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Best of Miami® /// People & Places /// 2000
Only in Miami would a swath of green amid Brickell Avenue's concrete jungle be named for a real estate entrepreneur. But credit must be given where it is due. The late developer L. Allen Morris donated a quarter of a city block to the City of Miami, which wisely (for once) preserved the eleven tall oaks and one banyan tree that shade the property. The lush canopy, combined with a cluster of park benches, makes the minipark the perfect excuse to leave the office on those gorgeous subtropical days and enjoy lunch alfresco. Walkways carve a path through the grass and landscaping. No time to pack a meal? Several restaurants are within easy walking distance, and they'll quickly toss something together. Don't like to fight lunch-hour traffic? Jump on the Metromover and disembark at the Tenth Street station across the street. Suddenly feel the urge to take off for the rest of the day? Do it. And tell the boss we authorized it.
"If you could call this place something, it would be tantamount, in Spanish, to that sitcom in English where everybody knows your name -- Cheers," says Miami-Dade Fire Rescue's Lt. Eddie Ballester. The firefighter and paramedic, stationed five blocks away, is a regular at this window. Over the years Brothers to the Rescue leader José Basulto has scarfed not a few pastelitos at this locale while pondering his next move. Miami-Dade County Manager Merrett Stierheim also has been spotted here, along with several of his assistants. Univision's answer to Walter Cronkite, newsman Guillermo Benitez, is another familiar face. Policemen, businessmen, plumbers, retirees, and Harley-Davidson aficionados all make this their chitchat haven. On a recent Saturday, while waiting for his coffee and Danish, Ballester talked about saving lives with Retavase, a new clot-busting medication for heart-attack victims currently being tested at his station. You never know what new things you'll learn at the Universidad de la Carreta.
There was much trepidation about the coming of this monster movie theater to our much-treasured Road. Would this cold and corporate megaplex shoveling out Hollywood hits put an end to any remaining pretense of funkiness that the mall had? Surprise: The Regal on South Beach has fit in more snug than many thought. First, it lived up to its promise to show alternative movies. At least two screens per week show foreign or gay-theme films, or films that otherwise might not have unspooled here. Second, the theaters themselves are comfortable: medium-size rooms, plush seats, and good views from every one of them (so often not the case at a megaplex). Parking hasn't been a problem, either; in fact you can often find a spot right on Alton Road, just a block away. There is a good selection of food, a café, even an outdoor patio and balcony, and absolutely no loud video arcade anywhere on the premises. Finally, before or after the movie you can stroll down the street that, while it has lost much of its counterculture vibe, remains Miami-Dade's most people-friendly urban area.
Miami Commissioner J.L. Plummer had his re-election formula down pat: Raise tons of cash, glad-hand voters at community festivals, and have his Cuban friends praise him on Spanish-language radio. It had worked seven times before, after all. Upstart businessman Johnny Winton might push him into a runoff, but the veteran's vast war chest would crush him. Oops! While Miami politics changed, Plummer didn't. District elections had turned the city's politically neglected Upper East Side into a powerful force that overwhelmed Plummer's traditional base in the Cuban community. He also underestimated how badly the city's scandals sullied his reputation. Most voters, including many in Plummer's Coconut Grove back yard, didn't buy his pleas of ignorance as his colleagues were arrested, the city fell into disarray, and taxes climbed. In addition the 29-year incumbent didn't take underdog Winton seriously. The end result: Plummer maintained his unprecedented streak of seven elections without a runoff. But he was clobbered in the eighth.
It all began here in 1993: salsa classes on Monday and Wednesday nights at the spacious and charmingly down-at-the-heels Blue Banquet Hall. By now the place is packed four nights a week, and Salsa Lovers is a huge enterprise, having expanded to two more locations. But the West Miami-Dade scene has a festive, nightclubby quality all its own, and it just keeps getting hotter (sometimes literally; the AC is erratic). Monday through Thursday a large and varied crowd descends on the hall, everyone from senior citizens to families to middle-school students, though the 20- to 30-year-old crowd dominates. The sheer energy generated by hundreds of slaves to the salsa rhythm is irresistible. Some people skip the classes and instead hang out, flirt, or practice moves with a partner. Between classes (three levels, each one hour long, beginning at 7:00 p.m.) the DJ spins a "practice song," and a gigantic circle of couples fills the entire main dance floor, so big the instructors have to call out the turns on a microphone. Oscar D'Leon blares from the speakers, and pretty soon everyone's in a whirl -- dile que no, dame una, hips going and fondillos shaking, abrázala, abanico, arms rising and feet pivoting, montaña, balsero, and sometimes the lights will dim and the tacky disco balls will turn. For seven dollars (price per lesson) you get all this, and you might even learn the paseo por el parque.
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In many American political plays, a guy (it's usually a guy) comes onstage and talks. The set, the costumes, the lighting -- they're all window dressing, which helps to explain the sorry state of political drama. Doug Wright's 1995 work Quills, however, dissects the issues of censorship through the trials of the Marquis de Sade. It's a play of ideas, driving home the notion that you can't get rid of art you don't like merely by destroying its author. But it's also a play of images. In the exquisitely designed Florida Stage production, Jim Fulton's lighting design reproduced the Marquis's naughty writing as luminescent streaks across the theater walls. Allen D. Cornell's inventive turntable set gave rise to multiple arresting scenes, not the least of which was the yanking out of the Marquis's tongue. Suzette Pare's costumes smartly outfitted the small-minded denizens of nineteenth-century France as well as the increasingly-more-disrobed Sade. And Scott Burgess's sound design created an asylumwide orgy we could "see," though it happened off-stage. At the helm was artistic director Louis Tyrrell, whose fluid hand and wicked sense of humor proved to be assets the Marquis would have loved.
In his many years as the public face of the county's public schools, Fraind had repeatedly proven himself to be inarticulate, insensitive, and inflexible. When school-board members finally got tired of him making them look bad and decided, at their March meeting, to appoint someone else as their spokesman, Fraind demonstrated the wisdom of the decision by offering an upraised arm and fist -- in the universal gesture for "up yours" -- to a parent who had questioned his salary level. How ironic that the first candid, straightforward, concise statement from this guy, captured by the television cameras that record each meeting, came only on the eve of his removal as the district's mouthpiece.
It's supposed to feel like a little bit of Nantucket down here on the lower peninsula. A fresh and crisp Northeastern respite from the scorching Southern sun. But really the lobby in the new Beach House is Florida through and through. This is no rectangular foyer, stop-over-while-you-check-in type of lobby. Instead you get different lounges with different flavors for different moods, all outfitted (if the blue hue didn't already give it away) by the Polo Ralph Lauren design team. If you enter from Collins Avenue, huge vases of fresh-cut flowers -- usually yellow -- greet the visitor at the entrance, which is decked out in muted blue and white. But no need to dally here. Head for the bright and playful room to the right -- the, well, Florida room. Two walls are windows, with views out to the pool and to the ocean beyond. Lime-green covers the walls; pink, salmon, yellow, green, and blue cover the cushions and pillows on the white-wicker furniture. That may sound noisy but it's not. The colors combine into a soothing balm, light and airy but well removed from the heat. All the rooms are furnished like a bed and breakfast -- knickknacks on the end tables, art books scattered about for a leisurely browse. The main lobby is toned down, furnished in brown wicker with blue upholstery, and trimmed with sophisticated Chinese porcelains and paintings (heavy on deep red and gold, adding an extra-lush touch). From here it's also possible to see the pool area, which really should be considered part of the lobby as well, with its multicolor cabanas, ample seating, and hedges sculpted into sea horses. Grab a drink from the bar and choose your mood: There's no better way to refresh your feeling for Florida.
In a season fraught with top-drawer solo performances (Charles Nelson Reilly in Life of Reilly, Kathleen Turner in Tallulah, Melinda Lopez in Medianoche, and Jean Stapleton in Eleanor: Her Secret Journey), Judith Delgado towered over all. Playing fashion diva Diana Vreeland, the actress delivered a performance that lived up to Vreeland's motto: "Give 'em what they didn't know they wanted." Vreeland's life story garnered 1996 Drama Desk and Obie awards for creators Mark Hampton and Mary Louise Wilson when Wilson starred in it. Elizabeth Ashley did the honors when the national tour passed through South Florida in 1998. Nonetheless Delgado, a genius at transforming herself, turned the tastemaker and long-time Vogue editor into something of her own (and director Joseph Adler's) making. Even the actress's elegant, oversize hands conspired to become a perfect physical match for Vreeland's elegant, larger-than-life personality. It was a performance that reached out and grabbed us by our lapels.
"Have Character, Will Travel." So reads the business card of Daniel Ricker, self-appointed "citizen advocate," who spent the past year attending county commission meetings, city commission meetings, school board meetings, and Public Health Trust meetings, all in an effort to better understand how government operates. He even sat through the public-corruption trial of former county Commissioner James Burke so he could hear firsthand how deals are made at the county level. Why did he do it? Ricker, who made his fortune managing international companies that sell coronary pacemakers, says he became so disgusted with the sleaze and corruption of politics in South Florida that, rather than withdraw into apathy, he became hyperactive in the community. He took a year off work and dedicated himself to his task. A man of limitless patience (a necessary attribute in order to sit through some of those meetings), he says he never became bored and always found the working of government fascinating and important. Simply knowing that an informed member of the public was attending those meetings, watching every move they made, undoubtedly had a sobering effect on Miami's less-than-trustworthy politicians and bureaucrats.
In a county with woefully slim public-transportation options, Miami Beach planners looked out their windows, past the backed-up traffic at the stoplights, and saw the future. It was pretty, environmentally friendly, and didn't cost a lot. The ElectroWave shuttle buses premiered two years ago and have proven to be a wonderfully hassle-free way to navigate the often congested streets of South Beach. And a good thing was recently improved: In April the routes were expanded to cover more city blocks north of the original South Pointe-to-Seventeenth Street loop. Plus the fleet grew from seven to eleven vehicles, and payment options were increased (you can now use your parking debit card to pay the 25-cent fare). The shuttles are completely electric, with propane-powered air-conditioning units. "We are the only all-electric transit system in the country," exclaims Judy Evans, executive director of Miami Beach Transportation Management Association. "We've become a model for other cities."
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Today is December 6, 2017 and Princess Sofia, Duchess of Värmland celebrates her 33rd birthday. On the occasion of that birthday, Swedish Royal Court published a new photo of Princess Sofia of Sweden. (Sofia Kristina Hellqvist was born on December 6, 1984 at Danderyds Hospital). She got married to Prince Carl Philip in 2015 and she is the mother of Prince Alexander and Prince Gabriel of Sweden who are fifth and sixth heirs to the Swedish throne.
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A hacker has created a virus that targets music lovers by deleting MP3 files on infected computers, according to antivirus company Sophos. The worm, dubbed Nopir.B, spreads over peer-to-peer networks and appears to have originated in France, security researchers at Sophos reported. It's designed to look like a DVD-cracking program, to fool people looking for a program that will circumvent copy-restriction technology on the discs. When the worm is downloaded and run, it attempts to delete all MP3 music files and wipe some programs from the infected PC, Sophos said in its advisory.
In its report covering security threats during the first quarter, McAfee's Anti-virus and Vulnerability Emergency Response Team (AVERT) stated that more than 1,000 new attacks aimed at software vulnerabilities emerged in the first three months of this year. The total amounts to a roughly 6 percent increase, compared with the same period last year. McAfee also noted that it received word of more than 200,000 vulnerability-oriented attacks during the first quarter.
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This is our Birthday Issue -- The Anniversary of One Year of Publishing the "Security Alert News Reporter"!
A review of the past issues demonstrates how much, and yet, how little the cyber jungle has changed.
In addition to SPAM and popups, Spyware concerns were beginning to alarm even the most casual users of the Internet, even though the majority of them were uninformed about how to avoid or minimize the threats.
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And today, a year later, the purveyors of spam, spyware, malware, adware, and viruses continue fiercely, to dump this stuff on us, with even more sophisticated methods and tools.
There's a critical race ongoing between the software safety and security writers and the more sophisticated criminal types to outdo each other.
A little over a year ago, many of our family members and friends were telling us about the problems they were experiencing with their computers. They were really unaware of the reasons why their computers were crashing, popups were popping up all over, spam was inundating their mail boxes, and other odd things were happening to them. Virus Grief and Computer Rage often resulted from these frustrations.
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Now, a year into publishing the "Security Alert News Reporter" finds most of us still facing many of the annoyances and distraction to safe and enjoyable Internet use. Just about all of last year's defenses are actually out of date and ineffective. Being informed is an urgent priority.
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Operation Web Snare is a coordinated effort targeting an expansive array of Cyber Crime schemes victimizing individuals and industry worldwide. This initiative highlights numerous investigations that have been successfully advanced through coordination of law enforcement, and a growing list of industryand international partners.
The development of international resources is closely coordinated with the DOJ, the U.S. State Department and a growing list of E-Commerce industry partners.
Criminal schemes included in this initiative include: criminal spam, phishing, spoofed or hijacked accounts, international re-shipping schemes, Cyber-extortion, auction fraud, credit card fraud, Intellectual Property Rights (IPR), Computer Intrusions (hacking), economic espionage (Theft of Trade Secrets), International Money Laundering, Identity Theft, and a growing list of "traditional crimes" hat continue to migrate on-line.
Operation Web Snare has been coordinated at the Federal level with the Department of Justice, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3), the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, the U.S. Secret Service, the Federal Trade Commission, and the Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Numerous state and local law enforcement agencies contributed significantly to this nitiative as well.
Operation Web Snare includes more than 150 investigations, in which more than 870,000 victims lost more than $210 million dollars. Through these investigations more than 300 subjects were targeted, resulting in 100 arrests/convictions, 116 indictments, and the execution of more than 130 search/seizure warrants.
Although significant in number, these investigations represent only a fraction of the Cyber crime problem, underscoring not only the need for sustained law enforcement focus, but the continuing development of expanded industry partnerships as well.
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BJP yet to reach its peak despite success in Lok Sabha polls: Amit Shah
PTI | Updated: Jun 13, 2019, 16:08 IST
NEW DELHI: The ruling BJP is set to launch its membership drive as the party begins the process for its organisational polls, party general secretary Bhupendra Yadav said on Thursday.
Amit Shah is likely to continue as party president till the organisational elections get over, sources said.
The decision was taken at the meeting of the BJP's national office-bearers, which is being attended by the general secretaries and presidents of the party's state units and chaired by Amit Shah.
Addressing a press conference, BJP's general secretary Bhupender Yadav shared the details of Amit Shah's speech in the meeting.
Yadav said the party president told the organisational office bearers that "the party has still not peaked in terms of its electoral performance despite winning the highest ever 303 seats in 2019".
The party's reach need to be further expanded to new regions and sections of the society, Yadav said quoting Shah.
Attributing the party's success in the recently concluded Lok Sabha polls to party workers, Yadav said Amit Shah credited the hard work of the crores of party supporters for the BJP getting more than 50 per cent vote share in 220 seats.
Yadav also informed that during the meeting it was decided that former Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, who is also a vice-president of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), will lead the party's membership drive and he will be assisted by four other leaders.
Yadav said BJP has 11 crore members at present and is aiming to increase it by 20 per cent.
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Queenswood Bridge Replacement - March 19 - April 12 (8 Photos)
The replacement of the Queenswood Drive bridge involved removing existing trees to allow heavy construction equipment to access the bridge structure for demolition, removing the road surface and then taking down the underlying concrete tunnel over Sperry Creek.
Shrek the Musical Jr.' Performed by the St. Raphael Drama Club (13 Photos)
Bay Village Foundation - Heritage Run 2017 (12 Photos)
Bay Village Homecoming Parade – Sept. 29, 2017 (26 Photos)
Westlake Fall Festival & Pumpkin Hunt 2017 (10 Photos)
Temperatures in the upper 70s made for a beautiful day on Saturday, Oct. 14 at the Westlake Recreation Center. The annual event featured hay rides, bouncy houses, face painters, food trucks, plus the Pumpkin Hunt.
Celebrate Westlake, Sept. 2, 2017 (22 Photos)
Bay Village- Lakeside Cemetery Tour – Oct. 16, 2016 (12 Photos)
If you were among the fortunate to visit Lakeside Cemetery on Sunday, Oct. 16, you were treated to an exceptionally good tour of Bay Village's historic cemetery. Although the Bay Village Historical Society has hosted this event for many years, this year's tour was especially wonderful due to the participation by some actors of the Bay Village Community Theatre, who portrayed a variety of the city's famous ancestors. Having seasoned actors perform as of some of the famous folks buried at Lakeside lended a deep, theaterical richness to roles they donned, not only in the period attire they wore, but also in their performances as well. If you're a history buff, the personas these volunteers took on surely made the history of Bay Village come alive. A great job well done, thanks to the historical society and the wonderful actors!
Westlake's Fall Festival & Pumpkin Hunt 2016 (15 Photos)
More than 1,000 people attended the Oct. 15 event at the Westlake Recreation Center featuring free hayrides, balloon artists and treats.
26th annual Celebrate Westlake (18 Photos)
All ages participated in Westlake's 2016 event, featuring a 5-mile run, a 5K run/walk, and a Kids Fun Dash, raising funds for local charities. Held on the UH St. John Medical Center campus, the day's festivities included a health fair, face painting, raffles, and a first-ever Beer Garden sponsored by Westlake's Sibling Revelry Brewing.
Fun Days ay Bay Days 2016 (25 Photos)
A Fabulous Fouth in Westlake, 2016 (32 Photos)
2016 Destination Bay! (15 Photos)
Cahoon Christmas in Bay Village 2015 (9 Photos)
The Bay Village Historical Society and The Bay Village Kiwanis & Bay Village Historical Society celebrated an old-fashioned community Christmas on Sunday, Dec. 6 in Cahoon Memorial Park. The 3rd annual event included a children's gingerbread house contest at Rose Hill Museum, the reading of holiday stories, caroling and crafts for kids in the Bay Village Community House, the Kiwanis Christmas tree sale, and of course a visit by Santa Claus and the lighting of the community Christmas tree.
Bay Village Touch-a-Truck 2015 (14 Photos)
Photos by Bay Village Police Chief Mark Spaetzel
The Touch-a-Truck event held Sept. 12 featured vehicles from the Bay Village fire, police and service departments plus a landing of the Metro Life Flight helicopter at Cahoon Memorial Park. Kids could climb aboard and see and touch the equipment of many of the city's vehicles. Over 2,000 people attended the event and had an opportunity to meet police officers, firefighters/paramedics and service department employees.
Celebrate Westlake 2014 (18 Photos)
Over 900 participated in the annual Celebrate Westlake event at St. John Medical Center on Aug. 30. The 24th installment of Westlake's 5-mile charity run was a success once again, drawing runners from across Ohio and several states. Switching back to the Celebrate Westlake name after several years as the North Coast Challenge, the event included a 5K run/walk, kids' fun dashes and activities, and a health and fitness expo. Proceeds from the event benefit a number of Westlake charities. More than $1.4 million has been raised since 1991.
Photos copyrighted © 2014 Westlake | Bay Village Observer. Permission required for use.
Westlake's hometown astronaut honored (12 Photos)
Col. Robert Overmyer, who grew up in Westlake and graduated from Westlake High in 1954, was honored with the dedication of a historical marker in Westlake's Cahoon Park on Aug. 23.
Photos: copyright © 2014 Westlake | Bay Village Observer. Permission required for use.
Westlake Corporate Challenge 2014 (19 Photos)
Westlake held the annual Corporate Challenge Aug. 4-8 with a week of sports, games and contests pitting Westlake companies against one another, all in good fun. Now in its eighth year, the challenge is organized by the Westlake recreation department. Alego Health, Applied Companies, Echo Health, Equity Trust, Q-Lab, Rae-Ann Suburban, Western Enterprises and the City of Westlake participated in the weeklong competition. This year's championship trophy went to Q-Lab, an international provider of material durability testing with corporate headquarters on Canterbury Road.
Metropark's Summer Beach Party at Huntington Beach, August 2, 2014 (8 Photos)
Fourth of July, 2014, Westlake, Ohio (22 Photos)
Bay Days 2014 (14 Photos)
Bay Village Fire Department Open House, June 14, 2014 (11 Photos)
Kids of all ages enjoyed a day with Bay Village's firefighters during the department's open house on June 14. Fire engines, rescue boats, and fire equipment were on display, plus hot dogs and pizza served by firefighters made for a fun day.
Relay for Life of Westshore 2014 (20 Photos)
The Relay started at 2 p.m. on Saturday, May 31, and went non-stop for 18 hours, ending at 8 a.m. on Sunday at Westlake High School. The event was an overwhelming success, raising $10,000 above its goal. Congrats to the participants, organizers and sponsors for achieving so much in the fight against cancer.
And, special kudos to Amy Brediger for her tireless devotion and boundless energy to make this year's event the best in Northeast Ohio.
Westlake Memorial Day 2014 (12 Photos)
Westlake honored those that have served our country with the traditional Memorial Day parade down Hilliard Boulevard followed by a commemorative ceremony at Clague Park on Monday, May 26.
Bay Village Memorial Day Ceremonies 2014 (14 Photos)
Bay Village commemorated our nation's veterans with a opening ceremony at Lakeside Cemetery followed by a parade down Lake Road to Cahoon Park. Speakers at Cahoon Park, including Bay Village Mayor Debbie Sutherland, remembered those killed in action while serving their country. The Bay High Marching Band played patroitic music to the large crowd gathered around the gazebo.
Green & White Revue 2014 (32 Photos)
The 29th annual Green & White Revue showcased the student talent of 34 acts before sold-out audiences on March 15 and 16 at the Westlake Performing Arts Center. All photos are copyright Westlake | Bay Village Observer and may not be used without permission.
Bay High students raise $20,000 for cancer research (27 Photos)
Bay High students have raised $20,000, doubling their ambitious one-week goal of $10,000, to help fund promising cures for childhood cancer through St. Baldrick's Foundation.
Contributions were collected in just one week (which included a snow day with no school) through cash, checks and online donations, and a top motivator was the promise of art instructor Thomas Schemrich to shave off his longtime ponytail hairstyle, which he says he has worn almost always since he was 15 years old.
Bay High's Youth Philanthropy Fellowship (YPF), along with Bay High's Student Council and Key Club, sponsored the fundraiser.
Westlake covered in snow (8 Photos)
Although it has snowed a lot this winter, there are only a few unique times that the snowfall, wind and temperature come together for great winter photos. On Feb. 2, 2014, the conditions were perfect to run out and capture the snow gracefully adhering to trees before the wind blew it off the branches.
Rock N Bowl III benefits Village Project (6 Photos)
Allison and Scott Pohlkamp and family organized another great evening of music, bowling and comedy to benefit the Village Project on Jan. 25 at Bay Lanes. Local classic rock and pop bands the Feedbacks and the Showgoats will filled the evening with favorite tunes. Additionally local comedian Randy Geise's character Delmar Everheart worked the crowd, and of course the 'king' made an appearance to highlight the evening as Scott "Elvis" Pohlkamp took the stage.
The hills of Lake Erie (3 Photos)
Teens explore the ice hills a hundred yards from the Huntington Beach shoreline at dusk on Jan. 28, 2014. Northern winds and two "polar vortex" deep freezes during January compacted the ice into mounds along the shore.
Bay Village Community Services 2014 SOUP COOK-OFF (9 Photos)
Sixth annual soup cook-off in Bay Village becomes first city-sponsored zero waste event. The atmosphere was warm and festive on a cold winter's day. Approximately 230 people were in attendance. As the ballots were counted, the anticipation increased. Finally, a winner was announced. Although only three votes (out of more than 200) separated first and second place, Westlake Village's roasted butternut squash soup edged out The Northridge's Southwestern chicken chili soup for the coveted plaque.
This year, Director of Community Services Deborah Bock decided to partner with the Bay Village Green Team to make the event zero waste. This is a significant milestone as it is the first city sponsored event in Bay Village to be zero waste.
Dr. Dan Keenan honored as Ohio's best superintendent (13 Photos)
With more than 600 school superintendents in Ohio, being selected as the best in the state is an outstanding accomplishment. Westlake's Dr. Daniel Keenan Jr. was named Ohio's 2014 Superintendent of the Year by the Buckeye Association of School Administrators and honored during a BASA luncheon in Columbus last December.
The community of Westlake celebrated his achievement with a ceremony held in the rotunda of Westlake High School on Jan. 13 in which family, staff and students presented congratulatory messages of thanks to the school system's leader. The evening featured accolades from students, teachers, principals and board of election members, as well as the honoree's father, Dr. Daniel Keenan Sr., a retired superintendent of Steubenville's schools.
Winter Scenes in Bay & Westlake - Jan. 17, 2014 (6 Photos)
A Bay Village Christmas at Cahoon Park (13 Photos)
Bay Mens Club Rake Out 2013 (16 Photos)
Members of the Bay Men's Club and their children helped out deserving city residents as part of the club's annual leaf rake-out on Nov. 16.
Bay Village Historical Society's Cahoon in June festival 2013 (13 Photos)
The Bay Village Historical Society hosted it's annual antiques and crafts show at Cahoon Memorial Park on June 15. The fundraising event was a perfect day for browsing the many booths featuring artisans, antiques, crafters, music and demonstrations, plus tours of the Rose Hill and Osborn House museums.
BAYarts Art & Music Festival 2013 (9 Photos)
The annual BAYarts Art & Music festival held on the BAYart's campus in Metroparks Huntington Reservation in Bay Village, drew large crowds to stroll among the works of fifty artists on a perfect summer day on June 15.
Memorial Day 2013 - Westlake (10 Photos)
Photos by Denny Wendell & Vic Rutkoski
Memorial Day 2013 - Bay Village (19 Photos)
Westlake students show talent at 2013 Green & White Revue (34 Photos)
The musical, vocal and dancing talents of Westlake students were showcased in the 28th annual Green & White Revue on April 12 and 13 at the Westlake Performing Arts Center. Over 62 acts, encompassing students from elementary to high school, auditioned for the annual event, and 34 were selected to perform at this year's talent show. The Green & White Revue is the major fundraiser for the Westlake High School PTSA. All photos © Westlake | Bay Village Observer. Unauthorized reproduction prohibited.
Inaugural SNOWBALL Run (7 Photos)
Hundreds of runners and walkers didn't let the cold temperatures keep them from participating the Bay Athletic Booster's first annual SNOBALL 5k Race/Walk and 1-mile Fun Run held in Bay Village on Sat., Feb.23. The proceeds from the event will be used to promote and support Bay High and Bay Middle School athletic teams.
Westlake Relay for Life 2012 (5 Photos)
BAYarts Moondance 2012 (4 Photos)
BAYarts Art and Music Festval 2012 (6 Photos)
The BAYarts annual Art and Music Festival was held June 16 on the grounds of the scenic BAYarts campus in Huntington MetroParks. The sunny day was perfect for art lovers to browse the artwork of over 40 regional artists.
Cahoon in June 2012 (10 Photos)
A sunny, summer day featuring artisans, antiques, pet contests, and children's activities took place on June 16 at Bay Village's Cahoon Memorial Park.
Memorial Day in Bay Village 2012 (12 Photos)
Westlake Memorial Day parade & ceremony 2012 (11 Photos)
Rock-n-Bowl II (16 Photos)
A packed house enjoyed music, comedy and bowling during the second annual Rock-n-Bowl fundraiser to benefit the Village Food project at Bay Lanes on Sat., Jan. 28.
Zombies party at Bay Library! (4 Photos)
With Halloween fast approaching, kids had an chance to be transformed into scary characters at a make-up workshop and party held at the Bay Village Branch Library on Oct.1. Make-up artist Katie Lane of the Legion of Terror, the world's oldest improvisational horror production company, applied make-up to create bruises and scars during the afternoon program that included games, crafts and a Zombie Parade.
Westlake's Fourth of July parade, 2011 (15 Photos)
Crocker Park LibertyFest July 3 and 4 , 2011 (9 Photos)
Crocker Park's LibertyFest had a bicentennial flair this year during the two-day event July 3 and 4. The annual celebration featured music by the Cleveland Pops Orchestra, a spectacular fireworks display, childrens' shows and activities, a classic car show, patriotic speeches, carnival rides and special visit from officials of Westlake's sister city, Tralee, Ireland.
Westlake fireworks - July 4, 2011 (7 Photos)
Fireworks over Clague Memorial Park
Crocker Park hosts annual art fair and (11 Photos)
Thousands of art-lovers and dog-lovers came out to Crocker Park for the sixth annual Fine Art Fair and "Crocker Bark" event June 11-12. The weekend festivities included more than 100 artists selling their work and over 20 vendors offering canine-related products and services. The fair weather helped boost attendance at the event, and the Kalihari Splash Zone was a hit with kids and dogs, alike.
3rd Annual Emily's Rainbow Run held April 11 (2 Photos)
Over 700 entrants signed-up to participate in the annual Emily's Rainbow Run held April 10 in Westlake. This family activity, hosted by Emily's Rainbow Fund, featured a 4-mile race and a 2-mile run/walk. Proceeds from the fundraising event benefited Emily's Rainbow Fund, a member of the Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital Circle of Friends program whose mission is to donate proceeds raised to support pediatric cancer research.
Bay Rec Bunny Hop (11 Photos)
Scores of kids and their families filled the Bay Middle School for the annual Bunny Hop presented by the Bay Village Recreation Dept. on Sat. April 9. Lots of fun activities were on store for the children including face painting, games, crafts, plus a soft, climbing environment, and visit by the Easter bunny. Kids were treated to a story read by Bay Village Branch librarian Joyce Sandy before participation in the traditional Easter egg hunt. There was also a surprise appearance outside the middle school by Bay firemen with their fire truck. The annual event was free to residents.
Rock-n-Bowl event draws huge crowd to support Village Food Project (9 Photos)
The first annual Rock-n-Bowl was great success as over 200 attendees partied the night away with music, bowling, dancing and special guest appearance by Elvis – all to benefit the Village Food Project.
The Village Food Project introduced to the community of Bay Village (11 Photos)
Citizens were introduced to the Village Food Project (VFP) at Bay Presbyterian Church on the evening of Jan. 9. The mission of the non-profit project is "to come together as a community of all ages, to love our neighbors who are experiencing a cancer crisis, by providing nourishing meals." The VFP is a multi-generational project where adults mentor Bay Village teens, training them in the kitchen to become chefs for the project. As VFP chefs, teens take responsibility for the major portion of meal preparation and packaging of meals for delivery to members of the community. Residents were introduced to the project during an evening of information, video presentations and a sampling of items from the VFP's menu.
Westlake Bicentennial Ball Drop (12 Photos)
Warm weather and a family-friendly atmosphere brought hundreds to Crocker Park on Dec. 31 to ring in the New Year. The event was the official kickoff for the city's Bicentennial year.
Great Pumpkin Roll, Nov. 6, 2010 (12 Photos)
The annual pumpkin roll at the Westlake Rec Center
Cleveland Restoration Society's report on the Community House (19 Photos)
The Cleveland Restoration Society presented a program at the Bay Village Planning Commission on Aug. 10 on the Community House. Their report examined the condition of the structure and made recommendations on needed repairs. CRS executive director Kathleen Crowther and Sr. Historic Presevation Specialist Kerrington Adams also addressed the possible historical status of the Community House pertaining to the cupola replacement.
Bay Village community garden (3 Photos)
Bay Skate & Bike Park construction through 9/5/2010 (9 Photos)
Dean's Tomato Fest - 8/21/2010 (4 Photos)
Dog Day Afternoon, Peterson pool, 9/4/2010 (8 Photos)
Bay Village Country Festival, June 2010 (6 Photos)
Bay Village Bike Rodeo July 3, 2010 (7 Photos)
Westlake 4th of July parade 2010 (9 Photos)
Bark for Life, Bay village, Ohio (7 Photos)
Bark For Life, the unofficial kickoff of Bay Village's Relay For Life events, was held at Bradley Park on Saturday, May 15. Hundreds of dogs and their owners showed up to enjoy a beautiful day and help support the American Cancer Society.
The event featured a doggie obstacle course, dog bones made by Westerly Elementary third-graders, face painting, music by the Bay High Jazz Band and a "beauty" pageant.
Bay Village Kiwanis plant Arbor Day buckeye trees at Bay Village Schools (5 Photos)
The Bay Village Kiwanis planted four buckeye trees, one each for Bay High School, Bay Middle School, Westerly Elementary and Normandy Elementary schools in Bay Village, on Friday, April 30, in honor of Arbor Day.
2010 Emily's Rainbow Run (8 Photos)
The second annual Emily's Rainbow Run and Wellness Walk on Sunday, April 25, 2010 in Westlake, Ohio.
Victorian Tea hosted by Bay Village Historical Society (6 Photos)
The tradition of an afternoon tea came alive at the fifth annual Victorian Tea hosted by the Bay Village Historical Society.
American Liberty Fest, Crocker Park, July 4, 2009 (7 Photos)
Westlake July 4th Parade, 2009 (8 Photos)
Bike, Trike & Wagon Parade at Bay Days 2009 (7 Photos)
The Kiwanis Club-sponsored Bays Days was another great success with carnival games, fair food, rides, music and hometown fun!
St. Bernadette Parish Community Carnival 2009 (10 Photos)
BAYarts' One Artistic Yard Sale (13 Photos)
Fine art, a beautiful day, music, and yummy food made for a perfect setting at the BAYarts' One Artistic Yard sale.
Crocker Park Fine Art Fair (17 Photos)
Hundreds of art lovers attended the 4th annual Crocker Park Fine Art Fair on June 13-14, 2009 in Westlake, Ohio. In total, over 125 artists displayed their works at the fair which featured work such as jewelry, ceramics, painting, glass, woodworking. basket making, photography, fiber, wood and much more.
Westlake Fourth of July Parades (6 Photos)
Nothing is more traditional than a Fourth of July parade, and Westlake provided it's citizens with not one but two parades. The traditional Hilliard Road parade to Clague Park plus the mini-parade at Crocker Park.
The event at Crocker Park featured a parade, a antique car show and patriotic speeches by the city leaders.
Thanks to the Bay Village Kiwanis Club for a great Bay Days celebration. The annual festival is a great example of americana in a small town. The local Kiwanis Club should be congratulated for this excellent event. This year's was as fun as ever. Fun rides, carnival games, the bike parade and, of course, the curly fries.
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Ture Edwin Lundstrom, carpenter from Los Angeles, who was employed in Las Vegas, was found dead Saturday on North Fifth street, where he had been working. He apparently was the victim of a heart attack, according to Deputy Coroner D. G. Lawrence.
An inquest in the case was planned to be held this afternoon, after which remains will be forwarded from the Garrison Mortuary to Los Angeles for funeral rites and interment.
Lundstrom was 62 years old, a native of Sweden, and formerly resided in Los Angeles. Surviving is his widow, Mrs. Signe Lundstrom of Los Angeles.
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Tax Court Finds Oil Field Worker Cannot Exclude Income Earned in Russia
A recent Tax Court case, Joel B. Evans v. Commissioner[1] illustrates some of the conditions the U.S. citizen must satisfy in order to claim the benefits of section 911 and exclude foreign earned income from U.S. tax.
Joel B. Evans ("Evans"), a U.S. citizen, grew up in West Monroe, Louisiana. In 1997, he began working for Parker Drilling Co. In 2006, Evans was promoted to a management position at Parker's facilities on Sakhalin Island, Russia. During the period 2007-2010, the tax years at issue in the case, Evans was on and off duty for Parker during alternating 30-day periods. While on duty he lived in housing that Parker provided. In addition, approximately three times a year, Evans spent one to three weeks on an offshore drilling platform.
During the tax years at issue, Evans owned a house in his hometown of West Monroe. With the assistance of his mother, he maintained the house. During the years at issue Evans maintained other connections to Louisiana. He held a Louisiana driver's license, had bank and credit card accounts in Louisiana and registered and maintain vehicles in Louisiana. His federal income tax returns listed his mother's address as his mailing address.
Evans was divorced and had a daughter. During the period 2007-2009, his daughter lived with his mother at her house in West Monroe. During his off-duty periods, Evans returned to West Monroe and spent time with his daughter in his own house. In September 2009, Evans remarried, and his wife moved into his house in West Monroe. During his marriage, Evans continued to spend his off-duty time with his wife and daughter.
Evans' accountant prepared his tax returns reporting that his "tax home" was in Russia. Section 911 allows a U.S. citizen who has a "tax home" in a foreign country and satisfies certain other conditions to exclude from income foreign earned income (subject to a cap) and a housing cost amount."[2] The main issue before the court was whether Evans had a "tax home" in Russia during 2007 - 2009.
The Tax Court's Opinion
The law under section 911 is well settled, and the Evans case does not address any new legal issues. It is a memorandum opinion of the Tax Court.
Section 911 defines "tax home" to mean the mean an individual's home for purposes of section 162(a)(2).[3] Under section 162, an individual's home is the location of his regular or principal place of business. In Evan's case, this would be Russia for the tax years at issue.
Section 911(d)(3) adds an exception to this general rule. If an individual's "abode" is in the United States, he is not treated as having a tax home in a foreign country. Under the case law, a person's abode is the place where he has the strongest economic, personal and family ties.[4] The Tax Court, in Lemay v. Commissioner,[5] previously considered facts nearly identical to those in Evans. The court in Lemay concluded that the taxpayer had an abode in the United States. The Firth Circuit affirmed.
Evans sought to distinguish Lemay on the grounds that the taxpayer in Lemay worked on an offshore oil rig, while he worked on onshore and supervised land rigs. The Tax Court characterized this position as a distinction without a difference.
Evans also referred to the Fifth Circuit's decision in Jones v. Commissioner.[6] The taxpayer in Jones worked for Japan Airlines. He was assigned to Japan and moved his family there. He later was re-assigned to Alaska and moved his family to Alaska. Finally, he was assigned to Japan once more. The taxpayer in Jones paid for his own housing and his own meals. He also intended to live in Japan after his retirement. The Tax Court point out that Evans was in a situation that was different than the taxpayer in Jones. The Court notes that section 911 was meant to provide some relief for taxpayers who bore the cost of maintaining a domestic and a foreign household. Evans did not bear such duplicative costs.
Although Evans lost his case and so owed back taxes, the Tax Court did not impose the accuracy-related penalty of section 6662(a). The Tax Court found that Evans had relied upon professional advice (his accountant), and his mother, acting under a power of attorney, had fully disclosed all relevant facts concerning Evans' employment in Russia.
[1] T.C. Memo 2015-12 (Jan. 20, 2015).
[2] Section 911(a).
[3] Section 162 provides a deduction for "ordinary and necessary" business expenses, including travel expenses. Travel is determined by reference to a taxpayer's tax home.
[4] Bujol v. Commissioner, T.C. Memo 1987-230.
[5] T.C. Memo 1987-256, aff'd, 836 F.2d 681 (5th Coir. 1988) (Lemay).
[6] 927 F.2d 849 (5th Cir. 1991) (Jones).
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Android's most exciting update in years is almost here, but we'll have to wait a few more weeks until it's available to the public. To prepare for the stable release of Android 12, Google today released a final beta build to let users offer last-minute feedback. Like the previous beta release, Android 12 Beta 5 features finalized SDK and NDK APIs, app-facing system behaviors, app-facing surfaces, and restrictions on non-SDK interfaces, so it's time for developers to get their apps ready for the new OS.
The final beta update is also a release candidate build, which means that, assuming nothing goes wrong, this build should graduate to stable status. The stable release is still "a few weeks away", according to Google, so there's still time for them to catch any bugs that arise following today's release. If you encounter any bugs while testing Android 12 Beta 5, be sure to leave feedback so Google can address them before the stable release.
If you're a developer, it's time to start compatibility testing and release compatibility updates as soon as possible, especially if you're the maintainer of an SDK, library, tool, or game engine that downstream app and game developers rely on. Once you've published a compatible version of your app, you can update your app's targetSdkVersion to 31, which will be a requirement to publish on Google Play next year.
You can download Android 12 Beta 5 today on all compatible Pixel phones, including the newly released Pixel 5a. Visit Google's android.com/beta web page to learn how to enroll your Pixel phone into the Android beta program to receive an OTA update to Beta 5. Alternatively, you can manually install the firmware files needed to update your Pixel phone to Android 12 Beta 5, using either the download links that Google provides or the Android Flash Tool. We have links to all the Android 12 Beta downloads as well as detailed instructions on how to install them, so be sure to check out those articles if you're interested.
Google's web page also provides links to all of the Android 12 Beta programs run by other smartphone makers, such as Sharp. If you can't find an official beta program for your phone, then you may be able to install or temporarily boot a Generic System Image (GSI) of Android 12 Beta 5 onto your device. If you don't have a physical device to test on, then you can create an Android Virtual Device (AVD) in Android Studio. Finally, if you're looking to test your app on Android TV, you can install the latest Android 12 Beta for Android TV on the ADT-3 Developer Kit.
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Charitable initiative Star Wars: Force for Change has launched the #RoarForChange social media and retail challenge in support of UNICEF USA.
Disney and Lucasfilm's Star Wars: Force for Change charitable initiative is launching a brand-new #RoarForChange challenge in support of UNICEF.
From today through May 25, Star Wars: Force for Change will make a donation to UNICEF USA for each social media post that features a fan doing their version of Chewbacca's famous roar. For each public post, like or share on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter that includes #RoarForChange, US$1 will be donated to the nonprofit organization (up to US$1 million).
Funds raised as part of the #RoarForChange challenge will be used to support UNICEF's work to provide ready-to-use therapeutic food packages to children suffering from malnutrition.
The challenge kicked off with a video featuring the cast of upcoming film Solo: A Star Wars Story. Additionally, a park-wide exclusive event will be held tonight for fans attending Disneyland After Dark: Star Wars Nite. Guests at the Disney Store in San Francisco, meanwhile, will be able to meet Chewbacca and roar with him from May 4 to 6. Fans that participate in the challenge and post using #RoarForChange on social media in US Disney store locations will also receive a 10% discount off their Star Wars purchase.
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Strengthening their commitment to the Perth Truck Show, Cat Trucks have announced that it will be their only other truck show apart from Brisbane.
In a statement recently Cat Trucks said they were planning on a more "diverse" approach and the ITTES or Melbourne Truck Show would not be a part of the "vision for 2014".
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It's both the coolest — and also in some ways the most depressing —psychology study ever.
We propose that those with limited knowledge in a domain suffer from a dual burden: Not only do they reach mistaken conclusions and make regrettable errors, but their incompetence robs them of the ability to realize it.
Dunning and Kruger didn't directly apply this insight to our debates about science. But I would argue that the effect named after them certainly helps to explain phenomena like vaccine denial, in which medical authorities have voiced a very strong opinion, but some parents just keep on thinking that, somehow, they're in a position to challenge or ignore this view.
So why do I bring this classic study up now?
The reason is that an important successor to the Dunning-Kruger paper has just been come out — and it, too, is pretty depressing (at least for those of us who believe that domain expertise is a thing to be respected and, indeed, treasured). This time around, psychologists have not uncovered an endless spiral of incompetence and the inability to perceive it. Rather, they've shown that people have an "equality bias" when it comes to competence or expertise, such that even when it's very clear that one person in a group is more skilled, expert, or competent (and the other less), they are nonetheless inclined to seek out a middle ground in determining how correct different viewpoints are.
Yes, that's right — we're all right, nobody's wrong, and nobody gets hurt feelings.
The new study, just published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, is by Ali Mahmoodi of the University of Tehran and a long list of colleagues from universities in the UK, Germany, China, Denmark, and the United States. And no wonder: The research was transnational, and the same experiment — with the same basic results — was carried out across cultures in China, Denmark, and Iran.
In the experiment (described in further detail in this previous paper), two separate people view two successive images, which are almost exactly the same, but not quite. In one of the images, there is an "oddball target" that looks slightly different. The images flash by very fast, and the two individuals have to decide which one, the first or the second, contained the target.
Sounds simple enough — but the two individuals didn't merely have to identify the target. They also had to agree. Each member of the pair — the scientists wonkily call it a "dyad" — separately indicated which of the images contained the target, and how confident they were about that. Then, if there was a disagreement, one individual was chosen at random to decide what the right answer was – and thus, who was right and who was wrong. And then, both individuals learned the truth about whether their group decision had been the correct one or not.
By confirming themselves more often than they should have, the inferior member of each dyad may have tried to stay relevant and socially included. Conversely, the better performing member may have been trying to avoid ignoring their partner.
Great instincts in general — except, of course, when facts and reality are at stake.
Nobody's saying we ought to be mean to people, or put them down when they're wrong — or even that experts always get it right. They don't.
Still, I think it's pretty obvious that human groups (especially in the United States) err much more in the direction of giving everybody a say than in the direction of deferring too much to experts. And that's quite obviously harmful on any number of issues, especially in science, where what experts know really matters and lives or the world depend on it — like vaccinations or climate change.
The new research underscores this conclusion — that we need to recognize experts more, respect them, and listen to them. But it also shows how our evolution in social groups binds us powerfully together and enforces collective norms, but can go haywire when it comes to recognizing and accepting inconvenient truths.
The upshot, it appears, is that social concerns can often trump real world concerns, that if our social group has one belief and some few academics, experts, or professionals have another, that we have evolved in such a way that the social group has been more important – meaning, I imagine, that for much of our history and pre-history, being on the outs with our social group has had the more immediate and dire consequences. Opting to be 'sheeple' has been a matter of survival.
This – what would you call it, principle? Function, tendency? – this useful-for-a-social-animal adaptation would appear to have the negative effect that, when the whole group is wrong about something, then wrong the group shall be, and for a long time. It takes something big to effect a change in a group mindset, like perhaps when some smallish, tribal group is absorbed into a larger group like a modern nation and now the smaller group's erroneous belief is rendered an outlying one in the new, larger group – of course, this only if they really do join the new nation, if the culture is absorbed, either by choice or by force. This doesn't change their minds if they remain obstinate and insular, which, then the conversation goes to motivation. Many and varied are the reasons for a group to close ranks and remain as a distinct group, perhaps the maintenance of such beliefs being a big one. Or, maybe the group's erroneous belief gets proved false in a catastrophic way, a way that is undeniable and the group must face the reality to survive. Perhaps the volcano erupts and burns our whole island down despite all the virgins we sacrificed to it, something like that.
Some might think that this is what is required to change the mind of the groups mentioned in the article, the global warming deniers and the anti-vaccination people. Let's hope not, of course. Sometimes we'd rather have been wrong.
Something the article only grazes with its mention of global warming, would be a slightly larger issue, that of the economy VS the environment. I would think that one definition of the expression, 'the economy' could be simply and expansively, 'the human system of living.' Perhaps this adaptation of group thinking applies here, and that may explain why protecting the environment and the Earth's resources is somehow so often viewed as beside the point, like it's only a concern after the primary concern that we all have jobs, and that the economy continues to roll on. David Suzuki is fond of pointing out that indigenous peoples find our separation of these two things to be impossible for them to understand. 'What is the economy if the world cannot support the people in it,' is their question. How can the living Earth somehow not be relevant?
I think what is missing from the aboriginal person's understanding of the modern, industrialized person's POV is this: that urbanism, industry and agriculture have allowed people to become the dominant environment. The physical world and nature are a few steps away. For modern, industrialized people, people are the environment, the only things we have to interact with to survive, and the only things that we will not survive if we choose to disdain them. Tigers and lightning are not the modern person's biggest threats – Republicans are.
That from the geo-political side of things, to be sure, but for those few who've read anything from me before, you know I see the world as a fractal sort of thing, the macro matching the microcosm, with the family as the model for society and the world. So, a sharp turn here. For all of us, when we are young, at our most vulnerable and impressionable, the environment that we need to survive most immediately is the family. This is where this useful-for-a-social-animal adaptation happens. It is in the home, in our nuclear families where we must make this adaptation first, and so we do. This is where we learn all the things that become the larger conversations later in life: we must work, everyone needs a job, thou shalt and thou shalt not, we are here to do God's Will, which is this and this . . . while the real world consequences of so many of these sorts of concepts are still far beyond our grasp, we learn that what our parents and caregivers tell us we had better learn, or else. The real world consequences of these things may be far away, but the immediate social consequences of not learning what our parents teach are right there in front of us (or behind us, as the case may be, on our backsides).
To bring this very interesting article in the link above home, and to put it in a less academic, more brutal context, let's view it this way. We don't listen to the experts, not because we've weighed their theses and found them lacking – but because the experts aren't likely to hurt us if we don't. Which gives their views a whole lot less weight than our internalized parents who are the real leaders of our social groups.