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On a Cooperative
Talking to Brooklyn Packers about their Black-worker-owned model for supporting agriculture and food sovereignty.
I think a lot about how we create models that don't exploit us, hurt us, poison us under capitalism, a system set up to do all of those things. While so many people repeat the nihilist refrain, "there's no ethical consumption under capitalism," I don't believe that's true. I believe we have to try to make food choices, when we can, that have land and labor in the forefront of our minds.
While so much of making "ethical" consumer choices in our global food system can feel like bourgeois affectation, sometimes it's a clear decision between a chocolate bar made from cacao farmed by child labor and one that was not. Sometimes it's a clear decision between a spice a farmer was paid well for and one where the farmer was not. So on and so forth, whether we're talking about coffee or avocados or sugar or booze or bananas. These aren't the limits of our political abilities; they're just how we can choose to express a little bit of care in our day to day lives, should we have the luxury of choice, as well as access to it. (I also write this as I read Food in Cuba: In Pursuit of a Decent Meal by Hanna Garth, which has shown me too the limits of a socialist system that supports adequate access to nutrition but not necessarily the things people need to survive on a cultural, social level. More on that eventually.)
To that end, I want to share conversations with folks who are trying to make these choices easier and better, while recognizing all the deep nuances and complexities of our global food system.
One way to do that is to support worker-owned cooperative models in food, like the Black-led Brooklyn Packers, which works with local farmers in pursuit of food sovereignty in Brooklyn. Talking to Raina Kennedy, who coordinates sourcing at the coop, was illuminating and incredibly enjoyable—we got into how she became interested in food in the first place, as well as some of the thorny stuff about the inescapability of capitalism. (I didn't realize I'd recorded my usual first questions, but leaving it in here because it was a funny exchange!) Find audio here.
Alicia: Hi, can you tell me your name and pronouns to start?
Raina: Yeah. Raina Kennedy, she/her pronouns.
Alicia: Cool. We have the same last name. [Laughs.]
Raina: Yeah, we do. [Laughs.]
Alicia: A weird last name that people get very—people get really weird about it. I don't know.
Raina: They do. They truly do. I'm like, 'I am clearly not related to JFK, so please don't act like—' [Laughter.]
Alicia: They automatically think you're rich. It's like, 'There were a lot of splinters happening with that name...'
So, I wanted to ask first, what is your role at Brooklyn Packers?
Raina: I do pretty much all the sourcing for our various projects, mainly Brooklyn Supported Agriculture, which is our CSA.
Alicia: Cool.
And where are you sourcing the CSA?
Raina: We work with a lot of farms in the New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania local region. So, there's some farms upstate. There's a cooperative network of farms in Pennsylvania, Lancaster Farm Fresh Cooperative, that we work with. And then also, we just recently this year started working with Brooklyn Grange. So that's super local.
Alicia: [Laughter.] And how do you decide which farms you want to work with?
Raina: So, for the CSA in particular, we do mostly organic. So, organic farms. And then also, you want to have places to have good labor practices, like as much as you can possibly find out about that. We have some other worker-owned farms that we work with, as well. And also ones that practice good—And even if they're not organic, a lot of farms will do sustainable or integrated pest management agriculture. So just finding farms that have good sustainability practices, labor practices, and are in the region.
And can you give me a little bit about your trajectory to this position and how you came to be involved in in Brooklyn Packers and also in sustainable agriculture?
Raina: Yeah.
I graduated from college in 2012, and moved to New York City pretty much a week after. I'm originally from Philadelphia. I had an unpaid internship in publishing.
Alicia: [Sighs.]
Raina: Yeah. [Laughs.]
I needed to make some actual money. So I started working as a barista. And then, I'm underemployed, underpaid, and suddenly couldn't afford to buy groceries or to eat well. And that was very frustrating.
So I started working at a couple of different fancy, bougie little grocery stores in Manhattan and Brooklyn, and once again could only afford the stuff that they were selling because of my employee discount. And living paycheck to paycheck and being like, 'What am I doing with my life? Why am I here?'
And I joined the Flatbush Farm Share in Flatbush, Brooklyn in 2013. And that was really life-changing because it was a sliding scale model. And at the very bottom end of the scale, you could pay week to week in cash, or you use your SNAP or EBT benefits. And as someone who was pretty much mostly living off of my barista paycheck, and my tips, this was great. And I was suddenly eating all these vegetables that I had never really heard of before or cooked with.
And I got super involved in the CSA as a volunteer. And I was their distribution every week. And so, that's what really opened my eyes to being like, 'Whoa. Oh, I actually can afford this. And this is finally accessible to me.' And then also thinking about like, 'Oh, what it must be like for people-' Because I'm—middle class family. I have a lot of privilege in that way. Thinking about people who aren't starting off on that level, who just are forced to basically buy the food that is around them, which often is terrible, especially in certain neighborhoods.
Basically, I started and I still continued to have so-so jobs and up until- [Loud whooshing noise.] Sorry. That was a plane. [Laughter.] Yeah, New York City.
And then I ended up having a period of being totally unemployed and lost, and so I decided to go to grad school. [Laughs.] And so I went to NYU for food studies. And there I focused on food policy and advocacy. And I learned a lot about racism in the food system and food access in different places.
And I also, at the same time, started working at the Greenhill Food Coop, which was a few blocks away from where I lived in Brooklyn at the time. And that was my first time being involved in a food coop. And I thought the model was really cool. And I liked the idea of everyone, of people being able to own and participate in their grocery store.
And from there, I just got more and more into cooperatives. I read a book about worker coops, and I was like, 'That sounds awesome not having a boss and being able to make decisions and feeling empowered to actually figure out your salary and work with people.'
But I didn't come into contact with Brooklyn Packers, until a couple years later when I started working with the Brooklyn Movement Center, as a part of the Central Brooklyn Food Coop, which is an organizing food coop in Crown Heights, Bed–Stuy, with the mission of being Black centered, Black led. And currently still organizing, but hoping—the pandemic kind of knocked the project a little off track. But hopefully, opening in some form in the next year.
But I met Steph, who's one of the co-founders of Brooklyn Packers through that—through the Central Brooklyn Food Coop. And he's like, 'Oh, we need someone to help us with our email communication and some other stuff. Do you want a job?' And I was like, 'Sure.' [Laughter.] And so from there, I started off just doing mainly email communications and a little bit of sourcing here and there. And then kind of got more and more involved over the last few years or so. And that pretty much brings us to today. [Laughs.]
Alicia: Awesome.
And can you explain the structure of Brooklyn Packers and how it works?
Raina: Yeah, so there are six of us. We each have different roles, kind of—I do sourcing. We have someone who handles our delivery drivers and transportation logistics. We have someone else who handles when we get deliveries coming in and all that, the logistics around that. Finances, social media. So we all kind of have our different roles.
We all have equal status, basically. And so when it comes time to make major decisions, we will discuss and vote on what to do. And those decisions could be anything from, 'Oh, somebody is requesting a job from us. Do we want to take it?' Or the budget for different things. We recently got the PPP loan. And so it's like, 'Ok, what are we going to do with this money?' And that's how we make decisions.
And we're really pretty much in constant communication, so it's pretty easy to like on the fly, be like, 'Oh, I need to get this done.' Or like, 'Oh, I need to do this.' And we all can work it out pretty quickly with a group chat. We all get along. We all like working with each other, so that definitely helps as well. [Laughter.]
Alicia: How does Brooklyn Packers differ from other coops, like the Park Slope Food Coop? How does Brooklyn Packers differ—yeah. [Laughs.]
Raina: Food coops, they're consumer coops. So you as a person can join the Parks Slope Food Coop, you pay a small fee. And then, any member can shop.
And I think one big difference about food coops is that the Parks Slope model, which is run basically on member labor, where if you're a member you contribute two hours a month to some part of the stores operations. And so, that helps to keep their overhead low. They also own their building, so that also helps. So regular grocery store margins are like 40 to 60% markup, but Park Slope has like a 25% markup. I don't know how accurate that—somewhere in the 20s. But basically, it's a lot cheaper than going to a regular grocery store.
A worker-owned coop is where all of the employees of the business are also owners. So we all co-own the business together. There's some models where you may pay in some kind of dues or at the end of the year, you might have to pay in some money to a pot that anyone, everyone has access to. But basically, we all share in the profits. We currently all are paid, paying ourselves the same rate. But then we constantly negotiate to give ourselves a raise if more money comes in. And that is the difference.
And then there we are in the process of figuring out what our process will be in the future for bringing in new members. Is there a trial period? The nice thing, and also the hard part, is that you can kind of make things up yourself. So we could have a trial period when we want new members to come in 60 to 90 days, and then they are a provisional member. And then we would then vote, if they wanted to come over—if they wanted to become a full member, then we would vote on that, etc. So there's a lot of voting, a lot of meetings.
Alicia: Right.
I wanted to ask also why packers is in the name? [Laughs.]
Raina: That's our primary thing that we do, is packing. I think a lot of people don't really think about this part of the food system. There's like, 'Oh, we have farms. And then, you have your grocery store.' But there's a whole lot of stuff that goes on in between.
There's a thing called last mile delivery, which is like, 'All right, we have all this food at this warehouse, but we need to get it to the grocery store. We need to get it to this bodega. How does that happen?' And it's actually kind of a logistical challenge in a lot of ways because the routes are smaller, and there's a lot more going on. So we do a lot of that.
We work with small food, other small food companies if they need stuff packed and then delivered to places. We do our own farmshare. So basically, the way that works is we get all the raw materials in bulk, and then people order and then we pack it out into bags, and send it off to either home deliveries or pickup locations.
And we also were doing—and still are, we did this a lot more over the last year—working with different mutual aid groups and community organizations on their food distributions that they were doing throughout the pandemic.
Alicia: And I wanted to ask, especially since you're in charge of sourcing, there's so many people who are what I would call utilitarian thinkers who say that the miles that food moves don't have that big of an impact. Why is it so important to the mission of Brooklyn Packers to support local farms?
Raina: First of all, I think supporting local farms then means that there will continue to be farms in this area.
Washington state and New York state grow the most apples. As New York state, we could most definitely source all of our apples from New York. There's really no reason to go outside of New York to get apples. You'll see apples from Washington, from all these other places, probably because it's cheaper or they have deals with these big corporations, stuff like that. And that's kind of crazy to me: Why wouldn't you first put your money into a more local economy than sending it far, far away?
Having more local farms means there's more jobs, 'cause not only are there farmers, but you need people to deliver. You need people to pack. You need people to pick up the stuff, and you need people to organize it. And so that just keeps the jobs right here in the area. And also even thinking in terms of the environment, shipping something from California is going to take a lot more fuel than it is to get it from three hours north. So that is also a big part of it.
And how does a worker-owned food coop like Brooklyn Packers work toward ideals of food sovereignty? And also, what does food sovereignty mean to you?
Food sovereignty is just having control over and having a say in the food that you eat and where it comes from and what is around you. And here, I live in Crown Heights, which is rapidly gentrifying. And there is so much food available, but some of it is not accessible to longtime residents or even to me. If I see a cafe or something and I look inside and there's only white people, I'm not gonna go in there. And so there's still so many barriers for getting food.
And it would be in part of, kind of a food coop and community gardens—it's just nice to have a place where you can go, and you feel like you belong there. You feel you have a say, feel you are part of what's going on, which is also a very important part of food and eating and community.
Well, first of all, we all live in Brooklyn, in central Brooklyn. And so, we are very committed to this neighborhood and to Brooklyn. Our co-founder is starting a farm in Massachusetts, right over the New York border. And so, we are hoping to start sourcing from them pretty soon. They're going right now, so that's pretty exciting. And that's going to be a Black-led worker-owned farm as well. And we've also been building connections with other Black and POC farmers in the region. And so we're hoping to also boost them and be able to support them financially, and they help support us as well.
We are part of a growing network of food industry worker-owned coops, and one of the cooperative principles is supporting other coops whenever possible. So we bank with the credit union, and we work with another community chef coop. We're going to be working with them on some recipe food box distribution soon. And so it's things like that that keep you—there's a lot of networking, and just making sure that we keep these connections, local and within our little coop family.
You say working with more worker-owned places. How are you seeing this approach expand in food? Are there more farms opening? Are there more restaurants? What is the future of the worker-owned food enterprise looking like?
Raina: Yeah, I think people are a lot more interested, first of all. I know especially over the last year with people losing jobs and people getting fired, or in—people who have to work in the service industry not being treated fairly. And people just deciding to leave their jobs altogether, because they're not getting anything out of it. So I think more and more people are realizing that you can have a voice in the labor movement. And while it's not easy to take your—buy out your business and turn it into a worker coop, I think there's a lot more energy and activity around that.
And I think it's especially important in the food industry where there's so much exploitation, and where people get paid terrible wages in every part of the food chain, being able to take some of that back and to set your own prices and to be like, 'Ok, no, this is how much we're gonna make for this, 'cause we need to feed ourselves and our families.' It's really important to be able to do that.
And so I think it's only growing. There's a robust network, worker cooperative network in New York City. There's a ton of worker coops in Baltimore. Boston has a lot, and Northern California. And more and more elected officials are starting to become interested in worker coops and in supporting them. And so I think it's only going to expand.
Alicia: What kind of policy would you like to see, to not just support worker-owned coops—that yes—but also, what is necessary to move people towards supporting these kinds of efforts, caring about local food? What is needed on that kind of policy level?
Raina: Policy-wise, I think, more support. There's the minority and women-owned business certification that is very—a long, bureaucratic, difficult application process for worker coops, especially, because you have to get—every owner has to fill out all the stuff. And sometimes if you're in a coop that has like 25 owners, that's hard.
And the other thing is that a lot of worker coops in New York, and I think throughout the country, a lot of them are run by women of color. A lot of them are undocumented. So that's another barrier. And a lot of people couldn't apply for the loans that they were giving out over the last year, or they couldn't get on unemployment. And so there was a lot of financial assistance that people needed that they just couldn't get access to, despite being a business owner and despite living here in the country.
And I think education is another important—Not just even on a policy level but on a—just an average, regular person level. So for example, we say that we never mark up food, but that—if you look at something and you have sticker shock about the prices, because we need to charge a fair wage for our labor. And so, we'll discuss amongst ourselves like, 'Ok, this is how much we need to get paid for this.' And then I think once you explain that to people, they're like, 'Actually, this makes sense, because people are used to food being cheap.' And even though the prices have been going up, it's still not as expensive as it should be, really, when you think about all the people who are involved in getting food from the farm to your plate. And so just constantly reminding people that there are actual people doing work behind the food that's getting to you is important.
And I think also people don't understand or—everyone, a lot of people are in this current mode of thinking of capitalism. You have a boss and you're an employee, and there's just things that you can and can't do. But I think that's also shifting with fast food worker strikes and farm worker strikes, and people walking out of their job. All that kind of stuff. People are realizing like, 'Oh, you don't have to be-' Or it's not right that we're stuck living like this. It's not right that one person at the top makes millions and millions of dollars, while everyone, other people at the very bottom, make next to nothing. It doesn't make sense. And so I think just constantly putting it out in the open and making people aware of it is also going to help.
Alicia: Yeah, for sure.
'Cause I talk about food media a lot, do you feel that there is a space that has been talking about these issues, or a publication that has been talking about these issues, in a way that does help people understanding these—what's going on and how many people it takes to get food to a plate and how the food system really works? Is that happening?
Raina: Civil Eats always has a lot of great articles. We were profiled last summer in Good Food Jobs in their blog, and I noticed that they have been doing a lot of—they've changed their posting requirements for jobs. I think in a few years, they are even raising the minimum wage for their job post—it's $15 now, but I think they're raising it to $20 or something like that. And they have a list of criteria for the jobs that you have to post. And I think that's amazing and should be the standard for all food job listings. Those are the two I can think of off the top of my head.
We also were recently part of a series on worker coops in the food industry on The Real News Network. And they have been doing a lot of good reporting on worker coops.That's all I can think of off the top of my head.
Also, this does bring—makes me think of something else, which is that last year, in the wake of the George Floyd murder and all the protests, we were getting a lot of attention because of being Black-led coop. And so I think media attention is good, but at the same time, it is kind of like, 'Are these people profiling us just because we're majority Black or—and what's the motive?' And then, we did see a huge increase in business during that time as well. And it's kind of like, 'Ok, how much of this is people feeling like, 'Blacks farmshare to support'' and how much is it—?
I think there's always that kind of tension as well, which is we obviously want people to know this is a Black organization. But I also want people to support us because we're good at what we do, and because we have a high quality product and because we stand for all these other important issues. And so, not just because we're Black. So I think yeah, there's always like that weird tension. [Laughter.]
Alicia: That brings up for me also the question of how in a worker coop and it, it's still focused on getting people to buy something. But how is the relationship in a worker-owned coop not a pure consumerist action? How does it get beyond that?
Raina: Yeah, that's a great question. [Laughter.] Great question.
I mean, obviously, it's impossible to live outside of capitalism. And that is the part that kind of sucks because in my perfect world I wouldn't have to think about money or it wouldn't exist or—[Laughs.] I think it's a lot of it, or the way I think of it, is that it's about fairness.
In a lot of service jobs and retail stuff, it's 'the customer's always right, the customer is always right.' And you're always having to think about the customer or the person buying your product, and you never can think about yourself. And I feel I'm always encouraging my coworkers, or we're discussing things like 'Ok, we also have to make a wage, that is enough for us to survive here.' As much as you want to be accessible to people, it's like, 'We're part of this as well. And we also have to live in Brooklyn. [Laughs.] And so we also need to make enough money to sustain ourselves and to sustain this business.'
But we also are trying to think about ways to make the farm share accessible. So we've been talking about doing a sliding scale model for that, which is going to take some work. But that's something we really want to do. We also want to be able to accept SNAP and EBT, which is complicated, largely because the whole process is complicated. We do a lot of work with mutual aid groups, community organizations who get a lot of their money through grants. It feels good to know that we're getting food to people who really need it in that sense, and to be able to continue working with them.
We raised our prices back in March, just because of the reality of life. And that's just the kind of thing that happens, and you just have to explain it and be like, 'Well, in order to continue doing what we do in the best way possible, we're gonna have to raise the prices a little bit.' And sometimes, it's not gonna be affordable for people. And then other times, we will be like, 'Yeah, this is great.' That's just the reality. It's impossible to avoid, basically.
Alicia: What is Brooklyn Packers planning? It's funny, because I'm asking people this question. We're not post pandemic, but we are in a period of some sort of transition. And so, what is your hope and what are your plans for the rest of 2021?
Well, we're excited for this partner farm to get fully up and running. Our goal is to one day become truly Black and brown, POC farmer-sourced. And so, we're making moves on that.
We want to continue working with other businesses and local organizations in Brooklyn. We are hoping to expand the farm share. It's kind of a weird time now. People being vaccinated and the reopening of New York, New York City, has also funnily enough come at the same time as all the best produce. But now it's people are traveling finally, or are going to eat at restaurants. People aren't cooking. And there's been several heat waves already. People aren't at home as much, which is kind of disappointing. But I think these will really pick up in the fall, when people go back to school or go back to the office more regularly. So I'm kind of interested to see what happens then.
And also just figuring out ways to keep getting people fresh food, even in the middle of the winter. Last year was our first year running the—running Brooklyn Cooperative Action Center into the whole year. We used to take a winter break. This year, we didn't. And it went pretty well. So I'm looking forward to seeing that grow even more.
And also to continue being involved in the New York City and national worker coop solidarity economy scene, where things are always happening.
Alicia: Well, thank you so much for taking the time today to chat. Have a great rest of your day.
Raina: Yeah, this is great.
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Quotas for women on boards: all the pros and cons in one place
The UK has just voted against an EU-wide quota.
By Martha Gill
The UK is opposing attempts to impose a 40 per cent quota for women on all boards for companies listed within the EU, and has just recieved enough support to block it. According to the FT, a draft letter signed by nine labour and business ministers said:
We agree with the commission's stance that there are still too few women on the boards of publicly listed companies
[But] we reiterate that any targeted measures in this area should be devised and implemented at national level. Therefore, we do not support the adoption of legally binding provisions for women on company boards at the European level.
The FT has reported that many businesses are opposed to female quotas, with Business Europe, the largest employers group in the EU, saying that they fail to address the real problems with equality in businesses.
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It's a fraught issue, and over the last few years there's been much back-and-forth about whether quotas damage or promote women's interests. It's irritating to see the same arguments trotted out again and again, so here's a summary of some of the strongest in both directions:
1. Here's a pretty strong one to start with: quotas are the quickest and most effective way to ensure more equal numbers of men and women on boards.
2. Quotas force the break up of elite circles that might otherwise remain unchallenged.
3. If women are promoted into positions of power, they can act as positive role models for others.
4. Once on the board, women are more likely to hire more women.
5. Quotas are not disciminatory, they simply correct existing discrimination. Is there existing discrimination? Well yes, if you a) believe that there are as many competent potential female board members as their male counterparts and b) take stock of the current imbalance in numbers.
1. Quotas discriminate against the individual men who happen to be running against a woman for a seat.
2. If women are employed through quotas, they will be seen as "token", will be less respected and will have less power.
3. Quotas set women against each other, competing for a certain number of "women's seats", which might destroy co-operation and unity.
4. Instating a quota might lend businesses to view them as a ceiling rather than a floor on the number of women, stalling progress on equality in the long run.
So there they are. Have I missed any? Please leave a comment….
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Amazon Alexa is set to be the next driving force to help fight crime across the UK as police forces put the Echo device on trial.
Lancashire Police will be the first UK police force to use Amazon Echo to fight against crime, revealing that its plans include allowing victims to use the device to report incidents without having the need to call the police. In doing so, the police force aims to reduce pressure across call centres and police forces.
The initiative also aims to give the public the ability to receive daily crime updates through the device by asking Alexa about the information, by simply calling 'Alexa' and asking for the information they would like. Additionally, the device can be used distribute missing people information and numbers of police officers on patrol in an area.
The Lancashire Police force is expected to use the device to tell people about incidents in the area, as well as reporting incidents themselves. Additionally, the smart speaker is expected to offer use internally within the force by reporting real-time crime logs and internal briefings.
Although the technology could be an easy stepping stone to connect the police force with residents much more easily, the technology does come with some potential legal issues. For example, the storage of voice recording data is held at Amazon's US data centres, meaning that a huge amount of sensitive data is being held in a singular place outside of the UK.
– How else is the police using technology?
In the last year, a number of companies including Ocado now use the voice assistant to better their services as well as a vast amount of smart devices integrating Alexa to better services including TVs, speakers and cars.
Amazon already announced at its re:invent conference Alexa will be used for business and the UK Police force taking on this technology is just another expansion of this and what the future holds for forces.


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Aesculap Implant Systems said that the full launch of the system is planned for the second quarter of 2010, at which time the system will be released to surgeons throughout the US.
It is estimated that over 450,000 thoracolumbar fusions are performed in the US annually to treat spinal disorders. The surgeons rely on an open approach to decompress the site and utilize spinal instrumentation like S4 Element to stabilize until spinal fusion occurs.
Some of S4 Element's features include an Ultra Low Profile screw head for minimal impingement of anatomical structures and new placement instruments, like the speed multiplier handle, which facilitates tapping and screw placement at a 3.5 times faster rate without altering bone screw thread properties.
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Delia Cugat (born 1935) is an Argentinian artist who has lived and worked in Paris for most of her professional career, with her partner Sergio Camoreale, also a well-known Argentinian artist). Cugat is one of the founding members of the graphic art group Grabas. Cugat's work encompasses the solitary everyday world of Edward Hopper, the pictorial reflection of Balthus, and the Cubist idea of composition of Jacques Villon. She has her own world of meanings and has established herself as belonging to that of the Latin American greats.

Early life, education, and career
Cugat was born in Argentina in 1935. Since the end of the 1950s, Cugat has been pursuing a means of self-expression. She began when she was very young, studying at the School of Fine Arts in Buenos Aires. In 1958, she entered the world of the theater, where she made sets, design costumes, and ventured into directing plays and ballets. A trip to Europe a few years later led her to continue her studies at the School of Fine Arts. While there, she apprenticed under and learned a great deal from renowned Argentine artist, Horatio Butler. Later, for two years, she worked in the Studios of the Museum of Modern Art in Rio de Janeiro. In the 1970s she returned to Buenos Aires and with three other artists, Pablo Obelar, Daniel Zelaya and Sergio Camporeale, founded the Grabas Group. As a graphic arts group, the Grabas group had full access to a printmaking workshop in Buenos Aires, which allowed them to explore a broad range of printmaking media, including etching, lithography, and silkscreen. The Grabas group was active in printmaking presentations at universities and workshops throughout South America, with a particular focus on Argentina, Colombia, and Venezuela.  Eventually, the group moved to Paris to seek fame and fortune.

As a member of the Grabas Group, which revolutionized the concept of graphic work, Cugat is considered one of the pioneering artists of Latin America. In her painting, from 1990, Turbulences Argentinean School, Delia Expresses the turbulence felt while studying at art school. Here she has painted, using quick painterly brush strokes, a swirling dreamscape with an image of a girl dressed in her night gown, in the act of running through her dream, but somehow unable to escape from the wheel.  The essence of her art lies in the structure of composition with its patient brushstrokes, which seek out a sensitive world of modeled tones and structured masses.  The action appears invented, fictitious, created merely to give an existence to the image, in a kind of sentimental projection on a specially structured landscape. It is on the basis of this fictitious fabric, the confluence of surfaces, directions, and characters that Cugat manages to liberate the plastic elements of her art.

Work
Cugat's body of work has transitioned significantly from her early years in Argentina till now. Very early on, she used mixed graphic media as a way to express her memories or the feelings associated with them. Her work at this time was structured with very few elements as not to distract from the overall message. A good example of this, stylistic simplicity, is her piece entitled Las Moradas from 1973.

In the early 1980s, after moving to Paris France, Cugat began to work primarily in oil. The works created around this period were muted in tone, mostly shades of tan and gray, and depicted quiet reflective scenes. One such work, Desde el Mirador, from 1980, depicts a man in the background, back to the viewer, looking out, as the title suggests, at a sort of picturesque viewing area. The scene is dominated by architectural features that separate the viewer from the figure.  The painting has a sense of melancholy that will come to define Cugat's work in years to come.

In the late 1980s and early 1990s, her work began to incorporate bold and vibrant color schemes. She would continue to utilize vibrant color for the rest of her career. In addition, she began to fracture her paintings in a cubistic fashion and began to make use of looser brushwork. A good example of these new found techniques is a work from 1991 entitled L'adiau. In this piece Cugat depicts a memory of travel and combines it with a feeling of separation. Two figures dominate this scene, they seem to be say goodbye to one another but are far removed from each other, effectively highlighting both the sadness of separation and the feeling of ambiguity.

Acclaim

Personal influence
The following is a direct quote from Cugat concerning her personal perspective and the relative influences in and on her work:

Selected exhibitions

Solo
 1995 Habitante Gallery, Panama, Panama
 1994 The Americas Collection, Coral Gables, Florida, U.S.A.
 1993 Habitante Gallery, Panama, Panama
 1992 Cultural Salon of Avianca, Bogota, Colombia
 1991 Francony Gallery, Paris, France
 1988 Arte Autopista Gallery, Medellin, Colombia
 1986 Ruta Correa Gallery, Freiburg, Germany
 1985 Dana Ravel Gallery, Austin, Texas, U.S.A
 1984 Mary Ann Martin Fine Art, New York, New York, U.S.A
 Del Reino Gallery, Buenos Aires, Argentina
 1983 Galería Garcés Velásquez, Bogota, Colombia
 1981 Gisele Linder Gallery, Basel, Switzerland
 1979 Giannini Gallery, La coruña, Spain
 Gallery Kandinsky, Madrid, Spain
 1977 Krief-Raymond, Paris, France
 Gian Ferrari, Milan, Italy

Group
 1995 Espacio Gallery, San Salvador, El Salvador
 1994 4th Art Biennial, Cuenca, Ecuador
 1991 Francony Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
 1990 Francony Gallery, Paris, France
 1988 Ruta Corre Gallery, Freiburg, Germany
 1985 Kornfeld Gallery, Berna, Switzerland
 Del Estoril Art Gallery, Lisboa, Portugal
 Galerie Artcurial, Paris, France

Museum exhibitions and collections
 Nacional Museum, Bogota, Colombia
 La Tertulia Museum, Cali, Colombia
 Monterrey Museum, Monterrey, Mexico; Art Museum of the Americas, Washington D.C.
 National Museum of Fine Arts, Buenos Aires, Argentina
 Contemporary Art Museum, Pereira, Colombia
 Contemporary Art Museum, Caracas, Venezuela
 Collection Barbara Duncan, University of Texas, Austin, U.S.A.

References

External links
 https://www.annexgalleries.com/artists/biography/483/Cugat/Delia

1935 births
Living people
Argentine artists
Argentine contemporary artists

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CPP Marks 68th Founding Anniversary
The ruling Cambodian People's Party (CPP) held a meeting to mark its 68th founding anniversary under the presidency of its President Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun Sen and its Honorary President Samdech Akka Moha Ponhea Chakrei Heng Samrin.
Around 30,000 party members and supporters attended the celebration taking place at Koh Pich Convention and Exhibition Centre in Phnom Penh this morning.
Speaking on the occasion, Samdech Techo Hun Sen highlighted the country's past achievements under the CPP's leadership and expressed the party's firm determination to defend independence, sovereignty, and territorial integrity and to oppose foreign interference in the Cambodian internal affairs, because, he explained, such interference was the major cause for the country's disaster.
[] Cambodia is under no foreign rules. We give no chance to foreign interference in our internal affairs. We bow to no pressures or threats. We already went through unjust sanction from countries. That we do not bow our heads is the honour of our nation, he underlined.
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Consular Processing NonImmigrant Visa
Frequently Asked Questions & Answers
1. Consular Processing NonImmigrant Overview
1. What is Consular Processing of nonimmigrant visa?
Consular Processing of nonimmigrant visa is the process by which you apply for a nonimmigrant visa at a U.S. consulate overseas if you are outside the U.S.
2. What are the documents required for Consular Processing of nonimmigrant visa?
You will require the following documents to apply for a nonimmigrant visa:
A completed Form DS-156, Nonimmigrant Visa Application form
Two recent (taken within the last six months) black and white or color photographs of size 50mm x 50mm
A passport endorsed for travel abroad and valid for return to your country of residence or re-entry into another country. Business travelers, tourists, and other short-term visitors must have a passport valid for at least six months after the intended date of departure from the U.S.
Evidence establishing social, economic, and other ties that would compel your departure from the U.S. after a temporary and lawful stay
Visa application fee
3. Do I need a consulate interview if I have traveled to the U.S. before?
No, a visa application drop-off system is available for repeat travelers to the U.S. You also have the option of scheduling a regular visa interview at the Consular Section, if you do not wish to participate in this program.
4. What are the requirements if I have to apply for Consular Processing of nonimmigrant visa through the drop-box system?
The requirements for the drop-box system are that you:
Hold a previous U.S. visa in your private or public affairs passport
Are applying for the same class of U.S. visa
Have not been refused a U.S. visa since you last traveled to the U.S.
Traveled to the U.S. within the last five years on a private passport or within the last two years on a public affairs passport
Did not exceed time limit authorized by the U.S. immigration officer for the stay in the U.S.
5. What is Section 221(g) of the Immigration and Nationality Act?
Section 221(g) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (the Act) of 1952, as amended, prohibits the issuance of a visa to anyone whose application does not comply with the provisions of the Act and State Department regulations. In practice, it means that sometimes nonimmigrant visa seekers do not provide complete information or documentation necessary for a nonimmigrant visa issuance, or the Consular officer has to apply certain administrative procedures to a nonimmigrant visa application.
6. What should I do if my nonimmigrant visa application has been refused under Section 221(g) of the Immigration and Nationality Act?
Any visa applicant refused under Section 221(g) for administrative procedures will be contacted by the Consular Section as soon as the process is complete in order to continue the visa interview. Requests for 221(g) appointments take a shorter amount of time to process, but requests should be made several days in advance to ensure that the desired date of application can be given.
7. What is Section 214(b) of the Immigration and Nationality Act?
Section 214(b) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) states that 'every alien shall be presumed to be an immigrant until he establishes to the satisfaction of the consular officer, at the time of application for admission, that he is entitled to a nonimmigrant status'.
8. Is a denial under Section 214(b) of the Immigration and Nationality Act permanent?
No, if you have new information which was not presented to the interviewing officer at the time of your first application or if your overall circumstances have changed significantly since your last application and you can now better establish convincing ties outside of the U.S., you may reapply.
9. How long do I have to wait before I reapply for Consular Processing of nonimmigrant visa?
There is no time restriction on reapplying for a nonimmigrant visa after a denial. If you have additional information or supporting documentation to present which is substantially different from your initial application you are encouraged to reapply.
Note: If your circumstances are unchanged and you will present only evidence which has already been reviewed recently by an officer, your chances of gaining approval on a second or third application are much lower. In such cases, it is probably better to wait until your personal circumstances have changed significantly before reapplying.
10. What constitutes 'strong ties' for the purpose of a nonimmigrant visa?
The meaning of 'strong ties' differs from country to country, city to city and individual to individual. Some examples of ties can be a job, a house, a family, a bank account. 'Ties' are the various aspects of your life that bind you to your country of residence like your possessions, employment, social and family relationships.
11. Is it true that it is better to say that I am going for business than for tourism or to see relatives during a nonimmigrant visa interview?
No, you should always tell the truth during a visa interview. If your ties to your residence abroad are adequate to overcome the presumption of immigrant intent, a tourist visa will be issued. Problems arise if you mislead the interviewing officer as to your intent in visiting the U.S. Once a misrepresentation is made, it is difficult to believe other information you have supplied.
12. How long can I stay in the U.S. once I have an approved nonimmigrant visa?
The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) at the port of entry will determine how long you may remain in the U.S. In the past, the USCIS granted a minimum stay of six months in the U.S. Recent changes though now instruct the USCIS to grant a maximum stay of thirty days in the U.S. However, you may be granted a stay of longer than thirty days if you can justify reasons for a longer stay when you enter the U.S.
13. Why does the U.S. have such strict immigration laws?
The U.S. is an open society. Unlike many other countries, the U.S. does not impose internal controls on visitors, such as registration with local authorities. In order to enjoy the privilege of unencumbered travel in the U.S., you have a responsibility to prove you are going to return to your home country before a visitor or student visa is issued. U.S. immigration law requires consular officers to view every visa applicant as an intending immigrant until you prove otherwise.
14. Can the Consular officer be influenced to reverse a decision?
No, immigration law delegates the responsibility for issuance or refusal of visas to consular officers overseas. They have the final say on all visa cases. By regulation the U.S. Department of State has authority to review consular decisions, but this authority is limited to the interpretation of law, as contrasted to determinations of facts. The question at issue in such denials, whether you possess the required residence abroad, is a factual one. Therefore, it falls exclusively within the authority of consular officers at U.S. Foreign Service posts to resolve. You can influence the post to change a prior visa denial only through the presentation of new convincing evidence of strong ties.


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On Thursday, December 19, 1991, a U.S. federal trademark registration was filed for PARADOX. The USPTO has given the PARADOX trademark serial number of 74231884. The current federal status of this trademark filing is CONTINUED USE NOT FILED WITHIN GRACE PERIOD, UN-REVIVABLE. The correspondent listed for PARADOX is Donald R. Bahr of ********,********, ***** **** . The PARADOX trademark is filed in the category of Toys and Sporting Goods Products . The description provided to the USPTO for PARADOX is tennis racquets.
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A federal judge issued a preliminary injunction on Friday, partially blocking US President Donald Trump's plan to fund a border wall with Mexico using money from the War Department.
California US District Court Judge Haywood Gilliam, who was appointed by former President Obama, issued the order, which does not fully halt construction, but would limit additional border fencing to specific areas. It would also block the transfer of about $1 billion in Pentagon funds from various projects to pay for the construction of a wall.
Trump made an emergency declaration earlier this year to circumvent Congress and reallocate funding from the War Department to begin work on the wall.
The judge halted the Trump administration "from taking any action to construct a border barrier" using the reallocated War Department funds in parts of Arizona and Texas identified as Yuma Sector Project 1 and El Paso Sector Project 1.
Gillam argued "irreparable harm" would result if the administration were allowed to proceed while the case is pending.
"Because the Court has found that Plaintiffs are likely to show that Defendants' actions exceeded their statutory authority, and that irreparable harm will result from those actions, a preliminary injunction must issue pending a resolution of the merits of the case," he said in court.
Gillam cited the separation of powers between the Legislative and Executive branches outlined in the Constitution, and particularly Congress's power of the purse, in making that determination.
"The position that when Congress declines the Executive's request to appropriate funds, the Executive nonetheless may simply find a way to spend those funds 'without Congress' does not square with fundamental separation of powers principles dating back to the earliest days of our Republic," he wrote.
The American Civil Liberties Union, which had asked the judge for the injunction in February on behalf of the Sierra Club and The Southern Border Communities Coalition, celebrated its legal victory Friday.
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250 ml measuring cylinder, a weighing balance etc.
(i) First of all take 500gm (W1) of the aggregate.
(ii) Put the specimen in an oven in a horizontal tray at a very temperature of 100°C-110° C for approximately 24 ± 0.5 hours .
(iii) Now leave the sand for cooling in an air tight vessel and measure its weight(W2).
(v) Add 2% (by weight) of water and blend them thoroughly.
(vi) Spread the sand specimen into a 250 ml measuring cylindrical vesseal and combine it by the process of shaking.
(vii) Even out the surface and read the volume in ml (Yi).
(viii) Shift the total quantity of sand and continue the test by adding 2% water every time and mark down the parallel volume of sand (Y2,Y3…..) unless the dump sand volume starts to decrease.
(ix) After the completion of this step, add approximately 4% more water every time until the specimen becomes fully saturated.
(x) To the standard sample in the measuring cylinder, Augment approximately 50 ml water ore to the average specimen in the measuring cylinder and thoroughly stir the specimen properly.
(xi) Mark and keep a note of the surface level of inundated sand (Y ml).
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McCausland is a name synonymous with taxis in Belfast, but now one member of the famous Value Cabs family has found success with a hobby not traditionally associated with dialling 90 80 90 80.
Paul McCausland has been the sales and marketing manager for Value Cabs for the past eight years, but in the past three months he's carved out a reputation for himself as one of Belfast's top food bloggers.
He explained how swankfood.com came about: "It was something I have been considering for a couple of months as the majority of the meals I cook I post on Instagram which were very well received," said Paul.
"Most of the time when I'm invited to dinner parties I was usually commandeered to take over cooking duties, something I was more than happy to do! With my passion for cooking and using my marketing experience I am keen to try and develop swankfood into a brand that people recognise and visit for recipes ideas or just some inspiration.
Of his future prospects Paul said: "I suppose doing something that you are passionate about is every person's dream but working in a professional kitchen never really appealed to me. I immensely enjoy the creative side of cooking and describing the cooking process in such a way that anyone with little or no experience can get satisfaction from cooking a meal from scratch and showing off to their friends.
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Be warned, this is not a dish for people with a weak disposition for chilli.
First make the coating for the chicken by adding the flour, smoked paprika, Chinese 5 spice, hot chilli powder and 1 teaspoon of the chilli flakes to a bowl and mix well. It is important not to add any salt to the coating as it will draw the moisture from the chicken which will prevent it from turning crisp.
Once mixed add the chicken and coat with the spices and flour. Set aside and preheat an oven to 200c along with an oven proof dish. While the oven is coming up to temp make the lime and garlic mayo by simply placing all the ingrediens into a bowl and combining.
When the oven has reached 200c remove the dish and add the butter and olive oil and place back in the oven for 3 minutes. This stage is critical as you need to ensure you are adding the chicken to hot oil/butter or the coating will absorb the fat and become soggy. Set the timer to 10 mins.
After 10 remove the chicken, turn and put back in the oven. At this stage you want to crank the heat up to 220c so the chicken crisps. If you were to set the oven to this temp from the beginning the butter would burn and the chicken would come out black. Cook for a further 10 minutes, remove and place on kitchen roll to absorb the excess oil.
Plate the chicken and garnish with the jalapeños, chilli flakes, Spring onion, sesame seeds and a pinch of salt. I also drizzled with the slightest amount of sesame oil to add another dimension to the dish. Finish by adding the lime/garlic mayo either on the side or drizzled on top. Serve with what ever you desire!


European Private Equity Activity Increases in Q218 | AllAboutAlpha: Alternative Investing Trends and Analysis | A finance blog about private equity, commodities, and other alternative asset classes.
Pitchbook has a new report out about private equity activity in Europe. It indicates that, despite a slow start to the year, PE deal activity picked up notably in the second quarter. Across the continent there were 804 deals 2Q with a total valuation of €88.5 billion.
Deals above the €1 billion threshold? There were only seven such deals in the first quarter; there were 13 in the second. One of these large deals was a €4.6 billion investment for a 57.8% stake in AccorInvest. That implies a valuation of AccorInvest at €8.0 billion, and makes this the largest buyout in the business-to-consumer space since 2013.
The median deal value plateaued in recent years. There were also 219 exits in 2Q .More than half (51%) of these exits were secondary buyouts (SBOs). The IPO market remains lukewarm in Europe. Only 17 companies went public 2Q.
Taken as a whole, the first half of 2018 puts the European PE market on pace for another solid year, the analysis says, akin to 2015 and 2017, which in terms of total deal value were the two best years for the PE market since the global financial crisis.
Chopping the numbers by geography: the U.K. and Ireland's proportion of deal flow has shrunk, while that of France and Benelux has grown. Just after the Brexit vote in 2016, there was a consensus "business as usual" view in the U.K. But two years in, with as the report puts it "the exit date quickly approaching and high-level government officials stepping down due to a lack of cohesive vision," that consensus has not held. But the region on the western side of the channel still has a lot going for it, including "deep capital markets and a talent pool," so it is not to be counted out in the second half.
The France and Benelux region has reached 29% of Europe's PE deal flow, its highest percentage since 2010. Accordingly, the report includes a "spotlight" section of the France & Benelux region. This particular region saw three deals with a valuation of above €2.5 billion close in the first half. Median deal size for this region has witnessed a significant uptick over 2017 because of the closing of mega-deals.
The Pitchbook analysis, looking at exits, observes that throughout the first half of this year, SBOs in Europe were larger than the number of corporate acquisitions. The reverse is the case in the United States.
At the top end, the European PE industry scored 12 SBOs over €1 billion in the first half, putting it on pace, even if the back-end of the year turns out slow, to do better than the 17 such deals in all of last year (or the eight in 2016).
The U.K. and Ireland region has seen a slowdown in funding vis-a-vis last year, though here too Pitchbook is optimistic that the numbers "may creep up" in the second half.
Fundraising in the Nordic region has been especially robust. EQT, for example, a Sweden-based PE concern that does a lot of infrastructure investing, recently held a final close on its EQT VIII buyout fund. Likewise, Nordic Capital held the final close on its Nordic Capital Fund IX.
The report also finds that size matters for fundraising. The funds with more than €500 million account for a growing proportion of the capital raised. That proportion has increased every year since 2014.


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'THE PURGE: ELECTION YEAR' (2016) Movie Review – Welcome to our Future
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'The Purge: Election Year' is the third instalment in the Purge franchise that up until this point has been very inventive and surprisingly enjoyable. The first film was a much more isolated film taking place in a single house and had a very horror/thriller vibe to it. 'Anarchy' then took the franchise to the streets introducing Frank Grillo and turning the franchise into more of an action/thriller with some horror elements. Now 'Election Year' follows the same trend of exploring Grillo's character out in the streets, and although it offers a look into some unseen aspects of the purge there isn't a whole lot new here from ints predecessor. In the film Senator Charlie Roan (Elizabeth Mitchell) is determined to put an end to the annual holiday that legalises murder, and as expected this doesn't go down well with her opponents and she becomes a target, leaving Leo Barnes (Frank Grillo) tasked with her protection. As the film explores the streets you see a lot of violence, there are some suspenseful moments, and jolts of action injected here and there some of which is pretty damn cheesy. But despite everything this film brings to the table, nothing makes it seem like something that needed to happen.
The plot in this film was definitely not one of the strong points. It plays out pretty much how you would expect it to play out and it's one of those films where you don't quite know what is going to happen in the long run, but you manage to figure it out a minute or two before it happens, leaving very little room for surprises in the film. The film stays fairly focused on one main point for most of its length but later on in the film as more characters get involved you start moving around a lot more and there are a few minor things going on that shift the focus around a little too much. It wasn't confusing, it was just that it got very busy as the film went on making it difficult to keep focus on the main issue at hand. What i do respect the filmmakers for is that they didn't make the characters in the film very stupid making dumb decisions. It is a common thing in many of these films where characters in the film will 'break character' and do something stupid so the film then has room to move on quickly or do something shocking. It adds to the realism of the characters and the situation they are in…. the small things do add up.
The characters overall were quite likeable, and the performances behind the characters were all fine. They do focus somewhat on a few character relationships and it goes into some of the characters quite a bit in order to add another layer to the storytelling. Some of that stuff was quite interesting whilst some of it you just felt was in the film to extend that run-time. Frank Grillo, Elizabeth Mitchell and Mykelti Williamson were the standout characters and made a lot of the scenes more interesting than they probably should have been. But the film does this weird thing where it straddles the line between being very serious and also very cheesy, and it constantly goes back and forth between the two in a way that didn't quite work. The second film did some of that but not to the level that this film tries to explore it. It was odd at times because it sometimes felt like we had serious characters in a not so serious world and sometimes it was the opposite.. that did hold the film back.
So in the end i guess it is safe to say that if you did not enjoy The Purge: Anarchy you will definitely not get much out of this film. But if you are looking for an average action thriller starring Frank Grillo set in the world of The Purge then this will give you that. I think this is most definitely the end of the Purge franchise as i feel that there really is nowhere to go from here… It has been a fun ride.
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Q: Set variables from $.post before anything else is executed I have to load some arrays of data from a DB and i was doing it like this:
var priorities, users;

$.post("http://"+ document.domain + "/priority",
                function(dat){
                priorities = dat;
});

$.post("http://"+ document.domain + "/users",
                function(dat){
                users= dat;
});

Then i want to use this variables inside a plugin and I realized the plugin gets fired before this variables are set even the this code is at the start of the JS file.
Is there any better way to load an array of data from a DB?
In case there is not, how can I do to set this variables before any other code gets executed?
Thanks.

A: $.post("http://"+ document.domain + "/priority",
      function(priorities){
            $.post("http://"+ document.domain + "/users",
                function(users){
                DoSomething(priorities, users);
            });
       });

function DoSomething(priorities, users){
// User Priorities and Users here
}

Other option is to call ajax synchronously, but I don't suggest that :)
EDIT:
var priorities, users;

function getPriority(){
    $.post("http://"+ document.domain + "/priority",
            function(dat){
            priorities = dat;
    });
}

function getUsers(){
    $.post("http://"+ document.domain + "/users",
            function(dat){
            users= dat;
    });
}

var dfd = $.Deferred();
dfd
.done([getPriority, getUsers])
.done(function() {
     //here you will have priorities and users
});

dfd.resolve();

A: You would want to use a control flow library, I personally enjoy using async https://github.com/caolan/async which works both in the browser and on the server side.
Using Async
 async.waterfall([
    function(callback){
        $.post("http://"+ document.domain + "/priority", function(dat){
            callback(null, dat);
        });
    },
    function(priorities, callback){
        $.post("http://"+ document.domain + "/users", function(dat){
            callback(null, priorities, dat);
        });
    }
], function (err, priorities, users) {
    //work with users & priorities
});

Using Callbacks
$.post("http://"+ document.domain + "/priority", function(priorities){
    $.post("http://"+ document.domain + "/users", function(users){
          //work with users & priorities
    });
});

The reason your running into the problem is because ajax operations are executed async, in that the code does not wait for the operation to be completed but instead fires the callback.

A: Sounds like you want jQuery deferred objects.
var priorities, users;
$.when(
  $.post("foo", function(data) { priorities = data; } ),
  $.post("bar", function(data) { users = data; } )
).done(function() {
  someFunction(priorities, users); // Call your function. Values are set!
})

This will only call someFunction when all the post() functions have been resolved. You can then store the data received in the post() function in a higher scope, and access them inside someFunction().

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The Dallas Stars go on the road to take the ice with the Vancouver Canucks in Saturday NHL action.
The Dallas Stars have won three in a row after a 3-2 SO win at Edmonton on Thursday. Leon Draisaitl scored in the first for Edmonton and Connor McDavid tallied in the second for a 2-0 lead. McDavid and Draisaitl also assisted while Ryan Nugent-Hopkins scored in the shootout. Mikko Koskinen made 22 saves in falling to 24-18-6 overall.
Alexander Radulov lit the lamp in the second for Dallas and Miro Heiskanen scored in the third with Roope Hintz posting a pair of helpers. Tyler Seguin and Jamie Benn scored in the shootout and Anton Khudobin picked up the win for the Stars with 40 saves.
The Vancouver Canucks snapped a three game skid with a 3-2 SO victory against visiting Los Angeles on Thursday. Austin Wagner gave the Kings a 1-0 lead in the first with Adrian Kempe scoring in the third period. Los Angeles failed to score in the shootout and the 36 save performance of Jonathan Quick went for naught.
Alexander Edler and Brock Boeser each scored in the second period for the Canucks. Tanner Pearson netted the only goal of the shootout for Vancouver to make the 37 saves of Thatcher Demko a winner.
Stars are 7-0 in their last 7 road games and Stars are 5-1 in their last 6 games as a road favorite and Stars are 9-3 in their last 12 vs. a team with a losing record.
Canucks are 5-11 in their last 16 when their opponent allows 2 goals or less in their previous game and Canucks are 3-7 in their last 10 vs. Western Conference and Canucks are 3-9 in their last 12 games as an underdog.
Stars are 14-4 in the last 18 meetings and under is 4-1 in the last 5 meetings and Stars are 8-1 in the last 9 meetings in Vancouver.


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Articles, Constitution and Human rights, Directives	 January 8, 2012 October 12, 2014
Basic requirements for the formation of a consortium of Charities and Societies
Following the coming in to force of Charities and Societies Proclamation no. 621-2009, the executive organ has issued regulations and directives for the implementation of the law. The Council of Ministers, which is delegated with a general power of issuing regulations for the successful implementation of the proclamation, issued a regulation (Council of Ministers to provide for the registration and administration of Charities and Societies Regulation number 168/2009) providing for the basic rules of procedures and requirements governing registration and administration of charities and societies. However, the detail (in practical terms, these are the most important rules) are found in the directives issued by the Charities and Societies Agency. So far, the Agency has issued about eight directives (Unfortunately, all of them in the Amharic language only.)
You can download seven of the eight directives from Consortium of Christian Relief and Development Association web site. Click HERE.
Directive No. 2 is not available from the above link. You can down it from HERE.
The first directive of the charities and Societies Agency, (Directive No. of 2002) provides detailed rules of procedure and requirements necessary to form a consortium. The Charities and Societies Proclamation No.621/2009 generally gives recognition to the right of charities and societies to form a consortium to co-ordinate their activities, leaving the particulars to be determined by the Agency. (See Article 15 sub 3 and Article 55 sub 2 of the proclamation)
Similarly, Article 8 of Council of Ministers to provide for the registration and administration of Charities and Societies Regulation number 168/2009, lays down a general rule for the formation and registration of a consortium, which is also contained in the directive in a more detailed and elaborated manner.
The following brief note about the pre-conditions and procedures applicable to the formation of a consortium highly relies on the content of the directive. (Directive No. of 2002)
Who can establish a consortium?
Generally speaking, there are no restrictions on the types of charities and societies eligible to establish a consortium. However, the directive prohibits the establishment of a consortium as between charities and societies, if they are within a different category. Accordingly:
Ethiopian Charities could not form consortium with Ethiopian Residents Charities or Foreign Charities
Ethiopian Societies could not form consortium with Ethiopian Residents Societies
Charities could not form consortium with Societies
The minimum number of members to establish a consortium is two. There is no legal limit as regards the maximum number.
Purpose of a establishing a consortium
Article 5 of the directive lays down the purpose of establishing a consortium, in broad and general terms. Accordingly, consortium may be established by charities and societies with a view to facilitate or co-ordinate their objectives and activities. When one compares the provisions of the proclamation and the regulation in this regard, they don't employ the same language in describing the reason or ground of establishing a consortium. According to the proclamation, charities and societies may establish a consortium 'to co-ordinate their activities.' On the other hand, the regulation states that such a consortium may be established by charities and societies 'in order to achieve their common objectives.' This raises a question as to whether charities and societies not sharing any common objectives could be established simply to coordinate their activities.
In order to avoid any confusion in this regard, sub-article 2 of article 5 of the directives, lists down some of the acceptable grounds for establishing a consortium. Hence charities and societies mat establish a consortium to:
Achieve their common objectives
Share experiences, information and ideas
Build capacity of members
Developing ethical and professional capacity of members
Tackle problems encountered by members, creating conducive environment, conduct consultation with relevant stakeholders
Pre-conditions for establishing consortium
The following requirements should be cumulatively fulfilled to establish a consortium
Rules of the consortium signed by member constituting the consortium.
Minute of members which contains their joint decision to establish consortium.
Renewed license of each member issued by the agency or a regional agency authorized by law to issue license
Minute of each member which contains a decision by its higher body to establish the consortium or a member of the consortium.
The content of Rules of a consortium
According to article 2(11) of the proclamation rules shall include the objects for which a Charity or Society is formed, or which it may pursue, or for which its funds may be applied; the qualifications for membership and for the holding of any office; the method of appointment or election to any office; the rules by which the Charity or Society is to be governed; and the method and manner by and in which any of the above matters may be amended.
Rules of a consortium should in the first place, contain the particulars listed down in article 6 of the registration and administration of charities and societies regulation no. 168/2009. Accordingly the rules of a consortium should contain the following particulars.
Name, address and objectives of the consortium
Organizational structure of the consortium
Budget year
The utilization and administration of the financial resources of the consortium
Procedure through which officers of the consortium are elected or employed including their powers, functions and terms of office.
The conditions on which membership or tenure of officers of the consortium cease
Meeting and decision making procedure of the governing body and executive organs of the consortium
Procedure through which the rules of the consortium are amended
Sources of income of the charity
Logo or symbol, if any
Procedure to be applied in case of dissolution
The regulation authorizes the agency to prescribe additional particulars to be included in the rules of charities and societies. Similarly, such authorization also extends to the contents of the rules of a consortium.
Article 7 of the directive lists down additional particulars to be included by a consortium in addition to those required by regulation no. 168/2009.
Accordingly, the rule of a consortium shall contain the following particulars:
Procedure for admission of membership
Rights and duties of members
Grounds of termination of membership
Voting and meeting procedure of the general assembly
Election and decision making procedure of the general assembly
Contribution of members
Conditions for dissolution of the consortium
Organizational structure and membership of consortium
Generally speaking, it is up to the members to device their own rules, regulations and procedures governing the internal matters of the consortium. However, the directive lays down some minimum requirements uniformly applicable to all consortiums as regards management and membership.
The management of any consortium should comprise of a general assembly, board of executives and an auditor. This is only a minimum requirement. A consortium could have additional organs, bodies or committee responsible for specific tasks.
The general assembly follows up and supervises the activities of the board of executives. The minimum number of the members of the board of executives is 5 (five) whereas, the general assembly should comprise of members twice the number of the board of executives. It is also possible to have more members on the general assembly. For instance, for a consortium having 8 (eight) members, the equivalent number of members on the general assembly is 16 (sixteen) or more than sixteen. But, it could not be less than sixteen.
All ordinary members of the consortium have equal voting right and representation in the general assembly. In additional to the ordinary members constituting the consortium, associate and honorary members who lack a voting right could also be admitted. The role and contribution of these members should not go beyond the objectives of the respective consortium or the spirit of the charities and societies proclamation.
Establishment and registration
Once a consortium is established by fulfilling the minimum conditions and requirements set by the proclamation and mainly by the directive, it has to be registered within three months by the Charities and Societies Agency. Registration endows the consortium a legal personality which shall be effective from the date of registration. The legal personality of the consortium is distinct from that of the constituting members. For all legal purpose, it shall be considered as having its own independent existence.
Revocation of Registration and Dissolution
Article 92 up to 94 of the charities and Societies proclamation is similarly applicable to a consortium as regards the grounds, procedures and effects of revocation of registration and dissolution. Members of the consortium may provide their own grounds and procedure for dissolution. However, at least 3/4th of the members of the general assembly should be present if a decision for dissolution is to be reached. Any such decision is void if the members present in the meeting are less than 3/4th of the total members of the general assembly. In case of dissolution, the higher authority of the consortium may decide for the partition of property, equally among members or transferring the whole asset and property to a consortium having similar objectives. In both cases, such decision has to be approved first by the Charities and Societies Agency to be effective.
Consortium of Consortiums
The directives allows for two types of associations. The first one is a consortium which is established by two or more individual charities and societies. Sometimes there might be a need to organize at a national level. Consortium of consortiums may become a preferred form of organization for such type wide-scale association. According to article 10 of the directives legally registered consortiums may again establish a consortium of consortiums "if it is proved that there is no other alternative other than establishing a consortium of consortiums." The directive lacks clarity in the conditions that must be met before establishing a consortium of consortiums. It simply referes to the requirements, conditions and procedures of a consortium and makes them applicable mutatis mutandis to consortium of consortiums.
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to rid us of this lord lieutenant who studies by his measures to keep the county of Carmarthen in a blaze—his principles cannot be pleasant to the ministerial party—as he keeps in one Member anti-ministerial [J.G. Philipps for the borough] and wishes to put in the other a rank democrat.
Mansel Philipps, who was criticized for want of property and non-residence, did offer himself as an independent hostile to 'the influence of family connection', but Vaughan dropped him; backed not even by his father and only by John Williams Hughes of Tre-gib, he withdrew before the poll.5 Vaughan transferred his support to a nabob, William Paxton of Middleton Hall, who was supported by the Blues, Philipps of Cwmgwili, Lords Cawdor, Milford and Kensington, and by Sir John Stepney.
Sir William Mansel had been reluctant to see Seymour preferred to him and subsequently attempted to attract Dynevor's favourable attention by a campaign against the Blues who espoused (Sir) Francis Burdett* cause at Carmarthen borough in 1810. His opportunity seemed to have arrived, for he had reason to believe that Lord Robert would not stand again: in October 1811 Seymour announced that he would contest Totnes at the next election, as on the death of Sir John Stepney he did not expect the support of his heirs. He was subsequently reassured on this point and announced his wish to retain his seat, 13 Aug. 1812. Mansel had advertised, but lacked funds and did not seek to dispute the point, announcing merely that he would stand if Seymour did not.9 Seymour was not challenged by the Blues in 1812 or 1818; he married his evangelical daughters to them. Hamlyn Williams thought in 1812 of coming forward at the next opening, but did not do so. He regretted it in 1820, when Lord Robert Seymour retired in favour of Dynevor's heir without warning him, as if he were 'hors de jeu or hors de combat'.10 Even then the Blues were not disposed to challenge: the fact was that their effective leader since 1804, Lord Cawdor, was concerned chiefly to maintain his interest in Carmarthen borough, which he now safeguarded by securing the withdrawal of John Jones's candidature there in exchange for his support of young Rice for the county.
1. G. Roberts, Hist. Carm. ed. Lloyd, ii. 1-87; R. D. Rees, 'Parl. Rep. S. Wales 1790-1830' (Reading Univ. Ph.D. thesis, 1962), i. 162.
2. Add. 38458, f. 161; Carm. RO, Cwmgwili mss 276, 277, 281, 285, 312A; NLW mss 12169, ff. 1, 14.
3. Cwmgwili mss 360, 364, 439.
4. NLW mss 12169, f. 7; The Times, 4 Dec. 1801, 25 Jan.; Carm. RO, Dynevor mss 161/2, Worcester to Dynevor, 17, 26 Jan., 4 Feb. 1802; Cwmgwili mss 509.
5. Dynevor mss 154/9; The Times, 29 Mar. 1802; Old Wales, iii. 38; NLW mss 12169, f. 15.
6. The Times, 16, 20 July, 4, 6, 10 Aug. 1802; Rep. R. Land Comm. Wales (1896), 161; NLW, Edwinsford mss 2981, 2987, 2996; Carm. RO, 1 Cawdor 42, election bills and poll bks.; 2 Cawdor 114, Lewis to Messrs Shadwell and Bishop, 14 Apr. 1803; CJ, lviii. 327; Cwmgwili mss 524; NLW mss 12169, f. 20.
7. Edwinsford mss 2986; 1 Cawdor 131, Rev. Beynon to Cawdor, 30 Oct., 1, 2, 7, 8 Nov.; PCC 793 Marriott; PRO 30/8/155, f. 246; Cambrian, 22, 29 Mar., 8, 22 Nov.; NLW mss 12169, f. 21.
8. Cambrian, 2, 23 May 1807; R. Fenton, Tour, 24; NLW mss 12169, ff. 10, 12, 13, 22, 24, 26, 28; 1 Cawdor 131, Rev. Beynon to Cawdor, 7, 14 May; 130, Foley to same, Thurs., 21 May 1807; Cwmgwili mss 587; J. Wilson, Biog. Index (1808), 127; Bristol Jnl. 20 June 1807.
9. Cambrian, 6 Jan., 21, 28 Apr. 1810, 19 Oct. 1811, 22 Aug.; Add. 45042, f. 140; 1 Cawdor 133, Hughes of Tre-gib to Cawdor, 18 July 1812.
10. 1 Cawdor 133, Williams to Cawdor, 1 Mar. 1818; Dynevor mss 161/5, Hamlyn Williams to Dynevor, 17 Feb. 1820.


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H.R. 1002 (115th): National Heritage Area Act of 2017
To authorize a National Heritage Area Program, and for other purposes.
The bill's titles are written by its sponsor.
Charles Dent
Sponsor. Representative for Pennsylvania's 15th congressional district. Republican.
This bill was introduced on February 13, 2017, in a previous session of Congress, but it did not receive a vote.
"Tonko Releases 2017 Legislative Scorecard"
— Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY20] (Co-sponsor) on Dec 22, 2017
Earlier Version — Introduced
This activity took place on a related bill, H.R. 445 (113th).
GovTrack.us. (2021). H.R. 1002 — 115th Congress: National Heritage Area Act of 2017. Retrieved from https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/115/hr1002
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