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Help Viktor and Yuri Get Adopted
By McKennaugh Kelley
It's midnight in America. As we lay sleeping, the sun is dusting a half-curtained window far away. If you looked through that window you would see a line of cribs. Little heads are slowing raising. In the midst of these children are two tiny boys. One named Yuri and one named Viktor. Yuri crawls to the edge of his crib and pulls himself up to watch the rays of sun tumble to the floor. Viktor remains seated, but he clutches the bars of the crib and moans, rocking back and forth in his childhood prison.
The sun is a cruel beauty to both of them. It lightens the trees and overgrown grass in the yard; it lightens beyond—beyond where they will never see.
The sunshine flaunts the world in front of their faces, taunting them of joy and love and laughter they will never have. Taunting them about the roads that lead elsewhere—roads that lead away from barred prisons for seven-year-olds.
Viktor cries out into the empty stillness. No one answers—of course. He cries out again—yelling for the dream of a rescue that has nearly faded from his mind. He shifts his twisted ankles beneath him and stares out the window at the world that disabled Ukrainian children are shut out from.
Yuri lays back down in his crib. His sweet eyes become vacant as he fixes them on the ceiling. Nobody would know what he was thinking—if he even is. There is nothing to think in this place. And, by the time you are nearly seven, you certainly should have run out of hope. By that age you aren't the cute kid with shining eyes who captures hearts with dazzling smiles. In fact, it's a small miracle if you know how to smile anymore. No, by this age, your body is becoming twisted from needed but never received surgeries and therapies and lack of food. Your ribs show like you have spent your years in a concentration camp…and, in a way, you have. Eyes, glimmering with the last dying flecks of hope, sweep over the window and the lengthening morning. Another day has begun.
When I met Viktor and Yuri in 2011, I was appalled at the conditions in their orphanage, although I knew what to expect. Still, knowing and seeing are different. Holding the hands of 15 pound six-year-olds and watching little children screaming as they slowly went insane from being ignored and starved, dug its way into my breaking heart. I came back to America knowing that I would do all I could to find adoptive families for three of those children. Those three? Viktor, Yuri, and Katia. After months of advocating on my part, a family stepped forward for dying Katia and brought her home. The changes in this child are amazing. She is no longer dying—no, she is healing. But there is no healing going on for Yuri or Viktor. They remain, banging their crippled bodies against cribs, begging for freedom. Begging for love. Love that may just never come.
Yuri is turning seven this summer. His special needs include microcephally and cerebral palsy (although he is capable of being VERY active; crawling, walking—even escaping from the cribs and I do doubt that diagnosis). He also has many mental issues…what can you expect from a child who has never been spoken to or held? Viktor is turning seven, too. He has Down syndrome, microcephally, spastic tetraparesis, and partial atrophy of the optic nerves. He has deformed ankles. They didn't seem to bend. I received an update summer 2012 that he had gotten an operation on his ankles, though!
I just received word that Yuri is being sent to an institution for older children. I knew that this was going to happen, being that he is aging out of the "baby house", but, still, the news brought tears to my eyes. Statistics in these institutions are appalling. In some, almost no children escape death. It can also be harder to adopt from these places. The orphanage asked if there was an adoptive family for Yuri. If there was, there is a chance they could try to keep him at the orphanage until the family arrived.
There is no family.
A few days ago a man contacted me and told me that he would be would be willing to donate a few thousand—a few thousand—dollars towards Viktor's adoption if a family stepped forward.
But there is no family.
And as the days pass, time is ticking down—ticking out—for these two boys. I have tried. I have tried to get the word out, tried to find people who could take care of these children; people who were ready to take on the lifelong responsibility of adopting a child with severe special needs. Yes, I have tried, and, for Yuri and Viktor, I have failed.
That's why I need help.
Your help.
Please—send out an email to everyone on your contact list, call up a friend, make a Facebook post or a blog post. Pass on Yuri and Viktor's stories. If you want to do even more, but cannot adopt one of the boys yourself, send me an email at mckennaugh [at] inbox [dot] com with a pledge of an amount that you would be willing to donate towards one of the boys' adoptions, if they received families. Whatever you do, do it now.
They're waiting.
McKennaugh Kelley
age 19, recently launched APPOINT, an organization for teens who want to get involved in saving unborn children. When she's not holding signs, running booths, or standing in front of abortion clinics, you can find her hiking in the Pennsylvania mountains, on an Amtrak, in a big car with lots of miles on it and a gas peddle that mostly stays near the floor, eating whole containers of ice cream while jumping off the ledges of Rock Run, holed up in a corner writing, or trying to get back to that old blown-up mountain called St. Helens and its close friend Mt. Hood.
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Jessica Biel Is An Anti-Vaxxer Now (According To The Internet)
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Actress Jessica Biel has been labeled an "anti-vaxxer" on social media for taking Instagram photos with an environmental activist and a vaccination opponent Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Kennedy, a lawyer, had recently shared a photo on Instagram of himself with Biel at the California State Capitol in Sacramento.
The democrat wrote:
"Please say thank you to the courageous Jessica Biel for a busy and productive day at the California State House."
The California state bill, SB 276 and which is co-sponsored by the California Medical Association and the American Academy of Pediatrics, would restrict medical exemptions from vaccines without approval from the state public health officer.
But anti-vaxx advocates, such as Kennedy, are opposing the bill, arguing that it'd reduce medical exception up to about 40 percent.
After the backlash began, Jessica Biel, the 'Easy Virtue' star and a wife to Justin Timberlake, explained her mission on Instagram.
She wrote:
"This week I went to Sacramento to talk to legislators in California about a proposed bill. I am not against vaccinations — I support children getting vaccinations, and I also support families having the right to make educated medical decisions for their children alongside their physicians.
"My concern with #SB276 is solely regarding medical exemptions. My dearest friends have a child with a medical condition that warrants an exemption from vaccinations, and should this bill pass, it would greatly affect their family's ability to care for their child in this state."
Biel continued:
"That's why I spoke to legislators and argued against this bill. Not because I don't believe in vaccinations, but because I believe in giving doctors and the families they treat the ability to decide what's best for their patients and the ability to provide that treatment."
"I encourage everyone to read more on this issue and to learn about the intricacies of #SB276. Thank you to everyone who met with me this week to engage in this important discussion!"
Despite defending herself from the allegations, her involvement with anti-vaxxers has angered many of her fans on the internet.
One reporter revealed that Biel had refused a prescribed vaccination schedule for her 4-year-old son, Silas.


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"Back in 2016, I had just finished my freshman year of college. The first half of my summer was spent like any other teenager— I hung out with friends, spent time outside, and just enjoyed my time away from school. It wasn't until that July, when I noticed some odd patterns in my health. At first, I thought nothing of it. I've always struggled with migraines, so when they became more frequent and intense, I brushed it off. I've always had heart problems, so on a night when I experienced severe chest pains, I figured it was just a flare. It wasn't until I started my fall semester of school when my health began to decline at an extremely rapid rate.
As time went on, I became more and more ill. I continued to get these episodes frequently— sometimes multiple a day. Soon, I began to experience countless other symptoms including debilitating lightheadedness, sensory issues, weakness, depersonalization, air hunger and spurts of exhaustion. These unknown symptoms left me bedridden for days, sometimes weeks, at a time. During these moments, I felt so helpless, isolated, and confused; especially since my scans and blood tests kept coming back perfect. I was terrified my time was going to be cut short. I mean, I was only 19. I had my whole life ahead of me. It didn't take long until I felt depressed; the lowest I have ever felt in my life. I felt this way for not only myself, but for my parents. I hated watching them see me this way. I knew they were just as helpless as I was, and I felt guilty they had to see me struggle so severely. I'm not exactly sure how I was able to get past my depression; I just kept holding on. At times, I really didn't want to fight anymore. Even once I did reach a diagnosis, I wasn't prepared for the lifestyle changes I would have to make, the overwhelming length of time it would take to heal, the isolation from society I would face, or the emotional trauma that would be tied to it. Fortunately, I came to realize it was the illness I wanted gone— not my life. I was going to fight to get my life back.
The years following my diagnosis were an overwhelming rollercoaster, physically and emotionally. At the beginning especially, treatment was brutal. What I came to find out quickly was that, with Lyme, you have to feel worse before you get better—much, much worse. Over time, I've seen improvement and continue to heal, even though some days it's really hard to tell. Healing from Lyme disease has been far more frustrating than I could have ever imagined. However, dealing with people who refuse to believe Lyme is a serious illness, is even worse. I've dealt with this a lot, but one time in particular stands out. At my last job, I found out my manager had been accusing me of faking Lyme to supposedly call out of work. Those words hurt me so much. After everything I've been through and continue to go through, how could someone be so cruel? Little did she know how much I had to give up, between leaving college, restricting my diet for years, and cutting ties with good friends who didn't care to understand what I was going through. I let it affect me for months, until I learned to let it go. Lucky for her, she never has had to go through something like this. I now feel sorry for her ignorance. Unfortunately, each one of us with an invisible illness goes through something similar, one way or another. It's so extremely unfair, but we have to keep moving forward. And that's just what I had to do.
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40 Masterpieces from the Park's Churches.
I was like a child in a toyshop who'd been told by a generous relative to choose what he wanted. I did just that and now these 40 masterpieces are waiting for you.
How to be inspired by the works of art of the Champagne school?
I had the idea to make them speak, as if they were welcoming us.
Pierre Leroy from the Collège de France, to whom I entrusted this task in the name of the Regional Nature Park, told me: "You're completely mad but we'll have a try ". We would meet for long discussions in front of each of the chosen works. They were mostly unknown to the public. We have exchanged ideas, factual information and fertile comparisons for at least 15 years. This long dialogue has had only one subject. What was the specificity of Southern Champagne in the C16th? It does not seem to have followed the remainder of the kingdom and the marvellous works of art created here reflect this. Pierre Leroy is a historian of culture and religion; I'm an economic historian. Pierre, a very good writer, was the author of most of the texts. He managed to produce a more than admirable synthesis in a short space.
Michel That had the important task of photographing each work as well as preparing Pierre Leroy's texts for publication.
My madness was contagious and was caught by people working for the services of the Region and the State. Marie-Catherine Massé, from the Office Culturel de Champagne-Ardenne (Région Chamapgne-Ardenne) was the first to support the project. She was very quickly joined by Frederic Murienne Regional Conservation Officer for the Monuments Historique in Champagne-Ardenne (DRAC) and Michel Caille, Inspector for the Monuments Historiques in Champagne-Ardenne (DRAC), who sadly didn't live to see the project he was involved in completed.
The State and the Region financed this trail and with the help of the Conseil Général of the Aube, enabled the restoration of these works to begin.
Our visits to the churches had a holiday atmosphere. We would seek out good places to eat where we could discuss our latest finds. Genevieve Breq-Bautier came to join our band and the Louvre kindly aided us.
We wanted the public to have all the necessary information when they entered our country churches. Panels were needed to provide general details and to give a minimum of architectural detail.
Our churches had to speak to their visitors. The services of the Park were specially reinforced for the task of surveying these religious buildings.
Jean-Marc Marande drew new plans if the originals were missing in the records of the Department of Architecture. He worked in all kinds of weather and made many very interesting new discoveries.
The President of the Park, Etienne Copel, was also another of the project's supporters. One day in the H.Q. he called out to me,"Michon what are you doing? I've invited my friends to go cycling and it's raining! I want you to take them in the churches. I haven't any documentation so sort it out! ". He was the first to understand the interest and the pleasure of this kind of visit.
When you visit the churches here you'll find that there's a descriptive panel in front of each church. Push open the door and you will discover a masterpiece. Information about them is included here. Feast your eyes and enrich your mind with our immortal treasures!


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Smith's announcement is just one sign that the Democrats are learning how to be a true opposition party. There are still several Democratic senators, such as Tom Carper and Joe Lieberman, who have been cagey about their intentions, but Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid has thus far been more successful in enforcing discipline among his shrunken caucus than his predecessor, Tom Daschle. For instance, Reid has warned Senator Max Baucus, Bush's favorite Democratic deal-maker and the ranking minority member on the Senate Finance Committee, a crucial node in the coming debate, against cooperating with Bush.
THE BIBLE FOR any Democrat looking for lessons from the last legislative battle as big as the coming Social Security debate is Haynes Johnson and David Broder's The System, a 700-page book that painstakingly documents how and why President Clinton's plan was defeated. There are important differences between 1993 and 2004, but here's what Democrats may learn from that debate.
Parliamentary procedure is destiny. "History will show that what undid the Clinton health care plan is the Byrd Rule," says a senior Senate Democratic aide. The original legislative strategy for health care was to bundle the legislation with the new budget. The Democrats had a 56 to 44 majority in the Senate, similar to the GOP's current 55 to 45 majority, but the magic number for most legislation is a filibuster-breaking 60 votes. A key legislative exception is what is known as the reconciliation bill, the last stage of the annual budget process, which, under Senate rules, requires only a simple majority for passage. In 1981, Reagan used reconciliation to make major tax and spending changes. Clinton's entire strategy rested on the assumption that his plan could be passed quickly, and the reconciliation bill was the best chance to make that happen. But West Virginian Senator Robert Byrd famously killed that idea. The Byrd Rule was adopted by the Senate in 1985 to combat budget deficits. Anything not germane to the budget and, significantly for Bush's plan, anything that adds to the deficit, cannot be included in reconciliation under the Byrd Rule. Byrd warned the White House in 1993 that health care would not pass muster as part of reconciliation, and Clinton abandoned the strategy. Senate Republicans, however, have not been so timid about abusing the reconciliation process. In 2001, they used it to push through Bush's tax cuts (after replacing the Senate parliamentarian because they suspected he would rule for Democrats who argued that Bush's tax cuts violated the Byrd Rule). A huge amount of war-gaming among Senate Democrats right now concerns how to respond if Republicans try to use reconciliation to pass Bush's Social Security plan.
Delay equals defeat. Clinton admitted to Johnson and Broder that, once the Byrd Rule derailed his original plan, he should have fundamentally changed his congressional strategy instead of continuing to push for passage of a single, massive bill. Delay unquestionably benefited the GOP and its interest-group allies. Senate leader George Mitchell warned Hillary Clinton early in 1993, "If you wait until next year, the second year of the Congress, especially if you wait until the summer, the rules of the Senate are such that you dramatically enhance the leverage of the opposition." Ira Magaziner, the plan's author, warned Clinton in a memo, "The more time we allow for the defenders of the status quo to organize, the more they will be able to marshal opposition to your plan and the better their chances of killing it." Clinton's plan started off with overwhelming public approval, but it was destroyed by a savvy opposition that became emboldened as the 1994 elections approached.
Defeat breeds defeat. In Clinton's case, time brought not only a more organized opposition but also a crush of events—a bruising budget battle, political scandals, international crises—that sapped his political capital and distracted him from focusing on health care. The lesson for Democrats is obvious: The harder it is for Bush to pass other parts of his agenda, the harder it will be for him to pass his Social Security plan. Conversely, easy Bush victories on his budget, energy bill, tort reform, and judicial nominees will strengthen his hand on Social Security. At one point in 1994, Clinton believed a swift victory on what seemed like an easy-to-pass crime bill could serve as a springboard to revive health care. But, rather than hold their fire for the health bill, Newt Gingrich and his troops launched an all-out attack on the crime bill that caught the White House completely off guard. Similarly, today some Democrats believe that a fight over a highly polarizing Supreme Court nominee could be the magic bullet that saps the energy from Social Security.
Many Democrats today argue that their route back to power depends on transforming themselves into a party of reform. Some of these Democrats are scared that mere opposition—and denying Bush's claim that Social Security faces a "crisis"—hampers their efforts. But Republicans faced the same challenge in the early '90s and found that the two goals were not mutually exclusive. They didn't just kill health care reform, they used its corpse as a platform to redefine themselves as a reform movement that swept away the Democratic majority.
It's not just about Social Security. The Republicans knew in 1993 that they were not just engaged in a fight over health care but over the future of their own party. In a memo, conservative operative Bill Kristol warned Republicans that they had to "kill" rather than amend Clinton's proposal. Its success "will re-legitimize middle-class dependence for 'security' on government spending and regulation," he wrote. "It will revive the reputation of the party that spends and regulates, the Democrats, as the generous protector of middle-class interests. And it will at the same time strike a punishing blow against Republican claims to defend the middle-class by restraining government." An almost perfect mirror-image of those sentiments applies to Bush's proposal and the Democrats' situation today. Democratic strategist James Carville succinctly echoed this point recently. Speaking privately to one of the Senate leaders charged with formulating a strategy to defeat Bush's plan, he warned, "You're the only thing standing in between Democrats and the abyss." No wonder Democrats are so united.
This article appeared in the January 24, 2005, issue of the magazine.


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LIL KESH NETWORTH AND BIOGRAPHY
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Lil Kesh popularly known by his stage name Keshinro Ololade (born March 14, 1995), is a Nigerian singer, rapper and songwriter. He rose to fame after his chart-topping song titled "Shoki" rose to critical acclaim from music critics. Lil Kesh was born and raised in Bariga, a suburb of Lagos State. His music career started in 2012 while rapping among his peers in Bariga until he released "Lyrically", a single that quickly became popular in Nigerian Universities. In 2015, he was nominated in the Best New Act to Watch category at the 2015 Nigeria Entertainment Awards. He is currently signed to YBNL Nation, a record label founded by Olamide
The Bariga born prodigy is also a student of the University of Lagos, studying Linguistics, He spits lyrical contents that are way above his age not minding the adult contents, Some music pundits are of the opinion that he is Olamide's(YBNL boss) protégé.
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He was nominated in the Best New Act to Watch category at the Nigeria Entertainment Awards, which was held in 2015.
Lil Kesh rose to popularity from the release of Shoki remix ft Davido and YBNL crew, many believed Davido and Olamide gave the song the popularity and weight as it took a while for his fans to know that the song actually belongs to Lil Kesh. Orezi at that time did not find this funny as he claimed he was the pioneer of SHOKI and not Lil Kesh as people were made to believe but this was too late as his words went with the wind.
In Headies 2014, Lil Kesh was nominated as the rookie of the year but failed to cling to the award but the YBNL Boss (Olamide) came on stage to declare support for his artiste and publicly declared Lil Kesh as the rookie of the year at every given opportunity.
To prove critics wrong, he released a few tracks including Lyrically. With the growing influence of Olamide in the industry, Lil Kesh has 2016 locked down for him and after the popular beef at the Headies 2015 between Don Jazzy and Olamide fans are set for a showdown on whose crew got the most talent and who will rule and be the King of streets for the year 2016.
Though still new to the industry, he has been able to stamp his feet to the ground and smiling to the bank for every show conquered.
Industry source revealed that Lil Kesh is worth over 60million NAIRA and is set to triple that this year.
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Adult Glioma Incidence and Survival by Race or Ethnicity in the United States From 2000 to 2014.
Ostrom, Quinn T. PhD; MPH 1,2; Cote, David J. BS 3,4,5; Ascha, Mustafa MS 6; Kruchko, Carol BA 1; Barnholtz-Sloan, Jill S. PhD 1,7
[Article] JAMA Oncology. 4(9):1254-1262, September 2018.
Importance: Glioma is the most commonly occurring malignant brain tumor in the United States, and its incidence varies by age, sex, and race or ethnicity. Survival after brain tumor diagnosis has been shown to vary by these factors.
Objective: To quantify the differences in incidence and survival rates of glioma in adults by race or ethnicity.
Design, Setting, and Participants: This population-based study obtained incidence data from the Central Brain Tumor Registry of the United States and survival data from Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results registries, covering the period January 1, 2000, to December 31, 2014. Average annual age-adjusted incidence rates with 95% CIs were generated by glioma histologic groups, race, Hispanic ethnicity, sex, and age groups. One-year and 5-year relative survival rates were generated by glioma histologic groups, race, Hispanic ethnicity, and insurance status. The analysis included 244 808 patients with glioma diagnosed in adults aged 18 years or older. Data were collected from January 1, 2000, to December 31, 2014. Data analysis took place from December 11, 2017, to January 31, 2018.
Results: Overall, 244 808 patients with glioma were analyzed. Of these, 150 631 (61.5%) were glioblastomas, 46 002 (18.8%) were non-glioblastoma astrocytomas, 26 068 (10.7%) were oligodendroglial tumors, 8816 (3.6%) were ependymomas, and 13 291 (5.4%) were other glioma diagnoses in adults. The data set included 137 733 males (56.3%) and 107 075 (43.7%) females. There were 204 580 non-Hispanic whites (83.6%), 17 321 Hispanic whites (7.08%), 14 566 blacks (6.0%), 1070 American Indians or Alaska Natives (0.4%), and 5947 Asians or Pacific Islanders (2.4%). Incidences of glioblastoma, non-glioblastoma astrocytoma, and oligodendroglial tumors were higher among non-Hispanic whites than among Hispanic whites (30% lower overall), blacks (52% lower overall), American Indians or Alaska Natives (58% lower overall), or Asians or Pacific Islanders (52% lower overall). Most tumors were more common in males than in females across all race or ethnicity groups, with the great difference in glioblastoma where the incidence was 60% higher overall in males. Most tumors (193 329 [79.9%]) occurred in those aged 45 years or older, with differences in incidence by race or ethnicity appearing in all age groups. Survival after diagnosis of glioma of different subtypes was generally comparable among Hispanic whites, blacks, and Asians or Pacific Islanders but was lower among non-Hispanic whites for many tumor types, including glioblastoma, irrespective of treatment type.
Conclusions and Relevance: Incidence of glioma and 1-year and 5-year survival rates after diagnosis vary significantly by race or ethnicity, with non-Hispanic whites having higher incidence and lower survival rates compared with individuals of other racial or ethnic groups. These findings can inform future discovery of risk factors and reveal unaddressed health disparities.
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Lots of talent are on the tube this evening (meaning Monday) when Larry King goes live for two hours with a telethon for the good folks down in the Gulf. Look a ton of talent, including Justin Bieber, Eddie Olmos, Robert Redford, Sting, Cameron Diaz and Aaron Neville (hope he sings the haunting Louisiana 1927).


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A Club de Fútbol Lobos de la Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla (nevének jelentése: A Pueblai Érdemes Autonóm Egyetem Farkasai, röviden: Lobos de la BUAP) a mexikói Puebla de Zaragoza egyik labdarúgócsapata, mely 2019 nyaráig az első osztályú bajnokságban szerepelt.

Története
Pueblában már 1939-ben alakult egy labdarúgó diákcsapat, a Preparatoria, de a mai Lobos elődjének tekinthető klub az 1960-as évek végén alakult meg, szereplését a harmadosztályú bajnokságban kezdve meg, azonban hamarosan meg is szűnt és csak 27 év múlva, 1996-ban alakult újjá. A Lobos (farkasok) nevet Melchor de Covarrubias címerállata után kapták, akinek nagylelkű adományából a 16. században felépülhetett a mai egyetem elődje, a Colegio Carolino.

A 20. század végi években a bajnokságban nem értek el jó eredményeket, azonban 1999-ben a Truenos de Cuautitlán megvásárlásával mégis feljutottak a másodosztályba. 2001-ben Oaxacába költöztek, így a csapat ismét megszűnt, de 2002-ben az egyetem megint vásárolt magának egy csapatot.

2017-ben megnyerték a másodosztályú Apertura bajnokságot, majd a nagydöntőben a Dorados de Sinaloa elleni győzelmükkel történetük során először feljutottak az első osztályba, ahonnan azonban egy év elteltével (legalábbis "papíron") kiestek. Mivel azonban a másodosztályból feljutó Cafetaleros de Tapachula nem teljesítette az első osztályban való szereplés feltételeit, a szabályok értelmében a Lobosnak lehetősége volt 120 millió pesót befizetnie az FEMEXFUT-nak, és így megvásárolnia a bentmaradás jogát. A befizetett pénzt a Cafetaleros kapta meg.

Egy évvel később fordított volt a helyzet: a pályán elért eredményeik alapján sikerült volna bent maradniuk az első osztályban, de mégsem folytatták szereplésüket, mivel a csapatot eladták a Chihuahua államban működő FC Juáreznek, amely addig másodosztályú volt, de ezzel ők is első osztályúvá váltak.

Bajnoki eredményei
A csapat első osztályú szereplése során az alábbi eredményeket érte el:

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Puebla állam sportélete
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How to Talk to Kids About Race In Uncertain Times
Our news this month is flooded with images of white supremacists storming the U.S. Capitol and of a confederate flag being hoisted through its halls. This after months of reporting on police killings of people of color, and the racial disparities in COVID deaths. And adults are not the only ones seeing these images and hearing these stories; they're seeping through to our kids too. Should we be shielding them from stories of racial violence? How much should we protect them? How much should we expose them? We know we should be having hard conversations with our kids. But how? On this Martin Luther King Day we'll discuss how to talk to kids about race.see more
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In an historic shift on Thursday, the Senate voted 52-48 to eliminate the filibuster for most presidential nominations. Prompted by Senate Republicans' decision to stall three nominees to the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, the new rules will allow a filibuster to be broken by simple majority. Supporters say the change will eliminate obstructionism. Opponents call it a power grab. We explore the history of the filibuster and the implications of the rule change.
More: 'Nuclear Option' Vote Marks Tectonic Shift in Senate Rules (NPR)
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Thomas Mann, senior fellow, governance studies at the Brookings Institution and co-author of "It's Even Worse Than It Looks: How the American Constitutional System Collided with the Politics of Extremism"


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September 30, 2018 @ 9:00 am - 9:30 am
Join Mid City West as we help you get by bike to what may be the biggest CicLAvia ever. CicLAvia is partnering with LA Phil to celebrate the Philharmonic's 100th birthday. The route connects the Phil's two venues: Disney Hall and the Hollywood Bowl.
Meet us at West Third Street and Gilmore Lane at 9 AM. This feeder ride will only get you to the event. Then you'll be on your own to enjoy and return at your leisure. Please wear helmets!
More info on our facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/338751443354015/
For information on the CicLAvia event itself: https://www.laphil.com/celebratela/
Open Streets Festival
Imagine the streets of L.A. without cars. In partnership with CicLAvia and Community Arts Resources (CARS), we're making it happen. Starting at 9am, you'll be free to walk, run, skate, scoot, bike, and wander through the car-free streets, where six hubs will play home to performance stages, art installations, food trucks, screen printing, family-friendly activities, and more. Think of it as an eight-mile free space saved just for you!
The hubs include Walt Disney Concert Hall (Grand Ave. between 1st St. and 3rd St.), Levitt Pavilion Los Angeles in MacArthur Park (Park View St. between Wilshire Blvd. and 6th St, inside the park), Koreatown (Liberty Park at Wilshire Blvd. between Serrano Ave. and Oxford Ave.), Melrose (Melrose Ave. at N. Windsor Blvd.), Hollywood (Vine St. between Hollywood Blvd. and Yucca St.), and the Hollywood Bowl (Kagan Patio).
About CicLAvia
CicLAvia is a 501(c)3 non-profit that catalyzes vibrant public spaces, active transportation and good health through car-free streets. CicLAvia engages with people to transform our relationship with our communities and with each other.
CicLAvia es una organización 501 (c) 3 sin fines de lucro que cataliza los espacios públicos vibrantes, el transporte activo y la buena salud mediante las calles libres de coches. CicLAvia interacciona con el pueblo para transformar nuestra relación con nuestras comunidades y unos con otros.
Inspired by Bogotá's weekly ciclovía, CicLAvia temporarily closes streets to car traffic and opens them to Los Angelenos to use as a public park. Free for all, CicLAvia connects communities to each other across an expansive city, creating a safe place to bike, walk, skate, roll, and dance through Los Angeles.
Over 1 million people have experienced CicLAvia. It's the biggest open streets event in the USA!
Participants represent 80% of the population of the City of Los Angeles.
CicLAvia has created over 140 miles of open streets.
CicLAvia has been opening streets across Los Angeles county since 2010. We've traversed 140 miles across the The San Fernando Valley, Culver City, Venice, Mar Vista, Wilshire Blvd., Koreatown, MacArthur Park, South LA, Echo Park, Chinatown, Little Tokyo, Boyle Heights, Historic Downtown, East LA, Pasadena, Pacoima, Arleta, Panorama City, and Southeast Cities.
In 2018, CicLAvia will host the following open streets events: Heart of the Foothills, The Valley, CicLAvia x LA Phil – Celebrate LA, and Heart of LA.
CicLAvia has five times more people using its temporary park space during event day than are using all of the other parks in the city of Los Angeles combined.
CicLAvia has impacted local and regional transportation policy related to pedestrians and bikes.
CicLAvia improves air quality by reducing ultrafine particles in the air by over 20 percent.
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Listen to the audio summary of Principles by Ray Dalio, and discover a blueprint for finding your own goals and paths to success.
Excellent discussion.
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Summary of Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead: by Brené Brown
Vulnerability is not knowing victory or defeat - but understanding that both of them are necessary. This guide will lead you through the book, Daring Greatly by Brené Brown. (Disclaimer: This is NOT the original book. If you're looking for the original book, it is available from Amazon and Audible.) In her book, Brown explains how the courage to be vulnerable transforms the way we live, love, parent, and lead. Vulnerability permeates all areas of our lives. If you aren't opening yourself up to vulnerability, you're not truly living.
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Summary of The Intelligent Investor
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Let Go of Who You Think You're Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are
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Let Laura M. Browning Teach You to Check Facts
Let Laura M. Browning teach you to check facts.
April Fool's Day is a perennial pain-in-the-butt for sites like OTYCD. Facts matter, and we don't want to risk posting a story that could be taken as a prank.
We're going to play it as safe as we can by reworking a post from April 2017 about how to fact-check.
The link below will take you to a Google doc from 2017 written by Laura M. Browning, a professional copy editor who has trained others to check facts. She titled the document Fact-checking in the Age of Trumpism for obvious reasons, but its strength and validity hasn't diminished one bit now that Trump has left the Oval Office.
Read Laura M. Browning's deft, incisive, and blessedly short (barely five pages) paper on how to fact-check:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1E0m6GEQwwTnOk3-mWrC6zZs60wDJBh9IH-yfpl3TRvM/edit#
Follow Laura M. Browning on Twitter:
@ellembee
Also see a 2016 NPR story with the creator of fake news who claimed that left-leaning readers were harder to trick:
https://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2016/11/23/503146770/npr-finds-the-head-of-a-covert-fake-news-operation-in-the-suburbs
And here are links to Snopes and Politifact, which Browning recommends in the paper:
https://www.snopes.com
https://www.politifact.com
Lastly, if you're deathly curious to read what we originally wrote about Browning's paper, here's the 2017 story:
https://onethingyoucando.com/2018/03/27/learn-how-to-fact-check-in-the-age-of-trumpism-thanks-to-laura-m-browning/
TODAY is the FEC Q1 Deadline–Donate to Your Favorite 2022 Candidates Before Midnight
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Today is the Federal Election Commission (FEC) Q1 deadline–donate to your favorite 2022 candidates before midnight.
During previous electoral cycles, OTYCD readers learned about the power and importance of FEC quarterly deadlines.
The numbers represent temperature checks on candidates for office. Good numbers launch a virtuous cycle that attract additional big-dollar donors to commit based on the quarterly fundraising reports.
Why draw your attention to the Q1 2021 deadline? Because traditionally, midterm elections have gone against the party of the sitting president. Congressional chambers flip in midterms.
As you read this, Democrats have a single-digit seat advantage in the House of Representatives and hold the Senate by virtue of having Vice President Kamala Harris available to cast a tie-breaking vote.
Yes, you should rest more this year than you did in 2020, a year that allowed little rest at all. But this is not an electoral off-year. With Trumpism far from dead, there's no such thing. There are no more off-years, only less-intense years.
If you've built out your Core Four Plus for 2022 as much as you can, please consider making a donation to your chosen candidates, or making an additional booster donation before midnight.
If you can't afford to donate to candidates right now, signal boost the Q1 donation deadline on social media and encourage others to give to solid Democratic incumbents and challengers.
Tell Your MoCs That You Saw Their Social Media Posts
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When you talk to your members of Congress, make sure to cite specific posts they've made to their social media accounts.
This OTYCD story originally ran in December 2018. Read it here:
https://onethingyoucando.com/2018/12/07/tell-your-mocs-that-you-saw-their-social-media-posts/
Already did this? Did as much as you can with this? Don't want to do this today? Check here and also here:
https://onethingyoucando.com/want-to-do-more/
https://onethingyoucando.com/your-2021-to-do-list-there-are-no-more-off-years-only-less-intense-years/
Support Spread the Vote, Which Helps Citizens Obtain IDs
This OTYCD entry originally posted in July 2017.
Support Spread the Vote, an organization that helps citizens access the ballot by obtaining IDs that their states require.
https://onethingyoucando.com/2020/07/19/support-spread-the-vote-which-helps-citizens-obtain-ids-6/
Join Showing Up for Racial Justice and Become a Better Ally
Join Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ), a group that encourages and organizes white people to dismantle white supremacy and move America toward actual racial equality.
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Learn Who Your Secretary of State Is
Learn who your current Secretary of State is–the person who is usually responsible for overseeing elections.
Sure, you know who represents you in Congress and in your state legislature. But there are other elected state officials who affect your life.
The Secretary of State (a job title that's styled as "Secretary of the Commonwealth" in Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and Virginia) should get more attention.
As of January 2020, a total of 40 Secretaries of State also serve as the Chief State Election Official–the person who oversees elections.
As with United States Governors, these officials have their own organization: the National Association of Secretaries of State (NASS).
And as with the governors, the NASS website maintains a page that displays the photographs of all current Secretaries of State, along with information about each.
It doesn't offer capsule biographies but it does identify which Secretaries of State also oversee their state's elections.
The page also gives public contact information for each official.
See the current list of serving Secretaries of State, as featured on the dedicated NASS page:
https://www.nass.org/membership
Bookmark the page to find your own Secretary of State, and to find those of your chosen Swing State and Red State.
Learn If You Have Local Off-Year Elections
Learn if you have local off-year elections.
Is 2021 an off-year for elections? That might not be true for you on the local level.
When we say "the local level", we mean elected offices such as the mayor, city council members, planning board, school board, and the like.
Finding out what's going on is harder than finding out what's going on at the federal and the state level. You have to look to local resources, and local resources will vary. It will require some work on your part.
You can find out by searching the archives of your local newspaper for phrases such as "2019 <city or town name> election" and see if results come back.
You can try calling the electoral office at your city or town hall or pulling up its website.
Your municipal library's help desk might be able to tell you, too.
Check the directory at Run for Something, searching on your home state, and see what comes back:
https://directory.runforsomething.net/candidates/
If you have no off-year elections in 2021, consider getting involved with Democratic candidates for the state legislatures in Virginia or New Jersey.
And if you do have elections? You know what to do.
Learn Who Your State Attorney General Is
Learn who your state attorney general (AG) is.
Your AG is the most important legal authority in your state.
He or she enters lawsuits on your behalf, including high-profile ones such as efforts to stop the Trump administration from removing Obama-era health care protections from LGBTQ patients; suing the United States Postal Service to reverse changes made by Postmaster Louis DeJoy; and suing Facebook to break up its monopoly on social media.
It's a good idea to know who your state AG is.
Just like current U.S. governors and secretaries of state, the state AGs have their own organization: the National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG).
It maintains a page that shows photographs of all current state AGs. Clicking on an AG's picture takes you to a biography of the person, along with their office street address, phone number, and website link.
See the state AGs page on the NAAG site:
Find my AG
Bookmark the page to easily look up your own state AG, as well as the state AGs of your chosen Swing State and Red State.
Learn Who Your State Governor Is
Who's the current governor of your state? Visit this website and find out.
There's an organization for everything, and sitting United States governors have their own.
It's called (imagine a drum roll here) the National Governors Association (NGA).
The NGA has done us all a service by listing and providing pictures of all current governors in the United States, in alphabetical order.
See every governor of the United States of America here:
If you click on a governor, you'll go to a page that gives you a capsule biography that includes how long they've served in office; their birth date; name of their spouse; their party affiliation, and their public contact information–phone number, website, etc.
Bookmark the page to find your own governor, and the governors of the Swing State and the Red State that you choose to adopt.


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An infant's binder is a form of corset for infants. Infant's binders were introduced in the 19th century, after swaddling had become unpopular due to the rise of Napoleon, and were in several forms, shapes, and materials in use until well into the twentieth century. Some say the binder was used to obtain a proper posture, others see it as a preparation for later proper corset wearing, or as a way to diminish the baby's restlessness. By tightening the infant's binder the care giver could lower the yell and squall from the baby by crushing its airways. The Hawaiian Filipino has used this traditional practice, Latin and English cultures since the early 1800s.

Although there is a common belief that the use of baby belly binders can keep the abdomen warm thus reducing the risk of colic, there is no scientific evidence that this is true. Other reasons given for the use of the baby belly binder are to keep the diaper from rubbing against the umbilical stump, thereby reducing irritation, and protecting the umbilical stump from urination. Whether baby binders reduce the risk of umbilical infection has not been shown scientifically.

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STRONG SECOND HALF POWERS RU-NEWARK OVER WOMEN'S SOCCER
Four goals, including one in the opening minute of the second half, led the home Rutgers-University Newark women's soccer team to a one-sided, 5-0, result over the College of Staten Island as part of non-league play at Alumni Field in Newark, NJ. The Scarlet Raiders improved to 3-1 overall, while CSI fell to a 3-1 mark.
RU-Newark controlled the pace for most of the game, but despite the overall edge in game play, the lone first half tally on 11 shots came in the 21st minute, when Sara Corson took a Cristina Estremera lead pass and powered home a goal past CSI keeper Kristy Colangelo to stake the Raiders to a 1-0 lead. Colangelo made five save in the opening stanza to keep CSI within distance, as CSI had only registered three shots (one on goal).
Things opened up in the second frame. Just 51 seconds in, Estremera scored one of her own on an unassisted dribble through the middle of the CSI defense, staking RU-Newark to a 2-0 advantage. The Raiders began to dominate play and litter the CSI nest, and Corson scored again in the 58th minute, and just over four minutes after that, Estremera scored on a bending 23-yard free-kick to open the game at 4-0.
As RU clamped down defensively, Estremera would cap the hat trick in the 77th minute, converting from a header on a Nicole Gomez corner kick attempt, capping the scoring.
RU out-shot CSI, 27-4 (16-2 on goal), and enjoyed a 9-1 edge in corner kicks. Colangelo made 11 saves in defeat and RU-s Diana Carvalho made a pair of saves for the shutout win, RU's first of the season.
?CSI's next game will be on Saturday, when they face the College of Mt. St. Vincent in Riverdale, NY, at 1pm.
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SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Top White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow, a staunch defender of President Donald Trump's tough stance on global trade, was in good condition in a Washington-area hospital after suffering a heart attack, the White House said on Tuesday.
Later, White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders, who was traveling with the president, issued a statement that said Kudlow's doctors said he had a "very mild heart attack".
"Larry is currently in good condition … and his doctors expect he will make a full and speedy recovery," she said.
Trudeau, in a news conference on Saturday, had reiterated his strong objections to steep U.S. tariffs on Canadian exports of steel and aluminum. In return, Trump called the Canadian leader "very dishonest" and "weak," and said the United States would not endorse a joint G7 communique.
At the White House, however, he has been one of the most visible and vocal of advisers arguing that the president was simply trying to fix a broken global trade system in which the United States was not being treated fairly.


Omnimystery News is pleased to present a selection of newly published and recently released mystery, suspense and thriller titles — mostly from independent publishers — for Monday, July 31, 2017.
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Carolina Crimes: 21 Tales of Need, Greed and Dirty Deeds is a collection of short stories by crime writers living in North and South Carolina, members of Sisters in Crime. The Triangle (Chapel Hill, Durham, Raleigh, NC) Chapter of SinC issued the challenge to members to write stories about addiction or obsession and crime. Who knew that the responses would be so varied or that ice cream, a game of Solitaire, or silk fabric could provide motives to commit murder? Or that golf clubs, stiletto-heeled shoes, and microwave ovens could provide the means?
These stories remind us why we love crime fiction, and why it matters. They provide us with the cold revenge of imagination, the hot passion someone could kill for, and the sense of justice a community demands. They remind us we never know exactly what our next-door neighbor may be capable of, or for that matter, what we ourselves harbor in the deepest corners of our hearts and minds. The humor is dark. The suspense is shudder-producing. The horror delivers goosebumps. And by the time we turn the last satisfying page, we know more about what it means to be human.
To see more new paperback titles scheduled to be published this month, visit The Mystery Bookshelf for July 2017. For new hardcover titles, visit New Mysteries where for a list of July 2017 mysteries, novels of suspense, and thrillers is provided.
Presumed dead by the Stockholm police, master criminal and undercover informant Piet Hoffmann is now on the run from the Swedish authorities, living with his wife and two young sons under an assumed name in Cali, Colombia. Only Hoffmann's former police handler, Erik Wilson, knows where he is — and that he has accepted two dangerous new jobs: one as a high-level enforcer for a Colombian cocaine cartel and one as an infiltrator for the DEA, working to bring the cartel down. The FBI even lends credence to his cover story by adding Hoffmann's alias to the Most Wanted list.
But when the Speaker of the House is kidnapped by the cartel during an official visit to Colombia, everything changes — fast. Hoffmann is party to the highest-profile political kidnapping in years and therefore directly in the firing line in what is quickly dubbed the "Final War on Drugs." Suddenly, the Most Wanted list becomes a kill list and the DEA cuts off all contact on orders from the top, leaving Hoffmann and his family stranded.
Hoffmann must walk a delicate line as he tries to protect his young family and keep up his dual role as a cartel enforcer and a deniable intelligence asset for the US government. It soon becomes clear that his only chance at getting out alive is to rescue the Speaker of the House and bring him back to the States — but to do it he'll need the help of Ewert Grens, the stubborn, dogged Stockholm detective who hasn't forgotten Hoffmann since the explosive showdown in Aspsas prison years ago.
For a list of more new hardcover titles to be published this month, visit our New Mysteries page for July 2017. For new paperback titles, visit The Mystery Bookshelf where a selection of July 2017 mysteries, novels of suspense, and thrillers are shelved.
An ambitious and sharp-witted clinical psychiatrist turns detective when one of her patients comes under investigation for a series of brutal murders — is she a psychopath or a victim herself?
Brilliant psychiatric resident Dr. Kim Patterson has one major flaw: she is too committed to her patients. Her willingness to break the rules and use unconventional methods to help her patients heal has already gotten her thrown out of several hospitals. And when Scarlett Hascall is brought into the psychiatric ward, Kim can't resist getting involved, even if it means breaking protocol — because Kim can see what the other doctors cannot. Scarlett is suffering from a rare condition: Dissociative Identity Disorder, otherwise known as Multiple Personalities.
But even Kim is at a loss when she realizes that some of Scarlett's alternate identities are claiming to be people who have gone missing from their town. And when Scarlett's alter identity "Izzi" knows way too much about the whereabouts of the missing Isabel Wilcox, the police begin to suspect that Scarlett may have been involved with Isabel's disappearance. Only Kim defends Scarlett, certain of the girl's innocence. But her new theory is a radical one, one she can hardly believe herself: What if Kim is channeling the troubled souls of these victims?
With the help of local police officer Zack Trainor, Kim digs further into Isabel's case, trying to find proof that Scarlett wasn't involved. The more they discover, the more it becomes apparent that something strange and frightening is going on with Scarlett. Is it possible she is truly harboring lost souls? Or is Scarlett playing a twisted game with her doctors and the police?
This title is one of five in this series included in the Kindle Daily Deal and is available at this price today only.
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"When we moved into the White House, we had the lowest net worth of any family since Harry Truman."
According to a recent poll, "there are more young Republicans enrolled in their parents' (health insurance) plans than young Democrats."
The Obama administration is allowing state waivers from welfare work requirements "only if they had a credible plan to increase employment by 20 percent."
Says U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan attacked the president for "the same amount of Medicare savings that (Ryan) had in his own budget."
"Since 1961 … our private economy has produced 66 million private-sector jobs. So what's the jobs score? Republicans 24 million, Democrats 42 (million)."
"(Obama) did accept donations from lobbyists and PACs and he spent money in this campaign from that, through his political action committee."
Obama spent "40 percent of the PAC money, 43 percent to be exact, on Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada and South Carolina politicians."
"The 1990s were a time of prosperity. We created more than 22-million new jobs, moved 8-million people out of poverty, and turned our economy around."


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Tony Canavan finds an Aboriginal detective at home among Irish outlaws
Born in England, Arthur William Upfield (1890–1964) moved to Australia in 1911 and served with the Australian Army during World War I. For the next twenty years he travelled throughout Australia, working at a number of jobs, including as a cattle drover, rabbit trapper and cattle station manager. During the course of his travels he learned about Aboriginal culture and later used the material he had gathered in his novels, eventually finding a publisher in 1951. In fact, Upfield was bitter that the Australian public 'would read any tripe from abroad' but would not support Australian writers. Despite this, his novels featuring Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte were a commercial success and he lived in comfort in New South Wales until his death in 1965.
He became involved in a real-life murder case following publication of The Sands of Windee in 1961, a story in which Inspector Bonaparte comes up against a 'perfect murder'. In the story, the murderer invents a method for destroying evidence of the crime. Upfield's 'Windee method' was used in the Murchison Murders, and because Upfield had discussed the plot with friends, including the accused man, he was called to give evidence in court.
Detective Inspector Napoleon 'Bony' Bonaparte, a mixed-race Indigenous Australian, in the Queensland Police was Upfield's most successful creation. The books were the basis for a 1970s Australian television series, Boney, as well as a 1990 telemovie and a 1992 spin-off TV series. Upfield said that he based Bony on a man known as 'Tracker Leon', a mixed-race Aboriginal employed as a tracker by the Queensland Police. There is apparently no documentary evidence, however, that such a person existed.
Bony and the Kelly Gang was originally published in 1960 and reissued a number of times. Hidden in the mountains of New South Wales, Cork Valley is home to a clan of Irish outlaws. When an Excise Officer, looking for illicit distilling, is murdered, Bony is given the job of finding the killer. Disguised as a horse-thief, the half-Aboriginal detective hitchhikes into the valley. There he finds it populated by an Irish clan, of two branches, the Kellys and the Conways. Bony is taken in by the Conways and is soon one of their number. He overcomes the initial hostility of the Kelly patriarch, Red, and is invited to join the Cork Valley smuggling operation.
Bony is charmed by the Cork Valley community from the start and feels at home there. He is puzzled at what motivates their illegal activities since they don't need the money. He discovers that they have a political creed of their own, which is opposed to corrupt politicians and promotes individual freedom. They hold up the outlaw Ned Kelly as a hero and even have an annual festival in his honour. Upfield devotes almost four pages to a speech given by Red Kelly at the festival, in which he articulates the political philosophy of the clan.
The portrayal of the Irish in the novel is on the whole positive. Their illegal activities are an act of rebellion and beyond that they prove themselves to be generous, open-hearted people. Individual traits, good or bad, are not blamed on race but on individual character. Upfield shows, too, that the Irish in Australia are also on the side of law and order. The two policemen working with Bony are Casement and O'Leary, while the Cork Valley Irish acknowledge that the regional and federal governments are full of Irish politicians.
On the whole, Upfield avoids the usual clichés when describing the inhabitants of Cork Valley. Some do speak with a brogue, which is rendered phonetically, and one of the women is described as 'a dark Irish beauty'. The ancient matriarch of the Conways speaks 'Gaelic' and has fond memories of Ireland. The nearest we come to a disparaging comment is when someone is described having 'a face like the proverbial Irishman depicted in Punch'.
Perhaps, the most significant thing is that the Cork Valley people are blind to Bony's race. Bony is at home among them and for a while even forgets that he is there to capture a murderer. At one point, when surrounded by the Kellys and Conways, he reflects that for the first time in his life, he is 'free from the colour bar'. Despite his conflicted loyalties, Bony brings the murderer to book, and manages to persuade the Kellys and Conways to give up their illegal activities. The novel ends with him being invited back to their next Ned Kelly festival.
More often than not in this column, I end up deploring the largely negative or two-dimensional portrayal of Irish characters. Unlike, say, John Buchan or Arthur Conan Doyle, however, Upfield gives a rounded portrayal of the Irish. He may stray close to the 'benevolent' cliché of the wistful, musical Irish but he also depicts the downside to his characters and negates stereotypes by showing that the Irish are found in all walks of life. In that, he is a refreshing voice. Bony and the Kelly Gang is a good read but it is also noteworthy for the portrayal of its Irish characters.
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Nosaj Thing releases remix of Kazu's single 'Salty' from the Blonde Redhead singer's debut solo LP
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A couple of weeks ago (April 11, 2019), Blonde Redhead lead singer KAZU (Kazu Makino) announced a new solo album to be released later this year (Sept 13, 2019) titled "Adult Baby". She also released the first single from the upcoming album titled 'Salty', a mixture of minimal ambient, dream pop, and other experimental influences.
Today the track takes on a new remix by electronic artist Nosaj Thing, pushing the pulse without sacrificing the spaciousness of it all. At times what can be argued as its best parts, like the remnants of looping carnival soundscapes, are thrust to the forefront as visceral as you can get. Although it clocks in under 3 1/2 mins, the song can play in repeat mode and you wouldn't notice it ended until probably around 10 minutes.
Listen to the remix below.
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Columbus, they can be examined by a doctor much faster than they used to be—but the doctor may be on a computer screen.
It's a trade-off most patients are happy to make, said Kimberly Vaughn, a nurse at St. Luke's.
The hospital, in rural southwestern North Carolina, uses a virtual care system to connect patients to off-site physicians.
The setup includes a computer with a large screen and a camera that the remote doctor can manipulate to examine the patient up close. There's even a stethoscope that transmits sounds from the heart, lungs and digestive system.
The growth of hospital telehealth has exploded. It has the potential to provide care in rural areas where residents might not otherwise see a provider and to shorten primary care wait times for patients in all areas.
Yet health care advocates say legislation is needed to address state-level barriers, which have made it difficult for telehealth to expand across North Carolina and beyond hospital settings.
"We have seen burgeoning interest in telehealth tools that can transform care, support patients in managing their health and increase access to high-quality care," said Brian Cooper, chief of staff at Bluedoor, a digital-health consultancy in Chapel Hill, who coauthored a statewide report on telehealth.
Telehealth isn't meant to replace face-to-face care, said Charmaine Fuller Cooper, AARP North Carolina associate state director for advocacy.
But telehealth does have the potential to make it more convenient and less expensive for people to visit the doctor, to get second opinions and to monitor chronic conditions.
Fuller Cooper said AARP North Carolina will urge the General Assembly to establish standards to support the expansion of telehealth this year and work to develop policies that improve access to health care for all.
Telehealth is limited without high-speed internet or cellphone service. Addressing the affordability of those services is also a concern, Fuller Cooper said.
An estimated 638,000 residents still don't have the minimum broadband speed of 25 megabits per second for downloads, as defined by the Federal Communications Commission. Others lack access completely, especially in rural and mountain regions.
State Reps. Donny Lambeth (R-Winston-Salem) and Josh Dobson (R-Marion) introduced legislation last year that would have set a definition for telehealth, required patient consent and put standards in place.
Although the bill received bipartisan support, it was tabled for further improvement.
AARP plans to urge passage of a telehealth measure this spring. To sign up for alerts on this and other issues, visit action.aarp.org.
Michelle Crouch is a writer living in Charlotte.


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Supporting Immigrant and Refugee Families through Home Visiting: Innovative State and Local Approaches
Jeniffer Araújo
Although proven effective in supporting young children and their caretakers, home visiting programs are less likely to see the enrollment of immigrant and refugee families. This brief looks at the strategies some states and counties are using to boost the equity and quality of their home visiting services for these at-risk families, from rethinking how they assess the needs of resident families, to involving communities in program design and service provision.
Educating English Learners during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Policy Ideas for States and School Districts
Allison Shelley/The Verbatim Agency
The 2020–21 academic year is underway, but many U.S. schools, students, and families are still reeling from the rocky transition to remote learning that occurred months earlier, after the COVID-19 pandemic hit. For English Learners and students in immigrant families, many of the challenges are magnified. This policy brief examines how schools' pandemic response is affecting these students and offers recommendations to help schools and districts support them in this period of uncertainty.
Native Language Assessments for K-12 English Learners: Policy Considerations and State Practices
Eric E. Castro
With high stakes attached to standardized tests in U.S. education, it is critical that these assessments accurately capture what students know and can do in a subject. For English Learners, this may be a challenge if they cannot fully demonstrate in English what they have learned. Native language assessments are one promising tool for overcoming this hurdle, though questions about when and with whom they are most effective remain.
COVID-19 Spotlights the Inequities Facing English Learner Students, as Nonprofit Organizations Seek to Mitigate Challenges
Jamie Henderson
The transition to remote learning for school districts across the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic has been a challenge for most families, but especially those with English Learner (EL) and immigrant students. This commentary outlines how the pandemic has brought new focus to well-known equity gaps and spotlights ways in which nonprofit organizations can be important partners in mitigating the effects of school closures and anticipated spending cuts.
Which English Learners Count When? Understanding State EL Subgroup Definitions in ESSA Reporting
Allison Shelley/Alliance for Excellent Education
States publish a wealth of data about their English Learner students' academic achievement and other outcomes such as graduation rates. But the answer to the question "Who is an EL?" is not always the same. This brief explains how the EL subgroup varies across states and types of data, and why it is important to understand these differences when making decisions about how ELs and schools are faring.
The Patchy Landscape of State English Learner Policies under ESSA
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All 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico have developed blueprints to meet their commitments under the Every Student Succeeds Act—including requirements that aim to raise the profile of English Learners (EL) in state accountability systems. This report breaks these plans down, comparing the significant diversity of approaches taken on everything from EL identification to tracking academic achievement.
English Learners and the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA)
The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) includes a number of new requirements for the education of English Learners (ELs), including standardized criteria for identifying EL students and inclusion of English proficiency as a measurement of school quality. Resources on this page can help inform decisions such as how quickly schools must improve and how states can intervene with struggling districts.
The English Language Learner (ELL) Information Center provides informative fact sheets, maps, and state-level data resources that chronicle the demography and trends of immigrant families and their children.
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) at Two: New MPI Findings as Renewal Approaches
DACA at the Two-Year Mark: A National and State Profile of Youth Eligible and Applying for Deferred Action
By Jeanne Batalova, Sarah Hooker and Randy Capps
California Takes the Lead in Targeting Education Dollars on English Language Learners, But There Is More to Be Done
By Louis Freedberg
Improving the Educational Outcomes of California's Immigrant Youth: A National Imperative
Critical Choices in Post-Recession California: Investing in the Educational and Career Success of Immigrant Youth
By Sarah Hooker, Margie McHugh and Michael Fix
Addressing Barriers to Successful Engagement of Immigrant and Refugee Parents of Young Children
Immigrant Parents and Early Childhood Programs: Addressing Barriers of Literacy, Culture, and Systems Knowledge
By Maki Park and Margie McHugh
Brain Waste in the Workforce: Select U.S. and State Characteristics of College-Educated Native-Born and Immigrant Adults
By Margie McHugh, Jeanne Batalova and Madeleine Morawski
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This webinar covers key findings from MPI's report about the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) initiative and eligible populations two years after its implementation, and also introduces MPI's data tool that provides national and state-level estimates of the current and potentially eligible DACA populations, as well as detailed profiles for the U.S. and 25 states.
Fifty-five percent of the 1.2 million unauthorized immigrant youth immediately eligible for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program launched in 2012 had applied as of July 20, 2014. This report provides the most up-to-date estimates available for the size, countries of origin, educational attainment, employment, English proficiency, age, gender, and poverty rates for the DACA population nationally and for key states.
Despite the lingering effects of five years of brutal budget cuts as a result of the Great Recession, California is arguably doing more than any other state to target English learners in its schools. But will it be enough? In this commentary, the Executive Director of EdSource examines the reforms' potential for success.
This webinar exploring findings from MPI's report, Critical Choices in Post-Recession California: Investing in the Educational and Career Success of Immigrant Youth, which focuses on the implications of California's public education system reforms for the state's 3.3 million first- and second-generation immigrant young adults and their families.
This report examines the experiences and outcomes of immigrant youth across California's educational institutions. Tracing the effects of education budget cuts that hit this population particularly hard, the report offers recommendations as new funding priorities and education reforms are being implemented. With one-fourth of all immigrants and one-third of English Language Learner students in the U.S., California's performance holds national implications.
The authors of the report "Immigrant Parents and Early Childhood Programs: Addressing Barriers of Literacy, Culture, and Systems Knowledge" discuss their findings on this webinar. They and other presenters detail the experiences and challenges faced by early childhood programs and immigrant and refugee parents as they connect with one another.
This report identifies the unique needs of immigrant parents as they try to engage with early childhood education and care programs. Parent engagement is a critical component of kindergarten readiness, but many immigrant parents face formidable barriers to participation. The report explores federal and local efforts for immigrant parents of young children and offers recommendations for better meeting their needs.
In a series of fact sheets focusing on the United States and a dozen key states, MPI assesses the extent of "brain waste"—that is, the number of college-educated immigrant and native-born adults ages 25 and older who are either unemployed or have jobs that are significantly below their education and skill levels.
The National Center on Immigrant Integration Policy is a crossroads for elected officials, researchers, state and local agency managers, grassroots leaders, service providers, and others who seek to understand and respond to the challenges and opportunities today's high rates of immigration create in local communities. More here.
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Each month, MPI authors review major legislative, judicial, and executive action on U.S. immigration at the local, state, and federal levels. Stay up to date with the latest developments.
U.S. Spotlight Articles
Want to learn more about immigrants to the United States from Mexico, India, Canada, or many other countries? Spotlights from MPI's online journal, the Migration Information Source, use the latest data to provide information on size, geographic distribution, and socioeconomic characteristics of particular immigrant groups, including English proficiency, educational and professional attainment, income and poverty, health coverage, and remittances.
State Immigration Data Profiles
Want the latest facts and data on immigrants in the United States? Search U.S. Census data on U.S. immigrants and the native born nationally and by state based on demographic, language and education, workforce, and income indicators.
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