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SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE OVER $5.7 MILLION IN FEDERAL FUNDING FOR HEAD START AND EARLY HEAD START IN THE CAPITAL REGION
Funding Will be Used to Support Early Childcare Services and Education for Low-Income Families in the Capital Region
U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today announced $5,732,664 in federal funding for Head Start and Early Head Start programs in the Capital Region. Specifically, the Saratoga County Economic Council will receive $4,150,016 for Head Start and Early Head Start programs, and the Parsons Child and Family Center in Schenectady will receive $1,582,648 for Early Head Start. The federal funding was allocated through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and will be used to provide early child care services and education for low-income families.
"Study after study shows that the better we prepare our young children, through programs like Head Start and Early Head Start, the better they perform in school later in life," said Senator Schumer. "This federal funding for the will bring real results to young students in the Capital Region by providing them with the resources they need to succeed both in and out of the classroom. I am proud to support this essential funding and I will continue to fight to see that early childhood education remains a priority."
"Head Start and Early Head Start help make sure that families throughout the Capital Region have access to early childhood care services and education," said Senator Gillibrand. "These federal funds will help lower the costs of early childhood development programs to ensure that vulnerable children in our communities have the tools to get a strong start in life. I will always fight in the Senate to provide high-quality programs that help our families succeed."
Head Start and Early Head Start provide comprehensive child development programs for low-income children from birth to age five, as well as support and services for their families. Head Start programs primarily serve children aged three to five, while Early Head Start serves pregnant women, infants, and toddlers. The comprehensive services these programs offer include early education, health screenings, social and emotional health, nutrition, social services, and services for children with disabilities.


What did Avraham know that Noach didn't? Also, we compare the first two great couples Adam and Eve and Avraham and Sarah to see what the numerical differences in their names teaches us about their similiarities and differences. We also explore something that has puzzled me for a long time — namely, how we make sense of the Kabbalistic tradition that the generation of the flood is reincarnated as the generation of the desert.


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World Leaders Pretend
Joe Watson April 14, 2005 4:00AM
U2 has gone from the band that mattered most to arguably the most irrelevant.
There, I said it. But just because I threw myself on the proverbial cross and fessed up, I don't expect you to go out and hawk your tickets to either of U2's sold-out shows at Glendale Arena. Or pawn your U2 iPod. Or trade in How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb at your nearest Zia. Or disown the band you still foolishly believe is the Greatest. Fucking. Band. Ever.
All that takes time. At least 20 years. That's how long it took me, and I was their Biggest. Fucking. Fan. Ever.
Yeah, I was -- long before Bono's ascension to would-be president of the World Bank. Before U2 traded in the challenge of making groundbreaking music -- for which it earned its keep upon the perch of modern rock from the early 1980s to the mid-1990s -- for the Top 40 of the Oughts.
U2 has not only gotten cosmetically younger, reaching out to the Now That's What I Call Music! crowd. It's become musically immature, so much so that I half expect the foursome to leave Earth in about 25 years as toddlers returning to Ork.
It's not the corporate sellout even U2's most loyal fans acknowledge, coupled with five consecutive years -- and two consecutive albums -- of mediocrity. (Although, if iPods were being sold with War, The Joshua Tree or Achtung Baby as the commercial soundtrack, rather than a lame attempt like "Vertigo" to court a younger audience, you wouldn't hear a peep from the purists anyway.)
The shit that gets me most is Bono's pressing flesh with Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, Kofi Annan, Nelson Mandela and dozens of other global power players, while he and his bandmates -- The Edge, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen Jr. -- try to force U2's self-invented legacy down our throats as we're puking up the sales pitch.
Every time Bono flashes a Cheshire grin after an inconsequential discussion on Third World debt relief or funding for AIDS research, I think of the tourists who smile for the camera in front of the gaping hole where the World Trade Center once stood.
It's all so disingenuous. And downright insulting.
When Bono publicly lobbied for U2 to reclaim the title of "best band in the world" in 2001 on the "Elevation" tour, I thought to myself, "You don't apply for the position, dude. You're anointed by history."
Of course, U2 has manipulated history for the better part of three decades, which is partly why I believed U2 would outdo the Stones, Bob Dylan and Neil Young -- the once-mighty who falsely believe they're still making good music -- by actually continuing to make good music as part of the music-plus-savvy-marketing equation. Sadly, the jig is up.
This wasn't an easy conclusion for me, as if I've always been a U2-basher. Quite the opposite.
Of course I own every album (yes, I bought them; none are burned copies), including a half-dozen, low-quality bootlegs and this decade's major disappointments, All That You Can't Leave Behind and Atomic Bomb. As a teenager, I read from cover-to-cover, in one sitting, Eamon Dunphy's gratuitous blowjob of a book, Unforgettable Fire: The Story of U2, and believed in every bit of it. I groaned aloud when Bono didn't win "Sexiest Male Rock Artist" in the 1987 Rolling Stone readers' choice poll (George Michael took first place, with Bono a distant fourth). And I'm not even gay.
As preposterous as it was that Zooropa won the Grammy for Best Alternative Album over Smashing Pumpkins' Siamese Dream in 1993, I belted out a thunderous "Hell, yeah!" and rubbed it in every hater's face.
But I've realized in the past five years -- my loyalty slowly chipped away -- that U2 won't be the band Bono always promised us.
While the majority are still in denial about U2's worth to progressive music, there's a small minority of rock critics around the country, not employed by Rolling Stone, who are calling U2's bluff.
For instance, there's Chicago Tribune music critic Greg Kot, who penned one of the more honest pieces about the band's decline -- both musically and ethically -- I've read. In his February 13 column for the paper, he wrote:
"In recent years, [U2's] business practices have become more suspect, their attention-seeking more transparent, their principles more readily compromised, and their music less challenging."
Still, with every new album and every subsequent tour, some fake, highbrow critic's gotta gush that there's something new and brilliant about Bono that no one's ever caught on to before. Or that every pompous move Bono makes has to have some deeper meaning to it.
Like Kelefa Sanneh's New York Times review of U2's "Vertigo" tour opener in San Diego on March 29, in which Sanneh observed:
"While Bono delighted in playing the diplomat and playing the showman (and in hinting that these two characters have something in common), the rest of the band got down to work, creating the deceptively simple sounds and textures that appear again and again in their songs."
In other words, Bono fucked around and created a spectacle of himself to draw attention away from the fact that the new songs suck.
And therein lies the core of how U2 has dismantled itself, because really, this isn't a rant about the ills of selling out, as U2 has clearly done. The Stones did it, too -- long ago -- albeit by way of Budweiser, which never could have been used as a guise for a creative outlet in the way U2 has lately attempted to justify its deal with Apple.
What U2 has done -- in its quest to become bigger than the Beatles (and, in turn, claim that no one is bigger than Jesus) -- translates to this:
They fucked up a really good thing.
Like the girlfriend you never cheated on breaking your heart.
Like the bastard who breaks up a championship team.
Like W., post-Clinton.
Like Bono and U2 for almost a decade now.
Enjoy the show, suckers.
Joe Watson

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I don't have any feedback about this value type so neither CAST nor  CONVERT work with it
kindly how can I solve this problem?

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Sniffing Spaniel Protects Critically Threatened Rhinos in Kenya by Identifying Guns
Drum, a 10-month-old springer spaniel, is the Ol Pejeta Conservancy's newest hire, set to help protect the two critically endangered northern white rhinos that live at the conservancy in Nanyuki, Kenya.
Drum is trained for arms and ammunition searching in both urban and rural areas and his role will be twofold, according to Daryll Pleasants, chief animal trainer at Ol Pejeta Conservancy. Drum will primarily be a vehicle checkpoint dog, sniffing vehicles entering and exiting the grounds for firearms. "Some poachers pose as tourists to plant weapons within the conservancy for a later date," said Pleasants.
The two female rhinos are the only two northern white rhinos left in the world and scientists are working on methods to attempt to birth more of them using sperm saved from a deceased male rhino and other DNA, according to the Smithsonian.
The rhinos have been hunted to near extinction for their horns, which are valued on the black market at nearly $40,000 per pound, according to reports. Credit: Ol Pejeta Conservancy via Storyful
Julian Sands' hiking partner 'remaining hopeful' of actor's safe return
Searches for Sands have passed the two-week mark, after he was first reported missing on January 13.
Leeds beat Accrington Stanley 3-1 to book their place in the fifth round of the FA Cup for the first time in seven years as Leicester also avoided a shock with a 1-0 win at Walsall on Saturday.Leeds and Leicester join Manchester City as the first three sides to book their place in the last 16 of the cup.
The Skipper: All aboard the Levelling Up gravy train
According to the government, The Mid Cornwall Metro scheme was the only successful bid out of four submitted by Cornwall Council
See the top secondary schools in Bradford district - full list
These are the highest rated secondary schools in the Bradford district - including Ilkley and Keighley - according to Ofsted's list of 'Outstanding' schools
Barclays confirms closure of south east London bank branch only used by 35 bankers
Barclays has confirmed the permanent closure of its bank branch in Chislehurst.
Car 'Disabled' After Attempting to Enter Camp Pendleton, Officials Say
A vehicle attempted to gain unauthorized access to Camp Pendleton in Oceanside, California, one of the largest Marine Corps bases in the United States, on the evening of Friday, January 27, the base said.The Camp Pendleton press office said the attempt was made at around 6:30 pm, and the Marshall Office deployed "final denial barriers," and disabled the vehicle.Video shows a car burning at a security barrier at Camp Pendleton main gate, which was temporarily closed.Local media reported everyone in the car was taken to the Palomar hospital in Escondido. Credit: NotInRegz via Storyful
Johnson 'was told to stop seeking advice on financial matters from Sharp'
Boris Johnson was warned by officials to stop discussing his financial arrangements with Richard Sharp, who was due to be announced as BBC chairman.
The 'levelling up' bidding process wastes time and money – here's how to improve it
Preparing a bid for such funding can cost project hopefuls up to £30,000.


I am writing today in hopes of appealing to your kind hearts, and the hearts of all your congregation. It is my wish that you would support practitioners of Falun Gong, who are enduring unlawful persecution for their belief.
I am a practitioner of Falun Gong in Victoria. Please allow me to share my experience. When I discovered Falun Gong by accident, and I tried the exercises, and I was amazed. I found the movements simple and peaceful, but the practice was actually quite difficult to do, because it at once demanded that I work on my heart. When I began to read Zhuan Falun, Falun Gong's most essential and complete teaching, I felt that I had truly discovered something very precious. I found that the level of this teaching has provided understanding to life's most elusive questions, and the boundless inner meaning continues to reveal itself to me as I continue to practice. The main thing that I have learned is how to be a good person. To put down bad things, like jealousy, anger, competition, personal gain, and lust. I work hard to improve my heart, with Truth-Compassion-Tolerance as my guide and teacher. My own beautiful and innocent nature and personality is quickly emerging out the pain, grief, and confusion that was characteristic of my life before learning this teaching. Close to 100 million people have also experienced similar inner peace. It is only my intention to share a little bit about what Falun Dafa is, so that you can come to understand better.
Falun Dafa was only introduced by Teacher, Li Hongzhi, in 1992, and since then it has spread from a small town in northeastern China to over 40 countries around the world largely through word of mouth, and heart to heart. I believe that the widely documented benefits in way of physical and mental health, as well as happiness and well being, can begin to attest to Falun Dafa's validity. As well, our teacher promotes morality, and goodness, without any deviation. Mr. Li Hongzhi, has never asked for any money from us, nor does he pursue personal fame or self interest. Neither is Falun Dafa considered a religion, as we observe no membership, ritual, or worship. Our teacher is truly benevolent. He offers us a way that we can follow to improve our hearts and minds, in a society that is already encountering tremendous difficulties in all areas of life.
Actually many religious people have come to practice Falun Gong, finding a deeper understanding within Zhuan Falun that enhances one's belief. The principles of Truth-Compassion-Tolerance are consistent with any upright and orthodox teaching, and represent truly good values that all of humanity should cherish. This is the boundless, and all encompassing truth of the universe.
The persecution of Falun Gong, and the principles of Truth-Compassion-Tolerance in China, is an inexpressibly extreme injustice. Breaking all laws of civil human conduct, the government of Jiang Zemin and his associates, have corrupted and employed all levels of society, in order to carry out their evil will. Even elementary school children are forced to sign a petition slandering Falun Gong, and supporting the persecution, or face expulsion from school. This campaign gives no regard to women, even pregnant mothers and children. It doesn't spare the elderly, and in fact has destroyed many families. Many Falun Gong practitioners have been forced from their homes to avoid imprisonment. Each day practitioners risk their lives to distribute flyers, or raise banners declaring Falun Dafa's innocence, thereby revealing the truth to the Chinese populace, who are otherwise subject to the control of state propaganda, which exclusively runs fabricated stories that attempt to defame our practice. Here in the west, practitioners have calmly and rationally clarified these baseless charges to the world's media, as well as individuals and groups, by simply clarifying the truth.
Throughout the continuing severity of torture in labor camps, "re-education" prisons, mental hospitals, and surveillance abuse, practitioners of Falun Gong have remained consistent to the principles of our belief, exhibiting great Tolerance and Compassion. While refusing to cooperate willingly with such unjust treatment, practitioners have never resorted to violence. Instead practitioners appeal to the hearts of those around them. They continue to practice while in detention, enduring unimaginable tortures, and oftentimes transforming the hearts of criminals and prison guards with their calmly radiating faith and determination. They ask those who torture them to stop doing bad things, and appeal for everyone's kindhearted support in helping to bring this persecution to an end. Numerous government officials, civic leaders, organizations, and individuals have extended both honors of recognition and support, as well as concern and condemnation, of China's inhumane treatment of Falun Gong in China. We must continue to take notice!
If Jiang Zemin did not launch his selfish and shameless campaign of suppression 19 months ago, practitioners would still be practicing peacefully in parks, and improving our hearts at work and home, thus clarifying our certain lack of political interest. Undeniably this is what we continue to do, but as well this situation has called us to step forward with peaceful appeals. Certainly, we cannot do nothing.
Presently in Geneva, the UN is holding a conference on Human Rights, and Falun Gong is there to continue clarifying the truth, and shut out the evil attempts by China's "500 member delegation" who want to further damage the integrity of humanity's moral standing. In the last two weeks they have used many underhanded tactics to interfere and disturb law- abiding practitioners in Geneva, while continuing to tout propaganda that openly displays their crimes before the world's delegations. The regime under Jiang Zemin's order in China, have already made fools of themselves worldwide with their irrational and obsessive nature, yet they are allowed to relentlessly continue to commit irrefutable crimes against humanity without strong international measures being taken to stop them.
Besides Falun Gong, Jiang Zemin's regime is persecuting other religious groups as well. We would like to see justice served on all these matters, therefore an important task undertaken by practitioiners is compilation of evidence of the countless crimes committed behind the closed- door policy of China's internal affairs, by using the Internet to post our stories. The evidence of their crimes prove that Jiang Zemin and his associates have little conscience, as they refrain from nothing. They are tearing at the fabric of virtue, and abusing the rights of all humankind!
Today I am writing not only to bring these things to your respected attention, but also in hope that you will present a petition during your meetings, and allow your group members the opportunity to support their fellow humanity, suffering in China. I truly believe that with each heart that offers their support in the way of goodness, regardless of form, the suffering lessons, and the path to freedom becomes clearer.
Please feel free to phone me with any comments or questions. I would appreciate your response as well so that I can improve in the future.


Variety selection has been fairly easy for Southeastern peanut producers in recent years – there's Georgia-06G, and then there's more Georgia-06G.
But times are changing, and with each new production season growers have more to choose from in terms of varieties.
So what factors should be considered when deciding what to plant? There are several, says University of Georgia peanut agronomist Scott Monfort, including yield and grade potential, field history for diseases and nematodes, whether your fields are irrigated or non-irrigated, the availability of high-oleic contract premiums, and maturity.
Monfort discussed these and other planting considerations at the recent Georgia Peanut Farm Show in Tifton.
"With peanut acres likely increasing due to the structure of the current barm bill and suppressed prices of other commodities, growers need to take all of these things into account before selecting a cultivar," says Monfort.
The cultivars commercially available this year are: Georgia-06G, Georgia Greener, Georgia-12Y, Georgia-09B, Tifguard, Florida-07, FloRunTM '107', TUFRunnerTM '727', and TUFRunnerTM '511'.
As in the last few years, a majority of the peanut acreage produced for seed in 2014 was planted in Georgia-06G. Seed supply of Georgia Greener, Georgia-12Y and TUFRunner '511' will be limited.
Based on figures from the Georgia Crop Improvement Association, the largest percentage of acreage planted (83 percent) in 2014 for seed production was Georgia-06G. That was followed by Tifguard, Florida 07, Georgia-09B, FloRun '107', and TUFRunner '727' at 5, 3.6, 2.8, 1.6 and 1.5 percent, respectively.
"Based on this report, we could expect at least 85 to 90 percent of the planted acreage in the Southeast U.S. in 2015 to be planted among those six cultivars.
For the most part, says Monfort, cultivar selection has been an easy decision over the last few years, with Georgia-06G being the obvious choice.
Georgia-12Y, says Monfort, is one of the first runner cultivars released with superior resistance to both white mold and tomato spotted wilt virus compared to other previously released runners and is available for limited acres in 2015.
Maturity range is another important attribute to consider while selecting a cultivar, says Monfort.
Barry Tillman, peanut plant breeder with the University of Florida, agrees that seed size varies greatly among varieties currently available and among those that will become available in the near future.
It's important, says Tillman, to consider all factors when selecting a peanut variety, especially in an era of low pries where small benefits can add up for farmers.
"FloRun '107', Georgia-09B, and Georgia Greener and Georgia-13 have the smallest seed, meaning more seed per pound. Compared to planting varieties with larger seed such as Georgia-06G or Florida-07, planting costs can be reduced by planting one of the smaller-seeded varieties," says Tillman.
Disease resistance is also an important factor in comparing varieties, says Tillman.
"Those with good resistance to leaf spots and white mold such as TUFRunnerTM '727', Tifguard, and Georgia-12Y can produce well even when sprayed with the less expensive, protective fungicides such as chlorothalnil and tebuconazole. Other varieties with more susceptibility to leaf spot and/or white mold likely will benefit from fungicides with better disease control attributes which are also more expensive," he says.


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The Hroswitha Club was a membership-based club of women bibliophiles and collectors based in New York City, active from 1944 to 2004.

Founding
The Hroswitha Club was founded in 1944 by a group of women bibliophiles: Sarah Gildersleeve Fife (who convened the group), Belle da Costa Greene, Anne Lyon Haight, Ruth S. Granniss, Eleanor Cross Marquand, Henrietta C. Bartlett and Rachel McMasters Miller Hunt. It was named in honor of Hrotsvitha of Gandersheim, a 10th-century German secular canoness, dramatist and poet. At the time of the Club's founding, women bibliophiles were not allowed membership in many premier bibliographic societies such as the Grolier Club, the oldest existing bibliophilic club in North America, or the Caxton Club. (This policy remained in place at both the Grolier and Caxton Clubs until 1976.)
The first meeting of the Hroswitha Club was held on November 16, 1944, at the Cosmopolitan Club. It held regular meetings four to five times a year at multiple locations, and held its 200th meeting in 1994.

Members of the Hroswitha Club included authors, bibliographers, librarians, curators, and private collectors. Individual members had a wide range of collecting interests - they collected books not just about Hroswitha, but also boxing, "military costumes," and Walt Whitman; at least one member was a collector of incunabula. By the 1950s, membership had been reportedly capped at 40 members. Some notable members were Sarah Gildersleeve Fife, Anne Lyon Haight, Belle da Costa Greene, Frances Hooper, Ruth S. Granniss (librarian to the Grolier Club), Rachel McMasters Miller Hunt, Rosamond B. Loring, Eleanor Cross Marquand, and Shakespeare scholar Henrietta C. Bartlett.

Activities
Members of the Hroswitha Club included authors, bibliographers, librarians, curators, and private collectors. They exchanged ideas, carried out research, and organized talks and visits to book collecting institutions both private and public. In 1948 Belle da Costa Greene, one of the few professional women then in the club, organized a visit to the Pierpont Morgan Library, giving group members access to the vault of rare materials.

Additionally, the Club published several works throughout the 20th century, most notably a 1965 bibliography of Hroswitha almost a decade in the making; entitled Hroswitha of Gandersheim: Her Life, Times and Works, it was edited by Anne Lyon Haight with contributions from other Club members. Members carried out original research, establishing the dates that Hroswitha's dramas were performed. The Club also commissioned a life of Hroswitha, by Robert Herndon Fife (1947).

The Club maintained its own private library, established in 1948 and later named the Sarah Gildersleeve Fife Memorial Library in honor of the club's founder; it specialized in books about Hroswitha, books published by members of the club, and other books of interest to collectors. The club's official bookplate was inspired by a copy of Albrecht Dürer's woodcut of Hroswitha that Rachel McMasters Miller Hunt acquired and donated to the club; she later had her friend Sarah B. Hill design the club's bookplate based on the woodcut.

Records of the Club's correspondence and activities are found principally at the Grolier Club. Additionally, the Princeton University Library holds an address to the Club on the occasion of their visit by scholar and collector Miriam Y. Holden.

Publications
 Barlow, Marjorie Dana. Notes on woman printers in Colonial America and the United States, 1639-1975. (New York: Hroswitha Club; Charlottesville, Va.: distributed by the University Press of Virginia, 1976)
 Haight, Anne Lyon. Hroswitha of Gandersheim: her life, times and works, and a comprehensive bibliography. (New York: Hroswitha Club, 1965)

References

External links
Finding aid for Deborah Evetts collection of material relating to Hroswitha Club, 1944- 1994, at the Grolier Club.
 Finding aid for the Henrietta C. Bartlett papers at the Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library (of particular interest is Series IV, documents related to the Hroswitha Club, 1940-1961)
Miriam Y. Holden Collection main page and finding aid at the Princeton University Library.
"The Trials and Tribulations of a Woman Book Collector", post at American Book Collecting (blog)
"Women Collectors in Their Own Words", post at Adventures in Book Collecting (blog)

Bibliophilia
Book collecting
Books about bibliophilia
Book clubs
Book and manuscript collectors
Women's clubs in the United States
1944 establishments in New York City
History of women in New York City
Women in New York City

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Q: Python/Tkinter dynamically update label I am currently trying to make a GUI to an existing python program using Tkinter. The program gives the user two options from which the user must choose to either accept or decline. Before using Tkinter the options were placed in the terminal and awaited for a raw_input. (y/n). How can I make this so the canvas text updates with the new data and awaits for the users button click?
To make my question more specific: How can I run another programs code while the Tkinter mainloop is running and make these two interact?
Example code below.
from Tkinter import *

root = Tk()
root.resizable(width=False, height=False)
root.geometry('{}x{}'.format(500,550))
root.wm_title("Tkinter test")

BtnFrame = Frame (root)
BtnFrame.pack(side = BOTTOM)
BtnFrame.place(y=450, x=20)

canvas_1 = Canvas(root, width = "200", height ="300")
canvas_2 = Canvas(root, width = "250", height ="300")
canvas_1.pack(side = LEFT)
canvas_2.pack(side = RIGHT)

textfield_1 = canvas_1.create_text(100,50)
textfield_2 = canvas_2.create_text(100,50,)

def update_textfiel_1(text):
   global textfield_1
   canvas_1.delete(textfield_1)
   textfield = canvas.create_text(100,50,text = text)

def update_textfiel_2(text):
   global textfield_2
   canvas_2.delete(textfield_2)
   textfield1 = canvas1.create_text(100,50,text = text)

 Accept = Button(BtnFrame, text="Accept", width=25)
 Decline = Button(BtnFrame, text="Decline", width=25)

 Accept.pack(side = LEFT)
 Decline.pack(side = RIGHT)

 root.mainloop()

A: First off you have some inconsistent variable names in your update_textfiel functions, you can greatly simplify it by using .itemconfigure (documentation for methods on canvas widget)
def update_textfiel_1(new_text):
   canvas_1.itemconfigure(textfield_1, text=new_text)

def update_textfiel_2(new_text):
   canvas_2.itemconfigure(textfield_2, text=new_text)

If I understand correctly you want a way to have a function that will simply wait for the user to press one of the buttons and then return the result, this is very easy with tkMessageBox:
question = """Do you accept {}?
if you say no you will instead get {}"""
#this message can GREATLY be improved
# But I really don't understand what you are using it for...

def user_confirmation(name1, name2):
    response = tkMessageBox.askyesno("Accept or Decline",question.format(name1,name2))
    print(response)
    if response: # == True
        return name1
    else:
        return name2

I have not yet found a way to make a blocking function that works with the window you have currently...


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> Hiroyuki Shibamoto
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Stephen reviews: New Dominion: Tank Police (1993/1994)
New Dominion: Tank Police [特捜戦車隊ドミニオン Tokusō Sensha-tai Dominion] (1993/1994)
AKA Crusher Police Dominion
Starring Rei Sakuma, Hiroyuki Shibamoto, Aya Hisakawa, Niina Kumagaya, Shigeru Chiba, Yūsaku Yara, Hiroyuki Shibamoto, Kousei Tomita, Ayako Udagawa, Kiyoyuki Yanada, Rihoko Yoshida
Directed by Noboru Furuse
I suppose this six-episode miniseries is a sequel to the first Dominion anime series, but it's impossible to say for sure that it isn't just a different adaptation of Masamune Shirow's manga set further down the timeline. The style and artwork for this newer series is so different from the first one that it's hard to consider them related. No one important remains on staff from the original series save for Yoichiro Yoshikawa, who was in charge of the music in both series. Not even the actors remain, which seems odd considering the mere six-year gap between the two series; you would think they could get at least one person to reprise their role. New Dominion never refers to or builds off of the earlier series either, so there's not much connecting the two.
This newer series does expect you to be familiar with the characters, though, or at least the concept, as it does nothing to introduce the audience to the situation. It starts off with Leona and her custom-built tank already installed in the police force and jumps right into the story. Each episode has a new criminal to hunt down, each one with mysterious goals and resources. Eventually all the pieces get put together revealing a central criminal scheme behind it all that Leona must stop in the final episode.
January 18, 2017 - 7:00 Stephen 1990s, Action, Animation, Anime, Comedy, Science Fiction, Stephen's Reviews
1993, 1994, Aya Hisakawa, Ayako Udagawa, Hiroyuki Shibamoto, Kiyoyuki Yanada, Kousei Tomita, Masamune Shirow, Niina Kumagaya, Noboru Furuse, Rei Sakuma, Rihoko Yoshida, Shigeru Chiba, Yūsaku Yara


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Ava Sexton
A Look Into New African American Studies Elective
Ava Sexton, Grade 12, Staff Writer
In the summer of 2021, the High School of American Studies Committee for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (CEDI) approached Principal Alessandro Weiss with an idea for a new elective: African American Studies. The proposal was accepted and the new elective was implemented in the 2021-2022 school year, taught by Ms. Jacqueline Waite Johnson.
The idea of incorporating Black history into school was not new for Ms. Waite Johnson. "The curriculum has been in the making almost for a lifetime, or the lifetime of my teaching," she said.
During the pandemic, Ms. Waite Johnson started a book club with her brother and his wife. Their focus was African American history; soon, they realized how much rich history was missing when the American narrative left out the African American perspective. Ms. Waite Johnson knew "this [was] information that students and young people need."
Ms. Waite Johnson's goal with the class is to give her students a more well-rounded view of their nation's history. "U.S. history cannot be effectively taught without African American studies, because when we as black people move up, society moves up," she said. According to students in her class, this has been achieved so far.
When asked about the impact of this class, Alicia-Nicole Dekle, a senior, said, "[There are] gaps in my knowledge have definitely been filled in a way that I don't think they would have been able to if I hadn't taken this class."
Brianna Gallimore, a senior and the co-head of the CEDI, agreed, saying the only disappointment was that she was "actually hoping more students would take it so … more of the collective school [would] learn about African American history."
Gallimore's statement brings up an important question: should this class remain an optional elective, or should it become a required course?
Ms. Waite Johnson believes it should be required and provides a few reasons why.
Chiefly, making the course a standard graduation requirement rather than an elective would open doors to more resources for the class. Because the course is an elective, Ms. Waite Johnson has based the curriculum on her personal research because "there is no [organization like] AP College Board that supplies certain information or gives certain instruction" for her.
Secondly, because the course is not mandated, students who already have an interest in African American History are taking it, whereas those who would otherwise be uninterested are arguably those who need it more. "I really would love the course to be something that is not an elective," said Ms. Waite Johnson. "Because an elective means you can opt in or opt out."
Her students agree. "I don't think it's okay for people to be able to opt out of an important part of history or plead ignorance to not knowing things about the black community when they chose to do so and decided not to," said Deckle.
"It's already the kids that would already be doing the work on their own [in the class], whereas other kids who need it more aren't in the class," Gallimore added.
Currently, the extent of African American Studies in HSAS's curriculum is essentially the development and abolition of slavery, the civil rights movement, and the Harlem Renaissance. But there is so much more than those three events, which is why the CEDI advocated for a new elective to introduce students to the world of history they're missing.
I don't always like to view it as black history or African American studies, I like to think of it as the true American Story," said Ms. Waite Johnson.
Would it be possible to make African American History a required course? Ms. Waite Johnson believes it's more realistic than one might think. "I think that it is [tangible], because I had gone on election day to a professional development that was hosted by the NYC Public Library System (NYPL), and they are actually working on creating an education center that would help educators like myself be able to effectively utilize the NYPL in order to make resources available to students," she said. If resources become more available to teachers, it would become easier to develop a full standard course that all students could benefit from.
Overall, everyone involved in the class believes that taking it is necessary to have a full understanding of American history. The African American History course, whether it's an elective or a requirement, offers students an important perspective on the American story.
After the introduction of a new African American Studies elective at HSAS, students and faculty are left debating whether or not it should become a required course.
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David M. Ault
David M. Ault, 72, of Muncy, passed away on Tuesday, July 16, 2019, at his home. He was the husband of Donna J. Feigles Ault with whom he married on May 22, 1965 and shared 54 years of marriage. David was born in Williamsport, on Wednesday, March 19, 1947, and was the son of the late Robert M. and Carolyn E. Zarr Ault. David worked as a production scheduler for over 25 years at Sprout Waldron. He then went on to retire after working for 13 years at Muncy Homes in 2008. David, also known as the Elvis of Muncy, enjoyed sitting on his porch and listening to music, family gatherings, riding his four-wheeler, singing Elvis, and he and Butch's frequent visits with friends at the Muncy VFW and the Muncy Moose. He is survived by his wife, Donna, three daughters, Crystal L. (Paul) Chamberlain, of Muncy, Faith A. (Jack III) Stewart, of Muncy, and Nikki R. (Jerry) Stepp, of Muncy; a sister, Margaret L. Boyles, of Williamsport; three granddaughters and four grandsons, Lindsey (Mike) Eck, Alicia Chamberlain, Jack Stewart IV, Matthew Stewart, Anthony David Stepp, Katie (Cameron) Arthur, and Tyler Stepp; four great-grandchildren, Blake, Peyton, Jackson, and Addisyn; a lifelong best friend of 64 years, Butch T. (Peach) Brittain, of Muncy; and by the family four-legged friend âSugar.ã In addition to his parents, David is predeceased by an infant daughter, Deanna Ault, and by a sister, Victoria E. Ault. Funeral services will be held 11 a.m. Saturday, July 20, at McCarty~Thomas Funeral Home, 557 E. Water St., Hughesville, with Rev. James A. Savage officiating. Burial will follow in Muncy Cemetery. Friends may call from 10 to 11 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home. In David's memory, contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society, 1948 E. Third St., Williamsport, PA 17701, or to the SPCA, 2805 Reach Road, Williamsport, PA 17701. Expressions of sympathy may be sent to the family at www.mccartythomas.com.
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By the time of the great 18th-century cartoonist William Hogarth, Bedlam was the last resting place on the way to the grave.
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Bedlam Farm, in upstate New York, has traditional barn-red buildings, rolling wooded hills and fields of flowers.
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Morris, the Physician Superintendent of the Royal Bethlem Hospital, better known as Bedlam Asylum.
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Is pirate treasure lost 300 years ago in shipwreck buried at the end of a 'yellow brick road' on the bottom of the sea?
By Daily Mail Reporter and Associated Press Reporter
Published: 17:13 EST, 25 September 2013 | Updated: 08:34 EST, 26 September 2013
An undersea treasure hunter believes a cache of pirate treasure - lost 300 years ago in a ship wreck - is burned at the end of a 'yellow brick road' off Cape Cod in Massachusetts.
The infamous Whydah Gally went down in a storm in 1717 - taking with it a massive booty, including a of 400,000 gold and silver coins. The wreck was found in 1984, but not all its treasure.
Explorer Barry Clifford believes he has found a trail of gold coins that will lead him to the priceless plunder.
'We think we're very, very close,' he said.
Yellow brick road: Treasure hunter Barry Clifford holds up a metal syringe and a Spanish coin that he salvaged on the 'yellow brick road' that he believes leads the way to a trove of 400,000 priceless coins
Mysterious: The pirate ship Whydah Gally, modeled here, went down in a squally off Cape Cod nearly 300 years ago
He believes that as the Whydah Gally - a British slave ship that was captured by the infamous 'Black Sam' Bellamy - broke apart the trove of coins and other treasure poured from the stern as the ship broke up and the stern drifted away after the ship went down in a gale force storm on April 26, 1717.
Bellamy and his crew of 143 pirates went down with the ship. Only two survivors lived to tell the tale.
At the time, it was carrying plunder from its raids on 50 ships. Clifford discovered the wreck site in 1984 off Wellfleet and has since pulled up 200,000 artifacts, including gold ornaments, sword handles, even a boy's leg.
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But just this year, Clifford learned far more treasure may be resting with the Whydah, the only authenticated pirate shipwreck in U.S. waters.
Colonial-era documents discovered in April indicated the Whydah raided two vessels in the weeks before it sank. Its haul on those raids included 400,000 coins, the records said.
A September 1 dive during what was supposed to be Clifford's last trip of the season uncovered evidence he was near those coins. That convinced Clifford he had to make another trip before summer's end. So Clifford and a seven-man crew went back on a three-day trip that ended September 13.
Clifford has brought a significant amounts of treasure up from the wreckage of the Whydah in the nearly 30 years since its discovery. However, he believes the biggest cache could still be beneath the sea
Clifford headed for the 'yellow brick road,' which refers to a gold and artifact-strewn path extending between two significant sites at the Whydah wreck that are about 700 feet apart - a cannon pile and a large chunk of wood that Clifford thinks is the Whydah's stern.
Divers searching the path on the recent trip pulled up several concretions, which are rocky masses that form when metals, such as gold and silver, chemically react to seawater. Diver Jon Matel said one discovery was following another, even though divers were working in 'black water,' or zero-visibility.
Matel says several feet of a fine seaweed called mung settled in the excavated pits and it was like diving in a vat of black gelatin dessert.
'You're going by your feel, your touch, your hands, and the ping of a metal detector,' Matel said. 'When that thing goes off, it's a great feeling.'
X-rays show all the newly retrieved concretions have coins and gold inside. To Clifford it's more proof of high concentrations of metals and coins being dumped en masse on that spot of sea floor.
Clifford believes two examples that were pulled up on the previous trip are particularly compelling evidence: a cannonball piled with 11 coins and a foot-and-a-half long piece of iron stacked with 50 coins.
Clifford hold the deformed, partially-crushed barrel of a blunderbus he salvaged from the 1717 wreck
'Did all of those coins just happen to fall on this one little piece of iron? Or were there thousands of coins there, and this is just an example of what's left?' he said.
Clifford has no doubt it's the latter, but he'll have to wait until next summer to try to find out.
He's taken 21 trips this summer at a cost of more than $200,000. But the worsening weather and lingering boat problems after a recent lightning strike make another visit impossible until June.
Clifford doesn't sell Whydah artifacts, though he knows the treasure, both uncovered and hidden, has monetary and historic value. He anticipates the delay until the next trip will be somewhat maddening.
'I'll wake up in the middle of the night this winter and go, "Oh my God, I know what that means," when I'm reviewing something from the Whydah,' he said. 'And then I can hardly wait to get back there in the spring.'
Whydah Gally: Is pirate treasure lost 300 years ago in shipwreck on the bottom of the sea?


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Bernard Hinault, 1982 Tour de France – Limited Edition of 500
Bernard Hinault, Personally Hand Signed Lithograph
Limited Edition of 500
1982 Tour de France, Stage 19 – Hinault in Yellow
Hinault was a master against the clock. This image captures Hinault in yellow at the stage 19 time trial, on his way to capturing what would be his third of four stage victories at that year's Tour de France. Of his four stage victories, three came from individual time trials. His final stage victory came from a bunch sprint at the last stage in Paris on the Champs Elysees. Securing his fourth overall Tour de France victory, Hinault also accomplished the rare Giro-Tour double.
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At Home With The Badger, By Brett Horton
About 10 years ago my wife Shelly and I started caring less about "things" to add to our collection and instead began to really absorb the experiences we were having. Sadly, it took the passing of some legendary cyclists to wake us up to the fact we were having the ride of our lives and we had better focus attention on what really mattered. Our 30-plus years of actively collecting the tangible history of cycling have allowed us to develop many wonderful friendships. Don't get me wrong, obtaining a jersey or trophy from a legendary rider is really cool. But I'm seeing what is even more awesome is learning more about these icons on a human level: meeting their families, staying at their homes, understanding their childhood roots to the sport.
Bernard & Brett in Britanny. Say that fast 5 times!
In November 2019 I was fortunate to have one of the most memorable experiences of my life. I arranged to spend five days in the Brittany region of France to visit with Bernard Hinault and do a little sightseeing. Bernard had agreed to sign and personalize the new lithograph series we recently released.
I've met Bernard a number of times over the years at ASO races. My interactions were generally little more than a smile and perfunctory handshake in the invited-guest area. I knew this trip was going to change that dynamic. Right or wrong, Bernard has a bit of a media-supported irascible reputation, so I found myself second-guessing my decision to do this signing. There I sat, driving south from Belgium late at night, rental car loaded down with more than 2,000 pounds of lithographs, wondering how this was going to go down.
Proud Young Badger
1972 Junior French National Champion
Bernard Hinault – 1973
Teenage Badger Learning To Hunt Victories
The next morning my intrepid interpreter and esteemed cycling journalist, Jean Vantalon, and I arrived promptly at 10 a.m. as scheduled. Bernard opened the door and in an instant, any trepidation I had only seconds before was gone. The greeting we received was warm, welcoming, and genuine.
After some pleasantries, we unloaded the car and sat down for the signing. I asked Bernard to take his time and let him know I was more interested in quality than speed. In fact, if we did not finish what I brought, I told him I would be perfectly happy leaving the unsigned lithographs behind. Jean was a lifesaver as the interpreter. Lucky for me, he already knew Bernard quite well and that went a long way to make the entire visit run smooth. At the end of the first day, with round one of signings complete, we lingered chatting for a couple of hours at the dining room table while enjoying a bottle of fine whiskey. I must admit it was somewhat surreal.
Over the next few days, I played soccer with Bernard's young grandsons on the lawn, walked about his farm, met his dog, ate at a few of his favorite restaurants, chatted with his lovely wife Martine, visited his son's bicycle shop, saw his personal collection of cycling memorabilia and, all in all, got to know him so much better. And, just like we mere mortals, he has a rack near the laundry room loaded down with jerseys, shorts and socks, drying for the next ride. In his garage hang his bikes—and it is clear that he works on them himself.
1980 Tour de France
Badger in Yellow
On the final day of signing, we spent most of the time chatting about his childhood in Brittany and how he joyfully rides on the same roads today that he did 50 years ago. Bernard talked with impassioned enthusiasm about the happiness that cycling has brought to his life. He then opened a small cardboard box that contained childhood photographs. My level of fanboy geek went through the roof. I had never seen images of Bernard as a kid and I loved his self-deprecating descriptions of himself as a schoolboy and surly teenager. He then pulled out three original photographs of him from his junior/amateur days. He handed them to me so I could get a better look. When I attempted to give them back he told me to keep them.
After receiving his assurance, I took the photos and we started to pack the final signed lithographs into my car for the drive back to Belgium. After taking the winding road from his farm, down the main road, and onto the open highway, it started to sink in: I had just had five of the happiest cycling-related days of my life. Bernard went out of his way to accommodate every request I made. Heavens, he even hopped up from the table each time we completed a box of lithographs to help seal the box for its trip back to San Francisco.
Bernard's reputation as Le Blaireau ("The Badger") is well documented. Many of the other iconic riders I've met have similar traits that I can broadly define as focused and insanely competitive, accompanied by an acute inability to willingly accept defeat in the heat of the moment. The Bernard Hinault of today, however, could not be farther from his reputation as a rider. Simply stated, he is a wonderfully content farmer in Brittany. He has a warm smile and, while quietly confident in his achievements as a cyclist, clearly puts the love and accomplishments of his family far above anything he ever did on a bike. He has a keen palate for whiskey, remains a steadfast fan of the sport, can dispatch a wild pig that has wandered onto his property with the skill of a marksman, and, above all, is a happy grandfather. His being radiates a life well-lived. Me? I spent five days with Le Blaireau. I am one lucky kid!
Bernard descending on a road near his home in 1973, the same road he enjoys riding on to this day.
(The three photos of Bernard as a teenager were the ones given to Brett by Bernard.)
About the Lithograph
Quality: It's all about the Press, Paper, and Deboss/Emboss
This year we were able to talk the print masters at AMP in Dublin California to print this otherwise micro-run on their $4,500,000 Heidelberg Speedmaster press. This is an end of the rainbow press and really expensive to operate. The press itself is about 100 feet in length from where the blank paper enters to where it comes out in all its radiant printed glory.
We used 140-pound Mohawk brand paper. This awesome stock has a wonderful toothy feel that reeks of luxury. If the paper were any thicker, we would have to ship the prints flat.
Deboss/Emboss
We had excellent paper, stunning images, and a phenomenal press. We wanted more. We felt we were right at the precipice of perfection but needed to go a little further. At this point, we can't recall exactly whose idea it was, but when the deboss/emboss idea emerged, we knew that was our missing link. An exorbitantly expensive process that includes multi-stage custom handmade dies, hyper-specialized machinery, and an ocean of patience to execute correctly, this alone is the pièce de résistance that elevated this endeavor to art. Take a look at the additional photos on this page. Essentially, the deboss is a large die that slams the paper precisely on the image line and leaves behind a striking beveled edge.
Embossing is the opposite of debossing. The emboss has the die coming from the bottom and pushes the paper up. We created a unique logo design special for our prints.
The debossed and embossed print has a beautiful finished look, it is ready to go straight into a frame. No mats needed.
Another benefit of this process is the ease of knowing the real product from a fake. Between the paper, the press, and especially the deboss/emboss process, the counterfeiters are going to move on to easier marks. What you will own is something that lies somewhere between extremely unique to absolutely never before seen quality in the cycling world. Can you tell we are proud of these?
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Bernard Hinault, 1980 World Champion – Limited Edition of 500
Eddy Merckx, 1970 Tour de France
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Il suo programma è divenuto uno dei talk show statunitensi più visti della storia, facendo vincere alla DeGeneres 30 Daytime Emmy Awards e 20 People's Choice Awards, ricevendo inoltre il Golden Globe alla carriera televisiva nel 2020. Nel corso della sua carriera ha inoltre presentato i Grammy Award, Emmy Award e Premi Oscar.

È autrice di quattro libri e ha fondato la società di produzione televisiva, A Very Good Production, in associazione alla Warner Bros. Ha anche lanciato il marchio ED Ellen DeGeneres, che comprende collezioni di abbigliamento, accessori, prodotti per la casa e articoli per animali.

Per i suoi contributi umanitari e filantropici è stata riconosciuta con la medaglia presidenziale della libertà, venendo inoltre riconosciuta dalla rivista Time come Donna dell'anno del 1997. Al 2020 ha un patrimonio di oltre 370 milioni di dollari, divenendo la 12ª celebrità più pagata al mondo, e posizionandosi al 59º posto delle imprenditrici statunitensi più redditizie.

Biografia

Le origini
Ellen DeGeneres è nata a Metairie (Louisiana) da Elliot, un assicuratore (morto nel 2018 all'età di 92 anni) e Betty, un'agente immobiliare, entrambi appartenenti alla Christian Science. Ha ascendenze francesi, inglesi, tedesche e irlandesi. Dopo la separazione dei suoi genitori (avvenuta quando aveva 15 anni) abbandona New Orleans e si trasferisce ad Atlanta (Texas), dove vive con la madre ed il patrigno, Roy Gruessendorf e si diploma nel 1976. Dopo un semestre alla University of New Orleans abbandona gli studi. Successivamente lavora come commessa, giornalista, imbianchina, hostess e barista.

Inizio carriera
Dopo la morte della sua ex-fidanzata, decide di scrivere una lettera a Dio, in cui domandava il motivo di quella disgrazia. Da quel testo nacque il monologo "Phone Call to God", che la fece diventare celebre nei club e in televisione dopo la sua partecipazione allo show di Johnny Carson. In esso, mimando di avere in mano una cornetta telefonica, chiedeva a Dio (che non si ricordava il suo nome) il motivo per il quale aveva creato le pulci, scatenando l'ilarità di tutto il pubblico. Dopo aver girato gli Stati Uniti con i suoi spettacoli di cabaret, viene eletta nel 1982 dal canale Showtime "persona più divertente d'America". Partecipa a spettacoli televisivi in seconda serata e a programmi comici.

Nel 1986 viene invitata a comparire nel Tonight Show dall'agente e produttore Jim McCawley. È stata la prima donna a essere intervistata sul divano alla sua prima visita da Johnny Carson. Partecipa quindi come comica allo speciale della HBO Tenth Annual Young Comedians. Prima di ottenere uno spettacolo tutto suo, prende parte a piccole sitcom dal vivo: Open House (1989 - 1990) e Laurie Hill (1992). Ha anche realizzato due speciali per la HBO. Il primo si chiamava Ellen DeGeneres: Gli inizi (2001) ed è stato registrato dal vivo al Beacon Theatre di New York. Lo spettacolo più recente, registrato nello stesso luogo, era intitolato Ellen DeGeneres: Qui e ora (2003).

La sitcom Ellen
DeGeneres conquista il grande pubblico con la sitcom Ellen (1994-1998), che nella prima stagione si chiamava These friends of mine. Il programma della ABC fu molto popolare nelle sue due prime stagioni. Ellen raggiunse l'apice degli ascolti nell'aprile del 1997, quando DeGeneres (così come il suo personaggio nella sitcom) dichiarò pubblicamente di essere lesbica: la rivelazione fece sì che l'episodio fosse il più seguito di tutta la serie. Divenne la prima attrice apertamente omosessuale che dava vita a un personaggio apertamente omosessuale in televisione. Dopo un calo di ascolti la sitcom venne cancellata, e DeGeneres tornò al circuito delle commedie teatrali. In seguito dichiara che dopo il coming out aveva incontrato difficoltà a ricevere nuove proposte di lavoro.

L'Avventura dell'energia di Ellen
Ha partecipato a una serie di film per uno spettacolo chiamato L'Avventura dell'energia di Ellen, che fa parte dell'attrazione L'universo dell'energia al Walt Disney World di Epcot. Il film, in cui recitano anche Bill Nye, Alex Trebek, Michael Richards e Jamie Lee Curtis, tratta il tema dell'energia..

La sitcom The Ellen Show

DeGeneres è ritornata alle serie televisive nel 2001 con una nuova sitcom della CBS, The Ellen Show. Benché il suo personaggio fosse nuovamente omosessuale, questo non costituiva il tema centrale del programma. La serie ha ricevuto gli elogi della critica, ma i bassi ascolti ne hanno determinato la cancellazione dopo una sola stagione. Il 4 novembre 2001 ha partecipato allo spettacolo televisivo degli Emmy Awards, svoltosi dopo due cancellazioni dovute alla paura che una cerimonia festosa apparisse insensibile dopo gli attacchi terroristici dell'11 settembre 2001. DeGeneres ricevette prolungati applausi per la sua partecipazione a quella serata. Memorabile una sua frase:

Doppiatrice
Ha prestato la sua voce a Dory, una pesciolina con la perdita della memoria a breve termine, nel film d'animazione della Pixar Alla ricerca di Nemo dell'estate del 2003. Il film ha ricevuto critiche entusiaste e rientra nella lista di film di maggiore incasso della storia del cinema.

Talk show
Nel settembre del 2003 ha lanciato il suo talk show televisivo quotidiano The Ellen DeGeneres Show. Tra i talk show apparsi nel 2003 e condotti da celebrità, lo show ha conquistato ottimi indici di ascolto, ha ricevuto gli elogi della critica ed ha ottenuto numerose candidature e vittorie agli Emmy, vincendone anche per il "miglior talk show". Ellen è famosa per ballare con il pubblico all'inizio dello show. Il 17 novembre 2005 lo show è stato trasmesso al contrario (come il film Memento). Nel 2004 è apparsa nella campagna pubblicitaria dell'American Express e nel 2005 ha scritto un blog su The Huffington Post. Nell'agosto del 2005 è stata scelta ancora una volta come ospite della cerimonia degli Emmy Awards 2005, che si è tenuta il 18 settembre 2005. Lo spettacolo si è tenuto tre settimane dopo che l'uragano Katrina aveva devastato la costa del Golfo del Messico, così che era la seconda volta che Ellen presentava gli Emmy dopo una tragedia nazionale e dato che Ellen è di New Orleans la tragedia l'aveva colpita da vicino. Ha presentato la cerimonia dei Premi Oscar 2007.

Dal 2009
Nel 2009 è giudice nella trasmissione della rete televisiva Fox So You Think You Can Dance. Nel 2010 è giudice nella competizione canora American Idol e presta la voce alla propria versione animata in un episodio della serie I Simpson. Nel 2011 pubblica il suo terzo libro (dopo My Point...And I Do Have One del 1995 e The Funny Thing Is... del 2003) intitolato Seriously...I'm Kidding, che ottiene un'accoglienza positiva e diventa un best seller. Nell'aprile 2012 è reso noto che la Pixar Animation Studios realizzerà il seguito del film Alla ricerca di Nemo (con uscita prevista per il 2016), basato sul personaggio del pesce Dory e che Ellen DeGeneres tornerà a prestare la propria voce nella versione originale. Nell'agosto 2013 viene comunicato che Ellen tornerà ad essere la presentatrice della serata degli Oscar nel 2014. Nella notte del 2 marzo 2014 scatta insieme ad altre celebrità il famoso selfie che raggiunse il record di 2 milioni di retweet in poche ore, superando di gran lunga il primato precedentemente detenuto da Barack Obama (per la foto scattata in occasione della sua rielezione).
Il 18 dicembre 2018 Netflix rilascia lo special Ellen DeGeneres: Relatable in cui appare Laura Dern tra il pubblico.

Vita privata
Ha un fratello, Vance DeGeneres. Dal 1997 al 2000 ha avuto una relazione con l'attrice Anne Heche, che divenne subito materiale per la stampa scandalistica. Dopo la rottura, DeGeneres ha avuto una relazione con la fotografa e attrice Alexandra Hedison dal 2000 al 2004. Il 16 agosto 2008, dopo una lunga relazione, ha sposato a Los Angeles l'attrice australiana Portia de Rossi. Nel 2011 la rivista statunitense Forbes le inserisce nell'elenco delle coppie più potenti del mondo.

A ottobre 2011 Forbes pubblica l'Entertainment's Highest Earning Women, classifica delle donne che hanno guadagnato di più nell'ultimo anno all'interno della quale DeGeneres viene posizionata al quarto posto alla pari di Gisele Bündchen, Taylor Swift e Judith Sheindlin grazie ad un totale di 45 milioni di dollari. Nel suo libro Love, Ellen la madre di Ellen, Betty DeGeneres, dice di essere rimasta inizialmente sconvolta dalla rivelazione dell'omosessualità della figlia, ma di essere diventata poi una delle sue più grandi sostenitrici, entrando anche nel Movimento di liberazione omosessuale.

Nel maggio 2019 dichiara a Non c'è bisogno di presentazioni - Con David Letterman che, durante la sua adolescenza, fu molestata dal patrigno e di averlo poi detto solo diversi anni dopo alla madre, che però non le credette.

Riconoscimenti
Nel corso della sua carriera ha ottenuto diversi premi: 1 Saturn Award, 3 American Comedy Awards, 1 Annie Awards, 20 Emmy Awards, 1 GLAAD Award, 1 Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards, 2 Producers Guild of America Awards, 20 People's Choice Awards, 1 Satellite Award, 3 Teen Choice Awards, 1 TV Guide Award. Ha inoltre ricevuto 3 candidature ai Golden Globe, 3 agli Screen Actors Guild Awards ed una ai Grammy Awards e ricevuto la propria stella sulla Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Onorificenze

Filantropia e controversie

Ambasciatrice umanitaria
Nel novembre 2011, il Segretario di Stato degli Stati Uniti d'America in carica Hillary Clinton ha nominato DeGeneres un inviato speciale per la consapevolezza dell'AIDS.

Il 3 dicembre 2011, DeGeneres ha presentato il gala annuale della David Lynch Foundation al Los Angeles County Museum of Art per raccogliere fondi per portare la meditazione trascendentale alle comunità internazionali che soffrono di stress cronico derivanti da epidemie e condizioni di vita precarie.

Animalismo e vegetarismo
DeGeneres ha adottato la dieta vegana assieme alla moglie de Rossi. Nel 2016, DeGeneres ha dichiarato di aver reintrodotto il pesce nella sua dieta, e ha confermato di aver smesso di seguire uno stile di vita vegano.

Nel 2009 DeGeneres è stata nominata donna dell'anno dalla PETA, per i suoi contributi alla salvaguardia delle specie animali e degli ecosistemi. Nell'aprile 2013, ha donato 25.000 dollari per fermare la legislazione Ag-Gag in Tennessee, che avrebbe vietato agli agenti sotto copertura di registrare filmati di abusi sugli animali nelle fattorie e allevamenti dello stato federale.

Nel novembre 2017, è stato annunciato che il Presidente degli Stati Uniti d'America in carica Donald Trump avrebbe consentito l'importazione di trofei di elefanti dall'Africa. In risposta, DeGeneres ha creato una campagna in collaborazione con il suo marchio, ED Ellen DeGeneres, per raccogliere fondi per il David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust.

Nel gennaio 2018, per il 60º compleanno di DeGeneres, la moglie de Rossi le ha regalato una struttura di salvaguardia per gorilla in Ruanda costruita a suo nome in associazione a Digit Fund.

Amicizia con George W. Bush

DeGeneres è spesso apparsa in pubblico con l'ex Presidente degli Stati Uniti d'America George W. Bush, sia in eventi formali che informali, attirando numerose critiche a causa della passata opposizione dell'amministrazione Bush al matrimonio omosessuale e alla responsabilità per la guerra in Iraq. In risposta alle critiche, DeGeneres ha spiegato la sua amicizia con Bush in un monologo nel suo show, affermando che crede che le relazioni personali dovrebbero trascendere le differenze politiche e ha paragonato la sua amicizia con Bush alle sue amicizie con le persone che indossano pellicce, una pratica che la conduttrice condanna.

Controversie sull'approccio televisivo
La conduttrice è stata accusata ripetute volte da parte dello staff e degli ospiti di essere eccessivamente irriverente sfiorando la cattiveria.  La YouTuber NikkieTutorials ha accusato la DeGeneres di essere «fredda e distante», mentre la guardia del corpo della DeGeneres Tom Majercak ha affermato che era stata «avvilente» nei suoi confronti agli Oscar 2014, avvisando la conduttrice di stare attenta a questi atteggiamenti.

La conduttrice all'apertura della diciottesima stagione dello show, a seguito delle accuse avvenute per le condizioni lavorative e al licenziamento di tre produttori esecutivi, ha dichiarato: «Ci sono stati articoli sulla stampa e sui social media che dicevano che non sono chi sembravo essere in TV, perché sono diventata nota come la signora 'dell'essere buona', ma sono anche altro, sono triste, pensierosa, anche pazza e frustrata quando ci sono dei problemi, non posso essere sempre felice», sottolineando che ha iniziato a usare lo slogan "siate gentili gli uni con gli altri" dopo aver sentito che il mondo aveva bisogno di quel messaggio, dal momento in cui ha fatto coming-out. «Penso che ne abbiamo bisogno più che mai in questo momento».

Dakota Johnson

Nel 2019 DeGeneres ha chiesto all'attrice Dakota Johnson perché non fosse stata invitata alla sua festa per i suoi 30 anni. Johnson ha risposto: «L'ultima volta che sono stata allo show l'anno scorso, hai insistito eccessivamente sul fatto di non averti invitata, ma non sapevo nemmeno che volessi essere invitata. Non sapevo nemmeno di piacerti» DeGeneres ha replicato che l'attrice le piaceva, senza ottenere risposta dalla Johnson. DeGeneres ha poi chiesto della comica Tig Notaro, esibitasi alla festa dell'attrice, ottenendo come risposta dalla Johnson: «È la mia comica preferita... a parte te!». La freddezza tra le due celebrità ha portato differenti interpretazioni sui social network e testate giornalistiche, soprattutto nei riguardi degli atteggiamenti insistenti della conduttrice.

Taylor Swift

In un'intervista a Taylor Swift, DeGeneres ha chiesto chi fosse il ragazzo a cui è dedicata la canzone del 2012 We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together. Quando Swift si è rifiutata di rispondere, la conduttrice ha riprodotto sugli schermi una serie di foto della Swift con diverse celebrità, chiedendo alla cantautrice di indicare chi fosse suonando una campana non appena fosse uscita la foto corretta. La situazione spinse la popstar a implorare che DeGeneres fermasse lo show. Successivamente alla messa in onda della puntata, Swift ha dichiarato «Quella situazione mi fa sentire così male con me stessa», proseguendo. «ogni volta che vengo nel suo show, lei mette un tipo diverso sullo schermo tra cui scegliere, questo mi fa mettere in dubbio ciò che rappresentano come esseri umani».

Wendy Williams

Nel 2013 Wendy Williams è stata intervistata in una puntata del talk show della DeGeneres, venendo aggettivata con tono scherzoso dalla conduttrice come «cattiva», esprimendo curiosità nel sapere se fosse mai finita in cause legali parlando male di altre celebrità nel suo show.

Nel maggio 2021, alcuni giorni dopo la notizia della chiusura dello show della DeGeneres a seguito dei procedimenti giudiziari avvenuti nel 2020, Williams ha dichiarato nel corso di una puntata del suo The Wendy Williams Show:«Ellen, tutto quello che hai passato in tutti questi 19 anni, comprese le condizioni del posto di lavoro, che a proposito credo che se ne stia chiudendo a causa di quest'ultime. [...] Tutti noi conosciamo persone che hanno lavorato nel suo show, alcune delle quali hanno lavorato anche qui, nel mio show. [...] Sono contenta che tu abbia ringraziato i tuoi fan, ma diciannove anni in TV non ti cambiano la vita, ti espongono per la persona che sei veramente».DeGeneres non ha rilasciato dichiarazioni riguardo alle affermazioni della collega, sebbene abbia scaturito scalpore nei principali tabloid internazionali.

Controversie sulle condizioni lavorative del The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Nel luglio 2020, a seguito delle indagini della WarnerMedia nei riguardi delle condizioni lavorative del The Ellen DeGeneres Show, che portarono al licenziamento di tre produttori esecutivi. DeGeneres ha confermato la chiusura dello show alla sua diciannovesima stagione nel 2022, dicendo: «Ho imparato che qui sono successe cose che non sarebbero mai dovute succedere. Lo prendo molto seriamente, e voglio dire che mi dispiace molto alle persone che sono state colpite. [...] So che sono in una posizione di privilegio e potere, e mi rendo conto che con questo arriva la responsabilità. E mi prendo la responsabilità per quello che succede al mio show».La conduttrice ha successivamente affermato a Today che le accuse le sono sembrate «orchestrate» e di non aver ancora compreso come possano essere uscite queste voci. Ha inoltre dichiarato di non poter essere a conoscenza di ciò che accadeva nei diversi uffici poiché vi sono oltre 200 lavoratori e nessuno è mai venuto personalmente a raccontarle questi fatti.

Isolamento per COVID-19
Il 6 aprile 2020, a seguito della pandemia di COVID-19, lo show della DeGeneres è stato trasmesso dalla sua abitazione a Beverly Hills per garantire il distanziamento sociale ai dipendenti ed eliminare il pubblico televisivo in studio. Nel corso della presentazione della puntata la conduttrice, dopo aver mandato messaggi di speranza ai telespettatori, paragona il suo stato di reclusione ad una prigionia. Nell'immediato numerosi utenti dei principali social network hanno iniziato a criticare DeGeneres per aver mancato di sensibilità nei confronti dei detenuti, sia per il paragone degli edifici penitenziari rispetto alla villa da 50 milioni di dollari di sua proprietà, che per le condizioni sanitarie precarie delle carceri.

Filmografia

Attrice

Cinema
Teste di cono (Coneheads), regia di Steve Barron (1993)
Un marito quasi perfetto, regia di Nick Castle (1996)
Goodbye Lover, regia di Roland Joffé (1998)
EdTV, regia di Ron Howard (1999)
La lettera d'amore (The Love Letter), regia di Peter Chan (1999)
Women (If These Walls Could Talk 2), regia di Jane Anderson, Martha Coolidge e Anne Heche (2000)

Televisione
Duetto - serie TV, 2 episodi (1989)
Ellen - serie TV, 109 episodi (1994-1998)
Pappa e ciccia (Roseanne) - serie TV, episodio 7x23 (1995)
Innamorati pazzi (Mad About You) - serie TV, episodio 6x23 (1998)
Saturday Night Live - programma televisivo (2001)
Will & Grace - serie TV, episodio 3x15 (2001)
The Ellen Show - serie TV, 18 episodi (2001-2002)
The Ellen DeGeneres Show - programma televisivo (2003-2022)
Six Feet Under - serie TV, episodio 4x03 (2004)
Joey - serie TV, episodio 2x08 (2005)
American Idol - programma televisivo (2010) - giudice
The Big Bang Theory - serie TV, episodi 10x09 e 12×18 (2016-2019)
Ellen DeGeneres: Relatable - stand-up comedy (2018)

Video musicali

Doppiatrice
Il dottor Dolittle (Dr. Dolittle), regia di Betty Thomas (1998)
Alla ricerca di Nemo (Finding Nemo), regia di Andrew Stanton (2003)
I Simpson (The Simpsons) - serie TV, episodio 21x23 (2010)
Alla ricerca di Dory (Finding Dory), regia di Andrew Stanton (2016)

Produttrice
 Nancy Drew e il passaggio segreto (Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase), regia di Katt Shea (2019)

Note

Bibliografia
 My Point... And I Do Have One, (1995)
 The Funny Thing Is... (2003)
 Seriously... I'm Kidding (2011)

Discografia
 Ellen Degeneres: Taste This

Doppiatrici italiane
Cristiana Lionello in Ellen, Goodbye Lover, La lettera d'amore, The Big Bang Theory
Cristina Boraschi in Un marito quasi perfetto
Fabrizia Castagnoli in Edtv
Chiara Colizzi in Joey

Come doppiatrice, viene sostituita da:
Carla Signoris in Alla ricerca di Nemo, Alla ricerca di Dory

Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni

  DeGeneres parla del suo coming out (aprile 1999)
  Un fumetto su DeGeneres e la sua pubblicità "My Life, My Card" per American Express

Attivisti per i diritti delle persone LGBT negli Stati Uniti d'America
Conduttori televisivi statunitensi
Personaggi televisivi statunitensi
Persone che hanno fatto coming out
Lesbismo
Francoamericani
Primetime Emmy alla miglior sceneggiatura per una serie commedia
Decorati con la Medaglia presidenziale della libertà
Attori televisivi statunitensi
Imprenditori statunitensi
Produttori televisivi statunitensi


WASHINGTON — Several members of the House Judiciary Committee suggested Thursday that they would support new federal regulation of sports gambling, though the specifics remained murky.
Four months after the Supreme Court issued a landmark ruling paving the way for legal sports betting nationwide, Congress held its first hearing on the matter. Over the course of 90 minutes, members of the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security and Investigations pressed a group of witnesses about various potential legal safeguards, in the wake of the Court's decision to overturn a decades-old federal law that limited most sports gambling to Nevada.
The day's biggest question: Who should safeguard the games, while also looking out for athletes and bettors.
"I think the one thing that all would agree on is that for Congress to do nothing is the worst possible alternative," said Rep. James Sensenbrenner Jr., R-Wis., the subcommittee's chairman.
Nevada, Delaware, New Jersey, Mississippi and West Virginia now offer some form of legalized sports gambling. A handful of other states have legalized but not yet implemented betting on pro and amateur sports, and more states are expected to take up bills this fall.
Sports entities have favored federal oversight, while gaming groups have generally preferred state regulation. The NFL was the only professional league represented at Thursday's hearing, and Jocelyn Moore, a communication executive with the league, voiced support for federal oversight.
Among the league's requests: uniform standards for state regulatory bodies, a 21-year-old age minimum for bettors, a requirement that official league data be used by sports books, established protocol for books to communicate across state lines about abnormal betting patterns, and a limit on in-game prop bets — like whether a field goal will be made or missed — that could be easily manipulated.


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Oregon is an amazing place. It's exciting to have an opportunity to work with a great client who has work all over the nation. I'm having the chance to play with some new toys such as the Leica below and its opening some new and exciting possibilities in photography. Here are some behind the scene photos from the trip.


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SARS-CoV-2 kills thousands of minks in Utah
By Greg Cima
At least 8,000 minks have died of infection with SARS-CoV-2 on farms in Utah.
Infection seems to be deadlier among older minks.
State agriculture authorities in Wisconsin and Michigan also announced Oct. 8 and 9, respectively, that the virus had killed minks on one farm in each state. The Wisconsin farm's animals and products were quarantined, and the farm in Michigan is self-contained, according to officials in each state.
Dr. Dean Taylor, Utah's state veterinarian, said in October that nine of the state's 36 mink farms were quarantined because of confirmed infections. All of the deaths so far were from infections, and none of the farms implemented euthanasia or culling in response to the outbreaks, he said.
Death rates varied widely by farm, depending on the ages of the animals, Dr. Taylor said. The infections have been killing more than 40% of breeding flocks, yet the death rates remain low for younger minks, he said.
On Aug. 17, officials with the U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service announced minks on two Utah farms had confirmed infections with the SARS-CoV-2 virus, the first confirmed cases among minks in the U.S. Testing began after unusually large numbers of minks died on the farms, the announcement states.
The announcement also said the farms had confirmed infections among people who worked at those locations and had contact with the minks. It also notes that APHIS officials developed guidance for farming minks following infections among minks in Europe.
As of early October, those included confirmed outbreaks on farms in Denmark, the Netherlands, and Spain.
On Oct. 2, U.S. News and World Report published an article indicating animal health authorities in Denmark planned to cull about 1 million minks because of SARS-CoV-2 infections confirmed at 41 farms and suspected at 20. The government ordered depopulation at all farms within 8 kilometers of confirmed infections.
In Utah, the affected farms have been burying the whole carcasses of affected minks, despite reports that the pelts would be harvested and used, Dr. Taylor said. The quarantined farms were allowing entry only for people critical for operations, and no minks, mink products, or waste were leaving, he said.
Investigations so far indicated workers at the farms developed COVID-19, and, soon afterward, the minks became ill. But he noted that investigations continued on some farms.
Dr. Taylor's staff in the Utah Department of Agriculture and Food helped train farmworkers on biosecurity, provided personal protective equipment, and offered training on using the equipment. Representatives from the Utah Department of Health also trained workers to protect themselves, he said.
A June 12 article in Science indicates that, in the Netherlands, at least two workers on mink farms likely contracted the virus from the animals.
The APHIS guidance indicates any mink farmer or veterinarian who suspects infections in minks or other mustelids should contact state animal health officials, who work with state and federal authorities to decide whether testing is warranted.
"We are still learning about SARS-CoV-2 in animals, but there is currently no evidence that animals, including mink or other mustelids, play a significant role in spreading the virus to humans," the guidance states. "Based on the limited information available to date, the risk of animals spreading SARS-CoV-2 to people is considered to be low."
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Boxer Tony Harrison's Gym Hosts Prom Dress Drive For Detroit Teens
"It lifts a financial burden. Prom can cost so much," said DeArra Henderson, who is leading the community outreach for the initiative.
NewsOne Staff
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Prom season is in full swing, but for many students, the event that is often considered a pinnacle in the high school experience isn't a reality due to financial setbacks. A Detroit-based boxing gym is paying it forward by providing underserved teenage girls with prom dresses so they won't have to miss out on that special moment, the Detroit Free Press reported.
Detroit boxing champ's gym gives away prom dresses for teenagers https://t.co/rXjTjddboS
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The SuperBad Fitness boxing gym—which is owned by professional boxer Tony Harrison—collected over 50 dresses to give away to students in need who are preparing for their upcoming proms and graduations. Those who operate the gym transformed one of the facility's rooms into a mock boutique where teens have been coming in to choose from a collection of new and gently-used dresses that were donated locally and from individuals across the country. The teens were also able to choose items from a collection of jewelry, handbags, and shoes to complete their looks.
Aware of how costly prom can be, Harrison and his team wanted to host the prom dress drive to ease the financial issues that many students in the local community are dealing with. "It lifts a financial burden. We want to help other girls. Prom can cost so much," said DeArra Henderson, who is leading the community outreach for the initiative.
Harrison, who took home the World Boxing Council's super welterweight title last year, has continually used his gym as an avenue to give back to his community. The gym has a tutoring center that serves nearly 50 kids each day. "He's like a parent to each and every one of these kids," his girlfriend Jasmine Bradley, who oversees the gym's tutoring center, said in a statement. "And that's why they love him so much. They feel it. They want to be better than him.
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They want to be like him. He's probably the most selfless person I know. "We are trying to reach out to the kids in the neighborhood, and try to show them something different than what is being shown on the regular."
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