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Kevin Weisman (* 29. Dezember 1970 in Los Angeles, Kalifornien) ist ein US-amerikanischer Schauspieler.

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Schon als Jugendlicher zeigte Weisman Interesse am Schauspielen und wirkte an mehreren Schultheateraufführungen mit. Früh zeigte sich auch seine Begeisterung für die Musik, die er mit seinem Schlagzeug ausdrückte. Er machte dann den Abschluss als Bachelor of Arts in Theaterkünsten bei der University of California, Los Angeles.

1991 gründete er zusammen mit einigen anderen Studenten Buffalo Nights Theatre Company, welche schnell berühmt wurde und auch noch heute einige Shows produziert.

Seine erste Rolle in einer Fernsehserie hatte er 1995 in Frasier. In den folgenden Jahren hatte  er viele Gastrollen in diversen Serien wie zum Beispiel JAG – Im Auftrag der Ehre (1999), Akte X – Die unheimlichen Fälle des FBI (2000), Buffy – Im Bann der Dämonen (2000–2001) und Charmed – Zauberhafte Hexen (2001).
Als er 2000 in der Serie Felicity eine Gastrolle hatte, traf er J. J. Abrams, der gerade eine neue Serie namens Alias – Die Agentin konzipierte. Die Rolle des Marshall J. Flinkman, der übrigens als 40-jähriger Übergewichtiger mit Pferdeschwanz geplant war, war von nun an seine. 2016 übernahm er die Rolle des Raketenwissenschaftlers Ned Berring in der Amazon-Prime-Serie Goliath.

Die Musik hat er nie aufgegeben: Er spielt seit 2002 in der Band Trainwreck (mit Kyle Gass von Tenacious D) als Schlagzeuger.

Filmografie (Auswahl)
 1995: Frasier (Fernsehserie, Episode 3x05)
 1996: The Rock – Fels der Entscheidung (The Rock)
 1997: The Weird Al Show (Fernsehserie, Episode 1x01)
 1998: Familie Robinson aus Beverly Hills (Beverly Hills Family Robinson)
 1999: JAG – Im Auftrag der Ehre (JAG, Fernsehserie, Episode 4x19)
 2000: Roswell (Fernsehserie, 2 Episoden)
 2000: Pretender (The Pretender, Fernsehserie, Episode 4x17)
 2000: Felicity (Fernsehserie, 2 Episoden)
 2000: Akte X – Die unheimlichen Fälle des FBI (The X-Files, Fernsehserie, Episode 7x21)
 2000–2001: Buffy – Im Bann der Dämonen (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Fernsehserie, 3 Episoden)
 2001: Charmed – Zauberhafte Hexen (Charmed, Fernsehserie, Episode 3x18)
 2001–2006: Alias – Die Agentin (Alias, Fernsehserie, 102 Episoden)
 2004: Illusion (auch Produzent)
 2006: Clerks II
 2007: Chuck (Fernsehserie, Episode 1x08)
 2007: Ghost Whisperer – Stimmen aus dem Jenseits (Ghost Whisperer, Fernsehserie, Episode 2x04)
 2007: Moonlight (Fernsehserie, 4 Episoden)
 2009: Level 26: Dark Origins (Kurzfilm)
 2009: Space Buddies – Mission im Weltraum (Space Buddies)
 2010: Human Target (Fernsehserie, Episode 1x06)
 2010: Verliebt und ausgeflippt (Flipped)
 2010: Fringe – Grenzfälle des FBI, SciFi-Serie, Episode 3x06
 2011: CSI: Den Tätern auf der Spur (CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Fernsehserie, Episode 11x11)
 2013: Hello Ladies (Fernsehserie, 8 Episoden)
 2015: Better Call Saul (Fernsehserie, Episode 1x04)
 2015: The Blacklist (Fernsehserie, 2 Episoden)
 2015–2018: Scorpion (Fernsehserie, 8 Episoden)
 2016: The Trust
 2016: Goliath (Fernsehserie, 5 Episoden)
 2017–2019: Marvel's Runaways (Fernsehserie)

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So you want to put on a Festival?
Before I go any further, I need to reveal my bias. I'm all for events which put children, young people and families at their very centre – events which are creative, interactive and community conscious, where the audience are creative participants and producers, not just passive recipients. These can take a little longer to plan and put on, but in the long run I believe have more benefits – after all it takes an entire community to raise a literate person!
Firstly decide why you are doing the Festival. What do you need/want to get out of it? How are you going to make sure all your hard work, time and effort make an impact? And how are you going to evaluate the process and outcomes, so that you can improve for next time?
This can take weeks, months and even years. Planning involves, for me, a multitude of sticky notes (imagine my joy when coloured ones came out) and a very messy kitchen table for months on end. A really big whiteboard is helpful too. The better your planning, the more likely your Festival will go smoothly. And don't forget to work out how you can evaluate your Festival – will this be built in, or done at the end? How can it be a literacy activity in itself?
Give real thought to this. A strategic partnership can go a long way; by providing you with a whole new audience, giving you access to resources and in general being long lasting and fruitful.
Who can you work with to achieve your goals? Take a look at the community organisations in your area, and read the local newspapers. Think laterally. My Literature Festival has partnered with land care groups, the circus, community gardens, scientists, a historic house, the Farmers Market and chefs amongst others, as well as the more traditionally literature related libraries, book shops and writing organisations.
Make sure roles and expectations are spelt out, agreed and confirmed. A fraught partnership, especially in a small community, can be very damaging.
Programming begins with asking a series of questions. This is why it is helpful to already know your aims.
Who do I want my audience to be?
What do I want them to get out of this?
Should I have a theme?
Consult with your potential audience on what they want to see/do. Ask kids what they have liked in the past and why – better still get together a group of kids to help with the programming. I did this last year, and the kids came up with a Harry Potter performance/installation. Would I have thought of it myself? No! Was it really, really successful? Yes!
How do you ensure maximum participation – for those who come to the Festival, and for the wider community? Can you find students to write blog posts, design posters and write reviews? Talk to everyone you can think of, and ask others to be advocates. Ask advice, and not just from "literary" types. Make sure your local council knows what you are doing. And ask them for guidance too!
There is often no money in a budget for marketing so use social media all you can – if you don't know how to do it, find someone who does. Ask EVERYONE involved in your festival to promote – sending them a short blurb and image so that what gets put out is consistent.
If your event is in a school, you have a captive audience, but think about promoting your event to a wider audience. Having at last one event which is open to the general community not only means you get to showcase your school, it encourages community ownership, and allows you to create a bigger buzz.
1) Get school staff to read out a gripping story (which can be done in installments) over the PA. Or if you aren't a school, what about doing it in your supermarket?
2) Have a Poetry Picnic. Ask the children to bring in their favourite poems and nursery rhymes (and have plenty available for those who don't) then eat lunch outside, taking it in turns to share your poems.
3) Work with your local library on putting on a story/rhyme time session in a park or other non-traditional location.
4) Talk to your local library (or Friends of Library) about having a used book sale.
5) Make Poetry Posters and put them up around your town.
6) Ask local leaders to chose their favourite children's stories and read them aloud.
7) Involve older kids in making a Bear Hunt or Treasure Hunt for younger children.
8) Hide characters in the local shops/park and get children to name the characters and books they come from. This is a good way to involve local businesses that might be more likely to sponsor you! For an example, see the Great Castlemaine Character Caper.
9) Get permission for the children to draw (in chalk) book-related images on the footpath or road.
10) Publish children's stories in the local newspaper, or broadcast on community radio.
A step that can be over-looked after the hopeful elation and possible exhaustion of putting on a Festival, is evaluation. Take note of what worked and what could be improved, as well as things that can be developed for next time. Write down all you've learned. When staff leave, they often go with all this important information in their heads!
Finally, don't forget to say thank you to everyone who was involved. A handwritten note or acknowledgement online goes a very long way, and apart from just being courteous, makes it easier to work with the same people next time.
Lisa D'Onofrio is a literacy/literature advocate and activist who has worked in community arts for a very long time in both the UK and Australia. She is the Director of the Castlemaine Children's Literature Festival, and the Children's Literacy Facilitator for Go Goldfields.


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Last Update: June 18, 2022 at 2:08 pm
DATE: June 17/22
SOURCE: Msn News
Ottawa police say they expect more protests and larger than usual crowds during Canada Day celebrations in the capital this July as groups related to the Freedom Convoy continue to plan protests.
© CBCJames Topp began walking to Ottawa in February, inspired by the Freedom Convoy and disturbed, he says, by government overreach.
In a statement, the Ottawa Police Service (OPS) said it is "working with Canada Day organizers and our policing partners to implement a public safety plan that allows all Canadians and visitors to freely and safely enjoy the capital during this celebration."
Significant road closures and an increased police presence are expected. Police say additional resources from other services are being brought in.
Several groups — most formed out of the Freedom Convoy — are planning protests in Ottawa throughout the summer, including many of the key figures and prominent streamers involved in the ongoing "Freedom Movement."
A cohort that includes many of the groups involved in protests earlier this year, as well as some that have emerged since, is co-ordinating events throughout the summer.
Protests are expected to take place on a mass scale in the city starting June 30 when James Topp, a veteran marching across Canada in protest of the remaining vaccine mandates, plans to end his cross-country journey at the National War Memorial in downtown Ottawa.
Topp began walking to Ottawa in February, inspired by the convoy protests and disturbed, he said, by government overreach affecting people who have chosen not to get vaccinated against COVID-19.
"As it stands right now, I have not been invited back to work as of yet," he said. "This entire march, the purpose of it was to serve as a protest. I felt it was a violation in several different ways."
Topp said there was no talk of dropping vaccine mandates when he started the protest. He intends on meeting with MPs once he arrives in Ottawa.
"I felt compelled to appeal to these Members of Parliament and have a conversation that wasn't had earlier this year with the other protesters that had gone to Ottawa, so this is my protest in my way," he said.
It's not known which MPs have agreed to speak with Topp.
© Michael Charles Cole/CBCThe Rolling Thunder rally took place on the last weekend of April, but paled in comparison to the size of the convoy protests months earlier.
Protest base planned for outside Ottawa
Topp's march is supported by Veterans 4 Freedom, one of the main groups responsible for organizing the Rolling Thunder protests that took place in April.
The group's steering committee includes Tom Marazzo, who also gained prominence during the convoy protests in Ottawa, at times acting as an official spokesperson for protesters. He also ran in the Peterborough-Kawartha riding for the Ontario Party during the recent provincial election.
Andrew MacGillivray, who co-founded Veterans 4 Freedom, says the group has been liaising with Ottawa police about Topp's arrival.
He also noted events will continue into Canada Day. A route of Topp's march into the city is circulating online, and plans for a weekend of camping downtown near Parliament Hill are in the works.
MacGillivray said the group wants to have the "least impact on citizens of Ottawa with their everyday life."
Ottawa police say residents have reached out with questions about the potential for protest around the national celebration on July 1, which won't take place on Parliament Hill this year.
"We will not allow for conditions that led to the unlawful protests in February to reoccur. We are applying lessons learned from the unlawful protest as well as the Rolling Thunder and associated protests to build our plan," the statement said.
"We will continue an approach that prohibits vehicle-based protests in areas in and around places of national significance."
MacGillivray said construction has begun on a permanent structure for protesters just outside Ottawa, which will act as a base throughout the summer.
"We're going to implement our strategy and plan to lean on the government through information, education, etc.," he said, adding they plan to leave around Labour Day weekend.
FULL STORY: Freedom Convoy protesters set to return to Ottawa for Canada Day, stay through summer (msn.com)

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Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz has delivered his first major speech since the gruesome murder in Turkey last month of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, but made no mention of allegations that his son and heir apparent Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman ordered the killing.
The highly anticipated annual policy speech the king delivers to the executive Shura Council generally highlights Saudi Arabia's priorities for the coming year, including stability in the world oil markets and countering rival Iran.
Monday's televised address from Riyadh addressed neither the crown prince nor Mr. Khashoggi, who was killed by a 15-man Saudi "hit team" after entering the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on 2 Oct. to obtain a marriage document.
The death of the frequent critic of the Saudi government, who lived in self-imposed exile in Virginia, has caused widespread outrage. Mr. Khashoggi's body has also never been found.
Amid international outrage, Saudi officials have repeatedly changed their story on what happened, while always insisting the powerful crown prince did not know of or approve the mission. Last week, Saudi prosecutors announced they would pursue the death penalty for five suspects connected to the murder.
In his remarks on Monday, the king mentioned the Saudi judiciary and public prosecutors for "carrying out their duty in the service of justice" without specifically discussing the case.
The CIA reportedly has concluded that the crown prince ordered the murder of Mr. Khashoggi, although President Trump has said he is still studying the evidence against one of his administration's key strategic allies.
Turkey, which has given audiotapes it claims capture the moment of Mr. Khashoggi's death to Saudi Arabia and to a number of Western nations, also insists the mission was authorized at the highest levels in Riyadh.
In the latest diplomatic fallout from the Oct. 2 murder, German officials on Monday announced they have halted previously approved arms sales to Saudi Arabia.
Germany also said a month ago it wouldn't approve any new weapons exports to Saudi Arabia but left open what would happen with already approved contracts. German immigration officials also banned 18 Saudi nationals from entering the European Union's free travel zone because they are believed to be connected to the killing of journalist.
Foreign Minister Heiko Maas told reporters in Brussels that Germany issued the ban in close coordination with France.
"As before, there are more questions than answers in this case, with the crime itself and who is behind it," Mr. Maas said.


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introducing how we homeschool: a series
photo credit: my younger daughter
Over the summer a friend (no idea which one — sorry, friend!) suggested that I write a blog series profiling homeschooling families. With so many children being educated from home, she said, it might be helpful to hear from experienced homeschoolers.
At first I was hesitant. In the beginning when Covid hit and schools shut down, it bugged me to hear everyone refer to themselves as "homeschoolers." For me, homeschooling was an intentional lifestyle choice rooted in freedom, not to be confused with being confined at home all day washing our hands nonstop. This parenting-in-a-pandemic thing was not normal for us, either.
The whole situation got my panties in such a twist that I even wrote an op-ed about it. Being forced to stay at home full time with one's kids because of a pandemic is not homeschooling, I ranted: It's parenting in the midst of a global crisis. And supervising school-mandated assignments is not homeschooling; it's helping with homework.
Nobody snatched the piece up though (sniff), which was probably just as well because then, a few weeks later, I was like, "Hang on. If anyone's homeschooling, it's these pandemic homeschoolers because they are, quite literally, doing school at home." If anyone was misnamed, I realized, it was us, the pre-pandemic homeschoolers, aka the dinosaurs. (What should we be called? I've been pondering this for ages, and have no idea. Help me out, people.)
And even while I was getting all worked up about our fringe lifestyle getting co-opted, at least in name, by the mainstream — Who would've thunk it! — I knew I wasn't being entirely fair. The divide between schooling and homeschooling has never been clearcut. Schooled kids study at home with their parents' help. They learn via all sorts of nonschool activities like clubs, community volunteering, jobs, and voracious reading, same as homeschooled kids. And homeschooled kids, in turn, often enroll in actual school courses.
There's no one right way to homeschool.
So here's the thing: As Covid has drug on, more and more parents, worried about contagion and frustrated with the switch to virtual learning (and its accompanying many hours of screen time), have bailed on school — some just for the year, others maybe for longer. Some parents are even beginning to question the value of school, an institution they've always taken for granted. They're starting to ask hard questions about what they want their children's learning to look like, and to make changes accordingly.
But should I host a blog series as my friend suggested? The more I thought about it, the more I liked the idea. Homeschoolers are a wildly diverse bunch, and showcasing a few of them might help make the transition to homeschooling easier for all these newcomers. If nothing else, interviewing a bunch of interesting people would be a heck of a lot of fun for me.
And that, my friends, is how my new blog series — that I am oh-so creatively calling "The Homeschool Series" — was born.
If you've signed off of school-sanctioned learning temporarily (or indefinitely, or forever, whatever) OR if you're considering doing so OR if you're just curious about what life without school looks like, this series is for you. I've got a bunch of people queued up for the next few weeks and months, ready to tell the nitty-gritty of homeschooling.
This same time, years previous: study stills, the quotidian (11.12.18), enough, for now, George Washington Carver sweet potato soup with peanut butter and ginger, butternut squash galette with caramelized onions and goat cheese, refrigerator bran muffins, sparkle blondies.
the quotidian (11.9.20)
Sweet 'taties and beans.
Satisfaction.
They don't like mushrooms; I made it anyway: with white wine, bacon, and leeks.
Breakfast for one.
You know you work in a bakery when you discover you've been carying around a disk of pie pastry in your purse for the last two days.
Community organizing with a side of pie.
Obsessively checking the results.
Laundry-folding party.
For the steers: farm compost.
Happily hurling the eggplants.
Sweetening up the beef.
She can hardly contain herself.
Our valley, our home.
This same time, years previous: what we ate, of mice and men and other matters, unleashing the curls, the quotidian (11.7.16), the quotidian (11.9.15), for the time change, maple roasted squash, pumpkin cranberry cream cheese muffins.
Today, I joined the noonday silent vigil downtown.
For half an hour, we gathered: young adults, retired folks, teenagers, whole families, children. Spread out along the sidewalk around the courthouse, some people held signs and others just stood quietly, watching the cars pass.
A few drivers honked and waved, but most just ignored us. There was no heckling. Other days, I've been told, some people have pulled over to talk. Sometimes they push to find out which candidate people in the group have voted for, but we don't talk about that. This group — Hold the Line — is nonpartisan. It's about respecting the democratic process. It's about counting all votes (in case you didn't catch that from the signs, ha).
Yesterday when I was taking my turn at monitoring the ballot box, I had to keep telling people to wait while the machine processed their vote. The light has to switch to green so we know it's been counted, I'd say. Married couples were the worst since they'd approach the box together and try to slip in their ballots in quick succession. Then I'd have to yell No no no! and explain the process yet again.
All the explaining felt cumbersome, and awkward. Standing there, whiling away the minutes (900 of them, to be exact), I racked my brains, trying to think of a better, more concise way —
And then I recalled the video clip a friend had sent me the night before.
From then on, a gentle "Wait for it" was all I needed to get their attention and make them pause.
The process matters, people.
This same time, years previous: the quotidian (11.4.19), the quotidian (11.5.18), meatloaf, musings from the coffee shop, the quotidian (11.4.13), bierocks, piano lessons.
#holdtheline2020
This morning I couldn't sleep. When I woke around two (or was it three? the time change has me kerfuffled) to go to the bathroom, my mind started racing. I forced myself to stay in bed for a bit, but eventually I gave up, went downstairs, and fixed myself a pot of coffee.
I'm worried about the election, friends. The elections, ha! This process I've hardly ever even thought about (besides, you know, who I'm gonna vote for) is actually keeping me up at night. The situation in our country right now is truly alarming. Basic principles — every vote counts, majority rule, the loser concedes, and there is a peaceful transfer of power — are being threatened. It feels surreal, but make no mistake: it's real.
About a month ago, I took an unarmed accompaniment training. Over the last year, I've repeatedly bumped up against the violent underbelly of our culture, and the people who fuel it — the 2A meeting, the youth-led BLM rally, books, the learning tour of Charlottesville, the shouty neighbor, Walk the Walk — and, what with all the hate speech and anti-democratic rhetoric coming from the White House, I thought it might behoove me to ground myself with a few techniques.
Then I took another training from Choose Democracy led by George Lakey and, right around that time, I met with a few other local people who had also taken the trainings and wanted to talk about ideas and discuss possible next steps. Someone brought a recently-released manual called Hold the Line to the meeting and, after some discussion, we decided to adopt it as our guide.
And that's how our local Hold the Line team was born.
Currently, over a hundred people in our area have signed on. So far, we've focused on establishing communication channels with our local media, legislators, district attorney, sheriff, and election officials. We've also gathered outside a congressman's office to ask him to denounce the president's dangerous rhetoric that undermines the integrity of the elections, and to counter any voter intimidation or manipulation of election results. And we are hosting daily noon vigils at the courthouse from now until whenever. It could be a while.
What are the lines we are holding, you ask? Well, let me tell you!
Line 1: All votes must be counted, without interference or intimidation.
Line 2: Incidents of fraud, voter suppression, or other election irregularities must be investigated impartially and remedied as appropriate.
Line 3: The true election results must be respected, regardless of who wins. Preserving democracy is more important than any individual candidate.
It's basic stuff. But if these lines are crossed, then we're in coup territory.
HTL's premise is simple: elections must be free, fair, respected (regardless of who wins), and safe. The strategies are also simple: as citizens, we have power and we will use it nonviolently — this is hugely important — to make sure that these lines are not crossed and to challenge them when they are.
Last night, one of my son's housemates sent me a TED talk. I watched it this morning, while the wind thumped against the house and the rest of the family slept. If you're just now becoming aware of the danger our country is in, this is the place to start.
I don't know what's going to happen in the next few months. Maybe nothing? I sure hope so, but I don't believe it, not for a second. We're humans, like every other human in the world. Our country is not exceptional (let's kiss this self-destructive myth goodbye), and democracy is fragile. These next few weeks and months are critical. Voting is not enough. As Van Jones says, prepare to get active, and prepare to get loud.
Hold the Line Basics
*If you're local, sign up to be a part of the Harrisonburg and Rockingham County HTL chapter here. We meet Monday nights at 7:30 by zoom.
*Hold the Line National is also hosting weekly assemblies on Sunday nights at 6:00. Sign up here.
*The HTL Handbook: read it!
Other Useful Links, lifted from HTL and other places
The Street Medic Handbook: zero in on page 9 and 10 for a RIVAL activity to prepare for protests and actions. (I'd like to take a virtual training, too.)
How to Talk about a Contested Election.
Online Handbook on Nonviolence and De-escalation Guidelines.
A few things I learned from the Lakey training regarding how to handle violence:
1) minimize the likelihood of violence through building connections with power holders and thoughtful, strategic planning
2) meet violence with de-escalation: sloooow things down and, when in doubt, sit
3) if violence happens, expose it, contrasting it to the nonviolent protestors.
Backfire Basics: 5 nonviolent tactics to make violence backfire.
Protect the Results: sign up for actions on November 4 and November 7.
Each voice matters!
And now the family's waking up. Gotta go… xo!
This same time, years previous: old-fashioned apple roll-ups, cinnamon pretzels, 2015 garden stats and notes, cheesy broccoli potato soup, sweet and sour lentils.
a hallowed eve
When I learned that my younger brother and his family would be at my parents' for the weekend, I suggested to my older daughter that she, and the rest of my kids, throw a dress-up party for the little cousins. What with Covid and all — not to mention my kids all going and getting too huge for trick-or-treating — I figured it'd be a fun way to do something fall festive-ish. Plus, it'd give my kids something to do. Social activities have been few and far between, and outsourcing the planning (and the event, thanks, Mom!) to the kids in the name of Family Togetherness seemed the sort of thing one ought not to miss out on.
My older daughter jumped at the idea and scurried around buying candy and little toys, planning the activities, and issuing invitations.
The plan was for the big kids to run the show, adults not included, and I was looking forward to an evening at home with just my husband after a full day at the bakery. But then, watching my kids dress in their costumes and waltz out the door laden with bags of food and oodles of candy, I suddenly felt left out. The sun was shining and my family was all together without me? No thanks.
When we arrived, the kids were tromping around in the woods searching for treasure.
My kids had even dangled bags of hot dogs and buns from tree branches (that they then had to retrieve themselves).
Then: supper at the fire pit!
My husband and I left soon after — it was cold and I still haven't gotten the hang of dressing for the weather — but my dad built up the fire and the kids stayed on.
And now it's November!
This same time, years previous: egg bagels, sour cream coffee cake, apple dumplings, chatty time, posing for candy, why I'm spacey, Greek yogurt.
brisket in sweet-and-sour sauce
About six weeks before my son's 21st birthday, his housemates rang me up. We don't know what you're planning, but we have some ideas, they said. One wanted to make a family favorite — tuxedo cake — and the other had just ordered some fancy wine from South Africa and wanted to break out a bottle (oo-la-la!).
But we need a red meat to go with it, he said. Do you have any steak left over from your steers?
Sure thing, I said, happy to share the party prep. And I'll make the sides, too.
But then a week before the birthday, I ran down cellar to check the beef supply and — no steak!
I did have a brisket, though, and a few weeks before I'd seen a recipe in the NYTimes for a braised sweet-and-sour brisket that looked promising. Problem was, when I'd gone back to the link to get the recipe, I could no longer access it. I'd checked with a few friends who I thought might have a fancier subscription than mine, but no luck. Apparently, the recipe was not to be mine, so I let it go.
But now with a birthday looming and no steak in the freezer, I circled back. Surely someone had to have access to the NYTimes recipes, right? But nope, not the news junky friends, not the hip bloggers, and not the local university library, humph.
Feeling mildly desperate, I suggested to my husband that we maybe ought to buy a fancy subscription?
No! he barked, alarmed. (I have been known to lay down good money for recipes.) So I started to think about other birthday supper options. Meatloaf, maybe? But somehow meatloaf just didn't sound 21st birthday celebrationy enough.
Then, as a last Hail Mary, I put out an SOS on our church's women's Facebook page. And wouldn't you know, within minutes — maybe even seconds? — someone messaged me a screen shot of the recipe followed by a PDF. I quick printed it out before the recipe disappeared again (one can never trust the internets entirely) and did a little happy dance. We'd have birthday brisket after all!
Turns out, the recipe was totally worth the search. It was easy to make — braise for six hours in a sauce, chill overnight, and then prior to serving, trim, slice, and reheat — and the final product, oh my.
You should've heard the groans. Melt-in-your-mouth tender and so, so flavorful. It was swoony, stuff-your-belly-full good. Between the ten of us, we nearly ate the entire thing.
Happy birthday, kiddo. We love you!
Adapted from the New York Times.
If you have any left over, consider shredding the meat and tossing it, and the sauce, with pasta, a bit of pasta water, and loads of Parm for a quick, fancy-ish supper.
There's no salt in the recipe, but — surprise, surprise — it didn't really need any.
1 6 to 7-pound brisket
1 medium onion, peeled and rough-chopped
generous 2-inch piece of ginger, peeled and chopped
6 large cloves garlic, peeled
1 cup ketchup
¼ cup cider vinegar
¼ cup soy sauce
¼ cup honey
¼ cup dijon mustard
1 tablespoon black pepper
¼ teaspoon ground cloves
1½ cups Coke
Let the meat stand at room temp for 30 minutes before baking.
Put everything but the Coke, olive oil, and meat in a blender and blend until smooth. Transfer to a bowl and whisk in the Coke and oil.
Place the meat, fat side up, in a heavy baking pan. Pour the sauce over the meat, cover the pan tightly with foil, and bake at 325 degrees for 3 hours. Turn the brisket over, cover tightly with foil, and bake for another 2-3 hours. Cool at room temp and then store in the fridge overnight.
An hour before serving, transfer the brisket to a cutting board. Trim off the fat and slice the meat against the grain (as best you can — the grains crisscross, making it hard to figure out what "against the grain" is, but don't obsess. It'll be fine). Transfer the sliced brisket to a clean baking dish.
Remove the layer of chilled fat atop the sauce and discard (the fat, not the sauce!). Put the sauce in a kettle and heat. If it's thin (mine wasn't), reduce it a little. Pour the sauce over the meat, cover the pan with foil, and bake at 350 degrees for about 25 minutes, or until heated through and bubbly.
This same time, years previous: the quotidian (10.29.19), nourishment, the young adult child, growing it out, reading and ice cream evenings, apple farro salad, random, the details, sweet potato pie.
For weeks, we'd planned to go to the polls together as a family. Both the older kids would be first-time voters in a presidential election and I wanted to make a little party of it. The way I wanted it to happen was: we'd go get our flu shots, vote, and then get ice cream.
But then my older son told me he'd already gotten his flu shot and my husband said he didn't want to leave work early, and then the pharmacy said they couldn't vaccinate anyone under 18, so. No flu shot party. (Though my older daughter and I did end up going ourselves.) And then, to top it all off, the day we were supposed to vote, a construction crew accidentally cut through a fiber optic cable which temporarily shut down voting for the entire state of Virginia. So there went that.
I grumped for a minute, and then, a couple days later, we went for Plan B: we'd all meet at the polling station. My husband and I came straight from work, my older son came from his hospital clinicals (he got to see a c-section!!), and the three younger kids drove in from home.
I'd never done early in-person voting before and had no idea what to expect. Turns out, it's dreamy. People greeted us curbside. A person stationed right inside the doors gave us sample ballots to study. We stepped into the main area and practically glided through the steps: ID check, collect the ballot, vote, done. Mission accomplished.
I forced the family to pause for a we-just-voted family photo — they weren't happy about it — and then we hopped over to Kline's for ice cream.
So I got my little party after all!
This week I had my first day of training to be a poll worker. The woman had told me to come in at 7:30 in the morning and to pack a lunch. I wouldn't be able to leave until five, she said.
I'd thought training would involve a presentation of some sort, and maybe some role playing and a test, but an all-day training and we couldn't leave? What kind of training was this? I wondered.
The morning of, the woman in charge introduced us newbies to the rest of the gathered group. Everyone signed a form so we could get paid, and we took the pledge. And then the woman assigned each of us to different stations — I was to be on the computers — gave a few instructions, and announced that we'd be opening in a few minutes.
Hang on a sec, I thought. We're working?
Worried I'd gotten my wires crossed, I sidled up to the lady in charge. "Um, I think there's been a misunderstanding. See, I'm here for the training and—"
"This is the training," she interrupted cheerfully. "This is how you'll learn." Which actually made perfect sense, I thought.
At the computers, I dove right in. I learned how to:
*deal with address mess-ups (one voter had a current address different from registered address different from license address, whew!)
*how to help a person switch from absentee voting to in-person voting (the voter has to turn to the mail-in ballot over to the election chief and then the chief does a computer override)
*what to do when a registered voter has no ID on them (have them fill out a form stating that they are who they are)
*what to do when a person needs assistance (the person assisting — either someone who brought them in or a poll worker — fills out a form)
We rotated positions every two hours. As ballot officer, I got to sit at a desk and hand out ballots (there are ten different ballots for the county), give voting instructions, and hand out "I voted" stickers and pens.
At the polling booth station, I seated people and instructed them how to feed their ballots into the machine — but never touched or looked at their ballots! — and sanitized after each person went through.
For curbside voting, I sat outside and when cars pulled up, ran in and out, ferrying IDs and ballots in special folders so their votes stayed private.
Lunch break: they say we probably won't get a chance to eat on Election Day.
I didn't particularly enjoy the work — office-y work isn't really my thing — but I did find the steady trickle of people to be fascinating:
*the young mother pushing two sets of young twins in a plastic-covered wagon ("our COVID wagon!" she said)
*the voter who quietly asked for assistance because he could neither read nor write
*the person who didn't speak any English and needed an interpreter
*the person who gave me a bad ID just to see what I'd do (flag the person, I learned)
*the in-a-rush people
*the skeptics (Do I get to put the ballot in the machine myself? Will my vote really be counted? How do I know this is for real?)
*the first-time voters
*the elders
*the young couples
*the business folk
It was inspiring, really — all these people taking time out of their day to add their voice. A little over four hundred people voted that day, and I heard that as of the beginning of that week, about twenty percent of all registered voters in the county have voted.
Then yesterday I went with Leryann for her first time voting in a presidential.
Thrills!
Listen, people. Please, if you have the option of early voting in your area, do it!!! Election day is going to be crazy. For example, every single precinct in our area will have the option of curbside voting which is wonderful but it does complicate things. (After running back and forth with folders and ballots, this I know.)
But whatever you do, however you do it, just do it. Please. GO VOTE.
And if you won't listen to me, maybe you'll listen to Inigo Montoya?
The other morning when I first discovered that clip, I watched it several times in a row — laughing all the while — before heading out on my run. As I jogged along, I couldn't stop thinking about it. Something about the couple, the way they related to each other, their zest for life, their ordinary fabulous humanness, something, struck me as exhilaratingly inspiring.
Also, the guy seemed familiar. Thoughts of Princess Bride and Inigo floated through my mind, but no, I told myself, it couldn't be.
Then back home I looked it up and whaddaya know, the guy was Inigo Montoya!
Which made me ridiculously happy.
This same time, years previous: the soiree of 2019, the quotidian (10.22.18), another farm, another job, back in business, winter squash soup with corn relish, field work, the adjustment, breaking news, a silly supper.
the quotidian (10.12.20)
For my birthday, I made my own cake: London Fog.
Breakfast of champions: a stale croissant, sliced, griddled,
and stuffed with ham and sharp cheddar.
Sometimes I text my family photos of my working meals just to be mean.
A little of both.
I'm having trouble keeping up.
Open-air study.
Fall days.
The kid wanted a bird-feeder so he put one up.
For my husband's special day.
The cake (made by my younger daughter) was delicious.
photo credit: my older son
This same time, years previous: English muffins, the relief sale doughnuts of 2017, the quotidian (10.10.16), salted caramel ice cream, home, party on, old-fashioned brown sugar cookies.
khachapuri (georgian cheese bread)
A few weeks back, the diner had a brunch special I'd never heard of before. Khachapuri, they said, was a Georgian cheese bread.
Georgia like the state? I said.
No, like they country, they said.
Oh, I said.
And then I had to go look it up, of course, because cheese bread. Need I say more?
I never got a chance to sample any of the diner's khachapuri (though I did help make a batch of the dough, I think), but back at home, I read a bunch of recipes and cobbled together my own version. I've made it twice now, once with a sourdough pizza dough and once with a regular yeasted dough (the regular yeasted dough was softer and paired better with the cheesy filling).
Striking the perfect balance between playful and easy, novel and delicious, it's a fun meal to make. Like so: roll out a simple pizza dough and then bury it with a mix of cheeses.
Roll up two of the sides — with lots of cheese tucked inside, oo-la-lah — and pinch-twist the ends together to create a boat, of sorts.
Bake the boats, and then, just before they're done, crack an egg into the center of each one.
Bake for a few more minutes and — voila, Khachapuri!
To serve, smack the pans down in the center of the table and watch the masses tear into it like wild dogs.
Adapted from a variety of recipes (but mostly this one), and with inspiration from Magpie.
The recipe called for onion salt in the cheese filling, or dried dill; I didn't use either.
Also, the second time around, I experimented with beating an egg into the cheese mixture to make it more creamy, and adding in a little sauteed spinach; it was fine but I think I prefer the straight cheese version. (I can't help thinking that browned sausage would be a good addition, though then it wouldn't be authentic Khachapuri, I suppose…)
I didn't have chives, so I used green onions — stick with chives.
The recipe calls for one pound of your favorite pizza dough. I used a recipe from Food Network that makes two pounds (recipe included). 'Twas excellent.
1⅓ cups warm water
2½ teaspoons yeast
3¾ cups all-purpose flour
1½ teaspoons salt
In a small bowl, mix together the sugar, warm water, and yeast. Set aside for five minutes to let the yeast bubble and foam.
In a larger bowl, stir together the flour and salt. Add the yeast mixture and olive oil. Stir to combine, knead briefly, and then return to the bowl and cover. Let rest until doubled.
1 cup feta cheese
2½ cups mozzarella (I used a mix of grated and fresh)
5 eggs, divided
everything but the bagel seasoning
minced chives
to shape and bake:
Mix together the cheeses.
Divide the dough into four balls. Roll each ball into a 9-inch circle, more or less. Spread ¼ of the cheese on each of the dough rounds, going almost all the way to the edges. Roll up two of the sides, keeping the cheese in the dough, as though rolling sweet rolls. Pinch-twist the ends together. The dough should look like giant eyes, or boats. Add more cheese to the center of the boat, if you want.
Transfer the khachapuri to two parchment-lined baking sheets. Brush the edges of the dough with a beaten egg and then sprinkle with everything season.
Bake at 375 degrees for 20 minutes. Remove from the oven and, using the back of a spoon, make a little crater in the cheese in each of the khachapuri. Crack in an egg, one egg per khachapuri. Tuck bits of butter into the cheese — about 1 tablespoon per khachapuri. Return to the oven and bake another 5-8 minutes, or until the egg is mostly set but still runny in the middle.
Sprinkle with chopped chives, red pepper flakes, and lots of freshly ground black pepper. Eat while still hot, tearing off bits of the crust and using it to dip up the melted cheese and egg.
This same time, years previous: the relief sale doughnuts of 2019, the relief sale doughnuts of 2018, the quotidian (10.10.17), pasta with chicken, broccoli, and oven-roasted tomatoes, o happy!, catching our breath, it's for real, clouds, green tomato curry.
fig walnut biscotti
You know, these deliciously chilly nights and crisp days are giving me a serious hankering to bake.
Did you know that eating certain foods at certain times of the year is not a universal concept? Back when Melissa was living with us, she observed one day that we didn't eat much soup.
Her comment stopped me in my tracks — because I love soup and didn't think of myself as a non-soup eater — but then it dawned on me that she was right: we didn't eat much soup . . . because it was summer!
So then I explained the idea of seasonal eating: how we eat more hot soups and casseroles and rich food and pie in the winter and summers are for lots of fresh salads, grilled meats, ice cream, and watermelon.
To Melissa, it was a new idea, and to me it was a new idea that it'd be a new idea. I mean, I knew this (I've lived in Central America and eaten my fair share of hot soups on sweltering days) but still, when something I take for granted bumps up against someone else's normal, it always throws me a little. Funny, that.
Anyway, what was I talking about? Oh, right. Biscotti.
To me, biscotti is wintertime food. Twice baked — with the second baking being low and slow — biscotti is the perfect project for warming up a chilly kitchen. Plus, since it's often heavily seasoned with citrus, nuts, and spices, biscotti makes the whole house smell cozy and rich, like Christmas.
This biscotti, to me, has the ideal texture: dry and crunchy all the way through — no soft middles for me! — but softly hard, not break-your-teeth rock hard. It's sweet, but not overly so, and, thanks to the nuts and fruit, it's delightfully wholesome, in a French farm kitchen sort of way. (French, not Italian, and don't ask me why.) Eating it, one feels practically virtuous.
Adapted from Smitten Kitchen
Consider doubling the recipe: it's a good biscotti.
1 cup dried figs, quartered
¼ cup white sugar
⅓ cup brown sugar, packed
zest of one orange
2 cups, minus 2 tablespoons, flour
¼ teaspoon baking soda
¼ teaspoon nutmeg
⅛ teaspoon cloves
1 egg white, lightly beaten until frothy
More white sugar, for sprinkling
Toast the walnuts in a 350 degree oven for about 10 minutes, or on the stovetop in a skillet. Remove to a bowl and cool to room temp.
Place the walnuts and figs in a food processor and pulse until ground (some larger pieces are okay).
Cream together the butter and sugar. Add the eggs, vanilla, and zest and beat to combine.
In a separate bowl, stir together the dry ingredients. Combine with the butter mixture. Add the nuts and figs and stir until just mixed.
Chill the dough for at least one hour before shaping into a log — long and skinny, short and fat, whatever you like — and placing on a parchment-lined baking sheet. Brush the top and sides with the beaten egg white and sprinkle liberally with white sugar (or raw, if you prefer).
Bake the loaf at 325 degrees for 20-30 minutes, or until the top is firm to the touch and has little cracks. Remove the loaf from the oven and cool for 30-40 minutes. Using a serrated knife, slice the loaf. Arrange the slices, cut side down, on the baking sheet and return to the oven for another 20-40 minutes, flipping the pieces once halfway through, or until the biscotti is dry and lightly browned (it will harden as it cools).
Store the cooled biscotti in a pretty glass jar atop. It will keep for several weeks, at least.
This same time, years previous: if you ask a Puerto Rican to make a pincho…, the quotidian (10.8.18), happy birthday, sweetie!, twelve thousand doughnuts, the soiree of 2014, a lesson I'd rather skip, one foggy morning, at least I tried.


I don't mean you, I mean the YOU that is your client.
Let's examine memorable tag lines in advertising.
There are thousands of tag lines for well known products that use this one word to create a connection, afterall who are you more interested in than YOU!
If it works for the big guys chance are it will work for you. Why would you want to talk about yourself in your marketing and advertising materials instead of your customer? They aren't really interested in you.
Advertising and marketing is not the place for ego and posturing. Attract the interest of your prospective customer and they will ask for more information.
At some point in your life you have opened your door to a saleperson or sat next to someone on a plane and felt trapped. They decided you were fascinated by them and/or their product. You couldn't wait to get away from them. Way too self focused weren't they? Don't do it to prospective customers, they feel the same way.
Put yourself in your customer's place, and take advantage of the WIIFM factor. If you are thinking "What's In It For Me", then so are they; however you are the one that wants the sale. Let your customers know that you are interested in "What's In It For Them"! Attracting customers means marketing and advertising messages that are not about you!
Generating new leads is tough - you need to be out there hustling, networking, creating, and following up every day. There are amazing tools, such as lead magnets, that can work for you with minimal effort once created.
What Is an SSL Certificate and Why Is It Important for Your Business?
SSL stands for Secure Sockets Layer and is essential to the security of your website, as it allows a secure connection between your server and a browser. This connection permits the secure transmission of information, between your website and your client as an example.
How Do I Find Out Who My Customers Are?
No matter of how good your products or services might be, they won't appeal to everybody. If you try to get your messages to a wide untargeted audience, you'll spend money that you don't really need to spend, and you won't even get a lot back from it either.
Defining your target market is critical if you plan on any measure of success in your business. A solid foundation for your business requires that one of the first things - if not THE first thing you need to do is to - DEFINE YOUR TARGET MARKET!
How Can We Do Neuromarketing?
Neuromarketing techniques are based on scientific principles about how humans really think and decide, which involves brain processes that our conscious minds aren't aware of. When combined with sound experimental designs and procedures, these new techniques provide insights into consumer decisions and actions that are invisible to traditional market research methodologies.
The internet has no borders, affiliate marketing is a worldwide business. Anyone can enter the online industry, the only requirement is to have a good internet connection. An essential part of business success is having a strong network.
Exhibiting at a trade show event involves a lot of planning, investment and efforts. To make the most of your exhibiting experience, it is necessary to ask for information about the trade show and cross-check the facts before your book the space. In this blog post, we've compiled a list of 5 important questions that you must ask your trade show organiser before exhibiting to get maximum ROI.
As media spurs news about the so-called super food, more and more people are becoming aware of its capacity when it comes to cooking and health. Aside from the fact that it smells good and tastes delicious, olive oil has a lot of notable health benefits. For one thing, it has anti-inflammatory properties, prevents stroke, and is rich in antioxidants. It can even alleviate the onset of chronic diseases like cancer, diabetes and prevents heart failures.
If you are anything like the rest of the world, then you know what it's like to be confronted with terminology for a specific field or industry and have absolutely no clue what is being said. On the whole, this doesn't seem so bad, but if you're in business, you can't simply walk away from industry jargon, especially when it is as important as customer segmentation.
If you believe that what you offer will help people, how can you keep it from them? Be heard above the din of many marketing messages with your strong message.
Quit spreading those chain letters, nothing is going to happen to you if you don't mail it to the next person. However, there is a better chance that if you continue mailing, you may have the FTC on you.
Although they are inexpensive and product fast results, online surveys still need to be conducted properly to be really effective. The key steps for conducting effective online surveys are:Identify your objectiveDecide what information you needDevelop a questionnaireConduct the surveyAnalyze the responsesRecommend a course of action* Identify your objectiveOnline surveys are conducted to find out the characteristics, behaviors, opinions, and knowledge of a particular population.
Direct mail can be one of the most effective tactics to reach your target audience. Developing a strategy for direct mail is critical to obtaining the best ROI.
When people think about promoting their business, the first thought that comes to mind is, "What is is going to cost?" While marketing and advertising should be part of any well-considered budget, there are a number of opportunities to market your business for free that are often overlooked.Clubs & OrganizationsMost clubs and organizations have some sort of membership directory, either online or in print, sometimes both.
Your nametag can be your best friend. It can be a lifesaver in meetings, trade shows and events to start conversations when you meet groups of new people.
Have you clearly defined your target audience? These are the prime buyers of your products or services. It is the people or organizations you are pursuing actively as customers.
Recently, a client asked what he could do to help my business, but I wasn't ready with the answer. A lot of us probably miss these opportunities because we don't think through what we need and how to respond when someone offers to help promote us.
The following 3 simple selling tactics produce sales by responding to the way customers normally think and behave. They work for any business - regardless of what you sell, how you sell or where you sell it.
As the American economy emerges from recession, many businesses are now reexamining their marketing materials and realizing that their communications are outdated, ill-prepared for the return of a robust, competitive, growing economic environment. Strategies developed to survive hard times are often the wrong ones for profiting in good times.
Building business relationships through networking is a great way to build your business. The caveat? It's a slow process.
KNOW YOUR AUDIENCEThe Oscars will be handed out soon, and it's a perfect time to keep this in mind: If you're a business owner or manager, it's wise to think of yourself as a great film director who's telling a story. Having directed films, stage, television, and stage productions we noticed that the principles of great directing or filmmaking apply exactly to great marketing.
Certainly the newest earth quaking�event in Internet Marketing insider circles is the release of John Reese's� New, Traffic Secrets marketing course. I say certainly because I suppose to know what for you as Small marketer is more important.
A customer relationship system (CRM) system uses technologically-driven strategies to assess customer needs and buying behavior. This allows businesses to market their products and services more effectively.
Do You Know Where Your Email Address is Today?
Having people go to your website is not always easy: remind them with a special business card.Whether you understand it nor not, the web is likely here to stay; those businesses that do not yet have a web presence, or at least email addresses, are likely to get left in the dust.
�2004 Jeffrey DobkinIf you're in direct marketing, you're continually looking for new list sources - everybody's tired of mailing to the same lists. If you're not in direct marketing and thinking about putting a mailing together, here's something a little different: take a look at marketing through associations.
"If My Work is Good Enough, I Shouldn't Have to Market, Right?"Don't you think that good work should speak for itself..


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PRESS RELEASE: CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU ISSUES $1.25 MILLION FINE TO SERVICEMEMBER AUTO LENDER FOR VIOLATING CONSENT ORDER
CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU ISSUES $1.25 MILLION FINE TO SERVICEMEMBER AUTO LENDER FOR VIOLATING CONSENT ORDER
Auto Loan Company Failed to Provide Redress for Illegal Collection Tactics
Washington, D.C. — The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) today took action against Security National Automotive Acceptance Company (SNAAC), an auto lender specializing in loans to servicemembers, for violating a Bureau consent order. In 2015, the CFPB ordered SNAAC to pay both redress and a civil penalty for illegal debt collection tactics, including making threats to contact servicemembers' commanding officers about debts and exaggerating the consequences of not paying. SNAAC violated the 2015 order by failing to provide more than $1 million in refunds and credits, affecting more than 1,000 consumers. Today's consent order requires SNAAC to make good on the redress it owes to those consumers and pay an additional $1.25 million penalty.
"This company violated a Bureau order when it failed to get money back to servicemembers it had hounded with illegal debt collection tactics," said CFPB Director Richard Cordray. "We are making sure this company finally rights its wrongs."
SNAAC, based in Mason, Ohio, is an auto-finance company that operates in more than two dozen states and specializes in loans to servicemembers, primarily to buy used vehicles. In June 2015, the CFPB sued SNAAC for aggressive collection tactics against consumers who fell behind on their loans. If servicemembers lagged behind on payments, SNAAC's collectors would threaten to contact—and in many cases did contact—their chain of command about their debts. Also, the company exaggerated the consequences of not paying. For instance, they told some consumers that failure to pay could result in action under the Uniform Code of Military Justice, demotion, discharge, or loss of security clearance. But these consequences were extremely unlikely. The CFPB alleged that SNAAC's aggressive tactics, which took advantage of servicemembers' special obligations to remain current on debts, victimized thousands of borrowers.
In October 2015, a CFPB consent order found that SNAAC had indeed engaged in unfair, deceptive, and abusive acts and practices while collecting on these auto loans. The order required SNAAC to pay $2.275 million in consumer redress through credits and refunds, and a $1 million civil penalty. Consumers with an account balance were to receive credits to their accounts, and consumers with a zero balance were to receive cash refunds. While SNAAC submitted two plans that claimed to provide the full amount of redress ordered, both were designed to underpay such redress. Acting on a tip from a servicemember's father, the CFPB discovered that SNAAC had issued worthless "credits" to hundreds of consumers and failed to provide proper redress to many more.
The CFPB is issuing today's consent order against SNAAC for violating the terms of the 2015 consent order by failing to properly give refunds or credits to affected borrowers. In today's order, the CFPB found that the company had failed to meet its obligation to pay redress to consumers by:
Issuing worthless "credits" to settled-in-full accounts: In purporting to provide redress, SNAAC treated accounts that were settled-in-full as having a positive account balance. Instead of providing refunds to consumers with settled-in-full accounts, SNAAC issued worthless account "credits." Those consumers received no benefit from such a "credit" because they no longer owed SNAAC money and could not use such a credit toward any new or existing loan.
Issuing worthless "credits" to discharged accounts: SNAAC also issued worthless account "credits" to consumers whose debts had been discharged in bankruptcy, and who no longer owed SNAAC money on their auto loan. SNAAC had no legal claim to any unpaid balance, and these consumers received no benefit from the "credits." SNAAC had, in fact, already stopped collections on these accounts.
Failing to properly give redress to consumers making payments under settlement agreements: Some SNAAC consumers were making payments under settlement agreements. But SNAAC based redress on the original, higher account balance in place before it agreed on a settlement with the borrower. As a result, in many instances, SNAAC issued credits that exceeded consumers' settlement balances, rather than refund any amount above what the consumers actually owed. And because their settlement balances were improperly credited, some consumers unwittingly overpaid SNAAC to settle their accounts.
Under the Dodd-Frank Act, the CFPB is authorized to take action against institutions engaged in unfair, deceptive, or abusive acts or practices, or that otherwise violate federal consumer financial laws. Under today's consent order:
SNAAC must pay redress as promised to affected consumers: SNAAC must pay the Bureau roughly $720,000, which the Bureau will send as refunds to about 925 consumers. SNAAC must issue about $370,000 in new credits to over 1,000 consumers with remaining account balances as well as properly credit roughly 1,000 consumers making payments under settlement agreements. SNAAC must also pay $75,000 to the Bureau to cover the costs of distributing these payments.
SNAAC must pay a $1.25 million penalty: SNAAC must pay a penalty of $1.25 million to the CFPB Civil Penalty Fund, in addition to the $1 million penalty it paid under the 2015 consent order.
The text of the consent order is found here: http://files.consumerfinance.gov/f/documents/201704_SNAAC-consent-order.pdf
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Reading: Rail accident: Vasco da Gama dera derailed the Amaravati Express
Rail accident: Vasco da Gama dera derailed the Amaravati Express
By Asia Times Now Contributor 1 year ago
Rail accident
Rail accident : Just a few days after the major train accident in Kolkata, the news of the train accident is coming out again. Fortunately, the accident did not prove to be dangerous. The incident took place at around 9 am on Tuesday when the wheels of Vasco da Gama Hoda Amaravati Express derailed. The accident took place between Dudh Sagar and Karanjol (in Goa). The front wheels of the train's chief loco derailed. However, all passengers and employees aboard the train are safe. No casualties were reported.
Railway officials said that the entire track has been closed due to derailment of the train. An ART train (accident relief train) has been sent to Dudh Sagar. Senior officials of the department are monitoring the situation.
Earlier, on January 13, 12 bogies of the Bikaner Express from Patna to Guwahati derailed near Domohani in West Bengal's Jalpaiguri district, causing a major train accident. Nine people were killed and at least 45 were injured. Railway Minister Ashwini Vishnu then visited the spot and inspected it and Indian Railways paid Rs 500,000 to the heirs of the deceased, Rs 100,000 to the severely injured and Rs 25,000 to the slightly injured. Had announced to give.
According to the North Eastern Frontier Railway (CPRO), the movement of trains on this railway line was suspended for several days after the accident in Jalpaiguri district. Three days after the completion of the relief operation, the restoration work was started due to which the route of many trains was changed and many trains reached their destination late.
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G-4 Super Galeb je enomotorno nizkokrilno dvosedo vojaško letalo za osnovno in prehodno šolanje, operativno urjenje in neposredno podporo Jugoslovanskega izvora, izdelano v tovarni SOKO/Lola Utva.

Zgodovina

Letalo je prvič poletelo 17. Julija 1978, serijska proizvodnja pa se je začela leta 1983. Namen izgradnje tega letala je bila zamenjava takrat že zastarelih Galeba G-2 in Lockheeda T-33 v Jugoslovanskem vojnem letalstvu. G-4 Super Galeb ni nadgradnja Galeba G-2, kot je to napisano v nekaterih letalskih knjigah, saj se že po obliki vidi, da je to popolnoma drugo letalo.

Razvoj

V zgodnjih devetdesetih je G-4 kandidiralo v natečaju JPATS (Joint Primary Aircraft Training System) v ZDA, kjer je bil tudi zelo visoko ocenjen s strani ameriških preskusnih pilotov. Na natečaju nato ni uspelo, saj je bilo na koncu, izmed vseh 9 prijavljenih letal, izbrano letalo T-6 Texan II, sicer ameriška različica Pilatusa PC-9. Velik del krivde gre tudi na račun takratne nestabilnosti in kasnejšemu razpadu Jugoslavije.

Zasnova je bila tudi enosedežna različica letala G-4, ki bi kasneje po vsej verjetnosti dobila ime G-5. Različica bi imela bistveno večje sposobnosti na bojišču vključno z radarjem. Projekt G-5 so opustili zaradi razpada Jugoslavije.

G-4M Super Galeb

Najnovejša različica letala G-4 je Galeb G-4M, ki je sedaj  v končni preizkusni fazi, načrtovanih s strani podjetja Lola Utva. Preizkušanje se izvaja v letalskem preizkusnem centru v Batajnici. V primerjavi z verzijo G-4, lahko G-4M nosi dosti več bojnega tovora, ima izboljšane letalske sposobnosti, vgrajen nav/attack sistem, sistem HUD (kratica za heads-up display), ter izpolnjuje zahteve za sistem HOTAS (kratica za hands on throttle-and-stick), na nosilcih za orožje pa lahko nosi rakete zrak-zrak ter zrak-zemlja. Srbija ima namen vsa letala G-4 nadgraditi v verzijo G-4M.

G-4MD

Nova različica z najsodobnejšo elektroniko, vendar pa je ta projekt še v nastajanju.

Izvedenke

 G-4 : letalo s polno bojno konfiguracijo
 G-4š : neoborožena šolska izvedba
 G-4t : letalo za vleko tarč
 G-4M : prototip

Operativna služba

Prvotno je bilo letalo namenjeno za šolanje pilotov, vendar pa se je kasneje odlično izkazalo tudi na bojnem področju.

G-4 je doživel obsežen spopad v Bosanski ter Kosovski vojni, kjer je bil v oporo kopenski vojski Srbije. Uporabljen je bil za zemeljske cilje. Med Bosansko vojno je Vojska republike Srbske poročala o uporabi Super galeba G-4. Uradniki Vojnega letalstva ZDA trdijo, da so sestrelili nekaj Super galebov G-4, vendar so bile te trditve umaknjene. Kajti edine uradne izgube z Vojske republike Srbske so bile 6 Jastrebov J-21  in dva Orla J-22.

Z letali je uspešno nastopala tudi letalska akrobatska skupina Leteče zvezde, vendar pa je bilo vseh 7 letal uničenih med bombardiranjem letal zveze NATO v Podgorici.

Oborožitev

Dvocevni top 23 mm pod trupom in 4 nosilci pod krili za skupen tovor 1200 kg. Kot dodatek ima G-4M povečano nosilnost na 1950 kg in dva dodatna nosilca za rakete zrak-zrak tipa R-60/AA-8 Aphid. Prav tako lahko nosi izstrelke tipa AGM-65 Maverick, radijsko vodene izstrelke tipa Grom-A (Jugoslovanska kopija Ruskih AS-7 Kerry in pa TV-vodljive izstrelke zemlja-zrak, Grom-B, ki jih je Srbija zamenjala kot zamenjavo za izstrelke Maverick. Trenutno pa so v razvoju lasersko vodljive bombe.

Uporabniki

Trenutni uporabniki

  Vojno letalstvo Srbije – operativnih 35 G-4s, nadgrajenih v G-4M.
  Vojno letalstvo Mjanmarja – operativnih 6 G-4s
  Vojno letalstvo Črne gore –2 G-4s niso v operativni uporabi

Prejšnji uporabniki

  Jugoslovansko vojno letalstvo – operativnih 60
  Vojno letalstvo Federativne republike Jugoslavije/Srbije in Črne gore – operativnih 40

Sorodna letala

 Aero L-39 Albatros
 Jet Provost
 Fouga Magister
 Aermacchi MB-339
 PZL TS-11 Iskra

Zunanje povezave
 Yugoimport-SDPR
 Aerosvet Magazine; (entry on it from the International Directory of Design
 Aeroflight

Šolska vojaška letala
Letala SOKO


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Jay Rock is out with a model track titled 'The Other Side' that includes Mozzy & DCMBR. Jay Rock has already warned us on social media that he's again within the studio recording new music.
The TDE rapper missed being nominated for the Best Rap Album on the GRAMMYs this yr however he nonetheless managed to take dwelling an award for Best Rap Performance ('King's Dead').


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Fabrizio Miccoli (Nardò, 27 juni 1979) is een voormalig Italiaanse voetballer die doorgaans als aanvaller speelt.

Clubcarrière
Fabrizio Miccoli begon in 1996 met zijn professionele voetbalcarrière. Dit was bij Casarano Calcio, een club uit de provincie Lecce in Zuid-Italië die uitkwam in de Serie C1. Miccoli speelde twee seizoenen voor Casarano, waarin hij in 59 wedstrijden negentien keer scoorde. In 1998 deed Miccoli een stapje omhoog op de Italiaanse voetballadder door een transfer van Casarano naar de Serie B-club Ternana. Hij zou vier seizoenen in de Serie B met Ternana spelen. Hij verscheen 123 keer op het veld voor het team en scoorde daarin 32 doelpunten. Na het goede spel bij Ternana werd Fabrizio Miccoli overgenomen door een van de grootste Italiaanse clubs.

Perugia
In 2002 nam Juventus Miccoli over van Ternana Calcio. Ze huurden hem echter direct uit aan een andere Serie A-club Perugia. Miccoli maakte zijn debuut op het allerhoogste niveau op 15 september 2002 en scoorde onmiddellijk voor zijn nieuwe werkgever in de wedstrijd tegen Reggina (2-0). Bij Perugia groeide hij uit tot een van de publiekslievelingen, vanwege zijn goede spel. In 34 wedstrijden wist hij negen keer het net te vinden en hij hielp Perugia aan een plek op de ranglijst die recht gaf op een Intertoto Cup-ticket. Het seizoen 2002/2003 was ook het seizoen dat Fabrizio Miccoli voor het eerst opgeroepen werd voor het nationale team van Italië.

Juventus
Door zijn goede spel in het voorgaande seizoen bij Perugia haalde Juventus in het seizoen 2003/2004 Miccoli terug om deel uit te maken van haar eigen selectie. Bij Juventus zou hij zijn debuut in de Champions League maken. Daarin speelde hij namelijk zes wedstrijden, waarin hij één keer scoorde. Bij Juventus werd hem echter niet een grote kans gegund en Fabrizio Miccoli moest het met 24 competitiewedstrijden doen. Daarin trof hij zeven keer doel. Het seizoen erop werden de helft van de rechten van hem voor €7 miljoen verkocht aan een gepromoveerde club.

Fiorentina
In het seizoen 2004/2005 maakte Fabrizio Miccoli deel uit van de selectie van Fiorentina. Eenmaal daar groeide hij weer uit tot een belangrijke kracht voor het team. In totaal speelde hij dat seizoen 35 wedstrijden voor de club uit Florence. Daarin scoorde hij twaalf doelpunten, waaronder één op de laatste speeldag tegen Brescia wat de redding voor Fiorentina zou zijn. Door dit doelpunt degradeerde niet Fiorentina maar Brescia naar de Serie B. Aan het eind van het seizoen werd na een rechtszaak bepaald dat Miccoli terug naar Juventus moest. Zij huurden hem echter opnieuw meteen uit, ditmaal aan een Portugese topclub.

Benfica
SL Benfica was de club waaraan Juventus Fabrizio Miccoli voor aanvang van het seizoen 2005/2006 verhuurde. Bij de topclub uit Lissabon kwam hij te spelen onder leiding van de Nederlandse coach Ronald Koeman. Het bleek een goede stap te zijn, want net als bij Perugia groeide Miccoli ook hier uit tot een publiekslieveling. In de Champions League scoorde hij in de achtste finale het doelpunt tegen Liverpool FC dat ervoor zorgde dat Benfica doordrong tot de kwartfinales. Na het eerste seizoen bij "De Adelaars" waren veel clubs in hem geïnteresseerd, onder andere AS Roma, Blackburn Rovers en Inter Milan. Ondanks deze interesses besloot Miccoli nog een seizoen bij Benfica te blijven. Na dat tweede seizoen verliet hij echter toch Portugal om terug te gaan naar zijn vaderland. Bij Benfica speelde Miccoli 56 wedstrijden en trof daarin negentienmaal doel.

Palermo
In de zomer van 2007 haalde Palermo Fabrizio Miccoli terug naar Italië. De club uit Sicilië betaalde ongeveer €4 miljoen voor de oud-international. Bij Palermo vormt Miccoli een spitsenduo met de Braziliaan Amauri. Miccoli is aan het eind van het seizoen 2012/2013 weg gegaan bij Palermo.

Lecce
Lecce was de volgende club van Miccoli, in het seizoen 2013/2014. Bij aankomst werd Miccoli gelijk aanvoerder van het team. Hij scoorde 14 doelpunten in 27 optredens.

Birkirara
Op 24 juni 2015 bereikte Miccoli een akkoord met Birkirara in de Maltese Premier League over een eenjarig contract. In de competitie scoorde Miccoli 6 doelpunten in 11 wedstrijden. Op 16 december 2015 kondigde Miccoli zijn beslissing aan om te stoppen als professioneel voetballer.

Interlandcarrière
Miccoli maakte zijn debuut voor Italië in 2003, tijdens een oefenwedstrijd tegen Portugal. Daar gaf de 1.68 meter lange Italiaan de assist aan Bernardo Corradi, die het enige doelpunt van de wedstrijd scoorde. In 2004 scoorde Miccoli zelf tegen Portugal in een andere oefenwedstrijd. Hij scoorde direct uit een corner. Ondanks dat Fabrizio Miccoli vaak bij de selectie zat deze periode, maakte hij geen deel uit van de selectie die afreisde naar EURO 2004, dat gehouden werd in Portugal. Na 2004 kwam hij niet meer in actie voor Italië.

Privéleven
In april 2022 kreeg Miccoli een gevangenisstraf van 3,5 jaar opgelegd vanwege afpersing, een misdrijf dat in 2010 had plaatsgevonden. Hij werd hiervoor in 2017 reeds veroordeeld, maar ging hiertegen tevergeefs in beroep.

Zie ook
Lijst van spelers van Juventus FC
Lijst van spelers van US Palermo
Lijst van spelers van Perugia Calcio

Miccoli, Fabrizio


Before Year Up, I was making minimum wage at a shoe store in Pennsylvania. Today, I work for a Fortune 500 company in New York City.
I've always wanted bigger and better jobs, but I couldn't afford college, and whenever I went on corporate job interviews I was told I didn't have enough experience. A chance was all I needed to prove myself and gain experience.
Everything started to change when my cousin, who graduated from Year Up, told me about the program. I liked the idea that I could learn hands-on skills needed in the corporate world as well as earn college credit. It was an opportunity I couldn't let pass me by. I knew if I didn't push myself to chase my dreams, I'd be stuck in dead-end jobs forever.
Year Up was an amazing experience like no other. It became my home away from home. A place where I was able to open up and be myself but also better myself and learn a lot of skills that a regular college or high school wouldn't teach me. The one-on-one attention that I received from teachers and staff members was phenomenal and helped create a comfortable and happy learning environment. For example, when I started the training phase of the program I was shy and terrified of public speaking. The staff at Year Up worked with me to overcome my fears. After only a few months, I started to give presentations and ask questions in class.
I never could've imagined after training that I'd land an internship at a Fortune 500 company like JPMorgan Chase. I joined the IT department as a member of their Build & Service Request team. After noticing I wanted more, I talked with my manager and he adjusted my schedule so I could work a few days a week with the Software Asset Management team.
Working at JPMorgan Chase has been a dream come true. I've been able to network with very successful people who have guided me on the right path. I'm forever grateful to everyone who has mentored me.
I recently graduated with an Associates degree in International Business from Berkeley College. I plan on going back for my bachelors in business management. I want to keep pushing myself for bigger and better. I want to set an example for all young men and women like myself that anything is possible if you just try your hardest and stay focused.


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Behold the rapturous joy on the faces of those celebrating the life and times of the one and only, Kyle Fritz. Attendees waited in lines that stretched through a sea of ravenous paparazzi just to catch a glimpse of the mysterious emprasario who rarely makes public appearances.
The festivities took place at the fabulous Geppi's Entertainment Museum, a venue so richly adorned with cultural curiosities one could return a hundred times and find something new upon each visit. For many of those in attendance, it was truly an undiscovered gem in the heart of Charm City.
What Weekly threw the FritzBall for Kyle to show our appreciation for building our website in collaboration with Brooke Hall Creative who assisted with the design and vision. We're tossing around the idea of making this a regular thing and having an annual party that celebrates someone exceptional. What do you think?
Before we get too deep into the goods, we'd like to send a special thank you to our sponsors Geppi's Entertainment Museum, Flying Dog Brewery, Joe Squared, Christopher Schafer Clothier, Maryland Art Place, Baltimore Art & Music Project, El Suprimo Records, and EatBmore.com. We wouldn't have been able to do this without you.
2012 is the year of the swordswallower. Any party without one isn't a party at all. That's why we invited the best. Meet Dai Andrews, who holds four Guinness World Records. Dai has performed in over 40 countries on five continents and made over 50 television appearances.
This was his first performance after traveling throughout Asia for over 18 months. Everyone was thoroughly entertained if not utterly astounded.
Tracy Gold: Certified Swordswallower Inspector.
El Suprimo, a DJ so good he doesn't even need to touch his records. They just know what he wants to hear and bend to his will.
What Weekly's Managing Director and Resident Magician David London. Because what self-respecting publication doesn't have a magician on staff?
Batman, and Robin, the way we'd always imagined. Jessica Long and Philip Laubner.
Katie Kirkpatrick in the role of a lifetime.
It wasn't enough for Dai to swallow straight swords, this one was curved at a fourty-five degree angle.
Elliot Rauh and Britt Olsen-Ecker.
A rare appearance by the mysterious and rarely seen artist, Minas, accompanied by one of his storied ninja-fairy bodyguards.
Pocahontas and Robin trade war stories.
And of course no super hero party is complete without a shofar. Thank you, Paul Naden.
The lovely ladies of the Kelley Clan and a cricket?
John Cammack and his lovely wife.
Rebecca Nagle and Natalya Brusilovsky.
Alexadra Hewitt was a tour de force in the role of Marilyn Monroe, Bravo!
Kyle Fritz and Tracy Gold.
Robin, Batman, Bonnie, Clyde, Pocahontas and Colonel Sanders.


Unless you live under a rock (and no offense intended if you do), you're probably aware of the movement to eat food that originates close to home. While this is a growing trend, it is by no means a new idea. Until about a century ago (maybe even less), the vast majority of people survived by consuming almost solely locally produced foods. But new idea or not, more and more people are making an attempt to get at least some of their food from local sources.
If it's something you're serious about, great; if you couldn't care less where your food comes from, I'm sorry. To each his own, and if you can't imagine life in January without those pink balls from Mexico that masquerade as tomatoes, who am I to try to dissuade you? 🙂 But for those of you who are open to ditching that bland, unripened produce from across the country, here are just a few of the benefits of eating locally.
There are a number of reasons that we try to source our food from close to home, but one of the biggest is freshness. Food that's shipped from California, (or Florida, or Mexico, or Chile [side note: do you remember those "It's summer in Chile" commercials from a few years ago? Chile is almost 6,000 miles away…]) will never, ever surpass the freshness level of something that your farmer picked yesterday. By the time it hits your grocer's shelves, produce is at least days, and sometimes weeks old, and eggs can be over a month.
It just does. As with anything, I know exceptions can be found (and if you're one of those who just likes to be an antagonist, don't bother), but as a general rule, if it's grown locally, produce can be picked when it's ripe, instead of days earlier (so it can be shipped while still firm), then artificially ripened later. Most varieties of commercially-grown fruits and vegetables were bred and selected exclusively based on how well they handle shipping and storage. Flavor? Not so much. Grow a strawberry plant and pick them when they're fully red and near-to-bursting with juice, and then pick up a pint from the grocery store, and let me know which one was better. Or a peach. Or tomato. Corn. You get the point.
Because fruits and vegetables are allowed to ripen before they're picked, it gives them a chance for all the goodness to fully develop. And on the flip side, because they get to you sooner, they don't lose as many nutrients as they would during days of transport and storage.
When you go to a typical grocery store, your tomato options are usually "tomatoes," maybe "grape tomatoes," perhaps some fancy "on the vine tomatoes," and… well, that's about it. When tomato season is in full swing, check out your local farmer's market. Guarantee you'll find more than just "tomatoes," and even if they're labeled as such, the seller should at least be able to tell you what kind they are. And of course, that goes for more than just tomatoes.
Buying local (and this applies to anything, not just food) clearly helps your local economy much more than picking up something at the local chain store. And I don't know about you, but if given the opportunity, I'd prefer keeping my dollars close to home instead of sending them to some corporate conglomerate hundreds or thousands of miles away. We know many of our local farmers and the work that they put into producing quality product – why not reward that? It encourages them to continue to strive to get better, which continues to provide us with more and better food options. Win-win.
You may notice that there might not be as many organic options at a local market, but if you ask, many of those farmers that aren't labeled actually do use sound organic growing practices, they're just not "certified organic" because all the red tape involved is cost-prohibitive for someone of their size. If they want to dump herbicides and pesticides on their crops, no big deal, but if you want to go chemical-free, well, I'm sorry, but you're gonna have to jump through all kinds of hoops (it's almost like the government wants to make it more difficult to recognize better food options… I know, crazy, right?). And most growers will answer any questions and even let you visit the farms – they're generally quite passionate, and welcome any opportunity to make that passion known.
Eating locally does require some commitment. It means eating seasonally too, so once that first frost hits, no more tomatoes for the next eight or nine months. Our winter menu isn't very bright, and consists of a lot of meat, potatoes, winter squash, and root vegetables. Come summer, when the garden's in full swing, we're borderline vegetarian a lot of the time. And that's okay – to me, it's more fun to binge on tomatoes and strawberries and peaches for the month or two that they're at their absolute peak than eat a decidedly inferior version year-round. Those months spent waiting in anticipation only make the first bite next year that much sweeter. (Although if you brush up on your food-preservation skills, you can enjoy a lot of that peak flavor throughout the year!) The benefits of eating locally far outweigh any drawbacks.
It can get overwhelming if you let it, but don't feel like you have to go all-or-nothing. We try to find local food sources as much as we can , but I have a special place in my belly for chocolate, and oranges, and Alaskan salmon, and pita chips, and a number of other things that we just can't find in Ohio. The modern food system is amazing and we're fortunate to have access to so much variety, but it's also fragile.
So get to know your local farmers. Start a garden (doesn't get any more local than your backyard). Buy peak produce in bulk and learn how to can, dry, or freeze. And seriously, don't ever buy those fake pink "tomatoes" again.