscious, prompting Chris to step in and drive her home. When he and his then-recent ex, Gwyneth, had her over to their home in Malibu, Lily writes the visit served as the "wake-up call" she needed to get some help. The singer's book details a slew of equally disturbing incidents, as well as Lily's struggle to overcome the effects of growing up with parents who often neglected her, the grief of losing her infant son, fears around the stalker who ultimately broke into her bedroom and planned to kill her before being apprehended by police and a record industry executive who said he could help with her addiction issues then got her drunk, set her up in his hotel room to "sleep it off" and proceeded to try to have sex with her while she slept. "I moved away as quickly as possible and jumped out of the bed, full of alarm … I found my clothes quickly … and ran out of his room and into my own," she writes (via TheSun). Lily went to her lawyer and signed an affidavit detailing the experience but did not bring charges; she told The Guardian she wanted to name the man in the book but was blocked on the move by her publisher's attorneys. "Nothing seemed to reach or satisfy me," she writes of the period when she was heavily using alcohol, diet pills and cocaine. "I remember waking up one morning in those dark days thinking, 'Maybe it's time for heroin, because nothing else is working.'" She writes that instead, she hired a female escort whom she met with multiple times. "She was expensive. High-class hookers are. I didn't care," Lily recalls. "I just wanted her to help me feel something." "My Thoughts Exactly" hits shelves on Friday, Sept. 21.
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Chris Martin takes a dig at Leonardo DiCaprio's cargo shorts addiction
On Saturday, Sept. 15, the Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation recently celebrated 20 years of advocating for wildlife and environmental protection with a fundraiser in Sonoma, Calif.. But as Chris Martin reminded the crowd before he performed with Coldplay at the bash, Leo's work isn't limited to saving animals and the planet. "I studied him very closely for about five or six years," Chris mused, according to E! News, "and what became clear to me was his unbelievable service, his commitment to the business of cargo shorts." The joke-prone singer continued: "This is a guy, he's seen cargo shorts and he said, 'I'm going to save these shorts from extinction. They should have gone out about 25 years ago. I'm personally going to fund the sort of renaissances of cargo shorts.'" Vulture reports Chris also treated the giggling crowd to a little song about Leo's penchant for a look that should have died with the '90s. "Hello, I'm Leo, how do you do? There's a sad side of me I want to show to you," Chris sang while playing guitar. "All my movies I'm the star I swear, but they won't let me wear what I want to wear! You see I have an outfit that I think is fine, so much that I wear it nearly all the time. Find 100 pairs on my wardrobe shelf, so tell the director I'll be dressing myself: In my cargo shorts, my cargo shorts!" Here's to you, Leo. Long may your cargo shorts wave.
Victoria Beckham's whole family celebrates her London Fashion Week debut
A regular at New York Fashion Week for years, Victoria Beckham made her London Fashion Week debut over the weekend and her whole family came out to support her. Posh's husband, David Beckham gushed about his pride in his wife when he posted a sweet photo of the couple's kids, Brooklyn Beckham, Romeo Beckham, Cruz Beckham and Harper Beckham, seated in the front row at the show. They all got a big smooch from their mom as soon as the presentation was over. "Proud of mummy x 10 years and what an amazing way to celebrate in London 🇬🇧 .. We are so proud of you @victoriabeckham ♥," David captioned the shot. The Sun reports Victoria's mom, dad and sister, Louise, all came out to celebrate with her, as well. The fam wrapped up with an afterparty at the Victoria's Secret on Dover Street.
You're doing it wrong: Chrissy Teigen gives a tutorial on the correct pronunciation of 'Teigen'
Sorry, Chrissy! It seems the world has been mispronouncing Chrissy Teigen's name for so long she's stopped trying to instruct them on how it should be said. "Gave up a long time ago. last name is tie-gen not tee-gen," she tweeted over the weekend. In comments excerpted by E! News, fans caught wind of the tweet and pointed out Chrissy herself sometimes says her last name the way everyone else says it instead of "tie-gem." "I know. I even correct people when they say it correctly. it's all v effed up," she added. "I don't correct people, ever. They can call me Janet and I won't. Wrong order? I'll eat it. Taxi going to the wrong airport? I'll change my flight." She also posted a video showing herself saying "tie-gen." Last month, Ariana Grande revealed to Apple's Beats 1 she had a similar problem with people getting her last name wrong. "My grandparents said [Grandee]. My brother [Frankie Grande] kind of change it to [Grawnday] because [Grandee] was kind of like the Americanized version of it," she said at the time. "I grew up saying [Grandee]." Ariana noted she'll keep Grande when she marries her fiancé, Pete Davidson, because of her last name's connection to her grandfather.
Paul McCartney likens Donald Trump to a 'mad ship captain' on new album
On "Despite Repeated Warnings," off his chart-topping new album, "Egypt Station," Paul McCartney sings about a climate change denying ship captain leading the world to the brink of disaster. "People who deny climate change… I just think it's the most stupid thing ever," the 76-year-old Beatle told the BBC in a recent interview. "So I just wanted to make a song that would talk about that and basically say, 'Occasionally, we've got a mad captain sailing this boat we're all on and he is just going to take us to the iceberg [despite] being warned it's not a cool idea.'" Asked if the captain in the song is a reference to a specific person, Sir Paul admitted it was about Donald Trump, who's said climate change is a farce and has proudly pushed through rollbacks of key environmental protection policies. "Well, I mean obviously it's Trump but there's plenty of them about," Paul said. "He's not the only one."
Duchess Kate is launching a solo campaign to assist at-risk kids
Duchess Kate has a new mission. In 2019, the royal plans to kick off a campaign to help disadvantaged children avoid lifelong problems they're often plagued with due to the circumstances of their childhoods in what's being called "Broken Britain," according to the Daily Mail. "This is a lifelong project," an insider tells the Daily Mail. "She is looking at what she can do over the next five, ten, 15, 20 years. She wants to be able to look back and see what difference has been made. That's what her position in public life allows her to do." The Duchess, who has previously focused on social work initiatives like Heads Together alongside her husband, Prince William, will execute this campaign by herself, the The Mail reports. She reportedly plans to work with experts from the worlds of academia and health care to support children prone to developing addiction, anti-social tendencies and other mental health issues.
Nicole Kidman says her 'strong sexuality' is a 'huge part of' her existence
Head or heart first? That's what Marie Claire wanted to know when the mag checked in with its October 2018 cover star, Nicole Kidman. "I always say I'm a pretty even mix, but I'm probably dominated by [my heart]," the "Big Little Lies" star revealed (via JustJared). "If you don't come from a feeling place, you just end up with an enormous amount of technique. I have this [brains], but that can be overruled. It fluctuates too. I have a strong sexuality. It's a huge part of who I am and my existence." The actress also weighed in on the #MeToo movement and how she thinks Hollywood should proceed with regard to male directors accused of sexual misconduct. "I look at those films that [Roman] Polanski made, and they're amazing," she admitted. "I'm sort of navigating through it myself with my own moral compass. What do you do? Do you ban it? Or see it as art? Or judge it in this time looking back at that time? I have no answer."
Sean Penn thinks the #MeToo Movement is about dividing men and women
Sean Penn isn't backing down from his position that the #MeToo Movement is deeply problematic. In the wake of his novel's defense of Louis CK and Charlie Rose, the star appeared on the "Today" show this week to take about his new show, "The First," with his co-star, Natascha McElhone and Natalie Moraeles. Asked if the show drew any inspiration from #MeToo, Sean criticized the movement and suggested many of those who have accused men of sexual misconduct were not being truthful. "I'd like to think that none of it was influenced by what they call the movement of #MeToo," he said, according to Vulture. "I think it's influenced by the things that are developing in terms of the empowerment of women who've been acknowledging each other and being acknowledged by men. This is a movement that was largely shouldered by a kind of receptacle of the salacious." When the meaning of his "receptacle of the salacious" comment was questioned, Sean explained: "Well, we don't know what's a fact in many of the cases. Salacious is as soon as you call something a movement that is really a series of many individual accusers, victims, accusations, some of which are unfounded. The spirit of much of what has been the #MeToo movement is to divide men and women."
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It's finally Fall, and The Veggie Wagon has just what you need to start feeling festive! We've just gotten in the season's first batch of pumpkins from our favorite local patch. Big, small, tall & fat, to carve or to crave, we have the pumpkin for you! We have all sorts of sizes and types of pumpkins. There are little baby pumpkins and monstrous extra-large pumpkins. We even have heirloom pumpkins in all kinds of fun colors! The problem with options, though, is how do you choose?
Here are some tips on picking out the perfect pumpkin! 1. Look out for mush! A pumpkin should be completely firm. Any soft spots are signs of decay inside the pumpkin. You can't have your pumpkin expiring before Halloween! 2. Pick the right shape! If you plan on carving your pumpkin, a round or oval pumpkin is best. That way, you have more room to carve and you'll get more yummy pumpkin seeds. A misshapen pumpkin won't have as much space filled with seeds. 3. Find one with character! A perfectly round and smooth pumpkin is nice, but little lumps and bumps add personality to your pumpkin. 4. If you're looking to carve your pumpkin, thump it to see if it sounds hollow. The hollow sound indicates that it has thinner walls, and will be easier to cut! Thicker walls are harder to work with. 5. Love your pumpkin! All of the tips & tricks in the world don't matter if you aren't in love. Follow your heart to the perfect pumpkin! Come by The Veggie Wagon today, and find a pumpkin that is perfect for you!
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Pennsylvania Real-Time News
Former Pa. Gov. Tom Ridge urges states to allow processing of mail-in ballots before Election Day
Updated Sep 09, 2020; Posted Sep 09, 2020
Former Pa. Governor Tom Ridge, shown in a 2018 file photo speaking to the Lancaster Chamber, is urging states to allow counties to begin processing ballots cast by mail before Election Day. Dan Gleiter | dgleiter@pennlive.comPENNLIVE.COM
By Ron Southwick | rsouthwick@pennlive.com
Former Gov. Tom Ridge is urging Pennsylvania and other states to ensure counties have the time they need to process ballots cast by mail in the November election.
Ridge, the nation's former secretary of homeland security, spoke in a conference call with reporters Wednesday. A lifelong Republican, Ridge joined Jennifer Granholm, a Democratic former Michigan governor, in writing a letter asking states to give election officials time to process mail-in ballots and absentee ballots.
With an unprecedented number of Americans expected to cast ballots by mail due to the coronavirus pandemic, Ridge and Granholm wrote that states must revise outdated rules and enable election officials to process ballots cast by mail.
In the conference call, Ridge noted that Pennsylvania is one of only seven states that doesn't allow counties to process ballots cast by mail before the election. Gov. Tom Wolf and lawmakers have issued competing proposals that would offer counties some time to process the mail-in and absentee ballots before the election but they've yet to reach agreement on the legislation.
Ridge urged them to strike a deal, saying, "Inaction is not an option."
Speaking with reporters, Ridge noted some states allow counting of mail-in ballots before Election Day. At the very least, Ridge called for Pennsylvania and other states to allow counties to prepare ballots cast by mail in advance so they can be counted more easily on Election Day.
Election officials should be able to open envelopes and check the signatures of ballots cast via mail before the election, he said.
"There's absolutely no reason to prevent at least opening envelopes, verifying signatures and stacking ballots so they're ready to be counted immediately," Ridge said.
Wolf has proposed allowing counties to begin processing mail-in and absentee ballots 21 days before the election. Senate Republican leaders have proposed giving county election officials three days before Election Day.
Ridge, who said he maintains friendships with Pennsylvania lawmakers in both parties, said there should be room for compromise.
"I hope they'll find some middle ground," Ridge said.
Pa. House set to vote on a GOP-crafted election bill that a Democratic member called 'red meat nonsense'
Ridge said he doesn't see it as a partisan issue. He noted that Republican and Democratic county officials are asking state lawmakers and the Wolf administration for more time in processing ballots cast by mail.
This is the first year where Pennsylvania voters have been able to cast ballots by mail so easily. With the coronavirus pandemic, nearly 1.5 million voters cast ballots by mail in the June primary, far beyond any projections. Election officials expect far more to vote by mail in the general election in the fall.
Wolf signed a law allowing voters to cast ballots by mail late last year. The measure had overwhelming bipartisan support from Democratic and Republican lawmakers.
Until this year, voters could only cast ballots by mail by requesting absentee ballots and explaining why they couldn't get to the polls on Election Day. Now, voters can cast ballots by mail without having to provide a reason.
Ridge also countered President Donald Trump's repeated claims that voting by mail is insecure. He said repeated studies, including one by the conservative Heritage Foundation, have shown voting by mail is secure and doesn't lead to fraud.
And Ridge noted Trump voted with an absentee ballot in Florida.
Political analysts have long called Pennsylvania one of the states that could decide the presidential election battle between Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden, the former vice president. Given Pennsylvania's importance in the election, Ridge said Pennsylvania needs to do everything possible to ensure all ballots are counted.
"A lot of eyes around this country are going to be on our state in Pennsylvania," Ridge said. He added, "The stakes in the election are higher than any election in my lifetime."
In their letter, Ridge and Granholm stressed counties should have time to process all ballots cast by mail. Ridge and Granholm are co-chairs of VoteSafe, a national bipartisan group aiming to expand access to voting by mail and ensure safe voting for those casting ballots in person.
"This primary season has served as a series of necessary case studies for how to run elections during a pandemic. Some operated efficiently while some resulted in confusion and disenfranchisement. Many election officials have taken action, but in some states, their hands are tied by arbitrary and outdated statutes that only the legislature can change," Ridge and Granholm wrote in a letter released Wednesday.
"One adjustment we know based on the primaries will help is lifting the restriction on election officials from beginning to process mail-in and absentee ballots prior to election day. While many states go so far as to count ballots prior to election day, there is no reason to prevent at least opening envelopes, verifying signatures, and stacking ballots so they're ready to be counted right away," they added.
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Sur ses deux oreilles est un court métrage français écrit et réalisé en 2006 par Emma Luchini.

Synopsis
Jack et Vincent, deux petits escrocs aquitains peu futés, se font coincer par un proxénète espagnol auquel ils auraient dû « livrer » une prostituée brune le matin. Pour honorer leur contrat et récupérer la seconde moitié de la somme promise, ils doivent trouver une fille qui lui ressemble avant le lendemain après-midi.

À cette fin, ils vont voir Marcelle, une ancienne petite amie de Vincent un peu simplette qui vit isolée dans une maison sur pilotis sur une dune. Bien que le maladroit Jack ait vendu la mèche, elle accepte de les suivre et de subir un changement de prénom, de coupe et de garde-robe.

Alors que le peu scrupuleux Vincent ne songe qu'à récupérer son complément de billets, Jack éprouve des sentiments pour Marcelle et se rebelle brièvement contre son complice. À la dernière scène, on voit Vincent embrasser Marcelle et celle-ci, souriante dans sa robe à pois, rouler vers son destin.

Fiche technique
 Titre : Sur ses deux oreilles
 Réalisation : Emma Luchini
 Scénario : Emma Luchini
 Producteur délégués : Aton Soumache et Alexis Vonarb d'Onyx Films
 Photographie : Thomas Brémond
 Montage : Benjamin Favrol
 Montage son : Christophe Rault, Brice Picard
 Mixage : Dominique Gaborieau
 Pays d'origine :
 Langue : français
 Format : noir et blanc - 1,85:1 - Dolby -
 Genre : Drame
 Durée :
  Classifications CNC : tous publics (visa  délivré le )

Distribution
 Grégory Gadebois : Jack
 Samuel Jouy : Vincent
 Vanessa David  : Marcelle / Suzanne
 Vincent Winterhalter : L'homme du night club

Distinctions
  : Festival international du court métrage de Clermont-Ferrand 2007 : Prix de la jeunesse et Prix de la presse

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Film français sorti en 2007
Film dramatique français
Court métrage français

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The JCRC of Greater Washington and The Jewish Federation of Greater Washington are so proud of the 22 graduates of our Israel Engagement Fellowship's 4th and 5th cohorts. We celebrated their achievements with nearly 100 people in attendance at a ceremony Wednesday night at the Embassy of Israel in Washington, D.C.. Ilan Sztulman, Minister for Public Diplomacy at the Embassy joined us and discussed the importance of American teens' engagement with Israel.
We were also joined by JCRC interns and college students, Melissa Dworkin and Miriam Duffy who gave the high school students a real life picture of what to expect on campus with regards to Israel and some great tips for talking to other students about Israel. Several student representatives participated in the ceremony.


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For each quarter in this class you must earn 50 leadership points. Any additional points earned can be used as extra credit. Keep track of your tasks and points with the chart on the backside. The suggestions below are very flexible and your own ideas can always be added upon approval, after all, that is what leadership is all about.
You may do multiple things with one topic (for example research on cameras, make a display poster, and report to the class on your work and earn points for each task.


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Maybe it was a grandparent, or a teacher, or a colleague. Someone older, patient, and wise, who understood you when you were young and searching, helped you see the world as a more profound place, gave you sound advice to help you make your way through it. For Mitch Albom, that person was Morrie Schwartz, his college professor from nearly 20 years ago. Wouldn't you like to see that person again, ask the bigger questions that still haunt you, receive wisdom for your busy life today the way you once did when you were younger?
Once you learn how to die, you learn how to live
By AudioAddict on 04-17-16
The Stranger in the Lifeboat
Adrift in a raft after a deadly ship explosion, ten people struggle for survival at sea. Three days pass. Short on water, food, and hope, they spot a man floating in the waves. They pull him in. "Thank the Lord we found you," a passenger says. "I am the Lord," the man whispers. So begins Mitch Albom's most beguiling and inspiring novel yet.
Good but not great
By Blaise on 11-17-21
The Five People You Meet in Heaven
Eddie is a grizzled war veteran who feels trapped in a meaningless life of fixing rides at a seaside amusement park. His days are a dull routine of work, loneliness, and regret.
A thoughtful listen
By @Thorsdagr on 09-06-07
The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto
Narrated by: Mitch Albom, Paul Stanley, George Guidall
Mitch Albom creates his most unforgettable fictional character - Frankie Presto, the greatest guitarist ever to walk the Earth - in this magical novel about the bands we join in life and the power of talent to change our lives. It's an epic story of the greatest guitar player ever to live and the six lives he changed with his magical blue strings.
Fiction interwoven with REAL people, places,events
By Cynthia on 12-02-15
Finding Chika
A Little Girl, an Earthquake, and the Making of a Family
Chika Jeune was born three days before the devastating earthquake that decimated Haiti in 2010. She spent her infancy in a landscape of extreme poverty, and when her mother died giving birth to a baby brother, Chika was brought to The Have Faith Haiti Orphanage that Albom operates in Port Au Prince. With no children of their own, the 40-plus children who live, play, and go to school at the orphanage have become family to Mitch and his wife, Janine. But at age five, Chika is suddenly diagnosed with something a doctor there says "no one in Haiti can help you with."
BUY READ AND RECOMMEND THIS BOOK
By Ann Grant on 11-05-19
What if our beliefs were not what divided us, but what pulled us together? In Have a Little Faith, Mitch Albom offers a beautifully written story of a remarkable eight-year journey between two worlds - two men, two faiths, two communities - that will inspire readers everywhere.
Beautifully written
The First Phone Call from Heaven
The First Phone Call from Heaven tells the story of a small town on Lake Michigan that gets worldwide attention when its citizens start receiving phone calls from the afterlife. Is it the greatest miracle ever or a massive hoax? Sully Harding, a grief-stricken single father, is determined to find out. An allegory about the power of belief - and a page-turner that will touch your soul - Albom's masterful storytelling has never been so moving and unexpected.
Heaven Calling...............
By tooonce72 on 11-20-13
The Next Person You Meet in Heaven
The Sequel to The Five People You Meet in Heaven
Fifteen years ago, in Mitch Albom's beloved novel, The Five People You Meet in Heaven, the world fell in love with Eddie, a grizzled war veteran turned amusement park mechanic who died saving the life of a young girl named Annie. Eddie's journey to heaven taught him that every life matters. Now, in this magical sequel, Mitch Albom reveals Annie's story.
A journey of discovery. forgiveness and the human spirit.
By Wicked Queen on 10-12-18
Series: The Five People You Meet in Heaven, Book 2
For One More Day
As a child, Charley "Chick" Benetto was told by his father, "You can be a mama's boy or a daddy's boy, but you can't be both." So he chooses his father, only to see the man disappear when Charley is on the verge of adolescence. Decades later, Charley is a broken man. His life has been crumbled by alcohol and regret. He loses his job. He leaves his family. He hits bottom after discovering his only daughter has shut him out of her wedding. And he decides to take his own life.
A beautiful second chance.
By Lina RN on 01-14-13
A Story in Real Time, automatically updated weekly with new installments
From internationally bestselling author Mitch Albom comes Human Touch, a fictional yet ripped-from-the-headlines story about how lives intersect in a small Michigan town amidst the Coronavirus pandemic. Human Touch is a story being told in real time, to be published in weekly installments.
No respite from reality here
By Stewart Andrews on 04-26-20
The uplifting new novel from the bestselling author of Tuesdays with Morrie
Adrift in a raft after a terrible shipwreck, 10 strangers struggle to survive while they wait for rescue. After three days, short on water, food and hope, they spot a man floating in the waves. They pull him on board - and the survivor claims he can save them. But should they put their trust in him? Will any of them see home again? And why did the ship really sink?
An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson
Maybe it was a grandparent or a teacher or a colleague. Someone older, patient and wise, who understood you when you were young and searching and gave you sound advice to help you make your way through it. For Mitch Albom, that person was Morrie Schwartz, his college professor from nearly 20 years ago. Maybe, like Mitch, you lost track of this mentor as you made your way, and the insights faded. Wouldn't you like to see that person again, ask the bigger questions that still haunt you?
Beau-ti-ful Story!!
By Mijin on 11-03-10
Human Touch: Episode 1
A Story in Real Time
Conversations we have all had
By S. Thurman on 06-22-20
Booktrack Edition
Eddie is a wounded war veteran, an old man who has lived, in his mind, an uninspired life. His job is fixing rides at a seaside amusement park. On his 83rd birthday, a tragic accident kills him as he tries to save a little girl from a falling cart. He awakes in the afterlife, where he learns that heaven is not a destination; it's a place where your life is explained to you by five people, some of whom you knew, others who may have been strangers. One by one, Eddie's five people revisit their connections to him on earth, illuminating the mysteries of his "meaningless" life.
Music track a distraction rather than enhancement
By Delahny on 12-31-18
In part three of Human Touch, decisions have consequences. Sam battles the virus in secret, Old Man Ricketts must decide between his grandson and his family, Pastor Winston defies the laws for his church, and Greg and Aimee feel the effects of pandemic at home and in the hospital. Meanwhile, Little Moses has a vivid dream - a vision of how he may help all those who are suffering.
In part four of Human Touch, Little Moses is having strange dreams, Aimee's mother Ginger is rushed to the hospital with the virus, a resentful Buck takes up with a militia group, Pastor Winston is arrested for holding church services, and Cindy grapples with anti-Chinese backlash. Rosebaby makes a bold move to help Greg find a cure, but will he accept it?
In episode seven of Human Touch, many stories reach a crescendo; the "militia" group has Little Moses kidnapped and realizes he may be worth a huge ransom, federal officials descend on Greg and Carl demanding to know how they created a new serum, Pastor Winston comes down with the virus, Rosebaby searches for her missing son, and a strange, unexpected character enters the picture.
What is next for these families
By Marni Adler-Rogers on 05-27-20
In episode six of Human Touch, Ginger makes a miraculous recovery, Greg sees that Little Moses's blood is special, Sam asks for a transfer out of state, and, after a congregant dies from the virus, Pastor Winston believes he must catch it himself as penance. Meanwhile, Little Moses has another dream, Ava wants to make amends with her parents, and, after escaping the chaos of the protest, the "militia" plans a shocking attack on the street corner.
In part five of Human Touch, Pastor Winston is racked with guilt, Ava confesses that she may have exposed her grandmother to the virus, Little Moses continues to secretly provide comfort, and Sam reaches a breaking point - suggesting he and Cindy leave town altogether. Meanwhile, Greg and his medical colleagues are shocked to learn a secret about Little Moses's blood.
In part two of Human Touch, we see how the personal and professional lives of our four families are uprooted after COVID-19 is officially classified as a pandemic. Plus, more of Little Moses's mysterious past is revealed.
Captivating, I don't want to wait for part 3.
By Laurie Long on 04-20-20
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What is food justice, and what does it mean at Pace and in New York City? Join a discussion on how you can get involved in the movement to ensure that all New Yorkers have access to fresh, nutritious, affordable, and culturally-appropriate food grown with care for the well-being of land, workers, and animals. Refreshments will be provided.
This event is sponsored by the Birnbaum Library, Office of Multicultural Affairs, and Center for Community Action and Research.
All are invited to a free screening of "Winds of Change," an episode of Years of Living Dangerously focusing on different sources of energy and featuring America Ferrera and Mark Bittman. Join us for this free movie night and some free-flowing discussion. Refreshments will be provided.
This event is sponsored by the Department of Environmental Studies and Science, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Center for Community Action and Research, and Pace Academy for Applied Environmental Studies.
The biggest event of CCARNY's Spring semester is back! Hands on New York Day, part of the city-wide New York Cares Day Spring, is full of exciting volunteer projects directed towards improving our community. Volunteers will plant, mulch, compost, paint, and more at a local community garden to help beautify our communal backyard. Lunch & transportation provided. Sign up by 4/10 @ http://bit.ly/HandsOnNY15.
The Pace University Vegetable Garden wants you to come out and support its expansion! According to NYC Parks there are already over 300 school gardens in NYC. Be part of a dedicated group of students who are committed to the growing movement of sustainable agriculture. The day's events include garden set up and mural painting. Come out to plant, come out to paint, or come out to show your support. Either way, help turnip the beet at Pace University! This event is sponsored by the Pace University Vegetable Garden.
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Do Minimum Wage Increases Cause Inflation? Evidence from Vietnam
Nguyen, Cuong (2011): Do Minimum Wage Increases Cause Inflation? Evidence from Vietnam. Published in: ASEAN Economic Bulletin , Vol. 28, No. 3 (15 December 2011)
It is often argued that minimum wage increases can lead to increased inflation. This paper examines the impact of minimum wage increases on inflation in Vietnam during the 1994-2008 period. Inflation is measured by a monthly overall Consumer Price Index (CPI) and a monthly food CPI. It is found that the minimum wage increases did not increase inflation. Since the minimum wage increases often took place one or two months before the Vietnamese New Year festivals, observed increases in monthly inflation after the minimum wage increases were caused by increased consumption demand during the New Year festivals, not by the minimum wage increases.
Minimum wages, inflation, CPI, Vietnam
J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J3 - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs > J38 - Public Policy
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Building a Solid Case: Forensic Mapping (and Ghost Clouds)
This entry is part 1 of 4 in the series 2017 November xyHt
A Washington State Patrol officer improves the use of laser scanning for investigations by integrating field and office processes.
Rod Green has been doing accident and crime scene reconstructions for 14 years. In addition to collecting and analyzing information, Green is working to improve the reconstruction process on-scene and in the office. His work is drawing attention in Washington and surrounding states.
A 21-year veteran with the Washington State Patrol (WSP), Green is using his experience and knowledge to simplify and speed the work of collecting and analyzing information and evidence at accidents and crime scenes. Green's blend of high-tech hardware and software tools, together with common sense approaches, has produced measureable improvements in scene reconstruction.
WSP trooper Rod Green inspects multiple views of a point cloud captured at a collision scene. The point cloud can be used for analysis, modeling, and animation to recreate the collision.
Like many law enforcement agencies, WSP has adopted laser scanning as a tool for scene measurement and documentation, and Green has spearheaded the move. He has worked on every aspect of scene reconstruction, from data collection and processing to the production of drawings. But, for Green and others, the technology takes a back seat to the core mission of public safety and law enforcement.
"I'm not so concerned with how pretty the point cloud looks as I am with getting the details–all of the details–to accurately gather measurements of the scene for reconstruction," Green said.
Green believes that laser scanning's ability to gather vast amounts of information can play an important part in producing reports, drawings, and exhibits that contribute to the successful resolution or prosecution of a case. But for scanners to become mainstream tools, they must blend into the work of people who are already very, very busy.
Rod Green uses a TX5 scanner to capture data; because the system can be operated by one person, it frees personnel for other tasks.
Field Improvements
On-scene investigators at fatal collisions and crime scenes face a variety of challenges. They must collect comprehensive information in an accurate, systematic manner. Often working at night or in bad weather, investigators need to capture data quickly while the scene is fresh and before rain or snow can cause evidence to erode or wash away.
Speed is also essential to reduce the duration of road or lane closures, which are costly and inconvenient to the public. According to a 2015 report by the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration, costs attributed to congestion caused by fatal crashes in 2010 totaled $189 million.
Green knows of some jurisdictions that have closed a busy street or arterial for six hours or more to accommodate measurements with a total station. In contrast, a laser scanner, which operates autonomously, can reduce the time and number of people needed for measurement and documentation while also lessening exposure to traffic.
In addition to point clouds, forensics software uses field data to produce charts and animations at reconstructed events.
Collision investigators must also guard their own safety. In many incidents, they are working near traffic or other hazards. Other measurement methods such as total stations and baseline-and-offset techniques may require several people to capture and record the data and can result in closing more lanes. Total station measurement often requires someone else at the site to hold the prism rod; that person could be working on another aspect of the investigation.
WSP uses a Trimble TX5 scanner in the field that simplifies the work for scene investigators by providing preset scanning modes that capture data at different levels of resolution. Similar to preset modes on a digital camera, users can select the scanning mode to fit the detail needed at each setup on the site.
Green has developed guidelines for WSP investigators that suggest which mode is appropriate for capturing different types of details and evidence.
"We like the presets," he said, "because we can teach our people what mode to use in a given situation without having to calculate resolution."
Scanning at higher resolution requires a bit more time but can capture small details.
"I might need to capture shell casings or faint tire marks; for that we might scan at high-resolutions," Green explained. "But for other setups we can run at lower resolution, which is much faster. We can gain a lot more detail much faster, by as much as two-thirds than with other scanners."
Back at the Office
In addition to on-scene measurements, reconstructors must also manage and process the data to produce the information needed by investigators and district attorneys. They need to focus on the pertinent details while maintaining data integrity and the chain of evidence. Their finished products are exhibits, reports, and analyses that provide the basis for the accurate depiction of the scene and events.
Green reviews a plot of an accident scene from different viewpoints.
Immediately after the on-scene work is complete, the scan data is transferred to office computers for archival and processing. The multiple scans are combined into a single point cloud, which provides a complete view of the scene.
But large point clouds come with their own challenges.
"There are people who look at a point cloud and say they can't see the details," Green said. "That is usually because it wasn't scanned or processed correctly. We want to avoid the trap of not seeing the evidence for the cloud. We do not want just a huge cloud; we want better management of the cloud."
WSP detectives use Trimble RealWorks software to combine the scans and begin analyzing the scenes. The software can use "plane-based" and "cloud to cloud" registration to merge multiple scans–the technique helps reduce the need for on-scene investigators to handle the spherical targets commonly used in many scanning projects.
Although target spheres are needed in some situations, Green said the plane-based and cloud-to-cloud approach is much simpler and faster for field investigators–so much so, it's become the default method.
Eliminating the targets is just one way the software component of the integrated system helps make the job of on-site personnel and office faster and easier. For example, even when working at low resolution, the scanner might collect thousands of points on a roadÑfar more than needed to correctly depict the surface. The software can reduce the density of the points to preserve the accuracy of the information while eliminating clutter that could potentially distract or confuse a jury.
"We do not want just a huge cloud; we want better management of the cloud."
According to Green, the main advantage is the cleaning of unneeded points. Because troopers need to work within the scene and traffic during scanning, they are sometimes measured by the scanner resulting in superfluous or "ghost" points.
The software's Auto Classification function can place designated objects (ground, poles, vegetation, buildings) into layers and also remove the ghost measurements from the finished point cloud. The feature allows for quick processing to finalize the cloud by removing all unneeded measured points.
With the main point cloud in place, the office work moves to the phase of creating reports and diagrams. Using EdgeFX reconstruction software, Green can create drafted maps and models in 3D. Points that are superfluous or irrelevant to the case can be moved to separate layers that are switched off but are still preserved to meet the essential chain of evidence requirement while maintaining integrity of the scene's data.
When the point clouds are completed, the clouds and analyses can be supplied to prosecution teams. RealWorks includes simple viewing software that enables attorneys to view and "walk through" a point cloud to gain a detailed understanding of a scene.
The reconstruction software enables Green to add evidence markers, vehicle models, trajectories, and more–it can even simulate how cars are crushed in a collision. The information can be used to produce diagrams and animations for courtroom presentations or can be sent to other systems for specialized analysis. The result is a concise representation of the scene and events–all backed by detailed, defensible data.
In this point cloud of a collision scene, ghost images of troopers are captured as personnel moved through the scene during scanning.
Proof in Investigations
After ghost points are removed, investigators can focus on pertinent information (the removed points are kept in a layer that can be switched off).
The speed of the scanning system can be illustrated through Green's experiences. He described a recent murder investigation in which a local jurisdiction had mapped the crime scene–a series of trails leading from a trailer park to a swamp.
Using a total station, it took three people to do the work. The team needed roughly six hours and required five setups of the total station. They captured a total of 600-700 points just to produce the drawing.
To demonstrate the power of scanning, they repeated the mapping using the TX5 scanner. The work in the field required only 75 minutes and captured the same trails. With millions of points instead of a simple drawing, the team produced a full 3D point cloud ready for drafting that contained far greater detail than the total station work.
At a second location, officers investigated a vehicle collision that also included a shooting. Although capturing the complicated scene required 31 separate scan setups, Green estimated the scanning was completed in less than two hours.
When the scan data arrived in the office, he needed only six hours to perform the registration, cleanup, and drafting. Depending on the review process, Green said that the entire timeline to produce a full report could be less than two days.
One of scanning's most valuable features is the ability to preserve a scene while it is fresh and enable personnel to revisit the scene "virtually" after the fact. For example, an object not deemed pertinent early in an investigation may turn out to be important.
The result is a precise representation of the scene and events–all backed by detailed, defensible data.
By using the point cloud, investigators can return to the virtual scene at any time. They can use the virtual return visits to extract or confirm details on the object and its location long after the on-scene events and investigation.
The key to Green's success lies in his understanding of what goes on at the scene and beyond. (Green also does consulting and training for forensics.) By using a holistic approach to reconstruction data collection and analysis, Green is helping to simplify the work of officers in the field and office alike. His work is enabling investigators to complete their work faster, more safely, and with better results.
Here's a fascinating feature from xyHt on using lidar for forensics investigations.
This article is about a surveyor who became a lidar trainer for police departments.
For more in this print issue, click on the cover, below.
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Article by Chad McFadden
Chad (Building a Solid Case, page 24) is business area manager for Trimble. "Forensics is a good example of how ease-of-use and application-specific software is bringing spatial technologies to new users. The trend isn't slowing down."
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Un articulo muy puntual y práctico para el procesamiento de la escena del crimen y la obtención de evidencia precisa para realizar a continuación el trabajo de análisis y reconstrucción.
Felicitaciones por lo objetivo del documento.
[A very punctual and practical article for the processing of the scene of the crime and the obtaining of precise evidence to carry out the work of analysis and reconstruction.
Congratulations on the objective of the document.
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We've been working with the Canal & River Trust since 2017, when we were asked to help celebrate the bicentenary of a very special canal near to us a at Pocklington.
Thanks to a grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund, the Pocklington Canal Amenities Society and Project Officer, Lizzie Dealey an ambitious project is underway, in which they sections of the canal have been restored, whilst protecting the special wildlife habitats along the canal and running a series of exciting community events and activities to showcase the rich heritage of this idyllic rural East Yorkshire canal.
It became clear to us how people are central to the success of our canals – from the original vision of the designers and investors, to the labour that went into their creation, and their use in industry and for pleasure, health & well-being. We had a fantastic 2018 bringing some of these people to life, in performances at the Heritage Open Day in May, and in July for the Bicentenary Festival and Boat Rally. We are delighted to be performing at Pocklington Canal again in 2019, as well as creating a new performance to celebrate 200 years of the Sheffield & Tinsley Canal, as part of their Big Birthday Bash at Victoria Quays! Details of all our Canal & River Trust performances can be found on the upcoming events page.


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Last updated on: 11/21/2018 3:56:58 PM PST Voting Machines Home Page > Source Biographies > >Kim Alexander
Kim Alexander Biography
Title: President and Founder of California Voter Foundation
"The problem with electronic voting systems is that they produce results that cannot be publicly verified. After a voter casts an electronic ballot on a touchscreen, there is no paper record of that ballot that is produced which the voter can verify to ensure his ballot was accurately captured by the machine... With e-voting systems, it's as if we're trying to eliminate fraud and error by eliminating the ability to detect it. It's like trying to solve your accounting problems by eliminating your accounting department."
"The Need for Transparent, Accountable and Verifiable U.S. Elections," presentation before the National Academy of Sciences, Dec. 9, 2004
President and Founder, California Voter Foundation, 1994-present
Testified before the Voting Systems and Procedures Panel of the California Secretary of State, 2004
Member, Ad Hoc Touch Screen Task Force of the California Secretary of State, 2003-2004
Moderator - Cal Voter Web Blog, 2001
Member, Internet Voting Task Force of the California Secretary of State, 1999-2000
Education: BA, Political Science and Philosophy, University of California, Santa Barbara, 1988
1. Do Electronic Voting Machines Improve the Voting Process?


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import { graphqlKoa } from './koaApollo';

export { GraphQLOptions, GraphQLExtension } from 'apollo-server-core';

export interface GetMiddlewareOptions {
  path?: string;
  cors?: corsMiddleware.Options | boolean;
  bodyParserConfig?: bodyParser.Options | boolean;
  onHealthCheck?: (ctx: Koa.Context) => Promise<any>;
  disableHealthCheck?: boolean;
}

export interface ServerRegistration extends GetMiddlewareOptions {
  app: Koa;
}

const fileUploadMiddleware = (
  uploadsConfig: FileUploadOptions,
  server: ApolloServerBase,
) => async (ctx: Koa.Context, next: Function) => {
  if (typeis(ctx.req, ['multipart/form-data'])) {
    try {
      ctx.request.body = await processFileUploads(
        ctx.req,
        ctx.res,
        uploadsConfig,
      );
      return next();
    } catch (error) {
      if (error.status && error.expose) ctx.status = error.status;

      throw formatApolloErrors([error], {
        formatter: server.requestOptions.formatError,
        debug: server.requestOptions.debug,
      });
    }
  } else {
    return next();
  }
};

const middlewareFromPath = (
  path: string,
  middleware: compose.Middleware<Koa.Context>,
) => (ctx: Koa.Context, next: () => Promise<any>) => {
  if (ctx.path === path) {
    return middleware(ctx, next);
  } else {
    return next();
  }
};

export class ApolloServer extends ApolloServerBase {
  // This translates the arguments from the middleware into graphQL options It
  // provides typings for the integration specific behavior, ideally this would
  // be propagated with a generic to the super class
  async createGraphQLServerOptions(ctx: Koa.Context): Promise<GraphQLOptions> {
    return super.graphQLServerOptions({ ctx });
  }

  protected supportsSubscriptions(): boolean {
    return true;
  }

  protected supportsUploads(): boolean {
    return true;
  }

  public applyMiddleware({ app, ...rest }: ServerRegistration) {
    app.use(this.getMiddleware(rest));
  }

  // TODO: While Koa is Promise-aware, this API hasn't been historically, even
  // though other integration's (e.g. Hapi) implementations of this method
  // are `async`.  Therefore, this should become `async` in a major release in
  // order to align the API with other integrations.
  public getMiddleware({
    path,
    cors,
    bodyParserConfig,
    disableHealthCheck,
    onHealthCheck,
  }: GetMiddlewareOptions = {}): Middleware {
    if (!path) path = '/graphql';

    // Despite the fact that this `applyMiddleware` function is `async` in
    // other integrations (e.g. Hapi), currently it is not for Koa (@here).
    // That should change in a future version, but that would be a breaking
    // change right now (see comment above this method's declaration above).
    //
    // That said, we do need to await the `willStart` lifecycle event which
    // can perform work prior to serving a request.  While we could do this
    // via awaiting in a Koa middleware, well kick off `willStart` right away,
    // so hopefully it'll finish before the first request comes in.  We won't
    // call `next` until it's ready, which will effectively yield until that
    // work has finished.  Any errors will be surfaced to Koa through its own
    // native Promise-catching facilities.
    const promiseWillStart = this.willStart();
    const middlewares = [];
    middlewares.push(
      middlewareFromPath(path, async (_ctx: Koa.Context, next: Function) => {
        await promiseWillStart;
        return next();
      }),
    );

    if (!disableHealthCheck) {
      middlewares.push(
        middlewareFromPath(
          '/.well-known/apollo/server-health',
          (ctx: Koa.Context) => {
            // Response follows https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-inadarei-api-health-check-01
            ctx.set('Content-Type', 'application/health+json');

            if (onHealthCheck) {
              return onHealthCheck(ctx)
                .then(() => {
                  ctx.body = { status: 'pass' };
                })
                .catch(() => {
                  ctx.status = 503;
                  ctx.body = { status: 'fail' };
                });
            } else {
              ctx.body = { status: 'pass' };
            }
          },
        ),
      );
    }

    let uploadsMiddleware;
    if (this.uploadsConfig && typeof processFileUploads === 'function') {
      uploadsMiddleware = fileUploadMiddleware(this.uploadsConfig, this);
    }

    this.graphqlPath = path;

    if (cors === true) {
      middlewares.push(middlewareFromPath(path, corsMiddleware()));
    } else if (cors !== false) {
      middlewares.push(middlewareFromPath(path, corsMiddleware(cors)));
    }

    if (bodyParserConfig === true) {
      middlewares.push(middlewareFromPath(path, bodyParser()));
    } else if (bodyParserConfig !== false) {
      middlewares.push(middlewareFromPath(path, bodyParser(bodyParserConfig)));
    }

    if (uploadsMiddleware) {
      middlewares.push(middlewareFromPath(path, uploadsMiddleware));
    }

    middlewares.push(
      middlewareFromPath(path, (ctx: Koa.Context, next: Function) => {
        if (ctx.request.method === 'OPTIONS') {
          ctx.status = 204;
          ctx.body = '';
          return;
        }

        if (this.playgroundOptions && ctx.request.method === 'GET') {
          // perform more expensive content-type check only if necessary
          const accept = accepts(ctx.req);
          const types = accept.types() as string[];
          const prefersHTML =
            types.find(
              (x: string) => x === 'text/html' || x === 'application/json',
            ) === 'text/html';

          if (prefersHTML) {
            const playgroundRenderPageOptions: PlaygroundRenderPageOptions = {
              endpoint: path,
              subscriptionEndpoint: this.subscriptionsPath,
              ...this.playgroundOptions,
            };
            ctx.set('Content-Type', 'text/html');
            const playground = renderPlaygroundPage(
              playgroundRenderPageOptions,
            );
            ctx.body = playground;
            return;
          }
        }

        return graphqlKoa(() => {
          return this.createGraphQLServerOptions(ctx);
        })(ctx, next);
      }),
    );
    return compose(middlewares);
  }
}

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Q: Sum of a linear transformation and a non linear transformation. Is the sum of a linear and a non-linear transformation always non-linear? If not, then provide an example.
What about sum of two non-linear transformations?
In the latter case, I think there exist examples of non-linear transformations whose sum is linear.
Suppose $f:\mathbb{R}\to\mathbb{R}$ defined as $f(x)=x+1$ is non-linear (translation map) and $g:\mathbb{R}\to\mathbb{R}$ defined as $g(x)=-1$ is also non-linear (since,$g(0)=-1$) But $(f+g):\mathbb{R}\to\mathbb{R}$ is linear.
Plz clarify.

A: Yes: the sum of a linear transformation $f$ with a non-linear transformation $g$ is always non-linear. Let $h=f+g$. If $h$ was linear, then, since $g=h-f$, $g$ would be linear too. But we are assuming that it is not.
And your counterexample works, yes.

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Why We Need House Speaker Sheila Jackson Lee
House Democrats currently have the power to elevate an African-American woman to the third-highest office in the U.S.
By Munr Kazmir | Kazmir.org
On May 25, 2020, Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee (TX-18) hosted a Memorial Day commemoration ceremony at the John H. Reagan World War II Memorial Plaza in Houston, Texas, to honor all the men and women of the United States Armed Forces who sacrificed their lives in the line of duty. Command Senior Enlisted Leader, CCM Michael E. Cornitius, joined along with service members from the Texas Military Department. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Charles E. Spirtos)
Living History, Making History
During a national crisis, like the one we are experiencing in the aftermath of the George Floyd killing in Minneapolis, some leaders rise to the challenge.
Energized and motivated, truly visionary leaders surge into action when times are toughest; usually the same civic-minded actions they have been repetitively, quietly but diligently, carrying out for years.
Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) is one such leader.
House Democrats, currently having the majority in the House of Representatives, can vote to elevate Shelia Jackson Lee to the third-highest office in the land.
Why not now?
No one is more qualified to lead America through this difficult moment. The Democratic Party can make history by electing Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee as the first African-American woman to hold the Speaker's gavel.
Doing so would also send a strong message to the Biden campaign, increasing the likelihood that one of several qualified African-American women currently vying to be Biden's running-mate will soon become Vice President.
Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee questions U.S. Customs and Border Protection Deputy Commissioner Kevin K. McAleenan during testimony in the House Committee on Homeland Security in a hearing focused on closing pathways for terrorists enter the U.S. in Washington, D.C., September 14, 2016. (CBP Photo by Glenn Fawcett.)
What has become abundantly clear during this moment of national soul-searching, is that more representation of the diversity in America is needed at leadership levels in every industry, collective and bastion of social life.
The Democratic Party is no exception.
There is an unbearable amount of evidence for this necessity in our culture, much of it deeply embarrassing. This evidence includes recent high-fashion campaigns that inexplicably produced turtlenecks reminiscent of "Black face" and SnapChat's highly questionable decision this week to roll out a special filter in celebration of Juneteenth: Chains over a person's face which they must smile to break.
There is also plenty of evidence of this in the Democratic Party. How else do you explain Joe Biden telling an audience full of African-American voters in 2012 that then-candidate for President Mitt Romney would "put ya'll back in chains!"? Or Sen. Dick Durbin referring to an African-American Senate colleague's criminal justice reform proposal by the racially-dismissive label "token" this week?
Democratic Party leader and current Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi has been doing her best during the George Floyd protests. But many of her actions have revealed just how out of touch she is with the appetite of the American people for meaningful change.
In the wake of the George Floyd killing, Pelosi has called for and executed the removal of the portraits of four former Speakers of the House who held ties to the confederacy. But Pelosi failed to mention or call for the removal of the confederate statue her father helped dedicate to the city of Baltimore while he was mayor.
After former KKK leader Robert Byrd's death, Pelosi spoke openly about her friendship with him and praised his work in congress. Such statements speak to Pelosi's lack of awareness around the issue of racial justice in America.
"Senator Byrd took pride in his status as Congress' foremost scholar on the Constitution, on the Senate, and on the institutions of our Democracy. He never hesitated to speak truth to power. He was a voice of reason during times of war and economic hardship. He was always a gentleman, capable of charming any friend or foe. And he always stood on principle, even when others did not." — Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA)
After Robert Byrd's time as a KKK leader, he claimed to have a change of heart and became an advocate for equal rights. Previously, Byrd had long denounced civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in Congress, calling him a "self-seeking rabble rouser."
Pelosi worked with Byrd for 23-years; a man who was once the "exalted cyclops" of the KKK, recruited over 100 people to join his chapter, and warned against America becoming racially integrated.
While Pelosi has called for the removal of Confederate House Speaker portraits in the Capitol gallery, people are in the streets calling for more serious measures.
Meanwhile, Rep. Shelia Jackson Lee has maintained a laser-like focus on achieving results. She understands that the American people will not be satisfied by the removal of a few old statues or portraits most people have never seen anyway.
Under the leadership of Shelia Jackson Lee, House Democrats recently rolled out legislation aimed at minimizing the specific types of police violence that led to George Floyds death- which they called a sacrifice that "has brought America to its knees".
The George Floyd Law Enforcement Trust and Integrity Act, as proposed by Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) calls for new national policing standards and accreditations.
Washington DC, The US Capitol grounds, November 30, 2017. Representative Sheila Jackson Lee and progressive activists and supporters gathered here for a "People's Filibuster" in opposition to a Republican tax plan. November 30, 2017. (photo: Stephen Melkisethian)
Nancy Pelosi is now in her third term as House Speaker and though removal of a current Speaker of the House would be unprecedented during this time, these are extraordinary times. They call for extraordinary leadership.
Nancy Pelosi came to Congress three decades ago to fight for AIDS patients, AIDS awareness, and AIDS research. The work Pelosi, and many others, have done to improve the lives of HIV and AIDS patients and advance a cure cannot be understated.
AIDS was Nancy Pelosi's fight; and she fought it well.
Civil Rights is Shelia Jackson Lee's fight; it always has been.
While Pelosi must play catch-up with grand performative gestures and take crash courses on racial justice, Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee is the Civil Rights leader the Democratic Party has always needed.
"Today I marched for all the little girls who might want to run for office one day, I marched for #MeToo survivors and all those who are speaking out, I marched because women deserve an equal shot and I won't stop fighting until they get it. #WomensMarch2018" Rep. Shelia Jackson Lee and Terri Sewell at the 2018 Women's March. (photo: Terri Sewell and staff)
Progressive activists have already began calling for immediate change.
A female African-American leader in charge of the House would be a significant improvement of representation for the Black community. In Shelia Jackson Lee, African-American voters see a leader who understands and has actively addressed the needs of minorities in America.
Black voices in America are clamoring to be heard. There is no better way for the House of Representatives to represent the best interests of minorities than to elevate a highly-qualified minority representative, Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) to the third-highest office in the land.
Jackson Lee is just as qualified as Nancy Pelosi.
Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee already sits on three congressional committees. She is a senior member of the House Committees on the Judiciary and Homeland Security; she was appointed by leadership to the Budget Committee.
Rep. Jackson Lee authored, introduced, and successfully passed a reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act. She has introduced other important legislation including:
The Juvenile Accountability Block Grant Reauthorization and Bullying Prevention and Intervention Act, H.R. 71,
The Federal Prison Bureau Nonviolent Offender Relief Act of 2015
H.R. 4660, an Amendment to the Commerce, Justice and Science Appropriations Act for the Fiscal Year 2015 affirming the authority of the Attorney General to reduce prison overcrowding by developing and implementing lawful policies relating to requests for executive clemency from deserving petitioners.
She co-authored HR 1417, a bipartisan bill which has been described as the best vehicle for accomplishing comprehensive immigration reform in the U.S. House of Representatives.
In every way, Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee has shown unwavering support for minority communities. 40% of the bills Jackson Lee has sponsored have been criminal justice and law enforcement reform bills; 9% have been focused on civil rights and liberties, and minority issues.
Previously, Congresswoman Jackson Lee was the chair of the Congressional Black Caucus Energy Braintrust, co-chair of the Justice Reform Task Force, and a leadership appointed member of the International Helsinki Commission, and Chair of the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Board.
The congresswoman earned a B.A. in Political Science from Yale University with honors in the first graduating class to include female students. She also holds a J.C. from the University of Virginia Law School.
She is not a Congresswoman of performative action; she will get things done for the American people who now demand it.
While it may seem unorthodox to replace Pelosi, Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee is the inspirational, experienced leader the current moment and movement demands.
Democrats choosing Sheila Jackson Lee for Speaker would send a clear and strong message to Black voters that their concerns have been heard and will be acted upon.
The move would also be a long overdue acknowledgement of the many contributions Black women, including Jackson Lee, have made to the Democratic Party, through many years of hard work, without the credit or influence they deserve.
The Democratic Party controls the House of Representatives. They have all the power they need, right now, to make history by electing the first African-American woman to the Speaker's gavel.
This is an opportunity that should not be missed.
(Contributing journalist, Allegra Nokaj) (Contributing writer, Brooke Bell)
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