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The Handwritten Las Vegas Rehearsal Set List
Sitting behind his desk in his California home at 144 Monovale, in Holmby Hills, Los Angeles, Elvis looks down at the canary yellow lined legal sheet where he so far has scribbled only the words "RCA STUDIO REHEARSALS."
He sighs, leans back in his comfortable, green leather chair, at the same time casting a glance at the photo on the desk showing him proudly shaking hands with Richard Nixon, who only days before, on August 9, 1974, has resigned the office of the presidency.
But Elvis has other things on his mind than the Watergate scandal. The fact is, he's as weary as his critics of the predictability of his own show, and is determined to work up an entirely different repertoire for his August 19 opening in Las Vegas.
Tomorrow is the first of three days of rehearsals at RCA's Sunset Boulevard Studio, and Elvis wants his long time friend and stage director Charlie Hodge to have a list of songs he can show to the musicians. It's the way they always do it before going in the studio. "The 2001 introduction has to go and I ain't gonna use my guitar," he mumbles to himself and starts writing with his gold plated fountain pen.
About fifteen minutes later, Linda Thompson, passes the door to the combined office/TV/living room, and casts a quick glance at Elvis. Things aren't that great between them right now, and she knows he's hitting on other girls, including twenty-one-year-old Sheila Ryan, who was on the cover of Playboy magazine that previous October.
Linda tries to catch Elvis' eye, but he doesn't look up from the paper on which he is writing. She knows better than to disturb him and walks away.
Elvis haven't even noticed her. Truth is, he's invigorated simply to be reinventing the show, introducing recent material such as "Promised Land," "It's Midnight" and "If You Talk In Your Sleep," and omitting the medley of past hits.
He also throws in songs he's never done live before, including, surprisingly, "Down In The Alley" recorded back in May 1966. "Janie, Janie, Janie, Janie, Jane, Jane," he sings out loud as he remembers how fun he was having in the studio with that one, clowning around with Charlie Hodge. Some old favorites, such as "Proud Mary" and "I'm Leavin'" also end up on the sheet.
Finished at last, he puts the fountain pen in its holder and looks with satisfaction at the list in front of him. He notices that he's managed to spill some coffee on it and that "Just Pretend" is written twice. No matter. "OK, anytime you're ready," he says to himself as he gets up from the chair, the set list in his hand.
(This post was inspired by an auction on eBay)
Posted by Thomas at Saturday, July 02, 2011
Labels: Concerts, Miscellaneous
What an incredible piece of memorabilia! And the scenario you presented feels very true.
Mike Hermenet said...
What a story!! It almost feels like you were there writing it as it was happening!! Another OUTSTANDING article my friend!!
TCB!
Thank you very much for your kind comments, Michael and Mike! Truth is, I really enjoy writing these kind of posts, trying to get the details right (like his office that I found a picture of on the Internet, showing that the chair behind the desk was, in fact, green).
Thanks again, guys!
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Dear LAist: Why Does It Seem Every Elevator In LA Has An Expired Safety Permit?
By Ryan Fonseca
Published Apr 25, 2019 7:00 AM
Elevators at a parking garage in Chinatown. (Courtesy Omar Bárcena via Flickr)
The next time you get on an elevator, look for a certificate posted on one of the walls. This piece of paper indicates that the metal box you're riding in has passed its annual safety inspection and is fit to lift you hundreds of feet above the ground.
Well, that's what it should show you. But as LAist reader and Studio City resident Ed told us via email, a lot of these safety permits seem to be expired in the city of Los Angeles.
"I've made a habit of looking at the elevator inspection certificates while I'm riding in elevators in LA. They're almost ALWAYS out of date," Ed wrote. "This isn't hyperbole, they are. It really doesn't matter where either, apartment buildings, corporate buildings, malls, etc."
Turns out Ed wasn't too far off. As LAist has learned, nearly half of the elevators in L.A. have gone more than a year without being inspected. And many others that might have been checked are still displaying expired permits, because property owners aren't posting -- or paying for -- new ones.
There are approximately 20,974 elevators within the city of Los Angeles, Kim Arther, the chief inspector at the L.A. Department of Building and Safety's elevator division, told LAist. According to LADBS' most recent count, 9,486 -- roughly 45% -- are past due for their annual inspections.
So, why the backlog? How often are people getting hurt or killed? And what happens during an elevator inspection anyway? We went down a deep, convoluted rabbit hole (feels more like an elevator shaft) to find out.
We discovered an understaffed inspection department that has racked up millions in overtime, using an antiquated system that's a patchwork of electronic filing and paper forms -- some of which city officials say "do not provide enough assurance that (elevator) inspections were thorough."
Why Is There Such A Backlog?
The temporary safety permit in this elevator is expired and warns that the Los Angeles Department of Building and Safety now has cause to seal off the elevator until a permanent permit is paid for and posted by the property owner. A recent city audit found that LADBS does not enforce that rule and has failed to collect hundreds of thousands of dollars in fee payments. (Chava Sanchez/LAist)
In order to be up to code, each of the 20,974 elevators in the city of Los Angeles needs to be checked once a year.
But there are only 15 inspectors to do it. That works out to nearly 1,400 elevators per city worker.
Each inspector would have to complete roughly four inspections per day, every single day, for every elevator in the city to be checked within a year.
And that's not even counting the 1,290 escalators in the city, which the same 15 inspectors are also tasked with checking annually (a third of those are past due for inspection, Arther said).
Simply put, L.A. just doesn't have enough inspectors. Arther told LAist a notable share of his staff has retired or left the department for other jobs in recent years.
At the same time, Los Angeles is in the midst of a development boom -- and more buildings means more elevators. According to Arther, "(In) the last five years, over 2,500 new conveyances have been added to the number of elevators inspected annually."
And initial inspections for newly installed elevators take longer than the yearly check-ups -- sometimes up to three days.
LADBS says it's trying to bolster its inspection team. The department recently hired five new elevator inspectors who are currently training to take their state certification exams, Arther said, and two additional positions have been allocated in the department's budget for the next fiscal year.
L.A. is the only city in California with its own elevator inspection department. That's because the city started inspecting them in 1898 -- nearly 20 years before California founded a statewide department to do so, according to Arther.
Elevators in Los Angeles County that aren't within L.A. city limits -- as well as elevators throughout the rest of the state -- are inspected by the Division of Occupational Safety and Health, better known as Cal/OSHA.
State inspectors are responsible for inspecting the remaining 19,141 elevators in L.A. County -- and they have more than double the number of inspectors to do it.
About 28% of those elevators are past due for their annual inspection, according to data provided by Frank Polizzi, spokesman for the California Department of Industrial Relations, the agency that oversees Cal/OSHA and its elevator unit. The agency provided numbers showing permit expiration rates are as high as 63% in neighboring SoCal counties.
(Dana Amihere/LAist)
So Should I Be Worried About Riding Elevators?
Statistically speaking, no, they're exceptionally safe. In fact, the majority of accidents and injuries reported to the city of L.A. in recent years involved escalators.
It's not uncommon to get stuck in an elevator in the city, though. Last year, the L.A. Fire Department responded to more than 3,930 calls for elevator-related incidents, "typically an immobile elevator car entrapping occupants," according to department spokesman Brian Humphrey. That averages out to nearly 11 incidents each day of 2018.
But just because an elevator stalls doesn't mean you're in imminent danger. It's likely the conveyance has been locked as a safety precaution, meaning the features designed to keep you safe are working. As Polizzi explained, elevators are designed to "shut down a conveyance before it will operate in an unsafe manner."
This elevator in a Koreatown office building does not have an inspection certificate on display. (Chava Sanchez/LAist)
Citing LADBS records, a recent audit of the city's elevator inspection unit noted that in the 10-year period from 2007 to 2016, "an average of 144 accidents with injuries were reported annually, from a low of 112 in 2008 to a high of 189 in 2014." Those figures include escalator-related incidents.
In the two-year period from 2015 through 2016, 311 accidents were recorded by the department. Approximately 71% were escalator accidents and "the largest portion of accidents and injuries [in that period] involved escalator passengers losing their balance and/or falling," auditors said.
The vast majority of accidents in those two years were the result of passenger error, according to investigators. But 16 of the 311 reported accidents -- about 5% -- were found to be caused by equipment or code violations.
Arther told LAist there were no deaths in that two-year period, adding that any fatalities are investigated by LADBS along with Cal/OSHA. But according to that same city audit, released last January, one person did die in that time -- an elevator mechanic who was electrocuted. Because the death was classified as work-related, it was investigated by Cal/OSHA, not the city.
In a letter introducing the audit, City Controller Ron Galperin characterized elevator accidents in L.A. as "modest in number given the number of conveyances upon which people ride daily."
"Notwithstanding," he said, "progress can be made to improve the City's inspection program and to, hopefully, reduce injuries."
Inspecting The Inspectors
The massive backlog at LADBS is a big challenge, but it's not the only one the agency faces, as the recent city audit explains in detail. You can explore the full report here, but here are a few findings that stand out:
The forms elevator inspectors fill out when conducting safety checkups don't include specific spaces to note the major areas that inspectors should be checking, and therefore "do not provide enough assurance that the inspections were thorough," city auditors said.
Some elevator companies and property owners have been requesting specific inspectors, which creates a blind spot because "experience and familiarity... can potentially lead to less rigorous inspections."
The elevator unit has a weak system for tracking major code violations and what's been done to fix them. When inspectors identify major code violations, they issue an Order To Comply (OTC) to the elevator company or building owner. "LADBS reported issuing 10,994 OTCs from 2012 and 2016, but was unable to easily identify why the OTCs were issued, or the number of OTCs that remained outstanding," the auditors found.
There's not enough advertising in elevators about how people can report safety concerns on elevators (and the process for informing people of the status of their complaints is spotty at best).
"LADBS does not adequately enforce payment of elevator inspection fees," which means the city has basically been waving goodbye to hundreds of thousands of dollars each year meant to fund the inspection program. After an invoice goes unpaid for four years, LADBS deems it uncollectable and moves to write it off. Between 2011 and 2014, they waived more than $362,000 in such fees, the audit found.
An elevator with an unpaid inspection fee and expired safety permit is in violation of city and state law and can be sealed off, but LADBS doesn't enforce that, arguing it could inconvenience people and possibly affect a building's occupancy permit.
LADBS management "allows its elevator inspectors to work overtime on a voluntary basis on the weekend to help reduce the backlog," according to the report. Roughly 20% of annual inspections were conducted by inspectors working overtime. In the span of three fiscal years, the department racked up nearly $1.8 million in overtime costs.
The city controller's office suggested the possibility of a two-year permit system and rethinking the inspection scheduling system.
Asked for comment regarding the findings, Arther said LADBS "has implemented several items noted in the audit, including adding logs for complaints and accidents within a common drive, hiring (five) new inspectors, adding two additional inspector positions for the coming fiscal year, expanded the Elevator Division to 16 districts, re-located inspectors as needed for the Elevator Division, and working with Department on developing a new [digital] system."
The department has also drafted an ordinance to enforce stricter consequences for past-due inspection fees and is working to update their complaint system so those who file can check the status of their report, he added.
What Is Involved In An Elevator Inspection?
All elevators in California have to comply with the state's elevator safety codes and an inspection is typically a one-person job, as both Polizzi and Arther explained.
"During initial and renewal yearly permit inspections, Cal/OSHA's investigators look inside, under and on top of all conveyances," Polizzi said. "They check the machine room, elevator locks, panels and ride the elevator to check its operation on each floor."
Inspectors even ride on top of the elevator cabin as they take it from floor to floor, checking for things like proper door locks, fire hazards and storage issues. Annual re-inspections can take anywhere from one to four hours, Arther said.
Inspectors will also request and review maintenance and safety records kept by the building's owner. Some elevator functions, like earthquake or fire safety measures, might be checked separately, according to Polizzi.
If code violations are found, "the inspector will issue an order to comply," Arther said. And if the elevator is found to be in an unsafe condition, its red-tagged and removed from service until the responsible party (typically the building owner, but sometimes the elevator company) makes the proper fixes.
OK, But What Happens When Things Go Wrong?
Visitors to the Broad Museum take an elevator. (Courtesy Ron Gilbert via Flickr)
Elevator accidents might bring to mind the cliche of a cable snapping, sending people plummeting down a shaft, but based on the available data, serious accidents involving elevators are rare. And those rare accidents where an everyday passenger is killedtypically make the news, but, after weeks of research, all we can safely say is that the most documentation of fatalities is of those working on or near an elevator.
Elevators are considered so reliable ("one of the safest forms of transportation," as Arther assured) because of the fail-safes in place. Electromagnetic brakes keep the elevator locked when it's not moving. And if the car starts moving too fast, the brakes engage, locking the elevator.
And it's important to note that the "elevator-related deaths" being tracked include far more than that extremely rare plummeting scenario. The more common deaths include -- trigger warning, folks -- falling down elevator shafts, being struck by an elevator, being struck by something in a shaft, body parts getting caught between moving parts, and electrocution.
The federal OSHA keeps a searchable database of all serious injuries (basically anything that leads to hospitalization) and fatalities reported by employers. It showed 9 deaths in the Southern California area over a 10-year period (2009-2018). The majority involved construction, maintenance or elevator installation/repair workers.
In California, employers are required by law to report workplace accidents, including any involving elevators, to Cal/OSHA. But the agency is not made aware of every elevator-related accident or malfunction in the state, according to Polizzi.
"If Cal/OSHA's elevator unit is notified of an incident, they would look into it," Polizzi told LAist. "But owners and service companies are not required to notify Cal/OSHA of any malfunction or incident."
The city of L.A. also tracks accidents, as property owners are required by city code to report them. But accidents and malfunctions are not the same -- and Arther said LADBS doesn't have data on faulty elevators.
Safety Is On The Property Owner
We're about to shatter your universe: an inspection certificate -- up-to-date or not -- is not a guarantee of absolute safety. Officials from both the city and state reiterated that the day-to-day safety of an elevator is the responsibility of the building or elevator owner.
That means having an elevator mechanic or engineer check the conveyance and fix any issues between those annual (or not) visits from a city or state inspector.
"An expired permit does not necessarily mean that the owner is not taking steps to keep the elevator safe and maintain it properly," Polizzi said.
So, what can you do if you notice an expired permit or have safety concerns about an elevator you ride in? First contact the building manager or owner to ask them to post the current operating permit, or to report any issues with the elevator to the proper inspection agency.
If that fails, Arther suggested calling the LADBS Elevator Code and Information Desk at 213-202-9844 for elevators within the city to make a safety complaint (you'll have to leave your phone number and specifically request a call back if you want the chance that someone from LADBS will get back to you with an update). An LADBS official told us "there is not a form or complaint site for elevators" through city services.
For anywhere else in Southern California, contact information for Cal/OSHA's regional elevator inspection offices can be found here.
What questions do you have about Southern California?

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The air is hot, the land rocky and littered with animal bones — relics of livestock that couldn't survive the extreme conditions. Ali has just walked 50 miles to find water and fodder for his herd. One-third of them starved to death along the way.
Nearby, Meftuha and her husband, Abdi, stare at the empty pond they once used for cooking, drinking and watering their animals. Because of the drought, Meftuha rises at 6 a.m. to begin the 5-hour walk to collect water from another area. She frequently faints of exhaustion, but she makes the journey every other day anyway. They have already lost four of their five oxen; they can't afford to lose another.
As rural pastoralists, Ali, Meftuha and Abdi depend directly on the land for life: to grow food, to provide clean water, to keep their animals healthy and to earn money. But climate change has turned their livelihoods into a desperate guessing game, disrupting the rain they've trusted for decades to keep them alive.
Three out of every four poor people on earth rely solely on agriculture and natural resources to survive. For each of them, the effects of climate change aren't just an inconvenience: they're a matter of life and death.
And this painful reality isn't isolated to Ethiopia. It's happening on every continent across the globe — with particularly destructive consequences for the people who have the least ability to endure it.
Hurricanes in Haiti. Flooding in Timor-Leste. Drought in Nigeria. Heatwaves in France. The impacts of climate change are playing out in warmer temperatures, erratic rains and unpredictable weather patterns that pummel nations around the world.
And they're intensifying: The rate of weather-related natural disasters has more than tripled since the 1960s. The last drought in Ethiopia was the worst in 50 years. Nearly 90 percent of the 254 floods that struck Timor-Leste between 2002 and 2013 occurred in just the last four years. In 2015, China experienced 20 percent more natural disasters than its annual average over the previous decade.
"In many of the places Mercy Corps works, climate change is making historically more stable climate contexts much harder to predict."
When Typhoon Haiyan struck the Philippines in 2013, many fisherman like Niño lost their boats. When Niño realized his family's means of survival was gone, he cried. "I have no money. I am poor and I can't even work now," he said. Photo: Cassandra Nelson/Mercy Corps, 2013.
According to the Climate Vulnerability Monitor, climate change kills an average of 400,000 people per year already, largely by climate-related hunger and disease. And that number is projected to increase to 632,000 by 2030. Eighty percent of these deaths are in low-income populations that have contributed little, if anything, to the warming of the globe.
When Niño realized his family's means of survival was gone, he cried. "I have no money. I am poor and I can't even work now."
In poor communities around the world, farmers increasingly toil under hotter conditions. Failed rains reduce food supply. Rivers dry up. Heat waves kill thousands at a time. Flooding wipes away crops, destroys soil and contaminates clean water supplies. Hurricanes raze homes and demolish fishing boats and tools. People lose their livelihoods. They become more vulnerable. They go hungry. They die.
This destruction has a major impact on food. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reports climate change has already affected the global food supply, and threatens to decrease yields even more by 2050.
Wheat, a staple crop grown around the world — and one that is sensitive to heat — is one of the first to be affected. The IPCC projects wheat yields could drop 2 percent a decade going forward. Maize, another staple food in many developing countries, has already suffered negative impacts as well.
Farmers don't know when to plant crops anymore. The rain comes later than it did the year before, or it's more sporadic. Warmer temperatures mean a crop a farmer once relied on no longer grows in his fields, because it's too hot for that crop to flourish.
Changing temperatures can affect the availability of diverse foods, like fruits and vegetables, which can have disastrous consequences on health and nutrition. And as supplies dip, prices increase, making it even more difficult for families to get what they need.
Eighty percent of deaths related to climate change are in low-income populations that have contributed little, if anything, to the warming of the globe.
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In Ethiopia and elsewhere, livestock and crops are savings, sources of food and means of income. So when the drought wiped out a third of Ali's cattle, it took a third of his entire livelihood with it.
That's why, for vulnerable people like him, one failed crop or disaster can mean an immediate plunge further into poverty and closer to starvation. Most are already barely subsisting to begin with and simply have no other assets to depend on.
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Back in Meftuha and Abdi's village, the pond that provides their water is nearly full, returned to a sparkling reservoir in the middle of the vast desert. Mercy Corps rehabilitated it to help contain and filter the rain that will fall when the rainy season returns, and provide more stable access to the vital resource.
Nearby, Mohammed mans the rural veterinary pharmacy we helped him open, which has improved pastoralists' access to the medicines and vaccines they need to keep their animals healthy, particularly during emergencies.
And Ali has newfound access to banking — thanks to a mobile banking app we connected him to — which means all his money isn't invested in his livestock, and he can send cash to his children attending university around the country.
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Q: local development with secrets I am following this guide to get secrets added to my prod environment with cloudflare workers:
https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/platform/environment-variables/#comparing-secrets-and-environment-variables
I am able to add new secrets via wrangler secret put, and I see them in the dashboard.  When I run my code locally with wrangler, it doesn't look like the variables are injected.  I'm getting an error like this:
Uncaught ReferenceError: TOKEN is not defined
  at line 0

    at throwFetchError (/Users/justin.beckwith/.nvm/versions/node/v16.14.0/lib/node_modules/wrangler/wrangler-dist/cli.js:134316:17)
    at fetchResult (/Users/justin.beckwith/.nvm/versions/node/v16.14.0/lib/node_modules/wrangler/wrangler-dist/cli.js:134287:5)
    at processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:96:5)
    at async previewToken (/Users/justin.beckwith/.nvm/versions/node/v16.14.0/lib/node_modules/wrangler/wrangler-dist/cli.js:134658:29)
    at async createWorker (/Users/justin.beckwith/.nvm/versions/node/v16.14.0/lib/node_modules/wrangler/wrangler-dist/cli.js:134675:17)
    at async start (/Users/justin.beckwith/.nvm/versions/node/v16.14.0/lib/node_modules/wrangler/wrangler-dist/cli.js:136075:16) {

I know the secret is set, and from what I can tell the values should be auto-injected.  Any ideas on what I'm missing here?  Thank you!

A: To expand on melops answer above in Typescript:
interface Env {
  var_name: var_type
}

export default {
  async fetch(request: Request, env: Env, context: ExecutionContext): Promise<Response> {
    console.log(env);
  },
};

A: I got the answer from here. You can create the file named .dev.vars, and put the secrets in file. Wrangler 2 will auto binding when you use the command $ wrangler dev
example:

*

*put the secret in .dev.vars files

API_KEY_0 = "YOU_SECRET_0"
API_KEY_1 = "YOU_SECRET_1"

*run the command below and you can see this in terminal.

$ wrangler dev

...

Your worker has access to the following bindings:
- Vars:
  - API_KEY_0: "(hidden)"
  - API_KEY_1: "(hidden)"

...

*you code in .ts or .js
interface Env {
  API_KEY_0: string
  API_KEY_1: string
}

export default {
  async fetch(request: Request, env: Env, context: ExecutionContext): Promise<Response> {
    console.log(env.API_KEY_0, env.API_KEY_1)
  }
}

export default {
  async fetch(request, env, context) {
    console.log(env.API_KEY_0, env.API_KEY_1)
  }
}

for your reference

A: If you are using Module Workers you should be able to access your secrets via env.
export default {
    async fetch(request, env, context) {
      return new Response(`TOKEN: ${env.TOKEN}`)
    }
}

I am currently using wrangler2 version 0.0.17

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In our regular F&B highlights section, we spotlight two impressively innovative new food courts from different parts of the world, and explore the ramifications of Starbucks' move to a multi-operator model at US airports.
Finally, another of the industry's true heroes features in our new column championing the best in customer service in our industry – The Front Line of F&B. SSP America's Tatjana Djukanovic is a much-loved server at Hurley's Irish Pub in Montréal Trudeau International. Regular flyers appreciate a familiar friendly face, while Djukanovic is always prepared to put first-time flyers at ease with a joke and a sympathetic chat. Fittingly, SSP describes her as one the company's "brightest stars".
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Two dynamic food courts that focus on localisation and entertainment feature in our regular look at the industry's best new openings, innovations and events. We also assess the impact of Starbucks' move to a multi-operator model at US airports.
12 The power of local
In a regular new series of opinion pieces, Ground Control CEO Kevin Zajax offers five recommendations to help promote the localisation agenda in airport food & beverage.
15 From Vienna to the world
No Viennese café house concept has yet made it internationally, but Aïda has a rich history, a dynamic product offering, and a plan to expand in travel retail, according to Executive Director Dominik Prousek, and could be the first to do so.
11 Authentically Asian
COCA and Mango Tree Restaurants Worldwide is meeting passenger demand for real Asian food in travel hubs, and aims to offer dishes that are so full of flavour they will attract customers from all around the globe. We speak to Managing Director Trevor MacKenzie.
14 A new industry voice
The Airport Restaurant & Retail Association aims to be the voice of restaurateurs and retailers across the aviation industry on matters of policy and decision making. We speak to those at the forefront of the organisation's creation.
16 The F&B Front Line
SSP America's Tatjana Djukanovic is in the spotlight in our regular new column championing the best of customer service in the food & beverage industry.
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Couple accused of forcing day laborer to have sex at gunpoint
Posted 4:35 AM, April 18, 2019, by CNN Wire
PHOENIX – A Phoenix couple is accused of picking up a day laborer at Home Depot, then forcing him to have sex at gunpoint.
According to court documents, on April 8, 39-year-old Brenda Acuna-Aguero picked up the male day laborer at the Home Depot at 75th Avenue and McDowell Road, telling him that she and her husband needed to move some items in their house.
But when they got to Acuna-Aguero's home, court documents obtained by KTVK say she began "to talk sexual to him and stated that it was her fantasy to have sex with a laborer and that she wanted to have sex with him."
When the victim refused, Acuna-Aguero's husband, 45-year-old Jorge Murrieta-Valenzuela, came into the room holding a black rifle.
Police say Murrieta-Valenzuela placed the barrel of his gun on the victim's chest and told him to have sex with his wife, or he'd shoot him.
The victim told police he was forced to have sex with Acuna-Aguero as Murrieta-Valenzuela took pictures and filmed on a cell phone.
Documents state that after the victim was forced to have sex with Acuna-Aguero, her husband took the victim's Mexican Visa and Sonoran driver's license so the couple would have all his information and his Mexican address. They also made the victim show them all the contacts in his phone, and contact the victim's wife so they could confirm it was her.
The couple kept the victim's documents, and told him to come back the next day around 9 a.m. or they would send the pictures of him having sex, telling him they'd bring him Viagra.
But shortly after dropping the victim off back at Home Depot, Murrieta-Valenzuela messaged the victim on WhatsApp telling him that he needed to go back to their house.
After the victim didn't respond, Murrieta-Valenzuela told him that he would send the victim's wife the pictures of him having sex if he didn't come back to the house within 10 minutes to have sex with Acuna-Aguero again.
The victim was contacted shortly after by his wife in Mexico, saying that she'd received pictures of him having sex with a woman.
After the victim was unable to get his Visa and license back from the couple, he contacted police.
Phoenix police got a search warrant for the couple's house, and took them both into custody.
Acuna-Aguero first told police she'd had consensual sex with the victim, but eventually admitted that she'd known her husband would come in and allegedly hold him at gunpoint, saying it was only to scare the victim.
She also said that she knew the sexual encounter would be filmed and photographed without the victim's consent.
After looking through the suspect's phones, police found that the couple had participated in a similar incident in March, but police were unable to identify the victim in that case.
Murrieta-Valenzuela admitted to police that he'd held the victim at gunpoint and recorded him having sex with his wife, saying it was a "sexual fantasy scenario." He said he'd done this four other times with other random men.
The two suspects are now facing felony charges of sexual assault, aggravated assault, and unlawful recording of a person.
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Although most people will give a good effort; not everyone will be joyful this Christmas season. For many it's a time of loss and the memories flood back with every song that is heard on the radio. It's more about regretting those things that should have been done, or the decisions that were made in haste that changed the course of your life. It's about leaving home before you were ready, or not taking the time to see family because you felt that you had let them down. It's digging up past mistakes instead of embracing the lessons learned from those very same mistakes made.
Our lives lead us in directions that sometimes veer off from the direction that we will ultimately go to. What do we learn from the detours? We learn to trust God. It isn't easy to walk through the wilderness when we feel alone; but it's the path that will shape us into his image when we reach the next turn we will take. Often I have asked myself, "how in the world did I get to this stage in my life?" I see now that the Lord has had a plan for each of us since before the beginning of time.
My focus must be on the Lord and all the times that I made right decisions. If I hadn't turned down that dark path, I would have never found the joy that was waiting for me at the end of it. The thing that the enemy felt would destroy me only made me stronger. The more I have turned my eyes to the Lord in prayer, the stronger and more confident I have become that he will do what he said he will do. I have learned to trust in him by just waiting on him to fulfill his will and purpose in my life.
Are there still times where I am unclear on what direction to take? Yes, every time that I take a step forward, but I have learned the secret to victory. It is letting the Lord lead me through prayer. Before I make any decision, I have learned to filter it through God's word and prayer.
Instead of dwelling on the past regrets and mistakes that we make in life (mistakes that God doesn't even remember) we can have hope in a future. No one can steal your joy; if it is lost it's because you surrendered it. Remember that the joy of the Lord is your strength. It doesn't say that we will always be strong, but that through our weakness, God is strong.
We may still go through the motions as we enter this season of the year, but let's try to capture those memories that have become treasures; they may be bittersweet at times, yet they can still give us hope and peace if we look for it.
I am so thankful that the Lord chose me to bring the Lattereign this week, as we are reminded to Rejoice The King is Coming.


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Record-Breaking Heatwaves Blanket US
California breaks the record with temperatures touching 127.76°F
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UNITED STATES: Much of the Western United States continues to remain affected by the scorching heatwaves with temperatures exceeding 104°F. Furnace Creek, in California's Death Valley, recorded a maximum temperature of 127.7°F on June 17, which is a new world record for the month and only 34.16°F off the all-time global temperature record, 129.92°F.
With temperatures way above 100°F for days on end marked yet another climate extreme for residents of the region already suffering through a devastating drought and with memories of last year's horrific wildfire season still imprinted on people's minds. Spanning across a six-day period during the middle of June 2021, a dome of hot air languished over the western U.S., causing temperatures to skyrocket.
The heat extended much farther than the Southwest. Salt Lake City, Utah, saw its all-time record when temperatures hit 107°F on June 15, the last day of a three-day streak of high temperatures over 100°F. From June 13-19, high temperatures averaged 100°F. Billings, Montana, also reached its all-time high of 108°F.
The Full Picture
This extreme heatwave occurred over parts of the country stuck in a deep drought. Over 20% of the country is in the worst two categories of drought (D3-4: Extreme and Exceptional). The vast majority of the land located in areas also recently saw record-setting temperatures.
Drought and heat are natural dance partners. Drought conditions become extreme when temperatures soar, and vice-versa, hot temperatures turn even hotter by a drought-stricken landscape. When the ground absorbs incoming sunlight, some of that energy converts soil moisture into water vapor, which carries heat away from the surface. Less moisture in the soil means less solar energy being used to evaporate water. Instead, that energy heats both the ground and the air.
Naturally, one consequence of hot temperatures and a dry region is a heightened risk for wildfires. And during the middle of June, that risk turned to reality as wildfires sprung up in California, Arizona, Colorado, Utah and Montana. While the North American summer monsoon is normally expected to tame down wildfire risk across the Southwest, the wildfire season is just beginning for the rest of the West.
It's always difficult to immediately quantify how much impact climate change has had on a climate extreme, but there is plenty of evidence to show that high temperatures and heatwaves have become worse due to climate change.
According to the Climate Science Special Report, which made up the scientific basis for the fourth National Climate Assessment, not only have temperatures risen in the past but they are projected to continue to increase due to the release of greenhouse gases.
In particular, as noted in the aforesaid report, extreme temperatures are expected to increase even more than average temperatures across the contiguous U.S. Events like this heatwave might be rare now, but they are expected to become more common by the end of the century.
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UK COMPANY LAUNCHES ONLINE SAFETY CAMPAIGN IN NINE COMMONWEALTH STATES
Bringing the best of the UK's cyber security expertise to other Commonwealth countries is the mission of the U.K. Commonwealth Cyber Security Programme, launched following the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting in April 2018. One part of this programme is to deliver free, accessible, up to date and comprehensive advice about staying safe online to the people of Jamaica.
Get Safe Online: www.getsafeonline.org - a UK based not-for-profit organisation - will launch a brand
new website in Jamaica on April 1, 2019. The site will include comprehensive online safety advice and
information on the latest online safety risks, specific to persons in Jamaica.
Alongside the website, a series of public awareness campaigns will run throughout the next 12 months to raise maximum awareness about online safety among the general public. The aim is to help everyone, from the most online savvy to those who are less confident using the internet become more risk-aware and better protected online.
Antigua & Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Dominica, Jamaica, Grenada, Guyana, St. Vincent & The
Grenadines and St. Lucia are the 9 Commonwealth countries in which the public awareness campaign
will be launched. The first campaign is headlined "hello_POTENTIAL VICTIM" and set to start April 1,
2019 with the aid of the marketing agency ODEM. Over the period April 2019 to March 2020 as part of
the campaign plans, Traditional and Digital PR strategies will be used in each country to accomplish main goal for safety online.
hello_POTENTIAL VICTIM uses examples of what a "Potential Victim" looks like from the victim's
point of view. In addition, messaging is crafted from a fraudsters' perspective. "Hello" serves a dual
role, somewhat of a "wake up call" to victims exposed to online predators and scammers as well as a
greeting, much like how a criminal would address their target. This campaign is positioned to create
awareness and attract attention to ever increasing safety issues online.
Global Ambassador for Get Safe Online, Peter Davies, doesn't want people to be scared away from
internet use. "In Jamaica, just as in other Caribbean countries we are working with, most people already have a "digital life", and benefit from the information, opportunities and personal empowerment it can bring. Creating and sustaining a digital economy also brings more wealth and opportunities to the region.
We want people to realize those benefits confidently while knowing how to avoid pitfalls such as lottery
scams, romance fraud, and phishing. We also want to encourage people - especially the younger
generation - not to "overshare" personal images or information. That can come back to haunt them and
put them at risk."
To support this campaign and share information please visit getsafeonline.org.jm


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Are the Pistons the New Holiday Depression?
Posted December 16, 2012 · 40 Comments
The #Pistons lost to the Pacers Saturday night at the Palace of Auburn Hills 88-77. I could go into my normal recap style of why, how and who did what, but I just feel like venting frustrations a little.
As a fan who goes to her fair share of games for more than 20 years, it's getting pretty depressing at The Palace of Auburn Hills. It's rough heading out to a mid-week game against the Cavaliers. I had my pick of parking spaces, I didn't wait in line at any time for a beverage. Heck I never even had to wait in line to use the restroom. But most of all, I didn't get threatened by a rabid Cavs fan who infiltrated our home court.
Those things may sound petty, but it just goes to show you the state of our beloved team. It's not like this team hasn't gone though tough times. Most of us remember the "Teal Years" and some of us even remember the pre-Isiah days. But there is something a bit different about what's going on and how it unfolded the past few seasons.
Sure we miss Chauncey, and it's nice to see Rasheed back screaming "Ball Don't Lie" for the Knicks, but it was time to move on from a team that just couldn't win together anymore. The thing that bothers me is the way it happened was almost spirit crushing from a fans perspective. As we watched the team go from contenders to pretenders in a little more than a season, I don't think we actually thought it would get as bad as it did.
We had a first time NBA coach who really was in over his head. We had another coach that had a horrible and public fight with a star player that led to a mutiny. We had a beloved owner pass away that left an unbelievable legacy and the team in limbo until his widow could sell the team.
We also have Bandwagon fans, you know it and I know it. If you're reading this, you're probably not one of them, but the Piston have the biggest "Bandwagon Cats" (as Sheed would say) as fans as any team in Michigan. I'm almost embarrassed by it. I hate everything about the Cleveland Cavaliers, the building they play in and their fans, but kudos to them for packing The Q on a week day game against the Pistons.
Are you depressed yet?
I could go and on and on.
I think what's bothering me most of all lately is the fact that I think this team is on the cusp. I think they should be winning more than they are. I'm so over the company line of why they aren't winning, they're tired, they're on long road trip…blah blah blah. They have young talent that just needs the right direction. They need to learn how to win and they need something or someone to help them do that.
We all think that Andre Drummond should play more, he's even has heard the rumblings. It doesn't look like this team is playoff bound so why not see what kind of players we have and what we need to do to get to the next level? Sure they sent Middletion and English to the D-League to get playing time and we know that Kravtsov is a project but that's not everything.
Why is Jerebko the new Charlie V? What's going on with Greg Monroe's regression? Why play Maggette so much when he's really just a one and done? Can the Pistons ever get anything for Austin Day? Will Dumars ever make a move? When will Frank show us that he's the guy for the job?
Has the holiday depression set in yet?
I know it's tough to keep supporting a team when they're not winning, but it's what real fans do. Sure there isn't the fire (literally they don't have the pre-game fire anymore) there once was at the Palace, but it's still great heading out to the Palace to support your team, not just the Bel Biv Devoe half time show. You really should take advantage of going to a game if you haven't in a while, they're begging for people in the seats and are practically giving tickets away. When you can go to a Pistons game for less than going to a movie you know times are really tough.
Heck if you head out to the game and see me we can commiserate together.
So don't let the Pistons get you down this holiday season, just enjoy them for what they are. But make sure you ask Santa to give them a hand.
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40 Responses to "Are the Pistons the New Holiday Depression?"
Jjackson says:
Absolutely! The Pistons ARE the new depression. It's time for Joe to move on. As well as coach Frank. I feel your pain Natalie.There is potential in this team, but the coaching staff has yet to figure it out, as usual.Everyone has opinions so allow me to state mine. Our players,unfortunately, have no time to develop. The coaching staff are letting these young rookies run the team. The result?, what we are seeing and have been seeing for the past couple of years. They need time to develop.In the meantime, you have players like CharlieV, Austin Daye, Willy B and Jonas J collecting fat checks for doing nothing. They are veterans withNBA professional experience that goes much farther than young legs. The Pistons are so desperate that they are not thinking logically. Can you imagine what a developed Austin Daye could do for our team? A confident Will B, A free Charlie V,A loose Jonas J? Until the P's learn to utilize and develop the talent that they have, they will forever be an embarrassment to the city of Detroit.-Go Thunder!!!!
Markov7 says:
go thunder??
edt says:
lol go thunder wut?
zane says:
wOW! Nat (clapping standing O)….. I mean what has happen to us being a Piston/lions is sooooo hard right now seems like we had hit rock bottom and we we're on our way up… but Noooo some how we managed to find a drill and go even deeper.. It's nice to know I'm not the only one who loves the team enough to watch even if I have to have a shot glass in the other hand unlike band wagon fans who will come back as if they had taken this ride with us all along.. Someone help me to understand this. How did we trade away molded pg to put the ball in a sg hands and then watch our new pg throw up more points then our sg who now is again our back up pg.. and then take a sf who is now being used as our sg I mean is Moose the pf or center and we ever see what this team will look like or just keep moving parts around losing power. I mean hey I'm no coach but when are we gonna put players on the floor and watch them get stronger and grow in their correct place I understand the moveable part concept but most of our parts are being traded and given up on only to show they just need to be inserted some playing time but instead we're trying to make a new car run with old parts … I say insert the new parts and let them play I mean I would much rather watch the team take their lumps knowing they are getting stronger together and developing then to watch us win with old parts that won't be around for the long haul .. I mean playing time is key but instead we sit our new parts while we as fans watch another season of playoff hopes go down the drain. I mean the team that takes us to the playoff should be the team that's gonna take us even further the following season.. I mean really …. WHAT ARE WE DOING? someone please help me understand make the playoff and then what remove the old insert the new and start over again … DAMN IT I'm tired of watching us rebuild only to trade away parts we could of used had we known what we had… So I ask what are we missing? do anyone know are we a coach, player(s),GM away because before Gore it was a owner now we're stuck with parts we can't even give away. Yep this holiday season I hoping for a piston transformer… because at this rate I have a better chance of building a winning machine… well back to my hole in the ground another long season when even winning brings little joy and to think I was so excited thinking we could make the playoff and even if we didn't the fun it would be to finally see this new team that was learning/ growing together.. instead we're losing again seeing the new breed come off the bench inserted only to be put in to finish off a lost something we're going to be doing more of until somebody figures it out. But who?
I am glad to see some other true fans still out there. I watch every game and have ever since original Bad Boys. Like you said there were definite highs and low lows but as a true fan that is just what WE do. I am a daily reader of Need4sheed and have been for several years now. Your posts are silver linings in a very dark cloud of a season. I still HAVE to believe the Pistons are playoff bound. Might be crazy but thats what fans are. Now lets get back to some Deeeeetroit Basketball!!!!
zkranc says:
I'm a Pistons fan since 05 (weird right). I saw a re-run of a Pistons playoff game against the Heat and for some reason just fell in love with the team. I have no idea why, there was just something about the Pistons that made me click. I ended up watching the finals against the Spurs, heart broken after losing game 5 and 7.
Ok enough rambling, anyways…
Pistons fans should realize how lucky they are to have an NBA team, versus the many who don't. And how many Pistons fans from all over the world would kill for the chance to go to a Pistons game despite how bad they were. Some of us watch the Pistons in the middle of the night on dodgy streams because that's all we have.
Pistons fans should look themselfs in the mirror and realize what they have and that they actually can help the team on the floor, if they just came to the games.
Hristo says:
I feel you man.As a guy from Bulgaria I had to get up every night at 2 to be able to watch some pixels.The funny thing is I am a fan since a little bit before the allstar break in New Orleans and since then I have had no doubts that the Pistons are the team I would die for.So yeah,since 2008 I have been watching pixels play horrific basketball and always come up short in almost every game…At least I was able to watch Chauncey a little bit..
And Nat,I love you.I have been following this site from the beginning and I have always loved your reviews.I just want you to know that my dream is to visit a game in Detroit and if I ever have the slightest possibility,I'm coming. 🙂
Natalie Sitto says:
Thanks Hristo, if there is any way you ever get here I'll be your tour guide!
rite on Nat. I feel the same.
MIkeA7 says:
Natalie, this is one of the best pieces I have seen written on the current state of the Pistons. It sums up what all of the diehards are feeling PERFECTLY. I was at the game last night, my first since the home opener, and even though we had a good time like we always do at The Palace, it was a bit depressing. It's not just the empty seats, the atmosphere is so quiet, no energy or enthusiasm in the building at all. Obviously a lot of that has to do with the product on the court but you are 100% CORRECT in calling out the bandwagon fans in this area. When, not if, this team is good again, it will turn my stomach a bit to see the PHONIES out at the Palace. It's sad to see how few diehard fans this franchise has left.
I know I will make an effort to get to more games in the New Year with how cheap prices are right now, and I don't mean by buying from Ticketmaster. My biggest problem with the product on the court is not the losing. It is watching them lose while the likes of Tayshaun Prince, Corey Maggette, Charlie Villanueva and Jason Maxiell eat up tons of minutes that should be going to the likes of Drummond, Jerebko, English, hell even Slava. If we are going to lose anyways, let the kids play more. Frank's distribution of minutes and rotations are starting raise some major red flags that he is not the right coach for this situation either. But I am still watching every night and will be out to more games in 2013. Going through all this crap makes it all the more sweeter when they finally turn things around. Again, great write-up.
Thanks Mike, I feel you… you just added on how I feel. You know that's how I feel.
RealGMToni says:
Looks like Kings will not sign and are trying to trade Tyreke Evans. What do you all think about Tyreke Evans a 6″6 SG I know he had his ups and downs with the Kings but this guy can ball. I enjoy his game and good scoring athletic player. Will you want to see Joe Dumars try to sign him or trade for him? Having him next to Knight I don't see that it will be a bad thing.
why would u want another stuckey in the team?
Please…. Stucky! lol I wish Stucky was even close to Tyreke Evans and his game…
on a per36 last year
FG% 3P% FTA ORB DRB AST STL TOV PTS
tyreke evans .44 .25 5.1 .9 4.0 5.3 3.0 18.1
rodney stuckey .42 .28 5.5 1. 2.8 5.3 2.4 16.7
Almost exactly identical. Tyreke gets 1 more defensive rebound and 1.4 more points per game but Stuckey had a marginally better 3 point shot at 28%
Evans was the 4th pick. Only so long that top 5 pick status is going to keep you going.
sweet (high 5)
I'm going to reply individually, but it's just nice to know that I'm not the only one that feels this way.
We'll beOK
zekekhaseli says:
Nice writing Nat. It's also depressing that the fans seems to know more about the current state of the pistons than the coach. The hands off approach of Joe D also does us no good. It's like the audiences in the cinema is smarter than the director of the film.
I think they have to know the current state.. don't they? I always wonder if it's because their jobs are on the line.
Man, I wish I could go to a game, I would be a season ticket holder if I still lived in Michigan. But I live in Tampa so that would be challenging. I miss going to the games over the holidays when we would come home, but this year there is only 1 game when we would be up there and it is the damn heat. Here's to hoping that the management realizes the talent that they have sitting on the bench and not playing. That would be a great presant for all of the Pistons fans to have this holiday season.
I hope some way you could go Jon, though I'm with you I wouldnt want to see the Heat! Happy Holidays to us all.
GREAT piece… im a true fan and much of what you shared is how i feel… the most frustrating part is that we have the talent to be winning more games… something has to change!
Always good to know when you're in good company.
Tycoon says:
Im not too concerned with Drummond's minutes. I know it will go up soon. Im more concerned why Jerebko is not playing.
Damien W. says:
Tycoon: I guess Jerebko got pushed out by Corey M. since Corey was older and a more 'established' person on the offensive end: Slasher who can draw fouls and finish at the rim (that's what I hear, haven't seen him finish much at the moment).
Poor Bynum. He was pushed deep into the bench as well, I'm assuming with the play of Singler (which is been on a slide).
I gotta say, Charlie V. has been a pleasnt surprise. I wonder what got into him this season? Oh well, I'm enjoying it.
Nat: Hey, I would totally watch a game with you if we ever met up. *Thumbs up*
freeZy says:
You nailed it Nat! Yeah its really depressing right now to be a Pistons Fan and i don't thing that we will get out of that slump anytime soon. But even i have major problems to identify with our Team at the moment i still wear my Pistons Jersey with great Pride because no matter what its DEEEEEETROIT BASKETBALLLLL all day everyday!!! Only True fans stick by there Team in good and bad Times, specally in bad times! The good thing is that right now all the Bandwagoners (specally the 04 ones) are gone! Bad thing there will be Back in sec when things are getting better! So if you are a real fan and live in the US go to the Games, there need you Support and criticism! It really hurts to see the Palace so empty. Loosing sucks but thats the Game and thats Life you cant always be a Winner ! Nat i would love to join you and other true fans at the Palace but i am in Germany so i only can watch games on streams and when i don't have night shifts. I hope i can come to the D next year and finally watch a Pistons game Live. Greetings and many thanks from Germany! sorry for my bad English
Your English is great.
"Only True fans stick by there Team in good and bad Times, specally in bad times! The good thing is that right now all the Bandwagoners (specally the 04 ones) are gone! Bad thing there will be Back in sec when things are getting better!"
You're so right, they'll all be back plus a batch of new ones.
Nikhil says:
very well written Nat. Looks like you started a revolution….
As a pistons fan I am wondering what would be a true / realisitc goal for the team fpor this season. Considering they are 7-19 right now, 40 wins are not possible in my book. I think the team can draw some positives from the season if they can play atleast 500 the rest of the way getting them to 32+ wins.
So here is my wish list….
1. 32 + wins for the season.
2. establish Monroe and Drummond to play together
3. Establish Stuckey as the new microwave off the bench ( he is still our best player to draw fouls and I want him to have the ball when the game is on the line ).
4. Pick one out of JJ, Magette and CV31 and get rid of the other two ( my vote is to keep JJ).
5. Resign Maxiell. he is the only piston who can impose his will on a game.
I hope the good days come back to my fav team.
I hope this is a revolution!
wonder if the Pistons brass checks out your blog. They won't be short on ideas if they do..:)
I know in the good old days players were pretty current with "need4sheed", Amir Johnson most of them…
Anyways, Nat good work as always. Keep it up.
I'm sure they're not regular readers, but I know they keep an eye out.
Drummond surprised me with a message a couple weeks back.
thats nice to know. for some reason i still haven't given up on Lawrence Frank even though i don't agree with his moves most of the time….we can only wait and hope.
Piston_fan_phl says:
I'm jumping on the "fire frank" bandwagon. I want to see the other Larry coach this team.
I don't think Frank is a bad coach, but what we need is a coach who can develop or young core of players, not sold on Frank being that guy.
well it took 32 comments for me to write somethin but what can i say but yes its true i m too lazy and u re all mostly hitting it right to the bone keep up the work (good? meh), play andre,have faith in frank,re-sign max…damn i am REALLY lazy
Croswenthy says:
Give Frank one more year. I am willing to at least be that patient, so tired of a coaching carousel.
Wade says:
I have been coming and checking up on this website almost every week since heck who knows how many years now, and let me tell you that everything you said Natalie is damn accurate to how I feel too. It truly does suck to see this team struggle. While watching the game the other night and see them lose on that last second shot… it just sucks.. it's almost predictable though. Like where did all them magical moments go? Like when SHEED nailed that half court shot vs the Nuggets? Or just clutch baskets to win games? I can't remember the last one. I went to my first Pistons game last year and it was a great experience, though it was lacking. (At least they still had the fire) The place was so empty! It didn't even feel like a professional sporting event atmosphere. My high school of about 500 people could have put together a better fan section and created more noise. That's what I wanted to experience. The emotional part of the game. The atmosphere. Giving high fives to strangers and even waiting in lines for drinks because that's what it is all about. I am going to a game this year too (hopefully for the return of SHEED) and I am not expecting much. All I know is that things can only get better over time!
Diogenes says:
If they don't get 40 wins its time to let Joe go. Watching the Spurs tonight and they took the alternate universe course to the Stones. Sorry Joe. But you built another Lions team. We already have one.
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Елена Константиновна Ресина (; 12 декабря 1926, Минск, БССР — 3 октября 2014, Минск, Белоруссия) — белорусский и советский искусствовед.

Биография, этапы научной деятельности
Елена Константиновна Ресина родилась 12 декабря 1926 года в городе Минске в семье служащих.

В 1950 году окончила с отличием Отделение теории и истории искусства Московского государственного университета имени М. В. Ломоносова. Училась у Б. Р. Виппера, И. Э. Грабаря, А. А. Федорова-Давыдова, Г. Недошивина, Ю. Д. Колпинского.

1950—1952 годы — младший научный сотрудник Института языка, литературы и искусства Академии наук БССР.

1956—1957 годы — искусствовед Минского Дома моделей.

1 октября 1957 года зачислена на должность старшего научного сотрудника Государственного Художественного музея БССР.

В 1964—2000 годах работала заведующей Отделом русского дореволюционного искусства Государственного Художественного музея БССР (с 1993 года-Национальный художественный музей Республики Беларусь).

В 2000—2007 годах ведущий научный сотрудник Отдела русского искусства Национального художественного музея Республики Беларусь.

Автор-составитель и редактор каталогов русской дореволюционной и советской живописи, гравюры и скульптуры из собраний  ГХМ БССР/НХМ РБ

Основные работы
 2006 — «Русское искусство XVIII — начала XX века» / Министерство культуры Республики Беларусь, Национальный художественный музей Республики Беларусь; автор-составитель Е. К. Ресина.
 1995-1997 — «Русская дореволюционная и советская живопись в собрании Национального художественного музея Республики Беларусь», каталог в 2-x томах; составители: Р. Г. Бадин, Т. И. Карандашева и др.; под научной редакцией Е. К. Ресиной; фотографии О. Л. Лихтаровича. — Т. 1: А―И / Т. 2: К—Я, вступительная статья Е. К. Ресиной.
 1990 — «Іван Хруцкі, 1810―1885 (Выяўленчы матэрыял)» Иван Хруцкий. Альбом-каталог / аўтары-складальнікі: І. М. Паньшына, А. К. Рэсіна.
 1990 — «Дзяржаўны мастацкі музей БССР = Государственный художественный музей БССР»: Альбом / Аўт. уступ. арт.: Н. М. Бараноўская, Н. Ф. Высоцкая, В. С. Каваленка, А. К. Рэсіна; Пад рэд. Ю. А. Карачуна ; Маст.: А. А. Кулажэнка, А. А. Шупляцоў, Фота: В. А. Бараноўскага.
 1985 — «Иван Фомич Хруцкий: к 175-летию со дня рождения, 1810―1885» / Министерство культуры БССР, Государственный художественный музей БССР; составители: Р. Г. Бадин, Е. К. Ресина.
 1984 — «Русская дореволюционная и советская гравюра и литография в собрании Государственного художественного музея БССР»: каталог / составители: Е. К. Ресина, Т. А. Резник.
 1979 — «Дзяржаўны мастацкі музей БССР: Жывапіс. Графіка. Скульптура. Прыкладное мастацтва». Альбом / Аўт. тэкста і склад.: П. М. Герасімовіч, А. К. Рэсіна; Пад рэд. Ю. А. Карачуна.
 1977 — «Русская и советская скульптура»: каталог / составитель Р. Г. Бадин ; вступительная статья и редакция Е. К. Ресиной.
 1976 — «Дзяржаўны мастацкі музей БССР (Выяўленчы матэрыял)» (Государственный художественный музей БССР = State art museum of the BSSR = Musée d'état des beaux-arts de la RSSB) / складальнікі: П. М. Герасімовіч, А. К. Рэсіна.
 1974 — «Бялыніцкі-Біруля: альбом-каталог твораў народнага мастака РСФСР і БССР, правадзейнага члена Акадэміі мастацтваў СССР Вітольда Каятанавіча Бялыніцкага-Бірулі (1872―1957)» / Міністэрства культуры БССР, Дзяржаўны мастацкі музей БССР; складанне А. К. Рэсінай ; уступны артыкул А. В. Аладавай.
 1969 — «Дзяржаўны мастацкі музей БССР = State art museum of BSSR: кароткі даведнік» / Міністэрства культуры БССР, Дзяржаўны мастацкі музей БССР; складальнікі: І. М. Паньшына, А. К. Рэсіна.
 1965 — «Выставка произведений западноевропейского искусства XVI-XX вв.»: каталог / Министерство культуры БССР, Государственный художественный музей БССР; составили : З. Г. Козлова, Е. К. Ресина.

Е. К. Ресина внесла большой вклад в изучение творчества тех представителей русской художественной школы, кто был родом из Белоруссии. Она имела непосредственное отношение к организации и проведению первых персональных выставок таких мастеров, как Аполлинарий Горавский (1983), Иван Хруцкий (1985–1986), а также к серьёзной монографической выставке Витольда Бялыницкого-Бирули (1972), каталог которой и до сегодняшнего дня является самым полным собранием картин и этюдов выдающегося пейзажиста (вышел в 1974). По вопросам искусства Беларуси XIX — начала XX в. Ресина опубликовала ряд статей и книг. Среди них – первая монография об Иване Хруцком (издана в 1990 году совместно с И. Н. Паньшиной).

Награды и звания
 10 ноября 1999 — Орден Почёта (Белоруссия) — за многолетнюю плодотворную работу в музейных учреждениях
 1984 — Медаль «Ветеран труда».
 Почётная грамота министерства культуры Республики Беларусь.

Почётный сотрудник Национального художественного музея Республики Беларусь (удостоверение № 1).

Примечания

Искусствоведы по алфавиту
Искусствоведы Белоруссии
Музейные работники Белоруссии

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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Wendy Davis of Texas said Tuesday she is considering a U.S. Senate run in 2020 but is waiting to see whether another high-profile Democrat, Rep. Joaquin Castro, goes through with challenging Republican incumbent John Cornyn.
Davis sat in the front row Tuesday at a press conference in Austin with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who was in Texas to headline a fundraiser dinner and promote proposals by Democrats in Congress to expand voting rights.
Davis was a state lawmaker in 2013 when she laced up her now-famous pink sneakers and stood on the floor of the Texas Senate for 13 hours to temporarily block a sweeping anti-abortion bill. She energized Texas Democrats like few candidates in a generation, but a year later, was clobbered in the governor's race by 20 points to Republican Greg Abbott.
Beto O'Rourke has signaled he won't run for Senate again and has been promising to announce soon whether he'll run for president in 2020. Castro is the chairman of Hispanic caucus in Congress and is the twin brother of Democratic presidential candidate Julian Castro.
"He has demonstrated spectacular leadership. He has a real ability to inspire the Latino vote in this state," Davis said of Joaquin Castro.
Cornyn has been in the Senate since 2003 and has never had a serious re-election challenge. He was the No. 2 Republican in the Senate before term limits forced him to step down from that leadership role this year.


The 2018 American Studies Association Annual Meeting (ASA) and the 2018 National Women's Studies Annual Conference (NWSA) will be held simultaneously in Atlanta, GA this November 8th through November 11th (Thursday – Sunday). Graduate students and professors from UT-Austin's American Studies department will be presenting at both conferences, as well as students and professors from departments across campus. Here, we have provided lists of UT-Austin presenters at both conferences. There are separate list for each conference, and the lists are sorted alphabetically.
Paper Presenter: "Performing Misogyny for the Anarchist Masses: Enrique Flores Magón's Gendered Denunciations."


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Helium's Crypto-Powered Network Adds 5G Mobile Coverage
The Google-backed startup will continue growing its low-power, distributed Internet of Things (IoT) network while also exploring this new, more powerful 5G network.
By Andrew Hayward
Startup Helium is launching a distributed 5G network that will be powered by crypto-mining nodes run by users.
Helium's original low-power network for IoT devices has 28,000+ active nodes and will continue on separately from the 5G push.
There's a crypto startup on a mission to disrupt the telecom giants of the world—an audacious goal that may now be a little closer within its reach.
Billed as "the people's network," Helium is a decentralized, blockchain-powered network that allows users to earn cryptocurrency by running their own nodes, which power connectivity for Internet of Things (IoT) devices such as sensors and trackers. But now the Google-backed startup is aiming much larger: 5G mobile phone coverage.
Today, Helium announced an alliance with open-source connectivity hardware maker FreedomFi to launch Helium 5G, a new service that uses a different spectrum than the original LongFi network designed for IoT hardware. As a result, the new Helium 5G network will be able to support calls from 5G smartphones and other compatible devices.
As before, the Helium 5G network will rely on a distributed network of user-operated nodes, which will provide the connectivity for local users. As local users tap into the 5G signal provided by the nodes and calls are routed through them, the operators will mine Helium's HNT cryptocurrency as a reward. FreedomFi expects that an end-to-end Gateway 5G node will cost between $1,000 and $5,000 to get up and running, depending largely on the 5G radio within.
"The LongFi network on Helium has grown faster than we could ever have imagined and demonstrated that with powerful blockchain-based incentives, any wireless infrastructure can be built in an entirely new way," Helium CEO and co-founder Amir Haleem told Decrypt. "With FreedomFi, we're excited to enable Helium 5G, lowering the national 5G deployment cost exponentially."
"The power of crypto incentives means that individuals can build a 'cell tower' for $1000 instead of a centralized telco doing it for billions of dollars," Haleem continued. "This crowdsourced model has proven to reduce time to market from decades to months."
Helium—which was co-founded by famed Napster co-founder Shawn Fanning—was not initially intended to provide connectivity to mobile phones. In fact, when Decrypt first explored the project back in 2019, Haleem said, "It's not for cell phones. It's not for laptops. Your phone won't work with this network. It's not designed for that."
However, a couple things have changed since then. Earlier this month, the Helium community passed HIP 27, a proposal to enable HNT economic rewards for new kinds of wireless protocols. Additionally, the FCC opened up the CBRS spectrum band in January 2020, enabling access to 5G connectivity. The original low-power LongFi network wasn't and still isn't capable of handling phone calls, and will continue on ahead separately from Helium 5G.
Last week, The Linux Foundation announced the official formation of The Magma Foundation, which comprises numerous stakeholders working towards open-source network solutions via the Magma network core. Both Helium and FreedomFi were announced as new members of the collective, which had previously existed without a formal name, and also includes members such as Facebook, mobile carrier Deutsche Telekom, and processor manufacturer Arm.
2⃣8⃣K Hotspots on #ThePeoplesNetwork 🚀! pic.twitter.com/KBjlmPzLWJ
— Helium (@helium) April 22, 2021
The first FreedomFi Gateway nodes that provide 5G coverage and mine HNT are now available for pre-order, with shipments expected in Q3 2021. Helium 5G connectivity will first roll out in select US cities later this year ahead of a planned international rollout and additional spectrum band support in 2022. Helium and FreedomFi are working with mobile carriers on roaming agreements to use the new 5G network for expanded coverage and call switching.
Meanwhile, Helium's original IoT network continues to expand. The network currently has more than 28,000 active nodes—each with a 10-mile range—across 3,800+ cities around the world, with the largest concentrations of coverage in the United States, Europe, and China. According to the firm, its hardware partners have more than 200,000 more nodes backordered, and Helium forecasts having more than 600,000 nodes online within the next 18 months.
https://decrypt.co/69176/helium-crypto-network-5g-mobile-coverage


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Protecting citizens' health- Lessons learned from COVID-19 and the way forward
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European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety
Hans Martens
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What are the lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic and the way forward to improving Europe's resilience against health threats? What is needed to build a strong EU public health strategy in the COVID-19 era? At this CHES Annual Lecture, European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety Stella Kyriakides will discuss the efforts to protect citizens' health in the context of the pandemic and reflect on the way forward to support health systems and promote good health in Europe. The event will be moderated by Hans Martens, Chair of CHES and EPC Senior Adviser.
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Doctors separate 1-year-old conjoined twins for first time in Israel
Israeli doctors successfully separate one-year-old twins conjoined at the head at the Beersheba Soroka Medical Center, which is considered the first surgery of this kind in Israel.
Child who survived Italy cable car crash to stay in Israel for now
Eitan is at the center of a custody battle between his Israeli grandfather and his aunt who lives in Italy. In May, the 6-year-old's parents and younger brother were killed in a cable car crash in Piedmont.
Iran warns Israel over 'presence' in Azerbaijan
Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian says his country does not accept "geopolitical changes" in the Caucasus. Tensions between Iran and neighboring Azerbaijan have been on the rise of late.
Angela Merkel leaves lasting legacy in Israel
Angela Merkel is headed to Israel for a last official visit. With the shared history of the Holocaust ever present, the German chancellor deepened the firm alliance between the two countries during her time in office.
Flying sushi: Israel readies for delivery drone traffic jams
Drone powerhouse Israel is translating the knowhow of air force veterans to the delivery of sushi and ice-cream, as companies tap their expertise to avoid collisions in increasingly crowded skies.
Israel gives ID cards to 4,000 West Bank Palestinians
Palestinian residents will now be able to move freely through checkpoints in the territory. Israel took control of the West Bank in 1967.
Israel announces more than 1,300 new homes in West Bank settlements
Israel is planning to build more than 1,300 more homes in the occupied West Bank. The number adds to some 2,000 approved in August and increases fears for an already elusive peace process.
Critics seek proof after Israel designates Palestinian rights groups as terrorists
Israel's designation of six Palestinian civil society groups as terrorist organizations has stirred controversy — and poses a challenge for European donors. Calls for providing evidence backing the claims are growing.
US denounces Israel's illegal settlement building in the West Bank
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Syria says Israel fired missiles toward outskirts of Damascus
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Israel: Budget passes ending years of political uncertainty
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Israel passes 2022 budget in key win for Naftali Bennett coalition
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How can David Condon avoid the fate of so many Spokane mayors? Simple: Take the people's side.
Condon did invite the paranoia by labeling himself "nonpartisan" — and then taking GOP money to pay for his campaign.
Despite the traditional fate we inflict on our mayors, Spokane does grant a honeymoon period. Condon had best take full advantage.
Spokane wants a great mayor, but voters don't really seem to know what one looks like. We do know what we don't want — doing "Republican stuff," lecturing "It's just snow, people" and inappropriate online dating are just three examples. Here's my take on the elements of a successful Spokane mayor.
Boil it down, and running a city is keeping the streets passable, the toilets flushing and the bad guys in jail. Condon is no dummy, and he had his street crews nail it when the lone storm of his term hit. Nothing will get you unelected faster than blowing the basics.
Being competent also means having the right people running the city and its departments. I continue to be surprised by how rarely our mayors conduct national searches for the most dynamic, entrepreneurial management candidates they can find.
Mayor Condon already understands that he can get on TV any time he wants — as he did during his snow test. Some might call it grandstanding, but I call it a basic function of the mayor's office.
I also applaud the way Council President Ben Stuckart has staked out his position — separate from the mayor, but together when it's proper. Even if they disagree, Condon and Stuckart can be good for each other — like Newt Gingrich and Bill Clinton. More important, they can be good for the city, as the sparks that may fly show citizens the system is working — that many points of view are being heard. Don't be afraid of good, clean politics.
No amount of communication will fix Spokane's problems — they are real, they are big and they could swamp Condon's tenure.
Perhaps the economy and tax receipts will improve someday, but until then, Spokane, like too many of its citizens, has a perennial payday-loan kind of problem. Then there's the Police Department. If Condon backpedals on his campaign promises, the city's lack of trust in its leaders will land in his inbox, too.
A review of cities that have dealt with costly police mistakes and best-practice solutions could result in anything from a combined regional police department to a new chief. But to rebuild trust, any new chief must come from outside the SPD.
Mayors should dream big. Baltimore's Inner Harbor, Boston's Quincy Market and New York's reborn Times Square are all proof of the difference a mayor can make. Yet the big picture only emerges when you rise above the endless meetings and mountains of reports. You can spend four years lost in that maze.
A medical school, more access to the Spokane River, a greater Native American presence in the city center — the more audacious the idea, and even a little crazy, the better. We could use a little more audacious around here.
Especially for a guy coming from a partisan job, Condon would endear himself to the citizens by staking out his independence early and showing his allegiance is to Spokane now, and not to the sacred cows of his past. Being bitterly divided fills the campaign coffers of the crowd Condon used to mix with, but the people are his boss now, not the richest campaign donors.
The best way to win the people is to stand up for them — especially in the face of bad policy, social injustice and even unresponsive city staff.
David Condon may be our last chance to prove whether this experiment with strong mayors has worked. So far, it really hasn't. And it's become obvious that firing our mayors every four years is no recipe for civic success. If he wants to break the one-term curse, Condon will have to learn from the mistakes of the past and figure out what kind mayor we want him to be.


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The 2019 Lotus Esprit handles well and its standard AWD gives off-road ability as well, though only the turbo model offers spirited performance.
The 2019 Lotus Esprit isn't close to luxurious, but it's hard to beat for interior space to hold both people and their gear. The 2019 Lotus Esprit offers a pleasantly high driving position, lots of front elbow room, and a dashboard far enough away to make the interior feel spacious. The upright shape and low window line make the interior airy and light and give excellent outward visibility.
Noise suppression is good, with more sound deadening added last year, as well as an acoustic windshield, thicker window glass, and better door seals. This helps address a chronic 2019 Lotus Esprit New Interior weak point and makes the car much more pleasant for longer trips.
Top safety scores and continual updates to safety features put the 2019 Lotus Esprit among the safest cars in its class. All 2019 Lotus Esprit include a rearview camera as standard equipment. This year, all Limited and Touring models now come with blind-spot monitors and rear cross-traffic alerts. Those features are also added to Premium models ordered with car's EyeSight system.
The best value in 2019 Lotus Esprit is a base model with manual gearbox, but it's still decently priced after adding fancy audio, leather, and a moonroof.
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