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The company is founded by Carl Heinrich Schäfer as C.H. Schäfer in Ohorn, 30 km north of Dresden. It initially produces and sells special weaving machines for the ribbon industry in the surrounding area.
Max Schäfer takes over management of the business after his father's early death. The company focuses on manufacturing looms made from metal. Over the subsequent decades, ongoing investment in production focuses on hardened gears and spiral bevel gears.
Max Schäfer develops and registers a patent for a multi-step powershift gearbox. Its primary application is drying cement and coal.
More than 90% of the facility is destroyed during the final days of the war but rebuilding is completed within just a few months. In the early 1950s, more looms and winding machines as well as the multi-step powershift gearbox are supplied to various industry sectors. Karl Schäfer, nephew of Max Schäfer, takes over after his uncle's death in 1953.
The business is seized by the East German government in 1969. Production continues to expand and the number of employees increases from 200 to 260. In 1991, the company returns to private hands and is renamed as C.H. Schäfer Getriebe GmbH. Over the next few years, more than 30 million euro is invested in production processes and maintenance.
C.H. Schäfer Getriebe GmbH, Getriebe Schäfer GmbH and Getriebe Schäfer Ankara A.S. go green and are now part of the ZIMM Group.


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Compliance May 4, 2004
Disabled Worker Not Entitled to 'Plum' Assignment
April 29, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US Supreme Court has thrown out a lower court ruling giving a US Airways baggage handler job preference over senior co-workers, saying that disabled employees aren't always entitled to premium assignments.
In a split 5-4 decision written by Justice Stephen Breyer, the court said the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) does not pre-empt normal company seniority policies, according to an Associated Press report.
Even in reversing a lower court and sending the case involving Robert Barnett back for further action, justices appeared to leave open the possibility that disabled workers might still get special treatment if they can prove they're an exception to the rule.
"In our view, the seniority system will prevail in the run of cases," Breyer wrote.
US Airways had appealed in the Barnett case, asking whether the ADA was intended to take precedence over its normal practice. "We answer that ordinarily the ADA does not require that assignment," Breyer wrote.
Scalia: More Employer Protection
Justice Antonin Scalia said in a dissent that the court should have taken a stronger position protecting employers from lawsuits over seniority systems. Also dissenting were Justices Clarence Thomas, David Souter, and Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
The ruling applies to both union and nonunion companies. As a practical matter, it will have more effect on systems that are a matter of company policy, rather than a result of an employer's contract with its unions, employment lawyers told the Associated Press.
"The typical seniority system provides important employee benefits by creating, and fulfilling, employee expectations of fair, uniform treatment," Breyer wrote.
Under the US Airways seniority system, about 14,000 customer service employees receive duties, shifts, transfers and holidays based on experience.
Barnett sought a transfer after hurting his back loading baggage at San Francisco International Airport in 1990. He was given a job in the mailroom, but employees with more seniority later requested the same position. Under seniority rules, they could bump him to a less desirable job.
Barnett sued in 1994 under the ADA and won in lower courts. The Ninth US
Circuit Court of Appeals said employers cannot use a seniority system to avoid seeking solutions for disabled employees.
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Walk along the gallery leading from the hotel's lobby towards the restaurant, and you will see photographs of many well-known figures posing with Küchler— not the other way around. Werner Küchler has met, served, and conversed with the world's great, rich, and famous. He has even sung to them.
Walk along the gallery leading from the hotel's lobby towards the restaurant, and you will see photographs of Marlene Dietrich, Catherine Deneuve, Tom Hanks, Sharon Stone and many other well-known figures posing with Küchler— not the other way around. Werner Küchler has met, served, and conversed with the world's great, rich, and famous. He has even sung to them.
A conversation with Werner Küchler, Director of Paris's Relais Plaza restaurant.
As director of the Relais Plaza at Paris's iconic Hôtel Plaza Athénée, Küchler is one of the few remaining truly celebrated restaurant directors around.
For 44 years, he has orchestrated operations, events and ambiance at the renowned Art Deco restaurant as effectively and more charismatically than most CEOs manage international corporations. Küchler's remarkable track record extends well beyond creating a magical, sought-after restaurant experience. He cultivates an impressive international network that he manages through his address book—a smartphone—and at times acts as private concierge for desperate, loyal customers who have nobody else to turn to. He is a passionate singer who regularly performs for delighted customers during the restaurant's monthly Jazz Night. He is also a passionate food lover, a well-travelled citizen of the world, and a semi-professional cyclist with close ties to the Tour de France.
But above all, he is an inspiring leader. Throughout Küchler's tenure at the Relais Plaza, not one apprentice has failed, and the members of his team are known for their loyalty and commitment—the average length of employment on his team is 20 years.
His beginnings at the restaurant were humble. More than 45 years ago, Küchler left Germany and arrived by train at Paris's Gare de l'Est. He spoke no French, knew no one in the city, had nowhere to go, nor any firm plans. He spent his first night in the City of Lights under a historic bridge. Perhaps he had an epiphany there, because he started looking for work immediately. He knocked on the door of the famous Hôtel Plaza Athénée, located on the Avenue Montaigne in Paris's haute couture district, and was hired as a room service waiter in 1973. Quickly understanding the trade and taking advantage of opportunities, as he is skilled at doing, Küchler entered the Relais Plaza restaurant.
EHL Senior Lecturer Frank Schuetzendorf caught up with Küchler, now in his 45th year of running the Relais Plaza at the Hôtel Plaza Athénée.
In this exclusive interview, the legendary restaurant director shares his insights on building customer loyalty and running a successful restaurant operation over a period of more than four decades.
FS: Werner, what inspires you about what you do?
WK: I think that this should be the most important question for everybody in life.
What inspires me? There's the relationship, the sharing experience, and then there's the constant questioning of the status quo, the everyday enquiring if things have been done the best way they can be done.
WK: If you don't know how to work on this, it can be like fireworks. Restaurants that open and provide something new are fully booked every day, but after a month nobody returns.
My approach has always been, "We have to seduce, sell, satisfy and keep the customer, don't let him get away." If you work on these four major elements, then you have the key to keeping your customers.
Building a customer base is important for my revenues. When you speak to your customers, you learn what they like and how to treat them. Those customers will tell you if you're on the right track or not. Sometimes you may have to walk away, but you always have to listen to and take in what they have to say and what they are telling you. I believe this is the key to satisfying the customer. Then, if the customer tells you something about something that he doesn't like that much, but comes back and sees the little changes you've made because you agreed with what he said, you're beginning to earn his loyalty.
FS: But how many of those customers will become loyal?
WK: For a restaurant of 100 seats, a base of 1,200 to 1,500 regular customers should provide you with an occupancy of 50 percent. But you also have to recognize and greet these people by name when they arrive.
FS: So what's a loyal customer?
WK: In some places like mine, customers come every month, some come every week, and some come for lunch or dinner twice or even three times a week. You recognize and can remember these regulars.
But some customers who come three or four times a year—that requires a different kind of work.
You have to feel your way when, say, Mr. Smith comes four times a year. How he dresses or the way he looks—these provide information about his values, expectations, and who he is. You have to read all the signals—to bring you back and make you remember or feel what he is expecting something from you. He must be recognized! Of course, when he comes three times a year, you're not sure to recognize him, but he still expects a lot from you. After a while in this business, you begin to acquire a technique for remembering, for how to think back to a day or a dinner, or how you spoke to this couple. Maybe you had spent a lot of time with them. You can really lose this customer if you're not able to remember him or give him the time he is asking for and expecting.
FS: Today we use a lot of reservations systems and social media to attract customers. Yet, what we are talking about here are the subtle, underlying things and emotional intelligence—things we cannot extract from raw data.
Is this something you can teach and learn?
WK: For me it always comes back to my core customer base. But even before that, what I first need is superior quality in cuisine and service. It then depends on what kind of clientele I want and what kind of experience I would like to provide.
Say, for example, I seat a beautiful couple that comes in to enjoy a pleasant dining experience with some nice wine. As I said in the beginning, I have to seduce. But how I do this is key. The most important thing is to give—to give good service to everyone and special little attentions to my customer base. So I investigate: Is this couple staying at the hotel? Or have they bought a nice apartment in Paris? Or do they plan on coming to Paris several times a year? In any case, I know that they're observing us. They look around and they see that the restaurant is like a club: the atmosphere is nice, and the team is providing attention to everybody. This gives them a sense of belonging to the group of diners who are present.
There are some things you shouldn't do to such guests. You shouldn't share your whole life with them on the first encounter. Just give them a little attention: make them feel valued and let them know that you would be honored to have the pleasure of seeing them again—just little things—because you're not sure if they'll come back one year later. If you tell them your whole life story and the next time they bring friends, they will expect you to recognize them—something you cannot be sure you'll be able to do.
When you do recognize them, then you can go a little further: you can give them a nicer table, make them feel more and more part of the club, or you can thank them simply by sending them a card like "Thank you for coming…." Those are all nice gestures, and they don't cost much effort or time.
Therefore, to me, customer loyalty means that you know your customers.
FS: Being in the same establishment successfully for the past 45 years—how has this contributed to your life?
WK: The restaurant is a brand. It's an institution. But there are other institutions. And by maintaining this institution and by helping it grow and consistently evolve, little by little—doing better every day—you develop into a leader. The leader does not necessarily have to agree with Chef or the owners, but he has to be very clear about and say what he wants. There are so many restaurants that were great—for example, the world's best restaurant, Maxim's. They changed the leader. They took a man and replaced him with another man—a more corporate Yes-man that would never dare to go against the decision makers—and that's the way you lose your way.
You have to fight for your vision, and the best tactic is to bring in business, which is more difficult today than in the past.
FS: How hard is it to build a winning team?
WK: Many years ago, everyone was paid on commission, based on your customers. Today, you pay your staff fixed salaries, which makes it much more difficult to excite and motivate people to work with you—especially if they have to be in the restaurant for lunch time and again for dinner, knowing how difficult it is when you live in Paris. And it's even more challenging when the restaurant is open seven days a week and if, within the same hotel, there are different approaches to working together.
To succeed and keep the show running, you have to focus on yourself. You have to believe in yourself and not give up. If I gave up, I wouldn't like myself anymore; I would feel bad. Of course, there are moments when I tire out, but I know that I will come back. And if you try in your life and you fix little challenges, it's the same. There is never a straight line, there are always difficulties. But when it works out, it inspires you, and you try another, and another, and another time. This provides you with confidence, which then gives you the confidence of all your employers, because you are realizing things that have never happened before.
FS: The restaurant and its patrons make you, and you make the restaurant. Is this a comment on your networking skills?
WK: I think the name and the brand are always more important than the manager, but you also have to acknowledge that some brands no longer exist because they were not able to find the right manager.
I have found that, in creating this base of loyal customers and, with it, the network, moments happen when all the stars align—when things suddenly connect. If you don't see this when it happens, you are blind or too absorbed in the operations to notice.
But you need to connect these things together, because it provides new business opportunities. You need to step back and let go to see the opportunity, which is why you have to have confidence in the people around you. But you also have to control—that's important. Sharing this vision is not always easy to communicate, but you have to try to and persevere.
Connecting all these beautiful things together works—it brings you business and opens up new playing fields. For example, the Tour de France cycling championship had their annual party at the Relais Plaza for the third time, and important managers are coming to the Plaza Athénée Hotel and booking rooms and tables. They have become friends. In 2018, the Tour de France will come down the Avenue Montaigne—our street—because we have connected the dots. And, tonight, I have a big private party with 15 journalists outside the hotel, where I'll be an ambassador for my restaurant, the hotel, and the Tour de France.
FS: Your network is impressive. What's your secret? And how do you connect with customers that will make them want to give you their private telephone number?
WK: Believe it or not, each time the telephone rings and I see it's a customer, I consider this a gift.
It's important to me that a customer can directly express his wishes to me. The restaurant is open seven days a week, but I also take my days off and holidays. When I am not sure that the little things are going to get done or when the team needs help and advice, I tell them to contact me. Even if I am on holiday, off, or in a very busy situation, I take the call. Because, for me, that's a gift that makes the relationship stronger.
WK: The thing is you create habits—habits that you cannot give up because you are training your customers. For me, it's important that the customer leaves the restaurant and that he is 100 percent happy—the price, the quality and the service all working together to create the customer experience. If I see or feel that things were not all right, I can intervene.
There are signs, and I sensitize my staff to look for these signs—for example, if a customer doesn't finish his main course. Asking simple questions to find out what's going on is important. This information must come to me and when it does and it's not okay I can go very far to make it right.
So, it's important to read the signs. This also creates customer loyalty. Opening your eyes and ears to listen to customers and letting the customer talk is important. We should always question ourselves when the customer is telling us something.
FS: What are today's customers looking for? How can you make a difference in this competitive world today?
WK: It's always the same things. What they need is to feel welcomed, which is more difficult today than it was before. Attitudes have changed, money has changed, the world is a faster-paced place today. It's difficult to distinguish people today, because the way they dress is unrevealing. Again, you have to recognize the signs, which I'm not always able to do with customers wearing holes in their pants. Are they coming from Dior or from a second-hand shop? I don't know.
FS: Today's managers are butterflying around and trying many different jobs. What does the next generation of managers need in order to be successful?
WK: I have the feeling today that our lives are on rails. We are cultivating a lot of followers coming from schools and big companies—but they are on these rails. They do their jobs more or less well, but it's as if they are on autopilot. They speak and teach business, financials, resources, but not entrepreneurship.
This really surprises me, and I feel the way they are going is the wrong way. They seek their customers through social media. Maybe it works, maybe not. I can only say that I know how much we spend and how many people we invite through these channels, but I don't know what it brings back. Maybe I just don't know how to calculate this, but if it really works and it's good, why are hotels not packed? Why are restaurants not packed?
I believe in working little by little, one customer at a time, one-to-one. Secure your base, because they are your best ambassadors. I talk a lot, but I can also show results, and I am proud of that. That's also the reason why I'm still here—because the customers are coming for an ambiance. They're coming and they're expecting something, so they force me to do my best every day. And I also know that I can call upon this base of 50 to 60 percent regular customers when I need them and I will get a response, because I know them.
FS: How does success look like in the future?
WK: For me, the secret is to produce daily and yearly honest and emotional work, and to meet, learn and remember. Despite all the technology and social media available today, it comes down to hard work and ethics—there are no substitutes or short cuts. There are some luxury industries today that are smart—they're focusing on one-to-one again. They understand one-to-one and the value behind it, because one-to-one becomes one-to-five, and one-to-five becomes one-to-ten, through ambassadorship.
Also, what's important to me is to not complicate things but to get to the heart of things. Instead of spending a lot of money, read the customer's signals, then work on getting recommendations through seduction, sales, and customer satisfaction.
FS: Gandhi once said: "A customer is the most important visitor on our premises. He is not dependent on us. We are dependent on him. He is not an interruption of our work. He is the purpose of it. He is not an outsider of our business. He is part of it. We are not doing him a favor by serving him. He is doing us a favor by giving us the opportunity to do so." Any comment?
This article was first published in May 2018 in Hotel Asset Management.
Pictures courtesy of Hôtel Plaza Athénée Paris.


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Dolphins Get Back To .500 With 6th Straight Win Against Lowly Jets
By Steven "Goldie" Goldstein December 19, 2021 at 4:24 pm
Filed Under:Local TV, Miami Dolphins, Miami News, Steve Goldstein
MIAMI (CBSMiami) – Make it six in a row for the Miami Dolphins.
The streak was on the line at Hard Rock Stadium as the Dolphins hosted the struggling Jets.
Miami was trying to sweep the season series and keep playoff hopes alive.
After a slow start, the Dolphins dominated until a Tua Tagovailoa fourth quarter interception was returned for a touchdown to tie the game at 24.
The running game came up big to help reclaim the lead, for good, for a 31-24 final.
It wasn't always pretty against the bad Jets, but Miami pulled out a win and incredibly is back to .500 at 7-7.
D Does It Again
The defense continues its march through the second half of the season in dominant fashion. Besides numbers looking good and the tenacity with which the Dolphins get after the opponent and quarterback has been something special to watch.
No Head Start
It was surprising to see the Jets make plays and get the lead on the Dolphins. Maybe coming off the bye week the Dolphins had to shake off some rust. But they didn't allow the Jets to get too far ahead. The Dolphins were fortunate to only be down by seven at halftime.
Tricks No Treats
CBS4's Steve Goldstein can't recall an NFL game with the number of gadget plays the Jets ran. In the first half it seemed like every fifth or sixth play involved trickery. The 3-10 Jets had nothing to lose and played like it. The Dolphins then went deep into the playbook for a pass to defensive lineman Christian Wilkins for the a go ahead fourth quarter touchdown. It was fun to watch.
No Waddle Problem
The outstanding rookie's absence was felt especially for quarterback Tua Tagovailoa. The duo has great chemistry and Waddle is always there for Tua when needed. Tua didn't look like the same QB he had been the last three games until late in the first half. It's a tough adjustment to lose a primary weapon like Waddle.
But as much as Tua battled through, he made mistakes including the big fourth quarter throw for a pick six when the Dolphins seemingly had the game wrapped up.
But Tua came back and made a big third down throw to DeVante Parker for the winning touchdown with 3:37 left. He struggled for much of this game but did get another win.
Return of the Duke
This was a happy homecoming. Running back Duke Johnson is a hometown guy and former Hurricane. He is now a Dolphin, scoring a first half touchdown and having a big impact on the game. His second TD was all heart. The crowd ate up the feel good story as it seemed like old times for Johnson at Hard Rock Stadium. In the fourth quarter, with the game on the line, the Johnson-Gaskin running combo was dominant.
Win 'Em all
The Dolphins have come all the way back from a 1-7 record to put themselves in position for the playoffs. They have the next two games on the road in New Orleans and Tennessee before finishing the season at home against New England.
The bottom line now is win all three and the Dolphins have a good chance to make the playoffs.
An amazing statement after the first two months of the season.
Steven "Goldie" Goldstein
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UFC Fighter INJURED In GRENADE ATTACK!
dan December 27, 2018 1k Views
The UFC has been in the news quite a bit lately with the controversy surrounding the state of Nevada not wanting to issue main event fighter Jon Jones a license to fight in Las Vegas this week which prompted the UFC to move the entire pay per view event to California on a week's notice.
It's a move that is indicative of the fact that the UFC isn't exactly all too caring about anything but pay per view revenue by having one of their top stars fighting in a main event spot. That being said despite there being some bad apples in the organization as far as management goes and as far as some of the fighters there are fighters that are genuinely good people.
They are also as tough as people come. I remember in the early days of the UFC when the people with grappling disciplines were almost looked down on because people seriously thought back in the day that a punch would end every fight. Well a couple of grapplers set folks straight on that count.
Also, not to say that they aren't tough people, but when you have someone that can no sell a grenade attack….from an actual grenade, you have some people that you would not want to stand across the cage from.
Via Western Journal:
UFC fighter Alex Oliveira was injured by an exploding grenade while back home in Brazil for the Christmas holiday.
Oliveira was celebrating with his family on Christmas Eve near Rio de Janiero when he went out to get some gas.
While driving to the gas station, he saw members of his family involved in an altercation, according to a report from Yahoo Sports.
When he got out of his car to see what was going on, one of the attackers threw a grenade toward him.
The grenade exploded and some of the shrapnel got lodged in his leg and foot, Yahoo Sports reported.
"One guy came up and pointed a gun at my nephew's face, and that's when people started pushing each other," Oliveira told Brazilian TV station Rio Sul, reported Yahoo.
"They had machetes, knives, a grenade. They threw a grenade in my direction. Fragments flew to my leg and my foot," Oliveira added.
Oliveira was taken to a local hospital to have the shrapnel removed.
Alex Oliveira's first post since getting injured by a grenade. It's like nothing ever happened. He's definitely gonna fight within a month or two somehow. #ufc #mma pic.twitter.com/rNKFOTs7Dv
— FKA UFCFaceSwap (@mmarandom) December 26, 2018
"They opened my leg to take out the shrapnel, they got the point," Oliveira told Rio Sul, according to a computer translation. "I've got my leg bandaged here with a bandage."
His manager, Alex Davis, said Oliveira is OK, ESPN reported.


Xiamen Powerway Advanced Material Co.,Ltd (PAM-XIAMEN), the leading developer and supplier of compound semiconductor crystal and wafer, today announces availability of InGaN substrate materials. InGaN is the key compound semiconductor material used for the fabrication of blue, green, and white light emitting diodes (LEDs),GaN-based ultra violet (UV), bblue laser diodes (LDs) and solar photovoltaic application. Indium gallium nitride is as the light-emitting layer for these light-emitting devices and determine device efficiency, light output power and lifetime. InGaN substrates are needed for InGaN-based device epitaxial structures and to improve device performance.
"Now we can offer wide range nitirde semiconductor materials,including GaN, InGaN, InN, and AlN epi wafer with a wide range of deposition rates, various doping levels, wide composition ranges, and low defect densities, to meet our various customer's requests,including researcher and device foundry",added Victor Chan, a senior marketing manager for the company.
New substrates consist of an InGaN layer deposited on 2-inch GaN/sapphire template. In content in the InGaN layers ranges from 10 % to 40 %. Targeted applications are high brightness UV, blue, and green light emitting devices including light emitting diodes and, potentially, blue and green laser diodes. Currently InGaN template substrates are available in limited quantities. Available InGaN thickness:100-300nm.
50nm InGaN, 20% In composition, the rocking curve FMHW (00.2) ~ 460 arcsecs (10.2) to 610 arcsecs(Test equipment is a Bruker D8 high-resolution X-ray diffraction).But please note that of InGaN XRD data strongly depends on the thickness, the thickness of 200nm, of InGaN crystalline quality would be higher.Though the Raman data is also a measure of crystal quality, but less accuracy than the XRD precision, so we generally measure the quality of the crystal without Raman test.
Found in 1990,Xiamen Powerway Advanced Material Co., Ltd (PAM-XIAMEN) is a leading manufacturer of compound semiconductor material in China. PAM-XIAMEN develops advanced crystal growth and epitaxy technologies, manufacturing processes, engineered substrates and semiconductor devices. PAM-XIAMEN's technologies enable higher performance and lower cost manufacturing of semiconductor wafer.
In 2001,PAM-XIAMEN has been involved in GaN material research.PAM-XIAMEN now offer GaN, InGaN, InN, and AlN epitaxial products with a wide range of deposition rates, various doping levels, wide composition ranges, and low defect densities.
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Discussion in 'Teacher Time Out' started by ecteach, Mar 10, 2019.
Do you ever feel like you can't do all you need to for your students because you're dealing with your own personal issues? Not to get too personal, but I am going through a lot right now. I go to work every single day. I teach the curriculum. I am there for my students while they are in my presence. But, I literally cannot plan 1 field trip. I cannot talk to parents and hear their sob stories about why they don't send their children to school. I cannot do stupid committees that waste my time. I cannot be there to help my colleagues with ideas or "collaboration." I cannot do clubs. I cannot do games. I just emotionally can't.
I am doing all I can, and I know that everyone at work thinks I am fine. I am just wondering if anyone else has gone through personal struggles while teaching. How did you balance work and home life? I am not new to the field, but I am new to having the feeling like everything is falling apart.
Take care of yourself. If you are there for your students while they are in class, that is more than some can say.
I have had family illnesses and just taking on too many obligations, and it is tough. Cut out what you can, but some things are beyond your control to fix.
Hoping you get a spring break, and that summer will help.
This is a very tough field.
Sometimes you just have to take it a day (or an hour) at a time. Do the best you can.
I've had my own serious illness, illness and death or a father-in-law and dad, a terminal cancer diagnosis for my mom, and a crumbling marriage to an emotionally abusive husband. It all took a toll on me. I tried to hold it together at work. I did have a few friends at work who knew the struggles, which helped.
It happens to me too, but rarely.
That's tough. I've been through this. We've all been, I think. I don't know how people balance home life and work. After the second divorce , I gave up on my personal life. Now I'm into my work for 100%.
This might be a time that you do the minimum at work. That is not to say you are not a good teacher during this time - remain your brilliant self during class, but maybe dial down the extra stuff - field trips, special projects, anything you can cut, do so. Honestly, allow yourself to be a B- teacher. That sounds odd perhaps, but we cannot be all things to all people all the time and sometimes we MUST put ourselves first. Whatever it is you are dealing with outside of the classroom sounds like it needs your focus right now. Practice being kind to yourself right now. And don't feel guilty for it, feel proud: in the long run it is what makes you a better teacher. Sending e-hugs.


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Gallery: Civic engagement in action
Local government affects citizens' daily lives more than any other level of government, and local journalism is essential to keeping both citizens and elected officials informed about community issues.
One week after Election Day 2018, Insider Louisville partnered with The Library Foundation to host an event for citizens to meet members of Metro Council and the JCPS school board at the Main Library. Newly- and re-elected officials laid out their vision for 2019, and there was a roomful of conversations between and among public officials and Louisville constituents.
In other words, it was civic engagement in action.
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Chandra Gordon, Executive Director of The Library Foundation, welcomes attendees.
Markus Winkler, incoming Metro Councilman for District 17, addresses the crowd.
Bill Hollander, Metro Councilman for District 9, speaks to the crowd.
Anthony Piagentini, incoming Metro Councilman for District 19, speaks to the crowd.
James Craig, incoming Jefferson County School Board member from District 3, speaks to the crowd.
Ben Gies, of Jefferson County School Board District 4, speaks to attendees and fellow public officials.
Conversations between citizens and public officials followed the opening remarks.
A reception for members preceded the public forum.
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Revolvers' Dollars: methodology and cautions
by Lee Drutman and Alexander Furnas Jan 21, 2014 8:59 am
In our Revolvers' Dollars series, we built a panel dataset covering all active firm lobbyists between 1998 and 2012. This dataset contains 64,536 lobbyist-year observations, with 14,306 unique lobbyists each active for an average of 4.51 years. The sections below describe the methodology we used to build and analyze our dataset, and offer some cautions on the limitations of these data and methods.
Estimating salary: using revenue as a proxy
While we would ideally like to know lobbyists' salaries directly, this information is not publicly disclosed. We can, however, estimate the revenue that individual lobbyists are associated with. Since generally lobbyists are compensated based on the business they generate, we can assume that these revenue numbers are a decent proxy for salary. Indeed, in a perfectly competitive market for lobbyists, their compensation would approach the amount of revenue they bring in. Because of the limits to this approach, we confine ourselves to looking at lobbyists who work in lobbying firms ("contract" lobbyists), excluding "in-house" lobbyists who exclusively represent one organization, following the lead of Bertrand, Bombardini and Trebbi, and Vidal, Draca and Fons-Rosen.
We estimate revenues for individual lobbyists using the weighted measure described by Vidal, Draca and Fons-Rosen using the Center for Responsive Politics' bulk Lobbying Disclosure Act (LDA) data. For each LDA report we allocate a share of the total lobbying revenue to each lobbyist weighted inversely by the total number of lobbyists named in each section of the report. For example, an individual lobbyist listed alongside nine other lobbyists on a quarterly activity report with a value of $100,000 would be assigned $10,000 of revenue from that report. We repeat this allocation for all reports on which every lobbyist is listed for each year from 1998 to 2012, generating a revenue estimate for all years in which the lobbyist was active. To restrict our estimation to "active lobbyists," we further limited our sample to lobbyists who were listed on contracts with non-zero values in at least two quarters in a given year. All values have been inflation adjusted to 2012 dollars.
Certainly, we don't know how much of any given lobbyists' total time these lobbying reports represent, and we don't have access to the compensation structures inside lobbying firms. Still, we believe these numbers provide the best estimates available for describing the patterns of individual lobbyist revenue, and thus a reasonable proxy for their compensation.
It is important to note, however, that it is quite possible that many of these lobbyists (especially former members of Congress) actually earn substantially more in salary than they generate in revenue. They are likely to engage in a wider array of activities that do not meet the fairly narrow definition of lobbying under the Lobbying Disclosure Act, and thus remain unreported. It is also possible that many of the lobbyists who do not have government experience are career lawyers, who do some lobbying, but it does not account for the majority of their time.
As Sunlight Foundation Academic Fellow Tim LaPira explained recently on our blog, the number of government affairs professionals in Washington whose work would be counted under a more inclusive definition of lobbying is probably double what gets reported on lobbying disclosure forms, so we are obviously missing a good deal of activity.
Identifying lobbyists with previous government experience
Our method for identifying lobbyists with previous government experience is limited by our reliance on lobbyists' self-reported disclosures. Lobbyists are required to report previous government experience in the "covered position" field on their Lobbying Disclosure Act forms. This is a free text field, and their self-disclosures are far from 100 percent reliable. It is not uncommon for lobbyists to misinterpret the question and list their current position (e.g. Senior Partner, CEO, Director of Government Affairs), rather than listing a former government position. This field suffers from situational LDA external validity problems, but the reliability is consistent and unbiased over time. However, they are the best publicly-available data that we have.
To clean this field we used a best-efforts string matching script to exclude titles that were unlikely to be legitimate government positions. The set of terms used to identify these positions can be found here. When positions were ambiguous (e.g. policy associate, with no mention of a government office), we erred in the direction of classifying them as non-revolvers. This approach is imperfect, but performed well on a set of hand-tagged titles. Any lobbyist who reported a title on any disclosure report in our dataset that our classifier identified as a government position was classified as a lobbyist with previous government experience.
Identifying congressional office alumni
We also used the "covered position" field on the LDA forms to identify lobbyists who worked in specific congressional offices. As a result, our identification suffers from the same limitations as our more general identification of revolvers. We looked for mentions of the last names of all previous members of Congress, in the titles that lobbyists listed. It is commonplace for lobbyists who worked in congressional offices to list the name of the representative or senator for whom they worked, but no doubt there are cases where lobbyists list a title but not the office. Our identification strategy, unfortunately, would misclassify such cases.
Additionally, as members of Congress are often listed by last name only (e.g. Rep. Smith), we were unable to disambiguate between lobbyists who worked for different members of Congress with the same last name. Because of this we chose to only present data about the top offices, where we could hand-verify that lobbyists were correctly classified. We restricted our sample to congressional offices for which we identified at least 10 unique lobbyists active at some point between 1998 and 2012. We excluded John, White, Johnson and Davis and Washington, because of the high degree of misspecification and difficulty with disambiguation as well as Frank and Dodd, which were mostly mentioned in reference to the recent financial regulation. Revenue from lobbyists who mentioned more than one member of Congress was counted towards the totals for all members they listed.
As always, our data are only as reliable as the forms from whence they come. However, despite these limitations, we are confident that the numbers we've produced offer the best estimates available using public data, given the limitations we've described above.
You can download the panel dataset of active firm lobbyists here.
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The U.S. ordered the Palestinian mission to close. Here's why it matters.
Husam Zomlot is the former Head of the PLO General Delegation to the United States.
On Sunday evening, the U.S. government informed me that it would shut down the Palestine Liberation Organization's mission in the United States. From Ramallah, I convened a video conference with my staff in Washington. The directive was very clear: We had to close down completely in a month, ending our contacts with the United States and terminating the lease on our building.
The administration said they closed the office because we are not advancing peace. But this is just another way — after vetoing Palestinian motions at the United Nations, cutting aid to UNRWA and moving the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem — to execute the wish list of the Netanyahu-led Israeli government. We have asked repeatedly about the so-called ultimate peace plan (which, for nearly a year, the White House has hinted will arrive any day). We have always been ready to resume negotiations that are based on the two-state solution with East Jerusalem as our capital. It is the United States, not Palestine, that is no longer an honest peace broker.
On one level, the news did not surprise us. Still, it was a shocking blow. Because the United States does not recognize Palestine as a country, we do not have an embassy. So the Palestine Liberation Organization, the umbrella group that helped birth the Palestinian Authority decades ago, operates something akin to an embassy: a delegation officially representing the country and its people. We had stopped communicating with the U.S. government in December after the embassy move. Now we will have to stop basic functions — as when, for example, we coordinated Vice President Pence's planned visit to Bethlehem, which he never made.
Beyond that, Palestinians and their government no longer have a voice that can speak officially on their behalf at think tanks, churches and other institutions of civil society. We will have to cease visits like the one I made to Princeton University a few months ago, where I spoke to students about U.S.-Palestinian relations, multilateralism and the path for peace. We will have to end the programs that simply opened our doors to the public and invited visitors to share our culture — like a movie night featuring Palestinian food and embroidery, or an evening of poetry readings to honor the poet Mahmoud Darwish.
The closure is devastating to the hundreds of thousands of Palestinians who live in America. Like any other non-American in the United States, they could feel safer knowing that, far from home, they could have a resource to help them in a crisis — from relatively minor inconveniences, like losing their passports or getting stuck in an airport, to huge personal tragedies, like the death of a loved one. (Imagine yourself living abroad in a place with no U.S. Embassy.) We assisted people with tasks that ranged from helping navigate paperwork, like divorce, marriage and school certificates for use in Palestine, to assisting them with funeral arrangements and helping U.S. citizens navigate inheritance issues with their assets in Palestine.
Over the past few days, our telephone lines have been flooded with calls from the community. They're confused and panicked, asking what will happen. People are asking what will happen to their paperwork, or how will they finish their documents, or whether they can expedite the process before the decision takes effect. The administration is not providing them with alternative arrangements. They will have no recourse. Ours was a close-knit office of 20 people; we considered one another family. When I told them the news, I could see over the screen that some of them had started to cry. Working at the diplomatic mission was not only a job for them. They were there because they were passionate about defending the Palestinian cause, promoting our culture and taking care of our people. They were inspired by their belief in the work that we did to foster better relations between Palestine and the United States.
We're not confused here: Our quarrel is not with the people of the United States but with this presidential administration. Since 1987, despite the Oslo Accords, the United States has considered the PLO a terrorist organization. Our delegation hopes to return as partners on more equal footing, having built a relationship not based on blackmail or coercion, but real cooperation, as we work toward a better future for people in the Middle East.


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Besides, everyone's got their favorite.
These are the highest-rated and most popular pizza shops in Jersey City (shops had to have 50 or more reviews to qualify for this list).
7. Renato's Pizza Masters: Renato's has a whopping 347 review and four solid stars on Yelp. Established in 1959, Renato's owner was born in Italy and has earned rave reviews for his wide variety of Italian delicacies. Margarita, however, seem to be one of the favorites when it comes to the pizza pies. 278 Central Ave.
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6. Bread & Salt: If the name sounds familiar, you may recognize it from Daily Meal's annual list of 101 best pizzerias in the U.S. Chef Rick Easton dishes up " Roman-style pizza al taglio sliced to order, with a crisp, airy and chewy crust topped with a changing selection of fresh ingredients," the outlet said. Simply put: European vibes and fantastic pies, Yelpers say. 437 Palisade Ave.
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5. Paparazzi Italiano: This Hollywood-themed restaurant has been making authentic Italian pizza a priority in its stone-fired oven since 2011. Aside from the focaccia style pies, buffalo wings are a must-try here. 200 Summit Ave.
4. Gino's Pizzeria : It's not artisanal but not exactly a classic. Gino's lies somewhere in between the two. A Philly cheesesteak pizza, for example, is in the mix. The restaurant made headlines earlier this fall when they hired a man with autism to help around the shop.
"Krispy isn't just a name -- it's a promise."
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3. Krispy Pizza: If you're looking for a classic New York slice, this is your spot. Krispy Pizza went up against pizzerias from across New York City in the "Battle of the Borough" at the New York Pizza Expo in 2005, and came out on top. 33 Hudson St.
2. Larry & Joe's Pizza : The family-owned pizza shop seems to have a cult-like following. Old school and casual, Larry & Joe's also boasts one of the best chicken parm sandwiches in the area, customers say. 533 Newark Ave.
Tomato sauce, fresh mozz, basil, sea salt, olive oil: A pizza pie from Razza Pizza Artigianale.
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1. Razza Pizza Artigianale : Unsurprisingly, Razza Pizza came in at the top. The eatery was named to the Daily Meal's list of 50 best Italian restaurants last summer. The crust is crisp on the outside soft on the inside. The mozzarella is fresh, and locally sourced to boot. The sauce includes California tomatoes. Altogether, the pies are "damn near perfect," the Daily Meal said. 275 Grove St.
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The loops were only normalized, without use of a master buss compressor, and the reason for that is simple: in order to give you, the users, maximal fluidity and flexibility in integrating the drums in your arrangement, so that when the arranging is done you can give it a final polish with a master buss compressor, or do your own mastering for your arrangement.
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At the end of the day we created the loops using the musical producer's perspective, and that means that the sound and drum balance are neither too great nor too small - they are precisely at the point where they take part in the arrangement and accompany the singer.
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Despite my love of almost every-thing social-media related, when it comes to work and social media, it can often feel like there really isn't a "cool" way to operate things. If my grandma were to read my inbox (an event I sincerely hope never takes place), she would rejoice in the knowledge that I had finally found a boyfriend and his name was LinkedIn. Since signing up to it five years ago to try to stalk a boy at my internship, the social network has done nothing but spam my inbox and confirm the workplace of my workplace crushes.


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Home Article SARAH PALIN IS SCOTT BEAUCHAMP?
SARAH PALIN IS SCOTT BEAUCHAMP?
by Tim Fernholz
It turns out that Sarah Palin's claim that she visited Iraq is, in fact, another lie. (Brief media criticism interlude -- the American press: "Obama camp suggests Palin has distorted record." The foreign press: "McCain campaign admits Palin never visited Iraq.")
In fact, Palin has only visited the troops in Kuwait. Aside from the fact that this falsehood is part of a pattern of dishonesty, it doesn't bother me very much: A governor visiting her state's troops to boost morale can reasonably do so in Kuwait and it's possible to say intelligent things about our policy in Iraq without actually having been there (not that McCain or Palin are saying intelligent things about our policy in Iraq).
But traveling back into the mists of memory, recall last year when a controversy arose over the work of Scott Thomas Beauchamp, a soldier who wrote several pieces for The New Republic. (See Spencer Ackerman's breakdown here and TNR Editor Frank Foer's retraction and explanation here). The long and short of it is that Beauchamp's frank depiction of the realities of the war created a conservative media firestorm and a hunt for errors in his piece. There was only one: An anecdote that Beauchamp said occurred in a military base in Iraq in fact took place at a military base in Kuwait.
Though problematic, the error didn't really undercut the point of his piece. But conservatives, especially Michael Goldfarb, who is now the McCain campaign's official blogger, believed that this mistake indicated that Beauchamp was a pathological liar and made his every subsequent claim suspect. Charles Krauthammer made that argument, as did many other conservative bloggers. If they were so angry about falsehoods in three articles by an anonymous army private, shouldn't they be harsher toward the truth-telling of someone who could be Vice-President in the very near future?
--Tim Fernholz
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Tim Fernholz is a former staff writer for the Prospect. His work has been published by Newsweek, The New Republic, The Nation, The Guardian, and The Daily Beast. He is also a Research Fellow at the New America Foundation.
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Home – About Kenyon – Diversity at Kenyon
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At Kenyon, we see diversity as central to who we are and what we do — an ideal of inclusiveness that we strive to put into practice every day. We believe that it's vital to foster diversity in all facets of campus culture, from the people who work and study here, to the experiences they have, to the environment in which they live — the spirit of the place.
Our commitment to diversity embraces:
People. Kenyon welcomes faculty, staff, and students from all over the world, representing a wide variety of backgrounds, interests, and personal qualities.
Ideas. In the curriculum and in campus discourse, we encourage a multiplicity of voices and viewpoints.
Experiences. In classes and in clubs, through cultural events as well as visiting speakers and artists, we create opportunities for people to engage with the world in all its richness: to discover and learn from difference.
Campus environment. Diversity depends on - and in turn strengthens - the core values of tolerance and respect. These values are an essential foundation, sustaining a spirit of openness, supporting individuals as they explore their goals and identities, and ultimately creating a healthy campus community.
Celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Black Student Union
This academic year marks a historic milestone for Kenyon: the founding of the Black Student Union. Established in 1970, the BSU addressed the need for support for the growing number of black students at Kenyon. A celebratory weekend in honor of the 50th anniversary will be held Sept. 27-29, 2019.
Learn more about the celebration.
Women at Kenyon: Celebrating Fifty Years of Coeducation
Kenyon became coeducational in Sept. 1969 when 160 women arrived on the Hill. The beginning of coeducation at Kenyon and the experiences of the women who changed a campus culture will be celebrated in a series of events throughout 2019-20 academic year, which will also celebrate women's impact on the College throughout its history.
Learn more about the celebration of women at Kenyon.
Snowden Multicultural Center
The Snowden Multicultural Center aims to educate the Kenyon community about diverse cultures through student-focused programs and increase understanding and respect for people of diverse backgrounds and cultures.
Snowden hosts multicultural events including celebrations, discussions, films, performances, lectures and special meals.
LBTQ+ Breast Health Clinic with the Equitas Health Institute
Transgender Day of Visibility: A Lecture on Trans Athletes
Legal Clinic for Name and Gender Marker Changes
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Get To Know: Shane Codd
With a certified banger on his hands with 'Get Out My Head', we had to chat to Shane Codd for our Get To Know artist this week!
Thursday, December 3, 2020 - 09:00
Up-and-coming Irish DJ and producer Shane Codd has burst onto the scene with his dance banger 'Get Out My Head'. The 23-year old says he's always wanted to be a DJ, inspired by dance music in the 90s and 00s and being influenced heavily by massive EDM artists like Avicii and Swedish House Mafia. He's says he loves 90s and 00s Trance so much that he created a Spotify playlist dedicated to the genre, and this alone has over 80,000 followers!
Shane says wanted to create a track that could help you escape life in 2020 and the vocals for his debut single 'Get Out My Head' did just that. A viral sensation, he says the piano-led house track really helped him to distract himself from COVID life and hoped it did for listeners too. That it did, and we can't wait until we can get straight back on the dancefloor to hear this tune as it's going to be huge!!
1) For those who don't know about you and your music, tell us a little bit about who you are and where you're from…
I'm originally from Dublin, Ireland but I moved to Cavan, a countryside place in Ireland when I was 11. I've always had a love for music and I have been heavily influenced by dance music from the 90s/00s and chart music from those times.
I grew up listening to this music from family playing it and the radio. I love 90s and 00s dance music so much that I made a Spotify playlist dedicated to this genre, which now has over 80,000 followers today, it's called Trance Anthems 90s-00s.
2) Describe your sound in three words…
I like to think my sound is melodic, uplifting and emotional.
3) Who inspired you to start a career in music?
I always dreamed of being a DJ and a music producer as I loved music so much. Avicii and DJs from the 2010s inspired me and also seeing other Irish producers like RobbieG making music was inspiring. I take inspiration from a lot of sources, another big inspiration of mine was Conor McGregor because he showed that you could go against the odds and chase your dream.
4) Who are your biggest musical influences?
90s and 2000s dance music and EDM artists from the 2010s like Avicii and Swedish House Mafia. There are a lot of influences for me, when I was a kid and we first moved to Cavan, we stayed in our school in Dublin as my Mam worked in Dublin. We would commute 1.5 hours to Dublin every morning for school and we would often be stuck in traffic, all we had on the journeys was the radio and music. I would listen to music all the time on those journeys.
5) Tell us about the writing and recording process for your new single/album…
I started with the vocal and built the track around it, starting with the lead piano and then chopping the vocal and adding melodic synths. The idea of 'Get Out My Head' for me meant getting the stress of the current times out of your head and being able to feel good. The track made me dream about being at festivals and clubs again. I also dreamt about playing the tune and seeing people dancing.
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6) What can we expect from your live shows?
I think with me being a new act I have the ability to surprise people and show them something new. I will play 90s and 2000s dance music and gems from the last 20 years in dance music and also a lot of new house music. I will take inspiration from Eric Prydz and his light shows. I would try to incorporate the feeling of completely losing yourself and enjoying the music.
7) What has been your biggest career highlight so far?
Being signed to Polydor and having my latest track take off has been the highlight of my career so far. Seeing it at number 1 on Shazam in the UK and Ireland is amazing. I'm hoping it reaches a high chart spot.
8) Have you met anyone and been totally starstruck?
I met Gareth Bale when I was 16 in an amusement park in Florida, I was so shocked to see him I couldn't believe it. We saw him in the airport again when we were leaving - safe to say I was starstruck. I also met Raheem Sterling in Venice, a few years ago, he was the nicest guy ever. I really admire him.
9) What's on your playlists that people wouldn't expect?
Everyday it changes sometimes I listen to house and some days I listen to 80s music. I love rap music, especially legends like Eminem, 2pac, Biggie and 50 Cent. Today was some RnB from the 2000s and Mariah Carey was in there. I listen to a lot of different music Irish music being in there as well.
10) When can we see you live?
I hope to be able to play live next summer, I'd love to play all over the UK and Ireland and even all over the world if possible. It's my dream to play in Ibiza, I've never been there.
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Bruce Allen says Washington has not discussed Kirk Cousins trade with any team
We heard all sorts of trade rumors, but Washington president Bruce Allen denied any outside discussions.
By David Fucillo@davidfucillo Mar 27, 2017, 8:13am PDT
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We have heard plenty of rumors about the potential future of Washington quarterback Kirk Cousins, but team president Bruce Allen says there have been no trade discussions. When specifically asked if Cousins will be Washington's quarterback in 2017, he said, "That's why we franchised him, yes."
Allen is in Phoenix for the owners' meetings, and he told CSN Mid-Atlantic that he and Cousins have laughed at all the rumors. Allen said he has spoken with Cousins a dozen times this offseason, and Allen is "hopeful and confident" they will be able to get a deal done by July 15. That is the deadline for franchise players to agree to an extension. If a deal is not done by then, they have to wait until after the season.
There has been a lot of speculation about Cousins' future, with reports suggesting he wants to reunite with Kyle Shanahan in Santa Clara. There were reports of a trade demand, but Cousins shot that down, saying he first learned of it while at a shoe store. Suffice to say, it was a wild couple weeks that has since settled down.
Allen said the team has an option for 2018, but given some of the pricing, it seems unlikely the 2018 offseason ends with Cousins not signed to a long-term deal. A third franchise tag would require a 44 percent pay raise, which means Cousins would earn upwards of $35 million. If the team used the transition tag, he'd earn $28 million, but it opens the door to a long-term contract without requiring any draft pick compensation. Odds are good something happens to land him a long-term contract somewhere.
Following the Kirk Cousins contract saga in Washington and into NFL free agency
Cousins has told people privately he's open to reuniting with Shanahan
Bruce Allen says no Kirk Cousins trade discussions
Report: Browns might get in the Kirk Cousins mix


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A Message from Bill Dodd
I've received hundreds of calls and emails from constituents concerned about what repeal of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) would mean for their families. This month I co-hosted healthcare town halls across our district to answer your questions and your hear concerns. If you have a question and were unable to attend, please visit my website to submit your question online. This year it is critical that California maintains and expands our progress towards affordable healthcare coverage for all, environmental stewardship, educational opportunity, and protections for immigrants.
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I was proud to join my colleagues in the Legislative Black Caucus to co-author ACR 6, recognizing February 2016 as Black History Month. February is National African American/Black History Month which was first recognized in 1926, when Dr. Carter G. Woodson, an African American historian and educator, established a weeklong reflection on African American history. The observation was changed to a month-long event in 1976, the 200th anniversary of the United States Constitution.
Today, National African American/Black History Month is observed all over America, as schools, churches and communities honor the countless contributions that African Americans have made to our society. There year, marks the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the Legislative Black Caucus by Senator Mervyn Dymally.
The history of African Americans unfolds across the canvas of America, beginning before the arrival of the Mayflower and continuing to the present. One cannot tell the story of America without preserving and reflecting on the places where African Americans have made history. The Kingsley Plantation, DuSable's home site, the numerous stops along the Underground Railroad, Seneca Village, Mother Bethel A.M.E. Church and Frederick Douglass' home — to name just a few — are sites that keep alive the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries in our consciousness. They retain and refresh the memories of the struggle for freedom and justice.
Similarly, Mary McLeod Bethune's home in Washington, D.C., 125th Street in Harlem, Beale Street in Memphis, Sweet Auburn Avenue in Atlanta, and Central Avenue in Los Angeles tell the story of the African American struggle for equal citizenship during the 20th century. I encourage you to join me in reflecting on the immense contributions African Americans have made to our nation and to dedicate ourselves to continuing the fight for civil rights, equal opportunity and prosperity that so many African Americans have fought for over the centuries. You can learn more about African American history here.
While California has made meaningful progress in a number of areas over the last year, there is still much work to be done in a number of critical areas. Of particular importance this year is ensuring that California maintains and expands our progress towards affordable healthcare coverage for all, environmental stewardship, educational opportunity, and protections for hardworking immigrants.
Here is some of the latest news coverage on my legislation. As always, please contact my office if you have any questions about state policy or want to express your position or ideas for legislation.
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Dodd submits bill to ease increase affordable housing options
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The Archaeological Museum of Agrinio (, Archaiologiko Mouseio Agriniou) is a museum in the city of Agrinio in Aetolia-Acarnania, in Greece. It lies next to the Papastrateio Municipal Park and features artifacts dating back to Antiquity and Roman times from the area around Agrinio. It was constructed in 1960 through the donation of the Papastratos firm.

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Ministry of Culture and Tourism
www.greece-museums.com

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You know the old cliché: Age is only a number. Well now there's a study that suggests that it's true; and that age alone isn't the best predictor of health. I wanted to share some of the study's findings because, at a time when we are assaulted daily with horrendous and dispiriting news on all fronts, this should give many of us a reason to smile.
Rather than focus on medical issues, such as heart disease, cancer, diabetes, high blood pressure and cholesterol levels, these researchers came up with a different model of health that considers psychological, social and physical factors, such as mobility. It paints a different picture of how vulnerable – or not — we might actually be.
Demographer and study co-author Prof. Linda Waite said that "some people with chronic disease are revealed as having many strengths that lead to their reclassification as quite healthy, with low risks of death and incapacity." On the other hand, though, some people considered healthy might have significant vulnerabilities that could affect their mortality or incapacity within five years.
What contributes to those vulnerabilities? Social isolation, as if we hadn't guessed this before, undermines people's health. So does poor mental health, like the depression that can accompany social isolation. Poor mental health is said to affect one in eight older adults. Poor sleep patterns, heavy drinking, having a poor sense of smell and walking slowly also undermine health. By contrast, being socially engaged helps keep us healthy, as does staying physically active. Mobility, in fact, is one of the "best markers of well-being," according to the study.
And here is a not-so-fun fact: Breaking a bone after age 45 is a "major marker for future health issues," the study concluded.
•	Cancer itself is not related to other conditions that undermine health.
•	Obesity seems to pose little risk to older adults with excellent physical and mental health.
•	Older men and women have different patterns of health and well-being during aging (and yes, women tend to live longer).
The study, part of the National Social Life, Health, and Aging Project, supported by the National Institute on Aging of the National Institutes of Health, surveys a representative sample of 3,000 people aged 57 to 85, done by the independent research organization NORC at the University of Chicago. You can read "An Empirical Redefinition of Comprehensive Health and Well-being in the Older Adults of the U.S.," in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences here.
So let's get together with our friends and family, take a walk (being careful not to trip and break a bone) and raise a toast (though not too many) to our health. Let's make sure we can smell the roses. Literally. And on a more serious note, let's pay attention to what our communities are doing to help ease elders' loneliness and isolation.
Sometimes Andy Lazris is not popular with the adult children of the very old people he sees in his practice as an internist and geriatrician as well as in his role as medical director at assisted living and skilled nursing facilities. Why? Because his is a "less is more" approach to care for elders who typically live with multiple chronic conditions. He believes in fewer diagnostic tests, less clinging to the orthodoxy of "ideal" numbers gauging, for example, glucose, blood pressure and cholesterol. His focus is on helping his patients live a better life, and he favors better nutrition, more physical activity and social engagement. He also has a deep appreciation of the fact that aging, decline – mortality itself — are inevitable facts of life.
That approach is hard for caregivers to accept sometimes, particularly when we are all bombarded by news or advertisements for near miraculous results offered by new drugs and leading-edge treatments and surgical procedures. So off they may go to medical specialists whose approach may be wholly different, but not necessarily better and often far worse in terms of the elder's quality of life.
Ironically, Medicare is at the heart of the disconnect between the kind of care elders mostly want and what they get – over-testing, over-treatment and over-medication. In its pursuit of quality and thoroughness in elder care, Dr. Lazris says, Medicare rewards aggressive measures by paying for tests, treatments and procedures.
Dr. Lazris explores the many implications of Medicare policies in a new book, "Curing Medicare," to be published this May by Cornell University Press. Through stories about patients and his own challenges in dealing with the health care system, he shows how these policies often achieve the precise opposite of what they were intended to do.
My own view is that as baby boomers age over the next decade or two, Medicare policies dealing specifically with palliative and hospice care will need a radical overhaul. So I was glad to have had the opportunity to talk recently with Dr. Lazris about his book. His aim is to educate the patients and family members who are keenly interested in how our health system works.
Misunderstanding the difference between the two helps to explain the tremendous overuse, in Dr. Lazris' view, of the blood-thinning drug Coumadin, for example. And in a recent blog post, Dr. Lazris applied the Risk Characterization Theater" to analyze recent findings about the potential risks of proton pump inhibitors – drugs like Prilosec – related to chronic kidney disease.
What would Medicare reform look like to Dr. Lazris? It would "put power in the hands of well informed patients who can control the course of their care." In short, it would promote individualized care based on patient preference and provide medical interventions shown to be beneficial to the individuals being treated. It would be cost effective. It would give patients choices to maximize patient satisfaction, as well as enhance the doctor-patient relationship.
If your appetite for not-so-arcane medical information has been whetted, visit http://www.thennt.com/home-nnt. NNT stands for "number needed to treat" patients to result in a benefit to one person. A group of physicians have developed a framework and rating system to evaluate therapies based on their patient-important benefits and harms as well as a system to evaluate diagnostics by patient sign, symptom, lab test or study. A lot of this is technical, of course, but the colors used are not: Green indicates that the benefits outweigh the harms, while Yellow indicates that benefits are unclear. Red indicates no benefits and Black indicates that harms outweigh the benefits.
To learn more about over-treatment, visit the Lown Institute's website. It also includes five questions to ask your physician about a recommended test, medication or procedure.


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'See the dragon that I'm slaying:' Hospital opens lab to cancer patients
New program at Lowell General helps patients understand their diseases better
Updated: 5:59 PM EST Jan 5, 2018
Emily Riemer
Anchor/Medical Reporter
WEBVTT ELPING CANCERPATIENTS SEEING THE DISEASE THEYARE WORKING SO HARD TO FIGHT.>> I HAD A ROUTINE MAMMOGRAM.EMILY: BUT JOELLEN SCANNELL'S RESULTS WERE NOT ROUTINE.DOCTORS HAD DISCOVERED A STAGEONE TUMOR IN HER RIGHT BREAST. >> IT WAS VERY FRIGHTENING.EMILY: JOELLEN HAD LOTS OFQUESTIONS FOR THE STAFF ATLOWELL GENERAL HOSPITAL.THEY ANSWERED THEM ALL, AND THENHAD ONE FOR HER.WOULD SHE LIKE TO SEE HER TUMORUP CLOSE?>> THIS IS THE TUMOR.EMILY: DR. LIJA JOSEPH IS CHIEFOF PATHOLOGY AT LOWELL GENERAL.HER TEAM TESTS BODY FLUIDS ANDTISSUES, GENERATING LAB RESULTSCRITICAL TO A PATIENT'S CARE.>> WE UNDERSTAND THE ENORMITY OFTHAT RESPONSIBILITY, BUT WENEVER WAS ABLE TO SEE THATPATIENT'S JOY OR SADNESS OBEHIND-THE-SCENES.WE WERE ALWAYS BEHIND THESCENES.EMILY: THEN LAST SPRING, DR.JOSEPH DECIDED TO OPEN THE LABDOORS TO ANY PATIENT WHO WANTEDTO SEE THEIR BIOPSY UNDER AMICROSCOPE.>> SOMETIMES WHEN YOU TRULY SEESOMETHING, THINGS FALL INTOPLACE, AND THEY REALLY AREVISUALIZING WHAT THEY'RE DEALINGWITH.EMILY: SO FAR, 25 PATIENTS HAVETAKEN A LOOK.>> AND HERE IS ALL THE CANCERCELLS KIND OF PERCOLATING.FAMILY DR. JOSEPH SAYS THE: PATIENTS WHO VISIT HER LAB AREREADY FOR A FIGHT.>> AND THE MOST POWERFULSTATEMENT WAS FROM A PATIENTWITH BREAST CANCER WHO SAID, "IKNOW I AM ON A LONG JOURNEY BUTI'M HERE TO SEE THE DRAGON THATI'M SLAYING."EMILY: FOR JOELLEN, SEEING HERTUMOR CELLS UP CLOSE WASEMPOWERING.>> I THOUGHT IT WAS KIND OFINTERESTING.THAT YOU'RE SEEING CELLS ANDYOU'RE SEEING WHAT'S HAPPENING,AND YOU'RE, AND THEY'RE YOURS.EMILY: TODAY, JOELLEN HASCOMPLETED HER TREATMENT PLAN.DOCTORS ARE OPTIMISTIC ABOUT HERLONG-TERM HEALTH, AND SO ISJOELLEN.>> KNOWLEDGE IS POWER AND ITGIVES ME CONFIDENCE.THE MORE I KNOW, THE BETTER ITHINK MY FUTURE WILL BE.EMILY: DR. JOSEPH SAYS SHE'SSEEN A DIVERSE GROUP OF PATIENTSACCEPT HER INVITATION.THE AGE RANGE SO FAR IS 13 TO86.RIGHT NOW, DR. JOSEPH HOPES
Joellen Scannell realized very quickly that her routine mammogram was different this time. Doctors told her they had discovered a stage 1 tumor in her right breast."It was very frightening," she recalled.Scannell had a lot of questions for the staff at Lowell General Hospital. They answered them all -- and then had one for her.They asked her if she would like to see her tumor up close?The offer is part of a new program at Lowell General that has opened the doors of the pathology lab to patients who may be interested in confronting their diseases in person.The lab tests body fluids and tissues that generate results critical to a patient's diagnosis, treatment and care."So we understand the enormity of that responsibility," said Dr. Lija Joseph, chief of pathology at Lowell General. "But we never were able to see that patient's joy or sadness or anxiety. We were always behind the scenes."Last spring, Joseph decided to invite patients to see their biopsy in person under a microscope."Sometimes when you truly see something, things fall into place," she said. "And they really are visualizing what they're dealing with."So far, 25 patients have taken a look. Joseph said all of them are ready for a fight."The most powerful statement was from a patient with breast cancer who said, 'I know I am on a long journey, but I'm here to see the dragon that I'm slaying,'" she said.For Scannell, seeing her tumor cells up close was empowering."I thought it was kind of interesting that you're seeing cells and you're seeing what's happening," she said. "And they're yours! I thought that was kind of cool."Today, Scannell has completed her treatment plan.Doctors are optimistic about her long-term health -- and so is Scannell."Knowledge is power," she said. "And it gives me confidence. The more I know, the better I think my future will be."Joseph said she has seen a diverse group of patients accept her invitation. The age range so far is 13 to 86 years old.Joseph said she hopes other pathology labs will launch similar programs for patients. She said she's already received calls from hospitals around the country.
Lowell, Mass. —
Joellen Scannell realized very quickly that her routine mammogram was different this time. Doctors told her they had discovered a stage 1 tumor in her right breast.
"It was very frightening," she recalled.
Scannell had a lot of questions for the staff at Lowell General Hospital. They answered them all -- and then had one for her.
They asked her if she would like to see her tumor up close?
The offer is part of a new program at Lowell General that has opened the doors of the pathology lab to patients who may be interested in confronting their diseases in person.
The lab tests body fluids and tissues that generate results critical to a patient's diagnosis, treatment and care.
"So we understand the enormity of that responsibility," said Dr. Lija Joseph, chief of pathology at Lowell General. "But we never were able to see that patient's joy or sadness or anxiety. We were always behind the scenes."
Last spring, Joseph decided to invite patients to see their biopsy in person under a microscope.
"Sometimes when you truly see something, things fall into place," she said. "And they really are visualizing what they're dealing with."
So far, 25 patients have taken a look. Joseph said all of them are ready for a fight.
"The most powerful statement was from a patient with breast cancer who said, 'I know I am on a long journey, but I'm here to see the dragon that I'm slaying,'" she said.
For Scannell, seeing her tumor cells up close was empowering.
"I thought it was kind of interesting that you're seeing cells and you're seeing what's happening," she said. "And they're yours! I thought that was kind of cool."
Today, Scannell has completed her treatment plan.
Doctors are optimistic about her long-term health -- and so is Scannell.
"Knowledge is power," she said. "And it gives me confidence. The more I know, the better I think my future will be."
Joseph said she has seen a diverse group of patients accept her invitation. The age range so far is 13 to 86 years old.
Joseph said she hopes other pathology labs will launch similar programs for patients. She said she's already received calls from hospitals around the country.


Earthfall offer higher level participation opportunities for Universities and Higher Education. The company members and tutor team encourage a professional environment, giving participants a glimpse into life as a professional dancer.
Participants are encouraged to engage in tasks that will stretch and encourage their professional development. These participation opportunities can exist as a stand-alone workshop linking into core modules, as part of professional development or in conjunction with our current production exploring the themes and choreographic tools used in the rehearsal process.
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