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Shocking series reveals the backstory behind 'The Chippendales: A Murder and Two Suicides of Stripper Tycoons'!
By Carlos
When you think of a striptease, most people imagine a smoky bar with a small stage where the dancers slowly undress. However, few people think that there can be a fiercely competitive business behind adult entertainment. The new crime series "Welcome to Chippendales" offers a different perspective on the world of nightclubs.
Based on a true story, the new eight-episode series is set in 1980s Los Angeles. The protagonist is an American businessman of Indian origin Somen "Steve" Banerjee, who mages to get rich thanks to a simple idea. He will be one of the first to understand that there are enough rich women in California who are ready to pay much more for a pleasant male company.
Steve will be able to achieve unprecedented success thanks to the cooperation with the promoter Paul Snyder. Together they come up with the concept of a luxurious nightclub, including distinctive uniforms for their employees. According to menshealth.com, the handsome dancers, as well as the bartenders, wore spandex bow ties, cuffs and pants modeled after the Playboy Bunnies. But shortly after that, Snyder commits suicide, and before that he kills his beautiful partner.
Choreographer Nick De Noya, the last of the three founders of Chippendales, was behind the unique show that thousands of women wanted to see. Taste grows with food, and this is doubly true for money. After a disagreement with Steve, Nick decides to start his own business, but under the same brand. However, betrayals between partners are not forgiven.
In 1987, the police find Nick dead in his New York office. An unknown assailant fires a bullet into the head of a forty-six-year-old man. Investigators have been searching for the killer for seven long years before the truth comes out.
In 1994, Steve confesses to plotting to kill his ex-boyfriend. Along with this, he is accused of extortion and attempted arson in a Los Angeles restaurant. According to an extensive federal investigation, Steve was supposed to arrange the murder of three other former associates who decided to open their own nightclub. The greedy businessman could not stand any competition and wanted to protect his empire even at the highest cost.
In the end, Steve did not stand trial for his terrible actions. After pleading guilty to contract killing, the owner of Chippendales committed suicide in a jail cell in downtown Los Angeles in October 1994. Thus, he never learned of his sentence.
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National September 11 Memorial and Museum
The notion of 'thousands of victims' was crucial to generate universal public outrage. However, having 3000 angry families breathing down their necks was never part of the perps' demented plan. Our ongoing analyses and investigations suggest that NO one died on 9/11.
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Re: National September 11 Memorial and Museum
by hoi.polloi on Fri Aug 29, 2014 2:06 pm
I believe the paper crane is also a nod to the propaganda campaign targeting children, which hit my schools as I was growing up.
The campaign was called "One Thousand Cranes" and children were meant to think touching things as they mass manufactured as many paper cranes as they could to honor some unproven death. I think, if memory serves, and it often doesn't, the death was that of a little girl who had supposedly succumbed to radiation caused by the faux Hiroshima and/or Nagasaki A-bombs.
To this day you can still see classrooms of well-meaning teachers who are trying to teach their children about artful acts of sympathy, who have a bunch of multi-colored origami cranes they are meant to have collected or sent to Japan or some other confusion of the story that doesn't matter because one main point was to get people to unconsciously focus on the terrible reality of a fictional atomic weapon.
EDIT: Alright, I just looked it up again and according to legend, the two year old girl named Sadako Sasaki (vaguely reminiscent of the term "sad sack"?) was blown out of a window by the Hiroshima blast, developed purple blotches later in life, which turned out to be leukemia, and subsequently a rash of leukemia cases exploded in the town. The tradition is that making a thousand cranes grants you a wish, and so while she was dying in a hospital ward, she folded 644 to wish for world peace and save people from atomic weapons, but she died, so her friends helped her finish the total. Teachers told millions of kids in the U.S.A. this tall tale and hence the art of the paper crane was appropriated for propaganda. Really makes me long for those little senses of wonder that religion and propaganda haven't tried to dominate.
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Reason: http://thenuclearworld.org/2011/02/26/sadako-and-the-thousand-cranes/
by simonshack on Fri Mar 20, 2015 11:54 am
NOTE: I would just like to re-publish here on this appropriate thread the below post I wrote back in December 2009 - yes, over half-a-decade ago... Here is the link to the original post: viewtopic.php?p=1016013#p1016013
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by Simon Shack, December 30, 2009
Let's have a look at the folks behind the soon to be inaugurated...
NATIONAL 9/11 MEMORIAL & MUSEUM
BOARD OF DIRECTORS: http://www.911memorial.org/board-directors
Chairman : Michael R. Bloomberg - billionaire mayor of New York
Robert A. Iger - President and CEO, The Walt Disney Company
Billy Crystal - actor
Robert De Niro - actor
Jane Rosenthal - co-founder of Tribeca Productions with Robert De Niro in 1988
David Rockefeller - David who?
Peter G. Peterson - Chairman and Co-Founder of The Blackstone Group. http://sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Blackstone_Group Chairman of the Council on Foreign Relations, founding Chairman of the Institute for International Economics (Washington, D.C.) and founding President of The Concord Coalition. Mr. Peterson is the Co-Chair of The Conference Board Commission on Public Trust and Private Enterprises (Co-Chaired by John Snow, currently Secretary of the Treasury). He was also Chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York from 2000 to 2004.
Robert Wood Johnson - IV Chairman & CEO, The Johnson Company, Inc. Member of the founding family of Johnson & Johnson, the worldwide health-care company.In the early 1970s, Mr. Johnson acquired American Video Corporation, a pioneer cable-television company, and built it into one of the largest privately held cable-TV systems in the country.
William B. Harrison Jr. - Chairman & Chief Executive Officer JP Morgan Chase & Co
Frank Bisignano - Chief Administrative Officer for JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Maurice R. Greenberg - Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Starr Foundation
Kenneth I. Chenault - Chairman and Chief Executive Officer American Express Company
Samuel A. DiPiazza - Jr. Global Chief Executive Officer PriceWaterhouseCoopers International. Member of the Council on Foreign Relations' Committee on Corporate Affairs
The 11 "victims Family members" ( ALSO ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS )
HOWARD W. LUTNICK - Chief Executive Officer of Cantor Fitzgerald
(which allegedly lost 658 employees in the WTC collapses)
Alleged brother of alleged 9/11 victim "Gary Lutnick" ? here lovingly described by brother Howard:
"If Gary Lutnick had been a stock, said Howard Lutnick, who had envisioned a fraternal Cantor partnership with Gary in the not-distant future, "he'd be the one you'd always want to keep around, always want to bet on. He went in one direction: up."
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/14/natio ... gewanted=1
(Isn't his index pointing down? )
VIRGINIA S. BAUER
Commissioner of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.
Here's Virginia and Wolf(owitz) visiting troops in Iraq...and weeping :
http://www.ourmilitary.mil/Content.aspx?ID=11592863
Alleged widow of "Walter David Bauer":
PAULA GRANT BERRY
Ms. Berry has held several executive positions in publishing at companies including Doubleday, the Economist, Newsweek, Gruner & Jahr and Scholastic.
Alleged widow of "David Berry":
DAVID BEAMER
"David Beamer is deeply committed to educating the public about the story of Flight 93 and 9/11."
Alleged father of "Flight 93 hero Todd Beamer":
DEBRA BURLINGAME
Board member of "Keep America Safe" alongside Liz Cheney & William Kristol : http://www.keepamericasafe.com/?page_id=215
Former producer at Court TV where she covered dozens of civil and criminal legal proceedings ranging from the OJ Simpson trial and the Clinton impeachment hearings to the Microsoft anti-trust case.
Alleged sister of "Charles Burlingame" (alleged pilot of American Airlines "Flight 77"):
CHRISTY FERER
http://www.levininstitute.org/ourName.cfm (Levin Insitute is headed by Garrick Utley, for forty years a broadcast journalist on NBC, ABC, CNN.) Owner of Applevision/Vidicom which she founded in 1982. In addition, Ferer serves the Mayor of New York City as the liaison for 9-11 issues. Ferer was also a Commissioner of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.
Alleged widow of "Neil D. Levin" director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey:
LEE A. IELPI
President of the September 11th Families' Association ? retired firefighter
Alleged father of "Jonathan Ielpi" (FDNY):
THOMAS S. JOHNSON
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer GreenPoint Financial Corporation. From 1966 to 1969, Mr. Johnson served as a special assistant to the Comptroller of the U.S. Department of Defense in the Pentagon. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and of the Boards of New York's public Television station WNET Channel 13. He also serves on the boards of the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation (LMDC), and of the September 11th Fund.
Alleged father of "Scott M. Johnson":
MONICA IKEN
Former school teacher. Founder of the "September MISSION foundation". http://www.septembersmission.org/aboutus/
Alleged widow of "Michael Patrick Iken":
Here's a fascinating tribute to Michael Iken: "He is within our hearts, souls and minds, not in any real estate." http://www.sept11thmemorial.com/last_name.asp?Letter=I
ANTHOULA KATSIMATIDES
Actress. Anthoula was (coincidentally?) also the liaison to the family members of those who were murdered in the February 26, 1993 terrorist attacks at the WTC which allegedly killed 6 (almost all of which were employees of the NY Port Authority).
Alleged sister of "John Katsimatides" :
THOMAS ROGER Vice President of Gilbane Building Company, a nationally recognized construction management firm that has built such noted national memorial projects as the Viet Nam Memorial and the WWII Memorial.
Alleged father of Jean D. Rog?r (flight attendant on "FLIGHT11") :
Note: Very few of the 11 individuals/entities pictured above have more than 1 or 2 portraits/photos posted on the internet.
"NIRVANIX" is apparently "collecting information from the families":
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUS1007 ... RN20091019
by simonshack on Fri Sep 25, 2015 7:23 pm
POPE FRANCIS VISITS NATIONAL SEPTEMBER 11 MEMORIAL AND MUSEUM
You've gotta love this priceless sentence to be found on yahoo.com :
"In addition to meeting privately with individual families, Francis will conduct an interfaith service in front of Spencer Finch's art exhibit "Trying to Remember the Color of the Sky on That September Morning."
https://popevisit2015.yahoo.com/post/12 ... re-to-meet
I'm all with the Pope! Let us all truly try and remember the colorS of the Manhattan sky on that September morning !
One of the first images of Pope "Hidden-Hand" Francis, soon after he was elected - pretending to be using public transport - 'just-like-everyone-of-us'...
by HonestlyNow on Fri Sep 25, 2015 8:34 pm
simonshack wrote: I'm all with the Pope! Let us all truly try and remember the colorS of the Manhattan sky on that September morning!
Bring those colors together while peering through a looking glass, and find enlightenment, symbolized by a rainbow (seen here in the CluesChronicle main graphic).
A piece of work that brings a smile to my face.
HonestlyNow
by brianv on Sat Sep 26, 2015 1:13 am
Looks strangely like a cross between a "religious" painting and a scene from a film or tv show from circa 1978 AD. I doubt it's real. But who cares, about actors anyhow!?
http://fotoforensics.com/analysis.php?i ... 51&fmt=ela
brianv
by Flabbergasted on Sat Sep 26, 2015 2:43 am
brianv wrote: Looks strangely like a cross between a "religious" painting and a scene from a film or tv show from circa 1978 AD.
A keen observation.
A while ago I did an ELA of the subway picture using the highest quality version I could find. It looks pretty good, actually (by which I mean, it doesn´t look like a composite):
Now the other picture from the memorial is crass:
by hoi.polloi on Sat Sep 26, 2015 9:41 am
Flabbergasted wrote:
No, indeed it looks like a totally staged photo op! It looks like each person was selected just for that moment.
Of course, knowing a camera is on you has an immediate psychological effect on a lot of people in media-saturated cultures, but still — eerie. Is it wrong to assume a Catholic PR committee directed and staged this scene from people available in the crowd — or even brought in the occasional outside "average person"?
by Flabbergasted on Sat Sep 26, 2015 10:47 am
As brianv observed, it has the feel of people sitting for a painting. It´s dreamy and ominous at the same time, as if saying "it´s no use squirming, it will happen and you cannot prevent it".
by HonestlyNow on Sat Sep 26, 2015 11:24 am
hoi.polloi wrote: It looks like each person was selected just for that moment.
Partially hidden and seen reflected in the nearby glass is a blue-striped attired person.
Edit: Oops! Sorry about that, hoi.
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by brianv on Sat Sep 26, 2015 1:43 pm
Sorry, I didn't mean to derail the thread with "fake photos", but know them by their actions! The man known as "the pope" to those zombie cultists, is clearly a media stooge and someone who tells lies, and supports others who tell lies, in the cause of deceiving the human population at large. Something like their own "satan" in fact.
by simonshack on Sat Sep 26, 2015 5:16 pm
brianv wrote: The man known as "the pope" to those zombie cultists, is clearly a media stooge and someone who tells lies, and supports others who tell lies, in the cause of deceiving the human population at large. Something like their own "satan" in fact
Indeed, Brian. He's seemingly also an ordinary person subjected to common biological urges. When you've gotta go, you've gotta go.
http://www.newvision.co.ug/news/673828- ... k-day.html
simonshack wrote:
I wonder how much the vatican ghouls invested in this hoax? He's there to collect - that's all!
by brianv on Sun Sep 27, 2015 12:31 am
by simonshack on Sun Sep 27, 2015 2:00 am
Oh gosh - hygiene ! It's all about HYGIENE!
Did you know that hygiene is actually a science?
Definition of Hygiene (as of the FreeDictionary):
"1. The science that deals with the promotion and preservation of health."
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/hygiene
We may have to re-name this forum. How about "the Hygiene Forum"?
by Brutal Metal on Mon Sep 28, 2015 8:31 pm
I wonder how much money has been accumulated on ticket prices since the grand opening? It's gotta be in the $MILLIONS....
Brutal Metal
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Barcelona has a deep-rooted religion culture stemming from the city's 2000 years history. Being such an established city, the religion culture offers diversity to the people. In this article, we will try to explain how the religion culture is in Barcelona, Spain.
Catholicism which is a life style in Barcelona city consists of the population varying from 81% to 94% rates.
Throughout the history, the city had undergone many wars and met different cultures such as Romans, Muslims and Jews. So Roman catholicism can be seen as frontrunner and you can come across a person who says he/she doesn't believe in anything but yet is a catholic as they see the catholicism as a life style.
So how does religion affect the social life? As we've mentioned above, even though catholicism is high in Barcelona city, for the social life issues, they act much more liberal when compared to other European countries maybe because of the 35-year dictatorship which ended a few decades ago. So they are more democratic about the life issues. For instance, there is a law for the gay relationship marriage. They can adopt child, have abortion and divorce according to Spain law. They have the right to speech which is against the Catholicism law!
In Barcelona city, there are many churches, cathedrals and other religious institutions. There is no mosque in Barcelona city but there some in other cities of Spain such as Madrid and Granada. So we can see how deep-rooted Barcelona religion is. People live in democratic atmosphere in this beautiful city. As they had undergone a huge repressive, the people in Barcelona appreciate living in harmony. In 21th century of Barcelona, if we check the religion statistics there are Jews and Protestants in minor quantity and Muslims over one-million living together. So it's easy to come across many different and fascinating religious institutions in city of Catalans.
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Exemplary leadership, compassion and selflessness are words used when describing Sam. To honor both his life and his work, the Dr. Sam Goldfein Memorial Fund was established by his family after his passing as a permanent endowment. The fund awards an annual medical scholarship to a student of the University of Arizona (UA) College of Medicine whose character strives to mirror that of Dr. Goldfein's, and who has shown exemplary commitment to patient care and service to the community during their time in medical school.
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Sam was a perpetual student, constantly studying to keep up with medical advances and new practice management strategies. These are exactly the traits that the Scholarship Advisory Committee look for when awarding scholarships from the memorial fund. The Jewish Community Foundation works closely with the faculty of the University of Arizona College of Medicine to identify students who exemplify Sam's life and work, and who have the passion to go above and beyond what is expected and required. These nominated students are then carefully reviewed by an advisory committee comprised of family members, Sam's closest friends and colleagues, and past scholarship awardees, and a student is selected for the scholarship award.
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2012 recipient Kristopher Carson "KC" Rosburg and Carol Galper, assistant dean for medical student education at the University of Arizona College of Medicine.
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I didn't mean to take such a long break from writing, in fact, there is SO much I have wanted to write about, but I never seem to have the time anymore.
I had thought our boy would be my husband's carbon copy, but he surprised me again in being mine with my husband's dark brown eyes. He came into the world at almost 10 pounds and was 12 by his first doctors appointment. He is 5 months old this week and he loves to laugh at our dogs and snuggle. He talks up a storm and loves to be around people. I love watching him with his toys and how he figures out how to use them or how different sequences or choices make different noises. He is so incredibly smart.
I went back to work just before Thanksgiving and that has been the hardest part. I hate being away from him and I find that I just get through my days to get back to him and his smile.
I wrote my dissertation the entire time I was pregnant with him and then continued after I delivered and was half out of my mind recovering and learning how to breast feed him. It has been a wild ride for sure, but a of today I am half way through my dissertation journey and am eager to graduate next year. My PhD will take me to one last stop and that will be to Minneapolis for my graduation. Phil and I plan to take Logan and have our first family trip.
I am off for the holidays and I am enjoying every minute of being home. So, I guess I am now back to somewhere between my sanity and motherhood as we gear up for our next big adventure of selling out tiny house by the sea. I am excited and nervous for that move. I am ready to be in a big house and not have an hour commute, but I am also nervous about change and how much more work a big house is going to be.


No better place to interview an automotive artist than at The Gallery in Brummen, The Netherlands.
Surrounded by a unique collection of classic and exclusive cars Marcel Haan at CarArtSpot met with Dutch designer and automotive artist Ronald Hulleman. Till the 4th of September "11 his paintings of Maseratis, Alfa, Austin Healey and Jaguars are exposed at the Gallery. We walked around all these great cars while Ronald was showing me how different curves and materials all have their own reflections and how he tries to capture the reflections in his car paintings. His passion for these cars and his vision on art was inspiring. Marcel had a great afternoon and will share the full interview with you soon.
This was actually the third interview I did in a series that I am planning to continue in the comings months. Each week I hope to post an interview with an automotive artist and tell you the story behind their artworks. Why the artist did started painting cars in the first place. Where did his or her passion for cars start? I want to learn the kind of techniques they use, what the challenges are while painting and where they get their inspiration from.
The series will start with Canadian automotive artist Etienne Carignan who made a great illustration of the Plymouth Roadrunner 1972. In this interview he shares his techniques and what's so special on the Plymouth Roadrunner.
The second interview I did, and which will be posted shortly, was with Belgium artist Hendrik Cleiren. He started a very unique collection around the love for cars and I like to share his story with you.
Any specific automotive artist you like us to interview? Just let me know and I will try to arrange for it. Leave your comments in the box below.


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In the 80s, Scholz supported the Marxist wing of the SPD and protested against the intra-German border Image: Gladstone/Wikipedia
HistoryGermany
Scholz was under Stasi surveillance; report
Elizabeth Schumacher
01/13/2022 January 13, 2022
Current German Chancellor Olaf Scholz traveled to the GDR several times in the 1980s as a leader of his party's youth wing. He was granted special treatment in the former East, then followed home and spied on in Hamburg.
https://p.dw.com/p/45Uro
An investigation by German mass-market Bild newspaper revealed on Monday that Chancellor Olaf Scholz was under surveillance by the Stasi – the East German secret police – throughout the 1980s.
Scholz, then a lawyer living in Hamburg, traveled to the former East Germany (GDR) several times in his capacity as a leader in the youth wing of his Social Democratic Pary (SPD).
Scholz said the newspaper's report did not come as a surprise.
"Of course, I am aware of the fact that I was spied on," he said Thursday. "It's not pretty, but that's how it is."
Special treatment in East Germany
According to the Stasi documents seen by Bild, the agents had identified Scholz as an "old school political professional, who has a lot of influence." They instructed their colleagues to give Scholz and his companions special treatment, such as "visas for Berlin, no fees" and to give them "polite clearance, without customs control."
He was also allowed to enter without the required exchange of currency at a rate favorable to the GDR.
The future chancellor was also watched, along with a dozen other SPD colleagues, when he returned to Hamburg. Some of this information was also passed along to the Soviet secret police, the KGB. The KGB worked closely with the Stasi and even maintained an office in their Berlin headquarters.
Throughout the 80s, the Stasi had more than 3,000 informants in West Germany, providing the East German secret police with information about prominent political and business figures as well as artists, intellectuals, activists and even regular Germans.
The Stasi and the Berlin Wall
Edited by Sean Sinico
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Early in 2011 Christopher Hourigan began his transition into fine art painting. The artist creates paintings in deep and vibrant tones the alchemy of light shines through in each piece of work and reveals an array of contrasting dark to light structural elements to each picture. The statement of each painting takes the form of depth of light enabled by his use of oil as he brushes wet-on-wet passages over each background and forground the result a blend and physical depth to each piece. When I paint I am looking for ways to represent my experiences with the landscape. My intention is to find visual equivalents creating textured paintings in deep contrasting tones.


We had the opportunity to travel onboard the QE2 on part of the World Cruise from New York City to Los Angeles that departed NYC on January 9, 2006. Wonderful experience.
QE2-Captain Christopher Rynd and Staff Captain Hamish Elliot as we were transiting the Panama Canal.
Helen was our cabin stewardess. She had been on the QE2 for 18 years and was wonderful.
Caronia Dining Room. They had decorated it with country flags. We just referred to it as "Baked Alaska on Parade" night.
We were seated at the captain's table in the Caronia Dining Room. Lucille was the head waitress and Brian was her assistant. They provided the very best dining service we had ever experience. Lucille was from a french town by the border of Germany and Brian was from Bombay.
Captain's Quarters. Since we dined at the Captain's table we were invited to his quarters for drinks. It appeared to be an office with a couple of couches, desk, computer. We were greeted by Captain Rynd and given champagne.
QE2 Mauretania Restaurant The statue in the center is White Horses of the Atlantic Ocean by Althea Wynne.
QE2 Children's Room. There were very few children on this trip.
QE2 Laundry room. This was as much a social area as it was for laundry.
QE2 This ironing area was adjacent to the washers/dryers. These happy ladies included Mary Mastony (far left back) is also known as the "QE2 Diva" and the "Soprano of the High Sea".
QE2 Pavilion We dined here for many breakfasts and lunches.


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On the way to work the other day, in the rain, glancing at the covers of the papers on the newstands – the NY Post, Daily News, AM New York – the headlines showed a bombastic and smartass and altogether manufactured corral of attitude against Obama, in reaction to the Republican "shellacking" of the Dems in the midterms the other day. It serves politicians very well that America is a country that often never employs history to activate the future, but is instead a fanatical masochist for the making of the same mistakes over and over and over again. "It would be hard to argue that we're going backwards," said President Obama after the polls closed. "I think what you can argue is we're stuck in neutral."
Republicans are bullies, and Democrats are pushovers. George W. Bush's dimwitted high noon sheriff boosterism unleashed super opposition on the left, but he also alienated the far Christian right – the creationists and such types – which in turn instigated both Obama's 2008 win and the Tea Party's reactionary mutant gonzo rallying. A wave of victory for one party is yet just a set-up for the next wave of victory for the opposite party. As if things will change… Obama, the first black president, pushed through health care and Wall Street reform, while announcing the "end of combat operations" in Iraq, and jacking up the War on Terror in Afghanistan. His panache, smooth elocution, oratorical confidence and comportment of physical and intellectual command, constitute a supreme threat to Americans who find it more comforting to be fear-mongered than treated like a thinking adult. Still, Obama is a politician, and we can only hope is more staunch a man than when Gore wussed-out in 2000 and conceded to Bush after the recount showdown in West Palm Beach, Florida. Someday voters will realize that there are in fact more than two parties listed on the ballot with an empty circle next to it. If, from the TV show Lost, The Man in Black and Jacob ran for governor, I'd go and vote for the third party: trickster survivalist megalomaniac Benjamin Linus. I mean, in New York City, Rent is Too Damn High!
And is it a coincidence that George Bush has released his presidential memoir, Decision Points, just as this rehashed threshold of right-wing fever is sweeping the polls? Here at Campus Whits, I will make a decision point to read the new Keith Richards autobiography, which should prove a wild and cerebral ride….
Meanwhile, the below pic is allegedly the earliest known photograph of Abraham Lincoln, taken of Young Lincoln on a visit to Louisville, Kentucky. The authenticity was determined by Biometrica, a company that applies identity recognition technology to help gambling casinos nab con-artists on the gaming floor….
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The Costume Vote
Halloween and Election Season arrive when Autumn is at its peak, a good time for the city. And there is something a Halloween costume store has in common with a local campaign headquarters. For a few weeks, each of these places rent space and anticipate a day of climax, after which they close down, to pop up next year. Halloween stores are cramped, unorganized, stuffy, staffed by temp clerks dressed in fangs, wigs and makeup, a "sexy" devil, "The Crow," or the vampire man.
At campaign headquarters, perhaps for the State Senatorial District, the cheapest commercial space is rented, above a hair salon in a two-floor storefront, a few computers on tables found on the roof of the building, maybe a back room with concrete walls. Staticky carpet and musty fake wood paneling, and a flight of steps that might seem to lead to the offices of a 1940s bounty hunter. The campaign workers are stressed and make impulsive decisions in the creative effort to get votes – as people in a Halloween store pick out costumes at the last minute.
Both spaces are transient and sloppy and the mood is manic. The day nears, and campaigners recruit canvassers, and cheap-ass Jack Sparrow outfits are bought, and fake beards and sexy bloody nurse numbers. After the election, and the holiday, the abandoned stores and HQs are left like Times Square on New Year's morning, a mess of monsters and politics. The outcome on Election Day may prove much scarier than anyone dressed as Jigsaw the cancer man, or Pinhead from the Hellraiser movies. Or Hiram Monserrate.
I moved into my Brooklyn neighborhood, Clinton Hill, in June. Each Hallow's Eve, outside a few of the carriage houses and old 1880s mansions from when Brooklyn was a suburb, theatrical entertainments are staged by neighbors for the kids and passersby. At five o'clock the area was swarming with kids trick-or-treating. The best costume I saw was a little kid dressed as Colonel Sanders. He had a good goatee and the curly white hair. I have been to Colonel Sanders' grave at Cave Hill National Cemetery in Louisville, KY, a famous and evocatively landscaped graveyard, where also is buried Harry Leon Collins, an old-time magician whose gravesite had an occult effect.
My ladyfriend and I dressed up as 1920s aviators. She wore the vintage goggles and cap, I wore an eyepatch and fedora, the story being that my eye was injured in a crash when flying over the Sudan in 1921, or some such tale. I bought the pants I wore for $5.99 in the womens section at the cheapo store in my neighborhood. They were Gloria Vanderbilt, and fit well as the legwear of a 1920s pilot adventurer. My brother was visiting from Redondo Beach, CA. this week, with his gal pal. She dressed as a sacrificial goat, and Fud was the goatherder.
We walked around the neighborhood. The architecture reflects the flush of 19th century shipping wealth, the Brooklyn Navy Yard not far. It was a vintage autumn evening. Brisk and windy, leaves like sandcrabs crackling across the asphalt and the rows of Italianate townhouses and brick apartments trimmed in Gothic are dim and infinite in the fall dusk.
The house at 313 Clinton Ave performed a "Vampire Opera" with pre-recorded audio, dance numbers to parodies of songs from Phantom, creature shop masks and a Nosferatu protagonist obsessed with candy. It was mainly for kids, though I didn't see a whole lot of kids standing on the sidewalk and street for the 8:30 show. Most of the crowd were local couples not in costume. Some teenagers passed by, Batman was being chased by Urkel from Family Matters.
The highlight of the neighborhood spectacle was a carriage house on Waverly Ave, where the garage was turned into a dungeon cast by props of old movie monsters. In the center, strapped to a bed, writhed Regan MacNeil, from The Exorcist. The actress thrashed and gargled and mimicked along to a profound audio mashup of sound clips from the movie, satanic backwards-playing LPs, and a psychedelic bad-trip collage of primal snarls and inhuman whinnies. If this show might have been for kids – to maybe fuck them up a little – it was definitely geared to adults.
I didn't know what to expect from this local street theater – I had heard that the neighborhood was known for making such spectacles a tradition. Earlier that day I was talking with a tour guide about the scariest movies of all-time. My pick was The Exorcist – only to discover that the little girl possessed by Pazuzu the demon was right up my block.
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Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf chief Imran Khan has said that the Judiciary has disappointed, media reported on Monday. Imran Khan said while talking on TV show 'Faisal Aap Ka' this evening that the courts have failed to serve that purpose for which their freedom was gained.
He added that the President should appear before the Swiss courts; the people are frustrating from the judiciary.
While talking over polls, the PTI chief said that he supports immediate elections in the country and if polls will not be free and fare the decisions would be taken on the roads. "Balochistan issue cannot be resolved through army and killings of Shiites must end in Balochistan and other parts of the country," Imran Khan added.


In preparation for the formation of the Technical Working Groups (TWGs), a debriefing session on the results of the workshops will be re-echoed to select technical staff and coordinators of the department from the regional office and division offices.
The debriefing session will be on December 6-7, 2018 in Davao City. The following DepEd personnel are invited to participate in the said activity.
Please see Regional Memorandum No. 536 s. 2018 for more details.


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Bin Laden Show 65: Puzzling Audio Probably Fake
07 Other Atrocities, 10 Security, 11 Society, Counter-Oppression/Counter-Dictatorship Practices, Cultural Intelligence, Government, IO Impotency
Unreleased bin Laden audio message called 'puzzling'
By Pam Benson, CNN
May 13, 2011 7:10 p.m. EDT
Washington (CNN) — An unreleased audio message from Osama bin Laden, produced in late April, days before his death, in which he talks in support of the so-called "Arab Spring," was seized at the compound during the U.S. raid, according to a U.S. official.
Unbelievable "interpretations" and our sharp rebuttal below the line…
The message refers to the revolutions in Egypt and Tunisia but doesn't mention the uprisings in Libya, Yemen, Syria or elsewhere.
The official spoke on the condition of anonymity due to the classified nature of the information.
The official said it is "puzzling" that bin Laden would "suddenly join the bandwagon on the uprisings," months after they started and not mention all of the Arab nations in turmoil. For instance, the official said it was a "head scratcher" why bin Laden would not indicate his support for the uprising against Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, a man bin Laden detested.
"Why not try to inspire AQIM," said the official, referring to al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, a regional affiliate.
Since protests began across the Middle East, U.S. officials have said the movement undermined al Qaeda and offered an alternative to dissatisfied youth.
"The revolutions in Tunisia and in Egypt and the protests elsewhere that are leading to reforms in a number of governments I think are an extraordinary setback for al Qaeda," Secretary of Defense Robert Gates said on March 1. "It basically gives the lie to al Qaeda's claim that the only way to get rid of authoritarian governments is through extremist violence."
The U.S. official also said that among the seized materials were written communications from bin Laden expressing his desire to see U.S. President Barack Obama assassinated.
The United States expects to have further interrogations of the three wives of bin Laden who were taken into custody by Pakistani authorities after the U.S. raid on the compound. The U.S. official concurred with a description of the meeting on Friday with all three wives as hostile.
Phi Beta Iota: The show continues. Our best judgment is that CIA is making this stuff up as it goes along (as soon as we pointed out there was no Arab Spring in the captured materials), and stuff is being "invented" out of thin air as inconsistencies are pointed out. We absolutely do not believe that Bin Laden–if he had been alive–would have condoned assassination of a specific official, and we are quite certain that the Arab Spring against dictators is consistent with his passion for restoring the Middle East to its people–to include the exit of the USA, but always focusing first on the "near enemy" of corruption and dictatorship, with the Saudi Royal family being the poster child for all that is evil in the Middle Easts. This smells.
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Analyze the market and identify viable target clients in managed property, education, government, hospitality, healthcare, and retail sectors in the Orange County market.
Effective communicator with strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work 'on deadline.
On-target earnings are expected to exceed $95k per year.
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package storm.modules;

import edu.wpi.first.wpilibj.*;
import edu.wpi.first.wpilibj.CounterBase.EncodingType;
import storm.RobotState;
import storm.interfaces.IShooter;
import storm.utility.Print;

/**
 *
 * @author Awesome
 */
public class JeffShooter implements IShooter {

    SpeedController shooterMotor,
		    transferMotor;

    DigitalInput ready,
		 hallEffect;

    Counter counter;

    boolean shooting,
	    Continuous,
	    ballDetected,
	    isReady;

    double RPM,
	   RPM_SCALE,
	   distance,
	   targetRPM,
	   period,
	   shooterMaxAcel,
	   shooterSlowAcel,
	   Accuracy,
	   correctPower,
	   Timer,
	   state;

    double[] table;

    public JeffShooter(int shooterMotorChannel,int transferMotorChannel, int IRready, int hallEffectSensor) {

        shooterMotor = new Jaguar(shooterMotorChannel);
        transferMotor = new Victor(transferMotorChannel);
        ready = new DigitalInput(IRready);
        hallEffect = new DigitalInput(hallEffectSensor);

	table = new double[42];

	Accuracy = 50;

	shooterMaxAcel = .008;
	shooterSlowAcel = .001;

	state = 0;

	correctPower = 0;
	RPM = 0;
	shooting = false;
	isReady = false;

	counter = new Counter(EncodingType.k1X, hallEffect, hallEffect, false);
        counter.clearDownSource();
        counter.setUpSourceEdge(true, false);

    }

    public void preShoot() {
	if (ready.get()) transferMotor.set(-1);
	else transferMotor.set(0);
    }

    public void startShoot(boolean useTable, double inputDistance) {
	endShoot();
	if (useTable) {
	    roundDistance(inputDistance);
	} else {
	    calculateRPM(inputDistance);
	}
	state = 0;
	correctPower = 0;
	shooting = true;
	ballDetected = false;
	counter.start();
    }

    public void doShoot() {
	RPM = counter.getPeriod() / 60;
	setRPMandOtherStuff();
	Print.getInstance().setLine(0, "   RPM:" + RPM);
	Print.getInstance().setLine(0, "Target:" + targetRPM);
	Print.getInstance().setLine(1, " State:" + state);
    }

    public boolean isShooting() { return shooting; }

    void setRPMandOtherStuff() {
	RPM = counter.getPeriod() / 60;
	if (!Continuous) {
	    if (state == 0) {
		shooterMotor.set(shooterMotor.get()+shooterMaxAcel);
		if (ready.get()) transferMotor.set(-1);
		else {
		    transferMotor.set(0);
		    ballDetected = true;
		}
		if (RPM >= targetRPM) state = 2;
	    } else if (state == 2) {
		if (RPM > targetRPM + Accuracy/2) shooterMotor.set(shooterMotor.get()-shooterSlowAcel);
		else if (RPM < targetRPM - Accuracy/2) shooterMotor.set(shooterMotor.get()+shooterSlowAcel);
		else {
		    correctPower = shooterMotor.get();
		    state = 3;
		}
		if (ready.get()) transferMotor.set(-1);
		else {
		    transferMotor.set(0);
		    ballDetected = true;
		}
	    } else if (state == 3) {
		transferMotor.set(-1);
		if (!ready.get()) ballDetected = true;
		shooterMotor.set(correctPower);
		if (ready.get() && ballDetected) {
		    Timer = System.currentTimeMillis();
		    state++;
		}
	    } else if (state == 4) {
		transferMotor.set(-1);
		shooterMotor.set(correctPower);
		if (Timer + 3000 <= System.currentTimeMillis()) endShoot();
	    }
	} else {
	    transferMotor.set(-1);
	    if (state == 0) {
		shooterMotor.set(shooterMotor.get()+shooterMaxAcel);
		if (ready.get()) transferMotor.set(-1);
		else transferMotor.set(0);
		if (RPM >= targetRPM) state++;
	    } else if (state == 1) {
		if (RPM > targetRPM + Accuracy/2) shooterMotor.set(shooterMotor.get()-shooterSlowAcel);
		else if (RPM < targetRPM - Accuracy/2) shooterMotor.set(shooterMotor.get()+shooterSlowAcel);
		else {
		    correctPower = shooterMotor.get();
		    state = 2;
		}
	    } else if (state == 2) {
		shooterMotor.set(correctPower);
	    }
	}
    }

    public double getRPM() {
	return RPM;
    }

    public void endShoot() {
	shooterMotor.set(0.0);
	counter.stop();
    }

    public void setContinuousShoot(boolean continuousShoot) {
	Continuous = continuousShoot;
    }

    public void roundDistance(double inputDistance) {
	distance = inputDistance;
	double Place2 = 0;
	double Place3 = 0;
	boolean upper1 = false;
	boolean upper2 = false;
	Place2 = Math.floor(distance * 100 + 0.5) / 100.0 - Math.floor(distance);
	Place3 = Math.floor(distance * 1000 + 0.5) / 1000.0 - Math.floor(distance);
	if (Math.floor(Place3 * 10 + .5) >= Place3 * 10) upper1 = true;
	if (upper1) {
	    if (Math.floor(Place3 * 10 + .25) > Place3 * 10) upper2 = true;
	    else upper2 = false;
	} else {
	    if (Math.ceil(Place3 * 10 - .25) > Place3 * 10) upper2 = true;
	    else upper2 = false;
	}
	if (upper1 && upper2) distance = Math.floor(distance * 10) + 1;
	else if ((upper1 && !upper2) || (!upper1 && upper2)) distance = Math.floor(distance * 10) + .5;
	else if (!upper1 && !upper2) distance = Math.floor(distance * 10);
	distance /= 10;
    }

    public void calculateRPM(double inputDistance) {
	targetRPM = 333.33*inputDistance + 850.63;
	//targetRPM = 46.209*inputDistance*inputDistance - 190.39*inputDistance + 2469.3;
    }

    public void warmUp() {
	shooterMotor.set(.3);
    }
}


This is part of the #CareerAdvice series — featuring successful professionals who share their advice to people who would want to take their career to the next level.
Dr. Scott Mindel's career as a chiropractor started in high school.
After endless months of pain medication and multiple doctor visits, Dr. Mindel was finally diagnosed with a disc herniation. The doctors recommended surgery, but a family friend suggested he try a new, alternative medicine called chiropractic. Though he was a bit skeptical at first, the treatments truly worked. Over time, chiropractic treatments helped straighten his spine and from that moment on Dr. Mindel claimed he knew he wanted to be a chiropractor.
When Dr. Mindel reflects on his 25-year career, he is happy with how many lives he has changed.
One memory in particular is especially dear to him because he considers it to be his very first patient. It happened during chiropractic school — Dr. Mindel was working as an intern and the patient (we'll call him Johnny to respect confidentiality) came in complaining of excruciating back pain.
This man, as strong as a heavyweight boxer, was unable to move and unable to provide for his family.
"Do what you love and master it. Get rid of all the doubt in your head and focus on your dream." In chiropractic school he made mistakes, but those mistakes had to happen so they wouldn't happen again.
That last phrase just about sums up the importance of what Dr. Mindel is trying to say. Be ready, both mentally and physically.
Learn more from Dr. Scott Mindel by connecting with him on LinkedIn.


So currently in my life there's a bigger change going on. For the last half a year my life tempo has been really relaxed and I've given a refreshing break and a new start to my mind and my body. Just a few days ago I took up a new challenge workwise doing something that really hasn't been done before. At least here in Estonia. It will be tough but interesting and fun times ahead so I'm really eager to get going :)!


The temperature in NSW is forecasted to reach 43 degrees today with up to 35 km/h winds.
Work in these circumstances will pose significant work health and safety risks.
Unions NSW are calling on employers to take the necessary precautions today to make sure their employees are not placed at risk.
Unions NSW recommend that employers carry out a risk assessment in workplaces where employees are exposed.
Some workers may be exposed to the extreme risk of heat stress, particularly those who work outdoors or in environments where there is poor ventilation or radiated heat.
It is recommended that physical activity should be severely curtailed. Workers should be provided with sufficient rest and recovery time and drink a cup of water every 10-15 minutes.
It is recommended if temperatures reach 38degress and workers are exposed to heat stress a risk assessment should be conducted immediately.
Any further enquiries, please contact your union delegate or elected workplace Health and Safety representative.


Maxine Peake, Actress: The Theory of Everything. After graduating from Salford University, Peake trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London. Her first role out of drama school was in Victoria Wood's sitcom Dinnerladies (1998) which ran for two series. She made her professional stage debut at the Bolton Octagon in 1998's "Early One Morning".


The energy of this painting seems to spring forth from the dark void in the middle of the almost-but-not-quite- vesica piscis, the sacred geometry of the womb-space. Life pours from void- that infinite potential which has not yet been named. In the beginning there was darkness. We have forgotten collectively that this darkness was also good.
Layers of canyons, constellations, and unique radial perfection of the snowflake- thinner veils than we know separate things we perceive to be so different. The cosmic divide is no division at all.
I once dreamt that I was stargazing and the sky turned into the ocean. The spirit of Ocean in form of a whale tasked me with protecting life on this earth. This piece was born of Springtime gratitude.
Purely experimental, layers of color and wax and color and wax. After I made this, I noticed a movement, and it reminds me now of the intergenerational pilgrimage Monarch Butterflies make in order to keep putting their life force into our world. They bless us with their stamina.


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Home Education Crozet Elementary Expansion Tops Division Priority List
Crozet Elementary Expansion Tops Division Priority List
The county's Long Range Planning Advisory Committee has recommended a $20 million expansion to Crozet Elementary School. Photo: Lisa Martin.
The Albemarle school division's Long Range Planning Advisory Committee (LRPAC) presented its annual report to the School Board on July 11, highlighting a $20.4 million expansion and renovation at Crozet Elementary as its top large-scale capital project priority. The LRPAC is composed of ten citizens appointed by the School Board and superintendent and is supported by six county staff members, led by Chief Operating Officer (and Crozet resident) Rosalyn Schmitt.
This year's report features a $180 million needs-based Capital Improvement Plan that covers a variety of maintenance, security, capacity, and renovation projects recommended for county school facilities. School building needs are based primarily on enrollment projections set against capacity constraints, and the data for the Western feeder pattern reflects its dramatic expected population growth.
David Oberg.
"If you look at the numbers, they're expecting Crozet to double in size in the next 30 years," said David Oberg, the School Board's White Hall District representative. "Thirty years may seem like a long time, but it's really not, and the reality is we're playing catch up [on capital expenditures] from 10 to 15 years ago."
Brownsville Elementary, which already employs eight mobile classrooms, is expected to enroll more than 150 students over the building's capacity within the next five years, while Crozet Elementary, which is less than half Brownsville's size, will be almost 60 students over. Both schools are characterized in the report as having high neighborhood growth, high capacity conflicts, high population growth, and a high rate of development as compared to other geographic clusters in the county.
Three new growth models were used to project future enrollments this year. 1) A historical neighborhood analysis documented the number of students riding a school bus each year by district over the last 10 years to evaluate cycles of student growth and stability. 2) The county's new Development Dashboard data used information regarding projects in the development pipeline and their impact on population growth. 3) Data from the Charlottesville/Albemarle Metropolitan Planning Organization in conjunction with forecasts from the Weldon Cooper Center allowed for population projects to extend out to 30 years instead of the usual 10.
Amanda Alger, White Hall citizen representative on the LRPAC, is glad the new data was added but is still not convinced of the reliability of the projections. "Having volunteered at the BES Newcomers' picnic every August since our first after moving here six years ago, my gut tells me the numbers projected are still very low," said Alger. "My experience tells me that many more move here in August each year."
Crozet resident Amanda Alger, White Hall representative on the LRPAC. Photo: Lisa Martin.
Crozet Elementary's expansion is currently number four overall on the priority list of capital projects, after school safety improvements, a new data center for the county, and elevator additions at six schools, all of which are are smaller-scale projects. A Crozet addition has been recommended in some form by the LRPAC since 2006, and the current plan would add 28,000 square feet to the school, including 16 classrooms, one special education classroom, three smaller resource classrooms, and various support spaces.
In addition, the project would expand the cafeteria and media center, improve the front office and outdoor learning areas, and provide additional parking and play equipment. The LRPAC justifies its recommendation by noting that an addition can be constructed and open sooner to provide quicker relief than constructing a new school.
Enrollment projections and analysis from the LRPAC 2019 Recommendations report. Source: Albemarle County Public Schools Long Range Planning Advisory Committee Recommendations July 11, 2019.
There are also staffing benefits to the plan. "A larger enrollment at Crozet brings the school across staffing thresholds that would provide the school benefits such as an assistant principal and full-time art and music teachers," according to the LRPAC report.
Alger understands that people would rather avoid change but says this project is imperative. "If we do nothing, I'm concerned that our amazing [BES] librarian, gifted resource teacher and other specialists will be tasked with serving way too many kids," she said. "It is simply not an option to do nothing. I truly think this process will leave us with two pretty equitable schools."
Once the expansion is complete, the plan is for some Brownsville students to be redistricted to Crozet to balance out enrollments and relieve overcrowding. A redistricting committee would be formed and would hold public hearings prior to any decisions. Though he's already getting emails from residents who are against redistricting their children to Crozet Elementary, Oberg is not entirely sympathetic. "I've been to every elementary school within 150 miles, and I specifically moved to send my child to Crozet," he said. "I love Crozet. It's a great school."
The design work for the project is currently funded and will begin soon. The School Board will discuss the LRPAC priorities at their August meeting, and if they approve and the Board of Supervisors funds the project, construction would be completed in time for the 2022/23 school year.
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Michael McDonald Tickets
About Michael McDonald
One of the world's most distinctive singing voices, Michael McDonald, five-time Grammy Award winner and formerly of The Doobie Brothers, Steely Dan and Dukes of September, is doing his first UK solo shows in eight years with three dates in March 2018.
McDonald, who tours extensively as a solo artist in the US, recently released his first new album, Wide Open, in nine years, and his first set of original material in 17 years. The album finds him collaborating with a number of special guests including saxophonist Branford Marsalis, guitarist-singer Warren Haynes of Allman Brothers Band, guitarist Robben Ford, bassist Marcus Miller, Amy Holland and David Paich, to name a few.
Earlier this year McDonald received a special Gold & Platinum Award from the Recording Industry Association of America celebrating more than 26 million RIAA album and song certifications during his illustrious career. He also received his 13th Grammy nomination for Motown, a platinum-selling album tribute to the greatest all soul labels. In July 2016, McDonald was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.
Last updated: November, 2017


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LEGAL PROFESSION UNIFORM LAW (NSW) - SECT 172
Legal costs must be fair and reasonable
172 Legal costs must be fair and reasonable
(1) A law practice must, in charging legal costs, charge costs that are no more than fair and reasonable in all the circumstances and that in particular are--
(a) proportionately and reasonably incurred; and
(b) proportionate and reasonable in amount.
(2) In considering whether legal costs satisfy subsection (1), regard must be had to whether the legal costs reasonably reflect--
(a) the level of skill, experience, specialisation and seniority of the lawyers concerned; and
(b) the level of complexity, novelty or difficulty of the issues involved, and the extent to which the matter involved a matter of public interest; and
(c) the labour and responsibility involved; and
(d) the circumstances in acting on the matter, including (for example) any or all of the following--
(i) the urgency of the matter;
(ii) the time spent on the matter;
(iii) the time when business was transacted in the matter;
(iv) the place where business was transacted in the matter;
(v) the number and importance of any documents involved; and
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NAACP sees education as key to boosting black men
Education is the key to breaking black men and youths out of a vicious cycle of crime and unemployment, African-American leaders said Thursday at the close of the annual NAACP convention. ...
LOS ANGELES – Education is the key to breaking black men and youths out of a vicious cycle of crime and unemployment, African-American leaders said Thursday at the close of the annual NAACP convention.
The plight of black males, which have above average rates of joblessness, incarceration, HIV infection and lower rates of educational achievement, was one of the themes of the six-day convention, which was attended by more than 5,000 members of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
"We are losing a generation of our children," said Sandre Swanson, who heads the California Assembly's Select Committee on the State of Boys and Men of Color, at a panel discussion. "These young men need help and to know we care."
Panelists noted that the problem originated with the loss of manufacturing jobs that minorities relied on for decades. Moreover, government jobs, which employ 21 percent of blacks, are also now shrinking with government cutbacks, political analyst Jamal Simmons said.
The result is that minority youth have turned increasingly to crime.
About 10 percent of black men born in the 1940s have served time in prison during their lives, said Yale University law professor James Foreman Jr. That figure doubles for black men born in the 1960s. African-American males now comprise 40 percent of the nation's prison population.
Swanson noted that 70 percent of parolees return to prison because they are paroled to isolated communities where there are few jobs, or schooling or training opportunities.
"We have to get as much education in front of them as we can," he said, adding that he is sponsoring a bill to get community college classes in prisons. "The most successful tool against recidivism is education."
The national unemployment rate in July for black males is 17.9 percent, as compared to 8.1 percent for white males and 11.9 percent for Hispanic males. For college-educated black males, the figure drops to 6.5 percent, which is still higher than the 2.9 percent rate for college-educated whites.
Foreman, who noted that the overwhelming majority of prison inmates are high school dropouts, said that besides pushing black students to graduate, the quality of urban schools must be improved in order to give youths the skills they need in today's high-tech job market.
Half of black high school students do not have access to advanced level courses, such as calculus, physics and advanced placement English, he said. Even if students do not go on to college, they need higher level courses to develop essential critical thinking skills.
"The employment question is fundamental," he said. "There are no more jobs on the line at the Ford plant. Those kids have to be educated to go to college, even if they don't go to college."
Swanson said he is also working with labor unions to offer more apprenticeships to minority youth and to employ more ex-felons.
Simmons urged the audience to mentor youth, saying the successful people he knows credit one person in their lives who encouraged them to pursue their aspirations.
"The doors of opportunity are open to black people but it can still be challenging to go through them," he said.
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When the UCI first announced the Tour of Guangxi in late 2016, the general reaction was one of scepticism. Putting a new Chinese race straight onto the WorldTour calendar didn't work out so well with the Tour of Beijing, so why would anything be different with the Tour of Guangxi?
One of the things that is different is the organisation running the event. Gone is the UCI's ill-fated events management arm, Global Cycling Promotions. In its place is Wanda Sports, a division of one of China's biggest companies, Dalian Wanda, and the owner of sporting brands like Ironman and Infront Media (owners of the Hammer Series).
In a sit-down interview with CyclingTips and Het Nieuwsblad, CEO of Wanda Sports China, David Yang, spoke of the challenges of getting the Tour of Guangxi off the ground, Wanda's vision for cycling, and what the future might hold.
How much of a challenge was it to pull together the Tour of Guangxi?
Challenges lie in many aspects. When Wanda Group set its vision on cycling, one of the very first initiatives we started to undertake was we talked with the UCI. Believe it or not, in the very beginning there was a lot of scepticism around [the Tour of Guangxi] because they didn't really see that China would have the kind of beautiful environment that you guys have seen.
They only realise "Oh Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, skyscrapers, air pollution, crowded … red lights all the time" — that's what people's impression was. So when we talked with the UCI they're saying "Are you sure? How can you overcome the air pollution issue …?" Because there was an event in Beijing — it was not particularly successful.
Air pollution was a major concern at the Tour of Beijing, a WorldTour race that ran from 2011-14.
So Wanda took a lot of efforts in convincing the UCI and we are very grateful that the UCI eventually actually were convinced and they saw the great potential in this sport in China. But more importantly they saw a great partner in Wanda Group.
So we were able to introduce Guangxi as not just a beautiful, very scenic region of China but more importantly [we could show] the support from the government. I think that's really a very important ingredient for any large-scale sports event to be successful.
So through several meetings in different parts of the world, whether it's in Zurich, or Lausanne, or in Doha — we went to the managing committee of the UCI — they were very open for us to make presentations to the members. And you know it's a very complex organisation and we're very grateful that eventually they agreed.
How long did it take to pull it all together, from start to finish?
It seems nearly every road used by the Tour of Guangxi was resurfaced before the race.
What does Wanda Sports want to achieve with the Tour of Guangxi, and with cycling in China more generally?
Wanda Sports has a vision that we want to really promote people to appreciate sports more, and going beyond just what people traditionally do (i.e. table tennis or badminton). We want them to really appreciate more exciting sports, more popular sports in the world so they will ingrain themselves into the whole platform of the world sports.
So cycling is [like] triathlon or marathon or even others — even winter sports — that I think are not really as popular as they should be. So that's why Wanda want to invite the best athletes in the world in those disciplines to come to China so that people can be really impacted.
What does Wanda Sports get out of that?
For us, if we really do those things well, we see this as a viable business model that we can deploy in the future. Because the more people who start doing cycling then our events will become more popular and then TV and digital media will provide more coverage and then hopefully economic benefits will be generated over time.
So why Guangxi? Why hold the race here? Is it the government support and the scenery, as you say, or is there more to it?
In the process of convincing the UCI we had to define a place that was not going to be plagued by air pollution. There are a few choices and Guangxi of course is among the better ones. And it's easy — we don't have to really do anything. You look at the sun, the breeze, the blue sky, the ocean, the mountains … it certainly stands out.
And then the third element … is we really see the hunger of our people. They are really dying for world-class sports events. They really want to get their fingers on this. I think the inspiration factor is very very important because you want younger generations, you want people who didn't really have access to cycling as a sport, to have the feel, have the appreciation of the sport. Then they probably can really grow up as a cyclist and become a cyclist to compete.
Will Wanda create cycling events for amateurs, as well as professionals, creating a sort-of pyramid of cycling participation in China?
Yes, definitely. That's a very good point you touched upon. We are thinking about another event called a Velothon. It's also a UCI-granted concept. It's more likely we do that in the bigger cities and then probably more around a city and then get more people involved and more amateurs.
You can see … a lot of amateur cyclists come here just to follow the race — their own helmets, their own jersey and ride their own bikes. Those guys are dying to get on the track. So what we're going to do is invite of course the elite athletes to come in and at the same time lead mass participation. So that's our goal.
We are trying to do at least one, maybe even two, in 2018 and even more in the future. And I think it's very very important for people to really get the pulse of this sport. Not just kind of watch — they need to participate.
The hope is that the Tour of Guangxi won't just attract fans, but that it will also inspire those fans to ride.
Wanda Sports has a five-year contract with the UCI to run this race. Do you see Wanda Sports' involvement in cycling existing beyond that?
Yes. Definitely. Because the more I practice cycling, the more I appreciate it. And now I've got my wife started doing it. So every Saturday my wife and I go to the gym and we do the spin class. We have every time 24 of us getting on a bike and we're doing all the different programs. Before, after only three minutes I was done; now I'm about 45 minutes and I'm still riding.
It's just a great sport. And nobody knows! I would say that in China a very small percentage of the population would appreciate that. People don't really have a chance to appreciate it.
We had interesting discussions with different parties and even with Yann [Le Moenner], the CEO of ASO. I'd say he's a very good person, a very good professional. I got to know him last time I was in Paris and we had a great conversation about potential cooperations in many many different aspects.
I think the Tour de France has a very special place in the sport of cycling. No one can replace that. Because of the Tour de France cycling can become such a popular sport. Being a cycling sports lover, I kind of respect that and I really appreciate that. So I hope that we can really learn a lot from those guys. I have sent delegations to go to watch and we can certainly do that.
And then Tour de Suisse has been successful and we are trying to work out a better calendar position but in the meanwhile we have Ironman, we have Infront — we are really doing a lot of stuff. And Andrew Messick, who is actually CEO of World Triathlon Corp, used to run the Tour of California for several years. So he's a passionate cyclist. So we are looking for opportunities to do more.
One of the things that's different about the Tour of Guangxi is the massive numbers of security staff on the side of the road. Can you explain the philosophy behind that?
It's a dilemma, frankly. People say "Oh, David, good job on the safety side." At the same time I cringe — it consumes a lot of public resources. If they [the Guangxi provincial government] ask Wanda to pay for everything, I would be broke tomorrow. That will not become viable anymore. So for us we have to find ways to find a middle ground somewhere.
The inaugural Tour of Guangxi has employed a staggering number of security staff.
I said "Don't worry — this is a process. Why is the Tour de France so successful but it requires much less, maybe, monetary-wise investment from the government? Because people are used to it. Every year they know what they expect. They can really cheer for the peloton, they can cheer for the leaders, but at same time they wouldn't hurt riders; they wouldn't cause any problems.
So what we're hoping for … we want to do it long term because the longer term we do this, the easier the process can become. And then you see the people — this year they're all cheering for it, next year they will cheer for it but they wouldn't really try to cross the road right before the race comes in! So this is an educational process.
We all have different issues. Over there, it's maybe a little more an alcohol issue. Here it's more like people are too eager to jump ahead [of the riders]. I think that little string of security helps, but I think the number of [security staff] we should use should come down over time.
Right now you see, especially in cities, almost every 10 meters you have a volunteer standing there — they're not real police. They're just kind of wearing a … they're not real police. We have a lot of volunteers. But the next year we'll hopefully [have them] not 10 metres [apart]; maybe 100 metres.
Do you have an idea of roughly how many people are involved in security at the race? It must be in the thousands or tens of thousands?
No. I wouldn't even dare to guess.
Is there a chance we could see the Tour of Guangxi expand beyond six days in the future?
For us, of course, we take it one step at a time. So even now, today is the fourth day — it's too early to talk about success yet. We still have two more days to go. We have the UCI Gala to be held in almost 48 hours. So we take one step at a time and we're sure that will be a much bigger scale in the future.
Because when people see it on TV or on digital media, they see the helicopter, the birds-view of the city … oh my god. That really triggers a lot of pride. I'm sure other parts of China, the governments, will probably think the same way.
Disclosure statement: Matt de Neef travelled to China for the Tour of Guangxi as a guest of Wanda Sports.


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How would you classify your music?
My music classification as an Artist is Tropical, r&b pop. So it definitely is a combination of sounds with some additions to the classifications in Tropical, r&b pop style of music. For example when I talk about R&B you can also include rap or hip hop music and when I talk about tropical music there is an array of subgenres that fall into that category like reggae, reggeaton, bachata and ambient music.
Who are some of your top 5 musical influences?
Top five would be hard as I have more than five but growing up my parents would play anyone from Prince to The Beatles to guns and roses to Madonna, Michael and Janet Jackson to Whitney Houston to okay I think I said more than 5 haha but the list does go on and on up to today's new artists.
What do you want fans to take from your music?
I like people to feel free, confident and uplifting when listening to my music. I like to dance when I listen to music so I like to make music to make people dance.
How's the music scene in your locale?
Music scene where I live in Miami and where I'm from Toronto Originally is very diverse and new styles are being born from a combinations of culture, sounds and other historic genres.
When did you know you were destined for music?
Since I sang in a church choir and in my parents living room with my siblings growing up. When I would perform in local Theatres growing up I always love the stage and performance.
What is the best concert you have been to? What do you like most about playing live?
Best concert was performing on stage in front of 75000 + people in Toronto, I enjoy seeing the happiness in people and when you know everyone is having a good time.
Is there a song on your latest CD release here that stands out as your personal favorite, and why?
The song I chose for my latest single CD release was because it brought me back to my hometown Toronto. It helps me look back at all my accomplishments up to where I am now in Miami, how I got to where I am now. It makes me feel strong maybe a little hot, sexy and confident. It's such a great feeling, that's what I wanted to express in the latest single release.
How have you evolved as an artist over the last year?
I have evolved quite tremendously during the pandemic. Where recording as an artist has become more creative thinking as per the norm of just going to a professional studio to record and the staff and team manages how things go. I have through months or trials and error created my own studio. It was quite the challenge of not being taken seriously as a female in a male dominating music industry. It still is quite the challenge to get all the right recording equipment and software tools that are compatible. I now work with studio staff personnel, management and team remotely, manage my own projects individually. Being able to make my own record deals directly and accomplishing these new releases successfully. I think it's a great evolvement not only as an artist but for many other positions like producers, mixers, managers, directors, labels, schools etc. Companies in the music industry and all industries. I find it also gives me time to explore my creative talent content. I'm also continuing my education online and building a lot of relationships in the music industry community.
If you could meet, play a gig, co-write a song, have dinner, have a drink with any band or artist (dead or alive) who would it be and why?
I have too many so I leave that one to guess and wonder hmm. I'm hinting though that in the album release for next year we got some really great featured songs that I am ecstatic about and looking forward to releasing some great music on the new album for 2021.
I'd like to continue my education, success, brand, family, continue to inspire and heal the world. Whatever may come. I look forward to what is to come. I believe in our future. I believe that music is healing. I like to continue giving love with music for humanity around the world and just continue to make great music.
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Alpha Film Series
8th December 2022 By Matt Town
Alpha start Tuesday 10th January 2023!! Doors open 7:30pm at the Granary, St.Martins Quarter, Worcester, WR1 2DA. We'd love to see you there. You can register and book your place by clicking the Explore Faith button on our home page and follow the links…
We're on the move!!!
27th September 2022 By Matt Town
We have temporarily moved out of our Lowesmoor building whilst building works take place. For now we are meeting just around the corner in the TA Centre (104 Regt Royal Atillery on Google maps) for our Sunday morning gathering at 10:30am. The TA centre building is just opposite the ASDA entrance, so keep your eye […]
2nd October 2021 By Matt Town
We're so excited to be launching our NEW cafe, Elevenses, next Wednesday!! This is a great place to drop in and chat, grab a cuppa and cake and relax! OPEN to all! Join us there at 10:00-11:30am 🎉☕🍰 For more information, drop us a message! talktous@wearelifehouse.org
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We're back in the building!
We are now re-gathering in-person at our city base on Lowesmoor in Worcester. Come and join us, we'd really love to see you. Our gathering starts at 10:30am with tea and freshly ground coffee and an opportunity to catch up with each other before we celebrate and worship together. Our children's groups are not quite […]
30th October 2020 By Matt Town
Our church gathers in different ways, both in-person and online. We're gathering on Sundays at our city base on Lowesmoor and online for mid-week gatherings called Clusters. These groups are an opportunity to worship, pray and build community. To get more information about these groups please email talktous@wearelifehouse.org. There is a group that meets on […]


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Beard Foundation Honors Richard Melman and Michel Nischan
The James Beard Foundation announced Jan. 26 that Richard Melman, renowned restaurateur, and Michel Nischan, acclaimed leader in the sustainable food movement, have been named the recipients of the 2015 James Beard Foundation Lifetime Achievement award and Humanitarian of the Year award, respectively.
The Lifetime Achievement award is bestowed upon a person in the industry whose lifetime body of work has had a positive and long-lasting impact on the way we eat, cook, and think about food in America, while the Humanitarian of the Year award is given to an individual or organization whose work in the realm of food has improved the lives of others and benefited society at large.
Melman and Nischan will be honored at this year's James Beard Foundation Awards presented by Lexus, on Monday, May 4, 2015, at Lyric Opera of Chicago.
"These two honors are standing ovation moments during our awards ceremony," says Susan Ungaro, president of the James Beard Foundation. "I am so delighted we are honoring two men whose contributions to our industry have spanned decades and impacted countless lives. We know that they will continue to share their knowledge, good work, and love of the food world for years to come."
Richard Melman, founder and chairman of Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises, a Chicago-based corporation that owns more than 100 restaurants nationwide, has dedicated his life to the restaurant business. The two-time James Beard Foundation Award winner spent his early days working in a series of restaurants, including a family-owned establishment. In 1971 he and partner Jerry A. Orzoff opened R.J. Grunts, a hip burger joint that soon became one of the hottest restaurants in Chicago.
Melman and Orzoff revolutionized food, presenting it with a sense of humor and creating a fun and youthful vibe, which paved the way for dining out as entertainment, a trend that swept this country in the early 1970s.
Melman and Orzoff continued to develop restaurant concepts together until Orzoff's passing in 1981. Through his relationship with Orzoff, Melman formulated a philosophy based on the importance of partners, shared profits and responsibilities, joint growth, and personal development.
Today, Melman has more than 60 working partners, most of whom have advanced through the organization. As a mentor to chefs and restaurateurs, Melman has established himself as a leader in the nation's restaurant world, enabling others to create businesses that set standards in the food industry from casual to fine dining. Melman's passion for the culinary industry is something he has passed along to his three children who are all successful restaurateurs themselves.
"I am thrilled and honored to be the recipient of the Lifetime Achievement award from the James Beard Foundation," Melman says. "It is always wonderful to be recognized by your peers, and to receive the award in my hometown of Chicago gives it even greater meaning."
The 2015 Humanitarian of the Year award recipient, Chef Michel Nischan, is a trailblazer of the sustainable food movement and celebrity chef with over 30 years of experience advocating for a more local and regenerative food system.
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The two-time James Beard Foundation Award winner is founder and partner of the former Dressing Room Restaurant with the late actor Paul Newman, co-founder of the Chefs Action Network, and, most notably, founder, president, and CEO of Wholesome Wave.
Nischan and his team at Wholesome Wave have been at the forefront of advocating for a healthful, equitable, and more sustainable food system since the organization's inception in 2007.
At its core, Wholesome Wave aims to allow people in underserved food areas to make healthier food choices by increasing affordability and access to locally grown food and provides local farm business with increased revenue opportunities. In 2008 Wholesome Wave piloted the Double Value Coupon Program at 12 markets in three states.
Since then the organization has launched numerous initiatives, including the Fruit and Vegetable Prescription Program and Healthy Food Commerce Investments. As a result of sharing Wholesome Wave program outcomes with key decision makers in states, cities, Congress and at federal agencies, the recently passed Federal Farm Bill includes legislative language supporting the doubling of food stamps used to purchase fruits and vegetables at farm-to-retail outlets.
With Nischan's efforts, the Wholesome Wave program has become a model for forward-thinking, imaginative solutions that go beyond charity to focus on economic viability.
"I am indescribably humbled to be chosen for this prestigious award, especially given the many culinary leaders who work to make real change happen," Nischan says. "The James Beard Foundation continues to strengthen our community, making the world a better place through good food and genuine hospitality. We grow that focus to ensurethat people in need have affordable access to wholesome, delicious food. I wholeheartedly agree with James when he said, 'Food is our common ground.'"
On Tuesday, March 24, 2015, the Foundation will announce the final nominees for all award categories during a press breakfast at the James Beard House. Nominations will be announced live via the Foundation's Twitter feed at twitter.com/beardfoundation.
On Friday, April 24, 2015, the James Beard Foundation Book, Broadcast, and Journalism Awards Dinner, an exclusive event honoring the nation's top cookbook authors, culinary broadcast producers and hosts, and food journalists, will take place at Pier Sixty at Chelsea Piers in New York City.
The James Beard Foundation Awards Ceremony and Gala Reception will take place at Lyric Opera of Chicago on Monday, May 4, 2015. During the event, which is open to the public, awards for the Restaurant and Chef and Restaurant Design categories will be handed out, along with special achievement awards including Humanitarian of the Year, Lifetime Achievement, Who's Who of Food and Beverage in America, and America's Classics. A gala reception will immediately follow, featuring top chefs and beverage professionals from across the country.


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Short Circuits: Aphorisms, Fragments, and Literary Anomalies (Paperback)
By James Lough (Editor), Alex Stein (Editor)
Following up on the success of their first anthology of aphorisms, Short Flights, editors James Lough and Alex Stein have returned with a new volume that expands on the theme of aphorisms to include other short form writing and concrete poetry and prose from several of the world's leading, award-winning, and bestsellling writers in the genre, including Charles Simic, Lydia Davis, Sarah Manguso, Jane Hirschfield, Joy Harjo, Yahia Labadidi, Claudia Rankine, and Stephen Dobyns.
James Lough is the author of This Ain't No Holiday Inn and Sites of Insight, which won the Publications Prize from the Colorado Endowment of the Humanities. His stories have won the 2011 America's Got Stories Award and the Frank Waters Southwestern Writing Award for short fiction. Alex Stein is the co-editor with James Lough of Short Flights and the author of The Artist as Mystic: Conversations with Yahia Lababidi and a book of aphorisms, Weird Emptiness.
"Editors Lough and Stein prove that good things come in small packages with this collection of modern aphorisms-short but sweet nuggets of wisdom, humor, insight, and clever turns of phrase . . . something for everyone in this proverbial box of chocolates." —Publisher's Weekly, Sept. 25th
"Aphorism is thought going naked . . . It aims for transparency, and when it achieves that, as it does on every page of this wonderful collection, the result is arousing . . . surprise mingled with illumination . . . writing instructors will find the book especially useful in helping teach their students to write clearly and concisely." —Joseph Hutchison, Colorado Poet Laureate
"And you thought an aphorism was just an aphorism? This thoroughly lively volume of contemporary aphorists (a no longer secret society) suggests otherwise." —David Lazar, founding editor, Hotel Amerika and author, The Body of Brooklyn and Occasional Desire
"Short Circuits is a knockout beautiful book full of wonderful stuff that makes you laugh, smile, shake your head, admire writers, feel touched, honored, charmed, surprised, a little threatened, a lot thrilled." —Frederick Barthelme,author, There Must Be Some Mistake and Double Down; editor, New World Writing
"This book, a compilation of what feel like urgent text messages from some of the 21st century's best writers, operates as an early warning system to the future of literary art. Crucial." —David Shields, author of Reality Hunger and The Thing About Life Is That One Day You'll Be Dead
Interview with Jordan Wannemacher, cover designer for Short Circuits. —Spine Magazinehttp://spinemagazine.com
"This anthology is the kind of book that you can read quickly, as the collected works by each author are made up of fragments and micro-prose, or savor slowly and linger with each piece." —Melissa Grunow, Medium
"Following up on Short Flights, Lough and Alex Stein assembled the short-writing thoughts, creative ideas, and favorite short works of another stellar list of contributors. Careful thinkers of all stripes will find a great deal to enjoy." —Matt Sutherland, Foreword Reviews
Publisher: Schaffner Press, Inc.
Publication Date: April 1st, 2018
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Man charged with smuggling tarantulas
By Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times
Dec. 4, 2010 12 AM PT
A German man has been charged with smuggling hundreds of tarantulas into the United States through the mail, netting more than $300,000, authorities said Friday.
Sven Koppler, 37, was charged with illegally importing wildlife into the country, an offense that carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison and a $250,000 fine.
"He is one of the largest importers of illegal tarantulas into the United States," Assistant U.S. Atty. Mark Williams said. "He has been doing it for several years."
Koppler received hundreds of thousands of dollars from sales of tarantulas in dozens of countries, including transactions with about nine people in the United States, Williams said. Authorities were investigating others who may have been part of the scheme, he said.
A search of international packages in March revealed about 300 live tarantulas in a shipment to Los Angeles.
"They were really surprised to find hundreds of tarantulas in a routine search of the mail," Williams said.
Koppler allegedly placed the spiders inside small plastic tubes. Agents from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service intercepted a second package that contained nearly 250 live tarantulas wrapped in colored plastic straws.
The second package contained 22 Mexican red-kneed tarantulas (Brachypelma smithii), a species that is protected under an international treaty. Federal prosecutors say agents posing as buyers ordered additional tarantulas from Koppler, who sent them from Germany to the agents in the United States.
The agents received a package in April that included about 70 live tarantulas and one dead spider, and four packages last month that included several dozen live and dead tarantulas. The undercover buys involved Brachypelma, which are protected by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species.
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Richard Winton
Richard Winton is an investigative crime writer for the Los Angeles Times and part of the team that won the Pulitzer Prize for public service in 2011. Known as @lacrimes on Twitter, during almost 30 years at The Times he also has been part of the breaking news staff that won Pulitzers in 1998, 2004 and 2016.