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Salesforce and Disney Studios Content Join Forces to Help Accelerate Production with New Technology
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Salesforce is now an Innovation Partner of The Walt Disney Studios StudioLAB
StudioLAB is an innovation program that applies cutting-edge technology to help solve production challenges and explore emerging storytelling tools
SAN FRANCISCO—May 5, 2021—Salesforce (NYSE: CRM) and Disney Studios Content today announced a five-year innovation partnership to help support Disney filmmakers and marketers using the Salesforce platform.
By naming Salesforce a StudioLAB Innovation Partner, the companies will explore new ways to use technology to manage and accelerate the content production lifecycle and support the creation of content — from the earliest ideas in development all the way through post-production and marketing.
Using technology from Salesforce Customer 360, which includes industry-leading apps for sales, service, marketing and commerce, the partnership will initially focus on reimagining production by:
Developing digital workflows to help manage the production and marketing of Disney Studios content.
Supporting executive decision-making by providing a 360 real-time view of the performance of media properties.
Deploying simple, mobile-first technologies to help studio personnel access updates and quickly collaborate in real time, from any device, anywhere.
"Disney's creative leadership has inspired generations with emotional storytelling and imaginative experiences," said Sarah Franklin, President and Chief Marketing Officer, Salesforce. "At Salesforce, we've worked to create similar magic with our brand, events and global community of Trailblazers. We are thrilled at the opportunity to help StudioLAB and their efforts to support Disney advance their storytelling with our technology."
"Salesforce's platform gives us the ability to accelerate and better coordinate the production process," said Jamie Voris, Chief Technology Officer, Disney Studios Content. "With Salesforce as our Innovation Partner we can equip our marketers and storytellers with world-class technology to better deliver against the incredible slate of content we have planned for streaming and theatrical audiences."
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Visit to LumeJet
Stratford Photo Group members were invited to visit LumeJet, on Tuesday 7th November 2017. LumeJet are a young company based in Whitley, Coventry. They opened the factory only 2 years ago, after a period of 15 years development of a new way of printing digital images.
SPG Members during LumeJet visit © Suveena Bali
Since digital took off, the main way of getting images printed was via inkjet systems, where coloured inks are sprayed, with great accuracy, onto specially formulated papers. There are a number of issues with this process, including the cost of inks/papers and the limitation in how small the dots can be made, to increase the resolution and fine detail of the print.
The process and technology that LumeJet have developed turns the process on its head and goes back to the days of printing on photographic paper processed in chemicals. This is a well understood, stable and cost effective process.
LumeJet's L.Type print process recreates the care, personal attention and quality of the traditional darkroom experience for the modern age. Created with their unique, patented photonic technology, the L.Type print is ultra-high-resolution 400 PPI (Pixels Per Inch) true continuous tone, considered to be better than 4,000 dpi quality from an ink-based printer. This allows them to achieve images that truly show no digital patterning at all.
We were welcomed by Dr Trevor Elworthy, the founder and managing director of the company. He explained the various stages of development the technology had gone through. Starting with the design of the printhead, which takes a digital image, converts it to RGB light, and it then "fires" it with great accuracy onto photographic paper. Having successfully productionised the printhead, the next challenge was to build the print machine which would house it. This brought significant new engineering problems, to ensure that the printhead could be moved across the photographic paper with micron precision. All within a tightly controlled climate.
Greg, the financial director, talked about the significant investment that had gone into developing the technology and getting to the stage where they now had a complete print facility, able to take digital images and output high quality prints, to a standard significantly higher than any other system, at a reasonable price. He talked about the business case and the future marketing of the products. They are marketing it as a high end product where receiving your print or photobook is an event to be anticipated, similar to the experience of opening an iPhone® box.
We then got to see the immaculately clean production environment, where Jordan demonstrated how the LumeJet technology was used to produce prints and photobooks in a variety of sizes, but all at outstanding quality and attention to detail.
Trevor then gave us an insight into some of their future technology plans, including details not yet released, of their next generation printhead.
Finally, the moment we had all been waiting for, Suveena Bali presented each attendee with a free A3 print, of an image they had submitted in advance, on Fuji DPII Matte stock paper. Wow! Everyone was genuinely impressed with the quality, fine detail and colour accuracy in the prints. It was definitely a "wonderful experience".
Overall SPG members were privileged to visit LumeJet and enjoyed a brilliant evening. We would like to thank the LumeJet team for their hospitality and generosity.
We wish them every success for the future.
LumeJet visit © Michael Robertson-Smith LumeJet visit © Michael Robertson-Smith
General views of the factory during our group visit by Michael Robertson-Smith.
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Q: How to make the tkinter objects appear live? i am creating the balls like this
from tkinter import *
import random
import time
colors = ["red", "blue", "purple", "green", "violet", "black"]
tk = Tk()
tk.title("Random balls")
canvas = Canvas(tk, width = 600, height = 600, bg = "white")

for i in range(10):
    x0 = random.randint(0, 600)
    y0 = random.randint(0, 600)
    i=40
    colors = ["red", "blue", "purple", "green", "violet", "black"]
    for o in range(5):
        x0 = x0 + 10
        y0 = y0 + 10
        x1 = x0 + i
        y1 = y0 + i
        canvas.create_oval(x0, y0, x1, y1, fill=random.choice(colors), tag="circle")
        canvas.pack()
        i=i+8
canvas.pack()

This program is creating growing balls with random start positions, and random color.
Hello, how to make the tkinter objects(balls for example) appear on the tkinter window live(i want to see they appearing on thw windows, and not start the tkinter and the objects are already on the windows)?
Thanks

A: You can tell your tkinter application to call a function after x time in milliseconds. This function can contain the code for creating the circles:
from tkinter import *
import random
import time

def create_circles():
    for i in range(10):
        x0 = random.randint(0, 600)
        y0 = random.randint(0, 600)
        i=40
        colors = ["red", "blue", "purple", "green", "violet", "black"]
        for o in range(5):
            x0 = x0 + 10
            y0 = y0 + 10
            x1 = x0 + i
            y1 = y0 + i
            canvas.create_oval(x0, y0, x1, y1, fill=random.choice(colors), tag="circle")
            canvas.pack()
            i=i+8

            canvas.update() # Here you need to update the canvas for the new circle to show
            time.sleep(0.1) # Here you can put a delay between the appearence of the individual circles

#colors = ["red", "blue", "purple", "green", "violet", "black"]
tk = Tk()
tk.title("Random balls")
canvas = Canvas(tk, width = 600, height = 600, bg = "white")
canvas.pack()
tk.after(1000, create_circles)
tk.mainloop()

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We are delighted to announce that Steve Finlan has been appointed as our new CEO (Chief Executive Officer). Steve is an experienced retailer and has held senior executive roles at a number of household-name retailers including Marks & Spencer, Gap Inc. and Clarks International. He is currently Chief Commercial Officer at Clarks, a role he took up in 2014. During his retail career, Steve has held leadership roles in sales, operations, and HR, and operational responsibility for IT, supply chain and digital
Wine Society Chairman Sarah Evans said: 'I am absolutely delighted that Steve has chosen to join us. Today's competitive landscape is extremely challenging and fast paced and The Society will benefit from the breadth and depth of his experience, building on The Society's strengths, its strong heritage and membership base. Steve has a particular focus on operational excellence and the customer experience, and we look forward to his fresh perspective bringing new thinking to The Society.'
Steve said: 'I'm hugely excited to be joining such a long established and fine business. The Society has an amazing award-winning range of wines and services. With a great team in place committed to providing an outstanding experience, it is a consistent high performer in its mission to champion the joy of good wine. I'm looking forward to serving both existing and new members, leading The Society into its next phase of development."
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Unbelievable Blind Auditions on 'The Voice' That Have The Judges Freaking Out
The Best of 'The Voice' Season 14 Doesn't Get Better Than This Selection of Blind Auditions
'The Voice' season 14 is filled with more talent than ever. The blind auditions were packed with electric performances that had the judges in tough competition. From the best rendition of "Don't Stop Believing" you could hope to hear, to a rendition "Make It Rain" redefining the meaning of vocal power & range these acts were amazing.
With Kelly Clarkson joining the panel and Alicia Keys returning, we had a truly star-studded season. It also featured an all-new perk for our coaches – 'The Block' blocking one coach's plea to the performer. The best of the blind auditions brings shows you all the hottest acts making it through to the next round – each an unmissable show.
.@adamlevine is currently making a snow angel in @blakeshelton's block sign. 😂😂😂 #VoicePremiere pic.twitter.com/ylDy9k2DJv
— The Voice (@NBCTheVoice) February 27, 2018
Opening up the arrangement of awe-inspiring artists is Britton Buchanan with a soulful recreation of "Trouble" by Ray LaMontagne. This young star was so good that it brought the brand new block feature into play for the first time, with Blake Shelton using it to snatch up this young singer.
Next on the star-studded selection of winners is Brynn Cartelli delivering a performance of "Beneath You're Beautiful" by Labrinth that paved the way for great success. Her blind audition couldn't be any better, earning her a place on 'Team Kelly,' unlike last year when she was turned away.
This is song is SUCH a classic! Loving @RayshunLaMarr's take on @JourneyOfficial's "Don't Stop Believing" #VoicePremierehttps://t.co/na6bzgvhSb
Rayshun LaMarr made a believer out of us all with his high-energy recreation of Journey's "Don't Stop Believing." He certainly set the bar high for the rest of his journey. The only act that can follow that soul is, of course, a wonderful performance of Aretha Franklin's "See Saw" by a talent who seems made for the stage, Kyla Jade.
Cleveland School of the Arts Graduate D.R. King may have made a name for himself in show business forever with his blind audition featuring the 'Imagine Dragons' hit "Believer." There was nothing more that we all wanted more than to see more of Kaleb Lee after singing "Never Wanted Nothing More" from Kenny Chesney up next.
The blind auditions set the stage for one of the most action-packed seasons of 'The Voice' ever seen. From the moment that you see talent lined up, you'll be hooked on the show for sure. Don't miss our top blind picks from season fourteen.
Love this match-up! RT to welcome @justinTXkilgore to @kelly_clarkson's team! #VoicePremiere pic.twitter.com/39vUBoS3X1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERFZmnOxUuY
The night continued with Latin flair on the cards. There are not many artists who have managed to pull off the legendary Rafael Hernández Marín ballad "Preciosa" in the way that Johnny Bliss did. He managed to turn all four chairs showing that his troublesome upbringing as a gay New Yorker truly gave him strength & a stunning vocal delivery.
This performance is SO SOULFUL! Obsessed with @BrittonBuchanan's take on "Trouble" by @RayLaMontagne! #VoicePremiere https://t.co/dvZneKBZA8
Spensha Baker did 'The Beatles' proud, singing their 2006 song "Blackbird" the radical reform to civil rights and principles of equality occurring during the late 60s. For those who do not know, 'blackbird' was a form of British slang used to refer to a girl of color. Filled with emotion, pride, and flawless pitch, this is one song you don't want to miss.
Sharane Calister raised the roof with her vibrant performance of Ed Sheeran's "Make It Rain." She never missed a high note, transitioning effortlessly as she sang her heart out, giving us one of the most exciting R&B shows of the whole audition.
When you realize the #VoicePremiere continues tonight. 🤗 pic.twitter.com/f9jQhu9u2a


People for the American Way (PFAW) will take out a full-page ad (PDF link) in The New York Times charging the right wing with misleading the public in the ACORN voter registration controversy. The ad also challenges the press for failing to examine the fabrications made against the voter registration group and turning a blind-eye toward the right wing's ongoing effort to disenfranchise voters.
"What's really threatening to destroy the fabric of our democracy are right-wing efforts to suppress millions of newly registered voters, both Democrats and Republicans around the country," said Kathryn Kolbert, President of People for the American Way.
In Indiana, the right is considering using home foreclosure as a reason to prevent legitimate registration.
In Philadelphia, an anonymous flier targeting African-American neighborhoods falsely warns that voters with outstanding traffic tickets may be arrested if they go to the polls.
In Colorado, the Republican Secretary of State rejected over 6,000 citizens' registration cards because of minor errors like not marking a checkbox.


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Astronaut Scholar Emily Boster
2012 Astronaut Scholar Emily Boster
Astronaut Scholar Emily Boster had the opportunity to work on the monumental launch of the Mars Lander, InSight. "As I stood in the darkness, listening to the launch countdown, surrounded by JPL and Lockheed Martin Engineers, I couldn't help but think back to my own history. Five years earlier, I was brought onto the program as a Mechanical Design Intern. InSight was nothing more than CAD models, paperwork, requirements, and specs. It was my job to turn those models into engineering drawings and figure out how to get them built. We were trying to reuse designs from the Phoenix lander, but some things had to change due to payload interfaces, mass increases, and aerodynamic load increases, among other things. I was hired on full-time to continue my work, eventually taking on the role of Payload Integration Engineer. Over the next couple years, we took the brackets, hardware, composite layups, and electronics boxes and formed them into a fully autonomous, robotic lander that we could talk back and forth with, initiate complex deployments of solar arrays, legs, robotic arm maneuvers, imaging, and payload operation to study the Martian interior. There were long hours in the lab, weekends and nights spent testing our lander. There was disappointment too, when a problem with the primary instrument prevented us from meeting our first launch date. Our partners doubled their efforts to redesign the faulty piece of the instrument and delivered a functional seismometer on schedule for our next launch opportunity. My roles on InSight had tapered off after 2016, yet I continued to support the program through media outreach, STEM events, and periodic surge support for Assembly, Test, and Launch Operations (ATLO). As we heard those final words, 'Three, two, one, zero and liftoff of the ATLAS V', I held my breath waiting to see a light through the thick fog of the central California coast. The ground started to tremble, and a roar approached and enveloped us, and the entire sky began to glow as the fog brightened above us. Just seconds later, the light was gone, and the sky was black as night. Cheers and yells erupted from the crowd and I couldn't help but smile as I thought in my head, 'Goodbye InSight and safe travels on your way to Mars'."
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Disney Announces Home Alone Reboot Is In The Works
Stewart Perrie in Entertainment
Last updated 11:13 PM, Tuesday August 06 2019 GMT+1
It's been nearly 30 years since Home Alone premiered on the big screen, which gave rise to Macaulay Culkin's career and a ton of memes.
We were treated to a sequel in 1992, a third film to make it a trilogy in 1997, a made for TV film in 2002 and then the film most people would have missed, The Holiday Heist, became the fifth in the franchise in 2012.
You'd think that the series would have been put into the annals of movie history and hopefully never touched again.
But, you'd be wrong.
Disney has announced during a massive convention that they plan to 'reimagine' Home Alone along with Night at the Museum and Diary of a Wimpy Kid.
CEO Bob Iger says Home Alone, Night at the Museum and Diary of a Wimpy Kid will be "reimagined" for Disney+.
Did I hear that right?
- Ashley Carter (@AshleyLCarter1) August 6, 2019
That's according to Ashley Carter, who's at the convention, and says the projects will be directed at the Disney+ streaming service that will certainly rival Netflix when it's released.
It's important to note the language used for the announcement: reimagine slides more into the reboot category than remaster which essentially is just making the same film better looking.
It's also strange that they'd want to go down this route with Night at the Museum and Diary of a Wimpy Kid considering these franchises aren't that old.
No one knows when these projects will premiere on Disney+ but it will be interesting to see which route they'll go down and whether they'll be able to attract a new audience.
Featured Image Credit: 20th Century Fox
Topics: Disney, Entertainment, TV and Film
Stewart Perrie
Stewart Perrie is a Trending Journalist at LADbible. His first job was as a newsreader and journalist at the award winning Sydney radio station, Macquarie Radio. He was solely responsible for the content broadcast on multiple stations across Australia when the MH17, Germanwings and AirAsia disasters unfolded. Stewart has covered the conflict in Syria for LADbible, interviewing a doctor on the front line, and has contributed to the hugely successful UOKM8 campaign.
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The answer is that strategic planning is for firms of all sizes. In fact, it's even more important for solos and small firms in today's competitive legal environment. Solos and small firms can use strategic planning to focus their efforts and "steal" work from big firms by providing better value through lower rates and more flexible billing arrangements, for example.
"Isn't strategic planning too time-consuming for our partners?" It doesn't have to be. In fact, I will outline a straightforward question and answer process which will easily guide you through the planning steps and produce a strategic plan once you've answered all of the planning questions.
"But I've already got plenty of billable work which clients need me to do now!" Yes, you may have lots of work now, but are you doing the kind of work you want to keep you intellectually satisfied, and is it producing the most amount of profit for the least amount of your time? The strategic planning process will help you resolve these questions.
You start by creating a vision for your firm and deciding what your practice or firm is going to look like in the long term. What type of law will you practice, who will your clients be, how big will your firm be, will you have a "bricks and mortar" or "virtual" office?, etc. You need to envision all of these things and look out 5, 10 or 15 years out for your vision of the firm.
The visioning process doesn't have to be complicated. Some large firms spend weeks or months creating a vision, as they have many partners who must come to a consensus on it. But as a solo or small firm, you only have yourself or a few other partners to come to a decision on your vision, so the time required is much less.
The planning process usually involves taking some time out at a retreat to have partners think about the future of the firm, and is most likely facilitated by a third party. This third party option usually works best, since all partners have vested interests, and you want someone independent to guide you through the process to ensure you have "buy in" from all partners.
Once you've figured out where you want to go, you need to confirm where you're at now. What is your current profitability by practice area, who are your current people, what is your current management structure, what is your partnership entry criteria, etc. You will need to do a SWOT analysis, which is a review of your strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats to really define what your current position is.
This is the core values step. This involves creating a set of "values" for partner behavior which all partners are required to adhere to. You need to decide "who's in the boat" and who isn't. You need the right people to help you achieve your firm vision.
What are the steps required to achieve our vision?
Once you know where you're going, who you are and where you're at today, you need to figure out the steps needed to achieve your vision. These steps are known as goals, which will help you to determine if you're making progress towards achieving your vision. The goals need to be quantified, so you will know when you've reached each step along the way.
These are the first key steps in the planning process, which will help you kick-start the creation of a new strategic plan for your firm. In future posts, I will continue this series on strategic planning for solos and small firms. We'll fill in the details on how to complete your firm strategic plan and instill an ongoing strategic mindset to maximize your firm's competitiveness and profitability for the long term.


"Recycling, or reuse, is the best and smartest way to contribute towards conserving resources by extending the service life of a product. What is more, it protects the climate, because fewer emissions are produced as a result of avoiding the manufacture of new products."
Every year, 1.7 million tonnes of electronic scrap is accrued in Germany alone – and 750,000 tonnes of clothing also end up in the rubbish on an annual basis. Even though levels of recycling are very high in Germany compared to global standards, it is still a challenge, first of all to collect the discarded items and to place them for further use. To this end, the non-profit work group Recycling e. V. (AKR), which was set up in 1984 by a group of long-term unemployed people, runs the RecyclingBörsen! (Recycling Exchanges). The project not only conserves resources and thus contributes to climate protection, but at the same time it also creates jobs and additional places on training schemes.
The OWL region now has eight RecyclingBörsen: in the district of Herford, in Bielefeld and in Bad Salzuflen. On behalf of, or in collaboration with the municipalities, they collect items that are still in good condition from households, institutions and businesses: from bicycles to electrical equipment, also including clothes, books, furniture and other household goods.
When something is labelled "electrical scrap", it may still be serviceable. About five per cent of the equipment disposed of by households as e-waste is still usable and can be tested to ensure it is electrically safe and working properly and then reused, even without needing to be repaired.
The work of the RecylingBörsen! is particularly pioneering in terms of collecting old electrical equipment: back at the start of the 1990s, 15 years before the German Electrical and Electronic Equipment Act on collecting and recovering waste electrical equipment came into force, the AKR set up a mobile collection system. In 1993, this was followed by their own accredited specialist company for recycling waste electrical items. Recycling electrical equipment has always been top priority. All items of equipment that appear to be in an intact condition are inspected for safety and to see if they work properly; if necessary they are reconditioned and then sold on at the company's own second hand shops. In this way, the RecyclingBörsen! achieve a reuse quota of five per cent – which is up to five times higher than the national average for Germany, depending on the data source.
In the case of other product categories, they also work intensively to make sure as many products as possible are recycled or reused. Second-hand clothing is presented at fashion shows, for example, and fabric remnants are made into bags. Bicycle repair shops have been set up in several locations. Innovative formats, such as the exchange campaign "2 kilos of goods for 1 kilo of potatoes", also repeatedly attract attention.
AKR works through various projects to encourage society in general to further embrace the theme of resource consumption. In this context, it has initiated projects such as RECOM (social commitment in companies in the reuse, recycling and waste disposal sector), WiRD (building a collaborative and quality network for recycling) or LoNak (local sustainable circular economy) and it constantly promotes networking in the social and reuse sectors.
From the very start, the people in charge have sought dialogue with the arts and have themselves initiated and engaged in cultural activities. In 2007, for example, the German RecyclingDesignAward came into being, the only competition in Germany to focus on the issue of resource-efficient design. Up to 500 designers of the next generation from Germany and abroad now take part in the competition, which was originally launched on a national level, and there is a special category presenting awards for schoolchildren and workshops from North Rhine-Westphalia. The exhibits are displayed in a permanent collection, which also presents exemplary sustainability projects aimed at saving resources that are didactically organised for school classes and associations.
The best-known of the designs to emerge from the RecylcingBörse's creative workshop is arguably the "FRANK" shelf system made of old furniture and residual wood, which has meanwhile achieved the reputation of being one of the world's most successful pieces of upcycled furniture and is also being produced in a collaborative project with the Wittekindshof welfare and social foundation, a facility for people with disabilities.
Not only does the work of the RecyclingBörsen! contribute to climate protection, it also generates jobs. At least 50 regular jobs have been created so far. In addition, there are around 80 places on schemes to improve skills and provide bridging employment which are part of job market support programmes aimed at (re)integrating the unemployed or providing them with training.


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Citibank launches Islamic banking services
Citi Bank, a popular bank in the country, has launched Islamic banking services. The new service will be operated with Citibank branches and ATMs across the country to meet all the financial needs required in a Shariah-based manner. Let's find out more about Citibank's Islamic Banking.
Islamic banking is a financial system that conducts banking and business activities in accordance with the provisions and principles of Islamic law. It makes business and business decisions based on the beliefs and principles of Sharia law.
The modern Islamic banking industry emerged in the 1980s. This was made possible by the efforts of Muslim economists, who sought to find alternatives to the conventional Western economy. They made the decision because interest-based transactions violated Shariah.
The term "Islamic banking" refers to the conduct of banking in accordance with Islamic teachings. The main idea of Islamic banking is to eliminate the involvement of interest in all types of transactions in conducting business and commercial activities. Islamic banking focuses on fair and legitimate profit-loss sharing for both banks and customers.
Compared to the conventional banking system, Islamic banking greatly reduces the risk of banking. Islamic banking also emphasizes ethical investment to ensure a sustainable economic growth worldwide.
Introduction to City Islamic
Citibank's Islamic banking journey began in 2003, when it started operating through a single Islamic banking branch. Islamic faith and devotion to the principles of Sharia guide the daily financial needs of the people of Bangladesh. With this growing demand, it has been decided to re-launch City Islamic in order to establish a modern Shariah compliant banking system.
Shariah compliant personal and corporate banking products and services vary. Citibank aims to combine the Shariah-based expertise of an independent Shariah oversight committee with Citibank's Islamic banking team.
We all have more or less an idea about banking. But what kind of service is this Islamic banking service of Citibank actually going to offer? Let us know in detail about the features of Citibank's Islamic banking services.
Shariah-based banking services
Personal and corporate banking products and services can be enjoyed in a Shariah-compliant manner. An independent Shariah Supervisory Committee has been formed comprising of expert scholars and industry practitioners to ensure Shariah compliant banking system.
Citibank has become a member of Bahrain-based AAOIFI to adhere to the best Islamic banking practices. Fatwas and Shariah frameworks for each product have been published on the website to ensure transparency. Also the award winning Shariah-compliant Islamic banking software will ensure its distinction from conventional banking.
From City Islamic Banking you will get current account, savings, financing etc. services. There are also various services for your business organization.
Nationwide branches
Shariah-based personal and corporate banking products and services will be available at all branches, sub-branches and ATMs of Citibank across the country.
CityTouch digital banking facility
Citibank's digital banking platform, Cititouch can be used with Citibank's Islamic Banking. As a result, the activities of the bank can be completed without any problem
The country's first American Express Islamic credit and debit card
Citibank offers American Express Islamic credit and debit cards as part of Shariah-based banking services. From these credit cards and debit cards you will also get discount offers in different places. These will be operated without interest, Citibank said.
Contact your nearest Citibank branch to get the services. Besides them Also on the website You will get a lot of information.
What is your opinion about this Islamic banking service of Citibank? Let us know in the comments section.
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A Minnesota couple hung a chair in effigy in their yard – a reference to Clint Eastwood's bizarre speech at the Republican National Convention in August in which he lectured to an empty chair that was supposed to represent President Obama. The chair was also run through with a bayonet.
Mulholland, 46, said she saw photos of empty chairs on the conservative political blog Power Line, as well as on Facebook and FoxNews.com. The idea for the bayonet came from Obama's comment about "horses and bayonets" in the third debate with his Republican challenger, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney.
Mulholland said she doesn't consider the display a form of hate speech and doesn't hold animosity toward blacks. She said the display isn't meant as a direct threat to Obama.
Read the whole story at the Rochester Post-Bulletin.


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Indre (36) és un departament francès que pren el seu nom del riu homònim.

Geografia
Indre és un dels sis departaments que formen la regió Centre. Limita amb els departaments d'Indre i Loira, Loir i Cher i Cher, també de la regió Centre, amb els departaments llemosins de Cruesa i Alta Viena, i amb el departament de Viena, situat a la regió de Poitou-Charentes.

Història
Indre va ser un dels vuitanta-tres departaments originals creats durant la Revolució Francesa, el 4 de març de 1790 (en aplicació de la llei del 22 de desembre de 1789). Va ser creat a partir d'àrees pertanyents a l'antiga província de Berry.

Política
L'any 2004, Louis Pinton (UMP) va ser reelegit com a president del Consell General d'Indre amb els vots dels consellers del seu propi partit, així com amb els vots de la UDF i dels no-adscrits de dreta (18 vots).

Les principals atribucions del Consell General són votar el pressupost del departament i escollir d'entre els seus membres una comissió permanent, formada per un president i diversos vicepresidents, que serà l'executiu del departament. Actualment, la composició política d'aquesta assemblea és la següent:

 Unió per un Moviment Popular (UMP): 10 consellers
 Partit Socialista (PS): 6 consellers
 No-adscrits de dreta: 6 consellers
 Unió per a la Democràcia Francesa (UDF): 2 consellers
 Partit Comunista Francès (PCF): 2 consellers

Referències

Vegeu també
 Llista de municipis de l'Indre.
 Llista de Cantons de l'Indre.

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Montreal Protocol: Vienna talks pave the way for an ambitious plan to phase down HFCs
Submitted by Secretariat on July 14, 2016 - 5:12am
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Who and where: The Open-Ended Working Group of Parties to the Montreal Protocol will meet in Vienna, Austria, on 15 July 2016. Nearly 40 ministers have committed to be present in the negotiations on 22-13 July. Last year, Parties agreed to reach an agreement in 2016 on cutting down hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), which are the fastest growing greenhouse gases in many countries. Used as replacements for ozone-depleting substances, HFCs are used in refrigeration, air conditioning, insulation, aerosols, solvents and fire protection products. Successful talks in Vienna could lead to an agreement when the Parties meet in Kigali, Rwanda, in October 2016. Such an agreement will help establish an early, clear and ambitious schedule to phase down HFCs, improve appliance energy efficiency, and quickly arrest warming.
Nearly 178 countries to date have signed the Paris Agreement and 19 have ratified it. The international community recognises the urgency to take immediate measures to prevent global warming passing the 1.5ºC threshold.
The talks in Vienna will set the stage for an agreement on an amendment to the Montreal Protocol to phase down HFCs as it presents the earliest opportunity for the international community to unite once again on another landmark environmental pact to protect the climate.
A rapid phasedown of HFCs could prevent more than 100 billion tonnes of CO2-e from entering the atmosphere over the next several decades and avoid 0.5°C warming by the end of the century. There are four proposals to the Montreal Protocol to phase down HFCs (from the North American countries, the European Union, India and the Island States.) There is strong political will to take the talks forward demonstrated by the many high-level ministers who will be present in Vienna.
In 1987, the Montreal Protocol was formed to address the depletion of the ozone layer from chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) and other ozone-depleting substances. The success of that agreement, which has put the ozone layer on the path to recovery by 2065, calls for a repeat.
Civil society expectations from this meeting:
The talks in Vienna should set the stage for an agreement that will ensure an ambitious phase-down schedule for both developed and developing countries.
Developed countries need to lead on setting an ambitious phase-down schedule of HFCs so as to commercialise climate-friendly alternatives, make them competitive and build confidence for developing countries to transition.
Developed countries need to provide adequate funding and technology transfer under the Montreal Protocol's Multilateral Fund to enable developing countries to remain on track with their phase-down schedule.
Additional fast start funding should be made available to developing countries to achieve energy efficiency gains, including to improve the design of equipment using alternatives to HFCs.
Ozone Secretariat
CAN Briefing Paper: Achieving an ambitious outcome on HFC Phasedown under the Montreal Protocol in 2016 (Climate Action Network International)
Momentum growing for HFC agreement as Vienna talks kick-off (Natural Resources Defense Council)
Primer on HFCs (Institute of Governance and Sustainable Development)
The importance of ambition in the 2016 HFC phase-down agreement (Environmental Investigation Agency)
Dharini Parthasarathy, Communications Coordinator-Policy, CAN International,
email: dparthasarathy@climatenetwork.org or call +918826107830,
Lina Dabbagh, Senior Policy Coordinator, CAN International, email: ldabbagh@climatenetwork.org
About CAN:
The Climate Action Network (CAN) is a worldwide network of over 1100 Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) in more than 120 countries, working to promote government and individual action to limit human-induced climate change to ecologically sustainable levels


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101 Wrestling Shows To Watch Before You Die – Part 10
By Daveylh on 03/05/2019 • ( Leave a comment )
It is hard to believe that we are already past the halfway point in our epic countdown of events. Once this feature concludes we have our next one waiting in the wings. That's a way off though yet so let's keep the focus here and continue now with entries 55-51.
55. 1PW Know Your Enemy Weekend (2006)
Hitting its peak in popularity in May 2006, 1PW presented a memorable weekend of wrestling action. Night one was highlighted by a tremendous, in the ring and on the mic, altercation between Steve Corino and Christian Cage that had the near sold out Doncaster Dome in awe. Night two was the emotional 3-way dance for the 1PW title as Abyss, Cage and Corino waged war in a bout still fondly remembered by 1PW fans. This writer can also be seen going crazy at ringside for the finish and was even seen to be reduced to tears. That is how much this writer was drawn into what he was witnessing!
54. NJPW Super J Cup (1994)
During a time when Junior heavyweights had to turn to promotions like NJPW to ply their craft, this night went down in history as one the greatest nights of wrestling ever and was seen as a major turning point in allowing names like Jushin Liger, Dean Malenko, Chris Benoit and Eddie Guerrero to make the leap into the American mainstream wrestling scene. 'That Meltzer Guy' at the time named this as the best wrestling card ever. Even now it is hard to disagree with that notion! Highly recommended!!
53. WCW Wrestle War (1992)
Dusty Rhodes's greatest creation hit it's peak here as perhaps maybe the greatest War Games Match ever occurred on this night as The Dangerous Alliance and Sting's Squadron pounded the tar out of each other in one of the most violent and compelling cage matches you will ever have the privilege to enjoy. With excellent performances elsewhere from the likes of The Steiner Brothers, Tatsumi Fujinami and Brian Pillman, WCW was way ahead of WWE on PPV during this time. Make a point of enjoying this on the WWE Network.
52. ECW The Night The Line Was Crossed (1994)
Paul Heyman knew that it was all or nothing for this event. Would a relatively new concept work in front of those rabid ECW Arena fans and help establish them as a true alternative or crash and burn quicker than a Big Show Face turn? One hour later and the masses were standing for the effort that Sabu, Shane Douglas and Terry Funk had made in a 3-way dance, which in 1994 truly was a novelty. Epic from start to finish, this was the night ECW did indeed cross the line and arrive in Extreme fashion!
51. NOAH Navigate For Evolution Tag 9 (2003)
Kenta Kobashi vs Mitsuharu Misawa may be the greatest ever rivalry in Japanese wrestling history, some say in wrestling history period. Their battles were show-stopping and on this night there was no doubt that these two legends were in a class of their own. Considered a one-match show for the story leading into the match and the in-ring action itself, this show is included for the history of both men's storied rivalry.
Look at that, a selection of shows and none of them were WWE!! It can be done folks!!! Next time we spotlight entries 50-46. The end is near…
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How is it possible to lose weight on a low budget?
No matter what your budget, you can easily incorporate these simple steps into our daily routine. How I can lose weight fast and easy.
If you perform these steps on a habit, then you can enjoy a healthy and balanced life.
Being on a budget is not a bad thing.
In any case, it is liberating to know exactly where your money goes and how it is spent.
Using some of your budget to invest in your health is one of the best investments you can make.
You will find it easier to stay on track with your money and your diet with careful planning and monitoring.
Sleep is essential for your body to function properly. Allow your body the luxury of getting enough sleep every night will help you produce more energy during the day to burn calories.
Wearing jeans or pants that are tight, can help reduce grazing or overeating. comfortable clothes feel loose and comfortable and make it easier for down more food or fattening food.
It costs nothing but time to imagine in your mind that you are meeting your weight loss goals.
Push-ups, crunches, lunges, walking, jogging and are exercises you can do without a gym membership. You may have some good shoes for walking or jogging, but once they are equipped feet, there is no cost to get outdoors and exercise.
5. Prepare food in advance.
Cut vegetables and fruits after you bring them home from the store. When there is healthy food readily available, most likely you eat.
Note the meals and snacks you eat every day. Track your food intake will help your weight loss success. You can find a journal or notebook in most dollar stores.
Eat your meals and snacks in smaller portions. This will certainly save money because less food is consumed.
Drink water as if he were living in a desert. Tap water is quite cheap and healthy enough for you to stay hydrated.
Bring your stress levels low. Stress releases a stress hormone that helps in the production of fat cells. Try breathing techniques. The air is free!
Plan your meals, your shopping list, and snacks. Planning takes time, but it is very easy on the budget and promotes healthy eating habits. You can lose weight on a budget meal planning.
The best thing about how you can do to lose 10 kilos in a month without doing so itself fad diet and an exercise program.
General information and possible methods about how you can do to lose 10 kilos fast body fat in just one month or within 30 days.
If you want to lose 10 kilos in a month or 45 days it is certainly easier than trying to do it in just one week, so it is more reasonable to slim the tummy in 30 or 45 days with proven loss programs effective weight .
This is still in the section "extreme." Here are two ways this can be achieved.
You can follow a very intensive training plan, which involves daily workouts with a lot of cardiovascular and strength training to gain muscle mass helps burn belly fat ugly.
Perform 7 minutes of the first part cardio favorite activity when you wake up in the morning.
No matter what it is, you could dance to some music, jump rope, run in place, do jumping jacks, whatever. But you must do seven minutes of it, not less.
If you train regularly, you can try a plan to lose weight fast with which you can accelerate the loss of body fat in just a month's time, and you should know that this system venus have to be prepared for some really intense workouts that help to lose several kilos of fat in just 30 days.
In addition, carbohydrates will have to reduce to a minimum or use an elaborate method carb cycling. If you are no longer working regularly, this is out of the question since the intensity can be harmful.
At breakfast, I want you to do seriously a priority to eat protein as much as possible. Things like eggs, lean meats, skinless chicken, and even tofu, are the right way to set up your metabolism into high gear for the day.
It is very important not skip breakfast because their levels of blood sugar will drop and devastate the body's ability to burn fat all day.
I do not know about you, but if you're tired of doing crazy workouts for an hour a day and see no progress then I want you to make some changes in how they get their exercise. There is a better way to learn how to burn calories quickly while not losing hours a week in the gym.
First, choose whatever your favorite physical activity. It can be anything from the dance, kickboxing, just cycling, nothing will work with this system.
Start by heating at a slow pace for 5 minutes. Nothing special here, just go to a moderate level of effort, for example, if you're walking out, just walk at normal speed. After 60 seconds I want to increase the pace of what you're doing at least twice. Meaning instead of walking, I want to walk or even accelerate to a full trot.
Once the 60 seconds are up, I want you to go back to the same slow speed as your warm-up routine. Repeat this / fast / slow fast / slow cycle for 20 minutes (10/10) and you burn as many calories as if he had worked for more than an hour at a constant speed.
You just learn a powerful technique how to burn calories more than half the world used to lose weight quickly, try it today!
How to make a diet to lose 10 kg in a month?
Follow a very low calorie diet, this does not have to be as hard as a detox diet, but still be strict. A good example of this plan low-fat diet, a diet plan for 7 days with very low calorie intake.
This way you will stay in Total 1,200 calories, which is essential if you're going to lose 10 kilos or faster in just one month.
There are other diets, most of which are fads with little real meaning behind them. Much of the weight loss in these plans can offer is the weight of water and difficult to maintain over time.
A single apple, with a tablespoon of organic peanut butter, or a large handful of nuts like almonds, walnuts, etc.
These two snacks not only help you feel full throughout the day, which contain enzymes and compounds that increase their internal burning calories at much higher levels than normal specific!
My recommendation for you to lose 10 kilos in just one month.
You can lose 10 kilos of pure body fat in areas of your body like the belly (abdomen) at 30 days and maybe in 45 days, it will not be easy, as they still require extreme measures, and may not be so easy to keep .
If you really want to lose 10 kg in a month, to achieve this goal, make sure you have a maintenance plan in place for the future to be able to maintain your new weight.


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Full Time Teaching Faculty
Craig B. Futterman
Clinical Professor of Law
Craig B. Futterman is a Clinical Professor of Law at the University of Chicago Law School and a Resident Dean in the College. He founded and has served as the Director of the Civil Rights and Police Accountability Project of the Mandel Legal Aid Clinic since 2000. He was elected to a Simon Visiting Professorship in the School of Law at the University of Manchester, UK, in 2018/2019. Before his appointment to the Law Faculty, Professor Futterman was a Lecturer in Law and Director of Public Interest Programs at Stanford Law School. He previously joined Futterman & Howard, Chtd., a boutique law firm concentrating in complex federal litigation. There, Prof. Futterman specialized in civil rights and constitutional matters, with a special focus on racial discrimination, education, and police brutality. Before that, he served as a trial attorney in the Juvenile Division of the Cook County Public Defender's Office.
Futterman received his JD from Stanford Law School in 1991 and graduated with the highest distinction from Northwestern University with a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology and Economics.
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Civil Rights and Police Accountability Project, Public Service and Public Interest Law, Public Interest Faculty Mentor Program
Civil Rights and Police Accountability Project
Craig Futterman: If the City is Willing to Follow Through on Police Reform, "We Can Do It Tomorrow"
Craig B. Futterman, a University of Chicago law professor who is one of the lawyers representing the plaintiffs in the lawsuit, said if the city really was willing to follow through on its pledge to negotiate a federal consent decree, the new lawsuit gave them that opportunity.
JD, 1991
Lawyer for Social Change Program
East Palo Alto Community Law Project
Stanford Public Interest Law Foundation
Recruiter, Bay Area Law School Conference
BA in economics and sociology, 1988
Graduated with Highest Distinction
Honors in sociology
Phi Beta Kappa|
Chicago Field Studies Program
Founded scholarship for Northwestern women
Organized Charity Race for New City Y.M.C.A.
Alpha Delta Phi fraternity
National Greek Leadership Award
Academic Research: Comparison between Public & Private Criminal Defense Attorneys, 1987-1988; Efficiency of the Criminal Justice System, 1988; Plea Bargaining in the Chicago Felony Courts, 1987; Residential Segregation by Race, 1987
The University of Chicago Law School
Clinical Professor of Law, 2006-present
Associate Clinical Professor of Law, 2003-2006
Assistant Clinical Professor of Law, 2000-2003
Founder and Director of Civil Rights & Police Accountability Project, 2000-present
Resident Dean, 2016-present
Public Agency Training Council Indianapolis, IN
Consultant/Trainer, 2013-2016
Lake County Sheriff's Department Crown Point, IN
Consultant, 2007-2008
Director of Public Interest Programs and Lecturer in Law, 1999-2000
Futterman & Howard, Chtd. Chicago, IL
Of Counsel, 1999-2012
Associate, 1994-1999
Office of the Cook County Public Defender Chicago, IL
Trial Attorney, 1991-1994
Early Entry Unit, 1991-1994
Juvenile Delinquency Division, 1993-1994
Abuse and Neglect Division, 1991-1993
Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia
Assistant, summer 1990
Stanford Law Professor Eric Wright
Assistant, 1989-1990
East Palo Alto Community Law Project East Palo Alto, CA
Student Steering Committee, 1988-1990
East Palo Alto Council of Tenants East Palo Alto, CA
Menlo-Atherton High School Mediation Program Atherton, CA
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Public Advocates, Inc./Homebase San Francisco, CA
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Homeless Advocacy Project San Francisco, CA
Attorney Sam Adam Chicago, IL
Assistant, 1988
Genson, Steinbeck & Gillespie Chicago, IL
"Youth/Police Encounters On Chicago's South Side: Acknowledging The Realities," 2016 University of Chicago Legal Forum 125 (2016) (with Chaclyn Hunt & Jamie Kalven). cu
"Settlements You Can't Sign: Ethical Implications of Chicago's Machinery of Denial," 9 Police Misconduct and Civil Rights Law Report 1 (2009) (with Jason Huber & Pier Petersen). cu
"Use of Statistical Evidence to Address Police Supervisory and Disciplinary Practices: The Chicago Police Department's Broken System," 1 DePaul Journal for Social Justice 251 (2007) (with H. M. Mather & Melanie Miles). cu
"A Crack in the Wall of Denial: Challenging Chicago's Unethical Settlement Practices," in Civil Rights Litigation and Attorney Fees Annual Handbook, Steven Saltzman ed. (Thomson West, 2009). cu
"The Use of Statistical Evidence to Address Police Supervisory and Disciplinary Practices: The Chicago Police Department's Broken System," in Police Misconduct and Civil Rights Law Report (Thomson West, 2008) (with H. M. Mather & Melanie Miles) (shortened version). cu
"The Use of Statistical Evidence to Address Police Supervisory and Disciplinary Practices: The Chicago Police Department's Broken System," in Civil Rights Litigation and Attorney Fees Annual Handbook, Steven Saltzman ed. (Thomson, 2007) (with H. M. Mather & Melanie Miles). cu
"Chapter 12," in Civil Rights Litigation and Attorneys' Fees Annual Handbook (Clark Boardman Callaghan, 1996). cu
"'They Have All the Power': Youth/Police Encounters on Chicago's South Side," University of Chicago Public Law & Legal Theory Paper Series, No. 573 (2016) (with Chaclyn Hunt & Jamie Kalven). ssrn cu
"To Truly Reform Police, Give IPRA the Boot," Chicago Sun-Times, April 6, 2016 (with Sheila A. Bedi). www
"Police Abuse Allegations Finally Go Public," Chicago Sun-Times, July 18, 2014 (with Jamie Kalven, Jon Loevy & Flint Taylor). www
Lecture, Universities, Communities, Law and Social Justice: Perspectives from Chicago and Manchester, University of Manchester Justice Hub, Manchester, U.K., June 2019
Lecture, Law Clinics, the Chicago Way, University of Manchester, Manchester, U.K., June 2019
Moderator and Brief Talk, Civil Rights Roundtable, Civil Rights Litigation: Collaboration Between Non-Profits and the Private Bar, Grant & Eisenhofer, Chicago, June 2019
Speech, Challenging Racism and Injustice on Campus, Black Law Students Association, University of Chicago Law School (May 2019).
Lecture, The New Chicago Police Consent Decree, University of Chicago Law School, May 2019
Panelist, Campus Free Speech and Diversity and Inclusion: Are they in Tension? University of Chicago Law School, April 2019
Lecture, Justice for Laquan McDonald? Civil Rights and Police Accountability, Thurgood Marshall Civil Rights Center, Howard School of Law, March 2019
Guest Lecture, The Role of Civil Rights Lawyers in Addressing Police Misconduct, Social Justice Lawyering Seminar, Howard School of Law, March 2019
Introductory Remarks, Eyes on Mexico, The Disappeared Students of Ayotzinapa, Pozen Center for Human Rights, University of Chicago, Feb. 2019
Trainer, Police Misconduct Investigations on the Eve of a Consent Decree, Chicago Civilian Office of Police Accountability, Jan. 2019
Panelist, Chicago Police Reform: Perspectives on the Consent Decree, Stanford Law School Alumni Association, Nov. 2018
Featured Guest, NPR Worldview, Police Responses to People Living with Disabilities or Experiencing Crises, Oct. 2018
Lecture, The Proposed Chicago Police Department Consent Decree, Rainbow Push, Chicago, Oct. 2018
Lecture, Civil Rights Enforcement in the Face of a Hostile Federal Government, University of Chicago, International House, Oct. 2018
Panelist, Accountability for Unconstitutional Policing,: Implementing Consent Decrees, Challenging Qualified Immunity, and Reimagining Public Safety, NAACP Legal Defense & Education Fund (LDF), Annual Civil Rights Training Institute, Leesburg, VA, Oct. 2018
Panelist, Campus Conversation on Historic Jason Van Dyke Trial Verdict, University of Chicago, Oct. 2018
Commentator, Provided on-air commentary with news team on WGN-TV on the verdict in the Jason Van Dyke murder trial, Oct. 2018
Panelist, Campus Conversation on the Laquan McDonald Shooting and Jason Van Dyke Murder Trial, University of Chicago, Oct. 2018
Panelist, Police Accountability Experts Discuss CPD Draft Consent Decree, Chicago Public Radio, August 2018
Panelist, Data and Policing Convening, Legal Issues, Invisible Institute, Chicago, July 2018
Lecture, Community-Driven Police Reform, Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law, Chicago, July 2018
Panelist, Police/Community Relations, United States Congressional Delegation, Police Strategies Working Group, July 2018
Lecture, Community Lawyering, Racial Justice Institute Network Convening, Chicago, June 2018
Speaker, Indivisible Chicago, Community Forum on Police Reform, June 2018
Speaker, Closing Remarks, University of Chicago College Graduation, June 2018
Panelist, Re-Forming Data in Criminal Justice, University of Pennyslvania Law School, April 2018
Keynote Address, Vision for a Brighter Tomorrow, Justus D. Howell Scholarship Awards, Waukegan, IL, April 2018
Guest Lecture, Crime, Violence, and Public Policy, University of Chicago, February 2018
Trainer, Police Misconduct Investigations: Child Victims and Witnesses, Civilian Office of Police Accountability, Chicago, February 2018
Panelist, Issues in Local Law Enforcement: The Role of Judges and Juries in Police Accountability and Controversial Police Tactics, Federalist Society, Midwest Regional Symposium, February 2018
Lecture, Domestic and International Strategies to Address Police Accountability, Human Rights Law Society, University of Chicago Law School, January 2018
Lecture, Police Accountability and Reform in the Wake of the Department of Justice Civil Rights Investigation in Chicago, Chicago Bar Association, November 2017
Speaker, The New Law and Order: Working toward Equitable and Community-Centered Policing in North Carolina, Community Policing in the 21st Century, Wake Forest University School of Law, Wake Forest Journal of Law & Policy, Winston-Salem, N.C., November 2017
Panelist, Now or Never: Forcing the Issue of Police Reform, Cook County Bar Association, Progressive Baptist Church, Chicago, October 2017
Speaker, NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, Annual Civil Rights Training Institute, Maintaining the Momentum for Police Reform, Warrenton, VA, October 2017
Lecture, How Academic Research can Inform and Impact Policy, Strategic Scholars Network, Inaugural Meeting of Chicago Chapter, October 2017
Trainer, Investigating Police Misconduct: Issues of Race and Class, Civilian Office of Police Accountability, Chicago, July 2017
Graduation Speaker, Closing Remarks, University of Chicago, The College, International House, June 2017
Trainer, "Police Misconduct Investigations involving Minor Witnesses and Victims," Civilian Office of Police Accountability, Chicago, May 2017
Speaker, "Police and Community Relations: Fostering a Shared Vision for Safe Communities by Applying Principles from Prevention Science," Congressional Briefing, National Prevention Science Coalition, Washington DC, May 2017
Plenary Speaker, "Pushing on and Pushing through Tumultuous Times," Association of American Law Schools, 40th Annual Conference on Clinical Legal Education, Denver, May 2017
Panelist, "Clinics Promoting Police Accountability," Association of American Law, Schools, 40th Annual Conference on Clinical Legal Education, Denver, May 2017
Speaker, "Public Policy and the Rule of Law," University of Chicago, April 2017
Speaker, The University of Chicago's Community and Global Impact, Admitted Students Weekend, University of Chicago Law School, April 2017
Speaker, "Checks and Balancing Acts: Consensus, Constitutionality, Rule of Law," School of the Art Institute of Chicago, April 2017
Presenter, Strategic Planning Meeting of Police Reform Experts, Legal Defense Fund, Washington DC (March 2017)
Lecture, Black Chicago Course, Professor Carla Shedd, Columbia University, March 2017
Guest, "Will Jeff Sessions Make Good on the Federal Government's Commitment to Address a Pattern of Civil Rights Violations in Chicago?" NPR, To the Point, Public Radio International, March 2017
Speaker, "The Assassination of Fred Hampton, and its Relevance to the Trump Era," Black Law Students Association, University of Chicago Law School, March 2017
Guest, "The Department of Justice Investigation of the Chicago Police," Wake Up with Solomon Jones at WURD in Philadelphia, March 2017
Speaker, "The Chicago Justice Report," Institute of Politics' News and Views, University of Chicago, February 2017
Panelist, "Chicago in the Crosshairs," MSNBC's Chicago Town Hall with Chris Hayes, February 2017
Guest Lecture, "Crime, Justice, and Inequality," University of Chicago, February 2017
Speaker, "Protect and Serve: Perspectives on 21st Century Policing," University of Georgia Law Review Symposium, University of Georgia School of Law, January 2017
Keynote Speaker, International Symposium on Police Accountability, University of Manchester, UK, January 2017
Speaker, Clinical Legal Education and Access to Justice Seminar, University of Manchester, UK, January 2017
Speaker, "Why Must We Continue to Sing this Song?" 27th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration, Rockefeller Memorial Chapel, University of Chicago (with Bryan Stevenson), January 2017
Speaker, "Presenting a Collaborative Model of Public Interest Lawyering," Public Interest Law Society and American Constitution Society, University of Chicago Law School, December 2016
Speaker, "Opening Police Departments to the People," Arthur Kinoy People's Law Award, National Lawyers Guild, November 2016
Speaker, "Unconscious Bias: How Race Alters Our Perceptions," Stanford University-Chicago event, November 2016
Speaker, "Piercing the Blue Wall of Silence," Defenders Association, University of Chicago Law School, November 2016
Panelist, "The Future of Policing in America," Chicago Ideas Week, Museum of Contemporary Art, October 2016
Speaker, "Why I Do What I Do," Fenger Academy High School, Chicago, October 2016
Panelist, "Disseminating Our Message: Law School Communications," Visiting Committee, University of Chicago Law School, October 2016
Special Guest, "The Hutchins Plan," The Revival Improvisational Theater, Chicago, October 2016
"The Legitimate Use of Police Force? A Dialogue of Law and Practice," Illinois Programs for Research in the Humanities, University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, October 2016
"21st Century Policing: A Comprehensive Model to Rebuild Trust between Law Enforcement Agencies and the Communities They Protect and Serve," Federal Bureau of Investigation, September 2016
"The National Agenda for Police Reform: Acknowledging the Realities," University of Chicago Harper Lecture, San Diego, CA, September 2016
"Expert Subject Matter Witness, Police Oversight, A Plan for Change," Chicago City Council, August 2016
"The Agenda for Police Reform: Lessons Learned from Youth/Police Encounters," The Lawyers Club of Chicago, May 2016
Moderator, "Criminal Investigations into Official Misconduct," National Police Accountability Project, Chicago, May 2016
Moderator, "Transgender Bathroom Bills: Exploring the Legislative Landscape," University of Chicago Law School, May 2016
"The Politics of Policing," University of Chicago Democrats, Chicago, May 2016
"Police Accountability as a Public Health Issue," Rush Medical College, Chicago, May 2016
Panelist, "The City as Health Policy," Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, May 2016
Guest "Remaking Chicago: The City that Works on Social Change, University of Chicago, April 2016
"Clinics in Action: Police Reform in Chicago, University of Chicago Law School, April 2016
"They Have All the Power: Youth/Police Encounters on Chicago's South Side," University of Chicago Harper Lecture, April 2016; University of Chicago Legal Forum, November 2015
"The Need for Independent Investigations of Police Misconduct: The Role of Community Oversight," Aldermanic Black and Latino Caucus, Chicago City Council, April2016
Interview, "How do High School Students View their Relationship with the Police?" WGN Radio, The Download, April 2016
Keynote Address, "Dismantling Institutional Racism," KAM Isaiah Israel, Chicago, April 2016
"No Bonfires–Preserving Evidence of Patterns of Police Misconduct," NAACP Community Forum, Chicago, March 2016
"Representing Children and Youth in Police Misconduct Cases–Asking for More than Money," National Police Accountability Project, New York City, March 2016
"Justice, Violence Reduction, and Police Practices," The Urban America Forward: Civil Rights National Conference, Washington D.C., March 2016
"Pursuing Police Accountability," Jewish Reconstructionist Congregation, Evanston, IL, February 2016
Panelist, "Deconstructing Criminal Justice and Race Issues," Black Law Students Association and Minorities in Public Policy Studies, University of Chicago, February 2016
Workshop Leader, Race and Police, "Teach-In" on Racism and Activism, Center for Race, Politics, and Culture, University of Chicago, February 2016
"An Agenda for Law Reform: Lessons Learned from Youth/Police Encounters on Chicago's South Side, DLA Piper LLP, U.S.), January 2016
"Fighting for Justice: A Conversation with Craig Futterman," Northwestern Law School's Martin Luther King Dream Week, January 2016
Keynote Speaker, "Equal Justice in Law Enforcement Initiative," Atlanta Bar Association, January 2016
Panelist, "Covering Criminal Justice Reform in Illinois: From Sound Bites to Solutions, Role of the Media–Just the Messenger?" Robert McCormick Foundation, December 2015
Speaker, Criminal Justice Leadership Meeting of the NAACP, December 2015
Panelist, "Truth and Justice for All: Advancing Police and Community Accountability," Chicago Urban League Community Forum, December 2015
Guest, MSNBC All in with Chris Hayes, The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell, CNN Don Lemon Show, National Public Radio Morning Edition and All Things Considered,FOX-TV Good Day Chicago, ABC News, CBS News, BBC Television and Radio, WLSChicago Radio John Howell Show, Ian Masters Show, WCPT Chicago's Progressive TalkRadio, WBEZ-Radio Morning Shift, Maryland, New York, and Boston Public Radio, WBAI Radio in New York, and WVON Radio Matt McGill Morning Show on Police Reform, November 2015-April 2016
Panelist, Simulation on Committee to End Racial Discrimination, University of Chicago Law School's International Human Rights Seminar, November 2015
"Citizens Police Data Project," National Police Accountability Project, November 2015
"Police in America: Ensuring Accountability and Mitigating Racial Bias," Symposium for Northwestern Journal of Law and Social Policy, November 2015
Keynote Speaker, dinner, University of Chicago Legal Forum, Policing the Police, The 2015 Legal Forum Symposium, November 2015
Panelist, "City/Cite´ A Transatlantic Exchange–Race and Youth in the Twenty-First Century Metropolis: A Comparative Reflection on the United States and France," University of Chicago Urban Network and Insitut Francais, November 2015
Guest Expert, BBC Up All Night, Homan Square, Chicago's Black Site?, November 2015
Speaker and Working Group Leader, "Urban America Forward: Civil Rights Roundtable, Police Conduct, Justice, and Over-Incarceration," University of Chicago, Sep. 2015
"Impeachment of Adverse Witnesses at Trial," University of Chicago Law School September 2015
Presenter, "Perspectives on Race, Communities, and Policing in Twenty-First Century America," American Bar Foundation, Annual Meeting of the American Bar Association, July 2015
"Beyond Watts and Ferguson: Reconciling Law Enforcement and Communities of Color," Annual Meeting of the American Bar Association, July 2015
Featured Guest, Boston Public Radio, Morning Edition, Officials Consider Appeal in Ruling that a Boston Police Officer Get his Job Back, July 2015
Instructor, Police/Community Relations and Solving Crime, Public Agency Training Council, National Law Enforcement Training, Davie, Florida, June 2015
Moderator, "Inside the Justice Department's Ferguson Probe with Civil Rights Chief Vanita Gupta," Institute of Politics, University of Chicago, June 2015
Participant, Urban America Forward, Civil Rights Roundtable One, Moving Toward a Majority-Minority America, University of Chicago, June 2015
Instructor, "Building Police-Community Trust," Public Agency Training Council, National Law Enforcement Training, Rutgers, N.J., May 2015
"The Power and Possibilities of a Police Misconduct Data Clearinghouse," University of Chicago Law School, May 2015)
Organizer, speaker, and panelist, National Youth/Police Conference, University of Chicago Law School, April 2015
"The State of Police Reform," First Unitarian Church of Chicago, April 2015
"The Social Meaning and Consequences of Youth/Police Encounters," University of Chicago High School Diversity Club, February 2015
"Justice for All?- A Campus-Wide Conversation on Race," Emerging Minds Project Community Conversation, University of Chicago, January 2015
Instructor, "The Relationship between Police Integrity, Accountability and Effectiveness in Solving Crime," Public Agency Training Council, Internal Affairs Conference, Las Vegas, NV, December 2014
"Challenges to Students of Color in Law School," Black Law Students Association, University of Chicago Law School, November 2014
Participant, "Bending the Arc: Movement Politics Then and Now," Chicago, November 2014
Participant, "Arts and Public Life Initiative of the University of Chicago," Strategic Planning Meeting, November 2014
Panelist, "The Role of Litigation in the Movement for Police Reform," National Convening on Police Accountability, Open Society Foundations, New York, September 2014
"The Freedom of Information Act–How to Bring Sunshine to Public Records," National Lawyers Guild Conference, Chicago, September 2014
"Opening Police Departments to the Public," The Freedom of Information Act–Possibilities and Challenges to Building Public Trust with National Police Accountability Project, June 2014
"Police Corruption - The Special Operations Story," Public Agency Traning Council, Internal Affairs Conference, March 2014
"Addressing the Police Code of Silence: Improving Community Perception of Law Enforcement," Public Agency Training Council Internal Affairs Conference, December 2013 (instructor)
"Leading Police Accountability Issues in the United States," Delegation of International leaders from 21 countries hosted by the United States Department of State, November 2013
"Mass Incarceration and Race in America," Northwestern University Community Development Corps' Lecture Series, November 2013
"Clinical Legal Education at the University of Chicago Law School," Black Law Students Association, November 2013
"Asset Forfeiture, and the United States Supreme Court," University of Chicago Laboratory Schools, May 2013
"Women in Prison: Causes, Conditions and Consequences around the World," University of Chicago Law School, May 2013 (expert panelist)
"The State of Police Reform," University of Illinois-Chicago Department Of Criminology, April 2013
"The Legal Standards to Vacate a Federal Judgment on the Police Code of Silence," WVON Radio Cliff Kelley Show; Matt McGill Morning Show; WLS/ABC Radio, December 2012 (featured guest)
"Honoring Legacy of Fallen Civil Rights Lawyer, Thomas Peters," University of Chicago Law School, November 2012 (keynote speaker)
"Discovery and Use of Police Disciplinary Records," National Police Accountability Project with National Lawyers Guild, June 2012
Elizabeth I. Benson Award Honoring Mary Powers and Citizens Alert, Wellington Avenue United Church of Christ, June 2012
"My Kind of Town: A Discussion of Police Torture in Chicago," Logan Center for the Arts at University of Chicago, May 2012
"First Amendment Issues: Mass Protest During the NATO Summit," WGN Television, May 2012 (guest expert)
"Technology and Police Accountability," Chicago Public Radio Eight Forty-Eight, May 2012 (featured guest)
"Race and Civil Rights," Association of American Law Schools Conference on Clinical Legal Education, May 2012 (working group leader)
"Illinois State Police Gun Practices," Dane Placko on Fox Television News, April 2012 (commentator)
"Jailed Cop Speaks Out About Murder Scandal," Carol Marin on NBC Television, March 2012 (commentator)
Featured in documentary, Compelled into Action on ABC Television, March 2012 (commentator)
"How I Write," University of Chicago Law School, February 2012 (panelist)
"Civic Engagement", Martin Luther King Commemoration at Northwestern University, January 2012 (panelist)
"Race in the Obama Era: Observations from Eight Square Blocks of Chicago's South Side," Chicago's Best Ideas Series at University of Chicago Law School, November 2011
"Police Reform and Anti-Corruption Efforts in the United States," United States Department of State sponsored delegation of non-profit leaders from Indonesia, July 2011
"Policing the Police," U.S. Steps Up Enforcement on National Public Radio, June 2011 (commentator)
"Accessing Justice and Accountability in Policing: The Role of Law School Clinics," Windsor Law School, March 2011
"The United States Supreme Court and the Constitution," University of Chicago Laboratory Schools, February 2011
"American Policing and Accountability," U.S. Department of State sponsored delegation of Palestinian law enforcement in the West Bank, November 2010
"Teach In: Knowing Your Rights," University of Chicago Office of Minority Student Affairs, May 2010 (expert panelist)
"Race, Police, and the Constitution: A View From Eight Square Blocks of Chicago's South Side," University of Chicago, March 2010
"Changing the World One Person at a Time," Power of One Program at Solomon Schecter Middle School, January 2010
"The Other Side with Charles Butler," WVON Radio, October 2009 (featured guest)
"The Effective Use of Expert Witnesses in State and Federal Court," University of Chicago Law School, September 2009
Workshop on Ethical Issues in Settlement Negotiations, National Police Accountability Project, April 2009 (featured lecturer)
Fox News Investigation into Chicago's Manipulation of Homicide Statistics, March 2009 (special guest expert)
"Should the Identities of the Police Officers Charged with the Most Abuse in the City be Released to the Public?," WVON Radio Kendall Moore Show, March 2009 (guest expert)
"Strategies for Combating Police Brutality," Rebellious Lawyering Conference at Yale Law School, February 2009 (lecturer and workshop leader)
"Is the Hope Still Hollow: Can Courts Bring About Social Change?" University of Chicago Law School Black History Month Event, February 2009 (debate with Professor Gerald Rosenberg)
"Race and Criminal Justice Seminar," University of Chicago Law School, January 2009 (guest lecturer for Professor Randolph Stone's course)
"Race and Inequality: Chicago Stories," Inauguration of Stanford Law School's speaker series on Race, Law, and Inequality, December 2008
"Police Accountability in Chicago: Has the Chicago Police Department Fixed its Broken Systems?" Civil Liberties Committee; Chicago Council of Lawyers, December 2008
"Strategies to Address Prosecutorial Misconduct and Abuse of Power: The Role of the Juvenile Defender," National Juvenile Leadership Summit, October 2008 (plenary)
"The Machinery of Denial," Sunday Forum at First Unitarian Church of Chicago, November 2008
"Systemic Deficiencies in Police Internal Affairs Investigations: The Use of Statistical Evidence to Address Police Supervisory and Disciplinary Practices," Section 1983 Civil Rights Litigation seminar at Georgetown Law School, April 2008
ABC 20/20 investigation into police code of silence, May 2008 (guest)
"Officer Herrera Goes Public," CBS 60 Minutes, June 2008 (consultant)
"Why is it so Hard to Change the Status Quo: The Forces at Work," Rebellious Lawyering Conference, June 2008 (panelist)
"Injustice Anywhere is a Threat to Justice Everywhere: Examining and Exposing the Continuing Violence and Discrimination of the 21st Century," University of Chicago's Martin Luther King Commemoration, January 2008 (faculty panelist)
"Targeted Enforcement: Fair Housing and Law Enforcement," Seminar sponsored by Bay Area Legal Aid in San Francisco, January 2008 (keynote speaker)
"Out of the Shadow: Clinical Legal Education, Mandel Clinic's 50th Anniversary Symposium," University of Chicago Law School, February 2008 (moderator)
Symposium on Independent Civilian Oversight of Police in Chicago, February 2008 (speaker)
"Hate Speech, Hate Crimes, the Klu Klux Klan, and the First Amendment," Black Law Students Association and the ACLU chapters at University of Chicago Law School, winter 2008 (moderator)
"Proving a Monell Claim based on Systematic Deficiencies in Police Internal Affairs Investigations," Seminar on Advanced Issues in Police Misconduct Litigation with National Police Accountability Project, November 2007
"The Dream or the Broken Promise? African-Americans, the Police, and Our Constitution," Roger Williams School of Law Martin Luther King Holiday celebration, January 2007 (keynote)
"Above the Law," CBS News Special Investigative Report, April 2007 (featured commentator)
"Police Oversight in Chicago - A Portrait of Impunity," University of Illinois-Chicago's Symposium on Independent Civilian Oversight of Police in Chicago, February 2007
"Who Should Police the Police?," CAN-TV special, March 2007 (featured guest)
"26 North Halsted," WCIU-TV Chicago, April 2007 (featured guest)
"Race and Policing: Stories from our Criminal Justice System," Northeastern University Center for Inner City Studies, November 2006
"Clinical Legal Education in the 21st Century," DePaul Law School faculty, November 2006
"The Regime of Not Knowing," Work in Progress Workshop at University of Chicago Law School
"Constitutional Law Through the Eyes of Black America: From Dred Scott to Hurricane Katrina," American Bar Association's Mid-Year Meeting, 2006
"The Tie that Binds: Identifying the Roots of Community Consciousness in the Legal Profession," National Black Law Students Association Convention, 2006
"Getting Police Accountability on the National Agenda," Annual NAACP Convention, 2005
"Best Practices to Promote Integrity and Accountability and the University Police Department," Provost's Initiative on Minority Issues Workshop at the University of Chicago
"Creative Approaches to Juvenile Defense: Police Misconduct and The 'Drop' Case," National Juvenile Defender Summit, 2004
"A Second Look at the Office of Professional Standards," National Public Radio (featured guest)
"Policing Public Housing," Northwestern Law School
"Community, Cops, & Culture: A Public Housing Community's Struggle for Justice & Accountability," Chicago Plaza Club
"When the Police Step Out of Bounds: Issues of Race, Class & Accountability," Unitarian Church of Hyde Park
"Putting Justice in the Criminal Justice System," inaugural event of American Constitution Society at the University of Chicago Law School
Memberships and Professional Affiliations
Association of American Law Schools
Clinical Legal Education Section
Clinical Legal Education Association
National Lawyers Guild; National Police Accountability Project
Bar Memberships: Illinois, United States Supreme Court, United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, Federal Trial Bar for the Northern District of Illinois
Simon Visiting Professorship, University of Manchester
American Bar Association's 2016 Human Rights Hero
Silver Medal, Chicago Reader Poll, Best Lawyer in Chicago 2016
United States District Court's 2016 Excellence in Pro Bono and Public Service Award
2016 Arthur Kinoy People's Law Award from the National Lawyers Guild
Clinical Legal Education Association's Award for Excellence in a Public Interest Project (2004)
Grant from The Women's Board of the University of Chicago to support work of the Mandel Legal Aid Clinic (2004-2005)
Appreciation Award from Stateway Gardens community (2004)
Justice Coalition of Greater Chicago's Campaign of the Year Award for advocacy to appoint Special Prosecutor to investigate police torture in Chicago (2002)
Mayor Emanuel's Police Accountability Task Force, Community Police Relations Working Group (2016)
Citizens Police Data Project (CPDB.co), (2014-present)
Vice Chair, Illinois Racial Profiling Prevention and Data Oversight Board (2012-present)
University of Chicago Center of the Study for Race, Politics, and Culture, Faculty Affiliate, (2012-present)
Invisible Institute, Fellow (2011-present)
Youth/Police Project (2010-present)
Strategies for Youth, Advisory Board (2010-present)
Leadership Conference on Civil Rights (2005-present)
Positive Anti-Crime Thrust, Advisory Board (2003-present)
Advisory Board, First Defense Legal Aid (2000-present)
Advisor, nominations to the United States Supreme Court
Governor's Task Force on Racial Profiling (2005-2006)
Midwest Leadership Summit on the Voting Rights Act, Host Committee Member (2005-2006)
Advisory Board, Freshstart Academy for Ex-Offenders (2004-2006)
Founding Board member, Family Dynamics, Inc. (1996-1999)
Vice Chair, Illinois Racial Profiling Prevention and Data Oversight Board
Commissioner, Illinois Torture Inquiry and Relief Commission
Youth/Police Project, Harper High School and other CPS high schools
Faculty afiliate, University of Chicago Center of the Study for Race, Politics, and Culture
Founder, Stateway Civil Rights Project
Co-creator, View from the Ground
Chicago Coalition for Police Accountability
Community Police Relations Information Center
Justice Coalition of Greater Chicago, Steering Committee, Police Accountability Reform Committee
N.A.A.C.P., Operation Rainbow PUSH, Citizens Alert, and the American Civil Liberties Union
Cook County Public Defender's Speaker's Bureau
Organizer, panel of public housing residents to speak at Law School about public safety and police accountability issues in public housing
Organizer, Defending Against Section 1983 Police Misconduct Lawsuits: The Police Perspective Seminar
Sponsor and organizer, lectures on Criminal Interrogations; Police Accountability and Community Justice: The Next Steps for Reform; and Comparative Police Disciplinary Systems
Organizer and moderator, Chicago Law & Society panel on Police Accountability
Speaker, Coalition to End Police Torture and Brutality
Cycle Tutoring Program


Millicent Rogers Museum in Taos, and the Heard Museum in Phoenix.
clay dishes she made for her playhouse. In 1908, New Mexico archaeologist Dr.
black decorations of ancient motifs on the pottery before firing.
University of Colorado and New Mexico State University.


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Deputies arrest Ormond man in veterans charity fraud
Seth Robbins
seth.robbins@news-jrnl.com
ORMOND BEACH — An Ormond Beach man has been accused of running a sham veterans charity after investigators said he scammed several local businesses that had provided services for a benefit golf tournament headlined by a former NFL player.
Christopher Blake, 46, faces a felony charge of organized scheme to defraud after he received donations and services under the guise of a charity called "Second Chance Veterans Foundation," Volusia County sheriff's detectives said.
Blake held a late October golf tournament at DeBary Golf and Country Club where he brought in a friend, retired NFL football player Gerald Riggs, to be the star. But the golf course, a sign maker, a hotel and even Riggs were left empty-handed after Blake payed them with bad checks for their services or tried to skirt payment entirely, according to a charging affidavit.
The scam began to unravel when Kevin McLaughlin, the owner of an advertising business, contacted Volusia County Sheriff's detective Julian Elmazi about Blake, deputies said. McLaughlin said that he agreed to provide signs and banners, costing about $550, to Blake for his golfing event. But when he tried to get paid for the materials, he was unable to reach Blake, who was not answering his phone.
McLaughlin also advised the detective that Shawn McGuigan, the manager for the DeBary Golf and County Club, had trouble getting payment from Blake. When Elmazi contacted McGuigan, he said that Blake held a golf event and lunch at the club on Oct. 28. The event, which featured Riggs as a guest celebrity, was attended by 40 people, who each paid $100.
The cost for the course and lunch was $6,500, said McGuigan. One week later, Blake provided a check for that amount, but it was returned because of insufficient funds, McGuigan told the detective.
The general manager for the Holiday Inn hotel in Orange City also provided four rooms, costing nearly $1,000, for the event. The hotel was never paid either, and the manager, Peter Arney, said that the hotel had also given Blake $100 to list it as a sponsor.
Finally Riggs, who knew Blake from when they were both in the real estate business in Chattanooga, said he was still owed $2,500 for his appearance. Riggs running back for the Washington Redskins and Atlanta Falcons from 1982 through 1991. He said that his check also bounced and that he had told Blake to stop using his name for anything related to the supposed veterans organization.
Elmazi also went to the office of Blake's foundation at 211 E. International Speedway Blvd. in Daytona Beach, where he met with the owner of the building, who said that she agreed to rent Blake office space for $400 a month. She had ultimately had not been paid for the last several months, according to the report.
The website for Blake's charity, which boasted of a Memorial Day raffle of a Harley-Davidson motorcycle that was said to have been donated by Bruce Rossmeyer's Harley-Davidson, was also investigated. The raffle was to be held at Ace Cafe in Orlando, and the proceeds from it were to go to the area's homeless veterans. But when Elmazi contacted the motorcycle dealership and the cafe, both owners said that the advertising was false.
According to a statement released by the Sheriff's Office, Blake posted on Facebook featuring himself and various people including Sheriff Mike Chitwood.
"Neither Sheriff Chitwood nor the Sheriffs Office were affiliated with Blake or his organization," the release states.
The organization's website, which still lists the raffle and a donate button, says that Blake had wanted to follow his grandfather and attend the United States Naval Academy. He ultimately, however, was unable to do so after he received a traumatic brain injury when a plane he was flying in crashed. He says that he built a multi-million dollar insurance firm and that he can personally relate to veterans who have suffered trauma and post-traumatic stress disorder, giving his life as an example of overcoming adversity.
He was being held Friday at the Volusia County Branch Jail on $10,000 bail.
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