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Investor group urges Tesla to seek board members independent of Elon Musk
By Steve Hanley
Five institutional investors, including the California State Teachers' Retirement System (Calstrs), the Connecticut Retirement Plans and Trust Funds, and CtW Investment Group, have signed a letter to Tesla director Antonio Gracias urging the company to seek board members that are independent of Elon Musk.
In addition to expanding the size of the Tesla board to include two new members that do not have ties with Musk, the group which manages a combined $721 billion in assets – Caslstrs is the second largest pension fund in America – is also advocating for annual elections for all board members. Presently, only one third of the directors are elected each year. Calstrs is one of the founders of Investor Stewardship Group, which includes several other major investors such as BlackRock Inc., State Street Corp., Vanguard Group, and T. Rowe Price Group. In January, that group formulated a new policy position that supports annual elections for all board members as a way of increasing the accountability of directors to shareholders.
The influential group of investors argue that "Directors should be held to a higher standard of independence given the conflicts of interest that permeate this board.", according to a report by Bloomberg. "A thoroughly independent board would provide a critical check on possible dysfunctional group dynamics, such as groupthink."
Less than 11% of S&P 500 companies have staggered board elections today. In 2011, almost a third of them did according to governance data provider Equilar. Last year, 10 proposals seeking declassified boards received approval from 80% support from shareholders according to data compiled by Fundvotes.com.
"As companies grow up and mature, they need to have governance practices that reflect that," Philip Larrieu, an associate portfolio manager for Calstrs, said in a phone interview via Bloomberg. "When the stock is doing well, the argument is 'we don't need to make changes, we are doing well.' But we will push for these changes regardless of the stock price." The statement by Calstrs comes at a time when Tesla stock continues to reach all-time highs, surging to over 40% gains in this year alone. Tesla has become the largest U.S. automaker, beating General Motors in market capitalization.
Today, Tesla's board is made up of Musk; his brother, Kimball; Gracias, who is the founder of a private equity firm and a director at SpaceX; Ira Ehrenpreis, a venture capitalist and SpaceX investor; Brad Buss, a former SolarCity chief financial officer; Steve Jurvetson, a venture investor and SpaceX director; and Robyn Denholm, the chief operating officer of Telstra Corp., Australia's largest telecommunications company.
Musk is the largest Tesla shareholder and holds a stake worth approximately 21% of the company, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. Gracias is the sixth largest shareholder with a 3.75% stake.
A Tesla spokesperson has responded to the letter send to the company, citing "We are actively engaged in a search process for independent board members, which is something we committed to do several months ago, and expect to announce new additions fairly soon". The Silicon Valley-based electric car maker and energy company added, "We regularly engage with our shareholders and value their feedback."
"Getting independent people on the board is important in terms of holding management accountable," Etelvina Martinez, the corporate governance manager at CtW Investment Group, which also signed the letter, said in a phone interview. "Shareholders need to be able to hold management accountable. While the stock price is doing extremely well, there are still concerns about corporate governance."
Some of the concerns raised in the letter go back to last year's acquisition of SolarCity by Tesla. Despite Musk's assurances that the merger was good for both companies, there was concern over the financial health of such an acquisition. "If Tesla truly wants to be forward thinking, then it needs to embrace accountability and it needs to welcome diverse, independent opinions into its boardroom," New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer told Bloomberg. "Strong performance doesn't insulate Tesla from accountability."
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April showers bring May flowers, and Jazz Jazz Jazz
Shelby Snigar, Staff Writer
It's Jazz Appreciation Month.
Jazz Appreciation Month, also called JAM, has been held in April by The National Museum of American History since 2002. The museum encourages everyone to join in the culture of Jazz music through concerts, recordings, lectures, books and so much more. This year, Benny Carter is the representative of JAM.
Benny Carter is an African American who represented every aspect of jazz. He was born in 1907 and died in 2003 at the age of 95.
Many of the instruments that represent jazz are pianos, saxophones, trombones, trumpets and sometimes clarinets. Carter was successful with each of these instruments, especially saxophone. It was Carter who help shaped the use of Saxophone in the culture.
Benny Carter, along with other great jazz composers, created the version of Jazz music called swing. One largely famous song Carter produced in Hollywood studios was, "Cow Cow Boogie," which was played greatly during World War II.
In the 1940s, Carter became quite the composer for many famous singers like Ray Charles, Billy Holiday and Louis Armstrong. He also arranged pieces for movies and TV shows, starting with "Stormy Weather."
Edward Berger wrote a biography of Benny Carter for The National Museum of American History. According to Berger, "Beginning in 2000, Benny Carter donated a large portion of his musical scores to the Smithsonian. This priceless collection provides the basis for our performances this year for Jazz Appreciation and for future research for years to come."
Charlie Parker (right), JR Ryans (middle) and Lachune Boyd (left), practicing for the Jazz Band Concert. Photo courtesy of Shelby Snigar.
According to the official website for National Awareness Days, one form of jazz originated in the south of United States in the 1800s. This led to major forms of jazz like the blues, ragtime and swing.
As another way of celebrating Jazz Appreciation Month, the JazzApril project was created. This project came about in 2012 by the Jazz Journalists Association (JJA) to promote JAM and International Jazz Day (IJD) through local jazz organizations. Click here to get involved with JJA and their JazzApril project.
Celebrate with North Greenville University
As for North Greenville University, there's a Jazz Band and Jazz Appreciation class. The Jazz Appreciation class is dedicated to teaching students about jazz history. At the end of the course, a student shall have learned the historical background of jazz, know and recognize important people that contributed to the jazz era, recognize the many different styles of jazz, know the terminology of jazz and lastly, critically discuss and review musical pieces.
Coming soon, on April 26th, the Jazz Band will be preforming its annual concert.
There will be around 10 to 12 songs played within an hour, and "Groovin' Hard," "Flightline," "The Best of Earth, Wind, and Fire" and "Papa's Got A Brand New Bag," are just some of the songs that will be played that night.
The Jazz Band is made up of about 15 students ranging from freshmen to seniors.
Freshman Wayne Mason gave reason for participating in Jazz Band when he said, "I plan on, in my graduate studies, going for jazz studies."
Senior Lachune Boyd commented, "We have an awesome teacher. If you want to learn about Jazz, he's the person you need to be connected to on campus."
The Jazz Band practicing for their upcoming concert on April 26th. Photo courtesy of Shelby Snigar.
Some North Greenville University students give an insight as to why they like jazz music and how they will be celebrating Jazz Appreciation Month.
Freshman Caleb Cabe said, "I like jazz because of the complexity of the instrumentation and compositions. Also jazz is the form of music which began all other types of popular music in western culture."
Freshman Shyanne White said, "I love jazz because, one it was born here in America and two it shows soul like no other music can."
Freshman Julia Babayan said, "I love jazz because I grew up listening to it. In high school my best friends played jazz too. I believe all students should appreciate and celebrate it because jazz was an important part of American history. Also, people should try listening to different genres of music."
Freshman Elizabeth Nelson said, "I like jazz because my dad's family is from Louisiana. Louisiana is like the birth place of jazz. Also I like how it sounds. It puts me in the mood for crawfish, shrimp and all things Louisiana food. My dad would play music like that all the time. I'm also a music person; I love any kind of music, including jazz."
Boyd said, "Jazz is one of those things where you can train and work hard and study it. But at the same time, it's like you can break the rules with it. That's why I like it."
Boyd continued, "It's American music. American musicians were looking for their own style and sound, and [Antonín Dvořák, a Czech composer of the 19th century] said you will find it through the jazz of African Americans and Native American."
The Jazz Band concentrates on Charlie Parker's conducting to practice for perfection for the upcoming concert. Photo courtesy of Shelby Snigar.
Lastly, Mr. Charlie Parker, director of the North Greenville University Jazz Band, related his love for jazz and how it became his passion in a career.
"I started playing jazz while I was in school. When I was in 8th grade, I went to the library one day and saw this thing that said 'five albums for $.99 cents' and so I bought them."
He continued, "When they came in, I learned how to play by listening to the albums. I could read music because my mother was a music teacher but I picked this up by ear. A lot of jazz playing is done by ear. Then I just started playing in bands. My passion continues to grow. The better students we get, the better my passion gets."
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If you've always wanted to party Disney Parks-style with Buzz Lightyear, Woody, and the rest of the Toy Story crew, then get yourself to Shanghai Disney, because Toy Story Land has just cracked open its toy chest.
Or you could just go to Disneyland Paris or Hong Kong, where Toy Story Land has been in operation for half a decade or so. But we're here to talk about the fun expansion, which is, of course, one of the things Disney is best at (just look at all the magical Star Wars, Marvel, and other Pixar attractions they're soon gifting us).
So expect this new Toy Story Land in Shanghai, the successful park's seventh themed land and first major expansion, to truly go to infinity and beyond. Presumably, that's what the opening ceremony's gathered dignitaries – including Bob Iger, Disney chairman and CEO; Chen Qun, vice mayor of Shanghai Municipal People's Government; and Zong Ming, deputy secretary general of Shanghai Municipal People's Government – are expecting.
According to Variety, visitors to the new Land in Shanghai will get to enjoy three new attractions – Slinky Dog Spin, Rex's Racer, and Woody's Roundup -- as well as giant toys, dining, and shopping a plenty (fuelling the next round of expansion).
If you like what you see, but don't necessarily want to hop on a plane for 15 or so hours, then fret not, for all your favorite toys will be coming to life June 30 at Disney's Hollywood Studios within Walt Disney World in Orlando. That's the same locale as the immimently forthcoming Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge (along with one at Disneyland), so expect to have one great day once both attractions open – actually, better make it a week.


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By Verlie Edwards
Have you ever experienced something that stuck in your mind forever? I bet the answer is a big YES! I know that's how it is for me.
I don't remember how old I was, maybe between 6- and 8-years-old when I witnessed something few have probably ever seen.
Oil wells were a common sight in west Texas and I grew up around them because my uncle was involved in the oil business. There were dry holes and producing wells all around Abilene, Texas, my hometown.
One warm summer day the phone rang and it was my aunt telling mother to gather me and my brother and be ready to leave in five minutes. My uncle had called that a well they were drilling was about to blow!
We moved faster than I had ever seen. We jumped into the car, drove outside town and rushed to the drill site.
Picture a flat pasture, winds blowing and a wooden oil derrick standing tall among the scrub bushes. Then, all of a sudden the well blows and the proverbial "black gold" shoots high into the sky and sprays over the derrick. It was a sight to see and not be forgotten. It's a day I'll never forget!
Verlie McAlister Edwards was raised in Abilene, Texas and it's there that she realized her love for writing. She enjoyed a special high school English teacher who happened to be the school's newspaper sponsor. In order to take another class under her, Verlie signed up for journalism and the journey began. Unlike many students, she never changed her college major – she was always focused on journalism as a career. She graduated from the University of North Texas (UNT) with a degree in journalism and political science. After graduation she returned to her hometown and worked as a reporter at the Abilene Reporter-News covering the local education scene from the students' perspective. Following a year of graduate work at UNT she moved to Fort Worth where a career in public relations and political affairs flourished. She always wanted to work in academic PR and achieved that goal early in her career at the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine. After many years providing public relations consultation to the osteopathic profession and serving as the communications director/special events fundraiser for Lena Pope Home (a residential treatment facility for abused and neglected youth) she joined the staff of the Greater Fort Worth Association of Realtors (GFWAR) as the communications and governmental affairs director. It's here that she found her calling and further developed her skills in the political arena. After 11 years Verlie in that position she took her writing, political and organizational skills to serve as chief of staff for Texas State Representative Rob Orr, a past president of the GFWAR. She remained on Rep. Orr's staff throughout his 10 years as an elected official and then served as District Director for his successor, Representative DeWayne Burns, during his first legislative session. At that time she retired from the Texas Legislature and began working part-time as curator for U.S. Congressman Roger Williams' personal museum. Verlie is excited to use her writing skills to help Iron Butterflies Project as both a contributor and editor.
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Do you have a young, recently-licensed driver in your family? Are you one yourself? Well, there's a driving event coming up that's just the thing: a free car control clinic for licensed drivers ages 16 to 21. This all-day clinic will be held at the Marina Airport in Marina, CA on Sunday, May 19, 2019.
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Using their own cars, students will learn hands-on the physics of car control, pushing the car's and their own limits in a safe, controlled setting. A trained driving instructor accompanies each student to provide immediate feedback while students maneuver their cars through exercises laid out with orange rubber cones in a closed parking lot.  The exercises are fun, safe, challenging, and educational.
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Édouard Poynings (1459-1521) fut  Lord Deputy d'Irlande de 1494 à  1496 pour le roi  Henri VII  d'Angleterre  il est à l'initiative de la   « loi Poynings ».

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Edouard Poynings était un noble anglais qui avait pris part à la révolte d'Henri Tudor contre Richard III d'Angleterre.

Exilé en Bretagne avec le prétendant il devient un ses premiers partisans. Pour le remercier de ses services ce dernier devenu le roi Henri VII d'Angleterre le nomme « Lord Deputy d'Irlande » avec pour mission de rétablir l'autorité royale dans le Pale et auprès des grandes familles Hiberno-normandes notamment celle du « Lord Deputy »  Garret Mor dont il juge, à juste titre, la fidélité incertaine après la tentative d'usurpation de Lambert Simnel.

Edouard Poynings au cours d'une expédition dans le nord de l'Irlande fait arrêter en février son prédécesseur qu'il soupçonnait de collusion avec les clans gaéliques du nord. Le Comte de Kildare fut incarcéré dans la Tour de Londres jusqu'en 1496.

Lord Poynings convoque en décembre 1494 le Parlement Irlandais et lui fait voter les « Statuts de Drogheda » plus connus sous le nom de « Loi Poynings ». Ce texte qui restera en vigueur jusqu'en 1782 d'aspect inoffensif  aura de lourdes conséquences par la suite dans la mesure où il stipule « qu'aucune loi votée par un Parlement Irlandais ne sera valable si elle ne porte pas le sceau du roi d'Angleterre en son conseil ».

Rappelé en Angleterre et remplacé par Gerald FitzGerald, 8e comte de Kildare rétabli  dans  toutes ses prérogatives,  Edouard Poynings  reçoit en récompense la fonction de « Gardiens des Cinq Ports » qu'il exerce  de 1509 à sa mort.

Il est employé par le roi et son successeur Henri VIII d'Angleterre pour des missions diplomatiques comme les négociations qui débouchent sur la signature de la Saint Ligue contre la France en 1511. Il participe également à l'entrevue du Camp du Drap d'Or en 1520.

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De son union avec Elisabeth Scot il ne laisse aucun descendant.

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The majority of air conditioning systems in today's cars have the following major components: a compressor, a condenser, an evaporator, and a pressure regulating device like orifice tube for most Ford or GM vehicles, or a thermal expansion valve, commonly used in imports and aftermarket kits. The compressor is a belt driven pump that is fastened to the engine. It is responsible for compressing and transferring refrigerant gas.The condenser is where heat dissipation occurs. Condensers must have good air flow anytime the system is in operation. Located inside the vehicle, the evaporator serves as the heat absorption component. The evaporator provides several functions. Its primary duty is to remove heat from the inside of your vehicle. A secondary benefit is dehumidification. Controlling the evaporator temperature can be accomplished by controlling refrigerant pressure and flow into the evaporator. Many variations of pressure regulators have been introduced since the 1940's, like the orifice tube and thermal expansion valve.
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Q: Change CSS class programmatically on load? I have two pages, let's call them "receipts.com" and "business.receipts.com". Both link to a page on a different domain via Response.Redirect("http://receipts2.com/default.aspx?mode=")
where the "mode"-parameter is the referring page.
The recieving page should look in the query string, and choose a different CSS class according to the "mode"-parameter.
How is this accomplished? And is this the right way to do it?

A: Instead of swapping class names you can use the same class and different stylesheets.
There are two ways to handle stylesheets: client side and server side.
On the client side, you can parse the query string and disable stylesheets using: (document.getElementsByTagName("link")[i]).disabled = true;
On the server side, you can use themes or simply add a placeholder around the style declarations and show/hide them using codebehind that looks at Response.QueryString["mode"]:
<asp:PlaceHolder ID="placeHolder1" runat="server" Visible="false">
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and code behind in a master page somewhere:
if(Response.QueryString["mode"] == "blah")
{
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}

A: You can use document.referrer instead of passing in the page via querystring.
When you say "The receiving page should look in the query string, and choose a different CSS class", what is that class going to be set against, ie the body or an element like p?
Plain Javascript
document.getElementById("MyElement").className = " yourClass";

jQuery
$("p").addClass("yourClass");

Perhaps you meant a css theme?
and then you could try
if (document.referrer == "blahblah")
  document.write("<link rel='stylesheet' type='text/css' href='one.css' />)
else
  document.write("<link rel='stylesheet' type='text/css' href='two.css' />)

Although I would recommend looking into jQuery
$.get(stylesheet, function(contents){
  $("<style type=\"text/css\">" + contents + "</style>").appendTo(document.head);
});

A: You could use different Page-Themes:
protected void Page_PreInit(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    switch (Request.QueryString["mode"])
    {
        case "receipts.com":
            Page.Theme = "DefaultTheme";
            break;
        case "business.receipts.com":
            Page.Theme = "BusinessTheme";
            break;
    }
}

Of course you can also use the code above to apply different Css-Classes to controls.

A: u can do something like this
    {
string hrefstring = null;

string mode = this.Page.Request.QueryString.Item("mode");

if (mode == "a") {
    hrefstring = ("~/yourcss/a.css");

} else if (mode == "b") {
    hrefstring = ("~/yourcss/b.css");
}

css.Href = ResolveClientUrl(hrefstring);
css.Attributes("rel") = "stylesheet";
css.Attributes("type") = "text/css";
css.Attributes("media") = "all";

Page.Header.Controls.Add(css);
    }

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Born on August 25, 1987, she studied social sciences while attending university and, like many teenagers, spent her days dreaming of pilgrimages to music festivals like T in the Park. Inspired by the songwriting skills of Francis Healy and the sweeping pop/rock of Travis, the 12-year-old Macdonald picked up a guitar that had been left lying around the house from her father's pop group days. She taught herself the instrument by following "how to play guitar" advice on the Internet rather than taking structured lessons, and the burgeoning songwriter played with a community music group before graduating to solo shows in the local area. The gigs featured Macdonald, her acoustic guitar, and a set of cover songs including "Everybody Hurts" and a slow version of "Mad World." Before long, her slew of performances in local coffee houses had turned into a mini-tour of Scotland, where she performed original material alongside headliners like Travis and fellow Scot Paolo Nutini.
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Former Lucasfilm Staff Clears Up The Mandalorian Season 3 and Book of Boba Fett Confusion
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Since the explosive finale of The Mandalorian Season Two on Friday, fans have been asking the question — what exactly is The Book of Boba Fett? The way the show left it, some thought it might be the point The Mandalorian enters into an anthology phase and does a different story each year. That sounds all fine and dandy, except for the fact Hollywood trades have already reported a Temuera Morrison-starring Boba Fett series has already started rolling cameras.
Now, one concept artist that has dabbled in the Star Wars universe has clarified the situation, suggesting The Mandalorian and The Book of Boba Fett are, in fact, two separate shows for Disney+.
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Bateman is known as a colleague of the late Ralph McQuarrie, and did art work on Revenge of the Sith. That said, Bateman did make sure to point out he isn't acting on behalf of the studio, and fans shouldn't think he represents Lucasfilm in an official capacity.
In a follow-up tweet, Bateman added, "I'm saying it's a very understandable conclusion to reach that it's much more likely we're talking about 2 entirely different shows than not. But then it is still 2020 so I supposed anything could happen!"
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I want to make it so when sum of votes gets to 10 it updates 'showing' field in 'stories' table to value of "1".
Here is a query I use to insert votes into database now (I was thinking to add something to it or create another query to sum vote_values of article user is voting on and see if they are > 10 if yes set showing = 1) :
$q = "INSERT INTO {$this->votes_table} (`vote_value`, `item_name`, `ip`) VALUES({$dir}, '{$story_id}', '{$ip}')";

Here is my database structure:
Stories table

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A: Try:
CREATE TEMPORARY TABLE tmp_ids SELECT s.id
FROM stories s
JOIN votes v ON v.item_name = s.id
WHERE s.showing != 1
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HAVING SUM(v.vote_value) >= 10;

UPDATE stories SET showing = 1 WHERE id IN (SELECT id FROM tmp_ids)

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UPDATE stories s
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It has in the past had a bad reputation for crime and drugs as one of the ungentrified areas of Brixton, but as with many parts of central London, this has slowly changed over the years. In 2009, the Loughborough Junction Action Group formed with the goal of improving the quality of life in the area. Although the area is still dominated by the imposing tower blocks of the Loughborough Estate, behind these can be found the attractive [Myatt's Fields]? park. On the eastern side, near Denmark Hill Station is [Ruskin Park]?.
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What To Do In Huatulco: Sand & Surf Reading
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By Carole Reedy
Picture yourself on vacation or living at the beach and what do you see? For most of us, what springs to mind is you, relaxing on pristine sand overlooking glassy blue water, beer or margarita in one hand and a book in the other. For stressed-out Northerners, a common feeling is "All I want to do is lie on the beach and read." So this month we offer some suggestions.
Beach reading doesn't necessarily mean light reading, though another goal of hard-working foreigners on vacation is to not overtax their minds. Happily, the best of both worlds isn't difficult to find. These suggestions don't include academic tomes or fluff, but rather a sampling of renowned authors who possess the unique talent of communicating profound thoughts in simple ways.
Mysteries and Crime Stories
Authors who specialize in this genre often find their followers read all the works their favorite authors create. Beloved characters recur–not only the protagonists, but supporting and incidental characters too. Sample these delights if you haven't already. Each author has written enough novels to keep you satisfied for a good long while, and some are still writing.
The queen of the detective story, P.D. James, died recently at 94, writing until the end. Deservedly, much has been written about her and her detective-poet Adam Dalgleish, whom she created in 1962 and who she describes as the man she would like to have been. Baroness James felt that crime literature was undervalued. Her books set in England are impeccably researched for historical and scientific accuracy and are among the finest crime fiction written. Start with the first, Cover Her Face, and continue. A few of her later books stray from standard form. Children of Men is a dystopian novel set in England in 2021. Death Comes to Pemberley is a continuation of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, with a murder mystery twist, naturally.
Louise Penny takes us to Canada. Her mysteries are set in Quebec in the idyllic community of Three Pines. Penny combines a bit of philosophy while weaving intricate descriptions of her character's lives into the plot. Start with Still Life, the first of the series, available on Kindle for just $2.99.
Henning Mankell is beloved by so many. Currently he's retired from writing due to serious illness, but there's a substantial cache of his books to enjoy. Mankell for years has lived in both Sweden and Mozambique, six months of the year in each, and his novels reflect his interest in the social problems of both societies. Star detective Kurt Wallander and many of the novels have been interpreted for television by Kenneth Branagh.
Elizabeth George, Ian Rankin, and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (let's not forget Sherlock Holmes!) are other star mystery writers. And if P.D. James is the queen of the mystery novel, then Ruth Rendell (also writing as Barbara Vine) is her princess.
Steven King's novels of terror, mystery, and psychological angst keep readers riveted, whether they're reading on the beach or bus or at home cowering under the covers. King's newest, Mr. Mercedes, has been cited by some lists as one of the best novels of 2014. Dip into his older books too, such as The Stand and The Shining.
The identification of a classic has always eluded me. Here are some novels that are considered classics and others that will join that category in the future.
The elusive J.D. Salinger's Catcher in the Rye. We don't know how many books Salinger has written as much of his life remains a mystery, and there is speculation that he wrote under different names. This book and its main character–the young, confused, and bitter Holden Caulfield–remain in the hearts and minds of all who have read this famous short novel.
Portnoy's Complaint by Philip Roth. Second only to Catcher in the Rye for raw descriptions of the youthful agony of maturing young men, this novel brought Roth to the attention of the critics 40 years ago. The controversial book put the conservative Jewish community in a tizzy with the vivid description of young Portnoy's confessions.
Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray. This 19th century satirical British novel is a book I read on a beach north of Barcelona in 1971, first-hand proof that a several-hundred page classic can be enjoyed in the sun. Thackeray's biting antihero, Becky Sharp, will keep you so engrossed you may forget to reapply your sunscreen.
The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway. The brilliance of the sun will put you in the perfect place and mood for the heat of this Hemingway's novel, set in Pamplona Spain. Hemingway's fiction is precise and crisp. If reading it piques your curiosity to know more about the art of toreo, try his Death in the Afternoon, which explains in detail the corrida de toros.
History and Historical Fiction
Or I'll Dress You In Mourning. Dominique La Pierre and Larry Collins have the unique talent of writing history that feels like reading a novel. This title, one of the several they've created, takes place in Spain in the 1930s, at the time of the Spanish Civil War. It's told through the eyes of Manuel Benitez, a street orphan who struggles through the war to eventually become the millionaire matador El Córdobes. Before his first corrida Benitez says to the sister who raised him, "Today I will leave the plaza and buy you a house or I will dress you in mourning." Other books include Is Paris Burning, O Jerusalem, and the compelling Freedom at Midnight, one of the best books written explaining the partition of India and Pakistan in 1947.
James Michener is known for his grand histories about different countries, the most popular and interesting of which is Hawaii.
Since it's easy to become distracted while lounging on the beach or at a pool, the short story makes for ideal vacation reading. These compact tales allow you to concentrate for shorter periods, but to still experience the satisfaction of plot and character development. After poetry, the short story may be the most difficult genre to write, every word and sentence crucial to the story's success. Popular short-story writers include T.C. Boyle (author of several collections), Raymond Carver, Julian Barnes, Joyce Carol Oates, and the master of the genre, O. Henry.
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Judicial Evaluations Released for 2018
El Paso County and 18th District judges fall short of 'performance standards'
Colorado judges standing for retention this year have now received their grades.
On Tuesday, the Colorado Office for Judicial Performance Evaluation released the performance assessments of 123 trial judges and five appellate judges who are up for retention in this year's general election. The evaluations, which were carried out by the State Commission on Judicial Performance and local commissions in each of Colorado's 22 judicial districts, also issued recommendations as to whether each judge met performance standards, with two judges receiving negative recommendations.
The appellate judges, who all received positive recommendations, were Supreme Court Justice Richard Gabriel and appellate court judges John Dailey, Rebecca Rankin Freyre, Elizabeth Harris and David Richman.
The 2018 judicial evaluations are also the first to be doled out since the rules governing them underwent a significant change earlier this year. The evaluations are available on the OJPE's website.
Each general election, Colorado voters decide whether or not to retain appointed judges standing for retention. After serving a two-year provisional term, county judges stand every four years, district judges stand every six years, Court of Appeals judges stand every eight years and Supreme Court justices stand every 10 years.
Judicial performance commissions assess the judges' legal knowledge, communication skills, judicial temperament and administrative performance. The commissions consider feedback that attorneys and non-attorneys give on surveys as well as courtroom observations and the judge's own writings. More than 133,000 people received surveys for judges this year.
"Commission members take this work seriously and strive to provide voters a fair and reliable performance assessment of every judge standing for retention in Colorado," said OJPE executive director Kent Wagner, in a press release. "Citizens who review the commissions' evaluations will be more informed when they answer the ballot question: Should this judge be retained? Citizens' votes matter and will determine if a judge remains in office for another term."
Previously, the commissions would render a recommendation to voters that they either "Retain" or "Do Not Retain" each judge. But due to a rule change mandated by the state legislature, that language now reads to say a judge "Meets Performance Standard" or "Does Not Meet Performance Standard."
The rules, which were adopted Jan. 25, also changed the recommendation requirements so that in order for a commission to find that a judge doesn't meet standards, it must agree to it in a majority vote.
This year, Judge Phillip Douglass of the 18th Judicial District in Arapahoe County and Judge Christopher Acker of the El Paso County Court were the two judges to receive "Does Not Meet Performance Standard" determinations from their respective judicial performance commissions.
In the last election, the commissions recommended that 106 out of the 108 judges standing for retention be retained, according to the 2016 Judicial Performance Evaluation Statistical Report. Of the two judges receiving Do Not Retain determinations, one was voted out in the election. Since 1990, only 12 judges have not been retained by Colorado voters, with four of those having received "Retain" recommendations.
"I think it's a sign of a problem," said Chris Forsyth, attorney and founder of the Judicial Integrity Project, which advocates for more transparency in the judicial branch. The judicial evaluation system skews too much toward retaining judges, he said. When the commissions assess judges, they must rely too heavily on the survey responses and don't have access to disciplinary records or complaints filed against the judges, which are kept confidential.
"It's horribly troubling that the commissions claim they can give recommendations on judges when they don't have disciplinary information on [them]," Forsyth said. "They don't realize the lack of information that they're working from."
But the OJPE says the fact that negative recommendations are such a rarity among the commissions isn't a sign that the system is flawed, but rather that the judiciary is overwhelmingly qualified.
"That we have so few judges with unfavorable evaluations is an indication of the strength and quality of our judiciary," Wagner told Law Week in an email. "It is also an indication that the merit selection system provides qualified candidates for the Governor to appoint as Colorado judges." He added that the judicial performance commissions provide feedback to judges and justices that help them maintain or improve their performance.
With each evaluation, the commissions provide a narrative summarizing the judge's strengths and weaknesses. When a judge receives a negative recommendation, he or she may provide a response, which voters may also access.
The narrative for District Judge Phillip Douglass, who presides over a criminal docket in Arapahoe County, said he is "often too familiar" with litigants, "at times making inappropriate comments, blurring necessary boundaries, and failing to maintain proper decorum and the appearance of neutrality."
In his rebuttal, Douglass claimed "a few privileged lawyers vowed to seek [his] removal based on perceived slights after [his] appointment," and that their comments "swayed" the commission. He noted that nearly all non-attorneys surveyed responded that he be retained.
The 4th Judicial District Commission, which determined El Paso County Court Judge Christopher Acker did not meet standards, noted in his narrative that his attorneys rated him below average in every category except for diligence. The survey results included comments regarding his "apparent lack of neutrality, and that he can be condescending and rude to those who appear before him," according to the commission.
Acker, who was first appointed in 2003, responded by saying he had not had one of his criminal decisions overturned in "well over a decade" and that "[f]ollowing the law does not equate to lacking compassion." Citing the survey results, Acker said "almost 2/3 of those who appear in front of me … agree I meet judicial performance standards."
— Doug Chartier
4th Judicial District Commission
Justice Richard Gabriel
OJPE
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Owen Benjamin is a comedian with some controversy. He went from Hollywood to Backwood and has built a loyal following by being sincere and involved with a tight-knit community.
The following video starts about 80 minutes into one of his (almost) daily live streams at Owen Benjamin Live on YouTube with VODs available at Owen Benjamin Comedy on YouTube. Can't watch? Don't worry, I give a brief description below.
In the clip, he spoke about why he loves live streaming because he can display his total complexity. There is documentation of his journey and he can be held accountable for mistakes he makes. In addition, I should point out, he explicitly states that he credits this to a lack of having a "brand" to maintain.
What Owen Benjamin doesn't realize (probably to his benefit) is that his regular live streaming and direct community building is what a good brand is all about. It is about sincerity and community.
I understand why many people shy away from terms like branding or marketing. They come across as detached or insincere. Because we believe that once something is put into a system or formalized that we lose it.
Despite Big Bear (Owen Benjamin's nickname in the #unBEARables community) not seeing his system as a "brand", I wanted to explore it from the perspective of a marketer who sees the importance and impact of branding and what a brand really is.
Without further adieu, here are three things that make the Owen Benjamin brand successful.
To outsiders and pessimists, what Owen is building has cult-like traits. The below Instagram post is just one example of the community he builds and the humor he brings to the table.
And Owen is not someone who takes and takes and takes from the community he is a part of. He gives back and tries to give those around him opportunities to improve their own lives.
It is a community member, Coddington Bear, that produces his comedy specials. It is a community member that runs another YouTube channel called Owen Benjamin Clips. Owen supports both endeavors (and others) because a strong community makes everyone stronger.
With his rise back to popularity, it would be impossible for him to respond to every comment or direct message that he receives. That being said, I have gotten email responses from him and even been "bearified" as Boon Bear. This type of engagement is powerful.
Everyone tries to play things safe, which I believe is a mistake. Sometimes you have to jump out there and stand by those you see as Good, even if others disagree.
We'll be rewarded for our honesty and sincerity.
If we look at the metrics available to us that show engagement (how many likes to views, how many shares to views, etc), he is blowing the lid off of the bigger competition. The community may be smaller, but the engagement is much higher.
Owen has been a guest host on Louder With Crowder, a conservative talk show, he has guest hosted on InfoWars, and has made appearances on other streams and podcasts such as the Joe Rogan Experience.
All of these things contribute to his community. We all have our preferred podcasts and shows that we like to watch. It would be impossible for us to explore and check out every single one that may interest us. Cross-marketing, as long as you are allowed to keep true to your brand (yourself), is hugely beneficial.
The point of this post is to highlight how important sincerity is when building a market. As people shy away from controversy, they shy away from community. There is a time and place for everything, but being true to yourself and your beliefs is always more important than political correctness or tiptoeing around controversy.
Even writing this, I question if I may have burned bridges. Owen Benjamin has a lot of controversy surrounding him and has been labeled every horrible thing you can imagine. There is a risk that people will shy away from working with me because of this piece. But just like Owen, we all need to stand up for what we believe and realize that there will always be the potential for things to blow up in our faces.
If you enjoy this content and aren't afraid to be authentic, follow me on Twitter.
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A Moscow air taxi is expected to make its first commercial flights as early as in 2007
A Moscow air taxi is expected to make its first commercial flights as early as in 2007. The city authorities plan to set up regular air taxi flights from Moscow to prestigious suburban townships and cities in European Russia. Gazeta was told in the Moscow Mayor's office yesterday that the city had allocated 27 million rubles ($964,000) to draft a detailed program, which includes flight regulations, clearance arrangements with the Defense Ministry, a list of fixed-wing and rotary-wing aircraft for the fleet, the design of air taxi stations, selection of locations for stations in Moscow and near the city, and incentives for investors. Altant Soyuz, a company in which the Moscow City Government owns a blocking stake, has already been identified as the chief carrier of the air taxi system. Experts say that to be profitable, the carrier will have set a price of between 400 and 600 euros per hour for a business-class flight, while those taking small VIP planes will have to pay 6,000 to 11,000 euros per hour. Sociologists say only people earning at least 3,000 euros per month will be able to afford an air taxi journey going at 150 euros for a 15-to-20-minute flight. Air taxis will obviously not be able to establish a broad clientele given these high fares. This means that the service will fail to end traffic jams in the Russian capital, which is supposed to be the project's main aim. The concept for the development of air taxi service in Moscow, which was approved last August, sets the cost of the entire program at 630.5 to 730.5 million euros, of which 430.5 million will be spent on the aircraft and additional runways and helipads. The carriers' original and current assets needed for the program are estimated at 200 to 300 million euros.


THE first time they told me I was at home, I was on the phone to my friend in our living room. It was Sept 11, 2008, when my mom came in. She didn't have to say anything, I knew straight away what had happened. The test results were bad, and the tumour was malignant. I hung up the phone without saying anything. I felt like throwing it at the wall. But to be honest I didn't know what it meant.
I was 12 and all I cared about was playing sport. I knew it was bad but I didn't understand the severity of it. I had cancer, a tumour that had grown on my right femur just above my knee, and little did I know it would destroy parts of my life that I had never planned on letting go of.
The first step was chemo. I thought at the time it would be one step, but turned out to be 26 chemo sessions throughout the year. That week we were overloaded with information about my treatment, my outcome, and me. My outcome looked good but it wouldn't be easy, in fact they said it's one of the hardest things for an adult to overcome and near impossible for a child. At the time I was negative. I was angry, upset, and felt like it was impossible. But I had to remember she said "near impossible".
The first chemotherapy started on Sept 18, 2008.
Before that my leg was in so much pain. I had gone weeks with only hours of sleep and countless different prescription medications, but nothing would stop it. In a way I'm glad the painkillers didn't work, if they had I wouldn't have said anything. It would have disappeared and spread and I might not have had the same outcome I was given.
Even to this day I refuse painkillers for any pain, not because I'm stupid but because I'm afraid. I'm afraid if I cover it up that it could be serious and by the time I realise it, it might be too late. So I'm willing to suffer so much pain that I will eventually get a doctor. I don't think that's stupid. I think it's healthy.
Amazingly when they started the chemo, the pain stopped. A good sign, it was working. Doxorubicin, Cisplatin, and Methotrexate were my chemotherapies. Hey they're my best friends and my worst enemies. They would save my life and nearly kill me but I was doing it. I wanted to live, to play for Munster, to travel the world, to raise children, and die when I'm 100, not 12.
I had a lot of bad days over the next few weeks. I was going downhill fast and everyone knew it. Everyone except me. I couldn't see what was happening to me, I would walk into the hospital for my chemo, take my bed next to a baby, I'd see two adults asleep on the floor and I'd take my vomiting bowl and pee jar for the week. Then I'd sleep. I shut it out. I didn't want to be like the three-year-olds who would walk around with smiles and buckets of toys. I wanted to be Dónal. But when you walk in there you lose everything; your pride, your dignity, and once they start the chemo, you lose your body. In a way the smaller children have an easier path. They won't remember this. But it's harder for their parents, because they have to watch this happen to their children and they know it's not normal.
Normality changes too. I had trouble struggling to figure out what it was for me. I'd wake up and get my injection, I'd get sick a couple of times a day, I'd wander around the house for the day waiting for school to finish and maybe a few friends would come over, they didn't treat me the same. I was different. I was that person you stop your kids from staring at. I was sick.
In early November, my uncle took me out for a drive. And I wasn't eating again. I didn't eat after chemo. I couldn't, I didn't have an appetite at all and anything I did eat wouldn't be long in my stomach before it was in the vomiting bowl. When we came home I was told to sit down. They told me that I would need surgery and it was more complicated than they thought. It was too close to my knee for bone salvage surgery, so they would need to remove half my femur, all my knee, and a small part of my tibia and replace it with prosthetics. I knew this meant that sport was gone. My dreams, the only thing I had wanted was gone, in a matter of inches. I was devastated. I couldn't talk to anyone for days.
There were worse days to come. On my last chemo session before Christmas, around Dec 18, my parents went for lunch and I was alone in the bed. I was trying to sleep but there was a baby next to me who was crying, then he stopped. I heard a chair move suddenly and his mother began screaming, the crash alarm went off and the crash cart was brought in, at this stage his mother was shouting at him.
The nurses were shouting at each other, I was praying. He didn't make it, my parents weren't allowed into the room for an hour. I was scared, and I don't know why, but I was angry. That day was one of the worst of my life. To witness a child die, and his parents' breakdown. I don't like to talk about it because I still get scared and angry thinking about it.
My operation in January was the toughest thing I ever had to do. I was weak, I lost 23kg and I was still sick. I didn't realise how tough it was going to be until I woke up. It was nine and a half hours long, I woke up with two tubes on my leg, an epidural, six cannulas, and a catheter. It wasn't going to be easy, after two nights in intensive care I was moved to the children's ward. After four days of just lying down unable to move I eventually ate something. Then the head nurse came in early and spoke with my mom. They thought I was asleep. She said she was going to remove the tubes and the less I knew the better. I wish I was asleep. She asked could she look at my back, where the epidural was. I told her I knew what was happening and she wasn't happy. She pulled it out quickly, I felt it slither out and then a sharp pain pierced my spine, I screamed. I begged her to go slow for the drainage tubes, but she said it would be easier if it was quick. One went and I felt it tear out. Straight away she took the second one and it felt as bad as the first one. There was blood on the curtains from the speed she went at.
"Now for the catheter," she said. I was petrified at this stage, she began to disconnect it and then I felt a massive balloon pop in my bladder, I asked how would the balloon come out. "Like this," she said and I could see her dragging it, as it burned me. "That wasn't too bad, was it?" she said. The pain I felt ... was the worst I ever encountered and it wasn't over, I had three weeks of rehabilitation left because I had to learn how to walk again. And it started that same day.
My physio came around at 11am and I sat out for the first time. "We might get you down to the gym tomorrow" she said. "Tomorrow? Can we not start today?" She was shocked but happy. I was in the gym by 3pm. In the gym there were two bars that are waist high and run about 10m, they are used to support people who are learning to walk again. I looked at them and asked "will I be doing them?" She said yes, about three times a day. I said to myself I would be doing them six times. I managed five and was disappointed. The next day I did them eight times.
While I was in the gym the other physios would tell patients how I had four times more metal in my leg than anyone else in the hospital, that I didn't move for four days, and how I was three weeks ahead of where I should be for walking.
When I was in there all I cared about was getting out, if that meant going through all that pain, I would do it, I still do. If I want something, I go get it. I don't wait around for something to happen. I make it happen, maybe that's why I do it. They said I'd be off crutches in six months, I handed back my crutches after a six week check-up.
I still had six months of chemo. Because along with removing my knee it would mean that the cancer wouldn't come back, and I was willing to do that. But the chemo was the thing that hit me hard. I might faint instead of sleep and I was losing weight fast. On Mar 10, I reached my lowest ever, weighing only four and a half stone. I hadn't eaten for 28 days. My mom brought me to Kerry General Hospital.
From there they brought me to Crumlin by ambulance. I was given a nasal-gastro tube and I was fed through that. It was a tube that went through my nose and ran all the way down to my stomach through my throat. I had failed myself and I was devastated.
In the end it turned out that the tube was a good thing. It gave me energy and even began to eat a little again. On Jun 1, 2009, I walked out of St John's ward Crumlin a happy man; I was finished my last Methatrexate, I'd had my last chemo session and I promised I would never return as a patient.
Over the next few years I collected more than €10,000 for the ward. They looked after me and I promised myself that I was going to do everything I could to look after them.
The year I finished they were looking for money to renovate the ward, for the first time since the 1970s, so I had to help. They needed it.
I had to go for check-ups every four months and on Feb 15, 2012, I went up for one with my dad. We went for a chest X-ray and we took it up to my doctor. All was normal, until he demanded that the isotope unit be opened so I could have a CT scan of my chest.
I took no notice. I guess I shut it out. We waited for him in a room with yellow paint on the walls and chairs that ran around the room. There was a bin next to me and tissues on the table.
He came in and told us I had a tumour in my lung. It was back. My heart sank. My word fell apart again. I was angry — this was too much. I stood up and kicked the bin. I wanted to run. I fell to my knees in tears. I couldn't handle it.
He said I would be going for surgery the week after, on the 25th. I wasn't happy to be doing this all again. They weren't able to tell if I would need chemo until after the surgery, I wasn't happy with that.
I spent the week with my friends. It's hard to call some of them friends —when they spend every day with you, they become family.
In ways I'm happy I had cancer because I was able to tell who my true friends are and well, the rest left or were only hanging around for the attention. I don't like attention seekers. I once came across a person who thought he could lie to everyone and say he had cancer. He was lucky I didn't hit him. I wanted to and still do. To go through what I went through and see what I saw is horrific, and when someone thinks they can just say that for attention... it's disgusting.
I broke down the morning of my operation. I didn't want to do it because it meant I would be going back to that life, the life I swore I left behind, the life I was promised I wouldn't see again. They tried to sedate me but I refused because taking that medicine would be like accepting that it was real and I couldn't do that.
She wiped her eyes, "Yeah, everything's OK," she said unconvincingly.
I didn't know what to do, my mom never cries in front of me. I knew there was more. I wanted to hold her but I couldn't move. I had to show her I was OK.
"Why are you crying?" I asked in the hope she'd think I was OK.
"I didn't want you to see me like this," she said, still crying.
"I'm OK mom. I'll be fine. Don't cry. I can do it again," I lied.
The next day I realised I was back to where I was three years ago: in intensive care with an epidural, two drainage tubes in my lung, countless cannulas, a catheter, and a pain tube in my throat. I was going to march through this. I was getting out of here and going home before the chemo. That's all I wanted. I met with my surgeon that day. It turned out the tumour was three times the size they thought it was. It was 12cm. They had to remove half my lung with it.
It was unreal the support I was getting. I suppose the first time everyone was like me — new to it all. But this time, they knew what I would look like and the pain I was going through. I don't take it seriously when I'm at home, because if I do my friends will, and I don't want them to worry about me. Cancer has already ruined my life, so I'm not going to let itdo anything to my friends. So at home, I'm Dónal, but in hospital I am sick and that's the way it's going to stay.
The rehabilitation would be slower this time. They took out most of my tubes by Tuesday. But this time I made sure I saw the pain management nurse before I let them near my catheter or drainage tubes. The rest were simple. I was still left with one drainage tube for the next few days. But I got started on the rehab. This time she said we were going to walk two doors down the corridor, a space of 10m. It wasn't long enough, half the corridor — 30m —would do me. I was leaving Friday and to do that the doctors had to see I was OK. I left Friday.
I had 10 days at home and I had to decide if I was going to do the chemo or not. If I did I was told it would be very tough and they don't know how long it will go on for. If I didn't do it, it would come back and I wouldn't survive.
For those 10 days, I didn't know if I wanted to be Dónal. I wanted to be something more. I wanted to leave Dónal behind with a bang. I was told to do some crazy things but in the end I chose to be Dónal because when I made up my mind, either way I was going to have to leave him behind and I wanted to appreciate everything he had as a normal teenager.
I know it's weird. People said that I was stupid, but I've met people who have no idea how lucky their lives are. And I wasn't going to finish without appreciating what I had.
I spent those 10 days with my friends and family. On the Saturday before my chemo I went to Cork with my best friend and his brother. I nearly had another breakdown on the train but they saved me.
Straight away I was on the phone to another good friend of mine in Limerick and he helped me make up my mind about the chemo, and I owe it all to those three guys. They're like brothers to me now.
I'm still in chemotherapy now. The ward hasn't changed from the '70s. Same beds, same walls, same curtains. I'll never see that ward renovated. I don't know what will happen to me, but I won't be going back to the way I was. I don't think I can. The next thing has to be bigger and better. It will be.