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Pet therapy: Kate Spicer's redemptive love for her dog
Kate Spicer discusses her life-affirming and surprising memoir Lost Dog with journalist Andrew Anthony: "I knew the book would have no teeth if I wasn't honest."
Kate Spicer with her dog, Wolfy
Kate Spicer is not the kind of woman who is interested in eliciting sympathy, which is just as well, because nor is she the kind who's likely to receive it. She's led a life of freebie leisure and decadent pleasure, supported by a rickety freelance career as a lifestyle journalist.
She lives in Notting Hill, is socially well connected, and her causes of grievance are not having attended Oxbridge and, as a consequence, not gaining the respect she might otherwise have done.
In other words, she's a white, middle-class, middle-aged woman – hardly someone at this present cultural moment from whom the world is hankering to hear tales of angst and affection. And yet she has written a remarkable memoir, entitled Lost Dog, that begins with an epiphany in the debauched setting of her drug dealer's apartment.
46-years-old and childless, she realises her life has been wasted. Whereas most of her fellow fun-seekers have gone off to sober up, have children or, as she puts it, a "partyectomy", she admits to herself that she had been "feeding a low-level addiction for two decades".
A lifetime of hedonism had left her hardened and indifferent, "smoked dry by dissipation", she writes, recalling the words of the French writer Joris-Karl Huysmans. There was a meaningful hole in her life, some core purpose bigger than her desire for the next distraction, the temporary escape.
There was a meaningful hole in her life […] and the shape of that hole turns out to be dog-sized.
The shape of that hole turns out to be dog-sized. Its specific dimensions are those of a rescued Lurcher she names Wolfy that she buys from a woman in Thurrock Services car park for £160. The dog, she writes, is "a scruffy bugger and completely regal" and "smells like the juice at the bottom of a wheelie bin". And Spicer instantly falls for him.
Suddenly, as if by canine magic, her life is transformed, with the rescue dog rescuing its owner from the white stuff every bit as effectively as a St Bernard in the Alpine snow. The late nights grow less late, the drugs rapidly decline, and a feeling of greater engagement with the world takes hold of her, the like of which new parents often report.
To cut a long and absorbing story rather short, everything dramatically improves until one day Spicer and her boyfriend go to a wedding in the countryside and leave Wolfy with her brother. The dog duly escapes from the brother's house and Spicer experiences the kind of anguish and heartache that we more commonly associate with parents of a missing child.
Her desperate campaign to find Wolfy goes viral on social media, where celebrities like Ricky Gervais and Jeremy Clarkson help spread the message. But meanwhile her recovery from dissolution seems to hang in the balance.
A spoilt hack and a missing hound – why should we care? But it's a mark of Spicer's talent as a writer that we root for her even as she reveals sides of her character – her petty prejudices and poisonous resentments – that most of us spend a great deal of psychic energy trying to conceal.
The book is deceptively profound. Though it's often amusing, like a very dark Bridget Jones – if you can imagine Bridget in middle age with a coke habit, a small flat and a semi-detached boyfriend – it's also in its own idiosyncratic way full of substance on matters of love, loss, missed opportunities, the diminishing returns of the self, female competition and disloyalty, and the extraordinary bond that can form between a human and a dog.
Did she really feel that she'd wasted her life, I ask, when we sit down at a cafe not far from her home.
"I couldn't stop taking drugs," she says matter of factly. "I travel enough around different demographics to know that a low level drug habit is incredibly common. I did things like run across the Sahara, swim across the Bosphorus and to the Isle of Wight, and no matter what I did, I couldn't shake it off. I knew the book would have no teeth if I wasn't honest."
The book has plenty of sharp teeth, gleefully snapping at the media, predatory men and untrustworthy women and pretty much any other target that falls within her range.
The effect can be shockingly candid. But it's a candour that won't please everyone. At one point, Spicer writes: "I'm so crap with women. They either scare me with their strength or disgust me with their weakness."
"Yeah," she says, when I read her back this line. "It's awful to admit that, because it's not OK to say that right now. It's not OK that you don't see all women as your sisters."
I ask her if she's concerned what people – more specifically, women – will make of it? She says that fessing up to her ambivalent feelings about women was much more difficult to do than divulging her drug habits.
"Feminism has become a hashtag. It's so easy to be a feminist but it's in this cartoon-like sense of 'empowerment'," she says, miming speech marks. "It doesn't leave any space open for the complexities of being human, of the relationship you had with your mother, the relationship you had with your sister."
Spicer is now 49, and a quarter of a century ago, after a rather depressing stint at university in London, she slipped into media-world, making a living with a spiky attitude and a nice turn of phrase.
She built a reputation as one of the more compelling voices in lifestyle journalism. At various times she's written about her weakness for botox, attended endless launches and parties, and for a while she was GQ magazine's sex columnist.
It was a career choice she puts down to low self-esteem, and the sense, prevalent when she started out, that you couldn't be taken seriously in journalism unless you were an Oxbridge graduate.
"I think that's why I wrote about sex and stuff. It wasn't that I was dying to do it. I look back now and I think I would have been absolutely fine as a war correspondent or something more esteemed, but I thought I wasn't worthy."
She describes a dislocated childhood in which, after her parents divorced, she was separated from her younger brother and lived with her father and stepmother. She writes that she felt punished for being her mother's daughter.
If all the best memoirists nurture a defining wound, then this sense of abandonment and inadequacy is the scar tissue on which Spicer's confessional is built. But she obviously doesn't want me to pick at it, skimming over my attempts to explore her childhood, and insisting that she adores both her parents and stepparents.
Yet it doesn't require great psychological insight to see that the loss of Wolfy went to the heart of longstanding feelings of dereliction, not least because it threatened her relationship with her beloved brother.
There are a series of forlorn and mostly false sightings of the dog that she hears about on social media, and the reader begins to fear that all the simple joys and homely comforts that have transformed her life are destined to be lost with the Lurcher.
The search for the dog becomes like an existential voyage to her own fractured soul, full of fear, yearning and disappointment
The search for the dog becomes like an existential voyage to her own fractured soul, full of fear, yearning and disappointment. Outside the genteel bohemia of Notting Hill, Spicer seems almost as lost as her dog. North London is described like a foreign country – Albania perhaps.
But, spoiler alert, the dog is found in the wildlands between Kentish Town and Dartmouth Park. Indeed, now as we speak, Wolfy is under the cafe table with my dog, the pair of them having completed a pre-interview circuit of Wormwood Scrubs, the large west London parkland favoured by dog walkers.
I wonder what would have happened had a garage-hand not managed to corner the dog and call Spicer (her number was on the emaciated Wolfy's collar), ten harrowing days after his disappearance.
"It's a bit of a time waster, that kind of thinking," she says. "It's like obsessing over whether I should have had kids or a nice Georgian house in the country. I don't know."
Again, this seems like a disingenuous response, because the book venture into the unspoken territory of regret, of shadow lives not lived. It's not done with any self-pity, but with an unblinking acknowledgment that we all have to tally up our decisions, take account of how we got to be us and here. And Spicer brings it off with a winning mixture of caustic self-awareness and bristling social observation.
She sees my unpersuaded expression and reconsiders her answer.
"I think what it showed me is that grief is a process and I was probably going to have to go through that grief."
But I want to know if she thinks she would have held things together. As she insists on responding to every false sighting of the dog, the strain between her and boyfriend threatens to be terminal.
"I think we would have survived," she says.
Her boyfriend – "Charlie" in the book but he's called Martin in real life – is portrayed as the hard-working but remote counterweight to her louche, procrastinating self. It's not the most romantic depiction of midlife love. They seem permanently to be one bust-up from a total break-up.
"When I was writing the book we were not getting on," she says. "I kept saying: 'You've got to be nicer, it's really hard to write your character.' He's a cartoon version of the man he is. That was the best way I could do it and not fuck with him."
They're still together, but of course the real love story of the book is between Spicer and Wolfy. If it's a memoir about belatedly growing up, it's also about experiencing unconditional love with a pet.
Though dogs are a common enough feature of modern life, the deep emotional attachment that people feel to them is still a slightly taboo subject.
"I felt so ashamed that I was so grief-stricken," says Spicer, about her response to Wolfy's absence. "There's that point [in the book] when my friend dies and I just can't engage with it because I've just got to find the dog."
It is a jarring moment, because you realise that she cares more about her missing dog than she does for her dead friend. No doubt there will be some who will say that she's investing thwarted maternal instincts in an animal, but it's clear on meeting them that she is as devoted to her dog as he unquestionably is to her.
Does she worry about losing him again?
"Martin does. We went to a wedding at the weekend and he was so triggered by it. I try really hard not to," she says, looking down at Wolfy with an expression of unbounded adoration. "But we're glued to each other, more so than ever."
Spicer has written a book for dog-lovers, but much more than that, it's a book for anyone who's ever been dogged by the feeling that a fulfilling love has passed them by.
By Andrew Anthony
Kate Spicer
Kate Spicer is a lifestyle journalist who has written for the Sunday Times, The Times, the Daily Mail, the Evening Standard, Vogue,Red and Noble Rot magazines and The Pool, and has appeared on television in everything from Masterchef toNewsnight. She has made three acclaimed documentaries in the last ten years all of which still air internationally, including most recently Mission to Lars, described as 'beautiful' by the New York Times.
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A man and his dog: how relationships can help you to open up about your mental health
A Dog Named Beautiful is the true story of an unbreakable bond between man and his dog, and how this bond eased the pain of a man living with poor mental health. Here, author Rob Kugler discusses the emotional journey he has been on over the years, the ups and downs, the importance of mental health, and how crucial it is for men in particular to speak up about their issues.
Chris Packham: Do dogs feel grief?
Me and My Dog presenter Chris Packham describes the pain he felt at losing his beloved dog Itchy - and how he knows that his other dog, Scratchy, shares his sense of loss.


The 86th annual Academy Awards have come and gone. Did you favourite film win an award? How many winners did you guess right? Check out the list of winners below.
Last night, or early this morning, the 84th Academy Awards took place in the Kodak Theatre, Hollywood. The ceremony was hosted by Billy Crystal and featured appearances from the Muppets and Cirque Du Soleil. Just over a month ago, on the 25th of January, I made nine predictions. Now that the results are in, I can happily say that I was right about five of them, which, by the power of majority rules, makes me psychic. Check out which ones I predicted HERE or you just check out the list of winners below.
What do you think? Let me know by voting and leaving a comment below, also don't forget to follow and click the like button.
I didn't want to do another post about the Oscars until they were closer, but then I thought about how hard I'd kick myself if all my predictions are right and I have no evidence of making them, so here we are. Don't worry, I'll keep it short and just stick to the categories I understand most and tomorrows post will be something much more interesting.
'The Artist' – It's that I think it's better than the others in the category; it's just a gut feeling. If I'm honest it's not even the one I would like to see win, it's just the one I think will get it.
George Clooney 'The Descendants' – Again, it's just a feeling I have and doesn't necessarily represent who I'd like to see win the award.
Jonah Hill 'Moneyball' – My only reasoning for this one is 'why not Jonah Hill' you go think about that.
Meryl Streep 'Iron Lady' – Though I think Rooney Mara should win, I feel that the academy will vote in favour of Meryl Streep.
Melissa McCarthy 'Bridesmaids' – I really think she deserves it, but that doesn't mean that she has a chance, though getting nominated is a good start and I hope she gets it.
'Rango' – Johnny Depp is in it, it's going to win.
'The Artist' – It has the word art in the title, it's like destiny.
'The Tree of Life' – For this one I asked my friend, who studied Cinematography, so if you put money on it and lose, take it up with him.
Michel Hazanavicius 'The Artist' – If I keep guessing 'The Artist' I'm bound to get it at least once, right?
I know there are plenty of other categories, but to avoid this post being as long as the nominations one, I'm going to leave it there. One final point though, Tintin should have been nominated for Animated Feature Film, it was robbed.
Those are my wacky theories, what are yours? Let me know by voting and leaving a comment below. Also don't forget to follow/subscribe and click the like button, unless you don't like this post.


"With a good heart, compassion for others, whenever a problem arises, you experience it for others, on behalf of other sentient beings. If you experience happiness, you experience it for others. If you enjoy a luxury life, comfort, you dedicate it to others. And if you experience a problem, you experience it for others—for others to be free of problems and to have all happiness up to enlightenment, complete perfect peace and bliss. Wishing others to have all happiness, you experience problems on their behalf."
In this book, Lama Zopa Rinpoche teaches on one of his favorite topics—compassion. He tells us that compassion for others is the best way to overcome any obstacles we encounter, in our Dharma practice, or occupation and life itself, and the best medicine for treating any illness we experience. However, these teachings are not limited to compassion. Rinpoche also explains emptiness, karma and many other essential Buddhist subjects. As ever, his teachings are clear, relevant, humorous and direct—a perfect guide to making our lives meaningful.


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Anthony's and Long Live the Kings began building a partnership in 2014. The restaurant's founder, Budd Gould and his son Herb (CEO of Anthony's), found that their vision to preserve the health and well-being of the seafood industry aligned perfectly with Long Live the Kings' mission to recover wild salmon and steelhead. Budd's other son, JJ, who is a retired Chief of Wildlife for the Idaho Fish and Game and a certified Wildlife Biologist, was nominated to join the Long Live the Kings' Board of Directors in 2016. Our partnership has grown ever since.
When we introduced Survive the Sound to the team at Anthony's, they wanted to help make this innovative campaign a reality. They were excited for opportunity to bring information about salmon recovery to students and the public. We've both known that passionate salmon conservationists are often born after enjoying and learning about this precious resource. Anthony's saw the opportunity to help create this experience for their guest.
"Providing our guests and the rest of the public with accurate information on salmon and our environment is an important step to making better decisions that benefit future generations," says Budd. "It is an honor and a privilege to be able to partner with an organization like Long Live the Kings that are so dedicated to this very mission."
Long Live the Kings is thrilled to have a partner like Anthony's to help bring our mission to a broader audience. The generosity and dedication from companies like Anthony's allows us to push the boundaries of salmon recovery; to explore new ideas and take on new challenges. Anthony's is a leader among the growing number of local companies who are setting a high bar for investments in their local environment, empowering us to protect and restore the Pacific Northwest we want to leave for our children.
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Terraform est le second album du groupe Shellac, sorti en 1998 sur le label Touch and Go Records.

L'album sortit près de quatre ans après le précédent, At Action Park ; il fut pourtant enregistré bien avant mais des problèmes concernant les droits sur l'artwork du disque retardèrent son pressage et sa mise en vente.

Liste des titres
 Didn't We Deserve A Look At You The Way You Really Are
 This Is A Picture
 Disgrace
 Mouthpiece
 Canada
 Rush Job
 House Full Of Garbage
 Copper

Crédits
 Steve Albini - guitare/chant
 Todd Trainer - batterie
 Bob Weston - basse/chant

Notes et références

Album musical sorti en 1998
Album de Shellac
Album publié par Touch and Go Records


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10th August 2018 - Pointing to growing threats and competition from Russia and China, the White House last night announced ambitious yet comical plans to create the U.S. Space Force as a sixth, separate military war-fighting service by 2020.
The proposal taps into the American public's long fascination with space but with a military focus, and it faces daunting hurdles. It requires congressional approval and has been met with skepticism from military leaders and experts who question the wisdom of launching an expensive, bureaucratic new service branch.
Vice President Mike Pence announced the new force during a Pentagon speech, fleshing out an idea that President Donald Trump has flagged in recent months as he vowed to ensure American dominance in space. Pence described space as a domain that was once peaceful and uncontested but has now become crowded and adversarial.
"Now the time has come to write the next great chapter in the history of our armed forces, to prepare for the next battlefield where America's best and bravest will be called to deter and defeat a new generation of threats to our people, to our nation," said Pence.
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In June, the president directed the Pentagon to create a "separate but equal" space force, a complicated and expensive move that could take years to gain Congress' approval and become operational. On Thursday, Pence said the administration will work with Congress on the plan, and will outline a budget next year. The last time the U.S. created a new uniformed military service was in 1947, when the Air Force was launched after World War II. It joined the Army, Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard.
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LAHRC as a community group is governed by an executive committee which includes people from diverse backgrounds. The committee meets personally once a month. LAHRC committee also operates through working groups which assist the full executive committee in its responsibilities. The committee is in an ongoing process of strategic planning to assure the governance and success of LAHRC.
David Cabrera is a Chemical Engineer with an extensive experience in the mining industry, his experience cover different aspect of production, planning, projects and business improvement.
Those close to David know that he works hard to develop others, to help them to find their strengths and mentoring to succeed on their projects. As a LAHRC Committee member David share his personal and professional experience to break barriers, redefine paradigms and open opportunities to others to see their true potential.
Areas: Events, Marketing and well-being.
Email: dcabrera@lahrc.org.au
Elizabeth Arenas is a Colombian lawyer living in Melbourne, highly passionate about leadership and human rights. As a LAHRC committee member Elizabeth works and advocates towards equality for Latinx transgender, non binary and non-conforming communities living in Victoria. Elizabeth is currently studying a leadership and management diploma at Lonsdale institute in Melbourne.
Areas: Events, Women & Transgender and legal.
Email: earenas@lahrc.org.au
Jorge Peña is a well know leader on the Argentinian community in Melbourne. Jorge has work in the hospitality and events industry catering to Latin Americans living in Melbourne. Jorge is an active member of the Centro Argentino de Victoria .Inc Committee and LAHRC committee bringing his experience and knowledge on board.
Areas: Events management, treasurer and fundraising.
Email: jpena@lahrc.org.au
Sandra Melo is a Colombian Psychologist who has volunteer for different organisations providing support to Latin American people in Victoria. Sandra is passionate about working on issues about alcohol dependency and other drugs. She's also interested on specific issues affecting queer women from Latinx backgrounds.
Areas: Events, Women and mental health.
Email: smelo@lahrc.org.au
Juan Chacon Olier is a Colombian artist, animator and film maker who has been living in Australia for the last 8 years. He has worked in commercial animation series and non for profit projects that approach diversity. In 2017, while working on AFL, his designs and content contributed heavily in establishing the aesthetic for launching of the Women's league.
Since 2016, he has been part of LARHC, with the intention of helping the LGBTI+ Latinx community, to not only feel welcome in Australia but also to share and embrace both cultures.
Areas: Communications, Graphic Design and Marketing.
Email: jchaconolier@lahrc.org.au
Peter Jacobsen is an emerging documentary filmmaker establishing himself in the Australian community' and arts' spaces and works primarily with not-for-profit organizations in Australia and Colombia. He continues to work across a variety of other roles on both short and longer form documentaries reaching international audiences and has recently completed post graduate studies in Spanish.
Areas: Events, Language Exchange and Marketing.
Email: pjacobsen@lahrc.org.au
Henry Ruge-Rojas was born and raised in Bogotá Colombia Henry has called Australia home for almost ten years living here in Melbourne. I moved to US since 1997. with over 10 years with experience as former Dominican Friar, with my responsibility as reflection, prayer, study, preaching, learning, enjoy life and, worked with different communities in Texas fundraising and non-profit management experience. Volunteer with Colombian cultural community and President the Cumbiamba folklore group.
"I hope to collaborate with the group of LAHRC in the celebration and affirmation of our identity and Hispanic heritage. Don't worry, be happy and enjoy the moment because the past is history, the future is a mystery and the present are a gift."
Areas: Event management, treasurer and fundraising.
Email: hrugerojas@lahrc.org.au
Lynnette Chandia is a trained counselor and community worker from Chilean background currently working on mental health sector and community services. Lynnette migrated to Australia from early age. She has been an important committee member advocating for queer women representation and visibility.
Email: lchandia@lahrc.org.au
Samuel McMahon is an Australian lawyer living in Melbourne. Samuel has an interest in Spanish and Portuguese languages and the cultures of the places where they are spoken. He has joined the LAHRC in order to offer his skills as a native English-speaker to assist the Latin and Hispanic LGBTI community in Melbourne
Areas: Event support, Legal and language exchange.
Email: smcmahon@lahrc.org.au
Cristian Cortes is from Colombian and Venezuelan background and he's been living in Australia for ten years. He works in the area of sexual health promotion services focusing on the prevention of and support for people with blood born viruses and STIs. Working in on community services Cristian saw the need for a social and support group supporting to LGBTI people from Latin American and Hispanic background living in Victoria.
Areas: Events, Marketing and Health.
Email: ccortes@lahrc.org.au
Past Committee Members:
Dolores – Spain 2016 -2017
Veronica – Chile 2016 -2017
Alfredo Landeros – Mexico 2017 – 2018
Filipe Paiva – Brazil 2017 – 2018
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Currently there are 317 children at the St. John Vianney orphanage and School in Tanzania. The need for safe drinking water is desperate. The frequent dry seasons are a true threat to the lives of the children and those who help care for them. Sr. Mary J Wandia and her Adorer Missionary Sisters of the Poor are afraid of a cholera outbreak. Please help secure water for them!


Elle Varner is not one to settle for a no. This trait has guided the vocalist to a Grammy and a rewarding career as a working entertainer. And so, she has been working with Dr. Beverly Bond for years to spread her message and mentorship to young girls through Black Girls Rock programming.
In fact, she showed them how it's done live at the Kennedy Center's inaugural three-day Black Girls Rock Fest held last month in Washington, D.C., with fellow performers Jazzmine Sullivan, Leela James, Rapsody, Nonchalant, masked sensation Leikeli47 and the amazing Be'la Dona Band.
The Brooklyn-born, L.A.-raised prodigy, who plays keyboards but prefers the guitar, credits her mother Mikelyn Roderick, a former singer with Barry White, with getting her over the hump.
Her fearlessness is on display in the just-released video for her new single, "Pour Me," featuring Wale and a massive snake.
The song, co-produced by her father Jimmy Varner, is the follow up to her hit single, "Refill," and will be featured on her new mixtape project called "Elevation" to be released in May on 4/4 Sound/Entertainment One (eOne).
Asked whether it's a boon or challenge to work with her dad, she answered both.
Varner already experienced her dream collaboration when she was called upon to join Prince on stage.
With her statuesque natural beauty, acting could be a next step for Varner.
Velvety vocalists WIll Downing and Keith Washington fill the bill of the Redondo Beach Performing Arts Center April 11 in a show hosted by impressionist Jammin Jay Lamont.
TC ON TV: April 5 – "Unicorn Store" (Netflix): Samuel L. Jackson is featured in his "Captain Marvel" co-star Brie Larson's directorial debut. "Our Planet" (Netflix): Penelope Cruz, Salma Hayek and Sir David Attenborough narrate this six-part docu-series. "Fresh Off The Boat" (ABC): It's the 100th episode of the ground-breaking Asian-centered sitcom which premiered in February 2015.
April 6 – "Native Son" (HBO): This new version of Richard Wright's classic novel is adapted by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Suzan-Lori Parks ("Topdog/Underdog") with a cast that includes "If Beale Street Could Talk" star Kiki Layne, David Alan Grier, Sanaa Lathan and Ashton Sanders as Bigger Thomas.
April 9 – "White Boy" (Starz): The story of 17-year-old alleged Detroit cocaine kingpin Richard Wershe Jr., immortalized on the big screen by the Matthew McConaughey led "White Boy Rick," gets the doc treatment. Arrested as a teen and sentenced to life without parole, he remains imprisoned 30 years later. "Finding Your Roots" (PBS): Sirius/XM host Joe Madison – "The Black Eagle," Valerie Jarrett and Ty Burrell learn about their families in the season finale. "Reconstruction: America After The Civil War" (PBS): Henry Louis Gates Jr. presents the history of the nation's struggle during its transformative years and how African Americans made political, social and economic progress in the face of violence. "Boomerang" (BET): It's also the season ender for this fine movie spin-off renewed this week by the network. Algee Smith ("The Hate U Give") should be awards bait for his earnest portrayal of ministerial hopeful David.
April 10 – "Star" (Fox): Kimberly Elise guest stars as the mother of Noah (Luke James).


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Boot Gonzo says Texas Tech Faculty and Students
By MinistryOfTruth in Action, War
If you have not heard, Texas Tech University has taken on Ex-Bush Attorney General Alberto "I Don't Recall" Gonzalez. According to thinkprogress.org
Gonzales will be a visiting professor leading a course on "contemporary issues in the executive branch" and focusing on "recruiting and retaining first generation and under-represented students."
Students and angry alumni quickly spoke out, starting Facebook groups and writing scathing editorials. Many of the Texas Tech faculty, however, remained silent.
Not any longer. Approximately 45 Texas Tech faculty members have signed onto a petition calling Gonzales' hiring "objectionable." They charge that Gonzales is nothing more than a "celebrity hire" who won't be worth his $100,000 salary.
Alberto Gonzalez claims that his course will, among other things, highlight the "accomplishes of the Bush Administration".
I guess that means that classes will be short.
Contemporary issues in the executive branch, such as "how to commit war crimes" and "wiping your ass with the Constitution 101" will be covered in the course, unless Alberto Gonzalez forgets them or pleads the fifth.
And, "under – represented students" must be code language for "We are going to need more batshit neo-conservatives"
We're gonna need a bigger boat. That way, we can set them all adrift together.
The protest by Students and Faculty has picked up a lot of steam. You can support their boycott of Alberto Gonzalez by joining the facebook group here
Despite the outrage coming from Texas Tech Students and Faculty, Texas Tech chancellor Kent Hance is standing by his hiring of Gonzalez, who he says is a 'close friend' of his.
Why anyone would send their kid to a school for thousands of dollars so they can learn re-writing the rule of law from one of the worst liars and crappiest lawyers ever is beyond me. You'd be better off getting your law degree from Phoenix University online.
But, there is a way to solve this problem. We can save the fragile little minds of a whole class of law students by doing something today.
Investigate and Prosecute Bush/Cheney/Gonzalez et all for War Crimes.
War Criminals don't take Sunday's off, and neither should we.
You can find contact information for AG Eric Holder and President Obama beneath the fold. Send them an E-Mail this Sunday and demand a strong, independant Special Prosecutor who will go all the way in the fight to clear America's name and prosecute the crimes against humanity perpetrated by the Bush/Cheney Regime.
And, of course, YELL LOUDER!
Just don't write the e-mail to AG Holder in all CAPS.
"I don't recall", Activism, Alberto Gonzalez, crimes, criminal, petition, Texas Tech
George W. Bush must STFU!
By MinistryOfTruth in Barack Obama, War
Simulposted at http://www.dailykos.com/story/…
Of all the people to criticize President Obama, or any President for that matter, this is by far and away the dumbest and most criminal of them all.
Ex President and future War Criminal Geogre W Bush had some words to share with Uhmerica yesterday at an event in Erie, PA
"There are a lot of ways to remedy the situation without nationalizing health care," Mr. Bush said. "I worry about encouraging the government to replace the private sector when it comes to providing insurance for health care."
Asked by the evening emcee at the 104th annual Manufacturer and Business Association meeting if he finds the new president's policies "socialist," Mr. Bush started then stopped.
"I hear a lot of those words, but it depends on…," he said, breaking off. He later offered a more diplomatic assessment: "We'll see."
thinkprogress.org
Let your Congress critter know that if they stand against a public option on health care reform, they stand with George W Bush.
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It's all Ally's fault! She got me a book for Christmas called 'Save this shirt'. Here's the link to it on Amazon. It was so very inspiring that I started to despair of ever being thin and unpregnant to make the beautiful suggestions inside!
So a couple of weekends ago I got brave and decided to make a maternity version. Note this is *inspired by* save this shirt, but doesn't feature in it! I 'borrowed' a T shirt from Jamie for the purpose. Clearly he doesn't like it, as it's not really been worn.
Actually I maade the shirt twice. J doesn't have so many respectible T shirts that I'd experiment on one! So the how to pix are all of the prototype (from an old painting top).
First I tried on the shirt and marked a pin at the 'under bust' sort of level, and then laid a T shirt that fits over the top to get widths. Thanks to Charlie for all her help/Moral support!
I cut the t shirt top from bottom at the pin line. and cut the sleeve to a more fitted, girly width.
The next three pix show cutting the neckline. I can't really explain, but we (Charlie's hands pictured) cut the neckline in a similar style to the existing fitting t-shirt.
Turn it inside out, and stitch up the sides to make the bust part of the top back into a top.
Run a gather running stitch with tacking thread along the top FRONT of the lower half of the shirt.
Turn the lower part inside out and put the bust part inside the lower half.(right sides together). Pin the side seams together.
Pull up the gather thread, evening out the gathers and pin into place. This really depends on the size of shirt compared to you. I pushed all the gathers toward the middle leaving the sides smoother. Pin into place.
Stitch the two parts together.
And there you have it! For the final version I sewed ribbon on the join and gathered up another length of ribbon to make the flower. The centre of the flower is a 'vintage' button inherited from my Nan's button box when Mum was turning out! Thank you!
Very gorgeous and clever! I need to buy that book…..
Now, that's a really good refashion!!! I love the new top!!!
Omgosh your good!! So pretty :)) Thanks so much for visiting my blog and leaving such a lovely comment.
Just lovely! I'm amazed at what you can do with a sewing machine. I have one but can't do much with it… Great before and after photos!!
The cutest redo and the pretties mommy to be! Bet your baby is smilling when you wear the cute blouse!
Super cute! I'd love for you to link up to Crafty Cousins.


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Transport & Travel	• 4 Apr 2017
Transnet debuts first locomotive designed and made in South Africa
By Andy Walker
Read nextSouth Africa's box office: Ghost in the Shell loses to Smurfs
South Africa's first locally engineered locomotive has today been unveiled in Pretoria.
The Trans African Locomotive, or TAL2001, "is the first ever train that has been designed, engineered and manufactured locally by the State-Owned Entity, Transnet, which will serve the African continent," the SA government writes in a press release.
Launch of @TE_Transnet African locomotive TAL2001 pic.twitter.com/RR9ao4hPvs
— Railways Africa (@RailwaysAfrica) April 4, 2017
Government officials including President Jacob Zuma and Minister of Public Enterprises Lynne Brown launched the locomotive, and also hitched a ride on it at its launch in Pretoria on Tuesday.
President Zuma and Minister Brown boarding for a maiden trip on Transnet's first locally built Trans-Africa #Locomotive pic.twitter.com/XiFKIEPjc4
— South African Gov (@GovernmentZA) April 4, 2017
Transnet designed the "original underframe, superstructure, bogies, body and locomotive control system", but not everything was designed in South Africa. The locomotive's diesel power unit is provided by Rolls-Royce. Nevertheless, the heavy load-bearing design is intended to brave the harsh expanses of the African continent.
And that's Transnet's overall plan — becoming Africa's rail manufacturing industry "champion".
This is the first locomotive to be designed and manufactured in South Africa by Transnet
"The prospective socio-economic spin-offs of the project are crucial in enabling government to address the triple challenge of unemployment, poverty and inequality in the country, in line with the National Development Plan and Vision 2030," the SA government adds.
A number of Twitter users also celebrated the development, praising the country that's "alive with possibilities".
#Transnet thanks a million south Africa is alive with possibilities
— Botlalo (@dionbotlalo) April 4, 2017
Congratulations South Africa #Transnet https://t.co/D3ldSmHjsb
— MondeJoka (@MondeJoka) April 4, 2017
We've reached out to the relevant South African government officials for more details on Transnet TAL 2001's technical features, manufacturing plans, and further comment regarding availability. We'll update this piece accordingly if, or when, we receive a reply.
Feature image: GovernmentZA via Twitter (resized)
Andy has been writing for Memeburn since 2014, and is now part of the furniture. When not pretending to be a table or covering the latest memes and South African news on Memeburn, Andy can be seen covering smartphones, gaming and car news on Gearburn and Motorburn. He is currently the editor of Memeburn, Gearburn and Motorburn.
Posted in Transport & TravelTagged Jacob Zuma, locomotive, Transnet, Transnet TAL 2001, transport
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TV & Movies • 5 Apr 2017


This little project book can be used in many ways. Slip the book in the envelope and give as a gift, and the greeting card is included. If you give to a non-sewing person, make one of the projects in the book for them, cut the front cover off your book, and slip in envelope for your greeting card. Cut off the front cover and use as a 5" x 7" picture to give as a gift. Projects in this book may be made into stitcheries and framed or put fabric borders around them and make them into a pillow or wall quilt.


Affording sweeping views from Rushes Bay across Lake Jindabyne, this impressive residence is ideally located in a quiet residential area. With an open plan design, this light-filled family home has a large living space that extends to a generous deck area from which to enjoy the spectacular alpine vista. The environment is reflected in the use of natural materials throughout with the use of stone and timber while the landscaped gardens are well established, defining the boundary of the property.
Featuring high ceilings with fans and fireplace in the living room, the property takes advantage of it's elevated position with large windows across the front. Comfort and functionality have been considered with new carpet just laid in both the house and apartment, solar hot water attached to the house and gas hot water used for the apartment.


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'Kiss Rocks Vegas' Blu-Ray, Vinyl, CD and Deluxe Editions Announced
Matthew Wilkening Published: June 21, 2016
Kayos Production
After appearing in movie theaters around the world and on your television and computer screens via pay-per-view, Kiss' latest concert film, Kiss Rocks Vegas, will be available for purchase in a variety of audio and home-video formats on Aug. 26.
The movie, which captures wonderfully shot footage of Kiss performing in an uncommonly intimate setting on a brand-new immersive stage set during their 2014 residency in Las Vegas, can be purchased in DVD/CD, Blu-ray/CD, DVD/two-LP and Deluxe Edition DVD/Blu-Ray/two-CD box set versions. Video footage of a seven-song acoustic set is included as a bonus on the DVD/CD and Blu-ray/CD versions. The deluxe edition comes in a 12"x12' hardcover book, and in addition to the video version of the acoustic set, it also includes a bonus CD of those seven "unplugged" songs.
Founding Kiss frontmen Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons fired up their hype quote generators to talk up the new project. "We rocked and Vegas rolled! This was epic in your face Kiss," enthused Starchild. "We got up close and personal, I think rock 'n' roll fans will really enjoy this spectacle that only Kiss can deliver." The Demon chimed in: "KaBOOM! We blew up the Joint at the Hard Rock in Vegas like never before. We are very proud of this and know that you will be blown away as well."
Kiss will kick off their Freedom to Rock tour on July 7 in Boise, Idaho. The trek is currently scheduled to end on Sept. 10 in Huntington, W.V. You can get complete details and ticket information at the band's official website.
'Kiss Rocks Vegas' Track Listing:
1. "Detroit Rock City"
2. "Creatures of the Night"
3. "Psycho Circus"
4. "Parasite"
5. "War Machine"
6. "Tears are Falling"
7. "Deuce"
8. "Lick it Up"
9. "I Love it Loud"
10. "Hell or Hallelujah"
11. "God of Thunder"
12. "Do You Love Me?"
13. "Love Gun"
14. "Black Diamond"
15. "Shout it Out Loud"
16. "Rock and Roll All Night
Acoustic set:
1. "Comin' Home"
2. "Plaster Caster"
3. "Hard Luck Woman"
4. "Christine Sixteen"
5. "Goin' Blind"
6. "Love Her All I Can"
7. "Beth"
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Jeff Risom: Creating "Platforms for Yes" to Spur Mobility in Cities of the Future
Posted 03/16/18 by Amy Kapp in America's Trails
RTC's Amy Kapp interviews Jeff Risom from Gehl at 2018 SXSW
Rails to Trails was at the SXSW Cities Summit this week, exploring the role of trails in the cities of the future. I sat down with Jeff Risom, partner and managing director U.S. of Gehl—a cutting-edge, international design firm that focuses on the intersection of quality of life and the built environment. Jeff talked about innovative solutions to making cities more equitable with regard to mobility and transportation. Here's what he had to say—thanks Jeff!
Amy Kapp, Rails to Trails magazine: Jeff, tell us about what your firm specializes in.
Jeff Risom: Yeah so we're urban designers, but we really take a social science angle with that as well. So it's a lot about people's behavior in space and really the way that the built environment impacts that behavior.
From what I understand Gale focuses on the relationship between the built environment and quality of life as a big approach to a lot of their work. All your all your work. Tell me more about that.
Yeah so basically what we believe is that you shape spaces or buildings or infrastructure, and that's only about half of the job. Right? Because then people use it in a way that either you predicted as a designer or that you couldn't have imagined. And so the job is to go back and then understand how people were actually using that infrastructure, using that design, and create more of a feedback loop between ... design and use—between what we planned for and how it's actually lived.
That's great. From your experience ... I know you've worked in major cities in New York and Mexico City ... San Francisco …
We've worked in about 100 cities around the world.
From your experiences, what are some of the major challenges cities actually are facing and have been have been facing with regard to transportation and land use, specifically.
I think one overarching problem is that they're not thinking about the two joined up …. People are making transportation decisions, and maybe loosely equating it to issues of affordability, to sprawl, to the way that the communities either are integrated or not—both socially and even racially or social demographically. So I think the relationship between transportation and land use planning is oftentimes just too siloed.
I think another issue is that every city is afraid of change of any nature. So anytime you go in and try to change the status quo, there's an automatic backlash to it. I think it's interesting; in cities we work in, every city says, "Hey we're different. You know our citizens are really against change." And we hear that everywhere, right? So we try to find a way to invert that relationship and basically create platforms for yes, rather than the way that a lot of the planning system is put together now—[in] which basically, the only way that you get to have input as a citizen is if you're against something. So those are a couple things that we see around the world, actually.
That's interesting. So what are some of the platforms for yes? How do you go about that?
One example, you mentioned New York before … so working with the city … we helped make some principles and guidelines, but the city had to run with this plan, which was that they wanted to invert supply and demand.
Union Square in New York City
The city created the New York City Plaza Program, which basically says, 'Hey, we're going to invest in two or three plazas next year. Who wants one?' Then the people that are invited to go participate are the ones that want change. It's like, if you don't want a plaza in her neighborhood, then don't go to the meeting. Right? That is I think the most brilliant example I've seen to date.
And what we help the city do is really identify which sites, which neighborhoods … what typology of spaces would be ripe for that platform for yes. You can't go do that everywhere, but if you're pretty purposeful about where you want to do it—what are the conditions that you've got to supply—then that's just a great example to get voices at the table that are constructive and that want to make their communities better, rather than the voices at the table that have other interests beyond necessarily the collective quality of life.
That's great. I just have two more questions for you. What trends are popping up that cities are using to increasingly tackle issues such as traffic congestion or making sure that there are balance transportation systems that are reaching everybody—the entire population including underserved communities.
I don't think they're doing enough. This is South by Southwest, and there are probably 20 panels about autonomous vehicles—it's all about, you know, ride sharing—and I think a lot of folks are resting on that technological innovation to be the silver bullet.
Ride Share App
And our experience is, we're trying to always invert that discussion. We're saying, "What do we want our streets to be like? What kind of life do we want to see there? What role will they play in civic society in places of meeting and commerce and the delight and curiosity? So let's set those values for our streets, and then let's figure out transportation innovations or technology that can support that rather than the inverse."
I haven't heard enough of that here. I keep on saying that to everyone. To people, I'm like, "That sounds great, but how is this electric scooter going to get us there?" I think we're still very gadget fixated and not process oriented enough and not really inverting—not really focusing on the values that we want for our streets and communities, and then making rules, making guidelines, making investments based on those values.
That makes a lot of sense, and so asking this next question I feel like I'm putting a qualifier of trails, biking and walking on it. But my next and last question would be: How do you feel that trails and walking and biking infrastructure can really play a role in these efforts or are playing a role in these efforts already?
Well I think they're vital, right? What I think is interesting … what I love a lot about this idea of … rails to trails is this idea of using what you have. Using existing infrastructure and really revealing the beauty and potential of it, and building upon it rather than always trying to build new. That's one thing.
I think especially when talking about sidewalks, we think sometimes that we can just put a sidewalk in, and if it's a certain width, then people will walk. But we know that there's much more to walking than walking. It's directly related to land use, it's related to the functions, to the experiences that you have while you're walking along that sidewalk. So, I think we see a huge role for those efforts. But again, they can't be done in isolation, and they really need to be joined up with all sorts of things ranging from economic development, to education and health, to climate change and resilience. And the more we are thinking really about, 'How do we kill multiple birds with one stone with an initiative,' the better off we're going to be.
Jeff Risom—thank you so much for being with us today, and have a wonderful rest of your visit at SXSW.
Rails to Trails magazine attended the Cities Summit at SXSW on March 12 and 13, 2018, to explore the role of trails in the cities of the future. The Cities Summit at SXSW is an opportunity for civic leaders and creative urbanists of all disciplines to join together to learn, strategize and form coalitions to transform the cities of tomorrow. The convening explored the role of culture, design and innovation in shaping the equitable, resilient and livable cities of the future. Check out our complete coverage on the TrailBlog.
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This article is about the moon. For the canceled Halo MMO, see Titan (canceled game).
Titan is the largest natural satellite of the gas giant Saturn, located in the Sol system. The sixth moon in orbit around Saturn, Titan is one of the few natural satellites in the Sol system to have its own natural atmosphere. Although most moons of Saturn are largely unexplored, Titan has been colonized by the Unified Earth Government and settled as an industrial colony.


Henry is a long, fast engine. He has a thoroughbred look and like all thoroughbreds, tends to be somewhat high strung and prone to illness. But he has his new shape now, and sympathetically drive, he'll give any engine a run for its money. Before his shape was changed, Henry had to have special coal brought in so he could run properly. Thomas Wooden Railway vehicles, track and destinations are not compatible with Take Along Thomas items. Dimensions: 7.00 " x 1.50 " x 2.00 "


Carmine Gerard DeSapio (December 10, 1908 – July 27, 2004) was an American politician from New York City. He was the last head of the Tammany Hall political machine to dominate municipal politics.
DeSapio was born in lower Manhattan. His father was an Italian immigrant from Sicily, while his mother was of the second generation. DeSapio's father operated a trucking business. DeSapio graduated from Fordham University in 1931.
He started his career in the Tammany Hall organization as an errand boy and messenger for precinct captains. DeSapio earned a reputation during his deliveries of coal and turkey on behalf of the local Tammany club by thanking recipients for their acceptance of Tammany handouts. Tammany Hall had dominated New York City politics from the mayoral victory of Fernando Wood in 1854 until the election of Fiorello H. La Guardia in 1933. DeSapio was first elected a district captain in 1939, but was rejected by the leadership in the struggle between Irish and Italian interests for control of the organization. In 1943 he was accepted as district leader for lower Greenwich Village.
In 1949, DeSapio became the youngest "boss" in the history of Tammany Hall, succeeding Hugo Rogers. His Italian heritage signaled the end of Tammany's longtime dominance by Irish-American politicians, and DeSapio became the first nationally prominent Italian-American political leader. Throughout his political life, DeSapio gained notoriety from alleged involvement with organized crime, even though he fought to distance the organization from the unsavory days of Boss Tweed, and allegations of corruption. In 1951, Senator Estes Kefauver of Tennessee concluded that DeSapio was assisting the activities of New York's most powerful mobster Frank Costello, and that Costello had become influential in decisions made by the Tammany Hall council. DeSapio admitted to having met Costello several times, but insisted that "politics was never discussed". These connections were examined by the Kefauver Commission.
Unlike many previous Tammany Hall bosses, DeSapio always made his decisions known to the public and promoted himself as a reformer. As boss of Tammany, he demonstrated liberal credentials when he diversified Tammany's leadership by naming the first Puerto Rican Manhattan district leader, Anthony Mandez, and backed Hulan Jack as Manhattan's first African-American Borough President. His ties with Costello also failed to halt his rise to power in the local political scene. DeSapio reformed Tammany Hall's traditional sale of judgeships early in his role as Boss, reducing the cost of a position of judge from $75,000 to $25,000. This money was used to offset the cost of campaign expenses.
In 1953, he earned new respect and public admiration when he turned against the other Democratic leaders in New York City and used the power of Tammany Hall to help ensure that the highly-unpopular incumbent mayor, Vincent R. Impellitteri, was defeated in the Democratic Party primary by Robert F. Wagner, Jr., an outspoken pro-reform Democrat, and then helped assure Wagner's victory in the general election. Following Wagner's success, DeSapio became a powerful and well-respected kingmaker in the New York political scene.
DeSapio always seemed a personally modest man. Even though he operated out of four lavish offices, he lived for fifty years in a middle-class apartment on Washington Square with his wife Theresa Natale ("Natalie") and daughter Geraldine. As leader of Tammany Hall, DeSapio reveled in the limelight, attending charitable fund-raising events, making himself available to the press, and delivering speeches in highbrow venues that were thought off-limits to political bosses. In wielding his enormous political clout, he usually preferred extensive consultations and consensus-building to unilateral decision-making. His 16- to-18-hour workday began with pre-breakfast phone calls at home where, still dressed in pajamas and bathrobe, he received a stream of political associates. DeSapio would then visit his various offices for further meetings, and cram in a half-dozen public functions, including radio and television appearances and a late-night political dinner.
DeSapio succeeded in shucking Tammany's notoriety and fashioning himself as a sophisticated, enlightened and modern political boss. He favored well-tailored, dark suits and striped ties, and always looked as if he had just stepped out of a barber's chair. The only incongruity was the dark glasses he was forced to always wear because of chronic iritis.
However, it later became apparent that he was also selling out to benefit local mobsters such as Costello. DeSapio was accused of staffing New York City's government with clubhouse hacks. He followed the Tammany custom of selling judicial nominations, although he did cut the fee that would-be judges were required to pay. He steered valuable city contracts for streetlights and parking meters to the Broadway Maintenance Corporation, a company that, according to the State Investigation Commission, cheated taxpayers out of millions of dollars.
His leadership ended in 1961, and with it the dynasty that was Tammany Hall. It took several years of work by Eleanor Roosevelt to bring this about. She had vowed revenge because she felt DeSapio had derailed her son's (Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr.) political ambitions by persuading him to abandon his run for Governor of New York in 1954 and instead run for New York Attorney General. After Roosevelt dropped out, DeSapio then got the local Democratic Party officials to accept former banker and diplomat W. Averell Harriman as the Democratic Party's nominee for governor in the New York state election. Harriman barely managed to secure victory as Governor of New York and Roosevelt would lose his bid to become the New York Attorney General. Following Harriman's victory, DeSapio served in Harriman's cabinet as Secretary of State of New York.
In 1958, DeSapio's image was severely damaged after he successfully manoeuvred to have his own candidate for Senate, Manhattan District Attorney Frank Hogan, placed on the Democratic and Liberal ticket. New Yorkers now saw DeSapio as an old-time Tammany Hall boss and Hogan lost the Senate election to Republican Kenneth Keating. Republican Nelson Rockefeller was elected Governor the same year as well. Democrats who had once praised DeSapio now found it expedient to excoriate him. In 1961, Wagner won re-election by running a reformist campaign that denounced his former patron, DeSapio, as an undemocratic practitioner of Tammany machine politics. The same year, DeSapio lost the district leadership of his native Greenwich Village, a post he had held for two decades, to an upstart reform Democrat, James Lanigan, who was backed by nationally-known liberal Democrats such as Wagner, Eleanor Roosevelt and former Senator Herbert H. Lehman. Following his loss, Eleanor Roosevelt told local journalist Murray Kempton, who published her remarks many years later in 1991 when he was a columnist for Newsday, "I told Carmine I would get him for what he did to Franklin, and get him I did."
In 1963 and 1965, after Lanigan stepped down, DeSapio tried to retake his position as Greenwich Village district leader, but was twice defeated by another reform candidate, Edward I. Koch, who would later go on to become mayor. DeSapio reached a low point in 1969 when he was convicted in a Federal Court of conspiracy and bribery after it was acknowledged that he conspired to bribe the former New York City water commissioner, James L. Marcus, and extort contracts from Consolidated Edison that would result in kickbacks. He served two years in federal prison (1971–1973). After his release, he never re-entered politics, but did support many community, charitable, and civic causes. He regained some of his former popularity through his skill as a speaker. In 1992, former Mayor Ed Koch, his opponent in 1963 and 1965, whom DeSapio had now befriended and met with on occasions, said of him: "He is a crook, but I like him ... Most politicians still like DeSapio. He always gets the most applause when he is introduced at Democratic dinners".
Among DeSapio's accomplishments were support of the Fair Employment Practices Law, the New York City rent control laws, and the lowering of the voting age to 18.
DeSapio died at age 95 on July 27, 2004, at St. Vincent's Hospital in Manhattan. He was interred in a private mausoleum at Calvary Cemetery in Woodside, Queens. He was survived by his daughter Geraldine A. DeSapio.
^ a b c Allen, Oliver E. (1993). The Tiger: The Rise and Fall of Tammany Hall. Addison-Wesley Publishing Company. p. 261,271. ISBN 0-201-62463-X.
^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u Kandell, Jonathan (July 28, 2004). "Carmine De Sapio, Political Kingmaker and Last Tammany Hall Boss, Dies at 95". The New York Times. Retrieved February 17, 2014.
^ James F. Clarity, "Robert Wagner, 80, Pivotal New York Mayor, Dies". Published: February 13, 1991. Correction Appended.
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It's one thing to state your mission. It's another to talk about it. But, let's face it. Talk is cheap. How do you rise above the noise? LIVE your beliefs. We're firm believers that actions speak louder than word. Networking, education, and charity are central to how we engage professionally to build our reputation as trusted, educated, and philanthropic creatives that take brands to new levels of success. On September 20th, 2018, we made good on our promise to empower entrepreneurs and aspiring leaders.
Before we recap the evening, the Revelation Creative team cannot thank our sponsors, speakers, and attendees enough for being a part of why our first-ever Business Back-To-School event was such a success! We loved seeing so many fierce females, and progressive gentlemen come together to raise money for a worthy cause. It was a truly humbling experience to see all of our planning and hard work come to fruition.
At Revelation Creative, networking is at the core of how we grow our business. Many of the attendees at this educational networking event may have been there because they met Gina Marie or another member of the RC team while at a different networking event. Networking is like playing "Six Degrees of Separation." There's always a way to connect the dots between how we can all help each other grow our businesses. It's important to remember that while we're 'networking', it's not about selling to every person we speak to. Instead, we strive to build lasting relationships that end up being mutually beneficial.
Introducing yourself to strangers isn't everyone's strong suit, so we like to find a way to help break the ice. When we host our networking events, it's our goal to make sure our attendees are relaxed and ready to have fun. This event was no different. At the Business Back-to-School event, we urged attendees to participate in our signature marketing trivia game. With only two simple rules, it's a fun way to encourage our attendees to meet new people. The first rule is that you can't use your phone to search for the answers. But, the integral rule is the one that helps our attendees to approach and collaborate with strangers. By teaming up with your fellow attendees to answer questions, you're opening the door for future conversations. While offering an incentive is great, the biggest payoff our attendees received was creating lasting connections.
As the networking session came to a close, everyone took their seats to enjoy dinner while our speakers shared their insights into the worlds of marketing, financial fitness, and securing funding for business – big and small. Each presentation lasted around 20 minutes before we opened up the floor for questions. We hope that everyone walked away from these educational sessions with new insights to help optimize your business strategies.
We can't thank our industry experts enough for sharing their thoughts, guidance, and experiences. Stay tuned for the videos that will feature the presentations by Joan Antoniello, of Mazars, Janice Mills, of Investors Bank, and Revelation Creative's very own Gina Marie Mattei Kleinhans.
Our educational session was closely followed by the keynote presentation delivered by Stella Valle co-founders, Paige and Ashley. They took the audience through their personal and professional journeys. Hearing their numerous struggles and hard-earned victories were inspiring. From competitive swimmers to West Point graduates, there's no denying that these ladies are savvy and courageous. They were able to truly harness what it means to be #WomenWarriors and channel that into strong yet feminine jewelry.
Paige and Ashley explained to a captive audience about what it truly means to be mentally tough. You'll get to hear their words of wisdom once our video of their presentation is available. We hope that you will be motivated to challenge yourself to unlock your business' full potential from their empowering story.
In addition to helping entrepreneurs and aspiring leaders grow their businesses, this event was about helping our community. Proceeds from the evening will benefit BW NICE Inc., an organization that provides support to survivors of domestic abuse and sexual assault across the state. To-date, we've raised in excess of $5,000 from sponsorship, ticket sales, and donations to benefit this worthy cause. Even though the event is over, you can still get involved by donating to our Facebook Fundraiser. Click here to contribute today!
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Incredible Plymouth mum reduced to tears on BBC's The One Show
Emma Harris said she was "overwhelmed" to see her neighbours all clapping her in the street whilst BBC crews filmed her
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An incredible Plymouth mum has been the star of BBC's The One Show this evening - because her entire street wanted to say "thank you".
Emma Harris was reduced to tears after being picked for the show's 'one big thank you' after being nominated by the whole of Northumberland Street in Weston Mill, for her efforts in keeping the street in high spirits.
The 43-year-old is a care worker and has still managed to find the time to not only entertain her own children during lockdown, but all of her neighbours too.
The kind-hearted 43-year-old has been described as an "amazing" neighbour and friend, putting on activities for including socially distant street bingo, discos and even street parties.
"You always say we live on the best street, but it's the best street because of you", one neighbour told Emma.
Luca, a little boy on the street, said Emma "makes every Saturday fun".
On Wednesday morning, Emma opened her door to see her neighbours all clapping her in the street whilst BBC crews filmed her, reducing her to tears.
Emma Harris on The One Show (Image: BBC)
The lovely surprise had been arranged by neighbour, Mel Fairbairn who nominated her and Emma's partner, Tim Smith, who helped with the surprise.
"I'm still totally overwhelmed by yesterday's massive surprise", Emma told Plymouth Live.
"I love each and everyone on my neighbours, who pulled it off without me knowing, dearly.
"From Mel Fairbairn who nominated me to the One Show and Tim Smith for all of his hard work, I can't thank them all enough.
Plymouth mum creates McDonald's drive-thru in her garden
"And as for the rest of my street, I can't believe they all kept it a secret from me, the loudest nosiest neighbour of Northumberland Street."
Emma watched the show with her three youngest children, Beau, Barnie and Billy - who all featured on the show.
The show also saw touching messages from Emma's neighbours, who all danced to 'Dancing in the Street' by David Bowie and Mick Jagger - because Emma always keeping everybody dancing.
Strictly Come Dancing professional, Anton Du Beke, also made a surprise appearance via video screen, to dance with the street.
Emma said that she first thought "oh bless" when she saw her neighbours clapping, but then she "burst into tears" when she realised what was happening.
She said: "When I opened my front door and saw all of my neighbours outside clapping I thought 'oh bless them for taking time out to clap for me'.
"Then when I saw the sound man with the microphone above my head and the camera in front of me I burst into tears.
"I couldn't hold back my emotions. I'm the sort of person who a 'thank you' means more to me than any monetary value."
Read more about Emma here.