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Lester Lawrence Lessig III (born June 3, 1961) is an American legal scholar, academic, and political activist. He is the Roy L. Furman Professor of Law at Harvard Law School and the former director of the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics at Harvard University. Lessig was a candidate for the Democratic Party's nomination for president of the United States in the 2016 U.S. presidential election but withdrew before the primaries.

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Lessig is a proponent of reduced legal restrictions on copyright, trademark, and radio frequency spectrum, particularly in technology applications. In 2001, he founded Creative Commons, a non-profit organization devoted to expanding the range of creative works available for others to build upon and to share legally. Prior to his most recent appointment at Harvard, he was a professor of law at Stanford Law School, where he founded the Center for Internet and Society, and at the University of Chicago. He is a former board member of the Free Software Foundation and Software Freedom Law Center; the Washington, D.C. lobbying groups Public Knowledge and Free Press; and the Electronic Frontier Foundation. He was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 2007.

As a political activist, Lessig has called for state-based activism to promote substantive reform of government with a Second Constitutional Convention. In May 2014, he launched a crowd-funded political action committee which he termed Mayday PAC with the purpose of electing candidates to Congress who would pass campaign finance reform. Lessig is also the co-founder of Rootstrikers, and is on the boards of MapLight and Represent.Us. He serves on the advisory boards of the Democracy Café and the Sunlight Foundation.

In August 2015, Lessig announced that he was exploring a possible candidacy for President of the United States, promising to run if his exploratory committee raised $1 million by Labor Day. After accomplishing this, on September 6, 2015, Lessig announced that he was entering the race to become a candidate for the 2016 Democratic Party's presidential nomination. Lessig described his candidacy as a referendum on campaign finance reform and electoral reform legislation. He stated that, if elected, he would serve a full term as president with his proposed reforms as his legislative priorities. He ended his campaign in November 2015, citing rule changes from the Democratic Party that precluded him from appearing in the televised debates.

Academic career
Lessig earned a B.A. degree in economics and a B.S. degree in management (Wharton School) from the University of Pennsylvania, an M.A. degree in philosophy from the University of Cambridge (Trinity) in England, and a J.D. degree from Yale Law School in 1989. After graduating from law school, he clerked for a year for Judge Richard Posner, at the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago, Illinois, and another year for Justice Antonin Scalia at the Supreme Court.

Lessig started his academic career at the University of Chicago Law School, where he was professor from 1991 to 1997. As co-director of the Center for the Study of Constitutionalism in Eastern Europe there, he helped the newly independent Republic of Georgia draft a constitution. From 1997 to 2000, he was at Harvard Law School, holding for a year the chair of Berkman Professor of Law, affiliated with the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society. He subsequently joined Stanford Law School, where he established the school's Center for Internet and Society.

Lessig returned to Harvard in July 2009 as professor and director of the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics. In 2013, Lessig was appointed as the Roy L. Furman Professor of Law and Leadership; his chair lecture was titled "Aaron's Laws: Law and Justice in a Digital Age."

In popular culture
Lessig was portrayed by Christopher Lloyd in "The Wake Up Call", during season 6 of The West Wing.

Political background

Lessig has been politically liberal since studying philosophy at Cambridge in the mid-1980s. By the late 1980s, two influential conservative judges, Judge Richard Posner and Justice Antonin Scalia, selected him to serve as a law clerk, choosing him because they considered him brilliant rather than for his ideology and effectively making him the "token liberal" on their staffs. Posner would later call him "the most distinguished law professor of his generation."

Lessig has emphasized in interviews that his philosophy experience at Cambridge radically changed his values and career path. Previously, he had held strong conservative or libertarian political views, desired a career in business, was a highly active member of Teenage Republicans, served as the youth governor for Pennsylvania through the YMCA Youth and Government program in 1978, and almost pursued a Republican political career.

What was intended to be a year abroad at Cambridge convinced him instead to stay another two years to complete an undergraduate degree in philosophy and develop his changed political values. During this time, he also traveled in the Eastern Bloc, where he acquired a lifelong interest in Eastern European law and politics.

Lessig remains skeptical of government intervention but favors some regulation, calling himself "a constitutionalist." On one occasion, Lessig also commended the John McCain campaign for discussing fair use rights in a letter to YouTube where it took issue with YouTube for indulging overreaching copyright claims leading to the removal of various campaign videos.

Internet and computer activism

"Code is law"
In computer science, "code" typically refers to the text of a computer program (the source code). In law, "code" can refer to the texts that constitute statutory law. In his 1999 book Code and Other Laws of Cyberspace, Lessig explores the ways in which code in both senses can be instruments for social control, leading to his dictum that "Code is law." Lessig later updated his work in order to keep up with the prevailing views of the time and released the book as Code: Version 2.0 in December 2006.

Remix culture
Lessig has been a proponent of the remix culture since the early 2000s. In his 2008 book Remix he presents this as a desirable cultural practice distinct from piracy. Lessig further articulates remix culture as intrinsic to technology and the Internet. Remix culture is therefore an amalgam of practice, creativity, "read/write" culture and the hybrid economy.

According to Lessig, the problem with the remix comes when it is at odds with stringent US copyright law. He has compared this to the failure of Prohibition, both in its ineffectiveness and in its tendency to normalize criminal behavior. Instead he proposes more lenient licensing, namely Creative Commons licenses, as a remedy to maintain "rule of law" while combating plagiarism.

Free culture

On March 28, 2004 Lessig was elected to the FSF's board of directors. He proposed the concept of "free culture". He also supports free and open-source software and open spectrum. At his free culture keynote at the O'Reilly Open Source Convention 2002, a few minutes of his speech was about software patents, which he views as a rising threat to free software, open source software and innovation.

In March 2006, Lessig joined the board of advisors of the Digital Universe project. A few months later, Lessig gave a talk on the ethics of the Free Culture Movement at the 2006 Wikimania conference. In December 2006, his lecture  On Free, and the Differences between Culture and Code was one of the highlights at 23C3 Who can you trust?.

Lessig claimed in 2009 that, because 70% of young people obtain digital information from illegal sources, the law should be changed.

In a foreword to the Freesouls book project, Lessig makes an argument in favor of amateur artists in the world of digital technologies: "there is a different class of amateur creators that digital technologies have ... enabled, and a different kind of creativity has emerged as a consequence."

Lessig is also a well-known critic of copyright term extensions.

Net neutrality

Lessig has long been known to be a supporter of net neutrality. In 2006, he testified before the US Senate that he believed Congress should ratify Michael Powell's four Internet freedoms and add a restriction to access-tiering, i.e. he does not believe content providers should be charged different amounts. The reason is that the Internet, under the neutral end-to-end design is an invaluable platform for innovation, and the economic benefit of innovation would be threatened if large corporations could purchase faster service to the detriment of newer companies with less capital. However, Lessig has supported the idea of allowing ISPs to give consumers the option of different tiers of service at different prices. He was reported on CBC News as saying that he has always been in favour of allowing internet providers to charge differently for consumer access at different speeds. He said, "Now, no doubt, my position might be wrong. Some friends in the network neutrality movement as well as some scholars believe it is wrong—that it doesn't go far enough. But the suggestion that the position is 'recent' is baseless. If I'm wrong, I've always been wrong."

Legislative reform
Despite presenting an anti-regulatory standpoint in many fora, Lessig still sees the need for legislative enforcement of copyright. He has called for limiting copyright terms for creative professionals to five years, but believes that creative professionals' work, many of them independent, would become more easily and quickly available if bureaucratic procedure were introduced to renew trademarks for up to 75 years after this five-year term.
Lessig has repeatedly taken a stance that privatization through legislation like that seen in the 1980s in the UK with British Telecommunications is not the best way to help the Internet grow. He said, "When government disappears, it's not as if paradise will take its place. When governments are gone, other interests will take their place," "My claim is that we should focus on the values of liberty. If there is not government to insist on those values, then who?" "The single unifying force should be that we govern ourselves."

Legal challenges

From 1999 to 2002, Lessig represented a high-profile challenge to the Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act. Working with the Berkman Center for Internet and Society, Lessig led the team representing the plaintiff in Eldred v. Ashcroft. The plaintiff in the case was joined by a group of publishers who frequently published work in the public domain and a large number of amici including the Free Software Foundation, the American Association of Law Libraries, the Bureau of National Affairs, and the College Art Association.

In March 2003, Lessig acknowledged severe disappointment with his Supreme Court defeat in the Eldred copyright-extension case, where he unsuccessfully tried to convince Chief Justice William Rehnquist, who had sympathies for de-regulation, to back his "market-based" approach to intellectual property regulation.

In August 2013, Lawrence Lessig brought suit against Liberation Music PTY Ltd., after Liberation issued a takedown notice of one of Lessig's lectures on YouTube which had used the song "Lisztomania" by the band Phoenix, whom Liberation Music represents. Lessig sought damages under section 512(f) of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, which holds parties liable for misrepresentations of infringement or removal of material. Lessig was represented by the Electronic Frontier Foundation and Jones Day. In February 2014, the case ended with a settlement in which Liberation Music admitted wrongdoing in issuing the takedown notice, issued an apology, and paid a confidential sum in compensation.

Killswitch

In October 2014, Killswitch, a film featuring Lawrence Lessig, as well as Aaron Swartz, Tim Wu, and Edward Snowden received its World Premiere at the Woodstock Film Festival, where it won the award for Best Editing. In the film, Lessig frames the story of two young hacktivists, Swartz and Snowden, who symbolize the disruptive and dynamic nature of the Internet. The film reveals the emotional bond between Lessig and Swartz, and how it was Swartz (the mentee) that challenged Lessig (the mentor) to engage in the political activism that has led to Lessig's crusade for campaign finance reform.

In February 2015, Killswitch was invited to screen at the Capitol Visitor's Center in Washington DC by Congressman Alan Grayson. The event was held on the eve of the Federal Communications Commission's historic decision on Net Neutrality. Lessig, Congressman Grayson, and Free Press (organization) CEO Craig Aaron spoke about the importance of protecting net neutrality and the free and open Internet.

Congressman Grayson states that Killswitch is "One of the most honest accounts of the battle to control the Internet -- and access to information itself." Richard von Busack of the Metro Silicon Valley, writes of Killswitch, "Some of the most lapidary use of found footage this side of The Atomic Café". Fred Swegles of the Orange County Register, remarks, "Anyone who values unfettered access to online information is apt to be captivated by Killswitch, a gripping and fast-paced documentary." Kathy Gill of GeekWire asserts that "Killswitch is much more than a dry recitation of technical history. Director Ali Akbarzadeh, producer Jeff Horn, and writer Chris Dollar created a human centered story. A large part of that connection comes from Lessig and his relationship with Swartz."

The Electors Trust
In December 2016 Lawrence Lessig and Laurence Tribe established The Electors Trust under the aegis of EqualCitizens.US to provide pro bono legal counsel as well as a secure communications platform for those of the 538 members of the United States Electoral College who are regarding a vote of conscience against Donald Trump in the presidential election.

Lessig hosts the podcast Another Way in conjunction with The Young Turks Network

Money-in-politics activism

At the iCommons iSummit 07, Lessig announced that he would stop focusing his attention on copyright and related matters and work on political corruption instead, as the result of a transformative conversation with Aaron Swartz, a young internet prodigy whom Lessig met through his work with Creative Commons. This new work was partially facilitated through his wiki, Lessig Wiki, which he has encouraged the public to use to document cases of corruption. Lessig criticized the revolving-door phenomenon in which legislators and staffers leave office to become lobbyists and have become beholden to special interests.

In February 2008, a Facebook group formed by law professor John Palfrey encouraged Lessig to run for Congress from California's 12th congressional district, the seat vacated by the death of Representative Tom Lantos. Later that month, after forming an "exploratory project", he decided not to run for the vacant seat.

Rootstrikers

Despite having decided to forgo running for Congress himself, Lessig remained interested in attempting to change Congress to reduce corruption. To this end, he worked with political consultant Joe Trippi to launch a web based project called "Change Congress". In a press conference on March 20, 2008, Lessig explained that he hoped the Change Congress website would help provide technological tools voters could use to hold their representatives accountable and reduce the influence of money on politics. He is a board member of MAPLight.org, a nonprofit research group illuminating the connection between money and politics.

Change Congress later became Fix Congress First, and was finally named Rootstrikers. In November 2011, Lessig announced that Rootstrikers would join forces with Dylan Ratigan's Get Money Out campaign, under the umbrella of the United Republic organization. Rootstrikers subsequently came under the aegis of Demand Progress, an organization co-founded by Aaron Swartz.

Article V convention

In 2010, Lessig began to organize for a national Article V convention. He co-founded Fix Congress First! with Joe Trippi. In a speech in 2011, Lessig revealed that he was disappointed with Obama's performance in office, criticizing it as a "betrayal", and he criticized the president for using "the (Hillary) Clinton playbook". Lessig has called for state governments to call for a national Article V convention, including by supporting Wolf-PAC, a national organization attempting to call an Article V convention to address the problem. The convention Lessig supports would be populated by a "random proportional selection of citizens" which he suggested would work effectively. He said "politics is a rare sport where the amateur is better than the professional." He promoted this idea at a September 24–25, 2011, conference he co-chaired with the Tea Party Patriots' national coordinator, in Lessig's October 5, 2011, book, Republic, Lost: How Money Corrupts Congress—and a Plan to Stop It, and at the Occupy protest in Washington, DC. Reporter Dan Froomkin said the book offers a manifesto for the Occupy Wall Street protestors, focusing on the core problem of corruption in both political parties and their elections. An Article V convention does not dictate a solution, but Lessig would support a constitutional amendment that would allow legislatures to limit political contributions from non-citizens, including corporations, anonymous organizations, and foreign nationals, and he also supports public campaign financing and electoral college reform to establish the one person, one vote principle.

New Hampshire Rebellion
The New Hampshire Rebellion is a walk to raise awareness about corruption in politics. The event began in 2014 with a 185-mile march in New Hampshire. In its second year the walk expanded to include other locations in New Hampshire.

From January 11 to 24, 2014, Lessig and many others, like New York activist Jeff Kurzon, marched from Dixville Notch, New Hampshire to Nashua (a 185-mile march) to promote the idea of tackling "the systemic corruption in Washington". Lessig chose this language over the related term "campaign finance reform," commenting that "Saying we need campaign finance reform is like referring to an alcoholic as someone who has a liquid intake problem." The walk was to continue the work of NH native Doris "Granny D" Haddock, and in honor of deceased activist Aaron Swartz. The New Hampshire Rebellion marched 16 miles from Hampton to New Castle on the New Hampshire Seacoast. The initial location was also chosen because of its important and visible role in the quadrennial "New Hampshire primaries", the traditional first primary of the presidential election.

2016 presidential candidacy

Lessig announced the launch of his long shot presidential campaign on September 6, 2015.
On August 11, 2015, Lessig announced that he had launched an exploratory campaign for the purpose of exploring his prospects of winning the Democratic Party's nomination for president of the United States in the 2016 election. Lessig pledged to seek the nomination if he raised $1 million by Labor Day 2015. The announcement was widely reported in national media outlets, and was timed to coincide with a media blitz by the Lessig 2016 Campaign. Lessig was interviewed in The New York Times and Bloomberg. Campaign messages and Lessig's electoral finance reform positions were circulated widely on social media. His campaign was focused on a single issue: The Citizen Equality Act, a proposal that couples campaign finance reform with other laws aimed at curbing gerrymandering and ensuring voting access. As an expression of his commitment to the proposal, Lessig initially promised to resign once the Citizen Equality Act became law and turn the presidency over to his vice president, who would then serve out the remainder of the term as a typical American president and act on a variety of issues. In October 2015, Lessig abandoned his automatic resignation plan and adopted a full policy platform for the presidency, though he did retain the passage of the Citizen Equality Act as his primary legislative objective.

Lessig made a single campaign stop in Iowa, with an eye toward the first-in-the-nation precinct caucuses: at Dordt College, in Sioux Center, in late October.  He announced the end of his campaign on November 2, 2015.

Electoral College reform
In 2017, Lessig announced a movement to challenge the winner-take-all Electoral College vote allocation in the various states, called Equal Votes. Lessig was also a counsel for electors in the Supreme Court case Chiafalo v. Washington where the court decided states could force electors to follow the state's popular vote.

Awards and honors
In 2002, Lessig received the Award for the Advancement of Free Software from the Free Software Foundation (FSF). He also received the Scientific American 50 Award for having "argued against interpretations of copyright that could stifle innovation and discourse online." In 2006, Lessig was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

In 2011, Lessig was named to the Fastcase 50, "honoring the law's smartest, most courageous innovators, techies, visionaries, and leaders." Lessig was awarded honorary doctorates by the Faculty of Social Sciences at Lund University, Sweden in 2013 and by the Université catholique de Louvain in 2014. Lessig received the 2014 Webby Lifetime Achievement award for co-founding Creative Commons and defending net neutrality and the free and open software movement.

Personal life
Lessig was born in Rapid City, South Dakota, the son of Patricia (West), who sold real estate, and Lester L. "Jack" Lessig, an engineer. He grew up in Williamsport, Pennsylvania.

In May 2005, it was revealed that Lessig had experienced sexual abuse by the director at the American Boychoir School, which he had attended as an adolescent. Lessig reached a settlement with the school in the past, under confidential terms. He revealed his experiences in the course of representing another student victim, John Hardwicke, in court. In August 2006, he succeeded in persuading the New Jersey Supreme Court to radically restrict the scope of immunity,  which had protected nonprofits that failed to prevent sexual abuse from legal liability.

Lessig is married to Bettina Neuefeind, a German-born Harvard University colleague. The two married in 1999. He and Neuefeind have three children: Willem, who is a Crypto-Miner, Coffy, who is a streamer, and Tess.

Defamation lawsuit against the New York Times
In 2019, during the criminal investigation of Jeffrey Epstein, it was discovered that the MIT Media Lab, under former president Joichi Ito, had accepted secret donations from Epstein after Epstein had been convicted on criminal charges. Ito eventually resigned as president following this discovery. After making supportive comments to Ito, Lessig wrote a Medium post in September 2019 to explain his stance. In his post, Lessig acknowledged that universities should not take donations from convicted criminals like Epstein who had become wealthy through actions unrelated to their criminal convictions; however, if such donations were to be accepted, it was better to take them secretly rather than publicly connect the university to the criminal. Lessig's essay drew criticism, and about a week later, Nellie Bowles of The New York Times had an interview with Lessig in which he reiterated his stance related to such donations broadly. The article used the headline "A Harvard Professor Doubles Down: If You Take Epstein's Money, Do It in Secret", which Lessig confirmed was based on a statement he had made to the Times. Lessig took issue with the headline overlooking his argument that MIT should not accept such donations in the first place and also criticized the first two lines of the article which read "It is hard to defend soliciting donations from the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. But Lawrence Lessig, a Harvard Law professor, has been trying." He subsequently accused the Times of writing clickbait with the headline crafted to defame him, and stated that the circulation of the article on social media had hurt his reputation.

In January 2020, Lessig filed a defamation lawsuit against the Times, including writer Bowles, business editor Ellen Pollock, and executive editor Dean Baquet. The Times stated they will "vigorously" defend against Lessig's claim, and believe that what they had published was accurate and had been reviewed by senior editors following Lessig's initial complaints.

In April 2020, the New York Times changed its original headline to read: "What Are the Ethics of Taking Tainted Funds? A conversation with Lawrence Lessig about Jeffrey Epstein, M.I.T. and reputation laundering."  Lessig reported he subsequently withdrew his defamation lawsuit.

Notable cases
 Golan v. Gonzales (representing multiple plaintiffs)
 Eldred v. Ashcroft (representing plaintiff Eric Eldred) Lost
 Kahle v. Ashcroft (also see Brewster Kahle) Dismissed
 United States v. Microsoft (special master and author of an amicus brief addressing the Sherman Act)
 Lessig was appointed special master by Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson in 1997; the appointment was vacated by the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit; the appellate court ruled that the powers granted to Lessig exceeded the scope of the Federal statute providing for special masters; Judge Jackson then solicited Lessig's amicus brief
 Lessig said about this appointment: "Did Justice Jackson pick me to be his special master because he had determined I was the perfect mix of Holmes, and Ed Felten? No, I was picked because I was a Harvard Law Professor teaching the law of cyberspace. Remember: So is 'fame' made."
 MPAA v. 2600 (submitted an amicus brief with Yochai Benkler in support of 2600)
 McCutcheon v. FEC (submitted an amicus brief in support of FEC)
 Chiafalo v. Washington (representing Chiafalo)

Bibliography

 Code and Other Laws of Cyberspace (Basic Books, 1999)
 The Future of Ideas (Vintage Books, 2001)
 Free Culture (Penguin, 2004)
 Code: Version 2.0 (Basic Books, 2006)
 Remix: Making Art and Commerce Thrive in the Hybrid Economy (Penguin, 2008)
 Republic, Lost: How Money Corrupts Congress—and a Plan to Stop It (Twelve, 2011)
  One Way Forward: The Outsider's Guide to Fixing the Republic (Kindle Single/Amazon, 2012)
 Lesterland: The Corruption of Congress and How to End It (2013, CC-BY-NC)
 Republic, Lost: The Corruption of Equality and the Steps to End It (Twelve, rev. ed., 2015)
 America, Compromised (University of Chicago Press, 2018)
 Fidelity & Constraint: How the Supreme Court Has Read the American Constitution (Oxford University Press, 2019)
 They Don't Represent Us: Reclaiming Our Democracy (Dey Street/William Morrow, 2019)

Filmography
 RiP!: A Remix Manifesto, a 2008 documentary film
The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz, 2014 documentary film
 Killswitch, 2015 documentary film
 The Swamp, 2020 documentary film
 Kim Dotcom: The Most Wanted Man Online, 2021 documentary film

See also
 List of law clerks of the Supreme Court of the United States (Seat 9)
 Copyleft
 Free software movement
 Free content
 FreeCulture.org
 Open educational resources
 Gratis versus libre
 Open content
 Law of the Horse
 Lobbying in the United States
 Second Constitutional Convention of the United States proposal for constitutional reform
 Killswitch (film)

References

External links

  (includes Curriculum Vitae and Lessig blog 2002–2009)
  Lessig Blog, beyond 2009

  (Presidential Campaign site)

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Why this is the moment for dancers to behave badly
Alvin Ailey staff members Robert Battle, Linda Denise Fisher-Harrell, Troy Powell and Sarita Allen pose for a photo at the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater's gala at the Kennedy Center on Feb. 6. Noticeably absent from the event were the company's dancers who boycotted the event amid contract negotiations. (Erin Schaff/For The Washington Post)
Sarah L. Kaufman
Dance critic covering arts and entertainment
Donors paid $1,000 a plate for the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater's gala last month at the Kennedy Center. But when the plates arrived, the partygoers got a shock.
By that time, as black-tie patrons drifted from the bar to their assigned seats at candlelit tables, it was clear the life of the party was missing: There were no dancers. They wouldn't be dining beside their benefactors. Instead, there were empty seats at the tables. There'd be no spotlighted parade of performers snaking through the dance floor. The word spread quickly: The Ailey dancers had boycotted their own gala.
They've been in negotiations since December over a new three-year contract. Spurning the annual fundraiser — which they'd never done before — was meant to draw attention to their salary demands. Last week in Miami, the dancers stayed away from a smaller opening-night reception.
In an art form prized for its grace, these actions could be considered disrespectful, unbecoming, ungrateful. But as the often difficult life of a dancer has come into focus over the past several months, there is reason to see the Ailey dancers' boldness as a healthy sign.
Dancers behaving badly is good news, for them and for the art.
Recent events have revealed the medieval nature of the dance world. In on-the-record interviews, with me and with the New York Times, for example, dancers accused Peter Martins, head of New York City Ballet, of harassment and physical abuse. He denied the accusations. An investigation into the reports, commissioned by the institutions that Martins led (the ballet company and its affiliated School of American Ballet), "did not corroborate the allegations of harassment or violence," according to a statement issued by both organizations. Martins resigned last month while the investigation was being conducted.
Yet reports of abuses in the dance world continue, arising far beyond a single company. Over the past several months I've spoken with dancers in the commercial scene in Los Angeles and in the modern dance world in New York and other parts of the country. Their stories depict a sector rife with mistreatment.
Dance is a silent art in more ways than one. From a young age, students are taught to obey without argument. When they enter the profession, often right out of high school, they're thrust into an adult world with no experience living on their own, no higher education, and little or no supervision. They put up with unpaid apprenticeships and they're expected to be grateful, and they are. They depend on their company directors for everything — salary, roles, advancement through the ranks — and they frequently have nowhere to turn if that relationship turns sour. They all know a line of hopefuls waits to take the job they'll forfeit if they prove to be too difficult, or too fragile. So they keep quiet.
"You're trained to be subordinate, not to speak up, not to ask questions, not to even talk. You're submissive," said Frances Chiaverini, an American dancer living in Frankfurt, Germany. "It's so normalized."
Last summer, she heard daily complaints from other dancers of "marginalizing experiences": women told by male choreographers to wear less clothing; male artists bursting unannounced into women's dressing rooms to flirt; doctors instructing dancers with foot injuries to strip naked.
"We should have a forum where we could witness one another's stories," Chiaverini said. She launched "Whistle While You Work," a website where dancers can post anonymous accounts of sexism, discrimination and harassment. Yet though she publicized it widely through dance networks, Chiaverini has been disappointed by the submissions so far: fewer than two dozen, some of them her own.
Where is the #MeToo movement among dancers? By many accounts, it's been smothered by fears of losing work.
"Even before you get a job, the level of competition is so high that it feels like you don't have much of a say," said Elisa Clark, who has danced with the Ailey company, Mark Morris Dance Group and Lar Lubovitch Dance Company. "You worry that if you're too outspoken you'll be a problem, and it's, 'let's just find someone who'll obey the structure and the system that's in place.' "
"Dancers are told they are immediately replaceable, and it's true," said Katherine Helen Fisher, a Los Angeles-based dancer and choreographer, who has worked with company directors Moses Pendleton and Lucinda Childs. "It all relates to economics and value. And how we value ourselves."
Supply and demand is one thing, but it's heartbreaking to hear that lousy conditions follow. Does it have to be that way? The idea of self-value brings me back to the Ailey dancers, and why their disobedience — their independence — is encouraging. As artists elsewhere have been speaking up about their treatment, the Ailey dancers, in their acts of wordless absence, have joined those ranks.
Theirs is a story of dancers finding a voice in a very public way, and drawing strength from one another. Dance can be seen as a passive world, until a group of artists boycotts their gala. By spotlighting the economics behind what they do, they reveal another facet of a dancer's life.
With its $40 million budget for the entire organization, Ailey is the fourth-largest dance institution in the country by budget size, after NYCB, American Ballet Theatre and San Francisco Ballet, according to Griff Braun, New York area dance executive of the American Guild of Musical Artists (AGMA), the dancers' union. "But in their first year, Ailey dancers earn about $850 per week, compared with $1,000 to 1,250 per week at the ballet companies," he said. Ailey dancers earn "20 to 30 percent less than corps dancers at comparable companies." The disparity continues for senior dancers, he said.
With only 32 dancers and frequent touring, the Ailey dancers perform more than those in troupes with similar budgets and more dancers, Braun said.
The company disputes AGMA's salary statements, wrote Christopher Zunner, Ailey's public relations director, in an email.
"The Ailey dancers are paid comparably to the dancers in major ballet companies. And across the board, Ailey's dancers have the best salaries and benefits of any modern dance company in America," Zunner wrote. "Once we did the research, our analysis of the figures did not bear out AGMA's claims."
The comparison with other companies is important, said Samuel Lee Roberts, a nine-year veteran of the Ailey company and an AGMA delegate. "We're hoping that will be enough to realize the value of each dancer and how they should be taken care of."
Valuing dancers is the key issue. Is a dancer who is yelled at in rehearsal or body-shamed being valued? The intrinsic value of a human being seems to fade in and out of the picture when you look closely at the dance world. It can be the most difficult concept for dancers to get across to their leadership. Economic value is an easier idea to address. Even when both sides disagree, wages can be openly discussed.
How dancers value what they do is at the heart of the labor actions arising in recent weeks. Of course, it's easier to take action as a group, with union representation, than for any individual dancer to lodge a complaint on her own, without a support structure. Even in their collective action, the Ailey dancers are not alone: The dancers and stage managers of ABT voted in January to authorize a strike, reaching a tentative agreement just before the company's opening night in Washington.
In speaking with Roberts, it's clear the Ailey dancers' salary demand is tied in to the zeitgeist, mirroring an atmosphere in which we've seen the value of human life grappled with in many ways. Roberts said he and his colleagues have drawn inspiration not only from the #MeToo movement but also from the high school students who survived the massacre in Parkland, Fla., and rallied against gun violence.
"It's reflective of what is going on in the country," he said in a recent phone interview. "People are standing up for what is fair and just, people who are being mistreated from all aspects of life."
"I think that we are at a moment within our organization, and within our country, where we really have to make this move, to create a better future for all the dancers who will come after us.
"And for the organization as a whole," he continued. "The dancers being treated well only increases the health of the company. If they're loving what they're doing, it only makes for a better performance. And people want to see that."

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I am using the Toradex system-on-module colibri imx6ULL with a custom board. I am trying to disable the LCD and use it's GPIOs for my sensors. I have followed the answer in this link. I got stuck with one of the suggestion in the answer.
In addition to assigning these pings to an iomuxc pinctrl group, you'll also need to assign the pinctrl group to an enabled node for them to get initialized. You can create a new node specifically for this purpose if you'd like.
What does that line mean? Do I need to create a dummy node with status property set to okay?
Can I change of the name appearing in /dev/ for uart port?
How can I enable JTAG in my custom board?
How can I enable SPI for my board?
The device tree imx6ull-colibri-nonwifi.dtsi can be found over here.
The device tree imx6ull-colibri-eval-v3.dtsi can be found over here.
Or you can add these gpios to an existing gpio node.
Which name do you want?
Which pins did you connect to JTAG on your custom carrier board?
Hi, We have a custom board based on viola board.
I want name like /dev/ttyACM0 ... It is not required but i was just curious to know if it is possible from device tree.
Can you verify my device tree and make changes if required? This will be very helpful. Regarding JTAG, let me ask my team which pins they have used.
The changes look ok. Could you provide the git diff output?
It is not possible to change the name from device tree, but using udev. Please have a look here.
These pins are fine. Usually if these are not defined in device tree, they will act as JTAG Pins. So when the SOC starts up, you will have JTAG working at the beginning, till uboot or Linux takes over. If you want to use JTAG also during running uboot and Linux, then you need to take care that these JTAG Pins are not assigned to any other functionality.
Ok, you will get the answer in the new issue. Are the issues addressed in this question solved/answered?


Virtualization saves money, energy, and space. After you've decided to go virtual, take steps to make implementation easier: Get to know some important terms about virtualization, types of virtualization, and leading companies and products in virtualization.
It saves money: Virtualization reduces the number of servers you have to run, which means savings on hardware costs and also on the total amount of energy needed to run hardware and provide cooling.
It's good for the environment: Virtualization is a green technology through and through. Energy savings brought on by widespread adoption of virtualization technologies would negate the need to build so many power plants and would thus conserve our earth's energy resources.
It reduces system administration work: With virtualization in place, system administrators would not have to support so many machines and could then move from firefighting to more strategic administration tasks.
It gets better use from hardware: Virtualization enables higher utilization rates of hardware because each server supports enough virtual machines to increase its utilization from the typical 15% to as much as 80%.
It makes software installation easier: With software vendors tending more and more towards delivering their products preinstalled in virtual machines (also known as virtual appliances), much of the traditional installation and configuration work associated with software will disappear.
Operating system virtualization (aka containers): Creates self-contained representations of underlying operating system in order to provide applications in isolated execution environments. Each self-contained environment (container) reflects the underlying operating system version and patch level.
Hardware emulation: Represents a computer hardware environment in software so that multiple operating systems can be installed on a single computer.
Paravirtualization: A thin software layer that coordinates access from multiple operating systems to underlying hardware.
VMware: The big daddy of the field. Provides hardware emulation virtualization products called VMware Server and ESX Server.
Xen: A new open source contender. Provides a paravirtualization solution. Xen comes bundled with most Linux distributions.
XenSource: The commercial sponsor of Xen. Provides products that are commercial extensions of Xen focused on Windows virtualization. XenSource was recently acquired by Citrix.
SWsoft: The commercial sponsor of OpenVZ. Provides commercial version of OpenVZ called Virtuozzo.
OpenSolaris: The open source version of Sun's Solaris operating system provides operating system virtualization and will also provide Xen support in an upcoming release.
Evaluate your current server workloads.
Determine whether virtualization can help you and figure out what your potential virtualization use cases might be.
What form of virtualization will you use, and what kind of use case do you need to support?
Select your virtualization software and hosting hardware.
Carefully evaluate the virtualization software's capabilities to ensure that it supports your use cases. Be sure to look at the new virtualization-enabled hardware systems.
Migrate your existing servers to the new virtualization environment.
Decide whether the virtualization product management tools are sufficient for your needs or whether you should look to more general system management tools to monitor your environment.
Client virtualization: Using virtualization to enable a client device (like a laptop) to support isolated operating environments. Client virtualization is often used to move workloads into isolated environments to reduce system administration requirements.
P2V: Shorthand for "physical to virtual." P2V stands for the process of migrating systems from the physical hardware they originally ran on to virtual operating environments running in a virtualized environment.
Server virtualization: Running virtualization software on server machines in order to host multiple operating system environments on a single piece of hardware.
Storage virtualization: Using shared storage located on individual servers so that multiple servers can share a single storage device. Storage virtualization is often implemented after initial server virtualization efforts in order to centralize resources and reduce storage administration work.


"What's wrong with what we eat?"
He gave this talk back in 2007 and I find it very educational as well as inspirational... like most TED talks!
My beautiful and talented friend Kristin had the great idea of doing some food photography a few months back. She was in need of healthy recipes that are quick and easy to make. So we spent the day making food, taking pictures, and having fun.
Kristin is a gluten-free foodie, a marathoner, and an all-around awesome friend. I really cannot speak highly enough of Kristin and her photography. Plus, she uses film - which I think is pretty great.
I had a great time creating these new recipes for her and I'm excited to share them with you, too.
Check out these recipes for some food inspiration.
It has been a cold and rainy week here in Nashville. I've been struggling to warm up and stay warm! So, I've been craving hot food. While smoothies, fresh fruit, and tasty salads will keep you energized and healthy this winter, sometimes you may just want some hot food.
I recently discovered spaghetti squash (how did I go so long without it?) and it is my current addiction. When cooked, the squash strings out like spaghetti noodles. It tastes great and is an excellent alternative to processed noodles. With only 40 calories per cup, this veggie is very low in fat but high in vitamins and minerals. Try it - I think you'll love it, too.
Preheat the oven to 370. Cut the spaghetti squash in half and place it face down on a sheet in your oven. I use a Silpat (stick-free), but if you're just using a cookie sheet you may want to add a little coconut oil so the squash doesn't get stuck. Cook for about 30 minutes. You'll know it is ready when the edges touching the sheet begin to brown.
When the squash has about ten minutes left of cooking time, begin to sautee the rest of the vegetables. On the stove, melt the coconut oil and add the garlic on medium heat. Once the garlic begins to brown, add the kale. Stir it around to evenly cook. Add the tomatoes and mushrooms and let it sautee for about 2 minutes on medium heat. Squeeze the orange and lemon juice on top and continue to sautee.
Take the squash out of the oven. Holding it in one hand (with an oven mit) begin to scrape out the "spaghetti" using a fork until only the hard shell is left. Top your "spaghetti" with the sauteed veggies from the stove. Sprinkle a bit of pepper and sea salt on top.
I cannot get enough Thai food lately! I was in Singapore and Malaysia in November and I have just been on chili-garlic-curry overload ever since. YUM.
I've been making it on my own lately and it is so simple and tasty. I'll start by slicing a bunch of vegetables (long, rectangular shapes are the best) and add it to the curry sauce. Experiment with the spice level and let me know what you think. Good luck!
Mix the coconut milk, paste, cayenne, and ginger in a large pot on medium heat. Just before it begins boiling, add all the veggies you want. Let it simmer on medium heat for a few minutes, stirring occasionally. Pour into your bowl and top with fresh basil leaves. Enjoy!
Blend together all ingredients and enjoy!
Chop the kale as finely as you'd like. Massage in lemon juice, olive oil, salt & pepper. Top with tomatoes and cranberries.
Mix together the tahini, lemon juice, and a pinch of garlic. Stir dressing into the arugula to cover the greens. Finely slice the peaches and onion and mix into salad. Top with balsamic.
Chop and steam the sweet potatoes. In your Vitamix, blend the banana, 1 cup orange juice, sweet potatoes, and nutmeg. Add more orange juice or nutmeg to taste. Place in bowl and top with 2 tbsp coconut oil (melted) and salt & pepper.
Blend together cranberries, orange juice, honey, and apples until smooth. Finely chop fresh mint leaves and stir in.
In the food processor, chop 2 cups of dates and 2 cups of almonds until finely ground together. Line a cupcake dish with syran wrap and press date/almond mixture into the bottom and side of each cup. In your Vitamix, blend 2 cups of dates and 3 cups of cherries until smooth. Pour into cupcake dishes and chill for 3 hours before serving.
Kristina created this amazing recipe for a fully raw, vegan, low fat pumpkin pie. I cannot wait to try it!
For step by step directions, click here.
So, what are you going to make for Thanksgiving?
Can you believe it is already time for Thanksgiving? I feel like this year has just flown by!
While everyone is excited for the holiday season, I have heard a lot of talk about dreading the traditional holiday weight-gain. It seems like every year we leave the dinner table feeling stuffed, exhausted, and even grumpy.
This year I wanted to share my tips for preparing a beautiful holiday meal and staying healthy through the holidays.
Start every morning with a cup of hot water and fresh lemon. The lemon helps detox and cleanse your system while preparing you for the day. Also, drink 3/4 your body weight in ounces of water. (So if you weigh 150 lbs, try to drink 100 oz of water during the day.) Sometimes hunger is really just a sign of dehydration. If you find yourself munching on cookies or quiches all day, try slowing down and drinking some water instead. If you are properly hydrated you may be less inclined to sit at the snack bar all afternoon. End your day the same way you started - with hot water and lemon.
Bonus tip: If you're fighting a cold, add fresh ginger, a pinch of cayenne, and a teaspoon of local honey to your hot lemon water. It will knock the cold out so quickly!
Sure, our holiday meals can be full of vegetables. But we typically mess it up by adding so much salt and butter. While snacking, stick to the fresh fruit and veggies tray (and skip the sauces). Load up on apple slices, carrots, cucumber, broccoli, etc. By eating the healthy foods first, you'll be less inclined to chow down on all the other "treats". You'd be surprised how many hidden calories are in all those cheese cubes and bite size snacks. Don't start your day weighed down by these foods, but only munch on the food that will leave you feeling energized and ready for the real meal.
When it comes to the actual Thanksgiving meal, try steaming your veggies like broccoli, green beans, carrots, and cauliflower. Opt for fresh lemon juice and garlic instead of butter. If you must, try some coconut oil and sea salt.
This year, instead of opening up a bunch of cans, try making your dishes with fresh, real ingredients. Your taste buds will notice the difference and you'll feel better.
Hard liquor is hard on your body. It dehydrates, slows your metabolism, and is difficult for your body to process. Most holiday drinks will be full of dairy, sugars, a tons of calories. If you're going to drink, skip the booze and stick to a glass of red wine.
Daily exercise is one of the best things you can do for yourself. It gets the blood flowing, the endorphins going, and helps give you energy throughout the day. How about taking a walk after Thanksgiving dinner? Start your day with a little yoga, play basketball in the driveway, take the dogs for a jog… just get moving! If you're in Houston for turkey day, join me and my family for the Turkey Trot that morning!
Just one patty of turkey meat contains 244 grams of cholesterol and half of its calories are from fat. The factory farming of turkeys is one of the most disgusting farming that happens in America. They live for months in crammed sheds filled with ammonia, with their beaks and toes cut off, until they die a bloody and painful death. Yuck. They are filled with antibiotics to kill germs and stimulate their growth, but this affects the meat that you eat. Leading health organizations—including the World Health Organization, the American Medical Association, and the American Public Health Association—have warned that the farmed-animal industry is creating possible long-term risks to human health and will spread antibiotic-resistant supergerms. That's why the use of drugs to promote growth in animals used for food is banned in Europe.
If skipping the turkey sounds silly to you, eat just a little of it and try to fill up on the healthier dishes.
Remember… the Thanksgiving experience is about so much more than food. Enjoy your time off work, have a meaningful conversation with your family, go outside and soak up the fall weather. Be thankful for your health. Be thankful for your family and friends. Be thankful for where you are and who you are. The holiday season is a wonderful time of year to focus on what really matters.
Tomorrow I'll be posting several holiday recipes for your Thanksgiving meal. Come back for simple recipes for breakfast, the main meal, and dessert!
I started running marathons several years ago...basically to prove to myself that I could. I've been a runner for years - running cross country in middle school and high school - but running a full marathon was a whole different challenge. Marathon training can take over your life but it is so incredibly rewarding when you cross that finish line.
Running with a charity gave a greater purpose to my running. My first marathon was Indianapolis in 2009 and I ran with the St. Judes team. Raising money allowed me to share what I was doing with friends and family, gain encouragement through my daily training, and gave us all a reminder of what life is all about.
As you know, when my dad was diagnosed with cancer in 2010, my life was really changed. Not only did I make a huge change in my diet and view of health, but we also came together as a family. I ran with the American Cancer Society at the Houston Marathon in 2011 and was proud to have so many generous supporters raise money for cancer research and patient care.
This year I am running with Team Living Water to raise money to provide clean water to communities suffering in Africa. It is amazing how a small amount of our resources will go a long way to help our brothers and sisters overseas. I am very passionate about international missions and the work of organizations like Living Water. My goal in this year's race is to raise awareness about the work Living Water is doing and gain support from my friends and family. Though I will need encouragement throughout my training and on race day, I hope you will be able to financially support my goal of raising $1,000.
Living Water International helps communities acquire safe, clean water... loving the poorest of the poor in the name of Jesus. In 21 years, they have completed 10,000+ water projects in 24 countries, serving millions of people every day. Their goal is to ease the global water crisis while addressing root causes such as injustice, oppression, and abject poverty.
Click here to help support my goal of raising money this year. Thank you in advance for your support!
"I run in the path of your commands, for you have set my heart free."
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And here it is... DAY TEN! We did it! How do you feel? Amazing, right? And accomplished? Healthier and happier? I am really glad we did this and I want to thank all the Cleanse America crew for being a great team to do this with. On the Cleanse America community site, we've had so much community support and discussion this past week. I'm really thankful for all the work everyone put into this. I hope we can continue to spread this message of health and we can continue to transform this nation!
For those of you who didn't join this time, there will be another Cleanse America coming up soon. I'll have more information on that later and I hope you'll join me then.
This morning I ran 6 miles with Laura and ate a banana on the road...literally.
I came home to make a big smoothie for breakfast - 2 cups spinach, 2 bananas, 1/4 cup goji berries, 1 tbsp ground flax, 2 tbsp chia, 1 tsp cacao, lots of coconut water.
My church had a chili cook-off this afternoon, so I made chili to bring for lunch. We had about 30 crock-pots going, and lots of delicious smelling chili. I'm glad to have the CA3 ebook because I made the Kicked-Up Chili recipe several times this past week.
I was hungry later this afternoon so I made a big salad with the typical ingredients - 1 head of romaine, 1/2 red bell pepper, 1 apple, cherry tomatoes, red onion, apple cider vinegar on top.
For dinner, I ate a Thai dish of mango, carrot, sprouts, corn, zucchini, and basil.
So there is it. Ten days of plant-based goodness. Raw food is delicious, simple, and easy. Life is hard enough, so take care of your body the best you can. Real food is healing and life-giving. Exercise daily and experience fresh air. Join a community that supports you in your goals and encourages you to grow.
Thanks for sharing these past ten days with me.
Labels: cleanse, cleanse america, detox, raw, vegan, why vegan?
My breakfast was this amazing orange grapefruit juice!
For lunch, I made a delicious juice recipe from a fellow Cleanse America cleanser. This juice is made from carrots, pineapple, peach, ginger, and half a sweet potato. Yum!
This afternoon, I went hiking with dear friends Tracey, George, and Andrew. I was amazed at all the energy I had after only drinking juice.
Our hike lasted several hours & I started to get hungry so I ate an apple and some trail mix. On the way home, I drank some fresh orange juice blended with strawberries and ate another apple.
Okay, so not a total juice day... but close. I'd love to start a juice feast very soon, though. Who is with me?!
Happy Friday! I woke up this morning and practiced the 5 Tibetan Rites. What a way to wake up!! Paul Risse demonstrates these at about 2 minutes into this video. For detailed information about these rites, click here. Basically, they are a series of 5 quick exercises that get your body moving and your blood flowing. Don't forget to exercise daily! Especially if you are sedentary at work, try to get your heart rate up for at least 30 minutes a day. Sweat is good.
For breakfast, I drank a chocolate spinach smoothie with strawberries. I made the usual (1 cup spinach, 3 bananas, 1 tbsp cacao, 1 tbsp ground flax, coconut water) and added strawberries.
My lunch salad was made from 1 head of romaine, 2 chopped apples, red onion, chopped cauliflower, chopped celery, chopped cucumber, and apple cider vinegar + lemon juice on top.
Tonight, we celebrated one of my best friend's birthday. I got a nice salad at a fancy restaurant - beets, arugula, and apples - and finished the night with a little fruit sorbet made from pears and cherries.
Happy Birthday, sweet Laura Jo!!
I hope you're all sticking with it! It seems like everyone is past the detox symptoms, starting to get used to raw food, and feeling great. I've definitely noticed that I have a much better focus and I have consistent energy throughout the day. I've really missed coffee because I just like the taste of it, but I don't like the way it makes me feel at all. The highs and lows - energy spurts then crashes - are not good. I think I'm gonna have to just kick it and never go back to it. There really is something special about eating a clean diet. I feel like my whole body is just working so much better. I am happier and healthier. Yes!
After two big glasses of water, I cut up a bunch of citrus to eat for breakfast. I think this is two grapefruit and three oranges. Citrus in the morning is such a refreshing way to start your day.
Huge salad for lunch again! One head of romaine, 2 chopped apples, 1 chopped red bell pepper, red onion, cherry tomatoes, basil and lemon juice on top.
Have you had one of these raw granola bars before? They are made from all raw seeds and nuts - soaked and sprouted. It is living food, gluten free, and unprocessed... great granola bar alternative.
I didn't plan ahead very well today and was really hungry around 7PM tonight. I had taken a green juice with me, but that was not filling enough. Since I'm working full time and in grad school at night, my schedule can be hectic. Today, I left home at 8AM and wouldn't be finished until about 9:30PM tonight. Between work meetings, school schedule, and group projects, my day was crazy! The juice wasn't filling enough so on my break, I grabbed this sushi from a restaurant across the street from the University. If you're wanting quick sushi, just get a cucumber and avocado roll without the rice and you'll have some raw vegan sushi.
It is Wednesday... hump day...middle of the week... one of my least favorite days. But the good news is it's beautiful outside and I'm going to eat some delicious food today!
Everyday, I start out with two glasses of water. About an hour later I'll have breakfast. Today, it was a chocolate berry smoothie made from strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, 1 tbsp. ground flax seeds, 1 tbsp. cacao, 1 cup spinach, and some coconut water.
My lunch salad was made from 1 head of romaine, cherry tomatoes, red onion, chopped zucchini, chopped cucumber, topped with lemon juice and basil.
I ate a big bowl of red grapes for my afternoon snack and drank some loose-leaf herbal tea.
For dinner, I drank a big glowing green smoothie and ate 3 bananas. I didn't feel like preparing anything special and I was in a bit of a time crunch. My friend Sanders Bohlke had a show tonight and it was awesome. I say he is the funkiest white dude I know. I love his music. Check out his site, buy his music, and go to a show whenever he is in your town.
How are you feeling today? Making it through the week?
This is day FIVE! We are half-way through!
I am feeling great. My coffee cravings have diminished and I'm feeling much more grounded and centered. I have been sleeping really well at night, focusing better at work, and finding more energy to get up and move. As you know, I try to eat a completely raw vegan diet already, but I have been very lax about that lately and have been eating some non-raw meals and lots of vegan desserts (which are high fat). I've also been drinking coffee daily and really needed to get off of that. This cleanse has helped me kick-start my health and food habits as we head into the fall season. It has also helped me stop emotionally eating and overeating desserts. Like I said before, eating for your health, not your comfort, is what will really satisfy you.
For breakfast, I made the chocolate spinach smoothie again! So tasty. 2 bananas, 1-2 cups spinach, coconut water, 2 tbsp. raw cacao, 1 tbsp. flax seed.
My salad at lunch was made of arugula, chopped zucchini, chopped red bell pepper, red onion, cherry tomatoes, and an apple. I topped it with some apple cider vinegar and lemon juice.
I was very fortunate to get to attend the International Justice Mission benefit dinner tonight and sit at the Blood:Water Mission table. My friend Jena started Blood:Water Mission nearly ten years ago with the goal of building fresh water wells and proving HIV/AIDS care in Africa. It is an incredible organization that I'd really encourage you to learn about and support!
Knowing that raw food choices would be slim, I decided to eat another big salad late in the afternoon so I wouldn't be so hungry at night. This salad is 2 cups of chopped romaine, cucumbers, sprouts, and tomatoes - topped with some green onions and vinegar. The vegetarian meal at the banquet looked delicious, but it was not raw. I ate some of the veggie mash (squash, peas, broccoli, potato, and tomatoes) and was really glad I ate this big salad before going.
The International Justice Mission is an amazing organization dedicated to ending slavery worldwide. Their staff of investigators, social workers, and lawyers work to rescue children and adults from slavery while prosecuting the offenders. Their work is incredibly difficult and they work tirelessly to accomplish their goals. They believe in a love that is willing to be stronger than fear. Very inspirational. To learn more and to support this organization, click here.
I hope you all are having a great week. We are half-way through this cleanse, but I hope you're learning about your health in ways that will change the way you live your life even after the cleanse in done. I almost feel shallow talking about food in conjunction with the rest of today's events, except that I strongly believe that taking care of your health will lead you to being a more disciplined, more centered, and more capable person. I also believe that many of the food systems in America are unethical, unbalanced, and perpetuating the chronic illnesses that most Americans deal with. With all of that in mind, the reason for this blog is to help encourage you in your health for yourself, your family, and your community. Today, I'd really like to encourage you to also learn more about Blood:Water Mission and International Justice Mission. These organizations are doing huge things in the world. The love that drives these organizations is powerful and effective. As Americans, we are fortunate that even the smallest portion of our resources can accomplish big things overseas.
Well, the weekend is over and it is back to work!
But sometimes having the rigidity of a set schedule can help you stay on track with the cleanse. I hope you all made it through the weekend without too many temptations and distractions. Keep going - I promise it will be worth it!
My breakfast today was a big bow of berries (strawberries, blueberries, and raspberries) followed by two bananas.
Lunch was a big chopped salad made from 1 chopped large cucumber, 1/2 box of chopped cherry tomatoes, 1 chopped peach, 1 chopped red bell pepper, and of course red onion.
I ate two bananas and drank a green smoothie in the afternoon.
For dinner, I picked up an asparagus salad. Chopped romaine, sliced green onions, fresh asparagus, edamame, and sesame seeds, ginger, and lemon juice on top.
Sunday is my favorite day of the week and I love celebrating the third day of this cleanse today. The weather in Nashville has been perfect lately - 70 degrees, not a cloud in the sky - and I plan on spending the whole day outside!
I also ate another date & almond bar.
A nice Hot Yoga class before dinner felt so good and detoxifying!
And for dinner, I made the Kicked Up Chili (minus the avocado) again! I added some garlic "mashed potatoes" on top - blended raw cauliflower with a little garlic and fresh chives.
Pear and cinnamon for dessert!
How are you feeling today? Day 3 can be the hardest day... but keep going! We are going to feel amazing by the end of it!
and most of them are also raw.


Anissa Elsey named a 2014 Women Who Mean Business Honoree by the Kansas City Business Journal.
SHAWNEE, KS – – Nazdar is pleased to announce that Anissa Elsey, Vice President of Human Resources, has been named a 2014 Women Who Mean Business Honoree by the Kansas City Business Journal. Twenty-five women throughout various industries in Kansas City were honored on August 1st. According to the Kansas City Business Journal, a panel of judges that included previous Women Who Mean Business honorees selected this year's class from 126 of the qualified applicants. To qualify, the applicant must be an entrepreneur, a top-ranking corporate woman in the Kansas City region, or a partner leading a practice group or serving on an executive committee. Judges considered applicants' past accomplishments, plans to grow their companies and community involvement.
One of Anissa's outstanding business accomplishments is transforming Nazdar's Human Resources department into a strategic business partner within the organization with a hands-on, process oriented approach. Some of the initiatives Anissa has overseen are in health and wellness, recruitment and leadership coaching. She is passionate about people and says it is important to remember the human side of human resources.
Anissa also serves the community as one of the founders of the Executive Women's Network, Vice Chairperson for the UMKC Bloch School HR Advisory Board, a Patient Ambassador of the Shriners Organization and past President for the Kansas City chapter of the Society for Human Resources Management (SHRM-KC).
She lives by the motto "Because I Can" as a tribute to the Shriners who gave her the ability to walk. Elsey said, "I was born with hip dysplasia and we had no insurance. The Shriners turn no child away. I wasn't supposed to walk, but I'm healthy and now I can run. I run because I can." She hopes to encourage others to exercise because they can. Her goal is to raise $2 Million for the Shriners during her lifetime.


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Eleanor Ann Saddlemyer is an internationally known author, academic and expert in the field of Anglo-Irish literature and Canadian theatre history. Born in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, to Elsie Sarah, née Ellis, and Orrin Angus Saddlemyer in November 1932, she attended high school in Humboldt, Saskatchewan. She received her B.A. from the University of Saskatchewan in 1953, her M.A. from Queen's University in 1956, and her Ph.D. from the University of London in 1961. She was awarded a D.Litt. from the University of Saskatchewan in 1991.
Saddlemyer taught at the University of Victoria in British Columbia from 1956-1957 and 1960-1971, when she accepted appointments as Professor of Drama and Professor of English in Victoria College at the University of Toronto. She was Director of the Graduate Centre for Study of Drama at the University of Toronto from 1971-1977, and visiting Berg Professor at New York University in 1975. In 1988, she was appointed Master of Massey College, a position she held until her retirement in 1996.
Saddlemyer has lectured extensively in Canada and elsewhere, and has served as founding President of the Association for Canadian Theatre History and chair of the International Association for Anglo-Irish Literature, as co-general editor of the Cornell Yeats series of manuscripts, founding co-editor of the Canadian Journal of Theatre Research, and is on the Editorial Boards of numerous other journals. She is currently Director of Colin Smythe Limited, Publishers and is a Corresponding Scholar of the Academy of the Shaw Festival.
She was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 1976 and the Royal Society of Arts in 1987. In 1995, she was made an Officer of the Order of Canada. She has received several awards for her scholarship including the M.L. Rosenthal Award from the Yeats Society of New York, the Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Medal and the Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee Medal, and holds five honorary doctorates from universities across Canada. In 2013, she was given a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Canadian Association for Theatre Research.
Ann Saddlemyer is the author of many works including Becoming George: The Life of Mrs. W.B. Yeats (2002), W.B. Yeats and George Yeats: The Letters (2011), The Letters of John Millington Synge (1968), which was given an award by the British Academy, Conversations with Our Past: Stories of North Saanich (2006), Later Stages: Essays on Ontario Theatre from World War I to the 1970s (1997), Early Stages: Theatre in Ontario 1800 to 1914 (1990), Lady Gregory Fifty Years After (1987), Theatre Business, the letters of the first Abbey Theatre Directors (W.B. Yeats, Lady Gregory and J.M. Synge) (1982), A Selection of Letters from John M. Synge to W.B. Yeats and Lady Gregory (1971), In Defence of Lady Gregory, Playwright (1966) and The World of W.B. Yeats: Essays in Perspective (1965), as well as numerous articles and chapters in books.
Ann Saddlemyer was a close friend of famed Irish poet, Seamus Heaney. Upon learning that he and his family were considering leaving Belfast so he could become a full-time writer, she offered him the rental of Glanmore Cottage in County Wicklow, which she had purchased in 1971 while lecturing in Dublin. His family moved there in the summer of 1972. Their time at the cottage greatly influenced his work, and in 1977 he dedicated the "Glanmore Sonnets" to Saddlemyer. In 1988, Saddlemyer sold Glanmore Cottage to the Heaneys. They remained friends until his death in 2013.
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The fonds consists of records that reflect Ann Saddlemyer's close friendship with Irish poet Seamus Heaney. It includes correspondence with Heaney and his family, drafts of Heaney's poetry, reviews and articles written about Heaney, and photographs of Heaney's personal and work life.
The fonds is comprised of the following series: Series 1: Correspondence; Series 2: Literary Works by Seamus Heaney; Series 3: Records relating to Seamus Heaney; and Series 4: Photographs of Seamus Heaney.
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Washington State football looks ahead to 2022
Too early? Of course.
By Kevin Dudley Jan 1, 2022, 5:00am PST
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Good morning and happy new year! The last day of 2021 saw our Washington State Cougars see their all-time Sun Bowl record fall to 2-1 after a 24-21 defeat at the hands of the Central Michigan Chippewas. The Cougs' valiant effort fell short, literally, at least according to the officials and nobody else. But I digress.
The game marked an end to a roller coaster of the season, both on the field and off. It also marked the end of a roller coaster of a week, what with WSU not knowing its opponent shortly after arriving in El Paso. I'm sure the players are happy to be heading home for the next week. Let's hope they can refresh and decompress and celebrate the end of a whirlwind season.
The Cougs finish 7-6 with an Apple Cup victory, and that is much better than a lot of fans had in mind before the season started. Sure, some expected plenty of wins, but only three of the CougCenter authors had WSU winning more than six games. Go back and read our projections—it's always fun.
With that, here are some way-too-early thoughts on next season:
The offensive line has a lot of work to do this offseason
It's not fair to blast the offensive line after losing both tackles—one to an injury and the other to an opt-out. The replacements didn't have a ton of time to get in quality reps, but that was not a pretty performance. There's no reason to believe they can't come together and figure it out in the offseason, but there's plenty of improvement to be had.
The Spokesman-Review's John Blanchette put it perfectly when he summed it up:
It was the Spring Game from Hell.
Spring games are routinely played in lousy weather. Spring games are heavy on forehead-slap mistakes and short on rhythm and crisp execution. Spring games see veteran players sitting one out and mark the jittery debuts of too many guys you've never heard of before – and may never hear of again – who find themselves in over their heads. Spring games reveal all the holes you have to fill and problems you have to solve before the games starting counting again.
Except you never lose the spring game.
Here's to a better performance at the actual spring game!
What's WSU's quarterback situation next season?
You may have noticed this tweet that popped up right about when the game ended:
Blessed to receive an offer from Washington St!! pic.twitter.com/gn5z50P4eC
— Cameron Ward ➐ (@Cameron7Ward) December 31, 2021
That's Cameron Ward, the now-former quarterback at University of The Incarnate Word. You'll recall WSU's offensive coordinator—starting today?—is Eric Morris, the former head coach and UIW. The timing is just a tad suspicious.
You'll also recall WSU head coach Jake Dickert said at his introductory press conference that WSU would, "center this around Jayden (de Laura) and his development and what he can do in the future."
WSU's QB depth is taking a big hit heading into the offseason: Cammon Cooper had eligibility remaining but announced his intention to transfer on Nov. 29. Adryan Lara de-committed on Dec. 9, and WSU didn't sign a quarterback last month. That leaves the quarterback room with two scholarship QBs: de Laura and Xavier Ward. Dickert and co. will obviously need to snag a quarterback or two from the transfer portal, and Cameron Ward might be one of them. It sure was interesting to see that tweet from that individual at that time.
Fans should feel optimistic toward the 2022 defense, but the linebacker position needs to be restocked
Jahad Woods and Justus Rogers played about million games apiece for WSU and will leave voids at linebacker heading into spring football. Travion Brown, who had a huge interception yesterday, has plenty of experience and will surely slot in. Kyle Thornton got plenty of playing time this season and should fit in nicely. Francisco Mauigoa could be ready as well. After that, your guess is as good as mine.
The 2022 defense could be good. The Cougs will need to fill some spots in the middle of the field, though.
Fan should feel less optimistic toward WSU's running back situation next season
Nakia Watson was put in a tough position as the team's third string running back playing behind a reshuffled and inexperienced offensive line. He had a couple good runs but wasn't as good as WSU needed that position to be. Much like the offensive line, there's no reason to think this position group can't improve over the offseason. It definitely needs to.
Here are the postgame interviews
Recap and highlights: Washington State's comeback effort falls short in 24-21 Sun Bowl loss to Central Michigan | The Spokesman-Review
The Cougars nearly pulled off a 21-point comeback with a walk-on quarterback, but fell short as the Chippewas won their first bowl game since 2012.
'I'm proud of their fight': Washington State again shows resilience, but falls short of 21-point comeback in Sun Bowl loss to Central Michigan | The Spokesman-Review
Although a 21-point comeback victory wasn't in the cards for a severely shorthanded Washington State football team, coach Jake Dickert would agree that the Cougars' last performance of 2021 was on-brand.
John Blanchette: In a season filled with adversity, Washington State can't overcome once more in Sun Bowl defeat | The Spokesman-Review
You know it as the Sun Bowl — sorry, the Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl — and being the second oldest of college football's post-season spectacles makes it the . . . what? The Granduncle of Them All?
On moment's notice, Washington State walk-on Victor Gabalis nearly leads Cougars to improbable comeback in Sun Bowl | The Spokesman-Review
Two months ago there wouldn't have been many reasons for Jake Dickert, then Washington State's defensive coordinator, to speak with Victor Gabalis, a walk-on quarterback who was third or fourth on the team's depth chart.
Difference makers: Lew Nichols carries Central Michigan to Sun Bowl win over WSU, despite Victor Galabis-led comeback | The Spokesman-Review
Lew Nichols, the nation's leading rusher, carried Central Michigan to a Sun Bowl win against Washington State.
Sun Bowl notebook: Washington State quarterback Jayden de Laura sits in second half; Calvin Jackson Jr. sustains injury | The Spokesman-Review
Washington State quarterback Jayden de Laura absorbed three sacks and was often scrambling for his life in the first half behind a makeshift offensive line.
When Washington State's marching band pulled out of the Sun Bowl, El Dorado High in El Paso jumped at a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity | The Spokesman-Review
EL PASO, Texas – Carl Ortega stands on a short ladder near the front of El Dorado High's band room. His busy hands come to a brief pause and the music stops before Ortega delivers his next cue, pointing his right index finger toward the percussion section. A snare drum clicks four times, and an ensemble of flutes, clarinets and brass instruments starts to pump a familiar song through the large band room.
Cougars Comeback Held Off By CMU in Sun Bowl - Washington State University Athletics
Central Michigan held on for a 24-21 win.