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One of the major causes of the Achilles tendon is excessive exercise. Though factors not related to exercise may also contribute to the risk. Any repeated activity which strains the Achilles tendon can contribute to the problem.
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One of the surest ways to sustain excessive damage or develop a chronic condition is to continue to use an injured body part as you normally would. With this in mind, it is important to recognize the symptoms of Achilles tendonitis so it does not evolve into a long-term problem.
The primary symptom of this condition is pain above your heel or in the back of your lower leg. This typically starts as a mild ache, but then progressively becomes worse, especially following prolonged physical activity. Sprinting, stair climbing, and even simply running contribute to increasing pain.
Other symptoms of Achilles tendonitis include stiffness and tenderness in the tendon, particularly in the morning. This will typically improve with mild activity as the tendon stretches.
Your doctor can tell if you have an Achilles tendon problem by asking questions about your past health and checking the back of your leg for pain and swelling. If your symptoms are severe or don't improve with treatment, your doctor may want you to get an X-ray, ultrasound scan, or MRI.
Even in mild cases, it can take weeks to months of rest for the tendon to repair itself. It's important to be patient and not return too soon to sports and activities that stress the tendon.
Treatment for severe problems, such as a torn or ruptured tendon, may include surgery or a cast, splint, brace, walking boot, or other device that keeps the lower leg from moving. Exercise, either in physical therapy or in a rehab program, can help the lower leg get strong and flexible again. The tendon will take weeks to months to heal.
What Increases Your Risk for Achilles Tendon Disorders?
1) Sports and physical activity.


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For Approximately $37,639.50 You Can Buy… The World's Most Expensive Christmas Pudding
By Zoe Bain
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If your ideal holiday celebration involves a $37,639.50 Christmas pudding, then you're in luck, because an outrageously expensive version is currently for sale online. According to AOL, the pudding (of the British variety made with dried fruit, not what of we typically think of as pudding in America) is for sale on a luxury website called VeryFirstTo.com. Each individual pudding will be made by famous pastry chef Marin Chiffers, who uses Duret 1810 cognac (worth over $17,000) in the recipe, and comes complete with a special gold coin, which costs upwards of $12,000. Diners obviously shouldn't consume the coin, but it is used for decorative display and can be kept as a collector's item.
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Fresh Takes from Training Camp
Sunday, Jul 28, 2019 05:04 PM
Fresh Takes: Observations from Day 4 of Browns training camp
The Browns' motto in 2019 and beyond -- especially in the team's 2020 redesign -- is "Nothing Fancy."
Perhaps the coaching staff should consider adding "nothing foolish" to it.
Sunday's practice saw a few avoidable mistakes, including one that landed the players on the sideline for a little bit of a mental reminder of what not to do when between the lines. Instead of football, fans were treated to a front row seat for conditioning.
Here are our five observations from Day 4 of #BrownsCamp.
Training Camp Photos: Best shots from Day 4
Check out photos from the fourth day of Browns Camp by team photographer Matt Starkey
Quarterback Baker Mayfield (6) during the fourth day of training camp on July 28, 2019.
Linebacker Dedrick Young II (59) during the fourth day of training camp on July 28, 2019.
Defensive tackle Devaroe Lawrence (99) during the fourth day of training camp on July 28, 2019.
Safety Morgan Burnett (42) during the fourth day of training camp on July 28, 2019.
Defensive end Olivier Vernon (54) during the fourth day of training camp on July 28, 2019.
Wide receiver Dorian Baker (19) during the fourth day of training camp on July 28, 2019.
Tight end David Njoku (85) during the fourth day of training camp on July 28, 2019.
Running Back A.J. Ouellette (1) during the fourth day of training camp on July 28, 2019.
Wide receiver Jarvis Landry (80) during the fourth day of training camp on July 28, 2019.
Fans during the fourth day of training camp on July 28, 2019.
Linebacker Christian Kirksey (58) and Defensive end Olivier Vernon (54) during the fourth day of training camp on July 28, 2019.
Wide Receiver Ishmael Hyman (16) during the fourth day of training camp on July 28, 2019.
Tight end Stephen Carlson (89) and Tight end Seth DeValve (87) during the fourth day of training camp on July 28, 2019.
Running Back Dontrell Hilliard (25) during the fourth day of training camp on July 28, 2019.
Jody Wright during the fourth day of training camp on July 28, 2019.
Kicker Greg Joseph (17) during the fourth day of training camp on July 28, 2019.
Linebacker Sione Takitaki (44) during the fourth day of training camp on July 28, 2019.
Wide receiver D.J. Montgomery (83) and Cornerback Jhavonte Dean (36) during the fourth day of training camp on July 28, 2019.
Wide receiver Jarvis Landry (80) and Wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. (13) during the fourth day of training camp on July 28, 2019.
Wide receiver Blake Jackson (12) during the fourth day of training camp on July 28, 2019.
The team during the fourth day of training camp on July 28, 2019.
Running Back A.J. Ouellette (1) and Cornerback T.J. Carrie (38) during the fourth day of training camp on July 28, 2019.
Gohan and Defensive end Myles Garrett (95) during the fourth day of training camp on July 28, 2019.
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1. A good session goes sideways
Sunday was a productive day on the field through the majority of practice. The offense seemed to fix its issues from the previous day and was carrying over some of the momentum gained from its impressive finish to Saturday's session. Practice had a crisp pace, mental errors were scarce and the competition was strong. Both units were battling.
Then, the competition boiled over. We had our first skirmish of camp.
The culprits: defensive end Chad Thomas and tight end Pharaoh Brown, with Thomas serving as the primary aggressor. The initial scrum lasted for close to 30 seconds, with tight end Orson Charles attempting to separate the two before linebacker Christian Kirksey walked Thomas off the field. It was late in the practice, and head coach Freddie Kitchens was not OK with the time wasted.
He sent the entire team to the sideline to run half-gassers -- sideline to sideline and back -- and made sure Thomas returned to the field to run with his teammates.
Each group ran three half-gassers before the team convened for a huddle and then returned to the practice agenda. The whole process ate up about 10 minutes of time.
Veteran defensive end Olivier Vernon wasn't surprised that a fight broke out -- that's the nature of football camp -- but he did say Sunday was a first for him.
"O-line, D-line, we're always going to battle it out," Vernon said. "There's always going to be words exchanged. It's training camp. Ain't nothing changed, it's been like that since the prehistoric times. Guys are going to get into it, they're going to bark at each other. That's how it is. It's football."
But Sunday was a first for the seven-year veteran.
"That's my first time (running because of a fight)," Vernon said. "Different. Freddie, he don't want us doing anything dumb. He wants us practicing hard but practicing smart. You know, that's what it is. We've just got to take ownership of that."
The fight will be forgotten a day from now, if not sooner. Scuffles are part of the mentally and physically grueling experience that is a training camp. It's not for the meek.
"It's still camp, it's still football, like I said it's an emotional game," defensive tackle Larry Ogunjobi said. "All of us have egos in some way, shape or form. Sometimes it's gonna happen. You've just gotta take it, because it's camp."
But the running, in front of thousands of fans on a picturesque Sunday in Berea, is indeed different. It's part of a no-nonsense approach taken by Kitchens, who seems like a jovial, friendly guy but also takes everything on the field incredibly seriously. He sends flag-drawing linemen on a run to the nearest wall, and he'll send his whole team 53 1/3 yards and back if they make mistakes.
"We just don't practice penalties," Kitchens explained Sunday, "and like I told you guys the other day, if you do something wrong in life, there's consequences."
"We're gonna be in shape," Vernon said. "I'll tell you that."
2. A good day for Austin Corbett
Sunday was the first big day for Austin Corbett in the ongoing battle for the open right guard position.
The rotation at the spot kicked off with Corbett running with the starters, but he wasn't in pads. Those began Saturday with Eric Kush getting the first-team reps.
When it flipped back over to Corbett, the pads were on. And Corbett impressed.
While the defense threw a variety of blitzes at the interior front three -- watching Joel Bitonio and JC Tretter pass off twisting linemen is a treat -- Corbett remained stout. Never was Corbett completely beaten, and even if he lost off the snap, he managed to recover in time to protect Baker Mayfield. He was also effective in the run game, with the first play of the full-contact team period going for a Dontrell Hilliard touchdown off the right hip of Corbett.
It was an important performance for Corbett, who hadn't done anything to lose the job, but also hadn't gone out and taken control of it, either. It was encouraging, if not relieving to see Corbett play well Sunday. Should he string together a few of these sessions, he'd be in good shape to end up as the starter.
Beyond the starting job, Kush returned to second-team center with Kyle Kalis manning second-team guard and third-team center responsibilities. An interesting wrinkle new to camp was the shifting of Drew Forbes from left tackle to right guard and back. When he was at left tackle, Bryan Witzmann played right guard. When Forbes played right guard, Witzmann moved back to left guard, and Brad Seaton played left tackle.
It's clear the staff is tinkering with the line in an attempt to figure out its depth early in camp.
3. Defensive line learning each other
Much has been made of the Browns' offensive potential, but the winners early in camp have been the defensive linemen. They've caused plenty of issues for the offense and look to be the strongest position group on the defensive side of the ball, especially when strictly discussing starters.
Vernon and Myles Garrett are ferocious off the edge, Sheldon Richardson is a load and a half to handle inside -- just ask the Browns' interior offensive linemen -- and Ogunjobi might be the defense's best-kept secret. They seem to be adjusting to each other quicker than usual, too.
"It's good, we're just trying to build cohesiveness, building a bond and learning off each other," Vernon said Sunday. "That's typically how it goes in a D-line room. Just build chemistry."
Vernon's inclusion is interesting because he is flipping sides of the line with Garrett depending on the offense's strong side, something he called "just another challenge." Vernon is also returning to playing as a traditional defensive end after filling a 3-4 outside linebacker role in New York last season. That means more snaps with his hand in the dirt.
"We played a lot of Nickel last year," Vernon explained. "So I could've had my hand in the dirt a lot. It was just labeled as a 3-4. But it always feels good to have your hand in the dirt and rushing four guys, four dawgs. Let's get it."
A big point of emphasis on the subject from both Vernon and Ogunjobi was the freedom afforded to them by defensive coordinator Steve Wilks, which then allows them to play off each other. That was emphasized by each player Sunday, which should excite fans. Players with such talent being given space to do what they deem is best should create more positive plays for this defense.
4. Rough go for kickers
There was a consistent breeze Sunday that made the conditions pleasant for those in attendance, but more difficult for those kicking.
Austin Seibert and Greg Joseph both struggled during field goal sessions, with Joseph hitting more field goals in the special teams portion, and neither hitting a situational field goal at the end of practice with the Browns facing a hypothetical 2-point deficit.
Kitchens wasn't too concerned with their play afterward. It's early in camp.
"Listen, when you're a kicker, you better have a short memory," Kitchens said. ... "If you're playing for us, all of the positions, because we're going to play the next play. That's the only one that matters. I'm not concerned about that kick, I'm worried about the one tomorrow."
To each of their credit, when warming up at the start of practice, each hit at least one kick on the extremely narrow goal posts set up on Field 2, which is very difficult to do.
5. Team playing with passion
Kitchens emphasized repeatedly during the offseason how important it was to him that his players are passionate about football and play the game with passion. He's getting plenty of that so far.
The defense and offense have quite a rivalry going early in camp, with the defenders (unsurprisingly, Damarious Randall chiefly among them) talking plenty of trash to the offense and vice versa. The defense got a boost late in practice when Mayfield completed a pass to Jarvis Landry, who made a man miss and looked to be off to the races when Joe Schobert swooped in from behind and knocked the ball out of Landry's arm. Jermaine Whitehead recovered the fumble, ending the first team's chance to get in position to kick a hypothetical game-winning field goal.
Words were exchanged as the units left the field -- and this was after the fight had happened.
This type of energy is important because despite its conflicting nature, it'll help this group when they have to band together and take on an actual opponent in the regular season. In the meantime, they're competing and making each other better on a daily basis.
Kitchens even applauded Thomas and Brown, saying the two "were making each other better" when the fight broke out. He likes the passion; he just wants it directed through better channels.
And teammates aren't as upset about running as one might think, because they understand the message sent by Kitchens. They're all out to play with passion without penalties.
"Same thing like in high school and college," Ogunjobi said. "It is annoying and you do not want to do it, but at the end of the day if it happens to you, it is the same result. And as brothers, sometimes your brother makes a mistake and nobody makes a mistake on purpose, but sometimes when you get a penalty the whole team pays for it and that is just an example of that. So being able to just bounce back from it and have to finish practice and still focus and still have a job to do. I feel like it does a good job for the team so it is cool."
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The former manager of the North Patchogue Fire District has been accused of spending more than $5,000 of taxpayer funds on clothing, sneakers and his cell phone bill.
John Drews pleaded not guilty Wednesday at Suffolk County court to charges of grand larceny, defrauding the government and official misconduct.
Prosecutors said the 46-year-old Sound Beach man used a district-issued credit card to make the purchases while he was in charge of supervising paid employees, maintaining property and purchasing firematic equipment.
Drews had worked for the district for a decade until he resigned in December 2013.


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EU leaders divided over Omicron travel rules
EU leaders did agree that restrictions should not 'disproportionately hamper free movement between member states' (Photo: European Commission)
By Elena Sánchez Nicolás
Brussels, 17. Dec 2021, 07:17
EU leaders failed to guarantee a coordinated approach to travel measures for the Christmas holiday season at their summit on Thursday (16 December), after several member states introduced unilateral measures.
But they stressed boosters shots are "crucial" and "urgent" to curb the new wave of Covid-19 infections and the emergence of the more-transmissible Omicron variant.
"Even as we battle at this time [the] Delta [strain], we know that the Omicron variant is threatening us. It is spreading at a ferocious pace and potentially has the risk of escaping our vaccines, at least partially," European Commission Ursula von der Leyen said after the meeting with EU leaders.
The rapid surge of cases in many countries has prompted several member states to introduce travel restrictions over the past two weeks, in scenes reminiscent of the unilateral measures taken in spring 2020.
Portugal and Ireland were the first countries to announce that all arrivals will be required to present a negative Covid-19 test, regardless of their vaccination status, origin or nationality.
But Italy and Greece followed soon after, imposing a mandatory negative test for all arrivals. In addition, unvaccinated people travelling to Italy are required to undergo a five-day quarantine.
Italian prime minister Mario Draghi justified the new rules on Wednesday, arguing that the spread of Omicron is significantly lower in Italy compared to other EU countries.
Many countries require a negative test from British tourists, due to the huge rise of Omicron cases in the UK. But France took one step further on Thursday, limiting the reasons of travel and requiring isolation upon arrival as from Saturday.
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said before the summit that extra measures should only apply during the Christmas period "in order for us to gain additional time to boost as many people as possible".
"The one answer to the Omicron right now is the acceleration of our vaccination program, with a particular emphasis to the booster shots," he said.
Portuguese prime minister Antonio Costa, for his part, argued that "borders control is absolutely necessary" since the new variant is expected to be dominant in Europe within the next months, if not weeks.
The European Commission said that these measures were understandable "out of precaution" and "given the current unclear and evolving situation with the new variant".
However, in the summit conclusions, EU leaders pointed out that restrictions should be coordinated, based on objective criteria, and not "disproportionately hamper free movement between member states".
"Closing borders is in any case not the solution," Luxembourg's prime minister Xavier Bettel also said ahead of the meeting with EU counterparts.
The EU Covid-19 certificate has been a successful tool to restore travel across the EU, but individual member states retain the right to impose restrictive measures, such as quarantine or testing, to protect public health.
"Omicron is a new challenge and we need to address it together…There is common will to coordinate to make sure that there is a coherent approach in intra-EU mobility, but also with third countries," EU Council president Charles Michel told reporters after the summit.
Omicron threat
Concerns over the new variant deepened this week, after the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) said on Wednesday that Omicron is likely to lead to an increase of hospitalisations, ICU admissions and deaths all across the continent, becoming the dominant variant in early 2022.
The EU agency has called for the rapid reintroduction of mask-wearing, telework and curbs on crowded spaces, arguing that vaccination will not be enough to halt spread of the new strain.
"In the current situation, vaccination alone will not allow us to prevent the impact of the Omicron variant, because there will be no time to address the vaccination gaps that still exist," the director of the ECDC Andrea Ammon said.
"It is urgent that strong action is taken to reduce transmission and alleviate the heavy burden on health care systems and protect the most vulnerable in the coming months," she added.
Vaccine shortages
Meanwhile, some EU member sates are facing a shortage of vaccines supplies for early 2022, in particular Germany.
But the EU executive announced on Thursday that it had reached an agreement with the US pharmaceutical company Moderna to speed up the delivery of its mRNA vaccine to the EU.
Moderna agreed to deliver 10 million doses to Germany in December and 25 million extra doses in the first quarter of 2022.
But Brussels is currently negotiating with vaccines developers to accelerate deliveries to the EU as a whole for early next year in order to tackle the surge of infections driven by the new more transmissible strain.
The EU commission stressed that the bloc has "enough doses to vaccinate and administer booster shots to all Europeans, including children".
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The EU Commission still withholds the names of its vaccine negotiators, amid protests from MEPs and civil society. Investigate Europe has been able to find several of them.
The EU drug regulator's chief said the bloc is ready to tackle mutations and allow for the fast-track approval of redesigned vaccines. The EU's disease agency said all known European Omicron cases were so far asymptomatic or had mild symptoms.
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The single parent employment initiative can help you secure employment by providing opportunities such as up to 12 months of funded training for in-demand jobs or paid work experience placements. In addition, child-care costs are covered during training and in the first year of employment.
NIEFS is holding weekly information sessions about the WorkBC Single Parent Employment Initiative for single parents on BC Employment Assistance (BCEA Income or Disability Assistance) - http://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/family-social-supports/income-assistance/on-assistance/employment-planning/spei .
This WorkBC initiative was introduced a year ago and has been assisting single parents on BCEA obtain the training or work experience they need to connect to the workforce. The initiative also assists single parents on BCEA with dependent care supports while in training or learning on the job with a wage subsidy. Single parents can also receive dependent care assistance if they get a job for up to a year to help them maintain employment. NIEFS has other services and supports that can help as well.
For more information on the Single Parent Employment Initiative, please call NIEFS at 250-286-3441 to sign up for an Information session or make an appointment with one of our Case Managers.


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News – Commerical leasing Principles during COVID-19
National Cabinet Mandatory Code of Conduct: Commercial Leasing Principles During COVID-19[1]
The Code is a set of overarching principles to guide arrangements and negotiations between landlords and tenants. The Code will be enacted and regulated via state and territory legislative instruments.[2] The Code will last while the COVID-19 Commonwealth Government's JobKeeper programme remains operational.
The Code provides that:
It applies to a tenant that is an eligible business for the JobKeeper program (i.e. the tenant has an annual turnover of less than $50 million and a 30% or greater loss in revenue). Notwithstanding this, the principles of the Code should apply in spirit to all leasing arrangements for affected businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Its objective is to share the financial risk and cash flow management proportionately between tenants and landlords during the pandemic, and arrangements should be appropriate for a subsequent reasonable recovery period.
If the parties genuinely cannot agree on leasing arrangements, the matter should be referred to applicable dispute resolution processes.
The overarching principles of the Code include:
The parties should act in a transparent manner and provide each other with sufficient information to achieve outcomes consistent with the Code.
Arrangements agreed under the Code will take into account the impact of COVID-19 on tenants, with specific regard to tenants' revenue, expenses and profitability.
The parties will assist each other in their respective dealings with stakeholders (i.e. banks).
Landlords should agree to a tailored approach for tenants on a case-by-case basis.
The leasing principles of the Code include:
During the COVID-19 period and the recovery period:
a. landlords must not terminate leases due to non-payment of rent;
b. landlords must not draw upon financial security and guarantees in leases for non-payment of rent;
c. landlords agree to a freeze rent increases (except for retail leases based on turnover rent).
In relation to rent reductions and repayments:
a. landlords must reduce up to 100% of tenants' rent in the form of waivers and deferrals proportionate to the reduction in the relevant tenants' trade during the COVID-19 period and the recovery period. Waivers and deferrals can be interpreted to include other agreed variations to existing leases (such as pausing and/or hibernating leases) or other commercial outcomes. Landlords may not recoup a reduction provided by waiver during the term of the lease. Proportionate means rent relief proportionate to reduction in trade as a result of COVID-19 plus the recovery period, consistent with assessments undertaken for eligibility for the JobKeeper program;
b. rent waived must form at least 50% of rent reductions and should constitute a greater proportion in cases where failure to do so would compromise tenants' capacity to fulfil ongoing obligations under leases. Regard must be had to landlords' financial ability to provide such additional waivers. Tenants can waive the requirement for a 50% minimum waiver by agreement;
c. payment of rent deferrals by tenants must be amortised over the balance of the lease term and for no less than twenty-four months, whichever is greater, unless otherwise agreed;
d. landlords should allow tenants to extend leases for periods equivalent to the relevant waiver and/or deferral periods in order to provide tenants with additional time to trade on existing lease terms during the recovery period;
e. where arrangements negotiated under the Code necessitate repayments, no repayment should commence until the earlier of the COVID-19 pandemic ending (as defined by the Australian Government) or the relevant existing lease expiring, and taking into account the recovery period.
tenants must continue to comply with their lease obligations, subject to any rental agreement negotiated under the Code; and tenants' material failure to abide by any substantive terms of leases will result in forfeiture of the protections under the Code;
landlords must pass on to tenants, proportionately, any reduction received in statutory charges (i.e. land tax and council rates);
where appropriate, landlords should waive recovery of any other tenant expenses and outgoings during periods that tenants are not able to trade;
no interest, fees and charges should be applied by landlords on deferrals and waivers;
landlords may not apply any prohibition and levy penalties if tenants reduce opening hours or cease to trade due to COVID-19.
Parties should negotiate in good faith on the basis of the Code and legislative instruments, bearing in mind that it appears the legislative instruments will apply to leases from 30 March 2020, in line with the commencement of the JobKeeper programme, as seen in the South Australian Act.
Some examples of proportionality extracted from the Code:
A 60% loss in turnover would result in a guaranteed 60% cash flow relief. At a minimum, half is provided as rent free/rent waiver for the proportion of which the qualifying tenant's revenue has fallen. Up to half could be through a deferral of rent, with this to be recouped over at least twenty-four months in a manner that is negotiated by the parties.
So if the tenant's revenue has fallen by 100%, then at least 50% of total cash flow relief is rent free/rent waiver and the remainder is a rent deferral. If the qualifying tenant's revenue has fallen by 30%, then at least 15% of total cash flow relief is rent free/rent waiver and the remainder is rent deferral.
Care should be taken to ensure that any repayment of the deferred rent does not compromise the ability of the affected tenant to recover from the crisis.
Please Note: This is general information distilled from the Code referred to herein and does not constitute legal advice, and it should not be relied upon in lieu of legal advice.
Written by Kim Cousins, Associate, Commercial Law Division
– Kim Cousins
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Companies opposing Mississippi's anti-LGBT law helped elect its proponents
By Alex KotchApril 22, 2016
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A rally outside the governor's mansion in Mississippi took aim against a new state law that discriminates against LGBT people. Companies opposing the law have donated money that helped elect the law's proponents. (Image from the Human Rights Campaign's Facebook page.)
America's latest anti-LGBT law is Mississippi's Protecting Freedom of Conscience from Government Discrimination Act (HB 1523).
Signed by Gov. Phil Bryant (R) on April 5, the so-called "religious freedom" law allows individuals and businesses to fire and discipline employees "whose conduct or religious beliefs are inconsistent" with their own beliefs and to deny people "wedding-related services," housing, counseling, and even medical care if doing so would violate their moral convictions.
Businesses and trade groups have been vocal in opposing HB 1523. They include Toyota, AT&T, General Electric, Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance, and the Mississippi Manufacturers Association, which said the law is "in direct opposition to many of our member industry's policies and beliefs regarding diversity and inclusivity."
But many of the companies objecting to the law had a hand in helping elect its sponsors and the governor who signed it.
In all, 24 companies publicly opposing HB 1523 either directly supported Bryant and state House sponsors via campaign donations, indirectly helped them by making donations to outside political spending groups that funneled money back into state elections, or both. In all, the anti-HB 1523 companies donated almost $14.6 million to help elect pro-HB 1523 politicians.
A similar pattern held in North Carolina, where many of the businesses opposing that state's controversial HB 2 law — which among other things overturns local anti-discrimination and wage ordinances and forces transgender individuals to use public bathrooms designated for the biological sex listed on their birth certificates — also played a role in supporting the laws' proponents.
The campaigns of Mississippi's HB 1523's eight sponsors — Republican Reps. William Tracy Arnold, C. Scott Bounds, Randy Boyd, Lester Carpenter, Dan Eubanks, Andy Gipson, William Shirley and House Speaker Philip Gunn — have received campaign contributions totaling $67,100 from nine of these companies and their political action committees since the 2003 election cycle, according to data from the National Institute on Money in State Politics.
Most of that money came from AT&T, Entergy and the Mississippi Manufacturers Association, while Tyson Foods, General Electric, Hewlett Packard, Chevron, CVS and Nissan chipped in smaller amounts.
Bryant's two gubernatorial campaigns received over $178,000 from 11 companies opposing HB 1523. Again, Entergy, AT&T and the manufacturers' group donated most of that.
Mississippi campaign finance law limits direct corporate donations to a candidate's campaign or a political party to $1,000 per year, but companies can deliver unlimited sums through their political action committees.
Companies opposing HB 1523 also supported its sponsors indirectly through donations to two national super PACs, the Republican Governors Association (RGA) and the Republican State Leadership Committee (RSLC). These outside committees are able to raise unlimited sums from corporations, unions, and individuals but are not allowed to coordinate with campaigns and must disclose their donors.
Companies against HB 1523 have donated nearly $8.6 million to the RGA since the 2011 election cycle when Bryant first ran for governor, according to data from the Center for Responsive Politics and the Internal Revenue Service. Chevron, Coca-Cola, Nissan and Toyota — all HB 1523 foes — have given a combined $475,000 to the RGA this year alone.
In 2011, the RGA gave almost $703,000 to Bryant's campaign through its Mississippi state PAC. Since 2010, the RGA has also funneled $625,000 into the Mississippi Republican Party, which donated $27,500 to Bryant's 2011 campaign and over $80,000 to the campaigns of HB 1523 sponsors Arnold, Carpenter, Gipson and Boyd since the 2007 election cycle, when Carpenter and Gipson first ran for state House.
Since 2002, businesses against HB 1523 have given over $5.7 million to the RSLC, which in turn has poured over $1.5 million through its Mississippi state PAC into the state Republican Party. The RSLC also donated $10,000 directly to Bryant's 2011 campaign. So far this year, HB 1523 opponents Coca-Cola and Hewlett Packard have already donated to the RSLC.
In addition, HB 1523 opponents including AT&T, Entergy, the Mississippi Manufacturers Association and Nissan have collectively given the Mississippi Republican Party nearly $19,000 since 2002. The party in turn has supported Republican candidates through radio ads, mailers, and get-out-the-vote activities. Beneficiaries may include the law's sponsors, but campaign finance reports do not specify which candidates benefited from party expenditures.
While Mississippi businesses have been calling for HB 1523's repeal, and some Democratic lawmakers are trying to do just that, Bryant and the legislature have shown no signs of relenting.
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Alex is an investigative journalist based in Brooklyn, New York, and a reporter for the money-in-politics website Sludge. He was on staff at the Institute for Southern Studies from 2014 to 2016. Additional stories of Alex's have appeared in the International Business Times, The Nation and Vice.com.
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Global Voices Community Stands With Moroccan Free Expression Advocates
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The Global Voices community demands justice for seven free expression advocates who are facing trial in Morocco due to their advocacy.
The seven advocates have sought to defend human rights, hold authorities accountable to the public, and uphold rule of law in their country. Five have been charged with "threatening the internal security of the State" and two face charges of "receiving foreign funding without notifying the General Secretariat of the government." We call on the Moroccan government to stand by its commitments to international human rights agreements and drop all charges against these seven individuals.
Among those charged is Hisham Almiraat, a medical doctor and long-time member of our community. We cannot remain silent in the face of this threat to our friend. Hisham has had a leading voice in Morocco's blogosphere for nearly a decade. He co-founded citizen media projects Talk Morocco and Mamfakinch, and served as Global Voices' advocacy director. Balancing profession and passion, Hisham has spent many years working to improve the lives and well-being of Moroccans, both as a civil society advocate and as a medical doctor.
Like other media and human rights groups around the world, we fear that this case represents an attempt by the Moroccan government to silence those who are critical of its policies and practices.
We see this not only as a threat to our friend and colleague, but also to our broader mission. As a community of bloggers and activists from over 160 countries, we invoke the universal human right to free expression each day, as we tell stories from underrepresented communities around the world.
We call on allies to support our message, and on foreign governments to hold the Moroccan government to account on its actions and principles. #Justice4Morocco
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Inside the BBC's "innovation incubator"
By BBC News Labs
What does a typical day in BBC News Labs look like?
We often describe News Labs as the BBC's "innovation incubator". It's a good description of our role in the corporation, but it doesn't give potential applicants — or friends and inquisitive family members, for that matter — a clear idea of what our team does every day in the BBC's Broadcasting House.
So we decided to take a snapshot of a typical day in the office, as seen from the desks of seven of our developers, engineers and producers. Only a few of us specialise in one subject area, so each view is representative of the work that could land on any Labber's desk during one of our project sprints. At the end of a two-month project cycle, we reshuffle our teams and start prototyping our next set of ideas. These generally fall into two categories: new tools to help journalists produce better content, or new news formats for BBC audiences.
And speaking of potential job applicants — we're hiring! If this sounds like your dream day in the office, check out our ad for a front-end developer (now closed).
10:00 — Manish, Principal Software Engineer
I'm currently working with my colleague James to help transform the output logs from one of our messenger bots into a form that we can query, to gain insights on reach and usage.
We're using some of the technologies and services provided by AWS to store and transform our log data, giving us flexibility to search it easily. The logs are currently going into AWS CloudWatch Logs streams and we're looking to inject these into an S3 bucket using Amazon Kinesis Firehose. This should give us the flexibility to run queries directly against the log data using Amazon Athena without too much overhead. It also frees us from having to build and maintain our own database.
I'm getting to learn about both new technologies and the editorial process."
I frequently find myself working together with my teammates on similar tasks and this is exactly what I find great about my role looking after our infrastructure. Earlier this week, I was helping Grant to improve one of our Jenkins deployment jobs. Next week, I might be supporting another team who are helping migrate some of our internal hardware between datacentres, I might also be supporting our various projects to make the deployment of prototypes easier, or generally advising on good development practices. All the while, I'm getting to learn about both new technologies and the editorial process, from my teammates.
11:00 — Remi, Junior Software Engineer
I'm finishing up tweaks to the search on Window on the Newsroom (WON) 2, a six-week project that explores how we can help journalists enrich their articles with additional content relating to their story. WON pools data feeds from around the BBC into one accessible and searchable interface.
I just fixed a pesky bug and now users can sort their search results. Now that it's working, I want to clean up and refactor the code before I create a Git pull request.
As well as using familiar tools like Git, React, AWS and Docker, at Labs we're encouraged to get involved with fun cutting edge technology such as bots, facial recognition and Alexa — and I've had the opportunity to work on all three since joining last autumn. The other Labbers are so supportive, and I can't believe how much I've learnt.
A facial recognition tool, prototyped by Remi and colleagues, during a six-week project sprint
I've also had the opportunity to get involved in outreach work. I've shown off our work at the BBC's Design and Engineering Town Halls, written blog posts for our website and also gotten stuck into state-of-the-art tech at MozFest.
12:00 — Grant, Bot Development Producer
I'm working on bots. They're part of the BBC's drive to make news accessible to every audience, not just the politically engaged. They're great because they make it possible for a reader to join a complicated story "halfway through" — but they're also tricky for journalists, because it's harder to write an interactive, non-linear story than the traditional 400 or 2000 words, or three-minute TV slot.
So right now, we're asking questions like "How can journalists get a chatbot online in 15 minutes to help flesh out a popular story?" Or, "If a story is presented as a Q&A, will that stop light readers giving up on complex issues?" To test this, I coded a bot-builder in Rails, whose output you can see in the in-article bot here. It's a team project: the front end was coded by Tom Maslen, an ex-Labs staffer, and the BBC Visual Journalism Team. And James and Luke from Labs have been working on making bot output available in Facebook Messenger.
A screenshot of our in-article chatbots, which we developed with the Visual Journalism team
And the future? This afternoon, I met with BBC R&D to discuss how we could centralise the BBC on a single "bot story" data format. Then it should be easy to support bots across all content, all channels and right across the Corporation. But that conversation immediately turned into what, to me, is a much more interesting discussion:
"Can we use bots to make it a very normal, standard thing for an audience to talk back to news organisations? And if we had real two–way conversation with audiences, how could that change news gathering?"
13:00 — Team Lunch 🍪
On sunny days, you might find us in Cavendish Square. On rainy days, we might be in the BBC's Media Cafe overlooking the newsroom. And regardless of the weather, you'll almost always find a Labber restocking our biscuit tin or making a round of afternoon teas or coffees for the team.
14:00 — Tamsin, Software Engineer
I'm working on a pilot project experimenting with the new AMP Story format. For the past few weeks we've been working closely with journalists from the Russian and domestic services and we're about to publish our first three stories, after making a few final adjustments.
The BBC's first three AMP stories — just in time for the Royal Wedding
My colleague Pietro has improvised a simple CMS which converts the data to AMP Story format using some open source software created by Mic News. I'm uploading some final images to a S3 bucket and checking that the videos work for another story we'll be publishing tomorrow. The project has involved a lot of collaboration with teams in BBC R&D, the World Service, Operations, Media Services, Marketing and Visual Journalism, and everyone's been very helpful in making it happen, especially with a certain event in Windsor keeping everyone busy.
So @BBCNews & @BBC_News_Labs have been trying out @ampstories.
This is my favourite so far (it's lovely)- check it out! #RoyalWedding2018 https://t.co/bPPAT8V9IK
— Nathalie Malinarich (@nmalinarich) May 17, 2018
The BBC's Mobile & New Formats Editor is a fan of our work
My colleague Lei has received some final analytics tracking labels and added them to the project so we can judge the success of the stories, which was our final blocker — we can now go live! You can read our first three stories:
Going to the Wedding
Making Meghan's Dress
Celebrating our Mixed-Race Identity
I email a few stakeholders to let them know the project is now live and the response is very positive. I bump into Nathalie Malinarich, Mobile & New Formats Editor on the stairs and we go through the stories together. She notices that the onward journey links aren't working, so I head back upstairs to put a fix in place.
15:00 — James, Software Engineer
I'm currently working on taking some of our in-article chatbot formats and exporting them to Messenger, with a focus on engaging underserved audiences. By using Facebook's Messenger platform, we can also provide daily and weekly updates on the news local to them, and explore new ways of delivering stories through conversational formats.
My colleague Grant has made a separate web app that helps journalists create conversational journeys for our in-article bots. By taking the data output from this app, we can port the responses into a format for Messenger and optimise the look and feel for the platform.
There's also a few other AWS services we've utilised that are brand new to me — such as Kinesis Firehose and Athena, so it's a great learning experience."
We've gone server-less for this Messenger Bot runner — using AWS Lambda fronted by API Gateway to talk with Facebook. There's also a few other AWS services we've utilised that are brand new to me — such as Kinesis Firehose and Athena, so it's a great learning experience.
Currently we're looking how we can push the daily top stories to our subscribers at scale. Facebook's Broadcast API takes away the complexity of trying to reach hundreds of thousands of users simultaneously. It's time to integrate this into our Lambda and test to make sure that we can reach the subscribers.
16:00 — Alvin, Front-End Developer
I'm working on improving the user interface of one of our prototypes that is nearing its release date.
Our current prototype is about addressing a series of little pain points that journalists and content producers face when they're searching for videos and related content in our internal systems.
Behind the scenes: this is a web prototype that consists of a React UI that communicates with a node.js server that acts as an interface to our backend, which is powered by ElasticSearch.
17:00 — Alli, Outreach Producer
I'm currently working on cleaning up a few GitHub repositories from a recent project that we're now looking to open-source.
I'm usually busy managing News Labs' social media channels and producing our events, but I had the opportunity to get involved with the Crossing Divides season this sprint. I helped develop an interactive web application with three other Labbers, brushing up on my JavaScript and learning a lot about React over the course of the project. This was my first audience-facing code at the BBC, and so it's been really rewarding to see how much more I know about clean code now than I did when I first hacked together some of the project's data parsing scripts. I'm also excited to be the guinea pig for the open-sourcing process, as there's been a lot of interest around doing more of our coding in the open.
A screenshot of the Crossing Divides web application
I think this current task really encapsulates the things I love most about my job: the opportunity to use so many different skills, from social media production to news reporting to front-end development, on a day-to-day basis. Everyone in Labs has been extremely supportive of my development as a coder and a journalist, and I often feel that the biggest challenge is focusing on just one thing to do during a project sprint.
We're hiring. Want to know more?
Follow us on Twitter, explore our blog, watch our end-of year wrap-up video or get in touch at newslabs@bbc.co.uk.


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LOS ANGELES, April 15, 2019 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- How do we find talent for the 4.3 million unfilled jobs in tech by 2030? It starts with fostering STEM education in the younger generations. The California Senator for the 29th District, Ling Ling Chang, since taking office has demonstrated a strong commitment to technology, reflected in being named California's inaugural STEMx Policy Fellow -- part of a multi-state effort to put an emphasis on STEM education – as well as a "Tech Champion" by the Computing Technology Industry Association.
Senator Chang's upcoming initiative, the inaugural California Senate App Challenge Awards Ceremony, will expose K-12 students to coding and engage them in STEM fields. The event will showcase apps devised by students and provide them with the opportunity to learn from inspirational leaders in STEM.
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In Scotland and indeed across the UK, employees are spending more & more time at work. Some employees can be found at their desks as early as 7am in the morning and not return home till after 6pm.
These longer working hours are placing employees under considerable pressure both physically and mentally and can seriously affect their performance at work and can also impact on their health. Employees are often too tired after their long, working day to participate in any hobbies or sports which could help them unwind after a hard day at work.
This can leave them feeling frustrated and often lethargic.
Their work-life balance is compromised and their work rate is challenged. This also affects them mentally, as without a way of releasing their stress they can often feel tense and unhappy. The work/life balance should be a priority in any corporate wellness program.
The addition of a mobile massage therapy service, has shown great benefits to any forward thinking business. Many employers experience increasing levels of absenteeism as a result of stress and sick leave. Don't let this situation impact on your business!
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It is a known fact and studies have proven, that after receiving a massage, people are more relaxed, more alert, are able to think more clearly, faster and more accurately, and experience reduced anxiety and depression. The inclusion of a regular monthly/bi-monthly Mobile massage service has shown that employees benefit from reduced tension, fewer headaches, and increased health and wellbeing. This allows your employees to focus on their work rather than the pain and discomfort they may otherwise experience.
Working long hours without taking regular breaks, can often impact on the muscles of the neck, shoulder and upper back. The result is tension and tightness in the muscles of the offending area.
I've been having back/neck problems over the past year and the regular treatment I obtain at Infiniti has been great... much appreciated!
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These symptoms can cause tension headaches or migraines. Tight muscles if left untreated can progress to injuries causing absenteeism at work.
Absenteeism can impact on the success of your Company. However, a qualified masseuse from Infiniti Wellbeing will quickly work to alleviate the tight, tense muscles associated with computer based activities. The employee and indeed employer will feel immediate benefits through increased productivity and staff moral as the employee appreciates the thoughtfulness offered by their employer.
I currently work with a number of Companies in Edinburgh and indeed across Scotland. Some of these companies are Diageo, HSBC, J.P Morgan and Miller House to name but a few.
These companies offer their employees an opportunity to take some time away from desks, to participate in a regularly scheduled massage session.
The person can either choose massage techniques that will allow them to unwind and recharge during the busy work day or alternatively they can be treated for niggling, tight muscles that, if left untreated can often cause injuries to occur. In as little as fifteen minutes your employees will feel the benefits of a massage. Enough time to switch off, relax and rejuvenate the mind.
A corporate massage can take your employees from feeling frustrated, lethargic, anxious and stressed, to feeling calm and relaxed, and be able to deal with stressful situations, think clearly and make better decisions. Offering Corporate Massage On-site at your workplace is the most popular health and well-being initiative your business can take!
The use of corporate massage as an employee benefit, increases loyalty, staff retention, staff motivation and improves their overall performance. The inclusion of this mobile onsite service in Edinburgh and across Scotland, is a great moral booster within the workplace and is a great way of rewarding employee performance, acknowledging the employee's dedication to the Company and to also enhance the health and wellness of your business. After all, your employees are the ones who make your business successful.
Many Companies are now using employee incentives as the best way to encourage and reward their employees.
Infiniti massage therapists only require a small room to offer this service, and supply all other equipment. The sessions are between 15-30 minutes depending on the specific company.
•	Company pays •	Company and employees share the cost • Employee pays... Remember, cost to the company is tax deductible.
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Q: personalize session list on (KDM|GDM|LightDM|some_other) A bit of an odd question:
I want to change the list of sessions available on (KDM|GDM|LightDM|some_other) to a user, without affecting the sessions available to others.
Specifically, I have one user that is not very computer-savvy, and I want to prevent the said user from changing session type accidentally. I dont want this to affect the other users.
Can it be done ? I'd gladly switch my display manager to whatever one supports this

A: The answer is no, it's not possible without modifying Unity Greeter (and maybe also lightdm).  All the valid sessions listed in /usr/share/xsessions will be shown.

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Blue Cross And Blue Shield Of North Carolina Extends With Hendrick Motorsports And NASCAR Champion Jimmie Johnson
CONCORD, N.C. (May 18, 2018) – Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina (Blue Cross NC), which has served the people of North Carolina with high-quality health insurance for nearly 85 years, has extended its sponsorship of 12-time NASCAR Cup Series champions Hendrick Motorsports and star driver Jimmie Johnson through 2018.
Blue Cross NC will continue as the Official Health Insurance Provider of Hendrick Motorsports with logo placement on the uniforms of Johnson and his No. 48 team. In addition, Blue Cross NC will be featured on the No. 48 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 as an associate sponsor during the May and September Cup Series events at Charlotte Motor Speedway. It will mark the first on-car branding for Blue Cross NC since joining Hendrick Motorsports as an official corporate partner in September 2013.
"North Carolina has a longstanding history with NASCAR, and we're proud to support Jimmie Johnson throughout the season," said Reagan Greene Pruitt, vice president of integrated marketing and community engagement for Blue Cross NC. "As an athlete, Jimmie understands the importance of a healthy lifestyle and is an advocate and a friend of Blue Cross NC. We're excited to continue this partnership and work together to improve the health and well-being of our customers and communities."
A winner of 83 career races and a record-tying seven championships in NASCAR's top series, Johnson is known for being health conscious and a passionate advocate for healthy living. His physical training and nutrition regimens have been documented by media outlets such as Bicycling, LAVA Magazine, Men's Journal, Men's Fitness, Triathlete, ESPN and USA Today. For nearly five years, he has served as a Live Fearless Ambassador for Blue Cross NC and has been featured in campaigns promoting its health coverage and the value of an active and healthy lifestyle.
"My passion for living a healthy and active lifestyle continues to be an integral part of my life and who I am as a person," said Johnson, 42, who lives in Charlotte. "It's awesome to have a partner like Blue Cross NC that is just as committed to encouraging others to live better and feel better. For me, it's a natural fit and very rewarding to work together."
Johnson has been a Blue Cross NC member since 2002 and trusts the company with his family's health insurance coverage. Additionally, Hendrick Motorsports and the No. 48 team have relied on Blue Cross NC as their corporate healthcare provider since 2004.
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Q: populate dropdown with json (SyntaxError: Unexpected token { in JSON..) I am trying to simply populate a dropdown with the styleName field values from my JSON data file.
My json data looks like this, for intance:
{"name":{"styleName":"name","fillType":"none","fillTrans":"0","outlineType":"solid","outlineWidth":"1","outlineColor":"#ff0000"}}
{"sarah":{"styleName":"sarah","fillTrans":"none","fillTrans":"0","outlineType":"solid","outlineWidth":"1","outlineColor":"#ff0000"}}
//....

Below is my JS.

let dropdown = document.getElementById('tem');

dropdown.length = 0;

let defaultOption = document.createElement('option');
defaultOption.text = 'Choose Template';

dropdown.add(defaultOption);
dropdown.selectedIndex = 0;

const urld = '../../templates.json';

fetch(urld)
  .then(
    function(response) {
      if (response.status !== 200) {
        console.warn('Looks like there was a problem. Status Code: ' +
          response.status);
        return;
      }

      // Examine the text in the response
      response.json().then(function(data) {
        let option;
        console.log(data);
        for (let i = 0; i < data.length; i++) {
          option = document.createElement('option');
          option.text = data[i].styleName;
          //option.value = data[i].abbreviation;
          dropdown.add(option);
        }
      });
    }
  )
  .catch(function(err) {
    console.error('Fetch Error -', err);
  });

I am constantly getting this error, despite a response 200, dropdown remains blank..
Error:
Uncaught (in promise) SyntaxError: Unexpected token { in JSON at position xxx
Promise.then (async)
(anonymous) @ VM8493:22
Promise.then (async)
(anonymous) @ VM8493:13

Drop-down markup is simply this:
                    <select id="tem" class='w150'>
                    </select>

A:  replace this option.text = data[i].styleName;
let keys=Object.keys(data[i])
    with option.text = data[i][keys[0]].styleName


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Ореховица је насељено место у саставу општине Бедековчина у Крапинско-загорској жупанији, Хрватска. До територијалне реорганизације у Хрватској налазила се у саставу старе општине Забок.

Становништво

На попису становништва 2011. године, Ореховица је имала 237 становника.

Попис 1991.

На попису становништва 1991. године, насељено место Ореховица је имало 386 становника, следећег националног састава:

Извори
  Савезни завод за статистику и евиденцију ФНРЈ и СФРЈ, попис становништва 1948, 1953, 1961, 1971, 1981. и 1991. године

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Насељена места у Хрватској
Насељена места у Крапинско-загорској жупанији
Википројект географија/Насеља у Хрватској
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We work to keep Lincoln's reputation as a safe place to be in. Learn more…
We co-ordinate a range of initiatives to ensure a safe, vibrant and accessible city at night. Learn more…
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WORLD VOICE: CELEBRATING WORLD AIDS DAY WITH BONO AND @ONECampaign
This past December, I accepted an invitation from the ONE Campaign to meet at Carnegie Hall for World AIDS Day, and Bono and the Edge would be playing. It was an event for some of their most active anti-poverty advocates.
I met my husband that evening in New York City, where he was working, and we headed to Carnegie Hall. We grabbed a drink and socialized before heading to our seats. I had received my first U2 CD as a gift for my 13th birthday from my childhood friend, Stephanie, and I've been a fan ever since.
There was no doubt that Bono was amazing on stage that night. The entire show was one of the best I've ever been to — The Edge, Jessie J, Hozier, Miley Cyrus and the Kinshasa Symphony from the Democratic Republic of the Condo all performed. President Bill Clinton, Vice President Joe Biden, Stephen Colbert and Sting were also there to talk about ending poverty and eradicating the worldwide AIDS epidemic. Host of the Daily Show, Trevor Noah, Mcd the evening. They were all amazing.
Bono, Miley Cyrus, Jessie J and Hozier perform at the ONE event for World AIDS Day in NYC December, 2015.
Stephen Colbert recognized two activists who were, as he thought, Hispanic, and he apologized in advance for botching their names. He then proceeded to thank a Mr. and Mrs. Gates, or as he pronounced it, "Gahtays". Colbert always brings the funny.
The RED Campaign unveiled a larger product line where proceeds go to the Global Fund to help eliminate AIDS in Africa. The message of the night of the importance to eradicate AIDS was profound. But, what was different about this concert was the atmosphere of the everyday people sitting among us, many of whom Bono has inspired to advocacy.
Prior to the show starting, we met a woman who runs a ONE chapter at a New Jersey university along with her husband. She and her husband had been big U2 fans, which fueled their interest in becoming ONE Campaign leaders at the university. Her husband couldn't make the event, so her 9-year old daughter joined her at the concert. How lucky for her young, impressionable ears to experience the messaging and music which was about to unfold. It was interesting to me to see how U2 fans had followed Bono's lead by organizing and inspiring students to join the campaign to end poverty.
Once we grabbed our seats, I met another woman in my row who had worked in a record store for 17 years and now works in admissions at a New York City museum. She was also a diehard fan of Bono and U2, and had become equally diehard about ending poverty as an activist with the ONE Campaign.
After the show, I caught up with journalist and activist, Kristi York Wooten, who is as passionate about ending poverty as she is about music. It is no surprise, she is also a powerful activist for the ONE Campaign. Following the event, she wrote an article for The Huffington Post entitled "Can Mily Cyrus Educate Millennials about the Fight Against AIDS?". She says,
"These statistics [about the growth of AIDS worldwide] should also be a rallying call to artists such as Cyrus, Hozier and Jessie J, who are already involved in fighting AIDS: make your voices louder and take cues from the generation of musicians who came before. At Carnegie Hall, Cyrus told the audience she hoped to see the end of AIDS in her lifetime. I hope she works toward that goal with us, because music still has an important role to play in this battle!"
Kristi hit the nail on the head. Music does still have an important role to play in activism. What is most compelling is Bono's ability to go beyond the lyrics of his songs and to create a path for his listeners to take action to help people living in extreme poverty. He has worked with top people in the field to create a way in which people like you and me can be involved. Worldwide activists write letters to their governments, tweet, lobby, deliver petitions, you name it, in support of eradicating poverty.
World Moms pose for a "Strengthie" with Neha Misra of Solar Sisters at a ONE Event in NYC in September, 2015.
The concert was incredible, but if I had to go back and do the night all over again, I'd take more chances to get to know the stories of more people in the seats and how Bono and music had inspired them to activism. We were all joined in feeling Bono's impactful words:
"There is no first world or third world. There is only one world."
I quickly pulled out my phone to tweet out that beautiful quote, and then got reprimanded by an usher. The tweet would have to wait until after the show. I am so used to being completely tuned in to social media at events, I had to give myself permission to just sit back and enjoy the show.
I was grateful to.
This is an original post to World Moms Blog by CEO and Founder, Jennifer Burden, of New Jersey, USA.
Photo credits to the author.
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