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'Smooth sailing' or 'left behind': The student voices in a charged debate over NYC's high school admissions
By Reema Amin - December 5, 2018
PHOTO: Julian Giordano/Teens Take Charge
Students at a Teens Take Charge forum with Nikole Hannah-Jones
At the same time Monday night that Manhattan parents were protesting proposed changes to how a few New York City high schools choose their students, teenagers in Brooklyn were giving voice to their frustrations with their educational experience, including the city's entire approach to admissions.
Students with the advocacy group Teens Take Charge shared their struggles to navigate a sometimes labyrinthine high school application process. They described arriving late and ill-prepared to an undertaking that favors middle-class students — and, in some cases, realizing that they were beneficiaries of the system's shortcomings.
Their call for change went far beyond the adjustment that the Manhattan parents were protesting — to do away with the admissions exam for specialized high schools and instead admit the top students from all middle schools. The proposal is aimed at increasing the number of black and Hispanic students at the sought-after high schools, and has generated debate, often bitter, since Mayor Bill de Blasio announced his desire to change the process in June.
Most of the parents at the Manhattan meeting were white or Asian, while most of the Teens Take Charge students who spoke were black or Hispanic.
The contrast between the two events drew attention from Nikole Hannah-Jones, the journalist who has written about segregation and her own family's school choice experiences and who joined the teens in a panel discussion at the Brooklyn Public Library.
"I wish these two groups could have been in the same room, so that the progressive parents arguing their already advantaged kids deserve exclusive access to the best public high schools in the city could look the children they would deny this same privilege to in the eyes," Hannah-Jones tweeted.
We amplified the Manhattan parents' voices on Monday. Now, here are selections from the speeches of the Teens Take Charge students. Their comments have been lightly edited for length and clarity.
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"It is always us … who are left behind" — Brianna Marquez, a junior at New Heights Academy Charter School in Manhattan
'Are you sure? You know there are many students who have been studying for this test since last year and the summer.' These were the words from my guidance counselor that rang in my head because like many students, I had some sort of hope that I could have a seat in a specialized high school.…
That's what disappointed me the most: not being told the whole truth … Not being told that because of my economic status, I can't have any sort of hope for a quality education. Not being told that many students who look like me — Latinx and black — barely get accepted to a specialized high school. That at Stuyvesant, my dream school, only 3 percent of students during that school year were Latinx, and only 1 percent were black.
It is always us — Latinx and black students — who are left behind because either many of us aren't encouraged or are limited because we are underestimated in the work we can do. So you're telling me that countless nights of doing homework at 1 a.m. because I didn't have a proper desk to work at during my middle school years isn't hard work?
A few times a week for a couple of weeks, I would approach my eighth-grade algebra teacher to ask for help with the math section of the SHSAT because of the fear of being left behind or not being good enough to score high for this exam. Unfortunately, little did I know that I was already behind. This was math that I should have understood except I didn't, because although I was one of the top students at my middle school, I didn't have enough knowledge. I was never encouraged by an adult to strive to go somewhere such as Stuyvesant or Brooklyn Tech. Instead, we were told to just transfer to a regular public high school.
I didn't know what were the 'good schools.'
"I often think about the friends I left behind" — Toby Paperno, a sophomore at Beacon High School in Manhattan
I'll never forget opening my middle school acceptance letter. I had gotten into my fourth choice, while all my friends had gotten into my two top picks, the only two middle schools anyone in my white, middle-class neighborhood ever talked about.
There was a huge stigma attached to my middle school, due to it being the most diverse middle school in the district….My mother tried to switch me into one of my preferred schools. Because I had been given my IEP [an individual education program for students with special needs] on the last day of fifth grade, my grades weren't an accurate reflection of my abilities….
At my new school, almost everyone was different from me. I didn't know whom to make friends with. So, I did what was natural: I found my place with the eight kids in my grade with similar stories to mine.
In eighth grade, I had an amazing social studies teacher. He helped me appreciate the diversity in my middle school and get out of my comfort zone to make friends with kids throughout the whole grade.
Soon it was time to apply to high school. That spring, I stared with disbelief at my high school letter: I had gotten into Beacon, my top-choice school! Only two other kids in my school got into Beacon, even though many others had listed it as their top choice. How come we got in, and they didn't? Then it dawned on me. We had someone to help us practice our interviews, parents who could help us with our portfolios and advocate for us.
My middle school had a high school that was filled with kids who didn't get into schools like Beacon. It had even fewer resources than the middle school. The kids like me that went on to different high schools needed less support than the rest of the kids in my grade….
Now, I go to a school that provides me with every activity I could want, several music studios where I can play the drums whenever, a beautiful library, and a PTA that raises hundreds of thousands of dollars annually.
I often think about the friends I left behind at my old school, the kids who needed more but got less.
"I didn't even know what the SHSAT stood for" — Gerardo Hernandez, a senior at Bronx Leadership Academy II
My parents were not born in the United States and they never graduated from high school. They went through financial instability and tragedy throughout their lives, and the conditions they lived through pushed them to immigrate to the United States. Navigating the education system was foreign to them.
In eighth grade I heard someone talking about the SHSAT — the ticket to better schools, schools where kids had their own books, multiple classes to choose from — but I didn't even know what the SHSAT stood for. No one at my school encouraged me to prepare for it.
I landed at an unscreened public school in the Bronx. When I walked through the doors, I believed it would be a challenge — what I'd read about the school sounded great — but in reality I entered a high school that was performing below standards, where just one in seven students enters the school performing on grade level. I knew there were better schools, but I couldn't transfer. I was trapped. So I had to make the most of what I was given. We got out of school at 3:15 p.m. I guess they thought the extra time would help us catch up. But we didn't learn much. I tried striving for better with little to no guidance.
Fortunately, during my freshman year of high school, I had the luxury of applying to and ultimately being accepted into … a free college prep program for low-income students…. I felt challenged — for once — but I also learned how far I was behind. Thus began the difficult task of trying to catch up to high schoolers attending specialized, affluent, or properly developed high schools. I felt vulnerable, confused, and a loss of self-worth…. [The college prep program] cultivated an environment where I could have intellectual conversations, collaborations that signified pushing each other to reach beyond our limits and build trust.
Now I'm a senior and I am close to … applying for [college]. I plan to pursue computer science as my major, and I hope to double major in Engineering. But I'm ultimately disappointed there have to be programs like SEO Scholars, Opportunity Network, Minds Matter, One Goal, Bottomline, Prep for Prep and so many more programs that have to help kids like me — kids the inadequate education system has left behind. Because the reality is: for every one of me, there are nine more still left behind.
"For me, it was smooth sailing" — Coco Rhum, a senior at Beacon High School in Manhattan
When I was in first grade, I was assigned the task of writing about what I wanted to be when I was older. I wrote: 'I have a dream that one day girls can be president. Because girls are just as good as boys. I am going to study to be the first girl president'.… My single mother, a Ph.D., both told and showed me that I could be my own boss, that the world was mine for the taking. My zip code landed me in an elementary school with abundant books and arts and friendly faces welcoming me each morning. My first grade teacher fostered my curiosity and love for learning and helped me to see that I could dream big ….
This same privilege that made me dream big in the first grade has led me to opportunities and advantages; I have taken AP classes, have had multiple internships, have played sports and participated in clubs, and have my own desk in an art studio in school … While many of my peers have been unjustly left behind, I have not. When I was born, my mother moved to District 15 in part because of its schools. I attended a lovely and well resourced elementary school. It was over 75 percent white — five times the city average. In middle school, my privilege … continued as I attended a screened school in District 15. My middle school was similarly coveted, and similarly well-resourced. It was almost 60 percent white. And then came high school.
New York City's high school application process is notoriously complex. But for me, it was smooth sailing. I knew the "good" schools to apply to …. I knew how to speak thoughtfully about myself for my Beacon interview, how to unscramble a paragraph for the SHSAT, and I knew how to pirouette for my LaGuardia audition. I worked hard, but I had already been on a path that meant that I was advantaged. The public high school that I now go to, which, when I applied, had screens for grades and test scores, a portfolio submission, and an interview portion, has an acceptance rate that is lower than Harvard's and an annual Parent Association budget that is nearly half a million dollars. It is 50 percent white….
At each of the three schools I've attended, less than 30 percent of students have qualified for free or reduced price lunch — in a system where 75 percent of students qualify. All of my schools have been majority white in a system where just 15 percent of kids are white. The New York City public school system is segregated, and its resources flow to schools like mine.
"Even if you've managed to get a passport, you may still be denied entry" — Lennox Thomas, a junior at Brooklyn College Academy
As a young child, I lived by Malcolm X's philosophy that "Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today." My grandmother learned that to be armed with education was to have a defense against systematic oppression. Her mother, born in the deeply segregated south, was denied a proper education. My grandmother did not want this life for her, nor future generations to come.
So every day during my third grade year in elementary school, my grandmother, with her high-cheekbones, thick box glasses, and sandy brown hair, made sure I completed all my school work along with extra assignments. She hoarded vocabulary flashcards, Scholastic News articles, math workbooks, science dictionaries, and any other resource that had been given to her by one of my teachers, all of whom she befriended. I was so well prepared during my elementary years, that I could not fathom how several of my classmates were at risk of being held back for not understanding the curriculum. This same feeling of academic shock visited me once more four years later when it was time to open my high school admissions letter.
Like every other student in my gifted and talented middle school, I hoped to be among the small percentage of students who would get accepted into one of the prestigious specialized high schools. I had spent the last four months cramming for a single test that would determine if I would enter a free academic heaven where opportunities were endless, funding was abundant, and the number of classes were in the hundreds — or an academic abyss where there were finite resources, rushed curricula, and short staffing.
When I opened my admissions letter and saw that the words "no acceptance" next to every single specialized high school I applied for, my heart sank. I was slumped for a few weeks and started to think that I was somehow inferior to my peers that got accepted. At that time, I didn't know that the kids that I was competing against were preparing years in advance….
Education is the passport to the future. But what wasn't told to me and millions of others is that just like a passport, if you've got money, you can pay to get it quicker. If you're of a certain ethnicity, religion, or gender, it may be denied to you completely. And even if you've managed to get a passport, you may still be denied entry to a country.
"Are you suggesting that I don't work hard?" — Ayana Smith, a senior at University Heights High School in the Bronx
Perhaps the most infuriating argument I've heard is "black and Latinx students just don't work as hard as their white and Asian counterparts."
My immediate reaction is always, 'So, are you suggesting that I don't work hard?'
Then, the person that I'm speaking to will usually retract their words to make an exception: "Well not you, Ayana. Your GPA is in the 90s, and your SAT score is a 1300."
And, I mean, why wouldn't they? In our education system, hard work is measured purely by results: numeric values that provide little insight on how hard a student truly worked. And, my stats fall above the national average for all races, so of course I must be more hardworking than my counterparts.
However, the truth is that I'm no more hardworking than the person sitting next to me because hard work is not always defined by being exceptional on paper. My peers do everything that they're supposed to do: they attend office hours for tutoring, form study groups for the SAT, and spend more time than me studying outside of school.
But no matter how much we study and prepare, we can only go as far as the limit allows us to … Unlike many of my classmates, I have received opportunities that they didn't, opportunities designed to compensate for the faults within our education system. Because of this, I'm relied on by my peers to take on the role of a guidance counselor, instructor, and exam proctor.
I gave my old SAT prep books to my classmates who couldn't afford them. I held mock Princeton Review SAT prep and tutored after school and during lunch. I sent emails outlining the essentials for the impending college application process, and I reviewed supplemental essays and personal statements. All because my school doesn't have the resources to prepare students adequately for college entrance exams, and it doesn't have staffing to accommodate the needs of all students: our guidance counselor serves 104 seniors, most of whom will be the first in their families to attend college.
"I heard parents complain that it wasn't enough" — Sophie Mode, a sophomore at Millennium Brooklyn
"Parents in my school didn't know about the achievement gap" — Tiffani Torres, a junior at Pace High School in Manhattan
Sophie: I'm from the Brooklyn of brownstones, bagel shops, bike lanes, and grassy parks.
Tiffani: Parks in my neighborhood are dangerous after five o'clock. There is no studying in the grass under the shining light of the afternoon sun with textbooks that cost a dollar a page, a dollar a page that could be spent on funding teachers who know what they're talking about. When it comes to school, people in my neighborhood think it's all the same – you'll get a decent education wherever you go.
Sophie: Go to P.S. 8. It's one of the best schools in the city. That's what my parents were told. That's why so many parents decided to move to Brooklyn Heights. And it paid off. P.S. 8 had it all: parent-funded art classes, electives galore, advanced classes, etc. But still I heard parents complain that it wasn't enough. They wanted more teachers with more degrees, smaller classes, bigger budgets, better resources.
Tiffani: Resources were always scarce. 'I got my degree, I don't need to be here,' said the teachers who couldn't understand our frustration, or whose frustrations overtook them, reminding us of that truth that they didn't need to be there. So why were they?…
In my middle school, Mott Hall Bridges Academy, we received our one minute of fame after being discovered by Humans of New York…. We were 99 percent black and Hispanic. We were constantly told that we were brilliant. That if we worked hard, we could do anything. That the possibilities were endless. That we were more than where we lived…. Cameras flashing, reporters asking, and money and donations and TED talks from our principal … but then … the cameras left.
Sophie: I have always been in a school with resources, a school with privilege. But many in our community complained that it still wasn't enough: all they could see was what their child didn't have….
Tiffani: Parents in my school did not know about the achievement gap. They did not have the knowledge nor the time to focus on what math books their children were getting, what their children's drama teachers were doing — or if there were drama teachers. Instead, they had to focus on what they were going to feed their children, and what time they were going to take off of work to pick them up.
By Reema Amin ramin@chalkbeat.org
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"I want waterfront property" is a common phrase Realtors hear in Coastal Eastern North Carolina. Believe it or not, this can be a very complicated request. Waterfront, especially on the inner banks side of the coast line, can mean many different things. I have put together this information to help make your adventure in finding the perfect waterfront property a little easier.
Before you get started looking for waterfront properties, here are a few things to consider.
1)	What kind of view do I really want?
2)	The river and the sound may not be the place to dock your boat unless you can put it on a lift.
3)	Are you buying waterfront to fit your boat or will you buy a boat to fit your waterfront?
4)	Knowing that there is very little lunar tide on most inner banks waters, what depth do you really need?
5)	What is your mast height and is there a bridge that may impede your access to the open water?
6)	Would purchasing a boat slip at a marina better fit your budget and boating needs?
Let me roughly define the different bodies of water for you. Hopefully, by understanding what each offers, you will be able to refine the search to meet your needs thus saving a lot of time and energy.
Coastal NC Sounds: Sound front property is the closest thing to living on the ocean front without the ocean. North Carolina's coast contains seven coastal sounds, all with varied sizes and depths of water.
The Currituck, Albemarle and Pamlico Sounds are separated from the Atlantic Ocean by a 200 mile long string of narrow barrier islands known as the Outer Banks. Albemarle Sound is the largest freshwater sound in the world and the Pamlico Sound is the largest sound on the east coast of the United States. The Pamlico Sound is considered a shallow body of water; it is 28 feet at its deepest, mixed with many sandy shoals and small islands. Its size ranges from 80 miles long and 30 miles wide at its broadest point. The wind-driven tides can be unpredictable and the water conditions seem to change on a moment's notice. The sounds of North Carolina are the nursery for much of the seafood and wildlife for Eastern United States. The sounds are fed by a multitude of streams, creeks and rivers from the west with navigable inlets to the Atlantic Ocean to the east. The Intracoastal Waterway (ICW) runs through many of the connecting sounds allowing for protected travel from Maine to Florida.
Rivers: The Rivers and streams flow from the western regions of North Carolina. Where they begin to reach the flat coastal plain they slow and widen as they merge with the waters of the sounds.
The Neuse River is the longest river in North Carolina and the widest river in America. Six miles across at its mouth at the Pamlico Sound, this river is known for its breathtaking views, outstanding fishing (both recreational and commercial), and the abundance of wildlife. It is an integral part of the second largest estuarine system in the US. The boating, whether it is cruising or sailing, kite-surfing or kayaking is without compare.
The ICW runs along its waters, making a turn south across from Oriental, NC as it makes its way towards the Bogue Sound and the inlets to the Atlantic Ocean.
Creeks: The thousands of miles of creeks in Eastern North Carolina are surprising to many people when they first visit. Often mistaken for rivers, it is not unusual for creeks to span a half of mile at the mouth with depths of 7 feet. Creeks are protected from the ever-changing conditions of the rivers and sounds. Many of the creeks range from freshwater at the head to brackish water as they near the sounds and rivers, allowing for a diverse population of wildlife and marine fisheries. It's in these protected waters where you will often find docks and marinas.
Canal front: You'll find in Eastern North Carolina a scattering of man-made canals running throughout many towns and villages linking interior land with the creeks and rivers. Often, these canals are deep and navigable waters, usually lined with docks and boats of all kinds. They allow for deep-water, protected dockage just steps from your back door. They are often called hurricane holes, as is the one shown below.
Guts and other "dockable" waterfront: Sometimes it is not all in the name; see a photo of Hogs Pen Gut below.
There are shallow basins that branch off the coastal creeks called guts. These waters can be beautiful and protected areas with sometimes 3 to 4 feet of water depth. Many of the marshes have a stream running through and are perfect for launching kayaks and docking small boats. Combined with the pristine views and wildlife, these are often private hideaway home sites.
Some folks would have you believe that waterfront is anything that you can't jump across flat-footed without getting your feet wet. Don't let them fool you; deep ditches and puddles are not considered waterfront.
Come to Mariner Realty to let our experts help you find your perfect waterfront property.
Is it the right time to buy in Oriental?
With most major markets picking up around the county, Oriental, North Carolina is starting to feel the energy. Although there were a couple of sputtering starts, the real estate market in 2013 began with a slow steady momentum and now is beginning to pick up a little speed. Many of the foreclosures have been purchased, the real estate prices are beginning to rebound and the interest rates are starting to bump up which is pushing the people who are sitting on the fence to make a move.
You can still find a limited inventory of nice, site built houses under the $100,000.00 categories but they are getting difficult to find. The under $200,000.00 home is by far what is hot on the real estate market right now. Generally these are the 3 bedroom 2 bath homes in established neighborhoods with amenities such as garages, decks and/or porches, as well as upgraded kitchens and baths.
It's the waterfront houses under $400,000 that is the buyer's dream market. This is where a buyer can still find waterfront homes with many desirable amenities at prices that would be hard, or impossible to replicate. The waterfront lots were priced higher than these homes 8 years ago. Who would have believed that a 2,800 heated square foot elegantly designed home with to die for kitchen, baths and other top amenities, located on deep water with a dock and boatlift, large multi-car garage with workshop, expansive deck and screened porch, beautifully landscaped AND in the Oriental area would have an asking price of only $379,500. This home is shown above left and a sale is pending.
As the banks and mortgage companies continue to ease up on lending, the markets around North Carolina and the country continue to improve. It will not be long before waterfront homes at these prices will be a thing of the past.
The home shown below recently sold for just under $500,000.
Call or email us at Mariner Realty. Our experienced, professional Realtors can answer your questions or assist you with buying or marketing your home or land.
Although the housing market is starting to make a comeback, today is still a buyer's market. I often tell my home owners we have to sell the sizzle. Let's get started on 10 relatively easy steps you can take to help increase the opportunities to attract that perfect buyer for your home, i.e. give your home that extra sizzle.
Here are my top ten, low cost, sure fire ways to make your house stand out above the others for sale in your price range.
10. Remove excess junk and unneeded tools from the garage.
Organize to best utilize the space in a neat usable manner.
Can a car fit in the door or can you find the work bench?
Make the garage look spacious and useful, not small and cluttered.
9. Make extra rooms look like delightful additions, not junk storage space.
If it is a home office, organize and make it an appealing place for someone to work.
Same goes for the guest bedroom or at home gym.
8. Make the Master Bedroom gender neutral.
Decorate with neutral earth tone colors.
Put away all personal things in the bedroom and bathroom.
Organize the closet and clean out as much as possible; it will appear larger and…Bigger is Better.
Freshen up bathrooms with new shower curtains/liners and fluffy new towels.
If buyers are uncomfortable viewing the master suite, they are not comfortable making an offer. A little effort can make a huge difference. See the before and after photos of the master bedroom shown below.
7. Kitchen cabinet tops need to be cleared as much as possible.
With the exception of fresh flowers or a bowl of fruit, if you do not need it, store it out of sight.
Clean out drawers and cabinets; if they look over-filled or cluttered, it will give the appearance of being too small.
Remove magnets, photos and other things attached to the refrigerator.
Make certain the counter tops and appliances are wiped down with cleaner after each use.
Freshen they kitchen with new coordinated hand and dish towel sets.
6. Stage your house for everyone's taste.
Clear away the clutter everywhere you see it.
Put away as many of your personal things as you can. Less is more when selling your home.
Allow buyers to visualize living in your home, not see how your family makes this your home.
Take out excess furniture. It makes the rooms appear more spacious and allows them to better see their own furnishings in the same space.
Always remember light earth tone colors are more appealing to the majority of people; always a good choice when selling.
5. Get rid of any unpleasant smells.
Wash the dog bed and the dog.
Be aware of smelly foods, tobacco products, moldy areas; these smells turn buyers off.
Do not try to cover up by smells with a lot of perfumed air fresheners.
This will clear up most of the problems noted above in #5.
Clean the windows, floors, carpets, tile grout, doors and cabinet fronts and jams.
If you see it, CLEAN IT.
3. Let in as much natural light as possible.
Take down or open your drapes, including the sheers, during the day.
Wash your windows as noted above and consider painting your walls a soft white color.
Trim back the shrubbery from the windows. * Install high wattage bulbs.
2. Entice buyers to want to take a look with CURB APPEAL.
Welcome visitors with an inviting porch and a clean or freshly painted front door.
Keep a well-manicured, freshly mown lawn.
Create outside, lifestyle environments such as a cozy front porch, back deck cook-out area, or comfortable seating overlooking the water.
1. The primary key to selling a home is to price it correctly.
You can spend a lot of money fixing up and marketing your house, but if it is priced wrong the only guarantee is it will not sell.
Developing the correct price requires specific information on the market in general and the real estate market in your community.
Let one of the Brokers at Mariner Realty prepare a free market evaluation to determine a competitive price for your home. Our evaluations include information regarding comparable homes that have sold recently in your area as well as prices and amenities of current houses on the market in direct competition with yours. Together, with your home ready to show, the correct price and an experienced team of agents, we will be successful in finding a buyer.


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Richland township, Washington County, Arkansas Arkansas Income Charts
This section shows the economic outlook and local economy using the most recent economic data from the 2018 Census Bureau. Starting with Figure 1 which shows the median earnings per worker. Richland township, Washington County, Arkansas indicates it has $41,467 median earnings which is the 3d most of all other places in the area. The city with the highest median earnings in the area is Goshen with an earnings of $81,080 measures about twice as large. Comparing median earnings to the United States average of $46,022, Richland township, Washington County, Arkansas measures about 11.0% smaller. Also, compared with the state of Arkansas, median earnings of $37,301, Richland township, Washington County, Arkansas is 11.2% larger.
In Figure 2 we see a more complete view of income which includes all members in a household using the median household income and it has $66,563 median income which is the 3d most of all other places in the area. The city with the highest median income in the area is Goshen with an income of $108,750 compares as 63.4% larger. Comparing median income to the United States average of $57,652, Richland township, Washington County, Arkansas measures 15.5% larger. Also, in comparison with the state of Arkansas, median income of $43,813, Richland township, Washington County, Arkansas is 51.9% larger.
The next section examines a variety of different income statistics. In Figure 3 we see that it has the largest proportion of median earnings between $20,000 and $49,999 at 52.9% of the total and is ranked #1. Second, it has the largest proportion of median earnings between $50,000 and $74,999 at 31.4% of the total and is ranked #1.
Figure 5 has the Average number of hours worked in a typical work week during the year, it has 39.7 average hours which is the 4th in average hours out of 10 total in the area. The city with the highest average hours in the area is Goshen township with an average hours of 40.8 measures only about 2.8% larger. Dividing median annual worker earnings by the average number of hours worked in a year in Figure 6 shows that it has $20.09 average hourly earnings which is the 6th in average hourly earnings out of 10 total in the area. The city with the highest average hourly earnings in the area is Goshen with an average hourly earnings of $38.79 is about twice as large. Comparing average hourly earnings to the United States average of $22.87, Richland township, Washington County, Arkansas is about 13.9% smaller. Also, measured against the state of Arkansas, average hourly earnings of $18.25, Richland township, Washington County, Arkansas is 10.0% larger.
Figure 7 examines the number of self employed people in the area based on the number of people who reported any self employment income. Richland township, Washington County, Arkansas shows it has 17.7% Self Employed which is the 2nd most of all the places in the area. The city with the highest Self Employed in the area is Goshen township with a Self Employed of 17.9% measures about the same size.
Turning our attention to Figure 8, the median household income by age group, has Median Income-45 to 64 years in the middle of other places in the area at $70,617 of the total and is ranked in the middle of the group.
In terms of the source of where income comes from, in Figure 9 Richland township, Washington County, Arkansas has the largest proportion of self employment income at 19.7% of the total and is ranked #1.
The next chart (Figure 11) shows the percentage of households that had retirement income over the last 12 months and it has 20.1% households with retirement income which is the 2nd most of all the places in the area. The city with the highest households with retirement income in the area is Wyman township with a households with retirement income of 28.9% is 44.2% larger.
Figure 13 shows the cost of living for a variety of cost components from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Richland township, Washington County, Arkansas indicates it has hightest cost of 100.6 for cost of miscellaneous items.
Richland township, Washington County, Arkansas Arkansas Labor Force Charts
The next two charts look at very recent, monthly trended employment related performance using data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The BLS tracks unemployment statistics for a large number of areas throughout the country on a month to month basis. However, not every location in the U.S. is tracked by the BLS so the chart will only show the closest location available (which may be the same location.) Figure 14 shows the monthly unemployment rate for the area as well as a comparison to the overall measure for the United States. It indicates that from January 2010 to January 2019 the Monthly Unemployment Rate went from 7.5% to 3.2%. This represents a decrease in the Monthly Unemployment Rate of 57.3%. In Figure 15 the monthly labor force participation which are people actively looking for work are also defined as unemployed but do not include people who have given up looking for work. The participation level It indicates that from March 2010 to March 2019 the Monthly Labor Force Participation went from 38,810 to 48,114. This represents an increase in the Monthly Labor Force Participation of 24.0%.
The next two charts look at the annual unemployment rate and is based on the American Community survey. Figure 16 shows Richland township, Washington County, Arkansas shows it has 1.6% unemployment rate which is the 4th smallest unemployment rate of all the other places in the area. The city with the highest unemployment rate in the area is Elkins with a rate of 7.0% measures approximately 4.5 times bigger. Figure 17 shows the labor force participation using the estimated percentage of people either working or actively looking for work. Richland township, Washington County, Arkansas shows it has 59.4% participation rate which is the 6th in participation rate out of 10 total in the area.
The percentage of full-time workers are compared to the number of part-time workers in Figure 19. Richland township, Washington County, Arkansas indicates full time employees measures considerably bigger than part time employees.
The next employment related data item is shown in Figure 21 which is the percentage of families with only a single earner. Richland township, Washington County, Arkansas shows it has 37.8% families with a single earner which is more than all other placesin the area. The percentage of families with no one working is depicted in Figure 22. Richland township, Washington County, Arkansas shows it has 5.8% families with no one working which is the 4th smallest families with no one working of all the other places in the area. The city with the highest families with no one working in the area is Lamar township, Madison County, Arkansas with a families with no worker of 14.9% compares as approximately 2.6 times bigger.
Richland township, Washington County, Arkansas Arkansas Poverty Charts
Figure 31 shows the "Gini Index of Income Inequality" with a range from zero (perfect equality) to one (perfect inequality). Richland township, Washington County, Arkansas indicates it has 30.1% the Gini Index which is the 6th in the Gini Index out of 10 total in the area.
Richland township, Washington County, Arkansas Arkansas Work Commute Charts
Figure 32 shows a high level view of how people get to work (including the percent of people who work from home.) Richland township, Washington County, Arkansas has the largest proportion of people who bicycle or walk to work at 2% of the total and is ranked #1. Figure 33 shows a more detailed view of how people get to work for this location and shows Richland township, Washington County, Arkansas has the largest proportion of people who carpooled at 13% of the total and is ranked #1. Second, it has the largest proportion of people who walked at 2% of the total and is ranked #1. Also, it has the largest proportion of people who took a taxicab, motorcycle or other at 9% of the total and is ranked #1.
In Figure 35 is shown a frequency distribution of the time that people leave for work. Richland township, Washington County, Arkansas has the largest proportion of people who leave for work between 12am to 5am at 10% of the total and is ranked #1. Second, it has the largest proportion of people who leave for work between 5am to 530am at 5% of the total and is ranked #1. Also, it has the largest proportion of people who leave for work between 630 am to 7am at 17% of the total and is ranked #1. In addition, it has the largest proportion of people who leave for work between 8am to 830am at 14% of the total and is ranked #1.
The next graph in Figure 36 shows the average number of minutes that it takes for people to commute to work. Richland township, Washington County, Arkansas has the largest proportion of people with commute time between 5 to 9 minutes at 15% of the total and is ranked #1. Second, it has the largest proportion of people with commute time between 30 to 34 minutes at 27% of the total and is ranked #1. Also, it has the largest proportion of people with commute time between 35 to 39 minutes at 5% of the total and is ranked #1.
The average commute time is shown in Figure 37. Richland township, Washington County, Arkansas shows it has 25 average commute time which is the 4th smallest average commute time of all the other places in the area. Figure 38 shows the difference between male versus female commuting time and Richland township, Washington County, Arkansas reveals average commute time in minutes for men is only slightly larger than average commute time in minutes for women. Figure 40 shows the total number of vehicles available for transportation and Richland township, Washington County, Arkansas has the largest proportion of 4 vehicles available at 30% of the total and is ranked #1. Second, it has the largest proportion of 5 or more vehicles available at 20% of the total and is ranked #1.
Richland township, Washington County, Arkansas Arkansas Jobs Charts
The next to charts break out the median earnings for major job categories for men and women. Figure 46 shows the median earnings of men for the job categories. Richland township, Washington County, Arkansas indicates it has hightest median earnings of $48,333 for Earnings-Production, transportation, material moving occupations. Similarly, Figure 47 shows the median earnings of women for the job categories and Richland township, Washington County, Arkansas shows it has hightest median earnings of $53,918 for Management, business, and financial occupations.
Richland township, Washington County, Arkansas Arkansas Self Employment Charts
Figure 49 shows the number of people who are self employed in incorporated businesses by industry. Richland township, Washington County, Arkansas indicates it has hightest entrepreneurs of 100% for self employed in production, transportation, and material moving businesses.
Similar to the last chart is Figure 50 which shows the number of people who are self employed but in more detailed industry categories. Richland township, Washington County, Arkansas illustrates it has hightest entrepreneurs of 100% for self employed in manufacturing.
In Figure 51 the average annual self employment income is shown. Richland township, Washington County, Arkansas indicates it has $87,602 average annual self employment income which is the largest of all placesin the area. Comparing average annual self employment income to the United States average of $36,502, Richland township, Washington County, Arkansas is approximately 2.4 times bigger. Also, compared to the state of Arkansas, average annual self employment income of $32,820, Richland township, Washington County, Arkansas is approximately 2.7 times bigger.
Figure 52 shows the difference between the number of self employed men and self employed women. Richland township, Washington County, Arkansas indicates total number of self-employed men is approximately 2.3 times bigger than total number of self-employed women.
Richland township, Washington County, Arkansas, Arkansas Economy Data
Figure 1: Richland township, Washington County, Arkansas, AR Median Earnings per Worker
Figure 2: Richland township, Washington County, Arkansas, AR Median Household Income
Figure 3: Richland township, Washington County, Arkansas, AR Earnings Distribution
Figure 5: Richland township, Washington County, Arkansas, AR Avg Hrs Worked in Week
Figure 6: Richland township, Washington County, Arkansas, AR Avg Hourly Earnings
Figure 7: People Self Employed in Richland township, Washington County, Arkansas, AR
Figure 8: Richland township, Washington County, Arkansas, AR Median Household Income By Age Group
Figure 9: Richland township, Washington County, Arkansas, AR Source of Income
Figure 12: Median Family Income By Race in Richland township, Washington County, Arkansas, AR
Figure 13: Richland township, Washington County, Arkansas, AR Cost of Living (100 = U.S. Average)
Figure 14: Monthly Unemployment Rate for Area Closest to Richland township, Washington County, Arkansas, AR Tracked by BLS
Figure 15: Quarterly Labor Force Participation for the Area Closest to Richland township, Washington County, Arkansas, AR Tracked by BLS
Figure 16: Richland township, Washington County, Arkansas, AR Annual Unemployment Rate
Figure 18: Richland township, Washington County, Arkansas, AR Components of Employment Status
Figure 21: Richland township, Washington County, Arkansas, AR Families with a Single Earner
Figure 22: Richland township, Washington County, Arkansas, AR Families with No One Working
Figure 23: Richland township, Washington County, Arkansas, AR In Poverty
Figure 25: Richland township, Washington County, Arkansas, AR Poverty Break Out by Age Group
Figure 26: Richland township, Washington County, Arkansas, AR Poverty Break Out by Race
Figure 27: Richland township, Washington County, Arkansas, AR Poverty and Marriage Status
Figure 28: Richland township, Washington County, Arkansas, AR Poverty and Education Attainment Level
Figure 29: Richland township, Washington County, Arkansas, AR In Poverty and Working Status
Figure 30: Richland township, Washington County, Arkansas, AR Households with Public Assistance
Figure 31: Richland township, Washington County, Arkansas, AR Gini Index of Income Inequality
Figure 32: Richland township, Washington County, Arkansas, AR Mode of Transportation to Work
Figure 35: Richland township, Washington County, Arkansas, AR Time Leaving For Work
Figure 37: Richland township, Washington County, Arkansas, AR Average Commute Time in Minutes
Figure 38: Richland township, Washington County, Arkansas, AR Average Commute Time for Male vs. Female
Figure 39: Richland township, Washington County, Arkansas, AR Detailed breakout of age groups by means of transportation to work
Figure 40: Richland township, Washington County, Arkansas, AR Vehicles available
Figure 41: Richland township, Washington County, Arkansas, AR People who both Work and Live in the Same City
Figure 42: Richland township, Washington County, Arkansas, AR Median Annual Earngins by High Level Industry Groups
Figure 45: Richland township, Washington County, Arkansas, AR Median Annual Earnings by Job Category
Figure 48: Detailed Job Categories with Annual Earnings for Richland township, Washington County, Arkansas, AR
Figure 49: Number of Self Employed People by Industry in Richland township, Washington County, Arkansas, AR
Figure 50: Richland township, Washington County, Arkansas, AR Number of Self Employed People by Detailed Industry Grouping
Figure 51: Richland township, Washington County, Arkansas, AR Average Annual Self Employment Income
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Боя́н Петро́в (; 7 февраля 1973 — май 2018) — болгарский зоолог, эколог, спелеолог  и альпинист. Сотрудник Национального природоведческого музея Софии. Взошёл на 10 восьмитысячников без использования дополнительного кислорода и без помощи шерпа, несмотря на инсулинозависимый диабет, доказывая, что физическая активность не мешает, но помогает контролировать диабет.

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Он нашел для науки более 20 новых беспозвоночных. В Албании открыл новый вид ящериц, включенный во Всемирную красную книгу. Шесть видов животных носят его имя -- многоножка  Balkanopetalum petrovi (Stoev & Enghoff, 2003) обитающих пещер в Восточных Родопах, мокрица Trichoniscus petrovi (Andreev, 2002) , жуки Gueorguievella petrovi (Giachino & Gueorguiev, 2006) в пещерах Западных Родоп и Eustra petrovi (Gueorguiev, 2014)  в пещерах провинции Юньнань, Китай, водная улитка Belgrandiella petrovi (Georgiev, 2014) в пещере Чучура в Старой-планине и клоп Scirtetellus petrovi (Simov, 2006) в высоких частях Каракорума близ вершины Чогори (К2) и Броуд пика.

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Боян Петров проник в более чем 450 пещер и пропастей в Болгарии, Албании, Греции, Македонии, Хорватии, Турции, Косово, Румынии, Черногории и Китая с 1990 по 2017 годы с научной и спортивной целю. Материалы, которые он принес, чрезвычайно ценны для науки, так как они собраны в местах, где другому зоологу было бы очень трудно проникнуть.

Боян Петров является единственным зоологом, который собрал коллекции беспозвоночных животных с самых высоких частей склонов десяти восьмитысячников – реально являющихся пределом жизни. «В каждой из моих экспедиций я исследую и устанавливаю как высоко распространяются разные виды растений. Я фокусируюсь на фауне – от самых маленьких животных, которых альпинисты даже не замечают, до больших животных, которых мы все видим – птиц, сурков». Кроме этого Боян вел очень подробные и точные записи своих экспедиций; даные из его полевых дневников и коллекциях будут использоваться учеными в их исследованиях.

Альпинизмом занимается с 1990 года. С февраля 1993 года он начал участвовать в соревнованиях по скалолазанию зимой. Участник и руководитель экспедиций и восхождений на вершины Болгарии, Франции, Испании, Италии, Греции, Румынии, Турции (Арарат, 5137 м), Ирана (Демавенд, 5671 м), России (Эльбрус, 5642 м), Казахстана (Кан Тенгри, 6995 м), Киргизии (Ленин, 7134 м), Таджикистана (Корженевская, 7105 м и Исмоил Сомони, 7495 м), Аргентины (Аконкагуа, 6962 м), США (Денали, 6195 м), Кении (Маунт Кения, 5199 м, до 5100 м), Уганды (Маргерита, 5109 м), Танзании (Килиманджаро, 5895 м), Пакистана, Непала и Китая .

Первое восхождение Бояна Петрова на восьмитысячник происходит в 2009 году на Гашербруме I (8068 м) в Пакистане (первое болгарское восхождение вместе с Дойчином Бояновым, Николаем Петковым и Николаем Вальковым).

В 2013 года катастрофа и тяжелый перелом ноги прервали подготовку к экспедиции К2 (Чогори).

В 2014 года, с 12 гвоздями и металлической пластиной в восстанавливающейся ноге и сильными болями, Петров отправляется в Канченджанга с группой во главе с Денисом Урубко, который, однако, узнав, что он диабетик, отстраняет его из группы, советуя вернуться домой лечиться. Боян Петров не отказывается и вместо с севера, делает самостоятельное восхождение с юга. 20 мая он ступает на третью по высоте вершину мира Канченджанга (8586 м), став первым болгарином, также и первым диабетиком, добравшимся на эту вершину без запасов кислорода, соло. 23 июля он поднялся на  вершину Броуд-Пик (8047 м), а 31 июля впервые в истории Болгарии покорил Чогори (К2, высота 8611 м) и вошёл в число 35 человек, покоривших три восьмитысячника менее чем за 100 дней, а также установил мировой рекорд, покорив Броуд-Пик и Чогори менее чем за 8 дней, за что был удостоен видеопоздравления от альпиниста Райнхольда Месснера. 7 и 14 декабря 2014 на телеканалах БНТ 1 и БНТ HD вышел документальный фильм о достижениях Петрова «3 x 8000».

30 сентября 2015 Петров ступает на вершину Манаслу (8156 м).

В 2016 году Боян Петров снова поднялся на три вершины менее чем за 100 дней – на этот раз на Аннапурны I (8091 м) 30 апреля, Макалу (8485 м) 23 мая и Нанга Парбат (8126 м) 25 июля. Восхождение на Нанга Парбат он провел вместе с испанским альпинистом Ферраном Латоре и французом Элиасом Миллеру – они были единственными, кто взошел на эту вершину летом 2016 года.

В августе 2016 года во время экологического мониторинга трассы будущей автомагистрали Струма в Кресненском ущелье (Болгария) его сбила проезжающая машина. У него были переломы ребер, ноги и голени, перфорация легких, черепно-мозговая травма с гематомой  и он госпитализирован в состоянии серьезной опасности для жизни. После нескольких дней в коме он оживает и с большими усилиями в начале декабря возобновляет свои тренировочные подъемы в близлежащей горе Витоша.

В этот период он пишет свою книгу «Первые семь», опубликованную 6 февраля 2017 года, в которой описывает свои подъемы, систему тренировок и опыт организации экспедиций.

В 2017 году Боян Петров поднялся на два восьмитысячника – 22 июля на Гашербрум II (8035 м) и 29 сентября на Дхаулагари (8167 м). Он снова, как и в 2016 году, лезет с металлической пластиной в сломанной ноге.

Весной 2018 года Боян Петров направился к Шишабангму (8027 м), планируя потом подняться на Эверест (8848 м) с северной, китайской стороны. 29 апреля он начал самостоятельную попытку подняться на вершину. В последний раз его видели в бинокль базового лагеря 3 мая в районе лагеря 3, на высоте более 7000 метров. Поиски были прекращены 16 мая. Неизвестно, взошел он на вершину или нет.

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For worried family members, I thought I would clarify my current status as a gun owner (or not).
While I do staunchly support the rights of anyone to own a weapon and conceal such weapon per the 2nd Amendment, I do not currently own a handgun for my own personal use as a concealed carry weapon. Yes. I said handgun.
Feel better, Nana & Gma & Gpa? Sorry. I should have warned you or posted this note BEFORE you began having nightmares of me "carrying" while out with our kids.
I am not saying that I will never own a handgun for my own personal use as a concealed carry weapon. I'm just saying I do not currently own one. I'll have my Kitchen Aid or Bosch mixer before I have that! So you can feel better for the time being.
I do own a mean can of mace that I carry on my purse, though. So dream away about THAT!


Happy-Hap #1– Ruth, Ted S., and Michael at Flixchatter share their thoughts on the history of Agent 007 and rank the actors who have played the amazing action agent! A fun look at why we tend to still enjoy and watch James Bond movies as the 23rd installment is hitting theaters next month. Don't miss the enduring appeal of James Bond in this Bond-based article.
-Check it out here: Happy-Hap#1!
Happy-Hap #2– Nostra from My Film Views shares his regular weekly segment on Fridays entitled "The Many Faces Of…" In last week's edition, he shared a look at the many different roles of the one of the most popular actors of late: Ryan Gosling. From The Notebook to Drive to Crazy Stupid Love to the delayed, yet upcoming, Gangster Squad Gosling has been building his career and competes in popularity with the likes of Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Michael Fassbender, and more. Be sure to check out the post and share your favorite roles of his in this dedicated Happy-Hap.
Happy-Hap #3– Scott over at FrontRoomCinema wrote his review of The Perks of Being a Wallflower. I have been waiting for this movie to come to my theaters as I am anxiously awaiting to see it. Starring Logan Lerman, Ezra Miller, and Emma Watson, I look forward to seeing what the perks are all about. Based on the best-selling book, check out Scott's thoughts on this film. Are you looking forward to watching it?
Happy-Hap #4– And, in light of the month of October arriving, Morgan over at Morgan on Media has put up a fine series recommending horror flicks to add to your scare-collection this month. (He even updated the look of his page in honor of fall). One of the "classics" he highlights is 1984's A Nightmare on Elm Street. Did you know that a certain Captain Jack Sparrow was in the film? Be sure to check out his thoughts on one of the iconic horror movies and check out his additional scary movie recommendations afterward!
Happy-Hap #5– My friend, Tajuana, over at TajGreeneMoviesInReview has bailed me out! I STILL haven't gotten a chance to see End of Watch, but thankfully, she has and she posted her review on her site. (Thanks, Tajuana!) This action-filled drama stars Jake Gyllenhaal, Michael Pena, and Anna Kendricks and I need to see it quickly. Don't miss her thoughts on the film in her review.
Happy-Hap#6– Tim from Tim's Film Reviews shares a look at one of the most classic trilogies of all time (no, it's not Star Wars or The Godfather): Steven Spielberg and Robert Zemeckis' Back to the Future. Remember Marty, Doc, and the flux capacitor? You know you do! Check out Tim's fun thoughts on the entire trilogy in this post. Tell him which of the trilogy is best. And then, vote to choose which Halloween themed movie he will have to enjoy or suffer through and review!
Happy-Hap#7– Jaina whose site is appropriately named Time Well Spent, takes a moment to share another passion of hers (aside from movies) and posted some beautiful autumn pictures in a post entitled "The Last of the Nice Autumn Days." Her photography skills are amazing (you may remember the photos she shared from the premiere of The Avengers in the UK). Thank you for sharing some of your photos! Don't miss the beauty created by Jaina's camera!
Happy-Hap #8– Max from Impassioned Cinema has a fun segment entitled "Video of the Weekend" (VOTW) on his site in which he shares videos that haven't been seen by too many people or aren't as popular yet. In this 21st edition of his segment he shares a cute video entitled "Alma." Instead of telling you about it, I'm just going to encourage you to visit the page and watch it for yourself. Let me just tell you, you NEED to see it! Enjoy, and thanks for the great finds you always post, Max.
Happy-Hap #9– Castor over at Anomalous Material shares the theme for the upcoming movie 007's SKYFALL that is performed by the highly talented Adele. If you have NOT heard this yet, you need to run over to the page and listen to how appropriately Adele's amazing voice compliments the feel of 007 so well. I can't wait for the movie and Adele's track just made it even all the more exciting.
Happy-Hap #10– My friend and fellow movielover, Michael from le0pard13 shares another great installment of his series entitled Friday Forgotten Film in which he shares a look at the 1967 film The Dirty Dozen. This Oscar-winning war drama stars Lee Marvin, Charles Bronson and several others and Michael gives a look at a film that deserves more looks as several other films since have paid homage to it. Don't forget about The Dirty Dozen.
One final note: I am happy to announce that my local television station in collaboration with PRC Productions has expanded my 5 minute segment about movies to a full 30 minute television show entitled "Take 2 With Terrence." This is an exciting venture and I am glad to share it with you. As an extension of my work on this site, I will be sharing the videos from time to time here. Below is the very first full episode (my pilot show). It's a lot of work and I am excitedly looking forward to how it grows. Take a watch if you wish.
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Seriously though, awesome man. Dont forget us little folks when you're the next big star, ok??
thanks so very much man. It's been keeping me very busy on top of my regular work week and the site. But it's coming together.
ha. thanks Tim. We'll see. It's fun.
Some fantastic links, T. Thanks so much for giving a couple I was involved in a wonderful share. Very generous, my friend. You are a gentleman and scholar.
Awesome man. Congrats on the show! Looks good. But when you become a big time critic, don't forget your early blog supporters!
Thanks Morgan! I appreciate the feedback as well. yep, working on it. Pilot show…got plenty more to go and improve. Thanks very much for watching.
thanks sir! Glad to share the linklove. How did your weekend end up?
Tiring. 🙂 Had some home improvement type stuff to do, errands to run in town now that I've got the car back, and wound up watching my nephew Sunday morning.
Your own TV show? CONGRATS T! Will have to check it out when I get home tonight. How frigging awesome!
I really appreciate the kind words Jaina. It def keeps me busy. It's small and is working towards even better things, and I am quite proud of it.
Oh, thanks so much for the shout out, how very kind!
I appreciate the kind words, Ruth. Thank you so much. I will be posting them from time to time, for sure.
Glad to always support things over at FC!
Thanks for the link love T!
You know I love to share that segment of yours Nostra! Always a pleasure my friend.
Thank you Alley, that is very kind. Man, i'd be even more nervous if it was national. ha. but it is at least online!
Thanks so much for the mention. Fantastic news on your television show. I look forward to watching some of the episodes.
Max, I loved that Alma video you posted. a good find. so well thought out. I had to share it.
Thanks for the congrats on the show. It is a lot of work but it is getting better. That was just the 1st episode and the 2nd one is even greater. Thank you.
Congrats on the expanding TV show! Very exciting stuff! Loved that video of the week from Impassioned Cinema. What a fantastic ending!
Thanks Pete! and, yes, that VOTW at Impassioned Cinema is great. I loved it. That ending was perfect. Agreed. Glad you checked it out.


Wow, it's almost June. Did everyone remember to take the weekend off and recharge those batteries? Given the news out of Washington, D.C., we needed to do so.
While the news reports coming out of D.C. are shocking and jaw dropping (Jared Kushner under FBI cloud and undisclosed Russia contacts), let's not lose sight of an important adage. All politics is local. And right now that means the Sixth Congressional District and health care.
This is crunch time for flipping the Sixth. Seriously. Have you knocked on doors? Made phone calls? Written postcards? Volunteered to help drive people to the polls? Remember, 159 board members plan to hit the streets to canvass on Saturday, June 10. If you want to join us, email goblue@159georgiatogether.com. We would love the company!
If you can't do Saturday, June 10, here is the campaign's information. Call and get involved.
Sandy Springs, on 5852 Glenridge Drive, Suite 200, Bl dg 2.
The offices are open Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., Saturday 9 a.m.-7 p.m., and Sunday, noon-7 p.m. Let's go for it.
Have you sent in your absentee ballot? Made a plan for voting that includes the buddy system? And, did you mark on your calendar that early voting starts Tuesday, May 30, as in today?
Don't take the latest polls for granted. The GOP spent a lot of time and energy this weekend to preserve its stranglehold on the seat.
In other Georgia news (remember all politics is local), did you see about 720,000 more Georgians could go without health insurance if the current version of TrumpCare, or the AHCA, is enacted? The current house version will make Georgia sicker, a look at it county by county.
So, let's start calling our senators early and often. Remind them that all Georgians have pre-existing conditions by virtue of living. None of us are exempt. And the changes will impact us all. Remember lifetime coverage limits? Pre-existing conditions?


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Nolte: Elizabeth Warren Has a Major Spinelessness Problem
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Failing Democrat presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren talks a good game, but when it comes to living up to her stated values, she refuses.
Two recent examples offer a perfect look at The Indian Princess's character, or lack thereof: her convenient embrace of Super PACs and her willingness to support Mike Bloomberg, even after she rules he's "disqualified as president of the United States."
Warren claims to oppose super PACs, the political action committees that skirt the campaign finance limits placed on candidates by bundling together unlimited funds to support a candidate or cause, or oppose a candidate or cause.
Because I'm a free speech extremist, I have no problem with super PACs, but Warren would like to see them outlawed … even as she benefits from one called Persist PAC, that has invested some $800,000 on her behalf.
When asked if she will stand by her principles and denounce Persist PAC, because she's an idiot, Warren refused.
"The first day I got in this race over a year ago, I said I hope every presidential candidate who comes in will agree no super PACs for any of us. I renewed that call dozens of times, and I couldn't get a single Democrat to go along with me," Warren told a group of reporters Thursday.
"If all the candidates want to get rid of super PACs, count me in. I'll lead the charge. But that's how it has to be. It can't be the case that a bunch of people keep them and only one or two don't," the Fake Indian added.
Warren's comments not only prove she's a hypocrite, but how stupid she is.
How hard would it have been for her to say, "Of course I denounce this super PAC," knowing that her comments will do nothing to stop the super PAC from continuing to promote her?
Here Warren has the rare political opportunity to have her cake and eat it too, but she's such a neurotic ninny, she chooses instead to not only make herself look like a hypocrite but a dumb hypocrite.
And then there's this…
Warren announced on Thursday that Mike Bloomberg is "disqualified" unless he agrees to release people from their nondisclosure agreements.
This all harkens back to Warren's blistering of the Tiny Tyrant at Wednesday night's debate in Nevada. A number of women have sued Bloomberg over the years and now those women are contractually bound to keep quiet after signing the nondisclosure agreements that regularly come with cash settlements. For obvious reasons, Warren wants to hear from these women.
Hoping to capitalize on her objectively great debate moment, during a town hall appearance Thursday night, Warren exclaimed, "If he's not willing to remove those gags and let those women, and maybe those men, talk, then he is disqualified from being president of the United States."
And then like the mewling little hysteric she is, Warren immediately contradicted herself: "I will support the Democratic nominee," even if it's Bloomberg.
In her defense, maybe "disqualified" means something else in Cherokee, something like, say… "not disqualified."
She couldn't just leave it alone, could she? She couldn't just drop the mic at the debate and walk away… No, she had to scramble up her best ever moment on the campaign trail with another Dreadful Elizabeth Warren-ness Seizure of Stupid that once again exposes her to ridicule and legitimate accusations of having no moral core, other than the pursuit of raw power.
If Bloomberg wins the nomination and asks Warren to be his vice president, you know she'll grab on to that offer to save her from a fall, and then she'll tour the country explaining why her racist and sexist New York billionaire is so much better than that other one.
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Drying Out in Sauternes
From my understanding, the pioneer of "dry Sauternes" was a man named Paul César Rival, owner of the famed Château Guiraud from 1932 until 1981 when he sold the estate in his old age. According to Clive Coates, Rival was a bit of a jerk and an eccentric—conceited and arrogant, but also driven by modernity. His true passion was apparently flying and he was the first winemaker in Bordeaux to put an airstrip next to his vineyard. Legend has it he once built his own plane from a DIY kit and crashed it directly into the vineyards at nearby Château d'Yquem. While that little escapade didn't go over all that well with his neighbors, Rival's interest in technology did result in a few positive wine-related developments. He helped to bring motorized tractors into the vineyard in place of animal-drawn carts and he also created the Château Guiraud "G" expression, the forefather of a future dry Sauternes movement. They say necessity is the mother of invention and it's believed that, after planting too many sauvignon blanc vines, the dry wine of Guiraud was initially the result of extra produce. Many decades later, however, it's part of a growing trend.
There was a time when people asked for "dry" wines simply because they were repeating what they had heard other people talk about. Today, however, most Californian drinkers stay "dry" to avoid sugar, whether it's personal preference, a way to prove they understand wine's more complex flavors, or simply part of the latest dietary fad. Sauternes winemakers aren't the only ones fighting the anti-sugar bandwagon. German riesling producers, in danger of being phased out of this market, are retaliating by making drier, snappier versions of their historically sweet spätlese and auslese wines. But whereas riesling has always been paired with the meal's main courses, Sauternes has historically been enjoyed as a finale, pairing with the cheese or dessert course after a long night of gluttony, posing an even bigger problem here in the states where CrossFit culture has all but cut out dessert and cheese plates are usually served as an hors d'oeuvre.
While the French haven't given up their culinary traditions, they have cut back on their late night drinking due to stricter alcohol limitations for drivers. A pre-meal Champagne aperitif is still very much in order, as is a bottle of claret while dining, but when it comes to that post-meal Cognac, Calvados, or glass of Sauternes, the crack down on France's highways has forced its citizens to lighten their drinking load. I've seen the effects in France's distillation capitals over the past few years, where I've been served well-intentioned Cognac and tonics and Calvados spritzers by anxious producers who are desperately trying to find a way to jump the line and are hoping cocktail culture might be their salvation. While I'm sure bartenders could find a creative and delicious use for Sauternes, shaking up a bit of 2001 Suduiraut over ice might be overkill at a hundred bucks a bottle. While there are a few diehards out there who enjoy sweet Bordeaux as a pairing with spicy cuisine (renowned consultant and Bordeaux weatherman Bill Blatch is well-known for his "Sausages & Sauternes" party each year), there are still facts to face, one of which being the public's new-found desire for dryness.
So what exactly does dry Sauternes taste like? Like crisp, clean sauvignon blanc combined with round and creamy sémillon? Yes, that's pretty much it. The wines I've tasted in my career lacked the snap and drive of something like Sancerre, and they don't have the oak influence of a classic white Graves, but what they do have is texture, weight, and a luxurious body. When balanced, the wines can be utterly ethereal. Take Château d'Yquem's "Y" (pronounced "Ygrec") for example, a wine that the esteemed estate has been producing during strong vintages since 1959, and every year since 2004. I brought a few bottles of the 2014 vintage to an NBA Finals pre-party and the whole crowd went nuts for it (including Kevin Durant's mom). Using certain plots of sauvignon blanc that are harvested at the beginning of the vintage, Yquem combines that fruit with sémillon picked right when botrytis has begun to show. With ten months of lees stirring during both fermentation and maturation, the end result is a rich, heady, and supple wine that has the ripe fruit of a Sauternes, yet without all the sugar. At almost two hundred dollars a bottle, however, it's not a bottle most can enjoy regularly.
Regular and repeated enjoyment is what Sauternes needs if its going to survive in this dry modern age, and there's nothing like a crisp, clean, and affordable bottle of white wine to increase one's thirst. Moving back to the "G" from Château Guiraud, we're currently in possession of the delicious 2014 vintage, which beautifully demonstrates the merit of dry Sauternes at a much more reasonable sub-$20 price point. With stone fruit and spice on the palate, the wine has both texture and charm, finishing with a clean acidity and bit more heft than your standard sauvignon blanc. While the trend may have begun with Guiraud, many of the top estates like Doisy-Daene, Rayne, Suiduiraut, and Rieussec are now being recognized for their dry Sauternes (and have followed suit with the single letter namesakes). Because there is no official appellation for the wines, they're typically bottled as general Bordeaux Blanc, but perhaps in time—as the appreciation for these wines continues to grow—we'll see a greater recognition.
-David Driscoll
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Viet Nam's first autonomous vehicle debuts
Monday, Mar 29, 2021 11:44
Viet Nam's first self-driving vehicle's prototype was displayed in front of a conference building at Phenikaa University. — VNS Photo Ly Ly Cao
Phenikaa Group, a multi-sectoral corporation, has introduced its prototype of a level-4 autonomous vehicle, Viet Nam's first smart self-driving vehicle.
The vehicle is equipped with smart functions, artificial intelligence (AI) and advancements such as 2D/3D maps, Lidar sensor, SLAM (simultaneous localisation and mapping technology), machine learning and deep learning.
The electrical eco-friendly self-driving vehicle also has nearly 40 level-4 self-driving features based on the standards of the Society of Automobile Engineers (SAE International), in which level 5 is the highest.
Phenikaa's smart autonomous vehicle is driverless and the user can take control of the vehicle via a customised application.
It still needs to undergo more tests for safety and at different locations, as well as more research to reduce production costs before being brought to market.
With the current infrastructure, technology and regulations in Viet Nam, it might take some time before the vehicle can be used on the roads.
"We hope the introduction of Viet Nam's first 'Made-in-Vietnam' Level-4 Smart Autonomous Vehicle will facilitate the development of the self-operating industry, localise technological products and perfectly meet the market demand for high-quality, internationally standardised products and services," Le Anh Son, Director of Phenikaa-X JSC, said.
"If self-driving vehicles are regulated by law like other vehicles in the future, they can solve all transportation issues. So the self-driving vehicles will be our future."
Through the project, the group also expects to create a high-quality workforce for the local market.
"We don't hold a dream of becoming an automaker. When investing in this project, our first target is to create useful and good high-tech products for lives," Ho Xuan Nang, Chairman of Phenikaa University, said.
"And the second purpose is to gather researching forces and to show that this kind of research in a university is really useful for training and teaching."
Last week, Phenikaa Group signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Nippon Koei Vietnam, SICK Sensor Intelligence, Advantech Vietnam Technology Co Ltd, BAP Group, and VEDAX to co-operate in making new products with high qualities and superior functions and pushing the development of the autonomous industry. — VNS
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Orioles Combat Flagging Interest By...Turning Down Cal Ripken For A Job?
Barry Petchesky
Your team's terrible. Your attendance is worse. What better way to add a little excitement than bringing your franchise's most beloved figure back under the O's umbrella? That's a rhetorical question, unless you're Peter Angelos.
Ken Rosenthal's reporting that Ripken approached Andy MacPhail about rejoining the team in some capacity, perhaps working with young hitters. In return, Ripken would learn the administrative side of the job, in preparation for a possible career in the front office.
It's a win-win, right? The players win by learning at the feet of a master, and the team wins by having its biggest superstar return to Camden Yards. Well, the idea sounded perfect to everyone except Peter Angelos.
Angelos reportedly nixed the idea because he was wary of Ripken receiving credit if the team turns things around (the O's once caught flack for having co-GMs, and there's been a concerted effort to portray MacPhail as being fully in control).
Teams do this all the time. Reggie Jackson is a "special advisor" for the Yankees. Johnny Pesky is a "special instructor" on the Red Sox. Teams bring in big names and give them a meaningless title, because it's good PR. But no one's ever accused Angelos of creating good PR.
[UPDATE: Angelos says Ripken's never contacted him about a job, and that he'd be open to discussing it.]
Sources: O's turned down Ripken for job [Fox Sports]
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