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Dominium's leadership team sets the direction, tone, and vision for the entire organization. These skilled professionals, with complementary expertise, work together to build and grow the organization.
Paul Sween
Board Member & Senior Managing Partner
As Senior Managing Partner, Paul Sween is responsible for all aspects of Dominium's business. Active in the multi-housing industry since 1981, Sween joined Dominium in 1989. During his involvement, the company has grown from managing 2,700 units to nearly 40,000 units and more than 220 properties.
Prior to Dominium, Sween worked for the international accounting firm Ernst & Young. He held the role of principal in a development and property management firm that syndicated existing apartment projects and completed low-income tax credit and historic rehab projects.
Sween is dedicated to serving on boards that share his passion for the stability, dignity and opportunity that housing provides. He is Capital Campaign co-Chair for CommonBond, the Minnesota-based affordable housing nonprofit, a member of the Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity Board of Directors, and a member of the Council of Large Affordable Housing Owners. Previous board engagements include serving as chair of the Minnesota Housing Partnership.
Sween is a founding donor to the Dominium Foundation which contributes to important housing and social service organizations in the communities where Dominium operates. He also helped spearhead and fund the creation of Opportunity's Front Door, a program that provides up to $2 million in post-secondary scholarships to Dominium residents, employees and their dependents.
A sought-after public speaker, Sween recently delivered an address at the George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum.
A committed, lifelong learner, Sween is a graduate of Pennsylvania State University and a Certified Public Accountant (CPA). He is the father of three children.
Armand Brachman
Board Member & Partner
Armand Brachman acted as co-Managing Partner of Dominium and was responsible for all aspects of the business until 2018. Since 1979 when Brachman joined Dominium, the firm has grown from managing 2,700 units to more than 34,000 units in 19 states. Currently, Brachman is actively engaged in the company's Investment Committee, Board of Directors, and ownership group. He is also involved in all major strategic initiatives and investment decisions for the company.
Brachman has extensive experience working with federal, state and local housing programs. His current commitment to the developmental process of the trade sheds light on a variety of issues including community and site identification, site control, municipal approvals, architectural programming, financing, construction management, marketing and management.
Brachman is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison real estate program.
Brachman is a member of the Council of Affordable Housing Owners – best practices group and is a member of the Drake Bank Board. He is also on the Board of Trustees and Operations Committee for the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum. Brachman is a founding contributor to the Dominium Foundation which contributes to important housing and social service organizations in the communities where Dominium operates.
Mark Moorhouse
Board Member, Managing Partner & Executive Vice President, Development
Mark Moorhouse is the senior executive with responsibility for the Development and Acquisitions function for Dominium. This growing group of more than 80 professionals leads the nation in the development of affordable housing. Moorhouse started his career at Dominium in 1996, achieving progressive responsibility that included significant portfolio acquisitions, new project developments, and challenging historic preservation properties. During that time the company has grown from managing 6,000 units to nearly 40,000 units today, with properties in 19 states. Those properties meet a mix of family, workforce and senior housing needs. Moorhouse's leadership is instrumental to Dominium's ability to grow and his focus on improving our company-wide-systems is helping the company achieve its long-term goal to grow to 40,000 units by 2025.
Moorhouse holds a Bachelor of Science degree and Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree from St. Cloud State University.
Moorhouse is Chair of The Board of Directors at Summit Academy OIC (SAOIC), an accredited vocational school established in 1996 that helps low-income individuals obtain the job skills training needed to secure well-paid employment and, ultimately, to lead a more stable and rewarding life. Moorhouse is a committed Board Chair member of Minnesota Housing Partnership (MHP), an affordable housing advocacy group that strengthens development capacity and promotes systems change to expand opportunity for those in greatest need. Moorhouse is also a member of the Council of Large Affordable Housing Owners (CLAHO), a best practices group.
Moorhouse is a founding contributor to the Dominium Foundation which contributes to important housing and social service organizations in the communities where Dominium operates.
Dean Adler
Board Member & CEO, Lubert-Adler Partner, L.P.
Dean Adler is CEO and Founder of Lubert-Adler Partner, L.P., a real estate equity firm with over $7 billion in equity and $17 billion of assets under management. He serves as head of the investment committee and is responsible for leading the strategic direction of the firm.
Adler began his career at Ernst & Young, Baker and Hostetler and CMS. He is an Executive Committee Member and Research Sponsor for the Zell/Lurie Real Estate Center of The Wharton School. He has been a keynote speaker for national real estate organizations such as the Urban Land Institute and the International Council of Shopping Centers. Adler has served on numerous community boards and has served on the City of Philadelphia's Economic Development Summit.
Prior to founding Lubert-Adler, Adler graduated magna cum laude from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He holds a J.D. degree with honors from the University of Pennsylvania Law School and was an instructor at the Wharton School.
Ken Bacon
Board Member & Managing Partner, Railfield Partners
Ken Bacon is Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Railfield Partners. Prior to founding RailField, Bacon spent 19 years at Fannie Mae, most recently as the Executive Vice President and Head of the Multifamily Business. During his tenure, Bacon grew the portfolio from $56 billion to over $195 billion in assets, consisting of multifamily mortgages, conventional equity, tax credits and mezzanine debt. He also initiated the American Communities Fund at Fannie Mae. He was previously Director of the Office of Securitization for the Resolution Trust Corporation (RTC and held officer positions at Morgan Stanley and Kidder Peabody.
Bacon currently serves on the Board of Directors of Comcast Corporation, Ally Financial and Welltower. He is active in several non-profit and trade groups, including as a Board Member of the Real Estate Executive Council (Vice Chairman), National Multifamily Housing Council, and Martha's Table.
Bacon is an alumnus and former trustee of Stanford University, where he received his B.A.. He also holds a M.Sc. in International Relations from the London School of Economics where he studied as a Marshall Scholar, and a M.B.A. from Harvard Business School. In recognition of his service to the Marshall Scholars program, he was awarded an Order of the British Empire ("OBE") by the British government.
Kyle Hansen
Partner, Chief Operating Officer & Executive Vice President
Email: kyle.hansen@dominiuminc.com
As Dominium's Chief Operating Officer, Kyle Hansen is helping position the company to achieve its next chapter of growth. He plays a key role in the execution of Dominium's Strategic Plan, which sets up the company for long-term success. As COO, Kyle has oversight of key departments and functions, including Corporate Services, Property Management, Human Resources, and Asset Management.
Prior to joining Dominium in 2022, Kyle had a long-term career at U.S. Bank, primarily in Commercial Real Estate and Community Development. Kyle has held various leadership positions within Commercial Real Estate, including construction lending, term lending, commercial mortgage-backed securities, and capital markets. While in Community Development, Kyle led various debt and equity platforms, including affordable housing debt, New Markets Tax Credit equity, and lending to Community Development Financial Institutions.
Before his banking experience, Kyle began his career as a Certified Public Accountant at Ernst & Young and held Real Estate finance positions with Opus Corporation and Condor Corporation.
Kyle is an accomplished senior executive who enjoys driving strategic and cultural change that results in revenue growth and improved employee engagement. Over the course of his career, he has initiated and grown multibillion-dollar lending platforms that produced significant franchise value. He also carries a deep commitment to community and social responsibility.
Kyle currently serves on the Board of Directors of Ehlers Public Finance. His previous board service includes Common Bond Communities (Chairman), the United Way Housing Board, Lutheran Social Services Housing Board, and more. Kyle earned a bachelor's degree from Concordia College, graduating with honors, summa cum laude.
Jack Sipes
Partner, Chief Property Management Officer & Executive Vice President
Email: jsipes@dominiuminc.com
As Partner, Chief Property Management Officer & Executive Vice President, John "Jack" Sipes leads Dominium's property management department, handling more than 34,000 owned/managed units in 19 states. He is responsible for managing all property management operations staff along with the marketing, maintenance and purchasing, and compliance functions. He is particularly proud of his focused efforts to develop leaders at all levels of Dominium.
Sipes is a West Point graduate and has an MBA from the University of Texas at Austin. After proudly serving his country as a US Army officer throughout the world, he embarked on a career of progressive leadership in property management at Archstone, CWS Capital Partners, and WinnResidential.
Sipes has a long history of charitable outreach in his community. Within Dominium, he leads the firm's employee outreach efforts as Chair of the Volunteer Program and as President of the non-profit Employee Emergency Fund. He has served youth athletics in many roles- including coach, referee, administrator, commissioner and fan.
Sipes is a founding contributor to the Dominium Foundation which contributes to important housing and social service organizations in the communities where Dominium operates.
Partner, CFO & Executive Vice President
As Partner, Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President at Dominium, Tim Allen is responsible for the leadership and oversight of the accounting, finance and tax functions. In addition, he is responsible for the management of human resources, information technology, and other administration functions.
Allen brings years of experience in the oversight of finance, human resources, and information technology. Prior to joining Dominium, he served as the Chief Financial Officer for Quest Education. Previously, he was the Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer for Pro Staff.
Allen is a graduate of the University of Minnesota where he received a Bachelor's degree in Accounting and a Master of Business Administration in Finance and Strategic Management from the University of Minnesota Carlson School of Management. Allen is on the state board for the ARC of Minnesota. He is also active in several activities that support youth sports, and does advocacy work for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
Allen is a founding contributor to the Dominium Foundation which contributes to important housing and social service organizations in the communities where Dominium operates.
Paula Prahl
Partner, Chief Policy and Corporate Affairs Officer & Executive Vice President
Email: paula.prahl@dominiuminc.com
Paula Prahl is a Partner, Chief Policy and Corporate Affairs Officer & Executive Vice President for Dominium. Prahl will develop a program to ensure effective and consistent interactions with governments and other key external stakeholders. The establishment of this role is critical to Dominium's growth plan of owning 40,000 units by 2025.
Prahl most recently served as managing director of communications and public affairs at Varde Partners, a hedge, real estate and private equity fund based in Minneapolis. Previously, she served over a decade as senior vice president of communications, public affairs and corporate responsibility at Best Buy and served nearly a decade as vice president of government and community relations at Honeywell. Prahl began her public policy career as the director of public policy at the Minnesota Business Partnership.
Prahl holds a BA from Smith College and an MA from the Humphrey School of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota.
Chris Lahna
Partner, Chief Talent Officer & Executive Vice President
Email: chris.lahna@dominiuminc.com
Chris Lahna is a Partner, Chief Talent Officer & Executive Vice President for Dominium. Lahna shapes and focuses the company's investment in its people, culture and performance. He focuses on all elements of organizational transformation including talent acquisition, leadership development, succession planning, organizational design, employer brand, change management and employee experience.
Lahna has a deep background in human resources leadership at American Century Investments and General Electric's Aviation business. Throughout his career, Lahna has helped organizations transform their culture while working across functions in global roles leading talent and leadership development, recruiting, compensation and incentive design, HR business partners and the Mergers and Acquisition portfolio.
Lahna earned a bachelor's degree in Organizational Leadership and Human Resources from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, and an MBA from the Krannert School of Management at Purdue University. Lahna is also a Certified Professional Coach (CPC).
Scott Ewing
Partner, Chief Construction and Architecture Officer & Executive Vice President
Email: sewing@dominiuminc.com
As Partner, Chief Construction and Architecture Officer & Executive Vice President at Dominium, Scott Ewing is responsible for managing all Dominium's construction projects. Ewing is responsible for $250 million of new construction, renovation and major repairs within Dominium's portfolio.
Ewing's experience is instrumental in maintaining a positive working relationship with outside consultants to ensure projects are completed with high quality standards, on time and within budget. He also works with numerous Architectural and Engineering partners to ensure timely delivery of accurate project documents.
Ewing has over 20 years of General Contracting experience. Prior to joining Dominium he had the opportunity to build several Dominium projects such as 808 Berry Place, The Bluffs at Nine Mile Creek and The Landings at Silver Lake Village.
Ewing is a graduate of Kansas State University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Construction Science and Management.
Todd Urness
As Dominium's General Counsel, Todd Urness serves as the company's lead attorney and primary source of legal advice. He is responsible for developing and executing the company's overall legal strategy.
Todd is one of the nation's foremost tax credit financing and syndication attorneys and has a strong track record of advising Dominium on complex development and finance-related issues. He also has specific and substantial expertise in multifamily housing development and financing.
A practicing attorney and Certified Public Accountant, Todd is a member of the Minnesota State Bar Association, Hennepin County Bar Association, Minnesota Society of Certified Public Accountants and American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. He has been named to the Best Lawyers in America© list for both Tax Law and Real Estate Law, as well as the Minnesota Super Lawyers© list. Todd holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Gustavus Adolphus College and a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Minnesota.
James Anastos
Vice President, Property Management
Senior Vice President & Project Partner
Email: nandersen@dominiuminc.com
As Senior Vice President and Project Partner, Nick Andersen is responsible for new project development, acquisition and financing. His daily responsibilities include analyzing new acquisition and development opportunities, determining project feasibility, overseeing design and construction, structuring partnerships and negotiating with lenders, investors and third party vendors.
Since joining Dominium in 2007, Andersen has worked on a variety of project types including general partner interest acquisition, acquisitions and rehabilitation of existing apartment communities, ground-up new construction projects, as well as historic adaptive reuse projects.
During his tenure, Andersen has been involved in the acquisition and/or development of more than 3,400 units, placement or assumption of nearly $200 million in debt, over $110 million in equity and totaling more than $345 million in total development costs.
Andersen graduated Cum Laude from the University of St. Thomas as an Aquinas Scholar with a Bachelor of Science in Real Estate Studies and a Bachelor of Arts in Entrepreneurship. His professional affiliations include the University of St. Thomas Real Estate Council and the Urban Land Institute (ULI). He serves on the Housing Initiative Committee with ULI Minnesota.
Andersen is a founding contributor to the Dominium Foundation which contributes to important housing and social service organizations in the communities where Dominium operates.
Tracy Bingen
Senior Vice President, Financial Operations, Treasury and Risk
Jen Brewerton
Vice President, Compliance
Nicki Guadalupe
Paula Hall
Vice President, Asset Management
Jeff Huggett
Email: jhuggett@dominiuminc.com
As Senior Vice President and Project Partner, Jeff Huggett is responsible for locating and closing new development, redevelopment and acquisition opportunities.
Prior to joining Dominium in 1997, Huggett worked in asset management and workouts at Dain Corporation in Minneapolis, where he was responsible for a $100 million portfolio located in nine cities throughout the Midwest and Southeast. Previously, he was Chief Operating Officer at Paine Webber Properties, Inc. in Boston, and Commercial Mortgage Banker at Eberhardt Company located in Minneapolis.
Huggett is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison where he received a Master of Science (MBS) degree.
Huggett is a founding contributor to the Dominium Foundation which contributes to important housing and social service organizations in the communities where Dominium operates.
Huggett also oversees Dominium's Pro Bono Development efforts, whereby Dominium provides free development services to important community initiatives.
Kelly Johnson
Email: kelly.johnson@dominiuminc.com
Kelly Johnson is the Vice President of Marketing. Kelly is responsible for all aspects of Dominium's marketing and branding strategy, including traditional and online advertising, leasing and sales training and resident retention programs.
Prior to joining Dominium, Kelly was Vice President of Marketing for MC Companies, and VP of Operations at Hills Property Management. Earlier in her career. She has also worked as a national marketing director at Berkshire Realty, regional property manager at CWS Capital Partners and regional marketing director and Village Green Cos.
Email: rlunderby@dominiuminc.com
As Senior Vice President and Project Partner, Ryan Lunderby is responsible for new project development, acquisition and financing. He is also responsible for analyzing new acquisition opportunities, determining project feasibility, overseeing design and construction, working alongside different partnership restructuring, and negotiating with lenders, investors and third party vendors.
Since joining Dominium in 2004, Lunderby has been involved with several acquisition/rehabilitation undertakings, as well as new construction and historic rehabilitation projects. Included in these projects is the re-syndication of Dominium's existing portfolio of original tax credit properties throughout the Midwest. Most recently, Lunderby has played an integral role in Dominium's growth into new markets through new construction of affordable communities, acquisitions of Year 15 tax credit properties and acquisitions of general partner interests from various financial institutions.
Since entering a production role with Dominium in 2010, Lunderby has closed on over 50 properties totaling more than 7,500 apartment units.
Lunderby holds a Bachelor of Science in Real Estate Finance from St. Cloud State University. He is a member of the St. Cloud State Real Estate Alumni Association and Tennessee Developers Council.
Lunderby is a founding contributor to the Dominium Foundation which contributes to important housing and social service organizations in the communities where Dominium operates.
Mark Mahoney
Chief of Staff and Senior Vice President, Financial Planning and Analysis
Email: mmahoney@dominiuminc.com
As Chief of Staff and Senior Vice President of Financial Planning and Analysis, Mark Mahoney leads Dominium's Investment Committee, a consulting group of analysts that are business partners with other departments and the financial reporting to senior executives, a transaction services team, and various estate planning efforts. Additionally, he assists with Dominium board meeting preparation as well as participating in board meetings, helps lead Dominium's treasury function and assists with the closing of dispositions and portfolio refinances. Mahoney serves as the Chief of Staff to Managing Partner, Sween and in that role helps Sween with the implementation of numerous strategic initiatives across the Dominium enterprise.
Mahoney joined Dominium in December of 2006 and has worked in a wide variety of roles, including serving as the Corporate Controller working on updating and automating Corporate reporting, specifically as it relates to Development. He also served as Vice President of Asset Management, his responsibilities in this role included portfolio budget preparation, financial statement review, dispositions, and working with outside Limited Partners to exit partnerships at, or near, the end of the tax credit compliance period. Mahoney served as Vice President of Financial Planning and Analysis in 2016 for nearly five years before his promotion to Chief of Staff and Vice President of Financial Planning and Analysis.
Prior to joining Dominium, Mahoney was a Senior Accountant at UnitedHealth Group.
Mahoney holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Accounting from St. Mary's University.
Thomas McElroy
Senior Vice President, Capital Markets
Email: thomas.mcelroy@dominiuminc.com
As Senior Vice President of Capital Markets, Thomas McElroy is responsible for developing and overseeing an institutional framework for the company's existing debt and equity relationships, along with the creation and development of new programmatic relationships that lead to a portfolio-wide strategy for financing both the equity and debt by focusing on efficiency and innovation. McElroy is also responsible for negotiation of specific deal terms and the closing of individual financing of the projects subject to the needs of the development team leads, along with coordination of interim financings with the company's internal Polaris Capital group, and the direction of Dominium's investment sales effort.
Prior to joining Dominium, McElroy most recently served as a senior associate at Castlelake, a global private investment firm managing more than $19 billion in assets on behalf of institutional investors. As a member of Castlelake's North American Assets investment team, McElroy was responsible for identifying and executing private market investments in affordable housing and the acquisition, development and construction of single-family residential, mixed-use properties and master planned communities.
Prior to joining Castlelake, McElroy was a development associate for Dominium where he was responsible for generating and analyzing new affordable housing investments. McElroy also spent five years playing professional hockey in the AHL, ECHL and in Europe.
McElroy holds a Master of Business Administration in Real Estate from the University of St. Thomas, Opus College of Business and a Bachelor of Science in Finance and Real Estate from St. Cloud State University.
Email: rmehl@dominiuminc.com
As Senior Vice President and Project Partner, Ron Mehl is responsible for new project development, acquisitions and financing. In addition, he analyzes new acquisition opportunities, determines project feasibility, oversees design and construction, partnership restructuring, and negotiations with lenders, investors and third-party vendors.
Mehl has played an integral role in developing Dominium's senior housing portfolio. He is involved in the re-syndication of Dominium's existing portfolio of original tax credit projects throughout the Midwest. In 2016, he opened a Dominium Development office in Denver, CO. and is growing the existing Dominium portfolio in a fast-paced, growing economy with great attainable housing needs.
In the past, Mehl has been directly involved with new project development, financing, acquisitions and asset management for a commercial developer. He also worked to support the management of a $400 million portfolio and assisted in the restructuring of $50 million of debt and $40 million of equity.
Mehl is a graduate of Point Loma Nazarene University in San Diego, CA. with a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration and a minor in Accounting.
Mehl is a volunteer with Housing Colorado NOW! and the Colorado annual housing conference, serving on the Workshop Committee. Mehl also contributes to 3 Hopeful Hearts which provides bereaved parents and families opportunities to honor, find hope and seek healing through events, support, education and remembrance.
Mehl is a founding contributor to the Dominium Foundation which contributes to important housing and social service organizations in the communities where Dominium operates.
Owen Metz
Email: ometz@dominiuminc.com
As a Senior Vice President and Project Partner with our Mountain West Region, Owen Metz is responsible for all facets of new project development, acquisition and financing. His daily responsibilities include leading new acquisition opportunities, determining project feasibility, overseeing design and construction, structuring partnerships and negotiating with lenders and investors.
Since joining Dominium in 2006, Metz has worked on the acquisition, renovation and/or construction of numerous apartment communities across the country. He has also worked on 4 different historic adaptive-reuse developments. Further, he has been involved in Dominium becoming the replacement general partner on several distressed apartment communities. In aggregate Metz has helped add more than 6,000 apartment units to the Dominium portfolio since joining in 2006.
Most recently, Metz played the lead role in the successful closing on the redevelopment of the Upper Post at Fort Snelling at Bdote—dubbed the Upper Post Flats. The Upper Post Flats is a long-term partnership with the State of Minnesota Department of Natural Resources to save 26 historic military buildings that were Minnesota's very first National Historic Landmark. When completed the community will target the 191 apartment homes to military veterans and their families.
Since taking on a production role with Dominium in 2013, Metz has closed on 24 properties totaling nearly 5,000 apartment units at a development cost of more than $1 billion.
Metz is a graduate from the University of Wisconsin—Madison School of Business with a BBA in both Real Estate and Finance. His professional affiliations include the UW Real Estate Alumni Association, Lambda Alpha International and the Urban Land Institute.
Metz is a is a board member of the Arizona Housing Coalition and founding contributor to the Dominium Foundation, which contributes to important housing and social service organizations in the communities where Dominium operates.
Devon Quist
Vice President & Project Partner
Email: devon.quist@dominiuminc.com
As Vice President and Project Partner, Devon Quist is responsible for new project development, acquisition and financing. His work includes analyzing new acquisition and development opportunities, determining project feasibility, overseeing design and construction, structuring partnerships and negotiating with lenders, investors and third-party vendors.
Quist joined Dominium in 2015 and has completed a variety of projects across the country. Residing in the Tampa Bay area, he specializes in the new construction of multifamily affordable housing using non-competitive resources in the Central Florida region. Quist has been involved in the acquisition and/ or development of 13 projects, leading to the creation or preservation of approximately 3,000 affordable homes.
Prior to joining Dominium full time, Quist was a Development Intern for Dominium where he assisted project partners, developers, and associates with market research and the production and analysis of financial models.
Quist holds a Bachelor of Arts in Real Estate Studies and a minor in Economics from the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, MN. His professional affiliations include the Bay Area Apartment Association (BAA), Urban Land Institute – Tampa Bay, the Coalition of Affordable Housing Providers (CAHP), and the Florida Housing Coalition (FHC). He has also serves on the Multi-Family Developer Council of the Apartment Association of Greater Orlando (AAGO).
Shaun Reinhardt
Email: shaun.reinhardt@dominiuminc.com
Shaun Reinhardt is a Vice President & Project Partner for Dominium. Reinhardt is responsible for new project development, acquisition, and financing. His daily responsibilities include analyzing new acquisition and development opportunities, determining project feasibility, overseeing design and construction, structuring partnerships and negotiating with lenders, investors and third-party vendors.
Since Joining Dominium in 2015, Reinhardt worked on a variety of project types including general partner interest acquisition, Acquisitions and rehabilitation of existing apartment communities, ground-up new construction projects, as well as being an integral member of the initial structured finance team where he was involved in structuring debt funds and securitizations of both internal and external collateral. Reinhardt also worked on an $80 million permanent supportive housing development as a pro-bono development consultant.
During his tenure, Reinhardt has been involved in the acquisition and/or development of over 3,000 units, placement or assumption of nearly $300 million in permanent debt, over $400 million in construction, bridge and gap financing, over $250 million in federal and state LIHTC equity, and over $500 million in structured debt and securitizations.
Previously, Reinhardt was a Development analyst and associate at Dominium and was promoted to Vice President & Project Partner in January of 2022. He was also previously an intern with Dominium and AEI Capital Corporation.
Reinhardt graduated Cum Laude from the university of St. Thomas with a degree in Finance.
Neal Route
Email: nroute@dominiuminc.com
As Vice President and Project Partner, Neal Route is responsible for new project development, acquisitions, and financing. Since joining Dominium in 2012, Route has worked on a variety of project types including fee simple acquisitions, portfolio acquisitions, partnership acquisitions, new construction projects, resyndications, and renewable energy developments, including both hydroelectric and solar. During his tenure, Route has been involved in the acquisition and/or development of more than 5,200 units, and placement or assumption of nearly $900 million in debt & equity.
Route holds a Bachelor of Business Administration in Real Estate and Urban Land Economics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His professional affiliations include the University of Wisconsin Real Estate Alumni Association and the Urban Land Institute. He serves on the QAP Committee of the Texas Affiliation of Affordable Housing Providers (TAAHP) and on the Advisory Council for the Real Estate Center at the UT Austin. Route is a contributor to the Dominium Foundation, which contributes to important housing and social service organizations in the communities where Dominium operates.
Jeff Spicer
Email: jeff.spicer@dominiuminc.com
As Senior Vice President and Project Partner, Jeff Spicer is leading Dominium's efforts in Texas and help Dominium grow its presence in this emerging market. Spicer is responsible for originating and overseeing new project development, financing, and acquisitions.
Spicer joined Dominium in September of 2017 but has a long-term relationship lasting more than 10 years as a consulting partner for Dominium. He has over 25 years of experience in affordable housing where he has worked to develop successful ventures in the state of Texas and across the southwestern part of the country.
Spicer is an active member of the Texas Association of Affordable Housing Providers (TAAHP), Texas Association of Local Housing Finance Agencies (TALHFA), and National Association of Home Builders (NAHB). He is also on the TALHFA Board of Directors and the NAHB Multifamily Board of Trustees.
Prior to joining Dominium, Spicer was co-founder and principal at State Street Housing Development where he developed affordable housing in Texas and the southwest. He currently owns more than 1,000 affordable housing units and has developed over 7,000 units nationwide.
Spicer holds a Bachelor's Degree in Economics and International Business and a Master's Degree in Real Estate Finance and Investment Analysis both from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He also held a Wisconsin real estate license and has been an active member on many boards.
Spicer is a contributor to the Dominium Foundation which contributes to important housing and social service organizations in the communities where Dominium operates.
Mark Sween
Email: msween@dominiuminc.com
As Partner, Mark Sween is responsible for locating and closing acquisition opportunities. His work involves serving financial institutions in resolving problem properties that are on their watch lists and acquiring general partner interests in operating partnerships. Through his work, Dominium has acquired 42 properties in 10 states.
Prior to joining Dominium, Sween worked for two national low income tax credit syndicators where he was responsible for originating and closing more than $300 million of equity. He was also a principal in a development and property management firm that syndicated existing apartment projects, low income tax credit, and readily took on historic rehab projects. Sween has been active in the multi-housing industry since 1981, when he began his career at the international accounting firm of KPMG Peat Marwick.
He has held Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and Certified Property Manager (CPM) designations. Previously, Sween served as the Board Chair of the Minnesota Multi Housing Association and President of the Minnesota chapter of the Institute of Real Estate Management.
Sween is a founding contributor to the Dominium Foundation which contributes to important housing and social service organizations in the communities where Dominium operates.
Terry Sween
Email: tsween@dominiuminc.com
Terry Sween is a Vice President and Project Partner for Dominium. Terry Sween is responsible for new project development, acquisitions, and financing. His daily responsibilities include analyzing new acquisition and development opportunities, determining project feasibility, overseeing design and construction, structuring partnerships, and negotiating with lenders, investors, and third-party vendors.
Since joining Dominium in 2013, Terry Sween worked on a variety of project types including historic adaptive reuse, acquisition rehabilitation and ground up new construction. His experience includes the historic redevelopment of the national landmark Fort Snelling Upper Post in Minneapolis, Minnesota into 191 affordable homes for veterans.
Previously, Terry Sween was a development staff associate and associate at Dominium and was promoted to Vice President and Project partner in January of 2021. Prior to joining Dominium Terry Sween was a commercial underwriter for Huntington Bancshares.
Sween holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance from the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University. His professional affiliations include the Indiana University Alumni Association and Urban Land Institute.
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Councillor Carr, who represents the council's Hokianga-Kaikohe constituency, says about 350, mainly young Northlanders have undertaken Project Possum training since 2011.
The popular training is designed to give participants the chance to earn NCEA Level 2 and 3 credits as well as create potential jobs and reduce a harmful pest.
Over the next week more than 90 students from a dozen Northland schools from Kaitaia to Dargaville will attend one of three overnight training camps at Trefoil Park, 10km south of Kaikohe.
Councillor Carr says the students - mainly in Years 11 to 13 - will be taught about the traps used to control possums (including laying trap lines), as well as the 'ins and outs' of plucking and skinning possums, including preparing fur and skins for sale.
"They'll also learn about possum biology and its impacts as a pest species."
He says the first of three overnight camps to be offered this year will begin at Trefoil Park today.
"As well as helping young people involved learn a useful new skills set, it's also a great opportunity to help control the possum, a pest which has a significant impact on Northland's environment," he says.
"The 90-plus students will attend one of three overnight camps at Trefoil Park and will return in about two months for a day-long assessment workshop."
The follow-up workshop allows participants to judge how they have been putting what they had learned into practice and also check written assignments they will be given.
"It also builds up a great knowledge base and is a useful lead-in for those who want to go further and undertake separate Controlled Substance Licence (CSL) training in September."
Councillor Carr says CSL training - also offered under the Project Possum programme - enables those who are 17 or older (provided they meet certain criteria) to lay possum-killing toxins like cyanide.
"Without a formal CSL qualification, it's illegal to possess, use, store or manufacture these poisons."
Councillor Carr says the $260 training and accreditation costs for this week's training are met by students' schools.


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About Houston 2026
Why Houston 2026
Spirit of Houston
Houston is a globally connected city with two world-class international airports, state-of-the-art stadiums and a fanatical soccer fan base.
State-of-the-Art Venues
Houston's 72,000 capacity NRG Stadium, which features a retractable roof, is centrally located in the heart of the city, providing the world's soccer family with convenient access to Houston's vibrant hospitality and cultural center.
Tried and Tested Host City
Houston's state-of-the-art soccer venues and facilities are tried and successfully tested by international teams including FC Barcelona, Real Madrid, Bayern Munich, Manchester City, and Manchester United, and will provide ultimate environment for international players to perform at their best.
More than 145 languages spoken, over 20 ethnic and racial groups represented.
Passion for Soccer
Our passionate, soccer-loving population means packed out stadiums and a matchday experience that would rival the greatest soccer leagues in the world. This strong foundation of support for soccer in the city was demonstrated when Houston recently hosted back-to-back sell-out crowds and international players for Concacaf Gold Cup matches. Houston also had the highest average attendance for the 2021 Gold Cup of any market that hosted multiple matches with three of our matches at BBVA Stadium and NRG park completely sold out.
World-class infrastructure and services
Houston is home to one of the largest airport systems in the world. The city's vast transportation network and airports together service 55 million passengers, including over 10 million international travellers annually, providing the perfect hub to welcome, fans, players and visitors from all over for a truly global celebration of soccer.
World Cup matches in Houston will serve as a catalyst for the significant growth of the game, engaging millions of players and fans across South Texas.
Human Rights Legacy
Houston 2026 is committed to using the power of soccer to affect change, address critical social issues and advance human rights.
Energy Capital of the World
Houston has the resources and expertise to develop a sustainable blueprint for the long-term benefit of the FIFA World Cup.
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Alden Trust Donates $1 Million to 'Worcester Together'
The 'Worcester Together' fund announced today that the George I Alden Trust has donated $1 million to the fund to support the community's response to COVID-19. The fund, a partnership between the Greater Worcester Community Foundation and the United Way of Central Massachusetts, will support the needs of local nonprofit organizations working with communities disproportionately impacted by the COVID-19 public health crisis in Worcester County.
The George I Alden Trust was established in 1912 to support a variety of philanthropic causes in the Greater Worcester area. The Trust granted over $10 million in 2019 to Worcester based community organizations and higher education related activities.
"The Alden Trust is happy to be able to step up to the plate in this way to help our community," said Warner Fletcher, chair of the George I. Alden Trust. "We hope that this donation will encourage our community to join the Alden Trust in stretching to meet the unprecedented challenges we as a community are currently facing and will continue to be facing in the immediate future."
"We have seen an amazing outpouring of support from across the Worcester Community during the last week," said Carolyn Stempler, chair of the GWCF Board of Trustees. "Worcester Together is grateful to the Alden Trust for stepping forward, for their leadership and their generosity as we continue to provide support to those who need it most."
"We are thrilled to receive this donation to our Fund," said AiVi Nguyen, chair of the United Way of Central Massachusetts Board of Directors. "The leadership of the Alden Trust is setting an outstanding example for our community during these challenging times."
Contributions are now being accepted at www.greaterworcester.org and https://unitedwaycm.org/.
Grants from the Worcester Together funds will target organizations with deep roots in the community. Many of these groups serve residents without health insurance and/or access to sick days, people with limited English language proficiency, healthcare workers and seniors, among others.
Grants will be released by the funds on a rolling basis as fundraising continues throughout the outbreak and recovery phases of the crisis. This will make it possible to move resources quickly and adapt to evolving needs in subsequent funding phases. The application process will be designed to be as simple and responsive as possible.
GWCF invites foundations, businesses, individuals and family foundations to contribute to the Worcester Together fund at www.greaterworcester.org and https://unitedwaycm.org/. The Foundation, the United Way, the City of Worcester, local officials throughout the County and other funders are all working together to give the Fund the maximum reach and effectiveness. In addition to offering an opportunity to contribute to the Fund, GWCF and the United Way also urge donors to look for opportunities to support the critical needs of nonprofits by making general operating support grants to organizations they wish to help.
"This is great news," said Barbara Fields, CEO of the GWCF. "This is an extraordinary gift in response to extraordinary times."


Here are some factoids about scholarly publishing you might not know: Google Scholar is used more than plain old Google by scholars (but yes, Google use wins out everywhere else). Despite the explosive growth of smartphones, access to scholarly content by mobile phone accounts for only about 10 percent of use. And while abstracting and indexing services are declining, they remain the most important starting point for scholarly search.
How do we know these things? Because you told us.
Since 2004, Renew Publishing Consultants has surveyed researchers, students, teachers, lecturers, professors, journalists, managers, clinicians, medics, librarians, government officials, and engineers, working across all sectors and in all regions to learn about the uptake of academic content. Their last survey carried out by researchers Tracy Gardner and Simon Inger was in 2015, and this year they are hosting a fifth survey.
The 2015 research focused on journal and book content discovery. In the end there were more than 40,000 respondents, and the effort was supported by academic publishers (including SAGE, the parent of Social Science Space), societies, and intermediaries. The latest research will take on the very contentious issue of measuring perceptions of Sci-Hub and ResearchGate in discovery and delivery, and will also ask about how readers discover academic video content.
So far, according to Renew, 13 organizations have agreed to assist the effort. "We are delighted there has been such a lot of interest in our research," said Gardner. "We have welcomed back a number of publishers who supported our previous work but are also looking forward to working with publishers who haven't been involved before. We would not be able to carry out this work without their support." There is still time to get involved if you would like to take part; click here or contact simon@renewconsultants.com or tracy@renewconsultants.com for more information.
The resulting research report and the research data will be freely available at the completion. The 2015 report is published under a CC-BY NC license and can be downloaded from here.
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My favorite kind of furniture is versatile furniture, like chairs that can be configured into a bench in the entryway, or extra seating for the holidays! With kids coming in and out of our front door constantly (with their backpacks in tow and sometimes with the soccer cleats on) we really needed a bench. But two chairs are better than one bench. These two lovely chairs are from Sauder. They're the Cottage Road Spindle Back Chairs.
I placed a little table between the chairs and a tray underneath to put shoes.
I adore the color of the chairs, they add a lot to an otherwise neutral space.
Another reason why two chairs are better than a bench– when you have dinner guests, two chairs can really come in handy.
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The Square and the Tower
Ferguson, Niall
[S.I.] : Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group, 2018.
Format: Eaudiobook
A brilliant recasting of the turning points in world history, including the one we're living through, as a collision between old power hierarchies and new social networks. "Captivating and compelling."— The New York Times " The Square and the Tower, in addition to being provocative history, may prove to be a bellwether work of the Internet Age."— Christian Science Monitor Most history is hierarchical: it's about emperors, presidents, prime ministers and field marshals. It's about states, armies and corporations. It's about orders from on high. Even history "from below" is often about trade unions and workers' parties. But what if that's simply because hierarchical institutions create the archives that historians rely on? What if we are missing the informal, less well documented social networks that are the true sources of power and drivers of change? The 21st century has been hailed as the Age of Networks. However, in The Square and the Tower , Niall Ferguson argues that networks have always been with us, from the structure of the brain to the food chain, from the family tree to freemasonry. Throughout history, hierarchies housed in high towers have claimed to rule, but often real power has resided in the networks in the town square below. For it is networks that tend to innovate. And it is through networks that revolutionary ideas can contagiously spread. Just because conspiracy theorists like to fantasize about such networks doesn't mean they are not real. From the cults of ancient Rome to the dynasties of the Renaissance, from the founding fathers to Facebook, The Square and the Tower tells the story of the rise, fall and rise of networks, and shows how network theory—concepts such as clustering, degrees of separation, weak ties, contagions and phase transitions—can transform our understanding of both the past and the present. Just as The Ascent of Money put Wall Street into historical perspective, so The Square and the Tower does the same for Silicon Valley. And it offers a bold prediction about which hierarchies will withstand this latest wave of network disruption—and which will be toppled.
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Donald Trump believes trade wars are easy to win. Winning depends on who your opponent is. At the moment Trump's target is seemingly China but it is becoming increasingly clear that the Eurozone (and wider EU) is very much also at the top of his protectionist agenda.
This is a problem for the single market. It is not in a strong position when it comes to facing off the strong arm tactics of the President of the United States. Germany is the powerhouse of the EU when it comes to successful trade and industry, but its exporting machine is also vulnerable to US trade tariffs.
The Eurozone (and EU) are facing some major political and financial threats. This was already the case without Trump's nationalist agenda, but trade tariffs combined with Italy's political instability and increased market volatility risk now have the single market facing a precarious future.
As outlined in the introduction, Trump's trade wars have brought a number of problems to the fore for the Eurozone but it is Italy that is the most foreseeable threat to economic instability at this moment.
The election in early March and its uncertain result spooked markets somewhat but not enough to offer a real reflection of the risks posed. The result (which is still to be decided, overall) will pose major difficulties for the Eurozone that requires an Italian government focused on economic reforms and fiscal austerity.
Neither party brokering a deal to enter the leadership will be offering this on a silver platter.
Not only are the Five Star Movement and League yet another threat to the 'one vision' federal aims of the Eurozone elites but they have also shown very little interest in fiscal restraint. This is the only pathway for the Italian economy to returning to a sustainable footing according to the ECB.
This coming Autumn the (new) government (if appointed) will pass a new budget. Whilst this is pivotal for any new government, it will be more important to watch the politics surrounding the budget.
Considering over 60% of the parliament is made up of populist politicians the chances of an austerity budget being passed are beyond slim.
The two leading parties likely to form a government, The Five Star Movement and League, have made promises they cannot afford to break but are in direct contradiction with EU demands.
Five Star has promised a universal basic income, League has been elected on the promise of a flat income tax. Further inconsistencies with EU reforms are both parties' promises to reverse pension changes.
At the moment markets do not seem too upset by the political situation in Italy. This is both short-sighted and naive.
Spending policies of both parties challenge EU rules. Whilst Mario Draghi in the ECB has previously been able to keep the country in line, this was with the help of Europhile Mario Monti. Monti is no more and Italians have shown their eagerness to elect more radical politicians who are reacting to the backlash of two punishing decades in which young people were out of work and the elderly lost their savings.
This backlash is something which is being felt throughout Europe. Astonishingly markets and commentators believed Eurosceptisim was on the back burner (despite various election results in 2017).
Italy's own political outcome should serve as a much needed wakeup call that the euroscepticism within the bloc remain and will likely be reawakened. It may even bring back the existential threat to eurozone stability so many had long thought diminished. In turn, this will reduce the support the euro is currently enjoying.
As is becoming increasingly apparent, Italy is quite the dilemma for the Eurozone, they cannot afford to let it fail but equally it is seemingly too big to save.
This is very much the calm before the storm, as another economic crisis no doubt looms on the horizon.
Is the euro-area as strong as they think?
The 'shock' of the Italian election outcome has caused dementia within commentary circles regarding eurozone strength. To hear them talk about the eurozone one would think it was the epitome of health prior to the 4th March Italian election.
It was not. For example, not only is Brexit still threatening a major existential crisis on the single market but 2017 brought in the destruction of the French two-tier political system and the total wipeout of the centrist majority in German parliament – two things Europhiles thought they could be sure of.
Instead there are a number of looming issues that will no doubt create further divisions and anti-EU sentiments. This is despite markets remaining optimistic.
By all accounts, the forecasts for eurozone growth are pretty optimistic. The European Commission has recently revised upwards its expectations for growth in 2018 and 2019, having been surprised by the performance in 2017.
Brexit is not going to send the single currency market spinning out of control but there are major unresolved issues and looming ones which may well do this. Both French and German parties put forward major Eurozone reforms in 2017, no one has agreed on anything. The main issue politicians and bureaucrats are working to resolve is the never-ending interdependence between sovereigns and banks.
The solution that will no doubt be agreed upon will be a banking union. The chances of this being at all fully functioning are extremely slim given the different economic and political interests of each eurozone member. Needless to say the union will not be perfect and therefore the main problems in the single currency market will remain – there will be overdependent financial systems, highly leverage banks, increasingly unimaginable imbalances between member states and more booms and shocks.
All in all, there will not be the tools to deal with 'shocks', pushing the ECB further into the red and further away from reform.
The EU's lack of financial reforms, growing euroskepticism and growing debt levels are nothing new. All that was required was a catalyst to cause them to tip the financial union into crisis.
President Donald Trump may well be that catalyst. The US is the only country to have trade featured in the first article of its constitution. This explains why protectionism fits in so nicely with Trump's 'America First' agenda.
Since the end of the Second World War European countries have taken the approach that trade is a means by which nations can find common ground so the risks of going to war are far more costly than just military. Paradoxically the US see trade as a means of exerting ones force and independence on the world – it is a demonstration of sovereignty. This has come at a bit of a shock to the EU.
For years the EU has sailed along arrogantly assuming that current account surpluses from the likes of Germany are not going to be an issue. They are an issue, but one that is usually taken up with the G20, or even the WTO (with who the US wins more than 85% of the dispute-settlement cases). Instead, Trump has taken matters into his own hand and now the eurozone's own bastion of stability – Germany is in the firing line.
Currently Germany has an 8% current account surplus, whilst the eurozone also runs at a huge 3.5%. This makes them both vulnerable to trade wars. This is a swift lesson in why the ECB's strategy to prevent a crisis since 2012 has been short-sighted and costly. It has resulted on a current account surplus and now (inevitably) other nations don't want to take it. The single currency market has opened itself up to protectionist measures.
Should Trump follow through with his threats and put a 35% tariff on European cars then it will lose the economy an estimated €17bn a year. Add to this the ongoing problems in the diesel car market and Germany are in a real bind when it comes to strategic industries.
Of course, the EU can respond to US measures but they are very much on the backfoot. They rely on the US for security support and (until now) to turn a blind eye to their current account surplus. Now, Trump has realised that he has a double-edged sword – his trade tariffs will not only influence the EU's trade policies but also the defence spending of NATO allies.
The US can get away with protectionist measures as it is far less reliant on foreign trade than the likes of the EU plus it has a relatively insignificant social welfare system. This means there is a significantly lower risk to the economy by engaging in protectionism.
In contrast, the EU is far more reliant on foreign trade particularly due to the impact an increase in protectionism will have on its developed welfare system. The costs are too great to let these measures get the better of them, but with Trump hanging military spending and support over their heads what can the EU do in this new Cold War era?
Should Italy, Tariffs and Trump worry our portfolios?
Anything that impacts the financial situation of a country will have an effect on your savings and investment portfolio. This may just be in terms of currency risk or stock market performance. Alternatively it could be worse than that and it could result in bail-ins confiscating money straight from your savings account.
Two years ago, the ECB approved the bail-in tool. In simple terms it gave them the right to remove money from individuals' and companies deposit accounts in times of financial crisis.
It is now not difficult to see the looming threats to the stability of the European financial system.
Investors would be wise to redirect their attention from the politicking around Italian elections and trade war disagreements, instead fusing their energies on securing their wealth.
Savers should be looking for means in which they can keep their money within instant reach and their reach only. Gold and silver bullion, if owned in the safest manner, remain one of the best options in this regard.
Physical, allocated and segregated bullion coin and bars ownership gives you outright legal ownership and total liquidity. There are no counter parties who can claim it is legally theirs (unlike with cash in the bank or shares) or legislation that rules that deposits can be confiscated to bail out failing banks.
Gold and silver are the financial insurance against bail-ins, political mismanagement, and overreaching government and financial institutions.
Eurozone Banks 'As Likely To Fail Now As In 2008' – Bail-ins?


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By Sandra J. Long on	 December 28, 2021 Web page
The United States Food and Drug Administration today announced the following actions taken as part of its ongoing response efforts to the COVID-19 pandemic:
On Monday, the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey issued a permanent consent injunction order prohibiting a New Jersey-based business from receiving or distributing drugs until the business complies with the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FD&C Act) and other requirements. The lawsuit, filed by the Department of Justice on behalf of the FDA, alleged that the Natural Solutions Foundation, an organization, and its two directors, Rima Laibow and Ralph Fucetola, violated FD&C law by selling unapproved and mislabeled drugs. intended to cure, mitigate, treat or prevent COVID-19. Defendants are used to making unproven claims about their nanosilver product. Greg Noonan, acting deputy director of the FDA for the office of dietary supplement programs, provided a quote to the Department of Justice.
Today, the FDA updated the Emergency Use Clearance (EUA) for COVID-19 convalescent plasma. The update limits the authorization to the use of convalescent COVID-19 plasma with high titers of anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibodies for the treatment of COVID-19 in patients with immunosuppressive disease or who are receiving immunosuppressive therapy. These patients can be treated on an outpatient basis or in hospital. Additionally, to help ensure the manufacture of high titer COVID-19 convalescent plasma, the EUA reviews revise the acceptable tests and increase the thresholds of allowable results to be used for the manufacture of COVID-19 convalescent plasma with titers. high anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibodies.
Today, the FDA updated the SARS-CoV-2 Viral Mutations: Impact on COVID-19 Tests webpage to share new information regarding the impact of the omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 on testing for diagnosis of antigens. The update includes the results of preliminary studies of some antigen tests using patient samples containing live virus. Early data suggests that antigen tests detect the omicron variant but may have reduced sensitivity. The FDA will continue to work with the National Institutes of Health (NIH) RADx program to further evaluate the performance of antigen tests using patient samples containing live virus.
Testing updates:
To date, 419 tests and specimen collection devices have been approved by the FDA under Emergency Use Authorizations (EUA). These include 290 molecular tests and specimen collection devices, 87 antibody tests and other immune response tests, and 42 antigen tests. There are 67 molecular clearances and one antibody clearance that can be used with home samples. There is one EUA for home molecular prescription testing, three EUAs for home antigen prescription testing, 12 EUAs for home over-the-counter (OTC) antigen testing, and three EUAs for OTC molecular testing. home.
The FDA has authorized 23 antigen tests and nine molecular tests for serial screening programs. The FDA has also cleared 747 reviews of EUA authorizations.
The FDA, an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, protects public health by ensuring the safety, efficacy, and safety of drugs, vaccines, and other biologicals for human and veterinary use, as well as medical devices. . The agency is also responsible for the safety and security of our country's food supply, cosmetics, dietary supplements, products that emit electronic radiation, and the regulation of tobacco products.
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Émile Durkheim (1858—1917) French sociologist
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The most influential micro-sociologist during the 1960s and 1970s, Goffman pioneered the dramaturgical perspective for sociology. The influences on his work were many. After completing his first degree at the University of Toronto he pursued graduate work at Chicago during the late 1940s. Here he came under the influence of the symbolic interactionists, especially Everett Hughes and Herbert Blumer; of the neo-Durkheimians, especially Lloyd Warner, Edward Shils, and Edward Banfield; and of social anthropology. In this way, his attention was drawn to the importance of symbol and ritual in everyday life, and to the research techniques of participant observation.
He conducted his first major fieldwork study on one of the Shetland Islands off Scotland (whilst based in Edinburgh). His observations of everyday life in this crofting community subsequently informed his highly influential The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life (1959) in which he outlines his dramaturgical framework. In this early work Goffman analyses social life via the metaphor of the theatre, and is concerned with the ways in which people play roles, and manage the impressions they present to each other in different settings. He also reveals his abiding concern with the interaction order—with what people do when they are in the presence of others.
His next two books continued his dramaturgical interest but applied this framework to the field of deviance. Stigma (1964) provides a formal analysis of the features of those who experience stigma, whilst Asylums (1961) reports on fieldwork inside a mental hospital, and traces the moral career of a mental patient. From this case-study, he developed a more general account of the workings of total institutions. Both these studies were also very influential in the development of labelling theory, the latter being particularly relevant to the critique of institutionalization, and perhaps having some impact in encouraging the process of decarceration.
Many of Goffman's other studies, including Encounters (1961), Behaviour in Public Places (1963), and Relations in Public (1971), pursued the themes of dramaturgical analysis, and provided a dictionary of new sociological concepts which facilitate understanding of the minute details of face-to-face interaction—'mini concepts' as one commentator has called them. These have influenced a whole generation of scholars interested in studying everyday life. But by the late 1960s Goffman's works also show signs of an increasing interest in phenomenology and sociolinguistics. Thus, in Frame Analysis (1974), there is an attempt to depict the organization of consciousness, and in Forms of Talk (1981) language becomes a major focus.
Although Goffman has had many followers he remains unique in the annals of sociology. He broke almost all the rules of conventional methodology: his sources were unclear; his fieldwork seems minimal, and he was happier with novels and biography, than with scientific observation; his style was not that of the scientific report but of the essayist; and he was frustratingly unsystematic. Likewise, he is very hard to place in terms of social theory. Sometimes he is seen as developing a distinct school of symbolic interactionism, sometimes as a formalist following in the tradition of Georg Simmel, and sometimes even as a functionalist of the microorder, because of his concern with the functions of rituals (especially talk) in everyday life. He appears to have had a notoriously difficult temperament, which adds to the popular view of him as an intellectual maverick.
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No. 5 Louisville rolls over FIU
Colorado St. 78, CS Bakersfield 58
UTEP 91, Oregon 84
Konner Tucker hit a 3-pointer with 14 seconds left in triple overtime to break open a one-possession game and lead UTEP to a 91-84 victory over Oregon on Wednesday night.
Junior John Bohannon's second career 3-pointer at the shot clock buzzer gave the Miners an 84-80 lead with 2:09 remaining in the third overtime, but Oregon was back within 86-84 before Tucker's 3-pointer.
Julian Washburn led UTEP (4-5) with 23 points while Bohannon had 21.
Damyean Dotson scored 20 points and Carlos Emory had 18 for the Ducks (9-2), who lost their first true road game of the year.
UTEP had a chance to take a lead with 4 seconds left in regulation, but Bohannon made just 1 of 2 free throws to tie the game at 62-62. Neither team made much of last possessions in the first two overtimes.


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How Desire Changed for Me After Atlanta
After six people of Asian descent were gunned down, I was looking for comfort—and empathy—anywhere I could find it.
By Frances Nguyen Published: Jun 11, 2021
I nursed my gimlet over the next hour, taking a sip every time he said something racist. Whatever he thought, I wasn't going to play along, so I trained my eyes to the bottom of my glass as I drank, avoiding his awaiting gaze.
This was only the third in-person date I'd been on since joining Bumble in January, and despite my better judgment, I convinced myself to show up and give him the benefit of the doubt. Also, I was hurting.
It had been three weeks since the shootings in Atlanta that killed eight people, six of whom were women of Asian descent, at three spa locations. Eight lives were collapsed under a white man's "bad day," and we were just supposed to accept that.
And many people did, without so much as a second thought about what they might've internalized about Asian bodies. No one was returning to their anti-racism reading lists, thumbing through copies of How to Be an Antiracist purchased last summer. Rather, I saw thoughtful, painful essays from Asian American writers who had to perform the thankless task of defending the humanity of the slain while trying to process the tragedy for themselves.
Residents lay flowers at a memorial outside Gold Spa in Atlanta.
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Over the last year, attacks against Asians had become so mundane for us in America that it was hard to imagine this wound going any deeper. Over time, Asian Americans became fluent in exasperation, and I grew inured to my body tensing up every time I stepped outside my apartment.
But the hurt did deepen. And this time, it hit bone.
Before the murders, I had been dating someone. I'm embarrassed to admit how much I liked him in so short a time, a sweet and attentive guy fresh out of a long-term relationship and looking to see what—and who—was out there, much like myself.
Years of therapy separated my last relationship from my first foray on Bumble. I had done the work of healing from a man who relegated my needs beneath his own and deprioritized my safety behind his impulses. After two years, I was ready to pursue joy and explore someone new.
For someone who was only looking for "something casual," he was kind and thoughtful. He celebrated the most minute details about me, things I considered unremarkable. On our first date (after both returning negative COVID-19 tests), we spent hours talking, quietly negotiating moments when touch was consensual and invited. My head on his shoulder. His arm around mine. Our knees meeting. It felt safe, and I didn't think twice about it.
I quickly grew accustomed to his company; it became a reliable serotonin boost that broke up the monotony of lockdown. I delighted in how he made me feel—for the first time, possibly ever, I wasn't ambivalent about someone. I let my excitement run wild.
What stayed with me after that infamous press briefing wasn't the cruelty of trolls ridiculing the women's deaths, or even the lingering residue of that sickening "temptation" narrative. It was the loneliness that their ruptured stories left behind. Who they were, whom and how they loved—we only knew fragments. We would learn later that one of the women, Feng Daoyou, was buried in a cemetery not far from where she was killed, after a funeral organized and attended by strangers. Her brother told NPR that, according to custom, an unmarried woman's remains cannot enter her home village. She would never come home to her family.
Her brother wants to visit her grave in Atlanta someday, but he's afraid to come.
I felt an aperture yawn open, all of the energy I had to remain vulnerable and brave slipping through.
My family wasn't really talking about the shootings. They had no contingency plan other than to keep their heads down and continue surviving. Others in my universe didn't know how to respond to me, so they just didn't.
I craved a response from someone, even if I had to provoke one.
That same week, the guy I was dating met with his ex and unraveled. He said he needed time to clear his head. I knew I couldn't ask anything of him—I didn't know him well enough—but I wanted him to care about me as a human being, to see and care about the bright pain of my new heartbreak, and the immense weight pressing against my lungs as I carried myself through my days, pretending nothing was wrong.
I made a dark joke inviting him out to watch me drink until I could forget how disposable I was in this country. He responded gently, which I mistook for care. Even in his tepid response of, "I'm sorry you feel that way, shit's not right," there was more softness than what anyone had extended to me at the time. I thought that if I showed compassion toward his circumstance, maybe he'd return it.
"Sometimes," Minari actor Steven Yeun said in a New York Times Magazine profile, "I wonder if the Asian American experience is what it's like when you're thinking about everyone else, but nobody else is thinking about you."
I never heard from him again.
Less than two weeks later, grainy surveillance footage showed 65-year-old Vilma Kari ruthlessly attacked in front of a luxury apartment building in Midtown Manhattan. When her attacker finally relents, we see the building's security personnel walk toward Kari, crumpled on the pavement outside, and close the door on her.
For days after, I sat with the thought that, any day now, a stranger could choose me. They could choose my parents, my loved ones. I waited.
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I'd often catch myself fantasizing about who I would become when the moment finally came. Would my niece be able to recognize me after? Would I still belong to my parents? I could almost feel my skin breaking open against someone else's rage—or delight. And if previous attacks were any indication, I probably wouldn't even see it coming.
I retreated into the app and continued cycling through the infinite carousel of strangers. I wanted an escape. At the very least, behind a phone screen, I could appear just as uninhibited as everyone else. Entitled, even. I let my longing lead.
In my three-month stint on Bumble, I matched mostly with white guys. Only three of my matches were Asian: One immediately unmatched me as soon as I made contact. One exited during the initial warm-up exchange. And one, with whom I was already loosely acquainted, had a drink with me over Zoom. I told him to let me know if he wanted to "do this again sometime." He didn't get back in touch.
Once, I matched with a white guy who wrote in his profile that he "hates racism" but didn't want to engage with me until we met up in person. After all, racism was abstract to him; he's never had to worry about being hypervisible because of his race and gender in his life. He wasn't showing up on this app bridled with the fear that I had tucked just behind my ribs.
When I expressed my discomfort, he unmatched me.
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I started trying out different tones to communicate my safety concerns with my matches. More unmatched with me. Some feigned compassion, until they lost patience—or forgot my boundaries.
"We do not tolerate hate speech, racism, or bigotry of any kind," Bumble assured users in a pop-up on the app after the murders. "If you engage in this behavior, you will be removed from the platform." The company was vocal about "stopping Asian hate," sharing resources on its Instagram Stories. But what remains illegible to the platform, and to those on it, are the many expressions hate can manifest in a racialized body—including desire.
There were so many bright red flags about this man that I'd dismissed because of that gendered trap of kindness: I didn't want to appear rude to the only person I'd met on this godforsaken app who was willing to tolerate my reality. To the contrary, he seemed enthused to talk about it. ("Another Asian was attacked yesterday," he once texted me). At least he was willing to acknowledge what others refused to, I reasoned.
Not long into our date, he told me about how his grandfather fought in the Pacific during World War II. Consequently, the man was racist against Asians and passed it down to his children. I can't say what prompted this confession to me, an Asian person and descendant of a U.S. war in Asia.
He told me he only dates women of color, arguing with the fervor of a National Geographic explorer that not only are certain races overrepresented in the dating pool, but that he also benefited from intimate exposure to cultures he wouldn't otherwise have access to. His last two relationships were with women of Cambodian and Filipino descent, respectively.
For women of color, survival often requires mastering de-escalation tactics and learning how to make yourself smaller.
White women, he explained, are too bland. "They probably have the same story as me." This amused me because he didn't seem particularly interested in hearing my own story. He did most of the talking. "They'd have to be extraordinary for me to date them."
For two hours, I ached for the date to end. So many times, I wanted to get up and leave, but I wasn't confident that my fantasy would play out safely, and I was wearing heels. I didn't want to provoke, as Jiayang Fan wrote, that hair trigger—that moment when "a smidgen of sexual interest transmutes into racist scorn" suffered verbally or physically. I didn't want to take the chance to find out which.
For women of color, survival often requires mastering de-escalation tactics and learning how to make yourself smaller. And with the compounding misfortune of being perceived as a walking vector of disease for over a year, I've learned at least one thing: Don't draw attention to yourself. Escape has to be discreet if you are to guarantee your own safety. Because, as I know good and damn well by now, Asians can be attacked in broad daylight, unprovoked and in full view of the public, and bystanders won't intervene. Or, worse, they'll close the door.
Not long after, I got off the app. I don't have the bandwidth to date and watch my back at the same time. As much as I want to assert that I'm still entitled to my desire, now is not the time to want things.
As communities of color across the country continue to be besieged by violence and retraumatized with each new tragedy, I'm directing my energy toward our collective wellbeing, leaning into our shared, time-worn rituals for communal mourning, care, and safekeeping. Only there do I feel safe enough to show up as myself and, in that refuge, find my way back to some joy again.
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Frances Nguyen is a freelance writer and editor based in Los Angeles. Her work focuses on gender, identity, migration, and upending the American Dream.
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George Harrison (2 May 1915 – 6 October 2004) was a primary gun runner for the Irish Republican Army and Provisional Irish Republican Army from the 1950s until 1981.

Background
Harrison was born in May 1915 in Shammer, Kilkelly, County Mayo, Ireland to parents Tom 'Yank' Harrison and Winnie McDermott. The Shammer Harrison grew up in has been described as fiercely Irish Republican, and it was there that the young Harrison experienced the chaotic years of both the Irish War of Independence and the Irish Civil War. In one incident that stayed with him for the rest of his life, he remembered a visit by the Black and Tans to his mother's shop that ended with them assaulting him. During the Civil War a cousin of Harrison, Michael Duffy, was shot while fighting as a part of the Anti-Treaty IRA. Both these incidents contributed to his growing belief in Irish Republicanism.

At age 16 in 1931 Harrison joined what remnants remained of the Irish Republican Army. However, by this point, the IRA was at a low ebb and his unit never saw any actual fighting. By the mid-1930s he had emigrated to England where he worked as a farm labourer. He briefly returned to Ireland in 1938 before emigrating again, this time to the United States, settling in New York City. Between April 1944 and February 1946 he served with the US Army in World War II in the Pacific Theatre. Following the war he became active in Irish-American political organisations such as Clan na Gael and the James Connolly Club. It was during this time Harrison became affiliated with Liam Cotter, a fellow Irish immigrant from County Kerry who had also spent time in the IRA.

At some point in the mid-1950s, the IRA approached Cotter and Harrison about supplying them arms for their Border Campaign, a request which the pair accepted, beginning a gun running career which would last for several decades. Harrison was able to source arms for the IRA through George de Meo, an Italian-American neighbour of his who had connections to the Mafia as well as gun runners who were supplying rebels in Cuba.

In 1962 Cotter and Harrison cut their ties with the IRA as it became apparent the Border campaign was a failure. However, after the start of the Troubles, Dáithí Ó Conaill in 1970 was able to convince them to support the Provisional IRA and they once again began supplying arms to the IRA. Almost all smuggled guns went through the network run by Harrison. In 1975 Harrison appeared before a grand jury investigating arms trafficking; however, he was released without charge.

By 1975, the United States Department of Justice started to significantly weaken the Harrison network by prosecuting dozens of IRA arms trafficking cases since the start of the Troubles in 1969, and as early as 1973, the IRA already found more lucrative sources of funding and weapons from foreign states, including Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi. The prosecutions of IRA gunrunners in America were so great that according to Belfast author Jack Holland, "Harrison was not aware of any major shipments of arms that had successfully reached the IRA from the U.S. since the late 1970s; that is, before his network's destruction [in 1981]." U.S. House Speaker Tip O'Neill told Northern Ireland Secretary of State Roy Mason in mid-October 1977 that "[t]he flow of guns and money had been greatly reduced."

1981 Arrest and Trial
In 1981, Harrison was arrested by the FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force during a sting operation called "Operation Bushmill". Harrison, Tom Falvey, Michael Flannery, Pat Mullin, and Danny Gormley, all Irish immigrants, were acquitted in a criminal trial held in New York City, which lasted from December 1980 to June 1981. Their acquittal was widely attributed to the unconventional efforts of Harrison's personal attorney, Frank Durkan; the men admitted to their activities but claimed that they believed the operation had Central Intelligence Agency sanction. During the trial, a number of people spoke on the defendants' behalf, including Bernadette Devlin.

Despite the men's acquittal, the FBI arrest of Harrison marked the end of the IRA transatlantic gun-running network in America once and for all.

Post-acquittal
Although he had spent much of the previous decade involved in this operation, his acquittal marked the end of his active career as an IRA gun-runner as well as the IRA's considerable source of American arms supply (by 1980, the IRA was already importing a large number of weapons from mainland Europe and the Middle East). Throughout his life he would devote his time to other various left-wing causes, including support for the African National Congress, the Sandinista movement, the Cuban Revolution, the Second Spanish Republic and the Independista (Puerto Rican nationalist) campaign against Puerto Rico's status as an American Commonwealth.

Harrison broke with the Provisional Republican Movement in 1986 when Provisional Sinn Féin dropped the traditional Republican stance of not taking their seats in the Irish parliament. He remained within the Republican Movement through Republican Sinn Féin and was a founder and activist of the Republican support group Cumann na Saoirse/Irish Freedom Committee in the US. He was a patron of Republican Sinn Féin until he died.

He also took a number of controversial stances within the broader Irish-American community in New York City, including outspoken support for former Mayor David Dinkins, support for the inclusion of LGBT marchers in the New York Saint Patrick's Day Parade and his open defiance of the Ancient Order of Hibernians.

He died at the age of 89 in October 2004 from natural causes at his home in Brooklyn, New York City.

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UGM Rector, Prof. Ir. Sudjarwadi, M.Eng., Ph.D, at his office received a visit made by In Suk Hamm, M.D., Ph.D, President of Kyungpook National University, Korea, Thursday (20/1). There were also Mr. Heuang-Sang Lee, Vice President of Medical Departement and Mr. Kwang-Mog Lee, Vice President of International Office, and Head of UGM Office of International Affairs, Dr. Ir. Rachmat A. Sriwijaya,.
In the visit, both parties signed an MoU in student exchange, publication and academic information. Both sides even agreed to collaborate in research and build academic atmosphere together.
The agreement binds UGM and Kyungpook National University for a cooperation for five years. Meanwhile, to realize the cooperation, both sides will always consult each other.
In education, research and community service, both will develop ways to write Korean alphabets (Hangul). In particular, they will teach the way to write Korean alphabets for Cia-Cia tribe in Bau Bau because the community in the region is more familiar with Hangul than Indonesian alphabets.
After the visit from Kyungpook National University, the Rector also received a delegation from Hitachi Japan. The delegation led by Kazuyuki Miyanaga, manager of CSR Promotion Departement of Corporate Brand and Communications Division, Hitachi, Ltd was accompanied by Michio Sasamori, Managing Director and Yukari Masuda, program officers.
UGM expects closer relationship between the two. Besides, the visit will open various possibilities of cooperation in the fields of education, research and community service.
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YUMA, Ariz. – Arizona border cops are sounding the alarm on an increasingly violent situation at the Southern border.
"This isn't a war, this isn't something we are going to win," Maj. Damon Cecil from the Arizona Department of Public Safety told Fox News. "Honestly, if we were looking at winning this, we'd be having to take the fight to where the enemy is, which is across the border."
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During a one-week period late in December, Arizona State Troopers seized over 664 pounds of methamphetamine and 37 pounds of fentanyl, according to DPS. The street value of all the drugs was estimated at over $5.1 million
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"That's roughly 5,000 pills a pound – 2 milligrams in one pill are enough to be fatal," Arizona DPS Director Col. Heston Silbert said.
Silbert told Fox News the situation at the border is not manageable.
"Border patrol is overwhelmed … this is something that's affecting the whole Southwest border, but for us in Arizona, it is having a huge impact on Yuma County … an impact to the extent they can't manage it the way they want to," Silbert said.
Capt. Ben Buller, who leads drug enforcement operations in the Yuma area, said his troopers are involved in major drug busts at the border daily. He told Fox News the job is inherently dangerous because the people they deal with do not want to be caught.
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"We are seeing a serious uptick in, at the very least, possession of weapons by people who are involved in the cartel activities," Buller said.
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"It's because of the increase in value and potency of the drugs that are coming across, but it is also that the cartels are in a constant state of war with each other," Cecil said. "There are what we call rip crews or crews that will try to rip off both humans and drugs from these coyotes or from these smugglers that are bringing the drugs in, so it has become a much more violent game in Mexico."
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